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In secretivechatroomsandonencrypted 150 Fils AUDY UUT1,21 SAWL1,13 HNo:15900 SATURDAY, 1434 AH SHAWWAL AUGUST 17,2013 10, Egypt’s ‘DayofRage’ turns violent;70die Continued onPage 11 Saudi backsEgyptagainst‘terrorism’ by earthquake cities rocked New Zealand clashes elsewhereinEgypt.The violence attacked. Atleast20people diedin ous directionswhenapolicestationwas security forcesopenedfirefromnumer- mosque. AReutersphotographersaid birdshot, wrappedinwhitesheetsa 27 people,apparentlyhitbygunfireand head lookingdownonthechaos. a militaryhelicopterhoveringlowover- from thecapital’shugeRamsesSquare, across Cairoandblacksmokebillowed crackdown. Automaticgunfireechoed Mohamed Morsitodenounceapolice Islamist followersofoustedPresident alone ona“DayofRage”calledby terday, witharound50killedinCairo plunged intoviolenceacrossEgyptyes- CAIRO: demonstration insupportofEgypt’soustedpresidentMohamedMorsi.—AFP CAIRO: AnEgyptianyouthmournsoverthedeadbodiesatamosqueinCairoyesterdayasclashesbrokeoutduring a 14 A Reuterswitnesssawthebodiesof Speeding tickets dropped byhalf Muslim Brotherhoodprotests ening publicbuildings. live ammunitionagainstanyonethreat- Interior Ministrysaidpolicewoulduse major roadsaroundthecapitaland The armydeployedarmoredvehicleson Egypt initsbattleagainst“terrorism”. Abdullah saidhiscountrystoodwith its ties.Bycontrast,SaudiArabia’sKing new governmentthatitwasreviewing restraint andGermanycautionedthe state tothebrinkofdisaster. pushed theArabworld’smostpopulous end weeksofturbulencethathas military-backed governmenttriedto Cairo thatlefthundredsdead,asthe ty forcesontwoBrotherhoodsit-insin followed Wednesday’sassaultbysecuri- “Sooner orlaterIwilldie.Better to Western governmentsurged PAGE Premier League over all-new Dawn breaks 47 Rupee plunges to anew low ring toSisi,ashemarchedwith a crowd cuted,” saidMustafaIbrahim,37,refer- petence andpartisanship. been doggedbyaccusationsofincom- against thehisadministrationthathad last monthaftermassivestreetrallies Fattah Al-Sisi,whomovedagainstMorsi ed atarmycommanderGeneralAbdel women. Angeronthestreetswasdirect- headscarf, asignofpietyforMuslim few womeninthecrowdnotwearinga human rights,”saidAhmed,oneofthe not abouttheBrotherhood,it’s joined thedemonstratorsinCairo.“It’s Ahmed, 28,abusinessmanagerwho don’t scareusanymore,”saidSara die formyrightsthaninbed.Guns “The peoplewantthebutcherexe- Continued onPage11 Min Max PAGE 29º 48º

local SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Visa traffickers behind anti-Thekra campaign MP defends minister

By A Saleh Jeeran blamed the parliament for what he as well as public hospitals worldwide, and said was “the failure of the development that for a KD50 per day fee. KUWAIT: A lawmaker believes that the plan that was placed six years ago as a top “The decision come as part of efforts to “ongoing attack” on Minister of Social priority”. In a recent press statement, Al- improve the quality of medical services in Affairs and Labor Thekra Al-Rashidi over Jeeran argued that the parliament legislat- Kuwait which minister Al-Sabah made clear KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society has dispatched allegations of favoring relatives in hiring are ed laws that contradicts with what the after assuming his new position can only be an equipped ambulance and six tons of dates by air to motivated by efforts to “subdue her active Development Plan requires since it was achieved through teamwork”, said the Somalia to help those in need for aid following wide- work in tackling corruption and fighting passed in 2010, and is required to ‘rectify’ sources who spoke on the condition of scale drought in the African nation. The ambulance visa trafficking”. “It is strange seeing Thekra the issue by making sure that future legisla- anonymity. and the dates will be delivered to a relief authority in attacked after achieving huge steps for- tion do not contradict with the govern- Senak province. The Red Crescent Society thanked the ward in introducing reform and fighting ment’s plans. Revival of laws Ministry of Defense for providing a military aircraft to corruption within her ministry”, MP Hamad Some members of the parliament are Saif Al-Harashani said in a recent statement. VIP suites contemplating the revival of some laws and transport the aid. He further suggested that the ‘orga- Health Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- proposals which were at the parliamentary nized campaign’ against the minister aims Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah ordered human rights and bedoons committee dur- to “suppress her ongoing efforts to fight directors of public hospitals and medical ing the last annulled assembly, reports Al- MPs’ grilling visa traffickers”, and argued that the zones to evacuate one suit in each hospital Shahed local Arabic daily. A parliamentary alleged campaign against her is orchestrat- in order to establish a VIP suite. According source said several MPs will demand the threats continue ed by “people benefiting from visa traffick- to sources familiar with the minister’s deci- formation of the committee among the ing” and “unproductive officials within the sion, the multipurpose suite would provide temporary committees, and MPs already KUWAIT: Parliamentarians’ attack on ministers continued ministry”. advanced services and ‘hotel experience’ selected the names who will chosen as Thursday and moved from targeting certain Cabinet members to In other news, MP Abdurrahman Al- similar to those found in private hospitals members, including the chairman. demands that the entire Cabinet resigns less two weeks after its formation. “The cabinet is required to leave if it was unable to enforce the law”, MP Dr Khalil Abdullah said. “Otherwise, it should prepare for political accountability”. Dr Abdullah expressed con- Zain offers tempt from what he said was the government’s failure to enforce the Family Fund law properly, as well as lack of a plan fixed with a discount on SMS, timetable to enforce the Development Plan. calls to Indonesia “If you fail to reorganize the Central Bank’s regulations with regards to the Family Fund, then prepare for questioning”, the law- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in maker was quoted by Al-Jarida yesterday addressing Deputy Prime Kuwait, has announced that it will offer a 50% discount on all Minister and Finance Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Abdul-Aziz Al- SMS messages and 20% discount on International calls to Sabah. Threats to file grilling motions after only one session since Indonesia in celebration of the Indonesia National Day on Aug the parliament was elected on July 27 are already threatening calls 17.. for calm and cooperation between the executive and legislative Zain expressed its congratulations on this occasion to the authorities highlighted during the inaugural session. However, one people of Indonesia, represented in its leadership, the lawmaker believes that interpellations shouldn’t be considered a embassy, and Indonesian expatriates residing in Kuwait. hindrance. “Grilling motions are very normal and should not serve The company stressed that Zain is a global company which as a source of deep concern”, MP Dr Maasouma Al-Mubarak said is always keen to participate in the celebrations of nations. on Thursday. “If MPs find flaws in a minister’s performance, then Zain added that the offer is extended to all SMS & we will wave him goodbye”. She further argued that ministers International calls sent to Indonesia only today Aug 17 for both should be ‘thankful’ when MPs point out errors in their perform- post-paid and pre-paid customers. ance through interpellations “because a minister is not superman”. “The old approach when an MP’s integrity is questioned after criticizing ministers is over”, she indicated, “and today ministers are required to expose the alleged corrupt agendas they claim MPs are Kuwait looks to boost foreign investment working to serve”. Meanwhile, MP Faisal Al-Shaya expressed regret over the fact KUWAIT: While Kuwait’s FDI figures were up firm increased its holding in the Kuwaiti Kuwait 82nd globally, down from its 77th that minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah in 2012, far more capital still leaves the coun- operator from 52.5% to 92.1%, also giving it placing in 2012. The slow pace of establish- was handed the health portfolio in addition to retaining his posi- try each year than enters it. However, the majority rights in two profitable North ing a business, difficulties in trading across tion as Minister of Cabinet Affairs. “The health ministry needs a government is working to reverse this, in African subsidiaries, Nedjma and Tunisiana. borders and dealing with construction per- full-time minister who can focus all of his or her efforts to address part by improving the legal framework for To do this, Qatar Telecom committed mits all weighed down on the ranking. the problems that it faces”, Al-Shaya told Al-Jarida on Thursday. foreign investment. According to a report $1.8billion, representing almost all of However, Kuwait is moving to boost its He also indicated plans to “take constitutional and monitoring issued by the UN Conference on Trade and Kuwait’s FDI in 2012. investment credentials and improve its FDI procedures” against any minister in case flaws were detected in Development (UNCTAD) at the end of June, Moreover, funds continue to flow out of profile. At the end of May, the Ministry of their procedures. Kuwait attracted almost $1.9 billion of FDI in Kuwait at a more rapid pace than they enter, Commerce and Industry announced it In the meantime, Al-Rai reported that Al-Shaya attended a 2012, a 117% increase on the previous year. with outward FDI totalling $7.5billion in would press ahead with long-mooted plans meeting Thursday as president of the parliament’s financial com- In its World Investment Report 2013, the UN 2012. This was by far the highest of any of to establish a new agency tasked with mittee with Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs organisation said the Gulf country had not the GCC states, with only Saudi Arabia com- attracting foreign investments. The new Dr Rola Dashti. According to sources familiar with the meeting, the only more than doubled its own FDI total ing close, at around $4.5 billion. authority will replace the existing Foreign two sides discussed the latest preparations regarding the cabinet’s but had outstripped several of its neigh- Another recently issued report - by Investment Office and be a part of the min- work program and topics to be given priority in discussion when bours, including Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Kuwait-based business consultancy Leaders istry. Among its roles will be to assist in draft- the parliament resumes sessions on Oct 29. According to reports, The regional leaders were Saudi Arabia, with Group - noted that Kuwaitis appear more ing improved legal and economic conditions MPs want to give priority to 48 topics that revolve around improv- $12.2billion, and the UAE, at $9.6 billion. inclined to look abroad for opportunities to promote foreign investment. Under legis- ing citizens’ living standards and include increases to rent and child Kuwait’s improved performance was also rather than invest at home. According to lation put before the Kuwaiti parliament support allowances as well as retired servicemen’s pensions, in well above the global average, with world- their analysis, the GCC state attracts 1% of before the general election on July 27, the addition to addressing some pressing issues such as housing, wide FDI declining by around 18% in 2012, investments coming into the Arab world, time to process business licences will be cut unemployment and stateless residents. mainly due to “continued macroeconomic while at the same time accounting for 35% to 30 days, while incentives - yet to be Separately, MP Riyadh Al-Adasani announced plans to submit fragility and policy uncertainty for investors”, of Arab FDI within the region. defined - will be provided to eligible foreign amendments to the state’s sports regulations and introduce priva- UNCTAD said. The agency added it was The consultancy attributed Kuwait’s rela- investors. tization of sport clubs and professional competition. Clubs are cur- expected that there would be only a moder- tively weak FDI inflows in part to the difficul- It will take time for these measures to be rently state-owned and run through elected boards, while athletes ate rise in foreign investment flows around ties in obtaining approval for projects and refined and implemented, possibly too long mostly work part-time jobs in addition to their time with their the world over the next two years. the more competitive incentives offered to to impact this year’s FDI results. Perhaps a clubs. “Current regulations do not go in line with our perceptions However, the positive result for Kuwait in investors by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and better balanced gauge of whether Kuwait to improve Kuwait’s sports that must go through plans which 2012 was mainly the product of a one-off Qatar. has opened the taps for foreign investment include privatizing clubs, adopting professional competition and investment, as Qatar Telecom nearly dou- This conclusion was in line with the find- flow will come in 2014, when the proposed for the government to completely take its hand from clubs and the bled its stake in the mobile telecoms ings published in the World Bank’s latest reforms have had a chance to take hold. sports’ sector”, Al-Adasani indicated. provider Wataniya. In October the Qatari Ease of Doing Business Report, which ranked —- Oxford Business Group LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

KUWAIT: Minister of Information wishing young divers for the Pearl Diving trip Skippers Al-Rashed from Kuwait and Al-Manae from Bahrain Pearl diving expedition ships reach Khairan

KUWAIT: In preparation for the 25th Diving Expedition due in the period of Aug 15 to 22, Kuwait Sea Sports Club (KSSC)’s Marine Heritage Committee said that, after the Dasha ceremony held Thursday off KSSC’s beach in Salmiya with the attendance of Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud, diplomats, KSSC officials and participants parents, young sailors from Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain have reached the launch area yesterday morning pending the official launch ceremony. In this regard, KSSC’s heritage committee chairman, Ali Al-Qabandi said that all the ships that had been granted by His Highness the Amir and from the late Amir had safely reached the diving area in Khairan. He added that the young sailors were very skillful in sailing them and that all crews were well-trained and ready for the expedition. He also noted that actual Ali Al-Qabandi diving had started yesterday morning under the closing ceremony”, said Al-Qabandi. the supervision of veteran skipper, Khalifa Al- Notably, KSSC’s media committee intends to Rashid from Kuwait and Bahrain’s veteran skip- organize a cruise taking media figures and jour- per, Abdurrahman Al-Menae. “Diving will be nalists to the diving area tomorrow so that they done daily during daytime till next Thursday can closely watch the activities. The journey will when all ships will sail back to KSSC beach for start at 5:30 pm from KSSC headquarters. KUWAIT: A young pearl-diver in action. Gulf Bank’s Ramadan TV Speeding tickets commercials record 41,000 hits cut by half KUWAIT: The number of tickets issued for speeding dropped by nearly a half from the average rate during July and the first half KUWAIT: Gulf Bank announced that the unfavorable phenomena in the of this month. According to sources familiar with Traffic General its community-focused Ramadan TV Kuwaiti society, and to emphasize Department statistics, only 12,000 tickets were issued during commercials achieved huge success that direct communication is best for that period while the monthly average reaches between 25,000 on its social media channels and got deepening family bonds. We hope to and 30,000. more than 41,000 hits on YouTube continue to please our viewers with Speaking to Al-Rai on the condition of anonymity, the sources during Ramadan. The commercials more creative and socially-engaging attributed the drop to strict procedures adopted in the past few months which include counting speeding violations in the also proved to be a very successful commercials in the future.” ‘points’ system under which drivers’ licenses are suspended after tool that helped Gulf Bank increase its Throughout the holy month of reaching a certain number of points, in addition to suspending Instagram followers by 66 percent as Ramadan, Gulf Bank had a dedicated procedures at the Traffic General Department until fines are paid, well as record a 21 percent increase in hashtag entitled #belsej_ahala on its as well as stiffer measures that include canceling a Kuwaiti driv- its Twitter followers. Twitter account and Instagram page er’s license while deporting expatriates when both commit seri- ous violations. Ebtihaj Al-Roomi, Assistant General on @Gulf_Bank to build on the TV In the meantime, the sources indicated that the Traffic Manager, Marketing at Gulf Bank said: commercial’s theme to engage with General Department studies issuing travel bans against drivers “We are very proud that our commer- the public and have them post mes- with speeding tickets, adding that news regarding this proce- cials received this positive feedback sages that encourage real-life com- dures are already making drivers ‘more cautious’ on the road. and generated such huge attention munication. Customers wishing to The Traffic General Department collected nearly KD39 million on our social media channels by view Gulf Bank’s latest Ramadan TV in fines as of Thursday since extensive traffic campaigns started earlier this year. Meanwhile, Al-Rai also reported that the Traffic viewers across Kuwait. With our TV commercial can view it on: www.e- General Department launched operations to pursue owners of Ali Al-Qabandi commercials, we aimed to highlight gulfbank.com/youtube. nearly 300,000 registered vehicles with expired registrations. LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Teen drowns; body of Asian found in Mangaf Youth dies of drug overdose

KUWAIT: An investigation was opened into the death of a teenager who reportedly drowned off the Julaiah beach Wednesday afternoon. Rescue teams went in search for the youngster after he was reported missing. He was eventually found dead and preliminary investigations indicate that he must have drowned after being drifted away while swimming near the beach. The body was taken to the forensic department for an autopsy. Meanwhile, Mangaf police launched investigations to deter- mine the circumstances behind the death of an area resident which was reported recently. Police and crime scene investigators headed to a building in the area where residents reported finding their neighbor dead inside his apartment. The neighbors had KUWAIT: Firefighters from two fire stations tackled a fire reported in Hasawi yesterday and no human casualties were recorded. Fire trucks from the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Ardiya fire stations were dispatched to the scene after sought help from the building’s keeper to break into the emergency calls were received. Firefighters found that the fire started at a tin-sheet room built on the roof of a Bangladeshi man’s apartment after smelling foul odor coming house and used as a kitchen by its residents. Preliminary investigations indicated that the a cooking gas leak from it. No evidence of foul play were found on the scene. The caused the blaze. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun body was taken to the forensic department and police are cur- rently waiting for the autopsy report to confirm the cause and time of death.

Work mishap A construction worker died after falling off from a high place at a major construction site in South Surra Wednesday. Paramedics accompanied by police officers rushed to the scene located at the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital construction site after the incident was reported, and pronounced the man dead shortly afterwards. Preliminary investigations based on coworker’ testimonies indi- cate that the 32-year-old Korean national lost balance and fell on the ground covered with sharp material used in construction. The body was taken to the forensic department and an investigation was opened into the case.

Shaab death A drug addict died of an overdose inside a Shaab house late Wednesday night. Paramedics and police had rushed to the scene after family members reported finding the man uncon- scious in his room. The 22-year-old Kuwaiti was pronounced dead on the scene as evidence of foul play was found. The body was taken to the forensic department where an autopsy revealed that the victim died as a result of circulatory failure caused by a drug overdose. A case was filed.

Family quarrel A child was hospitalized after he was accidently ran over dur- ing a family quarrel in Saad Al-Abdullah recently. According to the police report, the incident happened at the family house of the child’s mother where she had sought refuge following a dis- pute with her husband. The husband engaged in an argument with his brother-in-law which escalated into a fistfight outside the house. The 8-year-old boy was ran over by accident in the middle of the quarrel, after which he was hospitalized and his condition was described as stable. The news report does not specify whether the boy was hit by his father or uncle.

Fight at house Two women who share the same husband needed medical attention after brawling inside their house in Jahra recently. According to the case papers filed at the Jahra police station Thursday, the women were involved in an altercation soon after their husband left the house, and then started exchanging punches before going on to throw small furniture at each other. The two obtained medical reports showing diagnoses for bruises they sustained during the fight, then headed to the police station and pressed charges against each other. Police summoned the husband to testify in the ongoing investigation.

Suicide attempt A man interfered on time to save his driver before he could kill himself in a case reported recently in Jahra. In his statements to local police who arrived at the scene following an emergency call, the Kuwaiti man said that he went to check on his driver and found him tying a rope around his neck with the other side of the rope already tied to the ceiling of his room. The man stopped his driver before he could jump to his death, and called police. The Indian driver was taken to the police station where he told offi- cers that pressure from financial and family-related issues in his home country drove him to commit suicide. The man remains in police’s custody pending further legal procedures. local SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Qattan leads mourners in the funeral prayer.—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Renowned Kuwaiti philanthropist Al-Sumait mourned by hundreds

KUWAIT: Abdulrahman Al- He is also known for having deeds. His loss is one for the Arab and Islamic Ummah. the many accomplishments of Sumait, who passed away on founded the Africa Muslim Islamic world, as a whole, not “We can find only a few indi- Al-Sumait,” said Sulaiman Al- Thursday due to heart failure Agency, later renamed as just Kuwait,” said Kuwait’s viduals like Al-Sumait among Rajhi of the Saudi-based Al-Rajhi after dedicating a large portion “Direct Aid” society, and con- Deputy Prime Minister and the 1.5 billion Muslims around Foundation. of his life to humanitarian and ducting detailed studies on Interior Minister Sheikh the world,” he said. Kuwaiti The university, which has philanthropic works in Africa, Africa’s political, social and eco- Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Islamic scholar Khaled Al- received official recognition, is was mourned here by hundreds nomic affairs - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Hamad Al-Sabah. For his part, Mathkour said that Al-Sumait offering Kenyans degrees in in attendance at Sulaibikhat Djibouti, Kenya, Mozambique, Kuwaiti Minister of Information “will be remembered for his medicine, engineering, busi- cemetery and by messages from Malawi, Zambia and Angola, and State Minister for Youth generosity, humility, sacrifice ness, information technology Kuwait and the world over. Al- being some of the 40 countries Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al- and strong faith.” “The widows, and strategic Arab and Islamic Sumait, who died at the age of his work was focused on. Humoud Al-Sabah said that orphans, hungry and poor of studies. It has been the brain- 66, is known for building 840 In recognition of these international and Islamic Africa know the name of child of Al-Sumait since 1998. educational facilities - including efforts, the Western-educated humanitarian efforts lost a valu- Abdulrahman Al-Sumait well - Al-Sumait will be sorely four universities - and 90 clinics physician and Islamic practition- able partner. the evidence of this is the huge missed for his great legacy and and hospitals, constructing er received countless humani- Earlier, Mohammed numbers of people gathered had come a long way from his 12,000 artesian wells and help- tarian awards and honours from Badahdah, Assistant Secretary- here to pay their respects.” days as a young student, when ing thousands of people under- Islamic world and Africa. General of the World Assembly “Only last week, Kenya wit- he purchased a car to drive less stand and embrace Islam in “Abdulrahman Al-Sumait was of Muslim Youth, described the nessed the opening of an Islamic fortunate expatriate workers in Africa. undoubtedly a man of great icon’s death as “a big loss for the university, and this is added to Kuwait for free.— KUNA

Al-Sumait’s body is taken for the funeral prayer. local SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Al-Sumait is taken to his final resting place.

(Left) Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah offers his condolence. (Right) Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah is seen among the crowd.

(Left) Al-Sumait’s son kisses the forehead of Islamic scholar Dr. Khalid Al-Mathkour. (Right) Information Minister offers his condolences.

(Left) Interior Minister is seen with mourners. (Right) Ambassaors of several African nations attend the funeral. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 As Egypt lionizes police, ‘Terror’s advocate’ Jacques Pakistan police shoot gunman activists worry 9 Verges dies at 88 in France 11 after televised standoff 13

BEIRUT: Lebanese soldiers and policemen inspect the scene of the previous day’s car bomb explosion between the Bir El-Abed and Roueiss neighborhoods, in the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday. — AFP Beirut bombing toll climbs to 22 Hezbollah bastion hit • Lebanon observes mourning

BEIRUT: Lebanon was holding a day of mourning sky, caused heavy damage to buildings and set Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group was tak- apparent Sunni affiliation. Thursday’s blast comes yesterday after a car bomb killed at least 22 peo- several cars ablaze. Leaders from across the politi- ing steps to ensure the security of the southern six weeks after a car bomb attack in the same area ple in a Beirut stronghold of Shiite group cal spectrum condemned the bombing, and a day suburbs, after a July 9 car bomb in Bir al-Abed wounded more than 50 people. Hezbollah, which backs Syria’s embattled presi- of mourning was declared. President Michel wounded dozens. A witness told a Lebanese tele- Another little-known Syrian rebel group, the dent. Sleiman said the “terrorist” bombing targeted all vision channel he saw a van drive past three times Special Forces 313 Brigade, claimed that attack A previously unknown group, apparently a Lebanese, not just Hezbollah. before its driver found a parking spot where he and said it was in revenge for Hezbollah fighting Syrian rebel cell, said it carried out Thursday’s Former prime minister Saad Hariri, a Sunni set off the bomb. alongside the Assad regime. The mainstream attack in the densely populated southern suburbs leader and staunch critic of Hezbollah, said the The explosion had the impact of an “earth- rebel Free Syrian Army condemned the latest of Beirut, between Bir al-Abed and Rweiss, dis- attack was “part of a vicious terrorist scheme” tar- quake,” another witness said. Hezbollah is a key bombing, as it did the July blast. The FSA military tricts where Hezbollah security is normally tight. geting Lebanon. UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged supporter of President Bashar Al-Assad and has command “condemns this criminal act targeting Police said the death toll had climbed to at least Lebanon’s fractious political scene to stay united, sent fighters across the border this year to bolster civilians,” Louai Moqdad, the group’s political 22, while the Red Cross said 325 people were in a statement that condemned the bombing as government forces, which have been battling a coordinator, told AFP, adding that the three wounded. “completely unacceptable”. “During this period of deadly anti-regime revolt since March 2011. The masked men did not claim to be Syrian rebels. “He The National News Agency reported that sev- heightened tensions, the secretary general urges movement has become a hated foe of Syria’s who takes part in the murder of the Syrian people en people, including a man and his three children, all Lebanese to remain united, to rally around rebels, most of whom are Sunnis, while Assad is a alongside the criminal is responsible for this were missing. Yesterday morning, investigators their state institutions and to focus on safeguard- member of the Alawite offshoot of Shiite Islam. An crime,” he said. were combing the scene for clues, as Hezbollah ing Lebanon’s security and stability,” the state- online video surfaced shortly after the attack Lebanon is deeply divided into supporters and security personnel sealed off the area, an AFP ment said. And the UN Security Council “strongly showing three masked men, two of them holding opponents of the regime in neighboring Syria. photographer reported. Group members in civil- condemned the terrorist attack.” It called for “all rifles, in front of a white flag inscribed with the Sectarian tensions in Lebanon have soared as the ian clothes stopped and searched cars in the Lebanese people to preserve national unity in the Islamic profession of faith. Syrian conflict has raged on. Nasrallah is sched- southern suburbs. face of attempts to undermine the country’s sta- “You, the pig Hassan Nasrallah, we send you uled to speak on Friday in an event marking the The explosion, reminiscent of the frequent bility” and urged all parties “to refrain from any our second powerful message because you anniversary of a devastating summer 2006 war attacks during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, sent involvement in the Syrian crisis.” haven’t understood yet,” said one member of the that pitted his fighters against the group’s archfoe a plume of black smoke into the Mediterranean The blast came a day after Hezbollah chief group calling itself the Battalion of Aisha, an Israel. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 As Egypt lionizes police, activists worry CAIRO: As the bodies of hundreds of peo- an even tougher crackdown. said sit-in protests would no longer be tol- Allegations of police torture and excessive ple killed by security forces lay at a Cairo The burnt-out remains of police vehicles erated. Last month, Ibrahim said he was use of force have not eased, and fears are mosque, ignored by Egyptian media, four still lay abandoned on roads near where reviving the “political security” agency, stir- now growing that the force has a new of the policemen who died in the violence the main pro-Morsi sit-in was dispersed. ring memories of the days when secret license to crack down on political oppo- were feted as heroes in a funeral broadcast Ibrahim, a Morsi appointee, reflected the police were used as an instrument of politi- nents. live on state television. “They died guarding newly assertive mood, pointing to cal oppression and riot squads deployed to “I don’t think they will be able to turn this nation,” said the TV commentator, as Mubarak-era policing as a model for the crush even the smallest protest. While fear back the clock,” said Karim Ennarah of the the four coffins draped with Egyptian flags future as he detailed attacks on police sta- of the police appeared to have been Egyptian Institute for Personal Rights. “Not were placed on separate fire trucks for a tions across Egypt. “I promise that as soon smashed by the 2011 uprising, rights that they are not going to try. I think they procession accompanied by a brass band. as conditions stabilize and the Egyptian activists say there has been no real reform are going to try, they might think this is the In sombre tones, the commentator said: street stabilizes, as soon as possible, securi- of the institution since Mubarak’s day. Both best opportunity to repackage them- “The coming period is one of security and ty will be restored to this nation as if it was the army-led government that replaced selves.” Since Morsi’s fall, signs have safety.” The army-backed government is before Jan. 25 (2011), and more,” he told a him and the Morsi administration were appeared in the streets of Cairo declaring lionising the police force that crushed Cairo news conference on Wednesday. He also faulted for failing to enact any reforms. the army, police and the nation as “one protests by supporters of deposed hand”. It is a message that appeals to many President Mohammed Morsi this week, Egyptians who have complained about lax killing at least 578 people in a day of blood- law and order since Mubarak’s time, with shed that outstripped anything seen in the police appearing unwilling or unable to 30-year rule of veteran autocrat Hosni tackle crime. Some welcomed the declara- Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011. tion of a one-month state of emergency on Accompanied by the army’s move back to Wednesday - another development with the heart of government, it is worrying echoes of the Mubarak era - as a necessary those Egyptians who fear a newly assertive step to restore order. security apparatus will try to knock a badly “Mubarak’s days were the best, there shaken democratic transition even further was security then. It’s good that now off course. “It’s very troubling,” said Ahmed there’s more police in the street,” said Faten Maher, founder of the April 6 movement Kafrawi, 37, speaking at her tea stall in which helped to ignite the 2011 anti- Tahrir Square. Prime Minister Hazem El- Mubarak uprising fuelled by anger at police Beblawi, head of the interim government, brutality. “They are trying to present the praised the police on Wednesday for show- police as angels.” Since Morsi was toppled ing “self-restraint” in the face of attacks by on July 3, the police force has shown confi- protesters, a comment that drew a sharp dence not seen since Mubarak’s downfall. riposte from New York-based Human Kitted out with new gear, it is being lauded Rights Watch. as the hero of a new war against an old “Purely on the basis of the extremely enemy: Islamist militancy. TUNIS: Tunisian supporters of the Islamist Ennahda ruling party and others, high death toll on the side of protesters, I Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has hold up their national flag and that of Egypt as they shout slogans during a think it is completely inappropriate for the said 43 policemen were killed, a toll the protest against Egypt’s bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted president prime minister to make those kind of com- Brotherhood dismissed as part of propa- Mohamed Morsi yesterday following Friday noon prayers in Habib Bourguiba ments,” said Heba Morayef, the group’s ganda to demonize the group and justify avenue in the capital Tunis. — AFP Egypt director. —Reuters

Iran appoints Salehi Syrian airstrike kills to head N-program over 15, wounds dozens DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed out- going Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to head the Atomic Energy Organization yesterday, state media said, Syrian refugees pour into Iraq: UN replacing a hardliner with a pragmatist to take charge of Tehran’s nuclear program. BEIRUT: Activists say an airstrike by the Peshkhabour over the Tigris River, and an need, Edwards added. Rouhani, a relative moderate who took office on Aug 3, Syrian military has killed at least 15 peo- more buses were seen dropping off Asked about growing insecurity in has pledged to improve Iran’s ties with the outside world ple and wounded dozens of others in families on the Syrian side, it said. Iraq after a surge in sectarian violence, and ease stringent international sanctions on the Islamic the contested northern city of Aleppo. ‘Thousands of Syrians crossed into he said: ‘Kurdistan remains relatively Republic over its nuclear program. Appointing Salehi is a The Britain-based Syrian Observatory northern Iraq yesterday (Thursday) in a safe and stable, however tensions are further signal that Rouhani intends to pursue a more flexi- for Human Rights and the Aleppo sudden, massive movement,’ Adrian increasing in view of the forthcoming ble approach to Iran’s nuclear dispute with the West than Media center say the airstrike targeted Edwards, spokesman of the U.N. High elections and also to do with other his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. three buildings that were almost com- Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), domestic factors there. Western states and Israel say Iran’s atomic energy pro- pletely flattened in the rebel-held dis- told a news briefing in Geneva. ‘This does have impact on our (aid) gram is in fact an attempt to attain a nuclear weapons trict of Kalassa, killing at least four chil- Most were families with women, chil- delivery program in Iraq, but nonethe- capability. Tehran denies the charge and says it only dren and trapping many people under dren and the elderly, mainly from less it is the region where most refugees wants the technology to generate electricity and for med- the rubble. Aleppo, Hassakeh and other embattled have come into.’ ical research. It said the death toll was likely to rise. areas of Syria where fighting has inten- Overall the flow of Syrian refugees The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran The Aleppo Media Center, which tracks sified in the civil war, now in its third has dropped sharply since a peak earlier (AEOI) is not directly involved in nuclear negotiations with violence in the city, said 33 people were year, that has driven nearly 2 million this year when 5,000 to 8,000 crossed world powers, but is in charge of operating Iran’s nuclear killed and over a hundred wounded in refugees abroad. There are already every day into neighboring countries, facilities. He also represents Tehran at the annual member the airstrike. The different figures could more than 150,000 Syrian refugees reg- according to the UNHCR. state gatherings of the International Atomic Energy not be reconciled. Aleppo has been the istered in Iraq, according to the UNHCR The agency is also monitoring the Agency in Vienna each September. Salehi, Iran’s foreign focus of a violent struggle for control which has urged all neighboring coun- turmoil in Egypt, where there are minister under Ahmadinejad from 2011 until Thursday since rebel forces pushed in and began tries to keep open their borders to 107,000 Syrian registered refugees, when parliament approved his replacement, returns to his fighting with government troops last Syrians needing international protec- although the government estimates previous job as head of the AEOI. He takes the place of summer. Thousands of Syrian refugees tion. The border between Syria and Iraq that the true number is closer to a Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani who survived an assassination poured into the Kurdistan region of has been largely closed since authori- quarter of a million, Edwards said. ‘It is attempt in Tehran in 2010. northern Iraq on Thursday, taking ties of the Kurdish regional government a difficult situation for them at the “It was another wise appointment. Salehi was the best advantage of a new bridge along the shut the crossing on May 19, apart from moment, they of course are not alone of Ahmadinejad’s ministers, a pragmatist who under- largely closed border, the United a single formal crossing point at Al- in having difficulties in Egypt right stands how the world works. It made sense to keep him on Nations said yesterday. Wahid in Anbar province. now. We are looking at protection in some capacity,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Between 5,000 and 7,000 refugees Some Syrian refugees had been needs and trying to do what we can in non-proliferation and disarmament program of the followed a first group of some 750 peo- allowed in since mid-July for reasons of the current very difficult situation for International Institute for Strategic Studies. —Reuters ple who crossed the pontoon bridge at family reunification or dire humanitari- everyone,’ he said. — Agencies INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Turkey losing clout as Egypt crisis flares

ANKARA: Turkey’s clout in the Middle East tion in the Middle East would work in its Muslim Brotherhood and Tunisia’s moder- interim government in Cairo and sharply is taking a beating with the brutal sidelin- favour because it would gain clout if ate Islamist party Ennahda, which heads curbed Turkey’s ability to influence events ing of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood derail- Muslim Brotherhood-type governments the country’s new coalition cabinet. And in Egypt. ing Ankara’s hopes to lead a regional surge came to power in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria,” Erdogan has emerged as one of the fiercest “Turkey has responded morally to the of Islamist political power, analysts say. said Professor Ilter Turan at Istanbul’s Bilgi critics of his former ally Bashar Al-Assad as crisis but politically it’s isolated,” said Turkey’s ruling Justice and University. the uprising against the Syrian leader Huseyin Bagci a professor at Ankara’s Development Party (AKP) was an early sup- “This plan did not work in Syria, and it turned into a fully-fledged civil war. Turkey Middle East Technical University. Analysts porter of the 2011 uprising that ousted collapsed in Egypt,” he told AFP. “Turkey is sharply condemned Wednesday’s deadly also said events in post-Mubarak Egypt had Hosni Mubarak and subsequently nour- forced into isolation in the Middle East, los- crackdown on pro-Morsi protesters, which strained relations between a trio of Sunni ished close ties with the Muslim ing its control of the situation in the Erdogan termed a “massacre” and powers-Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia- Brotherhood. region.” President Abdullah Gul called “unaccept- that were once united in their stance. Turkey invested both politically and NATO member Turkey had banked on able”. “The frustration voiced by Turkey’s Bagci argued that Turkey, already financially in the Arab world’s most popu- expanding its influence in the Middle East leaders stems not only from the pictures of embarrassed by the unprecedented anti- lous country after Mohamed Morsi was thanks to robust economic growth under violence or failure of democracy in Egypt, AKP protests that swept the nation in June, sworn in as Egypt’s first democratically the AKP and an Arab power vacuum creat- but also from the collapse of the govern- is now too isolated to claim a leadership elected leader in June 2012, aiming to bol- ed by the region’s popular uprisings. ment’s dreams to become a regional play- role. “Turkey has lost its chances of leader- ster Ankara’s influence and show that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a er,” Turan said. ship in the region,” he said. Sinan Ulgen, a Turkey was not the only country where popular leader on the Arab street because Morsi was overthrown by the military visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, said Islam and democracy could coexist. of his angry outbursts over Israel’s treat- on July 3 after massive protests against his that Sunni split would have regional impli- Morsi’s ouster and the brutal crackdown ment of Palestinians, has championed rule, leaving Egyptians divided between his cations. on his supporters have now dealt a harsh democracy movements across the region supporters and those who argue he let the “The Sunni coalition that was going to blow to Turkey’s dreams of playing a lead- and sought to position his country as a role economy tumble while seeking to concen- make Turkey stronger in the Middle East ership role in the broader Middle East model and moral compass. trate power in Islamist groups’ hands. has collapsed after the Egypt crisis,” he told region in the wake of the Arab Spring, ana- After the fall of dictators in Tunisia and Erdogan condemned Morsi’s ouster as a AFP. “This will impact regional policies, lysts said. “Turkey hoped the transforma- Egypt, his government allied itself with the “coup”, a stance that has infuriated the including on Syria.” —AFP S Africa marks anniversary of Marikana bloodbath Ruling ANC boycotts event

MARIKANA: Comrades and families of 34 strik- crisis, was in Malawi, ahead of a regional summit. moment of silence shortly after 1400 GMT, ing miners shot dead by police marked the No-one has yet been held responsible for around the same time a year ago police opened anniversary of the bloodbath at Marikana yes- the 34 deaths, and with fury still raw, police in fire at the foot of a hill. terday in an emotional event boycotted by riot vans kept their distance as helicopters cir- “We’ve come here to take a stand, to say South Africa’s ruling ANC. An estimated 10,000 cled overhead. never again will peaceful actions be coun- people gathered at the foot of a dusty outcrop “We want to know the truth. Who sent the tered with violence,” bishop Jo Seoka told the where on police to come and kill us?” said 24-year-old crowd. On the eve of the commemorations August 16, 2012, police unleashed a 284- Mzoxolo Magidwana who was shot eight times. the national police commissioner called for BAARN: Dutch Princess Mabel Wisse-Smit (second left) bullet barrage that plunged South Africa into The chief executive of Lonmin, which runs the calm. “We wish to appeal to everyone who walks with her daughters Luana and Zaria, Princess Beatrix, crisis and shocked the world. The crowd, includ- platinum mine, was among those addressing will be in attendance to conduct themselves the royal family and guests to the Stulp Church in Lage ed workers wearing green trade union t-shirts the emotional but calm crowd. “We will never appropriately,” said Riah Phiyega, who as Vuursche in Baarn, The Netherlands, yesterday where the and wielding sticks, chanted and sang, in replace your loved ones, and I say we are truly commanding officer gave evidence before funeral service of Prince Friso was held. —AFP scenes reminiscent of the day the young sorry for that,” said CEO Ben Magara. “It should the inquest. Many of those present said the “Rainbow Nation” lost its innocence. not have taken so many lives for us... as a nation low wages and poor living standards that Romantic renegade But the ruling African National Congress boy- to learn that this should not have happened sparked the upwelling of anger a year ago cotted the event, which it said was being politi- and this should never happen again.” He said remain present. “These people died for noth- prince Friso to be cized after organizers invited a militant mining the London-listed firm would pay for the ing,” said Gabriel Shakhane, 42, a migrant union and opposition leaders to speak. With schooling of dead mineworkers’ children. miner from Lesotho. The inquest has yet to buried in Netherlands many ANC members serving on the boards of The violence is seen by many as the worst conclude, mired by delays and bogged down mining firms and the government firmly defend- since apartheid ended in 1994. In the run-up to by disputes about the lack of state funding for THE HAGUE: Dutch prince Friso, who excluded himself from the line of suc- ing police tactics, members of the party may not the killings at least 10 other people-including the victims’ legal fees. A court ruling on the cession in the name of love, was to be buried yesterday after he died from have been welcome. President Jacob Zuma, who two police officers-died amid a highly charged fees dispute was delayed yesterday. “We still injuries sustained in a 2012 skiing accident. launched a state inquiry into the deaths but has work stoppage over wages at the London-listed haven’t got the facts of what happened at Friso was to be laid to rest in a private ceremony attended by his widow avoided becoming publically entangled in the mining firm. The event will culminate in a Marikana, the commission of inquiry hasn’t Mabel and their two daughters Luana, 8, and Zaria, 7 amid tight security in wrapped up its work - we are not close to the hamlet of Lage Vuursche, around 30 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of knowing who is legally responsible for the Amsterdam. The ceremony was also to be attended by Friso’s godfather, deaths of 34 miners,” said political commen- Norway’s King Harald V, Friso’s brothers King Willem-Alexander and Prince tator Eusebius McKaiser. Amnesty Constantijn, their mother Beatrix, who abdicated as queen in April, and a few International’s Noel Kututwa warned account- dozen friends and family members. Friso’s friend Florian Moosbrugger, who ability was needed. “The long-term conse- survived the avalanche near the upmarket Austrian resort of Lech that left the quences for the respect and protection of prince comatose and brain-damaged in February 2012, was also at the cere- human rights in South Africa will be severe mony. The small Stulpkerk church is a stone’s throw from Beatrix’s should the South African authorities fail,” he Drakenstyn Castle, where Friso spent much of his childhood and to which said. The event is being organised by a group Beatrix plans to retire later this year. The family moved from the privately- linked to the Association of Mineworkers and owned castle to the Hague in 1981, when Beatrix became queen. Construction Union (AMCU), which has Friso, 44 when he died on Monday, is the first Dutch prince in generations fought a sometimes bloody battle for power not to be buried with other members of the House of Orange in the family with the ANC-allied National Union of crypt in the Nieuwe Kerk in the historic city of Delft, outside The Hague. Dutch Mineworkers (NUM). media have speculated that he is being buried at a different church because Several assassinations have taken place he gave up his claim to the throne as well as his Royal House position to mar- over the last year, with leaders from both sides ry Mabel Wisse Smit in 2004. The government did not give the couple the dying amid the battle for supremacy. AMCU’s required permission to marry after it emerged that his future wife had with- leader Joseph Mathunjwa, who had invitated held details of her previous relationship with a Dutch drugs baron. MARIKANA: Mine workers sit on a hill where a year ago, police opened NUM’s leaders to attend, said the event was Prime Minister Mark Rutte nevertheless ordered flags on official buildings fire on fellow workers killing 34 and injuring 78, during a memorial “not about politicking”. He had earlier extend- around the country to be flown at half-mast. Police closed streets in the ham- service to get under way, near the Marikana, South Africa, platinum ed an invitation to NUM’s leaders “to be part” let off to traffic and state television showed police sniffer dogs checking flow- mine yesterday. —AP of the events. —AFP erpots for explosives. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Online forums... Legal tussle erupts over Continued from Page 1 Rita Katz, director of the Washington-based SITE bones of Richard III Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist websites, said it’s all but certain that neither Al-Zawahri nor Al-Wahishi would communicate directly online or on the phone. Al-Zawahri’s Court rules on reburial of king’s remains location is unknown, but he was last believed to be in Pakistan, and Al-Wahishi is said to be in Yemen. Given the nearly 2,000 LONDON: He’s been deposed, reviled, Richard belonged to the House of York, able historical significance, who died fight- miles between the two men, Katz said it’s most likely they sep- buried and dug up, and now a new battle one of two branches of the Plantagenet ing a battle which brought to an end a civ- arately composed encrypted messages, saved them on thumb looms over England’s King Richard III. A dynasty involved in a 15th-century battle il war which divided this country. The drives and handed them off to couriers who disseminated British High Court judge yesterday grant- for the crown known as the Wars of the obvious duty to consult widely arises from them on secure websites. ed a group of Richard’s relatives permis- Roses. Haddon-Cave said in his ruling that this singular fact alone.” Bin Laden, who was killed by US Navy SEALs in May 2011, issued his messages in much the same way. “These guys are sion to challenge plans to rebury the 15th- it was inevitable there would be “intense, The judge said the Plantagenet not living in a bubble,” said Katz, who has been watching Al- century monarch in the central England widespread and legitimate public interest Alliance could take its case to court, but Qaeda and other jihadi communications for years. “They live in city of Leicester, where his remains were and concern in many quarters as to the hoped legal battle could be avoided by a reality that is facing the American intelligence interception found last year. Judge Charles Haddon- treatment and final resting place of setting up an independent advisory panel with the best, most advanced technology that can be created. Cave said the Plantagenet Alliance could Richard III’s remains.” to recommend the best burial site. So they always try to find ways to get away from these inter- take action against the government and He said the case “involves the remark- Neither the alliance nor the govern- ceptions to be able to deliver messages.” the University of Leicester - though he able, and unprecedented, discovery of ment had any immediate comment on the She added: “I am sure they are delivering messages, hoped the dispute could be settled out of remains of a king of England of consider- ruling.— AP through the message boards or by sending emails that are court. encrypted. But there is no way in my mind that Zawahri or “In my view, it would be unseemly, Wahishi have access to the Internet, and I think Wahishi, at this undignified and unedifying to have a legal stage of his life, is even afraid of going outside.” Tracking and tussle over these royal remains,” the judge eliminating Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen hasn’t been easy for said, urging the opposing sides “to avoid the US. embarking on the (legal) Wars of the Roses It took years for the CIA finally to kill the cleric Anwar Al- Part 2.” Richard was deposed and killed in Awlaki in a drone strike after an intense manhunt. By staying a battle near Leicester in 1485, and quickly off the grid, Al-Wahishi and other senior Al-Qaeda leaders in buried without a coffin in a now-demol- Yemen, such as Qassim Al-Rimi and top bomb-maker Ibrahim ished church in the city, which is 100 miles Al-Asiri, have managed to remain alive. So frustrated was the (160 kilometers) north of London. A skele- CIA at one point, the spy agency considered killing the couriers ton found under a Leicester parking lot passing messages in an attempt to disrupt the terrorist group’s last year was identified as the king plans, a former senior US official said. through DNA tests, bone analysis and oth- The idea was dropped because the couriers were not er scientific scrutiny. involved in lethal operations. Exactly how US spy systems The discovery thrilled history buffs but picked up the latest threat is classified, and Shawn Turner, spokesman for National Intelligence Director James Clapper, sparked a scuffle over where the last refused to confirm or deny Katz’s analysis on how it might British monarch to die in battle should be have happened. Intelligence officials have suggested that the reburied. plot was detected, in part at least, through NSA surveillance The government gave Leicester programs that have been under harsh worldwide criticism for Cathedral a license to rebury the king, but LONDON: A painting of England’s King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral in privacy intrusions in the name of national security. It’s not the relatives’ group wants him interred in central England. The British public should be consulted on the final resting clear, however, that even the powerful US spy systems would the northern England city of York, claim- place of Richard III, the 15th-century king whose skeleton was found under be able to crack jihadists’ encrypted messages without help ing it was Richard’s wish. a car park, a judge ruled yesterday.—AFP from the inside. Earlier this year, an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist propaganda organization known as the Global Islamic Media Front released Egypt’s ‘Day of Rage’ turns violent; 70 die an encrypted instant-messaging system known as “Asrar Al- Dardashah,” or “Secrets of the Chat.” It was a texting version of Continued from Page 1 for 30 years before his removal in 2011, against terrorism,” King Abdullah said in the organization’s end-to-end encryption program that follow- as security institutions recover their con- an uncompromising message read out ers had been using for years. End-to-end encryption means of several thousand on downtown fidence and reassert control. In calling on Saudi television. messages are put into code so that only senders and receivers Cairo under blazing summer sun. for a “Day of Rage,” the Brotherhood “I call on the honest men of Egypt can access the content with secure “keys.” Emergency services said eight protest- used the same name as that given to the and the Arab and Muslim nations ... to After the NSA programs were revealed in June by former ers were killed in clashes in the most violent day of the uprising against stand as one man and with one heart in NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, jihadi websites began Mediterranean town of Damietta, five in Mubarak. That day, Jan. 28, 2011, the face of attempts to destabilize a urging followers to also use software that would hide their Fayoum south of Cairo, four in the Suez marked the protesters’ victory over the country that is at the forefront of Arab Internet protocol addresses and, essentially, prevent them Canal city of Ismailia and four in the Nile police, who were forced to retreat. and Muslim history,” he added. Obama’s from being tracked online. That aimed to add another layer of delta town of Tanta. One person was Ironically, the centre of the anti- refusal so far to cut off US aid to Egypt security to the online traffic. An Aug 5 discussion about the US killed in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city. Mubarak protests, Tahrir Square, was suggests he does not wish to alienate embassy closings on a jihadi forum that is directly linked to Al- A police conscript was killed in a deserted yesterday, sealed off by the the generals, despite the scale of the Qaeda underscored the need for “complete secrecy” in plot- drive-by shooting in the north of the army. bloodshed in the army’s suppression of ting attacks even while jeering at the American response to the capital, state news agency MENA report- Underscoring the deep divisions in Morsi supporters. message between Al-Zawahri and Al-Wahishi. ed. Nile TV showed footage of a gunman the country, local residents helped the Egypt will need all the financial sup- In a post on the Shumukh Al-Islam online forum, a writer among Islamist protesters firing from a army block access to Cairo’s Rabaa Al- port it can get in the coming months as who identified himself as Sayyed Al-Mawqif noted American central Cairo bridge. Signaling his dis- Adawiya mosque, the site of the main it grapples with growing economic news reports that said the terror threat possibly was intercept- pleasure at the worst bloodshed in Brotherhood sit-in that was swept away problems, especially in the important ed though phone calls or surveillance of jihadist chat rooms or Egypt for generations, US President during Wednesday’s police assault. “We tourism sector that accounts for more message boards. Shumukh Al-Islam is not an encrypted site, Barack Obama said on Thursday normal are here to prevent those filthy bastards than 10 percent of gross domestic prod- but it requires a password to access and does not frequently cooperation with Cairo could not con- from coming back,” said Mohamed Ali, a uct. The United States urged its citizens accept new visitors. tinue and announced the cancellation of 22-year-old business student. The to leave Egypt on Thursday and two of “Even if there will not be a jihadi operation, it is sufficient military exercises with Egypt next Egyptian presidency issued a statement Europe’s biggest tour operators, that the mujahideen brothers succeeded in putting fear in the month. criticizing Obama, saying his comments Germany’s TUI and Thomas Cook hearts of the disbelievers and the human devils,” Al-Mawqif wrote, according to a SITE translation of the transcript. “We “We deplore violence against civil- were not based on “facts” and would Germany, said they were cancelling all hope to hear more about psychological wars like this one if ians. We support universal rights essen- strengthen violent groups that were trips to the country until Sept 15. there are no actual jihadi operations on the ground.” tial to human dignity, including the right committing “terrorist acts”. Pro-army When a military helicopter flew low Encryption technology was once regulated by the US for to peaceful protest,” he said, but groups posted videos on the Internet of over Ramses Square, protesters held national security purposes, but it has been available to the stopped short of cutting off the $1.55 policemen they said had been tortured up shoes chanting “We will bring Sisi public and used globally since the 1990s, including by human billion a year of mostly military US aid to and killed by Islamist militants. to the ground” and “Leave, leave, you rights and free speech advocates. Egypt. The Brotherhood accuses the mil- Washington’s influence over Cairo traitor”. As the sound of teargas canis- “You can encrypt things in such a way that you can assume itary of staging a coup when it ousted has been called into question following ters being fired began, protesters - that even the NSA can’t undo them - there’s no back door,” Morsi on July 3. Liberal and youth Morsi’s overthrow. Since then Saudi including young and old, men and said Dan Auerbach, a technology expert at the Electronic activists who backed the military saw Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab women - donned surgical masks, gas Frontier Foundation, which is challenging NSA eavesdropping the move as a positive response to pub- Emirates have pledged $12 billion to masks and wrapped bandannas in federal lawsuits. “We think it is very important to have tools lic demands. Egypt, making them more prominent around their faces. Some rubbed Pepsi for privacy,” Auerbach said. But “when you develop a strong But some fear Egypt is turning back partners. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on their faces to counter the gas. privacy-enhancing tool, it will help everyone - and this may into the kind of police state that kept its people and government stood and “Allahu akbar! (God is Greatest)” the include people considered by many to be ‘bad guys.’” — AP the disgraced Hosni Mubarak in power stand by today with its brothers in Egypt crowd chanted. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Young ‘Dreamers’ push for US immigration reform

WASHINGTON: With immigration reform young people-generally Latin Americans- mented immigrants who were brought to Congressman Steve King’s assertion that for facing an uncertain fate in Congress, young cannot get a driver’s license, open a bank the US as children. every undocumented immigrant who is a people brought to the United States as chil- account, receive scholarship money or work A year later, a revamped version of the valedictorian there are another hundred with dren are pushing to win residency papers in legally. measure gave Dreamers work permits and “calves the size of cantaloupes” hauling mari- the country they consider home. Deportation to the land of their parents protection from deportation. juana across the desert. They are known as the “Dreamers”-after would mean discovering a sometimes Individuals aged 15 to 30 who came to Earlier, in July, nine young, undocumented the DREAM Act that would have given them unknown country and culture, and even the US before they were 16, are studying or immigrants who were brought to the US by citizenship had it passed Congress-and now relearning a language in which some are no have graduated from high school, and have their parents as children demonstrated there’s a chance their dreams will become longer fluent. not been in legal trouble are able to request against immigration law by attempting to re- true. The Dreamers themselves have been the consideration. enter the US from Mexico. President Barack Obama has put a tem- most effective advocates for immigration According to official figures, some They were arrested at the border then porary system in place to accord them work reform, said Gary Segura, co-founder of the 365,000 young people have applied under released on parole and now await possible papers, and 430,236 people qualified to take polling firm Latino Decisions. the measure, which does not provide legal asylum. advantage of it, out of 573,404 who applied. “They are really helpful at making the status. The Dreamers’ “highly visible and contro- To qualify for the pilot scheme they had immigration cause more palatable, and the Now, as a more ambitious bill that would versial tactics could help mobilize favorable to be under 31, have arrived in the US before more acceptable it is to general Americans, provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 mil- opinion and pro-migrant movement partici- they were 16, have graduated high school, the more likely that Congress would be to lion undocumented immigrants makes its pants,” said Matthew Ward, an immigration have a clean criminal record and pay a $426 eventually vote,” he said. way through the Republican-led House after specialist at the University of Southern processing fee. In 2011, young, undocumented immi- passing the Senate, the Dreamers are step- Mississippi. Now they want Congress to pass a law grants called on US President Barack Obama ping up their noisy public campaign. “It’s easy for the public to treat undocu- making the arrangement permanent, and to stop deportations and change the Activists delivered hundreds of can- mented aliens as if somehow they are wildly they’re not shy about leading their own American immigration system under a bill taloupes at the beginning of the month to different from other Americans, and these attention-grabbing campaigns to promote it. called the DREAM Act, which would have Republican lawmakers. young people just want to get a driver’s Although raised in the US, many of these provided a path to citizenship for undocu- The stunt followed Republican license and go to college,” Segura said. —AFP California teen welcomed home after kidnapping DiMaggio ‘tortured and killed’ mother and son

LAKESIDE: A 16-year-old girl got a warm Brett Anderson said his daughter was body as they sifted through rubble. welcome home reception five days after taking things one day at a time. He said DiMaggio “tortured and killed” the moth- FBI agents killed a longtime family friend he spoke with the horseback riders who er and son, San Diego County Sheriff’s suspected of torturing and killing her saw the pair in the Idaho wilderness and Detective Darren Perata wrote, offering mother and brother and escaping with alerted authorities, thanking them for sav- no elaboration, in the warrants released her to the Idaho wilderness. ing Hannah’s life. “Right now, she’s with Wednesday. GUADALAJARA: Mexican soldiers patrol the surroundings Hannah Anderson was mobbed by her family and, of course, with some Investigators who searched DiMaggio’s of Guadalajara international airport, in Guadalajara, reporters as she entered and left a restau- friends, and she’s just happy to be here,” home found letters from Hannah, an Jalisco State, Mexico, on Thursday as Mexican authorities rant that hosted an all-day fundraiser. he told reporters outside the restaurant incendiary device, a handcuff box and wait for the arrival of Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the News crews were told to wait outside Thursday. Firefighters found the body of “arson wire,” according to one warrant, “Queen of the Pacific” for her links to the drug trade, to while Hannah and her father stayed for Christina Anderson, 44, near a crowbar which does not elaborate on the content arrest her after the United States deports her. —AFP hours. She did not make a statement. and what appeared to be blood next to of letters or nature of the devices. “I don’t know what I want to say. I just her head. DiMaggio is believed to have The warrants say DiMaggio and want to give her a hug,” said Alyssa shot and killed their family dog, found Hannah exchanged about 13 phone calls New Mexico boy set to go Hawgum, a classmate of Hannah’s in under a sleeping bag in the garage with before she was picked up from cheerlead- Lakeside, an east San Diego suburb of blood close to its head. ing practice Aug. 4, hours before firefight- to court in dad’s killing 54,000 people. Investigators found 8-year-old Ethan’s ers found DiMaggio’s burning garage in Boulevard, a rural town 65 miles east of ALBUQUERQUE: The 10-year-old New Mexico boy lived in an abusive, filthy San Diego. They do not indicate the time, home and had tried desperately to get help to stop the beatings he and his duration or nature of the calls. younger siblings had for years faced at the hands of their abusive father, his attor- Jan Caldwell, a San Diego County sher- ney says. Then, one day in 2009, prosecutors say, he put a gun to the head of his iff’s spokeswoman, said they may have 250-pound father and killed him at their Belen, N.M., home. After years of stops been discussing pickup times. San Diego and starts, the boy is scheduled to face a jury this month for first-degree murder County Sheriff Bill Gore has been in a rare prosecution expected to highlight the debate over whether children adamant that Hannah was an unwilling that young are capable of the pre-meditation required for such a serious charge. victim from start to finish. “I can’t make it Experts say the boy, now 14 and living in Oklahoma, is just one of a handful of any clearer,” he said at a news conference very young children in the nation’s history to face such a conviction. Monday. DiMaggio was extraordinarily “I’ve been practicing law for 20 years and this is the saddest case I’ve ever close to both children, driving Hannah to seen,” said the boy’s attorney, William J. Cooley. “I don’t know why this is even gymnastics meets and Ethan to football going to court.” Lemuel L. Martinez, 13th Judicial District Attorney, declined to practice. The warrants say the former talk about the case with The Associated Press. But he defended the decision to telecommunications technician took pursue the first-degree murder charge. “We are going to court because we Hannah on multi-day trips, most recently believe we have enough evidence to meet the burden of proof,” Martinez said. to Malibu and Hollywood. The case is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 26 in a Valencia County courtroom, Asked on her ask.fm social media but defense attorneys wanted a change of venue and sought to have the 911 call account this week if she would have pre- made by the boy thrown out. The boy’s attorneys argued the father, 42-year-old ferred DiMaggio got a lifetime prison sen- Byron Hilburn, had strong ties to law enforcement members in the area and that tence instead of being killed, she said, “He might taint a potential jury pool. But a judge Thursday denied both motions. The deserved what he got.” AP is not naming the boy since he is being tried as a child in children’s court. If The account was disabled but there found guilty, the boy will be in state custody until he is 21 and must take part in a were postings on an Instagram account plan for rehabilitation. LAKESIDE: Hannah Anderson arrives at the Boll Weevil restaurant for a linked to Hannah’s now-disabled There have been few other cases where young children have faced murder fundraiser in her honour to raise money for her family, Thursday in ask.fm page. charges, according to the Robert Schwartz, executive director of the Juvenile Law “Dad is not taking this very well,” she Center in Philadelphia. The most well-known example came in 1989 when Lakeside, California. The father of Hannah Anderson, the 16-year-old girl wrote late Wednesday. “None of us are Cameron Kocher, then 9, shot a 7-year-old playmate with a high-powered rifle in who was abducted by a longtime family friend and rescued during an FBI but please watch over him. I’m all he’s got rural Pennsylvania after the playmate said she was better at the video game than shootout in the Idaho wilderness says his daughter is spending time with left. Even though your gone we are still a he was. Kocher was tried as an adult but eventually pleaded no contest to invol- family and friends and happy to be home. —AP team. Love and miss you.“ —AP untary manslaughter. He was placed on probation until he turned 21. —AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Police defend response to Islamabad gunman ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police defended yesterday their the gunman,” he said on Geo TV. “We had asked media Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, said. response to a gunman who shut down the heart of the and the general public who had gathered there to stay at “Hopefully he will be normal in 24 hours. We have put heavily guarded capital for five hours in a standoff that least 300 metres away for their own safety, but they did him on a ventilator and he is maintaining his blood pres- ended with him being shot and wounded. not move away.” sure,” Khawaja told AFP. Waving two semi-automatic guns and occasionally fir- Rizwan said there was a gap of only 50 metres (160 Sikandar’s wife was also shot in the leg as the scene ing into the air, Mohammad Sikandar was accompanied feet) between the crowd and Sikandar, making it impossi- reached its conclusion but doctors said she was out of by his wife and children throughout the tense drama late ble to tackle him safely. danger yesterday. Thursday that took place close to Islamabad’s political He said it appeared Sikandar was not part of any As the standoff played out during the evening, quarter. Broadcast live on Pakistan’s freewheeling rolling extremist outfit. “The preliminary investigations suggest Sikandar smoked cigarettes and spoke to TV stations on news channels, hours of stalemate came to a chaotic end that this man is not associated with any group and it was his mobile phone while his children played around his when Zamarud Khan, a senior member of the opposition his own individual act,” he told Geo TV. The standoff car. The politician Khan, hailed a hero by some local Pakistan Peoples Party sent to negotiate, made a sudden began around 5:30 pm (1230 GMT) when police flagged media, said he felt he had to intervene. “I was sitting at lunge at the gunman. down the car for a traffic offence on the central Jinnah home and watching this whole drama on TV,” he told Khan slipped and missed his man, but police opened Avenue neighbourhood-just over a kilometre from the Geo TV. “I came out with a commitment that I will catch fire, seriously wounding Sikandar in the chest and leg presidency and parliament buildings. this guy, even if it takes my life.” before arresting him, dragging him off as blood poured Sikandar then started firing into the air, forcing mar- Pakistan’s outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari praised from his wounds. Doctors said he was improving on kets and shops in the area to close, before making a the intervention of his party colleague. Zardari “lauded Friday. The drama in the centre of the normally sleepy series of rambling demands including the resignation of the courage of PPP leader Zamarud Khan who, risking his capital drew a huge crowd of onlookers and media, and the government, the imposition of Sharia law and the own life, has helped law-enforcing agencies getting hold Islamabad police chief Muhammad Rizwan said they release of a son from prison in Dubai. of the armed man tonight in Islamabad”, a statement were to blame for the slow response, denying his men Some police officials said he appeared to have mental from the presidency said. had dithered in the face of the challenge. health problems but Rizwan said this was yet to be con- “The president also appreciated the role of security “The commando operation was delayed because we firmed. He underwent three hours of surgery during the agencies who have handled the situation in a discreet needed proper space between the general public and night, doctor Wasim Khawaja, spokesman for the manner and have averted any mishap,” it added. — AFP Party’s over as Goa bans dance bars

PANAJI: India’s popular holiday state of Goa has announced a ban on dance bars, further restricting the party scene in a des- tination once famous as a raver’s paradise. The state has progressively tightened controls on night- clubs and outdoor parties over the last few years after a series of high-profile crimes including the rape and murder of a British teenager in 2008. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, elected in the southwest- ern state last year, has made cleaning up Goa’s palm tree- lined beaches a priority to make them more family-friendly. “Dance bars will not be allowed in Goa. There has been a lot of image-beating for the state due to the existence of drugs and prostitution on the beaches. We will clean it up,” Parrikar announced on Thursday. His administration has initiated a string of measures to safeguard foreign tourists and has ordered police to remain present on the beaches until midnight. Previously police would withdraw after sunset. Goa-once a laid-back hippy beach hangout known for drugs, free love and music-retains an image as a free-wheel- MUMBAI: Indian Navy divers are seen on board an inflatable craft next to the conning tower of diesel-powered INS ing oasis in straitlaced India and draws 2.3 million foreign and Sindhurakshak (covered with red and white sheet) as it lies submerged inside the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai yesterday. domestic visitors annually. India’s navy have retrieved four charred bodies from a submarine that exploded in a Mumbai dockyard, and said it was But its sleazy and criminal sides were exposed in 2008 by unlikely any of the other 15 missing crewmen would be found alive. — AFP the death of 15-year-old British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was raped by two men and left for dead after she consumed a cocktail of illegal drugs at a beach cafe. Her death prompted a crackdown on nightclubs and rave India navy finds parties, with many forced to close or finish early. “Silent discos”-in which party-goers wear headphones to listen to the music-have developed as a way to work around the restrictions on outdoor noise. Local activists say prostitu- 3 bodies in submarine tion has also mushroomed in the state in recent years. — AFP Sinking of submarine biggest blow for navy

NEW DELHI: India’s navy said yesterday ies of personnel in the forward part of the have a deep submergence rescue vehicle divers had found the bodies of three sailors submarine is also very remote as the explo- that other navies use to save trapped sailors, who were on board a submarine badly dam- sion and very high temperatures, which although in this case the incident occurred aged by a fire and explosions and that it was melted steel within, would have incinerated while it was docked and not in the deep seas. unlikely any of 15 other missing crew mem- the bodies too.” The sinking of the diesel- The navy said divers couldn’t enter the bers would be found alive. powered submarine is the biggest blow for Sindhurakshak for more than 12 hours Eighteen sailors were missing after the navy, both in terms of lives and the loss because of boiling water inside parts of the weapons stored in the forward section of the of a vessel, since a frigate was sunk in the vessel. Access was “almost impossible due to Russian-built INS Sindhurakshak exploded in 1971 war with Pakistan. jammed doors and hatches, distorted lad- the middle of Tuesday night, causing a fire as It has turned the spotlight on the navy’s ders, oily and muddy waters”. it lay berthed in Mumbai, the navy’s worst ageing submarine fleet even as it spends bil- Only one diver could work at a time ini- losses in more than four decades. lions of rupees on aircraft carriers to counter tially to clear a path inside the submarine. “The state of these bodies and conditions the rising influence of the Chinese navy in Divers are trying to reach further inside to within the submarine leads to firm conclu- the Indian Ocean. find the remaining bodies, the navy said. A GOA: In this photograph taken on March 14, 2008, a sion that finding any surviving personnel The Sindhurakshak is a Kilo class vessel, naval board of inquiry has been ordered into tourist walks past a row of sunbeds on Baga Beach in Goa. within the submarine is unlikely,” the navy which were built in former Soviet and later how weapons went off while the vessel was India’s popular holiday state of Goa has yesterday, said in a statement. Russian shipyards for the Indian navy from berthed in the high-security Mumbai base. announced a ban on dance bars, further restricting the “The damage and destruction within the 1985 to 2000. The navy has 10 of the sub- Weapons on board such a submarine include party scene in a destination once famous as a raver’s para- submarine around the control room area marines and four German HDW boats. torpedoes and missiles that are launched dise. — AFP indicates that the feasibility of locating bod- A defence source said the navy did not over long ranges above water. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

China upholds jail term for Nobel laureate’s relative

BEIJING: A Chinese court yesterday lies in it,” he told AFP. “At this rate all of felt unwell during the journey to court In June Liu Xia appealed to upheld an 11-year prison sentence giv- our family will be in jail at some point.” and returned home, Shang Baojun, President Xi Jinping to choose “justice” en to a relative of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Hui, who manages a real estate firm one of Liu Hui’s lawyers told AFP. “It is over “merciless oppression”, in a rare Liu Xiaobo, a lawyer said, in a verdict in the southern Chinese city of difficult for us to understand this deci- public statement. She warned in an the family claimed was littered with Shenzhen, was alleged to have sion,” he added. “But it is difficult to say open letter that rights violations jeop- “lies”. defrauded another man, together with if the judgement was affected by other ardised Xi Jinping’s recent calls for a Police detained Liu Hui in January a colleague. factors,” he added, refusing to be national renaissance. on suspicion of committing fraud in “The government is saying in public drawn on whether the family was “Don’t let the Chinese dream for connection with a real estate deal. His that it wants fair trials, but then this being targeted. Lawyers said previous- people like us become a ‘Chinese brother-in-law Liu Xiaobo was jailed happens which is completely ridicu- ly that Liu Xia believed the charges nightmare’,” she wrote. “What we four years earlier for “subversion” after lous,” Liu Tong told AFP. “They say it (Li against her brother were “political per- should see from national authorities is he circulated a charter calling for dem- Xiaobo’s activism) is unrelated, but I secution”. Liu Tong said the entire fam- justice, not merciless oppression.” ocratic reforms. can’t agree with them. “We feel like ily has been devastated by the failure Since taking office as president earlier Liu Hui’s brother, Liu Tong, said he there is nothing we could have done of the appeal. Foreign diplomats and this year, Xi has touted the catch- refused to believe government promis- about this and that we are helpless,” journalists were barred from entering phrase “Chinese dream” which, though es that his family was not being target- he said. The Nobel laureate’s wife, Liu the court for the appeal hearing, media vaguely defined, is meant to encour- ed because of Liu Xiaobo’s political Xia, left home after years under house reports said. An official who answered age national rejuvenation and pride. activism, which earned the dissident a arrest in April to attend the opening the phone at Beijing’s Huairou District China’s ruling Communist Party Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. trial session for Liu Hui, her brother. People’s Court on Friday could not keeps a tight grip on power, dealing “We feel uncomfortable with the She also attended the sentencing in immediately confirm the decision to harshly with dissidents and other verdict. It is painful. There are a lot of June, but not Friday’s appeal, as she uphold the sentence. potential threats to its authority. —AFP Powerful quake jolts major N Zealand cities Wellington shook ‘like jelly’ WELLINGTON: A powerful earthquake ber of people trapped in lifts. lock in the capital. rattled major cities across New Zealand “Lots of aftershocks. ‘Beehive’ wob- Trains were also out of action due to yesterday, sending terrified office work- bling around like a jelly, but all OK,” potential danger from buckled rails, ers fleeing as central Wellington shook Economic Development Minister Steven leaving masses of commuters struggling “like jelly”, but authorities reported no Joyce said on Twitter, referring to New to get home. There were power cuts to major damage. Zealand’s distinctive parliament build- areas of the South Island, where a rock- The 6.5-magnitude quake struck at ing in the capital. fall closed the major highway. 2:31 pm (0231 GMT) near an area where Local resident Juli Ryan tweeted: Police said there was some damage KYOTO: Police investigators gather at the site of a a series of quakes hit last month, the US “That was pretty wild, I was sitting in my to buildings in the area, with pictures on Thursday’s blast in Kyoto, western Japan, yesterday. An Geological Survey said. It was felt from parked car watching buildings shake like news websites showing a farmhouse in explosion at a summer fireworks festival near Kyoto, Japan, Christchurch in the South Island to leaves.” Other witnesses said the power- the area shifted on its foundations with has injured 59 people, Japanese media reported. —AP Auckland in the North Island. ful shaking felt like a jackhammer and a collapsed chimney. The USGS, which initially measured left them struggling to stay on their feet. But authorities said while there were the quake at 6.8 magnitude, said it was “I feel a bit queasy, it was swaying so a few unspecified incidents involving Japan probes festival centred five kilometres (three miles) east much. I waited about ten seconds and broken glass, no major injuries or signifi- of the town of Seddon at a relatively got under my table, then we decided to cant damage were reported anywhere blast that injured 59 shallow depth of 9.9 kilometres. A clus- get out,” Sam Stanley, who works in the in the country. ter of major aftershocks measuring up to New Zealand stock exchange building, Another 6.5 tremor hit on July 21 and TOKYO: Japanese police were yesterday investigating the cause of an explosion 5.9 followed but no tsunami alert was told Fairfax Media. there have been hundreds of after- at a fireworks festival which left at least 59 people injured including some with issued. Workers poured into the streets as shocks since then, with residents fearing serious burns when it ripped through the crowded site. The tremors caused violent jolts in aftershocks continued to rock high-rise a repeat of a devastating quake that hit Witnesses recounted seeing victims, including children, screaming as they Wellington, where office workers dived blocks through the afternoon, with busi- Christchurch in February 2011, killing rolled around on the ground to try to extinguish the flames, while the thousands under their desks for cover as buildings nesses telling staff to leave early and get 185 people. who had gathered for the Thursday night festival fled in panic. swayed and police had to rescue a num- out of the downtown area, causing grid- “This area in particular is very active The explosion is believed to have erupted at one of hundreds of concession in the last couple of months. This is a stands lining a nearby riverbank at the festival, which is held annually outside the continuation of that activity,” a seismol- ancient capital of Kyoto and attracts upwards of 100,000 people. ogist from Geoscience Australia told Video footage showed the stalls, which had been selling drinks and snacks, AFP. going up in flames and sending smoke into the night sky, before a larger blast Wellington lies near five seismic erupted. Early accounts said the incident was believed to have been caused by a faultlines and was the scene of the gas cylinder, but Jiji Press news agency said police suspect the fire may have country’s most powerful earthquake in started when a vendor added gasoline to a running power generator. 1855. That devastating 8.2-magnitude “I heard a bang and then saw a billow of smoke,” one 37-year-old man, who quake caused four deaths and changed had been volunteering near the site, told Kyodo news agency. Pictures from the the city’s entire geography, pushing the scene showed charred concession booths and an abandoned baby stroller shoreline out 200 metres (660 feet) as it among the picnic blankets and clothing left behind after the crowd fled in the thrust the harbour floor upwards. aftermath of the blast. Anna Kaiser, a seismologist with the Of the 59 injured, at least 19 people suffered major burns and other serious official GNS monitoring service, said it injuries, according to police. One 10-year-old boy remained in intensive care yes- was impossible to predict how long the terday. “I heard a boy crying, ‘atsui, atsui (hot, hot)’,” one middle-aged man told Nippon Television from the scene yesterday morning. latest burst of activity would last. “People gathered ice cubes from wherever they could and used them to cool “Certainly we expect aftershocks fol- peoples’ burns,” he added. The fireworks display was cancelled after the incident. lowing an event like this,” she told TV3. It was unclear how many spectators were in the immediate vicinity of the festival, “Unfortunately when we have some- which was held in Fukuchiyama city, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) north of thing like this there’s also an elevated Kyoto. A 27-year-old male witness told the top-selling daily Yomiuri Shimbun chance of getting another earthquake of TAIMATE: Kieran Hickman surveys the damage to his property at Taimate, that he saw the fire start near a jerry can sitting next to a generator at the back of a similar magnitude.” New Zealand is on a concession stand. New Zealand yesterday, after a 6.5 magnitude trembler. Strong earth- the boundary of the Australian and quakes shook central New Zealand yesterday, damaging homes and roads When a man, who appeared to be the vendor, opened the can’s lid, a hissing Pacific tectonic plates, forming part of noise was heard just before a fire started, the Yomiuri said. and sending office workers scrambling for cover in the capital. No serious the so-called “Ring of Fire”, and experi- “We’ll have to see the results of our on-site investigation to determine the injuries were reported. —AP ences up to 15,000 tremors a year. —AFP cause of the fire,” a local police officer told AFP yesterday.—AFP Ecuador to open Amazon’s 18 Euro-zone inflation flat, 20US worker productivity up 17 BusinessYasuni basin to oil drilling trade surplus edges up modestly in April-June

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NEW DELHI: A customer pays for a single cigarette at a roadside stall in New Delhi. India’s rupee plunged to a new record low against the dollar yesterday and stocks slid 2.66 percent over fears that foreign capital could flow back to the United States as the US economy improves. —AFP India’s rupee plunges to new low Stocks fall 3.85% as RBI measures fail

MUMBAI: India’s rupee plunged to a new low yesterday and only 100 percent of their net worth abroad, down from an ear- Param Sarma, chief executive with NSP Forex, a consultancy stocks fell nearly four percent on fears that foreign capital lier 400 percent. Resident Indians will be able to send only firm said. could flow back to the United States as the US economy $75,000 out of the country each year-down from $200,000 The fall for the rupee is part of a wider trend as most improves. previously — the bank said on its website. emerging market currencies have depreciated in recent The rupee, one of Asia’s worst-performing currencies this “(Wednesday’s) measures have caused fresh concern, sug- months against the dollar, which is strengthening as its econo- year, hit a record of 62.03 rupees to the greenback, slipping gesting that one can bring in capital (into India) but it is diffi- my recovers. past its previous low of 61.80 rupees on August 6. cult to take it out,” said Sonam Udasi, head of research with Dealers said there was no immediate sign of an interven- It recovered marginally to 61.79 to the dollar in afternoon investment bank IDBI Capital. tion by the RBI to prop up the rupee, which at Friday’s low had trade. India’s stock markets saw relentless selling pressure, Udasi said investors were worried that despite India’s long- depreciated 13.2 percent against the dollar in 2013. with the BSE benchmark 30-share Sensex index plunging as term growth potential, “things are not in shape in the interim The falling rupee stokes inflation by raising the cost of much as 3.85 percent or 746.20 points-its sharpest single-day period”. everything India imports from crude oil to chemicals and puls- fall in nearly two years-to a day’s low of 18,621.39 points. “This is a panic fall,” said Ajay Bodke, an investment strate- es. The rupee’s woes come as the government is struggling to The drop reflects fears that recent measures by the Reserve gist with Mumbai brokerage Prabhudas Lilladher, as demand turn around India’s once red-hot economy by pledging new Bank of India may not be able to help slow down foreign fund for the dollar has risen on expectations of a scaling back of US steps to narrow the gaping current account deficit-the broad- outflows and the ailing currency, dealers said. stimulus in September. Since June 1, overseas funds have est measure of trade-which hit a record level last year. India’s markets were closed Thursday, so yesterday was the pulled out a combined $11.58 billion in equities and debt from The economy grew at a decade-low 5.0 percent in the year first day the markets reacted to new measures announced by India’s markets, over concerns about the weakening economy, to March. The high current account deficit, slowing domestic the central bank to control forex outflows and prop up the regulatory data shows. growth and weak exports put heavy pressure on the rupee. rupee. “There is complete lack of faith in the markets. There are The RBI has said until the rupee stabilizes it cannot lower On Wednesday, the RBI said that Indian firms can invest fears that the RBI measures may not help improve the rupee,” borrowing costs to spur a slowing economy. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Economic recovery boosts Cameron’s political capital UK’s economy showing multiple signs of recovery

LONDON: British Prime Minister David work in the minds of the electorate - you Under its new governor, Mark Carney, Cameron may be close to pulling off one cannot say ‘well actually this would have the Bank of England upgraded its mean of the most significant feats of his pre- happened earlier and we would all be a growth projection this month by 0.8 per- miership: delivering a solid economic lot wealthier with a policy that didn’t centage points to 2.5 percent in 2014. If recovery ahead of a 2015 election. happen’. In reality it is the strength of the achieved, that would be Britain’s fastest Two consecutive quarters of growth economy at the time of an election that annual growth rate since 2007. have shifted the sands of British politics: tends to matter most.” “A renewed recovery is now underway six months ago, lawmakers in his ruling For Cameron and his finance minister, in the United Kingdom, and it appears to HONG KONG: A man walks past luxury shops in Hong Conservative party warned him that fail- George Osborne, the political gamble be broadening,” Carney said at his first ure to lead Britain out of stagnation could was always on economic growth. But news conference as Bank of England Kong yesterday. —AFP cost him, and them, the election. Those even as signs emerge that their bet may chief while unveiling a promise- with fearful voices have fallen silent. be paying off, they remain cautious. caveats-not to raise interest rates above After cutting Britain’s biggest budget Party sources say they are acutely 0.5 percent until unemployment falls Maersk raises deficit since World War Two by a third, aware of the risk of premature triumphal- below 7 percent. Cameron leads what could be the fastest ism 21 months before the election. When While a recovery is underway, the outlook after growing major economy in the European asked on almost a daily basis whether economy is a long way from regaining its Union this year. “Will the better economic Britain is seeing “the green shoots of pre-crisis strength. Britain remains vul- data change the political landscape? recovery”, Cameron’s spokesman says nerable to any more shocks from the strong Q2 Well, economics is the biggest issue,” said only that the economy “is healing” or euro zone debt crisis and voters’ incomes Steven Bell, director of multi-asset invest- “out of intensive care”. He always stresses are at some of their lowest levels in a COPENHAGEN, Hovedstaden: Danish shipping and oil conglomer- ment at F&C Asset Management which that tough times still lie ahead. decade. ate A.P. Moeller-Maersk raised its 2013 earnings forecast yesterday has about 98 billion pounds ($151.52 bil- Staking their reputation on reducing Yet ultra-loose monetary policy, sup- after registering a much better-than-expected second quarter. lion) under management. Britain’s debt mountain and nursing the port for the housing market, the poten- The group’s net profit fell by 15 percent to 4.48 billion kroner (601 “Having pursued a policy of austerity, economy back to health, Cameron and tial of North Sea oil production, and the million euros, $801 million) in the April to June period, but that figure the government will get credibility both Osborne knew they had just a few years ability to ease the pain of austerity with was significantly higher than the 3.05 billion anticipated by analysts for prudent management and for the to make inroads into what they said was tax revenues give Cameron one of the surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires. Sales slid by nine percent to 80.9 recovery,” said Bell. “They will get the the profligate legacy of the 1997-2010 best economic backdrops of his premier- billion kroner, owing primarily to a drop in oil production and prices as credit for this.” Labor governments. But as the economy ship. well as shipping freight rates, which were down by 13 percent on Britain’s $2.5 trillion economy grew by stagnated, Britain’s two most powerful If he can keep the recovery on track average. 0.6 percent in the second quarter after a men were branded “dipsticks” by Rupert right up to the next election, Cameron’s In the container transport business, where Maersk Line is the 0.3 percent rise in the first quarter, put- Murdoch’s Sun newspaper and their priv- chances of winning - possibly even the world’s biggest operator, “the global market showed only modest ting it on course to grow by at least 1.4 ileged backgrounds - both went to Conservatives’ first outright victory since growth”, mainly because of the economic crisis in Europe, the group percent this year. That would be the expensive schools and were members of 1992 - increase. said in a statement. Volumes rose by 2.0 percent and Maersk tried to strongest annual growth since 2010, the the same exclusive high-society dining If he wins, Cameron has promised an cut costs by maximizing the use of its vessels. “The outlook for con- year Cameron forced Labor’s Gordon club at Oxford - were mocked. in-out referendum on Britain’s member- tainer transportation remains challenging as demand is expected to Brown from office by forming a coalition One outspoken Conservative lawmak- ship of the European Union by the end of continue to be weak in 2013,” it added. government with the Liberal Democrats er even called them “arrogant posh boys” 2017. Economic growth could ease voter In its oil unit, Maersk Oil, daily production plunged by 21 percent after no party won an outright majority in who “don’t know the price of milk”. unease at immigration - one of the driv- from a year ago. It fell in Qatar, Denmark, where the group encoun- a general election. Cameron’s party lost ground in opinion ers of anti-European Union feeling in tered technical problems, and Britain, but was stable in Algeria, Brazil Some investors say Cameron’s policies polls and was convulsed by internal Britain. Growth leaves the opposition and Kazakhstan. may in fact be partly to blame for the rebellions over Britain’s ties with the Labour Party and its leader, Ed Miliband, The company said oil production had “bottomed out now and will recovery’s long wait. But they still expect European Union and over gay marriage, in a tough spot. Labour’s drive to con- return to growth in the second half of the year.” The two units togeth- the government to benefit. “The recovery while the opposition Labor party warned vince voters it can run the economy has er account for 60 percent of A.P. Moeller Maersk’s sales. could have happened a lot sooner with a voters austerity was killing off the recov- fallen flat so far: support for Conservative The group raised its net profit forecast for the full-year to $3.3 bil- bit more government support for infra- ery. But from services and consumer economic management soared to 40 per- lion, up from the 2.9 billion previously expected. That is however low- structure spending in particular,” said spending to house prices, Britons’ best cent from 28 percent in June, according er than the 4.0 billion the group reported in 2012. Yesterday’s earn- Trevor Greetham, asset allocation direc- loved measure of economic virility, data to a Guardian/ICM poll. ings report cheered investors, as the share price climbed by 6.97 per- tor for Fidelity’s Investment Solution now shows the world’s sixth largest The poll put Labor’s overall support at cent in early afternoon trading on a Copenhagen stock exchange that Group, who has responsibility for $14 bil- economy may be about to do better than 35 percent, a mere three percentage was largely flat. —AFP lion of assets. at any time since the onset of the 2007- points higher than the Conservatives. “But that is not the way things tend to 2008 financial crisis. Labour’s lead was 12 percentage points in the same poll in February. Iraq says Sept Now it is Miliband and Labor finance chief Ed Balls, rather than Cameron and maintenance will not Osborne, who are mocked by the domes- tic press. After a protester threw an egg affect oil exports at Miliband’s head during a visit to an BAGHDAD: Iraq will carry out routine maintenance work East London market in August, the Sun on its southern oil export terminals in a way which will branded him “Scrambled Ed” and cast not affect exports in September, an oil ministry him in a cartoon as the broken-egg char- spokesman said yesterday. Investors and European refin- acter from the English nursery rhyme ers are closely watching for maintenance at the major Humpty Dumpty. Iraqi terminal in Basra after plans emerged at the end of But Labor says improving economic July that exports could be cut by 400,000-500,000 barrels data shows no signs of translating into per day (bpd). higher living standards. “It may be a “Iraq will carry out a plan for a gradual maintenance recovery for those at the top, but it is not work for the southern export terminals in Basra and this a recovery for most people,” a senior plan will ensure that exports keep flowing normally with- Labor source told Reuters. “For most, liv- out disruptions,” Asim Jihad said. The physical oil market ing standards are being squeezed as is already tight due to low exports of Russian Urals, on-off inflation outstrips wages more and more. disruptions of Iraq’s other exports through Turkey and This is what we’re going to be pointing outages in Libya. out.” Iraq’s oil exports averaged 2.324 million bpd in July, In a change of tack, Miliband has put down slightly from 2.328 million bpd in June, the oil min- the cost of living at the heart of his eco- istry said last week. Jihad said Iraq expected oil exports to TOKYO: A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities nomic policy, noting rising costs for be higher in September than in the previous two months everything from utilities to train fares. He thanks to the start of production from the southern firm in Tokyo yesterday. Expectations that the US Federal Reserve plans to attack Cameron with the slogan: will start to phase out its monetary stimulus had a mostly negative Garraf oilfield. There are also plans to increase exports “They’re out of touch. You’re out of pock- from Kirkuk, he said. —Reuters impact on Asian stock markets yesterday. —AP et.” —Reuters business SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 China’s bloated steel units to face market forces

BEIJING: Momentum is growing in China to feel the pain of a new approach based ed to stop micromanaging the sector and er for new firms to enter by breaking up a to allow market forces to end a titanic on tighter regulation and market eco- would instead try to ensure the market support structure in which they are cos- capacity glut in heavy industry that a nomics. If it works, steel may become a runs smoothly by establishing a level seted with subsidies and cheap credit, decade of state interventions has failed to model for how the government deals playing field and stronger rules. It has they say. “We’ve got 21,000 steel compa- resolve, according to speeches made by with other sectors such as aluminum, started to implement a new registry to nies and there are still more being creat- high-ranking officials this month at a cement and shipbuilding. ensure steel mills operate under the same ed every year,” said Scott Kennedy, direc- closed-door event. The speeches indicate Beijing has yet to make clear whether rules and standards, with the aim of mak- tor of the Research Center for Chinese that China’s reform-minded cabinet is it would begin to allow loss-making firms ing competition fairer across regions. It Politics and Business at Indiana considering a dose of deeper structural to go bankrupt. Until local governments has also vowed to let the market rather University, who has studied China’s steel reform to remedy bloated, inefficient and stop propping up firms, any reform will than government pick which firms merge. firms. “Banks shouldn’t be giving those debt-laden sectors such as steel. be slow and partial. China’s cabinet, the State Council, has start-ups money.” The 30 largest listed China has around 300 million tons of “The current methods of management identified overcapacity as one of its policy steel firms are estimated to have racked surplus steel output capacity, equivalent do not suit the requirements of the indus- priorities this year, and it has been the up nearly 760 billion yuan ($124 billion) in to nearly twice the output of the try,” said Miao Zhimin, vice-head of the driving force behind efforts to slash red debt, largely as a result of rapid expan- European Union last year. raw materials department at the Ministry tape and increase the role of the market sions and high costs. Encouraged by easy financing and of Industry and Information Technology in key industries. A Reuters survey of 15 listed firms, cheap energy supplies, local governments (MIIT), responsible for the steel sector. Experts say a market-based approach including market leader Baoshan Iron and looking to meet job and growth targets According to transcripts of speeches would need a system that allows firms to Steel (Baosteel), showed that despite have steadily built many more steel mills made to a China Iron and Steel exit. If Beijing is unwilling to countenance receiving 3.49 billion yuan in subsidies in than the country needs. Association (CISA) gathering last week, mass bankruptcies due to concerns about 2012, they still made losses of 5.29 billion The steel sector is likely to be the first Miao said his ministry had already decid- job losses, it should at least make it hard- yuan over the year.— Reuters US worker productivity up modestly in April-June Labor costs move up at 1.4% annually WASHINGTON: US worker productivity increase their work force and start hiring For now, the modest rise in labor costs accelerated to a still-modest 0.9 percent more aggressively should the upward means wages aren’t growing fast enough annual pace between April and June after trend in the economy continue,” Annalisa to raise worries about inflation. The dropping the previous quarter. The sec- Piazza, an analyst at Newedge Strategy, Federal Reserve monitors productivity and ond-quarter gain beat economists’ expec- wrote in a note to clients. The economy labor costs for any signs that inflation tations and reversed a decline in the has added 192,000 jobs a month so far this could pick up. Mild inflation has allowed SHANGHAI: Stock investors sit in front of electronic January-March quarter, when the Labor year, on average, a modest improvement the Fed to keep short-term interest rates screens showing index numbers at a brokerage in Department’s revised numbers show pro- on last year’s average 183,000 new jobs a at record lows and to buy bonds to try to Shanghai yesterday. Chinese stock prices swung ductivity shrank at a 1.7 percent annual month. keep long-term rates down. —AP wildly yesterday after a brief trading frenzy blamed pace. on a brokerage’s computer error. —AP Labor costs rose at a 1.4 percent annual pace from April through June, reversing a revised 4.2 percent drop the previous Oil steady above quarter. Productivity measures output per hour of work. Weak productivity suggests $109, boosted that companies may have to hire because they can’t squeeze more work from their by supply fears existing employees - that is, if demand for a company’s products is growing. Productivity growth has been weaker LONDON: Brent crude oil steadied above $109 per barrel yester- recently, rising 1.5 percent in 2012 and 0.5 day, consolidating after a week of strong gains as turmoil in percent in 2011. Egypt and Libya stoked worries over the security of oil supplies Annual productivity growth averaged from the Middle East and North Africa. Concerns that violence in 3.2 percent in 2009 and 3.3 percent in Egypt could affect the Suez Canal, conduit for up to 3 million bar- 2010. In records dating back to 1947, it’s rels per day (bpd) of oil and a vital seaway for bulk carriers, been about 2 percent. The economy so far helped drive Brent to a four-month high on Thursday. hasn’t been growing fast enough to fuel a The deeply polarised country braced for more confrontation hiring spree. Growth came in at a lacklus- on Friday after the Muslim Brotherhood called for a nationwide ter 1.1 percent annual rate from January march of millions in protest against a security crackdown on through March and a still-weak 1.7 per- Islamists that killed hundreds. Next door in Libya, oil production cent annual rate from April through June. has been crippled by the collapse of civil society, violence and The economy has been pinched by tax strikes, pushing exports, the lifeblood of the economy, to their increases, federal spending cuts and weak- lowest since the civil war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. ness overseas. Economists expect US Brent crude futures for October were up 17 cents at $109.77 a growth to pick up in the second half of NEW YORK: Specialist Stephen Naughton works at his post on the floor of barrel by 1050 GMT, positioned for a weekly rise of about 1.3 per- 2013 as the effects of the tax increases and the New York Stock Exchange. Expectations that the US Federal Reserve cent. US crude oil futures for September rose 8 cents to $107.33, budget cuts begin to fade. will start to phase out its monetary stimulus had a mostly negative impact also up around 1.3 percent this week. “Companies will have to start to on global stock markets yesterday.—AP “The risk premium is high and is rising,” said Carsten Fritsch, senior oil analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. “Given the wors- ening geopolitical situation, with rising tension across North EU wants WTO panel to rule on Chinese duties Africa and the Middle East, another run-up above $110 for Brent could be on the cards,” Fritsch added. BRUSSELS: The European Union has file trade disputes that have broken out mance stainless steel seamless tubes, used Ben Le Brun, analyst at OptionsXpress, agreed: “Unrest in asked the World Trade Organization to between China and the 28-nation EU, led in power plants, were worth around 90 Egypt is definitely ... putting a floor (under) prices.” rule in a dispute over Chinese anti-dump- by a quarrel over alleged dumping of million euros ($119 million) in 2009, but The Suez Canal and Egyptian ports were operating normally, ing duties on imports of high-performance Chinese solar panels in Europe that was fell to under 20 million euros around the shipping sources told Reuters on Thursday. Although Egypt is stainless steel seamless tubes from the EU. defused in July. “The EU continues its fight time that China imposed definitive anti- not a major oil producer, investors were wary that unrest could The EU lodged a complaint at the WTO against unjustified Chinese trade defense dumping duties in November 2012, the EU spread around the region. over the duties in June and consultations measures, which do not comply with WTO says. Since then, it said the duties of 9.7 Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday his govern- were held in July but they did not resolve rules and often seem to be motivated by percent to 11.1 percent imposed on ment would use all means, including military force if necessary, to the dispute and the EU is now asking the retaliation,” EU trade spokesman John imports of steel tubes from the EU were prevent striking security guards at the country’s main ports from WTO to set up a panel to rule on the case. Clancy said in a statement yesterday. significantly hampering access to the selling its oil independently.— Reuters The case is one of a series of high-pro- EU exports to China of high-perfor- Chinese market. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 HK economy grows 3.3% on Chinese tourists HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s economy economy is catering more to free- ders visiting the city of 7.1 million in the Mainlanders like to buy up everything picked up a little steam in the second spending visitors from the mainland. first half of the year, up 20 percent from from luxury goods to baby formula quarter as local consumption and main- Hong Kong has been seeing a rising the year before and accounting for because Hong Kong has no sales tax land Chinese tourist spending in the number of visitors from the world’s No. more than two-thirds of total visitors, and a reputation for authentic goods. trade-reliant Asian financial center 2 economy, with 18.8 million mainlan- tourism board statistics show. Acting government economist Andrew helped make up for weak global Au said that Hong Kong’s export demand. Growth remained subdued growth “was actually rather modest” because of what government econo- without a surge in exports of “non- mists said yesterday was continuing monetary gold,” a reference to the weakness in the advanced markets surge in mainland Chinese buying up where Hong Kong sends its exports. gold jewelry after prices for the pre- Economic output in the April-June cious yellow metal fell. period grew 3.3 percent over a year “Exports of travel services remained ago. On a seasonally adjusted basis, it the key growth driver, with visitor grew 0.8 percent from the previous spending accelerating markedly in the quarter. Export growth slowed to 6.2 second quarter,” Au said in a statement. percent. Hong Kong is a major trans- The government predicted full year- shipment hub for goods moving from growth of 2.5 to 3.5 percent, in the mainland Chinese factories to markets upper half of a range it previously fore- overseas. cast. The former British colony has pros- Au said the global outlook is still pered because of open markets and a shaky, given uncertainty over US mone- busy port, but those factors also leave it tary policy, continuing sovereign debt highly vulnerable to the fluctuations of problems in the 17-nation euro-zone global trade. HONG KONG: A man and a woman (left) talk by their stall in a street market in and slowing growth in major emerging Strong tourist spending helped Hong Kong yesterday. Hong Kong’s economy grew “moderately” year-on-year in markets. But he said China’s economic shore up the numbers, illustrating how the second quarter, with domestic demand and growth in the mainland Chinese growth would be an “important stabiliz- the semiautonomous Chinese region’s economy offsetting a weak environment in the West, officials said. — AFP ing force” in Asia. — AP

Asian markets fall on Ecuador to open Amazon’s Fed stimulus fears Yasuni basin to oil drilling HONG KONG: Asian markets tracked Wall Street lower yester- day on renewed uncertainty among investors over when the US Federal Reserve will begin cutting back its huge stimulus Protesters mill into streets against move program. Tokyo shares ended down 0.75 percent, or 174.59 points, QUITO: Ecuador will open up part of the at 13,578.35, mirroring overnight falls in the United States Amazon rainforest to oil drilling after that were stoked by disappointing corporate earnings results rich nations failed to back a conserva- and better-than-expected unemployment data. Seoul also tion plan that would have paid the country not to explore in the area, finished down, 0.2 percent, or 3.8 points, at 1,920.11, while President Rafael Correa said on Sydney closed down 0.75 percent, or 38.5 points, at 5,113.9. Thursday. Chinese markets experienced a turbulent morning of Correa launched the initiative in 2007 trade. Shanghai shares ended down 0.65 percent, or 13,43 to protect the Yasuni area of the points, at 2,068.45. During mid-morning, the index briefly Amazon basin, which boasts some of jumped more than five percent, a spike which was later the planet’s most diverse wildlife, but blamed on a trading glitch. said he had now scrapped it after it Hong Kong shares spiked shortly afterwards but fell in line attracted only a small fraction of the with Shanghai, finishing 0.10 percent, or 21.44 points, down sum it aimed to raise. “I have signed the at 22,517.81. Everbright Securities later said it found “prob- executive decree for the liquidation of lems” with its trading system, though it did not take direct the Yasuni-ITT trust fund and through it, responsibility for the surge. Trading in Everbright shares was end the initiative,” Correa said in a tele- suspended for the afternoon. vised address. ITT refers to three Across the rest of Asia, markets were broadly reacting to untapped oil blocks known collectively events on Wall Street. Weekly US jobless claims declined to as Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini. QUITO: People protest against the exploitation of oil in the Yasuni National Park, their lowest level in six years, data showed Thursday, trigger- Scores of protesters, some with plac- an incredibly biodiverse part of Ecuador’s Amazon, in front of the Carondelet presi- ing stock sell-offs as investors saw the figures as a sign the ards gathered in front of the presidential dential palace in Quito on Thursday after the country’s president, Rafael Correa, Fed could begin to reduce its $85 billion a month quantita- palace shortly after the announcement, gave a statement authorizing to exploit oil reserves there. — AFP tive easing program as soon as September. angered by the decision, while others On Thursday the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped opposing them, waved flags in the color In five years, however, only about impact of oil drilling in the area, saying it 1.47 percent while the tech-rich Nasdaq lost 1.72 percent. of Correa’s political movement. $336 million had been pledged, mostly would affect only 0.01 percent of the “The jobs data was a shock to the market, and put the whole Ecuador, OPEC’s smallest member, from European countries and various Yasuni basin while his spokesman, tapering issue back on the front burner again,” said Hiroichi had planned to forgo opening the environmental groups, the campaign’s Fernando Alvarado, said on Twitter that Nishi, SMBC Nikko Securities general manager of equities. Yasuni basin, its more than 800 million manager, Ivonne Baki, said in April. exploration could be carried out safely “In these thinly traded markets, the initial sell-off is likely barrels of crude and $7.2 billion in Correa said the plan had only actually in the region. to be sharp before things stabilise,” Nishi told Dow Jones income from beneath the jungle floor as received $13.3 million, less than half a But opponents will be hard to Newswires. US shares suffered as Cisco and Walmart spot- part of the conservation plan. percent of its goal. Last month, Correa appease. Adrian Soria, a biologist, 38, lighted a weak economic outlook in their earnings reports. It was aimed at protecting wildlife - a set up a commission to evaluate the and one of the protesters gathered out- Shares in information technology giant Cisco lost 7.2 per- single hectare (2.47 acres) of the Yasuni plan’s progress which concluded that side the presidential palace, said the cent after it reported a “softening” outlook in emerging national park contains more tree species “the economic results were not what the Yasuni basin’s ecological worth was far economies and announced it would cut 4,000 jobs. than in all of North America - and the state had been hoping for,” according to greater than that of any oil it could offer. Walmart released disappointing earnings and slashed its livelihoods of indigenous peoples who a statement published this week by the “Yasuni is important for humanity and 2013 forecast, citing weak consumer spending in the US and fear oil drilling would damage their vice president’s office. as Ecuadorians, we can make the differ- ancestral homeland. In return, the gov- foreign markets. Correa said he had now commis- ence ... Yasuni must be preserved and that ernment had hoped to receive some India’s stock market also took a beating, falling by 3.97 sioned technical, economic and legal is more important than the oil,” he said. $3.6 billion from the international com- percent, or 769.41 points, to 18,598.18 as the rupee plunged studies on the basis of which he would Correa, a US-trained economist, has won munity over 12 years, or about half the seek the backing of the national assem- broad popular support among Ecuador’s to a new record low of 62.03 against the dollar. Elsewhere in value of the oil it would be leaving in bly for drilling in the region, a step low-income majority with heavy spend- afternoon forex trade, the dollar stood at 97.38 yen, up mar- the ground, through the fund adminis- required by the country’s constitution. ing on welfare, health, education and ginally from 97.36 in New York Thursday. —AFP tered by the United Nations. Correa played down the potential infrastructure projects. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Bricks, finance shortages hit British housing hopes Banks reluctant to finance smaller builders

LONDON: When the British housing gone home.” more homes they want built under the market finally showed signs of life earli- The government declined to com- scheme. Its second phase, in which the er this year, Stephen Stone’s company ment on its expectations for the indus- government will guarantee loans for tried to order concrete building blocks try. Housebuilding in Britain has fallen people buying second-hand homes, will for a new homes project, only to find he to levels not seen since the 1920s, start in January. “There are a lot of other would have to wait months and import according to property consultancy obstacles that the government is not them from Germany. The experience of Savills, after the largest housebuilders, only not overcoming but in some Larry Summers (left) and Janet Yellen Stone, chief executive of housebuilder such as Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey, respects is making worse,” said Roger Crest Nicholson, typifies the industry’s retrenched during the downturn to Humber, strategic policy adviser to lob- Summers, Yellen lead in difficulties in responding rapidly to gov- concentrate on raising profit margins by group House Builders Association. ernment pressure for more new homes race for new Fed chief to ease a shortage and help a weak economy. WASHINGTON: It’s one of the most important decisions President Barack “Imagine if you haven’t got raw Obama says he will make over his eight-year presidency: who to lead the materials like bricks and blocks and Federal Reserve after Ben Bernanke leaves in January. you’re waiting for three months to get With the US economy still struggling to gain traction five years after them. It’s a problem,” Stone said. Bricks the crash, and the global economy sagging, Obama left markets on edge and blocks aren’t the only problem for a Friday, saying he would only announce his nominee “in the fall”, suggest- sector that shrank sharply to survive the ing around October. property downturn after the 2008 finan- But he confirmed that former Treasury secretary Larry Summers and cial crisis. It now faces rising costs, and veteran central banker Janet Yellen were on the White House shortlist, financing conditions remain tough, on along with “a couple of other candidates.” top of long-standing difficulties in get- The choice has already turned into a fight, with Summers attracting ting projects approved under Britain’s criticism from both the left and the right over his record in government, strict planning rules. Yellen branded as too soft on inflation, and Obama facing resistance from With housebuilding at its lowest in Republicans in Congress to any of his appointees. But it has taken out- about 90 years, finance minister George sized importance, with the economy’s pace now heavily dependent on Osborne has launched the first part of a how the Fed manages its huge stimulus program and steers interest scheme to lend and guarantee billions rates. “It is definitely one of the most important economic decisions that of pounds in mortgages, aiming to help I’ll make in the remainder of my presidency,” Obama told reporters last Britons buy newly built homes with rel- week. atively small deposits. But the chances LONDON: With housebuilding at its lowest in about 90 years, finance “The Federal Reserve chairman is not just one of the most important of his “Help to Buy” scheme drawing a rapid response are slim, due largely to minister George Osborne has launched the first part of a scheme to economic policymakers in America, he or she is one of the most impor- lend and guarantee billions of pounds in mortgages, aiming to help tant policymakers in the world.” the shrunken state of an industry that Bernanke, 59, winds up a second four-year term as Fed chairman in had relied heavily on foreign workers, Britons buy newly built homes with relatively small deposits. January 2014, having led the body through the economic crisis to wide- many of whom left Britain during the spread praise. The debate over his replacement has become uncommon- downturn because of a lack of jobs. rather than their sales. Private house- Stone’s lengthy wait shows how ly heated. “It is the first time I can remember that the public and private Britain is therefore unlikely to builders completed 88,000 homes last building materials makers, such as discussions have been so open,” said Steve Pearlstein, economics writer achieve anything near the 250,000 year, well below an annual average of Wienerberger, Michelmersh and for the Washington Post. He called such debate a good thing in general, homes needed each year to keep up 115,000 over the past four years, Savills HeidelbergCement’s UK arm Hanson, “particularly for an institution so steeped in a kind of ‘holy-of-holies’ secre- with a growing population, and critics said. also retrenched in Britain and continen- cy such as the Fed has been.” fear this shortfall means Osborne’s The country’s 10 biggest house- tal Europe. Such suppliers have shut 19 However, he said, “What is less attractive is that it has now turned into scheme will fuel house prices rather builders, such as Barratt Developments, plants in the last five years as brick pro- something more like a political campaign.” Obama called both Yellen and than house building. which construct about two thirds of duction halved due to the waning Summers “highly qualified” for the job, which pays $199,700 a year-a frac- “The government hopes that we can new homes, have not committed them- demand. About 358,000 workers have tion of what either could make working for a bank on Wall Street. turn the tap on right away but it doesn’t selves to firm completion targets. left the British construction industry, a 15 Both are considered by their peers in economics and finance as bril- happen that way,” Stone told Reuters. However, some say they are aiming to percent drop since 2008, government liant economists and solid organizational leaders. Summers, 58, has been “It’ll take at least four to six months for sell 20-30 percent more homes annually data showed. Many building materials chief economist at the World Bank, Treasury secretary in the Clinton the supply chain to respond. The con- in the next few years. makers are now adding shifts and hiring White House, the president of Harvard University, and in 2009-2010, struction industry is 50 percent of what Osborne and his department, the workers, but say a sharp rise in produc- Obama’s top economic advisor at the height of the economic crisis. it was. The overseas workers have all Treasury, have also not said how many tion will take months. —Reuters Yellen, 67, is a veteran of the Federal Reserve who has also served as a White House economic advisor under Bill Clinton, and an economics pro- fessor at both Harvard and Berkeley. Since 2010 she has been vice chairperson at the Fed, Bernanke’s top Indonesia unveils deputy, and if chosen would be the first woman to head the central bank. Both face opposition. Conservatives say Yellen is too “dovish” on inflation that she, like Bernanke, does not fear enough the risk that the Fed’s $85 billion a month bond-buying stimulus and ultra-low interest rates will fuel election year budget an uncontrollable surge in prices. Summers has critics on both sides of the spectrum. Conservatives JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president unveiled an ambitious 2014 hauling the nation’s ageing infrastructure to encourage assail him for his crucial role in the finance and auto industry bailouts of draft budget yesterday aimed at boosting a slowing economy investment, and narrowing current account and budget the early Obama years that sent the US budget deficit soaring. before elections next year as his scandal-plagued party strug- deficits. He said the government would implement a “keep Liberals allege a history of being too soft on US banks and the securi- gles to claw back popularity. buying strategy” to make sure consumer spending remained ties industry, supporting the deregulation that led to the finance industry Once a darling with investors, Southeast Asia’s top econo- strong, something economists believe is key to maintaining disaster of 2008-09. They worry that he will bend to Wall Street’s fierce my has this year been faced with slowing growth, high infla- economic growth as global demand for Indonesian commodi- resistance against new regulations. tion and a plunge in the value of the rupiah. ties weakens. Policy-wise, the main issue facing the Fed’s next chief is how quickly With the economy set to be a key battleground at presi- “We acknowledge our infrastructure is far from perfect,” he to reel in the quantitative easing stimulus program, and to eventually dential and legislative polls in 2014, President Susilo Bambang conceded, vowing that major road, port and airport projects move to raise interest rates to forestall inflation, one of the two mandates Yudhoyono is desperate to restore the nation’s financial would be completed. of the Fed. Bernanke has kept the policy-setting Federal Open Market health. Investors often complain that doing business in the Committee focused on the second mandate, to bring down unemploy- Announcing the $173-billion budget to parliament, sprawling archipelago of more than 17,000 islands is compli- ment, which remains high at 7.4 percent. Yudhoyono insisted the package would ensure that cated by potholed roads, a creaking train network, leaky old The issue has analysts debating the relative inflation “hawkishness” or “Indonesia will be in a better position to overcome the chal- boats and poor aviation infrastructure. He also said the coun- “dovishness” the known nominees, as well as the unknown names that lenges that may emerge”. try would look at new markets to try to put the brake on a Obama says he has on his shortlist. Those could include former Fed offi- The main themes of the budget were boosting consumer widening trade deficit, blamed on falling Chinese demand for cials Donald Kohn and Roger Ferguson, and former Obama economic spending, a main driver of Indonesia’s economic boom, over- Indonesian exports such as coal and palm oil. —AFP advisor Christina Romer, among others. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Euro-zone inflation flat, trade surplus edges up Consumer prices fell: Eurostat data

BRUSSELS: Inflation in the 17-nation euro-zone was flat in July at an annual rate of 1.6 percent, official data showed yesterday. The data also showed a big increase in a euro-zone trade surplus on a monthly and 12-month basis. Compared with June, euro-zone con- sumer prices fell 0.5 percent, the MADRID: A banner reading “No more families without Eurostat data agency said, confirming house, It is our right” as Jose Gonzalez Del Pliego, 71 years earlier figures. old, gestures while he waits for the police to evict his fami- Euro-zone inflation hit a 38-month ly and demolish the house by a forced expropriation in low of 1.2 percent in April but has Madrid yesterday. — AP picked up as the economy has recov- ered from a record 18-month recession European car market grew which data earlier this week showed ended in the three months to June with nearly 5% in July: Data quarterly growth of 0.3 percent. For the 27-member European Union, FRANKFURT: Europe’s ailing car market grew in annual inflation ran at 1.7 percent in July, terms for only the second time this year in July, sup- unchanged from the level in June, porting hopes of a much-needed stabilization for bat- Eurostat said, while on a monthly basis, ATHENS: An elderly beggar passes by a tram station in central Athens yester- tered producers in the second half of 2013. EU prices were down 0.4 percent. In July day. Greece is beating its budget targets by a wide margin so far this year, a Registrations of new cars in Europe rose 4.8 percent 2012, the euro-zone inflation rate was sign the country’s painful cost cuts and tax increases, combined with interna- compared to the same month a year ago to 1.02 million 2.4 percent and the EU 2.5 percent. For tional bailout funds, are paying off. — AP vehicles, according to data published yesterday by the the month, the Netherlands had the German auto industry association VDA. Second quarter highest annual rate of inflation at 3.1 Eurostat also said yesterday that the Exports rose 3.0 percent and imports corporate results have also surprised by suggesting percent with Greece the lowest, at a euro-zone had a trade surplus with the were up 2.5 percent in the month. For some mass-market producer are closer to breaking negative 0.5 percent. rest of the world of 17.3 billion euros the EU, the June trade surplus fell to 9.9 even in Europe than previously thought. But it is all The European Central Bank aims to ($23.0 billion) in June, up from 14.5 bil- billion euros from 15.7 billion euros in happening at a very low base - sales are around the keep inflation to just below a 2.0 per- lion euros in May and 12.8 billion euros May and compared with a deficit of 1.0 lowest in 20 years and overall are set to fall for the cent in the medium term. in June 2012. billion euros in June 2012. — AFP fourth year running. “The positive July result ... is a good start for the sta- bilisation we expect in the second half,” VDA President Gold below 2-month high, Matthias Wissmann said in a statement. “The emerging economic recovery in western Europe appears to be reflected in the development of car demand,” he said. set for best week in month He saw hope in double-digit gains in austerity-hit Spain, Portugal and Greece, where sales have roughly LONDON: Gold dipped below an earlier two- ment, which encourages investors to put seen in the fund twice over the past six ses- halved from peaks before the 2008 financial crisis. month high yesterday as the dollar firmed, money into non-interest-bearing assets. The sions but holdings remain at four-year lows. An extra working day in Germany, the region’s eco- but the metal was still heading for its biggest Fed’s next policy meeting is on Sept 17-18, Shanghai gold futures rose 2 percent yes- nomic engine of growth, helped lift domestic sales weekly gain in a month as investors contin- while the July FOMC minutes will be released terday, with premiums to London spot prices slightly in July over the previous year’s month, but ued to cover short positions and on strong next Wednesday. up about $3 overnight to $24, indicating Frankfurt-based market researcher Dataforce calculates physical appetite from China. The dollar rose 0.1 percent, drawing sup- strong demand ahead of the fourth quarter. that volumes there still shrank 2.3 percent when adjust- Traders added that the crossing of a tech- port from a rise in US Treasury yields around Analysts also expect demand to start return- ed for this calendar effect. nical resistance level was also adding to buy- their highest in two years, hit on Thursday. ing in India in coming weeks, ahead of the Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen reported sales in its ing, although the move upwards seen in the Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s winter wedding season and festival celebra- home market dropped 4.1 percent, diluting gains in past week looked to have lost some momen- largest gold-backed ETF, fell just 0.3 tons to tions and despite government’s imports China and the United States to reduce its global growth tum. 912.92 tons on Thursday. Rare inflows were restrictions. —Reuters “After such a strong move up there is to the slowest in four months. always the risk of a retracement... however “Conditions in some markets were at times extreme- after gold broke through its resistance at ly challenging,” VW sales chief Christian Klingler said. $1,350 last night things are looking some- Russia denies ‘trade “The economic climate remains difficult.” Overall VW what more encouraging,” Heraeus trader group sales rose 3.2 percent to 757,700 cars, sport-utili- Alexander Zumpfe said. “Expect initial resist- war’ against Ukraine ty vehicles and light vans. Its seven-month European ance around the 100-day moving average at sales, including luxury brand Audi and sports-car maker $1,375, which is slightly above today’s intra- MOSCOW: Russia denied yesterday that it complaints ... relating to the protection of Porsche, fell 3.1 percent to 2.16 million autos. day high.” was waging a trade war with Ukraine to consumer rights,” Federal Service for the VW withstood most of last year’s slump in Europe, Spot gold reached a two-month high of discourage its ex-Soviet neighbor from Oversight of Consumer Protection and the destination of 40 percent of its global deliveries, $1,372.51 an ounce earlier in the session but establishing closer political and economic Welfare chief Gennady Onishchenko was thanks to growth overseas and a wide range of models was at $1,360.01 an ounce, down 0.4 percent relations with the European Union. quoted as saying by Interfax. “If you want from small fuel-efficient vehicles like the Up! city car to by 0944 GMT. It has risen around 3.5 percent The Ukrainian Employers’ Federation to call this a trade war, then call it a trade reported on Wednesday that all goods war,” he added. “But we are conducting ultra-luxury saloons including Bentley’s Continental. so far this week, having gained for the last six sessions out of eight. US gold futures for destined for Russia were being held up at professional work.” By contrast, automakers dependent on European December lost 0.1 percent to $1,360.40 an the border without an explanation and Russia remains Ukraine’s closest trade markets such as PSA Peugeot Citroen have been suffer- ounce. subjected to rigorous checks. partner and is responsible for nearly a ing for months from the region’s economic crisis, seek- Gold found technical support once prices The claim-supported by such Ukrainian quarter of its total exports. But the authori- ing to close factories and lay off staff to counter heavy crossed $1,350 on Thursday, traders said, as giants as the mining firm Metinvest and ties in Kiev are keen to reverse that losses. Registrations in the first seven months of the well as some safe-haven demand on escalat- the beer maker Obolon-follows the sus- dependence and have been leading nego- year fell 5.2 percent to 7.46 million vehicles, but ing tensions in Egypt. It had lost more than pension in July of Russian imports from the tiations with Brussels over a trade agree- demand is expected to cease dropping materially as one percent after strong US jobs data on popular chocolate brand Roshen over ment that could serve as a stepping stone sales rates have started to recover and year-on-year Thursday indicated the Federal Reserve alleged quality concerns. The head of for Ukraine’s eventual membership in the comparisons become easier given the second half of could soon start tapering its $85 billion Russia’s consumer rights protection 28-nation bloc. Ukrainian Prime Minister 2012 was weak. monthly bond purchases. agency confirmed yesterday that Ukrainian Mykola Azarov acknowledged “difficulties” A senior Ford executive told Reuters earlier this An early end to the Fed’s quantitative goods were being put to more exacting at the border on Thursday but urged the week that a manufacturers’ price war would not let up easing program could hurt assets such as inspections but denied any link to politics. media not to play up the scale of the dis- until sales increase significantly. — Reuters gold that had been boosted by central bank “We have a long and specific list of pute. —AFP liquidity and a low interest rates environ- Thousands honor Elvis Presley at Graceland vigil Page 25 SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 SATURDAY, www.kuwaittimes.net

Actress Eva Longoria arrives for Telemundo’s Premios Tu Mundo Awards at American Airlines Arena on Thursday in Miami, Florida. — AFP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

The Beatles have made an annual turnover of £43.5m

he ‘Hello Goodbye’ hitmakers’ business, Apple Corps Limited, has amassed the staggering figure - £2 million more than they made in 2012 - landing Sir Paul TMcCartney, Ringo Starr, and the estates of late members John Lennon and George Harrison £5.1 million each. Despite forming more than 50 years ago, The Beatles received £2,037,500 each in dividends, £1,936,500 in promotional activities fees and £1,175,375 for name and likeness payments. A source told The Sun newspa- per: “The Beatles have been the most famous band in the world since the 60s and it keeps on paying. “The obsession with the Fab Four has never stopped, even half a cen- tury after they started. “So the money just keeps rolling in.” Ringo recently said he believes the group would have reformed and gone on tour by now had John and George still been alive today. The band split in 1970 and John was shot dead by a fan in New York in 1980, while George died of lung cancer in 2001. When asked whether the band would have reunited, Ringo said: “I’d like to think, yes, we would. Paul still goes out with his band, I go out with mine and John would have probably been going out with his. “George was not big on touring so I’m not sure about him. But who knows ... it could have come together.”

Nadine Coyle’s bandmates congratulate her on pregnancy he 28-year-old star announced she is was the first of Nadine’s Girls Aloud band- expecting her first child through social mates to send her well wishes on Thursday Tnetworking site Instagram on Thursday afternoon. She wrote: “I just woke up to the (15.08.13), and her close pals Kimberley Walsh, news that there is to be a baby aloud!! This is Nicola Roberts and Sarah Harding have now so crazy. But amazing!! “Congratulations followed in Cheryl Cole’s footsteps by express- @nadinecoylenow. Can’t believe you’re going ing their delight at the news. Flame-haired to be a mummy!!!!!!!!!!! ??? (sic).” Nadine Nicola, 27, tweeted: “@NadineCoyleNow announced her pregnancy by posting a pic- Congratulations on your lovely news x (sic)” ture of herself on Instagram with “I’m having a Former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star Kimberley, baby. Xx” written on it. The Irish beauty has 31, then added: “@NadineCoyleNow congrats yet to confirm the identity of the baby’s father, on your exciting news!” Finally, blonde beauty but it is thought she recently reconciled with Sarah, 31, congratulated Nadine on being the ex-fiancee, NFL football player Jason Bell. first member of the chart-topping ‘The Nadine shot to fame as a member of Girls Promise’ girl group to get pregnant. She Aloud in 2002 and the popular girl group tweeted: “@nadinecoylenow Congrats babe!!! enjoyed a string of hits before announcing 1 down...4 left to go lol!! X (sic)” ‘Call My Name’ they would disband following a 10-year hitmaker Cheryl - who is currently in the US - anniversary tour earlier this year. Lindsay thanks fans for support he Canyons’ star has launched a new website since completing 90-days of court-ordered treatment at the Cliffside Malibu centre in California on July ‘T31, and is eager to get her life back on track. She wrote: “To my fans, Welcome to my new site... Your support has been everything. I’m so excited for what’s next. xo All my love, Lindsay.” The 27-year-old actress went to rehab as part of a plea deal to avoid jail after violating her probation by lying to police about driving after a car accident last year, and she has since appeared eager to take responsibility for her problems and legal troubles. In a sneak peak teaser of an interview with Oprah Winfrey she is asked by the talk show legend: “Do you think you can turn things around?” and “What is it that you’re addicted to?” The actress emotionally replies: “I’m my own worst enemy. I know that.” Oprah, 59, has taken a vested interest in Lindsay’s well being following her well-documented troubles, as the actress is now filming a documentary series about her road to recovery for Oprah’s TV channel, OWN. Shortly after their recent interview, Oprah insisted that she believes Lindsay is ready to move on with her life. She previously said: “I just interviewed her, and I was deeply moved by her desire to move forward in her life at this time ... I really do believe that she’s ready.” She also said she felt the ‘Mean Girls’ star was “honest” and “authentic” during their chat, adding: “She looked good. She looked strong. She looked healthy.” SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Rita Ora hates Calvin Harrisʼ music he 29-year-old DJ is convinced the ‘How We Do’ hitmak- er dislikes his catchy tracks as she seems less than enthu- Tsiastic about turning up for his gigs, but he insists he doesn’t mind because their relationship is built on a strong foundation. Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he said: “Rita doesn’t really like dance music. “She doesn’t really like my music but I like hers. “We’re not together for musical reasons, which is great.” The 22-year-old singer - who began dating Calvin in May - previously admitted that it can be tough hav- ing a relationship in the public eye, but she felt they were in a “great position” to decide on the nature of their romance and deal with the spotlight together. She said previously: “It’s always a bit difficult. There isn’t really a clear answer when you have somebody that you really like and people take pictures of you liking that person. “It’s a bit of a weird scenario but I always just ignore them. But it depends on where you choose to go as a couple, what you choose to do and how private you really want things to be. “We are in a great position right now with the Internet to put out what we want to put out and go with the flow, it’s OK.”

Simon Cowell asks pregnant lover to stay away from him auren Silverman - who is expecting a child with the music mogul following a passionate affair- is eager to join the star on his Mediterranean yacht after Lsettling her messy divorce with ex-husband Andrew Silverman earlier this week, but Simon has warned to her keep her distance until the dust has settled. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Simon thought the divorce would take longer to finalise and he is insisting he needs time to sort out his head. “Lauren has asked Simon to charter his private jet so she can join him but he is making excuses and just doesn’t know what to do.” Simon’s former pal, Andrew - who filed for divorce four weeks ago after discovering Lauren was pregnant - listed ‘The X Factor’ boss as the co-respondent in the legal documents, as well as alleging adultery and “cru- el and inhuman treatment” as the reasons behind his marriage failing. However, the 53-year-old star avoided the court hearing - which saw the former couple agree on shared custody of their seven-year-old son, Adam - by holidaying with a bevy of beauties aboard his £30 million Slipstream vessel in St. Tropez, France. A source explained: “The yacht is the ultimate floating bachelor pad. There are mag- nums of Dom Perignon champagne in ice buckets all over the place. “Simon is spending a lot of time alone in his cabin. The atmosphere is very sedate.”

Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose to hold lavish wedding he couple - who welcomed their first child, Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, in February - tied the knot secretly in a Los Angeles courthouse last month and plan to have Ta larger wedding this weekend. A source told PopCrush the couple will host the ceremony at a country club in Wiz’s native Pittsburgh. In July, Wiz took to Twitter to share the happy news, writing: “Me and Amber got married today. Weddings this fall. Thought I’d let yall know .” Wiz, 25 and Amber, 29, became engaged in March last year and Amber has been excited about it ever since. She previously said: “I think about it constantly. Like all day. No matter what I’m doing I always have my wedding on my mind. So I’m really excited.” Meanwhile, the couple are completely besotted with their son and Wiz admitted he just spends his time trying to make Sebastian smile. He recently told BANG Showbiz: “He just kills us with his smile, we do whatever we can to make him smile.” Amber added: “Motherhood is amazing, I’m so happy. He’s big, he’s like the size of a six month old. The doctor says he’s above average, he’s going to be tall like the both of us.” SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Lauren Conrad happier since meeting William Tell he 27-year-old former reality TV star - who is reported to be preparing to tie the knot with the 33-year-old rocker turned law student - posted Ta photograph of them both on Instagram along with a touching mes- sage, to celebrate their one-and-a-half year anniversary. She wrote: “Just looked at the calendar and realized it was a year and a half ago today that I met this guy...And I sure am glad I did.” Lauren recently insisted she and William are perfect for each other because they have so much in common. She said: “‘He is very good for me because we have a lot in common as far as where we grew up. It’s the first time I’m with someone and I’m not explain- ing things. “He also has experience in the entertainment industry, so he understands a lot of things that people don’t always get.” Lauren also said she will never appear on a reality show again because starring on ‘The Hills’ and ‘Laguna Beach: The Real OC’ caused people to judge her harshly. She said: “It feels done for me. I’m OK with it being done. “I only ever got to tell half my story. People are very quick to judge these days, especially behind the anonymity of a screen name. “It’s very easy to say, ‘I hate her, I hate what she wore, she seems mean.’ But you’re only seeing a small fraction of her life. “There is always gonna be a little bit of...negativity, which just comes with the territory.

Adam Levine wants to get married as soon as possible he Maroon 5 singer only got engaged to model Behati Prinsloo in July but he has told the 24-year-old beauty he wants the wed- Tding to take place immediately. A source told the new issue of America’s Star magazine: “Adam is in a mad rush to marry Behati ... the sooner the better.” The ‘Payphone’ hitmaker has let Behati know that money is no obstacle when it comes to planning their nuptials and he is happy to spend a million dollars on their big day. The source added: “He’s ready to become a husband and father so he told Behati to spend whatever she wants, even a million dollars, as long as the wedding is in the near future.” Adam, 34, popped the question to the Namibian-born beauty at a romantic location in Los Angeles. Although she delighted to be engaged, Victoria’s Secret Angel Behati recently admitted she is pretty relaxed about planning her wedding. She said: “I’m so laid back about it.”

Shailene Woodley to donate her hair to children’s charity

he 21-year-old actress is set to cut off her hair to play a teenage cancer patient in the big screen adaptation of John Green’s ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ and the author Thas revealed she will donate her locks to Children with Hair Loss. He wrote on his Tumblr page: “Shailene Woodley is cutting her hair this weekend to prepare for her role as Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars movie. And she’s donating her hair to Children with Hair Loss, an organization that provides free wigs to kids who’ve experienced hair loss due to cancer, burns, or other medical conditions. “I want to be clear that this was entirely Shai’s idea. (I don’t even think the studio knows about it.) I hope if you’re able, you’ll consider joining Shai in donating. Thanks! .” John encouraged readers of his blog to participate and even revealed Shailene’s mother will join her daughter in donating her hair. He said: “When Shailene told me about this, I immediately thought there might be people in nerdfighteria who want to join her. (We already have one convert joining in: Shailene’s mom!) So if you have eight or more inches of spare hair, consider donating it to Children with Hair Loss. “And if you do, let me know via the tags hairfor- hazel or itgrowsback, so I can put together some pictures/reblog your beautiful faces.” SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Elvis Presley fan Jill Gibson lights candles outside Fans of the late Graceland, Elvis Presley Presley’s home, gather at before the Graceland, annual candle- Presley’s home, light vigil on for the annual Thursday, in candlelight Memphis, Tenn. vigil.

Eli Crain Nicholas Woodlief, 7, left, his sister Annabelle Woodlief, 11, and friend, Eli Crain, 11, right, strike an Elvis Presley pose at Graceland, Presley’s home, before the annual candlelight vigil on Thursday, in Memphis, Tenn. Presley fans from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland to pay their respects to the rock n’ roll icon with a solemn candlelight vigil on the 36th anniversary of his death. — AP Thousands honor Elvis Presley at Graceland vigil

lvis Presley fans from around the world tribute artists and a screening of the “Aloha from Jeffords, 52, smiles when she talks about per article clippings about Presley when he was made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland Hawaii” television program from January 1973 buying her first Presley 45, “Let Yourself Go,” a teen. Eon Thursday to pay their respects to the are other featured events of the weeklong which she bought as a young teen with money The articles and scrapbooks were a way he rock n’ roll icon with a solemn candlelight vigil reunion, which wraps up Saturday. she had saved from babysitting jobs. She said and his family followed and learned about on the 36th anniversary of his death. Police estimated 35,000 people would attend the vigil is a way to remember not only his Presley because they could not afford a record Thousands of Presley fans carried lit candles the vigil. Last year, an estimated 75,000 people career, but also his giving personality and ability player or even the records themselves. He said as they walked silently through the Mediation descended on Graceland for the event. Elvis’ ex- to make people happy with his music. his family used to pay a neighbor who owned a Garden at Graceland, Presley’s longtime wife Priscilla Presley and his daughter Lisa Marie “If you were sad or happy or whatever, he television so that they could watch Presley Memphis home. The garden is the location of Presley spoke at last year’s event, the first time was such a big part of your life,” Jeffords said. “I movies and other TV programs at the neighbors’ Presley’s grave and also is the spot where his they appeared together at the vigil since it always felt in my heart that he was a good per- house. “For a person who is an Elvis fan and has mother, father and grandmother are buried. began. Christine Jeffords made her fifth trip to son, a beautiful person.” the chance to come to the place he lived, it’s Wreaths of flowers and pictures of Presley Graceland with her husband Jon and three other The vigil started as an informal gathering the emotional for me,” said Salinas Caceres, of encircled the grave, while shadows cast by the members of a fan club called the Elvis Midwest year after his death. It has blossomed into a Santiago, Chile. “It’s hard to believe that I’m here glowing candles danced along the stone wall Mafia, whose members are from Illinois, major tourist event. Fans begin lining up along on the street where he walked, the street cor- surrounding the garden. Soft music played in Michigan and Wisconsin. They wore red T-shirts the outer wall of Graceland about 12 hours ners where he stood, the restaurants where he the mild night, as some in the procession bowed with Presley’s image emblazoned on a king of before the vigil, and many will stay until the ear- ate.” His fellow fan club member Rodrigo their heads or cried quietly. hearts playing card on the front. ly morning hours of the next day. Gandarillas, a native Chilean who now lives in Each year, fans of Presley’s music and movies The back of their shirts had a quote that The event also has become an international Houston, is on his second visit to Graceland. An come to Memphis for Elvis Week, the weeklong gives one reason why fans have made repeated affair and a tribute to the Tupelo, Miss., native’s Elvis tribute artist himself, the 39-year-old celebration of his life and career. Presley died on trips to Memphis for Elvis Week and the vigil: “If worldwide popularity, hosting fans from Gandarillas said the vigil is a way to give thanks Aug. 16, 1977, of a heart attack after battling you have a friend who is an Elvis fan, you have a Australia, Brazil, England and Japan and other for the enjoyment Presley has given him. prescription drug abuse. friend for life.” foreign countries. “The thing that impacts me the most about The vigil is the highlight of Elvis Week, which “Where else can you go where you meet peo- Miguel Salinas Caceres, 53, came with other the vigil is the large amount of people from dif- this year featured a listening party at Stax ple from year to year who have the same pas- members of a fan club whose members are from ferent countries, different races and different Records for the recent release of the three-CD sion?” said Christine Jeffords, a pre-school Chile. Making his first visit to Graceland, Salinas languages who understand ‘the King’s’ musical box set “Elvis at Stax.” Performances by Presley teacher from Traverse City, Mich. Caceres recalled making scrapbooks of newspa- message,” Gandarillas said. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

This May 28, 2009 photo released courtesy Patrice deAvila, shows Patrice deAvila with This June 21, 2013 photo courtesy of Lori Fusaro shows photographer Lori Fusaro hugging her cat Pinkertonn in Portand, Oregon. DeAvila adopts older and medically needy cats. her two dogs: Gabby, 10, left, and Sunny, 17, at Playa del Rey in Los Angeles. Fusaro is is work- DeAvila says that a kitten will always get adopted, but the older cats, especially the ing on “Silver Hearts,” a photo book of old dogs. She plans to turn proceeds over to rescues Persians and Himalayans, will be put down. — AP that save old dogs and also hopes the book will encourage others to adopt old dogs. —AP Pet adopters urged to consider old, needy animals

unny was 16 when she was left at an they won’t come in to the shelter to see any three weeks of bumping into walls and doors yet to miss any peanut butter. animal shelter by the family she had pets, Selder said. to learn her way around, find her food, how to Sorensen is co-founder of Wigglebutt Slived with all her life. The 75-pound (34- Abby was an old, blind cocker spaniel get to the backyard and how to get petted. Warriors, a fundraiser for rescues. The group’s kilogram) bulldog-pit bull mix had cancer and when animal control found her on the streets Sorensen said she had to remember not to primary fundraiser in 2014 will benefit Oldies infected eyes, and shelter workers figured the of New York seven years ago. At the shelter, leave anything in her path. But Goodies Cocker Spaniel Rescue in family probably couldn’t handle medical she just stood in a corner and barked. She was “After three weeks, she started wagging Newington, Virginia, which helps old and spe- costs. “She was so sad and depressed, lethar- deemed unadoptable and put on the her tail. If you open a jar of peanut butter she cial needs cocker spaniels. gic, sick looking. She wouldn’t even lift her euthanasia list. An adoption organization will come running from the other room,” “Adopting a dog that is deaf or blind does- head for a treat,” said photographer Lori took her from the rescue and called foster Sorensen said. n’t mean they won’t still have a great quality Fusaro, who was taking pictures of old dogs worker Val Sorensen in Stratford, Conn. At Sorensen jokingly refers to the dog these of life. I wish more people would adopt older at the Los Angeles shelter that day in June home, Abby stood in place and barked days as Ancient Abby since she’s between 16 or special needs dogs,” Sorensen said. 2012. Those who rescue and care for old pets because she didn’t know where to go. It took and 17 now. She’s slowly going deaf but she’s Patrice deAvila of Portand, Ore., has always say it seems more are being left at shelters for adopted older and medically needy cats health reasons and more owners are facing Persian cats Murphy and Newton were 6 personal age or health problems and can’t when she got them two years ago. They came keep their pets. from an abusive home. Murphy had half his Fusaro, 44, had always avoided adopting tail cut off, which caused neurological and hip older dogs because she didn’t think she could problems. Newton, a feral cat, lived behind handle it when they died. Sunny changed her the stove for nearly three months before he mind. “No old dog should be left to die alone, decided to come out. “We are still taking baby unloved and broken-hearted on a concrete steps, but last week, he allowed me to pet slab in a strange place,” she said. him. I hope he can be a lap cat in six months,” That day, Fusaro adopted Sunny and start- she said. ed making plans for “Silver Hearts,” a photo It’s hard to say goodbye to any of them, book of old dogs that she hopes will encour- but every once in a while, you lose a soul- age people to consider such animals. She mate, she said. For deAvila, that was Oliver, plans to turn proceeds over to rescue organi- who was with her nearly five years. zations that save aging dogs. “He met me at the door every single time I When she took Sunny home, Fusaro fig- came home. If I was crying, he would reach up ured she had a couple weeks, perhaps with his paw and touch my tears. He always months at most. She never imagined Sunny slept on my shoulder. He had respiratory would live long enough to be part of “Silver issues and would snore and snort all the time. Hearts.” For a long time, I couldn’t sleep because it But Sunny rebounded and was soon eat- was so quiet without him,” deAvila said. ing, playing and loving trips to the beach. It’s She does it because it is the right thing to been over a year and Sunny is 17 now. do, she explained. A kitten will likely get Fusaro’s book is about 80 percent finished. adopted, but the older cats will be put down. She used shelter dogs, dogs of friends, Fusaro agreed, even though the time will Facebook, Sunny and her other dog Gabby. come soon when Sunny will break her heart. To photograph dogs for shelters, Fusaro “I want her time here to be as happy as it can has to spend time with them, play with them be. I didn’t want to open my heart for that and put them at ease, said Jan Selder, direc- kind of pain but how much sadder and more tor of field operations for Los Angeles Animals Val Sorensen kissing her 17-year-old dog “Abby,” who is blind and horrible for me would it be to leave her at the Services. going deaf in Stratford, Conn. Sorensen is co-founder of Wigglebutt shelter. It will be terrible to lose her but much If people don’t get hooked on the photos, Warriors, a fundraiser for rescues.—AP worse to leave her to die alone.” —AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Unusual rock star rabbi roons on Broadway

ure, the sexual revolution was a cul- ture shock for much of American Ssociety when it arrived in the 1960s. But imagine the conflict it posed for a rabbi who was eager to embrace it but had never so much as shaken hands with a woman because of strict social con- straints steeped in 3,000 years of reli- gious tradition. The new Broadway musical “Soul Doctor” examines the life and times - and music - of Shlomo Carlebach in a unique, if plodding, study of a charismatic holy man who finds himself stuck between an unstoppable force and an immovable object. Carlebach, widely considered to be the modern era’s father of Jewish popu- lar music, makes for a fascinating biogra- Theater Review phical subject, even if the re-orchestra- tions of his staid, folksy compositions aren’t quite lively or diverse enough to fill a two-hour, 30-minute musical. The unusual score is lifted somewhat by a couple of pleasing gospel numbers and engaging performances by Eric Anderson in the title role and Amber

Eric Anderson, left, and Amber Iman during a performance of the Broadway musical “Soul Doctor.” — AP

Iman as Nina Simone, one of Carlebach’s the Holocaust and racism. And what a span it is, beginning with biggest influences. It’s hard to know how much of this his childhood in Vienna under the shad- The son of an Orthodox rabbi, portrait is pure embellishment, but it ow of Nazi domination and progressing Shlomo’s family fled Vienna to escape seems to contain large parts of both fac- through the rocking ‘50s in New York the Nazis when he was a boy. He came of tual biography and historical fiction. and the trippy ‘60 and ‘70s in San age in New York and eventually moved Wise’s Carlebach is steadily saintly and Francisco, before a triumphant return to to San Francisco, where he established heroic with only faint hints of character Europe and a late-life pilgrimage to the House of Love and Prayer and his flaws or ambiguities. Jerusalem. own progressive style as a religious In the lead role, Anderson (Broadway The brief adventures of young Shlomo leader. casts of “Kinky Boots” and “South (played on a recent night by Teddy Walsh In eschewing certain aspects of his Pacific”) displays a formidable presence - and in alternating performances by Orthodox Jewish upbringing, particularly and beard - with a disarming mix of Ethan Khusidman) provide a welcome with regard to the intermingling of men placid shyness and childlike bursts of dose of vitality to a script that tends to and women, he made his message more kinetic energy. He also played Carlebach drag in sections and is loaded with plen- accessible to the flower child generation in last year’s production of “Soul Doctor” ty of stodgy Jewish humor. but also drew significant backlash from at off-Broadway’s New York Theater Early in his career, when asked by conservative circles. Workshop, earning a Drama Desk Award record producer if he knew of Peter, Paul And he did it all with a smile and gui- nomination for best lead actor in musical. and Mary, Shlomo responds sheepishly, tar slung over his shoulder. Thanks to a strong, textured voice, the “I don’t know so much the New Carlebach, who performed with stars burly Anderson makes the most of his Testament.” Absent in this production is like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and the vocal numbers despite the score’s mostly Circle in the Square’s familiar theater-in- Grateful Dead, used song and celebrity to muted melodies, as well as the threat of the-round configuration and the usual spread the Torah to a wider, younger being upstaged when sharing the spot- “thrust” stage surrounded on all sides by audience. In “Soul Doctor,” a colorful but light with his lovely and talented co-star. stadium seating. largely tuneless tribute that opened Amber Iman makes her Broadway Instead, the stage is pushed to one Thursday at Circle in the Square Theatre, debut as Nina Simone, oozing with side of the theater, with a section of floor writer-director Daniel S. Wise focuses effervescence and consistently thrilling seats in its place. The problem is many of heavily on Carlebach’s association with the audience with her sterling voice the seats along the rounded periphery the singer, pianist and civil rights activist and glamorous costumes. She deepens don’t directly face the stage, forcing the Simone, who opens Shlomo’s ears to jazz her timbre and tweaks her articulation people sitting in them to crane their and gospel and encourages him to push just enough to recall Simone’s distinc- necks just a bit. the envelope of religious conventions. tive style of speech, without stooping “Soul Doctor” should please Carlebach The first encounter between the “Rock to parody. devotees and, for the uninitiated, the Star Rabbi” and the “High Priestess of Iman has terrific chemistry with her details of his exceptional life will stir Soul” comes in a chance meeting at a leading man and leaves the audience enough curiosity to send them to Google New York jazz club with Simone sitting at wanting to see more of her, in part for more. But despite the spectacular life This theater image released by Richard the piano. It is one of show’s most mem- because she makes only sporadic journey of this socio-religious phenome- Kornberg & Associates shows Eric Anderson, orable and emotionally charged scenes, appearances in Wise’s book, which is non, the use of his solemn hymns as the left, and Amber Iman during a performance of with the two forming a bond while devoted to covering the entire span of basis for musical theater is at best an the Broadway musical “Soul Doctor.” — AP singing and trading horror stories about Carlebach’s life. ambitious, if godly, pursuit. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Kate to attend first public event

since royal birth Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson’s former wife and mother of two of his children, leaves Los Angeles County Superior Court after testifying in the negligence lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, against AEG Live, in Los Jackson’sAngeles. —AP ex-wife says med visits concerned her

ichael Jackson’s ex-wife acknowl- question what they were doing.” Rowe is wanted him to have everything he didn’t edged Thursday that she was con- the mother of the singer’s two oldest chil- have growing up. I wanted him to experi- rince William’s wife Kate will next month Mcerned that some of his frequent dren, Prince and Paris Jackson. She and the ence it with his own child, with his own chil- attend her first public engagement since medical visits were motivated more by a pop star were married from 1996 to 1999. dren.” Pgiving birth, when she takes part in a desire for drugs than by the treatments he She is testifying in a lawsuit filed by Rowe broke down when describing her charity event with her husband, the palace said received. Jackson’s mother against AEG Live LLC, the recent relationship with her daughter Paris. on Thursday. Debbie Rowe testified during the trial of promoter of Jackson’s ill-fated “This Is It” She said she had been in daily touch with William is a patron of the wildlife conserva- a lawsuit that she told Jackson about her comeback concerts. the teen until she had to be hospitalized on tion charity Tusk Trust and the couple are concerns when he would go to his longtime Rowe hugged Katherine Jackson and June 5, when paramedics were summoned expected to attend its awards ceremony on dermatologist more than once a week in held her hand during a break in testimony. to the Jackson family home in Calabasas. September 12, a spokeswoman confirmed. the 1980s and early 1990s. Rowe was called to the witness stand by Paris, 15, took Motrin pills and cut her arm Kate, 31, has not been seen in public since Rowe worked in the office of the derma- AEG Live attorneys but told the jury on with a kitchen knife, according to emer- the couple left St Mary’s Hospital in London tologist, Dr. Arnold Klein. Wednesday that she was not testifying for gency dispatchers. with their new son, Prince George, who was “I didn’t understand why he would come either side and wouldn’t have come to Rowe was asked how Jackson’s death born on July 22. in twice in one week,” Rowe said, adding court if she hadn’t received a subpoena. had affected his only daughter. “She is dev- She was expected to keep a low profile for that she was concerned he might be in Jackson’s scalp was badly burned when astated,” Rowe said. “She tried to kill herself. several months so she could spend time with search of drugs rather than treatments for his hair caught on fire while filming a 1984 She is devastated. She has no life. She her baby away from the cameras. William, who blemishes with collagen injections. “I didn’t Pepsi commercial. The injuries left his scalp doesn’t feel she has a life anymore.” is second in line to the throne, has made sever- necessarily see what he wanted to have with painful scarring that required surgeries Jackson family representatives have not al public appearances since the birth. done.” and injections of medications to try to provided an update or publicly classified On Wednesday he revealed that he is leav- Rowe has offered a conflicting portrait of lessen the pain and repair the damage. her hospitalization as a suicide attempt. ing his job as a search-and-rescue helicopter Jackson’s medical treatments during her Rowe said the injuries as well as the Jurors have heard from her older brother, pilot in Wales, though he did not say where he testimony, saying earlier that she never saw effects of vitiligo left Jackson feeling like he Prince, but have only seen Paris through a was going or whether he would be staying him engage in doctor shopping or request was disfigured. The singer was forced to couple clips of her deposition and have with the Royal Air Force. specific pain medications. She said many of wear wigs and de-pigment his skin and heard references to her struggling with her At an agricultural show on the Welsh island the visits were legitimately tied to treat- struggled to deal with the effects while in father’s death. of Anglesey, close to his air base, he said his ments for the skin-lightening condition the public eye. Katherine Jackson claims in her lawsuit family would be moving “elsewhere” when his vitiligo and scars he sustained after being On another matter, Rowe said Jackson that AEG Live failed to properly investigate three-year tour of duty finishes next month. burned during a Pepsi commercial shoot. was devastated by his divorce from Lisa the doctor later convicted of giving her son Reflecting on his first weeks of fatherhood, Rowe, clutching a tissue and breaking Marie Presley and because he didn’t have an overdose of the anesthetic propofol he joked to the crowds: “I have to say that I down at times, described Jackson as suffer- any children. Rowe said she told him they while he prepared for a series of comeback thought search and rescue duties over ing debilitating pain throughout the nearly should have a baby together. shows in 2009. Snowdonia were physically and mentally 20 years that the pair were close friends. By that time, she and Jackson had been AEG denies it hired Conrad Murray or demanding, but looking after a three week-old She said her husband trusted his doctors friends for more than a decade, with Rowe bears any responsibility for the singer’s baby is up there!” and depended on them to give him proper holding the singer’s hand as he received death. Marvin S. Putnam, the company’s He described his son, who is third in line to medications. injections for numerous medical proce- lead defense attorney, said in opening the throne, as “pretty loud but of course very “When it came to the pain ... it was more dures and talking with him several times a statements that the case was about good-looking”. — AFP begging for relief than anything,” Rowe week. Jackson’s personal choices and his desire to said. “He respected doctors so he wouldn’t “I wanted him to be a father,” she said. “I use propofol as a sleep aid. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 ‘The Butler’: Is the Civil Rights drama a masterpiece or maudlin?

ee Daniels’ The Butler” is already generating Oscar buzz ahead of its Friday release. Strong reviews for the “Lmovie should help its case with Academy members and viewers looking for a reprieve from summer blockbuster fare. The movie focuses on a quiet White House butler who serves the most powerful men in the free world under eight presidential administrations, examining the Civil Rights movement and changing attitudes towards social and political equality in the process. Some critics have carped that the film is overly didactic and complained that Daniels’ direction lacks subtlety, but the per- formances of stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey have earned high marks. Titled “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” in a concession to a dragged out title dispute with Warner Bros., the film has earned a sterling 79 percent “fresh” rating on the critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Of course, not everyone was feeling the love. TheWrap’s Alonso Duralde praised the acting and admired the film’s ambition, but groused that it was over-stuffed and emo- tionally bombastic. The culprit, he wrote, is a fierce desire by the filmmakers to hear their names called after an envelope is opened and the words “and the winner is...” are intoned. “Where the movie falls apart is in its desire to deliver Oscar- clip money shots; I counted three or four occasions where the score by Rodrigo Le„o wells up for what’s supposed to be a ‘cry now’ moment, but the intended sweep just isn’t there,” Duralde wrote. Yes it suffers from a case of Oscar-itis, Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly wrote, but the actors and the scenes of Whitaker’s domestic clashes with his restless son and alcoholic ‘The Butler’ star-studded cast highlighted in film’s poster. wife give the film its lift. “‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ is an ambitious, sweeping period drama that manages to be incredibly affecting and feel as if the words “For Your Consideration” are stamped across every frame,” Nashawaty wrote. In the New York Times, A.O. Scott praised the film for its exu- Wrecker’s ball menaces berance, even as he noted that it was history painted in neon - with dabs of humor and pageantry mixed in. That tone, he implied, helped rescue the film from being overly instructional. “The history of racism in America, and of efforts to overcome it, is usually addressed by Hollywood with a solemn, anxious, French village churches churchly hush and flattened into a tableau of villains and saints,” Scott wrote. “Mr. Daniels and the screenwriter, Danny Strong, eo-Gothic and solidly 19th centu- lion euros. Keeping the church would be churches, 35 percent of which were built understand that both the horror and the heroism are connected ry, the church of Sainte-Gemmes- half as expensive,” he said. in the 19th century and do not fall into with everything else that makes America such a complicated, Nd’Andigne in western France “We don’t understand,” added any protected category. interesting, appalling and glorious place: our politics, our popular stands as a testament to a long-gone vil- Christian Boullais, the association’s vice “Mayors are drawing the wrong con- culture, our deepest desires and our simplest habits. Making the lage way of life. president. The plight of the villagers is clusion that they can demolish them,” topic safe and boring is no good for anyone.” The limestone church with its four- far from an isolated one. Across France, she said. But with only 4.5 percent of Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press opined that some per- bay nave and high stained glass win- five such Catholic churches have already French people attending church regular- formers failed to rise to the challenge-Robin Williams as Dwight dows towers above the village, now fallen victim to the wrecker’s ball since ly, the problem of how local authorities Eisenhower proved a particular distraction-but wrote that the home to just a fraction of the people it the start of the year. will foot the bill for maintaining such film works because of the dynamic between Whitaker and his was built to serve in 1865 when an earli- Historian Philippe Boutry says nearly churches is unlikely to go away. rebellious son (David Oyelowo). er one on the same site was deemed too all France’s churches of special historic, For their part, French Catholic church “Their relationship gives structure to the broad story of civil small. architectural or artistic interest are leaders have largely shied away from rights in America - a story crucial to tell, and crucial to hear,” Nearly a century-and-a-half on and already “classified” and that others that confrontation. Noveck wrote. “Daniels and company may not have made a mas- the fall in church attendances combined do not fall into the same category have Among those criticised for failing to terpiece, but they have made a film you should see.”— Reuters with migration to cities and the soaring no official protection. take a stand on the issue is the Bishop of cost of maintenance has put the future “The style of these churches-neo- Angers, Emmanuel Delmas, in whose of such churches in jeopardy, leading Gothic, neo-Roman, neo-Byzantine or diocese two churches dating from the some to think the once unthinkable. modern in the style of the 1930s or 1860s-Saint-Aubin du Pavoil and Saint- After grappling with the thorny prob- 1950s don’t resonate with contemporary Pierre-aux-Liens de Geste-have just been lem of the up to 1.5-million-euro- ($1.9 sensibilities,” he said. demolished. million-) cost of repairs, Mayor Jean- For now, to the relief of villagers at Elsewhere, three other churches have Claude Taulnay has proposed that the Sainte-Gemmes-d’Andigne, the state has also been pulled down: Saint-Blaise in nave be pulled down and instead intervened, initiating a process that Auvergne; Saint-Pie X in Herault; and replaced with a circular concrete build- could lead to the church being given a Saint-Jacques d’Abbeville in Picardy. ing that would adjoin the old church classification that protects it from demo- However, churches at Plounerin in tower. The idea has horrified many of lition. Brittany and Lumbres in the Pas-de- Sainte-Gemmes-d’Andigne’s 1,500 Villages ‘disfigured’ by church demo- Calais have been saved while at Arc-Sur- inhabitants who say it will tear the heart litions — In the meantime any attempt Tille in Burgundy, the local mayor was out of the village in France’s Maine-et- to pull it down is effectively frozen for kicked out by voters over a planned Loire region and leave it permanently one year-to the frustration of Mayor demolition project. scarred. Taulnay, who declined to comment on According to opponents, demolitions “The whole of the nave could disap- the subject to AFP. endanger not just the individual build- Fans pose with cardboard versions of Zayn Malik pear!” Benoit Patier, president of the “The mayor is now threatening us ings but also the traditional image of and Harry Styles during the opening of a temporary association formed to save the church, with a lawsuit,” said Isabelle Marechal, French villages. “A village that has had told AFP. head of heritage at the Culture Ministry, its church demolished is disfigured,” said store selling merchandising of British-Irish boy band “Restoring the church would cost adding however, that the state cannot Jean-Louis Hannebert, of the Society for One Direction yesterday, at the Waasland Shopping between 1.2 and 1.5 million euros (but) classify every church. the Protection of French Landscape and Center in Sint-Niklaas. The shopping center issued the mayor’s project would cost 2.7 mil- France has around 45,000 parish Aesthetics.—AFP extra security to receive the band’s fans. — AFP technology SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 In the cloud, an often hazy grasp of security risks

LOS ANGELES: When Thomas Trappler ing at UCLA - a job that opened the door to try, as measured by the research firm IDC, Ponemon Institute, an independent talks clouds, companies listen. But he’s not his lucrative moonlighting. For years, he is attractive to companies. By transferring research firm, reported that they had not warning about rain. Rather, Trappler is a had been buying licenses for programs, files via the Internet to a hard drive located taken security risks into account when “cloud” consultant, who tells attorneys, such as Microsoft Office, so that UCLA fac- in a data center or server farm, users can striking cloud deals. executives and fellow information technol- ulty, students and staff could use them. But access the data from any Internet-connect- “What most of us are used to is ‘I buy it, I ogy experts what to look out for when they the rules started to change five years ago ed device. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. maintain it,’” Trappler said. “If something’s put company databases in the so-called as these programs moved into the cloud, is one of the largest data center providers, broken, I can beat on someone’s door cloud. As more companies rely on remote turning into apps such as Office 365. housing data on behalf of thousands of down the hall and get them to fix it.” Now cloud servers to store their files, Trappler Trappler studied until he became a go-to companies including Netflix Inc., Dropbox “it” and “someone” are far away. “And the has become a highly sought-after security expert nationwide. Inc. and Autodesk Inc. Other large cloud question is, how do I ensure they do it adviser, a celebrity of sorts in the rapidly “It’s easy to overlook security because providers are Google Inc, Microsoft Corp right,” Trappler said. With spies after trade growing cloud computing industry. of the virtual nature of the cloud, but really and Rackspace Inc. What troubles Trappler secrets, hackers out to steal sensitive finan- “No one’s teaching people about this,” your data is going over the Internet to is that not every company considers securi- cial information and the federal govern- Trappler said. “At the moment, I don’t think another computer and not to some magi- ty issues before agreeing to bounce con- ment demanding online communications there are very many people like me.” cal world where everything’s going to be sumers’ data onto the cloud services. Half records, the threats are as prominent and Trappler is the director of software licens- fine,” he said. The $40 billion cloud indus- of companies surveyed in December by varied as they have ever been.— MCT

Microsoft to roll out Windows 8.1

CALIFORNIA: Microsoft will roll out the first major update for Windows 8 nearly a year after the operating system made its debut. Windows 8.1 will be available to existing Windows 8 users as a free update that they can download from the Windows Store starting at 4 am PDT on Oct 17. The update will also be available at retail stores the next day. “Windows 8.1 continues the vision we began with Windows 8 and is an example of our commitment to continuous innovation and improvement for our customers,” Microsoft said in a blog announcing the release date. Among the changes in the new version of the Microsoft operating system is a search feature powered by Bing that shows users results from their own files as well as links and information on the Web. Users will also have more customization options in Windows 8.1. On the Start Screen, users will be able to choose ani- mated images for their backgrounds or use any of their pictures for their backgrounds - as opposed to just col- or backgrounds. They will also be able to set up slide shows for their lock screens, rather than just a static image. Other changes include a new version of Internet Explorer, files saving to the SkyDrive cloud storage service by default, and overall quicker performance. Eager users can sign up to try an early, preview version of Windows 8.1 now. “It’s very exciting to be delivering Windows 8.1 to consumers just before Windows 8 celebrates its LIMA: A man controls a drone (unmanned vehicle) in Lima. This remote control vehicles, popularly known as one-year anniversary,” Microsoft said.— MCT ‘drones’, begin to formally sail the skies of Peru with scientific purposes to conduct research in agriculture and archeology. — AFP In Peru, drones used for agriculture, archeology Unmanned aircrafts monitor crops, study ancient ruins LIMA: Drones are most often associ- heads a multidisciplinary team tlements in the Americas are found build three-dimensional models,” or lack of nutrients, he said. Other ated with assassinations in remote brainstorming the best ways to use in Peru. There are thousands of Castillo said. “By using the pictures potential civilian drone use, Flores regions of Pakistan and Yemen but drones for civilian purposes. archeological sites, many unex- taken by drones we can see walls, said, includes closely observing in Peru, unmanned aircraft are “Up to now we have managed to plored, dotting the Peruvian land- patios, the fabric of the city.” areas of natural disasters or study- being used to monitor crops and use them for agricultural purposes, scape, most of them pre-dating the Separately, Hildo Loayza, a physicist ing urban traffic patterns. study ancient ruins. Forget Reapers where they gather information on Incas, a major civilization which was with the Lima-based International In the thick Amazon jungle, and Predators-the drones used here the health of the plants, and in defeated by Spanish conquistadors Potato Center, is perfecting ways to where access by ground is often are hand-held contraptions that archeology, to better understand in the 16th century. Along the dry apply drone technology to agricul- extremely difficult, drones can be look like they were assembled in a the characteristics of each site and coastline, where the main construc- ture. “The drones allow us to resolve used to study wild animals. “Every garage with gear from a hardware their extensions,” Flores said. One tion material was adobe brick, problems objectively, while people time an animal goes by, it can snap store. UAV model built by Catholic whole societies flourished. After do it subjectively,” he said. a picture,” said Flores. There are no They are equipped with a micro- University engineers is made with centuries of abandon some of these “In agriculture drones allow us to laws in Peru regulating the civilian computer, a GPS tracker, a compass, light balsa wood and carbon fiber. ancient cities have deteriorated to observe a larger cultivation area use of drones, which allows advo- cameras and an altimeter, and can At a glance the devices look like the point that they are hard to dis- and estimate the health of the cates to push for all kinds of proj- be easily programmed by using souped-up hand-held glider. One tinguish in the sandy, hilly region. plants and the growth of the crops. ects. Their use in urban surveillance, Google Maps to fly autonomously limitation is that these drones must Archeologist Luis Jaime Castillo is The cameras aboard the drones pro- however, could be seen as an inva- and return to base with vital data. fly below the clouds. If not their using drones to help map the 1,300 vide us with 500 pieces of high- sion of privacy. While experts are “These aircraft are small in size, are instruments, especially the cameras, year-old Moche civilization around technology data, while with the still dreaming up new ways to use equipped with high-precision video could fail, said Aurelio Rodriguez, San Idelfonso and San Jose del human eye one can barely collect the aircraft, security officials do use or photo cameras and go virtually who is both an aerial model-maker Moro, two sites on the Peruvian ten,” Loayza said. Precise, high-qual- drones for military and police intelli- unnoticed in the sky,” said Andres and archeologist. coast north of Lima. ity images allow experts to measure gence purposes, especially in Peru’s Flores, an electrical engineer in “We can convert the images that the amount of sunlight the plants rugged and remote valleys where charge of the UAV program at MAPPING ANCIENT CITIES the drones provide into topographi- are getting, and study plant prob- coca-the source plant for cocaine-is Peru’s Catholic University. Flores Some of the earliest human set- cal and photogrammetry data to lems like stress from heat, drought grown. — AFP technology SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 With balloons and fiber, Google experiments in Web access

SAN FRANCISCO: From sending solar-pow- responses in Kansas so far and may roll revenues beyond its maturing search busi- what’s possible on the Web,” said Kevin Lo, ered balloons into the stratosphere to offer- Google Fiber out to a few more US cities, ness, and give it more insight into con- general manager of Google Access. Lo said ing free Wi-Fi in parks, Google is quietly according to several people close to the sumers’ online habits, crucial to making ads Google was pleased with the customer spending hundreds of millions of dollars on project. more effective. But Google would be ven- response to Fiber in Kansas City so far, but nascent Internet services that may one day “Fiber is considered the golden child turing into territory far afield from its tradi- he declined to give details such as sub- challenge the telecom and cable compa- right now within Google because of its dis- tional strengths and margins may suffer as scriber numbers, financial goals, or expan- nies. In recent months, Google Inc has ruptive nature and the applause that they a result, analysts said. The company would sion plans. announced plans to bring free wireless get from the communities using it,” said a also be competing against well-established Building high-speed networks is a cum- Internet access to 7,000 Starbucks cafes former member of Google Access, a group Internet service providers, such as AT&T or bersome process that requires tearing up across America, eventually displacing AT&T headed by Vice President Milo Medin, who Time Warner Cable Inc. streets and working with local govern- Inc; it has asked US regulators for broader drives the company’s Internet access proj- Content providers have clashed with ments to get access to utility poles and access to wireless airwaves; and it has ects. Medin, a networking industry veteran distributors in the past. For instance, Netflix approvals. Given Fiber’s small footprint and launched 30 solar-powered balloons over who founded the seminal @Home cable Inc, which streams billions of hours of video the limited amount of online services that the South Pacific ocean, designed to beam broadband network in the 1990s, leads a every month, has accused cable company actually need such high bandwidth today, the Internet to remote regions. few hundred employees. The group oper- Comcast Corp of giving its own content the immediate threat to cable and telecom Then there is Google Fiber, the high- ates autonomously with its own engineer- preferential treatment. The future of US companies may be limited, according to speed cable TV and Internet service that ing, finance and marketing units, according federal regulations that forbid Internet some industry observers. was introduced in Kansas City late last year to the source. service providers from blocking or slowing Time Warner Cable President Rob and that will be expanded soon to Austin As Google delivers more music, videos another company’s online offerings are cur- Marcus said in April he believed Google and Provo, Utah. Fiber delivers Internet and other content to mobile devices, it has rently up in the air, with Verizon Fiber “passed” only 4,000 homes in Kansas speeds at 1 gigabit per second, as much as become increasingly invested in ensuring it Communications Inc challenging the rules City at the time. “The number of defections 100 times faster than the average US net- gets the bandwidth it needs. Web access in court. “Users want more speed. They we’ve seen is de minimis at this point,” work. Google is happy with customer projects like Fiber could help Google grow don’t want artificial ceilings imposed on Marcus said. — Reuters Google Glass sees all- and that raises privacy concerns Critics view Glass as an invasive new technology

SAN FRANCISCO: On a recent afternoon, a way to get around Google: an alternative late-night television and on the Internet. Homer Gaines hiked with girlfriend Tami operating system that runs on Glass but is Not only have Glass wearers been subject- Stillwell to the gusty peak of Angel Island not controlled by Google. One developer ed to public ridicule for looking “glassed in the San Francisco Bay, bent down on is making a facial recognition app that will out,” they are referred to as a cross one knee and slipped a topaz and white- help users remember the hundreds of between Glass and a curse word. Google is sapphire ring on her finger, capturing the people they have met and should recog- the first to admit that Glass is not quite entire marriage proposal on a computer- nize but don’t. That in-your-face quality of ready for prime time, with widely reported ized device that he was wearing like a pair Glass could wake up more people to their glitches. The battery drains quickly (but of glasses. ever shrinking privacy in the rapidly also charges quickly). Gaines, a 41-year-old Web developer advancing digital age, University of The capabilities are still very limited, PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un from Fort Myers, Fla is one of 10,000 Washington law professor Ryan Calo said. with only a smattering of apps such as (center) inspects the production process of the new “explorers” testing Glass, the much talked Not only will people be more keenly Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. And some about hands-free wearable computing aware that they have no reasonable complain that it’s not easy to hear notifica- touch-screen mobile phone ‘Arirang’ at the May 11 device from Google that lets users take expectation of privacy in public, Glass and tions or phone calls with the bone con- factory.—AFP photos and videos, make phone calls, devices like it could make it easier for gov- duction speaker. Perhaps the most glaring send and receive text messages, search ernment authorities to gain access to omission: A way for the 64 percent of the Skepticism as N Korea the Internet and get turn-by-turn direc- everything they see and record without a US population who wears glasses to use tions. warrant, he said. And, with a warrant, the Glass. Google has made a prototype of shows its smartphone “I would not have been able to pull off government might even be able to prescription frames designed to be com- that level of spontaneity with any other remotely turn on Glass’ video recording patible with Glass and said the company SEOUL: North Korea’s announcement that it is mass producing a device and instantly share it with the capability without the user’s knowledge, will release specifications for frames man- home-grown smartphone has been met with skepticism in the world,” Gaines said. “Glass gave me the the way it has done with OnStar systems in ufacturers. tech industry in South Korea and abroad. The North’s state media ability to share with everyone that special cars, Calo said. To counter that kind of “We still have bumps in the road and last week showed leader Kim Jong Un inspecting “Arirang” phones moment from my point of view - the sur- growing apprehension, Google is trying to obstacles,” Glass product director Steve at a Pyongyang factory. The Korean Central News Agency’s Aug 10 prise on her face, the way she jumped make the new technology seem as normal Lee said. “Right now, you need to be an report said the factory began manufacturing smartphones “a few around, the ring on her finger and the as possible. Google co-founder Sergey early adopter who is excited about the days ago” and they were already in high demand. tears of joy in her eyes.” Brin constantly has a pair perched on his technology.” Glass is the first major prod- North Korea has promoted the development of science and Glass won’t be widely available for pur- nose. He has worn Glass to the Oscars, to uct from Google X, the company’s super- technology as a means of improving its moribund economy. It says chase until early next year, but it’s one of the TED conference, in the Hollywood film secretive research laboratory for “moon- it developed a tablet computer last year and has its own Red Star the most anticipated new technologies in “The Internship,” and last year he stole the shots,” big scientific bets such as self-dri- operating system. But access to the global Internet is severely years. The question many are asking: Can show at Google’s annual developers con- ving cars. The lab is located in two nonde- restricted and mobile phones used on the state authorized net- Google make digital goggles the world’s ference by wearing Glass. His cohort, script brick buildings about a half-mile work cannot make overseas calls. The North’s Intranet gives access next must-have gadget? As Google sees it, Google Chief Executive and co-founder from Google’s Mountain View, Calif., cam- to government sanctioned sites and works with its own browsers, Glass is a revolutionary new way to quickly Larry Page, recently sported a pair as a pus. A row of electric cars - including search engine and email programs, according to South Korea’s and effortlessly connect people with infor- groomsman in a wedding ceremony in Teslas - is parked and charged out front. Unification Ministry. Factory workers in photos released by the mation. Croatia. And he talked up Glass as the In a conference room inside Google X, state news agency are inspecting and testing finished phones but Critics view Glass as an invasive new future of technology during Google’s sec- Lee showed off an early prototype of no manufacturing is shown, said tech expert Martyn Williams on technology that - if it takes off - could rob ond-quarter earnings conference call with Glass: safety glasses with a Nexus One the northkoreatech.org blog. “Despite KCNA’s reporting that the people of what few shreds of privacy they analysts. smartphone attached to the right temple handsets are made at the factory, they are probably made to order have left. Lawmakers are alarmed by the Still, even inside the high-tech industry, and the phone’s battery attached to the by a Chinese manufacturer,” said Williams, who writes for PC World privacy implications and have begun ask- some aren’t too keen on Glass. Los left. The device clearly didn’t win any style and other publications. South Korean computer experts say North ing pointed questions of Google. And Angeles technology entrepreneur and points and was not terribly comfortable Korea is strong enough in software technology to have launched some commercial establishments - most investor Jason Calacanis has asked friends (“guaranteed to give you a headache in 10 cyberattacks that disrupted banking and government websites in notably casinos and bars - have already to remove Glass in his presence, banned minutes,” Lee said). Over the last three the South but it lags in hardware capabilities behind South Korea. banned Glass. Google is downplaying the Glass from poker games and coined a new years, Google has dramatically refined The 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce and the Korean privacy and security risks, assuring the term to describe what he feels like doing Glass. The latest incarnation weighs about Peninsula remains technically at war. Since then, the South has public that it will not permit facial recogni- when he spots Glass wearers: “Glass-kick- the same as a pair of normal glasses and is prospered and produced giant corporations such as Samsung tion apps (or porn apps, for that matter). ing.” more attractive and less obtrusive. Electronics Co, which is the world’s biggest maker of smartphones, Google says it’s obvious when someone is And Glass hasn’t been able to ditch To keep careful watch over every detail, computer memory chips and displays. The North’s economy has taking pictures or recording a video on what could be its true Achilles’ heel: its Google turned to Foxconn to manufacture languished under socialist central planning though the capital Glass. dorky image. Labeled “Segway for your Glass near its campus but won’t disclose Pyongyang is an oasis of relative affluence.— AP But some developers have already built face,” it has become the butt of jokes on the exact location. — MCT TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

05:50 Alli Presents 15:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 06:40 World Combat League 16:00 Inside 07:30 Ride Guide Mountainbike 2008 17:00 Journey To The Edge Of The 08:00 Ride Guide Mountainbike 2009 Universe 09:00 Ticket to Ride 2010/11 19:00 Naked Science 00:45 I Was Bitten 10:40 Cape Epic 20:00 Alaska Wing Men 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 12:20 Lucas Oil Motocross 21:00 Inside World War II 02:25 Big Five Challenge Championships 2009 22:00 Banged Up Abroad 03:15 Worst Shark Attack Ever: Ocean 14:00 Carpocalypse 23:00 Ultimate Disaster Of Fear 14:50 Pinks: Lose The Race, Lose Your 04:55 The Snake Buster Ride 05:20 Shamwari: A Wild Life 15:40 Sports Jobs 05:45 Bondi Vet 17:20 Lucas Oil Motocross 06:35 Call Of The Wildman Championships 2009 07:00 Meerkat Manor 18:10 Clay Marzo: Just Add Water 00:20 Wild Nights 07:25 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 19:00 Pinks: Lose The Race, Lose Your 01:10 The Phantom Cat 08:15 Venom Hunter With Donald Ride 02:00 Aerial Assasins Schultz 19:50 Lucas Oil Motocross 02:50 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 09:10 Austin Stevens: Most Championships 2009 03:45 Man vs Monster Dangerous... 21:30 Carpocalypse 04:40 Dangerous Encounters 10:05 Escape To Chimp Eden 22:20 Clay Marzo: Just Add Water 05:35 Camera Trap 10:30 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 06:30 Monster Fish 11:00 Bondi Vet 07:25 Fish Tank Kings 11:25 Natural Born Hunters 08:20 Search For The Giant Octopus 11:55 Wild France 09:15 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 12:50 Queens Of The Savannah 10:10 How Big Can It Get 15:35 Wildwives Of Savannah Lane 11:05 Cameramen Who Dare 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:30 Wildwives Of Savannah Lane 12:00 Hooked 00:55 United Tastes Of America 18:20 Nick Baker’s Beautiful Freaks 12:55 American Eagle 01:45 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:15 South Georgia: Life Under The 02:35 Food Wars Furious 50 03:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:10 Predator’s Playground 04:15 Unique Eats 21:05 Into The Pride 04:40 Chopped 22:00 My Cat From Hell 05:30 Iron Chef America 22:55 My Pet’s Gone Viral 06:00 Kid vs Kat 06:10 Food Network Challenge 23:20 My Pet’s Gone Viral 06:10 American Dragon 07:00 Healthy Appetite With Ellie 23:50 Untamed & Uncut 06:35 Kickin It Krieger 07:00 Phineas And Ferb 08:40 Cooking For Real 07:20 Phineas And Ferb 10:20 Tyler’s Ultimate 07:45 Lab Rats 10:45 Tyler’s Ultimate 08:10 Lab Rats 12:00 Staten Island Cakes 08:35 Phineas And Ferb 00:30 Fast N’ Loud 12:50 Barefoot Contessa 08:45 Phineas And Ferb 01:20 Overhaulin’ 2012 14:05 Reza’s African Kitchen 09:00 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 02:10 Fifth Gear 15:45 Charly’s Cake Angels Ninja 03:00 Mythbusters 16:10 Charly’s Cake Angels 09:30 Max Steel 03:50 Auction Kings 16:35 Ultimate Recipe Showdown 09:55 Slugterra 04:15 Auction Hunters 17:25 Food Wars 10:20 Crash & Bernstein 04:40 Auction Kings 17:50 Food Wars 10:45 Kickin It 05:05 How Do They Do It? 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 11:10 Lab Rats 05:30 How It’s Made 19:30 Chopped 11:35 Pair Of Kings 06:00 American Guns 20:20 Chopped 12:00 Lab Rats 07:00 Head Games 21:10 Amazing Wedding Cakes 16:15 Max Steel 07:50 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 22:00 Food Wars 16:40 Kickin It 08:40 Mythbusters 22:25 Food Wars 17:05 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 09:30 Hillbilly Handfishin’ 22:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Ninja 10:20 Top Hooker 17:15 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 11:10 River Monsters Ninja 17:00 Destroyed In Seconds 17:30 Crash & Bernstein 17:25 Destroyed In Seconds 17:55 Pair Of Kings 17:50 Aircrash Confidential 18:20 Lab Rats 18:40 Overhaulin’ 2012 00:15 Market Values 18:45 Phineas And Ferb 19:30 Gold Divers 00:45 My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 18:55 Phineas And Ferb 20:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier 01:10 Food Lover’s Guide To The Planet 19:10 Scaredy Squirrel 21:10 Sons Of Guns 01:40 Eat Street 19:35 I’m In The Band 22:00 Auction Kings THE IRON LADY ON OSN CINEMA 02:05 Delinquent Gourmet 20:00 Crash & Bernstein 02:35 Don’t Tell My Mother 20:25 Zeke & Luther Bernstein 03:45 Emperor’s New School 21:15 That’s So Raven 03:00 Deadliest Journeys 20:50 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 05:10 Trashopolis 04:05 Emperor’s New School 21:40 Good Luck Charlie 03:30 Finding Genghis Ninja 06:05 Discovery Atlas: France Revealed 04:30 Replacements 22:00 Shake It Up 03:55 Bondi Rescue 21:15 Phineas And Ferb 07:00 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 04:50 Replacements 22:25 A.N.T Farm 08:30 Danger Beach 21:40 Almost Naked Animals 07:50 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 05:15 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 09:00 Scam City 22:05 Rekkit Rabbit 00:05 The Tech Show 08:45 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 05:35 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 09:55 Street Food Around The World 22:35 Scaredy Squirrel 00:30 Mean Green Machines 09:35 Animal Armageddon 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 10:20 Market Values 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 01:00 Mighty Ships 10:30 Animal Armageddon 06:30 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 10:50 My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 05:15 The Gadget Show 11:20 Ultimate Cars 06:45 A.N.T Farm 11:15 Food Lover’s Guide To The Planet 05:40 The Tech Show 11:45 A Racing Car Is Born 07:10 A.N.T Farm 11:45 Eat Street 06:05 Cosmic Collisions 12:10 Ultimate Cars 07:35 Jessie 00:30 Opening Act 12:10 Earth Tripping 07:00 James May’s Man Lab 12:35 A Racing Car Is Born 07:55 That’s So Raven 01:30 E!es 12:40 Don’t Tell My Mother 13:05 Ultimate Cars 08:20 That’s So Raven 02:00 Live From The Red Carpet 13:05 Deadliest Journeys 07:50 Storm Chasers 00:00 Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines-18 08:40 The Gadget Show 13:30 A Racing Car Is Born 08:45 Dog With A Blog 05:00 E!es 13:35 Finding Genghis 13:55 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 09:05 Shake It Up 06:00 THS 14:00 Bondi Rescue 02:00 Virtuosity-PG15 09:05 The Tech Show 04:00 Meteor Storm-PG15 09:30 Finding Bigfoot 14:50 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 09:30 Jessie 08:00 E! News 15:50 Danger Beach 15:45 Secrets Of... 09:55 Austin And Ally 08:55 THS 16:20 Maverick Chef 06:00 Ice Quake-PG15 13:50 Mean Green Machines 07:45 The Da Vinci Code-PG15 14:20 The Gadget Show 16:40 Welcome To India 10:15 A.N.T. Farm 09:20 Married To Jonas 16:45 Eat Street 17:35 Caroline Quentin: A Passage 10:40 Teen Beach Movie First Look 09:45 Married To Jonas 17:15 Scam City 10:30 Riddle-PG15 14:45 The Tech Show 12:15 Pizza Man-PG 15:10 James May’s Man Lab Through India 10:45 Bolt 10:15 THS 18:10 Street Food Around The World 18:25 Treasure Quest 12:15 A.N.T Farm 12:05 Ice Loves Coco 18:35 Market Values 13:45 The Da Vinci Code-PG15 16:00 Brave New World 16:30 Superman vs. The Elite-PG15 16:55 Scrapheap Challenge 19:20 The Aviators 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 12:35 Ice Loves Coco 19:05 Bondi Rescue 19:45 The Aviators 13:00 Dog With A Blog 13:05 Giuliana & Bill 22:55 Mega Food 18:15 Pizza Man-PG 17:45 Alien Mysteries 20:00 Broken Path-PG15 18:35 What Is That? 20:10 Guns: The Men Who Made Them 13:25 Austin And Ally 14:05 Kourtney & Kim Take New York 23:50 Eat Street 21:05 Danger Hunters 13:45 That’s So Raven 15:00 E!es 22:00 Nitro Circus: The Movie-PG15 19:00 How Stuff’s Made 23:45 Hell-18 19:30 James May’s Man Lab 22:00 Secrets Of... 14:10 That’s So Raven 16:00 THS 20:20 Storm Chasers 22:55 The Aviators 14:35 A.N.T Farm 18:00 E! News 21:10 The Gadget Show 23:20 The Aviators 15:00 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 THS 21:35 The Tech Show 23:50 Guns: The Men Who Made Them 15:25 Shake It Up 20:00 Keeping Up With The 22:00 James May’s Man Lab 15:50 Jessie Kardashians 00:00 Inside 22:50 Storm Chasers 16:10 Teen Beach Movie First Look 21:00 Live From The Red Carpet 01:00 Touching The Dragon 01:15 The Iron Lady-PG15 23:40 The Gadget Show 16:15 Jessie 02:00 Mystery Caves Of Guangxi 03:15 Dreamgirls-PG15 16:35 A.N.T. Farm 03:00 Shark Men 05:30 The Wild Thornberrys Movie-PG 17:00 Austin And Ally 04:00 Hunter Hunted 07:15 Sammy’s Adventure: The Secret 00:00 Hannah Montana 17:20 Austin And Ally 05:00 Blowdown Passage-FAM 00:20 Hannah Montana 17:45 Austin And Ally 06:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 09:00 The Iron Lady-PG15 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 18:10 That’s So Raven 00:00 TNA: Greatest Matches 07:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 11:00 Horrid Henry-PG 18:30 That’s So Raven 00:45 Ultimate Cars 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 00:50 M1 Selection 2010 08:00 Inside 13:00 The Wishing Well-PG15 18:55 That’s So Raven 01:10 A Racing Car Is Born 01:30 Emperor’s New School 01:40 Dr Danger 09:00 Touching The Dragon 15:00 Web Of Lies-PG15 19:20 Good Luck Charlie 01:35 Hell On High Water 01:50 Emperor’s New School 02:05 Dr Danger 10:00 Mystery Caves Of Guangxi 17:00 The Year Dolly Parton Was My 19:40 Dog With A Blog 02:30 Welcome To India 02:15 Replacements 02:30 World Combat League 11:00 Shark Men Mom-PG 20:05 Shake It Up 03:25 Caroline Quentin: A Passage 02:35 Replacements 03:20 TNA: Greatest Matches 12:00 Hunter Hunted 19:00 Summer Coda-PG15 20:30 Austin And Ally Through India 03:00 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 04:10 M1 Selection 2010 13:00 Blowdown 21:00 The Devil Inside-18 20:50 A.N.T. Farm 04:20 Into The Unknown With Josh 03:20 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 05:00 Alli Presents 14:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 23:00 Meet Monica Velour-R TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

12:30 The Vow-PG15 01:10 Handy Manny 07:30 Casper’s Scare School 14:30 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 01:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 08:00 Mucha Lucha Part One-PG15 02:00 Little Einsteins 08:25 Johnny Test 00:30 The Daily Show 16:00 The Beaver-PG15 02:25 Special Agent Oso 00:00 Rushmore-PG15 08:45 Adventure Time 01:00 The Colbert Report 18:00 This Means War-PG15 02:40 Special Agent Oso 02:00 Friday After Next-18 00:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 09:05 Total Drama World Tour 01:30 Web Therapy 20:00 House At The End Of The Street- 02:50 Imagination Movers 04:00 Another Stakeout-PG15 Rides 09:30 Total Drama World Tour 02:00 The Neighbors PG15 01:00 Xtreme Waterparks 03:20 Handy Manny 09:55 Ben 10: Omniverse 02:30 Friends 06:00 Barnyard-PG 22:00 Margaret-18 08:00 Police Academy 4: Citizens On 01:30 Bert The Conqueror 03:40 Special Agent Oso 10:20 Young Justice 03:00 How I Met Your Mother 02:00 Off Limits 03:50 Special Agent Oso 03:30 How I Met Your Mother Patrol-PG15 10:45 Thundercats 10:00 Problem Child-PG 03:00 Globe Trekker 04:00 Timmy Time 11:10 Regular Show 04:00 Hope & Faith 04:00 Bizarre Foods America 04:10 Imagination Movers 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 12:00 Another Stakeout-PG15 12:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball 14:00 Police Academy 5: Assignment 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 04:35 Little Einsteins 12:50 Foster’s Home For... 05:30 Hope & Faith 01:00 Ploddy Police Car 06:00 Hotel Impossible 05:00 Jungle Junction 06:00 The War At Home Miami Beach-PG15 02:45 Arthur Christmas 13:15 Foster’s Home For... 16:00 Problem Child-PG 07:00 Globe Trekker 05:15 Jungle Junction 06:30 Arrested Development 04:30 Snowmen 08:00 Off Limits 13:40 Courage The Cowardly Dog 18:00 Happy Gilmore-PG15 05:30 Little Einsteins 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 06:00 Ploddy Police Car 09:00 Off Limits 14:30 Powerpuff Girls 20:00 Peep World-PG15 05:50 Special Agent Oso 08:00 Hope & Faith 08:00 A Fairy Tale Christmas 10:00 Piha Rescue 15:20 Angelo Rules 22:00 Rushmore-PG15 06:00 Special Agent Oso 08:30 Hope & Faith 10:00 Brave 10:30 Piha Rescue 06:15 Jungle Junction 16:10 Batman: The Brave And The Bold 09:00 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 Tony Hawk: Boom Boom 11:00 Piha Rescue 06:30 Jungle Junction 16:35 Young Justice 09:30 Go On Sabotage 11:30 Piha Rescue 06:45 Handy Manny 17:00 Ben 10: Omniverse 12:45 Arthur Christmas 10:00 Happy Endings 12:00 Ultimate Braai Master 07:00 Special Agent Oso 17:20 Transformers Prime 14:30 The Ugly Duckling In The 10:30 Arrested Development 13:00 Ultimate Braai Master 07:15 Jungle Junction 17:40 Johnny Test 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Enchanted Forest 14:00 International House Hunters 18:00 Level Up 16:00Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas 07:30 Higglytown Heroes 12:00 The War At Home 01:15 Toast-PG15 14:30 International House Hunters 07:45 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 18:25 The Amazing World Of Gumball 18:00 Brave 15:00 International House Hunters 12:30 Hope & Faith 03:00 Munich-18 08:10 New Adventures Of Winnie The 18:50 Adventure Time 20:00 The Muppets 15:30 International House Hunters 13:00 Hope & Faith 05:45 The Lincoln Lawyer-PG15 Pooh 19:15 Regular Show 13:30 Arrested Development 22:00 A Fairy Tale Christmas 16:00 Hotel Impossible 07:45 Me And You-PG15 08:35 The Little Mermaid 19:40 Mucha Lucha 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 23:30 The Ugly Duckling In The 17:00 Hotel Impossible 09:30 The Artist-PG 09:00 The Hive 20:05 Total Drama World Tour 14:30 Go On Enchanted Forest 18:00 Ultimate Braai Master 11:15 Departures-PG15 09:10 Doc McStuffins 20:30 Total Drama World Tour 15:00 Happy Endings 19:00 Ultimate Braai Master 13:30 Every Jack Has A Jill-PG15 09:20 Zou 15:30 The Daily Show 20:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 20:55 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 15:00 Dolphin Tale-PG 09:35 Henry Hugglemonster 21:20 Hero 108 16:00 The Colbert Report 17:00 Departures-PG15 20:30 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean 09:50 Henry Hugglemonster 21:45 Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge 16:30 The War At Home 19:15 Neds-PG15 Cookbook 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 21:00 America’s Wildest Roads 10:00 Sofia The First 22:10 Grim Adventures Of... 21:15 Anonymous-18 10:25 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 18:00 Ben And Kate 23:30 Straw Dogs-18 01:45 Hotel Paradiso-PG 22:00 Xtreme Waterparks 23:00 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 18:30 Ben And Kate 22:30 Xtreme Waterparks 10:45 Sofia The First 23:25 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 03:20 Scarecrow-18 11:10 Sofia The First 19:00 Community 05:10 The Bad And The Beautiful-PG 23:00 Insane Coaster Wars 23:50 The Powerpuff Girls 11:40 Sofia The First 19:30 Happy Endings 07:00 Abbott And Costello In 23:30 Insane Coaster Wars 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Hollywood-FAM 12:00 Winnie The Pooh: Tales Of 21:00 The Daily Show 08:20 Hotel Paradiso-PG Friendship 21:30 The Colbert Report 01:45 The Descendants-PG15 09:55 The Clock-FAM 12:05 Higglytown Heroes 22:00 Saturday Night Live 03:45 Arbitrage-PG15 11:25 Gun Glory-FAM 12:20 The Hive 23:00 The Ricky Gervais Show 05:30 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2-PG 12:55 House Of Wax-PG 12:30 Doc McStuffins 12:45 Doc McStuffins 03:05 Kidnap And Rescue 07:00 We Bought A Zoo-PG 14:20 Dark Victory-PG 03:55 I Faked My Own Death 09:00 The Beaver-PG15 16:00 Singin’ In The Rain-FAM 00:05 Special Agent Oso 13:00 Zou 00:15 Imagination Movers 13:15 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 04:45 Disappeared 10:45 The Dragon Chronicles: Fire & 17:45 Les Girls-PG 05:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner Ice-PG15 19:40 Ice Station Zebra-FAM 00:40 Jungle Junction 13:30 Henry Hugglemonster 00:55 Jungle Junction 13:45 Henry Hugglemonster 06:20 The Haunted 01:00 Good Morning America 22:00 Get Carter-18 07:10 Murder Shift 13:55 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 03:00 American Idol 08:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:20 New Adventures Of Winnie The 05:00 Good Morning America 08:50 Street Patrol Pooh 07:00 Eureka 09:15 Street Patrol 14:45 Higglytown Heroes 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:40 Real Emergency Calls 14:55 The Hive 09:00 Necessary Roughness 10:05 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 10:00 Eureka 15:05 Sofia The First 10:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 Sofia The First 11:20 Murder Shift 12:00 Survivor: Philippines 16:00 Sofia The First 12:10 Disappeared 13:00 The Bachelor 16:25 Sofia The First 13:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:00 Supernatural 16:45 Art Attack 13:50 Street Patrol 15:00 Live Good Morning America 17:10 Lilo And Stitch 14:15 Street Patrol 16:00 Survivor: Philippines 17:35 The Little Mermaid 14:40 Forensic Detectives 17:00 Necessary Roughness 18:00 The Hive 15:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones 18:00 The Bachelor 18:10 Henry Hugglemonster 16:20 Real Emergency Calls 19:00 Survivor: Philippines 18:25 Henry Hugglemonster 16:45 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 20:00 Once Upon A Time 18:35 Sofia The First 17:10 Murder Shift 21:00 The Bachelor 19:00 Timmy Time 18:00 Disappeared 22:00 Glee 19:10 Pajanimals 18:50 Forensic Detectives 23:00 American Idol 19:25 Doc McStuffins 19:40 Street Patrol 19:35 Zou 20:05 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones 19:50 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 20:55 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Announcement Enjoy the taste of true 8th Expo Espresso at Vergnano Indian Embassy Cafe at Olympia Complex sets up helpline Pakistan to he superior quality of the blends comes from the he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up helpline in order to meticulous selection of the best raw materials avail- assist Indian expatriates in registering any complaint commence able, and from an extraordinary production process. regarding the government’s ongoing campaign to stamp T T Cafe Vergnano is the first to introduce an innovation that out illegal residents from the country. The embassy said in press brings all the passion and pleasure of the perfect espresso to release yesterday that it amended its previous statement and stat- in September everyday life at home. Espresso is now available in Kuwait, ed if there is any complaint, the same could be conveyed at the through Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya Est. Tel: 22413795/98. following (as amended): Operations Department, Ministry of he 8th Expo Pakistan will be held from Espresso Vergnano can be ordered through Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: 24768146/25200334. It said September 26 to 29 in Karachi. Held annually, www.taw9eel.com Espresso Vergnano capsules are compati- the embassy has been in regular contact with local authorities T Expo Pakistan is the biggest trade fair in the regarding the ongoing checking of expatriates. The embassy has country showcasing the largest collection of ble with other espresso machines. also conveyed to them the concerns, fears and apprehensions of Pakistan’s export merchandise and services. the community in this regard. The authorities in Kuwait have con- Foreign Exhibitors also use the event to launch TIES Center veyed that strict instructions have been issued to ensure that their products. Expo Pakistan 2012 was visited by there is no harassment or improper treatment of expatriates by delegates from 52 countries and generated a busi- announcement those undertaking checking. “The embassy would like to request ness of over $ 518 million. A 16 member delegation Indian expatriates to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules from Kuwait including reputable companies like Al- IES Center cordially invites all those interested to its movie and regulations regarding residency, traffic and other matters,” Yasra Foods also took part in the last exhibition. entitled, “Islam: An American Faith,” on Monday, August 19, the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID Expo Pakistan 2013 is being held under the aus- T2013 at 7:00 pm. Because of misconceptions, some people and other relevant documents such as driving license, etc. In case pices of the Trade Development Authority Pakistan. believe that Islam and America are not compatible. Some on both an Indian expatriate encounters any improper treatment during Details about the event can be viewed sides feel that there is a great divide and that America can never rec- checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and www.expopakisan.gov.pk. Further information and oncile with Islam. This film aims to dispel that myth. This film shows details of sponsorship can be obtained from the contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone num- how Muslims live in peace within America. In addition to that, office of Commercial Secretary, Pakistan Embassy, ber 67623639. These contact details are exclusively for the above- Muslims are productive, law-abiding citizens that contribute a lot to mentioned purpose only. Jabriya (25356594) during office hours. the well-being of American society. If you are interested in the movie, you are welcome on Monday, August 19 at 7:00 pm You are KERA badminton rominent badminton association IBACK is organizing a bad- also invited to TIES’ presentation entitled, “Polyglots” - A Linguistic minton tournament to be held on 24th and 31st August Issue of online visa Study by Tony Braun on August 20, 2013 at 7:00 pm. A polyglot is P2013. Total prize money is 475KD & last entry registration is by Indian embassy someone who speaks more than one language. Tim Doner is a 17- 15th august 2013. Interested to participate in the same as Team year-old American who speaks over 20 languages fluently. KERA shall be entertained, Please contact 97156575. oreigners requiring visas for India need to apply it online from 16th June 2013. Applicants may F log on to the Public portal at www.indian- visaonline.gov.in. After successful online submission, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed by the SEND US YOUR Write to us applicant and submitted with supporting documents INSTAGRAM PICS in accordance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two outsource hat’s more fun than clicking a beautiful Send to What’s On centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that picture? Sharing it with others! Let other applicants fill in their personal details as exactly avail- upcoming events, birthdays or Wpeople see the way you see Kuwait - able in their passports. Mismatch of any of the per- through your lens. Friday Times will feature snap- celebrations by email: sonal details would lead to non-acceptance of the shots of Kuwait through Instagram feeds. If you [email protected] application. Fees once paid are non-refundable. 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TEMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Embassy of Australia has announced that Kuwait citizens can apply for and receive visit visas in 10 working days through www.immi.gov.au. All other processing of visas and Immigration matters are handled by the Australian Visa Application Centre located in Al Banwan Building, 4B, 1st Floor, Al Qibla Area, Ali Al Salem Street, Kuwait City. Visit. www.vfs-au-gcc.com for more info. The Embassy of Australia does not have a visa or immigration department. All pro- cessing of visas and immigration matters is conducted by the Australian Consulate- General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VIS), immi- [email protected] (Visa Office), Tel: +971 4 205 5900 (VFS), Fax: + 971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). Notary and passport services are available by appointment. Appointments can be made by calling the Embassy on 22322422.

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ EMBASSY OF CANADA The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does IEI Kuwait bids farewell to Mohan not have a visa or immigration depart- ment. All processing of visa and immi- he Institution of Engineers gration matters including enquiries is (India), Kuwait chapter bid conducted by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Tfarewell to HK Mohan, First sec- Dhabi, UAE. Individuals who are interested in retary (Education &Community servic- working, studying, visiting or immigrating to es), Embassy of India, Kuwait , who is Canada should contact the Canadian Embassy leaving Kuwait after completing his in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or term. www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im- Dr Rumane Abdul Razzak , [email protected]. The Embassy of Chairman, Kuwait chapter thanked Canada is located at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, Mohan and embassy staff for their Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at cooperation and support to IEI, Kuwait www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is chapter to conduct AMIE Examination. open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through The meeting was attended by a del- Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to egation consisting of Karunagaran, 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens General Secretary, IEI,Kuwait chapter, are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday Fareed ul Haq Imadi, Treasurer, IEI, through Wednesday. Kuwait chapter, Somusundaram, ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Executive Member, Joseph Panickar, The delegation wished Mohan a behalf of IEI, Kuwait chapter as a token ex-officio chairman and S.M.H.Zaidi, success in his future endeavor. A of appreciation for his support and EMBASSY OF UK former chairman of Kuwait chapter. memento was presented to Mohan on cooperation. As of July 22, the British Embassy’s Visa Application Center (VAC) will be extend- ing opening hours to be from 08:00 to Discounts for NBK credit card 15:00 (previously from 09:30 to 14:30). This will generate more appointments in addition to the ones created from the Iftar opening time holders at Regency’s Ladies Lounge from 20:00 - 22:00. This step comes in response to the increasing number of applicants during ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) develop promotions to reward them. summer. continues offering its’ female NBK Credit Cards are accepted NCredit Cardholders an exclusive worldwide and are the safest, most ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ discount at the Regency Hotel. convenient and rewarding way to pay. Valid until Oct 31, NBK female card- For more information log onto EMBASSY OF GREECE holders of Visa, MasterCard and Diners nbk.com or contact Hala Watani on The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the Club will receive up to 50% instant dis- 1801801, or follow NBK on Twitter pleasure to announce that visa applica- count on a three month membership at @NBKPage, and on Instagram tions must be submitted to Schengen the Ladies Lounge of the Regency @NBKPage. Visa Application Centre (VFS office) Hotel Kuwait. The Ladies’ Lounge at The Regency located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al- NBK understands the needs of pro- is the most exclusive ladies-only sanc- Salem Street, Al-Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking fessional women, and supports their tuary in Kuwait offering an elegant at Souk Watia). For information please call lifestyles by providing them with exclu- swimming pool, a private lounge area 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to sive offers and services that cater to with an extensive menu and a discreet Thursday). Working hours: Submission from their needs and preferences. NBK will NBK’s leadership in the cards market private beach with wonderful views 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collection from 16:00 to continue to bring valuable offers that in Kuwait has been established by con- over the Arabian Gulf that is ideal for 17:00. For visa applications please visit the fol- will make a difference in the lives of its sistently delivering superior value to its sun lovers and the perfect venue for all- lowing website www.mfa.gr/kuwait. Female customers. Cardholders. NBK always strives to lady gatherings. health & science SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Voyager left solar system last year

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA’s long-lived Voyager Not everyone is convinced, however. the sun than Earth. Voyager 2 is heading out of the probe crossed into interstellar space last year, Voyager lead scientist Edward Stone, now retired solar system in a different direction. becoming the first man-made object to leave the from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, The probes are powered by the slow decay of solar system, new research shows. California, said Swisdak’s research is interesting but radioactive plutonium. Voyager 1 will begin running Scientists have been waiting for Voyager to different computer models are portraying different out of energy for its science instruments in 2020. By detect a magnetic field that flows in a different scenarios to explain the Voyager data. 2025, it will be completely out of power. direction than the solar system’s magnetic field. But “We know where Voyager is in terms of distance If Swisdak and colleagues are correct, Voyager 1’s the new research shows that scenario is not accu- and we know what it is observing. The challenge is magnetic field readings will stay pretty much the rate. relating that to these complex models of the interac- same throughout the remainder of its mission. “We think that the magnetic field within the solar tion between the interstellar medium and the “If they see a strong shift in the magnetic field, a system and in the interstellar are aligned enough heliosphere,” Stone said, referring to the bubble of big jump, then that means that what we’ve outlined that you can actually pass through without seeing a space that falls under the sun’s influence. can’t be correct,” Swisdak said. huge change in direction,” University of Maryland Stone and other scientists believe Voyager is in a “I’m perfectly willing to be proven wrong here physicist Marc Swisdak said in an interview. previously unknown region, dubbed a “magnetic and if I were, that would be kind of cool. But it That would mean that Voyager actually reached highway,” that exists between the heliosphere and agrees with all the data that we have so far,” he interstellar space last summer when it detected a interstellar space. added. More evidence may come when Voyager 2 sudden drop in the number of particles coming from Voyager 1 and a sister probe, Voyager 2, were crosses the solar system’s boundary as well. The the sun and a corresponding rise in the number of launched in 1977 to study the outer planets. research appears in The Astrophysical Journal galactic cosmic rays coming from interstellar space. Voyager 1 is now about 120 times farther away from Letters. — Reuters Somalians battling polio outbreak amid insecurity 105 cases confirmed MOGADISHU: Aid workers in war-torn Health Organisation (WHO), the number Somalia are struggling to contain a dangerous affected in Somalia is alarming, although cases outbreak of the crippling polio virus, with ram- worldwide have dropped by over 99 percent pant insecurity hampering efforts, the United from some 350,000 in 1988. Nations said yesterday. Six years after the Horn Highly infectious polio is spread by person- of Africa nation was declared free of the virus, to-person contact, exacerbated by poor sanita- at least 105 cases have been confirmed in tion and a lack of clean water. Somalia, the “worst outbreak in the world in a Affecting mainly children aged under five, it non-endemic country,” the UN Office for the can cause total paralysis within hours, WHO Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. warns. Its warning came just two days after med- Multiple armies are fighting for control of ical aid charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) southern Somalia, including rival warlords, Video to show lives of announced it was pulling out of Somalia after Islamist extremists and a rag-tag national army more than two decades, a move that affects backed by a 17,700-strong African Union force. hundreds of thousands of needy people. Aid workers report growing attacks on their Hawaiian monk seals “The polio outbreak plaguing Somalia has staff. HONOLULU: The public will get an up- Program at NOAA Fisheries. spread despite significant efforts to curb the On Wednesday, MSF closed all its opera- close view of how Hawaiian monk seals eat, “With that change comes some stress disease,” OCHA added in a statement. tions in Somalia after 22 years of working in sleep and swim this weekend as researchers and discomfort and everyone kind of hav- While some four million people have been the troublespot, warning of growing insecurity share footage taken by cameras attached to ing to shift to the new norm,” he said. the backs of the animals. Video from the cameras provided by the vaccinated, getting drugs to more than and “extreme attacks”. Researchers collected the video over the National Geographic Society will be shown 600,000 children in southern and central The pullout by MSF, an aid agency that has past year after capturing several seals on at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Somalia-areas partly under control of the Al- earned a reputation for working in the tough- Kauai, Oahu and Molokai and attaching the Theater on Saturday. Some of the footage Qaeda linked Shebab, who block vaccination est of conditions, will cut health care for hun- cameras to their hides with epoxy while has already been shown on Kauai. efforts-is “extremely challenging”, it said. dreds of thousands of Somalis. they were sedated. Littnan said he hopes the research will The effort was part of a study led by correct misconceptions that the seals are “The inability to fully access these areas MSF blamed “armed groups and civilian National Oceanic and Atmospheric devouring Hawaii’s fish stocks. constitutes a major threat to the control of the leaders” who it said “increasingly support, tol- Administration scientists that aims to help For example, he said some people mis- outbreak,” it said, warning that “Somalia erate, or condone the killing, assaulting, and the public better understand a critically takenly believe monk seals eat 600 pounds remains one of the most difficult and danger- abducting of humanitarian aid workers”. endangered species that was rarely seen of fish a day even though adult seals don’t ous environments in the world for aid work- While many of the areas MSF has left are not until recently among Hawaii’s most heavily even weigh that much. “There’s this idea populated islands. that they’re just these eating machines,” he ers.” under the control of central government, the Now, it’s not unusual for seals to haul up said. The footage shows, however, that While over 100 cases of polio have been withdrawal is also a major blow to the reputa- on the white sands of Poipu on Kauai and they’re not eating such significant amounts, recorded, “the fact that this number of chil- tion of the authorities in Mogadishu. the rock shoreline of Oahu’s Kaena Point. he said. Instead the clips show mostly swim- dren show symptoms of paralysis means that When Mogadishu’s government took power They have even appeared amid throngs of ming and an “amazing amount of sleeping.” there are probably thousands more with the last year, it was hailed by the international sunbathing tourists in Waikiki. When they do eat, the animals can spend a The seals are returning to areas they lot of time getting the food, like one seal virus, who do not have symptoms, but are community as offering the best chance for inhabited long before humans moved to that spent 30 minutes trying to pull an octo- capable of spreading it,” OCHA added. peace in Somalia since the collapse of central Hawaii. Still, some people see them as new pus out of its hiding place. Around 10 cases have also been reported in government in 1991. arrivals competing for resources. Some fish- The scientists will spend another two northeastern Kenya, which hosts almost half a Somalia’s government said it was “deeply ermen complain the seals are stealing their years putting cameras on the seals. million Somali refugees in sprawling camps. saddened” by MSF’s decision, noting that the catch from lines and nets. Normally with a project like this, Littnan “We realize that we’re going through a said, scientists would tell the public about In Somalia, while the bulk of cases are in the aid agency had previously remained working period of pretty dramatic transition in the their research only after they’ve finished southern and central regions, the outbreak has even through “the darkest periods” of Somalia. Main Hawaiian Islands where just in over a collecting and analyzing their data. But also spread to self-declared independent “We fear that this decision will lead to a cat- decade, really, have monk seals shown up there’s too much conflict over the seals and Somaliland in the northwest. astrophic humanitarian crisis,” Development in any great number and become part of bad information about them circulating With only 223 polio cases worldwide Minister Maryan Qasim said Thursday, plead- our lives,” said Charles Littnan, lead scientist that it would be “negligent” to wait, he for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research said. —- AP recorded last year, according to the World ing for MSF to stay on. —- AFP health & science SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 NASA, Navy practice space-capsule recovery

NORFOLK: During the glory days of the US America’s quest to put a man on the moon.” Kazakhstan. Now, with Orion still under devel- amphibious ship’s well deck, a compartment space program in the 1960s and ‘70s, astronauts From 1961 to 1975, teams of Navy ships opment, the Defense Department and NASA that can be deliberately flooded. Then the well returning to Earth splashed down at sea in their tracked and recovered Mercury, Gemini and have to dust off their old recovery playbook and deck will be drained, allowing the astronauts to capsules and were picked up by the Navy in a Apollo spacecraft after they re-entered Earth’s update it to achieve something they haven’t step out of the capsule. triumphant moment that made for stirring TV. atmosphere and splashed down. done since 1975. NASA decided to employ an amphibious Now, NASA and the Navy are training again for Typically, frogmen would swim up to the “The test we’re seeing today is really the first ship about seven years ago, in part because it is the first such recovery in a generation. pitching, bobbing spacecraft and help the astro- time that we’ve worked together with DOD to less expensive than using a large nuclear-pow- On Thursday, they completed several days of nauts recover a capsule, really since that mission. So ered aircraft carrier. It also allows for astronauts tests, practicing the retrieval of an unmanned out. Then helicopters would hoist the men it’s a pretty historic start to this program that who may be weakened by space travel to avoid mock-up of the Orion capsule that the US hopes and their capsule and fly them to a waiting air- we’re doing,” said Scott Wilson, NASA’s manager a physically draining extraction at sea. The crew to send someday to an asteroid and Mars. craft carrier. In a few instances, the astronauts of production operations for the Orion program. can stay inside the capsule while it is being Navy divers and the crew of the USS would remain inside the capsule while a crane In a break with the past, the Navy doesn’t recovered. Arlington carried out the exercise in the calm lifted it aboard a ship. plan to use helicopters to retrieve Orion, Another reason for using the amphibious- waters of the Elizabeth River at a Naval Station After Apollo ended, US astronauts began fly- although they will be available on standby. ship method: The Orion capsule will be bigger Norfolk pier. In a statement, Adm. Bill Gortney, ing the space shuttle, which returns to Earth on Instead, an amphibious transport ship will come and much heavier than the Apollo spacecraft commander of Navy’s US Fleet Forces a landing strip like an airplane. With the end of close to the capsule and dispatch divers and that came before it. More training and testing of Command, welcomed the chance to take part that program in 2011, astronauts began hitch- small boat teams to go secure it. the procedure are planned in the coming years. again in recovering NASA astronauts “just as we ing rides aboard Russia’s Soyuz capsule, which As they did on Thursday, those crews will Astronauts will not fly into space aboard Orion did nearly a half-century ago in support of parachutes to a landing on the steppes of attach a winch line to Orion and tow it into the until 2021 at the earliest. —- AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

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to beat in Indy DETROIT: Prince Fielder homered for the first time off Phil Hughes (4-12) to make it 3-1 in the fourth. INDIANAPOLIS: Marc Marquez will Austin, Texas, in April. He also won a in three weeks, hitting a two-run shot in the first He added his first career slam off Boone Logan in a be the man to beat tomorrow as the race in Germany and with three victo- inning to help the Detroit Tigers to a 4-1 victory five-run eighth. sensational Spanish rookie tries to ries this season tops the standings over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. stretch his lead atop the MotoGP with 163 points. Pedrosa is second on Andy Dirks added two doubles and two singles for ATHLETICS 5, ASTROS 0 standings at Indianapolis Motor 147. Lorenzo third on 137 and Italy’s the AL Central-leading Tigers, who took the opener Sonny Gray struck out nine on the way to an Speedway. A bevy of more estab- Valentino Rossi fourth on 117. of this five-game series with third-place Kansas impressive first major league victory, using Nate lished stars, including his Respol Pedrosa had been leading the City. Detroitís Anibal Sanchez (11-7) allowed a run Freimanís two-run homer and four RBIs to lead the Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa and world championship chase when he and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings. Bruce Rondon fin- Athletics to a victory over Houston that averted a Yamaha factor rider Jorge Lorenzo, broke his collarbone in practice for ished the eighth, and Joaquin Benoit pitched a hit- three-game sweep by the lowly Astros. The 23- will be gunning for him with Pedros the German Grand Prix in July. He’s less ninth for his 16th save in 16 chances. Jeremy year-old Gray (1-1) allowed four hits and walked and Lorenzo in particular hoping to eager to see how his rehabilitated Guthrie (12-9) allowed four runs and 13 hits in sev- one over eight innings, throwing 118 pitches in his reassert themselves in the second body will stand up to riding. en innings. Kansas City now trails the Tigers by 8Ω second career start and fourth big league appear- half of the season after overcoming “Basically it was all about not moving games. Second-place Cleveland is 6Ω back. ance. Oakland jumped on Erik Bedard (3-9) in a hur- injury. a lot and staying quiet,” Pedrosa said ry. He dropped to 0-6 over eight starts since a win “Now we start the second half and of his rehab. “The healing process is RAYS 7, MARINERS 1 against St Louis on June 26. we have recharged our batteries over getting better and over these last Alex Cobb pitched five strong innings in his first the summer,” said Marquez, who days we have seen some signs of the big league game since being hit in the head by a BLUE JAYS 2, RED SOX 1 closed out the first half of the season bones recovering, so that is good. with a triumph at Laguna Seca in Now I’m just waiting to go out, check- batted ball two months ago and the Rays beat the Pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa hit a tiebreaking sacri- California on July 21. “It will be diffi- ing how everything is on the bike.” Mariners. Cobb (7-2) ended his night by striking out fice fly in the seventh inning, Mark Buehrle pitched cult and interesting because Dani Lorenzo broke his collarbone in Nick Frankiln on a full-count pitch with the bases seven innings to win his fourth straight decision and Jorge have recovered. It’s one of practice for the Dutch GP, then fell loaded and two outs in the fifth. He received a and the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox. Buehrle (9-7) the tracks I seem to ride quite well, so again in Germany. He managed a standing ovation as he walked off the field. The came in 0-4 with a 4.97 ERA in his previous eight I hope to do the same with the sixth-placed finish at Laguna Seca, right- hander gave up one run and three hits, strik- starts against the Red Sox, a team he hadnít beaten MotoGP bike. The conditions change but says he’s fitter now. “Obviously ing out six and walking two, Wil Myers, who had since Sept 7, 2009, with the White Sox. The left- a lot from first practice to the race, it’s I’m not like I was before Assen, but four RBIs, drove in two with a double and Evan hander allowed one run and 10 hits, walked two so slippery. much better than Laguna,” the reign- Longoria added a two-run homer off Joe Saunders and struck out four. Red Sox starter Jake Peavy (9-5) “We will see how we will do with ing world champion said. “I have (10-12) that put the Rays up 5-1 in the fifth. allowed two runs and five hits in six-plus innings. the Bridgestone tyres, but it will be spent the holiday trying to recover He walked none and struck out four. the same for everybody. We will try to the collarbone, so let’s see how it ANGELS 8, YANKEES 4 find our way, starting with FP1.” The goes.” In addition to Marquez, Chris Nelson hit his first two home runs of the TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 3 race at the famed “Brickyard” is one Britain’s Cal Crutchlow will be in the season, including a grand slam against his former Chris Herrmannís pinch-hit single in the bottom of three US stops on the MotoGP cal- spotlight this week after announcing team, to send CJ Wilson and the Angels past the of the ninth scored pinch-runner Doug Bernier and endar. In addition to his triumph at during the mid-season break that he Yankees. Josh Hamilton and rookie J.B. Shuck each lifted Minnesota to a victory over the White Sox. Laguna Seca, Marquez won the inau- has signed with Ducati for the next gural event at the new circuit in two seasons. —AFP had an RBI single to help the struggling Angels pre- The Twins trailed 3-2 heading into the eighth, but vent a four-game sweep. Wilson (13-6) won his fifth Joe Mauer doubled and scored on a base hit from consecutive decision, keeping Alfonso Soriano in Justin Morneau to tie it. Herrmann came through the ballpark after the streaking slugger piled up against Ramon Troncoso (1-4) in the ninth to com- Cardinals beat Pirates four homers and 13 RBIs the previous two nights. plete the comeback. Trevor Plouffe hit a solo Soriano extended his sensational tear, going 4 for 5 homer and Mike Pelfrey gave up three runs and ST LOUIS: Matt Carpenter had four hits REDS 2, BREWERS 1 with an RBI single, but the Yankees managed little struck out four in 6 1-3 innings for the Twins. Jared and scored the winning run on Matt Joey Votto hit a tiebreaking homer else until a three-run ninth. Nelson hit a solo homer Burton (2-6) pitched the ninth for the win.— AP Hollidayís single in the 12th inning, in the sixth inning and Tony Cingrani helping the St Louis Cardinals beat the pitched solidly into the seventh, lifting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Thursday for Cincinnati over Milwaukee. Cingrani (6- their second extra-inning triumph over 2) allowed only a second-inning home the NL Central leaders in three days. The run to Khris Davis. Aroldis Chapman Cardinals took two of three in the series worked the ninth for his 30th save in to pull within two games of the sagging 34 chances. The Reds have won five Pirates, who have dropped five of six. St straight and 10 of 13. Their starters are Louis won 4-3 in 14 innings in the series 4-1 with a 1.35 ERA in the last seven opener on Tuesday night. Rookie Kevin games. Vottoís homer was the only Siegrist (1-1), St Louisí seventh pitcher, earned run allowed by Kyle Lohse (8-8) struck out two in a perfect 12th against in seven innings. The right-hander also the heart of the order. Russell Martin allowed an unearned run on five hits and Clint Barmes homered for and four walks with four strikeouts in Pittsburgh, which blew a 4-0 lead in one seven innings. inning. Jose Tabata had three straight hits after entering as a pinch hitter. METS 4, PADRES 1 Carpenter sparked the winning rally Marlon Byrd lined a two-out double with a one-out walk. He went to third over a hesitant right-fielder Chris on Jon Jayís single before Holliday Denorfiaís head in the eighth inning, grounded a single up the middle off Mets outfielders saved two runs with Bryan Morris (5-6). outstanding plays and New York snapped a three-game skid by beating GIANTS 4, NATIONALS 3 San Diego. Zack Wheeler struck out a Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez hit a career-high 12 for New York. Eric three-run homer with two outs in the Young Jr saved a homer by leaping ninth inning, helping San Francisco get above the wall and knocking the ball the win. Down to his last strike, Sanchez back onto the field in the third inning. connected off closer Rafael Soriano (2-3) Center fielder Juan Lagares then threw on a full-count pitch. The drive landed out a runner at home plate in the fifth. just inside the right-field foul pole in the Byrd doubled off reliever Luke second deck. Sergio Romo got three Gregerson (5-7), who had intentionally outs for his 29th save. Javier Lopez (2-2) walked the left-handed hitting Daniel pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings of relief Murphy to pitch to the righty Byrd. for the win. The loss snapped Denorfia made his first step in on Washingtonís five-game winning streak Byrdís hard-hit ball. He then hesitated and spoiled Dan Harenís six-inning, and never recovered as the ball sailed one-run effort. Ian Desmond doubled over his head. Scott Atchison (3-1) got MINNEAPOLIS: The ball hit by Alejandro De Aza #30 of the Chicago White Sox hits off the glove home two runs and Jayson Werth the victory by pitching a scoreless sev- of Oswaldo Arcia #31 of the Minnesota Twins during the ninth inning of the game on August added two hits for the Nationals. enth inning.— AP 15, 2013. — AFP sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Pistorius due back in the dock

JOHANNESBURG: South African double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius will return to court Monday, when he is expected to be indicted for murdering lover Reeva Steenkamp and receive a date for trial. The 26-year-old sprinter will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court six months after shooting dead girlfriend Steenkamp in the toilet of his upscale home. The platinum blonde cover girl and law graduate died on Valentine’s Day after being shot in the head, elbow and hip. She would have turned 30 on Monday, when prosecutors are expect- ed to unveil a five-page indictment against Pistorius for premedi- tated murder, according to sources close to the investigation. The hearing is expected to be brief, and according to Pistorius family spokeswoman Anneliese Burgess the “chances are very high that a trial date will be set.” Pistorius, who is out on bail and faces a life sentence if found guilty, has denied murder, saying he shot Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door because he believed she was an intruder. The trial is not expected to start until 2014, given the backlog in South Africa’s regional high courts. A single senior judge will hear the case. South Africa does not have a jury system. The indict- ment could detail key aspects of the police investigation into Steenkamp’s death that came under scrutiny during a lengthy bail hearing. These may include ballistics information from the bathroom door suggesting Pistorius’s height at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors assert he donned his two prosthetic legs before firing four shots through the bathroom door, a delay they say proves the murder was premeditated. The athlete, who was born with- out calf bones and had both legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, claims he was on his stumps. The indictment could also shed light on phone records from four cell South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius phones found outside the room where Steenkamp had locked herself in. Investigators had to contact mobile manufacturer Apple in Biles steals show at the US the United States as well as Interpol to access one of the phones, Pistorius’s iPhone 5. The athlete apparently could not remember the four-digit pass code to unlock the phone, according to media Gymnastics Championship reports. South Africa’s much-maligned police force is under immense pressure to help secure a conviction, after the bail hear- HARTFORD: Simone Biles blew her first exhaled when the legendary coach the beam as if the 4-inch wide piece of ing showed up shoddy police work that led to the whole investi- chance to show Martha Karolyi she urged her to get back to the self- wood perched 4 feet off the ground is gation team being replaced. Police failed to find all the bullets could handle the big stage. There was assuredness that helped her grab the the width of a football field. When she is fired, potentially contaminated the crime scene and misjudged no way she was going to let a chance at title at a key international meet in on uneven bars, she doesn’t lunge as the distance to the spot from which a witness claimed to have redemption slip away. The stunningly Europe this spring. “She said, ‘I saw what much as she floats. heard shouting earlier in the night. — AFP powerful 16-year-old soared to the top you did in Italy, so just turn the page,’” “It’s gorgeous,” Maroney said about of the US women’s gymnastics champi- Biles said. “It made me feel a lot better Ross’ bar routine. “I almost passed out.” onships Thursday night, posting a score knowing she’s behind me.” Brenna Still, her lights-out 15.5 on her final Offense not clicking; of 60.500 to lead a field that includes Dowell was third, followed by Peyton event couldn’t close the gap on Biles. Olympic gold medalists Kyla Ross. Ernst and Maggie Nichols. The compact kid from Spring, Texas, Bears beat Chargers Bounding across the arena with the Maroney, the silver medalist on vault who is all muscle and kinetic energy. At kind of hops that would make LeBron in London, posted the highest score on times, that has gotten the best of her. CHICAGO: This new and supposedly improved offense is pro- James do a double-take, the 4-foot-8 her signature event in her first major Biles expected some jitters when she ducing some awfully familiar results for the Chicago Bears. spring-loaded Texan found a pretty sim- competition since undergoing a series went to the Secret Classic. She didn’t Jay Cutler looked shaky again and the defense made up for it, ple way to avoid the jitters that led to a of leg surgeries last fall. Maroney aver- expect to fall on each of her first three harassing Philip Rivers early on and setting the tone for the disastrous meet in Chicago last month. aged 15.5 on her two vaults, edging rotations. Things went so badly her Bears in a 33-28 victory over the San Diego Chargers in a pre- Told by her more experienced team- Biles by a tenth of a point. It wasn’t per- coaches told her to not even bother season game on Thursday night. All eyes remain on the quar- mates to just ignore all the noise that fect. It doesn’t have to be yet. Maroney vaulting, fearing she may aggravate an terback after the Bears made some big changes on offense in comes with moving up to the sport’s is still building toward worlds, hoping to ankle injury. the offseason, hiring coach Marc Trestman to replace Lovie stratosphere, Biles took a deep breath put her disappointing silver medal in Four weeks and a steady stream of Smith and revising their line. and went back to work. “It’s kind of easy London behind her - the one that texts from Ross and Maroney later, Biles So far, the results are mixed at best. Cutler played a quar- because I block out my parents, my sib- launched the infamous “not impressed” looked like a pro. She breezed through ter and completed 4-of-5 passes for 38 yards and a touch- lings,” Biles said, laughing. Biles’ score face. A world championship gold medal uneven bars and avoided any major mis- down, but the only receiver he targeted was Brandon certainly blocked out the bold-faced to bookend the one she captured in cues on the beam. Her confidence grow- Marshall. That’s not a good sign for the Bears, considering names behind her. Tokyo two years ago would help. ing with each successful set, Biles soared they want to distribute the ball more evenly this year. Nor Ross and McKayla Maroney are con- “I felt good,” Maroney said. “I felt a lit- on floor exercise. Generating the kind of was Cutler getting intercepted trying to hit Marshall in dou- sidered the standardbearers of the tle bit better than I did in Chicago. The hangtime that makes it appear she’s ble coverage. women’s program while the rest of their nerves weren’t in your head as bad.” going up for an alley-oop pass, Biles On a more positive note for the Bears’ offense, Matt Forte Olympic gold-medal winning “Fierce And the nerves are there, even if the played to the crowd, embracing the ran for 74 yards and a touchdown on eight attempts after car- Five” teammates slowly rebuild their stage isn’t quite as big as the one Ross spotlight she shrunk from last month. rying just once in a loss at Carolina in the preseason opener. programs after a lengthy break. While and Maroney faced with the world Biles wasn’t done. While Maroney is His 58-yard run around the left end set up the game’s first they certainly looked like their old selves watching last summer. While Jordyn considered the best vaulter of her gen- touchdown, a 5-yard strike from Cutler to Marshall. Devin - Ross is second after putting up a score Wieber, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman eration, Biles served the gap between Hester also showed a spark, returning the game’s opening of 59.750 while Maroney edged Biles for took a break following their dominant Maroney and the rest of the world is nar- kickoff 45 yards. And reserve Michael Ford ran one back 100 the top spot on vault - they also had performance in London in which they rowing. She actually outscored Maroney yards in the third quarter, leading to a 3-yard scoring run by pretty good seats to watch Biles resur- won the team gold and brought home a on the Amanar - the most difficult vault Michael Bush. The first-team defense sacked Rivers three rect her bid to make the 2013 US world fistful of individual medals, Maroney and currently being done in competition - times and forced two turnovers, even though star defensive championship team. “She blows my Ross instead opted to get back to work putting up a 15.8 to Maroney’s 15.7. end Julius Peppers (hamstring), defensive tackle Henry mind with her stuff,” Maroney said. quickly. Biles’ second vault isn’t quite as hard, Melton (concussion) and linebacker D.J. Williams (strained “She’s amazing.” Though she lacks the explosive pres- giving Maroney just enough wiggle right calf) sat out with injuries. Rivers got swarmed as soon as Even more, she’s confident thanks to ence of her Olympic teammates, Ross room to remain in front. Still, Biles he stepped on the field, and the Chargers fell again after get- a receiving a series of pep talks, the makes up for it with an uncommon ele- clapped her hands after coming back to ting pounded by Seattle last week. He was 5 of 9 for 50 yards most important one coming from US gance that can make even the most dif- earth after clearing her first major hurdle with an interception, and he lost a fumble on a sack by Shea women’s program coordinator Karolyi. ficult combinations look effortless. The toward worlds. “It was important,” Biles McClellin, leading to a 3-yard run by Forte that made it 14-0 Worried Karolyi lost faith in her after far- 16-year-old, whose father is a former said. “I needed to show myself I could near the end of the first quarter.—AP ing so poorly in the qualifier, Biles professional baseball player, glides over do it.”— AP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013 Springboks set to triumph and bury jinx JOHANNESBURG: South Africa are Honoring the elder statesman includes Fourie du Preez, 31, back in the green- front rowers must brace for a steep learn- favored to bury a Soccer City stadium jinx transforming the Soweto stadium from a and-gold mix after being part of the side ing curve. today by defeating Argentina in the 2013 football pitch to a rugby pitch during a beaten by Australia in the 2011 World “It is now very important for the scrum Rugby Championship opener. The 90-minute break between the interna- Cup quarter-finals. Du Preez is among to stand together and have endurance Springboks have twice played at the tionals. While debutants Los Pumas seven foreign-based stars in the match- and it is going to become a much tougher 95,000-seat Soweto venue that hosted proved competitive in the southern hemi- day 23 - a sign of the tough economic battle,” he stressed. Argentina are famed the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, and fell 29- sphere tournament last year, they remain times as South Africans are lured abroad for the ‘bajada’ scrum with the eight for- 22 and 32-16 to the New Zealand All the weaklings of a quartet completed by by far fatter salaries. Although coach wards working as a unit and channeling Blacks. Originally set for central city Australia. They have also been hit by late Heyneke Meyer kept faith with Ulster power through the hooker. “The Pumas’ Bloemfontein, the Argentina Test was injury blows with inspirational No. 8 and scrum-half Ruan Pienaar, Du Preez will passion for scrumming will always be moved to form part of a Nelson Mandela skipper Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe and play part of the game and is seen as a key there-they are short, stocky guys, difficult Sports Day with the national football loosehead prop Marcos Ayerza forced to cog in the 2015 World Cup plan. to move, and we expect them to be team playing Burkina Faso earlier. withdraw. “Fourie has been a world-class player strong come today.” Mandela, 95, the first black president Leonardo Senatore is the loose-for- since I started coaching him at the Bulls While there may not be a big gap of the republic and a worldwide icon, is in ward replacement, veteran centre Felipe when he was a teenager. His small touch- between the packs in the set pieces and a Pretoria hospital more than two months Contepomi is the stand-in skipper, and es on the ball are brilliant and he has lost loose exchanges, the Springboks backs after being admitted for a recurring lung young Matias Diaz enters the front row. none of them.” appear stronger. Labeled a conservative, infection. Although “critically ill”, an offi- South Africa warmed up by defeating Meyer says he is seeking improvement Meyer surprised critics by choosing cial announcement last weekend said the Italy, Scotland and Samoa in a tourna- in all areas after ultimately comfortable adventurous full-back Willie le Roux, and revered figure known to South Africans ment they hosted and 13 of the starters wins over Italy (44-10), Scotland (30-17) wings Bjorn Basson and Bryan Habana by his clan name ‘Madiba’ is making “slow against the Pacific islanders in the final and Samoa (56-23) last June. Since those and centres JJ Engelbrecht and Jean de but steady” progress. While president, are retained. Duane Vermeulen replaces wins, the scrum laws have changed to Villiers possess pace and power. The Mandela had a huge influence on rugby long-term casualty Pierre Spies at No. 8 crouch-bind-set, consigning the ‘hit’ to Argentine backline missed injured Juan and football, inspiring the Springboks to and Juandre Kruger regains the lock slot history and putting greater emphasis on Martin Hernandez for much of last sea- win the 1995 World Cup and Bafana he temporarily ceded to Flip van der cohesion and endurance. Springboks son, but it was too predictable and leaden Bafana (The Boys) to win the Africa Cup of Merwe. scrum coach and former France prop footed, and many parts of the unit Nations one year later. The replacements include scrum-half Pieter de Villiers admitted that all Test remain. — AFP Wallaby Slipper getting to grips with new laws

SYDNEY: Australia prop James Slipper is still not entirely sure what impact new scrum laws will have this weekend but he is certain that every single Wallaby will need to play out of their skins to beat their “little cousins” New Zealand. Like all the front row forwards in the Rugby Championship, looshead Slipper will step into the unknown when he packs down for the first set scrum against the All Blacks at the Olympic Stadium today. The main impact of the new laws, aimed at reducing the num- ber of re-sets and penalties at the set piece, is expected to be the removal of the intimidating “big hit” with which the front rows have came together in recent years. While he is still feeling his way with the new techniques required, Slipper foresees some- thing of a return to the days of hooking hookers and front row wrestling. “I packed my first scrum under the new rules last week so I’m reasonably new to it and most of the boys are,” Slipper told Reuters this week. “There’s no way we’ve got it at par at the moment but we’re SYDNEY: New Zealand All Blacks players practice during a captain’s run in Sydney yesterday. The All Blacks will face the working hard at it. “It’s got to be a stable scrum, so what that Australian Wallabies in the opening Bledisloe Cup Test today. — AFP does is bring the hooking back again and that means the defen- sive scrum can really have a crack at the team with the ball. “So I guess it’s back to the old school, which is good.” Slipper’s return to the Wallabies starting XV for the first time in eight tests - his All Blacks target last being in the draw against the All Blacks last year - came after his former Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie won the Australia job. Former test prop McKenzie controversially dumped stalwart loosehead Benn Robinson from his squad and installed Toomua, Folau Slipper in his stead with 21-year-old Scott Sio backing up from the bench. FAVOURING TECHNIQUE SYDNEY: The All Blacks will target Australia’s uncapped fly-half Matt eighth (fly-half) jumper for his first Test against the All Blacks, but Slipper, still only 24, has long been valued for his versatility - Toomua and explosive winger Israel Folau in today’s Bledisloe Cup he’s taken it in his stride throughout the week and I’ll be expecting he can pack down on both sides of the front row - and his mobili- opener, New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw said. New Wallabies nothing less tomorrow.” Folau has had a spectacular first season ty around the park. He is well aware, though, that to secure a coach Ewen McKenzie opted for Toomua as playmaker ahead of since switching from Australian Rules and Rugby League, claiming a long-term starting spot, good scrummaging is essential and Quade Cooper and the World Cup champions have made their dazzling try-scoring double on his Test debut against the British and hopes the new laws might help him. “I guess you have to outwit intentions known that they want to make life as difficult as possible Irish Lions, before being crowned Australia’s Super Rugby rookie of the other prop, and I guess stay in the scrum for as long as possi- for the Test rookie. McCaw said the Kiwis needed to shut down the year last week. McCaw, back for his first Test in almost nine ble, and work together,” he said. Toomua to cut off Australia’s ball supply to potential match-winning months after a rugby sabbatical, said dual international Folau must “The engagement isn’t as heavy as it was in the past, so the winger Folau. “I have been impressed with the way he (Toomua) led be contained. “He’s a skillful athlete. He’s a big man. His skills under props who relied on that big engagement, not so much tech- the Brumbies around the park,” McCaw said yesterday. the high ball are pretty good but, again, if we don’t give him much nique but size and brute force, might struggle.” Slipper thinks his “We have to make sure we don’t allow him to do that. It’s up to time to show those, hopefully we can limit his impact,” McCaw said. versatility has contributed to him starting 28 of his 37 test on the us to deny him time and good ball and put him under pressure. McCaw’s only game time since New Zealand suffered a shock loss bench and is hoping another relatively new law, requiring cover That’s one of our jobs. “Test rugby is different, but you look across to England at Twickenham last November has been an 80-minute for all three front row players among the replacements, might the skills of those guys and there’s no reason why they can’t do a job club match, two late bench appearances for the Canterbury Crusaders change that. “I’ve always played both, which is probably why I’ve if it’s put on a plate for them.” Wallabies vice-captain Will Genia, who and half a game against Canterbury in an All Blacks squad hitout last spent so much time on the bench because I can cover both,” he will partner Toomua in the halves, said he has no doubts the 23- Friday. Yet the open-side flanker said he was preparing to last the full said. “But now with two props on the bench, there’s no need to. year-old will handle the Bledisloe Cup pressure in Sydney. “He’s a 80 minutes in his 118th Test match this weekend. “I feel mentally in a But at the end of the day, I’d really like to nail one and stay in the very composed sort of guy,” Genia said. “He’s been thrown the five- good shape and I’ve done a lot of training,” he said. — AFP team.” —Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

‘Big 4’ reach star-studded Cincinnati quarters Nadal, Federer meet for 31st time; Djokovic, Murray in last 8

CINCINNATI: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafa Nadal so it’s another quarter-finals. “It’s a special one because performed well actually in the last five, six years,” said and Roger Federer all picked up third round wins at the you’re playing against a very special player. Our matches Djokovic. “Never managed to take final step and hopefully Western and Southern Open on Thursday to set up a star- were very special always. “But, again, it’s a quarter-finals this year I can do so. studded last eight in Cincinnati. The ATP Tour’s big four match, not the final, so that’s a big difference.” Federer, the “I have an extra motivation and an opportunity to make were joined in the quarter-finals by 2009 US Open champi- five-time defending champion in Cincinnati, also needed history in this tournament, so I’m very inspired to play well on Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, the only other man three sets to see off evergreen German Tommy Haas 1-6 7- day after day.” World number two Murray was no less ruth- to hoist a grand slam trophy since Marat Safin at the 2005 5 6-3 as he struggles to build some momentum going into less, the Wimbledon champion looking right at home as he Australian Open. the US Open after missing the start of the North American steamrolled Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-2 6-2 in 69 Djokovic, Murray, Nadal, Federer and Del Potro have hardcourt season with a sore back. minutes. The Scot will be chasing his third Cincinnati title as accounted for the last 34 grand slams and it is just the second he continues to prepare for the defense of his US Open time this year all five have reached the last eight of a tourna- CRUISE CONTROL crown later this month at Flushing Meadows. Djokovic will ment. The marquee matchup late yesterday would see world In contrast, the world’s two top-ranked players, take on top-ranked American John Isner in the last eight number five and 17-time grand slam winner Federer take on Djokovic and Murray, cruised into the quarter-finals with while Murray will meet Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych. long-time rival Nadal, the world number three. no-nonsense straight sets decisions. Looking to end a run “You want to try and get off quickly because you need Nadal, whose grand slam resume lists 12 titles, and of four runner-up finishes on the Cincinnati hardcourts, to play the next day,” said Murray. “But also in 10 days’ Federer will clash for the 31st time, adding yet another world number one Djokovic needed just 50 minutes to time, we’re going to have to play best-of-five sets, so some- chapter to what will go down as one of the sport’s all-time hand Belgian qualifier David Goffin a 6-2 6-0 tennis lesson. times the long matches can kind of set you up for that well. great rivalries. Nadal has been in superb form coming off a While Cincinnati has been a happy hunting ground for “But in terms of winning this event, better to get off quick win Montreal and ran his hardcourt winning streak to 12 Federer, it has been a frustrating tournament for Djokovic. because you have to play five days in a row if you want to matches with a 6-2 5-7 6-2 win over Bulgarian Grigor But if the big Serb is the last man standing on Sunday he win.” Seventh seed Del Potro battled into the quarter-finals Dimitrov on Thursday. “Always play against Roger is a spe- would become the first player to complete what the ATP with a 6-4 1-6 6-4 win over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez and will cial feeling,” said Nadal, who has reached the finals in 10-of- Tour has dubbed the ‘Career Golden Masters’, winning all meet Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov, who pulled off the 11 events he has entered this season, claiming eight titles. nine World Tour Masters events. “I played four times (in upset of the day dumping world number four David Ferrer “We have a great history behind us in our confrontations, the) finals, so it’s been one of the tournaments where I’ve of Spain 6-2 6-4. — Reuters

Top seeds advance but Boxing: Brother’s memory inspires Bartoli’s buzz remains title-chasing Barker LONDON: Britain’s Darren Barker says he will be driven by more than personal ambition in today’s world mid- Williams looks for first Cincinnati title dleweight title fight against Australia’s Daniel Geale in Atlantic City, USA. The Briton is determined to capture the CINCINNATI: As the tennis world took stock Australian’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) mid- of Marion Bartoli’s shock decision to retire, dleweight belt so he can dedicate it to the memory of his Victoria Azarenka tried to put the focus back brother, Gary. Barker, 31, almost retired from boxing when on court with a controlled display against his younger sibling was killed in a car accident aged 19 in Magdalena Rybarikova at the Western and December 2006, but keeping alive Gary’s memory has Southern Open on Thursday. The world been one of the Londoner’s main sources of motivation number two’s 6-3 6-4 third round victory after he decided to resume his boxing career. was impressive but it could not turn atten- “Through my boxing success Gary’s name gets spoken tion away from Bartoli, the Wimbledon about and he is remembered, and that helps motivate champion having stunned the sport 24 me,” Barker told AFP from New York earlier this week. hours earlier by announcing she was quit- “There’s no doubt he would have won a bundle of titles ting following a second-round defeat. and he was better than me. He was a very talented boxer. I Even when world number one Serena nearly quit after Gary died. I didn’t want to go near the Williams closed out the action under the gym after it happened because we did everything togeth- center court floodlights with a 63 minute er. “It took me a long time to get the motivation back to 6-4 6-1 demolition of Germany’s Mona get back into the ring but ever since I did, he’s been in the Barthel, Bartoli’s departure remained firmly ring with me. “It’s a good feeling knowing that through in the spotlight at the sprawling Lindner me doing well, his name lives on. Family tennis center. “Marion Bartoli is I miss him loads. He was my best friend. “I will think of such a great fighter and she has a great Gary in those final moments in the changing room. I think attitude,” Williams told reporters. “I about him before every session and even more so before remember the first time I saw her, I was CINCINNATI: Serena Williams returns a shot to Mona Barthel of Germany dur- the fight. “Winning this title would be for him. I badly, bad- actually in Paris for the Paris Indoor ing the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in ly, want to win this fight and dedicate it to my brother. So Championships. “It was a long, long, long Cincinnati, Ohio. — AFP many people have helped me to get this far, but I’m only time ago, probably in like the early 2000s, going to dedicate it to Gary-that’s it.” Barker once again ing match, Williams was firing on all cylin- I did in my first match,” Azarenka said. “I contemplated retirement a year ago after being forced to and I just remember her being so young ders against an overmatched Barthel. “I was much more controlling the game. It and working so hard, and that was her pull out of a fight with a torn bicep, the latest injury in a didn’t know much about her, though, but I was really up to me today, I felt. “I was stop-start 26-bout career that has seen him lose just once. whole career. knew her name,” said Williams, who will doing everything I wanted to do but I still “It just shows you how much and how The former European champion, who will not have next face Romanian Simona Halep, who feel there can be a lot more improvement.” trainer Tony Sims in his corner due to a visa problem, far you can go by working so hard. She’s beat Bartoli in what was the final match of Li Na’s Cincinnati title defence also had a great career by winning Wimbledon insists he is in prime condition thanks to yoga, meditation the Frenchwoman’s career. “She’s an inter- picked up steam as the fifth-seeded and training in a swimming pool at Stamford Bridge, the as well. It doesn’t get better than that.” esting player. She seemed so light and so Chinese rolled to a 6-4 6-4 win over ninth Williams, however, could soon be back home of English football giants Chelsea. Barker, who was smooth so you don’t expect a ball to come seed Angelique Kerber of Germany. Before stopped by Argentine Sergio Martinez in the 11th round making headlines as she tries to fill one of that hard. “That was a little surprising but Thursday action was completed, Li found the few holes in her glittering resume this two years ago in a previous bid for the WBC belt, has had once I got used to it, it was a little better.” herself through to the semi-finals when two four-round bouts since recovering from his bicep weekend with a first Cincinnati crown. In a Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska, career that has garnered 54 singles titles, injury and feels he is in the best shape of his career. “I RADWANSKA WITHDRAWS who beat Elena Vesnina 6-0 6-2, withdrew thought about quitting last year, it’s true,” he told AFP. “I including 16 grand slams, Williams has There was nothing surprising about from the tournament to attend her grand- won just about everything there is to win had made a decision after I had to pull out of the fight on Azarenka’s third round match as she father’s funeral. In other third round action, September 8 last year. I just thought I had had enough. in her sport but one of the WTA Tour’s moved easily into the quarter-finals, Italian doubles partners Sara Errani and most prestigious tournaments remains “But when the injury healed, I reminded myself it despite problems with her serve during an Roberta Vinci went toe-to-toe for a spot in wasn’t a sensible decision. I’ve managed to get a bit of absent from that long and impressive list. uneven match that featured 13 breaks. the final eight with the 12th seeded Vinci After a sluggish performance against momentum with two fights behind me since December “Today there was sometimes a little bit of coming out on top, beating her sixth seed- and the hunger is still there. —AFP Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in her open- trouble serving but overall I felt better than ed compatriot 6-4 6-3. —Reuters sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

CAF Champions League Battling Ahly desperate for points in Congo

JOHANNESBURG: Bottom of the table followed by a home victory over five- barred spectators because of security afforded by Ahly, failed to find a way without a win is not a situation CAF time title-holders Zamalek. concerns, and Ahly were serving a CAF past a massed Leopards rearguard in Champions League title-holders Al-Ahly The Congolese, a second-tier club just ban anyway over flare-throwing during a Soweto and Zamalek are likely to prove are used to. But that is where the Cairo four years ago, and Pirates have four qualifier.”It is crucial that we succeed in equally efficient defenders. “Bigger, bet- ‘Red Devils’ find themselves in Group A points each and Zamalek and Ahly one Congo,” admitted former Ahly defender ter and stronger than Ahly,” was the ver- ahead of a matchday 3 clash today at ris- each, making the matches this weekend Youssef. dict of ‘Buccaneers’ coach Roger de Sa ing force AC Leopards of Congo vital for the Egyptians. Were Ahly to lose “A victory would give us the push we when quizzed about Zamalek, who are Brazzaville. And as the struggling in Dolisie and Zamalek to suffer a similar need to reach the knockout stages.” back in South Africa after a 20-year Egyptian stars arrived in central Africa fate against Pirates in Soweto a few Recently appointed Toulan said: “Our absence. they learnt that politics-induced violence hours later, they would be six points loss to Leopards is not the end of the There is Group B gridlock with Sewe at home had claimed at least 578 lives adrift with three rounds remaining. But world-we can recover and reaching the San Pedro of Ivory Coast, Esperance of nationwide. coaches Mohamed Youssef of Ahly and semi-finals remains our immediate tar- Tunisia, Recreativo Libolo of Angola and Most of the deaths during clashes Helmy Toulan of Zamalek are confident get.” Both coaches were cheered by Coton Sport of Cameroon collecting between security forces and backers of they can steer the most successful medical bulletins with talismanic mid- three points each. Each club won their ex-president Mohamed Morsi occurred Champions League clubs away from fielder Mohamed Abou Trika set to play first home game so the odds slightly in Cairo, where Ahly have millions of fol- danger. for Ahly and likely lone Zamalek striker favour Coton and Sewe on Sunday when lowers. After drawing with Cairo rivals Youssef attributed the unexpected Ahmed Eid also fit to start. they host Libolo and two-time champi- Zamalek, record seven-time African hiding from Pirates to several factors, Leopards, who boast two-metre-plus ons Esperance respectively. It will boost champions Ahly crumbled 3-0 to South most notably having to play in oppres- Malian Arouna Drame and an equally the Cameroonians and Ivorians that they African visitors Orlando Pirates, a record sive heat while on a dawn-to-dusk fast dangerous striker in captain Rudy have two of the sharpest Champions home loss in the competition. Leopards during the Ramadan Muslim holy month. Guelord Bhebey-Ndey, have won 15 of League strikers this season with Alexis have been heading in the opposite direc- Facing the South Africans behind closed 17 home CAF games and drawn one. But Kada and Kevin Zougoula claiming five tion with an away draw against Pirates doors was a blow after the authorities Pirates, who reveled in the freedom goals each.—AFP

French League Preview SPL Preview Celtic urged to focus PSG make home bow on the task in hand PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain play their converted by...Laurent Blanc. “It is a great Confidence is also high in Marseille GLASGOW: Celtic winger James Forrest insists his team-mates first home game since Laurent Blanc thing to return to Paris, especially as a after OM cruised to an opening-day win can’t afford to let their minds wander to next week’s Champions replaced Carlo Ancelotti as coach of the coach. It is a real pleasure,” said Ravanelli. in Guingamp. They play host to Evian League qualifier as they prepare to face Aberdeen at Pittodrie. Ligue 1 champions when they entertain “We know we will be playing against today, although recent signing Saber The Scotland international, who shone for his national side dur- Ajaccio at the Parc des Princes tomorrow an extraordinary team with extraordinary Khalifa is unlikely to make his debut ing their 3-2 defeat by England at Wembley on Wednesday, says evening, with memories of last season’s means. But even if we lose we will come against his former club in that encounter it’s vital the Hoops qualify for the lucrative group stages of struggles against the Corsicans still fresh. Europe’s elite competition. Celtic will take on Aberdeen in The capital club were held to goalless today’s early kick-off before jetting off to Kazakhstan to face draws in both meetings with Ajaccio in Shakhter Karagandy in the first leg of their play-off round tie. 2012-13, but those results did not pre- Forrest - who has now racked up over 100 appearances for vent them from comfortably winning the Celtic - is conscious of the number of points the Hoops dropped Ligue 1 crown in May. before and after European games last season as they secured a Former France coach Blanc has been place in the last 16 in the Champions League. And with the new- at the helm for six weeks now, and over- look Dons sitting second in the Scottish Premiership, Forrest - saw the Champions Trophy win against who has his eyes on securing a domestic treble - knows Celtic Bordeaux in his first competitive game at can’t afford to let their concentration levels drop against a side the helm before a 1-1 draw in Montpellier expected to do well this season. “They have signed a lot of good in last weekend’s league opener. In both players and they will be definitely up there with a couple of oth- games, PSG have had to come from er sides,” the Celtic winger said. “They have Niall McGinn and behind, with Brazilian full-back Maxwell Gregg Wylde, so they have good players going forward. It will be earning them a draw at the Stade de la a tough game up there. “All the boys want to try to win the Mosson after they had trailed at the inter- league, the two cups and reach the group stages. “I think we can val against opponents who pressed and get the treble but it’s vitally important we get into the harried tirelessly. Champions League and try to win the league title again.” With Corsican sides renowned for Just goal difference is keeping Aberdeen off top spot as the their aggression, and Ajaccio coach Dons sit on maximum points so far under new manager Derek Fabrizio Ravanelli determined to make McInnes. McInnes is looking to improve on last season’s eighth his team difficult to beat, PSG could face place finish in the league and wins against Kilmarnock and a frustrating evening tomorrow. Motherwell in their first two fixtures have seen the side justify CLAIREFONTAINE-EN-YVELINES: Paris Saint-Germain’s Uruguayan forward However, Blanc will hope that 64 million- their pre-season optimism. The Dons manager knows his side Edinson Cavani (3rd left) takes part in a training session with teammates euro (US$85.4m, £54.6m) record signing will face a tougher test when Celtic visit Pittodrie today, though. yesterday in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, outside Paris.—AFP Edinson Cavani can have an impact on his McInnes has faith in his players but insists a defeat won’t derail home debut after almost scoring as a out with our heads held high, because we as he builds up his fitness. After thump- the Dons. substitute in Montpellier. “Certainly,” know we can enjoy a good season.” ing Nice 4-0 last weekend, Lyon travel to “I love working with the boys,” McInnes said. “I trust them. I Blanc said when asked if the Uruguayan Earlier tomorrow, Monaco, tipped as Sochaux on Friday, the match being trust their workrate, I trust how strong they are, how fit they are former Napoli striker, who started pre- PSG’s most likely title challengers, will brought forward to help Remi Garde’s and I trust that they’ll go the full way. “When you’ve got that season training late, will feature against look to build on their opening-day win at side prepare for next midweek’s trust as a manager it’s brilliant to put your team out there Ajaccio. “But the question is will he start. Bordeaux when they welcome Champions League play-off, first leg regardless of the opposition. “Regardless of who we’re playing, That is a decision we will take. He is a lit- Montpellier to the Stade Louis II. against Real Sociedad. whether it’s a team in good form or in poor form, it’s about us tle bit behind with his preparation and Claudio Ranieri’s side. a mixture of “Sochaux are a team that like to play and what we do in the game “For us it’s about getting a reputa- has had some fitness problems.” expensive summer acquisitions and excit- football and don’t worry about their tion as a good side and a tough side to play against. “I do believe Ajaccio lost 1-0 to Saint-Etienne last ing young talent, won 2-0 in Bordeaux, opponents. That’s the club’s culture,” said that win, lose or draw the game it won’t stop us from what we weekend, but Ravanelli will relish the with Radamel Falcao netting a debut goal Garde. “We are expecting a tough game. are trying to do.” Elsewhere, yesterday crisis club Hearts contin- occasion in the capital having already after his 60 million-euro move from We need to confirm our good form and ued their quest to pick up vital points to stave off relegation experienced the heat of the Parc des Atletico Madrid. And in midweek they try and cause them as many problems as when they take on Partick Thistle at Firhill. The Jambos, who sit Princes during his days as a Marseille won an appeal against a three-point possible.” In the pick of the other match- bottom with minus 12 points after a deduction imposed for player. In November 1997, the Italian deduction handed down as a punish- es, Nice face Rennes at the Stade du Ray, entering administration, will have been boosted by last week- striker played a central part in a contro- ment for a trouble at the end of a game although that match will be played end’s derby win over Hibernian but Thistle have made an versial victory at the ground for PSG’s bit- last season, so confidence will be high at behind closed doors as a punishment for unbeaten start to the season. —AFP ter rivals, diving to win a penalty that was the principality club. fan misbehaviour last season.— AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Photo of the day Oil boom fuels rise of football in Azerbaijan

BAKU: For a manager who has coached at Europe’s most successful club, signing up at a provincial Azerbaijani football team might not seem a likely career move. After a conversation with the billionaire owner of Azerbaijan’s Khazar lankaran, however, former Real Madrid coach John Toshack says that he was convinced enough to take the plunge earlier this year. “I am the sort of person who is always ready for a new challenge and so I said, ‘why not?’” Toshack, who has also coached the Wales national team and played for Liverpool, told AFP. Few football fans outside the oil-rich former Soviet state would likely be able to point out on a map lankaran-a town of just over 80,000 on the Caspian Sea-or know much about Azerbaijan and the state of the game in the country. Buoyed by billions of dollars in oil revenues, over the past decade Azerbaijan has seen an economic boom under the authoritarian rule of strongman President Ilham Aliyev that has seen ritzy skyscrapers shoot up in the capital city Baku and the country play host to events such as the Eurovision song con- test. Now, football seems to be catching up. Owned by Azeri-Turkish shipping magnate Mubariz Mansimov- who served as a Soviet-era intelligence officer and is also known by his adopted Turkish surname Gurbanoglu-Khazar lankaran is one of the clubs leading the way. The current squad has a smattering of South Americans and Spaniards and the club was linked to a mega- bucks contract offer for former Arsenal winger and Russia captain Andrey Arshavin last season-although officials there say it was all just rumors. “When I got here I was really surprised in a good way about the level of football in Azerbaijan,” says Toshack. “In our team we’ve got some pretty top-class players.” Khazar lankaran is not the only team that has significant financial backing. Current champions Sebastian Vettel prepares for his race at the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Herten, Germany. Neftci Baku are supported by state oil and gas giant SOCAR, which — www.redbullcontentpool.com earlier this year became one of UEFA’s major sponsors. Across town, FC Baku are backed by Hafiz Mammadov, the founder of a business group with interests in sectors from oil to transport, who also has links to French club Lens and Spanish side Atletico Madrid. Asian chief backs Elsewhere, Gabala FC in central Azerbaijan is run by the sons of one of the country’s richest and most powerful politicians and boast- ed former Arsenal defensive legend Tony Adams as coach a few years Qatar World Cup back. This has all seen Azerbaijan touted as the next former Soviet state that could have an impact on the European stage. Last season, Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk-owned by multi-billionaire Rinat KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s football chief has underlined his sup- Cup will be in the summer in Qatar. “Our view is, if that is Akhmetov-won plaudits as it reached the latter stages of the port for Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup after English deemed not possible by FIFA, they need to move the location. Champions League. officials suggested the event should be moved elsewhere. We can’t just, on a whim, decide to move to the winter.” For the time being, Azerbaijani football still has a long way to go Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said Qatar would “make South Korea and Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup in and although facilities have improved, matches are often played in Asia proud” with the tournament, despite ongoing concerns the hot East Asian summer, the only time the region has host- front of miniscule crowds. This year only one team is still involved in over playing it in the harsh Gulf summer. ed football’s showpiece event. Tiny, oil-wealthy Qatar’s host- European qualifiers, Karabakh, and Khazar lankaran was thrashed 10- “The AFC is confident that Qatar will host a magnificent ing of the 2022 tournament has been controversial since it 0 on aggregate by Israeli club Maccabi Haifa in Europa League quali- World Cup, under the guidance of FIFA, and with it only being won hosting rights in 2010 after a bidding process hit by cor- fying. “In Europe there are clubs with budgets of 200 to 300 million the second time that Asia plays host to a FIFA World Cup,” ruption allegations. Shaikh Salman was elected president of euros ($270 million to $400 million) which still struggle to win any- Sheikh Salman said in a statement. “We are sure that Qatar will the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in May after the depar- thing,” says Tuygun Nadirov, Khazar lankaran’s vice-president. make Asia proud.” The timing of the event has become a ture of Qatari businessman Mohamed bin Hammam, who is “In Azerbaijan the club budgets do not yet reach over 20 or 30 vexed issue with FIFA and UEFA, the world and European gov- battling corruption claims and was also involved in his home million. “I think a time will come though when the level of our foot- erning bodies, and footballers’ union FIFPro all calling for it to country’s World Cup bid. Shaikh Salman, a member of the roy- ball will be high and star footballers won’t have any doubts about be held during the winter. al family in Bahrain, which neighbours Qatar, also raised the coming here.” One of the foreign players who has already made the Greg Dyke, the new chairman of England’s Football prospect of an Asian winner for the Qatar tournament. “Based move is Brazilian Flavio Beck-a journeyman midfielder who came to Association, said the tournament could also be moved away on the performance and achievements of Asian nations in all Baku side Inter after stints in a series of minor European leagues. “My from Qatar, a view endorsed by English Premier League chief FIFA competitions and the recent Olympics in both the male agent told me that there are some good teams in Azerbaijan and I executive Richard Scudamore this week. “At the end of the and female categories... we are now world-beaters and wor- said of course it is possible to play there and I came without prob- day, FIFA made a decision which is for none of us to comment thy contenders for any competition, and why not winning it in lem,” the South American player said. “Baku is a beautiful city, the on,” Scudamore said on Thursday. “They decided the World 2022 in Asia?” he said. — AFP people here are normal but I spend most of my time at home with my family.”

Israel to let Arab youth NO PROPER STADIUMS While the level of some of the foreign imports may not yet be teams into West Bank high enough, for local players football in Azerbaijan is unrecogniz- able from where it was a few years ago. “In Azerbaijan a few years AMMAN: Israel has bowed to pressure from UEFA to allow own team are to host the tournament, welcoming the Iraqi, ago there weren’t even proper stadiums,” says national team striker Arab youth football teams into the Palestinian territories, Jordanian and Emirati under-17’s squads. The Palestinian Vagif Javadov, who also plays for Inter Baku. “Now pretty much having initially denied them entry, a Jordanian official said Football Association’s (PFA) director-general told AFP: “the every team has its own stadium.” Experts say that while the change is yesterday. Israel’s refusal to grant West Bank entry to play- Israeli civil administration informed me they have issued all evident fans may soon be demanding more return for the money the ers and coaching staff delayed the West Asia Football the permits, and the teams can begin crossing into the clubs are pouring into the game. “It could be argued that with the Federation’s Under-17’s Championship, which was to begin West Bank from today.” amount of money being invested we would want to have greater on Thursday. “WAFF President (Jordan’s) Prince Ali Bin al- The tournament would now start tomorrow, he added. development,” says Ikhtiyar Asgarov, who runs football website Hussein and FIFA’s vice-president intervened with UEFA to Zureiqat said WAFF had sent the PFA the participating play- Apasport. settle this issue,” WAFF secretary-general Fadi Zureiqat said. ers’ and managers’ details six weeks ahead of the tourna- “However much we might wish it, in the next few years it’s impos- “Israel capitulated (to the pressure) and allowed entry per- ment so they could get the permits from Israel on time. The sible to imagine our teams reaching the latter stages of the mits for all the teams and officials,” he said. teams were initially due to arrive three days ahead of Champions League.” As for Welshman Toshack, lankaran may be a far “The delegations have prepared to set off for the West Thursday’s scheduled start. It is the first time an Iraqi team cry from the famous arenas like Santiago Bernabeu or Anfield that he Bank via the King Hussein crossing (with Jordan). WAFF will will travel to the Palestinian territories. Several Arab countries has worked in before but when the football starts it will be business hold a meeting this evening to decide the official program, refuse to play in the Palestinian territories, opposing the fact as usual. “Despite the fact that lankaran is very different from places following the delay.” The Palestinian territories and their that Israel decides whether or not they can enter. —AFP I’ve been before, I don’t see myself having a problem settling in,” he says. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

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Dawn breaks over all-new Premier League English Premier League

LONDON: When the sun rises on the 2013-14 the future of striker Wayne Rooney, whose fitness meet that objective last season. Arsenal are yet to Liverpool v Stoke 14:45 Premier League campaign today, it will reveal a will be assessed prior to the game after he made add any new players to their squad, to the conster- Aljazeera Sports HD 1 landscape that has changed immeasurably in the his return from injury in England’s 3-2 friendly win nation of their fans, and manager Arsene Wenger 91 days since last season. Familiar faces like Alex over Scotland on Wednesday. also has injury concerns in midfield ahead of Arsenal v Aston Villa 17:00 Ferguson, Jamie Carragher, Paul Scholes and United’s two closest rivals from last season are today’s visit of Aston Villa. Santi Cazorla may be Michael Owen have moved on, with new man- also under new management, with Manuel short of fitness after turning out for Spain against Aljazeera Sports HD 1 agers and a raft of multi-million-pound signings Pellegrini replacing the sacked Roberto Mancini at Ecuador, while Mikel Arteta is a doubt with a thigh Norwich v Everton 17:00 hoping to plug the holes that they have left Manchester City and Jose Mourinho returning to problem. behind. Heightening the sensation of new begin- Chelsea to succeed Rafael Benitez. City, who have “Cazorla played almost a full game. He only Aljazeera Sports HD 2 nings is the pioneering introduction of goal-line spent an estimated £90 million ($139 million, 105 lands in London tonight (Thursday), so we will see Sunderland v Fulham 17:00 technology, with Hawk-Eye systems now in place million euros) on new players, do not begin their how he is tomorrow,” Wenger said. “Mikel has a at all 20 Premier League grounds. season until Monday, when they host Newcastle slight thigh problem. We have to check that. I Aljazeera Sports HD 3 The sense of unfamiliarity will be nowhere United, with Chelsea in action a day earlier when don’t know if he will be out for the weekend.” The Bromwich v Southampton 17:00 more apparent than at Swansea City’s Liberty promoted Hull City are the visitors to Stamford new season kicks off at Anfield, where Liverpool Stadium, where champions Manchester United Bridge. Tomorrow will also witness another come up against a Stoke City side with a new man- Aljazeera Sports HD 5 will play a league game with a manager other than encounter between a promoted club and a bud- ager in Mark Hughes.With unsettled striker Luis West Ham v Cardiff 17:00 Ferguson in the dug-out for the first time since ding title contender, with Tottenham Hotspur Suarez absent as he completes his 10-game ban November 1, 1986. Former Everton manager travelling from north to south London to take on for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic last season, Aljazeera Sports HD 4 David Moyes is the man charged with the weighty Crystal Palace. Like City, Spurs have also spent Rodgers has been boosted by the news that task of stepping into Ferguson’s shoes, and with heavily in the close season, with Thursday’s acqui- Daniel Sturridge has overcome an ankle problem. Swansea v Man United 19:30 games against Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester sition of France midfielder Etienne Capoue from Former Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Aljazeera Sports HD 1 City to follow in quick succession, he cannot afford Toulouse nudging their total outlay towards the Martinez takes his new club Everton to Norwich a slow start. £60 million mark.It is Gareth Bale’s mooted move City today, while Cardiff City, promoted as winners “I think it’s the hardest start for 20 years that to Real Madrid that has most occupied manager of the second-tier Championship, visit West Ham SPANISH LEAGUE Manchester United have had,” Moyes complained Andre Villas-Boas’ thoughts this summer, however, United for their first top-level match since 1962. to BBC Sport. “I hope it’s not because Manchester although the Welshman will be absent at Selhurst Paolo Di Canio’s Sunderland, and their 10 new Real Sociedad v Getafe 20:00 United won the league quite comfortably last year Park with a foot injury. signings, begin the campaign at home to Fulham, Aljazeera Sports HD 2 that the fixtures have been made much more diffi- Once again, Spurs begin the season with the while Southampton will have club-record £12.5 cult.” The first few weeks of Moyes’ Old Trafford aim of pipping north London rivals Arsenal to a million signing Victor Wanyama on board for their Valladolid v Athletic de Bilbao 22:00 tenure have been dogged by speculation about Champions League spot, having narrowly failed to trip to West Bromwich Albion. —AFP Aljazeera Sports HD 2 Tomorrow Valencia v Malaga CF 0:00 Wilshere backs Arsenal Aljazeera Sports HD 2

to end trophy drought GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Stuttgart v Bayer 04 16:30 LONDON: Jack Wilshere insists Arsenal are desperate to put another dispiriting star Wilshere says there can be no more excuses for underachievement because Dubai Sport pre-season behind them and finally end the club’s eight-year trophy drought. Last Wenger’s squad have the talent and desire to restore the club to its’ former glory. season finished promisingly as Arsenal claimed fourth place on the final day ahead “We understand the fans’ frustration, because we care as well,” Wilshere said. Wolfsburg v Schalke 04 16:30 of rivals Tottenham. But the Gunners remain without silverware since 2005 and “Arsenal used to be a team that won everything, you know, trophies and titles. But Dubai Sports boss Arsene Wenger’s failure to land any major signings has added to the growing now we haven’t won anything for eight years, so we know what we have to do. “It’s sense of unease ahead of today’s Premier League opener against Aston Villa. time to start producing trophies and being closer to the top of the league at the Werder Bremen v Augsburg 16:30 The frustrating barren spell helps explain the discontent among the club’s sup- end of the season. “We don’t just want to be fighting for fourth place - we want to porters during periods when the team struggled last season and that will undoubt- be up there with the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. We Dubai Sports edly resurface if Wenger’s side again fail to challenge for major honors. But England feel we’re good enough to be there.” SC Freiburg v FSV Mainz 16:30 Wilshere has been eased into action during pre-season but should start against Villa after appearing for England against Scotland this week, although Theo Dubai Sports Walcott is a more significant doubt after limping out of the Wembley clash. Hamburger SV v TSG Hoffenheim 16:30 EPL warns clubs Wenger needs every weapon at his disposal ahead of a testing opening week, with LONDON: Going into a new season that will bring more expo- the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Fenerbahce following four Dubai Sports days after the Villa clash. They will start the campaign without the big-name sign- sure than ever, Premier League officials have written to clubs to Eintracht Frankfrut v Bayern 16:30 emphasize the need for good conduct by players and managers ing Wenger has been pursuing after losing out to Napoli in the race to sign after a series of high-profile disciplinary cases in recent years. Gonzalo Higuain and failing to persuade Liverpool to part with Luis Suarez. Dubai Sports There will be increased attention on the world’s richest league Yaya Sanogo remains Wenger’s sole acquisition during another frustrating when it starts this weekend, with a new series of television deals close-season, but he is adamant a marquee signing is still possible before the trans- Borussia v Hannover 96 19:30 fer window closes on September 2 “We are active,” Wenger said. “We are in a situa- generating around $8.5 billion over the next three seasons. Dubai Sports The closing weeks of last season were marred by Liverpool tion like Manchester United, like Chelsea, where everybody expects signings and at striker Luis Suarez biting an opponent and being handed a 10- the moment not a lot has happened. “There are 18 days to go, so that is a long time in the transfer market and we will be active. “I cannot certify what the number (of match ban - having previously been banned the previous cam- FRENCH LEAGUE paign for racist abuse. And Premier League chief executive players coming in will be) but we will be active until the end, that is for sure.” Meanwhile, Villa manager Paul Lambert has defended his treatment of Darren Richard Scudamore said that at end-of-season debriefing with Marseille v Evian Thonon 18:00 clubs “a lot of it was about players’ conduct, ethical conduct.” Bent as the striker prepares to join Fulham on a season-long loan after undergoing “We get hugely involved in the ethics of the game,” Scudamore a medical with the Cottagers on Thursday.The £24 million (US$37.5m, 28.1m euro) Aljazeera Sport +4 signing from Sunderland quickly found himself in Christian Benteke’s shadow at said Thursday. “In the email I have sent out to clubs preseason Saint Etienne v Guingamp 21:00 there is stuff in there about players’ behavior, (club) officials’ Villa last term, however the Scot insists his decision was purely for footballing rea- behavior.” sons. “It’s well documented he’s down there having a medical,” said Lambert. Aljazeera Sports HD 5 Scudamore, though, insists that the conduct of players on the “There has been not one crossed word between us. I don’t know where people pitch is improving. “Look at the amount of mass confrontations have got that from. OGC Nice v Stade Rennes 21:00 “I brought in Benteke. If anyone can tell me it was the wrong decision (to there were last season,” Scudamore said. “There wasn’t actually a Aljazeera Sports HD 3 single incident of mass confrontation at a Premier League game pick him ahead of Bent) then they’d take you away in a white van! “It’s just the last season.” Although the league has lost one fiery manager in way I play and the way I look for people to play under me. “That’s football. All Stade Reims v Lille OSC 21:00 Alex Ferguson, who retired in May after almost 27 years at over the world that’s the game. It’s nothing to do with faces, I just had to make Manchester United, Jose Mourinho is back at Chelsea. —AP decisions about who I played. “The big man (Benteke) came in and he’s been Aljazeera Sport +4 exceptional.” —AFP Top seeds advance but Bartoli’s

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MOSCOW: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (second left) leads Britain’s Delano Williams (second right) as they cross the finish line in the men’s 200 meters qualifying event at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium yesterday. — AFP Bolt breezes through 200 heat Under-fire Isinbayeva backtracks

MOSCOW: Russian pole vault queen Yelena jumper Emma Green-Tregaro. HOT POTATO CAGED TIGER Isinbayeva sought to limit the fallout from her The controversial Russian law has become a “It was good to finally be out there. I feel like a comments supporting her country’s controversial STANDARD PEOPLE political hot potato ahead of next year’s Sochi caged tiger again. I hate being at the end,” she anti-gay law yesterday as Usain Bolt returned to Isinbayeva told a news conference in English Olympics, when it will apply to athletes and said. “The start was good... (I) have a bit of tidying the Luzhniki stadium after an injury scare. Sprint on Thursday that Russians considered themselves spectators. The anti-gay law, which was passed up to do at the end of the race. I thought I had a king Bolt, who regained his 100 meters title on “normal, standard people.” “We just live boys in June, has threatened to overshadow the faster time but I screwed up the last hurdle and a Sunday, appeared with strapping on his right foot with women, girls with boys,” she said, Green- world championships where the sport’s top half.” Pearson will have to up her game in the and told reporters after jogging through his Tregaro competed in qualifying with her finger- names have competed in a Luzhniki stadium semi-finals and final today, though, with young morning 200m heat that he had suffered a nails painted in the colors of the rainbow flag that has not been full for a single session. Bolt, American Brianna Rollins a potent threat for gold. mishap in training. “I accidentally dropped a start- used by the gay movement. Isinbayeva’s com- on autopilot, went through the motions on a Rollins, 21, ran the fastest time in 21 years when ing block on it,” the Jamaican, chasing a third suc- ments were condemned as “behind the times” by bright and sunny morning as he clocked a she clocked 12.26 seconds to win the US trials in cessive world title at the sprint distance he American 800 meters silver medalist Nick pedestrian 20.66 seconds. June and her 12.55 was the best of the morning prefers, said after barely breaking sweat to ease Symmonds and the Russian, in a statement The Jamaican still hoped, he said, “to do heats. into the semi-finals later in the day. “My foot is released by the International Association of something special” when it came to showtime. Defending triple jump champion Christian feeling better. It was sore. I’ve worked on it for the Athletics Federations, said she respected the “Anything is possible once I’m in the final,” said Taylor progressed safely through to Sunday’s last four days.” views of fellow athletes. the world record holder who, with compatriot final with the third best leap in qualifying, five While Bolt admitted he was “not a morning “English is not my first language and I think I Yohan Blake not competing in Moscow, lacks a centimeters shy of Frenchman Teddy Tamgho. person”, Australia’s eager Sally Pearson began the may have been misunderstood when I spoke yes- serious rival to his sprint dominance. While Bolt Russia’s defending champion Maria Abakumova defence of her 100m hurdles crown with a sea- terday,” Isinbayeva’s statement said. “What I cruised, Pearson let a “caged tiger” out on to the topped the list in javelin qualifying but there was son’s best time. Isinbayeva has hogged the head- wanted to say was that people should respect the track, the Australian putting days of frustration disappointment for Jamaica’s women’s 4x400 lines since winning a third pole vault world title laws of other countries particularly when they are of waiting to appear behind her with a season’s relay team who were disqualified and will miss on Tuesday in front of an ecstatic home crowd. guests. “But let me make it clear I respect the best effort. Pearson, the finest female hurdler the final following a lane violation. There should The 31-year-old basked in the adulation but views of my fellow athletes and let me state in the since the versatile Gail Devers won three world be plenty of track excitement later when found herself facing a barrage of negative head- strongest terms that I am opposed to any dis- titles in the 1990s, brushed off the cobwebs to American Allyson Felix goes for a fourth world lines when she criticized a gesture of support for crimination against gay people on the grounds of register 12.62, but the 26-year-old said she had 200 meters title and Briton Mo Farah seeks to add the Russian gay community by Swedish high- their sexuality.” plenty to work on. 5,000 metres gold to his 10,000 title.— Reuters