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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 RAJAB 30, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Globally, Swedish Pak summons Relentless people resigned princess weds US diplomat Serena powers to little New York to protest to French privacy7 online banker9 over12 drones Open20 title Hezbollah intervention Max 43º fans Shiite-Sunni fires Min 29º High Tide 01:18 & 11:23 Syria war has morphed into proxy fight Low Tide 06:12 & 19:25 40 PAGES NO: 15834 150 FILS CAIRO: The Egyptian cleric was in a fervor. With Hezbollah’s Shiite fighters helping Bashar Al-Assad crush Syrian rebels, he wanted to sound the alarm to Sunnis across the Middle East: “Now is the time for jihad.” Speaking on a Saudi TV station, Sheikh Mohammed El-Zoghbi called on “young men in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen,” to go to Syria to fight. “We must all go to purge Syria of this infidel regime, with its Shiites who came from Iran, southern Lebanon and Iraq,” he shouted during an appearance on Al-Khalijiya TV. The overt entry by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia in Syria’s civil war on the side of its ally Assad has sharpened sectarian divisions throughout the Middle East. Fighters from the Shiite guerrilla group helped Syrian forces batter the rebel-held town of Qusair for three weeks until they finally overran it this week in a significant victory for Assad’s regime. Many Sunni hardliners have taken Hezbollah’s intervention as a declaration of war by Shiites against Sunnis. That could have dangerous implications not only for Syria’s con- flict but for the entire region. Calls for jihad by Sunni clerics could increase the flow of foreign militants into Syria to fight alongside the rebels. Sunni Arab powers like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, who see the war as a way to break the influence of Assad’s Shiite ally Iran, may step up weapons supplies to Syria’s rebels to counterbal- ance Hezbollah. Already several thousand foreign mili- tants - from across the Arab world and as far away as Chechnya and Somalia - are believed to be fighting among the rebels. Some have close ties to Al-Qaeda. Their presence has been a major reason the United States is reluctant to help arm the rebel movement. It could also fuel the fires of conflict in Syria’s neigh- bors. Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria threatens to bring that country’s conflict even further into Lebanon, where rebels have vowed to retaliate with attacks on the Shiite group’s home turf. It has also enraged Sunnis in Lebanon, who resent Hezbollah’s political domination in their country and the weak government’s inability to rein them in. Speaking in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday, a founder of the hardline Sunni Salafi movement in ANKARA: Protesters take part in a demonstration in the center of the capital yesterday. — AFP Lebanon, Sheikh Islam Al-Shahal, said it was time for Sunnis to fight back against what he called Shiite Iran’s control of Lebanon through Hezbollah. “The (Iranian) Turkey rules out early polls occupation of Lebanon must be confronted by prepar- ing every Sunni family and every young Sunni man to ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK necessitates early elections,” he told reporters after a helicopters and armoured vehicles first clashed with defend his faith, his home and his honor. We are clear- Party yesterday ruled out early elections as thousands meeting of the party’s executive committee in protesters a week ago. Tourists and curious locals ly targeted,” he said. of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for Istanbul. “The world is dealing with an economic crisis swelled their numbers around a makeshift protest Iraq has also seen a dangerous upsurge in tit-for-tat an immediate end to protests. Huseyin Celik, deputy and things are going well in Turkey. Elections are not camp in Gezi Park, a leafy corner of the square where attacks and bombings between Sunnis and Shiites in chairman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party held because people are marching on the streets.” activists have been sleeping in tents and vandalised recent weeks, raising fears of a revival of the sectarian founded by Erdogan just over a decade ago, said local A few kilometres away, tens of thousands of Turks buses, or wrapped in blankets under plane trees. slaughter of 2005-2008. Syria’s conflict is intertwined and presidential elections would be held next year as defied Erdogan’s call on Friday for an immediate end What began as a campaign against government with Iraq: Al-Qaeda’s branch in Iraq is connected with planned, and a general election in 2015. “The govern- to anti-government demonstrations, massing again in plans to build over the park spiralled into an jihadi fighters in Syria and the two are believed to ment is running like clockwork. There is nothing that the central Taksim Square, where riot police backed by Continued on Page 15 trade resources. Continued on Page 15 Obama, Xi seek new ties

RANCHO MIRAGE, California: US translators. President Barack Obama and China’s Faithful to a new, less formal tone in Mandela in President Xi Jinping met for a second day Sino-US ties they are trying to cultivate, yesterday, grasping for a personal under- they eased the dress code from Friday’s standing that could ease often prickly business casual, with Obama in an open ‘serious but US-China relations. Obama and Xi spent collared blue shirt with rolled up sleeves nearly six hours together at a secluded and brown slacks. Xi sported a white desert oasis in California on Friday, shirt, open collar and black pants. stable’ state wrestling with the future shape of rela- “Terrific,” Obama replied, when a reporter tions between America and the rising asked how things were going. In an PRETORIA: Nelson Mandela was back in hospital yes- Asian giant and the new flashpoint of unusually public airing of views Friday, Xi terday in a “serious but stable” condition, triggering cyberhacking. They got back down to and Obama discussed cyberhacking with an outpouring of concern from around the world for work yesterday morning, strolling reporters - following reports that the beloved South African hero. Mandela, who turns through a lush landscape at the Chinese Internet spies have snapped up 95 next month, was whisked to a Pretoria hospital in Sunnylands retreat together, followed by Continued on Page 15 KABUL: This photo taken on June 5, 2013 shows a six-month-old lion sitting in the early hours of yesterday with a renewed lung the sun on a rooftop of a residential neighbourhood in central Kabul. — AFP infection. It is his fourth hospi- tal stay in seven months. “The truth of the matter is a simple $20,000 lion lives one. Madiba is a fighter and at his age as long as he is fight- ing, he’ll be fine,” presidency on Kabul rooftop spokesman Mac Maharaj told AFP, using Mandela’s clan KABUL: For Kabul’s wealthy elite some but never this close. So without any hesi- name. His wife Graca Machel things are de rigueur: armed guards, a tation, I said I will buy it. To me, lions are was at his bedside in hospital marble-clad mansion, a blacked-out SUV. brave and I respect them. Knowing I after calling off a trip to But one man has taken the flamboyant could buy one was very exciting.” Nelson Mandela London. lifestyle a step further and bought a lion. The lion, still unnamed, is not chained The anti-apartheid icon Mohammad Shafiq, a 42-year-old busi- up and has no collar and spends much of was once again suffering from pneumonia, after he nessman, is very proud of his growling the day lying quietly in a corner of the was discharged in April for the same condition, said pet, which spends its days prowling a roof terrace above a storeroom, coming Maharaj. “His condition deteriorated to the point roof terrace at his sprawling home in a down each evening to eat. Shafiq says he where it was found necessary to hospitalise him,” he posh residential area of central Kabul. “A spends about $1,000 a month employing said. “But I am told by the doctors that he is breathing friend said he had a lion in Kandahar and a caretaker to feed it fresh meat bought on his own, so I think that is a positive side,” he added. wanted to sell it to me,” Shafiq, who runs from a butcher and also paying a vet to The announcement, calling his condition “serious”, a construction company, told AFP. “He check its health regularly. Tens of billions sparked a buzz on Twitter.”Stay strong mr Mandela knew I loved dogs and birds, but this was of dollars have flowed into Afghanistan RANCHO MIRAGE, California: US President Barack Obama walks with Chinese heaven isn’t ready for you quite yet!,” was one plea. more than what I was expecting. I had in the 12 years since the US-led invasion President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat of the Sunnylands estate yes- Continued on Page 15 seen lions on television and in the zoo, Continued on Page 15 terday. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 LOCAL Oasis Team marks launch of ‘Kuwait Green Wall Project’ Project aims to plant 315,000 trees along borders

By Nawara Fattahova Kuwait Oasis Team, made a presenta- Kulaib during the ceremony. the operations beyond Kuwait, and to tion about the project including its The project aims to plant 315,000 set the standard for NGO operations. It KUWAIT: On the occasion of the conception, beginning, the achieve- trees along the borders of Kuwait is a program with great ambitions,” he United Nations’ mandated World ments, future plan, and a documen- along a 420 km stretch within the next noted. Environment Day on June 5, the tary about the Kuwait Green Wall, ten years. “We will plant three rows of This program will have an impact Kuwait Oasis Team of the which was produced by the sponsors trees around the Kuwaiti borders. We on many fronts. “The program will Environmental Voluntary Foundation of the project. “Our message is to plant have received all official approvals for improve the air quality, as the oxygen celebrated the launch of the ‘Kuwait trees in the desert, especially since the this project which is to be executed in will increase, and we will measure Green Wall’ Project at the Kuwait environment was damaged by many the next ten years. Through the how much difference each tree Journalists’ Association office premises factors such as the military operations, Kuwait Green Wall Project, we aim to makes. In addition, it will absorb car- on Wednesday. civilization, and the annual activity of educate the society about the impor- bon dioxide. It will also affect the Khaled Al-Kulaib, Head of the camping in the desert,” said Khaled Al- tance of trees. We also aim to expand microclimate and will produce more moisture and rain, a fact that was KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is proved by the rain fall this year in May, scheduled to patronize and attend the inaugural ceremony of the National not a common factor in Kuwait. Electronic Legislations Conference. The convention opening ceremony is Furthermore, the project will also con- due at Regency Hotel at 10.30am today. —KUNA tribute towards biodiversity preserva- tion,” he explained. The program was very well execut- ed and planned. “Only indigenous Hopes soar on release trees have been sourced. We will also be using the utility boxes to conserve water as per a Dutch technology to of Kandari from Gitmo save water. We are relying on public’s KUWAIT: Colonel Barry Wingard, the lawyer Minister and Minister of Finance Mustafa Al- support to fuel our cause, so people designated by the Pentagon to defend the Shamali and state minister for council affairs can support us by spreading word Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee, Fayez Al-Kandari, and municipality minister Sheikh Mohammad about this program. Similarly, the stu- recently quoted the latter as saying that he Al-Abdullah to discuss the observations made dents and their parents, or their was optimistic that he would be soon by the Auditing Bureau against Kuwait securi- neighbors can extend support moral- released from Gitmo along with Fauzi Al- ty system project and avoid any adverse out- ly or materially,” Al-Kulaib pointed out. Oudah if the efforts being currently exerted comes. People can contact through went well. Sources said that the steps taken by the Twitter and Instagram: @Kuwaitoasis. Wingard, who is currently visiting Al- Ministry of Interior so far have lead to finan- Or on our website: www.Kuwait- Kandari at Gitmo, said that Fayez had spent cial commitment binding on the Kuwait gov- oasis.com almost one third of his life - he just turned 38 ernment which was in violation of the Audit This celebration is part of showing - at Gitmo. He also expressed regret at the Bureau’s regulations. The Audit Bureau our gratitude towards all those who continuing bad conditions that the prisoners demanded that the Ministry of Interior refrain have supported the project to realize were passing through at Gitmo. from signing a project till it is approved by and execute this national environ- Meanwhile, the Council of Ministers has the Bureau as per the prior auditing memo- mental project. As a mark of apprecia- formed a committee comprising First Deputy randum. The Bureau is currently studying the tion, the sponsors of this project were Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh financial commitments and plans to take nec- KUWAIT: Khalid Al-Kulaib during the presentation at the KJA. awarded at the end of the event. Ahmad Al-Hmoud, Second Deputy Prime essary action. —Al-Watan Kuwait University announces News minimum admission rates in brief

KUWAIT: The minimum rates for the admis- available during registration. Record MEW collection sion of high school students at Kuwait The official indicated that the admission KUWAIT: The Ministry of Water and Electricity University’s (KU) Scientific and Arts faculties fee was set at KD10, adding that each appli- collected KD232 million as dues in the current are set at 70 and 78 percent respectively, the cant should provide a recent photo to the financial year of 2013-14, up KD5.5 million Deanship of Admission and Registration at deanship. Al-Mukhaizeem said that online from the previous year. The earnings included KU announced here yesterday. registration for the first semester will be on KD125 million in electricity bills, KD75 million Acting Dean for Admission and July 13-24, noting that transfer students in water bills and KD24million in fees for pro- Registration Dr Sabih Al-Mukhaizeem said in from other universities and education facul- viding electricity connection to consumers’ a press release that registration for the first ties would be allow to register online on houses and buildings. An amount of semester of 2013-14 would allow students August 22. KD565,000 was collected - as lease due to the attaining 75 percent or above to enter scien- The same regulations will apply on grad- ministry - from cafeterias and telecom com- tific faculties, adding that students who uates from English and American private panies that occasionally erect towers on min- achieved 80 percent or above upon gradua- schools and they could submit their papers tion from high-school would be admitted in the meantime and continue the process istries’ outlets and buildings. into arts studies faculties. High-school grad- until their results are announced at the end uates from Kuwait and abroad must provide of August, affirmed Dr Al-Mukhaizeem. The Absentees their graduation certificate or a photocopy official called on high-school graduates to KUWAIT: Sources at the Ministry of Social of it to the deanship, said Al-Mukaizeem, abide by the regulations set by the Dive Team clears boat wreckage Affairs and Labor said a committee of the adding that other documents such as the Deanship of Admission and Registration for ministry has in the first five months of this KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team was able to lift carried at low tide time, so that the team civil ID card for Kuwaitis, the security ID for the first semester and calling on them to year has examined about 349 reports of the wreckage of a 20-metre long wooden could access the wreckage and deal with it illegal residents (Bedoon), and passport refer to Kuwait University’s (KU) website for absentees and solved about 213 cases there- boat that had drowned after catching fire at properly. photocopies for non-Kuwaitis should be more information. —KUNA of amicably between laborers and employers. the Northern coast of Usharge in Doha Area. The team used heavy equipment The committee has also finalized an under- Waleed Al-Shatti, in charge of the marine belonging to the other team that deals with standing between the two parties in 41 cases, MoI gears for MoH says 9% projects in the team, said that the wreckage removing violations, and towed the wreck- one of which was sent to the authorities con- posed a threat to navigation in that area, as age to the coast with the help of Coast cerned and two referred for criminal investi- summer season of Kuwaitis boat’s remnants could have scattered all Guards. gations. The sources said the committee does along the sea at high tide time, especially Al-Shatti thanked the violation removal not usually receive any absentee report KUWAIT: Public Relations Director and depressed since the boat was burnt, thus necessitating committee for its immense help in carrying except under certain circumstances, when Acting Security Media manager at the its removal to ensure the safety of those out this operation. He said it was part of the the laborer does not report to work for seven sailing in the Kuwaiti bay. efforts to preserve an environment con- Ministry of Interior Colonel Adel Ahmad consecutive days without citing a reason or KUWAIT: According to a recent WHO The rescue and lifting operations were ducive to the marine life in Kuwaiti bay. Al-Hashash said that the ministry has report on psychiatric medicine, the Middle for 20 separate days during the course of the made all necessary arrangements for the East region topped the list when it came to year. As per Article 41 of Labor Law, the labor- summer vacation and travel season. The the number of people suffering from er will be considered to have resigned in such arrangements include required distribu- depression, as depression rates varied cases. tion of security patrols and linking these between 5-9 per cent of its total popula- with the operations room to receive tion. Kuwait also falls in this region. The MoH budget reports and complaints, apart from report also said that over 75 per cent of the KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health is currently ensuring cooperation mechanism with people in developing countries do not preparing the budget plan for the financial other security offices to monitor security receive proper treatment for psychiatric year of 2014-15. The plan involves estimating issues in the different areas to prevent diseases, including depression. the costs of various projects, clearly cate- thefts etc. Often, thefts take place due to In this regard, the head of MOH’s gene- gorised under short-term, mid-term and long- the absence of owners who are traveling cology department Dr Waleed Al-Jassar term goals, as per the general policy of the during the vacation period. said that in collaboration with Kuwait state. In addition, financial information on var- Al-Hashash said that security per- Center for Psychological Health, a number ious related activities, involving consumables sonnel will be in a state of readiness to of psychology clinics would be opened at and furniture, will be provided. Furthermore, receive calls from citizens and expats health sources revealed that the ministry has who can intimate their travel plans the maternity hospital to tend to the patients for during and post pregnancy finalized about 600 applications for equip- abroad and ask for an enhanced securi- ments and medical consumables, through the ty for their houses and organizations. depression. He added that the clinics would receive pregnant women seeking permanent committee for medical equip- Further, citizens and expats who are ments, which was formed by health minister traveling should inform their neighbors psychological advice twice a week and that all patients’ files and information would be Dr. Mohammad Al-Haifi three months ago. The and relatives about their travel schedule, committee is working on finalizing another so that they can cooperate in protecting dealt with confidentially. Further, Al-Jassar noted that 50-80 per cent of women suffer 500 applications for equipments and consum- their properties during their absence ables before the month of Ramadan. and till their return to their homes. post labor depression due to changes in their hormone levels. —Al-Watan SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 LOCAL Fiscal deficit risk could start in 2021: Report Move to scuttle children’s allowance seen KUWAIT: Kuwait’s state budget could face a true that the proposal would have a ‘negative impact’ on ments to the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law are not deficit between 2021 and 2029, Al-Qabas newspaper the social security funds. expected to be passed before the end of the current reported yesterday quoting statistics from the five- “While MPs are pushing for laws with populist term “even if the financial committee finishes study- year Development Plan currently in its fourth year nature that can boost their popularity, the govern- ing the proposal before that time.” 2013/2014. ment looks more determined to avoid passing too Sources quoted by Al-Jarida yesterday said that The statistics were based on projections of the many laws with high financial cost that can have an the cabinet is likely to request that the amendments general budget which state that the risk remains a impact on public funds,” Al-Rai reported yesterday are included in the schedule for Tuesday’s session for probability despite surpluses projected between quoting parliamentary insiders. voting if the financial committee finishes its report on 2020 and 2028. The annual plan’s report cites ‘long Currently, a Kuwaiti man is entitled to receive a the subject during its meeting today. However, panel bureaucratic procedures’, ‘mismanagement’ and KD50 monthly allowance for every child in a family member Lari told the same newspaper said that ‘inability to execute’ among the reasons behind with a maximum of seven children. The allowance “debates expected over various notes on the draft repeated failure in pushing the development process continues to be paid for a male child until he reaches law” could push it to the next term. forward. Among efforts to reform the state’s financial the age of 24 or finds employment before that age, Meanwhile, a member of the public funds protec- structure, the plan proposes increasing non-oil and for a female child until she gets married or tion committee, MP Saud Al-Huraiji, announced that income through revenues that include taxes, becomes employed. A KD100 allowance is paid for the panel is also unlikely to finish its report about its increased fees on public services, increased invest- children with disabilities. investigations into the Dow Chemical deal before the ALGIERS: National Assembly Speaker Ali Al-Rashed concluded his visit in ment spending and reduced general spending. MPs had initially proposed increasing the end of the current term. Al-Huraiji further told Al- Algeria in Algiers yesterday. —KUNA Meanwhile, a newspaper reported that the cabi- allowance to KD100, which according to the institu- Jarida that the committee could summon former net plans to foil parliamentary efforts to pass a bill tion’s statistics, would have cost an additional KD1,64 prime minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohamamd Al- increasing the child allowance from KD50 to KD75 for billion annually. The KD74 law passed in its first hear- Sabah “if necessary” and former oil minister Ahmad Speaker hails outcome a maximum of seven children based on Public ing costs KD825 million. Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah for investigations. of Algeria’s visit Institution for Social Security study which indicates In other news, MP Ahmad Lari said that amend- —Al-Qabas, Al-Rai and Al-Jarida Online swindling on ALGIERS: National Assembly Speaker Ali the participation of Kuwaiti and Algerian US mission confirms Al-Rashed has commended outcome of his MPs, Kuwaiti parliamentarian Faisal Al- talks with senior Algerian officials and MPs Dowaisan said, adding that the meeting Kuwaitis’ well-being rise in Kuwait: Official which dealt with bilateral ties, Arab and discussed a range of issues concerning rela- KUWAIT: Acting General Director for cials ready to deal with such international issues of mutual interest. tions and means to bolster them. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti citizens in Los Angeles are safe and Criminal Detectives Administration crimes. We need specialists to “The results of this positive visit will Al-Dowaisan indicated that both parties none has been hurt in the deadly shooting spree, the Brig Mahmoud Al-Tabbakh has stated deal with such new kinds of appear on the ground soon, and will work were willing to further bolster relations, diplomatic mission has affirmed. The Consulate of that acts of online swindling have crimes, which claim millions of on boosting relations and activating mutu- revealing that Speaker Al-Rashed, during the State of Kuwait in Los Angeles said in a statement increased, so all individuals and victims annually around the al cooperation in political, parliamentary, his meetings with the Algerian People’s that all Kuwaiti citizens, including students, were not organizations should take steps to world. Billions of dollars are lost in economic and investment domains,” Al- National Assembly Speaker Mohammad Al- prevent falling into the traps of those such crimes. It is difficult to deal Rashed told reporters before wrapping up Arabi Weld Khalifa and his Algerian coun- hurt in the random gunfire shooting that also target- ed Santa Monica College. who use different websites on the with such crimes, because of the his visit to the north African country on terpart Abdelkader Bensaleh, invited internet to cheat people. He said: great advancements in the use of Friday. Al-Rashed, who thanked his Algerian lawmakers to visit Kuwait next A number of Kuwaiti students study at this US col- “While security officials are doing internet. Algerian hosts for their hospitality, is con- November to seek more cooperation with- lege. The Consulate, in cooperation with the Cultural their best to deal with security and Therefore, some misuse this cluding his three-country tour that took in parliamentary domain. On his part, Office, held contacts with the Kuwaiti students to traffic problems in order to reduce technology and form specialized him to Armenia and Morocco. Algerian National Assembly Deputy inquire about their well-being. The diplomatic mis- crimes, accidents and violations, the gangs in order to catch victims by Meanwhile, a meeting of the Kuwaiti- Speaker Ibrahim Botakhil lauded Kuwait’s sion urged the students to be cautious and abide by phenomenon of online swindling has convincing them of quick and Algerian parliamentary committee called democracy, affirming that it was the most started affecting the economy. Such Brig Mahmoud easy wealth.” Al-Tabbakh noted for more efforts to boost ties between the transparent and developed within the Arab instructions of the local authorities. The Kuwaiti diplomats hurriedly inquired about condition of the crimes are a new burden for all securi- Al-Tabbakh that electronic swindling started two Arab countries. context. The Algerian parliamentarian ty offices worldwide. in the 80s, when swindlers started On the sidelines of the current visit by called for bolstering relations with all possi- Kuwaiti citizens and students after news broke about Therefore, necessary legislations and laws sending messages to people all over the world to Al—Rashed to Algeria, a meeting of the ble domains, indicating that both countries a lethal shooting spree at several spots. —KUNA should be put in place. Training in information tech- invest in the oil sector. The phenomenon spread parliamentary committee was held with have much to offer to each other. —KUNA nology should be provided to make security offi- swiftly around the world after that. Commerce minister hails speedy law amendment WB revises reform plan for Kuwait KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry this process would end in the middle of next year. Anas Al-Saleh yesterday expressed satisfaction The Kuwaiti government and the World Bank at speedy amendment of commercial laws are “committed to adoption of comprehensive namely legislations on indebted defaulters. measures for basic reforms,” he affirmed. WB Minister Al-Saleh, who has recently met a vis- experts have revised proposed and alternative iting team of the World Bank, called in a state- reforms with a number of representatives of the ment for broad reforms to press ahead with private sector as part of workshops that have transformation of Kuwait into a regional finan- been organized by the Central Bank of Kuwait, cial hub to lure financial resources, businesses the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and and secure work for professional citizens. the Union of Investment Companies. Government cooperation program with the This work with the WB is being done accord- WB, endorsed by the Cabinet in February, ing to a timetable, Al-Saleh said, adding that addresses various crucial issues, namely the next stage of the process, scheduled to dis- issuance of a new law for restructuring and liqui- cuss at length proposed draft laws, would be dation of companies, re-schedule of corporate launched late October. For his part, Riz Mokal, debts and amendments to the law for facilitat- the head of the visiting WB delegation, had said ing dealing in additional, transferred assets, he the WB was committed to aiding the Kuwaiti said. A law is currently being drafted for prepar- authorities in tackling commercial and econom- ing credit reports and expanding jurisdictions of ic problems. He also noted that the WB aimed the country’s courts to rule in complex commer- at aiding Kuwait enact and modify such legisla- cial cases, the minister said, also indicating at tions in a manner that conforms with the coun- prospect of enacting a special law for Sukuks try’s culture and systems. Kuwait has estab- (Islamic bonds). lished “partnership” with the WB to update the The minister indicated at cooperation with national commercial laws to match internation- the WB in “these realms,” noting that first stage of al ones. —KUNA CBK launches Instagram contest for customers KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait announced an Instagram competition in which customers will be asked to upload pictures expressing ‘joy of success’ begin- ning today (Sunday). In this regard, Assistant General Manager - Public Relations and Media Department Amani Al-Wara said that the idea behind the one-month long campaign was prompted by the “the CBK’s commitment to stay in touch with its customers and encouraging them to express their opinions and interests through social networks.” People can participate in the competition by uploading a photo on their Instagram accounts using the hashtag #CBKgrads, Al- Wara said, adding that the last day for partic- ipation is July 8, 2013 “after which a judging Amani Al-Wara panel will choose the top three finalists.” Oil ministry website wins Arab Web Award KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Ministry’s website designers to meet professional and inter- has won the Arab E-governments Award national standards, to promote intellec- for 2013, Head of the Petroleum Media tual and production opportunities, as Control Department at the Ministry well as to develop an interactive proac- Mudhi Al-Shamari said yesterday. tive and reactive community that aims at Al-Shemari added that the Arab award providing recognition to this e-sector in is presented by Arab e-Government Web the most superlative way,” he said. Awards Organization in cooperation with “Furthermore, Pan Arab Web Awards is the Arab Administrative Development an encouragement for all sectors to show- Organization (ARADO). “The awards will case their websites and be more involved be officially presented to winners in a in the IT.” The competition offers five ceremony to be held in the United Arab awards including; the award of Creative Emirates on June 29,” he told KUNA. He infrastructure, Technical Creativity, revealed that the website is character- Creative Design, Visual Creativity and ized by creative design and interactive finally the Creative Interactivity Award. tools. These awards are given to the official The Pan Arab Web Awards aims to organization and government sites in the serve as an inspiration, archive and at the Arab countries. same time reward creators for their skills It is worth mentioning this is the sec- so that they continue to improve it, to ond time the Oil Ministry website won the promote the innovative spirit of web same award, the first was in 2009. —KUNA SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 LOCAL Trio who erected political signs released on bail Bid to smuggle out bullets thwarted

KUWAIT: Sharq police released three people on bail fol- after a dispute that marred the elections to a co-op society lowing investigations after they were arrested for putting board in Al-Andalus recently. Local police were first up political signs inside a mall in the area. The three approached by three colleagues who pressed physical Kuwaitis faced charges of breaking in and damaging prop- assault charges and provided medical reports diagnosing erty after they were arrested based on a report filed by the them as having suffered contusions. Shortly afterwards, a mall management’s attorney. The three were released on disabled citizen arrived at the police station and filed a bail on Friday morning and were greeted by supporters case accusing the three officers of instigating the quarrel who had gathered outside the Sharq police station where by physically assaulting him which prompted his two they were subjected to investigation. cousins to jump to his aid. The man also provided a med- ical report showing contusions he said sustained as a result KUWAIT: The car and painting garage in Al-Rai area yesterday after a fire gutted it. Attempted murder of the officers’ assault. (Rai) A man was taken to the Farwaniya Hospital with a stab Fire ravages Al-Rai garage wound while police arrested two suspects following a fight Bid to smuggle ammo foiled reported in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The Syrian man was rushed A man was forced to miss his flight as he was arrested By Hanan Al-Saadoun As a report about fire came in evacuated the garage and started to a hospital in an ambulance that arrived at the scene, on Friday for possessing bullets that he was trying to around 11.30 am yesterday, personnel fighting the blaze. As inflammable accompanied by policemen. The police arrested his compa- smuggle out of the country. Staff members at the Kuwait KUWAIT: A fire broke out in a car from the Shuwaikh Industrial Area fire materials like paints etc were stored triots. The suspects were charged with attempted murder International Airport grew suspicious of a suitcase that was repair and painting garage in Al-Rai center and Ardiya fire center respond- there, firemen proceeded cautiously and referred to the proper authorities for further action. unusually heavy, prompting an extensive search. Police area yesterday noon was brought ed immediately. and managed to bring the fire under arrested the bag’s American owner after recovering 25 under control by firefighters swiftly On arrival they found that the fire control in nominal time, without suf- Battery charges rounds from the bag. The man was referred to the Jleeb Al- before it could spread to neighbor- was at a car painting facility spread fering any causality. Investigations Investigations were on in a case in which three police Shuyoukh police station for questioning. hood areas. over 250 square meter area. Firemen were on to know what caused the fire. officers traded battery charges with three other people Hero saves the day A Good Samaritan Kuwaiti citizen recently saved a drowning child who had slipped into a swimming pool of a hotel. The Kuwaiti man was alerted by the cries of a couple shouting for help after their child fell into the pool. The man jumped into the water and successfully brought out the five-year-old who was rushed to the Amiri Hospital lat- er for a medical checkup.

Delivery man held A child was seriously injured after a delivery car ran over him in Saad Al-Abdullah recently. The accident happened outside a Kuwaiti man’s house when the delivery man was reversing his car having made a delivery, and ended up hit- ting the customer’s son who was lurking behind the vehi- cle. The child was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and the delivery man was taken into police’s custody for further action.

Suspected suicide A domestic worker was hospitalized in a critical condi- tion after she consumed some poisonous substance in an apparent attempt to commit suicide. The Ethiopian woman was brought to the Adan Hospital late Thursday night by her employer who found her unconscious at his house. The woman was admitted to the intensive care unit while the medical staff called the police. The officers questioned the Kuwaiti employer who said she found the woman in her room with paint lying nearby, suggesting that she had con- sumed the liquid in a bid to end her life. A case was filed for investigations.

ALECSO needs structural reforms: Chief

TUNIS: The Arab League Education, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) should undergo structural reforms to improve its performance on the field, its chief said on Friday. Director General Dr Abdullah Hamad Mhareb, at a news conference at ALECSO’s Tunis-based headquar- ters, said the organization should use up-to-date communication technology and reconsider its employment policy. He said 60 percent of the organi- zation’s budget should be spent on projects and 30 on salaries, noting that ALECSO suffered from failure of many member states to pay their arrears that totalled $63 million. Mhareb hoped ALECSO’s $11 million budget would be increased to at least $50 million to carry out programs and projects on the ground for the service of culture, civilization and Arabic language. He said the Arab countries should have compulso- ry education programs for all children, which would mean punishing every family banning its children from education at the age of six. Mhareb attributed “acts of extremism and terrorism” in the Arab world to illiteracy, but they would diminish with the spread of science and culture. “The continuation and terrible spread of illiteracy in many Arab countries is a clear failure of ALECSO 40 years after its establishment.” Mhareb said ALECSO would attempt to improve the Arab national all the way to improving education quality. He called on member countries to establish specialized educational institutions to improve quali- ty of education to “build the Arab human being” away from politics and to focus on moderation, openness and forgiveness. The ALECSO chief said the organization was also paying special attention to education in Palestine and Syria, and Arab language programs in Sudan, Somalia and other African countries. — KUNA

Arab world hails UNHRC’s plan on Israeli rights issue GENEVA: UN Human Rights Council members welcomed UNHRC’s President’s announcement on Friday that Israel would attend a meeting later this year to discuss its human rights file. UNHRC President Remigiusz Henczel opened the coun- cil’s evening session and announced that he convinced the Israeli delegation to discuss their human rights file in UNHRC’s session on October 29. He said he explained to the Israeli delegation the impor- tance of dealing with the UNHRC and its mechanisms which compel countries of the world to cooperate includ- ing Israel. Deputy head of the Palestinian delegation to the UN Emad Zuhairi commended Henczel’s “endeavors to per- suade Israel to stop its boycott of the council deliberations and mechanisms. He said it was important to condemn Israel because it was the only country which had officially informed the UN of its boycott of the UNHRC sessions. Egypt said the letter of the Israeli ambassador did not include any commitment to cooperate with the UNHRC mechanism. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) commended UNHRC President’s endeavors, while the African Group underlined importance of having a con- structive interactive dialogue to improve human rights around the world. — KUNA SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 LOCAL Expat deportations will continue: Traffic chief 11,800 deported in two-and-a-half months KUWAIT: Major General Abdulfattah ment investigations”. In the series of Watan TV during which he defended Al-Ali’s name has become synony- crackdowns that started late April, at the ongoing campaigns. “Our proce- mous with extensive traffic cam- least 2,000 traffic violations were reg- dures are necessary to save lives, paigns, aimed at enforcing the law at istered, including 1,000 tickets issued with average statistics indicating that all costs, including implementation directly on the street, while thou- 450 people are killed and 3,000 are of mass deportations. The senior sands of people were reportedly injured annually due to traffic acci- Interior Ministry official, who takes deported. dents,” he explained. During the pride in deporting 11,800 people and Moreover, Maj Gen Al-Ali revealed interview, Maj Gen Al-Ali insisted that impounding 3,000 vehicles during that the ministry collected KD4 mil- all drivers are equal when it comes to his tenure as head of the Ahmadi lion, out of the KD24 million owed in implementation of the law. Security Department over the past traffic fines, during the same period. “There have been doctors among two and a half years, told a local daily In that regard, the senior official the people deported, including a sur- that deporting expatriates for serious pointed out that only KD8 million geon caught driving without a Zain participates in ‘1000 Projects, violations will continue without an worth of fines are registered against license for three years,” he said, end date. individuals, while the rest are against before confirming news reports that “Administrative deportation of companies and state departments. he had taken a decision to impound Challenge Goes On’ exhibition violating expatriates is not going to Out of the KD8 million, KD6 million is a vehicle owned by Minister of stop, especially of those carrying pas- registered against expatriates, Maj Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- vision of its long-term and compre- youth and by which complies with sengers illegally, in which case a per- Gen Al-Ali said. “Cases are soon to be Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah on grounds of munications company in Kuwait, hensive economic advancement of their creative energies, especially that son would be in violation of traffic filed with the traffic court in order to repeated violations committed by his announced yesterday its participation local income, especially that Zain nowadays Kuwaiti youth have devel- and labor regulations,” Maj Gen Al-Ali, issue travel ban orders against peo- personal driver. Meanwhile, the sen- and support of the ‘1000 Projects and believes that the private sector and oped excellent skills and capabilities the Interior Ministry’s Assistant ple with more than KD80 in fines ior official urged any person who had the Challenge Goes On’ exhibition. The small businesses are two key sectors due to the high level of education that Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs, told owed to the ministry,” he added. obtained a license through illegal exhibition will be under the Patronage that affect the economy of the state. they have been receiving and which Al-Rai on Friday. He added that any Al-Rai published Maj Gen Al-Ali’s means to dispose of it “because once of His Highness The Amir Sheikh Commenting on Zain’s participa- abides by the requirements of today’s ticket can be disputed “by a request statement yesterday, along with a caught, they are going to be charged Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, tion and support of the exhibition, market,” added Al-Khashti to refer the case for traffic depart- transcript of an interview with Al- with forgery”. —Al-Rai, Al-Watan and organized by the Restructuring of Waleed Al-Khashti, Zain’s Corporate Zain plans to continue investing in the Kuwaiti Workforce Program. Communications and Relations events and activities that inspire The exhibition will be attended by Manager said: “Zain is sparing no effort young individuals and encourage a number of ministers along with key to develop the human resources ele- them. The company is keen to economic figures in Kuwait to encour- ment and hone the skills of the strengthen its strategic partnerships age and motivate the youth to imple- Kuwaiti youth; this is reflected ulti- with various institutions and entities ment their projects as well as advising mately through the support of various that adopt sublime objectives of sup- them on how to take their projects for- initiatives and events that stimulate porting different areas affecting the ward. The exhibition is to take place at their creativity and develop their society, as part of its core responsibili- the Mishref International Fairgrounds, skills.” ty towards the community. hall 6, from 5 June to 8 June 2013. “Our continuous support of exhibi- For more information about Zain’s In a press statement, Zain high- tions such as the ‘1000 Projects and numerous competitive promotions, lighted that its participation and sup- the Challenge Goes On’ exhibition customers are advised to visit any of port of this exhibition is sprung from demonstrates our commitment to Zain’s 72 branches located across its core commitment of improving the invest in youth’s energies. Our partici- Kuwait, visit the company’s website on human resources element as well as pation certainly stresses our concern www.kw.zain.com, contact its 24 hour expand the national labor force in of the rehabilitation of human compe- call center at 107, or visit the compa- Kuwait. Additionally, the company’s tencies to further provide career ny’s social media channels. participation falls under its overall opportunities that are suitable for TEHRAN: The Iran-Kuwait friendship parliamentary committee delegation, headed by MP Ahmad Abdulmohsen Al-Mulaifi, in Tehran yesterday. Zour plant seen ‘crucial’ Iran-Kuwait friendship KUWAIT: The government believes that canceling a proj- production by 2017 with a total cost of KD6 billion a year panel arrives in Iran ect to build a new power plant in Al-Zoor could harm its as per current oil sale ratios. plans to supply adequate amount of electricity in the next “The increasing rate of petroleum products used to pro- TEHRAN: The Iran-Kuwait friendship parliamentary com- “This visit comes as part of a series of visits done to bol- few years, a local newspaper reported yesterday quoting a duce energy puts Kuwait at the risk of facing crises both on mittee delegation, headed by MP Ahmad Abdulmohsen Al- ster such ties and exchange expertise, opinions and ideas ‘ministerial source’. This conclusion is set to be included in a the financial side as well as with regards to electricity distri- Mulaifi, arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit. “Our vis- between us.”“As MPs, we need to cooperate with each oth- letter the cabinet has assigned its financial and legal com- bution,” reads a study quoted by Al-Jarida yesterday. The it to Iran strengthens the ties and cooperation between the er and discuss regional issues, because the situation, stabil- mittees to prepare in response to a parliamentary commit- study suggests utilizing renewable energy in order to two sides at all levels,” Al-Mulaifi told KUNA. ity and elevation of the region are important to us all,” Al- tee which recommended that the North Zoor Power Plant reduce dependency on oil to produce energy in the future. He added “As MPs, representing our country’s diplomat- Mulaifi concluded. The delegation included MP contract be terminated. “Canceling the project is very diffi- Separately, Undersecretary Assistant for Distribution ic wing, whether in Iran or Kuwait, we would like to Abdulhamid Abbas Dashti, MP Ahmad Haji Lari, MP Saud cult at this stage because it would put Kuwait on a path Networks, Jassem Al-Lenqawi, reassured that the MEW is strengthen the bilateral relations even between the peo- Nashmi Al-Huraiji, MP Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Tamimi and MP where it will face a crisis in supplying energy,” said the ready to “tackle challenges expected during the holy ples of the region. Adnan Sayed Abdulsamad. — KUNA source who spoke to Al-Anba on the condition of anonymi- month of Ramadan and the rest of summer” as far as meet- ty. He further indicated that the project became even more ing the increasing demand for electricity and water was necessary as new residential areas have been connected to concerned. He added in statements published by Al-Jarida the electricity grid. A Ministry of Electricity and Water study that his department has 100 diesel-powered 1800 kilovolt in the meantime revealed that electricity and water pro- generators that can be used in case of power cuts. — Al- duction is going to use up to 20 percent of Kuwait’s oil Anba and Al-Jarida

Kuwait adds strings toclose Iraq file UNITED NATIONS: With the post of Gennady Tarasov, the High-level Coordinator for the missing Kuwaiti nationals and property, being vacant for almost six months, Kuwait expressed readiness to accept Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s proposal to fold those humanitarian issues under the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), but with strings attached. Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs Sabah Khaled Al- Hamad Al Sabah wrote in identical letters circulated on Friday to Ban and Security Council President that Kuwait supports Ban’s pro- posal contained in his latest report to ask UNAMI to “fol- low up on those two issues, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations.” But he suggested that when the Council adopt a resolution to put an end to the post of the High-Level Coordinator, which was cre- ated by resolution 1284 of 1999, it makes sure the fol- low-up of those issues will not end with the termination of UNAMI mandate, that the Secretary General’s periodic reports on those issues should be submitted on dates other than those of the activities of UNAMI, and that UNAMI designates an official whose “sole responsibility” will be to follow up on those issues. He said Kuwait attaches “great importance to the issue of missing persons because of its ethical, legal and humanitarian implica- tions, and the issue of miss- ing Kuwaiti property, includ- ing the national archives ... It is our desire that the United Nations and the Governments of the State of Kuwait and the Republic of Iraq should continue their efforts to resolve those ques- tions.” — KUNA SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 LOCAL

In my view In my view Labor unions The fourth in GCC pillar

By Abdallah Abbas Bwair By Labeed Abdal

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heikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah was brought he UAE’s decision to issue orders for deportation of up in the basic Arabic traditions of hospitality, and is around 50 migrants for joining a workers’ strike at Sa man who firmly believes in the traditional Arabic Tthe Giant Construction Company, even though proverb that says: “It is disrespectful to finish food before thousands of other Asian workers had started it and it your guest does.” ended last week, is yet another sign that the work envi- Sheikh Nasser is known for staying in touch with the ronment in GCC countries needs major reforms. citizens and attending their gatherings in times good or Undoubtedly, contractors want to meet deadlines to bad. His former position as the state’s prime minister was build big projects as per their contractual terms and con- therefore an acknowledgement by HH the Amir of his gra- ditions signed with the government or main contractors cious personality, something evident in his cooperation from whom they subcontract projects. extended to the parliament which led HH the Amir to If strikes are banned across GCC nations, as is the com- reappoint him even after he resigned following a political mon practice, and there is no minimum wage standardi- turmoil in 2007. zation and no labor organization, then it does beg a kuwait digest During his recent meeting with tribal chiefs whom he rather pertinent question: What will those workers do if had invited for a luncheon, Sheikh Nasser reiterated they are forced to sleep and work on hungry stomachs Kuwait’s story of ‘love, harmony, cohesion, and integration’. without pay and no one they can tell their tale of woes Our views on freedoms He further underlined the importance of tolerance as being a basic component of Kuwaiti tradition, and under- lined it further by declaring that he has forgiven all his Across all GCC countries, we must political enemies. move towards reforming the spon- By Mubarak Al-Duwailah “Kuwait is one family that lives on the basis of a feeling of mutual love and appreciation between the people and sorship system and make the state iberals often bring up the subject of liberties oped society. their rulers. The Kuwaiti people accepted Al-Sabah responsible for the fate of workers. in any context when they have to criticize The Islamist political view sees freedom in its dynasty as their rulers, and in return, the Sabah dynasty Moreover, when the state will be a LIslamist political movements and argue about broader sense, which is a reflection of how people vowed to keep the Kuwaiti people in their hearts,” he said. the inability of Islamists’ views to keep pace with used to live during the early years of Islam when During his recent visits to diwaniyas around the country, sponsor, it will be more caring and development. They often resort to citing argu- freedom to criticize and say what could seemingly Sheikh Nasser also expressed a sense of gratitude for the responsible, and it would become ments that ‘enforcing Sharia Law and Islamization be unpalatable was established as an acceptable “hospitality and appreciation” he received from the of regulations is a step backwards.’ This argument, notion of freedom. Kuwaiti people. “Rest assured, we (the ruling family) possible to work collectively towards always return the love, appreciation and respect, and other tangible improvements. in my opinion, reflects a lack While hundreds of peo- always believe that despite some differences of opinion, of understanding about the ple are questioned today for all Kuwaitis will forever be one family,” he said. concept of freedom and its The Islamist political view sees having expressed their Sheikh Nasser’s recent visits were in the footsteps of his to? If these are low paid workers, then there should be limits in Islam. freedom in its broader sense, which opinion, we look back at forefathers, and anyone who knows anything about the certain automatic minimum benefits for them, like daily Most liberals believe that lessons learned from Islamic history of the Kuwaiti people knows that such meetings meals and accommodation; no one is asking for a first is a reflection of how people used to freedom means that anyone history that is replete with are nothing new. “We are blessed by the fact that no mat- class ticket. Just as what we have in Kuwait, the UAE live during the early years of Islam ter how different our views might become, we will always authorities must initiate penal procedures against those can do whatever they want, many incidents that under- when freedom to criticize and say be brothers, and our gatherings these days must continue companies who have experience in the business of con- wear whatever they desire, line the importance of jus- as a symbol of Kuwaiti character that we are all proud of,” struction and are well aware of the nitty-gritty of work. drink whatever they take what could seemingly be unpalat- tice, equality and freedom he said. The late Amir HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Across all GCC countries, we must move towards fancy to, etc. Meanwhile, able was established as an accept- of expression. We learn the once addressed Kuwaitis during a time of dispute by reforming the sponsorship system and make the state Islamists believe that free- concept of freedom from insisting that we are all children of one land. Sheikh responsible for the fate of workers. Moreover, when the dom is doing whatever you able notion of freedom. the relationship between Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah followed him to impart a les- state will be a sponsor, it will be more caring and respon- son in equality by declaring that “there is no difference sible, and it would become possible to work collectively want as long as the society the ruler and the people is not negatively affected by your actions. Drinking during the early years of Islam. In the meantime, between citizens; all are equal as far as rights and duties towards other tangible improvements. are concerned.” Further, labor unions must represent the thousands of alcohol is forbidden in Islam, but it does not say liberals’ perception of freedom remains limited to Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah came after that and Asians and other laborers and act to articulate their con- that a person who drinks inside his house should things like allowing a girl to live with her boyfriend said, “My people and I are one, and my duty is to serve the cerns. They must become their collective voice. be punished because in that case his judgment is before marriage, opening night clubs and casinos people.” Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, meanwhile, No one should be left alone at a time when everyone left for God in the afterlife. Likewise, a person can to ‘boost tourism’, and even going as far as, accord- taught us a lesson in patriotism when he insisted that the is working to build financial centers and tax free zones. don revealing clothes within the four walls of his ing to demands made by western human rights Kuwaiti traditions of tolerance and morality always serve Eventually, these workers must be guaranteed a as a means of salvation in times of dispute. decent source of living under the umbrella of basic inter- house where he enjoys privacy but at the same organizations, allowing same-sex marriages as a time, the society be secure from the effect of such a ‘vested right’. The liberals are to blame for our loss HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, HH the national human rights. It should be possible for everyone Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and HH behavior. of legitimate rights due to their shallow view of the to live in a country where every individual can enjoy jus- the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah are tice, respect and dignity. The problem with many liberals is that they meaning of freedom and justice. While they have the pillars of the system of modern Kuwait. I believe that almost only see freedom if the behaviour is nega- recently taken a step forward to cancel the ban on Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah is the fourth pillar tive, and demand that it be allowed on a general coeducation in higher educational institutions, it is that keeps intact the system which protects Kuwait. kuwait digest basis to achieve a ‘democratic and civil society’ noted that the same lawmakers who approved that even if it leads to immoral behavior among the bill had previously demanded legal action against people. On the other hand, we (Islamists) believe people who expressed views on Twitter or in public kuwait digest Dow and that controlling the effects of intoxication, for rallies. This is their perception of personal and pub- example, helps achieve an advanced and devel- lic freedoms. —Al-Qabas unanswered Honoring questions majority’s choice kuwait digest By Hamad Al-Sarie By Saad Al-Rushaidi

he government is trying by all means to close Moral crisis fail to understand why some MPs were so vocal in the Dow Chemical case and sweep under the voicing their rejection after the parliament voted in Tcarpet all evidence of political crime. The case Ifavor of the cabinet’s request to refer a grilling motion has been mishandled in its criminal aspects as well as By Dr Aseel Al-Awadhi filed against First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior administrative handling. Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah to the leg- The government began to do so quickly after pay- n my previous article, I talked about the con- Such contradictions can be cited endlessly. It is islative committee. Normally, parliament members ing the compensation and was sure it had made a tradiction between deeds and words in the a state of schizophrenia that some people suffer should honor democracy, especially since that is the rea- procedural mistake. The first step came when a press form of very serious moral deviations domi- from and they cannot discern between what they son they came to be in the National Assembly. While it is I unusual to see MPs agree unanimously about a subject, it release was issued indicating that the issue would be nating our society, which strangely are also demand and what they actually practice in their is also illogical to see a minority in the parliament criticiz- pursued and those who caused the Dow Chemical socially acceptable at the same time. Such devia- daily lives. However, the right diagnosis of such loss would be held accountable. ing and even attacking the majority opinion. tions can be easily detected amongst university cases should be left to specialized psychiatrists. When the current parliament was labeled by many as It did not explain whether accountability would be students, though it is a social phenomenon What matters to us are moral contradictions that falling short of being a true representative of the people fixed about who accepted the conditions unfavorable found everywhere. At a time when people do many people suffer from. It is unacceptable that following a widely boycotted election, MPs argued that towards Kuwait, or those who cancelled the deal, or not go to work without a due excuse, when oth- the aforementioned phenomena have become ballot centers were opened for everyone to cast their those who paid the fine or who those who signed an votes, and even claimed that a majority of Kuwaitis had undertaking not to do anything against the interests ers get paid without putting in any work and widespread and are socially tolerated now. when third parties register At times, such contra- voted. If MPs believed that the elections were legitimate of the company? because these were held freely and with the participation themselves in fake compa- dictory demands are con- The second step came with the government send- The ignorance of many people in of a majority of the electorate, then why do the same MPs ing the report to the public prosecutor and retiring all nies simply to receive the sidered as rights and reject a decision taken by a comfortable majority in the officials who had anything to do with the deal, citing national labor support terms of ethics and ethical activi- some people shamelessly parliament? two reasons. The first reason was that they had com- incentives and allowances, ties. Their ignorance of what turns demand them. At the Another question came to my mind while checking pleted 30 years in service, and the second reason was the very same people also any conduct into a moral issue same time, the same peo- details of the Interior Minister’s grilling motion. I noticed to keep them away from a position that could have that not even one question about the Iranian espionage issue exhortations to making some people morally con- ple speak of moral corrup- enabled someone to tamper with the papers. The enforce the law, respect the tion manifestations, as if cell was asked, whereas the motion addresses alleged connection between Kuwaitis and a Muslim Brotherhood minister’s resignation was also accepted, so that other constitution and do justice. demn certain personal behavior these are only limited to things remained hidden, and few could come to know network currently on trial in the United Arab Emirates. At a time when certain peo- that has nothing to do with ethics. smoking Shisha, wearing about these. With all due respect to MPs’ right to file the interpellation, The NA Council supported its member MP Yacoub ple sexually abuse and The opposite applies to justifying a swimsuit, attending a this question raises suspicions that the Interior Minister’s Al-Sanie who posed questions to the government harass weak children and some immoral behavior only concert or attending co- grilling could have been motivated by personal reasons. domestic laborers, try to education classes. Elements like the contents of the grilling motion, its tim- seeking to know the details right from the very start because it could be widespread and to the last chapter which is still not finished. push girls into the world of The real problem lies in ing and the background of the MP filing it, are all factors that could help determine whether the motion was filed The government rejected the NA Council’s sugges- vice, force their minor is socially approved. The second two things. First, the to serve the general good or personal interests, or just for tion to freeze the appointments made later or open an daughters to marry, but still part of the problem is the lack of ignorance of many people the purpose of some showoff in the media. independent investigation by the council. The MPs loudly defend notions like moral and ethical awareness and in terms of ethics and eth- I believe there is a need to change the culture in which demanded a special session, similar to the session honor and virtue and ical activities. Their igno- certain MPs seem to prefer the parliamentary device of about housing or borrowings or security issues, to dis- demand that male and logic in moral decision-making. rance of what turns any filing interpellations to fight corruption. While a grilling cuss the case which, in my opinion, was more danger- female students at universi- conduct into a moral issue motion is one of the most prominent and active auditory ous than all other cases. MP Yacoub Al-Sanie’s sugges- ty auditoriums be made to sit separately and making some people morally condemn certain tools to check any malpractices in the governmental tion about holding a session garnered a lot of support. decency laws be made applicable. personal behavior that has nothing to do with work, it does not mean that any MP must use it every It was aimed at enquiring from the government time he finds himself in disagreement with a minister. details of the crime or at least an open talk about the At a time when votes are on sale during elec- ethics. The opposite applies to justifying some The MPs have a right to say that they disagree with the case. All the MPs should participate in such a session if tion season, lawmakers’ secretaries are deputized immoral behavior only because it could be wide- decision to forward the grilling motion against the they are serious about public funds. The questions to work in parliament simply to avail of fully paid spread and is socially approved. The second part Interior Minister to the legislative committee. However, posed by the MP are very clear, and if the government vacations from their original jobs without having of the problem is the lack of moral and ethical they are required to honor the decisions of the majority was to answer those questions directly, to him or in an to do anything in real terms, when others seek awareness and logic in moral decision-making. in the parliament in order to avoid wasting valuable time. open session, then it will bring before the Kuwaiti the Wasta route, exceptions and many illegal priv- These are the reasons behind the contradictions After all, this is the time that could be utilized to achieve people who played with their money and spent it left ileges, the same voices also loudly call for fighting between what people believe and say and what sustainable development in the legislative, economic and social fields. —Al-Rai and right. —Al-Anbaa corruption and protecting public funds. they actually do.—Al-Jarida SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

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LOS ANGELES: In this April 24, 2013 file photo, transportation engineer associate Abeer Kliefe works at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control Center. —AP People resigned to little privacy online Dearth of local Web tools means many are stuck with US sites

CARACAS: US government snooping does not sur- and FBI have been sifting through personal data by everyone in the world sends their data to American ception network that became known as Echelon political topics the authorities do not wish to be prise global Internet users, who say they already directly accessing the US-based servers of Google, companies,” he said. and searched information including telexes, faxes publicly discussed. South Korea, one of the most have few expectations of online privacy as govern- Facebook, Microsoft, AOL, Skype, PalTalk, Apple and Hossam El-Hamalawy, a blogger with Egypt’s and emails, according to experts including US jour- wired countries in the world, has a law that allows ments increasingly monitor people’s digital lives YouTube. US President Barack Obama said Friday Revolutionary Socialists, one of the Egyptian groups nalist James Bamford. The system was the subject of authorities to ask telecommunications companies and Internet companies often acquiesce. Privacy that the surveillance did not “target” US citizens or that helped spearhead the 2011 uprising, said the a 2001 European Parliament inquiry. According to a without a court order to provide information such activists concerned over the US National Security others living in the US - which does not mean their dearth of locally developed Web tools means many UN report released this week, such surveillance has as names, resident registration numbers, addresses Agency’s selective monitoring of Internet traffic communications were not caught up in the drag- are simply stuck with US sites, even if they know the been on a global upsurge with governments and phone numbers of their subscribers. But this called on people to better protect their digital data. net. But that didn’t dampen the outrage of people government is monitoring them. “The problem is increasingly tapping into online personal data and doesn’t involve the substance of conversations But most people eschew encryption and other pri- who resent what they consider Washington’s self- that there is no alternative,” he said. “If you don’t use even discouraging online anonymity by passing users had using communications software provided vacy tools and seemed resigned to the open book anointed role as the world’s policeman. “To the Facebook, what is the alternative social network laws prohibiting it. The governments of China, Iran, by the companies. their online lives have become. United States, everyone is suspicious, even the available for the Internet user who is not an IT Bahrain are among other nations that already Ko Young-churl, a journalism professor and commu- “It doesn’t surprise me one bit. They’ve been pope!” said leftist Colombian Sen Alexander Lopez. geek?” Soghoian predicted an increasing push by aggressively oversee online activity, in many cases nications expert at Jeju National University in South doing it for years,” said Jamie Griffiths, a 26-year-old “Everyone is under observation these days and this governments and companies in Europe in particu- putting people in prison for political blog posts and Korea, said most South Koreans are complacent about architect working on his laptop in a London cafe. “I should be taken up by the United Nations.” lar, where privacy has been a much bigger issue for other messages. Israel’s attorney general in April security for their personal data online ... “and most wouldn’t send anything via email that I wouldn’t Lopez said he has no plans to close his Google voters than in the United States, away from storing upheld a practice allowing security personnel to South Koreans don’t realize authorities could use such want a third party to read.” From Baghdad, to and Microsoft email accounts. He figures he’ll be data in US-based server farms. read email accounts of suspicious individuals when tools against them.” The UN report said such activity has Bogota, Colombia, many said they already censor spied on no matter what he does. The revelation of Indeed, under US law it is not illegal for the NSA they arrive at the airport, arguing it prevents mili- been expanding as technology advances, and that what they write online and assume governments global data vacuuming could hurt US technology to collect information on foreigners. The disclosure tants from entering the country. China has long countries should prioritize protecting people’s online are regularly spying, be it as part of global counter- companies if Internet users become disillusioned of the NSA data-vacuuming program known as imposed tight control over media and spied on pri- rights. “In order to meet their human rights obligations, terrorism or domestic surveillance efforts. “The and abandon them in favor of homegrown alterna- PRISM is only the latest “of many US government vate communications among its citizens, especially States must ensure that the rights to freedom of expres- social networks and email have always been vulner- tives that offer greater security. US privacy activist programs created to infringe on personal freedoms,” government critics and activists, sifting through sion and privacy are at the heart of their communica- able because tech-savvy people know how to pen- Christopher Soghoian said he finds it “insane” that so said Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, a technology their email, listening in on their phone conversa- tions surveillance frameworks,” the report reads. Its etrate them,” said Teolindo Acosa, a 34-year-old many politicians outside the United States use Gmail policy professor at FGV think tank in Rio de Janeiro. tions and snooping on their cyber activities. author, Guatemalan Frank La Rue, calls for legal stan- education student at Venezuela’s Universidad accounts. “This has given the NSA an advantage over Going back well into the 20th century, the Major Internet companies employ internal dards to ensure “privacy, security and anonymity of Central who was leaving a cybercafe in Caracas. every other intelligence system in the world. The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New reviewers who regularly censor content posted by communications” to protect people including journal- Leaked confidential documents show the NSA Americans don’t have to hack as much, because Zealand ran a secret satellite communications inter- users and scrub off offensive language, including ists, human rights defenders and whistleblowers. —AP

Sudan orders halt to South Sudan oil

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s president has landlocked south through Sudan to ordered the stoppage of cross-border the Red Sea after resolving an argu- oil flows from South Sudan from today, ment over transit fees. “(President state radio said, just months after the Omar Hassan Al-)Bashir orders the oil long-time foes settled bitter disputes minister to stop oil flows from the and agreed to restart the vital crude south through Sudanese territory exports. The Sudanese station gave no from tomorrow,” state radio said in a more details yesterday. The govern- text message sent to mobile phone ment later said it would issue a state- users. ment today relating to its long-stand- Sudanese state news agency Suna ing accusations that South Sudan sup- said Information Minister Ahmed ports rebels. A confirmed stoppage Belal Osman would hold a news con- would dash hopes of an economic life- ference today “regarding the cooper- line to both underdeveloped African ation deal with South Sudan in the countries, which in the past relied on face of the government’s accusations oil exports and associated fees for a against Juba for supporting the ter- large part of their state incomes. rorism of the so-called Sudanese Sudan and South Sudan - which Revolutionary Front”. South Sudan separated into two countries in 2011 denies accusations it backs rebels in after decades of war - agreed in March Sudanese territory who have sought to resume crude exports from the to topple Bashir. —Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Yemen begins new talks, Hadi hails progress

SANAA: Yemen began the second round Saleh from office. Zayani reiterated the the north and south. Hadi warned yester- of its national dialogue in Sanaa yester- support of Yemen’s Gulf neighbours for day that those calling for the boycott of day, as President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Hadi’s “leadership in all the decisions, the talks for their own political gains “will hailed progress made during talks in measures and steps he had taken to face the anger of the Yemeni people who March. The UN-backed dialogue aims to implement the Gulf Initiative”. The Gulf see dialogue as their only hope”. draft a new constitution and prepare for Arab states “support all consensus agree- Supporters of southern independence elections in 2014, after a two-year transi- ments the National Dialogue will reach often stage demonstrations against tion led by Hadi. Yesterday’s dialogue was and which will reflect the overall will of national dialogue. Last month, a Southern part of a UN-brokered deal that eased for- the Yemeni people and ensure Yemen’s Movement leader, Ahmed bin Farid Al- mer strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh from unity, sovereignty and stability.” The dia- Suraimah, withdrew from the talks in power after an 11-month uprising against logue kicked off on March 18 and is due protest at what he said was a “plot against his 33-year rule. “We are holding our sec- to run for six months. It brings together the southern cause”. Hadi had accused ond open session amid changes, develop- 565 representatives from Yemen’s various Iran of backing a southern faction seeking ments and positive achievements,” Hadi political groups, ranging from southern to secede by force of arms. State news said at the opening of the dialogue in secessionists to Zaidi Shiite rebels in the agency Saba quoted Zayani as saying yes- Sanaa. He added the talks had taken steps north, as well as representatives from civil terday: “We, alongside President towards “drawing the outlines of a new society organisations. Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, condemn foreign Yemen where justice, equality and free- “Yemen can no longer withstand more interference in Yemen from Iran and oth- dom prevail.” crises and there are many challenges,” said ers.” Nine work groups have been created Hadi, adding that “terrorism” in the coun- Benomar, meanwhile, urged Yemenis since April whose members met nearly try poses a particular problem. Yemen is SANAA: Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (left) and Secretary to reach out to the southern groups and 11,000 personalities representing officials home to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdullatif Al-Zayani take part in to “resolve legitimate demands”. “We insist and civil society from across Yemen. These Peninsula, which the US classifies as the the opening session of the second national dialogue conference in the Yemeni that there is no choice but to achieve the groups have made recommendations deadliest franchise in the network and capital yesterday. — AFP success of the dialogue through... resolv- which delegates will discuss in the next which exploited central government ing the southern issue... and achieving phase of dialogue, Hadi said. Saturday’s weakness during the uprising in 2011 to and-run attacks on security forces. pendent south - to join the initiative. Most national reconciliation,” the UN envoy session was attended by UN envoy to seize swathes of land in the south. The The talks, originally scheduled to open agreed to take part after months of nego- said. After the former North and South Yemen Jamal Benomar and Gulf army, backed by US drones, has managed last November, were delayed mainly due tiations and UN pressure. But hardliners Yemen united in 1990, the south broke Cooperation Council chief Abdullatif Al- to regain control of those territories. But to the refusal of some factions in the led by South Yemen’s former president Ali away in 1994, triggering a civil war that Zayani - who both played key roles in extremists have regrouped in several Southern Movement - which seeks auton- Salem Al-Baid have insisted on negotia- ended with the region being overrun by sealing a power transfer deal that eased areas and are accused of carrying out hit- omy or secession for the formerly inde- tions between two independent states in northern troops. — AFP Syria regime takes last rebel bastion in Qusair Rebels, refugees cross into Lebanon

DAMASCUS: Forces loyal to President Bashar Al- an area near Arsal, whose residents back the lence comes as the United Nations said a total of Assad have now seized all of the Qusair area in rebels. The raid late on Friday was the second $3.8 billion was needed to help refugees who central Syria, state television claimed yesterday, such strike against the Sunni-majority border have spilled across the country’s borders to as wounded rebels and scores of refugee fami- areas in less than a week. More than 500,000 escape the fighting. lies straggled into Lebanon. The reports come a Syrians fleeing the conflict have sought refuge in The figure needed for operations inside day after the United Nations launched a record Lebanon, which is being increasingly sucked in Syria was put at another $1.4 billion. “If the fight- humanitarian aid appeal for Syria, warning of a to the war. Elsewhere yesterday, a car bombing ing doesn’t stop, we risk an explosion in the regional “explosion” if fighting does not stop. near an army post in nearby Homs city killed at Middle East for which the international commu- Yesterday’s seizure of Eastern Bweida village, the least seven people, the Syrian Observatory for nity is not prepared,” UN refugee agency head last rebel bastion in the area, brought the entire Human Rights said. “It has so far been impossible Antonio Guterres said. More than 94,000 people Qusair region near the border with Lebanon to verify their identities,” the Britain-based group have been killed and some 1.6 million Syrians CAIRO: Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (center) and his sons Alaa (right) back under regime control. said, adding that regime forces have begun fled the country since the civil war began in and Gamal are seen behind the defendants’ cage during their retrial at the Police It came four days after the town of Qusair, bombarding areas north of the city. March 2011 after Assad cracked down on pro- Academy yesterday. — AFP which had been in insurgent hands for a year, Dubbed by anti-regime activists as the “capi- democracy protests, according to Observatory fell to the army and forces from Lebanon’s pow- tal of the revolution, Homs and its province have figures. The number of refugees is expected to erful Shiite Hezbollah movement. Hundreds of suffered massive destruction over the course of reach at least 3.45 million by the end of this Court adjourns Mubarak people who fled the fall of Qusair took refuge in Syria’s 26-month conflict. After Qusair fell, year, according to the UN appeal. Inside the Eastern Bweida, 14 km to the northeast, but regime forces were expected to turn their sights country, 6.8 million people, most of them dis- trial, bars lawyers Syrian state television broadcast footage of a on Homs, the countryside around Damascus and placed from their homes, are forecast to need desolate village devoid of signs of life. It was not the northern province of Aleppo. The latest vio- aid this year. — AFP CAIRO: An Egyptian court in the retrial of appeared visibly satisfied with the ruling. immediately known where all the people had fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak for alleged He had demanded the same of the judge in gone, but some have crossed the border into complicity in the killings of protesters Mubarak’s first trial. Before adjourning the Lebanon. barred lawyers in civil cases from the pro- session, Rashidi said the court would exam- Hezbollah also announced the news of ceedings at a brief session yesterday. ine a request to jail three out of six police Eastern Bweida’s fall on its own television chan- Presiding judge Mahmoud Al-Rashidi commanders on trial with Mubarak for nel, Al-Manar. Its correspondent said: “Qusair’s adjourned the court to tomorrow, shortly their alleged involvement in the deaths of countryside is finished... The army has taken after opening the second hearing in protesters during the early 2011 uprising. back the whole Qusair region”. The regime Mubarak’s retrial, a criminal case. Mubarak, The three police commanders have not “staged a war of nerves by bombarding (Eastern 85, watched the proceedings while sitting been remanded in custody but attend Bweida) all night long”, the reporter added. “We up on a stretcher inside the defendants’ every hearing. All of the defendants have have entered a new phase” in the conflict. The cage, shared with seven of his former secu- pleaded not guilty to the charges against army and Hezbollah launched a vast offensive rity commanders and his two sons. His orig- them. on Qusair nearly three weeks ago, in the clearest inal trial led to a life sentence for Mubarak In the retrial’s opening session on May sign yet of the Lebanese group’s commitment to and his interior minister Habib Al-Adly, and 11, Rashidi issued an emotional appeal for the Assad regime. Scores of fighters were killed acquittals for six police commanders. But order, saying he understood “frustration” on both sides. an appeals court ordered a retrial, citing with the process. He also said there would Qusair, only 10 km from Lebanon, is strategic procedural errors. be new evidence presented in the case, for the regime because of its proximity to the Rashidi yesterday barred lawyers filing which now includes 55,000 pages of docu- border and because it lies on a route linking civil suits against Mubarak and his co- ments. In the first trial, the court had con- Damascus to the coast. For the rebels, it was an defendants from attending hearings in the tended with patchwork evidence gathered important conduit from Lebanon for men and retrial. Those filing civil suits had been by the prosecution, which blamed police for materiel. Dozens of Syrians and Lebanese from allowed to attend the first trial. One of the not fully cooperating in the investigation. the rebel side wounded in the battle for Qusair main lawyers filing civil suits, Sameh Ashur, Egyptians remain polarised by the legacy of have been evacuated to Arsal, a border town in told AFP Rashidi’s ruling would not have a the former leader, as the country struggles northern Lebanon, and to Baalbek in the east, major impact on the proceedings. But the to move forward under the new regime of security officials said. Among them were decision angered the lawyers in the Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, elected Lebanese Sunni Muslims who had crossed into makeshift court in a police academy lecture in June 2012. Today the country is in disar- Syria to join the predominantly Sunni-led rebel- hall outside Cairo. “The people demand the ray, with Morsi’s tenure marked by political lion. cleansing of the judiciary,” they chanted. division, repeated violence and a crippling At the same time, scores of families fleeing Mubarak’s lawyer Farid Al-Deeb economic crisis. — AFP the area have also braved a dangerous journey to safety in Arsal, a local official said. “Their situa- tion is very bad. They arrived exhausted. They have nothing. Some came here on foot,” local official Ahmad Al-Hojeiri said, adding that local Somali warlords battle authorities were short of funds and “only manag- ing to provide basic assistance.” BUWEIDA, Syria: Syrian army soldiers patrol a street in this village north of Qusair in Syria’s over key southern port Meanwhile, Syrian helicopters fired rockets at central Homs province yesterday. — AFP

MOGADISHU: At least eight people three of his neighbours had been killed, have been killed in fighting between and two others wounded. “It’s chaotic rival Somali warlords battling for control here... people are frightened,” Bile told of the southern port city of Kismayo, AFP. Jubaland lies in the far south of Iran media praises presidential debate witnesses said yesterday. Gunmen from Somalia and borders both Kenya and the Ras Kamboni militia of former Ethiopia, and control is split between TEHRAN: Iran’s media yesterday e Eqtesad about the debate on tor and hardline candidate Saeed sanctions targeting its ailing econo- Islamist warlord Ahmed Madobe recent- multiple forces including clan militia, hailed the latest televised debate of Friday evening. Reformist daily Jalili, a frontrunner in the June 14 my, leading to raging inflation and ly self-appointed “president” of the the Shabab, Kenyan and Ethiopian sol- presidential candidates, highlight- Arman hailed the discussions, say- election. high unemployment. The reformist southern Jubaland region - battled diers. Jubaland joins other semi- ing sharp exchanges among them ing they “showcased differences”. “I would have liked to have writ- daily Bahar said “reformers against forces loyal to Iftin Hassan Basto, autonomous regions of the fractured on topics such as the nuclear issue The eight men vying for the presi- ten that the winner of last night’s (Rowhani and Aref) showed their another leader claiming to be president. Horn of Africa nation, including and political freedom. “The differ- dency clashed in the heated debate was (moderate) Hassan unity, while the conservatives Fighting broke out Friday evening, Puntland in the northeast - which wants ences among the candidates are exchange over nuclear talks with Rowhani or (reformist) Mohammed showed their differences” during paused overnight, but resumed yester- autonomy within a federation of states - clear. The final sprint has begun,” world powers, with pointed criti- Reza Aref, but I have to say (conser- the debate. day. and Somaliland in the northwest, which said leading economic daily Donya- cism aimed at top nuclear negotia- vative) Ali Akbar Velayati was the Aref criticised what he said was “Fighting started when soldiers from fiercely defends its self-declared inde- real winner,” wrote political analyst political pressure on his supporters. Ras Kamboni attacked and tried to pendence. Sadegh Zibakalam in reformist dai- “Is it normal to prevent my support- arrest me,” Basto told reporters. “But my Ras Kamboni spokesman Abdinasir ly, Etemad. “On the one hand, he ers from showing portraits of men fought back and defended me.” Serar insisted his troops were in full con- defended the foreign policy of (ex- Mohammad Khatami?” he asked Several rival factions claim ownership of trol of Kismayo. “We will end the fighting president Akbar) Hashemi during the debate referring to the Kismayo, a former stronghold of the Al- soon, after we arrest those who were Rafsanjani and, on the other, he reformist ex-president accused of Qaeda-linked Shabab, where Kenyan preparing for attacks,” Serar said. Somali openly criticised the attitude of backing opposition leaders Mir troops in an African Union force are now President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who Jalili in nuclear negotiations. based. Kenyan troops, who invaded holds little sway in the port city, said all Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Somalia in 2011, back Madobe’s control sides should end the fighting. “We call Nobody can accuse Velayati of Karroubi in the 2009 presidential of the strategic and economic hub, but on both parties to practise restraint,” he being uninformed, or linked to the election. Mousavi and Karroubi had neither the title of “president” nor the said in a statement. Kenya’s and West... or as not part of the conser- denounced as fraudulent the result region of Jubaland is recognised by the Somalia’s presidents met this week, dis- vative camp”. of that election, and tens of thou- weak central government in Mogadishu. cussing among other issues Nairobi’s Velayati, an adviser to supreme sands of their supporters took to Witnesses said eight people were role in Jubaland, which has a lucrative leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had the streets opposing killed in the clashes, while several charcoal industry, fertile farmland as well lashed out at Jalili for his handling Ahmadinejad’s return to office for a wounded people were seen being taken as potential off-shore oil and gas of nuclear negotiations with world second term. The two have been to hospital. “I saw eight dead, three of deposits. Kenya views the region as a key powers. “The art of diplomacy is under house arrest for more than them civilians, but the toll could be buffer zone to protect is borders, but in that we save the nuclear right, two years. Most of the candidates higher as many were wounded,” said Jubaland, has ended up backing a war- while at the same time, we reduce have reportedly asked for a fourth Mohamed Farey, a witness. “Battles have lord opposing the central government it the sanctions,” Velayati said. Under and final debate before the elec- continued... we can hear heavy fire.” is mandated - and funded by the UN and TEHRAN: Hassan Rowhani, a moderate Iranian presidential candidate the presidency of Mahmoud tion, in what is seen as a sign of Another resident, Jama Bile, said that European Union - to support. — AFP and former top nuclear negotiator, waves as he attends his campaign Ahmadinejad, Iran has been success of Friday’s televised rally yesterday. — AFP slapped with several rounds of exchanges. —AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Swedish princess weds New York banker

STOCKHOLM: Swedish Princess Madeleine 38-year-old O’Neill works as a partner and glimpse of the couple. “We hope she will fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge be very happy in the future, the princess said “yes” to New York banker Christopher fund with offices in London and New York. Madeleine,” said Julia Huelsman, who had O’Neill in a lavish and emotional wedding The couple met through mutual friends in traveled from Munich, Germany for the ceremony in Stockholm. Madeleine was New York, where they both live, and were occasion. wearing a stunning white lace-top dress first spotted together having lunch at the The marriage is the latest in a series of designed by Valentino Garavani when she Central Park Boathouse in Jan 2011. They glamorous royal weddings that have mes- tied the knot to British-American O’Neill announced their engagement in Oct 2012. merized Europe in the past years. In June yesterday in front of around 470 European Guests at the wedding include the UK’s 2010, Madeleine’s older sister Crown royals and top New York socialites. Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Princess Victoria wed her personal trainer O’Neill fought back tears as Madeleine Edward and Sophie; Princess Takamado of Daniel Wesling in a grand ceremony in walked down the aisle with her father, King Japan and princes and princesses from Stockholm and the year after Britain’s Carl XVI Gustaf, to a traditional Swedish Norway, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the wedding march performed by a children’s and Monaco. O’Neill has also invited many knot in extravagant fashion in front of an choir. The bride and groom were visibly of his super-rich friends, such as Opel heir estimated 2 billion television viewers. Also moved as the ceremony proceeded with Georg von Opel, Cadbury chocolate heir in 2011, Prince Albert II of Monaco wed hymns in both Swedish and English, and Joel Cadbury, Colombian billionaire Charlene Lynette Wittstock and in 2012, performances by Roxette singer Marie Alejandro Santo Domingo, and Aidan and Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg united Fredriksson and Broadway’s “Phantom of Fizzy Barclay. with Belgian Countess Stephanie de the Opera” star Peter Joback. With a smile Other well-known invitees are Duran Lannoy. The Swedish royal family has only on her face, Madeleine read out the wed- Duran band member John Taylor, the CEO ceremonial duties, such as attending ding vows in Swedish while O’Neill read his of fashion retailer H&M, Karl-Johan award ceremonies, promoting Swedish in English. Persson, and golfer Jesper Parnevik. businesses abroad and supporting chari- Madeleine, 30, is the youngest of Carl Outside the palace, several thousand royal ties. As the head of state, the king also XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s three chil- fans had gathered in the sunshine waving receives foreign dignitaries on formal visits STOCKHOLM: Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher OíNeill smile dur- dren and fourth in line to the throne. The Swedish flags and hoping to catch a to Sweden. — AP ing their wedding ceremony at the Royal Chapel yesterday. — AP Germany battles floods as Hungary braces for deluge Death toll hits 18, scores evacuated

BUDAPEST: Flood waters rose in eastern Emergency workers and volunteers worked yesterday. The Danube was still rising in southern Germany yesterday, forcing the evacuation of overnight to reinforce leaking dykes, build miss- Slovak towns and villages, downstream from homes and a hospital, as Hungary propped up ing barrier sections or remove water, and extra Bratislava, and was expected to culminate in the its defences against central Europe’s worst floods truck drivers were called in to help transport afternoon. In the Czech Republic, the clean-up in a decade. Elsewhere, the Austrian interior sandbags to affected areas. “We will defend effort was under way to remove the thick layer of ministry confirmed that four people had been every section of dyke and protect every single muck left behind by the retreating waters, but killed and two were still missing, raising the person, we won’t leave anybody in danger in Prime Minister Petr Necas warned that “the floods death toll in Europe from the past week’s floods their houses,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at are not over”. With more heavy rains expected in to at least 18, including 10 in the Czech Republic, a press conference yesterday. By Saturday morn- the next few days, the soaked ground would not which has warned of renewed flood risks. ing, Orban said 972 people - including 188 peo- be able to absorb any more water and anti-flood Legions of soldiers and volunteers worked ple in Budapest - had been evacuated by author- precautions were to stay in place, according to through the night to reinforce dykes and repair ities from their homes. “We’re doing well, as we the authorities. Meteorologists in western Austria, leaks in eastern Germany and in Hungary. haven’t lost any lives, or suffered serious injuries one of the first regions hit by the floods last week- PARIS: People take part in a demonstration yesterday in honour of a young anti-fas- Throughout the German state of Saxony- yet,” he added. end, also warned that new rain in the coming cist activist killed in a fight with skinheads in central Paris on June 5. — AFP Anhalt, thousands of residents have been evacu- Meanwhile, the bridge linking Slovakia and days could trigger more flooding and landslides ated from their homes as water levels on the Hungary at Esztergom was closed to traffic early in the alpine valleys. — AFP Murder charge sought Elbe river - already at record levels in the past few days - continued to rise by some two cen- timetres every two hours, according to officials. in Paris activist death In Bitterfeld, patients had to be removed from a hospital as a dyke threatened to burst, and in PARIS: The Paris prosecutor said yesterday ment that he had asked the interior minis- the nearby medieval city of Magdeburg, flooded he is seeking an investigation for murder ter to “immediately” take steps, under a 77- roads forced the evacuations of several old peo- against a 20-year-old far-right militant sus- year-old domestic security law against far- ple’s homes. pected of being involved in the killing of an right hate groups, toward dissolving a far- In Muehlberg, a town in Branbenburg state anti-fascist activist in Paris this week. right group known as “Jeunesses national- that was already evacuated in the last few days, Prosecutor Francois Molins said authorities istes revolutionnaires” - or revolutionary the situation remained “very tense,” said local were also seeking charges against the sus- nationalist youth. Reached by The police spokeswoman Ines Filohn. Some 900 sol- pect, identified only as “Esteban,” and three Associated Press, an Interior Ministry diers and volunteers overnight there had to other alleged accomplices among a group spokeswoman said JNR was considered the build an emergency road so hundreds of trucks of skinheads for group violence in the security unit of Third Way. could gain easier access to a dyke that needed brawl between far-right and anti-fascist The fight erupted outside a clothing to be reinforced. “We need to protect the dykes activists that led to the death of 18-year- store where members of the two groups no matter what,” said Wolfgang Brandt, a old university student Clement Meric. had run into each other by chance on spokesman of the Brandenburg state crisis cen- Authorities had previously said he was 19 Wednesday, Molins said, citing witness tre. years old. accounts and testimony by the suspects Along the Danube, Hungary was next in line The four suspects were being held, and during police questioning. The suspects to suffer from the rising waters, with the flood a fifth suspect, a 32-year-old woman claimed to have responded to alleged expected to peak tomorrow morning in named Katya who was said to be Esteban’s provocation by the group that included Budapest. “It is now certain that the water level girlfriend, was facing the prospect of pre- Meric, a student at the prestigious Paris will not exceed 9.0 metres in Budapest,” Mayor liminary charges for complicity in group political science university known as Istvan Tarlos said yesterday. However, this would violence, Molins said. He said the suspects Sciences-Po, he said. “The one named still surpass the 2006 historical record of 8.60 m. were linked to a far-right group known as Esteban acknowledged to police that he Some 1,500 people had already been evacuated “Troisieme Voie” - or Third Way. Militant had struck Clement Meric twice - bare-fist- in the northwest of Hungary, where the river has MAGDEBURG, Germany: Inhabitants carry belongings through the floods of river Elbe yester- extreme-right groups have become ed, he claimed - including the blow that reached record levels in several locations. day. — AP increasingly visible in France, and France’s caused him to fall to the ground,” Molins Socialist-led government said after Meric’s said. “A friend of Clement Meric said he saw death that it wants to ban fascist and neo- him (Esteban) with brass knuckles, while Nazi groups. Yesterday, Prime Minister another witness of the scene referred to a Jean-Marc Ayrault’s office said in a state- ‘shiny object’ in his hands.” — AFP Geographers publish atlas on sexuality PARIS: Where are people most unfaithful? On a data drawn across five European countries from southern countries including France are not that darker level, where is child rape more prevalent? the 1.5 million members of Gleeden - a dating interested. On the much darker side of the mat- French geographers have tried to answer these site for married people who want affairs - the ter, the atlas collates figures on prostitution, sex- Assange: US justice questions and others in a global atlas on sexuali- atlas pinpoints Paris as the city where most peo- ual violence and discrimination. ty. From legislation and the dynamics of couples ple are unfaithful. According to the data, more Sweden held a European record for the num- to prostitution and violence, the book maps out than half of those who cheat on their partners ber of registered rape complaints in 2008 - or suffering collapse the evolution of sexual habits and acts around are highly educated, and 22 percent work in 53.2 out of 100,000 inhabitants - although the the world by collating various surveys, figures finance, banking or insurance. The major reason atlas points out the country’s legal definition of LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange personal data on telephone calls, emails, and reports already available. “Sexuality is every- cited for infidelity is a desire to test their seduc- rape is much broader than in other nations. It said Friday that the US justice system was website visits - on millions of Americans and where on our city walls and on our screens, in tion power. adds that many countries have taken measures suffering from a “calamitous collapse in the foreigners. lighter news or in darker events,” said Nadine In its chapter on couples, the atlas also to address sexual harassment, such as women- rule of law”, as Washington reeled from the Obama has defended the programs, say- Cattan, research director in geography at France’s explores other sexual habits, such as the frequen- only bus lines in Mexico and similar initiatives in sensational exposure of vast spy agency sur- ing they are legal, necessary to combat ter- National Center for Scientific Research. “We want- cy of sexual intercourse or the level of satisfac- cities in Brazil, Egypt and Japan. But in Europe, veillance programs. Speaking in an inter- ror, and balance security with privacy. ed to cover all this worldwide to try and under- tion. In Greece, Poland and Brazil, some 80 per- only 14 percent of rape complaints lead to a con- view with AFP at Ecuador’s London Assange, whose website has enraged stand it a bit better,” she said, adding the research cent of the population think sex is very impor- viction, the United Nations Office on Drugs and embassy, where he has been holed up for Washington by publishing hundreds of had lasted 18 months. tant, while in Thailand and Japan just 38 percent Crime says. And on that same continent, almost a year, the founder of the whistle- thousands of US diplomatic cables and clas- The atlas covers multiple areas, such as what it do, it says. In Europe, people in Britain, Norway Northern Ireland held the unenviable record in blowing website accused the US govern- sified files on the wars in Iraq and calls a “sexual and amorous transition” happening and Sweden are the most avid users of sex toys, 2008 of complaints of sexual assaults on minors, ment of trying to “launder” its activities with Afghanistan, said the Obama administration in Europe, where infidelity is on the rise. Using citing a report by condom maker Durex, while according to the same organisation. — AFP regard to the far-reaching electronic spying was engaged in a bid to “criminalise all effort revealed on Thursday. national security journalism in the United States”. US soldier Bradley Manning is being court-martialled for leaking the huge cache of government files to WikiLeaks, while there Mali holds crisis has been an outcry in the US media after the government seized the phone records of journalists at the Associated Press and Fox talks with rebels News in a bid to root out government sources. Commenting on Washington’s spy- OUAGADOUGOU: Malian authorities and flared after more than 100 black inhabitants ing on journalists and members of the pub- armed ethnic Tuareg rebels began talks yes- were expelled from Kidal, while many others lic, as well as his own treatment by US terday aimed at resolving the conflict in the were arrested by the lighter-skinned Tuaregs authorities, Assange said: “Over the last ten north to enable planned nationwide elec- of the MNLA in an act denounced as “ethnic years the US justice system has suffered tions to go ahead next month. “The aim is to cleansing” by the Bamako government. from a collapse, a calamitous collapse, in the find a durable solution to the grave crisis But Mali’s army has declared its intention rule of law. We see this in other areas as well engulfing Mali,” said President Blaise to recapture Kidal before the election in Mali, - with how Bradley Manning has been treat- Compaore of Burkina Faso which is mediat- once a model democracy in troubled west ed in prison, with US drone strikes occurring ing the negotiations. “Security is vital for the Africa until a coup in March last year. UN - even on American citizens - with no due holding of free and transparent elections,” he Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special rep- process.” said, calling for a cessation of renewed hostil- resentative to Mali, Bert Koenders, said he did Manning’s long-awaited military trial ities between government troops and rebels. not believe that the fighting would under- finally began on Monday at the Fort Meade Tensions remain high in the north after mine the talks in the Burkina Faso capital military base outside Washington. Assange heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday near Ouagadougou. Koenders told reporters in Julian Assange blasted the court martial as a “show trial” the rebel-held city of Kidal, stoking concerns Bamako on Friday that he placed “great hope and warned that the future of journalism about the staging of the presidential election in the Ouagadougou negotiations”. The talks “The US administration has the phone was at stake over US prosecutors’ argument scheduled for July 28. Kidal, which is prized had been due to get under way on Friday, but records of everyone in the United States and that by leaking the files, 25-year-old by the Tuaregs, has been occupied since the were postponed at the last minute at is receiving them daily from carriers to the Manning had helped Al-Qaeda. Aiding the end of January by the rebel National Bamako’s request, a diplomatic source said. National Security Agency under secret enemy is punishable by death in the US, Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Armed ethnic Tuaregs from MNLA rose up to agreements. That’s what’s come out,” said though prosecutors are not seeking this (MNLA) which has been accused of “ethnic fight for independence for the north in the 41-year-old Australian. Two newspaper sentence in Manning’s case. “What’s at stake cleansing” in the town. Fighting erupted in January last year and overwhelmed govern- OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s President Blaise exposes have laid bare the extent to which in this trial is the future of press in the the town of Anefis south of Kidal which left ment troops, leading frustrated mid-level offi- Compaore (right) shakes hands yesterday with Alghabass President Barack Obama’s intelligence appa- United States and in the rest of the world,” 30 rebels dead and two Malian soldiers cers to launch a coup that toppled elected Ag Intalla, leader of the Ansar Dine delegation, before the ratus is scooping up enormous amounts of Assange told AFP. — AFP wounded, according to the army. The battles president Amadou Toumani Toure. — AFP start of a meeting on the Malian crisis. — AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 INTERNATIONAL 5 dead, 5 injured after Calif shooting rampage Gunman fires at police cars, bystanders, pedestrians

SANTA MONICA: The gunman, when the gunman opened fire at a injuries. One had shrapnel-type employee Joe Orcutt was in the lot dressed all in black and carrying a house where two bodies were injuries and the two others had and said he saw the gunman, look- semi-automatic rifle, walked calmly found, police Chief Jacqueline injuries not related to gunfire. They ing calm and composed. “He’s just through the Santa Monica College Seabrooks said. were treated at a hospital and standing there, like he’s modeling for campus after killing his father, broth- Two officials said the killings released. The gunman also fired on some ammo magazine,” Orcutt said, er and another person, authorities began as a domestic violence inci- police cars, bystanders and pedestri- “seeing who he could shoot, one said. He would kill a woman outside dent and the victims in the home ans, police said. From there, the bullet at a time, like target practice.” the library moments later, before were the gunman’s father and broth- chaos shifted to Santa Monica The gunman walked on to cam- dying from police gunfire. Trena er. The officials spoke on condition of College, a two-year college with pus and shot the woman in front of Johnson, a longtime administrative anonymity because they were not about 34,000 students located the library, who appeared to be in assistant working in the dean’s office, authorized to publicly discuss the among homes and strip malls more her 50s and carried a bag of recy- looked out the window around noon case. As the house burst into flames, than a mile inland from the city’s clables, police spokesman Richard Lewis said. She died at the hospital about three hours later. The gunman went inside the library and kept shooting but apparently hit no one, NORTH CAROLINA: Paul Jackson with CNN’s storm coverage team waits to do Seabrooks said. a live shot under Johnnie Mercer’s Pier in Wrightsville Beach, NC, Friday, June Dozens of students, who had 7, 2013. —AP been studying for final exams, ran for the exits. “I was totally scared to death and I can’t believe it happened Storm Andrea brings rains, so fast,” said Vincent Zhang, a 20- year-old economics major. Officers flood watches to East Coast entered the library and shot the gun- man moments later, Seabrooks said. RALEIGH: The first named storm of the Charleston, S.C., there was little evidence He was carried to a sidewalk, where Atlantic hurricane season drenched the that the center of the storm was passing to he was declared dead. His body Southeastern US but caused no major dam- the northwest beyond a few downed tree remained there many hours later as age on Friday, marching up the East Coast as branches, gusty winds and some puddles in coroner’s investigators examined the it brought the threat of weekend flooding as the street. The sun occasionally peeked scene. His name and the names of far north as New England. After bringing through. Derrec Becker with the South his victims’ were being withheld rain, strong winds and even tornadoes to Carolina Emergency Management Division while the coroner’s office notified Florida, Andrea was losing its tropical char- said the storm brought only a severe thun- relatives. acteristics on Friday even as it still packed derstorm Friday. No injuries were reported, Nine crime scenes were under maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 and there had been no reports of significant investigation by officers from 11 dif- kph). It was blamed for one traffic-related damage. ferent law enforcement agencies, death in Virginia. Tropical storm warnings Mike Sprayberry of North Carolina said Lewis, the police spokesman. On remained in effect for North Carolina and Emergency Management told the Weather the gunman they found a canvas southern Virginia, the National Hurricane Channel that there had been some flash bag that included a rifle, a handgun Center in Miami said at 8 pm EDT Friday. The flooding and local road closures in the state and magazines of ammunition, storm’s low-level center was losing defini- but that “so far we have been quite fortu- Lewis said. A small cache of ammuni- tion but remained a threat to the East Coast nate.” Thousands of power outages were tion found in the house that had while “evolving into a low-pressure center,” also reported. Florida Gov Rick Scott had SANTA MONICA: Priscilla Morales cries as she is consoled by a parking enforcement officer in said Darin Figurskey, a National Weather warned Thursday of the risk of tornadoes, Santa Monica, Calif. —AP burned. Police had said earlier that seven people were killed, including Service meteorologist in Raleigh, N.C. and officials said that eight were confirmed Friday and saw a man with a “very the man, wearing what appeared to famous pier, promenade and expan- the gunman, but they revised the What was left of the storm center was 75 across the state. large gun.” be a ballistic jacket, carjacked a sive, sandy beaches. death toll to five at a news confer- miles (121 kilometers) southwest of Ocean Forecasters didn’t expect major prob- “We saw a woman get shot in the woman at gunpoint and directed In a faculty parking lot on the ence late Friday. Lewis said there City, Md., and moving northeastward at 35 lems, however, along the most vulnerable head,” said Johnson. “I haven’t been her to drive to the college campus, edge of campus, he fired on two were conflicting descriptions of mph (56 kph). Forecasters say Andrea could parts of the coast such as North Carolina’s able to stop shaking.”Before the ram- having her stop so he could shoot people in a red Ford Explorer that some victims and they were counted bring high winds, heavy rainfall, and local- Outer Banks, a popular tourist destination. page was over five people, including along the way, police said. crashed through a block wall. The twice. Police detained a second man ized coastal flooding through across the David Tweedie, 41, of Ocracoke, said an ear- the gunman, were killed and five He wounded one woman in a car driver was killed, police said, and a but released him and said he was mid-Atlantic states and New England. ly-morning burst of rain and the forecast of more were injured, police said. The who was in critical condition late passenger was in critical condition not a suspect, expressing confidence Rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were another three hours or so of rain and wind violence, which lasted just about 20 Friday. He fired on a city bus where after undergoing surgery UCLA the crisis had ended. “Santa Monica possible along the Eastern Seaboard into on the Outer Banks island has done little to minutes, started about mile away three women were left with minor Medical Center, doctors said. College is very safe tonight,” Lewis said. —AP coastal Maine, the hurricane center said. alter the day’s routine for the roughly 1,000 Winds near gale force were possible along year-round residents. the coast from the Delmarva Peninsula The Friday fish fry that kicks off the north to southern New Jersey, as well as island’s annual folk music and arts festival Martin’s character on coastal Rhode Island and southeastern was moved indoors to the island’s only pub- Massachusetts. lic school, and a musical performance of the trial in Zimmerman case Officials in the Mid-Atlantic region and three-day event was shifted to the commu- Northeast were bracing for the storm. New nity center. But the tropical system was oth- MIAMI: To his supporters, Trayvon Martin from being a central theme,” he added. The York City activated its flash flooding plan, erwise forcing no changes to the Ocrafolk was a typical teenager: flawed yet full of judge ruled at a pre-trial hearing last month while flash flood watches were issued for Festival that normally draws more than promise, a boy on the verge of becoming a that photos and texts from Martin’s cell- northern Delaware, several Maryland coun- 2,000 visitors, Tweedie said. “The weather is man with dreams of piloting planes. If he dif- phone and social media posts, as well as his ties, southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey looking pretty good for blowing out and for fered from his peers it was because he suspension from school for suspected mari- and parts of New England. The weather us having a good day tomorrow,” said embraced public displays of affection from juana use, cannot be mentioned in opening service reported that small streams and Tweedie, the festival coordinator. his parents. To defenders of the man who arguments. creeks in southeastern Pennsylvania were Authorities in coastal Bertie County, NC, killed him, Martin was a gun-loving fight Martin’s parents have argued from the going over their banks Friday night. New said a school bus with 32 elementary stu- enthusiast with a marijuana habit, a repre- start their son was an innocent victim who York City’s airports were experiencing flight dents on board slid off the road and into a sentative of the dark side of the “gangsta” was stalked by Zimmerman while walking delays, and Connecticut was reporting ditch about 8 am. No injuries were reported. culture popularized by hip-hop music and back to the gated community near Orlando numerous lane closures on highway as cars A Coast Guard cutter and HC-130 Hercules urban crime mythology. with candy and soft drinks he had bought at spun out amid heavy rain. airplane were called to rescue four adults For all the attention paid to a homicide a convenience store. They accuse The rainy weather washed out events aboard a 35-foot sailboat about 65 miles off that captivated the United States for much Zimmerman of being a vigilante, whose such as NASCAR’s Sprint Cup qualifying and Charleston, SC. The sailboat’s engine was of 2012, those competing narratives still decision to pursue their son provoked the the Washington Nationals Friday night disabled during the storm and left rocking cloud much of the public’s understanding struggle that resulted in Martin’s death. As home game. Authorities in Virginia blamed in 15-foot seas and 35-mph winds. Beach of Martin, who was three weeks past his long as the prosecution stays close to the heavy rain from the storm’s outer bands for vacationers were keeping a close eye on the 17th birthday when he was shot dead by narrative of what happened that night, a fatal accident on Interstate 77 in the state’s storm. neighborhood watch volunteer George lawyers say it will be tough for the defense to western mountains. William Petty, 57, of Tan Sanders, 20, of Goldsboro, brought Zimmerman on Feb 26, 2012. “We never bring up any possible negative baggage in Lexington, S.C., died when a car in which he his surfboard, hoping for bigger-than-usual said he was an angel, but he was ours,” the dead boy’s past. Martin’s parents say they was a passenger hydroplaned while passing waves during his vacation at North Myrtle said Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, a are not the least bit worried should his char- a tractor-trailer. He survived the crash, only Beach, SC. The newcomer to surfing got bureaucrat for Miami’s housing authority acter be brought up at trial. “You can’t con- to be killed moments later when the car was more than he wanted. “I went out for proba- who was thrust into the media spotlight demn every teenager that has been sus- struck by second tractor-trailer, authorities bly about 20 or 30 minutes, but it was beat- by her son’s death. “Trayvon had his ups pended from school because you would be LOSA ANGELES: This undated file photo shows the said. ing me to death so we come back in,” and downs, his good days and bad days throwing rocks at a lot of kids,” said Martin’s booking photo of serial killer Richard Ramirez. —AP During the morning rush hour in Sanders said. —AP like every teenager.” mother, Fulton, 47. She is on a leave of Zimmerman, 29, was due to go on trial for absence from her Miami Dade county hous- second-degree homicide on Monday, when ing job until the trial is over. Serial killer jury selection was set to begin. He has Local gang suspect in pleaded not guilty, contending he acted in A career in aviation self defense during their confrontation in a Martin’s parents say his suspension and Richard gated community in the central Florida town marijuana use were rare blemishes. Martin, Mexico mass kidnapping of Sanford. The case inspired national who had no criminal record, was eagerly MEXICO CITY: The mysterious disappearance detained but later let go, Rios said. Mexico City debates on race and guns and the law. exploring many typical teenage pursuits - Ramirez dies of 12 people from a Mexico City after-hours authorities spent all day Friday assuring resi- Celebrities tweeted and demonstrators sports, music, roller skating and the movies - bar nearly two weeks ago was the work of a dents that the two crimes were not related marched around the United States in protest and was interested in pursuing a career relat- LOS ANGELES: Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as local gang, authorities said, with the possible and that the incidents are not signs of large- when police initially declined to arrest ed to aviation, they said. “He was at that age the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and muti- motive being a dispute between rival groups scale drug violence seen in other parts of Zimmerman, saying he acted in self-defense. that he thought there was nothing he could- lated victims’ bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early over drug dealing. There has been no word of Mexico. President Barack Obama sympathized with n’t do,” his mother said. Martin would have Friday in a hospital, a prison official said. Ramirez, 53, had been tak- the 12 since they vanished in broad daylight The crime in the gym, an assassination tar- the victim, seeming to acknowledge racial graduated high school this month. For two en from San Quentin’s death row to a hospital where authorities said on May 26 just a block from Mexico City’s geted at two brothers, is not related to the dis- profiling in America when he said, “If I had a summers in middle school he juggled his he died of liver failure. Prison officials said they could not release fur- leafy Paseo de Reforma. City Prosecutor appearance of the young, he added. “I don’t son, he’d look like Trayvon.” passion for American football with attending ther details on the cause of death, citing federal patient privacy laws. Rodolfo Rios showed a surveillance videotape have any indication of any cartel in Mexico The controversy forced the police chief to a science and math summer camp led by Ramirez had been housed on death row for decades and was await- to reporters late Friday that disputes witness’ City,” Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera told the step down, the chief prosecutor to remove Barrington Irving, a Miami pilot and educator ing execution, even though it has been years since anyone has been accounts that the missing people were taken Televisa television network. “It’s not a cartel. himself from the case, and the governor to who in 2007 at age 23 became the youngest put to death in California. by masked commandos with large guns and What we have in Tepito is an upswing in vio- appoint a special prosecutor who brought person - and the first African American - to At his first court appearance, Ramirez raised a hand with a penta- SUVs. lence, and an upswing in some gangs.” the murder charge against Zimmerman. In fly solo around the world. gram drawn on it and yelled, “Hail, Satan.” His marathon trial, which The videotape shows several compact cars A witness to the alleged kidnapping told the face of such a maelstrom, Zimmerman’s Irving said Martin was most interested in ended in 1989, was a horror show in which jurors heard about one pulling up, and people being herded in just a authorities that is was the result of a dispute defense lawyers argued that Martin’s charac- the mechanical side of aviation, building and dead victim’s eyes being gouged out and another’s head being couple at a time. The men taking them are in between two rival groups of drug dealers ter was relevant to their case. So far, the judge fixing aircraft, but also took to the air with nearly severed. Courtroom observers wept when survivors of some civilian clothes, and there are no signs of operating in Tepito, Rios said, but added that presiding over the case has resisted admit- Irving. “He kind of reminded me of myself a of the attacks testified. Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that weapons or force, explaining why so many it’s just one line of investigation. Tepito is the ting such arguments. “We have a lot of evi- little bit as it relates to his love of football and terrorized Southern California in 1984 and 1985 as well as charges of people could disappear without detection in main clearinghouse for millions of dollars of dence that marijuana use had something to then going into aviation,” the aviator said. “He rape, sodomy, oral copulation, burglary and attempted murder. the middle of a busy Sunday. There was both a contraband, from guns and drugs to counter- do with the event,” Zimmerman’s lawyer, actually showed his commitment, going to a The killing spree reached its peak in the hot summer of 1985, as mass bike ride and 5-kilometer (3.1 mile) foot feit handbags that come through Mexico City. Mark O’Mara, told a pre-trial hearing late last summer program and then going to football the nocturnal killer entered homes through unlocked windows and race less than a block away when they were Mancera said authorities were investigating month. An autopsy revealed marijuana in practice.” Martin was introduced to aviation doors and killed men and women with gunshot blasts to the head seen leaving the bar about 11 a.m. whether the alleged mass kidnapping might Martin’s system. by his uncle, Ronald Fulton, who had been or knives to the throat, sexually assaulted female victims, and bur- Rios said the abduction involved at least 17 have been related to the execution on May 24 Supporters of Zimmerman say he has studying to be an aviation mechanic when a glarized the residences. He was dubbed the Night Stalker by the people in eight vehicles. He said so far authori- of a low-level drug dealer outside a bar in the been unfairly tainted as racist, noting the car accident in 2001 left him a paraplegic. press while residents were warned to lock their doors and windows ties can only place eight of the 12 at the after- trendy Condesa neighborhood. A public securi- neighborhood was on heightened alert after “If something would break he would at night. hours bar known as Heaven, which was locat- ty official who was not authorized to be quoted a series of break-ins in the community. always find a way to make it work,” the uncle Some of the crimes were grisly beyond imagining: A man was ed on a small side street in an upscale business by name had said that the killing of the dealer Zimmerman’s lawyers argue Martin’s family said. Martin’s school friends said he was murdered in his bed and his wife was raped beside the dead body. district of towering high-rises. Four people outside the “Black Bar” was related to the disap- has tried to present a “totally inaccurate” pic- known by the nicknames ‘Slimm’ and ‘So The killer beat a small child and attempted to sodomize him. There have been detained so far in the crime, includ- pearances two days later, and that both may ture of the boy, hiding a darker side of his Skinny’ due to his narrow frame and baggy were also signs of devil worship - a pentagram drawn on the wall at ing an owner of the bar and two employees. have been part of a turf battle between drug interest in drugs, guns and fights. “From the clothes. They described him as a popular kid one murder scene and survivors’ accounts of being ordered to The missing all lived in Tepito, one of Mexico gangs. The Heaven bar and the Black bar have defense perspective it’s extremely important who steered clear of trouble. “I knew who to “swear to Satan “ by the killer. City’s most dangerous neighborhood’s and some threads in common, which prosecutors because of their proposition that avoid, who the bad kids were, and Trayvon Ramirez was finally chased down and beaten in 1985 by resi- home to its largest black market. are investigating,” Mancera said. “These two Zimmerman was defending himself and that was definitely not one of them,” said Malcolm dents of a blue-collar East Los Angeles neighborhood as he Four people were gunned down in a gym events could lead us to the conclusion that they Trayvon was an aggressor,” said David Hawkins, 16. The judge has blocked efforts attempted a carjacking. They recognized him after his picture late Thursday night in the same neighbor- are related.” But he said “we have found nothing Weinstein, a Miami lawyer and former state by the defense to obtain Martin’s school appeared that day in the news media. The trial of Ramirez took a hood, raising fears that a wave of cartel-style to connect” the Thursday gym shootings with prosecutor. records, but his friends and teachers say he year, but the entire case - bogged down in pretrial motions and violence was hitting the city. Two men were the bar case. —AP “On the prosecution side you want to was a good student with a special interest in appeals - lasted four years, making it one of the longest criminal cas- downplay that and keep Trayvon’s character science. —Reuters es in US history. —AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 INTERNATIONAL But wait, there’s more: A domestic spying Q&A

WASHINGTON: Wait, there’s more? Yes, this Like the phone-records program, PRISM was amounts of data into the NSA’s computers and Because the authorization came from the PRISM, there apparently was a FISA court order was the week that America’s intelligence approved by a judge in a secret court order. much of that comes from the accounts of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, all the authorizing this effort. And PRISM does not secrets spilled out: Classified court orders. Top Unlike that program, however, PRISM allowed American citizens. All this information lives on legal justification is classified. The court was require direct access to company servers. More secret Power Point slides. Something called the government to seize actual conversations: NSA computer servers. At this point, the gov- created by the Foreign Intelligence likely, in fact, the NSA or the companies would PRISM. It’s pretty important stuff, if you can emails, video chats, instant messages and ernment has your information but can still say Surveillance Act of 1978 and is known in intelli- set up a designated route to transfer data to make sense of it. Here’s what you need to more. it hasn’t targeted you. gence circles as the FISA court. Cases are heard the government. That’s easier for the company know. Q: The past two days have been packed The NSA hasn’t targeting someone until it inside vaults in a Washington federal court- and less legally problematic for the NSA. Other with coverage about domestic surveillance. I Q: How does that work? reaches into its database and pulls records on house. And court rulings are almost never companies issued similar statements that don’t have no idea what I’m hearing. A: You’re going to hear a lot about PRISM necessarily preclude their involvement in A: That’s not a question. So let’s start from and, when you do, it’s important to remember PRISM. But certainly they raise more questions the beginning, which in the national security two things: First, it’s no less than astonishing about what, exactly, was going on. And the world these days means going back to 9/11. that reporters obtained such highly classified, company’s statements are another reminder Shortly after the attacks, Congress hastily detailed documents about an ongoing intelli- that we still don’t know much about how approved the USA Patriot Act. That gave the gence-gathering program. Second, for all the PRISM worked. government wide new powers to collect infor- incredible details, we still know relatively little mation on Americans. In the first few years, about the program. The Power Point slides Q: Just last week we were talking about news coverage focused on how the FBI would appear to be from an internal NSA presenta- how the administration seized the phone use these new powers to seize phone, bank, tion explaining the value of PRISM to analysts. records from the AP and Fox News. Was that library records and more. Separate from the So they don’t get very technical and they leave part of this program? Patriot Act, though, President George W. Bush a lot unanswered. Imagine someone trying to A: No. Surveillance authorized by the FISA authorized the National Security Agency to understand the way a company works using court can only be used to gather intelligence. conduct a highly classified wiretapping pro- only the Power Point slides from the most It isn’t supposed to be used for law enforce- gram. Normally, the government needs a war- recent staff meeting. That’s what this is. From ment. In these cases, the Justice Department is rant to spy on Americans but Bush allowed the the documents, it’s clear that the NSA receives investigating who provided the news organi- NSA to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, read their data directly from the Internet companies. The zations with classified information. It’s part of emails and collect their phone records - all information varies by company but includes Obama’s unprecedented crackdown on offi- without warrants. emails, your social networking activity, the files cials who speak to journalists without the gov- In 2005, The New York Times revealed the you receive, even family photos. ernment’s blessing. Since the goal is to bring existence of that program. Amid the furor, the rules changed. The wiretapping operation and Q: What do they do with that stuff? criminal charges against someone, the Justice the collection of phone records could contin- A: It’s not clear from the documents but, like Department seized records using run-of-the- ue, but a judge had to sign off on them. The with phone records, the NSA appears to be mill court orders. scope of those programs was never fully building a database of much of the Internet known. But the government assured people traffic. The companies participating in PRISM Q: Is this keeping America safe? that the spying was narrow and kept them produce enormous amounts of data every day A: The Obama administration, like the Bush safe. Congress voted to keep the authority so storing it would require computing power administration before it, says yes. But because Then this week arrived. The Guardian newspa- the likes of which the public has never seen. both the phone data program and PRISM per published a classified court document People who study technology and security remain classified, it’s impossible to thoroughly from April authorizing the government to seize believe that’s why the NSA has been building a verify these claims. The president can choose all of Verizon’s phone records on a daily basis - 1-million square-foot data center near Salt what he wants to declassify, which gives him a trove of millions of numbers. The govern- Lake City. The datacenter will reportedly cost an advantage in the debate for public opinion. ment didn’t eavesdrop on anyone (under this about $2 billion to construct and another $40 UTAH: A military no trespassing sign is seen in front of Utah’s NSA Data Center in Bluffdale, And the politics of national security are stark: court order, at least) but it received all outgo- million a year to power such a wide swath of Utah, Friday, June 7, 2013. — AP Terrorist threats tend to raise demand for new, ing and incoming numbers for every call, plus supercomputers. more aggressive surveillance tactics; the the unique electronic fingerprints that identify Forget megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes. someone. Basically, PRISM might have all your made public. It’s not clear whether the compa- absence of attacks helps justify the surveil- cellphones. The court document showed that, According to a report last year by Wired maga- emails but, until someone reads them, you nies agreed to be part of PRISM voluntarily or lance. The documents obtained by the Post now that warrantless surveillance was off the zine, the Utah facility will be able to handle so haven’t been targeted. NSA analysts are only were under court order but, either way, the and Guardian show that PRISM has been a table, the government was using its Patriot Act much information that its storage capacity is supposed to focus on non-US citizens outside companies almost certainly signed legal agree- major source of intelligence, one that provides authority to seize the phone records of measured in what are known as yottabytes. A the United States. According to the Post, ments with the government spelling out their more information than to the president’s American citizens. A program that the govern- yottabyte is so big as to be nearly inconceiv- though, “incidental” collection of American cooperation. The Post reported that the gov- morning briefing book than any other pro- ment said was narrow was suddenly revealed able by casual computer users: It’s enough data is common, even at the targeting stage. ernment has the authority to force companies gram. Obama said Friday that Congress was as vast. Under Bush and then President Barack information to fill 200 trillion DVDs. It’s more Let’s say analysts are looking at a suspected to participate. well aware of these programs and a FISA judge Obama, the National Security Agency has built information than moves through the entire terrorist. They pull his emails and all his approved them. a colossal database of American phone calls. Internet in a single year. Computer scientists Facebook friends. Then they take all those peo- Q: But the companies are denying all this, don’t have a name for whatever is bigger than ple and pull their data, too. According to NSA right? Q: That’s a lot to digest. Is that it? a yottabyte. It’s so big, they don’t need one yet. training materials obtained by the Post, ana- A: Sort of. Apple, for instance, issued a state- Q: So what’s the scandal here? A: Nope. A day after the court document lysts are required to report to their superiors ment saying it had “never heard of PRISM.” A: This week, Americans have gotten a surfaced, the Guardian and Washington Post Q: Does this apply to Americans? whenever this results in collection of U.S. con- That’s not surprising. PRISM is a government glimpse at a government surveillance published stories and secret Power Point slides A: Yes, definitely. tent but, “it’s nothing to worry about.” codename for a collection effort known offi- machine that has been churning for years, revealing another classified spying program. cially as US-984XN. There would be no reason gathering information on its own citizens. Unlike the effort to collect phone records, this Q: But Obama said Friday that Americans Q: How is this legal? for the NSA to share the code name with the These stories are important not because they one hadn’t even been hinted about publicly are not targeted by this program. A: Again, the PRISM documents don’t spell companies. Apple’s statement continued, “We show rogue, illegal government spying. They beforehand. This program, code-named PRISM, A: That’s also, true. It all comes down to the out the whole program. James Clapper, the do not provide any government agency with matter because they reveal, in such stark fash- allowed the NSA and FBI to tap directly into the word “targeted.” Here’s why. The agency can’t director of national intelligence, said late direct access to our servers, and any govern- ion, what the government has made legal over servers of major US Internet companies such as target Americans. But targeting is different Thursday that the program was approved by a ment agency requesting customer data must the past decade and where that has taken the Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and AOL. from collecting. PRISM dumps massive judge and is done in accordance with US law. get a court order.” From what we know about country. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Insider attack kills 3 US troops in Afghanistan Argument leads to shooting in army base

KABUL: A man in an Afghan army uniform 29 insider attacks, killing 62 international Yesterday’s deaths brought to 16 the number turned his weapon on American trainers work- troops. Afghan security forces also are targets of international troops killed in Afghanistan ing with him in the country’s east yesterday, of such attacks. Last month, two recently this month. On Thursday, seven Georgian sol- killing three of them, while an attacker with a rehired Afghan police opened fire on their diers died in a truck bombing at their base in grenade killed an Italian soldier in the west, commander at a checkpoint in a remote dis- the south. Taleban insurgents have launched officials said. The shooting in Paktika province trict in the country’s south, killing him and six intense attacks across the country as Afghan was the latest in a string of so-called “insider of his men. The Taleban insurgents claim most forces take over most security responsibility attacks” in which Afghan forces open fire on of the insider attacks, saying they have infiltrat- ahead of most foreign troops’ withdrawal next their own comrades or international troops. ed Afghan security forces or persuaded sol- year, more than a decade after the American- The incidents threaten to shake the confidence diers and police to join their side. However, the led invasion to oust the Taleban regime for and trust of the two sides as the 2014 with- international coalition has said many of them sheltering al-Qaida’s leadership after the drawal of most of the international forces are sparked by personal disputes. In the west- Islamic extremist group launched the Sept. 11, approaches. ern province of Farah, meanwhile, an Italian 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. An argument between the Afghan soldier soldier was killed and three others wounded in Countries in the NATO alliance met in and his trainers appeared to have led to yester- a grenade attack on their armored vehicle in Brussels this week to lay out a new plan for day’s shooting on an Afghan National Army western Afghanistan. The Italian Defense shifting into a training and assistance role, but base in Paktika’s Kher Qot district, according to Ministry said the attack in Farah province came they did not agree on how many noncombat a statement from the provincial governor’s as the Italian soldiers were returning to their troops it will maintain in Afghanistan after office. The international military coalition in base from training Afghan security forces. The 2014. There are now about 100,000 interna- Afghanistan said two American service mem- Italian convoy of three armored vehicle appar- tional troops in Afghanistan, including 66,000 bers and one US civilian died. It had initially ently had been slowed by traffic near an inter- from the United States. Most of the pullout is identified them as three US military personnel. section when an attacker ran up and threw an set for this winter. MULTAN: Pakistani protesters from the United Citizen Action torch a US flag during a The angry Afghan soldier opened fire dur- explosive device into the lead vehicle, the min- The remaining smaller force is expected to protest yesterday. — AFP ing the argument, killing the three foreign istry said. It added that the three wounded sol- be mostly American advisers. However, trainers and wounding three others, according diers’ injuries were not life-threatening. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Pakistan govt summons US to the governor’s statement. The foreigners The Taleban quickly took responsibility for said yesterday during a surprise visit to Kabul returned fire and killed the Afghan soldier, who the attack, with spokesman Qari Yousef that the German government is thinking about envoy over drone strike had no known connection to the insurgency. Ahmadi claiming that the attacker was an 11- leaving behind 600-800 troops after 2014. “The So far this year, there have been five insider year-old boy. But Farah province provincial departure of our troops from Afghanistan will ISLAMABAD: Just days after taking power, While the previous government of the attacks on foreign forces, with a total of eight government spokesman Abdul Rahman happen as planned but at the same time we Pakistan’s new government summoned a top Pakistan People’s Party did, on occasion, sum- troops and one US contractor killed. However, Zhawandai says an adult man was seen throw- will not forget about Afghanistan in the years US envoy yesterday to lodge a protest over a mon US envoys over drone strikes, it usually the number of such attacks has eased after ing a grenade, then escaping by blending into after 2014,” Westerwelle said, adding, “We will US drone strike, suggesting that Prime stuck to routine press releases denouncing soaring last year - in 2012, there were at least the crowd at a nearby vegetable market. engage with them in a different way.”— AP Minister Nawaz Sharif’s team fully intends to them. It was also widely believed that many make good on its promise to aggressively People’s Party leaders privately supported the push for an end to such strikes. Friday night’s drone strikes. At the same time, Sharif has to drone strike near the Afghan border, which strike a balance in his approach to a powerful was said to have killed seven militants, came ally such as the US, which has provided 18 arrested in India after two days after Sharif was sworn in as premier Pakistan with billions in military and humani- and the same day his Cabinet members took tarian aid over the years, said Babar Sattar, a their oaths. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League- political and legal analyst in Pakistan. brutal witchcraft killing N handily won general elections last month “Reaction more stringent than this with an and is expected to govern with a relatively ally and friend would obviously have the pos- strong mandate because it doesn’t need to sibility of disrupting the relationship - and GUWAHATI: At least 18 tribal vil- rely on coalition partners. he’s made it clear that’s not what he wants,” lagers in India’s northeast were Sharif, who wants to pursue peace talks Sattar said, noting that Sharif has not, for arrested for hacking to death a man with militants threatening his country, has example, backed calls by some activists that they suspected of practising witch- insisted the US stop the drone strikes, saying Pakistan shoot down the drones. craft, police said yesterday. They they violate Pakistan’s sovereignty and are Sharif also has been far more careful than claimed they were told to kill the counterproductive because they often kill his People’s Party predecessors in his rhetoric victim by a Hindu goddess who innocent civilians and stoke anti-U.S. senti- about militancy in Pakistan and has said he appeared in their dreams. Mobs ment in this nation of 180 million. The US wants to enter a dialogue with the Pakistani have killed at least 200 people over insists the CIA-run strikes primarily kill al- Taleban. That has raised concerns in the West the past five years who they have Qaida and other militants who threaten the that he might be too sympathetic to the accused of practising sorcery and West as well as efforts to stabilize Islamist extremists, but he also may simply witchcraft-mainly in tribal-dominat- Afghanistan. In a recent speech, President want to exhaust the option of peace talks so ed areas of western and northern Barack Obama pledged more transparency as to later gain public support for military Assam state, Indian police say. and restrictions on the highly secretive pro- action, Sattar said. A stop to drone strikes The killing took place on Friday gram. could give him more space in that process. at a tea estate village in Assam’s Sharif adviser Tariq Fatemi, acting on the In its first drone strike in Pakistan after the Cachar district, 300 kilometres (180 premier’s instructions, summoned US country’s recent election, the U.S. in late May miles) south of the impoverished Embassy Charge D’Affaires Richard Hoagland killed Waliur Rehman, deputy leader of the state’s main city of Guwahati. to the Foreign Office yesterday to complain Pakistani Taleban. The Pakistani Taleban, who Cachar district police chief Diganta about the latest drone strike, according to a have killed thousands of people in bombings Bora told AFP by telephone that Pakistani government statement. US and other attacks across the country, con- the attack was “barbaric with a Ambassador Richard Olson was out of firmed Rehman’s death and promptly said group of hysterical villagers sacrific- Pakistan at the time. they would not talk peace with Sharif. ing the man by piercing his neck “The importance of bringing an immedi- Sharif - while not naming Rehman or the with sharp weapons and chanting ate end to drone strikes was emphasized,” the Taleban - spoke out against that drone strike, religious hymns”. government statement said. “It was also and his party in a statement noted that it was The villagers who took part in stressed that these drone strikes have a nega- “highly regrettable” that it came after the killing of the 55-year-old man tive impact on the mutual desire of both Obama’s speech. The drone strike Friday night believed the victim was practising NARAYANPUR BASTI, Guwahati: Indian police arrest a villager suspected to be involved in the killing of the countries to forge a cordial and cooperative struck a compound in Mangrothi village in witchcraft and were seeking to “appease the goddess Kali”, the 55-year-old man after they claimed they were told to kill the victim by a Hindu goddess who appeared in relationship and to ensure peace and stability the Shawal area, along the border dividing their dreams. — AFP in the region.” A US Embassy official con- the North and South Waziristan tribal regions, Hindu deity of destruction, Bora said. “Villagers said during police firmed the encounter but did not provide fur- two Pakistani intelligence officials said, speak- states, authorities say. “Most of the inspired by superstitious beliefs,” Police in the state have set up a questioning the goddess told them ther details. He requested anonymity because ing on condition of anonymity because they people were drunk and dancing Bora said. Assam’s police inspector programme, called Project Prahari in their dreams to kill this man to he was not authorized to publicly talk about were not authorized to release the informa- with the dead body in front of general, Kula Saikia, called such (Vigilance), that involves communi- prevent disease and other ills from diplomatic discussions. tion on the record. them and later they buried him a killings “a really big problem” for ty policing and holding regular spreading into their village,” Bora Issuing the summons so quickly after tak- The tribal regions are nearly impossible to pit,” the police official said, adding authorities. “Most of these cases are education campaigns among tribal said. ing power indicates Sharif wants to quickly access for foreign and many Pakistani journal- the investigation into the death inspired by superstition. It is shock- chiefs and village elders. “Simply Superstitious beliefs, black mag- carve out as much political space as he can - ists, so the report could not be independently was still under way. ing to hear about such incidents in enforcing the law and punishing ic and demonology are integral to domestically and in his relations with the US. confirmed. But North and South Waziristan “We will soon pick up some this modern world,” he said, adding the guilty are inadequate measures. tribal customs in parts of Assam, more people directly involved in that the victims are often killed There has to be an attitudinal It could also be a fairly calculated move in this are known to be havens for multiple militant Tripura and other northeastern this heinous crime that was “very brutally”. change,” Saikia said. — AFP country, where the military retains significant groups, including the Pakistani Taleban. The power and where political rivals have gained US has launched hundreds of drone strikes in traction by being even more vocal against Pakistan since 2008, though the frequency drones. has fallen significantly in recent years. — AP Hardline Modi set to be frontman of India’s oppn PANAJI: Controversial opposition politician called in “sick” and skipped a crucial meeting ment) polls,” the mass-circulation English daily Narendra Modi’s hopes of becoming India’s on Friday. But observers say he might relent said, reflecting similar views in other newspa- Arsonist behind next prime minister could get a big boost this and attend the last day of the conclave to pers Friday. If Modi is made head of the Hindu weekend when his party chooses its frontman symbolically validate Modi’s new role and nationalist party’s election campaign, he will for next year’s general elections. Modi, chief show party unity. be expected to canvass around the country, China bus fire minister of the thriving western state of Another senior leader, Uma Bharti, is also forge strategies to attack the left-leaning rul- Gujarat for more than a decade, is widely not attending the meeting of some 300 party ing Congress party and build support for BEIJING: An arsonist who wanted to “vent gers on the bus when it caught fire, five less expected to be named as head of the members. Bharti had earlier expressed reluc- being the BJP’s candidate for prime minister. personal grievances” is suspected to have than the vehicle’s capacity. Thirty-four peo- Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election panel at tance to support Modi as the prime ministeri- But the ghosts of anti-Muslim riots in caused a horrific bus blaze in China which ple were hospitalised following the blaze a two-day meeting that begins Saturday in al candidate, despite his rising voter populari- Gujarat just over a decade ago could be a left 47 people dead, state media said yes- on the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) vehicle. the coastal state of Goa, despite opposition ty. The Hindustan Times in a front-page article stumbling block in Modi’s ambitions to lead terday. Police in Xiamen found notes at the Witnesses said the bus was destroyed with- from some senior colleagues. titled “Goa First Steps in Modi’s March to house of a local man saying he planned the in 10 minutes by the fire, and some heard a India. As many as 2,000 people-mainly arson attack, which saw a bus being series of explosions. Lal Krishna Advani, the 85-year-old veteran Delhi” said the right-wing Hindu nationalist Muslims-were killed during the month-long engulfed in flames within minutes during Jiang Xiatong, who was sitting near the of the BJP who mentored Modi is now politician was gaining ground. unrest, according to rights groups. One of Friday’s evening rush hour in the southeast- back window of the bus, told the state-run opposed to his elevation due to what some “The scales are tipping in favour of a clear Modi’s former ministers was jailed for life for ern coastal city, Xinhua said. Chen Global Times newspaper that she smelt a party officials say is the Gujarat politician’s picture that Narendra Modi will be the BJP’s taking part in instigating the killings but sev- Shuizong, who was born in 1954, planned “peculiar odour” before the vehicle caught arrogant style. Party officials said Advani face in the run-up to the Lok Sabha (parlia- eral investigations have cleared the hardline the attack as he was “unhappy and pes- fire. “While I was climbing, I felt my legs politician of personal responsibility. Ahead of simistic”, the official state news agency said, being pressed by someone, and then I felt a the meeting, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a senior quoting a statement from the local govern- hot wave burn my legs,” she told the news- BJP leader, said Modi had shown his leader- ment. paper. Another survivor told domestic ship qualities. The statement also said DNA evidence media that passengers were asking “Who “Modi is a popular leader of the country found that Chen was the key suspect in the brought petrol on the bus?” moments and has proved his leadership with his per- tragedy, one of China’s deadliest individual before it caught fire. The bus operated on a formance,” he said. In March, the 62-year-old acts of violence in recent years. Chen died nine metre (30 foot) elevated road, in what Modi was named a member of the BJP’s par- in the inferno, the statement said. City offi- was believed to be China’s first overhead cials had earlier told a news conference rapid transport system when it was liamentary board, a party decision-making that a criminal probe had been launched launched in 2008. body. Some observers expect a showdown after initial investigations showed the The network of three lines covers 67 between Modi and Rahul Gandhi, the 42-year- accelerant was petrol, while the bus was kilometres (42 miles), and carries 265,000 old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty which equipped with a diesel engine. people a day, with buses often crowded is at the helm of the Congress party and is The investigation by experts and police during rush hour. A total of 15 students hoping to win a third straight term in office. also showed that the tyres and tank of the were on board the bus, and seven of them Congress has painted Modi as a commu- bus “remained complete”, Xinhua said. are receiving medical treatment in hospital, nally divisive figure as it seeks to retain the There have been previous reports of Xinhua said. Eight students remain missing, important Muslim vote in the elections that attacks on public transport in China, by according to the Xiamen Municipal must be held in the first half of 2014. Analysts people aiming to air personal grievances or Education Bureau. Xinhua also said that said refraining from announcing Modi as the settle scores with authorities. In 2009, a bus two candidates for the gaokao, China’s party’s prime ministerial candidate could be a in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu national university entry examination, were safe political ploy that would protect the BJP was set ablaze by an unemployed man with among those being treated at hospital. The politician in the event of electoral defeat. “If gasoline, killing 28 people and injuring two-day exam began on Friday. more than 70. “It was rush hour, the train was full and the BJP wins, then he is the star and if the par- Online reports said there was height- it was a total mess after the explosion,” a ty loses, he can safely go back to Gujarat,” said ened security at bus stops in Xiamen yes- student surnamed Lu told the local Fujian Sanjay Kumar, a research fellow at the Centre terday. Xinhua said there were 90 passen- web portal fjsen.com. —AFP VASCO: India’s Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters following his for the Study of Developing Societies, an arrival at the Dabolim airport at Vasco in Goa, on June 7, 2013. — AFP independent think-tank in New Delhi. — AFP

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wo events this past week pushed me to reflect on my com- munity and the trajectory of our progress in American life. TOn Wednesday, after delivering a briefing for the Arab League Ambassadors on developments in Washington, one ambassador asked me a rather pointed question about the Arab American community - our organizations and accomplishments. I answered the question, I hope to his satisfaction, noting the progress we had made during the past four decades: organizing ourselves and securing our identity; defending our heritage against defamation and ourselves against discrimination; and developing the capacity to provide services and support to our community. A better answer to the ambassador’s question sat around a table the next day as my office hosted a luncheon for our summer interns. Sixteen in all, they are an impressive group. Most are Arab Americans, diverse in their backgrounds - Christian and Muslim, native born and recent immigrants from a variety of Arab countries. Some of our interns have come to us directly from the Arab World - Yemen, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Spying row complicates cybersecurity efforts Tunisia. And there are a few who are not of Arab descent, but who have come to learn more about our community and our work. By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Joseph Menn before this week’s revelations. While support for strong could also increase pressure on the Pentagon to appoint This year’s collection of interns, graduates from prestigious col- national security measures is one of the few issues that separate officials to head Cyber Command, the military leges and law schools, were selected from hundreds of applicants he Obama administration’s cybersecurity agenda, crosses Washington’s party lines in the aftermath of the command that oversees offensive and defensive opera- seeking an opportunity in public service. One intern is working at which includes expanding the military’s Cyber Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, a few law- tions in cyberspace, and the NSA. Both hats are now the US Mission to the United Nations. Four have taken posts at TCommand and beefing up protection for critical makers did call for probes or closed-door hearings on worn by Army General Keith Alexander. “This concept of Washington think tanks. Still others are working in Congress, infrastructure, faces more intense scrutiny after two vast the NSA’s surveillance programs. civilian control over the military applies here,” Wynne media institutions, and advocacy groups. domestic surveillance programs were exposed last week. “Our investment in protecting American lives and lib- said. Alexander has pushed to elevate Cyber Command To understand what this outstanding group of committed Civil liberties groups say the revelations give new life to erties simultaneously is not a blank check,” said to an independent military entity and to quadruple its young folks means to an old-timer like me, I must take you back three and one-half decades to when I first came to Washington to several privacy lawsuits against the National Security Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who called on Friday size. But the latest controversy could make officials skit- run the Palestine Human Rights Campaign - a group I had co- Agency, which hit the headlines twice in two days for for a “thorough vetting of this policy.” President Barack tish about what some already see as a dangerous power founded in 1977. Back then, there were only four Arab Americans secretly monitoring Americans’ phone records and inter- Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping US grab. working in community-based organizations in Washington. Most net activity. Renewed concerns about the spy agency’s surveillance of Americans’ phone and internet activity, “It’s definitely going to make people think twice think tanks and advocacy groups who worked on our issue con- domestic surveillance programs could also hamper calling it a “modest encroachment” on privacy that was about expanding and elevating Cyber Command and cerns had no Arab Americans on staff. To be quite blunt about it, efforts to give it a broader role in defending the coun- necessary to defend the United States from attack. new cyber legislation,” said Jesselyn Radack, a lawyer back in the 1970’s, there really wasn’t much of an Arab American try’s infrastructure, and put pressure on lawmakers to Since news of the surveillance programs broke in the who represented NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake. community. Most people of Arabic descent didn’t even identify as update laws protecting online privacy, say congressional Guardian and Washington Post, more lawmakers have “People are going to take a more careful look now, and “Arab American”. Instead, they used their country of origin, or reli- aides and defense and security experts. signed on to legislation that would strengthen privacy those overreaching laws will be blocked.” Civil liberties gion, as their preferred self-identifier. It is important to understand what has been accomplished “They’re going to make it harder to do the work that is protections in the Electronic Communications Privacy groups that have sued the government over suspected since then. We’ve built institutions that have, first and foremost, now going on,” said former chief Pentagon weapons buy- Act in 1986, according to the offices of the bill’s backers. call-record programs and wiretapping, said they would enabled us to define ourselves as a community. In the process of er Mike Wynne, who also served as Air Force secretary Republican Senator Rand Paul became the latest sup- use this week’s new disclosures to bolster their cases. In doing this, we had to face down many challenges: some internal - from 2005 to 2008. Wynne said growing unease about porter of the Senate version of the bill, co-sponsored by particular, they plan to argue against two of the main from those who wanted to emphasize our differences of domestic surveillance could have a chilling effect on pro- Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican defenses used by the Justice Department to date - that a religion/sect/country-of-origin; and others external - from those posed cyber legislation that calls for greater information- Senator Mike Lee. Leahy and Lee have said the law full trial on the issues would be impossible without who made a determined effort to exclude us and side-track our sharing between government and industry. Republican should be strengthened so that law enforcement author- revealing “state secrets” and that consumers lack stand- efforts to be recognized and included in the mainstream. One Mike Rogers and Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger, who ities need a search warrant if they want to read personal ing to sue because they cannot show impact from the simple measure of our success can be demonstrated by our are top lawmakers in the House of Representatives emails stored with third-party providers. spying programs. polling which shows that in just the last twenty years, the percent- Intelligence Committee, had rewritten the cyber bill to Currently, government investigators only need a sub- But privacy advocates say such arguments have been age of people of Arab descent calling themselves “Arab American” has doubled. We also developed the capacity to provide services designate the civilian Department of Homeland Security, poena, which has a lower threshold than a warrant punctured by the disclosures of the surveillance pro- that have enabled us to: defend those whose rights have been and not the NSA, as the hub of information exchange because it does not need a judge to sign off. A subpoena grams, which have been largely confirmed by federal violated; assist recent immigrants with basic needs; use our estab- between the government and private sector. can give investigators access to emails that are more authorities and lawmakers. “I hope it means that the lished networks to help young Arab Americans advance in gov- But the bill still allows sharing of information with the than 180 days old, and sometimes newer emails if they court will agree that we need to get to the bottom of ernment and public service; work with local communities to NSA, which could prove troubling to some lawmakers are already opened by recipients. Companion legislation this,” said Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic develop strategies that will support their empowerment; and disturbed by the scope of the intelligence agency’s sur- in the House garnered 16 co-sponsors this week, said Frontier Foundation, which is suing the NSA in a San defeat those who seek to defame our heritage or exclude us from veillance powers. The Democratic-controlled Senate Matt Manda, spokesman for the bill’s co-author, Francisco case. “It would be a terrible tragedy if we can full participation in civic life. And finally, and maybe most impor- already represented a steep obstacle for the cyber bill, Republican Kevin Yoder. talk about it in the press and in the halls of Congress, and tantly, we have been able to elevate public service, especially which has been passed by the Republican House, even Some security industry insiders said this week’s news the courts decide they can’t hear it.”— Reuters service to the community, as a career option for hundreds of young dedicated Arab Americans. The Washington I see today is dramatically different than the city I came to 35 years ago. Today we have two vital national Arab American organizations - the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Golan fighting spells trouble for Israel Committee (ADC) and the Arab American Institute (AAI). Next weekend ADC and AAI will host a joint meeting during the ADC By Maayan Lubell doned outposts on the Golan and sent up Syria is a huge positive development for tion of Syria. Convention. They have invited the participation of over 40 local regular forces to take the place of reservists. Israel. This axis of radicalism is now broken,” Israel has struck inside Syria at least three Arab American groups in an effort to foster coordination on pro- rush fires from stray mortar bombs were Israeli leaders have spoken particularly of a said Amos Yadlin, head of Israel’s Institute for times in the past few months, each attack grams and policy matters of shared concern. still ablaze on the occupied Golan future threat posed to peace on the Golan by National Security Studies. against what it believed to be weapons for Most major think tanks and important advocacy groups now BHeights on Friday as Israeli farmers jihadi fighters now battling against Assad’s But Israel also knows that its enemy’s ene- Hezbollah, whose leader Hassan Nasrallah have Arab Americans in residence or on staff. We are part of coali- returned to their fields, a day after battles in forces. Israel has launched air strikes on Syria my is not necessarily a friend. “A complete vic- has threatened to open a new front against tions dealing with foreign and domestic policy concerns - some- Syria’s civil war reached a UN-manned border to prevent weapons transfers to arch-enemy tory by either side would not be an optimal Israel on the Golan. One senior Israeli official thing that was denied to us three decades ago. And most signifi- crossing. Once the smoke clears, Israel could Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Lebanese militant situation,” said Uzi Rabi, head of the Moshe briefed on intelligence said Nasrallah’s words cantly, there are Arab Americans working, at all levels, in every find itself facing more trouble from multiple group fighting on Assad’s behalf. However, it Dayan Centre for Middle East Studies. “The seemed to be backed by action. “Hezbollah branch of government, at most major think tanks and advocacy threats on its northern front. On Thursday, has shown few other signs of preparing to current situation is in a way optimal for Israel appears to be making inroads on the Syrian- groups, and playing leadership roles in both political parties. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces beat intervene in the civil war and has avoided tak- ... and it will most likely go on for months if held Golan too. This would seem consistent To be clear, we are fully aware of our limitations and areas back rebels who seized the Quneitra crossing ing sides. not years.” On the Golan on Friday, Israeli fire- with what Nasrallah pledged. There aren’t where we have not met goals we set for ourselves. But we also on the Golan, a strategic plateau captured by Unlike his Western allies, Prime Minister fighters put out brush fires from Thursday’s Hezbollah ‘boots on the ground’ there yet but recognize what we have, in fact, accomplished. A friend with a Israel in a 1967 Middle East war. The battles Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped short of fighting. As gunfire from Syria echoed at the infrastructure is being built,” said the offi- slightly more negative take on our work once chided me saying sent UN peacekeepers to their bunkers and calling for an end to Assad’s rule. Bad news for times in the distance, Israeli and Druze farm- cial, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “Zogby, let’s just say you see the glass half full, and I see it half empty’”. I did not agree with that characterization and responded, prompted Austria to announce it was pulling Assad is generally seen as good news for ers tended to their cherry orchards. Israeli set- The official added that Hezbollah had “a better way to look at our progress is to remember that just a its men out of the mission. Israel, which views him as the centre of a net- tlers peered through binoculars and watched much to gain from fighting on behalf of its short time ago we didn’t even have a glass. Now we do, and we’re Israel is now concerned the entire United work of enemies linking Iran to Lebanon’s shells on the Syrian side send up clouds of longstanding patron Assad. Hezbollah, he filling it up, slowly but surely”. And so to those who say “what have Nations Disengagement Observer Force Hezbollah and Hamas, the Islamist movement smoke. Along one road, two Israeli soldiers, said, was acting under assurances it would be you done?” I am proud to say “come to our offices and ask our (UNDOF) is on the brink of unravelling - a sce- which controls the Gaza Strip. “From a selfish one of them armed with an anti-tank missile, rewarded by Assad in the form of arms trans- interns why they are there and what they are doing”. Despite hail- nario that could bring further escalation Israeli point of view, what is happening in crouched on the ground, gazing in the direc- fers. Hezbollah may be bolstered by its joint ing from a rich variety of backgrounds - with families from every along what has been for decades a quiet fron- victory alongside Assad’s forces against rebels part of the Arab World - they have come together with a commit- tier with Syria. The peacekeepers, in place in the battle over recent weeks for the Syrian ment to serve their community. That consciousness, that commit- under a 1974 disengagement agreement town of Qusair, watched closely in Israel. “It is ment, and those opportunities to serve didn’t even exist 35 years after Israel and Syria fought a second war on our understanding that Qusair was basically a ago. Now they do and, as a result, good work is being done by the Golan, had mostly found their biggest Hezbollah operation, from the planning to the and for Arab Americans. That is the kind of progress of which we enemy to be boredom. But their quiet pres- handling of key weapon systems,” the official can all be proud. ence has been highly symbolic - an affirma- said. “Hezbollah crews were even operating NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab American tion of a status quo under which the two Syrian T-55 and T-54 tanks there, as well as all Institute countries, which last held peace talks 13 years significant artillery systems.” But Hezbollah’s ago, avoided direct conflict that could lead to involvement in Syria could also have a silver all-out war. lining as far as Israel is concerned. Another All articles appearing on these “If there are no Austrians there is no UND- Israeli official said Israeli intelligence assessed pages are the personal opinion of OF. They were the core force,” an Israeli diplo- that up to 500 of the group’s fighters have matic source, speaking on condition of been killed in Syria. That estimate was higher the writers. Kuwait Times takes no anonymity, said. “It will be very hard to find a than others and Hezbollah itself has not said responsibility for views expressed replacement.” Russian President Vladimir how many of its men have died in Syria. Rabi therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Putin, an Assad ally, said on Friday that he was said Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel willing to send troops to fill in for the in 2006, was losing more than just men in its ers to voice their opinions. Please Austrians. On high alert over escalating fight- battles for Assad. “Hezbollah is losing its legit- send submissions via email to: opin- ing between Assad’s forces and his enemies imisation and prestige. After the 2006 in the Syrian-controlled parts of the Golan, Lebanon war, Hezbollah was hailed in the [email protected] or via snail A picture taken from the Israeli side of the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Israel has started in recent months to adjust Muslim and Arab world for carrying the torch its deployment along the front. Shelling and Heights shows an Israeli firefighter fighting the flames from brush fires set off in the fight against Israel. But with its The editor reserves the right to edit machinegun fire have occasionally spilled by stray mortar bombs fired during fighting between forces loyal to the Syrian entrance into Syria, it has made itself a target any submission as necessary. over into Israeli-held territory. regime and rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad near the for Sunnis in Lebanon and in the entire The Israeli military has revived once-aban- Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria on Friday. — AFP world,” Rabi said. — Reuters NEWS

The silhouette of a spider is visible in front of light of the setting sun in Dresden, Germany on Friday. — AFP

Hezbollah intervention fans Shiite-Sunni... $20,000 lion lives on Kabul rooft Continued from Page 1 sectarian tone are casting it as an outright religious Continued from Page 1 large pen in the backyard fight between the two main sects of Islam, which split Afghan capital. The heightened sectarian tone across the region is in the 7th century in a dispute over who should lead that toppled the Taliban. Some Afghans have Claire McMaster, wildlife likely to fuel determination among Iraq’s Sunni minori- Muslims after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. become very rich as a result and they are not shy when for the Protection of Anima ty to stand up against the country’s Shiite leadership. Hezbollah has depicted its entry into the Syria fight it comes to flaunting their wealth. that any captive lion pose On Friday, the acting head of the main Western- in sectarian terms, saying it must defend against “tak- Kabul is dotted with the flashy houses of the nou- life. “Wild animals should no backed opposition group, the Syrian National Council, firis” - a term for Sunni radicals. Its fighters killed in the veau riche, dripping with chandeliers and nicknamed el to hold them in captivi cited the possibility of a sectarian war as a reason for Qusair siege were touted as martyrs for Sayida Zeinab, “poppy palaces” - hinting at the shady provenance of at their natural habitat, especi the West to intervene. “The problem will be wide- a shrine near Damascus revered by Shiites. Sunni hard- least some of the money in the world’s leading opium meet their complex need spread all over the Middle East,” George Sabra told AP liners have long supported the Syrian rebels and fre- producing nation. But so far Shafiq is thought to be the problem with keeping a w in Copenhagen, Denmark. “The international commu- quently vented against Shiites and Alawites, whom the only person to acquire such an unusual status symbol. unlike domesticated ani nity should act now. Otherwise it will be a real danger- Salafis consider infidels. But even they usually tried to Shafiq, who says he was a resistance fighter when the dictable behaviour could le ous conflict between Sunnis and Shiites.” depict the fight as a revolutionary movement, not sec- Taliban fell and made his money through lucrative con- to the owner.” The trajectory of Syria’s civil war also highlights the tarian. Now even some moderates are turning toward struction contracts for clients including the US embassy, Kabul Zoo has a lioness two tracks of the Arab Spring. It began in late 2010 the sectarian view. said he had owned the male cub for two months and once home to a half-blin and early 2011 with a wave of uprisings calling for A week ago, the influential Egyptian cleric Yousef thought it was now about six months old. became a symbol of Afg greater democracy, openness and people power that Al-Qaradawi angrily denounced Hezbollah - Arabic for “It cost me $20,000, including transport from through coups, invasions led to the toppling of autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya “party of God” - as “the party of Satan” and called on Kandahar to Kabul by road,” he said, declining to explain Taleban era. Marjan, born and Yemen. But parallel to the desire for democracy Sunnis to join the jihad in Syria. A popular television about how the lion was driven on the 480-km route that grenade thrown by a veng has been a strong rise in religious identity politics. preacher linked to the Brotherhood, Qaradawi had in is often hit by insurgent bombs and ambushes. He had been killed after ente Islamist ultraconservatives have risen in power and the past called for better ties between Sunnis and brushed off suggestions he is being cruel by keeping a through until 2002. “I would influence in multiple countries, espousing a sort of Shiites and praised Hezbollah in its fights against large wild animal in captivity in a city wrecked by lion in Kabul,” Aziz Gul Saqe Sunni triumphalism as part of their dream of seeing Israel. In his sermon, he angrily said Iran wants “contin- decades of war, and said he though it may have come AFP. “It’s very hard to keep rule by sharia, or Islamic law. The ultraconservative ued massacres to kill Sunnis”. “How could 100 million to Afghanistan via Iran. But during a visit to the house now Shafiq says he is ve movement known as Salafis - along with its more Shiites defeat 1.7 billion (Sunnis)?” he asked, using by an AFP reporter and photographer, the lion admits he may not be able extremist jihadi wing - has been the most assertive in worldwide population figures for the two communi- appeared nervous and growled aggressively when any- don’t know, I will see and I fueling the sectarian fires, through mosques and the ties. “Only because (Sunni) Muslims are weak.” one approached it. Shafiq has plans to move it to a one day,” he said. — AFP blossoming number of Salafi TV stations. In Egypt, Saudi Arabia’s top cleric, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Al- they also have a powerful political platform following Shaikh, on Thursday issued the strongest condemna- election victories that made them the second- tion yet of Hezbollah’s role in Syria, urging politicians Obama, Xi seek new ties strongest force in parliament after the Muslim and Muslim scholars to take “effective steps to deter its Continued from Page 1 American military and com Brotherhood. aggression” on Syria. At a meeting a day earlier, foreign tual property. He called for The resonance of identity politics is so strong that ministers from Gulf nations called Hezbollah a “terror- billions of dollars in US commercial secrets as well as to protect against hacking even Egypt, which has a minuscule Shiite population, ist organization” and vowed steps against the group’s military designs. tion he has used to protest saw a panic over Shiism this year. When President assets on their soil. They warned that Hezbollah was Skipping the usual summit pageantry, Obama and Xi rency manipulation and sup Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood allowed direct trying “to change the balance of the region and drag it went without neckties, in a departure from the stifling “President Xi and I reco flights of tourists from Iran for the first time in decades into the furnace of the Syrian crisis.” formality that marked Obama’s halting interactions with incredible advances of tech as part of an attempt to improve ties with Tehran, On Salafi TV stations and in mosque sermons, China’s ex-president Hu Jintao. In their first meeting curity and the need for rule Salafi politicians and clerics raised an uproar, warning meanwhile, clerics have stepped up their denuncia- since Xi assumed power in March, Obama hoped for a to security, have becom of Shiites spreading their creed. The flights were tions of Shiites and their calls for Sunnis to act. “The “new model of cooperation between countries based Obama said. “It’s critical, as stopped, but Salafis continue to preach against them. Sunnis have to wake up from their coma,” Egyptian on mutual interest and mutual respect”. “It is in the and military powers of the Syria’s conflict began like others of the Arab Spring, Sheikh Osama Suleiman said on a Salafi talk show last United States’ interests that China continues on the United States arrive at a fi as an uprising against Assad’s authoritarian rule. As the month. “This is what the Shiites are, this is their hidden path of success because we believe that a peaceful and said. He said they had not bloodshed dragged on, however, sectarian hatreds wickedness. This is their belief: If you kill a Sunni you stable and prosperous China is not only good for the in-depth. Ahead of the s have grown steadily. Alawites, an offshoot sect of enter heaven. That’s their belief.” Chinese, but also good for the world and the United announced working-level t Shiism, make up the backbone of Assad’s regime, and But not all hardliners see the conflict as a fight States.” Xi said he wanted “good Assad himself is an Alawite, while the rebellion has against Shiites. Syria’s revolution is “to bring down the Hovering over the summit at a resort once frequent- up “misgivings” by the Unit overwhelmingly drawn from Syria’s Sunni Muslim regime ... If it becomes sectarian, then the revolution ed by Frank Sinatra and Richard Nixon was a vexing ty, telling reporters that C majority. With each massacre and atrocity, each com- will be lost,” said Mohammed Abu Samra, head of the question for both countries - whether China’s rise in its cyberattacks”. “The Chin munity in Syria turns more to its own and views the Islamist Party - the political arm of Egypt’s Islamic region and the world means an inevitable clash with upholding cybersecurity a war as “us vs them”. Jihad, a former militant group that renounced violence the United States. Xi invited Obama to pay a return about cybersecurity,” Xi sai On a geopolitical level, Syria’s war has morphed into and entered politics. He worries that the rhetoric will informal visit to China. Mirroring his host’s theme of a coverage “might give peop a proxy fight. Shiite Iran has strongly backed Assad, affect younger jihadis. “They became jihadis out of fer- new approach, Xi said: “The vast Pacific Ocean has ty as a threat mainly comes while Sunni Arab nations have backed the rebels in vor and don’t necessarily have the right consciousness enough space for two large countries like the United Xi, who is expected to hopes that Assad’s fall would break the alliance that and study,” he said. “They might understand things States and China.” “We’re meeting here today to chart in which it will overtake gives Iran - their chief regional rival - influence in the wrong and go to fight jihad in Syria because they see it the future of China-US relations and draw a blueprint world’s largest economy, Arab world. Now those using the region’s heightened as a sectarian war.” — AP for this relationship,” Xi said, next to aides in identical occasionally vague, call fo business casual outfits. ferently about relations. “W Turkey rules out early polls The two men met again yesterday morning, before and act energetically, so Obama was to wave off Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan. can build a new model of Continued from Page 1 close to the AK Party speak of a sense of siege within the Obama’s wife Michelle stayed in Washington, scupper- Xi said. The two leaders party leadership, with influential if disparate forces loath ing hopes of a face-to-face between two glamorous first meet until the G20 summ unprecedented display of public anger over the per- to break ranks publicly but still worried about the extent ladies. The US president Friday wasted no time in hitting But both sides, sensing u ceived authoritarianism of Erdogan and his Islamist-root- of Erdogan’s power and his uncompromising response to a key theme of the visit from the US side - complaints of complicated and often diff ed AK Party, leading to the worst riots in decades. In a the protests. Erdogan has made little secret of his ambi- an alleged Chinese Internet spying effort targeting in an earlier encounter. — rare show of unity, thousands of fans from Istanbul’s tion to run for the presidency after his third term as prime three main football clubs Besiktas, Galatasaray and minister comes to an end, although the AKP could also Fenerbahce, who have helped organise some of the change internal rules to allow him to stand for a fourth Mandela in ‘serious but stable’ st protests, marched on Taksim roaring “Tayyip resign!” and term. Continued from Page 1 ambulance accompanied by th “Arm in arm against fascism!”. Celik said the protests had been discussed “in detail” at sirens exited the grounds and Police fired teargas and water cannon on protesters yesterday’s party meeting, but that the question of early But there were also blunt calls to accept Mandela’s increas- afternoon, arriving at a milita overnight in the working-class Gazi neighbourhood of elections had never been on the agenda. “A government ing frailty and mortality. “Gosh, Madiba gets no rest from the available. Istanbul, which saw heavy clashes with police in the that doesn’t have people’s trust cannot be permanent. media. Let him die with dignity. It’s not a circus folks,” tweeted In December, Mandela spen 1990s. There was similar unrest night after night earlier in We got the message of the protests and we respect that, @Eish_Mag. In his rural childhood village of Qunu, where stint since walking free from 27 the week in several cities, leaving three dead and close to but there’s nothing to respect about people throwing Mandela once tended cattle, the news came via radio for was admitted for an overnig 5,000 injured. Hundreds of protesters also gathered in stones,” he said. Erdogan has made clear he has no inten- Malunga Mbokodi. “I was shocked to hear from the radio this returning later that month for the centre of the capital Ankara yesterday, which saw vio- tion of stepping aside - pointing to the AK Party’s 50 per- morning that he was again in hospital,” the 62-year-old told the office said Mandela was “rece lent clashes earlier in the week, chanting and honking car cent of the vote in the last election - and has no clear Sapa news agency. “I think, we should just accept it that doctors are doing everything p horns. rivals inside the party or out. Mandela is old and he will go soon,” he added. The ruling ANC comfortable”. The presidency w Erdogan has given no indication of plans to clear out He has enacted many democratic reforms, taming a called for people at home and abroad to keep “our beloved ery with a request for his and h Taksim, around which protesters have built dozens of military that toppled four governments in four decades, statesman and icon, Madiba” in their thoughts and prayers. ed. Mandela is still a powerf barricades made of ripped up paving stones, street signs, starting entry talks with the European Union and forging The Nobel peace laureate is revered as a symbol of forgive- almost 20 years after taking po vandalised vehicles and corrugated iron, clogging part of peace talks with Kurdish rebels to end a three-decade- ness after leading South Africa into multi-race democracy as its public since the World Cup fin the city centre. Police pulled back from the square days old war. But in recent years, critics say his style, always first black president after decades of apartheid rule. “My one term he turned his energy ago. “Let them attack. They can’t stop us,” a member of forceful and emotional, has become authoritarian. Media thoughts are with Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital in South before announcing in 2004 at the Turkish Communist Party shouted through loud- have come under pressure, opponents have been arrest- Africa,” tweeted British Prime Minister David Cameron. “Getting ping out of the public eye. In M speakers to a cheering crowd from on top of a white van ed over alleged coup plots, and moves such as restric- too frequent and concerning - he is 94,” tweeted Zwelinzima the nation for the passing of th in the square. Taksim is lined by luxury hotels that should tions on alcohol sales have unsettled secular middle-class Vavi, general secretary of Cosatu, the powerful labour union “In Zulu, when someone passe allied to the ruling ANC. say he or she has gone home be doing a roaring trade as the summer season starts in Turks who are sensitive to any encroachment of religion Mandela was receiving care at his Johannesburg home things we should be thinking a one of the world’s most-visited cities. But a forced evic- on their daily lives. “These protests are partly a result of when his lung problems returned. He was diagnosed with ear- Maharaj, who served time tion might trigger a repeat of the clashes seen earlier in his success in economic and social transformation. ly-stage tuberculosis in 1988 and also has had treatment for Robben Island jail, yesterday s the week. There’s a new generation who doesn’t want to be bullied prostate cancer and suffered stomach ailments. The govern- Mandela but there was no nee The gatherings mark a challenge to a leader whose by the prime minister and who is afraid their lifestyle is in ment has not disclosed where he has been taken for treatment. in the beginning we would get authority is built upon three successive election victories. danger,” said Joost Lagendijk, a former European parlia- A heart hospital in Pretoria, where he is believed to have been anxiety is tempered with a ce Erdogan takes the protests as a personal affront. Sources mentarian and Istanbul-based academic. — Reuters treated in the past, attracted a media camp yesterday. An and his frailty. It’s a good health SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 SPORTS

Ronaldo to sign new Real deal Waldorf takes Tradition lead West Indies keeper charged

LISBON: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is confident he will reach a BIRMINGHAM: Duffy Waldorf shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to take a deal to renew his contract with the La Liga club. The Portugal captain LONDON: West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin was charged by the one-stroke lead over Jeff Sluman after the soggy, weather-delayed International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday with “conduct that is contrary arrived at Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 for a world record second round of the Regions Tradition, the second of five Champions fee of more than 90 million euros ($118.98 million) and continued his to the spirit of the game”. Tour majors. goalscoring spree in Spain. However, Real’s failure to win The charge relates to an incident in Pakistan’s major silverware last season and reports of division in Waldorf had three birdies and a bogey on both the first nine holes innings on Friday when Ramdin claimed a catch the dressing room have prompted speculation and the last nine to top the Shoal Creek leaderboard at 9-under 135. off Misbah-ul-Haq, the ICC said in a news release Ronaldo, whose contract runs until June 2015, may The Champions Tour rookie also led after two rounds last week in Iowa referring to the two-wicket victory by West be seeking a move away from the Spanish capital. in the Principal Charity Classic, but closed with a 1-under 71 to tie for Indies in a Champions Trophy Group B match “I am well, calm and not worried about it. I know third. at The Oval. we will reach a deal,” Ronaldo told reporters on Waldorf also shared the first-round lead with Jay Haas two weeks Steve Davis initially gave Misbah out caught Friday. Club president Florentino Perez has ago at the Senior PGA Championship, but is hoping to finish in the top behind. But, after consulting with fellow described Ronaldo as “priceless” and said he position this time. umpire Nigel Llong, the decision was reversed would stay and help Real win the 10th European “My friend was telling me, ‘I don’t really care if you’re leading after because the pair decided the keeper did not crown they have been chasing since their last con- the first or second round or even the third. Just lead after the fourth,’” have effective control of the ball after making tinental success in 2002. The 28-year-old helped he said. “It’s not NASCAR, so I don’t get extra points for how many laps the catch. Misbah ended up making an unbeat- Portugal beat Russia 1-0 on Friday to revive their 2014 I lead. But you’ve got to be near the top to have a chance and I’m really en 96 as Pakistan were bowled out for 170 in 48 World Cup qualification campaign. Ronaldo declined happy to be near the top.” Sluman, the first-round leader, had a 71. overs. If Ramdin is found guilty of the charge he to comment when questioned about coach Jose Fred Couples, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Allen and Canadian Rod could be banned for up to two one- Mourinho’s remarks that he did not cope well Spittle were three strokes back. Couples had a 71, Calcavecchia and day internationals and/or fined up to with criticism. —Reuters Allen shot 69, and Spittle had a 66.—AP 100 percent of his match fee.—Reuters Tigers maul Indians

DETROIT: Justin Verlander pitched seven sol- Peralta worked the eighth for the Rays, and id innings, Victor Martinez homered and the Fernando Rodney finished the combined Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland 7-5 on Friday two-hitter with a perfect ninth for his 13th night to take a 31/2-game lead over the save in 18 opportunities. Indians atop the AL Central. Martinez and Torii Hunter had three hits ATHLETICS 4, WHITE SOX 1 each for the Tigers in the opener of this three- In Chicago, Josh Donaldson hit his first game series. Detroit led 5-0 before Cleveland career grand slam, Josh Reddick made a scored three runs in the fifth off Verlander. homer-saving catch in the ninth inning, and That was all the Indians could manage Oakland rallied from a three-run deficit to against the Tigers’ ace. Verlander (8-4) allowed beat Chris Sale and Chicago. Donaldson’s three runs and seven hits on the night. He ninth home run of the season came in the walked two and struck out six. sixth inning and helped Oakland right-hander Detroit’s Jose Valverde came on with a Jarrod Parker (5-6) earn his fourth win in five four-run lead in the ninth. He allowed solo decisions. homers to Jason Giambi and Drew Stubbs but Reddick made a leaping catch to take held on. Ubaldo Jimenez (4-4) allowed five away a home run from Chicago’s Conor runs - three earned - in three-plus innings. Gillaspie with one out in the ninth to preserve the win. Sale (5-4) hadn’t given up more than BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 1 two earned runs since April 13, and he In Toronto, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two- cruised out to a 3-0 lead through five innings run double, Neil Wagner earned his first major in this one. league win and Toronto won for the ninth time in 13 home games. ROYALS 4, ASTROS 2 Melky Cabrera homered, scored twice and In Kansas City, Billy Butler drove in Eric drove in two runs for the Blue Jays. Texas bat- Hosmer with the go-ahead run in the eighth ters struck out 13 times against five Blue Jays inning, and Kansas City beat Houston for its pitchers as the slumping Rangers lost for the third straight win. Kelvin Herrera (3-4) worked seventh time in 11 games. Making his second a perfect eighth inning in relief of James start of the season, Blue Jays right-hander Shields, and Greg Holland pitched the ninth Esmil Rogers allowed one run and three hits for his 11th save and second during the in four innings. Royals’ modest winning streak. Shields Aaron Loup struck out four of the five bat- engaged in a pitchers’ duel with the Astros’ ters he faced, Wagner (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 Jordan Lyles, but the game came down to the CINCINNATI: Allen Craig No. 21 of the St. Louis Cardinals bats against the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park. —AFP innings, Brett Cecil worked the eighth and bullpens. Houston brought in Wesley Wright Steve Delabar fanned two in the ninth. (0-2) in the eighth and Hosmer greeted him Rangers rookie right-hander Nick Tepesch (3- with a single, and then Butler doubled off 5) lost for the fourth time in his past five deci- Josh Fields for the go-ahead run. Cardinals pound Reds sions. MARINERS 4, YANKEES 1 CINCINNATI: Adam Wainwright pitched seven DODGERS 2, BRAVES 1 Giant. The Giants were poised to give Matt Cain a RAYS 2, ORIOLES 1 In Seattle, Brendan Ryan and Jason Bay innings for his ninth win, and every Cardinals In Los Angeles, Pinch-runner Skip Schumaker victory and send Patrick Corbin to his first loss in 10 In St. Petersburg, Chris Archer pitched sev- both hit two-out, two-run singles in Seattle’s starter had a hit in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati scored on the second wild pitch by Anthony decisions before Goldschmidt lined a 2-0 pitch en strong innings and Desmond Jennings hit four-run fourth inning, and Jeremy Reds on Friday night that gave St. Louis a season- Varvaro in the 10th inning, giving the Los Angeles from Jeremy Affeldt over the right field fence for a two-run homer to lead Tampa Bay over Bonderman pitched six sharp innings to win high four-game lead in the NL Central. Dodgers a victory over the Braves. his 15th home run of the season. Baltimore. Archer (1-1) limited the Orioles to for the first time since 2010. Wainwright (9-3) gave up two runs and seven Ramon Hernandez started the rally with a one- Cain and Corbin were both scoreless until Manny Machado’s third-inning RBI single and All of Seattle’s offense came in one stretch hits as the Cardinals improved the major leagues’ out single, took second on the first wild pitch and Gregor Blanco’s two-out single brought Pablo Ryan Flaherty’s fifth-inning double in his sec- of the fourth inning when six straight batters best record to 40-21. Slumping Pete Kozma drove advanced to third on a single by Luis Cruz. Sandoval home from third in the seventh. Brad ond start of the season. The 24-year-old right- reached base, capped by the clutch hits from in three runs, David Freese and Jon Jay knocked in Varvaro (3-1) then bounced another wild pitch Ziegler (3-1) pitched two-thirds of an inning in hander spent the first two months of the sea- Ryan and Bay off Yankees starter Hiroki two apiece, and four Cardinals extended long hit- to Juan Uribe, allowing Schumaker to score. relief of Corbin to get the victory. Affeldt (1-2) took son at Triple-A Durham and allowed five runs Kuroda. Seattle entered the night hitting .221 ting streaks against a pitching staff in a downturn. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig was on-deck, but he the loss. and seven hits in four innings of a 5-0 loss to with runners in scoring position, but capital- Mike Leake (5-3) lasted only five innings for the wasn’t needed after homering for the fourth time Cleveland after being promoted to the majors ized on the few chances they got against Reds, who have given up 26 runs while losing their in five career games. Brandon League (2-2) got the ROCKIES 10, PADRES 9 last weekend. Kuroda. The surprise was the effort by last three games. St. Louis has won the last four win in relief. The Dodgers have won four of five In Denver, Nolan Arenado hit a game-ending Jennings homered to the deepest part of Bonderman, who won for the first time since series between the teams. since Puig was called up on Monday from the homer leading off the ninth inning and the Rockies the ball park in the seventh inning off Jason Sept. 8, 2010, while still pitching for Detroit. minors. It was their second straight win over the NL beat the Padres after squandering a six-run lead. Hammel (7-4), who lost on the road for the He struggled to get through the first two PIRATES 2, CUBS 0 East-leading Braves, who lost for the first time in six Arenado sent a 1-1 pitch from reliever Joe first time this year after winning his first six innings, but shut down the Yankees from In Chicago, Francisco Liriano pitched two-hit games on Thursday. Puig tied the game 1-all with Thatcher (2-1) over the wall in left field. Arenado decisions away from Camden Yards. Joel there.—AP ball over seven innings and Pittsburgh got its his fourth homer and 10th RBI of the week with sauntered around the bases and then tossed his major league-leading 10th shutout, matching the two outs in the sixth. batting helmet as he rounded third base. The rook- team’s total for all of last season. Liriano (4-2) ie was mobbed by teammates once he stomped on walked five, his most since last Sept. 1, but struck DIAMONDBACKS 3, GIANTS 1 home plate. Matt Belisle (4-2) pitched two scoreless eight to help the Pirates stop a three-game losing In Phoenix, Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run, innings to earn the win. Carlos Gonzalez had two streak. He had lost his previous two starts. opposite-field home run with two outs in the triples and drove in three runs before leaving with Mark Melancon pitched the eighth, and Jason eighth inning and the Diamondbacks beat the a left knee injury in the seventh.—AP Grilli finished the five-hitter for his major league- leading 23rd save 23 chances. After two-out singles by Ryan Sweeney and pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro, Grilli struck out Darwin Barney. MLB results/standings Russell Martin had two hits, including an RBI double off Travis Wood (5-4) in the sixth as the Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 0; Toronto 6, Texas 1; Detroit 7, Cleveland 5; St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 2; Tampa Bay 2, Pirates won for the second time in seven games. Baltimore 1; Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 3; Kansas City 4, Houston 2; Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 4; Colorado Jordy Mercer doubled twice. 10, San Diego 9; Arizona 3, San Francisco 1; Seattle 4, NY Yankees 1; LA Dodgers 2, Atlanta 1 (10 innings). American League National League BREWERS 5, PHILLIES 4 Eastern Division Eastern Division In Milwaukee, Aramis Ramirez hit an RBI single W L PCT GB Atlanta 37 24 .607 - with one out in the ninth inning, rallying Boston 37 24 .607 - Philadelphia 31 31 .500 6.5 Milwaukee from four runs down and ending NY Yankees 35 26 .574 2 Washington 29 30 .492 7 Philadelphia’s five-game winning streak. Baltimore 34 27 .557 3 NY Mets 23 33 .411 11.5 Jean Segura started the winning rally by beat- Tampa Bay 33 27 .550 3.5 Miami 16 44 .267 20.5 ing out a grounder to short for an infield single off Toronto 26 34 .433 10.5 Central Division Central Division Jeremy Horst (0-2). Ryan Braun singled and Segura St. Louis 40 21 .656 - Detroit 33 26 .559 - advanced to third base. Ramirez then lined the sec- Cincinnati 36 25 .590 4 ond pitch he saw to left field to drive in the win- Cleveland 30 30 .500 3.5 Minnesota 26 31 .456 6 Pittsburgh 36 25 .590 4 ning run. Reliever Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) Chicago Cubs 24 34 .414 14.5 pitched a scoreless ninth inning for Milwaukee, Kansas City 26 32 .448 6.5 Chicago White Sox 25 34 .424 8 Milwaukee 23 37 .383 16.5 which trailed 4-0 in the fourth inning. Western Division Alfredo Figaro started for the Brewers in place Western Division Arizona 35 26 .574 - of Marco Estrado, who is on the disabled list with a Oakland 38 25 .603 - Colorado 33 29 .532 2.5 strained left hamstring. He went 5 1-3 innings, giv- Texas 36 24 .600 0.5 San Francisco 31 29 .517 3.5 ing up four runs on seven hits. Cliff Lee allowed Seattle 27 35 .435 10.5 DETROIT: Justin Verlander No. 35 of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the Cleveland four runs and eight hits in seven innings for the LA Angels 26 34 .433 10.5 San Diego 28 33 .459 7 Indians in the seventh inning at Comerica Park. —AFP Phillies, who fell back to .500. Houston 22 40 .355 15.5 LA Dodgers 27 33 .450 7.5 Choi leads at Locust Hill

NEW YORK: South Korean Chella Choi used a secutive birdies to register her 68. Thursday’s play was scrubbed following light- blistering front nine to shoot a five-under-par 67 “I just saw the line on the putts,” Pressel said ning and torrential rain that soaked the course, for a one-stroke lead after Friday’s first round of about her rousing finish. “I just committed to my leading organizers to move three tees up and the rain-delayed LPGA Championship at Locust line and just saw the ball rolling where I wanted allow the players to lift, clean and place balls in Hill outside Rochester, New York. it to and made four really good putts on the last the fairway. Groundskeepers arrived at 4 a.m. Choi, seeking her maiden LPGA Tour win, had four holes. (0800 GMT) to prepare the course. five birdies on her outward half and offset a “Out here, putting is what wins major cham- Pressel, an early starter on Friday, said she birdie at the 10th with a bogey at 13 for a one- pionships.” One stroke back was long-hitting was surprised to tee off as scheduled. “The shot edge over compatriot Shin Ji-yai and American Brittany Lincicome, with compatriot ground staff here did an incredible job getting American Morgan Pressel at the year’s second Jessica Korda and Hall of Famer Pak Se-ri of the course ready. I don’t think the greens could major. “I hit a really good driver today,” said 22- South Korea another shot back on 70. be any more perfect. There’s some casual out year-old Choi, whose father caddies for her. “I hit Pak, a three-time winner of the event, won there but that’s to be expected. We’re just happy 14 fairways. So I’m really happy. My goal is just her first LPGA Championship for her first tour to get out on the golf course.” Hitting fairways keep in the fairway.” title as a rookie in 1998. “The funny thing is, the was critical with the water-logged rough even British Women’s Open champion Shin posted first time to win and I didn’t really know that it more penal than usual on a cool, overcast day PITTSFORD: Chella Choi of South Korea hits her approach shot on the 18th hole dur- four birdies, three on the back nine, in a bogey- was a major,” said Pak, who has five major titles that some more light rain toward the end of the ing the weather-delayed second round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at free round while Pressel finished with four con- to her credit. afternoon.—Reuters Locust Hill Country Club. —AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 SPORTS Man with a plan? LeBron eyes adjustments

MIAMI: If LeBron James played for the row, he feels like he shouldn’t shoot through the fourth quarter, the league against James in 2007, when they swept going right to the basket and try to get San Antonio Spurs, coach Gregg more sometimes, because he wants the MVP had attempted fewer shots than his Cleveland Cavaliers for their most the easy stuff.” Popovich might have a message for him. ball to move and he wants to involve Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and only recent title. A help defender was ready Some of the few easy looks the Heat It’s the same one he’s occasionally deliv- everybody. I think unselfish players think three more than Mario Chalmers. Bosh to slide over and make James give up got in their seven-game series against ered to Tim Duncan: Selfless play is like that. Once in a while I’ve got to tell took more shots in the final period (5) the ball or shoot a jumper if he had beat- Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals great. Moving the ball to open team- him, no, I don’t care if you get 20 of than James (4). The more they missed - en his man, rather than have a lane to came when James went into the post. mates is usually the right idea. those shots, you have to take them.” as Wade and Bosh did six times in seven the basket. “He’s extended his range and But even if he does that now, the strate- Sometimes, though, it’s best if the super- Maybe James will in Game 2. attempts over the final 12 minutes - the he’s a much different player than he was gy only pays off if his shooters make star takes on more himself. “We’ll see what type of game plan I louder the cries for James to stop giving then. We’re trying to make it as difficult open looks when he’s double-teamed. “I’ve talked to players before about come out with on Sunday,” he said. “It them the ball and keep it for himself. Yet as possible,” Duncan said. So it will be up to James to determine being more aggressive,” Popovich said will be dumb of me to reveal it today.” that just doesn’t seem natural for him. “We’re not going to hold him to 18 what he thinks will work, “He’ll do what- Friday, after the Spurs practiced follow- James had 18 points, 18 rebounds and “I’ve got this far with them, I’m not every game. Every game we know he’s ever it takes,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra ing their 92-88 victory over the Miami 10 assists in Game 1, but, as can be the going to just abandon what I’ve been going to come out real aggressive, espe- said. “He’s as cerebral a player as there is Heat in Game 1. case with the game’s greatest talent, doing all year to help us get to this cially this coming game, and be aggres- in this league. He’ll read the game as “Opportunities might be there that there was a feeling he could have done point,” James said. “So I know those guys sive to score, but we’re going to try to necessary. I wouldn’t bet against our they didn’t take advantage of. That hap- more. And the Heat needed it. will be ready to shoot again once they’re make it as difficult as possible, show as open shooters. So we just need to make pens with Timmy now and then. He’s so About the time the game was slip- open.” The Spurs appeared to retain at many bodies as possible and make his sure we’re getting the shots that we unselfish, if he shoots three jumpers in a ping away from the Heat midway least part of the schemes they used plays so he doesn’t rack up on the ones want to.”—AP Sanchez wins Dauphine stage

SUPERDEVOLUY: Spanish veteran in September 2012. He was 23. Sanchez Samuel Sanchez won the seventh stage of clocked a time of 5 hours, 26 minutes, 14 the Criterium du Dauphine race yesterday seconds over the mountainous 187.5 kilo- and British rider Chris Froome kept hold meters (116.3 miles) from Le Pont-de- of the yellow jersey with one stage Claix to Superdevoluy, with Fuglsang fin- remaining. The 35-year-old Sanchez held ishing in the same time and Australian off Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang to secure rider Richie Porte 15 seconds back in third his 32nd career win and 97th podium spot. Two-time Tour champion Alberto place. Contador worked to help Rogers get on “I suffered a lot, especially in the last the podium by setting a pace that was three kilometers”, Sanchez said. “Fuglsang too much for Rohan Dennis, who was was very strong but I gave everything I third overnight but dropped down to had to beat him at the end. It’s going to ninth. The Australian was unable to stay be wonderful for Euskaltel to start the with the leading bunch on the final 4-kilo- Tour de France with this prestigious victo- meter (2.5-mile) ascent up to the ski ry.” The 2008 Olympic champion and best resort of Superdevoluy. climber on the 2011 Tour de France hadn’t Froome has a comfortable lead in the won a race since the Tour of the Basque standings, 51 seconds ahead of Sky team- country last year. mate Porte and 1:37 clear of Australian “We didn’t get what we wanted from rider Michael Rogers, who placed ninth in the Giro d’Italia, so it was good to keep the stage to climb up to third spot overall. going and come to here looking for “This is one more day towards achiev- something like this,” Sanchez said. “I won’t ing my goal,” Froome said. “I know it’s race the Tour (de France) this year. I need going to be another hard stage tomorrow, to take a rest. It means a lot to me and the notably because we’ll ride above 2,000 team to win at the Dauphine. I dedicate it meters of altitude but I feel the situation to my friend and teammate Victor Cabedo is under control. It’s going to be a tough who died a few months ago.” finale tomorrow but Richie (Porte) has the Cabedo was struck by a car in his legs to be there in the final climb. native Onda, near Valencia, while training Hopefully we’ll finish it off.”—AP BOSTON: Tuukka Rask No. 40 of the Boston Bruins makes a save in the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. —AFP Bruins sweep Penguins

BOSTON: Boston completed a series sweep of “He is the best player in the world,” Bruins for- Bruins goalie Tuuka Rask was solid again with the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 1-0 win on ward Patrice Bergeron said of Crosby. “We did a 26 saves, but didn’t have to stop many challeng- Friday, booking a place in the Stanley Cup finals good job with that.” McQuaid scored at 5:01 of ing shots. His last save came with his glove at thanks to Adam McQuaid’s goal early in the third the final period on a 45-foot slap shot from the the final buzzer on Matt Niskanen’s shot from 40 period. right over the glove of goalie Tomas Vokoun. feet. “He has been the reason why we’re here,” The Bruins won the Eastern Conference finals That unleashed loud chants of “We want the Bergeron said of Rask. “We just played our game 4-0 and held the high-scoring Penguins to just Cup!” from the capacity crowd. “We were a little the whole time. We put a lot of pressure in their two goals in the stunning sweep. Boston will sluggish the first two periods,” Bruins forward zone.” face either the Chicago Blackhawks or Los Milan Lucic said, “and we said, ‘We have to win a The Penguins had been shut out just twice in Angeles Kings when the Bruins shoot for their period to win a series.’” The top-seeded Penguins their previous 147 games before being blanked second Stanley Cup title in three years. were trying to overcome both the disciplined twice in the four games against the Bruins. Chicago leads the Western Conference series defense of the fourth-seeded Bruins and history. Pittsburgh lost Game 1 at home 3-0. 3-1 and can advance to the finals with a home Only three teams had lost a series after winning Boston’s chances of making the Stanley Cup win on Saturday night. If the Blackhawks get the first three games. The last was the Bruins in finals seemed very remote when they trailed there, it will set up the first finals matchup of the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals against Toronto by three goals in the third period of Original Six NHL franchises since 1979. the Philadelphia Flyers. Game 7 in the first round of the playoffs. The Penguins’ season ended swiftly and Pittsburgh, which never led in any of the four “It seems like a lifetime ago,” Lucic said. shockingly as the league’s highest-scoring team games against the Bruins, was swept for the first “Without that Game 7, to come back and win it, got no points in the series from offensive stars time in 47 series. The last team to do it to the if it wasn’t for that we wouldn’t be here right Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Penguins was Boston in 1979. now.”—AP Stanford’s Carter sets college 400 hurdle mark

EUGENE: English Gardner’s wince became a ed outdoor season for Greer, who also won the women’s heptathlon with 6,086 points, the best FRANCE: Stage winner Spain’s Samuel Sanchez celebrates on the podium after win- smile at the NCAA track and field champi- 800 at the indoor championships. Southern college total this season. ning the 187.5 km seventh stage of the 65th edition of the Dauphine Criterium onships. The Oregon junior wore a broad grin as California senior Bryson Nellum won the 400, fin- At the end of the third day, top-ranked cycling race. —AFP she crossed the finish line first in the 100 meters ishing in 44.73. Kansas led the women’s team rankings with 48 Friday, just a day after had clutched her ankle in Nellum redshirted his 2009 season for the points, followed by Oregon with 33. Texas and obvious pain following a seventh-place finish in Trojans after he was shot in the legs at a party by USC were knotted atop the men’s team rankings her semifinal heat for the 200. She successfully gang members who thought he was someone with 32 points apiece.—AP Harris ahead in Memphis defended her 100 title in 10.96 seconds, break- else. Told he might not ever reach an elite level ing a school and Pac-12 record. It was the best on the track again, Nellum beat the odds and MEMPHIS: American Harris English spec- The American, who covered his back collegiate time this season, and third-best ever. finished third at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene tacularly holed out with an eight-iron to nine in one-under 34, readily conceded he “I’ve got a little more in my tank than I give last year - earning a spot on the team for the eagle the par-four fifth on the way to a had been very fortunate to eagle the par- myself credit for,” she said after the race at London Games. Nellum was part of the 1,600 two-shot lead after Friday’s second round four fifth. Hayward Field. Gardner says her ankle has been relay team that won the silver medal. Nellum of the St Jude Classic in Memphis, “That’s probably one of the hardest particularly bothersome since the NCAA West also will run in the 200 final Saturday. He failed Tennessee. The 23-year-old, seeking his first holes on the golf course,” English smiled. “I regional two weeks ago. And on Thursday after to qualify for either final last season. PGA Tour title after playing his rookie sea- hit a nice three-wood off the tee and I had her disappointment in the 200, many were won- “It’s a beautiful thing,” Nellum said. “This is son on the U.S. circuit last year, fired a six- about 170 to the hole. dering whether she’d even try the 100. one of the reasons I came back for my sixth year under-par 64 in good scoring conditions at “I hit an eight-iron which landed 10, 12 But she poured it on to edge runner-up - to win a national championship.” the TPC Southwind to take control of the feet short and it trickled in. It was pretty Octavious Freeman, a sophomore from Central Dartmouth junior Abbey D’Agostino, who tournament. cool.” English, whose best PGA Tour finish Florida who had the best time in the semifinals. became the first woman ever to win both the One of six players tied for the lead was a tie for fifth at last year’s Crowne Plaza Freeman finished in 11 seconds flat. 3,000 and 5,000 at the indoor championships, overnight after opening with a 66, English Invitational, said he was steadily learning “I heard the crowd so that made me thing added the outdoor 5,000 title in the day’s final also recorded five birdies and a lone bogey how to contend on professional golf’s most someone was coming,” Gardner said. “So that event. at the par-four 18th, where he missed the competitive circuit. gave me a little go get ‘em at the end.” D’Agostino pulled away from Oregon senior fairway off the tee, to post a 10-under total “It’s really about getting comfortable While Gardner didn’t make the field for Jordan Hasay in the final 300 meters and fin- of 130. out here and getting comfortable with the Saturday’s 200 final, she was expected to run in ished in 15:43.68. “It’s been a really exciting sea- PGA Tour rookie Shawn Stefani was lead and around the lead,” he said. “I am both the 400 and 1,600 relays for the Ducks. son,” D’Agostino said. “I’ve learned that I can be a alone at eight under after carding a 65, hopefully starting to grow into that. In the first race of the day, Stanford junior Kori little more versatile than I thought.” with fellow Americans Scott Stallings (68) “This is only my second year out here so Carter won the 400 hurdles in a collegiate-record Hasay, the most decorated track athlete in and Paul Haley II (68) a further three strokes I am learning from every round and every 53:21 seconds. Carter broke the mark of 53.54 Oregon’s history, wound up third and ended her back. Defending champion Dustin Johnson shot, trying to get better every day.” set by UCLA’s Sheena Johnson at the NCAA out- college career without an outdoor title. was among a group of 12 players knotted Four-times major champion Phil door championships in 2004. It was the fastest In other women’s events, LSU senior Natoya at three under after returning a 70 in the Mickelson improved on his opening 71 time in the world this season. Goule of LSU won the 800 in 2:00.06, and Illinois final PGA Tour event before next week’s U.S. with a 67 to end the day eight shots off the Carter bested rival Georganne Moline of sophomore Ashley Spencer defended her title in Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, pace, one stroke better than Irishman Arizona, who finished second in 53.72 under the 400 in 50.28. Her mark was the best college Pennsylvania. Padraig Harrington (70). sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. time this season. UTEP sophomore Anthony English made a barn-storming start with “I made a couple of dumb mistakes, and Southern California senior Reggie Wyatt won Rotich won the men’s 3,000 steeplechase in birdies on his first three holes, then got to I think that’s why I enjoy the competing the men’s 400 hurdles in 48.58, breaking his own 8:21.19. five under for the round when he holed out element before a big event like the US personal best. TCU’s Charles Silmon won the In the field events, South Dakota junior from 170 yards at the fifth. Open next week,” Mickelson said after a men’s 100 with a wind-aided 9.89. He ran a wind- Bethany Buell won the pole vault at 14 feet, 71/4 “One, two and three are some of the four-birdie display. The cut fell at one- aided 9.92 in the semifinals Wednesday, but inches, San Diego State junior Shanieka Thomas easiest holes out here and to make birdies over-par 141 with American world num- Florida State junior Dentarius Locke put up a took the triple jump crown with a leap of 46- on those jump-started my round, it really ber six Brandt Snedeker, former major wind-legal 9.97 - the fastest collegiate mark this 43/4, Indiana senior Derek Drouin won his got me going,” English told Golf Channel. “I winners Trevor Immelman, David Duval season. unprecedented fifth NCAA high jump title by was hitting the ball well and my speed on and Lee Janzen and 14-year-old Chinese Oregon senior Elijah Greer won the 800 in clearing 7-8 and UCLA junior Julian Wruck threw EUGENE: Kansas’ Lindsay Vollmer waves after the greens was really good. I was just trying Guan Tianlang among those missing 1:46.58, followed by Penn State senior Casimir 213-1 for the discus championship. winning the heptathlon during the NCAA to keep it going.” out.—Reuters Loxsom in 1:46.88. The title finishes an undefeat- Kansas sophomore Lindsay Vollmer won the Track and Field Championships. —AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 SPORTS Samoa grab first Photo of the day win over Scotland

DURBAN: Giant winger Alesana Tuilagi of scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw, who kicked four scored two tries as Samoa claimed their penalties but also missed two easy oppor- first victory over Scotland, winning 27-17 at tunities. “We were always scrambling after King’s Park Rugby Stadium in the first of a conceding the first two tries,” Laidlaw said. double-header of test rugby in Durban yes- “We won’t take too much out of today, we terday. Tuilagi, whose brother Manu is on need to go and have a hard look at our- tour with the British and Irish Lions in selves.” Scotland enjoyed a brief lead at 17- Australia, gave an impressive exhibition of 14 when they reaped the rewards of a peri- brute strength to power over for his two od of sustained pressure early in the sec- scores as Samoa snapped a streak of eight ond half which led to Sean Lamont scoring previous matches without success against on the right wing. the Scots. But they held the advantage for only a Fullback James So’oialo got Samoa’s oth- few minutes before So’oialo kicked over a er try and contributed 12 points from the penalty for parity, followed by Tuliagi’s sec- boot. Samoa’s imposing pack and fast- ond try as he raced through the Scottish paced backline ensured a storming start defence, brushing aside a tackler to dive with two tries in the opening 13 minutes. between the posts in the 64th minute. So’oialo opened the scoring in the seventh “We’ve always been on the wrong side minute as Samoa fielded a Scottish kick of some close results against Scotland, so inside their own half to set up a sweeping it’s great to right that today,” Samoa captain move, finished off by the fullback. Paul Williams said. Tuilagi scored his first from the left wing Later on Saturday South Africa play Italy, six minutes later as the huge frames of the while next weekend Scotland take on the Samoans battered through the Scottish Springboks and Samoa meet Italy. A points defence. table will determine the pairings of the four Indiscipline in the scrums allowed teams for a third round of tests in Pretoria Scotland to keep in touch through the boot on June 22.—Reuters

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BIRMINGHAM: Ian Bell starred as England drew first blood in a marathon sequence of matches against Australia with a 48-run victory over the title- holders in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston yesterday. Bell made 91 on his Warwickshire home ground, to the delight of a capacity 25,000 crowd, as England posted 269 for six after captain Alastair Cook won the toss. Bell also shared a second-wicket BRISBANE: Lions player Jonathan Davies (right) is tackled by Reds player Rod Davies stand of 111 with county colleague during the rugby union tour match between the Queensland Reds and the British Jonathan Trott (43) in the first of at least and Irish Lions. —AFP 26 matches, including the upcoming Ashes series in England, across all for- mats against arch-rivals Australia Lions come through Reds scare between now and February 2. Australia BRISBANE: The British and Irish Lions had try, which came after a Farrell up-and-under in pegged England back before an unbro- Owen Farrell’s unerring boot to thank for a 22- the 17th minute. ken seventh-wicket stand of 56 12 victory over the fired-up Queensland Reds The one-cap Wallaby took the ball at between Ravi Bopara (46 not out) and on a rainy night at Lang Park yesterday in by far halfway and stormed upfield, leaving Cuthbert Tim Bresnan (19 not out) bolstered the toughest test of the tour so far. in his wake before swerving past Warburton England’s total. Lions coach Warren Gatland had called for and chipping the ball over Stuart Hogg before However, a target of 270 proved beyond an Australia side still without tougher opposition after his team ran in 17 touching down under the posts. captain Michael Clarke, following the tries in their first two matches against the Cooper converted to put the Reds 7-3 recurrence of the star batsman’s long- Barbarians and Western Force and he certainly ahead and the Queenslanders in the 50,136 standing back injury. got his wish, particularly in a breathless first crowd were roaring but another huge Lions During Australia’s 221 for nine, half. The Reds, playing in white, ran the Lions effort at the scrum forced the home pack to spearhead seamer James Anderson BIRMINGHAM: England’s wicket keeper Jos Buttler (right) tries to stump Australia’s Mitchell Johnson (left) ragged and even led courtesy of winger Luke collapse and Farrell narrowed the margin with (three for 30) became England’s out- to run him out during the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy cricket match. —AFP Morahan’s brilliant individual try. They added a his second penalty. right most successful one-day interna- second after the break through scrumhalf Nick Bowe had already showed that the Lions tional (ODI) bowler, taking the one setback when David Warner (nine) was then made it two wickets for two runs Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena Frisby. wingers could run too, and George North, an wicket he needed to surpass the record well caught by diving wicket-keeper in six balls when Matthew Wade was intervened to calm the situation. Bell The tourists kept their composure, however, early replacement for the injured Manu Tuilagi, of 234 wickets he’d shared with Darren Jos Buttler off Stuart Broad. caught behind. Bailey pressed on to a had made just three hundreds in his joined in with relish. and replied with a try from Ben Youngs before Gough. Australia stand-in skipper Shane Watson (24) fell next, caught 62-ball fifty but when he holed out off previous 130 ODIs. And the 31-year-old the interval while their dominance of the set The Welshman stormed up the touchline George Bailey made 55 as they at least by Cook at gully off Tim Bresnan. Phillip spinner James Tredwell, Australia were was denied a fourth when bowled by piece helped towards flyhalf Farrell’s tally of five after 32 minutes before feeding inside to Farrell put the embarrassment of their 65 all Hughes was missed twice by England all but beaten at 151 for seven. James left-arm paceman Faulkner. penalties and a conversion. “It was exactly what but Morahan was there again and the England out in Tuesday’s warm-up defeat by but couldn’t make them pay, exiting for Faulkner finished on 54 not out but his In Group B, India have already beat- we wanted,” Lions coach Warren Gatland told a flyhalf knocked on in the tackle with the tryline India behind them. 30 when lbw to part-time spinner Joe runs came too late to change the en South Africa and West Indies have news conference. “It was a reminder to the at his mercy. However, this loss left Australia-bid- Root after heaving across the line. course of the match. Earlier, there was a defeated Pakistan. The top two teams players what it means to Australian players to After all the fine attacking play, the first ding for a third straight Champions Mitchell Marsh became Anderson’s flare-up when Australia wicket-keeper from each group will go through to the face the Lions. They came at us at 100 miles an Lions try came from a mistake at the back of Trophy title-with a mountain to climb if record-breaking victim, caught at back- Wade thought Trott had impeded him semi-finals, with the final at Edgbaston hour in that first 20 minutes and we just had to the ensuing scrum when Reds number eight they were to qualify for the semi-finals ward point by Eoin Morgan. Anderson as he tried to gather a wayward return. on June 23.—AFP soak up the pressure.” Jake Schatz knocked the ball back and out of a Group A also featuring New Tour captain Sam Warburton enjoyed a sol- scrumhalf Youngs poked it over the line with Zealand and Sri Lanka, who meet in id Lions debut and said he had not felt the his heel before touching down. Cardiff on Sunday. SCOREBOARD injured knee that kept him out of the first two Another searing North break three minutes “We were 180-2, we should have games, but Irish winger Tommy Bowe broke a later set Warburton free for a run to the line but got 300...But I thought 270 was always BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Final scoreboard in the Champions Trophy Group A match between England and Australia bone in his hand to become the third player to the flanker did not quite have the legs and was going to be enough,” said Cook, whose at Edgbaston yesterday: be ruled out of the tour through injury. swallowed up by three tacklers and held up. side came into this match on he back England Australia Reds captain Quade Cooper, looking to seal Farrell slotted his third penalty on the stroke of a 2-1 ODI series defeat by New a spot in the Wallabies squad for the test series of halftime and made it 19-7 with his fourth 10 A. Cook c Wade b Watson 30 D.Warner c Buttler b Broad 9 Zealand, although they beat the Black S. Watson c Cook b Bresnan 24 that begins at the same stadium on June 22, minutes after the restart, a reward for a long I. Bell b Faulkner 91 Caps in Nottingham on Wednesday. J. Trott c Wade b Starc 43 P. Hughes lbw b Root 30 directed the Reds up-tempo attack with period of pressure in the Reds’ 22. G. Bailey c Root b Tredwell 55 “Jimmy (Anderson) is a great J. Root c Bailey b McKay 12 aplomb but also made a couple of glaring The Reds were still making every attempt to A. Voges b Bresnan 15 bowler, he just keeps getting better E. Morgan b McKay 8 errors. get out of their half and winger Rod Davies suc- and better and we are lucky to have M. Marsh c Morgan b Anderson 5 R. Bopara not out 46 M. Wade c Buttler b Anderson 1 The flyhalf, controversially left out of the ini- ceeded in the 63rd minute, breaking up the him,” Cook said. Man-of-the-match Bell, tial Wallabies squad, missed a kickable penalty touchline before passing inside to scrumhalf J. Buttler b Faulkner 1 J. Faulkner not out 54 an opener in this format, added: “I was M. Johnson c Morgan b Bopara 8 and flung one no-look defensive pass into Frisby who had a clear run for the line. T. Bresnan not out 19 pleased to give us a good platform. It’s Extras (lb12, w6, nb1) 19 M. Starc b Anderson 5 space which the Lions pounced on and only The usually deadly-accurate Mike Harris C. McKay not out 7 nice to play some shots at the top of Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 269 just failed to hack on for a try. somehow hit the upright with the conversion Extras (lb6, w1, nb1) 8 the order.” Meanwhile Bailey said Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Cook), 2-168 (Trott), 3-189 (Bell), 4-189 “We tried to keep the tempo up throughout attempt, while Farrell slotted his fifth and final Australia’s batting had been the key to Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 221 the match and do what we do best which is run penalty with four minutes left as the players (Root), 5-212 (Morgan), 6-213 (Buttler) Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Warner), 2-47 (Watson), 3-94 (Hughes), this loss. “We couldn’t get any momen- Did not bat: S Broad, J Tredwell, J Anderson 4-127 (Voges), 5-134 (Marsh), 6-136 (Wade), 7-151 (Bailey), it around,” said Cooper. “We left everything out tired and the conditions deteriorated in the tum and well done to England-they 8-175 (Johnson), 9-190 (Starc) on the park and we did our club and our state Queensland rain. Bowling: Starc 10-0-75-1 (1nb, 1w); Johnson 8-0-44-0 (1w); restricted us well,” Bailey said. McKay 10-0-38-2 Bowling: Anderson 10-0-30-3; Broad 10-2-35-1; Bresnan 10- proud.” “They played better percentage footy in the 1-45-2 (1nb, 1w); Tredwell 10-1-51-1; Root 5-0-20-1; Bopara “The scoreline flattered us a little. It (1w); Watson 7-0-26-1; Faulkner 10-0-48-2 (1w); Voges 3-0- Morahan served notice of his form with a end and we probably didn’t get as much set 5-0-34-1. doesn’t look great for us, but it’s just 13-0; Marsh 2-0-13-0 sizzling early break before making a try-saving piece ball as we wanted,” said Reds coach Ewen Result: England won by 48 runs one partnership scoring runs which will (2w). tackle on Lions winger Alex Cuthbert in the McKenzie. “In the end I can’t say I was unhappy, make the difference.” Man-of-the-match: Ian Bell (ENG) ninth minute, but that was only a taster for his there was a lot of blood out there ...”—Reuters Australia’s reply suffered an early Cruden helps All Blacks to tense win over France

AUCKLAND: Aaron Cruden had a mixed night with withstood a high tempo, was also scored on the a penalty to make it 10-10. Cane then crossed for a his boot but managed to slot 13 points for a counter following a break by Fritz when Sam Cane 38th-minute try when the All Blacks forced a scratchy All Blacks side as they held off a combative and Ma’a Nonu collided and opened a gap for the turnover and Nonu breached the defence and France team 23-13 in the first game of their three- Toulouse centre to ghost through. Neither side also Cruden’s conversion gave the All Blacks a 17-10 test series at Eden Park yesterday. capitalised from their field position, with France lead at the break. The All Blacks, who had not lost at the Auckland camped near the All Blacks line for several minutes France flyhalf Camille Lopez, who took over the venue since France coach Phillipe Saint Andre in the second half only to be thwarted by a desper- goalkicking when Machenaud limped off early in sparked “the try from the end of the world” in 1994, ate defensive performance and a series of penalties the second half, slotted a penalty that rallied the scored two counter-attacking tries late in the first at the scrum. “We know that it was ugly at times,” visitors. A number of penalties at the breakdown half that proved the difference in a match that New Zealand coach Steve Hansen told reporters of and scrum, however, swung it back to the All failed to reach the heights expected. his impression of the match. Blacks, with Cruden pushing the lead out to seven Both sides, who are rebuilding ahead of the “What I liked about the game was when we points again with his second penalty. 2015 World Cup, wasted several golden opportuni- were in our 22 for quite a sustained period, and we Picamoles then dropped the ball with the line ties to score, most notably France number eight had a young side out there, they kept their compo- open after another break from Fritz and neither Louis Picamoles who dropped the ball with the line sure. “That’s the type of player we need to win big side were able to capitalise as the match was open following a devastating break from Florian test matches. There was no panic, guys just went played in the middle of the field before Cruden Fritz. The All Blacks two tries to scrumhalf Aaron and did their job.” slotted his third penalty. Smith and openside flanker Sam Cane in the final Fofana’s try had given the visitors a 7-0 lead “We were close to the All Blacks, but we made 10 minutes of the first spell typified the match. before Cruden slotted his first penalty, after two too many mistakes, lost too many balls in the con- Both sides were well organised in defence but previous misses, before the All Blacks struck back in tact and they got a lot of opportunity due to our also fell off several tackles when they ran back on the final 10 minutes of the first half on the counter- mistakes,” France captain Thierry Dusautoir said. the counter-attack with the field more open and attack. Scrumhalf Aaron Smith finished off a sear- “We didn’t keep control of the ball and that is defence unorganised. Wesley Fofana’s try for ing break by winger Ben Smith to give the home very important that when you have the opportuni- AUCKLAND: New Zealand All Blacks player Aaron Smith (center) is tackled by France early in the first half, after the visitors had side a 10-7 lead before Maxime Machenaud slotted ty to score against them, you do it.”—Reuters France’s Camille Lopez during the international rugby union test match. —AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 SPORTS19 Ukraine stun Montenegro LONDON: Ukraine dented Montenegro’s hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time with a stunning 4-0 win that blasted Group H wide open on Friday when the fancied teams were made to fight hard for their points. Scotland, who have no chance of reaching next year’s finals in Brazil, epitomised the battling spirit shown by some of the underdogs with a shock 1-0 victo- ry in Croatia where a Robert Snodgrass goal hit the hosts’ chances of topping Group A. Section leaders Belgium earned a nervy 2-1 home win over Serbia with headers from BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s forward Gonzalo Higuain (center) gestures in front Kevin De Bruyne and Marouane of Colombia’s Cristian Zapata (left) and Mario Yepes during their Brazil 2014 Fellaini securing their sixth win in World Cup South American qualifier football match. —AP seven to put them three points clear of the Croats. Belgium can- Argentina held, Chile win not now finish lower than sec- ond. Russia, who led Group F BUENOS AIRES: Colombia climbed into will have to contend with similar condi- after four straight wins, suffered second place in South America’s World tions in Quito. their first defeat as an early Cup qualifying group after holding lead- Argentina have a five-point cushion at Helder Postiga goal gave ers Argentina 0-0 on Friday, while Chile the top of the nine-nation South Portugal a 1-0 win over Fabio did their chances of reaching the finals American group with Colombia and Capello’s side to take top spot PODGORICA: Montenegro’s Mirko Vucinic (left) vies with Ukraine’s Edmar Halovskyi during the no harm with a win in Paraguay. Ecuador both on 20 points and Chile 18. with 14 points, two clear of Russia World Cup 2014 qualifying football match between Montenegro and Ukraine. —AFP Colombia’s goal difference puts them The top four teams at the end of the and three above Israel. above Ecuador, who lost 1-0 to Peru in qualifiers in October will go through to Luxembourg finished their Group mind. The most important thing umphed 5-0 in Latvia in Group G Among those trying to upset F match with the same scoreline was getting the right result.” to stay three points clear of Lima, while Chile hold fourth spot after the Brazil finals. The fifth-placed team, at the odds were Albania and beating Paraguay 2-1. present Venezuela with 16 points, will in Azerbaijan. The results were also as Greece who won 1-0 in Lithuania Iceland, neither of whom have Malta went one better to beat expected for some of the teams thanks to Lazaros Venezuela clung to fifth despite giv- enter a playoff against an Asian qualifier ever reached the finals, with both ing away a late equaliser for a 1-1 draw in November for another berth. Armenia 1-0 in Yerevan with a closing in on a ticket to Brazil, but Christodoulopoulos who scored having a chance to top Group E. goal from their record scorer not for Montenegro who lost midway through the first half. against Bolivia at high altitude in La Paz. Venezuela were four minutes away At one stage, the pair seemed South American champions Uruguay, from victory over Bolivia before a mis- Michael Mifsud and there was their unbeaten record and two Italy, who look set to qualify headed for home wins over more romance in Dublin where players as they suffered a four- from Group B, were held to a 0-0 who had a bye for this round of matches, take by goalkeeper Renny Vega at a cor- Norway and Slovenia respective- dropped to seventh below Peru and visit ner allowed substitute Jhasmany Ireland kept their qualifying goal thrashing by Ukraine in draw by an enterprising Czech ly. Ultimately, though, they both Venezuela on Tuesday in desperate need Campos to head an equaliser. hopes alive with a 3-0 Group C Podgorica. Montenegro had Republic side in Prague where failed in their quest. Albania con- of a win. The dropped points dent Venezuela’s win over the Faroe Islands. Vladimir Volkov and Savo their controversial striker Mario ceded a late goal and were held Argentina, starting without Lionel aspirations of reaching the finals for the Irish captain Robbie Keane not Pavicevic sent off after Ukraine’s Balotelli was sent off by to a 1-1 draw by Norway in Tirana Messi, and Colombia served up a feast of first time but coach Cesar Farias looked only celebrated a record 126th Roman Zozulia was red carded at Norwegian referee Svein Oddvar while Iceland led Slovenia 2-1 in attacking football at the Monumental in on the bright side. cap for his country, but also the end of the first half as the visi- Moen 18 minutes from time. Reykjavik but ended up losing 4-2 Buenos Aires with chances galore early “To take a point in La Paz is very good scored a hat-trick to extend his tors climbed to third in the group Balotelli picked up his second leaving Switzerland, who face on, but two red cards before half an hour and it could be the point that takes us to all-time scoring record for Ireland with a victory which also did yellow card for catching defender Cyprus on Saturday, top by a was up changed the complexion of the the World Cup,” Farias told the post- to 59 goals. With Austria beating England a favor. Theodor Gebre Selassie in the point in Group E above the game. match news conference. Sweden 2-1 in the same group, Montenegro stay top with 14 face with his forearm and will Albanians. The dismissal of Gonzalo Higuain and “Up here (in La Paz) few teams take Germany, who did not play, points from seven games, having now miss Italy’s next match Group B laggards Malta had a Cristian Zapata for kicking out at each points with them. Of our direct rivals remain top with 16 points from played a match more than sec- against Bulgaria in September. night to remember with their first other affected Argentina more, leaving only Chile got three but the point is six games, followed by Austria ond-placed England on 12. This season’s qualifiers will be World Cup qualifying victory for them without a striker in red hot form much better for us than for Bolivia.” and Ireland on 11 with the Ukraine moved up to 11 points wrapped up on Tuesday when 20 years while perennial whip- who almost scored two goals while he Chile’s victory at the Defensores del Swedes slipping to fourth on from six matches, ahead of Denmark play Armenia in Group ping boys Liechtenstein and was on the pitch. Chaco in Asuncion virtually ended eight, albeit with a game in hand. Poland on nine after the Poles B, Sweden meet the Faroes in Luxembourg also avoided defeat. Higuain’s suspension and doubts over Paraguay’s chances of reaching Brazil. Keane told ESPN: “There was a could only draw with lowly Group C and Belarus host Liechtenstein dented Messi’s match fitness could mean “It’s the hardest and saddest moment lot of talk about getting the Moldova. Finland in Group I after losing 1- Slovakia’s playoff chances with a Argentina start away to Ecuador on of our careers, because we’ve spent a life record number of caps, but for The biggest winners of the 0 in the reverse fixture on 1-1 draw in Group G and Tuesday without their top scorers, who in the national team and to finish like this me that was in the back of my night were Bosnia who tri- Friday.—Reuters have 17 goals between them. is tough,” said veteran Paraguay striker Messi, just back from a hamstring Roque Santa Cruz. injury and lacking match fitness, rarely Paraguay fans clamoured for Gerardo looked comfortable after coming on with Pelusso, the team’s second coach during Belmont Stakes could be little more than half an hour left. the qualifiers, to be sacked. Peru coach Asked whether he would play against Sergio Markarian, on the other hand, was Ecuador, the Argentina captain told a happy man after his team’s victory in wet and wide-open race reporters: “I don’t know, I had gone a Lima while recognising that reaching the long time without a game. Playing at alti- finals is still only a dream. “We’re taking NEW YORK: Orb and Oxbow. is the 3-1 morning-line favorite. tude is exhausting.” the victory calmly, today we’re still out of Oxbow and Orb. Anyway you draw “I’m not going to worry about Messi no doubt recalled his struggle the World Cup. This win sets us up for it up, there will not be a Triple because it makes this a good, solid in the thin air of La Paz in Argentina’s 1-1 the fight without promising anything,” Crown on the line in the $1 million field.” draw with Bolivia in March and his team Markarian said.—Reuters Belmont Stakes late yesterday. Revolutionary is the second Even without a Triple try, the choice at 9-2, with Oxbow third at Belmont is still an intriguing race. It 5-1 and Unlimited Budget and US, Costa Rica win matches Kentucky Derby winner Freedom Child each at 8-1 in the Orb against Preakness winner field of 14 - the largest since 1996 Oxbow, Todd Pletcher sending out and one shy of the record set in in WCup qualifying a record five horses and one of the 1983. largest fields in the 145-year history Weather could be a factor. A PANAMA: The United States and Costa The win moved the US to seven of a race also known as the “Test of steady rain began early Friday and Rica both notched important wins on points from four games, the same record the Champion.” was expected to continue through Friday to move joint top of CONCACAF as Costa Rica, while Mexico also has sev- So let’s not overanalyze the Saturday morning, with as much as qualifying for next year’s World Cup, en points but has played one more rematch because there are many 3 inches predicted by the National while Mexico’s hopes were dented by a game. more story lines that will unfold Weather Service. The track was 0-0 draw at Panama. Brad Evans scored The top three qualify automatically for when the 14-horse field begins its rolled and sealed after Thursday’s in the second minute of second-half Brazil 2014 while the fourth-placed 11/2 -mile run around Belmont races to compress the dirt so water stoppage time, giving the U.S. a thrilling nation - currently Panama after the 0-0 Park on what could be a wet track doesn’t seep into the racing sur- following 24 hours of rain. face. If the track comes up wet, Orb, ELMONT: A horse is bathed after the 7th race during the 145th 2-1 win over Jamaica at Kingston. home draw against Mexico - enters a fur- Orb is looking to bounce back Golden Soul and Revolutionary - running of the Belmont Stakes. —AFP Jozy Altidore put the Americans ther intercontinental playoff. after his fourth-place finish in the the first three finishers in the Derby the nifty moves of some of his the Grand Canyon of racetracks, a ahead in the 30th minute, but Jermaine Costa Rica beat Honduras 1-0 thanks Preakness, following his 21/2 - run over a sloppy track at Churchill rivals, but Lukas says once he builds much wider track than Churchill Beckford seemed to have secured a draw to a 25th minute goal by New York Red length win in the Derby. Oxbow is Downs - should be able to deal up a head of steam “he’s danger- Downs or Pimlico, with long, when he headed in a free kick in the Bulls defender Roy Miller. The result left out to show his wire-to-wire with it. So, too, should Freedom ous.” sweeping turns. 89th. Honduras in fifth place, two points Preakness win was not a fluke. Child. “I like what I’m seeing,” said Palace Malice is among It’s also deceiving. Judging dis- However the visiting Americans still behind Panama, who secured a cred- Todd Pletcher’s quintet includes Freedom Child’s trainer Tom Pletcher’s squad - the others are tance can be difficult. For example, had to time to snatch a winner. After itable home draw against Mexico. the filly Unlimited Budget, with Albertrani. “I’m getting all the good the filly, Revolutionary, Overanalyze at the top of the turn at Belmont, working the ball into the box from a cor- Jamaica is last in the group with just Rosie Napravnik looking to become signs. He couldn’t be doing any and Midnight Taboo. Despite only there’s still a half mile left in the ner, Evans took the ball amid a cluster of two points from five games, leaving the the second female jockey to win a better.” one win in seven starts, Palace race. At other tracks, there’s only a Jamaica defenders, spun and beat goal- Reggae Boyz a mountain to climb in the Triple Crown race. Up-and-coming The last Belmont run over the Malice, the son of two-time Horse quarter mile to go. keeper Donovan Ricketts from about 10 remaining five qualifying matches. Freedom Child joins the Triple slop was two years ago when 24-1 of the Year Curlin, looks to have the Gary Stevens, who will be yards. The next round of games is on Crown fray for the first time off his long shot Ruler On Ice won. It also potential to win at the top level. aboard Oxbow, knows all about the “They’re dire moments.” Evans said. Tuesday when Mexico hosts Costa Rica, 131/4 -length romp in the Peter was the most recent Derby winner “He’s always impressed us in his intricacies of the track. In 1997, he “There’s still work to be done. But three Honduras is at home against Jamaica Pan Stakes four weeks ago over a vs. Preakness winner matchup, with training, and he’s shown hints of moved too soon aboard Silver points, on the road, in a place we haven’t and Panama travels to take on the sloppy track at Belmont Park. And Preakness winner Shackleford fifth that in some of his races although Charm and had his Triple Crown won, is pretty special.” United States.—AP Kenny McPeek, who won the 2002 and Derby winner Animal Kingdom he hasn’t completely followed spoiled by Touch Gold. A year later, Belmont with Sarava at record odds sixth. through and won a big race that he spoiled Real Quiet’s Triple bid of 70-1, is back again with 30-1 shot In addition to Frac Daddy, there we feel like he’s capable of doing,” when Kent Desormeaux moved too Frac Daddy. are few other long shots worth a said Pletcher. “We think he’s well early and Stevens’ Victory Gallop “There’s probably a few in there look in 20-1 Will Take Charge and meant for this race.” won by a nose. that don’t figure, but they’ve got 15-1 Palace Malice. The Belmont is known as a rid- “”Belmont Park is like the just as much license to run as Orb D. Wayne Lukas will be out to er’s race because it takes a savvy ocean,” said the recently unretired or Oxbow or anybody else,” said win his 15th Triple Crown race with jockey familiar with the lay of the Stevens. “You can have a lot of fun Hall of Fame trainer Shug Oxbow, and he also trains Will Take land to navigate the nation’s only in it, but it can hurt you if you don’t McGaughey, whose Derby winner Charge. The big colt may not have 11/2 -mile oval. Belmont Park is like respect it.—AP ABK continues to present the ‘Best Player’ prize at Volleyball Championship

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait the best player at the Al Sahel vs is keenly involved in lending Al Salmiya Sporting Clubs final support to the youth of Kuwait, game during the Volleyball and has always taken an enthusi- Championship. Mr. Mahmoud astic interest to participate in Qassim from Al Sahel Sporting several youth activities, with an Club was chosen as the best emphasis on sport under the player. Bank’s CSR banner “Our Ali Al Baghli, Assistant Society...Our Responsibility”. Manager, Public Relations at ABK ABK has therefore conducted stated, “We congratulate Mr. the ‘Best Player’ prize as a recog- Mahmoud Qassim, the winner in SAN JOSE: Honduras’ Roger Espinoza (left) vies for the ball with Costarican nition token for best performing the Volleyball championship, Christian Gamboa (right) during their FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 qualifier foot- athletes. whose display of talent and ball match. —AFP ABK presented a cash prize to sportsmanship is exemplary!” Sanchez wins Bell tolls for Dauphine stage England

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FRANCE: USA’s Serena Williams (second right) and Russia’s Maria Sharapova (second left) pose with their trophies, next to French tennis federation (FFT) president Jean Gachassin and Spanish former tennis player Arantxa Sanchez, after the 2013 French tennis Open final at the Roland Garros stadium. — AFP Serena reigns supreme in Paris

PARIS: Serena Williams won her second French Championships when she was just 17-years-old. since 1995, the two biggest names and biggest ble and then showed her aggressive intentions first set in 51 minutes. Open title yesterday, 11 years after her first tri- “It was very difficult today. After 11 years (since earners in women’s sport were pitted against by breaking Williams in the next game. The task on hand for Sharapova was huge, umph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6- last win) and now I have 16 (Grand Slam titles),” each other for the 16th time, the third in a Grand Sharapova had two points for a 3-0 lead, but illustrated by the fact that in Grand Slam tennis, 4, 6-4 in a brief, but high-quality final. said Williams, addressing the crowd in French. Slam final. Williams was the strong favorite, hav- Williams started to find her range again to break after taking a one set to love lead 208 times, the It was the 31-year-old American’s 16th Grand “But I want to come back next year because I ing won 13 times for two defeats against the back and was soon on level terms at 2-2. She American had failed to complete the job just five Slam title win, taking her to within two of Chris adore Paris and I adore the public here. I want to Russian and stormed into the final for the loss of broke again to lead 3-2 and suddenly she looked times. Sharapova saved five break points to start Evert and Martina Navratilova who are tied for win here again. “I spend a lot of time here (In just one set, taking her career-best winning streak in command of a match that had started so the second set, but two games later she strug- fourth on the all-time list. Paris) ... and I think I am becoming a Parisienne.” to 31. brightly for Sharapova. gled again on serve and this time Williams con- And it underscored her near total domination Sharapova said: “I played a great tournament, Sharapova though was on a 13-match win The crowd tried to lift the title-holder, who verted her first break point to put herself in the of the women’s game, having won three of the but ran into a really tough opponent today. She run at Roland Garros, having finally come to was seeking her fifth Grand Slam title and second clear at 4-2. She then comfortably served out last four Grand Slam titles-at Wimbledon, the US has been playing so well this year and the whole terms with the demands of claycourt tennis last at Roland Garros, and she did manage to get back twice, with three aces to conclude with, to glee- and French Opens-and reaching the quarter- of last year as well. “But this court has brought me year when she defeated Sara Errani in the final. on level terms briefly at 4-4 with Williams both- fully banish 11 years of frustrations at Roland finals at the Australian Open. so many nice memories. Last year was so incredi- Williams opened up with a sequence of brutal ered by the gusting wind. Garros. At 31 years, 247 days she is the oldest For Sharapova it was a 10th straight loss to her ble to win and to be back as one of the last two service returns that had Sharapova scampering But the American produced her best tennis of women in the Open Era to win the French Open American nemesis dating back to 2004 when she players was great.” In what was the first French from side to side and within minutes 0-40 down. the match in the next game with some big hits title, taking over from Chris Evert who set the pre- defeated her in the Wimbledon final and the WTA Open women’s final involving the two top seeds But the tall Russian served her way out of trou- down both flanks and then held serve to take the vious mark in 1986. — AFP

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MONTREAL: Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel secured pole for today’s Canadian Grand Prix with a consummate demon- Nadal happy to suffer stration of his talent in a rain-hit qualifying session yesterday. The 25-year-old German drove his Red Bull to the fastest lap time to complete his hat-trick of poles at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and in pursuit of eighth title his third this season. It was the 39th pole of his record-breaking career. Vettel PARIS: Rafael Nadal is happy to suffer if it allows him to ing a set. clocked a best lap of one minute and 25.425 seconds, using ‘inter- become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title He has slipped through the gap created when Andy mediate’ treaded tyres in the wet conditions, to finish fastest eight times when he tackles Spanish compatriot David Murray pulled out of the tournament with an injury and ahead of Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes by 0.087 seconds. Ferrer in today’s French Open final. Nadal, who won the which was left wide open when Roger Federer was Vettel said: “I’m looking forward to the race tomorrow, I think Roland Garros crown in 2012 for the seventh time to pull knocked out in the quarter-finals by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. we had strong performance yesterday so whatever happens in clear of Bjorn Borg’s six titles, goes into his 17th Grand Ferrer then eased past the Frenchman 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 terms of conditions it should be good. We expect dry conditions Slam final seeking a 12th major overall. in his semi-final but he will be well aware that his only vic- tomorrow, but it doesn’t matter. Ferrer, 31, Nadal’s senior by four years, will be playing tory on clay against Nadal was in their first meeting at “We have both sets of tyres left, but even if it rains we should MONTREAL: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of on this stage for the first time and will be handicapped by Stuttgart in 2004 when his compatriot was just 16. be in decent shape. But it’s a long race, 70 laps here, so anything Germany powers his car during the qualifying session a 19-4 losing streak against his fellow Spaniard, 16 of those As well as losing to Nadal in the quarter-finals in Paris in can happen.” Hamilton, who was hunting his fourth pole on one of the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix. — AFP losses coming on clay. 2005, and in the semi-finals last year, Ferrer has already of his favourite circuits, ended up starting second and was a man Red Bull team chief Christian Horner. “It was really tricky and diffi- But Nadal is taking nothing for granted and is prepared lost three times to his countryman in 2013, again all on of few words afterwards. He said: “I was doing a pretty good final cult to get the timing right, but Sebastian did it just perfectly.” for another marathon encounter after his epic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, clay. lap, but I ran wide, so it was unfortunate, but I’m still happy.” Mark Webber qualified fifth in the second Red Bull ahead of 6-7 (3/7), 9-7 win over world number one Novak Djokovic “It’s a dream for me to be in the final of a Grand Slam, Vettel’s success in taking pole ended Mercedes run of four Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and, remarkably, Frenchman Jean-Eric in the semi-finals. and Roland Garros is more important for me,” said Ferrer, straight poles on a dramatic day that saw unsung Finnish rookie Vergne of Toro Rosso, who also registered his best qualifying per- “I learned during all of my career to enjoy suffering, and who has lost eight straight to Nadal. Valtteri Bottas claim third place on the grid for the Williams team. formance to take seventh. these kind of matches are very special. You don’t have the “I will fight. It’s very difficult to beat Rafael on all the It was his first appearance in the top-ten shootout and he Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, was eighth for Lotus chance to play these kind of matches every day,” said surfaces, but on a clay court it is more difficult. I think I endorsed his success with an impressive showing of skill on the ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, in the second Toro Rosso, and Adrian Nadal. He had twice led top seed Djokovic by a set and a need to play my best tennis to beat him. I need to play slippery circuit. Sutil who will start 10th for Force India as the team celebrate their break but had to come back from 4-2 down in the decider very aggressive all the match.” Bottas will start today’s 70- 100th Grand Prix appearance. It was a dismal day for many in the to seal a place in his eighth Paris final, extending his record Ferrer should at least be the fresher of the two having laps race with fourth-placed changeable cold and wet conditions with both McLaren drivers to 58 wins in 59 matches at the tournament in the process. spent six hours fewer than Nadal to get to the champi- German Nico Rosberg, winner failing to make the top ten shootout-after the team had won this “When these kind of matches happen you suffer, but I onship match. Today’s match will be the third all-Spanish of the Monaco Grand Prix, race for the last three years in succession-and Ferrari’s Brazilian really enjoy these moments. I really enjoy suffering, final at a Grand Slam and all have come in Paris. alongside him in the second Felipe Massa crashing out in Q2, his third big recent accident, fol- because what’s harder is when I am in Mallorca last year Sergio Bruguera beat Alberto Berasategui in 1994, Mercedes, his run of three poles lowing two at the Monaco Grand Prix. and I had to watch these kind of matches on the TV. Carlos Moya saw off Alex Corretja four years later while, in having ended in the rain. Mexican Sergio Perez qualified only 12th and his McLaren “Today I am here. So you can lose, you can win, and 2002, Albert Costa got the better of Juan Carlos Ferrero. Bottas said: “This means a team-mate Jenson Button was 14th. The 2009 champion reflect- that’s part of the sport. That’s the beautiful thing.” Nadal Victory for Nadal will take him clear of Roger Federer lot. It’s way more up in the grid ed: “To be fair, I’m not too upset. It’s pretty scary out there. I had has been the sensation of 2013, winning 42 of 44 matches and Pete Sampras, who have seven Wimbledon titles, as than we could have imagined. my eyes closed for most of it. We struggled to get temperature and six titles since his return in February from a seven- the most successful player at one major in the Open era. The first six races have been so into the tyres. It just didn’t go our way.” month injury lay-off to rest his troublesome knees. Meanwhile, at 31 years and 68 days, Ferrer is bidding to difficult, so this will be a nice Sutil’s Force India team-mate Paul Di Resta failed to make the It was a low period of his life and career as he missed become the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title since boost for the team. We got cut from Q1 and blamed the team. In an outspoken outburst, he the Olympics as well as US and Australian Opens. Ferrer, Andre Agassi (32 years 272 days) at the 2003 Australian everything just right today.” said: “We spent far too much time trying to fix a problem, when the fourth seed, has reached his maiden final without los- Open. — AFP “That was fantastic by Seb,” said the conditions were good, when the car could have run. — AFP S Africa labour strife creating vicious cycle Page 22

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ST PETERSBURG: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars employees present an all-new Rolls-Royce Wraith during the unveiling of a new Rolls-Royce showroom in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg. —AFP Euro-zone crisis over: French president Hollande seeks to allay Japanese fears over EU

TOKYO: French President Francois should lead the world economy,” he Hollande sought to reassure said. He said it was “encouraging” Japanese business leaders yesterday that Japan was embarking on a that the euro-zone debt crisis is over growth strategy under Prime Egypt tackles fuel use to but acknowledged that steps to Miniser Shinzo Abe to revive long boost the region’s growth and com- stagnant growth through a massive petitiveness need to be taken. In a monetary easing and fiscal stimulus. speech on the final day of his visit to During the three-day visit, Japan stave off summer crisis Japan, Hollande said that the poten- and France agreed to deepen their tially destructive debt crisis has cooperation on nuclear technology. served to “reinforce” Europe and fos- Asked about the deal amid national LONDON: Egypt will cut exports of natural gas cannot say when it will be,” El-Barkatawy said. At feet per day in the next 3-5 years, both of which ter greater integration of the 17 mem- debate in Japan over the future of and tell major industries to slow output this the heart of the fuel problem is the subsidies, represent increases of about 35 percent. Egypt ber economies that use the euro cur- nuclear energy after the Fukushima summer to avoid an energy crisis and stave off which account for around one fifth of Egypt’s will achieve these levels as existing concessions rency. disaster, Holland reiterated that as political unrest, the chairman of the Egyptian GDP and could reach 120 billion Egyptian come online and through new technologies, He said authorities are developing forerunners in nuclear energy tech- General Petroleum Company (EGPC) told pounds ($17.4 billion) for the year ending in unconventional resources and exploration in tools to ensure greater stability and nology, the two nations need to Reuters. Tarek El-Barkatawy said Egypt was June as Egypt’s fuel needs are forever rising. the Red Sea and the south, he said. BP’s offshore solidarity such as a Europe-wide cooperate over its safety “so that counting on top liquid natural gas (LNG) Egypt produces its own energy but became finds in the Mediterranean should add 1 billion “banking union” and budgetary rules. there is no doubt over its reliability.” exporter Qatar to obtain additional gas vol- a net oil importer in 2008 and is rapidly becom- cubic feet per day of gas, with some eight other “What you need to understand here in Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy umes in summer, while encouraging factories ing a net importer of natural gas. The govern- concessions due to come online to reduce Japan is that the crisis in Europe is Industries and France’s Areva are to plan their annual maintenance for those ment pays for Egyptian drivers to buy fuel for as depletion. over. And that we can work together, cooperating on construction of a months of peak demand. Cairo will also need to little as 15 US cents for a litre of diesel. Cairo’s France and Japan, to open new doors reactor in Turkey In response to a source more oil to meet seasonal driving new leaders worry that cuts to subsidies would Squeezing out the smuggler for economic progress,” he said in the question about China, Hollande demand. risk political and social unrest, but without cuts El-Barkatawy does not see a significant speech at the Imperial Hotel organ- said that while France does have A restructuring of its huge subsidy pro- the International Monetary Fund will not agree decrease in subsidy costs immediately as more ized by The Nikkei, a major financial trade disputes with China - and a gramme will reduce smuggling by thieves who to a $4.8 billion loan seen as necessary to keep ground work must be done, notably removing newspaper. yawning trade deficit of 25 billion now siphon off a fifth of subsidised fuel to sell the public finances afloat. In addition, Egypt the smuggler from the equation. To target the Although the euro-zone debt crisis euros - Paris needs to “work with” at profit, El-Barkatawy said. Under the new owes at least $5 billion to foreign oil producers, middle men, Egypt plans to change the point at that erupted at the end of 2009 has Beijing and shouldn’t be expected scheme, subsidies would be applied only at the of which half is in arrears. which the oil becomes priced at the subsidy lev- eased, the region’s collective econo- to choose between Japan and retail stage, leaving fewer opportunities for el. At the moment, subsidies apply to the whole my has shrunk for six straight quarters China as they were both important theft in wholesale and shipping. The new chair- Gas exports to drop further supply chain, which makes it possible to steal and unemployment has reached 12.2 regional economic powers. man of the main state oil company took the top Long petrol queues and some protests have artificially cheap fuel in big quantities through percent, the highest since the euro “We have the will to work with job last week after incumbent Sherif Hadara become the norm since 2011 and major cities large distribution networks and sell it at a profit was introduced in 1999. Hollande Asia, and not to oppose any particu- became oil minister. Previously, El-Barkatawy have lately been hit by occasional black outs. To at higher prices in Egypt or abroad. said Europe needs to put more lar country,” he said. “We have a emphasis on taking steps to promote friendly relationship with China for a was under-secretary at the oil ministry and has survive the summer, Egypt plans to reduce nat- EGPC hopes to deter smugglers by keeping growth and competitiveness “so that long time now, and a relationship of worked for foreign oil companies. ural gas exports, with Qatar filling its customers’ the price at the high international level until the we can have a better presence in the exceptional partnership with Japan,” He arrives at a strained time in Egypt as the needs through an LNG swap deal. The first such actual point of sale. Distributors will no longer world.” he said. “Please do not ask us to country has been struggling to buy fuel since swap is due to occur in a few weeks, El- have access to subsidised fuel. “Once we deliver He also highlighted his proposal to choose.” Hollande also commented the revolution that toppled President Hosni Barkatawy said. That will allow Egyptian gas to the diesel, the financial load will transfer to the create a common economic govern- on the trade dispute over solar pan- Mubarak in 2011. Egypt’s economy has floun- be diverted to feed Egypt’s own power plants, gas station,” El-Barkatawy said. ment for the euro-zone that would els between the European Union and dered with political uncertainty and the loss of but even that will not be enough and Egypt will A new “smart card” system to track purchases set economic policy. Hollande called China, saying discussion is ongoing tourism, culminating in a currency crisis. Cairo need to supplement it by burning fuel oil. of subsidised fuel, due to start next month, will Japan an “exceptional partner” and and that the issue will be on the now relies on large loans from friendly coun- “We will convert some burners to run on fuel also make it easier to fight theft. “We will intro- urged both countries to invest more agenda in the upcoming meeting of tries, notably Qatar, which allow it to buy diesel oil... Either from our system or through imports,” duce the smart card soon and even apply it to in each other. France’s annual exports the European Commission later this and gasoline on the open market. For crude oil, he said. Egyptian gas exports have fallen steadi- the assembly points and gas stations and make to Japan total about 7.5 billion euros month. “We will debate this with the it has turned to Libya and Kuwait but the vol- ly in recent years. Pipeline flows to Israel and to sure that any diesel or gasoline unloaded from ($9.8 billion), while its imports are just European Commission because it’s ume is still not enough to run its refineries at Jordan, Lebanon and Syria stopped last year ships is accounted for when it goes onto trucks over 9 billion euros. Both rank 11th as important that all European coun- full capacity and meet summer demand. while in LNG only the Idku export plant operat- to the distributors and gas stations.” Data accu- respective trade partners. tries agree on the decisions made” he “We know that demand is more than supply. ed by BG Group is still working, and at reduced mulated from smart cards will eventually help He said some people may have said. On Tuesday, the EU announced We are relying on imports,” the chairman said. capacity. Exports from another LNG plant at the government reduce the subsidy bill without the impression that France and duties averaging 47 percent on Hopes of Iraqi oil arriving in time for summer Damietta stopped at the start of the year. spurring protests and hurting industry, he said. Japan are countries that have left Chinese-made solar panels, cells and are dwindling. Back in March, Iraq’s oil ministry Longer term, El-Barkatawy said the country “So by doing this, it will improve our credit level their best years behind them, but wafers but said it would postpone said it was willing to supply 4 million barrels per aims to boost production of oil to 1 million bar- and will be one step in the right direction to they are mistaken. “We don’t think imposing the full tariffs until August month. “It is static. It has not been agreed yet, I rels per day and natural gas to 7.5 billion cubic secure the IMF loan.” —Reuters we are countries from the past. We to allow time for negotiation. —AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 BUSINESS S Africa labour strife creating vicious cycle Labor issues spook investors, businesses JOHANNESBURG: Labour unrest in South worker anger next year, sparking another round Discontent is simmering on the platinum Africa’s mines, which threatens to spread to big- of strikes. Investors in turn would make another belt and there is real threat of a repeat of the ger sectors like manufacturing, is plunging the stampede for the exits, undermining the rand 2012 mining unrest which killed over 50 peo- economy into a vicious cycle that may spiral into again and reigniting the whole cycle as inflation ple, cost gold and platinum producers billions stagflation, disinvestment and more social was spurred anew. of dollars in lost revenue and led to sovereign upheaval. South Africa’s rand has lost 16 percent Of course, this cycle is not set in stone. Strike credit downgrades. Worryingly, there are signs against the dollar so far in 2013 and hit new four- fatigue may set in with workers, many of whom the wildcat strike action that has rocked the year lows this week, with mining worries trigger- have high levels of debt, which could temper mines could spread to other industries such as ing the latest sell-off - which picked up pace such action or curtail wage demands. And the automobile manufacturing, a rare bright spot. when data showed growth in Africa’s top econo- dance between the currency and prices can go South Africa’s main auto union last week my slowed to a snail’s pace as manufacturing two ways. The rand, a highly liquid emerging threatened to “halt production” at a output shrank. market currency, can change direction quickly Volkswagen factory to protest against the dis- All of this is spooking investors and sowing and put the brakes on inflation. missal of it members, days after the end of an the seeds of more social discontent, as data illegal walkout at a Mercedes Benz plant. Data shows a strong correlation between the rand’s Wage-price spiral showed car making was the only part of man- performance against the dollar and inflation, But there are plenty of causes for concern. ufacturing that grew in the first quarter. with a time-lag of nine months. Inflation is cur- Last week, as it kept interest rates on hold, the Overall the sector declined by almost eight PAMPLONA: People affected by evictions protest in front of a Santander rently just under six percent and will accelerate, central bank said the “risk of a wage-price spiral percent and economic growth braked to 0.9 Bank, in Pamplona northern Spain on Friday, June 7, 2013. Banner at centre with the biggest exchange-rate impact likely on remains high.” The risks have probably never percent in the quarter from 2.1 percent in Q4 reads ‘Evictions. We have rats’ and at left ‘ This bank cons you - Fraud - and food and fuel prices, which will hit working-class been higher, given the state of labour militancy last year. they throw people out of their homes’ —AP households hard. But the full impact of the rand’s and the pent-up expectations of workers at the Wage pressures are also costing jobs in a current weakness will only be fully felt nine bottom of the pay scale who have seen little country with an unemployment rate of over months hence, after the next round of wage improvement in their lives two decades after the 25 percent. In the third quarter of last year agreements in mining and other sectors have end of apartheid. alone, 15,000 jobs were shed in the mining been hammered out. The typical South African mineworker has sector. With the falling rand fanning inflation, Burgan Bank unveils These will be tough as worker militancy is on eight dependants, many of whom live far from growth slowing and the economy shedding the rise amid a vicious turf war between a mining the shafts in remote rural areas. Despite above- jobs, stagflation - or something that looks a lot Youth Account offer union linked to the ruling African National inflation pay increases in recent years the worst like it - is a very real prospect. Congress and a more militant rival. Strikes are a paid still only make close to 4,000 rand ($420) a Complicating matters is politics, as attempts KUWAIT: Burgan Bank yesterday dation for five days as well as a tour in certainty, which will strain incomes and knock month - around half the average wage in the by mining companies to cut jobs to stay prof- announced that it is offering the the stadium. Burgan Bank’s Youth the rand further, and any wage gains wrested industry, which has vast earnings disparities. itable have met with intense resistance from the chance for its Youth Account holders to Account was launched for young indi- from companies will mostly be devoured by Inflation in such circumstances works through ANC-led government. World No. 1 platinum pro- win a trip to Spain to attend the world’s viduals, around the ages of 15 to 25, inflation soon after. “There is a 9-month lag the household pipeline in steadily corroding ducer Anglo American Platinum has been forced much awaited football matches who seek to attain a successful future. which generates the highest correlation between ways. First, prices in mining communities jump as to scale back from plans to cut up to 14,000 jobs between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. There is no limit to open an account, the depreciation of the rand and the impact on the workers return to work and wages spike. This in a bid to return to profit. But if it continues to Youth Account holders are given an and no minimum balance required to inflation,” said George Glynos, managing director means less money than anticipated is sent back post losses, jobs will eventually have to go, one automatic entry with every KD20 in maintain it. Furthermore, account hold- at financial consultancy ETM Analytics. to home to dependants in rural areas. Inflation way or the other. If this inflamed social tensions, their accounts. One winner will be ers receive free prepaid card and an “Whatever disposable income you negotiate then filters through to the countryside as the investors would flee again and spark another awarded with two tickets to attend the ATM card which entitle them to dis- in your wage talks gets eroded away in the affect of the rand’s slide and other factors make rand sell-off, setting in motion a familiar dizzying match as well as air fare and accommo- counts at select merchandisers. months that follow,” he said. This could easily fuel themselves felt in rising food and fuel costs. cycle. —Reuters

Bayt.com Poll Is a freelancing career in Middle East a good option?

Being a freelancer sure beats the con- 2. Make more money fessionals in MENA believe that freelancing 3. You have to find work on your own 6. No benefits straints of a regular 9-to-5 job, but as they If you have the drive in you, you can stand would allow more focus on what they love to With freelancing, you don’t just spend The biggest bummer of all: you’re not say, freedom always comes with a price. to make more money freelancing. You can do. time working; you also need to spend time getting any medical coverage, paid sick Bayt.com recently conducted a poll to take on more clients or more projects than if finding new clients and work. When you days, paid leave, retirement savings, and gauge perceptions of the freelance job you were working for a company. In fact, 64 5. Control your career path work for a company, the incoming work is many other common employee perks market in the Middle East. The poll enti- percent of professionals in the region would When you’re a freelancer you can mold taken care of for you. Even though you may and benefits if you want to take up free- tled “The Bayt.com State of the Freelance take up freelancing to earn more, while 55 your future to a large degree. You can choose know some people here and there, actually lancing as your latest career move. Market in the MENA Region”, June 2013, percent say that freelancers have the poten- what kind of projects to work on, when to do having them sign a contract with you So, should you consider freelancing reveals that freelancing is considered by tial to earn more than full-time employees. them, how much extra work you need, and doesn’t have to be all that easy. In fact, 31 on a full-time basis? 75.2 percent of respondents to be a good what direction to take. 12 percent of profes- percent of professionals in MENA said that In light of the above, it’s definitely option for someone working in the 3. Achieve a better work-life balance sionals feel that freelancing can give them they don’t know how or where to start. This hard to be a freelancer. But it can also Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 31 percent of professionals in MENA say better control over their career path. is why networking in freelancing is key to be extremely rewarding. Most things region. freelancing is a good option for a better success. have pros and cons and it’s up to you to So, how viable is freelancing in the work-life balance. As a freelancer there are The cons decide how all of these points weigh in MENA region? And is it possible to take many ways that you’ll be likely to see your 1. Inconsistent flow of work 4. Many laws and regulations on that final decision. on freelancing on a full-time basis? The family more. This could be the fact that you’re At a company or firm, you’re pretty much Again depending on which country Our study has found that good free- career experts at Bayt.com, the Middle actually working from a home office. Not guaranteed work. You come in and there is you’re in, there are laws and regulations you lancers are flexible and adaptable (28 East’s #1 job site answer some of these only will this make you happier but it will always work for you to do. As a freelancer, on need to know. It can be quite a job to read percent), have great self-confidence (16 questions by weighing the pros and cons give a boost to both your creativity and pro- the other hand, work is never guaranteed. up on all these and get everything done percent), are good at multi-tasking (15 of a freelancing career in the Middle East: ductivity. Based on the overall state of the market, right, but it’s necessary. On a related note, percent), have good time management opportunities are not always plentiful. visa issues are considered a major concern skills (15 percent), and have excellent The pros 4. Do what you love for 15.6 percent of professionals in MENA communication skills (10 percent). 1. Choose when to work We all seek to do things we love and get 2. Inconsistent income who want to embark on a freelancing career. So, the best candidates for a free- With freelancing, you get to choose paid for it. Confucius was right when he said, With inconsistent flow of work comes lance career are self-motivated, punctu- when you work. You’re working for your- “If you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work inconsistent income. When you freelance 5. Takes a lot of discipline al, and organized individuals who do self, after all. Are you a morning person another day in your life”. Today there are you’ll never know exactly what you’ll get Being your own boss, getting up in the not mind working alone. They must who wants to stop working at lunchtime? many people who wake up in the morning paid from month to month. This can be hard mornings, doing what you’re supposed to enjoy working from home and setting Or are you a night owl who loves to sleep and don’t look forward to a day’s work. With to live with for many people, especially when do and so on takes a lot of discipline. One their own schedule while successfully in? As long as you get the work done, freelancing you can do things you love and you have a lot of fixed monthly expenses thing that’s definitely for sure is that free- managing to achieve a good work-life that’s all that matters. get paid at the same time. 24 percent of pro- that have to be paid. lancing isn’t for everyone. balance.

EXCHANGE RATES

Commercial Bank of Kuwait Thai Baht 9.355 Omani Riyal 742.22 748.000 Guinea Franc 0.0000444 0.0000504 Malaysian ringgit 94.271 Qatari Riyal 78.81 79.500 Hg Kong Dollar 0.0342773 0.0373773 Irani Riyal 0.271 Saudi Riyal 76.24 77.000 Indian Rupee 0.0049664 0.0050304 US Dollar/KD .2770000 .2880000 Irani Riyal 0.273 Indonesian Rupiah 0.0000242 0.0000293 GB Pound/KD .4310000 .4470000 GCC COUNTRIES Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Jamaican Dollars 0.0028565 0.0038565 Euro .3680000 .3760000 Saudi Riyal 76.297 Japanese Yen 0.0027989 0.0029789 Swiss francs .3020000 .3170000 Kenyan Shilling 0.0033322 0.0035622 Qatari Riyal 78.615 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Canadian Dollar .2780000 .2920000 US Dollar 285.750 Malaysian Ringgit 0.0885410 0.0955410 Omani Riyal 743.150 Nepalese Rupee 0.0029876 0.0031876 Australian DLR .2940000 .3020000 Canadian Dollar 279.800 Bahraini Dinar 759.930 Pakistan Rupee 0.0028738 0.0029138 Indian rupees .0040000 .0069000 Sterling Pound 441.500 Sri Lanka Rupee .0020000 .0035000 UAE Dirham 77.919 Philippine Peso 0.0063187 0.0067887 ARAB COUNTRIES Euro 375.115 Sierra Leone 0.0000730 0.0000760 UAE dirhams .0771240 .0778990 Swiss Frank 303.510 Bahraini dinars .7513970 .7589480 Egyptian Pound - Cash 40.200 Singapore Dollar 0.2245142 0.2305142 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.194 Bahrain Dinar 756.505 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.0022171 0.0022591 Jordanian dinar .3930000 .4110000 UAE Dirhams 77.715 Saudi riyals .0720000 .0770000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.335 Thai Baht 0.0089541 0.0095541 Tunisian Dinar 177.310 Qatari Riyals 78.465 Arab Omani riyals .7366120 .7440150 Saudi Riyals 76.165 Jordanian Dinar 404.040 Bahraini Dinar 0.7516636 0.7601636 Egyptian pounds .0370000 .0440000 Jordanian Dinar 402.805 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.919 Egyptian Pound 0.0382568 0.0402868 Egyptian Pound 40.260 Ethiopeanbirr 0.0128708 0.0193706 Syrian Lier 3.108 CUSTOMER TRANSFER RATES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.266 Ghanaian Cedi 0.1453177 0.1471077 US Dollar/KD .2841000 .2862000 Morocco Dirham 34.458 Indian Rupees 5.022 Iranian Riyal 0.0000795 0.0000800 GB Pound/KD .4338920 .4370990 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Pakistani Rupees 2.899 Iraqi Dinar 0.0001740 0.0002340 Euro .3707360 .3734770 US Dollar Transfer 286.000 Bangladesh Taka 3.669 Jordanian Dinar 0.3975361 0.4050361 Swiss francs .3043390 .3065880 Euro 380.950 Philippines Pesso 6.768 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Canadian dollars .2795430 .2816100 Sterling Pound 447.880 Cyprus pound 700.960 Lebanese Pound 0.0001753 0.0001953 Danish Kroner .0497330 .0501010 Canadian dollar 283.170 Japanese Yen 3.875 Moroccan Dirhams 0.0216967 0.0456967 Swedish Kroner .0443660 .0446940 Turkish lira 152.940 Thai Bhat 9.480 Nigerian Naira 0.0012162 0.0018512 Australian dlr .2963730 .2985640 Swiss Franc 309.520 Syrian Pound 4.080 Omani Riyal 0.7313278 0.7423278 Hong Kong dlr .0365940 .0368650 Australian Dollar 273.700 Nepalese Rupees 3.260 Qatar Riyal 0.0778468 0.0786298 Saudi Riyal 0.0756800 0.0763200 Singapore dlr .2291130 .2308060 US Dollar Buying 284.800 Malaysian Ringgit 92.310 Japanese yen .0029600 .0028810 GOLD Sudanese Pounds 0.0464705 0.0470205 Syrian Pound 0.0027630 0.0029830 Indian Rs/KD .0000000 .0052870 20 Gram 265.000 Bahrain Exchange Company Tunisian Dinar 0.1736564 0.1796564 Sri Lanka rupee .0000000 .0022880 10 Gram 134.000 Pakistan rupee .0000000 .0029190 UAE Dirhams 0.0763855 0.0778355 5 Gram 70.000 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Yemeni Riyal 0.0012694 0.0013894 Bangladesh taka .0000000 .0036810 Europe UAE dirhams .0773800 .0779520 British Pound 0.4335032 0.4425032 Bahraini dinars .7538810 .7594530 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Czech Korune 0.0064456 0.0184456 Al Mulla Exchange Jordanian dinar .0000000 .4048090 Danish Krone 0.0462289 0.0512289 Saudi Riyal/KD .0757800 .0763400 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Euro 0.3697416 0.3772418 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Omani riyals .7382100 .7436660 Australian Dollar 275.96 283.000 Norwegian Krone 0.0451897 0.0503897 US Dollar 285.400 Philippine Peso .0000000 .0069870 Canadian Dollar 283.06 283.000 Scottish Pound 0.4215235 0.4290235 Swedish Krona 0.0393587 0.0443587 Euro 377.050 Swiss Franc 313.19 299.000 Swiss Franc 0.2986722 0.3056722 Pound Sterling 442.350 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Euro 382.40 372.000 Australasia Canadian Dollar 277.550 US Dollar 285.40 288.000 Australian Dollar 0.2597512 0.2717512 Japanese Yen 2.925 Sterling Pound 448.60 438.500 ASIAN COUNTRIES New Zealand Dollar 0.2182144 0.2282144 Indian Rupee 5.030 Japanese Yen 3.04 3.300 Japanese Yen 2.932 Uganda Shilling 0.0001134 0.0001134 Egyptian Pound 40.245 Bangladesh Taka 3.676 3.740 Indian Rupees 5.024 America Sri Lankan Rupee 2.256 Indian Rupee 4.990 5.400 Pakistani Rupees 2.900 Canadian Dollar 0.2687854 0.2777854 Bangladesh Taka 3.677 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.240 2.460 Srilankan Rupees 2.258 Colombian Peso 0.0001454 0.0001634 Philippines Peso 6.768 Nepali Rupee 3.132 3.420 Nepali Rupees 3.144 US Dollars 0.2836500 0.2858000 Pakistan Rupee 2.902 Pakistani Rupee 2.890 2.985 Asia Singapore Dollar 230.650 Bahraini Dinar 760.050 UAE Dirhams 77.77 78.800 Bangladesh Taka 0.0036247 0.0036797 Hongkong Dollar 36.845 UAE Dirham 77.800 Bahraini Dinar 759.61 763.500 Cape Vrde Escudo 0.0031709 0.0034009 Bangladesh Taka 3.667 Saudi Riyal 76.250 Egyptian Pound 40.24 40.500 Chinese Yuan 0.0456177 0.0506177 *Rates are subject to change Philippine Peso 6.786 Jordanian Dinar 406.18 415.000 Eritrea-Nakfa 0.0165200 0.0196200 SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 BUSINESS

Warba Bank introduces additional distinct offer US auto sales see

KUWAIT: Warba Bank announced its new offers for it card is issued.” Al-Salem added: “From the out- personal finance products and credit cards cus- set, we made a promise to our customers to pro- tomers. These customers will be given a free triple vide them with the best and latest Islamic bank- Takaful insurance policy covering travel, road assis- ing services. In this spirit, we are offering this poli- big gains in May tance, death and permanent total disability due to cy as a free gift to cover personal accident and an accident. road assistance in Kuwait, as well as Travel Assist.” Warba Bank offers this for the first time in Warba Bank provides its customers with Strong auto sales boost US economy Kuwait. The offer is available only to the bank’s added values, services and products. Its newest customers and this full insurance policy will cover offer has been timed to coincide with the begin- DETROIT: Price cuts at Nissan and he said in a statement. Here’s the were flat. Ford plans to increase third- almost 208,000. The company said them inside and outside Kuwait. ning of the summer travel season to cover the strong demand for pickup trucks breakdown of how the market’s key quarter North American production warmer weather and excellent Speaking about the offer, Adnan Salman Al- travel insurance requirements for all countries. The Takaful insurance policy is aligned with the helped US auto sales rebound in May players performed in April: 10 percent to 740,000 vehicles. Memorial Day sales drove up the total. requirements for obtaining a Schengen visa to after a slight dip in April. General Detroit automakers: General Second-quarter production is Others: Volkswagen sales fell 1.7 European countries. Motors reported its strongest month- Motors Co sales rose 3 percent thanks unchanged at 800,000. Chrysler sales percent, with sales of all models falling Al-Salem concluded: “The triple Takaful insur- ly sales since September of 2008. to the continuing strength of the were up 11 percent on strong but the Jetta, Beetle, Passat and ance bundle has been designed in such a way Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota also report- Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Sales of demand for the Ram and Jeep Grand Tiguan. Memorial Day offers - such as that customers can use it in Kuwait to cover road ed increases. Nissan Motor Co the Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze Cherokee SUV. It was the company’s Chevrolet’s $500 cash rebate on top of assistance, according to the terms and conditions notched its highest May sales ever and Chevrolet Sonic small cars all rose best May sales in six years. The figures other discounts - also juiced sales, of the policy. Among its other advantages, Takaful after cutting prices on seven popular by double digits. Cadillac brand sales surprised some analysts who had Kelley Blue Book analyst Alec Gutierrez insurance is guaranteed to cover personal acci- models early in the month. Only dent for the policyholder against the risks of death and total disability resulting from accidents Volkswagen said sales fell compared in Kuwait. This policy is given only to Warba Bank’s with May of last year. customers between the age of 21 and 65 years.” The strong sales are another sign Warba Bank offers both consumer and hous- that auto sales will continue to boost ing personal finance at competitive rates support- the US economy, as consumers ed by high quality service. Warba finance prod- replace aging vehicles and businesses ucts can be availed easily and promptly when the invest in trucks as they gain confi- required documents are complete. dence. Builders are buying pickup Warba Bank credit cards are unique for their trucks at a rapid pact as home con- agreed credit ceilings and the freedom they offer to choose the best way to pay back the due bal- struction continues to rebound. Ford Adnan Salman Al-Salem ance for all cards categories (Classic, Golden and Motor Co said sales of its F-Series Platinum) without added costs, which complies pickup - the nation’s best-selling vehi- Salem, Chief Retail Banking Officer, Warba Bank, with the principles of Sharia. In addition to their cle - hit 71,604, their highest sales commented: “This is a special offer only for our distinctive contemporary designs and high quali- since March 2007. Chrysler Group customers who want to avail personal finance ty materials, the cards operate with the latest said Ram pickup sales jumped 22 per- products or credit cards in all categories, namely, smart chip technology, providing trust and securi- cent from last May to almost 32,000. Classic, Golden and Platinum. We offer this triple ty for the client’s peace of mind. Customers can Chevy Silverado sales rose 25 percent Takaful insurance bundle free for a year from the know more about the new Takaful insurance offer to more than 43,000. date of the transaction or the date when the cred- by visiting any of the bank’s branches. Analysts expected a strong May for the industry after a slightly disap- Wal-Mart set to perk up produce sections pointed April. They forecast a 7 per- cent increase over May 2012 to NEW YORK: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which is work- executive vice president of the grocery business around 1.4 million vehicles, putting ing to keep its produce aisles fresh, announced for Wal-Mart’s US division, which garnered 55 the industry back on pace for full-year steps to improve the quality of its fresh fruits percent of its total sales last year in groceries, sales of more than 15 million. In April, and vegetables. The nation’s largest grocer and including produce. The steps follow several the annualized rate dropped below 15 retailer said it is making more changes in its commitments that Wal-Mart has made to make million for the first time in six months, operations, training and sourcing as it addresses the food it sells healthier and more affordable causing some concern that the indus- concerns about the bananas, lettuce and other since 2011. As part of that commitment, Wal- try’s recovery could be slowing. produce it sells. Mart reiterated it’s working closely with local “This quick rebound is just another ILLINOIS: Jeep Wranglers are offered for sale at Napleton’s Auto Group. —AP Changes include delivering produce from growers and aims to double the company’s sales example of how the auto industry is farms to store shelves more quickly by purchas- of local grown produce by December 2015. currently one of the most resilient rose nearly 40 percent. But Buick sales expected a sales decline. said. But beyond Nissan and holiday ing fruits and vegetables directly from local So far, the efforts to improve the quality of its areas of the overall economy,” said fell 3 percent, and sales of the Impala Japanese automakers: Nissan sales bargains, automakers pushed prices growers. It’s also conducting independent produce appear to be working. During the com- Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst at full-size car and Malibu midsize sedan gained 25 percent over a year ago. The higher and reduced discounts last weekly checks of the produce aisles at its more pany’s first quarter, Wal-Mart saw mid-single- car-shopping site Edmunds.com. plummeted more than 30 percent. total of 114,000 set a company record month because of strong demand, than, 3,400 Supercenters, Neighborhood digit percentage sales increases in its produce Chrysler even predicted that May Ford sales rose 14 percent in May for May. Analysts expected a big according to the car-buying site Markets and Express stores. Wal-Mart, based in business. The moves come as fresh fruits and sales would hit an annual rate of 15.5 as the F-Series rose 31 percent. Other month after Nissan cut prices on seven TrueCar.com. The average vehicle in Bentonville, Ark., said it also launched a produce vegetables have become the latest battle- million. Truck sales, combined with strong sellers included the Ford models. Sales of the Altima midsize the US sold for $30,978 last month, a 2 training program for 70,000 associates, includ- ground in the supermarket wars, fueled by increases in other vehicles, show that Fusion sedan, which gained 10 per- sedan rose 41 percent, while sales of percent increase from May of last year, ing store managers, that teaches them how to shoppers’ demands for healthier eating and the the economic recovery is sticking, cent, and the Ford Escape, which was the redesigned Pathfinder SUV more the company said. Automakers cut better handle fruits and vegetables. need for stores to differentiate themselves from said Kurt McNeil, GM’s vice president up 26 percent. Ford sold more than than quadrupled. Nissan sold 2,100 incentives such as rebates and low- “We’re listening to our customers and deliv- rivals. Sinclair told reporters on a conference call of sales. “These are all powerful signs 29,000 Escapes, the highest monthly Leaf electric cars, the best month since interest loans by 3 percent to an aver- ering on our promise to offer great produce at that it is seeing demand for healthier food from that the gradual recovery in the econ- total since the small SUV’s introduc- the car hit the market two years ago. age of $2,482 per vehicle, TrueCar fig- the most affordable price,” said Jack Sinclair, customers across all demographics. —AP omy is becoming more broad-based,” tion 13 years ago. Lincoln brand sales Toyota sales rose 2.5 percent in May to ures show. —AP Graduates set to take new course of action

CHICAGO: In 2010, Jessica Underwood graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis, with a stellar academic record, a can-do attitude and a newly minted business degree. But it’s been a rough entry into the real world. Like many of her peers, the 24- year-old has acutely felt the stress of a sluggish economy, land- ing in low-wage jobs, such as telemarketing and retail. “I applied to anything I could find ... sometimes filling out 10 applications a day,” said the Downers Grove, Ill., resident. “But it was just like a ticket to nowhere.” Three years after graduation, Underwood decided that she needed to reboot - and fast. At the College of DuPage, she enrolled in the paralegal certification program, which offered a robust hiring outlook, but also the chance to reinvent herself in only 18 months. While community colleges have long been known for their affordability, they are now touting speed and flexibility, as well. Marketing terms such as “fast-track,” “accelerate” and “career in a year” are being embraced by these institutions, which have seen enrollments surge since the recession, especially among laid-off middle-aged Americans seeking new skills. But appealing to students like Underwood - who have already donned a cap and gown - is a relatively recent phenome- na. The shift is coming at a time when sky-high tuition, abysmally low graduation rates and record student debt has sparked a national conversation on the value of college. “Higher education is going through a tremendous flux right now,” said Norma Kent of American Association of Community Colleges. “Everyone is looking for ways to be relevant, and everything we do is being examined.” At Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, which unveiled its “Career in a Year” campaign in January, enrollment jumped by about 50 percent in programs such as home inspection and dial- ysis/pharmacy technicians. When Harper College in Palatine launched its “fast track” advanced manufacturing program - certi- ILLINOIS: Jessica Underwood of Downers Grove, fication in one semester, followed by a paid internship with a Illinois, graduated from college with good grades partner company - the information session attracted a standing- but had trouble finding work so she took a course room-only crowd. offering quick instruction in paralegal work. —MCT “Companies just don’t have the time to train people on the buyer beware, the best way to find out whether or not a program job anymore,” said Maria Coons, a Harper administrator. “So they will lead you to a job is to find out from the people who graduat- come here, acquire additional skills and go to work.” More than ed from the same program.” Underwood thought her general ever, companies want people adept at communicating, critical business degree would make her instantly employable. “I wish thinking and problem-solving - all hallmarks of a liberal arts edu- someone told me to get some kind of specialty. It probably cation. Studies continue to show that people with a four-year would have made my job search a lot easier.” degree earn more, on average, over the course of their lifetime After graduation from Carthage, she moved back to her than those without college degrees. But employers say there’s hometown of Freeport, where she found herself vying for posi- often a mismatch between what traditional colleges are produc- tions that, in an earlier era, would require only a high school ing and what they need. diploma. She sold AT&T packages, insurance for Bankers Life & One of the biggest voids in the marketplace is “middle-skills” Casualty and managed an office for Prudential. “It was cold-call- jobs, which require special training or certification. Almost a third ing, 100 percent commission and really tough,” said Underwood, - 17 million out of 55 million - of new openings between now and who also worked part time at Victoria’s Secret to help pay the 2020 are going to require these skills as baby boomers retire, said bills, which included about $60,000 in college loans. Anthony Carnevale, executive director of Georgetown University’s Eventually, something had to give. Her boyfriend lived in Center on Education and the Workforce. The demand is especially Downers Grove, so she looked at the offerings at College of high in fields like health care, information technology and manu- DuPage and started the paralegal program in January. “I am very facturing. And while classroom time can vary, many programs organized, so I thought this was a good fit for my personality... give students credit for their previous learning, allowing them to plus it was something I could finish fairly quickly.” Next May, she’ll be work-ready in record time. Middle-skills jobs are also impor- be a paralegal, where the median pay is almost $47,000, accord- tant because they often bring middle-class paychecks. For exam- ing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ple, 62 percent of these positions pay $35,000 per year or more Sarah Cole, 25, has also gone the certification route. The and 14 percent pay at least $75,000 - far better than the typical Wheeling resident, who holds a biology and math degree from sociology or English major earns waiting on tables, according to Roosevelt University, made a key discovery before graduation: Carnevale. “Blood makes me queasy.” So she took a job at Columbia College “The certification is the fastest-growing credential in the in the maintenance/engineering department, while she figured entire post-secondary system,” Carnevale said. But he cautioned out her next move. To her surprise, Cole had a real affinity for the against jumping into programs that promise too much, too soon position. Rather than being the “dirty hands” labor of the old to recent graduates desperate to get a toehold in the labor mar- economy, today’s systems are increasingly complex, requiring ket. Without the proper accreditation, said Carnevale, you could that technicians be more savvy about programming a computer find yourself with even more debt or mismatched skills. “Let the than crawling into a vent.—MCT SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 BUSINESS

KSE witnesses loss in unstable market BAYAN INVESTMENT WEEKLY

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the red zone. The price index ended last week with an decrease amounted to 3.28 percent, and the weighted index retreated by 1.50 percent compared to the closings of the week before. In addition KSX-15 index decreased by 1.23 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover decreased by 22.37 percent, compared to the preceding week, reaching KD 92.78 million, whereas trad- ing volume average was 1.09 billion shares, recording decrease of 10.11 percent. Kuwait stock market shed last week after strong sale- for-profit operations, in a highly unstable performance and in light of the large speculative operations of most last week’s sessions. As a result, all the market indices closed in the red zone for the first time of this year. In addition, the market initiated last week’s activity with large losses for all its indicators, especially the price index which dropped in the first session of the week to its lowest in one day since almost the mid of 2009, where its losses exceeded 3 percent, in light of the significant decrease in cash liquidity; therefore the trading value dropped by more than 50 percent by the end of this session. Despite the indices strong losses of last week, this action was considered important and needed and expect- ed, especially after the big jumps in many of the listed stocks prices since late of last year and up to date, which increased the gap between the main indices, thus needed oil & gas sector was the least declining as its index closed a correction action to tighten this gap. at 1,213.72 points with a 1.63 percent decrease. For the annual performance, the price index ended last On the other hand, last week’s highest gainer was the week recording 35.28 percent annual gain compared to its technology sector, achieving 2.77 percent growth rate as closing in 2012, while the weighted index increased by its index closed at 1,183.91 points. Whereas, in the second 12.25 percent, and the KSX-15 recorded 8.80 percent place, the healthcare sector’s index closed at 1,130.74 increase. By the end of the week, the price index closed at points recording 0.79 percent increase. 8,027.98 points, down by 3.28 percent from the week before closing, whereas the weighted index registered a Sectors’ activity 1.50 percent weekly loss after closing at 468.82 points. The financial services sector dominated total trade vol- Moreover, the KSX-15 index closed at 1,097.84 points, ume during last week with 1.77 billion shares changing decreasing with 1.23 percent. hands, representing 40.65 percent of the total market trading volume. The real estate sector was second in terms Sectors’ indices of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were 26.39 Ten of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the red zone, percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a total of while the other two recorded increases. The Insurance sec- 1.15 billion shares. On the other hand, the financial servic- tor headed the losers list as its index declined by 5.45 per- es sector’s stocks were the highest traded in terms of val- cent to end the week’s activity at 1,152.35 points. The ue; with a turnover of KD 126.11 million or 33.98 percent financial services sector was second on the losers’ list, of last week’s total market trading value. The real estate which index declined by 5.22 percent, closing at 1,179.97 sector took the second place as the sector’s last week points, followed by the telecommunications sector, as its turnover of KD 104.12 million represented 28.05 percent index closed at 923.61 points at a loss of 4.63 percent. The of the total market trading value. When building a portfolio, are BRICS still a buy?

NEW YORK: Down, down, down. That’s the direc- summit in 2009. Two years later, they invited South slow by India standards. It’s possible that the econ- tion of stocks in the BRICS economies, which were Africa to join. omy is just taking a breather after years of blister- investment darlings last year but now seem like Investors caught on, too. From 2001 to 2007, the ing growth, experts say. India’s growth eased to 8 dead weights. In stock market terms, it’s been a dis- BRICS countries clocked better stock gains than the percent in 2011 from 11 percent in 2010. Some appointing year for the emerging-market power- world’s most industrialized countries. But the BRICS investors see deeper problems, though. There are houses that make up the cute acronym: Brazil, beat the developed countries only twice from 2008 worries that the country, despite some recent Russia, India, China and South Africa. Almost all the to 2012, as measured by the MSCI BRIC index and changes, hasn’t done enough to open itself up to major stock indexes are lower in the five countries. the MSCI G7 index, which encompasses the seven foreign investors. Others are waiting to see how The market in the US, by contrast, is up 15 percent. most industrialized countries in the world. For elections fare next year, and wonder if a new gov- But BRICS, for a lot of reasons, are still a good investors, it’s important to remember that even if ernment could stoke stability and tamp down cor- buy in the eyes of many investors, who think this BRICS are lumped together in hearts, minds and ruption. As more workers move from the country- year’s declines are just a temporary blip and not a analyst reports, they still should be examined indi- side to the cities, it’s vital that the country spend long-term trend. The economy is growing in every vidually. “Not all BRIC countries are created alike,” more on infrastructure like roads and the electric BRICS country. China expanded at a rate of nearly 8 says Anthony Chan, chief economist for Chase grid. India’s economy is projected to grow 6 per- percent last year, lower than previous years but Private Client. For short-term prospects, he likes cent this year. Stocks: The India SENSEX is flat this enviable to most everyone else, including the US, China best, with Brazil a distant second, but he has year, after rising 26 percent last year. which grew just a hair above 2 percent. Growth in concerns about South Africa. Still, he’s optimistic the BRICS countries will continue to outstrip that of about all the BRICS. If they “pursue the right policy China: the developed world, and even that of overall paths,” he says, their growth rates will be “much China has powered forward as it moves toward emerging markets, for at least the next five years, more exciting than the developed markets’.” Here’s more of a market-based economy. It propped up according to the International Monetary Fund. a quick glance at each country. the world economy in the depths of the financial Indeed, what made emerging markets so attrac- crisis, growing rapidly even when the economies of tive in the first place - namely, untapped potential - Brazil: most other countries shrank. In 2012, China’s econ- is still in ample supply in the BRICS. For most, their Declining demand for iron ore and other raw omy grew about 8 percent. That was down from workforces are young and expanding; their poverty materials has hurt Brazil. The central bank has tried the 9 and 10 percent range of the previous four rates are falling; their life expectancy is growing. to stimulate the economy and met only limited years but still one of the fastest rates in the world. Together, they account for about 42 percent of the success. Growth was less than 1 percent last year Chan, from Chase Private Client, thinks the slow- world’s population. Their demographics are “way, and roughly 3 percent in 2011, a disappointment down reflects the country’s rebalancing from an way better” than the developed world’s, says after growth of nearly 8 percent in 2010. Some ana- export-based economy to one more focused on Derrick Irwin, portfolio manager at Wells Fargo lysts think a turnaround is near. The government consumer spending. The government is pumping Advantage Funds. has been trying to trim energy costs and strength- more money into social programs, which should And as for the troubling declines in the BRICS en investment in infrastructure, according to the also spur consumer spending. Growth is expected stock markets this year? Not to worry, say Irwin and World Bank. Much depends on China, which is others. The stocks have room to grow. Irwin says Brazil’s biggest trading partner. Growth is expected to be 8 percent this year. Stocks: The Shanghai emerging-market countries, which include BRICS, to rise to 3 percent this year. Stocks: The Brazil Composite Index is down 3 percent this year, after represent about 29 percent of the global economy Bovespa is down 15 percent this year, after rising 7 rising 3 percent last year. but just 12 percent of global stock market value. percent last year. That means the emerging-market stocks are South Africa: “punching beneath their weight,” he says, and “still Russia: South Africa has successfully transformed itself maturing.” Russia depends heavily on oil and gas explo- from apartheid to a democracy with modern infra- The US, on the other hand, is punching above its ration and production, so it has suffered as prices structure. Growth, however, has been around just 2 weight: It takes up 47 percent of the world’s stock have flat lined. Labor strikes and a lack of business or 3 percent for the past three years, less than the market value, but makes up less than 24 percent of investment have derailed productivity. Its popula- world average. It is expected to pick up slightly this the world economy, according to calculations using tion, unlike in other BRICS, is shrinking. Growth has year to 2.8 percent from 2.5 percent. The country is the MSCI All Country World Index. Luiz Carvalho, been around 3 or 4 percent for the past three years, saddled with a devastating unemployment rate of managing partner at Tree Capital, thinks that con- roughly in line with the world average but still 25 percent, and it’s expected to get worse. The cerns about the BRICS stock markets are overblown below where it was before the financial crisis. country was hurt by an electricity crisis in 2007, and are already accounted for in the lower stock Growth is expected to be about 3 percent this year, which was caused by aging power plants. Then the prices. He believes that now they’re set to grow. unchanged from 2012. The World Bank says the global financial crisis reduced demand for South The BRIC term was invented in 2001 by Jim country needs to shrink the government’s involve- Africa’s raw materials, including gold, diamonds and O’Neill, the well-known Goldman Sachs economist. ment in the economy, clamp down on corruption platinum. This year, the mining industry has been He needed a shorthand way to refer to four big, and map out a plan for its aging population. Stocks: plagued by violent strikes. High rates of HIV and developing countries that seemed poised to drive The MSCI Russia index is down 13 percent this year, AIDS are straining the health-care system, and deep global growth. It was just BRIC back then, not after rising 5 percent last year. inequalities between the rich and poor are hinder- RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani scavenger carries recyclable materials over his BRICS, because O’Neill didn’t include South Africa. ing growth, according to the World Bank. Stocks: back as he walks down a street yesterday. Pakistan has suffered several The acronym caught on and was embraced by the India: The MSCI South Africa index is down 5 percent this years of weak growth and its currency has slid in value while foreign countries. Brazil, Russia, India and China held a BRIC Growth dipped to 4 percent last year, which is year, after rising 21 percent last year. — AP exchange reserves have dwindled. — AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 BUSINESS Nicaragua fast-tracks huge project

MANAGUA: Nicaragua is trying to revive a America’s narrowest point. Eduardo Lugo, a centuries-old dream of building an inter- Panamanian expert who worked for 10 ocean canal, a project experts say could years on traffic-demand calculations for take 11 years to build, cost $40 billion and Panama’s own expansion effort and now require digging about 130 miles (200 kilo- works as a private consultant, said the meters) of waterway. The government is length would tend to make the project less seeking to rush approval of a canal linking competitive. “It’s very long, both to dredge the Pacific to the Atlantic through the it and maintain it. country’s congress in less than two weeks That is going to require high mainte- in a nation that doesn’t even yet have a nance costs.” The Nicaraguan canal’s pro- paved road connecting the two oceans. moters argued in the 2006 presentation, And some congressmen are asking why whose calculations would now probably there’s such a rush, calling for a cool head have to be set back seven years, that they and a careful consideration of costs and could capture 4.5 percent of world mar- benefits, both environmental and econom- itime freight traffic and earn 22-percent ic. profits by 2025, though their cost estimates Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega pre- at the time were much lower than the proj- sented the project just Tuesday and hopes ect presented this week. to submit it to at least an initial vote tomor- Promoters say the Nicaraguan canal has row, and gain final approval by next Friday. a key advantage: it’s not all artificial. The Just as the Panama Canal was a projection huge Lake Nicaragua sits separated from of growing US power at the start of the the Pacific by a thin strip of land; once 20th century, the Nicaragua project is an inside, big oceangoing freighters could expression of China’s growing influence travel about 50 miles (80 kilometers) on the and financial clout around the world. Some lake’s waters before going through a pair of are concerned, however, that while China’s locks, and into a waterway dug across the record in big infrastructure projects is solid, waist of the country to the low, swampy its track record on environmental sensitivi- Atlantic coast. ty is unenviable. Still, Lugo notes, “this is a huge project The demand will probably be there by that has a lot of engineering and construc- the time the project is finished, said Jason tion challenges. It would have very high Bittner, director of the Center for Urban costs and these projects are basically car- Transportation Research at the University ried out based on returns on investment.” of Southern Florida. The question is “But $40 billion is an extremely high whether the route can compete with its amount and based on my experience and BEIJING: A balloon-seller cycles along a street during wet weather. — AFP two big competitors, the century-old the studies we have done on world trade Panama Canal and the “land bridge” of rail- flows, the amount of traffic that would be way networks that connect US West Coast needed to pay for a project of this size ports with the East Coast. “I don’t anticipate doesn’t exist.” China May trade data there being any reduced demand in trade Panama, which already has a steady between the global trading partners, so income flow from its canal, thought long East Asia and the eastern United States will and hard before embarking on a 7-year, continue to have significant trade,” said $5.2 billion expansion project, scheduled to Bittner. “If you make this large public sector be finished next year, to allow larger ships highlights concerns investment, it will be used, as long as it’s to use its waterway. Nicaragua, however, is priced properly, as long as the Panama rushing in. Proponents say freight traffic Canal isn’t significantly undercutting it.” demand will outstrip the capacity of even Nicaragua, like Panama, which is cur- the expanded Panama canal by more than Domestic demand continues to be slack rently expanding its own canal to handle 300 percent by 2025. They say the water- wider ships, has lots of water. But much of way could create 40,000 construction jobs BEIJING: China yesterday reported down on misreporting by tracting eight-month low of 49.2, ANZ Bank analysts said the Nicaragua’s water is earmarked for human and essentially double the per-capita GDP a sharp slowdown in exports in importers and exporters, it added. according to a survey by HSBC this prospects for China’s exports use, and its lush rivers are too environmen- of Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries May compared to the previous They may have overstated their week. A figure below 50 indicates a looked “grim” due to trade frictions tally sensitive to be simply dredged into in Latin America. The government plans to month while imports unexpectedly business to seek to evade Chinese contraction. and a strong Chinese currency, waterways or dammed to provide water to grant the Chinese company a concession dropped, as the world’s second government controls on capital “Growth in exports to all major which has gained almost 20 per- operate locks. Panama faced few such for 100 years. largest economy grapples with movements and channel funds into developed economies slowed... cent against the yen this year. “We restrictions in the early 1900s when its The Hong Kong-registered company, HK slowing growth and sluggish over- the country, he said. Two-way trade suggesting a recovery in the global believe China’s loss of competitive- canal was built. In a previous presentation Nicaragua Canal Development Investment seas demand. Overseas shipments between Hong Kong and the Futian economy is yet to be strong,” Tang ness relatively to ASEAN and Japan of the project presented in 2006, the pro- Co. Ltd., has an office in the Nicaraguan rose just one percent to $182.8 bil- Bonded Area, in the nearby Chinese Jianwei, a Shanghai-based econo- will gradually show up in China’s moters acknowledged there would proba- capital. It said it would wait until congress lion last month, far lower than 14.7 city of Shenzhen, soared by “an mist with the Bank of export data in the following bly have to be some dam-building, perhaps votes on it to express an opinion. The com- percent recorded in April, customs extremely abnormal rate” of six Communications, told AFP. months, which will have dire conse- on rivers as diplomatically and environ- pany said in a statement that it is willing to authorities said in a statement. It times in the first quarter of the year, “Domestic demand has contin- quences to China’s already weak mentally sensitive as the San Juan river, fully study the technological, economic, also missed a medium forecast of state broadcaster China Central ued to be slack, affecting imports job markets,” said Liu Ligang and which runs along the border with neigh- environmental and social impact of the 5.6 percent expansion in a Dow Television reported yesterday. of commodities and raw materials.” Zhou Hao in a research note. boring Costa Rica. project. Jones Newswires’ poll of econo- A truck carrying the same batch He also noted that rising trade dis- But Tang said the monthly With 1.7 billion gallons (6.6 million cubic “Our intention is to build a world-class mists. of electronic products crossed the putes between China and major change in trade data is unlikely to meters) of water per day needed to run project, with high standards,” the company Imports dropped 0.3 percent to border 54 times in 11 days in April, trade partners have had a “rather prompt the government to take Nicaragua’s proposed locks, and tens of said. The director, Wang Jing, is listed as $162.3 billion, said the statement, each time logged onto the cus- big negative impact” on the coun- any immediate measures. “The millions of tons of excavation needed - the being a director of 12 other existing or dis- down from a rise of 16.8 percent in toms’ record as a new shipment, it try’s imports and exports. Chinese leadership is much more canal will be 200 feet (60 meters) deep in solved Hong Kong companies. April and well below the econo- said. The world’s second-largest On Tuesday the European tolerant of slower economic growth places - the project looks daunting. But Nicaraguan congressional leader Rene mists’ median forecast of a five per- economy registered 7.8 percent Commission imposed anti-dump- than in the past. Bittner noted that these projects usually Nunez, an Ortega supporter, said “this is a cent increase. Trade surplus stood growth in 2012, its slowest rate in ing duties on imports of Chinese They want to focus on reforms,” do. “Certainly in scope, in technology even question of a project that is very important at $20.4 billion last month, it said, 13 years. The government in April solar panels. Beijing responded he said. Chinese leaders have said the just effort of doing so, it is really not for the country, and that is why it is being widening marginally from the pre- announced a surprisingly weak immediately with an announce- expansion will slow in the next that much different from cutting the origi- given urgent priority.” “I think it is urgently vious month. The disappointing expansion rate of 7.7 percent for ment of an anti-dumping probe stage of the nation’s development nal Panama Canal,” he said. necessary to solve problems like unem- performance was due to “a slow- the first quarter, dashing hopes into European wine, widening a from the near-double-digit yearly “I mean these things that we have done, ployment and making Nicaragua more down in the domestic economy, that growth was poised to acceler- row that has already involved tele- rises of recent decades, as they try the entire interstate highway system, these attractive to investors, and that’s why we sluggish foreign demand, compa- ate in 2013 after showing strength com equipment, chemicals and to retool the economy to empha- are massive projects that, if you were trying should approve this speedily,” said Erwin nies’ high costs, the appreciation in at the end of last year. seamless pipes. The world’s top sise consumer demand as the key to put a lens to them, and say ‘we can’t get Castro, a congressman from Ortega’s the yuan’s real value and a worsen- More recent economic indica- exporter is also embroiled in trade growth driver, rather than invest- this because they’re so massive,’ we proba- Sandinista Front. “I do not understand what ing trade environment”, customs tors also failed to improve the out- disputes concerning other prod- ment and exports. The government bly wouldn’t have done them, but the rush is,” said opposition congressman said. look, with manufacturing activities ucts with countries including the has set its economic growth target nonetheless, there they sit.” There are key Luis Callejas, who said lawmakers have It was also a result of a crack- in the country coming in at a con- United States and Japan. for this year at 7.5 percent. — AFP differences: Nicaragua’s canal would have been asked to discuss the bill Friday. “It’s to be more than three times longer than such a sensitive topic that the population Panama’s, which cuts through Central should be consulted.” — AP Was the IRS targeting the Cincinnati office?

WASHINGTON: Congressional investigators exempt status. An internal IRS announcement 12 project - the latter being groups that aspire are starting to see cracks in the Internal said Friday that Karen Schiller will have that to re-instill a post-9/11 spirit of unity in the Revenue Service argument that a small group job starting Monday. Until now that post has country. of agents in the Cincinnati office solely target- been held by Holly Paz. Muthert said his supervisor told him that ed conservative political groups. Investigators, According to House Oversight and someone in Washington wanted to see seven who are still in the early stages of their probe, Government Reform Committee Chairman of the applications, so Muthert prepared the have not uncovered any direct evidence that Darrell Issa, R Calif, Paz was involved in an files. Muthert did not respond to multiple senior officials in Washington ordered the internal IRS investigation that in May 2012 requests by the AP for comment. The IRS was agents to target tea party groups, or why they essentially concluded that the agency had screening the groups’ applications because may have done so. been targeting conservative groups. That was agents were trying to determine their level of But two agents in the IRS’s Cincinnati office a year before the IRS revealed the targeting political activity. IRS regulations say tax- say they believe their work was being closely publicly. Paz has been a top deputy to Lois exempt social welfare organizations may monitored by higher-ups in Washington. One Lerner, a Washington official who oversaw the engage in some political activity but the activi- agent, Elizabeth Hofacre, complained to inves- Cincinnati IRS division that processed conser- ty may not be their primary mission. It is up to tigators that she was being micromanaged by vative groups’ applications. the IRS to make that determination. Washington when she processed applications Friday’s announcement did not address Then-Commissioner Doug Shulman and for tax-exempt status by tea party groups, Paz’s status. Since President Barack Obama Steven Miller, who was a top deputy at the according to a transcript of her interview with made Danny Werfel the new IRS chief last time, told Congress that they didn’t learn investigators. Her interview suggests a long month, some IRS workers have been put on about tea party groups being targeted until trail of emails that could support her claim. administrative leave, including Lerner. Three the spring of 2012. They said they didn’t come “It was demeaning,” Hofacre said. “One of congressional committees and the Justice forward publicly until this year because the the criteria is to work independently and do Department are also investigating. agency’s inspector general was investigating research and make decisions based on your Investigators for the House Oversight and the matter. The inspector general’s report said experience and education, whereas on this Government Reform Committee and the Lerner, who headed the IRS division that over- case, I had no autonomy at all through the House Ways and Means Committee have inter- sees tax exempt organizations, had been process.” The revelation could prove to be sig- viewed at least four IRS workers as part of their briefed on the targeting in June 2011. She nificant if investigators are able to show that probe, including Paz. ordered the initial tea party criteria to be Washington officials were involved in singling The Associated Press viewed transcripts of scrapped, but it later evolved to include out tea party and other conservative groups interviews with two IRS agents working in the groups that promoted the Constitution and for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax- Cincinnati office. the Bill of Rights, the report said. exempt status. IRS officials have said repeated- Gary Muthert, an IRS agent there, said his Lerner is the IRS official who first publicly ly that the targeting was initiated by front-line local supervisor told him in March 2010 to disclosed the targeting at a legal conference in agents in the Cincinnati office and was check the applications for tax-exempt status to Washington on May 10. Hofacre, who also stopped once senior officials in Washington see how many were from groups with “tea par- works in the Cincinnati office, told investiga- found out. ty” in their names. The supervisor’s name was tors she was in charge of processing applica- A yearlong audit by the agency’s inspector blacked out in the transcript. “He told me that tions from tea party groups - once they were general found no evidence that Washington Washington, DC, wanted some cases,” Muthert selected by other agents - from April 2010 to officials ordered or authorized the targeting. said of his supervisor. October 2010. However, the inspector general blamed inef- Muthert said he came up with fewer than Hofacre said her supervisor in Cincinnati, fective management by senior IRS officials for 10 applications. But after checking some of the whose name was blacked out in the transcript, allowing the targeting to continue for nearly group’s websites, he noticed similar groups told her to handle the applications. But, she two years during the 2010 and 2012 elections. with “patriots” or “9-12 project” in their names, said, an IRS lawyer in Washington, Carter Hull, In the latest IRS personnel move in the wake of so he started looking for applications that micromanaged her work and ultimately the episode, the agency has replaced one offi- mentioned those terms too. Over a two-month delayed the processing of applications by tea cial who helped oversee the workers who period, Muthert said he found about 40 appli- party groups. Neither Hofacre nor Hull GRANADA: A worker prepares a flag to hang on the wharf off the shores of Cocibolca process applications from groups seeking tax- cations that mentioned tea party, patriots or 9- responded to requests for comment. — AP Lake, also known as Nicaragua Lake, in Granada, Nicaragua. — AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch affirm NBK’s ratings with stable outlook

KUWAIT: In less than two months, the three preferential position to exploit larger credit talization on the back of good earning capacity, major international rating agencies Moody’s, opportunities compared to its domestic peers. and more resilient asset quality than that of its Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings have all Standard & Poor’s affirmed the long-term peers. affirmed National Bank of Kuwait’s (NBK) long credit ratings of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Fitch Ratings also affirmed NBK’s Long-term term ratings at Aa3, A+ and AA- respectively, the at A+ with a stable outlook. In its last report, Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA-’, with a Stable highest in the Middle East and North Africa. All Standard & Poor’s said that the stable outlook Outlook. Fitch said that NBK’s ratings reflect its ratings carry a stable outlook. reflects its belief that NBK’s overall business and dominant domestic franchise, with leading The three agencies pointed out that NBK’s financial profile will remain resilient and general- shares in most market sectors, as well as its inter- ratings and its stable outlook reflect the Bank’s ly unchanged over the next two years. The national network. The ratings also consider the dominant domestic franchise, consistent and agency pointed out that NBK’s main rating Bank’s consistent profitability, sound asset quali- robust profitability, strong financial metrics as strengths include the bank’s leading commercial ty and stable deposit base. well as good asset quality and strong capitaliza- position in its domestic market, its strong capi- tion. Ibrahim Dabdoub, NBK Group CEO high- lighted that NBK’s ratings are viewed as a source of great recognition. These high ratings are testi- mony to NBK’s fundamental strengths, its lead- ing position in the regional markets and its clear Qatar Airways introduces strategic direction. NBK’s strong institutional and financial capabilities helped the bank with- stand tough operating conditions while contin- triple daily flights to Paris uing to delivering strong performance. Dabdoub added that the affirmation of NBK’s PARIS: Qatar Airways has stepped up fre- and business and leisure travellers alike to ratings from all international rating agencies car- quency on the Paris - Doha route to triple experience the award-winning signature ried a ‘Stable’ outlook which represents a strong daily flights ahead of the peak summer service that Qatar Airways is so renowned message from these highly reputed internation- travel season. Increasing from 18 to 21 for. “And what better way to show our com- al rating agencies. These positive rating actions scheduled flights a week, the additional mitment to the French market with our on NBK came in times when regional and inter- capacity means travellers to and from announcement coming just days before national financial institutions are being down- France will have even greater choice, France yet again hosts one of the world’s graded across the globe. All ratings acknowl- improved connectivity, more flexibility and biggest air shows at Le Bourget near Paris.” edged NBK’s conservative culture which helped extra convenience when planning their Qatar Airways Country Manager France & the bank weather the prolonged consequences holidays. Benelux Eric Didier added: “I would like to of the global financial crisis. The frequency increase is just another take this opportunity to thank our corpo- In its latest credit opinion report, Moody’s step in Qatar Airways’ continued expansion rate and travel trade partners for support- stressed that NBK continues to report good and- strategy to grow and enhance its interna- ing us over the years, growing our Paris better-than-domestic-peers asset quality met- tional network - both with new destina- operations to our now thrice-daily services. rics. NBK’s consistently high levels of core prof- tions and more capacity on existing routes. “We look forward to providing yet more itability remain a source of strength. The agency Paris remains a highly popular and key des- choice for our existing and new customer expected that NBK will maintain comfortable tination in the carrier’s rising European net- base with our Doha hub being a great capitalization metrics in 2013. Moody’s said that work and by offering multiple daily servic- gateway to many exciting cities we serve NBK’s size and domestic ranking places it in a es, travellers from across the network will across different continents. Flying to Paris benefit from shorter transit times. since 2000, Qatar Airways operates an An array of connecting destinations Airbus A340 aircraft on the Paris - Doha over the airline’s Doha hub include Muscat, route, in a three-class configuration com- Gulf Bank Dubai, Cape Town, Kilimanjaro, Delhi, Goa, prising eight seats in First Class, 42 in DHL Express Kuwait named Mumbai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Business Class and 256 in Economy. One of Bangkok, Melbourne and Perth. The French the fastest growing airlines in the world, 5th ‘Best Employer’ in ME announces Al-Danah capital is currently number three on the Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just global top 20 destinations list for 2013, 16 years of operations, currently flying a KUWAIT: DHL Express Kuwait has workforce and dedicate this win to Draw winners according to research from the Global modern fleet of 124 aircraft to 128 key been named 5th ‘Best Employer’ in them. DHL not only won 5th place for the Middle East for 2013 by Aon Kuwait, but also 1st place for DHL Destination Cities index. Qatar Airways business and leisure destinations across KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily draws on June 2, Hewitt, the global talent, retirement Express UAE and 4th place for DHL Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al-Baker said: Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and 2013, announcing the names of its winners for the week of “Our announcement today reflects the The Americas. and health solutions business of Aon. Express Oman.” June 2 to 6. The Al-Danah daily draws include draws each importance we pay to one of the world’s Qatar Airways has so far launched six DHL Express UAE was the overall win- The judging panel featured distin- working day for two prizes of KD1,000 per winner. top destinations offering French travellers destinations this year - Gassim (Saudi ner in first place and DHL Express guished names from across the The winners were: (Sunday 2/6): Nouriya Musad Nasser and those from around the world with Arabia), Najaf (Iraq), Phnom Penh Oman in fourth place. region, including: Fatma Al-Houti, HR Alghanim, Khadeja Abdullah Almousa Al-Ali (Monday 3/6): greater travel options. “We recognise that (Cambodia), Chicago (USA), Salalah (Oman) The announcement follows Aon Director at the UAE’s Federal Noor Mohammad Mohammad Ahmed, Mona Abdulkareem time savings are top of travellers’ minds and Basra (Iraq) - the latter started on June Hewitt’s third Best Employers Middle Authority for Government Human Hussain Mohammad (Tuesday 4/6): Sheikh Khalid Naser when planning their journeys, which is why 3. Over the next few months, the network East survey, which carefully studied Resources; Shorouk Al-Redha, Head of Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Mohammad Saleh Mohammad Qatar Airways is committed to always will expand with the addition of further more than 130 businesses and sur- HR at Commercial Bank of Dubai; and Al-Saeddi (Wednesday 5/6): Fadia Fahad AbdulQader Al- studying our route map and expanding to destinations - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (August veyed a combined total of over 13,000 Nabil Ramadhan, Chief Operating Maraabi, Mohammed Qasem Hajji Mohammed Khaled every corner of the globe, while at the 20), Chengdu, China (September 3), Addis employees. This represents of a total Officer at DIFC Authority. (Thursday 6/6): Ismaeel Ali Ismaeel , Husain Mohamoud Al- same time adding frequencies on many of Ababa, Ethiopia (September 18), Clark workforce of more than 267,000 peo- The panel considered a wealth of Bustan. our existing routes. International Airport, Philippines (October ple in the Middle East - making it the data from the independent employee Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2013 draw lineup includes daily “The additional services enable families 28) and Philadelphia, USA (April 2, 2014). most extensive study of its kind in the opinion survey, plus an audit of HR draws (2 winners per working day each receive KD1000), as region. processes as well as interviews with well as three draw prizes per quarter. Al-Danah’s 2nd DHL Express MENA CEO Nour the CEO and leadership team. The Quarterly draw will be held on 27 June (KD 250,000, KD Suliman says this award is for every 360-degree view of the organization’s 125,000, and KD 25,000), 3rd Quarter - 26 September current and future DHL employee; employees, its leaders and HR prac- (KD500,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000) and the final draw “DHL is the best company to work for. tices, ensures a contextual, unbiased held on January 9, 2014 announcing winners of KD 50,000, KD We have been working hard to make and credible outcome of the study. 250,000 and the Al-Danah Millionaire. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah this statement a solid reality and it is a Launched globally over 10 years allows customers to win cash prizes and simultaneously major pillar in our company’s strategic ago, Best Employers has become an encourages them to save money. Chances increase the more goals. This award attests to the very international benchmark for business, money is deposited and the longer it is kept in the account. fact that we are on the perfect track reflecting the opinions of an unprece- Al-Danah also offers a number of unique services including to delivering this goal and that we are dented number of employees and the Al-Danah Deposit Only ATM card which helps account a company that sticks to its promises providing companies with a unique holders deposit their money at their convenience; as well as and does right by our employees. I am opportunity to assess and understand the Al Danah calculator to help customers calculate their proud of every member of our loyal the level of employee engagement. chances of becoming an Al-Danah winner. VIVA announces the winners of ‘Win a car every week’ campaign

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing tele- its kind. With the continuous success this cam- which presents customers with 60 local minutes com operator, announced today the winners of paign is witnessing, VIVA is keen to further per day. This can be done by sending ‘3’ to ‘232’, the ‘Win a car every week’ campaign. The lucky engage its customers and therefore developed and entitles the customer to one chance, or by draw winners were Mohammad Ali Fahad further means to facilitate the process of enter- subscribing to the 500 fils international SMS Almutair and Mosaaed Abdullatif Alfathlii who ing the draw. bundle, which presents customers with 100 each won an Audi A5 Sportback 2014 and Entering the draw can be done through one international SMS to any country for the dura- Alsayed Abdulraheem and Ne’mat-allah Ayub of the following options. The first option is to tion of seven days. This also entitles the cus- Ali and Rajan Ghali Mutlag Farhan who each subscribe with 500 Fils per day giving customers tomer to one chance. won the all new Camaro V6. Whereas the lucky infinite minutes and SMS to any VIVA line. This Last but not least, customers who choose to winners of the KD 10,000 are Abdulsalam option entitles the customer to one chance to enjoy the prepaid internet service will receive Kunumal and Bader Saleem Albat’hani and Esrar enter the draw each week. The second option is either one chance upon subscribing to the 500 Ahmad Rashed Abdullatif and Saud Hadi Ayeth to subscribe to the BlackBerry KD 3.9 service, fils ‘Surf On’ service, which offers 500 MB for a Aldousari and Khawaja Gholam Ghadar. which gives customers full and unlimited day, or two chances upon subscribing to the 1 The winners drawn on 29 April 2013 will have BlackBerry Services. This option provides cus- KD ‘Surf On’ service, which offers 500 MB for five until 29 May 2013 to claim their prize, winners tomers with 7 automatic chances to enter the days, automatically upon activation. drawn on 6 May 2013 will have until 6 June 2013 draw each week. Customers can also subscribe to more than to claim their prize, winners drawn on 13 May The third option is to purchase the KD 2 pre- one of the eight options, increasing their 2013 will have until 13 June 2013 to claim their paid line. Upon activating the line, customers chances each week to win the valuable prizes. In prize, and winners drawn on 20 May 2013 will should simply send ‘GO’ to 535, and will be pre- the case a customer does not win, the points have until 20 June 2013 and winners drawn on sented with four chances to enter the draw each will be accumulated and carried on to the next 27 May 2013 will have until 27 June 2013 to week. The fourth option is to recharge for 500 draw. Prepaid customers interested in the full, claim their prize, otherwise the prize will be giv- fils or more, and this entitles the customer to unlimited, local KD 3.9 BlackBerry offer, can send en to the alternate winner. VIVA congratulated one chance to enter the draw for every 500 fils. an SMS with the number ‘2’ to ‘535’. For the full the lucky winners and invited its customers to In addition, customers can also enter the menu of the prepaid offers, send an SMS with participate in the longest on-going campaign of draw by subscribing to the 500 fils local bundle the word “GO” to number ‘535’. SoftBank eyes T-Mobile US as ‘Plan B’

SoftBank Corp is in talks with Deutsche Telekom AG over a possi- talks are private. T-Mobile’s shares rose more than 3 percent after est in T-Mobile US adds a new wrinkle to an already complicated wireless airwaves that both companies want. Sprint already owns ble deal for T-Mobile US Inc, as the Japanese company looks for the news of SoftBank’s interest, while Sprint shares fell 1.2 per- calculus before Sprint shareholders. The SoftBank deal is much far- a majority stake in Clearwire. Clearwire shareholders are due to alternatives to enter the US wireless market if its deal with Sprint cent. The talks come ahead of a June 12 vote for Sprint share- ther along in the process than Dish’s rival offer, which is still pre- vote on June 13 on Sprint’s offer to buy out minority sharehold- Nextel Corp falls apart, three sources familiar with the matter said holders to approve the Japanese company’s bid for the No. 3 US liminary. SoftBank has cleared a key review by the agency that ers in a deal that values the company at $5 billion. But a special on Friday. SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom were in talks last year wireless carrier and could add pressure on investors as they oversees foreign investments in the United States and is also get- committee for Clearwire is also reviewing Dish’s offer, which val- about a deal for T-Mobile USA and have had periodic discussions decide how to vote. Earlier this week, proxy adviser Glass Lewis ting closer to finishing the Federal Communications Commission ues the company at $6.5 billion. since then, but those conversations have intensified in recent said Sprint shareholders should not vote on SoftBank’s bid while review. ISS, a major proxy advisory firm, has also backed the In recent months, the tussle has become increasingly bitter, weeks after Dish Network Corp made a $25.5 billion counterbid the board reviewed Dish’s offer. SoftBank deal. Moreover, if SoftBank decides to walk away from with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son trading barbs with Ergen. for Sprint, two of the sources said. SoftBank has a deal to buy 70 “It seems to me that this is more SoftBank posturing to per- the Sprint deal, it would stand to make somewhere around $5 bil- SoftBank has started taking steps, including thinking about the percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion. haps pressure Sprint’s special committee to not delay the vote lion from currency hedging gains, its previous purchase of Sprint deal structure and financing, to prepare itself for a T-Mobile US Deutsche Telekom owns 74 percent of T-Mobile US, and one next week to continue its negotiations with Ergen,” said BTIG ana- shares and breakup fees, the sources said. SoftBank, Sprint, T- transaction if the Sprint deal gets any more costly or delayed, the possibility is for SoftBank to buy that stake instead, the sources lyst Walter Piecyk, referring to Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen. Roy Mobile and Deutsche Telekom declined to comment. sources said. For SoftBank, one attraction of doing a deal with said. T-Mobile US has a market value of about $15 billion. Behren, a merger arbitrage money manager at Westchester Deutsche Telekom is it can have a private agreement with the SoftBank still wants to do the Sprint deal after spending months Capital Management, which claims ownership of more than 19 Trading barbs controlling stakeholder of T-Mobile US, which would help rule on it, and is looking at a possible T-Mobile transaction only as million Sprint shares, added, “I still don’t think SoftBank gets the Dish has jumped not only the Sprint-SoftBank deal, but also a out the possibility of another interloper making a counterbid, “Plan B”, the sources said who declined to be named because the vote unless they bump the offer.” Still, the news of SoftBank’s inter- related acquisition of Clearwire Corp by Sprint. Clearwire has one of the sources added.—Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 technology US prepares for cyber warfare

WASHINGTON: On the site of a for- The Pentagon has accused China about US offensive cyberwarfare mer military golf course where of using cyber espionage to modern- capabilities and operations are President Dwight Eisenhower once ize its military and a recent report almost all classified. played, the future of US warfare is ris- said Chinese hackers had gained Possible US offensive cyber ing in the shape of the new $358 mil- access to the designs of more than attacks could range from invading lion headquarters for the military’s two dozen major U.S. weapons sys- other nations’ command and control Cyber Command. tems in recent years. Earlier this year, networks to disrupting military com- The command, based at Fort US computer security company munications or air defenses - or even Meade, Maryland, about 25 miles Mandiant said a secretive Chinese putting up decoy radar screens on north of Washington, is rushing to military unit was probably behind a an enemy’s computers to prevent US add between 3,000 and 4,000 new series of hacking attacks that had aircraft from being detected in its air- cyber warriors under its wing by late stolen data from 100 US companies. space. 2015, more than quadrupling its size. There is a growing fear that cyber The shift toward a greater Most of Cyber Command’s new threats will escalate from mainly reliance on offense is an important troops will focus on defense, detect- espionage and disruptive activities one for a nation which has mostly ing and stopping computer penetra- to far more catastrophic attacks that been cautious about wading into the tions of military and other critical destroy or severely degrade military uncertain arena of cyberwar — in networks by America’s adversaries systems, power grids, financial net- part because gaps in US cyber secu- like China, Iran or North Korea. But works and air travel. rity make it vulnerable to retaliation. there is an increasing focus on Now, the United States is redou- But former Homeland Security offense as military commanders beef bling its preparations to strike back if Secretary Michael Chertoff said the up plans to execute cyber strikes or attacked, and is making cyber war- United States must be ready and switch to attack mode if the nation fare an integral part of future military should articulate - soon - what level comes under electronic assault. campaigns. of cyber aggression would be seen “We’re going to train them to the Experts and former officials say as an act of war, bringing a US highest standard we can,” Army the United States is among the best - response. General Keith Alexander, head of if not the best - in the world at pene- “One of the things the military BERKELEY COUNTY, South Carolina: This undated photo made available by Google shows Cyber Command, told the Reuters trating adversaries’ computer net- learned, going back to 9/11, is Cybersecurity Summit last month. works and, if necessary, inserting whether you have a doctrine or not, backup tapes stored at a data center. — AP “And not just on defense, but on viruses or other digital weapons. if something really bad happens cial would not give details of the might already have gained access for expanding mission come with seri- both sides. You’ve got to have that.” Washington might say it will only you’re going to be ordered to do rules but said, “they will cover who spying, the report said. From there, ous challenges and questions. For Officials and experts have warned strike back if attacked, but other something,” he told the Reuters sum- has the authority to do specific Cyber Command “may desire to example, how to prevent US military for years that U.S. computer net- countries disagree, pointing to the mit. “So you better have the capabili- actions if the nation is attacked.” develop an order of battle plan action in cyberspace from also dam- works are falling prey to espionage, “Stuxnet” virus. Developed jointly by ty and the plan to execute.” At Cyber Command, military offi- against that target” and would aging civilian facilities in the target intellectual property theft and dis- the US government and Israel, cur- Reuters has learned that new cers in crisp uniforms mix with tech- require deeper access, “down to the country, such as a hospital that ruption from nations such as China rent and former US officials told Pentagon rules of engagement, nical experts in T-shirts as the armed terminal or device level in order to shares an electric grid or computer and Russia, as well as hackers and Reuters last year, Stuxnet was highly detailing what actions military com- forces takes up the challenge of how support attack plans,” it said. network with a military base? And criminal groups. President Barack sophisticated and damaged nuclear manders can take to defend against to fend off cyber penetrations from Because gaining access to an some doubt that the military can Obama was to bring up allegations enrichment centrifuges at Iran’s cyber attacks, have been finalized individuals or rival countries. Even as enemy’s computers for sustained train many cyber warriors quickly of Chinese hacking when he meets Natanz facility. after a year of “hard core” debate. The overall US defense spending gets periods without detection is not enough. Alexander has identified President Xi Jinping at a summit in US government officials frequent- classified rules await Defense chopped in President Barack easy, “offensive cyber will always be a that as his biggest challenge. California — charges that Beijing has ly discuss America’s cyber vulnerabil- Secretary Chuck Hagel’s signature, a Obama’s proposed 2014 budget, fragile capability,” it said. The former intelligence official denied. ities in public. By contrast, details senior defense official said. The offi- cyber spending would grow by $800 In cyberspace, reconnaissance of said Cyber Command’s new teams million, to $4.7 billion while overall foreign networks is “almost always won’t be fully ready until at least Pentagon spending is cut by $3.9 bil- harder than the attack” itself because 2016 due to military bureaucracy Technology to hide phone records lion. the challenging part is finding a way and because it takes time to pull Until its new headquarters is into a network and staying undetect- together people with the special NEW YORK: Americans suddenly fearful that the US order covered each phone number dialed by cus- ready, Cyber Command shares a ed, said Hayden, now with the skills needed. government can easily find out who they are tele- tomers, along with location, routing data, duration home with the US National Security Chertoff Group consulting firm. “To be a good cyber warrior, you phoning have software options to disguise their call- and frequency of the calls. Contents of the phone Agency (NSA), which for 60 years has Cyber Command’s new Joint have to be thinking, ‘How is the ing records. But information specialists say that if the calls were not revealed. used technological wizardry to crack Operations Center, due to be com- attacker discovering what I’m doing? government really wants to get the information, it New technology is offering consumers a way to foreign codes and eavesdrop on plete in 2018, will pull disparate units How are they working around it?’ ... likely can get it in the end. The Obama administration create a disposable phone number that can be delet- adversaries while blocking others together and house 650 personnel, Cyber security really is a cat and on Thursday defended its collection of millions of ed at any time. from doing the same to the United officials said. Air Force, Army, Navy mouse game,” said Raphael Mudge, a telephone records as part of its counterterrorism Greg Cohn, CEO of Ad Hoc Labs, which developed States. Alexander heads both agen- and Marine Corps components will private cybersecurity expert and Air efforts. That came after Britain’s Guardian newspaper the phone application Burner, said the application cies. “The greatest concentration of be nearby and, a former US intelli- Force reservist. “That kind of thinking published a secret court order authorizing the collec- was meant to address recent challenges to mobile cyber power in this planet is at the gence official said, the complex will can’t be taught. It has to be nurtured. tion of phone records generated by Verizon privacy. Users can create and delete multiple num- intersection of the Baltimore- have power and cooling to handle its There are too few who can do that.” Communications customers. bers, creating a privacy layer for their phones. Washington Parkway and Maryland massive computing needs. Would-be cyber warriors go Experts say that while there are plenty of services Vumber is a similar app. Phillip Jones, vice presi- Route 32,” said retired General Those who have worked at Cyber through extensive training, which that can make a phone number anonymous, or mask dent of telephony solutions at AVM Software Inc., Michael Hayden, a former CIA and Command say the atmosphere is a can take years. A recruit with proven where someone is calling from, the government can which owns Vumber, said the app is meant to protect NSA director, referring to NSA’s Fort mixture of intensity and geek-style aptitude will be sent to courses such still get most of the data it wants with relative ease. consumers’ privacy when dating or doing business, Meade location. creativity. Military precision is pres- as the Navy-led Joint Cyber Analysis “It’s really hard to feel as if you have complete con- for example. But NSA’s role in helping protect ent, but it is not unusual to see Course in Pensacola, Florida, a 6- fidence that you are untraceable,” said Justin But while the phone numbers are not traceable for civilian, government and private net- young civilian computer whiz kids month intensive training program. Brookman, director of Center for Democracy & the average person, Jones said the company holds works has been controversial - and is with purple hair, a tie-dyed shirt and The top 10 percent of JCAC’s stu- Technology’s Project on Consumer Privacy. the information and would release it to law enforce- likely to come under greater scrutiny blue jeans. dents will be selected for advanced If a Skype user had called a Verizon user, for exam- ment if requested. with this week’s revelation that it has “It’s made to be a fun environ- cyber operations training, said Greg ple, the government would see the call was made but Cohn also said Burner does not promise encryp- been collecting telephone records of ment for them. These are people Dixon, a vice president at private not detect the identity of the Skype user, said Fred tion. While user-to-user data is secure, the data could millions of Verizon Communications who are invested and want to serve KEYW Corp, which conducts inten- Cate, an Indiana University professor specializing in be provided to the government if subpoenaed. customers under a secret court their nation. But there is some mili- sive training classes. information privacy law. One exception might be Silent Circle, an encrypt- order. tary rigor and structure around all The company can train a JCAC The government could, however, request the IP ed communications tool that allows users to speak or A January report by the that - like a wrapper,” said Doug graduate to become an analyst in address from the video and online calling service, he send messages to another user without fear of being Pentagon’s Defense Science Board Steelman, who was director of five weeks, but it takes 20 weeks to said. Although there are programs that encrypt the spied on, said Vic Hyder, the company’s chief opera- gave a general picture of how the Network Defense at Cyber become a cyber operator. Dixon content of phone conversations, Cate said some tions officer. Silent Circle generates keys on the United States might exploit and then Command until 2011 and is now would not divulge what an operator encrypted data can still tell the government when phone devices and at the end of the conversation, the attack an adversary’s computer sys- Chief Information Security Officer at would be capable of doing after and to whom calls are made - just not the substance keys disappear. Hyder said there is no data to give if tems. Dell SecureWorks. graduation, but said it would be “a of the call itself. In the Verizon case, the alleged court the government requests it.—Reuters In some cases, US intelligence Cyber Command’s growth and lot.”—Reuters Cloud computing rains billion-dollar deals

SAN FRANCISCO: A decade ago, the mere idea of buyers are getting overzealous and paying too tomed to shaking off the skeptics. He was frequent- cloud computing was a difficult concept to explain, much. Investors seemed particularly troubled by ly mocked when he started his San Francisco-based let alone sell. Today, the technology is spurring a Salesforce’s decision to buy ExactTarget for $33.75 - company in 1999 and boldly predicted its model for high-stakes scramble to buy some of the early lead- 53 percent above ExactTarget’s market value before leasing business software applications would revo- ers in the cloud-computing movement. the deal was announced. It’s a steep premium for a lutionize the technology industry. Even after The latest examples of the trend emerged company that has suffered losses in each of the past Tuesday’s sell-off, Salesforce now boasts a market Tuesday as two major technology companies four years, including nearly $58 million since the value of $22 billion. Benioff’s personal fortune announced acquisitions aimed at seeding their own end of 2009. stands at an estimated $2.6 billion. clouds. Cloud-computing pioneer Salesforce.com Wall Street’s misgivings about the deal caused Benioff, an executive known for sweeping state- Inc. said it will spend about $2.5 billion to buy Salesforce’s stock to plunge $3.24, or 7.9 percent, to ments, hailed the ExactTarget deal “as really a his- ExactTarget Inc., a specialist in helping other com- close Tuesday at $37.80. It was the steepest one-day toric date for cloud computing” during a Tuesday panies manage marketing campaigns and other decline in the stock in 13 months. conference call for analysts. He is counting on business functions through email, social networks ExactTarget’s setbacks came during a period of ExactTarget to help Salesforce sell more marketing and a variety of digital services that can be reached rapid growth. The company’s annual revenue services on mobile devices. As part of its marketing on any device with an Internet connection. climbed from $72 million in 2008 to $292 million expansion, Salesforce previously spent nearly $1.1 The more time-tested IBM Corp. is snapping up last year while its payroll has ballooned from under billion to buy Buddy Media and Radian6 SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a privately held compa- 400 employees in 2008 to nearly 1,700 now. Technologies during the past two years. TAIWAN: A model displays an ASUS new product called the “ASUS Transformer ny that leases extra computing horsepower to start- Salesforce expects ExactTarget to trim its adjust- Once the ExactTarget deal is completed, Benioff Book Trio”, the world’s first three-in-one mobile device during a press conference up companies and medium-size businesses that ed earnings during its current fiscal year ending in said Salesforce plans to take a “vacation” from deal ahead of the opening of the Computex trade fair in Taipei.—AFP don’t have the resources or desire to build their January 2014 by 16 cents per share. The deal is making for 12 to 18 months. “That’s really because own data centers. IBM didn’t disclose the financial expected to close by the end of next month. we’re going to double down and focus on the suc- Asus touts ‘world’s first’ terms of the deal, but The Wall Street Journal Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has become accus- cess of ExactTarget,” Benioff assured analysts.—AP pegged the cost at about $2 billion. The Journal cit- three-in-one tablet computer ed an unidentified person familiar with the matter. ExactTarget, based in Indianapolis, and TAIPEI: Taiwan’s computer manufacturer fear its complicated design may be a SoftLayer, based in Dallas, are just the latest in a Asus unveiled a mobile device that it challenge to some users. batch of billion-dollar babies hatched by what was described as the world’s first three-in- “I’m afraid the new gadget may not once viewed as a kooky craze. one tablet, laptop and desktop comput- help drive up Asus’s growth too much. It Cloud computing refers to the practice of rent- er. The Transformer Book Trio, shown off is definitely a good design but it has ing software and other computing accessories over at the Computex Taipei IT trade show, is complicated functions which are not the Internet, an approach that once seemed to out powered by Intel’s new fourth-genera- easy to use to many users,” said Mars of step with the long-standing policies of corporate tion processors and runs both Windows Hsu, an analyst at Grand Cathay customers and government agencies who preferred and Android operating systems. Securities. “Another barrier would be its to own their machines and the applications running It features an 11.6-inch 1080p screen price. We expect it to sell for at least on them. and a detachable keyboard, allowing the Tw$40,000 ($1,345) which is relatively But that sentiment has changed in the past six user to operate the device as a tablet or high compared with the current main- years as the popularity of powerful smartphones a laptop computer. It can also be stream notebooks.” and tablet computers has driven the demand for plugged into an external monitor and Asus also unveiled a low-cost seven- services that can be reached from any Internet-con- function as a desktop PC, the company inch tablet called Asus MeMO Pad HD7, nected device. The phenomenon has helped propel said. When the screen and keyboard are priced at $129 for an 8GB model and cloud computing, and driven lucrative deals in the connected the system operates as a $149 for a 16GB version. The low-cost space. In the past two years alone, long-established technology companies such as IBM, Oracle Corp. Windows PC, while separating the tablet was unveiled after Acer launched and SAP AG have each spent several billions of dol- screen allows it to be used as an Android the industry’s first 8.1-inch tablet to run lars acquiring cloud-computing vendors. tablet. Microsoft’s Windows 8 software. “Deals begat deals,” said Peter Falvey, a Boston The hybrid is likely to be launched by Shipments of Asus notebooks and investment banker specializing in technology. the end of this year, the company said. hybrid computers in the three months to “There are no doubt other companies now saying, SINGAPORE: A protestor covers his mouth with a Singapore fifty-dollar note during a Asus did not disclose the price of its lat- March totalled 4.7 million units, and it ‘What else is there to buy out in this space?’ It’s all est Transformer model, but analysts expects the number to rise to 4.8 million rally at a free-speech park called Speakers’ Corner. Around 1,500 Singaporeans led part of the maturation process.” by local bloggers attended a rally on June 8 to protest new government licencing expect it to be relatively expensive and units in the second quarter.—AFP Questions are already being raised whether the rules for news websites that they say curtail freedom of expression. —AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Dar Al-Shifa Hospital holds workshop

KUWAIT: Dar Al-Shifa Hospital recently vate hospitals in Kuwait). Keynote py. In addition, they highlighted major Al-Jawhary added, “Through manag- form to examine the issues before us hosted its first Enteral, Parenteral speaker Mirey Karavetian, who is cur- clinical guidelines for the participants ing the hospital’s dietetic program for and pursue our ultimate aim of provid- Nutrition Therapy of the Critically Ill rently a lecturer in Zayed University on home care enteral nutrition. the past 7 years, I am proud to help in ing evidence based nutritional care patients’ workshop in Kuwait. The 2-day UAE and is perusing her PHD in “Health Al-Jawhary expressed her delight to educating and sharing our knowledge practice to our patients for optimal out- workshop, took place on May 15th and Promotion” in Maastricht University, hold the first workshop of this kind in to other healthcare practitioners in comes”. 16th at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. along with Head of Dietary Department Kuwait, through Dar Al-Shifa hospital’s Kuwait, and with the start of this work- She further added: “This CME Attendees at the conference includ- Nadeen Al-Jawhary, shared their expe- Dietary department by saying, “this shop at our hospital, we aim to contin- accredited workshop is in line with oth- ed participants from the region rience and knowledge around indica- workshop brings together experienced ue to hosting it on an annual basis.” er events that were held to commemo- (Jordan, UAE),Food and Nutrition tions and methods of administration to professionals from multidisciplinary Furthermore, Tina Baramakian rate the hospital’s 50th anniversary. In Administration from Ministry of Health enteral nutrition -often called tube fields involved in nutritional manage- Patient Care Administrator noted: line to this, details of Dar Al-Shifa (MOH), MOH head of dietary depart- feeding; coupled with the appropriate ment of patients. We hope that through “Today’s workshop brings together Hospital’s Dietetic Conference, a scien- ments and dietitians, Kuwait University selection of formula choices to enteral this training we can follow our aim of experienced professionals from multi- tific conference that will be held in students, and other healthcare nutrition therapy, managing enteral providing evidence-based nutritional disciplinary fields involved in nutrition- October this year, will be announced providers (eg doctors, clinical pharma- feeding, and managing critically ill care practice to our patients for optimal al management of patients. We hope soon, for which we extend our informal cists, nurses, dietitians from some pri- patients on parenteral nutrition thera- outcomes.” that this conference is used as a plat- invitation to from this stage.” Caffeine and kids: A safe mix?

CHICAGO: Caffeine-infused waffles sidiary of Mars Inc., temporarily halted neurotransmitters dopamine and glu- involving the nation’s youngest con- and maple syrup are being promoted sales of its new caffeinated gum prod- tamate, to rev up bodily systems. “It sumers are lacking. But the most as energizing alternatives to a morning uct after meeting with the FDA. The not only wakes up the brain, but it can recent federal data show that children mug of coffee. But the recent craze of company cited a “greater appreciation” increase heart rate,” said Dr. Lynn ages 2 to 13 ingested an average of adding caffeine to a range of kid- for the agency’s concern about the Goldman, a pediatrician and dean of 43.5 milligrams of caffeine a day in friendly snack foods including pop- recent flood of caffeine in the nation’s the School of Public Health and Health 2008. A typical Cola contains about 35 corn, chewing gum, candy bars, mints, food supply. Services at The George Washington milligrams in a 12-ounce can. Young Cracker Jacks, jelly beans and ice Others say caffeine has been safely University. “When I’ve seen people men between the ages of 14 and 21 cream is raising enough concern that consumed in a variety of foods and with caffeine overdose, they’re scared; consumed 110.5 milligrams per day; the US Food and Drug Administration beverages for centuries. Many of the they end up in the ER because they women took in slightly less. (FDA) has launched an investigation of newly caffeinated snacks are novelty think they’re having a heart attack.” Information also is lacking on the caffeine’s possible health effects on items targeting adults who want a In adults, caffeine use is relatively physiological, psychological and children and adolescents. The effort, behavioral effects of habitual caffeine which comes amid the heated debate use by children. “We can’t assume chil- over whether energy drinks with stim- dren are small adults; they may have ulants are safe for children, marks the unique responses we don’t know agency’s first close look at the world’s about,” Temple said. Current regula- most popular psychoactive drug since tions include the FDA limiting the caf- its use in Cola was approved in the feine content in soft drinks to 71 mil- 1950s. Most healthy adults can safely ligrams per 12 fluid ounces. But manu- CHINA: This picture shows a staff member at Puer National Park with an African tolerate moderate doses of 200 to 300 facturers often circumvent the limit by rhino in a new enclosure in southwest China’s Yunnan province.—AFP milligrams, which is about two to four calling their products dietary supple- cups of brewed coffee, according to ments; some energy drinks contain as Fears for African rhinos the National Institutes of Health. But much caffeine as five cups of coffee. the US lacks official guidelines or limits Sales of energy drinks grew by 78 per- for children, whose smaller bodies and cent from 2006 to 2011, according to in China rainforest developing brains may be more vul- the market research firm Mintel, and a nerable to caffeine’s effects, including recent study in the journal Pediatrics CHINA: In a tropical Chinese rainforest, seven tions” are permitted under CITES, but secrecy the risk of physical dependence and found that half of the energy drink savannah-dwelling African rhinos are said to be about the Chinese project has compounded addiction. market consists of children, adoles- awaiting release into the wild, raising fears for concerns. Part of what worries the FDA is the cents and young adults. Energy drink their welfare in a country with a booming rhino changing nature of how caffeine is consumption has been associated horn trade. The animals arrived with a blaze of A rhino husbandry project? delivered through a greater array of with elevated blood pressure, altered publicity in March at the vast Pu’er National The Yunnan park’s rhinos, aged between six products that may appeal to younger heart rates and severe cardiac events Forest Park in the humid hills of Yunnan and eight, were imported from South Africa in consumers and in higher doses than in in children and young adults, especial- province in southwest China, with television 2010 and kept at a city wildlife park until they images showing cranes lowering the huge were moved to the forest, the state-run China the past. Chewing a pack of Jolt CHICAGO: The recent craze of adding caffeine to a range of ly those with underlying cardiac dis- Energy Gum, for example, would have ease, according to a letter sent to the beasts into paddocks. But critics say African rhi- Daily newspaper said. It quoted a keeper who kid-friendly snack foods is raising enough concern that the nos-more than 150 of which have been trans- said the animals “like to be tickled”. The reports effects similar to downing six energy US.—MCT FDA by more than a dozen prominent drinks, according to the package. “It’s a researchers and scientists. The highest ported to China in recent years-will struggle to “set off all kinds of alarm bells”, said Tom question of finding caffeine in new quick pick-me-up but don’t like coffee. safe. But the American Academy of doses have been linked with caffeine survive in the forest environment, raising Milliken, a rhino expert at the conservation and different places,” said Michael “If you want to worry about what kids Pediatrics recommended in 2011 that intoxication, resulting in a racing doubts about the project’s true purpose. group Traffic, adding that it was a “totally inap- Taylor, the FDA’s deputy commissioner are ingesting, I would put sugar way children and teenagers steer clear of heartbeat, vomiting and cardiac “The rhinos can’t be seen by the public, you propriate environment” for the animals. for food. “There are concerns over the up higher on the list,” said Dr Jeffrey caffeinated drinks because caffeine arrhythmias. Dr. Steven Lipshultz, a can’t visit them,” animal keeper Qian Fuchun “These animals will just not survive in a rain- perhaps subtle developmental Goldberger, director of clinical cardiac interferes with sleep and can increase pediatric cardiologist at the University told AFP in one of the park’s offices. His employ- forest-type environment,” he said. “We have con- impacts on kids and whether they electrophysiology research at anxiety, in addition to an increased of Miami, tells parents that young er, the Mekong Group, is turning the 23,800 cerns about nutrition and their overall ability to become regular users of a central nerv- Northwestern Memorial Hospital. heart rate. “Childhood and adoles- patients with an underlying heart con- hectares (58,000 acres) of untouched forest in cope. If they don’t have supplementary food, ous system stimulant. What are the “Sugar has clearly documented down- cence is a period of rapid growth in the dition should avoid caffeine because it the park, home to hundreds of species of rare they could starve. This is simply not conserva- cumulative effects?” stream effects on health that caffeine final stage of brain development; can stimulate the heart. “If you’re ask- birds and lizards, into a tourist destination. In tion.” His concerns have been echoed by Meanwhile, parents can’t necessari- just does not.” Goldberger also serves proper sleep and nutrition are essen- ing a sick heart to work even harder, it South Africa, visitors to game parks are not gen- Chinese experts. “This is a commercially-operat- ly tell how much caffeine kids are get- as a consultant to the American tial,” said Jennifer Temple, an assistant may go into a life-threatening heart erally allowed out of their vehicles, while they ed rhino husbandry project rather than an aca- ting. Caffeine levels aren’t required to Beverage Association and the energy professor in the School of Public rhythm,” he said. Goldberger, an adult must be accompanied by an armed ranger on demic endeavour,” Zhang Li, professor of ecolo- be disclosed on food labels, and if the drink company Red Bull. Health and Health Professions at the cardiologist, downplayed the cardiac game walks, stay downwind of rhinos and gy at Beijing Normal University, told local caffeine occurs naturally as in tea or Consumed daily by 80 percent of University of Buffalo who studies chil- risk of energy drinks in his testimony maintain their distance. But sketches on Qian’s media. The Mekong Group declined repeated cocoa it isn’t listed among the ingredi- the world, caffeine is a bitter-tasting dren’s caffeine use. before the Chicago City Council when office walls showed visitors strolling within requests for comment made over several weeks ents. In the case of energy drinks, nervous system stimulant that occurs “Caffeine disrupts sleep patterns, it considered restricting sales of the yards of grey rhino, seen nestled beneath trees by AFP. Provincial authorities said the park was many are sold as dietary supplements naturally in coffee, tea, guarana and and the excess consumption of soda is products. In 2011, he published in what was billed as a “rhino scenic zone”. built “with permission” and declined further and don’t have to disclose caffeine lev- kola nuts. It’s thought to work by inter- associated with poor diet, excess research in the American Journal of AFP saw workers carving roads through the comment. els if the ingredient is part of a “propri- fering with a brain chemical called weight and cavities.” Medicine that concluded moderate forest, where holiday homes were under con- But others have drawn parallels between the etary blend.” adenosine that facilitates sleep. Federal officials can’t say whether caffeine use was well tolerated in adult struction. “We hope the rhinos can breed here, project and a previous Chinese effort to import Last month Wrigley, the world’s Blocking the receptors for adenosine children are ingesting more caffeine patients with known or suspected that’s our main goal... We will responsibly South African rhinos to a wildlife park which largest gum manufacturer and a sub- also allows the brain’s own stimulants, than previous years; rigorous studies arrhythmia.—MCT release them into the wild,” said Qian, dressed in was exposed as a secret multimillion-dollar plan camouflage gear. “The project is about scientific to harvest rhino horn. More than 60 African rhi- research,” he added. The scheme comes as nos were transported to a park in the southern poaching of African white rhinos booms. The province of Hainan owned by a subsidiary of a spike in killings has been blamed on high Chinese arms manufacturer, US magazine Time demand for rhino horn-based traditional medi- reported in 2011. The park administrators’ web- cine products across Southeast Asia and China, site detailed plans to “produce various rhino even though Beijing banned its use in 1993. horn products, including 500,000 ‘rhino horn According to reports recent prices in detox pills’”, and described a device for scraping Vietnam, the main market for rhino horn, make rhino horns, Time said. the powder more expensive than gold. The South Africa has said it tightened controls on white rhino is classified as “near threatened”, rhino exports following Time’s report. “There with around 20,000 in the wild. But the South were no exports to China (in 2012),” a depart- African government says poaching escalated ment of environment spokeswoman told a par- from 13 animals in 2007 to 668 last year. China’s liamentary briefing. The introduction of rhinos own Asian rhinos-a different species-were hunt- to Yunnan “might be closely related to the ed to extinction around a century ago. The Hainan program”, China Newsweek magazine Chinese imported more than 150 live white rhi- reported last month, citing an anonymous nos from South Africa from 2007-12, according source. The South African restrictions are put- to data from the Convention on International ting a squeeze on the developer’s vision of Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which reg- expanding its herd of wild rhino, the magazine ulates the global wildlife business. Live rhino said, adding that negotiations to bring a further exports to “appropriate and acceptable destina- 30 rhinos to the park had “stalled”. —AFP

LOS ANGELES: This 1960 image provided by NASA shows Neil President Dwight Eisenhower, center, commissioning Dr T. Keith Armstrong standing by an X-15 rocket plane after a test Glennan, right, as the first administrator for NASA and Dr Hugh L Environmentalists celebrate flight.—AP photos Dryden as deputy administrator, in Washington, DC. nuclear plant closing ‘One giant leap’ toward a NASA Armstrong center? SAN CLEMENTE: Environmentalists and tu celebration. Longtime plant opponent nearby residents are hailing a decision by Gary Headricks says his joy at the plant’s LOS ANGELES: Neil Armstrong’s name is Leaders at the space agency’s Dryden Flight with it some questions: Is it justified to substi- Southern California Edison to permanently closing is similar to the happiness he felt attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more Research Center in Southern California are tute one accomplished figure for another? At a shut down its troubled San Onofre nuclear when his children were born. Business than a dozen schools and a museum. But mulling the consequences of a proposed name time of squeezed budgets, is it worth the cost? power plant. Two dozen community mem- groups say the closure will hurt the there’s no NASA center named for the man change at the place where Armstrong was a It wouldn’t be the first rebranding of a NASA bers hugged and wiped away tears on Southern California economy as companies whose “giant leap” made him the first to walk test pilot. facility. The Lewis Research Center in Ohio was Friday as they gathered outside the front and households face the prospect of power on the moon. All that could soon change. The push by some in Congress has brought renamed for astronaut John Glenn.—AP gates of the seaside plant for an impromp- shortages.—AP SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

“We are physicians from different awareness among the Kuwaiti pub- Since our group consists of multiple specialties with a specific interest in lic regarding a variety of diseases physicians we decided to write public health advocacy and promo- and conditions and to rectify the under the pen name of L’homme en tion. We, also, aim to increase misconceptions they may have. Blanc.” The Silent Reaper

igh blood pressure (hyperten- and its side effects to be an astonish- Guidelines on the primary prevention sion) has been around for as ing 76 billion dollars; thus, hyperten- of hypertension propose a number of Hlong as humans have; however, sion has a huge financial strain on the methods of prevention. Firstly, main- the course of its definition as a disease health industry. The danger of hyper- taining an ideal body weight (a BMI was long and tedious. It was initially tension lies in that it is silent; there- ranging from 20-25 kg/m2). Secondly, named ‘the hard pulse dis- fore, a person that does not annually reducing salt intake to less than 100 ease” by Hippocrates and was check his/her blood pressure might mmol/day. treated by blood-letting which, as you miss this deadly disease. Thirdly, engaging in regular physi- all may know, has long been revoked So why is hypertension important? cal activity for more than thirty min- as a treatment. The birth of hyperten- And why does it cause all these prob- utes on most days of the week and sion as a disease entity began with lems? Hypertension affects our blood lastly, consuming a diet rich in fruits the works of pioneers such as Dr. vessels, and through a mechanism of and vegetables (at least five portions HYDERABAD: A member of the Bathini Goud family administers ‘fish medicine’ to a patient at the exhibition William Harvey, who described the wear and tear it causes direct damage per day). These lifestyle modifications grounds in Hyderabad yesterday. The medicine, which has been offered by the family of the southern Indian cardiovascular system (or circulation to our internal organs. The reason this both help prevent and control hyper- city to patients for the last 162 years as a cure for asthma and other breathing disorders, is placed in the of blood) and Nikolai Kortokoff, who happens is because the pressure of tension, and maintain optimal blood devised the method for measuring your blood is high, so it pushes harder pressure readings. mouth of a live murrel fish and then slipped into the mouth of the patient. The medicine is administered on blood pressure that is still used today. against your blood vessels. This dis- When your blood pressure is meas- the auspicious day of ‘Mrigasira Karti’ which falls this month with the onset of the annual monsoon. The treat- Hypertension has been, and con- ease has been associated with ured, the reading is given to you in ment, which is based on a secret herb formula, draws thousands of people from all over the country.—AFP tinues to be, one of the most common myocardial infarction (or what is com- two numbers, the top and the bottom causes of morbidity and mortality; a monly known as a heart attack), other number. The top number is called the ple pay more attention to the systolic at 120/80 mmhg. Those with a read- readers to regularly measure their testament to that fact is that, in the cardiovascular diseases (diseases of systolic blood pressure, while the bot- rate than the diastolic, but research ing of 120-139/80-89 mmhg are also blood pressure at the polyclinic and year 2000 the number of people the heart and circulatory system), tom one is called the diastolic blood has shown that the heart can tolerate considered normal but are not ideal. follow up with their physician to have afflicted with this disease peaked at stroke, and chronic renal disease (dis- pressure. A common misconception a high top (systolic) number better As was previously mentioned, their treatment catered according to one billion. In the year 2010, the eases of the kidneys). among the general public is that of than a high bottom (diastolic) num- hypertension, despite it being usually their condition. Stay healthy Kuwait! American Heart Association calculat- So how do we tackle this pandem- the two numbers, only the top one is ber. Every person should ideally aim a symptom free disease, is quite detri- ed the cost of treating hypertension ic? The British Hypertension Society important. For this reason, many peo- to try to maintain their blood pressure mental to your health. Thus, I urge all homme en Blanc WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 ACK students visit Kuwait Stock Exchange

he Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) organized a SEND US YOUR visit to the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) for its TEnglish students of the Foundation Skills Program INSTAGRAM PICS on May 27. The program is aimed at providing a firmer educational base on which students can build their sub- hat’s more fun than clicking a beauti- sequent courses of study in multiple areas. The aim of ful picture? Sharing it with others! Let the visit was to familiarize ACK students with the other people see the way you see bourse, types of stock markets and techniques of trad- W ing in securities, stocks and bonds, while further Kuwait - through your lens. Friday Times will enhancing the students’ use of English business termi- feature snapshots of Kuwait through Instagram nology in a physical environment. This experience will feeds. If you want to share your Instagram pho- be of major benefit to the students once they have tos, email us at transferred into their Business Diploma and Degree pro- [email protected] grams as they will need to apply these terms through- out their education and in their future careers. In line with the project-based learning model used by the college, enriching students’ general knowledge Palestine struggle through activities as such are very important to their overall educational development. ACK will conduct sim- main frame in Indian ilar activities on a continual basis to maintain the col- lege’s support to its students and maintain its objectives expat’s debut novel of combining both theoretical and practical educational programs. Jaber Al-Ali honors outstanding students

By Sunil Cherian

years of inter-communal violence, conflict and identity crisis of Palestine is central 65backdrop, perhaps for the first time in Indian literature, in a yet to be released novel. The 200 page, ready to be published novel, titled The Book of the Expelled, will have its Malayalam version first before the English edition, said its author Mangaf based Indian writer Preman Illath. Set in Palestine, Kuwait, Afghanistan and the US, the story evolves as the strug- Jaber Al-Ali Secondary school, of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Educational Area, recently held a special ceremony to honor students with outstanding performance. The cer- gle and sufferings of Afia, the Palestinian woman who emony was attended by the school assistant directors, Mohammed Abdul Hameed Al-Jassim and Fadhel Ghadanfar, social workers Hani Hassan and Ali Al-Zefzaf, grows as an orphan and comes to Kuwait as the adopt- Jahra and Farwaniya security director Maj General Ibrahim AL-Tarrah, a number of the honored students’ parents and members of the teaching staff. ed daughter of an American woman and matures only to suffer more. “Afia is a symbol for a nation for whom justice is mirage”, said Preman Illath about his debut novel. “I chose this theme because I wanted something to say about human rights violation that is taking place on a daily basis under the nose of the world leaders. Secondly I wanted to write something unexplored in Indian literature but still is relevant”. The novel accuses Israel for making Palestinians into guinea pigs at various levels. ‘People are kidnapped and they end up at the Israeli experiment tables’, a character in the novel says. Palestine has scores of villages that have no man. Women in those villages are widows, spinsters, semi orphans or mothers who will never see their sons, another character laments. ‘The Expelled’ has a Kuwaiti hero - Muhammad Hussein, as if a revolt against Saddam Hussein which also has its chunk in the novel - who goes to Afghanistan to dig a well and build a mosque there as per his dying mother’s wish. Hussein meets Afia, now a doctor in Afghanistan, marries her and becomes a vol- unteer in the war torn Afghanistan. Afia’s life is shad- owed when her husband is arrested by the US military and is taken to Guantanamo. Many current issues and contemporary themes are weaved into the novel which also has a slice of the present Syrian struggle. I want the novel to mirror our own troubled time, said the novelist who recently released his short story collection ‘Love in the Time of Invasion’. The book has 11 short stories that speak volumes of nostalgia, Indian political history, myth and the 7/7 London bombings among other newspaper-based stories.

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IMAX film program Sunday Vichar Bharathi holds legal awareness camp ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Tornado Alley 3D 10:30am, 6:30pm, 9:30pm To The Arctic 3D 1:30am, 8:30pm Flight of Butterflies 3D 12:30pm, 5:30pm Born to be Wild 3D 7:30pm

Monday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Flight of Butterflies 3D 10:30am, 8:30pm Tornado Alley 3D 11:30am, 5:30pm, 7:30pm To The Arctic 3D 12:30pm, 9:30pm Born to be Wild 3D

ichar Bharathi Kuwait in associa- Coordinator. Adv Labeed Abdal empha- bling the expatriate community in tions raised by the audience. The camp Write to us tion with the Indian Lawyers sized the need to ensure equality of vari- Kuwait. Adv Panicker, Paliath and was marked with relevance of the sub- VForum conducted a ‘legal aware- ous nationalities living in Kuwait before Thikkodi addressed the gathering. ject and active participation of the audi- Send to What’s On ness camp’ on 31, May at United Indian the law and order. He added that it is a Presentations given by Adv Sumod ence. The guests were honored by Vichar School Abbassiya. The program was two way responsibility where the expa- M.K and Adv Mohammed Basheer cover- Bharathi officials. Indian Lawyers Forum upcoming events, birthdays or inaugurated by Kuwaiti Lawyer, triate community should see to it that ing Indian Civil and Criminal Law, Adv was specially honored by Seva Darsan celebrations by email: Advocate Labeed Abdal together with they abide the law of the country and be Rajesh Sagar and Adv Thomas Stephen Kuwait recognizing their contributions to Adv Thomas Panicker, Indian Lawyers part of its development. At the same covering Kuwait Labor Law and Kuwait the Indian expat society. Reshmy [email protected] Forum president, Krishnakumar Paliath, time, Kuwait Government should see Laws in general were informative. Krishnakumar delivered the welcome Fax: 24835619 / 20 Seva Darsan President and Vibheesh that the law is executed keeping the The expert panel including Adv speech and Arun Kumar delivered the Thikkodi, Vichar Bharathi Kuwait transparency and not hurting or trou- George Cherian answered the legal ques- word of gratitude. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 Embassy Information

EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- com for more information. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas on-line at www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm.

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EMBASSY OF CANADA Porsche celebrates first anniversary with The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visa and immigration mat- 10,000 participants from Kuwait’s schools ters including enquiries is conducted by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Individuals who are interested in working, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E- mail: [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al- Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian cit- izens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday.

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EMBASSY OF US Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may orsche Centre Kuwait, Behbehani Motors Company, Program for Schools is conducted by applying Porsche Kids founded belief we have in the importance of corporate respon- drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Driving School activities in a controlled learning environment, sibility and the need to create a culture of safe driving. Kuwait as applications - completely free of an PPorsche Road and Traffic Safety Program, in addition to educating children between the ages of three and seven on the a whole needs to combat the ever-increasing rate of driving- having reached the 10,000 mark for the number of students tak- importance of wearing seatbelts, how to properly use pedestri- related fatalities, and we endeavor to be a strong factor of interview or a trip inside the Embassy. The chil- ing part in the comprehensive road and traffic safety education an crossings, and learning basic road signs and traffic rules. The change in the country by instilling respect for the road and oth- dren must be under 14 years of age, and addi- Program. ‘learner drivers’ then put their new knowledge into practice and er travellers in the country’s future drivers.” tional requirements do apply, but the service Including a special ceremony with Awards of Appreciation drive Porsche 911 pedal cars on a specially designed road cir- Also commenting on the anniversary of the Program, Mike means parents will no longer have to schedule handed over to Porsche Centre Kuwait, Behbehani Motors cuit, complete with working traffic lights, roundabouts, junc- Finn, Porsche Early Childhood Road and Traffic Safety Program Company, and representatives from Qadsiya Sports Club, the tions, speed bumps and a pedestrian crossing. Children are Coordinator, applauded the reception the Program has received individual appointments for their children, nor Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education, the one-year encouraged to respect and show consideration to other road from students, parents, educators and the Ministry of Interior. come inside the Embassy (unless they are anniversary marks a year of dedication and hard-work by all par- users whilst following the ‘Golden Rules of Road Safety’. “Our Program, utilizing Porsche Kids Driving School activities, applying for themselves). The service is only ties involved to provide Kuwait’s students with an all-encom- During the past year the Program has helped over 10,000 has seen enormous growth since inception, and schools across passing understanding of road and traffic safety and basic road students from schools across the country, both government and the country love to offer the Program to their students. Parents available for children holding Kuwaiti pass- signs and traffic laws in Kuwait. private, learn how to be responsible drivers, passengers and themselves witness the results of the Program while driving ports. To take advantage, parents must drop off Launched in partnership with Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation pedestrians. A new curriculum guide has now been produced with their children, and we know that we are helping create a the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off Institute as a result of the United Nations and World Health and is available to all schools in both English and Arabic, provid- better and safer driving environment. We extend our thanks to cover sheet, available on the Embassy website Organization initiative ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety’, with ing a valuable teaching resource to facilitate the integration of Porsche Centre Kuwait for driving this Program forward and support from Kuwait’s Ministries of Interior and Education to Road and Traffic Safety into the school curriculum. their commitment to a safer future.” (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) ensure as wide an educational reach as possible, the Program Commenting on Porsche Centre Kuwait’s sponsorship of the To commemorate this first anniversary and the landmark of - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous pass- has continued under the sponsorship of Porsche Centre Kuwait, program, Roger Kyriacou, Deputy Group General Manager - 10,000 student participants, students from Kuwait English port, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo helping to positively impact the driving habits of Kuwait’s next Porsche Centre Kuwait, said: “Porsche Centre Kuwait, Behbehani School were present during the celebration and sang “Happy generation of drivers. Motors Company is very happy with the Program and its results, Birthday” in appreciation of the Program and Porsche Centre of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS- The Porsche Early Childhood Road and Traffic Safety and our contribution to the program stems from the well- Kuwait’s support and contribution. 160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS- 160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A KNES supports Kuwait Red Crescent copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For children of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I- 20. Children born in the US (with very few exceptions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is avail- able on the U.S. Embassy website: kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html

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EMBASSY GREECE The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the pleasure to announce that visa applica- tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications please visit the following website www.mfa.gr/kuwait.

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EMBASSY OF VATICAN Kuwait National English School went to the Red Crescent in Kuwait with School Director Madame Chantal Al-Gharabally, Staff and tudentsS from the Primary The Apostolic Nunciature (Embassy of and Secondary Departments to give a cheque of 2500 KD raised by the school on its annual Charity Day. This amount will be donated to the people in need who the Holy See, Vatican in Kuwait presents are suffering from political situations in the Middle East. its compliments to Kuwait Times Newspaper, and has the honor to inform the same that the Apostolic Nunciature has moved to a new location in Kuwait City. Please find below the new address: Yarmouk, Block 1, Street 2, Villa No: 1. P.O.Box 29724, Safat 13158, Arpan forms Kuwait. Tel: 965 25337767, Fax: 965 25342066. Email: [email protected] children’s club n n n n n n n

rpan Kuwait, a socio-cultural group, formed its EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA children’s club on May 24. Sarath Ganesh as pres- On the occasion of Al-Esra Wa Al-Meraj, Aident, Gayatri Sajeevan as vice president, Nandu the South African Embassy will be Sajeevan as general secretary, Anurag Sreenath and closed on Thursday, 6 June 2013. The Aroma Sathish as joint secretaries were selected. In Embassy will resume its normal working hours addition, Arpan conducted drawing, coloring, quiz and on Sunday, 9 June 2013, from Sunday to spelling bee competitions for kids in various categories. Thursday. Please note that the Working hours All participants were given gifts. Cultural secretary will be from 8 to 4 & the Consular Section oper- Mohammed Rafi Padiyath led the program. ation hours will from 8-30 to 12-30. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

23:00 Greek 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 11:10 United Tastes Of America 00:00 Kyle XY 00:00 Stitch 11:35 United Tastes Of America 01:00 Scandal 00:20 Stitch 12:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes 00:45 A Kind Of Magic 12:50 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 02:00 Grimm 01:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 14:10 How It’s Made 01:05 A Kind Of Magic Basics 03:00 Live UFC 14:35 Auction Hunters 01:30 Emperor’s New School 13:15 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 06:00 Trans World Sport 15:05 Auction Hunters 01:50 Emperor’s New School Basics 07:00 Futbol Mundial 15:30 Auction Hunters 02:15 Replacements 13:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 07:30 ICC Cricket 360 16:00 Auction Hunters 02:35 Replacements Basics 03:00 Wilfred 08:00 Live NRL Premiership 16:25 Auction Hunters 14:05 Food Network Challenge 03:30 Happy Endings 10:00 European Senior Tour 16:55 Border Security 14:50 Amazing Wedding Cakes 04:00 Seinfeld 11:00 Futbol Mundial 17:20 Border Security 15:35 Amazing Wedding Cakes 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 11:30 Live NRL Premiership 17:50 Border Security 16:20 Charly’s Cake Angels Leno 13:30 ICC Cricket 360 18:15 Border Security 16:50 Charly’s Cake Angels 05:30 Hope & Faith 14:00 Inside The PGA Tour 18:45 Border Security 14:05 Keeping Up With The 17:20 Staten Island Cakes 06:00 All Of Us 14:30 European Tour Weekly 19:10 Mythbusters Kardashians 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 06:30 Til Death 15:00 Live PGA European Tour 20:05 James May’s Man Lab 15:00 Keeping Up With The 18:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 18:00 Super Rugby 21:00 Unchained Reaction Kardashians 19:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Seinfeld 20:00 Live PGA Tour 21:55 Powering The Future 16:00 E!es 19:30 Food Wars 08:30 Hope & Faith 21:30 Inside The PGA Tour 22:50 Building The Future 17:00 Fashion Police 19:55 Food Wars 09:00 Wilfred 22:00 Live PGA Tour 23:45 Gold Rush 09:30 The Neighbors 18:00 E! News 20:20 Food Wars 00:40 Gold Rush 10:00 The Office 19:00 Chasing The Saturdays 20:45 Food Wars 01:35 Gold Rush 10:30 Til Death 19:30 Chasing The Saturdays 21:10 Chopped 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 20:00 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami 22:00 Iron Chef America Leno 21:00 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami 22:50 Iron Chef America 22:00 Chasing The Saturdays 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 01:00 PGA European Tour Weekly 12:00 All Of Us 01:30 PGA European Tour 12:30 Seinfeld 22:30 Playing With Fire 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 00:30 Food Wars 05:30 European Senior Tour 14:50 Discovery Saved My Life 13:00 Hope & Faith 23:30 Chelsea Lately 00:55 Food Wars Highlights 15:45 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 13:30 Til Death 00:00 Chelsea Lately 01:20 Unwrapped 06:30 Inside The PGA Tour 16:40 Daredevils 14:00 Happy Endings 00:30 Dirty Soap 01:25 Too Young To Kill 01:45 Iron Chef America 07:00 Champions Tour 17:35 American Car Prospector 14:30 The Office 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 18:25 Combat Countdown 15:00 The Neighbors 09:30 Live AFL Premiership 19:20 Animal Gladiators 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 12:30 Inside The PGA Tour 21:05 Treasures Decoded Stewart 13:00 PGA European Tour Weekly 16:00 The Colbert Report 22:00 Animal Gladiators 03:45 Lady And The Tramp II: 13:30 Futbol Mundial 23:50 American Car Prospector 16:30 All Of Us 03:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent Scamp’s Adventure-FAM 14:00 Trans World Sport 00:45 Zero Hour 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 03:50 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 05:15 StreetDance 2-PG15 15:00 Live UK Open Darts 01:35 Jack The Ripper In America 18:00 Guys With Kids 04:45 Perfect Day 06:45 Take Shelter-PG15 19:00 Futbol Mundial 18:30 1600 Penn 19:30 Inside The PGA Tour 19:00 Two And A Half Men 05:10 Food & Drink 09:00 Footloose-PG15 05:35 The Roux Legacy 11:00 Jack And Jill-PG15 20:00 Trans World Sport 19:30 The Office 21:00 Live UK Open Darts 20:00 The Office 06:10 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 12:45 John Carter-PG15 20:30 The Cleveland Show 06:35 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 15:00 Larry Crowne-PG15 14:20 Kitchen Chemistry 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 07:00 Food Poker 17:00 Footloose-PG15 14:45 Kitchen Chemistry Stewart 07:45 Food Poker 19:00 People Like Us-PG15 15:10 Things That Move 21:30 The Colbert Report 08:30 Food Poker 21:00 A Thousand Words-PG15 15:35 Things That Move 22:00 Saturday Night Live 09:20 Food Poker 23:00 The Grey-18 00:00 WWE Smackdown 16:00 Prototype This 23:00 The Ricky Gervais Show 10:10 Food Poker 01:00 Seeking Justice-PG15 02:00 UK Open Darts 16:55 Bad Universe 23:30 The Office 10:55 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 06:00 Motor Sports 2013 17:45 Finding Bigfoot 00:00 The Cleveland Show 11:20 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 07:00 UK Open Darts 18:35 The Gadget Show 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 11:45 Food & Drink 11:00 WWE Experience 19:00 The Tech Show Stewart 12:10 The Roux Legacy 12:00 WWE This Week 19:30 Storm Chasers 01:00 The Colbert Report 12:45 Glamour Puds 07:00 Hidden Crimes-PG15 12:30 NHL 20:20 X-Machines 01:30 Saturday Night Live 13:10 Celebrity MasterChef 09:00 I’ve Loved You So Long-PG15 14:30 UIM Powerboat Champs 21:10 Kitchen Chemistry 02:30 The Ricky Gervais Show 14:05 Celebrity MasterChef 11:00 The Vow-PG15 15:30 UIM Powerboat Champs 21:35 Kitchen Chemistry 14:30 Ty Pennington’s Homes For 13:00 Spooky Buddies-PG 16:30 UFC 22:00 Storm Chasers The Brave 15:00 Battle For Terra-PG 19:45 Live IRB Junior Championship 15:15 Bargain Hunt: Famous Finds 16:45 A Separation-PG15 22:00 WWE Experience 22:50 Dark Matters SAFE HOUSE ON OSN CINEMA 23:40 Kitchen Chemistry 16:00 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Safe House-PG15 23:00 UFC 00:05 Kitchen Chemistry 16:55 Extreme Makeover: Home 21:00 Pariah-18 00:30 How Do They Do It? 05:15 A Kind Of Magic Edition 23:00 Liars All-PG15 01:00 Future Weapons 05:35 A Kind Of Magic 17:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 01:00 A Separation-PG15 01:50 Future Weapons 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Edition Specials 06:25 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 18:20 Extreme Makeover: Home Kuwait 06:35 Jake & The Neverland Pirates Edition Specials KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY 06:45 Suite Life On Deck 19:00 Celebrity MasterChef 07:10 A.N.T Farm 19:55 Vacation Vacation Vacation 03:45 Mission: Impossible III-PG15 (06/06/2013 TO 12/06/2013) 07:35 Jessie 20:25 Gok’s Fashion Fix 06:00 The Conspirator-PG15 14:00 Counting Cars 07:55 That’s So Raven 21:15 Antiques Roadshow 08:00 Justice League: Doom-PG15 14:30 Counting Cars 08:20 Gravity Falls 22:10 Bargain Hunt 10:00 Flower Girl-PG15 SHARQIA-1 DISCONNECT (DIG) 2:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 8:00 PM 15:00 Ancient Aliens 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 23:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 12:00 The Big Year-PG AFTER EARTH (DIG) 1:30 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 4:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 10:15 PM 16:00 Storage Wars 09:05 Shake It Up Edition Specials 14:00 Dead Lines-PG15 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 1:00 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 6:45 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:30 AM 16:30 Storage Wars 09:30 Jessie 23:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 16:00 Justice League: Doom-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 3:30 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 8:45 PM 17:00 Pawn Stars 09:55 Austin And Ally Edition Specials 17:30 The Avengers-PG15 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:45 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 11:00 PM AL-KOUT.2 17:30 Pawn Stars 10:15 A.N.T. Farm 00:20 Cash In The Attic 20:00 The River Why-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 8:15 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 1:00 AM TATTAH (DIG) 12:30 PM 18:00 American Pickers 10:40 Code: 9 01:05 Gok’s Fashion Fix 22:00 Ondine-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 10:30 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED TATTAH (DIG) 2:45 PM 19:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 11:05 Monsters Inc. 01:55 Design Rules 00:00 Dungeons & Dragons: The 19:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 12:35 Code: 9 02:25 James Martin’s Champagne Book Of Vile Darkness-18 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:45 AM TATTAH (DIG) 5:00 PM 20:00 Storage Wars Unlocked 13:00 Shake It Up 02:50 Celebrity MasterChef 02:00 The Avengers-PG1504:00 NO SUN+ TUE+WED MARINA-2 TATTAH (DIG) 7:30 PM 21:00 Ancient Aliens 13:25 Jessie Green Lantern: Emerald Knights- AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 10:00 PM 22:00 Counting Cars 13:45 A.N.T. Farm PG15 SHARQIA-2 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 3:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 12:45 AM 22:30 Counting Cars 14:10 That’s So Raven 06:00 Do No Harm-PG15 EPIC (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:30 PM 23:00 Shipping Wars 14:35 Good Luck Charlie 08:00 The Muppets-PG TATTAH (DIG) 2:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 8:00 PM AL-KOUT.3 23:30 Storage Wars 15:00 Austin And Ally 10:00 Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven 00:00 Banger Boys 15:25 Gravity Falls 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Seas-FAM EPIC (DIG-3D) 5:00 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 10:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 1:00 PM 01:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 15:50 Shake It Up 03:25 Unique Eats 12:00 The Makeover-PG15 TATTAH (DIG) 7:15 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:45 AM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 3:30 PM 01:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 16:10 Good Luck Charlie 03:50 Food Crafters 14:00 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle- TATTAH (DIG) 9:45 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:45 PM 02:00 Shipping Wars 16:35 Good Luck Charlie 04:15 United Tastes Of America PG15 TATTAH (DIG) 12:15 AM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 8:15 PM 04:40 Chopped 17:00 Thirteenth Year 16:00 The Muppets-PG NO SUN+ TUE+WED MARINA-3 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:30 PM 18:30 That’s So Raven 05:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 18:00 Think Like A Man-PG15 TATTAH (DIG) 1:00 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 1:00 AM 18:55 Good Luck Charlie 06:10 Unwrapped 20:02 Rabbit Hole-PG15 SHARQIA-3 EPIC (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM 19:20 Good Luck Charlie 06:35 Unwrapped 22:00 Snow White And The 14:00 C.S.I. 19:40 Jessie 07:00 Hungry Girl Huntsman-PG15 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 1:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 5:45 PM BAIRAQ-1 15:00 Kyle XY 20:05 Shake It Up 07:25 Hungry Girl 00:15 The Muppets-PG DISCONNECT (DIG) 3:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 7:45 PM EPIC (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM 16:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Austin And Ally 07:50 Hungry Girl 02:00 Think Like A Man-PG15 THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 6:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 10:00 PM EPIC (DIG-3D) 3:45 PM 16:30 Coronation Street 20:50 A.N.T. Farm 08:15 Hungry Girl DISCONNECT (DIG) 8:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 12:30 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 6:00 PM 08:40 Extra Virgin 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 21:15 That’s So Raven NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 10:00 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 8:45 PM 18:00 C.S.I. 21:40 Good Luck Charlie 09:05 Extra Virgin DISCONNECT (DIG) 12:30 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 11:30 PM 19:00 Necessary Roughness 22:00 Shake It Up 09:30 Extra Virgin 20:00 Burn Notice 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 09:55 Extra Virgin 04:00 Twister-PG15 NO SUN+ TUE+WED AVENUES-1 21:00 Grimm 22:50 Austin And Ally 10:20 United Tastes Of America 06:00 Arctic Blast-PG15 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 1:45 PM BAIRAQ-2 22:00 Scandal 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:45 United Tastes Of America 08:00 Iron Sky-PG15 MUHALAB-1 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 4:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 12:30 PM 10:00 Romancing The Stone-PG15 EPIC (DIG) 1:30 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 6:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 3:00 PM 12:00 Mission To Mars-PG15 EPIC (DIG) 3:45 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 8:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 5:30 PM 14:00 Iron Sky-PG15 DISCONNECT (DIG) 6:00 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 10:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 8:00 PM 15:45 X-Men: First Class-PG15 DISCONNECT (DIG) 8:15 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 1:00 AM TATTAH (DIG) 10:30 PM 18:00 Mission To Mars-PG15 20:00 Taxi Driver-18 DISCONNECT (DIG) 10:15 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED TATTAH (DIG) 1:00 AM 22:00 Killer Elite-18 00:00 Prowl-18 MUHALAB-2 AVENUES-2 BAIRAQ-3 02:00 Taxi Driver-18 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 12:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 1:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:45 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 3:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 4:00 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 3:00 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 5:00 PM TATTAH (DIG) 6:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 5:15 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 7:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 9:00 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 7:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 9:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 11:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 9:45 PM 08:00 Bushwhacked-PG NO SUN+ TUE+WED AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:05 AM 10:00 The Winning Season-PG15 MUHALAB-3 12:00 Mr. Destiny-PG TATTAH (DIG) 12:30 PM AVENUES-3 PLAZA 14:00 Smooch-PG15 TATTAH (DIG) 2:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 1:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 5:45 PM 16:00 The Winning Season-PG15 18:00 Turner & Hooch-PG15 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:15 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 4:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 8:00 PM 20:00 The Janky Promoters-18 TATTAH (DIG) 7:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 10:30 PM 22:00 Anchorman: The Legend Of TATTAH (DIG) 10:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:00 PM Ron Burgundy-PG15 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:45 AM LAILA 00:00 Spread-R FANAR-1 NO SUN+ TUE+WED FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 6:00 PM 02:00 The Janky Promoters-18 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 12:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 8:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 2:45 PM 360º 1 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 10:45 PM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 5:15 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 1:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 3:15 PM AJIAL.1 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 10:00 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 5:30 PM IDDARAMMAYILATHO (DIG) 6:45 PM 09:15 Oscar And Lucinda-PG15 11:30 Terms Of Endearment-PG15 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 AM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 7:45 PM IDDARAMMAYILATHO (DIG) 9:45 PM 13:45 Stealing Bess-PG15 NO SUN+ TUE+WED AFTER EARTH (DIG) 10:00 PM 15:30 Oscar And Lucinda-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:15 AM AJIAL.2 17:45 Every Jack Has A Jill-PG15 FANAR-2 MUMBAI POLICE (DIG) 6:30 PM 19:15 Walk The Line-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 1:30 PM 360º 2 KUTTI PULI (DIG) (TAMIL) 9:30 PM 21:30 Straw Dogs-18 THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 3:45 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 2:15 PM 23:30 The End Of The Affair-18 01:15 Mr. Nobody-PG15 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 5:45 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 4:30 PM AJIAL.3 AFTER EARTH (DIG) 7:45 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 6:45 PM YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI6:45 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 10:15 PM DISCONNECT (DIG) 9:00 PM YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA 2 9:45 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 12:15 AM DISCONNECT (DIG) 11:15 PM 00:00 International Rugby Union NO SUN+ TUE+WED DISCONNECT (DIG) 1:15 AM AJIAL.4 04:00 International Rugby Union TATTAH (DIG) 6:00 PM 06:00 Futbol Mundial FANAR-3 360º 3 TATTAH (DIG) 8:15 PM 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI12:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 1:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 10:30 PM 07:00 Live NRL Premiership DISCONNECT (DIG) 3:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 4:00 PM 09:00 Live Super Rugby DISCONNECT (DIG) 5:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 6:15 PM METRO-1 11:00 British & Irish Lions YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA 2 (HINDI) (DIG) THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 8:30 PM MUMBAI POLICE (DIG) 6:30 PM 14:00 International Rugby Union 16:00 Inside The PGA Tour 7:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 10:45 PM KUTTI PULI (DIG) (TAMIL) 9:30 PM 16:30 Futbol Mundial DISCONNECT (DIG) 10:30 PM THE HANGOVER PART III (DIG) 1:00 AM NO FRI 17:00 ICC Cricket 360 DISCONNECT (DIG) 12:45 AM IDDARAMMAYILATHO (DIG) 9:30 PM 17:45 Live IRB Junior World NO SUN+ TUE+WED AL-KOUT.1 Championship AFTER EARTH (DIG) 1:30 PM METRO-2 19:45 Live IRB Junior World MARINA-1 EPIC (DIG-3D) 3:45 PM IDDARAMMAYILATHO (DIG) 6:45 PM Championship 21:45 Live IRB Junior World DISCONNECT (DIG) 12:30 PM AFTER EARTH (DIG) 6:00 PM IDDARAMMAYILATHO (DIG) 10:00 PM FOOTLOOSE ON OSN MOVIES HD Championship Classifieds

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

Arrival Flights on Sunday 9/6/2013 Departure Flights on Sunday 9/6/2013 Airlines Flt Route Time Airlines Flt Route Time BBC 43 DHAKA 00:05 AIC 976 GOA/CHENNAI 00:05 QTR 148 DOHA 00:05 AXB 490 MANGALORE 00:15 RJA 642 AMMAN 01:25 JAI 573 MUMBAI 00:20 THY 764 SABIHA 01:40 UAL 981 WASHINGTON DC DULLES 00:25 JZR 267 BEIRUT 00:20 DLH 637 FRANKFURT 00:30 JZR 539 CAIRO 00:40 MSR 615 CAIRO 00:30 ETH 620 ADDIS ABABA 01:45 BBC 44 CHITTAGONG 01:30 GFA 211 BAHRAIN 01:55 THY 773 ISTANBUL 02:20 UAE 853 DUBAI 02:25 THY 765 ISTANBUL 02:40 ETD 305 ABU DHABI 02:30 ETH 621 ADDIS ABABA 02:45 FDB 67 DUBAI 03:10 UAE 854 DUBAI 03:45 MSR 612 CAIRO 03:15 FDB 68 DUBAI 03:50 QTR 138 DOHA 03:30 MSR 613 CAIRO 04:15 KAC 544 CAIRO 04:10 ETD 306 ABU DHABI 04:20 THY 770 ISTANBUL 04:35 QTR 139 DOHA 04:25 ACCOMMODATION CLX 792 LUXEMBOURG 04:55 QTR 149 DOHA 05:15 DHX 170 BAHRAIN 05:10 JZR 560 SOHAG 05:35 Sharing accommodation FDB 69 DUBAI 05:50 FDB 70 DUBAI 06:30 now available near big BAW 157 LONDON 06:30 RJA 643 AMMAN 06:35 Jamiya, Bahrain Street, FDB 53 DUBAI 07:45 GFA 212 BAHRAIN 07:00 Salmiya (Gadeer Clinic KAC 352 COCHIN 08:05 THY 771 ISTANBUL 07:10 building). Contact: KAC 382 DELHI 07:30 JZR 240 AMMAN 07:10 KAC 206 ISLAMABAD 07:25 JZR 164 DUBAI 07:25 66792392/ 69664598. KAC 332 TRIVANDRUM 07:55 CLX 792 LUXEMBOURG 08:15 (C 4436) KAC 302 MUMBAI 07:50 BAW 156 LONDON 08:25 9-6-2013 KAC 412 MANILA 06:15 FDB 54 DUBAI 08:25 JZR 555 ALEXANDRIA 06:20 JZR 256 BEIRUT 08:50 JZR 1541 CAIRO 06:25 KAC 171 FRANKFURT 08:55 JZR 529 ASSIUT 06:40 KAC 117 NEW YORK 09:05 CHANGE OF NAME UAE 855 DUBAI 08:25 JZR 534 CAIRO 09:10 ABY 125 SHARJAH 08:50 KAC 671 DUBAI 09:25 I, Milagrina Vales resident QTR 132 DOHA 09:00 ABY 126 SHARJAH 09:30 of H.No. 281, Baixo de FDB 55 DUBAI 09:15 UAE 856 DUBAI 09:50 Igreja, Agassaim Ilhas Goa IRA 603 SHIRAZ 09:20 FDB 56 DUBAI 09:55 has changed my name from ETD 301 ABU DHABI 09:30 QTR 133 DOHA 10:00 Milagrina Gracias to IRC 6666 AHWAZ 10:10 ETD 302 ABU DHABI 10:15 Malagrina Vales. Hereafter GFA 213 BAHRAIN 10:40 IRA 602 SHIRAZ 10:20 in all my dealings and doc- MEA 404 BEIRUT 10:55 KAC 773 RIYADH 10:20 uments I will be known as UAE 871 DUBAI 12:45 KAC 741 DAMMAM 10:30 Milagrina Vales. (C 4434) MSR 610 CAIRO 13:00 KAC 501 BEIRUT 11:10 5-6-2013 THY 766 ISTANBUL 13:10 IRC 6667 AHWAZ 11:10 JZR 165 DUBAI 11:35 GFA 214 BAHRAIN 11:25 JZR 561 SOHAG 12:00 KAC 541 CAIRO 11:30 JZR 241 AMMAN 12:35 FOR SALE MEA 405 BEIRUT 11:55 KAC 672 DUBAI 13:40 JZR 776 JEDDAH 12:25 KAC 284 DHAKA 08:15 KAC 103 LONDON 12:30 Fully furnished flat for sale KAC 742 DAMMAM 13:30 JZR 480 ISTANBUL 12:30 in Burj Behbehani building QTR 140 DOHA 13:45 JZR 786 RIYADH 12:50 opposite to Salmiya FDB 57 DUBAI 13:50 KAC 785 JEDDAH 13:00 Garden. Big hall, 2 bed- IRC 6507 SHIRAZ 14:10 JZR 176 DUBAI 13:20 room, 2 bathroom, big SVA 500 JEDDAH 14:30 MSR 611 CAIRO 14:00 kitchen. Swimming pool, KNE 472 JEDDAH 14:35 THY 767 ISTANBUL 14:10 Gym facility, underground OMA 645 MUSCAT 14:40 UAE 872 DUBAI 14:15 RJA 640 AMMAN 15:55 parking and round the FDB 58 DUBAI 14:30 QTR 134 DOHA 16:15 clock security available. QTR 141 DOHA 14:55 ETD 303 ABU DHABI 16:35 Contact: 50701181. KAC 673 DUBAI 15:05 SYR 341 DAMASCUS 16:45 (C 4432) IRC 6508 SHIRAZ 15:10 UAE 857 DUBAI 16:55 1-6-2013 KNE 473 JEDDAH 15:30 ABY 127 SHARJAH 17:10 KAC 561 AMMAN 15:30 UAL 982 WASHINGTON DC DULLES 17:15 OMA 646 MUSCAT 15:40 SVA 510 RIYADH 17:20 SVA 503 MADINAH 15:45 GFA 215 BAHRAIN 17:20 NIA 251 ALEXANDRIA 18:00 KAC 617 DOHA 15:45 QTR 144 DOHA 18:25 JZR 188 DUBAI 16:00 FDB 63 DUBAI 18:55 KAC 513 MAM KHOMEINI 16:20 GFA 219 BAHRAIN 19:05 RJA 641 AMMAN 16:55 AXB 393 KOZHIKODE 19:15 JZR 238 AMMAN 17:05 MSR 606 LUXOR 19:30 QTR 135 DOHA 17:20 JAI 572 MUMBAI 19:35 ETD 304 ABU DHABI 17:20 AFG 415 KABUL 19:45 JZR 538 CAIRO 17:40 FDB 61 DUBAI 20:00 SYR 342 LATAKIA 17:45 OMA 647 MUSCAT 20:00 ABY 128 SHARJAH 17:50 ABY 129 SHARJAH 20:05 UAE 858 DUBAI 18:15 MEA 402 BEIRUT 20:15 SVA 511 RIYADH 18:20 KLM 417 AMSTERDAM 21:05 GFA 216 BAHRAIN 18:20 ALK 229 COLOMBO 21:10 JZR 184 DUBAI 18:30 JZR 787 RIYADH 16:15 UA L 982 BAHRAIN 18:30 JZR 177 DUBAI 17:30 JZR 266 BEIRUT 18:40 JZR 481 SABIHA 20:10 NIA 252 ALEXANDRIA 19:00 JZR 535 CAIRO 16:10 QTR 145 DOHA 19:25 JZR 189 DUBAI 20:10 FDB 64 DUBAI 19:35 UAE 859 DUBAI 21:15 GFA 220 BAHRAIN 19:50 ETD 307 ABU DHABI 21:30 JZR 134 BAHRAIN 20:05 QTR 136 DOHA 21:35 AXB 394 KOZHIKODE 20:15 GFA 217 BAHRAIN 21:45 KAC 283 DHAKA 20:15 QTR 146 DOHA 22:00 MSR 619 ALEXANDRIA 20:30 JAI 576 COCHIN 22:05 JAI 571 MUMBAI 20:35 Prayer timings FDB 59 DUBAI 22:20 FDB 62 DUBAI 20:40 Fajr: 03:14 AIC 981 AHMEDABAD 22:25 ABY 120 SHARJAH 20:45 KAC 514 TEHRAN 20:50 AFG 415 JEDDAH 20:45 Shorook 04:48 KAC 774 RIYADH 13:45 OMA 648 MUSCAT 20:55 KAC 102 NEW YORK 19:35 MEA 403 BEIRUT 21:15 Duhr: 11:47 DHX 171 BAHRAIN 21:50 KAC 172 FRANKFURT 21:15 Asr: 15:21 KAC 562 AMMAN 20:45 KLM 417 DAMMAM 22:05 KAC 786 JEDDAH 18:30 ETD 308 ABU DHABI 22:15 Maghrib: 18:45 KAC 618 DOHA 19:10 ALK 230 COLOMBO 22:20 KAC 166 PARIS 18:40 UAE 860 DUBAI 22:25 Isha: 20:16 KAC 542 CAIRO 18:15 KAC 343 CHENNAI 22:30 KAC 502 BEIRUT 18:50 QTR 137 DOHA 22:35 KAC 674 DUBAI 19:25 KAC 301 MUMBAI 22:40 JZR 777 JEDDAH 17:50 GFA 218 BAHRAIN 22:45 JZR 257 BEIRUT 14:30 FDB 60 DUBAI 23:00 JZR 135 BAHRAIN 23:00 KAC 205 ISLAMABAD 23:00 JZR 239 AMMAN 22:30 QTR 147 DOHA 23:05 Al-Madena Police Station 22434064 JZR 185 DUBAI 22:40 JAI 575 ABU DHABI 23:05 UA L 981 BAHRAIN 22:40 KAC 351 KOCHI 23:10 Al-Murqab Police Station 22435865 DLH 636 FRANKFURT 23:10 JZR 554 ALEXANDRIA 23:20 112 Al-Daiya Police Station 22544200 JAI 574 MUMBAI 23:20 JZR 1540 CAIRO 23:25 MSR 614 CAIRO 23:30 KAC 411 BANGKOK 23:40 Al-Fayha’a Police Station 22547133 PIA 205 LAHORE 23:40 KAC 415 KUALA LUMPUR 23:50 THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY THY 772 ISTANBUL 23:45 JZR 528 ASSIUT 23:55 FOR CIVIL Al-Qadissiya Police Station 22515277 INFORMATION Al-Nugra Police Station 22616662 DIAL 161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION Automated enquiry about the Civil ID card is Al-Salmiya Police Station 25714406 Directorate General of Civil Aviation Home Page (www.kuwait-airport.com.kw) 1889988 Al-Dasma Police Station 22530801 stars34 SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

CROSSWORD 215 STAR TRACK

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

A need to be respected is strong at this time. Work, achievement and ambi- Contact with a testy older member of the family could put you in a neg- tion—these things mean a lot to you. You could be working overtime and hav- ative position. Help the older person find someone that can give advice and direction, ing a difficult time making everyone happy. Agree to set aside some time tonight or tomorrow even if you have to help pay for this service. Your mate will be very appreciative and you for someone who may need your emotional support. You may decide that this is a time to set will have contributed the help that is needed. You might enjoy entertaining children and up ways in which to teach your children how to deal with time and money. Help them spend adults with enchanting stories this afternoon. This could mean volunteering at a neighbor- time wisely and budget their money carefully. You have a strong drive to be seen and known— hood library. This older member of the family might enjoy joining in on these activities. to network with others. Personal appearance and the way you present yourself are also moti- Your understanding of the unity behind appearances, along with the ability to put these vating factors in your purchase of some new work clothes. Enjoy connecting with family this thoughts into words, is a rare and valuable gift. You would make a good director, for you evening. like working with mental images.

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

You interact with the people around you best when all the chores and This morning you may be supporting the feelings of a friend—maybe even errands are out of the way for the day. Whether or not you are the designated cook and bottle helping to give compliments on behavior. You become actively involved on a washer, you might want to take on that responsibility for today. Consider preparing a light and social level, contributing a big part in collective events and developments. Perhaps an issue attractive late lunch for those that are home this afternoon. They will appreciate your thought- that is in need of being heard could be the basis of your enthusiasm. You can make lasting fulness and be more ready to listen to your ideas. You draw emotional sustenance and a sense impressions and generate positive changes now. You have little patience for people who do of security from your friends and loved ones. This may be a time when many of you decide to not live up to their principles. You are reminded of your various responsibilities and feel the marry. If you are already married, there will be opportunities to deepen the relationship. need to tend to personal business this afternoon. This is a good time to tend to the basics of Friends and a social life are in order this weekend. There will be many opportunities to enjoy your life and take care of some personal business you have postponed lately. A visit with some- your loved ones. one older or in authority is positive.

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

You have a choice to work or to join those you love in social activity—you Keep your priorities in order today as you could feel that you are moving in would be wise to choose the social. Loved ones need your attention this week- circles. You could become carried away under some sort of stress. Saying and end. Any attempt to avoid confronting life at the personal level is bound to frustration. Your writing things with style counts for a lot now and you may enjoy writing some letters to people avowed goals and ambitions may tend to ignore questions of vulnerability and great sensitivity that you might not have been in touch with lately. Neighbors or brothers and sisters will likely ACROSS 2. Of or relating to the kidneys. and the two are forever about to meet and tell all. You would rather skirt your sensitive and vul- bring all kinds of good experiences your way. You are a great doer and someone that enjoys accomplishing goals. You will probably enjoy a little yard work this afternoon. Your outgoing 1. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws. 3. Any plant of the genus Erica. nerable areas and concentrate on your career, but they always intrude and refuse to be ban- nature, coupled with extremely skillful ways of handling other people, makes you a natural for 5. An inscription on a tombstone or monument 4. The face or front of a building. ished. Although you like to avoid personal issues, your interest in probing the secrets of others is very energetic. Today is a good day to understand and unite with those you love. Young and entertaining others. You value change and transformation and have an almost reckless faith in in memory of the person buried there. 5. The rate at which energy is drawn from a the life process. 12. An authoritative direction or instruction to do source that produces a flow of electricity in a cir- old alike need your insights. something. cuit. 15. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek 6. An informal term for a father. mythology. 7. A heavy brittle metallic element of the plat- 16. Dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from inum group. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) CAPRICORN Sicily. 8. A male monarch or emperor (especially of There is an urge to strike out on your own in a new direction, to take on 17. Being one more than sixty. Russia prior to 1917). Your love of groups and the social scene may find you less concerned about you as a person and more interested in relationships of all kinds today. Others find you new challenges, no matter what the risks. You can be bold, perhaps head- 18. An agency of the United Nations responsible 9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs very unselfish and open to sharing and cooperation. You are very original when it comes to your strong and impatient for now. You go where angels fear to tread. You could consider signing for programs to aid education and the health of northeast into the Rhine. home and surroundings—the environment you build around you. This could also manifest in unusual up for a hot-air balloon ride, flying lessons or the latest tourist attraction. Anything like this children and mothers in developing countries. 10. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that ways of supporting yourself. When you have breakthroughs, they often come as insights into your can be done with a friend so that the friend can help you follow through with your dreams. 20. A river in central Brazil that flows generally grows in the southeastern United States. immediate surroundings, home and environment—your support system in general. You may have A short trip or visit with friends may help to bring your ideas into focus. A friend finds your northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins 11. An ugly evil-looking old woman. new ideas about the past, history and young people, finding it easy to create an unusual environment. witty side and encourages you into a fit of laughter. A good game of tennis, golf or some River. 12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. This is a good time to work out a schedule to get your redecorating ideas started. other active competition is just what you were looking to enjoy. A balance in your life is 22. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of 13. A monocotyledonous genus of the family what you strive to achieve. Central and South America. Iridaceae. 23. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the 14. The face of a timepiece. Thailand and Burmese borderlands. 19. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition pouring. Neighborhood affairs and relationships could come on the scene today. that is plastic when warm. 21. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan Close relationships take on more emotional depth, power and impor- Communication efforts are rewarded and positive strokes from others make this a good 26. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword. and neighboring areas. tance. You have had unusual relationships in the past, perhaps a number of them, and not day. You could be a bit too serious for most, but all would agree that you are organized and 28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or pow- always of long duration. You are creative when it comes to partnerships or lovers; you 24. The highest level or degree attainable. able to take care of any business at hand. You may seem older, perhaps wiser than your er or number). seem to establish unusual and different relationships. Perhaps because you want to enjoy 27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. age and probably treat authority with great respect. Very disciplined—perhaps too sober 29. A period marked by distinctive character or more security these days, you may put more effort into keeping people close to you now. 31. An association of people to promote the wel- just now, you may be analyzing and psychoanalyzing life’s predicaments. You are very You appear very at ease and relaxed. You may gather your friends or family together to reckoned from a fixed point or event. fare of senior citizens. imaginative in your approach to home, family and the domestic scene and can really see enjoy playing tennis, softball, basketball, rollerblading or just about any other outdoor 30. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was 32. On, to, or at the top. how to get into traditional values. You have natural insight into sensations, feelings and sport. If you are not traveling this evening, you will enjoy spending time with an animal, formed by an explosion. just living life. Relax by gardening or cooking. 34. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight. perhaps a dog. One of you learns a new trick. 33. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 35. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. 37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in 36. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal Turkey). often considered inedible by humans. 41. German tennis player who won seven 38. A benevolent aspect of Devi. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly 1969). aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems A hobby such as pottery, growing roses or designing landscapes has you There is an emphasis on communication, expression of ideas and the 42. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a and roots and leaves. working with the land and creates opportunities for you express your hidden talents. Setting connections between things, places and people. What goes on in your mind is the all- important motivation in your life. You tend toward mental pursuits and admire intelligence. solitary white to pink flower marked with purple 40. Annual and perennial herbs of damp habi- aside a little land at your own place for herbs is a delightful choice—you are good at knowing You may have some trouble understanding a highly emotional person today. Circumstances at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal tats. the smoothest seasonings for topping off a special dish. Visiting with friends this evening you prefer not to become too personal. Some issues are just not up for conversation. Trading can throw you into positions where you must use your mind and deal with communica- leaf. 43. Noisy talk. 45. An artificial language for international use recipes, whether you are the cook or not, is a big topic this evening and many of the recipes are tions, service or hidden interests. This may mean you get a new phone, join a ham radio 44. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to club or find a fascinating communications museum. You may deal with education, psychol- that rejects rejects all existing words and is based diet yummies. There is an opportunity for a new understanding or a healing between yourself enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and ogy, spiritual enlightenment or teaching principles and techniques. Someone you know instead on an abstract analysis of ideas. and a loved one tonight. Forgiveness and understanding human frailties prevail; illusions and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the misunderstandings dissolve. may have a child that you would be happy to tutor. 46. 300 to 3000 megahertz. legs. 47. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease. 49. An organization of independent states to 48. German arms manufacturer and son of promote international peace and security. Friedrich Krupp. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 50. Used as a Hindi courtesy title. 52. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia. 51. Cause to be embarrassed. 53. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified per- 57. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature son (especially yourself). emanating from the Supreme Being and playing 54. The blood group whose red cells carry both various roles in the operation of the universe. the A and B antigens. 58. Capital and largest city of Iraq. 55. A silvery ductile metallic element found pri- 59. Any of various deciduous or evergreen orna- marily in bauxite. mental shrubs of the genus Abelia having oppo- 56. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. site simple leaves and cymes of small white or 65. Tropical American tree producing cacao pink or purplish flowers. beans. 60. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing 68. A condensed but memorable saying the rumba. embodying some important fact of experience 61. English monk and scholar (672-735). that is taken as true by many people. 70. Used in combination. 62. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth 71. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and or metal) that signifies your status (rank or mem- useful arts and prudent warfare. bership or affiliation etc.). 73. Mix up or confuse. 63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 75. A master's degree in business. skewer usually with vegetables. 76. A female domestic. 64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 77. Offering goods or services at less than stan- 66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flow- dard price or rate. ers. 79. A decree that prohibits something. 67. Elegant and stylish. 80. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale 69. A challenge to do something dangerous or with large dorsal fin. foolhardy. 81. Of or relating to a creed. 72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually 82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from plural). aba cloth. 74. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and DOWN legs and face. 1. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. 78. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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For labor-related inquiries and complaints: Call MSAL hotline 128 Al-Madeena 22418714 Al-Shuhada 22545171 GOVERNORATE PHARMACY ADDRESS PHONE Al-Shuwaikh 24810598 Ahmadi Sama Safwan Fahaeel Makka St 23915883 Sabah Hospital 24812000 Abu Halaifa Abu Halaifa-Coastal Rd 23715414 Al-Nuzha 22545171 Danat Al-Sultan Mahboula Block 1, Coastal Rd 23726558 Amiri Hospital 22450005 Sabhan 24742838 Maternity Hospital 24843100 Jahra Modern Jahra Jahra-Block 3 Lot 1 24575518 Madina Munawara Jahra-Block 92 24566622 Al-Helaly 22434853 Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital 25312700 Capital Ahlam Fahad Al-Salem St 22436184 Al-Faiha 22545051 Chest Hospital 24849400 Khaldiya Coop Khaldiya Coop 24833967

Farwaniya Hospital 24892010 Farwaniya New Shifa Farwaniya Block 40 24734000 Al-Farwaniya 24711433 Ferdous Coop Ferdous Coop 24881201 Adan Hospital 23940620 Modern Safwan Old Kheitan Block 11 24726638 Al-Sulaibikhat 24316983 Ibn Sina Hospital 24840300 Hawally Tariq Salmiya-Hamad Mubarak St 25726265 Al-Fahaheel 23927002 Al-Razi Hospital 24846000 Hana Salmiya-Amman St 25647075 Ikhlas Hawally-Beirut St 22625999 Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh 24316983 Physiotherapy Hospital 24874330/9 Hawally & Rawdha Hawally & Rawdha Coop 22564549 Ghadeer Jabriya-Block 1A 25340559 Kindy Jabriya-Block 3B 25326554 Ahmadi 23980088 Ibn Al-Nafis Salmiya-Hamad Mubarak St 25721264 Mishrif Coop Mishrif Coop 25380581 Al-Mangaf 23711183 Kaizen center 25716707 Salwa Coop Salwa Coop 25628241 Al-Shuaiba 23262845 Rawda 22517733

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arry Styles gave a hilarious speech at his mother’s wedding. The 19, “couldn’t stop smiling” at the wedding and was seen by his mother’s One Direction heart throb gave his mother Anne away as she mar- side throughout. An insider had revealed: “Harry couldn’t stop smiling. He Hried Robin Twist, and it is said he entertained guests with his “witty” hardly left his mum’s side and she looked really proud of him. He sipped and “emotional” speech at a party in a restaurant after the ceremony last champagne and talked to everyone.” The ‘Little Things’ hitmaker has previ- week. Andy Pear - the owner of Pecks restaurant in Cheshire, UK - told The ously admitted Anne, 43, is one of his closest friends and someone who Sun newspaper: “His speech was very witty. He had everyone roaring with confides in. He said: “I tell her everything and she knows the truth.” laughter. “And it was very emotional - people were in tears. He comes across as a very intelligent, engaging young man. “He wrote the speech himself and it lasted around 10 minutes.” It was reported last week Harry,

he couple - who welcomed their first child Camden into the world in August 2012 - Ttied the knot after purchasing a marriage licence at the Davidson County Clerk in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday .Kristin tweeted: “Im officially Kristin Elizabeth Cutler!!!!! (sic)” Kristin, 26, recently enjoyed a bridal shower at at The London Hotel in West Hollywood. The bride to be was joined by a small group of her best girlfriends for the High Tea themed party. While Kristin found fame on MTV reality TV shows ‘Laguna Beach: The Real OC’ and ‘The heryl Cole can’t wait to turn 30 as she thinks it’s when women are most Hills’, the blonde beauty revealed she isn’t invit- beautiful. The former ‘X Factor’ judge - who will reach the milestone on June ing any of her former castmates to her wed- C30 - insists she has always aspired to grow older and she says she’s feeling ding. She said: “It’s going to be family and really more sexy and confident with age. She told the Sunday Mirror’s Notebook maga- close friends. If the wedding were bigger, I zine: “And you know what, I knew this was going to happen because I always used would have loved to invite Audrina [Patridge], to look up to women in their 30s and think, ‘This is when women are at their most Stephanie [Pratt] and Heidi [Montag]. “It’s going beautiful, their most sexy, and their most confident.’ “That’s what I was aspiring to to be perfect. We’re ready to be together for the be and now I’m here too. I feel like, ‘Cool, I can relax now’.” The ‘Call My Name’ singer rest of our lives.” Kristin added she is now fully revealed she is planning three or four parties to celebrate her 30th birthday and prepared and ready for her big day. She said: according to sources she is putting her rift with music mogul Simon Cowell aside “Everything is planned and ready to go, but and inviting him to celebrate with her. Cheryl was fired from ‘The X Factor’ USA by that’s all I’m going to tell you.” the 53-year-old star after just three episodes in 2011 but the pair have since recon- ciled their friendship. A source told The Star newspaper: “Top of the guest-list is Simon Cowell. He was delighted to receive his invite. “It means a lot to him. It’s been a rocky few years for Simon and Cheryl but they’re getting their friendship back on track. “Simon can’t wait to be there for her and raise a toast to her future success away from the band.”

anye West has always been “obsessed” with Kim Kardashian. The 35-year-old rapper is looking forward Kto welcoming his first child with the reality TV star next month and Kim’s sister Khloe says she encouraged Kim, 32, to date Kanye because he was in love with her for years. Speaking on ‘The Talk’, she said: “We’ve known Kanye since 2006 or 2007. And he’s always been into [Kim] and loved her. He just always was so obsessed with her - in a good way. And I just thought that was so cute, and she was like, ‘No we’re just friends or whatever.’ And I just was like, ‘I think that you two are so similar with fashion or whatever you guys are both into.’ And so I said ‘Just give him a shot.’ “And then one day - I don’t know what happened, she acts like it was her idea, like I never said it, ‘Wait, I think I really like Kanye.’ And I was like ‘Hello! I’ve been telling you for ames Franco is reportedly “in love” with Emilia Clarke. ing English at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, years!’ “ Khloe also joked that Kim - whose 2011 marriage to The 35-year-old actor is said to be head over heels for while she stayed in Los Angeles. He said: “That [relation- Kris Humphries lasted just 72 days - should have dated Kanye Jthe ‘Game of Thrones’ actress and has been telling ship] lasted about four or five years. We’d been living years ago because “We could have saved a whole wedding!” friends she is the one for him. A source told Star: “James is together in LA then I came to New York to go to school for —Bang Showbiz in love. He says Emilia is the most amazing woman he’s two years. “Then I signed up for more school at Yale. I think ever met.” The couple were spotted at an art fair in New that was it for her.” The Hollywood hunk also confessed York last month, where James couldn’t keep his hands off how he didn’t have much luck with girls when he was 26-year-old Emilia. A witness said: “James and Emilia were growing up because he was so shy. He said: “I think girls holding hands. He kept kissing and hugging her. It was as if liked me, but I was awkward, shy and emotionally imma- they’d known each other for years.” In 2011, James ture, so I didn’t have a ton of girlfriends. “I had short-term revealed he had split from his long-term girlfriend Ahna relationships and always got dumped, I think because I O’Reilly after dating for five years. He admitted the long- was too slow for them.” distance had become too much for them as he was study-

im Burton shoots Helena Bonham Carter with a Nerf gun when he gets angry with her. The THollywood couple - who have two children hris Brown dumped Rihanna because she together, Billy, nine, and five-year-old Nell - admit was too dramatic. The ‘Fine China’ hitmaker - they have had some difficult times during their 11 Cwho is still on probation for beating Rihanna year relationship, which has seen them work on a up in 2009 - reportedly called time on his relation- number of movies together, but they find novel ways ship with her and got back together with his ex of dealing with their issues. He explained: “We’ve sur- Karrueche Tran because he was sick of the drama with Rihanna, 25. A source told HollywoodLife: vived [as a couple], but it hasn’t always been easy. “Karrueche isn’t all hype and crazy like Rihanna and ‘Sweeney Todd’ was the worst; definitely the worst. that’s probably why Chris chose her in the end. But then I found out she was pregnant with Nell and She’s drama free and real and she’s a good girl.” it kind of all made sense. “‘Alice in Wonderland’ was Chris, 24, also prefers Karrueche because she isn’t fine. ‘Alice’ was good, actually. I had a Nerf gun that I’d jealous when he talks to other women. The source shoot her with every so often to get my tension out.” added: “She loves him and she was even cool with Despite their issues in the past, Helena, 47, couldn’t him being with Rihanna while they just kept their be more content with her life now, however, and feels relationship on a business level. She was fine with more “sexy and womanly” than ever. She added to the that but in the end, Chris came back to her. She did- UK’s Vogue magazine: “I’m genuinely enjoying my life n’t force a thing. “Karrueche isn’t upset with Chris! more now than I ever did. My work is better, my rela- Not in the least. She’s out in New York having fun tionships are richer and of course, I have the children, and enjoying him, the city and the nightlife. She which makes me feel as sexy and as womanly as I knows how many girls want to be next to Chris. “In ever have.” the beginning, when she first met him, she was tak- en back by all the crazy attention girls gave him, but now she’s used to it. They’re just a bunch of groupies who don’t hold a candle to her.” lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

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rt will always triumph in the end,” says the freedom of artists, and said the violence was “alien to his consent. Two years after the incident, he continues to acclaimed Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak, who Tunisia, which is known for its moderation.” Bouchnak define himself as a “conscientious artist.” “The artist is “A composed songs for the 2011 revolution but insisted that “the Tunisian revolution is bound to suc- either conscientious or he doesn’t exist. Each one of us has since seen his profession come under threat from ceed.” “We have no other choice but to make it succeed... must assume his share of responsibility, wherever he is, firebrand Islamists. “The Tunisian revolution continues,” The changes don’t happen in two, three or even four so that the Tunisian revolution achieves its objectives,” he said the singer and oud player, one of the voices of the years,” added the singer, sometimes referred to as the said. “My message has always been the same: remember first Arab Spring revolt which inspired an album he made Pavarotti of Tunisia, who was appointed a UN the past to not forget, and give people reasons for hope in March that year. “Art will always triumph in the end. Ambassador for Peace in 2004. in life, today and tomorrow.” People cannot get by without art and beauty,” he told Born in January 1954 in the old city of Tunis, While some say the quality of his work has deteriorat- AFP in an interview at Morocco’s Mawazine festival. Bouchnak was influenced from an early age by classical ed, Bouchnak is still hailed as a major figure in Arab More than two years after the fall of dictator Zine El Arabic songs, from Egyptian legend Oum Kalthoum to music, especially in the Maghreb where he appears regu- Abidine Ben Ali, Bouchnak does not hesitate to defend Lebanon’s Fairouz, by way of other greats such as larly. Last weekend, on the closing night of the Mawazine Tunisia’s popular uprising, despite widespread concerns Mohamed Abdelwahab, “the pyramid of Arab music.” In festival that organizers say attracted a record 2.5 million about the rise of hardline Salafists that it ushered in. Last the aftermath of the revolution, he was embroiled in an spectators this year, he performed with celebrity August during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, unpleasant controversy that he said “greatly affected” Moroccan singer Abdelwahab Doukkali. On stage at the Salafists blocked a concert Bouchnak was due to give at a him. His critics accused him of opportunistically embrac- Mohamed V theatre in Rabat the two artists sang to a Sufi music festival in Kairouan, south of Tunis, because he ing the revolution after spending years supporting the captivated audience. Ghazi Khalil, a radio presenter who was accompanied by a troupe of Shiite musicians from Ben Ali regime. had come from Tunis for the festival, savored the Iran. The following day, Muslim extremists armed with He had been billed to open the first edition of the moment. “This duo with Doukkali, it’s really a meeting of swords and sticks attacked the Bizerte music and theatre Carthage International Festival after the dictator’s ouster, greats,” he said. — AFP festival in northern Tunisia, wounding five people. but the Tunisian union of musicians barred him from And later that month Tunisian poet Mohamed Sghaier attending, accusing him of signing a petition calling for Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak gestures as he answers questions during Ouled Ahmed said he was attacked by two Salafists. In Ben Ali’s re-election in 2014. Bouchnak strongly rejects an interview with AFP as part of the 12th edition of the music festival response, the Islamist-led government vowed to protect the charge, insisting his name was put on the list without Mawazine in Rabat, Morocco. — AFP

n investigation into Paris Jackson’s nication with them for several days. The well-being has been ordered by a Jackson family matriarch had been taken by Ajudge overseeing the guardianship of some of her children to a resort in Arizona, Michael Jackson’s three children, court prompting an agreement that led to another records show. Superior Court Judge Mitchell guardian being temporarily instated. Beckloff ordered an investigator to look into Tito Jackson’s son, TJ, was appointed co- Paris Jackson’s health, education and welfare guardian over the children. “This is standard and recommend whether any changes are protocol in a high profile case,” his attorney necessary on Thursday, one day after she was Charles Shultz wrote in an email. “The court is taken by ambulance from her family’s home doing what we fully expected the court to and hospitalized. Authorities have said they do.” The earlier report to Beckloff was not were dispatched to the home on a report of a made public, although he has stated that he possible overdose, but have not released any believed Katherine Jackson was doing a good File photo shows two freshly assembled Grey Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles on the tarmac at Forward Operating Base Shan in Logar Province, additional details. job of raising her son’s children. Beckloff’s Afghanistan. — AFP “There have been communications order requires an investigator to prepare a between the court and counsel and we’re report that only he will be allowed to review. completely supportive of the court’s actions,” He did not include instructions on how the Katherine Jackson’s attorney, Perry Sanders Jr, review should occur or when the report was said Friday. He has said the 15-year-old is due. Last year, Beckloff required an investiga- physically fine and receiving appropriate tor to interview each of the children separate- new documentary released Friday portrays more anti-American hostility. “I’ve come to the con- citizen, and the White House insists he was hunted medical treatment. He declined further com- ly. The filing was first reported Friday by US secret raids against terror suspects as a clusion over the course of years of doing this work down not because of his anti-US propaganda but ment on her health status Friday. Beckloff celebrity website TMZ. — AP Amisguided assassination campaign that that we are creating more new enemies than killing because he was directly involved in terrorist plots issued a similar inquiry into the well-being of generates new enemies and tarnishes America’s actual terrorists,” said Scahill, who wrote a book against America. But Scahill has a different view, Michael Jackson’s three children, Prince, Paris image. In “Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield,” about the scandal-plagued Blackwater private arguing Awlaki was targeted for his rhetoric and and Blanket, last year after an incident in journalist Jeremy Scahill condemns the “targeted security firm. should have been prosecuted in a US court. The which Katherine Jackson was out of commu- killing” of purported Al-Qaeda linked militants in “The point of the film is not to tell people how documentary suggests Awlaki had turned from a missile strikes and night raids by commandos as an to think about these things, but to present them moderate-minded spiritual leader based in the US ominous, permanent state of war that is “spinning with a different narrative than we generally hear on state of Virginia to an angry extremist because of out of control.” The film tries to shed light on opera- television.” In Yemen, the documentary features a an anti-Islamic climate in the United States after tions conducted in the shadows since the tribal leader and former parliament member 9/11. September 11, 2001 attacks, focusing on civilians describing a Tomahawk cruise missile strike in 2009 “America had helped to create the very man it cut down in Afghanistan and Yemen. on a Bedouin village, al-Majalah, that he says killed was trying to kill,” Scahill says. Days before the film The documentary recounts a botched raid by more than 40 innocent people, including children. opened, Obama delivered a speech in which he special operations forces in the Afghan village of The Yemeni government claimed credit for the pledged to rein in the war on terror and impose Gardez that killed five people, including two preg- strike at the time and said it was targeting an Al- stricter rules on drone strikes. But Scahill said he nant women. The documentary has poignant Qaeda training camp. Diplomatic cables published remains deeply skeptical. “I saw it as President home videos taken by the Afghan family, showing by WikiLeaks later confirmed that it was a US cruise Obama creating an infrastructure that will ensure a festive gathering with dancing and laughter only missile. that the drone program continues... in perpetuity.” minutes before loved ones are gunned down. One For a documentary, “Dirty Wars” adopts an Scahill, who writes for the left-leaning Nation maga- of the victims turns out to be an Afghan policeman, unconventional approach, with Scahill’s narration zine, argues Democrats have failed to hold Obama who was trained by the Americans. Villagers vent resembling a world-weary detective trying to to account for expanding secret assassinations their outrage afterward, vowing to fighting the uncover the truth. “I returned to Sanaa but I wasn’t begun when George W. Bush was in the White bearded commandos they call the “American sure why,” Scahill says at one point. The clipped, House. “(Former vice president Dick) Cheney must Taliban.” noir-style may win “Dirty Wars” a wider audience be sitting back somewhere with a deep sense of “If the Americans do this again, we are ready to but it sometimes distracts from the serious ques- envy and a sense of awe and gratitude that Obama shed our blood fighting them,” one Afghan says. tions raised by the film. The most controversial seg- kind of kept it going for them,” he said. “Obama’s Word leaks out about the raid and US forces initial- ment focuses on the killing of the American- better at their own game than they are.” — AFP ly insist their victims are Taliban insurgents, before Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was taken out apologizing later for a tragic error. Scahill said in an in a drone strike in September 2011. File photo shows Paris Jackson, daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson, during the interview with AFP that the secret operations are It was not until last month that the Obama hand and footprint ceremony honoring her father at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los counter-productive and morally corrosive, sowing administration openly admitted killing Awlaki, a US Angeles. — AP

f you’re a movie studio with money to burn, summer is 10 times the price tag of “The Purge.” “The Purge” is an R-rated tale set in the near future; society in 2011, Blum has wide creative leeway to deliver genre bonfire time. Almost every week there’s a new $200-mil- But Universal and “Purge” producer Jason Blum believe has managed to eliminate crime 364 days per year by allow- movies costing $4 million or less. Ilion-plus production-Warner Bros.’ “Man of Steel” and there’s a financial and creative model for productions as inex- ing the public one night of prosecution-free blood lust. Ethan Shot in 20 quick days in Los Angeles (with a couple of Paramount’s “World War Z” are the next budget busters and it pensive as theirs, and they hope the movie could become Hawke stars as a suburban father whose security systems are extra days for reshoots) last year, “The Purge” was made for a costs almost $100 million more to market such films. All of one of the season’s more notable surprises. Social media traf- designed to protect his family and neighbors from the gov- fraction of the typical Hollywood budget largely because which makes Universal Pictures’ “The Purge,” a dystopian fic and audience tracking surveys suggest the film, opening ernment-sanctioned lawlessness, where everything up to almost everybody was paid the minimum amount allowed thriller costing a little more than $3 million-with an ad cam- late Thursday, could gross as much as $25 million in its debut and including murder-is encouraged. by Hollywood’s unions. In return for working on the cheap, paign just above $20 million-look like Jonah among so many weekend. When his young son decides to shelter a homeless man they will get a bigger payday if the film performs well. On the whales. “We probably cost less than the catering budgets on being chased by some locals, his pursuers lay siege to the film’s set, there were no cushy trailers for stars to cool their Art-house studios typically sprinkle the season with low- every movie surrounding us. Seriously,” said the film’s writer home, quickly proving the fortifications somewhat less than heels in empty bedrooms doubled for dressing and makeup budget titles that debut in a handful of cities, yet rarely does and director, James DeMonaco, who has screenplay credits reliable. The family must hold off the intruders until dawn, rooms and no entourages or perks. “Your trailer looks like a major studio throw such a modest movie into wide release on “Assault on Precinct 13” and “The Negotiator.” “I don’t know when the mayhem moratorium is reinstated. mine, and I don’t get one,” Blum tells the creative talent when smack dab in the year’s most competitive months. Next what to feel-some of the time it’s totally terrifying. But it’s “The Purge” is the first collaboration between Universal they sign up.—MCT week’s raunchy comedy “This Is the End,” for example, cost kind of cool that we’re being released in the middle of the and Blum, who also was a producer on “Paranormal Activity,” $32.5 million far less than the Superman reboot, for sure, but summer.” “Insidious” and “Sinister.” Under a three-year deal announced

(From left) Japanese girl pop group AKB48, Rena Matsui, Haruka Shimazaki, Rino Sashihara, Minami Takahashi, Mayu A fan of the British-Irish pop band ‘One Direction’ holds up dolls of the musicians dressed in Mariachi outfits outside the Watanabe, Jurina Matsui, Yuko Oshima and Yuki Kashiwagi perform during their concert at the Yokohama stadium in hotel where the band will stay in Mexico City, Friday. One Direction is scheduled to give two concerts in Mexico city. — AP Yokohama, south of Tokyo yesterday. Over 70,000 spectators gathered for the concert as well as the election results announcing the upcoming recording members selection. — AFP lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 Travel

Visitors climb the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. Technician Jonathan Miller buffs the interior surface of the Liberty Bell as part of regular conservation work, in view of Independence Hall, at Independence National Historical Park, in Philadelphia.

he City of Brotherly Love is perhaps best known for its Colonial roots but locals will tell you there’s much more to Texplore in this city of 1.5 million people. Options abound for travelers looking for free things to do in and around the his- toric district and beyond - and they don’t all involve tri-corner hats and Betsy Ross’ flag. It’s a short walk from the city’s most popular tourist attrac- tions to several Philadelphia neighborhoods and shopping dis- tricts, which abound with shops and galleries that provide plen- ty of eye candy for browsers and window shoppers even with- out opening your wallet. Farther afield is the city’s prestigious art museum, which boasts glorious views from its famous steps. Free options for the outdoorsy include a lush wildlife refuge south of the city as well as Fairmount Park, a 4,100-acre (1,660- hectare) jewel of trails, streams, historic buildings and public art.

Independence spirit Two of the city’s busiest tourist stops, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, are free to visit and located directly across the street from each other. Both are part of Independence National Historical Park, which is managed by the National Park Service. Getting into Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed, requires a timed ticket because of crowds. Walk-up tickets are available at A person walks through Elfreth’s Alley in Philadelphia. A tourist photographs a bronze Rocky statue outside the the adjacent visitors’ center starting at 8:30 a.m. - visitors should Garden of glass Philadelphia Museum in Philadelphia. arrive early for the best choice of times, as tickets for the day are “Dream Garden,” a jaw-dropping glass mosaic, is close to the often gone by 1 p.m. during the busy summer tourist season. historic district but easy to miss unless you know it’s there. The No tickets are required for the Liberty Bell, but expect to wait in magical scene was created with more than 100,000 pieces of iri- line to get inside the building where it resides. descent glass by the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany and was based on a painting by Philadelphia native Maxfield Parrish. The Right up your alley 15-by-49-foot (4.5-by-15-meter) mosaic was commissioned by In the middle of the Old City neighborhood’s cool art gal- “Saturday Evening Post” publishing magnate Cyrus Curtis and installed in 1916 inside the lobby of his majestic headquarters fronting Washington Square Park. A public uproar ensued when casino magnate Steve Wynn in 1998 announced his plan to buy the mosaic and move it to Las Vegas, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts purchased the work to guarantee it will forever remain in its intended home. The cool, quiet marble lob- by serves as a respite from the Independence Mall crowds and has benches for visitors to relax and feast their eyes on “Dream Garden.”

Rocky’s road Make like Philly’s fictional prizefighter Rocky Balboa and bound up the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 72 stone steps, then spend a few minutes taking in in the picture-postcard sky- line view down the tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway. A sculpture of the Italian Stallion, arms raised in victory, at the base of the stairs is a popular spot for photo ops. Lots of “Rocky” runners never go inside the renowned art museum after their sprint up the steps - if you do, it’ll cost you $20 for an adult gen- eral admission ticket. There is some art to be seen free of charge, however, in a large outdoor sculpture garden featuring works by artists including Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg and Ellsworth Kelly.

Something wild John Heinz Wildlife Refuge is a thousand-acre (400-hectare) Dream Garden glass mosaic in the Lobby of the Curtis oasis located just one mile (1.6 kilometers) from the bustle and Center in Philadelphia. leries, vintage furniture stores and trendy clothing boutiques is a charming cobblestone lane that has barely changed in 200 noise of Philadelphia International Airport. Managed by the US years: Elfreth’s Alley, often called the oldest continuously inhab- Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is free and open from sun- ited street in America. It was built for carts traveling to the near- rise to sunset year-round. Birdwatchers have documented more by Delaware River waterfront and named for Jeremiah Elfreth, than 300 species of birds at the verdant refuge, a stopover for an 18th-century blacksmith who built and rented out several migratory species due to its location along the Atlantic Flyway, homes there. The alley’s 32 surviving row houses were built and it’s one of the only places where locally endangered between roughly 1724 and 1836. Unlike the nearby Society Hill species of turtles and frogs still live. There are trails for hiking mansions built for the city’s upper crust, the humble homes of and biking, and self-directed and guided tours are available. Elfreth’s Alley were inhabited by laborers, shipwrights and The largest remaining freshwater tidal wetland in Pennsylvania, craftsmen. Many of the homes remain privately owned but the Tinicum Marsh was renamed in 1991 to honor the late senator Visitors climb the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art narrow street is a good place for a peaceful stroll and some who helped preserve the site from plans that would have put a in Philadelphia. snapshots in front of the charming red-brick homes with color- landfill and part of Interstate 95 through the refuge. — AP ful flowerboxes and brightly painted shutters.

A couple holding hands walks along a trail at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. A closeup look at the Dream Garden glass mosaic in the Lobby of the Curtis Center in Philadelphia. — AP photos lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

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Iglesia de San Pedro, one of the oldest churches in Antigua, Guatemala, lit up at night.

veryone told me not to go. Even a friend who lived in one of the best collections of Spanish colonial buildings in the Guatemala for six months advised me against going. I Americas. Strolling around at night to see the colonial church- Eplanned the trip and canceled it twice. But in the end I es lit up is a must. By day, you can go into many of those let my traveler’s instincts persuade me that it couldn’t be that buildings, some of which were damaged in the city’s earth- bad. And for the most part, Guatemala seemed safer to me quakes during the last three centuries. Several have been than what I expected. With common-sense precautions and transformed into high-end hotels. careful planning, I minimized risks and was able to enjoy one We ventured out to nearby Finca Filadelfia, a coffee farm there. We followed his suggestion and kept Tikal for our last Temple I at Tikal, of the most fascinating and affordable countries I’ve ever visit- and resort that offers plantation tours. Guatemala’s volcanic day, choosing to spend our first one in Yaxha, a smaller Mayan Guatemala’s largest ed. soil produces some of the world’s best coffee. The Finca tour site that was the setting for the reality TV show “Survivor: Mayan ruins park was an in-depth look at how coffee beans are planted, har- Guatemala.” Yaxha was constructed from a light-colored lime- and a UNESCO World vested, selected and roasted, then shipped all over the world. stone that gives its buildings a unique hue. Sunset views from Heritage Site. Another highlight of Antigua was climbing the active the top of the site’s tallest structure, numbered 216, are stun- Pacaya volcano, a steep but easy two-hour hike. We went on a ning. half-day trip with about 12 other tourists and a guide. Do not On our last day, we started at 6 a.m. to beat the crowds to attempt the hike without a guide as muggings there are com- Tikal, one of the best-preserved Mayan sites in the world. mon. After the hike, your reward will be roasting marshmal- Spread over 220 square miles, Tikal encompasses thousands lows in a blistering hot hole on the side of the volcano. From of structures in addition to a primary tropical forest and a vari- Antigua, we took a two-hour shuttle to our next destination: ety of wildlife. It boasts stunning architectural constructions Lake Atitlan in the western highlands. Often compared to such as Temple I, which has become a symbol of Guatemala. Italy’s Lake Como, Atitlan is surrounded by several volcanoes There are also palaces, a jail, several sport complexes, burial that make the scenery breathtaking. The biggest town is tombs, and a canal system. It was clear why our guide wanted Panajachel, which you can skip altogether, opting instead to to save this for last. You appreciate more the amazing size of stay at one of the smaller Mayan villages around the lake. We Tikal after first seeing the smaller Yaxha. stayed in Santa Cruz La Laguna, which is only reachable by a No visit to any country is ever complete without experienc- 20-minute, $1.50 motorboat-ride from Panajachel. The longest ing the local food. While the variety of local dishes isn’t huge, boat ride on the lake is between Panajachel and Santiago don’t leave Guatemala without trying pepian, a spicy brown- Atitlan and takes almost an hour. sauce chicken stew that is a national dish. Fried chicken afi- In Santiago, we ventured out to seek Maximon, a curious cionados will revel in the joys of the famous local fast-food Mayan deity, whose effigy is housed in a different, secret chain Pollo Campero. You are never too far from a location. building every year. Enterprising locals will offer to take you to Once you try it, you will understand why Guatemalans carry see Maximon for a couple of dollars. While I was certainly sealed boxes of the delicious stuff from the Guatemala City skeptical, once located, Maximon proved to be fascinating. We airport outlet all the way to their loved ones back in the US watched as pious Mayans presented Maximon with bottles of Finally, to cool off, try licuado, a cold drink made with fresh Catedral de Guatemala has an alarming rate of homicides. Newspaper Coca-Cola, beer and whiskey, seeking solutions to their prob- fruit that is ubiquitous in the country. — AP Santiago on the front pages often show images of covered dead bodies with lems. The offerings, we were told, are sold off and the money main square in police hovering nearby. But most of those crimes happen in is used for local projects. Antigua, the capital, Guatemala City. With that in mind, and the fact You can spend a day or two shuttling on local boats Guatemala, the that Guatemala City has few tourist attractions, I skipped it between the lake’s small towns, each of which has a particular country’s former altogether. character. Local Mayans also use the boats to go to work and capital. Another decision that my travel companion and I made school. You can charter a private boat for about $50, but was to stick to trusted methods of transportation. This meant there’s really no need as the local boats are perfectly safe and, no “chicken buses.” These colorfully painted former US school frankly, more fun. The Mayans are very friendly if a bit reserved buses, which sometimes carry farmers and their chickens, are at first toward tourists. Most speak indigenous languages as notorious for being the target of road bandits. We used shut- well as Spanish. tles, which are smaller buses that cater to tourists, or private From Lake Atitlan, we took a one-hour shuttle ($12) to transportation set up by our hotels. Almost every hotel has an Chichicastenango. Famed for its expansive local crafts market, arrangement with a driver. Both those options were quite Chichicastenango is the place where you can shop for colorful affordable. Guatemalan textiles. They come in an incredible variety of Arriving in the sleek La Aurora airport on the outskirts of blankets, shawls, backpacks, throws, wall hangings, and shirts. the capital, we were whisked away by our waiting driver to Remember to haggle anything down to at most half of what Antigua, the country’s former capital, and its most popular you are quoted. Be firm but also bear in mind that sometimes tourist destination. The ride took around 90 minutes and cost the difference is $1 so know when to let go and just pay. around $40 for both of us - quite reasonable, we thought. You can hire a local tour guide to walk you to the town’s Antigua is built on a grid of cobblestone streets and boasts colorful cemetery where symbols of Catholicism and Mayan faiths mix. You can also have the guide take you to one of the locations where outdoor prayer services are performed before Mayan deities. Don’t attempt either without a guide as rob- beries are common in the outskirts of town. With the post-Columbian sights behind us, it was time for the Mayan ruins of Tikal in the country’s north. The usual trek to this remote part of Guatemala involves an overnight bus ride. Short of time and wary of reports that those nighttime buses are easy crime targets, we chose to take the 45-minute flight from Guatemala City. Lake Atitlan, in Guatemalaís western highlands, surrounded by volcanoes Tomilan and Our hotel in Antigua recommended a local guide to us in Atitlan. the region and he accompanied us throughout our two days

A shrine for a Mayan deity surrounded by offerings and candles near Chichicastenango, Mayan women selling colorful Guatemalan fabrics in front of market stalls Photo shows the colorful cemetery in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, here in Guatemala’s western highlands. in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. graves carry symbols of the Mayan and Catholic faiths. — AP photos Art will always triumph, says Tunisia revolution singer

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A work of street art on the famed Houston Street wall by artist John Matos in New York City. New York City, one of the pioneering metropolitan areas for graffiti, has witnessed a proliferation of officially sanctioned and sponsored street art†in recent years. Artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey and the late Keith Haring have narrowed the divide between graffiti and arton urban streets. — AFP

ob Starkman just wanted a cool complementing the inner linings of pair of socks. As a University of the newest Nikes. Some are inspired RCentral Florida student basket- by players or movies or comic-book ball manager with a growing shoe characters such as Captain America or collection in 2011, Starkman was Batman. Starkman draws them on his looking for something he could wear computer then translates them to the to work: gold-and-black gear to socks through a process that is now match the Knights’ colors. He saw his more streamlined than dyes and black-and-white Nike socks as a can- kitchen sinks, instead using a screen- vas. ing process. New designs are intro- Working with his mother over her duced nearly every week, and the kitchen sink in Coral Springs, Fla, company often also makes custom Starkman fashioned his first pair of socks to match purchaser’s specific custom socks. Now, two years later, requests. Starkman, 23, is CEO of Rock ‘Em Starkman purchases Nike socks in Apparel, a fast-growing Orlando, Fla- bulk at full price then alters them. He based company that he said is pro- said Nike’s legal team contacted him jected to do $1.5 million in sales this about the process as his company year, mostly in custom socks. began to increase in popularity, but it Starkman, who at 6-foot-10 looks found no fault as long as the compa- like a basketball player more than a ny was paying retail price for Nike basketball manager, has jetted off to socks it altered and not creating the NBA Draft and NCAA Tournament knockoffs. On a warm Tuesday after- Patrons leave a life-size house, ‘Barbie The Dreamhouse Experience,’ at Johanna Nickas, 10, of Miramar, strikes a pose at the end of the runway in games to represent his company. noon last week, Starkman’s employ- Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise. a life-size house, ‘Barbie The Dreamhouse Experience’. — MCT photos Rock ‘Em has more than 115,700 ees, who also happen to be his “likes” on Facebook and more than friends, worked shirtless in the ays of Malibu living are long gone for Hackman, Barbie Global Experiences Licensing giving tours without looking up from scripts, 14,700 followers on Twitter. The garage. Four of them are fellow for- Barbie. The iconic doll has moved to director at Mattel. The house was a two-years- and interactive computer screens had glitches University of Central Florida, Iowa mer UCF basketball managers. DFlorida and is inviting people to step in-the-making project for Mattel and EMS along with other technical difficulties. Mattel State and Army are among the col- Music blared over speakers set up into her life-size dream house, the first one now Entertainment, an Austria-based company said the hiccups would be a top priority to cor- lege programs that have worn the on a wall that featured posters of open worldwide. Barbie The Dreamhouse helping design and build the project. rect. Sean McGowan, a toy industry analyst, company’s gear during games. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bane, a Experience, a 10,000-square-foot building with “Making sure children and parents actually said Barbie’s new house will likely serve as an “Never would I imagine it being character from the most recent an “endless closet,” elevators, a kitchen, bed- feel like they are in the Dreamhouse has always experimental project for the company to deter- this big,” Starkman said. Today, Batman movie. room, and everything pink, opened last week been our goal,” said Christoph Rahofer, presi- mine whether it can replicate the concept with demand for the company’s socks has Inside, the house is a blend of col- at Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, Fla. dent of EMS. “We wanted this to be an immer- its other brands.“I think what a lot of consumer far exceeded his expectations when lege-life-meets-startup-business. A The life-size house is already drawing sive experience that visitors would never for- companies are coming to realize is that there’s he was crafting socks over the sink in paper cutter sits on the otherwise squeals of joy from little girls who’ve toured get.” On Wednesday, groups of girls ran around an opportunity to make the retail experience his off-campus apartment and selling bare kitchen counter. The living room Barbie’s happy world, and enthusiasm from life- the house, frequently jumping with excitement more immersive,” said McGowan, of New York- them on eBay. Yet, in some ways, it’s has been fashioned into a shipping long fans like Lynn Mulvaney-Japes, 51. “It’s a and often pointing and screaming, “Oh my based research firm Needham & Co. “If it can be not too far off. Rock ‘Em is operated in center, with a basketball court taped big deal,” said Mulvaney-Japes, a member of a God, did you see this?!” Several walls through- done in a way that doesn’t cost much, then it the garage of a house Starkman rents off on the floor and a mini-hoop on Barbie collector club. “In fact, we all want to go out the house are lined with Barbie dolls, and becomes an effective way of extending their just a few minutes from UCF’s cam- the wall. Starkman’s Apple computer, work there.” The Lauderhill, Fla., resident said among the interactive features are buttons, brand.” The Dreamhouse tour, however, is prob- pus. It is run almost exclusively by filled with designs for past and future she has more than 3,000 Barbie dolls in a room which, once pressed, can either make flowers ably a type of venture that won’t draw frequent UCF students and alumni, two full- sock orders, rests on a makeshift din- in her house devoted exclusively to the fash- rise, Barbie’s dog walk out of his doghouse, or a visitors, because after a while the experience time employees and seven part-time ing-room table/desk.—MCT ionista and multicareer role model. Mulvaney- pink dolphin pop-up from a toilet seat. Visitors will just become repetitive, McGowan said. For employees. Japes planned to visit Barbie’s own house this also can get glammed up by Barbie staff, walk Mattel, launching this type of retail experience The designs, Starkman said, are week, along with other members of the down a runway and strike a pose. “It was really with Barbie is a logical approach because the inspired by a variety of things. Many Fashion Queen Doll Club. cool,” Elizabeth Torres, 11, said after the fashion Dreamhouse is already an iconic feature, he of the socks match popular shoes, “We are really excited about the opening show. “We saw the whole house, the big closet; said.—MCT here in Florida, and hope that this new destina- it was really awesome.” tion gives tourists a reason to visit and resi- Not everyone was impressed. Some parents dents a reason to return,” said LeAnne were upset because some staff members were

Rob Starkman shows off his custom Aunt Pearl socks that are made to Girls pose on the runway in a life-size house, ‘Barbie The Dreamhouse Aubrianna Robledo, 4, of Chicago, smiles at her mother after her go with the KD V (Kevin Durant Five) Aunt Pearl shoes. Experience’. ‘makeover’ .