SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2013 SHAWWAL 4, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Drone kills Turkey orders Plane crashes Dortmund thrash four Sinai citizens to in Connecticut; Augsburg; Hertha militants7 leave Lebanon8 611 feared dead rout19 Eintracht 6-1 US reopens consulates, Max 45º Min 30º embassies after threat High Tide 02:31 & 14:14 Embassy in Yemen, Lahore Consulate remain closed Low Tide 08:35 & 20:55 40 PAGES NO: 15894 150 FILS WASHINGTON: Eighteen of the 19 US embassies and MERS virus linked consulates that were closed in the Middle East and Africa because of a terrorist threat will reopen today, the to Arabian camel State Department says. The US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, will remain closed. The US Consulate in Lahore, PARIS: Researchers yesterday pointed to the Arabian Pakistan, which was closed Thursday because of what camel as a possible host of the deadly human MERS officials say was a separate credible threat, also was not virus plaguing the Middle East. The exact origins of scheduled to reopen. the virus is a riddle scientists have been working In the statement Friday, State Department spokes- hard to solve in a bid to halt its spread, especially in woman Jen Psaki did not cite a reason for the decision the lead-up to the annual haj pilgrimage to Saudi to reopen the 18 missions. She cited “ongoing concerns Arabia in October. about a threat stream indicating the potential for terror- Now an international team says blood tests were ist attacks emanating from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian positive for antibodies in camels from Oman, mean- Peninsula,” or AQAP, for keeping the embassy in Sanaa ing they had at some point been infected with closed. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus “We will continue to evaluate the threats to Sanaa (MERS-CoV), or a closely-related virus. The findings and Lahore and make subsequent decisions about the suggest that Arabian or dromedary camels “may be reopening of those facilities based on that information,” one reservoir of the virus that is causing MERS in Psaki said. The 19 outposts were closed to the public humans,” said a statement that accompanied the beginning last Sunday. Most American employees at study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases the US Embassy in Yemen were ordered to leave the journal. country on Tuesday because of threat information. MERS has killed 46 of the 94 people confirmed An intercepted message between Al-Qaeda officials infected since September last year, according to the about plans for a major terror attack triggered the 19 World Health Organization. SANAA: Yemeni soldiers inspect a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US and British embassies in closures. The State Department issued a travel warning Continued on Page 13 Sanaa, Yemen yesterday. — AP Thursday night regarding Pakistan, saying the presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups PAGE PAGE posed a potential danger to US citizens throughout the American charged over 20 die as Syria troops country. At the same time officials ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the US Consulate in wife’s Facebook murder bombard Sunni town Lahore. Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2013 LOCAL MP urges intervention to ease Schengen visas KDF criticizes US drone strike By A Saleh trillion mega watts by 2022”, said the report holiday. All cables used in the service are fiber released by Business Monitor International. optics, the ministry announced. KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Tamimi urged Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Drone strike GCC Railway Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah to intervene with his The Kuwait Democratic Forum (KDF) criti- International companies were invited to pro- counterparts in European countries in order to cized American drone strikes carried out recently vide assessment studies for a project to connect address alleged delays in giving Schengen visas at Yemeni villages and left civilian casualties Gulf Cooperation Council states with railways by to Kuwaiti nationals through their respective after missing their supposed targets of Al-Qaeda 2018 tentatively, Minister of Communications in embassies in Kuwait. “Citizens of these countries members. “The excuses that the United States the Kingdom of Bahrain Jamal Bin Ahmad can obtain visas to enter Kuwait very easily at make do not justify breaking humanitarian prin- announced recently. He added that the study the airport, seaports and border checkpoints ciples that they have defended for long”, reads a focuses on putting the mechanism to execute and enjoy many privileges during their stay in statement released by the liberal group recently. the project in a way by which major cities in the the country”, he said in a press statement. He fur- Gulf region are connected, among other issues. ther argued that Kuwait’s oil exports, European Co-ops law The study should also determine whether the imports as well as Kuwaitis’ travel for studying Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thekra Al- estimated $10 billion project will be funded by and healthcare could be used as bargaining Rashidi plans to review the executive regulations GCC government, private companies or through chips in negotiations to ease issuance of of the new co-operative societies law during a partnership between the public and private sec- Schengen visas. Cabinet meeting this month, according to tors. sources familiar with the case. The sources also $2.5bn investments said that the minister plans to refer amendments Thekra advisor While Kuwait looks to reduce national con- to the social care program to the parliament Member of Parliament Faisal Al-Shaye said if sumption of oil in order to increase production, next October. The amendments aim to guaran- the news about Social Affairs and Labor Minister the government has plans to improve energy tee the rights of Kuwaiti women married to non- Thekra Al-Rashidi appointing her sister as an production through power plants that run on Kuwaitis. advisor in her office for a salary of KD 1,250 natural gas. A recent international report indicat- without having to report to work was true, then ed that the Ministry of Electricity and Water eyes Fiber optics it is a tragedy. Al-Shaye asked “How does the $2.5 billion investment to meet demand by 2015 The Ministry of Communications announced Prime Minister allow such trivial matters to as part of plans to double power plants’ produc- connecting landlines to 4,000 housing units in occur owing to a minister’s irresponsible behav- tion by 2017. “Electricity generation in Kuwait the Saad Al-Abdullah, Jaber Al-Ahmad, Sabah Al- ior?” He hoped the Prime Minister would cancel increases by 4.2 percent and is set to reach one Ahmad and Al-Nahdha areas after the Eid Al-Fitr the decision before things got out of hand. MPs call for ‘health’ reforms By A Saleh strong stand against him. Abdallah must show his keenness the constitutional norms and must Sources said there are MPs who to reform by responding positively be changed. Constitutional expert KUWAIT: Several members of opposed the minister during the to the request. Hisham Al-Saleh said the “one vote” Parliament asked Health Minister annulled Parliament period, and Meanwhile former MP Saleh Al- system has already been protected Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdallah to considered these appointments Mulla said he will file an appeal to and cannot be contested in court, cancel appointments made by for- good reason to grill him. They cancel the “one vote” system in front and any such move is propaganda mer Health Minister Dr Mohammad believe the appointments are ille- of the constitutional court tomor- because the court will reject it auto- Al-Haifi and threatened to take a gal, and Minister Mohammad Al- row, because it is a system outside matically. Crossdresser arrested after entering lingerie shop KUWAIT: A young Kuwaiti crossdresser was insisted he was entitled to be in the shop, locat- Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, prohibits arrested by police after he entered a women- ed in the posh Salmiya area in Kuwait City. crossdressing in public and media often report only lingerie shop. A saleswoman had to call the police to end police swoops and court cases against those A female shopper, shocked by the presence the dispute, local Arabic daily Al Rai reported. who break the rules. of a man wearing women’s clothes and heavy The crossdresser was eventually taken by the Some of the online comments on the fight KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary Ministry of Interior Lt General Sheikh Mohammad makeup, told him to leave the premises, saying police to the station. He is accused of crossdress- called for allocating special areas, mainly in Al-Yousuf paid a visit to the marine centers of the coastguards on the second day of he had no right to be there. ing and getting involved in a fight in a public remote places, for “soft men” where they could Eid. He congratulated them on their hard work and conveyed to them the greetings However, the crossdresser objected and place. Kuwait, like the rest of the Gulf wear their makeup and transgender clothes. of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid and the Undersecretary General Ghazi Al-Omar. Kuwait honours Traffic campaigns to Malaysian scholar curb recklessness KUWAIT: A Malaysian youth made waves to a proper study plan,” he said recently. in Kuwait when he was acknowledged by “I plan to continue my tertiary educa- KUWAIT: Ahmadi Traffic Department created on Subhan and Airport Road to the country’s Education Ministry as one of tion in the field of Arab language studies. carried a traffic campaign on Wafra Road limit racing on the roads.