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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 MUHARRAM 4 , 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Assembly to Tunisia Islamists Rousseff Roethlisberger reopen with concede election vows dialogue, and Brady hope of defeat to reform after enjoy vintage cooperation2 secular 8party narrow9 win performances20 US calls on allies to Max 35º Min 19º High Tide combat IS ideology 01:16 & 15:22 Low Tide Coalition urged to fight Daesh in cyberspace 08:44 & 20:42 40 PAGES NO: 16325 150 FILS By Ben Garcia and Agencies KUWAIT: The United States is press- ing Arab nations and other allies to do more to counter the Islamic State group’s slick propaganda campaign, with a top American envoy yesterday describing efforts to combat the extremist messages as a vital pillar in the fight to defeat the group. Washington also unveiled what it called an information coalition with Muslim and Western nations to com- bat efforts by IS to recruit online and stoke sectarian hatred through a “cult of violence”. Speaking at a gath- ering of anti-IS coalition partners in Kuwait at the Sheraton Hotel, retired US Gen John Allen said it is up to all members of the alliance to “clearly, KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Gen KUWAIT: Gen John Allen, in charge of coordinating the US-led coalition’s fight against forcefully and consistently” reject the Allen yesterday. — KUNA Islamic State militants, Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and group’s ideology and offer alterna- young people and expose ISIL for the ISIL’s propaganda in cyberspace and Qatari foreign minister’s assistant Mohamed bin Abdullah Al-Rumaihi attend a meet- tives to it. un-Islamic cult of violence it really is the press,” he said. “There is a continu- ing yesterday. (Inset) Richard Stengel, the US undersecretary of state for diplomacy Allen, who is tasked with coordi- ... that ISIL will truly be defeated,” he um between security and privacy, and public affairs, speaks during a press conference. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat nating the US-led coalition, charac- said, using an alternate acronym for between security and freedom and in terized the fight in the communica- the group. order to battle against ISIL, nobody tions sphere as a crucial element of Allen called on participating coun- wanted to restrict freedom of expres- MP demands cap on rents an overall strategy that also includes tries to intensify their public affairs sion and freedom of speech.” confronting the group militarily and engagement as the coalition moves Allen was joined in Kuwait by By B Izzak KD 400 and more. A three-bedroom flat should have a attempting to cut off its finances. “It forward, denying IS the support it Undersecretary of State for Public rent of KD 250, while current rent now exceeds KD 500. is only when we contest ISIL’s pres- seeks. “I strongly encourage partici- Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi proposed yesterday Meanwhile, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- ence online, deny the legitimacy of pants to set forth tangible work plans Stengel, who told reporters that an that the government should impose a cap on rents, Sabah will open the new parliamentary term today with the message it sends to vulnerable that will directly and rapidly counter Continued on Page 13 which have seen a steep rise in the past few months. a speech expected to focus on calls for cooperation Tameemi proposed an amendment to the 1978 rents amid what appears to be political calm in the country. law in which rents are calculated on the basis of KD 5 But the term opens amid rumors that the government per square meter, provided that a room’s rent should plans to revoke the citizenship of a lawmaker for not exceed KD 50 and that of a studio not more than KD allegedly obtaining the nationality on the basis of false 100, while other utilities are free. Based on Tameemi’s documents. MP Faisal Al-Shemmari said that the rumors proposal, the monthly rent of a two-bedroom apart- were baseless and were made in the past and he had ment should not exceed KD 200 while its market rate is denied them, insisting that his citizenship is legitimate. Outrage after South Africa football captain shot dead JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s president yesterday led a shocked nation in voicing outrage at the murder Gulf capital of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa after the tal- ismanic goalkeeper was shot dead during a home rob- outflow low bery. Police said the 27-year-old was killed late Sunday after burglars broke in to the house of pop-star girl- DUBAI: Capital outflows from Gulf Arab states have friend Kelly Khumalo, totalled only about $780 million since the US Federal making off with a cell Reserve unveiled its plan to wind down asset pur- phone. More than 17,000 chases in May last year, a small fraction of the money people were killed in leaving other emerging markets, according to a South Africa last year, study by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF but the slaying of a pop- study, published yesterday, appears to confirm that ular sporting hero has because of their large current account and state stunned even this crime- budget surpluses, the Gulf oil exporters are seen by weary nation. international investors as better equipped to handle a period of rising interest rates than most areas of “Words cannot the world. express the nation’s Combined bond and equity outflows from the six- shock at this loss,” said nation Gulf Cooperation Council - Saudi Arabia, the President Jacob Zuma, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and amid a national outpour- Bahrain - were equivalent to only 0.05 percent of ing of grief and anger. gross domestic product or 3.5 percent of assets Zuma said police must under management between May 2013 and July Senzo Meyiwa “leave no stone 2014, the study found. That compares with cumula- unturned in finding his killers” and bringing them to jus- tive outflows from other emerging markets of $79 tice. Fighting back a flood of tears, national football billion, equivalent to 0.35 percent of GDP and 6.1 coach Shakes Mashaba described Meyiwa as a “very percent of assets under management. kind person” who was the first name on his teamsheet. Initially, outflows from the Gulf countries were Teammates at his local club Orlando Pirates team-mates broadly in line with those from other emerging mar- were sobbing and crying uncontrollably during a team kets, but they have been much smaller since early meeting yesterday, according to club officials. 2014, the IMF found. — Reuters (See Page 21) Continued on Page 13 Rise in Saudi MERS cases RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry yesterday urged the country, Health Ministry figures show, with seven con- residents of the world’s top oil exporter to renew precau- firmed cases in Riyadh, six in Makkah, five in Taif and one tions against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) each in Madinah, al-Jouf, Najran, Hofuf and Jubail. Three of after a rise in new cases of the disease since early the new cases were health workers. Scientists are not sure of September. The Health Ministry has announced a total of the origin of the virus, but several studies have linked it to 23 confirmed new cases this month of the virus, which camels and some experts think it is being passed to humans causes coughing, fever and sometimes fatal pneumonia. In through close physical contact or through the consumption addition to the 12 cases detected in September, this brings of camel meat or camel milk. the total number in the kingdom to 777 since it was identi- The disease can then spread between people, and the fied in 2012, of which 331 died. largest previous outbreaks, including one in Jeddah in April Other cases have been found elsewhere in the Middle and May that infected hundreds, have been linked to poor East, in European countries, the Far East and in the infection control procedures in hospitals. International United States, but many of those were found in people health monitors had worried that the disease might be who had travelled in Saudi Arabia. “The Health Ministry... spread abroad through the hajj pilgrimage, which took urged adherence to preventative measures to curb the place early this month in Makkah. Saudi authorities said at spread of the disease, and to avoid contact with infected the end of hajj that they had not detected any new cases of camels, and an emphasis on measures to combat infec- MERS among pilgrims, but of the new cases confirmed in tion in health facilities,” said a statement carried by the October, seven were in the pilgrimage centres of Makkah official Saudi Press Agency. and Madinah and five in nearby Taif, which many pilgrims The increase in cases in October has been evident across also visit. — Reuters TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 LOCAL Crude oil exports to China at 6-mth high BEIJING: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to supplier, but its shipments fell 2.7 percent China jumped 64.5 percent in September to 1.16 million bpd, followed by Angola from a year earlier to a six-month high of with 843,000 bpd, down 13.2 percent. 1.17 million tons, equivalent to around Russia emerged third place, with imports 285,000 barrels per day (bpd), latest gov- from the country surging 56.7 percent to ernment data showed. Volume of Kuwaiti 695,000 bpd. Oman ranked fourth and Iraq crude oil shipments to the world’s second- fifth, respectively.

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