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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 THULQADA 16, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net UN honor to BJP head Long tongues, Nishikori loses be shared charged leaping cats US Open, wins with Kuwaiti over hate in 60th World $940,000 bonus people:2 Amir speech13 Records40 book from16 Uniqlo Obama eyes air strikes in Max 44º Min 28º Syria, fixing Iraqi army High Tide 00:28 & 12:29 Kerry vows global coalition will defeat IS Low Tide 06:33 & 19:08 40 PAGES NO: 16282 150 FILS WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama seemed poised to authorize air strikes against the Islamic State FM to visit in Syria, ahead of a speech to brace his nation for a long duel with the jihadists. In a much -anticipated White House address, Obama was also expected to announce Palestine a plan to rebuild Iraq’s splintered army. He called Saudi King Abdullah, a pivotal member of the coalition he is KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled building to battle IS, and gathered top defense and Al-Sabah will visit the Palestinian territories next intelligence chiefs, while finalizing a strategy for the week for talks on reconciliation among the kind of prolonged new intervention in the Middle East Palestinians, an official said yesterday. The visit will be he has always abhorred. the first by a senior Kuwaiti official since the Officials said Obama was also pressing Congress to Palestinian Authority sign off on $500 million in aid to equip and train “mod- was created two erate” Syrian rebels, who would be on-the-ground part- decades ago. “The visit of ners for any US air campaign. The complex blend of Sheikh Sabah to forces opposed to both President Bashar Al-Assad and Palestine on Sunday IS was, meanwhile, scrambled again by a bomb blast comes within the frame- which killed nearly 50 members of the leadership of the work of Kuwaiti moves Islamist Ahrar al-Sham faction. to consolidate joint Arab Obama was to use his speech from the ceremonial action,” foreign ministry state floor of the White House to warn that the fight undersecretary Khaled against IS could be prolonged. “You will hear from the Al-Jarallah was quoted President how the United States will pursue a compre- as saying by the official hensive strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL,” Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled KUNA news agency. a senior official said on condition of anonymity. The Jarallah said the min- plan will include US military action against Islamic State ister would seek to bolster reconciliation between forces and new support for the opposition in Syria and the Palestinians, without providing any other the new government in Iraq. The New York Times said details about the visit. In 2012, the Palestinians Obama was ready to sign off on air strikes in Syria to reopened their embassy in Kuwait City, 22 years compliment those carried out on Islamic State targets in after it was closed over the perceived support of Iraq. The White House would not confirm the report, but the Palestine Liberation Organisation for Iraq’s WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz from invasion of Kuwait. — AFP lent it credibility by refusing to deny it. the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 News in brief US, Gulf facing own failures

Special stamp to DUBAI: In finally tackling the jihadist of swathes of Iraq and Syria and commit- mark Amir honor threat in Syria and Iraq, Washington and ted widespread atrocities, has been the KUWAIT: Minister of Communications and Minister of Gulf Arab states are confronting a “mon- inadvertent creation of efforts to help State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari said yesterday ster” that has come back to bite them, Syria’s less-radical opposition against that Kuwait Post will issue a special stamp to mark the UN partly through their own failings, analysts President Bashar Al-Assad - himself honoring and naming of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- say. After a stop yesterday in Baghdad, US backed by Iran and Russia. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah a ‘Humanitarian Leader’. In Secretary of State John Kerry will hold In the past three years, wealthy busi- statements to KUNA, Kandari said that the UN honoring talks today with Arab states and Turkey in nessmen, clerics and charities from Saudi of the Amir comes in recognition of His Highness’ great Saudi Arabia to broaden an international Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait have channelled contributions to humanitarian and relief action world- alliance set to act against the Islamic State funds to rival Sunni armed groups in Syria, wide. In a major ceremony at the United Nations in New movement (IS). In a speech to the nation, with a nod from their governments. The York on Tuesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon rec- President Barack Obama is also due to United States, Britain, France and Turkey ognized the role of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- outline a strategy to confront IS and have also given military assistance to Sabah as a humanitarian leader. address criticism his administration has opposition groups like the Free Syrian failed to respond to the rise of a group Army, with unintended results. “There is whose atrocities have shocked the world. obviously a risk anytime the US plays the PACI services stop Analysts say after so long spent dither- proxy game that those proxies could for maintenance ing, the attempt at a coordinated effort mutate into something antithetical to US KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Civil Information against IS is a welcome change. “It’s good interests down the road or transfer US (PACI) announced that its services will be closed for that they’re finally trying to choke the arms to hostile actors,” said Frederic maintenance from 2:00 pm today until Sunday. The monster that they - if not created - at least Wehrey, US Middle East politics and Gulf stoppage will affect distributing civil IDs during the fed,” said Francois Heisbourg of the Paris- expert at Carnegie Endowment for afternoon period today, receiving visitors at centers based Foundation for Strategic Research. International Peace. US Secretary of State John Kerry looks over papers while flying from Jordan to that normally work on weekends, as well as renewal Experts said IS, which has seized control Continued on Page 13 Iraq yesterday. — AFP services via phone or online, said General Director Essam Al-Asousy. Gitmo ‘living grave’ for Tourists turned off Gulf not worried by oil price slide dozens cleared to leave KUWAIT: A top Kuwaiti oil executive said the energy-rich as Kerala goes dry Gulf states are not worried by the slide in oil prices after WASHINGTON: After more than a Brent crude slumped to a 17-month low yesterday. “We decade held without charge, dozens of KOVALAM, India: British tourist John ready to imbibe the essence of (a) total are not worried at the drop in oil prices; we expect it to Guantanamo detainees ought to have Packer flew out to the tropical beaches of liquor ban,” said Chief Minister Oommen rebound to its previous levels soon. We are optimistic,” the sight of freedom, but hard-won deals for Kerala for a leisurely six-month break, but Chandy last month as he announced the acting oil undersecretary, Ali bin Sabt, told reporters on their release are languishing awaiting a news of an imminent alcohol ban across plan. the sidelines of a Gulf meeting in Kuwait City. But he final Pentagon signature. Some 79 of the the southern Indian state has made him Temperance activists may be happy acknowledged that the drop in prices “affects Gulf 149 prisoners still incarcerated at the US rethink his destination. “It won’t cut it for but Suman Billa, a top civil servant in the economies and requires coordination among the Gulf military base in Guantanamo Bay, south- me,” said the 41-year-old tiler, drinking a tourism ministry, said the ban was a Cooperation Council (GCC) states,” which heavily rely on ern Cuba, have been approved for trans- beer at one of the laid-back seafront “major concern”. “We take about a million oil exports. Sabt was speaking as senior GCC energy offi- fer after being assessed as posing no restaurants in the resort town of Kovalam. international tourists every year for whom cials prepared for a regular meeting of oil ministers today. security risk to the United States. Most of “When I come away I want a nice few wine and beer is a part of their diet,” Billa Sabt attributed the drop in crude prices to seasonal, politi- them were told as long ago as 2009 or beers, to enjoy myself - I’ve worked hard told AFP. Along with holidaymakers’ cal and psychological reasons besides the return of some 2010 that they would face no charges for it,” he told AFP. spending, the state has been raking in countries to production. Among other issues, the GCC oil and were now eligible to be either sent With its sweeping coastline, riverboats earnings from conferences and other ministers are scheduled to discuss proposals to unify home or to a third host nation. and emerald tea plantations, Kerala has business events at hotels. “There’s always prices of petroleum products in the six-nation alliance. Yet they are still waiting. In recent become a leading tourist draw in India, a cocktail and dinner that goes along with months US officials have nailed down promoting itself as ‘God’s Own Country’. it. So I think it would be particularly unat- deals which could see the fairly swift But behind the paradisiacal slogan, the tractive if we were to say: ‘Do come, but Libya PM says ‘only 7’ release of a couple of dozen detainees state has a damaging drinking problem sorry, we won’t be able to serve you any citizens held in UAE from different countries, administration among its 34 million population, leading alcohol’,” Billa said. His fears were backed ABU DHABI: Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al- sources confirmed to AFP, declining to GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba: This Dec the government to opt abruptly for up by a recent survey from travel portal Thani acknowledged yesterday that the United Arab go into any detail. In June, a senior offi- 6, 2006 file photo shows a detainee almost complete prohibition - alarming HolidayIQ.com, based on 5,000 Indian Emirates has arrested seven Libyans, denying reports cial had predicted there would be “sub- being escorted by US military the tourism industry. As of tomorrow, respondents, of whom 58 percent said the that the Gulf state had detained 30. “Only seven peo- guards at this US naval base. — AFP ple” are being held, Thani told reporters in Abu stantial progress” this year towards more than 700 Kerala bars will lose their booze ban would affect their travel plans. Dhabi, without saying why they had been arrested. President Barack Obama’s avowed aim tration,” Senator Dianne Feinstein told licences. Only five-star hotels will be Bar owners are hoping for an 11th- Pro-Islamist Libyan media reported on Sept 1 that of closing the costly and politically toxic AFP. Videos of the beheading of two allowed to keep serving booze and even hour change to the policy and have taken some 30 Libyans had been detained by UAE authori- operation. American journalists, forced by their they will have go dry on Sundays. the matter to court, fearing tourists will ties. The arrests reportedly came after air raids last But so far this year only one prisoner jihadist captors to wear orange jump- Government-run liquor stores, where start opting for other regional destina- month on Islamist fighters in Libya that US officials approved for release has been freed, suits like those used in US jails, are a men queue up for their daily fix, will be tions - perhaps the beaches of nearby Goa said were carried out by the United Arab Emirates. and there is a growing sense of frustra- grim reminder that Guantanamo phased out at a rate of ten percent a year or Sri Lanka. However, with the govern- Thani, who arrived in Abu Dhabi Tuesday as part of a tion. “Continued delay on closing remains a hated symbol of the Bush-era for the next decade, leaving a big hole in ment standing firm on the issue, they are delegation led by the head of Libya’s parliament, Guantanamo is unacceptable, whether “war of terror” launched in the wake of the state coffers after alcohol taxes and only hopeful the law might be moderated Aqila Issa, added that the Libyan embassy had “taken it is from roadblocks put up by some in the 2001 attacks. fees generated more than $1 billion in the somehow. measures to ensure their rights”. Congress or from some in the adminis- Continued on Page 13 2012-13 financial year. “Kerala should get Continued on Page 13 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 LOCAL UN honoring to be shared with Kuwaiti people

HH Sheikh Salem Lt Gen Sheikh Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah National Guard chief congratulates Amir on UN honor NEW YORK: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and senior officials at the reception Tuesday. — KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Chief of the National Guard Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah congratulated HH the Amir Sheikh NEW YORK: His Highness the Amir Sheikh him by the UN was to be shared with the Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First “unprecedented event” that reflects Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on his honoring as a Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attend- Kuwaiti people whom, he described as the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Kuwait’s status amongst nations. ‘humanitarian leader’ at the UN on Tuesday. ed a reception held on his honor by pride of the nation. He wished the atten- Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Through the UN’s long history, the hon- On behalf of the National Guard, he spoke of appreciation Permanent Representative of the State of dees of the reception the best and prom- Sabah, and Minister of State for Cabinet oring of HH the Amir, was an outstanding of the international organization’s initiative to honor the Kuwait to the United Nations Ambassador ised a return trip to see them again in New Affairs and Acting Justice Minister Sheikh occasion which showcased Kuwait’s efforts “utterly generous positions our dear nation is known for.” He Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi. York perhaps next year. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- in the humanitarian field, the official said. described “this glittering initiative” as a “deserved declaration The reception came on the occasion of The reception was attended by Sabah. The efforts of HH the Amir was the main for the continuing generosity of HH (the Amir) and our nation naming His Highness as a ‘Humanitarian Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, reason behind Kuwait’s humanitarian repu- (Kuwait) under all humanitarian fields. Leader’ by the UN at a ceremonial event Deputy head of National Guard Sheikh Unprecedented event tation; thus, it’s not strange to see His It also comes to honor the role Kuwait and its rulers are held at its headquarters Tuesday. Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH Meanwhile, Advisor at the Amiri Diwan Highness being awarded with the committed to, in supporting the easing of suffering and strife In brief remarks at the reception, HH the Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- Mohammad Abulhassan, said during the ‘Humanitarian Leader’ title, said of nations, and supporting global institutions and humanitari- Amir noted that the honor bestowed on Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber reception that HH the Amir’s honoring is an Abulhassan. — KUNA an organizations, he added. These designations are “true evi- dence of the position of Kuwait and its ruler in the hearts of nations of the world. Congratulations to Your Highness and to this dear nation for this well-deserved appreciation and hon- or,” he concluded. HH Sheikh Salem Al-Ali delivered the com- GCC leaders congratulate ments after HH the Amir received an accolade for his humani- tarian efforts, which included Kuwait’s designation as a ‘humanitarian centre’ in New York. In response to the warm sentiments, HH the Amir said that Amir for UN honoring he had received with “full appreciation” the message of con- gratulations. “We would like to express our profound gratitude over the expressions of warmth, honesty and prayer from yourselves and the Kuwaiti people. ‘Recognition of Sheikh Sabah’s major humanitarian role’ “We ensure that this honoring was achieved thanks to God Almighty and the efforts of our loyal people, who have responded to the humanitarian calls in aid of those in need and in strife. “They (the people of Kuwait) have embodied the characteristics of the people of Kuwait since olden times, of love for carrying out good deeds, generosity and giving. “This honoring from the United Nations of our dear nation has come to ensure to the whole world the noble role the State of Kuwait is assuming in the field of humanitarian and relief work, which is a cause for pride of every (Kuwaiti) citi- zen,” he concluded.

Clear imprints Separately, Former Kuwaiti Interior Minister, Lt Gen Sheikh Jaber Khaled Al-Sabah said that HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has many clear imprints in the areas of humanitarian work on the Arab and international levels. This came in a ceremony held by the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdel Al Al-Qenai on the occasion of the UN hon- oring last night of HH the Amir as a ‘Humanitarian Leader and for Kuwait as a ‘Humanitarian Center’. He praised the humani- tarian role of HH the Amir in all parts of the world, stressing King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani that honoring the Kuwaiti Amir is pride for all Kuwaiti people. CAPITALS: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin To the warm sentiments, HH the Amir sent global peace and security. of the “solid fraternal relations between both Hamad Al Thani congratulated His Highness Sultan Qaboos a cable expressing “full appre- King Hamad of Bahrain also “wished the countries,” and wished HH the Amir “abun- Ceremony hailed the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad ciation” to the congratulations, which reflect- Kuwaiti Amir abundant good health and hap- dant good health and happiness and more Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the United States Al-Jaber Al-Sabah after the UN honored him ed the deep-rooted bilateral ties. piness and further progress and prosperity to progress and prosperity to the Kuwaiti peo- Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hailed HH the Amir’s as a ‘Humanitarian Leader.’ the Kuwaiti people.” ple.” honoring ceremony, saying that it is befitting of the position A ceremony was held at the UN headquar- Visionary policy In the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Saud of His Highness and his humanitarian generosity. ters in New York Tuesday to honor HH the In the meantime, Bahraini leaders, topped Leading initiatives Bin Saqr Al-Qassemi, Ruler of Ras Al-Khaimah, On the UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s speech, he said it was elab- Amir and the State of Kuwait as a by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, sent cables Furthermore, Crown Prince and First member of Supreme Council of the UAE sent orate and expresses appreciation of the efforts of the Amir, his ‘Humanitarian Center.’ of congratulation to HH the Amir Sheikh Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin a cable congratulating HH the Amir on the humanitarian role and Kuwait’s leading role in humanitarian Official QNA news agency said Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on his Hamad Al Khalifa mirrored these sentiments, UN naming of His Highness as a efforts. “Today’s ceremony is nothing but an honoring and an Tamim congratulated His Highness Sheikh ‘humanitarian leader’ designation by the UN. adding that “the honoring comes in apprecia- ‘Humanitarian Leader.’ Umm Al-Quwain Ruler appreciation of Kuwait and Kuwaitis,” he said. For his part, Sabah, and wished the State of Kuwait more King Hamad paid tribute to HH the Amir tion of the gracious efforts, evident endeav- Sheikh Saud Bin Rashed Al-Mualla, also mem- Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN and internation- development and prosperity. for “his efforts and contributions in backing ors and leading initiatives HH the Amir has ber of Supreme Council of the UAE, sent a al organizations in Geneva Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim said Meanwhile, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of humanitarian work, stressing that the honor adopted in support of charitable efforts all similar cable, UAE’s WAM news agency report- that the ceremony was characterized by a message, expressed Oman sent a cable of congratulations to HH is a recognition of the major humanitarian around the world.” ed. Moreover, Supreme Council member and by the Secretary General, which is appreciation for the efforts the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- role played by the Kuwaiti Amir to ease the He also hailed the “wise policies of HH the Ruler of Ajman Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al and distinguished role of Kuwait and the Amir related to the Sabah on the UN honoring. suffering of people all over the world,” accord- Amir in handling the various regional and Nuaimi sent a congratulatory cable to HH the humanitarian side. Through contacts with international Sultan Qaboos applauded HH the Amir’s ing to a statement posted on the state international affairs, and his committed Amir, in which he expressed his deepest wish- humanitarian organizations we received thanks and apprecia- contributions and efforts, supporting human- Bahrain News Agency website. efforts to achieving peace and stability in the es to HH the Amir for this title, Emirates News tion for the humanitarian role which does include any political itarian work, which fostered Kuwait’s status He “commended the Kuwaiti Amir’s vision- world.” Agency (WAM) said. Ajman Crown Prince agendas, he added. “There is no doubt that this appreciation on the world level. He wished Kuwait more ary policy in dealing with regional and inter- For his part, Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Ammar bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi sent a similar piles us with a huge responsibility to expand in the field of prosperity under his wise leadership. national issues and his keenness to achieve bin Salman Al Khalifa said that he was proud cable to HH the Amir.— KUNA humanitarian affairs as well as others,” he said. —KUNA App launched UNHCR congratulates Amir commemorating

KUWAIT: The United Nations High taken by the State of Kuwait under the leader- lion Syrian refugees in camps and urban areas.” Amir honoring Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres ship of His Highness the Amir has helped alle- Guterres took this opportunity to express his KUWAIT: A smartphone application was launched yesterday congratulated His Highness the Amir of viate the suffering of millions of people in profound appreciation and gratitude to His by His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Informatics Prize Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for need; including refugees, internally displaced Highness the Amir and the people of Kuwait, Committee to commemorate HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- being named a ‘Global humanitarian leader’ persons and victims of disasters regionally and stressing at the same time UNHCR’s keenness Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s UN honoring as a ‘Humanitarian and for the State of Kuwait being declared an globally.” Moreover, the High Commissioner in maintaining the historical strategic relation- Leader’ by the United Nations. In a press release, member of ‘International Humanitarian Hub,’ by the highlighted that “The generous contributions ship with the State of Kuwait. the prize’ supreme organizing committee Bassam Al- United Nations. This came in recognition of from the State of Kuwait made at the first and The Honoring ceremony for His Highness Shimmari said that the application allows individuals to send Kuwait’s remarkable humanitarian efforts second Syria Donor conferences for a total of the Amir of the State of Kuwait took place at their congratulations in text, photo, or video formats. He said under the directives of His Highness the Amir. 800 million (of which 210 million was allocat- the United Nations Headquarters in New York that the application also provides information and back- Guterres mentioned that “The initiatives ed through UNHCR) has helped over 1.5 mil- on 9 September 2014. Antonio Guterres ground on HH the Amir’s humanitarian efforts. —KUNA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 LOCAL

Premier leaves New York after attending honoring ceremony Foreign Minister, Ban

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh after HH the Amir received an accolade for his discuss regional issues Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah left New York humanitarian efforts, which included Kuwait’s des- yesterday after attending the UN honoring of HH ignation as a ‘humanitarian centre’, in New York. NEW YORK: UN Secretary General Ban Ki- view (between the conflicting parties) clos- mental issues, “specially that we will wit- the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- In response to the warm sentiments, HH the moon received First Deputy Prime Minister er,” said Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled. nessing a summit of climate change.” Sabah as a ‘Humanitarian Leader’. Amir said that he had received with “full apprecia- and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled He said they also discussed a host of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled described rela- HH the Prime Minister was seen of at John F tion” the message of congratulations on the occa- Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at the UN Headquarters political, humanitarian, social and environ- tions between Kuwait and the UN as “excel- Kennedy International Airport by members of the sion. — KUNA in New York Tuesday. lent and distinguished.” Kuwaiti diplomatic missions in Washington, the UN, The meeting took place after Ban hon- The meeting was attended by Kuwait’s and Los Angeles. ored His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Ambassador to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi, Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as a Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Sheikh Profound pride “Humanitarian Leader,” and State of Kuwait Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s perma- HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak had congratulated as “Humanitarian Center. nent representative to the UN and interna- HH the Amir on the honor, saying on behalf of him- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said he con- tional organizations in Geneva Jamal Al- self and the Cabinet that he was “pleased to veyed gratitude of the State of Kuwait, His Ghunaim. express my profound pride on this honoring, which Highness the Amir, government and people comes to award Your Highness’ legacy in the field for Ban for the honoring. “This was a historic Jeddah visit of humanitarian and charitable work.” honoring ceremony,” Sheikh Sabah Al- Separately, First Deputy Prime Minister The honoring of Kuwait “embodies a history glit- Khaled told KUNA and Kuwait TV after the and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah tered with humanitarian generosity through devel- meeting. Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah leaves for opment projects and humanitarian assistance” to He said he and Ban discussed the chal- Jeddah tomorrow to take part in the min- all nations of the world. This reflects the “civilized lenges in the region including in Iraq, Gaza isterial meeting aimed to tackle the situa- image” and dedication to humanitarian endeavors Strip, Syria, Yemen and Libya. “The interna- tions in the Middle East. He will be and good deeds Kuwait and its people have been tional community and the UN in particular accompanied by a number of foreign known for, he said. should have a role to bring the points of Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah ministry officials. — KUNA HH the Prime Minister delivered the comments HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

KUWAIT: Festive mood at the Gate Mall Tuesday night. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Gate Mall hosts festive celebration ‘Remarkable act of generosity and exemplary humanitarian leadership’ By Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: Fireworks lit up the skies of Kuwait on Tuesday evening in celebration of the country’s generosity. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was award- ed a certificate of appreciation by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for his ‘remarkable act of generosity and exemplary humanitarian leadership’ showed to the world. Celebrations were held at various locations including the Gate Mall in Egaila, where thou- sands of people gathered to watch the live broadcast of the Amir’s speech and the fireworks display afterwards. Mustafa Shaban, Gate Mall General Manager, said the event was held to salute the Amir’s generosity. “It is our great pleasure and pride to salute the generosity of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. We want to congratulate him for this great achievement,” he noted. Gate Mall invited guests through SMS and media advertisements and thousands turned out. “We want to pay respect and tribute to the ‘man of the hour’ and to a man whose heart belongs to the world. His generosity reaches the entire world through charity and donations. This is really a cause for celebra- tion,” he added. He said the Amir’s contribution to the world will be remembered for generations and will be added to the history of the United Nations. Before the speech of the Amir, the mall hosted vari- ous programs for kids and adults alike. Cartoon charac- ters roamed around the mall to meet and greet chil- dren. Kuwaiti folk singers and dancers also showcased their skills before enthralled shoppers. Kuwaiti attendees paid tribute to the Amir for his generous acts of kindness. Some of them were also outraged by people who criticize the country for its generosity. “There are people who don’t like to give. But I don’t understand them,” said Khalil, a Kuwaiti attendee. Khalil said in Islam, giving and sharing is encouraged. “The Amir’s act of generosity is good and now that it is being recognized (by the United Nations), we should be thankful and grateful. We should give Mustafa Shaban more if we have the money to do so,” Khalil added. Khalil was among the crowd in the courtyard of the installed inside and outside the mall. The live telecast was mall with his wife, 3-year-old son and 12-year-old hooked up from Kuwait TV. After the speech, confetti and daughter. tricolor balloons rained down inside the mall and onlook- The Amir’s 15-minute speech was heard all over the ers outside the mall were delighted to witness the fire- mall to applause through several huge LED screens works display. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 LOCAL INTERPOL, Kuwait sign travel document accord Minimizing airport security red tape for security personnel

LYON: Kuwait and INTERPOL signed an agreement yester- crimes that require quick response and ease of move- Crime day availing Kuwaiti security personnel to possess ment, said Lieutenant General Sulaiman Al-Fahad, assis- Crime INTERPOL’s latest electronically-based travel documents tant secretary at Kuwait’s ministry of Interior, in remarks Report Report to ease their travel worldwide by minimizing airport secu- he made to KUNA following signing the agreement with rity red tape for them, a statement by the Kuwaiti Ministry INTERPOL’s Secretary General Ronald Noble. of Interior said. Noble told KUNA that he considered Kuwait among Fake companies INTERPOL has developed its first ever travel docu- ITERPOL members that always show great support to the Traffic offender ments (e-Passport Booklet and e-Identification Card). organization’s undertakings, noting that with Kuwait busted,trafficking These are intended to enable officials working for INTER- signing today’s agreement it would be very easy for POL and for its member countries’ National Central Kuwaiti crime fighters to move around transnationally in caught with gun charges pressed Bureaus and law enforcement agencies to travel interna- their quest to acquit their duties efficiently. tionally on official INTERPOL business, by benefiting from Currently, 76 member countries have already accepted By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: Iqama affairs detectives uncovered six bogus visa facilitations granted by member countries when the INTERPOL Travel Document in both its forms (e- KUWAIT: A citizen was sent to criminal detectives after companies using fake rent contracts in a mall affecting 200 assisting in transnational investigations or urgent deploy- Passport Booklet and/or e-Identification Card) to be used being caught with an unlicensed shotgun. The arrest was workers. The companies traded in iqamas for KD 500 to KD ments. in conjunction with a valid national passport. A further 105 made when the car was stopped for a traffic violation. 700 each. The interior ministry acted on tips it received Kuwait has signed this agreement for its deep value to countries are also in the process of recognizing these docu- about the gang, so a team collected information in cooper- security personnel tasked with fighting transnational ments within the limits of their national laws. —KUNA ation with the ministry of commerce and industry and the Sexual assault civil information authority. When the information was In Maidan Hawally, a citizen accused a driver at a proven correct, the contract holders were summoned and domestic help office of raping his Filipina maid. He it was discovered that they belong to four Arab mandoobs said the maid worked for him for a while, then he (representatives) and other persons. They confessed that called the office to ask for another one, so the office they paid a person of the same nationality who works as a sent the driver who raped her. Meanwhile, a Filipina guard at the mall KD 200 for each forged contract. The expat told Farwaniya police that her sponsor raped her guard was arrested, and he had several contracts and at the contracting company where she works despite receipts. All involved were sent to the public prosecution. fierce resistance.

Offender arrested Car theft “I do not want your passport or nationality” is what In Maidan Hawally as well, a citizen told police that his a 47-year-old citizen said at Kuwait Airport Tuesday. A 2005 model car was stolen, while he was in a popular cafe. group of citizens at the airport were surprised by the Investigations are ongoing. man shouting these lines, so they informed police, and he was arrested and sent to state security. Drug trafficker caught Drug abuse, possession A Jordanian youth who was reported missing by his Riqqa police arrested a citizen in his twenties while father was found to be detained by narcotics authori- using drugs in an open area. A police patrol noticed a car ties for drug dealing. parked suspiciously, so they approached it and saw the suspect using the drugs. He was also found wanted for sev- eral cases. Two shabu envelopes and drug paraphernalia were with him. Meanwhile, a bedoon man was arrested at a checkpoint in Hawally in possession of 239 Captagon tablets, and was taken to the drug control general depart- ment. Separately, police in Sulaibiya arrested an expat with hashish, Tramadol and two capsules thought to be narcot- ic. He was sent to the Drug Control General Department. —Al-Rai, Al-Watan

LYON: Lt Gen Sulaiman Al-Fahad (left) and INTERPOL’s Secretary General Ronald Noble sign the agree- ment. —KUNA GCC housing technical committee holds meeting

KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation as well as another program for organ- tive recommendations to be submit- Council (GCC) technical housing com- izing specialized technical meetings ted to the undersecretaries and minis- mittee met yesterday on the sidelines for the GCC six member states. ters to help them take sound deci- of the 13th meeting of the bloc’s Meanwhile, Bin Eid congratulated sions in their meetings over the com- housing ministers. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah ing two days. The committee’s 24th meeting Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His He noted that a meeting is due to approved the agenda submitted by Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown be held on September 20 upon a the GCC Secretariat General, said Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Kuwaiti invitation to coordinate the head of the Kuwaiti delegation Yousef Jaber Al-Sabah, and the Kuwaiti peo- GCC stances regarding the Arab hous- Khalid Al-Zaid bin Eid, adding that they had also ple on the UN honoring of His ing strategy for sustainable develop- agreed on the bylaw and conditions Highness the Amir, naming him a ment. Kuwaiti aid trucks of the GCC housing prize. humanitarian leader. The GCC Housing Ministers will Participants also agreed upon a For his part, Director of GCC meet tomorrow to approve what enter Gaza proposal for holding a coordination Secretariat General’s Municipalities the specialized committees have KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRSC) announced meeting for the Arab housing minis- and Housing Affair Department Eid agreed upon for achieving the yesterday that 13 trucks loaded with relief materials have ters, and approved a program for field Al-Khaledi said that the technical expectations of the GCC people entered the Gaza Strip through Egypt to be distributed to visits to housing projects in the GCC, committee meeting focused on effec- regarding housing. —KUNA the war-traumatized Palestinian people. The trucks carried 10,000 relief packages, to be distributed among the Palestinians who suffer shortage in basic supplies, head of the KRCS’ relief mission in Gaza Khalid Al-Zaid said. He affirmed that the KRCS will spare no efforts to help the people of the Gaza Strip. The Society is moving on with providing urgent relief and humanitarian aid to Gaza’s resi- dents under the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA Kuwaiti-Laotian friendship grows

KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuwaiti-Laotian parliamentary KFSD celebrates friendship committee held a meeting with Laotian National Assembly Speaker Pany Yathotou, said a Kuwaiti Amir honor lawmaker yesterday. Head of the Kuwaiti delegation and co-chair of the com- By Hanan Al-Saadoun mittee MP Khalil Abdullah said that Yathotou lauded the bilateral relations, affirming that her country was eager to KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) cele- bolster ties with Kuwait in all possible levels. brated the naming of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Yathotou lauded the outcome of the joint committeeís Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah a Humanitarian Leader, with meetings, affirming that the committee will contribute to ceremonies at all fire stations around Kuwait. the bolstering of bilateral relations, said the Kuwaiti law- The celebrations included sea shows by sea rescue cen- maker. MP Khalil Abdullah handed the top Laotian lawmak- ters at the Heritage Seaman Day, in addition to fire engines er an official invitation from her Kuwaiti counterpart sounding their sirens at 7:30 pm to coincide with HH the Marzouq Al-Ghanem to visit Kuwait as part of efforts to fur- Amir’s honoring at the United Nations. The KFSD displayed ther boost ties. —KUNA KUWAIT: The GCC officials at the roundtable yesterday. — KUNA its vehicles and equipment at all centers as well.

The ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, So Chang Sik hosted, a reception on the occasion of the 66th national day of his country. Higher officials, diplomats, DPRK community members in Kuwait and media persons attended the reception. —Photos by Joseph Shaqra THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 LOCAL GCC electricity, water meet wraps

KUWAIT: The 27th meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministerial committee on electricity and water cooperation came to a close on Tuesday after agreeing to coordinate policies relating to electricity and water security. Kuwaiti Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity and Water Abdulaziz Al- Ibrahim, the chair of the meeting, commended the growing cooperation and coordination among the six GCC member countries in this field under instructions of the GCC leaders. “The committee is playing a key role in boosting cooperation by adopting a number of policies and plans in electricity and cre- ating measures aimed at achieving water security and developing electricity sector,” Al-Ibrahim said in his address to the meeting. “Most outstanding of the achievements made so far is the GCC electricity linkage project supported by leaders of the GCC,” he said, indicating the scheme’s first phase got the green light from the 30th GCC summit in Kuwait in 2009. “We always look forward to achieving further accomplish- ments to develop and make progress in the GCC countries in order to meet peoples’ aspirations,” he added. The senior officials with the awarded students on stage at the event’s conclusion.— Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Al-Ibrahim said that the meeting discussed many important topics, including electricity and water linkage, water strategy and other issues. He affirmed that the next period needs more cooper- ation to strengthen capabilities of our countries in the framework Top officials attend ‘Future of facing challenges and achieving sustainable development to makers’ graduation ceremony meet our demands. —KUNA Participants trained to work in industrial field

By Nawara Fattahova period between 2009-2012 - while the with extractive industries in addition to projects. So I would like to thank all those desired percentage is 17 percent to be one providing national human capital, which who worked n this project and supported KUWAIT: Twenty-one young Kuwaitis have of the important sources of national should be trained and rehabilitated to it,” added Mudej. completed a nine-month ‘Future Makers’ income,” he noted. achieve the desired fast growth in the Fawzy Al-Majdali, Secretary General of project organized by the Kuwait Industries “To reach this goal, we should provide industrial sector. The Future Makers project MGRP said that this is the first cooperation Union (KIU) in cooperation with the the support for the manufacturing along aims to achieve this goal along with other with the industrial sector in Kuwait repre- Manpower and Government Restructuring sented in the KIU. “The 21 participants of Program (MGRP). The participants received Future Makers were fresh graduates from their certificates during the conclusion cer- high school, diploma and bachelors hold- emony held yesterday at the Chamber of ers, and 19 of them are already employed,” Commerce and Industry. he pointed out. He went on field visits to This was the first edition of the Future the factories where the participants got Makers program. “Participants from both their practical training. “The main goal of genders received practical training to reha- this project is to focus on the importance of bilitate and qualify them to work in the the role of young people from both gen- industrial field including the food, mining ders in the industrial sector due to the and petrochemical industries. This program shortage of Kuwaiti manpower in this field, will enrich the local market with skilled in addition to employing citizens in this Kuwaiti employees and will bring benefit vital sector. I noticed the happiness and for the country,” said Hussein Al-Kharafi, satisfaction on the faces of the trainees, Chairman of KIU, during the ceremony. who were convinced working in this sector. Abdulmohsen Al-Mudej, Deputy Prime I also noticed the understanding between Minister, Minister of Commerce and the trainees and trainers,” stressed Majdali. Industry and acting Minister of Education, The project included different types of praised this project for fresh graduates to training. “It was a successful project from all work in manufacturing. “It’s a positive step criteria. It included training in personal to correct the negative current situation of skills and basic technical and administra- the state development plan from tive skills required to work in this sector, 2015/2016 to 2019/2020, from which the which made them qualified to get a job in most significant is the low participation of industrial companies from all fields. These manufacturing in the gross domestic prod- include food, petrochemical and mining uct (GDP) - only 5.6 percent during the The senior officials with the awarded students on stage . industries,” he concluded. Ahmadi celebrates Amir honor

By Abdullatif Sharaa an international humanitarian center reflects unprecedented KUWAIT: Ahmadi governorate international appreciation of celebrated the naming of HH the Kuwait. Amir a “Humanitarian Leader” by “We as Kuwaitis and Arabs the United Nations on Tuesday. have the right to be proud and The celebration took place in congratulate Kuwait and its Amir Ahmadi in a marquee as guests for this prestigious honor,” he were welcomed by Arda dances, added. The celebration included the national anthem and patriotic displays of folkloric dances, form- poems. ative artists, the handicapped, Ahmadi Governor Sheikh blood bank, popular cafes and Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- private companies including Al- Sabah gave a speech on the occa- Sanabel Al-Thahabiya and sion, and thanked all participants. Sebamed from Germany. The cel- He said the honoring of HH the ebration concluded with a daz- Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khalid Al-Sabah speaks at Amir and considering Kuwait as zling display of fireworks. the event.

A folklore dance display. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Sabah visiting a stand at the event. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest kuwait digest A new Sykes-Picot The humanitarian responsibility

By Ali Al-Bdah By Dr Shamlan Al-Essa

he main topic on the agenda of a meeting attended e congratulate HH the Amir and the Kuwaiti people by US and European leaders and their assistants at over his honoring by the United Nations as a “humani- Tthe NATO summit last week around an oval table in Wtarian leader”, and this is an honor that Kuwait, Arabs Britain was ‘how to face IS?’ How can we reasonably Arab League and Muslim nations as well as the world is proud of. This hon- accept considering IS so important and mighty that such oring places tremendous responsibility on the shoulders of the a meeting was allocated to discuss confronting its men- Syria Kuwait government and people, that we all should carry it to ace? Aren’t they taking us too lightly while attempting to Iraq confirm the originality of our humanitarian dimension in front make us believe that IS deserves global attention while it Palestine of the international community. This requires us to comply had been originally created by sick-minded mercenaries with international standards and systems with regards to the supported by intelligence agents and experts bossed by human being and humanity as a whole, be it in Kuwait or those meeting at NATO to discuss destroying their trou- abroad. ble-making creation?! What is required is to quickly pass new legislations related Does ‘somebody’ want to say that IS got so powerful to supporting the human being and respecting him in our that NATO and regional armies are mobilizing to destroy country. That is, it is no longer accepted, after today, to contin- it? This is unreasonable nonsense. The plot is far beyond IS ue with the old policies of violating human rights in our coun- and we have to be ready for what they are plotting for us try, particularly the rights of poor foreign laborers. Local or else we’ll face a new Sykes-Picot! papers published news about the Social Affairs and Labor Obviously speaking, how did religious groups respond Ministry’s failure in strictly implementing the law against com- to calls to gather in Syria and Iraq and terrify away the panies that are late in paying salaries of simple workers. On Syrian and Iraqi armies and the Kurdish peshmerga troops Monday, tens of workers from a contracting company gath- without any battles before they seized cities and oil ered in front of the public works ministry in South Surra to resources without any real confrontation? Then, Western Al-Watan protest the nonpayment of their dues and salaries for a period media started magnifying IS massacres that follow of seven months and said they will not return to work until Saddam’s pattern in executing his opponents in public to their salaries are paid. Is it realistic that companies be late for frighten others. Oil-producing countries started trembling periods of more seven months to pay salaries? Are we living in and various Iraqi powers started a conflict as if someone a civilized country, or a backward one among the Third World wanted IS to enter Baghdad. Debates and arguments also kuwait digest countries? started a conflict that brought more worries and terror to HH the Amir becoming a “humanitarian leader” requires his regional countries. Once the West thought the time had Why reform awqaf, not education? government and people to comply with the simplest of come and that fear was accelerating all around the Arab humanitarian principles that we believe in, and this put the world, NATO members called for the next step and responsibility on us, and a major golden opportunity given to planned to distribute ‘cuts’ to participants. By Abdullatif Al-Duaij us to change directions in front of international human right IS can be eliminated if regional countries, including societies. This means we should review and cancel all legisla- Iran and Iraq, agree to do so, because despite all the fund- tions and laws that contradict human rights that are practiced ing and weapons IS gets from Israel and those behind it, it ur government once made alliances with the The answer, of course, is because those at the in our country, including for example rights of domestic will still be a small group if compared to that of any of the Muslim Brotherhood, or rather the religious education ministry are motivated by revenge and helpers, who are estimated to be more than half a million, and regional armies. I assume that Kuwait’s army alone is capa- Oand tribal groups which form the extreme disciplines, and not by reform or develop- they work under inhumane circumstances because of the lack ble of stopping and fragmenting IS and those hoisting its Brotherhood’s influential and notable head. Now it is ment. It seems that the situation at the education of a law that regulates their rights and duties. Is it realistic for the situation of these people without a law that sets the num- flag up high here and there of people who might be mis- trying to get rid of this alliance, and of the ministry is “very well” and does not worry the gov- led or even be part of the game to create more terror ini- ber of working hours, salary and weekly and annual leaves? Brotherhood in particular, after they created trouble ernment. Placing children under the patronage of tially amongst people and eventually amongst govern- Expatriate guests form a majority of residents as they make ments. The truth is that IS is a gang of mercenaries includ- by leading the so called Arab Spring. They appoint- the Salaf could be a government policy and goal. up 70 percent of the population and 85 percent of the labor ing members on specified contracts that define their ed for the first time in a century a sheikh from the Subjecting them to brainwashing by religious market. The ironic thing is that most national workers are in wages and takes care of their folks if they happen to be ruling family as minister of awqaf. This means that groups that control the curricula complements the the non-productive government sector, as the percentage of killed, and I really doubt that any of them actually does awqaf has now become a “sovereign” ministry, with government’s policy of suppressing opinions and citizens there is 93 percent of the total workers. This means what he does to win the hour is of paradise. Money talks the productive process and most work is done by expat guest the sheikh clipping the wings or the Brotherhood’s containing citizens’ free action. The two sides, the workers. So, we must review and criticize ourselves, and admit and moves everything nowadays, and tumult planners influence in awqaf. government and the religious groups, are concerned know our weaknesses for sure and know to terrify us! the good deeds of others with us, and that we should work Regional countries need to meet around a table similar The question now is that if this was easy to do, with suppressing human ambition and doing away seriously to change inhumane legislations, such as canceling to that of the NATO meeting in Britain to set and agree on a then why awqaf and not education. It is known that with the freedom of the people. Freedom of opinion the inhumane sponsor system, as well as work on canceling all plan to uproot the IS and confront colonial plans aiming at the Muslim Brotherhood and religious groups in and 21st century culture reduces the government’s legislations that do not give women all their rights. dividing the region politically or doctrinally. They must set a general control the education ministry and the edu- influence and that of the religious groups, both of We should, as we come under the world’s microscope in long-term plan to fight terrorism and sabotage. They must humanitarian issues, pass strong legislations and laws that cation curricula. This is worrying and a danger to which must prepare for many hard changes. protect human, animal and environmental rights, because cooperate on achieving regional peoples’ interests. GCC peace in the region, as it has become clear - from So, those alleged supporters of reform at the states, Iran, Iraq and Egypt can undo all such plots and there are horrendous violations against animals and environ- move away division and sabotage shadows. Enemy plans the spread of terrorist activities - that extremist atti- Awqaf ministry need to stop making noise, because ment in our country. Finally, we hope that honoring HH The and tools are many and we must be fully aware of their tudes amongst children are a result of the heavy what is going on is a family dispute, which appeared Amir is a real change initiative in Kuwait to strengthen human- influence of backward and extremist religious yesterday and will certainly disappear tomorrow. itarian principles. attempts and have trust in our potentials! Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida groups. —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas —

in my view Israel attacked on refugee issues

By Linda Gradstein

new report by Human Rights Watch entered Israel illegally, paying Bedouin smug- charges that Israel has unlawfully glers to take them through the Sinai desert Acoerced almost 7,000 refugees from between Israel and Egypt. Many of them had Eritrea and Sudan into returning to their home spent several years in Egypt, coming to Israel countries where they may face “torture, arbi- when conditions in Egypt became intolerable. trary detention, and charges of treason” for hav- Israel has refused to grant them work permits in ing visited Israel. The report calls on Israel to most cases, meaning they must work illegally, or stop the coercion immediately and allow more turn to crime. In certain areas, such as south Tel Africans to obtain refugee status. Aviv, there have been tensions between local “Israel should immediately end its policy of residents and the refugees after claim of rape unlawfully detaining Sudanese and Eritreans,” and theft. the reports’ author, Gerry Simpson, said. “Israel’s Until late 2012, the report says, Israel refused Supreme Court has already ruled that the deten- to allow any claims for refugee status and asy- tion is illegal. Returning people in any manner lum to be filed. Since then, it has allowed them whatsoever to a risk of persecution is a breach to file a claim but has granted refugee status in of law.” only 0.1 of the cases. The Interior Ministry, which is responsible for “Israel has so far reviewed 446 claims by refugee claims, responded in a statement. “Israel Eritreans and accepted only two, which com- acts legally and in an appropriate and propor- pares to a global acceptance rate of 83 percent,” tional manner in order to Simpson said. “When it deal with the phenome- comes to the Sudanese, non of illegal infiltrators. In certain areas, such as they’ve reviewed several The growth in number of dozen claims and did not those leaving Israel of south Tel Aviv, there have accept any of them.” their own will is three times higher in 2014 than been tensions between Crime in 2013. This proves the local residents and the The situation in Sudan policy is effective,” the is even more complicated, statement said. refugees after claim of Simpson said, because rape and theft. visiting Israel is a crime, Incentives punishable by up to ten Israeli officials have years in jail. said that they offer incen- Israeli officials have tives of up to $3500 per person to African made harsh statements against the refugees. refugees to leave Israel. There are about 44,000 Former Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Israel refugees in Israel today, most from Eritrea and “should make their lives miserable.” “We should Sudan. Almost 2000 are detained in Israel’s encourage the illegals to leave,” said current Holot “open” detention facility where they are Interior Minister Gideon Saar. Simpson says allowed to leave during the day but must return these statements show that Israel does not want at night. Another 1000 are in the Saharonim to accept these asylum seekers. facility which is more like a conventional prison. “Israel does not want Eritreans or Sudanese to “Israel’s convoluted legal rules thwart Eritrean remain on its territory,” he said. “It considers and Sudanese asylum seekers’ attempts to them to be infiltrators and a threat to Israel’s secure protection under Israeli and international Jewish character. But giving people a choice of law,” New York-based HRW said in a statement remaining in detention or returning to abuse accompanying the 83-page report. and torture is no choice whatsoever.” “Israeli authorities have... denied them access The flow of African refugees has virtually to fair and efficient asylum procedures, and stopped because of a new border fence used the resulting insecure legal status as a pre- between Israel and Sinai. Some refugee advo- text to unlawfully detain or threaten to detain cates say Israel should be more lenient on the them indefinitely, coercing thousands into leav- claims of those who are already here, making it ing.” easier for them to obtain refugee status, and Almost all of the African asylum seekers eventually, asylum. —The Media Line THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

British PM begs Scots: Syrian Islamist group names Hashem new leader after blast Don’t rip apart our UK ‘family of nations’ Page 8 Page 9 Poroshenko reports Russian pullout

KIEV: Ukraine’s president said yesterday ing in Ukraine. The two leaders spoke by point since the Cold War. Russia had removed the bulk of its forces phone on Tuesday for the second time this Putin accused NATO on Wednesday of from his country, raising hopes for a peace week. using the Ukraine crisis to “resuscitate itself”. drive now underway after five months of He also signed a decree taking direct charge conflict in which more than 3,000 people Olive branch of a commission that oversees Russia’s have been killed. Moscow denies sending In his televised remarks, Poroshenko defense industry as Moscow tries to reduce troops into eastern Ukraine to support pro- offered the rebels an olive branch by saying reliance on Western equipment. At a sum- Russian rebels battling Ukrainian forces, he would propose a bill next week offering mit last week in Wales, NATO pledged sup- despite what Kiev and its Western backers “special status” to parts of the Donetsk and port for non-member Ukraine in its efforts say is overwhelming evidence to the con- Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine they to tackle the separatist rebellion and trary. Moscow also denies arming the sepa- now control. But he was adamant in reject- announced plans to beef up the defense of ratists. ing the separatists’ demands for full inde- alliance members in eastern Europe, includ- President Petro Poroshenko told a tele- pendence for their regions and the kind of ing the Baltic republics. The European Union vised cabinet meeting Ukraine would radical “federalization” favored by Russia. and United States have imposed economic remain a sovereign, united country under “The Minsk protocol envisages the sanctions against Russia over its role in the terms of a peace roadmap approved last restoration and preservation of Ukrainian Ukraine, prompting Moscow to retaliate by Friday, but said parts of the east under rebel sovereignty on all the territory of the banning most Western food imports. control would get special status. “According Donbass (in eastern Ukraine), including that The EU has prepared another wave of to the latest information I have received controlled by the fighters,” Poroshenko said. sanctions targeting Russia’s banking and from our intelligence, 70 percent of Russian City authorities in Mariupol, a key frontline energy sectors but has held off implement- troops have been moved back across the in the conflict, announced on Wednesday ing them to see whether the ceasefire holds. border,” he said. “This further strengthens tough new security measures including a German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EU’s our hope that the peace initiatives have night-time curfew to help control rebel most powerful leader, said in Berlin that the good prospects.” movements. 28-nation bloc should go ahead with the However, Poroshenko said the ceasefire Underlining the complexity of the con- new sanctions, adding it could always sus- was not proving easy to maintain because flict, armed Chechen fighters in the eastern pend them later if there was progress “terrorists” were constantly trying to pro- city of Dnipropetrovsk told Reuters they had towards a durable peace in Ukraine. voke Kiev’s forces. Ukraine’s military record- come to Ukraine to take revenge on Poroshenko signed a law on Wednesday ed at least six violations of the ceasefire “Russian invaders” who they said had allowing Ukraine to impose its own sanc- overnight but said there were no casualties. destroyed their own North Caucasus home- tions against Russian firms and individuals Five servicemen have been killed during the land. “They (the Russians) took everything deemed to be backing the separatists in ceasefire, Ukraine says. A civilian was also from us, I had to bury all my relatives, my eastern Ukraine. In Prague, the Organisation killed at the weekend during shelling of the daughter ... We are here now on a mission to for Security and Cooperation in Europe eastern port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov save Ukraine,” said their commander, Isa (OSCE), which is monitoring the ceasefire, in eastern Ukraine. Munayev, who said he now had a Danish said it would be reasonable to allow more Poroshenko said Ukraine was regrouping passport. time for the peace process before imposing its forces in eastern Ukraine, not in prepara- Russia waged two wars in the 1990s more sanctions against Russia. Didier tion for a new offensive against the rebels, against separatists in Chechnya, a small, Burkhalter, who is president of Switzerland, as the separatists themselves have suggest- mainly Muslim republic in the North said the OSCE would soon deploy drones to ed, but in order to defend territory from Caucasus. But other Chechens, loyal to the monitor the ceasefire. Human rights group possible attack. The Kremlin said Russian region’s current pro-Moscow ruler, are now Amnesty International said in Moscow it had President Vladimir Putin and Poroshenko fighting in Ukraine on the rebels’ side The documented evidence of war crimes by were broadly satisfied with how the cease- conflict in Ukraine has plunged relations both sides and also repeated criticism of fire, in place for nearly five days, was hold- between Russia and the West to their lowest Russia’s role in the conflict.— Reuters DONETSK: A Pro-Russian separatist fighter stands guard at a check point yesterday.— AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Killing of key Syria rebel chiefs deals oppn blow

BEIRUT: A blast has wiped out the leader- a visiting fellow at the Brooking Doha ages to recover and sustain its relevance Pierret, a Syria specialist at the University coalition, and it is possible that part of ship of a pragmatic Islamist rebel brigade Centre, in an analysis of the attack. The as a major Islamist faction, the Islamic of Edinburgh. Pierret said the implications Ahrar’s base will join the Islamic State,” he in Syria, dealing a new blow to the coun- coalition could now splinter between Front may now be beyond repair,” he for the United States were more complex. told AFP. In his first address after being try’s armed opposition that could splinter more moderate elements, who could drift wrote. That splintering could paradoxically The United States has never backed the named chief yesterday, Ahrar Al-Sham’s its most important coalition. Late Tuesday towards Western-backed rebel brigades, benefit both groups more moderate and group, so its weakening “is not necessarily new leader Abu Jaber appeared to make 47 members of Ahrar Al-Sham’s leadership and more radical members and factions, more radical than Ahrar Al-Sham, he said. bad news for Washington,” he said. reference to the risk of the group’s disinte- were killed when a blast hit a meeting of who could join either the Islamic State or “Leaderless fighters can spill either way. But in the mid-term, the attack could gration. “Don’t lose hope because hope- its top religious and military chiefs in the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front. Some may opt for FSA-aligned factions.” stand to complicate US efforts to tackle IS, lessness is destructive,” he said in a video northeastern province of Idlib, including he said, referring to the Western-backed he added. “It could remove from the mili- message. “Don’t let this catastrophe shake its chief Hassan Abboud, known by the Islamic Front faces collapse Free Syrian Army. “But more committed tary equation a key part of the anti-IS your confidence and scatter you.” —AFP name Abu Abdullah Al-Hamawi. Ahrar Al-Sham-said to group together Salafis (conservative Islamists) may find No group has claimed the blast and some 10,000 to 20,000 fighters-has always the Nusra Front more to their liking. Ahrar Al-Sham has yet to officially blame espoused a conservative Islamist bent, Others still could decide to join the Islamic any party for the attack. Instead it moved openly seeking the establishment of an State,” Lund said, using a Militarily, experts quickly to name new leaders, designating Islamic government in Syria and working said the group’s decapitation was unlikely Hashem Al-Sheikh, also known as Abu alongside Al-Nusra on various battlefronts. to have immediate consequences for Jaber, to replace Abboud as Ahrar’s chief, But the group never backed the transna- either the battle against the regime or the and Abu Saleh Tahhan as his military chief. tional jihadist ideology of the Islamic State Islamic State. The group is one of the oldest and largest and was often seen as a bridge between of Syria’s armed opposition groups, estab- more moderate and radical strands of the Islamic State, regime to benefit lished in 2011 by Islamists released by the opposition. But both would stand to benefit, Syrian regime early in the uprising against Lister said the new leadership could experts said. IS “is the principal beneficiary President Bashar Al-Assad. shift that balance. “It would seem Ahrar Al- of the killings,” said Noah Bonsey, a senior It is also the most important part of the Sham’s senior leadership has lost a bal- analyst on Syria at the International Crisis key Islamic Front rebel coalition, which has ance it previously managed between Group.”Ahrar Al-Sham is a key component battled Assad’s regime and jihadists from moderates and hardliners, with the latter of anti-IS rebel forces in the north, and ISIS the Islamic State group, expelling it from now more openly dominant,” he wrote. will aim to exploit any potential unravel- parts of northern Syria. The fate of that Aron Lund, an expert on the Syrian con- ing,” he said. coalition could now hang in the balance, flict writing for the Carnegie Endowment Syria’s government, meanwhile, “has an An image grab taken from a propaganda video by Syria’s Islamist Ahrar interest in weakening the rebels so it can experts said. “The most significant conse- for International Peace, echoed the assess- Al-Sham group shows its members taking part in a training session at an quence is that the fate of the Islamic Front ment of the Islamic Front’s fragility. present itself to the West as the sole obsta- now looks desperate,” wrote Charles Lister, “Unless Ahrar Al-Sham somehow man- cle facing the Islamic State,” added Thomas undisclosed location in Syria. —AFP Syrian Islamist group names Hashem new leader after blast Ahrar Al-Sham losing ground to IS

BEIRUT: Syrian Islamist insurgent with Ahrar Al-Sham, said a doctor Syria had been “cleansed” of his pres- group Ahrar Al-Sham has appointed who examined the bodies said ence. In January another senior a new leader and military chief after there was little visible sign of exter- Ahrar al-Sham leader, Abu Khaled Al- their predecessors were killed in a nal injuries. Soury, was killed in a suicide attack. blast on Tuesday, a video statement The doctor saw bodies with Soury had fought alongside al Qaeda from the group said. The explosion frothing at the mouth and fluid founder Osama bin Laden and was in northwestern Syria killed at least coming from the eyes and noses, close to its current chief Ayman Al- 12 including Ahrar Al-Sham’s leader Abu Baraa said, adding the group Zawahri. Hassan Aboud, according to the had been meeting in a heavily forti- Islamic State, also known as ISIL, hardline group, part of the Islamic fied underground bunker. “This was denied involvement in that attack Front alliance that has been fighting a highly sophisticated attack in a after being blamed for it. Ahrar Al- Islamic State militants as well as the Syrian army. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that moni- tors the conflict, said an explosion killed 28 of Ahrar Al-Sham’s com- manders, dealing a major blow to the group that is believed to have received funds from Gulf states. In a MOSUL: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from their position video statement, Ahrar Al-Sham on the top of Mount Zardak, a strategic point taken 3 days ago, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul. —AFP said its council had appointed Hashem Al-Sheikh, also known as “Abu Jaber”, as leader and Abu Saleh Tahan as military chief. It pledged to keep fighting against Syrian govern- ment forces and Islamic State. The loss of senior leadership came at a significant time for Ahrar Al-Sham, said Charles Lister, visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha An image grab shows the new leader of Ahrar Al-Sham group, Center. “This potentially crippling Hashem Al-Sheikh, known as Abu Jaber, speaking at an undisclosed blow comes during a period in location in Syria. —AFP which Ahrar al-Sham’s senior offi- cials have begun adopting more location that was very secure,” he Sham, which has it said wants to moderate stances in Syria, including said. Photos posted on social media implement Islamic sharia law in Syria, considering joining larger moderate claiming to show the victims of the was at one point considered among coalitions,” he wrote in an analysis. attack displayed bodies that did not the strongest insurgent groups in the Some 50 of the group’s leaders appear to have significant external civil war. But it has been overtaken by had been gathered at a house when injuries. the radical Islamic State group, which the blast went off inside the meet- Other reports suggested that the has seized territory in Syria and Iraq ing, according to the Observatory. victims had died from smoke inhala- and which considers other Islamist There has been no claim of respon- tion. It was not possible to independ- groups as its rivals. US Secretary of sibility for the blast, which took ently verify any of the reports or pic- State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad place in Syria’s Idlib province. Some tures or the cause of the deaths. yesterday as part of a tour of the observers have described Tuesday’s Some supporters of rival group Middle East aimed at building mili- incident as a gas attack. Abu Baraa, Islamic State celebrated Aboud’s tary, political and financial support to a rebel figure from a group allied death on social media, saying that defeat Islamic State. —Reuters

Hunger strike on for release of Egypt political prisoners

CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptians have Soueif said she and her daugh- old Yassin Mohammed, a student begun a hunger strike to demand ter Mona, also a human rights who was still a school boy when the release of activist Alaa Abdel activist, had begun their hunger he joined the protests that top- Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 upris- strike on Aug. 28, as had her other pled Mubarak. He sat in a shady ing, and others they say are being daughter Sanaa, who is detained corner of a cafe near the court unfairly detained in an effort to in a separate case. Omar Robert with other activists before the crush new-found freedoms. An Hamilton, an activist and relative hearing. “They want to jail the Egyptian court sentenced 33-year- of the family, said in an email to largest number of revolutionaries. old Abdel Fattah, a leading figure journalists that 65 other people, This is an oppressive regime that in the revolt that toppled Hosni including fellow detainees, had does not respect human rights,” Mubarak, to 15 years in jail in June also given up food as part of the said Mohammed. for violating a law that seeks to Freedom for the Brave campaign. “I started my hunger strike on curtail protests. The 15-year sentences were Aug. 31 to call for an end to the Twenty-four others were also passed almost a year after then- protest law and military trials sentenced to 15 years in jail on army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi against civilians and to call for the similar charges, though only overthrew Egypt’s first freely elect- release and retrial of all political Abdel Fattah and two others are ed leader, Mohamed Morsi of the prisoners.” Abdel Fattah has been currently behind bars. The three in Muslim Brotherhood. Since Morsi’s in and out of jail since 2011, miss- jail have been on hunger strike ouster, security forces have round- ing the birth of his child and the since Aug 18. At their retrial yes- ed up thousands of Brotherhood death of his father Ahmed Seif al- terday, the judge set Sept 15 as supporters, and courts have sen- Islam, one of Egypt’s best-known the date of the next session after tenced hundreds to death in mass human rights activists. hearing prosecution evidence rulings that have drawn criticism In a letter to the judges, Abdel including family videos that out- from human rights groups and Fattah asked to be freed on bail to raged the defendants. Western governments. be with his family in their time of The prisoners, appearing in a But Egypt’s secular activists grief after the court rejected a pre- court room cage, asked for jackets have also found themselves on vious request for him to visit his after complaining that the lack of the wrong side of the new regime. father in hospital before his death. food made them cold in the air The protest law, which was passed Abdel Fattah also asked the conditioned court room. Speaking last year, gives the interior min- judges to step down and allow for at the court, Abdel Fattah’s mother istry the power to ban any public a retrial. “We have begun a hunger Laila Soueif said she went on gathering of more than 10 people, strike across the jails and outside hunger strike after losing faith in and has added to fears that free- them with the aim of pressuring the courts. “I do not trust the judi- doms won during the uprising are the centre of political will... I am ciary,” she said. “I am relying entire- being rolled back. now in my fourth week of the ly on public opinion.” Those on strike include 19-year- strike,” his letter read. —Reuters THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Europeans back Ukraine

PARIS: A majority of Europeans and opinion. Americans want their governments to sup- And the feeling’s mutual: 72 percent of port Ukraine, even if that means a risk of Russians held an unfavorable view of the greater conflict with Russia, a survey sug- United States (up 31 percentage points gested yesterday. In its annual survey of since 2012). Perhaps in response to public opinion in 13 major countries, the President Vladimir Putin’s charm offensive German Marshall Fund of the United States on China, Russians appeared much more think tank found that the Ukraine crisis had favorable towards the powerful partner to entrenched mutual suspicion between the east. Seventy-seven percent of Russia and the West. The poll showed that Russians held a favorable opinion of China 57 percent of people in the United States (up 14 percentage points since 2012). and 58 percent of Europeans believe authorities should “provide economic and US views Obama unfavorably political support to Ukraine even if it caus- For the first time, a majority of US es conflict with Russia.” respondents said they disapproved of Moreover, a majority of Americans said Barack Obama’s handling of foreign affairs, they would welcome Ukraine joining the while European approval of the US presi- NATO alliance-sure to deepen the crisis dent dropped but was still broadly favor- with Russia-and most Europeans were will- able (64 percent compared to 69 percent ing to offer EU membership to Kiev. Kiev last year). announced its intentions to relaunch nego- In Europe, Obama’s popularity shot tiations to join the Western military alliance down especially fast in Germany, amid an in August but Russia’s EU envoy warned ongoing spat between Washington and Tuesday that would represent “an unprece- Berlin over revelations the White House dented challenge to European security, the spied on top German leaders, including biggest since the collapse of the Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel. Approval of Wall.” Obama’s handling of international affairs Nearly two-thirds of Americans and plunged from 76 percent last year to 56 Europeans were of the view that Russia percent in Germany. In Russia, only seven should be slapped with tougher sanctions percent voiced approval of Obama as the over its activities in Ukraine, as EU nations Ukraine crisis took its toll. However, prepared for fresh talks on the issue. On Russians overwhelmingly backed Putin’s the other side of the fence, a majority of handling of international affairs, with 83 EDINBURGH: British Prime Minister David Cameron gestures as he speaks during a visit to Scottish Widows offices yesterday. — AFP Russians (53 percent) surveyed said percent voicing approval of their own Moscow should act to maintain its influ- government-the highest of any country ence in Ukraine, even if there was a risk of polled. The lowest level of support came British PM begs Scots: Don’t rip conflict with the EU. in Greece, where a meager 28 percent The crisis appears to have dramatically said they approved of their government, soured relations between Russia and the which is battling to get the country back apart our UK ‘family of nations’ West. A total of 71 percent of Americans on its feet after a crippling economic cri- said their opinion of Russia was unfavor- sis. The German Marshall Fund poll was able-a rise of 12 percentage points since conducted in 13 countries, with around Ex-PM Major warns UK faces a constitutional revolution 2013 and 23 percentage points since 2012. 1,000 people surveyed in each country, Europeans were scarcely more charitable, apart from in Russia, where 1,500 people EDINBURGH/LONDON: Prime Minister David with 68 percent holding an unfavorable were polled. — AFP Cameron begged Scots yesterday not to rip apart Britain’s “family of nations”, visiting Scotland in an attempt to stem a steep last minute rise in secessionist support ahead of a Sept. 18 referendum on independence. In a sign of new panic in the British ruling elite over the fate of the 307-year-old union, Cameron and opposition leader Ed Miliband scrapped their weekly question-and-answer session in parlia- ment to speak at separate events in Scotland. “We do not want this family of nations to be ripped apart,” Cameron, 47, said in an opinion piece published in the Daily Mail newspaper. “The United Kingdom is a precious and special country.” The prime minister, whose job may be on the line if he loses Scotland, tempered the emotion with a clear warning: “If the UK breaks apart, it breaks apart forever.” Cameron has until now been largely absent from the debate after con- EDINBURGH: A ‘Yes’ supporter is pictured during a visit by Scotland’s First Minister Alex ceding that his privileged background and cen- Salmond yesterday. —AFP tre-right politics mean he is not the best person Sterling hit a fresh 10-month low against the is being debated with passion. Bookshops are to win over Scots, who returned just one dollar and a three-month low against the euro, full of referendum guides and tracts for and Conservative lawmaker out of 59 in 2010. Given with traders citing an unverified web poll con- against independence. The Scotsman newspa- the unpopularity of the Conservatives in ducted by an independent blogger which gave per published six pages of letters on the vote Scotland, Cameron’s trip is fraught with danger: the “Yes” camp a strong lead. yesterday, equally split between yes and no, if Scots vote for independence, Cameron will be including some from English people and Scots in blamed just as Britain prepares for a national “Disunited Kingdom” England. election planned for May 2015. Several opinion poll surveys have shown a Cameron, Miliband and third party Liberal surge in support for independence over recent Formal currency union Democrat leader Nick Clegg - all English born - weeks, discomfiting investors and raising the Seeking to tap into a cocktail of historical raced up to Scotland. They spoke at rallies in biggest internal challenge to the United rivalry, opposing political tastes, and a percep- major cities surrounded by supporters bearing Kingdom since Irish independence almost a cen- tion that London has mismanaged Scotland for “No” posters. But nationalist leader Alex Salmond tury ago. Following a vote for independence, decades, nationalists say an independent said the visits were a sign of panic that would Britain and Scotland would face 18 months of Scotland could build a wealthier and fairer coun- only help the secessionist “Yes” cause. “If I talks on how to carve up everything from North try. Unionists say independence would needless- thought they were coming by bus I’d send the Sea oil and the pound to European Union mem- ly breakup the United Kingdom and usher in bership and Britain’s main nuclear submarine years of financial, economic and political uncer- bus fare,” Salmond said, describing Cameron as base at Faslane. tainty. They have warned that Scotland would the most unpopular Conservative leader ever Other uncertainties include the course of the not keep the pound as part of a formal currency among Scots and Miliband as the most distrust- 2015 election, the structure of the United union. ed Labour leader. In Edinburgh, independence Kingdom, symbols of state such as the “Union “If the UK lost Scotland, it would be dimin- SKARA: Picture shows the Stora Ekeberg asylum center in Skara south of supporter James Curry, 33, said he found the vis- Sweden. —AFP Jack” flag and even the role of the monarchy. ished,” said John Major, who served as Britain’s its by politicians from London “insulting and With the fate of the United Kingdom in the bal- premier from 1990 to 1997. “We face a constitu- patronizing”. “They should’ve been up here ages ance and polls showing a swing among Labor tional revolution.” Cameron, the unionist cam- Sweden struggles to house ago. Instead, they’re having a wee day trip, paid voters to the independence camp, the referen- paign and the Labor Party have all been criti- for by expenses,” he said. “There’s so much at dum has electrified Scotland. On streets, in pubs cized for allowing the case for the United asylum seekers as numbers rise stake, and it seems so realalready, I just hope we and in meeting halls from the Highlands to the Kingdom to be overly negative, riven by divi- make it.” windswept islands of the Atlantic, independence sions and coldly economic.—Reuters ROESTAANGA: Sweden is grappling with a record number of asylum seekers, putting into sharp focus the issue of immigra- tion which is at the heart of Sunday’s election. Famously liber- al Sweden has earned praise for its policies on asylum seekers, but an influx of applicants at levels not seen since the Balkans war in the 1990s is straining state coffers and causing many to question the government’s approach. Some are housed at Odengaarden asylum centre in southern Sweden, where the picturesque countryside outside is in stark contrast to the resi- dents’ dark stories of grief and separation. Maisoun Mahmood, a 35-year-old Syrian lawyer of Palestinian descent, paid everything she had to smugglers who helped her escape to Scandinavia. Now she is holed up with 100 other newcomers in cramped quarters, without a clear idea what she will do next. “Everybody here has a prob- lem,” she said. “Sometimes you want to cry.” More asylum seek- ers were granted residency permits in Sweden than in any other European nation last year, and the Nordic country expects up to 80,000 refugees this year-numbers not seen since people fled the bloodshed in the Balkans two decades ago for the calm of Sweden. In July, Sweden’s migration authority requested an additional 48 billion kronor ($6.9 bil- lion, 5.2 billion euros) — on top of its 91 billion kronor budget for the next four years-to handle an upsurge in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria and Somalia. With reception cen- ters full, the agency has had to rent private motels, youth hos- tels and holiday villages to lodge the more than 2,000 people arriving every week from conflict zones around the globe.

Housing woes More than half of them land in the southern port city of Malmoe, where they file an asylum application before being given temporary accommodation elsewhere in the country while it is processed. Odengaarden, in the village of Roestaanga, is an example of these makeshift arrangements, having been converted from a conference centre only three months ago. The asylum centre “is good but you can’t rest because there are other people in your room,” Mahmood said. Speaking only in Arabic, a Syrian man at the centre said he used to work as a mechanic in his hometown and complained that all he could do during the day was eat and sleep. It was unclear how, once he was granted residency, he would navi- gate Swedish society without speaking any English or Swedish. Sweden is in the throes of an acute housing short- age, extending to remote towns with few jobs to offer, which creates bottlenecks at reception centers like the one in Roestaanga. Due to the housing crisis, 11,000 refugees are forced to stay at the centers despite having received their resi- dency permits, the Swedish Migration Board said.—AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 INTERNATIONAL US extends Padilla terror sentence to 21 years WASHINGTON: Jose Padilla, a US in 2002. He was subsequently sen- in the 1990s to study and later tured while in military custody citizen convicted of helping a The former Chicago gang tenced to 17 years and four traveled to Afghanistan-was arrest- and that the alleged ill-treat- homegrown Al-Qaeda cell, saw his member and Muslim convert was months behind bars. In 2011, how- ed in May 2002 at Chicago’s O’Hare ment left him unable to partici- prison sentence extended to 21 transferred to the civilian court sys- ever, a federal appeals court ruled airport and taken to a US navy pate in his own defense. But US years Tuesday after his initial 17- tem in 2005. He was convicted that Padilla got off too lightly and prison in South Carolina. US authorities denied Padilla was year penalty was deemed too two years later of aiding a home- ordered a new hearing to deter- authorities justified his detention mistreated. In June 2012, the US lenient. Padilla was the subject of a grown Al-Qaeda cell that supplied mine a more appropriate punish- without charge saying he was an Supreme Court affirmed an earli- fierce tug-of-war between the recruits and funding to Islamic ment. In a statement Tuesday, “enemy combatant” who allegedly er appeals court ruling that, administration of former president extremists abroad, and of conspir- prosecutors said US District Judge planned to detonate a radioactive among other things, said George W. Bush and civil liberties ing to murder, kidnap and maim Marcia Cooke had re-sentenced bomb in the country, a charge that Padilla’s detention was a matter groups after he was detained with- people in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Padilla-who had faced up to life in was later dropped. of national security policy under out charge for nearly four years on Bosnia and other countries from prison-to 21 years. During the trial, his defense the purview of the executive and a military brig following his arrest 1993 to 2001. Padilla-who had gone to Egypt team claimed Padilla was tor- legislative branches.—AFP Jose Padilla

Killing and preaching, Nigerian militants carve out ‘caliphate’

GOMBE: First comes the killing, then the were my schoolmates and the rest of the preaching. Islamist Boko Haram militants women around,” said Musa. carrying automatic rifles and machetes roar into northeast Nigerian towns or hamlets in Adult males killed columns of pickup trucks and motorbikes Residents from Gamborou-Ngala, also and fire at all adult men they see. They taken over by the group last month, have often finish them off with knives. When spoken of similar widespread slaughter. they have hoisted their black flag inscribed Often, the survivors say, the killing goes on with Koranic verses over government for days, with the “Boko Haram boys” going offices or the local emir’s palace, they tell from house to house, hunting for males the surviving women they will marry them aged 18 or over and dragging them out to and “live in peace”, according to survivors be shot. “I saw several boys who had been who escaped from the town of Gwoza, hiding in the ceilings of their parents’ hous- seized by Boko Haram last month. es brought out and shot,” Musa said. Escapees from other seized northeast Males over 18 were targeted because towns, such as Madagali, say the Islamists Boko Haram believed they were members also torch churches, and force Christian of a pro-government vigilante organisa- women to convert to Islam under pain of tion, the Civilian JTF, which Shekau has death. Slaughtering and preaching a “bet- threatened. “We warn the vigilante, called ter life under Islamic rule”, the jihadist Civilian JTF ... while you are shouting for group has taken over a string of locations mercy, we will strike, smash your heads and in recent weeks in Nigeria’s remote north- kill you all,” he said in a video released Aug. east, in what looks like a plan to seize and 24 claiming Gwoza’s takeover. Women were hold a “Muslim territory” or caliphate, spared. “They told us that they would not apparently inspired by the Islamic State (IS) harm us, but that they are only killing our in Iraq and Syria. men because our men form vigilantes to In Gwoza last month, near the fight them,” said Aisha Abubakar, who man- Cameroon border, Boko Haram’s leader aged to escape from Gwoza with her four SAN DIEGO: This photo shows the border fence that divides the US from Mexico in San Diego, California. — AFP Abubakar Shekau declared such an Islamic- children and husband. ruled enclave. He made the proclamation The fighters who took the town also pil- in a video showing his fighters running laged shops and stores, Musa said. When Private citizens out amok, firing in all directions and killing cap- the killing had ended, remaining inhabi- tives. They rode in pick-up trucks and cap- tants were expected to attend Islamic tured army vehicles, including at least one prayers. “Each morning, they go around the armored car. The conquests are a departure houses knocking and calling on us to go for from Boko Haram’s usual hit-and-run tac- morning prayers and a sermon in the to secure US border tics. Shekau is believed to be mimicking mosque,” Musa said. the IS proclamation of its caliphate which In scenes reported elsewhere too, caused alarm in the Middle East and West Gwoza residents say they saw black flags Critics slam vigilantes as ‘militias’ amid fears of an upsurge in jihadist attacks. flying over the Emir’s palace carrying BROWNSVILLE: With binoculars in hand, an tion being paid to the issue of unaccompanied Several shots were fired at the Patriot, who imme- With memories still present of the 1967- inscriptions in Arabic and the local Hausa assault rifle slung over his chest and a Glock pistol minors this year. diately dropped his weapon and was not injured. 70 Biafra secession war, Nigeria’s armed language which read “Allahu Akbar” (God is on his hip, a man named Will scans the banks of Despite an aversion to the media, the Patriots Some say it is just a matter of time before one forces have vowed to resist any takeover of Great). At Gamborou-Ngala, which is also the Rio Grande looking for anyone trying to cross opened their Brownsville camp to Reuters this of these groups sparks a deadly firefight along the territory in Africa’s No. 1 oil producer by on the border with Cameroon, Boko Haram from Mexico into Texas. Will is a member of the month for an exclusive visit, saying their efforts border. Eddie Guerra, sheriff of the Texas border Boko Haram, whose advances have even fighters had occupied the immigration and Patriots, a group of heavily armed private citizens are essential because the US government has county of Hidalgo, is concerned. “When there are threatened the Borno state capital customs office, opening fire if threatened, who use displays of force to intimidate people failed to secure the border. Sitting on camp chairs situations with any individual who is bearing arms Maiduguri. But refugees often speak of sol- said Alice Adejuwon, one of hundreds of diers fleeing with them from the assaults Nigerians who fled over the frontier. attempting to cross the border illegally. Since ear- in the center of a cluster of tents, members asked in public or on private property, there is always a by the militants’ mobile columns, which ly summer the Patriots have patrolled an area to be identified only by their handles or first concern amongst law enforcement of possible can consist of hundreds of well-armed “Like a conventional army” near Brownsville, Texas. “If you spot them and names. An American flag flew above a yellow ban- misidentification that can lead to friendly-fire fanatical fighters. Boko Haram’s seizure of northeast towns shine your light on them, that lets them know ner depicting a rattlesnake, ready to strike, and tragedies,” he said. When they appear, the killing often and territory outside of its Sambisa forest that you’re there,” said the 25-year-old construc- the words “DONT (sic) TREAD ON ME.” seems indiscriminate. Gwoza schoolgirl and Mandara Mountains hideouts has tion worker from Indiana who flew to Texas for a The men bristled at the terms “militia” and “vig- Congressional elections Indiyanatu Musa, 16, who witnessed the alarmed both Nigerians and the country’s stint with the Patriots. “Nine times out of 10, ilante.” “Everybody has this bad taste in their Border Patrol has warned the groups that tak- Aug 5 attack on the town with her school western allies. The top US diplomat for they’re not going to come over. mouth about ‘militias.’ They think we’re out here ing matters into their own hands could have “dis- friends, said the raiders started shooting as Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, last week “Even if they are going to try to cross again, trying to smoke people and kill them as soon as astrous personal and public safety consequences.” soon as they arrived at a local park. “They called the group’s recent gains a “sober we’re still making it harder for them, and that’s the they cross the border. Which obviously, is not the Over the weekend, President Barack Obama said said ‘Shekau sent us. You are condemned to reality check”. “Unless swift action is taken, reason we’re here.” The Patriots Information case,” said “Huggie Bear,” a 25-year-old former US he would delay an executive action on immigra- death be you Christian or Muslim,’” she told Nigeria could be facing a rapid takeover of Hotline, a networking call center, estimates that Army infantry team leader. “Our goal here is to try tion reform until after November’s congressional Reuters at Gombe in the neighbouring a large area of its territory reminiscent of 22 groups of “armed patriots” have sprung up to deter them from coming. They see us, they elections, bowing to concerns that it could cost state of the same name, to where she had ISIS’s lightning advances in Iraq,” the along the border from Texas to California this year. don’t know who we are, so that kind of scares his fellow Democrats control of the US Senate. fled with her sisters after escaping from Nigeria Security Network said in a Sept 2 With names like Patriots and Citizen Defenders, people away for a while.” Many in Brownsville live in the shadow of an Gwoza in Borno state. “Within a short time, report. The Network groups Nigerian and the groups often set up camp on private land 18-foot-high rust-colored steel barrier that the whole park was filled with bodies just international experts working on that along the border at a property owner’s invitation. Body armor and handcuffs stretches hundreds of miles along the border. A lying everywhere. I was screaming and so country’s security issues. — Reuters Expenses are generally paid by members, though The Patriots operate on 21 acres of land owned few, including Fernando Rivera Jr, have called on some funds come from like-minded donors. by Rusty Monsees, whose family has had a ranch groups like the Patriots to keep an eye on their on the border since the 1940s. They patrol in body properties. “Whoever says there’s not a problem Citizen patrols armor, riding all-terrain vehicles that drown out by the border wall, they don’t live out here,” he To critics, they are militias - vigilantes spoiling the sound of cicadas at night. Monsees, 66, said said, adding that his son walks around the back- for a fight. For would-be migrants, they are anoth- “illegals” have poisoned his dogs and sprayed his yard with a shotgun slung over his back to protect er barrier to entry. For the US Border Patrol, they yellow house with bullets, but he refuses to leave. the family from what he says are criminals coming can be either a nuisance or a help in spotting peo- “If they leave, I’m dead,” he said. The Patriots carry across the border. ple trying to enter the country illegally. The plastic handcuffs to detain border crossers and In addition to the Monsees property, the groups insist that their presence is unrelated to communications equipment to inform Border Patriots monitor homes in the area at the request the tens of thousands of children from Central Patrol. The only live fire they have seen has come of owners like Rivera, who said it can take up to 45 America who flooded across the border with from a Border Patrol agent who fired at them. minutes for a county sheriff to arrive after a call Mexico earlier this year. Law enforcement officials Border Patrol said the agent saw an armed man for help. “Now, when they’re on patrol, it’s actually say an increase in people taking part in citizen and thought he was part of a group of migrants peaceful,” he said. “The dogs don’t bark as much. I patrols in border states coincided with the atten- suspected of illegally crossing the Rio Grande. can actually get some sleep.” — Reuters US, Mexico, CentrAm join

HAVANA: Handout pictures show FARC-EP Commander Marcos Calarca (left) greeting a member of the second group of victims of the Colombian conflict who arrived in forces on child migrants Havana yesterday. — AFP

MEXICO CITY: The top prosecutors of the United Attackers of States, Mexico and Central America agreed to join forces Tuesday to go after criminal organizations involved in a surge of unaccompanied child Rwandan exile jailed migrants. Meeting in Mexico City, US Attorney General Eric Holder, Mexico’s Jesus Murillo Karam JOHANNESBURG: Four men convicted of try- Rwanda and Hassan Mohammedi Nduli and and their counterparts from Honduras, Guatemala ing to kill an exiled critic of Rwandan Hemedi Dendengo Sefu from Tanzania - had and El Salvador decided to create a high-level work- President Paul Kagame in South Africa were been in custody since the shooting. ing group to tackle the problem. Murillo Karam’s each jailed for eight years, though the magis- “The effective term of imprisonment is office said the goal is to draw up a strategy to pro- trate said they were not the main culprits. eight years for each accused,” he said. tect children heading to the United States alone Former Rwandan army chief General Faustin Nyamwasa told journalists afterwards he was and efficiently pursue “the criminal organizations Kayumba Nyamwasa survived being shot in happy with the sentences, but said he and that benefit from committing various crimes linked the stomach as he was being driven into his many other exiled Rwandans around the to migration.” Johannesburg home in 2010, the same year world still felt unsafe. “There is fear for the The group will meet in the coming weeks to he fled Rwanda after falling out with former lives of very many Rwandans, those that have draw up an action plan. US authorities say they ally Kagame. Rwanda has regularly denied any taken asylum here in South Africa, those that caught more than 66,000 unaccompanied children involvement. But after armed men broke into have taken asylum in many other parts of the at the border with Mexico between October 2013 Nyamwasa’s home this year, South African world, and even more, those that have and August this year, almost a twofold increase Justice Minister Jeff Radebe warned Kigali that remained in the country, her told journalists.” from the previous fiscal year. But the number of “our country will not be used as a springboard In March, armed men broke into children traveling alone-most from Central to do illegal activities”. The two Rwandans and Nyamwasa’s empty home, just months after America-has dropped over the summer, from a two Tanzanians found guilty of shooting another exiled Rwandan and former peak of 10,622 in June to 3,141 last month. Many Nyamwasa smiled in apparent relief after the Rwandan spy chief was found strangled in an children left their countries to flee gang violence, eight-year sentence, less than the minimum upmarket Johannesburg hotel room. South but others also say they headed north after hearing 15 years prosecutors had asked for. Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats rumors that US authorities would not deport them. Magistrate Stanley Mkhari told the men: over the raid at Nyamwasa’s house. Kigali, The summer surge prompted US President “You are not the main culprits in this matter. It which said South Africa had produced no Barack Obama’s administration to declare a human- is my view that you are supposed to appear evidence it was involved, reciprocated by itarian crisis, reviving a divisive debate over illegal before me with all the people who made throwing out six. Kigali has rubbished allega- immigration in the United States. Mexican authori- money available and also the people who tions by Nyamwasa and others that it was ties, meanwhile, have launched a crackdown on ille- FERGUSON: Residents shout out during the Ferguson city council meeting. The meeting was paid to commit the offences.” He said he was involved, but has accused Pretoria of harbor- gal migration at its border with Guatemala, detain- held at Greater Grace Church to accommodate the large crowd. Most residents used the taking into account the fact that the four - ing “dissidents responsible for terrorist ing large numbers of migrants trying to hitch rides meeting to express their anger at how the police and city council handled the shooting of Amani Uriwane and Sady Abdou from attacks in Rwanda”. —Reuters on freight trains. — AFP teenager Michael Brown and the unrest that followed. — AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 Rising anger in Kashmir over flood rescue delay 600,000 people affected, crops completely destroyed

SRINAGAR: Anger mounted yesterday over the slow pace fate and the waters still too high to reach the house him- of rescue operations in Indian Kashmir as officials said they self, Tantray said he was helpless. “She has been crying for were “overwhelmed” by the scale of deadly flooding that her mother, ‘Where is my mama?’,” he said. Local army com- has left hundreds of thousands stranded in the Himalayan mander Dinesh Singh said a lack of government officials on region and neighboring Pakistan. The floods and landslides the ground was hampering the military’s rescue and relief from days of heavy rains have now claimed more than 450 efforts. “The biggest problem is there that is no presence lives in both countries as emergency workers scrambled to from the state government,” Singh told AFP. “We need them rescue residents left marooned on rooftops and clinging to to organize the crowds and help with coordination on trees. With many parts of Indian Kashmir’s main city where to send the boats.” Srinagar still cut off days after the floods hit, residents and More than 400,000 people remain stranded, officials say. rescuers alike criticized the state government’s response, As well as searching for those still trapped, soldiers and with one military officer saying officials were nowhere to emergency workers have been distributing tons of water, be seen. biscuits, medical and other relief. Some 79 planes and heli- Yesterday it emerged that one rescue officer had been copters have been deployed along with several hundred wounded in an attack by furious residents earlier in the boats, and more than 76,500 people have been rescued so week as anger boiled over. National Disaster Response far, the defense ministry said. Force director general OP Singh told the NDTV news chan- Waseem Farooq and his family of nine were rescued by nel an “aggressive crowd” had tried to attack a rescue boat, locals in a boat, after being stranded on the roof of their injuring the officer. flooded Srinagar home. “We could see people huddled on While thousands of soldiers and other emergency work- treetops who were rescued by helicopters,” said Farooq, ers stepped up operations in India’s Kashmir Valley as who is now camping at a shrine along with thousands of waters started to recede, the region’s top leader said he others. Rescue chief Singh said efforts were being ham- could understand people’s anger. “We have really been strung by communication failures, with some phone net- overwhelmed. We have been overwhelmed by the scale of works still knocked out. — AFP the problem,” Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister SRINAGAR: Kashmiri people travel on a truck along a flooded street yesterday. — AFP Omar Abdullah told the CNN-IBN network. “Our ability to supply people has been hampered by the fact that we have been unable to reach those areas. There are large parts of the city where even boats have not been able to reach. “I understand their anger and I don’t grudge them on that anger. They have gone through an extremely diffi- cult time,” he said of the rising frustrations. More than 200 people have died in the region’s worst floods in more than half a century. In neighboring Pakistan, another 256 people have been killed, with Punjab the worst-hit area and floods threatening to inundate more areas downriver. Nearly 600,000 people have been affected there and crops destroyed, an official said. In the city of Lahore, the death toll from a mosque collapse rose to 24, while a provincial minister said the heavy monsoon rains may have been a contributing factor.

‘Where is my mama?’ On a stretch of road in India’s Srinagar, hundreds of exhausted residents, some clutching children, others plas- tic bags of belongings, walked to an army relief camp on higher ground, searching for food and water. Salim Nabi, his wife and two sons, have been camped on the road for days, with only a plastic sheet for shelter, waiting for the waters to recede further so they can check on their flooded house. “The situation is absolutely pathetic. We are wondering why exactly we voted for a state government that does nothing for us,” Nabi told AFP. Abdul Ahad Tantray has been caring for his three-year-old granddaughter for days, after his daughter handed her over to a neighbor but then became trapped herself in her house. With no news of her

SRINAGAR: Indian tourists react as they sit inside an Indian Air Force helicopter after being evacuated from a flood-affected area yesterday. — AFP Final Afghan election results likely next week, deal or no deal

KABUL: Final results in Afghanistan’s disputed presi- dential vote are expected to be released next week, and an election official said yesterday that a winner would be announced whether or not the two rival can- didates forge a promised power-sharing deal. Declaring a victor before a negotiated settlement could mark a new, dangerous phase of the crisis sur- rounding the vote to succeed President Hamid Karzai, even as most foreign troops prepare to withdraw by the end of the year. Two months of tension over the fraud-tainted elec- tion have already marred the smooth transition that the US-led military force had hoped would mark its exit 13 years after the invasion to oust the Taleban’s radical Islamist regime. Continued instability would provide new openings for the Taleban insurgency against the newly trained Afghan security forces. Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani was declared the winner in preliminary results of the June 14 run-off with 56 percent of the vote. His rival, ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, has charged massive fraud and said he would reject the results if an ongo- ing audit does not throw out enough ballots to make him president. Both candidates have pledged to form a unity government and abide by the final results of a UN-monitored recount and fraud audit. But talks about power sharing have broken down. Final results have been delayed several weeks, forc- ing Karzai to stay in office past this month’s scheduled inauguration of a new leader. Sareer Ahmad Barmak, a member of the Independent Election Commission, said the final results would likely be released next week, though he could not give a specific date. “We need two to three days for the technical issues of the vote and then the final result will be ready to be announced,” Barmak said. He added that the commis- sion was not required to wait for Ghani and Abdullah to reach a deal before announcing the winner, and it won’t delay any longer if the final results are ready before any agreement. “We will do our job,” Barmak said. “But it would be better if the candidates reach a deal.” Ghani, who is widely expected to emerge the winner even after fraudulent votes are disqualified, was scheduled to make an announcement later yester- day. Aides have indicated it will be his final offer to Abdullah over how much power would go with a new chief executive position to be created for the election’s loser. The chief executive job was part of a compro- mise brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last month as Abdullah’s supporters began taking to the streets and violence was feared. Declaring a winner without a political deal could spark a new round of street protests that could deteri- orate into violence or be targeted by Taleban attacks. Some of Abdullah’s powerful backers also have vowed to create a parallel government. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Australian town in shock after family shootings

SYDNEY: A rural Australian town was in shock yester- the mother was found dead on a path at the back of had taken their toll on the local community and police wounds. Noble would not comment on reports that a day after a mother and her three children were shot the house. The body pulled from the dam was believed officers, some of whom lived in the small town. “It’s suicide note was found at the property, but said the dead at a farmhouse in a “horrific scene” and a body to be 44-year-old Geoff Hunt, the father, with the homi- been a difficult investigation and operation generally Hunt family was well known in the area. Lockhart may- believed to the father was pulled from a dam. Police cide squad now taking over the investigation. and to that end, there’s a lot of people in town here that or Peter Yates told regional newspaper The Daily said the body retrieved from the waterway at the prop- Wagga Wagga Superintendent Bob Noble said the are suffering greatly,” Noble said. Advertiser the deaths had “devastated the community”. erty by divers yesterday afternoon was found with a body had “significant injuries which are not inconsis- “I spent some time at the school (where the children “We’re all saddened by it, of course... I know the fam- gun and had “significant injuries”, although they did not tent with others that we’ve seen last night”. “We have studied) this morning and there’s little hearts breaking ily, they’re a well-respected farming family and it’s just provide further details. five deceased people. We believe they were all mem- all over the place.” Earlier, he described the crime scene so devastating.” The mother, who worked as a clinical The search of the dam followed the grisly discovery bers of the same family,” he said. “There’s nothing to as “horrific”, adding: “I don’t think even the most hard- nurse educator at a local health service after a serious of four family members at a homestead near the town lend us to believe that there are any other victims or ened professional could remain unmoved by what’s out car accident in 2012, was described as a “bubbly, posi- of Lockhart about 535 kilometers (332 miles) southwest persons of interest.” there. “It’s certainly not something I’ve encountered tive, caring and passionate nurse who was dedicated to of Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were anything similar to before, and I hope not to ever patient care”. “Her death is a huge loss and she will be named in local media as Kim Hunt, 44, her son Fletcher, ‘Hearts breaking all over’ again.” greatly missed by all of her colleagues and friends,” the 10, and daughters Mia, eight, and Phoebe, six. Noble said it was too early to speculate on what Noble said the mother and children were believed health service’s chief executive Jill Ludford told The children’s bodies were inside the house, while may have led to the killings. He added that the deaths to have died late Monday or early Tuesday of gunshot reporters. — AFP

Japan Inc cautious on India despite premiers’ love-in

TOKYO: Even as the friendship between Shinzo electronics parts maker Nidec, which has decid- Abe and Narendra Modi blossomed during the ed to spend roughly $1 billion in India in the new Indian leader’s first foreign trip, Japan Inc next seven to eight years. refused to get misty-eyed, wary of the pitfalls of But there have been costly failures, among doing business on the sub-continent. A five-day them pharmaceutical maker Daiichi Sankyo’s tour that began with a bear hug and a day of $4.6 billion purchase of Indian giant Ranbaxy in sightseeing in the ancient Japanese capital of 2008. That went sour when US regulators Kyoto worked itself up through a crescendo of banned imports of its drugs over quality con- mutual compliments that culminated in Tokyo’s cerns, dealing a huge blow to Daiichi Sankyo’s pledge to spend $34 billion in India over the bottom line and leading to a cut-price sale of next five years. the unit. Companies love the idea of India, with its Fellow drugmaker Eisai launched a produc- huge untapped market and its vast, cheap tion and research hub in a special economic workforce. But they know there are potential zone with tax incentives in 2009. But India problems; Japanese suitors have stumbled changed its policy and slapped an alternative more than once before. “India’s very weak infra- tax on the company in 2011, said Sayoko Sasaki, structure adds to the cost of making and mov- Eisai corporate officer. “It is a big market with a ing things there,” said Takashi Kodama, head of lot of opportunities. But when it comes to tax Asian economic research at Daiwa Institute of rules, it has to be predictable,” she told AFP. “We Research. hope India’s investment environment will con- “Unless you resolve that, the current hopes tinue to improve,” she said. for India that the world has cannot spark an BIMA: In this photo, the royal family from the Sultanate of Solo parade during a royal festival locally called the “19th Festival Kraton Nusantara” in Bima investment boom,” he said. On top of dodgy Less complicated on Sumbawa island. According to the organizers, the biennial festivity gathers some 1,500 participants from the 82 kingdoms and sultanates across roads, ramshackle railways and other weak Among winners in India, small-car specialist the archipelago from the Sultanate of Yogyakarta.— AFP infrastructure, there are complex local customs Suzuki Motors has prospered there for three for multi-national firms looking for somewhere decades, having entered the market well before other than China to set up shop. Unexpected the nation became a hot prospect, mostly serv- taxes and economic policy changes in India ing domestic motorists. But even Suzuki has US, China security leaders have also discouraged investors, who want low- suffered from bouts of labor unrest, including a er costs, high growth and predictability. 2012 riot that resulted in the death of a person- nel manager in India. Export hub For India’s part, Japan is a less complicated battle over jet maneuvers Despite its broadly comparable population, partner than other nearby countries that have India is home to just over 1,000 Japanese firms, the cash it needs for investment, say analysts. about five percent of the total operating in “India wants money for infrastructure. It can ask More than half of Chinese see war with Japan China. To be sure, Japanese businesses agree China, which is eager and willing to give but that India has enormous potential as the popu- might also try to use it as an opportunity to BEIJING: Top US and China security officials dis- assertive posture in the South China and East 92.8 percent last year.”The most common reason lous democracy enjoys steady growth, an exert its political influence,” said Kodama of agreed this week over what the United States said China seas, the cause of several territorial disputes for the unfavorable impression of China among the expanding middle class and modernization that Daiwa Institute of Research. was China’s intercept of a US Navy patrol plane between China and US allies including Japan and Japanese public was ‘China’s actions are incompati- is boosting demand for infrastructure, such as “By comparison, Japanese money would near the southern island province of Hainan. US the Philippines. ble with international rules’ at 55.1 percent,” trains, sewerage and electricity. come with fewer strings attached,” he said. Abe’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice, on a three- US and Chinese officials held talks at the Genron NPO and the China Daily said in a joint Japanese firms can also use India as a hub to financial targets affirm Japan and India’s com- day visit to Beijing, told several senior Chinese offi- Pentagon after the intercept incident about rules statement. That was closely followed by “China’s export to regions west of the Indian Ocean, mitment to their partnership, said Shotaro cials that China must halt the “dangerous inter- of behavior for air and maritime activities. Xi is set actions to secure resources, energy and food look such as Africa and the Middle East. Economic Kumagai, economist at JapanResearch Institute. cepts”, senior Obama administration officials said. to meet US President Barack Obama in Beijing in selfish” at 52.8 percent. liberal Modi knows this and was in Tokyo to “I would say India regards both China and However, General Fan Changlong, vice chairman of November. Rice also renewed calls for the US to The third most commonly-given reason was pitch for investment. “Businesses and industries Japan as important partners, rather than com- China’s Central Military Commission, called on the establish a “level playing field” for US businesses “criticism of Japan over historical issues” at 52.2 need stability and a growth environment. India paring and trying to pick one or the other,” he United States to “reduce and ultimately cease naval following Chinese regulatory probes into US chip- percent, while “continuous confrontation over the has become a country that provides both,” Modi said. But the world is waiting to see whether and aerial reconnaissance activities near China”, maker Qualcomm Inc and Microsoft Corp. “Use of Senkaku islands” came fourth place at 50.4 percent, told businesses in Japan last week on his first Modi can turn his nation’s good prospects into according to the official Xinhua news agency. legal means for intimidating and harassing US it said. “On the other hand, ‘The Diaoyu/Senkaku tour since coming to power. reality, Kodama said. “If Modi delivers on his The row began in August when the United companies is antithetical to that,” the senior admin- islands’ (64.0 percent) and ‘historical understand- “Tell me what you need for the business promises and buoys the economy, maybe more States complained that a Chinese military aircraft istration official said. ing’ (59.6 percent) were the two prominent reasons environment. India will deliver it,” he said. A investors will move in,” he said. “There are lot of had launched a risky intercept of a US Navy patrol Meanwhile, more than half of Chinese people for the unfavorable impression of Japan among the string of Japanese firms have recently commit- hopes for India. But they are only hopes. We are plane in international air space. The Chinese pilot think their country could go to war with Japan in Chinese public,” it said. ted to fresh Indian investments, including major yet to see concrete policies.” — AFP flew a few yards from the US plane and performed the future, a new poll revealed yesterday, after two acrobatic manoeuvres around it, the Pentagon said. years of intense diplomatic squabbles. A survey Ties in decline China said the pilot had done nothing wrong and conducted in both nations found that 53.4 percent Despite a huge trade relationship and their that US surveillance patrols harm China’s national of Chinese envisage a future conflict, with more deeply interwoven economies, relations between security interests. Despite the disagreement over than a fifth of those saying it would happen “within Tokyo and Beijing have seen several periods of the incident, Obama administration officials called a few years”, while 29 percent of Japanese view mil- deterioration over recent decades. But ties have Rice’s dialogue with Chinese leaders on the issue itary confrontation as a possibility. The findings been particularly bad since late 2012 when Japan “constructive” and added China took US concerns come ahead of the second anniversary today of nationalized the Senkakus, a move it says was just seriously. The two countries are working to adopt Japan’s nationalization of disputed islands in the an administrative change, but which China says new confidence-building measures, they said, with- East China Sea that have formed the focus of ten- was a provocation. out elaborating on what the measures would entail. sions between the Asian giants. Beijing regularly insists that Japan has not Rice met Fan on her first official visit to China as atoned enough for its imperialist past, and lam- national security adviser, along with President Xi ‘China’s actions incompatible’ basts nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for an Jinping, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Underlining the lingering row over the Tokyo- “incorrect” understanding of history and what it Councillor Yang Jiechi. “When it comes to the issue controlled Senkaku Islands, four Chinese coast describes as his intention to remilitarize. For its of unsafe intercepts, this is risky behavior that guard vessels sailed into their territorial waters yes- part, Tokyo accuses Beijing of dwelling on the past could imperil the bilateral relationship,” a senior US terday morning. China regards them as its territory for domestic political reasons and says that in the administration official said. Hainan is home to sev- and calls them the Diaoyu Islands. The survey was seven decades since World War II it has apologized eral Chinese naval bases as well as a sensitive sub- conducted by Japanese non-governmental organi- repeatedly and trodden a pacifist path. marine base. In public remarks to Fan on Tuesday, zation the Genron NPO and the China Daily, a In an editorial, the China Daily described the Rice alluded to the issue, saying: “we certainly to Chinese state-run newspaper, in July and August.It poll as “worrying”, commenting that “these findings need to avoid any incidents that could complicate questioned 1,000 Japanese aged 18 or older and should be concerning” for leaders in both coun- the relationship.” 1,539 Chinese of the same age range in five cities: tries.”There is a need for a meeting between the Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenyang and Xian. leaders of both countries to reverse the deteriorat- ‘Level playing field’ In the annual opinion poll which started in ing relations,” the paper said, but added: “the ball is A more serious aggressive intercept by a 2005, 93.0 percent of Japanese respondents said in Japan’s court.” “Abe needs to show Chinese lead- Chinese fighter jet in April 2001 in the same area their impression of China was “unfavorable,” wors- ers with his actual deeds that he is sincere about resulted in a collision that killed the Chinese pilot. ening from 90.1 percent last year and the highest improving relations.” Abe has repeatedly said his TOKYO: This file picture shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shaking hands China held 24 US air crew members for 11 days level since the survey began. The percentage of door is open for dialogue and called for a summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe upon his arrival at the State Guest House in Kyoto, until the United States apologized. US-China ties Chinese who have an unfavorable impression of with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but has so far been western Japan. — AFP have been impacted by China’s increasingly Japan stood at 86.8 percent, an improvement on rebuffed. — Agencies

Singapore bans documentary on political exiles SINGAPORE: Singapore yesterday banned a torted and untruthful accounts of how they added. But Singapore’s information minister local documentary about nine dissidents liv- came to leave Singapore and remain outside Yaacob Ibrahim said he supported the media ing in exile, saying its contents undermined Singapore,” the media regulator added. MDA regulator’s decision. “Individuals who have national security. The film “To Singapore, with said the individuals were not denied the right chosen to leave and remain outside Love”, directed by Singaporean director Tan to return to Singapore or forced to leave the Singapore, and refused to account for their Pin Pin, features interviews with the former city-state, as was portrayed in the movie. “The past actions, should not enjoy a public plat- activists and student leaders who fled government has made it clear that it would form to purvey distorted and untruthful Singapore from the 1960s until the 1980s and allow former CPM members to return to accounts to mislead the public, absolve them- are currently settled in countries including Singapore if they agree to be interviewed by selves or deny their past actions,” he said in a Britain and Thailand. The 70-minute docu- the authorities on their past activities to statement on Facebook. Malaysia gained mentary was released in December last year resolve their cases,” it said. independence in 1957 and Singapore in 1965, and has been screened at film festivals in both from Britain, after brief periods of self- Germany, Dubai, South Korea and the United ‘Very disappointed’ rule. The Southeast Asian city-state famous for States. Singapore’s Media Development A description posted on the film’s official strict social controls has relaxed censorship Authority (MDA) said in a statement it had website said the documentary explores how rules in recent years, but maintains strict regu- “assessed that the contents of the film under- the exiles “lived their lives away and how they lations on films that discuss local politics. mine national security because legitimate still view the Singapore of their dreams”. “They In 2010, the government ordered actions of the security agencies to protect the are now in their 60s to 80s. Some were Singaporean filmmaker Martyn See to take national security and stability of Singapore are activists, student leaders, others were card down a YouTube video of a rare public talk by presented in a distorted way as acts that vic- carrying communists,” it said. Tan, the film’s Lim Hock Siew, a doctor and activist held from timized innocent individuals”. It said a num- director, said she was “very disappointed that 1963 to 1982 during then prime minister Lee ber of the exiles were former members of the my film is banned”. “By doing this, MDA is tak- Kuan Yew’s rule. In 2007, it banned a film by Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) which had ing away an opportunity for us Singaporeans See on another political detainee, Said Zahari, GLENDALE: Activist Phyllis Kim of the Korean American Forum of California, rearranges flow- sought to overthrow governments in to see it and have a conversation about it and a journalist. Zahari and Lim were among more ers placed beside the controversial Comfort Women Statue in Glendale, California on Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s and our past,” she said in a Facebook post. than 100 people alleged to be communists by September 9, 2014, a day after reports that opponents of the statue have appealed the 1960s. “We need to be trusted to be able find the Lee’s government and rounded up in the early August decision by US District Judge Percy Anderson against removing the memorial dedi- “The individuals in the film have given dis- answers about ourselves, for ourselves,” she 1960s. — AFP cated to women who were coerced into sexual slavery during World War II by Japan, ruling the 1,100-pound memorial did not cause harm to the plaintiffs nor break any laws. — AFP NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 BJP president charged with Tourists turned off as Kerala goes dry Continued from Page 1 percent of road accidents and one in four hospitalisations to alcohol. “The women have been suffering, the homes causing religious tensions “We’ve got a lot of competition,” said G Sudhiesh have been suffering,” said the centre’s director Johnson J Kumar, chief executive at the Hotel Sea Face in Kovalam, Edayaranmula. But even he believes the move to prohibi- LUCKNOW, India: Police yesterday charged the presi- which has already started getting cancellations from tion, although popular with most locals, has been ill dent of India’s ruling political party, Amit Shah, over a repeat European customers. Kumar worries that young- thought through. “The government went into a hasty deci- speech that allegedly inflamed religious tensions during sters in Kerala’s crucial IT sector may start looking for work sion and they don’t know what to do next,” he said. the national election campaign, an officer said. Shah, in other regions, while investors will be spooked by the In Kovalam, many restaurants already do not go to the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party sudden change to the laws. “Who’s going to come and expense of paying for a licence and instead serve beer ille- (BJP), was charged for the speech he made at a rally in invest his hard-earned money here in Kerala? That is the gally in mugs, listing it as ‘pop’ on the bill. This clandestine northern Uttar Pradesh state that was torn apart last wrong message,” Kumar said. system is now widely expected to grow, with money once year by deadly Muslim-Hindu riots. “The charge sheet There is little denial of an alcohol problem in rum and headed for the government simply going into bribes. against Amit Shah has been filed by the investigating brandy-loving Kerala, which has the highest consumption “People really like to drink here,” said Cyril de Montaigu, a officer,” deputy superintendent of police Yogendra levels in India owing to its relatively high living standards, 31-year-old French backpacker, undeterred by the ban. Singh told AFP in the district of Muzaffarnagar where while the region also has a long tradition of home-brew- “Prohibition never works, there’s always an underground the riots occurred. ing. The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre, an NGO to market.” As for Packer, he has decided to fly out of Kerala Shah, a key confidante of Prime Minister Narendra prevent substance abuse, links 69 percent of crimes, 40 and instead spend his beer money in Cuba. —AFP Modi, was credited for his role in the BJP winning a landslide victory at the elections in May over the centre- left Congress party run by the Gandhi dynasty. Police Amit Shah filed the chargesheet yesterday in a local court in wrong”. “This is pure and pure political vendetta by the US, Gulf facing own failures Muzaffarnagar, under sections of the criminal code that state government,” BJP spokesman Ram Madhav told include making a statement that intends to cause reli- AFP. “We will deal with it politically.” The BJP also Continued from Page 1 But Doha’s policies have shifted toward “retrenchment and gious outrage. The charges also include promoting ten- defended the speech at the time that he made it, saying greater caution” since Egypt’s army ousted Islamist president sions between different religious groups and appealing asking for revenge through voting was not inflammato- A report published Monday by London-based Conflict Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, and as Saudi Arabia took the for votes on religious grounds, police officer Singh said. ry. Shah was appointed BJP president shortly after the Armament Research revealed US arms destined for moderate lead in dealing with the Syrian file. For the United States, the Syrian opposition groups were found in the hands of IS fight- situation changed in June with the lightning jihadist offen- Shah, who was chief strategist in the electorally criti- election, and was credited with delivering victory for ers. Anti-tank rockets used by IS in Syria are identical to M79s sive that brought sizable Iraqi territories, including oil fields, cal state of Uttar Pradesh during the campaign, was not Modi in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state. He has faced controversy in the past dating back to his time as supplied by Saudi Arabia to the Free Syrian Army, the report under the control of Islamists. present in court to hear the charges. In his speech, Shah said. Oil-rich Gulf monarchies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait The Islamic State “threatens US interests and shows the home minister of the prosperous western state of reportedly told a crowd of largely Hindu voters that it have all meanwhile backed their own horses among the total failure of the US intervention in Iraq (in 2003),” said was time to seek revenge by casting their ballots at the Gujarat, where Modi ran the state government for close Syrian opposition, with Kuwaitis the “single largest source of Mathieu Guidere, professor of Middle Eastern Studies at national election. He branded the then centre-left gov- to 13 years. funding for Al-Qaeda factions” in Syria, notably Al-Nusra France’s University of Toulouse. He points out that IS origi- ernment as one “that protects and gives compensation Shah, who has known Modi since the 1980s, has Front, Wehrey said. The UN Security Council added in August nated in the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI), which appeared in to those who killed Hindus”. More than 50 people were been charged over allegedly ordering extra-judicial six names, including that of Kuwaiti donor Hajjaj Al-Ajmi, to a 2006 and has “survived” despite attempts to eradicate it killed in the sectarian unrest in Muzaffarnagar district, killings and extortion while in Gujarat. He has always list of extremists to face sanctions for their links to Al-Qaeda. before US forces pulled out of the country in 2011. Gulf where several BJP members also faced investigation of denied wrongdoing. Modi himself has also faced severe But unlike in Western countries that have strict rules to monarchies also fear the threat of IS to their own stability. inciting violence against minority Muslims. The speech criticism over sectarian riots in Gujarat in 2002 when he prevent funds moving to extremist groups, Gulf states They worry about a return of volunteer jihadists from Iraq was seen by political rivals at the time as an attempt to was chief minister that left more than 1,000 people, appear to have a “permissive legal and political environ- and Syria - as was the case in the 1990s when Arab fighters polarise voting along religious lines in the Hindu-major- mostly Muslims, dead. Modi has denied claims by critics ment” allowing private financing of rebels, Wehrey said. who supported the mujahedeen in Afghanistan triggered ity country. that he failed to stop the bloodshed, while a Supreme Analysts said much has changed in recent weeks, however, trouble when they returned home. A BJP spokesman said the charges were a political Court panel investigation has cleared him of any wrong- as the recent gains by IS in Iraq have raised fears of the Some 12,000 foreign fighters were present in Syria by the vendetta against Shah, 50, who had done “nothing doing. — AFP growing power of radical Islamists. Qatar, for example, had end of May, according to a study by Soufan Group published intervened in Syria with the aim of widening its regional by The Economist last month. Those included 3,000 influence by supporting fundamentalist groups linked to the Westerners as well as 2,500 Saudis. Saudi King Abdullah Obama eyes air strikes in Syria, fixing Iraqi... Muslim Brotherhood, perceived then by Doha as the prevail- warned Western countries last month that they could be the ing movement after Arab Spring uprisings, Wehrey said. next target of jihadists if they fail to initiate a rapid response. Continued from Page 1 long-term entanglements in the Middle East - notably Qatar played an “arsonist and fireman” game in order to “If we ignore them, I am sure they will reach Europe in a avoiding getting bogged down in Syria and in Libya. But become the “region’s indispensible power broker,” he said. month and America in another month,” he said. — AFP In Iraq, meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry the plan he will lay out will lack a definitive end date and promised that Iraq’s armed forces, some of which turned the campaign could outlast his own presidency, which tail and fled the IS advance, would be “reconstituted and ends in Jan 2017. “I think the American people need to Gitmo ‘living grave’ for dozens cleared... trained and worked on.” The plan would not just be a US expect that this is something that will require a sus- Continued from Page 1 formative years left and he wants to spend those years effort but also involve US partners, Kerry said. Obama tained commitment,” said White House spokesman Josh with his son,” said his lawyer Anna Holland Edwards. “He has repeatedly told Americans, that after “ending” the US Earnest. Yet what should have been relatively straight-forward often talks not about living in Guantanamo, but of living war in Iraq to honor a key campaign promise, he will not The address will come at a poignant time - on the eve transfers have become bogged down, in part due to the in a grave.” send US ground troops back into combat in the country. of the 13th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, when political uproar in June over the swap of five top Taleban Apart from his wife and son, there is an apartment, a But he has not ruled out sending US trainers to help pre- Islamic radicalism on a mass scale scorched the US officials - who had been due to remain behind bars - for job and a social network awaiting Aziz whenever he final- pare Iraqi forces stood up at the cost of billions of US tax- homeland for the first time. Obama, who has seen his captured American soldier Bowe Bergdahl. ly flies back to Mauritania. “Waiting for a signature is part payer gollars after the 2003 US invasion. personal approval ratings and public confidence in his Administration sources, who requested anonymity of it,” confirmed Holland Edwards, adding her client had Kerry said that a global coalition will defeat jihadists foreign policy ebb during a series of domestic and inter- because the dossier is so sensitive, said many of the new never faced any charges. “There is of course pressure to in Iraq and Syria. “We all know - I think we come to this national crises, at least appears to have popular opinion transfer deals had won a green light from five of the six make sure no mistakes are made at the expense of with great confidence - that, ultimately, our global coali- on his side on Syria. government agencies involved. progress. But I have the sense there are many dedicated tion will succeed in eliminating the threat from Iraq, A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll yesterday Under law, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has to people working very hard now in the government to from the region and from the world,” Kerry said. He was suggested the US public was increasingly hawkish about give final approval to every transfer. Pentagon sources change that right now.” to fly on to Saudi Arabia for talks today with 11 regional IS, with two-thirds of those asked backing military oper- denied he was dragging his feet, saying every case need- A separate move to transfer six men to Uruguay, foreign ministers on a joint campaign against IS. ations against the group. Opinion surveys also suggest ed proper and thorough review to ensure the right condi- reported to include four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Kerry praised the new Iraqi government of Prime that Americans share Obama’s skepticism on deploying tions are in place. And there have been reports some for- Palestinian, has been given the go-ahead by all six US Minister Haidar Al-Abadi, which Washington says has the ground troops in Iraq. The White House insists that IS, mer Guantanamo detainees have returned to the Islamist agencies, and is expected to be concluded later this year. potential to offer the “inclusive” rule across sectarian despite beheading two US journalists, does not yet pose extremist cause. But, said Andrea Prasow, deputy Pentagon officials would not discuss individual cases, but divides that the former administration of Nouri Al-Maliki an imminent threat to the US homeland. But they worry Washington director at Human Rights Watch, “This is a said they are “working diligently” to transfer detainees. failed to provide. But the complex sectarian stew facing the group could eventually send some of its legions of problem we’ve had from three successive secretaries of “We take a ‘look before you leap’ approach to each Abadi was underlined when bombs killed 19 people in foreign fighters armed with Western passports, to stage defense. Congress created the structure, making the sec- detainee transfer and focus on ensuring security and east Baghdad during Kerry’s visit. Ahrar al-Sham quickly attacks in America. retary of defense personally responsible for whatever assuring human rights with our partner nations,” said named new leaders to replace those killed in a blast at a The president previewed his speech in a meeting happens - and the secretaries have been understandably Lieutenant Colonel Myles Caggins, Defense Department meeting of its top religious and military chiefs in the with top congressional leaders on Tuesday, then yester- reluctant to sign up for personal responsibility for any- spokesman for detainee policy. northeastern Syrian province of Idlib. day huddled with defense and intelligence chiefs in the thing that might happen.” His assurances were echoed at the State Department The group, which espouses a conservative ideology White House Situation Room. Officials said he made Among those waiting to step back into lives frozen for by Ian Moss, spokesman for the special envoy to despite not backing IS, had been seen as a bridge clear that he believes he has sufficient authority to carry over a decade are four Afghans and a Mauritanian nation- Guantanamo, Cliff Sloan. The US “is absolutely committed” between more moderate and radical streams of the out his new strategy without asking Congress for a new al. Lawyers for 44-year-old Mauritanian Ahmed Abdel Aziz to the jail’s closure, Moss said, adding “we are actively opposition. Analysts said the attack threatened the war authorization. Mitch McConnell, the Republican say he was swept up in a US bounty, arrested by Pakistani working to transfer each of the 79 detainees approved for cohesion of the Islamic Front opposition coalition but it Senate minority leader however warned that to win authorities in June 2002 when, he alleges, money transfer.” But Feinstein said: “It is far past time to close was unclear if the attack could benefit Islamic State or broad support, Obama must show bold leadership and exchanged hands for his capture. Aziz has denied being Guantanamo, an ugly stain on the history of the United Assad’s forces. not just restate existing policy. “If Congress is asked to an Al-Qaeda member and is eager to be reunited with his States.” “Every day it is open, we weaken our national secu- Obama won power on an anti-Iraq war platform, and support a strategy, it needs to be a strategy that is wife, who was pregnant when he was detained, and the rity by emboldening extremists, we isolate ourselves has devoted much of his presidency to avoiding new designed to succeed,” he said. — Agencies young son he has never met. There are only “so many internationally and we waste taxpayer money.” — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Robin Millard

he love-hate relationship between England and Scotland has been marked by bloodthirsty mediaeval battles, royal Tmarriages and executions, followed by centuries of political and social unity. While Scots prepare to vote on the 300-year-old merger with England, the history binding their fortunes goes back way before they even existed as recognisable nations. Much of Scotland’s national story has been defined by its relationship with its bigger neighbour. And whatever happens in next week’s referendum, Scotland and England will still sit wedged together on the same island, and Scotland’s fortunes will still be directly affected by its cross- border ties. The Romans began constructing a border in the year Qaeda ‘emir’ in South Asia handed tough job 122. Hadrian’s Wall, which still exists in part, marked the empire’s northern frontier and was a defensive measure against the By Asim Tanveer and Maria Golovnina trast, Zawahiri delivered his latest message via a He has had his eyes on the Indian subcontinent wing, according to militant sources. Celebrated Caledonian tribes beyond. lengthy speech directed at the camera. Al- for many years, issuing a number of video for his exceptional language skills, Umar trans- Faced with Norse domination, the Picts and Scoti were united akistani militant Asim Umar has been Qaeda does have close ties to the Afghan and appeals to Kashmiri Muslims to join militant lated his books into several languages includ- under Kenneth MacAlpin, considered the first king of Scots, who handed a very tough job. Thrust into the Pakistani Taleban, meaning it has a deep pres- battlefields and fight “infidels”. In one video ing Pashto, Uzbek and Arabic. “He is said to be a died in 858. But when the succession of his dynasty fell into ques- Plimelight after being named leader of Al- ence in South Asia. released in June last year, Umar reminded his good writer and orator,” said one source. tion and England’s King Edward I was invited to arbitrate, he Qaeda’s newly created South Asian wing, he has Observers say it may seek to broaden that viewers of India’s past glories under the Islamic Later, like many other graduates of Darul claimed suzerainty, invaded in 1296 and earned himself the nick- been entrusted with reviving the network’s for- reach as most of the US-led foreign forces in Mughal empire, which ruled parts of India for Aloom Haqqania, he travelled to Afghanistan name Hammer of the Scots. The Wars of Scottish Independence tunes at a time when Islamic State is generating Afghanistan prepare to leave at the end of the centuries. where he is said to have met bin Laden, and lasted until 1357, though King Robert the Bruce had effectively grisly headlines and luring recruits. Little is year, freeing up fighters to move elsewhere. But “From the land of Afghanistan, a caravan is then joined forces with Harkat-ul-Jihad-al- established independence by defeating the English forces at known about the man whose thinking was until now there has been no evidence that the heading toward India,” said Umar, who spent at Islami (HUJI), a radical group with branches Bannockburn in 1314. shaped in radicalised seminaries and madrassas group has a presence in India, home to around least 16 years in Afghanistan, according to across South Asia, to fight against Indian forces The battles against the English helped define Scotland’s sense of Pakistan and who will now spearhead Al- 175 million Muslims. Pakistani sources. “Not on someone’s directive. in Kashmir. Known mainly for his propagandist of nationhood, and revelry in getting one over the “Auld Enemy” Qaeda’s activities from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Islamic State, meanwhile, has begun to Not on the basis of some governmental policy. work and fiery speeches, it is unclear how continues to this day. “Flower of Scotland”, the 1967 song by folk In a video address aired last week, the make inroads into the region - its supporters But simply on the basis of abiding by God’s much he was involved in actual fighting. But band The Corries that is used by Scottish sports teams as a group’s chief, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, named him as have been spotted distributing leaflets in the command.” after HUJI fell apart following the demise of the national anthem, centres on the patriotism of those who “stood the “emir” of a new branch of the network that Pakistani city of Peshawar and its flags have Umar first appeared on the global jihadist Taleban regime in Afghanistan, its former against him; proud Edward’s army; and sent him homeward; tae masterminded the 2001 attacks on the United been seen fluttering at anti-India rallies in radar when he studied at Jamia Uloom-e- leader Ilyas Kashmiri joined ranks with Al- think again.” States. Interviews with militant and intelligence Indian-held Kashmir. Al-Qaeda’s announcement Islamia, a Pakistani seminary in the teeming Qaeda and Pakistani Taleban commanders sources reveal that Umar, thought to be in his last week prompted India to put several port city of Karachi. One of its top clerics, Mufti holed up in the lawless areas between Union of the Crowns mid-forties, has a reputation as an Islamist ideo- provinces on high alert and rattled nerves in a Nizamuddin Shamzai, was a supporter of the Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 1502 Treaty of Perpetual Peace, signed by Scotland’s King logue rather than a fighter, and is known in region already destabilised by a persistent Taleban who called for jihad after US-led wars “The purpose of bringing him as the head of James IV and England’s King Henry VII, sought to put an end to South and Central Asian Islamist circles as an Taleban insurgency and sectarian strife. in Afghanistan and Iraq and urged Muslims to Al-Qaeda in South Asia is to strengthen the ter- the intermittent Anglo-Scottish wars, and included a marriage intellectual and excellent orator. target foreigners. He was assassinated as he ror network in India, Bangladesh and between James and Henry’s daughter Margaret. That set the One jihadist source in Pakistan’s lawless trib- Deep Convictions, ‘Can Deliver’ drove to his madrassa in Karachi in May 2004. Myanmar,” said the militant source. “Since stage for the Union of the Crowns a century later in 1603, when al areas on the Afghan border who knew Umar Sources familiar with Umar speak of a man Umar also studied at Darul Aloom Asim’s mother organisation, HUJI, used to run their great-grandson, King James VI, inherited the English throne personally said that Zawahri first caught sight of with deep Islamist convictions who has written Haqqania, a huge Islamist madrassa in north- branches in Myanmar and Kashmir, he already from queen Elizabeth. Sixteen years earlier, Elizabeth had execut- his talents around the time of the death of at least four books promoting jihad. One of the west Pakistan run by Maulana Sami-ul Haq, has strong links over there and can deliver for ed James’s Catholic mother, Mary, queen of Scots, for treason, Osama bin Laden in a secret US raid in 2011. books, about US private security firm known as the “father of the Taleban” as many Zawahri.” Umar’s current whereabouts are not fearing she could become a magnet for dissent. “After the killing of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda’s Blackwater, is titled “The Army of Anti-Christ”. top Taleban commanders studied under his known. —Reuters The two countries remained separate states for more than a new chief al-Zawahri started the reorganisation century until an already languishing Scotland was crippled by a of Al-Qaeda, with its main focus on South Asia,” disastrous 1698 attempt to establish a colony of its own in the source said. “Al-Qaeda started recruiting and Panama, which nearly ruined the nation’s investors. Unilateral tit- training fighters in Afghanistan and now Cuba 5 case unique for-tat English and Scottish moves over succession to the throne Maulana Asim Umar has been appointed as led to a deal to form a united kingdom called Great Britain. South Asia chief. ... He has strong connections lawyer Phillip Horowitz said yesterday that to date, the case of three judges from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Chris Whatley, professor of Scottish history at the University of with Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, Iraq and of the five Cuban men tried and sentenced in the United concluded in a detailed 93-page analysis, that the sentences should be Dundee, said the topic of political union in the early 1700s pro- Afghanistan.” USStates for fighting terrorism, cannot be compared to any overturned, on the basis that the Five had not received a fair trial in duced a similarly intense debate as today. “Scotland now is a Illustrating Umar’s close ties to the top Al- other he has dealt with in his 29 years of professional practice. Miami. A new trial was ordered away from that city. divided nation. Scotland then was a deeply divided nation over Qaeda command, the source said it was Umar “This case is unique,” expressed the lawyer in brief remarks by email The judges ruled that a fair trial was impossible in that South Florida our relationship with England,” he told AFP. “There was a pro- who facilitated bin Laden’s move to a safehouse to Prensa Latina, speaking of the 16 years of detention imposed upon city, because of the prejudices and animosity existing against Cuba in found concern, certainly amongst leading Scots, that Scotland in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, and Antonio Guerrero. Rene that community. But in particular, they recognized the abundant evi- was lagging behind the rest of Europe.” lived undetected for years before U.S. forces Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez (no relation), both defended by dence presented by the defense, in which the record of terrorist actions finally detected him. Horowitz, left prison in 2011 and 2014, respectively, only after serving planned against the Caribbean island by violent groups based in Florida ‘Good Reasons for Union’ their full sentences. They have returned to Cuba. had come to light. “The Scots didn’t have the navy that would be needed to Competing Movements Horowitz said it has been an honor to be part of the defense team Nevertheless, 16 years after their arrest, Hernandez, Guerrero and support their merchant ships on the high seas,” said Whatley. Zawahri’s announcement was widely inter- for the Five (as they are identified), since 1998, when they were arrested. LabaÒino remain in captivity, serving sanctions that total two life sen- “They didn’t have a colonial empire. England did and so the preted as an attempt to seize back the initiative His considerations occur amid activities, scheduled from Sept 4 to Oct 6, tences and 66 years in prison as a whole. More than 10 Nobel prize-win- Scots very much wanted to be part of England’s great, growing from militant group Islamic State, which has to focus attention on the international solidarity with the men. Activists ners, along with parliamentarians, artists, activists, human rights commercial empire. I think there were good reasons for the swept across swathes of Syria and Iraq. That are demanding the release of Hernandez, Guerrero and Labanino, who defenders, students, trade unionists, religious leaders, and others, have union in 1707. It wasn’t popular, but it was about Scotland’s movement has galvanised young followers remain confined in US federal prisons. demanded that the President of the United States, Barack Obama (also a best interests in a very difficult set of circumstances.” around the world, using brutal methods includ- Many observers agree that this is a political case and in the eyes of Nobel prize-winner), use his executive powers and send the men back Though prosperity did not immediately follow the union, ing crucifixions and beheadings, some of which the world the injustice against them is obvious. On Aug 9, 2005, a panel to their homeland. —Cuban Embassy, Kuwait many of Scotland’s greatest achievements have come under have been filmed in propaganda videos. In con- the British flag. Besides Scots’ prominent roles in expanding and administering the British empire, Scottish ingenuity led to the telephone, television, penicillin, radar, steam engines, Cameron fights to save union - and himself macadamised roads, pneumatic tyres, adhesive postage stamps, steam hammers, ATMs, Adam Smith’s modern econom- ics and mackintosh raincoats. By Katherine Haddon been Scottish or Scottish-born. Cameron is therefore wary of giving Scots the mes- However, the popular view of the union remained that it John Major, who led the sage that they could effectively vote him out of office was “an illegitimate act, that the Scots were taken into it by rime Minister David Cameron would face country from 1990-97, with a “Yes” vote. He said yesterday that the referendum was about more than being “fed up with the effing these venal politicians”, said Whatley. Scotland “bought and sold pressure to resign if Scotland votes “Yes” wrote in the Times to independence next week, experts say newspaper Wednesday Tories” and told the BBC last week that “what’s at stake for English gold”, as de facto national poet Robert Burns put in P - a victory that’s looking increasing possible. that a split would here is not this prime minister or that prime minister his 1791 poem “Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation”. While Cameron insists he will not step down leave Britain “weaker” (but)... the future of Scotland”. Critics argue, though, that Tom Devine, a leading authority on Scottish history, believes if Scotland decides to split from Britain on in every international Cameron has made errors which contributed to the cur- that with the British empire over, Protestantism waning and Sept 18, opinion polls suggesting the two body, from the rent position, including insisting there would be no home rule revived through devolution, the need for Anglo- sides are now neck and neck have report- European Union to the third question offering “devo max” - effectively full devo- Scottish unity has run its course. “The union of England and edly prompted lawmakers in his United Nations, and lution of domestic powers - on the ballot paper. Scotland was not a marriage based on love. It was a marriage of Conservative party to start questioning would increase the “There will be those who will say Cameron is not just convenience. It was pragmatic,” he told The Guardian newspa- his future. The only precedent in British chances of it leaving the the captain on the ship when the vessel hit the rocks, per. “From the 1750s down to the 1980s there was stability in history is that of Lord Frederick North, EU altogether. they argue he made a succession of mistakes that the relationship. Now, all the primary foundations of that stabil- who stepped down as premier in 1782 allowed the currents to create this shipwreck, and so is ity have gone or been massively diluted.” —AFP after losing the battle for Britain’s American ‘Fed up with personally culpable,” wrote Patrick Wintour, political edi- colonies. Effing Tories’ tor of the Guardian newspaper, this week. Cameron would likely have to offer par- Although Cameron can- British newspapers report that Conservative lawmak- liament a vote on whether it still had celled Prime Minister’s ers have started to have discreet discussions about what All articles appearing on these confidence in his government if Questions Wednesday to action they would take against Cameron if Scotland Scotland voted to leave, said constitu- shuttle up to Scotland, he votes in favour of independence. But Cameron’s minis- pages are the personal opinion of tional historian John Barnes. If he lost himself has largely stayed out ters and the main opposition Labour party would also the writers. Kuwait Times takes no this, his government would fall. “I of the referendum debate and face harsh criticism in the event of a “Yes” vote as they responsibility for views expressed think he can do no less than that has not debated directly with have all supported “No” - and this could work in his therein. Kuwait Times invites read- because otherwise somebody is Scotland’s fiery First Minister Alex favour. Vernon Bogdanor, a leading academic who going to try to move that he is Salmond, leader of the “Yes” cam- taught Cameron when he was a student at Oxford ers to voice their opinions. Please removed as Prime Minister,” Barnes paign. This is largely because of the University, wrote in the Daily Telegraph yesterday that send submissions via email to: opin- told BBC radio. Losing Scotland after a Conservatives’ unpopularity north of finance minister George Osborne, his most likely [email protected] or via snail 300-year union would represent a the border, where they have only one replacement, would be seen as “equally complicit”. major loss of global status for Britain. lawmaker out of 59. Many Scots still “Mr Cameron, therefore, would probably stagger on, mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. The country represents a third of lament the impact of free market but his credibility would be gravely diminished, and he The editor reserves the right to edit Britain’s landmass and houses the coun- reforms implemented by Margaret would be landed, however unfairly, with the soubriquet any submission as necessary. try’s nuclear deterrent, while 10 out of Thatcher in the 1980s on industries of ‘the Prime Minister who lost Scotland’,” he wrote. “He Cameron’s 52 predecessors as premier have such as steel and coal mining. would become a political cripple.” —AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS

Pumas seek their first Australia Grand Prix posts New signings could fire Rugby Championship a record $55 million loss United back to Europe MELBOURNE: The 2014 Australian Grand Prix posted a record MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s transfer window spending spree can help GOLD COAST: Argentina have made three changes to their run-on team to face the A$59.97 million ($55 million) loss amid soaring costs and declining restore their attacking flair and spark a renewed challenge for a Champions Wallabies on Saturday, with both wingers paying the price for poor performances against revenue, government officials said yesterday. The loss, subsidized by League spot, according to their former England player Paul Scholes. United, New Zealand last weekend. The Pumas are still seeking their first Rugby Championship taxpayers in Victoria, the host state of the Melbourne Formula One winners of a record 20 English League titles, including 13 since the Premier win after 15 attempts and have an uphill battle on the Gold Coast, with lock Tomas race, outstrips last year’s deficit of A$50.7 million by over 18 percent. League was launched in the 1992/93 season, finished seventh last season and Lavanini suspended after being cited in the 28-9 defeat by the All Blacks. The youthful Sales revenue was down A$2 million while expenditure was up A$7.5 failed to qualify for European competition. They are without a competitive win Matias Alemanno takes his place in the only alteration to their powerful forward pack. million, Victoria’s Major Events minister Louise Asher told reporters. in four games under new Dutch manager Louis Van Gaal this season. Scholes Wingers Horacio Agulla and Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino are the main casualties from the The race, which has traditionally opened the F1 season, has recorded last match following a disappointing game in Napier, with Juan Imhoff and believes the club’s outlay of over 150 million pounds A$50 million-plus losses for a number of years, sparking a backlash Manuel Montero preferred against the Wallabies. Coach Daniel Hourcade has ($241.97 million) on six internationals, including from local critics who see it as a waste of public money. The controver- stuck with his dangerous halves pairing of Martin Landajo and Nicolas Argentina winger Angel Di Maria and on-loan Colombia sy was brushed aside last month, however, when the state’s Liberal-led Sanchez, who has proven to be a damaging attacker. Although Argentina striker Radamel Falcao, will see United back in Europe government inked a new five-year deal with Formula One manage- have suffered three straight losses, they pushed South Africa all the way in again. “The calibre of player we have brought in is top ment to keep the race in Melbourne until 2020. Local politicians from their opening two Tests and their strength remains in the scrum. They go quality, like Di Maria and Falcao,” Scholes told both major parties have long justified the costs on the claimed eco- into Saturday’s game looking to dominate through their punishing MUTV. “These are proper players. We just have nomic impact and branding effect the race has for the state. “The front-row of Ramiro Herrera, captain Agustin Creevy and Marcos to find a way of getting them all in the same Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix alone generates between 351 and 411 Ayerza. The Pumas also boast back-row strength with No.8 team, playing well and scoring goals - which we full-time equivalent jobs and up to A$39 million in economic benefits Leonardo Senatore, Juan Manuel Leguizamon and former skip- have struggled to do a little bit. “Defensively, we as well as up to A$35 million in media or advertising-equivalent,” a per Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe. Argentina last triumphed haven’t been great either so he (Van Gaal) needs over the Wallabies in 1997 and it has been more than 30 statement released by Asher’s office said. Critics have strongly ques- to sort that out. —Reuters years since they have beaten them in Australia. — AFP tioned the accuracy of those figures. —Reuters

SAILING All hands on deck as Ainslie prepares Cup challenge

LONDON: Ben Ainslie is the most successful the same answer I would give you in a cou- on. “It’s crazy really. We had such a successful Olympic sailor of all time but he said he might ple of years time.” race last time, we needed the continuity to not necessarily helm Britain’s America’s Cup keep the momentum going.” With Australian challenge in 2017, despite being the team Whirlwind life Spithill saying the next America’s Cup will see boss. Ainslie, who won medals at five consecu- Since entering for the 35th America’s Cup the “toughest lineup ever”, Ainslie said it tive Olympics and gold in the last four, is busy with his Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) team, life has would “massive” for Britain to bring home the with the colossal task of putting together a been a whirlwind. “I reckon recreational sailors Cup to where it all began in 1851. At his side British boat capable of beating Team Oracle, are seeing more of the water than me this will be Jonathan ‘Jono’ Macbeth, a three-times the American outfit he masterminded to one year,” said Ainslie, whose first taste of the America’s Cup winner and who was part of the of the greatest sporting comebacks in San America’s Cup was with Team New Zealand in Oracle crew last year. Francisco last year. 2007. “There have been a few moments where The 37-year-old said at least five of his I thought, ‘yeah it’s great to get out of the British strength eight-man crew will be British and such is the office’. But that was always the plan, to set the Kiwi Macbeth, who holds a British passport, talent pool in a nation steeped in sailing tradi- team up, get the funding, the designers the is BAR’s Sailing Team Manager and if it was tion that he said he might not even be steer- sailors.” down to him alone, there would only be one ing the boat when action begins at a venue Funding what is often called Formula 1 on person at the helm in 2017. “The guy has five still to be decided. “We are a British team,” the waves is a tough proposition for the team Olympics medals so it would have to be some- Ainslie told Reuters at a news conference on principal and his board - a situation he said one pretty special to come along and take the Tuesday also featuring Oracle skipper Jimmy was more difficult because of delays in nam- helm from him,” Macbeth joked. “I don’t know. Spithill and Dean Barker, whose Team New ing where the Challenge Match will actually Ben and I will discuss it and we will be doing Zealand crew snatched defeat from the jaws of take place in 2017. San Diego and Bermuda what’s right for the team.” Macbeth, a grinder victory a year ago, having led 8-1. are the two favorites. There are even ongoing on the decks of Oracle, said he had been over- “That’s important to us that we are seen rumors that the 62-foot wing-sailed catamaran whelmed by interest in BAR. “Britain is incredi- to be so. We are very fortunate that it hap- yachts could be ditched for smaller ones. bly patriotic about sailing,” he said. “My inbox is pens that the key guys we identified were Ainslie clearly finds it frustrating. “In an ideal full constantly of British sailors asking what can British, both in the design and sailing front. world, 12 months down the road it would be I do to get involved. “This is by far the strongest “We have a mixture of guys, some with expe- nice to have a venue and a date set in stone British team that has ever been presented and rience of previous Cup campaigns and some but for a number of different reasons that has- we have some amazing sailors coming on younger talent coming through, particularly n’t happened,” he said. board. We have seven sailors at the moment British talent who race in 49ers and classes “The great thing is, the teams are coming LONDON: America’s Cup skippers (left to right) Jimmy Spithill of Oracle Team USA, Max and five are British. “Come race day it will be a like that. It’s about putting a group together together to rectify that. Probably more impor- Sirena of Luna Rossa, Franck Cammas of Team France and Nathan Outteridge of Artemis 90-95 percent British team.” The America’s Cup’s and working out how the relationships work. tant for the future, so that after this next race Racing, (left to right front) Ben Ainslie of Ben Ainslie Racing and Dean Barker of Emirates preliminary series, known as the World Series, “If we were going racing tomorrow I would we will know what the boat will be, what the Team New Zealand pose for photographers along with the trophy following a press confer- will take place at various venues in 2015 and be steering the boat, but maybe that’s not venue will be and get a structure in place early ence for the 35th America’s Cup in London, on September 9, 2014. — AFP 2016 using smaller AC45s. — Reuters

RUGBYL-SUPER PREVIEW Saints aiming to make no mistake the second time

LEEDS: Within touching distance of the League Leader’s Shield, St Helens were brought crashing down to earth - and Anthony Laffranchi expects a response when they get a second bite of the cherry. The Saints are still top of the Super League table heading into the final round of reg- ular-season fixtures, despite a humbling 39-12 home defeat to Warrington Wolves last Thursday. However, victory at Huddersfield Giants on Friday will ensure they finish there - and claim the Shield for the first time since 2008. Former Gold Coast Titans man Laffranchi has not yet experienced a Grand Final in his three seasons at Langtree Park and he knows that is the ultimate goal. However, the 33-year-old insists topping the table come the end of this weekend is the perfect way to set themselves up for a tilt at the title. “It is a goal we set out to do and it is one we Handre Pollard can achieve,” said Laffranchi. “We want to be going into the play-offs with some confidence South Africa pit novice and a bit of momentum. “The Giants are going well and they are there or thereabouts and if fly-half against All Blacks they win, they can climb up the ladder a bit. “To the team’s credit, we have done well to maintain Anthony Laffranchi WELLINGTON: South Africa will field players now have an opportunity to rec- it and I think it will be quite rewarding for every- fledgling international fly-half Handre tify those against the toughest opponent one to get league leaders and then we will re- Pollard against New Zealand in the only in world rugby,” Meyer said. assess. I suppose to re-pay the fans and the S Korean shooter Jin wins squad for all the hard work we have put in. change to their line-up for Saturday’s “Against a team like Warrington, too much ball Quota sidestepped world title, breaks record Rugby Championship clash. Pollard, with and they just come back at you. It was an impor- only three Tests under his belt, has been The coach sidestepped questions tant game for us and we probably had guys SEOUL: Triple Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh Sport Federation’s (ISSF)’s official website. thrust into the crucial game-maker role about a South African Rugby Union plan making uncharacteristic errors. We fell short but will be on a high heading into this month’s The 34-year-old won 50m team gold at the ahead of the veteran Morne Steyn who to increase the number of non-white I suppose the beauty of it is that it didn’t jeop- Asian Games in Incheon after breaking a long- 2010 World Championships in Munich, and 10m was omitted from the squad. Coach players in the Springboks so that they ardize our position. “We have dusted ourselves standing record and winning the 50 meters pis- and 50m team gold at the Asian Games in Heyneke Meyer admitted the move comprise 50 percent of the team by the off and we have really learned from our mis- tol event at the shooting world championships. Guangzhou the same year. would surprise some Springbok fans but 2019 season.”I’m just here to coach. I’m takes. It’s back to reality now. We have got The South Korean scored a combined 583 “Winning the world championship title is a said he wanted to blood Pollard in a just here to serve my country and do the another game up our belt and it is a good lesson points on the way to winning the title in great achievement for me,” added Jin, who high-pressure game ahead of next year’s best for the Springboks,” he said, adding for us to learn.” Granada on Tuesday, breaking the world record scored 192.3 points in the final and hopes to win Rugby World Cup, predicting the 20- “I’ve got enough worries of my own” try- Elsewhere Warrington visit Wigan Warriors set by Russian Alexander Melentiev at the 1980 a fourth Olympic gold in 2016. “The road to Rio year-old could be “a big force” at the ing to defeat the All Blacks on Saturday. today night fresh from the news that Trent Olympics by two points. It was a first individual is still long. I will have to shoot well in the next tournament. Meyer was more verbose in his praise of Waterhouse will part company with the club at world title for Jin, who won 50m pistol gold at two years to be there.” He also said Pollard’s selection was Springbok captain Jean de Villiers, who the end of the season. Waterhouse, who joined the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and also added the India’s Jitu Rai won silver after scoring 191.1 unconventional and might wrong-foot will on Saturday become the fifth South Warrington in 2012 after a decade with Penrith 10m title at the London Games. “Every time I points in the final and China’s Pang Wei took the All Blacks, a team he described as the African to play 100 Tests. “When the big Panthers, may now call time on his rugby league shot a match, ever since I started competing, I bronze (172.6). The shooting competition at the pace-setters of world rugby. “It is a big names in South African rugby are men- career altogether. However, if the 33-year-old have been trying to reach that result. It feels 17th Asian Games in Incheon, west of Seoul, call but if we don’t do it now we’re never tioned, Jean will forever be among them,” decides to find a new club in 2015 Wolves head awesome,” Jin told the International Shooting starts on Sept 20. — Reuters going to know what he can do and I Meyer said. coach Tony Smith has vowed to support him. “If think this is the right game to do it,” “Jean is not only an extremely good he wants to keep playing, that’s good, I don’t retire anybody,” said Aussie Smith. “He under- Meyer told reporters. “He’s a different rugby player, but he’s also one of the stood why I couldn’t renew his contract but, if he greatest captains I’ve ever worked with. type of player and you need something wants to keep playing, I’ll support him every different if you’re going to beat New “Jean is also a true ambassador for South step of the way.” Zealand. I don’t think you’re going to Africa. To see how he is respected all over Hull KR finish off the weekend’s action with a beat the All Blacks if you just do the con- the world, is truly humbling and our fel- visit to Wakefield Wildcats and Papua New ventional.” low countrymen can be proud of him.” Guinea international Jason Chan is hoping to Meyer praised Steyn, 30, who has Two of South Africa’s other centurions, bow out on a high. The Rovers cannot reach the scored more points (31) than any other Victor Matfield (114 Tests) and Bryan play-offs after defeat to Catalan Dragons on South African against the All Blacks, as “a Habana, who reached the milestone last Sunday and Chan, who plans to return to great kicking fly-half” but said Pollard’s weekend against Australia in Perth, will Australia at the end of the season, regrets not inclusion was about adding depth to the also be playing Saturday. The other two pushing them closer to the top eight. “I’d love to squad. Steyn’s omission was the only Springboks to play 100 Tests are John have helped Rovers reach the play-offs,” he said. change in the side that was beaten nar- Smit (111) and Percy Montgomery (102). “We have a cracking squad and good coaching rowly 24-23 by Australia last week. “It’s South Africa and New Zealand have team. “It’s a great club to be at and I’d love to be also good for continuity to have an played each other 87 times since 1921, involved in the play-offs, but it wasn’t to be. I’ve enjoyed my time at Rovers, they have treated me GRANADA: Slovakia’s Erik Varga celebrates after winning the Trap Men final during the almost unchanged side. We know where with the Springboks winning 34, losing 51st ISSF World Championship in Granada yesterday. — AFP we made mistakes last weekend and the 50 and three were drawn. — AFP really well.” — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS Nishikori loses US Open, wins $940,000 bonus

TOKYO: Japanese tennis sensation Kei Nishikori rival Zara and H&M, and has opened flagship stores may have lost the US Open final, but he has won a at prestigious addresses in London, New York and $940,000 special bonus from a sponsor delighted Shanghai, as well as at home in Tokyo. Nishikori about seeing its brand splashed across screens became the first Japanese and the first Asian man worldwide. Fast Retailing and its charismatic to play in a Gland Slam singles final, after defeating President Tadashi Yanai will each give 50 million yen world number-one Novak Djokovic, who is also to the 24-year-old tournament runner-up, who lost sponsored by Uniqlo. in straight sets to Croatian giant Marin Cilic. The Nishikori’s performance in New York led the casual-clothing firm, which operates the Uniqlo news in Japan for days and dominated all sorts of brand, saw a run on shirts worn by Japan’s best television programs and newspapers, with the male tennis star during the tournament at Flushing semifinal between Nishikori and Djokovic touted as Meadows, which feature the cheap-chic brand’s a showdown between two Uniqlo players. Even logo. The firm wanted to congratulate the athlete after the youngster came undone in the final, and celebrate his achievement, and to reward him crushed by Cilic 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, his cheerful but hum- for boosting both Uniqlo’s brand image and the ble demeanour further endeared him to Japanese morale of its workers, a company spokesman said. fans. The final between the two younger stars was “We wanted to celebrate his historic achieve- also seen as a possible signal of the end of domi- ment,” he said. The bonus “was also meant to show nance by the Big 4 - Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael our continued support as he aims to be the world’s Nadal, and Andy Murray. It also showcased a possi- number one,” he said. The bonus comes on top of a ble future without established sports brands like runner-up’s purse of $1.45 million. Fast Retailing has Nike or Adidas, with Cilic wearing shirts from been working to make itself a top global brand to Kei Nishikori of Japan China’s Li-Ning sport brand. — AFP The End of an era for a shattered village team

PARIS: The tiny French village football team of (federation president Noel) Le Graet, who confirmed ex-Toulouse player, who had been at Luzenac for Luzenac, denied permission to play in the second to us that Luzenac could play in CFA 2. “We did all we two seasons, added: “I feel a lot of sadness about division yesterday disbanded their first team while could to get back into National. I became president what’s been done over recent years. “They’re send- French World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien and majority shareholder. Everything’s stalled, as ing us to DHR with a great kick up the bum. In two Barthez stepped down as managing director. well as the budget. “We take the list of pros and cons weeks, we’ll no longer speak about Luzenac. Luzenac refused to play in the amateur French and there’s no comparison. For the shareholders, it “The players, like many people in France, will go championship (CFA 2), as proposed by the French was not the same project to play in CFA 2. We sug- down to the dole office.” Luzenac (pop. 649) had football federation, Barthez said. The club will con- gested to Luzenac townhall and the town’s sporting caught the public’s attention with their fairytale rise tinue to exist in the DHR (division d’honneur association to play in CFA 2, but they refused.” from obscurity, winning promotion from the third regionale), the amateur seventh division, with the Luzenac’s erstwhile midfielder Nicolas Dieuze tier of French football last season. The Professional second team now becoming the first team. “I’m earlier bemoaned the stark fact that many players Football League (LFP) since ruled that they could not pulling out of the club from today with (president) were now unemployed. “The second team becomes take their place in Ligue 2 because their ground did Jerome Ducros,” Barthez said after meeting with his the first team. The players are freed from their con- not conform to the required safety standards. Last players. tracts and are now in the jobmarket,” he told AFP. season, the club from the Pyrenees, whose own COLOMBO: In this file photo, Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal successfully appeals for “You need to know when to say ‘stop’, when you “Who would have thought that five months after Stade Paul Fedou has only one stand and 400 seats, the wicket of Sri Lankan batsman Dhammika Prasad. Top Pakistani off-spinner Saeed can no longer struggle. We can no longer struggle.” our promotion to Ligue 2, we’d be saying goodbye played their home games at nearby Foix, where the Ajmal has been suspended from international cricket after tests found his bowling Barthez added: “We were received this morning by to each other in a car park?” lamented Dieuze. The capacity was just 3,000. —AFP action was illegal. — AFP

CRICKET No quick technology fix for problem bowlers: ICC

MELBOURNE: The ICC is cautiously optimistic and senior manager at Australia’s cricket board. that wearable sensors can provide the techno- The mounting of the sensors also has yet to logical breakthrough needed to stamp out ille- be perfected so the data cannot be compro- gal bowling actions but does not expect them mised to an intolerable extent. “If you’re in a to be ready for trial in matches before mid-2015. match situation, the mounting of the sensors of Geoff Allardice, the International Cricket the arm has to be so that they don’t shift posi- Council’s general manager of cricket said in an tion. If they do, then the calibration is disturbed,” interview yesterday that there has been lots of added the Australian. The sensors have already progress in using the technology but stumbling been tested on youth cricketers, with players at blocks remain to deploying it in matches. the Under-19 World Cup in Dubai providing data The ICC on Tuesday banned off-spinner during net sessions. Crunching the data still Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan’s most prolific test wicket- required the support of video analysis which, taker among active players, after biomechanic despite advances in digital image resolution, tests found all his deliveries broke the limit for remains a process clouded by subjectivity. straightening of the elbow joint. The latest in a The third phase of the program is set to kick string of suspensions for internationals over off at Australia’s National Cricket Centre in their bowling actions, Ajmal’s ban has fanned Brisbane next week and is likely to entail far fears that ‘chucking’ is rife at the highest level of more time poring over data in laboratories than the game but it has also been applauded as a putting bowlers through their paces. If the final timely crackdown on a highly contentious and phase proves successful and the sensors are often elusive problem. Where umpires have ready to be road-tested in matches, their appli- often been reluctant to report their suspicions cation is likely to open up a whole new can of to match officials, the ICC hopes technology can worms, Allardice conceded. Keeping the devices eliminate subjectivity from the equation, mak- powered and capable of feeding data to officials ing violations clear-cut through measured, real- on and off the field will take “a lot of engineer- TOULOUSE: The President of the Luzenac Ariege Pyrenees (LAP) football club Jerome Ducros (right) is pictured with players during a visit of time data. The ICC has been working with ing”. How the data is shared - whether after each French Junior Minister for Sports in the Creps sports center after the Toulouse administrative court yesterday refused the club’s appeal against Australian researchers to develop wearable bowl, at the end of each over or after a day’s the ruling of the French Professional Football League (LFP). — AFP “inertial” sensors that can measure bowlers’ play - is also likely to be a matter of fierce debate actions against the permissible limit for over between the ICC and stakeholders. two years. The program has reached key mile- stones and is now in its third and final phase but Decision maker US, Lithuania storm into challenges remain, believes Allardice. “There’s a “In terms of absolute accuracy, the question fair bit of work to do before we’re going to be is whether it could be used as a sole decision able to use them in a match setting,” he said. maker on the field,” Allardice said. “It’s too early “This next stage is probably going to take 18 to tell.” Though technology has been credited for Basketball WCup semis months to two years. You wouldn’t expect it to making the game fairer, it has also been blamed be trialled in a match setting until mid-2015 at for some howling decisions that have irked play- the earliest. “But the science is encouraging.” ers, fans and officials alike. The Decision Review BARCELONA: Lithuania will face holders the United States in a repeat of their a 119-76 thrashing of Slovenia. Lithuania, who finished third at the 2010 System, which employs video and audio tech- World Cup semi-final four years ago after both came safely through their quar- Worlds in Turkey, made 10-of-19 three-pointers and will take on the winners of Fine line nologies to verify or correct decisions by ter-finals on Tuesday. 2010 semi-finalists Lithuania beat the beaten finalists the later quarter-final in Barcelona between the reigning champions United The sensors, which are attached to the umpires out in the field, has proved controver- from four years ago Turkey 73-61 in Tuesday’s first quarter-final in Barcelona States and Slovenia. Renaldas Seibutis was one of three Lithuanians who made bowler’s upper arm and forearm have reached sial and India, the game’s most powerful associa- and the Americans breezed through to join them later at the same venus with three three-pointers in scoring a team-high 19 points while Jonas Valanciunas the point where they can successfully detect the tion, refuses its use in any bilateral series involv- collected 12 points and 13 rebounds. Martynas Pocius had 13 points and moment when a ball is released in a delivery. ing the national team. Allardice said the national Darjus Lavrinovic added 11 for the winners, who got 28 points from their While that much is already useful in analysis, the associations would be queuing up to use the sensors still lack the capability to measure the wearable sensors if they proved effective, how- reserves compared to just six points for Turkey’s bench. Turkey were paced by arm’s straightness during the bowling arc, a key ever. “It really is to help the game of cricket, it 13 points from Kerem Gonlum while Omer Asik had 11 points and 10 to determining the fine line between a legal won’t be a money-making exercise,” he said. “We rebounds. The Turks made just 3-of-18 three-pointers (17 percent). action and chucking. “At this stage we’re looking see that it might be useful for teams who can “I’m very proud of my players despite all the problems we had at the begin- to automatically detect the position of the arm take it to training sessions. “The member boards ning. We did a great job,” said Lithuania coach Jonas Kazlauskas, who had to at the release with some software that is receiv- of the ICC are all grappling with how to deal deal with losing his starting point guard Mantas Kalnietis just days before the ing the signals from the sensors... and how to with and identify bowlers with (problems). “Not start of the tournament. “When we lost Kalnietis, I was thinking that would be capture that without any (competing) informa- just in the peak competitions but also in the a huge problem. He’s everything for this team. I’m very happy how we’re play- tion,” said Allardice, a former first-class batsman grades below.” — Reuters ing without him.” Turkey started very strong, especially Emir Preldzic and Asik, in opening up a 14-6 lead. Valanciunas did all he could to keep Lithuania in the game though they trailed 18-13 after one quarter. Top seed Lisicki in With Asik, who was playing despite suffering from flu, on the bench for a breather, Lithuania used a mismatch with big man Lavrinovic hanging out beyond the stripe and nailing three three-pointers as the Baltic side grabbed a Hong Kong hurry 24-23 lead. The Lithuanians were up 33-28 at the break. Jonas Maciulis’s three early in the second half pushed the lead to 36-28. Turkey charged back with a HONG KONG: Top seed Sabine Lisicki kept Former French Open champion Italy’s 12-0 run to grab a 40-36 lead. Seibutis ended the scoring drought with a three- her cool on a searing night Wednesday to Francesca Schiavone reached the quarter- pointer and then Pocius added two more three-pointers in helping Lithuania power past Grace Min 6-1, 6-1 and into the finals when her veteran opponent, 44-year- take a 47-44 lead after three quarters. Turkey went the first two minutes of the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open. old Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, was fourth without a point as the Baltic side pushed the lead to 51-44 and another Lisicki had spent almost two-and-a-half sap- forced to retire at 4-0 down in the second Seibutis triple made it 56-48. ping hours on court the previous night in set with a shoulder injury. Schiavone had The Lithuanians continued to use their long range shooting to extend the getting past Romania’s Monica Niculescu in taken the first 6-3. lead out to 64-51 with under four minutes to play. Turkey could not get closer three sets, but was in a big hurry 24 hours Earlier, second seed Daniela Hantuchova than eight points the rest of the way. The Americans reached the semis thanks later. The German sealed the second-round completed the first-round action by brushing to a huge second half, with Klay Thompson leading six US players in double victory over her American opponent in just aside local wildcard Zhang Ling 6-1, 6-4. figures with 20 points. Kenneth Faried had 14 points and 10 rebounds and 40 minutes as the mercury nudged 33 World number 51 Hantuchova, who will now Anthony Davis picked up 13 points and 11 rebounds. degrees celsius under the Victoria Park meet 20-year-old Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck The Americans used their superior size and fast break style throughout the floodlights. “Last night was a tough match,” in the second round on Thursday, was satis- game. The US out-rebounded Slovenia 54-38 including 24 offensive rebounds said Lisicki. “I eventually found my rhythm fied with her opening performance despite for US, who picked up 42 fast break points to just six for Slovenia. Slovenia and I was able to take that into today.” suffering in the blazing afternoon sunshine in jumped ahead 8-4 but the lead was short lived as the Americans went on an The world number 31 will now have a the second set and having to leave court to 11-2 run and pushed the advantage to 11 points. It was 29-22 in favor of the day off before playing China’s Zheng Sasai change her sweat-soaked kit. “It was definitely on Friday for a place in the last four after the hottest conditions I have played in and I US after 10 minutes. The lead regularly was 12 points before Slovenia trimmed Zheng ousted the number six seed Yanina suppose this was the reason why my concen- it to 49-42 at the break. Wickmayer of Belgium in the biggest upset tration slipped a little bit at the start of the Slovenia trimmed the margin to 49-44 early in the third quarter before the of the day. Wickmayer is ranked 62, 40 second set,” Hantuchova said. “It was impossi- BARCELONA: Turkey’s forward Cenk Akyol (right) vies with Lithuania’s Americans blew the game open with a 37-22 quarter to lead 86-64 after 30 places above her Chinese opponent, but she ble to stay on court. My dress was heavy and centre Jonas Valanciunas (left) and Lithuania’s forward Simas Jasaitis minutes, ending all doubts. “We had a seven-point lead and defensively, we became the third of eight seeded players to about a metre long (with sweat) and I had to during the 2014 FIBA World basketball championships quarter-final wanted to come out and do better. They stayed in the game for 25 minutes,” fall in the inaugural $250,000 WTA event. change. The change helped me.” — AFP match Lithuania vs Turkey at the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona said American guard Stephen Curry. The other two quarter-finals - Serbia vs on September 9, 2014. — AFP Brazil and France against Spain - were played yesterday. — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS

ASIAN GAMES Gold glitters for India despite turmoil

NEW DELHI: India are seeking a record Asian Games medal haul despite a chaotic build-up, with their jumbo squad slashed at the last minute, their boxers under a cloud and top athletes either South Korea ‘Big injured or opting out. With just 10 days to go, the intended travel- ling party of 942 athletes and officials was cut by nearly a third in Dragon’ chases a cost-saving move which discarded 146 competitors seen as hav- ing little chance of a medal. Separately India’s boxers, led by mul- badminton gold tiple world champion Mary Kom, face the prospect of not being able to fight under the national flag following a row with the International Boxing Association. SEOUL: When your parents give you a name like “Big Star boxer Vijender Singh is out injured, while Olympic medal- Dragon,” chances are they expect great things from winning wrestler Sushil Kumar and India’s number one tennis you. South Korea’s top badminton player Lee Yong-dae player Somdev Devvarman are both concentrating on other com- has not let them down. Lee won the mixed doubles petitions. In a further blow to tennis hopes, doubles specialists crown as a 20-year-old at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza were granted per- with Lee Hyo-jung, and a bronze at the 2012 London mission by the All-India Tennis Association on Wednesday to skip Games in men’s doubles with Jung Jae-sung. the Games. India will not even compete in its strongest sport, Ranked number one in the world in men’s doubles cricket, because the Indian board refuses to take part in multi-dis- with Yoo Yeon-seong, who he only partnered with last cipline events. year, Lee now aims to grab his first Asian Games gold after settling for silver and bronze medals in Guangzhou in 2010 and Doha four years earlier. With his boyish good looks and squeaky-clean image, Lee has almost single-handedly raised badminton’s profile in South Korea, which hosts the Asian Games in Incheon, west of Seoul, from Sept. 19 to Oct 4. Dubbed “Wink Boy” by Korean media for his cheeky pose to the television cameras after winning gold in Beijing, Lee took up badminton at the age of eight at home in Hwasun County. “In the summer vacation of second grade I began to feel I was a too fat so wanted to do some exercise to lose weight,” he told badminton website Victor (www.victorsport.com). Located in South Jeolla Province at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula, rural Hwasun is extremely proud of its favorite son. “Although Hwasun is a small place the locals are very willing to invest and have built a Lee Mary Kom Yong Dae Memorial Hall and Lee Yong Dae Sports Organizational headaches are not new to India, whose ath- Stadium, for which I am very grateful,” he said. At the letes marched under a neutral flag at this year’s Winter Olympics National Training Center in Taeneung earlier this following the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association. And month, Lee said Incheon represented his last chance to despite the problems, India are bullish about their prospects at win Asian Games gold. “This will be my third Asian the Asian Games, a 36-sport spectacular in Incheon, South Korea Games and probably my last,” he told local media. “I’ve which will open on September 19. “I am very optimistic we will always felt sad that I haven’t managed to win gold at get 70-75 medals, if not more,” declared Jiji Thomson, the director- the Asian Games.” general of the state-run Sports Authority of India (SAI). “The squad has been picked keeping medals in mind.” Missed doping tests Boxers in dark over flag However, Lee’s Asian Games dreams, not to men- India’s best Asian Games performance was winning 65 medals, tion his reputation, looked to have been shattered in including 14 golds, four years ago in Guangzhou, when they were January when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) coming off hosting the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.Even announced he had been hit with a one-year ban for this left them just sixth on the medals table, far behind China’s missing doping tests. The notion that the lovable Lee, 199 golds and one place behind Kazakhstan-not a large return for who had fronted a nationwide ‘Thank you, Mum’ cam- a country of 1.2 billion. India will take part in 28 disciplines after paign after the London Games, could be a drugs cheat others including bowling, karate, modern pentathlon, rugby, soft left Korean sports fans in a state of shock and legal tennis and triathlon were axed on Tuesday in the sports ministry’s experts were called in to help clear his name. cull. Their boxers will not know until a few days before the Games Three months later the BWF reversed the ban, open in Incheon whether they will compete under the national expunging Lee’s record after new evidence came to flag-if they are allowed in at all. The International Boxing light. South Korea’s badminton association admitted Association, which suspended the Indian federation in 2012 due the situation had arisen due to their administrative to election malpractice, wants polls to a provisional body to be errors and that Lee and Kim Ki-jung, who had also held by September 11. been banned, were not at fault. Lee has been in blister- “If elections are not held on that day or ratified by the world ing form since returning to competition and, despite body, our boxers will not be allowed to participate under the losing out in the final of the men’s doubles at the Indian flag,” said SAI’s Thomson. India’s boxers may not be able to recent BWF World Championships, he will be a hot compete at all if they are not given permission to appear as inde- pendents by the Olympic Council of Asia, the body behind the favorite to win gold on home soil this month. Lee and Asian Games. India may also suffer from the loss of cue sports, Yoo lost to compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek- chess and roller sports, the source of eight of their medals in cheol in the world championships final in Guangzhou, which are no longer part of the Asiad schedule. Copenhagen, leaving Lee with his third silver medal after finishing runner-up in 2007 and 2009. Kabaddi kings Lee, who also has two bronze medals from the 2009 Five of India’s 14 gold medals in 2010 came from track and and 2011 world championships, said his long wait for a field, but they fared poorly at this year’s Glasgow Commonwealth gold medal had started to play on his mind in the Games where discus-thrower Vikas Gowda was their only winner. finals. “This was my third silver medal at the world India’s first and only Olympic individual gold medalist, Abhinav championships,” Yonhap News agency quoted Lee as Bindra, leads a strong shooting squad even though China and saying. “No matter how hard I try, I find myself becom- hosts South Korea are runaway favorites in most events on the ing conscious of that. I think Sung-hyun and Baek-che- ranges. At Guangzhou, India won just one gold medal in shooting ol were more relaxed than our team.” With two silver through double-trap marksman Ronjan Sodhi. But the hockey and two bronze medals from the Asian Games already team’s Australian coach Terry Walsh, encouraged by their second- in his possession, South Korea will hope Lee’s desire for place finish in Glasgow, is hoping to end the country’s Asian gold does not cloud his focus in Incheon. “We’ll try to Games drought in a sport it once ruled. learn from this experience and hopefully we can per- The eight-time Olympic champions have won the Asiad title JAKARTA: Indonesian sepak takraw players take part in a practice session in Jakarta ahead of the 17th Asian form better if we reach the final at the Asian Games,” just twice, both times in Bangkok in 1966 and 1998. In compari- Games in Incheon from September 19 to October 4. Indonesia is targeting their medal hopes in sepak takraw in he added. — Reuters son, arch-rivals Pakistan have eight golds to their credit. As an the top Asian sporting event. — AFP extra incentive, the winner of the 10-nation hockey competition will gain a direct entry to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Indian badminton is banking on PV Sindhu, a semi-finalist at the recent world championships, and world number seven Saina Gymnastics World Champions Nehwal to break China’s stranglehold in the sport. There is at least one sport in which India will shine-kabaddi, the home- grown wrestling-style discipline in which they have won every Asiad title so far. — AFP cast shadow over Asian Games

China set to crank BEIJING: China’s dominance of the gymnastics hold on the team’s event having finished sec- She is the highest-ranked Asian in the sport, The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) competition at the Asian Games is expected to ond behind them in the past two Olympics. The though will face a tough challenge from China’s decided not to send any gymnasts after Caesar up the gold medal continue unabated despite their sport’s officials rhythmic gymnastics will also be affected by Deng Senyue, who pipped her for two individ- failed to make the all-around final at the recent conceding they were sending what was essen- their own world championships, which are in ual apparatus medals at last year’s Asian Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and BOA machine again tially a ‘B’ team to compete at Incheon. While Izmir, Turkey from Sept. 22-28 with the Asian Championships, even though Son won the all- official Rafiqul Islam told Bangladesh’s Daily Star the Chinese have won 123 of the 175 gold Games competition held on Oct 1-2. South around title. While the powerhouses have cho- the 23-year-old’s future selection depended on medals awarded since artistic gymnastics was Korea’s Son Yeon-jae, who finished fifth at the sen to concentrate on the world champi- a better performance at Incheon. Malaysia’s BEIJING: With huge resources, a Soviet-style sports regime introduced at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, London Olympics, will rush from Turkey to onships, several of the smaller nations have Gymnastics Federation also opted not to send geared to churning out champions and an insatiable desire their priority this year is on the world champi- Incheon where she is the hot favorite to win been beset by selection squabbles and con- any male athletes to Incheon, prompting an to win gold, the question is not whether China will top the onships, scheduled for Nanning from Oct 3-12, gold in the all-around competition. The 20-year- cerns over continued funding if they do not angry outburst by Mohd Hamzaruddin Nordin, medal standings at the Incheon Asian Games but by how rather than the pan-continental competition. old became the first Korean to win a rhythmic perform in Korea. Bangladesh’s London who failed to qualify for an apparatus final in much. China has reigned supreme since finishing top of the Chinese media have said that multiple gymnastics medal when she took bronze in Olympian Quazi Syque Caesar, who was born Glasgow. “It’s very disappointing. Sometimes, it table at the Asian Games it hosted in 1990 and sent records Olympic champion Zou Kai will headline their Guangzhou and become one of Korea’s more and raised in the United States, was only includ- can’t just all be about medals. We need to gain tumbling ever since. contingent for the Sept 21-25 competition in high-profile athletes where she tops polls as the ed in the team after intervention by the coun- some experience too,” he was quoted as saying Still basking in the runaway success of the 2008 Beijing Incheon, where 14 gold medals are up for country’s favourite athlete. try’s sports minister. by the Malaysian Star last month. —Reuters Olympics, China reaped a record 416 medals at the last Asian grabs. Zou, who won three gold medals at the Games at home in Guangzhou, with its tally of 199 gold 2008 Beijing Olympics, was dropped from medals nearly three times the haul of runners-up South China’s team for the 2010 Asian Games in Korea. Set to unleash a mammoth delegation of 899 mem- Guangzhou because of his apparent weakness Bling dynasty! China hope bers on Incheon, the Games’ largest, China will look to in events that did not make him a contender for eclipse that mark again while providing a report card on their the all-around title. He returned to the team in athletes’ progress halfway through the Olympic cycle. 2011 and then defended his Olympic floor title swim king Sun will shine Courtesy demanded that the full roster of China’s champi- at London, anchored China to the team title ons turned up to Guangzhou, but some of the national feder- and secured a bronze in the horizontal bar. His BEIJING: China are hoping their swim king Chinese sports chiefs unsurprisingly took a 200m and 400m freestyle, which look set to be ations are not taking Incheon quite so seriously. Gymnastics six Olympic medals make him the most deco- Sun Yang can turn over a new leaf and shake dim view of Sun’s antics and promptly banned a three-way scrap between Sun, South Korea’s officials have already conceded they are sending a ‘B’ team to rated Chinese gymnast of all time and tied as off his bling and bad boy image as he heads to him for six months, slamming him for “violat- Park Tae-Hwan and the Japanese Kosuke South Korea, saving their best for the world championships the most successful Chinese athlete across all South Korea for this month’s Asian Games. Sun, ing the basic principles of morality”, according Hagino. “I’m slowly getting back the levels of in October, while the country’s top tennis players Li Na and sports. While Zou will headline the Chinese well known for his penchant for fast cars, glam- to state media. He was also embroiled in a oxygen capacity and speed that I had at the Peng Shuai have opted out. Double Olympic taekwondo team, local hopes will rest on Olympic vault orous women and Western pop music, is the public row with his coach after reacting furi- London Olympics,” Sun told the Nanjing champion Wu Jingyu is also a serious doubt to travel to champion Yang Hak-seon, the two-time world history-making Olympic champion whose ously to being ordered to end his dalliance Morning Post. “In the short distances my level Incheon, having checked into hospital for an unspecified ill- champion in the discipline. Yang first shot to explosive talent is often matched by his ability with a flight attendant, and accused of break- has even surpassed my Olympics standard,” he ness, she announced on her microblog. prominence by winning the vault title at the to court controversy. But China will hope the ing team curfews to sneak out for clandestine added, firing a warning to his rivals. Despite the absences, China will have more than enough 2010 Asian Games and then followed that with bust-ups and suspensions are a thing of the dates. It was also claimed that Sun-a big Avril “I have also seen other (competitors’) per- in reserve to reap rivers of gold from swimming, diving, table the gold in London two years later, becoming past as the towering Sun spearheads his coun- Lavigne fan who wanted to become a pop star formances and as long as I maintain my sys- tennis, shooting and badminton, and will also expect medals the first South Korean to win an Olympics gym- try’s charge in the pool at Incheon, where they as a child-protested by refusing to train. The tematic training, it won’t be difficult for me to from judo, taekwondo and canoeing, among others. China’s nastics gold. are expected to face fierce competition from athlete’s prickly streak certainly polarises pop- reach that same level.” Sun and Park dead- highly anticipated battle with Japan for supremacy in the He retained his world title in the event last the host nation and Japan. ular opinion in China, where critics have com- heated for the 200m silver medal at the Guangzhou pool fizzled out with the hosts trouncing their year in Antwerp and told local media he would Sun shot to fame in London two years ago plained he lacks respect. London Olympics behind Frenchman Yannick war-time foes. look to use his customized “Yang 2” vault at by becoming the first Chinese man to capture Agnel. The Korean tipped out Sun for gold at That Games heralded the arrival of distance swimming Incheon, even though he was successfully land- Olympic swimming gold when he stormed to Winning return the last Asian Games in Guangzhou four years sensation Sun Yang, who threatened the 1,500 metres ing it less than 50 percent of the time in train- the 400 metres and 1500m freestyle titles. A But there is little doubt the 1.98m (6ft 6in) ago, giving the Chinese extra incentive to put freestyle world record then held by Australian Grant Hackett ing. His biggest threat in the event is expected world championship treble in Barcelona last Sun, who holds the world record for the the record straight in Park’s home country. before breaking it in Shanghai a year later to become world to be North Korea’s Ri Se Gwang, the vault year underlined his status as one of the sport’s 1,500m freestyle, is crucial to his country’s China scooped 24 of the 38 swimming gold champion. The reigning Olympic 1,500m and 800m freestyle champion at the 2006 Asian Games. Men’s biggest stars. He made headlines for all the Asian Games hopes, having returned from sus- medals in Guangzhou and will need Sun to be world champion, Sun’s battle with 2008 Olympic 400m Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura wrong reasons last November, however, when pension in May by winning the national 200m on song to boost the team’s bid to hold off the champion Park Tae-hwan of South Korea will be a highlight is also expected to lead Japan’s challenge at he was arrested for driving his Porsche without title, clocking an impressive 1min 46.04sec. He challenge of South Korea, and from a Japan of the Games, with the pair expected to go head-to-head for Incheon and with China sending a weakened a licence after colliding with a bus in his home- is expected to concentrate on the shorter dis- team buoyed by their recent success at the Pan the 200 and 400 titles. —Reuters squad no doubt keen to usurp their strangle- town of Hangzhou and locked up for a week. tances in Incheon, adding spice to the men’s Pacific championships in Australia. — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS

Pettersen ready for Photo of the day Evian title defense

EVIAN: Suzann Pettersen starts her month in order to allow her to play this defense of the Evian Championship today week. France’s Gwladys Nocera is the and the bad news for her rivals is she is local favorite. enjoying an outstanding run of form and “When I think about the Evian is hitting the ball further and better than Championship I think about the Pro-Am last year. The 33-year-old Norwegian has that started 20 years ago and how a finished in the top seven in her last five vision, a plan, goals and a dream can tournaments, including a tie for second in come up with something as big as the the last major, the Women’s British Open Evian Championship and the major we at Royal Birkdale. “It’s been really good for have today,” said the Lausanne-based 39- the past month or so,” said Pettersen. “Just year-old. “We are very lucky to have such unfortunate that I haven’t been able to a big event in France and I am lucky to close out the deal on the Sunday. play. “This year I want to really enjoy it. I But that’s a better problem than not have my family and quite a few friends playing well at all.” Florida-based here. I feel like I have a couple of years to Pettersen has been accompanied to Evian go but then that will be it for me so I by her coach, David Leadbetter, and she want to have real fun playing in this great added: “I’m a lot longer than last year event.” In the race for the inaugural Rolex with the driver and probably a club Annika Major Award, Michelle Wie, the US longer with the irons. It’s the clubhead Women’s Open Champion, leads the way speed.” Stacy Lewis, the world number ahead of Park Inbee (LPGA Champion) one, has been a model of consistency on and Lexi Thompson (Kraft Nabisco the LPGA tour this season with three wins Champion). and three top tens in majors to her name. The award is for the player who has “But the big thing that sticks out to me is the season’s best overall performance in that I haven’t won one (of the majors),” the majors, and they must have won one said the American. “But it’s great to be of the five. British Women’s Open back at Evian and I want to give myself Champion Mo Martin is missing from another chance to win this week”. Evian due to a thumb injury. “As soon as I Ruben Faria races during the first stage of the Rally dos Sertoes in Caldas Novas, Brazil. — www.redbull.com New Zealand’s Lydia Ko came close to heard about the award it was one of my making history at Evian last year when biggest goals,” aid Wie, who was runner- she finished second, two shots behind up to Thompson in the Kraft Nabisco and Pettersen as a 16-year-old novice. Twelve finished second in the Evian masters as a months on and she is a 17-year-old pro- 15-year-old amateur in 2005. “Obviously Cowboys owner sued fessional and ranked third in the world. it’s a very prestigious award with Annika But the end of her rookie season, high- (Sorenstam) being the presenter. “It’s defi- lighted by two wins on the LPGA Tour, nitely something I really want to win. All I has been blighted by a wrist injury and can do this week is play good golf and over ‘sexual assault’ she had minor surgery at the start of this hopefully take care of it.” — AFP

DALLAS: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has report. In a statement to ESPN, Levi McCathern, multiple women, including photos of Jones with been sued by a former exotic dancer for an Jones’ attorney, called the lawsuit an attempt to women in provocative poses, were made public alleged sexual assault in 2009 in a hotel bath- embarrass Jones. “These allegations are com- last month. On Sunday, Jones told the newspa- room, The Dallas Morning News reported pletely false,” he said. “The legal complaint is per that “someone has misrepresented photos Tuesday. The 71-year-old businessman, who unsupported by facts or evidence of any kind. taken at a restaurant five years ago for their own bought the famed National Football League club This is nothing more than an attempt to embar- purposes. I’m just not going to comment on it.” in 1989, is being sued for more than $1 million in rass and extort Jerry Jones. This is a shakedown The lawsuit claims Jones forced Weckerly to sign punitive damages by Jana Weckerly, a 27-year- by a lawyer who is a solo practitioner just trying an agreement to conceal the alleged incident. old Oklahoma woman. to make a name for himself. “We intend to vigor- Thomas Bowers, Weckerly’s lawyer, told the Weckerly accuses Jones of fondling her, forc- ously contest this complaint and expect it will be newspaper that she was in counseling and tak- ing her to fondle him and watch him engage in shown for what it is-a money grab.” ing medication to cope with trauma from the sex with another woman, according to the Details of an encounter between Jones and alleged incident. — AFP Finchem copes with no Tiger and fewer viewers Luol Deng ATLANTA: US PGA Tour commissioner Tim changing in the short term. But when it does, time record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, Finchem pondered the post-Tiger Woods era when he passes by, we will have other players underwent back surgery in March for a Deng ‘saddened’ and lower television viewership on Tuesday (such) as Rory McIlroy.” Woods, chasing the all- pinched nerve and shut down his season after ahead of the season-ending Tour the PGA Championship. That contributed to a Championship. Finchem said that young rising decrease in PGA viewers this season. and ‘disturbed’ by stars such as world number one Rory McIlroy “If you look at ratings, they were off some- would help the tour transition into the time what, and we attribute that somewhat to Tiger when Woods, a 14-time major winner who not playing,” Finchem said, also saying fewer missed most of this season due to injury, no playoffs for titles lowered those figures. He also Ferry comments longer draws large numbers of non-golf fans blamed a slow economic recovery for hurting to the sport. “With Tiger being injured more the golf industry but said he expects a boost MIAMI: African-born British NBA star Luol were recently used to describe me,” Deng often the last three or four years, I’m getting from the sport making its return to the Deng said Tuesday he was saddened and said. “It would ordinarily make any African the question again the other way: When Tiger’s Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. “We cer- disappointed in remarks made about him parent proud to hear their child recognized gone, how do you manage the sport?” tainly are excited about golf’s entry to the in June by Atlanta Hawks general manager for their heritage. I’m proud to say I actually Finchem said. Olympics from the standpoint of growing the Danny Ferry and revealed Monday. Ferry have a lot of African in me, not just ‘a little.’ “Well, fans like golf. They like to watch golf. game, regardless of where the medals go in issued an apology Tuesday and said he was “For my entire life, my identity has been a They like to watch some players more than GEORGIA: PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Rio,” he said. “The impact of being part of the only reading comments from others evalu- source of pride and strength. Among my others. And I think Tiger’s got a long shelf life Finchem speaks to the media prior to the Olympic program around the globe is going to ating Deng as a potential free agent sign- family and friends, in my country of South in terms of being a contributor because peo- start of the TOUR Championship by Coca- be very positive and we’re already seeing the ing by the Hawks when he made his racially Sudan and across the broader continent of ple like watching him play golf regardless of Cola at East Lake Golf Club on September 9, effects of that in a variety of regions in the charged remarks during a conference call. Africa, I can think of no greater privilege the records. “So I don’t think you’ll see a lot 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. — AFP world where we’re doing business.” — AFP “Concerning my free agency, the focus than to do what I love for a living while also should purely have been on my profession- representing my heritage on the highest alism and my ability as an athlete,” Deng stage. “Unfortunately, the comment about said in a statement released to the South my heritage was not made with the same Florida Sun-Sentinel and Atlanta Journal- respect and appreciation.” Gearon pushed Ravens try to get over Constitution newspapers. “Every person for Ferry to be fired in June and sparked an should have the right to be treated with internal investigation of racism within the respect and evaluated as an individual Hawks organization that uncovered a 2012 rather than be reduced to a stereotype. “I e-mail with racist remarks by owner Bruce Rice as Steelers loom am saddened and disappointed that this Levenson, who on Sunday announced he way of thinking still exists today. I am even was selling the team as a result. more disturbed that it was shared so freely “There is comfort in knowing that there in a business setting.” Ferry said in June that are people who aren’t comfortable with it BALTIMORE: Stunned by star rusher Ray Rice’s firing after a bru- Deng “has a little African in him. Not in a and have the courage to speak up,” Deng tal video showed him knocking out his fiancee, the Baltimore bad way, but he’s like a guy who would said. “In the same way a generalization Ravens tried to regroup before facing NFL arch-rival Pittsburgh have a nice store out front but sell you should not define a group of people, the today. Rice was dumped by the Ravens and suspended indefi- counterfeit stuff out of the back.” attitude of a few should not define a whole nitely by the NFL after celebrity website TMZ released a casino According to a June letter by Hawks co- organization or league.” The 29-year-old elevator video Monday showing him punching Janay Palmer, owner Michael Gearon obtained by Atlanta forward spent 10 years with the Chicago now his wife, and knocking her unconscious. “Obviously it does- television station WSB, Ferry also described Bulls and was briefly with Cleveland earlier n’t paint a good picture of who Ray is as a person,” Ravens quar- Deng as a “two-faced liar and cheat.” Deng, this year before signing in July with Miami. terback Joe Flacco said Tuesday. “Sometimes good people make born in what is now South Sudan, played for “I’m thankful to be with an organization bad decisions and put themselves in a bad light. Britain in the 2012 London Olympics and is that appreciates me for who I am, and has “My heart goes out to his family. I hope they get through this known for his off-season humanitarian work. gone out of its way to make me feel wel- as best as they can.” The Ravens are coming off a season-open- “He has a little African in him. These words come,” Deng said. — AFP ing loss to Cincinnati and play host to the Steelers with only three days of rest physically and a whirlwind of distraction men- tally. “We’ve got to get our minds right but more importantly NFL’s Buffalo Bills to be sold we’ve got to get our bodies right and be prepared when it’s time to go out there,” Flacco said. “It’s tough no matter what... to owners of city’s NHL team We’ve got a bunch of focused guys. We’ve got enough to worry about with those guys (the Steelers).” NEW YORK: The estate of longtime Buffalo team was put up for sale when Wilson, the Flacco and Rice have been teammates since 2008, having Bills owner Ralph Wilson, who died earlier franchise’s founding owner, died in March at worked together to spark the Ravens over San Francisco in the this year, reached an agreement on Tuesday the age of 95. Among the unsuccessful bid- 2013 Super Bowl. “We came in together. We were drafted to sell the NFL franchise to Terry and Kim ders was singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi, who together. I feel like I know Ray pretty well,” Flacco said. “When Pegula, who already own the National was part of an ownership group from you know a person that closely it’s a little different not to have Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres. Terry Pegula, Toronto, where the Bills play some of their them here. But that said, you have to go move on.” Ravens line- 63, a natural gas development and real estate home games. backer Terrell Suggs said he wished the Rices well as they try to mogul, has been a popular figure in Buffalo “On behalf of myself, Larry Tanenbaum work through the turmoil. “They have decided to move forward for his commitment to keep the franchise in and Edward Rogers, we wish Terry and Kim western New York state. Pegula all the best as they continue the lega- with their life and I’m going to respect their privacy,” Suggs said. The price tag for the Bills was not revealed cy and tradition of the Buffalo Bills and the “With me, it’s family. He’s my brother. I love him and I’m going to although multiple outlets reported the deal Wilson family,” he said. “This is a very impor- miss him.” to be worth $1.4 billion, more than the $1.05 tant day in the history of the Buffalo Bills fran- Ravens receiver Steve Smith knows that he cannot afford a billion truck-stop magnate Jim Haslam paid chise,” Bills controlling owner Mary Wilson loss of focus against the Steelers. “It has been a trying time, but for the Cleveland Browns in 2012. “Our inter- said in a statement. at the same time, you can’t really dive into somebody’s personal est in owning the Bills has everything to do “Ralph brought professional football to life too much,” he said. For Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who with the people of Western New York and our Buffalo in 1959 and it was his life’s passion. He was among the select group that met and decided Rice had to passion for football,” Pegula said in a state- loved his team and he cherished the fans and be fired, there was hope that the greater awareness on domes- ment. “We have knowledgeable, dedicated his legacy will remain for all time. “Ralph tic violence might produce some good. “You like to believe that fans here, and along with our ownership of would have been pleased with the sale of the things that are hard can work out for good, that something the Buffalo Sabres, it is gratifying to reassure team to the Terry Pegula family, who has good can come of this,” Harbaugh said. “If all of us can put our these great fans that two franchises so impor- been so committed to Buffalo and the heads together and do good for people, then that’s what we tant to our region are both here to stay.” The Western New York region.” —Reuters should all try to do.”-— AFP Ray Rice THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS Up to 80 countries hit by match-fixing

MANCHESTER: Between 60 and 80 coun- say which club or which country although tries have reported allegations of match- these are legitimate questions,” he told fixing for each of the last three years, the reporters afterwards. “This not new, we head of the Interpol-FIFA initiative set up to have been aware of these kinds of develop- fight the crime said yesterday. John Abbott, ments since 2003 but there is an ongoing who is also leading Interpol’s and FIFA’s police investigation. It’s a very serious mat- fight against irregular betting, told dele- ter.” Medeiros, the former chief executive of gates at the Soccerex Global Convention the European Professional Football that far tougher legislation is needed Leagues (EPFL), told reporters after the worldwide to fight the crime. “It is a global debate that all sport needed “a wake up problem and it is showing no signs of abat- call” and could not be complacent about ing. “Match-fixing itself is not new, a the threat that match-fixing and irregular Liverpool-Manchester United game was betting could have if it was not tackled. fixed in the early years of the 20th century, “It is no longer a silent cancer. It is but the really big change is that profession- widespread and very evident that this is a al criminals have got involved for fraud pur- deadly cancer for sport. “I am here to issue poses. “We have evidence of organized a wake-up call to the political authorities crime groups in China, Russia, the Balkans, and sports movements to work with those the United States and Italy making sub- whose responsibility is to investigate stantial money. these crimes. Abbott claimed billions of dollars were “Sport must govern itself properly and involved, adding: “Sports governing bodies positive developments have been made in and football associations need to get real the last decade but we urgently need a about prevention. “Many sports, of course, unified, credible, concerted effort now. are affected by match-fixing, but football, “It’s not acceptable that sporting fraud is the global game, is top of the league and considered a crime in only five European cricket is second. “The extent of the prob- countries. We need concrete, robust regu- lem is that each year for the last three years lation of the sports betting market which between 60 and 80 countries have report- at the moment does not exist. ed allegations of match-fixing. “We need “We need better regulation, good gover- better legislation throughout the world, nance, enhanced prevention and education but I don’t think we will ever have one and a serious international approach. Only if global law covering match-fixing but all the we do these (things) can we put an end to authorities need to work closer with each football being dragged into shame.” The ses- other to stop it happening.” sion included the signing of an agreement between Sportradar, which monitors the PRAGUE: Netherland’s defender Bruno Martins Indi (right) and Czech’s midfielder Tomas Rosicky vie for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2016 Crime syndicate world’s betting industry, identifying fraud Group A qualifying football match Czech Republic vs Netherlands on September 9, 2014. — AFP During the same debate, entitled “Fixing and unusual patterns of behavior, and the Football’s Dark Side”, Emanuel Medeiros, Hong Kong FA. Mark Sutcliffe, Hong Kong FA the head of the Qatar-based International chief executive, said he was horrified to dis- Centre for Sport Security, told delegates at cover an Under-16 invitational friendly tour- Pilar lifts Czechs least one professional European soccer nament in Hong Kong was being targeted club is being run by an organized crime by match-fixers. “If it is infiltrating that level syndicate through a front company. “I have of the game at that age group, it does not evidence that this is the case but I cannot bear thinking about,” he said. — Reuters over Dutch 2-1

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic snatched a last- gasp 2-1 win over the Netherlands thanks to Vaclav Pilar’s added time goal after a dreadful mistake by Daryl Janmaat in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier yesterday. Defender Janmaat attempted to cushion a header back to Jasper Cillessen inside the area but it beat the Dutch keeper and struck the post only for Pilar to tuck the rebound into the net to the delight of the home fans watching the Group A clash. “Three to five minutes before the end of the game, I would have taken a draw,” said Czech Coach Pavel Vrba. “All my players tackled well and gave good ind- vidual performances. I can’t single anybody out because it wouldn’t be fair to the others.” The Czechs had started brightly and were rewarded in the 22nd minute when David Lafata controlled a cross into the box before laying it off to Borek Dockal whose left-foot shot slammed off the post into the net to give the hosts the lead. The Dutch, third-place finishers at the World Cup in Brazil, responded with a Stefan de Vrij driving a header into the back of the net after a cross from Daley Blind in the 55th minute. The Czechs kept their shape at the start in an effort to blunt a Dutch attack missing several key players, including Arjen Robben who was out with an ankle injury.

Dangerous Czechs The Dutch, who finished third at the World Cup, began taking more control in the second half but they could not beat Czech keeper Petr Cech for a winner as both sides pressed forward. The Czechs, who have been struggling in recent matches, always looked dangerous on the break and scored when the Dutch mix up gave them a dream start to their campaign. The result also gave Vrba, who took over following their failure to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, his first vic- tory at the helm. The match was Guus Hiddink’s first competi- tive game in charge since his return to the NEW JERSEY: Christian Noboa #6 of Ecuador and Frickson Erazo #3 of Ecuador sur- national side after Louis van Gaal stepped down round Everton Ribeiro #18 of Brazil during their match at MetLife Stadium on to take charge of Manchester United. The coach September 9, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. — AFP bemoaned the mistakes that led to the winning goal and said the loss of Robben deprived the Dutch of the ability to really pressure the Czechs Brazil beat on the wings. “The Czechs played well,” Hiddink said. “We have to learn our lesson but it is too soon to analyse what happened. It (the winner) was an unlucky goal but the system doesn’t mat- Ecuador 1-0 ter if you make individual mistakes.” The loss made Hiddink the first Dutch national manager PRAGUE: Czech’s midfielder Vladimir Darida (right) and Netherland’s defender Stefan de Vrij to lose his first two games since his previous vie for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2016 Group A qualifying football match Czech Republic NEW JERSEY: Brazil beat Ecuador 1-0 in centre back Marquinhos, who made his reign in 1995. — Reuters vs Netherlands on September 9, 2014. — AFP an international friendly in New Jersey first international start, told TV Globo on Tuesday with a first half goal from after the game. Willian enough to give coach Dunga his “It is always good to win. We have to second successive victory. The win came get into our heads that are no easy FA face legal action over four days after Brazil beat Colombia and games, there are no friendlies, they’re all the win over a spritely Ecuador side battles. These are games that we need to delighted the new manager. “There prepare for our objective and that is our weren’t any negative points,” he told mentality as we go forward.” Ecuador EPL’s chief sexism row reporters. “You have to take positives fielded a young team but they were from the negatives. You learn, you quick and fearless and frequently LONDON: The former personal assistant to English and himself second in line to the throne, in the in a Sunday newspaper. The FA has repeatedly evolve. So for me it was all positive.” stretched a Brazilian back four that had Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore hope his “sense of fair play and honesty may be defended its stance of not investigating, despite Brazil’s winner came on the half-hour never played together at international has launched legal action against the Football brought to bear to resolve the situation”. calls for Scudamore to be charged, while the Premier from a well-rehearsed free kick. Oscar hit level. The quartet of Danilo, Marquinhos, Association over its failure to investigate his sexist The emails themselves made derogatory refer- League itself also opted against disciplinary action. a short pass to Neymar who lifted a Miranda and Filipe Luis defended well, e-mails, Britain’s Channel Four television news ences to women and contained sexual innuendos. FA chairman Greg Dyke said in a statement in May curled pass over the defense to Willian, however, and a midfield featuring the reported Tuesday. Rani Abraham, who said in May They also made jokes about “female irrationality”. that the governing body had “no position in terms of who slipped it into the net with the out- Chelsea trio of Oscar, Willian and Ramires that she felt compelled to speak out about the con- Scudamore apologized for the emails, which were employment policy or taking disciplinary action” as side of his right foot. Ecuador almost hassled and harried from the start. tents of emails between her then boss and his sent privately to a lawyer friend but were published Scudamore was not an FA employee. — AFP equalized six minutes later but Enner Brazil had the best of the first half but lawyer friend, is already suing the Premier League Valencia’s right foot shot hit the base of they made several changes after the for £150,000, having branded it an “institutionally the post after beating goalkeeper break, giving debuts to Cruzeiro striker sexist old boys’ club” in legal papers in June. She has Arsenal’s Ramsey eases injury fears Jefferson. Ricardo Goulart and Corinthians defend- now also lodged a claim against the FA with an LONDON: Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey yes- required two goals from Gareth Bale, including a The West Ham United striker also had er Gil and allowing Ecuador to get back employment tribunal, according to reports, saying terday played down fears he could miss his side’s late free-kick, to see off an Andorra side who had a looping header cleared off the line by into the game. English football’s national governing body failed in showdown with Manchester City on Saturday lost their previous 44 competitive games. Filipe Luis 16 minutes into the second Neither side dominated a fairly even its duty as the ultimate authority in English football. after twisting his ankle on international duty The Real Madrid forward was critical of the half as Ecuador enjoyed their best spell match for long periods, however. The win The FA deemed the emails to be private and with Wales. The 23-year-old sustained the injury artificial 3G pitch at the Estadio Nacional, which of the game. was the second in a row for Dunga since thus beyond their jurisdiction. Lawrence Davies of during the latter stages of Wales’s 2-1 win away had been the subject of scrutiny in the build-up Equal Justice Solicitors told Channel Four: “Because to Andorra in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier to the game. “This is by far the worst pitch I’ve Brazil’s best chance of the second half he returned to coach the Brazil side after the FA have aided and abetted the Premier League on Tuesday, with national coach Chris Coleman ever played on,” Bale said. “But it’s the same for fell to Neymar in the 47th minute but the their disastrous World Cup. On Friday, in the victimization of our client, we say they have revealing he had twisted his ankle. both teams and we said in the changing room Barcelona striker missed an open goal they beat Colombia 1-0 in Miami with a effectively acted as the agent of the Premier League But in comments reported by the BBC, before the game, no matter how we get the from four yards out with the keeper on late goal from Neymar. Brazil’s next to shut this matter down. “It’s an old boys’ network, Ramsey said: “I’ll be alright. The pitch was very three points, we get them, and that’s what we the ground. Although Brazil were not at match will be against Argentina in simply supporting Mr Scudamore rather than obey- hard. There’s no give in it, so I rolled my ankle a did.” Coleman added: “In my opinion, the pitch is bit. “Hopefully it will be nothing and I’ll be avail- not up to the standard of a UEFA qualifier. But I their best, the two wins buoyed those Beijing on Oct 11. Dunga’s first competi- ing their legal obligations.” According to Channel players trying to impress the new coach. tive fixtures will come in next year’s Copa able for Saturday. These are the games you want don’t want to make a protest because I want oth- Four, Abraham has also written to FA president to play in and I’m looking forward to it.” Wales er teams to come here. —AFP “I feel like I did everything I had to do,” America in Chile. — Reuters Prince William, the son of Britain’s Prince Charles US, Lithuania Pilar lifts storm into Czechs over WCup16 semis 19Dutch 2-1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

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OSLO: Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (left), Norway’s striker Joshua King and Italy’s defender Andrea Ranocchia and Leonardo Bonucci vie for the ball during the UEFA Euro 2016 Group H qualifying football match Norway vs Italy on September 9, 2014 in Oslo. — AFP Italy tame toothless Norway 2-0 Great start for Italy’s Conte despite familiar problems

ROME: Italy’s new coach Antonio Conte could widely criticized for his performances at the swing between strong and fragile.” Conte has Giorgio Chiellini pulled out of the Norway game. Described as “omnipresent” by the Italian not be happier with the ways things have gone in World Cup when Italy staggered out at the group quickly implemented the 3-5-2 system he used Italy said he would stay with the squad and media, Lotito was seen on the touchline dur- his first two games in charge although the usual stage, that he would have to work hard to regain during his three years at Juventus, where his travel to Oslo for Tuesday’s match, while Juve ing training and there were reports that he problems have been rumbling away in the back- his place in the team. team won three successive Serie A titles. demanded he return to them for treatment even entered the changing room at one point. ground. Conte’s first two games have produced “Mario will have seen the match and it’s true which he eventually did. “We will need to use Lotito said that as a member of the FIGC’s two wins, both with convincing performances, that he’s a great player,” Bonucci told Rai Sport. “If Conte rants this experience to handle these situations bet- executive committee, he was not breaking any and suggested that Italy do have some good he does what the boss asks he could become a He has also brought his famous work ethic, ter next time, both on the part of ourselves rules and could go where he wanted. “I am a young players after all. reference point, but he has to come to under- making the players train twice a day, although and on that of Juventus,” said Conte before the Federal counselor, I am part of the presidential Debutant forward Simone Zaza, who started stand that if he wants to became an important Bonucci said there was much more to Conte than Norway game. “But I am here to unite and not board and can propose reforms, so there is the year on the bench at relegation-threatened member of the team, he has to run and make his famous rants and throwing bottles of water to divide. This is just an incident where there nothing in the rules preventing me from stay- Sassuolo, has been the pick of the crop, suggest- sacrifices. “The problem is he needs to under- against the dressing room wall. “He puts a lot of have been misunderstandings but it ends ing with the national team and going wherev- ing Italy are better off without the histrionics of stand that to play for the national team, you have emphasis on tactics, everyone knows what they there.” There have also been reports that the er I want,” he said. Midfielder Daniele De Rossi Mario Balotelli, who was not in Conte’s squad. to all work together, run together and move con- have to do,” said Bonucci. But things rarely go players are unhappy at the presence of contro- said: “I prefer to have as few people as possible Zaza won a penalty in last Thursday’s 2-0 friendly stantly. “We never had a problem with him, but smoothly where Italy are concerned and there versial Lazio president Claudio Lotito, a key around the team, they have told me that’s fair win over the Netherlands and scored in Tuesday’s we know his character, we have tried to help him, has also been plenty of bickering behind the supporter of new Italian Football Federation that some federal councilors are there, but 2-0 victory away to Norway in a Euro 2016 qualifi- we have spoken to him during the World Cup, scenes. A row blew up between the Italian tech- (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio, in the team there are 21 one of them and I hope they don’t er. Defender Leonardo Bonucci warned Balotelli, but his character is his Achilles heel, it makes him nical staff and Juventus last week when defender camp. all come at the same time.” — Reuters Wife defends disgraced Rice after brutal video United announce BALTIMORE: The wife of disgraced LIFE! What don’t you all get. If your a record $698.8 NFL star Ray Rice defended her embat- intentions were to hurt us, embarrass tled husband Tuesday, saying their us, make us feel alone, take all happi- lives were ruined by the release of a ness away, you’ve succeeded on so video showing him savagely knocking many levels. “Just know we will contin- million revenue her out. Rice was fired by the Baltimore ue to grow & show the world what real Ravens and hit with an indefinite sus- love is!” Even with his wife’s support, LONDON: Despite their on-pitch travails well with Manchester United and he has pension by the league after a new Rice was in disgraced exile and his last season, Manchester United yesterday an impressive track record of success video released Monday by celebrity career prospects dim. “I don’t think he announced a 19 percent rise in annual rev- throughout his career, winning league website TMZ showed him punching will play another NFL game,” New enue to a record £433.2 million ($698.8 titles with every club he has managed.” his then-fiancee in the face and knock- England Patriots owner Robert Kraft million, 539.6 million euros). United floun- Partly due to their non-participation in the ing her unconscious. But Janay Rice told CBS. “I’d be shocked if some team dered in their first season after the retire- Champions League, United expect their said Tuesday in an Instagram posting picked him up.” ment of long-serving manager Alex income to fall to between £385 million and that the extreme public attention was Ferguson, finishing seventh in the Premier £395 million over the course of the current adding to her misery. Rice return possible League and sacking his successor, David season. “I woke up this morning feeling like But Goodell told CBS that Rice, a Moyes, but they continued to thrive com- But they invested around £150 million I had a horrible nightmare, feeling like running back who helped the Ravens Janay Rice with her husband mercially. The club reported a 49 percent on new players during the close-season I’m mourning the death of my closest win last year’s Super Bowl, could make this.” The video brought home the bru- and toughened punishments for increase in sponsorship revenue-helped by transfer window, including a British-record friend,” she wrote. “But to have to a comeback. “I don’t rule that out,” tality of Rice’s assault and, in its after- domestic violence, including a six- a blockbuster £750 million 10-year deal £59.7 million swoop for Argentina interna- math Tuesday, Nike dropped its game ban for first incidents and poten- accept the fact that it’s reality is a Goodell said. “But he would have to with Adidas-and recorded a profit of £23.9 tional winger Angel di Maria. The figures nightmare in itself. “No one knows the make sure that we are fully confident endorsement contract with Rice and tial life bans for repeat offenders. EA Sports said it would remove him Goodell said the league tried to million. released yesterday also revealed that pain that the media and unwanted that he is addressing this issue clearly. “We are very proud of the results United paid out £5.2 million in compensa- (opinions) from the public has caused He has paid a price for the actions that from the player pool of its NFL video obtain all video evidence but had not achieved in fiscal year 2014 as we once tion to former Everton manager Moyes, my family.” The Ravens were to pay he’s already taken.” Rice, who in July game. seen the punch video until Monday. Rice $10 million over the next three called his actions “inexcusable”, was to Rice jerseys were pulled from the “We had not seen any videotape of again generated record revenues,” said who was dismissed in April, and some years while the league, which had only have returned from the original ban NFL’s online store. The Ravens what occurred in the elevator,” Goodell executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward in a members of his coaching staff. United are banned from two games based on pri- Friday, a day after the Ravens faced announced they would allow fans to said. “We assumed there was a video. statement. without a win after three Premier League or evidence, now requires any team rival Pittsburgh. “I have to be strong exchange Rice jerseys for those of We asked for a video. We asked for any- “With Louis van Gaal at the helm as games this season and were knocked out wishing to hire him to obtain approval for my wife. She is so strong,” Rice told another player. TMZ previously thing that was pertinent but we were manager, and the recent signing of some of the League Cup following a 4-0 loss to from NFL commissioner Roger ESPN by phone. revealed a video of Rice dragging his never granted that opportunity. “What of the world’s leading players to further third-tier Milton Keynes Dons. But they Goodell. “We are in good spirits. We have a unconscious future bride off an eleva- we saw on the first videotape was trou- strengthen our squad, we are very excited could hand debuts to new signings “To take something away from the lot of people praying for us, and we tor at the now-closed Revel casino in bling. But what we saw yesterday was about the future and believe it’s the start Radamel Falcao, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo man I love that he has worked his ass will continue to support each other. “I Atlantic City, prompting a two-game extremely clear, is extremely graphic, of a new chapter in the club’s history. and Daley Blind in Sunday’s home game off for all his life just to gain ratings is have to be there for (Janay) and my ban roundly criticized as insufficient. and it was sickening. And that’s why we “Louis’s footballing philosophy fits very with Queens Park Rangers — AFP horrific,” Janay Rice said. “THIS IS OUR family right now and work through Goodell later admitted he had erred took the action we took.” — AFP France, Britain win key jobs in new EU line-up Page 23

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KUWAIT: Omar Alghanim, Gulf Bank’s Chairman along with Dr Mohammed Al-Hashel, Governor, Central Bank of Omar Alghanim, Gulf Bank’s Chairman (right) during his discussion at the Euromoney Conference. Kuwait and Anas Al-Saleh, Minister of Finance. Gulf Bank hails success of 6th Euromoney Conference We want Gulf Bank to be the bank of choice: Alghanim

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank hailed the success- customers reiterating the important role and products. For investors, we want to “This year’s Euromoney Conference ful completion of its sponsorship of the they play and that without their support be known for providing superior long- has been a fantastic platform for the 6th Euromoney Conference which took the Bank would not have emerged from term return on investment and financial industry to discuss future developments Dubai drops on place on 9 September 2014 at the JW the financial crisis with the stability and solidity, and for regulators to be certain in Kuwait’s financial sector. With new Marriott Hotel in Kuwait. This year’s con- strength that it now exhibits. that we will continue to deliver a superi- technology, products and opportuni- ference included keynote addresses Alghanim said: “Gulf Bank’s recovery or return on investment while fully ties, I am sure that there are exciting Emaar Malls IPO from the Minister of Finance, Anas Al- could not have been achieved without adhering to the necessary restrictions times ahead for the industry and I am Saleh and Governor of the Central Bank the consistent support from the Central required to insure regional stability very proud that Gulf Bank will be a part of Kuwait Dr Mohammed Al-Hashel. Bank of Kuwait, our loyal customers, the within the financial sector. These things of this.” MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS During the conference, Omar board of directors and, of course, our cannot be achieved without a great Euromoney is the world’s leading Kutayba Alghanim, Chairman of Gulf committed and dedicated employees. team, and so I want Gulf Bank, to be organizer of conferences for cross-bor- DUBAI: Dubai’s bourse fell sharply yesterday as Bank expressed his thanks to a number “Moving forward, we want Gulf Bank renowned for its performance-driven der investment and capital markets for investors accumulated cash for the upcoming initial of groups, including the Central Bank of to be the ‘bank of choice’ within Kuwait, culture, built on clearly defined goals. A portfolio and direct investors, financial public offer of Emaar Properties’ malls unit, while Kuwait, Gulf Bank’s Board of Directors, known for its innovation and dedication meritocracy, not just of people but of intermediaries, corporations, govern- most other markets in the region slipped. and the Bank’s dedicated staff and loyal to delivering the highest quality service ideas as well. ments, banks and financial institutions. The Dubai index fell 3.4 percent after dropping as much as 4.4 percent at one stage. Emaar itself lost 2.7 percent. In one of the largest equity sales in the Middle East since 2008, the company plans to float its unit Emaar Malls Group this month and subscriptions Dubai World offers incentives, for the shares will open on Sept. 14. “People are trying to take profits in order to take part in the IPO,” said Marwan Shurrab, fund manager cash to extend $25bn debt deal and head of trading at Vision Investments in Dubai. “Any selling pressure you see on the market is going to be related to that.” Emaar, which plans to sell a 15 DUBAI: State-owned conglomerate Dubai World is offering credi- percent stake in its subsidiary, has indicated it wants tors a series of incentives to lengthen a $25 billion debt restruc- to raise at least 5.3 billion dirhams ($1.4 billion) from turing deal, including shares in global ports firm DP World as col- the offer. It has also said it aims to sell about 30 per- lateral, sources aware of the matter said. The company is also cent of the offer to retail investors. offering to return cash throughout the loan’s lifespan, more Another negative factor for equity markets global- assets as collateral, a higher interest rate and an early repayment ly yesterday was indications that the U.S. Federal of a first tranche of debt due next year. In addition, the Dubai Reserve could raise interest rates earlier than expect- government will make extra funds available to Dubai World. ed. In return, the firm wants creditors to grant it more time to Interest rates in the United Arab Emirates are meet a second, larger repayment currently due in 2018. In total, expected to track US rates closely because of the around $15 billion of the original renegotiated amount is out- dirham’s peg to the dollar. The UAE and other Gulf standing after small repayments and the shift of property devel- economies are likely to withstand higher rates better oper Nakheel to direct government ownership. than most emerging economies because of their big Dubai World declined to comment when contacted by current account and state budget surpluses. Reuters. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity as the Nevertheless, Dubai’s red-hot real estate market information is not public. could be slowed, and its stock market is dominated Dubai’s economy has rebounded strongly from the local prop- by property-related stocks. Abu Dhabi’s index dipped erty crash which triggered a wave of debt restructurings at state- along with Dubai and fell 1.0 percent. Developer owned entities at the turn of the decade - most notably Dubai Aldar Properties was hit hardest among blue chips, World’s request for a debt standstill in 2009. However, the $10.3 dropping 4.4 percent. billion second repayment under a debt plan agreed in 2011 was always regarded as a challenge for Dubai World, given its size and Saudi, Qatar the initial slow progress on asset sales meant to fund the repay- Saudi Arabia’s property firms were also weak. ments. Developers Dar Al-Arkan and Jabal Omar, down 2.3 Buoyed by economic conditions and the start of small repay- and 1.0 percent respectively, were among the main ments from asset sales, it appointed Blackstone Group as advisor drags on the bourse’s main index, which slipped 0.2 in April and began talks with major creditors to amend the terms. percent. Agreement has now been secured with the creditor commit- Qatar’s benchmark slipped 0.1 percent after hitting tee of banks which includes HSBC and Emirates NBD over the an all-time intra-day high of 14,103 points. Gulf terms of a new deal and talks are now ongoing with some other International Services (GIS) pulled back 1.0 percent lenders, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. after jumping 4.7 percent in the previous session Dubai World is hoping to get assent from creditors holding when it signed a $1.4 billion contract with Qatar close to 67 percent of the debt - the level of support needed to Petroleum. Egypt’s bourse edged down 0.1 percent as agree changes to the original plan - before asking the full creditor large property developer SODIC dropped 5.1 percent, group to vote on the deal, one banking source said, thereby after saying it had received regulatory approval for a 1 avoiding the risk any creditors could scupper the deal. billion Egyptian pound ($140 million) rights issue. Cairo-based Naeem Brokerage downgraded the Closest to heart TIANJIN: Two Chinese guides yawn during the World Economic Forum in Tianjin yesterday. The annual World stock to “hold” from “buy” afterwards, saying that Under the revised plan, Dubai World will repay the $4.4 billion Economic Forum New Champions meeting brings together business, economic and political leaders and for- while the capital boost was a positive factor, it had tranche due in May 2015 early - likely in December or January mer officeholders. — AFP already been priced in. Shares in SODIC have more depending on the progress of negotiations - in exchange for the than doubled in price this year. —Reuters $10.3 billion 2018 payment being extended until 2022. The new 2022 payment will also be augmented in a number of ways aimed at persuading creditors to grant more time. An amor- Qatar to launch venture tising structure - under which cash is returned to lenders during Zain extraordinary the lifespan of the loan instead of at the end - will mean the loan is effectively paid off inside three years of the four-year extended share market in 2015 assembly postponed period, two of the sources said. KUWAIT: Zain Group postponed its extraordinary general It would also mean creditors getting $3-4 billion of cash before the current 2018 payment date, the banking source said, DUBAI: Qatar will launch a ven- 2015 we will have not less than market liquidity. On listing assembly scheduled for yesterday to September 22 due to meaning only a portion of the debt falls under the extension. ture share market for small and five companies as part of the new requirements for the venture mar- a lack of quorum. Only 66.733% of shareholders attended Most contentious for Dubai will be the inclusion of DP World medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and emerging SMEs stock market,” ket, Mansoori told The Peninsula: short of the required quorum of 75 percent, the mobile shares as collateral in the proposal. One of the world’s largest early next year, Qatar Exchange Mansoori was quoted as saying, “We are asking for a capital of 5 and data provider said in a statement, noting that the ports operators, it is one of Dubai’s biggest success stories and is chief executive Rashid Al- without naming the firms. million riyals ($1.4 million), and of agenda of the extraordinary meeting comprises two items. thought to be Dubai World’s most valuable single asset - its mar- Mansoori was quoted as saying. Qatari authorities are taking a that only half needs to be paid The first item is related to approving the modification of ket capitalisation is around $16.4 billion currently. Ten SMEs have applied to list number of steps to energize and up.” the company’s basic system to cope with new laws, and “It’s the asset closest to their hearts - the crown jewel,” said the on the new market and five of deepen the stock market, such as Mansoori also said the decisions taken by the Board of Commissioners of Kuwait them have so far fulfilled the encouraging companies to raise exchange was continuing to fol- banking source. Real estate assets will also be put up as collateral, Capital Markets Authority (CMA) on issuing corporate gov- the two sources said without elaborating on details. requirements, Mansoori told limits on foreign ownership of low up on the plans of two Qatari ernance rules, it added. The interest rate on the loan will also be increased, as will a $1 Qatar’s The Peninsula newspaper their stocks. The Qatar Financial banks, Barwa Bank and Qatar First billion facility from the Dubai Financial Support Fund which in an interview. The five compa- Markets Authority has proposed Bank, to list their shares. Barwa The other item on the agenda is on issuing bonds and Dubai World can draw on during the restructuring. This will be nies “are in the process of getting cutting the par value of shares to has been planning to go public for sukuks (Islamic bonds) by a value that does not exceed the worth $1.45 billion under the proposed deal. —Reuters listed, which means that by early 1 riyal from 10 riyals, to boost over a year. — Reuters ceiling legally permitted. —KUNA BUSINESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

NBK the safest commercial bank in News in brief

Arab world in 2014 and 23rd globally Saudi’s Itqan Capital to boost Islamic finance NBK maintains position among world’s top 50 safest banks RIYADH: Islamic investment firm Itqan Capital, based in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, plans to expand KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has been selected its investment and advisory activities in the kingdom the Safest Commercial Bank in the Arab World and ranked after it received regulatory approval to boost its capi- 23rd among the World’s Top 50 Safest Commercial Banks in tal, its chief executive told Reuters. Local investment 2014. NBK also maintained its ranking among the World’s firms are poised to see an uptick in activity as the Top 50 Safest Banks in 2014 for the ninth consecutive time. Saudi stock exchange, the Arab world’s biggest, The rankings, compiled by Global Finance, are based on opens to direct investment by foreign institutions ear- evaluations of long-term credit ratings-from Moody’s, ly next year. The firm will increase its capital by 100 Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings-and total assets of the million riyals ($26.6 million) to 173.4 million riyals by 500 largest banks worldwide. the end of October, said Adil Dahlawi, managing In addition to the annual World’s Top 50 Safest Banks director and chief executive of Itqan Capital, part of list, Global Finance has issued a new list for the World’s Top the Al Baraka Banking Group. Last month, Itqan 50 Safest Commercial Banks. For commercial banks to signed its first mandate with Saudi Arabian Airlines, qualify for this ranking, they must not be majority owned advising on treasury and cash management of the by government or regional authorities. government-owned airline. Itqan currently manages On this new list, NBK topped all commercial banks in four sharia-compliant funds: a money market fund the Arab World and ranked 23rd globally, ahead of several and three real estate funds. “New product launches international financial heavyweights. NBK also maintained are scheduled this year with two funds in the its position among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks in 2014, pipeline, the first of which is a private equity fund to be to be the only Arab bank on Global Finance’s list for investing in the Saudi education market,” Dahlawi nine consecutive times as well as the only Kuwaiti bank said. that was ever recognized on that list. The ranking illus- trates the success of the NBK’s conservative strategy, pru- dent risk management and dedication to its excellence in Kuwait crude oil price providing its services. up two cents to $96.32 “These banks are not government-owned, and are KUWAIT: Kuwait crude oil per barrel (pb) went up among the strongest and most secure institutions in the Tuesday two cents to $96.32 compared to $96.30 world,” notes Joseph Giarraputo, publisher and editorial the day before, according to oil prices announced director of Global Finance. by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation yesterday. NBK continues to enjoy collectively the highest ratings risk management, in addition to its highly recognized and financial centers including London, Paris, Geneva, New Meanwhile, in the international oil market, the in the Middle East from the three international rating very stable management team. York and Singapore, as well as China (Shanghai). prices of future Brent mix oil contract went down agencies Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard and Poor’s. NBK enjoys the widest banking presence with an inter- Meanwhile, regional coverage extends to Lebanon, Jordan, to its lowest in 16 months because of the slow The Bank’s ratings are supported by its high capitalization, national network reaching 170 branches worldwide. NBK’s Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and demand on crude oil In Europe and China markets. prudent lending policies, and its disciplined approach to international presence spans many of the world’s leading Turkey. American crude oil prices also went down to their lowest in seven months because of the US dollar exchange rate going up and due to the abundant supplies. Kuwait’s Global Gold eases towards 3-month low Kuwait Energy, Dragon seeks to relist LONDON: Gold eased towards the previous day’s three-month an ounce at $1,253.00. low yesterday as the dollar index held near its highest level in Oil find oil in Iraq on KSE: CEO more than a year, underpinned by expectations that the Federal Little support LONDON: Oil explorers Kuwait Energy and Dragon Reserve may be set to signal a rise in interest rates. Prices took little support from demand for physical metal in Oil have discovered oil in an exploration well in north- The dollar has been trending higher since early July, supported Asia, the leading market for gold, dealers said. “The Shanghai Gold ern Basra in Iraq, the companies said yesterday. They KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Global Investment House said on by talk of a possible Fed rate rise. That would likely hurt gold, due Exchange was today trading at a discount to loco London gold,” were able to flow around 2,000 barrels of oil per day Tuesday it aimed to relist its shares on the Kuwaiti both to the impact on the dollar, in which it is priced, and because MKS said in a note on Wednesday. “The last time that occurred from the Faihaa-1 well in the Mishrif formation, they bourse, after its listing was cancelled last year because it would lift the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion. was when the USDCNY (dollar/yuan rate) moved from 6.05 to 6.28 said. The two firms will continue drilling in the area of accumulated debt. In an interview with Reuters, The dollar index held near Tuesday’s 14-month high yesterday. between March and June of this year.” Global’s chief executive Maha Al-Ghuneim said the com- Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,252.10 an ounce at 1124 “Currently the USDCNY remains suppressed, so with the gold and conduct further tests in Mishrif towards the end pany was now “debt-free” following its debt restructur- GMT. “It’s hard to see any major catalyst to the upside (for gold) in price lower and the CNY stronger ... it still seems that physical of the year. “This is the first well drilled in our planned ing last year. the short term,” Mitsubishi precious metals analyst Jonathan demand is still soft from the world’s largest bullion consumer,” it high-impact exploration campaign on Block 9, so we She added that the relisting would be discussed at Butler said. “Next week, we have the FOMC meeting and no doubt said. In India, the second-largest gold buyer, Trade Minister are delighted to have made a discovery so quickly,” an annual general meeting next Sunday. Subject to we will see some choppy price action in anticipation of the next Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is not considering an said Sara Akbar, chief executive of Kuwait Energy. shareholder approval, Global’s board of directors will move from the Fed.” immediate cut in gold import duty. start the necessary procedures with Kuwait’s Capital “If predictions are to be believed, the Fed is going to outline New Delhi had hiked the import duty on the yellow metal last Market Authority, Al-Ghuneim said. not only its timetable for ending quantitative easing, but also the year to 10 percent to limit overseas purchases and trim its bloated Al-Ghoneim did not specify a time frame for the potential for a rise in interest rates in the first half of next year,” he current account deficit. However, a dramatic improvement in the Aramco, Sumitomo Chem company’s return to the bourse, noting that the process said. “Some pricing in of that may result in further gold weakness.” deficit had raised market expectations of a duty cut. invite banks to back JV would be subject to the regulator’s approval. Global is Gold prices rose in the first half of the year after plunging 28 Among other precious metals, silver was down 0.2 percent at KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia’s PetroRabigh said yester- currently focusing on asset management, investment percent in 2013, but weakness in the current quarter has cut the $18.99 an ounce. Spot platinum was up 0.2 percent at $1,381.74 banking and brokerage businesses in Kuwait and other day its founding shareholders had formally invited gain since end-December to just 4 percent. an ounce and spot palladium was up 0.1 percent at $856.90 an banks to provide financing for the 32 billion riyal Gulf Cooperation Council markets, Al-Ghoneim said. It The metal had been underpinned by the tension between ounce. Platinum fell to its lowest since early February on ($8.5 billion) expansion of its petrochemicals com- manages $4.2 billion of assets. Russia and the West over Ukraine, but signs the conflict may be Wednesday at $1,376 an ounce, while palladium hit a one-month plex in the kingdom. No figures for how much The company, whose shares are also listed in Bahrain stabilizing has undermined that support. A Kremlin adviser said low of $849 an ounce, having fallen 2.3 percent on Tuesday. and Dubai, was hit hard by the global financial crisis. It on Wednesday that the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, Vladimir The metal, which hit a 13-1/2 year high of $910 an ounce earli- cash would be raised by PetroRabigh a joint ven- underwent two restructurings in the space of several Putin and Petro Poroshenko, are broadly satisfied with how a er this month, has come under pressure as concerns over a poten- ture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo years, asking creditors in September 2011 to suspend ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Russian forces is holding in east- tial escalation of the situation in Ukraine abate. Russia is the Chemical - were given in the statement. However, payments under a $1.7 billion debt plan agreed in 2009. ern Ukraine. US gold futures for December delivery were up $4.50 world’s number one producer of palladium. — Reuters Sumitomo President Masakazu Tokura said last November that both companies would each put in 100 billion yen ($975 million), with the rest of the funds coming from project financing. The requests for proposals were issued by the parent firms to KIA-invested Sharda Cropchem IPO closes local and international banks on Tuesday, with financing of the expansion to be split between By A Staff Reporter include various domestic mutual fund schemes besides a clutch 22.55 million shares (including the anchor investor portion) conventional loans and sharia-compliant facilities, of foreign institutional investors, have already brought shares through offer for sale by PE investor and promoters. the bourse filing said. PetroRabigh’s existing plant KUWAIT: The initial public offering of Mumbai-based agro- worth Rs 52.8 crore ($8.7 million). Edelweiss Financial Services The company shall not get any proceeds from the IPO, can produce an annual 18 million tons of refined chemical firm Sharda Cropchem, in which Kuwait’s sovereign and IDFC Securities are the issue managers. which could raise up to Rs 352 crore ($58 million) at the upper wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is a key investor, At the end of Monday, the second day, QIB portion sub- end of the price band. The share sale will lead to equity dilution products and 2.4 million tonnes of petrochemical closed for subscription on Tuesday with the issue having scribed 1.7 times while HNIs and corporate bodies bid for 1.3 of 25 per cent, valuing the firm at around Rs 1,408 crore ($232 products. The new facility, known as Rabigh II, is to already been subscribed 1.6 times at the end of the second day times of their quota. Retail investors bid for 1.8 times of the million). This is the second IPO after the new government took be built as an expansion of PetroRabigh’s existing on Monday after a slow start last week. issue reserved for them. The issue opened on September 5 in over in May. Last month another PE-backed company petrochemical plant, increasing output and intro- KIA is among the group of anchor investors, who also the price band Rs 144-156 per share. The company is offering Snowman Logistics saw through a successful public float. ducing higher-margin products.

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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy grew less than either. This may make the central bank hesi- expected in the second quarter, helping send tate to tighten policy.” the lira to its lowest in more than five months The central bank unexpectedly lowered its and prompting the finance minister to warn a overnight lending rate at its last meeting on 4-percent full-year growth target may be Aug. 27, in a move seen as having little easing missed. Mehmet Simsek said drought, which impact and more as a signal to a government has hit agricultural output, as well as eco- that it is supporting the economy. The bank nomic weakness in European export markets had cut its main one-week repo rate by 175 and wars in Ukraine and Iraq heightened the basis points in the three months before that risk of growth remaining below target in 2014 decision, fuelling criticism from some econo- as a whole. mists that it was caving in to political pressure The ruling AK Party has a strong record on despite persistently high inflation. the economy and can ill afford a slowdown in The lira - already under pressure from con- the run-up to a parliamentary election next cern that the United States would hike inter- June, and the figures are likely to increase est rates sooner than expected - fell to 2.2109 political pressure on the central bank to cut against the dollar by 0810 GMT, its weakest interest rates. since the end of March, from 2.2032 late on “Turkey’s growth has lost some momen- Tuesday. tum in the second quarter of 2014 due to monetary tightening, the delayed impact of Caution against rate cuts the macro prudential measures, slowing EU Output grew 2.4 percent from the previ- economies and geopolitical tensions,” Simsek ous quarter on a calendar-adjusted basis, the said in an emailed statement. data showed. The statistics institute revised Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.1 its first quarter GDP growth figure to 4.7 per- percent year-on-year in the second quarter, cent year-on-year from an initial 4.3 percent. according to data published yesterday by Odeabank market strategist, Erkan Dernek, Turkey’s statistics institute, missing the aver- said the data put the economy on track for age forecast in a Reuters poll of 2.65 percent growth of about 3.2 percent for the year, but growth. The central bank hiked rates sharply warned against interest rate cuts. “As the cur- in January to defend a tumbling lira and, rency depreciates, we are heading to a period although it has been trimming them since, that we had observed last year, in which infla- has said policy will remain tight until inflation tion will stay relatively high and growth will BRUSSELS: European Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker leaves the platform after unveiling the list of the new European pressures ease. slow down with tight financial conditions,” he Commissioners during a press conference in Brussels yesterday. — AFP President Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister said. “The central bank should think of keep- until last month, has been a frequent critic of ing interest rate corridors unchanged, other- central bank policy, urging sharper rate cuts wise the currency will depreciate further, to spur growth. But stormclouds are gather- weighing on macro-fundamentals.” France, Britain win key ing. “Turkey has seen the biggest credit-to- Inflation peaked in May, but earlier this GDP growth in all (emerging markets) but month Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan clearly the feed-through to economic growth conceded it may still go above the central is extremely limited and investment growth is bank’s forecast of 7.6 percent for the year. jobs in new EU line-up actually continuing to recede as a share of Istanbul’s main share index fell 0.85 percent GDP,” UBS strategist, Manik Narain, said. “It’s to 79,400 points. The benchmark 10-year overall a disappointing print in headline government bond yield rose to 9.34 per- Toll order before new EU Commission terms and the breakdown is not healthy cent from Tuesday’s 9.19 percent. —Reuters BRUSSELS: France and Britain yesterday had triumphed. stagnation and deflation. secured top positions in incoming European Moscovici overcame reservations from Unemployment is also a major concern, par- Merkel ‘proud’ of budget, Commission president Jean Claude-Juncker’s Germany about France’s ability to meet key EU ticularly among the young. Countries such as new team, which must tackle a stagnant econo- budget targets. Hill’s post is meanwhile a big win Spain, Greece and Italy face exceptionally high insists on rigor in EU my, rising euroscepticism and the Ukraine crisis for Britain, whose financial services industry in rates of joblessness while France just recorded a on its borders. Former French finance minister the City of London is a key sector of the British new record high level. BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel of three percent of gross domestic product Pierre Moscovici was named as the commission- economy. The commission must also rebuild confidence voiced pride yesterday in her country’s strong until 2017. er for economic affairs, the most coveted job in Britain is set to hold a referendum in 2017 on in Brussels itself after the unprecedented rise of budget and called on EU states “finally” to Paris had promised Brussels that it would the new regime which will run Brussels for the its membership of the European Union. eurosceptic parties in European Parliament elec- respect joint fiscal rules, as France delayed return to three percent next year. Asked next five years. Juncker’s new line-up, which includes four for- tions in May, in a clear message that voters are meeting a key EU target. about the news, a German finance ministry Britain, whose place in the EU is under threat mer prime ministers and several former finance fed up with the EU. The crisis in Ukraine mean- Merkel told lawmakers in the Bundestag spokeswoman said it was up to the European from a surge in eurosceptism at home, scored a ministers, will set the path for a bloc that covers while poses the biggest foreign policy challenge lower house of parliament that Germany Commission-the EU’s executive arm-to decide coup by winning the financial services post for more than half a billion people and is effectively to the EU, which is struggling to stay united over could be “proud” after balancing its 2015 fed- how to react, including what punitive meas- its nominee Jonathan Hill, the ex-head of the world’s largest economy. The European its latest round of sanctions against Russia. eral budget for the first time for 45 years. ures to take. Britain’s House of Lords. Commission is arguably the most powerful insti- The powerful post of EU diplomatic chief After striving for years to achieve it, she said it But she underlined that Germany believed “I am convinced it will be a winning team,” tution in Brussels as it drafts EU legislation, went to Italian Foreign Minister Federica was “now reality”, adding: “Economic activity that all members of the euro-zone “must Juncker told a press conference. The former polices national budgets and anti-trust regula- Mogherini at the end of August. financed on credit is set to finally end.” respect the rules” including the three-percent Luxembourg prime minister also appointed tions, and negotiates trade treaties. Poland’s Donald Tusk was named at the same The Bundestag is due to vote on the draft ceiling. “Otherwise we risk our credibility, and some of his 27-member line-up to a team of so- Juncker has vowed that his Commission will time to the one other job which rivals Juncker’s budget for next year on Friday. Merkel said dependability and stability are essential for called “super commissioners” to oversee huge be less bureaucratic and will work to revitalise in importance in Brussels-president of the that what applied for Germany also held true confidence in the eurozone,” she told areas of policy seen as most crucial for the EU, the EU’s sagging economy. European Council, which groups the leaders of for Europe, where she said the situation was reporters. particularly boosting growth and jobs. But the EU’s new masters face huge chal- the EU nations. Juncker also cleared a major hur- still fragile but noted that reforms in countries “At the same time, it is important for The new team will take office in November. lenges. After making it through the euro-zone dle by securing the nine women members that such as Spain were bearing fruit. “We should France to implement the structural reforms The announcement followed months of behind- crisis without the currency collapsing, the the European parliament had demanded in take very seriously that the (European) that it has announced and step up invest- the-scenes battles in Brussels to win top jobs European economy now appears to be stalling order to give its approval to the new commis- Commission has now rightly indicated that ment.” and fevered speculation about which countries and there are fears it could face a decade of sion. — AFP straying from the reform course is the biggest Merkel’s spokesman told the same news risk for further recovery,” she told MPs. conference that he declined to comment on And she reiterated comments by Finance former French finance minister Pierre France delays meeting EU deficit rules until 2017 Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, saying “keep- Moscovici being named as the EU commis- ing to our incurred commitments in Europe, sioner for economic affairs. “Regardless of the PARIS: Crisis-wracked France yesterday pushed especially in the euro-zone, must, unlike in nomination of individual people, the back its target to hit EU deficit rules by two years, the past, finally become the hallmark of the strengthening of competitiveness, growth potentially putting the euro-zone’s second-biggest euro-zone”. Earlier French Finance Minister and employment will remain of key impor- economy on a collision course with Brussels. Michel Sapin said Paris would not get its bal- tance for Europe in the coming months and Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Paris would not looning budget deficit down to the EU limit years,” he said. — AFP get its ballooning budget deficit down to the EU limit of three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) until 2017, the expected date of the next Argentina says UN vote presidential election in France. France had promised Brussels that it would return to three percent next year, but Sapin said vindicates its debt the deficit in 2015 would come in at 4.3 percent-a far cry from the maximum permitted. fight against ‘vultures’ For this year, Sapin said the deficit would be 4.4 percent of GDP. France has already twice asked for BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine government whelmingly in favor of such a convention. “If more time to get its deficit below the three percent said yesterday that its refusal to repay a 124 countries in the United Nations support maximum. Sapin blamed an “exceptional situation” group of US hedge funds that stand to profit the Republic of Argentina, it means that in the euro-zone which he said was “marked by a on the country’s defaulted debt was vindicat- Argentina is right in its claims,” Capitanich very weak economy combined with a slowdown in ed by the United Nations’ support for a multi- told reporters in Buenos Aires. inflation that no one predicted.” lateral plan handling bond restructurings. The July default took place after a New This was a clear message to Brussels, which The lengthy legal battle between Argentina York court barred Argentina from servicing allows countries to delay their budgetary targets in and the investment funds that snapped up debt that was restructured under US law “exceptional” economic circumstances. its bonds on the cheap after its record 2002 until the government settled with the dis- He stressed however that “we are not asking for a change in the European rules, we are not asking default and are suing for 100 cents on the tressed-debt experts who rejected the terms PARIS: French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron and dollar led to the Buenos Aires government of bond swaps in 2005 and 2010. for them to be suspended, nor for any exception.” The announcement came a day after the finance French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Minister Segolene Royal attend a ses- defaulting again in July. When the Buenos Aires government sion of questions to the government at the French national Assembly in Paris yesterday.—AFP Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich’s com- deposited a $539 million coupon payment minister of European economic and political pow- ments came ahead of a vote in the lower with a US intermediary bank in June, US erhouse Germany pointedly called on euro-zone house of Congress, which is likely to approve District Judge Thomas Griesa blocked the countries to “keep our promises.” “Everyone must a draft law that remodels the country’s debt payment. stick to the rules, which we’ve drawn up together,” Canada’s housing party plays to enable it to skirt US court rulings in sup- Fernandez has accused Griesa of over- said Wolfgang Schaeuble. port of the hedge funds. President Cristina stepping his bounds and interfering in Fernandez says her country is the victim of Argentina’s national sovereignty. Her Responsibility Pact on as world warns of risk “vulture funds” that are prepared to wreck its response, a bill that would allow the govern- Sapin also revealed that growth this year would finances in their pursuit of huge profits. She ment to make its debt payments locally, or be a sluggish 0.4 percent, following two quarters TORONTO: Jeff Lowry and his family left a sedate “There is this euphoria when you are within wants a global framework that would pre- elsewhere beyond the reaches of Griesa’s during which the economy stagnated completely. housing market in Tennessee last year and an up housing market,” Werner said. “We fell into vent a minority of investors from scuppering court, has sailed through Congress so far. The Officially, Paris was banking on a growth rate of moved to Canada in the midst of a housing it that here. I don’t want to say Canadians are in a debt restructuring agreements. vote in the lower house or early today is the one percent this year, but Sapin had already admit- boom, where bidding wars and soaring prices party mode, but they are thinking, ‘What can pos- Prompted by Argentina and its ally final step after the Senate already voted in ted this was too bullish and predicted last month were an unpleasant reminder of his American sibly go wrong if prices keep going up?’ It’s going Bolivia, the UN General Assembly voted over- favor.— Reuters the economy would grow by “around 0.5 percent.” roots. Trading in his suburban home outside to end badly.” The French economy is seen recovering slightly Nashville for a smaller $600,000 house in Werner said the reason why a collapse is next year, with 1.0 percent growth, Sapin said, Waterdown, Ontario, about 40 miles outside of inevitable include: home prices are rising faster although this was a significant downwards revision Toronto, the 39-year-old regional manager won- than personal income; low mortgage rates are from a previous forecast of 1.7 percent. As well as ders if he’s just bought into another bubble. unsustainable; household debt levels are at his- running the risk of infuriating Brussels, the new “Obviously it is risky, and we’re concerned,” toric highs; and builders have erected so many forecasts are likely to increase pressure on French said Lowry. “The housing market is skyrocketing houses that there will soon be oversupply. President Francois Hollande, already at historic and we wonder, are we paying the top price? Will Fitch said in July that Canada’s housing mar- lows in the opinion polls. The embattled leader what happened in the United States happen ket was about 20 percent overvalued and promised to bring unemployment down but has in here? I don’t know. I guess it’s a gamble.” Experts warned that the country’s debt-to-income ratio, fact seen the jobless lines grow to record lengths ranging from Fitch Ratings and Morningstar to which at about 163 percent echoes levels seen in as the economy grinds almost to a halt. Hollande’s the International Monetary Fund and economist the United States just before its crash, will be a controversial plan to get the French economy Paul Krugman have warned about the risks of the liability when interest rates rise. While the pace of going again, the Responsibility Pact, will see com- housing boom in Canada, where the average homebuilding has slowed slightly from a 2012 panies offered 40 billion euros ($52 billion) in tax home price has doubled in 11 years. They point peak, prices have kept rising, with the average breaks over the next three years in return for a to record high household debt, cheap mort- home price up 5.0 percent in the last year to pledge to create 500,000 jobs. gages, and overbuilding as harbingers of the C$401,585 ($365,243). But Canadians, from poli- In a bid to balance the books, this will go hand- kind of doom seen in the US housing collapse cymakers to bank economists to homebuyers, in-hand with 50 billion euros in public spending five years ago. are confident that a solid banking system, more cuts, which Sapin vowed to implement “until the “Think of me as the designated driver at a par- conservative borrowing and steady demand will end.” The Responsibility Pact sparked a political cri- ty,” said Dan Werner, an equity analyst at Chicago- provide a soft landing for a market that is already TIANJIN: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) walks past Klaus Schwab (right), founder sis last month when Hollande was forced to sack based investment firm Morningstar. He warned slowing. “I really think that what we’re observing and executive chairman of the WEF as he prepares to give a speech during the World his left-wing economy minister Arnaud in July that a house price correction is inevitable is a high level of self-responsibility through this,” Economic Forum in Tianjin yesterday. The annual World Economic Forum New Montebourg who criticized the policy as being too in the next five years that could send values tum- Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said in Champions meeting brings together business, economic and political leaders and business friendly and too focused on German-led bling by as much as 30 percent. late April. —Reuters former officeholders. — AFP austerity principles. —— AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 BUSINESS Global shares struggle as US rate fears weigh LONDON: Global shares struggled yester- Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.3 per- showed investors expect slower rate hikes US rate hike helped the dollar hold onto its British financial assets. The brief sterling day as markets added to bets on an early cent, its largest fall in nearly six months. At than policymakers themselves expect. recent gains. The dollar hit a six-year high dip followed an unverified web poll by an U.S. rate hike while nagging concerns over mid-session the FTSEurofirst index of lead- Germany’s 10-year yield rose back against the yen of 106.79 yen and the dol- independent blogger that showed the Scotland’s future unnerved investors in ing European shares was down 0.1 percent above 1 percent to 1.02 percent, its high- lar index, a basket of its value against six pro-independence camp leading with 53.9 Europe, hurting sterling and helping the at 1384 points. Germany’s DAX was down est in a month, and Spain’s rose 10 basis major currencies, hovered near Tuesday’s percent.http://barker.co.uk/scotlandpoll. dollar hold on to recent gains. European 0.1 percent, France’s CAC 40 was flat and points to 2.29 percent. “The study by the 14-month high. Prime Minister David Cameron and the stocks flirted with their fourth daily decline Britain’s FTSE 100 up 0.1 percent. San Francisco Fed unnerved investors that The euro recovered from Tuesday’s 14- leaders of the other two main political par- in a row and benchmark US Treasury yields Stock markets’ struggles on Wednesday markets are too complacent about the month low of $1.2860 back to $1.2943, ties travelled to Scotland yesterday to try rose for the fifth straight session, some- followed broad weakness on Wall Street pace of Fed rate hikes,” said Nick and sterling hit a 10-month low of $1.6052 and save the union. “What you’ve got is thing not seen since early June. the previous day after initial excitement Stamenkovic, bond strategist at RIA before recovering almost a cent. But with the spectacle of the three main political Shares in the euro-zone’s biggest bank over Apple Inc’s new products evaporated, Capital Markets. latest official polls suggesting the out- leaders rushing up to Scotland like a Santander fell as much as 2 percent, lag- and as bond yields continued their march “It is only a matter of time before the come of the Scottish independence refer- spurned boyfriend trying to placate an ging the euro zone and pan-European higher. The 10-year US yield scaled 2.5 per- Fed moves for tighter policy.” endum is now too close to call, the “risk aggrieved girlfriend with offers to stay, financials indices , after the sudden death cent, lifting European yields, as investors premium” surrounding the possibility the plucking promises out of thin air,” said of its 79-year old chairman Emilio Botin. continued to digest a study earlier this Scottish poll jitters 300 year-old United Kingdom could cease Michael Hewson, chief strategist at CMC Earlier, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia- week by the San Francisco Fed that The shift towards pricing in an earlier to exist next week continues to hang over Markets.— Reuters Brent hits 16-month low as losses extend TOKYO: Brent crude dropped to a 16-month Global supplies low under $99 per barrel yesterday, stretch- Oil prices on both sides of the Atlantic ing its losses into a fifth session amid contin- have dropped over the past two months, ued worries about rising supplies and weak dragged down by soaring US shale oil pro- global demand. duction that has replaced many imports from While a larger-than-expected fall in week- West Africa, Europe and other regions, lead- ly US crude stocks kept a floor under oil ing to a supply glut in the Atlantic Basin and prices, gains were curbed by a firmer US dol- Asia. Energy Aspects, a London-based oil con- lar that makes commodities priced in the sultancy, said in a note on Monday that about greenback more expensive for holders of oth- 50 million barrels of oil are stored in floating er currencies. The dollar index stood near a storage, split between Saldanha Bay in South 14-month high, with some investors betting Africa and Asia. the US Federal Reserve would raise interest Investors are now eyeing the Gulf Arab oil rates earlier than previously thought. ministers’ annual meeting on Thursday in Brent crude was trading down 27 cents at Kuwait which could include discussions about oil prices now that Brent has dropped $98.89 a barrel at 0719 GMT, off a low of below the $100 a barrel level acceptable to $98.85 hit earlier in the session - the lowest OPEC. Ukraine also remained in focus. The intraday price since May 1, 2013. US crude United States was putting the finishing was down 21 cents at $92.54 a barrel. “I won- touches to possible new sanctions on Russia’s der how much further Brent could fall after defense, energy and financial sectors over its falling below the psychologically important intervention in Ukraine, the US State $100,” said Ken Hasegawa, a commodity sales Department said on Tuesday. “There’s been manager at Newedge Japan. little impact of Russian sanctions on energy “To be sure, the summer driving season is firms, and the sanctions could be strength- over, and right now it’s the drop-off season till ened a little but the impact is likely to be lim- the next peak demand, and there’s no worries ited,” Tomomichi Akuta, senior economist at over supply. America has entered the season- Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting, said. al maintenance and demand is weak. But the European Union Trade Commissioner market will eventually recover gradually.” Karel De Gucht called on the United States to Data from industry group the American export oil and natural gas to Europe under a Petroleum Institute showed a 1.9 million bar- transatlantic trade deal, in part to reduce the rel decline in US crude stocks last week, ver- region’s dependence on Russian energy sus analysts’ expectations for a drop of 1.1 resources. The market was also paying atten- million. US gasoline stocks unexpectedly tion to rising tension in South Sudan. China rose by 719,000 barrels, while distillate stocks has begun deploying 700 soldiers to a UN gained by 1.7 million barrels. peacekeeping force in South Sudan to pro- Data from the US Department of Energy’s tect oil fields and Chinese workers amid a Energy Information Administration will be rebellion in the African country, the Wall released later in the day at 1430 GMT. Street Journal reported. —Reuters

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KUWAIT: GCC markets continued tor, which was up by 8.7 percent on the upward trajectory during on the back of 21.6 percent August-2014 with YTD-14 gains increase in shares of Al-Safat TEC for 4 out of the 7 GCC equity which reported 58.6 percent markets now exceeding their full increase in its 1H-14 earnings. year 2013 returns. The month The heavyweight banking sector also marked the end of the 1H-14 index reported a monthly gain of earnings season which saw dou- 1.6 percent as a majority of the ble digit year-on-year earnings banking stocks reported positive growth for Saudi Arabia and UAE performance during the month. corporates. Earnings growth in Telecom index was the sole neg- the rest of the markets were ative performer declining by 1.2 modest or slightly below expec- percent due to a 9.8 percent tations in the case of Kuwait and decline in shares of Ooredoo Bahrain. Nevertheless, key heavy- which reported a 10.7 percent weight sector like banking and decline in 1H-14 earnings. The real estate (UAE) had generally monthly gainers chart was strong first half earnings. tion of individual exchanges saw markets. back from the slowdown seen recorded at KD 836.5 million as topped by Zima Holding, which The opening of the Tadawul recovered from being the worst to foreign investors and revision a significant change during the The upward trend in KSE during the month of Ramadan as compared to KD 843.3 million month. The percentage of total indices continued for the second well as depressed trading activity during 1H-13. Major sectors that performer in the previous month in weights in MSCI Emerging due to decline in earnings. The Markets Index for Qatari compa- value traded in UAE exchanges consecutive month as the KSE seen in the previous three affected earnings included finan- plunged from 23.4 percent ($11.4 Weighted Index climbed 2.1 per- months. Total traded volumes cial services and real estate that company reported a monthly nies pushed the respective gain of 39.4 percent during indices in these markets to his- billion) during July-2014 to 8.6 cent during August-14 to record were up by 69.2 percent to 4.1 reported 17.6 percent and 28.9 August-14 followed by Gulf torical high levels. During the percent ($5.9billion), although at 492.1 points. Other KSE indices billion traded shares resulting in percent decline in first half net Petroleum Investment and Gulf month, the CMA in Saudi Arabia these exchanges reported posi- also saw positive monthly return a similar 68.9 percent growth in profits. The overall earnings North Africa Holding with published draft regulations per- tive benchmark returns during with the strongest gains report- traded values that reached KD decline was partially offset by a monthly gains of 36.7 percent taining to QFIIs which was largely the month. On the other hand, ed by the KSE Price Index which 416.8 million. In one of the key strong 17.5 percent improve- and 28.6 percent, respectively, as in-line with investor expecta- the proportion of Tadawul was up by 4.2 percent implying developments in Kuwait’s finan- ment in 1H-14 net profits for tions. Investors have already jumped from 67.1 percent in higher trades in small-cap stocks. cial market, the head of CMA, Kuwaiti banks. NBK reported a both these companies reported started taking positions in key July-14 to 81.4 percent in The year to date performance of Saleh Al-Falah, was replaced by 12.6 percent increase in 1H-14 growth in 1H-14 earnings. stocks in Tadawul, especially the August-14. the Kuwait Weighted Index cur- former finance minister Nayef Al- net profits. The profitability of Housing Finance and NCCI banking sector, which resulted in KSE bounced back to growth rently stands at 8.7 percent sur- Hajraf. Falah spent almost four the telecom sector declined by topped the decliners chart with a strong buying spree in the mar- during August-14, both in terms passing full year gain of 8.4 per- years in the position since the 1.2 percent for 1H-14 as net prof- monthly decline of 24.6 percent ket. of monthly returns on indices as cent reported in 2013. The posi- CMA began operating in early it growth reported by Zain was and 24.2 percent, respectively. Total liquidity in the GCC in well as volume and liquidity. tive investor sentiments resulted 2011. offset by decline in profitability The most liquid stocks included terms of total value traded However, the YTD-14 perform- in higher market cap (+2.1 per- The month also marked the at Ooredoo. NBK, Agility and GFH that report- increased by an impressive 40 ance of the KSE weighted index cent) that led to higher slightly end of the 1H-14 earnings season Amongst the sectoral indices, ed monthly value traded of KD percent to $68.2 billion in (+8.7 percent) continues to lag valuation multiples. Monthly which saw a marginal decline of the strongest monthly gain was 36.3 million, KD 23.9 million and August-14. However, the propor- behind a majority of the GCC trading activity reflected a come- 0.8 percent in total net profits to reported by the technology sec- KD 22.1 million, respectively. Ghana awaits long-delayed gas plant to boost economy ATUABO, Ghana: Can a long-delayed nat- In particular, Ghana’s inability to process ural gas plant transform a nation’s econo- the natural gas that bubbles up along with my? Ghana’s President John Dramani its crude oil has frustrated Mahama’s efforts Mahama certainly hopes so, labelling a new to arrest the economic slide. facility even more important than the dis- Anglo-Irish firm Tullow, lead operator on covery of oil. The plant in Atuabo, outside a the offshore Jubilee Field, for example, said village on Ghana’s remote west coast, is they were unable to produce more than finally due to open in December, producing 100,000 barrels of oil per day because there a projected 500 megawatts of electricity. It was no plant to handle the gas. will help save the treasury about $500 mil- lion (385 million euros) every year in crude No quick fix oil imports. Construction on the Atuabo facility In turn it is hoped that the facility will started two years ago and the government boost oil production to ease the power last said that it had been due to come outages that are becoming increasingly online in December last year. But several common nationwide-both vital improve- deadlines for opening have been missed, as ments as Ghana’s economy stutters. Ghana quibbled with China over a $3 bil- “This plant, I believe, is even more lion loan it was using to fund the construc- important than oil because of its multiplier tion. Last year, a container of crucial equip- effect in terms of job creation and in terms ment was lost at sea as it was being of its importance to Ghana’s energy securi- shipped to Ghana. Analysts agree that a ty,” Mahama said on a visit to the facility last more reliable power sector could help week. “I feel more excited about this gas Ghana restore confidence. “Clearly, we plant than I did with the production of could have made better progress than we (Ghana’s) first oil,” he told reporters, calling have made now,” said Steve Manteaw, the towering facility a “game-changer”. chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Ghana-a rare stable democracy in turbu- Oil and Gas. “If the infrastructure had been lent West Africa and a major producer of ready earlier, we would have been produc- gold and cocoa-needs help to restore its ing much higher volumes than we are MARANELLO: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chairman Sergio Marchinne (left) with former Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo economy’s flagging fortunes. now.” (right) give a news conference in the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello yesterday. —AFP The country has lost some of its lustre The World Bank said in a report last year among investors in recent months as drop- that Ghana was spending $1 million per ping commodities prices and a stubborn day on crude oil imports to keep its power Ferrari head quits to leave 10.1 percent budget deficit have sent con- plants turning, with thermal and hydro- sumer prices and business costs soaring. electric facilities operating below capacity. The local currency has plummeted against As a result, rolling blackouts sweep the Marchionne in driving seat the dollar and things have become so seri- country, driving up costs with businesses ous that Mahama decided last month to such as mines and large firms forced to rely turn to the International Monetary Fund for on generators to keep the lights and Montezemolo credited for luxury carmaker’s revival help, while also issuing a reported $1 bil- machinery on. lion in Eurobonds. “That has affected business confidence,” MILAN: Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di clearly visible over the last weekend,” he said, referring at the age of 26, helping its driver Niki Lauda to two The government’s money worries have said Sebastian Spio-Garbrah, managing Montezemolo is quitting the Italian sports car maker to the lack of a Ferrari driver in the top three at an of his three world titles. However, Ferrari have not had a knock-on effect on the oil sector, director of New York-based consultancy to be replaced by the boss of parent group Fiat, Italian Grand Prix for the first time since 2008. won a drivers’ or constructors’ title since 2008 and which before Mahama’s election in 2012 DaMina Advisory. “Had the gas come online Sergio Marchionne, after the two auto industry For Montezemolo, meanwhile, the Chrysler mar- Marchionne said on Sunday that the team’s perform- was hailed for its potentially transformative earlier as scheduled, it would have heavyweights clashed over strategy and the Formula riage clearly played its part. “This is the end of an era ance was “unacceptable” in what was widely seen as a power. strengthened business confidence.”—AFP One team’s poor results. Long-serving Montezemolo, and so I have decided to leave my position as chair- public sacking of Montezemolo. a protege of Fiat’s founding Agnelli family, will formal- man after almost 23 marvellous and unforgettable Insiders said there was never any love lost ly step down on Oct 13, the day that Marchionne years,” he said. between the two exuberant businessmen, each pow- Santander bank’s patriarch plans to list the newly merged Fiat Chrysler “Ferrari will have an important role to play within erful in his own right. But their differences became Automobiles (FCA) in New York, Fiat and the FCA group in the upcoming flotation on Wall more apparent in recent months as Fiat completed its Botin dies, daughter to succeed Montezemolo said in separate statements. Street. This will open up a new and different phase, buyout of Chrysler and prepared to move its head- MADRID: Emilio Botin, one of Spain’s most ing for a new chairman. Under Montezemolo’s tenure, Ferrari raced to the which I feel should be spearheaded by the CEO of the quarters away from Italy, the carmaker’s home for the powerful men who transformed Santander front of the Formula One grid, increased revenues group.” A note from UBS analysts said that past 115 years. from a small domestic lender into the euro Dealmaker tenfold and tripled sales volumes, helping the Italian Montezemolo, 67, had become “increasingly margin- Though he was reappointed Ferrari chairman in zone’s biggest bank, has died of a heart Emilio Botin, “El Presidente” to co-workers family business become one of the world’s most pow- alized as he had been opposed to the takeover of March, Montezemolo did not travel to Detroit in May attack, aged 79. and the third generation of Botins to run erful brands. But his relationship with Marchionne Chrysler back in 2009 ... the last straw was probably a when Fiat presented an ambitious business plan for Sources familiar with the matter said his Santander, was at the forefront of a drive to had soured in recent years because of disagreements disagreement with Fiat about future growth”. the next five years. He was also excluded from the eldest daughter Ana Botin, currently head of create global banks, offering a one-stop shop over the role of the luxury sports car business within board of the new FCA. Montezemolo, however, leaves Santander’s British business, was expected to to multinational companies and a range of the Fiat group, people with knowledge of the situa- Investor appeal with much of the credit for having rebuilt the Formula be approved as the bank’s new chairman at a services to consumers. tion said. Chairman since 1991, Montezemolo has Marchionne, who has been running Fiat since One team after Enzo Ferrari’s death in 1988, his hiring board meeting later yesterday. Such a move He used a keen eye for deals to spread wanted to keep Ferrari autonomous, while 2004 and revived its fortunes through the tie-up with of Jean Todt as principal leading to the arrival of could spark controversy, with banking dynas- Santander’s red-liveried brand with its Marchionne has pushed to better integrate the busi- Chrysler, now wants to flash the Ferrari card to attract Michael Schumacher and a string of successive con- ties coming under criticism after a scandal at stylised ‘S’ logo around the world, amassing ness within Fiat to boost the group’s move into the U.S. investors when the group makes its debut on structors’ and drivers’ titles between 1999 and 2004. Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo, where the 1.4 trillion euros ($1.8 trillion) of funds and premium end of the car market as it seeks to rival the Wall Street. Fiat shares rose 2.6 percent to 7.89 euros Schumacher’s 2000 success ended a 21-year-wait for founding family’s holdings are being investi- nearly 200,000 employees. likes of Volkswagen and BMW. by 1041 GMT on Wednesday, with the market specu- a Ferrari champion. gated over financial irregularities. “He was a man who has been able to make Marchionne said on Wednesday that he and lating that Montezemolo’s exit could open the door Ferrari, which sells about 7,000 cars a year, made a “Succession shouldn’t just be saying ‘my Banco Santander the most important bank of Montezemolo, who has been tipped to become chair- for a spin-off and listing of Ferrari, a move record 2.34 billion euros in revenue last year with an daughter’s going to take over’,” said a corpo- our country,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano man of airline Alitalia, had discussed the future of Marchionne has repeatedly ruled out. Analysts value operating profit margin of 15.6 percent. Fiat owns 90 rate governance expert at a global asset man- Rajoy told journalists in Parliament. “I had a Ferrari at length. “Our mutual desire to see Ferrari Ferrari at 4-5 billion euros ($5.17 billion to $6.47 bil- percent of Ferrari, with the remaining 10 percent held ager which owns Santander shares, speaking meeting with him last week and he was well achieve its true potential on the (Formula One racing) lion). Montezemolo was a protege of Fiat patriarch by Piero Ferrari, the group’s vice chairman and son of on condition of anonymity. But others said and in good form. It has been a surprise and a track has led to misunderstandings, which became Gianni Agnelli and became Ferrari’s sporting director the carmaker’s founder Enzo Ferrari. —Reuters Ana Botin, who has spent most of the last 25 blow.”—Reuters years at Santander, could provide welcome continuity. Kingfisher names head of French unit as new CEO “The key issue is whether or not family control is a good or a bad thing. Ultimately LONDON: Kingfisher, Europe’s largest home kets, completes its common brands program and 6.1 percent but experienced a sharp slowdown in this depends on individuals and his (Botin’s) improvements retailer, said yesterday Ian integrates Bricolage into the business. Laury will its second quarter. daughter is a chip off the old block,” said Cheshire, its chief executive for nearly seven become the fifth woman CEO in Britain’s FTSE The firm cautioned in July that its markets in Philip Saunders, co-head of multi-asset at years, would step down before next January and 100 index of blue chip companies. the second quarter, notably in June, had been Investec Asset Management. be succeeded by Veronique Laury, the boss of The succession plan was announced as slower than anticipated, particularly in France “More often than not, family control or French unit Castorama. Laury has been with Kingfisher posted flat first-half profit in line with and Poland. strong influence tends to bolster long ter- Kingfisher for 11 years. Currently a member of the expectations, as a boost from good weather in First half sales rose 0.9 percent to 5.77 billion mism which is particularly important in a group executive committee she will join the the first quarter was offset by a tougher second pounds and were up 1.8 percent on a like-for-like banking context given that banks typically Kingfisher plc board ahead of taking up her new quarter. The firm, which runs the B&Q and basis. Kingfisher is paying an interim dividend of behave in an overly pro cyclical manner and role. “This decision, reached during the regular Screwfix chains in Britain and Castorama and 3.15 pence, up 1 percent. “Whilst our French busi- destroy shareholder value as a consequence,” SANTANDER: Director of Spanish bank succession discussions between the board and Brico Depot in France and other markets, said it ness saw an improvement in August we remain he said. If Ana Botin is confirmed as group Santander Central Hispano Emilio Botin (Cheshire) recognizes that the next phase of made an underlying pretax profit of 364 million cautious about the economic backdrop,” said chairman, it will leave a gap at Santander’s UK ringing the bell for the start of a share- Kingfisher’s evolution requires a significant lead- pounds ($586.8 million) in the 26 weeks to Aug. 2. Cheshire. Shares in Kingfisher, No 3 in the world arm just as it prepares for a separate listing. holders meeting in the northern Spanish ership commitment and continuity,” said the firm. That compares to analysts’ average forecast of behind US groups Lowe’s and Home Depot, have UK Finance Director Nathan Bostock has been town of Santander. Botin died yesterday, Kingfisher said the next five years will be par- 360 million pounds, according to a company poll. fallen 25 percent over the last year. They closed lined up as her replacement, but he only the Santander bank announced. He was ticularly busy as it develops its IT systems, Kingfisher had a strong first quarter as fine Tuesday at 307.2 pence, valuing the business at joined a month ago. The UK arm is also look- 79-years-old. — AFP expands Screwfix and Brico Depot into new mar- weather drove sales at stores open over a year up 7.3 billion pounds. — Reuters THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 information

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By Islam Al-Sharaa Q: How is Xerox different from Canon, Minolta minimizing waste, and reusing or recycling materials. and other rivals? KUWAIT: Xerox Corporation Limited is an A: Xerox believes that we are a unique company Q: What’s Xerox Emirates’ market position in the American multinational document manage- with a unique heritage and this is reflected in our Gulf - Kuwait in particular? ment corporation that produces and sells a activities, our ethos and our culture A: Xerox Emirates is the joint venture between range of printers, multifunction systems, photo- Xerox and a local partner in the UAE. In Kuwait Xerox copiers, digital production printing presses, and Q: How is Xerox trying to protect the environ- has partnered with a local organization of repute - related consulting services and supplies. Kuwait ment and make advances in technology simulta- the Alghanim Group. Xerox throughout the Gulf Times landed an exclusive interview with Dan neously? offers a leading ranges of Services and Products to Smith, the head of Xerox’s integrated marketing A: Xerox does this through 4 separate focus areas. many types of small to medium to large organiza- for the Middle East and Africa region in which First, we reduce carbon emissions by cutting energy tions and in to many different sectors. As a brand, it he talks about his companies’ environmental use in Xerox facilities and provide energy-efficient is a leading vendor and is recognized for high quality policies and Xerox’s future role in the Middle products and solutions to our customers. We also products and supporting services in both printing East region. Here are some excerpts from the interview -

Q: What is Xerox’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)? A: Across industries and around the globe, Xerox has people who are passionate about mak- ing our communities better than they are... a cor- ‘Destiny’ soars at launch porate culture that is committed to diversity and continuous improvement... and an innovation SAN FRANCISCO: Hotly-anticipated Those behind the video game franchise community that’s harnessing the potential of video game “Destiny” soared at launch on envision it spanning a decade or more, services and technologies for the promise of a Tuesday, setting a trajectory intended to with new installments released over better world. Reflecting a company-wide com- eclipse the blockbuster hit its makers had time. The first “expansion pack” adding mitment to environmental stewardship, Xerox’s with “Halo.” “Destiny” from Bungie studio more missions and activities to the game environmental sustainability goals included a 25 was the most pre-ordered new video is set for release in December. percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions game franchise in history, according to “We’re really proud of the world we worldwide from 2002 to 2012. Company-wide publisher Activision. “Destiny is the game created with ‘Halo,’ and the millions of efforts enabled this success, including employee we’ve always wanted to make,” Bungie gamers we attracted, but with ‘Destiny’ actions, driving fewer miles, sound energy man- president Harold Ryan said in a launch we wanted the worlds to be bigger and agement, new manufacturing and customer release. “We’ve dreamt of this universe for feel more alive,” Bungie studio chief oper- technologies and more efficient heating and years, so we couldn’t be more thrilled to ating officer Pete Parsons told AFP. “To do cooling The Xerox Foundation is also a vehicle for swing open the doors and let fans shape that, we added in the most exciting and supporting good work in communities and from this experience as they tell their unique unpredictable ingredient we could think its beginnings, Xerox has helped shape the idea stories in the game.” of: players. Destiny’s worlds are connect- of corporate social responsibility. Our efforts reflect our belief that a successful The game puts players in the role of ed and alive.” Armies of players joined This photo shows Dan Smith, the head of Xerox’s integrated marketing for the corporation must be an active participant in soci- Middle East and Africa region. guardians of the last city on Earth, with the virtual fray during a test run of ety. The Xerox Foundation is the hand that gives enemies to battle; special powers to “Destiny” online capabilities in recent something back to the communities from which focus on preserving biodiversity and the world’s and imaging with the widest portfolio of offerings of wield, and planets to explore. Console months. we draw our employees, our customers, and our forests. Xerox works with partners to advance a sus- any vendor. processing power and Internet capabili- The number of players topped 4.6 freedom to conduct business. Through our many tainable paper cycle through environmentally sound ties have been taken advantage of to cre- million, making it the largest test run programs, our people have given back to the paper offerings, advances in forest management Q: What are Xerox Emirates’ future business plans ate “an unprecedented combination” of ever for a new video game franchise, communities in which they work and live for standards, and products and services that reduce for the Middle East region? play options from spontaneous co-opera- according to Activision Publishing. At decades. We encourage employee involvement offices’ dependency on paper. Apart from forest and A: Xerox sees the Middle East as a strategic market tive online skirmishes to immersive solo one point during the test run, more primarily through the Xerox Community environmental conservation, we focus on preserving with the potential for growth. Our plans recognize action. than 850,000 people were playing Involvement Program. XCIP provides the means clean air and water by eliminating the use of toxic this opportunity and Xerox is focused on working “Destiny has been a labor of love and simultaneously. to channel funds to local teams of employees to materials and heavy metals from our product supply through its partners to enable more businesses and a remarkable creative journey for every- “For us, the next generation of games select and work on specific community projects chain. Finally, we prevent and manage waste as our organizations to work with us to harness better per- one at Activision and Bungie,” said is all about allowing players to collide that they identify in their communities. products are designed to use resources efficiently- formance through focusing on their core business. Activision chief executive Eric Hirshberg. and interact with each other as they “We feel that we have the opportunity to take on epic, action packed adventures launch something huge - not just into all their own,” Ryan said. Players inspired the gaming landscape, but the pop cul- to invest lots of time in the game can tural landscape.” Versions of “Destiny” form clans, customize characters, or were released for play on PlayStation 4 tackle challenges. The game is priced at and Xbox One consoles as well as their $60, but special edition versions with predecessors the Xbox 360 and added perks and higher prices are being PlayStation 3. offered. A compelling aspect of “Destiny” is Topping ‘Halo’ that players can move easily about a Bungie is out to eclipse the enviable seemingly boundless virtual universe, success it had with “Halo” with massive slipping into or out of battles raging new science-fiction action title “Destiny.” between online players. —AFP ‘Smart homes’ soon to become a reality

BERLIN: Its long been the stuff of sci- developing apps to link up electric ence fiction, but tech giants hope the devices and household appliances, for a “smart home”, where gadgets talk to reported 200 million dollars. The move each other and the fridge orders the came after Google in January paid a jaw- milk, will soon become reality. The futur- dropping 3.2 billion dollars for Nest Labs, istic vision of wireless domestic bliss that which makes fire alarms and sophisticat- puts people and their smartphones or ed thermostats that save energy and can tablets at the centre of an “Internet of detect whether people are at home or Things” is a key theme at this year’s IFA out. consumer electronics fair in Berlin. “The Internet of Things is the break- Industry titans such as Google, through that was needed to make the Samsung and Apple have been battling smart home possible,” said Annette for an early lead in the race to create the Zimmermann of IT research and adviso- BERLIN: A man holds a bone-shaped remote control in front of loudspeakers designed as skulls at the both of the Jarre company. —AFP Internet-connected household, a market ry company Gartner Research. Last year they expect to grow into the next multi- some 17 million home automation billion-dollar tech revolution. The smart devices were sold, according to analysts home is heading “towards a mass-mar- at ABI Research, which predicts their Top trends at IFA 2014, ket reality”, said Lisa Arrowsmith of mar- number will top half a billion units by ket research firm IHS. 2018. The new driving force, she said, is “the Big industry players are now battling Europe’s biggest gadget fair rise of the smartphone and its role as a to establish the dominant platform for common user interface to allow remote the intelligent home. Among them is BERLIN: From smartwatches to your steps and calories, and be kept sets that are de rigueur-they have world, measuring 110 inches (280 and in-home control of devices such as Microsoft, which has already entered liv- “phablets” to precision robot vacu- up to date with the latest news and to have cinematically curved centimeters) diagonally and costing thermostats, smart plugs or security sys- ing rooms with its Xbox game console um cleaners, Europe’s IFA con- social media. Samsung, which also screens as well. Philips, LG, Haier, $258,400. tems”. Talk of creating the “automated that can sense movement and speech via sumer electronics show showcases pioneered the smartwatch, present- Loewe, was among top brands to home” has been around since at least its Kinect system and is designed as a the latest in gadget wizardry. Here ed the Galaxy Gear S, an updated present curved screen models this Virtual and augmented reality the 1980s, but was hobbled by technical hub for online activity. Apple recently are the main trends of this year’s version of its original model. But year in Berlin. Even Sony, which Another new development at hurdles, from tangled cables to costly presented the HomeKit, a platform to five-day fair in Berlin, which ended rivals are following suit with even vowed just a few months ago that it this year’s IFA were virtual- or aug- interfaces and compatibility problems connect compatible devices and a space yesterday: snazzier models. South Korean mak- would no longer simply follow the mented-reality headsets. Sony between appliance manufacturers. where software developers can create er LG showed off its traditionally- market, curved the screen on its unveiled a new prototype from its Now the dream is back with a the necessary applications. “Competition Smartphones cannibalize designed G Watch, while competi- Bravia S90. At the high end of the laboratories to compete with vengeance as companies foresee a is fierce because the market is wide tablets tors Motorola and Asus opted for a range, Samsung flexed its muscles Google Glass. Still in development, world of synced devices, where open,” said Julien De Preaumont, market- With their increasingly bigger more futuristic look. with a “flexible” screen which the the eye spectacles have lenses motorists remotely switch on the heat- ing director of Withings, a pioneer in screens, smartphones are morphing viewer can straighten or curve as where information and data flash ing as they drive home, and holidaymak- France that makes Internet-connected into “phablets”, a cross between a Televisions with curved screens they wish. But Chinese maker TLC up in the wearer’s vision. Samsung ers watch over their houses from the bathroom scales, home surveillance sys- mobile phone and a tablet comput- In 2014, it is no longer simply stole the show with the biggest has teamed up with the Californian er. South Korean giant Samsung- ultra high-definition (HD) television ever ultra-HD curved screen in the start-up Oculus Rift to build its VR beach with security camera footage. At tems and other devices. which pioneered the new product virtual reality headset, which acts the IFA in Berlin, South Korea’s Samsung “Consumers are adopting new prod- three years ago-unveiled its new as an add-on to the Galaxy Note 4, presented its 2020 vision of the “house ucts, and it is their practices which will state-of-the-art Galaxy Note 4 and turning the image on the phone of the future”, replete with a hologram determine the future.” Electronics mak- Edge models. Other makers are onto the immersive 3-D display. It is chef who gives step-by-step cooking ers must still overcome consumer skep- joining the race, as phablets capture targeted primarily at the video instructions, and digital sports coaches ticism and convince people to part ways the hearts of video-gamers, particu- game market. that keep an eye on your morning work- with their dumb toaster and dishwasher larly in Asia. Japan’s Sony lifted the out. “For many it’s still just a vision, but to embrace a life of total connectivity. curtain on its XPeria Z3, China’s Robot vacuum cleaners change is coming and it’s coming fast,” Some worry about the privacy implica- Huawei presented its Ascend Mate It is sometimes easy to forget, promised Samsung Electronics co-CEO tions of the massive online data streams 7, and compatriot HTC unveiled its but the IFA started life as a fair for Boo-Keun “BK” Yoon. “Just remember that would control and monitor virtually Desire 820, to name just a few. household appliances and British how quickly, in just a few years, smart- every aspect of their lives, from the food maker Dyson caused a stir this year phones and tablets have changed our in their fridge to the laundry in their Intelligent watches with its robot vacuum cleaner. lives.” washing machine. “The issue of data The computer you wear on your After 16 years of research, the “360 protection is going to be a huge one,” wrist. Watches no longer just tell the Eye” cleaner is equipped with a ‘Internet of Things’ said Zimmermann, “obviously even time, they are becoming smart- camera and infrared sensors so that To add innovation muscle to its smart more so because we have very different watches, linked up wirelessly to your it can vacuum a room in one go home push, Samsung in August bought privacy laws from one continent to computer, smartphone or tablet so BERLIN: A man tries out the Samsung Gear VR, a virtual reality without bumping into walls and the US start-up SmartThings, which is another.” —AFP you can consult your emails, count device at the IFA event. —AFP furniture. —AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 TECHNOLOGY Fashion world split over new Apple watch Fashionistas won’t wear smartwatch

CUPERTINO: Apple Inc’s newly unveiled bility and individualization.” With the excep- smartwatch on Tuesday split fashion arbiters tion of the bright colors and gold trim, he who may prove pivotal to its broad accept- added, it is “a very masculine watch.” ance. Many praised the “Apple Watch”, priced Some fashionistas may prove reluctant to from $349 when it debuts next year, for its wear a smartwatch at all, said Sonny Vu, chief clean aesthetic, but some bloggers and edi- executive of Misfit Wearables, which makes tors said the watch had a masculine aura, an activity monitor that can be worn as a which would limit its allure to parts of the broach, on a necklace, or on a wrist band. style-conscious crowd. Others said the Some female consumers are concerned design, while pleasing, was less than revolu- about tan lines, for instance, and many might tionary. own a watch that has sentimental value, he The gadget, which must be paired with said. But other fashion critics were effusive. an iPhone, is shaped like a traditional time- “It is immaculate in terms of how function piece, with a small square display. A dial on meets design. The issue is really about how the side, reminiscent of the winding mecha- much people want to wear something so nism on a mechanical watch, can be spun or clearly, essentially an amazing gadget,” said pushed to manipulate what is on the touch Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue. screen. Apple will offer three different ver- sions-sport, standard, and a luxury edition, View from fashion week with finishes including stainless steel and The Watch is the closest the U.S. company gold plated. The display can be customized has come to selling a fashion accessory and to show the time in numbers or a facsimile of marks its first foray into the personal luxury a watch with hands. goods market, although its iPhones and other Wrist bands range from leather and stain- gadgets have long been seen as fashion sym- less steel to sports models in hues from pink bols. In recent years, Apple has hired Patrick to blue. The Watch recognizes voice com- Pruniaux, former vice president of Tag Heuer’s mands and carries sensors that can track global sales and retail; Angela Ahrendts, for- activity such as steps and heart rate. mer chief executive of Burberry Inc; and for- Roseanne Morrison, fashion director for The mer Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve Doneger Group, an industry consultant, said joined as vice president of special projects. the design fell short of her expectations. “It’s A first-time invitee to an Apple event, not pretty,” she told Reuters. “It’s very future Marie Claire tech editor Jenna Blaha, said she techno as opposed to feminine sexy.” was impressed with the Watch but would need to touch and feel the device before rec- Tough competition ommending it to readers. At Tuesday’s TOKYO: An Apple gadget fan queues outside of an Apple store for the iPhone 6’s release. —AFP Many contacted by Reuters agreed that launch in Cupertino, California, Apple dis- the device was better looking than existing played a gallery of watches but onlookers offerings from the likes of Samsung had to be content with tightly controlled Electronics and LG, which are judged to be demonstrations by Apple employees. Gwen Japanese fans set up chunkier. But rival tech giants like Google Inc Stefani, fashion designer and “No Doubt” and Intel Corp are increasingly competing singer, told Reuters even she wasn’t allowed with Apple in the emerging market for wear- to play with these watches. able devices. Based on tablet and PC adop- Many of the fashion experts agreed that watch for new iPhone tion rates, Citigroup expects the smartwatch the most compelling wearables haven’t hit market to reach about $10 billion by 2018 the market yet. Fashion editors were curious versus an estimated $1.4 billion to $1.8 bil- about an expected wearable accessory from lion in 2014. fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff; a high- TOKYO: It may still be several days before they store in glitzy Ginza on Saturday, and had to wait store, surrounded by camping equipment, suit- Eric Wilson, fashion news director for fashion smart bracelet from Intel; and a can even order a new iPhone and more than a until the small hours yesterday to hear about the cases and even a rubber Steve Jobs mask. InStyle Magazine, said Apple also faces com- smart ring from Ringly. “This is just the begin- week until they can pick it up, but dedicated fans Apple Watch and the two new iPhone models. Kajigaya Takuya, a 30 year old comedian, arrived petition from luxury watch-makers like Rolex. ning. How long before there is a partnership in Japan have already begun queuing. In a coun- “The unveiling of the Apple Watch here was Tuesday to join the line. Swatch has said it’s exploring a watch with with Marc Jacobs and Valentino to do more try known for taking its hobbies extremely seri- very tense. Everyone said, ‘Yeah, they did it!’” said He said despite difficulties sleeping through a intelligent digital features. “The Apple Watch sophisticated faces?” said Lea Goldman, fea- ously, Apple acolytes in Tokyo began bagging Tamura, an office worker who has taken time off chilly Tokyo night, he had been having fun so far. will be a status symbol to carry,” he said. But tures and special projects reporter for Marie “The staffs at the Apple Store are kind, they let us the design is “generic in the sense of its flexi- Claire. —Reuters charge our iPads and iPhones, and we can use the toilet in the shop,” he said. Takuya said he enjoys the challenge of waiting outside to be among the first to touch the device, which is also available in gold. “Of course, you need patience, it’s like climb- ing a mountain-in the end you feel as if you’ve achieved something, I think it’s great,” he said. In China, which is not going to get the iPhone 6 until a week later, Internet users stayed up late to watch the live feed of the unveiling, with many joking about selling internal organs to fund a pur- chase. “Good morning everyone. I have two kid- neys. One is for urgent sale next week for the iPhone6 Plus. The other is to be sold in four months’ time for the Apple Watch. First come, first served,” quipped one. In 2012, a Chinese teenager had his kidney removed to fund the purchase of an iPhone and an iPad. That led to the arrest of members of an illegal organ trading group. Despite the furor over the launch, there was some doubt as to the real significance of the news to the technology sector, with many point- ing out that there was nothing very cutting edge about the new products. Japanese Twitter users TOKYO: This photo taken and supplied by twitter user “sinomoritsukasa” shows an questioned the originality of the phones’ con- “Apple Watch” carved from an apple. —AFP tactless cash feature, Apple Pay, pointing out that mobiles in Japan have had this feature for CUPERTINO: Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) greets the crowd with U2 singer their spots on the pavement days before the work to queue. He proudly told AFP he works years. And Twitter user @sinomoritsukasa could- Bono (2nd right) as The Edge (2nd left) and Larry Mullen Jr look on during world knew what the California tech giant had up weekends to build up credit, and spends it every n’t see what all the fuss was about, having made the Apple special event. —AFP its sleeve. Tetsuya Tamura, 45, and his 20-year-old year on his Apple vigil. Around a dozen pop-up his own Apple Watch, carved from an actual son set up camp outside the company’s flagship seats were lined up on the pavement outside the apple. —AFP iTunes to give away Apple Watch a boost for wireless charging U2 album for free SINGAPORE/SAN FRANCISCO: this, competition to set a global stan- of wireless charging in devices. vision remains compelling. “Look at Apple Inc’s embrace of wireless dard is getting in the way of delivery. There’s a good reason for that: three Star Trek,” says Geoff Gordon of the charging for its new Watch may be a It’s reminiscent of the Betamax vs standards for the same form of tech- Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), LOS ANGELES: Veteran Irish rockers U2 SoundScan because it was distributed for free. defining moment for a technology VHS videotape wars of three or four nology.” one of the three competing alliances. pulled off the largest album release in history The band will release “Songs of Innocence” that’s languished for years amid com- decades ago, or the more recent bat- While users clearly see wireless “They never talk about their batteries at Tuesday’s Apple Inc event to launch new and a deluxe version featuring four new tracks peting standards and consumer con- tle between Blu-ray and HD DVD for charging - where mobiles, tablets dying on any of their devices. If you products, after making its latest record avail- and acoustic performances to the rest of the fusion. Supporters of wireless charg- supremacy in high definition optical and other devices are charged by lay- look far enough into the future we’re able for free on Apple’s iTunes online stores to world on Oct. 14, its label Interscope Records, ing see a future where people no disc format. ing them on a mat or other surface - looking at a world where you don’t half a billion iTunes users. The Grammy said on Tuesday. longer worry about topping up their For now, there are three alliances, as a natural next step, some industry even think about power.” Award-winning band performed its latest sin- Billboard, which will include the album in chart listings only after its October release, said gadgets; are free from tangled power but not much to show. Last year, leaders have cautioned that having But to catch on, wireless charging gle “The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)” at the Cupertino, California event, at which Apple on Tuesday that “Songs of Innocence” will also cords and low-battery warnings and fewer than 20 million phones were to still plug in the charging device has to work seamlessly. That means unveiled two new iPhones, a smart watch and miss the Grammy awards eligibility period, where terms like “outlet” and shipped with wireless charging built may prove fiddly for some. “Having to a user can easily find a wireless a mobile payments system. which runs from Oct. 1 2013 to Sept. 30 this “plugged in” will be as anachronistic in, according to IHS - less than 2 per- create another device you have to charging zone and not have to worry U2 released its new 11-track “Songs of year, and only applies to “commercially as “dialing” a phone. cent of the billion smartphones plug into the wall is actually, for most whether their device is compatible Innocence” live on stage with Apple Chief released” records. In July 2013, rapper Jay Z Users seem to like the idea too: in shipped around the world. “There are situations, more complicated,” Apple or properly connected or even Executive Officer Tim Cook. The album imme- released his album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” for a recent survey by technology con- a lot of bees around the hive,” said senior vice president Phil Schiller said secure from theft. Intel Corp, a mem- diately appeared in iTunes users’ music free to a million users of Samsung smartphones sultancy IHS, 83 percent were inter- Omri Lachman, CEO of Humavox, an just two years ago. ber of A4WP along with the likes of libraries. However, the giveaway to more than via a special app. However, the 1 million copies ested in wireless charging; in China, Israeli start-up with its own wireless Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm 500 million iTunes users will not count toward were not eligible for Nielsen or Billboard’s week- the figure was 91 percent. But, while charging technology. “Up to now Beam me up Inc, says wireless charging is a lot like official music sales figures at Nielsen ly charts of best-selling albums. —Reuters the technology is largely there to do we’ve not seen a mass aggregation Maybe, but others say the wireless wireless computing. Just as the world has largely ditched network cables for wireless hotspots, so we will leave chargers and cables at home as we’ll never be far from a Microsoft to buy charging pad. But getting there, the chipmaker ‘Minecraft’ maker argues, will require someone with its clout to set the global standard for wireless technology. “History will tell LOS ANGELES: Microsoft is in talks to buy Swedish Phil Spencer saying Xbox’s success would you it’s what it takes to get main- game maker Mojang AB, behind the wildly popu- depend on bringing additional value to the com- stream lift-off,” said Intel’s Leighton lar “Minecraft” games, for $2 billion. Should the pany by remaining “committed to being a con- Phillips. Among the competing stan- deal occur, it would mark the largest acquisition for sumer-driven organization with the mission of dards, A4WP uses something called Satya Nadella since becoming CEO of Microsoft meeting the high expectations of a passionate magnetic resonance, while the earlier this year. “Minecraft,” which launched in fan base, to create the best games and to drive Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) - 2009, is an open-world game in which players cre- technical innovation.” which includes tech names such as ate environments and characters with digital With a potential purchase of “Minecraft’s” cre- Nokia and Philips - champions its Qi building blocks, similar to Legos. Mojang has sold ator, that clearly means go after more franchises. It standard using inductive charging, a over 54 million copies of the game across all plat- also would be a surprise should Mojang sell to method which is also used by the forms. It generated $128 million in profits in 2013. Microsoft, given that the company’s chief Power Matters Alliance (PMA). They As with Lego, Warner Bros. is developing a film Markkus “Notch” Persson has been critical of large are all variations of the same technol- based on the property. The Wall Street Journal first corporations. He opted not to work with Oculus ogy: a coil inside the device picks up reported the talks of the acquisition, which could to create a version of “Minecraft” for the virtual an electrical charge from a transmit- be completed this week. Stockholm-based reality device after Facebook purchased the com- ter coil in the charging surface. Apple, Mojang has around 40 employees. pany. However, “Minecraft” already has a relation- which sits outside the alliances, The games biz has been curious how Nadella ship with Microsoft, with the game available on UNITED STATES: Attendees record a display of the new Apple Watch during an Apple special appears to have used a version of will manage the Xbox brand since taking charge Xbox platforms since 2012. It debuted on Xbox event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, induction charging in its Watch, fur- of Microsoft. He pulled the plug on Microsoft One this month, and is also available on the California. —AFP ther muddying the waters. —Reuters Entertainment Studios in July, with Xbox chief PlayStation 4. —Reuters THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 health & science US health adviser wants Obamacare fight to end

NEW YORK: President Barack Obama’s top achievement has significantly reduced health adviser on Monday called for an the number of uninsured Americans by end to partisan bickering over subsidizing the cost of private insurance Obamacare, saying the public and busi- for lower-income people and expanding nesses are sending a clear message to the Medicaid program for the poor in Washington that it is time to move on more than half of the 50 US states. But a with implementing the law. “The public outreach campaign, already Affordable Care Act is clearly working,” US under way to drive enrollment for 2015 Health and Human Services Secretary coverage, will also coincide with the Oct Sylvia Burwell told a university audience 1 anniversary of the disastrous rollout of in remarks that unveiled a new adminis- Obamacare, a date Republicans are like- tration message about the successes of ly to mark with blistering rhetoric as the the healthcare reform law just as the fall campaign for the Nov 4 election midterm election campaign debate about gets fully under way. its future intensifies. Obama’s Affordable Care Act remains “What I’ve been hearing over and unpopular with large segments of the over is enough already with the back voting public. In Reuters/Ipsos polling and forth. We just want to move for- of 384 people over the first five days of ward,” she said in her first major public September, 51 percent of respondents address. “We’re not here to fight last said they disapproved of Obama’s han- year’s battles,” Burwell added. “The dling of healthcare reform, while 39 per- Affordable Care Act is not about making cent said they approved and 10 percent a point. It’s about making progress.” said they did not know. The poll has a Burwell took over the health secretary margin of error of 5 percentage points. job from Kathleen Sebelius in June as In early August, 57 percent of 1,599 part of an administration effort to begin respondents said they opposed the a new chapter for healthcare reform healthcare law, while 43 percent favored KUWAIT: The new team at the reproductive medicine - IVF department in Royale Hayat hospital. after four years of political and legal it. That poll had a margin of error of 2.6 challenges from conservative foes. percentage points. Officials with the US Department of Analysts say the issue is not prov- Royale Hayat Hospital hires new team Health and Human Services (HHS) said ing to be as big as expected with the aim is to stress the affordability of potential voters. But Republicans still in Reproductive Medicine Department Obamacare insurance, new access to hope public discontent will help them medical services for the uninsured and take control of the Senate and dis- the quality of coverage as the adminis- mantle the legislation. Healthcare KUWAIT: Under the leadership of Dr Osama the latest technologies in micro-injection of more than 10 years experience in the two tration prepares for a new three-month reform will be front and center later Salha who has a sub-specialist degree in the sperm into the egg and providing the best biggest IVF centers in the Middle East. The med- open enrollment period beginning on this week during a Republican-led Reproductive Medicine and a PHD from the UK culture conditions for the embryos to grow in ical, nursing and scientific members of the team Nov 15. House of Representatives oversight and in collaboration with the world-renowned the lab. will strive to provide individualized care for The administration will also under- hearing at which top HHS and IVF Unit in the University of Brussels, Belgium, The team was strengthened by the arrival of every couple offering comprehensive treatment score studies and polling that suggest Internal Revenue Service officials are the unit has achieved excellent success rates our Senior Embryologist, Jamal Al-Sherif, who for both husband and wife before, during and Obama’s signature domestic policy slated to testify. —Reuters in last few months. This was possible by using has a BSC in Molecular Genetics from Jordan and after their IVF/ICSI cycle. Ebola threatening Use of common sedative linked to Alzheimer’s Liberia’s existence PARIS: Long-term use of a drug com- Benzodiazepines are used to treat monly prescribed for anxiety and sleeplessness and anxiety-symptoms sleeplessness is linked to a greater risk that are also common among people of Alzheimer’s, a study said yesterday. just before an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Virus spreads like wild fire across region Whether chronic use of benzodi- In other words, rather than causing azepines actually causes the brain dis- Alzheimer’s, the drugs were being MONROVIA: Ebola is threatening the very exis- Need to be pragmatic home and create “flare-ups” of deadly fever in tence of Liberia as the killer virus spreads like “wild The latest WHO figures underscore Ebola’s their villages. It said 1,000 beds are needed-far ease is unknown, but the link is so used to ease its early symptoms- fire”, the defense minister warned Tuesday, follow- asymmetric spread, as it rips through densely pop- more than the 240 currently operational and 260 glaring that the question should be which could explain the statistical ing a grim World Health Organization assessment ulated communities with decrepit health facilities planned. probed, its authors said. association, they said. “Our findings that the worst is yet to come. After predicting an and poor public awareness campaigns. Speaking Dementia affects about 36 million are of major importance for public “exponential increase” in infections across West Tuesday, WHO’s epidemiology chief Sylvie Briand Border closure, controls people worldwide, a tally that is health,” and warranted further investi- Africa, the WHO warned that Liberia, which has said the goal in Senegal and Nigeria was now “to Guinea’s President Alpha Conde described expected to double every 20 years as gation, said the team. accounted for half of all fatalities, could initially stop transmission completely”. Senegal has Ebola as a “war” his nation-with 555 dead so far- life expectancy lengthens and the “A risk increase by 43-51 percent in only hope to slow the contagion, not stop it. announced only one infection, while Nigeria has needed to win. He slammed neighboring states “baby boom” demographic bulge users would generate a huge number “Liberia is facing a serious threat to its national recorded 19 infections and eight deaths. including Ivory Coast and Senegal for shutting existence,” Defense Minister Brownie Samukai told The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling their borders, and airlines for suspending flights reaches late age. Researchers in of excess cases, even in countries a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday. a separate outbreak which has killed 32 in a to affected countries. “They forget that when France and Canada, using a health where the prevalence of use of these The disease is “now spreading like wild fire, remote northwestern region. “But in other loca- you close borders, people just go through the insurance database in Quebec, identi- drugs is not high.” devouring everything in its path,” he said. The tions, like Monrovia, where we have really wide bush. It’s better to have official passages of tran- fied 1,796 people with Alzheimer’s The paper, published by the British WHO upped the Ebola death toll on Tuesday to community transmission, we are aiming at two- sit,” he said. whose health had been monitored for Medical Journal (BMJ), is led by 2,296 out of 4,293 cases in Liberia, Sierra Leone, step strategies,” Briand said in Geneva, “first, to African Union commission Chief Nkosazana at least six years before the disease Sophie Billioti de Gage at the Guinea and Nigeria as of September 6. Nearly half reduce the transmission as much as possible and, Dlamini-Zuma also called Monday for travel bans was diagnosed. They compared each University of Bordeaux, southwestern of all infections had occurred in the past 21 days, it when it becomes controllable, we will also try to to be lifted “to open up economic activities”. In individual against three times as many France. In a comment, Eric Karran, said. stop it completely. “But at this point in time we Gambia, customs officials said Tuesday they had The agency also evacuated its second infect- need to be pragmatic and try to reduce it in the closed the borders to Guineans, Liberians, healthy counterparts, matched for age head of research at Alzheimer’s ed medical expert, a doctor who had been initial steps.” Nigerians and Sierra Leoneans-though not to and gender, to see if anything unusual Research UK, said the study gathered working at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra A day earlier the WHO had warned that aid neighboring Senegal. “We are also advising emerged. data over a five-year period only, Leone. Emory University Hospital in the United organizations trying to help Liberia to respond Gambians intending to travel to these countries They found that patients, who had whereas Alzheimer’s symptoms often States admitted an American on Tuesday who would “need to prepare to scale up their current to cancel their trips, but any Gambian who fails extensively used benzodiazepines for appear a decade or more before diag- had contracted the disease in West Africa, but efforts by three- to four-fold”. Before the current to heed our advice, we will not allow you in the at least three months in the past, were nosis. “It is difficult to tease out cause declined to confirm whether the patient was outbreak, it noted, Liberia only had one doctor country if you return,” Ebrima Kurumah, a health up to 51 percent more likely to be and effect in studies such as this,” he the WHO employee. The hospital has success- for every 100,000 patients in a population of 4.4 officer posted at the border with Senegal, told fully treated two other infected US nationals. million. In Montserrado County, which contains AFP. There were restrictions further afield, too. diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The risk said. “We need more long-term Ebola, transmitted through bodily fluids, leads Monrovia, there are no spare beds at the few China, one of the region’s main investors, rose the longer the patient had used research to understand this proposed to hemorrhagic fever and in over half of cases- Ebola treatment sites operating, the WHO said. It announced on Tuesday it was reinforcing checks the drug. The investigators admitted link and what the underlying reasons death. There is no specific treatment regime and described how infected people were being driv- on people, goods and vehicles-and even mail- the picture was foggy. behind it may be.” —AFP no licensed vaccine. en to centers only to be turned away, return arriving from affected countries. —AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 health & science Bilingual schools tackle Spain’s language shortfall 56% Spaniards don’t speak a second language

MADRID: “Hello everybody, how are you?” asks Lips of infants an area for improvement”, said Antonio Cabrales the teacher and two dozen Spanish-accented In the schoolyard at Doctor Tolosa Latour, hun- of University College London, author of a study voices reply in unison, in well-drilled English: dreds of pupils with gap-toothed smiles and new on Spain’s bilingual schools. “Even when com- “I’m fine, thank you.” It’s back-to-school this bags chattered noisily in Spanish about their holi- pared to countries that do not rely as heavily on week for these Spanish nine-year-olds, which days on the first day of the new term on Tuesday. tourism as Spain does, the knowledge of English means being plunged not only into a new class Once inside the classroom, however, they had to among its adult population, and even among its but into a whole new language. switch to English, for in the “bilingual” system young people, is worse.” Spaniards have long ranked among Europe’s more than half of the 22 hours of weekly lessons Juarros complained however that the strict underachievers in foreign languages and a here are given in that tongue. “I went to the bilingual system penalizes those whose parents decade ago Spanish regions began responding beach,” one pupil told her teacher, Beatriz Polo. “I cannot help them with English at home. “You by launching intensive English “bilingual col- played with my tablet,” said another. cannot teach the names of bones in the body or leges”. Ten years and one big economic crisis The native Spanish teachers must stick strictly a list of plants to a child who does not speak TOKYO: Anti-nuclear demonstrators stage a rally in front of the Nuclear later, parents are as keen as ever to improve to English in classes of science, sports, art and English” as a first language, she said. She said the Regulatory Authority (NRA) yesterday. —AFP their offspring’s job prospects by immersing music. “The idea is for the children to start speak- standard of English required of schoolteachers them in English. “These children are going to ing in English from the first year of primary “has improved greatly” since 2004, but “they lack have opportunities that their parents did not school or even from infant school,” said Villalba. fluency and richness”, which threatens the quality Japan gives the approval have,” said headteacher Maria Dolores Villalba. “There are many hours of English over many of teaching. Her school, the Doctor Tolosa Latour Public terms and they learn it naturally.” Cabrales said his study indicated that there to nuclear plant return College here in the working class Madrid sub- was indeed “a negative impact particularly on urb of Vallecas, launched one of the region’s Could try harder pupils whose parents did not undergo higher first such intensive English immersion The European Commission’s most recent sur- education”. Those children get “significantly TOKYO: Japan is set to give the go-ahead nuclear energy for safety reasons, said by schemes. But experts warn that for some fami- vey, dating to 2006, showed 56 percent of worse” results in the subjects taught in English, to restart its idled nuclear industry just as it email. Under post-Fukushima rules, reac- lies, the zeal for teaching in English may be Spaniards spoke no second language. Five other he said. That has not put off parents such as Jose moves to definitively close some of its old- tors are supposed to be decommissioned doing more harm than good. “What they are EU countries ranked worse: Ireland, Britain, Italy, Manuel Calderon, a 40-year-old laborer who est reactors, launching a cull of the long- after 40 years. They can receive a 20-year doing is ruthless,” said Yolanda Juarros Hungary and Poland. But with its huge tourism dropped off his eight-year-old son Miguel for his monolithic industry. As Japan nears the extension but that is subject to more rigor- Barcenilla, a mother and English teacher. “It is a industry and millions of foreign visitors each year, first day at the bilingual school. “We switched end of its first full year without nuclear ous and costly safety regulations. very strong immersion which leads a lot of some argued that Spain had no excuse. schools so that he would learn English,” he said. power since 1966, regulators are expected As many as two-thirds of Japan’s 48 pupils to fail.” Language learning in Spain “has always been “You need it for everything nowadays.” —AFP to give final safety approval yesterday to idled nuclear units may never return to restart a power station in the south of the operation because of the high costs, local country. opposition or seismic risks, while one-third At the same time, the government is will probably come back online eventually, pressing regulators to make the tough a Reuters analysis showed this year. The decision on whether to decommission the NRA is expected to give final safety clear- oldest of the country’s 48 reactors, which ance at a meeting yesterday for Kyushu face higher safety hurdles than the rest. A Electric Power Co’s Sendai plant, after quarter of those reactors could be targeted granting the two-reactor power station for permanent shutdown. By weeding out preliminary approval in July. While the reactors that are 40 years old or more, the approval certifies the upgraded design and government appears to be trying to win safety features of the reactors, the units, support for the long process of restarts which have been shut for more than three from a public that turned against nuclear years, will still have to undergo operational power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, safety checks and be given the green light the worst since Chernobyl in 1986. to restart by local authorities. Local media “For myself, I would like to proceed with said the restart of the Sendai plant, located smooth decommissioning (of some plants) about 1,000 km (600 miles) southwest of and at the same time the restart of nuclear Tokyo, may not come until next year. power stations certified as safe,” Yuko Obuchi, the new minister for economy, Old reactors trade and industry, who oversees the Utilities that want to extend the operat- nuclear industry, said last week. The gov- ing life of old reactors must submit detailed ernment of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has safety applications by July 2015, explaining been pressing to restart reactors that how those facilities could be updated to receive safety approval from the Nuclear meet the tougher safety standards put in Regulation Authority (NRA) to reduce place. NRA chief Shunichi Tanaka said it Japan’s reliance on expensive imported takes time and money to clear the addi- fuel. tional hurdles. The ageing reactors’ capacity is typically about half that of newer ones Hard choices and it may not make economic sense to But until recently, the government had make the necessary massive investments. not stressed the need for making hard Kansai Electric Power Co sees scrapping choices about the oldest reactors. The push the Mihama No. 1 and No. 2 reactors, both for a reckoning on some plants is “clearly over 40 years old, as an option, a company part of the strategy by the government and official said. Kyushu Electric is considering utilities to send a signal to the people of decommissioning its 38-year-old Genkai Japan that they are listening and taking No. 1 reactor, a government source told into account the lessons of Fukushima”, Reuters. Chugoku Electric Power Co said prominent nuclear-power critic Arnie President Tomohide Karita said in March SYDNEY: This photo shows Professors Jay T Cullen and Joe Grzymski deploying a niskin bottle from the stern of the S/Y Indigo V Gundersen, director of Fairewinds Energy the utility was considering scrapping the in the Indian Ocean. —AFP Education. 40-year-old Shimane No.1 reactor. The gov- “But it also reflects the challenge faced ernment is likely to ask the operators of 12 by utilities in finding the funds to bring old- reactors that began operations before 1980 er reactors to a standard that can pass NRA to decide by the end of the year whether to Citizen oceanographers approval,” Gunderson, a veteran U.S. decommission them, media reports said nuclear engineer who turned against last week. —Reuters wanted to monitor seas

SYDNEY: Researchers yesterday cal, biological, and chemical char- vessels. “The world’s oceans are collected samples of tiny marine urged sailors to become “citizen acteristics of the world’s oceans.” largely unexplored and we have a microbes. The four-month journey oceanographers” and help scien- The lack of knowledge has been shortage of oceanographic data cost less than two days of ship-time tists better understand some of the evident most recently in the fruit- because it is financially and logisti- aboard an oceanographic research world’s wildest seas where ships less hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight cally impractical for scientists to vessel, which typically costs more and even planes disappear without MH370, which is believed to have sample such vast areas,” he said. than $30,000 per day to operate, trace. An Australian-led study said crashed in the largely unmapped “But with the right equipment, citi- excluding the cost of scientists, that despite technology such as southern Indian Ocean off Western zen scientists could gather large engineers, and the research itself. GPS navigation and advanced Australia six months ago. “Even a quantities of information as they Lauro said the thousands of research vessels with modern capa- modern jetliner can disappear in sail around the world.” yachts at sea each year could form bilities, much of the world’s oceans the ocean with little or no trace, a global monitoring network, col- remains under-explored, with cost and the current costs and uncer- Citizen science lecting temperature and conductiv- a key impediment to knowing tainty associated with search and Lauro last year led a scientific ity measurements, monitoring the more. rescue make the prospects of find- expedition across the Indian Ocean weather and recording sightings of “Notwithstanding satellite con- ing an object in the middle of the aboard S/Y Indigo V, a 61-foot (18- debris. They could also collect sam- stellations, autonomous vehicles, ocean daunting,” it said. metre) sailing yacht, to pioneer this ples of the tiny marine microbes, and more than 300 research vessels Federico Lauro, a University of method of data collection. The including bacteria and plankton worldwide, we lack fundamental New South Wales microbiologist expedition, involving researchers that are the foundation of the food data relating to our oceans,” said and national sailing champion who from institutions in Australia, web and vital indicators of an the study published in the journal led the study, said cost was a key Canada, Singapore, Denmark and ocean’s health. “By using what’s PLoS Biology. “These missing data factor in better understanding the US, demonstrated that the cost- known as ‘citizen science’, Indigo V STRALSUND: Prairie dogs eat in their enclosure in the zoo stralsund, north- hamper our ability to make basic oceans. But there was a large pool effective approach could work. Expeditions set out to prove that ern Germany. Prairie dogs are named for their habitat and warning call, predictions about ocean weather, of sailors who could contribute During the 6,500 nautical mile the concept of crowd sourcing which sounds similar to a dog’s bark. —AFP narrow the trajectories of floating cheaply, using small instruments “proof of concept” voyage from oceanography can solve the great objects, or estimate the impact of fitted to yachts at a fraction of the South Africa to Singapore, the team data collection bottleneck,” said Study: US children ocean acidification and other physi- cost of running specialized research regularly took measurements and Lauro. —AFP eat too much salt China to launch space lab in 2016

BEIJING: China will launch its second orbiting tion around 2022. Around the same time the flight in 2011 and its next step remains uncer- WASHINGTON: Nine in 10 American chil- problems.” The data was based on findings space laboratory in two years’ time, a top official rival International Space Station, operated by tain amid waning domestic support. dren eat too much salt, greatly raising their from the CDC’s 2009-2010 National Health said yesterday, the latest step in an ambitious the US, Russia, Japan, Canada and Europe, is Several countries have already reportedly risk of high blood pressure and heart dis- and Nutrition Examination Survey. Lunch space program Beijing says will one day land a due to be retired. “We believe humans will con- been in contact with Beijing about the possibili- ease as they grow older, experts said and dinner tended to be the most salty Chinese man on the moon. Astronaut Yang tinue carrying out further space and moon ty of collaborating in space. Yang said China Tuesday. More than 40 percent of the sodi- meals of the day, said the report. “Most sodi- Liwei, who in 2003 became China’s first man in exploration activities,” Yang said. “Research and views such international cooperation as “of um children consume comes from what are um is already in food before you buy it or space and is now deputy director of the coun- technology development on this area will con- great significance”. “We’d like to actively carry typically their favorite foods, including pizza, order it. About 65 percent comes from store try’s manned space program, made the tinue much further down the track.” out international exchange and cooperation sandwich meats, cheese, chicken nuggets foods, 13 percent from fast food and pizza announcement at the Association of Space with other countries... we will take a more open and pasta dishes, said the report by the US restaurant foods, and nine percent from Explorers (ASE) congress in Beijing. Common hope attitude for that,” he said, without giving details. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. school cafeteria foods.” Parents and care- “We are going to launch the space lab China has sent a total of 10 astronauts-eight China’s space program is military-run and highly Kids aged 6-18 eat an average of about givers are urged to give kids plenty of fruit Tiangong-2 in 2016, and then we will launch men and two women-into space on five sepa- secretive. 3,300 milligrams of sodium a day before salt and vegetables, alongside wholesome, Shenzhou-11 and then Tianzhou-1 cargo space- rate missions, and has launched an orbiting Several of the international speakers at the is added at the table, the report said. That is unprocessed foods as often as possible, the ship to dock on the space lab,” he said. It is the space module, Tiangong-1. It also launched the event emphasized that while the space race grew far higher than the 2,300 milligrams per day CDC said in a statement. first time China has hosted the annual meeting, Chang’e-3 lunar mission, which included the out of the Cold War, international cooperation recommended by the 2010 Dietary Schools could help by reducing sodium which has drawn nearly 100 astronauts from 18 Jade Rabbit lunar rover, late last year. had now become essential. “‘On the first day in Guidelines for Americans. “Too many chil- in food and putting lower-sodium alterna- countries to Beijing, in a marker of the country’s More women may be among the ranks of space, we all pointed to our countries’,” ASE exec- dren are consuming way too much sodium, tives in vending machines and cafeterias, it scientific progress. Beijing sees its multi-billion- future Chinese astronauts, Yang said yesterday. utive director Andy Turnage quoted a 1985 state- and the result will be risks of high blood added. “The dangerously high levels of sodi- dollar space program as a symbol of its rise and Yang’s schedule may represent a slight delay- ment by a Saudi Arabian astronaut as saying. pressure and heart disease in the future,” um children are consuming demand action the Communist Party’s success in turning the official news agency Xinhua last year quot- “‘On the third day in space, we all pointed to our said CDC director Tom Frieden. from the Food and Drug Administration,” around the fortunes of the once poverty-strick- ed a senior official saying the Tiangong-2 would continents. On the fifth day in space, we were “Most sodium is from processed and said the Center for Science in the Public en nation. be launched around 2015. But the rapid and aware of only one earth.’” “We might not share a restaurant food, not the salt shaker. Interest, a consumer group. “We are sentenc- Yang added that Beijing plans to launch an purposeful development of China’s manned common language, but we share a common Reducing sodium intake will help our chil- ing all too many children to premature experimental core space station module in 2018 program is in contrast with that of the US space humanity,” Turnage added. “And we share a com- dren avoid tragic and expensive health death from heart disease and stroke.” —AFP and finish construction of a Chinese space sta- agency NASA. It launched its final space shuttle mon hope for future generations.” —AFP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Kuwait Malankara Rite Movement (KMRM) celebrated its 20th anniversary, 84th revival anniversary and Onam on September 5 at the Carmel School auditorium, Khaitan. Major Archbishop Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, Head of the Malankara Catholic Church, President - CBCI (Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India) and President - KCBC (Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Conference), lighted the lamp and inaugurated the cele- bration. KMRM president Babuji Bathery presided over the function. Camillo Balin, Archbishop of Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait delivered the message of blessing and Rev Dr John Padippurackal delivered the introductory speech.

Innovation and progress at ESF

he English School Fahaheel is renowned for being at the forefront of novel ideas. This year the school boasts a new Fiber Optic connection for high speed internet for com- Tputers in all classrooms, new covered main play area, new expanded Sixth Form ICSK Junior celebrates Teachers’ Day Centre to cope with the ever increasing number of Sixth Form students at ESF. ood teacher is like a candle; it consumes with splendor and gaiety depicting the glorious cul- itself to light the way for others’. The ture of India. A melodious song echoing the theme ‘G Indian Community School Kuwait, Junior of the event was rendered by the school choir. A branch, held a special assembly September 9, 2014, visual delight of the special assembly was a group to celebrate Teachers’ Day. Teachers’ Day is celebrat- dance presented in unison and rhythm. ed all over India on 5th September every year as a Principal in-charge Sherly Dennis, in her address, dedication to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who told the students that 5th September every year is was a zealous advocate of education and one of the celebrated as Teachers Day as a mark of respect to greatest scholars and teachers of all times. The the second President of Independent India Dr. assemblies commenced with the recitation of vers- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. She appreciated the es from the holy Quran, followed by the school assembly in-charges and the wonderful perform- prayer. ance of all the participants. She also highlighted the ‘A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and recent historic address by Prime Minister Narendra touches the heart’; was the apt thought for the day Modi to students of India on September 5, 2014. delivered by Head Girl Ms. Julia Ann Powell. A Sherly Dennis extended her heartfelt greetings and tableau depicting the pioneers in the field of educa- gratitude to the teaching fraternity of ICSK Junior tion, dance, music and sports field was portrayed and applauded their dedication and sincerity.

Aware Center - Calendar of events Greetings Welcome to Kuwait orientation for newcomers

Guided Tour: Grand Mosque 13 Sep 2014, 9:15 a.m. For a rewarding, spiritual & informative experience. This is a 11/2 tour of one of Kuwait’s most famous landmarks. Ladies are required to cover - long sleeves and long ankle length skirt, otherwise the mosque will provide a cloak. If you have your own scarf you’re wel- come to bring it. Cameras are allowed. Children are welcome. This tour meets directly at the Grand Mosque

Guided Tour: House Of Mirrors 15 Sep 2014, 5 pm. The House of Mirrors is home to the family of the late renowned artist, Khalifa Al-Qattan. His wife has spent vast amounts of time creating scenes on the walls, the floors & even the ceilings to showcase what can be done with broken pieces of mirror & glass when accompanied by an artists’ touch. Enjoy a cup of tea, an artful snack & a guided tour to view the splendors of this ‘bedazzled’ home. Cameras are welcome. Fee: KD 3 per person. This is an adult only tour for 8 participants. Advance reservations are required at ence in this trip of a lifetime. This 30-minute Advance reservations are required at [email protected] Registration Deadline: PowerPoint presentation will be followed by National appy 8th Birthday Julia and Cia! May your big day [email protected] Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Geographic’s 45-minute documentary film entitled, Hbe as special as you are special to us. We wish “Inside Mecca” which presents an intimate look at the you good health, happiness and more blessings. We Diwaniya: Places to Visit in Kuwait Guided Tour: Bait Al Othman Museum annual pilgrimage by following three pilgrims from love you. Love: mommy, daddy, Aliya, Sean, family 16 Sep 2014, 7 pm. 29 Sep 2014, 5 pm. very different backgrounds as they embark on a spiri- and friends. Kuwait’s only good for shopping malls and restau- Inaugurated by the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness tual journey that is both deeply personal and widely rants, right? Some people say there’s nothing to do Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on April 8, universal. here! However, may be there are places of interest to 2013, this Museum hosts rare historical items & visit that you don’t know of. Therefore, come along to antiques for old Kuwaiti houses. Decorating the walls Aware Eid Al-Adha Festival AWARE’s Diwaniya to discover known and hidden of its Art Gallery are paintings & belongings of Kuwaiti 09 Oct 2014, 5 pm. places of interests that you could visit after which you Artists. There are also the crafts & Kuwaiti dhow mod- The AWARE Center would like to invite Westerners could send an Instagram postcard to friends & family els on display. Fee: KD 2 per person. Children below 14 in Kuwait to our Eid Open House Festival which is will Write to us saying, “From Kuwait with love. years & Pets are not allowed. Limited Seats. Advance be held at our premises in Surra on Thursday, October reservations required at [email protected] 9 from 5:00p.m. This event is free of charge and will be Send to What’s On Guided Tour: Arab Organization Headquarters followed by a dinner buffet. This Festival provides an 27 Sep 2014, 9:30 am. Aware Short Lecture and Documentary opportunity for the Western Guests to experience Eid upcoming events, birthdays or This tour is a marvel of innovative architecture dis- 30 Sep 2014, 7 pm. in Kuwait through various activities like: Culture playing modern technology combined with traditional Hajj is an international pilgrimage to Mecca that Clothes, Cultural Paintings & Items for Sale, Henna, celebrations by email: artisan craftsmanship from Tunisia, Syria, Morocco, attracts up to three million Muslims annually. The Hajj Documentary, Arabic Calligraphy. Your RSVP is [email protected] Egypt & contributions from Kuwaiti designers. This speaker will discuss its historical significance, describe kindly requested at [email protected]. Address: Fax: 24835619 / 20 tour meets directly at the Arab Organization the major rites that comprise the pilgrimage, and Surra, Block 3, Hamad Al Roomi Street, Villa 84. E-mail : Headquarters. Cameras are welcome. Limited Seats. share some of the sentiments that Muslims experi- [email protected] Classifieds

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (04/09/2014 TO 10/09/2014)

SHARQIA-1 FANAR-4 360º- 1 LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 12:45 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 12:30 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 2:15 PM THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY (DIG) 3:00 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 2:45 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 4:30 PM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 5:30 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 5:15 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 6:45 PM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 9:45 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 7:15 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 9:00 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 11:45 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 9:30 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 11:15 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 11:45 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 1:15 AM SHARQIA-2 NO SUN+TUE+WED JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 1:00 PM FANAR-5 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 1:45 PM 360º- 2 JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM AND SO IT GOES (DIG) 4:30 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 1:15 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 8:00 PM RABHASA (DIG) (Telugu) 6:30 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 3:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 10:15 PM THU+FRI+SAT THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 5:45 PM ACCOMMODATION TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 12:15 AM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 6:30 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 8:00 PM NO THU+FRI+SAT KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 10:15 PM SHARQIA-3 MARY KOM (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 12:30 AM Guy from America, new in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 1:30 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:05 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED Kuwait, want to share with THIRD PERSON (DIG) 3:45 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED family or mix house, near INTO THE STORM (DIG) 6:15 PM the coast. Contact: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 8:15 PM MARINA-1 360º- 3 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 10:30 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 1:30 PM THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB (DIG) 2:00 PM 65607334 / 51580185. INTO THE STORM (DIG) 12:45 AM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 3:45 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 4:15 PM (C 4755) THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB (DIG) 6:30 PM THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY (DIG) 5:45 PM 10-9-2014 MUHALAB-1 LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 8:30 PM THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB (DIG) 8:45 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 1:00 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 10:30 PM THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB (DIG) 11:00 PM THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY (DIG) 3:00 PM THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 12:45 AM THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB (DIG) 1:15 AM Sharing accommodation THE NOVEMBER MAN (DIG) 5:45 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED available in Farwaniya near LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 7:45 PM AL-KOUT.1 the new Mosque, closer to TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 9:45 PM MARINA-2 INTO THE STORM (DIG) 12:30 PM the garden, only for Indians LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 12:05 AM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 12:45 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 2:30 PM from Mumbai /Goa, for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 3:00 PM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 4:30 PM bachelor or couple, or sin- MUHALAB-2 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 5:15 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 6:30 PM THIRD PERSON (DIG) 12:45 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 7:30 PM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 8:30 PM gle ladies. Interested con- INTO THE STORM (DIG) 3:15 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 9:30 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 10:30 PM tact: 66625901 / 24716975. HERCULES (DIG) 5:30 PM INTO THE STORM (DIG) 12:05 AM LIFE OF CRIME (DIG) 12:30 AM (C 4753) THIRD PERSON (DIG) 7:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED INTO THE STORM (DIG) 10:00 PM 8-9-2014 AL-KOUT.2 INTO THE STORM (DIG) 12:15 AM MARINA-3 JAWAZA MIRI (DIG)(Arabic) 12:30 PM THIRD PERSON (DIG) 1:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG)(Kuwaiti Film) 2:45 PM THIRD PERSON (DIG) 3:30 PM MUHALAB-3 THIRD PERSON (DIG) 4:45 PM FOR SALE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 1:15 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 6:00 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 3:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 8:15 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG)(Arabic) 7:15 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG)(Arabic) 9:30 PM Mitsubishi Lancer GLX- TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 5:45 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 10:15 PM 2011, maroon color, sun- JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 8:00 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 12:30 AM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG)(Arabic) 11:45 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 10:15 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED roof, CD, full options, excel- TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) 12:30 AM AL-KOUT.3 lent condition. 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Email: Kuwaiti family, full knowl- THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:05 AM trained in Linux, visa 18, INTO THE STORM (DIG) 10:15 PM AND SO IT GOES (DIG) 12:15 AM gulfi[email protected] edge with all Kuwaiti areas INTO THE STORM (DIG) 12:15 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED can join immediately. Tel: BAIRAQ-1 a must. Tel: 99781234 / 97482501. (C 4751) (C 4756) TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM 99639045. 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Arrival Flights on Thursday 11/9/2014 KNE 472 Jeddah 14:40 Departure Flights on Thursday 11/9/2014 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 Airlines Flt Route Time FDB 081 Dubai 14:55 Airlines Flt Route Time THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 FDB 058 Dubai 14:10 JZR 267 Beirut 00:25 KNE 460 Riyadh 15:05 JZR 562 Sohag 00:10 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JZR 539 Cairo 00:30 AGY 680 Alexandria 15:20 JAV 622 Amman 00:15 KAC 741 Dammam 14:35 DLH 637 Dammam 00:35 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 NIA 264 Alexandria 00:20 QTR 1079 Doha 14:55 JZR 239 Amman 01:00 KNE 470 Jeddah 15:35 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:20 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:25 OMA 645 Muscat 15:50 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 MSC 403 Sohag 01:30 KAC 118 New York 16:00 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:35 KAC 617 Doha 15:30 SAI 441 Lahore 01:35 JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 KLM 411 Amsterdam 00:55 QTR 8646 Dhaka 15:30 THY 764 Istanbul 01:40 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 JZR 502 Luxor 01:30 KNE 473 Jeddah 15:35 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 NIA 251 Alexandria 16:20 DLH 637 Frankfurt 01:35 FDB 082 Dubai 15:35 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:00 RJA 640 Amman 16:20 THY 773 Istanbul 02:20 KNE 481 Taif 15:50 RBG 555 Alexandria 02:05 JZR 125 Bahrain 16:25 MSC 404 Sohag 02:30 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:50 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 FDB 051 Dubai 16:25 SAI 442 Lahore 02:35 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 JAI 576 Kochi/Abu Dhabi 02:35 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:45 RBG 556 Alexandria 02:45 SVA 505 Jeddah 16:00 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 02:45 UAE 857 Dubai 16:45 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 THY 768 Istanbul 02:50 KAC 562 Amman 16:50 FDB 070 Dubai 03:40 AGY 685 Sohag 16:20 FDB 067 Dubai 03:05 FDB 073 Dubai 16:55 THY 769 Istanbul 03:40 KNE 471 Jeddah 16:30 RJA 644 Amman 03:10 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 OMA 646 Muscat 16:35 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 UAL 982 IAD 17:25 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:35 QTR 1076 Doha 03:30 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 FDB 068 Dubai 04:05 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 MSC 401 Alexandria 04:00 KAC 742 Dammam 17:35 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:10 FDB 075 Dubai 17:45 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 JZR 512 Sharm el-Sheikh 17:15 FDB 077 Dubai 04:15 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 QTR 1077 Doha 04:25 RJA 641 Amman 17:20 QTR 1073 Doha 17:20 THY 770 Istanbul 04:35 KAC 176 Geneva/Frankfurt 17:45 MSC 406 Sohag 05:00 NIA 252 Alexandria 17:20 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 FDB 078 Dubai 05:00 FDB 074 Dubai 17:35 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 TAR 328 Tunis/Dubai 18:05 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 17:45 IRA 673 Ahwaz 06:20 KAC 542 Cairo 18:15 JZR 560 Sohag 05:35 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 JZR 563 Sohag 06:35 QTR 1080 Doha 18:25 THY 765 Istanbul 06:00 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 BAW 157 London 06:35 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:30 DHX 172 EBL 06:10 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 JZR 1541 Cairo 06:40 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:35 JAI 575 Abu Dhabi/Kochi 06:30 UAE 858 Dubai 18:25 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 FDB 063 Dubai 18:45 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 FDB 076 Dubai 18:25 JZR 503 Luxor 07:40 KAC 104 London 18:45 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 JZR 156 Dubai 18:35 FDB 053 Dubai 07:45 AXB 393 Kozhikode 18:55 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:00 UAL 982 Bahrain 18:40 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 KAC 618 Doha 19:00 JZR 240 Amman 07:05 JZR 538 Cairo 18:40 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:50 ABY 129 Sharjah 19:00 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 TAR 328 Tunis 18:55 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:00 IRA 672 Ahwaz 07:20 QTR 1081 Doha 19:25 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:55 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 KAC 537 Sohag 08:00 FDB 064 Dubai 19:25 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:00 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:15 BAW 156 London 08:25 JZR 238 Amman 19:25 ABY 120 Sharjah 19:40 KAC 352 Kochi 08:05 KAC 502 Beirut 19:20 FDB 054 Dubai 08:25 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 JZR 778 Jeddah 08:45 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:45 KAC 674 Dubai 19:25 AXB 394 Kozhikode 19:55 KAC 362 Colombo 08:45 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:35 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:55 ABY 125 Sharjah 08:50 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 284 Dhaka 08:55 OMA 647 Muscat 19:55 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 IRA 667 Esfahan 09:00 FDB 061 Dubai 20:05 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 FDB 062 Dubai 20:45 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:30 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:15 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:30 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:50 IZG 4161 Mashhad 09:40 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:35 KAC 361 Colombo 20:50 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 OMA 648 Muscat 20:55 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 DHX 173 EBL 20:50 IRA 668 Mashhad 10:00 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 KLM 417 Amsterdam 20:55 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:15 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 TBZ 5483 Mashhad 11:00 FDB 056 Dubai 10:20 KNE 480 Taif 21:00 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 QTR 8646 Doha 11:10 KAC 101 London/New York 10:25 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:30 FDB 079 Dubai 21:05 MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 IZG 4162 Mashhad 10:40 KAC 543 Cairo 21:30 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 FDB 8051 Dubai 11:45 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 FDB 069 Dubai 21:10 KAC 561 Amman 11:25 FDB 080 Dubai 21:50 FDB 065 Dubai 11:55 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 541 Cairo 11:30 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 21:55 JZR 561 Sohag 12:00 QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 KNE 461 Riyadh 21:55 SYR 341 Damascus 12:05 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:30 KAC 501 Beirut 11:40 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 FDB 071 Dubai 12:35 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:45 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 JZR 241 Amman 12:40 FDB 059 Dubai 22:10 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 TBZ 5484 Mashhad 12:10 KAC 381 Delhi 22:30 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 AGY 684 Sohag 22:20 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 AIC 981 Chennai/Hyderabad/Ahmedabad 22:25 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:40 MSR 579 Sohag 13:05 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 UAL 981 Bahrain 22:40 FDB 8052 Dubai 12:30 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 FDB 060 Dubai 22:50 FDB 057 Dubai 13:30 FDB 066 Dubai 12:40 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 KAC 538 Sohag 13:40 JZR 157 Dubai 22:55 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 KAC 203 Lahore 23:10 KAC 672 Dubai 13:40 BBC 043 Dhaka 23:10 SYR 342 Damascus 13:05 AGY 681 Alexandria 23:20 QTR 1078 Doha 13:45 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:35 JZR 779 Jeddah 14:20 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 FDB 072 Dubai 13:15 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:40 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 JZR 124 Bahrain 13:30 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 THY 772 Istanbul 23:45 MSR 580 Sohag 13:50 KAC 415 Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

CROSSWORD 664 STAR TRACK

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

You are up early this morning, cleaning and preparing for an evening of fun You could be most persuasive with others and eloquent in speech. People with friends. Some activity like a progressive dinner, or ,just snacks, sandwich- listen to what you have to say. The situation is a natural for self-expression. Listening to the es and some card games may be enjoyed. You may, in fact, have been preparing for this other person, you may be able to add to your own ideas and thoughts. A good conversa- get-together for some time. The workday runs fairly well but you look forward to the clos- tion with loved ones this afternoon is fun. An outgoing and very expressive cycle of experi- ing of the day. You may learn a bit of wisdom in the workplace. You tend to see the people ence has begun. Now more than ever, you want to be admired and create things like poetry at work in a different light . . . Practical, necessary and without judgment. A no-nonsense or music that stirs their hearts. This is child’s play; this is romance; this is taking a chance. application to the day cuts right through to the most important and quickly accomplishes There is a yearning to broaden horizons and reach for the ultimate at this time in your life. what is necessary. When you apply your impartial and logical approach to any circum- This is your best day for love and money. This is also a high-energy day. Be patient when you stance and rise above emotions, you increase your power. Smile. relate to a capricorn today.

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

Your innate sense of responsibility, or the actual duties that come your way, Ideas and interaction with older people may be in the works today. Working may prevent you from fulfilling your own real desires for today. Someone may try to hold with, rather than against, the energies should be easy to do this day. You communicate with you back from accomplishing your work, but some patience will win out over any frustra- exquisite skill. There are plenty of people willing to help you in whatever you want to tion you may be feeling. Your knack for public relations can place you in personnel manage- accomplish; put them to work. An eccentric relative attracts some notice this afternoon. ment, retail sales, or advertising. You can be effective when others need counseling and Your home and your family scene are likely to be in a state of change just now. This may may find your skills very important when it comes to an unhappy customer. Compliments mean moving, preparing for a new addition to the family or a late summer cleanup project. from higher-ups or superiors are very important to you. Your confidence is likely to increase High-tech equipment invades the domestic environment somehow. This could mean new and you may feel much more optimistic. There is still time for some fun activity with loved cleaning equipment, new painting tools or some family creative project that works the ones this evening. mind as well as the body.

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

You may find yourself frustrated today. Patience . . . Remember, some of us Ideals and a sense of belonging to something bigger than the merely per- just do not understand the universal rule: what goes around will come sonal become a greater focus in your life at this time. You attach more impor- around. You could be standing in long lines today or driving on a crowded highway- tance to friendships and taking part in group activities that center on idealistic goals. Quick patience is important. You could find yourself getting overemotional. Close relationships answers, great wit and a surplus of insights and solutions are accessible. You can write and ACROSS DOWN have a big impact on your life and old or discontented relationships will be transformed or communicate with real originality. Inventions and breakthroughs are possible today. This 1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or 1. A pilgrimage to Mecca. perhaps even ended-new ones will come on like gangbusters. Those of you who are not afternoon you may find yourself working with music, color, fabric and the arts-whatever is propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle 2. The inner and longer of the two bones of involved with a love partner will have many opportunities opening up to you now. Your beautiful and genial. You would make a superb decorator of homes and, in general, all kinds the human forearm. love life becomes fast-paced. A partner has a mesmerizing impact on you . . . Very com- of environments. Your friends may want your advice on these subjects as well. You will passes. enjoy deep conversations with friends today. 4. Producing no fruit. 3. An area of sand sloping down to the water pelling, perhaps life-changing. Real appreciation! 12. 10 grams. of a sea or lake. 15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to 4. A capacitance unit equal to one billion but heavier than beer. farads. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Indonesian wild pig with enormous 5. 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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution TV PROGRAMS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

03:35 Homes Under The Hammer 05:00 Art Attack 18:00 Happily N’Ever After: Snow 02:30 England Women v South 04:25 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 05:25 Art Attack White African Women T20I Highlights 04:50 Come Dine With Me 05:50 Mouk 20:00 Planet 51 03:30 England Women v South 05:40 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 06:00 Jessie 22:00 Krazzy Planet African Women T20I Highlights 00:45 After The Attack 06:05 Antiques Roadshow 06:25 Disney Sing-Along 23:30 Ben 10: Race Against Time 04:30 ICC Cricket 360 01:35 Animal Cops South Africa 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 06:45 Hannah Montana 05:00 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 02:25 Safari Vet School 07:50 Bargain Hunt 07:10 I Didn’t Do It 06:00 England v India T20I 02:50 Safari Vet School 08:35 Homes Under The Hammer 07:35 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Highlights 03:15 Too Cute! 09:30 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day Teenage Witch 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 04:05 My Cat From Hell 09:55 Come Dine With Me 07:55 Win, Lose Or Draw 07:30 England Women v South 04:55 How Sharks Hunt 10:45 Antiques Roadshow 08:20 Suite Life On Deck African Women T20I Highlights 05:45 After The Attack 11:35 Antiques Roadshow 08:45 A.N.T. Farm 00:00 Haywire-PG15 08:30 England Women v South 06:35 Animal Airport 12:30 Bargain Hunt 09:05 A.N.T. Farm 02:00 The Expendables 2-PG15 African Women T20I Highlights 07:00 Meerkat Manor 13:15 Homes Under The Hammer 09:30 Sonny With A Chance 04:00 Turbo-PG 09:30 England Women v South 07:25 Dogs 101 14:05 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 09:55 Sonny With A Chance 06:00 Haywire-PG15 African Women T20I Highlights 08:15 Cats 101 14:30 Come Dine With Me 10:15 Suite Life On Deck 08:00 Standing Ovation-PG15 10:30 ICC Cricket 360 09:10 Project Puppy 15:20 Antiques Roadshow 10:40 Suite Life On Deck 10:00 Lego Batman: The Movie - DC 11:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 09:40 Project Puppy 16:10 Antiques Roadshow 11:05 That’s So Raven Super Heroes Unite-PG Highlights 10:05 Call Of The Wildman 17:05 Home Cooking Made Easy 11:25 That’s So Raven 12:00 Parental Guidance-PG 12:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 10:30 Call Of The Wildman 17:30 Bargain Hunt 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 14:00 The Swan Princess: A Royal Highlights 11:00 Shark Feeding Frenzy 18:15 Homes Under The Hammer 12:15 A.N.T. Farm Family Tale-PG 13:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 11:55 Meerkat Manor 19:10 Food & Drink 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 16:00 Standing Ovation-PG15 Highlights 12:20 Animal Airport 19:35 Simply Italian 13:00 Good Luck Charlie 18:00 All In Good Time-PG15 14:00 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 12:50 Too Cute! 20:00 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 13:25 Jessie 20:00 Bachelorette-PG15 15:00 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 13:45 My Cat From Hell Taylor 13:45 Jessie 22:00 This Is The End-18 16:00 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 14:40 Safari Vet School 20:25 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 14:10 Austin & Ally 17:00 ICC Cricket 360 15:05 Safari Vet School 20:50 Bargain Hunt 14:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 17:30 England Women v South 15:30 Dogs 101 21:35 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Mako Mermaids African Women T20I Highlights 16:30 Cats 101 22:20 Bargain Hunt 15:25 Disney Sing-Along 00:00 PGA Tour highlights 18:30 England Women v South 17:25 Weird Creatures With Nick 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 15:50 Hannah Montana 01:00 PGA European tour high- African Women T20I Highlights Baker 23:55 Food & Drink 16:10 Violetta lights 19:30 England Women v South 18:20 Call Of The Wildman 17:00 Camp Rock 02:00 WEB.COM tour African Women T20I Highlights 18:45 Call Of The Wildman 18:30 Disney Sing-Along 04:00 AFL Premiership highlights 20:30 ICC Cricket 360 19:15 Bondi Vet 18:55 Hannah Montana 05:00 top 14 highlights 21:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 20:10 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 19:20 Violetta 05:30 Futbol Mundial Highlights 20:40 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 20:05 Liv And Maddie 06:00 PGA Tour highlights 22:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 21:05 Lair Of The Mega Shark 01:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 20:30 Liv And Maddie 07:00 Golfing World Highlights 22:00 Bondi Vet 02:00 Fast N’ Loud 20:50 Liv And Maddie 08:00 AFL Premiership highlights 23:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 02:50 Storage Hunters 21:15 Liv And Maddie 03:15 Lost And Sold 09:00 The Rugby Championship Highlights 21:40 Liv And Maddie 11:00 PGA European tour high- 03:40 The Liquidator 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 04:05 How It’s Made lights 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 12:00 ITM Cup 00:30 Spooks 04:30 How Do They Do It? 22:50 Shake It Up 01:25 Eastenders 05:00 Gold Divers 14:00 Golfing World 23:10 Wolfblood 15:00 AFL Premiership highlights 01:55 Doctors 06:00 World’s Top 5 23:35 Wolfblood 02:25 Last Man Standing 06:50 Deadliest Catch 16:00 The Rugby Championship 03:15 Silent Witness 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 18:00 Golfing World 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 04:05 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 08:30 Storage Hunters 19:00 NRL Full time 01:00 Alaskan Women Looking For 04:30 The Stephen K Amos Show 08:55 Lost And Sold 19:30 Futbol Mundial Love 05:00 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 09:20 The Liquidator 20:00 top 14 highlights 01:50 Breaking Amish: Los Angeles 05:20 Gigglebiz 09:45 How It’s Made 20:30 Challenge series golf 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 05:35 The Green Balloon Club 10:10 How Do They Do It? 00:00 Giuliana & Bill 21:00 Champion tour highlights 03:05 Sex Sent Me To The ER 06:00 Little Human Planet 10:35 Deadliest Catch 00:55 The Soup 22:00 WEB.COM tour Highlights 03:55 Long Island Medium 06:05 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 12:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier 01:25 Keeping Up With The GANGSTER SQUAD ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 23:00 Golfing World 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 06:25 Gigglebiz 13:05 Storage Hunters Kardashians 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 02:00 Emmerdale 06:40 Bobinogs 13:30 Lost And Sold 02:20 E! News 19:00 Cougar Town 12:30 Ong Bak 3-PG15 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 02:55 Coronation Street 06:50 The Green Balloon Club 13:55 The Liquidator 03:15 Escape Club 19:30 Enlisted 14:15 Snake Eyes-PG15 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 03:25 Prince George At One 07:15 The Weakest Link 14:20 Deadliest Catch 04:10 E!ES 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 16:15 Walking Tall-PG15 00:30 WWE Afterburn 07:00 What Not To Wear 04:20 Cook Me The Money 08:00 After You’ve Gone 15:10 World’s Top 5 05:05 The E! True Hollywood Story Jimmy Fallon 18:00 Badges Of Fury-PG15 01:30 WWE This Week 07:50 The Next Great Baker 05:15 The Chase 08:30 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 06:00 THS 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 20:00 Drop Zone-PG15 02:00 WWE Superstars 09:05 Ballroom Blitz 06:10 Four Weddings UK 09:00 Eastenders 16:50 How It’s Made 07:50 Style Star Stewart 21:45 Armageddon-PG15 03:00 Live WWE RAW 09:55 Toddlers & Tiaras 07:05 Coach Trip 09:30 Doctors 17:15 How Do They Do It? 08:20 E! News 21:30 The Colbert Report 06:30 Futbol Mundial 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 07:30 Prince George At One 10:00 Last Man Standing 17:40 Gold Divers 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 22:00 Legit 07:00 Indycar Highlights 11:10 Cake Boss 08:25 Cook Me The Money 10:50 Call The Midwife 18:30 River Monsters: Face Ripper 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 22:30 The Big C 08:00 WWE Experience 11:35 17 Kids And Counting 09:20 Trevor Mcdonald’s Queen & 11:45 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 20:10 Lost And Sold 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 23:00 Brickleberry 09:00 WWE Afterburn 12:00 Little People, Big World Country 00:00 Fatal Instinct-PG15 12:15 The Stephen K Amos Show 20:35 The Liquidator 11:35 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 10:00 World Match Racing Tour 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 10:15 The Chase 02:00 Fun Size-PG15 12:45 Chimp Family Fortunes 21:00 River Monsters 12:05 E! News 11:00 World Match Racing Tour 13:15 Oprah’s Master Class 11:10 Emmerdale 04:00 Asterix And Obelix-PG15 13:10 Eastenders 21:50 River Monsters: Legend Of 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 12:00 World Match Racing Tour 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter 12:00 Coronation Street 06:00 The Money Pit-PG15 13:40 Doctors Loch Ness 13:35 E!ES 00:00 The Blacklist 13:00 PGA Tour Highlights 14:55 Brides Of Beverly Hills 12:30 The Hungry Sailors 08:00 King Ralph-PG15 14:10 Last Man Standing 23:30 River Monsters 14:30 Style Star 01:00 Resurrection 14:00 Trans World Sport 15:20 Cake Boss 13:25 Four Weddings UK 10:00 From Prada To Nada-PG15 15:00 Call The Midwife 15:00 Kourtney & Kim Take New 02:00 Boardwalk Empire 15:00 WWE RAW 15:45 Craft Wars 14:20 Coach Trip 12:00 The Little Rascals-PG 15:55 The Stephen K Amos Show York 03:00 The Leftovers 18:00 WWE Smackdown 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 14:45 The Chase 14:00 Old Stock-PG15 16:25 The Weakest Link 16:00 Kourtney & Kim Take New 04:00 Top Gear (UK) 20:00 WWE RAW 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 15:35 Lightfields 16:00 King Ralph-PG15 17:10 Eastenders York 05:00 Perception 23:00 Indycar Highlights 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 16:30 Murdoch Mysteries 18:00 Norbit-PG15 17:40 Doctors 17:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 06:00 The Blacklist 18:15 17 Kids And Counting 18:20 Four Weddings UK 20:00 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The 18:10 Last Man Standing 17:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 07:00 Glee 18:40 Little People, Big World 19:10 Coronation Street Galaxy-PG15 19:00 The Old Guys 00:00 Violetta 18:00 The Drama Queen 08:00 Criminal Minds 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 19:35 Lightfields 22:00 Seeking A Friend For The End 19:30 As Time Goes By 00:45 The Hive 19:00 Ryan Seacrest With The 10:00 Perception 20:05 Brides Of Beverly Hills 20:30 Murdoch Mysteries 20:00 Call The Midwife 00:50 Art Attack Kardashians 11:00 Top Gear (UK) 20:30 Cake Boss 22:20 Coronation Street 20:55 Stella 01:15 Art Attack 20:00 E! News Special 12:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Hoarding: Buried Alive 22:50 Emmerdale 00:00 Bangladesh v India ODI 21:40 Big School 01:40 Jungle Junction 20:30 Giuliana & Bill 12:30 Coronation Street 21:55 My Naked Secret 23:45 The Chase Highlights 22:10 Last Tango In Halifax 01:50 Jungle Junction 21:30 Giuliana & Bill 14:00 Criminal Minds 01:00 ICC Cricket 360 22:20 My Naked Secret 23:00 The Weakest Link 22:30 Fashion Police 15:00 Psych 22:50 Long Island Medium 02:05 Jungle Junction 01:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 01:30 England Women v South 23:50 As Time Goes By 23:30 Escape Club 16:00 Emmerdale 23:15 Sex Sent Me To The ER 02:15 Jungle Junction 03:00 Knife Fight-PG15 African Women T20I Highlights 16:30 Coronation Street 02:30 Violetta 05:00 True Love-PG15 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 03:15 The Hive 07:00 Age Of Heroes-PG15 18:00 Criminal Minds Toronto film review: 03:20 Art Attack 09:00 Love And Honor-PG15 00:00 Blowdown 19:00 Warehouse 13 03:45 Art Attack 11:00 True Love-PG15 01:00 Mega Factories 20:00 White Collar 00:15 Come Dine With Me 04:10 Jungle Junction 13:00 The Twilight Saga: Breaking ‘Don’t Go Breaking 02:00 Shark Men 21:00 Devious Maids 01:05 Antiques Roadshow 04:20 Jungle Junction Dawn Pt. 2-PG15 00:40 The Hungry Sailors 03:00 World’s Deadliest Animals 22:00 Burn Notice 02:00 Antiques Roadshow 04:35 Jungle Junction 15:00 Magic Journey To Africa- My Heart 2’ 01:30 Coach Trip 04:00 Wild Case Files 23:00 American Horror Story: 02:50 Bargain Hunt 04:45 Jungle Junction PG15 05:00 Apocalypse World War I Coven 06:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 17:00 Love And Honor-PG15 he market is open for another round of trading in 07:00 Wild Namibia 19:00 Chasing Mavericks-PG15 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2,” director Johnnie To’s 08:00 Blowdown 21:00 Trespass-PG15 Tsequel to his hit 2011 romantic comedy about a hand- 09:00 Mega Factories 23:00 Maniac-R ful of Hong Kong One Percenters who swap romantic alle- 10:00 Shark Men giances with the same manic brio with which they buy and 11:00 Inside 00:00 Drop Dead Diva sell shares of Fortune 500 companies. And , despite the 12:00 Is It Real? 01:00 Good Morning America somewhat disappointing decision to keep one of the series’ 13:00 Untamed Americas 03:00 Dracula 00:00 Angels Crest-18 most appealing stars (Daniel Wu) sidelined on the mainland 14:00 Nat Geo Amazing! 04:00 Sons Of Anarchy 01:45 Reviving Ophelia-PG15 for much of the running time. Opening Nov. 11 in China, this 15:00 Megaship 05:00 Good Morning America 03:30 Meet Joe Black-PG15 Media Asia release should perform well at the local box 16:00 Inside 9/11: The War 07:00 Emmerdale 06:30 Things We Lost In The Fire- office (where the prior pic earned $16 million), with offshore Continues 07:30 Coronation Street PG15 prospects mostly limited to Chinese-language cable and 17:00 The War Generals 09:00 Franklin & Bash 09:00 The Last Harbor-PG15 video buyers. 18:00 Inside Combat Rescue 10:00 Emmerdale 11:00 Earth-PG15 Whenever To, the undisputed master of the modern 19:00 Megaship 10:30 Coronation Street 13:00 Veronica Guerin-PG15 Hong Kong gangster drama, turns his attention to lighter 20:00 Inside 9/11: The War 12:00 24: Live Another Day 15:00 Down The Shore-PG15 fare (like this, or 2012’s sudser “Romancing in Thin Air”), it’s Continues 13:00 Drop Dead Diva 17:00 The Last Harbor-PG15 like watching a great baseball pitcher warming up in the 21:00 The War Generals 14:00 Live Good Morning America 19:00 Rachel Getting Married-PG15 bullpen: perfect form and follow-through minus any real siz- 22:00 Inside Combat Rescue 16:00 Franklin & Bash 21:00 Texas Killing Fields-PG15 zle. In the first “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” that meant an 23:00 Inside 17:00 24: Live Another Day 23:00 W.E.-18 intricately constructed bubblegum farce about Zixin (Gao 18:00 Drop Dead Diva Yuanyuan), a rising young financial analyst on H.K.’s Wall 19:00 Franklin & Bash Street, who found herself juggling the affections of caddish, 20:00 24: Live Another Day rock-climbing CEO Shen-Ran (Louis Koo) and loyal, ice-hock- 21:00 Drop Dead Diva 02:00 The Call-PG15 ey-playing architect/chef Qihong (Wu), eventually settling 22:00 Dracula for the latter when the former proved fatally unable to curb 00:00 Wilfred 04:00 The Lone Ranger-PG15 23:00 Sons Of Anarchy 06:30 Lincoln-PG15 his horndog ways. (Well, that and the fact that Qihong 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon designed an entire building for her.) For the sequel, To takes Stewart 09:00 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2-PG us forward a year to the eve of Zixin and Qihong’s nuptials, 01:00 Last Week Tonight With John but with Qihong away in Suzhou on a building site and a Oliver 10:45 Jobs-PG15 00:15 The Sanctuary 13:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 disconsolate Shen-Ran back on the prowl, it’s not long 01:30 Eastbound & Down 02:00 Gangster Squad before trouble begins to stir again in this lovers’ paradise. 02:00 Hello Ladies 15:00 Straight A’s-PG15 04:00 Absolute Fear 17:00 Cloudy With A Chance Of Scripted by original scribes Wai Ka-fai and Ryker Chan 02:30 Brickleberry 06:00 Legendary Amazons (here joined by To’s “Blind Detective” and “Drug War” collabo- 03:00 Hot In Cleveland Meatballs 2-PG 08:00 Badges Of Fury 19:00 Limitless-PG15 rator Yu Xi), the movie sets up a couple of new characters in 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 10:00 Walking Tall the form of Zixin’s brother Paul (the puppy-doggish Vic Chou), Jimmy Fallon 21:00 Django Unchained-18 12:00 Clear And Present Danger 23:45 Machete Kills-18 newly returned from studies in France, and the amusingly 05:30 Men At Work 14:30 Ong Bak 3 named Yang Yang Yang (Miriam Yeung), a noted investment 06:00 My Name Is Earl 16:15 Snake Eyes doyenne dubbed the “Goddess of Stocks.” Early on, when 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 18:15 Walking Tall Zixin meet-cutes Yang on the street, she begs her for a job, 08:30 Men At Work 20:00 Badges Of Fury 01:00 The Ugly Duckling And Me which (after a few complications) she lands, only to discover 09:00 Hot In Cleveland 22:00 Drop Zone 02:30 Justice League: The that the Goddess’ offices sit directly across from Shen-Ran’s 10:00 Enlisted 23:45 Armageddon Flashpoint Paradox own new company. Thus the stage is set for another round of 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 04:15 Emperor’s Secret “Rear Window” courtship antics involving Post-It-note emoti- Jimmy Fallon 06:00 Dragon Hunters cons, magic routines and assorted bodily contortions. Indeed, 12:00 My Name Is Earl 08:00 Luke And Lucy: The Texas there’s nary a joke or a plot twist from the first film that To 13:00 Men At Work Rangers doesn’t revisit here with self-referential glee, right down to the 15:00 Enlisted 10:00 Happily N’Ever After: Snow introduction of a claivoyant octopus that stands in for the 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 00:00 Gangster Squad-18 White previous film’s ill-fated pet toad. (Shy of this summer’s “22 Stewart 02:00 Absolute Fear-PG15 11:30 Puppy In My Pocket: The Jump Street,” it’s hard to imagine another sequel more cheeki- 16:00 The Colbert Report 04:00 Legendary Amazons-PG15 Movie ly self-aware of being a sequel.) But true to its numerical 16:30 My Name Is Earl 06:00 Badges Of Fury-PG15 13:00 Justice League: The appendage, this “Don’t” also doubles the ante, giving us not 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 08:00 Walking Tall-PG15 Flashpoint Paradox one but two women on the verge of a romantic breakdown, 18:00 Hot In Cleveland 10:00 Clear And Present Danger- 14:30 Krazzy Planet each torn between two rival suitors. —Reuters 18:30 Baby Daddy PG15 THE SANCTUARY ON OSN MOVIES ACTION 16:00 Ben 10: Race Against Time lifestyle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 TRAVEL

Thailand The land of the white elephant

By Sahar Moussa Secretary Jak Sangchai started by warmly welcoming each and every journalist that uwait Times was pleased to participate represent his or her country. in the ‘Muslim Media Familiarization He began his speech by highlighting the KTrip to Thailand 2014’ organized by important economic ties between Thailand Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The and the Middle East. “Thailand imports70 or week-long trip aimed to promote Thailand’s 80% of its oil from the Middle East. Mostly medical tourism industry, famous beaches, from UAE but also from Oman, Kuwait, Qatar halal food industry and peaceful co-existence and Bahrain. As we export halal food to East between different religious groups and eth- Asia such as Malaysia because we are not an nicities. Overall, twenty-two media represen- Islamic country. We also import agriculture from raw material to product, to logistic to tatives from Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, products to the Middle East.” the consumer,” she said. Wangchi concluded Qatar, Turkey and Malaysia too part. Sangchai stressed that the relationship is by stressing on the importance of checking The Etihad Airways flight from Kuwait to based on respect, understanding and the product that is being imported to the Abu Dhabi Airport took approximately one exchange of culture and efforts made to pre- country and never eating anything that is not and a half hours and it took six and a half serve peace in the region, “We have a lot of labeled with halal signs. hours to get from Abu Dhabi to Thai people that work in the Middle East. We were also introduced to CP Food Suvarnabhumi International Airport, They became a source of income to Thailand Company (Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Bangkok. Luckily we arrived early to Bangkok. and around 1000 student studying there. Company Limited) which is considered to be Most of the students that study in the Middle Thailand’s largest agribusiness firm. After an East come from the south of Thailand, where interesting tour of the factory, we met with most of their studies is Islamic studies.” Sithong Vatcharangkulpipat , vice president History of “People are willing to work in the Middle of CPF. He briefed us about the company and East and we are looking forward for the world answered several questions. He told Kuwait Thailand cup in Qatar. We are considered to be sub- Times that the company used to export contractors but we are looking to be contrac- frozen chicken grillers to Kuwait back in 2004, ocated in the centre of Southeast but due to the bird flu they stopped. They Asia, The Kingdom of Thailand is at tors in the future,” he said. the heart of the region. Looking at a “There are 2000 people working in the L construction sector in Bahrain and more in “Statically the people in the south are map of Thailand reveals a country whose the UAE and 500 in Qatar airways, we want to poorer than the north, that’s why we need to borders roughly form the shape of an ele- help them. The issue about the south is that phant’s head. Thai civilization dates back promote Thai beauty, it is important to pro- mote tourism. People come here for treat- some people are trying to make it a religious thousands of years, although the modern issue, it is not a religious issue its more social era of Thai history began with the found- ment and that is also a positive thing that brings income to Thailand,” he continued. and economic issue,” he continued. ing of the Kingdom of Sukhthai. At the end of our visit, we received a The country’s population is estimated As for the relationship between Thailand and Kuwait, Sangchai explained that while, memorial from the Deputy Permanent at about 65 million of which four million Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. people are Muslim. Thailand’s dominant generally cordial, there is significant room for religion is Theravada Buddhism, which further strengthening ties through the initia- tive of both countries’ heads of state. Halal food industry plays a fundamental role in Thai identity Thailand is one of the world’s largest and and culture. Islam is practiced primarily in Regarding the political and humanitarian situation in Gaza and about what happened a most advanced producers and exporters of the country’s southern most provinces food products. Its deep-rooted agricultural where the population is generally Malay, few months ago in the south of Thailand, he said to Kuwait Times, “We issue a statement tradition and abundance of natural resources, most of whom are Sunni Muslims with combined with significant investment in Christians presenting 0.7 % of the popula- that we condemn the violence in Gaza, which is the noble way to say it. We are happy with technology and food safety research and tion. Thailand’s climate is generally development, have helped make it the marked by three seasons, the monsoon, the truce but it’s not seemed to stop. We have to wait and see. The Palestinian issue cannot “Kitchen to the World.” It is considered one of the summer, and a cool winter, though the first countries in Asia to apply scientific the climate is pleasant year round. be resolved in one day. We are ready to keep the relationship and willing to send financial techniques to the halal quality assurance Thailand’s currency is the baht. The official process. language is Thai. However considering the contribution to Iraq and Gaza”. large number of tourists visiting the coun- try each year, English is widely spoken.

We checked in at the Vie Hotel where we were warmly welcomed and greeted by ‘Wai’, Thailand’s traditional form of greeting. ‘Wai’ is a prayer-like gesture with the palms pressed together accompanied with a little head nod- ding and a slight bow. While you are in Thailand ‘Wai’ will become an everyday habit when greeting people. Vie Hotel is a chic hotel, conveniently located in the heart of the city, with spacious rooms and suites, and very close to shopping malls. The hotel serves halal food for its Muslim’s guests.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs The trip kicked off early in the morning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where we received a briefing by the Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs and the Department of European Affairs. First Halal food restaurants are widespread in Thailand and in order to guarantee the safety of the products, the Halal Science Center and the Muslim Studies Center located in Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok were established. The Halal Science Center is an contaminants. Also we provide information resumed exporting last year. instructional center and has a network of lab- and training to the public and to the food oratories dedicated to maintaining the stan- service industry related to the preparation of Samui Island dards of halal food products. It opened in food in accordance with Islamic law,” Wangchi We then departed Bangkok and headed to 2003 and received an award in 2006 for best said. Samui Island. The flight from Bangkok to innovation in halal industry from the Halal Wangchi explained the importance of Samui Island took approximately one and a Journal. halal food for the body, citing evidence about half hours. When you arrive there, it is like After touring the center we were briefed how recent experiments show that slaughter- arriving to heaven on earth. All you can see by Sulida Wangchi, assistant director at the ing livestock according to Islamic law bene- are the green hills, the open sky and coconut Halal Science Center, about the purpose of fits human health. “Nowadays even the West trees. We checked in at Anatara Lawana the center. “In this center we analyze food for is consuming halal food because they know it Resort where we were welcomed with their any contaminants that is not compatible with is the healthy way to eat,” she emphasized customary warm hospitality, smiling faces the ‘Shariaa’ law of Islam and conducts “There is no doubt that we can uplift jobs and a complimentary neck massage. Nestled research into new methods of food prepara- for Muslims if we spread awareness and the on the quiet, pristine northern end of tion and new reagents for detecting such importance of making halal food. It is a chain, Chaweng Beach, Anatara Lawana Resort lies lifestyle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 TRAVEL

The interior is inspired by the island’s origi- two schools one of which is a religious school cement. There are 1200 Muslims living in the nal Chinese merchant settlers and when you located beside the mosque. The villagers speak area, mostly Sunnis. According to the Imam’s enter your room, you will be welcomed by an Malay in addition to Thai. mosque, there are 4400 mosques across elephant crafted from towels placed on the bed Kambon Marik is a fishing village and has Thailand, 210 of which are in Bangkok. Despite and a plate of exotic fruits. around 1000 wooden boats. Villagers survive by the presence of these diverse religious groups You cannot be in Samui Island without dis- drying, salting and selling the fish for tourists and ethnicities, there is an obvious peace and covering its night life. We headed to Chaweng most of whom are Muslim and Malaysian. harmony that connect them. Beach Street where all the action was going on. Although the village is extremely beautiful, The street is lined by souvenir shops on both full of trees and on the coast, it is extremely ‘Muay Thai Live: The Legend Lives’ sides and crowds of tourists mill about, making poor and far from civilization or modern life. Music, arts and culture shape a country’s purchases. The brightly-colored bathing suits The houses are made from wood, cement and identity. Thai Kickboxing is considered an and t-shirts strike your eyes. At every few steps, important element of Thai history. Bringing the you can find a massage shop with inexpensive origins and heroes of Thai Kickboxing back to offers. After ten or eleven at night when the life, ‘Muay Thai Live: The Legend Lives’ is an epic shops get ready to close, you hear music com- live show that captures 300 years of Muay Thai’s ing from pubs and restaurants, where people history through a dazzling combination of get ready to party. There is nothing more lively and energetic than the nightlife in Samui Island. In the morning we were briefed by the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center and the 4th Region Forward Command of the Internal Security Operations Command where we were welcomed as media representa- tives coming from the Middle East. After a quick overview of Thai history, an official from the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center spoke about the situation in the South of the country and about press freedom in Thailand. He emphasized that the Thai govern- ment welcomed a free and vibrant press, but discouraged hate speech aimed at dividing society. He explained how during the recent political turmoil the national government man- aged to curd violence despite limited adminis- trative resources. Concerning the southern provinces, he explained that groups that claimed to repre- zinc roofs and are rather glued to each other. sent the people did not communicate effec- “The government doesn’t give us aids so we tively with the government in raising their usually collect money from each other to help demands. In fact, he claimed that many of each other”, Noria, a 29 year old local, told these groups, particularly those engaged in Kuwait Times. causing unrest, did not truly represent the local Another local said that the government Muslim population in the first place. helped her build the house she lives in with her He described how Thailand’s economic family and she couldn’t ask for more. Their development is accelerating and the economy dreams and demands are very small. Noria did is expected to grow by 3.5% this year. In view of ask if the government could help her with bet- this, he concluded by mentioning the impor- ter education for children. tance of an open society where Buddhists and Muslims respected each other’s religions. Bumrungrrad International Hospital the Middle East and 829,333 patients from International Hospital a favorite amongst The days we spent on Samui Island were South East Asia. It is the first hospital to be Arab patients. Kambon Marik Village or the Islamic Village magical but we had to go back to Bangkok. accredited by the US-based Joint Kambon Marik Village or the Islamic Village Thailand is considered an important hub to Commission International. The use of Kudee Chine Multi-religious Community is about 30 minutes away from the Anatara medical tourism. So our visit would not have advanced medical technology, their highly Our journey then took us to Kudee Chine Lawana Resort. The population is made up of been complete without visiting the trained doctors and the special international Multi-religious Community where you can visit about 300 Sunni Muslims and it is considered Bumrungrrad International Hospital, consid- services-such as offering over 150 inter- a temple, a church and a mosque all in the hyper-real fights , breathtaking stunts and to be the smallest Islamic community on Samui ered to be the best hospital in the world and preters, embassy assistance, international same area. When travelling along the Chao sweeping drama. Island. The inhabitants originally came from number one destination for tourists who insurance coordination, international medical Phraya River in Bangkok, you cannot miss Wat The show was created by director Ekachai Patani Island. The village has one mosque- come from 190 countries across the globe. coordinators, visa extension counter and kalayanimitr, because of its massive Vihara Uekrongtham. It was presented at The Stage, called Nour Al-Ihsan Mosque-one clinic, and In 2013 there were 140,805 patients from Muslim prayer room-makes Bumrungrrad building (a huge hall housing the temple’s main Bangkok’s new playhouse at the heart of Buddha images). Built in 1825 by a Chinese Asiatique The Riverfront, Asia’s largest lifestyle, nobleman named Chao Phraya Nikon Bodin, dining and entertainment complex. The show the temple was constructed in honor of King conjures up Muay Thai’s greatest heroes, from Rama III, then the reigning monarch. its beginnings to the present day, in a series of Thailand’s multicultural roots can be traced tales artfully woven together. back to the beginning of the Ayutthaya era, It is a very impressive show and is conceived when the Thai kingdom welcomed Asian and as family-friendly entertainment that offers a European traders from powerful countries such rare mix of thrills and drama enhanced by a as India, China, Japan, Holland, Portugal and lush production which brings the glory of England. This also explains the presence of the Thailand’s cultural heritage back to life in spec- Santa Cruz Church The church was established tacular fashion. When our trip came to its in 1786 and was built by the descendants of inevitable end, each and every one of us was early Portugese traders who had come to the genuinely sad to leave this amazing country. Thai Kingdom during the Ayutthaya period. The The Thai are a humble, modest and spiritual church is also known as Wat Kudi Jeen, and people and they respect tourists. I will never with its dome shaped tower and yellow and forget the luxury of finding massage shops pink facade, it is a distinctive landmark one everywhere and any time I want. It’s natural should visit. Also make sure to try the Kanom- beauty, vibrant nightlife and the magic of frarang-kudeejeen desert, a Thai-Portuguese Samui Island will definitely remain carved into cupcake baked according to a 500-year old my memory. Thailand is an amazing place to recipe. visit, whether you go with your family, by your- A few steps away you can see a very old self or as a couple. There is something for mosque which was build 240 years ago. It was everyone and you will never regret visiting this originally built with wood, and afterwards with charming country.

Photos by Sahar Moussa lifestyle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Music & Movies ‘Raw’ the new beauty in Hollywood

tarlets take note: Hollywood filmmakers “I think there’s beauty in all forms, whether it’s in wear any makeup during filming, going as far as pushed a no-fuss, no-makeup look in new pain or grief, or an awards show or whatever it is, I covering the mirrors in their on-set trailer. “Wild” is Smovies at the Toronto film festival this week, think there’s beauty in all of it and I thought it was based on author Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling redefining beauty as “raw.” And established stars important to portray that,” said Aniston, who memoir. It tells how, devastated by the death of her including Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon received a standing ovation at the film’s premiere mother, Strayed self-destructs destroying her mar- lapped it up. “I loved every minute of it,” said Monday evening. Director Daniel Barnz added: “It riage, becoming hooked on heroin and even preg- Aniston. “It was extremely liberating to do that was an extraordinary experience seeing one of the nant by a stranger. In a bid to find her way out of because as women we do feel we have to live up to most beautiful women in the world without a despair, she embarks on a 1,100-mile (1,800 kilo- an expectation, whether it’s on camera or going to stitch of makeup on, and somehow in this film meter) hike. “It was raw,” said Witherspoon of her the market or whatever it is. because of the beauty that comes from the inside rumpled look in the movie. “But if Cheryl could be “And the truth is, that’s just not the way it is, we I’ve never found her more beautiful.” brave enough to tell every part of her story, I had don’t always have our high heels on, we don’t Aniston said she consulted with two friends to be brave enough to throw away my vanity and always have our hair and makeup on.” In her new who suffer from chronic pain and pharmacologists go for it.”—AFP film “Cake,” Aniston, 45, plays an unpleasant to understand how drugs impact a body to prepare woman in chronic pain who has driven away all of for the raw role of “Claire.” She also wore a back her friends and lost all reason to live. It is an unflat- brace, she said, “because I tend to slouch.” Earlier in tering role that sees her sporting greasy hair-and the week, Witherspoon described how “Wild” direc- no makeup. tor Jean-Marc Vallee had ordered the actors not to Reese Witherspoon Actress Jennifer Aniston

TORONTO FILM REVIEW ‘Haemoo’

urning a real-life human trafficking tragedy into a into genre territory by ramping up the violence and gore Flesh-and-blood character comment on social inequality and the cost of sur- (at least until the slightly overblown last act), portraying While Kim doesn’t exactly reprise the role of crazed, Tvival, “Haemoo” dramatizes a stark nautical ordeal the protags as grassroots workers struggling under harsh predatory sea captain already recycled in countless nauti- fraught with tension. Produced and co-written by interna- living conditions, unconsciously pushed toward selfish cal adventures from “Moby Dick” to “Jaws,” he withholds tionally recognized Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho behavior. much of the sociopathic intensity that he let rip in other (“Snowpiercer,” “The Host,”) this directing debut by helmer- works like “The Yellow Sea” and “Hwayi: A Monster Boy.” The scribe Shim Sung-bo echoes Bong’s trademark cynical result is a flesh-and-blood character whose diminishing vision of human nature, but the characters lack dimension- humanity springs from the practicality of a seafarer always ality and psychological depth. Still, . Bong’s name could be at nature’s mercy. Han, such a striking presence in the wind beneath “Haemoo’s” sails where fest play and “Commitment” and “As One,” more than holds her own niche arthouse play are concerned. among the gruff male cast, radiating physical vulnerability The movie’s title translates as “Sea Fog,” a phantom as a woman surrounded by sex-starved men, but also real agent of peril that halts the ship from moving homeward mental strength beneath her country-girl innocence. and symbolizes the protags’ moral obscurity. Adeptly trans- Supporting performances are forceful in an in-your-face ferring a stage play to th escreen, Shim (who co-wrote way, though the characters remain archetypes rather than Bong’s “Memories of Murder”) achieves a highly cinematic layered personalities. Especially grating is sex maniac effect despite the confined mise-en-scene, partly by Chan-wook (Lee Hee-jun) who’s too savage to be played emphasizing physical drama rather than dialogue, and for laughs, yet too obsessive to be taken seriously. Other partly thanks to lenser Hong Kyeong-pyo’s evocative close- sailors Ho-young (Kim Sang-ho) and Kyung-koo (You ups. Seung-mok) may sport different traits, but their dramatic The film takes place in 1998, when the IMF Crisis made function is ultimately limited to brawling with Chan-wook. life hard for ordinary South Koreans, but the marine setting Only the engineer Wan-ho (Moon Sung-geun) elicits empa- ‘The Maze Runner’ imbues the action with an elemental, timeless quality. Five thy as the one crew member who befriends his passengers fishermen under Capt. Kang Chul-joo (Kim Yoon-seok) set and feels guilty about their fate; Moon, who is often type- s world-creation YA pictures go, “The Maze sail from their hometown, Yeosu, but they return empty- cast as judges, professors and tycoons, displays likable Runner” feels refreshingly low-tech and properly handed. The owner of their beat-up old trawler, Junjiho, earthiness in the role. Astory-driven, based on James Dashner’s popular wants to trade it in, but Kang is more attached to it than to Apart from a wily, middle-aged broad (Jo Kyung-sook), 2009 fantasy novel. Much of the action unfolds in a large his wife, whom he catches in flagrante with a Chinese- most of the stowaways are denied speaking parts and pre- field, and the spidery thingies that crawl out of the wood- Korean. To save the ship, he decides to smuggle ethnic sented as a group entity, with little description of their work to afflict a band of boys trying to escape a mysteri- Koreans from China. Chinese-Korean background. Though Shim and Bong’s ous confinement have an old-fashioned, bio-mechanical Braving unusually rough weather, they meet the skiff deftly structured script builds Hong-mae and Dong-sik’s charm. Though the pacing drags a bit in the first hour ferrying the stowaways from China. Shim creates an unfor- love around three sensuous scenes of embrace, set in dif- and there’s not much character development unless you gettable scene of frenzied danger as they scramble to leap ferent locations and culminating in a bittersweet coda, count the cast’s bicep-building hours at the gym . from one vessel to the other on a pitch-black night, driving their romance is weakened by Shin’s nondescript appear- Though the addition of a lone girl feels tacked on, if the home how desperate they are. A young woman, Hong-mae ance and mediocre performance, whose lack of emotional film doesn’t beef up the summer’s watery box office, it (Han Ye-rin) falls into the sea, and though the crew is ready heft is especially apparent compared with Han’s passionate won’t be for lack of female bums in seats. Girls flock to to abandon her, the youngest deckhand, Dong-sik (Park turn. action and horror these days, especially when they come Yuchun), dives in to save her, cementing a bond that forms Craft contributions are outstanding. Kim Chang-ho’s plentifully stocked with the comely likes of “Teen Wolf’s” the story’s emotional backbone. lighting sets a Stygian tone with oppressive darkness Dylan O’Brien and his band of muscled bros. The squabbles that break out serve as pointed social indoors and brooding shadows under the mantle of sea “The Maze Runner” plunges in-as it must, or give the commentary, demonstrating that the fisherman’s under- fog on deck. Hong, who lensed Bong’s “Snowpiercer” and game away to the five teenagers who have not read class status doesn’t make them any more sympathetic to “Mother,” as well as blockbusters like “Typhoon” and Dashner’s bestselling novel-with room-shattering noises these huddled masses, whom they treat as mere cargo or “Taeguki,” provides crisp, starkly beautiful compositions, off as a buff young fellow (O’Brien) is transported in a catch. When a stowaway complains, “How can you treat fel- contrasting claustrophobic human activity with the ocean’s cage, he knows not where or why or by whom, to a land- low Koreans worse than the Chinese do?” one sailor vastness. Jung Jae-il’s melancholy score is used sparingly scape that, at first blush, closely resembles an Outward answers, “Fellow Koreans? You’re low-life scum!” In fact, enough not to overwhelm the action. — Reuters Bound campsite. Indeed, those who remember their days Kang’s suppression of a rabble-rouser is shocking in its bru- at summer camp with fondness may wish to linger in the tality, and hints at a violent streak that comes in flashes, Glade, a huge field dotted with handmade lean-tos, knot- then is fully unleashed when calamity strikes. Actress Ye-ri Han attends the “Haemoo” premiere during the ted ropes and tanned, ax-wielding, ethnically diverse Despite the harrowing plot, Shim adopts an omniscient 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall boys who make fun of the baffled new arrival, who has gaze and a somber, dispassionate tone throughout. He on September 9, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. — AFP momentarily forgotten his own name. doesn’t veer too far from realism; nor does he cross over A helpful hazing brings it back, and Thomas quickly, if not quiescently, acclimates to the Glade, which for all its bucolic beauty is edged with sinister creeping vines (the film was shot in rural Louisiana) and surrounded by walls Singapore bans local too high to scale-and one tantalizing opening. Egged on ‘Dolphin Tale 2’ by the regulation bully (Will Poulter), most of Thomas’s fellow Gladers come on like obedient frat boys, crossed documentary on political exiles with “Lord of the Flies” castaways trying to improvise rriving three years after its surprise hit social order in the absence of adult authority. Except that ingapore yesterday banned a local docu- members of the Communist Party of Malaya predecessor, this sequel about the nothing could be more antithetical to can-do American mentary about nine dissidents living in (CPM) which had sought to overthrow govern- Aunbreakable bonds between a boy individualism than the bleak British fatalism of William Sexile, saying its contents undermined ments in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s and his dolphin remains too square and Golding’s novel. national security. The film “To Singapore, with and 1960s. “The individuals in the film have giv- earnest to appeal beyond families and animal On more fronts than one, “The Maze Runner” tells a Love”, directed by Singaporean director Tan Pin en distorted and untruthful accounts of how lovers. Nevertheless, writer-director Charles different story, an old-fashioned American tale of one Pin, features interviews with the former activists they came to leave Singapore and remain out- Martin Smith hits the sweet spot for that tar- boy whose resourceful courage, refusal to obey rules, and and student leaders who fled Singapore from side Singapore,” the media regulator added. get audience once again, and in the process emergent leadership skills carry a raggedy army of pris- the 1960s until the 1980s and are currently set- MDA said the individuals were not denied delivers a more streamlined storyline and oners to freedom and responsibility for a catastrophically tled in countries including Britain and Thailand. the right to return to Singapore or forced to ever so slightly darker shadings to further jus- fallen world. Though he operates his own CGI company, leave the city-state, as was portrayed in the tify the follow-up. Duplicating the original’s first-time director Ball handles special effects with movie. “The government has made it clear that $72 million domestic B.O. could be a chal- impressive economy, as they pertain organically to the it would allow former CPM members to return to lenge-especially given the commendable story. If anything, the action dawdles a bit for its first Singapore if they agree to be interviewed by the decision to ditch the first film’s unnecessary hour, dwelling on setup until at last Thomas, accompa- authorities on their past activities to resolve their 3D release-but solid returns look like a walk nied by a muscled pal (Ki Hong Lee) with whipped hair, cases,” it said. in the aquatic park. breaches the forbidden opening in the wall and enters All the key “Dolphin Tale” players return the dread Maze, which has no exit and from which no ‘Very disappointed’ here, beginning with plucky protagonist one returns unscathed. A description posted on the film’s official Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) — now an website said the documentary explores how the increasingly self-assured young teenager-and Enchantingly rumpled exiles “lived their lives away and how they still his marine mammal pal, Winter (playing her- Only then do we meet the Grievers-giant, hairy, taran- view the Singapore of their dreams”. “They are self with occasional assists from animatronics tula-like critters that patrol this dank labyrinth, dispens- now in their 60s to 80s. Some were activists, stu- and visual effects). Both on- and offscreen, ing sticky stuff and nasty stingers that kill and maim on dent leaders, others were card carrying commu- Winter managed to survive and thrive after demand. Back and forth go Thomas and company nists,” it said. Tan, the film’s director, said she was the amputation of her tail with the assistance between these two, building courage, resolve and inge- “very disappointed that my film is banned”. of a custom-designed prosthetic, becoming a fortably leave her behind to pursue his own nuity as they go. The last girl on Earth shows up to lend a “By doing this, MDA is taking away an oppor- star attraction at Florida’s Clearwater Marine dreams? Any mild suspense is squashed with hand, mysteriously murmuring Thomas’s name and rain- tunity for us Singaporeans to see it and have a Aquarium. the late arrival of a baby dolphin named ing missiles on the boys from the treehouse where they conversation about it and our past,” she said in a That’s where Sawyer spends his summers (what else?) Hope-a fortuitous plot twist also hold her. More Kristen Stewart than Jennifer Lawrence, Facebook post. “We need to be trusted to be working alongside noble role model Dr. Clay inspired by real life events. Teresa (played by Kaya Scodelario of the British television able find the answers about ourselves, for our- Haskett (Harry Connick Jr) and his daughter Much of “Dolphin Tale 2” is as on-the-nose series “Skins”) is enchantingly rumpled, un-buffed and selves,” she added. But Singapore’s information Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff), who shares Sawyer’s as Hope’s name, but parents aren’t likely to equipped with only a hard stare from her striking blue minister Yaacob Ibrahim said he supported the passion for sea life and begins to develop object to a film that provides squeaky clean eyes. media regulator’s decision. more than just a platonic affection for the entertainment without sending gag reflexes Scodelario’s one-of-the-lads brio is a touch wasted The 70-minute documentary was released in “Individuals who have chosen to leave and boy she’s grown up with. (The delicate pro- into overdrive. Even in the movie’s most egre- here, for Teresa adds little to the story other than to jog December last year and has been screened at remain outside Singapore, and refused to gression of their unrequited romance dodges gious flights of fancy-young Sawyer lecturing Thomas’ memories of whence he came and spur him on film festivals in Germany, Dubai, South Korea account for their past actions, should not enjoy a genre conventions for something a little less a room full of adult professionals on the best to mobilize the troops for a climactic battle to free them- and the United States. Singapore’s Media public platform to purvey distorted and untruth- predictable, which can’t exactly be said of the methods to introduce Hope to Winter; a com- selves from the Maze. The great Patricia Clarkson bows in Development Authority (MDA) said in a state- ful accounts to mislead the public, absolve pic overall.) ic-relief subplot detailing a pelican’s nearly all too briefly to upend the team’s sense of their past and ment it had “assessed that the contents of the themselves or deny their past actions,” he said in With Sawyer and Winter both facing sud- stalkerish obsession with a sea turtle-the their future. If the rites of passage feel a touch perfuncto- film undermine national security because legiti- a statement on Facebook.—AFP den turning points-Sawyer in the form of an innate warmth of the characters provides ry and hasty-well, you can never go wrong telling mate actions of the security agencies to protect offer to spend a semester at sea in a presti- enough of a ballast for all but the most teenagers that they’re different, special and chosen to the national security and stability of Singapore gious study program and Winter in the wake extreme cynics.—Reuters lead a broken world forward into “The Maze Runner, Part are presented in a distorted way as acts that vic- of the death of elderly aquarium poolmate Deux.”—Reuters timized innocent individuals”. Panama-the drama pivots on two questions. It said a number of the exiles were former Can Clearwater locate a USDA mandated companion for Winter? And can Sawyer com- lifestyle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Fashion David Beckham can’t compete with Victoria over fashion avid Beckham can’t compete with his wife Victoria told WWD: “She would definitely win. (What she’s) created and heritage of the brand, it was an easy decision. It’s what when it comes to fashion. The former England soc- and achieved in a few short years, going from a Spice Girl I wear and what I like.” Belstaff’s chief executive officer, Dcer player - who attended a signing for his book ‘Off to a respected fashion designer. It’s really inspiring to see.” Gavin Haig is impressed with the results of his first capsule Road/David Beckham’ and showed off his capsule collec- The 39-year-old star - who is also the face of British brand’s collection. He explained: “It’s cross-generational and cross- tion for leather brand Belstaff at their Madison Avenue 2014 global ad campaign - jumped at the chance to design nationalities. It’s working quite well. He really feels the store in New York yesterday - believes the former Spice Girl for the luxury label, describing the collaboration as an “easy brand.”— Bang Showbiz turned fashion designer will always be one step ahead of decision”. him in the industry and is extremely proud of her success. He said: “Belstaff asked me if I’d be interested in design- When asked about competition between the couple, he ing a capsule collection, and I said yes. “With the history

Lupita Nyong’o turns Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz’s to mum for style tips ‘functional’ upita Nyong’o turns to her mother for style advice. The Oscar-winning actress has revealed that her ultimate Lwardrobe inspiration comes from her mum who taught shoe collection her to dress respectfully for any occasion. Lupita told Lucky ameron Diaz has unveiled her first shoe collection for Pour magazine: “My mother raised us to dress as a sign of respect. La Victoire. The actress - who was announced as the New Like, no ball gowns to the ball game. That’s still how I CYork label’s art director in 2013 - shot her first ever cam- approach dressing. “At Yale [School of Drama], I was three paign at the helm of the accessories brand for their years in slacks, so then, any excuse to dress up, I took. Now I’m Spring/Summer 2014 collection in May and has now released her the opposite.” The beautiful ‘12 Years a Slave’ star also admitted debut footwear line the women’s wear brand offering a range of that her love for dramatic make-up looks started when she “functional” styles for every wardrobe. was just a teenager. She told Vogue.co.uk: “I’m such a stickler for shoes and func- She told the mag: “My mother never wore it, so make-up tion. And that’s what we are getting back to with this line - func- always fascinated me. I was always trying to add more! I start- tion.” “When I’m in New York, I pretty much wear flats. If I get a ed experimenting - brows were first, and it hurt - at 16. “From great pair of heels that I can walk in the city in, I find myself in brows I moved on to black lipstick, which I still wear. I’ve had those heels all the time. Otherwise, if I’m in the city I wear more of black lipstick in my bag since I was 17 - I’ve even worn it on a utilitarian boot. But in Los Angeles, because you’re in your car all the red carpet. I’d tell my mother, ‘It’s for the play!’ the time, I find myself wearing heels a lot. And I really love a good “We’re a big performative family, so we were always put- heeled boot because I move quickly on my feet and I want some- ting on shows for each other, make-believe. Black lipstick is thing that’s going to stay on. “That’s why with my Pour La Victoire just instant drama. I always sought out drama - I played Juliet line you see strappy bits on some shoes. Because functionally you at 14 - though I don’t like it in my personal life. It’s more for the want something that looks good on the foot but stays on the foot stage and screen.” To keep her skin looking red-carpet ready, and doesn’t require a lot of work to do so.” Lupita loves to use products from Lancome alongside some While the actress has spent years building up her confidence more natural remedies. She explained: “I experiment with skin in front of the camera, she has now proved her ability behind the care gradually, so I learn the effects. I love Genifique serum lens and become an asset to the Pour La Victoire design team. A and eye cream, and avocado and kukui nut oil - when your spokesperson said: “Cameron Diaz joined Pour La Victoire in 2013 skin feels good, you feel good.”— Bang Showbiz as Artistic Director, bringing her unique point of view, informed by many years in and around the fashion industry.”Diaz has immersed herself in the design and merchandising process, her unique perspective and keen editorial eye enhancing the compa- ny’s belief that true style emanates from a place of empowerment Lupita Nyong’o and authenticity.”— Bang Showbiz

Paris Hilton settles shoe lawsuit

aris Hilton has dismissed her lawsuit against the Federal Court. The 33-year-old starlet’s lawyer, Michael shoe company Antebi Footwear Group. The reality Weinsten, told the newspaper the cases were “resolved Pstar-turned-singer first sued the footwear brand in amicably” but did not confirm if either side received April, for $1 million - accusing Antebi of not paying her monetary compensation. Paris is also the face and enough royalties for the Paris Hilton Footwear collection. designer of 15 successful perfumes in collaboration with The company then launched a $2 million breach-of-con- Parlux, with her most recent scent, named, ‘Dazzle’ being tract suit against Paris as they alleged that the socialite released last year. Women’s Wear Daily has previously had been promoting a rival shoe brand. estimated that the businesswoman has earned over $1.5 According to the New York Daily News, both parties billion from fragrance sales since 2004. — Bang Showbiz have decided to “voluntarily dismiss” their case, after lawyers for both sides filed joint papers in Manhattan

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Models walk the runway at the Oscar De La Renta fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 on September 9, 2014 in New York City. — AFP Inside Thailand, the land of the white elephant

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Photo shows Akiko Obata, who has secured her place in the 2015 Guinness Book of Record for having the largest collection of plastic food, with more than 8,000 items filling her apartment.

Photo shows Alley of the US, who has secured her place in the 2015 Guinness World Records book for the longest jump by a cat record, at six feet (1.83 meters).

Photo shows 26-year-old Nancy Siefker, who has made it into the 2015 Guinness World Records book for the Furthest Arrow Shot with the Feet. The circus artist from California, USA, is able to shoot an arrow 6.09m (20ft) onto a tar- get measuring just 5.5 inches. Long tongues and leaping cats in 60th World Records book

rom super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and usable golf club at 14 feet and five inches (4.39 meters). wacky landmarks have made the cut for 60th anniversary edition And Londoner Yannick Read who created the smallest known cara- Fof the Guinness World Records book out today. The new edition van-measuring under 2.4 meters (seven feet, 10 inches) in length. will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, while also featuring the Other records included the most oceans rowed, awarded to Simon latest additions to the oddball hall of fame. Chalk, and heaviest weight lifted with beard, taken by Antanas They include Californian Nick Stoeberl, possessor of the world’s Kontrimas who picked up a woman attached by a harness to his grey longest tongue at 10.1 centimeters (four inches). British film buff Nick beard. Bennett earned a place in the compendium for having the largest col- Aside from the new records, the 2015 book looks back at records lection of James Bond memorabilia, with 12,463 items from model from the last 60 years including British runner Roger Bannister’s sub- cars to posters contained in a shine in his house. four-minute mile, the landspeed record and Michael Jackson’s music In Japan, Akiko Obata has the largest collection of plastic food, with industry landmarks. more than 8,000 items including giant plastic burgers, donuts and “This is an important landmark edition for Guinness World dishes of everything from soup to desserts filling her apartment. Records, giving us the opportunity to look back at how records have Meanwhile Alley of the United States takes the longest jump by a cat changed over these six extraordinary decades,” said editor Craig record, at an impressive six feet (1.83 meters). The white, black and Glenday. “Of course, we’ve still had to process around 50,000 claims ginger cat leapt the distance between two small platforms. in this past year alone, giving us plenty of new and updated records Brewers Guinness launched their famous records book in 1955 to to choose from... and making it a really difficult task to decide what settle disputes among drinkers. Since then, more than 132 million makes the final cut.” — AFP copies of their annual compendium have been sold in 20 languages in more than 100 countries. All the record attempts are assessed by adju- dicators from the organization. New inclusions this year include Inke Siefker of San Francisco, who has the new record for furthest arrow A recent undated handout picture released by the Guinness World Records on September 9, 2014, shows shot on target with the use of feet (6.10 meters, 20 feet) — done by 24-year-old Nick Stoeberl from California, USA, who has secured his place in the 2015 Guinness World operating a bow with her legs while standing on her hands. Records book for having the longest tongue that measures 10.1cm (3.97in) from its tip to the middle of Meanwhile Karsten Maas in Germany has invented the world’s longest the closed top lip.

A recent undated handout picture released by the Guinness World Records on A recent undated handout picture released by the Guinness World Records on Photo shows 47-year-old Nick Bennett from Leigh in Lancashire, UK, who has September 9, 2014, shows 49-year-old trick golf artist Karsten Maas, from September 9, 2014, shows 43-year-old Yannick Read from London, UK, who has secured his place in the Guinness World Records 2015 book for owning the Denmark, who secured his place in the 2015 Guinness World Records book for secured a place in the 2015 Guinness World Records book for building the Largest Collection James Bond Memorabilia, a staggering 12,463 items at last creating the world’s longest usable golf club. — AFP photos world’s smallest caravan. count.