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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 JAMADA ALTHANI 8, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait aims Querrey for minimum shocks Nadal power outages to lift ATP in summer Acapulco title 3 17 INSIDE Expat health fee increases Min 12º Max 25º ready to be implemented High Tide 06:05 & 16:55 Low Tide MoH to launch IVF centers, denies blood shortage in Kuwait 11:22 40 PAGES NO: 17159 150 FILS Revoked citizenships to be reinstated soon

By B Izzak that Ajmi, the former spokesman of the opposition Popular Action Movement, was expected to return today. KUWAIT: National Assembly speaker Marzouq Al- Ajmi however denied on his Twitter account that he Ghanem said yesterday he was optimistic of imminent has received any intimation to repatriate him to the solutions to a number of issues amid moves by lawmak- country after he was deported in April 2015. Ajmi ers to find an amicable deal for the citizenships revoked thanked all those who made any effort to resolve his by the government over two years ago. Ghanem told ordeal. He was one of several dozen opposition activists reporters in a brief statement that MPs have made sev- and their relatives who had their citizenships revoked as eral moves and said that he is optimistic that such part of a crackdown on the opposition. efforts will result in solutions very soon. He did not elab- Pro-government MP Saadoun Hammad said a num- orate, but said that problems can be resolved through ber of lawmakers met with HH the Amir yesterday and dialogue and understanding and not through threats discussed returning the revoked citizenships. He said the and escalation. lawmakers felt “positive signs” from the Amir. He provided Ghanem’s statements came as a number of opposition no further details. Opposition MP Mohammad Al-Dallal lawmakers said that efforts were underway to bring back said meetings have been held between lawmakers and Saad Al-Ajmi, an opposition activist, who was deported the government over the revoked citizenships and that a to Saudi Arabia soon after his citizenship was revoked in number of ideas and proposals have been discussed. mid-2014. Activists on social media and former MPs said Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi opens a new health center in eastern Ahmadi yesterday. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that the proposed According to a report in Al-Rai daily, the sources Pakistani PM arrives on official visit fee increases for health services provided to expats are denied any intention to cancel the increases and in the final stages of implementation, and are awaiting stressed that not putting them into force in February as ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad tion level talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart HH Sheikh the signature and approval of the health minister. But previously promised by Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi Nawaz Sharif will pay a two-day official visit to Kuwait Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Both sides will some lawmakers have rejected increasing the fees col- did not mean freezing the decision recommended by from today. During the visit, Sharif will meet the Kuwaiti review the progress made so far under various existing lected from expats out of fear of such a move’s conse- the parliamentary health affairs committee. “The deci- leadership for an in-depth review of various aspects of agreements and MoUs in various fields. Sharif will quences on citizens and out of consideration of the cir- sion is made and it is only a matter of time,” the sources the traditionally close and brotherly relations between address gatherings of select Kuwaiti investors, as well as cumstances of ‘brotherly Arab expats’. Some have called emphasized. the two countries. The prime minister will hold delega- members of the Pakistani community residing in Kuwait. for the increases to be imposed after a well-studied law. Continued on Page13 MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with South Korean Minister of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Turkish President of the Court of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation Kang Ho-in.—KUNA photos Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. Amir meets South Korean Minister His Highness congratulates Kuwaiti jet ski champion

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accompanied by Highness the Prime Minister, Speaker of the Minister of State and Minister of Services National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, and Affairs Yasir Abul received at Bayan Palace yes- First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign terday South Korean Minister of Land, Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Infrastructure, and Transportation Kang Ho-in Sabah. In the meantime, His Highness the and his accompanying delegation. The meet- Crown Prince received Ghanem, His Highness ing was attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al- Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Khaled, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Director of Public Authority for Housing Bader Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Al-Wugayyan. Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Abul later introduced the visiting Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled minister to His Highness the Prime Minister Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. His audience for day also Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah; included Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, who later hosted Chairman of the Public Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Authority for Communications Salem Al- Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Othaina, accompanied by the visiting regional and Chief of the National Security Bureau chairman of Huawei Global. Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received Separately, His Highness the Amir sent a Kuwaiti HEAD of the Higher Court and cable to the 2016 World jet ski champion, Constitutional Court Yosif Al-Mutawa’a, Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Abdulrazaq, congratulating accompanied by Turkish President of the him on a feat that has become emblazoned on Court of Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. The meet- the pages of Guinness World Records. ing was attended by Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah and His Highness the Amir heaped praise on Director Kuwait Institute for Legal Judicial Abdulrazaq for his achievement, wishing him Studies Advisor Abdullah Al-Essa. The audi- further success in regional and global sports ence was attended by the Chinese events. His Highness the Crown Prince, His Ambassador to the State of Kuwait Wang Di. Highness the Prime Minister and Speaker Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir Ghanem sent similar cables to the world’s top His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Chairman of the Public Authority for received His Highness the Crown Prince jet skier. Communications Salem Al-Othaina, accompanied by the visiting regional chairman of Huawei Global. Foreign Minister hosts UN envoy for Yemen Amir to patronize KU KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- students’ graduation Hamad Al-Sabah hosted yesterday the visiting UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh On the skills they acquired during the Ahmad. The two sides during the audience Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is set to course of their academic careers, Ansari held at the ministry headquarters discussed patronize today a ceremony marking the said it would serve them well as they foray latest developments in Yemen and interna- graduation of Kuwait University’s (KU) stu- into the job market. Moreover, the KU tional efforts aimed at finding a political settle- dents for the academic year 2015-2016, as President revealed that an honorary doc- ment to the crisis. well as marking the University’s gold torate will be bestowed upon His Minister Sheikh Khaled renewed the State Jubilee. The ceremony will take place at Highness the Amir as a token of apprecia- of Kuwait’s support for all efforts exerted by 10:30 am (local time) at Sheikh Abduallah tion for his contributions, in a gesture the UN Secretary General Envoy for Yemen for Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the theatre in Shwaikh. reminiscent of when the United Nations sake of restoring security and stability to His Highness the Amir’s patronage of (UN) christened His Highness the Amir a brotherly Yemen. The meeting was attended the ceremony is the culmination of 50 years ‘Humanitarian Leader.’ On a mission that by senior ministry official and the Kuwaiti of excellence, KU’s President said yesterday. spanned 50 years, Ansari said that KU has ambassador to Yemen, Fahad Saad Al-Mai’a. In a statement to the press, Dr Hussein Al- become synonymous with quality educa- Separately, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled hosted Ansari said that top students will be tion and scientific research, two factors he the newly-assigned Ethiopian Ambassador to adorned with an honorary order for their described as cornerstones of development the State of Kuwait Abdulaziz Ahmad Adam. commitment and diligent efforts. and prosperity. — KUNA During the reception at his bureau, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled expressed good wishes to the new Ethiopian envoy and hoped to see the bilateral KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad relations between Kuwait and the African nation Doctor affirms family Al-Sabah meets with UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad. — KUNA ‘progress and prosper.’ The audience was attend- ed by senior ministry officials. —KUNA medicine’s necessity

ABU DHABI: Family medicine has proven hereditary, psychological illnesses-thus quite instrumental in diagnosing illnesses saving some money and time for the in Kuwait and other countries for it partial- patients. ly aids individuals adopt healthy habits Some 30 percent of the medical staff in and life style, a Kuwaiti physician says. Dr Kuwait work in the sector of primary care, Huda Al-Duwaisan, head of the primate says Dr Duwaisan. Elaborating, the Kuwaiti health care faculty at Kuwait Institute for doctor said that she and her fellow confer- Medical Specialization, says family medi- ees examined issues related to regional cine provides protective and initial care, in medical centers, namely Al-Abdullah Al- addition to early diagnosis for the patients. Abdulhadi medical center, classified by the Dr Duwaisan, herself specialized in fam- World Health Organization as one of the ily medicine, was speaking in a statement top centers of this medical domain in the after she took part in the fourth edition of Middle East. the World Organization of Family Doctors’ This Kuwaiti center has trained physi- Conference, hosted by the UAE capital. This cians from 13 Arab countries on the family medical specialization provides best medicine. Dr Al-Duwaisan revealed Kuwait means to combat hereditary diseases and would host in March 2018 the fifth confer- arrange shifting patients, who suffer from ence of the World Organization of Family serious sickness, to specialists, she said. Doctors (WONCA). On sidelines of the Kuwait’s Medical Specialization Faculty WONCA’s conference in Abu Dhabi, the of Primary Healthcare seeks to increase Kuwaiti delegation distributed booklets number of personnel serving in the family and displayed a documentary about medicine sector because it treats a wide Kuwaiti health, cultural and tourist land- range of illnesses and conditions including marks. — KUNA Officials and diplomats attend the forum.—Photos by Joseph Shagra Awqaf Minister extols Amir’s patronage of Jaafari Waqf Forum

KUWAIT: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s patronage of Jaafari General Secretariat of Endowments a pioneering Mohammad Al-Jabri highly commended yester- Waqf Forum as a reflection of his belief in the role in social and economic development, he day that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- significant social role of Jaafari endowments. added. The forum is considered a catalyst for The minister made the remark in a keynote developing fresh ways for safe investment of speech delivered on his behalf by Secretary- endowments involving funds and assets in order General of the General Secretariat of Awqaf to earn the highest possible revenues of endow- Mohammad Al-Jalahma during the Jaafari Waqf ments, the minister pointed out. Forum held yesterday. The forum is a genuine Meanwhile, Chairman of the Forum’s reflection of fervent and efforts to promote the Preparatory Committee Usama Al-Sayegh said significant role of endowments in serving the Jaafari endowments have been enjoying the society, added Jabri, who doubles as Minister of support of His Highness the Amir since they State for Municipal Affairs. were launched in Kuwait. He added that the This can be achieved through the seminars organizing committee has chosen ‘Economic and activities of the three-day forum where Endowment... Life and Development’ as the title scholars, academicians and stakeholders can of this year’s forum thanks to the remarkable KUWAIT: Secretary-General of the General share views and experience on endowment and development of Jaafari endowments. He hoped KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met yesterday with Kuwait Secretariat of Awqaf Mohammad Al-Jalahma humanitarian domains, he noted. The event is that the forum would come up with concrete Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Al-Khodher. The two sides exam- delivers a speech on behalf of Awqaf Minister mainly intended to look into a holistic economic outcomes that could push forward the develop- ined agenda of the forthcoming meeting that would group the foreign, interior Mohammad Al-Jabri during the forum. development strategy aiming at giving the ment of endowments in the country. —KUNA undersecretaries and the GCC chiefs of staff, due in Saudi Arabia. — KUNA MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 LOCAL

Legalese Ministry denies reports on Employment Issues

terminating expat teachers By Attorney Fajer Ahmed e are blessed in Kuwait (and the GCC) to have such a diverse workforce. Some coun- Expats in public sector on the rise Wtries or some communities are homoge- nous; you will find that all the people in that commu- By A Saleh lined, explaining that there are extra teach- undersecretary. Jowaisri stressed that the showed that expats working in the pub- nity are from one race and one background, but for- ers in these subjects, while many Kuwaiti total numbers of terminated teachers is still lic sector increased by four percent in tunately in Kuwait we are a sea of humans, and it KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education’s (MoE) teachers of these subjects are awaiting being assessed. He added that changing the 2016, ie by 3,900, to make the total amazes me how much we can learn from each other. I Human Resources Director Soud Al-Jowaisri recruitment in these positions. “It is a gener- specialty from teaching computer science to number rise to around 100,000; a rate am also personally blessed that I get to write for peo- strongly denied social media reports about al policy of nationalizing teaching staff mathematics was up to the supervision. that is seen to be contrary to state plans ple, to share the knowledge I have, and to have peo- terminating 800 expatriate teachers. members annually by 25 percent,” he under- Notably, a large group of expatriate to ‘Kuwaitize’ public posts. The statistics ple contact me. Speaking in a statement he made to lined, noting that computer teachers in teachers were notified of the termination of showed that despite the deficit and gov- But it also breaks my heart to see so many people German news agency DPA, Jowaisri intermediate and secondary stages would their contracts in February. In addition, ernment plans, expat government affected in Kuwait with employment issues. And explained that expatriate teachers who had not be terminated. “The terminated teach- MoE had cut expatriate teachers’ rent employees increased by 3,900 in 2016 because we are a sea of humans, it is difficult for been notified of the termination of their ers knew of this procedure since last year, allowance from KD 150 to KD 90, which dis- compared with only 1,250 in 2015 - a many of us to understand a law that is written in the contracts were those teaching computer sci- but the former minister ordered postponing turbed many of them and made some 212 percent increase. Other statistics state’s official language: Arabic. Many people in ence in the primary stage, where the subject the process till this year,” Jowaisri added, resign, while others sent their families back showed that 20 percent of these expats Kuwait do not speak the official language. They can- was cancelled from the curriculum. Their ter- noting that special cases of expat teachers home because they couldn’t afford the cost hold undergraduate degrees, 38 percent not and will not need to understand to read and mination would be effective from August. like those having children studying in the of living in Kuwait any more. of them are ‘bachelors’ and that their write in Arabic. It is difficult for them not just to “Hearsay stories about terminating expat final years of secondary stage or those from average monthly wages are KD 691, understand the law, but also the process, and the way teachers of social studies, Islamic studies countries stricken with war like Syria and Four percent while Kuwaitis get an average of KD things are done here. So today, I will be answering and science is absolutely untrue,” he under- Yemen are still being considered by the In other news, official statistics 1,470 - 113 percent higher than expats. common questions about employment law and more importantly, the necessary action that my readers can take by themselves or with a help of a lawyer. News Employment issue Question: I want to go to Shoon for an employ- In brief ment issue, do I really need a lawyer? Should I get a lawyer? And what should I keep in mind? Official call for investing Fajer: Before I answer the questions, I want to in South Jahra city project explain what Shoon is. ‘Shoon’ is a word dubbed for a KUWAIT: The Kuwait Authority for Partnership department under the Ministry of Labor and Social Projects called yesterday on local and international Affairs. It is the first stop for any legal issue concerning companies to apply for investing in the labor towns employment. For a case to go to court, a complaint project in South Al-Jahra. The statement noted that needs to be filed in Shoon first, where an investigator such call comes in ordinance with the government will try to mediate the situation first and attempt to intent to activate the partnership program between resolve the matter amicably for both the employee and the employer, but if that does not work out, an public and private sectors, based on the 116 law of investigation takes place. Then the issue is transferred 2014. The authority added South Al-Jahraa would to court, and another lengthy process happens, where include residential units, services for the workers “with the issue is transferred from court to an expert and humanitarian, environmental and health specifica- then back to court. Then there is a verdict (that can be tions according to international responsibilities and appealed) and assuming the verdict is final, it needs to moralistic responsibilities. The project will also help in be executed. That is also a lengthy process. There is resolving traffic problems particularly where workers one Shoon in every governorate in Kuwait. Do you need a lawyer for all of this? Although mingle with residents and will regulate security, KUWAIT: Damage left by a fire reported in a Khaitan apartment Saturday night. health and social status of the expatriates. The labor many people figure things out at Shoon without a towns project, forecast to accommodate up to 20,000 lawyer, I suggest that if you can afford to get one limited-income workers, will be promoted for invest- then do. Employment cases are lengthy as explained Multiple injuries in Khaitan fires above and therefore costly. How much do they cost? ment by means of forming a Kuwaiti shareholding It really depends on what documents you have, what company, according to BOT basis. —KUNA By Hanan Al-Saadoun you are asking for and so many other important fac- tors. A lawyer that gives you a price without sitting KUWAIT: Three people suffered smoke inhalation in a fire with you to discuss the case would be lying to you. I Gold price drops that hit a Khaitan building Saturday night. Firefighters rushed have so many potential clients that call the firm ask- KUWAIT: Gold price dropped by 2.7 percent, $34, to the scene in response to an emergency call, and immedi- ing “how much will it cost me”? I respond “I do not reaching $1,222 per ounce, due to a bullish US ately began to evacuate the building following their arrival. know, come in first for an initial consultation.” This dollar and forecast raise of the US interest rate, They were able to tackle the blaze which engulfed a fifth bothers them, but I would be dishonest if I gave them Sabaek Al-Kuwait for precious minerals company floor apartment, and prevented the flames from spreading to a price, because I might not need to go to court. I said in a statement yesterday. It forecast the price nearby apartments. Paramedics treated three persons who would not suggest something to my clients unless it in the near future to range between $1,225 and suffered smoke inhalation onsite. An investigation was was necessary and although many call saying they 1,245 per ounce and may leap to $1,275 per opened to determine the cause of the fire. Separately, Jleeb want to go to court, it just might not be the best ounce, in case the US Federal Reserve opted to Al-Shuyoukh and Ardhiya firemen rescued a child who was process for them. delay the interest rate hike to June. —KUNA trapped in a flat during a fire in a building. The girl was hand- ed to paramedics as she suffered smoke inhalation and Common mistakes superficial burns on her body. The fire was put out, and an Question: Since you are a lawyer with experience investigation is ongoing to find out the cause of the blaze. MPs’ immunity lifted in commercial and employment law, what are the KUWAIT: The parliament’s legislative and legal affairs most common mistakes that people make, or that Suicides your clients make, which can be avoided in the committee yesterday approved stripping MP Ahmad Al- A Bangladeshi man committed suicide in Fintas. He worked future? Fadhel of his parliamentary immunity. MP Mohammad as a driver, and his body was recovered by the coroner. Fajer: This is a very broad question. Instead of Al-Dallal, the panel’s chairman, said in a statement that Meanwhile, an Indian maid hanged herself to death in Jleeb focusing on the mistakes one can make (there are too the committee members discussed during a session pri- Al-Shuyoukh inside a toilet. Investigations are underway. many to enumerate), let us think about what actions or topics namely laws for combating corruption, contra- an employee can do to protect themselves in the diction of interests and employments in leading and Theft future. Some of the most common being: judicial posts. The commission approved setting up a A citizen in Abdullah Al-Salem accused her Ethiopian 1. If you are going to resign, do it in writing. public authority against narcotics and bills related to maid of stealing jewelry worth KD 250,000. 2. If your boss agrees to your resignation, get it in military retirees’ payments. It rejected a bill on estab- writing. lishing a council for higher education and scientific Sentenced 3. If your boss makes any statement that can affect development due to some constitutional irregularities The cassation court sentenced two employees at you in the future legally, get it in writing. and blessed another regarding amendments on the Nuwaiseeb border outlet to 10 years in jail for helping the 4. Read your contract carefully. accused in the Fintas group Hamad Al-Haroun to escape work in the private sector’s law. — KUNA Firefighters tackle a blaze. 5. Ask for a copy of your contract. from the country. 6. Check your work permit. 7. Always try to figure things out amicably. 8. Research. I have plenty of articles available on the Legalese Kuwait plans minimum power section of the Kuwait Times website, www.KuwaitTimes.com, please read them. For any legal questions or queries, email outages during summer: Official [email protected].

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water is well pre- pared for upcoming summer season, Minister Essam Al- Unionist hopes reform Marzouq said. The ministry has prepared well for summer season with aim of limiting prospected power outages, said would cover private Marzouq, who doubles as the Minister of Oil. He was speak- ing in a statement on sidelines of opening the project for medical sector expanding Al-Sabbiyah power station (Phase II). Surplus of the prospected electric production would in By Meshaal Al-Enezi the range of 2,700 megawatts, he said, also noting that sta- tion’s full capacity stands at 16,700 MW. As to outages’ caus- KUWAIT: Chairman of the Union of Private Medical es, he said they happen due to extreme heat which increas- Professions Owners Dr Adel Ashkanani expressed hope that es pressure on the cables or the relays or as a result of acci- the ongoing reform at the Ministry of Health would include dental damage in the cables. Kuwait’s electric network is the private medical sector as well. He added the problem cur- one of the best in the world, according to international rently facing the sector is the use of 10 dilapidated cottages as quality indexes, the minister said, affirming that there has the premises of the medical licenses department, including been no delay in maintaining the electric installations. various sections serving six governorates. “This is unaccept- On the GCC power grid, he said it saves 1,200 MW. able in 2017 in a rich country like Kuwait,” he underlined, not- Kuwait, he said, benefited twice from the regional joint net- ing that modernizing the department and using electronic work last year-using up 500 MW. On the project of expand- systems would stop manipulations and prevent the loss of ing Al-Sabbiyah station, signed on May 28, 2015, he said it files. “Where are the millions of dinars the state allocated for secures 500 MW, at a value of KD 105 million. This venture shifting to the e-government system?” he wondered. had been executed ahead of ending schedule and went KUWAIT: Ministry of Electricity and Water engineers pose with minister Essa Al-Marzouq and other ministry offi- Ashkanani also expressed hope that the department’s new into operation on February 23rd. — KUNA cials during a ceremony to open a project to expand Al-Sabbiyah power station. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh director would be given enough authorities to help him develop the department, especially since both the minister and the acting assistant undersecretary visited the depart- ment a few days apart. “We do hope the reform you started in other sectors would include the private one,” Ashkanani said, addressing the minister.

Acting undersecretary Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday deputized the assistant undersecretary for technical affairs Dr Waleed Khaled Al-Falah to do the duties of acting undersecre- tary, after former undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi resigned last week.

Inheritance cases Minister of Justice And Minister of State for Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azeb said prolonging hearing inheritance cases in courts for many years (up to 20 in some cases) divides families, because the disputes and grudges would trickle down to the grandchil- dren, which is not acceptable amongst the same family members in Kuwait. Azeb added that he was seriously considering coopera- tion with the judicial power to allocate special courts for inheri- tance-related cases in order to cut those cases’ hearing periods. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 LOCAL The United States Department of State’s report

Manpower, there were 2.52 million workers in Part II Kuwait passed laws to guarantee the country. Only 19 percent of the total work- more rights for domestic helpers, force were citizens. Most citizens (76 percent) but those measures fell short to worked in the public sector, in part because prevent violations last year, the the government provided lucrative bonuses to Section 6: Discrimination, societal report says. (Image Credit: citizens, including retirement funding. abuses, and trafficking in persons: Matthijs de Bruijne via The law prohibits antiunion discrimination http://gdr.cascoprojects.org) and employer interference with union func- Women tions. It provides for reinstatement of workers Rape and domestic violence: Rape carries fired for union activity. Nevertheless, the law a maximum penalty of death, which the courts empowers the courts to dissolve any union for occasionally imposed for the crime; spousal violating labor laws or for threatening “public rape is not a crime. order and morals,” although a union can Authorities did not effectively enforce laws appeal such a court decision. The Ministry of against rape. Violence against women contin- Social Affairs and Labor can request the Court ued to be a problem. There were reports alleg- of First Instance to dissolve a union. ing that some police stations did not take seri- Additionally, His Highness the Amir may dis- ously reports by both citizens and noncitizens solve a union by decree. of rape and domestic violence. Foreign workers, who constituted more Media reported two to three dozen rape cas- than 80 percent of the workforce, may join es, but government statistics were unavailable. unions only as nonvoting members after five Incidents of rape were likely underreported to years of work in the particular sector the union authorities due to intense social stigma associ- represents, provided they obtain a certificate ated with sexual violence crimes. Many victims of good conduct and moral standing from the were noncitizen domestic workers. When government. They cannot run for seats or vote reported, police typically arrested and investi- in board elections. Both the International gated alleged rapists and, in a limited number Labor Organization and the International of cases, prosecuted the accused. In September Trade Union Confederation criticized the citi- 2015 the Court of Cassation revoked a life sen- zenship requirement for discouraging unions tence on a citizen for raping a Filipina woman which govern personal status matters such as ated with the disclosure of the practice. A chil- their own automobiles or taxi fares. in sectors that employ few citizens, including and instead sentenced him to death. marriage, divorce, child custody and inheri- dren’s rights law, passed in March 2015 estab- much of private-sector employment, such as The government does not publish statistics tance issues, the testimony of one man equals lishing legal protections for abused children, Acts of violence, discrimination, and other construction. on violence against women. A local women’s that of two women. was implemented in January. In November the abuses based on sexual orientation and The government enforced applicable laws, advocacy NGO estimated 20,000 women were The 1984 Kuwaiti Family Law Code pro- government opened a hotline for reporting gender identity: with some exceptions, and procedures were victims of some form of domestic violence or hibits marriage between Muslim women and instances of child abuse. Consensual same-sex sexual conduct generally not subject to lengthy delay or abuse during the year. The law does not non-Muslim men. The law does not require a Early and Forced Marriage: The legal mar- between men and cross-dressing are illegal. appeals. The government treated worker specifically prohibit domestic violence, but in non-Muslim woman to convert to Islam to riage age is 17 for males and 15 for females, The law punishes consensual same-sex sexual actions by citizens and noncitizens differently. some instances courts try such cases as marry a Muslim man, but many non-Muslim but girls continued to marry at a younger age activity between men older than 21 with While citizens and public sector union leaders assault. A victim of domestic violence may file women faced strong economic and societal in some tribal groups. The government report- imprisonment of up to seven years; those and workers faced no government repercus- a complaint with police requesting formal pressure to convert. In the event of a divorce, ed there were 3,808 married females between engaging in consensual same-sex sexual activ- sions for their roles in union or strike activities, charges be brought against the alleged abus- the law grants the father or his family sole cus- the ages of 15-19. ity with men younger than 21 may be impris- companies directly threatened noncitizen er. Victims, however, did not report most tody of children of non-Muslim women who Sexual exploitation of children: there are oned for as long as 10 years. No laws criminal- workers calling for strikes with termination domestic abuse cases, especially outside the do not convert. A non-Muslim woman who no laws specific to child pornography, because ize sexual behavior between women. The law and deportation. capital. There were no known shelters specifi- does not convert to the religion of her hus- all pornography is illegal. There is no statutory imposes a fine of 1,059 dinars ($3,495) and In April, 20,000 Kuwaiti workers in the oil cally for victims of domestic violence. In July band is also ineligible for naturalization as a rape law or minimum age for consensual sexu- imprisonment for one to three years for per- sector went on strike due to proposed future 2015 the government established two hot- citizen and cannot inherit her husband’s prop- al relations, although premarital sexual rela- sons imitating the appearance of the opposite benefit reductions. The strike lasted three lines for reporting domestic violence. The hot- erty unless specified as a beneficiary in his will. tions are illegal. sex in public. Transgender persons reported days, ending when the government stated it lines are operational only during the working Inheritance is also governed by sharia, harassment, detainment, and abuse by securi- would refuse to negotiate as long as the strike hours and are operated by staff with limited which varies according to the specific school Anti-Semitism ty forces. In August police arrested three cross- continued. In May, 1,200 foreign oil workers training. Calls and cases are referred to profes- of Islamic jurisprudence. In the absence of a There were no known Jewish citizens and dressers in a mall. The police ordered the indi- also went on strike due to nonpayment of sional social workers. In some cases hospitals direct male heir, a Shia woman may inherit all an estimated few dozen Jewish foreign resi- viduals to have their heads shaved and wages. The government intervened and denied treatment for victims of sexual assault property, while a Sunni woman inherits only a dent workers. Anti-Semitic rhetoric often origi- opened an investigation. resolved the strike when it assured the work- who had not reported the case to the police portion, with the balance divided among nated from self-proclaimed Islamists or con- Societal discrimination and harassment ers they would be paid. first. In December 2015 a noncitizen woman brothers, uncles, and male cousins of the servative opinion writers. These columnists based on sexual orientation and gender iden- who was raped sought medical care at a hos- deceased. often conflated Israeli government actions or tity occurred; to a lesser extent, officials also b. Prohibition of forced or pital but was informed that a police officer Female citizens are unable to pass citizen- views with those of Jews more broadly. practiced such discrimination, usually upon compulsory labor would have to interview her first. ship to their noncitizen husbands or their chil- Reflecting the government’s nonrecognition discovering that a person stopped for a traffic The law prohibits and criminally sanctions dren; however, exceptions were made for some of Israel, there are longstanding official violation did not appear to be the gender indi- children of widowed or divorced female citi- instructions to teachers to expunge from cated on the identification card. Transgender zens (see section 2.d., Stateless Persons). In English-language textbooks any references to men and women often faced rejection by their August the government awarded citizenship to Israel or the Holocaust. The law prohibits com- families and, in some cases, disputes over NGO estimates that 20,000 180 children of Kuwaiti widows and divorcees. panies from conducting business with Israeli inheritances. Incidents of forced labor Male citizens married to female noncitizens do citizens, including transporting them on their No registered NGOs focused on LGBTI mat- women were victims of not face such discrimination. In May parlia- national airlines. ters, although unregistered ones existed. Due and conditions indicative of ment approved awarding loans up to 70,000 to social convention and potential repression, domestic violence dinars ($231,000) for single Kuwaiti women. Persons with disabilities LGBTI organizations neither operated openly forced labor occurred The law grants a “housewife allowance” to non- The law prohibits discrimination against nor held gay pride marches or gay rights advo- working women age 55 and older. persons with permanent physical, sensory, cacy events. Women experienced discrimination in the intellectual, and mental disabilities, in employ- workplace. According to government statis- ment, education, air travel and other trans- HIV and AIDS social stigma A woman may petition for divorce based tics, women comprised only 14 percent of leg- portation, access to health care, or the provi- Local human rights NGOs reported no forced or compulsory labor “except in cases on injury from spousal abuse, but the law does islators, senior officials, and managers. In sion of other government services. It imposes accounts of societal violence or discrimination specified by law for national emergency and not provide a clear legal standard regarding October the country’s highest court ordered penalties on employers who refrain without against persons with HIV/AIDS, but persons with just remuneration.” In June the National what constitutes injury. Additionally, a woman an end to affirmative action for male appli- reasonable cause from hiring persons with dis- with HIV/AIDS did not generally disclose their Assembly passed amendments to the private- must provide at least two male witnesses (or a cants to medical schools on grounds it is abilities. The law also mandates access to status due to social stigma associated with the sector labor law providing for increased work- male witness and two female witnesses) to unconstitutional. Prior to this court ruling, buildings for persons with disabilities. The disease. The Ministry of Health estimated there er rights to include subjecting employers to attest to such injury. female applicants were required to demon- government generally enforced these provi- were 209 citizens with HIV. Foreign citizens fines for failure to pay worker’s wages and for Other harmful traditional practices: Officials strate a higher minimum grade point average sions. Noncitizens with disabilities neither had found to be HIV-positive faced immediate recruiting workers from abroad but failing to did not report any honor killings during the than male applicants. The law requires segre- access to government-operated facilities nor deportation. provide employment. year. The penal code penalizes some honor gation by gender of classes at all universities received stipends paid to citizens with disabili- Although the law prohibits withholding of crimes as misdemeanors. The law states that a and secondary schools, although it was not ties that covered transportation, housing, job Other societal violence workers’ passports, the practice remained man who sees his wife, daughter, mother, or always enforced. training, and social welfare costs. The govern- or discrimination: common among sponsors and employers of sister in the “act of adultery” and immediately A limited number of women attained lead- ment still has not fully implemented social and Unmarried men continued to face housing foreign workers, and the government demon- kills her or the man with whom she is commit- ership positions in the private sector as heads workplace aides for people with physical, and discrimination based solely on marital status. strated no consistent efforts to enforce this ting adultery faces a maximum punishment of of corporations, but only one woman served in particular, vision disabilities. The law prohibits single men from obtaining prohibition. Employers confined some domes- three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 225 as a minister in the cabinet. In 2014 the first 22 There is a disability law, and a parliamen- accommodation in many urban residential tic and agricultural workers to their work- dinars ($743). female employees of the Public Prosecutor’s tary Committee for Disabled Affairs. Under areas. Single noncitizens faced eviction due to spaces by retaining their passport and, in the Sexual harassment: Human rights groups Office completed their training and became that law the monthly allowance given to the a decision by the municipality to enforce this case of some domestic workers, locked in their characterized sexual harassment in the work- public prosecutors, a prerequisite for appoint- mother of a disabled child or the wife of a per- prohibition and remove them from residences work locations. Workers who fled abusive place as a pervasive and unreported problem. ment as a judge. In August the Supreme son with disabilities is 600 dinars ($1,980), and allocated for citizens’ families, citing the pres- employers had difficulty retrieving their pass- No specific law addresses sexual harassment, Judicial Council ruled that after serving as families of citizens with disabilities are eligible ence of single men as the reason for increas- ports and authorities deported them in almost but the law criminalizes “encroachment on prosecutors for three years women would be to receive grants worth up to 20,000 dinars ing crime, a burden on services, and worsen- all cases. The government usually limited pun- honor,” which encompasses everything from eligible to serve as judges. ($66,000). During the year the government ing traffic. Although no law prohibits it, single ishment to assessing fines, shutting employ- touching a woman against her will to rape, reserved a small number of admissions to and unaccompanied citizen and noncitizen ment firms, issuing orders for employers to and police strictly enforced this law. The gov- Children Kuwait University for citizens with disabilities, female residents traditionally are not allowed return withheld passports, or requiring ernment deployed female police officers Birth registration: Citizenship derives and there was regular media coverage of stu- to check into hotels employers to pay back wages. As of specifically to combat sexual harassment in entirely from the father; children born to citi- dents with disabilities attending university September the government closed six recruit- ment agencies and stated it had received and shopping malls and other public spaces. zen mothers and noncitizen fathers do not classes. Nonetheless, authorities did not pro- Section 7: Worker rights: investigated 3,100 complaints from workers, Perpetrators of sexual harassment and assault inherit Kuwaiti citizenship unless the mother is vide noncitizens with disabilities the same a. Freedom of association and the right to more than half of complaints were resolved faced fines and imprisonment. educational opportunities, and noncitizen stu- divorced or widowed from the noncitizen collective bargaining amicably in favor of the worker. The govern- Reproductive rights: There were no father and may then facilitate the child’s appli- dents with disabilities experienced a lack of The law protects the right of workers to reports of government interference in the ment also received 9,087 salary-related labor cation for citizenship. The government desig- accessible materials and lack of reasonable form and join trade unions, bargain collective- complaints, of which 6,123 were referred to right of couples and individuals to decide the labor courts for adjudication while 463 freely the number, spacing, and timing of chil- cases were resolved through arbitration. dren; to manage their reproductive health; Some incidents of forced labor and condi- and to have access to the information and Companies directly threatened noncitizen workers calling for strikes tions indicative of forced labor occurred, espe- means to do so free from discrimination, coer- cially among foreign domestic and agricultural cion, and violence. The information and means with termination and deportation workers. Such practices were usually a result of to make decisions, as well as skilled atten- employer abuse of the sponsorship system dance during prenatal care, essential obstetric (kafala) for noncitizen workers. Employers fre- care, childbirth, and postpartum care were nates religion on birth and marriage certifi- accommodations in schools. ly, and conduct legal strikes, with significant quently illegally withheld salaries from domes- freely available. While the government did not cates. The government often granted citizen- Children with disabilities attended public restrictions. The government, however, did not tic workers and minimum-wage laborers. provide any formal family planning programs, ship to orphaned or abandoned infants, school, but information on whether there always respect these rights. According to various reports, North Korean contraceptives were available without pre- including bidoon infants. Parents were some- were patterns of abuse in educational settings The law does not apply to public-sector laborers, estimated to number between 2,000 scription to citizens and noncitizens: 44 per- times unable to obtain birth certificates for was unavailable. Representatives from min- employees, domestic workers, or maritime and 4,000, worked in forced labor conditions, cent of women ages 15-49 used a modern their bidoon children because of extensive istries, other governmental bodies, Kuwait employees. Discrete labor laws set work condi- averaging 15-hour days with no freedom of type of contraceptives, and 16 percent of administrative requirements, which prevented University, and several NGOs constituted the tions in the public and private sectors, with movement and living in squalid conditions. women had an unmet need for family plan- such children from accessing public services government’s Higher Council for Handicapped the oil industry treated separately. The law Former North Korean laborers and officials indi- ning, according to UN Population Fund 2015 such as education and health care. Affairs, which makes policy recommendations; permits limited trade union pluralism at the cated that employers paid worker salaries to a estimates. Education: Education for citizens is free provides direct financial aid to citizens with local level, but the government authorized North Korean government-owned company Discrimination: Women do not enjoy the through the university level and compulsory disabilities; and facilitates their integration only one federation, the Kuwait Trade Union instead of directly to the individual workers. same legal status and rights as men, but citi- through the secondary level. Education is nei- into schools, jobs, and other social institutions. Federation (KTUF). The law also stipulates any Kuwait served as the only point of aerial disem- zen women enjoyed many political rights, ther free nor compulsory for noncitizens. A The government supervised and contributed new union must include at least 100 workers barkation for all North Korean laborers in Gulf including the right to vote and to serve in par- 2011 Council of Ministers decree extended to schools and job training programs oriented and that at least 15 of the total number must Cooperation Council countries. In October the liament and the cabinet (see section 3, education benefits to bidoon. The govern- to persons with disabilities. be citizens. government halted all North Korean flights to Elections and Political Participation). Sharia ment requires Islamic religious instruction in The law provides workers, except for Kuwait in response to repeated requests from (Islamic law) courts have jurisdiction over per- public schools for all students. The govern- National/racial/ethnic minorities domestic workers, maritime workers, and civil concerned governments, and in November the sonal status and family law cases for Sunni and ment also requires Islamic religious instruction Approximately 70 percent of residents were servants, a limited right to collective bargain- government ceased issuing work visas for Shia Muslims. Sharia, as implemented in the for Muslim students in private schools that noncitizens, many originating from Egypt, the ing. There is no minimum number of workers North Korean workers. country, discriminates against women in judi- have one or more Muslim students, regardless Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. needed to conclude such agreements. Domestic servitude was the most common cial proceedings, freedom of movement, mar- of whether the student is a citizen or not. In Societal discrimination against noncitizens Public-sector workers do not have the right type of forced labor, principally involving for- riage, child custody, and inheritance. There August 2015 the government allowed 5,000 and bidoon was prevalent and occurred in to strike. Private-sector workers have the right eign domestic workers employed under the were no known cases of official or private-sec- children of bidoon families to attend public most areas of daily life, including employment, to strike, although cumbersome provisions sponsorship system, but reports of forced labor tor discrimination in, credit, owning and/or schools. education, housing, social interaction, and calling for compulsory negotiation and arbi- in the construction and sanitation sectors also managing a business, and housing. Medical care: Lack of identification papers health care. As part of expanded activity tration in the case of disputes limit that right. existed. Forced labor conditions for migrant Discrimination in employment and occupation sometimes restricted bidoon access to public against illegal residents, police stopped, The law does not prohibit retaliation against workers included nonpayment of wages, long occurred with respect to both citizen and medical care. arrested, and sometimes deported noncitizens striking workers or prevent the government working hours, deprivation of food, threats, noncitizen women. Secular courts allow any Child abuse: There was no reported socie- believed to be using private automobiles as from interfering in union activities, including physical and sexual abuse, and restrictions on person to testify and consider male and tal pattern of child abuse. Most cases likely taxis. This action disproportionately affected the right to strike. movement, such as withholding passports or female testimony equally, but in sharia courts, went unreported due to social stigma associ- the noncitizen laborers who could not afford According to the Public Authority for confinement to the workplace. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 LOCAL on Human Rights Practices for 2016: Kuwait

As of September employers filed 18,385 Foreign workers were vulnerable to unac- “absconding” reports against employees versus ceptable conditions of work. Domestic workers 37 complaints filed by domestic workers Although the law prohibits withholding of workers’ passports, and other unskilled foreign workers in the pri- against their employers in accordance with the vate sector frequently worked substantially in new domestic labor law. the practice remained common excess of 48 hours a week, with no day of rest. The Public Authority for Manpower operat- Domestic workers had little recourse when ed a shelter for abused domestic workers, and employers violated their rights except to seek as of July, according to a government source, abuse. At year’s end a female citizen was serv- social status, but there were no reported cases against an employer with the Public Authority admittance to the domestic workers shelter the shelter had a capacity of 500 victims and ing a 10-year prison term for abusing a domes- of discrimination in these areas. for Manpower if the worker believed his safety where the government mediated between housed on average 350 at any one time. tic worker. In December 2015 an appeals court Discrimination in employment and occupa- and health were at risk. sponsors and workers either to assist the International and national organizations had overruled a lower court’s acquittal of a female tion occurred with respect to both citizen and The law and regulations governing accept- worker in finding an alternate sponsor or to relatively open access to workers residing in citizen for assaulting her domestic worker. In noncitizen women. Domestic workers were at able conditions of work do not apply to assist in voluntary repatriation. There were no the shelter and reported adequate living con- February the Court of Cassation upheld the particular risk of discrimination or abuse due domestic workers. The Ministry of Interior has inspections of private residences, the work- ditions. After observers accused male guards appeals court verdict, and the citizen was sen- to the isolated home environment in which jurisdiction over domestic worker matters and place of the majority of the country’s domestic of abusing and sexually harassing some of the tenced to three and one-half years in prison. they worked. enforces domestic labor working standards via workers. Reports indicated employers forced women, the shelter modified security arrange- Numerous media reports highlighted the The law states that a woman should receive the new domestic labor law that was imple- domestic workers to work overtime without ments to forbid male security guards from problem of visa trading and human rights. “remuneration equal to that of a man provided mented in July. additional compensation. entering the operating and lodging areas of Arrests of visa traffickers and illegal labor rings she does the same work,” although it prohibits The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor is Some domestic workers did not have the the shelter. occurred almost weekly. Since workers cannot women from working in “dangerous industries” responsible for enforcement of wage and ability to remove themselves from an In July the government began implement- freely change jobs, they were sometimes will- and in trades “harmful” to health. Educated hours, overtime, and occupational safety and unhealthy or unsafe situation without endan- ing the 2015 domestic worker labor law that ing to leave their initial job due to low wages women contended the conservative nature of health regulations of nondomestic workers. gering their employment. There were reports requires employers to grant domestic workers or unacceptable working conditions and enter society restricted career opportunities, Enforcement by the ministry was generally of domestic workers’ committing or attempt- a maximum 12-hour workday, with one day off into an illegal residency status with the hope although there were limited improvements. good, but there were gaps in enforcement ing to commit suicide due to desperation over per week and 30 days paid leave per year. The of improved working conditions at another While women were 72 percent of college grad- with respect to unskilled foreign laborers. abuse, including sexual violence, or poor law also establishes a minimum wage of 60 job. As of August the public prosecutor’s office uates from Kuwait University, they were under- Several ministry officials cited inadequate working conditions. In July, the government dinars ($198), end-of-service benefits-one had referred 606 recruiting firms for prosecu- represented in the number of students sent to numbers of inspectors as the main reason for implemented the domestic labor law month’s wage for every year worked-and bans tion for illegal issuance of residency permits. study internationally, likely due to continued their inability to enforce the laws to the best of (68/2015) that provides legal protections for societal concerns about permitting young their abilities. c. Prohibition of child labor and women to study away from their families. Prior Approximately 450 labor inspectors moni- minimum age for employment to an October court ruling, female medical tored private firms. The government periodically The law prohibits child labor. The legal min- school applicants were required to demon- inspected enterprises to raise awareness among imum age for employment is 18, although strate a higher minimum grade point average workers and employers and to assure that they Women comprised only 14 employers may obtain permits from the than male applicants. According to govern- abided by existing safety rules, controlled pollu- Numerous media reports Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to employ ment statistics, the female workforce participa- tion in certain industries, trained workers to use percent of legislators, senior juveniles between 15 and 18 in some nonhaz- tion rate was 58 percent while according to the machines, and reported violations. of sponsors abusing ardous trades. Juveniles may work a maximum World Bank the percentage of women in the The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor officials, and managers of six hours a day with no more than four con- workforce was 45 percent. monitored worksites to provide for compliance domestic workers secutive hours followed by a one-hour rest with rules banning summer work and recorded period. Juveniles cannot work overtime or e. Acceptable conditions of work hundreds of violations during the year. Workers between 7 pm and 6 am. The law sets the national minimum wage in could also report these violations to their Although not extensive, there were credi- the private sector at 65 dinars ($215) per embassies, the KTUF, or the Labor Disputes employing domestic workers below age 20 or ble reports that children of South Asian origin month. The actual minimum wage for domes- Department. Noncompliant employers faced domestic workers for the first time. The law more than 50 years of age. Parliament also vot- worked as domestic laborers. Some underage tic workers was 60 dinars ($198) per month. warnings, fines, or forced suspensions of com- establishes a formal grievance process and ed in 2015 to establish a shareholding compa- workers entered the country on travel docu- Most low-wage employees lived and worked in pany operations, but these were not sufficiently identifies the Domestic Labor Department at ny for recruiting domestic workers. The law ments with falsified birth dates. the country without their families, and employ- substantial to deter violators. the Ministry of Interior as the sole arbitration went into effect in May, and the board of the The government made efforts to enforce ers provided at least some form of housing. Workers submitted complaints to the entity for domestic worker labor disputes. A shareholding company was established in laws regulating child labor. Approximately 450 The law limits the standard workweek to 48 Public Authority for Manpower Labor worker not satisfied with the department’s November. The government regularly con- Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor inspectors hours (40 hours for the petroleum industry), Relations. In the first 10 months of the year, arbitration decision has the right to file a legal ducted information awareness campaigns via routinely monitored private firms for labor law and gives private-sector workers 30 days of the Labor Disputes Department received case via the labor court. As of November the media outlets and public events, and other- compliance, including laws against child labor. annual leave. The law also forbids requiring 12,187 complaints from workers; these com- department had conducted 1,387 inspections wise informed employers, in order to encour- Noncompliant employers faced fines or a employees to work more than 60 hours per plaints were either about contract issues such of domestic worker recruiting agencies and age compliance by the public and private forced suspension of their company opera- week or 10 hours per day. The law provides for as nonpayment of wages or about difficulties closed 76 of them for failing to meet the recruiting companies with the new law. tions. Nevertheless, the government did not 13 designated national holidays annually. transferring work visas to new companies. requirements of the new law. There were numerous media reports consistently enforce child labor laws in the Workers are entitled to 125 percent of base Most of the complaints were resolved in arbi- Several embassies with large domestic throughout the year of sponsors abusing informal sector, such as in street vending. pay for working overtime and 150 percent of tration, with the remaining cases referred to worker populations in the country met with domestic workers or significantly injuring base pay for working on their designated the courts for resolution. varying degrees of success in pressing the them while they tried to escape; some reports d. Discrimination with respect for weekly day off. At times the Public Authority for Manpower government to prosecute serious cases of alleged abuse resulted in workers’ deaths. employment and occupation The government issued occupational intervened to resolve labor disputes between domestic worker abuse. Severe cases included Female domestic workers were particularly The law prohibits discrimination in employ- health and safety standards that were current foreign workers and their employers. The those where there were significant, life-threat- vulnerable to sexual abuse. Police and courts ment based on race, sex, gender, and disability. and appropriate for the main industries. For authority’s labor arbitration panel sometimes ening injuries. were reluctant to prosecute citizens for abuse The government immediately deports HIV-pos- example, the law provides that all outdoor ruled in favor of foreign laborers who claimed in private residences but prosecuted serious itive foreign workers, and there is no protec- work stop between 11 am and 4 pm during violations of work contracts by their employers. cases of abuse when reported. According to a tion for workers based on sexual orientation. June, July, and August, or when the tempera- The government was more effective in resolving Note: parts of the reports were removed in high-level government official, authorities No laws prohibit labor discrimination based on ture rises to more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit unpaid salary disputes involving private sector accordance with Kuwait’s press prosecuted several cases of domestic worker language, non-HIV communicable diseases, or in the shade. A worker could file a complaint laborers than those involving domestic workers. and publications law MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Maid locks self up after Why now?

dispute with sponsor Development By Yousif Abdullah Al-Enezi KUWAIT: A domestic helper who had differences with her sponsor found out that she will be sent back home, so she have always avoided discussing religion because I locked herself inside the bathroom and refused to come strongly believe that Islam is greater and more honor- out. The sponsor called police after he failed to convince able than to be contained in an article, book, law, or the maid to unlock the door. Police arrived to the scene I even to be interpreted through legal or constitutional and broke the door open, then placed the maid under articles. I believe so because Almighty Allah said “This day arrest on charges of attempted suicide after she reportedly I have perfected your religion for you and completed my tried to kill herself inside the bathroom. favor unto you, and have chosen for you as religion Al- Islam” ( Al-Maeda-3). Suicide Allah has bestowed upon Kuwait the blessing of Islam An Indian woman committed suicide by hanging in addition to numerous other bounties for which we inside the psychiatric hospital, according to police. The ought to be thankful and grateful. Many of our previous woman had been admitted to the hospital by her sheikhs like Mulla Marshad, Mulla Othman, Mulla Al- employer, a cleaning company which claimed that she Khenaini, Mulla Al-Husainan and others did Kuwait so exhibited unstable behavior. A case was filed for further many good favors without showing any eagerness towards investigations. assuming power, influence or personal gains and interests. I still remember my Islamic studies teacher at Merqab primary school; Mulla Yousif Al-Henayyan, from which I ‘Daesh member’ caught started a long journey from Merqab alleys to the An Egyptian man suspected of being a member of Caribbeans, and from the Bahamas beaches to the Daesh terrorist group was caught at the border attempting Amazon and African jungles. I also remember my religion to enter Saudi Arabia. He told police during investigations teacher at Hawally intermediate school; Mahmoud Shawqi that he intended to go to Iraq through Saudi Arabia. Police Al-Ayyoubi after all those years because of his simple and found six video clips about Daesh operations and maps of outstanding way of explaining his lessons making them his movements. He was taken to state security. Al-Jarida easily memorized. May Allah bless their souls. This is how Kuwait and its people used to be like. They had strong social bonds bring people of all sects together. Husband charged They had mutual respect and affection between rulers A citizen who went to a Salmiya cafe found his wife and subjects. On the other hand, and in view of the smoking shisha, which angered him. He chased her out Al-Anbaa changes storming the region including our country, we of the cafe and slapped her in public. The woman went are starting to see fangs and claws trying to devour our to the police station and filed charges against him. nation, while at the same time some clergymen and MPs Depression and officials propose a bill to Islamize laws. Such a proposal has raised so many arguments and calls for other divisions and ques- tions about banks and investment funds, doctrinal differ- By Saleh Al-Shayeji ences and reducing the powers of the political leadership which will subject its decisions to legislators’ approval. recently saw a chart that showed countries with high and so many other amenities. Kuwaiti citizens enjoy rela- I beg MPs who filed the proposal to allow us to express rates of depression. I was shocked to see Kuwait’s tive political freedom by having an elected parliament, a our opinion on this matter. I have been through a similar Iname on it. It was exactly opposite to what I thought. constitution, free press and many others. experience while serving in Algeria in the period of 1989- For many reasons, a friend of mine who showed me the On the other hand, corruption is dreadfully prevail- 1991 when it was dominated by the Islamic Salvation chart was more shocked than ing and destructive. Those who Front (ISF), which blackmailed the public through slogans me. “How can a rich and politi- used to have empty pockets now like ‘Be With Allah, Be With ISF.’ This slogan created so cally stable country, where citi- own millions-worth of money in much political and intellectual disagreement among zens enjoy full rights and a fair On the other hand, their bank accounts. Islamic parties and groups such as ISF, led by sheikh Abbas percentage of democracy, free- Sectarianism and dividing Madani, the Algerian Hamas group led by Mahfouz dom of expression and many corruption is people into classes are prevailing Nahnah, Yousif Ben Khaddah group and others. more privileges, be stricken with in the Kuwaiti society. Everybody Despite those disagreements, all those groups sup- depression?” he wondered. is becoming more materialistic. Fistfight ported ‘The Faithful President’ in invading Kuwait and the My friend’s exclamation is All these elements destroy and A citizen in Hawally deflated the tires of a car that was dreadfully prevailing ISF (that belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood) was the justified. In countries with such weaken a man’s spirit and turn parked in his parking spot. The car’s owner got into an one that antagonized Kuwait and its people the most. characteristics, people should him into an easy prey for depres- argument with the man after discovering what he did, and These disagreements developed into using violence, be happy rather than depressed. sion and other diseases. they two engaged in a heated exchange that escalated and destructive burning villages and slaughtering entire families and the My response to him was that In addition, the affluence into a fistfight. The car’s owner filed a complaint at the situation remained so tensed until the army interfered those very privileges that ought Kuwaiti individuals enjoy has police station. Investigations are underway. and the Liberation Front took over. to make people happy might be the reason for their made them used to easy lofty living and high sensitivity. So, this is a sincere call from the bottom of my heart to the depression. In this regard, I recalled the statistics we read Therefore, they are more vulnerable to depression distinguished MPs to strongly be on Kuwait’s side, its people Theft about the world’s highest suicide rates in the most luxu- because they lack psychological defenses needed to and its leadership as there is nothing we currently need more Two Kuwaiti women were taken to the police station rious, rich and prosperous countries. counter such a disease. So, have our senior officials than uniting to chop off any hands trying to tamper with our after a cosmetics store owner pressed theft charges Yes, Kuwaitis do enjoy high rates of income and heard about this? Will they work on solving this prob- nation’s security while strongly emphasizing that Islam is our against them. The man handed police surveillance cam- access to all basic public services including education, lem? Or are they themselves the cause of depression? religion, Mohammed (PBUH) is our prophet and the Quran is era tapes showing the two ladies appearing to steal medical treatment and social aid. The state is responsi- our holy book and source of guidance. —Translated by Kuwait Times expensive perfumes and cosmetics. — Translated by the ble for providing all citizens’ needs including housing —Translated by Kuwait Times Arabic press

KIB sponsors 4th edition of ‘Future Makers’ project

KUWAIT: In line with the Bank’s commitment to active- ly contribute to national economic development, Kuwait International Bank (KIB) recently provided its gold sponsorship to the 4th ‘Future Makers’ project, organized by the Kuwait Industries Union (KIU). Following the success of the first three editions of the project, “Future Makers 4” returned this year with an occupational training program, designed specifically for newly graduated students looking to work in the industrial sector. The latest edition of the program focused on practi- cal training and on-site experience. The program included introductory meetings for the participating students at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It also featured introductory meetings for CBK celebrates national soon-to-graduate students from both the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) and anniversaries with patients the American University of the Middle East (AUM), as well as students from the KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Speaking on the occasion, Amani Al-Wer’a, CBK’s during this dear occasion. Separately, CBK decorat- College of Technological recently shared National and Liberation days’ celebra- Assistant General Manager for Advertising and ed a truck that was used by the Farwaniya Studies (CTS). “Future tions with patients of the Palliative Care Center, where Public Relations, said that the step was taken to Governorate during its participation in a parade Makers 4” also included field the bank’s team was received by the center’s director share the national ceremonies with patients and held on the Arabian Gulf Road to celebrate the Nawaf Najia visits to industrial areas in Dr Hassan Al-Doussari and other officials. their parents, and help spread joy among them national holidays. Sabhan and Ashrej, as well as an internship program within the industrial sector. Nawaf Najia, Manager of the Corporate Communications Unit at KIB, stated: “KIB’s sponsorship of this project comes in line with our continuous efforts to support youth across all fields and sectors, as we believe that they are the architects of the future and the leaders of tomorrow. Our participation also reflects our commitment to helping realize the vision of His Highness the Amir regarding the importance of encouraging the development of all sectors in the country, most importantly the local industrial sector - in an effort to transform Kuwait into a financial and trade hub in the region.” Meanwhile, Director General at KIU, Huda Al-Baqshi, thanked all the sponsors of the program, adding that their support embodies the true principles of partner- ship between the public and private sectors. Baqshi also noted that there is a global trend of countries focusing on supporting creative economies and devel- oping local industries, given their role as important sources of national income. Accordingly, KIU seeks to develop projects and initiatives that contribute to advancing the local industrial sector, in addition to developing programs that aim to encourage youth to enter the industrial sector, said Baqshi. It serves to note that through its comprehensive social responsibility program, KIB has devoted special attention to supporting educational initiatives target- ing the youth segment, which seek to enhance their abilities and stimulate their creative and productive energies. In doing so, the Bank aims to support young talents, helping them achieve their dreams and enabling them to contribute positively towards build- KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) carried out a fire drill recently in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, ni order to enhance coordination between them ing a better future for Kuwait. in terms of handling emergency cases. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Thousands of Turkish women rally for Kim murder thrusts North Korean embassy centre stage Erdogan’s powers Page 12 Page 8 Trump: Congress must probe Obama power abuse Trump lacks evidence while Obama denies claims

PALM BEACH: The White House demanded yester- dence there. “How low has President Obama gone day that Congress investigate whether former to tapp my phones during the very sacred election President Barack Obama abused his executive pow- process? This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) ers in connection with the 2016 presidential elec- guy!” he tweeted, misspelling ‘tap.’ Obama tion. President Donald Trump leveled that claim on spokesman Kevin Lewis said a “cardinal rule” of the Saturday when he accused his predecessor of tap- Obama administration was that no White House ping telephones at Trump Tower. But Trump offered official ever interfered in Justice Department inves- no supporting evidence, a spokesman for Obama tigations, which are supposed to be conducted denied the claim as “simply false” and lawmakers in free of political influence. both parties asked for proof. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Disclosures in a statement yesterday that reports “concerning “As part of that practice, neither President potentially politically motivated investigations Obama nor any White House official ever ordered immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very surveillance on any US citizen,” Lewis said, adding troubling.” “President Donald J. Trump is request- that “any suggestion otherwise is simply false.” Rep. ing that as part of their investigation into Russian Adam Schiff of California, the senior Democrat on activity, the congressional intelligence commit- the House Intelligence Committee, said in a state- tees exercise their oversight authority to deter- ment that Trump was making “the most outlandish mine whether executive branch investigative and destructive claims without providing a scintilla powers were abused in 2016,” Spicer said. It was of evidence to support them.” unclear what reports Spicer was referring to, and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., urged Trump to explain what prompted Trump to make the allegation. what he knows about the wiretapping allegations, Spicer ended the statement by saying that nei- “ideally to the full public, and at a bare minimum ther the White House nor Trump will comment fur- to the US Senate.” Trump has been trailed for ther “until such oversight is conducted.” In a series months by questions about his campaign’s ties to of morning tweets Saturday, Trump suggested Russia. The questions have been compounded by Obama was behind a politically motivated plot to US intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia upend his campaign. He compared the alleged interfered with the election to help Trump triumph events to “Nixon/Watergate” and “McCarthyism!” over Hillary Clinton, along with disclosures about And he called Obama a “Bad (or sick) guy.” The his aides’ contacts with a Russian official. Watergate break-in during the Nixon administra- Those disclosures have already cost retired Gen. tion led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation Michael Flynn his job as national security adviser and the conviction of several aides. and prompted calls from Democrats for Attorney WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. — AP General Jeff Sessions to resign. On Thursday, Nixon/Watergate? tion, and his team’s inability to overcome them. Justice Department to seek permission from the tweets stand out, even for the perpetually piqued Sessions withdrew from overseeing the FBI probe Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy’s reckless and Trump lashed out at his senior team during an Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which is Trump, given the gravity of the charge and the after acknowledging he did not disclose his cam- unsupported charges of communist infiltration in Oval Office meeting Friday, according to one shrouded in secrecy. Trump said in the tweets that strikingly personal attack on the former president. paign-season contacts with Russia’s ambassador to federal government during the 1950s gave rise to White House official. he had “just found out” the information, though it Trump spoke as recently as last month about how the United States when asked during his confirma- the term “McCarthyism.” After Trump’s well- The White House did not respond to questions was unclear whether he was referring to a briefing, much he likes Obama and how much they get tion proceedings. Sessions, a US senator at the received speech to Congress on Tuesday, the about what prompted the president’s accusations a conversation or a media report. along, despite their differences. Trump contended time, was Trump’s earliest Senate supporter. The tweets reflected the president’s growing frustra- that Obama had tapped his phones. Presidents The president has in the past tweeted about that the wiretapping occurred in October at Trump Sessions revelations deepened the president’s tion with the swirling allegations about his advis- cannot legally order wiretaps against US citizens. unsubstantiated and provocative reports he reads Tower, the New York skyscraper where he ran his anger over what he sees as his team’s inability to ers’ ties to Russia, which are under FBI investiga- Obtaining wiretaps would require officials at the on blogs or conservative websites. The morning campaign and transition. He also maintains a resi- get ahead of the Russia allegations. — AP

MANAMA: In this file photo, Bahraini lawmakers participate in a special session of parliament to discuss how to handle the uprising in the Gulf island kingdom, convened in Manama, Bahrain. — AP Bahrain parliament approves military trials for civilians

DUBAI: Bahrain yesterday approved a constitutional change Institute for Rights and Democracy, said in a statement. “The allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest responsibility for this de facto martial law lies at his feet.” rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests Bahrain’s government did not immediately respond to a that likely will stoke an ongoing government crackdown on request for comment about the constitutional change. dissent. Activists warn the amendment will allow an unde- This is not the first step away from reforms Bahrain made clared state of martial law on the island near Saudi Arabia after the protests. Already, the kingdom has restored the pow- that’s home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. Loyalists of Bahrain’s er of its feared domestic spy service to make some arrests. rulers call the change necessary to fight terrorism as the per- Since the beginning of a government crackdown in April, sistent low-level unrest that followed the 2011 demonstra- activists have been imprisoned or forced into exile. Bahrain’s tions has escalated recently in tandem with the crackdown. main Shiite opposition group has been dismantled. The island’s 40-member Consultative Council, the upper Independent news gathering on the island also has grown house of the Bahraini parliament appointed by King Hamad more difficult. Meanwhile, a series of attacks, including a bin Isa Al Khalifa, voted for the measure yesterday. Their January prison break, have targeted the island. Shiite militant approval came less than two weeks after the 40-seat Council groups have claimed some of the assaults. of Representatives, the parliament’s elected lower house, Bahrain on Saturday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of passed it with little opposition. The bill revises a portion of training and arming some militants. In January, Bahrain exe- Bahrain’s constitution by removing limitations on who military cuted three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on courts can try. police. Activists allege that testimony used against the con- Bahrain is a predominantly Shiite island ruled by a Sunni demned men was obtained through torture. The executions monarchy. Government forces, with help from Saudi Arabia and increasing crackdown have been linked by activists to the and the United Arab Emirates, crushed the 2011 uprising by end of US President Barack Obama’s administration and the Shiites and others who sought more political power. In the start of Donald Trump’s. Under Obama, the US held off on wake of the protests, military courts tried hundreds of defen- finalizing a multi-billion-dollar deal for F-16 fighter jets amid dants. A government-appointed investigation after the American concerns about human rights issues in Bahrain. protests criticized the use of the courts, saying they were Since Trump took office, there has been growing speculation employed “to punish those in the opposition” and raised “a in Washington that the deal might be pushed through. “In a number of concerns about their conformity with international year where the new Trump administration is dismissing human rights law.” human rights from its foreign policy to Bahrain and the Gulf “This came from the Bahraini king and for him to sign off and preparing to sell arms without conditions, this is a dan- on this amendment means that he is personally approving the gerous sign of things to come,” Husain Abdulla, the executive new repressive measure and all the consequences it will have,” director of the group Americans for Democracy and Human Sayed Alwadaei, the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Rights in Bahrain, said in a statement. —AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Netanyahu to press Putin on Iranian influence in Syria

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Russia has been conducting an air war in support us on the Golan Heights,” he said. “I will express to fights alongside Assad’s forces. Israel fought a war Netanyahu said yesterday he will meet Russian of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and Iran President Putin Israel’s sharp and vigorous opposition to against Hezbollah in 2006. President Vladimir Putin this week in Moscow to press also supports Assad. “Syria and the effort to formulate this possibility.” Israel seized 1,200 square kilometers of Last year, Netanyahu and Putin agreed to set up a for a limit to Iran’s influence in Syria. Israel is deeply an agreement there will be at the centre of our con- the Golan from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967 and later “hotline” to avoid accidental clashes between their concerned over whether Syria’s civil war will result in its versation,” Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday’s cab- annexed it in a move never recognized by the interna- forces, and the Israeli premier said further discussions arch-foe Iran having increased its power in the neigh- inet meeting. “In the context of this agreement, or tional community. Israel opposes Assad, but has sought would be held on the issue this week. “I hope we will be boring country. Netanyahu, who has held a series of without it, Iran is trying to establish itself permanently to avoid being dragged into the Syria’s civil war. able to reach certain understandings in order to reduce talks with Putin in recent months related to Syria, said in Syria, with a military presence on the ground and at However, it has carried out strikes there to stop arms possible friction between our forces and theirs, as we he planned to meet the Russian leader on Thursday. sea, and also a gradual attempt to open a front against deliveries to the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, which have successfully done up until now,” he said. — AFP Thousands of Turkish women rally for Erdogan’s powers ‘If women are there, democracy is there’

ISTANBUL: Thousands of pro-government women filled an Istanbul arena yesterday in sup- port of a “Yes” vote in next month’s referendum on boosting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. Waving Turkish flags, women shouted “Of course, Yes!” ahead of the April 16 vote on constitutional changes that would give Turkey an executive presidency similar to politi- cal systems in France or in the United States, AFP correspondents at the scene said. Erdogan’s rul- ing Justice and Development Party (AKP) is run- ning the “Yes” campaign, saying the changes would bring political stability. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on KHARUFIYAH: Displaced Syrian children, who fled their hometowns due to clashes Erdogan himself because the proposed plan could between regime forces and the Islamic State (IS) group, sit on a wheel outside a tent see him stay in power until 2029. Opponents how- in Kharufiyah, 18 kilometers south of Manbij. — AFP ever say the changes that would grant sweeping new powers to the head of state would make par- North Syria exodus as liament dysfunctional and promote a one-man model. Pro-government supporters gathered at the 12,500 capacity sports complex, known as families flee assault on IS Abdi Ipekci Arena, outside Istanbul’s ancient city walls, with the campaign theme: “Yes! If women MANBIJ, Syria: More than 65,000 people have full control of the city last year. Yesterday, are there, democracy is there.” been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, Russian and regime warplanes bombarded IS The gathering was organized by the pro-gov- ISTANBUL: A woman wears a mask as she takes part in a march yesterday at Bakirkoy district ravaged in recent weeks by dual offensives on positions in support of Syrian troops, which ernment Women’s and Democracy Association in Istanbul, ahead of the World women day. — AFP the Islamic State group, the United Nations said had advanced to around 14 kilometers from (KADEM), whose deputy chair is Erdogan’s Zehra Ferahtay, said the approval of constitu- women had been granted more rights since yesterday. The UN’s humanitarian agency Khafsah, the Observatory said. younger daughter Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar. tional changes would unify Turkey especially Erdogan came to power as prime minister in (OCHA) said that tens of thousands of people Since war broke out in Syria in March 2011, “For the survival of our country, it is a very after the failed coup attempt in July to oust 2003 and as president in 2014. “We, women, have left their homes in northern Aleppo more than half of its population has been important decision,” said AKP supporter Ayse Erdogan’s government. promise to be always behind our leader,” she province, particularly around the former jihadist forced to flee their homes. Aleppo province Gurcan, who came to the event from Erzurum “Yes, I support the presidential system and said, referring to Erdogan. Critics however argue stronghold of Al-Bab. “This includes nearly hosts tens of thousands of displaced Syrians, province in eastern Turkey. “We must make our especially after July 15, we must be more united if the plan is approved, Turkey would lurch 40,000 people from Al-Bab city and nearby many in camps near the Turkish border. “We left choice in a healthy way and I believe that every- and together for this country,” she said. Saliha toward authoritarianism, saying it would not be Taduf town, as well as 26,000 people from com- our homes with nothing: no fuel, no bread. Our one will say ‘Yes’,” she said. Another woman, Mantar, wearing an Islamic headscarf, said a system based on checks and balances. — AFP munities to the east of Al-Bab”, OCHA said. children are starving,” said Jumana, a 25-year Turkey-backed rebels seized Al-Bab from IS old Syrian woman who fled the clashes with on February 23 after several months of fight- her two children. “Daesh (IS) was shelling us, ing. OCHA said the nearly 40,000 people dis- the airplanes were hitting us. Our children were Dubai police question British placed from the town fled north to areas con- terrified. We were barely able to save ourselves,” trolled by other rebel forces, and that the “high she said on the outskirts of a village around 18 contamination” of unexploded bombs and kilometers from Manbij. daredevil in skyscraper climbs booby traps set by retreating jihadists was complicating efforts to return. And since Very difficult circumstances DUBAI: A British daredevil known for his verti- Saturday that “four undercover agents plucked Kingston’s detention is the second major inci- February 25, OCHA said, another 26,000 peo- Ibrahim al-Quftan, co-chair of Manbij’s civil go-inspiring online videos chronicling his climbs me from my hotel room earlier today with no dent involving stunts on Dubai’s skyscrapers. In ple fled violence further east, where Syrian administration, said on Saturday that fleeing up buildings and construction cranes was inter- warning.” The state-owned newspaper Emarat Al February, Dubai police contacted a Russian government forces supported by Russian air families were “suffering very difficult circum- rogated by Dubai police over his recent ascents Youm quoted Dubai police Brig. Gen. Salem model who posted images online of herself, power have also been waging a fierce offen- stances.” “The numbers of displaced people in the sheikhdom, authorities said yesterday. Khalifa al-Rumaithi on Sunday as confirming holding onto only a man’s hand, dangling out sive against IS. Many of those fleeing the vio- here are still rising because of the clashes James Kingston’s interrogation comes as the police had “summoned” Kingston over recent over the side of 300-meter Cayan Tower. lence sought refuge in areas around Manbij, a between the Syrian regime and Daesh (IS),” city-state has fashioned itself as an extreme- climbs in the sheikhdom. Al-Rumaithi said “These pictures certainly attract huge num- town controlled by the US-backed Syrian Quftan said. Syria’s multi-front conflict is sports haven, whether that means tourists sky- Kingston previously had been arrested in 2014 bers of hits on social media. But the risk involved Democratic Forces (SDF). An AFP correspon- approaching its seventh year and has killed diving over the man-made Palm Jumeirah archi- after climbing to the top of the Princess Tower in makes them highly questionable,” the state- dent in Manbij said that long queues of fami- more than 310,000 people, defying interna- pelago or professionals base-jumping off of the Dubai Marina, which at over 400 meters is the owned The National newspaper later opined. “Is lies were still forming at checkpoints leading tional efforts to stem the violence. Another Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. second-tallest building in Dubai. fleeting social media fame really worth risking to the town yesterday. Pick-up trucks full of round of UN-brokered peace talks ended But those adrenaline-seeking activities have Dubai police later issued a statement to the your life for? Does it set a good example for oth- children and women wearing full black veils Friday in Geneva. the blessing of the city’s rulers, unlike people like AP saying Kingston “was not arrested, but was ers?” For Kingston, the climbing sees him earn were being searched individually by SDF per- The negotiations between government Kingston, whose most-recent video saw him asked to sign a statement that he will not money from selling T-shirts and posters com- sonnel before being allowed to enter. and rebel delegations limped along for several shimmy over a fence at an active construction attempt to perform such stunts in Dubai.” memorating his stunts, and he’s also written a days but stumbled on the issue of counter-ter- site in downtown Dubai in broad daylight while “Kingston’s dangerous stunts on buildings in book about his exploits. But it may be a bit more Fled with nothing rorism. Russia began its air war in support of offer a running commentary. Kingston told The Dubai violated Dubai’s strict regulations pro- than financial. While on top of a Dubai crane in The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Associated Press in a message yesterday that he hibiting such activities,” the statement said. his most-recent video, Kingston stopped to look monitoring group said Saturday that 30,000 September 2015, and its help has been instru- had been detained and released hours later, British Embassy officials did not immediately out on the glittering Burj Khalifa. He said: “I people had been displaced by the govern- mental in re-capturing large areas from IS and without elaborating. That’s after he wrote online respond to requests for comment from the AP. would love to stand on top of that: Goals.” — AP ment’s offensive on IS jihadists. The Russian- rebels, including Aleppo and the famed desert backed push is aimed at IS-held Khafsah, the city of Palmyra, which fell from jihadist hands main station pumping water into Aleppo. last week. Rebel backer Turkey sent its own Residents of Syria’s second city have been troops into Syria in August to fight both IS and without mains water for 48 days after the Kurdish forces, some of which Ankara consid- jihadists cut the supply. Regime forces retook ers “terrorists.”—AFP At least 2 killed in new drone strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen

ADEN: Drones fired missiles at suspected al the increasing US military focus on a group Qaeda targets in two separate attacks in that has gained in strength by exploiting the Yemen on Saturday, local sources said, in chaos of the country’s civil war. Local Yemeni what appeared to be a third successive day officials and residents have said that at least of US strikes against militants in the Arab nine suspected Al-Qaeda members died in country. Tribal sources and residents said two separate drone strikes on Thursday. one of the pilotless aircraft unleashed its US military strategy in Yemen has missiles on a vehicle travelling on the out- become a hot political issue after a com- skirts of the southern city of Ahwar, killing mando raid in January, authorized by two suspected Al-Qaeda members inside. President Donald Trump, resulted in the Another fired at a crowd of suspected al death of US Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Qaeda militants in Al-Saeed, in the adjacent Owens. Critics questioned the value of the province of Shabwa, but there were no mission, drawing a fierce rebuttal from reports on casualties in that incident. Trump, who said it had yielded vital intelli- Asked to comment, a Pentagon spokes- gence. After pulling out of Yemen in 2015, woman said the US military had conducted the US military started returning in small additional strikes on Friday night and would numbers last year to support a successful provide more details today. On Friday the push orchestrated by the United Arab military said it had carried out over 30 Emirates, with support from Saudi Arabia, strikes over the previous two days in three that ejected al Qaeda from the city of Yemeni provinces, and did not rule out con- Mukalla, where it had raised tens of millions ducting more. The operations, using of dollars by taking over the country’s third manned and unmanned aircraft, highlight largest port. — Reuters Iran’s Ahmadinejad joins Twitter despite ban MOSUL: Iraqi security forces launch a rocket against Islamic State militants’ positions during clashes in the western side of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday. — AP TEHRAN: Iran’s hardline former president mass protests against Ahmadinejad’s re-election Wave of IS car bombs targets Mahmud Ahmadinejad became the latest leader in 2009. The protests, which followed accusa- to join Twitter yesterday, despite having been tions of election-rigging, were considered the instrumental in getting it banned from the first time in the world the service was used to country. Ahmadinejad’s first tweet from his per- promote and organize demonstrations, and Iraqi troops in west Mosul sonal account was a video in which he called on earned the nickname “The Twitter Revolution”. people to follow him at @Ahmadinejad1956. “In Twitter and other social media sites would the name of God Peace be upon all the freedom go on to play a significant role in protests BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops encountered the “heavi- The wave of heavy resistance comes as Iraqi es, but clashes are still ongoing. Al-Maturi, of the loving people of the world,” he wrote in English. around the Middle East during the so-called est” clashes yet with Islamic State group fighters forces launched attacks against IS-held neighbor- federal police, said his troops are now some 500 Despite the service being blocked for ordinary “Arab Spring” in the following years. yesterday in western Mosul since the start of the hoods in western Mosul from three points Sunday meters away from the government complex. The citizens, many of Iran’s top officials tweet regu- Ahmadinejad, who was president from 2005 to new push more than two weeks ago, according to morning. The Federal Police are closing in on the push on Mosul’s west was launched about two larly, including President Hassan Rouhani and 2013, has been pushing for a return to frontline a senior commander. Maj. Gen. Haider al-Maturi of city’s main government complex in the Dawasa weeks ago after the eastern half of the city was Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. politics in the run-up to the presidential elec- the Federal Police Commandos Division told The neighborhood and Iraq’s special forces are attempt- declared “fully liberated” in January. Even the office of supreme leader Ali tion in May. However, his erratic and insubordi- Associated Press that IS militants dispatched at ing to push into the Shuhada and Mansour neigh- The operation to retake Mosul officially began in Khamenei maintains accounts in several lan- nate style saw him fall out with the conserva- least six suicide car bombs, which were all borhoods. IS fighters have “some mortar (teams) and October after more than two years of slowly clawing guages. Iranian users-who get round the restric- tive establishment during his time as president, destroyed before reaching the troops. The mili- snipers positioned inside homes,” said Iraqi special back territory from IS militants. IS overran nearly a tions using privacy software-were quick to point and Khamenei advised him last year against tants, he said, are moving from house to house forces Maj. Ali Talib, explaining that US-led coalition third of Iraq - including Mosul the country’s second out the irony that Twitter was banned following running again. — AFP and deploying snipers. airstrikes have helped destroy some of the IS defens- largest city - in the summer of 2014. — AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Maine, Utah Republicans want Trump to undo monuments Obama had used his power to preserve more land

PORTLAND: Republican leaders in Maine and Utah are asking President Donald Trump to step into uncharted territory and rescind national monument designations made by his predecessor. The Antiquities Act of 1906 doesn’t give the president power to undo a designation, and no president has ever taken such a step. But Trump isn’t like other presidents. Former President Barack Obama used his power under the act to permanently preserve more land and water using national monument designations than any other president. The land is generally off limits to timber harvest- ing, mining and pipelines, and commercial develop- VIENNA: In this file photo police forces stand in front of demonstrators during a rally ment. Obama created the Katahdin Woods and of the group Austrian protesters against migrants in Vienna, Austria. — AP Waters National Monument in Maine last summer on 87,500 acres of donated forestland. The expanse Europe’s trend: Austria, once includes part of the Penobscot River and stunning views of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain. open, now shows migrants door In Utah, the former president created Bears Ears National Monument on 1.3 million acres of land VIENNA: Austria was among the first countries Royal Institute of International Affairs survey. that’s sacred to Native Americans and is home to in Europe to put out the welcome mat when But anti-migrant sentiment in Poland has been tens of thousands of archaeological sites, including waves of people fleeing war and poverty fueled by the government. Not so in Austria. ancient cliff dwellings. reached the continent. Now, its focus is show- Former Chancellor Werner Faymann urged Trump’s staff is now reviewing those decisions ing them the door. Parliament is set to pass a Austrians to deal generously with migrants as by the Obama administration to determine eco- law stripping pocket money, food and shelter late as fall 2015, even as his government from those denied asylum, potentially leaving worked to secure its borders. But he was nomic impacts, whether the law was followed and PORTLAND: In this file photo, Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt’s Bees, poses next to white them on the street. The interior minister forced out last year after migrant policies whether there was appropriate consultation with pine in Portland, Maine. — AP proudly touts figures showing Austria as the threatened to tear apart his government coali- local officials, the White House said. Maine rounding the property. “Rather than re-ignite con- stroke of a pen, President Obama, having never vis- European Union’s per-capita leader in tion after he took a harder line. Republican Gov. Paul LePage is opposed to the troversy in a region that is beginning to heal and ited the area, created a monument the size of expelling those rejected. designation, and says federal ownership could move on, I hope we can allow the monument to Delaware, Rhode Island and Washington, DC, com- Austrian courts are toughening up too. On Hardening migrant policies stymie industrial development; and Republican continue to serve as one important part of a multi- bined,” he said. Thursday, eight Iraqi men were sent to prison His successor, Christian Kern, has found little leaders in Utah contend the monument designa- faceted economic revitalization strategy which is In the region near Maine’s Mount Katahdin, both for up to 13 years for the gang rape of a choice but to stay tough - or risk boosting the tion adds another layer of unnecessary federal already underway,” said independent Sen. Angus supporters and many opponents want to see the German woman on New Year’s Eve more than right-wing Freedom Party and its message that control in a state where there’s already heavy fed- King. Utah Republicans, however, appear to be monument work. They hope it will help revitalize a year ago. Lawyer Andreas Reichenbach, who migrants are overwhelmingly behind the kind eral ownership. ready for a scrap. Rep. Jason Chaffetz raised the the economy. Millinocket Town Council Chairman defended one of the men, said the stiff sen- of crimes the eight Iraqis were convicted of The Utah Legislature approved a resolution issue when he met with Trump and he asked the Michael Madore once described the park as a “fool- tences were a signal to migrants that “when Thursday. Freedom Party candidate Norbert signed by the governor calling on Trump to rescind House Appropriations Committee to cut funding for ish dream.” Now, he says, “We have accepted it as they come to Austria, that such behavior won’t Hofer, who advocates a tough line on migrants, the monument there. In Maine, LePage asked the the monument. “Not one elected official in Utah part of our landscape. Until such time as it’s over- be tolerated.” In Germany, where during the was narrowly defeated in December in Austria’s president last week to intervene. Newly sworn-in that represents the Bear Ears region supports the turned, we’re going to work with the people who’re height of the influx Chancellor Angela Merkel presidential election. Polls continue to show his Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has said he’ll fight the designation of a national monument. With the involved with it to help the local economy.” — AP insisted “we will manage,” the government populist party with the most voter support. sale or transfer of public lands. But he also believes now considers some areas of Afghanistan But Kern’s Social Democrats have almost states should be able to weigh in. The National “safe,” and has started returning failed asylum- caught up since he took office less than nine Parks Conservation Association has vowed to sue if NY headstones overturned seekers to those regions. months ago and continued hardening the Trump, the Interior Department or Congress tries to Additional tough measures have followed country’s migrant policies. Also gaining sup- remove the special designations. Berlin’s deadly Christmas market attack by port on a tougher migrant stance is the cen- amid anti-Semitism rise rejected Tunisian asylum-seeker Anis Amri and trist People’s Party, the Social Democrats’ Foolish dream gains by the nationalist Alternative for coalition partner. Party member Sebastian “Wherever the attack comes from, we’re ready to NEW YORK: Five tombstones were overturned policies, which they say stokes feelings of Germany party. The pro-migrant attitudes that Kurz, Austria’s foreign minister, is advocating fight, and we know the public is ready to fight if in an historic Jewish cemetery in New York, insularity and xenophobia, for the sharp rise in once led thousands of Austrian volunteers to setting up North African holding camps for someone comes after our national parks and monu- police said yesterday, the latest in rising num- acts of intolerance. turn out with food, shelter and advice to the would-be emigres from there. The Austrian ments,” National Parks Conversation Association ber of apparent anti-Semitic incidents across The Anti-Defamation League, a national first asylum-seekers are still heard some places, government plans to stop all support for spokeswoman Kristen Brengel said. In Maine, the the United States. Officers were called to the civil rights group dedicated to the fight but they appear outnumbered. “We have to those whose asylum requests have been prospect of undoing the designation is further cemetery Saturday evening and an investiga- against anti-Semitism, last week recorded 121 tion is being conducted to determine whether threats against Jewish institutions in 36 US keep welcoming those who have nowhere else rejected - including meals, shelter and a complicated by deed stipulations requiring the to go,” said Marlis Bosch. “We in Austria have monthly allowance of 40 euros (about $40). If or not it is a hate crime, a police spokesman states and two Canadian provinces since Jan National Park Service to control the land and a $40 said. In recent weeks, there have been scores 1, labeling the surge an “epidemic.” Last more than enough to share.” Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka has his million endowment to support the monument, said of bomb threats against US Jewish organiza- month, New York State Governor Andrew A survey of 10 EU member countries last way, those refusing to leave will also pay high Lucas St Clair, son of Burt’s Bees co-founder tions and at least three other Jewish cemeter- Cuomo promised a $25 million grant to boost month showed 65 percent of the 1,000 fines and end up in compounds until they are Roxanne Quimby, who acquired the land. ies have been desecrated. security and a $5,000 reward for information Austrian respondents favored stopping all forcibly deported. The coalition’s majority in Three of the four members of Maine’s congres- Some critics have blamed President Donald leading to arrests and convictions for hate immigration from Muslim nations. Only Poles parliament means that approval of the draft sional delegation want the monument to stand to Trump’s sometime incendiary rhetoric and crimes. — AFP scored higher - at 71 percent - on Britain’s law is virtually certain. — AP avoid reopening a divisive debate in towns sur- Judge gives extension to Trump lawyers in travel ban suit

SEATTLE: A federal judge in Seattle on to have the case certified as a class- who filed the lawsuit, over Trump Friday granted a two-week extension to action lawsuit. The Justice Department administration statements that seem- the Justice Department in a lawsuit argued that Trump intends to rescind ingly contradict those made by federal alleging that President Donald Trump’s the order and replace it with a new, sub- government lawyers. “The court under- immigration order is blocking efforts by stantially revised executive order that stands Plaintiffs’ frustrations concerning legal residents to reunite with their chil- may “influence the shape of the legal statements emanating from President dren who are trapped in war-torn coun- issues ... in ways relevant to the class Trump’s administration that seemingly tries. US District Judge James Robart, certification question.” After being contradict representations of the federal who halted enforcement of Trump’s repeatedly postponed, a White House government’s lawyers in this and other immigration order nationwide in official said Thursday a replacement litigation before the court,” the order February in a separate case brought by order now won’t be unveiled until next said. Nevertheless, Robart said, the court the states of Washington and week at the earliest. will continue to rely on statements com- Minnesota, said in his order that the fed- Robart also said he understood the ing from the federal attorneys. eral government could have more time frustrations of the parents and The lawsuit filed in Seattle’s US before responding to plaintiff’s efforts Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, District Court in late January claims Trump’s order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US is unconstitutional. It asked for a judge to intervene and stop the application of the part of the order that suspends visas to citizens of those seven countries. Juweiya Abdiaziz Ali, one of the plain- tiffs, is a US citizen living in Seattle who started the process in August of bringing her son from Somalia. But Trump’s order has her worried that her son’s visa process will be indefinitely suspended, she said. Like thousands of others, those named in the lawsuit pursued the immi- grant visa process that includes hun- dreds of dollars in filing fees, security screenings, medical examinations and interviews, Matt Adams, the group’s legal director said previously. The Trump administration has defended the order, saying more restrictions are needed to protect the US from future terrorist attacks. The new deadline for federal SEATTLE: This still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge government attorneys to respond to the James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. — AP motion is March 20. —AP US cooperation needed as asylum seekers flow into Canada

OTTAWA: As greater numbers of refugees flow from the “The Americans have indicated that they are equally United States into Canada by land, US-pledged coopera- interested in fully getting the facts and understanding tion has become essential, Canada’s public safety minis- the genesis of this and we will work collaboratively and ter said Saturday. With US President Donald Trump seamlessly with them,” he added. beginning to tighten enforcement of immigration rules, But he did not say what that cooperation would look and more than 11 million undocumented migrants liv- like, or when it would happen. Federal police and immi- ing in the United States, crossings into Canada have gration officials said some refugees appeared to have been increasing since the beginning of the year. intended from the start to come to Canada after flying “We need to have a very good cooperative, seamless to the United States on a visitor visa. arrangement with the US to fully appreciate where the Others decided to come only after they were denied flow began, and all of the factors that are contributing asylum south of the border, or because they feared to the migration,” said Public Safety Minister Ralph deportation amid the current US crackdown. From Goodale during a visit to Emerson, Manitoba. January 1 to February 21, a total of about 4,000 people The recent wave of migrants to Canada originated filed refugee claims in Canada, up from 2,500 during the mostly from East Africa and war-torn nations such as same period last year. Syria. “We need to make sure that we all have the same The figure includes border jumpers and those arriv- data and information about the makeup of this migra- ing from the United States at border checkpoints. Local tion. It is clearly affecting Canada as the migrants come officials say at least 180 asylum-seekers have crossed the across the border,” Goodale said. border near Emerson since January. — AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Poland puts forward rival candidate to EU’s Tusk

WARSAW: Poland said Saturday it was proposing a a member of the opposition Civic Platform, although already met the sole condition to run-by confirming Polish Euro-MP for the EU presidency to succeed the centrist group has recently distanced itself from his will to do so during a recent summit in Malta. EPP Donald Tusk, whose second term is opposed by the him. After Saturday’s announcement, Civic Platform chief Joseph Daul tweeted that “the EPP family governing rightwing Law and Justice Party (PiS). Tusk, expelled Saryusz-Wolski from its ranks, which will trig- stands fully behind” Tusk. who has been president of the European Council since ger his exclusion from the EPP group. December 2014, had so far been the sole candidate. EU-Polish friction “The Polish government proposes the candidacy of Rival candidate doomed Even though the EU appears set to rally around Jacek Saryusz-Wolski for the presidency of the European Tusk’s problems with PiS stem greatly from a vitri- Tusk, Poland’s move shows the extent of Warsaw’s Council,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. olic relationship with party boss Jaroslaw Kaczynski. animosity towards him. Tusk, a centre-right Polish prime minister from Kaczynski accuses him of bearing “moral responsibili- The EU and Poland have been at loggerheads 2007 to 2014, has been sharply at odds with Poland’s ty” for the death of his twin brother Lech Kaczynski, over a series of policies introduced by the PiS, rightwing government over a range of issues includ- who was then president, in an air disaster in 2010 that including a string of judicial reforms that saw critics ing changes to state media and the constitution. He also killed 95 others. When the PiS-which supports the take to the streets in large demonstrations. “I can’t became president of the European Council, gathering theory the plane was brought down in an attack-took imagine supporting a candidate who fights against EU heads of state or government, after a Belgian, power in October 2015 it re-opened the inquiry into his own government. Herman van Rompuy. The Council meets in Brussels the causes of the disaster. Kaczynski has long said that I also can’t imagine that the other EU member next Thursday to discuss whether to give Tusk a sec- he believes foul play caused the crash. Polish and states would support a candidate who doesn’t have ond term after his first mandate expires on May 31. Russian investigators have never found any evidence the support of his own government,” Polish Foreign The issue may also be raised Monday when French, to support the claim. Minister Witold Waszczykowski said Saturday. The VALLETTA: This file photo shows European German, Italian and Spanish leaders meet in Versailles, Tusk seems to have support among a majority of foreign minister also said Saryusz-Wolski was in Council President Donald Tusk speaking to the France, to discuss the future of the EU, French diplo- European leaders for a second term. Poland by itself Brussels to try to rally support for his candidacy. An press as he arrives in Valletta. — AFP matic sources said. Saryusz-Wolski, 68, an MEP since cannot block a second term as approval does not attempt at a Warsaw meeting on Thursday to secure 2004, is a member of the European People’s Party require unanimity. “Mr Tusk should not be the victim “Tusk is in a very strong position,” a European the support of the so-called Visegrad 4 nations-the (EPP), gathering Christian Democrat and centre-right of his own country’s bid to dismiss him. That wouldn’t diplomat said. He also said Tusk did not need his Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia-end- parties. Within the constellation of Polish politics, he is be right,” a French diplomatic source said. country’s backing to run for a second term. He has ed in failure. — AFP Fillon’s wife breaks silence over fake jobs scandal Fillon’s wife carried out a lot of different tasks

PARIS: The wife of scandal-hit French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon broke her silence yesterday over the “fake jobs” scandal that threatens to engulf his bid for power. The former prime minister hopes to keep his election hopes alive with a rally in Paris but he is struggling to regain the initiative after a week in which members of his team deserted him. Their departures fol- lowed Fillon’s disclosure that he would face charges over claims he gave his British-born wife and two of their children bogus parliamentary jobs. In her first interview since the allegations of BREST: This picture shows a police station in Brest, western of France. — AFP nearly 900,000 euros ($950,000) in pay, Penelope Fillon told Le Journal du Dimanche she had carried Sister, brother-in-law in custody out “a lot of different tasks” for her husband during his lengthy political career. She had also urged him in French missing family probe to “keep going to the end” but said only he could make the decision to stay in the race. Fillon, who NANTES, France: The sister and brother-in- 18, went missing on Feb 16. In searches at turned 63 on Saturday, was once the frontrunner law of Frenchman Pascal Troadec who has the parents’ home in a suburb of Nantes, in an election in which Marine Le Pen is attempt- been missing along with his wife and two police discovered Sebastien’s cellphone and ing to steer the far-right into power in a major children since mid-February were remand- his mother’s watch covered with blood. European country. ed in custody yesterday, sources close to Traces of blood from Sebastien and the But Fillon’s support plummeted after the finan- cial claims were made and he is now polling third PARIS: This file photo shows French right wing candidate for the upcoming presidential election the case said. The couple had already been parents, but not Charlotte, were found Francois Fillon, right, and his wife Penelope during a campaign rally in Paris. — AFP questioned by police at the beginning of throughout the house, as well as signs of behind Le Pen and 39-year-old centrist Emmanuel the inquiry into the mysterious disappear- efforts to clean them up. Police said in a Macron. French lawmakers are allowed to employ raided his country manor house near Le Mans on centrist UDI party said it was withdrawing its back- ance of the Troadec family, the sources said bulletin dated February 24 that Sebastien family members, but investigators are looking into Friday looking for evidence. His Paris apartment ing. On Saturday, five members of the European confirming reports in a local newspaper. was suspected of “putting in place a what work Penelope did after it emerged she did was searched on Thursday. With some members of Parliament from the Republicans also called for Nantes prosecutor Pierre Sennes con- macabre plan aimed at snuffing out the not even have a pass for the National Assembly his party urging him to drop out, yesterday’s rally another candidate to be appointed before the firmed that two people were in custody but members of his family and maybe him- building. “He needed someone to do a lot of differ- on the Trocadero plaza opposite the Eiffel Tower- March 17 deadline. With just seven weeks to go declined to give their identities. The two self”. Investigators have found Sebastien’s ent tasks, and if it wasn’t for me, he would have heavy rain is forecast-will be a test of how much before polling begins, the entourage of 71-year-old were detained in the Brittany city of Brest, car and a jogger discovered items belong- paid someone to do it, so we decided it would be confidence remains. former premier Alain Juppe has said he is prepared the region the Troadecs came from and ing to his sister Charlotte in a forested me,” Penelope told the paper. to take over. But Juppe, who is more centrist than where several personal items belonging to area three hours by car from where she The former prime minister has claimed the Mr Clean Fillon, also has baggage-he was given a suspended members of the family have been found. was last seen. A judicial probe into mur- accusations are politically motivated, even sug- Fillon was a surprise winner of the conservative jail sentence in 2004 over a party funding scandal. Pascal Troadec, his wife Brigitte, and their der, abduction and illegal confinement gesting he believes the ruling Socialist government nominating contest in November, campaigning as a son Sebastien, 21, and daughter Charlotte, was opened today.—AFP is behind the investigation. He told supporters “Mr Clean” unsullied by the legal difficulties of his Juppe popularity Saturday their opponents were trying to “intimi- opponents and pledging to slash half a million civil Yet a poll on Friday showed Juppe would date” them. The danger for the conservative servants’ jobs. But the claims about his expenses vault into the lead if he stood. The financial accu- Republicans party is that an election that they once have led to barbs from critics that his moral authori- sations have added to an already open race. Le expected to win handily could slip away if Fillon ty has been undermined. On Wednesday, Fillon Pen, 48, campaigning on an anti-immigration remains their candidate. Polls currently show he revealed he would meet investigating magistrates and anti-EU platform, has sought to capitalize on could be eliminated in the first round of the two- on March 15 and be charged. His wife is also to face the anti-establishment sentiment that propelled stage contest on April 23, leaving Le Pen and charges. Fillon had previously said he would step US President Donald Trump to power and led to Macron to contest the May 7 runoff. down if such a development happened. But, to the the British vote to leave the European Union. The Republicans’ decision-making body is to dismay of many of his aides, he angrily accused the Polls currently show however that the National meet Monday evening-a day earlier than planned- judicial system of bias and vowed to fight on. Front chief will be beaten in the second round by ”to evaluate the situation”, the party said Saturday. His foreign affairs point man and campaign either the fast-rising Macron or the conservative Pressure grew on Fillon after it emerged police had spokesman have quit and the leader of the small candidate.—AFP Anti-Islam Dutch MP Wilders upbeat despite polls’ slide

THE HAGUE: Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders yesterday brushed off a slump in polls say- GLASGOW: Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Davidson reaf- ing he was confident of a strong showing in firms her opposition to independence at the party’s conference in Glasgow. — AFP upcoming elections, which he vowed would also boost Europe’s far-right. Just 10 days before the Scottish opposition insists March 15 vote, the firebrand politician and his Freedom Party (PVV) appears to have slipped into no new independence vote second place behind the Liberal party of incum- bent Prime Minister Mark Rutte after months of GLASGOW: Scotland’s opposition leader ing, Nicola? No second referendum. “We leading the opinion polls. insisted Saturday there should be no sec- deserve a Scottish government that is “I am confident we will all have excellent ond referendum on Scottish independ- focused on helping Team UK get the best results,” Wilders told a gaggle of mainly foreign ence, urging the governing nationalists to Brexit deal for all of us, not using it to revive journalists, referring also to France’s far-right presi- concentrate on making the best of Brexit its independence obsession.” dential hopeful Marine Le Pen. “Even if that will not rather than exploiting it for another seces- be the case, the genie will not go back into the bot- sion push. Scottish Conservative leader Nationalists protest outside tle... certainly things will change in Europe,” he Ruth Davidson told the party’s conference Outside the conference, around 200 insisted. In an odd press conference, Wilders gath- in Glasgow that First Minister Nicola nationalists gathered to protest, chanting ered reporters from international organizations in a Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party “Tory scum” and waving banners calling for street in an Amsterdam industrial area, surrounded (SNP) was trying to bounce the country another referendum. Susan McGilvray, 41, by a heavy security detail of uniformed and plain- into a new referendum. an SNP member from East Ayrshire on clothed police officers. Scotland voted to stay in the United Scotland’s west coast, told AFP: “I would Boosted by the polarizing debate over immigra- Kingdom by 55 percent in the 2014 vote.It love to see the call for a second referen- tion, and initially by the victory of Donald Trump in AMSTERDAM: Firebrand anti Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, center, answers question from the also voted by 62 percent for the UK to dum.” While polls have shifted slightly, sup- the US presidential race, Wilders had been leading media during an election campaign stop outside De Telegraaf newspaper buildings in remain in the European Union last year, port for independence remains in a minori- polls since late last year. The Dutch vote is seen as a Amsterdam Netherlands, yesterday. — AP while the UK-wide vote was to leave, which ty. McGilvray said: “We might lose it, but no- key litmus test of the rise of populist and far-right Sturgeon seized upon. She has said Brexit one ever got anywhere by saying ‘what if’?” parties ahead of other national elections to be held makes a second independence referendum The Scottish Parliament does not have across Europe later this year. But the latest collated Two girls swept out “highly likely.” Many in her left-wing seces- the authority to hold a second independ- polls by the Dutch website Peilingwijzer (Poll indi- sionist party hope she will announce a ence referendum. It must seek the permis- cator) from seven different agencies on Saturday fresh bid at the SNP conference on March sion of the staunchly unionist British Prime showed Rutte’s VVD party would now win 23 to 27 to sea in Marseille 17-18, with Britain set to trigger two years Minister Theresa May. John Menzies, 48, an seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, MARSEILLE: A four-year-old girl is dead and her to the source. Her sister has still not been found of divorce talks with the EU by the end of SNP councillor from Hamilton near with the PVV set to garner 22-26 seats if elections eight-year-old sister missing after both were and rescue efforts resumed yesterday. Water tem- the month. Glasgow, was among several dozen motor- were held today. swept out to sea by a large wave in the southern peratures Saturday night hovered at 12 degrees Davidson, leader of the second-biggest cyclists who gathered under the banner “Many of my colleagues (opponents) today are French port of Marseille, a source close to the Celsius, while waves rose to 2.5 meters. party in the semi-autonomous Scottish “Bikers for Yes.” May, Britain’s Conservative now copying our thoughts. The whole campaign case said yesterday. “Immediately, a number of measures were tak- Parliament, reaffirmed her opposition to leader, would be “very silly” if she blocked a today in Holland... is about immigration, national The girls’ father was also submerged by the en to man a search,” authorities said, including independence. “Scotland said no to inde- fresh referendum, he argued. identity, values and the EU,” said Wilders. “They are stormy seas but survived after quickly being res- using a rescue vessel, the city’s naval firefighters, pendence. Scotland is saying: stop trying to “That would irk even more of the copy-cats and that’s why we are losing votes,” he cued by nearby fishermen. According to maritime and a rescue helicopter. Eleven departments in bounce us into another referendum,” she Scottish people, who then go on and vote said. The 53-year-old has courted controversy with authorities, the wave struck the family on the Bouches-du-Rhone region had been placed told her centre-right party. “The Scottish for independence,” he said. On Friday, May his hardline anti-Islam, anti-immigrant stance and Saturday around 6.00 pm (1700 GMT) near the on orange alert Saturday morning for strong Conservative and Unionist Party will never told the conference in Glasgow that the his incendiary insults against Moroccans and Turks. southern edge of the city. winds-but it was lifted after weather conditions waver in our determination to stand up for SNP’s “obsession” with independence and He has vowed in his party’s one-page manifesto The four-year-old was recovered on Saturday improved. In February, a 33-year-old man the decision we made as a country. We will “tunnel vision nationalism” had caused it that if elected he would ban the sale of Korans, and taken to a nearby hospital suffering from car- drowned after being swept out to sea as he was fight you every step of the way. to neglect running Scotland’s public serv- close mosques and Islamic schools, shut Dutch bor- diac arrest. She died during the night, according fishing on the Marseille coast. —AFP “We said ‘no,’ we meant it. Are you listen- ices properly. —AFP ders and ban Muslim migrants. — AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Sri Lanka rejects UN call for foreign judges in war probe

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Rights Council in Geneva handed down a He had agreed to a UN Human Rights Inadequate response ing the separatist war between government Sirisena has rejected a fresh appeal from the new scorecard on Sri Lanka, Sirisena Council resolution in October 2015 which Sirisena’s response marks a sharp shift in forces and rebels from the Tamil Tigers United Nations to allow international judges rebuffed calls for international judges to called for special tribunals and reparations his policy towards accountability and recon- group, with atrocities recorded by both to investigate alleged war-era atrocities, probe abuses committed during the island’s for victims and gave Sri Lanka 18 months to ciliation, which had earned him the praise of sides. In its report, the UN said abuses vowing to not prosecute soldiers. “I am not 37-year civil war. establish credible investigations. But the international observers. “A charge sheet is including torture remain widespread in the going to allow non-governmental organiza- Sri Lanka has resisted calls to establish a deadline lapsed without those commit- now brought against our forces with a ethnically divided island nation of 21 mil- tions to dictate how to run my government. I special court to investigate allegations that ments being met. demand to include foreign judges to try lion, with “a prevailing culture of impunity” will not listen to their calls to prosecute my government forces killed up to 40,000 Tamil The UN said coalition politics in the unity them,” he said in a speech to troops in the partly to blame. The UN acknowledged that troops,” the president said in remarks distrib- civilians in the final months of fighting, government Sirisena formed after ousting northern peninsula of Jaffna, the Tamil Colombo had made some positive advances uted by his office yesterday. The UN on which ended in May 2009. former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse heartland. The defiant tone contrasted with on constitutional and legal reforms, limited Friday criticized Sri Lanka’s “worryingly slow” Sirisena, a member of the majority were likely to blame for the slow pace of his Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, land restitution and symbolic gestures progress in addressing its wartime past, urg- Sinhalese community, received the support progress. Last week the main Tamil political who asked the Human Rights Council for towards reconciliation. But it cautioned that ing the government to adopt laws allowing of the Tamil minority after promising party accused Sirisena of failing to deliver on more time, promising that his country the measures taken so far had been “inade- for special hybrid courts to try war criminals. accountability for excesses carried out by his promises, and urged the UN to hold his remained committed to seeking justice. quate, lacked coordination and a sense of In his first remarks since the UN Human the largely Sinhalese military. administration to account. At least 100,000 people were killed dur- urgency.”— AFP Sikh man wounded in latest suspected US hate crime shooting

LOS ANGELES: Authorities are investigating Times that the victim has been released the suspected hate crime shooting of a Sikh from the hospital. “He is just very shaken up, man at his home near Seattle, media report- both him and his family,” Singh said. “We’re ed Saturday, just days after an engineer all kind of at a loss in terms of what’s going from India was fatally shot in Kansas. The on right now, this is just bringing it home. 39-year-old Sikh was working on his car in The climate of hate that has been created his driveway in Kent, Washington just south doesn’t distinguish between anyone.” of Seattle, when a man walked up late The incident follows a shooting at a Friday wearing a mask and holding a gun. Kansas bar last month that killed 32-year- The Seattle Times newspaper reported that old engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, causing the partially-masked gunman, after shockwaves felt around the country. A exchanging words with the victim, said “Go second Indian engineer, Alok Madasani, back to your own country” before pulling was injured in the Kansas shooting carried the trigger, shooting him in the arm. out by a white gunman whom witnesses Authorities are investigating the shoot- said screamed racial slurs and told his vic- ing as a suspected hate crime, according to tims to “get out of my country” before the Seattle Times, which did not provide the opening fire. The Sikh Coalition, a New nationality of the victim. The daily reported York-based civil rights group, asked local that police are continuing to search for the and federal authorities in a statement gunman. Jasmit Singh, a leader of the Sikh Saturday to investigate the latest shooting community near Seattle, told The Seattle as a hate crime. — AFP Pakistan’s police find body bearing marks of IS execution

MULTAN: Pakistani police have found was scrawled on the back of the victim’s body of a man in the central city of jumpsuit - using the Arabic acronym for SRINAGAR: Government forces guard during a gun-battle at Haffo village, 43 kilometers south of Srinagar, India, yesterday. — AP Multan with chained feet, tied hands, the Islamic State group. and wearing a Guantanamo-style orange The message accused the victim of Three killed during 15-hour jumpsuit. Police officer Gul Mohammad being an “agent.” Pakistani officials and said Saturday that the body found near a politicians have mostly depicted IS pres- state-owned television station with gun- ence in the country as negligible, but shot wounds to the head. The body was the group has repeatedly claimed firefight in Indian Kashmir identified as that of Azhar Jilani, who was responsibility for terrorist attacks includ- abducted in June 2014. ing one at a Sufi shrine last month that SRINAGAR: A police officer and two suspected mil- director general of police S P Vaid said, referring asked to remain anonymous. Police and the A message reading “Daesh Pakistan” killed 88 people. — AP itants were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir to the slain officer from the Special Operations Indian army routinely complain that civilians during a fierce 15-hour gunfight overnight, an offi- Group. A Major was also critically wounded in the assist militants during clashes with armed cial said yesterday, triggering clashes between pro- battle, an army officer said, speaking on condition forces, a frequent occurrence in the divided and Five local policemen testers and government forces. of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to volatile state. For decades rebel groups have The firefight erupted late Saturday when Indian the press. Defying orders to stay indoors as the fought the roughly 500,000 Indian troops soldiers and counter-insurgency police, acting on skirmish escalated, hundreds of villagers deployed in the region, demanding independ- killed in Taliban attack a tip-off, surrounded a home believed to be occu- descended on the scene, throwing rocks at gov- ence or a merger with Pakistan for the majority pied by militants in southern Nazneenpora village. ernment forces in a bid to aid the besieged mili- Muslim region. Kashmir has been split between KABUL: At least five members of the “The key terrorists killed in the opera- Soldiers detonated explosives during the siege, tants, a police officer said. India and Pakistan since the end of British rule Afghan security forces were killed early yes- tion were involved in planning and imple- which stretched into the early hours as both sides The clashes resumed Sunday as protesters in 1947. Both claim the territory in its entirety. terday morning when their checkpoint menting several terror attacks in Kunduz exchanged heavy gunfire. “Two militants were chanting pro-freedom slogans descended near The fighting has left tens of thousands, mostly came under an insurgent attack in north- province,” said the statement. Elsewhere in killed in the encounter. We also lost a boy of SOG,” the scene of the firefight, said the officer who civilians, dead. — AFP eastern Kunduz province, an Afghan official the northern province of Faryab, a district said. Gen. Abdul Hamid Hamid, provincial police chief died when a bomb that had police chief in Kunduz, said a large group of been attached to his car detonated, said Taliban fighters attacked the post near the Karim Yuresh, spokesman for the provincial Millions of South Africans will city of Kunduz. Meanwhile, 18 insurgents police chief. Another policeman was were killed by airstrikes in the Imam Sahib wounded in the explosion Saturday district of Kunduz province, according to a evening. The Taliban claimed responsibility be paid benefits on April 1 statement released by the Interior Ministry. for the attack. In a separate incident in Three others were wounded while five Faryab province, Yuresh said a local security vehicles and an ammunition stockpile were forces commander was killed when insur- JOHANNESBURG: The government will contin- Bathabile Dlamini told the media. “As has been negotiated. SASSA has so far failed to find a new destroyed, the statement added. gents attacked a police checkpoint. — AP ue paying millions of South Africa’s most vulner- the case in the past no one will go unpaid.” service provider to take up the service at the able people social security payments on April 1, Dlamini said the South African Post Office’s more start of April or set up its own payment agency. despite not signing a new deal with an existing than 2,600 outlets will be used as one of the pay- SASSA Officials said last week the agency had service-provider, the minister of social develop- ment services for social security in the transition opted to renew the deal with Cash Paymaster ment said yesterday. The South African Social and future phases. Services despite the court order. Security Agency (SASSA) is scrambling to ensure In an attempt to resolve the looming crisis, A new deal however, has not yet been that as many as 17 million people continue to President Jacob Zuma held talks on Saturday signed. The social security payment debacle receive their money, despite concerns that with Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and saw the director-general of the social develop- retaining the existing service provider is both Dlamini to ensure that social security payments ment ministry, Zane Dangor, announcing his unlawful and costly. are made from April 1. resignation on Saturday over differences with For millions of South Africa’s most vulnerable, The existing contract, run by Cash Paymaster Dlamini. “Dlamini has utterly failed to ensure SASSA money is often the difference between an Services, part of technology company Net1 1 that SASSA was ready to take over the distribu- empty or a full belly. “We will continue paying UEPS Technologies, has been in doubt since tion of grants at the end of this month ... and social grants beyond March 31 when the con- South Africa’s highest court ruled in 2014 that has allowed the situation to reach crisis point,” tract with the current service provider comes to the tender process to acquire its services was said Bridget Masango of the opposition an end,” Minister of Social Development unlawful. It ordered that a new contract to be Democratic Alliance. — Reuters Indian police hunt nuns aiding rapist priest

NEW DELHI: Five nuns and a doctor are on the ment of the priest. Churches in Kerala have faced same-sex relations in convents. Last year a priest run in India after being accused of concealing accusations of sexual abuse in the past. Two was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Kerala the birth of a baby to a teenager who alleges autobiographies by former Catholic nuns have in court for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2014. Nearly that a priest raped her, police said yesterday. recent years revealed the scale of sexual one-fifth of the coastal state’s 34 million people Arrest warrants have been issued for the six and exploitation by priests and the prevalence of follow Christianity.—AFP KABUL: This photo shows Afghan security forces respond to a suicide attack in Kabul, for two hospital staff. They are accused of con- Afghanistan. — AP cealing the 16-year-old’s delivery from authori- ties and hiding the baby in a Catholic orphanage Bangladesh bans extremist at Kunnur in the southern state of Kerala. “They deliberately hid the incident from officials,” group behind blogger murders Prajish Thottathil, a senior police officer, said, adding some of the accused likely also knew DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday outlawed a atheist author of Bangladeshi origin, out- about the alleged assault. group which claims links to Al-Qaeda and is side a book fair in Dhaka. Last April the Three of the accused work at a private hospi- blamed for the machete murders of nearly a group butchered two leading gay rights tal while the rest were associated with the dozen atheist bloggers, foreigners and gay activists at an apartment in the capital, just orphanage where the baby was left. The accused rights activists. “The government thinks the weeks after murdering a secular activist. priest Robin Vadakkumchery was arrested last activities of Ansar al Islam, a militant group Police have rejected any suggestion the week after the victim gave birth in February, and organization, is detrimental to the group is linked to outside extremists, prompting an investigation. Under Indian law country’s peace and order,” the home min- instead describing it as a cell of home- doctors and hospitals must report all teenage istry said in a statement. “The organization grown extremist outfit Ansarullah Bangla pregnancies and deliveries to authorities. Sex- is banned in Bangladesh as its activities are Team (ABT). ABT was banned in May 2015 consensual or otherwise-with a person aged considered a threat to public security.” after one of its leaders was arrested and under 18 is considered rape in India. The victim The group, which claims to be a two members were sentenced to death for told investigators the accused priest raped her at Bangladesh branch of Al-Qaeda in the the murder of an atheist blogger in a church-run school last year. Indian Subcontinent, took credit through February 2013. At least seven Islamist mili- She and her family said they were unaware of social media for a spate of gruesome mur- tant groups have now been outlawed in the pregnancy until she complained of stomach ders that sparked a fierce security crack- Bangladesh. The largest Islamist political pain and was taken to hospital, where she gave down on extremists. In February 2015 the party Jamaat-e-Islami was banned in 2013 birth. A child rights organization tipped off KOCHIN: In this photograph, Indian police officials escort priest Robin Vadakkumchery, group claimed responsibility for the stab- after a top court ruled that its charter police about the secret delivery, triggering an center, after his arrest in Peravoor, some 300kms north of Kochin in the southern Indian bing murder of Avijit Roy, an American clashed with the constitution. — AFP investigation that revealed the alleged involve- state of Kerala. — AFP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Body of beheaded German hostage found: Philippines MANILA: The body of an elderly German stronghold of Sulu. “The Philippine gov- “It was not easy to find it because of of his female companion, Sabine Merz, seed money from Osama bin Laden’s Al- hostage who was beheaded by Islamic ernment is deeply saddened but the fighting with the Abu Sayyaf kidnap who had been shot. Qaeda network, has been kidnapping militants has been found, the Philippine resolved as ever to respond to the recent group that resulted in the wounding of The Abu Sayyaf claimed the kidnap- foreigners and locals for decades and government said yesterday. The Abu discovery of the body of Mr Jurgen 29 of our men and in the wounding of ping. Kantner’s remains are in a military holding them for ransom. It is believed Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom network Kantner,” President Rodrigo Duterte’s many of the enemy,” said Colonel Cirilito hospital morgue in Sulu while officials to still hold at least 19 foreigners and six that has pledged allegiance to the spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a Sobejana, head of an anti-terror task prepare documentation for transport- Filipino hostages. Islamic State group, murdered Jurgen statement. Troops have clashed with the force in the southern islands. He said the ing the body, authorities said. President The group, blamed for the nation’s Kantner, 70, last week after its demands Abu Sayyaf in recent days, leaving 29 sol- government was arranging with the Rodrigo Duterte has apologized for fail- worst terrorist attacks, has used the sup- for 30 million pesos ($600,000) were not diers injured and 14 militants’ dead, German embassy to repatriate Kantner’s ing to save Kantner and said the mili- port of local communities, millions of met. Military officials said marines found according to the military which says it body for burial. Kantner’s yacht, the tary had stepped up operations against dollars in ransom and collusion with cor- Kantner’s body on Saturday evening in has been unable to recover the bodies of Rockall, was found drifting on Nov 7 off the militants. rupt local officials to defy decades of mil- the militants’ remote southern island slain guerrillas. the southern Philippines with the body The Abu Sayyaf, established with itary operations.—AFP Malaysia arrests seven for links to militant groups KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has arrested six launch a large-scale car bomb attack using foreigners and one Malaysian for suspected a “vehicle borne improvised explosive links to militant groups including Islamic device,” before leaving to join IS in Syria, State, the police chief said yesterday. The Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Southeast Asian nation has been on high Bakar said in a statement. The two were alert since suicide bombers and gunmen part of an Islamic State cell that received linked to Islamic State launched multiple instructions from Muhammad Wanndy attacks in Jakarta, the capital of neighbor- Muhammad Jedi - a known Malaysian IS ing Indonesia, in January 2016. fighter in Syria. A grenade attack on a bar on the out- One East Asian, with a fake student visa, skirts of the Malaysian capital, Kuala had connections to an East Asian militant Lumpur, in June last year wounded eight group that sends its members to Malaysia people. Islamic State claimed responsibility before heading to Syria to join Islamic for the attacks, the first of such attacks on State, Khalid said. Four Yemenis arrested Malaysian soil. were suspected of being part of a Yemeni Malaysia has arrested hundreds over the insurgent group. They were also part of a last few years for suspected links to militant syndicate forging travel documents. Police groups. In the latest arrests made between seized multiple international passports and Feb 21 and Feb 26, one Malaysian and one 270,000 ringgit ($60,650) in cash in differ- Indonesian were detained for planning to ent currencies from the four.—Reuters Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippines MANILA: One person was killed and 41 aftershocks to hit Surigao City on injured yesterday when a powerful after- Mindanao island since a 6.5-magnitude shock hit a southern Philippine city still quake on Feb 10 left eight dead and over KUALA LUMPUR: Journalists chase a North Korean diplomatic vehicle as it leaves the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, recovering from a quake last month, 250 injured. Its epicenter was outside yesterday. —AP authorities said. The 5.9-magnitude quake Surigao City in the same area as the epi- struck the southern city of Surigao and sur- center of last month’s tremor, the govern- rounding areas, causing two houses and ment seismology office said. Kim murder thrusts North several walls to collapse, government seis- The Philippines lies on the so-called mologists and civil defense officers said. A Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region 65-year-old woman died of a heart attack where many of the world’s earthquakes Korean embassy centre stage while 41 people were treated for injuries and volcanic eruptions occur. Before the mostly caused by falling objects, civil February 10 quake, the last lethal one to hit defense officials said. the country was a 7.1-magnitude tremor Relationship between countries worsens since assassination The quake also knocked out power for that left over 220 people dead and several hours in the city of 152,000 peo- destroyed historic churches when it struck KUALA LUMPUR: North Korea’s embassy in colonial house with a North Korean flag flutter- more covert operations. A recent report by a UN ple. It was just one of over a hundred the central islands in October 2013.—AFP Kuala Lumpur has become ground zero in its ing defiantly, is situated in Kuala Lumpur’s well- Panel of Experts, identifying a front company high-profile diplomatic row with Malaysia over heeled Bukit Damansara area known for its hip- run by North Korean intelligence out of the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, providing a rare ster cafes and restaurants. For three weeks inter- Malaysia, exposed Kuala Lumpur to criticism that glimpse into the workings of the reclusive national media have been camped outside, it had been naive in its dealings with regime. On Saturday Malaysia gave the North’s awaiting the next doorstep statement and Pyongyang. “I don’t think (Malaysian authorities) ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, the watching the comings and goings of black were naive. They should know what the North latest blow to a relationship that has rapidly embassy cars and deliveries of ginseng chicken Koreans are doing in the country. They let it slip,” worsened since the estranged half-brother of soup. “This is extremely rare for a North Korean said Faisal Hazis, head of the Asian Studies North Korea’s leader was assassinated. embassy to be in the spotlight because Centre at the National University of Malaysia. The murder, carried out with the nerve Pyongyang is usually low-profile,” said Dr Roy The Vienna Convention of 1961 grants diplo- agency VX at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Rogers, from the Department of International mats and embassies protection, and some on Feb 13, and the subsequent dispute have and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya. believe the suspects will use this to avoid prose- pushed Pyongyang’s usually determinedly low- Malaysia formally established diplomatic rela- cution or arrest if they are in the embassy. “It profile diplomats into the spotlight. South Korea tions with North Korea in the boom years of the potentially can become like the Assange case,” says the North’s regime ordered the killing and 1970s. “North Korea, despite its reclusiveness is said Ibrahim, referring to Julian Assange, the Malaysia has named several North Koreans as part of the Non-Aligned Movement and founder of the secret-spilling Wikileaks website, suspects, although four of them left the country Malaysia was trying to be a leader among devel- who has found refuge at the Ecuadoran embassy on the day of the killing. There has been intense oping countries,” Ibrahim Suffian, a political ana- in London since 2012. “A lot depends on media speculation that two of the suspects may lyst with the Merdeka Centre think-tank, said. Malaysian authorities’ patience,” he added. be hiding inside the embassy. Malaysia is now hardening its stance. With Pyongyang’s envoys meanwhile have blasted Discreet meetings the ambassador’s expulsion order and the can- Malaysia’s investigation as biased and demand- “Malaysia tried to have a diplomatic footprint cellation of a rare visa-free travel deal with ed the return of the body. On Friday police larger than its actual size,” he added. As long ago North Korea, it is edging close to severing issued an arrest warrant for one of the men as 2000 the United States and North Korea held diplomatic ties. “We are closer but not equal to believed holed up in the embassy, a North abortive talks in the Malaysian capital on curb- severing ties,” said Oh Ei Sun, a senior fellow at Korean airline employee. They also requested ing the North’s missile program. Pyongyang the S Rajaratnam School of International that the other, the second secretary at the mis- opened its embassy in 2003, providing a conduit Studies in Singapore. “If they continue to make sion, assist the probe. “They (the suspects) could between it and the wider world, with Kuala baseless accusations, refuse to cooperate with be in the North Korean embassy as it is the safest Lumpur serving as a discreet meeting place for the investigations, or the investigations con- place against questioning or possible arrest,” a talks with Washington. Last October former US clude that the assassination was state-spon- senior government official, who did not want to diplomats held closed-door talks with senior sored, then indeed it could get worse diplomat- SURIGAO: A house is seen partially damaged after an earthquake struck Surigao City be named, said. The embassy, a two-storey neo- Pyongyang officials in the city. There were also ically,” he added.—AFP in the southern island of Mindanao yesterday. —AFP Deadly floods hit southern Zimbabwe

TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe: From regional drought largely induced by longer believe in traditional cus- Mbanyana village “to check out if kitchen items to livestock and even the El Nino weather phenomenon toms held Christian prayers. The everything is still OK.” Women bal- her house, Assa Mkwananzi says she killed livestock and forced people to drought has ended and now peo- ancing bags on their heads trudge has “lost it all” to floods that have hit forage for food in forests and seek ple are suffering from the down- through the mud carrying food for southern Zimbabwe. “We lost all our drinking water from parched river pour. Some people in the rural those still in the village taking care blankets, pots and cooking utensils, beds in many parts of Zimbabwe. areas of Matabeleland North of remaining livestock. our goats and chickens as well province are unable to reach the The rest of the villagers are at the because of the heavy rains,” Drought ends, downpour begins safety of clinics and schools. camp, on the lookout for a sign of Mkwananzi said in the southern dis- Desperate for rainfall, some peo- Dams have overflowed, raising the arrival of food donors. trict of Tsholotsho, about 200 kilome- ple revived a long-abandoned tra- concerns about communities living Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped govern- ters north of Bulawayo. Since dition, dating to pre-colonial times, downstream. Five bridges on major ment is already struggling to meet December, floods have killed 246 of rain-making ceremonies. In parts highways have been swept away routine commitments such as the people, injured 128 and left nearly of Zimbabwe, traditional leaders nationwide, Transport Minister payment of state workers’ salaries. 2,000 homeless, Saviour Kasukuwere, and spirit mediums, with the sup- Joram Gumbo said. In Tsholotsho, Thousands of nurses in state hospitals Zimbabwe’s minister of local govern- port of the government, led cere- homes, mainly grass-thatched huts, went on strike last week over a lack of ment, said last week. Those who have monies atop mountains and other have crumbled. Debious Sibanda, year-end bonus payments, straining survived the floods say they have sacred places to appeal to ancestral 20, is one of the few villagers who an already dire situation at the poorly lost their possessions. spirits for rain. Others who no still returns to his family’s home in resourced hospitals. —AP “The only thing we managed to save is that suitcase with a few clothes,” said Joice Ncube, another vil- lager. Like Mkwananzi, she is now housed at a camp where survivors are crammed in tents and plastic shelters and survive on charity. “We have 850 to 900 people here. They were airlift- HUE: Japan’s Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko wave to bid farewell as ed by helicopters after being they depart from the Phu Bai airport in the central city of Hue for Thailand, ending marooned,” said, Sibongile Nyoni, an their six-day long royal visit in the Southeast communist country yesterday. —AFP official with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Japan’s emperor in Thailand Development stationed at the camp. For weeks heavy rains have been pouring in Zimbabwe, especially to pay respects to late king southern parts of the country, ending BANGKOK: Japanese Emperor Akihito and forth, most recently a visit by Akihito a years’ long drought. has arrived in Bangkok to pay his respects to Thailand in 2006. This southern African country last to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Akihito, accompanied by his wife, week appealed to international following a weeklong trip to Vietnam Empress Michiko, was to lay wreathes donors for $100 million to help aimed at winning support against and sign a condolence book at the Grand those affected by the floods, which Chinese expansionism. The monarchies - Palace in Bangkok yesterday before have washed away bridges and two of a handful remaining in Asia - have meeting with King Vajiralongkorn roads and cut off some communi- maintained close ties. Bhumibol first visit- Bodindradebayavarangkun, who ascend- ties. President Robert Mugabe, cur- ed Japan in 1963, touching off a decades- ed the throne after the death of his wide- rently in Singapore for medical treat- TSHOLOTSHO: Villagers carry food and other belongings as they walk across a puddle along a flooded foot long friendship with numerous visits back ly revered father in October. —AP ment, declared the floods to be a path heading towards Sipepa flood victims camp from Mbanyana village in Tsholotsho district, in national disaster. Just last year, a Matabelaland North Province. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

In this March 4, 2017 photo, a ship floats on River Danube with the skyline of Passau, Germany in the background during sunset. From left to right are St Stephen’s Cathedral, the old city hall and St Paul’s Church. — AP Revoked citizenships to be reinstated soon Continued from Page 1 es are at the top of lawmakers’ priorities. A draft law stipu- Dutch support Muslims as lating to allow the judiciary to look into citizenship issues is He praised the efforts of the Assembly speaker and the expected to be debated by the Assembly tomorrow or on MP vows to shut mosques prime minister, adding that the discussions are serious and Wednesday amid reports that the government is objecting urged MPs against using constitutional tools at this time, to the key amendment. because these issues cannot be resolved through threats. Meanwhile, Shiite MP Khaled Al-Shatti called for return- AMSTERDAM: Hundreds of Dutch citizens met at an seems to have withered in recent days according to the Dallal said the coming few days will be decisive for the ing the citizenship of a number of Shiites whose nationali- Amsterdam mosque yesterday to show solidarity with latest polls. “We believe that what Wilders is doing is very issue, adding that returning the revoked citizenships and ties were revoked in the 1980s as part of the ongoing the country’s Muslim population, as an anti-Islam MP dangerous to our society,” Ouladali told AFP after the providing the judiciary the right to handle nationality cas- debate about returning revoked citizenships. again vowed to shut mosques and ban the Holy Quran mosque meeting, speaking in Dutch. Ineke van der Valk, should he win upcoming elections. Some 200 people a researcher at the University of Amsterdam told the representing a broad coalition against racism in The meeting that incidents of hate crimes against Muslims Netherlands gathered at the central Al-Kabir Mosque, were on the rise in The Netherlands. Since 2015 inci- Expat health fee increases ready... saying they were deeply worried about the rise of dis- dents involving discrimination have almost doubled and crimination against Muslims in the European country. there were at least 54 incidents involving mosques - like Continued from Page 1 Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said yesterday. In a “It’s very important that we make our voice heard. We threatening letters displaying Nazi symbols she said. speech during the launch of a new health center in east- as a Muslim community pose no danger whatsoever to “There has been a worrisome rise in this kind of activity The sources pointed that the entire issue of increasing ern Ahmadi, Harbi noted that the ministry is on the cusp society,” said Najem Ouladali, one of the organizers of in our country,” Van der Valk said. the fees is now on Harbi’s desk pending a meeting to be of initiating a number of key development projects, as he the meeting which also included members of Meanwhile the firebrand Wilders again vowed to held within a few days to decide on implementing it. “All revealed plans to open three new clinics this month. Amsterdam’s gay and lesbian community. “In fact, we are close mosques, should he become prime minister after health ministry facilities are ready to apply the new fees,” Moreover, he said that the ministry is in the process of victims too of Islamic extremism,” added another speak- the vote, seen as a key litmus test of the rise of populist added the sources, noting that the total revenues hospi- revamping healthcare in Ahmadi, adding that the new er, Abdou Menebhi, who chairs a Moroccan organization and far-right parties ahead of other national elections to tals collected for various services, tests and hospital stays center is a sprawling facility that stretches over 2,415 sq in The Netherlands. be held across Europe later this year. “Closing mosques is only KD 3.3 million, which is much lesser than the actu- m. He pointed out that the center is an all-encompassing Various estimates put The Netherlands’ Muslim popu- may be more difficult but you can do it,” Wilders told al cost of the services. one that contains a plethora of medical departments. The lation between 840,000 to 960,000 people, or around 5.0 journalists in an industrial suburb of Amsterdam earlier MP Hamad Al-Harshani said fee increases for health minister added that the ministry has major plans in store percent out of a population of some 17 million people. at a press meeting. “You have to change the constitution. services provided to expats is necessary, but preferred to ameliorate healthcare services in the country. Most Muslims are from Turkish or Moroccan descent, It takes time, certainly in Holland... but I am a lawmaker imposing increased rates that would not affect expats. He The ministry of health also categorically denied according to the Dutch central statistics office. and if anyone can change the constitution and propose also called for special fees for Arab expats. MP Adel Al- rumors that have gone viral on social media about a pur- Talk during the meeting, which was paused for after- this, it’s me,” Wilders said. noon prayers, constantly returned to Dutch firebrand Just 10 days before elections Wilders and his Freedom Damkhi called for briefing lawmakers on any govern- ported blood shortage in the country. Dr Reem Al- far-right MP Geert Wilders, who is campaigning ahead of Party (PVV) appears to have slipped into second place ment project to increase fees on expats, because the Radwan, in charge of blood transfusion at the ministry, elections on an anti-Islam ticket. The 53-year-old Wilders behind the Liberal party of incumbent Prime Minister matter needs meticulous study. MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa said in remarks to KUNA that Kuwait’s blood supplies are has courted controversy with his hardline anti-Islam, Mark Rutte after months of leading the opinion polls. “I has rejected increasing fees on expats entirely, arguing stable, denying reports claiming that there is shortage anti-immigrant stance and his incendiary insults against am confident we will all have excellent results,” Wilders such increases would ultimately affect citizens, because due to soaring surgeries. She was speaking on sidelines Moroccans and Turks. He has vowed in his party’s one- told a gaggle of mainly foreign journalists, referring also healthcare providers will end up increasing the prices of of the conclusion ceremony of the national blood dona- page manifesto that if elected he would ban the sale of to France’s far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen. the services they provide to citizens. tion campaign organized on the occasion of the national Qurans, close mosques and Islamic schools, shut Dutch “Even if that will not be the case, the genie will not go Meanwhile, the ministry of health is planning to open days. Up to 1,500 persons donated blood during the borders and ban Muslim migrants. back into the bottle... certainly things will change in in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers in primary health clinics, campaign. — Agencies Support however for Wilders and his extreme stance Europe,” he insisted. — AFP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 ANALYSIS

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acing a White House which has been unrelent- ing in its attacks on the media, news organiza- Ftions are struggling to find the right balance in covering President Donald Trump’s administration. Reporters and media groups are increasingly finding they are part of the story, after Trump’s denunciation of “fake news” and his branding of media groups as “the enemy of the people.” Most news organizations have promised to fulfill their responsibility to report aggressively, without being vindictive. “The goal is to be tough, but to be fair. The fairness part is an important part of the equation,” said Richard Benedetto, an adjunct profes- sor of journalism at American University who was a White House correspondent for USA Today. The White House may have some justification for claim- ing the press is unfair: an NBC survey last month found 53 percent of Americans believed the media Turkey, US on collision course over YPG was exaggerating problems in the Trump administra- tion. “There seems to be a lack of concern about being fair,” Benedetto said. “It’s become kind of per- urkey is ruling out compromise with the United testy relationship with President Barack Obama, has wel- agree,” said one Turkish official familiar with the talks. “They sonal.” Before Trump’s inauguration, Politico writer States over the involvement of Kurdish militia fighters comed Trump’s election as a chance for a fresh start. But said ‘we understand your sensitivities, we don’t recognise Jack Shafer said the press “ought to start thinking of Tin an assault in Syria, an obstacle for Washington’s the two NATO allies appear to be on a collision course over their (YPG) territorial ambitions’.” Turkey and its Syrian rebel covering Trump’s Washington like a war zone, where plan to deploy its strongest allies on the ground in a deci- strategy in Syria. force was “ready at any time to do Raqqa, after clearing al- conflict follows conflict, where the fog prevents the sive showdown with Islamic State. Donald Trump has made US Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, who Bab,” the official said. A second senior Turkish official, exas- collection of reliable information directly from the defeating Islamic State one of the key goals of his presiden- commands the US-led coalition effort against Islamic State perated at US willingness to work with a NATO ally’s ene- combatants, where the assignment is a matter of life cy, and his new administration received a draft Pentagon in Iraq and Syria, told a Pentagon news briefing on Tuesday my, said some in Washington argued they had already or death.” plan on Monday to accelerate the campaign. a role for the Kurds was still in Washington’s plan. “There invested too much in the YPG to pull out. But he said mili- Raqqa in Syria, one of Islamic State’s two de facto capi- are going to be Kurds assaulting Raqqa for sure,” he said. tary planning was still under way and US generals had “tak- Dogged, and Impartial tals along with Mosul in Iraq, is expected to be the scene of “The number, the size of them, and how many Kurdish en all this (Turkish) feedback back to Washington.” Reuters editor-in-chief Steve Adler said the news the final battle to crush the jihadists’ self-proclaimed units are participating... I can’t really say right now.” agency planned to do its job in Washington as it does Caliphate sometime this year, after a US-backed Iraqi gov- He said he had seen no evidence linking Washington’s Local Control in other countries where governments are hostile to ernment assault on Mosul already under way since October. Kurdish allies to attacks on Turkey. He did not specifically Turkey says it has another 7,000 trained Syrian rebels the press. The agency responds to difficult conditions But putting together a united ground force to take Raqqa name the YPG, which fights as part of a US-backed alliance ready on top of the 3,000-strong force active in Euphrates “by doing our best to protect our journalists, by has so far proven a confounding task in Syria, where the called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that also Shield, to which Arab fighters from the US-backed SDF recommitting ourselves to reporting fairly and hon- United States, Turkey, Russia, Iran and Arab states have all includes Arabs. Turkish officials say the links between the would be welcome. “We told them we have enough forces, estly, by doggedly gathering hard-to-get information backed local forces in a multi-sided civil war since 2011. All YPG and PKK are beyond dispute and that the group’s enough Free Syrian Army. Your generals can see them with - and by remaining impartial,” Adler said in a January the foreign powers oppose Islamic State, but their Syrian advances will fuel anti-Kurdish sentiment in predominantly their own eyes,” the first Turkish official said of the discus- memo to staff. proxies have mainly fought against one another. Arab parts of Syria such as Raqqa, and threaten Syria’s terri- sions with US counterparts. “Everything needed militarily Karen North, a professor at the University of Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO, is torial integrity. was concretely explained. They were briefed on the num- Southern California’s Annenberg School, said adamant that Washington should switch support for the bers, the strategy and the map.” objectivity has become complicated as more jour- planned Raqqa offensive from the Kurdish YPG militia to Many Alternatives One possible compromise solution may be that the nalists feel a need to connect with readers by offer- Syrian rebels Turkey has trained and led against Islamic Turkey entered Syria last August in support of a 3,000- force that assaults Raqqa, potentially including the YPG, ing personal thoughts on social media. North said State for the past year. For the US administration, nervous strong force of Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, in an opera- quickly withdraws and turns the city over to local control, some reporters feel a need to rebut the president about whether the Turkish-backed force is large enough tion called Euphrates Shield. It took Jarablus on the including the largely Arab forces backed by Turkey. “I’m not on his favorite platform, Twitter. “We have the pres- and sufficiently trained, the decision sets Trump’s wish for Euphrates river, cleared Islamic State fighters from a rough- really sure it really matters what the composition is of the ident speaking directly to the people through quick battlefield victories against the need to maintain its ly 100 km stretch of the border, then moved south to Al- force that goes there to liberate it,” said Townsend, the US strategic alliance with Turkey. Bab, a strategic town now all but secured after three commander. “What matters really in my mind is the com- Twitter,” North said. In the fast-paced Twittersphere, Ankara views the YPG as the Syrian extension of the months of fighting against Islamic State. position of the force that stays there and governs and she said, reporters are not just churning out facts but Kurdish PKK militant group, which has fought an insur- Turkey’s aim was also to stop the YPG from crossing the secures Raqqa after it’s liberated from ISIS.” A similar agree- “they’re also putting out their opinion through social gency in Turkey’s southeast since 1984 and is considered a Euphrates westwards and linking three mainly Kurdish can- ment in Manbij, some 120 km northwest of Raqqa, quickly media”. North noted that news organizations are also terrorist group by both the United States and European tons it holds in northern Syria, preventing it from carving broke down. The YPG helped capture the city from Islamic struggling for ways to keep the attention of their Union. “Our soldiers will not be fighting together with peo- out a self-governing territory analogous to Iraq’s State last year in a US-backed campaign operating under viewers and readers. “Especially with the internet, ple who shot us and killed our soldiers and are trying to kill autonomous Kurdish region. Turkey fears that would the SDF umbrella, on the understanding with Turkey that it with digital media, news has to compete with enter- us,” one senior Turkish security official, briefed on recent embolden its own large Kurdish minority to try to forge a would then withdraw. Turkey says the YPG remains in the tainment,” she said. “So there’s a huge mandate now meetings between Turkish and US strategists, told Reuters. similar territory inside Turkey. One plan Ankara has pre- city, and the Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels attacked for news to be entertaining or at least to be engaging “This message was delivered to the Americans.” sented to Washington would have a Turkish-led FSA force nearby villages held by the Kurdish militia on Wednesday, a in a way that draws attention.” President Tayyip Erdogan reinforced the point on of around 10,000 push south to Raqqa from the YPG-held spokesman for the local authorities in the city said. Turkish Tuesday, saying Turkey “cannot accept” any alliance with border town of Tal Abyad. That would roll back YPG gains officials fear their increasingly warm ties with Russia, one of Crossing a Line the YPG. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told the ruling AK and separate two of the Kurdish-dominated cantons. the main sponsors of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, New York Times public editor Liz Spayd acknowl- Party that “working side by side with any terrorist group” Washington has so far been non-committal. “We told them could also complicate their efforts to deepen battlefield edged that some reporters in their Twitter messages was out of the question. Erdogan, who had an increasingly there are many alternatives for Raqqa and they didn’t dis- alliances with the United States. — Reuters during the campaign may have gone “over the line” and cast doubt on their objectivity. Trump has tested the limits of the media meanwhile not only by attacking the press as “dishonest,” but by stretching or ignoring facts about the economy, crime, and the Trump hotel political capital of US capital probe into his own circle’s contacts with Russia dur- ing the campaign. Some newspapers, notably the t a circular booth in the middle of Then there’s also the access. Although husband, Trump adviser Jared Kushner. On through the lobby and bar. Mnuchin waved New York Times, have decided to brand Trump’s the Trump International Hotel’s bal- Trump says he is not involved in the day-to- other nights, the posh hotel is the kind of to admirers gathered in the bar as he statements “lies”. Acony restaurant, President Donald day operations of his businesses, he retains place where on a mid-February evening, strolled through after Trump’s speech. The Wall Street Journal has ordered a more Trump dined on his steak - well-done, with a financial interest in them. A stay at the you could bump into Trump television per- Mnuchin is one of the New Yorkers working restrained interpretation of Trump’s conduct, draw- ketchup - while chatting up British Brexit hotel gives someone trying to win over sonality Katrina Pierson having cocktails in Washington who call it home during the ing protests from the editorial staff against chief edi- politician Nigel Farage. A few days later, Trump on a policy issue or political decision with Lynne Patton, a former Trump week. White House economic adviser Gary tor Gerry Baker. There are no shortage of opinions on major Republican donors Doug Deason a potential chit. That’s what concerns ethics Organization executive who’s now working Cohn is another. Linda McMahon, who how the press should deal with the Trump problem. and Doug Manchester, in town for the pres- lawyers who had wanted Trump to sell off at the Department of Housing and Urban heads the Small Business Administration, Some analysts say the media should turn the other ident’s address to Congress, sipped coffee his companies as previous presidents have Development. Trump campaign and inau- also has been staying there. Administration cheek, others say they should boycott or ignore at the hotel with Rep Darrell Issa. After done. “President Trump is in effect inviting guration hands Tom Barrack, Boris officials “have been personally paying a fair Trump’s efforts. Some news organizations are step- Trump’s speech, Treasury Secretary Steven people and companies and countries to Epshteyn, Nick Ayers and Rick Gates are market rate” for their accommodations, ping up their investigative efforts. Mnuchin returned to his Washington resi- channel money to him through the hotel,” among the many who have stayed there in White House spokeswoman Lindsay Nic Dawes, a former journalist who now works dence - the hotel - and strode past the said Kathleen Clark, a former ethics lawyer recent weeks. Walters said. for Human Rights Watch, says the news industry has gigantic American flag in the soaring lobby. for the District of Columbia and a law pro- Rooms start at above $500 most nights, Even Trump’s closest friends pay to stay. a difficult task in dealing with an administration With his tiny terrier tucked under an arm, fessor at Washington University in St. Louis. according to the hotel’s website and a Billionaire Phil Ruffin, Trump’s partner for hostile to the press. Trump is seeking “to undermine Mnuchin stepped into an elevator with She said the “pay to play” danger is even receptionist. That’s up hundreds of dollars his Las Vegas residential tower, said he the basic information infrastructure of democracy. reality TV star and hotel guest Dog the greater than it would be if people wanted from when the hotel first opened, not long shelled out $18,000 per night while he was His ultimate target is accountability in the largest Bounty Hunter, who particularly enjoyed to donate to a campaign to influence a before Election Day. Patricia Tang, the in town for the inauguration, which he said sense,” Dawes said in a blog for the Columbia the Trump-stamped chocolates in his room. politician’s thinking. Spending money at a hotel’s director of sales and marketing, surprised him since he’d given $1 million to Journalism Review. “The war for freedom of the It’s just another week at the new politi- Trump property “is about personally enrich- declined to answer questions about how Trump’s inauguration committee. Ruffin press in the Trump era must be fought on many cal capital of the nation’s capital. The $200 ing Donald Trump, who happens to be the business is going. The hotel has become a says he lightly complained about the high fronts,” Dawes wrote. “If journalists insist on appear- million hotel inside the federally owned president of the United States.” The White staging area for big political events. Eric rate to the president. “He said, ‘Well, I’m ing neutral, they will avoid asking hard-edged ques- Old Post Office building has become the House strongly disputes there’s any ethical and Donald Trump Jr posed for dozens of kind of out of it.’ So I didn’t get anywhere, tions or calling a lie a lie.” — AFP place to see, be seen, drink, network - even danger in Trump’s business arrangements. selfies with admirers at the hotel that bears didn’t get my discount,” Ruffin recalled. live - for the still-emerging Trump set. It’s a their name before attending their father’s Trump’s continued ownership of his rich environment for lobbyists and anyone ‘Beautiful’ White House ceremony in late January to hotel and other businesses has spawned hoping to rub elbows with Trump-related Trump can see his hotel from the White announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as the presi- lawsuits and ethics complaints, but so far All articles appearing on these pages politicos - despite a veil of ethics questions House. When a Fox News interviewer men- dent’s pick for the Supreme Court. no action on any of them. One accommo- are the personal opinion of the writers. that hangs overhead. “I’ve never come tioned that to him recently, Trump Deason ran into the Trumps and fellow dation Trump says he is making on the through this lobby and not seen someone I responded, “Isn’t that beautiful?” But while Texas donor Gentry Beach while at a meeting ethics front is to donate profits from for- Kuwait Times takes no responsibility know,” says Deason, a Dallas-based the interviewer pointed out that he can see at the hotel that day with Trump’s campaign eign governments that spend money at his for views expressed therein. Kuwait fundraiser for Trump’s election campaign. the property from his desk in the Oval adviser Rudy Giuliani. During inauguration hotels. Last week, Kuwait’s ambassador For Republican Party players, it’s the Office, Trump said, “I’m so focused on what week, when Trump himself repeatedly visited, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah and his wife hosted Times invites readers to voice their only place to stay. “I can tell you this hotel I’m doing here that I don’t even think about the hotel was “literally the center of the uni- a reception in the hotel’s presidential ball- opinions. Please send submissions via will be the most successful hotel in it.” Still, Trump couldn’t resist the short trip verse”, Deason said. Last Tuesday, as Trump room, in what was one of the first known Washington, DC,” says Manchester, adding over there for dinner on his only weekend gave his first address to Congress, lobbyists instances of foreign money changing email to: [email protected] or that he would know because he has devel- night out in Washington since becoming and politicos watched the four large flat- hands with the hotel division of the Trump via snail mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, oped the second-largest Marriott and sec- president. A reporter for the website screens above the bar, two tuned to Fox news Organization since he became president. A ond-largest Hyatt in the world. Manchester Independent Journal Review was tipped off and two to CNN. In what hotel staff said was spokeswoman for the Trump Organization Kuwait. The editor reserves the right to says Trump’s hotel will attract people based about Trump’s dining plans and sat at a an effort to avoid some of the obvious poli- did not respond to questions about edit any submission as necessary. on its location near the White House and table near him. He noted the president’s tics of the place, the TVs were muted, so peo- whether the money from the Kuwait Congress, the quality renovation and the dinner fare and companions, who also ple followed along on their own devices. Embassy has been or will be donated. management team. included daughter Ivanka Trump and her As Trump wrapped up, applause rose Mnuchin attended. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS

Leverkusen sack Lyles and Berry set world Farah happy to be head coach Schmidt indoor bests at US champs drug-tested anywhere

NEW MEXICO: Teenager Noah Lyles ran the fastest indoor LONDON: Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he is happy to be BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen ìregretfullyî sacked coach Roger Schmidtódespite 300 metres of all-time as he and weight thrower Gwen Berry drug-tested “any time, anywhere” and for any of his historical samples to be still being in the Champions Leagueófollowing their humiliating 6-2 Bundesliga set world bests at the US championships on Saturday. Lyles, reanalysed. The Briton has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and says he thrashing at Borussia Dortmund. The 49-year-old is the ninth coach to be fired 19, clocked 31.87 seconds at high altitude Albuquerque, New has nothing to hide, after a leaked United States Anti-Doping Agency (USA- by a Bundesliga club this season. Schmidt, who took charge in July 2014, was Mexico, to clip one-hundredth of a second off fellow DA) report suggested that his coach had “almost certainly” broken anti-dop- dismissed after three straight defeats in all competitions and with Leverkusen American Wallace Spearmon’s 2006 best of 31.88. “I have been ing rules. Following more media claims at the weekend, Farah mired in mid-table. ìIn view of the current sporting development, we have doing a lot of endurance and speed work ... so I was really said in quotes reported by several British newspapers yes- come to the conclusion that a separation is painful, but unavoid- confident in what I could do,” said Lyles, one of America’s top terday that he was happy to comply with the wishes of able, for the further development of Bayer 04,î managing young sprinters. Berry unleashed a toss of 25.60 metres on her any anti-doping authority. “I’m not aware of any request,” director Michael Schade said in a statement yesterday. ìI per- final throw, bettering the previous best of 25.56m by he said. “But as I’ve said many times, I’m happy to be test- sonally very much regret this because we have a great deal American Brittany Riley in 2007. “I really injured [my back] four ed any time, anywhere and have any of my samples test- to thank Roger Schmidt for. ìDuring his term we have quali- weeks ago, and two weeks ago I wasn’t even going to come ed or retested now or at any time in the future, by any fied for the group stages of the Champions League three but I fought it out,” said Berry. World records are not recog- official body.” USADA last weekend confirmed it had com- times and he has also implemented our philosophy of nised in the two events because they are held so infrequently. piled a dossier on controversial coach Alberto Salazar developing young players into internationals and thus cre- Lyles, the 2016 world under 20 100m gold medallist, narrowly following a report accusing the athletics guru of ating lasting values.î Leverkusenís wretched recent run missed making last year’s Olympic team as he finished fourth dangerously using drugs to boost the perform- started with a 4-2 first-leg defeat at home to Atletico in the 200 at the American trials. Runner-up Paul Dedewo also ance of his athletes. Farah has remained fiercely Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions dipped under 32 seconds, finishing in 31.92 seconds, the loyal to his coach, who has denied all accusa- League on February 21.— AFP third-fastest time ever indoors.—Reuters tions of wrongdoing. —AFP

GOLF Justin Thomas makes an ace, takes lead in Mexico

MEXICO CITY: Justin Thomas made a ures to be up in the thin air. That might hole-in-one and surged into the lead even include Jordan Spieth, who set the with a 5-under 66 on a Saturday of high course record with an 8-under 63 and was entertainment in the Mexico among a dozen players within five shots of Championship. Thomas hit a 6-iron from the lead. 239 yards that one-hopped into the cup It starts with Thomas, the 23-year-old on the par-3 13th. He added a pair of who already has three victories in this PGA birdies that gave him a one-shot lead Tour wraparound season, two of them at over Dustin Johnson, with Phil Mickelson the start of the year in Hawaii. He was and Rory McIlroy right behind. hanging around the leaders when he made Such a world-class leaderboard should his hole-in-one on the 13th. have been enough to delight the crowd at “It looked perfect,” he said. “I think I said, Chapultepec Golf Club. There was so much ‘Go in.’ You might as well say it,” Thomas more. Johnson, in his debut at No. 1 in the said while watching the shot on a TV moni- world, was tied for the lead when his sec- tor. “I haven’t hit too many shots exactly ond shot on the 16th got stuck in a tree. He how I wanted. I liked this result.” walked back to the original spot and hit the Lee Westwood, who has played in more next one to 15 feet, and the ball fell out of World Golf Championships than anyone the tree as he was walking to the green. He since they began in 1999, shot 31 on the made the putt to salvage a bogey and shot back nine for a 66 and was three behind, 66. “It happens,” Johnson said, and no one along with Spanish rookie Jon Rahm, who knows that better. Mickelson didn’t hit a had a 67. fairway on the back nine until the 16th hole Mickelson’s caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, and at one point took as many drops as he was back to work after coping with a stom- had birdies. Even so, Lefty managed to ach virus on Friday. He didn’t walk a make three straight birdies until closing straight line the way Mickelson was hitting with a bogey for a wild round of 68. it off the tee. During one stretch, Mickelson He was two shots behind, along with hit one out of eight fairways. He only hit McIlroy, who didn’t make a birdie over his four fairways and eight greens for the last seven holes and shot 70. At nearly round, and he still managed to go into yes- JEONGSEON: Italy’s Sofia Goggia, center, celebrates with second placed United States’ Lindsey Vonn, left, and the third placed lovenia’sS Ilka 7,800 feet of elevation, the final round fig- terday just two shots off the lead. —AP Stuhec after winning the women’s World Cup Super G race at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeongseon, South Korea, yesterday. — AP

ALPINE SKIING BADMINTON Aneef, Bastian lifts double crown Goggia edges Vonn for second in 6th IBAK-Pizzahut Master’s Cup day on 2018 Olympic course Ilayaraja claims singles title JEONGSEON: Sofia Goggia edged Lindsey Vonn means a lot to me.” Vonn, who is still progressing Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia had to settle for third KUWAIT: The 6th IBAK - Pizzahut Master’s Runner up: Abhilash, Ajay+Kumar, Karthik into second place at a World Cup event for the on her comeback after breaking her arm last place, on consecutive days, finishing 0.53 sec- Cup was held on February 23 and 24 at Semifinalist: Sumesh, Addison+Sumesh, second time in two days, winning the Super-G at November, has not won a Super-G at a World onds behind Goggia in the Super-G on the 1.99- IBAK Gym, Salwa. Master’s Cup is the most Arden Paul the 2018 Olympic course yesterday to follow her Cup event since January last year. kilometer (1 1/4 mile) course. prestigious of domestic badminton tourna- Semifinalist: Balasubramaniyam, victory in the downhill. “Of course, I am disappointed to be a few Stuhec moves to first place in the season ments in Kuwait. Over 200 players from Parthasarthy+Parthasarthy, Jayanth Goggia of Italy finished 0.04 seconds ahead hundredths from two wins but I always feel like standings ahead of Tina Weirather of over 10 different nationalities participated of Vonn in the Super-G, 24 hours after beating in skiing, the luck will come back to you,” Vonn Leichenstein, who placed ninth here on Sunday, in this year’s edition. Over a hundred volun- Flight 3 - Open Doubles Intermediate the 32-year-old American by 0.07 in the downhill said. “I am hoping that next year, that luck can to lead the race for the Super-G crystal globe teers and six hundred spectators made this Winner: Bancud, Melvin+Rivera, Ryan to capture her career first World Cup win. come back and I can be on the top podium.” with a round remaining. Goggia moved to fifth event a grand success. Runner up: Dinesh Ram+Kunnil, Thomas J Prior to this weekend, which is also serving as Vonn is looking forward to returning to the spot. Stuhec also leads the season downhill The event was inaugurated by Ms Semifinalist: Ramesh, Dhruva+Siraj, Adnan a test event for the Jeongseon Alpine Centre course, located around 214 kilometers (133 standings ahead of the last event in Aspen later Yasmin, Marketing manager Pizza Hut, in Semifinalist: Behnan, Pradeep+Malayil, Shibu ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, miles) east of Seoul, next February for the this month. “I know the chances are good for me the presence of Dr Manimara Chozhan, Goggia had nine podium finishes without taking Olympics. “The main point of this weekend is now but we still have one more race to go in Chairman IBAK, KT Chandrahas, General Flight 2 - Mens Doubles Advance center-spot. “I really like the course,” Goggia said. that I am confident on this hill,” she said. “I really each event,” Stuhec said. “I also have to fight for Secretary IBAK, Saravanan, Tournament “I tried to push as hard as I could ... this win like it. I know what I can do to be faster.” it and just do my best.” —AP Director, Prasad Thandassery, Joint Winner: Joy, Subin K+Varghees, Subin Tournament Director and Ms Aisha, Runner up: Aktar, Arif Sayed+Singh, Vikas Assistant Marketing Manager Pizzahut. Semifinalist: Mathew, Joby+Punnackal, The qualifying and preliminary league Sajeev round robin started on the 23rd and the Semifinalist: Chandran, Sayju+Rawat, Anikit Park wins Women’s Champions finals were played on the 24th. This year’s Masters Cup saw fierce competition and Flight 1- Mens Doubles Professional sprung out several surprise finalists. Winner: James, Bastian+Latheef, Aneef K with putting masterclass Runner up: Ajayakumar, Sayooj+Paul, Sanil This year’s Master’s Cup was played in Semifinalist: Farooqi, Abdul SINGAPORE: South Korea’s Park In-Bee put on a her second in Singapore. “He’s 83 this year and ber two and reigning British Women’s Open five categories . Jabbar+Kalliparambil, Badar putting masterclass to win the LPGA’s Women’s he’s very dedicated. Last week, I played 28 holes champion, was level with Park after 10 holes and 1. Flight 1 doubles - Professional Semifinalist: Putra, Gede+Rezka, Nanang 2. Flight 2 doubles- Advanced Champions tournament yesterday after one day and he followed too,” Park said. “He said she was awed by how well the South 3. Flight 3 doubles- Intermediate overnight leader Michelle Wie blew her chances always comes to the green. My husband and my Korean played. “She’s the best player,” said Singles 4. Flight 4 doubles- Lower intermediate level when she four-putted for double bogey. dad, they always take the shortcut but he Jutanugarn. “I learnt a lot from her. She’s very Winner: Ilayaraja 5. Open Singles Park shot a superb final round of eight-under doesn’t take the shortcut. He’s just that into my calm. I feel like she makes every putt. I don’t Runner up: Kalliparambil, Badar 64 to finish at 19-under 269 and capture her first game.” Park made her only bogey of the day on think she missed one today.” Winners Semifinalist: Farooqi, Abdul Jabbar title since her gold medal at last year’s Rio the 18th when she hit her approach into a Park, playing in the penultimate group with Flight 4 - Open Doubles Lower Semifinalist: James, Bastian Olympics. Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand finished greenside bunker, but still managed to break the Jutanugarn and Jang, had to endure a longer Intermediate The prizes were given away by the second at 18-under after closing with a 66, while course record for the new Tanjong layout at the than expected wait before receiving her winner’s Winner: Carandang, Jimmy+Julius, Marc Executive committee members of IBAK. rising South Korean star Park Sung-Hyun was a Sentosa Golf Club. “My putting was amazing trophy when play was halted for 50 minutes just further two strokes back in third after a fourth today, obviously,” Park said. “Yesterday I was real- moments after she finished her round. successive 68. Wie led by two strokes after ly disappointed with my putter. I couldn’t make Organisers ordered play stopped because of birdieing the third and fourth holes but lost her any putts yesterday and obviously I made up for lightning in the area, with just the final grouping place at the top of the leaderboard when she it today. “Pretty much everything I looked at of Sung, Wie and Ko still on the course but out of four-putted from within 12 feet for a double- wanted to drop in.” Jutanugarn, the world num- contention. —AFP bogey 7 on the par-5th. The American closed with a 72 to finish tied for fourth at 14-under alongside Canada’s Brooke Henderson (66) and last year’s winner Jang Ha-Na (69). “Overall, I can’t complain, but right now it stings a little bit,” Wie said. “Obviously I wanted to walk away with the tro- phy, but there’s so many leaps and strides for- ward that I made this week. I’m really proud of myself.” The world number one Lydia Ko also shot 72 in her last round to end up in joint ninth. The New Zealand teenager has not won since July last year, a drought by her normally impec- cable standards, and is trying to find her best after switching her coach, caddie and clubs. Park was playing just her second tournament after taking a six-month break to recover from a thumb injury. But she showed no signs of rusti- ness as she reeled off nine birdies in 13 holes between the 5th and 17th holes to open up a decisive gap over a star-studded field featuring 19 of the world’s top 20 players. With her grandfather following her progress from the galleries, the seven-time major winner knocked in an astonishing sequence of long putts, including one from almost 30 feet on the SINGAPORE: Inbee Park of South Korea poses with her trophy after winning the HSBC Women’s 17th that proved decisive, to capture her 27th Champions golf tournament held at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course yesterday, in professional title, her 18th on the LPGA Tour and Singapore. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS

Woodley edges Thompson, keeps belt in dull fight at UFC 209

LAS VEGAS: Although the sequel had the excitement of their memorable two judges scored the bout 48-47 for crowd. Woodley landed a takedown in was hospitalized while struggling to nowhere near the drama of the original, majority draw last November. Woodley Woodley, with a third seeing it 47-47. the third, and Thompson did damage make weight. The unbeaten Russian was both fights ended with Tyron Woodley’s put on a cautious, tactical fight until he “Disappointed, man,” Thompson said. with kicks in the fourth, but neither con- scheduled to fight Tony Ferguson for the hands on the UFC welterweight belt. caught Thompson with a right hand late, “Worked my whole life to get here. I tender produced anything resembling interim lightweight title. Woodley retained his 170-pound title landing several big shots on the ground. thought I won the fight, but you can’t the urgency expected by the fans, who The UFC hoped the card could make with a desultory majority decision over “It wasn’t the most exciting fight, like leave it in the judges’ eyes.” took to chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” in up for the loss of those two all-action Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC you guys were used to the last time,” Woodley and Thompson both fought the fifth. Woodley eventually obliged, fighters, but the main event wasn’t great. 209 on Saturday night. Alistair Overeem Woodley said. “Sometimes chess is move with abandon and got themselves into and it might have swung the entire fight Earlier on the pay-per-view portion of also stopped Mark Hunt in the third by move. ... When you fight someone for dangerous positions in their first bout in in his favor. Woodley landed 66 total the UFC 209 card, veteran Dutch kick- round of an entertaining heavyweight the second time, it’s like a chess match, New York but survived for only the third strikes to Thompson’s 42, and the champ boxer Overeem (42-15) flattened Hunt to bout at T-Mobile Arena, and Rashad you don’t want to give up anything. I draw in a title fight in UFC history. had the fight’s only takedown. bounce back solidly from his knockout Evans debuted at middleweight with a knew that his game plan was going to be “I guess it doesn’t matter what the “He’s a tough kid,” Woodley said. “I loss to Stipe Miocic in his heavyweight split-decision upset loss to 39-year-old to keep it on the outside and not let me first fight was like,” UFC President Dana rocked him, and that’s the round that title shot last September. Australian judoka Daniel Kelly. get in close because that’s where I do the White said. “The second fight can be not probably got me the win.” Overeem also fought through food Until the final 30 seconds of their five- most damage, and he did a great job. He as good.” The rematch opened with two The UFC 209 card lost one of the poisoning that sent him to the hospital round rematch, Woodley (17-3-1) and made it very hard to get it in close.” action-free rounds as both fighters sized year’s most anticipated bouts one day on the night before this fight, although Thompson (13-2-1)failed to recapture Thompson made it to the bell, but each other up amid boos from the Vegas earlier when Khabib Nurmagomedov he didn’t reveal it. —AP

NHL Backstrom’s power-play goal lifts Capitals over Flyers

WASHINGTON: Nicklas Backstrom scored a STARS 2, PANTHERS 1 power-play goal in overtime to lift the John Klingberg scored the winning goal Washington Capitals over the Philadelphia with 1:07 left and the Dallas Stars beat the Flyers 2-1 on Saturday night and extend Florida Panthers. Klingberg shot from the their franchise-record home winning streak right circle and the puck went high into the to 15. Backstrom ended the Capitals’ pow- net over the shoulder of James Reimer. The er-play frustrations by beating Steve Mason Stars won for the fourth time in six games. 3:25 into overtime for his 20th goal of the Jamie Benn also scored a goal and had an season. It came with Flyers defenseman assist for Dallas. Kari Lehtonen made 41 Michael Del Zotto in the penalty box for saves. Tyler Seguin had two assists. holding, the 12th minor penalty of the Jonathan Huberdeau scored the Panthers’ game. Dmitry Orlov also scored for NHL- goal. Reimer made 32 saves for Florida, leading Washington, which got 30 saves which has lost five of its past six. from Braden Holtby. Mason stopped 22 of 24 shots, while Sean Couturier snapped out SENATORS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 of his offensive slump to score Zack Smith scored a short-handed goal Philadelphia’s goal. The Flyers went 0 for 6 in the third period and the Ottawa Senators on the power play and are 0 for 15 this sea- beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. Viktor son against the Capitals. Stalberg got his first goal since joining the Senators ahead of Wednesday’s trade dead- BLACKHAWKS 5, PREDATORS 3 line. Erik Karlsson scored his 11th of the Brian Campbell scored with 1:05 remain- season and Craig Anderson made 25 saves. ing to lead the Chicago Blackhawks over the Brandon Saad and Sam Gagner scored for Nashville Predators for their seventh straight the Blue Jackets. Joonas Korpisalo played win. Patrick Kane scored twice, including an just his eighth game this season and made empty-netter after Campbell’s goal, and 24 saves. This was the first regulation loss Jordin Tootoo and Jonathan Toews also for Columbus in five games (3-1-1). scored for Chicago. Corey Crawford made 32 saves. Viktor Arvidsson scored twice and Calle Jarnkrok also had a goal for Nashville, JETS 6, AVALANCHE 1 LONDON: British boxer David Haye (L) goes on the offensive against compatriot Tony Bellew (R) during their heavyweight boxing match at the which has lost two straight. Blake Wheeler and Nikolaj Ehlers each O2 Arena in London on Saturday. Tony Bellew stunned bitter rival David Haye to win their eagerly-awaited heavyweight clash with an 11th had a goal and two assists, leading the round stoppage. — AFP CANADIENS 4, RANGERS 1 Winnipeg Jets past the Colorado Carey Price made 26 saves and the Avalanche. Making his 10th straight start in BOXING Montreal Canadiens extended their win- goal, Connor Hellebuyck almost had his ning streak to five games with a victory second straight shutout for the Jets until over the New York Rangers. Shea Weber, Gabriel Landeskog scored with 15.4 sec- Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw and Jordie onds left in the game. He made 22 saves a Benn scored for the Canadiens, who are in Bellew stuns Haye with day after he had a 29-save shutout against first place in the Atlantic Division. Max the St. Louis Blues. Patrik Laine scored his Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk each had NHL rookie-leading 32nd goal, Mark two assists for Montreal, which has won six Scheifele had his 27th, Ehlers notched his of seven. That streak started with a 21st and Wheeler his 20th. Ben Chiarot 11th-round stoppage shootout win over the Rangers on Feb. 21 added his first goal of the season in his at Madison Square Garden. Chris Kreider 53rd game, and Jacob Trouba had his sixth. scored and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 LONDON: Tony Bellew humbled his bitter away from danger. landed clean shots at will. In the 11th, Haye was saves for the Rangers, who have lost three OILERS 4, RED WINGS 3 British rival David Haye with a shock 11th round Haye stumbled back to his corner at the end sent through the ropes by a combination and of their past four. Connor McDavid had a goal and an win in a non-title heavyweight fight at the O2 in of the seventh like a drunk at times as Bellew McGuigan had seen enough. —AFP assist and the Edmonton Oilers started an London on Saturday. Former WBA world heavy- BRUINS 3, DEVILS 2 eight-game homestand with a victory over weight champion Haye suffered a suspected Ryan Spooner scored midway through the Detroit Red Wings. Zack Kassian, Jordan snapped Achilles tendon in the sixth round, WBA champion Thurman wins the third period to lift the Boston Bruins leaving him an easy target as he stumbled and Eberle and Patrick Maroon also scored for over the New Jersey Devils for their eighth limped around the ring for second half of the the Oilers, who have won two games in a welterweight unification bout victory in 10 games under interim coach fight. Unable to move away from Bellew’s blows, row. Cam Talbot stopped 22 shots. Anthony Bruce Cassidy. Brandon Carlo and Torey Haye got up from a count in the seventh round NEW YORK: WBA champ Keith Thurman always seem to land one or two good punches Mantha, Darren Helm and Dylan Larkin Krug also scored for the Bruins, and backup and bravely battled on until he was knocked out defeated Danny Garcia by a split decision in the closing seconds of each round. scored for the Red Wings, who have lost goalie Anton Khudobin stopped 15 shots. of the ring in the 11th round. Saturday night to claim the WBC welterweight Thurman landed more power punches two straight. McDavid blazed past a pair of Cassidy took over for fired coach Claude As he was climbing back into the ring, Haye’s belt in a unification clash between a pair of (102-81) and jabs (45-41) than Garcia. He felt defenders and beat goalie Petr Mrazek on Julien on Feb. 7. Kyle Palmieri and Devante trainer Shane McGuigan threw in the towel to unbeaten champions. Thurman successfully he did enough in the first nine rounds to slow the backhand for his 22nd goal of the sea- Smith-Pelly had goals for the Devils, who the stop the fight. Haye afterwards called for a defended his title for the third time, winning a the tempo down the rest of the way. son just two minutes into the game. dropped their sixth straight (0-4-2) as their rematch after a third career loss in his 31st fight tactical defensive struggle by scores of 116- “I was not giving the fight away. I felt like playoff hopes continue to fade. Cory which has shattered his hopes of facing one of 112, and 115-113 on two of the judges’ score- we had a nice lead and we could cool down,” Schneider made 37 saves. CANUCKS 4, KINGS 3 the world heavyweight champions in the next cards. The other judge had it 115-113 for he said. “I felt like we were controlling the Sven Baertschi scored twice, Ryan Miller 12 months. Garcia. “Ain’t no robberies happening tonight,” three-minute intervals in every round. LIGHTNING 2, SABRES 1, SO made 41 saves and the Vancouver Canucks Bellew, the reigning WBC world cruiserweight said Thurman, who improved to 28-0 with 22 “There was some tough rounds, but at the Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov ended a four-game losing streak by hold- champion who stepped up a division, enjoyed knockouts. Saturday’s matchup between the end of the day I knew I did what I had to do to scored in a shootout and the Tampa Bay ing on for a win over the Los Angeles Kings. silencing Haye’s pre-fight taunts and claimed: 28-year-old Americans was only the third time win.” Garcia suffered his first loss in 34 fights. Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres. Tyler Henrik Sedin had a goal, Nikolay Goldobin “I’m the most valuable heavyweight in the world in history that two undefeated fighters fought He was warned for a low blow in the seventh Johnson scored in regulation for the scored in his Canucks debut and Bo Horvat outside the world champions.” to unify welterweight world titles and the first round. At the end of the 11th he seemed con- Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 had three assists as Vancouver won in regu- Bellew said he would be willing to meet Haye since Oscar de la Hoya faced Felix Trinidad in fused and headed to the wrong corner before saves as Tampa Bay bounced back on the lation for just the second time in its last again at Goodison Park, home of Everton foot- 1999. Thurman is the first fighter in the divi- Thurman tapped him on the shoulder and second night of a back-to-back after losing nine games. Trevor Lewis and Anze Kopitar ball club. Among many insults which included sion to hold multiple titles since Floyd pointed him in the right direction. 5-2 in Pittsburgh on Friday. Ryan O’Reilly each scored a power-play goal, Alec the threat to “hospitalise” Bellew, Haye said he Mayweather held the WBA, WBC and WBO had a goal and Robin Lehner made 31 Martinez scored a short-handed goal and would quickly knock out his opponent in the belts after defeating Manny Pacquiao in 2015. SHRUGS OFF LOSS saves for Buffalo, which has lost four of five Ben Bishop made 17 saves in his home non-title heavyweight bout. Few predicted “I thought I outboxed him. I thought it was Garcia thought he had won the fight rais- - and all three meetings with Tampa Bay debut for Los Angeles, which missed out on “Bomber” Bellew would pull off an upset and a clear victory,” Thurman said. “You heard the ing his hands in victory after the first two this season. The Sabres were without lead- a chance to move three points ahead of St. bookmakers made him 4-1 to win, with Haye a scorecards. I knew it had to go to me. “This is scores were announced then shrugging off ing scorer Kyle Okposo, who has injured Louis for the second wild card in the long odds-on betting favourite at 1/6 on. your boy Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman and still the defeat as Thurman celebrated another title ribs and will be out at least a week. Western Conference. —AP champion of the world. One time became defence. “I came up short tonight but I gave it THIRD CAREER LOSS ‘Two Time’ baby.” my all,” Garcia said. “I thought I was the aggres- Bellew, who stepped up a division to face There were no knockdowns as the 12- sor. I pushed the pace of the fight. Haye, a former world champion at cruiserweight round fight at the Barclays Center turned into “I came to fight and it didn’t go my way-oh and heavyweight, profited from Haye’s injury a strategic battle. Thurman was the aggressor, well.” Thurman is now 7-0 with three knock- but had shown promise in the early rounds. scoring early then staying out of trouble in the outs in world title fights. He’s hoping the victo- Haye, who flew to Germany earlier in the final rounds for the victory. ry brings a shot at Filipino superstar Pacquiao week to see a specialist about his Achilles, brave- Garcia went long moments without throw- or Britain’s Kell Brook, the International Boxing ly fought on through the pain but his hopes of ing a punch, content to wait for Thurman to Federation champion who is 36-1 with 25 another big pay day are now in serious doubt attack then try to counter. But Thurman knockouts. —AFP after a third career loss. Four times Bellew was able to get to Haye and a left hook knocked the Londoner off bal- ance. Haye, 36, who was last world heavyweight champion in 2011, missed with a lot of punches in the opener but had more success in the sec- ond. Bellew, 34, who weighed in nearly a stone lighter than 16-stone (101 kg) Haye, caught Haye with right hands in the third when his rival missed with shots. After failing to stop it early, Haye continued to try to land the one big knockout punch and in the fourth he nearly did it with a right and left to the jaw that shook Bellew. Bellew did well to back pedal away from trou- ble but was caught by another big right on the ropes in the fifth round. But the fight turned in the sixth round when Haye slipped, perhaps on some water, and appeared to damage his right Achilles. After twice falling to the canvas, which were ruled no knockdowns, Haye was left limping around the ring and an easy target for Bellew who forced a legitimate knockdown later in the NEW YORK: Danny Garcia congratulates Keith Thurman after losing a split decision WASHINGTON: Wayne Simmonds #17 of the Philadelphia Flyers slides into goalie round. Haye refused to pull out at the end of the against him for the WBA/WBC Welterweight unification Championship at the Barclays Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals in the first period at Verizon Center on round but it was just target practice for Bellew in Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday in New York City. —AFP Saturday in Washington, DC. — AFP the seventh round with Haye unable to move MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS

Minnows Bangladesh see best chance to beat Sri Lanka

DHAKA: Bangladesh will be hoping to ing both. Sri Lanka have a good record at the tourists will not get ahead of them- Test at Galle during a previous visit in (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Niroshan improve their woeful away record with a home and beat Australia 3-0 in the last selves and are cautious of Sri Lanka’s 2013. “We were fortunate to get over the Dickwella, Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de win against an under-strength Sri Lankan series they hosted in August 2016. But impressive home record. line on that occasion. They have a few Silva, Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne, side when a two-Test series against the some heavyweight stars have pulled up The hosts have won their last five Tests players who were part of that squad still Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, hosts gets underway in Galle tomorrow. stumps, something the tourists hope to on home soil and will be captained by playing for Bangladesh and this will be Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Vikum The Test minnows have won just three of capitalise on. experienced left-arm spinner Rangana another competitive series,” he said. Sanjaya Bandara, Dilruwan Perera, their 45 away matches-two against the “This is probably our best chance to Herath, who replaces injured regular The second Test in Colombo from Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda West Indies in 2009 and one against beat Sri Lanka,” said Bangladesh captain Angelo Mathews. March 15-19 will be Bangladesh’s 100th Pushpakumara. Bangladesh :Mushfiqur Zimbabwe in 2013 — but have shown Mushfiqur Rahim. The Sri Lankan cricket board did not since gaining full status 17 years ago. Rahim (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, considerable improvement since their last “Maybe they are inexperienced after say why Mathews was dropped, but he The teams are also scheduled to play Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib victory abroad. At home, Bangladesh several retirements. We will try to match returned home last month halfway three 50-over One-Day Internationals Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sabbir have won four Tests since 2014, drawn five them.” Bangladesh will be buoyed by the through the South African tour after twist- before facing off for two Twenty20 Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, and conceded only three. They showed return of paceman Mustafizur Rahman, ing his ankle. Sri Lanka coach Graham Internationals at the tail-end of the tour, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mosaddek impressive recent form against India and who has not played a Test since his debut Ford said he expects a tough series which wraps up on April 6. Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Subashis New Zealand in away matches despite los- series against South Africa in 2015. But against Bangladesh, who drew their first Sri Lanka squad: Rangana Herath Roy, Rubel Hossain. — AFP

TENNIS Querrey shocks Nadal to lift ATP Acapulco title

ACAPULCO: Unseeded American Sam backhand were great and my serve bailed Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael me out of trouble when I needed it.” Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win the Nadal, playing his first tournament since ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard’s falling to Roger Federer in five sets in the run of perfection in Acapulco. Australian Open final, was denied his first Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired hard court title since Doha in 2014. 19 aces, backed up by powerful, precise Querrey surrendered just four points on groundstrokes, en route to his first career his serve in the opening set and he broke victory over Nadal in five meetings. The Nadal at love to seize a 5-3 advantage. He Spaniard, the 2005 and 2013 champion, served it out comfortably, firing a forehand had never even lost a set in Acapulco. winner on his second set point after just “I’m ecstatic,” Querrey said. “To do it half an hour. against Rafa makes it even a little sweeter.” Nadal made more inroads in the second Querrey captured his ninth ATP title in an set, but couldn’t convert any of his six break impressive week that saw him beat four chances. That included five in the eighth top-10 players-Belgian David Goffin, game-three of which Querrey neutralized Austrian Dominic Thiem, Australian Nick with aces. They went on serve to the Kyrgios and sixth-ranked Nadal. tiebreaker, where Nadal faltered first. He’s projected to return to the top 30 in A brace of baseline errors from Nadal the world rankings today. “It’s definitely a gave Querrey a 6-3 lead and a chance to tournament that I’m going to remember for serve for the title, with Nadal sending a the rest of my forehand long on the American’s first life,” Querrey said. “It’s just one of those match point. weeks where I got in the zone and every- “He played very well, almost reaching thing was working for me. I hope I can have perfection,” Nadal said. “I played under a lot more like this. of pressure because of his serve and base- “After the match against Goffin, I knew I line game. He left me with very few could go far here if I continued to play at options, and the few I had he also played that level,” he added. “My forehand and good.” —AFP BANGALORE: Australian batsman Matthew Renshaw (R) is watched by India’s wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (L) as he plays a shot during the second day of the second cricket Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. —AFP

CRICKET Marsh and Renshaw give Australia edge in 2nd Test

BANGALORE: Opener Matt Renshaw said man- aging a challenging pitch would be the key to SCOREBOARD defeating India after his dogged half-century helped Australia take a crucial first-innings lead BANGALORE, India: Scoreboard at stumps on day two of the second Test between India and Australia in Bangalore in the second Test yesterday. on yesterday. The left-hander, who started the day on 15, made a 196-ball 60 before Shaun Marsh struck India 1st innings 189 (L. Rahul 90, K. Nair 26; N. Lyon 8-50) M. Starc not out 14 Australia 1st innings (overnight 40-0; D. Warner 23 not Extras (b8, lb2, nb5) 15 another half-century for the visitors on a gru- out, M. Renshaw 15 not out) elling second day in Bangalore. Total (6 wickets; 106 overs) 237 D. Warner b Ashwin 33 To bat: S. O’Keefe, N. Lyon, J. Hazlewood Australia were 237 for six at stumps on the M. Renshaw st Saha b Jadeja 60 Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Warner), 2-82 (Smith), 3-134 second day, leading India by 48 runs at M S. Smith c Saha b Jadeja 8 (Renshaw), 4-160 (Handscomb), 5-163 (M. Marsh), 6- Chinnaswamy Stadium. Matthew Wade on 25 S. Marsh c Nair b Yadav 66 and Mitchell Starc on 14 were at the crease. P. Handscomb c Ashwin b Jadeja 16 220 (S. Marsh) “It was a grind. The plan was to try and bat as M. Marsh lbw b Sharma 0 Bowling: Sharma 23-6-39-1 (3nb), Yadav 24-7-57-1 (1nb), long as possible and wear the Indian bowlers M. Wade not out 25 Ashwin 41-10-75-1, Jadeja 17-1-49-3, Nair 1-0-7-0. down,” 20-year-old Renshaw told reporters. “We know that the fourth innings chase is he and Wade put on 57 for the sixth wicket. and Shaun Marsh, then we could have had com- going to be quite hard out there. Hopefully we plete control of the game.” get a substantial lead out there and the bowlers RUNS AT A TRICKLE Runs came at a trickle in the morning session, can do a successful job, like they did in the first.” Marsh had his share of luck, surviving a few with the visitors scoring just 47 in 29 overs as Marsh top-scored with a gritty 66 before close calls against the Indian bowlers, including two of their top batsmen Warner (33) and Smith Indian seamer Umesh Yadav lured him into a nicking a Yadav delivery on 14 off the glove. The were sent back to the pavilion. Ashwin bowled tired-looking shot that was caught at short mid- appeal was turned down and India did not opt Warner to get the opener for an eighth time in wicket just before close of play. for the review. 12 Tests, while Smith battled hard for 52 deliver- Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed Earlier Renshaw put on 52 runs with Marsh to ies before being caught by Saha off a wily three wickets, including the key scalps of keep the Indian attack temporarily at bay as runs Jadeja. The morning was enlivened by banter Australia skipper Steve Smith (8) and Renshaw came at a miserly rate of roughly two an over. between the lanky Sharma and Smith, who trad- on a pitch that offered variable bounce. The left-handed opener, who had scored 68 ed barbs as the day progressed, with Indian skip- Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Yadav, with a in the first innings in Pune, looked ready to take per Virat Kohli also exchanging a few words with wicket each, unsettled the visiting batsmen but off after hitting Jadeja for the first six of the the Aussie batsmen. regular partnerships helped Australia surpass match, but the bowler got his revenge two balls Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said India India’s first-innings score of 189. later. Jadeja saw Renshaw emerge from his would have a better game plan in their second Renshaw cited problems with variable crease and fired the ball down the leg side. innings and were still very much in the match. bounce. “It was probably a bit harder against the Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha completed the “We have already seen the ball is keeping low. quicks because it’s not bouncing as much, and stumping in quick time. They have to bat in the last innings... we will put some (balls) are going up, so I think that chal- “We felt like we were just about to get on top up a better show in the next innings,” said Pujara. ACAPULCO: Sam Querrey of the US celebrates with the trophy after beating Rafael lenge is probably the biggest,” he said. Australia of the game when I got out, so it was quite frus- The visitors lead the four-match series 1-0 after Nadal of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) in the ATP men’s singles finals of the Mexican Tennis were faltering at the tea break on 163-5, but trating from that point of view,” said Renshaw. beating India in the first Test in Pune inside three Open in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on Saturday. —AFP Marsh returned to score his sixth Test fifty while “If we had probably got a few more runs, me days. — AFP Kuwait 8th Open Tennis Tournament

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait 8th Open Tennis Tournament continues with heavy participation of players both citizens and expats in various groups. In the Under 11 category Abdelrahman Al-Abdallah defeated Mohammad Al-Falakawi 9-2, Fahad Al-Ameera defeated Hamza Al-Sibzali 9-0, Haidar Al-Saleh defeated Fahad Al-Daihani 9-3, Abdallah Dihrab defeated Antonios Al-Samrani 9-1, Abdallah Al-Sarhan defeated Khalid Al- Mutairi 9-0 and Essa Murad defeated Eszzeldien Kamal 9-0. Abdelaziz Khalid defeated Mohammad Qalli 9-5, Hadi Sabah defeated Hamad Al-Khashnam 9-1, and Ahmad Al- Humaidan defeated Adballah Al-Nasser 9-0. In the Under 13 category Mohammad Bu Abbas defeat- ed Hazim Abu Salem 6-4, 6-2, Bader Al-Sarraf defeated Dhari Al-Naqeeb 6-0, 6-0 and Salman Taher defeated Al- Faisal Saleem 6-0. In the men singles Dawood Sayyed Hashim defeated Anand Ramakrishnan 6-0, 6-0, Ali Al-Qallaf defeated Hussein Behbehani 6-1, 6-2, Abdelrahman Burahma defeat- ed Ahmad Abdelaziz 6-2, 6-1 Abdallah Al-Qallaf defeated Tariq Al-Qaderi 6-0, 6-0, Mohammad Al-Failakawi defeated Ali Daalah 7-5, 6-1 and Hussein Shams defeated Mohammad Al-Quzuq 6-3, 6-1. In the pioneers above 55 doubles Mubarak Redha and Andy Soldmon defeated Khalid Tubailah and Shikar Shitti 6-2, 6-2. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS England stuns US women 1-0 in SheBelieves Cup soccer

HARRISON: While Jill Ellis never wants to decision to France on Wednesday on a goal see the United States women’s soccer team on the final kick of the contest. lose a game, the coach believes good England manager Mark Sampson said things can come out of a setback, especial- everyone contributed. ly in an event without a major prize. “It’s got to be to win in America,” he said. Such was the case Saturday when sub- “There’s not been too many teams to do stitute Ellen White scored on a rebound in that. They have a very proud home record, close in the 89th minute and England so to come here and win is an important stunned the Americans 1-0 in the second result for us. I’m just really proud of the round of the SheBelieves Cup at Red Bulls team on the back of that France defeat.” Arena before a sellout crowd of 26,500. Until the goal, it appeared it would be a “I think sometimes you fail, the lesson scoreless draw. Neither team had a good hits home harder in terms of you feel the scoring chance in the second half that was sting of it,” Ellis said after the US lost its sec- played in temperatures in the 20s with a ond game at home since 2004. “When I see wind chill that made it feel like 10 degrees. the players, I say this is why we play those “It was really cold,” England midfielder teams so we can learn about ourselves, so Fara Williams said. “It took ages for the play- we can test ourselves.” ers to warm up. Even at the end of the It marked the first time that England has game people were still cold.” beaten the United States since a friendly in Each team had an outstanding scoring 2011, and the first time in the states. It was chance in the first half. only England’s fourth win in 14 games (4-9- Rose Lavelle, making her first start for 1) against the US. the United States, was stopped point blank The only other loss at home was to by England goalkeeper Siobhan China in late 2015. White, who entered in Chamberlain in the 16th minute. the 76th minute, scored her 20th goal in 60 Chamberlain said the save was almost games with England, just seconds after self-defense. “I think I hit it right at the Lucy Bronze cracked a shot off the crossbar goalie,” Lavelle said. “I wish I could have moments following a corner kick. Two US buried that one.” Harris used her right arm defenders collided trying to clear the ball to stop Nikita Parris in the 6-yard box in the and White ripped it past goalkeeper Ashlyn 31st minute. Harris. “It was a fantastic moment for myself In the first match of the day, French to obviously score for England on the goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi stopped a first- home soil of the USA and to get the win,” half penalty kick, and France and Germany White said. “It was an unbelievable feeling. played to a scoreless draw. After two The team put in a fantastic performance. I rounds, France leads the tournament with am proud of every member of the squad. four points. The United States and England To get a win and three points on the board have three and Germany one. The round- HOUSTON: Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverley, center, fights for the ball with Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol, left, and guard Mike is an unbelievable feeling.” robin finishes tomorrow in Washington Conley in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, in Houston. —AP The feeling was a lot different than the with the US facing France and Germany last game for England. It dropped a 2-1 playing England. — AP BASKETBALL Harden’s 33 points lead Rockets over Grizzlies

HOUSTON: James Harden turned a torrid their highest point total of the season. and Charlotte ended its seven-game road stretch in the third quarter into his NBA-lead- trip with a win over Denver. Nicolas Batum ing 49th double-double as the Houston HORNETS 112, NUGGETS 102 had 21 points and eight assists for Charlotte, Rockets topped the Memphis Grizzlies 123- Kemba Walker scored 27 points, Marvin which won for fourth time in the last 18 108 at Toyota Center to split the season series. Williams had 14 points and 12 rebounds, games. —Reuters Harden scored 20 of his game-high 33 points in the third, including 15 consecutive points for the Rockets (44-19), who stretched a two- NBA results/standings point lead to their first double-digit advan- tage at 72-62 on a Harden dunk at the 6:06 Portland 130, Brooklyn 116; Charlotte 112, Denver 102; Houston 123, Memphis 108; San Antonio 97, Minnesota 90 mark. Harden added 11 assists while Rockets (OT); LA Clippers 101, Chicago 91; Milwaukee 101, Toronto 94; Miami 120, Cleveland 92; Detroit 136, Philadelphia 106. center Clint Capela paired a career-high 24 Eastern Conference Western Conference points with 11 rebounds for his 10th double- Atlantic Division Northwest Division double this season. Eric Gordon (18 points, 6- W L PCT GB Utah 38 24 .613 - Boston 40 22 .645 - HARRISON: United States’ Allie Long (L) battles England’s Millie Bright and Demi for-8 on three-pointers) and Nene (11 points) Oklahoma City 35 27 .565 3 Toronto 37 26 .587 3.5 Denver 28 34 .452 10 Stokes for the ball as the United States and England women’s national teams play in paced a Houston bench that contributed 45 NY Knicks 25 37 .403 15 Portland 26 35 .426 11.5 the SheBelieves Cup in Harrison, NJ, on Saturday. — AFP points. The Rockets also finished 18 for 42 on Philadelphia 23 39 .371 17 Minnesota 25 37 .403 13 three-pointers. Brooklyn 10 51 .164 29.5 Pacific Division Central Division Golden State 50 11 .820 - Cleveland 42 19 .689 - SPURS 97, TIMBERWOLVES 90 (OT) LA Clippers 37 25 .597 13.5 SOCCER Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points, including Indiana 31 30 .508 11 Chicago 31 31 .500 11.5 Sacramento 25 36 .410 25 six in overtime, as San Antonio shrugged off Detroit 30 32 .484 12.5 Phoenix 20 42 .323 30.5 three and a half lackadaisical quarters of play Milwaukee 28 33 .459 14 LA Lakers 19 43 .306 31.5 Garner’s star turn pleasing with a furious comeback that netted a victory Southeast Division Southwest Division over Minnesota at the A&T Center. Leonard’s Washington 36 24 .600 - San Antonio 48 13 .787 - to Rangers manager’s eye two baskets and a pair of free throws gave the Atlanta 34 27 .557 2.5 Houston 44 19 .698 5 Spurs a 94-90 lead with 2:21 left in the extra Miami 29 34 .460 8.5 Memphis 36 27 .571 13 GLASGOW: Rangers interim manager more goals.” Murty said he was happy the period and a Danny Green putback of his own Charlotte 27 35 .435 10 Dallas 25 36 .410 23 Orlando 23 39 .371 14 Graeme Murty praised the impact substi- players had listened to his pleas to do missed shot with 18.6 seconds remaining New Orleans 24 38 .387 24.5 tute Joe Garner made as his hat-trick fired themselves justice after a disappointing cemented the win for San Antonio. them to a 6-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final season on their return to the Premiership. win over Hamilton. The 28-year-old English “I challenged them at half-time to go CLIPPERS 101, BULLS 91 forward replaced Kenny Miller at half-time and take their chances and they did and Jamal Crawford scored 25 points off the with the hosts leading 1-0 thanks to a the result is what we just saw there,” said bench, Chris Paul scored 17 and four starters Wenger: no regrets Martyn Waghorn penalty and it took him Murty. Garner had been lucky to stay on reached double figures for Los Angeles in a just over two minutes to add his name to the pitch to claim his hat-trick as he win over Chicago. Crawford scored 17 points the score-sheet. Garner then spent 11 min- escaped’with just a booking in the 55th in the second half when the Clippers erased a over Sanchez gamble utes off the pitch receiving stitches to a cut minute after catching Hamilton’s Dougie six-point halftime deficit and led by as many below his eye after a clash of heads with Imrie on the thigh with a wild swing of his as 16 points. Blake Griffin had 16 points and LIVERPOOL: Arsene Wenger insisted he individual situation,” said Wenger. “What Hamilton’s Blair Adams before returning to boot. However, Murty felt referee John J.J. Redick finished with 13 for Los Angeles. had no regrets at leaving Alexis Sanchez was good in the second half was the collec- score twice after Jon Toral and Clint Hill had Beaton had made the correct decision. “I out of Arsenal’s starting line-up after his tive performance. What was bad in the first increased Rangers’ lead. thought it was clumsy rather than mali- team’s 3-1 defeat at Liverpool. half was the collective performance. That The former Preston striker enjoys a cult cious,” said Murty, who is unsure whether BUCKS 101, RAPTORS 94 status amongst the Rangers support for his he will still be in charge for next weekend’s Khris Middleton scored a season-high 24 The Arsenal manager, whose future at for me is a much more rational explanation combative style, but had only scored four Old Firm derby with Celtic. points and Spencer Hawes added 16 as the Emirates is a subject of speculation, than all the rest. “You focus on what you times before Saturday’s treble. Murty-who His opposite number Martin Canning Milwaukee beat Toronto at the Bradley Center. took the surprising decision to name want. I believe for every single player it’s was in charge of the Under-20 side before didn’t agree and felt Rangers keeper Wes Middleton hit 9-of-14 shots in 30 minutes of Sanchez to the bench, bringing on the the same. When everybody tells you you being asked to step up when Mark Foderingham could have also been sent off action while being part of the starting lineup Chilean international at half-time. But need to buy strikers and you buy them and Warburton and his staff were sacked last in the first half for handling the ball outside for a second consecutive night and just the Wenger explained his decision as a purely then everybody says, why don’t you keep month-was pleased to see Garner prove his his box. “I don’t think it is a penalty that third time this season. Giannis tactical one and claimed he did not regret them on the pitch. But it’s impossible.” doubters wrong. “We said to him (Garner) goes against us and the goalkeeper is Antetokounmpo finished with 21 points while his selection. “I have no special regrets, the Liverpool’s win was the perfect response to from the bench that he had to come on and probably a yard or two outside the box Malcolm Brogdon added 17 for Milwaukee. only regret is to have lost the game,” said the criticism Jurgen Klopp’s team took fol- show why he is here,” Murty said. “He has when he handles the ball and I think Wenger. lowing their surprise defeat at Leicester on gone on and he has scored straight away. Garner’s tackle is a sending off,” moaned HEAT 120, CAVALIERS 92 “Look, the thinking was that we had to Monday. “It was good again,” said Klopp. “The clash of heads was awful I have to say Canning. Rangers were joined in the last Cleveland opted to rest All-Stars LeBron go more direct. We wanted to play two “Coming up to the game we had a really and I hope their guy is alright. “People were four by holders Hibernian, who defeated James and Kyrie Irving, and Miami took players who are strong in the air. After that hard week. I found a few words, that were saying to me to get someone on but I knew ten men Ayr United 3-1. advantage, earning a win at AmericanAirlines to bring Alexis Sanchez on in the second not asking for friendship after the Leicester he was coming back so we were just On Sunday, Celtic take on St Mirren at Arena. Goran Dragic led the Heat with 23 half. “Of course, I believe in the second half game “The next day we analysed and it was patient. “The medical team did a great job Parkhead while Aberdeen host Partick points. Hassan Whiteside added 20 points and it was easier for the strikers and you could not enjoyable for me when I did it or the and he managed to go on and get a few Thistle in the other quarter-final. — AFP 13 rebounds. The Heat made 18 three-point- see the difference in the performance of players when they saw it. ers, the most by Miami this season and the (Olivier) Giroud and (Theo) Walcott “But there was a point in the week that second most in franchise history. The Heat, because we dominated midfield much we had to finish with the Leicester game. which has won 18 of its past 22 games, kept more. “Everybody will come to the same There were so many bad individual per- pace with the Detroit Pistons in the battle for conclusion but I’m strong enough and formances. “We are the roller coaster. Lots the eighth and final playoff position in the lucid enough to analyse the impact. “I of ups but too many downs. Only if you are Eastern Conference. don’t deny Alexis Sanchez is a great player. really silly do you let the bad things influ- I bought him, I always played him and he ence you more than the good things. PISTONS 136, 76ERS 106 has developed well. A decision like that is “Then I watched training again late in the Detroit, coming off an unsettling loss, not easy to make but you always have to week and I thought, okay. the boys righted the ship as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope stand up.” showed what they are capable of. scored 26 points and Marcus Morris added 22 Arsenal trailed to goals from Roberto “If you had asked me on Wednesday if to lead the Pistons past Philadelphia. Reggie Firmino and Sadio Mane at the interval but we could win I would have said no. On Jackson contributed 21 points and Tobias Sanchez’s introduction saw a much- Thursday, I would have said maybe. But on Harris had 20 off the bench for Detroit, which improved second half from the Gunners Friday I knew we could win.” Klopp admit- achieved a season-high point total three days and a goal from Danny Welbeck, assisted ted that he had expected Sanchez to play after a 109-86 loss in New Orleans. by the substitute. Georginio Wijnaldum at Anfield and that his arrival at half-time secured an important win for the home caused his team an anxious five minutes as TRAIL BLAZERS 130, NETS 116 side with the final goal in injury-time. they adjusted. But he insisted he was not CJ McCollum scored 31 points and Wenger would not discuss Sanchez’s mood surprised by his omission. “In 17 years as a Portland defeated Brooklyn at Moda after the game although TV pictures manager I’m not surprised about line-ups,” Center. Al-Farouq Aminu chipped in 23 appeared to show him looking disgruntled he said. “Except maybe if a player breaks CARSON: FC Dallas forward Cristian Colman (9), of Paraguay, and Los Angeles Galaxy points and Damian Lillard collected 19 on the Arsenal bench during the first peri- his leg last week and plays then I want to defender Dave Romney, right, vie for the ball during an MLS soccer match, Saturday, points and 11 assists for the Trail Blazers, od. “I don’t think I need to go into every meet the doctor!” — AFP in Carson, Calif. — AP who won their second straight game with MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS

PREVIEW Conte wary of Carroll on return to West Ham

LONDON: Chelsea manager Antonio know the difficulty of derbies, but we are while Angelo Ogbonna (knee) and Diafra over Chelsea and failed to find the target West Ham manager Bilic, meanwhile, Conte expects a searching examination preparing very well for this game, in the Sakho (back) remain out. when West Ham lost 2-1 at Stamford believes the title race is far from over. “It when his side return to West Ham right way with great commitment and Andy Carroll returns after two games Bridge in August, but Conte remains is still very open. There are many, many United’s London Stadium today, scene of focus. “For sure it will be a tough game out with a groin injury, however, and mindful of the threat he poses. points available,” said the Croatian. one of their four defeats this season. and also we will know the results of the captain Mark Noble believes the tower- “Andy Carroll is a really good player, “Like the clubs below us. Let’s say we Only Liverpool, Arsenal and other teams, so there will be positive or ing striker could make the difference for very strong physically and we must pay are in the position of Chelsea, or even Tottenham Hotspur have bested leaders negative pressure. But we are ready to Slaven Bilic’s men. “Andy is massive for us great attention,” he said. “But we must better, regarding the clubs in the relega- Chelsea in the Premier League, but play this game and try to do better than whenever he is fit and everyone knows pay attention to the whole West Ham tion zone. Conte’s men were knocked out of the last time.” it,” Noble told the club website. team because in the League Cup they “We are not afraid of our position, but League Cup by West Ham following a 2-1 Chelsea’s defeat at West Ham “He was fit for 11 (league) matches beat us. “We are preparing different solu- you know that you need points to stay loss in October. occurred amid a run of 13 straight wins over Christmas and New Year and scored tions to limit the strengths of our oppo- up and improve. Chelsea’s 10-point lead is likely to in the league and came after Conte six goals, so we need to keep him avail- nent, but it’s important for us to play our “Those teams who are down there, have been eroded by the time they take made a number of changes to his start- able. “Andy knows how important he is idea of football, bring our philosophy, try like Sunderland, Hull, they are hoping to the field at the former Olympic ing XI. But with in-form winger Eden to our team and he hates not being to play, score, defend very well and play and planning to get the points. They Stadium and Conte says they will have to Hazard expected to shrug off a knock involved with the lads on the training with high intensity.” know if they get the points they have a produce a much sharper display than on received in training, Chelsea will be at pitch. Having a fit Andy Carroll is a mas- While Chelsea continue to carry the chance. “It is the same with Chelsea and their last visit. “I hope so because the full strength for Monday’s derby. sive boost for us.” air of champions-elect, their momentum the five teams chasing them. They still result wasn’t good for us and we want to West Ham will be without winger has slowed since their autumn surge and think they have a chance to catch try to take three points,” said the Italian. Michail Antonio following his dismissal ‘CHELSEA CAN SLIP’ they have won just one of their last four Chelsea if Chelsea slip, and they can slip “It will be a difficult game. We all in last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Watford, Carroll missed the League Cup win away games in the league. in every game.” — AFP

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P W D L F A Pts Roma 27 19 2 6 58 25 59 Chelsea 26 20 3 3 55 19 63 Napoli 27 17 6 4 62 30 57 Tottenham 27 16 8 3 53 20 56 Atalanta 27 16 4 7 42 26 52 Man City 26 17 4 5 53 29 55 Inter Milan 27 16 3 8 46 28 51 Liverpool 27 15 7 5 58 34 52 Arsenal 26 15 5 6 55 31 50 Lazio 26 15 5 6 45 29 50 Man United 26 13 10 3 39 22 49 AC Milan 27 15 5 7 40 30 50 Everton 27 12 8 7 44 30 44 Fiorentina 27 11 9 7 44 37 42 West Bromwich 27 11 7 9 36 34 40 Torino 27 10 9 8 51 43 39 Stoke City 27 9 8 10 32 40 35 Sampdoria 27 10 8 9 33 33 38 Southampton 26 9 6 11 32 34 33 West Ham United26 9 6 11 35 44 33 Chievo 27 10 5 12 29 37 35 Burnley 27 9 4 14 30 40 31 Sassuolo 27 9 4 14 35 42 31 Watford 27 8 7 12 33 47 31 Cagliari 27 9 5 13 36 57 31 Bournemouth 27 7 6 14 37 52 27 Udinese 27 8 7 12 29 36 30 Leicester City 27 7 6 14 30 45 27 Genoa 27 7 8 12 30 41 29 Swansea City 27 8 3 16 35 59 27 Crystal Palace 27 7 4 16 35 46 25 Bologna 26 7 7 12 24 39 28 Middlesbrough 27 4 10 13 19 30 22 Empoli 27 5 7 15 15 39 22 Hull City 27 5 6 16 24 53 21 Palermo 27 3 6 18 23 53 15 Sunderland 27 5 4 18 24 50 19 Crotone 27 3 5 19 21 45 14 Pescara 27 2 6 19 28 59 12 SPANISH LA LIGA TABLE Spanish La Liga table after yesterday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, FRENCH LIGUE 1 TABLE points): French Ligue 1 table after yesterday’s 1400 GMT Barcelona 26 18 6 2 76 21 60 match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals Real Madrid 25 18 5 2 67 26 59 against, points): Sevilla 25 17 4 4 49 29 55 Monaco 27 19 5 3 78 25 62 Atletico Madrid 26 14 7 5 48 22 49 Real Sociedad 26 15 3 8 42 36 48 Paris SG 28 19 5 4 56 19 62 Villarreal 26 12 9 5 38 19 45 Nice 28 18 8 2 45 21 62 Eibar 26 11 6 9 42 37 39 Lyon 27 15 2 10 55 32 47 Athletic Bilbao 25 11 5 9 31 30 38 Bordeaux 28 11 10 7 36 34 43 Espanyol 26 9 9 8 35 35 36 Marseille 28 12 6 10 40 37 42 Celta Vigo 25 10 5 10 39 44 35 Alaves 25 8 9 8 25 31 33 Saint-Etienne 28 10 10 8 31 22 40 Las Palmas 25 7 8 10 35 39 29 Rennes 28 9 10 9 27 32 37 Valencia 26 8 5 13 35 46 29 Angers 28 10 6 12 28 35 36 MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s Argentinian midfielder Angel Correa (L) controls a ball beside Valencia’s Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay during the Spanish league football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Valencia CF at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid yesterday. — AFP Real Betis 25 7 6 12 27 41 27 Toulouse 27 9 8 10 31 28 35 Malaga 25 6 8 11 32 42 26 Guingamp 28 9 8 11 32 36 35 Leganes 26 6 6 14 21 40 24 SOCCER Deportivo 25 5 8 12 28 40 23 Nantes 27 9 7 11 24 37 34 Granada 26 4 7 15 24 54 19 Montpellier 28 8 9 11 40 46 33 Sporting Gijon 26 4 5 17 27 55 17 Caen 28 9 4 15 29 46 31 Osasuna 25 1 7 17 25 59 10 Metz 27 8 7 12 26 51 31 With Torres watching, Atletico Lille 27 8 5 14 26 35 29 ITALIAN SERIE A TABLE Nancy 28 7 7 14 18 35 28 MILAN: Italian Serie A table ahead of yesterday’s Madrid beat Valencia 3-0 late game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, Dijon 28 6 9 13 37 45 27 goals against, points): Bastia 28 5 10 13 24 38 25 Juventus 27 22 1 4 56 18 67 Lorient 28 6 4 18 28 57 22 MADRID: With veteran striker Fernando Torres four-point gap on the first team in the relegation was the first win for new Deportivo coach Pepe watching his team play just three days after col- zone, Granada. Sporting, winless in four games, Mel, who made his debut in the team’s 1-1 home lapsing on the field, Atletico Madrid comfortably dropped to 19th - two points behind Granada. It draw against Atletico last week. — AP defeated Valencia 3-0 to regain fourth place in Juventus draws for the first the Spanish league yesterday. Antoine Griezmann scored a goal in each half time in league this season and Kevin Gameiro added another as Atletico Barca target PSG ‘miracle’ rebounded from two winless games and again moved into position to fight for a Champions after Messi-inspired rout MILAN: There is still a glimmer of hope for tion of wayward finishing and excellent League spot. It was Atletico’s first game since Roma and Napoli. Juventus was prevented saves by Tatarusanu. He also somehow Torres dropped to the ground unconscious after BARCELONA: Ivan Rakitic believes “a miracle” which would be good enough when PSG visit from going 10 points clear in Serie A as a managed to claw Andrea Petagna’s effort going up for a challenge and then hitting his is possible when Barcelona attempt to over- in midweek. And Enrique said he couldn’t have lethargic performance saw it held 1-1 at off the line and out off the upright late on. head on the ground late in the match at turn a 4-0 first leg deficit against Paris Saint- wished for a better build-up to the ultimate Udinese yesterday. It was Juve’s first draw Lazio can move a point above Atalanta Deportivo La Coruna on Thursday. Germain in their Champions League last 16 tie challenge. “That it is one of our best perform- in the league this season. Leonardo with a win at Bologna later. Torres was motionless for several moments at on Wednesday. No side in Champions League ances in the last few months is without doubt,” Bonucci was both hero and villain as he the Riazor Stadium in La Coruna. The 32-year-old history has ever come back from four goals he said. “If I had to choose the way in which we was outmuscled for Duvan Zapata’s opener CAGLIARI 1, INTER MILAN 5 forward was immediately hospitalized, but down, but Barca hopes were raised by the sen- would go into the Champions League game but leveled on the hour. Ever Banega made the most of a rare escaped any serious head or spine injuries and sational form of Lionel Messi in Saturday’s 5-0 against PSG it would be very similar to these Juventus moved eight points clear of start as he scored one and set up another was released a day later. rout of Celta Vigo. last two games: scoring lots of goals, the team Roma and 10 ahead of Napoli. There are 11 to help Inter Milan comfortably beat “We are happy that he was here with us,” rounds remaining. “We gained a point on Cagliari. Inter is fifth and remains six points Griezmann said. “Hopefully he will be playing “We will give everything from the first gaining confidence and the players getting Roma,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri behind third-placed Napoli. again as soon as possible, because we need him.” minute to the last,” the Croatian international stronger. “I think we are in great form for a very said. “We were coming from a very hard Ivan Perisic scored twice as Inter Torres stood up and applauded the crowd after told Spanish TV station Movistar. “We will try difficult tie, that is not lost yet. and hopefully we can produce a miracle.” “I am sure we are going to have opportuni- period, where we played very important bounced back from last week’s 3-1 defeat it loudly chanted his name at the Vicente Messi scored two incredible individual goals to ties to get ourselves back in it and we will try matches and today we faced a Udinese side at home to Roma. “We got what we want- Calderon Stadium. Torres, who won two which deserved to draw. European Championships and one World Cup open and close the scoring as Barca remained until the death.” Enrique’s name was chanted ed, to react at the right moment and in the one point clear of Real Madrid at the top of La by an enthralled crowd at the Camp Nou on “When you can’t win certain matches, best way possible after the defeat to with Spain, is expected to be cleared to return to you mustn’t lose them ... it’s an important Liga. The five-time World Player of the Year had Saturday. Banners were also raised towards Roma,” Perisic said. “We still believe in third training this week. Griezmann scored in the 10th point. And even with a win, the title race a hand in all three other goals too as he teed the end of the match willing Barca’s players to place. “Today we showed we are on the and 83rd minutes, while Gameiro got on the wouldn’t have been over.” board in the 48th. up Neymar for a sensational chip and crossed believe in the most unlikely of comebacks After Napoli won 2-1 at Roma on right path. We will give our utmost until the for Samuel Umtiti to score his first Barca goal, against PSG. “The fans value a lot what these end.” Cagliari gave Inter Milan an early scare “We got off to a bad start in the first half and Saturday, Juventus knew it could take a that cost us a goal, and then we got off to a bad whilst Rakitic was also on the scoresheet. players have won, the hunger they have and as Joao Pedro lobbed Samir Handanovic decisive step toward an unprecedented start again in the second half and it cost us In their first outing since coach Luis Enrique what they show in every game,” added and Gary Medel had to acrobatically clear sixth successive title. another goal,” Valencia defender Ezequiel Garay announced he will step down at the end of the Enrique. “In my time here I have never once Udinese had picked up only one point off the line. Inter broke the deadlock in the said. “We knew we were playing against a very season, Barca produced arguably their best seen a poor attitude in any of my players. from its previous four matches, scoring just 36th when Ivan Perisic controlled Banega’s difficult opponent.” Atletico was coming off a 2-1 performance of the campaign. “Barca fans should be loyal and, above all, one goal. But it took the lead eight min- chipped pass with his right foot and hit it home loss to Barcelona and a 1-1 draw at The Catalans also smashed Sporting Gijon have confidence that the team can come utes from halftime as Zapata held off past Gabriel with his left. Deportivo, results that virtually ended the team’s 6-1 in their previous outing-both scorelines back.” —AFP Bonucci and beat Gianluigi Buffon at the Banega doubled Inter’s lead three min- title chances. It trails leader Barcelona by 11 near post. Juventus struggled to create real utes later with a free kick into the top left points after 26 matches, but it cut the gap to opportunities but leveled when Bonucci corner. Cagliari got back into it shortly after. third-placed Sevilla to six points. Sevilla plays at headed in Paulo Dybala’s free kick. Udinese Handanovic did well to keep out David Di Alaves on Monday. coach Luigi Delneri was dismissed immedi- Gennaro’s free kick but the ball was crossed The top three teams automatically qualify for ately after for dissent. back in for Marco Borriello to head the Champions League next season, while the The home side almost restored its lead home.—AP fourth-placed club has to go through a playoff. two minutes later but Danilo’s header came Diego Simeone’s team has a 4-2 first-leg lead off the base of the left post, although it over Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 16 of this looked as if Buffon had it covered. year’s Champions League. Matches on TV Barcelona and second-placed Madrid won ATALANTA 0, FIORENTINA 0 their league matches on Saturday. Madrid is one Atalanta failed to keep up the pressure (Local Timings) point behind the Catalan club but has a game in in the race for a Champions League spot as hand at Celta Vigo. Valencia is 13th, safely away it was kept at bay by Fiorentina goalkeeper ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE from the relegation zone. Ciprian Tatarusanu. West Ham United v Chelsea 23:00 Gian Piero Gasperini’s side had emerged beIN SPORTS 2 HD SPORTING GIJON 0, as surprise contenders for a top-three finish DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 1 after beating Napoli last weekend but it SPANISH LEAGUE Deportivo La Coruna defeated Sporting Gijon slipped five points below the Champions in a game between relegation-threatened BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, center, runs with the ball past Celta’s defenders Deportivo Alaves v Sevilla 22:45 League qualifying spots. teams. Pedro Mosquera scored the winner with a during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Celta at the Camp Nou sta- Atalanta laid siege to the goal but could beIN SPORTS 3 HD header just before halftime, helping Deportivo dium in Barcelona, Saturday. Messi scored twice in Barcelona’s 5-0 victory. —AP not find a way through due to a combina- snap an eight-game winless streak and open a Bellew stuns Querrey shocks Haye with 11th Nadal to lift ATP round16 stoppage Acapulco17 title MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

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LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s Toby Alderweireld, right, heads the ball towards goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at White Hart Lane in London, yesterday. — AP Kane double keeps Spurs in title hunt

Kane’s prolific form puts a little more pressure on goal, he quickly moved menacingly towards the penalty interval, Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen stormed runaway leaders Chelsea, who must win at West Ham area and, with Everton midfielder Gareth Barry fatally into the Everton area, but couldn’t beat Robles from an Tottenham 3 on Monday to restore their 10-point advantage. failing to close him down, the Spurs star was free to acute angle. If Everton were to halt Spurs’ serene “Harry is one of the best. I repeat that not only if he unleash a superb strike that flashed past Robles. progress, they needed much better service for the iso- scores, even if he does not score. He was fantastic. He lated Lukaku. Instead they shot themselves in the foot deserves all the praise,” Spurs coach Mauricio KNOCKOUT BLOW and gifted Kane his second goal in the 56th minute. Pochettino said. “We deserved to win. I feel very proud. Kane should have netted again moments later when Robles rolled the ball out to Morgan Schneiderlin Everton 2 We’re in a very good position here.” he collected Alli’s pass and cleverly cut inside Baines for and, with two Tottenham players lurking nearby, he Everton could have no complaints about their first a close-range effort that was straight at Robles. passed to Ashley Williams, but not quickly enough to defeat in their last 10 league games, a setback which Christian Eriksen smashed the rebound over the stop Alli stealing possession. LONDON: Harry Kane extended his hot streak with a dents their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League. crossbar and the Tottenham midfielder was off target A quick pass put Kane clean through and the blistering brace as Tottenham beat Everton 3-2 to close Tottenham had an early penalty appeal when Kyle with another opportunity, this one steered wide after England international kept his composure to slot a cool the gap on leaders Chelsea to seven points yesterday. Walker surged past Leighton Baines into the area, but he broke clear. finish past Robles. Kane opened the scoring with a thunderous first-half the Everton defender recovered impressively, just get- After watching Merseyside boxer Tony Bellew’s win It took 80 minutes for Everton to give Lukaku a sight strike at White Hart Lane and netted again after the ting a foot on the ball with his last-ditch challenge. against David Haye in a heavyweight bout on Saturday of goal and he snapped up the chance, taking Ross break to take his goal tally to 24 in 28 games this sea- Although Spurs were monopolising possession, all evening, Everton boss Ronald Koeman took to social Barkley’s pass, accelerating away from the stumbling son. Everton forward Romelu Lukaku, Kane’s closest the neat passing from Pochettino’s men hadn’t forced media to hail the Everton fan’s “warrior” spirit. Vertonghen and firing home. rival in the race to finish as Premier League top scorer, Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles into action. But there was little of that against-the-odds mentali- Tottenham were unfazed and Alli made a well-timed got one back before Dele Alli struck for Spurs in the Sensing that his team needed to be more direct, ty from Everton, who failed to lay a glove on Tottenham run to flick Harry Winks’s smart free-kick past Robles in closing moments. Kane took matters into his own hands to break the in a one-sided affair. Victor Wanyama nearly doubled the 90th minute. Valencia’s close-range finish in stop- There was still time for Enner Valencia to score deadlock in the 20th minute. Tottenham’s lead when his long-range effort cannoned page time came too late for Everton to undo Kane’s lat- Everton’s second, but Tottenham held on for a third vic- When Kane found himself on the ball 30 yards from off a post. Pressing for the knockout blow after the est heroics. — AFP tory in their last four league games. City ease past Sunderland to keep up title chase

are signs, after a fourth consecutive league win, that they are finding another gear at the perfect moment in Sunderland 0 the season. And having recovered from a run of six games without a goal, Aguero is back to his best form. “I am happy and was very pleased with display of Sergio. When a huge player is left out people ask, “Why? Man City 2 Why? Why?” Guardiola said. “In the future I want to involve both Gabriel Jesus and Sergio when they’re fit. “Sergio helped us a lot in our game and in the build SUNDERLAND: Sergio Aguero proved he is still vital to up. It was brilliant.” Manchester City’s cause as the Argentine paved the way Sunderland had worked tirelessly to restrict City in for a routine 2-0 victory at bottom club Sunderland yes- the first half but were undone by a move of real quality. terday. Having lost his place last month to young Yaya Toure fed the ball to Silva who in turn released Brazilian Gabriel Jesus there has been speculation Sterling and when he delivered a low cross Aguero about his future, but he was at his razor-sharp best as ghosted into space to flick a close-range effort past third-placed City closed the gap on Premier League Pickford for his 12th league goal of the season and 23rd leaders Chelsea to eight points. in all competitions. He opened the scoring three minutes before half- Sane finished off Sunderland with shot off the post time when he dinked in Raheem Sterling’s low cross- and City could have doubled their lead in the closing taking his tally to five goals in his last three games in all competitions. stages as Sunderland tired. Leroy Sane made it 2-0 just before the hour mark Apart from the ever-willing Defoe, Sunderland after a superb pass by David Silva sent him in on goal. offered little threat after that and remain bottom with Sunderland struck the post through Jermain Defoe only 19 points-six adrift of safety-after a third consecu- SUNDERLAND: Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (C) vies with Sunderland’s Irish defender when it was 0-0 but offered little apart from hard graft. tive defeat. “I hope our players understand the position John O’Shea (L) and Sunderland’s Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson (R) during the English Premier League With a home game against Stoke City to come on that we’re in, but we’re not panicking,” manager David football match between Sunderland and Manchester City at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, north-east Wednesday, City can move into second place and there Moyes said. — Reuters England yesterday. — AFP What to prepare for your business presentation? Page 22 Zain enters JV with car-sharing Business specialist YOYO MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Page 25 KFH Capital arranges EQUATE Sukuk, supports Jazeera Airways celebrates International Women’s Day economy: Al-Marzouq Page 26 Page 23

BEIJING: A general view shows the opening session of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People yesterday. China’s top economic official trimmed the country’s growth target and warned yesterday of dangers from global pressure for trade controls. —AFP China trims growth target for 2017 Official warns against global pressure for trade controls

BEIJING: China’s top economic official trimmed islative meeting to emphasize reducing finan- The latest growth target is in line with those cent. Regulators have begun trying to hammer jobs and wealth, a bigger economic role. But the country’s growth target and warned yester- cial risks and keeping growth stable. reforms and efforts to create a “moderately pros- out deals to reduce debt loads at state compa- reform advocates complain state companies still day of dangers from global pressure for trade At a time of demands in the United States perous society,” Li said. Chinese leaders have tried nies but private sector economists say they control industries from banking to telecoms to controls as Beijing tries to build a consumer-dri- and Europe for trade controls, Li warned China to downplay the significance of the growth target need to move faster. energy and benefit from monopolies, low-cost ven economy and reduce reliance on exports faces “more complicated and graver situations” and shift focus to improvements in incomes, con- Economists have warned setting a growth tar- bank loans and other favors. Li also promised for- and investment. at home and abroad. sumer spending and other factors. But the target get too high could force Beijing to resort to stimu- eign companies equal treatment with their In a speech to the national legislature, Premier “Both the de-globalization trend and protec- is closely watched as a forecast of economic per- lus spending, setting back efforts to reduce Chinese counterparts under a government Li Keqiang promised more steps to cut surplus tionism are growing,” Li said. “There are many formance, which has repercussions throughout reliance on investment and debt. development strategy dubbed “China steel production that is straining trade relations uncertainties about the direction of the major Asia, where China is the biggest trading partner Sunday’s report calls for creating 11 million Manufacturing 2025.” with Washington and Europe. He pledged equal economies’ policies and their spillover effects, for all its neighbors. new jobs, an increase from last year’s target of 10 That follows complaints by US and European treatment for foreign companies, apparently and the factors that could cause instability and Li acknowledged concerns about the rising million in a possible sign of increased official opti- business groups that Beijing appears to be trying responding to complaints Beijing is trying to uncertainty are visibly increasing.” Chinese lead- dangers of debt, though he said the financial sys- mism. Li promised to eliminate 50 million metric to squeeze foreign companies out of promising squeeze them out of technology and other prom- ers have publicly defended free trade in tem is stable. “We must be fully alert to the tons of steel production capacity. That would help markets including software and other technology. ising markets. response to President Donald Trump’s promises buildup of risks related to non-performing assets, to reduce the flood of Chinese exports that is Turning to political affairs, Li warned Beijing Li’s report set the growth target for the to raise duties on Chinese goods, though bond defaults, shadow banking and Internet depressing global prices and prompting com- would not tolerate any movement by self-ruled world’s second-largest economy at “around 6.5 Beijing’s trading partners complain China is the finance,” said Li. plaints by Washington and Europe that thousands Taiwan’s popularly elected government toward percent or higher, if possible.” That is down from most closed major economy. Banking and securities regulators already of jobs are in danger. formal independence. last year’s 6.7 percent expansion but, if achieved, have said their priority this year is reducing risk Li also promised to eliminate 150 million tons “We will resolutely oppose and contain sepa- would be among the world’s strongest, reflect- Trump policies and watching financial industries more closely of coal production capacity. He didn’t mention ratist activities for Taiwan independence,” he said. ing confidence efforts to create new industries China “may be adversely affected” if Trump following a 2015 stock price collapse and warn- other industries such as aluminum in which A spokesman for the finance ministry told The are gaining traction. goes ahead with “tough policies,” but the impact ings investors are engaged in a dangerous new China’s trading partners complain excess capacity Associated Press the that spending on China’s mil- The premier called for attention to the risks should be limited, said economist Song Lifang at bout of speculative trading. Beijing’s reliance on supported by government subsidies is distorting itary, the world’s second-highest after the United of China’s surging debt levels, which econo- Renmin University in Beijing. “With China’s domes- repeated infusions of credit to prop up growth global markets. Li promised “equal opportunities” States, would rise 7 percent this year to 1.044 tril- mists see as a rising threat to growth. Li tic economy still in the phase of transformation, since the 2008 global crisis has driven up debt, and “fair rules” to private companies in the state- lion yuan ($151 billion), marking the smallest per- announced no major initiatives, but that was the tasks for China’s economic growth are ardu- prompting concern it could trigger a banking dominated economy. He promised changes centage annual growth rate this century. widely expected as the ruling Communist Party ous but with great potential,” said Song. crisis or drag on the economy. including cutting taxes for the smallest businesses However, unlike in previous years, the defense tries to avoid shocks ahead of a congress late Growth has cooled steadily since 2010 as com- Total debt owed by local Chinese govern- and simplifying the process of registering up a pri- budget figure was not released in the documents this year at which President Xi Jinping is due to munist leaders try to develop a consumer-driven ments, companies and households has soared vate company. distributed to journalists. Beijing’s military spend- be given a second five-year term as leader. economy and reduce reliance on trade, heavy from the equivalent of 150 percent of annual Party leaders have pledged repeatedly to give ing has grown by double digits almost every for Analysts expect Chinese leaders to use the leg- industry and investment. economic output before 2008 to about 260 per- entrepreneurs, who create most of China’s new most of the past two decades. —AP UK needs financial reserves in the tank for Brexit: Hammond

LONDON: Britain’s Finance Minister Philip “If your bank increases your credit card limit, I Hammond said yesterday that the tone of pri- Hammond said he would keep “reserves in the don’t think you feel obliged to go out and spend vate discussions between Britain and other tank” to see the economy through its looming every last penny of it immediately,” Hammond members of the EU had improved. “Whatever is Brexit challenge, signalling little room for extra told BBC television. being said publicly ahead of the negotiation, the spending in this week’s budget despite better “I regard my job ... as making sure that our private messaging is that people are now engag- news on borrowing. He also said tensions were economy is resilient, that we have got reserves in ing with this more as a shared problem, some- now easing with other European Union coun- the tank.” In a separate interview with ITV televi- thing that we have to solve together,” he told ITV. tries after Prime Minister Theresa May shocked sion, he said an improvement in the short-term “There is an increasingly pragmatic approach.” her peers by saying no deal was better than a outlook for borrowing did not mean that things In January, May prioritized tighter controls on bad deal. would necessarily be better over the longer term. migration over continued membership of the Hammond is due to deliver a budget plan on Britain’s government is under pressure to spend bloc’s single market. In the same month, Wednesday which will be overshadowed by the more on its health system and its care for the eld- Hammond suggested Britain could slash its cor- triggering of the two-year Brexit process which erly as well as its often violent prisons and a host porate tax levels if it did not get a good Brexit is expected this month. Britain’s economy of other services. Hammond acknowledged the deal. As well as setting aside money to cushion coped surprisingly well with the initial shock of strains but he said cash was not the only answer Brexit’s impact on the economy in the coming June’s referendum, meaning official growth and some authorities were coping better than years, Hammond is seeking to fix Britain’s long- forecasts for 2017 will probably be raised others. Further ahead, the government needed standing problem of low productivity growth sharply in the budget. to rethink how it will fund its plans to cope with which has made it reliant on often volatile It also means Hammond will probably an ageing population, he said. spending by consumers. announce a modest fall in the amount of money The finance ministry announced the gov- that Britain needs to borrow over the next five Better EU mood music ernment would spend more on skills training years. But he said yesterday that he will not be Despite its robust response to the Brexit vote for 16- to 19-year-olds, addressing a concern LONDON: This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows British Chancellor relaxing his strategy of fixing what remains one in 2016, the outlook for Britain’s economy of businesses who worry that Brexit will mean of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond leaving Downing street after the weekly of the biggest budget deficits among the world’s remains clouded by its approaching split from they will find it harder to employ migrant cabinet meeting in central London. —AFP big rich economies. the bloc which buys about half its exports. workers. —Reuters MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 BUSINESS What to prepare for your business presentation?

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JAKARTA: A controversial U-turn on mineral ernment’s demands to sign a new deal without including many Chinese firms, the U-turn on the exports has sparked turmoil in Indonesia’s key additional assurances, stopped work at ban is a disaster. “People who have invested mil- mining sector, providing a fresh headache for Grasberg-the world’s second-biggest copper pit- lions of dollars in Indonesia can only pray now firms struggling to work in Southeast Asia’s started laying off workers, and threatened to sue that the government will revoke the regulation,” biggest economy. Despite sitting atop some of the government. said Jonatan Handojo, executive director of the world’s most abundant natural resources, “Right now we are at an impasse with the Indonesia’s main smelter industry association. successive governments have failed to take government,” Freeport chief executive Richard Despite the outcry, officials are unrepentant advantage of its vast riches, with critics blaming Adkerson said during a visit to Jakarta last with the finance ministry predicting the reversal badly thought-out and nationalistic policies that month. Under the changes to Indonesia’s export could boost government coffers by $3.12 billion make the country an uncertain place to invest. ban, miners will be able to export nickel ore and in the next five years. Finnair to cancel flights And the latest overhaul has sparked a bauxite as well as concentrates of other minerals Even if the government does not hit such an potentially damaging standoff with one of the under certain conditions, instead of having to optimistic target, the policy overhaul may still due to service staff strike United States’ biggest miners and a major process them in Indonesia. turn out to be a good thing in the long term, investor in the country. Jakarta in January The amendments went further than analysts said mining expert Sullivan. “Indonesia is clearly HELSINKI: Finland’s state-controlled airline place on Monday ... will have a significant relaxed a 2014 landmark ban on shipments of had expected, although some exports are still being forced to rethink its position regarding Finnair said it cancelled 15 flights yesterday impact on Finnair’s operations despite the raw mineral ores, which was originally aimed banned. For investors who have already resource nationalism and focus more on eco- and for tomorrow due to a strike by Finnish fact that Finnair is not in any way a party to at spurring the domestic smelting industry but ploughed money into constructing smelters, nomic reality,” he said. — AFP airport service workers. Service workers the labour dispute,” the company said in a led to mine closures, job losses and a fall in went on a five-hour strike on Friday and the statement yesterday. The cancelled routes government revenues. action is likely to be expanded tomorrow were mainly domestic, while one was While some firms may stand to benefit from after trade unions and business representa- between Helsinki and Gothenburgh, Sweden. the sudden rollback, it has infuriated companies tives failed to resolve a pay dispute. Finnair said all passengers should also that invested large amounts in Indonesia on “The strikes and support strikes taking prepare for delays tomorrow. — Reuters operations for smelting, the process of extract- ing metals from their ores. In addition, the gov- ernment asked firms to sign new permits that US homebuyers seek alternative critics say offer less protection-triggering a standoff with US giant Freeport-McMoRan, to cramped apartment living which has stopped shipments from its huge copper and gold mine in the east. SAN FRANCISCO: Whether it’s would-be community. We serve as the quarterback The move is the latest in a series of regulatory homebuyers frustrated by rising US home from day one until the finish line. We have a changes from the government that have caused prices or renters eager for an alternative to whole staff that monitors land process and jitters among miners, with some foreign firms cramped apartment living, vertical building. We design choosing to exit Indonesia rather than deal with many are increasingly opting these houses. We build these such an unpredictable environment. “One of the to rent a house. houses for sustainability and inherent problems in the Indonesian mining The dynamic has persuaded durability. We want these to be industry over the last few years has been the developers like Irvine, long-term, livable solutions for lack of consistency in government policy, with California’s AHV Communities folks. the government changing its mind quite regu- to roll out communities of new- Q: How many communi- larly and unexpectedly,” Bill Sullivan, a Jakarta- ly built houses for rent. Founder ties do you have in the works based lawyer and mining expert, told AFP. and Chief Executive Mark Wolf right now? Authorities have raised taxes and royalties on spoke recently with The A: We recently launched shipments and demanded that foreign miners This picture taken in Kendawangan, West Kalimantan on Borneo island shows a smelter Associated Press about the two new communities near reduce the stakes in their Indonesian operations Alumina refinery of PT. An overhaul of Indonesian mining rules has sparked fresh concern for company’s business model and Austin: Pflugerville and to less than half. investors in a sector long plagued by uncertainty and triggered a fierce battle with one of the the trends it sees driving Mark Wolf Georgetown. Those have infra- world’s biggest miners. — AFP demand for new single-family rental houses. structure going in-streets, sewer, water, and Heading for the exit Q: The vast majority of builders build all that stuff. Those should be vertical come In June US gold mining giant Newmont sold houses for sale. Why build rental houses summer time. The Pflugerville deal, that’s its share in an Indonesian mine to local now, when the tight inventory of homes going to be 84 units plus a clubhouse. And investors after more than three decades operat- for sale favors sellers? then we have another deal up in Georgetown ing in the archipelago, citing more onerous reg- A: While everyone deserves and should that’s going to be 92 units, plus a ulations as a factor. And Rio Tinto, the world’s own a home, not everyone can own a home. clubhouse.Continuing along in Texas, we second-biggest miner, is reportedly consider- So we really wanted to provide a unique, have two more projects we’re closing in the ing walking away from its stake in Freeport’s niche product to the market that really adds next 45 days. One for 250 units in west San vast Grasberg mine in Papua province owing to value to the end user. When you look at our Antonio. And we have another deal in New the current row. rent and you look at our product, the value is Braunfels, which is just north of San Antonio Economic nationalists have pushed putting off the charts. and south of Austin, for 211 units. We’re look- stricter conditions on foreign firms in a bid to The rent is similar to that of what you ing at markets like Texas, like the Carolinas, reap greater profits from the industry, but critics would rent an apartment for in the neighbor- like Tennessee, like Florida ultimately. fear the moves could backfire by scaring off hoods we’re in. And you get someone a Q: You are based in California, but investors at a time policymakers are already house, which is what everybody wants, but focused on developing these rental com- struggling to reignite slowing economic growth. not everybody can afford. munities in the South and Rust Belt. Why? As resource-rich nations benefit from a jump Q: Could you explain how you go about A: Land prices have a lot to do with it. You in commodity prices after years of declines, the developing these communities? can still find reasonable land in the cities regulatory uncertainty means Indonesia may A: We build communities of single-family we’re in. There are a lot of things we look for not fare as well. The latest policy change has homes for rent, managed and maintained just when we identify a market. Strong apartment sparked a fierce row with Freeport, which says it like an apartment, kind of like a country club rents, that’s key and crucial because we look has given the government more than $16.5 bil- This picture taken in Kendawangan, West Kalimantan on Borneo island shows a truck carrying setting. We put a fitness center, pool, club- at the alternative to our homes as apart- lion in taxes and other payments since 1991. material next to piles of bauxite materials at a mining belonging to Harita group in house and onsite daily management for the ments. — AP The US miner has refused to bow to the gov- Kendawangan. — AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.915 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 307.460 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 237.110 Thai Bhat 9.735 Japanese Yen 0.002602 0.002782 US Dollar Buying 304.950 Turkish Lira 83.985 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.003032 0.003032 Japanese Yen 2.689 GOLD Korean Won 0.000255 0.000270 Indian Rupees 4.571 20 Gram 252.060 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Malaysian Ringgit 0.065062 0.071062 Pakistani Rupees 2.919 10 Gram 128.950 Nepalese Rupee 0.002965 0.003135 Srilankan Rupees 2.034 5 Gram 65.320 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002681 0.002971 Nepali Rupees 2.866 Europe Philippine Peso 0.005996 0.006296 Singapore Dollar 216.060 Hongkong Dollar 3.946 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.371110 0.381110 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Bangladesh Taka 3.831 Czech Korune 0.004006 0.016006 Singapore Dollar 0.211876 0.221876 Philippine Peso 6.132 Danish Krone 0.039611 0.044611 South African Rand 0.017517 0.026017 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.756 Euro 0. 320647 0.329647 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001667 0.002247 US Dollar 305.950 Norwegian Krone 0.032258 0.037458 Taiwan 0.009867 0.010047 Canadian Dolla 229.450 GCC COUNTRIES Romanian Leu 0.084889 0.084889 Thai Baht 0.008401 0.008951 Saudi Riyal 81.694 Sterling Pound 377.705 Slovakia 0.009188 0.019188 Qatari Riyal 84.142 Euro 326.590 Swedish Krona 0.029998 0.034998 Arab Omani Riyal 795.608 Swiss Frank 309.890 Swiss Franc 0.297928 0.308928 Bahraini Dinar 0.805895 0.814395 Bahraini Dinar 813.470 Bahrain Dinar 811.050 Turkish Lira 0.077243 0.087543 Egyptian Pound 0.013829 0.023082 UAE Dirham 83.408 UAE Dirhams 83.690 Iranian Riyal 0.000085 0.000086 Qatari Riyals 84.915 Australasia ARAB COUNTRIES Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 Saudi Riyals 82.515 Australian Dollar 0.224867 0.236867 Egyptian Pound - Cash 20.450 Jordanian Dinar 0.426354 0.435354 Jordanian Dinar 432.690 New Zealand Dollar 0.210059 0.219559 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.537 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.230 Egyptian Pound 18.998 Lebanese Pound 0.000158 0.000258 Tunisian Dinar 134.810 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.025 America Moroccan Dirhams 0.020168 0.044168 Jordanian Dinar 431.290 Indian Rupees 4.578 Canadian Dollar 0.223828 0.232828 Nigerian Naira 0.001270 0.001905 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.041 Pakistani Rupees 2.918 Georgina Lari 0.138343 0.138343 Syrian Lira 2.183 Omani Riyal 0.789163 0.794843 Bangladesh Taka 3.853 US Dollars 0.302200 0.306600 Morocco Dirham 30.924 Qatar Riyal 0.083321 0.084771 Philippines Pesso 6.079 US Dollars Mint 0.302700 0.306600 Saudi Riyal 0.080593 0.081893 Cyprus pound 168.015 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Syrian Pound 0.001299 0.001519 US Dollar Transfer 306.150 Japanese Yen 3.680 Asia Tunisian Dinar 0.129774 0.137774 Euro 327.180 Syrian Pound 2.425 Bangladesh Taka 0.003503 0.004087 Turkish Lira 0.077470 0.087770 Sterling Pound 384.680 Nepalese Rupees 3.865 Chinese Yuan 0.042983 0.046483 UAE Dirhams 0.081970 0.083670 Canadian dollar 234.780 Malaysian Ringgit 69.665 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037407 0.040157 Turkish lira 83.310 Indian Rupee 0.002653 0.004750 Yemeni Riyal 0.000996 0.001076 MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 BUSINESS Global equities shine in February

NBK Capital Global Markets Review KUWAIT: Global equities continue to perform from 1.228m in December to 1.285m in well ending the month up 2.6 percent as January. US retail sales for January was posi- measured by the MSCI All World Index. The tive at 0.4 percent although lower than the rally was led by the US and emerging mar- prior month. Existing home sales was also up kets. President Trump continues to be a posi- in January at 5.7m compared to the Eurozone area, on a year on year basis for the tive force on US equities, which closed up 3.7 December’s reading of 5.5m. Consumer confi- month of January, was also unchanged at 1.8 percent for the month as measured by the dence was up 2.9 percent for the month of percent. European equities rose in January S&P 500. Other major markets ended the February, with a reading of 114.8 versus 111.6 by 2.8 percent, as measured by the Stoxx month with gains, whereas the GCC region in the prior month. Europe 600. was down 0.8 percent, as measured by the The UK Manufacturing Purchasing Japan exports, on a year on year basis in MSCI GCC Countries. Commodities had Managers Index (PMI) was 54.6 for the month January was positive at 1.3 percent, although mixed performance for the month with Gold of February, slightly lower than January. The it dropped from 5.4 percent in December. closing up 3.1 percent and Brent Oil closing Consumer Price Index for January, YoY, was Imports for the same time-period were up 8.5 down 0.2 percent. As of the end of this 1.8 percent compared to 1.6 percent in percent from the -2.6 percent in December. month, oil producers remain compliant with December. Retail sales performed poorly in The Nikkei Manufacturing PMI for February the OPEC deal terms. January dropping to 1.5 percent from a read- was at 53.3, slightly below the prior month’s reading of 53.5, indicating Japanese manu- US manufacturing continues expanding ing of 4.6 percent December. Consumer con- facturing is continuing to expand. Housing with the ISM Manufacturing PMI for February fidence also dropped for the month of starts were up year on year for the month of coming in at 57.7, slightly higher than February to -6 from -5 in January. January at 12.6 percent compared to 3.9 per- 51 in the previous month while the Non- cent. The GCC equity markets had mixed per- January’s number of 56. ISM Non- cent for the month of December. manufacturing PMI was slightly down at 54.2 formances for the month of February. Saudi Manufacturing PMI was also higher in UK equities Japanese equities were slightly up in from 54.6 in January. experienced the largest decline at -1.8 per- February, at 57.6 versus the 56.5 in January. The eurozone Markit Manufacturing PMI February, as measured by the Nikkei 225, The CPI reading year on year for January cent followed by Kuwait at -0.8 percent and The labor market continues to be strong with for the month of February was 55.4 com- increasing 0.4 percent. was reported at 2.5 percent coming in above Dubai at -0.3 percent. Bahrain’s equity mar- Initial Jobless Claims at 223,000 compared to pared to the January figure of 55.2 indicating China’s imports and exports both expand- expectations and the previous month’s read- ket was the star performer gaining 3.5 per- the previous month’s claims of 242,000. continued expansion. The Markit Services ed year on year during the month of January ing of 2.1 percent. cent followed by Qatar gaining 1.0 percent. Durable goods orders increased to 1.8 per- PMI preliminary reading increased to 55.6 in at 7.9 percent and 16.7 percent. Overall, the Emerging market equities continued to Abu Dhabi and Oman were almost flat for the cent in January from -0.8 percent in February from 53.7 in January further show- country recorded a trade surplus for January perform well in February up 3.0 percent while month posting a gain of 0.07 percent each. December. Housing starts declined in ing improvement in business activity. of RMB 354.5b compared to RMB 335b in Chinese equities, as measured by the Egypt’s index did not continue its rally from January by 2.6 percent from the previous Consumer confidence was unchanged from December. The Caxin Manufacturing PMI for Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index, the previous month, decreasing 5.8 percent month although building permits increased the previous month at -6.2, while CPI for the the month of February was 51.7 compared to also performed well posting gains of 2.6 per- in February.

Tight US market KFH Capital arranges EQUATE Sukuk, hits housing supports economy, says Al-Marzouq recovery Debut Sukuk for a Kuwaiti corporate in accordance with CMA Law WASHINGTON: The US housing market, a key eco- nomic driver, is exceedingly tight, with supply strug- KUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer -KFH Capital, affiliated to rate arriving at a coupon of 3.944 percent. During the gling to meet demand as the sector recovers a decade Kuwait Finance House Group, Abdulaziz Nasser Al-Marzouq book building process the initial price thoughts were after the housing crisis, analysts say. said that KFH Capital acted as a global coordinator and released at MS + 210a which was later revised to MS+187a But persistent and pent-up demand among would- book runner for EQUATE SUKUK SPC Limited’s and finally the Sukuk was priced at MS+ 175 be homeowners could spur builders to boost construc- (“EQUATE SPC”) in collaboration with different bps on the basis of strong demand from tion, helping to ease pressure on the market for new global institutions. In addition, KFH Capital investors. This affirms the robust financial homes. Inventory of homes for sale has remained also acted in collaboration with HSBC, as position of EQUATE. stagnant even while the pace of sales returns to pre- Program Arrangers for its debut $ 500 million Mohammad Husain, EQUATE Group’s Chief crisis levels. Sukuk offering under the $ 2.0 billion Trust Executive Officer commented: “We are very “What I hear from realtors pretty much across the Certificate (“Sukuk”) Issuance Program. Equate proud of our debut Sukuk issuance which country is that if they had more inventory they issuance is rated Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB+ marks our second successful transaction in could make more sales,” Lawrence Yun, chief econo- by Standard & Poor’s. It has been listed on the the global debt capital markets. We are espe- mist at the National Association of Realtors, told Irish Stock Exchange. cially proud of the strong investor reception, AFP. Home sales jumped in January, with sales of Al-Marzouq added in a press release that which is a true testament to the quality of existing homes rising 3.3 percent, the fastest EQUATE Sukuk is the first issuance approved EQUATE Group’s credit.” He expressed his monthly rate since early 2007, while sales of new for a Kuwaiti Corporate by Capital Market Abdulaziz Al-Marzouq thanks to KFH Capital in recognition of the homes increased nearly four percent, with buyers in Authority as per the new CMA law. He applaud- efforts exerted to take approvals and for the the Northeast snapping up the largest volume of ed the cooperation between the CMA and the issuance coordination with the CMA and concerned authorities to single-family houses in nine years. participants. He voiced hope that this move is a starting make the issuance successful. While demand has been bolstered by steady job point for further issuances from Kuwaiti Corporates, and a Al-Marzouq indicated that this success is a continuation creation and a pickup in wages in 2016, that exuber- call for taking advantage of Sukuk product as a significant of KFH effort in boosting the industrial sector in the coun- ance has not translated into an increased supply of financing tool in the global markets. Sukuk receive huge try, particularly the petrochemicals. KFH is keen on sup- houses available. Inventory for existing homes has fall- investors’ interest and turnout as they play a key role in porting the national economy by offering financing servic- en for 20 months in a row, and the number of homes boosting the expansion and growth plans. es. KFH participated previously in offering credit facilities for sale for every 1,000 households fell 47 percent Al-Marzouq stated that the 7-year Sukuk offering will to different projects of EQUATE. Al Marzouq affirmed that between January 2008 and January of this year, mature in February 2024. The issuance was well received KFH stands as a strategic partner in projects in the oil and according to figures from the residential real estate by banks, financial institutions and fund managers glob- gas sector, and petrochemical and other important sectors website Trulia. ally, with 7 times oversubscription and an order book of $ It is worth noting that Citigroup Global Markets Limited, As the housing market continues to reemerge 3.7 billion. HSBC Bank plc, J P Morgan Securities plc and KFH Capital He said that the issuance witnessed the participation Investment Company KSCC and NBK Capital acted as from the 2008 financial crisis precipitated by a hous- of 270 investors from Middle East, Europe and Asia, indi- Global Coordinators. Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ing bubble and mortgage crisis-prices are recover- cating the pricing was very competitive to the conven- HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, KFH Capital ing. The median price for a new home rose 34 per- tional bonds. This affirms the importance of Sukuk at the Investment Company KSCC, NBK Capital, MUFG Securities cent between January of 2008 and January of this global level. EMEA plc, Mizuho International plc, National Bank of Abu year. Existing home prices have risen for 59 straight The 7-year Sukuk were priced competitively with a Dhabi P.J.S.C. and SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited act- months, hitting a median of $228,900 in January-up profit rate of 175 basis points over the 7-year mid-swap ed as Joint Lead Managers. 7.1 percent over the same month last year. Mohammad Husain And 30-year mortgage rates also have moved sharply higher since the end of 2016, rising to 4.17 per- cent in February, up half a point year-on-year, accord- Chinese protest against ing to government-sponsored mortgage agency Freddie Mac. South Korea’s Lotte Construction lagging NAR’s Yun told AFP tight supply could see sales of BEIJING: Dozens of people holding project to apparent cyber-attacks on com- existing homes flatline in 2017 after hitting an annual Chairman Mao posters protested in China’s pany websites. Citing fire violations, rate of 5.7 million units sold in January. “That may actu- Jilin province yesterday, calling for a boy- authorities in Liaoning’s Dandong city have ally be the yearly high,” he said. cott of South Korean goods as part of a also suspended the operation of Lotte Compared to the population, the pace of new backlash against the country’s Lotte Group. Mart, the Yonhap news agency reported on home construction currently is at about 64 percent of The retail giant has faced growing oppo- Saturday. its 50-year average and rising slowly, according to sition in China since signing a deal to pro- Earlier this week, major tour operators Trulia. Analysts point to a range of reasons to explain vide land for a US missile-defence system confirmed to AFP that trips to South Korea the drop off in housing inventory. tomorrow. The plan to install the Terminal have been suspended “due to policy and Yun noted that zoning, regulations and a tight labor High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) sys- safety factors.” market can create barriers for construction, while tem was prompted by threats from North China has repeatedly denounced homeowners may be reluctant to sell, believing a peak Korea, but Beijing fears the move will THAAD as a threat to its security, with a for- in prices is yet to come. undermine its own military capabilities. eign ministry spokesman saying “the con- Investment firms bought up a large share of the “No to THAAD! Boycott Korean goods!” sequences entailed will be borne by the US supply of existing homes in the wake of the financial chanted the protesters in northern Jilin and the Republic of Korea”. crisis, converting many into rental properties, keeping ATHENS: Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (right) and his French counterpart province. Calls are growing in China for Beijing to suitable single-family houses off the market, he added. Bernard Cazeneuve leave after a press conference at Maximos Mansion in Athens. — AP “Patriotism starts with me! Long live the use the carrot and stick of its huge market “Apparently they’re unwilling to unload because Communist Party!” Similar protests have to raise pressure on South Korea to aban- rent growth is very profitable and they just want to sprouted across the country, as Lotte suf- don the THAAD plan. The stakes are high Tsipras cautions Greek fers setbacks in several of its Chinese ven- for Lotte, which has invested more than ten ride it out,” he added. Builders may also feel that rental tures-from last month’s government- trillion won ($8.76 billion) in its Chinese is where the money is. December saw a stunning 54 ordered halt of a $2.6 billion theme park operations since 1994. — AFP percent jump in the construction of multi-unit build- uncertainty ‘not smart’ ings, although that measure can be volatile. ATHENS: Drawing out Greece’s troubled the country to elections would cause a de The hot rental market is fueled in part by the fact fiscal talks and creating uncertainty during facto collapse in the (bailout),” Tsipras many people are unwilling or unable to borrow to buy tough times for Europe is not a smart claimed. He added that creditors had “no a home in the wake of the crisis. choice, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras choice” but to trust his leftist government The share of people aged 18 to 34 living with par- warned yesterday. Greece’s EU and IMF to take the country out of an economic cri- ents or relatives has been steadily rising since the late creditors have been locked for months in a sis continuing for an eighth year. 1980s and is now approaching 40 percent, according standoff over debt relief for Greece and “Either this government succeeds or the to Trulia. As those millennials get jobs and move out in budget targets demanded from Athens. rescue programs will fail,” Tsipras said. a growing economy, they are likely to form a new The International Monetary Fund believes Following a long standoff between the EU cohort of renters before buying their first homes. demands on Greece sought by the and the IMF over debt relief and budget Ralph McLaughlin, the chief economist at Trulia, Europeans are too ambitious. targets, talks between Greek officials and told AFP the construction sector was still suffering But if the eurozone is going to stick with representatives from its creditors aimed at from low capacity after the housing crisis. its plans, then the IMF wants the necessary freeing up fresh funds resumed in Athens Furthermore, some housing markets are suffering tax hikes and pension cuts to meet them this week. Also yesterday, Germany’s “price spread,” where the gap between the costs for before it will lend further to Athens. Spiegel magazine said Greece and its euro- starter, mid-range and luxury houses grows, making it “Returning to uncertainty is not the zone partner countries were now close to a harder for home-owners to trade up. smartest choice, especially while Europe is deal. Spiegel said this would include debt This can help shrink inventory by reducing facing major challenges,” Tsipras told the relief, a lower primary surplus target, IMF turnover, according to McLaughlin. “You may be less Greek weekly Documento. With the support and recognition of the country’s likely to make that hop and more likely to make the European Union already reeling from debt as sustainable-plus immediate rock you’re on your home,” he said. Brexit, Tsipras argued that Greece’s current reforms to be adopted by Athens. Patrick Newport of IHS Global Insight said sales vol- rescue program-its third since 2010 — The German and Greek finance min- umes had yet to recover from the housing crisis and would collapse if his government were to istries declined to comment on the report. demand had room to run, which could exacerbate the fall. His leftist-led coalition has just 153 MPs At a Eurogroup meeting on February 20, inventory crunch. in the 300-seat parliament, and it is unlikely Athens agreed to discuss additional tax and “Every year, the housing numbers get a little bit that even the charismatic Tsipras could pension reforms and labour market regula- better. We’re healing but we’re still not back to normal,” push through another package of painful tion. But Tsipras yesterday insisted these Residents hold posters of late communist leader Mao Zedong during a protest call- he said. —AFP austerity reforms. reforms would have “zero” fiscal impact in ing for a boycott of South Korean goods in Jilin, in China’s northeast Jilin province “A breakdown in talks in order to lead the austerity-worn nation. — AFP yesterday.—AFP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 BUSINESS As Wall St surges, more are worried about valuation

NEW YORK: The US stock market’s surge since improving US data on jobs, consumer confi- earnings.That ratio now stands at almost 30, its part due to low interest rates enacted after Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday the election has reignited a debate on valuation dence and service sector activity. That better highest level since 2002 following a 12 percent the 2008 financial crisis. Current low inter- another interest rate increase could be and whether the market can go higher still after economic data has permitted investors to bid rise in the S&P 500 since the election. “The best est rates are a main reason “we are not in a “appropriate” following the central bank’s hitting some significant milestones. stocks higher in spite of red flags on Trump’s argument for avoiding US stocks is simple: valu- bubble territory or anything of the sort,” meeting March 14-15 if US employment The Dow on Wednesday soared above 21,000 approach to trade, immigration, foreign policy ation,” Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at investor Warren Buffett told CNBC earlier and inflation remain in line with expecta- points for the first time following President and other issues. the Convergex brokerage, said in a note earlier this week. tions Colas said there is still an avenue for Donald Trump’s first major address to Congress. Still, some analysts suspect the market is near this week. “Measured against interest rates, stocks stocks to climb higher in a world of rising After pulling back on Thursday, stocks tentative- a top. “When you look at valuations today, it’s Colas’ analysis looked at the S&P 500’s per- actually are on the cheap side compared to interest rates if corporate profits rise. ly resumed the upward climb on Friday, finishing hard to see it going up eight or 10 percent formance since 2002, concluding that while the historic valuations,” Buffett said. “But the That could happen if Trump succeeds slightly higher. Analysts say Trump’s more concil- unless earnings go up a lot,” said David Levy, seven percent annual growth rate lagged the risk always is that interest rates go up a lot, in cutting taxes. “For the next 15 years, iatory tone during his Tuesday night congres- portfolio manager at Republic Wealth Advisors. increase over a longer period of time, it was still and that brings stocks down.” In fact, the however, earnings will almost certainly sional address lifted hopes he will win approval “On a short-term basis, the market is “nicely positive.” Federal Reserve expects to raise the bench- have to go it alone if stocks are to repli- for tax cuts and other growth measures strongly extremely overbought.” Many market watchers mark lending rate multiple times in 2017, cate the performance of the last decade backed by the market. assess valuation with the price-to-earnings ratio, Stocks vulnerable to Fed perhaps as soon as this month. and a half,” he said. — AFP Market watchers also are heartened by a benchmark of total market capitalization to But those gains were made possible in large

NEW YORK: Jonathan Niles (left) and Jay Woods work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 BUSINESS IT audits plummet as IRS loses agents to budget cuts

WASHINGTON: As millions of Americans began cutting money at the IRS after they file their income tax returns, their chances took control of both the House and Senate of getting audited by the IRS have rarely in the 2010 elections. They became more been so low. The number of people audited enthusiastic about the spending cuts after by the IRS in 2016 year dropped for the it became public that the agency had sixth straight year, to just over 1 million. improperly singled out conservative politi- The last time so few people were audited cal groups for extra scrutiny when they was 2004. Since then, the US has added applied for tax-exempt status during the about 30 million people. 2010 and 2012 elections. The IRS blames budget cuts as money Koskinen was not at the IRS when the for the agency shrunk from $12.2 billion in political groups were mistreated, but 2010 to $11.2 billion last year. Over that some Republicans in Congress have been period, the agency has lost more than unhappy with his cooperation in their 17,000 employees, including nearly 7,000 investigations. enforcement agents. A little more than When asked about IRS money, many 80,000 people work at the IRS. Republican lawmakers inevitably mention IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the mistreatment of conservative groups. budget cuts are costing the federal govern- “Go look at all the areas where they’ve ment between $4 billion and $8 billion a wasted money, mismanaged taxpayer year in uncollected taxes. “We are the only resources,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. agency if you give us more people and “Not to mention the fact that, you know, money, we give you more money back,” one of the reasons we went after them so Koskinen said in an interview. hard is they did target people for their So is it safe to cheat on your taxes? Not political views.” Democrats argue that it’s a necessarily, according to tax experts. “I don’t costly move. “You know, when somebody think it’s open season for people to cheat,” doesn’t pay, that means that others pay said Joseph Perry, a partner at the account- more,” said Rep. ing firm Marcum. “I think there are a certain Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the top group of people that will always try to push Democrat on tax-writing House Ways and the envelope to get away with things that Means Committee. “But I think there’s no they think they can get away with.” question that the majority (Republicans) As Koskinen put it: “If you’re a taxpayer, here and apparently the president, they you don’t want to roll the roulette wheel have had a target on the IRS.” Tony Reardon, and have the little white ball land on your president of the National Treasury number because then we’re not very hap- Employees Union, which represents IRS Zain enters joint venture with py.” Most people don’t have much of an workers, questioned Trump’s proposal to opportunity to cheat on their taxes increase military spending by billions while because the IRS collects a lot of information the GOP targets the IRS. car-sharing specialist YOYO to verify taxpayers’ finances. Employers “The IRS collects 93 percent of our report wages, banks report interest, broker- nation’s revenue. You cannot increase ages report capital gains and lenders defense spending and cut IRS funding at Zain positioning itself to benefit from $30bn global market by 2020 report mortgage interest. the same time. It does not add up,” Reardon In 2016, the number of people audited said.Most federal agencies are bracing for BARCELONA: Zain Group, the leading mobile ing services to the region. Zain believes the B2B space. We feel our joint venture with Zain by the IRS dropped by 16 percent from the budget cuts under the Trump administra- telecom innovator across the Middle East and ease-of-use of the YOYO application and the Group will help us achieve both of these strate- year before. Just 0.7 percent of individuals tion, though Koskinen said he is making Africa, announces a joint venture with YOYO, logistical convenience of the service it provides gic objectives, and we are obviously very excited were audited, either in person or by mail. the case that the IRS already “gave at the (www.driveyoyo.com) one of the most innova- are key differentiators that will drive its success to be partnering with a telco with the reach and That’s the lowest audit rate since 2003. The office.” It’s unclear, however, how much tive digital startups in Turkey, to bring an excit- across the region. reputation that Zain possesses.” higher your income, the more likely you are influence Koskinen will have in the Trump ing car sharing club model initially to Bahrain, Commenting on the joint venture agreement YOYO already counts over 20,000 members to get audited. The IRS audited 1.7 percent administration. He was appointed by and later expanded across the Zain regional with YOYO, Scott Gegenheimer, Zain Group CEO in Turkey, who use the service regularly, with of returns that reported more than President Barack Obama and his term ends footprint and the MENA region. said, “We are enthusiastic about delivering new more than 200 unique reservations being regis- $200,000 in income. Agents audited 5.8 in November. It is forecasted that the total car sharing business models to our customers and to the tered every day The car-sharing customer base percent of returns that reported more than Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin market globally could reach as high as $30 bil- region in general, and we look forward to our is forecast to grow to be nearly 15 million in $1 million in income. offered the IRS a bone at his confirmation lion in 2020, fulfilling the prediction of Ford customers in Bahrain having the first experience Europe by 2020, with there being nearly Both audit rates were steep declines hearing when he acknowledged that Executive Chairman Bill Ford, great-grandson of this compelling new service.” 240,000 shared chartering vehicles across the from the year before. The most well-known adding agents would increase tax rev- of Henry Ford who is quoted as saying: “The Gegenheimer continued, “It really is a special continent by that time. audit in Washington is one on President enues. The department oversees the IRS, future of transportation will be a blend of case when a service can be delivered that makes Zain is confident that such a service will be Donald Trump, who has cited it in refusing and Mnuchin was appointed by Trump. “I things like car sharing, public transportation, people’s lives easier, while at the same time hav- welcomed by many commuters across all its to release his tax returns. The IRS, however, can assure you that the president-elect and private car ownership.” ing a positive social impact on issues such as market, as it provides a simple, cost-efficient has said an audit would not prevent an understands the concept of where we add The agreement was penciled during a cere- pollution and congestion. We already have a and effective option for road travel in addition individual from releasing the returns. people and we make money,” Mnuchin said mony during the Mobile World Congress in successful agreement in place with UBER, and to supporting the reduction of congestion and Corporate audits were down by 17 per- at the hearing, which was held before Barcelona attended by Zain Group CEO, Scott we believe this latest arrangement with YOYO pollution. cent last year. Just 0.49 percent of corpora- Trump’s inauguration. “He’ll get that com- Gegenheimer; Zain Bahrain GM Mohammed has every potential for rapid adoption across our The joint venture with YOYO builds on the tions were audited, the lowest rate in at pletely. That’s a very quick conversation Zainalabedin; Emre Gurkan, Zain Group Chief markets and beyond.” programs launched under Zain’s Digital Frontier least a decade. Republicans in Congress with Donald Trump.” —AP Strategy and Development Officer and Berkman Zain Bahrain General Manager, Mohammed and Innovation (ZDFI) initiative, which was Cavusoglu, Co-Founder and CEO of YOYO. Zainalabedin said, “Zain Bahrain is determined established in 2014. ZDFI is charged with YOYO is a vehicle sharing club in which regis- to offer its customer the latest in digital servic- launching Zain into the digital space with the tered members, via an app on their smart- es that improve their livelihoods and their view to growing the company through new phones, are easily able to reserve and use vehi- mobile experience. We believe the Bahrain innovative business streams, which add to the cles as they require, even for an hour or as long community will welcome the YoYo car sharing company’s financial viability and market capital- as they require. The way the YOYO service works service, and we are excited by the impending ization. ZDFI focuses on the areas of innovation; is that a customer can select a vehicle from any launch of this service to our customers. Zain digital services; corporate venturing; and smart location in the city in which the service is avail- Bahrain is keen to play its role in maintaining cities, with the ultimate aim of Zain becoming a able and reserve it for any time period. Doors of the Kingdom’s leading position in the region’s regional innovation trendsetter. the hired vehicle are unlocked by the customer’s telecommunication sector.” Zain is a leading telecommunications opera- membership card or mobile application, with Berkman Cavusoglu, Co-Founder and CEO of tor across the Middle East and Africa, providing the vehicle’s keys found inside. The members YOYO said, “We believe momentum for car-shar- mobile voice and data services to over 47 million can return back their cars to another parking sta- ing services is gathering pace all the time, and active customers as of 31 December, 2016. With tion and leave the cars by locking again from for us this is a perfect opportunity to expand a commercial presence in 8 countries, Zain oper- their smartphones; without any hassle. into new markets such as the Middle East. For ates in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi From Zain’s perspective, this joint venture of the last three years, we have been very heavily Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. In Lebanon, the participating in the fast growing “shared econo- focused on younger demographics of people Group manages ‘touch’ on behalf of the govern- my” vertical, underlines the company’s culture of aged between 25-35, and now we are keen to ment. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in innovation as it looks to bring new and appeal- also explore foreign markets and move into the ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. California high-speed rail ready to lay some track

WASHINGTON: In this March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal SACRAMENTO, Calif: After years of authority’s related request for $600 prep work, Gov. Jerry Brown’s million for Caltrain in the San Revenue Service building in Washington. —AP finance department decided Friday Francisco Bay Area. Bullet trains that California’s $64 billion high- travel on electrified rails, and the speed rail project is ready to lay California authority’s business plan Ukraine reaches preliminary some track. calls for the two systems to share The administration approved lines along the Peninsula Corridor agreement with IMF the rail authority’s request to spend in the Bay Area. $2.6 billion on work in the Central Cohen said in a separate letter Valley. The decision lets the authori- that he is waiting because the KIEV: The International Monetary half of 2015. Ukraine has thus far seen ty ask the state treasurer’s office to Federal Transit Administration last Fund said Saturday it had reached a only $7.3 billion of that money. sell a portion of the nearly $10 bil- month delayed a decision on preliminary agreement with Ukraine lion in bonds voters approved in whether to approve a $650 million that could see the war-scarred and Fighting economic stagnation 2008 for a bullet train. However, the federal grant for electrification. cashed-starved nation receive fresh This has forced the pro-Western gov- first 29-mile segment of track isn’t “The state’s substantial invest- aid in the first half of the year. ernment to step up its pressure and ram expected to be completed until at ment in this critical infrastructure The news was particularly good for through detested legislation such as the least August 2019. improvement project is ready to the ex-Soviet republic because the IMF raising of utility bills. Those had previous- The bullet train’s long-term move forward, the only remaining statement referred to a loan of $1 bil- ly been state-subsidized and posed an prospects remain clouded because The supports for a 1,600-foot-viaduct to carry high-speed rail piece is action by the federal gov- lion (0.9 billion euros) and not the less- extra burden on Ukraine’s shallow cof- of uncertainty over funding and trains across the Fresno River are seen under construction near ernment on their contribution,” er sums discussed in earlier months. fers. The country has also repeatedly several pending lawsuits. Significant Madera, Calif. —AP Alley said in a statement referring to Ukraine also gets the reprieve of failed in its efforts to launch a meaning- federal help is required, and the the Federal Transit Administration’s not having to go though the unpop- ful privatization drive that could help fill Republican-controlled Congress plan while downplaying a Federal rail project, and his administration delay. Congressional Republicans Railroad Administration risk analysis includes the finance department, ular measure of raising its pension in the budget gap. does not support the project. have urged the administration to that included a worst-case scenario so Friday’s decision is not surpris- age to get the cash. The step had Attempts to put up land for sale have Private money also is needed but reject the application, and the none has been secured yet. for the costs of the project. He ing. The authority will ask the state agency said last month that it is been initially demanded by the IMF also been resisted by nationalist law- The treasurer previously issued instead cited the authority’s more treasurer to sell a portion of the deferring a ruling until the project is makers and their allies who comprise a but strongly opposed to by Ukrainian $1.15 billion of the bonds that went optimistic analysis and an inde- bonds this spring to help pay for considered as part of President lawmakers who want to avoid a voter powerful contingent of the chamber. for administration and on work to pendent consultant’s review that he construction of 119 miles of rail in Donald Trump’s budget. Although backlash. Yet Ukraine has also seen some wel- connect the new system to existing said found that “the cost estimates the Central Valley from Madera to congressional Republicans oppose “The IMF staff has reached agree- come news. tracks, leaving the bulk of the money and contingencies in this plan are Shafter, authority spokeswoman the plan, Trump has previously ment with the Ukrainian authorities Advice from the IMF has helped it pull unspent. Finance Director Michael reasonable.” Lisa Marie Alley said. spoken positively about high- on an updated Memorandum of out of a tailspin 2014-2015 recession that Cohen approved the Central Valley Brown is a vocal advocate of the Cohen delayed a decision on the speed rail. —AP Economic and Financial Policies,” the saw the economy shrink by an astonish- Fund’s Ukrainian mission chief Ron ing 17 percent. Annualized inflation van Rooden said in the statement. reached nearly 50 percent in the most Burgan Bank announces winners of Yawmi draw “This paves the way for consideration dire days. The IMF did not provide any of the third review of the arrangement details about what concessions Kiev may KUWAIT: Burgan Bank, the second largest in tomers to maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the account will under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) have made in this round. terms of assets, announced today the names of in their account for two months prior to the draw entitle customers to one chance of winning. If the by the IMF’s Executive Board ... in the Ukraine is waging a multi-font battle the daily draw winners of its Yawmi account draw, account balance is KD 500 and above, the account second half of March,” the statement against economic stagnation and a each taking home a cash-prize of KD 5,000. holder will be qualified for both the quarterly and said in reference to a $1 billion loan. Russian-backed insurgency in the east of daily draws. The IMF’s board usually follows the country that has claimed more than The lucky winners are: Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a through with such preliminary agree- 10,000 lives. The nearly three-year war is 1. Jaber Aasi Rafia Khalaf Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to ments and disburses aid once all the at a stalemate and shows few signs of 2. Ayad Sulaiman Salamah Shalash maximize their chances of becoming a winner. The 3. Abdulwahab Abdulsamad Taqi higher the level of the deposit, the higher the like- details have been hashed out. reaching a resolution. Sporadic upsurges 4. Sakena Yaqoub Yousef Murad lihood to win. in violence such as last month’s flareup in The IMF had dragged its feet in dis- In addition to the daily draw, Burgan Bank also For more information on opening a Yawmi bursing help to Ukraine because of its the town of Avdiivka claim dozens of offers a Quarterly Draw with more chances to win account, the new quarterly draw or on any of the unwillingness to follow though on lives. But the economy of one of Europe’s higher rewards, offering the chance to one lucky bank’s products and services, customers are urged tough belt-tightening measures. poorest countries grew by about one customer to win KD 125,000 every three months. to visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch. It is far behind schedule since strik- percent last year and is on course to The Yawmi Account offers daily and quarterly Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s ing the $17.5 billion deal in the first expand by 2.2 percent in 2017. —AFP draws, wherein the quarterly draw requires cus- www.burgan.com for further information. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 business Jazeera Airways celebrates International Women’s Day Special fares for women travelling in March

KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, the first private Marketing and Product said, “Women are a Airways urges all women who wish to airline in Kuwait and the Middle East, is prominent and growing segment of travel in March to avail the special offer celebrating International Women’s Day by Jazeera Airways’ customer base and an designed as a token of appreciation announcing special fares exclusively for important part of our workforce. As a towards them. It is worth mentioning that women travelling to all destinations dur- Kuwaiti airline, we remain committed to the offer is only redeemable via call cen- ing the month of March. supporting women across all walks of life ter (177) from Kuwait. Starting March 1st, women of all ages as they are a key force that builds stronger Established in 2005, Jazeera Airways is will be eligible to a 25 percent discount economies and healthier societies, and is a Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed company when booking Business Class between thus worth celebrating”. He continued, serving popular destinations in the March 1st and March 9th to travel any- “This year’s celebration of International Middle East. The airline operates a fleet of time until March 31st, 2017. Also, all Women’s Day is a combined effort to rec- Airbus A320 aircrafts with two class cab- women traveling on March 8th will have ognize our women’s accomplishments and ins comprising a Business Class and an free access to the Jazeera Lounge where a dedication to all their hard work”. Economy Class. Business Class travelers they will be treated to a seamless and Jazeera Airways’ exclusive offer for get both an upgraded experience and relaxing experience before their journey women during the month of March falls exclusivity, starting with exclusive check- as they shall enjoy space, comfort and under the airline’s social corporate in lines, business lounge access, up to 60 connectivity including freshly prepared responsibility to contribute to all seg- kilograms in free baggage allowance, and delicious bites and drinks from the ments of society. The International an exclusive on-board cabin. The airline’s Jazeera Lounge buffet. Women’s Day represents a fantastic Economy Class offers travelers free bag- Commenting on Jazeera Airways’ spe- opportunity to recognize and promote gage allowance of 40 kilograms and free cial promotion designed exclusively for the important role women play in the on-board meals with a changing menu women, Dr Mohamed Barakat, VP Kuwaiti society and worldwide. Jazeera every month. London’s iconic cabs take on full Gulf Air branding Airline operates double daily services in UK

MANAMA: London’s iconic cabs were recently worldwide call centre. For over one month, Gulf Al-Gaoud commented: “We wanted to raise adorned with full Gulf Air branding on them as Air branded London cabs operated across the awareness of Gulf Air in one of the airline’s key part of a campaign with taxi advertising special- central and greater London area. markets, and to do so in a truly standout way. ist Sherbet Media, advertising Bahrain’s national On the successful taxi advertising cam- With Sherbet Media we achieved this. We carrier’s network, one-stop-shop website and paign, Gulf Air’s UK Country Manager Rashid gained great brand awareness from this cam- paign with positive feedback from a broad spectrum of residents and visitors who saw and used the Gulf Air branded taxis in various locations throughout London.” Gulf Air has had a strong presence in the United Kingdom since its first flight to London in 1970, and currently operates a double daily serv- ice to London Heathrow Airport offering passen- gers a choice of morning and evening flights. Boasting one of the largest regional networks with multiple daily flights to ten cities across the Middle East, Gulf Air is well-positioned to facili- tate two-way movement between Europe, Asia and several key destinations in the Middle East and North Africa. Gulf Air flights can be booked online at gul- Adel El-Labban named ‘CEO fair.com, the airline’s one-stop-shop website, where customers can also find a suite of addi- of the Year-Mideast 2016’ tional online services offering hotel bookings, car rentals and travel insurance. Gulf Air, the KUWAIT: The London-based EMEA Finance track record and outstanding contributions national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, com- magazine has named Adel El-Labban, to the regional financial industry”. menced operations in 1950, becoming one of Group CEO and Managing Director of Ahli In accepting the award, Adel El-Labban, the first commercial airlines established in the United Bank, as CEO of the Year, Pan Middle said: “It is both a great honour and a humbling Middle East. Today, Gulf Air is a major interna- East 2016, in recognition of his vision, lead- experience to receive this recognition by the tional carrier serving 41 cities in 24 countries ership and outstanding contributions to the well-regarded EMEA Finance, and to accept it spanning three continents. The airline operates regional banking industry. on behalf of the 4000 colleagues whom I have one of the largest networks in the Middle East, The announcement was made at EMEA been privileged to work with across AUB with double daily flights or more to 10 regional Finance’s Middle East Banking Awards 2016, Group. This award is an outcome of and testa- cities, in addition to select destinations in the held in Dubai on March 1, 2017, and attend- ment to our collective efforts since 2000 to Indian Subcontinent and Europe, from its hub at ed by banking and business leaders from build a strong and professional regional bank- Bahrain International Airport. Gulf Air serves all across the Middle East. ing group, one which earns and maintains the its destinations with a combination wide and In recognizing El-Labban, Christopher trust of our shareholders, customers and the narrow body fleet totalling 28 modern aircraft. Moore, Publisher and CEO of EMEA Finance communities we serve at large”. Renowned for its traditional Arabian hospitality, magazine, said: “At EMEA Finance, we recog- Throughout his career, El-Labban had evidenced by the airline’s signature family and nize CEOs who have truly moved their received a string of honours and recogni- business friendly products, Gulf Air is committed banks forward, and whose vision and lead- tions, including for his “Distinguished to being an industry leader and developing ership empower those they direct and Services to Arab Banking” by the Arab products and services that reflect the evolving reward shareholders simultaneously”. Bankers Association (United Kingdom) in needs and aspirations of its passengers. “El-Labban’s career and leadership is a 2015 and for his ‘Outstanding Contribution to Gulf Air connects Bahrain to the world and, textbook success story. He has brought Financial Services’ by Euromoney in 2011. He as such, is a key national infrastructure asset, together and employed his unique vision was also awarded a ‘Lifetime Achievement serving as a powerful driver for the economy and diverse experiences to build a world- Award’ by Banker Middle East in 2011 and in and supporting the Kingdom’s on-going eco- class business model for AUB, growing it 2010 the Union of Arab Banks named him nomic growth. into one of the region’s powerhouses and ‘Arab Banker of Year 2009’. Gulf Air has been the Title Sponsor of the consistently increasing its key financial met- Under El-Labban stewardship, AUB won FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX rics year-on-year. The decade he spent at several top regional awards from leading ever since it made history as the first Formula 1 the helm of Commercial International Bank international publications, including most Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East in 2004. and building it into Egypt’s largest private recently ‘Bank of the Year Middle East Award In addition, the airline has been Official Carrier bank, has included many firsts for Egyptian 2016’ for the second time by ‘The Banker’, of the biennial Bahrain International Airshow and Middle Eastern banking. We are privi- the leading monthly publication of since it was first held in 2010. leged to honour tonight his impressive Financial Times Group. AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals GmbH certified as one of the top employers Kuwait 2017

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NEW YORK: Cursive writing is looping back Generation gap any more than they should require all chil- into style in schools across the country after a That was where New York state Assemb- dren to play a musical instrument. generation of students who know only key- lywoman Nicole Malliotakis drew the line on “I think students would all benefit from boarding, texting and printing out their the cursive generation gap, when she learning the piano,” she said, “but I don’t think words longhand. Alabama and Louisiana encountered an 18-year-old at a voter regis- schools should require all students take passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive profi- tration event who printed out his name in piano lessons.” At PS 166 in Queens, Principal ciency in public schools, the latest of 14 block letters. “I said to him, ‘No, you have to Jessica Geller said there was never a formal states that require cursive. And last fall, the sign here,’” Malliotakis said. “And he said, decision over the years to banish the teach- 1.1 million-student New York City schools, the ‘That is my signature. I never learned script.’” ing of cursive. “We just got busy with the nation’s largest public school system, encour- Malliotakis, a Republican from the New York addition of technology, and we started focus- aged the teaching of cursive to students, City borough of Staten Island, took her con- ing on computers,” she said. generally in the third grade. “It’s definitely not cerns to city education officials and found a Third-graders at the school beamed as necessary but I think it’s, like, cool to have it,” receptive audience. Schools Chancellor they prepared for a cursive lesson this past said Emily Ma, a 17-year-old senior at New Carmen Farina distributed a handbook on week. The 8-year-olds got their markers York City’s academically rigorous Stuyvesant teaching cursive writing in September and is out, straightened their posture and flexed High School who was never taught cursive in encouraging principals to use it. It cites their wrists. Then it was “swoosh, curl, school and had to learn it on her own. research suggesting that fluent cursive helps swoosh, curl,” as teacher Christine Weltner Penmanship proponents say writing students master writing tasks such as guided the students in writing linked- words in an unbroken line of swooshing l’s spelling and sentence construction because together c’s and a’s. and three-humped m’s is just a faster, easier they don’t have to think as much about Norzim Lama said he prefers cursive way of taking notes. Others say students forming letters. cursive writing began to fall out of favor. But tage of cursive writing over printing and writing to printing “‘cause it looks fancy.” should be able to understand documents Malliotakis also noted that students who cursive instruction was in decline long before wonder whether teaching it takes away from Camille Santos said cursive is “actually like written in cursive, such as, say, a letter from can’t read cursive will never be able to read 2010, when most states adopted the other valuable instruction. doodling a little bit.” Added Araceli Lazaro: Grandma. And still more say it’s just a good historical documents. “If an American student Common Core curriculum standards, which Anne Trubek, author of “The History and “It’s a really fascinating way to write, and I life skill to have, especially when it comes to cannot read the Declaration of Independence, say nothing about handwriting. Uncertain Future of Handwriting,” said really think that everybody should learn signing your name. that is sad.” It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when Some script skeptics question the advan- schools should not require cursive mastery about writing in script.” — AP Dell changes economics of IoT with new Edge Gateway Series More flexibility, connectivity and real-time intelligence BARCELONA: Dell Technologies, the broadest Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure solutions provider, announced the new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series, offering customers flexibil- ity, connectivity and real-time intelligence from harsh environments and small spaces. The 3000 Series includes three unique models targeted specifically for use cases and embedded solu- tions in the industrial automation, energy, trans- portation, and digital signage. With the 3000 Series Gateway, customers will be able to securely transfer and analyze important data at the edge of the network to glean real-time intel- ligence from the physical world. Ideal deploy- ments include locations such as a vehicle, a DUBAI: Elon Musk, the co-founder and chief executive of Electric carmaker Tesla, ges- refrigerated trailer, a remote oil pump in the tures during a ceremony in Dubai. Tesla announced the opening of a new Gulf head- desert, digital signs in an elevator or inside of quarters in Dubai, aiming to conquer an oil-rich region better known for gas guzzlers the HVAC units on a roof-top of a casino. than environmentally friendly motoring. —AFP Customers are looking for faster, real-time analysis of the massive amount of data pro- Tech dreamer reaching duced by devices on their networks, to perform immediate, smart decision-making. For some, it’s too expensive to move all the data from the for sun, moon and stars edge of the network near the devices to the data centre. Computing at the edge helps determine also pre-qualification with 65+ technology and ● Ethernet, USB, certified for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE By Elon Musk sell his ideas,” Enderle said. “The fact his which data is interesting, relevant and needs to service providers in the award-winningii Dell IoT ● Integrated 3G or 4G LTE cellular options for businesses have held together so long be sent back to the data centre or the cloud for Solutions Partner Program, inclusion in over 20 select countries SAN FRANCISCO: Sending tourists for a indicates he is not a con man.” further analytics and longer term storage, saving scalable, repeatable IoT blueprints and financing ● Support for hot or cold operating tempera- trip around the moon is the latest big idea bandwidth and reducing costs and security con- options through Dell Financial Services. The ture extremes from -30∞C to 70∞C launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star Fighting against evil cerns. Dell offers a complete edge to core to Gateway 3000 Series is designed by Dell’s expert ● Integrated digital GPS, accelerometers, and known for turning his passions into vision- Musk more than a year ago took part in cloud portfolio of infrastructure for Industrial IoT team of rugged product engineers and put atmospheric pressure sensors ary enterprises. creating a nonprofit research company solutions that includes everything from Edge through a rigorous 10-step testing process in ● Supports a wide input power range from Musk has become one of the United devoted to developing artificial intelli- Gateways, security and manageability solutions, our IoT Labs. The product line was designed for 12-57 VDC (with vehicle transient voltage pro- States’ best-known innovators. He was a gence that will help people and not hurt data centre infrastructure and connectivity. scale per tens of thousands of hours of feedback tection) founder of payments company PayPal, them. Musk found himself in the middle of “As the number of connected devices through customer advisory councils, industry ● Ability to be powered via Power-over- electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, a technology world controversy by holding becomes more ubiquitous, we know that intelli- maker and launcher of rockets and space- firm that AI could turn on humanity and be consortiums and market feedback. Ethernet (PoE) gent computing at the edge of the network is ● craft. SpaceX recently announced that two its ruin instead of a salvation. The rugged 3000 Series is complementary to Ignition pin for easy operation while con- critical. The IoT continues to enhance customer nected to a battery powered device private citizens have paid money to be Technology giants including Google, its big brother, the 5000 Series, which is experience, drive business growth and improve Differentiating features between the three sent around the Moon in what would mark Apple and Microsoft have been investing designed to excel in fixed use cases that require lives, making it central to organizations’ digital models include: the farthest humans have ever traveled to in making machines smarter, contending modular expansion, large sensor networks and transformation strategies,” said Dermot ● Industrial Automation and Energy deep space since the 1970s. the goal is to improve lives. “If we create more advanced edge analytics. The 3000 Series O’Connell, vice president, OEM and IoT Management, Model 3001; Multi-function I/O In a sector where entrepreneurs often some digital super-intelligence that is ideal for both fixed and mobile use cases Solutions, EMEA, Dell EMC. “The small and requiring smaller sensor networks, tight spaces, port and programmable serial ports (RS- speak of “moonshots,” Musk is one of the exceeds us in every way by a lot, it is very mighty 3000 Series opens up new opportunities 485/422/232). biggest dreamers. The 45-year-old South important that it be benign,” Musk said at a and more simple analytics. for our customers and partners to get smarter “The new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series ● Transportation and Logistics, Model 3002; Africa-born entrepreneur has channeled a conference in California. with their data and make big things happen.” powered by Intel provides powerful edge analyt- GPS tracking, support for accelerometers and dot-com fortune into a series of ambitious He reasoned that even a benign situa- The Gateway 3000 Series joins Dell’s award- ics in a compact form factor. The series bridges other MEMS devices, CAN bus for land/marine ventures. Besides being the head of tion with ultra-intelligent AI would put winningi line of IoT-enabling hardware including the data needs of traditional operational tech- protocols, integrated ZigBee for mesh sensor SpaceX and Tesla, Musk is the chairman of people so far beneath the machine they the Edge Gateway 5000 Series and Embedded nology with the manageability demands of networks. SolarCity, a solar panel installer recently would be “like a house cat.” “I don’t love the Box PC 3000 and 5000 Series. All solutions bene- IT,”Ken Caviasca, general manager, IoT Group ● Digital Signage and Retail, Model 3003; bought by Tesla. idea of being a house cat,” Musk said, envi- fit from Dell’s end-to-end support services, (IOTG), Intel . “We’re excited to continue our Display Port output for video displays He also operates his own foundation sioning the creation of neural lacing that including the Base Hardware Warranty, or great partnership with Dell to help our collective (2560x1600) and 3.5mm line in/line out for quali- focusing on education, clean energy and magnifies people’s brain power by linking optional Dell ProSupport for up to five years, and IoT customers connect what matters.” ty audio streaming. While each model is designed child health. And he drafted a paper detail- them directly to computing capabilities. Dell Deployment services. ProSupport on the to meet core needs in its respective target mar- ing the feasibility of an ultra-fast Gateway 3000 Series includes proactive, auto- All three models include: ket, the overall 3000-series line is suitable to many “Hyperloop” rail transport system that Living in a game mated support, 24x7 access to ProSupport engi- ● An Intel Atom processor other industries and use cases. Additional I/O Some of his ideas have prompted ques- would transport people at near supersonic neers and Advanced Exchange to minimize ● 2 GB RAM and 8 GB eMMC storage (32 GB needs can be addressed via 3rd party USB don- speeds, then made it freely available to tions about whether Musk is a visionary or downtime with a quick unit replacement. There’s and SD card for additional storage options) gles and Distributed I/O options as required. enterprises willing to pursue the project. mad scientist. He has raised eyebrows with a theory that the world as it is known may ‘Doesn’t sit around’ be a computer simulation. “I’ve had so “He is a visionary who has some key many simulation discussions it’s crazy,” Hypercars mingle with station passions which he pursues with vigor,” Musk said while fielding a question on the Jackdaw Research chief analyst Jan topic at the conference. Dawson said of Musk. “He doesn’t sit He maintained that “the odds that we wagons at Geneva auto show around and wait for people to do some- are in base reality is one in billions.” Musk thing about them; he goes out and does it lives in Los Angeles and holds US, FRANKFURT: Europe’s automakers purchase Opel. The deal is expect- luxury brand; Daimler’s Mercedes- Pagani stands out with a bold curve himself.” Musk’s penchant for rocketing Canadian and South African citizenship. face huge questions: the impact of ed to be announced today. AMG performance division will offer running from roofline through roof after his passions may appear to spread He moved to Canada in his late teens and Britain’s decision to leave the In SUVs, consumers like the a station wagon with a big 4.0 liter pillar to the hood. It’s powered by a him thin, but he has built a record of suc- then to the United States, earning bache- European Union, President Donald rugged, utilitarian look and the engine and acceleration like that of gigantic 6.0 liter, 12-cylinder engine cess. Musk appears strong on painting big lor’s degrees in physics and business Trump’s proposed border tax on higher riding position, which gives a sports car - 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) turning out 764 horsepower. ideas in broad strokes and then enlisting from the University of Pennsylvania. After imports, the uncertain prospects drivers a feeling of safety, says Tim in 3.5 seconds. Not to be outdone in people skilled at tending to the nuts-and- graduating, Musk abandoned plans to for electric vehicles. Meanwhile, Urquhart, principal analyst at IHS the family transport department, TRUMP, BREXIT bolts work needed to follow through, say pursue further studies at Stanford they have to keep selling cars in a Automotive. And for the compa- rival BMW is coming ahead with a Companies with assembly or observers. University and started Zip2, a company ferociously competitive European nies, “you can sell the same tech- station wagon version of its 5-Series. parts production in Britain - such as “He doesn’t seem to be able to focus,” that made online publishing software for market. nology for a higher margin,” Ford, General Motor’s Opel division, analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said. the media industry. That mix of anxiety about the Urquhart said. Small SUVs can re- HYPERCARS BMW, and Nissan - face decisions “He just likes coming up with the ideas and He banked his first millions before the future and the need to market hot use many of the mechanical foun- Geneva is usually a good show about what to do with investment is good at picking other people who can age of 30 when he sold Zip2 to US com- products today will mark the 87th dations of small cars, spreading for stunning, unbelievably fast and production there as Britain pre- deal with the plumbing-that is why he is puter maker Compaq for more than $300 Geneva International Motor Show. manufacturing costs. sports cars costing hundreds of pares to leave the EU. Prime Minister able to do a lot of stuff.” million in 1999. Musk’s next company, The show convenes tomorrow and In the higher price range, Range thousands, or more. Ferrari has the Theresa May is due to trigger Brexit And while some may wonder whether X.com, eventually merged with PayPal, the Wednesday at the Palexpo center Rover’s Velar boasts a six-cylinder 812 Superfast, equipped with a 12- this month, starting two years of hubris or realism reigns in Musk’s moves, online payments firm bought by Internet next to Geneva’s airport for two gasoline engine that reaches 100 cylinder engine generating 789 negotiations on a new trading rela- his businesses have gained value, with the auction giant eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. days of vehicle unveilings to jour- kph (62 mph) in only 5.3 seconds. horsepower. Singapore-based tionship between Britain and the EU. jury still out on the wisdom of the Tesla Forbes estimates Musk’s current net worth nalists and CEO interviews. It then Other model launches include the Vanda Electrics Pte Ltd. offers the The main concern is whether Britain acquisition of SolarCity. “He can certainly at $13.4 billion. — AFP opens to the public Thursday and convertible version of the E-Class racecar-like, low-slung Dendrobium. leaves without retaining some runs through March 19. from Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz The Huayra Roadster from Italy’s access to the EU’s tariff-free single market. The auto industry is vulnera- Typo caused Amazon’s big Here are major themes ble as it depends on the supply of likely to mark the show. parts that cross many borders before RIDING HIGH IN SUVs a car is complete. Similar uncertainty cloud-computing outage A key trend at Geneva show will is coming from Trump’s talk of a tax NEW YORK: Amazon says an incorrectly required, which took longer than expect- be the shift from minivans to small on imports from factories in Mexico. typed command during a routine debug- ed due to how fast Amazon Web Services sport-utility vehicles, which com- It’s a potentially big development - ging of its billing system has grown over the past few bine car-like features such as plush though it hasn’t happened yet. caused the five-hour outage years. Amazon says it is mak- interiors and sleeker rooflines with of some Amazon Web ing changes to its system to off-road features like high clear- ELECTRICS Services servers on Tuesday. make sure incorrect com- ance. PSA Group’s Citroen C- The auto industry has sunk bil- In a summary posted mands won’t trigger an out- Aircross concept is expected to lions into developing new electric online, the Seattle company says a com- age of its web services in the future. replace the current C3 Picasso. cars, but they won’t stand out at mand meant to remove a small number Amazon is the world’s largest provider General Motors Co.’s Opel will show the Geneva show as they did at the of servers for one of its S3 subsystems of cloud services, which entails hosting off its Crossland X, a model that Paris show last year, when GENEVA: This undated photo provided by Daimler AG shows Mercedes was entered incorrectly and a larger set companies’ computing functions on turned out to be a sign of things to Volkswagen and Daimler both X-Class cars. The cars will be shown at the Geneva Auto Show in of servers was removed. A full restart was remote servers. — AP come: it was developed with the made a big deal about battery- PSA Group, which has agreed to Geneva, Switzerland that starts tomorrow with media days. — AP powered concept cars. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Syria farmers fear IS to flood Euphrates villages

TUWAYHINA, Syria: Syrian farmers near could be under water,” said Abu Hussein, advanced to just five kilometres from the (OCHA) says water levels of the Euphrates much longer, will have serious repercus- the Euphrates river are terrified the 67. He spoke to AFP in Tuwayhina, a town. “We’re hearing that Daesh is plan- have risen 10 m since late January. The sions on the dam”. The source, who Islamic State group will literally open the small village that was recently recap- ning on blowing up the Tabqa dam,” said UN said the increase was “partly due to spoke on condition of anonymity out of floodgates to defend its stronghold tured by the US-backed Syrian Raheel Hassan Mahmoud, 58, in the arid heavy rainfall and snow”. But it also point- fear of reprisals by IS, said the dam was Raqqa, drowning their tiny villages in the Democratic Forces east of the river and village of Bir Hamad, using an Arabic ed the finger at air strikes near the dam, at risk of damage as the fighting draws process. Water levels of the Euphrates, around 10 km from the dam. Abu acronym for IS. “If this happens, it means “which, if further damaged, could lead to near - but so was his team. which snakes down through northern Hussein said “hundreds of villages and most of Raqa and Deir Ezzor will drown, massive scale flooding across Raqqa and “The technicians will be forced to flee Syria and east into Iraq, have shot up fields” could be submerged if IS opens while other towns die of thirst and crops as far away as Deir Ezzor” province to the in order to escape death. This is another over the past month near the militant the gates of the dam, which lies around and livestock die,” he told AFP. southeast. danger, because the dam cannot be left group’s de facto capital, Raqqa city. 50 km upstream from Raqqa city. “They Any further rises in the water level or without someone controlling it,” the Residents of the modest farming villages don’t even fear God. And if someone ‘Catastrophic implications’ damage to the Tabqa dam “would have source warned. Before Syria’s conflict scattered on the river’s eastern bank say doesn’t fear God, then I’m afraid of him.” Hassan, a 35-year-old in nearby Bir catastrophic humanitarian implications erupted in 2011, about 40,000 people they are afraid the jihadists will destroy The Tabqa dam sits 500 m from the Hassan, said he expected IS would flood in all areas downstream”, the UN warned. lived in Tabqa, according to geography the Tabqa dam, Syria’s largest, to slow eponymous town, an IS stronghold since the villages as a last resort. “It could open The SDF’s drive for Raqa is backed by air expert Fabrice Balanche. Another 20,000 advancing anti-IS forces. 2014 where many of its most senior up the dam’s gates to cover itself as it strikes from the US-led coalition bomb- lived in the smaller city of Thawrah, just “If IS goes through with its threat of commanders are based. Tabqa is a key withdraws, in case it’s no longer able to ing jihadists in Iraq and Syria. A member south of the dam. Construction of the blowing up the Tabqa dam, then all areas target of the SDF’s months-long drive for resist in the area,” he said. The UN’s of the Syrian team still working at the Tabqa dam was completed in 1973 with around the southern part of the river Raqa, and its fighters have already humanitarian coordination agency dam warned that “the battle, if it lasts help from the Soviet Union. —AFP Bringing water to Kenya’s drought-stricken wildlife

VOI, Kenya: In a wildlife sanctuary drink up to 190 liters of water in $200,000 - most of that in the past water pumps, they see the swirling in southern Kenya the relentless one sitting - have in recent months two weeks, as word spread about snake tracks in the sand. Desperate sun has bleached savannah grasses carried out often deadly raids on Mwalua’s initiative. “It has blown for water and a cool place to shel- and dried up rivers, turning water villages in search of water. To the my mind,” said Mwalua, who plans ter as drought and climate change holes first into muddy pits and now, majority of locals struggling to sur- to buy his own water truck and dig affect their habitat, snakes increas- dust bowls. Herds of elephant, buf- vive the failure of their crops, these a borehole in the park. ingly come into contact with peo- falo and zebra have gathered near wildlife neighbors are little more Meanwhile the David Sheldrick ple. As a result, snakebites have one of the holes, where for six than a menace and competition for Wildlife Trust - famed for rearing shot up so much in recent years months, pea farmer Patrick Mwalua land and resources. orphan elephants - has now joined that the Kenya Wildlife Service has been delivering water to them him in trucking in water to the (KWS) is trying to amend a law to in a rented blue truck. After the ‘The animals come running’ water hole. In a sign of the crisis stop having to compensate those rains failed for the third time in However Mwalua believes it is the region faces, the charity has bitten, which costs millions of November, Mwalua was so dis- crucial to protect the wildlife, argu- drilled 13 boreholes over the years, euros per year. tressed by the obviously weak and ing “we are the voice of the ani- Angela Sheldrick, who runs the thirsty animals that he began seek- mals”. He reached out to foreigners, trust, told AFP. Deadlier than poaching The main water source for Tsavo MONROVIA: James Harris, the husband of Salome Karwah, looks at pictures West is Lake Jipe, which straddles of his wedding day in his home on March 2, 2017. —AFP the border with Tanzania. According to Kipongoso, its level has dropped 10 m in a decade. “At the same rate it means in another Liberian icon dies giving four or five years it will be a swamp, in another 15 years it will birth after surviving Ebola be a dust bowl. That means Tsavo West is dead, finished,” he warned. MONROVIA: In Nov 2014, Salome Karwah and Karwah was dead shortly afterwards. He blames the water problems on of Liberia graced the cover of Time maga- “My wife was an Ebola survivor. She con- “sheer human activity” in catch- zine as a symbol of strength and humanity tracted the virus during the outbreak and ment areas. In the nearby after surviving Ebola and using her experi- she recovered,” Harris said, bouncing the Amboseli park, during the 2009 ence to help others with the virus. But last healthy new baby on his knee. “She saved drought, 14 elephants were killed month, Karwah died shortly after giving lives, she held babies who had Ebola, and by poachers, while another 99 birth to her fourth child - and her husband she helped them to get better. She did not died because of lack of water, blames the stigma attached to Ebola. “My deserve this kind of treatment.” according to KWS figures. wife died because she was not catered to Karwah lost her parents, brother, aunts, “What all that means is we need by nurses and doctors. The reason, I uncles, cousins and a niece to Ebola, now to stop focusing on poaching believe, is because she is an Ebola sur- according to Time. In an article for The and start facing the imminent vivor,” James Harris said. “I am saying this Guardian in Oct 2014, Karwah wrote of the catastrophe which is the mass because I heard some nurses telling Ebola survivors she helped: “I help them death of elephants and wildlife friends not to go near my wife because she with all my might because I understand from lack of water,” Kipongoso said. is a survivor.” the experience - I’ve been through the “The only way you can do that is The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa very same thing.” Her photograph was cho- landscape rehabilitation,” he said, starting in 2013, which hit Liberia the hard- sen for the cover of Time when those fight- referring to reverting the land to its est, infected nearly 29,000 people by con- ing the Ebola outbreak were named per- state before human activity servative estimates, killing more than a son of the year. The hospital has refused to changed it. third. Karwah worked as a counsellor for comment on her death, but Liberia’s chief Buffalo approach a watering hole after a bowser water tanker delivers water to thirsty wildlife at Mwalua’s undertaking is Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) after medical officer, Francis Kateh, told AFP that the Tsavo-west national park, after traveling 70 km from the town of Voi, approximately 400 km exhausting. Bleary-eyed, he eats a recovering from Ebola in the summer of the authorities were investigating the case. southeast of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, on Oct 19, 2016. —AFP quick breakfast of Swahili sweet 2014, helping others to cope with the psy- Karwah’s brother, Reginald Karwah, bun and tea before embarking on chological toll of the hemorrhagic fever. said her body was tested for Ebola and ing donations to bring water to the who had participated in a conser- Snakebites the 70-km journey. Delivering the One evening in February, Harris said, his the result came back negative. Many Taita Hills sanctuary. vation program he runs, to ask for While conservationists praise 12,000 liters of water is a slow, wife was admitted to hospital in the capi- Ebola survivors continue to suffer high The 41-year-old was haunted by donations to pay for the $250 (237- Mwalua’s efforts, they warn that cli- hour-long drive that he sometimes tal, Monrovia, where she gave birth by cae- levels of shame and discrimination, which the memory of a 2009 drought, euro) truckloads of water. At first, mate change and human activity makes several times a day, despite sarian section. She returned home just two has been exacerbated by findings that the which the International Fund for he would pour it into natural water have affected water supply so bad- suffering from kidney failure days later, telling her husband that some virus can stay in certain parts of the body Animal Welfare estimates led to the holes but quickly realized that ly it will take much more to solve requiring twice-weekly dialysis. But of the nurses refused to touch her. for at least nine months after a patient loss of 40 percent of the animals in much was soaked up by the baking the problem. “It is a good initiative he perks up when he sees the wait- has recovered. Liberia also has some of the neighboring Tsavo West earth, so turned instead to a but how much water can we truck ing animals. ‘She did not deserve this’ the world’s highest maternal mortality National Park. “It was so sad. I saw it cement hole near a tourist lodge. into Tsavo? How many boreholes On a February afternoon, clouds Complications soon developed, and rates, according to the United Nations. myself and I felt very bad and I said The animals “come running the can you sink?” asked Jacob gather above the savannah and a Harris rushed to hospital seeking help. His The UN’s Population Fund has said that this thing should never happen moment they see the truck, they Kipongoso, head of the Tsavo rare burst of rain fills the air with an concerns were dismissed by one doctor, access to life-saving care has deteriorated again,” he told AFP. Over his life- even know the timings. When they Heritage Foundation. Conflict earthy petrichor but doesn’t stick and he was told to go to a pharmacy to since the Ebola outbreak because of the time, Mwalua has seen the climate are really thirsty they even drink between humans and wildlife is around long enough to penetrate buy an injection for his wife. The medica- strain it has inflicted on the country’s change drastically, with droughts when the truck is emptying,” the only going to get worse, he the soil. Weeks of driving rain are tion was nowhere to be found, however, fragile health system. —AFP causing chronic water shortages lodge’s assistant manager Alex believes. One deadly clue is the needed to break the drought, and and increased conflict between vil- Namunje told AFP. A GoFundMe snakes’ behavior. forecasters are already gloomy lagers and wildlife. crowdfunding page, set up by an Every morning, in Kipongoso’s about the next rainy season due Thirsty elephants - which can American friend, has raised over village, when women go to the this month. —AFP Ouch: Taking the sting Push for healthier nail salons out of medical expenses WASHINGTON: Medical expenses are a reach deductibles sooner. You may also burden whenever they hit, but a recent want to get an estimate of costs ahead in California finding success study found they’re most common of time so you can better prepare. Some around this time of year. The study providers and insurers will help with found that one in six families makes a this or you can use Amino, a free online OAKLAND, California: It was the swag- ic and outreach program in Oakland’s workers. Last year, California lawmak- exposure in nail salons. Some busi- major medical payment in any given service that estimates the costs of many bags that convinced community health Chinatown where staffers first took ers passed legislation supporting the nesses and local groups around the year, and they tended to occur in the common health care procedures. organizer Julia Liou to redraw the battle note more than a decade ago of how certification program. US have tried self-certifying healthy first few months of the year. The study plan in a fight to reduce the hazardous many nail-salon workers were dealing nail salons. found the median payment was $1,143 Verify chemical exposures of nail-salon work- with cancer, headaches, miscarriages Certification But California’s voluntary program and most households take more than a Review all your bills carefully when ers, most of them low-paid Asian immi- and other health problems. The health complaints voiced by stands out for the local government year to recover from the hit. they arrive. About half of medical bills grant women. In 2005, Liou watched at Since then, the California Healthy the country’s more than 400,000 certification and for giving salon own- Although the reason for the timing is contain errors, said Caitlin Donovan of California’s state Capitol as dozens of Nail Salon Collaborative that Liou co- nail-salon workers, mostly immi- ers and workers the say on what health unclear, researchers at economic think the National Patient Advocate lobbyists gave away bags of lipsticks founded has spearheaded a California grants from Vietnam, the Philippines, measures salons could best afford, as tank JP Morgan Chase Institute who Foundation. Make sure you are being and other beauty goodies to excited effort to reduce the toxicants that South Korea and other Asian coun- well as the training and encourage- conducted the study hypothesize that billed only for services and goods you legislative staffers. It was part of the salon workers touch and breathe. tries and many with limited English ment to speak out on their health con- people are either putting off treatment received. If you feel like you are being beauty and chemical industries’ effort Cities and counties taking part in the or political experience, have gotten cerns. One morning this winter, TV or bill paying until tax refund time billed for something that should be to defeat a bill to ban one of the thou- program certify salon owners who vol- more attention over the last decade. crews, state and federal officials, and when they can afford it, or simply facing covered by insurance, reach out to your sands of industrial compounds used to untarily ban suspect ingredients and In New York, Gov Andrew Cuomo has salon workers crowded inside a store- a fresh new set of deductibles and oth- plan for an explanation. You can also make manicure and pedicures prettier nail products and who provide proper mandated ventilation systems and front nail salon in the San Francisco er out-of-pocket insurance expenses to appeal any decision by your insurer not and longer lasting. ventilation, gloves and masks for other measures to reduce chemical suburb of Alameda. The gathering cele- meet for the year. to pay. There are companies that will Liou and her colleagues lost on that brated the salon as one of the newest audit bills for you to make sure they are bill. But the state Capitol cluster-swag of 143 in the Bay Area and the Southern We gathered a few expert tips for correct. Some, like Remedy, will only emerged as a defining lesson for Liou, California city of Santa Monica to win managing the pain of medical take a percentage of what they save underscoring how hard it would always local government certification as a expenses: you as payment. You can also reach out be to go lobbyist-for-lobbyist against healthy salon. Save to a patient advocate organization for the US beauty industry, with its $62 bil- On the sidewalk outside, the owner It’s much easier to bear big expenses assistance. lion in estimated revenue last year. That of another salon, Van Nguyen, stood when you have some emergency sav- episode has given rise to a San and cried. In support of the program, ings. If you don’t have much set aside, Seek aid Francisco Bay Area grassroots cam- Nguyen had told California policymak- you aren’t alone. Two-thirds of If you cannot foot the bill at all, seek paign of salon workers, health workers ers of miscarriages she suffered and the Americans would have difficulty com- help as soon as possible. Hospitals are and local officials that has taken hold in debilitating skin ailments that plagued ing up with the money to cover a often willing to negotiate the amount California and is gaining increasing a son she carried to full term. Having $1,000 emergency, according to a poll you owe or set up a payment plan. Ask national support and recognition from earlier won certification for her own San conducted by The Associated Press- if they have a financial assistance plan the US Environmental Protection Francisco nail parlor, Nguyen, 46, was NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. or know of one that could help you. Agency, Harvard’s John F Kennedy proud she had spoken out to protect Start small, automate your savings and There are many nonprofit organizations School of Government and others. other workers. But she mourned the try to keep your hands off it unless you set up specifically to help people man- “I realized we need to bring the voic- harm she believes she did to her off- really need it. age their medical bills. Also consider es of the community there ... to really spring through long days working with Other preventative steps include seeking help from friends or family with articulate what was really happening, glues, removers and polishes. “I had staying within your health insurer’s net- a crowdfunding page, such as what workers were experiencing on the ALAMEDA, California: In this Nov 30, 2016 photo, Lan-Anh misfortune, but I did the best I can,” work or bundling your care so you Gofundme.com. —AP health side,” said Liou, development Nguyen said. “I don’t want anyone else director of Asian Health Services, a clin- Truong performs a manicure at her Leann’s Nails salon. —AP to suffer like me.” —AP MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Russia’s hidden sex workers risk violence, disease

SAINT PETERSBURG: Vladimir Putin recently ous year, while the real total is likely to be signifi- trative offence, sex workers are totally defenseless ent backgrounds,” says Akhmetzyanova. “There quipped that Russian prostitutes are “the best in cantly higher. and without rights,” complains Maslova. are students, divorced women and even house- the world” as he dismissed unsubstantiated Prostitutes admit they come under pressure to The NGO chief believes that only legalization wives - their husbands don’t know or at least rumors that Moscow had incriminating evidence have unsafe sex. “They’ve beaten me and threat- of prostitution can bring an end to the abuses claim they don’t.” Only some 10 percent work on on Donald Trump. But the reality is that Russian ened me with a knife, forced me to do it without against the women and aims to create what she the streets, while most work in brothels in city sex workers operate in a hidden world outside a condom,” said Madina, who is from Uzbekistan calls a “trade union for sex workers”. There seems apartments, shared by a group of prostitutes with the law and out of sight - making them doubly and speaks only basic Russian. “I’ve had difficult little prospect of this currently as officials and a security guard and receptionist, who takes calls vulnerable to infection and abuse, as AFP journal- situations with clients many times, for sure,” lawmakers back conservative policies and stress from clients. ists found after being granted rare access to an added Nastya, who came to the city from the the importance of fidelity in HIV prevention cam- Clients find them from small ads pasted on the illegal brothel. Urals region. “I’ve learnt not to show my fear.” paigns. Prostitution officially did not exist in the walls of buildings or on bus stops offering “leisure” In a grand Stalin-era tower block in the north- Soviet Union but the first prostitutes targeting or “girls” or simply giving women’s names and a western city of Saint Petersburg, a woman in her ‘Absolute pariahs’ foreigners appeared in the late 1980s, taking pay- phone number. In the brothel, Akhmetzyanova 30s opens the door of an apartment, introducing “Russian prostitutes are absolute pariahs who ment in coveted hard currency. prepares to test the women for HIV when the herself as Inna, the receptionist of this so-called have no real way of defending themselves,” says In the 1990s, prostitutes openly solicited for entry phone rings. “Quick, girls, quick!” says Inna, salon. “Go into the kitchen. Nadya’s working, but Silver Rose’s founder, Irina Maslova. Maslova trade on Moscow streets. Since the early 2000s, looking at the video from a security camera by the Nastya and Madina are in there,” she says. Nastya, knows what she is talking about. The slim blonde women have largely disappeared into brothels in door, showing a man going up to the apartment. 31, and Madina, 20, are wearing T-shirts over flim- in her 40s says she spent six years selling sex in residential blocks that may masquerade as mas- Nastya and Madina take off their T-shirts, put on sy nighties and are drinking tea in the small the city before becoming an activist in 2003 and sage parlors and operate allegedly under protec- high heels and run out. About 10 minutes later, kitchen. The women only agree to speak to AFP one of the few public advocates for prostitutes’ tion from corrupt police. In 2015, the Madina comes back alone: The client has chosen because they trust an accompanying activist rights. While prostitution is illegal in Russia, it is Kommersant business daily reported that broth- Nastya. Every night, the three women who work from the only NGO in Russia for sex workers punishable by a fine of just 1,500 rubles ($26). els were routinely “protected” by those in the here have around 10 to 15 clients between them called Serebryanaya Roza, or Silver Rose. Pimps theoretically face up to three years in jail police department supposed to fight internal but only receive half of the 2,000 rubles ($34) per The activist, Regina Akhmetzyanova, spends but are harder to convict since this requires police corruption, citing several former police officers. hour that each pays. The third woman Nadya, 33, her evening going to such clandestine brothels to track financial flows. Activists say this legal ban comes back after her client leaves. She is married to give out condoms and to offer sex workers an is often used by police as an excuse not to investi- ‘We’re still people’ but her unemployed husband does not know her HIV test. This is particularly important for prosti- gate crimes against sex workers. “We’re told our In Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second largest line of work. She sighs as she says: “We do what tutes since infection rates in Russia are currently profession doesn’t exist, that means, we don’t city, activists estimate there could be between we do of our own accord, that’s true. But we’re still growing, with more than 103,000 new cases exist for the government on the one hand, but on 4,000 and 6,000 women who earn their living people all the same and it would be nice to be identified in 2016, up five percent on the previ- the other hand, since (prostitution) is an adminis- from prostitution. “These women have all differ- treated that way sometimes.” —AFP

China vows blue skies Finance capital Karachi BEIJING: China will work to clear its skies by increasing investment in clean energy and punishing polluters, Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday in comments aimed at mollifying public anger over chronic smog. Swathes of turned ‘into rubbish bin’ northern China were blanketed under toxic smog this winter, affecting more than 100 million people and forc- ing government agencies to take emergency measures to curb pollution. “Environmental pollution remains grave, KARACHI: Neighbors forced their way into Mohammad and in particular, some areas are frequently hit by smog,” Umair’s home battling smoke and flames in a desper- Li told delegates to the rubber-stamp National People’s ate bid to rescue his young family - he and his wife sur- Congress (NPC) in opening its annual session. But “we will vived, their children did not. The fire began in a heap of make our skies blue again”, he said in his annual state-of- garbage which blocked the narrow alley outside the the-nation speech. five-storey building and quickly spread inside, engulf- Pollution has plagued China for years, with the dramatic ing the family as they slept that night. The tragic case fouling of the country’s air, water and soil representing the has angered citizens of Karachi already frustrated by a dark side of breakneck economic growth that has lifted failing waste management system, who are calling for hundreds of millions out of poverty. Li listed a series of more to be done. measures China will take this year to help clear the air, Umair, a 31-year-old cloth merchant, breaks down as including upgrading coal-fired power plants to make them he explains that two of his children died before they less polluting, reducing coal-fired heating, and implement- even reached the hospital. “The third one, Abdul Aziz, ing “round-the-clock monitoring” of industrial pollution. died while the doctors were trying to save his life,” He said China would “basically” scrap all high-emission Umair adds, recalling the cluster of doctors working vehicles and pursue a three percent cut in emissions of sul- frantically but futilely around the tiny body of his infant phur dioxide and nitrogen oxide - key components of the son. Police have yet to find out what caused the rubbish country’s toxic smog. “Faster progress in work to improve to catch fire but it spread quickly to their first floor the environment, particularly air quality, is what people are apartment, filling the lone bedroom they shared where desperately hoping for,” Li said. China also will decrease its the family were all sleeping together. energy consumption per unit of GDP by 3.4 percent and Umair’s wife Shameen blames the city and its citizens reduce coal-fired power capacity. for her children’s deaths. “Those who dump trash and China has long promised to clean up its act, but the those who do not fulfil their duties to clean up are pledges have taken a back seat to ensuring rapid economic responsible,” she says flatly, eyes dry as she stands with growth, which the government sees as critical for guaran- her husband among the cinders of their former home. teeing social stability. “Environmental issues are the most “Who else?” Shameen is perhaps the most tragic figure important because this affects people every day and leaves to point fingers at waste management authorities problems for the next generations,” Chang Chunbun, a NPC accused of corruption and ineptitude, but she is not the delegate from Hong Kong, told AFP. “To solve pollution the first or the only one. “The present capacity and resources authorities have to add power behind their laws to better of (the city) cannot cater to the quantum of garbage KARACHI: In this photograph taken on Jan 24, 2017, Pakistani youths search for their ball as they enforce environmental protection policies.” being generated daily,” AD Sajnani, chief of the provin- walk amongst dumped garbage in a residential area of Karachi. —AFP The ruling Communist Party is seeking to make a difficult cial Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB) set up in transition away from dependence on heavily polluting 2015 to deal with the garbage disposal, told AFP bluntly. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for Sindh corruption and the gross incompetence of his political industries to a more service-oriented economy fuelled by Karachi, a megacity of towering high rises and province. “The plastic burns and releases toxic gases”, rivals, citing kickbacks on waste disposal contracts and consumer demand. Last year GDP grew 6.7 percent, the sprawling illegal settlements on the Arabian Sea, saw its some of which are carcinogenic, he says. The burning even the diesel used to run the garbage trucks. slowest rate in a quarter of a century, and Li yesterday low- growth explode in recent decades after waves of migra- goes on for months at a time beneath hazy skies in But current mayor Waseem Akhtar, elected in 2016, ered the growth target to “around 6.5 percent” for 2017. tion, largely refugees fleeing the war in Afghanistan and some parts of the city. complains he has no money and no power, his authority Maintaining the desired growth rates has so far meant Pakistan’s tribal areas. Its population of at least 20-25 taken away by the provincial government, which in turn spinning up the output of goods like steel, coal and million produces roughly 12,000 tonnes of trash daily, Radical change needed has now brought in Chinese contractors to manage cement, whose production is heavily polluting. But the officials say. Municipal authorities are able to remove There are two landfill sites located in Karachi’s west- garbage disposal in at least two of the city’s five districts. government is increasingly having to balance its concern about half, says Sajnani - though sceptics argue it is far ern outskirts, Sajnani of the SWMB said - but they are far Many believe the real fix can only come if authorities over an economic slowdown with fears of a public back- less. The rest is strewn in the streets and alleys, some from the city centre, on traffic-clogged roads, and at any and citizens address the root of the problem: rampant lash over environmental pollution. In recent months, organic and decomposing in the sweltering heat of the rate are already overflowing. Political bickering and fin- consumption and waste by millions of residents in a city police have cracked down on protests sparked by pollu- port, the rest piling higher and higher. ger-pointing make solutions hard to grasp. “This city has where there is no recycling, no attempt to curb the use tion in several major cities and moved to censor com- Alarmingly, some officials and residents are impro- been turned into a huge rubbish bin,” Karachi’s former of plastic and no one willing to take responsibility for plaints about bad air online. —AFP vising - burning the leftover garbage, largely plastic mayor Mustafa Kamal roared at a public rally recently. cleaning up. Local culture must be “radically trans- waste, says Imran Sabir, a senior official at the Kamal, who served as mayor until 2010, blamed sheer formed”, warns KMC’s Zaman. —AFP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

Renault Al-Babtain successfully ends Hala Feb 2017 sponsorship

bdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain popular avenues. Renault Al-Babtain marked its to win different gifts as well and Renault Captur Company (AABC), the authorized dealer of presence by displaying three of its most interna- vehicles as mega prize. Esraa Youssef Al-Wazzan ARenault vehicles in the State of Kuwait tionally appraised models; the luxurious Renault was one of the last winners who won a Renault ended with great success its sponsorship for the Talisman, the all-new revamped Renault Koleos Captur through sending an sms to Alo Febrayer 18th edition of Hala February, the country’s annu- and the fashionable Renault Captur. program on Nabd Kuwait 88.8 FM. al festival that is held during the month of Renault Al-Babtain also sponsored Hala Amal Alzarqawy was another winner who par- February and witnesses a range of entertaining February horseback riding tournament that was ticipated and won her Renault Captur in Kout activities and enthusiastic participation from held for two days at Kuwait Riding Center; and mall. Renault Al-Babtain displayed its all-new locals and the GCC region. honored first place winner with a brand new Renault Koleos in Kout mall for the whole week Renault Al-Babtain’s sponsorship of this Renault Captur. Visitors were able to also interact and people had the chance to benefit from the year’s mega event was considered key to the with Renault Al-Babtain’s staff on site and were special offers during the month of February. brands Corporate Social Responsibility portfo- able to test drive Renault newest models. Renault Al-Babtain also sponsored the mini lio as the participation demonstrates its com- Moreover, exciting activities were held that the football tournament that was held for children mitment towards the community amidst a fes- public enjoyed; Renault Captur vehicles were dis- where both local and international teams com- tive atmosphere during Kuwait’s National and played in several Coops in Kuwait including Al- peted including Manchester city, Inter Milan, Liberation days. Ferdaws, Al-Shamiya, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Al- Barcelona, Espanyol, Al-Arabi, Qadsiya and others. Renault Al-Babtain participated at the festival’s Qurain, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, and Al-Andalous. The company’s sponsorship demonstrates its opening ceremony, the Parade ceremony which Draws took place also at different local shopping commitment towards society as it strives to welcomed hundreds of visitors at Salem Al- centers including Rimal Mall, Kout Mall, City remain one of the most admired and trusted Mubarak Street, one of Kuwait’s oldest and most Center, and Al-Liwan Mall. People had the chance automobile brand in Kuwait.

Abtal Barcelona representing Kuwait in Neymar Jr’s Five in Brazil The winning team in action. Brazilian star Neymar and the winning team of Neymar Jr’s last year. Five 2016. Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five returns to Kuwait

eymar Jr recently launched the second edition in 2015, invites all players aged 16 to 25 to form a team and to score many more goals - as always. I want to of his signature five-a-side tournament and of 5 and join the championship. continue evolving as an athlete and to help my team Nspoke about his own hopes and dreams. After the enormous success and global growth mates on the pitch, both for Barcelona and the Neymar Jr’s Five made an instant impact in its debut 2016, Kuwait will re-host 6 national qualifiers of Brazilian national team,” he added, revealing his year in 2016, with more than 10,000 teams and 65,000 Neymar Jr’s Five held in 3 locations: Goal Shaab (21 and dreams and aspirations. players in 47 countries, including Kuwait, vying for 22 March), Premier Sport Academy in Bayan (26 and 27 Last year, 128 teams signed up for eight national overall victory in the world’s biggest five-a-side football March), Hassan Abul in Dasma (3 and 4 April), conclud- qualifiers in Kuwait, and only Abtal Barcelona were tournament. This time it will be bigger than ever, with ing in the national final which will be held on 6th April. lucky enough to represent Kuwait in the World Final regional qualifiers in more than 50 countries and a rule “It is a fun, fast and technical game - it is the kind and compete with 49 other teams from all over the change giving more players the chance to compete. of football I’ve always loved to play and this time we world, vying the chance be Neymar Jr’s guests in Barcelona’s famous star and Brazilian professional play it with a special twist to it: the five-player teams Barcelona, Spain at the Camp Nou in order to watch footballer Neymar Jr provides a unique opportunity to lose one player each time they concede a goal until a Barcelona game as VIPs. Teams of five to seven thousands of footballers to participate in the national there are no players left, or the 10-minute game players can sign up now on www.neymarjrsfive.com qualifiers kicking off end of the month. Neymar, who ends. This will be even more exciting,” says Neymar Jr. for a chance represent Kuwait in Brazil and meet was also announced the best football player of the year “In 2017, I hope to win more games, more titles Neymar! Kuwait’s qualifiers dates and locations.

Gulf Bank launches instant ATMs rewards with Burger King ulf Bank announced the launch of the second new instant reward campaign on the use of its GATMs, providing an offer in collaboration with Burger King which started on March 1, 2017 and will run for two months until April 30, 2017. Gulf Bank is the only Bank in Kuwait that offers to all its ATM users, across Kuwait, coupons attached on ATM receipts providing coupons for a free chicken royale with every King size meal purchased form Burger King. These coupons will be attached to the front of the ATM receipts giving easy and practical access to enjoy a treat from Burger King upon showing the coupons. The offer, which is exclusive at Gulf Bank ATMs, only, allows customers to benefit from the vicinity of the ATMs and Burger King Restaurants across the country. With each withdraw or transaction done on Gulf Bank’s Durrar Toastmasters Club celebrates second anniversary ATMs, customers will indulge themselves along with their families, in a delicious meal. Gulf Bank is commit- ted to providing the best and most innovative services urrar Toastmasters Club, Reggai, club has already made a name for itself Mohammed Makhlouf, Program Quality the Durrar Toastmasters and Gaveliers, and offers to its customers, and this campaign is only a also treated the members and guests Kuwait, celebrated its second amongst the Toastmasters fraternity in Director - District 20 Toastmasters, proof of its continuous efforts. To find out more about Danniversary on January 28, 2017. Kuwait winning prestigious distin- released the souvenir. The Club’s sec- with a ‘Laughter Yoga Therapy.’ the Bank’s latest news, customers can visit the bank’s The meeting was held at American guished club program (DCP) points and ond anniversary celebration was sup- The Durrar Toastmasters club also bilingual website at www.e-gulfbank.com, call the University of Kuwait (AUK). It was a joint by adding many feathers to its cap in the ported by Al-Mulla International Finance organized the Club Contest on Customer Contact Center on 1805805, or visit one of meeting with Durrar Gavels Club (a club form of ribbons, medals and educational Company, Kuwait College of Science and February 4, 2017 in American University Gulf Bank’s 56 branches in Kuwait. where children between the ages of 12 achievements. Members from Durrar Technology, Pediasure, Al-Hasawi Group of Kuwait. The Club Contest comprised to 18 years learn leadership and commu- Toastmasters have made a mark in the and Infotech Training Institute. The of Table Topic Contest, Evaluation nication skills. Area and Division level competitions in grand celebrations had variety of Contest, International Speech Contest With a theme ‘Down the Memory Kuwait winning trophies. speeches with Raj Dhanasekaran giving and Humorous Speech Contest. Each What’s On - Submission Guidelines Lane’ the meeting rekindled the happy The Club’s enthusiastic team, led by his graduation speech to become a contest was well set and well organ- memories of the members journey in Vice President - Public Relations Suhaan Competent Communicator and R ized. In all seven contestants participat- All photos submitted for What’s On should be Toastmasters. Durrar Toastmasters Club Abdul Munaf compiled the Club’s sec- Sathyamurthy presenting a monodrama. ed. R Sathyamurthy swept the contest minimum 200dpi. Articles must be in plain text was chartered on January 22, 2015 for ond newsletter commemorating the cel- The highlight of the evening were a winning the first place in all the four and should include name and phone numbers. the people living in and around Al- ebrations. The souvenir, titled ‘Durrar laugh second humorous speech pre- contests, while Toastmasters Aji Articles and photos that fail to meet these Reggae in Kuwait. The club that started Toast’ had ‘Reflections’ as its theme and sented by Gav Milan on troubles of fac- Panicker (humorous speech), Baljit requirements will not be published. with 22 members and now it has 31 contained contributions from the ing the exams. Gav Milan is the 2016 Singh (evaluation and table topics) and Please send them to members at present. Executive Committee, members and Gavels Humorous Speech Champion. Mary Mathew (international speech) [email protected] In the short span of two years, the members of the Durrar Gavel Club. The Sunilkumar Singh, a mentor for many of won the second prizes. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

Ambassadors and their spouses pose for a group picture during a ceremony to celebrate the International Women’s Day. —Photos by Joseph Shagra

President of IWG Elena Solomatina, the spouse of Maribel Duarte Gonzalez, the First Secretary of Ambassadors hold flowers to present to their wives on the occasion. the Russian Ambassador to Kuwait. the Embassy of Cuba to Kuwait.

Painter Rasa Romanova. (From left) Narjis Al-Shatti, Nibal Bourisly and Elena Solomatina. Palestinian Ambassador Rami Tahboub presents flowers to his wife.

Ambassadors and IWG members cut the cake during the ceremony. IWG celebrates International Women’s Day

By Faten Omar ber of diplomats and ambassadors, who will Affairs, this month. The ambassador of university council, told Kuwait Times that You have to understand the work ethics to give their opinion on the role of women Uzbekistan has also invited IWG to visit “IWG invited me today to speak about my learn from them for your work and own sake. he International Women’s Group (IWG) around the world who helped in developing Uzbekistan for two weeks, where we will visit experiences and the challenges that I faced One of the most important thing that I learned celebrated International Women’s Day at their countries in all fields,” she added. the historical cities of Tashkent, Samarkand as a Kuwaiti woman outside Kuwait. I’m was the importance of global citizenship TCrowne Plaza Hotel yesterday. The event Shatti pointed out that women succeeded and Bukhara,” she said. going to talk about the values that I gained among our youth - we instill in them this kind was organized by the Russian Embassy in to get their rights by fighting for them. “The Shatti said Ambassador of Canada Martine during my career when I was in London. You of value. We provide them with the tools to cooperation with Crowne Plaza Hotel. “The woman fought for equal rights and the Mareau, First Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba should have a mentality to understand how live with all kinds of people. We encouraged IWG meeting in March coincides with recognition of being an active member. She Maribel Duarte Gonzalez, Second Counselor of to deal with different cultures. Once you Kuwaiti students in London to engage with International Women’s Day. This anniversary is deserves to have this day to celebrate her the French Embassy Veronique Bertrand-Galli erase differences or stereotyping people, it the British society and not only with the considered rewarding for all women across the accomplishments and encourage others. and Dr Nibal Bourisly, who used to work at the will become much easier.” closed Kuwaiti community,” Bourisly said. At world for the roles that they play to develop IWG is preparing for a spring festival on Kuwait Cultural Office in the UK, will share She added that she worked at the Kuwaiti the event, IWG presented a documentary societies,” said Narjes Al-Shatti, a board mem- March 15 at Ruby Tuesday restaurant. We are their stories of success as women. Cultural Office in London with people from where the ambassadors spoke about women’s ber of IWG. “IWG is celebrating International going to visit Sheikh Nasser Al-Ahmed Al- Bourisly, the undersecretary general for more than 10 nationalities. “You have to role in the world and the sacrifices they made Woman’s Day with the participation of a num- Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Amiri Diwan academic and students’ affairs at the private understand their culture to understand them. to obtain their rights. Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Foundation discusses ways to further strengthen relations with King Khalid Foundation

bdulaziz Bin Humaid Foundation received a Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Foundation, delivered a relationships with the mother countries of our delegation from the supporting partner presentation on the foundation’s community ini- young participants.” AKing Khalid Foundation (KFF), the interna- tiatives and GCC programs. The presentation “The meeting, which was held in collaboration tional, Saudi-based, philanthropic organization highlighted the achievements made by the ALP with the Emirates Foundation, is in line with our that is dedicated to humanitarian and develop- since its inception and its young graduates, who strategy to boost relations with the KKF, our sup- ment activities. are now filling senior positions in the public and porting partner,” she added. The meeting between the two entities was private sector. Mohammed Al-Ghifri, Head of Scholarship held at Ajman Youth Centre last week in the pres- King Khalid Foundation’s delegation presented Centre at the King Khalid Foundation, said: “We are ence of ABHF’s team, graduates from the the major development projects funded by the foun- pleased to visit the ABHF and to have the opportu- Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Leadership Program (ALP) dation in the KSA and highlighted some of the other nity to learn about ALP’s unique initiatives and the and Ajman Youth Centre’s officials. The meeting humanitarian initiatives that are being carried out in services it provides to individuals and communi- aimed to exchange ideas and share experiences collaboration with local and international organiza- ties. We affirm our continued support of the ALP between the two foundations. tions. The delegation presented the corporate strate- and its aims to create a positive social impact.” He During the meeting, which was organized in gy, objective, vision and mission of the KKF. stressed the importance of ongoing communica- collaboration with Emirates Foundation, the sup- During the meeting, some of the graduates tion with successful partners in the UAE for the porting partner, the two sides discussed stan- shared their success stories with the ALP followed purpose of exchanging ideas and experience. dards that can be applied in the regional and by a presentation about Ajman Youth Centre, Ghifri extended his thanks and appreciation international leadership programs. A number of which was delivered by Ahmed Al-Raesi, the direc- to the organizers of the ALP for their hospitality suggestions were presented during the meeting tor of the center. and warm welcome. He lauded their outstand- for future implementations in collaboration with Shaikha Ali Al-Nuaimi said, “The visits by vari- ing efforts to introduce innovative programs. He Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Foundation and its leading ous delegations from the GCC and Arab coun- wished success to the program in its endeavor to program—the ALP. tries aim to learn the best practices that are pro- train and develop young individuals who are At the beginning of the meeting, Shaikha Ali vided by our programs. Such visits are part of our able to have a positive impact in their respective Al-Nuaimi, Corporate Communication Manager, strategic and future plans to further strengthen countries. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

03:05 Neal Brennan: Women And Black 13:55 Disney Mickey Mouse 15:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier 10:00 Anna Olson: Bake Dudes 14:00 Welcome To The Ronks 16:10 The Island With Bear Grylls 10:30 Anna Olson: Bake 04:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 14:15 Gravity Falls 17:00 Deadliest Catch 11:00 The Kitchen 04:25 Catch A Contractor 14:40 Hank Zipzer 17:50 Fast N' Loud 12:00 The Pioneer Woman 05:15 Lip Sync Battle 15:05 Star Darlings 18:40 Misfit Garage 12:30 The Pioneer Woman 01:00 Starship Troopers 05:40 Ridiculousness 15:10 Austin & Ally 19:30 How It's Made: Dream Cars 13:00 Siba's Table 03:15 Sharknado 2: The Second One 06:05 Ridiculousness 15:35 Jessie 19:55 How It's Made: Dream Cars 13:30 Siba's Table 05:00 The Throwaways 06:30 Hungry Investors 16:00 Bunk'd 20:20 The Island With Bear Grylls 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 07:00 Escape 07:20 Coaching Bad 16:25 Kirby Buckets 21:10 Storage Wars Canada 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 09:00 Pompeii 08:15 Catch A Contractor 16:50 Sunny Bunnies 21:35 Storage Wars Canada 15:00 Chopped 11:00 Blown Away 09:05 Disaster Date 16:55 The Zhuzhus 22:00 Gold Rush 16:00 The Kitchen 13:15 Big Game 09:30 Ridiculousness 17:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And 22:50 Everest Rescue 17:00 Anna Olson: Bake 15:00 Escape 09:55 Ridiculousness Cat Noir 23:40 Killing Fields 17:30 Anna Olson: Bake 17:00 The Machine 10:20 Workaholics 17:45 Elena Of Avalor 18:00 Chopped 19:00 Survivor 10:45 Disaster Date 18:10 Stuck In The Middle 19:00 Guy's Grocery Games 21:00 Momentum 11:10 Ridiculousness 18:35 Descendants Wicked World 20:00 Restaurant Stakeout 23:00 No Tears For The Dead 11:35 The It Crowd 18:40 Girl Meets World 21:00 Mystery Diners 12:00 Life Or Debt 19:05 Bizaardvark 21:30 Mystery Diners 12:50 Brotherhood 19:30 Bunk'd 00:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 22:00 Restaurant Takeover 13:15 Lip Sync Battle 19:55 Best Friends Whenever 07:00 Gravity Falls 23:00 Iron Chef America 13:40 The It Crowd 20:20 Disney Mickey Mouse 07:25 Counterfeit Cat 14:05 Catch A Contractor 20:25 The Next Step 07:50 Atomic Puppet 00:00 Treehouse Masters 14:55 Ridiculousness 20:50 Austin & Ally 08:15 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 00:55 Gator Boys 15:20 Life Or Debt 21:15 Star Darlings 08:25 Danger Mouse 01:50 Gator Boys 16:10 Comedy Central Presents Comedy 21:20 Shake It Up 08:40 Supa Strikas 02:45 Call Of The Wildman 3alwagef 21:45 Backstage 09:10 K.C. Undercover 00:40 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The Wild 03:10 Call Of The Wildman 16:40 Ridiculousness 22:10 Liv And Maddie 09:35 Star Wars Freemaker Adventures 01:10 The Chase 03:40 In Too Deep 17:05 Ridiculousness 22:35 Cracke 10:00 Lab Rats 02:00 Emmerdale 04:05 In Too Deep 17:30 Disaster Date 22:40 Dog With A Blog 10:25 Lab Rats 02:30 Emmerdale 04:35 In Too Deep 17:55 Lip Sync Battle 23:05 Best Friends Whenever 10:50 Danger Mouse 03:00 Coronation Street 05:00 In Too Deep 18:25 Workaholics 23:30 Jessie 11:20 Supa Strikas 03:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 07:02 Call Of The Wildman 18:50 Framework 23:55 Tsum Tsum Shorts 11:45 Supa Strikas 04:25 Don't Tell The Bride 07:25 Call Of The Wildman 19:39 The It Crowd 12:10 Counterfeit Cat 05:25 Tonight At The London Palladium 07:49 River Monsters 20:03 Bondi Ink. 12:35 Pair Of Kings 06:15 The Syndicate 08:36 Going Ape 20:50 Disaster Date 13:00 Pair Of Kings 07:15 The Chase 09:00 Going Ape 21:13 The Jim Gaffigan Show 13:30 Future-Worm! 08:05 The Jonathan Ross Show 09:25 Cats 101 21:37 Brotherhood 13:55 Lab Rats 09:00 Don't Tell The Bride 10:15 Biggest And Baddest 22:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 00:00 PJ Masks 14:20 Lab Rats 10:00 Tonight At The London Palladium 11:10 In Too Deep 22:30 Important Things With Demitri 00:30 PJ Masks 14:45 Atomic Puppet 11:00 The Syndicate 11:35 In Too Deep Martin 00:55 PJ Masks 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 12:00 The Chase 12:05 Tanked 22:54 Inside Amy Schumer 01:20 Henry Hugglemonster 15:15 Counterfeit Cat 12:50 The Jonathan Ross Show 13:00 Preposterous Pets 23:18 Inside Amy Schumer 01:35 The Hive 15:40 Supa Strikas 13:45 Emmerdale 13:55 Bondi Vet 23:42 Tosh.0 01:45 Loopdidoo 16:05 Lab Rats 14:15 Coronation Street 14:50 Biggest And Baddest 02:00 Henry Hugglemonster 16:30 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 14:45 Coronation Street 15:45 Gator Boys 02:15 Calimero Everything 15:15 The Chase 16:40 In Too Deep 02:30 Art Attack 16:55 Right Now Kapow 16:10 The Jonathan Ross Show 17:05 In Too Deep 02:55 Zou 17:25 K.C. Undercover 17:00 Midsomer Murders 17:35 Tanked 03:05 Loopdidoo 17:50 Future-Worm! 18:50 Broadchurch LIFE ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 18:30 Ten Deadliest Snakes With Nigel 00:15 Destroyed In Seconds 03:20 Henry Hugglemonster 18:15 Gravity Falls 19:45 Emmerdale 19:25 Predator Fails Marven 00:40 Destroyed In Seconds 03:35 Calimero 18:40 Lab Rats 20:15 Coronation Street 17:50 Pawn Stars 20:20 Bear Nomad 19:25 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 01:05 Destroyed In Seconds 03:50 Zou 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 20:45 Coronation Street 18:15 Pawn Stars 21:10 Extreme Animal Babies 20:20 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 01:30 Unchained Reaction 04:05 Art Attack 19:10 Mighty Med 21:10 The Jonathan Ross Show 18:40 Storage Wars 22:00 Freaks & Creeps 21:15 Tanked 02:20 Unchained Reaction 04:30 The Hive 19:35 Right Now Kapow 22:00 Midsomer Murders 19:05 Storage Wars 22:50 Snakes In The City 22:10 In Too Deep 03:10 Dirty Jobs 04:40 Loopdidoo 20:00 Atomic Puppet 23:50 Emmerdale 19:30 Pawn Stars 23:40 Predator Fails 22:35 In Too Deep 04:00 Dirty Jobs 04:55 Henry Hugglemonster 20:25 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 19:55 Storage Wars 23:05 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 04:50 Ultimate Survival 05:10 Art Attack Everything 20:20 Mountain Men 05:40 Bear Grylls: Born Survivor 05:35 Loopdidoo 20:55 K.C. Undercover 21:10 American Pickers 06:30 Ultimate Survival 05:50 Calimero 21:20 Kickin' It 22:00 The Curse Of Oak Island 07:20 How It's Made 06:05 Art Attack 21:45 Mighty Med 22:50 Hunting Hitler 07:40 How It's Made 06:30 Henry Hugglemonster 22:10 Danger Mouse 00:00 Caligula: 1400 Days Of Terror 23:40 Ronnie O'Sullivan's American 00:30 Gnomeo & Juliet 08:00 Dick 'n' Dom Go Wild 06:45 Zou 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:00 Pirate Treasure Of The Knights Hustle 02:30 Ice Princess 00:40 Doctors 08:25 Awesome Adventures 07:00 Art Attack 22:45 Marvel's Avengers Assemble Templar 04:30 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts 01:10 Eastenders 08:50 Bondi Vet 07:30 Henry Hugglemonster 23:10 Marvel Ultimate Spider-Man vs The 03:00 Ancient Top 10 Sinister 6 04:00 The Human Calculator 06:30 James And The Giant Peach 23:35 Boyster 04:50 Ancient Aliens 08:30 Ducktales: The Movie 05:40 Caligula: 1400 Days Of Terror 10:00 Gnomeo & Juliet 07:20 Pirate Treasure Of The Knights 12:00 James And The Giant Peach Templar 00:00 Mega Food 14:00 Alone For Christmas 08:10 The Universe 00:50 Croatia's Finest 16:00 Home On The Range 09:00 Ancient Top 10 01:15 My Dubai 17:45 The Parent Trap 00:00 Fashion Police 10:00 The Human Calculator 01:40 The Shelbourne 20:00 High School Musical 3: Senior Year 01:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 11:00 Ancient Aliens 02:05 Testing The Menu With Nic Watt 22:00 Storm Rider Kardashian 12:00 Caligula: 1400 Days Of Terror 02:30 Carnival Eats 01:55 Famously Single 14:00 Pirate Treasure Of The Knights 02:55 Carnival Eats 02:50 E! News Templar 03:20 Miguel's Feasts 03:50 Botched 15:00 Ancient Top 10 03:45 One Man & His Campervan 04:45 Botched By Nature 16:00 The Human Calculator 04:10 Home Strange Home 05:40 Botched By Nature 17:00 Ancient Aliens 05:00 The Wine Show OSN Movies Comedy HD 06:30 Fashion Bloggers 18:00 Caligula: 1400 Days Of Terror 05:50 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 01:00 Don Peyote 07:00 Mariah's World 20:00 Patton 360 06:20 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 03:00 Three Men And A Little Lady 07:55 E! News 21:00 Cities Of The Underworld 06:45 Poh & Co 05:00 5 To 7 08:25 Mariah's World 22:00 Missing In Alaska 07:15 David Rocco's Dolce Vita 07:00 The Final Girls 09:20 Mariah's World 23:00 Ancient Aliens: The Ultimate 07:40 David Rocco's Dolce Vita 09:00 Three Men And A Little Lady 10:15 Mariah's World Evidence 08:10 Testing The Menu With Nic Watt 11:00 5 To 7 11:10 E! News 08:35 Carnival Eats 13:00 The Final Girls 11:40 Celebrity Style Story 09:05 Carnival Eats 15:00 Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit 12:10 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 09:30 Miguel's Feasts 17:00 Ana Maria In Novela Land 13:10 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 10:00 One Man & His Campervan 19:00 The Golden Child 14:05 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 10:25 The Wine Show 21:00 Life 15:05 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11:20 Home Strange Home 23:00 The Hooligan Factory 16:00 E! News 00:05 Car Hunters 12:15 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 16:30 Celebrity Style Story 00:30 American Pickers 12:45 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 17:00 Celebrity Style Story 01:20 Battle 360 13:10 Poh & Co 17:30 Celebrity Style Story 02:10 Pawn Stars 13:40 Testing The Menu With Nic Watt 18:00 Fashion Police 02:35 Storage Wars 14:05 Dog Whisperer SURVIVOR ON OSN MOVIES ACTION 19:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 03:00 Storage Wars 15:00 Carnival Eats 01:00 Venus In Fur Kardashian 03:25 Storage Wars 15:30 Carnival Eats 03:00 Chariots Of Fire 15:55 Home Strange Home 05:00 The Express 01:40 Scott & Bailey 09:40 How It's Made 07:45 Loopdidoo 20:00 So Cosmo 03:50 Storage Wars 16:50 The Wine Show 07:15 Ronaldo 02:30 Wallander 10:05 How It's Made 08:00 Zou 21:00 So Cosmo 04:15 American Pickers 17:45 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 09:00 A Perfect Day 04:15 Orphan Black 10:30 Unchained Reaction 08:15 Calimero 22:00 So Cosmo 05:05 Pawn Stars 18:15 One Man & His Campervan 11:00 The End Of The Tour 05:00 Doctors 11:20 Mythbusters 08:30 Loopdidoo 23:00 Fashion Police 05:30 Pawn Stars 18:40 Poh & Co 13:00 Chariots Of Fire 05:35 Eastenders 12:10 Bondi Vet 08:45 Henry Hugglemonster 06:00 Mountain Men 19:10 Food School 15:00 Young Ones 06:05 New Tricks 13:00 Bear Grylls: Born Survivor 09:00 Minnie's Bow-Toons 07:00 American Restoration 19:35 The Food Files 17:00 Rosewater 07:00 Doctors 13:50 How It's Made 09:05 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 07:25 American Restoration 20:05 Home Strange Home 19:00 Little Accidents 07:30 Eastenders 14:15 How It's Made 09:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 07:50 Shipping Wars 21:00 The Wine Show 21:00 The Lobster 08:00 Casualty 14:40 Dirty Jobs 09:30 Miles From Tomorrow 08:15 Shipping Wars 21:55 Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia 23:00 Ex Machina 08:55 Father Brown 15:30 Dick 'n' Dom Go Wild 09:45 Goldie & Bear 00:00 Food Network Star 08:40 Counting Cars 22:20 One Man & His Campervan 09:45 The Coroner 15:55 Awesome Adventures 09:55 The Lion Guard 01:00 Private Chef 09:05 Counting Cars 22:45 Poh & Co 10:35 New Tricks 16:20 Mythbusters 10:20 PJ Masks 01:30 Private Chef 09:30 Pawn Stars 23:10 Food School 11:30 Doctors 17:10 Unchained Reaction 10:35 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 02:00 Patricia Heaton Parties 09:55 Pawn Stars 23:35 The Food Files 12:00 Eastenders 18:00 Baby Animals 10:50 Doc McStuffins 02:30 Patricia Heaton Parties 10:20 Storage Wars Miami 01:30 Higher Learning 12:30 Father Brown 18:25 Baby Animals 11:00 Goldie & Bear 03:00 Chopped 10:45 Storage Wars Miami 03:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 13:25 The Coroner 18:50 Pick A Puppy 11:15 PJ Masks 04:00 Food Network Star 11:10 American Pickers 05:00 Louder Than Words 14:15 New Tricks 19:15 Pick A Puppy 11:30 Minnie's Bow-Toons 05:00 Guy's Grocery Games 12:00 Billion Dollar Wreck 06:45 Gridiron Gang 15:10 Doctors 19:40 Destroyed In Seconds 11:35 The Lion Guard 06:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 12:50 Time Team 09:00 Breakdown 15:40 Eastenders 20:05 Destroyed In Seconds 12:00 Sofia The First 06:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 13:40 Swamp People 10:45 Just Married 16:15 Father Brown 20:30 How It's Made 12:30 Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital 07:00 The Kitchen 14:30 Ax Men 00:20 Battleground Brothers 12:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17:10 The Coroner 20:55 How It's Made 12:55 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 08:00 The Pioneer Woman 15:20 Mountain Men 01:10 Wicked Tuna 14:30 People Like Us 18:05 New Tricks 21:20 Mythbusters 13:20 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 16:10 Shipping Wars 02:00 Atlantis Rising 16:30 Ghostbusters 19:00 Casualty 22:10 Baby Animals 13:50 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 09:00 Siba's Table 16:35 Shipping Wars 03:55 Mine Kings 18:30 Independence Day 20:05 Father Brown 22:35 Baby Animals 14:15 Gummi Bears 09:30 Siba's Table 17:00 Counting Cars 04:50 Wicked Tuna 21:00 X-Men: The Last Stand 21:00 The Living And The Dead 23:00 Pick A Puppy 14:40 Sofia The First 05:45 Big, Bigger, Biggest 22:45 X-Men: First Class 22:00 Line Of Duty 23:25 Pick A Puppy 15:10 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 06:40 80s: The Decade That Made Us 23:00 Ripper Street 23:50 Destroyed In Seconds 15:35 PJ Masks 23:55 Orphan Black 16:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 07:35 Bugging Hitler's Army 16:30 The Lion Guard 08:30 Ghosts Of Pearl Harbor 16:55 Unbungalievable 09:25 Nazi Underworld 17:00 Sofia The First 10:20 Mega Breakdown 17:30 Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital 11:15 The Border 17:55 Goldie & Bear 12:10 Highway Thru Hell 00:00 Close Encounters 13:05 Mine Kings 00:25 Close Encounters 00:00 Kirby Buckets 18:20 The Lion Guard 14:00 Nazi Underworld 00:50 Close Encounters 00:00 The Real Essex Boys 00:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 18:50 PJ Masks 15:00 Hitler The Junkie 01:15 Close Encounters 01:00 Crimes That Shook Britain Witch 19:15 Sofia The First 15:30 Hitler And The Occult 01:40 Close Encounters 02:00 The Haunting Of... 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 19:40 Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital 16:00 Human Lampshade: A Holocaust 02:05 Close Encounters 03:00 My Ghost Story: Caught On Witch 20:05 Jake And The Never Land Pirates Mystery 02:30 Close Encounters Camera 01:10 Hank Zipzer 20:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 17:00 The Border 02:55 Close Encounters 04:00 The Real Essex Boys 01:35 Binny And The Ghost 21:00 PJ Masks 18:00 Highway Thru Hell 03:20 Close Encounters 05:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 02:00 Violetta 21:30 PJ Masks 19:00 Mine Kings 03:45 Close Encounters 06:00 The Haunting Of... 02:45 The Hive 22:00 Unbungalievable 20:00 Bugatti Chiron: Super Car Build 04:10 Mythbusters 07:00 My Ghost Story: Caught On 02:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 22:05 Goldie & Bear 21:00 The Border 05:00 Mythbusters Camera Witch 22:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 21:50 Highway Thru Hell 05:48 Mythbusters 08:00 The First 48 03:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 22:40 Mine Kings 06:36 Mythbusters 09:00 Deadly Wives Witch 23:30 Bugatti Chiron: Super Car Build 07:24 Mythbusters 10:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 03:40 Hank Zipzer 08:12 Mythbusters 11:00 Homicide Hunter 04:05 Binny And The Ghost 09:00 How Do They Do It? 12:00 My Crazy Ex 04:30 Violetta 09:26 Kings Of Construction 13:00 My Crazy Ex 05:15 The Hive 23:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 10:14 Mythbusters 14:00 My Crazy Ex 05:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 23:25 Gummi Bears 11:02 Close Encounters 15:00 My Crazy Ex Witch 23:55 Minnie's Bow-Toons 11:27 Close Encounters 16:00 Deadly Wives 05:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Discovery HD 00:30 Dangerous Encounters 11:50 How Do They Do It? 17:00 Crimes That Shook Britain Witch 00:30 Fast N' Loud 01:20 Zoo Confidential 12:14 Food Factory 18:00 Homicide Hunter 06:10 Hank Zipzer 01:20 Misfit Garage 02:10 Dead Or Alive 12:38 Mythbusters 19:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 06:35 Binny And The Ghost 02:10 Rise Of The Warrior Apes 03:00 Queen Of The Chase 13:26 Kings Of Construction 20:00 It Takes A Killer 07:00 Violetta 03:50 Legend Of Croc Gold 03:50 Feast Of The Grizzly 14:14 Mythbusters 20:30 It Takes A Killer 07:45 The Hive 04:40 Fast N' Loud 04:45 Polar Bear Invasion 15:02 How Do They Do It? 21:00 The First 48 07:50 The 7D 05:30 Storage Wars Canada 05:40 Wild Winter 15:26 Food Factory 22:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 08:00 Jessie 06:00 How It's Made: Dream Cars 06:35 Queen Of The Chase 15:50 Close Encounters 23:00 Deadly Wives 08:25 Jessie 06:30 How It's Made: Dream Cars 07:30 Feast Of The Grizzly 16:15 Close Encounters 08:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 07:00 Deadliest Catch 08:25 Polar Bear Invasion 16:38 Kings Of Construction 08:55 Rolling To The Ronks 07:50 Misfit Garage 09:20 Wild Winter 17:26 Mythbusters 09:20 Elena Of Avalor 08:40 Fast N' Loud 10:15 World's Weirdest: Animal Taboo 18:14 Mythbusters 09:45 Bunk'd 09:30 The Island With Bear Grylls 11:10 Animal Intervention 19:02 Close Encounters 10:10 Stuck In The Middle 10:20 Storage Wars Canada 12:05 Feast Of The Grizzly 19:27 Close Encounters 10:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:45 How It's Made: Dream Cars 13:00 Great White Code Red 19:50 Kings Of Construction 00:11 Chappelle's Show 11:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 11:10 How It's Made: Dream Cars 13:55 Lion Warrior 20:40 Mythbusters 00:35 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 11:25 A.N.T. 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

You explore new outlets for self-expression. Your timing should be perfect Organizing people and projects will become central to your lifestyle. and those around you should find you most spontaneous. Look around for Evaluate your standing at work or in your profession while you are at home today. You ways in which to strike a balance in your life. This will help you to feel the peace of mind should not hesitate to plan on how you will execute new ideas and new projects-just as that you strive to achieve. This month will present plenty of opportunities to enhance long as all the facts are known. There is a lot of energy petitioning you to strive to true romance. Lots of evenings will be spent in the enjoyment of social activities, whether accomplish whatever you set out to do. To satisfy emotional needs, keep a powerful it is with a loved one or with your many friends. Finances are strong all month and new flow of energy and balance between both giving and receiving love and support. One- ideas for investments next week may come across your path more than once. Check out way risks rarely provide satisfaction. Today could be a most fulfilling day. You make a these opportunities before you plunk down the money. Take advantage of this quiet concentrated effort to be a mentor to the young. Smile! Your physical attractiveness is evening to rest, catch up on your reading; refurbish your energies. enhanced and there is a desire for intimacy and love with a partner this evening.

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

Your family circle is always pulsating with activity and you are an ener- This Monday has the look of being a high-energy day. Make a deter- getic and willing participant in many activities. You may even decide to help round up mined effort to remain flexible. If you feel inclined to spend lots of money, don't. Wait a the kids so that some of the other people in the family can relax with some personal while longer before splurging as there could be some unexpected bills you have for- time. You may decide to broaden your interests by visiting a museum, exhibit, etc. You gotten. You are at your most practical when it comes to dealing and working with gain new perspectives. Your bright ideas keep you busy with creative endeavors and groups of people. You may feel confident volunteering for a young people's group. You relationships. You will find your friends true to their word and very helpful. The more know just what to do and can act without haste and emotion. You could also be most fact gathering and detail hunting you do-the closer you are to making your dreams a persuasive with others and may be called upon to clear away any misunderstandings. reality. Make a list of repair needs that you can correct in April. You might enjoy plant- Take care when interacting with your friends. If you are slow to judge, you will go far. A ing a few spring flowers or vegetables tonight for a spring show. good conversation with those you love this evening is possible this evening.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) This is a good day, with lots of energy and ambition. Respect, status and Great temptations to spend money can be headed off by thinking of the achievement are central goals for you as a new phase begins in your future and what you really want instead of the desires of the moment. There are several life. You are productive with a midas-touch kind of experience. Creating a structure to times this year in which you see areas of your life where you will want to make improve- empower and maintain your ideals and principles becomes a high priority-an article ments. You may be thinking about changes and improvements that may be needed in ACROSS of faith. By taking on greater responsibilities of this kind, you inspire others. Taking 78. Having breath or breath as specified. the neighborhood. Talking to neighbors and getting together a proposal for city care of some personal business is a major theme where your emotional orientation is 1. A hotel providing overnight lodging for trav- 79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made approval on those improvements is progress. This is an easy, calm day that should find concerned. Someone will seek you out for your psychological insight and under- elers. from aba cloth. everything running smoothly. Duties and concerns demand your attention most of the standing. A child who is bright and articulate plays a big role in your life this evening. 4. A mountain range in the northwestern afternoon. A rush of activity is understandable at this time of the year. Plan a meal for You may find yourself teaching or helping this child with some type of homework. United States extending through DOWN eating on the patio. A beautiful evening ahead is perfect for viewing the stars. Washington and Oregon and northern 1. Tropical American tree grown in southern California. United States having a whitish pink-tinged 12. The number that is represented as a one fruit. followed by 6 zeros. 2. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist leaves and small flowers. people inhabiting the Mekong river in 3. A water wheel with buckets attached to the Deep appreciation of your friends, family and life status at this time leads Reading material may provide new ideas for you this morning. Emotional to showering those you love with gifts and kind deeds. You are enterprising and may Laos and Thailand. rim. security, a sense of belonging and nurturing are felt instinctively. You enjoy learning 16. (linguistics) Relating to the ablative case. have several suggestions for entertainment ideas that the whole family could enjoy. new things and you enjoy showing others what you have learned. This afternoon you 4. A white metallic element that burns with a Luck seems to be on your side now as plans, decisions and just finding your way find ways to give to others what you have been given. This may include patience, time, 17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part brilliant light. of an organism. through situations or projects will end in a positive way. Good advice from a guide or energy and a listening ear. You show your true appreciation for friends, family and the 5. The blood group whose red cells carry both older person may be inevitable-listen. You may find yourself being put to good use by love of life they bring to you. While you are in this time element, you will benefit greatly 18. Affected manners intended to impress oth- the A and B antigens. an elderly person later today. This may mean running shopping or cooking errands. ers. from platonic relationships. Forgiveness, compassion and understanding come natu- 6. A downhill race over a winding course Laughter and encouragement from others contribute toward making this a good day. rally when you look at life from an eternal perspective. If anyone ever does know such 20. Lower in esteem. defined by upright poles. Emotional security, a sense of belonging and nurturing are felt instinctively. things, you will probably come to understand them as this cycle unfolds. 22. Type genus of the Majidae. 7. An esoteric or occult matter that is tradition- 23. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into ally secret. thread and woven into linen fabric. 24. A particular geographical region of indefi- 8. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle Aquarius (January 20- February 18) nite boundary (usually serving some spe- movements. Leo (July 23-August 22) 9. God of the underworld. cial purpose or distinguished by its people This can be a great time to be with friends or family in an atmosphere of A neighbor has a new activity and he or she may want you to join in the or culture or geography). 10. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo- Christian mythology. play. You can play a new role in the family now, particularly if you accept an unusual activity. A walk early in the morning is the perfect time to visit, get rid of a few calories 25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan and tone up a few muscles. Later today you may be visiting someone special and find 11. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sul- opportunity. You are cheerful and you encourage others with your positive attitude. River. Although you are not one to go backward, this is a day you may improve something yourself running errands all over the city for this person. Diving in and doing more than 27. Of or relating to the Olympic Games. fur and tellurium. old-turning lemons into lemonade. This may be the correction of an idea, a feeling or you wanted to do for another person makes one feel used. If you are feeling this way 30. An associate degree in nursing. 12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was the improvement of some technique. A friend needs your help, but what the friend just now, sharing how you feel is important. Perhaps clearing up a misunderstanding is 31. Informal terms for a mother. formed by an explosion. may really be asking is for you to do the work. Look for ways in which you can gently needed to create a healing. Later today, while going through the tax papers, you may 32. A trivalent metallic element of the rare 13. A river in central Europe that arises in encourage this person. To be truly content, spiritual needs must be met and today you see yourself finding good answers for ways that will help you increase your financial earth group. northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows find that music is highly spiritual. Expressing affection is an easy matter this evening. position. You may want to purchase a home or a car in the near future. You can do it. 33. An officer who acts as military assistant to a northward through Germany to empty more senior officer. into the North Sea. 37. A power unit equal to the power dissipated 14. Mentally or physically infirm with age. when 1 abampere flows across a potential 19. The capital and largest city of Yemen. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thou- 21. Tropical American tree producing cacao Today is all about family. When raising children it is always wise to create You are quite competitive this morning and may want to enjoy a bicy- sandth of a milliwatt). beans. a backup system or a support system to take turns or take the children for a weekend or cle ride or some other type of activity that will allow you to join up with 42. Electronic equipment that provides visual 26. Be earlier in time. a date night. If you have family or friends with children about the same age as your chil- others this bright morning. If the weather is inclement, there are competitive things to images of varying electrical quantities. 28. Any expected deliverer. dren, a trade will certainly bring well-needed change for everyone. A library in your area do indoors but your own private competition is advised. For example, you could play 44. An inflammatory disease of connective tis- 29. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.). may be open in the afternoon and you will find it a great place of discovery for children. the minute waltz, do pushups, play a game with a friend on the computer or internet, sue with variable features including fever 34. A small picture inserted within the bounds With them busily cruising through a book or video, you can find music, movies, games etc. Learning a foreign language may be one of your goals for this next year and now and weakness and fatigability and joint or a larger one. or books on tape, or log onto the internet while you are there. Learn something new is not too late to begin a daily practice; travel could be the incentive. This is a period pains and skin lesions on the face or neck 35. Reduced in strength or concentration or this evening and teach it to someone else. This can be anything from a simple joke or a when the new, the different and the unusual will bring big influences to you, both or arms. quality or purity. song to perhaps the rules of the game you just checked out of the library. psychologically and physically. Enjoy the day's celebration. 45. A small rounded boat made of hides 36. (ecology) The process by which a plant or stretched over a wicker frame. animal becomes established in a new 48. (Greek mythology) The god of the under- habitat. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution world in ancient mythology. 38. A cleaning implement for sweeping. 51. 1 species. 39. Eaten (or as if eaten) by worms. 52. An Indic language. 40. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a 53. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the mosque. cerebrum. 41. A state of high honor. 55. United States lawyer and politician who 43. Made of fir or pine. formulated a production code that pre- 46. Spiritual being attendant upon God. scribed the moral content of United states 47. City in northeast Pakistan. films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954). 49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of 56. A radioactive transuranic element pro- intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms duced by bombarding plutonium with and yielding a yellow dye. neutrons. 50. Of or in or relating to the nose. 57. The fatty flesh of eel. 54. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs 58. A public promotion of some product or grown for their showy flowers of various service. colors. 60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature 59. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann. deities worshipped by ancient Semitic 61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising sole- peoples. ly the razorbill. 63. Wild or domesticated South American cud- 62. In bed. chewing animal related to camels but 64. Balcony consisting of the forward section smaller and lacking a hump. of a theater mezzanine. 70. A white linen liturgical vestment with 65. 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GOSSIP Logan crew jealous of Sir Patrick Stewart

ir Patrick Stewart left the 'Logan' crew jealous when film set. He said: "There was one moment where he had to drinking water about 30 hours before you shoot. You lose he was carried around by Hugh Jackman. The 76- pick me up off the floor and all of this is done in one shot. ten pounds of water weight." And it isn't just Hugh who's Syear-old actor's wheelchair bound character And I am glad to assure you, and the world at large, that I happy he's no longer under pressure to stay slim, as his Professor Charles Xavier had to be carried up flights of was never ever in any peril. Even when he was carrying me wife Deborra-Lee Furness is pleased he will no longer look stairs by Hugh's Wolverine in the new movie and Patrick quickly up and down deep flights of stairs." Meanwhile, better than her. Hugh said recently: "I think she's just hap- admitted many of the people who worked with them on Hugh, 48, says 'Logan' is his final appearance as Wolverine py I'm off that diet. She said, 'You've got to understand that the shoot were extremely envious. He told USA Today: and he's "loving" being able to enjoy fatty foods again now your job as a husband is not to be in shape and make me "There were numerous envious glances in my direction by that he doesn't have to keep in shape for the role. He said: look good." And he revealed his wife didn't even want him certain members of the crew. "I think that is one thing I "Now I'm eating and loving it. Sometimes waking up at to audition for Wolverine in the first place. He recalled: "She shall have on my CV in the future-a Knight of the Realm two in the morning just to have breakfast cereal, and then told me, 'Hugh, you were at the National Theatre with Sir and also the distinction of being carried in the arms of go back to bed. With it still in my lap. "It's sort of unbeliev- Trevor Nunn, you cannot have claws coming out of your Hugh Jackman all around the Deep South of the United able to me, what I did for 17 years. The first one, I thought hands, this is ridiculous'." States. I look on it as a significant distinction." And Patrick you could get into shape in three weeks. The director praised Hugh's strength as the star lugged him around the pushed all the 'shirt off' scenes to the very end. You stop Atomic Kitten done Hiddleston making albums excited to play

atasha Hamilton says Atomic Kitten that it was just too big a job for us to do won't make any more albums. The now with the stages we are at in our life. a hero in ‘Kong: N34-year-old singer - who has Josh, But the gigs we still love gigging." 14, Harry, 12, Alfie, six, and two-year-old Although she has no plans to record new Ella from previous relationships - has music, Natasha hasn't ruled out the possi- Skull Island' admitted the chances of the 'Whole Again' bility of having her own solo music career om Hiddleston is thrilled to be playing a hero group putting out new music is slim as and would love to go on the road with a in 'Kong: Skull Island'. The 36-year-old actor they are all focused on their separate proj- theatre show of some kind. She said: "I has portrayed Thor's villainous brother Loki in ects and looking after their families. Asked would love to have a solo music project. I T the Marvel movies 'Captain America: Civil War' and if the trio - also of comprised of Kerry have not written it off, who knows what the 'Thor' but admitted it was lovely to be asked to play Katona, 36, and Liz McClarnon, 35 - will future holds? I'd love to do something the good guy in the new action film. He told USA release any new music, Natasha exclusively more stripped back, maybe a theatre tour Today: "Action has always been a part of me. In the told BANG Showbiz: "Do you know what? or something with a piano and a string Marvel films, it's hidden in the playfulness and mis- Probably not. To release new music is so quartet, a bit of brass. I'd love to do that. I chief of that character. But actually, there's several time consuming. Obviously I've got four am at my best when I am singing live on one-to-ones with 'Captain America' and 'Thor' children and to be on the road promoting stage. "That is something I'd love to do and where the action requires choreography. But 'Kong' that, it just isn't realistic anymore." Natasha hopefully that will happen in the future, puts all of that centre stage. "It's like, this (Tom's said they have attempted to put some new but no plans as of yet." Atomic Kitten character former SAS tracker Captain James Conrad] tunes together in the studio, but it just did- released three studio albums during their is the guy you want on the ground in a jungle. It's n't work out as it is "too big a job" for them peak, 2000's 'Right Now', 2002's 'Feels So lovely to be a hero." Tom's 'Kong' character is intro- with their other commitments. She said: Good' and their last 'Ladies Night' in 2003. duced to viewers with a bar fight scene but the "We did contemplate it. We did try before, actor admitted he would probably run from trouble we got into the studio and we had a few in a similar situation. Explaining that he was trained good songs, but it just became apparent Watson feared Stevens would break by former members of Britain's Special Air Service and a retired Navy SEAL for the film, he said a para- trooper advised him: "If you get into a bar fight, the best thing to do is to pretend you don't know what her foot in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ you're doing and run, get the hell out of there. That's what he said. You don't want to get yourself mma Watson feared Dan Stevens And the pair think the dance is a great in trouble." Meanwhile, Tom - who co-stars along- would break her foot when they "metaphor" for the relationship between side Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson - recently Edanced together for 'Beauty and the their characters. Emma told Empire maga- admitted he was impressed by the "truly monstrous Beast'. The 'Beauty and the Beast' stars zine: ""A waltz is the perfect way to do that size and scale" of Kong in the movie. He said: "He is rehearsed extensively for the film's iconic because you are dizzy and breathless. "You truly monstrous in size and scale and scope. He's 90 waltz to the titular song in the live adapta- are having to put trust in the other person. feet tall. We're captivated by Kong's power and tion of the classic fairytale, but the actress You are learning how to keep time and majesty. He is the mystery of the unknown, he is a was "slightly terrified there might be a rhythm with another person, not just your- terrifying force of nature with an intelligence we mishap because her co-star was on stilts self. It's the perfect metaphor." But despite don't understand." and in heavy prosthetics for filming in char- the 26-year-old star's concerns about Dan's acter. She recalled: "Dan was essentially stilts, he insists he became very proficient wearing steel-capped stilts. I was slightly with them. He said: "I got very good at terrified my foot was going to get broken stairs." And Dan found filming "liberating" or we were going to end up in a heap on as he'd get to shoot his scenes twice the floor. So it had an extra edge to it." But because of the facial capture process. He Emma admitted rehearsing for the famous said: "Emma would come in, sit on the oth- scene was the ideal way to bond with her er side of the camera and play the scene co-star. She said: "It was actually a really again just to capture the facial expression. good pre-film bonding. We got to know It was very liberating-you got two cracks at each other and learned to trust each other. a scene." I would recommend all couples go and dance together, stamp on each other's toes, be completely off-beat. It's perfect." Avril Lavigne signs to DJ Khaled's Ed Sheeran: The best BMG US for sixth album hip-hop cruise songs come from pain J Khaled's Summerfest cruise will feature a host of d Sheeran says the "best songs" come the 26-year-old singer's new music hip-hop stars. The producer has recruited Future, Lil from pain. The 'Castle on the Hill' hit- "skewed" towards family and love as he DWayne, Migos and A$AP Rocky to join him and fans Emaker took a year long hiatus from didn't feel he had "anything to complain on the return voyage from Miami, Florida to the Bahamas the music industry to give himself a break about". Speaking on the BBC Radio 2 from June 30 to July 3. Pitchfork reports that the "18s and and work on his new music and he has Breakfast Show with Chris Evans, he added: over" cruise will feature a "Meet & Greet Reception," revealed what he believes the success to "That was kind of why the album sort of "Themed Parties" and "Partying and mingling up close and songwriting is. He said: "I would say one leant towards the kind of family - my mom personal with the entertainers." Meanwhile, Chance The thing - I think the best songs ever are made and my dad - because I didn't really have Rapper recently revealed that he is "very involved" with DJ from pain but I'd say you can definitely still anything bad happen in my life. "I was in a Khaled's new album. The 41-year-old record producer is set write close to that by being happy." And really good place so I was like, 'What can I to release his 10th studio album 'Grateful' later this year, write about? I've got nothing to complain and although the 'No Problem' rapper is unable to divulge about.' So that's sort of why it skewed that any details because the project is "super top-secret" he way." Meanwhile, Ed previously teased his says he plays a large part in the making of the record. track 'Perfect' is "definitely" better than When asked about his work on the album, Chance said: 'Thinking Out Loud'. Speaking before the vril Lavigne has signed a new new team behind me and I've just "It's actually super top-secret, but I'm very involved in the album was released on Friday he said: "I felt record deal with BMG US to signed with BMG. I've been working project and shout-outs to DJ Khaled for coming up on 10 that with the first album. I remember think- Arelease her first album in four really hard on new music and it is a summers." The 23-year-old rapper also gave insight into ing I would never write a song as good as years. The 'Complicated' hitmaker had reflection of my journey over the last what it's like to work with DJ Khaled. Asked what advice he 'A Team'. And then 'Thinking Out Loud' been on hiatus from the music industry few years. At this point in my career and was given whilst in the studio with the producer, he said: came, and I was like, 'Oh, OK, well maybe after the release of self-titled record in in my life, I just wanted to just put fresh "Love more. That's his thing. Love is key and that's real." it's not impossible.' "So going into this 2013 and in the last two years she bat- energy around me and I feel like I've had album, there was no worry at all because I tled with Lyme Disease. But now she has somewhat of a rebirth in my life. "I've knew I'd done it before. It's not like confirmed that she is to put out her sixth been faced with a lot and gone through Thinking Out Loud will be the peak of my studio LP this year and the whole a lot emotionally. The whole writing career. It's definitely happened on this process has been like therapy for the process has been therapeutic and album. There's definitely one that's better." pop rock chick. Sharing her excitement empowering without trying to make an Fans of Ed have the chance to win two VIP at joining the label - which looks after album, I'd made one." Avril previously tickets - two places in a suite inclusive of her ex-husband Chad Kroger's band insisted she is "coming out on the other full hospitality - to see him perform at The Nickelback, as well as, The Rolling Stones side" following her battle with Lyme O2 arena London on Monday May 1 as part and Janet Jackson - she wrote on Disease, which can affect the skin, joints, of Givergy.com campaign to raise money Twitter: "Incredibly excited to be a part heart, and nervous system. Sharing a for Save The Rhino International. Fans can of the @BMG_US family & working with picture on Facebook, she wrote at the buy tickets to enter a prize draw to win the them on the release of #AL6! So excited time: "Overcoming Lyme Disease. Feels highly sough-after tickets. to share more with you guys! (sic)" The good to have my Dr smile and tell me 32-year-old beauty also shared a black how much progress I am making. I'm and white video of herself playing the coming out on the other side batches!!! piano and talking about how emotional ?#˝Fighter? ?#˝F**kLymeDisease? (sic)". this record has been to make and how it came about by accident. in the short clip, she said: "For this album I have a MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 lifestyle

FASHION Fashion designers turn to secondhand shops for inspiration

t is a humdrum secondhand clothing store in one of the exclusivity of the piece", said Brazilian-born Terra, who worked of the things that helped make French brand Vetements the mally shop in high street stores like Zara and just want to find most down-at-heel districts of the French capital. But for for Givenchy and Carven before striking out on his own. label of the moment. Vintage is also a major theme at a trade something original to wear with that." Fashion historian Idesigner Francisco Terra and other rising stars of the Paris "Today with mass market fast fashion, you can only find that in fair running alongside Paris fashion week, which this year con- Manuel Charpy said vintage mania is nothing new. "In the catwalk, the shop stuffed with shirts and skirts that sell for the vintage of secondhand shops," he added. tains a shop bringing together some of the capital's "pre- 19th century secondhand clothing was much more important price of a coffee is "a temple of fashion research". Terra loves worn" designer stores and the online luxury secondhand site than today, completely dominating the mass market" and the place so much he held his Paris fashion week show in the 'Upcycled' jeans Vestiaire Collective. Amnaye Nhas, a manager of one such lux- items were sold again and again, he said. store, the flagship "friperie" of the Guerrisol chain. "It is not Influenced by Margiela and Jean Paul Gaultier, two fashion ury Paris store, Thanx God I'm a VIP, said sales rocket during The current hunger for vintage began out of economic just people who don't have much money who shop here," the houses who have long embraced the art of recycling, 34-year- the runway shows, particularly when labels revisit historic necessity after the financial crisis of 2008, said trends special- creator behind the Neith Nyer label said, "but all the stylists of old Terra began to repurpose clothes for his own brand, which looks for coats and aviator jackets. ist Cecile Poignant. The success of the American television the big labels who come to do their homework." he named after his Austrian grandmother. His new show is set series "Mad Men", set in the early 1960s also helped, she said. His show comes only six weeks after hip brand AVOC pre- in a fictional future Tokyo in 2083. Faced with a chaotic econo- Vintage can be reassuring Vintage clothes "give people reassurance and historical sented their menswear collection in another more upmarket my, young people are forced to patching their ancestors' old Her store only sells clothing from the very top designer anchorage in changing times", Poignant added. "It all has to vintage store. With high street chains going hell for leather for clothes together to create their new styles. The storyline was labels. They refuse to handle anything in synthetic fibre and do with the sense of insecurity people are living with today. throwaway fashion, those in the know are embracing better inspired by the Japanese capital's thriving secondhand stores, outfits have to be in perfect condition, she said. With prices We are a lot less sure than we were 30 years ago that the quality vintage clothing while designers are turning to sec- Terra said, which often rework old clothes. Upcycling, as ranging from 40 euros to 2,000 ($42 to $2,100), Nhas said their future will be brighter." — AFP ondhand and charity shops for inspiration. Parisian friperies remaking existing clothes is called, has long been the trade- clients are demanding and know what they want. A green where the poor still buy pre-owned shoes and suits are now mark of a number of Paris labels, including streetwear brand toned Leonard silk jacket is on sale for 995 euros, while a 1978 the haunt of hipsters and fashionistas looking for clothes that Andrea Crews. Burberry coat is priced at 450 euros. "Some customers are real help them stand out. Putting together "a look is all about the Upcycled jeans made from cut up old Levi's were also one sticklers" for designer labels, she said, "but others would nor- Paris Fashion Week

Models present creations by Comme des Garcons during the women's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. — AFP photos lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

FEATURES Bollywood celebrity becomes father to twins via surrogacy

ollywood superstar Karan Johar announced yester- was ready to raise them. His newborn son was christened single people and homosexuals from this option. The bill day he had become a father to twins through sur- after his late father Yash Johar, a celebrated Bollywood is pending before parliament but if passed would outlaw Brogacy, as India moves closer to controversially bar- filmmaker. His daughter has been named Roohi. In his commercial surrogacy in India. The bill drew broad criti- ring single people from becoming parents. The 44-year- autobiography "An Unsuitable Boy", Johar had expressed cism from doctors and some political parties but support- old filmmaker, who is single, said he was ecstatic to a desire to adopt or pursue fatherhood through surroga- ers maintain the commercialization of "motherhood" sees become a parent "with the help of marvels of medical sci- cy. He's not the first Bollywood star to chart the course, surrogate mothers exploited. — AFP ence", but did not disclose the identity of the surrogate with actor Tusshar Kapoor fathering a son last year to a who gave birth to his children-a boy and a girl. "This was surrogate. an emotional yet a well thought out decision which I Surrogacy is a hot-button issue in India, where the have taken after considering all the responsibilities and "rent-a-womb" industry is worth between $500 million In this file photo, Bollywood film maker Karan duties that come with being a parent," he wrote on and $2.3 billion annually, making it the top destination Johar poses for photographers at the Twitter. worldwide for the procedure. India caused an outcry last International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Rocks Johar, one of Bollywood's most successful film produc- year when it drafted a law making surrogacy only avail- Green Carpet for the 17th Edition of IIFA Weekend ers, said his children were his "world and priority" and he able to married Indian couples without children, barring and Awards in Madrid, Spain. — AP Senegalese film scoops top award at Africa film fest elicite," a tale about a nightclub singer The film is directed by Senegalese-French Morocco. Loosely modeled on the Cannes Film who has to scrape together funds to Alain Gomis, who in 2013 was praised for "Tey" Festival, the event, known by its French "Fpay for her son's treatment after a road (in French, "Aujourd'hui," or "Today) -- a story acronym of FESPACO, is held every two years accident, scooped the top prize on Saturday at about a young Senegalese who knows he is and accepts for competition only films made Africa's top cinema festival. The film won the about to die, and looks at his life through new by African filmmakers. — AFP Golden Stallion award at the Pan-African Film eyes. The festival's Silver Stallion was awarded and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, held in to "Un Orage Africain" (An African Storm), an the capital of Burkina Faso. The prize adds to the anti-colonial tale by Benin director Sylvestre Silver Bear jury prize awarded to the film two Amoussou, and the Bronze Stallion to "A Mile weeks earlier at the Berlin Film Festival. in My Shoes," a drama by Said Khallaf of

Writer/director Barry Jenkins (left) and writer Tarell Alvin McCraney pose in the press room with the Best Adapted Screenplay award for ‘Moonlight’. — AFP African American Oscars triumph masking real diversity woes

he triumph of black artists at the Oscars and, worse still, just 7.7 percent of produc- was seen as a signal that predominantly tions directed by women according to the Twhite Hollywood was making a serious UCLA report, which analyzed movies and TV effort to get a grip on its diversity problem. Yet released in 2015. At the root of the problem, scratch the surface and it is apparent that the say campaigners, is the overwhelming homo- battle has barely begun in an industry where geneity in boardrooms and also in Asians, Latinos and other minorities, not to Hollywood's many casting agencies, which mention women, remain sorely underrepre- place the talent. If you have a bunch of white Winner of the 25th Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sented on set-and in studio boardrooms. After man deciding what gets made, contends Alain Gomis (center) receives the Yennega Stallion trophy from Burkina Marcel de Souza (left) presents a special prize to Burkinabe film director the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag caught on in Hunt, they will inevitably green-light projects Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kabore (right) and Ivory Coast’s Apolline Traore during the closing ceremony of the 25th Pan-African Film 2016 — the second straight year when no eth- in their wheelhouse-action, sci-fi and super- president Alassane Ouattara (left) at the Sports Palace in Ouagadougou. and Television Festival (FESPACO). — AFP photos nic minority actors were nominated — Barry hero movies populated and made by people Jenkins's coming-of-age best picture who look like them. The doom and gloom is "Moonlight" struck a chord last Sunday as a in part mitigated, however, by baby steps moving look at contemporary African — towards a more inclusive future. American life. There were six nods for black One Direction's Tomlinson actors overall, as well as three documentary Last resort Joyalukkas launches nominees telling African-American stories- Ryan Coogler, the 30-year-old rising including Ezra Edelman's winning "O.J.: Made African American star who directed "Creed," is arrested in airport tussle in America"-and a screenplay win for Jenkins currently shooting "Black Panther," a Marvel the International and his writing partner Tarell McCraney. tentpole centered on a black superhero. ne Direction heartthrob Louis But critics have pointed out that race is Meanwhile Ava DuVernay, acclaimed for the Tomlinson was arrested after an air- not simply a black-and-white issue. Under feature "Selma" and Oscar nominated for the Oport brawl with paparazzi that left two growing pressure, the Academy has documentary "13th," has become the first people injured, police said Saturday. The 25- Jewellery Festival embarked on reforms in recent years to diver- African-American to make a film with a budg- year-old Briton was in the baggage claim at sify the mix of its members, who may have et of more than $100 million with the upcom- Los Angeles International Airport with a girl- become "more aware" of bias, according to ing fantasy adventure "A Wrinkle in Time." friend Friday evening when he entered a tus- across GCC Darnell Hunt, the professor in charge of Skeptics point out that white, male studio sle with a photographer, police said. UCLA's annual Hollywood Diversity Report. bosses are hardly clamoring to fall on their "Witnesses stated that Tomlinson pulled the "But that's not necessarily a sign that the swords in the name of diversity. photographer to the floor by his legs causing rom a single jewelry showroom in Abu industry has changed, or that there's more But Sundance Institute director Keri the victim to fall backwards and strike his Dhabi in 1987, Joyalukkas has grown into a diversity in the films being made. Studios are Putnam says the solution lies not in execu- back and head on the floor," said airport multi awarded global jewelry retail chain still (managed) by white men," he told AFP. tives vacating their seats, but in "inviting F police spokeswoman Officer Alicia with presence in 11 countries across the USA, UK, more people around the table." Josh Welsh, Hernandez. GCC, and Asia. Now on its 30th year, the world's Exclusion who heads Film Independent, the organizer Tomlinson then also allegedly caused a The latest edition of the study, published of the annual Spirit Awards honoring indie woman in the area to fall when he grabbed favorite jeweler is set to take 2017 by storm with last month, notes that "despite the Academy filmmaking, believes that regulation may be her phone as she tried to record footage of a series of promotions and offers to delight its Award nominations, the exclusion of people the only long-term answer. Illinois and sever- the singer's companion, Hernandez said. The This file photo taken on December 1, 2015 over 10 million loyal patrons around the world. of color and women from Hollywood remains al other US states, for example, design their photographer was taken to a hospital but the shows Singer Louis Tomlinson of musical The International Jewellery Fest, opening on 2nd a concern." Minorities represent 40 percent of tax rebates system to award diversity, he extent of his injuries was not clear. The group One Direction performing onstage March, is only the beginning of the celebrations. the US population but only 13.6 percent of points out. Online entertainment magazine woman with the cellphone hurt her eye but during 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball 2015 "The last 30 years have been very fulfilling for actors and 10 percent of filmmakers. There Deadline recently reported that the federal presented by Capital One at American was treated on site, Hernandez said. all of us at the Joyalukkas Group," says Joy was just one non-white, non-black acting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tomlinson was taken into custody and Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.-AFP nomination last Sunday-for British-Indian Dev was in settlement talks with the major studios released early Saturday morning after posting Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group. Patel-while Syrian documentary shorts "The to resolve charges that they systemically dis- $20,000 bond, a sheriff's department data- One Direction, once known for a "We've grown so much, and just these last few White Helmets" and "Watani: My Homeland" criminated against female directors. The base showed. squeaky-clean image that drew massive months achieved our lifelong dream of opening and Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's "The EEOC doesn't comment on its investigations, He was ordered to appear before a court crowds of teenage girls, has been on hiatus showrooms in the USA. Work is currently under- since late 2015, with former member Zayn Salesman" were left to represent the entirety and charges are made public on March 29 to hear potential charges. He way to make our presence known in more new Malik pursuing the most active solo career. of Middle Eastern filmmaking. only in the "last resort" instances where was arrested on allegation of simple battery, locations. The International Jewellery Fest is a cel- It's not just an Oscars issue: Hispanics, lawsuits are launched. Putnam notes mean- Tomlinson has been working with Simon a misdemeanor that usually is settled by a ebration of the many cultures and traditions that Asians and Native Americans are the most while that executives are beginning to see fine. Tomlinson, who has sold more than 50 Cowell-the judge of "The X Factor" show that woefully under-represented across the indus- inclusivity as a "business imperative" since million records as part of One Direction, has launched One Direction-on putting together have influenced our jewelry through the years. It try, while Middle Eastern actors find them- films with diverse casts enjoy the highest been a favorite of the gossip pages. He had a an all-girl pop band. — AFP is a showcase of world-class designs which we selves typecast as terrorists. Discrimination global box office receipts and the highest son last year with Briana Jungwirth, a Los are sure our loyal supporters would truly enjoy." against women is arguably a larger issue, with return on investment. — AFP Angeles stylist whom he had briefly dated. The Joyalukkas International Jewellery Fest is only 29 percent of lead roles being female The two were said to remain friends as they happening simultaneously at the global jewelry raised the child. retailer's locations across the GCC, with a 0% deduction offer on old gold exchange as well as low making charges across all jewelry collections Sushi in Pyongyang: Japanese chef opens rare restaurant till 1st April 2017.

ushi in Pyongyang? At a restaurant run by a Japanese sushi media. Fujimoto's new restaurant in Pyongyang bears the name chef famous for working for North Korea's late leader Kim "Takahashi" outside its door. The main room with a sushi counter SJong Il? Kenji Fujimoto has opened his sushi restaurant in is very small, with just a handful of seats. Raw fish dishes sushi and the North Korean capital, according to Canadian Michael Spavor, a sashimi have been available in Pyongyang for many years, but consultant with a long record of working in the communist state. usually the fish is frozen before it comes to the table, so the cus- He was involved with NBA star Denis Rodman's trips to North tomer can chose either to crunch it frozen, or wait until it defrosts Korea, and the two spent days with North Korean leader Kim Jong and loses its texture. Neither option meets the usual standards. Un, who succeeded his father after his death in 2011. Spavor said According to the latest images, the food at Fujimoto's is much he was introduced to Fujimoto just last year, when he learnt about better. But prices are high by Pyongyang standards, starting at the chef's plans to open a restaurant in Pyongyang and tried to $50 for a sushi set, and running to more than $100. There are also track it down early this year. cheaper options available from the noodle restaurant that oper- "I was quite excited, because I'd heard quite a lot about him," ates together with Fujimoto's sushi room. "I think everyone in the Spavor said. "So one day, for lunch, we met up, and we got along world is aware that North Korea has its challenges and economic great, he speaks fluent Korean, so we spoke Korean, and that's difficulties," Spavor said. "That being said, there are many Koreans when he mentioned to me he was planning on opening up a in Pyongyang who are able to afford these kind of high-end ramen restaurant or a sushi restaurant in Pyongyang." It's rare to restaurants," he said. "And keep in mind also that Pyongyang has a find a Japanese business openly operating in North Korea, lot of foreign diplomats, UN workers, businessmen from China because of strained relations between the two countries. But and other countries who can also dine at this restaurant." — AP Photo provided by Paektu Cultural Exchange, a sushi set is Fujimoto is a special case. He worked for Kim Jong Il for many displayed on a table at the restaurant of Japanese sushi years. After Kim's death, Fujimoto reappeared in Pyongyang chef Kenji Fujimoto in Pyongyang, North Korea. — AP meeting with the new leader in images he shared with Japanese lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017

FEATURES Atop Palmyra's damaged theatre, Syrian musicians sing of return 'We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back'

A picture shows journalists at the site of the damaged Roman amphitheatre in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, as part of a tour organized by the Syrian army. — AFP photos

top the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, Ateenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favorite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're com- ing back." The 15-year-old's voice floats over the ancient Roman theatre, heavily damaged then abandoned by IS jihadists on Thursday as Russian-backed government forces drew near. "A little destruction won't stop us from coming here to play and sing on this stage, despite what happened to it," Dayoub tells AFP. "I want to play music and sing everywhere that has seen the expulsion of IS, which hates singing and banned playing instruments," she says defiantly. Dayoub's rendition of Lebanese diva Fairuz's famous song is accompanied by fellow musicians of all ages playing violins, tambourines and the oud, the pear- shaped stringed instrument beloved in the Arab world. "We're singing 'We're coming back' because we will come back even stronger than before to rebuild Syria," Syrian soldiers she says. "Everyone will rebuild in their own way. We standing guard at the want to rebuild it with music and singing." site of the damaged The city and its ruins, designated a UNESCO world Roman amphitheater. heritage site in 1980, have traded hands several times during Syria's six-year war. IS first seized Palmyra in May 2015 and began to systematically destroy and loot the site's monuments and temples during a brutal ten- 'A few scratches' month reign. It used the ancient theatre as a venue for Now, the difficult task of assessing what remains of execution-style killings before being driven out in those celebrated monuments has been left to Wael Al- March 2016. The jihadists then recaptured Palmyra in Hafyan, who heads the engineering unit in Homs December, blowing up the tetrapylon monument and province's antiquities department. The 40-year-old part of the theatre. walks through the Old City, examining various artefacts Syrian musicians play at the site of the damaged Roman and recording his observations in a small notebook. amphitheater. IS 'is darkness, music is light' After a preliminary assessment, Hafyan says additional Young musicians flocked to the theatre during a destruction is limited to the theatre's front including an press tour organized by the army at the weekend, play- arched recess behind the stage, as well as the explosion ing to an audience of dozens of Syrian and Russian sol- of the tetrapylon. diers. Explosions can still be heard in the distance, as He broke down when he came across the theatre Syrian forces and their Russian allies press their offen- and the tetrapylon, once a 16-columned structure that sive against IS north and east of Palmyra. "Daesh (IS) marked one end of Palmyra's colonnade. IS reduced it wanted to ban us from the theatre, to ban us from to a pile of rocks in a massive explosion in January, Syrian musicians play at the site of the damaged Roman singing, but I want to challenge it, to beat it," says lambasted by the UN as "a new war crime and an amphitheater. Maysaa Al-Nuqari, a teenage oud player. Dressed in a immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity." black leather jacket and combat boots, her curly hair "It's impossible for anyone with even an iota of dyed a deep red, Nuqari gestures at several nearby humanity not to feel sad when they see this. I'm sad, musicians to join the jam session. "Daesh is darkness, and I will stay sad until Palmyra goes back to the way it but music is light," she says. was," Hafyan tells AFP. Although the precise date of its founding is But with international help and UNESCO's support, unknown, Palmyra's name is referred to on a tablet dat- the engineer says, Palmyra can be restored. Asked to ing from the 19th century BC as a stopping point for summarize what is left of Palmyra's renowned artefacts, caravans between the Mediterranean and the east. It Hafyan bites his lip and considers the question quietly. developed into a wealthy metropolis thanks to trade in "All of Palmyra is left. Palmyra's history has remained," spices, perfumes, silk and ivory from the east and he answers. "A few scratches cannot distort its beauty. became known to Syrians as the "Pearl of the Desert." The enormity of what Daesh did here, all of its crimes, Palmyra's temples, colonnaded alleys and elaborately doesn't even amount to a scratch on this beautiful, glo- decorated tombs-some of the best preserved classical rious face that is Palmyra." — AFP A view of the Great Colonnade in the ancient city of monuments in the Middle East-attracted more than Palmyra in central Syria. 150,000 tourists a year before Syria's conflict broke out. A fallen column at the site of the ancient city of Palmyra.

Syrian musicians play at the site of the damaged Roman amphitheater. The damaged Roman amphitheater in the ancient city of Palmyra. Syrian musicians play at the site of the damaged Roman amphitheater. Atop Palmyra's damaged theatre, Syrian musicians sing of return

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Photo shows the red, pink and nectarine-colored streaks in the rock-hewn tomb of a second-century Roman governor in Photo shows Amman Beach on Jordan's shore of the Dead Sea, which is actually a spectacular lake 1,400 feet (400 Petra, Jordan. — AP photos meters) below sea level. Exploring Jordan's cultural fusion

By Giovanna Dell'Orto nearby Madaba documents both accurately and with charming details such as date-laden palms. squeezed through the narrow desert chasm just as the early-morning sun lit up the facade of the majestic Capital time ITreasury building. The structure, originally a mau- Madaba, home to other mosaics portraying mythical soleum, was carved from a red canyon some 2,000 years figures, fruits, even an octopus, is less than an hour's drive ago, when the city of Petra was a global trade center and from Jordan's capital, Amman. Standing on its monument- its monuments a fusion of Arab and Greco-Roman cultures. filled Citadel hill among kite-flying children, I took in the Such reminders of harmonious co-existence, in Petra and sand-colored panorama of charming villas and shiny malls, throughout Jordan, make a trip here special. They are so minarets and markets, narrow cafe-lined alleys and blocky fragile yet inspiring today, as violence batters much of the apartment buildings. The opposite hillside opened onto region. A terror attack struck Jordan a day before the grand Roman theater, in whose plaza a kid made big December attacks in Berlin and Ankara. loops on a scooter. Both the vast, vibrant capital, Amman, and the remote, On a late Saturday night in the garden of Fakhr el-Din otherworldly desert landscapes are speckled with artistic restaurant, our white tablecloth was barely visible under masterpieces and profoundly moving sites of the Jewish, stuffed vine leaves, eggplant dip, tabbouleh salad, hum- Christian and Islamic faiths. In the same restaurants where mus with grilled meat, grilled halloumi cheese, fried the rare niqab-clad women sit, only their eyes uncovered, minced lamb, chicken liver in pomegranate juice, kibbeh fashionistas in tank tops may be seen whiling a weekend nayeh (raw lamb with cracked wheat) and fattoush (bread night away. In early spring, balmy enough for superb cui- salad laced with sumac) - and that was only appetizers. I sine in fancy outdoor gardens and corner-store popsicles, I had to ask my two young Ammani friends, how far are we explored these highlights: from the atrocities making headlines around the world? The Syrian border is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) away, Rose-colored city they said, close enough that their families used to go there Photo shows the road along Jordan's shore of the Dead From Petra's archaeological park gate, it's about a mile for picnics. At that, one of the best meals of my life became Photo shows camels in front of the Treasury building in Sea, which is actually a spectacular lake 1,400 feet (400 walk before the increasingly tight Siq gorge opens onto also a minuscule gesture of defiance and hope. — AP meters) below sea level with one of the highest levels of Petra, the ancient rock-hewn city that is Jordan's block- the 12-storey-high Treasury. Seeing for the first time its flo- buster destination. salinity in the world. ral-topped columns, muscular sculptures and classical friezes emerge out of sandstone is as breathtaking as beholding the Colosseum or Machu Picchu. But what took my breath away, literally, is that the iconic Treasury is only the best preserved of hundreds more build- ings carved into and over Petra's wadis, desert valleys that in spring were lined with pink oleander in bloom. I hiked into a 7,000-seat theater, up to a massive mountaintop sacrificial altar and past monumental facades whose decorations ranged from geometrical steps to flowing colonnades. To admire the red, pink and nectarine-colored streaks in the rock-hewn tomb of a second-century Roman gov- ernor, I skirted around a herd of camels, chatting with their young drivers. English is widely spoken, though uttering just a few Arabic words melts even border guards into supersized grins.

Along the Jordan Shukran (thank you) was the handiest word as Jordanians kept reaching out to this visibly foreign visitor, from the fruit vendor in Amman's souk gifting me just-ripe loquats to the family sharing their spicy grilled chicken picnic with my driv- er and me at Amman Beach on the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea - actually a spectacular lake 1,400 feet (400 meters) below sea level - is so mineral-heavy that I bobbed weightlessly in its waters, with Israel and the West Bank on the opposite shore. I wore my most modest one- piece bathing suit, but elsewhere I never felt gender mat- tered: In the cities, face-covering veils seemed far rarer than women not wearing headscarves. Just to the north, along the Jordan River at Bethany, is Photo shows the ancient Roman theater and a sand-col- the site where John is believed to have baptized Jesus. Old Photo shows the Treasury building in Petra as it first ored panorama of Jordan's capital, Amman, as seen from and New Testament locales abound, as the sixth-century Photo shows a security officer talking on his phone in the appears to visitors walking through the narrow Siq gorge the monument-filled Citadel hill. floor mosaic map of the region in St George Church in Siq gorge in the vast archeological site of Petra, Jordan.

Photo shows two young people talking among the ancient ruins of Amman's Photo shows ancient ruins on the monument-filled Citadel hill and, beyond, a Photo shows camels against a panorama of the Royal Tombs in the ancient city Citadel hill, the historical core of Jordan's capital which is seen sprawling panorama of Jordan's capital, Amman. of Petra, Jordan. behind them.