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KT 7-9-2016 .Qxp Layout 1 SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 THULHIJJA 5, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MP demands Black Lives Slain Kashmir Maxwell fires ‘sorting’ Matter protesters rebel becomes Australia expatriate shut London what India to world population6 airport12 for hours long14 feared record20 263 Amir pardons prisoners, may Min 33º ‘include political activists’ Max 43º High Tide 02:48 & 15:31 No ban on Twitter MPs seek emergency session Low Tide • 09:27 & 21:29 40 PAGES NO: 16986 150 FILS By B Izzak Polls: Clinton, KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday issued a pardon for a number of prisoners who Trump running have served part of their jail terms and reduced the terms of others, on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. No names were neck and neck mentioned in the brief announcement made by the Amiri Diwan, but activists said it could include political prisoners, WASHINGTON: The race between Hillary Clinton and mostly opposition activists who were handed down jail Donald Trump for the White House has tightened terms for criticizing HH the Amir. But this has not been offi- with two months to go before Election Day, as a series cially confirmed. of new polls yesterday shows them essentially in a Activists said on social media that prominent opposition dead heat. Trump has edged ahead of Clinton in a leader and former MP Musallam Al-Barrak, currently serving new CNN/ORC poll, at 45 percent to 43 percent a two-year jail sentence for insulting HH the Amir, could be among likely voters, while an NBC News poll of regis- pardoned. Barrak’s nephew Ali said on Twitter that his uncle tered voters meanwhile shows Clinton’s lead holding and other political activists are among those pardoned, but at six percentage points - 48 percent to 42 percent. Barrak’s lawyers said they had no clue if he was included. And another survey, this one by The Washington Post Separately, the communication and information tech- looking at all 50 states, shows Clinton with a solid lead nology commission refuted rumors that the social media in terms of electoral college votes, and even strength messaging service Twitter will be blocked in the country. in some traditional Republican strongholds. Jamming Twitter goes against freedom of speech and opin- The various polls show how close the race is look- ion, the commission’s vice chairman Khaled Al-Kandari told ing to Nov 8, and makes the battle for the so-called KUNA yesterday. The commission is an avid supporter of swing states all the more important. Clinton was headed to Florida yesterday to appear at a voter reg- freedom of expression, he stressed. No social network will istration event, while the billionaire real estate be blocked in the country, he said, adding that these mogul was due in Virginia for a town hall meeting rumors are utterly “untrue”. He pointed out that all social and in North Carolina for an evening campaign rally. networks function under laws and no action will be taken “Thank you! #AmericaFirst,” Trump tweeted with the against any of them unless it goes through proper legal new CNN poll results. The candidates have less than channels. three weeks to go before the first of three scheduled In another development, a number of MPs have started presidential debates - expected to be the most MAKKAH: Muslim pilgrims circle Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in this Saudi holy collecting signatures on a motion calling to convene an watched moments of what so far has been a raucous city yesterday. The annual hajj pilgrimage begins on Sept 10, and more than a million Muslims have already emergency session of the National Assembly to discuss the campaign. — AFP (See Page 9) flocked to Saudi Arabia in preparation for what will for many be the highlight of their spiritual lives — AFP hiking of petrol prices and its impact on Kuwaiti citizens. Continued on Page 13 Dubai keeps rolling out projects DUBAI: Dubai developers are rolling out Emaar South is another new develop- their scale models for the city’s latest ment announced on the eve of Cityscape British MP resigns grandiose property projects despite con- by Emaar Properties, which built Burj tinued falls in real estate prices. Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, among over sex scandal Shimmering skyscrapers, golf-course vil- other Dubai landmarks. It is to be erected las and houses in sprawling communities in Dubai South, a vast desert that hosts LONDON: A senior British are on show at Cityscape, a fair with a Dubai’s second airport Al-Maktoum which lawmaker resigned from his growing a reputation as the venue for is touted to become the world’s largest position as head of an influ- launching the emirate’s mega projects. and replace Dubai International as the ential parliamentary com- The centerpiece of this week’s fair is base for Emirates Airline. “It is really amaz- mittee yesterday after Jumeirah Central, an entire district with a ing to get the chance to keep expanding becoming embroiled in a mixture of residential and office blocks, this city,” Emaar chairman Mohamed scandal involving drugs hotels and a mall, along the city’s Sheikh Alabbar said at the launch. “Keep in mind and male prostitutes. Keith Zayed artery. The project is being devel- that we are (only) 40-plus years old... We Vaz from the opposition oped by state-owned Dubai Holding - are really young as a country and as a city Labour Party, a married the maker of the luxurious, sail-shaped and there is a lot to do,” he added. Keith Vaz father of two and one of Burj al-Arab hotel. Continued on Page 13 RABAT: A general view taken on Monday shows the As-Sounna mosque in the the first British Asian ministers, was recorded paying Moroccan capital. — AFP two escorts for their services, according to a report in the Sunday Mirror. “Those who hold others to account must themselves be accountable,” Vaz said COP22 host Morocco’s in a statement. He said he was stepping down to allow the com- mosques going green mittee’s “important work” to be carried out “without any distractions whatsoever”. “I am genuinely sorry RABAT: Two months before it hosts the sumption can be cut by 60 percent, with that recent events make it impossible for this to COP22 climate conference, Morocco is estimates showing savings of as much as happen if I remain chair,” he said. Vaz, a 59-year-old preparing to launch an ambitious project 68 percent at Rabat’s majestic As-Sunna former Europe minister under ex-premier Tony Blair, to turn its mosques green as a commit- mosque. This can be achieved through chairs a powerful home affairs parliamentary com- ment to clean energy. The Ministry of energy-saving lighting, photovoltaic elec- mittee which conducts probes into immigration, Endowments and Islamic Affairs tricity generation and solar water heating, drugs policies and sex workers. announced a tender in mid-August to and without harming the appearance of The story, recounted in lurid detail typical of modify 64 mosques initially in six of the the mosques. The upgrades will also bene- Britain’s aggressive tabloid press, has provoked a kingdom’s cities to reduce the energy they fit the faithful, with access to hot water for debate about whether the newspaper intruded consume. Its goal is a 40-percent reduc- washing and air conditioning available in unfairly into Vaz’s private life. The Sunday Mirror has tion in energy costs at 15,000 mosques prayer rooms, said SIE. justified its reporting on the basis that there is a around the country that consume an aver- Another upshot would be the “strong public interest in exposing Vaz given his role in scru- age of 90 kilowatts a day, said the SIE state social impact” through the creation of 5,000 tinizing legislation on sex workers and drugs. energy investment company. jobs and a new growth market, it said. Continued on Page 13 DUBAI: Visitors gather near a model of the center of the Jumeriah district at the Studies have shown that energy con- Continued on Page 13 annual Cityscape show yesterday. — AFP Obama cancels Duterte showdown Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after slur VIENTIANE: US President Barack Obama can- flying to Vientiane, Duterte warned he would the Obama backlash yesterday, Duterte struck celled a meeting at a regional summit yester- not be lectured by Obama over a war on drug a rare moment of contrition, albeit qualified. day with foul-mouthed Philippine leader crime in the Philippines that has claimed nearly “While the immediate cause was my strong Rodrigo Duterte after being insulted. The pair 3,000 lives in just over two months - an average comments to certain press questions that had been due to meet in the Lao capital of of 44 a day. elicited concern and distress, we also regret Vientiane at a gathering organized by the “You must be respectful. Do not just throw that it came across as a personal attack on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an away questions and statements. (Expletive), I US President,” he said in a statement. annual event meant to foster harmony but will curse you in that forum,” Duterte told The United States also sought to ensure which often highlights regional rows. This reporters when asked about his message for there was no enduring fallout with one of its year’s edition was launched with a spectacular Obama. Duterte, who has quickly earned a most important allies in Asia and former fallout between the United States and the global reputation for his acid tongue, then colony.
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