Condolences Go to the Families Hand” That Tampers with the Country’S Security

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KUWAIT: Thousands of people in Kuwait took part in a Exclusive to Kuwait Times mass funeral procession yesterday for 27 people killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque a day earlier. The bombing, which also wounded more Bittersweet moment than 200 male worshippers who were taking part in in Kuwait history midday Friday prayers, was the first terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades. The government tatement from His Excellency Sheikh organized yesterday’s mass funeral for those killed. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Thousands of Sunnis and Shiites from across the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. country took part in the procession and prayer at S Kuwait’s Grand Mosque. Many carried the Kuwaiti flag; “June 26, 2015 was a bittersweet moment in my others a simple black flag to signify mourning. Some in country’s history. Bitter - because 26 innocent the crowd chanted, “Sunnis and Shiites are brothers!” lives were cut short by the acts of a cowardly ter- Sunni groups in Kuwait and leaders from across the rorist that has no ties whatsoever to any humani- Middle East have strongly condemned the attack, which tarian or religious notions, and sweet - because Gulf officials say is aimed at provoking a backlash from we saw the true nature of the Kuwaiti people. Shiites and sparking sectarian war. When the developments of this horrific attack More than a third of Kuwait’s 1.2 million citizens are became apparent, we saw Kuwaitis from all walks believed to be Shiite. The majority of Kuwaitis are Sunni Muslims. Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior of life - and from all sects and communities band Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was together in order to repel and defend Kuwait from quoted in the official Kuwait News Agency describing any external forces. the bombing as “grotesque” and vowing to “cut the evil My deepest condolences go to the families hand” that tampers with the country’s security. The who lost their loved ones and our prayers are with news agency also carried a statement from Iraq’s top all our friends and brothers who are still in hospi- Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, extending tal. I hope that we will also learn the lessons from his condolences to the families of the victims. Continued on Page 13 this horrific attack and that each Kuwaiti has a responsibility to be on ‘civilian patrol’ and to inform the security forces of any elements that they believe are alien to us. God save Kuwait and Long Live the Amir.”

KUWAIT: Mourners carry the body of one of the victims of the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque bombing, during a mass funeral at Jaafari cemetery in Kuwait City yester- His Excellency Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- day. The interior ministry said in a statement that 26 people and the suicide bomber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet were killed and 227 others were wounded in one of the country’s worst bombings Bader Al-Kharafi, Zain’s Vice Chairman (left) pictured during the mass burial yes- Affairs speaking to Kuwait Times. and its first ever on a mosque. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Pages 2 & 3) terday. CONDOLENCES Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief, Management and Staff

convey their deepest condolences to His Highness the Amir, families of the victims of Imam Al-Sadiq mosque attack and the people of Kuwait May Allah Almighty bestow His mercy on them and protect Kuwait and its people LOCAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Mourners carry the body of one of the victims of the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque bombing, during a mass funeral at Jaafari cemetery. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Thousands attend mosque blast victims’ funeral

By Faten Omar and Meshaal Al-Enezi ones in God’s hands. A friend, brother, or a neighbor were KUWAIT: At least 35,000 people gathered lost and buried under the ground. Leaving at the Jaafari cemetery in Sulaibikhat yes- their families behind with their pain and terday for the funeral of the victims of the heartbreaking souls. But still these people terrorist suicide bombing at the Imam Al- came to share their grief and pain. Sadiq Mosque in Al-Sawaber neighbor- “This crowd that came for the funeral of hood in Kuwait City on Friday. The ceme- our martyrs is the best answer to show the tery’s main parking lot was jam-packed world how Kuwaitis are strong and care with vehicles while traffic police were dis- for each other, regardless of doctrine or patched to organize traffic at nearby high- religion,” National Assembly Speaker ways. Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim said. The crowds carried the coffins on their “This inhuman terrorist [action] has shoulders in a show of brotherhood, soli- failed, and the large presence in the ceme- darity and unity between all sectors of the tery is the best response to those who Kuwaiti society. seek to set the Kuwaiti society apart,” he Kuwaitis, expatriates as well as mourn- added. ers who came from Gulf Cooperation The deadly attack during the Friday Council countries were among thousands prayers at Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque left 27 who filled the cemetery yesterday. The people dead and 227 injured, drawing sadness was everywhere; as the victims’ condemnations from Arab, Muslim and families were crying, leaving their beloved European countries. KUWAIT: Ministers and lawmakers walk as they arrive to the Jaafari cemetery to attend the funeral of the Sadiq mosque terrorist attack.

Minister of Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah (second from left) is seen with lawmakers Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah and MPs are inside the bus. seen inside the bus that carried them to the cemetery.

Interior quashes reports on receiving info beforehand

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry categorically quashed yesterday local press reports that they received information on plans to target places of worship, four days prior to Friday’s Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque blast. The rumors had claimed that the ministry “did not pay [the information] due attention.” The ministry stressed in a statement that it never dis- cards tips pertaining to security of the nation and the people. It noted that its members are doing their best to firmly combat any danger to the country. The statement urged the press to verify information prior to publication to avoid confusion and disturbing security and safety, and not to discredit the ministry efforts at the time when the nation needs all to join forces. The interior ministry also denied social media rumors about an audio recording allegedly for Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad and stressed that the recording included false information and has nothing to do with Fahad. Earlier yesterday, the ministry said that the car used by the terrorist who blew himself up at Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque killing 27 people and injuring 227 others Friday had been located. The ministry also indicated that police arrested the car’s owner, but the driver of the car who gave the terrorist bomber the ride to the mosque is still at large and search is ongoing to capture him — KUNA Mourners pray over the bodies of the victims of the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque bombing. SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 LOCAL

Grand Mosque ready to receive mourners

By Meshaal Al-Enezi and A Saleh

KUWAIT: Director of the Grand Mosque Abdallah Abdelrahim said preparations were complete as of yesterday to receive mourners in regards to the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque tragedy. Abdelrahim said condolences will be received on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 9:00 pm until 12:00 am, while Taraweeh prayers will be cancelled during this time.

Political groups react Meanwhile, the Salaf Islamic Forum, Justice and Peace Forum, National Islamic Alliance, National Democratic Alliance, Kuwait Progressive Faction, Islamic Constitutional Movement, Civil Conservative Party, and Kuwait Democratic Forum issued a statement in which they condemned the heinous terrorist act by the suicide bomber who detonated himself among worshippers in Imam Al-Sadiq mosque on Friday. They also condemned those who supported him and facilitated his action, and extended condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured immediate recovery. Furthermore, they said this act will increase unity and the presence of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the site of the terrorist act is a confirmation of Kuwait societies’ standing against KUWAIT: A large turnout of people attend the funeral of the victims of the terrorist attack on Imam Al-Sadiq mosque. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh such cowardly act.

MPs condemn blast MP Hamdan Al-Azmi condemned the terrorist explosion that targeted Imam Al-Sadiq mosque and left a large number of people dead and injured. Azmi said this act did not respect the sacredness of the mosque and the holy month and has nothing to do with Islam. He added this act is rejected by all spectrums in the Kuwait society who have co-lived all along rejecting sectarianism and exaggeration in religion and said what took place is an act that wants to instigate strife between members of the society and compromise the country’s security. Meanwhile, MP Mohammad Al-Hadiya said such criminal acts, regardless of their goals and those who planned it, will not succeed in creating a split in Kuwait’s society and its national unity and its wise political leadership under the head- ship of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Hadiya confirmed his support and confidence in security authorities and their ability to arrest all those responsible as fast as possible and their ability to maintain Kuwait’s Interior MinistryÅfs Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Abdul-Fattah Al-Ali A man carries a sign with pictures of the victims of the attack. security. and other mourners carry the body of one of the victims. LOCAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah visited the victims injured in the suicide bombing at Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City Friday. Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad accompanied the minister as they visited several hospitals where the victims were admitted.

Kuwait mosque blast Local spotlight Kuwait draws worldwide outrage faces IS KUWAIT: The terrorist bomb attack that hit at Imam Al-Sadiq solidarity with the Kuwaiti government and people in the but all Muslims and peace loving people around the world. Mosque in downtown Kuwait City on Friday triggered combat against terrorism, and offered condolences to the In Rabat, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and resounding condemnations from across the world. The blast families of the victims. In Cairo, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Cooperation denounced the attack as “an abominable act of left at least 26 deaths and 227 injured among the worshippers Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb strongly denounced the attack, saying terrorism which runs counter to the values of noble Islam.” after the noon prayers. that such “criminal sinful acts trifle with people’s right to By Muna Al-Fuzai His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- secure life and the sanctity of places of worship.” Stark reminder Sabah yesterday received a cable from Russian President In Baghdad, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of In Brussels, President of the Socialist and Democrat Vladimir Putin who offered his condolences over the victims Representatives Dr Saleem Al-Jubouri said the terrorist Group in the European Parliament Gianni Pittella expressed of the terrorist attack. In his cable, Putin denounced all forms attack is desperate attempt to destabilize sisterly Kuwait and his condolences for the victims of attacks in Kuwait as well as of terrorism and voiced support to Kuwait’s efforts to counter expand the scope of the terrorist activities. “This despicable in France and Tunisia. In a statement, he expressed his “deep [email protected] the threat. He wished those injured a speedy recovery. crime is part of a hostile design by the Islamic State (IS) solidarity” with the families of the victims and with the citi- HH the Amir earlier received a telephone call from against sisterly countries that support Iraq in its war against zens of Kuwait France and Tunisia “who suffered from these Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin this terrorist organization,” he said in a statement, reaffirm- evil terrorist attacks. Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. During the call, King Salman voiced ing the need to more concerted efforts against IS. Meanwhile, EU High Representative for Foreign and riday, June 26 appeared as a normal day of Ramadan, the Kingdom’s strongest condemnation over the blast at Meanwhile, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has extended Security Policy Federica Mogherini has condemned the ter- where Muslims fast and perform Friday prayers as Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque. Underlining the Kingdom’s solidarity deepest condolences for the families of the victims of the rorist attack in the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque. In a statement in Fwell as spend more time in mosques during the with the State of Kuwait and Kuwaitis in this incident, King “criminal” attack against Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque. “As we Brussels she said that the chain of attacks in France, Tunisia weekly day of rest. But unfortunately, the day did not end Salman, during the call, prayed to Allah almighty to bless the share with you (families of the victims) the sorrow and pain and Kuwait “is a stark reminder that no country and no with the same calm and joy - it ended with a tragedy that souls of victims with mercy and the injured a speedy recovery. ... We praise Allah the Almighty to bestow blessing upon the region can ignore the challenge posed by terrorists. affected all of Kuwait. The terrorist organization IS commit- HH the Amir also received a cable of condolences from loved ones and bless the injured with speedy recovery, and “The terrorists want to divide us: our response will be ted a criminal bombing against a mosque during Friday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expressing his heart- protect all Muslim countries from evil of enemies,” Sistani more unity. No nation, no power can carry out this fight prayers, leaving behind scores of dead and injured inno- felt sorrow on the criminal attack. The Palestinian leader said in a brief statement. alone. We need a truly global alliance, an alliance of civiliza- cents. According to medical sources, the bombing killed at asserted on his rejection to the terrorist attack which are In Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam tions. We face the same challenge. We are witnessing an least 28 people and wounded more than 200. against all laws and human nature, affirming on Palestinian strongly condemned the attack as a heinous plot against the unprecedented attempt to manipulate religion to justify ter- The bombing occurred at the Shiite Imam Al-Sadiq State support and solidarity with the Kuwait and its people. national unity of Kuwait. In Muscat, the Omani Ministry of rorism and to foster divisions inside our societies,” said the mosque in Sawaber. A witness said the mosque was Also, HH the Amir received a telephone call from Turkish Foreign Affairs denounced the attack and all forms of vio- EU foreign policy chief. packed with about 2,000 worshipers. A large number of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which he expressed lence and terrorism against innocent worshipers. The In Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Office strongly con- suspects have been arrested to investigate their involve- his country’s strongest condemnation over the blast at Imam Ministry reaffirmed in a statement full solidarity with the demned the deadly terrorist attack at Imam Al-Sadiq ment in the attack. Al-Sadiq Mosque. Kuwait government and people in the face of such horrible Mosque, saying: “The people and the Government of This is not the first time we have witnessed a bombing crimes. Pakistan wish to convey their heartfelt sympathies and attempt in the history of Kuwait. Kuwait’s former ruler Full solidarity In Sarajevo, the Bosnian-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship deepest condolences to the bereaved families and pray for Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was the target in 1985 of The French Foreign Ministry expressed in a statement full group said the attack targeted not only Kuwaiti worshipers speedy recovery of the injured. — KUNA an assassination attempt that saddened all of Kuwait. It was hard. We learned a lesson that despite differences and dis- putes, the basic principle is that all citizens love their country and cannot compromise their national unity. Embassy confirms two Friday’s incident was similar to 1985 where all citizens united - Sunnis, Shiites and Christians - sending a patriotic Indians killed in blast message that although the loss of human lives is surely difficult, no one is ready to lose Kuwait and no power can cre- The Indian Embassy regrets to inform about the death of two ate divisions among citizens. Indian nationals in the bomb blast at Imam Sadiq Mosque, This attempt by IS sent everyone in a state of shock and Kuwait on 26 June 2015. Both were taking part in the prayers sadness because everyone feel fears of a possible repeti- when they died. Their details are given below: tion in another place or another mosque. Also, IS has fol- - Rizwan Husain, date of birth 29/6/1984, Passport No. H- lowers who may be ready to act again, causing more dam- 0338720, date of issue 14/8/2008 from Lucknow, Resident of age. The Ministry of Interior’s and the Ministry of Village Walipur, PS Baldipur, District Sultanpur, UP, who was Information’s tasks today is to send an important message working as a watchman in the Mosque. to the public that security is everyone’s responsibility, not just the police’s. It has become scary that everyone knows - Ibne Abbas, DOB 20/07/1989, passport No. M-1629683, IS cells are living among us and this should not be tolerated date of issue 28/08/2014 from Lucknow, Resident of 151 or accepted in any way. Jafarabad, The Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar, UP, who was work- Dismantling these cells is important to avert the possi- ing as driver. bility of new attacks and the possibility of recruiting more In view of the bomb blast on 26 June 2015, all members of people, especially the youth. This is dangerous and must Indian community in Kuwait are advised to take precautions be noted. The other thing is that extremism here is the for their safety and security in the country. direct effect of what some conservative religious channels broadcast, and the information minister did well when he ordered a halt in the broadcast of Wesal channel. Kuwait has accused the channel of stoking extremist sectarian KUWAIT: People wait to enter the Blood Bank in order to donate blood for victims of the Al-Sadiq mosque blast Friday. conflict in the country against the backdrop of several — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat tweets published by the official account of the channel calling for a “Sunni assault on Shiites”. Despite the possibility that the owners of this channel 40 people injured may decide to rebroadcast from another country, the decision to stop its broadcast is a good move. Some religious channels broadcast ideas of extremism and division among citizens on the basis of doctrines. I hope that the remain in hospital ministry of information continues to fight extremism by any TV channel promoting sedition and extremism among the people. Terrorism has no religion. It seeks to kill and terrorize 1,250 people donate blood people and disseminate ignorance and destruction based on people’s fears, so strengthening internal security and KUWAIT: Most of those wounded in the Imam Al-Sadiq since Friday, said Dr Rana Abdulrazzaq, the Director of Medical the elimination of tools of IS supporters and ruthlessness French Ambassador to Kuwait Christian Nakhle. Mosque blast have been discharged after treatment in the and Donor Affairs in Kuwait Blood Bank yesterday. The blood towards its members without the acceptance of any bar- country’s hospitals, Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Khalid bank even has blood sufficiency, she told KUNA, noting that gains is important. We know that these mercenaries are tar- French Embassy Al-Sahlawi said yesterday. Out of 166 cases, 19 people negative blood groups are most needed. She added that the geting everyone, especially innocents gathering in places remained in the Amiri hospital for further treatment, com- blood bank doors are still open to donors. such as mosques and markets. We should be cautious, condemns attack pared to 11 out of 38 cases received by Mubarak Al-Kabeer In the meantime, President of Kuwait Red Crescent Society careful and strong. hospital. Six people are still receiving treatment at the (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer said the attack proves once again that May Allah keep Kuwait safe. KUWAIT: The French Embassy in Kuwait strongly con- Farwaniya hospital out of 10 cases that were admitted to the blind terrorism could hit anywhere regardless of the sanctity demned the tragic explosion at Al-Sadiq Mosque last hospital Friday, he said. He added that there are three people of places of worship. The horrible attack targeted innocent Friday and expressed its heartfelt condolences to His in Sabah hospital, which received 27 people Friday, while the worshipers is a flagrant contradiction to the values and teach- Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Addan hospital received five cases out of which one person ings of noble Islam, he said in a statement, noting that it Churches in Kuwait Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti government, the Kuwaiti people remained in hospital. became a religious and national obligation for everybody to and the victims’ families. contribute to the combat against terrorism. On behalf of the condemn bombing Blood Bank KRSC and its volunteers, Dr Sayer appealed to all people to Meanwhile, some 1,250 blood donors have been recorded donate blood for the scores of wounded persons. — KUNA KUWAIT: The Evangelical Church in Kuwait condemned the painful attack against Imam Al-Sadiq mosque. In a statement, Pastor Emmanuel Al-Gharib said that the church offers families of Pakistani embassy the victims of the bombing their condolences and wished speedy Minister reiterates need to recovery for the injured. The pastor prayed to Almighty God to condemns attack protect His Highness the Amir and Kuwait people from all harm. shield youth from extremism Meanwhile, the Armenian Prelacy in Kuwait and the Neighboring Countries yesterday issued a statement condemning Pakistan strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attack at a the terrorist explosion that claimed innocent lives of men and chil- Mosque in Kuwait City during Friday prayers, which result- KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher day issued an official statement strongly condemning the dren at the mosque. Representing the Armenian community in ed in the loss of several valuable lives and injuries to many Education Bader Al-Essa stressed the importance to “shield the criminal explosion of Imam Al-Sadiq mosque. KJA stressed Kuwait and the Prelacy, Father Masis Zobouyan also expressed people. Kuwaiti youth from fundamentalist and destructive thought.” that such cowardly acts would never undermine the unity absolute solidarity with Kuwait and extended condolences to His The people and the Government of Pakistan wish to In a statement carried by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), he said of the Kuwaiti people and that they would only make them Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH convey their heartfelt sympathies and deepest condo- that “the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher stronger and more solid against whoever wishes to create the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the lences to the bereaved families and pray for speedy recov- Education will do all in its power to tackle this terrorist funda- any tumults. government and the Kuwaiti people. ery of the injured. mentalist thought and instill a spirit of belonging and national KJA also urged all officials in various media organiza- Also, the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church condemned the We share the grief of the brotherly people of the State patriotism.” The minister denounced the suicide attack as tions to prevent attempts to create tumults and thwart explosion at Al-Sadiq mosque. Church Pastor Bigol Al-Anba Bishwi of Kuwait over this cowardly attack against innocent civil- “gruesome and criminal.” After expressing condolences to the the attempts of terrorists to achieve their goals. It like- said in a statement that he condemned the heinous act that took ians praying at a mosque during the Holy month of people of Kuwait, particularly the victims’ families, he urged wise urged all citizens to support the political leader- place in a loving atmosphere during the month of Ramadan and Ramadan. Pakistan reiterates its condemnation of terrorism the need for national unity in the face of the “cowardly terror- ship and avoid rumors and getting news from unofficial prayed to Allah to protect Kuwait’s Amir and its people against all in all its forms and manifestations. ists.” “This terrorist aggression will only increase our unity sources. In the meantime, Kuwait Fire Service under the guidance of the political leadership,” he vowed. Directorate (KFSD) yesterday issued a statement con- evils. “No one will get to this secure country, no matter how far he goes,” Bishwi said adding that they are confident Kuwait will Qasim Mohiuddin demning the terrorist attack. KFSD also expressed hopes remain an oasis of security and peace. He also conveyed his con- Deputy Head of Mission KJA, KFSD condemn attack of immediate recovery for those who were injured in the dolences to the victim’s families and wished the injured immedi- Pakistan Embassy Kuwait Meanwhile, Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) yester- explosion. ate recovery. LOCAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 News in brief Gov’t rejects proposed sorcery law

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: The government rejected the proposed law to criminalize sorcery practice, which was presented by MPs Dr Ahmad Maie, Mohammad Tanna, Dr Mohammad Al- Huwailah and Humoud Al-Hamdan. The government explained through a statement by the Justice Ministry that the Penal Law 16/1960 already covers such acts. Penal Law 16/1960 is the original penal law that includes the general rules and basic principles of crime and punishment.

Handicap pensioners President of Kuwait Society on Disabled People’s Issues Suad Al-Fares said that there are violations and fraud with the application of the law, such as the issue of parents receiving the disability pension, while in reality it is the grandmother who takes care for the disabled person covered by the allowance. Fares noted this is why they seek accuracy on who receives the pension to care for a handicapped child, because sometimes it is the grandmother who cares for the handicapped child since the parents are divorced and each is busy with his or her new life. She noted the woman’s suffering in car- ing for a handicapped due to the many required papers and multi committees from many government bodies that examine the handicap’s case.

Jordan launches Sheikh Sabah Health setback forces Al-Ahmad liquefied gas port landing at Heathrow: KAC KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways’ Flight 118, flying yesterday from New York to Kuwait, changed its course and landed AMMAN: Jordanian Minister of Energy Ibrahim Saif yesterday station via the Arab pipeline that begins in Egypt and passes Highness the Amir’s visit to Jordan in February. Jordan at Heathrow Airport after one of the female passengers announced start of operating Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Port in through Jordan. Jordan will count on the port to secure 90 incurred losses estimated at $5 billion over the past four years suffered a health setback, the corporation said in a state- Aqaba - specialized for producing power and liquefied gas, at percent of the fuel for the power plants, he said. Sheikh Sabah due to shifting to diesel and heavy fuel for producing power. ment. Proper measures were taken in coordination with a capacity of 490 million cubic feet per day. Al-Ahmad port has a capacity of 490 million cf per day. Currently, it imports 97 percent of its energy needs at a cost of the British authorities and the passenger remained in The operation began with testing a tanker, leased to store King Abdullah II named the port after His Highness the $7 billion per year, some 17 percent of the gross domestic London for treatment. The plane pursued its flight to gas and convert the liquid into gas for pumping to the power Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during His product. — KUNA Kuwait. — KUNA UNHCR adopts Kuwait’s 2nd report on human rights

GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted also noting that despite dramatic regional developments, such as the State of Kuwait’s second report on human rights, as part of the the wars in Iraq and Yemen, Kuwait would press ahead with tack- regular comprehensive review of such reports. The State of ling issues of human rights and humanitarian affairs at the inter- Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate to the UN Ambassador Jamal Al- national level. Ghuneim, addressing the UNHRC session, expressed gratitude for He affirmed the Kuwaiti leadership’s readiness to listen to opin- endorsing the report. “We are proud of this confidence; it bolsters ions of private and civil institutions, although some of these insti- our keenness on making further achievements in the realm of tutions have records of shortcomings with respect of implement- human rights.” ing relevant legislations. “Bolstering and safeguarding human “Kuwait considers this unanimous support for its efforts in the rights is a strategic option for the State of Kuwait,” he stressed. field of human rights as honoring to the series of the accomplish- Ambassador Ghuneim said Kuwait supported bulk of recom- ments not only in the human rights arena but also in the field mendations, addressed to it, regarding such issues. Kuwait reject- humanitarian activities on the whole,” he said ed 71 recommendations because they contradicted the National Ambassador Ghuneim affirmed that Kuwait aspires to make Constitution, the Islamic sharia law, State laws, national identity, further steps and accomplishments at the level of human rights, values and culture.

KUWAIT: Firefighters rushed to the rescue of a woman whose hand got stuck inside a food processor yesterday. A rescue team was sent to Mubarak Hospital where the woman was admitted, and were able to free her hand within an hour, the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate said. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun World countries extol Kuwait’s efforts in human rights file

GENEVA: A number of brotherly and friendly countries yesterday Asia praised before the United Nations Human Rights Council efforts In the Asian continent, Nepal and Myanmar warmly welcomed made by the State of Kuwait in the promotion of human rights file the report of Kuwait, particularly measures relating to the right to and consensus that was given to its comprehensive report in this education and health as well as the promotion and protection of regard. Saudi ambassador Faisal Trad said that Kuwait has made women’s rights, security and dignity of migrant workers, including efforts in the promotion of human rights, including the develop- domestic workers. The Philippines and Sri Lanka noted to Kuwait’s ment and protection of children and the adoption of 178 recom- progress in the field of economic, social and cultural rights and mendations. the rights of women and migrant workers, in addition to the Qatar also welcomed in her speech before the Council Kuwait’s efforts of the State of Kuwait in the field of human rights and commitment to cooperation in the field of human rights saying equality between women and men. that was evident through Kuwait’s acceptance of a large number Singapore welcomed Kuwait’s commitment to provide full of recommendations. Qatar also commended Kuwait’s humanitar- protection of the rights of women and to implement practical ian efforts to victims in all parts of the world. measures to eliminate discrimination against women as well as The Sultanate of Oman welcomed Kuwait’s establishment of a having a consistent Kuwaiti influential approach for those affected human rights mechanism for the protection of children and by disasters. mechanisms for the protection of women and all efforts of Kuwait to support natural disasters’ victims. Africa In Africa, Niger welcomed Kuwait’s adoption of a law to com- Recommendations bat human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants. Rwanda The State of Palestine also welcomed Kuwait’s approval of a praised Kuwait for its recommendation to accept the establish- large number of recommendations showing Kuwait’s commitment of a national human rights institution and the adoption of a ment to the promotion and protection of human rights. Morocco national action plan to achieve gender equality. also welcomed the “concrete and practical steps” taken by Kuwait Sierra Leone for its part praised the constructive participation to promote human rights. Somalia noted the significant progress of Kuwait in the Universal Perdiodic Review to its files in the field made in the promotion and protection of human rights in Kuwait, of human rights and the involvement of the government in the commending laws, policies and programs to address discrimina- establishment of a national human rights institution. tion and violence against children and the most vulnerable cate- Senegal welcomed the additional information provided by gories combined, especially women, the elderly, immigrants and Kuwait on ways to promote and protect human rights, particularly foreigners in particular. with regard to the establishment of a national human rights insti- Pakistan meanwhile hailed humanitarian and relief operations tution in accordance with the Paris Principles as well as the steps carried out by the State of Kuwait in all parts of the world and the taken towards women and migrant workers’ rights. constructive engagement with the human rights mechanisms. South Sudan extolled Kuwait’s efforts to provide official devel- Tajikistan also said Kuwait’s approach in dealing with human opment assistance in all parts of the world, especially in develop- rights has reflected on the improvement of the living conditions ing countries and its efforts to promote and protect human rights. of the Kuwaiti citizens and residents as well as measures taken to Mali also welcomed in particular the adoption of measures to strengthen the judiciary and give more space to women in public improve residence of foreigners and the fight against human traf- life and politics. ficking and the protection of children. — KUNA Zain sponsors

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Internet Freedom d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, during the 2014-15 school year, 150 seats were held for held 17 and five seats, respectively. The unusually high Shia The government monitored internet communications, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons bidoon seeking bachelor of arts degrees. representation in the December 2012 parliament largely such as blogs and discussion groups, for defamation and The constitution generally provides for freedom of inter- In September authorities denied approximately 650 resulted from a Sunni Islamist and tribal-led boycott of that security reasons. The Ministry of Communications contin- nal movement, but numerous laws constrain foreign travel. bidoon children access to public schools because they lacked election. ued to block websites considered to “incite terrorism and The government was generally uncooperative with most birth certificates or other identifying documents. Between instability” and required internet service providers to block efforts by the UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations September and November, volunteer teachers in temporary Section 4. Corruption and Lack of websites that “violate [the country’s] customs and tradi- in providing protection and assistance to refugees, returning school facilities taught them, but in November the govern- Transparency in Government tions.” The government prosecuted and punished individu- refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, or other individu- ment shut down those facilities and began integrating some The law provides criminal penalties for corruption by als for the expression of political or religious views via the als of concern. of the children into schools, although some schools were officials, but the government did not implement the law internet, including by e-mail and social media, based on located far from their homes. effectively. Government observers believed officials existing laws related to libel, national unity, and national Foreign Travel: Bidoon and foreign workers faced prob- Zakat House, a charity funded by private donations, pro- engaged in corrupt practices with impunity. security. There were reports the government attempted to lems with or restrictions on foreign travel. The government vided food, subsidies, financial aid, and training to bidoon. It All judicial officers received training on corruption and collect personally identifiable information in connection restricted the ability of some bidoon to travel abroad by not also paid for the genetic fingerprinting required for every transparency obligations as part of the Judicial Institute’s with individuals’ peaceful expressions of political, religious, issuing travel documents, although it permitted some bidoon. Government officials declared most bidoon did not official curriculum. or ideological opinion or beliefs. Authorities required bidoon to travel to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj (Islamic want to undergo DNA testing because it would reveal their internet cafe owners to obtain the names and civil identifi- pilgrimage). In March the Ministry of Interior stopped issuing ‘real’ nationality. Corruption: The Audit Bureau is an independent cation numbers of customers and to submit the informa- “Article 17” passports (temporary travel documents that do Many adult bidoon also lacked identification cards, pre- agency responsible for supervising public expenses and tion to the Ministry of Communications upon request. not confer nationality) except on humanitarian grounds to venting them from engaging in lawful employment or revenues and for preventing any misuse or manipulation Open Net Initiative, an internet-freedom watchdog bidoon not documented in the 1965 census. obtaining travel documents. This restriction resulted in the of public funds. The government publishes reports by the organization, cited pervasive repression of internet free- The law also permits travel bans on citizens and nonna- bidoon children from the household working as street ven- Audit Bureau annually and sends them to the emir, prime doms by the government. The organization criticized the tionals accused or suspected of violating the law, including dors to help support their families and not receiving an edu- minister, head of the parliament, and minister of finance. government’s filtering of the internet to block pornogra- nonpayment of debts, and it allows other citizens to petition cation. Lack of financial resources and proper documenta- The general public did not have access to these reports. phy primarily, as well as gay and lesbian material, some authorities to impose one. This provision resulted in delays tion for some of their children forced some bidoon parents to The parliamentary Committee on the Protection of Public secular sites, sites critical of Islam, and others carrying con- and difficulties for citizens and foreigners leaving the coun- choose which of their children to enroll in school. Many Funds frequently announced inquiries into suspected mis- tent on religious faiths other than Islam. The report also try. Numerous domestic workers, who escaped from their bidoon children who attended school enrolled in substan- use of public funds, but none resulted in prosecution dur- criticized authorities for imposing some restrictions on employers, reported waiting several months to regain pass- dard private institutions because only citizens may attend ing the year. voice-over-internet-protocol providers, on which many for- ports, which employers illegally took from them when they public school. Many bidoon families depended on charity to In 2013 the National Assembly ratified an anticorrup- eign workers relied to communicate with their families. began their employment. assist with medical and educational expenses. tion law to establish the Anticorruption Authority (ACA), The country had a high internet penetration rate due in The government allowed bidoon to work in some govern- dictate financial disclosure provisions, and provide protec- large part to pervasive smart phone ownership. Reported Exile: While the constitution prohibits exile of citizens, ment positions, as dictated in the 2011 decree. According to tion for whistleblowers. The law charges the ACA with rates for internet penetration varied from 62 to 75 percent. foreigners can be deported for a number of legal infractions. an official at the Central Agency for Remedying the Status of receiving and analyzing complaints and forwarding com- The CMCIT has authority to refuse licenses to service In June, however, the court upheld Twitter user Abdullah Illegal Residents (Central Agency), between March 2012 and plaints to the appropriate authorities in either the Public providers without disclosing the reasons for its decision. Fayrouz’s five-year sentence followed by exile for insulting the end of 2013, a total of 1,265 bidoon began working in Prosecutor’s Office or police for further investigation or The commission is also responsible for ensuring all service the emir. This action was the first time a court issued a ver- government ministries. Some bidoon worked in the armed action. The authority was funded by the government and providers prevent the transmission of content “harmful to dict that included permanent exile of a citizen for insulting forces or police. Although no legal strictures prevent their had its own budget. By the end of the year, the ACA had public order and morals,” encouraging self-censorship by the emir. While the constitution states the Amir is the Head service in the enlisted ranks, authorities had effectively established its board of directors but was still hiring staff the internet service providers. Members of the CMCIT were of State and shall be immune and inviolable, it also states, No barred bidoon from enlisting in either force since 1985. In and awaiting permanent office space. The ACA held sever- not yet chosen, nor did the commission begin its work by Kuwaiti may be deported from Kuwait. In March, Fayrouz August the Ministry of Defense announced it had accepted al training sessions for government officials from more the end of the year. received a separate sentence of two years with hard labor for into the army 700 bidoon children of Kuwaiti women and of than 60 departments informing them about the financial On October 14, the media reported that prosecutors questioning a judge’s honesty. In September the media bidoon killed fighting for Kuwait. disclosure requirements and preparing them for the sub- questioned parliamentarian Abdul Hamid Dashti for four reported the Ministry of Interior would also deport Fayrouz’s The naturalization process for bidoon is not transparent, mission process, slated to begin in 2015. No department hours for writing tweets that allegedly defamed Bahrain. Egyptian mother to maintain order and public interest. The and decisions appeared arbitrary. Despite calls during the in the Ministry of Justice specialized in corruption cases. Authorities charged him with “putting Kuwait’s relations woman had lived in Kuwait for 40 years, married a Kuwaiti, year by MPs and various authorities to naturalize 4,000 Media and government officials reported cases of with a sisterly state at risk” and “insulting the government and had Kuwaiti children. Authorities arrested her after she bidoon, as of year’s end, the government had naturalized widespread, visa-related corruption at the Ministry of and people of Bahrain.” Prosecutors released him on bail of visited her son in prison. Authorities alleged she attempted only those who were children of soldiers killed fighting for Social Affairs and Labor and Ministry of Interior, namely 1,000 dinars ($3,550). to smuggle a cell phone to her son. As of November she had Kuwait. The Central Agency had more than 100,000 bidoon selling visas or visa fraud. Several officials at the ministry not been deported. citizenship requests under review at year’s end. Central faced prosecution after their arrests on charges of falsify- Academic Freedom and Cultural Events Agency officials said the agency had submitted three lists to ing labor import documents to profit from the sale of The law provides for the freedoms of opinion and Citizenship: The government cannot revoke the citizen- the cabinet in 2012 of an undisclosed number of bidoon and visas. Investigations into these activities continued at the research, but self-censorship limited academic freedom, ship of an individual who is born a citizen unless that individ- another in 2013 of an additional 504 bidoon, all eligible for end of the year. and the law prohibits academics from criticizing the emir ual has obtained a second nationality, which is against the citizenship, but there were no reports that the cabinet made In June an opposition leader alleged there was wide- or Islam. law. Nevertheless, the government can revoke the citizen- any decisions on granting citizenship to these bidoon. spread corruption in the government and judiciary. The Ministry of Interior reserved the right to approve or ship of naturalized citizens for cause, including a felony con- According to bidoon activists and government officials, Investigations into the allegations of corruption continued reject annual public events, and it rejected those it consid- viction, and subsequently deport them. During the year the many bidoon were unable to provide documentation prov- at the end of the year. Since insulting the judiciary is ered politically or morally inappropriate. In July the govern- government revoked the citizenship of more than 30 individ- ing sufficient ties to the country or to present evidence of against the law, investigations into the persons making ment closed a play that critics accused of insulting Shias uals—some dual nationals, some not—including opposition their original nationality. The government maintained, how- the allegations were also underway at the end of the year. when a Shia actor improvised a portion of the play in a man- activists, a media owner, a Salafist cleric, and several tribal ever, that the vast majority of bidoon concealed their true There were many reports that individuals had to pay ner that some audience members interpreted as offensive. members (badu). The government justified the revocations nationalities and were not actually stateless. According to intermediaries to receive routine government services. Throughout the year publishers reportedly received by citing a 1959 nationality law that permits withdrawal of the government, 6,051 bidoon ‘revealed their real nationali- Police corruption was a problem, especially when one par- pressure from the Ministry of Information, resulting in the citizenship from naturalized Kuwaitis if they acquired citizen- ties’ and rectified their legal status by May. ty to a dispute had a personal relationship with a police publishers often self-censoring books made available in ship dishonestly or threatened to ‘undermine the economic In November the Ministry of Interior announced a propos- official involved in a case. Widespread reports indicated the country. The Ministry of Information ceased to provide or social structure of the country.’ Persons who had their citi- al to give ‘economic citizenship’ to the bidoon from the small police favored citizens over noncitizens. information publicly on the number of banned books but zenship revoked became stateless individuals. As of the end island nation of Comoros. It was unclear whether the gov- claimed the books banned were usually those encouraging of the year, persons who lost their citizenship had documents ernment intended to simply give them the documentation of Financial Disclosure: The 2013 anticorruption law racism, prejudice, religious offenses, and sectarianism. such as passports and civil identification cards taken from citizenship or physically relocate bidoon. Bidoon activists requires that executive-level public employees, including According to the Ministry of Information, books religious in them and had a “block” on their name in government data- were concerned that some would accept the proposal due to officials at the ministerial level and above, MPs, the speak- nature were sent to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic bases. This ‘block’ prevented former citizens from traveling or fatigue over trying to obtain citizenship in Kuwait. Other er of parliament, and the head of the Supreme Judicial Affairs for review, while others were presented for review accessing health care and other bureaucratic business activists were concerned that the government might force Council, disclose their financial assets. Disclosure is to a special committee that includes academics and reserved for citizens. them to take another, illegitimate nationality. required at three junctures: before taking office, every authors. A 1982 amendment to the nationality law prohibits the The government instituted other policies that discrimi- year while in office, and again upon leaving the public sec- granting of citizenship to non-Muslims, but it allows Christian nate against the bidoon. Since the government treated them tor. Assets that must be disclosed include bank accounts, b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association male citizens to transmit citizenship to their descendants. as illegal immigrants, bidoon do not have property rights. properties, investments, and any business assets. According to the law, children derive citizenship solely from Bidoon identification cards included color codes that indicat- Children’s assets must also be disclosed, but not those of Freedom of Assembly the father; children born to citizen mothers and nonnational ed when the carrier had a security restriction, such as a travel spouses. Repercussions against those who do not provide The constitution provides for freedom of assembly, but fathers do not inherit citizenship. Female citizens may spon- ban or other unresolved issues with the government. The financial disclosures include a fine of not more than 3,000 the government restricted this right. The law prohibits sor their nonnational children (regardless of age) and hus- Women’s Refugee Commission reported that statelessness dinars ($10,650) and possible termination of employment noncitizens from demonstrating or protesting. bands for residency permits, and they may petition for natu- and discrimination against women in the nationality law after not submitting the first statement before taking Political oppositionists organized several protests and ralization for their children if the mother becomes divorced threatened family unity. office. Person failing to submit their statements while rallies throughout the year. Security officials allowed many or widowed from a noncitizen husband. employed can face a fine of not more than 3,000 dinars peaceful protests to proceed without permits, but inter- Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of ($10,650) and imprisonment for not more than one year vened to disperse some demonstrations that were unau- Protection of Refugees Citizens to Change Their Government and additional fines if the first warning is ignored. For fail- thorized. Citing public safety and traffic concerns, officials Access to Asylum: The law does not provide for granting Citizens had only a limited, indirect effect on control of ure to submit the final statement after leaving employ- sometimes also restricted the location of planned protests asylum or refugee status. There is no system for providing the executive branch because the constitution stipulates the ment, a person can be fined not more than 5,000 dinars to designated public spaces. Courts tried and sentenced protection to refugees, and the government did not grant country is a hereditary emirate. The 50 elected National ($17,750) and imprisoned for up to three years. participants in unlicensed demonstrations to as many as refugee status or asylum during the year. According to the Assembly members (along with government-appointed min- Financial disclosure reports are not public documents two years in prison for their involvement; however, authori- UNHCR, there were more than 2,800 registered asylum seek- isters) must, by majority vote, approve the emir’s choice of and are considered confidential; leaking of such informa- ties also administratively deported dozens of noncitizens ers and recognized refugees in the country. Most of these crown prince (the future emir). The crown prince must be a tion is a crime. The law mandates the ACA to monitor dis- for participation in rallies. In May authorities deported 15 were from Syria, Iraq, and Somalia. male descendant of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah and meet closures and has the right to oblige reportees to provide Egyptians who participated in a rally for a presidential can- three additional requirements: be the age of majority, pos- additional information. By late in the year, the ACA was didate in the days prior to Egypt’s election. In June author- Stateless Persons sess a sound mind, and be a legitimate son of Muslim par- not yet fully functioning. ities deported 14 Sri Lankans after they staged a protest in The law does not provide nonnationals, including bidoon, ents. The National Assembly may remove the emir from Public Access to Information: The law provides for pub- front of their embassy. a clear or defined opportunity to gain nationality. The judi- power with a two-thirds majority vote if it finds that any of lic access to unclassified government information by citi- Human rights groups often criticized security forces for cial system’s lack of authority to rule on matters of citizenship these three conditions is or was not met. zens and noncitizens alike, but access appeared theoreti- using excessive force to disperse protesters. In some cases further complicated the process for obtaining citizenship, cal. Legal experts stated that the only way for unclassified security forces claimed they required force because protest- leaving bidoon with no access to the judiciary to present evi- Elections and Political Participation information to be released is through a request by a gov- ers were violent and threw rocks or set fire to cars or tires dence and plead their case for citizenship. According to gov- Recent Elections: The 2013 parliamentary election was ernment ministry. while rioting. ernment figures, there were more than 111,000 bidoon in the generally considered free and fair, and international In early July protests followed the arrest of an opposi- country. observers found no serious procedural problems. The elec- Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding tion leader. Police used nonlethal means, including tear According to the minister of interior, in 2013 more than tion followed the Constitutional Court’s June 2013 order to International and Nongovernmental Investigation of gas, percussion grenades, rubber bullets, and smoke 2,700 Kuwaiti women were married to bidoon men. A 2013 dissolve the parliament, which the court determined was Alleged Violations of Human Rights bombs to disperse the gathering. In July authorities arrest- report by the Women’s Refugee Commission estimated that elected unconstitutionally (the second such order in one The government restricted the operations of domestic ed a former security officer, Ahmed al-Diqbasi, during 30,000 bidoon were spouses or children of female Kuwaiti cit- year). Some opposition politicians and their supporters boy- and international human rights groups and limited coop- opposition protests and charged him with insulting the izens. cotted the election to protest the emir’s 2012 decree reduc- eration with them. The law permits the existence of NGOs, judiciary, inciting a protest, leading a demonstration, The government continued to discriminate against ing the number of votes per person from four to one. Official but the government continued to deny licenses to some. attacking security forces, inciting the assault of security bidoon in some areas. Some bidoon and international NGOs turnout for the 2013 elections was approximately 52 percent. NGOs may not engage in political activity or encourage forces, and participating in an unlicensed march. In reported that the government did not uniformly implement Political Parties and Political Participation: The govern- sectarianism. The groups must demonstrate their exis- September the court sentenced al-Diqbasi to two years in a 2011 decree approving provision of some government ment did not recognize any political parties or allow their for- tence is in the public interest. Major local independent prison with hard labor. services and subsidies, including education, employment, mation, although no formal law bans political parties. Well- NGOs dedicated specifically to human rights included the medical care, and the issuance of civil documents, such as organized, unofficial blocs operated as political groupings, Kuwait Human Rights Society and the Kuwaiti Society for Freedom of Association birth, marriage, and death certificates, to bidoon. Bidoon and MPs formed loose alliances. Some tribes held illegal pri- Fundamental Human Rights. The Kuwait Transparency The constitution provides for freedom of association, but activists claimed many bidoon families were unable to obtain maries to maximize their members’ chances for election to Society was the local affiliate of Transparency the government restricted this right. The law prohibits offi- birth certificates for their children, which restricted the chil- the National Assembly. Assembly candidates must nominate International, and the Kuwait Trade Union Federation was cially licensed groups from engaging in political activities. dren’s ability to obtain government-issued identification themselves as individuals. the local affiliate of the Solidarity Center. The government uses its power to license associations cards, access adequate medical care, and attend school. Participation of Women and Minorities: Although they Locally licensed NGOs devoted to the rights or welfare as a means of political control. There were approximately According to a government official, the government gained the right to vote in 2005, women faced cultural and of specific groups—such as women, children, foreign 120 officially licensed NGOs in the country, including a bar issued 2,297 birth and death certificates to bidoon in the first social barriers to political participation. For example, tribal workers, prisoners, and persons with disabilities—operat- association, other professional groups, and scientific bod- 10 months of the year. The Ministry of Justice issued 2,084 leaders excluded women from tribal primaries. Nevertheless, ed without government interference, as did a few dozen ies. Dozens of unlicensed civic groups, clubs, and unofficial marriage and divorce certificates to bidoon in 2013. The two women were elected to the National Assembly during local, unlicensed human rights groups. The government NGOs had no legal status. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Education provides the Education Charitable the July 2013 elections, and there were two women in the and various National Assembly committees met occasion- Labor rejected some license requests, contending estab- Fund to pay for some bidoon children to attend private cabinet. One female MP, however, lost her seat when the ally with local NGOs and generally responded to their lished NGOs already provided services similar to those the schools, but the children must fall into one of seven cate- constitutional court declared a miscount in her district. The inquiries. petitioners proposed. The Ministry of Social Affairs and gories to qualify for an education grant. The seven qualifica- remaining woman in the National Assembly resigned in May Government Human Rights Bodies: The National Labor can also reject an NGO’s application if it deems the tions are: hold an identification card by the Central to protest not being allowed to question the prime minister Assembly’s Human Rights Committee, which operated NGO does not provide a public service. Members of Apparatus for Illegal Residents, hold a civil identification card in the National Assembly. Women typically voted at a higher independently of the government, is an advisory body licensed NGOs must obtain permission from the ministry with a national number, have a birth certificate, receive a rate than men did. that primarily hears individual complaints of human rights to attend international conferences as official representa- salary from the Social Insurance Public Authority, be serving No laws or cultural practices prevented minorities from abuses. The committee visited the Central Prison and the tives of their organization. in the armed forces, be a child of a bidoon who fought for participating in political life. In the July 2013 parliamentary central deportation center throughout the year to review Kuwait in previous wars, or be the child of a Kuwaiti woman elections, candidates from the Shia community, which com- overcrowding, prison and detainee treatment, and the c. Freedom of Religion and a noncitizen father. During the 2013-14 school year, the prised approximately one-third of the citizen population, condition of both facilities. The committee had adequate See the Department of State’s International Religious charity paid the school fees for approximately 15,000 bidoon won eight seats in parliament. In the previous two parlia- resources and was considered effective. It did not issue Freedom Report at www.state.gov/religiousfreedomreport/. children at a cost of 4.45 million dinars ($15.8 million). Also ments, elected in December 2012 and February 2012, Shia reports during the year. SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Obama tackles race, Egypt destroys Mubarak symbol but repression lives on guns in eulogy for slain pastor Page 8 Page 11

MALONE, New York: New York State officers stand guard near the site where one of two convicted murderers that escaped from an upstate maximum-security prison, Richard Matt, was shot on Friday. — AP NY escapee killed by police

Accomplice still at large • Manhunt continues

MALONE, New York: One of two convicted didn’t comply,” D’Amico said. before Matt was fatally shot. Authorities sent a laid down there. charges including felony promoting prison murderers who staged a brazen escape from A 20-gauge shotgun was found on Matt, team to the camp area, and Willett and police Matt and Sweat used power tools to saw contraband, which authorities said included an upstate maximum-security prison three who didn’t fire the weapon, D’Amico said. Matt later heard a gunshot in the woods, Johnson through a steel cell wall and several steel hacksaw blades and chisels. Authorities said weeks ago was shot and killed by a border was shot by a border patrol agent from said. steam pipes, bashed a hole through a 2-foot- the men had filled their beds in their adjacent patrol agent in a wooded area 30 miles from Vermont, US Sen Charles Schumer said. It was thick brick wall, squirmed through pipes and cells with clothes to make it appear they were the prison on Friday, and the other was on the unclear if Matt and Sweat were together at the Break-ins emerged from a manhole outside the prison. sleeping when guards made overnight rounds. run, authorities said. Authorities tracked down time of the shooting, authorities said. The pair Officers then flooded the woods, and then Sweat, 35, was serving a sentence of life with- On a cut steam pipe, the prisoners left a taunt- and killed Richard Matt after a person towing a escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility Willett heard more shots, Johnson said. “He out parole in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy in ing note containing a crude caricature of an camper reported that there was a bullet hole together early June 6. Cuomo called them heard: ‘Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop,’” Broome County in 2002. Matt, 49, was serving Asian face and the words “Have a nice day.” through the back of it, Gov Andrew Cuomo “dangerous, dangerous men”. Police blocked Johnson said. State police Maj Charles Guess 25 years to life for the killing and dismember- Clinton County District Attorney Andrew and state police said. David Sweat hasn’t been off roads in the area as officers hunted for said earlier Friday that the search area had ing of his former boss. They were added to the Wylie said the inmates apparently used tools spotted, Cuomo said. Sweat on Friday. The search area for him was shifted slightly northwest to Malone after US Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted fugitives stored by prison contractors, taking care to The shooting of the camper led officers to a centered on Titusville Mountain State Forest in investigators found evidence left behind by list two weeks after getting away. return them to their toolboxes after each cabin in Malone, where they discovered the Malone and spanned 22 square miles, down the escapees. Items were found Thursday at a A pair of prison workers has been charged night’s work. On June 24, authorities charged smell of gunpowder, said Joseph D’Amico, from 75 square miles earlier this week, authori- cabin and Friday morning in a field, both in in connection with the inmates’ escape. Clinton correction officer Gene Palmer with superintendent of the New York State Police. ties said. Authorities have followed up on more Malone, he said. D’Amico cited numerous Prosecutors said Joyce Mitchell, a prison tailor- promoting prison contraband, tampering with There were indications someone had recently than 2,400 leads, Cuomo said. Mitch Johnson instances of break-ins and evidence left behind ing shop instructor who got close to the men physical evidence and official misconduct. been there and fled out the back door, he said. said one of his best friends checked on his by the inmates in the area in the last week. On while working with them, had agreed to be Officials said he gave the two prisoners frozen While searching the property, officers heard hunting cabin in Malone on Friday afternoon Wednesday, a screen was discovered cut out of their getaway driver but backed out because hamburger meat Joyce Mitchell had used to coughs and detected movement, and tactical and noticed a liquor bottle that hadn’t been a cabin and a window was broken into. On she felt guilty for participating. Authorities also hide the tools she smuggled to Sweat and teams came upon Matt in the woods. “They there the day before. Johnson said his friend, Friday morning, search teams found a camp, said Mitchell had discussed killing her hus- Matt. Palmer’s attorney said he had no knowl- verbally challenged him, told him to put up his correction officer Bob Willett, told him he where candy wrappers and other items were band, Lyle Mitchell, as part of the plot. edge that the meat contained hacksaw blades, hands. And at that time, he was shot when he immediately alerted police, about an hour seized, and saw evidence that someone had Joyce Mitchell pleaded not guilty June 15 to a bit and a screwdriver. — AP

French police interrogate suspect after decapitation

PARIS: French police interrogated a suspected Islamist yesterday as they tried to piece together an attack in which the man put his boss’s severed head on display in the second jihadist attack to hit France in six months. Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who cut short an official trip to South America to return home, warned that France faced more attacks and that Friday’s assault on a gas factory near the second city of Lyon would increase tensions in the country and put citizens’ resilience “to the test”. No jihadist group has claimed the French attack which came on the same day as a massacre at a Tunisian beach resort in which 38 people were gunned down and a suicide bombing in Kuwait that killed 27. The other two attacks have been claimed by the Islamic State group. “Jihad Nauseum” headlined France’s Liberation newspaper, warning of a new peak in the “global guerilla war launched by Islamist fanatics”. A suspect, Yassin Salhi, 35, was arrested after causing an explosion by driving a delivery van into a warehouse containing bottles of dangerous gas and chemicals at the US-owned Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, some 40 km from Lyon. The prosecutor in the case said Salhi was overpow- ered by firefighters as he was trying to open acetone bottles in what is believed to have been an attempt to cause a larger explosion. The firefighters then discovered the decapitated body of his 54-year-old boss Herve Cornara - who ran a delivery firm - near the car, along with a knife. The victim’s head was pinned to a nearby fence. “The head was surrounded by two Islamic flags bearing the shahada, the profession of (the Muslim) faith,” said prosecutor Francois Molins.

Government ‘Relentless’ The gory attack in France came nearly six months after a three-day Islamist killing spree in Paris left 17 people dead, most of them gunned down in the editorial offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Like the Charlie Hebdo attackers and Islamist Mohamed Merah who gunned down soldiers and Jewish children in a 2012 attack in the southwest city of Toulouse, Salhi had been known to security services for “radi- calisation”, but slipped through the cracks.—AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Egypt destroys Mubarak symbol but repression lives on

CAIRO: Metres from the epicentre of Egypt’s uprising, officers tried for the killings of the protesters, most have bulldozers tear chunks of concrete and twisted metal been acquitted. from what remains of the headquarters of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak’s now disbanded party. During the ‘Police State at its Peak’ heady days of the 2011 revolution, protesters set fire to Inside the NDP building compound, amid the charred the National Democratic Party (NDP) building, seen as a remains of several cars, an old party poster proclaims: symbol of decades of corruption and police abuse, next “The contribution of our youth is good for our country.” to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square. But four years later, hopes The NDP enjoyed a majority in parliament during of a new era of democracy have been replaced by warn- Mubarak’s presidency and triumphed in elections that ings that Egypt is beginning an even more repressive were marred by complaints of fraud. The party was offi- chapter under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. cially dissolved by a court order in 2011 but a separate Human Rights Watch has condemned “gross viola- ruling last July lifted a ban barring its members from con- tions” of human rights in Egypt and the “almost total testing elections. The main opposition movements have impunity” enjoyed by security forces under Sisi, the for- been suppressed since Morsi’s ouster. mer army chief who deposed Mubarak’s successor, His Muslim Brotherhood, which scored major elec- Mohamed Morsi, in 2013. Disillusionment has also set in toral gains in 2011 and 2012, has been designated a “ter- among the Egyptians who took to the streets of Cairo as rorist group,” while the April 6 youth movement that the pro-democracy protests that came to be known as spearheaded the anti-Mubarak revolt has been banned. the “Arab Spring” swept across the region. “Today, Egypt does not even have a political front as “Nothing has changed,” said government employee under Mubarak,” said Amr Ali, a coordinator of April 6. Hani Shetaea. “We rebelled for bread, freedom and social “There are no opposition parties or even a parliament.” justice. But the situation has only worsened,” added the Dozens of secular and leftist activists have been jailed 42-year-old, who was at Tahrir Square the night when the for breaking a controversial law that forbids all but police- NDP building was set ablaze. Since the ouster of Morsi - sanctioned protests. “There is no big difference between Egypt’s first freely elected president - more than 1,400 CAIRO: A file picture taken on May 31, 2015 shows an Egyptian man looking at the headquarters of the Sisi and Mubarak. Businessmen are back, media is cheer- people, mostly Morsi supporters, have been killed in a once-dominant party of ex-president Hosni Mubarak following its demolition in the capital. — AFP ing for Sisi and the police state is at its peak,” said Gamal police crackdown overseen by Sisi. Another 40,000 have Eid, director of the Arab Network for Human Rights. “We been detained, according to New York-based HRW. a desire to “change history”, said Ahmed Abd Rabou, handed light prison terms to several officials from the are witnessing the worst repression experienced by Hundreds have been sentenced to death in speedy mass political professor at Cairo University, who is also pes- Mubarak regime. Murder charges against the 87-year-old Egypt in decades,” said Eid, who was jailed four times trials, described by the United Nations as “unprecedented simistic about Egypt’s future. “Despite his flaws, we could former strongman himself were dropped last November under Mubarak. in recent history”. negotiate with Mubarak,” he said. “But the current regime over the deaths of some 800 protesters during the upris- Passing by the partially demolished Mubarak party is threatening opponents, has strengthened the role of ing. Egypt’s Court of Cassation this month overturned headquarters, Shetaea also feared difficult days lie ahead. ‘Changing History’ the military and security apparatus, and politicised the that decision and ordered Mubarak to stand trial for a “I see the NDP building being demolished every day, but I The demolition of the NDP building began last month judiciary. It’s worse than Mubarak.” third time over the protester deaths. He remains in deten- am also witnessing a worse regime being built every day,” after the government gave its go ahead. The move shows Since Morsi’s overthrow, the judiciary has acquitted or tion in a military hospital in Cairo. Of the dozens of police he said in a hushed tone. — AFP

Syrian expert urges UN to stop barrel bomb attacks

UNITED NATIONS: The head of a Syria and said council action should Syrian rescue organization that search- include a no-fly zone to stop the drop- es for survivors and more often finds ping of barrel bombs. He said he didn’t bodies in the rubble left by what he want to return to Syria without an says are barrel bombs dropped from answer from the council. But he didn’t government helicopters appealed to get one. the UN Security Council on Friday to Russian Counsellor Andrey Listov, stop indiscriminate attacks that have who previously lived in Syria and said escalated dramatically and are mainly he loved the country, told the council killing civilians. The Security Council that the responsibility for the current has been bitterly divided over Syria situation “falls on those who finance between Russia, a close ally of and arm terrorists”. Russia condemns President Bashar Al-Assad’s govern- indiscriminate attacks wherever they ment, and Western nations who have happen, he said. But “any measures have campaigned for a transitional that the Security Council is going to government leading to democratic implement against those indiscrimi- elections. nate attacks ... should not impede the Raed Saleh told the UN’s most pow- efforts of the government to fight ter- erful body that “the Security Council in rorism.” the eyes of those suffering has become The meeting, organized by France’s a non-Security Council” because it has- UN Ambassador Francois Delattre and SOUSSE, Tunisia: The body of attacker Seifeddine Rezgui lies on the ground in this coastal town on Friday. — AP n’t implemented its Feb 2014 resolu- Spain’s UN Ambassador Roman tion demanding an end to indiscrimi- Oyarzun Marchesi, followed appeals nate use of weapons in populated from more than 70 countries and over Tourists leaving Tunisia areas, including barrel bombs. “The 80 international human rights and aid Syrian people who are killed day after groups for immediate council action day hold you responsible and call on against the use of barrel bombs in you to take the necessary measures to Syria. Pressured on whether there after seaside massacre put an end to the killing in Syria, partic- should be a new council resolution, he ularly the use of indiscriminate said: “We’re working. We’re working.” weapons,” he told an informal council Bassam Alahmad, head of research Witnesses describe scenes of panic meeting focusing on the increasing use at the Violations Documentation of barrel bombs in the Syrian war, now Center in Syria, said Russian “condem- PORT EL KANTAOUI, Tunisia: Thousands of scared consulting with the Foreign Office about the longer know what would have happened, but we were very well into its fifth year with well over nation is important” but the Syrian foreign holidaymakers were being flown from Tunisia term. The attack, the second against tourists in Tunisia lucky.” Briton Olivia Leathley, 24, heard “loud bangs” 200,000 killed. people want action against the target- yesterday after an Islamist gunman killed 38 people, this year, came on the same day that 26 people were and when she went to the lobby to find out what was Assad has denied Syria uses barrel ing of civilians by barrel bombs. From most of them British tourists, at a beach resort. The killed at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and a suspected happening, she saw a woman whose husband had bombs but western organizations have the beginning of 2015 until Thursday, Islamic State jihadist group, which controls swathes of Islamist attacked a factory in France. IS claimed both “been shot in the stomach in front of her”. “All she said provided video footage of Syrian heli- there has been an upsurge in the num- Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack, the the Kuwait bombing and the Tunisia attack, which was that he’d been shot and that he was there bleed- copters dropping the weapons. Saleh ber of victims - 1,160 civilians killed by deadliest in Tunisia’s recent history. So far, 10 of the came just days before the first anniversary of the ing on the beach and he was just saying, ‘I love you, I said he never would have thought Syrian barrel bombs including 290 chil- dead have been identified. Eight were British, one was group declaring its territory in Iraq and Syria a love you’, and then his eyes rolled back into his head.” about asking for foreign intervention in dren and 160 women. — AP Belgian and one was German, the Tunisian health “caliphate”. IS said the gunman was a “soldier of the Another woman described how her fiance was ministry said. In London, Prime Minister David caliphate” who had targeted enemies of the jihadist shot three times while trying to protect her and was in Cameron warned the country needed to prepare “for group and “dens (of...) fornication, vice and apostasy.” intensive care in hospital. “I owe him my life because the fact that many of those killed in the attack were Most of those killed were “subjects of states that he threw himself in front of me when the shooting Iran burns 100 tonnes British”. He added: “These were innocent holidaymak- make up the crusader alliance fighting the state of the started,” 26-year-old holidaymaker Saera Wilson told ers, relaxing and enjoying time with their friends and caliphate,” the group said, referring to the US-led coali- the BBC. Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel pastry cook Slim families.” The process of identification was taking time tion conducting an air campaign against it in Iraq and Brahim said that after mowing down tourists on the for anti-drugs meeting because the victims were not carrying documentation Syria. Tunisian Secretary of State for Security Rafik beach the gunman had then turned his weapon on with them on the beach, the Tunisian authorities said. Chelly told Mosaique FM the gunman was a student guests by the hotel pool. “I saw someone fire on elder- TEHRAN: Iran burned 100 tonnes of drugs high number for us.” Most opium entering Another 39 people were wounded when the previously unknown to the authorities. “He entered by ly tourists. They were killed,” Brahim told AFP. “Then he recovered from traffickers in a ceremony Iran comes in from eastern neighbour assailant pulled a gun from inside a beach umbrella the beach, dressed like someone who was going to threw a grenade by the pool.” yesterday to coincide with an international Afghanistan, which produced 5,500 tonnes and opened fire on crowds of tourists on the beach swim, and he had a beach umbrella with his gun in it. anti-drug day meeting in Tehran, local in 2013, a 49 percent increase on 2012, and by a hotel pool in the popular Mediterranean Then when he came to the beach he used his New Security Measures news agencies reported. The burning, in according to the UN Office on Drugs and resort of Port el Kantaoui. Prime Minister Habib Essid weapon,” Chelly said. The Tunisian premier said a raft of new anti-ter- the northeastern city of Mashhad, was live- Crime. yesterday announced that from next month armed rorism measures would go into effect from July 1, streamed to an audience in the capital, a Fazli said Gulf countries were seeking tourist security officers would be deployed all along ‘I Saw Someone get Shot’ including the deployment of reserve troops to rein- day after the International Day Against Iran’s cooperation in anti-drug efforts as the coast and inside hotels. But a heavy blow had Witnesses described scenes of panic after the force security at “sensitive sites... and places that Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Iran, with more traffickers began using the sea already been delivered to the key industry with British shooting at the hotel on the outskirts of Sousse, about could be targets of terrorist attacks”. He said the an annual consumption of 500 tonnes of route, state television reported. The route tour operator Thomas Cook announcing it would offer 140 km south of the capital Tunis. “All I saw was a gun government would also close 80 mosques suspect- narcotics, suffers severe drug-related prob- leads from Afghanistan to the Makran all customers the possibility to change bookings to and an umbrella being dropped,” British tourist Ellie ed of inciting extremism. It constituted an “excep- lems, mostly due to heroin and metham- coast of Iran and Pakistan and across the the North African country up to and including July 24. Makin told ITV television. “Then he started firing to the tional plan to better secure tourist and archaeologi- phetamine use. Indian Ocean to East Africa. It was discov- The Association of British Travel Agents said it was right-hand side of us. If he had fired to the left I don’t cal sites,” he said.—AFP More than 1.3 million of Iran’s 78 million ered in 2010 when Tanzanian police population are addicted and each day detained four locals and two Iranians with eight people die and 70 new users become 95 kg of heroin in the port of Tanga. The hooked, according to the Mehr news route is an alternative to the traditional Kurds oust IS from Kobane agency. Interior Minister Abdolreza opium trail through Central Asia and the Rahmani Fazli told the summit: “This is a Balkans. — AFP BEIRUT: Kurdish forces drove Islamic State group powerful symbol of Kurdish resistance. As they they that more civilians were still unaccounted for. The fighters from the flashpoint Syrian border town of combed the streets looking for fugitive jihadists, the jihadists made their last stand in a boys’ high school Kobane yesterday, after a killing spree by the jihadists Kurdish fighters found more bodies, taking the civilian building. “The YPG detonated explosives outside of left more than 200 civilians dead. Fighters of the death toll to 206, the Syrian Observatory for Human the school, then stormed it,” Amin said, speaking via Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stormed IS’s Rights said. the Internet from a position near Kobane, on the bor- last remaining position, taking full control of Kobane, a Local journalist Rudi Mohammad Amin told AFP der with Turkey. “This military operation was carried out after ensuring that there were no civilians left in the school.” Amin said he believed all the IS fighters inside were killed. The jihadists had entered Kobane at dawn on Thursday disguised in YPG uniforms and seized several buildings in the south and southwest of the town. The YPG soon surrounded the buildings but it took two days to re-establish control.

IS ‘Did What it Wanted to’ Some of the civilians were felled in the streets by rocket or sniper fire, others were executed in their homes. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the bodies found on Saturday bore bullet marks and appeared to include entire families. “The bodies were found littered in homes and in the streets, laying here and there,” he said. The IS operation was widely seen as vengeance for a series of defeats at the hands of Kurdish militia, particularly the jihadists’ loss of Tal Abyad, another border town further east, on June 16. “IS doesn’t want to take over the town. They just came to kill the highest number of civilians in the ugliest MASHHAD: An Iranian member of the anti-drug police stands guard as drugs recovered from SURUC, Turkey: Syrian Kurdish women attend a gathering in support of the Syrian border town ways possible,” local journalist Mostafa Ali told AFP on traffickers are destroyed during a ceremony to coincide with an international anti-drug day of Kobane in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province yesterday. — AFP Friday. — AFP summit yesterday in this northeast city. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Burundi journalists, activists seek refuge in Rwanda

KIGALI: Burundi journalist union president secure” than elsewhere. of the security forces. rebels. In turn, Rwanda has accused Burundi of back- Alexandre Niyungeko sits at a computer in a cafe in The troubled central African nation of Burundi has Burundi’s domestic independent media has also ing ethnic Hutu rebels of the Democratic Front for the Rwanda. He should be busy covering his country’s been in crisis since late April over President Pierre been largely silenced amid the unrest, with private Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). key parliamentary elections tomorrow. Yet, like Nkurunziza’s controversial bid to stand for a third con- radio stations attacked and damaged during the The FDLR has been active in Democratic Republic scores of fellow journalists, as well as civil society secutive five-year term, a move branded by opponents coup attempt after broadcasting messages from the of Congo - which borders both Rwanda and Burundi - activists and opposition politicians, he fled weeks of as unconstitutional and a violation of a peace deal that putschists. Relations between Rwanda and Burundi since crossing over from Rwanda after the 1994 geno- pre-election unrest to Kigali, capital of neighbour- ended 13 years of civil war in 2006. Many fear a repeat are tense after Rwanda President Paul Kagame urged cide of mainly Tutsi people there. “We do not see ing Rwanda. Around 70 people have been killed in of that violence, which split the country along ethnic Nkurunziza to end his bid for a third term. Several them as opponents but as refugees,” said one weeks of opposition protests that have been brutal- lines between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis, top officials - including the deputy vice-president, Rwandan official of the Burundian arrivals, accusing ly suppressed, triggering an exodus of around as well as between rival factions within those groups. members of the election commission and constitu- Bujumbura of seeking “alibis” instead of solving its 127,000 into neighbouring countries. Opposition parties on Friday said they would boy- tional court - have fled the poverty-stricken and land- problems. But in Rwanda, a country often criticised Tightly controlled Rwanda - which has a similar cott all polls, with parliamentary elections set to go locked country. for clamping down on freedom of the press, the ethnic makeup as Burundi - is seen as a safe place to ahead tomorrow despite international concerns over The people of Rwanda and Burundi have close ties, Burundians at least move freely, with more than 40 wait and see how the coming elections play out. “It their credibility, ahead of the presidential vote on July taken turns sheltering in each other’s country when journalists from independent media now in Kigali. is difficult to see how the people threatening us 15. Several journalists who have been covering trouble spiked, including during Rwanda’s 1994 geno- On Thursday, Burundi journalists made their first could cross the border without the knowledge of Burundi’s crisis, which has seen weeks of street cide and Burundi’s 1993-2006 civil war. But relations broadcast relayed on six Rwandan stations, some of the Rwandan authorities,” Niyungeko said, adding demonstrations, a violent police crackdown and a between Bujumbura and Kigali are more frosty. which can be picked up inside Burundi. It is a “way that he left Burundi due to threats against his fami- failed coup by a section of the army, have complained Besides the journalists, activists and opponents, thou- around” to get information out,” said Patrick ly. In Kigali, where security forces have earned a rep- of being subjected to threats - including death sands more Burundians have fled to Rwanda, some of Nduwinama, who heads Burundi’s Bonesha radio, utation for a tight grip on power, he feels “more threats - by members of the police or other branches whom Bujumbura accuses its neighbour of training as now broadcasting from Kigali. — AFP Burundi readies for tense polls Voter material torched

BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Attackers in Burundi population wants to move forward to the elec- set fire to election material and hurled grenades, tion and not remain hostage to this radical officials said yesterday, further escalating ten- minority,” he said, accusing the opposition of act- sion two days before key polls in the central ing “like spoiled brats” who are never satisfied. African nation, amid UN calls for postponement. Burundi was plunged into turmoil in late The opposition on Friday said it was boycotting April when Nkurunziza launched his drive for a polls claiming it is not possible to hold a fair vote third consecutive five-year term, triggering after weeks of violence over President Pierre widespread protests. Opponents say his bid for Nkurunziza’s bid to stay in power. Parliamentary another term is unconstitutional and violates a and local elections are set to be held on Monday, peace accord that paved the way to end 13 and a presidential vote on July 15. years of civil war in 2006. “All the opposition National electoral commission officials con- have unanimously decided to boycott the elec- firmed the attack in the northeast Ntega district, tions,” said Charles Nditije, a key opposition some 200 km from the capital Bujumbura, but leader, after a letter signed by all the country’s there was no indication who was responsible. “A opposition groups was handed to the election group of unidentified young people took advan- commission. Civil society groups backed the tage of the police who were sleeping on duty move in a joint statement calling on voters to and torched a building housing election materi- skip the “sham elections” and urging the interna- al,” local governor Reverien Nzigamasabo told tional community “not to recognise the validity” AFP on Saturday. “Part of the ballot boxes and of the polls. “Thousands of Burundians have fled voting booths were burned, but people were the country, a thousand peaceful demonstrators able to save the rest.” Soldiers fired shots at the were arrested, tortured, and are currently lan- gang to chase them away, police said. guishing in jail,” the statement said. Former colo- Two grenades were also hurled overnight nial power Belgium has said it would not recog- Friday in Bujumbura, witnesses said, but unlike a nise the results of the elections, saying it was string of similar attacks, no one was hurt. Gunfire “impossible” that the polls could be held in an was also heard in the capital overnight, as it has “acceptable manner”. been in recent days. Around 70 people have Criticising the timetable for the polls set by BRUSSELS: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (center) speaks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel been killed in weeks of demonstrations and a the electoral commission, the opposition said during a round table meeting at an EU summit on June 25, 2015. — AP failed coup that have been brutally suppressed, it would not take part until conditions for triggering an exodus of over 127,000 people “peaceful, transparent and inclusive” polls Merkel faces Greek challenge into neighbouring countries. UN Secretary were met. The ruling CNDD-FDD’s youth wing, General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for elec- the fearsome Imbonerakure whose name tions to be delayed after the opposition said means “The Watchmen” or, literally, “Those they would not take part in the polls, which Who See Far”, has been accused by the UN of with strong political capital come as Burundi faces its worst crisis since its waging a campaign of intimidation and vio- civil war ended nine years ago. lence. Several top officials - including the deputy vice-president as well as members of Chancellor’s approach plays well at home Weeks of Protests the election commission and constitutional BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has up a delicate balancing act: helping struggling coun- to sign off. One of the tougher audiences for yet more Burundi’s UN Ambassador Albert Shingiro court - have fled the poverty-stricken, land- emerged undamaged from the global financial crisis, tries that accept tough budget cuts and reforms while aid could be Merkel’s own conservative Union bloc, however told the 15-member Security Council locked country. In a letter addressed to European bailouts, an astonishing U-turn on nuclear convincing Germans she is defending their interests - where there’s little appetite for further concessions to the polls would go ahead as planned. “The gov- Nkurunziza, second vice president Gervais power and the crisis over Ukraine. Now, with the and wallets. It was the German leader who advocated Tsipras’ radical left-led government. Veteran Finance ernment simply cannot accept to tumble head- Rufyikiri on Thursday urged the president to future of efforts to resolve Greece’s fiscal woes up in bringing in the International Monetary Fund, with its Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who has sounded first into an institutional vacuum, into a chasm,” “put the interests of the Burundian people the air, the long-serving leader looks well-placed to experience as a tough taskmaster in international tougher on Greece than Merkel lately but has been he said late Friday. “Ninety-five percent of the before your personal interests.” — AFP emerge strong even if they fail. Over a decade leading bailouts, to deal with Greece. But Merkel also has tak- reliably loyal, likely will be key to helping persuade Europe’s biggest economy, Merkel has enjoyed consis- en care to keep communications open with Greek lawmakers. tently high popularity and accumulated a store of leader Alexis Tsipras, an ideological adversary, as Merkel hasn’t yet come close to losing any parlia- political capital at home that would be the envy of negotiations bogged down. mentary vote on eurozone rescue measures, though most other leaders on the continent. 29 of her bloc’s 311 lawmakers voted against a four- Her conservative party has a seemingly unassail- Pragmatic Persistence month extension to Greece’s bailout in February - the able poll lead, no credible challenger is in sight and That pragmatic persistence has become a Merkel biggest number yet. She currently runs a “grand coali- the German economy is strong. Her steady-handed, trademark. It also has been on show in the crisis over tion” of Germany’s biggest parties with the center-left reassuring and risk-averse leadership style resonates Russia’s actions in Ukraine. She has won plaudits at Social Democrats that holds around four-fifths of the with German voters and has earned her the nickname home for tireless efforts to keep up dialogue with parliamentary seats. The country’s next election isn’t “Mutti”, or Mama. Merkel has said repeatedly that her Russian President Vladimir Putin and prevent the con- due until late 2017. aim is to keep Greece in the euro. But voters are flict from escalating. At the same time, she has kept A political threat from further right has failed to unlikely to hold a failure of that effort against her the country largely behind economic sanctions gather steam. The upstart Alternative for Germany “because she has owned this role of protector in the against Russia despite their costs to German industry. party, founded in 2013 on a platform of ending the euro crisis for several years,” said Peter Matuschek, the Merkel’s slow-but-steady approach to policy - she euro in its current form, has increasingly focused on head of political and social research at Germany’s has frequently said Europe’s debt crisis must be tack- anti-immigration talk and has become mired in Forsa polling agency. led “step by step” - plays well at home. She told infighting. So far, potential conservative rebels on “The majority have the impression that she’s German lawmakers last week that every move on Greece appear to be “the usual suspects,” Matuschek doing what she can, and if it doesn’t work out it Greece has been and will be “very well-considered.” said. While there is annoyance with Greece among probably wasn’t down to her,” he said, with Greece’s Her one major departure from that approach came in conservative voters, “I think they will support the government widely viewed in Germany as the culprit 2011, when she abruptly accelerated the shutdown of chancellor in case of doubt.” for the standoff. Merkel’s knack for reassuring Germany’s nuclear power plants following meltdowns In February, there was support for extending Germans that she has a confusing crisis under con- at Japan’s Fukushima plant. Her government had Greece’s rescue program even from the opposition trol dates back at least to 2008 when, amid the fall- decided only a few months earlier to extend the Left Party, which has consistently accused Merkel of out from Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, she plants’ lives. The about-face initially unsettled support- playing too hard. Prominent Left Party lawmaker announced that the government was guaranteeing ers, but has helped in the long term by defusing a sen- Sahra Wagenknecht blamed Merkel’s government this BUJUMBURA: A man is detained by a Burundi policeman during a scuffle with resi- all private bank savings. sitive issue for her party. week for a standstill in negotiations, accusing it of dents angered by a search operation in the Cibitoke neighbourhood of the capital Since the eurozone debt crisis first flared in 2010, If Greece and its creditors pull off a deal to avoid seeking “the unconditional surrender of the Greek yesterday. — AFP dragging Germany into a leadership role, she has kept bankruptcy this time, Germany’s Parliament will have government”. — AP British PM warns Tunisia death toll will rise Gunmen attack Mali town in predawn raid LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron returning tourists, in particular looking for any warned Britain yesterday to prepare for further footage taken on mobile phones of the incident, BAMAKO: Gunmen attacked a town in western Mali near the bor- casualties from the attack on a Tunisian beach and have also sent forensic experts and detec- der with neighboring Mauritania before dawn yesterday, a town resort - already the worst loss of British life in a tives to Tunisia to help gather evidence. resident and an army spokesman said. It was not immediately terror incident since the 2005 London bomb- The attack dominated front pages in all of clear who was behind the attack, which took place a week after a ings. Tunisian authorities said they had identified Britain’s newspapers yesterday, with headlines Tuareg-led northern rebel alliance signed a peace deal with the at least eight Britons among the 38 killed by an such as “Slaughter on the beach” accompanying government aimed at ending their uprising and allowing the Islamist gunman on Friday, but Prime Minister stark photographs of bodies lying in the sand authorities to focus on combatting Islamist militants. A senior Habib Essid said most of the dead were believed covered by beach towels. It is the deadliest terror army officer however said military intelligence and initial witness to be British. Cameron added: “I’m afraid that the incident for Britain since 52 people were killed accounts indicated the attackers were Islamist fighters mainly British public need to be prepared for the fact by four suicide bombers in an attack on the from the Peuhl ethnic group. that many of those killed were British.” London transport system on July 7, 2005. Many Gunfire erupted at around 5 am (0500 GMT) in the town of As the grim process of identifying the bod- papers carried the tale of 30-year-old Matthew Nara, around 30 km south of border with Mauritania. “There was ies continued, travel firms repatriated thousands James, from Wales, who was shot three times - in an exchange of gunfire with the (Malian army). The attack was of British tourists from beach resorts around the the shoulder, chest and hip - while trying to pro- repelled. The army is patrolling in the town to look for them,” army attack site near Sousse, about 140 km south of tect his fiancee, the mother of his two children. spokesman Colonel Souleymane Maiga said. There was no imme- Tunis. About 20,000 British tourists are on pack- Miraculously, he survived. diate information on casualties, he added. age holidays in Tunisia, according to ABTA, the A resident said that gunfire could be heard several hours after country’s largest travel association. In a televised ‘Innocent Holidaymakers’ the clashes began and heavy fighting flared again around mid- address from Downing Street, Cameron said the The shooting, the deadliest in Tunisia’s recent day. “We are in our houses. No one is going out. All the houses are government would “do everything necessary to history and the second attack on tourists in the closed up. The fighting is going on now,” one town resident said, get people home” and was providing consular country within three months, was claimed by asking not to be named. A senior army officer, who asked not to assistance, while experts from the Red Cross had the Islamic State jihadist group, which controls be named, told Reuters that soldiers were carrying out house-to- also been sent to the north African country. large parts of Iraq and Syria. The attack came on house clean-up operations in Nara. Among those caught up in the massacre at the same day that 26 people were killed at a He said the attackers were Peuhls infiltrated by Al-Qaeda in the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel, in the Shiite mosque in Kuwait, in a bombing also SOUSSE: A Tunisian policeman checks tickets of British tourists leaving the country the Islamic Maghreb. “For two days intelligence has indicated the popular resort of Port el Kantaoui, were tourists claimed by the IS group, and the same day that a at the Enfidha International airport yesterday. — AFP presence of small groups of Islamists travelling in several pick- travelling with TUI UK group operators Thomson suspected Islamist attacked a factory in France. ups,” he said. A relatively new Peuhl armed group called the and First Choice. TUI sent ten planes yesterday to Cameron yesterday chaired a meeting of the of the other tourists involved were from from these evil terrorists,” he said. Cameron said Massina Liberation Front, which is suspected to have clashed with repatriate about 2,500 customers, and said it was government’s Cobra emergency committee and Germany. “These savage terrorist attacks in the victims in Tunisia were “innocent holiday- government troops in the central Mopti region earlier this month, cancelling all its holidays to Tunisia for the next has spoken to the Tunisian president as well as Tunisia, Kuwait and France are a brutal and tragic makers relaxing and enjoying time with their has been blamed for a growing number of attacks.— Reuters week. British police are interviewing many of the to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as many reminder of the threat faced around the world friends and families”. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Hate crimes shake Brazil religious melting pot

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s image as a reli- shouted “Devils!” and “Jesus will return!” for freedom of speech and Brazilian gious melting pot has been shaken in before hurling a stone and wounding the democracy.” recent weeks by a series of hate crimes, girl. raising alarm over growing intolerance Mayor Eduardo Paes apologized “in the Battle for Brazilian Soul amid a surge in Evangelical Christianity. name of all Rio citizens” and warned that Brazil has the largest Catholic popula- Brazilians are known for fusing African, the city, which is gearing up to host the tion in the world, some 123 million people. European and indigenous beliefs into a 2016 Olympics, risked damaging its image But many of those Catholics have a very diverse array of colorful local traditions. of tolerance. “Diversity is Rio’s brand. It’s fluid notion of their faith. Every year, mil- But that syncretism has recently come unacceptable for people to be attacked lions of Brazilians attend Christmas mass under fire in a wave of attacks on practi- because of their religion,” he said. then dress in white on New Year’s Eve and tioners of spiritualism and Afro-Brazilian make offerings to Yemanja, the goddess of religions. Media Might, Political Power the sea in Candomble. Many of them also Earlier this month, Gilberto Arruda, a No one has been convicted in any of believe in mediums, spirits and reincarna- well-known medium popular with the the recent hate crimes. But they have tion. But the Evangelical Churches strongly stars, was found murdered, his hands prompted a backlash against Evangelicals reject African-influenced traditions. The bound and face swollen, at a spiritual cen- from some who perceive the growing effect is especially visible in poor commu- ter in Rio de Janeiro. Arruda, 73, was power of the new Protestant Churches as a nities, where Evangelicals have made known for practicing “spiritual surgery,” threat. Evangelicals have made major especially large inroads. and claimed to be able to receive the spirit inroads in Brazil in the past 30 years. In Many of the drug traffickers who rule of a World War II German doctor. The tomb 1970, just five percent of the population over Brazil’s favelas, or slums, have con- of the country’s most famous medium, was Protestant. Today, the figure is 22 per- verted to Evangelicalism - thanks partly to Chico Xavier, was also vandalized in Minas cent - some 44 million people. the pastors who preach in the country’s Gerais state. There are Evangelical television net- RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian ‘babalaorixa’ (the African-Brazilian religions priests) overpopulated prisons - and have now Several days earlier, also in Rio de works, radio stations and a political move- Ivanir dos Santos speaks during an interview on June 23, 2015. — AFP banned Candomble places of worship on Janeiro, an 11-year-old girl, Kailane ment that is now the third-largest group in their turf, according to Dos Santos. That is Campos, was hit in the head with a stone Congress. Known as the Evangelical Front, “babalawo”, or Candomble guardian of ple. “In a city that’s going to host the changing the soul of cities like Rio de when two men assaulted her family on its it opposes racial and gender equality, secrets. Olympic Games, we have to support cul- Janeiro, said Helio Santos, head of the way home from a Candomble service, an abortion and gay marriage. Religiously Dos Santos has, since 2007, organized tural diversity,” he told AFP. “We’re not Institute for Diversity. “This group of neo- Afro-Brazilian religion whose practitioners motivated hate crimes are not new in an annual march against religious intoler- against the Evangelicals but against a fas- Pentecostalists have changed the modern dress in white for ceremonies. The family Brazil but “are getting worse” with the rise ance on Rio’s famed Copacabana beach cist minority that wants to rule over all of culture of the city. The joy of carnival and said the men waved a Bible at them and of Evangelicalism, said Ivanir dos Santos, a that draws hundreds of thousands of peo- us with hegemonic power. It’s dangerous samba has become a sin,” he said. — AFP

Child migrant crisis endures on Mexico’s south border

PALENQUE, Mexico: His face lit up every time as many as the same period in the previous fis- he mentioned his destination - the United cal year. States - but like many Central American chil- Meanwhile, detentions have surged in dren, Juan’s dream ended abruptly when Mexico, with 6,113 minors traveling alone Mexican officers caught him riding a freight picked up between January and May, or 20 per- train. The willowy 16-year-old boy’s story is the cent more than the same period last year, same as that of thousands of minors from El according to government data. For Franciscan Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala who are friar Tomas Gonzalez, a prominent activist who still crossing Mexico’s southern border alone runs a migrant shelter in Tabasco state, last despite a crackdown on illegal migration. year’s emergency became an excuse to launch Juan was detained once before in Mexico Mexico’s Frontera Sur anti-illegal migration pro- City and deported back to Honduras months gram. “Minors have been migrating for more ago, but his mother urged him to grab his than 10 years. This crisis was invented to justify backpack again and navigate the perilous the Frontera Sur program and the wave of route north, where criminals often exploit and repression,” Gonzalez said. attack migrants. “If they kill me, they kill me, US President Barack Obama has asked the and if I stay alive, I just keep going forward,” Congress to approve $1 billion in aid to Central Juan, whose name was changed for security American nations, while activists say a structur- reasons, said after a failed attempt to hop on al solution is needed to end the poverty and the train known as “La Bestia”, which is moving violence that drive migration. faster these days to prevent migrants from hitching a ride. “I want to escape my economic ‘I’ll Try Again’ situation and the violence. I want to flee the The deportations have not discouraged gangs, the drugs, because if I return to many Central American children. Mauricio, a Honduras, they can kill me,” he said after walk- curly-haired 16-year-old, was almost at the ing in scorching temperatures for days. Texas border when he was caught and Initially, he had managed to “only” be returned to Honduras. He was back in Mexico robbed in Guatemala, where his shoes and two months later. “If they catch me, I’ll try SAN FRANCISCO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (second right) walks down the steps at City Hall with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (left), Gov Jerry clothes were stolen at gunpoint. But his trip again, until I get there,” said the farmers’ son Brown (second left) and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi for a ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the United Nations on Friday. — AP came to a sudden halt when migration agents who wants to give a better life to his mother raided the train at around midnight recently and four brothers. Many others are making the near Palenque in Mexico’s southern state of journey for the first time. Carlos Antonio, a 17- Chiapas. This time, his face lit up - in the glare of year-old Honduran, was resting on the side of UN charter, signed in a flashlight - as officers bundled the frightened a road with others after walking for 48 hours teen and a dozen other migrants into a van without a bite to eat. “We have come with that would haul him to a detention center. God’s good grace,” Carlos said, who had blisters “as big as fingers” on his feet and claimed that San Francisco, turns 70 Surge in Detentions police in Mexico had taken his belongings. Juan was caught in a massive dragnet that Another Honduran named Alberto, 15, hoped Mexico’s government launched in July last year to reach Texas where he could find a job that after Washington declared an emergency fol- pays more than the $4.50 a day he made back Ban, hundreds of people, mark anniversary lowing an influx of unaccompanied minors home. “It’s tough there (in Honduras) with the who were pouring into the United States. The gangs. Most young people join them. It’s an SAN FRANCISCO: Hundreds of people packed the be a global citizen, that was born.” embodied the century’s booming industrial econo- flow of child migrants has slowed at Mexico’s easy life but a risky one. Better to take risks rotunda of San Francisco City Hall to mark the 70th Chris Whatley, executive director of the United my. “It was emblematic of America’s economic northern border, with US official figures show- here than over there,” he said, before swinging birthday of the signing of the United Nations char- Nations Association of the USA, said San Francisco power, and the US host wanted to show what ing that some 23,000 unaccompanied minors his backpack over his shoulder and continuing ter. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who trav- was selected for the conference and eventual sign- could be achieved in a nation at peace,” Whatley were detained between October and June, half his journey. — AFP eled to San Francisco to mark the anniversary, ing, partly, to remind nations that World War II was said. “It was more than a venue for the negotia- called the two-month conference that led to the being fought on two fronts - Europe and the tions. The city itself was a participant in the negoti- signing an audacious endeavor, one where a Pacific. Plus, the city with its shipyards perfectly ations.” — AP desire for a better world overcame the horrors of two world wars. “Ladies and gentlemen, the draft- ing of the charter was a glorious gamble. Delegates from dozens of countries bet on ‘Lone wolf’ attacker humanity,” he said, adding, “For two months, they turned San Francisco’s War Memorial into a peace palace.” adopts Islamist orders The United Nations was born on Oct 24, 1945, after governments in a majority of countries PARIS: By acting alone and employing the killed 17 - or Mohamed Merah who killed seven approved the charter. The ceremony on Friday was shock tactic of decapitation, the suspect in people in Toulouse in 2012, Salhi was known to just one of several events on Ban’s schedule. He France’s latest attack appeared to be following the French intelligence services. received a medal from the Harvey Milk Foundation to the letter the gruesome orders of Islamist In 2006, authorities drew up a file on him for his work on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and groups. Last year, the spokesman of the Islamic because he was suspected of links with the radi- transgender people around the world. In the State extremist group urged followers to “kill a cal Salafist movement but the file was shelved evening, Ban and other dignitaries were scheduled disbelieving American or European - especially in 2008. However, he did not completely disap- to dine at the Fairmont Hotel, where some of the the spiteful and filthy French” by any means that pear from the radar screen and raised alarm negotiations took place in 1945. came to hand. “Smash his head with a rock, or bells periodically between 2011 and 2014, again The UN, now made up of nearly 200 member slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with for involvement with Salafist groups. “This countries, has the key goals of safeguarding peace, your car, or throw him down from a high place, means that the (security) services are doing promoting human rights and delivering humani- or choke him, or poison him,” said Abu their job and basically doing it well,” said one tarian aid. The mission in modern times has come Mohammed Al-Adnani, the group’s spokesman. official who declined to be named. “When we to embrace climate change, gay rights and sustain- While no group has claimed responsibility have an alarm bell that rings, we work on it. But able development, even as the world body con- for Friday’s attack, there were nonetheless chill- if afterwards there’s nothing, it’s logical at some fronts a series of stubborn conflicts in places such ing echoes of Adnani’s exhortations. The sus- point to drop it,” explained this official. as Yemen, South Sudan and Syria. pect, 35-year-old father-of-three Yassin Salhi, Nothing suggested Salhi was capable of Compounding the historic nature of the day PALENQUE, Mexico: Migrants board a train in the Catazaj community in Chiapas state on allegedly severed his boss’s head and attached mounting such a grisly attack, stressed one was a decision by the US Supreme Court that June 19, 2015. — AFP it to a fence before driving headlong into a gas police official. “The real problems are these same-sex couples are free to marry anywhere in factory in an apparent bid to blow it and him- ‘sleeping’ people. It’s practically impossible to the United States - a ruling welcomed by Ban and self sky high. Nearby Salhi’s almost destroyed weed them out. When you decide that someone other political leaders who spoke at the UN com- vehicle, authorities found a knife, suggesting isn’t worth following any more, it’s not some Iraqi pilot found dead at memoration. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the suspect may have taken to heart Adnani’s random decision,” said this source. Authorities California Gov Jerry Brown and US House Minority message to use whatever is available to sow ter- point to the five foiled attacks since the begin- F-16 crash site in Arizona Leader Nancy Pelosi commented on the gay mar- ror. ning of the year - revealed by Prime Minister riage ruling to applause from the crowd. “Marriage “We’ve gone from the hyper-terrorism of Manuel Valls in April - as evidence the security PHOENIX: The body of an Iraqi general from nine nations that is run by the equality, the rights of same-sex couples now recog- September 11 to a form of micro-terrorism,” and information services are functioning as killed when his military fighter jet crashed Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing. nized by the highest court of the land: Who would Alain Bauer, criminologist and author of a book they should. into the Arizona desert during a night US military officials said the Iraqi pilots have ever thought that, even five years ago?” on terrorism, told AFP. “These are mini-attacks Others point to the lack of resources. “We training mission has been found near the trained by the US Air Force will be the first Brown said. carried out by one or two operatives, with their don’t have the people to follow everyone. We’ve US-Mexico border, US officials said on to use F-16s belonging to Iraq in the fight In the audience was 17-year-old Malala knife, their car, their bottle of gas. They are less been saying this for ages,” snapped one Paris- Friday. Search crews recovered the body against the Islamic State militant group. Yousafzai, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was structured, less professional and can therefore based police official. With the highest Muslim of Brigadier General Rasid Mohammed General Lloyd Austin, commander of US shot by a gunman in 2012 for advocating educa- carry out more little attacks,” added Bauer. “But population in Europe and a high proportion of Sadiq Hasan from the crash site about five Central Command, sent his condolences tion for girls in Pakistan. She sat serenely on the the effect is the same whether there is one vic- people who have gone abroad to wage jihad, miles (8 km) east of Douglas Municipal to Hasan’s family and loved ones. “We second floor of City Hall and waved to the crowd tim or 3,000,” concluded the expert. France is in an especially delicate position. Airport, US and Iraqi government officials mourn alongside our partners and the below and all around her. Also in the audience was However, “as this recent event has shown, it’s said. people of Iraq during this difficult period,” Libba Patterson, a 97-year-old woman whose San Five Foiled Attacks not just them (foreign fighters) you have to fol- Hasan was alone in the Iraqi military- Austin said in a statement. “We are in a Francisco Bay Area family hosted a teenage Ban as The apparently solo nature of the attack - low. This suspect hadn’t come back from Iraq” as owned F-16 Fighting Falcon when it went tough fight together, and our hope is that part of an international Red Cross effort in 1962. It authorities have said there is no reason to far as is known, said one high-ranking official. down at about 8 pm on Wednesday, spark- Gen Sadiq’s comrades will be able to find was the first trip abroad for Ban, who had suffered believe Salhi had accomplices during the opera- “In any case, intelligence can’t stop such a thing ing a large grass fire. The blaze was extin- strength in his service and honor his sacri- through the Korean War as a young boy, and who tion - also highlights the problems security happening. Even if you put four police officers guished within hours, and there were no fice through their own continued service found relief in the food handed out by UN peace- forces face in tracking people like Salhi. Like the on everyone you thought capable of commit- reports of injuries on the ground from the in the coming days.” The Air Force is inves- keepers. “San Francisco is not just the birthplace of Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly - who ting such an act,” fumed the Paris official. “Which crash, authorities said. Hasan was part of a tigating the cause of the accident, US offi- the United Nations,” Ban said. “For me, personally, it carried out January’s Charlie Hebdo attacks that itself is impossible.” — AFP Tucson-based training program for pilots cials said. — Reuters was the place where my passion as a young boy to SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 INTERNATIONAL For many blacks, Confederate flag debate a distraction

LOS ANGELES: As calls grow to remove the two-story home she purchased last year in the describes as dysfunctional. Her single mother than the Confederate flag, including a justice protests around the killing of Michael Brown, a Confederate flag from public spaces across struggling suburb south of Los Angeles. Across was an alcoholic, and her brothers began com- system with an incarceration rate six times high- black teenager gunned down by a white police- America’s South, Vanessa White says she ques- the country, African Americans are applauding a mitting crimes at an early age. She says she er for black men and a high rate of gun violence man in Ferguson, Missouri. He describes calls by tions whether that would mark real progress for fast-growing movement to remove the grew up never feeling like a real person because in many neighborhoods. In the United States, politicians for the flag’s removal - particularly black Americans like her. The 57-year-old Confederate flag from public life after last week’s of her race. “One day, when I was 16,” she recalls, blacks are more than twice as likely to die from those of white lawmakers in South Carolina who Compton, California construction worker has racially charged massacre of nine black wor- “these little white kids chased after me scream- gunshots as whites, according to the Centers for never backed such a move previously - as a seen and endured too much, she says, to be shipers in a Charleston church. But even many ing ‘nigger, get out of here!’ I never forgot that.” Disease Control and Prevention. “We can’t have “cheap political branding opportunity”. In excited. Over the years, five members of her of those who support the effort suspect it will In South Los Angeles, where police last year this debate over the flag blind people to the Baltimore, too, where Freddie Gray, a 25-year- family have been killed by guns: her two broth- do little to address what they see as fundamen- shot and killed Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old larger struggle,” said Abdullah. old black man died in the back of a police trans- ers, at the ages of 28 and 38; her nephew, at 19; tal racial injustices - from mass incarceration of unarmed black man, residents interviewed by Still, for many African Americans, the move- port van in April, some activists worry that her niece, at 16; and her niece’s mother, at 28. All black men to a lack of economic and education- Reuters said that while they welcomed the ment to bring down the Confederate flag holds focusing on the flag pushes other important of them had dropped out of school in their al opportunities. prospect of the Civil War-era flag finally being powerful symbolism, especially after Dylann issues into the background. teens. “We never felt like we were allowed near White’s view, she says, was shaped by expo- purged from public grounds, they did not see its Roof, 21, was charged with the June 17 shooting “Taking down the flag does not improve the normal life,” said White, speaking from the tidy, sure to racism as a child and also by a family she removal as a watershed moment for race in in Charleston. In the days following Roof’s arrest, quality of life for black people,” said Dayvon America. “Black folks are still being killed; they photos were circulated showing the accused Love, director of public policy for the Baltimore- are still being undereducated; they still have lit- killer posing with the flag. “That symbol, the flag, based Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. The way tle access to health care,” said Melina Abdullah, is hurtful for so many people of color. If you’re forward, he said, is to build black civil organiza- an attorney who has helped organize communi- not a person of color, you might not understand tions to educate and empower more people to ty response to Ford’s killing. Taking down the that,” said Jerri Haslem, 51, who grew up in advocate for laws and policy changes that will Confederate flag, she says, will not solve “institu- Birmingham, Alabama, and remembers as a help black lives. “To intellectualize the flag to a tional racism and a police system that kills black child being called a racial slur by a boy wearing a place where it is a major problem is frustrating people.” Confederate T-shirt. when there is so much real work to be done,” Love said. Glenn Martin knows the odds many ‘Larger Struggle’ ‘Real Work’ black Americans face. Now 42, he grew up in the Streams of statistics underscore those con- Defenders of the flag say it is a symbol of crime-ridden New York neighborhood of cerns: the average white family had about seven Southern pride and a tribute to the tens of thou- Bedford-Stuyvesant in the 1980s and 1990s, a times the wealth of the average black family in sands of Confederate soldiers killed in the 1861- mixed-race child of a single black mother of 2013, according to the Urban Institute, a public 65 Civil War. But many Americans, black and three who was on welfare. He says he was sub- policy think tank in Washington. Since the early white, see it as a reminder that 11 Confederate jected to racist taunts and insults by white col- 1970s, black unemployment has been consis- states seceded from the union in order to pre- leagues at a series of jobs. Eventually, he turned tently more than twice as high as white jobless- serve a system that enslaved blacks. The flag still to crime, robbing stores at gunpoint, a life that ness, government data show. And more than 27 flies on the grounds of the state capitol in South led him in and out of the prison system. CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Confederate flags stand next to the head- percent of blacks live below the poverty line, Carolina, where the Civil War began, although Eventually, in his thirties, he turned his life compared to 13 percent of whites. the state’s Republican governor and other law- around and now works for JustLeadershipUSA, stones of Confederate States of America (CSA) soldiers at the Magnolia Both Abdullah and White see far more makers now want it removed. an advocacy group dedicated to cutting the U.S. Cemetery on Friday. —Reuters intractable problems facing African-Americans Mervyn Marcano has helped organized prison population. —Reuters Obama sheds cool style for ‘fearless’ final lap

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has reached racial unity. the stage of his presidency where if he Why the change in style? He has more wants to break out in song publicly, as he experience now, the president said in a pod- did with “Amazing Grace” in a eulogy on cast interview last week with comedian Friday, then he’s going to do it. With a year- Marc Maron. “Part of that fearlessness is and-a-half left in office, Obama is shedding because you’ve screwed up enough times some of his trademark “no drama” style for a that it’s all happened. I’ve been through this, looser approach, admitting that he feels I’ve screwed up. I’ve been in the barrel tum- more fearless and liberated. It may also be in bling down Niagara Falls and I emerged and recognition that he has few big-ticket policy I lived That’s such a liberating feeling,” he achievements left to enjoy in polarized said. Washington as the end of his two-term presidency approaches. ‘A Little Freer’ In a remarkable week for the president, a Norman Eisen, a former White House victory on Pacific Rim trade was snatched counsel to Obama and former US ambassa- from the jaws of defeat on Capitol Hill on dor to the Czech Republic, said the presi- Wednesday. The Supreme Court on dent “feels a little freer now ... to let his heart show publicly.” Eisen has known Obama for almost three decades and maintains that the president’s “core is the same.” But on subjects he cares deeply about, including race, Eisen said Obama is displaying more of his emotions. Obama’s speech on Friday in tribute to nine African-Americans killed by a white gunman in Charleston, South Carolina was what the black community has wanted to hear from him for years. This was not simply Obama as healer-in- chief, but a call to action from the president to end racial insensitivities. “For too long we were blind to the pain that the Confederate CHARLESTON, South Carolina: US President Barack Obama sings “Amazing Grace” during services honoring the life of Rev flag stirred in too many of our citizens,” he Clementa Pinckney on Friday at the College of Charleston TD Arena. —AP Barack Obama said in a message aimed squarely at white Thursday validated his signature healthcare Americans. Senator Dick Durbin got to know law, guaranteeing he would accomplish a Obama well when the future president was central second-term goal, to protect the elected to the Senate in 2004 and they both Obama tackles race, guns 2010 Affordable Care Act from being dis- represented Illinois. Durbin was one of the mantled by Republicans. The icing on the first national politicians to embrace Obama’s cake came on Friday with the high court’s 2008 White House campaign. in eulogy for slain pastor decision to legalize same-sex marriage, a “You’ve seen a much more forceful presi- move Obama said was a “big step” toward dent in the last few months on many issues,” equality for Americans. Durbin said in an interview, adding it was After the court decision was announced, largely because Obama gave up trying to President delivers ‘Amazing Grace’ at funeral Obama took a Rose Garden victory lap. win over Republicans in Congress with his “Progress on this journey often comes in signature cool-headed reserve. Except for CHARLESTON: US President Barack Obama on Friday an acknowledgment that the cause for which they heritage. For a moment, he was alone on stage inton- small increments, sometimes two steps for- bonding with Republicans on trade in delivered a rousing eulogy for a black pastor slain in the fought, the cause of slavery was wrong. It would be one ing the hymn before purple-clad ministers beside him ward, one step back,” he said. “And then recent weeks, “he’s just had to try to devise Charleston massacre, addressing the strains in America step in an honest accounting of American history.” smiled, stood up and joined him. Then a church organ sometimes, there are days like this when ways to reach his goals without bipartisan over race and gun control before bursting into a soulful kicked in and the mostly African-American crowd of that slow, steady effort is rewarded with jus- support of Congress,” Durbin said. hymn. Dubbed the “reverend president” by his South ‘Unique Mayhem’ of Guns about 5,500 people added their voices. After the tice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” Some Republican lawmakers see things differently, Carolina hosts, Obama led thousands of mourners in Obama drew a line between the June 17 shooting at hymn, Obama called out the names of the Charleston Obama confidants described a more liberat- describing a president they say refused to singing “Amazing Grace” - an emotive homage likely to a Bible study class at the Emanuel AME Church and past shooting victims into the microphone. The crowd ed, even feistier president, willing to mix it build personal relationships. Often, they be remembered as one of the defining moments in his brutal treatment of black Americans. “It was an act that responded “Yes,” to every name. The cadence of his up with a heckler inside the White House, as said, they left White House meetings feeling presidency. drew on a long history of bombs and arson and shots speech was more like that of a sermon than an he did on Wednesday. Or willing to use a as if they were lectured by a chief executive Clementa Pinckney, pastor at the historic Emanuel fired at churches - not random but as a means of con- address. racial epithet, long abandoned by civil socie- who just wanted to “check off the box” that African Methodist Episcopal Church and also a state trol, a way to terrorize and oppress,” he said. Roof, 21, Obama, having seen previous initiatives to control ty, to describe black people in urging more he met with them. —Reuters senator, was shot dead along with eight of his congre- has been charged with nine counts of murder and a gun ownership fail in Congress, has expressed anger gants in Charleston last week, an apparently racially related weapons charge. He is in custody in a South and declared that “at some point” America would have motivated attack that shocked the nation. “What a good Carolina jail. to act. The city of Charleston has tried to come togeth- man,” Obama said, praising Pinckney, who he knew per- Obama said America had ignored the toll of gun er after the killings. Some mourners arrived in the early Obama enjoys a week sonally. “Sometimes I think that’s the best thing to hope violence for too long and again pleaded for action, as hours under a blistering summer sun, forming long for when you’re eulogized.” he has done several times since the killings. “We’ve lines at a city arena and anxious to secure seats for that changed America Much of Obama’s address was focused not directly been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence Friday’s service. “We need to come together,” said 66- on Pinckney, but on social strains that his death has inflicts upon this nation,” he said. “The vast majority of year-old Rose Marie Manigault, who made the short underscored: race, gun control and the country’s Civil Americans, the majority of gun owners, want to do trip from Mount Pleasant to pick her spot just before WASHINGTON: Barack Obama came to that arc can be. War. America’s first black president said the Confederate something about this.” Obama referred to other mass dawn broke over the gathering throng. office vowing to bring “change” to As Obama wrote, the phone rang. His flag - the Civil War standard of the white slave-owning shootings that have shocked America - the Newtown Before Obama’s eulogy, church Bishop John America, and after years stymied by parti- senior advisor and long-time friend from south that was taken up by alleged gunman Dylann school massacre in 2012, the killings in a Colorado Richard Bryant told mourners, eliciting cheers, that san battles, a momentous week has left Chicago, Valerie Jarrett, informed him that Roof - was not just an emblem of heritage. “For too long, movie theater earlier that same year. “Whatever solu- Roof “wanted to start a race war but he came to the him emboldened and with a stronger US Supreme Court had made gay marriage we were blind to the pain that the Confederate flag tions we find will necessarily be incomplete. But it wrong place”. Along with Obama and his wife claim to have fulfilled that promise. On legal across the United States. It was a stirred in too many of our citizens,” Obama said in would be a betrayal of everything Reverend Pinckney Michelle, Vice President Joe Biden, Republican House Friday morning Obama sat in the resi- decision that crowned a momentous week charged and combative remarks. “The flag has always stood for, I believe, if we allowed ourselves to slip into Speaker John Boehner and Democratic presidential dence of the White House, preparing a in American history and in Obama’s presi- represented more than just ancestral pride,” he said. “For a comfortable silence again,” he said. candidate Hillary Clinton attended Friday’s service. eulogy for another victim of another mass dency. In just a few short days, Obama had many, black and white, that flag was a reminder of sys- At the end of his speech, Obama launched into a Pinckney’s widow Jennifer and his daughter Malana shooting in America. For six years Obama won a major trade battle with Congress temic oppression and racist subjugation. We see that rendition of the 18th century hymn, written by a for- wrote messages of remembrance in the program. “We had used successive tragedies to cajole and the Supreme Court had upheld hous- now.” mer slave trader after his conversion to Christianity believe that your life mattered. It mattered to us, and and coerce Congress into tightening gun ing rights and swept aside the last major Removing the flag from public buildings, he said, and often associated with African-American struggles. it will forever change the culture and mindset of the laws, for six years he had failed. threat to his signature domestic policy would not be an act of political correctness or an “insult It was a poignant scene for America’s first black presi- world,” said his wife. “I love you so much!” wrote Now he would be paying homage to achievement - expanding healthcare to to the valor of Confederate soldiers”. “It would simply be dent who has often been reluctant to play up his racial Malana. —Agencies Clementa Pinckney, a slain South Carolina millions more Americans. preacher he had known since 2007. In the “Obamacare” was here to stay and now immediate aftermath of the Charleston gay marriage had been enshrined in law - shooting, Obama seemed almost resigned something unthinkable just a few short Twisty paths on gay marriage to limitations of his quickly fading presi- years ago. “Progress” he said shortly after in dency. America would get to grips with the White House Rose Garden surrounded WASHINGTON: When US President before becoming a full-throated advo- campaign list. In a fiery speech Friday personally supported gay marriage the the problem “at some point”, he said. It was by euphoric West Wing staff, “often comes Barack Obama praised the Supreme cate for marriage and other aspects of night to Democratic activists in issue was best left for individual states a far cry from his first term invocations of in small increments, sometimes two steps Court’s watershed same-sex marriage gay rights. Northern Virginia, Clinton said that to decide - a policy stance held by the “fierce urgency of now.” forward, one step back”. “And then some- ruling, he held it up as evidence that a “When all Americans are treated as “love triumphed in the highest court” most of the Republican presidential America’s first black President is fond of times, there are days like this when that “shift in hearts and minds is possible.” equal, we are all more free,” Obama and declared: “We can sum up the mes- field. repeating another dictum borrowed from slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice Obama may well have been describing declared Friday. As far as political fig- sage from the court and the American “It has been an evolutionary Martin Luther King Jr, that “the arc of the that arrives like a thunderbolt.” his own public trajectory on gay ures go, Obama’s road to “yes” is hardly people in just two words: Move on.” process,” said Fred Sainz of the Human moral universe is long, but it bends Years defined by biting Fox News criti- unions - a complicated path that took unique. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presi- But like Obama, such expressions Rights Campaign, a national gay rights towards justice”. The phrase is woven into a cism, the ultraconservative Tea Party and him through opposition and ambiva- dential campaign jumped on the of support mark a remarkable shift for group. But he said Obama now stands rug that encircles Obama’s desk in the Oval Congressional gridlock, suddenly seemed lence to enthusiastic embrace. His Supreme Court decision, changing its Clinton, who opposed gay marriage as one of the great champions of gay Office. The murder of nine African to have been swept aside. “I think that on journey is not unlike the rest of red campaign logo to a rainbow col- for more than two decades as a first rights, up there with the likes of Harvey Americans including Pinckney - by a sus- many issues, the president is on the right America. But over the years he has ored H, releasing a gauzy video of gay lady, a US senator and a presidential Milk. As for Clinton, he said, “she con- pected racist 21-year-old white man from side of history,” Democratic Congressman worn his uncertainty on his sleeve, wedding ceremonies, and blasting out candidate. Just three months ago, nects with gay people on a level that is the Deep South - showed just how long Seth Moulton told AFP.—AFP publicly musing about his stance supportive tweets aimed at building its Clinton’s position was that while she beyond explanation.” —AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Thai students face jail for staging rally BANGKOK: Fourteen Thai students were taken into cus- charges were filed the activists were taken to Bangkok’s tody yesterday after staging an anti-coup rally on charges military court late Friday, which was surrounded by that could see them jailed for seven years, as the ruling scores of their friends and supporters, Kunthika junta sharply escalates its chokehold on dissent. The pro- Nutcharut, part of the legal team representing the stu- democracy campaigners are among the few activists that dents, told AFP. “They refused bail as they don’t recognise have dared to publicly challenge Thailand’s military the authority of the military court,” she said. rulers, who imposed severe curbs on civil liberties after seizing power from an elected government last year. ‘Escalation of Repression’ Their arrests Friday followed a peaceful protest calling Speaking to reporters yesterday, Army Chief Udomdej for an end to junta rule a day earlier at Bangkok’s Sitabutr issued a firm warning to any supporters of the Democracy Monument, where spirited speeches and detained activists in comments that just stopped short of songs were met with claps and cheers from dozens of threatening further arrests. “Those who support them supporters. Political gatherings and criticism of the junta must stop. We know all of your names,” he said. The 14 have been banned under the military regime and on students belong to groups that have staged small but Saturday Thailand’s army chief starkly warned backers of symbolic acts of anti-coup protest including raising the the students to end their support. three-fingered salute from “The Hunger Games” films or The 14 activists - university students in their 20s publically reading George Orwell’s anti-authoritarian nov- including one woman - were taken to a remand prison in el “Nineteen Eighty-Four” - actions that have triggered northern Bangkok in the early hours of Saturday, Colonel arrests. Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch told AFP Chumphol Chanchanayothin, superintendent of a police the use of the 116 charge reflected “a serious escalation station in the capital’s old quarter, told AFP. They were of repression” under the junta and showed it had “no each charged with “violating national security”, he told intention” of returning democracy to the country. “This is AFP, an offence under section 116 of Thailand’s criminal the most heavy-handed response by the military regime code that carries up to seven years in jail. Lawyers for the to peaceful assembly yet,” he said. “There is no space to activists and rights groups have described the charge as express disagreement... what is waiting for Thailand is a “sedition”. The students are also charged with breaching deepening of dictatorship,” he said, as the rights group the junta order against public gatherings but “face a max- called for all charges against the students to be dropped BANGKOK: In this photo taken on June 24, 2015, supporters of anti-coup activists demonstrate outside a imum of seven years in jail”, Chumphol said. After the and their immediate release.— AFP police station in Bangkok against the alleged maltreatment of protestors detained in May 2015. —AFP News Indonesian army inches In Brief Weather, terrain caused US helicopter crash back into civilian sphere KATHMANDU: The crash of a US military helicopter distributing aid to victims of an earthquake in Nepal in May was caused by bad weather and the rugged terrain of the Himalayan region, Risks of setback for democracy Nepal’s army said. The wreckage of the Marines UH-1Y Huey helicopter, which had gone missing on May 12, was found three days JAKARTA: Nearly two decades after the fall of later on a steep slope near dense forest high in the mountains. Six dictator Suharto forced Indonesia’s military out US Marines, two Nepalese soldiers and five civilians were killed in of politics, the army is inching back into civilian the crash. “Because of the terrain and bad weather the helicopter roles, risking a setback for democracy in this ... collided with hard rock and crashed about 11,200 feet (3,413 m) Southeast Asian nation and perhaps even for the above the sea level in Kalinchok,” Nepal’s army said in a statement turbulent region. The vast Indonesian archipela- late on Friday, following a joint investigation with the US military go is one of the world’s most-populous democ- into the accident. The helicopter was part of a huge international racies and also among the youngest. Many relief and rescue operation for the victims of the earthquake that Indonesians welcomed the army’s retreat from struck Nepal on April 25. politics after Suharto’s often brutal 32-year rule was ended by mass protests in 1998. But years later, analysts and former generals say the mili- Delhi court allows tary’s national defense role is still not fully accept- Pachauri to visit US ed among officers or the rank-and-file. NEW DELHI: An Indian court yesterday allowed former UN cli- Now, the army is creeping into areas beyond mate panel head Rajendra Pachauri, who is currently facing defense as inexperienced President Joko “Jokowi” sexual harassment charges, to travel abroad to attend the last Widodo relies on it to strengthen his hand rites of a relative, a lawyer said. Pachauri, 74, was barred from against the powerful and unruly police and polit- travelling abroad by a New Delhi court in April pending a ical parties allied to former President Megawati police investigation after a female researcher at his research Sukarnoputri. Megawati, the daughter of institute accused him of sexual harassment in February. “The Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, positioned court allowed him to attend his brother-in-law’s last rites in the herself as the power behind Jokowi’s presidency Hawaii from June 29 to July 9 on a surety bond of 100,000 by letting her party back him during last year’s rupees,” lawyer Prashant Mendiratta, who represents the com- election. The army has signed agreements with plainant, told AFP. The court asked him to report to the nearest government ministries and state companies that Indian consulate in US, he said, adding they will not challenge involve it in areas such as providing security for the court order citing humanitarian grounds. Earlier this week, airports, bus stations and railways and helping officers from Delhi police questioned Pachauri for first time at farmers increase their crops. Some officials have his New Delhi residence. Police grilled him for hours based on called for army involvement in Indonesia’s anti- JAKARTA: In this Dec 12, 2014 photo, Indonesians ride on the army’s armored vehicles during an exhibition. — AP the evidence provided by the 29-year-old woman, who corruption agency to counter attempts by police accused him of sexually harassing her through repeated inap- and their political allies to neuter an institution macy in the region and American relations with tion to democracy for Indonesia,” said Agus of the armed forces’ three branches. He says his propriate emails, text and WhatsApp messages. that is effective and feared. Jokowi recently nom- Thailand, a key regional ally, have chilled. The Widjojo, a retired Indonesian army general who nomination of army Gen Gatot Nurmantyo as inated an army general to head all military forces, region of some 600 million people is accustomed helped lead reforms of the military. “If this is a military commander was based on the “latest breaking with the schedule of a reform-minded to rule by autocrats and Indonesia is not alone in relapse and a counter-reaction, especially if it geopolitical and geostrategic situation.” Despite China says Japan not convention of rotating the post between the struggling to nurture faith in the messy process- starts from the military, it can cause a ripple a reputation for brutality, the image of ready to accept its rise navy, air force and army. es of democracy while also meeting expecta- effect.” Widjojo sees weaknesses on both sides: Indonesia’s armed forces, known as the TNI, has BEIJING: The lack of acceptance by many Japanese people of “I think it is obvious that the move is calculat- tions for improved living standards. Last year, Jokowi, who lacks confidence without the army improved since Suharto’s departure, when it China’s rise is one of the root causes of the problems between ed to bring the army on side given that the presi- generals overthrew civilian rule in perennially at his side, and in the military where many still relinquished control of internal security, though the two countries, China’s foreign minister, a former ambassador dent is having so much trouble from friends and unstable Thailand and have no firm timetable for “cling to the extensive role” of the past. gray areas remained. to Tokyo, said yesterday. Sino-Japan relations have long been foes alike,” said Vedi Hadiz, an Indonesia expert at elections. The military remains deeply embed- According to the Institute for Policy Analysis affected by what China sees as Japan’s failure to atone for its Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. “It is only ded in Myanmar’s nascent democracy, while Improved Image of Conflict in Jakarta, the military benefits from occupation of parts of the country before and during World War the army that can scare the police.” Indonesia is Malaysia’s opposition alliance has collapsed, dim- Jokowi, who is military supreme commander, favorable comparisons with the poor image of Two. Japan and China have also more recently been at odds over by far the most populous nation and biggest ming chances of a change in government after caused a stir earlier this month when he was the police, which has worsened this year as it ownership of a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea. economy in Southeast Asia. The resilience of its decades of rule by one party. photographed at the presidential palace wearing attacked the anti-graft agency. That has allowed China wants a peaceful, mutually beneficial relationship with democracy has extra significance at a time when The risk of greater army involvement is that it army fatigues rather than a neutral military uni- the army to portray itself as honest, civic minded Japan, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told an academic forum. “The China’s authoritarian leaders are testing US pri- “might cause failure in the progress of the transi- form that would show him as an impartial leader and loyal to the president.— AP question boils down to one thing - whether Japan will really accept and welcome the renewed development and rise of China, which is its biggest neighbour,” Wang said. “China’s development has already given Japan very great benefits. But mental- Vietnam frees dissident ly, I don’t think the Japanese side is fully prepared for this. I think HANOI: One of Vietnam’s most prominent dissi- every day for Vietnam’s sovereignty (to be this is the root cause of many of the issues between China and dents vowed to continue his anti-China activism respected),” said the lawyer, adding he looked Japan right now,” he said. after being released from prison yesterday after forward to reading up on the news after being serving two and a half years on tax evasion cut off from the world while in prison. charges. Le Quoc Quan, a Catholic blogger and Quan, who blogged on a range of sensitive Indian diplomat lawyer from the communist nation, was freed topics including civil rights, political pluralism from jail early yesterday in central Quang Nam and religious freedom, had been in detention quits NZ after wife province and met by family members who had since Dec 2012. His Oct 2013 conviction on the long campaigned for his release. “I am very hap- tax evasion charges was sharply condemned by ‘assaults’ staff py,” he told AFP in his first interview since being the United States and denounced by rights cam- freed, saying he would head straight to a hospi- paigners as bogus and politically motivated. The WELLINGTON: Delhi’s top diplomat in New Zealand said tal for a health check before spending time with activist was also heavily involved in a string of yesterday he would return to India but denied that his relo- his loved ones. anti-China demonstrations in 2011 over Beijing’s cation was linked to accusations that his wife had assaulted The 43-year-old had been on hunger strike territorial claims in the South China Sea. a staff member. Police said a member of staff at the Indian five times in prison with the most recent stint of Vietnam has struggled to balance intense diplomatic mission alleged he was assaulted by Sharmila 14-days ending on June 24. In a characteristically domestic criticism of its handling of China’s Thapar, the wife of High Commissioner Ravi Thapar, but defiant mood, Quan promised to continue the growing assertiveness in the region against tra- declined to lay a formal complaint. A removal van was at anti-Beijing activism that first attracted the ire of ditionally friendly ties to fellow communists Thapar’s Wellington home yesterday morning where authorities. “I have become very concerned leaders in Beijing. Anti-China protests in the cap- SHANGHAI: A Chinese policeman points with his handheld radio as another policeman escorts a Sharmila Thapar refused to answer questions. However, again about invasions of China on Vietnamese ital Hanoi have sometimes been allowed to go demonstrator onto a bus outside the municipal government headquarters yesterday. —AP Ravi Thapar denied any suggestions a staff member had sovereignty regarding the island,” he told AFP in ahead as a means, analysts say, of sending been assaulted and said he was returning to India to care for English, referring to construction and land recla- Beijing a message. But authorities have also bro- Shanghai police remove his mother. “I’m going but to take care of my mum because mation by Beijing in the South China Sea. “I pray ken up demonstrations violently, arresting par- my dad passed away last year. I can’t keep up 13,000 kilome- ticipants. tres away just talking to her on the phone,” he told reporters. chemical plant protesters He added his wife continued to suffer the effects of a car ‘Miscarriage of Justice’ accident, sometimes wore a neck support, and would not SHANGHAI: Police in China’s financial hub ernment in central Shanghai yesterday, but the A photo posted on Facebook by Quan’s have assaulted anyone. Shanghai took away at least three busloads of venue was guarded by hundreds of police, brother Le Quoc Quyet Saturday showed a thin “It’s very, very absurd that a lady of 50 plus with these environmental protesters outside the munici- both uniformed and plainclothes. SWAT police but healthy looking Quan smiling and hugging medical issues could confront or could even think of or even pal government yesterday, preventing the lat- patrolled police tapes fencing off the area the his wife. It attracted more than 1,500 likes in two conceptualise assaulting a physically able-bodied person of est rally that started with a rumor that a petro- protesters planned to gather. hours. He told AFP Saturday that his imprison- about 26 years old,” he told Fairfax Media. A New Zealand chemical plant could move into the area. The police forced demonstrators to board ment was “a miscarriage of justice” and that he foreign ministry (MFAT) spokesman confirmed to the New Concerned with public health but shut out of buses before driving away from downtown aimed to help others in similar positions who Zealand Herald that they were aware the high commissioner decision-making, more affluent Chinese are Shanghai. Scuffles broke out with less obedi- were “still suffering in jail”. The blogger has - the equivalent of ambassador in Commonwealth countries increasingly taking to the streets to oppose ent protesters. Police also grabbed an always denied the charges against him. - was leaving. “MFAT was aware a staff member raised with potentially hazardous projects such as petro- Associated Press reporter and tried to shove Vietnam, a one-party state, is routinely New Zealand police concerns about his treatment in the chemical plants. Authorities in turn have sup- him away. Plainclothes officers used umbrellas denounced by rights groups and Western gov- high commission,” the spokesman said. “MFAT has been pressed the assemblies that have in the past to try to block filming. “People got angry and ernments for its intolerance of political dissent advised the individual concerned elected not to take the turned violent and weakened the authority of started to chant, and then they were taken and systematic violations of freedom of religion. matter further. That staff member had independent legal local governments. away by police,” said a Jinshan resident who But as Hanoi seeks closer diplomatic and representation and decided to return to India.” In the latest case, thousands of residents in only gave her family name of Shen. The rumor trade ties with former wartime foe America to New Zealand officials said further questions about the Shanghai suburban district of Jinshan have involves a paraxylene plant the protesters counter Beijing’s increasingly assertive behav- Thapar’s departure should be directed to India’s ministry of been protesting outside the district govern- believe will be built in an industrial zone in iour in the South China Sea, it appears to have external affairs. The staff member was taken to the ment - about 70 km from downtown Shanghai Jinshan. Paraxylene is a hazardous chemical toned down persecution of domestic critics. Last Wellington police station in early May when he was found - during the past week following the rumor used to produce fibers and plastics. Exposure year, after Beijing moved an oil rig into waters wandering the streets in a distressed state after walking QUANG NAM, Vietnam: Catholic dissident about a petrochemical plant moving into their to paraxylene can cause eye, nose and throat claimed by Hanoi, anti-China demonstrations nearly 20 km from the high commission. Thapar also reject- lawyer Le Quoc Quan poses with his wife neighborhood. Shanghai authorities have dis- irritation. In April, six people were hospitalized rapidly morphed into violent protests, with for- ed allegations that the man had been kept in slavery, saying Nguyen Thi Hien after he was freed from a missed it as untrue. Still skeptical, the residents in an explosion at a paraxylene plant in the eign-owned factories set ablaze. At least two he was free to move about at all times. —AFP prison in this central province yesterday. — AFP Chinese workers were killed. — AFP planned to protest outside the municipal gov- southeastern Fujian province.— AP NEWS SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

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WikiLeaks exposes Saudi liquor runs, Clinton passport

CAIRO: WikiLeaks’ publication of more than 60,000 Saudi lished by WikiLeaks describe their unsuccessful attempts to kilograms (about 65 pounds) of ham into the kingdom in Riyadh likes leaks documents has set pens racing across the Middle East with sneak the booze into the kingdom in amusing detail. On the trunk of his car. Saudi Arabian officials in Washington and Riyadh have disclosures about the secretive Arab monarchy’s foreign Jan 18, 2013, Saudi customs officials stopped a Mexican refused to respond to repeated questions from The affairs. But lost amid the torrent of revelations are offbeat diplomat driving back from Bahrain with “several big suit- Riyadh keeps tabs on Shiites Associated Press about the diplomatic cables and official memos showing the underbelly of Riyadh’s diplomacy, cases” in his car trunk containing no fewer than 102 bottles It comes as no surprise that Sunni Saudi Arabia, which statements urge citizens to ignore the revelations, warning including candid accounts of booze runs and pork smug- of whisky and 48 cans of beer, according to one undated views Shiite Iran as its greatest regional rival, would take an that sharing the leaked documents could result in impris- gling. Among the revelations you may have missed: memo. interest in the spread of Shiite Islam. But some observations onment. But a memo addressed to a senior diplomat and On Feb 2, 2012 an Azeri diplomat was stopped at cus- go into a startling level of minutiae. Saudi diplomats are dated Jan. 19, 2011 - several weeks after WikiLeaks rocked Diplomats are thirsty toms with 28 bottles of whisky hidden in socks inside his careful to estimate, for example, how many Eritrean stu- Washington with the release of thousands of US State It’s illegal to drink, sell or possess alcohol in Saudi Arabia, car. That same day, customs officials stopped an Italian dents are studying abroad in Iran (40) and the number of Department cables - suggests the Saudis sifted through which follows an ultraconservative interpretation of Islamic diplomat whose car had a taped-up hole cut into the back Shiite Muslims in Mauritania (50,000). They were also con- the American documents and read them too. “Attached for law, but foreign embassy staffers took advantage of their seat, according to two other Saudi memos. Diplomats also cerned when a public debate was held between Shiite and your attention is a translated report of the most important diplomatic immunity to go on liquor runs to neighboring sought to skirt Islam’s prohibition of pork. A March 17, 2012 Sunni Muslims near the Philippines’ Al-Dahab mosque in leaks issued by the US Embassy in Riyadh and consulate in Bahrain, where the sale of alcohol is legal. Memos pub- memo describes a Chinese diplomat’s attempt to sneak 30 Manila. Even though Shiites make up less than 1 percent of Jeddah,” the memo says. — AP the Muslim population in the Philippines, a memo dated Feb 4, 2010 appears to express alarm that the religious minority’s message “managed to get out of its secretive cir- Kuwait mourns, buries terror victims... cle to the public.” “It is obsessive,” said Toby Matthiesen, the author of a book about religious politics in Gulf Arab states Continued from Page 1 between 15 and 30 percent of the population of Kuwait, a and a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. “It mostly Sunni country where members of both communities proves the theory that Saudi foreign policy is at least in part Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry said yesterday it had live side by side with little apparent friction. “We will cut the sectarian and seeks to contain Shiism and not just Iran.” detained amongst others the owner of a vehicle which a sui- evil hand that interferes with our homeland’s security,” Interior cide bomber used to get to a Shiite Muslim mosque. Militant Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled Al-Sabah was quoted Clinton’s passport details group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the country’s as saying by KUNA. WikiLeaks’ trove of Saudi diplomatic documents includes worst militant attack on Friday, one of three attacks on three Oil security stepped up a large amount of bureaucratic documentation and sensi- continents that day apparently linked to the hardline Kuwait has stepped up security to the highest level at tive personal information, including sick leave reports, Islamists. state-run oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) and death certificates and hospital records. One document The Interior Ministry said it is now looking for the driver its affiliates, KUNA also reported. Islamic State named the included in the haul details a 17-year-old’s treatment for who vanished shortly after the blast. bomber as Abu Suleiman Al-Muwahed and said on social life-threatening medical problems. Another is a report Two Iranians killed media that he had targeted a “temple of the apostates” - a describing severe leg injuries suffered by a 24-year old at A security source said “numerous arrests” had been made term the group uses to refer to Shiites, whom it regards as King Khalid Hospital in northeastern Saudi Arabia. A third in connection with Friday’s bombing, which government offi- heretics. Islamic State had urged its followers on Tuesday to describes the proposed treatment for a child with RIYADH: In this file photo, US Secretary of State cials said was intended to stir enmity between Kuwait’s Sunni step up attacks during the Ramadan fasting month against encephalopathy in the Czech Republic. Among the torrent Hillary Clinton smiles during a joint press confer- majority and Shiite minority. Two Iranian nationals were Christians, Shiites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a US-led of private information leaked by the website is Hillary ence with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al- among those killed, foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh coalition against the ultra-hardline jihadist group. There was Faisal. WikiLeaks’ publication of more than 60,000 Afkham was quoted as saying by Iranian state media yester- no evidence Friday’s three attacks were deliberately coordi- Rodham Clinton’s passport number, included in a memo Saudi documents has set pens racing across the day. Relatives of those killed wept and prayed over their nated. But coming so close together, they underscored the concerning a March 2012 visit to the US Embassy in Riyadh. shrouded corpses at a mosque yesterday, who will be buried far-reaching, fast-growing influence of Islamic State, Western WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson did not immedi- Middle East with disclosures about the secretive in the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq. Shiites are politicians said. -— Agencies ately return an email seeking comment on the documents. Arab monarchy’s foreign affairs. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Chantal Valery

e was appointed in the 1980s under the conservative presidency of Ronald HReagan, but Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has gone on to become perhaps the most important gay rights supporter in the American legal system. The gray-haired 78- year-old cemented that position Friday when he wrote the majority opinion for the five judges-or justices as they are known-who ruled to allow gay marriage across the United States. “No union is more profound than marriage for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family,” Kennedy said, his deep voice Shedding the imperial conceit; empire gone resonating around the solemn surroundings of the Supreme Court. Dr James J Zogby whose importance has been “exaggerated and distorted”. imperial misadventures. It informs our Western portrayal of the “In forming a marital union, two people Those who made the “bedrock” case frequently quoted this “East” and our understanding of its peoples. We still see our- become something greater than once they n the summer of 1971, I spent some time in London on my Magna Carta passage “No Freeman shall be taken or impris- selves as the civilized world, the bearers of universal values. And were.” way to Lebanon where I was to begin my dissertation oned, or be disseised [wrongly deprived] of his Freehold, or we still portray the “East” as less civilized, more prone to vio- All eyes were fixed on him. Without Kennedy- Iresearch. I had left the United States consumed with our Liberties, free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other lence, less respectful of human life and liberty. who soon found himself trending on Twitter-gay long war in Vietnam. Out of my American bubble, I was soon to wise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him. Nor condemn him. No doubt, the brutality of Syria’s long and ugly war, the hor- marriage would not have been legalized at the discover a world in which it appeared “all hell was breaking But by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the rors of the so-called “Islamic State”, the grotesque sectarian vio- federal level. That’s because Kennedy is seen as loose.” There were coups, wars, and ethnic strife consuming Land...we will not deny or defer to any many either Justice of lence in Pakistan, Nigeria, and Burma, and terror of Hamas help an important “swing vote,” siding with the court’s Northern Ireland, Sudan, Israel/Palestine, and India/Pakistan. Right.” One can argue whether this noble statement of rights to fuel these caricatures. But before we make judgments about four liberal judges instead of the conservative Being addicted to news, each morning I would read as much of was merely aspirational, since the 1215 AD document had no “the uncivilized East”, we need to recall the hundreds of millions bloc on some issues including gay marriage. the press as I could. I became intrigued by and invested in these real impact, or inspirational, in that it provided the basis on killed by the “civilized West” during the last century in Europe Friday’s momentous ruling was met with jubila- many conflicts and was satisfied, at first, to find the reporting which future generations could build. This debate, however, and in the rebellious colonies; and the hundreds of thousands tion by many same-sex couples, including those sufficient to whet my appetite for daily developments in each misses an important point. killed in the past decade in Iraq. who had been living in the 13 states that banned of the unfolding crises. I would argue that what Magna Carta and its successors, in It is for this reason that our starting point in any discussion gay marriage. “Their hope is not to be con- What I found disconcerting, however, were the headlines, fact, created was the veneer of liberalism, tolerance, and rule of ought to be one of self-awareness and humility. This does not demned to live in loneliness, excluded from one the opinion columns, the editorials and the political cartoons. law-which, while providing for the rights of a few, masked the render us mute in the face of cruel acts of inhumanity. But it of civilization’s oldest institutions,” Kennedy said All too often, they were, in a word, racist. Irish, African, Arab, and horrors of colonial oppression. Donning the mantle of liberal- does caution against speaking from the vantage point of unde- in his ruling. “They ask for equal dignity in the South Asian alike were crudely caricatured. Their conflicts were ism, Britain justified its imperial conquest and its subjugation of served superiority, since, in many instances, it is our actions that eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them portrayed as the unfortunate but expected behavior of lesser one-fifth of humanity as an enlightened and civilizing venture, may have spawned the very atrocities we are condemning and, that right.” species. At one point it dawned on me how to account for this the goal of which, they claimed, was to lift up the less civilized in our own history, we have behaved just as abominably. Self- British fascination with and condescension toward these partic- preparing them for self-rule. However much apologists for the awareness doesn’t silence us, rather it challenges us to modify ular conflicts. All had been former British colonies and all these Empire promoted this fiction, the entire enterprise was, in reali- the approach we use and the tone we take in speaking about ‘A humanitarian’ peoples had been (or, in the case of the Irish, still were) British ty, a mask designed to justify the crude plunder of the world’s contemporary horrors. “Justice Kennedy has become probably the subjects. The Empire was gone, but imperial conceit was alive riches and the enslavement of its peoples. And, when their sub- Just as it was both unseemly and unproductive for the most powerful jurist in the entire world because and well. jects rebelled, callous neglect or horrific violence followed. British press to demean the Irish or the Pakistanis, it is equally so he’s the point on so many issues before the I thought about this disturbing mindset last week during The histories of the Irish, the Africans, the Arabs, and the for Americans to ignore our recent history in Iraq, or for the Supreme Court of the US, and though he only the Western World’s celebrations of the 800th Anniversary of South Asians are replete with tales of massacres, imposed Israelis to ignore their behavior toward the Palestinians, or for has one vote, his vote literally changes most cas- Magna Carta. There were elaborate commemorative events famine, denial of freedom, mass imprisonment, and torture. the French to remain blind to the consequences of their brutal es,” said Mary Margaret Penrose, law professor at and significant press commentary on the meaning of the docu- Thus the very rights the British claimed for themselves were occupation of Algeria. Only when we understand and acknowl- Texas A&M University. David Cruz, an expert ment. Writers, however, were not of one mind. Magna Carta denied to those whom they saw as less deserving. This is not edge our past and shed our imperial conceit will we be ready to from the University of Southern California Gould was seen as either “the foundation of western liberalism and mere ancient history. It is playing out today and not just in the play a constructive role in challenging and correcting current law school, said that without Kennedy’s vote, the bedrock of the rule of law” or as an “irrelevant document” consequences of British (or French, or German, or American) abuses and working to create a better future. states would have remained free to exclude same-sex couples from civil marriage. Kennedy was the “favorite to write the decision that extends same-sex marriage nationwide,” Cruz Mexico steps up ‘hunt’ for US-bound migrants said. In the past, Kennedy-who is considered mod- By Carola Sole Deportations have also surged 79 percent They chase them and take them away vio- police in the town of Macuspana. “It’s a hunt erate-has taken positions on civil rights that from 28,736 between January and April 2014 lently,” said Alejandro Fernandez, who has for migrants. We all see that this plan con- demonstrate his “flexibility” in interpreting the he 35-year-old Honduran farmer shows to 51,565 in the same period this year. In witnessed several operations from his home sists in catching migrants so that they don’t Constitution, lawyer Lisa Linsky said. “His posi- the scar on his forehead where he says addition to raids in hotels, buses and even near the tracks. get to the United States,” said sister Nelly, a a Mexican migration officer fired a stun hospitals, authorities are trying to take away a nun who founded a migrant shelter in tions and decisions in major civil rights cases T gun when he tried to escape a major dragnet. major form of transport by preventing ‘Migra’ doesn’t catch us Palenque. over the years demonstrate that he is a humani- While Wilmart avoided deportation, a rising migrants from boarding cargo trains. The Inter-American Commission on The crackdown has forced the migrants tarian,” she said. “His constitutional scholarship number of undocumented Central American Around midnight on Saturday, migration Human Rights expressed “concern” this who flee violence and poverty in Central is rooted in common sense and the recognition migrants are being rounded up in a crack- and police officers backed by men in civilian month over the actions taken by the America to find new routes in long treks by that societies, attitudes and institutions change down launched a year ago following a surge clothes stopped a train carrying some 30 authorities. Recently, a “Caravan of foot that expose them even more to the and evolve.” Legal analyst Elizabeth Wydra said of unaccompanied children reaching the migrants near Palenque. “Get down! Get Migrants” that crossed the country during dangers of thefts, kidnappings and rapes by that Kennedy’s words would be immortalized in United States. Mexican authorities are chas- down,” the officers shouted as they grabbed Holy Week with activists and undocument- organized crime groups. The arduous trip the “Obergefell v Hodges” ruling, as the case is ing migrants in the middle of streets near the people by the arm with force and bundled ed Central Americans to demand that the leaves many with blistered and bandaged known. “With this ruling, Justice Kennedy has southern border with Guatemala or conduct- them into vans dubbed “dogcatcher vans,” government drop the Frontera Sur opera- feet, such as Luis Rivera, 24, who walked ensured that his name will be forever linked with ing raids in the dead of night on “The Beast,” a without asking for their identifications. As tion said several of them were detained 116 kilometers in two days after leaving San the recognition of equal rights for gay men and freight train they use to travel across the vast AFP reporters videotaped the operation, the during their trip. In Tenosique, southern Pedro Sula, Honduras, considered the lesbians,” Wydra said. “He has used language so nation. agents put away their retractable truncheons, Tabasco state, officials in El Salvador’s con- world’s murder capital. “We pray to God that sweeping and powerful to describe the desire Wilmart only got away because residents told the migrants to “carefully” board the sulate voiced shock at reports that two the ‘migra’ (border police) doesn’t catch us for equal dignity that it brings a tear to the eye.” of Palenque, a town in Chiapas state, took out vehicles and did not chase those who Salvadoran and one Guatemalan migrants and deport us,” Rivera said, with sweat drip- their smartphones to film the agents who escaped into the bushes. “It’s never like that. suffered bullet wounds in an attack by local ping down his face. —AFP No coincidence were kicking him and a complaint was made Kennedy had already authored three major to the authorities. “They almost asphyxiated decisions affecting gay rights in America, each a me. They shot me a lot with that (stun) gun. significant step towards Friday’s historic ruling. In At the end, I couldn’t walk. They threw me to 1996, Kennedy wrote the decision in the landmark the ground and savagely beat me,” the curly- haired migrant, who declined to give his last “Romer v Evans” case on the protection of civil name, said as he waited for a humanitarian rights for gays and lesbians. In 2003, the court visa following his ordeal. struck down anti-sodomy laws in “Lawrence v He is not the only migrant to claim a Taser Texas.” And in 2013 in “United States v. Windsor” was used against him by migration agents. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion against the Jose Adan Martinez, a 20-year-old Honduran, Defense of Marriage Act. The decision to hand said a stun gun was used to get him off The down the ruling in the “Obergefell” case Friday was Beast, though he did not file a complaint out likely no accident, as June 26 was also the date in of fear of reprisals. “We have had several the years when Kennedy and the court released direct testimonies in recent months on the the rulings in “Lawrence” and “Windsor.” —AFP use of stun guns to detain migrants,” said Ruben Figueroa, an activist at the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement, a nongovernmental organization. The National All articles appearing on these Migration Institute denies that its agents use stun guns. But several international NGOs pages are the personal opinion of have voiced concern about rough tactics the writers. Kuwait Times takes no being employed in the Frontera Sur responsibility for views expressed (Southern Frontier) operation, which includes the deployment of 5,000 agents and check- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- points set up in the wake of last year’s ers to voice their opinions. Please migrant crisis in the United States. send submissions via email to: opin- Detentions, deportations surge [email protected] or via snail Mexican authorities have captured nearly mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. 58,000 migrants-most from Central America- The editor reserves the right to edit in the first four months of this year, an 83 per- any submission as necessary. cent increase from the same period last year, PALENQUE: Migrants wait for a train in Palenque, Chiapas state, Mexico. Hundreds of Central American migrants according to government figures. arrive in Mexico on their way to the United States. —AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 SPORTS

Lankan great to retire Beji suspended for doping Dunga sorry for comment COLOMBO: Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara will quit international cricket BAKU: Azerbaijan’s Ethiopian-born 3,000 metre steeplechase SAO PAULO: Brazil coach Dunga apologised on Friday after his comments about during the test series against India, the island nation’s most prolific batsman runner Chaltu Beji has been suspended from the European people of African descent sparked criticism ahead of the team’s Copa America quar- said yesterday. Games for doping, the European Olympic Committees (EOC) ter-final against Paraguay. “I have decided to call it a day...(after) the second test of the India series,” said yesterday. The 18-year-old, who also competed in the Dunga was asked to compare the pressure on his Copa America team with that the 37-year-old, who retired from 50-over cricket after Sri Lanka’s World Cup 1,500 metres, won the steeplechase event on Sunday but EOC of the side he captained to win the 1994 World Cup, Brazil’s first triumph in 24 years. campaign this year, told reporters. said her urine sample contained osterine, a banned substance. “Everything we did was bad,” he said, referring to criticism of his 1994 squad. “I “The original plan was to retire from all international cricket “Ms Beji was therefore charged with an Anti-Doping Rule even think I am an Afro-descendent because I get hit so much. People look at me after the World Cup but...following a discussion with the pre- Violation,” the governing body said in a statement yesterday. “It and think, I’ll have a go at him.” vious selection committee, I gave my word that I would be was determined by the EOC Executive Committee on the rec- The comments provoked a storm on social media with some calling available for these two series. “But at the same time I said ommendation of the EOC’s Committee for Legal, Eligibility, them racist while others said they acknowledged reality. Dunga later that I would be unable to play six test matches,” he said. Disciplinary and Doping Matters that she is suspended from said in a statement published on the website of the Brazilian Football India arrive in early August to play three tests in Sri Lanka participation in the European Games and that she is disquali- Confederation: “I want to apologise to all those could have felt offend- but the dates and the venues have not been finalised. fied from the 3,000m steeplechase which took place on 21 ed with my comment about Afro-descendents. “The way I expressed Sangakkara made his international debut in 2000 and is cur- June. “Further anti-doping procedures will be conducted by myself does not reflect my feelings or opinions.” rently playing his 132nd test against Pakistan, having the competent international organisations.” Hosts Azerbaijan Father David, head of Educafro, an organisation that aims to get amassed more than 12,000 runs at an average of over 54 and finished fifth in the team athletics championship, narrowly blacks into higher education, said the comments reflected the including 38 centuries. The left-hander is one short of missing out on promotion to the second tier of the European injustices suffered by blacks in Brazil. Australian great Donald Bradman’s record of 12 double cen- Athletics Team Championship. Earlier in the inaugural games in “I’d like to congratulate him for telling Brazil and the world turies in tests. His ODI record is no less impressive, having the Azeri capital of Baku, 19-year-old Albanian boxer Rexhildo that blacks here are hit simply for being black,” he told amassed 14,234 runs in 404 matches, averaging nearly 42 Zeneli was suspended after testing positive for another prohib- Reuters. “He is affirming what we know, that being black and including 25 centuries.—Reuters ited substance furosemide. —Reuters in Brazil is to suffer injustice.—Reuters Nationals thrash Phillies, Cardinals roll

PHILADELPHIA: Max Scherzer took a perfect it. The Giants scored three times in the ninth game into the sixth inning in his bid to against Tommy Kahnle to make things inter- become the second pitcher in major league esting. history to throw two consecutive no-hitters and the Washington Nationals beat the YANKEES 3, ASTROS 2 Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Friday night. Chris Young had a go-ahead, three-run On a day Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg homer among three hits in his hometown, lift- resigned, Scherzer stole the show. Scherzer (9- ing New York to a win over Houston. Nathan 5) retired the first 16 batters before Freddy Eovaldi (7-2), another Houston native, yielded Galvis doubled on a 1-1 pitch to the right-field five hits and two runs with six strikeouts in six wall. The Nationals right-hander allowed two innings to give him a career-high seven wins. runs and five hits in eight innings. New York managed just three hits through Scherzer tossed a no-hitter last Saturday the first six innings and trailed 2-0 before against Pittsburgh, falling one strike shy of a Carlos Beltran and Garrett Jones had back-to- perfect game before hitting Jose Tabata on a back singles with one out in the seventh to 3-2 pitch with two outs. He threw a one-hitter, chase Houston rookie starter Vince Velasquez. striking out 16 in his previous start. But he He was replaced by Will Harris (4-1), who was couldn’t match Johnny Vander Meer, who greeted with Young’s shot to the Crawford threw two straight no hitters for the Cincinnati Boxes in left field to put the Yankees on top. Reds in June 1938. Young, who extended his season-long hitting-streak to nine games Friday, has nine CARDINALS 3, CUBS 2 homers, 33 RBIs and 14 multihit games in 25 Peter Bourjos scored the winning run from career games at Minute Maid Park. Carlos third on a throwing error by Mike Baxter in the Correa had a run-scoring single in the third 10th inning to lift St. Louis to a win over inning for Houston and an RBI single by Evan Chicago. Gattis made it 2-0 in the sixth. Bourjos began the inning with a double off Justin Grimm (1-2). Kolten Wong followed with METS 2, REDS 1 a single off the second base bag and Matt Noah Syndergaard pitched eight sharp Carpenter was walked to load the bases. innings and light-hitting New York got exactly Jhonny Peralta then hit a routine grounder to the help it needed when Johnny Cueto sud- second base, where right fielder Baxter was denly lost the strike zone, edging Cincinnati. positioned with the bases loaded and no one The Mets returned home from a 1-7 road out to give the Cubs five infielders. trip in which they totaled 11 runs, and won He had plenty of time, but threw wildly to despite getting just two hits. Curtis the plate. Kevin Siegrist (2-0) got the win as St. Granderson launched a leadoff homer into the Louis won its fourth in a row overall and sev- second deck on Cueto’s third pitch. enth straight at home, where the Cardinals are The Reds lost for the third time in nine a major-league best 27-7. Chicago lost its third games. They got to their New York hotel at in a row after a four-game winning streak. 4:17 a.m. after a rain-delayed, 13-inning win at Pittsburgh. ROYALS 5, ATHLETICS 2 It was 1-all in the fifth when Dilson Herrera Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon home- tripled with two outs. Cueto (4-5), pitching red to back Edinson Volquez, and Kansas City with eight days’ rest to give his aching right SAN FRANCISCO: Colorado Rockies’ Carlos Gonzalez (5) slides safely home under the tag by San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike Broadway beat Oakland. Unlike when these two teams elbow some extra rest, hadn’t walked a batter during the ninth inning of a baseball game. —AP met in April, when there were bench-clearing all game until walking Granderson, Eric scuffles in all three games, there were no signs Campbell and Lucas Duda to force home the Mike Trout’s two-out homer in the first. benefited from Milwaukee’s six-run first inning single to right. Zach Britton got three outs for of lingering animosity. A few players from go-ahead run. Fernando Rodney got three outs for his to get his first win since May 16 as the Brewers his 22nd save. both clubs exchanged hugs and handshakes 15th save in 18 chances and his first since May beat Minnesota. before the game, and both managers down- DODGERS 7, MARLINS 1 29. The right-hander, who set a franchise Lohse has beaten every team in the majors PADRES 4, DIAMONBACKS 2 played talk of any carry-over effect. Brett Anderson tied a career high with 10 record last season with 48, got his first save now after the 13-year veteran’s first victory in Tyson Ross overcame control problems to Instead the Royals rode the power of strikeouts and allowed only one fly ball to help opportunity since being demoted from the three career starts against the club he broke combine on a two-hitter and Matt Kemp hit a Morales and Gordon, and got another strong Los Angeles send Miami to its fifth straight closer role. into the majors with and spent six seasons. go-ahead sacrifice fly, lifting San Diego to a outing from Volquez. Pitching against the A’s loss. Scott Van Slyke, filling in again for the Gerardo Parra, Aramis Ramirez and Scooter win over Arizona. for the first time since 2007, Volquez (8-4) gave injured Yasiel Puig, hit a two-run homer. Howie RED SOX 4, RAYS 3 Gennett all homered to power the Brewers Ross (5-7) allowed just two hits and struck up three hits and one run in seven innings. Kendrick tied a season high with four hits, and Mookie Betts doubled to extend his career- and help spoil the return of fan favorite Paul out seven in six innings. But the right-hander Volquez also reached 1,000 strikeouts for his Jimmy Rollins had a two-run single. best hitting streak to 13 games and scored on Molitor, who is in his first year as manager of tied his season high with five walks, including career when he fanned Brett Lawrie in the Anderson (4-4) allowed the leadoff batter in Brock Holt’s 10th-inning single to give Boston the Twins. walking the bases loaded in the third that led sixth. Sam Fuld had an RBI double for Oakland, the first inning to score but was otherwise a victory over Tampa Bay. Lohse (4-9) gave up homers to Brian Dozier to the Diamondbacks’ two runs. Kemp’s fly in which had its five-game win streak snapped. unscathed and pitched seven innings. He had Betts lifted a perfectly placed fly ball that and Trevor Plouffe, increasing his total to 19 the sixth broke a 2-all tie. Cory Spangenberg an RBI single, hiking his average this year to dropped down the left field line to give him allowed - second-most in the majors - in 16 scored just ahead of the throw by center field- ROCKIES 8, GIANTS 6 .100. Two relievers completed a six-hitter. The the Red Sox’s longest hitting since Jacoby starts. Twins starter Trevor May (4-6) was er A.J. Pollock. Nolan Arenado hit a pair of home runs and Marlins’ final 10 outs were strikeouts, and they Ellsbury had a 19-game streak in 2013. Holt charged with six runs - five earned and six hits Ross combined with Brandon Maurer, had four RBIs, Carlos Gonzalez matched his struck out a season-high 16 times. followed with his game-winning hit off Steve while getting just one out in the first inning. Joaquin Benoit and Craig Kimbrel on the two- career high with five hits and Colorado held Geltz (1-3). hitter. Kimbrel worked the ninth inning for his on to beat San Francisco. MARINERS 3, ANGELS 1 Alexi Ogando (2-0) came out of the bullpen ORIOLES 4, INDIANS 3 19th save in 20 chances. Ben Paulsen had three hits and added a Taijuan Walker pitched seven sharp innings in the ninth inning to get the win, retiring the Chris Davis singled in the tiebreaking run two-run single for the Rockies, who won their to win his fourth straight start, Robinson Cano only batter he faced to escape a jam with run- in the eighth inning, J.J. Hardy homered and TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4 fifth in six games after losing eight of nine. homered and Nelson Cruz and Brad Miller had ners at second and third base. Koji Uehara had two RBIs and Baltimore beat Cleveland. JD Martinez hit a tiebreaking home run in Chad Bettis (4-2) won his second start despite RBI doubles to lead Seattle to a victory over pitched a perfect 10th for his 15th save. Jimmy Paredes had three hits and scored the eighth inning, and Joakim Soria worked giving up his fourth home run in his past 17 Los Angeles. Alejandro De Aza and Jackie Bradley, Jr. drove twice for the Orioles, who have won five of six out of a jam in the ninth to lift Detroit over 1/3 innings. Bettis allowed three runs and six Walker (6-6) scattered seven hits, struck out in second-inning runs to help Boston build a to move a season-high five games over .500 Chicago. hits over six innings. He walked two and struck six and walked none in his first career start 3-1 lead against Alex Colome, who allowed (39-34). The Tigers trailed 4-3 in the seventh, but out three. Andrew Susac hit a home run for against the Angels, stretching his streak of four hits, walked five and struck out two over Brandon Moss, Ryan Raburn and Carlos Rajai Davis led off with a homer that inning, the Giants, who have lost three of their last consecutive innings without allowing a walk six innings. Santana hit solo homers for Cleveland, which and Martinez went deep off Zach Duke (3-3) in five. Tim Hudson (5-7) took a shutout into the to 21 1-3 spanning 87 batters. The only run wasted a 10-strikeout performance by Corey the eighth. sixth inning, but Arenado’s 21st homer ended against the 22-year-old right-hander came on BLUE JAYS 12, RANGERS 2 Kluber. Bruce Rondon (1-0) pitched a perfect top of Edwin Encarnacion hit his seventh career American League batting leader Jason the eighth for Detroit, earning his second grand slam and a solo homer as Toronto hand- Kipnis extended his career-best hitting streak major league win and first since 2013. Joakim ed slumping Texas its season-high sixth to 20 games with an infield single in the Soria finished for his 17th save in 19 chances. straight loss. Indians’ fifth. Soria allowed a leadoff double by Avisail Russell Martin and Danny Valencia each hit After Santana homered off Darren O’Day (5- Garcia in the ninth, and pinch hitter J.B. Shuck solo homers for the Blue Jays, who improved 0) in the eighth to tie it 3-3, the Orioles needed hit a one-out single, putting men on first and to 17-7 in June and boosted their ML-leading only two pitches to regain the lead in the bot- third. But Carlos Sanchez popped up a bunt run total to 417. tom half. Paredes greeted Marc Rzepczynski for the second out, and Adam Eaton grounded Encarnacion had three hits and narrowly (1-3) with a double and Davis followed with a out to end it. —AP missed a third home run in his final at-bat, flying out to the warning track in left against Rangers infielder Adam Rosales. MLB results/standings Mark Buehrle (8-4) pitched seven innings to win his third straight decision, improving to 2- Baltimore 4, Cleveland 3; Washington 5, Philadelphia 2; Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2 (10 innings); Toronto 12, Texas 2; 0 with a 1.75 ERA in five June starts. Buehrle Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4; NY Mets 2, Cincinnati 1; Boston 4, Tampa Bay 3 (10 innings); LA Dodgers 7, allowed two runs and five hits. Miami 1; NY Yankees 3, Houston 2; Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 4; St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2 (10 innings); Kansas City 5, Oakland 2; Seattle 3, LA Angels 1; San Diego 4, Arizona 2; Colorado 8, San Francisco 6. PIRATES 3, BRAVES 2 American League National League Jordy Mercer doubled home Andrew Eastern Division Eastern Division McCutchen with one out in the bottom of the W L PCT GB Washington 41 33 .554 - 10th inning to lift Pittsburgh to a win over Tampa Bay 41 34 .547 - NY Mets 38 37 .507 3.5 Atlanta. McCutchen doubled off Jason Grilli (2- NY Yankees 40 34 .541 0.5 Atlanta 35 39 .473 6 3) leading off the inning and three batters lat- Baltimore 39 34 .534 1 Miami 30 45 .400 11.5 er, Mercer’s third hit of the game smacked off Toronto 40 35 .533 1 Philadelphia 26 49 .347 15.5 Boston 33 42 .440 8 the right-field wall as the Pirates won for just Central Division Central Division the second time in their last seven games. St. Louis 49 24 .671 - Mark Melancon (1-1) pitched a scoreless top of Kansas City 42 28 .600 - Minnesota 39 34 .534 4.5 Pittsburgh 41 32 .562 8 the 10th for Pittsburgh as the Pirates’ bullpen Detroit 38 36 .514 6 Chicago Cubs 39 33 .542 9.5 didn’t allow a hit in three innings of relief. Cleveland 33 39 .458 10 Cincinnati 34 38 .472 14.5 Pedro Alvarez added two RBIs for the Pirates. Chicago White Sox 32 41 .438 11.5 Milwaukee 28 47 .373 22 Juan Uribe homered for Atlanta and Eddie Western Division Western Division Perez had two hits, but the Braves dropped Houston 43 33 .566 - LA Dodgers 42 33 .560 - their fourth straight game. LA Angels 37 37 .500 5 San Francisco 40 35 .533 2 Texas 37 37 .500 5 Arizona 35 38 .479 6 ST. LOUIS: Cardinals’ Peter Bourjos (bottom) scores the game-winning run as the throw gets BREWERS 10, TWINS 4 Seattle 34 40 .459 8 San Diego 36 40 .474 6.5 past Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross during the 10th inning of a baseball game. —AP Kyle Lohse pitched six effective innings and Oakland 34 42 .447 9 Colorado 33 40 .452 8 SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 SPORTS Oilers pick McDavid as NHL Draft

EDMONTON: Connor McDavid, a standings last season as the top Canadian ice hockey prodigy given the increased odds of win- whose skills have been compared ning a weighted lottery, and rights to Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s, to the top pick, the more a team was selected by the Edmonton lost. Oilers with the first pick of the McDavid joins a struggling National Hockey League Draft on Edmonton team that has missed Friday. the playoffs in each of the last nine The 18-year-old center’s selec- seasons despite owning the first tion was not a surprise to anyone as pick in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 he has been considered the most NHL Drafts. coveted prospect for years given The Buffalo Sabres used the his hockey sense, skating wizardry, draft’s second pick to choose deft passing and vision for the American center Jack Eichel, also game’s finer offensive points. considered a can’t-miss prospect McDavid said the sky-high that experts say would’ve been the expectations that await him when top choice in most any other draft. the 2015-16 NHL season opens in The Boston University center is one October, along with comparisons of the most highly-touted to some of the game’s greatest American prospects ever following players, are nothing new. a season where the freshman won “It’s something that I’ve been the Hobey Baker Award, U.S. col- dealing with for a long time now lege hockey’s top individual prize, and there’s nothing I can do about after leading the nation with 71 them,” he said shortly after slipping points in 40 games. on his No. 97 blue and orange Picking third, the Arizona Oilers jersey. Coyotes selected McDavid’s Erie “The hardest person on me is teammate, center Dylan Strome, me and my expectations exceed who is one of the more creative any of those put on me so I am just playmakers in the draft and gives going to do the best that I can and the team size and skill. With the go out there and work as hard as I fourth pick, the Toronto Maple can.” Leafs took high-scoring Mitchell Considered the NHL’s most mar- Marner, a smallish, dynamic ketable prospect since Sidney winger who has drawn compar- Crosby was drafted by Pittsburgh in isons to three-time Stanley Cup- 2005, McDavid racked up a stagger- winning Chicago Blackhawks for- ing 120 points in 47 games while ward Patrick Kane. The Carolina playing junior hockey for the Hurricanes rounded out the top Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters five by picking Boston College last season. defenseman Noah Hanifin, con- The hype surrounding him was sidered a smart, puck-moving so intense that there was as much blueliner who already has NHL SUNRISE: Fifth overall pick Noah Hanifin of the Carolina Hurricanes focus on the bottom of the NHL size.—Reuters poses for a portrait during the 2015 NHL Draft at BB&T Center. —AFP Hurricanes blow into final

ASSEN: Valentino Rossi reacts standing on his Yamaha after winning the Dutch WELLINGTON: The Wellington Hurricanes about 20 minutes north of Wellington, had quietly smiling to himself knowing his ‘broth- MotoGP Grand Prix. —AP have had to bottle up their emotions for the grieved at his funeral last week. ers’ were doing their best to honor his memo- past three weeks and use it to try to inspire But for the wider Wellington public there ry. themselves to a maiden Super Rugby title. had not been the chance to commemorate the The Hurricanes were brutal on defence, Those emotions were still bubbling life of the Wellington cult hero, who prowled stopping the Brumbies attack before it really Rossi wins beneath the surface for the players on the green swathe of grass at the ‘Cake Tin’ for got into gear, with loose forward Ardie Savea, Saturday, though many of the 33,460 at eight years seeking to inflict harm on anyone Victor Vito and Brad Shields particularly Wellington Regional Stadium watching their in an opposition jersey. vicious at the breakdown, while the tight five 29-9 semi-final victory over the ACT Brumbies A massive number six jersey was unfurled made numerous big tackles. Assen MotoGP were not prepared to exhibit them. at halfway before kick off by members of his They then starved the Brumbies of posses- A chant of “Jerry. Jerry. Jerry,” spontaneous- local rugby club Norths, while Bay Six of the sion and hammered them up the middle of ly burst out just before the end of the game as stadium had been turned blue and white by the park before they spread the ball to expose ASSEN: Valentino Rossi won a tight duel the season standings. Marquez is now Wellington rugby fans began to deal in their others from the club in honour of Collins. gaps out wide. with reigning world champion Marco fourth, behind Andrea Iannone, but with 89 own way with the death of former All Blacks The Hurricanes have had “JC” embroidered It was the kind of cerebral approach that Marquez to win yesterday’s Motul TT Assen points to Rossi’s 163, Marquez’s grip on the and Hurricanes loose forward Jerry Collins. on all of the playing jerseys and had spoken in Collins, who often publicly played up to his and stretch his lead atop the MotoGP world title appears tenuous even with 10 The 34-year-old was killed on June 5 in a the buildup to the semi-final about how much hard man image to deflect from his burning standings. races of the season to go. car crash in France, with the news being con- the spectre of Collins and their memories of intelligence, would have relished. It was the Italian nine-time world cham- Rossi started from pole and the race firmed less than an hour before the Hurricanes him would fuel their performance. High risk, high reward. And smashing tack- pion’s seventh MotoGP victory on the quickly developed into a two-rider tussle. played the Otago Highlanders in Napier. “It’s hard to quantify but it is definitely les. “It was a good mix of enterprise and Assen track in the northern Netherlands. Lorenzo swiftly made up five places from With the FIFA under-20 World Cup in New playing its part,” Hurricanes captain Conrad defence,” coach Chris Boyd said. “We didn’t Marquez tried to overtake the Italian his disappointing grid position, but then Zealand this month and a bye into the semi- Smith said after the win. “We don’t want to always get our options right but we managed nine-time champion on the final chicane of appeared satisfied to settle for third place. finals, the Hurricanes had not been at their focus on it. We acknowledge it but we let it to recover and get back into shape. “It was a the race and the pair appeared to touch, Marquez overtook Rossi with seven laps home ground since Collins’ death. burn inside and it comes out in its own special pleasing effort,” he added in the type of under- forcing Marquez to slow down and sending to go, but four laps later the veteran Italian The rugby community, his family and those way.” One way that was exhibited on Saturday statement Collins probably would have appre- Rossi through the gravel before he crossed got past Marquez and managed to hold on who knew him in his home town of Porirua, against the Brumbies, would have left Collins ciated most of all. —Reuters the line in 40 minutes, 54.037 seconds, to his lead. Earlier, championship leader 1.242 seconds ahead of Marquez. Johann Zarco of France won the Moto2 Rossi’s Yamaha teammate Jorge race on his Kalex, ahead of Spaniard Tito Lorenzo, who had won four straight Rabat. Sam Lowes of Britain was third. MotoGP races coming into Assen, settled In the Moto 3 class, Miguel Oliveira of for third place after starting from eighth on Portugal won on his KTM, edging Fabio the grid. Quartararo of France into second. Rankings It was Rossi’s third victory of the season leader Danny Kent of Britain was third on and took him 10 points clear of Lorenzo in his Honda. —AP Double delight for Abu Dhabi in Volvo finale

GOTHENBURG: Abu Dhabi Ocean points behind in the standings. Racing, skippered by Briton Ian Walker, It was tough luck on Brunel, skippered completed a rare Volvo Ocean Race dou- by 52-year-old Bouwe Bekking, who ble yesterday despite finishing second began Saturday’s race needing to win it from last in the Gothenburg in-port race. and then hoping Abu Dhabi finished last It was a poor performance in light in the seven-strong fleet. winds, but the result was just enough to Bekking’s men did their part of the see the Emirati boat over the line in the bargain, sailing peerlessly in very light 10-part series, beating Dutch rivals Team wind conditions, and at one stage Brunel by a single point. Walker’s men trailed the entire pack. But They become the second team to a shock turnaround in fortunes was complete the offshore/in-port ‘double’ in averted when Abu Dhabi passed Danish the 41-year-old, triennial event, following challengers, Team Vestas Wind, midway ABN AMRO in 2005-06. through and held their advantage on a The success for Abu Dhabi followed tight course. The all-female crew of Team five days after they won the more impor- SCA (Sweden) completed the top three tant offshore trophy, contested over nine in-port series podium places by finishing months and 38,739 nautical miles. Again, second in the Gothenburg race and third Team Brunel finished second, but five overall.—AFP

SYDNEY: Waratahs’ Will Skelton (center) is tackled by Highlanders’ Nasi Manu (bottom) and Josh Hohneck during their Super Rugby semifinal match. —AP Highlanders take down Waratahs

SYDNEY: The Otago Highlanders took their 9 in another trans-Tasman Sea semi-final to take Naholo brilliantly touched down just inside the chances ruthlessly to dethrone the New South their place in their first title-decider since 2006. dead ball line from his own chip for his 12th try Wales Waratahs with a 35-17 victory yesterday That ensured whoever won in Sydney would of the season and two minutes later the that set up the first all-New Zealand Super have to hit the road for the final but it rarely Highlanders were awarded a penalty try, which Rugby final since 2006. Tries from Aaron Smith looked like being the Waratahs, who spent most Lima Sopoaga converted to give the visitors a and Richard Buckman in the first half combined of the match trapped inside their own half. 27-17 lead. with a Waisake Naholo effort, a penalty try and a Horne’s 11th minute try from Foley’s cross- Osborne had been held up just before the late Patrick Osborne score after the break sent kick was a rare moment of class from the line by flanker Jacques Potgieter but referee the Highlanders to Wellington to face the Waratahs in the first half but it failed to settle Craig Joubert decided his fellow South African Hurricanes next Saturday. their nerves. The Highlanders were back in front had done so illegally with a swinging arm into The reigning champion Waratahs had a first eight minutes later when scrumhalf Smith inter- the face of the Highlanders winger. half try from Rob Horne and 12 points from the cepted Wycliff Palu’s pass off the back of a defen- Potgieter also got 10 minutes in the sin-bin boot of flyhalf Bernard Foley but were error- sive scrum and touched down. during which time the Waratahs failed to get out prone where the Highlanders were clinical in Two Foley penalties put the home side 11-8 of their own half but little changed when they front of 32,632 at the Sydney Football Stadium. up but the Highlanders struck back again after were back to 15 men and Osborne crossed from “We know how hard it is to play against the 33 minutes when Buckman ran through a suc- Sopoaga’s cross-kick to seal the win two minutes Waratahs over here,” Highlanders fullback Ben cession of tacklers to score. from time. “We really didn’t get into a rhythm,” Smith said in a pitchside interview. “I think we Another Foley penalty got the Waratahs to said Waratahs skipper Dave Dennis. “They kicked got it right but we have another big challenge within a point at 15-14 at the break and his well, they starved us of possession. Our set next week.” fourth 11 minutes after the break put them in piece wasn’t as good as it should’ve been and it’s LONDON: Britain’s Andy Murray speaks with his coach Amelie Mauresmo during Earlier, the Hurricanes looked every inch front. It all completely fell apart for the reigning very hard to win football matches when you practice ahead of the the All England Lawn Tennis Championships. —AP champions-elect as they beat ACT Brumbies 29- champions over the next 10 minutes. Winger don’t have the ball.”—Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 SPORTS Rule changes in one-dayers, T20

BRIDGETOWN: Rule changes affecting 50- some relief to bowlers who were set upon over one-day and Twenty20 international mercilessly at the World Cup. matches will take effect in July, the At its annual conference in Barbados, International Cricket Council (ICC) the International Cricket Council (ICC) rati- announced Friday. fied a number of proposed changes to the The aim of the altered regulations, 50-over format, which come into effect which take effect in all series starting on or from July 5. after July 5 is to restore the balance Among them, the requirement to post between bat and ball after this year’s World catching fielders within the 30-yard circle in Cup in Australia and New Zealand wit- the first 10 overs has been dropped and nessed the largest number of 300 and even five fielders will be allowed outside of it in 400 plus total seen at the ICC’s showpiece the last 10 overs, rather than the previous tournament. From July 5, five fielders will maximum of four. be allowed outside the 30-yard circle “We have thoroughly reviewed the ODI between the 41st and 50th overs, rather format after a very successful ICC Cricket than the current four. World Cup,” ICC Chief Executive David Meanwhile there will be no compulsory Richardson said in a statement. catchers from the first to the 10thover in “There was no need to make any radical ODIs and no batting powerplays will be changes to what has proved to be a vibrant allowed between the 15th and 40th overs. and popular format but we wanted to take In both ODI and T20 internationals, all this opportunity to make the format sim- no-balls, not just foot faults, will lead to a pler and easier to follow for the public as free hit. David Richardson, the ICC chief well as maintaining a balance between bat executive, speaking about the changes, in a and ball.” statement issued Friday from the global In another notable change, all no-balls governing body’s annual conference in by bowlers will hand a free hit to batters, as Barbados, said: “We have thoroughly opposed to just foot-faults. Though reviewed the ODI format after a very suc- Australia paceman Mitchell Starc was cessful ICC Cricket World Cup. named the best player of the World Cup, “There was no need to make any radical batsmen reigned supreme in most matches changes to what has proved to be a vibrant where innings scores regularly breached and popular format but we wanted to take 350 runs and occasionally surpassed 400. this opportunity to make the format sim- The ICC are looking at the size and build COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Kaushal Silva (left) takes off for a run as Pakistan’s Azhar Ali tries to catch the ball during the second Test cricket pler and easier to follow for the public as of bats which have sometimes compound- match. —AP well as maintaining a balance between bat ed bowlers’ misery by sending mis-hits sail- and ball. The former South Africa wicket- ing over boundary ropes for six. keeper added: “In making these adjust- Richardson also said the ICC might “tam- ments, we have tried to ensure that ODI per” with the seam on balls to see if Pakistan fight back in cricket retains the attacking, aggressive bowlers could garner any additional aid. and thrilling brand, which has recently “There is a view if we sanction or look at become the hallmark of 50-over cricket and some change to the thickness or the depth sets us on a positive path to the next World of seam it might actually be what we are Cup in England in 2019.” looking forward to give the seam bowlers a second Sri Lanka Test little bit more help, also aid swing and to BATTING POWER PLAYS enable the spinners to get more grip and to Batting power plays have been spin the ball more if we tamper with the COLOMBO: Pakistan’s batsmen bounced back Leg-spinner Yasir Shah finished with figures went off the field in the morning session after scrapped from one-day international crick- seam,” Richardson said in comments posted after the first innings debacle to throw open the of six for 96 after last man Dushmantha sending down just nine deliveries. et and field restrictions relaxed to provide on espncricinfo.com. —Reuters second Test against Sri Lanka at the P. Sara Oval Chameera was caught superbly by Younis run- But he returned after lunch to bowl seven in Colombo. ning back from the slips, leaving Rangana more overs and conceded 28 runs without any The tourists, who conceded a lead of 177 runs Herath unbeaten on 18. success. Veteran left-arm spinner Rangana after being dismissed for 138 in the first innings, Yasir had claimed seven wickets in Sri Lanka’s Herath was also wicketless in 14 overs, while closed the third day’s play at 171 for two in their second innings in Galle to fashion Pakistan’s 10- Prasad returned with one for 46 from 13.3 overs. second knock. wicket victory. Sri Lanka were dealt a scare in the The third and final Test starts in Pallekele on July When bad light halted play an hour early, field when Chameera, the debutant seamer, 3.—AFP Pakistan trailed by just six runs with eight wickets in hand, promising a keen tussle between bat and ball over the next two days. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka, looking for a series-levelling win COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the P. Sara after losing the first Test in Galle, removed Oval in Colombo yesterday: Mohammad Hafeez cheaply for eight before lunch, caught in the slips by Kumar Sangakkara Pakistan 1st innings: 138 (Mohammad Hafeez 42, (Kaushal), 10-315 (Chameera). off Angelo Mathews. Tharindu Kaushal 5-42, Dhammika Prasad 3-43) Bowling: Wahab 9-2-19-0 (nb1), Junaid 29-5-89-1 (w1), Opener Ahmed Shehzad hit 69 during a sec- Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight (304-9): Babar 32-8-82-1, Yasir 41.3-5-96-6, Hafeez 10-2-19-1. D. Karunaratne c Sarfraz b Junaid 28 ond-wicket stand of 120 with Azhar Ali, the pair K. Silva run out 80 Pakistan 2nd innings: batting through the post-lunch session to defy K. Sangakkara c Shafiq b Babar 34 the Sri Lankan bowlers. Mohammad Hafeez c Sangakkara b Mathews 8 L. Thirimanne c Azhar b Yasir 7 Ahmed Shehzad not out 69 Shehzad was dismissed off the first ball after A. Mathews lbw b Yasir 77 Azhar Ali not out 64 D. Chandimal b Yasir 1 tea, top-edging a hook off Dhammika Prasad, Younis Khan not out 23 K. Vithanage b Yasir 3 but Younis Khan joined Azhar to put on 42 for Extras: (b2, lb1, w2, nb2) 7 the unbroken third wicket. D. Prasad lbw b Hafeez 35 R. Herath not out 18 Total (for two wickets, 59 overs) 171 Azhar was unbeaten on 64 and Younis, deter- Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Hafeez), 2-129 (Shehzad) mined to make his 100th match special after T. Kaushal c Misbah b Yasir 18 D. Chameera c Younis b Yasir 2 Bowling: Prasad 13.3-0-46-1 (w1), Mathews 5-3-5-1, falling for six in the first innings, closed the day Extras: (b6, lb4, nb1, w1) 12 Herath 14-3-33-0, Chameera 8.3-1-28-0 (w1), Kaushal on a watchful 23. Total (all out, 121.3 overs) 315 18-2-56-0 (nb2). Sri Lanka, who began at their overnight score Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Karunaratne), 2-98 (Sangakkara), 3- Note: Chameera went off the field after bowling three of 304-9 after a delayed start due to bad weath- 119 (Thirimanne), 4-191 (Silva), 5-194 (Chandimal), 6- balls of his second over. Prasad completed the over. er, were dismissed for 315 in their first innings in 202 (Vithanage), 7-275 (Prasad), 8-275 (Mathews), 9-303 Pakistan trail by six runs with eight wickets in hand. reply to Pakistan’s 138. Fantastic Four hype providing excitement

PARIS: The prospect of the fantastic four lining up difference. Froome’s major advantage has always dition right when the Tour is being won and lost. to contest what could be the most exciting Tour de been the timetrials but there is only a 13.8km Outside of the race for the overall title it will be France in years has whet the appetite of cycling opening stage race against the clock this time an historic Tour for the fact that Eritrean pair Daniel fans since Vincenzo Nibali’s dominant victory last around in which to put some time into his rivals. Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus will become year. The Tour will likely be won in the mountains, the first black Africans to race the Grand Boucle That too was supposed to produce a battle where it is the fourth member of the elite club, while their MTN-Qhubeka team becomes the first royale between three strong pretenders. But Nairo Quintana, who is perhaps the strongest- African outfit to ride the Tour. Nibali’s tour de force on the cobbles to take the going up at least. Then there are the inevitable controversies as Tour by the scruff of the neck, coupled with crashes Nibali, 30, and 32-year-old Contador are far bet- disgraced former star Lance Armstong’s intention that deprived the Grand Boucle of its two biggest ter descenders and they will have their chances to to ride a charity bike event which will cover each Alastair Cook stars, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador, resulted attack on fast downhill sections, but the waif that is stage of the Tour the day before the real event in a race that was devoid of suspense long before Quintana is imperious when the gradients increase. arrives. the Italian rode into Paris in yellow. Second on the Tour two years ago and Giro winner As ever, there is the threat of strike action halt- Winning the Ashes would be Twelve months ago, Nibali was considered more last year, this is Quintana’s chance to prove that he ing the race, such as Dutch police planning on dis- of a strong outsider than an absolute favorite. But is ready to win the most prestigious prize of all. rupting the second stage on July 5. my best achievement — Cook the nature of his victory, and some of the tactical He’s also made a habit of starting slowly in the And, of course, the minor jerseys are up for acumen he’s shown this season, suggest that there first week of Grand Tours before coming on strong grabs, with Alexander Kristoff and John Degenkolb LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook partnership,” said Cook who became is no reason to consider him anything other than in the last seven days. most likely to give Peter Sagan a run for his green believes that winning this year’s Ashes England’s highest test run-scorer during on an equal footing with his peers. And with four mountains stages in the final five jersey money while sprint king Mark Cavendish will series would be his best achievement in the New Zealand series. Froome, due to the dominance of his Team Sky days, Quintana will likely be coming into peak con- look to add to his 25 stage victories. —AFP the game. Cook led his team to draws in “The way they played was very un- in 2012, when Bradley Wiggins won, and his own the last two test series against West English-a counter-attack scoring at six 2013 triumph, is perhaps always going to be seen Indies and New Zealand and will be runs an over rather than trying to scrape as a slight notch ahead of his rivals. working alongside a new coach Trevor through-and from that moment on there His victories in summit finishes at Ax 3 Bayliss in the five Ashes tests starting on was a sea change in everyone’s mentali- Domaines and Mont Ventoux, where he rode away from the opposition in his ungainly and un-aerody- July 8. “From where we’ve been if we did ty.” namic style, with elbows and knees seemingly win the Ashes that would be remarkable, England won the Lord’s test and lost dancing around outside the line of his bike as if something I’d be very proud of. It would the second match at Headingley but the being tugged by a puppeteer, left many stunned. be my best achievement,” Cook told team’s resurgence continued in a On his day, Froome, 30, is considered unbeat- reporters. thrilling one-day series against the Black able, but he showed weakness last year, not least in England left on Saturday for a four- Caps which the hosts won 3-2 playing an his slow recovery from crashes. The cobbles are day training camp in Spain where they exciting style of cricket under captain back this year and Froome had climbed off his bike will meet Australian Bayliss for the first Eoin Morgan. “English cricket feels good even before reaching them 12 months ago. He was time. at the moment,” Cook said. “Being away nervous about them then, and his nerves will not “We’re in a unique situation that 11 from the international game for a couple have calmed in the intervening period. days before an Ashes series none of us of weeks while the one-dayers have Yet, even though Froome has a slight aura more had met the new coach before, so going been on, the way Eoin led that team, the than the others, there can be no doubt that away seemed to be the best option,” cricket they have played has been fantas- Contador is the most decorated contender. Cook said. tic to watch. “I couldn’t have been more Twice a former Tour winner, he won his second England made a terrible start to the proud. Five or six of those guys who were Giro d’Italia last month and back in September of summer when they slumped to 30 for heavily involved in that team are going last year he took his third Vuelta a Espana crown four on the first morning of the opening to be heavily involved in the Ashes and after a thrilling battle with Froome. test against New Zealand at Lord’s before absolutely we can use some of that.” Contador’s lolling style allows him to accelerate an aggressive partnership of 161 Australia won the last Ashes series 5-0 on quicker than Froome and it was by stealing a between Joe Root and Ben Stokes led home soil in 2013-14 but have not lifted march on the Briton in the final kilometre of a pair PARIS: In this Sunday, July 21, 2013 file photo, Tour de France cycling race winner Christopher of Vuelta stages, having grimly hung on to their recovery. the precious urn in England since Froome of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium of the Froome’s initial attack lower down the slopes, that 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling in Paris, France. —AP “To me the summer started with that 2001.—Reuters the Spaniard managed to make the race-winning SUNDAY, JUNE 28 2015 SPORTS Switch off if you’re in a rush, Wimbledon is here LONDON: A simple plaque next to Court more than most, with umpires, who since 18 at Wimbledon records the 11 hours 2013 can take away a serve for a second and five minutes it took American John offence, now enforcing it more stringent- Isner to beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut ly. in a three-day epic in 2010. “He touches his ears, he bounces a That record-breaking duel, which certain amount of times. He does the Isner won 70-68 in a deciding fifth set, is same thing every time. The poor guy, he’s unlikely ever to be surpassed but, even driving himself crazy,” three-times without the occasional freak match, Wimbledon champion John McEnroe, watching tennis is becoming an increas- now a commentator with ESPN and the ingly time-consuming activity. BBC, said. The days when players like Pete What annoys players is the often ran- Sampras and Boris Becker served and dom way the time rule is enforced by volleyed and points were over in a blur, umpires-a situation Andy Murray and are no more. When Novak Djokovic others feel could be remedied by a “shot played Andy Murray in this year’s clock”. Australian Open final, the first set alone “How are players supposed to know, took 72 minutes. we can’t know,” Murray, who was warned Some of their rallies lasted longer for slow play at Roland Garros, said. than the time it takes to make a cup of “Because are we supposed to be count- tea. A decade ago the average for a set ing in our head?” was 40 minutes. Even on Wimbledon’s While time between points is some- slick lawns match times have risen in the thing of a grey area, what is clear is that past decade, but it is not just game style tennis matches are stretching. Data com- that is elongating matches-it is also what plied by analyst Jeff Sackmann, who happens when the ball is not even in used match stats from 25 years of men’s play. tennis, revealed that the average point in Fourteen-times grand slam champion a men’s match took 4.6 seconds longer in Rafael Nadal, most often cited for slow 2012 than in 1991. play, is not alone in fussy pre-serve rou- Things have speeded up slightly since tines. Most players seem unable to play then and McEnroe believes that rather two points without towelling down than pick on the likes of Nadal, the ATP while “bathroom breaks” at the end of and WTA should be cracking down on sets have become almost routine, espe- players leaving the court for bathroom cially in women’s tennis. breaks or calling on the trainer for tacti- To think in the 1970s players still did cal reasons. not get chairs to sit on at changeovers, “Why don’t you focus on the people EUGENE: Tyson Gay (left) hits the tape ahead of Trayvon Bromell to win the 100-meter final at the US Track and Field Championships. —AP resuming battle after a swig of water. calling trainers, abusing the rule? To me, Television has played it’s part, with the that’s far worse,” he said. Fellow American 90-second changeover, the perfect time Chris Evert agrees. Speaking on an ESPN to screen commercials. conference call she said: “I have more of a Gay bags 100m title, A more complex and grey area is the problem with ‘I call a trainer because my time taken for players to serve. At heart is beating fast, I’m having a panic Wimbledon players are allowed 20 sec- attack.’ You know what? You’re nervous or onds before serving not long when you you’re out of shape. Bowie tops women have to grab a towel, adjust your shirt, “We see this in the women’s game tweak your shorts, choose a ball, bounce more than the men’s. We see players sit- it numerous times (world number one ting on the side waiting for 10 minutes EUGENE: Tyson Gay is back on top as ment to Saturday’s final. Olympic 200m cham- who had a bye. Hardee piled up 8,725 points Djokovic has been known to reach 15 then they come back and win the match. America’s 100 metres champion, but he had pion Allyson Felix also advanced, running to second placed Jeremy Taiwo’s 8,264. bounces) and finally deliver. “We didn’t even sit down. We didn’t even to run down teen-ager Trayvon Bromell for 50.62. American athletes also produced the Collegian Zach Ziemek also made the team. Nadal seems to contravene the rule have chairs in the 1970s!”—Reuters the honor at the US world championships tri- best performances of the year in the Sharika Nelvis produced the year’s best in the als on Friday. decathlon and women’s 100m hurdles. women’s 100 meters hurdles preliminaries, The victory, in 9.87 seconds, returned the Trey Hardee, the Olympic silver medallist, pacing a high quality women’s field. She ran 32-year-old Gay to the world championships scored a massive victory in a decathlon that 12.34 seconds in a first round race. The trials Qualified privilege for for the first time since 2009 and fans lauded was minus world record holder Ashton Eaton, conclude today. —Reuters him with a teddy bear, a book and some high Wimbledon hopefuls fives during a victory lap. Bromell, just 19, clearly had the jump on Gay early in the race LONDON: Melzer beat Melzer, Zhang years after her maiden appearance at the but could not retain the advantage as the faced Zhang, a 44-year-old Japanese All England Club. 2007 world champion powered to the lead returned to a tournament she first played But Date-Krumm’s return was over on and won by almost a tenth of a second. in 1989 while a British girl broke down in the first day thanks to a first-round loss “That kid-he’s tough,” Gay said of Bromell. floods of tears mid-match. And to Olga Govortsova of Belarus who “He got out good, it was just one of those 10 Wimbledon hasn’t even started yet. hadn’t even celebrated her first birthday years of experience, dig-down moments I had A stone’s throw away from the All when the Japanese player first pitched to get him. It felt good though. England Club, where the third Grand up in London in 1989. Maria Sharapova “This win right here may be (my) most Slam of the year gets underway on would have been happy to see Alla important win. I feel like it was the toughest.” Monday, is the Bank of England Sports Kudryavtseva and Michelle Larcher de Bromell clocked 9.96 to become the first teen- Centre. It’s where tennis’s has-beens, Brito fail to make it through. ager to the make a US world championship wannabes and probably never-will-bes Russian compatriot Kudryavtseva team in the 100m. battle over four days for a place in the knocked the 2004 champion out of the Mike Rodgers claimed third in 9.97 seconds main draw at Wimbledon, desperate to 2008 edition while Portugal’s Larcher de as he also won a ticket to Beijing. Justin Gatlin, get through three gruelling rounds of Brito, ranked 131 at the time, sent her the year’s fastest at 100m, has a bye for qualifying. packing in 2013 in the second round. Beijing in the event and will compete only in In the men’s, 128 players went in Kudryavtseva lost to Zhaoxuan Yang, the 200m at the trials. His first race is on search of 16 places in the draw while one of seven Chinese women to start the Saturday. there were 12 spots on offer for the 96 qualifying round. women who started out on the lawns of One was already guaranteed a spot in BOWIE CLAIM TITLE Roehampton. the second round after Shuai Zhang beat Tori Bowie won the women’s final in 10.81 A place in the first round proper guar- Kai-Ling Zhang. Britain’s world number with English Gardner the runner-up at 10.86. antees at least £29,000 (40,800 euros), a 272 Katie Dunne probably endured the Gardner had equaled the year’s fastest time in lifeline for some players who spend their most dramatic qualifying tournament the semi-finals, 10.79, but she could not hold careers in the sport’s outposts and on the when she wept on court after fearing a off Bowie when it counted. The third spot for breadline. default for accidentally hitting a ball at a Beijing went to collegian Jasmine Todd in This week’s action saw former world line judge. 10.92. number eight Jurgen Melzer take on his “I was like: ‘Oh my God.’ I dropped my “I for sure think we made a statement (to own brother Gerald in the opening racquet. I told the umpire I didn’t mean the world) today,” Bowie said. “But I am sure round. It was 34-year-old former French to and she said: ‘I know you didn’t but I the other ladies are going to be just as pre- Open semi-finalist and men’s doubles have to call the supervisors’,” Dunne told pared.” champion Jurgen who came out on top, www.wimbledon.com. “For three min- The US had previously never had six 6-1, 6-4. utes we were sitting there waiting to women under 11 seconds in a 100m final. “It’s the worst feeling,” said Jurgen, hear if I could carry on or not.” Thankfully Olympic silver medalist Carmelita Jeter just after his 47-minute win over his 24-year- for Dunne, she was allowed to carry on in missed making it seven. She clocked 11.01 old, world number 169 brother. “My her first-round tie where she defeated and failed to make the US team in an individ- coach was joking about it (before the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina. However, ual event. draw). I hope it never happens again.” she was eliminated in the next round. It London Olympic gold medalist Sanya Melzer senior went out in the next was a familiar tale of home woe for Richards-Ross was another casualty. She came round. In her fourth decade on tour, 44- British players in men’s and women’s fifth in her 400m semi in 50.95, missing the year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm, a semi- qualifying where all 15 who entered final by one spot. She could still make the finalist in 1996, attempted to qualify, 26 failed to make the main draw.—AFP team in the 4x400 metres relay. Francena McCorory ran the year’s fastest women’s EUGENE: Tori Bowie celebrates after winning the 100-meter final at the US Track and Field 400m, 49.85 seconds, to lead the advance- Championships. —AP Powell clinches 100m, Fraser-Pryce sets mark

KINGSTON: Former world record holder running very fast so I’m feeling very confi- together,” Fraser-Pryce said, noting that she Asafa Powell surged to the 100 meters title at dent,” he told Reuters. Nickel Ashmeade will now turn her attention to the 200m. the Jamaican national trials on Friday in a leaned at the tape to take second in 9.91 “Physically I’m good ... I’m just looking for- time of 9.84 seconds, while 2011 world while Commonwealth champion Kemar ward to the rest of the championship and champion Yohan Blake failed to make it out Bailey-Cole was third in 9.97. also just try to execute some races and get of his semi-final. Nesta Carter, who won bronze in Moscow, my fitness going,” she added. In the women’s final, double Olympic also dipped below 10 seconds with 9.98 but With Elaine Thompson opting to compete champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce scorched will have to settle for relay duties in Beijing. only in the 200m, Fraser-Pryce’s other train- home in 10.79 seconds, the best in the world Blake, the 2012 Olympic 100 and 200m silver ing partner Natasha Morrison took second in this year, to lay down a marker ahead of her medallist, placed sixth in Powell’s semi-final 11.03 ahead 2007 world champion Veronica 100m title defence at August’s world cham- in a time of 10.36. Campbell-Brown in 11.06. Annsert Whyte pionships in Beijing. Fraser-Pryce executed her trademark rock- captured the 400m men’s hurdles title, tak- In the absence of Usain Bolt, whose deci- et start before powering away to win the ing control with 100m to go and pulling sion not to run in raised fresh concerns women’s final by 24 hundredths of a second away to win in 48.90 ahead of Roxroy Cato about his fitness, Powell pulled away from and told Reuters that the way she ran was (49.09) and Leford Green (49.91). the field in the last 20m to equal his season more important than actually winning. “It Commonwealth Games bronze medallist NEW YORK: In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, Marin Cilic of Croatia, reacts after defeat- best. was more about executing a very good race Janieve Russell produced a late burst over ing Kei Nishikori, of Japan in the men’s singles final of the 2014 US Open tennis tour- “I’m still in hard training as we’re really and the fact that I missed a couple races the last two flights to win the women’s race nament in New York. When his dangerous serve and forehand are clicking, Cilic is focusing on the world championships, so this because of my hamstring niggles, I just want- in 55.10 ahead of Shevon Stoddart (55.29) capable of beating anyone on a fast surface. —AP was just me coming off some hard work and ed to come out here and put a solid race and Ristananna Tracey (55.45).—Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 SPORTS Brazil wary ahead of Paraguay Copa rematch

CONCEPCION: Brazil are determined that Nelson Valdez, and a formidable mental lightning will not strike twice in their Copa toughness. “They haven’t lost a single America quarter-final clash with Paraguay game, they have real quality with some late yesterday, four years after crashing out very good players,” Brazil midfielder Willian to “La Albirroja” in the last eight. The five- warned. time world champions have lost only one “We’re going to have to concentrate game to Paraguay in 11 meetings at the against them for 90 minutes-we cannot Copa America, but that sole defeat in 2011 afford to switch off at any stage,” the has left Brazil wary as they head into Chelsea star added. Saturday’s quarter-final. For many, Brazil head into late yesterday’s game Paraguay’s 2015 Copa America campaign is after a rollercoaster route through the first starting to carry an ominous echo of 2011, round dominated by the dramatic, tourna- when they reached the final in Argentina ment-ending ban handed out to captain without winning a single game in normal Neymar after defeat to Colombia in their time. In Chile, Paraguay have been similarly second match. obstinate, clawing their way back from 2-0 Brazil failed to impress in a labored win down to force a 2-2 draw with Argentina in over Peru in their first match, but looked their opening game, squeezing a narrow more balanced in a 2-1 victory over win over Jamaica and grinding out a 1-1 Venezuela on Sunday. draw with Uruguay. Attacking midfielder Roberto Firmino, “Everyone remembers what happened who sealed a transfer to English Premier in the Copa four years ago-Paraguay ended League side Liverpool this week, said Brazil up in the final and we were out in the quar- had recovered from the shock of losing ters,” Brazil defender Thiago Silva reflected. Neymar and were focused on the road “We’re not thinking about revenge, but ahead. “Obviously we’re sad he is no longer obviously for us to be facing Paraguay with us, but our objective has not changed, again at the same stage of the competition and that is to win every match,” Firmino is special.” Brazil bowed out to Paraguay said. “The match against Paraguay is going four years ago after dominating a one- to be very hard, and tight.” With Neymar sided game but failing to score. absent, Brazil coach Dunga is likely to hand The Brazilians then produced arguably a starting place to veteran striker Robinho, CHILE: Argentina’s Carlos Tevez (left) scores the winning goal past Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina during a penalty shoot out at the end of a the worst penalty shoot-out performance who impressed against Venezuela before Copa America quarterfinal soccer match. —AP in their history, missing four of their spot- fading. kicks, as Paraguay prevailed 2-0 to advance. Paraguay’s Brazil-based midfielder Victor They later reached the final after anoth- Caceres meanwhile believes his team may er 0-0 draw, against Venezuela in the semi- carry a vital mental edge into the quarter- Argentina down Colombia finals, followed by victory on penalties. final. “Brazil are the favourites but we will Paraguay’s class of 2015 has relied on have a chance if we play a perfect match,” SANTIAGO: Carlos Tevez’s moment, shaking the Like Alejandro Sabella’s side at last year’s bly their key player. It was unfair that we had to the same formula as their predecessors, the Flamengo player said. “We can’t give elephant off his back to score the decisive penal- World Cup, Argentina are making hard work of go to penalties but that’s how it was,” Martino combining a rugged physicality with the them any space. Our mental superiority ty in Argentina’s shootout win over Colombia, their progress due to a dearth of finishing said. Colombia also came to the tournament cutting edge of strikers Lucas Barrios and could make the difference.”—AFP could signal a lift-off for Gerardo Martino’s team despite boasting Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero among the favourites but go home having at the Copa America. Argentina dominated pos- in their attack. scored one goal in four matches-and that from a session and did most of the running but could The first objective in 2014 was to breach the central defender. not score in open play in a 0-0 quarter-final draw last-eight barrier at a World Cup for the first time Combative Argentine midfielder Javier with Colombia, thanks largely to a string of saves since 1990 and then make it into the semis Mascherano, who won his 115th cap, had no by David Ospina. which is what they have also done in Chile. doubts they had faced a quality side, suggesting Tevez then stepped forward to beat Ospina Martino must be hoping for a liberating Colombia were a yardstick for how good from the spot in the 5-4 shootout win and effect after making the semi-finals where they Argentina are. redeem himself for the miss that put Argentina will play either Paraguay, whom they drew 2-2 “The quality of the rivals is there (for all to out of the 2011 tournament at the same stage. with in their opening group match, or Brazil, see)this same Colombia team 12 months ago “I can’t imagine what it would be like talking their arch-rivals who beat them in the 2004 and played a World Cup quarter-final,” he said. “And to you now if we’d have lost. It would have been 2007 finals. yet we controlled our game and influenced the very unfair,” Martino told reporters. “I hope we “We controlled the entire 90 minutes. They rivals’ gameToday we feel fortified by our game.” can play in the same way (in the later matches) had one header that was their most dangerous But Argentina must sharpen their aim and back but score more goals,” he said. chance and their goalkeeper Ospina was proba- up their creative play with goals.—Reuters England ready to take on ‘aggressive’ Canada

VANCOUVER: England coach Mark Sampson matches compared to the 55 fouls and four yel- lose a game but did not win any style points expects his players to bring their best to their lows awarded to the opposition. either. The Canadian defence has been air-tight Women’s World Cup quarter-final against But Sampson told the Guardian newspaper in conceding just one goal in four contests, but Canada and challenged officials to do the same that according to an official the England team their play on the attack has been uninspiring, on Friday. have on staff, Canada could have had four times scoring just twice in regulation time. With a raucous capacity crowd of close to as many fouls. Instead Canada has relied on its grit and 55,000 expected to fill BC Place for late yester- Canadian coach John Herdman was not mak- home support to help make up for some glaring day’s clash, Sampson put down an early marker ing any apologies for his squad’s rough-and- shortcomings. Sampson described Canada as urging the game officials not to swayed or intim- tumble style which at times has been compared the most aggressive side in the tournament but idated. He also said that Canada had already to the grinding, hard-hitting approach Canada made it clear England was prepared to give as benefited from some home cooking so far in the employs on the ice hockey rinks. good as it gets. tournament. “We will be going out there as physical as we “We’re aware of what type of team we are “The facts are that in the group stage Canada can and just doing what Canadians do, seeing going to face, we’re aware of the potential cir- have been awarded more fouls than their oppo- that Canadian grit,” said Herdman. “We will be cumstances, whatever cards we’ve been dealt nents in every game,” Sampson told reporters. “It the typical Canadian team you’ve seen over the we have to play our best,” said Sampson. is going to be difficult for the officials, a very last few years. We know that Canada is known “Canada are an aggressive team but so is my intimidating environment.” Canada has been for its grit and its aggressive DNA.” England team. We are certainly willing to put our called for 47 fouls and five yellow cards in its four In getting to the last eight Canada did not foot in when we need to.” —Reuters US too strong for China

OTTAWA: The United States maintained their record of having reached every semi-final of the MONTREAL: France’s Claire Lavogez kicks the ball during the second half against women’s World Cup after their 1-0 win over China Germany in a quarterfinal match in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, on Friday set up a last four encounter with Friday. —AP Germany. The Americans came into the quarter- final in Ottawa missing two key players through suspension but proved far too strong for a young, defensively-minded Chinese side, who seemed Germany break more and more intimidated as the game went on. Captain Carli Lloyd scored the winner in the 51st minute, jumping high to head home a long French hearts looping cross from defender Julie Johnston. Ali Krieger also hit the post with a drive in the 73rd minute. MONTREAL: Germany beat France in a when Necib put wide from a glorious posi- The win earned the Americans a semi-final slot penalty shootout after their thrilling tion at the back post. next Tuesday in Montreal against Germany, who Women’s World Cup quarter-final ended 1- earlier beat France on penalties after their game 1 after extra-time on Friday. KEY SWITCH finished 1-1 after extra time. The Germans triumphed 5-4 in the Germany coach Silvia Neid made a key “I think it was a very good performance shootout after Claire Levogez, chosen as switch at the break bringing in Dsenifer tonight ... the players have a good feeling leaving the fifth kicker for France, saw her low shot Marozsan for Anja Mittag and the move the field and that will help buoy us going into the saved by Germany goalkeeper Nadine paid off significantly. Germany game,” said coach Jill Ellis. Angerer. Marozsan brought the German attack to After being criticised for sluggish play earlier in Louisa Necib had put France ahead in life, forcing a good save out of Sarah the tournament, the United States looked much the 64th minute but Germany equalised in Bouhaddi shortly after Sasic had tested her sharper and pressured the Chinese from the start, the 84th when Celia Sasic converted a with a low drive. with only some wayward finishing preventing penalty after Amel Majri handled inside the But it was the French who grabbed the them from scoring several goals. box. Germany will face the winners of lead when Necib pounced on a poor clear- World Cup winners in 1991 and 1999, the Friday’s other quarter-final between the ance and her shot deflected off German Americans showed no signs of being hampered United States and China. The clash defender Annike Krahn and curled into the by the suspensions of first-choice midfielders between the top-ranked Germans and a corner. Lauren Holiday and Megan Rapinoe. French team placed third in the world was France looked to be on their way into “We wanted to come out hard and strong from expected to be a memorable encounter the last four but with six minutes of normal the start ... the more pressure we put China and it more than lived up to the billing. time remaining, Leonie Majer drove a cross under the more they coughed the ball up,” said With the quality of the two teams it into the box which struck Majri on the Lloyd. “I think we’re going to be flying next game.” could easily have been the tournament upper-arm and Sasic confidently slotted Tuesday’s match will be a repeat of the 2003 final and the French will head home feeling home her sixth goal of the tournament. semi-final, which Germany won 3-0.Ellis dis- they have missed out on a real chance to Both teams tired in extra-time and there missed the suggestion her team might be fresher win their first World Cup. were few chances created until three min- than Germany, who had to play 120 minutes on “We are very disappointed because the utes from the end of the second period Friday. “I don’t think it impacts the players at this objective was to be on the podium here. when Gaetane Thiney was found unmarked level,” she said, noting her side had had two days We weren’t able to take our opportunities,” at the back-post but she somehow put the fewer than China to prepare for the quarter-final. said France coach Philippe Bergeroo. ball wide from close range. The extra rest did not help a Chinese team They certainly looked like champions The Germans scored all five of their with an average age of 24. They had scored four during a first half in which they dominated spot-kicks before goalkeeper Angerer got goals coming into the game and never troubled large sections of play, with some flowing down well to keep out Lavogez’s weak US goalkeeper Hope Solo. Chinese coach Hao Wei attacking football that produced several attempt. “I think the team showed their blamed himself, saying he had chosen the wrong good openings. character by the way they turned the tactics. “We lost the game because of me,” he said, The best chance of the opening 45 min- switch in the second half,” said Germany adding that he had set his team the goal of reach- ONTARIO: China’s Pang Fengyue (3) chases United States’ Carli Lloyd (10) during the second utes came almost straight from kick-off coach Neid. —Reuters ing the semi-finals. —Reuters half of a quarterfinal match in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer tournament. —AP Gay bags 100m Argentina down title, Bowie tops Colombia women

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EASTBOURNE: Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic (left) poses with the trophy and second placed Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska after the women’s final match at the WTA Eastbourne International tennis tournament. — AFP Bencic ends title drought

EASTBOURNE: Belinda Bencic defeated Agnieszka taking the second to level after Bencic came back from an Radwanska 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 at Eastbourne yesterday to win the early break but lost the set with a backhand long. first title of her career and hailed the influence of superstar In the third, the Swiss quickly recovered her poise to run compatriot Martina Hingis. away to the win in just over two hours. “I was very focused The trophy breakthrough for the 18-year-old Swiss and really I played very free. I was disappointed I didn’t denied the ninth-seeded Pole, and 2012 Wimbledon final- close out the second set. I was also starting to get tired,” ist, a second title at Devonshire Park on the English south said Bencic. coast. “It was a lot of running and, yeah, long rallies. After the Bencic, coached part-time by Hingis and by Hingis’s 3-0 (third set) I relaxed a little bit and could close it out very mother Melanie Molitor, was playing in the third final of good.” Radwanska, close to tears in the trophy ceremony, her career. She was beaten this month in the grass-court committed nearly 50 unforced errors. “I’m happy to have final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands by Italian played the final, I tried my best but Belinda was better Camila Giorgi. today. After I won the second set I knew things could The youngster credited the Hingis team with “teaching change quickly,” said the Pole. me everything I know”. “Martina gives me a lot of good “But it was a very tight match and I was just not there in advice, not just this week but all the time. Also I practice the third set.” Bencic, still on a high after her first title, must with her mom, so she’s my coach when I’m back at home. now turn her thoughts to Wimbledon. “Of course they have been big influence on my game.” “I play Monday first round, Tsvetana Pironkova (a Bencic got away to a treble break in the third set for 5-0 Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2010) is not an easy draw. as she finished the job against the 2008 Eastbourne cham- “Tomorrow I have to recover very good and practice a little pion with a forehand winner to the corner. “This is the bit, and then I really need to focus on that first round biggest day of my career,” said the world number 31 who because it’s not very easy.”But I’m not thinking about win- will rise 10 places after her maiden trophy. ning it “ Bencic benefited from two injury retirements in “This is a dream come true. I’m so happy to win my first Eastbourne (Eugenie Bouchard and Caroline Wozniacki), title. I woke up very nervous this morning and even in spending only 13 minutes on court in her semi-final when practise I was nervous. “But once on the court I tried to Wozniacki stopped after three games with a back problem. fight for every point, I tried my best.” Radwanska had been bidding for the 15th trophy of her Bencic, who finished with 41 winners and 22 unforced career and second on grass. Bencic, second-youngest errors, won the opening set in just under an hour. member of the WTA top 100, improved her career grass- Radwanska denied the teenager a straight sets victory by court record to 11-2. — AFP Sharapova on the mend in time for Wimbledon LONDON: Maria Sharapova claims she is back to full fit- Club yesterday. ness just in time for Wimbledon after suffering a health “I think you guys saw how I was (in Paris). I was going scare in the build-up to the Grand Slam. through it and I was trying to kind of battle every symp- Sharapova flew home to California for tests on the tom that I had for a week or so during the French Open, ‘flu that proved impossible to shake off during the and a few days before. French Open and ruined her defence of the Roland “I’m much better now, thankfully. It was great to be Garros crown. able to be on the court and not have to cough or blow The 28-year-old Russian crashed out in the fourth my nose a hundred times and all those things. “That’s round in Paris as she battled an illness that left her kind of annoying when you’re just trying to become a struggling to catch her breath between coughing fits. great tennis player.” On numerous occasions during her 7-6, 6-4 defeat Although her faltering health stopped the world against Lucie Safarova, Sharapova was seen blowing her number four from playing in a Wimbledon warm-up nose on court and, when the heavy cold still hadn’t event, Sharapova is still confident of making a run at her cleared after her exit, she decided to get checked out first All England Club title since winning there as a before being given the all-clear by doctors. teenager in 2004. “I was hoping I could play a warm-up tournament “It took a little while for me to really refresh and leading up to Wimbledon. But due to the circumstances, recover and give myself just a chance to feel good again the way I was feeling, actually I had to go back home and get back to work,” added Sharapova, who last made and do some tests, run through all that,” the five-time the Wimbledon final in 2011 and opens her latest chal- Grand Slam champion told reporters at the All England lenge against British wildcard Johanna Konta. — AFP Japan’s back-sliding on reform puts BOJ in bind Page 22

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ATHENS: People queue at a national Bank of Greece ATM in central Athens yesterday. Euro-zone ministers met in Brussels yesterday for a crunch meeting after a shock call for a referendum by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras threw a push to avert a default by Athens into confusion. — AFP Greek referendum kills bailout deal hopes Tsipras announces vote for July 5 ATHENS/BRUSSELS: Germany all but buried negotiations yesterday to keep Greece from default, saying a surprise decision by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call a referendum had left nothing to dis- China CB eases policy cuss but how to cope with failure. Worried the country could default and even leave to support economy the euro-zone, some Greeks queued up at cash machines to withdraw funds, though there were no BEIJING: China’s central bank cut lending lending to the farm sector and small and signs of panic in Athens. Many sounded defiant, say- rates for the fourth time since November and medium-sized enterprises by 50 basis points. ing Tsipras had offered them an important chance to trimmed the amount of cash that some It lowered reserve requirement for finance determine their own fate. Euro-zone finance minis- banks must hold as reserves, stepping up companies by 300 basis points, which it said ters met in Brussels for what had been intended as a efforts to support an economy that is headed will help ease funding and costs pressure on final negotiation for a deal to rescue Greece from for its poorest performance in a quarter cen- state-owned enterprises. The move high- defaulting on a big debt payment on Tuesday, when tury. lights rising concern over the SOE sector an international bailout expires. Yesterday’s combined easing highlights where bad debt is concentrated and profit But after they were blindsided by Tsipras’s sur- Beijing’s concerns that money isn’t flowing to margins are being squeezed. prise middle-of-the-night announcement that he some of the most-needed sectors in the The central bank has frequently made rejected their offer and would put it to voters only economy and that stubbornly high borrow- such targeted cuts in RRR to spur lending into after Tuesday’s deadline, one after another said all ing costs that could fuel bankruptcies and job certain sectors, but the impact has been limit- that remained to discuss was “Plan B” - how to limit losses. The last time the central bank simulta- ed since banks are often reluctant to lend to the damage of default. neously cut interest rates and reserve require- these sectors amid concerns over collateral “We have no basis for further negotiations,” ments was at the height of the global finan- and risk. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. cial crisis in late 2008. The latest move could “Clearly we can never rule out surprises with Greece, BRUSSELS: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (second left) shakes hands with Dutch also be aimed at comforting investors follow- GROWTH SLOWDOWN so there can always be hope. But none of my col- Finance Minister and chair of the eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem during a meeting of ing a 20 percent plunge in the country’s stock The interest rate and RRR cuts will “help leagues with whom I’ve already spoken see any pos- eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels yesterday. — AP markets over the last two weeks, some ana- stabilise growth, adjust structures and lower sibilities for what we can now do.” efforts” to ensure the machines remained stocked. rights”, would asphyxiate Greece’s flailing economy lysts said. “The simultaneous cuts in interest social financing costs”, the central bank said. One branch of Piraeus bank that is normally open and aimed at the “humiliation of the entire Greek rates and reserve requirement is a forceful Going forward, the central bank will “continue Sad day on Saturdays was shut, with around 100 people people”. Government ministers emerging from the move, indicating the downward pressure on to implement prudent monetary policy, use Finland’s Alexander Stubb called it “potentially a queued outside. A senior executive said the plan was cabinet meeting in Athens said they were confident the economy is very big,” said Xu Hongcai, various policy tools to strengthen and very sad day, specifically for the Greek people. I think to open the branch but staff were weighing security Greeks would vote no. Greek officials said they nev- senior economist at the China Centre for improve marco-prudential management, with the announcement of this referendum we’re concerns because of the queue. After months of ertheless intended to continue negotiating with International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), a optimise policy combinations and create basically closing the door for any further negotia- wrangling with the lenders, Tsipras announced that creditors anyway. Beijing-based think-tank. neutral and appropriate monetary and finan- tions.” “There is pretty much a consensus inside the he would put the terms of the creditors’ “humiliating” But even European voices previously sympathet- “The monetary policy adjustment will also cial environments for economic adjustments Eurogroup that we cannot extend the program as it offer to a popular vote on July 5. Interior Minister ic to Greece expressed dismay at the tactic of hold- help curb sharp fluctuations in the stock mar- and upgrading.” stands and consequently I would argue that Plan B Nikos Voutsis called for calm, telling lawmakers: “The ing a referendum while telling voters to vote no. “I ket.” The government is due to release second- becomes Plan A.” game is not over for the country, its people, this par- think it’s right to ask the people their opinion. But Some government economists have been quarter GDP data on July 15 and many econ- Greek Finance Minister Yannis Varoufakis said he liament.” that only works if the head of government lives up calling for interest rate cuts to help lower real omists expect growth to dip below 7 percent, would press for an extension of the bailout to give Without a clear agreement on bailout cash, to his responsibilities to lead,” said Martin Shulz, the borrowing costs and help local governments which would be the weakest performance time to hold the referendum. “We are going to sug- Athens is set to default on 1.6 billion euros of debt to German Social Democrat speaker of the European to swap their maturing debt, although some since the depths of the global financial crisis. gest to them that under these circumstances we the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday. Its parliament, who has long urged EU leaders to give private sector analysts have recently pared Weighed down by a property downturn, fac- should have an extension for a few weeks to ensure stricken banks depend on emergency liquidity from Tsipras a fair hearing. “And that means: to recom- their expectations on policy easing. tory overcapacity and local debt, growth in that the people are heard,” he told Reuters. the European Central Bank to stay open, and the mend to the people that the accommodating offer Despite the drumroll of rate cuts, the real China’s economy is expected to slow to a But several of his euro-zone counterparts banking system faces at the very least a further flood made by the lenders and euro partners be accept- cost of borrowing in China remains stubborn- quarter-century low of around 7 percent this appeared to rule out any such grace period. of withdrawals after billions have left in recent weeks. ed.” ly high, due in part to cooling inflation and year. That is down from 7.4 percent in 2014, Germany’s Schaeuble said: “Greece has left the nego- Long lines were reported in some supermarkets As parliament met to approve the referendum, banks’ reluctance to pass lower rates on to even with expected additional stimulus tiating table and so we are in a situation where on in Athens as people stocked up with supplies. the ruling Syriza party appealed to voters to reject their customers. That has further squeezed measures. Tuesday the program ends, because there are no However, along with the worry, there were also signs the bailout and said the referendum was part of a manufacturers struggling with tepid China last cut interest rates on May 10. It more negotiations.” With most Greek banks closed for of defiance and almost relief after years of relentless wider rejection of austerity policies across the conti- demand. last cut the reserve requirement ratio for all the weekend, there was no sign of panic on the austerity and seemingly endless rounds of crisis nent. “The battle we’re fighting is not just for us, it is The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on commercial banks by 100 basis points on streets of Athens. Government officials said there meetings with lenders. “The referendum, I think, is for dignity and democracy throughout Europe,” its its website that it was lowering the one-year April 19 - the deepest single reduction since was no plan to impose capital controls that would necessary in the sense that we must send a message political committee said in a statement. benchmark bank lending rate by 25 basis the depth of the global financial crisis in 2008 limit withdrawals. to Europeans that the Greek people are not The euro-zone had offered to release billions in points to 4.85 percent, and reducing the one- - following a 50-basis-point cut in February. But police tightened security around bank teller enslaved, we are no longer under occupation,” said frozen aid if Greece accepted and implemented pen- year benchmark deposit rate by 25 basis The central bank has cut benchmark lend- machines as lines formed at some in the darkness Elias Papachadzis, a 49-year-old Athenian resident. sion and tax reforms that are anathema to its leftist points to 2 percent. The central bank also ing rate by a total of 115 basis points since almost as soon as Tsipras’s early hours televised Tsipras said he would respect the outcome of the government, elected in January on a promise to end lowered the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) November, on top of a total of 150 basis cut in speech was finished. vote, but he argued the lenders demands “clearly austerity. Opposition parties said Tsipras’s hardline for banks that have met certain standards in system-wide reserve requirements. — Reuters The Bank of Greece said it was making “huge violate European social rules and fundamental stance had brought Greece to its knees. — Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Japan’s back-sliding on Bayt.com weekly report How to make a career reform puts BOJ in bind change work for you

he prospect of doing something you love in an environment Fears markets will lose confidence in fiscal discipline that caters to your needs and wants, and the promise of more Tcareer fulfillment, flexibility, growth and autonomy, are TOKYO: The government’s backsliding on promises term interest rates rise 2 percent more than project- stably at 2 percent, regardless of how much progress amongst the top triggers for wanting a career change. Fortunately, to rein in spending puts the Bank of Japan in a bind, ed, it will cost an extra 8 trillion yen by fiscal 2018, Japan makes on fiscal reform. But the central bank it has never been easier or more common and acceptable to throw limiting its scope to expand its massive monetary completely cancelling out the extra revenue raised by has a record of yielding to pressure. In the late in the towel on an old career path and embrace a new one. Here are stimulus when the economy needs it, or ultimately to last year’s increase in sales tax. 1980s, political calls to stem sharp yen rises forced it a few tips from the career experts at Bayt.com if you are looking to wind it back without causing chaos in the bond mar- to delay interest rate hikes, fuelling an asset bubble. make that mid-career transition. kets. Shortfalls There is no guarantee policymakers won’t lean on Government’s slow progress in moving towards a BOJ officials say they can continue to keep yields the BOJ again, particularly if concerns over Japan’s 1. Decide what you truly want in life This is the time to really ask yourself what your life objectives balancing of its books has been a disappointment for low via aggressive bond purchases, but with the bank finances keep the bond market nervous, analysts say. are, what motivates you and makes you happy and what you the central bank, which frets that failure to tackle already buying nearly all the Japanese government Even if the BOJ were to taper, it won’t unload its imagine yourself doing for the foreseeable future that would ful- Japan’s huge debt - bigger even than Greece’s relative bonds (JGBs) issued in markets each month, there are huge JGB holdings for years to come. But signs of its fill you, excite you and agree with your values and life priorities. to its economy - could force it to keep buying govern- limits to how much more it can take. diminishing presence would be enough to disrupt In the Middle East for example, five in 10 professionals want to ment bonds for longer than it wants. Once markets become suspicious about Japan’s the market, given it holds a quarter of all JGBs, ana- work for a company where they feel their work is part of a But if markets lose confidence in public finances, fiscal discipline, it will be tough even for the BOJ to lysts say. greater purpose, while seven in 10 wouldn’t work for a company that would also make it harder for the BOJ to top up control long-term interest rates,” said BOJ policy There are few players around to fill the hole. they aren’t proud of, as revealed in the Bayt.com ‘What Makes a asset purchases without stoking fears it is bank- board member Takehiro Sato earlier this month. Japanese banks are steadily reducing their JGB hold- Company an Attractive Place to Work?’ poll, February 2014. You rolling public debt, analysts say. Government still The key test may come late this year, once last ings and won’t turn into buyers in times of a bond should make your ultimate objectives in planning a career move finances nearly 40 percent of its annual budget year’s oil price falls are no longer reflected in the infla- sell-off. clear as well. For many, the optimal way forward may not turn through debt, yet the latest draft of Japan’s fiscal tion figures. The BOJ would be caught in a dilemma if Government agencies, such as Japan’s trillion-dol- out to be a career trajectory as a full-time corporate employee in strategy, issued by Premier Shinzo Abe on Monday, doubts over Japan’s fiscal discipline amplifies rises in lar pension fund, have also heeded Abe’s calls to shift a known corporate entity but rather a consulting or freelance job lacked a mandatory cap on spending and relies on yields resulting from higher inflation. money out of the JGB market into riskier assets. arrangement or embracing the riskier realm of entrepreneurship what critics say are overly optimistic economic esti- “It’s questionable to what extent the BOJ can keep Hideo Hayakawa, a former top BOJ economist, says in a field you love and where you feel you can really make a dif- mates. crushing yields,” said Hideo Kumano, a former BOJ tragedy could strike when the BOJ succeeds in hit- ference in. “It’s hard to deny the government kicked the can official who is now chief economist at Dai-ichi Life ting its inflation target. down the road,” said a source familiar with the central Research Institute. Unless fiscal discipline is restored, bond prices will 2. Align your skills to your goals Once you are clear on a path you wish to take, it’s time to brush bank’s thinking. “I don’t think Japan can just laugh “I don’t think the BOJ has a strategy on what to do plunge if the BOJ cuts its bond buying. If it doesn’t, up on the skills you need to excel in the new role. Remember, away what’s happening in Greece.” if inflation is heading toward its target but bond fears of debt monetization will drive funds out of you bring to the table a slew of transferable skills and today’s That loose fiscal discipline raises the risk of a spike yields spiral out of control.” Japan and send the yen into freefall, says Hayakawa, workplace is all about self-learning. Tools such as the Bayt.com in bond yields if markets take fright, some govern- now an analyst at Fujitsu Research Institute. Career Map can help you find out the skills that are higher in ment and central bank officials say. Nearly a quarter No quick-fixes “The moment markets stops believing that demand by employers, and those that can help you stay com- of government spending already goes on debt servic- Withdrawing the bank’s stimulus is even tougher. Japan’s finances are sustainable, huge market turbu- petitive in the job market. They can also show you which types ing, and the Ministry of Finance estimates that if long- The BOJ says it will start tapering once inflation is lence is unavoidable.” — Reuters of training or certifications can be beneficial for your new career. Employers often hire people with no direct experience in the field but the hunger drive ambition energy and willingness to learn that is required. In fact, the Bayt.com ‘Hiring Practices in Iran gas the MENA’ poll, January 2012, has shown that 28 percent of MENA employers consider ‘hunger, drive and ambition’ to be the exports to most important thing they consider when making a hiring deci- Iraq delayed sion. 3. Assess the recruitment arena again Naturally, you must be up-to-date with the latest trends in the job market before making a career move. One important facet of DUBAI: Iran’s plans to export natural gas researching an employer, for example, includes going through to Iraq have been pushed back indefi- company profile pages and connecting with them on social nitely, an Iranian official was quoted as media. Bayt.com Company Profiles are a great place to start. As a saying yesterday, blaming the poor matter of fact, 80 percent of professionals check a company’s security situation in Iraq for the delay. online profile before applying for a job, as stated in the Bayt.com The oil-producing neighbors signed ‘Social Recruiting in the Middle East and North Africa’ poll, an agreement in 2013 under which Iran October 2014. By doing this, you can find out more about a would start exporting gas to Iraq to feed company’s corporate culture and decide for yourself if you can fit three power plants in Baghdad and in. Another important tool to affirm your career choices is Diyala. But two years later, exports have Bayt.com Salaries. Through Bayt.com Salaries you can determine still not begun. “The lack of security and the average salary paid for your target position in various com- presence of Daesh (Islamic State) is panies and across industries. According to the Bayt.com behind the delay of gas exports to Iraq,” ‘Recruitment Practices in the MENA’ poll, May 2015, 95 percent of Ali-Reza Kameli, head of the National job seekers find researching average salaries important when Iranian Gas Exports Company, was quot- accepting a new job offer. ed as saying by Shana, a news agency linked to Iran’s Oil Ministry. 4. Leave no stone unturned When asked when exports might In order to ensure that chances don’t simple pass you by, be sure begin, he replied: “That depends on the to make full use of the latest online technologies. First and fore- security situation in Iraq.” In March most, you must apply to jobs strategically and not at random. Kameli said exports to Iraq could begin Secondly, enhance your job application and expose your professional brand to the right audience by getting a professional pro- in May if security conditions improved. NEW YORK: Pedestrians pass in front of a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square in New York. New York City’s con- Iran first announced a delay in file which will help you become instantly searchable on main sumer chief said Wednesday that Whole Foods supermarkets have been routinely overcharging customers by overstat- search engines such as Google. Thirdly, join and become a part September last year, shortly after Islamic ing the weight of prepackaged meat, dairy and baked goods. —AP State militants took control of large of industry-related discussions on platforms such as Bayt.com swathes of Iraqi territory. Specialties where you can establish your expertise in a specific Iran has huge gas reserves and field and network with employers. Actually, the Bayt.com exports small quantities to Turkey, but Krungthai Card, Srisawad ‘Recruitment Practices in the MENA’ poll has shown that 82 per- production has failed to keep pace with cent of employers think it would be beneficial to interact with candidates on dedicated professional networks. In order to be high domestic consumption. Northern successful, you should adopt a holistic strategy to ensure that Iran relies heavily on gas imports from shine in consumer finance you have not left anything to fate, and this will ultimately aid Turkmenistan, especially for heating in your career change plans. winter. Tehran is in talks with six world BANGKOK: In a country saddled with one of the highest house- reserves were at 375 percent in the first quarter compared with powers to curb its nuclear program in hold debts in Southeast Asia, Thailand’s top consumer finance 180-200 percent three years ago. Srisawad was at 62 percent. KTC, 5. Network like it’s a science exchange for relief from international lenders Krungthai Card (KTC) and Srisawad Power 1979 are in particular, has centred its strategy on cost-cutting and better Finally, one of the most vital elements to accelerate your career sanctions, which could open up Iran’s reporting double-digit profit growth and soaring share prices in management of its debt collection units since 2012, helping cut change is networking vigorously. Networking in this sense does energy sector to foreign investment the stock market. its NPLs to 2.4 percent of lending from more than 5 percent three not imply a simple exchange of information and contact details; within a year. While the country’s banking sector is undergoing low growth years ago. Srisawad is also targeting low-income clients who typi- it means meeting the right people and developing mutually- Iraq, which like Iran is a major oil due to a weak economy and rising provisions of non-performing cally have a harder time getting loans from big banks. beneficial relationships over a period of time. Fortunately, there producer and member of the loans (NPLs), KTC and Srisawad’s first-quarter net profits jumped “KTC has a highly efficient debt collection system. Given the are numerous physical and virtual avenues through which pro- Organization of the Petroleum 62 percent and 49 percent, respectively. Their stocks have also current strong NPL coverage of more than 300 percent, higher fessionals can network and engage in this day and age. The most Exporting Countries (OPEC), has strug- more than doubled over the past 12 months, outperforming than its peers, KTC does not need to have more provisions,” said common methods to network are through career fairs and gled to attract foreign investment to peers and the wider Thai market. Adisorn Mungparnchon, a Bangkok-based analyst at Phillip industry fairs, conferences and exhibitions. Finally, use your develop its gas industry and suffers Their profits have remained robust partly because of their Securities. “Earnings growth should remain strong in the longer Bayt.com Public Profile to follow influential people in your field severe power shortages. — Reuters already ample loan-loss reserves. Higher provisioning would have term, and the company also plans to launch a marketing cam- and contact them for your professional questions and needs. eroded their bottom line. As a percentage of NPLs, KTC’s loan-loss paign to expand its customer base.”—Reuters

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BRUSSELS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde said yes- the precursor to Greece leaving the euro. try to renegotiate more time with creditors - is terday the lender would keep working on The Greek Parliament is debating and will unclear. Greece’s economy despite the government’s vote at midnight today on the government’s Such a move would put the country through decision to hold a referendum on an internation- request for a referendum, as finance ministers a new era of economic pain. With the new cur- al bailout offer. from the 19 euro countries, Greece’s main credi- rency less valuable than the euro, the govern- “The purpose of what we’re doing is to actu- tors, gathered to discuss the situation in ment would have to write off a chunk of its for- ally restore stability of the economy in Greece, Brussels. eign loans mainly owed to euro-zone countries - this is what we’ll continue to do. We’ll continue Across Athens, people started flocking to and many companies and households would go to work,” Lagarde told reporters before joining a cash machines shortly after Tsipras announced bankrupt. meeting of euro-zone finance ministers. Anxiety the referendum around 1 a.m. local time. The Experts predict a long and deep recession in over Greece’s future swelled yesterday, with peo- queues grew the next day, though the number a country that has already been through five ple queuing outside banks to withdraw cash, of people and the availability of cash varied years economic depression. The uncertainties of BRUSSELS: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ call for the widely. The Bank of Greece assured in a state- all this would roil European and global markets, speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in people to vote on a proposed bailout deal ment yesterday that the flow of cash will not be though experts are divided on the extent. Some Brussels yesterday. — AP increased the risks that the country might fall interrupted. The concern over what awaits the say Europe is better equipped to handle a Greek out of the euro. country in the hours and days to come was pal- euro exit, but others say it is unclear what might Christine Lagarde, a stellar The call for a vote has strained relations to a pable. At one branch of Pireaus Bank in central happen. The euro dropped in value slightly on near breaking point between Greece and its Athens, one of very few that opens on Saturdays, international markets after the referendum was career haunted by Greece called. WASHINGTON: Christine Lagarde has crossed there knows her by heart,” said a person close to Tsipras faces flak the Atlantic to swap her job as a French minister her. As the country came to grips with what lay for a place in the global economic elite at the ahead, former prime minister Costas Karamanlis head of the International Monetary Fund. But Straight-talking broke a longstanding silence and criticized the she has never been able to leave behind one The mother of two, a former synchronized government. extreme headache: Greece. In Washington as in swimming champion, is used to marathon “The nation’s most vital interests demand Paris, the meteoric career of the 59-year-old negotiations and charms audiences and power- that the country remains at the heart of Europe. lawyer has repeatedly been waylaid by Athens brokers around the world with her diplomatic The EU’s actual shortcomings do not, in any way, and its financial troubles. tact. But she also shows a talent for spare but bit- negate this...” Karamanlis said. “Foolish choices And the Greek crisis is coming to a head just ing words. Even before she reached the IMF, she that undermine this principle push the country as Lagarde weighs whether to renew her posi- was already known for telling the French com- to adventures, with unpredictable and possibly tion next year as managing director of the IMF. plaining of high gasoline prices in 2007 to “use irreversible consequences.” Panagiotis Lafazanis, When the first rescue plan for Greece was craft- their bicycles”. In the spring of 2012, she ruffled a senior Syriza minister overseeing the energy ed by the IMF and European union in 2010, the Greeks when, with the country already suf- sector, environment and agriculture, came out Lagarde’s star was already high, as France’s first fering a brutal austerity regime, she demanded strongly against approving the creditors’ propos- female economy minister. that they “pay their taxes”. al in a referendum. In that job she was constantly tied down by And in recent days, after another round in “A ‘No’ will provide a big respite for Greece the problems of Greece and the other troubled the five-month-old negotiations between credi- and the Greek people,” he said in Athens. “It will countries of the European periphery. Then in tors and Greece ended without progress, she be a big yes to a new era of reconstruction and July 2011, after Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dryly bemoaned the lack of “adults in the room”, progress.” Asked if this would take place inside or forced out as IMF managing director in a sex implicitly pointing at Athens’ representation. outside the euro, he said “It is you (the media) scandal, Lagarde was chosen to take charge of who pose this dilemma. The dilemma for the the crisis bank. The move gave her a powerful Tactician people is whether they will live better.” seat inside the closed circle of the world’s lead- “She’s a person that can be very polite, very Health Minister Panayiotis Kouroumblis, on ers, but also responsibility for what proved to be nice but can be also very harsh and even scary the other hand, said that Greece does not want a an intractable crisis that threatened the whole when she wants to make a point,” said Andrea rupture with Europe. “The referendum is part of European economy. Montanino, Italy’s former representative at the ATHENS: A bank note of 100 drachmas (right) is for sale at a flea market in central Athens yes- the negotiation,” he said. Less than a year after her arrival, the initial IMF. On the world stage, she has now earned terday. — AP In the streets of Athens, views were mixed on rescue plan for Greece crumbled and the IMF equal billing next to other female stars, like the merits of holding a referendum. “The people was forced to join an expanded second bailout Hillary Clinton or Federal Reserve chief Janet creditors, some of which say there may be little about 50 people queued up in the early morn- are not in a position to decide. Those who are in operation, taking the bailout cost to a massive Yellen. Always smartly dressed, her silver hair left to do to save Greece after five months of ing before they found out the bank would not position to decide are the ones that know a bit 240 billion euros ($270 billion). Yet Greece kept perfectly coifed, she brings to discussions an fruitless and frustrating talks. The sides are hag- open at all. An elderly woman fainted. more and they must explain and simplify the bleeding, and now even that plan has proven aura of style, intellect, and strength. She argues gling over the reforms the country needs to The referendum will ask Greeks to vote on a issues for the people,” said Grigoris inadequate. For months Lagarde has been and cajoles over policy, going so far at one make in exchange for more financial aid but proposal of reforms that the country’s creditors Kanellopoulos, 41, a street seller of bagels. locked into crunch talks for extending the point to promise a belly dance at the US Capitol have managed to only increase uncertainty over made on Thursday. The Greek government Athina Kontosozou, 56, has already made up bailout. If they fail, Greece could default on its if legislators would ratify a much-delayed IMF the country’s future. rejected it as imposing cuts that are too harsh on her made about how she will vote. “No (to the IMF loans and possibly make a disastrous exit reform. So far they haven’t, and she hasn’t Greece has a debt due on Tuesday and its the general population. The Greek government creditors’ proposals), no to any more measures. from the euro-zone. danced. The unending Greek crisis though has bailout program expires the same day, after said it would recommend Greeks vote “no” in the We don’t know what will happen (after the refer- The crisis keeps her intimately wrapped up in Lagarde being pulled by different parties and which it is unclear whether its banks would be referendum. What would happen in that case - endum). Let’s hope that things will be better. And the heart of European affairs. “She knows by her career reputation at stake in the outcome. able to avoid collapse, an event that could be whether Greece would have to leave the euro or they will get better. We believe it”. — Agencies heart the situation in Brussels and everyone —AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Kuwait equities face selling pressure

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the red zone. The Price Index closed at 6,211.73 points, down by 0.41 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index decreased by 0.51 percent after closing at 422.12 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 1,023.84 points down by 0.33 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover decreased by 9.17 percent, compared to the preced- ing week, reaching KD 12.11 million, whereas trading volume average was 81.37 the return of the selling operations, which the red zone, While three recorded increas- million shares, recording a decrease of pushed both to close the week in the red es. The Technology sector headed the los- 34.98 percent. zone. Moreover, the stock market performers list as its index declined by 3.14 percent The stock market indicators declined ance was fluctuating during some daily to end the week’s activity at 900.12 points. last week as a result to the continued sell- sessions of last week, due to the presence The Basic Materials sector was second on ing pressures control over the investors’ of the random purchasing operations con- the losers’ list, which index declined by deals, which caused the market indicators centrating on a number of stocks, which 1.35 percent, closing at 1,095.96 points, fol- to drop for the second consecutive week. met by quick profit collection operations lowed by the Financial Services sector, as Such decrease came in light of lower trad- pushed the market to close in the red zone. its index closed at 749.22 points at a loss of ing levels compared to a week earlier trad- The Kuwait Stock Market cap reached 1.16 percent. The Real Estate sector was ing, for the trading volume or the cash liq- KD 28.24 by the end of last week, declining the least declining as its index closed at uidity which dropped slightly. by 0.35 percent when compared to its level 1,021.76 points with a 0.28 percent Also, the Price Index was affected by the of the week before, however on the annual decrease. continued selling operations that concen- level, the listed companies cap recorded On the other hand, last week’s highest trate on many small-cap stocks in particu- growth of 0.93 percent from its value at gainer was the Oil & Gas sector, achieving lar, however the return of the random pur- end of 2014, where it reached then KD 0.92 percent growth rate as its index chasing operations on some stocks, espe- 27.98 billion. closed at 921.66 points. Whereas, in the cially of previous strong declines, light- As far as KSE annual performance, the second place, the Industrial sector’s index ened its losses somehow. In addition, the price index ended last week recording 4.96 closed at 1,114.71 points recording 0.34 collection operations executed on a num- percent annual loss compared to its clos- percent increase, Followed by the ber of the large-cap and blue-chip stocks ing in 2014, while the weighted index Consumer Services sector as its index during some sessions contributed in sup- decreased by 3.82 percent, and the KSX-15 closed at 1,033.18 points recording 0.175 porting both the Weighted and KSX-15 recorded 3.41 percent loss. percent increase. indices, which lightened its losses to a certain extent, however such support did not Sectors’ Indices Sectors’ Activity last long, where it decreased once again by Nine of KSE’s sectors ended last week in The Financial Services sector dominated a total trade volume of around 163.26 million shares changing hands during last week, representing 40.13 percent of the total market trading volume. The Real Estate sector was second in terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were 29.55 percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a total of around 120.22 million shares. On the other hand, the Banks sector’s stocks were the highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover of around KD 18.20 million or 30.06 percent of last week’s total market trading value. The Telecommunications sector took the second place as the sector’s last week turnover was approx. K.D 12.98 million representing 21.44 percent of the total market trading value. —Prepared by the Studies & Research Department, Bayan Investment Co. Greek drama weighs on US stocks

WALL STREET WEEKLY ROUNDUP

NEW YORK: The prospect of a Greek exit from the euro- mean,” Hogan said. The week’s most dramatic news on zone hung over equity markets this week, blunting pos- the corporate side came in the health sector, with hos- itive economic news and ultimately leading stocks low- pital stocks like HCA Holdings and Tenet Healthcare er. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 68.93 points surging after the US Supreme Court upheld a key provi- (0.38 percent) in the week to 17,947.02. sion of President Barack Obama’s health care reform, The broad-based S&P 500 lost 8.38 (0.40 percent) at guaranteeing insurance coverage to millions of 2,101.61, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index Americans. dropped 36.49 (0.71 percent) to 5,080.51. US stocks rose Health insurers also rose on the Supreme Court rul- early in the week, with the Nasdaq hitting records two ing, as well as on expectations of consolidation. Cigna straight days on an apparent breakthrough in the rejected as inadequate an offer from number-two insur- marathon Greek talks, with the debt-wracked country er Anthem that the latter said worth $53.8 billion. signalling important concessions on pensions and some But analysts said such a deal could be revived as other matters. insurers look to bulk up to keep up with hospital chains, But the tide turned midweek, as Greece and creditors pharmaceutical companies and other sectors in health drifted further apart and the rhetoric on both sides care that have consolidated. Other insurers, including intensified. Aetna and Humana, have been discussed as likely can- “Stocks moved hand and glove with our impression didates for a big deal. of the success and failure of the Greece talks,” said Art The media and Internet company Hogan, chief market strategist of Wunderlich Securities. IAC/InterActiveCorp announced it would spin off its By Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was lucrative Match unit of online dating programs, which speaking of the latest EU demands as “ultimatums and include the popular services Tinder, OkCupid and blackmail,” raising the odds of a messy Greek debt OurTime. default at the end of the month. US agriculture and seed giant Monsanto restated its Still, many investors continued to believe a deal will hope to acquire Syngenta Wednesday despite repeated be reached over the weekend, said Chris Low, chief rejections by the Swiss company, which has said economist of FTN Financial. Monsanto is not offering adequate compensation for “But it will be hard,” Low predicted. “Investors should the possibility the transaction would be blocked by be wary.” antitrust regulators. Food distributor Sysco was assess- ing its options after a federal judge blocked its pro- Good data overshadowed posed $3.5 billion takeover of US Foods due to opposi- Greece overshadowed an unexpectedly strong jump tion from antitrust regulators. in May consumer spending and the highest rate of new Next week’s calendar includes June auto sales, con- home sales in seven years, but signalling solid US eco- sumer confidence and the June jobs report, though nomic growth. “The data were quite constructive but NEW YORK: American flags fly in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks traded softly as the trade volume could be moderate going into the July 4 took a back seat to what a messy Greek exit might standoff between Greece and its international creditors appeared little closer to being resolved. —AP holiday weekend. — AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 US economy not as bad in Q1, paving way for rebound

WASHINGTON: The US economy contracted in the dicts growth will reach 2.7 percent in the second tributed to the disparity, but it has since been “The slowing in consumer spending looks more first three months of the year, just not as much as quarter. And many economists agree with Guatieri resolved. And the dollar’s value has leveled off since like a pause that refreshes ... rather than the start of previously estimated. More recent data show that that growth should reach 3 percent in the second March, suggesting its impact will lessen. a weakening trend,” Guatieri said. Sales at retail the weakness was largely temporary, with a half of the year. Still, that would leave growth in the Oil and gas companies, meanwhile, sharply cut stores and restaurants jumped 1.2 percent in May, as rebound in the works for the April-June quarter. first half at a weak 1.2 percent annual rate. The econ- back on drilling and exploration activity and spent shoppers spent more on clothes, building materials The economy, as measured by the gross domes- omy appears to be on track for another year of mod- much less on steel pipe and other equipment. and furniture. tic product, shrank at a seasonally adjusted annual est 2 percent to 2.5 percent growth. Business investment in structures, which include oil Consumers are also willing to spend more on rate of 0.2 percent from January through March, the wells, dropped by nearly 19 percent, the most in major purchases, potentially a sign of growing confi- Commerce Department said. That’s better than last Optimism four years. Those cutbacks occurred in the wake of dence in what has been a stop-and-start expansion. month’s estimate of a 0.7 percent decrease. Harsh That’s far below the optimism at the beginning of last year’s steep drop in oil prices, but have since Auto sales jumped in May to the highest level in winter weather slowed spending by keeping con- the year, when lower oil prices and healthy hiring slowed and should stop weighing on growth in the nearly a decade. And the biggest purchase of all - a sumers away from shopping malls and auto dealer- led many economists to forecast growth above 3 second half of the year, analysts forecast. home - is becoming reality for more people. Sales of ships. The trade deficit ballooned, slicing growth by percent. The economy hasn’t reached that level in a Americans saved more in the first quarter, aided existing homes are on track for their best year since the most since 1985 as exports fell and imports rose. decade. Exports were hammered in the first quarter by lower gas prices and greater hiring. The saving 2007. New home sales last month reached their Yet consumers stepped up their spending in by a sharp rise in the dollar’s value, which makes US rate rose to 5.4 percent from 4.7 percent in the highest level since February 2008. May, and home sales are climbing - signs that the goods more expensive overseas. The dollar has fourth quarter, the highest in more than two years. More paychecks are boosting confidence. economy is back on track. In addition, many of the strengthened 15 percent in the past year compared Consumer spending growth slipped to just 2.1 per- Employers have added 3.1 million jobs in the past 12 headwinds the economy faced in the first quarter with a basket of other currencies. cent, down from 4.4 percent in the final three months, lowering the unemployment rate to 5.5 from an increase in the dollar’s value to spending That also makes imports cheaper and better months of last year. percent from 6.3 percent. The figure is the last of cutbacks by oil drillers - are fading. “Growth should able to compete with US-made goods. Imports But since then, there have been signs that three initial estimates of first-quarter growth. Yet the remain near 3 percent in the second half of the year increased 7.1 percent in the first quarter, while Americans are opening their wallets again. That government will revise the figure yet again on July as the dampening effects of a strong dollar and oil exports fell 5.9 percent. That widened the trade gap, should provide a crucial boost to growth in the 30, as part of more comprehensive annual changes. industry slump fade,” Sal Guatieri, an economist at cutting nearly 1.9 percentage points from growth, second quarter and the rest of the year. Consumer That revision may also include changes to the sea- BMO Capital Markets, said in a note to clients. the most in 30 years. spending accounts for 70 percent of economic sonal adjustments the government uses, which Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisors pre- A trade dispute at West Coast ports also con- activity. could make the change more dramatic. —AP

Brazil’s FM minister Levy leaves hospital

BRASILIA: Brazilian Finance Minister Finance Ministry spokesman said Levy Joaquim Levy left a Brasilia hospital will be in New York today, but early yesterday, saying he was fine, declined to give further details. following a newspaper report that he Levy was due to accompany had suffered a pulmonary embolism. President Dilma Rousseff over the Levy took over the ministry in weekend on an official visit to the January and has led a bold fiscal United States that begins in New York, adjustment plan to regain the trust of before moving to Washington and investors in the once-booming Silicon Valley. Investors in the United Brazilian economy. “Everything is fine,” States say they are looking for Levy, 54, told a group of reporters, Rousseff to publicly embrace Levy’s speaking from the back of a car out- fiscal adjustment plan as her own, side the Hospital do Coracao, but gave because the market is still pricing in a no further details of his health before probability of backtracking. leaving. The University of Chicago-edu- Earlier, O Globo newspaper report- cated economist’s belt-tightening ed that Levy had been admitted to has faced opposition from labor hospital on Friday, after suffering unions as well as Rousseff’s Workers’ strong chest pains and being diag- Party and its coalition allies in nosed with a pulmonary embolism. A Congress. — Reuters Germany’s Gabriel open to Greek referendum with caveats BERLIN: German Vice Chancellor Sigmar risking a default and capital controls as hopes Gabriel said yesterday that a proposal from for an aid agreement faded. the Greek government for a referendum on Gabriel, also Economy Minister and head austerity demands should not be dismissed of the centre-left Social Democrat (SPD), said out of hand, though it was vital that voters he did not know if the terms of an agreement ATHENS: Foreign media report from outside the Greek parliament in central Athens yesterday. Greek lawmakers debated a surprise bailout ref- had a clear deal on which to vote. In an inter- to vote on had been worked out yet. Only a erendum amid signs of customers queuing to withdraw money from banks as fears of a default intensified. — AFP view with Deutschlandfunk radio, Gabriel concrete agreement would be worth holding said such a referendum would only make a referendum on, he said. sense if voters in Greece got the chance to “The referendum would only make sense Eurogroup head: ‘Sad’ Greece cast their ballots on the European Union’s if that what Europe is offering is put up to a offer for aid linked to reforms. vote,” Gabriel said. “And Europe is offering “We’d be well advised not to dismiss this Greece a lot.” He said it would be unaccept- suggestion from Herr Tsipras out of hand able if Tsipras wanted the European Union to closed door to further talks and say ‘that’s just a trick’,” Gabriel said. “But send him 20 or 30 billion euros of rescue rather if the questions are clearly framed... funds but without any conditions. Gambit by Tsipras heightens anxiety over possible Greek default then that could make sense.” Greek Prime “That’s why he has to ask his people if they Minister Alexis Tsipras called a referendum want the rescue funds, a double-digit billion BRUSSELS: Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem ed settlement, it makes some sense,” said Gabriel, replied: “That we will see. A number of countries on austerity demands from foreign creditors euro figure, in exchange for sticking to cer- yesterday said Greece’s decision to hold a refer- who is number two to the hardline German want to debate plan B.” Greek authorities said earlier on Saturday, rejecting an “ultimatum” tain measures that will lead to Greece recov- endum over the future of its bailout program Chancellor Angela Merkel. that Tsipras had sent two of his closest aides to a from lenders and putting a deal that could ering step for step.” was a “sad” decision that shut the door to further An EU official added:: The referendum has a key meeting with ECB head Mario Draghi, who determine Greece’s future in Europe to a After a week of acrimonious talks in talks. certain “logic”. Greece’s international creditors on for now is keeping the Greek banking system popular vote. Brussels, Tsipras dismissed lenders’ proposals “I am very negatively surprised by today’s Friday offered Athens a five-month, 12-billion- alive with vital cash. The surprise call marked a dramatic twist as “blackmail” before flying to Athens to hud- decision by the Greek government,” the Dutch euro ($13.4-billion) extension of its bailout pro- Even before his government rejected the pro- in the five-month negotiations between dle with ministers. After midnight, he finance minister said as he arrived for talks with gram but said it must seal a reform deal this posal, Tsipras said he would refuse any take-it-or- Greece and its lenders, plunging the cash- appeared on television to announce plans for his euro-zone counterparts. “They have appar- weekend to avoid the IMF default. leave-it offers, after a two-day EU leaders’ summit strapped nation into uncharted waters and a referendum on July 5. — Reuters ently rejected the last proposals on the table Merkel had urged Athens not to waste an dominated by the crisis. from the three institutions and on that negative “extraordinarily generous” offer that would see The call for a referendum was a dramatic twist basis... have proposed a referendum with nega- Greece handed vital cash until November 30 in to a week-long series of talks to end the stand- tive advice for the Greek people,” he said. exchange for major reforms Greece has so far off between the creditors and Tsipras’s leftist “That is a sad decision for Greece because it resisted. government, which has baulked at further has closed the door for further talks where the But Greece did reject the offer, arguing it was reforms in exchange for cash. Tsipras told Merkel door was still open in my mind,” Dijsselbloem unacceptable. “We were asked to implement aus- and French President Francois Hollande on said. “We will hear from the Greek minister about terity measures... allowing the deregulation of Friday that he could not understand the credi- whether all this is correct and then we will talk the labor market, pension cuts, and an increase tors’ “harsh” stance and asked for leeway. about the consequences that will have,” he in VAT on food products, targeting the humilia- But the euro-zone’s two most powerful lead- added. tion of an entire people,” Tsipras said in his ers insisted that it was “vital now to work towards Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb said address. a deal”, a source said. Under their proposal, an an extension of the program as it stands “is out of immediate 1.8-billion-euro disbursement-profits the question”. “I think plan B is fast unraveling ‘Countries want plan B’ from Greek bonds held by the European Central into plan A,” Stubb added, referring to potentially With the referendum call, the agenda for the Bank-would be paid as soon as the Greek parlia- more drastic options for Greece, including those meeting of the 19-finance ministers is unclear. A ment approved laws reflecting the deal. that could lead to an Athens exit from the euro. senior EU official had said before the referendum Later payments, including money to cover Euro-zone ministers met in Brussels yesterday announcement that “either the Greeks are ready huge payments owed to the ECB this summer, for a crunch meeting after a shock call for a refer- to discuss the latest proposals or the finance would come from the EU’s firefighting rescue endum by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ministers will have to discuss plan B,” referring to fund, the European Stability Mechanism, as well threw a push to avert a default by Athens into more drastic options that could include an exit as cash currently dedicated to support Greece’s confusion. Greece will vote on July 5 on the out- from the euro. banks. Greece also wants debt written off as part come of negotiations with its international credi- Questioned if euro-zone ministers would dis- of a solution to ending its current bailout, which tors that have dragged on since January, when cuss the current proposal, another official expires on June 30. — Agencies THESSALONIKI: Members of the youth wing of the governing radical left Syriza par- Tsipras’s Syriza party first took power on a prom- ty, hold papers calling for a “NO” vote in the upcoming referendum on the outcome ise of ending austerity. of negotiations with its international creditors, at the city’s landmark White Tower in The gambit by Tsipras heightened anxiety Thessaloniki yesterday. — AFP over a possible Greek default next Tuesday that Head of new Polish political could potentially push Greece towards an exit of the euro-zone and risk throwing the European force stresses strong economy EU: Romania falls short of Union project as a whole into crisis. “The people must decide free of any black- WARSAW: The leader of Poland’s new, pro- Petru, an economist with experience in the bailout reform promises mail... the referendum will take place on July 5,” business political movement said Friday that a World Bank and in Poland’s banks, also spoke the 40-year-old prime minister said in a televised strong economy in Poland would breathe in favor of a free trade agreement with the BUCHAREST: Romania failed to make suffi- But the Romanian parliament on address to the nation late on Friday. new energy into the European Union and United States, the long-negotiated Trans- cient progress in implementing promised eco- Wednesday adopted a new tax code that slash- But the vote is five days after a June 30 help it compete on the global level. Ryszard Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, nomic reforms in exchange for rescue funds, es value-added tax from 24 percent to 19 per- deadline for Greece to pay the IMF 1.5 billion Petru spoke to The Associated Press after a saying that would help boost cooperation the European Commission said in a statement cent from 2016 despite its creditors’ warnings euros, a debt officials in Athens say they cannot news conference in which he sought online also in many other areas. late Friday after a meeting in Bucharest. of its impact on the state’s budget. Although afford without a deal for bailout cash with its donations from supporters as a novel, trans- He also backs greater US and NATO mili- “Important steps have been taken in some the measure appears to be aimed at stimulat- EU creditors. parent way of financing politics. tary presence in Poland and in the region, areas and the macroeconomic situation is ing consumption, it is also expected to result in The referendum call stunned Greece, with His movement, ModernPl Association, is because “it is evident that NATO is more need- strong,” said the Commission. “However, the 2.6 billion euros in lost VAT revenues. reports of Greeks reportedly rushing to withdraw hoping for between 12 and 20 percent of the ed now than ever before.” He did not refer overall progress in implementing the jointly The public deficit for 2016 is therefore now money in fear of capital controls and more finan- votes in the general elections scheduled in directly to the armed conflict in neighboring agreed policy measures has not been suffi- expected to reach 2.8 or 2.9 percent, instead of cial chaos after six years of debt crisis-five of the fall. It was initiated last month and seeks Ukraine, that involves Russia-backed sepa- cient, predominantly in relation to fiscal policy, the 1 percent that the government had earlier those in recession. to free the economy from politics. It is direct- ratists. Petru said he believes Poland’s wide to allow for a staff-level agreement with the forecast. ed toward young, enterprising people, an participation in European markets would Romanian authorities,” it added. The IMF’s representative to Romania, ‘Makes some sense’ electorate usually associated with the ruling “inspire new energy and release competitive- Romania only managed to claw out of a Guillermo Tolosa, said, “Finding measures to fill In an early reaction, Germany’ vice-chancellor Civic Platform party, which, however, has ness of the EU vis-a-vis the rest of the world.” deep recession after the EU and the IMF that gap is very important,” but he conceded Sigmar Gabriel urged Greece’s European partners been losing popularity after almost eight On a major EU issue of accepting immi- agreed to a bailout program of 20 billion euros that it would also be “very difficult”. to remain open to the referendum. “I think we years in power. Poland’s political scene seems grants from Africa and the Middle East, in 2009. In 2013, it concluded a new deal of Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said would be well advised not to reject Mr. Tsipras’s poised for a reshuffle following the surprise Petru said he is “in favor, in principle.” “But I two years that opened a credit line of 4 billion after the meeting with EU auditors that a deci- proposal out of hand,” the centre-left Gabriel win of conservative opposition candidate am not sure if we (in Poland) are prepared euros that it could tap on in case of a serious sion concerning whether to carry on with the told Deutschlandfunk radio. Andrzej Duda in May’s presidential election. for that,” he said. —AP crisis. In return, it agreed to take on certain bailout would be made at the next EU finance “If it is clear that the vote is about a negotiat- economic reforms. ministers meeting on July 14. — AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Gulf Air on winning streak with 3 awards

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the region’s top awards for achievements in Kingdom of Bahrain, has seen its Information Information Technology - a direct result of our Technology department recognized threefold steadfast commitment and focus on IT as a key recently - winning regionally acclaimed awards business enabler. We are delivering our promise for its IT infrastructure and development. The air- to continuously improve our services to better line’s efficient implementation of Mobile Device serve our passengers and utilizing state-of-the- Management for Electronic Flight Bags -that art technologies to deliver greater value across were recently rolled out across its fleet and our business.” pilots- saw Gulf Air win the Network Middle East Bahrain’s national carrier has consistently Innovation award for “Wireless Implementation been at the forefront of introducing several of the Year”, while its security framework for improvements and innovations in its IT opera- securing its Hybrid Cloud architecture saw the tions. The airline was the first organization in national carrier secure the “Best Cloud Security Bahrain to introduce Cloud Computing in its IT Implementation” Award for 2015 at the Gulf operations, enabling faster and more efficient Information Security Exhibition and Conference business performance with resulting enhanced (GISEC).Most recently, Gulf Air won the Best customer service. Gulf Air also recently rolled “Virtualization Project” Award at the Network out Electronic Flight Bags across the airline’s World Middle East Awards - CNME - for its con- fleet and pilots, thereby moving from a paper- tinuous efforts to qualify Information based flight manual to an electronic process Technology in innovative ways to deliver com- that offers advanced information management petitive advantage and enhance business value. and delivers more accurate aircraft performance Gulf Air A/Chief Executive Officer Maher calculations, creating significant time and cost Salman Al-Musallam commented on the nation- savings while increasing safety and streamlining al carrier’s achievement: “The Gulf Air family the management of flight information. strives to excel in all areas - ensuring that our Earlier this year Gulf Air won Computer News passengers’ experience onboard our airline is a Middle East’s (CNME) annual, prestigious CIO superior one, across a broad spectrum of deliv- 100 Award for the 4th consecutive year, becom- Ford Smart Mobility shifts from erables. I am pleased to see Gulf Air recognized ing the first organization and first airline in the yet again as we consistently work towards our Middle East to do so. The national carrier’s ultimate goal and vision.” Electronic Flight Bags were also recognized last research to implementation Speaking of the airline’s recognition Gulf Air year at the MEET ICT 2014 Recognition Awards, Director of Information Technology Dr Jassim receiving a MEET ICT Excellence award for best Company announces new programs, next areas of focus Haji said: “We are delighted to win some of the mobile application. DUBAI: Ford Motor Company yesterday announced tomers who are financing a Ford vehicle,” said David battery, while the front and rear assemblies and the next phase of its Ford Smart Mobility plan - mov- McClelland, Ford Credit vice president of marketing. wheels can be configured for road, mountain or city ing from research to the start of implementation, “As most vehicles are parked and out of use much of riding. The bike folds and stores inside any Ford vehi- including new strategic areas of focus, new pilot pro- the time, this can help us gauge our customers’ desires cle - where it can be charged while stowed. grams and new mobility product experiments. to pick up extra cash and keep their vehicles in use.” Like the MoDe:Me and MoDe:Pro eBikes intro- Ford Smart Mobility is the company’s plan to deliv- New findings from Penn Schoen Berland, an inde- duced in March, MoDe:Flex connects seamlessly with er the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous pendent research company, show: a rider’s smartphone thanks to the MoDe:Link app. vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Ford * One third of Millennials in the United States are The app harnesses real-time information regarding introduced the plan in January, along with 25 experi- interested in renting out their own belongings as a weather, congestion, parking costs, time, traffic and ments aimed at better understanding consumers’ way to supplement their income public transportation. It includes eyes-free navigation, mobility needs around the globe. * Young Americans rank car rides second only to route planning, and health and fitness information. “My great-grandfather helped put the world on book lending as things they are most open to sharing It also helps to identify the most efficient and cost- wheels so everyone could enjoy the benefits of mobil- * More than half of Millennials report being open effective mode of transport for a journey. ity,” said Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford. “Our vision to sharing rides with others A new extension of MoDe:Link for Apple Watch today is to expand that same thinking using advanced * Half of Millennial and Generation Z consumers brings all of the real-time data and functionality to the technology and new business models, and addressing point to money savings as the top advantage to shar- eBike rider’s wrist. This includes the “no sweat” mode, the mobility challenges people face around the world.” ing goods and services. For 40 percent, it’s the oppor- which increases electric pedal assist based on heart Following six months of gathering data and consumer tunity to try new products, while for 33 percent, it’s rate - ensuring riders gets to their destinations without insights, Ford is honing in on two strategic areas - flexi- having access to more options breaking a sweat. The wearable device also provides ble use and ownership of vehicles, and multimodal The pilot is being offered to select Ford Credit cus- safety notifications. Hazards, such as potholes ahead, urban travel solutions. “We now are moving from tomers in California - including Berkeley, Oakland and are signaled through vibrating handlebars, plus the experimentation to implementation,” said Mark Fields, San Francisco; as well as in Portland, Oregon; Chicago Apple Watch taps the rider and beeps. Ford president and CEO, speaking today at the annual and Washington, DC. It runs through November. Further with Ford trends conference in Palo Alto. “We Ford also recently announced GoDrive, an on- Learnings from experiments Honda Alghanim launches have learned a lot in the past six months, and now are demand, public car-sharing pilot. The service offers Ford today also shares insights from some of its ready to put insights into action. Our goal is to make customers flexible, practical and affordable access to a more than 25 mobility experiments: ‘celebrate Ramadan people’s lives better by helping them more easily navi- fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking * Dynamic Shuttle: The on-demand ride-sharing gate through their day, address societal issues and, throughout London. service in New York and London studied how Ford with Honda’ promotion over time, change the way the world moves - just as The new pilot - which grew from one of the more vehicles - in this case, a Transit van - should be modi- Henry Ford did more than 100 years ago.” than 25 mobility experiments Ford announced in fied to make it most accommodating to consumers. KUWAIT: This Ramadan, Honda Alghanim enhanced with capacitive touchscreen and a January - offers Londoners an easy way to access People told Ford they want: extends its greetings to all of its customers hard disk drive (HDD) that helps guiding driv- Flexible use and ownership transportation through: * Transparent fares and travel times with an offer that befits the month of giving. ers on the road. Ford Motor Credit Company announced today * 50 cars positioned in 20 locations * Enough personal space to feel comfortable Entitled “Celebrate Ramadan with Honda,” this The 2015 Honda Accord exudes luxury cou- Peer-2-Peer Car Sharing - a pilot program for select * One-way trips with guaranteed parking * Amenities such as Wi-Fi limited-time promotion offers customers up to pled with comfortable interiors with world- customers in six US cities and in London. * Pay-as-you-go, per-minute pricing covers all fees * Space for small bags $ 3,000 cash-back in addition to attractive price class cabin space. The refined cockpit of the Ford Credit is inviting 14,000 and 12,000 customers * Availability of zero-emission Focus Electric vehi- * A less-than-five-minute walk to or from their pick- tags on any of the following 2015 Honda vehi- sedan focuses on an advanced and intuitive in six US cities and London, respectively, to sign up to cles up and drop-off points cles: the Accord Sedan, the Accord Coupe, the driving interface with the full 8-inch color rent their Ford Credit-financed vehicles to prescreened Multimodal mobility solutions *InfoCycle: Research as to how bicycles can be best Pilot, the Odyssey and the CR-V, as well as the Intelligent Multi-Information Display (i-MID) drivers for short-term use, offsetting monthly vehicle In many cities, driving your vehicle from home to used in urban environments. Learnings include: all-new 2016 Honda City. that offers simple access to a wide range of ownership costs. US customers participate through work is not feasible. Ford is looking for solutions here, * Both consumers and cities can use data from bike This promotion is part of Honda Alghanim’s functions that complements the driver’s mod- the Web-based, mobile-friendly software of ride-share too, and today is revealing a new electric bike and a sensors mission to always engage its customers with ern needs. The cabin space is generous and company Getaround, while London drivers connect prototype Apple Watch app that makes using the * Bike sensor data can provide information about the best prices and opportunities to own a offers outstanding legroom, front and rear through a similar rental system of easyCar Club. eBike even easier for urban commutes. traffic patterns, pedestrians and road conditions that is brand new luxury car that meets their daily shoulder room, and front and rear ACs. The “Consumers tell us they are interested in sharing MoDe:Flex is Ford’s third, most versatile eBike yet - difficult to obtain from vehicle sensors demands, all while offering them an enjoyable offer also includes the sleek and sporty Coupe, the costs of vehicle ownership, and this program will easily reconfigurable for different customer needs. The * In the future, this data may be combined with driving experience equipped with award-win- a car that elevates to a whole new level of help us understand how much that extends to cus- bike’s center frame assembly includes the motor and vehicle data to analyze road quality, characterize ning features, class-leading safety standards dynamism and elegance thanks to its range of micro-climates, or identify traffic patterns throughout and the latest technology, in addition to fuel advanced features such as power leather seats, the day efficiency that honors Honda’s commitment to ODMD touch screen, LaneWatch System, LED * For example, city planners could use this informa- the environment. daytime running lights and taillights. Also tion to create bike lanes. Bike riders could get insights Honda’s Ramadan offer includes included is the elegant 2015 CR-V, with its on best routes or real-time information on areas to the2015Honda Pilot, with its grand spacious- remarkable 4-Wheel Independent Suspension avoid ness to occupy more than 8 passengers and a as well as USB and AUX ports and Reverse *Data-Driven Insurance: Creating driver profiles powerful 3.5L i-VTEC engine that pumps 253 Camera, which altogether satisfy the multiple based on behavior behind the wheel, then sharing horsepower, in addition to premium features needs of the driver while offering complete with insurance providers and rental car companies for and stunningly sleek front and back designs. safety to the passengers. Not to mention the more personalized, potentially discounted rates. The new Pilotbuilds on its reputation for superlatively spacious and family-friendly Insights include: best-in-class interior space by incorporating Honda Odyssey, which was award as the best * People like receiving a score, as it allows them to easy-to-reach control keys and easy-to-read selling family minivan. Equipped with comfort- track their progress and improve dashboard signals, thereby guaranteeing a fun able leather seats, power sliding doors and * People don’t want to be told how to drive and safe driving experience. The control panel LaneWatch system, the Odyssey not only pro- * System works better if drivers see benefits of in the middle, meanwhile, has been totally vides a driving experience full of comfort and improving driving habits and are rewarded for chang- redesigned, featuring sleeker lines and new luxury, but also unmatched value thanks to its ing behavior materials that add a touch of elegance to the high fuel efficiency enhanced by the ingenious * The realization that driver scores and associated entire compartment. Additional high-end 3.5-liter V6 engine with its 6 speed levels of driving data have a broader range of application to amenities also include an 8-inch colorful GPS Variable Cylinder Management. mobility services. Audi Tradition with classic vehicles in Goodwood Auto Union Type D twin-supercharger at the Festival of Speed INGOLSTADT: Audi Tradition lines up on onship on a Sportmax as a private racer in the grid at this year’s Goodwood Festival 1955. of Speed in southern England with two Audi Tradition’s second motorcycle at and four wheels: Nick Mason, the Pink the Festival of Speed is the very rare NSU Floyd drummer, is driving an Auto Union SS 500 Supersport, also known as the NSU Type D twin-supercharger. Ralf Waldmann, Bullus. The motorcycle earned its nick- former motorcycle world championship name after the top English racer Tom runner-up is riding an NSU Sportmax from Bullus who won the German Grand Prix for 1955. An NSU Bullus from 1931 will also be NSU on the Nurburgring in 1930. in Goodwood. Around 200,000 spectators The four rings of the Audi badge sym- are expected at the Festival of Speed bolise the brands Audi, DKW, Horch and between June 26 and 28 - the annual high- Wanderer, which were combined to form light for classic motor-racing fans. Auto Union in 1932. Auto Union and NSU, Firm favorite with the public Nick which merged in 1969, both made many Mason is celebrating his ninth outing significant contributions towards the behind the wheel in Goodwood for Audi development of the car. AUDI AG was Tradition. “Every time it’s something really formed from Audi NSU Auto Union AG in special again to have the privilege of driv- 1985. Together with the two traditional ing such a car,” says the Pink Floyd drum- companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU mer and car enthusiast. The Auto Union GmbH, Audi Tradition has nurtured the Type D twin-supercharger was the last extensive, diverse history of Audi for many development stage of the Auto Union years and presented it to the public. The Silver Arrow before the Second World War. Audi museum mobile at the Audi Forum In 1939, the 485-hp twelve-cylinder racing Hermann Paul Muller on his NSU Ingolstadt is open daily from Monday to car won the French and Yugoslavian Grand Sportmax in 1955. Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm. The August Prix. Horch Museum in Zwickau is open from Audi Tradition is also lining up on the Goodwood. The 250 cc motorcycle was Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30 am to 5 pm. grid with two very special motorcycles and designed for private racers after the Audi Audi Tradition supports the work of an outstanding racer: Ralf Waldmann won predecessor brand NSU had wound up its Audi Club International e.V. (ACI). Officially over 20 Grand Prix throughout his career works team in 1954 while still reigning recognized by AUDI AG, this umbrella and was two-time motorcycle world world champion. Hermann Paul Muller - organization represents all Audi brand championship runner-up. Waldmann will Silver Arrow driver for Auto Union in the clubs and the clubs of the predecessor be riding an NSU Sportmax from 1955 in 1930s - won the motorcycle world champi- brands of the present-day AUDI AG. Nick Mason with the Auto Union Type D twin-supercharger from 1939. technology SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Canon celebrates summer with exciting new cameras

KUWAIT: Canon Middle East, a leader in imaging solutions, announced the launch of its exciting summer collection of consumer products in the region. The latest collection includes hero models such as the EOS 750D, 760D and M3, PowerShot models such as SX710HS and SX530HS, Legria models such as HF R66, HFR R68 and HF R606 along with PIX- MA printers. “Canon’s brand promise is to help people realize the power of image. The new range of products demonstrates Canon’s unparalleled expertise in imaging and reflects the innovation and uniqueness the company strives for, to provide the best technology to its users,” said Hendrik Verbrugghe, Marketing Director, Canon Middle East.

The new product range includes: l The EOS 750D and EOS 760D-two new high performance DSLR cameras designed for hobbyists and entry-level photographers. Featuring a new 24.2 MP sensor with a fast 19 point AF system, both models combine superb quality results alongside enhanced connectivity. The EOS 760D also includes a top LCD panel and rear dial - giving additional creative control for considered, more impactful photography l The EOS M3 - a new powerful Compact System Camera that delivers advanced performance in a compact body, with superb image quality even in low light, from a 24.2- megapixel APS-C type sensor l The PowerShot SX410 IS - a new powerful compact superzoom camera designed to capture any situation life brings - combining an incredible 40x optical zoom and 80x ZoomPlus technology in a small bridge style body. l The PowerShot SX530 HS, PowerShot SX710 HS and PowerShot SX610 HS - Canon’snew compact superzoom cameras offer users l The LEGRIA HF R68, LEGRIA HF R66 and the PIXMA Pro range, the PIXMA PRO-10S in the Middle East and North Africa and is a range of value added services. true flexibility in photography. The LEGRIA HF R606 arethree new camcorders and PIXMA PRO-100S. Featuring a 10-ink based in Dubai, UAE. Canon invests heavily in R&D to deliver the PowerShot SX530 HS includes an 50x opti- designed for easy, high-quality shooting of pigment system, the PIXMA PRO-10S is Founded in 1937 with the specific goal of richest and most innovative products and serv- cal zoom and 100x ZoomPlus technology, favourite family moments. Combining ideal for semi-professional and serious making the best quality camera available to ices to satisfy customers’ creative needs. From while the PowerShot SX710 HS packs in a Canon’s Full HD video system and a 32x amateur photographers who produce pro- customers, Canon’s tireless passion for the amateur photographers to professional print 30x zoom and the PowerShot SX610 HS an optical zoom lens with an advanced 57x fessional quality color and monochrome Power of Image has since extended its technol- companies, Canon enables each customer to 18x optical zoom, to ensure all subjects can zoom, as well as fast and slow motion photos up to A3+. The PIXMA PRO-100S ogy into many other markets and has estab- realize their own passion for image. be captured in exquisite detail. recording modes, the new models provide uses an 8-ink dye based system, and is lished it as a world leader in both consumer Canon believes that considering the inter- l IXUS 275 HS - a slim and stylish IXUS with a an easy solution for everyday video record- aimed at entry level professional photogra- and business imaging solutions. Its solutions ests of society and the environment is an inte- metal body, designed to fit effortlessly into ing. Plus, with Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity, phers who are looking to print high quali- comprise products, ranging from digital com- gral part of good business practice. This is your pocket - featuring a 12x optical zoom, it’s easier than ever to share and safely store ty, vibrant color images up to A3+. Canon pact and SLR cameras, through broadcast lens- embodied in its corporate philosophy Kyosei - Canon’s HS System, a 20.2 MP CMOS sensor precious moments captured in movies. Middle East, a subsidiary of Canon Europe, es and portable X-ray machines, to multi-func- ‘To live and work together for the common and Wi-Fi with Dynamic NFC. l Two new professional photo printers from is the operational headquarters for Canon tion and production printers, all supported by good’. T-Mobile’s new phone-upgrade program explained NEW YORK: T-Mobile is revamping its phone-upgrade program by eliminating a $10-a-month charge for the most popular phones. The wireless carrier shattered longstanding industry practices two years ago by eliminating two-year service contracts and letting customers upgrade phones before they are fully paid off. Customers had to pay $10 a month to be eligible for the upgrade program, known as Jump. That’s on top of monthly installments to cover the costs of the phone. AT&T and Verizon soon followed with their own programs - without the monthly fee. T-Mobile’s new Jump On Demand program elim- inates that $10 Jump fee. Customers will be able to upgrade up to three times a year, which is more frequent than what rivals or T- Mobile’s old program allow.

HOW IT WORKS: Visit a T-Mobile retail store to buy a new phone and enroll, starting Sunday. The program isn’t open yet to online orders or third-party retailers. Eligible phones are initially limited to Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Samsung’s Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and Note 4 and LG’s G4. T-Mobile says these were chosen because customers of these phones tended An Android Wear smartwatch is on display at Google I/O 2015 in San TOKYO: A man looks at LG 4K ultra HD TV at an electronics store in Tokyo on to upgrade the most frequently. Francisco. Android Wear puts the “smart” in smartwatches by anticipat- Friday. The state of Japan’s economic recovery remains murky, with inflation Customers pay what they would have been charged previously ing your needs — weather, travel times and appointment reminders, still nearly flat in May despite unprecedented monetary stimulus, though under a monthly-installment plan. It’s the full retail price of the phone based on what Google learns about you. —AP joblessness was flat at 3.3 percent and household spending rose for the first divided into 24 payments - for example, $28.33 for the S6 and $31.24 time in over a year. —AP for the 6 Plus. There’s a $15-a-month promotion for the iPhone 6, but more on that. To get a new phone, just turn the old one in. It has to be in work- High-resolution ing condition. The monthly installment might change to reflect the Ex-Qualcomm exec gets price of the new model. audio explained WHAT’S CHANGED: $500k fine, jail time The biggest change is the elimination of the $10-a-month Jump fee just to have the right to upgrade before the phone is paid off. The LOS ANGELES: In recent times, musi- between the loudest and softest for insider trading fee includes insurance for loss and damage; those who want that can cians like Neil Young and James Taylor sounds. That’s also more than neces- pay $8 under the new program. The $10 fee will still apply for phones have come out to tell you that the sary, unless you want a range from WASHINGTON: A former high-ranking California. In early 2010, Wang bought that aren’t eligible. quality of music you’ve been listening the tiniest whisper to a jet engine executive of US computer chip giant around $277,000 of Qualcomm stock pri- Another change is how the installments work. Before, you made to for the last 20 years is dreck. blasting. One benefit of using more Qualcomm was fined $500,000 and sen- or to the company’s unexpected 24 monthly payments over two years. With Jump On Demand, you The cutoff they usually point to is bits is that it helps capture reverbera- tenced to 18 months in prison on Friday announcement of a dividend increase make payments for only 18 months, at which point you owe the around the turn of the millennium, tion and room echo more precisely for for insider trading, US officials said. and stock repurchase program. remaining six payments at once (unless you turn in the device and when the iPod and ubiquitous MP3 relatively quiet sounds. Jing Wang, 52, the former executive Then in December 2010, while he was cancel service then, or upgrade to a new phone). Few people will get standard took off, followed by Apple’s vice president and president of global in Hong Kong, Wang purchased Atheros to that point because the program is designed for those who upgrade AAC. These file formats, while conve- TIDAL and DEEZER ELITE business operations at Qualcomm stock hours after Qualcomm’s board frequently. The clock resets when you upgrade. niently small, trimmed sound for Both Tidal and Deezer Elite offer pleaded guilty last July to insider trading approved an offer for Atheros that had With the new program, the sales tax is also spread out as part of space, which critics say gutted the CD-quality streaming for a premium charges, including trades on a 2011 deal not been made public. the monthly installments. Before, customers had to pay tax on the full soul out of the art. price, $20 per month versus $10 a for Atheros Communications, the Justice A few weeks later, in January 2011, cost of the device up front. The digital alternative being month for standard on-demand lis- Department said. Wang directed his stock broker to sell He had also pleaded guilty to laun- the Atheros stock in a brokerage account offered is what’s broadly known as tening. The format is known as “loss- dering the proceeds of his insider trad- held in the name of an offshore entity HOW IT COMPARES: “high-resolution” audio. less” because no sounds are lost to Although T-Mobile pioneered the frequent-upgrade program, it ing using an offshore shell company. and used the proceeds to purchase Here’s a primer on various hi-res data compression. Tidal even offers a was behind AT&T and Verizon in offering the benefit without a sepa- “Jing Wang gained unique access to Qualcomm stock, one day before the rate monthly fee. Sprint does charge $10, as T-Mobile still does with providers: video that demonstrates the sounds information about the company’s earn- firm announced record earnings results. some phones. AT&T and Verizon never did. you are missing when you use a com- ings and intended acquisitions and ille- Wang “was sentenced today to 18 However, T-Mobile’s program is better in letting customers PONOMUSIC and HDTRACKS pressed audio format like an MP3. gally exploited that inside information months in prison and fined $500,000,” upgrade up to three times a year. The Young-backed PonoMusic store But we don’t actually hear a lot of for personal gain,” Assistant Attorney the Justice Department said Friday. That could be three times in the same month or once every four and sites like HDtracks use files sam- sounds that have been removed. General Leslie Caldwell said in a state- It added that Wang conspired with months. Under T-Mobile’s old program, customers had to wait a year, pled at as high as 192 kHz, or 192,000 There are two kinds of “masking” that ment. Wang, of Del Mar, California, com- his brother, Bing Wang, and his stock or make extra payments to cover half the full cost of the device. Sprint times per second. That’s good to cap- occur with all sounds, “spectral mask- mitted insider trading on three separate broker, Gary Yin, to fabricate evidence also has a one-year waiting period, or customers must pay all remain- ture sound waves up to half that fre- ing” in which a louder sound can cov- occasions over a 10-month period in and concoct a false cover story for the ing installments. AT&T makes customers wait 12, 18 or 24 months, quency, or 96 kHz. er up a quieter sound that is nearby in 2010 and 2011, prosecutors said. trades. Bing Wang is wanted on an inter- depending on how many months the installments are spread over. But human hearing drops off frequency, or pitch; and “temporal “Jing Wang was a powerful insider at national arrest warrant, the Justice Verizon essentially killed its early-upgrade option this month around 20 kHz, contained amply by masking,” which means big sounds one of the world’s top corporations-but Department said. Yin has pleaded guilty when it began requiring new customers to make all remaining pay- the good old CD with its 44.1 kHz sam- muffle sounds that come before and he threw it all away to make a few hun- to conspiring to obstruct justice and ments before upgrading. As T-Mobile Chief Operating Officer Mike ple rate. And resolution doesn’t after it. In other words, if a bird tweets dred thousand dollars,” said US Attorney launder money, and will be sentenced Sievert puts it, “That’s just called buying a phone and then buying improve for sounds in the frequencies right before or after a cannon blast, Laura Duffy of the Southern District of on July 17. —AFP another phone.” that you can hear. you’re probably not going to hear the Most headphones and speakers bird. Removing it doesn’t affect our THE IPHONE PROMOTION: have frequency responses that top perception of it. Apple removing games with Participants of Jump On Demand pay $15 a month for the iPhone out around human hearing, too. One And 24 writers and editors of The 6, rather than $27.08 under the regular installment plan. However, benefit of the higher sampling rate, Associated Press across a range of lis- Confederate flag from App Store customers must trade in their old, fully paid phones to be eligible. however, is it allows engineers to tening equipment couldn’t tell the CUPERTINO, California: Apple said on bols that feed it. They wouldn’t be able to get money back by reselling the device. place necessary filters further outside difference between CD-quality files Thursday that it is removing games from its Apple said in a statement Thursday that After 18 months, customers pay $164 to own the phone, rather than the range of hearing to reduce some and compressed files on the Tidal $90 under the $15-a-month rate. Still, that works out to $434 for an online app store that feature the Confederate apps are being removed “that use the distortion that we can hear. website. The journalists picked the flag in “offensive or mean-spirited ways.” The Confederate flag in offensive or mean-spirit- iPhone 6, less than its regular retail price of $650. PonoMusic and HDtracks also tout high-fidelity choice a measly 2.2 out Apple will likely come out with new iPhone models in a few move comes days after Apple CEO Tim Cook ed ways, which is in violation of our guide- using 24 bits per sample, up from 16 of 5 times on average. Two people got months, so the promotion offers a cheaper way to tide customers called on people in a tweet to honor the vic- lines.” Other apps that depict the flag in edu- over until then. —AP in CDs. This merely extends the zero correct, and no one got them tims of the Charleston, South Carolina, church cational or historical contexts are not being dynamic range, or the difference all.—AP shooting by eradicating racism and the sym- removed. —AP SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Lions return to Rwanda after over two decades

KIGALI: Lions will return to Rwanda for the first the 1994 genocide, which left an estimated 800,000 tribute to social cohesion”, with animals including a “The return of lions to Akagera is a conservation time in more than two decades, wildlife officials people dead. Fleeing refugees and displaced people mix of ages and genetic makeup. milestone for the park and the country,” said Peter have said, after the endangered animal was wiped occupied part of the park, with the lion being driv- Fearnhead, head of African Parks, which helps run out following the country’s 1994 genocide. Seven en out or killed as people tried to protect their live- ‘Conservation milestone’ Akagera. The park is fenced, but the cats will be lions-two males and five females-are being trans- stock. The lion remains listed as vulnerable at a global equipped with “satellite collars” to reduce the risk of ported from South Africa and will arrive by air in “It a breakthrough in the rehabilitation of the level, the International Union for the Conservation them entering inhabited areas. “The collars have a Rwanda on Monday after a 36 hour journey, where park,” said Yamina Karitanyi, head of tourism at the of Nature said Thursday in an update to its “Red List” two-year life, by which time the park team will have they will be taken and released after at least two Rwanda Development Board. “Their return will of threatened species. Rapid decline has been evaluated the pride dynamics and only the domi- weeks quarantine into the eastern Akagera National encourage the natural balance of the ecosystem.” recorded in eastern Africa, which historically has nant individuals in each pride will be re-collared,” Park. Lions are coming from parks in South Africa’s been a stronghold for lions, IUCN said, warning that the park added. Akagera offers plenty of food for Park officials in Akagera, a 112,000 hectare KwaZulu-Natal province, from “relatively small, con- trade in bones and other body parts for traditional the top predator, and is home to multiple antelope (27,6800 acre) park bordering Tanzania, said the fined reserves where it is necessary to occasionally medicine in Africa and in Asia was a new and species, buffaloes, giraffes and zebras, as well as reintroduction was “a ground-breaking conserva- remove surplus lions,” a statement from Akagera emerging threat to the species. The western African leopards and elephants. Some two hours by vehicle tion effort for both the park and the country of added. The seven were chosen “based on future lion subpopulation is listed as “critically endan- from the capital Kigali, it is an important tourist des- Rwanda.” Lions in Rwanda were stamped out after reproductive potential and their ability to con- gered” due to over-hunting and dwindling prey. tination, with some 28,000 visitors in 2014. —AFP

SKorea fears MERS may have Deforestation freeze unlikely spread to another hospital in Brazil climate declaration SAO PAULO: A target date for Brazil to noting that the meeting offers an reach zero net deforestation, something opportunity for the countries to agree Largest outbreak of virus outside Saudi Arabia climate activists have been asking for, is on concrete steps to reduce forest loss- not expected to be a part of a US- es. SEOUL: South Korea yesterday said it was Brazilian joint climate declaration to be Tasso Azevedo, a forestry and climate closely monitoring a hospital in eastern Seoul issued next week when President Dilma consultant in Sao Paulo, says there is no over fears that hundreds of people there may Rousseff visits Barack Obama in sign Rousseff will bring anything like a have been exposed to the deadly MERS virus. Washington, climate specialists say. The deforestation freeze to the meeting, but A 70-year-old woman who caught Middle East specialists are, however, hoping the two he said he believes the United States Respiratory Syndrome while visiting an infect- countries will at least announce plans could play a role on the issue. ed relative in a different hospital was feared to for a bold cooperation to tackle the “They can put pressure on American have spread the virus to the new site. main causes of deforestation in Brazil, corporations to stop buying anything “We are focusing our efforts in tracing con- home to the world’s largest tropical for- that has links to illegally deforested tacts and isolating people who came close to est. land.” Azevedo also says he thinks the this patient”, a senior health ministry official Brazil and the United States plan to United States could join results-based told journalists yesterday. The woman died on issue a joint declaration expressing both mechanisms such as Brazil’s Amazon June 25, two days after she was diagnosed, countries’ commitment to the success of Fund. The fund receives donations from but due to the virus’s 14-day incubation peri- the United Nations Climate Change countries to finance programs to fight od, anyone she infected may only start show- Conference to be held in Paris later this deforestation. Results are measured ing symptoms in the coming days. The official year. The text should “indicate what the and donors receive certificates related said it was too early to say whether the out- two countries are willing to do to ensure to the amount of carbon emissions they break may be on the wane, given that new the summit is fruitful,” Brazilian Foreign avoided by financing forest preserva- cases are expected at the new site. Ministry official Carlos Paranhos told tion. “We would be able to talk about any trend journalists on Thursday, without giving So far only Norway and Germany of the outbreak only after watching the devel- further details. contributed to the fund. Paulo opment at the hospital”, he said. The com- Brazil has managed to reduce defor- Moutinho, director of the Amazon ments came as the country reported one addi- estation sharply in the past 10 years, but Environmental Research Institute tional MERS case, bringing the total number of close to 5,000 square km of forests are (IPAM), says that even if a zero defor- confirmed cases to 182 in the largest outbreak lost every year. “It is very clear from con- estation target is not announced in of the deadly virus outside Saudi Arabia. versations I had with members of the US Washington he expects it to be part of However, no additional fatalities were report- administration that climate change is Brazil’s INDCs (Intended Nationally ed over the past 24 hours, with the death toll HONG KONG: A member of staff (center) takes an escalator as she wears a face mask at very high in the agenda for this bilateral Determined Contributions), the actions standing at 31, the health ministry said. Kowloon station. — AFP meeting,” Climate Advisers managing countries are expected to present at the The latest case involved a 27-year-old nurse director Michael Wolosin said. Obama Paris climate talks. “Brazil has all the ele- at a hospital in eastern Seoul who was critical condition. Most of the deceased had ister said the man was being tested for MERS. has made significant progress to reduce ments to do so. We already proved it is believed to have been infected while treating pre-existing medical conditions, according to “Today there is a patient, he is a young emissions at home recently, he added, possible,” he said. — Reuters a patient. She is the fifth confirmed case at the the health ministry. Some 2,467 people were Korean male and came to Hong Kong from the hospital, where more than 100 patients who meanwhile in isolation, down from 2,931 yes- US passing through South Korea. He’s been in were exposed to the virus while undergoing terday. Hong Kong for around 10 days but today he had dialysis have been isolated since June 18. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, images on local a fever,” the city’s health minister Ko Wing-man media showed people wearing hazmat suits at told reporters. The city has not reported any Suspected case in Hong Kong a major subway station cleaning the escalators cases of MERS, though multiple people have Of the 182 confirmed cases, 90 people have and mopping the floors after a 17-year-old been tested for the virus. The area outside the recovered, 31 have died and 61 others are still Korean man with a fever sought medical care clinic in the station was cordoned off and the being treated — 13 of whom are listed in a at a clinic in the station. The city’s health min- man has since been isolated in hospital. — AFP Ash from Indonesia volcano blankets provincial capital

JAKARTA: Volcanic ash from Indonesia’s smolder- Indonesia’s third-biggest city after Jakarta and the highest level. More than 10,300 villagers ing Mount Sinabung has blanketed parts of Medan, Surabaya. TV footage showed ash blanketing parts whose homes are in the danger zone have been the provincial capital of North Sumatra, forcing resi- of the city which is about 50 kilometers northeast of evacuated since then to safer areas. Mount dents to wear masks. The head of the local disaster the mountain. Sinabung is one of about 130 active volcanoes in mitigation agency, Subur Tambun, said Wednesday According to the Sinabung monitoring post, Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due that smoke spewing from the mountain was being there were seven hot ash avalanches Wednesday to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of carried by winds toward Medan. So far, the ash fall that slid up to 3,500 meters southeastward. The volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific is not seriously disrupting daily life, he said, includ- ash cloud billowed 2,000 meters high. The 2,460- Basin. It has sporadically erupted since 2010, after ing flight operations at the city’s airport. meter volcano has spewed hot lava almost daily being dormant for 400 years. An eruption last year Medan with a population of 3.4 million is since its alert status was raised early this month to killed at least 17 people. — AP

This image provided by Danielle Dufault shows a rendering of a Hallucigenia sparsa worm which lived 508 million years ago. Up to 2 inches long, it had legs, and spiky spines on its back. Scientists first described the creature in 1977, and for 15 years they thought those spines were legs. The question of which end was the front has lingered even longer. — AP Bizzare fossil worm reveals odd secret

NEW YORK: A bizarre-looking fossil It had legs, and spiky spines sticking out worm that’s been a puzzle for scientists of its back. has given up a secret: Researchers now Until the 1990s, scientists thought know which end is which. The giveaway those spines were legs. So their view of was finding evidence of eyes and teeth in the animal was upside-down. Some the black traces of carbon the creature researchers also falsely identified a head left behind in ancient rock. The worm, at what turned out to be the tail end. called Hallucigenia sparsa (huh-loo-sih- Researchers in England and Canada JEE’-nee-uh SPAHR’-suh), lived 508 mil- report their new results in a paper TIGA SERANGKAI: Villagers watch as Mount Sinabung releases volcanic material into the air. — AP lion years ago. It was up to 2 inches long. released by the journal Nature. — AP Draught forces San Francisco to stop taking reservoir water

SACRAMENTO: Regulators yesterday told San Francisco diverts from the river for storage Joaquin and delta watersheds. The board Francisco to stop taking some of the river water under the cuts ordered yesterday. expanded its cuts earlier this month to more it routinely stores in the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. “We’re very protective of our water rights,” than 100 senior water rights holders in However, the city is far from having its taps run said Steven Ritchie, who manages water for San California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley. dry during the drought. Francisco Public Utilities Commission. “We’re Some irrigation districts with those prized Officials said the cutback orders don’t apply going to look very closely at what the state claims are considering defying the water board to water already stored in the reservoir system, water board does to determine the appropriate and are challenging the cuts in court, saying which has enough water to last through two course of action.” The Hetch Hetchy reservoir is the agency has no power to regulate their more dry years. The State Water Resources located 160 miles from the city in the Sierra water use. The latest to sue is the Byron- Control Board ordered the cutback in its latest Nevada and supplies 2.5 million people in the Bethany Irrigation District, which announced round of notices informing agencies, corpora- San Francisco Bay Area. yesterday it was seeking to have its curtailment tions and individuals holding water rights that San Francisco gets 85 percent of its water suspended and damages paid. The district sup- waterways are too dry to meet demand in the from the reservoir. The densely packed city with plies water to farmers in three counties and to drought. few lawns is among the most water frugal in the 12,000 residents in the community of San Francisco depends on snow in the Sierra California, with residents using an average of 45 Mountain House. Nevada melting into the Tuolumne River to gallons each a day. Under California’s water “Enough is enough,” said Russell Kagehiro, supply its drinking water, but the snowpack has rights system, the first to stake claims to water president of the district’s board, adding that largely vanished during the fourth year of the as early as Gold Rush days are among the last to California farmers feed the state and country. drought. The city has several century-old claims face cuts. “It is irresponsible and unnecessary. We will to the river, including one established when the The state has already ordered thousands of fight to ensure that water rights are protected.” mayor famously nailed a notice on a tree in farmers and others with more recent rights to The board has the authority to levy $1,000 per- 1902. It’s not clear how much water San stop pumping from the Sacramento, San FRESNO: In this file photo, a dead almond crop is seen in California’s Westland Water District. — AP day fines for illegal diversions of water. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Oil gushed like hose ‘Without a nozzle’

LOS ANGELES: Firefighters investigating a released preliminary findings earlier this month reported petroleum stench at a California beach that the break occurred along a badly corroded last month didn’t take long to find a spill - oil section that had worn away to a fraction of an was spreading across the sand and into the surf. inch in thickness. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing At a state legislative hearing Friday in Santa from a bluff like a fire hose “without a nozzle,” Barbara, Mark S Ghilarducci, director of the records show. Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, was But critical time would elapse before the asked if the company met state requirements operator of a nearby pipeline confirmed that it for prompt notification. “It doesn’t appear that had ruptured and spewed the oil. An employee they ... did that,” Ghilarducci said. “They did not at the scene for Plains All American Pipeline ini- meet that criteria.” State prosecutors have been tially suggested to firefighters that the spill “was considering potential charges against the com- too big to be from their pipeline,” according to pany. In a separate letter Thursday, the House the documents obtained by The Associated committee asked the pipeline administration Press. The description of what firefighters found for an update of what it called long overdue May 19 at Refugio State Beach was detailed in pipeline safety rules. The panel said the records Santa Barbara County firefighters filed California spill raised questions about the with state officials. It indicates that firefighters agency’s oversight of pipeline safety and added who arrived just before noon quickly recog- that the agency had failed to complete 17 of 42 nized that “some sort of leak or spill had requirements Congress outlined in 2011 to help occurred.” prevent spills.

Facing scrutiny Cleanup costs A Plains company spokeswoman would not Cleanup costs have reached $92 million. comment Thursday on why it took until later in Federal elected officials released records from the afternoon for its workers to confirm the line Plains All American on Wednesday that provid- was cracked and spilling thousands of gallons ed a look inside a company trying to contend of oil onto the sand and water west of Santa with what became the largest coastal oil spill in Barbara. Plains is facing scrutiny from federal California in 25 years. Those records said that regulators and lawmakers over the spill, which once company workers confirmed oil was in the washed up goo on beaches as far as 100 miles ocean, two employees rode along the pipeline away. The failed pipeline released up to 101,000 to look for a source. “It was not readily apparent gallons, and an estimated 21,000 gallons from their vantage point near the beach that reached the water. the oil originated” from the company pipeline, The US House Energy and Commerce they said. Committee opened an investigation Thursday It was later determined the oil traveled to and asked the company for detailed informa- the beach down a culvert near the break. By the tion on maintenance of the line, including how time company employees confirmed the spill, it it addressed corrosion. The panel also wants the was at least an hour after firefighters reported company to explain what it did in the hours oil on the beach. Plains spokeswoman Meredith leading up to the break and how it reported the Matthews said Wednesday that company per- problem. A key issue has been how long it took sonnel were on the beach with firefighters the Texas-based company to relay information around the same time local officials alerted the on the break to the federal government. response center to the spill. “The response was Internal planning documents stress the impor- not delayed,” she said. tance of notifying the government of a leak as Popular campgrounds have been closed, quickly as possible. Federal regulations require nearby commercial fishing has been prohibited the company to notify the National Response and nearly 300 marine mammals and birds have Center, a clearinghouse for reports of haz- been found dead after the spill. At the legisla- ardous-material releases, “at the earliest practi- tive hearing, Janet Wolf, chair of the county cable moment.” State law requires immediate board of supervisors, said county officials were CAPE CANAVERAL: In this March 24, 2015 photo made available by NASA, engineers in the Space Station Processing Facility at the Kennedy notification of a release or a threatened release. concerned the pipeline company was exerting Space Center. — AP Company employees at the scene did not too much influence on operations following the confirm a leak until about 1:30 pm, and it would spill, while local officials were being excluded. be nearly 3 pm before the company would con- She said Plains All American executives were SpaceX capsule to deliver new tact the response center. By then, the federal allowed “to make whatever statements or repre- response led by the Coast Guard was underway. sentations they wanted” at news conferences The federal Pipeline and Hazardous following the spill, while the county’s state- parking spot for space station Materials Safety Administration is investigating ments were vetted. “They are embedded in the cause of the accident, and state prosecutors every aspect of operations and meetings that have been considering potential charges even I, a local elected official ... was not permit- Critical shipment follows several failures against the company. The federal agency ted to attend,” Wolf said. —AP

CAPE CANAVERAL: SpaceX stands ready to docking rings for the station. one-quarter of the way through a one-year mis- launch a much-needed load of supplies to the Spacewalking astronauts will hook up the sion: American Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail International Space Station this weekend on the 1,160-pound port built by Boeing later this sum- Kornienko. heels of a failed supply run by Russia. Besides food mer. The twin ports eventually will be used by The third, Russia’s Gennady Padalka, will and experiments, the Dragon cargo ship ordered astronauts arriving in new American-built cap- become the world’s most experienced spaceman up by NASA holds a new docking port, or parking sules. NASA is paying billions of dollars to SpaceX this weekend. He’s set to break the world record for place, for future commercial crew capsules. and Boeing to develop the crew capsules. The most accumulated time in space, surpassing the Liftoff is scheduled for 10:21 am today. Good SpaceX version is a souped-up Dragon. Boeing’s 803-day mark held by former cosmonaut Sergei flying weather is forecast for SpaceX’s unmanned model is the CST-100, short for Crew Space Krikalev, now a Russian space program official. Falcon rocket. This shipment is especially critical Transportation; the 100 represents the beginning By the time Padalka returns to Earth in because the space station has lost two deliveries of space at 62 miles up, or 100 kilometers. September, he will have spent 21/2 years in orbit. since fall. A Russian supply ship spun out of control Minutes after Sunday’s liftoff, in a test on its own shortly after liftoff in April and burned up on re- Hitch rides dime, SpaceX will make another attempt to verti- entry with all its contents. In October, an Orbital In both cases, manned flights are still at least cally land a Falcon 9’s discarded first-stage booster Sciences Corp. cargo carrier was destroyed in a two years off. Until then, Americans will continue on an ocean platform off the north Florida coast. Virginia launch explosion. Once again, SpaceX is to hitch rides to the space station on Russian rock- Two of the previous efforts - aimed at demonstrat- picking up the slack. This will be the eighth station ets for tens of millions of dollars per seat. The ing rocket reusability - ended in flames, while supply run for the California-based company; the Russian Space Agency plans to take another stab another was called off because of rough seas. first was in 2012. at a station shipment from Kazakhstan next Friday. A new modified barge is making its debut for “Dragon has been super reliable,” SpaceX’s Russian space officials want to see how that goes the upcoming Falcon flight; it’s called “Of Course I Hans Koenigsmann told reporters Friday. Nearly before launching a new three-man crew to the sta- Still Love You.” Like barge No 1, “Just Read the 5,300 pounds of gear is packed for the trip, tion on July 22, two months late because of the Instructions,” the names hail from science fiction including replacements for science experiments April cargo ship mishap. writer Iain M Banks’ Culture series. SpaceX founder lost in the Orbital launch accident, some of Three men currently are living at the space sta- Elon Musk wanted to honor the late Scottish them designed by students. Stored in the cap- tion, three fewer than usual because of the recent author. And yes, the SpaceX Falcon rocket is a nod GOLETA: In this May 21, 2015 file photo, a bird covered in oil flaps its wings at sule’s unpressurized trunk is the first of two new hold in Russian Soyuz launches. Two of them are to the “Star Wars” Millennium Falcon. —AP Refugio State Beach. — AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Kuwait National English School Summer Concert nce again pupils from Year 3 and 4 of the Primary Department at Kuwait National English School delighted the audience with brilliant performances of song and dance. The theme of their summer concert was “We are the World”. “Earth we’re in it together, A World of Difference, Yesterday’s Dream and We are the World” are some of the songs the children sang on environmental awareness and unity in Odiversity, which is in keeping with our school’s guiding statement. The dance acts, choreographed by the Music and P.E teachers, were amazing. There were also solo performances by talented pupils either singing or playing the piano. Parents, staff and well-wishers thoroughly enjoyed the concert. Madame Chantal, the school’s Director thanked the pupils, staff and the Music Department for their effort in producing, once again, a brilliant concert.

Over 3,000 residents to benefit from PPF condemns horrific attack Malabar Gold & Diamonds initiatives akistan Progressive Forum Kuwait strongly condemn the criminal act of terrorism at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque dur- he holy month of Ramadan entered the second Bahar Camp), Mina Al Zoor (K Center), Mehabullah & Al of refreshments for all the visitors. Malabar Group Ping Friday prayer. In an emergency meeting of PPFK the President Javaid Ahmed and members of PPFK extend their heart- week and millions of people around the world Zaheem Mosque in association with over 1,300 people undertakes several CSR activities during the month of felt sympathies and condolences to the family of victims of this Thonor the month with acts of service and prayers. were benefitted from the same. Ramadan in association with likeminded organizations horrific terrorist attack where 27 people were killed and 222 were Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the leading jewelry retailer Speaking on the occasion, Afsal Khan, Zonal Head to ease the life of residents in the respective country.” injured. Members of PPFK condemn the criminal act by lunatic ele- strengthens its CSR activities in GCC and Far East this said “Same like previous years, Malabar Gold & The jewelry group hosts Iftar events in various parts of ments of IS and extend their heartfelt condolences to the families Ramadan, embracing the spirit of giving. In Kuwait, they Diamonds will be organizing various Iftar events which GCC and Far East, by organizing a month long activities, of victims who suffered heavy losses in the horrific attack in Imam will distribute 3,000 Iftar kits at different areas. As a part is integral component of our CSR especially during the in association with like-minded organizations. Over Al-Sadiq Mosque. The meeting expressed their profound pain for of this, iftar events were organized in various areas from holy month of Ramadan. Our support team will be pro- 100,000 residents in GCC and Far East will be benefitted this heinous crime in the Muslim’s precious month of prayer & fasting Ramadan. PPFK extend their full support and solidarity with 21st June in Min Abdulla Camp (KPTC), Abbasiya (Al viding all the assistance needed to ensure the provision by their CSR initiatives this Ramadan. Kuwaiti citizens and victims’ families & friends. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Cuba, Kuwait sign visa exemption agreement he Republic of Cuba and the State of Kuwait signed in this capital an agreement on mutual visa exemption Tfor holders of official, diplomatic, service and special passports. The agreement was signed by Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Kuwait, Ambassador Khaled S Al Jarallah and the Ambassador of (Left to right) Siddique Valiyakath President FIMA; Yusuf Chambers; HE Sunil Jain, Ambassador of India Cuba in Kuwait Andres Gonzalez Garrido. In this way the to Kuwait; Dr Ghalib Al-Mashoor, President IKFS in a recently held grand iftar reception at Crowne two nations ratify the will to continue expanding bilateral Plaza hosted by Federation of Indian Muslim Association (FIMA). Yusuf Chambers delivered very fasci- relations. Cuba and Kuwait established diplomatic relations on May 13, 1974 and currently maintain cooperation links in nating speech during the FIMA event. Yusuf Chambers is now active in iEra (Islamic Education Revival the areas of health and sport. The State of Kuwait cooper- Academy) - a very progressive and modern approach to sharing true Islam with the non-Muslim com- ates with the rehabilitation of the water supply in the cities munities all across the United Kingdom. of Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Holguin.

Ooredoo Iftar tent serves hundreds daily

oredoo Kuwait, a member of the international gram, and stems from the company’s belief in helping to volunteer and give back to the community. us. We’re very proud of their dedication and their reason to Ooredoo Group, continues to deliver hundreds of underserved communities. Meal distribution at the tent is Commenting on the initiative, Ooredoo Corporate give and volunteer their time and effort for a good cause.” OIftar meals daily at its Ramadan tent. The company being operated by Ooredoo’s Corporate Social Communication Director Mijbil Alayoub said: “We’re very Ooredoo launched its volunteer group initiative earlier in will contribute to distribute Iftar meals in the tent, as well Responsibility department, as well as volunteer groups proud of our employees who are supervising the opera- May as part of its corporate social responsibility program. as in various locations across Kuwait. This initiative comes working in coordination with the Ooredoo Volunteer tions of the tent, and we are proud of each and every par- The program aims to train and qualify participants in the as part of Ooredoo’s corporate social responsibility pro- Program. Ooredoo is very keen to enable the Kuwaiti youth ticipant from the volunteer groups that are working with field of volunteerism according to international standards. SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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You can override your wariness of uncomfortable emotional inter- You might nostalgically long for the good old days of cool objectiv- actions today as long as you trust the wisdom of the universe. You intuitively ity, even if exciting opportunities are unfolding on the social front. Whether know that your fear of losing control currently stands between you and the inti- your calendar is suddenly booked or a relationship is taking an unexpected macy you would like to create. But you can’t use reason to push past your con- turn, your emotions are powerful right now and this intensity can be quite cerns now. Although you might not be able to shut off the endless flow of self- bothersome. You may be happy about the opportunities but not as pleased doubting words, listen to your heart instead of your head. Be courageous and with your apparent loss of control. Although maintaining a healthy perspective take a leap of faith for love. can be challenging today, you stand to reap the greatest rewards if you tem- porarily surrender to your feelings without worrying where they will lead.

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

People seem to enter your life today to intensify whatever you are You have no idea what to expect next, especially if you recently already feeling. You may be resistant to their support, especially if you think experienced a break in your regular routine. Fortunately, it’s not necessary to they might take over by relentlessly offering their advice and subtly shifting have your entire schedule set in stone; the more flexible you are now, the your trajectory. Nevertheless, there’s no need to overreact and turn a harmless greater your progress. However comfortable the past may be, clinging to it will situation into a unnecessary conflict. The more open-minded you are now, the only bring disappointment. The universe is conspiring to give you a free wider the range of possibilities that stretch out before you. Don’t shut down; upgrade if you let it. Change isn’t easy if you allow your fears to tether you to even if your methods are different, your long-range goals are likely the same. the past. Nevertheless, the future is looking brighter than ever; all you have to do is accept its invitation to dance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Your dreams hold the key to your happiness now, whether or not Just when you thought clarity was yours for the asking, the soft you actually manifest them. In fact, letting your creativity loose to focus lens slides back into place to blur your perceptions. The good news is ACROSS limb. imagine all the possibilities ahead acts as a spiritual practice today. Explore each that your current fuzziness forces you to rely more heavily on your intuition as item on your bucket list even if it’s not practical or feasible in the real world. 1. The basic unit of money in Albania. 5. A colorless and odorless inert gas. you fill in the missing details from the far reaches of your imagination. Let go 4. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday com- 6. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square Something valuable will emerge from your fantasies if you give yourself permis- of your need to intellectually know all the answers; magic can only occur if sion to believe they can come true. memorating the rededication of the Temple of meter measured perpendicular to the rays from you’re willing to play in the field of dreams. Jerusalem. the source. 12. A woolen cap of Scottish origin. 7. North American republic containing 50 states - 15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm 48 conterminous states in North America plus used in India for writing paper. Alaska in northwest North America and the 16. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous peren- Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) nials. 8. Informal terms for money. 17. A period marked by distinctive character or 9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a You often pull back into your shell when you’re feeling insecure because Although you don’t often step outside of the practical realms, you reckoned from a fixed point or event. skewer usually with vegetables. creating boundaries gives you the illusion of safety. However, something is different have a hunch about your destiny that can’t be rationalized today. Luckily, your 18. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ). 10. (Roman mythology) God of love. these days; you’re more likely to reach out to others instead of withdrawing away from psychic powers are strong now and you’re probably picking up signals from a 20. English inventor who published the first 11. The emotion of hate. them. You can instinctively tell the difference between friend and foe now that the potential future reality. Don’t make the mistake of ignoring your current percep- book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877). 12. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922). watery Scorpio Moon is harmonizing with psychic Neptune. Follow your intuition; it will tions just because they don’t make sense. Instead, delve into your unexpressed 21. The money risked on a gamble. 13. Any of several tall tropical palms native to lead you in the right direction. Just remember not to go too far out on a limb since the daydreams without too many expectations. The cosmic messages are meant for 22. (archaic) The emperor of Japan. southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts. emotional tides will change again soon enough and you’ll be back on dry ground. your spiritual growth. 24. The range within which a voice can be heard. 14. A science (or group of related sciences) deal- 26. Before noon. ing with the logic of quantity and shape and 27. White crystalline compound used as a food arrangement. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) additive to enhance flavor. 19. United States designer noted for an innova- 30. A republic in southeastern Europe on the tive series of chairs (1907-1978). It’s becoming more obvious day by day that you are floating along in a People gravitate to you today because your sunny disposition southern part of the Balkan peninsula. 23. The executive agency that advises the positive flow and there’s no reason to fight against the current. Your lingering resist- makes them feel special. It’s not that your optimism is unrealistic; it’s just that 31. The syllable naming the fourth (subdomi- President on the federal budget. ance may offer clues to old patterns that are still impeding your progress. However, you seem to have the Midas touch today and everyone who steps into your nant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization. 25. Either of two large African antelopes of the you’ll only encounter frustration by concentrating on the obstacles. Ironically, the world gets treated as if they are gold. Luckily, spreading your good will won’t 33. South African term for `boss'. genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted harder you try to eliminate a roadblock, the larger it looms. A radical strategy is cost you a penny. In fact, the universe is like a mirror now and every positive vibe 36. Squash bugs. horns in both sexes. required now: focus on your destination rather than what stands in the way. You could you send out comes back in multiple blessings. Invest in your happiness by shar- 39. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary 28. An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars. be happily surprised as the road ahead mysteriously opens up and your way is cleared. ing it with others. gland that controls the degree of pigmentation 29. Double-walled stage of the embryo succeed- in melanocytes. ing the blastula. 40. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep 32. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a Virgo (August 23-September 22) and daughter of Ea. British term). Pisces (February 19-March 20) 43. The longest division of geological time. 34. A carriage consisting of two wheels and You understand exactly what you need to do today even if you Rather than idly fantasizing about an upcoming adventure, it’s time 44. A major god. calash top. don’t have every minute mapped out in great detail. Normally, you might feel to put your thoughts into decisive action. But you don’t have to build Rome in a 47. A state in northwestern North America. 35. A soft white precious univalent metallic ele- uneasy knowing that all the pieces of the puzzle don’t fit but you’re good to go day; you only have to take baby steps toward your ultimate goal. Ignore any lin- 48. A member of an Algonquian people living in ment having the highest electrical and thermal now, even with so many loose ends still dangling. Thankfully, the cosmic forces gering negativity or self-doubt and just imagine how happy you can be if you central Canada. conductivity of any metal. are working a bit of magic on your behalf.. Just keep reining in your current ten- start living your dreams right now. Although you might not think anyone is 52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 37. Used of a single unit or thing. dency to over-expand and over-indulge; moderation will keep you on the path watching, your efforts won’t go unnoticed. Don’t worry about measuring your 53. (Babylonian) The sky god. 38. The branch of computer science that deal to success while giving you enough time to figure things out along the way. progress; influencing your destiny is easy if you try. 54. A firearm that is held and fired with one with writing computer programs that can solve hand. problems creatively. 57. A member of the Salish people in northwest- 41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution ern Washington. and patron of scribes and schools. 60. 1 species. 42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the 62. English monk and scholar (672-735). Ivory Coast. 63. 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Author Sean ing out and feels “trapped” when she visits a fitness centre. She said: “I Smith, who is writing a biography of the reality star, Tcan’t stand working out at a gym. For some reason it’s always stressful told heat magazine: “I was in Calabasas and I popped for me when I’m doing weights. I can’t wait to get out of those places, I feel into Health Nut, the store where her family buy the sal- like I’m trapped amongst all those machines. (Laughs) I don’t worry about ads they are always eating.”I asked the guy at the my weight at all although it seems to be an interesting topic in the media. counter for Kim’s favourite salad. ‘No problem’ he said, Swimming is my idea of a workout.” When she isn’t working, the 26-year-old putting my order into the till and taking my money. actress - who has rekindled her rela- “‘What’s in it?’ I asked. ‘No idea’, he said, ‘I just hit a but- tionship with her ‘Amazing Spider- ton marked Kardashian.’ “ While Kim - who is pregnant Man’ co-star Andrew Garfield fol- with her second child - has her favorite salad at the deli, lowing a brief split - loves to she recently revealed she and husband Kanye West explore new cities and is look- have hired a nutritionist who changes their meal plan ing forward to taking more regularly. She said: “Kanye loves to eat really healthy time out to travel. She told and is always on different diets. He has a chef who LOOK magazine: “One of comes in the morning and cooks breakfast for both of my favorite things is to us and gets our meal plans together for the day. We just explore new cities and started seeing a nutritionist who changes our diet I’ve been to places like every 10 days. “I think after you have a baby you want Rome and other cities in everything to be as pure as possible. I want to set an Europe which is fasci- example and to be natural and healthy. It’s a decision nating for me. I’ve Kanye and I made, to see a nutritionist together. worked a lot the last few years and now I feel like I want to take care of myself more and have more time Michael Buble to live a bit.” is very messy

he 39-year-old crooner annoys his wife, actress Luisana Lopilato, with his bad habit of leaving dirty Tclothes everywhere, but she doesn’t get too annoyed as she doesn’t think he has any other flaws. She said: “Michael throws his clothes everywhere because he’s used to living in hotels. “Now I’m the one who’s always picking up after him. But as a person, he hasn’t got a single bad thing about him.” Though he is a devoted father to 22-month-old Noah, Luisana admits she has to prepare everything in advance if she plans to leave Michael in charge of their little boy. She said: “Every time I go out, I leave everything ready for him. He only has to warm the water for the baby bottle. “I leave the nappies, the clothes Noah has to wear. If I don’t do that, the child will go out wearing some kind of disguise. “As a mother, I prepare everything in advance. I’m so structured in my life and I want everything right and perfect.” But the 28- year-old actress is grateful the ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’ hit- maker is so supportive. She told Britain’s OK! magazine: “He always supports me in my projects and dreams and Carey in talks to join he knows that work makes me happy. “It can be difficult to find a person like him. “Even though he’s very busy, with so many responsibilities, he takes time to accompany me and that’s worth a lot. It’s a virtue.” ‘America’s Got Talent’

he 45-year-old singer, who split from the show’s host Nick Cannon last June after six years of marriage, is reportedly being lined up to fill in for judge Mel B just in case she Tneeds time off during filming since she missed the final episode of ‘The X Factor’ last year due to a mysterious illness. A source said: “They want to tap Mariah to fill in just in case Mel B [Melanie Brown] needs some time off. Mariah has made it clear that she’d go for it if the scheduling worked out.” Despite splitting from Mariah, Nick, 34, has given producers the green light to hire his estranged wife. The insider said: “He shocked everyone when he said it was a great idea. “Having Mariah on the show would make it must-see TV.” Judge Howard Tyra thinks models have Stern, who recently confirmed he is leaving the NBC series after the current season, is also keen to have Mariah on board. The source told Life & Style magazine: “Howard Stern would ‘so much pressure’ love to see that happen. He wants to get Mariah and Nick together and see some fireworks!” Mariah previously worked as a judge on ‘American Idol’ but later blasted it as the worst experience of her life. She said: “It’s so boring and so fake. I’m sorry I just think it’s...when I say it’s he ‘America’s Next Top Model’ host believes it is much harder fake... I mean like you have to make up things to say about people. “Half the time the perform- for those wanting to break into the fashion industry now ances are good, you just be like ‘it was good’ and you feel like ending it there: ‘You were really Tthan it was when she started out. In a post on Instagram, she good’.” wrote: “Models have so much pressure today. They have to look good on AND off the set. They have to arrive backstage at fashion shows looking and dressed as if they are already ON a runway. They have to be slimmer than slim. Skinnier than skinny. “They have to compete with actresses, recording artists and reality stars for magazine covers and ad campaigns. They have to have tons of followers on social media to book top notch jobs. And they have to do selfies that make them look relatable, but not TOO relatable, because then people may comment that they don’t understand, ‘Why the heck is THAT girl a friggin’ model?’ Meanwhile, the 41- year-old supermodel recently took to the photo sharing site to post a selfie of her without make up on. She captioned the photo- graph: “You know how people say #nofilter but you know there’s a freakin’ filter on their pic? Or maybe there’s a smidge of retouching going on but they’re lying and saying it’s all raw & real? Well, this morn, I decided to give you a taste of the really real me. “I wanted to smooth out my dark circles so badly!!!” she said. “But I was like, ‘Naw, Ty. Show ‘em the REAL you.’ So...here I am. Raw. And there YOU are...looking at me, studying this picture. Maybe you’re thinking, ‘Whoa, she looks ROUGH.’ And if you are, great! You deserve to see the REAL me #RawAndReal.

he ‘Charmed’ actress - who recently Pinkett Smith called out a sexist casting call, which Rose McGowanthinks Tinvited women to audition for a movie wearing cleavage-baring outfits - wants to lives a ‘beautiful improve things for women in the film indus- Hollywood is ‘gross’ try. She said: “It’s just a tiny flashlight on the reality’ with Will grossness, but there’s a lot of grossness. There’s stuff that has happened to me that he ‘Magic Mike XXL’ actress has insisted she has would make your hair curl, that will go in my no need to dream about other men because she book someday ... “I’m interested in making Thas the ‘Focus’ star as her other half. She told the industry better so that women following PEOPLE magazine: “Well, you know what? I got a in my footsteps know that they don’t have to beautiful man that lays beside me at night, and I don’t take abuse just because she wants be cre- really have a need for wet dreams because I have a ative.” The 41-year-old actress and director - pretty beautiful reality.” The 43-year-old actress - who who alleges she was fired by her agent after has 14-year-old daughter Willow and 16-year-old son speaking out against the casting call - has Jaden with Will - also insisted her husband had no admitted her “ankles were shaking a little bit” problems with her starring in such a raunchy film. She when she was told she’d been dropped. She shared: “I think he was really happy for me. When added: “It’s brave and scary, and being brave you’ve been married to a woman for 20 years, you can doesn’t mean you don’t get scared.”My imagine, it’s like, ‘Go have some fun. [Go] have a good ankles shook a little bit after I got the email time and then bring it all back here to me.’ “He reaps a firing me. I thought, ‘Oh god, the blacklist, whole lot of benefits, from that kind of joy and happi- here we go.’ I have so many other businesses ness and inspiration.” Meanwhile, Jada previously and other interests that it doesn’t really mat- admitted she is most attracted to her husband’s brain. ter to me, though.” Rose also admitted she She said: “I read a lot of spiritual and self-expansion books. Will and I were just reading ‘The Tao of Physics’ found it disheartening that the casting call by Fritjof Capra together and having long discussions was never “red-flagged”. She added to PEO- about it. “It’s a big turn-on for me in a relationship to PLE magazine “What bothered me was that be spiritually and intellectually challenged by Will. To nobody red-flagged this. “It went through so me, it’s like foreplay! Of course, I enjoy that I have sex many hands that thought it was okay. It in my relationship, but I think this other intellectual might have been a girl that had to type that aspect is quite unique and something that strongly up.” — Bangshowbiz connects us.” LIFESTYLE37 SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015 Features Alamo, French vineyards vie for World Heritage status he legendary Alamo battleground also started to include “cultural landscapes” what the official Xinhua news agency calls destroyed Temple of Artemis, the Padre and the vineyards that produce such as Italy’s Piedmont wine country. a “whitewashing” of Tokyo’s militaristic Tembleque aqueduct in Mexico and one of TFrance’s beloved champagne are France is trying to list the “slopes, hous- past. Iran’s main historical sites, the ancient among the sites likely to get World es and cellars” of its own Champagne Elamite capital of Susa. Israel’s Bet She’arim Heritage status at a UNESCO meeting start- region, home to its renowned bubbly, as Sites in danger Necropolis in Jerusalem and Nyero plus ing today. At least 36 natural and cultural well as the vineyards of Burgundy. The Of the 36 sites applying for UNESCO dis- other hunter-gatherer geometric rock art sites, including a disputed bid from Japan, United States is hoping to see Texas’ San tinction, five are industrial in character. The sites in eastern Uganda are also candi- are vying to get the United Nations cultural Antonio Missions, the ruins of Spanish out- selection committee consists of represen- dates. body’s prestigious distinction and add their posts established by Catholic religious tatives from 21 countries elected for six Winning a spot on the UNESCO World names to the more than 1,000-strong list. orders, placed on the register. The site years. Beyond the Japanese application, Heritage list, which currently boasts 1,007 The 39th committee session of the UN includes the Alamo fort, where in 1836 Uruguay has submitted its Fray Bentos cul- sites in 161 countries, can help unlock Educational, Scientific and Cultural some 180 Texans fighting for independ- tural industrial landscape where its famous financial support for conservation. The Organization (UNESCO) will take place in ence from Mexico fought to the death beef industry grew up around the estab- committee will also revise its List of World the western German city of Bonn from against Mexican General Santa Anna’s lishment of a salt meat factory in 1859. Heritage in Danger, which today stands at June 28-July 8. Inclusion on its vaunted list army of several thousand soldiers. Norway is pushing Rjukan-Notodden, a 46, and could see the addition of historic can bring major economic benefits, as a Japan, meanwhile, has touched off a site set among mountains and waterfalls gems in quake-devastated Kathmandu. World Heritage site is eligible for financial diplomatic spat with its bid. It aims to have since the beginning of the 20th century for Another entry to the list could also be In this Jan 6, 2015 file photo, actor Kevin Hart pos- assistance towards preservation and the 23 sites representative of its industrial rev- the production of chemical fertilizer. the fortress city Hatra in Iraq, which is status is also a powerful tourist draw. olution under Emperor Meiji (1868-1910) Britain is cheering for its iconic railway more than 2,000 years old and where es for a portrait in the promotion of “The Wedding The Paris-based institution has seen registered. However South Korea and Forth Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth treasures from Syria at risk due to the con- Ringer” in Los Angeles. On Friday, June 26, Hart applications soar “as the notion of heritage China say that seven of the places became in eastern Scotland, while Germany has flict and advance of Islamic State jihadists was invited to become a member of the Academy has evolved”, said Alessandro Balsamo, centers for deportation and forced labor put forward the port warehouse district in have been stored. Tomorrow, on the mar- of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. —AP head of the selection committee. “We’ve during their respective Japanese occupa- its northern city of Hamburg. gins of the committee’s considerations, gone from an iconic, monumental idea of tions. Seoul has said it would not block the More traditional hopefuls include UNESCO will launch a campaign to save heritage toward a more open definition,” Japanese bid if Tokyo owns up to the histo- Turkey’s Ephesus, the ancient Greek- heritage threatened by extremists. —AP Common, Hart diversify film he said, noting that the UNESCO list had ry of the sites. However Beijing opposes Roman city once home to the now- academy membership n choosing its newest members, the film academy went for younger and more diverse. Kevin Hart, Common, IEmma Stone, Dev Patel and “Whiplash” writer-director Damien Chazelle were among the 322 new academy members announced Friday. “It’s really gratifying to see the big increases in genre, people of color, age and national origin,” academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in an interview. Other new inductees include Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, Sergio Mendes, Elizabeth Banks, John Legend, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Hardy and “Dope” director Rick Famuyiwa. Membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is by invitation only. Oscar nominees are automat- ically considered; others must be sponsored by two members of their branch of filmmaking. “We’ve stressed very much that our members in each branch, it’s their duty to really pay attention to a diverse talent pool, to those coming up, to those that may have been overlooked for membership,” Boone Isaacs said. “I think that effort has paid off well this year.” The nearly 6,000-member international group has long been criticized for its largely white, male membership. An all-white roster of acting nominees at the most recent Academy Awards inspired the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite on social media and increased scrutiny of the lack of diversity in the ranks of the organization. Boone Isaacs said the criticism was “part of the conver- sation” that inspired existing academy members to actively seek new talent in places they may not have ordinarily looked. “It’s gotten folks thinking in a way that maybe they just hadn’t thought before,” she said. —AP

Picture of the aqueduct of Tembleque, in the Tepeyahualco community, Hidalgo State, Mexico, taken on June 26, 2015. The aqueduct, constructed between 1541 and 1557, was designed by Franciscan friar Francisco de Tembleque. The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in the Cultural category and will be studied by the World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany between June 28 and July 8. —AFP ‘Love won’: Celebs praise Ellen Page would like gay marriage ruling In this Friday, Nov 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Maxwell C King Center for op stars, Hollywood celebrities and marriage as between a man and a woman) the Performing Arts, in Melbourne, Florida. —AP to get married one day even a few sporting figures were was overturned. This year Same Sex Pquick to join the chorus of praise Marriage is a right for all of us - yeah!!!!” llen Page made headlines last year when and joy I felt in making films. I’m gay-of Friday after the US Supreme Court legal- She also had some harsh words for the Cosby lawyer: Court docs she came out of the closet at 26, which course I want to play gay characters. To have ized gay marriage across the country. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who Eis still a rare occurrence among younger the freedom to pursue that without any anx- “Really encouraged to be an American was one of four judges to oppose marriage actresses. Shortly before the landmark iety is nice. today,” singer Katy Perry wrote on Twitter, for all. “Scalia is even more disgraceful than ‘terribly embarrassing’ Supreme Court decision on Friday that legal- Do you feel like Hollywood has advanced where she has the most-followed account. I thought possible,” she wrote. Not every- lawyer for Bill Cosby argued Friday that it would be “terribly ized gay marriage, Page talked to Variety the acceptance of gay rights and marriage? “Love should live beyond labels & intoler- one was unanimous in their support. embarrassing” for the comedian if documents from a 2005 about how Hollywood helped pave the way For sure. Aside from all the silliness of ance! #LoveWins #EqualityForAll,” she Minnesota Vikings football player Josh Asex-assault lawsuit were unsealed. Cosby is fighting efforts by for LGBT rights. The Oscar-nominated “Juno” Hollywood and what we do, stories are told added, using popular hashtags that were Robinson wrote: “Love is love? So what will The Associated Press to unseal motions from a lawsuit he settled actress will next play a lesbian in the upcom- that are really important, and that touch trending on Twitter. we say when the 30yr old loves YOUR 10 with a former Temple University employee. ing drama “Freeheld,” which opens on people and transform how they feel about Many high-profile entertainment indus- year old. When the dad loves HIS 6 year The lawsuit accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting October 2. things, whether it’s been “Philadelphia,” try figures have long been outspoken old? It’s different?? Yea okay!” —AFP the woman at Cosby’s home. The settlement is confidential. Cosby’s How has your life changed since you came “Brokeback Mountain” or “Milk.” And I think it advocates of progressive causes, and gay lawyer argued that his client’s deposition could reveal details of out? definitely can change minds marriage was no exception. “Big moment Cosby’s marriage, sex life and prescription drug use. I’m happier than I probably and push things forward. for our country. Thank you, #SCOTUS,” “It would be terribly embarrassing for this material to come out,” could imagine. Now it doesn’t Why haven’t there been gay actor-director Ben Affleck wrote on Twitter, lawyer George M Gowen III argued. He said the public should not feel like I was ever not out. It’s hits since “Brokeback Mountain”? using the acronym for the Supreme Court have access to what Cosby was forced to say as he answered ques- hard for me to imagine not Whenever you’re telling a of the United States. tions under oath from the accuser’s lawyer nearly a decade ago. existing in the way that I’m story about a minority group, Openly gay stars weighed in on the his- “Frankly, ... it would embarrass him, (and) it would also prejudice existing now. It boggles my it’s potentially not as appealing toric day. Ellen DeGeneres, who hosts a him in eyes of the jury pool in Massachusetts,” Gowen said. mind that it seemed so difficult because there’s a feeling it’s not popular television talk show, tweeted: More than a dozen women have since accused Cosby of sexually and so impossible. I wish I’d going to get the audience a fin- “Love won. #MarriageEquality.” British actor assaulting them, and three have a defamation lawsuit pending done it sooner, quite frankly. ancier needs. I feel like that’s Ian McKellen, who came out publicly in the against him in Massachusetts. They allege that he defamed them Some dark cloud has complete- been proven wrong time and 1980s and is known for starring roles in when his agents said their accusations were untrue. Cosby is trying ly evaporated, thank goodness. time again, particularly when you’re looking “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men,” tweeted: to get their case thrown out before discovery. He has never been But it makes sense that it was difficult at the diversity on TV right now. You can tell “Congratulations, particularly to those who charged with any related crimes. There are still not many young people out that’s what people want. made the case for equality.” US District Judge Eduardo Robreno asked Friday why Cosby in Hollywood. There’s this narrative that peo- How does it feel to be a role model to LGBT Latin sex-symbol/pop singer Ricky would be embarrassed by the release of his sworn testimony, given ple are attached to: You cannot come out teens? Martin, who came out as gay in 2010, wrote that the accusations in the Temple woman’s lawsuit are already in because it’s going to hurt your career. And I feel extremely fortunate and humble that the Supreme Court “just announced the public eye. “Why would he be embarrassed by his own version that’s potentially true. When I made the deci- when I have experiences with LGBT people that love is equal across the nation!!! of the facts?” Robreno asked. The lawyers also argued over whether sion to come out, I wasn’t naive to that. who come up to me and say how I helped #MarriageEquality #LoveAlwaysWins Cosby was a public figure entitled to a lesser degree of privacy. Particularly when you’re in your late 20s and them come out. Those moments are really #Loveislove.” In sports, an often macho Lawyer Gayle Sproul, representing the AP, called him “an icon” becoming a woman. First of all, there aren’t extraordinary. They are typically really emo- realm where gay players have traditionally particularly in Philadelphia, who “held himself out as someone who that many roles for you. And second, the roles tional. The biggest feeling I get is gratitude. I been reluctant to come out, a few big would guide the public in ways of morality.” Robreno never decided that do exist, you’re specifically a device for totally stayed in the closet, and I felt guilty names chimed in with their support for gay whether the motions should be permanently sealed because the the male character or you’re hypersexualized about it. I was finally able to get out, and marriage. case settled. Under local court rules, Cosby has the burden to show in regards to the male gaze. For whatever rea- that was my life journey. I’m interested in Former US soccer captain Landon why seals should not be lifted after two years, the AP argued. son, people can believe straight actors play- gay issues. It’s natural for that to be a part of Donovan wrote: “What an amazing day for Tracy White, of Kansas City, cele- The judge did not indicate when he would rule. He could side ing gay roles, but there’s this idea they can’t my life. our country. So happy for all the people brates after the Supreme Court with Cosby, with the AP, or strike a middle ground and release some believe gay actors playing straight roles. And Do you see yourself getting married one who can now live their lives the way they declared that same-sex couples have want to. #proud.” Openly gay tennis legend of the documents, perhaps with redactions negotiated between for me, it got to a point where it didn’t matter. day? a right to marry anywhere in the Cosby and a lawyer for the ex-Temple employee, Andrea Constand. How has your career changed? Yeah, I’d like that. —Reuters Martina Navratilova wrote: “Last year on “Every case about sex and drugs involves a certain amount of I was feeling uninspired, and lost the love June 26th, my wife Julia’s birthday, DOMA United States, at Ilus E Davis Park in embarrassment,” Robreno noted. —AP (the Defense of Marriage Act that defined Kansas City. —AP lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Revelers sit around a campfire outside their tent at the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Revelers queue to make their way into a small disco in the Hell section of the Shangri La area of the Glastonbury Festival Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England. — AFP photos of Music and Performing Arts. Music, what music? Glastonbury caters for all tastes lastonbury may be best known for its music, but the farm, Glastonbury has become a huge business where around with 10-year-old Freya and six-year-old Caian. many of the 175,000 people gathered at Worthy tickets cost £225 ($360, 315 Euros) and where you can rent In another part of the site, Russian punk protest band GFarm come for the spiritual, political and family a posh tent for about £9,000 for the five days. But it has Pussy Riot tied up an actor dressed up as a pro-Russian sep- events that this year include Pussy Riot and the Dalai Lama retained its original friendly vibe where ageing hippies, chil- aratist fighter in Ukraine,covering his head with a rainbow among the performers. dren and party animals rub along happily together, all mask to denounce the conflict in that country and the lack British band Florence and the Machine kicked off three wearing the now mandatory wellies. Rain seems almost of respect for gay rights in Russia. days of major acts with a headline performance on the inevitable at Glastonbury, with this year’s festival-goers suf- Sitting on top of a Russian military vehicle, members main Pyramid Stage on Friday, stepping in for the Foo fering their first deluge on Friday, which quickly turned Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina laid out their

A mud-covered man attempts to rub mud on his girlfriend’s face on the first official date of the Glastonbury Festival. Florence Welch from British band Florence and the British rock band Motorhead’s lead singer Ian “Lemmy” Machine performs on the Pyramid Stage. Kilmister performs on the Pyramid Stage. the experience, to get away from family,” she said. Back on Fighters who cancelled after frontman Dave Grohl broke his parts of the 900-acre site into a sea of mud. rules on life to an assembled crowd, including “think differ- stage, indie-pop band The Libertines made a surprise leg. But many of those who have been camping in this sce- ent, think feminist” and “every change starts with a riot”. appearance on Friday night ahead of Florence and the nic corner of Somerset, southwest England, since Magicians and Pussy Riot Machine, while rapper Kanye West is booked for the prime Wednesday were by then already settled into the five-day Glastonbury resembles a quirky village, complete with Kanye and the Dalai Lama Saturday night headline slot. West has been a controversial festival that offers much more than simply music. stands selling food from all over the world, pop-up tattoo Down on the ground, 58-year-old Susan Gregory was choice for a festival known for its rock music, and almost Nathan Wason, a guitarist due to play with British folk and hair salons, and fire eaters. In the Kidz Field, an area more concerned with keeping the recycling bins under 135,000 people to sign a petition to cancel him. Veteran singer Ben Howard, brought along his wife, three-year-old dedicated to children, world-famous astrophysicist Stephen control. Like 25,000 other volunteers here, she is working rock icons The Who are headlining today, a day that will also daughter Esme-already a Glastonbury veteran-and ten- Hawking was due to speak on Friday but failed to appear. throughout the festival for her ticket and free meals. “I don’t see the Dalai Lama address revelers with what his office month-old son Bobby. “It’s a good experience for them,” he There were rumors he was ill, but festival organizers think I miss anything by working, I think I would be bored if said would be a message of “compassion, non-violence and said of bringing his children, saying they “adapt very well”- could not confirm this, and pointed out that no date or I was doing nothing,” she said. oneness of humanity”. — AFP as long as they get some sleep. “It’s a bit hard when they time had been set for his appearance. “My kids are looking She has been to Glastonbury six times before and is here get tired.” forward to seeing Dynamo,” a magician known for his on her own. “We meet up with friends every year, we catch Started in 1970, when a £1 ticket included free milk from incredible levitation tricks, said Karen Chislett, walking up of what we have been doing over the year. It’s part of

Casablanca Cool: The One summer collection onjure up a modern, magically moody green velvet sofas, a supple brown leather arm- Moroccan ambience with a little help from chair and an animal print chair, flanked by CTHE One’s summer collection. Capture this monochrome bone-inlay side tables to solidify bold bohemian living room look by blending a the Moroccan feel. mix of contemporary Moroccan influences, Next, accessorize with pieces that speak of damask wallpaper, artisan elements and animal craftsmanship, like hand-beaded and embroi- prints with a color palette of black, white, green, dered cushion covers, a pair of framed silver and brown and mustard. turquoise handmade necklaces and a mirror Start by creating a striking centerpiece for with a hand-worked frame. Complete the look the room by hanging a trio of traditional with silvered glass-based table lamps and bring punched nickel lanterns over a grouping of con- it all to life with some greenery. Here’s looking at temporary coffee and side tables in beaten nick- you kid. el. Contrast all this ‘heavy metal’ with soft and sumptuous seating in the form of a pair of dark lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

Fashion

Models present the creations for Songzio during the Men’s Spring/Summer collection fashion show in Paris.

returns and Givenchy menswear gets fun

uirky touches infused the menswear a playful metaphor for Maison Margiela, a house held her own and rocked a black Givenchy look, striped sweater. On first glance, the meandering runways in Paris Fashion Week which, after all, built its name on dissecting and with slicked back hair and shades, and mingled lines on the front made it look like the sweater Q Friday, while Givenchy got serious, reassembling bric-a-brac. with Love. West had been in town Thursday to was creased, but it was in fact a trompe l’oeil reviving its long-neglected couture In Friday’s creative show there were hints of attend Paris Fashion Week, but skipped the effect and the sweater was as straight as Fashion roots. this “recycling” tradition. Collage-like singlets and Givenchy show - where he is a regular fixture - Week is long. long swinging coats were, the program notes because he had left for England to perform in the Berluti’s color vision Givenchy’s unexpected return said, made from industrial rubber that was first Glastonbury music festival. His wife, Kim It was the most color-rich display seen so far It was a normal enough start for Givenchy’s molded onto mannequins, walls, and other Kardashian, met up with him there. this season, courtesy of Berluti. The house - a Riccardo Tisci. Sharp long tailored suit jackets clothes, then peeled off when dry, with the bootmaker since 1895 - branched out into were followed by embellished basketball-style T- underlying material sticking onto it. Juun J experiments clothes last year under the watchful eye of LVMH- shirts, denim and a sprinkling of cobalt blue But the collection played it safe overall. Classic It was fun, creative chaos for Korean designer owner Bernard Arnault’s powerful son, Antoine, coats. The ubiquitous gothic stars, giant mysteri- suits with long proportions were worn on a bare Juun J who showed off back-to-front tops, who is CEO. And it’s making a visual impact ous key-shaped pendants, images of the chest, and a glittery bronze tuxedo with large trompe l’oeil unfurling zippers and oversize already - their collections are certainly not for the Crucifixion, and Roman-style layered skirts - were retro lapels mixed in a dash of the Seventies. sweaters in his strong spring-summer collection color-shy. also designs expected from a serial provocateur Given it’s a change of direction for the house, the that riffed on the 80’s. The playful looks felt quirky On Friday, apple and earth green met joyously like Catholic Tisci. But what made fashion insiders collection left some wondering why the creative and fresh. with raw Sienna, bright yellow, and vivid blues in gasp in this very unexpected show was the envelope - now under the stewardship of John A pinstripe suit was twinned with voluminous loose Dandy jackets, high waist pants and insou- unforgettable image of Naomi Campbell strut- Galliano - was not pushed more. denim jeans that sported a cool unfurled zipper ciant baggy boho shirts. The setting - inside the ting the boards in her underwear in a glittering section that looked like the model had left home 17th century manor, the Hotel Sale that houses black couture jacket. Kris jenner makes appearance on her own in a hurry. A baggy denim shirt sported a high the Picasso Museum - set of this color-rich Dandy Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner rocked up to collar, making it look back-to-front, continued musing to a tee. — AP Fashion Week Maison Margiela’s peeled rubber the Givenchy show without her son-in-law, Kanye this nice, and hurriedly-dressed idea. The best The setting of a former train repair depot was West, for company. Fifty-nine-year old Jenner look in the show was a baggy, oversize Breton Paris

Models present the creations for Kenzo during the men’s Spring/Summer collection fashion show in Paris. — AFP photos Music, what music? Glastonbury caters for all tastes

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Afghan children study the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Ghazni province yesterday. Across the Muslim world, the faithful fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious during the holy month, which ends with the Eid holiday. — AFP Allergies, vegetarian? Luxury restaurants no longer off limits hen French superchef Alain Ducasse stunned the cocting menus to accommodate gluten-free, sugar-free, three-starred Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he has Lactose intolerant world of haute cuisine last year by dropping lactose-intolerant, meatless or other restricted diets. nonetheless cut down on meat dishes and uses less salt, Vegetarians, too, are no longer shunned. At the Pourcel Wmeat, boosting veggies and lightening up his “There is less milk and butter, fewer potatoes, and you sugar and fat. brothers restaurant, dishes like “new asparagus in a cream menus, he was less bucking convention than joining a use more olive oil, fish and vegetables,” said Hermance As for a hallowed basic in French cooking, the butter, sauce of morel mushrooms and crumbled egg yolks” sit on trend of accommodating vegetarians and people with Joplet who runs Le Castellaras, newly awarded a Michelin cream and egg-packed sauces, chefs said they now alter the main entry list as proudly as the classic meat and fish food allergies. Fine dining at top-class restaurants run by star, with her husband Quentin in Fayence near the south- them on demand-something that, in the past, might have dishes. The hardest problem is diners who are lactose uncompromising chefs might once have been unthinkable intolerant, said Fabien Lefebvre of the Octopus restaurant, for such clients but no more. in the southern city of Beziers that was recently awarded a “Twenty years ago we were lost when a client told us Michelin star. they had an allergy. We’d bring out an artichoke and a sal- Olive oil can replace butter, he said, but “the other solu- ad,” said Piet Huysentruyt, owner of the Likoke in the tion is to cook without fat,” as in his steamed sea bass with southern town of Les Vans, a one-star restaurant in the seaweed. “You’ve got to adapt case by case,” he said. fabled Michelin Guide. “Now it’s no longer a problem. It’s Quality, however, needs lead time. “You can prepare a second nature,” he said. three-star meal if you’ve got advance notice. But at the last Once again, the much-touted Mediterranean diet-low minute, it’s difficult,” said Huysentruyt, who was a TV in meat and high in fish, vegetables, herbs and healthy fats celebrity chef in Belgium and has written best-selling like olive oil-has come to the rescue. A recent gathering in cookbooks. Himself a diabetic, he keeps his eye out for inventive ways to cope with this restriction. His hearty entry of “bass with bacon, veal brains and A file picture shows French twins Jacques (right) ‘cochonnailles’”-a selection of fine pates and sausage and Laurent Pourcel at their “Jardin des Sens” meats-can be transformed for a diabetic into “bass with restaurant at Montpellier, Southern France. When cauliflower mousse and baby vegetables”, he said. One French superchef Alain Ducasse stunned the headache for the chefs, however, is a new European Union world of haute cuisine by dropping meat, boost- rule concerning potential “allergens”. ing veggies and lightening up his menus last year, The measure, which took effect in December 2014, he was less bucking convention than joining a requires professionals in the food business to notify clients trend — with food allergies and vegetarians on of any presence of the 14 most common allergic foods, the rise. — AFP including peanuts, gluten, soy beans, molluscs, walnuts, almonds, eggs and milk. Few of the top chefs have heeded the order. “The idea is to make people happy. The client the southern city of Montpellier of 58 chefs from 10 just asks for one thing, that we don’t betray them,” said Mediterranean countries-the sort of Michelin-starred elite Marc de Passorio of another Michelin one star restaurant, who scrutinise every dish that leaves their kitchens-con- L’Esprit de la Violette in the southern city of Aix-en- firmed the trend. All conceded they have had to “adapt”, Provence. — AFP including Ducasse and his famous co-host Joel Robuchon.

‘A good ally’ ern resort of Cannes. Olive oil is definitely “more digestible been dismissed as catering to fickle, indulgent or foreign “It’s more and more frequent. For every table of five or and generally more acceptable,” said nutritionist Christian clients. Likewise, most chefs today keep a supply of gluten- six people, there is inevitably one who has allergies,” said Recchia. free ingredients, notably frozen bread dough ready to pop Laurent Pourcel, who runs the one-star Jardin des Sens in Ducasse led the trend when he boldly dropped meat at into the oven at a moment’s notice. “For Saint Valentine’s Montpellier with his brother Jacques. “We have one or two his renowned two-Michelin-starred Plaza Athenee on Paris’ Day, one client never imagined we could offer a gluten- clients like this every day with a whole range of problems.” exclusive Avenue Montaigne, just up from Dior, Prada, free menu,” said Joplet who served up a nutty risotto of Most called the Mediterranean diet “a good ally” in con- Saint Laurent and other luxury shops. Less radical at his locally grown spelt with sauteed baby vegetables.

Deformed mutt crowned World’s Ugliest Dog 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects old Chihuahua named Precious received the “spirit award,” honoring a dog left him a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year’s World’s and owner who have overcome obstacles and/or are providing service to AUgliest Dog contest. The pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix and his owner the community. Precious, who is blind in one eye, is trained to monitor took the $1,500 prize Friday night, besting 25 other dogs competing in the smells related to low blood sugar levels and alert her owner, a disabled contest that applauds imperfection, organizers said. Quasi Modo was veteran, of the problem, her biography said. abandoned at an animal shelter before being adopted by a veterinarian in The contest, held at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma, Loxahatchee, Florida, according to his biography posted on the contest’s California, is in its 27th year. The dogs are scored by a three-judge panel in website. several categories, including special or unusual attributes, personality and “My appearance can be a little unsettling to some (I have had grown natural ugliness. — AP men jump on top of their cars to get away from me because they thought I was a hyena or Tasmanian devil) but once they get to know me I win them over with my bubbly personality,” his biography said. Sweepee Rambo, a Chinese Crested, is present- Two Chinese crested and Chihuahua mixes named Sweepee Rambo ed to judges during the World’s Ugliest Dog and Frodo took the second- and third-place prizes, respectively. An 8-year- Competition in Petaluma, California. — AFP