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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 THULHIJA 29, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net HH the Amir North Korea Switzerland Ronaldo leads patronizes frees detained named top rout as Real KFAS awards American, destination outclass ceremony3 two still7 held for36 expats Liverpool20 MP proposes testing maids Max 31º Min 20º before they are recruited High Tide 11:46 & 23:37 13 sentenced over controversial speech • GCC extradition deal mulled Low Tide 05:40 & 17:48 40 PAGES NO: 16321 150 FILS By B Izzak and Agencies

KUWAIT: MP Yacoub Al-Sane yesterday submitted a Soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa attack proposal calling on authorities to conduct a series of psychological and social tests on domestic helpers OTTAWA: Gunfire echoed through the Gothic halls of before recruiting them to stem rising crimes by maids. the Canadian parliament yesterday as police shot The proposal stipulates that the ministry of social affairs dead a gunman suspected of killing a soldier guard- and labor and the health ministry should be obliged to ing a nearby war memorial before storming the carry out a series of psychological tests on maids before building. Police said an investigation was continuing, allowing their recruitment, and that maids should be but did not confirm earlier reports that more gun- subjected to a preliminary psychological test before men were involved. Heavily armed officers backed by commencing work. armored vehicles sealed off the building. Continued on Page 13 Canadian police were investigating a man named as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau as a possible suspect in the shootings, a source familiar with the matter said late yesterday. Two US officials said that US agencies have Sheikh Ahmad’s been advised that the shooter was a Canadian con- vert to Islam. One of the officials said that the man diplomatic passport was from Quebec. There was no immediate word on withdrawn: Al-Rai the gunman’s motivation, but the attack came a day after an alleged Islamist drove over and killed anoth- KUWAIT: The government has withdrawn the diplo- er soldier in what authorities branded a terrorist matic passport of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Sabah, attack. Al-Rai TV reported late yesterday. It said the pass- Authorities had raised the security threat level port was granted to him as the Olympic Council of from low to medium after the car attack, which came Asia is headquartered in Kuwait, of which Sheikh as Canadian jets were to join the US-led air armada Ahmad is president. Al-Rai said the withdrawal will bombarding Islamist militants in Iraq. Prime Minister make him vulnerable to cases filed against him in Stephen Harper warned that “facts are still being Switzerland, Britain and the US, as he has lost his gathered” but nevertheless “condemned this despica- diplomatic immunity. But another source said ble attack”. Sheikh Ahmad will be given a special passport that Continued on Page 13 OTTAWA: Paramedics and police pull a victim away from the Canadian War Memorial yesterday. — AP is issued to ruling family members instead. LOCAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

KUWAIT: HH the Amir in a group photo with Acting Justice Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani, HH the Crown Prince with Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and the visiting GCC justice ministers. — KUNA Iraq speaker hails Amir’s UN honoring Sheikh Sabah meets top officials

KUWAIT: The fact that His Highness the Amir deep people-to-people relations which should of Justice Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was be invested in maintaining security and stabili- Mubarak Al-Sabah, Gulf Cooperation Council named by the United Nations as a ty. He pointed out that they had also consid- Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and Humanitarian Leader was an honor to Arabs ered the problems of Iraqi refugees, internally- ministers who are participating in the 26th and Muslims, Iraqi parliament Speaker Salim displaced persons and terrorism in Iraq in gen- meeting of the GCC ministers of justice. Al-Jabouri said yesterday. eral. HH Sheikh Sabah received Jabouri at HH Sheikh Sabah lauded all exerted efforts Speaking to reporters following a meeting Bayan Palace in a meeting that was attended to boost joint cooperation in legal and judicial with HH the Amir, the Iraqi parliament speaker by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- realms amongst the Gulf countries. On his said that the honoring “reflects the outcome of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly part, Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of humanitarian initiatives made by Kuwait dur- Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, and Deputy Justice Abdullatif bin Abdulrahman Al-Harthi ing this period.” Minister of the Amiri Diwan Ali Al-Jarrah Al- emphasized the importance of enhancing He said he had briefed HH the Amir on the Sabah. Earlier yesterday, HH the Amir met with closeness among the GCC countries. current events in Iraq and joint cooperation HH the Crown Prince, and First Deputy Prime In addition, Al-Harthi seized this opportuni- based on turning over a new chapter of work Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- ty to congratulate His Highness the Amir on based on fraternity, cooperation and mutual Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. the UN title that was bestowed upon him as a confidence. Meanwhile, HH the Amir met with Minister leader of humanity and Kuwait as a humani- Jabouri added that Iraq and Kuwait enjoy of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister tarian center. In the meantime, HH Sheikh Sabah received the visiting Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Dr Ali Jannati, and his New ministers to be accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, and Information Minister and Minister of State for announced Sunday Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: High-ranking ministerial sources Abdullah might remain as acting justice said that the new ministers’ names would be minister in case neither Yaqoub Al-Sane nor Crown Prince receptions revealed on Sunday and that some leaks Faisal Al-Mershad, nominated for the post, Separately, HH the Crown Prince met HH have suggested that Kuwait’s ambassador are appointed. the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak to Oman Hamad Al-Duaij would be appoint- Notably, HH the PM Sheikh Jaber Al- Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace. HH ed minister of education while Deputy PM Mubarak met with six lawmakers to discuss Sheikh Nawaf also met with Sheikh Sabah Al- and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammed various issues on top of which was the Khaled, as well as Acting Minister of Awqaf HH the Prime Minister with Iranian culture minister Dr Ali Jannati. Al-Khaled would be officially appointed as Cabinet reshuffle, said the sources, pointing and Islamic Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- minister of awqaf in addition to the interior out that the PM stressed that no new Cabinet Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Deputy Prime Khaled Al-Hamad, the chief of the accompany- Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and portfolio. formation would be made and explained Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled ing mission of honor, the Kuwaiti ambassador GCC ministers of justice. However, the sources highlighted that no that it was only a matter of filling current Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. in Iraq and the Iraqi ambassador in Kuwait. HH In other news, HH the Amir received a final decision was made yet about the jus- vacancies so that the government could Also yesterday, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak also received Iranian phone call from United Nations Secretary tice ministry and that Minister of State for begin the new parliamentary term with a full received Iraqi parliament Speaker Salim Al- minister Dr Ali Jannati. General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday, and exchanged Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Al- Cabinet. — Al-Anbaa, Al-Rai, Al-Qabas Jabouri and his party at Bayan Palace. The Furthermore, HH the premier received views over a host of political issues and devel- meeting was attended by Sheikh Sabah Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah GCC opments in the region. — KUNA Kuwait, Iraq speakers pleased at talks

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti and Iraqi parliament speakers voiced today, calling for reactivating the role of joint friendship satisfaction yesterday with the outcomes of their talks committees to resolve outstanding issues and unify held at the National Assembly, with several MPs from joint efforts at regional and international events. both sides attending. For his part, the Iraqi parliament speaker said he was National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim told so pleased to be here in Kuwait to represent a parlia- a joint news conference with his visiting Iraqi counter- ment delegation which carries the concerns and aspira- part Salim Al-Jabouri that he was so happy to welcome tions of the Iraqi people and political blocs. He said Iraq a visiting Iraqi parliament delegation representing all and Kuwait should capitalize on their commonalities to political groups and parties. face challenges haunting both neighbors and even the Hailing his talks with Al-Jabouri as “positive”, Al- entire region. Al-Jabouri added that his country is deter- Ghanim said Kuwait and Iraq are keen on each other’s mined to build an institutional system based on the security as “terrorism has no religion or identity”, adding respect of human rights and State institutions. that challenges Iraq is facing at present would surely “Kuwait is the country on which we can count to face have direct impacts on Kuwait and the region as a all challenges on the basis that it is the first launching whole. “Wise people have to unify efforts to fight this point for the Iraqi House of Representatives to proceed joint danger,” Al-Ghanim cautioned. to the Arab order,” he said. “Following such talks and meetings, we are now bet- He pointed to his country’s genuine willingness to ter aware of details of what is happening in Iraq and its build joint relations with the Kuwaiti National ramifications on Kuwait,” he said. Assembly whether through joint committees or mem- Al-Ghanim announced that a joint protocol on the os of understanding, based on mutual respect and exchange of expertise was signed between both sides bilateral cooperation. — KUNA Kuwaiti-French relations remain solid: Envoy

KUWAIT: French Ambassador to Kuwait Christian Nakhla stressed the depth of relations between both nations, which he said are witnessing exponential growth over all spectrums. During an embassy celebration marking the Golden Jubilee anniversary of French-Kuwaiti relations, he commend- ed the scale of cooperation on politics, military, culture and trade, but hoped that both culture and trade, in particular, would witness further cooperation. Bilateral relations began on the August of 1962, with diplomatic relations officially commencing two years later in April, he told a press conference, whereby France assigned its first ambassador to Kuwait. Since then, friendly relations have been on the up, he added. France stood by Kuwait when it was invaded by Iraq in 1990, he said, and the two nations have been bound by a joint defence agreement since October, 2009. The embassy has organized a special celebration on the 50th anniversary of relations with a Ambassador Christian number of events planned on Nakhla the occasion, including the announcement of a nation-to-nation friendship society. The events, which will begin on October 26, will last four days, and will include a regional forum on the French lan- guage, a seminar on diplomatic relations and the welcoming of an incoming visit of French businessmen. The main goal of the activities are to promote French cul- ture and tourism, he said, adding that 50,000 tourist travel permits to France were issued this year - some 90 percent of which were given to Kuwaiti nationals. — KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: HH the Amir, senior officials and the winners in a group photo. — KUNA Amir patronizes KFAS awards ceremony Foundation’s achievements, future plans highlighted

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Kuwait as a Humanitarian Center, a move that holding companies, at a rate of one percent of Amir’s instructions in this respect. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh signaled international recognition of Kuwait’s their annual net profits. KFAS, now in the third Elaborating, he noted HH the Amir’s initia- attended Kuwait Foundation for the Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy generous aid for nations in need for help. He year of its five-year development plan, has tive, allocating the annual $1 million Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) awards cere- Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah also extended congratulations to HH the Amir worked out a governance reference encom- “Abdulrahman Al-Sumait award,” to support mony for 2013. Al-Sabah and senior State officials. The ceremo- for the unprecedented international honoring passing all its tasks, namely planning, supervi- researches, development ventures, namely in The ceremony, held at Bayan Palace yester- ny began with the National Anthem, recitation of him and the homeland. sion and assessment. Moreover, it has begun the health, food and teaching sectors in Africa, day, got started shortly after HH the Amir’s of verses from the Holy Quran, a documentary The honoring of HH the Amir came amid regular assessment of the external centers by “which we hope will constitute motive for glob- arrival at the venue where he was welcomed by show about the foundation and an address by bleak conditions engulfing the region, and in credible international houses. al efforts currently being exerted to counter the KFAS Director General Dr Adnan Shehabeddine Dr Shehabeddine. HH the Amir was awarded a gratitude for Kuwait’s humanitarian policies. peril of Ebola, threatening Africa and the whole and board members. memorial gift for his UN’s acclamation as a He congratulated winners of the KFAS Alternative energy world.” Dr Shehabeddine cited a saying by His It was attended by HH the Crown Prince Humanitarian Leader. awards in 2013, and recalled the birth of the Noting the foundation’s diverse scientific Highness stressing that science and knowledge Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, foundation, which he was due to intersection of and research programs, Dr Shehabeddine also constitute the bases for “making good citizens.” National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- Generous aid the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah’s outlook pointed out its alternative and green energy Speaking on behalf of the winners, Dr Habib Ghanem, former speaker of the National Dr Shehabeddine noted in his statement with an initiative in this respect by the private programs, namely solar energy, with aim of tak- Emari expressed deep gratitude for His Assembly Jassem Al-Kharafi, senior sheikhs, HH that the KFAS ceremony coincided with the UN sector, at the time. He also noted the continu- ing off some of the burden on the electrical sys- Highness’ care for the foundation and the scien- Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- recent designation of HH the Amir as ing support by HH the Amir, also the KFAS tem and networks and for sake of preserving tists. He also congratulated Sheikh Sabah on Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Humanitarian Leader, in addition to naming board chairman, and the funding from share- the oil wealth, in implementation of HH the the UN designation. — KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 LOCAL No tolerance for commercial fraud: Ministry Undersecretary inaugurates perfumes, watches expo

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce terday. The ministry receives innumer- involves closing down these businesses, Crime and Industry is taking it upon itself to able complaints from consumers said the ministry’s undersecretary Crime strike with a firm hand any businesses regarding such fraud upon which the Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi, in a statement to Report Report that practice commercial fraud against ministry takes immediate and decisive KUNA on the sidelines of his opening consumers, said a ministry official yes- action which more often than not today an exhibit for perfumes and watches. 3 million pills He noted that the ministry has Man killed in availed to the consumer the hotline 135 ministry building fire smuggling to call in their complaints whenever they spot commercial fraud at the places they frequent for shopping. He urged con- By Hanan Al-Saadoun details unveiled sumers to use the hotline as their input KUWAIT: A 60-year-old Egyptian was killed in a fire at the Head of the customs detectives office Rashid Al- would facilitate the work of the ministry KUWAIT: ministry of defense’s provisions and supplies buildings yes- Barakah revealed new information about the latest bust of in catching fraudulent practices by some terday, said security sources, noting that an electric short narcotic pills to enter Kuwait - estimated at 3 million businesses or merchandisers. circuit in an A/C cable caused the fire. tablets - adding that a million tablets entered the country About the perfumes and watches before that. He said the office gathered and analyzed infor- exhibit, he said he was delighted to see mation by inspection supervisor Mohammad Al-Humaidi it held twice a year due to popular and the head of the office and compared shipments arriv- demand, appreciating the fact that over ing from Lebanon, and found a cooking oven weighed 1.5 170 local, regional, and international tons, which raised suspicions, and orders were issued to brand-name manufacturers and mass inspect the shipment closely. He said the oven was inspect- merchandisers have taken part in dis- ed with the help of sniffer dogs to make sure about the playing their wares at the current exhib- presence of the drugs before opening it. The shipment’s it, which is sponsored by 19 local busi- recipient was contacted and arrested at Al-Razi Hospital, ness sponsors. The exhibit is scheduled to remain open to the public until and he confessed that a Syrian asked him to deliver the KUWAIT: Al-Khaldi checks a watch at the exhibition yesterday. —KUNA cooking oven for $15,000. November 1st. —KUNA Barakah said the oven’s owner was arrested and he revealed that two other ovens were brought in July and August containing nearly one million tablets and were sold Zain sponsors KALD in the market, and this attempt contained 3 million tablets following the success of the first two attempts. He said the Interior Ministry cooperated by providing protection for teachers award ceremony the customs officers when they raided the warehouse in Industrial Shuwaikh. Director general of the customs Company honored for educational sector support department Khalid Al-Saif said the department will ask the Cabinet to reward the officers who participated in the drugs’ discovery, adding that they deserve it as they worked hard and sincerely in rescuing their country from The weapons and ammo confiscated from the this major danger. suspect’s house Weapons found in citizen’s house 62 stuck at deportation jail A citizen was recently arrested with 6 Kalashnikovs, an Following the news about a group of inmates at the automatic machinegun, two shotguns, 5,000 deportation prison slashing their wrists in hopes of Kalashnikov bullets, 200 50 mm caliber bullets and 200 being deported since they have completed their sen- loaded magazines, said security sources. Case papers tences, the Security Information Department at the indicate that narcotics detectives had been tipped off Interior Ministry said “62 persons of various nationalities concerning the presence of weapons in a citizen’s who completed their sentences and were released by house. A search warrant was issued and the house was the Reform Establishments Department are kept at the raided, where the force found the weapons hidden in a deportation center because they still face certain restric- secret room. A case was filed and further investiga- tions that hinders the process of their deportation”. tions are in progress. Director of Public Relations and Moral Guidance, and Acting Director of Security Information Brig Adel Al-Hashash said the restrictions that are preventing Visa violators caught the deportation of the 62 include travel bans because In continuation of inspection campaigns in various areas, a of cases in courts, and appeals over the deportation police force inspected Fahaheel Industrial Area, said securi- and fines, so they cannot be deported, besides they do ty sources. The sources added that the campaign resulted not have valid visas and cannot be released. Hashash in arresting 63 people for violating residency and labor said that the prison doctor said the cuts are superficial laws and that some of the detainees were wanted for sus- in seven cases and were treated. He said there is a pro- picion of involvement in robberies and other cases. gram to fight banned material in the prison and deter- rent actions are taken against anyone who breaks the law and regulations, be they civilian or uniformed. He Omar Al-Omar receives a present from Minister Hind Al-Subaih said prison meals are balanced and supervised by spe- cialized doctors, adding a branch of a police coopera- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- Aamal Al-Sayer. Additionally, Omar tional and youth sectors through sup- tive allows prisoners to buy their needs without going munications company in Kuwait, took part in presenting the awards to porting various innovative initiatives through a third party. announced its sponsorship of the distinguished teachers as a symbol of like the ‘Taaleb E-Learning Project’ “KALD Distinguished Teachers Award” gratitude to their overall efforts in which links teachers, parents, and stu- ceremony, which was organized by the this particular sector. dents of Kuwait together to improve Kuwaiti Association for Learning Commenting on this occasion, overall communication between the ‘Cheating’ bank client sentenced Differences (KALD). The ceremony was Omar Saud Al-Omar, Zain Kuwait’s school environment and the home held to recognize the efforts and capa- Chief Executive Officer said: “Zain’s environment. The misdemeanors court sentenced a citizen to a one- bilities of teachers who collaboratively sponsorship and support to KALD’s The company also partnered with month suspended jail term, charging him with taking KD work towards helping students with Distinguished Teachers Award ceremo- INJAZ Kuwait to carry out the “Job 3,000 deposited in his bank account by mistake. The sus- learning difficulties in private schools ny comes in line with the company’s Shadowing” and “Innovation Camp” pect deposited KD 1,566 at a bank but the teller deposit- in Kuwait. Corporate Social Responsibility and programs to high school students with ed KD 4,566 by mistake. When she discovered the error, During the awards ceremony, the Sustainability strategies that target an aim to help them identify creative she told her superior who in turn called the suspect and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor efforts catering to the education sector solutions to overcome real life chal- asked him to come to the bank. The suspect did not go and State Minister for Planning Affairs in Kuwait. We take pride in being a part lenges in the business world”. and withdrew the total amount of money. When he was Hind Al-Subaih presented a token of of this ceremony, in which we show Omar expressed the company’s asked why he took the money that was not his, he said appreciation to Zain’s Chief Executive our utmost appreciation to those who dedication to the overall educational that he thought he had won the money and an employ- Officer Omar Saud Al-Omar in recog- work very hard for the benefit of our sector and emphasized that it will ee at the bank informed him about it, and no one called nition to the company’s support in next generation’s wellbeing.” spare no efforts in supporting any enti- after that. driving success to the ceremony, with Omar added: “Zain’s CSR strategy ties that exert efforts in advancing the the presence of KALD’s Chairman has forever shouldered the educa- educational sector in Kuwait. Thief tells on partner UN envoy calls on world A dispute between two young men led to the discov- ery of car thefts in Salmiya, when a call from an People packed inside a police bus following the unidentified person revealed the identity of the thief, to help Sudan refugees Fahaheel campaign. who was found out to be his partner. A security source said a dispute between the two led to the discovery of the thefts. Splitting the spoils led to differences, so one JABALAIN: The international communi- Hawally campaign of them informed police, and police traced the call and ty should provide much needed aid to Hawally police recently launched an inspection cam- were able to arrest him. the almost 180,000 refugees and dis- paign in various governorates that resulted in arresting placed in Sudan, UN Humanitarian 108 people for not carrying IDs, filing 168 traffic cita- Envoy Dr Abdullah Al-Matouq said late tions, arresting 17 residency violators, 10 absconders, Palestinian Week Tuesday. 610 peddlers, 24 wanted people, detaining 4 vehicles, In a statement to KUNA after his joint arresting ten people with drugs, referring 10 people visit with UN High Commissioner for for deportation and setting up 80 checkpoints. kicks off Oct 26 Refugees Antonio Guterres to the refugee camps in Al-Jabalain area in the KUWAIT: The Palestinian embassy in Kuwait announced White Nile governorate, Matouq said that Rapist at large that the fist Palestinian there was a necessary need for the inter- Cultural Week in Kuwait will national community participate in aiding A 24-year-old girl reported that someone she named kid- kick off on Sunday, October the increasing number of refugees in napped her under threat and raped her, said security 26, 2014. The event comes in Sudan, noting that Sudan required help sources. Case papers indicate that the girl claimed that the recognition of the deep-root- in hosting refugees from within Sudan suspect allegedly stopped her in Shaab and pointed a gun ed historic relations between and neighboring countries. at her, forcing her to ride in his ‘fancy’ car to an apartment the Palestinian and Kuwaiti The official lauded the Sudanese gov- in Abdullah Mubarak, where he raped her. peoples. It is organized in col- ernment steps to treat refugees from laboration with the National Sudan and other African countries as if Council for Culture, Arts and they were Sudanese nationals, noting Police station robbed Letters (NCCAL). that such gesture reflected would con- The Palestinian week is set JABALAIN: Matouq and Guterres greeted at the Jabalain refugee Three Egyptians were arrested for stealing construc- tribute to relief aid efforts. tion materials from the Naeem police station construc- to feature various cultural On his part, Guterres said that the UN camp. —KUNA activities including folklore tion site, said security sources, noting that the suspects would work solemnly to promote the Around USD 10 million is required to cover the third quarter of the needed dancing performances, poet- were spotted by a passing patrol while loading a truck humanitarian cause in Sudan, stressing it cover the needs of the refugees, said sum; however, the world should heed the ry, display of Palestinian with the stolen material. A case was filed and further was important in the meantime to gather Guterres, indicating that the UN High calls for humanitarian aid and help in Palestinian ambassador handicrafts and fashion, the investigations are in progress. international support for refugees here. Commission for Refugees will hopefully solving the problem. —KUNA Rami Tahboub embassy said in a statement. Ministry to use air medical services shortly

KUWAIT: Air medical services will be inaugurated shortly, Jamal Al-Harbi in an opening speech today at a physiothera- accidents on them, he said. sion primarily concerned with the remediation of impairments covering the use of air transportation, namely helicopters, to py awareness day at the NBK children’s hospital. Actual use of these helicopters might start as early as in and disabilities and the promotion of mobility, functional abili- move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident Eventually the ministry will have 75 medical helicopter one or two months, he promised. On the physiotherapy ty, quality of life and movement potential through examina- scenes, a Ministry of Health official said yesterday. operators, noting that the ministry of health was in con- awareness day at the children’s hospital, he said the ministry tion, evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention. He Already fifteen medical emergency personnel are being sultation with the ministry of interior as to earmarking has just opened a new clinic for children with physiotherapy stressed that ministry professionals were well equipped to trained to operate emergency helicopters, said the Ministry’s appropriate locations for helipads on the nation’s high- needs and a similar one for children with special needs. handle all cases of physiotherapy needs whether for children assistant undersecretary for medical support services Dr ways and byways to attend to medical emergencies and He indicated that physiotherapy is the health care profes- or adults. —KUNA THURS DAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 LOCAL Korean trade mission woos Kuwaiti business Kuwait construction sector ‘booming’

United Nations Day 2014: Celebrating kuwait Youth, Humanitarian Efforts

essage from Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General - United Nations Human Settlements Programme of the United Nations, on the Occasion of (UNHABITAT) MUnited Nations Day 2014 - International Labour Organisation (ILO) - World Food Programme (WFP) Dear friends of the United Nations - United Nations Office for the Coordination of At this time of multiple crises, the United Nations is Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). needed more than ever. Poverty, disease, terrorism, dis- - United Nations Department of Safety and Security crimination and climate change are exacting a heavy (UNDSS) toll. Millions of people suffer from exploitive and unsafe - International Organisation for Migration (IOM) working conditions. The global economy remains an - World Bank uneven playing field. - International Monetary Fund (IMF). Korean Trade Delegation exhibition at the Movenpick Convention Center, Free Trade Zone-Shuwaikh. The United Nations was founded to end such - Support Offices for the United Nations Assistance assaults on human dignity, and lead the way to a better Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United By Ben Garcia future. There have been painful setbacks, and there is Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). KUWAIT: A Korean trade mission held much work ahead. But we can take heart from our This year, the United Nations Country Team in Kuwait a business presentation for prospec- achievements in advancing peace, human rights and has been strengthened with the addition of a few Non- tive clients in Kuwait yesterday. The human dignity. The UN Millennium Development Resident Agencies. These agencies do not have a formal event hosted by Kotra, the commer- Goals have inspired the most successful anti-poverty representation in Kuwait but are joining their efforts in cial section of the Korean Embassy in campaign ever. As we strive to finish the job, we are supporting Kuwait from their regional offices. These Kuwait, was held at the Movenpick also shaping a sustainable development agenda and include: Convention Center at the Free Trade seeking a meaningful climate change agreement, all by - United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Zone in Shuwaikh. The delegation was 2015. The United Nations is also mobilized against the - United Nations WOMEN headed by D J Choi, President of Ebola outbreak, a huge and global challenge that - United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) Buyoung Cst Company, one of the participants in the trade mission from demands a huge and global response. - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Korea. On this United Nations Day, let us reaffirm our com- (OHCHR). mitment to the marginalized and vulnerable, and work Samsik Lee, Director General of On 24 October each year, the world commemorates Kotra, said his work is to support such in common cause for the common good. United Nations Day, marking the anniversary of the trade and business delegations aimed entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945 at expanding their businesses and essage from Mubashar Riaz Sheikh, Resident and the date that the UN as a global organization dedi- products throughout the world. The Coordinator of the United Nations in Kuwait cated to international peace and cooperation came into trade mission is focusing on Korean M construction tools and equipment, existence. On this day we recall the fundamental princi- KUWAIT: DJ Choi, left, President of Buyoung Cst Company, head of delega- On the occasion of UN Day 2014 under the theme of which has also taken them to Iran and ples that underpin the work of United Nations tion and Samsik Lee, Director General of Kotra pose at the venue. “Celebrating the Youth and Humanitarian Efforts of Egypt. “The delegation has already vis- Organizations and their staff across the world towards —Photos by Joseph Shagra Kuwait”, as the Resident Coordinator of the United ited Cairo and Tehran for the same Nations System in the State of Kuwait, it is my privilege sustainable development, lasting peace and freedom mission. Kuwait’s construction sector gies are used from a Korean company. company may be signing a contract to introduce the composition and contribution that its from suffering. The UNCT in Kuwait is proud to assist is obviously booming and we want to He also revealed that Korea will be with us tomorrow. They said they are member organizations are making in support of the the Government of Kuwait to uphold these noble be part of it. We thank the Kuwaiti competing for the tender of the metro very interested in cooperating with Government of Kuwait and its people. These organiza- endeavors and along with supporting the national people and our business partners transit company. us,” he said. At least 24 Korean compa- tions work under the umbrella of the “UN Country development agenda. It is a matter of great pride for us here for their continued trust and con- “We have lots of companies here nies participated in the trade mission Team”, and provide an entry point for national partners that His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al- fidence, especially in Korean products right now who want to seek partner- and most of them have been able to to connect with the full spectrum of UN agencies, funds Ahmad Al-Sabah has been recognized as “Humanitarian and Korean knowhow,” he said. ship with Kuwaiti companies. They are talk to possible partners here. “The and programmes, to find constructive solutions for Leader” by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Lee lauded Korean technology as in the construction business and are Ministry of Public Works in Kuwait is Ki-moon on September 09, 2014 for his leadership and almost similar to that of EU and all well-known back in Korea. They very keen to enter into an agreement addressing national development challenges. At pres- brought with them technologies and with us and many of our companies contribution on humanitarian response. I, on behalf of American brands, yet very competi- ent, the United Nations Country Team in Kuwait has fol- tive. He said since last year, after the products that are all world-class but are being considered to be their com- lowing members; the United Nations Country Team in Kuwait, wish to new business environment stepped very competitive. I hope they’ll be pany partners,” he concluded. - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) extend our deepest gratitude and congratulations to up to a new level, a number of Korean able to get the right partners,” Lee Among the Korean manufacturers - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees His Highness the Amir, the State and people of Kuwait companies have emerged and they added. in the delegation are manufacturers (UNHCR) for their noble contribution to the suffering humanity. have been part of the continued suc- of concrete pump trucks, cranes and cess story of Kuwaiti successful ven- Possible partners aerial platforms, hydraulic pumps, tures. He also took pride over Korean Choi is promoting his company’s seals and parts of undercarriages and companies participating in building high-pressure gas storage tanks and many more. The Korean Construction the Boubyan bridge and Boubyan vaporizers. “The tanks are internation- Equipment Trade Mission is one of port. He also mentioned desalination ally recognized as the best among the many business projects hosted by facilities in Kuwait in which technolo- category. We want a partnership and a Kotra.

KUWAIT: A house under construction in the Sedeeq district of South Surra. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait seeks to meet mounting housing demand KUWAIT: In shadow of Kuwait’s popu- renting a house temporarily. statistics show that the housing appli- lation growth, housing projects turn The construction council, estab- cations have been rising by eight per- quite significant to meet mounting lished, in 1954, had succeeded in con- cent per annum-projected to reach up citizens’ demand for plots of land or structing 2,000 residential units in sev- to 175,000 till 2020. finished units. eral districts, namely Al-Shamiya, In 1995, Law Number 27 was The Kuwaiti Government has Kaifan, Al-Fayhaa, Al-Salmiya and Al- enacted for including the private sec- devoted particular attention to hous- Da’yieh. In 1956, the state property tor in construction in State-owned ing care for the citizens since the early authority started distributing houses land plots. 50s of the past century. Since 1954, and two years later, a special commit- In line with the policy of securing the Government has been building tee was set up to back up the govern- units for all citizens, the authorities residential units, including apartment ment in running this vital sector. have built new residential districts, houses, making them available for the The Saving and Credit Bank was namely Sabah Al-Ahmad, Al-Khairan nationals on equal basis. founded in 1965 to build houses, and Al-Metalaa. Kuwait’s housing care law stipu- offering reality loans to help citizens The housing authority had lates that each married citizen has the construct their homes. In 1974, the declared, in 2008, that it was involved right to apply for a housing unit, a Public Authority for Housing Welfare in executing 23 major housing ven- land plot or an interest-free housing was established to take over these tures, at a cost of more than KD 225 loan, thus a large number of Kuwaiti tasks. million. The 2013 statistical figures families has acquired houses with Kuwait’s Ministry of Housing showed that the executed projects easy terms in various regions of the Affairs, established in 1975, was included 14,000 housing units. country. merged into the housing authority in Number of the ones to be constructed Every married citizen, awaiting his 1986, and the State had distributed reached 6,387, including built houses, turn for housing, is granted KD 150 up to 91,600 residential units to the land plots and flat apartment houses. per month during this period of time, citizens till 2009. Figure of finished houses, this year, is as an allotment to support him for At present, the housing authority’s forecast to reach 2,251. — KUNA Trade surplus with Japan narrows TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade surplus with a year earlier. Crude oil, refined prod- thanks to strong demand for vehicles, Japan narrowed for the first time in four ucts, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and steel and ships. Imports also rose 6.2 months in September, plunging 17.2 other natural resources, which account- percent to JPY 7.341 trillion (USD 68.7 percent to JPY 72.0 billion (USD 674 mil- ed for 97.4 percent of the region’s total billion), as the weaker yen pushed up lion) from a year earlier, as imports exports to Japan, went up 3.5 percent. costs for the bills, especially LNG and soared, the Finance Ministry said yester- The region’s overall imports from Japan the new iPhones. Exports to China, day. jumped 27.4 percent, thanks to robust Japan’s biggest trading partner, grew But Kuwait maintained black ink with shipments of automobile, steel, machin- 8.8 percent, and imports from the coun- Japan for the 80th consecutive month, ery and electric equipment. try expanded 8.3 percent, posting a the ministry said in a preliminary report. The world’s third-biggest economy deficit with China for the 31st straight Kuwaiti overall exports to Japan fell 10.8 registered a global deficit of JPY 958.3 month. percent year-on-year to JPY 93.1 billion billion (USD 9.0 billion) in September, Japan’s currency weakened against (USD 871 million) for the first decline in up 1.6 percent on the year, chiefly due the US dollar by 6.2 percent from the four months, while imports from Japan to increased shipments of LNG and year before, according to the ministry. jumped 21.8 percent to JPY 21.1 billion Apple Inc.’s new smart phones, the min- The yen’s depreciation supports exports (USD 197 million), up for the third istry said. It marked the 27th straight by making Japanese products more month. month of shortfall and the biggest trade competitive overseas and increase the Middle East’s trade surplus with deficit for the month of September value of repatriated overseas earning, Japan also edged down 1.7 percent to since comparable data became avail- but it also inflates import prices. JPY 1. 022 trillion (USD 9.6 billion) last able in January 1979. The trade data are measured on a month, although Japan-bound exports Overall exports climbed 6.9 percent customs-cleared basis before adjust- from the region gained 3.4 percent from to JPY 6.383 trillion (USD 59.7 billion), ment for seasonal factors. —KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest In my view

Cards on the table The city of peace

By Khaled Al Mutawa By Labeed Abdal Student at American Oil University of Kuwait prices

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owadays, teenagers have a strong impact on the world, he recent incident in which Israeli troops more than in any other decade. On October 10th, 2014, stormed into the Aqsa Mosque, attacking wor- the most sensational event happened in history, that N shippers and preventing them from entering grabbed a global attention, it was when BBC announced the T the place, gives the impression that there is a pre- news about a 17 year old girl, to be receiving The Noble Peace Al-Anbaa Prize. People were struck, by how this young girl, to be given this meditated intention to foil any efforts towards nego- prestigious award and that there are other “older” people who tiations and turning a new leaf without bloodshed. It deserve it. Absurd? Shocking? Frankly, I don’t know and I don’t is especially so, as the incident came following the really care. The point I’m trying to make is that teenagers do bombardment of Gaza earlier this year. Many coun- indeed have the ability and tendency to shape history, and not tries condemned these actions that were described be passively shaped by it. as part of a policy of systematic violation of Islamic To illustrate, let me take you back in time, to the dark ages; holy sites in Jerusalem, which is in violation of inter- On May, 29,1453 a commander named Mohamed Bin Murad national law and legitimacy and a blatant violation conquered Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) and brought of the feelings of millions of Muslims. an end to the Byzantine Empire. How old was he? Oh, he was kuwait digest Meanwhile, several Muslim and Christian coun- 18, thank you very much. The fact that an 18-year-old boy led to tries condemned the Israeli occupation’s policies that the declination and downfall of an entire empire really kept me on toes! His triumphs and victories are permanently written in Who to blame for such injustice?! violate Muslim and Christian holy places in the occu- the pages of history and I strongly recommend you to read pied Palestinian lands as part of a Judaization policy about this figure, he is vitally incarnate! Bill Gates discovers that targets Jerusalem in specific.The international Microsoft by the age of 18. The first singer to reach one billion By Hassan Al-Essa community is required to step in immediately in views on YouTube and becoming a widely known artist, is a order to stop these violations that lead to creating a Canadian citizen called Justin Drew Bieber, and how old was he hat is the use of talking about a state of justifies this by claims that they had never situation that causes the destruction of chances for you may ask? 15. institutions and the rule of the law and received summons notices or notifications from reaching a two-state solution, and obstruction of the Whether it’s politics, arts, business or conquering other Wall the bright talk about penal legisla- courts while the court’s department responsible peace process between the Palestinian and Israeli nations, teenagers have the ability to the lead and initiate tions guaranteed to defendants if the law is some- for sending them insists that the prison had been sides. change. I don’t see eye to eye on why most presidents offices thing and the approach the authorities adopt is notified about the hearings! Defendants’ rights It is unreasonable for Israel to continue using his- have this systematic rule qualifications, that people must not something else, or when the law’s loopholes are are usually lost between both arguments and torical excuses to justify their claim over the Holy elect themselves as presidents, only when they are older in age. used to activate penalties that violate their rights their liberties are violated, which reflects many of Excuse me, but how does age as anything to do with leadership? Land. Christians and Muslims do not deny the reality The two young brave men, Maher and Mohi who initiated the and divert legal texts from their legislative goals?! the state’s bodies’ incompetence, bureaucracy, that the Holy Land is a place where the Prophet rebellion in Egypt, that led the downfall of Hosni Mubarak, were Recent practices, such as not having detained indifference and administrative ignorance. Moses came to deliver God’s message, followed by 40 or 50 years old? No. They were in their early twenties. With prisoners show up before a court hearing and We usually comply if sentenced as a result of Jesus (PBUH) and finally Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that out of the way, parents must encourage their children, and thus having the hearing postponed several times such irresponsible practices but what if the case is who came to the Holy Land during the Isra and Miraj give them this sense of empowerment to think big and conquer until someone becomes conscious and defen- related to freedom of expression, opinion, a sim- journey. And no one also denies the reality that each great things, not ridicule or discourage them, where we see here, dants are brought to court, must come to an end. ple tweet or an article criticizing twisted policies?! prophet had followers through generations, and the a lot, especially in Kuwait. Teenagers have the ability to the leave Such practices violate the constitution that deems Such cases are going through the worst times great grandchildren of those followers continue to the deepest, most positive, footprint on earth, if they had the defendants innocent until proven guilty. It also nowadays. A number of legislations ignored the live in the Holy Land today. chance. Israel’s actions of storming into the Aqsa Mosque, Some parents perceive teenage years as the year of immatu- prolongs preventive custody which is a penalty state’s constitution and individuals’ rights and we firing tear gas and cutting electricity in an incident rity, I really feel sorry for parents who still believe in that. In this not stipulated by law because it ought to be a have nobody to protect the constitution. Has the century, a 14 years old child, is equivalent to a 24 years old man precautionary measure to be exceptionally used, authority seen that these legislations are not that happened during the Sukkot Jewish holiday is a who lived in the past ages, due to the knowledge teenagers otherwise it would be an unnecessary punish- enough to tame the youth, and accordingly, delib- step that signifies broadening the gap between reli- have. With that of the way, I strongly believe that teenagers have ment. erately opted to punishing them without any just gions and blindly ignoring the voices of many peo- the ability to even raise themselves by their own, and even raise Who is to blame for this negligence in bringing and fair reason. Who is to blame for such injus- ple, including many Jews who have lived for genera- their parents along with them. With the help of technology, I say prisoners to court or extending detention? In tice? tions with their Christian and Muslim Palestinians in to you, in this century, in 2014, the parent becomes the child and most cases, the correctional facilities’ directorate —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida Jerusalem in peace. the child becomes the parent. Cards on the table.

kuwait digest Most Israelis oppose Palestinian state

By Abdullah Erakat

alestinians say that a new poll published by a right- which a demilitarized Palestinian nation-state recognizes leaning think tank shows that Israel is the barrier to the nation-state of the Jewish people,” Israeli Prime Pa Palestinian state. The poll comes as US Secretary Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Mark Regev of State John Kerry is trying to restart Israeli-Palestinian said. peace talks and convince the Palestinians not to seek But when it comes to making concessions, Ben David recognition from the United Nations Security Council. says that Israelis do not trust the Palestinians to hew to The poll found that 75 percent of Israeli Jews are their agreements. against the creation of a Palestinian state on pre-1967 “It’s now close to rock bottom. Nor is there an lines, which would mean an Israeli withdrawal from the American figure, such as (Former US President Bill) West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. It also found Clinton, who gives Israel even a small amount of confi- that most Israelis believe Jews should retain the Jordan dence,” he said. Valley, the land that runs along Israel’s border with Palestinians say they have little trust that Israel is seri- Jordan. ous about making the concessions necessary for peace. “We’ve seen a complete shift to the right in Israel with “This (low confidence among Israelis) is not my problem. more and more Israelis supporting the apartheid regime It’s the Israelis who have done absolutely nothing in this that is in place and supporting this right wing govern- 21 year period to show Palestinians that they are interest- ment,” Diana Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer, said ed in peace.” using language that conforms to the Palestinian narrative She says she would advise the Palestinian leadership of the conflict. “This is not all surprising and what it shows to abandon what she calls the “farce of negotiations”, and is that there is a complete lack of leadership in Israel. to push for a boycott of Israeli goods called BDS. She also There’s a lack of educating Israelis that Palestinians have said the Palestinians should join the International equal rights.” Criminal Court (ICC) and petition them to charge Israel The poll was taken following the heavy fighting with war crimes. between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the kid- “The leadership continues to go down a path of non- napping and killing of three confrontation in the hopes Israeli teens in Hebron. that if they are nice enough to “I was not surprised to see the Americans, the Americans the opposition to a Palestinian The poll was taken will do the right thing, or if state,” said Lenny Ben David, they are nice enough to the Director of Publications at the following the heavy fight- Israelis, the Israelis will do the Jerusalem Center for Public right thing,” Buttu said angrily. Affairs which sponsored the ing between Israel and Meanwhile, Lenny Ben poll. He also said that Israeli Hamas in the Gaza Strip and David of the Jerusalem Center Jews have consistently for Public Affairs says this poll opposed withdrawing from the kidnapping and killing of proves that while Israelis are east Jerusalem, which Israel not prepared to return to the annexed in 1967. Palestinians three Israeli teens in Hebron. pre-1967 lines, they are willing maintain that east Jerusalem to make some concessions. must be the future capital of a “They don’t want a return Palestinian state. to 67’ lines with Jerusalem split,” he said. “Add in the con- “I believe that (Former Israeli Premier) Yitzhak Rabin’s cessions of (Palestinians) renouncing the right of return, view of the Middle East still represents the Israeli ‘gut feel- recognizing the Jewish state, and accepting the concept ing.’ He was not a fan of dividing Jerusalem, nor of surren- of settlement blocs and you see a movement to the cen- dering the Jordan River Valley,” Ben David said. ter,” he said. Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew in 1995, who opposed any concessions to the Palestinians. Enough concessions Buttu, a former member of the Palestinian Authority The “settlement blocs” he referred to are the approxi- negotiating team, said that Israel’s insistence on holding mately ten percent of the West Bank where the vast on to the Jordan Valley was outdated. majority of Israelis who live on land in the West Bank have “They used to claim that they needed the Jordan built their homes. Palestinians and much of the interna- Valley, because Jordan was an enemy state. Since signing tional community says this construction is illegal. a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994, they’ve had no prob- Buttu says the Palestinians have already made enough lems with Jordan ever since,” she said. concessions, and that now it’s Israel’s turn. “We have to recognize apartheid which is what a Jewish state is. We No trust have to give up our legitimate rights in order for them to The Israeli government says it is committed to an inde- give up their wrongs. To make matters worse, they are not pendent Palestinian state alongside Israel, which is also going to remove all of the settlements, but some,” the for- the goal of the US. “We remain committed to a secure and mer PLO adviser and political analyst said. enduring peace based on two states for two peoples, in —The Media Line THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

US jury convicts ex-Blackwater guards in 2007 Baghdad killings

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OHIO: Jeffrey Fowle, center, smiles as he stands with his family and with attorney, Timothy Tepe, far right, at his home in West Carrollton, Ohio, yesterday. Fowle was arrested and held for nearly six months in North Korea after leaving a Bible at a nightclub. Christian evangelism is considered a crime in North Korea. — AP American freed by N Korea back in US Detainee reunites with family after six months

WEST CARROLLTON: An American arrested Tony Hall, a retired diplomat and congress- past 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Jeff Ohio. A report released by the Korean Central and held for nearly six months in North Korea man who used his connections with North and his family. Jeff needs some time right now News Agency on Wednesday said Kim Jong for leaving a Bible at a nightclub returned Korean officials to discuss Fowle’s case, said he to get adjusted to his life at home,” Tepe said, Un, the leader of North Korea, took “a special home yesterday to tears of joy and hugs from was excited about Fowle’s release. flanked by Fowle, his wife, Tatyana, and their measure” by releasing Fowle, who was his wife and surprised children. A lot of people were involved, he said, but three children. referred to as a “US criminal.” The report said A plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed yes- he declined to name any of the officials in Fowle arrived in North Korea on April 29 Kim took “into consideration the repeated terday morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Pyongyang to whom he reached out. He said and was arrested in May for leaving a Bible at requests of US President Barack Obama.” Base, near Dayton, where he was reunited he was never asked by either the US or North the nightclub, something Fowle acknowl- Relations between Washington and with his family. Moments after Fowle, carrying Korea to go to Pyongyang on Fowle’s behalf. edged in interviews with the AP. Christian Pyongyang, never warm, are at a particularly two bags, stepped off a plane at the base just The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, along evangelism is considered a crime in North low point, and the US has sought unsuccess- after 6:30 a.m., his three children and wife ran with China and Japan and envoys from Korea. He had been awaiting trial - the only fully for months to send a high-level represen- from a nearby airplane hangar and shared Mongolia, which has relations with North one of three Americans held by Pyongyang tative to North Korea to negotiate acquittals hugs. Base Col. John Devillier said Fowle had a Korea, were also involved, Hall said. Hall said who had not been convicted of charges. The for all three men. tearful reunion, and that Fowle was happy he got involved at the request of Fowle’s fami- two others were each sentenced to years in The United States has no diplomatic rela- and seemed thrilled to be back in the US. “We ly and attorney, as well as the State North Korean prisons after court trials that tions with North Korea and strongly warns had a great reunion for an American citizen Department, which led the push for Fowle’s lasted no more than 90 minutes. The three American citizens against traveling to the coming home,” he said. release. “So I spent a lot of time communicat- Americans entered North Korea separately. country. In Berlin, Secretary of State John Devillier said Fowle’s family hadn’t told the ing and trying to use some of the relations I’d The Fowle family, despite their joy, is mind- Kerry said “there was no quid pro quo” for the children why they were being brought to the built up over the years,” Hall told The ful that two other Americans continue to be release of Fowle. The government welcomed base and that it was a surprise for them to see Associated Press yesterday. detained by North Korea and they understand Fowle’s return. “The release of all of these indi- their father walk off the plane. “The reaction the disappointment their families are experi- viduals is a top priority and something that from his children was priceless,” Devillier said. Disappointment encing, Tepe said. the US Government has long advocated for, “They hadn’t seen their dad in some time. The Outside the family’s home, family attorney There was no immediate explanation for both publicly and privately,” said National expectation would be that they would get Timothy Tepe said Fowle had been treated the release of Fowle, who was whisked to the Security Council spokesman Patrick Ventrell. teary eyed and they did, and I did, too. It’s well by the North Korean government and US territory of Guam, where doctors declared “We have followed these cases closely in the great to welcome him home.” needed time to adjust to life at home. “The him in good health, before heading back to White House.”— AP ‘Terrorist’ rams car into Jerusalem crowd, killing baby

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian rammed a car said. “Initial indications suggest this is a hit- one Israeli and injuring five. The driver was speed. “We saw a car coming from the into pedestrians in Jerusalem yesterday, and-run terror attack.” It was the second shot dead by police. north at full speed,” said Eli Dayan who was killing a baby and injuring eight other peo- such deadly attack with a vehicle in the city standing on the pavement with his son ple in what Israeli police said was a suspect- in just under three months. During the ‘Missed us by centimetres’ when the car struck. “We realised some- ed “terror attack”. It was the second such most recent incident in August, which took In yesterday’s incident, eyewitness who thing was going on. He missed us by a few deadly incident involving a vehicle driven place in the same area, a Palestinian man had just got off the train said the car centimetres,” he told AFP. by a Palestinian in three months, prompt- rammed a bus with an excavator, killing ploughed into the pedestrians at great Aside from the baby who was killed, two ing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin other people were seriously hurt, while two Netanyahu to immediately order an suffered moderate wounds and the rest increase in police presence across the city. had light injuries, medics said. The driver, identified as a 21-year-old At the scene, a silver car with a badly- Palestinian from the east Jerusalem neigh- dented front stood on the pavement and bourhood of Silwan, was shot and wound- two stationary trains at the nearby tram ed as he tried to flee the scene, police station, an AFP correspondent said. spokeswoman Luba Samri said. His condi- Dozens of onlookers watched as police tion was described as moderate-to-serious. sealed off access to the road, a major artery Police described the incident as a “hit- known as Route 1, causing major traffic and-run terror attack”-the term for a delib- jams throughout the rest of the city. erate attack with a vehicle. Samri identified the driver as a 21-year- During the attack, which took place old Palestinian from Silwan, a densely pop- shortly before 6:00 pm (1500 GMT), the car ulated Arab neighbourhood which lies on ploughed into a group of pedestrians walk- the southern flank of the Old City. ing near the Ammunition Hill tram stop, on the seamline between west and occupied Driver from Silwan east Jerusalem. Nine people were hurt, The district has hit the headlines in among them a three-month-old baby girl recent weeks after hardline Jewish settlers who later died of her injuries, a spokes- acquired 35 apartments there, triggering a woman for Hadassah hospital told AFP. furious reaction from both Palestinians and Police and medics said that the driver the international community. tried to run off after the car hit the pedes- JERUSALEM: Israeli police officers inspect a car at the scene of an attack in Jerusalem, Hours after yesterday’s attack, dozens of trians and came to a stop. “The driver yesterday. A Palestinian motorist with a history of anti-Israel violence slammed his masked Palestinians began hurling stones apparently tried to flee on foot and was car into a crowded train station in Jerusalem yesterday, killing a three-month-old at police in Silwan, who responded with shot and wounded by a policeman,” Samri baby girl and wounding several people in what police called a terror attack. — AP riot control means, Samri said. —AFP p8_Layout 1 10/22/14 10:27 PM Page 1

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Iraqi forces clash with IS fighters west of Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi army tanks and which faced a siege by the militants for is a walled market town located some the Sunni majority population, which also taken part in air strikes against it in armoured vehicles yesterday fought off much of this month and is the last gov- 130 km (80 miles) west of the Iraqi capi- seeks greater autonomy. Syria which began last month. an advance by Islamic State militants ernment-controlled town before the tal Baghdad seized by Islamic State mil- Retaking the lost towns and encour- Declaring a caliphate, or Muslim on the town of Amiriya Fallujah, west of key provincial city of Fallujah. itants at the beginning of October. aging Anbar’s Sunni tribes to take up theocracy, Islamic State took advantage the Iraqi capital Baghdad, army sources Soldiers destroyed five of the fight- Anbar’s largest airbase Ain al-Asad, the fight against Islamic State will be of sectarian warfare and weak state said, part of a multinational effort to ers’ vehicles, a security source said. the Haditha Dam - a critical piece of vital to reviving the shattered Iraqi control to grab swathes of Syria and check the group’s progress. There were no immediate reports on infrastructure - and surrounding towns state’s control over its territory. The Iraq earlier this year. The sources added that around 400 the number of casualties from the are encircled by Islamic State to the tribespeople did not take part in the Islamic State fighters have also laid fighters amassed in the nearby towns fighting there, but the militant advance west from the Syrian border and to the fighting near Amiriya Fallujah. siege for a month to Kobani, hundreds of Fallujah and Karma the day before, appears to have been halted. east from militant-controlled sections The United States and other Western of kilometers to the northwest on the piling pressure on the capital’s western Another battle between the two of Ramadi. countries have repeatedly bombed the Turkish-Syrian frontier, and only flank. sides raged in the area around Hit The province fell into the militants’ Sunni jihadist group’s positions in Iraq - intense bombardments by U.S.-led Government forces fought back town, also in western Anbar province, hands after years of tension between including in the Fallujah area on coalition warplanes have halted their Islamic State outside Amiriya Fallujah - but the outcome remained unclear. Hit the Shi’ite Muslim-led government and Wednesday - and Gulf monarchies have advance. —Reuters

Police brutality claims shadow Tunisia elections

TUNIS: When Mohammed Ali Snoussi was which caused a lung infection that spread arrested last month in Tunis, witnesses say, to his heart. He said a prosecutor and an police beat him with truncheons, stripped investigator found no traces of police him naked and threatened to rape him in beating him. broad daylight. “The autopsy is clear. It is not logical The Interior Ministry said Snoussi was that after the revolution we would hide wanted for drug possession, trafficking the truth,” he said. “You can’t assign securi- and assaulting police. He lasted six days in ty forces responsibility for a natural death, police detention cells, before he was as was the case.” In the immediate after- transferred to a hospital where he died in math of the revolution, most security a coma, his body covered in bruises. forces withdrew from the streets of Tunisia Nearly four years after an uprising in the face of the widespread outrage fueled largely by anger over police brutali- against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ty overthrew one of the most repressive police state. states in the region, ordinary Tunisians say But the rise of extremist groups during daily abuses by security forces remain a the ensuing social instability has led to major problem in the country. On Sunday, their rehabilitation. Tunisians are set to vote in parliamentary In the past few years, Islamic radicals elections that will nearly complete the went from publicly demonstrating for democratic transition begun by the revo- greater piety to attacking people. Two left- lution, but many fear the brutal ways of wing politicians were gunned down in the former regime are creeping back - and 2013 and dozens of soldiers were killed in in fact may never have gone away. attacks in remote border regions, causing According to Human Rights Watch, people to clamor for greater security. police regularly abuse detainees in prison According to critics, however, terrorism and pre-trial detention facilities, denying is being used as an excuse to let the police them access to legal counsel and holding literally get away with murder - with ordi- them in filthy, overcrowded cells. In a sur- nary people rather than extremists or gov- vey of 100 detainees awaiting charges, the ernment opponents the most common organization found that 30 percent said targets. In August, security services in the they had been subject to physical abuse southern city of Kasserine opened fire on AIN Al-ARAB: Smoke and flames billow following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain Al-Arab, from the southeastern including electric shocks, in order to a car travelling home from a wedding, Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the province of Sanliurfaon. Turkey dropped its refusal to allow Kurdish fighters over the border to defend the extract confessions or evidence. killing two young women. Violent protests besieged Syrian town of Kobane, saying it was now helping Iraqi peshmerga to cross the frontier in a major policy shift. — AFP “I think we can say with confidence that broke out in the city, demanding prosecu- practices of police abuse never stopped,” tion of the officers involved. said Amna Guellali, Human Rights Watch’s But Kasserine is near Mount Chaambi Kobane defenders hold out as Tunisian representative. on the Algerian border, which is believed Those bearing the brunt of the police to be the hideout for a group of al-Qaeda- violence are ordinary, lower income linked militants. The Interior Ministry Kurds vote on reinforcements Tunisians living in poor neighborhoods maintained the officers were only defend- regularly targeted under harsh drug pos- ing themselves, and no one was prosecut- session laws, which mandate at least a ed. year in prison for carrying drugs, said the During the time of Ben Ali, the Interior IS attack Kurdish positions from three directions rights group. Ministry was notorious for using the threat of sexual violence to intimidate female MURSITPINAR: Kurdish fighters defending Idris Nassen, a local Kurdish official, told AFP planes dropped ammunition and medical sup- Abuses in prison activists and for launching smear cam- Syria’s border town of Kobane held out against that no steps had yet been taken to coordinate plies to the Kurdish forces early on Monday, with Much like pre-revolution times, they paigns against government opponents. the Islamic State group yesterday, anxious for the flow of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces to small arms and ammunition provided by Kurdish face nighttime house raids and constant Sabra Badbabis, a 25 year-old human relief as Iraq’s Kurdish parliament was set to vote Kobane. authorities in Iraq. neighborhood sweeps, followed by abuse rights activist and blogger in Tunis, said on sending reinforcements. “We have to be informed. Without any coordi- in the police stations, with little recourse the behavior continues. She described Backed by air strikes from a US-led coalition, nation any crossing will be impossible,” he said, ‘Attempted genocide’ to justice, activists say. Tunisia’s police how she recently left work at a call center the Kurds have been defending the town on the adding that there had been “fierce clashes” late One of the 27 bundles was reported to have have long treated the poor harshly, and around midnight to find herself accosted Turkish border against a fierce IS offensive for Tuesday with IS attacking Kurdish positions from gone astray, with an IS video showing a masked the Arab Spring upheavals were in fact set by two men who turned out to be plain- more than a month. three directions. fighter opening wooden boxes filled with rock- off when an itinerant fruit vendor set him- clothes policemen. After initially losing ground to the jihadists The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ets and grenades. Kirby said analysts were study- self on fire in protest against police abuse. “They grabbed me and pulled my arms the Kurds have fought back hard, with the US said 18 IS fighters were killed in the clashes on ing the video but that the US military was “very Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben back and pushed my head down,” she said. military saying Tuesday they had halted the IS Tuesday and three more in US-led air strikes. confident that the vast majority of the bundles Jeddou admitted there are abuses in “Don’t say you’re a respectable woman,” advance and remained in control of most of Three Kurdish fighters were also killed, said the did end up in the right hands”. prison, but strongly denied systematic tor- she recalled them telling her. “You went Kobane. They were given a boost this week by Observatory, a Britain-based monitoring group The US has formed a coalition of Western and ture of detainees. In a radio interview this out at this time of night. Whatever hap- the first US air drop of weapons and other sup- with a broad network of sources inside Syria. Arab allies to battle IS, which has been accused month, he said Snoussi died of drug use pens to you is your fault.”—AP plies, though one of the parachuted crates was IS fighters are reported to have suffered of widespread atrocities including mass execu- reported to have fallen into IS hands. heavy losses in the battle for Kobane, especially tions, beheadings, rape, torture and selling Now local Kurds say they need the arrival of after the coalition dramatically increased strikes women and children into slavery. reinforcements, after Turkey announced Monday on their positions last week. The Observatory The group has been accused of especially it would allow Kurdish fighters from Iraq to trav- said late Tuesday that 30 jihadists and 11 Kurdish harsh treatment of minorities and a senior UN el to the town, which has become a crucial sym- fighters have been killed in the previous 24 official on Tuesday suggested it had attempted bolic battleground in the fight against IS. hours and that IS was bringing in reinforcements genocide against Iraq’s Yazidi minority. A senior lawmaker in Iraq’s Kurdish regional “as a result of the daily losses in Kobane”. “The evidence strongly indicates attempt to parliament told AFP it would vote later on US officials were initially hesitant to focus on commit genocide,” Assistant Secretary General deploying its peshmerga forces to the battle for Kobane, insisting the real battle against IS was in Ivan Simonovic said at the UN headquarters in Kobane. Iraq, but in recent days the coalition has carried New York. Tens of thousands of Yazidis have fled out more than 140 air strikes in and around the the IS offensive in Iraq, fearing for their lives after Kurdish hold ‘still tenuous town. being targeted for their religious beliefs. “Today, the Kurdistan parliament will hold a US Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters IS has lured thousands of foreign fighters to session... to give the authorisation and allow the Tuesday the effort seemed to be paying off but its ranks and has a following among many disaf- president of the region to move forces to the that the danger to the town remained. “The situ- fected Muslims, raisings fears of new attacks in town of Kobane” in Syria, Omid Khoshnaw, the ation in Kobane still remains tenuous. We do Western countries. head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s parlia- assess that Kurdish forces in the city are in con- Canada on Tuesday raised its national “terror- mentary bloc, told AFP. trol of the majority of the city,” Kirby said. ism” alert, after a soldier run over by a suspected Kurdish forces have played a leading role in “We’ve been watching this now for weeks. jihadist died. The assailant was fatally shot by northern Iraq in combatting IS, which has seized Certainly in the last several days at least, we police after he struck two soldiers with his car in large parts of the country and neighbouring know ISIL hasn’t made any progress inside a Quebec parking lot on Monday-a scenario that Syria, declaring an Islamic “caliphate” in areas Kobane,” he said, using another name for the had been encouraged only last month in IS under its control. group. “But it can change.” American C-130 cargo propaganda. — AFP

TUNIS: This file photo dated May 22, 2014, shows Tunisian activists staging a demon- Iraqis return to school after delay from unrest stration in front of the Tunis courthouse in Tunisia in support of a jailed blogger. The arrest for drug possession of Aziz Amami, a prominent blogger from the 2011 revo- BAGHDAD: Iraqi students returned to school yes- city that has seen near-daily attacks by insurgents. school staffs make up for the delay. “Classes and lution that overthrew Tunisia’s police state, prompted protests and a renewed effort terday amid tightened security as the academic “We are happy to receive and see our students teachers are ready,” she said. to amend draconian drug laws that many say are used by police to abuse their ene- year began a month late because thousands of again after this extraordinary delay,” said Nawal al- But the security situation still worries some par- mies. — AP people displaced by last summer’s onslaught by Mihamadawi, the school principal. “The security ents. “Considering the current bad security situa- the Islamic State group had taken shelter in school measures we have taken are enough to secure the tion, we thought that the school year would never buildings. In the areas of northern and western Iraq school and the students.” start, but thank God, my girl is attending classes captured by the extremist group earlier this year- She said that authorities decided to cancel the today,” Omar Abdul-Wahab, 42, said as he accom- Israel navy arrests seven including the country’s second largest city Mosul- Saturday holiday for the rest of the year to help the panied his daughter to school.—AP students are not required to attend classes, but will Palestinian fishermen be able to watch lectures on state-run TV to pre- pare for final exams, Education Ministry spokes- GAZA CITY: Israel’s navy arrested seven terms of an August 26 truce agreement woman Salama al-Hassan said. Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza yes- which ended a deadly 50-day war between She told The Associated Press only a few schools terday, officials on both sides said, with the Israel and Hamas militants, Gaza fishermen are still occupied by displaced families and that army claiming their boats had strayed are permitted to trawl the waters up to six authorities have set up trailers to be used as class- beyond the permitted fishing limit. nautical miles off the shore. Under the 1993 rooms. She could not provide a specific number for “The Israeli navy arrested seven fisher- Oslo peace accords, the fishing limit was set the students, but said around nine million attend- men from one family in Sudaniya in the sea at 20 nautical miles. But Ayash accused Israel ed classes last year. off northern Gaza,” the head of the Gaza fish- of constantly violating the terms of the More than 1.8 million people have been uproot- ermen’s syndicate, Nizar Ayash, told AFP. agreement. “Since signing the truce, the ed from their homes by the militants’ advance, with The army confirmed the arrest of seven Israeli army has violated (the agreement) many sheltering in schools, mosques and aban- fishermen on two boats, saying they had eight times, arresting fishermen and doned buildings. Last month authorities decided strayed beyond the six-nautical mile fishing destroying a giant fishing boat, in addition to delay school by a month in order to provide limit imposed as part of Israel’s naval block- to firing at fishermen on a daily basis,” he alternate housing arrangements. ade. “This morning, two vessels sailed said. And the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre In Baghdad’s eastern Zayona neighborhood, beyond the permitted fishing zone,” a for Human Rights accused Israel of imposing hundreds of students in blue and white uniforms spokeswoman told AFP, saying troops had a de facto naval “buffer zone”, with troops stood in lines in the school yard, chanting the fired warning shots to halt them that were stopping boats even before they reached national anthem and shouting “long live Iraq” BAGHDAD: Iraqi school girls take part in a ceremony on the first day of the new semester in ignored. Troops then fired rubber bullets the outer limit. It said troops had fired on before heading into their classes. Baghdad yesterday, after schools were delayed a month because many were being used as towards the boats, wounding one of the fishing vessels 18 times during September The road leading to Konous elementary school shelters for displaced families fleeing areas of battles with the Islamic State (IS) group. The fishermen “very lightly,” she said. All seven alone, and they had arrested fishermen on was blocked with razor wire as four policemen United Nations says an estimated 1.8 million Iraqis have been displaced by violence in the were taken for questioning. According to the four separate occasions. — AFP stood guard, highlighting security concerns in a country this year. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Govt seeks supplies for immigration documents

WASHINGTON: The Homeland Security least 5 million cards a year, with as many Bentley described the proposal posted midterm elections. The president does not have the legal Department appears to be preparing for as 9 million “during the initial period ... to earlier this month a routine contract solic- The administration has repeatedly authority to unilaterally offer immigrants an increase in the number of immigrants support possible future immigration itation. “Solicitations of this nature are fre- declined to say what options Obama in the country illegally green cards or applying for work permits after reform initiative requirements.” The con- quent practice,” Bentley said. He said the was considering, but it is widely believed any other permanent immigration sta- President Barack Obama announces his tract calls for as many 34 million cards number of immigration applications can that he will expand protections from tus. But administration officials have said long-promised plans for executive over five years. rise “for any number of any reasons.” deportation already extended to more the president can authorize protection actions on immigration reform later this USCIS, the Homeland Security agency The contract proposal was first than 500,000 young immigrants who from deportation for immigrants on a year. US Citizenship and Immigration that oversees immigration benefits, pro- reported by the online news site came to the United States as children. case-by-case basis, such as with the Services confirmed to The Associated duces about 3 million work permits and Breitbart.com. Obama said earlier this Under that program, known as Deferred DACA program, and issue work permits. Press that it has published a draft con- Green Cards annually, so the new con- year that he would act on his own if Action for Childhood Arrivals, many USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez told tract proposal to buy the card stock tract would at least provide the Obama Congress failed to pass immigration leg- young immigrants who are in school or an audience at a Georgetown University needed to make work permits and administration with the flexibility to issue islation. He has twice delayed making who have graduated and don’t have a Law Center conference Tuesday that his Permanent Resident Cards, more com- far more work permits or green cards any changes, saying as recently as last criminal record can win protection from agency was ready for whatever immigra- monly known as green cards. The pro- even if it chose not to exercise that month that he would hold off on execu- deportation for up to two years. They tion changes Obama may announce. He posal calls for providing material for at option. USCIS spokesman Christopher tive actions until after November’s are also eligible for work permits. declined to provide details. — AP Mexico military kill 15 suspected criminals

MEXICO CITY: At least 12 and probably ly executed. side. But Plascencia said his commission’s 15 of the 22 people killed by soldiers at a The army’s version almost immediately investigations found a scene of such bru- rural warehouse last summer were exe- came under question because only one tality that it raised questions on whether cuted, the president of the governmental soldier was wounded The Associated three soldiers alone could have carried Human Rights Commission said Tuesday, Press visited the scene three days after the out the acts. contradicting both the army’s and prose- shootings and found evidence suggesting The report marks the latest chapter in cutors’ versions of the mass killing in some of the dead may have been execut- a string of government contradictions southern Mexico. Commission President ed. A witness later told the AP that only over the killings. Prosecutors in the State Raul Plascencia called it “one of the most one man died in an initial shootout and all of Mexico, where the shootings occurred, serious human rights violations that can the others were shot after surrendering. said in July that they had found no evi- be committed” and issued a formal rec- Three soldiers face civilian murder dence of executions. ommendation demanding prosecutors charges and eight soldiers face military Plascencia’s commission demanded an investigate what he said were attempts to discipline charges in the case. Federal investigation into the cover-up. The com- cover up the executions of the suspected prosecutors say that the three entered the mission’s recommendations are not bind- gang members. Three of the victims were warehouse and killed suspects who were ing, but the government must publicly adolescents. no longer fighting and that the other five explain its reasons if it does not comply Plascencia said bodies were moved soldiers, including an officer, stayed out- with them. —AP and the crime scene was altered to mimic a shootout - the army’s initial explanation of what happened. The human rights investigation turned up gruesome details, including that some- one had twisted the head of one suspect until his neck broke, Plascencia said at a news conference. Four other bodies had marks of having been beaten with blunt WASHINGTON: In this Jan. 6, 2009 file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide security guard Dustin Heard leaves objects before they were killed. federal court in Washington. A jury returned guilty verdicts for Heard and three other former Blackwater guards Bullet marks and other evidence indi- charged in Iraq shootings. — AP cated that seven others among the dead were lined up near three of the ware- house’s walls and shot “when they were US jury convicts ex-Blackwater disarmed and were not resisting,” Plascencia said. guards in 2007 Baghdad killings His report constituted the third official version of what happened at the aban- doned warehouse in the town of San Family members flown to US to testify Pedro Limon in southern Mexico. The army initially said all 22 suspected SAN PEDRO LIMOM: In this July 3, 2014 file photo, bullet holes and blood WASHINGTON: In a sweeping victory brazenness, even during a war replete volatile war zone and used their gang members died during a gunbattle stains cover a wall above papers marking where bodies were found in an for the US government, a federal jury with grisly incidents, and raised ques- weapons at Nisur Square only in with soldiers, but Attorney General Jesus unfinished warehouse that was the site of a shootout between Mexican sol- yesterday found four former tions about the rules governing secu- response to incoming fire and a vehi- Murillo Karam said recently that eight of diers and alleged criminals on the outskirts of the village of San Pedro Blackwater guards guilty on nearly rity contractors working overseas for cle that appeared to be a car bomb. the 22 had presumably been extrajudicial- Limon, in Mexico state, Mexico. — AP every count they faced in connection the U.S. government. The defendants’ lawyers presented with the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Mohamad al-Quraishy, Deputy only four of their own witnesses at tri- Iraqis at a Baghdad traffic circle. Chief of Mission at the Iraqi Embassy al, but extensively cross-examined Jurors found three of the ex-guards in Washington, came to court to hear government witnesses and had tried guilty of manslaughter and weapons the jury’s verdict and said the Iraqi to draw attention to inconsistencies in charges, and a fourth guilty of murder. people had been closely monitoring the testimony. The verdict comes more than seven the trial hoping that the guards would In the end, the jury did not acquit years after the shooting incident that be convicted. “They will welcome this any of the defendants on a single outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti- decision,” he said. count. It was unable to reach a deci- American sentiment around the sion on a few counts, leading to a mis- world. A court clerk read the jury’s ver- 100 questions trial on those counts. dict aloud on Wednesday around Yesterday’s verdict follows more Much of the case turned on noon to a packed courtroom, repeat- than seven weeks of deliberations whether the unit was actually facing ing the word “guilty” 71 times as the during which jurors considered nearly incoming fire, or whether a white Kia defendants sat and listened silently. 100 different questions. realistically appeared to be a car Paul Slough, Dustin Heard and During more than two months of bomb bearing down on the convoy. Evan Liberty were convicted of volun- trial, prosecutors flew family members Slatten had been charged with the tary manslaughter in connection with of some of the victims to the United murder of the driver of the car. at least 12 deaths at Nisur Square, States to testify, and drew on the testi- When jurors heard closing argu- where the Blackwater unit had been mony of the other guards in the unit. ments in the case in August, prosecu- trying to clear a path for a US State The government sought to portray tor Anthony Asuncion told them that Department convoy. The Washington the indicted guards as recklessly on Sept. 16, 2007, there were “no jury also found the three guilty of unleashing their massive firepower, insurgents, no AK-47s, just people attempted manslaughter in connec- including multiple grenades not seeking shelter from these men.” tion with the wounding of at least 11 designed to be used in urban areas, Slatten faces a life sentence on the Iraqis who had been at the site. on innocent Iraqi civilians, including murder charge. The other three face at The fourth guard, Nicholas Slatten, women and children. least 30 years in prison based on the was found guilty of murder in connec- Lawyers for the guards had argued gun charge they were all convicted tion with the first death at the circle. that while the loss of life was unfortu- on, though defense lawyers are likely The 2007 shooting stood out for its nate, the men were operating in a to appeal the verdict. — Reuters Washington Post editor dead at 93 WASHINGTON: Legendary former tributes, saying that for the newspa- and was Bradlee’s boss, said: “Ben Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, per man, “journalism was more than a Bradlee was the best American news- who oversaw reporting on the profession-it was a public good vital paper editor of his time and had the Watergate scandal that brought down to our democracy.” greatest impact on his newspaper of US president Richard Nixon, died During Bradlee’s leadership of the any modern editor.” Tuesday. He was 93. Post from 1968 to 1991, he inspired It was Graham’s mother, Katharine Bradlee, who died of natural causes reporters who “told stories that need- Graham, who was publisher of the at his Washington home, leaves a last- ed to be told-stories that helped us Post when Bradlee charged young ing legacy at the Post and in the wider understand our world and one anoth- reporters Bob Woodward and Carl media, and has been hailed as a er a little bit better,” the president Bernstein with investigating the genius and for having “the courage of added. Watergate burglary. an army.” He was also a friend to John His wife, former Washington Post F. Kennedy. reporter Sally Quinn, revealed last ‘New era of transparency’ President Barack Obama, who month Bradlee had been diagnosed The reporting uncovered a vast awarded Bradlee the Presidential with dementia. Donald E. Graham, scheme of surveillance and dirty Medal of Freedom last year, led the who served as publisher of the Post tricks, and the resulting coverage led to the impeachment and resignation of Nixon in 1974, and the prosecution of dozens of administration officials. “Ben was a true friend and genius leader in journalism,” Bernstein and Woodward said in a joint statement on the Post website as news of his death emerged. “His one unbending principle was the quest for the truth and the neces- sity of that pursuit. He had the courage of an army.” Bradlee’s reign as editor saw the Post win the Pulitzer Prize for its Watergate stories, and the respected newspaper also played a role in the successful legal challenge to the publication of the Pentagon Papers revealing the political maneu- vers leading up to the Vietnam War. The Watergate coverage trans- WASHINGTON: The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, left, and Ben formed the notion of political inves- Bradlee confer in the newsroom of the paper in Washington, after former tigative journalism, and became the FBI official W. Mark Felt let it be known he was the Watergate whistleblow- topic of a best-selling book, and later er and Woodward’s source, known as Deep Throat. — AP a film, “All the President’s Men.”—AFP p10 2_Layout 1 10/22/14 10:17 PM Page 1

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Wife admits ordering killing of Briton on Bali: Police

DENPASAR: The wife of a British man Tuesday dumped next to a paddy field, “After talking to her slowly and kindly four friends of the alleged murderer sus- in a suitcase outside a hotel on the found with his throat slashed and wrapped up in plastic and blankets. for a while, she finally admitted it.” She pected of involvement were being pur- island in August. dumped in a ditch on Indonesia’s resort The wife, Julaikah Noor Ellis, went to was in the house at the time of the sued by police. The victim’s daughter and her daugh- island of Bali has admitted ordering the the police to report her husband miss- killing but told police that she was in her Ellis had been living in a villa in Sanur, ter’s boyfriend were arrested over the killing, police said yesterday. ing soon after the body was found, but room when it took place, he said. The and his body was found in a village to killing. Bali, a pocket of Hinduism in Robert Ellis, 60, who was also an she was later detained and named a sus- boyfriend of a housemaid had carried the north of the tourist area, far from Muslim-majority Indonesia, attracts mil- Australian passport holder, was killed on pect in the case. “Our suspicion towards out the killing, police said. The maid had any houses. lions of foreign visitors every year with instructions from his Indonesian wife, the wife of the victim was first aroused admitted it took place in Ellis’s kitchen He was originally from Britain but had its palm-fringed beaches and tropical cli- they said, with one suspected motive when some of the victim’s friends said between Sunday evening and Monday been living in Australia for a long time mate. While foreigners often fall foul of being money. Residents found the there have been problems between the morning, they said. before moving to Bali, and was a dual Indonesia’s tough anti-drugs laws, which decomposing body of Ellis, who had couple for a while,” detective Wisnu The wife, two maids and the national. The news comes after the body include the death penalty, grisly mur- lived on Bali for several years, early Wardana said. boyfriend were in police custody, while of an American tourist was found stuffed ders are rare.—AFP

IRA sex abuse allegations cause Irish political storm

LONDON: Allegations of a sexual abuse unionist and alien to the republicans. cover-up by IRA militants have caused a Couples in mixed Catholic-Protestant storm from Belfast to Dublin and drawn unions were also punished. comparisons with the Catholic Church, as well as offering a rare glimpse into vigilante ‘Brave and utterly plausible’ policing during the province’s troubled Cahill waived her right to anonymity past. The Sinn Fein party, the former politi- after a trial on her case fell through earlier cal wing of the Irish Republican Army, has this year when she withdrew her evidence, been forced on the defensive by the claims saying that the investigation had been mis- from 33-year-old Mairia Cahill. handled. A member of a prominent republican British prosecutors this week ordered an family whose great-uncle was one of the independent review of the case, which founders of the Provisional IRA, Cahill says involved three inter-linked criminal cases. she was sexually abused as a 16-year-old by The man she has publicly named has an IRA member. denied abusing her. She then says she was subjected to As part of her campaign, Cahill met with months of secret interrogation by the para- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny yesterday military group, including a traumatic con- after holding talks earlier this week with frontation with her alleged abuser to check Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter her story. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has Robinson. “He raised the fact that there rejected her claims of a cover-up but has were potential perpetrators living around admitted that the IRA was “ill-equipped” to this country who’ve been moved across the handle cases of sexual abuse and has jurisdiction from the North,” she said after revealed that militants “on occasion shot meeting Kenny. alleged sex offenders or expelled them”. Cahill told AFP in a telephone interview “While this may have been expedient at she was speaking out because she believed the time it was not appropriate. Victims child abusers were free and could cause were left without the necessary social serv- further harm. STRASBOURG: The EU’s incoming chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker (R) shakes hands with European Parliament President Martin Schulz (L) ice support and abusers without supervi- “I know there are perpetrators around after lawmakers at the European Parliament voted by 423 to 209 in favour of the new European Commission on Tuesday, at the European sion,” he said. this country who have access to kids. It’s as Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. — AFP In a blog post, he conceded that many simple as that,” she said. Cahill said her abuses had emerged since the IRA’s cease- questioning at the hands of the IRA lasted fire in 1994 as part of the peace process six months and that the militants swore her and that “some cases may have involved to secrecy. Juncker vows to seize IRA volunteers”. The group was “systematically trying to Another senior Sinn Fein member, break my head down to a point where I Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the would withdraw those allegations,” she IRA, has called for any victims to come for- said. Many commentators have compared ‘Europe’s last chance’ ward. “As a society, I think we all have to the case to the abuse scandals in the acknowledge that victims of abuse have Catholic Church that rocked Ireland in the been failed in the past,” he said. 2000s. “The way the brave and utterly plau- The IRA’s summary justice, which includ- sible Mairia Cahill was treated by the IRA European parliament okays new executive ed punishment like beatings and knee-cap- following her rape and abuse by one of its ping for theft and drug dealing, was the members has uncanny echoes of the STRASBOURG: The European Union will have a zone. that his would be the last commission to “govern norm in nationalist areas because the church’s response to abuse,” said an editori- new executive in place next month led by Jean- Juncker stressed, however, that, as Merkel has Britain”. British state police was seen as politically al in the Irish Times this week.— AFP Claude Juncker following its approval in a vote said, much of the 300 billion euros should come by the European Parliament yesterday. from private investors and that the EU’s budget Priorities Addressing the chamber before his European rules that limit the size of government deficits Juncker pledged a “very political” team, not “a Commission was approved by 423 votes to 209, and public debt will not be weakened. bunch of anonymous technocrats”, that would the former Luxembourg premier warned that “The rules will not be changed,” Juncker said. focus during its five-year mandate on carrying voters were losing patience with EU bureaucracy “But they can be implemented with a degree out major programmes while leaving other mat- and a failure to create prosperity. He promised a flexibility.” Investment, he said, was only one part ters to national governments. major plan for new investment within two of a three-pillar strategy, along with structural He said a new, two-tier hierarchy Commission months of him taking office on Nov. 1. reforms of national economic policy and whose number has soared with the expansion of “Citizens are losing faith,” he said in remarks renewed fiscal credibility for governments. the EU to 28 member states, was designed to to an assembly to which many new Eurosceptic make it more efficient and to break down members were elected in May. “Extremists on British sceptics “parochial attitudes” in which commissioners the left and right are nipping at our heels. British Prime Minister David Cameron’s pursued individual projects. A new layer of vice- “We are last-chance Europe. Let’s seize this Conservatives declared they would abstain in presidents would coordinate them. chance.” After a rough ride in parliamentary con- the vote. Cameron had tried in vain to block Juncker and his team will take over on Nov. 1 firmation hearings for some of the 28 commis- Juncker’s appointment by EU leaders. He said he from the executive led for the past 10 years by sioners, one nominated by each member state, was too much a veteran of Brussels backroom the former Portuguese prime minister Jose Juncker made only one change to his original dealing to make reforms to the bloc that the Manuel Barroso. line-up and had no concerns going into the British premier says are necessary before Britons Among major figures will be French former vote, given support from his own centre-right vote in a referendum on whether to quit the EU. finance minister Pierre Moscovici, the economy bloc and from the main centre-left party. An EU source said Juncker was disappointed commissioner, whose appointment was met That “grand coalition”, also supported by the by the abstention: “London failed to honour with questions from Germany and conservatives centrists, brought opposition from other parties, their part of the deal,” the source said, referring elsewhere due to the Socialist’s part in a govern- including the Greens, and an array of to Juncker’s appointment of Cameron ally ment in Paris that has failed to meet EU targets MADRID: A student shouts slogans with a megaphone during the second day of Eurosceptics, including French National Front Jonathan Hill as financial services commissioner for cutting its deficits. demonstration against government’s cuts in education spending on Tuesday. — AFP leader Marine Le Pen and UK Independence - a move that provoked widespread opposition Moscovici will, however, share responsibility Party leader Nigel Farage, both of whom sharply in other countries. for upholding EU policy on the euro and budg- criticised Juncker during the debate. A spokesman for the Conservative-led bloc in ets with austerity hawks Jyrki Katainen and Juncker, 59, told parliament he would present parliament said there had been no “deal” and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commision vice-presidents Albanian PM’s visit details of his previously promised 300-billion- that the decision to abstain was based on an and former premiers of Finland and Latvia euro ($380-billion) plan for investment to bolster assessment of the commissioners in their hear- respectively. The new EU foreign affairs chief will growth and jobs by the end of this year but also, ings. Asked at a news conference after the vote be Italy’s Federica Mogherini while the powerful to Serbia postponed in a nod to his conservative ally German about British doubts over his ability to reform antitrust commissioner will be Margrethe Chancellor Angela Merkel, stressed govern- the EU as London wants, Juncker repeated his Vestager of Denmark. TIRANA: The Albanian prime minister’s vis- nomic and political relations,” the state- ments must keep deficits down. willingness to work to keep Britain in the bloc: Juncker’s “right hand” will be Frans it to Serbia has been postponed to ment said. Switching from French to speak in German, “We want a fair deal with Britain,” he said. Timmermans, the centre-left former Dutch for- November 10 as tensions between the two Tensions between the two countries he said investment was vital to restoring growth Riding high in opinion polls ahead of a British eign minister. Among other tasks, he is to ensure countries mounted in the aftermath of a remained high in the aftermath of a Euro and creating jobs; Berlin is resisting calls from election next spring, Farage however told a planned free-trade deal with the United States violence-stricken football match on 2016 qualifying match that was abandoned deficit-strapped France and Italy for it to spend Juncker that his EU executive was “the enemy of does not give too much power to multinational October 14, it was announced Sunday. when chaos erupted on the pitch. more to kick-start growth in the stuttering euro the very concept of democracy” and forecast companies.—Reuters Prime Minister Edi Rama was scheduled Serbia blamed the incident on a “contro- to make his visit to Belgrade yesterday, the versial” flag attached to a drone that flew first by an Albanian premier in 68 years. over the pitch during the match, calling it a According to a statement issued by the “provocation”. The flag depicted a map that Nigeria truce is shaky, no news of abducted girls Albanian prime minister’s office, Rama showed areas where ethnic Albanians live MAIDUGURI: Days after Nigeria’s military raised killed, said those who ran away. dozens of activists continue a daily protest ritual at spoke with Serbian Prime Minister in the Balkans, including Kosovo and parts hopes with the announcement that Islamic extrem- People are jailed after brief “trials” for infringe- Unity Fountain, using the hashtag Alexander Vucic on Sunday in which both of Serbia. ists had agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram still is ments like smoking cigarettes, said Amina Bukar, a #BringBackOurGirls to demand that the government leaders agreed that violent incidents that Albania blamed Serbian fans for dese- fighting and there is no word on the fate of 219 middle-aged woman who said she hiked through and military ensure the release of the students. accompanied the Serbia-Albania match crating their flag, abusing them and throw- schoolgirls held hostage for six months. the bush for five days before reaching Maiduguri, the Campaigner Aisha Yesufu said they had been told had been “extremely undesirable.” ing hard objects on the football field. Officials had said talks would resume in neighbor- Borno state capital 75 kilometers (nearly 50 miles) the girls would be freed on Monday, but it didn’t Albanian authorities also accused Serbian ing Chad this week, but there was no confirmation away. Food is running short since shops have been happen. “The government spokesperson came out fans and Serbian security forces for man- that those negotiations had resumed by yesterday. looted by Boko Haram, said Bukar. “Water also is very and said that they never said Monday, that they are handling the Albanian players. The official silence raises many questions, espe- scarce, sometimes you line up (at the communal tap) saying this week. We are still watching. We are Despite this, Albanian prime minister cially since Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau for 24 hours,” she said. In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, extremely anxious,” she told the AP.—AP Edi Rama, said during an interview on CNN has not confirmed that a truce has been agreed. last Friday that he was ready to go to Relatives of the girls abducted from a boarding Serbia, if the Serbians were ready to host school in northeastern Chibok town said they are him, while Serbian prime minister replied confused but trying to be hopeful. saying that he would decide over the week- “Things are still sketchy with lots of holes and end. varying statements,” Allen Manasseh, a brother of Albanians and Serbians are still at odds one of the missing schoolgirls, told The Associated due to the long-running tensions between Press by telephone. Manasseh said he relentlessly the two countries over the Kosovo scours the news headlines to find out when his sister, Republic, which has a majority of ethnic Maryam, may return home. Despite the cease-fire Albanian population that remained under announced by the military on Friday, the Islamic Serbia during the last century. insurgents have attacked two villages and a town in Serbian soldiers killed more than 10,000 the northeast and raised their flag in a fourth village. Kosovo Albanians during the Kosovo war People who escaped this week from Bama, a between 1998 and 1999. The war between Prime Minister Edi Rama town in a part of northeastern Nigeria where Boko Kosovo Liberation Army and Serbian forces Haram has declared an Islamic caliphate, say hun- came to an end after NATO intervened. dreds of residents are being detained for allegedly “The two prime ministers clearly dis- Kosovo declared its independence in breaking the group’s strict version of Shariah law. agreed with what happened in Belgrade, February 2008. More than 100 states, Residents who got out of Bama said so many ABUJA: In this file photo taken Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014, people demonstrate calling on the but they agreed they must not and will not including the US, France, Germany and people have been detained by Boko Haram that the Nigerian government to rescue girls taken from a secondary school in Chibok region, in the lose the opportunity to meet and work Turkey have already recognized the coun- local jail is overcrowded and houses are being used city of Abuja, Nigeria. Days after Nigeria’s military raised hopes by announcing Islamic extrem- together in the interest of regional stability, try. Serbia still does not recognize the as makeshift prisons. Many young men have been ists have agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram is still fighting and there is no word about 219 and open a new chapter in bilateral eco- country. forced to join Boko Haram, and those who refuse are schoolgirls held hostage for six months. — AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed slave trade

PHANG NGA: When Afsar Miae left his It’s unclear exactly how many people Human Security. Prayoon Rattanasenee, held captive on ships off its coast. “The they could find work. Smuggling, done ini- home near Teknaf in southern Bangladesh are being coerced onto the boats. But sev- the acting governor of Phang Nga truth is they use fishing boats to transport tially with the consent of those involved, to look for work last month, he told his en men interviewed by Reuters who said province, said that interviews conducted people and the bottom of the boat differs from trafficking, which involves mother, “I’ll see you soon.” He said he they were taken by force described being by police, rights groups and his own peo- becomes like a room to put the people, but entrapment, coercion and deceit. expected to return that evening. held until the boats filled up with hundreds ple revealed that the victims were “brought it seems like a commercial fishing boat,” Thai authorities say the existence of the of people in what are effectively floating by force. Many were drugged but we don’t said Royal Thai Navy spokesman Rear boats in which people are being held He never did prisons. Two of the men were taken to traf- know the exact number,” he told Reuters. Admiral Kan Deeubol. against their will is a response to the more When he reported for work at a house ficking camps in Thailand. Evidence indicates that many of the strenuous efforts they are making to com- on the outskirts of Teknaf, a man there boats appear to be from Thailand. The A new weapon bat trafficking. Police operations have led gave him a drink of water. Soon, his eyelids ‘Eating leaves’ abducted men recalled ships with either The ship on which Miae was held set to the rescue of 200 to 300 trafficking vic- sagged and his head started spinning. The experiences of these men recall the Thai flags or Thai-speaking crews. In June, sail with its human cargo for Thai waters tims in the past six months, said Police When he awoke, it was dark. He had lost trans-Atlantic slave trade of centuries ago. six people were killed and dozens injured four days after he was taken aboard. Major General Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, who all sense of time. Two Bangladeshi men Miae and four other men who were held when a mutiny broke out in Bangladeshi Others interviewed by Reuters say they is in charge of counter-trafficking opera- then forced him and seven others onto a on the same ship as him described being waters on what the Bangladesh Coast spent up to six weeks in the hold of the tions for immigration police in southern small boat and bound them. “My hands kept in near total darkness and being regu- Guard described as a “Thai trawler” traffick- ship anchored in the Bay of Bengal. Thailand. were tied. My eyes were blindfolded,” said larly whipped by guards. Two men from ing hundreds of men to Thailand. Fourteen armed guards were aboard, said “The traffickers have become more Miae, 20. The boat sailed through the night another boat said they were forced to sit in The Bangladesh Coast Guard told Miae. The men were forced to squat for sophisticated and cautious, partly because until it reached a larger ship moored far a squatting position and that the hatch to Reuters it was aware of trafficking ships much of their journey and sometimes had of the Thai government policy to crack offshore. Miae was thrown into its dark, the hold was only opened to remove dead lurking just outside Bangladesh’s territorial their hands and feet bound with rope or down,” he said. crowded hold by armed guards. He and his bodies. Miae and 80 other men were aban- waters. Intercepting them wasn’t easy, said cloth. The guards routinely beat them with The country’s military government says fellow captives survived on scraps of food doned, starving and dehydrated, on a Lieutenant Commander M. Ashiqe sticks or whipped them with rubber fan it is beefing up cooperation with neigh- and dirty water, some of them for weeks. remote island by their captors, who appear Mahmud. “At night they enter our waters, belts. Food was a handful of rice a day, or bouring Malaysia and has registered more The ship eventually sailed toward to have fled for fear their operation had take the people and again cross the nothing at all. What little drinking water than one million illegal migrant workers to Thailand where, as Reuters reported last been exposed, according to two local Thai boundary,” he said. “It is very difficult to they received was contaminated with sea prevent them falling prey to traffickers. year, human-trafficking gangs hold thou- officials who were involved in rescuing the identify those ships at sea.” water. “We tasted it in our hands and it was “That’s a big step,” said Sek Wannamethee, sands of boat people in brutal jungle men in Phang Nga, located just north of Ashiqe said the coast guard was inter- salty,” said Muhammed Ariful Islam, 22, a a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign camps until relatives pay ransoms to the popular tourist island of Phuket. cepting smaller boats that were leaving Bangladeshi fruit vendor who was on the Affairs. secure their release. “Their conditions were beyond what a Bangladeshi shores with people to feed the same boat as Miae. Human rights groups say the growing Testimonies from Bangladeshi and human should have to go through,” said larger ships. A report in August by the Miae, who left behind his wife and three use of force is because trafficking has Rohingya survivors provide evidence of a Jadsada Thitimuta, an official in Phang United Nations refugee agency UNHCR children, said he was kidnapped. “I never become increasingly lucrative, not because shift in tactics in one of Asia’s busiest Nga. “Some were sick and many were like said that in the first half of the year, thought I would leave Bangladesh,” he said, of any new measures taken by Thailand. human-trafficking routes. In the past, evi- skeletons. They were eating leaves.” Bangladeshi authorities reportedly arrest- sitting in a government shelter in Phang Competition between a rising number of dence showed most people boarded More than 130 suspected trafficking ed “over 700 people (including smugglers Nga. That’s a change. In the past, many people smugglers explains why they are smuggling boats voluntarily. Now people victims, mostly Bangladeshis but also and crew) attempting to depart irregularly impoverished Rohingya Muslims from resorting to kidnapping, said Chris Lewa of are being abducted or tricked and then stateless Rohingya Muslims from western by sea from Bangladesh.” Myanmar and Bangladesh voluntarily the Arakan Project, a Rohingya advocacy taken to larger ships anchored in interna- Myanmar, have been found in Phang Nga The Royal Thai Navy, which patrols the boarded small, local fishing boats heading group. “There are always five to eight boats tional waters just outside Bangladesh’s since Oct. 11, according to Thailand’s coastline with the Marine Police Division, across the Bay of Bengal in the hope of waiting in the Bay of Bengal. And the bro- maritime boundary. Ministry of Social Development and also said it was aware people were being reaching Muslim-majority Malaysia where kers are desperate to fill them.” — Reuters

Nepal calls off search for survivors of snowstorm

KATHMANDU: Nepal yesterday called off a the area to continue searching for the search for any more survivors of a eight, who are thought to be four Himalayan snowstorm that claimed some Canadians, an Indian and three Nepalese, 43 lives, after more than a week of scouring he said. the popular trekking region. Those bodies already recovered include Emergency workers have airlifted 518 16 foreigners-four Israeli, four Indians, three people to safety, including 310 foreign Poles, two Slovakians, a Chinese and a tourists, since the snowstorm struck the Japanese. One tourist’s nationality could Annapurna Circuit in central Nepal during not be confirmed, the home ministry said. peak season, catching trekkers, their guides Thousands of people head to the and porters unawares. Annapurna region every October, when the “We have decided to call off the opera- weather is usually at its best for trekking. tion for now, staying (on) stand-by if there Separately, police said an American is any information or calls for help,” senior climber died after a successful ascent of the tourism ministry official Suresh Acharya 6,812-metre Ama Dablam in eastern Nepal told AFP. “We have not received any addi- on Tuesday. tional information of trapped trekkers from “He was descending with his team from the region,” he said. camp two to camp one when his rope Thirty five bodies have been pulled from snapped and he fell down over 300 metres,” the snow since the storm hit last Tuesday, local police official Chandra Dev Rai told while rescuers believe another eight are AFP. The 42-year-old climber’s body was still buried in Manang district, officials have taken to Kathmandu for an autopsy on said. “Rescue workers have dug over 10 feet Wednesday. deep in their search, but the bodies (of the In April 16 guides were killed on eight) have not been found,” district official Mount Everest in the mountain’s dead- Devendra Lamichanne told AFP. liest ever avalanche leading to an A team from the Nepal Army and two unprecedented shutdown of the world’s Sherpa rescue experts remain camped in highest peak. —AFP

LOS ANGELES: Freed Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Van Hai (2nd-L) arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Afghan president’s first California. The Vietnamese blogger, also known by his pen name “Dieu Cay,” was handed a 12-year prison sentence in September 2012 for con- trip abroad will be to China ducting ‘anti-state propaganda’ amid a crackdown on bloggers in the one-party state. He was first arrested in 2008. — AFP BEIJING: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Pakistani border. will travel to China this month, China’s They say Islamist militants, some who Foreign Ministry said yesterday, marking have received support from beyond Freed Vietnam dissident what will be the leader’s first foreign trip China’s borders, were behind a spate of since being sworn in in September after a attacks in Xinjiang and across China, protracted election stalemate. which have left hundreds dead over the China had hoped to host an interna- past two years. arrives in US, vows fight tional conference on Afghan’s stability last However, experts dispute the influence summer, but was forced to shelve the idea of foreign militant groups within China, as the Afghan election standoff between and argue that economic marginalisation ‘Victory of democratic values’ Ghani and now chief executive Abdullah of Muslim Uighurs, who call Xinjiang Abdullah delayed the inauguration of a home, is one of the main causes of ethnic WEST LOS ANGELES: A leading Vietnamese dissi- become a citizen of the US but I don’t understand prison... If he could be free in Vietnam, he would new president. China, which is connected violence there. dent freed by Hanoi was mobbed by supporters why the Vietnamese government wants to deport have stayed,” he told AFP. to Afghanistan by a narrow, almost Ghani will travel to China from Oct. 28- late Tuesday as he arrived in the United States, me.” Speaking to Vietnamese American support- Dozens of peaceful political activists have impassable mountain corridor, has been 31, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua vowing to fight for democracy and other ers who greeted him, he added: “I come here and I been jailed since Vietnam began a new crack- quietly preparing for more responsibility Chunying said during a regular press detainees in his home country. will fight for my return, not only for my return but down on dissent in late 2009. Vietnam bans pri- in Afghanistan after the bulk of US -led briefing. “This visit is President Ghani’s first Nguyen Van Hai, one of Vietnam’s most promi- for the return of all of us here. So we can all vate media, and all newspapers and television troops pull out. foreign trip since taking office, and is the nent bloggers whose case was raised by President return.” channels are state-run. China says it does not seek to fill a void first high-level visit between China and Barack Obama, was freed two years after being The news came only weeks after Washington left by the withdrawal of Western troops Afghanistan since the formation of the jailed for 12 years by a court in southern Vietnam partially lifted a 40-year ban on arms sales to US partially lifted arms ban but has promised to play a “huge” com- new government. China attaches great on charges of “anti-state propaganda.” Hanoi, citing some “modest” progress in human But earlier this month, the US partly lifted its mercial role in helping rebuild the coun- importance to this,” Hua said. “This is a result of the victory of democratic rights as one of the reasons for reviewing a prohi- ban on arms sales to its former foe to help boost try. “China will, as in the past, provide all values,” he said as dozens of supporters crowded bition in place since the Vietnam War. defenses in the tense South China Sea. A major worry for leaders in Beijing is assistance within its power to aid around him at Los Angeles international (LAX) air- Hai, who went on hunger strike at least twice Some 40 percent of the world’s seaborne trade that ethnic Uighur separatist militants Afghanistan’s peaceful rebuilding,” Hua port, where he arrived from Vietnam via Hong to protest his jailing, has been in detention since passes through the sea, which is claimed in part from China’s western Xinjiang region will said. The Taleban and their militant allies Kong. “This is the most effective message that we September 2008, after first being sentenced to by Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia, as well take advantage if Afghanistan again have stepped up attacks ahead of the can convey to other political prisoners who are two-and-a-half years for tax fraud. Hai’s former as China and the Philippines. descends into chaos. withdrawal of most foreign troops from still now in communist prisons ... that they are not wife, Duong Thi Tan, told Radio Free Asia that he At the time State Department spokeswoman Chinese authorities say Uighur fighters Afghanistan at the end of the year, seek- alone,” he said in Vietnamese, translated by one of was not given any choice about his release and Jen Psaki said: “Vietnam will need to make addi- are based in militant strongholds in ing to weaken the new government that many activists there to greet him. deportation, but was taken straight from his jail tional progress on human rights for the United ungoverned stretches of the Afghan- will take over most of the fight. — Reuters His release was announced earlier by the State cell to the airport and put on a plane to the States to consider a full lift of the ban on lethal Department in Washington, which welcomed United States. “Hai could not call us at home,” she defense articles in the future.” Hanoi’s decision “to release this prisoner of con- said. “In fact, they did not let the family know State Department officials have presented a science” and said it was Hai’s decision to travel to anything about his release. There was no signal or list of dissidents to Hanoi whose cases they are the United States. notice. They deported him to exile, they did not closely monitoring. They said that, in the past release him just like what they said.” months, 11 dissidents had been freed. ‘US wants me as citizen’ Hai’s son Nguyen Tri Dung, who spoke briefly They included French-trained lawyer Cu Huy But Hai-alias Dieu Cay-claimed otherwise. “This to his father when he was in transit in Hong Kong, Ha Vu, the son of a Vietnamese revolutionary trip is the decision of the US government,” he said, said his father had little choice but to leave the leader, who was sentenced in April 2011 to seven adding: “The US government wants me to country. “If he stay in Vietnam, he have to stay in years in prison for “anti-state activity.” — AFP Pakistan clerics call for harmony

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top religious body yes- mendations to curb hate speech and published greater protection for non-Muslims, who make terday called for a ban on religious hate speech material. up around three percent of the population. “It is and greater harmony between sects ahead of a The recommendations come as the country the government’s responsibility to provide pro- holy month usually marred by anti-Shiite vio- prepares for the Islamic month of Muharram, tection to their worship places and holy figures lence. beginning on October 24 or 25, when Shiite according to the law,” it said. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) added Muslims mourn the Battle of Karbala in 680AD. Pakistani law already forbids religious hate that labelling any Muslim sect “non-believers” The month is frequently marred by sectarian speech but its implementation is close to non- was condemnable and deserving of death. violence, which has risen markedly in recent existent, except in cases of alleged blasphemy. “Terrorism and violence in the country in the years. Clashes between Sunnis and Shiites led to The CII is more often known for its conserva- name of religion are a violation of Islamic teach- at least 11 deaths in the city of Rawalpindi, close tive pronouncements, declaring in March the ings. All schools of thought announce their dis- to the capital Islamabad, last November. prohibition of child marriage incompatible with KABUL: Afghan National Army soldiers load their belt-fed machine gun during a association from such acts,” it said in its “Code of Around 1,000 Shiites have been killed in the Islam and that a man does not need permission mock attack on an enemy’s stronghold during a military training exercise at Kabul Conduct”, which it wants parliament to adopt. past two years in Pakistan, a heavy toll on the from his wife to marry again. Formed in 1962 its Military Training Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Taleban insurgents have “It is an un-Islamic and condemnable act to community that makes up roughly 20 percent of remit is to advise parliament on the compatibili- stepped up their attacks against both Afghan and NATO security forces as most declare any Muslim sect a disbeliever and the country’s population of 180 million, which is ty of laws with Sharia, though its recommenda- international security forces prepare to withdraw by the end of the year. — AP deserving of death,” it added, along with recom- predominantly Muslim. The body also called for tions are non-binding. — AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Australian convicted in child sex sting with virtual girl

SYDNEY: An Australian man caught in a global sting onto police, including in Australia, Poland and the stood to have searched Hansen’s home following a the Philippines alone. The problem is also present in which used a virtual girl called Sweetie to trap child United States. The Australian is the first person to be web chat with “Sweetie” in which he was naked and Cambodia and Thailand, she said. “We are just trying sex predators has become the first person convicted convicted in the online sting, Terre des Hommes’ masturbated, news.com.au reported. to prove with Sweetie that this is an iceberg problem,” from the operation, the rights group behind it said Jakarta-based Leny Kling told AFP. Terre des Hommes has said they did not approach she said, adding that the large number of people yesterday. Dutch rights groups Terre des Hommes “And we hope that more will follow,” she said. anyone on the Internet but instead waited for people caught in the sting in a short time indicated the scale said in November last year it had used a computer- Court officials said 38-year-old Scott Robert Hansen to approach Sweetie and ask for sex acts. of the exploitation of children. “It’s up to the FBI, up generated Filipina girl-dubbed “Sweetie”-in Internet had been sentenced on three charges, including The rights group also stopped the conversation as to Interpol, up to the Australian police force to take chat rooms to ensnare paedophiles. Over a 10-week using a carriage service to transmit indecent commu- soon as someone offered Sweetie money for sex acts. action.” period more than 20,000 predators from 71 countries nications to a person aged under 16, and possessing “Sweetie attracted a lot of paedophiles,” said Kling, When the sting was revealed in 2013, Terres de approached the virtual 10-year-old asking for web- child exploitation material on Tuesday. adding that comments the virtual girl attracted Hommes said its researchers found the experience cam sex performances and more than 1,000 pae- He was also charged with failing to comply with a included ‘Can you undress yourself?’ and ‘Can you shocking. “To put yourself in the shoes of a 10-year- dophiles had been identified as a result, it said at the sex offenders order. “He was given a two-year sen- show your boobs to me?’. old Filipina girl and seeing what some men want time. tence,” a court spokeswoman told AFP, adding it was Kling said the group wanted to raise the alarm from you has been a shocking experience for them,” The group has said that several offenders have suspended given the 260 days he had already been about webcam child sex tourism, a form of child said its head of campaigns Hans Guyt. “Some since been arrested after the information was passed held in custody. Australian Federal Police are under- exploitation that has tens of thousands of victims in demands and acts were really obscene.” — AFP

Philippines pushes arbitration in China sea row

MANILA: The Philippine president said yes- approval of a legally binding Code of terday that the international arbitration Conduct to replace the non-binding 2002 Manila has initiated to challenge China’s terri- Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South torial claims in the South China Sea and a China Sea. legally binding “Code of Conduct” are the “Beyond that, I don’t know what else we only ways to settle the long-raging disputes could do,” Aquino said. “The focus is to peacefully. achieve a solution through peaceful means The Philippines says that China has been bound by international law.” China has said intruding into its exclusive economic zone, that the Philippines’ filing of the case could including deploying two hydrographic ships damage relations between the two countries in June near an offshore oil well inside and that it would prefer to settle the dispute Philippine waters. Philippine President bilaterally. Benigno Aquino III has said Manila is uncer- Aquino said Chinese actions in the South tain of the purpose of the ships’ presence at China Sea were “not in conformity” with the the Reed Bank. 2002 agreement signed by Beijing and Aquino said yesterday that Chinese ASEAN calling on all claimants over parts or reclaimed land in the disputed waters, if used the whole of the regional waters not to exac- militarily, could be a “game changer” in the erbate their dispute. “We have issues about future settlement of the dispute. Countries in the reclamations, about rocks, in so far as the region and those that use the busy sea rocks being turned into islands,” he said, refer- lanes that straddle the South China Sea and ring to Chinese land reclamations in at least the disputed Spratly island chain are con- three shoals claimed by both China and the cerned that the conflict could erupt into vio- Philippines. lent clashes. “Is it a game changer? Obviously it’s a Speaking at a forum with foreign corre- game changer,” he said in response to a ques- spondents, Aquino said the Philippines is tion on whether the reclaimed land could be seeking an internationally recognized settle- used to install military facilities such as an ment of the disputes. “This affects not just airstrip, posing a security threat to the countries in the region, but countries that Philippines. China’s conflicts with Vietnam have to traverse this particular ocean,” he said. and the Philippines have been intensifying Manila has filed a case with an internation- over the past two years. The most serious al tribunal in The Hague challenging China’s confrontation was in May between Chinese territorial claims over most of the South China and Vietnamese ships near an oil rig deployed MANILA: German Marc Susselbeck (3rd L), boyfriend of murdered Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude, also known as “Jeffrey,” and Jennifer’s Sea, but Beijing has refused to take part. The by Beijing in waters claimed by Hanoi. sister Marilou (2nd L) climb over the gate of the facility where Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton is detained at the Armed Forces of the Philippines and some other countries in the Aside from China, the Philippines and Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Manila yesterday. — AFP 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei also Nations, or ASEAN, are pushing for the have claims in the South China Sea. — AP Marine suspect guarded by US in Philippine camp Washington seeks no special privilege for suspect: Kerry

MANILA: A US Marine suspected in the gruesome authorities engaged in a high-profile custody battle Olongapo city on Oct. 11, then went to a motel room killing of a transgender Filipino was flown yesterday over another US Marine, Daniel Smith, who was found where Laude’s body was later found. She had appar- from his warship to the Philippine military’s main guilty and sentenced to life in prison on charges of ently been drowned in the toilet bowl. camp, where he will continue to be guarded by fellow raping a Filipino woman in 2005. A Philippine appeals The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, where Marines, in a compromise that eased a looming irritant court overturned his conviction in 2009, allowing him Pemberton initially was detained, had been ordered over his custody. to leave the country amid anti-US protests. to stay in Subic during the investigation. But yesterday, The emotional case involving Pfc. Joseph Scott In the latest case, Philippine police and witnesses US Pacific Commander Adm. Samuel Locklear cleared Pemberton and Jennifer Laude, whose former name said Pemberton and Laude, 26, met at a disco bar in the Peleliu to leave the Philippines. — AP was Jeffrey, came as the Philippines and the United States were strengthening ties with the recent signing of a defense accord that allows greater U.S. access to Philippine military camps. The accord would help Washington’s bid to reassert its presence in Asia and Manila to deter what it calls China’s aggressive moves to reinforce its claims in contested South China Sea JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo and First lady Iriana (both C in white) show territories. the presidential palace to employees of governor office as part of their farewell ceremony Left-wing activists and nationalist Filipinos have cit- at the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday. Joko Widodo was inaugurated as ed the custody provision of the accord - which says Indonesia’s president on October 20, capping a remarkable rise from an upbringing in a American military suspects shall remain in US custody riverside slum. — AFP until legal processes are completed - as proof that the accord undermines the sovereignty of the Philippines, Indonesia president to which was an American colony until 1946. Pemberton’s transfer by helicopter to Manila was agreed by the US and the Philippines, military chief of make new cabinet picks staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang told a news confer- ence. The 19-year-old Marine, who arrived in hand- JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo, had flagged as problematic. Widodo had origi- cuffs, was detained in an air-conditioned container who won election on a vow of clean govern- nally planned to announce his cabinet of 33 van with grilled windows, directly guarded by US ment, said yesterday he would have to find new ministers on Tuesday, the day after his inaugura- Marines while Philippine military police will be posted people to fill some of his cabinet posts after the tion. He has said his team would be made up of outside the fenced compound, Catapang said. anti-graft agency rejected eight of the people 18 technocrats and 15 political appointees. President Benigno Aquino III welcomed the US he picked. Widodo has tried to steer clear of the It was not clear when an announcement decision to transfer the suspect, telling a news forum traditional trading of cabinet posts for political would be made. “Everyone wants us to work with foreign correspondents that the Americans “are support and has said he wants a ministerial quickly but what happens if we are mistaken? responding to our needs and our sensitivities.” HONG KONG: A pro-democracy protester rest in a tent in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong team dominated by professional technocrats. We need to be quick, but also correct,” Widodo Appearing before a Senate foreign relations com- yesterday. Hong Kong student leaders said yesterday they may shun further talks with the He took the unprecedented step as presi- said. All eyes are on Widodo’s choices for the mittee hearing on Laude’s killing, Foreign Secretary government, accusing it of failing to make any meaningful offers to end weeks of mass pro- dent of submitting his list of candidates to anti- main economic ministries. They will inherit Albert del Rosario said the Philippine government democracy rallies and roadblocks. — AFP corruption agencies for vetting before problems in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy would never have agreed if U.S. officials decided to announcing the team. “Yesterday, we were told ranging from a widening current account detain Pemberton at the American embassy in Manila, by (anti-graft agencies) ... there were eight deficit and cooling investment to the slowest where a Marine rape suspect was held years ago, No end in sight for HK names that weren’t allowed,” Widodo told growth since 2009. “The market hopes that in describing such a prospect as “totally unacceptable.” reporters in his first news conference as leader ministries related to the capital market-like Hours after the US Marine’s transfer, Laude’s moth- protests after talks of Southeast Asia’s largest economy. finance ministry and the state-owned enter- er, two sisters, German boyfriend and the family’s “Of course we have to change. If we don’t, prises ministries-will be run by technocrat indi- lawyer - trailed by a throng of journalists and TV cam- who will fill the posts?” he said. He declined to viduals,” said Harry Su, head of research at eramen - managed to come close to the military camp HONG KONG: Hong Kong student leaders said yes- city’s next leader should be chosen in 2017, when a identify the candidates the anti-graft agencies Bahana Securities. — Reuters compound, where Pemberton was being held, and terday they may shun further talks with the govern- direct election for the post will be introduced. demanded that they be let in. ment, accusing it of failing to make any meaningful Protesters want the public to have the right to “This is the family of the woman he killed. Come offers to end weeks of mass pro-democracy protests nominate candidates. But Beijing ruled in August that here,” family lawyer Harry Roque yelled from outside and roadblocks. The comments are a blow to the only those vetted by a loyalist committee would be the locked gate. “Mr. American, how come you haven’t city’s Beijing-backed leaders who had expressed allowed to stand-something protesters dismiss as even condoled?” hopes for fresh rounds of talks after meeting students “fake democracy”. on Tuesday night for the first time. The negotiations Suspect still in US custody are widely seen as the only way to end nearly a Limited offers When the Filipino guards refused to open the gate, month of protests-calling for full democracy in the During talks, government negotiators insisted one of Laude’s sisters and German boyfriend climbed semi-autonomous southern Chinese city-without a Beijing would never agree to civil nomination. over the fence into the compound but were prevent- police crackdown or further violence. But they made a series of conciliatory offers ed by the guards from getting close to Pemberton’s There were fresh confrontations yesterday after- including a promise to brief mainland officials on van a few meters away. Other military officials arrived noon between protesters and opponents who tried recent events and a suggestion both sides could set and Laude’s family and lawyer later left. to remove demonstrators’ road barricades in the up a “platform” to discuss further political reform While the suspect has been moved to a Philippine Mongkok district. The first talks on Tuesday night beyond 2017. Student leaders remain unimpressed, camp, he remains in US custody, the US Marine Corps made little headway, with students calling the gov- saying the government has offered nothing con- said, citing the Visiting Forces Agreement, which stipu- ernment “vague” in its commitment to finding a gen- crete. lates treatment of American military personnel sus- uine compromise. “About whether there will be talks If talks are abandoned, many fear a return to vio- pected of breaking law. in the future, this is something that isn’t decided,” lent scuffles seen late last week with dozens injured The Marine Corps takes allegations of illegal acts Hong Kong Federation of Students secretary general after demonstrators battled police as they tried to by its forces seriously, Marine Corps Pacific spokesman Alex Chow told reporters Wednesday. clear barriers. A crowd of about 70 protesters Col. Brad Bartelt said, but added: “It is important to “The government has to come up with some way marched on the residence of Hong Kong’s current remember that anyone accused of a crime is pre- to solve this problem, but what they are offering leader Leung Chun-ying Wednesday afternoon, BANGKOK: Tun tun Htike, center, father of arrested Myanmar migrant worker Win Zaw sumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.” does not have any practical content,” Chow said, angered over his recent comments that open elec- Htun, cries while addressing the media as Thing Shwe Aug, left, Phu Shwe Nu, second US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that adding protesters will not leave the streets any time tions would put voting power into the hands of peo- from left, parents of Zaw Lin and May Thein, mother of Win Zaw Htun listen at the Washington seeks no special privilege for the suspect soon. The two sides are at loggerheads over how the ple “who earn less than US$1,800 a month”.—AFP Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday. — AP but only protection of his rights. Philippine and US NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Moroccan horsemen perform during the 7th edition of the “Salon du Cheval” in the port city of El Jadida on Tuesday.— AFP

MP proposes testing maids before they are... Soldier, gunman dead in Ottawa attack Continued from Page 1 Ottawa River. One witness, parliamentary aide Marc- Continued from Page 1 them of insulting the Amir. Andre Viau, said he saw a man run into a caucus meet- In another development, the criminal court post- “One shooting victim succumbed to injuries. He was a ing at the parliament, chased by police armed with Sane said that authorities should develop the func- poned issuing a verdict against 17 people for taking member of the Canadian forces. Our thoughts and rifles who yelled “take cover”. That was followed by “10, tions of maids’ recruitment offices to include preparing part in protests until the constitutional court issues its prayers are with his loved ones,” the Ottawa Police and 15, maybe 20 shots,” possibly from an automatic them psychologically and socially and educating them ruling over the public gatherings law to see if staging Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. “One male suspect weapon, he said. “I’m shaken,” said Viau. about their new work environment. He said the new protests without a license is illegal or not. has also been confirmed as deceased,” they said, in a joint Police raced to seal off the parliament building and measures aim to protect families from any undesired Also, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji appears to be closing in statement, calling on witnesses to come forward and for Harper’s office, pushing reporters and bystanders back crimes that take place as a result of social and psycho- on carrying out his threat to grill Commerce and residents to stay clear of Ottawa’s downtown area. and blocking roads. Harper - who was attending a logical stress, adding that families have the right to Industry Minister Abdulmohsen Al-Mudej as he asked Later, a police spokesman said two people received meeting with lawmakers in parliament at the time - left know the medical history of their maids. yesterday for details about his ownership of agricultur- “minor injuries” in the incident, but refused to say the area of the shooting and was “safe,” his spokesman He said such measures can at least reduce the num- al land provided by the state. The lawmaker also asked whether more gunmen could be at large or what might Jason MacDonald said. ber of major crimes committed by maids in the coun- for details about the same ownership of his close rela- have triggered the attack. “We’re still investigating the In Canada’s southern neighbor the United States, try. The proposal can work towards bridging the cul- tives in what is believed an attempt by Turaiji to gather active operation. We’re in the process right now,” he President Barack Obama condemned the attack as “out- tural differences that maids face, he said. The proposal as much information as possible about the minister. said. Lawmakers, staff and reporters evacuated from rageous” after talking by telephone with Harper, the must be approved by various committees and then Turaiji had in the past criticized the minister over a the building spoke of intense gunfire in the historic White House said. An official said US and Canadian air the National Assembly before it can be accepted by variety of issues, especially with regards to the Kuwait building on Parliament Hill. Video footage posted defenses were on alert. The US embassy in Ottawa was the government to be implemented. Stock Exchange. online by the Globe and Mail newspaper showed placed on lockdown. The incident came a day after 25- Meanwhile, the criminal court yesterday sentenced Separately, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) justice police ducking for cover as they advanced along a year-old Martin Couture-Rouleau ran over a soldier, 13 opposition figures to two years in jail on charges of ministers discussed yesterday an extradition agree- stone hallway, loud gunfire echoing among parlia- killing him before being shot dead by police as he insulting the status of HH the Amir but suspended the ment and a potential legal and judicial cooperation ment’s stone columns. emerged from his wrecked car wielding a knife. implementation for three years. The convicts are the agreement between the GCC members and other A member of parliament, Maurice Vellacott, told AFP The government branded this a terrorist attack by a suspected Islamist, amid reports that Couture-Rouleau first of five batches of opposition members who have countries or international groups, a senior Kuwaiti jus- that House of Commons security had told one of his aides that the suspect had been killed inside parlia- was a supporter of the so-called Islamic State, a jihadist repeated parts of opposition leader Mussallam Al- tice official said. During their 26th meeting held yes- ment. “I literally had just taken off my jacket to go into group operating in Iraq and Syria. If the driver’s alleged Barrak’s speech he made in Oct 2012 addressed to the terday, the ministers thrashed out recommendations caucus. I hear this ‘pop, pop, pop,’ possibly 10 shots, jihadist sympathies are confirmed, it would be Canada’s Amir. by the 18th meeting of GCC justice ministry undersec- don’t really know,” Liberal Party member John McKay first-ever Islamist attack, although authorities have Barrak is still on trial for making the speech and is retaries hosted by Kuwait in September, told reporters outside. “Suddenly the security guards warned they are tracking 90 suspected extremists facing charges of insulting the Amir and undermining Undersecretary of the Justice Ministry Abdulazeez Al- come rushing down the hallways and usher us all out already in the country. his status. He was sentenced to five years in jail by the Majid said in a statement. to the back of the parliament buildings,” he said, as law- The government said the heightened threat level criminal court but the verdict was scrapped by the The ministers considered a set of subjects and top- makers, staff and reporters scurried from the area. “means intelligence has indicated that an individual appeals court for failing to follow the rules. The ics pertinent to legal and judicial cooperation among Witnesses at the scene said they saw a man armed or group within Canada or abroad has the intent and appeals court is still trying him. Supporters of Barrak the six GCC member states, the Kuwaiti official pointed with a rifle running into parliament after shooting a capability to commit an act of terrorism”. After the staged noisy demonstrations after he was sentenced out. Majid noted that the recommendations made by guard at the war memorial. Passers-by told reporters incident, much of downtown Ottawa remained on to five years in jail over the speech and during the the GCC ministers of justice would certainly lead to the that a man with a scarf over his face had gunned down lockdown and heavily armed officers from Ottawa protests, opposition members read parts of the speech promotion and development of Gulf cooperation in the soldier and hijacked a passing vehicle to take him Police and the Mounties continued to patrol the in public one by one. The public prosecution charged the field of justice. the short distance to Parliament Hill, on a bluff over the area. — Agencies THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Cat Barton

ietnam’s sudden release of a top dissident who was shuttled from jail to the United VStates is part of an attempt to secure pow- erful allies amid a simmering maritime dispute with China, analysts said yesterday. Prominent blogger Nguyen Van Hai, whose case had been raised by US President Barack Obama, was freed two years after being sentenced to 12 years in jail for “anti-state propaganda”. Analysts say the tim- ing of his release - just weeks after Washington partially lifted a 40-year ban on arms sales to Fowle was North Korea’s easiest US case Hanoi - suggests the communist nation is trying to improve ties with its former foe. By Eric Talmadge President Barack Obama. The KCNA report provided no Criminal Court, and Pyongyang doesn’t want the issue to Hai’s release was seen by Hanoi as necessary “to updates on the other two men. Miller, who like Fowle even get to a vote. Additionally, relations between hy did North Korea free Jeffrey Fowle, and only entered the country on a tourist visa, ripped up the docu- Washington and Pyongyang are particularly bad, raising the push forward efforts to build a new strategic part- him, when two other Americans remain in prison ment at Pyongyang’s airport on April 10 and demanded possibility that the US could strengthen its sanctions nership with the US”, said Jonathan London, of the Wthere? Probably because Pyongyang considered asylum. But North Korean authorities claim he intended to against the North or call on its allies to clamp down harder. City University of Hong Kong. The release of Hai, him the most minor of the three offenders, and may believe conduct espionage. He was convicted and sentenced to six On Tuesday, North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun well-known in Vietnam as a strident anti-China that releasing him could improve abysmal US relations and years in prison. During his brief trial six weeks ago, North newspaper described relations with the US at “the lowest even temper growing international criticism of its human- Korean prosecutors said he admitted to the “wild ambition” ebb” since a 1994 diplomatic agreement between the two activist, comes as Hanoi is locked in a bitter terri- rights record. Fowle was not accused of espionage or “hos- of experiencing prison life so that he could secretly investi- nations. Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of that proto- torial dispute with Beijing over waters and island tile acts,” as the other Americans were. The 56-year-old was gate North Korea’s human rights situation. Late last month, col, which froze Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program in chains in the South China Sea. detained for six months for leaving a Bible in a nightclub in he told the AP he was digging in fields eight hours a day return for the provision of nuclear power reactors and the China placed an oil rig in disputed waters near the city of Chongjin, where he was visiting with a foreign and being kept in isolation. eventual normalization of ties with the United States. the Paracel islands in May, sparking deadly anti- tour group. Bae, 46, has been held since Nov 2012, when he was The protocol has since unraveled. Subsequent aid-for- He was flown out of North Korea on Tuesday, on a US detained while leading a tour group in a special North disarmament negotiations involving the US, North Korea, Chinese riots in Vietnam. “There’s been aggressive military jet that two Associated Press journalists spotted at Korean economic zone. He was sentenced to 15 years in South Korea, Japan, China and Russia have been stalled action from China in the East Sea this year, Pyongyang’s international airport. He was whisked to the prison for “hostile acts” after being accused of smuggling in since 2008. The newspaper editorial Tuesday spoke of a (Vietnam) needs to warm its relations with Europe US territory of Guam before reunited with his family early inflammatory literature and trying to establish a base for “hostile policy” of the US and said Washington should not and the US,” Le Quoc Quyet, a Catholic dissident, Wednesday at an Air Force base in Ohio. His release follows anti-government activities at a border city hotel. Bae is a oppose North Korea’s nuclear deterrence. Fowle’s release Korean-American missionary, and his family believes he was could thus be seen as an attempt to feel out Washington told AFP, referring to the South China Sea by its a number of appeals recently from the North Korean gov- ernment for Washington to take steps to resolve the matter. detained because of his Christian faith. Bae is suffering from and see if there is any possibility of broader talks. Vietnamese name. Hai’s release will both annoy As part of its campaign to keep the issue on Washington’s chronic health issues, including back pain, diabetes, an Analysts say North Korea has previously used detained China and “keep the international community radar, Pyongyang allowed Fowle and the other two enlarged heart and liver problems. He has said he feels Americans as leverage, a contention that Pyongyang happy”, said Quyet. detainees to meet with the AP and other media several abandoned by the US government. denies. Washington, too, has floated the possibility of a times to discuss their predicament and plea for help from Both Miller and Bae told the AP they believe their only diplomatic opening should North Korea free the detainees. their government. chance of release is the intervention of a high-ranking gov- US State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said ‘A Trick’ Fowle, whose case never went to trial, said he left the ernment official or a senior US statesman. Previously, former Fowle was seen by doctors and appeared to be in good Yesterday, Hai’s son Nguyen Tri Dung told AFP Bible at the nightclub on an impulse, and later regretted it. Vice President Al Gore and former President Jimmy Carter health. She declined to give more details about his release he was happy but felt Hanoi had an ulterior Christian evangelism can lead to harsh punishment and have come to Pyongyang to bring detainees back home. except to thank the government of Sweden for its “tireless motive in releasing his father, better known by his even prison time in North Korea, but Fowle was not seen as efforts”. Sweden handles US consular affairs in Pyongyang pen name Dieu Cay. He said it could be connected having planned out any larger, systematic attempt to vio- Larger Concerns because the US has no embassy there. late North Korean laws. That is not the case with Matthew North Korea’s calculus in releasing Fowle probably Harf would not say whether any American officials had to the US partially lifting the weapons sales ban Miller and Kenneth Bae, who are serving lengthy sentences. reflects several larger concerns. North Korea is trying to intervened directly with the North Koreans. “We’ll let the and the ongoing negotiations for the Trans Pacific US officials had no immediate comment on whether any counter criticism of its human-rights situation following the North Koreans speak for themselves about why did they Partnership (TPP) free trade deal. “It’s not the gov- progress toward releasing Miller or Bae has been made. release earlier this year of a groundbreaking UN report lay- decide to do this,” Harf said. “But we are pleased that he was ernment changing, it is a trick, they do it to get a The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said ing out the regime’s widespread abuses against its own citi- able to leave, and urge the immediate release of the other Fowle’s release was a “special measure” by leader Kim Jong zens. The European Union and Japan have been pushing a two.” The United States has no diplomatic relations with temporary change in (international) opinion Un, “taking into consideration the repeated requests” of UN resolution to refer North Korea to the International North Korea and strongly warns American citizens against about Vietnam,” the son told AFP, speaking in English. He warned it may set a precedent where- by Hanoi arrests political prisoners and uses them as bargaining chips to “trade for more arms”. Release positive, but no game-changer Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry said Hai was released for “humanitarian reasons”, without elab- By Giles Hewitt charges of crimes against humani- visa at immigration. He was sen- bad behaviour, I’m not sure how mental equation,” said Peter Beck, a orating. But if Hanoi was truly serious about ty over a recent UN Commission of tenced to six years’ hard labour in much momentum this really pro- senior adviser with the New improving rights it would abolish laws that allow orth Korea’s unexpected Inquiry report that detailed brutal September. Bae, 42, is serving a vides,” said John Delury, a Korea Paradigm Institute think-tank in release of a US detainee rights abuses in North Korea. 15-year prison term, having been expert at Yonsei University in Seoul. Seoul. the arbitrary arrest of dissidents, according to Phil Nmay be aimed at prising arrested in 2012 and charged with “It’s a positive sign, especially if it’s Robertson of Human Rights Watch. “They’re inter- open the door to direct talks with Two Americans Still Detained being a militant Christian evangel- followed by the release of the oth- Ball in US Court? ested in being close to the US, which is connected Washington, but the road to a While Washington welcomed ist intent on seeking to topple the ers, but in the end it only removes “North Korea might now con- to China and the TPP,” he said, adding that genuine dialogue remains long Fowle’s release, it was quick to regime. North Korea regards an irritant. Resuming a dialogue is sider the ball in the US court, but Vietnam was still holding “hundreds” of other and strewn with obstacles, ana- stress that its focus remained firm- unsanctioned missionary work as still many, many steps away,” Delury it’s unclear if the Obama adminis- political prisoners. Hai’s release follows that of lysts said yesterday. Announcing ly on the plight of Bae and Miller. a crime. said. tration will try to engage - at least Jeffrey Fowle’s release on Tuesday, before the others are set free,” Beck French-trained lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu, the son of a the US State Department declined said. US domestic politics might Vietnamese revolutionary leader, who was freed to provide any details of how it also play a role. With mid-term in April and also went straight to the United was brokered, citing ongoing elections looming in November, States. efforts to secure the return of two any good news regarding the US “The most plausible explanation for (the releas- other Americans - Matthew Miller detainees will be welcome, but it and Kenneth Bae - serving hard- es) is to meet US demands linking an improve- cannot be seen to soften the labour prison terms in the North. administration’s stance towards ment in human rights with the partial lifting of North Korea painted it as an act Pyongyang. arms sale restrictions on Vietnam,” said Vietnam of high-level diplomatic largesse, US officials said Pyongyang had expert Carl Thayer. US embassy spokeswoman saying the release was ordered by given Washington a timeframe Lisa Wishman said while the US welcomed Hai’s leader Kim Jong-Un following the within which to transport Fowle release they “remain deeply concerned for all “repeated requests” of US President out of the country, and the Barack Obama. Given Pyongyang’s Pentagon had decided to send in a political prisoners in Vietnam”. Hai, who went on repeated rejection of US offers to plane, even though Washington hunger strike at least twice to protest at his treat- send an envoy to negotiate the does not have diplomatic ties with ment in jail, had been in detention since Sept detainees’ release, the sudden deci- North Korea. Some observers sug- 2008, after first being sentenced to two-and-a-half sion to let Fowle go took many gested Pyongyang may have insist- years for tax fraud. —AFP observers by surprise. ed on the plane to lend an official “Usually we see a clear lead-up diplomatic element to the release to this sort of thing, but not in this procedure. case,” said Paul Carroll, a North There is no US embassy in Korea expert and programme Pyongyang and the State Department All articles appearing on these director at the Ploughshares Fund had stressed the role of the Swedish pages are the personal opinion of in San Francisco. “It could mean embassy, which looks after US inter- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no the North Korean leadership is ests there, in securing Fowle’s release. responsibility for views expressed interested in exploring what It was not clear if any US officials were might be possible in terms of pick- In this photo taken on Sept 30, 2014, detained American Jeffrey Fowle is interviewed by jour- on board the flight that landed in therein. Kuwait Times invites read- ing up a conversation with the US nalists at the Koryo National Club in Pyongyang. —AP Pyongyang or if there was any interac- ers to voice their opinions. Please again,” Carroll said. “In the broader tion with North Korean officials at the send submissions via email to: opin- context of the pressure the North Fowle, 56, entered the North in Washington has accused Together with ally South Korea, airport. Yang Moo-Jin, a professor at [email protected] or via snail is currently under over its human April and was detained after Pyongyang of using the detainees the United States has maintained the University of North Korean Studies rights record, it might also be apparently leaving a Bible in the as political hostages, and will be that high-level talks can only take in Seoul, said he expected the other mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Pyongyang trying to show it can bathroom of a nightclub in the wary of responding to Fowle’s place after the North shows a gen- two Americans to be released, but The editor reserves the right to edit be reasonable,” he added. northern port of Chongjin. The 24- release with any immediate conces- uine commitment to abandoning added that Pyongyang would hold any submission as necessary. The European Union and Japan year-old Miller was arrested in sions. “Given the Obama adminis- its nuclear weapons program. “This out for a high-level US envoy to come want the UN to consider pressing April after allegedly ripping up his tration’s mantra of no reward for release doesn’t change that funda- and pick them up. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

Michael to leave McLaren Chelsea chief executive quits Ferguson speaks on Moyes LONDON: McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is leaving the Formula One team LONDON: Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said yesterday LONDON: Alex Ferguson has broken his silence on David Moyes’ short, traumatic reign at at the end of the current season to return home to Australia after 21 years in the he was leaving Stamford Bridge after a decade in which Manchester United, saying the former Everton manager underestimated the size of the job sport. A team spokesman said yesterday that the 43-year-old had tendered his res- Chelsea were crowned kings of Europe but also suffered plen- while denying he retired leaving the club in decline. ignation in March. McLaren denied media reports in Italy that chief operating offi- ty of off-field dramas too. In an updated version of his book, “My Autobiography”, Ferguson also says it was “non- cer Jonathan Neale and technical director Tim Goss were also leaving. Michael Gourlay said in a statement he was off to “pursue new busi- sense” to suggest he hand-picked Moyes for the job alone and that a due process was joined McLaren from Williams, where he was technical director, before the start of ness challenges” after five years in his current role. involved in his appointment. Ferguson has not previously spoken at length about Moyes’ the 2012 season and was responsible for the development and management of the Chelsea said in a statement: “Ron’s efforts have helped the 10 months as his successor but does so in a new chapter updating the book that was pub- team’s trackside operations. The spokesman said the highly-regarded Australian club to achieve its position as one of the leading football clubs lished last year after his retirement from Old Trafford after 26 years as manager. would be on the pit wall as usual at next week’s US Grand Prix in He has also denied suggestions that he left Moyes with an ageing squad in the world.” and an “antiquated” club saying that 11 of the squad that won the title Austin, Texas, and also be at the final two races in Brazil and Abu Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in Dhabi. 2012, but they were also widely criticised for their handling of in 2013 in his last season were aged 25 or under. The separation was understood to be amicable with Michael, the John Terry affair when the FA found their skipper guilty of He says that Moyes just found the step up from Everton to United who had long planned to return home with his wife and two racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, then of Queens Park too big a task to handle. “He hadn’t realised just how big United is as teenage children, on good terms with McLaren’s overall head Ron Rangers, in October 2011. a club,” says Ferguson who watched on in person at Old Trafford as Dennis. Former champions McLaren have had a difficult season and They also endured an uneasy second half of the 2012-13 results went against United throughout last season which ended with have not won a grand prix for nearly two years, with Jenson Button’s season when Rafa Benitez took charge of the club, an them finishing seventh, their lowest league position in the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix win their last success. appointment hugely unpopular with the majority of their Premier League era. In 2013 they failed to finish on the podium for the first fans, although he did bring them silverware by winning the “Each defeat was a hammer blow to him,” says Ferguson. “I time since 1980. Martin Whitmarsh was ousted as princi- Europa League. Gourlay leaves the club with the team at the could see that in his demeanour. In January we bought Juan pal in January when Dennis regained control and top of the Premier League and a day after they beat Maribor Mata and that gave everyone a lift but I could see the walls Frenchman Eric Boullier, the former Lotus principal, was 6-0 in the Champions League, their record victory in the com- squeezing in, leaving David with less and less room to appointed racing director. —Reuters petition. — Reuters breathe. —Reuters Cheika to coach Australia

SYDNEY: Michael Cheika was confirmed team official. “It would be remiss of me as the new coach of Australia yesterday not to acknowledge Ewen as well,” Cheika and immediately charge with leading the added. Wallabies to a third World Cup triumph in “In the mid 80s we played together for England next year. Randwick and he’s done a lot for Four days after Ewen McKenzie dra- Australian rugby.” The affair caused two matically quit the job to plunge Australian weeks of turmoil at the ARU and Beale still rugby deeper into crisis after the Kurtley looks likely to have his contract torn up if Beale texting scandal, the 47-year-old was he is found guilty of the charges at a Code handed a three-year contract as the third of Conduct tribunal on Friday. Wallabies coach in the last 15 months. Cheika brought Beale back to New Cheika was the clear favorite for the South Wales last season, where he job after leading the New South Wales excelled at inside centre for the Waratahs, Waratahs to the Super Rugby title last sea- in particular as a foil for prolific fullback son, completing a unique coaching dou- Israel Folau. ble after he guided Irish province Leinster “I won’t be answering any questions to a Heineken Cup triumph in 2009. about that because there’s no way I want The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) to prejudice what’s going to happen with have agreed to allow him to see out the Kurtley on Friday,” he said. final year of his contract at the Waratahs, The ARU was keen to appoint a coach where he will oversee their Super Rugby before the squad departs on Friday for title defence in 2015. their tour of Europe, which features a “Michael was the standout candidate match against the Barbarians and tests and I’m delighted he is excited about this against Wales, France, Ireland and opportunity,” Australian Rugby Union England. (ARU) chief Bill Pulver told a news confer- With Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper ence. “We believe that Michael is the man among a significant core of Waratahs to lead Australia to victory in next year’s players named in the 33-man Australia World Cup.” Cheika, who never played for squad for the tour on Wednesday, Cheika the Wallabies despite being a stalwart at will be confident he can reproduce the the famous Randwick club, said he was thrilling style of running rugby that lit up humbled to be handed the job of coach- Super Rugby this year. ing his country. “I never imagined I’d be in That Cheika is still the subject of a sus- this situation,” he said. “It’s touching for pended six-month ban for abusing a TV me and it inspires to do the best that I can camera-man on the sidelines of a Super and to be top class, because that’s what Rugby match in South Africa in March is a that position deserves. “I’m going to have reminder that he can be a volatile as well to work hard and learn quickly but I’m as effective coach. Cheika admitted that BOSTON: Bruins center Gregory Campbell celebrates his goal against the San Jose Sharks in the third period of an NHL hockey game. The Bruins certainly up for that challenge.” he had clashed with ARU officials when won 5-3. — AP The ARU was keen to appoint a coach “battling” for the interests of the Waratahs before the squad departed on Friday for over the last couple of years. their tour of Europe, which features a “I won’t make any excuses for fighting match against the Barbarians and tests for my team, but now we’re on the same Bruins see off Sharks against Wales, France, Ireland and team, it’s important that we are united to England. do the best job for the Australian rugby supporters,” he said. “We want them to be BOSTON: Seth Griffith, Gregory Campbell and Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit in the being replaced by Chad Johnson at the start of OFFENSIVE MESSAGES extremely proud of their team, win, lose David Krejci scored in the third period, leading third period. The Rangers, who trailed 3-1, also the third period. McKenzie quit a few hours before the or draw. “That’s something’s that’s very the Boston Bruins to a 5-3 victory over the San got goals from Chris Kreider, Chris Mueller and Wallabies lost 29-28 to New Zealand in important to me, that any team I’m Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Rick Nash, who netted his NHL-best eighth goal. PANTHERS 4, AVALANCHE 3 Brisbane on Saturday in the midst of a cri- involved in is respected and their sup- Brad Marchand and Torey Krug each had a On the winner, Mueller and Kreider criss- Brad Boyes scored a power-play goal 2:23 sis caused by utility back Beale allegedly porters are proud of their performance power-play goal for Boston, which has at least crossed in the Devils zone before Kreider fed into overtime, sending Florida to the road win. sending offensive text messages to a every time they play.” — Reuters four goals in each of their last three games after Klein for his first of the season. Henrik Lundqvist Sean Bergenheim, Brandon Pirri and Aleksander totaling just seven goals in their first five. stopped 28 shots as the Rangers (4-3) extended Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Jussi Griffith’s tying score was his first career NHL goal. their winning streak to three. The Devils (3-2-1) Jokinen had two assists, including one on the After twice squandering one-goal leads and got power-play goals from Jaromir Jagr, Adam winner, and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots. overcoming a late deficit themselves, the Bruins Henrique and Jon Merrill but it wasn’t enough to Tyson Barrie and Gabriel Landeskog scored took the lead for good when Campbell tipped a prevent a third straight defeat. Cory Schneider power-play goals 31 seconds apart in the sec- pass from Daniel Paille through the legs of goal- made 21 saves. ond period, and Alex Tanguay also scored for tender Antti Niemi with 9:18 left. Colorado. Reto Berra had 32 saves after missing Patrice Bergeron drew a double-minor penal- CANADIENS 2, RED WINGS 1 two games with a neck injury. ty with 4:09 remaining, but the Bruins were able David Desharnais scored 56 seconds into to hold off the Sharks and Krejci added an emp- overtime to lift the Canadiens to the win. LIGHTNING 2, FLAMES 1 ty-netter with 24.5 seconds to go. Desharnais poked the puck in from the side of Ondrej Palat scored three minutes into over- Logan Couture had two goals and Joe the net after Jimmy Howard stopped shots from time, helping Tampa Bay rally for the road win. Thornton scored against his former team as San Max Pacioretty and P.K. Subban. Montreal (6-1-0) Calgary won a faceoff deep in the Flames’ end but Jose finished its East Coast road trip at 2-2-1. earned its third consecutive win. Henrik then lost control of the puck. The Lightning moved Niemi made 28 saves. Tuukka Rask made 30 Zetterberg, with an assist from Pavel Datsyuk, it back to the point, and Palat scored on a rebound saves for Boston. scored in the second period for Detroit (3-1-2). off Anton Stralman’s shot. Dennis Wideman scored Alex Galchenyuk tied the game with 3:09 left in for the Flames (4-3-1). The Lightning trailed 1-0 BLACKHAWKS 4, FLYERS 0 the third period with each team down a man. before Valtteri Filppula beat Karri Ramo with 2:16 Antti Raanta made 32 saves for Chicago in his left in the third. Evgeni Nabokov had 21 saves for first start of the season, and Patrick Kane scored MAPLE LEAFS 5, ISLANDERS 2 the Lightning. Ramo finished with 20 stops. two power-play goals. Brandon Saad, Bryan Phil Kessel scored two goals to lead Toronto Bickell and Kane scored in a flurry late in the first to the road win. Nine Maple Leafs finished with JETS 3, HURRICANES 1 period. at least one point, led by Kessel’s three. James Adam Lowry’s first NHL goal helped the Jets Kuwait Drifters! Are you ready? Raanta was sharp while stepping in for Corey van Riemsdyk and Mike Santorelli had two snap a four-game losing streak. Andrew Ladd Crawford, who is day to day with an upper-body points apiece. and Dustin Byfuglien also scored for the Jets (2- Red Bull Car Park Drift is Back injury. It was Raanta’s second career shutout. Roman Polak, van Riemsdyk and David 4-0), who earned their first home win of the Among Raanta’s best saves were two point- Clarkson also scored for Toronto (3-3-1), which season. Jiri Tlusty scored on the power play for KUWAIT: Following the tremendous suc- Friday 31 with heady rounds of drifting blank stops on Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux and has earned points in four of its last five games. Carolina (0-3-2), which is still looking for its first cess of the past four years, “Red Bull Car competitions, leading up to the crowing one on Matt Read late in the second period. Jonathan Bernier made 32 saves. Nick Leddy win and was coming off back-to-back overtime Park Drift” has become a highly anticipat- of the “King of Drift” and the representa- Philadelphia’s Steve Mason made 39 saves. and John Tavares scored for New York (4-2-0), losses. Ondrej Pavelec made 20 saves in the ed yearly event, not only in Kuwait but in tives of Kuwait in the Dubai finals. which lost its second game in a row. Jaroslav win. Anton Khudobin faced 26 shots in most of the Middle Eastern countries par- The competition, sponsored by ford, PREDATORS 4, COYOTES 3 Halak allowed five goals on 23 shots before Carolina’s net. —AP ticipating in the regional competitions. will take place at the Basel Salem Al Ryan Ellis scored the decisive goal in the This year it returns to Kuwait on October, Sabah Club at the seventh ring road. Red shootout to send the Predators to the victory. Bull Car Park Drift returns once again to Ellis, Mike Ribeiro and James Neal scored in regu- NHL results/standings provide motorsport lovers in addition to lation for Nashville, winners of two of three. Rob the thrilling show performances, a Klinkhammer, Keith Yandle, and Martin Erat Boston 5, San Jose 3; NY Rangers 4, New Jersey 3 (OT); Toronto 5, NY Islanders 2; Montreal 2, chance to experience high speed and scored for Arizona. The Coyotes have lost two Detroit 1 (OT); Nashville 4, Arizona 3 (So); Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1; Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0; utmost suspense. straight. Erat had a power-play goal at 7:42 of the Dallas 6, Vancouver 3; Florida 4, Colorado 3 (OT); Tampa Bay 2, Calgary 1 (OT). Middle East Hill climbing champion third, lifting Arizona to a 3-2 lead. But Neal and Red Bull driver, Abdo Feghali, will be responded with his second goal of the season 21 Western Conference Eastern Conference evaluating the drivers’ performances seconds later. Devan Dubnyk had 23 saves for Pacific Division Atlantic Division along with a panel of esteemed judges. WL OTLGFGAPTS Montreal 6 1 0 22 21 12 The evaluation will mainly assess the drift the Coyotes, and Pekka Rinne finished with 33 Tampa Bay 4 2 1 21 14 9 shows presented by the drivers in their stops for the Predators. Anaheim 5 1 0 21 13 10 Ottawa 4 1 0 14 10 8 modified cars, through the use of hand Los Angeles 4 1 1 15 10 9 Detroit 3 1 2 12 10 8 breaks and exertion of outstanding skills STARS 6, CANUCKS 3 San Jose 4 2 1 23 20 9 Boston 4 4 0 20 20 8 to take on turns in the most dazzling and Erik Cole scored two goals for Dallas, and Kari Calgary 4 3 1 20 19 9 Toronto 3 3 1 20 21 7 Lehtonen made 43 saves. Dallas scored five goals Florida 2 2 2 9 14 6 accurate ways. Vancouver 3 2 0 16 16 6 In addition, judges will consider the on only 12 shots against goaltender Ryan Miller Buffalo 1 5 0 8 22 2 Arizona 2 2 1 16 22 5 Metropolitan Division engines’ roars and the external look of to drive him from the game just 1:17 into the sec- Washington 3 0 2 18 11 8 the car, the smoke produced by the fric- ond period. He entered with a 3-0-0 record and Edmonton 1 4 1 14 27 3 Central Division NY Islanders 4 2 0 22 20 8 tion of the tyres and finally the audience’s 1.95 goals against average. Cole gave the Stars NY Rangers 4 3 0 21 23 8 excitement and cheers for each perform- leads of 2-0 in the first period and 6-1 in the sec- Nashville 4 0 2 16 11 10 New Jersey 3 2 1 20 20 7 ance to make their final decision. ond. It was his first two-goal game since last New Chicago 4 0 1 16 7 9 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 16 10 6 Last year’s competition led to the Year’s Eve. Lehtonen’s 43 saves were a season Dallas 3 1 2 21 20 8 Columbus 3 2 0 15 12 6 crowning of Nasser Al Mutairi, as he rep- high. Radim Vrbata, Zack Kassian and Jannik St. Louis 2 2 1 12 9 5 Philadelphia 1 3 2 17 25 4 resented Kuwait in the final qualifications Carolina 0 3 2 11 18 2 Hansen scored for the Canucks. Minnesota 2 2 0 10 4 4 in Dubai, after taking on 30 other drivers Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one Winnipeg 2 4 0 11 16 4 who fiercely competed in front of a rag- RANGERS 4, DEVILS 3 point in the standings and are not Abdo Feghali ing crowd of five thousand spectators. Kevin Klein scored 2:42 into overtime, and the Colorado 1 4 2 12 24 4 included in the loss column (L). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 SPORTS Ton-up Younis defies Australia in first Test DUBAI: Younis Khan hit a record-equalling six. Younis added 108 for the third wicket century to guide Pakistan to 219-4 on the with Azhar Ali (53) and another valuable 83 opening day of the first Test against with Misbah to steady the innings. Australia in Dubai yesterday. He played an innings of maturity and The 36-year-old right hander scored guile after Pakistan had lost both openers 106 for his 25th century to help Pakistan by the fourth over, with Mohammad counter the fiery pace of Mitchell Johnson Hafeez (nought) and Ahmed Shehzad (3-22) after Pakistan won the toss and (three) dismissed by Johnson and pace decided to bat on a flat, grass-less Dubai partner Peter Siddle. stadium pitch. At close, skipper Misbah-ul It was Johnson who gave Australia the Haq was unbeaten on 34 and with him breakthrough as early as off the fifth ball of Asad Shafiq not out nine. the match, trapping Hafeez leg-before Batting on 99, Younis jumped out of his with a superb yorker. crease to hit off-spinner Nathan Lyon for a Shehzad was set up by Siddle as he big six to reach the three-figure mark off exposed his leg-stump and was bowled. 220 balls, equalling Pakistan’s record for Michael Clarke introduced debutant left- most hundreds held by Inzamam-ul Haq. arm spinner Steve O’Keefe in the sixth Younis reached the mark in his 92nd over, but Ali and Younis negotiated the Test as compared to Inzamam’s 120. He spin better than pace. also became the first Pakistani to score a Pakistan were 50-2 at lunch and contin- hundred against all nine Test opponents, ued to bat solidly as Ali was the first to and overall the 12th batsmen in the world reach his 16th half-century with a sweep to reach the honor. boundary off Lyon. Younis said he felt proud at helping the Johnson returned for his third spell to team and achieve a rare honor. “When you remove Ali whose uppish drive was well play with your heart, things go your way caught at short cover by Alex Doolan. Ali and I am proud to be the first Pakistani to hit six boundaries during his 216-minute score hundreds against all countries and to stay. Lyon and O’Keefe strived for spin but equal the great Inzamam’s record,” said the pitch gave little assistance to them Younis. “If we manage to score 400 plus we except for the final few overs, but Johnson KANSAS: San Francisco Giants’ Pablo Sandoval hits an RBI single during the seventh inning of Game 1 of baseball’s World Series against the can put Australia under pressure but it’s stood out with his fire power and speed. Kansas City Royals. — AP not going to be easy because they have Both teams included two spinners in their bowled well especially Johnson.” squads, with Pakistan giving a Test debut Johnson, the best of Australia’s pace- to leg-spinner Yasir Shah. cum-spin attack, removed Younis with the Paceman Imran Khan was also included Giants down Royals second delivery of the second new ball, for his first Test. Australia had all-rounder trapping him leg-before with a sharper Mitchell Marsh and O’Keefe playing their one. In all Younis batted for five hours and first Tests. The second and final Test will KANSAS CITY: Madison Bumgarner had his fun, “We’ll be satisfied with that and move on and to be able to do in baseball, to work through a 17 minutes and hit ten boundaries and a start in Abu Dhabi on October 30. — AFP while the Royals vowed to bounce back after the start a new streak.” situation like that,” said Bumgarner. The 25-year- San Francisco Giants brought Kansas City’s per- Game Two of the best-of-seven is late yester- old struck out Alicdes Escobar and contact hitter SCOREBOARD fect postseason to an emphatic end with a 7-1 day in Kansas City. Making his first start since the Nori Aoki and then got Eric Hosmer to ground win in Tuesday’s World Series opener. American League Championship Series opener out to snuff the threat without a run. Giants ace Bumgarner delivered a dominating on Oct. 10, rusty Royals righty James Shield could “My team mates picked me up way more DUBAI: Scoreboard at close on the first day of the opening cricket Test between seven innings of work and Hunter Pence not find his rhythm and labored through three- often than I get a chance to pick them up,” he Pakistan and Australia at Dubai stadium yesterday: slammed a two-run homer in the first inning that plus innings in which he was pounded for five said about Crawford’s error. “Those strikeout situ- Pakistan Ist innings Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Hafeez), 2-7 pushed the Royals into an early hole they were runs on seven hits. “I don’t think the layoff had ations, we were going for them and trying to Ahmed Shehzad b Siddle 3 (Shehzad), 3-115 (Ali), 4-198 (Younis) unable to claw out of at their Kauffman Stadium anything to do with the ball game tonight,” said keep them off the board. That’s nice.” Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Johnson 0 Bowling: Johnson 20-13-22-3, Siddle 17- home. “(Bumgarner) was on top of his game,” Royals manager Ned Yost. “I think what had a lot Pence led off the fourth with a double and Azhar Ali c Doolan b Johnson 53 8-27-1, O’Keefe 15-2-49-0, Marsh 11-4-18- Giants manager Bruce Bochy told reporters. “He to do with the game tonight was Madison scored on a line drive single to center from Younis Khan lbw b Johnson 106 0, Lyon 24-2-78-0, Smith 3-0-11-0 had his fastball going but his secondary pitches Bumgarner.” Michael Morse that chased Shields from the Misbah-ul Haq not out 34 Australia: M. Clarke (capt), D. Warner, C. were good too.” Bumgarner, the MVP of the National League game. Reliever Danny Duffy issued a bases Asad Shafiq not out 9 Rogers, A. Doolan, S. Smith, B. Haddin, M. With the Royals back in the Fall Classic for the Championship Series, was sensational. The big loaded walk to Gregor Blanco to push across Extras: (b2, lb12) 14 Marsh, M. Johnson, S. O’Keefe, P. Siddle, first time in 29 years, fans arrived early to tailgate lefty surrendered just one run on three hits, strik- another Giants run to make it 5-0. The Giants Total (four wkts; 90 overs 219 N. Lyon. and barbeque, and filled the stadium ready to ing out five and walking one. padded the lead in the seventh with Joe Panik party and watch their team add to an unbeaten The Giants struck quickly against Shields with and Sandoval driving in runs before Kansas City 8-0 playoff run. But the Giants, bidding for a five hits in the opening frame, including a two- finally got on the scoreboard off Bumgarner in third title in five years, played party poopers run shot from Pence and an RBI-double from the bottom of the inning. Salvador Perez home- snapping an 11-game Royals postseason win Pablo Sandoval to jump in front 3-0 and quiet the red over the wall in left, the solo shot ending streak that stretched back to their 1985 World crowd of 40,000. The Royals had the stadium Bumgarner’s postseason record of 32 and two- Series triumph. “It would have been nice to go rocking again in the third, but Bumgarner thirds scoreless innings pitched on the road. 12-0,” said Royals veteran Alex Gordon about worked his way out of a jam after an error by “Tonight, that was the last thing on my mind,” sweeping through to a World Series title. “I shortstop Brandon Crawford and a double by Bumgarner said about the streak. “We’re up 7-0, mean that would have been pretty cool, but it’s Mike Moustakas put runners on second and third so I’m just trying to compete and go after guys not bad to have a major league record of 8-0. with none out. “That is one of my favorite things and be aggressive.” — Reuters For Rio, Paralympian sets sights on kayak

DENVER: Paralympian Alana Nichols calls them “pinch-me moments,” when she can’t quite believe she is actually in a particular sit- uation. Like when she rolled down the red DUBAI: Australian bowler Mitchell Marsh (right) reacts as Pakistani batsmen Misbah carpet at the ESPY Awards or rang the open- Ul Haq (second right) and Younis Khan (left) run between wickets during day one of ing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Or the first cricket Test match in Dubai. — AFP when she spoke at schools for Michelle Obama and spent the day traveling in a motorcade with the first lady. And especially when she received her gold Indian boxer Devi medal in wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. And again after suspended for Asian capturing two more golds in sit-skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics. All this, she nev- er could’ve imagined after being paralyzed Games medal protest from the waist down in 2000 while attempt- ing a backflip on her snowboard. NEW DELHI: Indian boxer L. Sarita Devi medal ceremony in the women’s 60-kilo- That’s why when she talks to disabled chil- has been provisionally suspended from gram class. Devi refused to bend down dren, her message never wavers: This is just competition for rejecting her Asian to let the medal be placed over her neck. the beginning. Maybe she didn’t buy into that Games bronze medal at the podium fol- She took the medal in hand, went across back then, but she fully embraces it now. lowing her controversial semifinal loss at and slipped it onto the neck of Park Ji- These days, the 31-year-old Nichols is even Incheon. The amateur boxing world gov- na, who had been declared winner of taking on a new challenge - sprint kayak rac- erning body announced yesterday it was the semifinal bout. The South Korean ing, which will make its debut at the 2016 also barring coaches Gurbaksh Sandhu, boxer tried to give it back, then left it on Paralympic Games in Rio. She is retiring from Sagar Dhayal and Blax Iglesias Fernandes the podium. The protest prompted AIBA basketball and putting her skiing career on and India’s chef de mission Adile technical delegate David Francis to say it hold in an effort to make the team. Sumariwala from its events until further “looked like a well-planned scenario by “When you believe in something, it creates notice. That includes the women’s world her and her team.” the possible,” said Nichols, who lives in championships at Jeju, South Korea, lat- Devi had said after the tear-filled Denver. “That’s most important thing - imag- er in the year. podium protest that she was “ready to ining it can happen.” The disciplinary case against Devi, face any repercussions” if it helped box- Her life was altered on Nov. 19, 2000. All who protested against the scoring in her ing in the long run. But the next day, she that summer she imagined doing a backflip POLYANA: In this March 8, 2014, file photo, United State’s Alana Nichols races to win her silver semifinal bout with a South Korean box- issued an “unconditional apology” for medal in the women’s downhill, sitting skiing event at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games. — AP er, commenced within hours of the her “emotional outburst.” — AP on her snowboard. So when snow blanketed the mountain near Durango, Colorado, she down the lane with no fear. While training for in the lives of others each day. Former NBA eagerly headed into the backcountry. Beijing, a thought hit her - why not try skiing, star Shaquille O’Neal is a member. So is the On her first try, Nichols over-rotated and too? On winter breaks from basketball, she late Christopher Reeve, who played the “Man landed on rocks, shattering her spine in three trained on her mono-ski back in Durango, of Steel” and was paralyzed in an equestrian places. Emergency workers had to airlift her about a 45-minute commute from her home- competition in 1995. out, and she went through months of rehab, town of Farmington, New Mexico. One day, This summer, Nichols spent some time in including a stint at Craig Hospital in Denver. she vocalized her aspirations to a ski coach, Hawaii “soul searching” about her athletic That is where six-time Olympic gold medalist saying she wanted to train even more aggres- career. While there, she dabbled in surfing. Amy Van Dyken-Rouen went after being para- sively to make the Vancouver squad. “As any Turns out, she was a natural, winning the first lyzed from the waist down following an all- logical person would, they said that wasn’t contest she entered. Since surfing isn’t a terrain vehicle crash. possible, having only had limited days under Paralympic event - not yet, anyway - she took Van Dyken-Rouen said one of the challeng- my belt,” she recalled. “But I had a childlike up the closest thing: paddle racing, with the ing parts of her rehab process was getting faith ... I could do it.” She did, too, winning two hope of making the team in the sprint events. back into the pool, because it was so familiar gold medals, a silver and a bronze in She doesn’t have her own kayak - she’s work- to her. For Nichols, it was softball. She tried to Vancouver. ing with the Challenged Athletes Foundation play adaptive softball, but it wasn’t the same. She was back in the starting gates for the to get one - so she spends most of her time Fast forward to 2002. She was taking Sochi Games last winter, taking silver in the building up endurance in the gym. classes at the University of New Mexico and downhill. She then wiped out in the super-G And when she’s not training, she’s travel- happened to take a short cut through the and ended up taking a helicopter ride to the ing. Here’s just a small example of her jam- gym when she saw a group of wheelchair hospital to fix a dislocated jaw and get six packed schedule: In San Diego last weekend athletes playing 5-on-5 basketball. Not just stitches in her chin. A few days later, she for a triathlon and to speak to kids with dis- playing, but playing fierce and fouling hard. returned for the giant slalom and took fourth abilities. Then, off to New York for a Nike event Perfect for her. “All of a sudden, I didn’t have despite catching an edge and doing a 360- and back West to Seattle for a kayak paddle an excuse to be bummed out and lazy,” she degree turn on the course. race before finally heading home. INCHEON: In this Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, India’s L. Sarita Devi cries said. “I was challenged.” She quickly picked That kind of resolve - along with all her “When you’re newly disabled, you think looking at a medal after she refused to accept her bronze medal during the up the game, making the 2004 Paralympics speaking engagements - recently earned her life’s over,” Nichols said. “But when you believe medal ceremony for the women’s light 60-kilogram division boxing at the 17th induction into the “Superman Hall of Heroes,” in your possibilities, anything can happen. Asian Games. — AP team as an alternate. She got her shot in Beijing - a shooting guard who charged which honors people who make a difference “I’ve had a lot of pinch-me moments.” — AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

Cannavaro tackled Photo of the day by Italian taxman

ROME: Never one to put a foot wrong on the cation, while contesting the confiscation pitch, Italy’s World Cup winning captain Fabio measure taken today.” Cannavaro is being investigated on suspicion of illegally sidestepping one million euros A NATIONAL SPORT ($1.27 million) in tax. In an illustrious playing career, Cannavaro The former centreback, who led Italy to played for Napoli, Parma, Internazionale, glory in Germany in 2006, on Wednesday had Juventus and Real Madrid before a final stint assets worth 900,000 euros seized or frozen with Al-Ahli in Dubai, where he is currently by the financial police in connection with an assistant coach. His movie-star looks, 136 caps ongoing probe into a luxury boat rental com- and rise from the back streets of Naples to the pany owned by Cannavaro, 41, and his wife, summit of world football have made him a Daniela Arenoso, 40. national icon in Italy, a country that prizes In a statement, prosecutors in Cannavaro’s defenders like no other. Famed for being as home city of Naples, said they suspected that tough on the pitch as the teak on one of his three vessels supposedly available for rental boats, Cannavaro had, until now, also enjoyed a through the company were in fact for the very positive image as a dignified family man: couple’s private use. the antithesis of the stereotypically brash mod- As such, the couple should have declared ern footballer. The latest revelations may not them as taxable assets and not been able to sully that reputation too much, though, as tax- benefit from the various tax breaks for which dodging is often referred to as the second only trading companies are eligible. national sport in Italy. By coincidence, Flavio Tax inspectors have estimated that the Briatore, the international playboy and former operation of what was effectively a sham Formula One team boss, was Wednesday in company, FD Service, enabled the couple to court in Genova on charges that he pretended avoid more than one million euros in taxes to hire out his yacht in order to avoid millions and VAT between 2005 and 2010. of euros of VAT on its initial purchase and to The prosecutors said they had obtained qualify for an exemption on fuel duty. evidence of Cannavaro’s direct involvement in A government report published last month the fraud and of other, unspecified, illegal estimated that tax evasion currently costs Italy actions in relation to the company. 91 billion euros per year, equivalent to six per- Also under investigation is Eugenio cent of GDP. News of the allegations against Tuccillo, described by prosecutors as an indi- Cannavaro emerged a day after the financial vidual of limited means to whom Cannavaro police announced they had broken up a ring of Sergio Layos performs during the Red Bull Local Hero Tour in Kanagawa, Japan. —www.redbull.com sold the business shortly after the opening of companies they believe used false accounting the tax probe. Almost immediately after tak- to defraud the state out of 1.7 billion euros ing over, Tuccillo put the company into ($2.2 billion). Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has administration in what inspectors suspect promised a crackdown on tax dodgers and has was an attempt to hide the fraud. vowed to end the country’s tradition of regular Simona whips Serena In a statement, lawyers for the couple amnesties for offenders. stressed that the company had been run by Well-known names who have been previ- Cannavaro’s wife, said the dispute was a long- ously accused or convicted of illegal tax evasion SINGAPORE: Serena Williams won just two standing one and described the tax authori- include fashion designers Giorgio Armani, games yesterday as she crashed to her heaviest ties’ suggestion of wrongdoing as “highly Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Former defeat in 16 years and raised concerns over a debatable”. “In any case, the couple, con- prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is currently knee injury that could dash her hopes at the vinced of the fiscal propriety of their position, doing community service in a retirement home WTA Finals. The 18-time Grand Slam champion have instructed their lawyers to provide the as his punishment after being convicted of tax was a shadow of her dominant best as she judicial authorities with any necessary clarifi- fraud. — AFP slumped 6-0, 6-2 to Romania’s Simona Halep, her biggest loss since she was 16 and without a tournament win to her name. The seismic defeat ended a run of 16 straight victories at the year-ending tournament for the 2001, 2009, 2012 and 2013 champion, whose bid for a title hat-trick is now hanging in the balance. Elsewhere in the Red Group round robin, Ana Ivanovic maintained her semi-final hopes with a 6-1, 6-3 win over an out-of-sorts Eugenie Bouchard. “My forehand was off today again-I guess it went on an early vacation,” Williams said. “Lord knows my serve was as well. “My serve was at best in the 10-and-under division in juniors,” she added. “Yeah, it was actually embarrassing I think describes the way I played. Yeah, very embarrassing.” Given the high profile of the season finale in Singapore, it was a career low for the 33-year-old who had not been beaten so soundly since los- ing 6-1, 6-1 to Joannette Kruger in Oklahoma SINGAPORE: Romania’s Simona Halep reaches for a backhand return to Serena Williams of the City in 1998. She signalled that she was a long US during their singles match at the WTA. — AP way from recovering from the left knee injury one. “Yes, I think it was my best match in my life,” three player before, saved six break points in the which forced her to withdraw from the China said the world number four, the first Romanian second set as she resisted Williams’ efforts to Open in Beijing earlier this month. to qualify for the tournament since 1998. turn the match around in front of a shell- “Oh, God no. I’m definitely not 100 percent “I’m a little bit surprised, but I knew before shocked crowd. The first set was a rare “bagel” for okay. I’m just here playing, but I’m not nowhere the match that I have nothing to lose, just play. Williams, who last lost a set 6-0 against Anabel near 100,” she said, when asked about her injury. She’s the best player in the world, she’s number Medina Garrigues at Madrid in 2013 — but went “That has nothing to do with today’s match. I one. “It’s the last tournament of this year. I had on to win the match anyway. think Simona played really well and the best injuries. I had a tough period. Now I’m really Later, Serbia’s Ivanovic threatened to inflict match of her career.” Williams will now have to happy and I really believe in myself.” similar punishment on Bouchard before the fight to reach the semi-finals in her final round The diminutive Romanian exploited some Canadian world number five finally won a game robin match against Bouchard, with Red Group horrendous serving by Williams, who threw to go 1-5 in the first set. potentially coming down to calculations of sets down seven double faults and won just 29 per- The second set was tighter after they and games won. cent of points on her second serve, and was bro- exchanged breaks in the opening two games ken five times. but Ivanovic broke again to go 4-3 ahead, and a KEY VICTORY Halep was already up 2-0 in the second set third time to take the match when Bouchard put Halep, 23, said she was now confident of before Williams, 10 years her senior and the old- a forehand long. After the second round of reaching the last four after pulling off a psycho- est player in Singapore, finally made it on to the matches, Halep was top of Red Group with two logically important victory-her debut win over scoreboard with her first hold of serve. wins, followed by Williams and Ivanovic on one Williams, and her first against a world number And Halep, who had never beaten a top- win and one loss, with Bouchard bottom. — AFP Murray, Ferrer ease through

VALENCIA: Andy Murray’s return to form con- Valencia had trailed 5-2 in the second set would destroy me.” tinued as he progressed to the second round before reeling off five straight games to finish The world number six arrived in Spain full of the Valencia Open yesterday with a 6-3, 6-3 off the Italian. Both Murray and Ferrer’s Tour of confidence having won in Stockholm last win over Austria’s Jurgen Melzer. Finals chances were also boosted by defeat week. However, the Czech looked out of sorts Top seed David Ferrer was also victorious for Berdych earlier in the day to local favourite as Andujar dominanted throughout and fit- 6-3, 7-5 over Italy’s Andreas Seppi, but second Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-3. “I think it was a very tingly sealed victory with a brilliant cross- seeded Czech Thomas Berdych crashed out 6- special match for me, here in Valencia, with court forehand winner. The world number 46 3, 6-2 against Spaniard Pablo Andujar. my friends and family cheering for me,” said will play Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in the second The British number one claimed his second Andujar. “I tried to be as solid as I could, then round. Last year’s champion Mikhail Youzhny title of the season in Vienna last week and is when I had the chance I attempted to hit it as of Russia also suffered a earlier exit as he was hoping to boost his chances of reaching the hard as I could. I know Tomas is more power- beaten by Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci World Tour Finals in London next month with ful than I am, so if I just put the ball in, he 7-5, 6-3. — AFP Tour de France organisers another strong showing in Spain. And despite looking far from sure on his unveil sparkling 2015 route own serve, the two-time Grand Slam champi- on had too much for Melzer to extend his PARIS: Wind, cobbles, punchy climbs, a Bretagne. head-to-head record over the world number handful of gruelling mountain-top finishes, In the Pyrenees, finishes up at La Pierre almost no individual time trial-Tour de St Martin (15.3km at an average gradient of 121 to 7-0. France organisers have designed one of the 7.4 per cent) and on the Plateau de Beille “The court is a bit slower than in Vienna most exciting courses for the 2015 race, (15.8km at 7.9 pc) should sort out the men and it took me a few games to adapt, but after which will heavily favor the climbers. from the boys. that I was better,” said Murray. “I like the condi- The Tour will climax with a nervous, It will be far from over, however, as four tions at this tournament, there is a nice cli- demanding penultimate stage finishing at consecutive gruelling mountain stages are mate and I come here now and again to prac- l’Alpe d’Huez with the race winner likely on the menu in the final week in the Alps. tice indoors.” Murray is competing for the fifth emerging from a nerve-wrecking three- The 17th stage ending in Pra Loup is remi- straight week having also won in Shenzhen week dogfight. niscent of that of 1975 when France’s last month and is happy with how his form The race, which will feature time bonus- Bernard Thevenet beat Belgium great Eddy has progressed in the final part of the year. es — 10, 6, 4 seconds for the top three Merckx. “I have been improving throughout the stage finishers-for the first time since 2008, “The descent of the Col d’Allos is very season. I didn’t start the year as well as I have will start from Utrecht, Netherlands, where technical, very hard to tackle,” Thevenet been playing in the last three months when I the gusty winds could split the peloton and warned. The following day, organisers have have felt a lot better.” After an early exchange see some leaders lose valuable time early spiced things up in the trek to St Jean de of breaks, Murray took control of the first set on. The third stage in northern France takes Maurienne with a very short and brutal 18- as he broke Melzer’s serve twice more to close the bunch through cobbled sections again, hairpin climb of the Lacets de Montvernier it out 6-3. A similar pattern ensued in the sec- on which lightweights often struggle, at shortly before the finish. ond set with both players throwing their rac- the notable exception of defending cham- The 19th stage will be the queen stage quets in frustration as there were four breaks pion Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, who this year with a 138-km ride to La Toussuire featur- of serve in the opening seven games. hammered his rivals on the cobbles. ing four demanding climbs, before the 20th “But we can’t say the route is tailor- stage, which should favour the aggressive However, Murray made the decisive break made for Nibali because you never know riders as it’s only 107km long with the col to move ahead 5-3 and served it out despite what can happen,” Tour director Christian du Galibier in the middle. having to save two break points. Next up for Prudhomme told reporters. There will also be only 14km of individ- the Scot is a meeting with Italian Fabio “One thing is sure this Tour is going to ual time trial, a post-World War II low that Fognini in round two on Thursday. Ferrer was be a huge battle.” There are five mountain- should spice things up between the top also far from his best, but battled past Seppi top finishes but also a couple of very short, climbers-Nibali, Alberto Contador, Chris to set up an all-Spanish last 16 tie with brutal climbs on the Mur de Huy, where the Froome, Nairo Quintana and Thibaut Fernando Verdasco. Fleche Wallonne classic ends, and at Mur de Pinot. — Reuters Indeed the three-time champion in Andy Murray of Britain celebrates a point in this file photo. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 SPORTS Vidic defiant as EPL stars struggle in Italy

MILAN: Under-fire Inter defender Nemanja evaluate if the system is affecting or not my Vidic claimed he is still adapting to life in Serie performances,” Vidic told reporters on the eve A as the jury remains out on former English of Inter’s Europa League clash with Saint Premier League stars who have failed to spark Etienne. “From my point of view, I have to in Italy’s top flight. keep trying to do better and I’ll keep on work- “I always try to train and adapt as much as ing hard.” While former Chelsea defender I can, but it’s not for me to say who should Ashley Cole was pilloried for his performance in Roma’s 7-1 drubbing by Bayern Munich on Tuesday, former Manchester United captain Vidic remains under the spotlight at strug- Matches on TV gling Inter. He has been guilty of several howlers dur- (Local Timings) ing a poor start to the season for the Nerazzurri, whose coach Walter Mazzarri is UEFA Champions League reportedly fighting to keep his job. Vidic was sent off in the dying seconds of Krasnodar v Wolfsburg 19:00 his league debut, a scoreless draw away to beIN SPORTS 1 HD Torino, and was left out as Inter won their Steaua v Rio Ave 20:00 opening home game of the season 7-0 against beIN SPORTS 3 HD Sassuolo. Rijeka v Rotterdam 20:00 On Sunday a poor header from the Serbian beIN SPORTS 4 HD fell into the path of Napoli forward Jose Liege v Sevilla 20:00 Callejon, who pounced to score the first of two beIN SPORTS 2 HD goals from that particular mistake before Inter Dinamo v Guingamp 20:00 fought back to level 2-2 at the San Siro. beIN SPORTS 5 HD Vidic claims he will improve when Inter PAOK v Fiorentina 20:00 improve, and called for patience. “People are beIN SPORTS 8 HD free to comment but I always say that football Aalborg v Dinamo 20:00 is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. There’s a long beIN SPORTS 12 HD way to go and people can judge at the end,” BELGIUM: Sevilla’s Spanish coach Unai Emery (center) speaks to his team during a training session on the eve of the UEFA Europa League Group he said. “I feel good here, I’ve settled in well Young Boys v Napoli 20:00 G football match against Standard Liege. — AFP and I’m training well. When Inter’s perform- beIN SPORTS 6 HD ances improve I think my own performances Trabzonspor v Lokeren 20:00 will improve too. beIN SPORTS 7 HD I hope to be a part of it all.” Cole, mean- Lille v Everton 20:00 while, was one of several Roma players slated Battle of strikers beIN SPORTS 3 HD by Italian sport press on Wednesay after a M’gladbach v Limassol 22:05 stunning defeat at the Olympic Stadium which beIN SPORTS 4 HD revived memories of Roma’s 7-1 defeat to Villarreal v Zurich 22:05 Manchester United seven years ago. He was beIN SPORTS 1 HD taken off at half-time by coach Rudi Garcia and in Europa League Tottenham v Asteras 22:05 replaced by Jose Holebas having been steam- beIN SPORTS 11 HD rollered by Arjen Robben, who scored twice in Eindhoven v Panathinaikos 22:05 the opening half hour as the Germans raced to PARIS: A battle of Belgian strikers will enliven games thanks to goals from Facundo Parra, who sacked coach Daniel Isaila last week, Ukrainian beIN SPORTS 12 HD a stunning 5-0 half-time lead. Cole was given a Everton’s Europa League clash at Lille today, buried a late volley for the equaliser against Oleg Protasov replacing him. Partizan v Besiktas 22:05 lowly ‘4’ rating in Corriere dello Sport daily, while Tottenham Hotspur need a boost against Besiktas and the winner against Partizan “If we win today against FC Astra that will put beIN SPORTS 7 HD which said he would struggle to play in Italy’s high-flying Greeks Asteras Tripolis and Celtic Belgrade. But if mis-firing Spurs are still waiting us in a strong position to get through to the next second division. “His obvious limitations had Red Bull v Zagreb 22:05 welcome pointless Romanians Astra Giurgiu. for Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor to round, and that’s what we’re aiming for,” Celtic’s been hidden so far by he fact he is facing aver- beIN SPORTS 6 HD Everton top Group H on four points ahead of start delivering, they can at least count on some Norwegian international Stefan Johansen told Inter v Saint Etienne 22:05 age players in the league every week. This Cole would struggle to find a starting place in a the third round of group games, two points fine goalkeeping from France captain Hugo the club’s website. “We know that our fans beIN SPORTS 2 HD Serie B team,” wrote journalist Rinaldo ahead of borth FC Krasnodar and Lille and three Lloris, who has helped them draw both group expect us to beat FC Astra, but when you play Torino v Helsinki 22 :05 Boccardelli. “Sending him on to try and stop above German side Wolfsburg. matches so far. for Celtic you’re used to those expectations.” beIN SPORTS 5 HD Robben was premeditated suicide.” — AFP A win in Lille would see the Toffees close in Celtic Park was a cauldron of noise even Elsewhere holders Sevilla, who are riding on a place in the knockout stage, but the main when half empty as the Hoops edged past high in second place in La Liga, go to Belgium to threat for the blue half of Merseyside could Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in their last Europa League play Standard Liege in Group G, who this week come from Lille’s 19-year-old Belgian starlet game and Ronny Deila’s side will feel they have a sacked coach Guy Luzon. Divock Origi. foot in the next round if they can beat Astra in Meanwhile, Inter Milan, who have been strug- The youngster shot to fame when he scored Group D today. While Celtic have toiled at times gling domestically, will look to extend their per- the winner for Belgium against Russia at the this season under Deila, Astra head into the fect start in Group F when they host Saint- World Cup in Brazil in June and was snapped up game still without a point in the group and Etienne at the San Siro. — AFP by Everton’s neighbours Liverpool soon after before being loaned back to Lille for the season. Meanwhile, Everton, who are languihsing in 13th place in the Premier League, have their own Belgian World Cup star in their ranks in the shape of battering-ram centre-forward Romelu Lukaku. “I admit I look up at him,” Origi, who replaced Lukaku in that game against Russia, told UEFA.com. “I admire what he has done in English football so far.” Origi has scored three goals so far this season but otherwise Lille have struggled to put the ball in the net and lost 2-1 at home to Guingamp at the weekend. SPAIN: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi heads the ball in this file photo. — AP In contrast, Everton are buoyant after a 3-0 win against Aston Villa in the Premier League, with Lukaku among the scorers, and they will be Goal hungry Messi backed by a travelling support expected to num- ber around 8,000 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The other Group H tie sees Krasnodar enter- targets El Clasico tain Wolfsburg, whose Brazilian defender Felipe revealed this week that he suffered a minor BARCELONA: Lionel Messi took a step closer to but still it doesn’t decide anything as there is a stroke while watching the World Cup in the sum- the Champions League scoring record against long way to go in the league,” said Messi. mer and needs daily blood thinners to continue Ajax on Tuesday and now turns his target to the Barca fans can look ahead to the mouthwa- playing. Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs will have El Clasico with Real Madrid on Saturday and the tering prospect of Luis Suarez linking up with felt palpitations as they suffered a 4-1 mauling all-time La Liga goals tally. His partnership with deadly duo as he returns from his four-month from Manchester City last weekend, and they Neymar is blossoming this season after a slow biting ban and he could make his debut this will look to get back on track when they Group C start and he set the Brazilian up for the first goal weekend. With Pedro struggling for form and surprise leaders Asteras Tripolis at White Hart FRANCE: Everton’s Spanish coach Roberto Martinez (left) looks on during a training session at against Ajax before striking the other in the 3-1 youngsters Ramirez and Munir El Haddadi not Lane. the Pierre Mauroy Stadium, on the eve of the UEFA Europa League Group H football match win to give him 69 Champions League goals, ready for regular football there is a place waiting The Greek outfit have four points from two against Lille. — AFP two short of Raul’s record. in the team for Suarez to fill. Both were taken off in the second half with “We are looking forward to the arrival of Luis Barca coach Luis Enrique looking to rest them and it will be great to play with him as he will ahead of the Real game and Barca’s mood of add a lot of strength to the team,” Messi said. “He Garcia: Roma must learn relaxation against a clearly inferior Ajax almost is a great striker who scores a lot of goals. I am came back to bite them. Anwar El Ghazi happy for him as he has been out for a long knocked home a loose ball inside the area to time.” In the ten years since his debut, which raise Dutch hopes before Sandro Ramirez Messi celebrated last week, he has gone from from painful Bayern slap wrapped up the points for the Catalan side. being a naive teenager to a leader of the team. In La Liga Messi has 250 goals, one short of However, he showed a much-publicised air of the scoring record of Telmo Zarra for Athletic arrogance last weekend against Eibar when he ROME: Coach Rudi Garcia insisted Roma will have to saw his angled strike well-saved by Manuel Neuer. past Neuer from close range after Radja Nainggolan’s Bilbao in the 1940’s and ‘50s, but he denies it will refused to be substituted. learn from their 7-1 humbling by Bayern Munich after Neuer blocked expertly on the hour mark when inch-perfect delivery from the left following Juan be on his mind against Real. In the end Luis Enrique took Neymar off the Germans handed the high-flying Serie A side a Gervinho, who had been bundled to the ground, got Iturbe’s searing run. Guardiola later said the result was “The record is the least important, what is instead of him but against Ajax he did go off memorable lesson in Champions League football on his foot to Pjanic’s deep free kick towards the back “a one-off. I bet it won’t be repeated when Roma important is that we have a good game and get without any complaints. “I have heard what has Tuesday. “We have to learn from this defeat, or else post. Gervinho finally found the net when he headed come to us in a fortnight”. —AFP the win,” he told reporters. Barca lead the La Liga been said about the matter. He (Luis Enrique) is there’s no point,” said Garcia after the Italians suffered table with Real four points behind in third place the coach and when he wants to take me off he their biggest defeat in the competition since a 7-1 but they are in strong form with 25 goals in five does and there is no problem,” said the rout at Manchester United in 2007. games. “It is El Clasico, it would be great to win Argentine. — Reuters “It was a slap and it hurt. Now we have to be men- tally strong and get over it.” Pep Guardiola’s Bundesliga leaders travelled to the Eternal City look- Third party owner ban ing to draw first blood in the first of two consecutive encounters between the Group E rivals-they meet in Munich in a fortnight. Instead the German champions, would be bad for Brazil who won their last Champions League title in 2013, cemented their credentials as potential winners of this BRIDGETOWN: A leading Brazilian football it without analysing better the consequences for campaign. Garcia’s men were a pale shadow of the lawyer believes FIFA’s move to outlaw third-par- the smallest or poorest markets like the South side that had beaten CSKA Moscow 5-1 at home and ty ownership (TPO) of players could seriously American ones,” said Cravo. The lawyer warned battled to a 1-1 draw with Manchester City. But even harm the game in South America. that Brazilian players would move abroad even Bayern seemed astonished at how easily the Serie A FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in earlier in their careers further weakening the high-flyers crumbled during a spectacular first half September that the world body would ban the domestic league. “Neymar was able to stay for that saw the visitors take a 5-0 lead. Dutch playmaker practice, whereby a player’s rights are owned two years in Brazil because he had someone Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the ninth minute wholly or partly by a private company or the funding his stay. So this is not going to happen. with a sublime chip towards the far post of Morgan De player himself rather than just the club. In the short term it will be for the benefit of the Sanctis’s net. Garcia admitted it was the first mistake “We use this kind of asset, the available asset biggest European clubs for sure,” he said. of many on the night. “I told the lads we can’t let that we have, on a large scale in Brazil,” Daniel Cravo said that clubs such as Porto and a Robben get on to his left foot,” added the Frenchman. Cravo, a lawyer for Brazilian clubs Fluminense number of Spanish teams had indicated they “After conceding the early goal, we then made the and Internacional told Reuters at the Soccerex were disappointed by the FIFA ruling, while the mistake of trying to draw level as quickly as possible Americas Forum on Tuesday. “We don’t have European Club Association has argued that instead of waiting patiently and playing our game.” plenty of money to share concerning television there needs to be an extended transitional peri- Further strikes from Mario Goetze, Robert rights or sponsorship, those kind of assets are od before any ban. Lewandowski, a second from Robben and a Thomas reserved for a few clubs and we have, of course, The lawyer said the legal status of Brazilian Mueller penalty on 36 minutes left Garcia’s men with a a large football system on many levels. clubs as civil associations rather than private mountain to climb. The first 45 minutes must have “Activities around the development of play- companies made it harder for people to invest in struck a chord with Garcia, whose Lille side suffered a ers will be really impacted by this decision. clubs rather than players and he expected a real 5-0 first-half rout by Bayern during a 6-1 group stage These investors are sponsoring the develop- fight against the FIFA ban to emerge in South defeat in 2012 in Munich when the German side went ment of players in Brazil for a long time. So even America. “I think we should try until the end to on to lift the trophy. if we decided to ban it, I think it needs to be fight for the survival of this. I am not saying that Roma came fighting back in the second half and made in a much more careful way.” we should not regulate, of course we should, to for a brief period took command. Within eight min- Cravo said the FIFA decision, which followed make it more transparent and so on,” he said. utes the Olimpico was roaring again but Gervinho pressure from UEFA over the issue, was a “politi- “But the necessities for the clubs, if you ban will could only hit the post while under pressure from cal one” which was “provoked” by UEFA presi- not simply disappear. They will still need this Jerome Boateng and moments later Alessandro dent Michel Platini. “They simply decided to ban money.” — Reuters Florenzi, who replaced Francesco Totti at half-time, ITALY: Roma’s forward Francesco Totti (right) vies for the ball in this file photo. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 SPORTS Atletico too good for Malmo

MADRID: Atletico Madrid moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 5-0 win over Malmo at the Vicente Calderon yesterday. It took last year’s finalists until after half-time to make the breakthrough, but once Koke had finished off a fine team move to open the scoring there was little doubt Diego Simeone’s men were headed for victory. Two goals in two minutes from Mario Mandzukic-his 19th in 23 Champions League appearances-and Antoine Griezmann just after the hour mark made the game safe before late goals from Diego Godin and Alessio Cerci round- ed off the scoring. A second consecutive win for Atletico moves them to the top of Group A alongside Olympiakos on six points after the Greeks beat Juventus 1-0. Malmo are making their first appearance in the Champions League group stages, but they withstood an early Atletico onslaught of corners well, whilst Miguel Angel Moya had to turn behind Ricardinho’s free-kick at the other end. The Spanish champions increased the pres- sure as the half went on and were somehow denied 10 minutes before the break as Griezmann smashed a shot off the underside of the bar and Erik Johansson cleared Mandzukic’s ATHENS: Juventus’ Stephan Lichtsteiner (left) and Olympiakos’ Pajtim Kasami chal- follow-up effort off the line. Arda Turan then lenge for the ball during the Champions League Group A soccer match. — AP flashed a shot just wide as Malmo clung on to go in level at the break. However, their resistance was broken three Olympiakos stun Juventus MADRID: Atletico’s Miranda (left) challenges for the ball with Malmo’s Isaac Thelin during the minutes after the restart as Turan played in Koke Group A Champions League soccer match. — AP and the Spanish international placed the ball PIRAEUS: Swiss midfielder Pajtim Kasami er Carlos Tevez tapped the ball towards into the far corner for his second goal of the Fosberg fired just wide at the end of a promising the Calderon as an Atletico player. A brilliant scored in the first half to lead the Olympiakos goalkeepr from up close season. Mario Suarez hadn’t scored for two years counter-attack. Two minutes later it was 2-0 as one-handed save from Olsen prevented Suarez Olympiakos to a 1-0 Group A Champions only for defender Omar Elabdellaoui until finding the target in Atletico’s 2-0 win over Koke turned provider with a low cross from the again three minutes from time. League victory over Juventus yesterday. clear the ball from the goal line. Espanyol on Sunday and he nearly had another right that Mandzukic bundled home at the near However, the ‘keeper’s good work was Olympiakos held off fierce pressure by Seven minutes later Tevez headed the goal moments later as Robin Olsen flew to his post. Griezmann then made it three in some- undone from the resulting corner as Godin bul- Juventus in the second half to clinch ball into the Olympiakos net after a cor- right to make a fine save from the midfielder’s what fortuitous circumstances as his shot leted a header home for the fourth. And a fine their fifth straight Champions League ner by Pirlo and confusion from the low effort. looped up off the legs of Olsen and Mandzukic evening for Atletico was rounded off in stop- home win. home team’s defence, but the Argentine Malmo’s only chance to get back into the unselfishly let the ball float into the net to allow page time when substitute Cerci curled home Kasami’s goal came in the 36th player was ruled offside. game came just before the hour mark when Emil the French international to score his first goal at his first goal for the club. — AFP minute after continued pressure from In the second half Juventus applied the home team which chalked up their more pressure and had three golden second victory in the group. Argentine opportunities to score in the 65th, 75th midfielder Alejandro Dominguez set up and 80th minutes but Olympiakos goal- the goal for a charging Kasimi whose keeper Roberto kept them out. left-footed shot beat Juventus goalkeep- The Spanish goalie stopped one-on- er Gianluigi Buffon. Dominguez sparked one attempts first by countryman Alvaro Olympiakos in the first half with his Morata and then by Tevez. Then in the speed and accurate passes and nearly 80th minute a shot by Morata was again scored in the seventh minute with a free saved by Roberto with the ball smacking kick that was tipped away at the last the right post and going out of play. moment by Buffon and 20 minutes later Kasimi had an opportunity to add to with a shot that just missed the target. his first half tally when in the 60th Juventus had the best opportunity to minute his left footed shot from up close score in the first half at the 12th minute just missed the right post after another when after a corner by Andrea Pirlo, strik- fantastic pass from Dominguez. — AFP Dortmund demolish Galatasaray 4-0

ISTANBUL: Borussia Dortmund brushed off post in the opening half an hour. The 25- their miserable Bundesliga campaign to year-old wasted no time as he finished a demolish Galatasaray 4-0 in Istanbul yester- brilliant counter-attack with only nine min- day to record their third consecutive utes gone. Reus beat Aurelien Chedjou to Champions League win in stunning style. the ball on the left before firing in a pin- The 2013 Champions League finalists point pass to Aubameyang, who was left are top of Group D with nine points, three with a simple tap in at the back post.The clear of second-placed Arsenal who won 2- visitors soon doubled the lead when 1 at Anderlecht, and have yet to concede a Lukasz Piszczek crossed from the right and goal in Europe this season. A double from the ball bounced up to the perfect height Gabon winger Pierre-Emerick for Aubameyang to tap in from close range Aubameyang, plus goals from Marco Reus with 18 minutes gone. and Adrian Ramos preserved Dortmund’s Only the post denied the Gabon inter- MONACO: Benfica’s defender Maxi Pereira, plays the ball as Monaco’s French defender Layvin Kurzawa, attempts a challenge duringthe perfect record in Europe so far this season. national a hat-trick on 31 minutes when Champions League Group C soccer match. — AP Jurgen Klopp’s side can book their place Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s cross was met by in the knock-out phase with another win Aubameyang, but the ball ricocheted away over Galatasaray in Dortmund in the return to safety. Monaco held by Benfica leg in a fortnight. But their high-flying Dortmund were not to be denied a 3-0 Champions League form is in stark contrast lead at the break. Reus unleashed a spec- to their horror showing in the Bundesliga tacular long-range shot from outside the MONACO: Monaco and Benfica played out a dis- where they are languishing 14th in the area which dipped over Galatasaray’s mal Champions League 0-0 draw yesterday in a Champions League tables table after three straight defeats. Klopp’s Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera on result that significantly tightens up Group C. side are winless in their last five league 41 minutes. The French side now have five points and are one behind Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, PARIS: Collated Champions League tables after third round of matches (played, won, drawn, games and he slammed Borussia for play- Klopp’s side claimed their ninth goal of lost, goals for, against, points): ing ‘senseless football’ in Saturday’s shock the campaign and their fourth of the night who defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0, to leave the Russians on four and Benfica now on one point 2-1 defeat at Cologne on Saturday. when Ramos scored just a minute after Group A Group E after three matches. But it was all smiles from the Dortmund coming off the bench. Ilkay Gundogan, Atletico 3 2 0 1 8 3 6 Bayern 3 3 0 0 9 1 9 Monaco were taking on Portuguese opposition Olympiakos 3 2 0 1 4 4 6 Roma 3 1 1 1 7 9 4 boss in Istanbul as his team backed up who was playing his first Champions for the first time since they lost the 2004 Juventus 3 1 0 2 2 2 3 Man City 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 their 2-0 win at home to Arsenal and 3-0 League game since the 2013 final after Champions League final against Jose Mourinhoís Malmˆ FF 3 1 0 2 2 7 3 CSKA Moscow 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 victory at Anderlecht to run Galatasaray more than a year out with injury-provided Porto in Germany when current France coach Group B Group F ragged. “We played with a lot of concentra- the pass and Ramos crashed home his shot Didier Deschamps was in charge of the Cote Paris SG 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 tion, had no problems in defence and our on 83 minutes. Real Madrid 3 3 0 0 10 2 9 díAzur club. Deschamps was in the stands at the Ludogorets 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 Barcelona 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 fast breaks were very dangerous,” said Dortmund”s victory rounded off an Louis II stadium yesterday and must have been Liverpool 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 Ajax 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 Dortmund captain Matts Hummels. impressive week in the Champions League wondering what had happened to his former team B‚le 3 1 0 2 2 6 3 APOEL 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 “Besides that we were very effective- - two for Bundesliga sides. On Tuesday Bayern in a dire 90 minutes of poor quality football that Group G chances, two goals. “This is what our oppo- Munich demolished Roma 7-1 in the Italian saw the visitors finish the match with ten men. Group C Leverkusen 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 Chelsea 3 2 1 0 8 1 7 Benfica, who have lost the past two Europa nents did to us in our last few Bundesliga capital, and Schalke edged 10-man Monaco 3 1 2 0 1 0 5 Schalke 3 1 2 0 6 5 5 matches.” The victory in Istanbul was large- Sporting Lisbon 4-3 while Bayer Leverkusen League finals against Chelsea and Sevilla respec- Zeni 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 Maribor 3 0 2 1 2 8 2 ly down to an impressive display from earned a 2-0 win at home to Zenit St tively, had the better second half chances before Benfica 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 Sporting 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 Aubameyang who scored twice and hit the Peterburg on Wednesday. — AFP central defender Lisandro Lopez was shown a Group H straight red card with 15 minutes left. Group D Dortmund 3 3 0 0 9 0 9 FC Porto 3 2 1 0 10 3 7 Prior to Lopezís moment of madness, when he Shakhtar 3 1 2 0 9 2 5 went in with an ugly challenge on Joao Moutinho, Arsenal 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 Anderlecht 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 BATE Borisov 3 1 0 2 2 14 3 Jorge Jesusís side were denied on several occa- Galatasaray 3 0 1 2 2 9 1 Bilbao 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 sions by the excellent Monaco ëkeeper Danijel Subasic. Monaco defender Andrea Raggi could have snatched victory in injury time when he had a clear header from six yards out but under pressure Ludogorets snatch steered the ball wide. The first 45 minutes produced a sign of things to come as both teams clogged up the midfield and played it safe at the back. Argentine Lucas 1-0 win over Basel Ocampos had the best chance for both teams when set up by Dimitar Berbatov after 18 minutes SOFIA: An unstoppable last-gasp, long-range almost took the lead with keeper Vladislav but the former River Plate striker was unable to shot from defender Yordan Minev gave Stoyanov making a brilliant one-handed save to control a bouncing ball and skied his shot over the Ludogorets a 1-0 victory over 10-man Basel in deny Derlis Gonzalez. bar when faced with an open goal. their Champions League Group B match in Sofia Ludogorets rarely looked like making the Monaco suffered a further blow 11 minutes yesterday. most of their numerical advantage, although before half-time when Berbatov pulled up lame It was an historic moment for Ludogorets, Marcelinho almost broke the deadlock from a with what appeared to be a groin injury and who became the first Bulgarian team to win precise cross by Fabio Espinho just before the immediately waved to the bench that he was points in the Champions League’s group stage. break. unable to continue. The result left the chase for second place in In the second half, the hosts pressed forward Benfica were workmanlike in their approach the group finely balanced, with Ludogorets, Basel bravely with Espinho testing Vaclik with long- but naive in the attack and one of their few early and Liverpool all on three points after three range efforts, but their attacks frequently broke chances fell to Eduardo Salvio who found himself matches, six adrift of runaway leaders Real down in the absence of a truly top class striker. alone at the far post but failed to test home Madrid. The Bulgarians, who impressed against Basel coach Paulo Sousa had made three Subasic as he blasted wide. Liverpool and Madrid in their previous matches, changes to the team that beat Liverpool 1-0, The second half was equally tight with Monaco signalled their intent with a brilliant header from with Naser Aliji, Derlis Gonzalez and Davide producing only one shot on target throughout the Marcelinho that forced Basel keeper Tomas Vaclik Calla replacing Behrang Safari, Marco Streller match while Benfica were equally impotent. The to save on the stretch after 17 minutes. and Ahmed Hamoudi, and they looked disci- ISTANBUL: Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan (right) vies for the ball with two sides will now meet again in Lisbon on Ivory Coast midfielder Geoffroy Serey Die was plined and determined despite playing with 10 Galatasaray’s Tarik Camdal (left) during the UEFA Champions League Group D November 4 while Leverkusen travel to Zenit the then shown a straight red card for a bad foul on men for more than 70 minutes until Minev’s football match. — AFP same evening. — AFP Ludogorets’s Cosmin Moti, but the visitors still strike. — Reuters Simona Atletico too whips good for Serena17 19Malmo THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

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LONDON: Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling (right) is challenged by Real Madrid’s Pepe during the Champions League Group B soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool. — AP Ronaldo dazzles as Real thrash Reds

LIVERPOOL: Cristiano Ronaldo inspired a Real on and Steven Gerrard forced Madrid goalkeep- Shell-shocked Liverpool crumbled again in Madrid masterclass and closed in on the er Iker Casillas into a fine save with a powerful even more feeble fashion four minutes before Champions League goalscoring record as the low drive from 30 yards. half-time when a corner bypassed Mignolet and Leverkusen see off Zenit holders thrashed Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield yester- Liverpool were trying to knock their star- a host of defenders, allowing Pepe to stab the day. studded opponents out of their smooth-pass- ball towards Benzema, who gleefully tapped LEVERKUSEN: Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen Yuri Lodygin no chance as it flew into the bot- Ronaldo maintained his majestic start to the ing rhythm with a robust, high-tempo game- into the empty net from close-range. went top of their Champions League group tom left hand corner. Turkey playmaker Hakan season with a dazzling display capped by the plan and Real midfielder James Rodriguez It was all too easy for Real and they briefly yesterday with a 2-0 win over Andre Villas- Calhanoglu made a break from the halfway predatory opening goal that took him to within needed treatment after being cut above his took their foot off the gas before the break Boas’ Zenit St Petersburg to claim a second- line and found Donati in space for the Italian one of Champions League record goalscorer eye-yet that would prove the only damage when Philippe Coutinho hit a post with a fierce straight victory. to break the deadlock. Raul’s total of 71. inflicted on the Spaniards. long-range effort. Monaco’s goalless draw at home to Another goal followed five minutes later as The Portugal forward has now scored 20 Ronaldo had never scored at Anfield in his Liverpool had conceded three goals in the Benfica means Leverkusen took over at the Greece defender Papadopoulos headed times in all competitions this season and, with five appearances for Manchester United, but he first half of a Champions League game for the top of Group C, despite having lost their home Calhanoglu’s free-kick just two minutes Liverpool reeling from his brilliant blast, France needed only 23 minutes to break that barren first time since the 2005 final against Ancelotti’s opening match at Monaco before beating after coming off the bench. striker Karim Benzema then struck twice to kill run. Seizing possession in a central area 25 AC Milan. Benfica at the BayArena. The 22-year-old outmuscled his marker off the Group B clash before half-time. yards from goal, Ronaldo moved the ball onto But there would be no repeat of that epic There is all still a lot to play for ahead of the Nicolas Lombaerts to power his header past Real’s victory leaves the 10-time European Rodriguez before sprinting into the penalty comeback in Istanbul. To make matters worse, return leg against Zenit in St Petersburg in a Lodygin and kill off any hopes of a fightback fortnight after defenders Giulio Donati and from the Russians. champions top of Group B with maximum area to meet the Colombian’s chipped pass, another ineffectual performance from Mario Kyriakos Papadopoulos scored the Germans’ The only black mark on Leverkusen’s copy- points from their three fixtures, while Liverpool which dropped perfectly over three Liverpool Balotelli came to a suitably shambolic end goals. book was the second yellow card for a hand- head to the Bernabeu for the rematch on defenders, with a sublime finish as he held off when he was hauled off at half-time after swap- Leverkusen were forced to play the final ball and dismissal of Bayer’s left-back Wendell. November 4 knowing their hopes of progress- Martin Skrtel to flick his shot past Simon ping shirts with Pepe in the tunnel in a move ten minutes a man down after Brazilian left- South Korea striker Son Heung-Min ing to the last 16 are hanging by a slender Mignolet. that will hardly quell the feeling the Liverpool back Wendell was sent off for a second yel- dropped back from the left wing to fill the thread after successive defeats. All the life seemed to drain out of Liverpool striker is developing into a major flop. low-card. breach in the Leverkusen defence for the final Carlo Ancelotti’s Real had won their last sev- once Ronaldo’s strike nestled in the far corner With the match effectively over and Real Bayer endured a frustrating goalless first- 10 minutes. en matches in all competitions, scoring 32 goals and, fatally hamstrung by a nervous and error- content to go through the motions in the sec- half as their attacks were snuffed out by As Bayern Munich demolished Roma 7-1 in the process, while Liverpool have spluttered prone defence, the Reds were exposed again in ond half, the only remaining intrigue focused Zenit’s defence in a dull opening 45 minutes in the Italian capital, Schalke beat Sporting for much of the season as they adapt to life the 30th minute when a half-cleared corner on Ronaldo’s chase to equal Raul’s record. in Leverkusen. But they finally got the break- Lisbon 4-3 on Tuesday and Borussia without Luis Suarez. Yet initially it seemed landed at Ronaldo’s feet. He immediately fed He will have to wait for that landmark after through they craved when Italian defender Dortmund earned a 4-0 win at Galatasaray, all Rodgers’ side might be capable of putting Real Toni Kroos and the Germany midfielder’s lofted seeing a close-range effort well saved by Giulio Donati unleashed a fierce drive from four German clubs picked up wins on the on the back foot as the hosts made a turbo- cross to the far post was met by the unmarked Mignolet, but the damage had already been outside the area on 58 minutes. Champions League’s third round of group charged start. Benzema, who skillfully guided a looping head- done long before he departed with 15 minutes His dipping shot gave Zenit goalkeeper stage matches. — AFP Raheem Sterling’s pace troubled Real early er over Mignolet into the net. left. — AFP Late goals rescue Arsenal

BRUSSELS: Late goals by Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski hand- Anderlecht’s limitations were exposed-they defended doggedly ed Arsenal a dramatic 2-1 win away to Anderlecht in their and competed well, but failed to produce a single shot on target. Champions League clash in Brussels yesterday. Nevertheless, Arsenal were similarly lacking in inspiration, An Andy Najar header in the 71st minute looked set to give despite the lively running of Danny Welbeck and a few crafty Jack the Belgian champions a rare European victory at the Constant Wilshere passes. Vanden Stock Stadium until Gibbs volleyed in a Calum Chambers Things improved for Wenger’s men within five minutes of the cross with a minute left. restart though as Santi Cazorla’s free-kick found Alexis Sanchez Substitute Podolski then struck a minute into injury time to unmarked in the area. However, with his back to goal, the seal all three points, to the great relief of Gunners’ manager Chilean’s header was blocked by goalkeeper Silvio Proto. Arsene Wenger on the night of his 65th birthday. Cazorla was then denied by Proto after cutting into the box After a run of just two wins in nine games in all competitions, from the left with 63 minutes played, and that was to prove a it looked set to be another evening to forget for Wenger, but the costly miss by the Spaniard as Najar put the hosts ahead eight Frenchman can breathe a sigh of relief after a result that leaves minutes later. the Premier League club in a strong position in Group D. The Honduran winger exchanged passes with Dennis Praet Arsenal sit three points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, before continuing his run into the box and heading the cross that who were convincing 4-0 winners away to Galatasaray in the followed low into the right-hand corner of Martinez’s net. night’s other game, but are five clear of the sides below them and It could have got embarrassing after that for Arsenal, with well on course for a place in the last 16 with the reverse fixture Anthony Vanden Borre hitting the bar and Matias Suarez being with Anderlecht to come next. denied by his compatriot Martinez moments after coming off the Besnik Hasi’s side, in contrast, were left deflated after suffering bench. However, from nowhere Arsenal levelled in the 89th a sixth consecutive home defeat in the group stage. The visitors minute when a Chambers cross from wide on the right travelled had been forced to hand a Champions League debut to 22-year- all the way to the back post, where left-back Gibbs connected old Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez with regular cus- first-time on the volley to leave Anderlecht ‘keeper Silvio Proto todian Wojciech Szczesny suspended following his sending-off in helpless. The momentum had now swung their way, and Arsenal the win against Galatasaray three weeks ago and would-be stunned the home support when Sanchez’s low ball into the dan- BRUSSELS: Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs performs a bicycle kick as Anderlecht’s Ibrahima Conte protects his face during the Group D replacement David Ospina out injured. ger area was turned home by Podolski, much to the relief of the Champions League match. — AP However, Martinez had nothing to do in the first half, as visiting fans. — AFP ECB cools speculation on bank health checks Page 25

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MEGHALAYA: Indian children carry coal in baskets towards a coal crushing machine at a roadside coal depot in the East Jaintia Hills district of the Indian northeastern state of Meghalaya. — AFP Modi burnishes economic credentials Indian PM unleashes a slew of reforms

NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gas producers to encourage exploration in the fuel- plest economists say they will reduce red tape and has unleashed a slew of reforms in the past week, hungry nation. increase India’s appeal to investors. Modi has scrapping fuel subsidies, simplifying labor rules Economists have long argued India’s potential already appealed to the world to “make in India” as and pledging to open coal mining to private play- will only be unleashed when it curbs subsidies, the country seeks jobs for its army of young peo- ers in a bid to kickstart the economy. The reforms relaxes suffocating regulation and rigid labor laws ple. However, the big-bang reforms, such as are seen as some of the most significant since and eases complex rules governing industrial land amending the industrial disputes act to make it Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in acquisition. On Monday the government easier to lay off workers, are untouched. May scored India’s biggest electoral win in three announced measures to pave the way for private The government cannot push through tough decades. companies to sell coal, helping to break the changes yet because the BJP and its allies lack a But analysts say the reforms so far represent the monopoly of one of the world’s biggest mining majority in the upper house of parliament, where low-hanging fruit, and warn Modi does not yet giants, Coal India. Modi’s government is also state elections determine seat share. But the ruling have enough upper house seats to push through readying to sell a five-percent stake in state-run party performed well in state elections last week more politically sensitive changes that are key to heavyweight Oil and Natural Gas Corp. in the hope seen as the first major test of its popularity, win- getting growth back on track. Modi has faced criti- of raising $3 billion, which would help trim this ning the most seats in elections in western cism that he has been slow to act on his election year’s fiscal deficit. Maharashtra state, home to financial nerve-centre promise to revive India’s lumbering economy and Mumbai. “Modi’s tactics from now until 2016 are to create much-needed jobs for its 1.2 billion people. Tougher reforms to come put a BJP government in as many states as possible “Mr Modi is determined to make doing business in India’s share market has already reached near so that it may be able to have a majority, even India more easy,” Deepak Lalwani, India director at record heights as Modi pursues his mantra of “maxi- without allies,” said Lalcap’s Lalwani. London-based consultancy Lalcap said. “That mum governance, minimum government”, seeking “Then it can pass even the toughest reforms should attract foreign investment.” to jumpstart growth that fell below five percent last which need legislative clearance and, in turn, help In a week Modi has reduced paperwork and year-half the rate of just a few years ago. The govern- lift the economy to a higher trajectory and create inspections of factories to ease the burden of man- ment plans in the next parliamentary session to badly needed jobs.” Economists say they expect ufacturing in India, which is currently at an unenvi- scrap nearly 300 outdated laws, many of which were more progress on resolving labor issues and bring- able 134th on a World Bank ease-of-doing business enacted under British colonial rule and contribute to ing in a national goods-and-services tax that will chart. In a bow to free markets, his government India’s notoriously cumbersome legal system. end the patchwork of levies making doing business VARANASI: Indian prime minister-elect Narendra Modi waves to supporters after per- released diesel pricing from state control, ending a It has already hiked defense and insurance for- in India costlier. “Patience is required... but with the forming a religious ritual at the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi. India’s Prime battle for eliminating subsidies on the largest com- eign investment caps to 49 percent from 26 per- prime minister’s free-enterprise ethos, the India of Minister Narendra Modi has unleashed a slew of reforms in the past week October 2014, ponent of Indian fuel consumption. It also cleared cent and announced plans for private-public part- today will be different in a few years,” said DH Pai scrapping fuel subsidies, simplifying labor rules and pledging to open coal mining to pri- a delayed increase in domestic gas prices, hiking by nership to build more roads, railway and other Panandiker, who heads the RPG Foundation think- vate players in a bid to kickstart the economy. —AFP one-third the amount the government pays natural infrastructure. While the reforms so far are the sim- tank.— AFP Fears grow as India cleans up business OPEC needs oil cut of

MUMBAI: An unprecedented ban on India’s largest companies with ties to Congress include one into Mission creep at least 500,000 bpd property developer from tapping capital markets has whether a former minister allowed Malaysia’s Maxis Investors have welcomed the effort to clean up fuelled expectations of tougher penalties ahead, as Group to take over an Indian mobile carrier in India’s capital markets, but many caution that exces- LONDON: OPEC should cut its oil output by at least 500,000 barrels the country’s regulators feel emboldened to take on exchange for investments in Sun Group companies sive zeal carries risks for both broom-wielding regula- per day (bpd), a Libyan oil official said, to tackle oversupply and sup- even companies long sheltered by political connec- belonging to the brother of the minister. Companies tors and investors. The federal Central Bureau of port prices that have slid to a four-year low. The 12-member tions. The result has been a slide over the past week in belonging to the Sun Group have fallen. Sun TV Investigation sparked indignation after publicly Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets on Nov 27 shares of firms known to be under investigation- Network Ltd has dropped 5 percent since SEBI’s ruling announcing a probe into industrialist Kumar to consider adjusting its output target of 30 million barrels per day for adding to what was already a year-long weakness in on DLF, while the broader index has been flat. Sun Mangalam Birla last December in relation to a coal the first half of 2015 and so far only a minority of members have called the stocks of companies seen as tied to the Congress Group did not immediately respond to requests for block allocated to a company belonging to his Aditya for an output cut. party, which was ousted from power in May. comments. Birla Group. “I would like OPEC to cut production of at least half a million (bpd) Cleaning up India’s grubby business climate is top DLF itself has slumped 17.4 percent since the SEBI It dropped the case in August, citing a lack of evi- as all studies indicate the need for that even before the fall in prices,” of the agenda for both regulators and Prime Minister ruling. The punishment doled out to DLF - for failing to dence. “There could be a risk of throwing out the baby Samir Kamal, Libya’s OPEC governor and head of planning at the Narendra Modi’s government, which was elected in provide key information on subsidiaries and pending with the bathwater - just because you have some Libyan oil ministry said. “The oversupply is about a million.” Kamal said May partly on a promise to do just that. India ranks legal cases at the time of its initial public offering in political links doesn’t mean you have done anything he was not speaking on behalf of the Libyan government. Libya is 94th among 177 nations in the global corruption 2007 - showed how painful the clean-up process could wrong,” said Jupiter’s Vazirani. “If you look at this coal struggling with two competing governments, each with its oil minis- index published by Transparency International. “If you be, even for heavyweights with political ties. It came mining saga, a whole list of companies were investi- ter. Neither minister has commented on the OPEC meeting. are in a business which depends on government weeks after the Supreme Court cancelled more than gated and cleared of wrongdoing. Despite that, the OPEC’s meeting is looking like one of its most important in years. largesse, then questions will be asked,” said Avinash 200 coal mining licenses, citing the arbitrary and illegal licenses were cancelled - because the government did Oil slid to below $83 barrel last week from $115 in June on abundant Vazirani, a London-based manager with the Jupiter allocation process of the previous government, which not follow the law.” For others, this may be the end of supply and concern of weakening demand, below the budgetary pain India Fund. threw billions of dollars of investment into question. the political connections that for so long oiled the thresholds of many OPEC countries. The Libyan official said that his Shares in Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, for example, The new government says it will auction the can- wheels of business in India. country deserved to be an exception to any OPEC cut since it is work- have dropped 8.6 percent since Oct. 13, when regula- celled blocks, spurring hopes of more transparent allo- Saurabh Mukherjea, head of institutional equities ing to sustain a recovery in production that has been hit by months of tor SEBI announced its bar on the country’s largest list- cations. DLF - whose founder has traced his success at Ambit Capital, maintains an index of 75 stocks fighting and protests. “You are aware of the situation of the country ed property developer DLF Ltd. Local media also back to a chance encounter with the Congress party’s whose core competitive advantage is political connec- being out of the market for almost a year, facing budget deficits, so we reported that police are investigating the firm over Rajiv Gandhi before he became prime minister - was tivity. It has underperformed the broader BSE index should not be expected to cut our production which we are struggling accusations it paid bribes to secure coal blocks. Jindal’s already fighting India’s antitrust regulator in court. It is since 2011, despite an improved performance in the to bring to the level of 1 million,” he said. chairman is a former member of the Congress party. now appealing last week’s SEBI ban. SEBI did not lead-up to the April-May general election. Modi him- “JSPL (Jindal Steel) reiterates that all its actions are in respond to a request for comment. Politics and busi- self has not commented on regulatory investigations He said that in previous meetings, OPEC ministers have shown sym- keeping with the legal framework of the country and ness have long been closely connected in India, espe- or legal cases. But he has not been shy about making pathy with Libya’s troubles and “expressed that (they) will make room that it complies with the law in letter and in spirit,” the cially in sectors such as coal and telecoms, which political hay from accusations of Congress party sleaze, for Libyan production.” With more than a month to go before OPEC company said in a statement to Reuters. depend on large government contracts and are often harping on DLF land transactions in the state of meets, there is little outward sign of momentum building around the “JSPL continues to cooperate with all the authori- funded by state-owned banks. Political funding Haryana ahead of elections there last week. DLF has idea of cutting output for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. ties in a responsive manner.” Other investigations of remains opaque at best. denied any wrongdoing. — Reuters Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia has been quietly telling market par- ticipants it is comfortable with lower prices, Reuters reported earlier this month. Kuwait has said an OPEC cut is unlikely. — Reuters BUSINESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 Investors seeking delay to Al Mulla launches HK-Shanghai stock tie-up exceptional offer KUWAIT: Al Mulla Group, the exclusive 2014 Mitsubishi cars for exceptional prices. Scheme will allow foreign investors to trade China stocks agent of Mitsubishi cars in Kuwait, contin- It also clarified that the exceptional offer ues to provide the best and most character- guarantees to Mitsubishi customers getting HONG KONG: Some of the worldís Asia Securities Industry & Financial Shanghai-listed shares via the operations were ready. ìRegulators ized offers since it declared its new offer the highest evaluation value possible for biggest banks and asset managers Markets Association (ASIFMA) could Hong Kong stock exchange. will decide and announce the “there are definitely no cars with such speci- their old cars in the local market in order to have asked the Hong Kong securi- push its debut to late November. Meanwhile, mainland investors will launch date,î it added. The Hong fications and prices” on all Mitsubishi new give an appropriate and favorable opportu- ties regulator to delay a landmark The Hong Kong and Chinese be able to trade Hong Kong-listed Kong regulator declined to com- cars of the 214 model. Al Mulla Group China stock trading link that could governments had not announced a shares via the Shanghai bourse. ment, and the China Securities thanked in a statement its customers for generate billions of dollars of trade start date, but said in April they The link could push up the aver- Regulatory Commission did not their great response with Mitsubishi exclu- a day due to uncertainty over the were looking for a launch within six age daily value of stock trading in immediately respond to requests sive offers and their significant loyalty to scheme rules, according to a letter months, and last month Reuters Hong Kong by about 38 percent to for comment. this ancient Japanese trademark, confirm- seen by Reuters. The Hong Kong- reported that Hong Kong HK$93 billion ($12 billion) by 2015, ing at the same time its complete commit- Shanghai stock connect scheme, a Exchanges & Clearing Ltd (HKEx) French bank BNP Paribas has esti- Tax hurdle ment to strengthen the trust of its cus- milestone in the opening up of told market participants it expect- mated. The Shanghai bourse did In the letter, ASIFMA said its tomers by providing the best quality prod- Chinaís capital markets, was widely ed to launch on Oct 27. The trading not immediately respond to members could not begin trading ucts, offers and services that contribute in expected to go live next Monday, link will for the first time allow requests for comment but HKEx next week because of uncertainty achieving the customers’ highest levels of but the letter sent on Friday by the international investors to trade said its market infrastructure and surrounding some technical issues satisfaction. and a lack of clarity over taxation. It Al Mulla Group declared that it is offer- asked for its members to be given a ing through this offer a set of new monthís notice before launch. The Mitsubishi SUVs known for their strength letter added that banks would need and durability in exceptional and unprece- time to calibrate trading systems dented prices and including: Mitsubishi and prepare client documentation. Pajero of a capacity of 3.8 against an excep- A person familiar with the letter, tional price of KD 7499, Mitsubishi Pajero which ASIFMA circulated to mem- Sport for a price starting from KD6499, bers on Friday, said that while many Mitsubishi Outlander with special specifica- firms were technically ready to tions for a price starting from KD 5999, in trade, uncertainty over the taxation addition to the ASX car for a price starting of capital gains, dividends and oth- from 4999. This offer also includes a set of nity to everybody to exchange their old cars er corporate profit remained a the new Sedan cars and on the forefront with one of the new Mitsubishi cars without major hurdle. the Mitsubishi Lancer EX sports car for a losing in their old cars pricing process. The letter was signed by ASIFMA price starting from KD3899, the Mitsubishi It also mentioned that the offer allows the chief executive Mark Austen and Lancer Fortis for a price starting from KD customers to get the best financing solutions copied in HKEx CEO Charles Li. 4199, in addition to the economic car that and the quickest approval for the financing ASIFMA said in the letter it was was launched lately in the Kuwaiti market process procedures. In addition to other ìalarmedî at the prospect of launch- the Mitsubishi Attrage for a price starting exceptional offers and benefits with many ing next week, given the uncertain- from KD2999. financing companies available at the show- ties. Some market participants said Al Mulla Mitsubishi cars were always rooms. Al Mulla Group added that it does not two weeks would be enough to characterized by high quality and best spare any effort to offer the best prices and complete preparations for the prices. Therefore and through this offer, Al services to the customers of Mitsubishi cars n launch. ìThis is probably delaying Mulla Group grants its customers an excep- Kuwait, mentioning that in order to provide a the process, but at the end of the tional opportunity represented in giving better service; it has started to receive its cus- day, if the exchange only gives you them a warranty of 5 years or 100 000 km tomers at Al Rai showroom continuously from two weeksí notice, are you not trad- (whichever occurs first) upon buying the 8:30 am until 8:00 pm. ing?î said Vincent Chan, Managing Director for Equity Research at SHANGHAI: Picture shows an Apple store in Shanghai. —AFP Credit Suisse. —Reuters Yahoo’s profit surges Waha Capital sees growth Dubai bank ENBD on Alibaba divestment

with $500m investment Q3 profit doubles SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo said Tuesday its quar- shares as well as acquire talent and technology. terly profit surged with its sale of shares in “She clearly did a nice dog-and-pony show, but ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi-based investment gy-focused investment unit and picked up a on higher income Chinese Internet powerhouse Alibaba, and that it the fundamental thing here is she has to show firm Waha Capital expects its assets to grow 20.56 percent stake in Dubai-based National was seeing signs of life in its mobile Internet ini- some significant growth; she has been there long about 25 percent in the next two or three Petroleum Services (NPS) for $76 million in its DUBAI: Emirates NBD reported a doubling of third-quarter net tiatives. Net profit jumped to $6.8 billion, which enough,” Silicon Valley independent analyst Rob years as it invests $500 million in the region’s first energy-related deal. The company may profit yesterday, beating estimates as lower provisions and higher included $6.3 billion from its Alibaba shares. But Enderle said of Mayer. “Yahoo seems to be lost in energy, healthcare and education sectors, its increase its stake in NPS, Noaimi said without income bolstered earnings at Dubai’s largest bank. The lender, profit was stronger than expected, and pumped the quagmire of current and past strategies.” The chief executive said. “We have the firepower, being more specific, adding that Waha was 55.6-percent owned by state fund Investment Corp of Dubai, up Yahoo shares by 3.1 percent in after-hours pioneering Internet search firm has been striving capital of $500 million ready to be deployed looking at opportunities across the Middle made a net profit of 1.56 billion dirhams ($424.7 million) in the trade. to re-invent itself since being eclipsed by Google. to fund all our growth aspirations in the next East and North Africa in energy-related proj- three months to September 30, a statement from the bank said, Revenue from operations inched up a percent An activist investment firm is pressuring two to three years,” Salem Al Noaimi said in ects. compared to 775 million dirhams in the same period last year. to $1.15 billion, according to third quarter results Yahoo to explore a tie-up with online rival AOL. an interview at the Reuters Middle East It is also looking at investing in the health- The figure well exceeded the average forecast of five analysts welcomed by chief executive Marissa Mayer, who Starboard Value LP, which claimed a “significant” Investment Summit. “The size of our balance care and education sectors. Investments in polled by Reuters, who expected the bank to make a net profit of is under pressure to show the company can flour- ownership interest in the company, said last sheet will increase at a minimum in line with healthcare worth a “couple of hundreds of 1.16 billion dirhams. ENBD’s earnings have been given a lift in ish apart from its lucrative investment in Alibaba. month in an open letter to Mayer that bringing our investment, or more.” Waha, which has a million dirhams” will be made through Anglo recent quarters by a resurgence in the Dubai economy, which has “We had a good, solid third quarter,” Mayer said. together the two early Internet giants could lead stake in New York-listed AerCap Holdings, Arabian Healthcare, a UAE-based group in been boosted by a strengthening property market and a scaling “We achieved this revenue growth through to “up to $1 billion of synergies” and lift the value had assets totaling 6.5 billion dirhams ($1.8 which Waha has a 97 percent stake, he said. down of debt troubles after a severe financial crisis. In the third strong growth in our new areas of investment- of Yahoo as it divests a large portion of its stake in billion) in June this year. Healthcare is seen as a high-potential indus- quarter, impairment allowances worth 1.22 billion dirhams were mobile, social, native and video-despite industry Chinese online group Alibaba. Starboard’s move Set up in 1997 as a leasing company, try by many funds in the Gulf because of the allocated, down from the 1.52 billion dirhams recorded in the headwinds in some of our large, legacy business- came amid intense scrutiny over Yahoo, which Waha diversified to become an investment region’s rapid population growth and gov- same period of 2013. Much of the bank’s provisioning in recent es.” like AOL is pushing heavily in digital media as firm in 2008. Its shareholders are prominent ernment spending to improve social welfare, quarters has been towards boosting the bank’s bad loans cover- More than $200 million in revenue came from part of reorganization efforts. Starboard said that local businessmen as well as deep-pocketed which has accelerated since the Arab Spring. age ratios, which improved to 70.3 percent at end-September, up mobile devices, with gross revenue from ads the value of Yahoo’s core business as measured Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Although Waha earmarked $250 million from 54.8 percent at the same point of 2013. Meanwhile non- served up on devices such as smartphones or by its share price is virtually nil, when excluding Development Co. The company’s eagerness to invest in the education sector over a year interest income-revenue earned from fees and commissions- tablet computers projected to bring in more than the valuation of its holdings in Alibaba and Yahoo to invest in the region mirrors many invest- ago, it has yet to finalize any of several deals jumped 55 percent year-on-year in the third quarter to 1.38 billion $1.2 billion for Yahoo this year, according to Japan. ment firms in the Gulf. Several years of high at which it is looking, Noaimi said. “The pop- dirhams. Net interest income also grew by 9 percent over the Mayer. “We have invested deeply in mobile and oil prices and strong economic growth have ulation growth and lack of supply in these same timeframe to 2.47 billion dirhams. we are seeing those investments pay off,” Mayer Hurt feelings rebuilt firms’ balance sheets, repairing dam- sectors provides room for lots of players,” he “It is very pleasing that each part of the business was able to said. Making money from Internet users access- “At least she beat the street and showed posi- age done by the global financial crisis, and said. UAE firms such as New Medical Centre deliver year-on-year revenue growth,” said group chief executive ing web sites or services online through mobile tive movement,” Enderle said of Mayer. “But in the left them flush with cash - the oil price slide group and Al Noor Hospitals, as well as some Shayne Nelson in the statement. Banks have been gradually ramp- devices is seen as crucial for Internet firms, as end, Yahoo is still largely valued on the Alibaba of recent months has been much too brief to private equity firms, have been active ing up lending activity in recent quarters as a rebound in property lifestyles increasingly center on smartphones or stock.” Mayer said that her team worked hard to have a negative impact. investors in healthcare and education. Waha, prices help support lenders’ risk appetite, with loan growth up 7.2 tablets. “heal years of hurt feelings” between Yahoo and At the same time, with several exceptions which obtained regulatory approval on percent year-on-year in August, according to the latest data from Alibaba, which agreed to let the California com- such as Syria and Iraq, the political tensions Tuesday to buy back 10 percent of its shares, the United Arab Emirates central bank. ENBD’s lending growth Strategy quagmire pany hold onto more shares of its stock than orig- created by the Arab Spring uprisings have will purchase stock depending on the mar- slightly trailed the system figure, with an increase of 6 percent. Total Mayer used a lengthy earnings conference inally negotiated. She valued Yahoo’s stake in eased in many countries - Egypt for example ket price, Noaimi said without elaborating. loans stood at 247.7 billion dirhams at September 30, 2014. call on Tuesday to defend her strategy since tak- Alibaba about $34 billion. Starboard’s analysis is looking more stable. This has encouraged The firm also plans to increase its invest- Deposits increased by 9 percent to 249.7 billion dirhams, compared ing the Yahoo reins two years ago and to outline put the Yahoo share of Alibaba at the same investment firms to look at North Africa ments in regional equities and emerging to 228.6 billion dirhams at the some point of 2013. —Reuters how money pumped into its coffers from an early amount, and valued its holdings in Yahoo Japan again. Earlier this year, Waha set up an ener- market public debt, he added. —Reuters investment in Alibaba is being used to buy back at $7.8 billion. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.782 Singapore Dollar 0.224488 0.230488 Nepalese Rupees 3.922 South African Rand 0.020213 0.028713 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001896 0.002476 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 89.271 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.668 Taiwan 0.009406 0.009586 Japanese Yen 2.723 Australian Dollar 235.87 232.87 Indian Rupees 4.725 Thai Bhat 9.921 Thai Baht 0.008631 0.009181 Canadian Dollar 260.81 261.81 Turkish Lira 128.919 Pakistani Rupees 2.811 Swiss Franc 312.13 310.13 Arab Srilankan Rupees 2.211 Euro 374.07 375.07 Nepali Rupees 2.956 US Dollar 289.65 292.65 Bahraini Dinar 0.761314 0.769314 Singapore Dollar 228.630 Sterling Pound 471.10 474.10 Bahrain Exchange Company Egyptian Pound 0.038797 0.041887 Hongkong Dollar 37.310 Japanese Yen 2.76 2.78 Iranian Riyal 0.000080 0.000081 Bangladesh Taka 3.735 Bangladesh Taka 3.732 4.002 Iraqi Dinar 0.000187 0.000247 Philippine Peso 6.467 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Indian Rupee 4.723 5.023 Jordanian Dinar 0.404159 0.411659 Thai Baht 8.989 Belgian Franc 0.007533 0.008533 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.210 2.645 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Irani Riyal transfer 1174.350 British Pound 0.461255 0.470255 Lebanese Pound 0.000141 0.000241 Irani Riyal cash 142.270 Nepali Rupee 2.954 3.489 Czech Korune 0.005429 0.017429 Pakistani Rupee 2.812 2.790 Danish Krone 0.045718 0.050718 Moroccan Dirhams 0.023560 0.047560 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 78.71 79.18 Euro 0.365264 0.373264 Nigerian Naira 0.001148 0.001783 Saudi Riyal 77.259 Bahraini Dinar 768.79 770.86 Norwegian Krone 0.040111 0.045311 Omani Riyal 0.745792 0.751472 Qatari Riyal 79.607 Egyptian Pound 40.40 41.00 Romanian Leu 0.083679 0.083679 Qatar Riyal 0.078794 0.080007 Omani Riyal 752.500 Jordanian Dinar 411.09 416.74 Slovakia 0.008405 0.018405 Saudi Riyal 0.076550 0.077250 Bahraini Dinar 769.300 Omani Riyal 751.18 758.48 Swedish Krona 0.036285 0.041285 Syrian Pound 0.001715 0.001935 UAE Dirham 78.891 Qatari Riyal 79.76 80.31 Swiss Franc 0.300822 0.311022 Tunisian Dinar 0.158136 0.166136 Saudi Riyal 77.16 77.56 Turkish Lira 0.127275 0.134275 Turkish Lira 0.127275 0.134275 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 0.077825 0.078974 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.471 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Australasia Yemeni Riyal 0.001306 0.001386 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.397 Australian Dollar 0.246591 0.258091 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.351 New Zealand Dollar 0.224942 0.234442 Tunisian Dinar 162.520 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate America Jordanian Dinar 2.485 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 289.800 Canadian Dollar 0.251279 0.259779 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.943 Canadian Dollar 259.729 US Dollars 0.285350 0.290050 Syrian Lira 2.064 US Dollars Mint 0.285850 0.290050 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 33.854 Sterling Pound 466.582 Euro 370.991 US Dollar 288.850 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 306.372 Asia Euro 372.850 US Dollar Transfer 289.450 Bahrain Dinar 770.563 Bangladesh Taka 0.003326 0.003926 Pound Sterlng 469.750 Euro 372.670 UAE Dirhams 78.800 Chinese Yuan 0.045720 0.049220 Canadian Dollar 259.000 Sterling Pound 469.630 Qatari Riyals 80.400 Hong Kong Dollar 0.035219 0.037969 Indian Rupee 4.720 Canadian dollar 257.750 Saudi Riyals 77.458 Indian Rupee 0.004479 0.004880 Egyptian Pound 40.385 Turkish lira 129.140 Jordanian Dinar 408.907 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.208 Swiss Franc 308.900 Egyptian Pound 40.435 Japanese Yen 0.002635 0.002815 Bangladesh Taka 3.728 Australian Dollar 255.870 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.215 Kenyan Shilling 0.003239 0.003239 Philippines Peso 6.452 US Dollar Buying 288.250 Indian Rupees 4.733 Korean Won 0.000264 0.000279 Pakistan Rupee 2.811 Pakistani Rupees 2.816 Malaysian Ringgit 0.085396 0.091396 Bahraini Dinar 769.200 GOLD Bangladesh Taka 3.739 Nepalese Rupee 0.002957 0.003127 UAE Dirham 78.700 Tola 1 142.270 Philippines Pesso 6.475 Pakistan Rupee 0.002787 0.003067 Saudi Riyal 77.150 Tola 2 279.080 Cyprus pound 711.077 Philippine Peso 0.006340 0.006620 Tola 5 693.525 Japanese Yen 3.707 Sierra Leone 0.000063 0.000069 *Rates are subject to change THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS News in brief

Pound strengthens on Egyptian black market CAIRO: Egypt’s pound held steady at a central bank dollar sale yesterday, but began to strengthen on the black mar- ket after a week of declines. The bank said it sold $40 mil- lion at a cut-off price of 7.1401 pounds per dollar yester- day, unchanged from the last sale on Monday. The rates at which banks are allowed to trade dollars are determined by the results of central bank sales, giving the bank effec- tive control over official exchange rates. In the unofficial market, the pound was trading at 7.43 to the dollar, stronger than Monday’s rate of 7.47 to the dollar, one trad- er said. The pound had been steadily weakening in the unofficial market for just over a week. The rate for dollar sales has stayed in a tight range since the beginning of June, after the bank allowed the pound to weaken in May. The central bank offered $40 million yesterday.

Spanish energy group Q3 net profit plunges MADRID: Spanish energy group Iberdrola yester- day said net profit plunged in the third quarter, dragged down by a cut to renewable energy sub- sidies in its home market. The world’s largest renewable energy producer earned 328.3 million euros ($419.4 million) between July and September, down 39.9 percent from a year earlier. SYDNEY: A visitor takes pictures of the Sydney Harbor yesterday. Australian consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in the three months to September, official figures showed, as Net profit during the first nine months of the year the annual rate of inflation eased after the removal of a controversial carbon tax. — AFP fell 19.5 percent to 1.83 billion euros. Spain’s cash- strapped government cut direct aid for renewable energy last year in a bid to slash a 26-billion-euro Soft Australian inflation supports low interest rates electricity deficit after years of paying subsidies. Iberdrola said it lost 255 million euros of subsidies SYDNEY: Australian consumer prices rose low interest rate of 2.5 percent. “There’s no dollar fell slightly before recovering to local currency could lift the prices of some 0.5 percent in the three months to smoking gun here for the RBA to change trade at 87.65 US cents. imported goods. over the nine-month period because of the cut to September, official figures showed yester- their guidance, giving them some time (to Australia’s central bank has kept the “The risk would seem to be that inflation aid to clean power generation. “The negative day, as the annual rate of inflation eased maintain) a period of stability at the pres- cash rate at 2.5 percent since its last cut in remains well contained from here, howev- impact of regulatory measures in Spain ... are par- after the removal of a controversial carbon ent time,” Citi’s chief economist for Australia August 2013 to stimulate the non-mining er, there are several factors working in the tially offset by a 2.5 percent increase in produc- tax. The increase in the consumer price Paul Brennan said. sectors of the economy amid an expected opposite direction,” HSBC’s chief economist tion, efficiencies from the production mix,” the index (CPI) in the third quarter was slightly The CPI rise was supported by a 14.7 sharp fall-off in resources investment fol- for Australia Paul Bloxham said. “The lower company said. Iberdrola said it was also aided by a stronger than economists’ estimates of 0.4 percent jump in the price of fruit, as well as lowing an unprecedented boom. (Australian dollar) will exert further better performance from its renewables division percent. The new figures took the annual increases in new property purchases by Economists said the weakness in some upwards pressure on tradable inflation, in the United States, Britain and Latin America, rate of inflation to 2.3 percent, the owner-occupiers, property rates and components of the data reflected the cur- increasing the cost of imports such as where it has been investing in recent years. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said, charges and motor vehicle service fees. rent challenges facing the Australian econ- household goods, food and clothing, and company said its debt stood at 26 billion euros down from 3.0 percent in the year to June. Electricity prices dropped by 5.1 percent omy as wages growth remains slow and partly offsetting the impact of lower oil and predicted this would be reduced to 24.7 bil- The year-on-year rate matched analysts’ and petrol costs slipped by 2.5 percent. consumer demand stays subdued. The prices.” A surprised jump in inflation in the lion euros by the end of the year, meeting its projections. Underlying or core inflation, which strips Australian data came amid fears over euro- fourth-quarter of 2013 had increased mar- reduction targets two years ahead of schedule. The softer number keeps inflation with- out volatile items and is more closely zone deflation, downgrades in global ket expectations of a rise in the cash rate, in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target watched by the Reserve Bank, came in at growth and falling commodity prices. But but softer CPI numbers since then have range of 2.0 to 3.0 percent and gives the 0.5 percent for the third quarter for an analysts said deflation was less of a concern eased pressure on the Reserve Bank to Dubai Islamic Bank central bank room to maintain its record- annual rate of 2.55 percent. The Australian in Australia, as the recent declines in the tighten monetary policy.— AFP may boost capital DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank may need to enhance its capi- tal reserves if it is to maintain its levels of loan growth, the bank’s chief executive said yesterday. “If you want to sus- CIMB-led bank merger more Falling crude prices tain the growth momentum, in order not to limit growth, we will have to enhance the capital at the right time,” stretch Venezuela’s Adnan Chilwan told a third-quarter results webcast. difficult after vote barred Chilwan said there were a number of options available to books to limit the bank to boost its capital reserves but it would choose bourse refuses waiver to allow EPF to vote CARACAS: Sliding oil prices are deepening the budg- the cheapest way to boost the ratio at the time it chose to et crisis facing the Venezuelan government, which is act. DIB’s total capital adequacy ratio was 15.2 percent at KUALA LUMPUR: A decision by Kwek said the chances of the deal speculation that Aabar, which owns already struggling to fund its lavish subsidies and the end of the third quarter, which is above the minimum Malaysia’s bourse to bar a key share- being dropped had also climbed but around 21 percent of RHB, will seek 12 percent required by the United Arab Emirates central rigid exchange-rate controls, analysts say. Venezuela, holder in CIMB Group Holdings Bhd that he did not see it as the most likely terms more favourable to itself. which sits atop the world’s largest proven crude bank, but down from 18.2 percent at the start of 2014, he scenario as CIMB had few options to Aabar has repeatedly declined to and two other lenders from voting on reserves, relies on oil sales for 96 percent of its budg- added. their planned merger has given grow bigger and Malayan Banking comment on the merger. With the et. The recent plunge in prices, which have hit a four- minority investors more clout and Bhd (Maybank) was likely waiting in EPF barred from voting, Aabar’s vot- thrown doubt on the deal’s prospects. the wings to woo RHB. ing rights increase to around 36 per- year low, is bad news for a government already run- Seeking to create Malaysia’s biggest cent. If it joined forces with RHB’s ning a deficit of 15 percent of gross domestic product bank with a market value of more EPF slapped third-largest shareholder OSK (GDP). than $20 billion, the three have pro- The EPF, which owns about 14.5 Holdings Bhd, the two would have a That may force leftist President Nicolas Maduro to posed a complex deal structure wide- percent of CIMB, 41 percent of RHB combined voting power of 53 per- rethink cut-rate oil sales to the nations of Petrocaribe, ly seen as aimed at blocking potential and 65 percent of the third bank cent. OSK Holdings, a small financial the club of 18 Latin American and Caribbean allies objections from Abu Dhabi-based Malaysia Building Society Bhd, failed group built by veteran broker Ong that pay about half-price for Venezuelan oil. Some Aabar Investments - the second- in its argument that the interests of its Leong Huat, is involved in property analysts estimate the price tag for Petrocaribe is up largest shareholder in one of the 14 million members were at stake. investment and equity financing. to $10 billion a year for Maduro-and that is rising as lenders, RHB Capital Bhd. The deal’s “There are no adequate justifications OSK officials did not respond to crude rates fall. “This is a situation in which energy success would have been all but that the potential conflict of interests requests for comment. If the deal agreements may have to be changed, so the decline assured if state pension fund involving EPF has been eliminated or does go through, it would give birth in revenue is smaller, and it may be time for a more Employees Provident Fund (EPF), sufficiently mitigated,” a Malaysia to a banking group with assets total- aggressive currency rate adjustment,” said economist which bankers have said is in favour of Building Society statement quoted ing around $190 billion, surpassing Asdrubal Oliveros, who heads the consultancy the merger, had been granted a waiv- the bourse as saying. Shares in all Maybank and making it Southeast Ecoanalitica. er to rules that prevent it from voting three banks were suspended on Asia’s fourth-biggest bank. Under because it has substantial stakes in all Tuesday pending the announcement. the complicated structure submit- Maduro’s nightmare three banks. Trade will resume today as yesterday ted to the central bank for approval, Last week, the price of oil slipped to $77.65 a bar- The refusal to grant the waiver was was a public holiday in Malaysia. The RHB will issue shares to acquire the rel, the lowest since November 2010. It was the sixth Boeing, Chinese firm to seen as plus for corporate governance bourse was also quoted as saying that much larger CIMB but CIMB share- week in a row of falling prices. The Venezuelan gov- turn gutter oil into fuel in Malaysia, but CIMB may now scram- the EPF had had prior knowledge of holders will own 70 percent of the ernment blamed “a market with abundant supply” SHANGHAI: US aircraft maker Boeing has set up a ble to appease Aabar and other the deal talks before they were dis- merged entity. According to and falling global demand. That has many analysts facility with a Chinese firm to transform waste minority shareholders. “Aabar will feel closed. The EPF said in September Malaysian listing rules, RHB only thinking Maduro is officially between a rock and a that it had not been part of any of the needs to gain the approval of 50 cooking oil-the source of repeated food safety emboldened, particularly given the hard place, and will have to launch long-delayed eco- outright attempt to circumvent its discussions about the proposed percent of its shareholders if it is the scandals-into jet fuel, it said yesterday. Boeing and nomic reforms. Venezuela’s economy is distorted by a interests,” Kevin Kwek, a senior analyst merger. acquiror. If CIMB bought RHB, then it the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) rigid exchange rate system that pumps up the boli- have set up a plant in the eastern city of at Sanford C Bernstein, wrote in a would need to gain approval from research note, adding that the deal’s More power 75 percent of the seller’s sharehold- var’s official value, and government subsidies that Hangzhou to convert “gutter oil”, a Chinese term valuations would likely be rejigged. There has been much market ers. —Reuters keep gasoline cheaper than water-but which are off- for used cooking oil, according to a statement. A set by runaway inflation and chronic shortages of series of scandals involving “gutter oil” being re- basic goods. According to Oliveros, oil would have to used for human consumption has featured in be at $135 a barrel for the government to continue Chinese media. The two companies estimate that APEC finance chiefs meet on its current spending path-an unlikely scenario. waste oil in China could yield 1.8 billion liters (500 Maduro said Friday the government was drafting million gallons) of biofuel annually. “Sustainably its 2015 budget with calculations based on an esti- produced biofuel... is expected to play a key role in as global worries persist mated oil price of $60 a barrel. “We’re tightening the supporting aviation’s growth while meeting envi- BEIJING: The global economic recov- South America and includes the trade. Zhang said ministers would be screws to make sure not a single dollar gets spent on ronmental goals,” the statement said. China is a ery is beset by “downside risks”, China’s United States, China, Japan and Russia, discussing, among other issues, the anything it shouldn’t,” he said. Foreign Minister Rafael key market for Boeing, which estimates China will vice-premier told Asia-Pacific finance emerging economies such as Mexico global and regional economy, infra- Ramirez has meanwhile called for an emergency need 6,020 new airplanes valued at $870 billion ministers yesterday, a day after growth and Indonesia and small nations such structure investment and financing meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting through 2033. COMAC is the country’s main com- in the world’s second-largest economy as Brunei and Papua New Guinea. cooperation, and fiscal and taxation Countries (OPEC) to try to halt sliding prices. He said mercial aircraft company, and could eventually hit a five-year low. The meeting in “The Asia-Pacific region is the main policy. The gathering, attended by the price drop was due to overproduction in non- compete with the US firm. It is building a regional Beijing of ministers from the Asia- driving force and engine for global Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei, OPEC countries-a reference to shale oil, which is jet and narrow body airliner, the C919. Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economic growth,” Zhang said, stress- Japan’s Taro Aso and others, though booming in the United States and reshaping the forum precedes the group’s annual ing that the group’s economies US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew global energy market. summit next month, when Chinese account for 40 percent of the world’s skipped the event, instead sending Abu Dhabi’s Aldar to President Xi Jinping is to host counter- population, 70 percent of the global Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom What ‘comfort zone’? launch new projects parts including US President Barack economy and 46 percent of world Raskin.—AFP Oliveros said if oil averaged $85 a barrel in 2015, DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Properties will launch a few Obama, Russian President Vladimir Venezuela would lose about $5.1 billion. “That kind of new projects in the next three to four months, the real Putin and Japanese Prime Minister drop would push (Maduro) to get out of a comfort estate developer’s chief financial officer said yesterday. Shinzo Abe. zone” and make some changes ahead of 2015 Aldar, Abu Dhabi’s largest property company and “Now global economic recovery midterm elections, he said. Fellow economist Carlos majority-owned by the emirate’s government, was res- remains difficult, with downside risks Carcione, a member of the Socialist Tide-a group that cued by a $10 billion state bailout in 2010 following a still existing,” China’s Vice-Premier supported Maduro’s late predecessor Hugo Chavez market crash, but is now resurgent following a merger Zhang Gaoli said in a speech formally but has been critical of some of the incumbent’s poli- with rival Sorouh Real Estate and a dramatic recovery in starting the finance meeting. The Asia- cies-said the government may not be in as tough a most segments of the United Arab Emirates’ property Pacific faced challenges including spot as some think. “I think that for 2014, prices are sector. The company’s new projects will mostly target what he described as “policy adjust- not that great of a worry because the average per ment of major developed economies”, mid-income buyers and tenants, Greg Fewer told barrel will be around $90,” he said. apparently a reference to the US The problem would be if the barrel falls under $80 reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Dubai. He Federal Reserve winding down its vast and stays there for some time, he said. But falling oil did not provide details. Fewer said Abu Dhabi house bond-buying program put in place to prices are not the Maduro government’s only prices had risen 25 percent over the last 12 months and help fight the global financial crisis. headache. “They also have to clamp down on all the were now “healthy and stable”. Aldar is expected in His comments came a day after hard currency that disappears due to corruption,” coming weeks to announce its third-quarter earnings. China, a major driver of global growth, Carcione said. The government has admitted that $20 Two analysts polled by Reuters forecast Aldar would said gross domestic product expand- billion was given to shell companies in 2012, for make a third-quarter net profit of between 382.6 million ed 7.3 percent in the third quarter, its which no one has yet been convicted. So far, and 441.9 million dirhams ($104.2-120.4 million). That slowest pace since the depths of the BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli (left) greets with APEC Venezuela’s 2014 crude price per barrel has averaged compares with a quarterly profit of 407.5 million worldwide downturn. APEC, estab- Secretatiat Alan Esmond Bollard (right) during the opening ceremony of $94.58, down from $98.08 in 2013 and $103.42 in dirhams in the prior-year period. Aldar’s second-quarter lished in 1989, groups 21 economies the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting 2012.-—AFP profit more than doubled from a year ago. spanning Asia, Oceania and North and yesterday. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS European shares fall amid bank stress test worries

LONDON: European shares slipped and the euro hit a Spanish lenders would do well. The FTSEurofirst 300 door equipment maker Husqvarna and French car- euro zone economy a shot in the arm and safe- cooler reading would add to speculation that one-week low yesterday as reports that at least 11 index of top European shares was down 0.18 percent maker PSA Peugeot Citroen were the latest to do so, guarding it from deflation, which has already the Federal Reserve will wait longer before rais- banks could fail a region-wide financial health check at 1,296.98 points. while Heineken bucked the trend, reporting lower- gripped five of its 18 members. The euro hit a ing interest rates. The consensus view is that this weekend offset hopes of corporate bond buying “It is a dampener,” said Beaufort Securities sales than-expected sales. one-week low of 1.26805 against the dollar, the US central bank will decide at its Oct 28-29 by the ECB. Spanish news agency Efe cited several trader Basil Petrides of the Efe report, which reversed European companies also got a lift after several partly on the talk of more ECB activism. “The policy meeting to wrap up its third round of unidentified sources saying three banks in Greece, an upbeat start in European trading on better-than- sources told Reuters on Tuesday that the European general takeaway here for a lot of people is asset purchases with new money, known as three Italian lenders, two Austrian banks, as well as one expected company earnings and hopes of ECB cor- Central Bank was considering buying corporate that it shows commitment from the ECB trying quantitative easing. But short-term interest bank each from Cyprus, Belgium and Portugal will fail porate bond buying. So far in Europe’s earnings sea- bonds on the secondary market and may make a to find ways to expand its balance sheet. And rates futures imply markets do not expect the the stress tests. The results of the checks, designed to son, 9 percent of STOXX 600 companies have report- final decision as soon as December with a view to also it shows ... the ECB wanting to pick up the Fed to hike rates until late 2015. see how banks would cope under adverse economic ed results, of which 65 percent have met or beaten beginning purchases early next year. That would pace,” said Paul Robson, a currency strategist at Euro zone bond yields extended their falls scenarios, are due on Sunday. Spanish Economy profit forecasts, according to data from Thomson expand the private sector asset-buying program the RBS. In Britain, the pound fell after Bank of on the back of the ECB’s plans. German 10-year Minister Luis de Guindos said he was confident Reuters StarMine. Swiss engineering group ABB, out- ECB began on Monday, with the aim of giving the England minutes showed policymakers were Bund yields, which set the standard for euro firmly against raising interest rates when they zone borrowing costs, fell 1 basis point to 0.86 met earlier this month. percent. Peripheral bond yields fell by more. “The news of bond buying had quite a ben- Nerves eficial effect on the non-German bond markets, The market moves were tentative as for good reason, so spread narrowing was investors remain nervous about the state of the quite substantial and today there is still some global economy, with the euro zone a particu- after-effect of that,” said KBC strategist Piet lar soft spot. Such worries may intensify today Lammens. In other markets, oil edged further when regional business surveys are due. Later, above $86 a barrel after an industry report traders will pay close attention to US inflation showed a smaller-than-expected rise in US data, due at 1230 GMT. crude inventories, extending a tentative recov- Economists expect annual core CPI inflation ery in the oil price from a four-year low. Gold to stay flat at 1.7 percent in September, and a eased from six-week highs. —Reuters

TOKYO: A crane unloads a container from a freighter at a container wharf in Tokyo port yesterday. Japan’s trade deficit expanded 1.6 percent year-on- year in September. —AFP Gold dips; dollar firms

LONDON: Gold eased yesterday from the and hopes of corporate bond buying by previous day’s 6-week peak as the dollar the European Central Bank. While gold in rose to a one-week high against a basket of the short term is hostage to moves in the currencies, with signs of softening physical wider markets, its resilience at the $1,180 demand also pressuring the metal. Prices level, which it bounced off for a third time were supported however by worries over earlier this month, is reviving investors’ the outlook for the global economy, interest in the metal, analysts said. heightened this week after China said third-quarter growth was the slowest since Gold buying eases 2009. That has lifted appetite for counter- Gold buying in number one consumer cyclical assets such as gold. Spot gold was China has weakened after prices rose, deal- down 0.3 percent at $1,245.60 an ounce at ers said, while Indian demand is also likely 0956 GMT, while US gold futures for to be lower following the festival of Diwali December delivery were down $5.50 an this week. “The Chinese were sellers today, ounce at $1,246.20. which was of no real surprise, but did not On Tuesday gold rose to its highest chase the market lower,” precious metals since Sept. 10 at $1,255.20 an ounce. “Any house MKS said in a note. “The premium period of dollar strength is going to weigh today on the Shanghai Gold Exchange was on gold,” Mitsui Precious Metals analyst a little lower, which was reflective of the David Jollie said. “(But) we’ve moved from broad-based selling, sitting between $1-$2 people having a very bearish sentiment to over spot.” a more mixed sentiment, and a more bull- China and India dominate the world ish outlook.” “We’re getting hints that peo- physical gold market, accounting for more ple are concerned about deflation, hints than half of global fabrication demand for that the Federal Reserve may delay interest the metal between them. Among other pre- rates rises,” he said. “We haven’t yet neces- cious metals, spot platinum was down 0.6 sarily changed to a position where people percent at $1,266 an ounce, while spot pal- are expecting a 10 percent, 20 percent rally. ladium was down 0.5 percent at $768.20 an Until we get that, we may not see the full ounce. Silver was down 0.8 percent at strength of general investor flows.” $17.36 an ounce. Official customs data The dollar further pared this month’s showed China’s platinum imports fell 18.5 losses yesterday as the euro fell below percent in September to 8,615 kg, and were $1.27 for the first time in a week, on a down by a similar percentage in the year to newswire report that at least 11 banks are date. China’s silver imports were little set to fail the European Central Bank’s changed in September at 243,071 kg, the stress tests, results of which are due on data showed, while its palladium imports Sunday. European shares edged up, mean- were up 5 percent at 2,050 kg last month while, on upbeat company earnings results and 28 percent year to date. — Reuters Oil holds above $86

LONDON: Oil edged further above $86 a Implied demand in the world’s second- barrel yesterday after an industry report largest consumer jumped 6.2 percent in showed a smaller-than-expected rise in US September from August to hit a seven- crude inventories, extending a tentative month peak. A more upbeat tone was evi- recovery from a four-year low. Global bench- dent in the financial markets yesterday. mark Brent slid from $115 in June to below European shares edged up, driven by some $83 last Thursday on abundant supply and strong company earnings results and hopes concern that slowing economic growth in of corporate bond buying by the European Europe and China would hit oil demand. The Central Bank. Some oil analysts see a more market may be bottoming out, according to bullish outlook for the market, including some analysts. Brent crude was up 58 cents Standard Chartered’s Paul Horsnell, known at $86.80 a barrel at 1111 GMT, edging fur- for forecasting the market’s long rally a ther away from the Oct 16 low of $82.60, its decade ago, who forecasts a Brent price of weakest since 2010. US crude rose 24 cents $105 in 2015. to $82.73. Oil has come under pressure from signs “The price of Brent seems to be forming a that the Organization of the Petroleum bottom at $86 a barrel,” said Carsten Fritsch, Exporting Countries is reluctant to cut out- analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. “As put when it meets on Nov 27, although winter approaches in the northern hemi- Libya’s OPEC governor called for a cut of at sphere, we should see the usual seasonal least 500,000 barrels per day. Fritsch of increase in demand for oil.” Giving prices Commerzbank said the market still faces a some support, the American Petroleum large surplus next year without OPEC curbs, Institute on Tuesday said US crude invento- leaving prices vulnerable to falling again. ries rose by 1.2 million barrels, less than the Others say it is premature to talk of the mar- forecast increase. Investors will be looking to ket finding a floor. “Brent is going into a side- the US government’s Energy Information ways consolidation,” said Tony Machacek, Administration supply report at 1430 GMT broker at Jefferies in London. “It’s too early to confirm the move. to say the market has bottomed out. For my Stronger-than-expected demand figures money, it’s going to struggle to get back up from China helped prices to rise on Tuesday. to $90 for the moment.” —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS

Toyota’s global hybrid cumulative sales top 7 million units KUWAIT: Toyota Motor months is truly a creditable model in more than 90 countries million kiloliters of gasoline com- Corporation has announced last accomplishment and underscores and regions. Furthermore, through pared to the amount used by week that cumulative global sales Toyota’s undeniable leadership in the beginning of this year to the gasoline-powered vehicles of simi- of its hybrid vehicles have exceed- hybrid technology,” said Takayuki end of 2015, Toyota is planning lar sizes. Toyota launched the ed the 7 million unit mark as of 30 Yoshitsugu, Chief Representative, launches of a total of 15 new “Coaster Hybrid EV” in August September 2014, reaching 7.053 Middle East and North Africa hybrid vehicles Toyota will contin- 1997 and the “Prius”-the world’s million units. This latest million- Representative Office, TOYOTA ue augmenting its hybrid lineup first mass-produced hybrid pas- unit milestone was achieved in the Motor Corporation. “Toyota is and increasing the number of senger vehicle-in December of the fastest time yet for Toyota, taking committed to contributing to the countries and regions where it same year. Since then, Toyota just nine months. Helping mitigate creation of a low-carbon society. sells hybrid vehicles. hybrid vehicles have received the environmental effects of auto- Our hybrid vehicles have raised Toyota calculates that as of tremendous support from con- mobiles is a priority for Toyota. consumer environmental aware- September 30, Toyota hybrid vehi- sumers around the world. Based on the stance that environ- ness globally by combining cles have resulted in approximate- Hybrid technologies, which ment-friendly vehicles can only remarkable fuel efficiency with ly 49 million fewer tons of CO2 encompass all of the component truly have a significant positive lower emission levels, and are emissions-believed to be a cause technologies necessary for the impact if they are widely used, today seen as the natural choice of global warming-than would development of environment- Toyota has endeavored to encour- for customers looking to embrace have been emitted by gasoline- friendly cars and which facilitate age the mass-market adoption of the latest in hybrid car technolo- powered vehicles of similar size the use of different fuel combina- century. Toyota therefore plans to ing that of environment-friendly hybrid vehicles. gy.” As of this month, Toyota sells and driving performance. Toyota tions, have been positioned by continue working to enhance per- non-hybrid vehicles-to create “To have achieved this latest 27 different hybrid passenger car also estimates that its hybrid vehi- Toyota as core environmental formance, reduce costs, and vehicles that are popular with con- million-unit milestone in just nine models and one plug-in hybrid cles have saved approximately 18 technologies for the twenty-first expand its product lineup-includ- sumers. Total names new bosses Russia probes CEO plane crash

PARIS: French oil giant Total yesterday named Channel One state television. Vladimir new bosses to lead one of the world’s biggest Martynenkov, still wearing his airport uniform, energy companies after its chief executive was told investigators: “When I lost my bearings, I killed in Moscow when his private jet hit a myself didn’t notice when I drove onto the snowplough on takeoff. Executives decided at runway-that is, let’s say I drove out.” an emergency meeting to bring back Thierry Investigators had said the driver was drunk, Desmarest who was both chairman and chief but Martynenkov speaks clearly and looks executive at Total from 1995 to 2007 - as chair- calm in footage, apparently shot on a cell- man of the group after Christophe de phone. His lawyer told state television that Margerie’s death. Martynenkov does not drink because of a Desmarest, who had once prepared De heart condition but could have consumed a Margerie for the top job, now appears to have remedy that contained “a few drops” of alco- been asked to do the same for newly named hol. The driver has been detained for 48 hours chief executive Philippe Pouyanne, who cur- and a Moscow court was to rule later yester- rently heads the refining and chemicals divi- day whether he can be formally arrested. STRASBOURG: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (center) sion. He will stay on until Pouyanne is ready Izvestia newspaper quoted a source at addresses the assembly to present his team of 27 Commissioners-designate and to to assume the chairman’s job as well, a union Vnukovo airport as saying that a female discuss the future Commission’s work program priorities yesterday, in the European source told AFP, ensuring a smooth transition intern who had qualified at the civil avia- Parliament in Strasbourg. — AFP after the sudden death of 63-year-old De tion college in the provincial city of Margerie, known by the affectionate nick- Ulyanovsk was put in charge of the flight. EU’s Juncker eyes investment name “Big Moustache”. There has been no official confirmation In Moscow, French investigators joined a from investigators or the airport. RIA plan to bolster growth, jobs local team to probe Monday’s late fatal night Novosti state news agency quoted an air Thierry Desmarest accident, which Russian experts said was traffic controller as saying that such novices outspoken critic of Western sanctions against STRASBOURG: The incoming head of the EU Juncker said. “But they can be implemented caused by criminal negligence on the part of would always be supervised by a more Russia over the Ukraine crisis. executive, Jean-Claude Juncker, told the with a degree flexibility.” Investment, he said, senior airport officials. Investigators began experienced colleague. Members of De Even as relations between the West and European Parliament yesterday that he would was only one part of a three-pillar strategy, analyzing the black boxes, which record the Margerie’s bereaved family are heading to Russia deteriorated to the worst since the Cold present his 300-billion-euro plan for invest- along with structural reforms of national eco- flight history and conversations in the cockpit. Moscow to bring home his body to be War, the French oil boss had criticized the sanc- ment to bolster growth and jobs by the end nomics and renewed fiscal credibility for gov- Questions rose over the safety of the Vnukovo buried in Normandy in northern France. tions, calling them “a dead-end” and urging of this year. Switching significantly to German ernments. airport used primarily by VIPs, as Russian “constructive dialogue” instead. Russian during a keynote address ahead of a parlia- media reported that an intern was in charge ‘Great friend of Russia’ President Vladimir Putin described De Margerie mentary vote to endorse his new European EU vote of directing the plane at the time of the crash De Margerie had been chief executive of as “a true friend of our country, whom we will Commission, Juncker said investment was The major parties in parliament are set to shortly before midnight. Three crew members Total since 2007 and spent his entire 40-year remember with the greatest warmth”. The val- vital to restoring growth and creating jobs. endorse the 28-strong new Commission in a on the executive jet were also killed. The career at the group which employs 100,000 ue of De Margerie’s commitment to business Germany, Europe’s dominant economy, is vote and the new executive will take office on snowplough driver, who was accused by people and posted revenues of 189.5 billion with Russia was highlighted by local media. resisting calls for it to spend more to kick- Nov 1, replacing that led by outgoing investigators of having been drunk on the job, euros in 2013. A descendant of a family of “Now Moscow has lost an important informal start growth. President Jose Manuel Barroso. Juncker said he drove on to the runway after losing his diplomats and business leaders, De Margerie channel of communications with the political Juncker, a conservative former prime min- pledged a “very political” team that would bearings. was the grandson of Pierre Taittinger, founder and business elite of Europe,” business daily ister of Luxembourg, stressed, however, that, focus during its five-year mandate on carrying of the eponymous champagne and the luxury as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, out major programs while leaving lesser mat- Vedomosti said. Kommersant business daily ‘Lost my bearings’ goods dynasty. Married with three children that much of the 300 billion euros should ters to national governments - a key demand quoted a source close to Total saying: “In recent come from private investors and that govern- from Britain, where there are strong demands He said he could not understand how he and highly regarded within the oil industry, times, Christophe de Margerie was practically ments should continue to contain their budg- for the country to quit the EU. He said a new, drove into the path of the plane, according to he was known for his jolly nature. Not one to the only one left in Total who called for devel- et deficits. “If you give us your support today, two-tier hierarchy Commission whose num- a video broadcast Wednesday by Russia’s shy from controversy, De Margerie was an oping business in Russia.”— AFP we will present the jobs, growth and invest- ber has soared with the expansion of the EU ment package before Christmas,” Juncker told to 28 member states, was designed to make it parliament in Strasbourg, adding that invest- more efficient and to break down “parochial ment should focus on improving economic attitudes” in which commissioners pursued ECB cools speculation efficiency, not short-term spending. Berlin individual projects. A new layer of vice-presi- has been resisting calls from other euro-zone dents would coordinate them. states and beyond for it to increase public Acknowledging the surge in anti-EU senti- investment spending to rekindle economic ment during elections to the parliament in on bank health checks growth on the continent. May, Juncker said the Union had to show Juncker also said that the European Europeans it was working in their interests. Union’s budget rules that limit the size of gov- “Citizens are losing faith,” he said. “Extremists ernment deficits and public debt will not be on the left and right are nipping at our heels. At least 11 banks have failed health checks weakened. The Commission is preparing a Our competitors are taking liberties. It is time review of the rules and their effectiveness we breathed a new lease of life into the MADRID: The European Central Bank cau- ahead of the public announcement. The ECB agency also said a second, unnamed Austrian with a report due by the middle of December, European project.” He stressed that economic tioned yesterday against speculation over the becomes supervisor of the euro zone’s banks bank and a Cypriot bank were set to fail. “They while France and Italy are pushing for more improvement was vital: “Either we succeed in outcome of its stress tests after a media report on Nov 4. “Out of the supervisory dialogue we are wrong,” a senior Cypriot official told Reuters. leniency in required budget consolidation reducing unemployment. Or we will have said at least 11 banks had failed the landmark have no indication we won’t pass,” an Erste He added that one Cypriot bank had already efforts. “The rules will not be changed,” failed.” — Reuters financial health checks, driving some banking spokesman said. The bank’s shares were down pre-emptively raised capital, and another had shares lower. Austria’s Erste Group rejected the 1.4 percent at 1037 GMT. the full backing of shareholders to raise money report from Spanish newswire Efe, which said There were no immediate comments from if it needs to. “That’s hardly a failure,” he said. Lufthansa outsources IT that it along with banks from Italy, Belgium, the other affected banks on the report, which One London-based trader from a major US Cyprus, Portugal and Greece, had failed the ECB briefly caused the euro to dip and led to bank questioned the accuracy of the list. “This review based on preliminary data, but it gave European stocks reversing early gains. Most is taking a 2013 snapshot and most of the infrastructure ops to IBM no details of the size of the capital holes at the shares of the banks mentioned in the report banks on that list have already raised money FRANKFURT: German airline Lufthansa statement said. Overall, the deal will result banks. were under pressure, though the banking sec- through 2014 and done significant balance said yesterday it will outsource its IT infra- in one-off charges of 240 million euros for The ECB, which will publish the test out- tor index recovered from earlier losses to edge sheet actions this year,” the trader said. One structure services to US computer giant Lufthansa which would be reflected in the comes for 130 banks on Sunday, said final up 0.1 percent. “The bigger, more important Austrian bank that is expected to fail is the IBM to cut costs by 70 million euros ($89 group’s bottom-line profit for 2014. The IT results had not yet been sent to the lenders question is not which banks have failed but country’s part-nationalized lender Volksbanken million) annually. “Deutsche Lufthansa infrastructure operations employ a work- involved, and it could not comment on individ- which banks have achieved only a marginal AG (VBAG), which has already said it plans to today announced that in the course of force of 1,400 and represents about 40 per- ual institutions. “Any inferences drawn as to the pass,” said Jeremy Batstone-Carr, head of pri- wind itself down to avoid a looming capital realigning its IT activities, it will be enter- cent of the sales of the wider Lufthansa final outcome of the exercise would be highly vate client research at Charles Stanley. crunch it was struggling to plug. ing into a long-term IT partnership shortly. Systems division totaling 256 million euros speculative until the results are final on 26 All three Italian banks declined to comment, “According to the terms to be agreed, in 2013. The Lufthansa Systems division October,” said an ECB spokesman. The European In the crosshairs though Banca Popolare di Milano’s CEO said Lufthansa will outsource all of its IT infra- itself would be split into three companies. Banking Authority, the EU watchdog coordinat- Sources told Reuters that German public last week that the feedback he had got from structure services to IBM,” the airline said in While the infrastructure operations ing the Europe-wide stress test, said the results sector lender HSH Nordbank - which was not the ECB in the one-to-one meeting was reas- a statement. IBM would also take over the would be sold to IBM, the two other busi- would not be final until they are endorsed on named in the Efe report - was set to pass the suring. Alpha and Millennium BCP also declined Infrastructure division of the current nesses-Airline Solutions and Industry Sunday just prior to publication. It had no com- health checks. HSH was seen as the German to comment, while the other banks could not Lufthansa Systems. Solutions-would operate as independent ment on individual lenders. lender most likely to fall short of requirements. immediately be reached. Spanish Economy The outsourcing agreement would run companies within the Lufthansa group. “The Erste told Reuters it had no reason to believe Other than Erste, the banks listed by Efe were Minister Luis de Guindos said he was confident for seven years, and “will enable Lufthansa cooperation with a global and successful IT it would fail the test. Banks have already had Italy’s Banco Popolare, Monte dei Paschi and Spanish lenders would do well in the health to benefit from a permanent reduction of group like IBM will strengthen the competi- some feedback on the outcome of the tests Banca Popolare di Milano ; Greece’s Alpha Bank, checks, pointing to benefits from financial IT infrastructure costs by average approxi- tiveness of the group companies and the through ‘supervisory dialogues’ with the ECB. Piraeus Bank and Eurobank ; Portugal’s reforms after a property sector collapse left mately 70 million euros annually,” the Lufthansa group as a whole.—AFP They get the results on Thursday, three days Millennium BCP and Belgium’s Dexia. The many banks in need of state aid.—Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS Beltone Financial to invest $42 million Egypt’s Beltone working on four IPOs

CAIRO: Egypt’s Beltone Financial aims to invest But the company has been one of the most sion that we are working on. There may be a new around 300 million Egyptian pounds ($42 million) aggressive Egyptian financial firms in seeking to stage of external funding for the remainder of our to expand its domestic operations next year get ahead of the expected rise in asset values in investments, either through a capital increase or because it believes the worst of the country’s eco- the event of an economic recovery over the next through obtaining bank loans.” nomic instability has passed, its chairman told several years. It originally announced that it Reuters. “The entire world is open to us. I see that would distribute a dividend of 7 pounds per IPOs the transition period in Egypt has ended. The share for the 2013 financial year, but then sus- Authorities are working to revive listing activi- investment opportunities that exist domestically pended that decision as it sought with billionaire ty on Egypt’s stock market, which should benefit are the best that can be found in the region,” Naguib Sawiris to buy a 20 percent stake in firms such as Beltone. Arabian Cement Co listed in Aladdin Saba said. Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes for about Cairo in May after raising $110 million in its initial NBK announces the “We will propose our expansion plan for 2015 $257 million. public offer, the first major one on the bourse for to the board of directors. I envision us investing in The purchase did not go through as the bid about three years; Egyptian Exchange chairman the non-bank financial sector by setting up new consortium attracted offers of just under half of Mohamed Omran told Reuters this month that Al Jawhara winners firms, or by buying existing businesses if they the EFG Hermes shares which it sought. However, the exchange expected to approve 10 listings this would enable us to achieve our goal and save us that setback does not appear to have dimmed year. “We are working on four new primary offer- time.” The optimism of Saba, who founded Beltone’s ambitions. The company’s board decid- ings, but all of them will occur in 2015,” Saba said KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) enter the weekly, monthly and quarterly Al Beltone in 2002, is echoed by many Egyptian fin- ed this month not to distribute cash dividends without naming the companies. announces the three lucky winners in Al Jawhara draws. Each KD 50 in an Al Jawhara anciers, who think the government is getting a and to use the company’s liquidity instead to “We have an offering with a value above 1 bil- Jawhara weekly draws during the month of account entitles the customer to one grip on Egypt’s economic problems after a three- fund its future expansion plans. “The decision to lion pounds, and another with a value of around October. NBK has re-launched Al Jawhara chance in any of the draws. All prizes are year slump following the revolution of 2011. distribute dividends for 2013 was made under 750 million pounds. We can say that the aggregate account by offering customers more chances automatically credited to the winners’ With over 200 staff, Beltone has brokerage, certain circumstances that have changed entirely, value of the four offers will exceed 2 billion pounds.” to win bigger prizes; KD 5,000 weekly, KD accounts the day after the draw. The more asset management, investment banking and pri- and our policy too has changed,” Saba said in an In April, the exchange granted Beltone the coun- 125,000 monthly and a grand prize of KD money held in your Al Jawhara account, the vate equity operations. Foreign operations interview at the Reuters Middle East Investment try’s first licence for exchange traded funds (ETFs), a 250,000 quarterly. Jumnah Bhinderwala greater your chances of winning. Al Jawhara include offices in Dubai and London. Earnings Summit. step towards deepening trade in the stock market. Bahia, Minors Ghezlan Nawaf Al Saqobi and accounts are available to both Kuwaitis and have slumped since last year, when they were “The first sign of change was the company Omran said he had expected ETF certificates to be Lamar Tareq Al Sarraf each won KD 5,000. Al Expats and can be opened at any of NBK’s inflated by one-off gains such as a property sale. heading towards acquiring a stake in Hermes. offered earlier this year, and now believed they Jawhara is one of Kuwait’s leading cash prize branches around Kuwait. NBK pioneered Consolidated net income tumbled 84 percent Therefore we decided, whereas our policy was to would be introduced by the end of 2014. Asked accounts offering numerous benefits to its many firsts in both the local and regional from a year earlier to 11.0 million Egyptian be conservative and distribute cash dividends, to when Beltone might proceed with ETFs, Saba said: customers. markets by offering innovative products pounds in the first half of 2014; revenues sank 26 look into expansion and investment opportuni- “At the earliest. Beltone is not waiting for anything. Not only is it an interest-free account and value added services. For more infor- percent to 31.6 million pounds because of lower ties.” He added, “We have liquidity of 120 million There are still a few minor changes being made to with regular deposit and withdrawal privi- mation please contact NBK Call Center 1 fee income. pounds and this covers a portion of the expan- the offering circular.” —Reuters leges, it also entitles account holders to 801 801 or log on to www.nbk.com Al Mazaya Holding records 585% jump

KUWAIT: Al Mazaya Holding Company financial results over the first nine in the “Sabah Al Salem” area in has announced its financial results for months of 2014, Al- Saq’abi said that Kuwait, which spans 2000 square the first nine months of the year 2014, the company was able to maintain meters over a strategic location, in after a Board of Directors meeting held steady growth in its operational per- order to build a sophisticated med- on Tuesday, October 21, in the pres- formance and net profit, in line with ical center in line with the “Clover” ence of Chairman of the Board of its carefully plotted smart objec- Medical Project in Jabriyyah. - Al Directors Rashid Jacob Al Nafisi, the tives. Reviewing the rest of the com- Mazaya designed a new residential Board members and CEO. On this pany’s financial statements for the project on its own land in Al occasion, Eng Ibrahim Abdulrahman past nine months, he pointed out Mawaalih (Seeb District) in Muscat, Al Saq’abi, CEO of Al Mazaya Holding that the company’s total assets an area of 23,193 square meters, Company, said that Al Mazaya Holding amounted to KD233.867 million, which is intended to be tendered to had continued throughout the first compared to KD216.438 million dur- the contractors to start the develop- nine months of 2014 to achieve excel- ing the same period in 2013. The ment process. - Al Mazaya designed lent positive progress in its financial shareholders’ equity added up to four new buildings in the Emirate of results. KD104.642 million by the end of the Dubai (Dubai Land). The project is The company recorded net profits third quarter of 2014, compared to expected to be completely imple- Sultan Telecom and subsidiaries of KD 5.662 million over the period, KD99.815 million for the same peri- mented by the end of 2017. compared to KD 0.827 million over od in 2013, which represents a 15.2 l Al Mazaya participated in the receive ISO 9001:2008 Certificate the same period in 2013, and prof- percent rise. largest real estate event in the itability of 9.14 fils per share, com- Middle East (Cityscape-Dubai), con- pared to 1.33 fils for the same period Nine months achievements firming its continued presence KUWAIT: Sultan Telecom, a subsidiary of The Sultan Center is Mr. Sweis added that because of the company’s long in 2013. This was achieved by virtue of Speaking about Al-Mazaya’s among the region’s major real estate a leading telecommunications solutions company, yesterday standing performance, it has been able to quickly achieve its focus on operational activities as it companies, after having put forward announced that it has been certified as ISO 9001:2008 com- and bring up the performance of its subsidiaries. “We have increased the occupancy rate in its a number of projects for sale and pliant for all of its operations after a thorough analysis of its been able to get our subsidiaries, ArabianITS & ATCO to also income-generating projects, which lease. -Al Mazaya announced its quality system by UKAS Management Systems, a global be certified for ISO 9001:2008”, he added. The typical time to led to an increase in the rental rev- entry into the Turkish Real Estate independent certification body. ISO 9001:2008 sets criteria implement an ISO 9001:2008 compliant quality manage- enues of the company by 36.2 per- Market, by establishing a Turkish for a quality management system that must be met in order ment system is between 6 to 18 months, but Sultan Telecom cent, valued at KD 3.883 million by the company, ‘Mazaya Turkey Real Estate to gain certification. Accepted worldwide as the standard and its subsidiaries completed the journey in 5 months. end of the third quarter of 2014, com- Investment’ and appointing a CEO, in that defines quality, ISO 9001:2008 provides the necessary “Attaining ISO 9001:2008 certification is a testament to pared to KD2.850 thousand for the a promising step to geographically framework to improve company efficiency, minimize risk the hard work and dedication of our colleagues” said same period in 2013. expand and benefit from the promis- and maximize opportunity. ISO has over 19,500 international Ravinder Talwar, Senior Project Manager for Sultan Telecom. This included the Sky Gardens ing investment opportunities in the standards covering almost all aspects of technology and Shibu Pallickal, Lead ISO Manager said “This notable certifi- Project in Dubai International new market. - Al Mazaya signed an business. cation speaks of our continuous passion to innovate in our Financial Centre, in which the occu- alliance agreement with Domankaya “Sultan Telecoms’ ISO certification is a coming-of-age sig- industry, provide first-class solutions for our customers and pancy rate reached 99 percent, and Real Estate Company - one of the nificance that the company is a credible telecommunica- ensure that the Sultan Telecom brand and our technology Al-Mazaya Towers at the heart of the giant real estate development com- tions solutions provider for its customers. The certification is solutions remain synonymous with un-matched quality”. “By Kuwaiti capital, with an occupancy panies in Istanbul - whereby Al an important achievement because it separates those nas- receiving this certification, our customers and partners are rate of 100 percent, in addition to its Mazaya develops joint ventures, tak- cent in technology versus those who can really deliver com- assured that they are working with a company that is com- projects in a number of the region’s Eng Ibrahim Abdulrahman ing advantage of the experience of plex solutions that can be used today.” said Mamoun Sweis, mitted to the highest standards of operations.” said Naveed countries such as the KSA and the Al Saq’abi the Turkish company and its position Director of Sultan Telecom. Ahmed, ArabianITS Manager. UAE, in which the occupancy rates of in the Turkish real estate market. the company’s projects reached 100 major achievements during the first l Al-Mazaya had broadened its percent. The company also succeeded nine months of 2014, Al-Saqabi said relations with many banks and in achieving an increase in its opera- that: The company has pushed up investors in order to enter into strate- Top mortgage firm tional revenues resulting from manag- the timetable for development of Al- gic partnerships for the development ing others’ projects. Mazaya Logistics in Bahrain - a of its new projects in the Gulf region Al-Saq’abi stressed that Al- Mazaya group of industrial units for rent in and the Middle East. It has also pre- was able to achieve good revenues Bahrain Investment Warf, worth pared extensive studies for the local, accused of abuses from the sale of the last residential vil- more than KD 6 million - in order to Gulf and regional markets, as a pre- las in “The Villa” project in Dubai Land, speed up the operating-leasing liminary step to engage in the sectors which are currently being delivered to operations, which will have a posi- that will achieve the required returns NEW YORK: One of the nation’s largest made the housing crisis and the Great homeowners on a product called force- clients, and the Office Spaces Project tive impact on the company’s rev- with a limited risk rate, benefitting servicers of home loans may have denied Recession worse are still happening placed insurance, which servicers force in “Mazaya Business Avenue, with rev- enues at the end of 2014. It also from the company’s previous experi- struggling borrowers the chance to fix some seven years after the housing bub- borrowers to buy if they don’t maintain enues from sale properties amounting achieved positive results to imple- ence and the current market factors. - loan problems and avoid foreclosures, ble burst. Subprime mortgage lenders voluntary homeowners’ insurance. If to KD 10.889 million, and total operat- ment the “Queue-Point” Project in Al-Saqabi concluded that Al-Mazaya New York’s financial regulator has thrived during the real estate boom mortgage borrowers don’t pay up for ing revenues amounting to KD 15.299 Dubai Land, consisting of 25 build- still has numerous investment oppor- alleged. An investigation by the state’s years, as many borrowers turned to a newly purchased insurance, Ocwen fore- million as on September 30, 2014. ing currently under development, as tunities under consideration, which Department of Financial Services found variety of nontraditional, riskier loans closes on their homes. Among its latest the company delivered numerous are going to see light in the near that Ocwen Financial Corp. inappropri- when they couldn’t qualify for traditional, findings, the regulator determined that Financial results residential units in the project. future according to the company’s ately backdated foreclosure warnings fixed-interest mortgages requiring down Ocwen failed to investigate the backdat- Speaking about the company’s l Al Mazaya acquired a new land strategic plan. and letters that rejected mortgage loan payments. But it all began to unravel in ing of its letters to borrowers nearly a modifications, making it nearly impossi- 2007, as defaults started to pile up. That year after an employee raised questions ble for borrowers to appeal the compa- eventually triggered a mortgage melt- about the practice. The letter did not Al Tijaria invests in Turkey Farmlands ny’s decision. Many borrowers who had down that sent foreclosures soaring and specify whether the backdating was fallen behind on loan payments also propelled the US housing market into its intentional or the result of poor over- KUWAIT: Abdulfattah Marafie - ect started with the possibility of is the existing need and demand received warning letters months after the worst skid in decades. sight by Ocwen. “The existence and per- Chairman & Managing Director at extending it for two more years. from Turkish and international deadline for avoiding foreclosure had In the years since, companies like vasiveness of these issues raise critical passed, department investigators found. Ocwen have been enlisted to handle questions about Ocwen’s ability to per- Al Tijaria Real Estate Company said The investment begins with two markets for such products. Potentially hundreds of thousands of payment collection on behalf of banks form its core function of servicing loans,” that the company has entered a years of developing and cultivat- In addition to that, Al Tijaria has backdated letters may have been sent to and, in many cases, investors who own Lawsky wrote in the letter. In its state- new investment in the Republic of ing the land, then 6 years to pro- partnered with one of the interna- borrowers, likely causing them “signifi- securities backed by bundled home ment, Ocwen said initially that its sys- Turkey for an amount of $10 duce the agricultural crops. The tional companies specialized in cant harm,” Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s loans. They also handle customer servic- tems generated improperly dated letters Million. The Turkish market is con- salient feature of this investment the production and exporting of Superintendent of Financial Services, es, loan modifications and foreclosures. to 283 of its borrowers in New York. It lat- wrote in a letter to Ocwen released Such companies have also been criticized er said it is aware of additional borrow- sidered one of the strongest pro- concentrated juices which in turn Tuesday. for not helping homeowners quickly ers, but didn’t specify.. The company ducing and exporting markets in will buy and market the agricul- “Ocwen’s indifference to such a seri- enough - resulting in delays that lead to added that it is investigating two other agricultural products in the world. tural crops resulting from this ous matter demonstrates a troubling cor- more fees and profits for servicers. Many cases and cooperating with the New The main objective of this invest- project. He also added that this porate culture that disregards the needs have been the target of consumer law- York regulator. ment is to buy and develop pre- type of investment comes within of struggling borrowers,” Lawsky wrote in suits. Some mortgage-servicing compa- “We believe that we have resolved the letter to company’s general counsel. nies processed foreclosures without veri- the letter-dating issues that have been targeted farmlands in an area of the company’s policy in investing In a statement, Atlanta-based Ocwen fying documents. Ocwen is the fourth- identified to date, and we continue our 10 million m2. in good and various projects in blamed software errors in the company’s largest mortgage servicer in the country investigation as to whether there are In the same context, Al Tijaria terms of sectorial or geographical correspondence systems for generating and the biggest that isn’t a bank. It spe- additional letter-dating issues that need Real Estate Company has taken distribution where all the compa- improperly dated letters. The latest cializes in servicing high-risk mortgages. to be resolved,” the company said. A the needed safety procedures ny’s investment results in good claims of wrongdoing against Ocwen At the start of this year, it managed $106 company spokesman did not immedi- come less than a year after the company billion worth of subprime mortgages, ately respond to a request for details on required to preserve the rights of returns and in stable markets agreed to reduce struggling borrowers’ according to Inside Mortgage Finance, a how many Ocwen borrowers nationwide its shareholders while maintaining which gets along with the conser- loan balances by $2 billion as part of a mortgage industry tracker. received backdated letters or lost their the lowest risk levels and taking vative policy of risks management settlement with federal regulators and 49 The New York Department of homes as a result of the delayed warning into consideration a Conservative adopted by the company’s board states over foreclosures abuses. Financial Services launched a probe into letters. Ocwen’s stock slumped $4.78, or Exit Policy. The investment period members in addition to adding a It’s the most recent evidence that Ocwen in August amid allegations that 18.2 percent, to $21.48 Tuesday. The many of the same kinds of abuses that the company overcharged struggling stock is down 61 percent this year. —AP is 8 years - from the date the proj- Abdulfattah M R H Marafie value to the shareholders rights. technology THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 Big Tech winning battle with ‘patent trolls’

CALIFORNIA: For two decades, compa- owning companies are losing ground. property analytics firm Lex Machina. A patent deals compiled by brokerage slide since Alice, the 2014 Supreme Court nies that buy software patents to sue Some with court-tested patents are 2013 White House report said “trolls” IPOfferings, found the average price of a case. InterDigital has fallen over 5 percent technology giants have been the scourge doing well. And not all big tech compa- were responsible for 60 percent of suits, patent was $165,000 in the second quar- and Acacia Research Corp is down over 9 of Silicon Valley. Reviled as patent trolls, nies are convinced of the change. Cisco up from 29 percent in 2010. Congress ter of 2014, down from $375,000 in 2012. percent. they have attacked everything from Systems Inc has been at the forefront of struck the first blow against these high- Some patents have withstood chal- Just three weeks after Alice was decid- Google’s online ads to Apple’s iPhone fea- the fight against infringement lawsuits volume plaintiffs in an overhaul of the lenges under the new legal rules, howev- ed, an Acacia Research subsidiary felt its tures, sometimes winning hundreds of and has not seen a drop in new suits in patent system. Starting in 2012, compa- er. Marathon Patent Group announced reach when a federal appeals court millions of dollars. But now the trolls are recent months, said General Counsel nies accused of infringement could ask last month that the US government backed the revocation of a patent on dig- in retreat from the tech titans, interviews Mark Chandler. Cisco will continue to the US Patent and Trademark Office to rejected a request by ARM Holdings to ital image processing, used to sue over and data reviewed by Reuters show. push for laws to stop warrantless law- invalidate patents used in litigation. The invalidate a Marathon patent. Marathon 30 tech firms. Acacia is appealing and In the wake of several changes in US suits, Chandler said. Others see the need reviews are much cheaper and faster is trading up 28 percent since mid-June. said that in general, its other patents will law, which make it easier to challenge diminishing. than court. Michael Friedman, managing director at not be impacted by Alice in the same software patents, patent prices are plum- The reviews proved popular-and dev- IP strategy firm Ocean Tomo, said patents way, since few deal with the kinds of soft- meting, the number of court fights is The birth of trolls astating for many patent owners. As of on widely used technology owned by ware methods Alice puts at risk. Still, down, and stock prices of many patent- Big tech companies distinguish June, the patent office was invalidating companies like IBM, Microsoft and Vella, Acacia’s CEO, said, said his company holding companies have fallen. Some between their own intellectual property, some or all of challenged patents’ claims Qualcomm, are still in a strong position sensed the changing legal landscape and tech firms say they are punching up which they fiercely protect, and those of at a rate of 80 to 90 percent, depending to seek licenses. But some companies is shifting its strategy, away from one- research budgets as legal costs shrink, their adversaries, which they often dis- on the type of review. Then, in June of whose business model depends on suc- patent cases to challenges based on sev- while support for major patent reform is miss as broadly worded and vague, this year, the Supreme Court unanimous- cessful litigation have seen their stock eral patents. —Reuters under fire as trolls get trounced. “Their allowing holders to sue all manner of ly ruled that a basic idea-not normally eli- entire business model relies on intimida- defendants. The big tech companies note gible for a patent- does not become tion, and that has lost its edge,” said Efrat that the patent acquisition companies patent-worthy if run on a computer. That Kasznik, president of intellectual proper- they label as trolls generally make no case, Alice vs. CLS Bank, has made it easi- ty consulting firm Foresight Valuation products but are solely in the business of er still to quash software patents, and at Group. “If the patents are not enforce- buying patents and litigating to enforce least 13 lower court rulings since then able in court anymore... the troll has no them. have done just that. legs to stand on.” The putative trolls see a different Brokers who work with the patent world. They buy patents from inventors Mounting evidence acquisition companies acknowledge the and each other, creating a marketplace New federal patent lawsuits last new climate. “In some cases, there are that checks big tech companies’ sway, month were down 40 percent from the just no current buyers for these patents and rely ultimately on a fair arbiter: previous year, to 329 cases, data from Lex at all,” said Robert Aronoff, founder of the courts. This can provide vital protection Machina show. Defendants are also fight- patent brokerage Pluritas, citing new for investors’ ideas, said Matt Vella, CEO of ing longer, driving up costs for the acqui- legal standards for the change. NetApp, a Acacia Research Corp, which contracts sition companies. In 2004, the median Silicon Valley maker of sophisticated data with owners to license their patents to time it took for a case that didn’t settle storage devices, last month used a new other companies. “I see it as a Robin was 467 days. By 2013, that had reached legal precedent to force a patent holder Hood function,” he said. If the so-called 673 days, according to Lex Machina. to pay its legal fees. The judge called the trolls had a birth date, it would be the Intellectual Ventures, one of the case “reckless and wasteful.” The new summer of 1994, when a federal appeals largest private patent buyers, laid off over playing field allows NetApp to spend court explicitly allowed computer pro- 20 percent of its workforce this year. The more on developing its own patents, as gram patents for the first time. company began with backing from big NEW YORK: Tara Bruno teaches New York pedestrians how to use Apple opposed to litigation defense. “It is free- In the ensuing years, software patents tech companies who saw it as an ally, but Pay, as part of a Visa/Chase promotion in New York, NY. The software is ing up dollars,” said Douglas Luftman, exploded, covering topics from Wi-Fi to some longtime investors including Apple NetApp’s chief intellectual property one-click shopping. So did patent law- and Intel declined to participate in its lat- available in the recently updated iPhone 6 software and accepted in counsel. suits. Last year, more than 6,000 patent est funding round. Intellectual Ventures 220,000 stores. It allows iPhone users to pay for purchases using their To be sure, not all litigious patent suits were filed, according to intellectual declined to comment. A survey of private iPhone’s NFC capabilities instead of using their credit card. —AFP Hungary plans a new tax on Internet traffic Protest grows in online community

BUDAPEST: Hungary plans to impose a new million gigabytes, which would generate rev- requires a business policy decision so it’s too tax on Internet data transfers, a draft 2015 tax enue of 175 billion forints under the new tax early to say much about that. The tax could, bill submitted to parliament late on Tuesday according to consultancy firm eNet. Traffic has however, boost uncertainty about a resump- showed, in a move that could hit Internet and probably grown since, eNet partner Gergely Kis tion of dividend payments at Magyar Telekom.” telecoms providers and their customers hard. told Reuters, so the tax could hit Internet Magyar Telekom did not immediately com- The draft tax code contains a provision for providers by more than 200 billion forints if left ment. The company recently said it would Internet providers to pay a tax of 150 forints unaltered. pay no dividend for 2014 in order to keep its (60 US cents) per gigabyte of data traffic, The entire internet service sector’s annual debt in check. Magyar Telekom shares traded though it would also let companies offset cor- revenue came to 164 billion forints at the end 2.6 percent lower at 0957 GMT, underper- porate income tax against the new levy. of 2013, according to the Central Statistics forming the blue chip index, which was down Within hours of the tax provision being Office (KSH). 0.7 percent. published over 100,000 people joined a The government’s low estimate of revenue The Association of IT, Telecommunications Facebook group protesting the levy, which may suggest it will impose a cap on the and Electronics Companies said in a statement they fear providers will pass on to them. amount of tax any single Internet provider will yesterday that the tax would force them to Thousands said they would rally against the have to pay. Index.hu quoted ruling Fidesz par- hike prices, which would reflect in consumer tax, which they said was excessive, outside the ty lawmaker Antal Rogan as saying there prices in general and hinder economic growth. Economy Ministry on Sunday. Prime Minister would be further changes to the tax, including “The real losers of the Internet tax are not Viktor Orban’s government has in the last few a cap, but he did not elaborate. A government the Internet companies but their clients, users, years imposed special taxes on the banking, spokesman was not immediately available for and all Hungarians who would now access the retail and energy sectors as well as on telecom- comment. services they have used much more expensive- munications providers to keep the budget ly, or in an extreme case, not at all,” the deficit in check, jeopardising profits in some Stock hit, internet users unite Association said. Balazs Nemes, one of those sectors of the economy and unnerving interna- Analysts at Equilor Securities said yesterday who began the Facebook page protesting the tional investors. that the Internet service market leader, move, said: “In more developed nations, broad- Economy Minister Mihaly Varga defended Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary Magyar Telekom band Internet access is considered part of BEIJING: Two men use smartphones in a shopping area in Beijing yesterday. the move on Tuesday, saying communications could expect to pay about 10 billion forints if human rights.” “Only the darkest dictatorships technology has changed the way people use there was no limit on the proposed tax. want to control the Internet either financially Apple CEO Tim Cook met a senior Chinese official yesterday, days after hack- telecom services and therefore the tax code “Although corporate taxes offset this amount or with raw power,” he said. “We pay VAT, the ers targeted the company’s iCloud service in an attack which an anti-censor- needed to be changed. His ministry said it Magyar Telekom has paid only 200-300 million Internet service providers pay corporate taxes, ship group claims originated in China. —AFP expects the tax to generate annual revenue of forints worth of such tax in recent years so what justifies making web use a luxury 20 billion forints. However, fixed-line Internet because its parent company used tax breaks,” when we do basic things like arranging med- traffic in Hungary reached 1.15 billion giga- Equilor noted. “The company could theoretical- ical appointments, university applications or Apple CEO meets Chinese bytes in 2013 and mobile internet added 18 ly pass on the burden to its clients but that banking online?” —Reuters official amid hacking row Big utilities pushing into booming solar market BEIJING: Apple CEO Tim Cook met a sen- launch. On Tuesday Apple acknowl- ior Chinese official yesterday, days after edged the hacking attempts but made NEW YORK: For years, the utilities allowed startups to underprice utilities. tems for about 3,000 homes. Also in reason to question the utility’s motives. hackers targeted the company’s iCloud no mention of China. “We’re aware of responsible for providing electricity to No-money-down solar leases also have Arizona, Fortis unit Tucson Electric Power “Are they actually trying to deploy lots of service in an attack which an anti-censor- intermittent organized network attacks the nation have treated residential solar made rooftop systems much more proposed this summer to give customers rooftop solar or are they just trying to kill systems as a threat. Now, they want a financially accessible, boosting demand. a fixed power rate in exchange for put- off the only competition they’ve ever ship group claims originated in China. using insecure certificates to obtain user piece of the action, and they are having ting panels on their rooftops. The plans had?” said Will Craven, a spokesman for Cook and Vice Premier Ma Kai information, and we take this very seri- to fight for the chance. If utilities If you can’t beat ‘em... first must be approved by the utility reg- TASC. “exchanged views on protection of users’ ously,” its statement said. The news embrace home solar, their deep pockets Some utilities, like Edison ulator, and the solar industry is fighting. To be sure, solar companies get their information” during a meeting at the rul- comes just weeks after a widely publi- and access to customers could transform International and NRG , already have The issue, according to The Alliance share of government support through ing Communist Party’s Zhongnanhai cised incident which allowed hackers to what has been a fast-growing, but niche entered the rooftop solar market for Solar Choice (TASC), a coalition of subsidies, and New York state recently industry. Solar powers only half a million through unregulated divisions, and solar leasing companies that includes agreed to invest $750 million in infra- leadership compound, the official access and post nude pictures of celebri- US homes and businesses, according to many utilities have bought huge solar SolarCity, SunRun and Verengo Solar, is structure and equipment purchases for a Xinhua news agency said. The pair “also ties including Jennifer Lawrence from solar market research firm GTM arrays. But a regulated utility rolling out that regulators set rates that guarantee SolarCity solar panel factory. SolarCity, exchanged views on strengthening their iCloud accounts. Research. But utility-owned rooftop sys- large amounts of rooftop solar is a new profits for utilities, giving them a financial backed by Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, cooperation in information and commu- Apple maintained that some celebrity tems represent a change the solar instal- idea. Pinnacle West Capital Corp unit advantage, in addition to their access to is the largest US residential installer with nication fields”, Xinhua said. accounts were compromised in a “targeted lation companies who dominate the Arizona Public Service (APS) in July pro- customers. They say APS’ record of trying about a third of the market. APS argues market don’t want, and whether the two posed to spend up to $70 million on sys- to impose fees on solar customers is a that its program isn’t intended to sup- An Apple spokesperson did not attack” to gain passwords, but that it found sides can compromise may determine if plant other means of going solar and is immediately respond to a request for no breach of iCloud or other Apple sys- residential solar truly goes mainstream. good for rate payers. For instance, the comment on the meeting. Cook is a fre- tems. Cook’s visit to China comes days after In Arizona, the state’s largest utility has utility can place panels in locations that quent visitor to China, where the iPhone Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg proposed putting solar panels on 3,000 will most improve grid stability. “This isn’t 6 was launched last week and where the whose site is banned in China along with customers’ homes, promising a $30 intended to be the one size fits all for monthly break on their power bills. In New solar,” said Marc Romito, manager of US tech giant’s products enjoy a devoted other popular social media platforms York, regulators are weighing allowing util- renewable energy at APS. Arizona is cur- following. During a trip to Shanghai last including Twitter and Instagram-was ities to get into the solar leasing business rently ground zero in the debate over January, Cook said he expects China to appointed to the advisory board of to meet the state’s aggressive plan to utility ownership of rooftop solar, but the surpass the United States to become Tsinghua University’s School of Economics incorporate more decentralized, renew- concept is being considered elsewhere. Apple’s largest market. Cook’s latest visit and Management (SEM) in Beijing. able power onto the grid. That’s a change New York is weighing allowing utili- from the industry’s recent skepticism of ties to own residential rooftop systems, comes days after the anti-censorship China’s Communist authorities main- residential solar. Last year, for example, the and regulated units of National Grid, group GreatFire.org claimed that tain a tight grip on public expression, but Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade Fortis, Iberdrola SA and Consolidated Chinese authorities had launched a Facebook officials have made frequent group, in a report described rooftop solar Edison Inc support the idea. An early “man-in-the-middle” attack interfering trips to Beijing in recent years, driving as a “disruptive challenge” that could draft of the plan issued last month said, with the iCloud service to try to obtain speculation that the world’s largest social squeeze revenue and profits as customers however, that utilities must demonstrate defected, leaving companies forced to why their rooftop solar would be better information from Chinese users. network may yet be eyeing a way into maintain grids that serve all. than the alternatives. Other states have “This is clearly a malicious attack on the market. The Tsinghua SEM advisory Residential solar grew 45 percent in faced resistance to utilities getting into Apple in an effort to gain access to user- board includes more than 60 top politi- the second quarter from the previous OUARZAZATE: A worker stands in front of a solar array that is rooftop solar as well. South Carolina earli- part of the Noor 1 solar power project in Ouarzazate. Morocco’s names and passwords and consequently cal and business leaders from China and year and installations are expected to er this year allowed utilities to offer solar first solar energy plant will begin operating in 2015, an official all data stored on iCloud such as abroad, among them Cook, Chinese Vice exceed 1 gigawatt this year, or about leases, although they cannot recover enough for 165,000 homes, according to said, as part of a multi-billion-euro project the oil-scarce king- costs from ratepayers and therefore will iMessages, photos, contacts, etc.,” the Premier Wang Qishan, Goldman Sachs GTM Research. That growth has been dom hopes will satisfy its growing energy needs. The Nour 1 have to run such programs through an group said, adding that the move chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein and underpinned by government subsidies plant cost 600 million euros ($765 million) and is expected to unregulated division, a condition insisted appeared to coincide with the iPhone Alibaba founder Jack Ma. —AFP and falling equipment costs that have have a capacity to generate 160 MW. —AFP on by solar installers. —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Red Cross head says Ebola travel bans ‘irrational’

BEIJING: Closing borders will not effec- some leaders, including some US law- “Those are not solutions. The only which so far has not recommended Department of Homeland Security tively curb Ebola infections, the head of makers, to urge a ban on travel from solution is how can we join our efforts blanket travel or trade restrictions on ratcheted up safeguards against Ebola the Red Cross said yesterday, amid West Africa. Elhadj As Sy, Secretary to contain those kinds of viruses and the West African countries, has warned on Tuesday, requiring travelers from debate over whether bans on travel General of the International Federation epidemics at their epicenter, right of 5,000-10,000 new cases of Ebola the three African countries to fly into from hardest-hit African countries of Red Cross and Red Crescent where they start.” Sy said he believed it globally every week by December. It has one of five major airports conducting would help combat the spread of the Societies (IFRC), said such restrictions was possible to contain the disease in said the outbreak constitutes an inter- enhanced screening for the virus. The deadly virus. This year’s outbreak of the would not make sense. “It (Ebola) cre- four to six months if proper practices national public health emergency and White House has said President highly infectious haemorrhagic fever ates a lot of fear and extreme panic were implemented, but that additional has urged the screening of passengers Barack Obama remains open to a trav- thought to have originated in forest that sometimes lead to very irrational investment in the West Africa’s health from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. el ban if public health experts advise bats is the worst on record, having type of behaviors and measures, like infrastructure would be needed to pre- Health experts warn that excessive it, but Obama has said if a ban was killed more than 4,500 people, mostly closing borders, cancelling flights, iso- vent future outbreaks. Sy joins world constraints on air travel could have implemented some travelers might in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. lating countries etc,” Sy told reporters leaders, including World Bank President severe economic consequences that attempt to enter the United States by Travelers from the region have in Beijing, where the IFRC, the world’s Jim Yong Kim, in voicing opposition could destabilize the region and pos- avoiding screening measures, which infected two people in the US state of largest humanitarian network, was against such travel restrictions. The sibly disrupt essential health and could lead to more Ebola cases, not Texas and one in Madrid, prompting holding a conference. World Health Organization (WHO), humanitarian services. The US fewer.—Reuters

Ebola gives US ‘preppers’ another reason to prepare for worst NEW YORK: With the closest known US meet teams of fellow survivalists at pre- cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles arranged locations, or, like Griffin, who has away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no no spouse or children, preparing to go it chances. If, as the former correctional offi- alone in the wilderness. cer fears, the virus spreads to hundreds of Stockpiling has led to shortages of a people, Griffin is headed to the woods. “I’ll range of survival gear, from food with a do what the English royalty did to survive shelf-life in excess of 20 years to imperme- the bubonic plague,” Griffin said, referring able medical suits, according to vendors. At to King Charles II’s flight to the countryside Cheaper Than Dirt, a leading online sur- during the Great Plague of London in 1665- vivalist retailer based in Texas, dozens of 66. “I’m going into the country.” varieties of freeze-dried meals are out of Griffin, 27, of Huntsville, Texas, is among stock, from packets of cheesy lasagna to a growing if loosely-defined segment of 60-serving buckets of mushroom Americans, known as “preppers,” who plan, stroganoff. train and stockpile in preparation for a nat- Supplies such as hazmat suits and pro- ural calamity or societal breakdown. For tective gloves - sometimes called Nuclear, many, the three cases of Ebola diagnosed Biological and Chemical (NBC) gear - are in the United States so far since late running low, said Richard Smith, general September represent a new potential disas- manager of The Survival Center, an online ter and a reason to run to the store. retailer in Washington state, about 1,500 Preppers are at the extreme edge of con- miles from Texas. Smith boasted of snag- cern over Ebola, which has led to a series of ging last week the final wholesale personal SPAIN: (From left) Spanish medics treating Ebola infected Spanish nurse Teresa Romero, Marta Mora, Fernando de la Calle, Jose Ramon Arribas false alarms driven by fear. Government protection suits and respirator masks to be and Marta Arsuaga give a press conference at Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.—AFP efforts to stop the virus spreading from the had on the West Coast. Using hazmat gear three worst-hit West African countries, without proper training is of limited bene- where more than 4,500 have died, include fit, said magazine editor DeNiro, who has some travel restrictions and enhanced encouraged his readers to stock up on at Two cured in US, Spain, screening at airports. least six months of food. Chad Huddleston, an anthropologist at “Buying NBC equipment and not learn- the University of Southern Illinois at ing how to use it properly is like buying a Edwardsville, who studies preppers and gun and ammunition and never practicing as Ebola crisis widens estimates their numbers in the United with it,” he said. Many preppers, who have States in the low hundreds of thousands, focused their planning on everything from said those he has talked to are more con- solar storms and earthquakes to nuclear WASHINGTON: A US photojournalist joined a slightly ease concerns in the United States, but ‘Happy to be alive’ cerned with undue public fear than with holocaust, are skeptical of government - a Spanish nurse in being declared free of Ebola on authorities are also responding to public pres- Mukpo, who was working for NBC News in contracting Ebola. The virus was diagnosed view that dovetails with concerns, voiced Tuesday, as the United States tightened restric- sure with stricter controls for travelers from Monrovia, Liberia when he fell ill, will go home in a Liberian visitor who was infected in his by lawmakers and medical experts, that US tions on travelers from the West African coun- affected countries. One Liberian with Ebola from the hospital yesterday. In a statement, the home country and two nurses who treated authorities mishandled the response to the tries at the epicenter of the outbreak. And in arrived in Dallas, Texas and infected at least two 33-year-old American said he was humbled by him at a Dallas, Texas hospital when he was virus when it emerged at a Texas hospital. West Africa, medical charity MSF, at the forefront US health workers before dying, piling pressure his recovery. “Too many are not as fortunate and dying and at his most contagious. Both At a prepper and self-defense school in of the Ebola fight, announced Tuesday it had on President Barack Obama’s government to lucky as I’ve been. I’m very happy to be alive.” nurses have been moved out of the state south Florida, fear over Ebola has meant a saved a 1,000th patient from the deadly virus. impose a flight ban. New measures will go into Eight people including Mukpo have or are being for treatment in hospitals equipped to treat rush of students, about 54 in the past two The survivor stories, however, came as cases effect today that will see passengers arriving in treated for Ebola in the United States, one of Ebola patients. weeks, to take a primer course on how to continued to soar in West Africa, where more the United States from the worst-affected three whom, a man from Liberia, has died. US preppers have their roots in Cold avoid contracting the virus, said David than 4,500 people have died. The epidemic, West African countries funneled into five air- Two nurses, infected while treating the War-era civil defense programs, said D’Eugenio, founder of the HomeSafety which is proving fatal in 70 percent of cases, is ports with extra health checks. Liberian man, remain hospitalized, but the Vincent DeNiro, editor of Prepper & Shooter Academy in Lake Park. “For the past week, I already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. There are no direct scheduled flights to the National Institutes of Health said one, Nina magazine. The movement’s profile rose can’t even tell you what our hours are like Experts warn the infection rate could reach United States from the three countries at the Pham, is faring better, with her status “upgraded thanks in part to the National Geographic with all the people coming through,” he 10,000 a week by early December, The hemor- heart of the Ebola epidemic, but travelers from from fair to good.” Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Channel TV show “Doomsday Preppers,” said. An avid prepper and retired firefighter rhagic fever, for which there is no licensed vac- the region can transfer through African and Georgia, which is treating the second nurse, and includes strains as disparate as off-grid in West Palm Beach, Florida, Bob Boike, cine or cure, has hit hardest in Liberia, Sierra European hubs. However, a number of US law- Amber Vinson so far has not given an update on homesteaders in the Great Plains, wilder- who attends D’Eugenio’s school, believes Leone and Guinea, but several isolated cases makers from both parties insisted the measures her condition. In Spain, the nurse who was the ness experts in the Mountain West and that an Ebola outbreak in the United States among health workers in Spain and the United did not go far enough. They sought a suspen- first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has also suburbanites across the country with will likely be averted, but he is taking no States raised fears of the epidemic spreading sion of visas from the three hardest hit countries, been cured, doctors said Tuesday. Teresa caches of food and guns. chances. Boike, 58, who co-leads of a team globally. The World Health Organization said and some urging a 21-day quarantine for Romero, 44, was one of the nursing staff at the Tuesday it would probe complaints that it had Carlos III hospital who treated two elderly of 32 preppers and their families, with mul- Americans exposed to Ebola. been slow to wake up to the scale of Ebola, but Spanish missionaries who caught the disease in Stockpiling and planning tiple secret locations provisioned to last “Containment is the key to stopping the For many of them, gearing up for Ebola them a year or more, has stocked up on insisted the focus now must be on battling the Africa and died in Madrid in August and spread of this highly contagious and deadly has meant fortifying their stocks of freeze- water and canned food, having already epidemic. “We believe in the virtue of trans- September. And in Liberia, Medecin Sans disease,” said a group of 16 lawmakers who dried food, water, filtration devices and socked away an ample supply of masks, parency and accountability. WHO will do that, Frontiers (MSF-Doctors Without Borders) said 18- hazardous material, or hazmat, suits, which gloves and other medical supplies, he said. but in the future. Now our focus is on the have worked as doctors or nurses in a letter to year-old Kollie James, was, “out of all the patients experts say can be useless if not taken off “This is our insurance for if and when there response,” she told reporters in Geneva. Critics Obama. Obama has urged against Ebola “hys- cared for in MSF’s projects in Guinea, Sierra properly. Some are also honing plans to is societal breakdown,” Boike said.—Reuters have questioned why WHO only declared an teria” and cited experts saying a travel ban Leone and Liberia, ... the one thousandth sur- international health emergency in August, eight would be counterproductive. Travelers from vivor.” James’s father Alexander, who worked as a months after the epidemic began in Guinea. affected regions would simply change their health officer for MSF, said he had lost his wife, travel plans to evade screening, he said, mak- two daughters and a brother to the killer dis- Fujifilm says boosting US tightens travel restrictions ing Ebola even harder to track. He met with his ease. “Of course, I am so happy to have Kollie The recovery of Ashoka Mukpo, the US free- newly named Ebola response coordinator, Ron still, but it’s hard not to think of all those who are supply of Ebola drug lance cameraman who fell ill in Liberia, may Klain, yesterday. no longer with us,” he said.—AFP

TOKYO: Fujifilm shares rose in Tokyo on licensed treatment for the Ebola virus, Tuesday after it said it would increase its which has killed more than 4,500 in Beijing’s focus on coal lost in haze of smog supply of an experimental Ebola drug to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases help stem the spread of the virus. The have also been reported in the United firm’s shares ended 0.17 percent higher States and Spain. BEIJING: The soaring, grimy chimneys of the coal-fired power station have belched the last of at 3,398.5 yen on the Tokyo Stock The World Health Organization gave their choking fumes into Beijing’s air, authorities Exchange after jumping more than four the green light in August for experimen- say-but experts doubt the plan will ease the cap- percent earlier in the day. The broader tal treatments to be used in the out- ital’s smog. The 50-year-old Gaojing facility is market tumbled 2.03 percent. Fujifilm break, but there are limited stocks avail- one of four enormous generating plants authori- said late Monday it would increase its able. Some research papers report that ties promised to close after the city was repeat- stock of Avigan, which has been given to Avigan has been effective in testing with edly blanketed by acrid haze. Levels of PM2.5 several patients who were evacuated mice, the company said. The govern- particulates, the smallest and most dangerous, from Ebola-hit West Africa to Europe. ments of France and Guinea are planning rose to 16 times World Health Organization rec- Fujifilm said it has enough Avigan to conduct clinical trials with Avigan in ommended limits across Beijing over the past tablets-approved as an influenza drug in mid-November, it said. “If this clinical trial week, the toxic smog forcing hundreds of ath- Japan-to treat 20,000 people and shows the efficacy and safety of Avigan letes to don masks for Sunday’s annual enough of its active ingredient for tablets as treatment (for the Ebola virus), marathon. 300,000 treatments. The company did Fujifilm is expected to receive requests World leaders including presidents Barack not say by how much it would increase to provide the products for large-scale Obama and Vladimir Putin are due to descend its finished stock of the drug. There is no clinical use,” it said.—AFP on the city for an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-oper- ation summit next month, when temporary industrial closures and a public sector holiday have been declared. Around a quarter of the capital’s electricity is produced from coal, and in the long term municipal authorities aim to switch to cleaner energy sources. A pristine gas-fired plant that became opera- BEIJING: This photo taken on October 20, 2014 shows a cyclist wearing a mask on a heavily tional earlier this year, the Beijing Northwest polluted day.—AFP Thermoelectric Centre, stands near the Gaojing sumption by 9.2 million tons before 2016. that by cutting these four power plants Beijing’s facility, its shiny steel structure glistening in the smog is going to go away, which is anything sun. But at the same time China is opening a ‘War on pollution’ but.” new coal-fired power plant every week, accord- Premier Li Keqiang declared a nationwide China will need as much as 400 percent more ing to environmental campaign group “war on pollution” in March, officials talk of energy by 2030 to power its developing econo- Greenpeace, with 159 under construction and “green cities”, and the central government has my, currently the world’s second-largest, another 337 in the pipeline. The Gaojing plant’s repeatedly pledged to cut the proportion of Brubaker said. Increasing urbanization will see shutdown was announced earlier this year, but a electricity generated from coal. But it shies away cities’ energy footprint “absolutely explode”, he month later clouds of steam still emerged from from promising to reduce the total amount con- added. Writing in the Lancet last year, former its cooling towers and staff were unconcerned sumed, and observers say the plant closures’ Chinese health minister Chen Zhu cited studies that they might lose their livelihoods. overall effect on the Beijing environment will be showing air pollution caused up to 500,000 pre- “We are going to work at other power sta- limited. mature deaths a year in the country. “It is very tions,” said Cheng Mengxiong, one of scores of “Smog comes into the city, as well as being clear that China needs to start economic reform workers at the site. “There will be a newly built produced by the city itself, so it may actually to not have only a better environment but also a coal power station in Hebei,” the province neigh- have zero net effect and we may not notice any- more healthier economy,” said Huang Wei, boring Beijing, he added. PM2.5 levels soared to thing different than before,” said Richard Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner in almost 40 times the maximum recommended Brubaker, professor in sustainability at the China Beijing. “The public is paying a lot of health ‘bur- limit during a heavy bout of pollution last year, Europe International Business School in den’ to live in such kind of environment and the sparking widespread anger among the capital’s Shanghai. “We are talking about four power economy is facing a lot of problems because of 21 million population. In response Beijing plants from about 2,200-2,300 across China,” he the huge over-capacity of steel, cement and JAPAN: Anti-influenza Avigan Tablets produced by Japan’s Fujifilm†are displayed in authorities announced plans to slash coal con- Tokyo.—AFP added. “There are many people out there saying glass industries.” —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Doctors who helped paralyzed man seek new patients WROCLAW: A team of doctors who helped cedure on two or three patients and we’ll rehabilitation, and the passage of time, they a paralyzed man get back on his feet by see,” Jarmundowicz told a news conference say. Fidyka attended the news conference, transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into in Wroclaw. in a wheelchair, as feats of his recovered his spinal cord said they were seeking new The doctors plan to set up a website in mobility were relayed by the doctors in patients so they could establish their break- Polish and another in English to advertise video presentations. Visibly surprised by the through was not a one-off. The doctors said for volunteers. The technique, described as amount of attention his case was attracting, yesterday they would advertise via the a breakthrough by a study in the journal he apologised for his hoarse voice, which he Internet for volunteers with similar injuries Cell Transplantation, involved transplanting said came from talking to journalists. He to their patient, Dariusz Fidyka from Poland, what are known as olfactory ensheathing recalled how in 2011, a year after he was who was paralyzed from the chest down cells into the patient’s spinal cord and con- stabbed, he made his first appointment to after being stabbed in the back by his part- structing a “nerve bridge” between two see Dr. Pawel Tabakow, one of the team that ner’s ex-husband in 2010. He can now walk stumps of the damaged spinal column. later treated him. “His hair stood on end - he with the aid of a frame. The pioneering research was led by didn’t expect a patient with such an injury,” “For the next stages of our research we’ll Geoffrey Raisman, a professor at University Fidyka said. need patients who have suffered a spinal College London’s institute of neurology, “Now I can move my left leg, I have cord injury caused by a sharp object, like a who worked with surgeons at Wroclaw more feeling in my right leg, I feel warmth knife, or a machete,” said Wlodzimierz University Hospital. However, specialists in and cold, different physiological and sex- Jarmundowicz, a neurosurgeon from the field have cautioned that success with ual functions are coming back. I could live Wroclaw, western Poland, who was part of one patient is too soon to conclude that the in a flat on my own. With certain modifi- POLAND: Surgeon Pawel Tabakow and his patient Dariusz Fidyka (in the wheel- the Polish-British team that treated Fidyka. treatment could be of wider benefit. In cations, I can drive.” “There are peaks and chair) give a press conference at the University Hospital in Wroclaw yesterday to “The little light bulb at the end of the tunnel some cases patients see significant troughs, but it’s all going in the right comment on the medical procedure that helped paralyzed Fidyka to walk has gone on but we need to repeat the pro- improvement in function purely through direction.”—Reuters again.—AFP Big strides made in fighting TB: WHO

PARIS: The known tally of people (deaths per 100,000 people per it said. Of last year’s nine million with tuberculosis rose last year but year) has fallen by 45 percent since new TB cases, India accounted for overall “major progress” is being 1990 and TB incidence (new cases 24 percent and China for 11 per- made in rolling back the disease, per 100,000 people per year) are cent. A quarter were in African, the World Health Organization decreasing in most parts of the which also had the highest death (WHO) said yesterday. “The 2015 world.” The report added: “TB is rates. Millennium Development Goal slowly declining each year and it is (MDG) of halting and reversing TB estimated that 37 million lives were UN goals incidence has been achieved glob- saved between 2000 and 2013 The MDG set by UN members in ally, in all six WHO regions and in through effective diagnosis and 2000 is a broad goal of reversing most of the 22 high TB-burden treatment.” Good news includes the disease by 2015. The WHO later countries,” it said. More effort is new diagnostic tools to get patients set a tougher target under its 2006- needed, though, it said: “The death on to treatment faster, and more 2015 “Stop TB” strategy: deaths and toll from the disease is still unac- investment in drug research and prevalence rates should be halved ceptably high.” development. “For the first time in from 1990 levels by the end of In 2013, there were nine million four decades, new TB drugs are 2015. By the end of 2013, the fall new cases of tuberculosis and 1.5 starting to emerge from the was around 45 and 41 percent million deaths worldwide, including pipeline, and combination regi- respectively, so “progress needs to 360,000 people co-infected with mens that include new compounds accelerate,” the WHO said. To fight HIV, the agency said in an annual TB are being tested in clinical trials,” TB successfully, $8 billion (6.24 bil- report. The total marked an the report said. lion) is needed every year, it said. increase from 2012, but only “There are several TB vaccines in Funding in 2014 was $6.3 billion. In because the first detailed figures Phase I or Phase II trials. For the 2013, treating a patient with con- were now available for Nigeria, the time being, however, a vaccine that ventional TB cost between $100 most populous nation in Africa, and is effective in preventing TB in and $500, while MDR-TB cost an some other countries. In 2012, an adults remains elusive.” The report average $9,235 in poor countries estimated 8.6 million people world- turned the spotlight on the cam- but $48,553 in upper middle- wide were infected with TB and 1.3 paign against multidrug-resistant income countries. The MDGs will be million lives were lost, according to (MDR) TB-strains that thwart front- supplanted by Sustainable last year’s report. “These large num- line antibiotics and are extremely Development Goals due to be bers of TB cases and death notwith- expensive to treat. The proportion finalised next September. One pro- standing, 21 years on from the... of new MDR TB cases was stable last posed target is to “end the epi- OYSHO danced Zumba declaration of TB as a global public year at 3.5 percent, though “much demics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malar- health emergency, major progress higher levels of resistance and poor ia, and neglected tropical dis- has been made,” said the update. treatment outcomes are of major eases.”—AFP with Kuwait Media “Globally, the TB mortality rate concern in some parts of the world,”

KUWAIT: Driven by its core objective to spread a OYSHO brand manager Luma Frayeh, was very healthy living concept leading to a balanced life keen to attend the Zumba challenge, she comment- British doctors to get bonus OYSHO, the leading Spanish brand have organized an ed: “We are very happy to celebrate our Zumba chal- “OYSHO Zumba Challenge” for Media ladies in Kuwait lenge with Kuwait media today, OYSHO encourages a for dementia diagnoses at the pioneer ALTA gym located in Kuwait City. healthy well being and we are definitely glad to see Oysho Zumba Challenge entertaining competi- the change, people now are aware of the importance tion aimed at encouraging people to enjoy a healthy of maintaining a balanced life, and we at OYSHO LONDON: Britain’s National Health “Good GPs (general practitioners) an average of 12 per doctor’s practice- yet fun workout. At first, Media ladies were trained believe that being healthy is not just a state but a Service came under fire yesterday for will be diagnosing their dementia who could benefit from a more timely by one of Alta’s Gym professional instructors. On the lifestyle. People should not be obliged to follow this setting up a temporary bonus scheme patients already. This seems to be diagnosis. The £5 million being made rhythm of the upbeat Latino Music the ladies lifestyle but should celebrate following it”. of for family doctors who refer rewarding poor GPs,” she said. “It is available for the scheme comes on enjoyed a fun and effective workout that targeted Following the Zumba challenge, the ladies patients with cases of dementia. The putting a bounty on the head of cer- top of an existing project launched every single body muscle, but that was just the indulged themselves to a healthy buffet while enjoy- new measure is the first example of a tain patients.” The bonuses amount to last year costing £42 million and a fur- reward for doctors for individual diag- £55 (70 euros, $88) for each case. But ther £31 million in incentives already beginning. The real fun started with the Zumba chal- ing the Atlas panoramic view of Kuwait. The Zumba noses and is due to last six months as Martin McShane, NHS England’s direc- offered to family doctors for the care lenge, when each lady was asked to perform a solo challenge is another activity that confirms OYSHO’s part of a drive to overcome under- tor for long term conditions, said the of patients after diagnosis. Fewer than Zumba for one minute. The best performer was cho- commitment towards the society and health, and it’s reporting of the condition. Katherine measure was “to ensure that people half of the 800,000 people estimated sen by a committee of the Zumba instructor and two definitely not the last. To OYSHO, when the necessity Murphy, head of the Patients living with dementia are identified”. to have dementia in Britain know they OYSHO representatives, and won a very special gift of a healthy lifestyle meets the power of human will, Association, said it was “a distortion of The public health agency estimates suffer from it, according to health from Oysho. a bright future will be born. good medical practice”. that there are around 90,000 patients- campaigners.—AFP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

The Ambassador of the Republic of the Union of Mynamar Aye Khaing hosted a dinner to celebrate the lighting festival at his residence. Diplomats, friends and media persons attended the reception. OSN conducts anti-TV piracy workshop for Bahraini Ministry officials

SN, the region’s leading pay-TV net- property rights of legal content providers. The aspects of TV piracy and enabling them to The session covered the different forms of ed equipment, servers and illegal decoders work, organised an in-depth workshop workshop was aimed at strengthening aware- identify and take prompt action against the TV piracy including illegal cables, the use of that are used primarily to pirate South Asian Ofor the officials of various Bahraini ness among all stakeholders on the various perpetuators.” hybrid decoders and digital piracy. Experts satellite television content. Ministries and government departments on underlined the negative impact of TV piracy OSN will continue to organise need-based the adverse economic impact of TV piracy and on the local economy, with millions of dinars workshops to mobilise further support for the ways to identify its different forms. being lost in exclusive rights by satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition’s initiatives. Other gov- Security experts from OSN, which also providers. ernment departments are also being identi- spearheads the Anti-Piracy Coalition with They also explained how the menace fied for potential sessions. OSN plans to leading satellite service providers, conducted impacts young talent who are deprived of fair extend the programme to other key markets the insightful session. More than 25 officials opportunities to pursue careers in the TV in the region including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait took part in the workshop, including high- industry as piracy stifles the growth of the cre- and Oman. ranking representatives from Customs and ative industry. The trainers pointed out that TV Industry reports claim that piracy costs the Police including the Director of Press and piracy is also leading to lesser investment of TV industry over US$500 million per year. Publication from the Information Affairs funds and resources by corporates, which in South Asian services Dish-TV, TataSky, Sun Authority. turn has a potential impact on job creation Direct, Airtel and Reliance decoders are all ille- David Butorac, CEO of OSN, said: “We are and the growth of several industries associat- gal in the MENA region. thankful to the Bahraini authorities for their ed with the TV industry. The Anti-Piracy Coalition has launched a continued support to our efforts in curbing TV The Information Affairs Authority of campaign called ‘Do the Right Thing,’ encour- piracy. It is extremely important to stay one- Bahrain has been extending support to the aging illegal pay-TV subscribers to swap their step up in the game against pirates by under- Anti-Piracy Coalition having undertaken sever- service for a legitimate OSN set-top box. For standing how they utilise digital technology al raids at the offices of dealers as well as in more information, please visit: and new platforms to violate the intellectual hotels and worker camps. They have confiscat- www.dotherightthing.me

Greetings Kala painting competition on November 14 irthday wishes to Edgar Lagmay ala (Art) Kuwait has scheduled to conduct its Group ‘C” from 5th to 8th Standard and Group ‘D” from Joseph as Registration Convener. Bwho will cele- prestigious program “NIRAM-2014” painting 9th to 12th Standard. Besides the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Merit Prizes, Ten per- brate his birthday KCompetition under the patronage of Sunil Jain, The media for Group ‘A” and ‘B” will be Crayons while cent of the participants will be awarded with consola- tomorrow (Oct 24). May the Ambassador of India, on the occasion of Children’s Group”C” and ‘D” are Water Colors. Crayons and water tion prizes. The winners are liable to prove their age you have more birth- Day celebration by marking the birth day of the First colors shall be brought by the participants. Stamped group with relevant documents in case the Organizers days to come, more Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on Drawing papers will be supplied by the Organizers. requested so. Parents also have the opportunity to win candles to blow, and Friday, 14th November 2014 at Indian Community Clay Modeling Competition also will be conducted for prizes for Open Canvas Painting. have a good health. School, Khaitan, at 2.00pm. 7th to 11th Standard Students. Clay will be provided Students can register their names through websites Greetings coming from The program consists of painting competition for by the Organizers. The Marathon Open Canvas www.kalakuwait.net, For further details can contact by your loving wife Mharvic, family and friends. Indian school students and a “Marathon Open Canvas Painting is conducting in a view to display everyone’s e-mail [email protected] and the following tele- Painting” for the other attendees including parents, vis- views and talents through their vivid creations. phone numbers 99489078, 97959072, 97982935, itors and guests. The Painting Competition will be con- For the successful conduct of the program, a 97219439 according to Hassan Koya, President CRYchess 2014 ducted in four different age groups. Group ‘A” from LKG Reception Committee has been formed headed by Kala(Art) Kuwait and Mukesh VP, General Secretary, to 1st Standard, Group ‘B” from 2nd to 4th Standard, Samkutty Thomas as General Convener and Jaison Kala (Art) Kuwait. riends of CRY Club (FOCC), announces plans for 2014 Chess Tournament for children of all ages upto high- Fschool. “CRYchess 2014” will be held at the Salmiya Indian Model School (SIMS), Salmiya, Kuwait,on Friday, 28th November 2014, from 0930 - 1630 hrs. The players will be allocated groups by their age, to play in the Swiss pairing format. For more details, registration forms, Rules of CRYChess 2014, please visit www.focckwt.org or contact FOCC members. Sponsors are also welcome to encourage the participating young chess players. The last date for regis- tration is Saturday, the 22nd November 2014. Children of all ages and various nationalities competed in the annual event which had some of those participating over and over every year. “With CRY everyone wins” is the slogan FOCC carries. The players are paired in the Swiss Pairing System, which is used in many international chess tournaments. All the chil- dren play all the 5 rounds.

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All photos submitted for What’s On GUST launches Gustivity campaign should be minimum 200dpi. Articles must be in plain text and he Gulf University for Science and dents, staff and faculty won free items attitude at GUST through passion, sim- feel-good benefits. These benefits Technology (GUST) Office of over the week. plicity, meaningful ideas and exercises to include physical benefits like stronger should include name and phone TStudent Life (OSL) has launched its Initiative driven to spread a positive create a more positive environment immune systems, lower blood pressure GUSTIVITY (G+) Campaign all over the where we help GUST students discover and more energy; psychological benefits numbers. Articles and photos that university campus in a collaboration with their inner positivity and set a benchmark like higher levels of positivity, joy and fail to meet these requirements will Alnowair. The campaign’s main goal is for other educational institutions in optimism; and even social benefits like promote and spread positivity across the Kuwait. This can also equip GUST stu- becoming more helpful, compassionate not be published. university campus. The campaign is a dents with various tools and idea that and forgiving. Many activities and exer- yearlong initiative that will focus on spe- they can use in their personal life. cises will take place on campus to cele- cific forms of positivity throughout the October has been assigned as the brate Gratitude throughout the month of Please send them to year. month of Gratitude in the campaign. The October at GUST. The campaign teaser which launched idea behind this stems from a University Alnowair and GUST teams genuinely [email protected] last week was a series of small gifts from of California - Berkeley research study believes that positivity helps in living a the various shops and eating establish- which found that people who practice better life and can lead to fulfillment and ments across campus where random stu- gratitude consistently report a host of happiness. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Stomp to present seven shows at Ice Skating Rink

By Nawara Fattahova glad to host their performance at the Ice Skating Rink. tickets early if they want to make sure of getting a seat due Jordan in the Middle East,” he added. Through this performance, we aim to provide special to the high interest in these shows. The price ranges from Omar Al-Samarai, Supervisor of the Ice Skating Rink, tomp, an international band, is presenting shows in entertainment to citizens and expats of all ages,” said Saqer KD 15 to 75,” concluded Bader. said these shows will be held in the big rink only, which is Kuwait from Oct 22 to 25, 2014 at the Ice Skating Al-Bader, Acting PR and Marketing, TEC, during a press con- Shiham Shihada, Executive Director of Event Mania, not- closed for this period to hold the shows, but lovers of ice SRink. Seven shows will be presented over four days, ference on Tuesday at the Ice Skating Rink. ed these shows are for the whole family. “The show pre- skating can still enjoy their favorite hobby at the small rink and each show is an hour and 40 minutes long. The shows Stomp is presenting a musical show without using sented by Stomp is a mix between the past and present in which is open to the public as usual. are presented by Event Mania in association with Stomp musical instruments. “The band consisting of eight artists is a funny way. The actors are using primitive objects to pro- Yamama Obaid, Marketing Manager of Event Mania, Production and Glynis Henderson Production, and spon- a presenting kinetic performance with music using various duce the amazing sounds accompanied by artistic dances noted that the company did a feasibility study and are sored by Touristic Enterprises Company (TEC), Al Mulla objects like brooms, sinks, barrels, buckets, shopping trol- in a comic style,” he pointed out. Stomp has presented optimistic about the high attendance. “We are always seek- Rental and Leasing, Swiss Belhotel Plaza and City Pages. leys, basketballs, newspapers and others, which makes the shows in many countries. “This is the first performance of ing new activities to present to people in Kuwait. So “Stomp is a popular band from the UK who have won a show more exciting,” he added. Tickets are available at the Stomp in Kuwait. The band has performed in London, New instead of traveling abroad, they can enjoy the shows here Grammy award in addition to other awards and we are Ice Skating Rink or online. “I advise people to book their York and many other places including Dubai, Lebanon and in Kuwait,” she explained. Dr Jacquelyn Elliott gives Change Management presentation at GUST

he Gulf University for Science both professional and personal employees to change for the better. and Technology (GUST) organ- advancement. She touched on the importance of Tized a presentation on “Culture Dr. Elliot’s main theme was “the involving people in the change of Change and Change Management” only constant is change” and that peo- process so that they can all be aligned by Dr Jacquelyn D. Elliott, Ed.D., ple should adapt with it in order to and connected to the vision and mis- International Liaison Specialist at grow and develop as individuals and sion of the institution and believe in University of Missouri St. Louis as an institution. She spoke about the change; this in order to make it a success. Within the presentation, Dr. Elliot also talked about the reasons why people resist change, the quali- ties of effective leaders, what to expect when dealing with change and emotional responses to change which she noted that leaders should be aware of and expect them from their employees and therefore deal with them efficiently. An important concept discussed in the presentation was Kotter’s 8 Step Model, which is the best known mod- el for change management, which are: BMCAAK launches website create urgency, form a powerful coali- tion, create a vision for change, com- ishop Moore College Alumni Association of Kuwait Shyam Sivan (Jt Secretary), Mathew Karror (Jt. Treasurer), municate the vision, remove obsta- (BMCAAK) launched the website Jobin Babu (Web master), Satheesh C. Pillai, Philip Thomas cles, create short-term wins, build on www.bmckuwait.org in a meeting held at Abassiya. Kattanam, Manoj K. John Mannar, Babu Gopan & Vinu the change and anchor the changes in B The website was inaugurated by Innocent M.P (Parliament Oommen also attended the inauguration function. corporate culture. Member of Chalakudy & cine actor) by launching the web- Bishop Moore College is situated at Kallumala, At the end of the presentation, Dr. site through the browser. The website was developed and Mavelikara in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. Bishop (UMSL), GUST’s partner university. The change sponsors who should have Elliott briefly addressed the Faculty designed by Jobin Babu. The details of Bishop Moore Moore College Alumini is a non-political and non-commu- presentation focused on faculty facing power to make change, fearlessness, Fellowships, where GUST faculty got College Alumni is also available in the site. nal voluntary organization consisting of old students & a barrage of change every day from vision, public and private roles within the opportunity to ask questions Babuji Bethery welcomed him. Sam Pynummodu, their family members from Bishop Moore College, to pro- political, administrative, and curricular change, be able to sacrifice, and excel about the program which encourages Francis Lawrence (President), Parimanam Manoj (General vide a social set up where in members can assemble, meet demands. The session focused on at performance management to effec- research between GUST and UMSL Secretary), Jerry John Koshy, John Mathew (Treasurer), and foster closer relationship. change and change management for tively steer an institution and its faculty.

Grand IIK Diwali Mela gives a Festive mood in Kuwait

he Indian community together celebrated Mela. The Mela was officially inaugurated by H E Mr Felicitation Ceremony for the winner of ited at the Mela. Fancy dress completion for kids bought a real live to the Mela with variety of game the Mega Community event ‘IIK Diwali Mela’ Sunil Jain Ambassador of India to Kuwait and Independence Day Supplement Quiz contest was and Kids Fashion show was an added attraction in stalls and surprising prizes. DJ Cheslie ( Audio There at Salmiya Indian Model School with gai- Madam Dr Gargi Jain by lighting the lamp in pres- also held during the function. The winner for the the event. The enthusiasm and zeal with which the Tonic) and his group kept crowds mood upbeat ety and enthusiasm. Irrespective of region and reli- ence of Mr Shehzad Gidwani, General Manager of Contest Mr Amith Krishnan received a Rado Watch. children and their parents participated and per- with their selection of latest footapping music. gion, more than 5000 family crowd gathered Morad Behbehani Group, Mrs Anju Gidwani and Mr Early Bird Raffle draw Lucky Winner received an formed was extremely commendable. People were really surprised by valuable spot throughout the day on Friday, 17th to be part of Sunoj Nambiar from IndiansinKuwait.com. HE Sunil exclusive Belmain watch from the sponsor Tik Tok. Felicitation of the participating Associations prizes and the regular raffles every hour though the mega event, which was bought out by the Jain wished Diwali greetings to the community. “I Welcome dance of Vinayaka Koutham was per- with mementos was done during the day. Winners out the day. The valuable prizes were sponsored by community portal IndiansinKuwait.com to cele- am happy to see such a large gathering here and formed by Dikshita Samudrala of Natya Veda of IIK Supplement “Tiranga” Contribution also Tik Tok. This kept the event entertaining. brate the ‘Festival of Lights’. thank IndiansinKuwait.com for providing such an school founded by Kuchpudi Dance Guru Smt. received prizes at the IIK Diwali Mela. Prize distribution of all the competitions held As the name suggests Diwali Mela, was indeed opportunity”, he said while inaugurating the event. Veda Valli Prasad. Cultural dances performed by Various dances from Dancing Divas, Heart throughout the day at the mela was done at the a gathering of all Indian Associations and people As a noble cause IndiansinKuwait.com, IWIK and various associations captivated the audience Beats, Punjabi Bangada Dance and Jankar Dance end of the program. Friends of Kannur Expat from all walks of life who enjoyed the Carnival Golden Era Club together contributed a cheque of throughout the day. Maharashtra Mandal Kuwait, Academy captivated the audience. Association, FOKE, with a Kerala themed stall at the atmosphere with plenty of Entertainment, Diwali Rupees 2 Lakhs to the Ambassador for the Prime Telugu Kala Samithi, Bengali Association and One of the highlight of the Diwali Mela was the Diwali Mela bagged prize for the Best Stall. Mr Gifts, Food, Shopping and games. Ministers National Relief Fund. Friends of Kannur Expat Association actively partic- amazing Flash Mob performance by D’ illusions Wilson D’Souza proposed vote of thanks. The colourful Rangoli Competition gave the fes- Sponsors of the Event were given mementos ipated in the full day Mela. The Bihu dance by dance troupe. People at the Mela were treated to a The event did not end there. The Dandiya Raas tive beginning to the Mela. Around 10 teams partic- from IIK. The Main Sponsor for the Mela was Tik Assam Association mesmerized the audience. surprise as a group of young dancers emerged at the end for the audience kept the entertainment ipated in this competition which was sponsored by Tok. Al Muzaini Exchange Co. & American Tourister The Mela brought all Indian Associations from the crowds to take part in the amazing flash going. The whole family gathered at the Diwali Hussain & Qaisar Int Ltd Co. Delicious and creative were the Gold Sponsors. Associate sponsors were together in a common platform to showcase their mob. Starting from few dancers the group quickly Mela participated in the Dandiya Raas. Dandiyas Diwali Mithais’ prepared by the participants at the Kuwait Automotive Import Co, KDD - Provita, rich culture through various programs and stalls. grew, with performers emerging from all corners of were provided by Tik Tok. The mood recreated the ‘Holiday Inn - Jamawar Indian Restaurant Mithai Oriental Insurance, Abbott Nutrition and Shifa Al Colourful and attractive Diwali Lanterns made by the crowd as bystanders looked both delighted true Indian festive atmosphere at Salimya Indian Competition’ welcomed the crowed at IIK Diwali Jazeera medical centre. the students of various Indian schools were exhib- and bemused. The dynamic kids from D’illusions Model School premise. TV PROGRAMS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

02:00 Antiques Roadshow 03:20 Art Attack 05:00 England Women v South 02:50 Bargain Hunt 03:45 Art Attack 03:35 Homes Under The Hammer 04:10 Jungle Junction African Women T20I Highlights 04:25 Food & Drink 04:20 Jungle Junction 06:00 Champions League T20 00:45 After The Attack 04:55 Come Dine With Me 04:35 Jungle Junction Highlights 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 01:35 Animal Cops Houston 05:40 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 04:45 Jungle Junction 00:00 Down The Shore-PG15 07:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 02:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 06:05 Antiques Roadshow 05:00 Art Attack 02:00 The Hot Flashes-PG15 Highlights 02:50 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 05:25 Art Attack 04:00 The Arrangement-PG15 08:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 03:15 Too Cute! 07:50 Bargain Hunt 05:50 Mouk 06:00 Despicable Me 2-PG Highlights 04:05 My Cat From Hell 08:35 Homes Under The Hammer 06:00 Jessie 08:00 Peeples-PG15 09:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 04:55 Jaws Strikes Back 09:30 Food & Drink 06:25 Liv And Maddie 10:00 Good Day For It-PG15 Highlights 05:45 After The Attack 09:55 Come Dine With Me 06:45 Dog With A Blog 12:00 The Hot Flashes-PG15 10:30 ICC Cricket 360 06:35 Animal Airport 10:45 Antiques Roadshow 07:10 I Didn’t Do It 14:00 The Great Ghost Rescue-PG 11:00 Champions League T20 07:00 Meerkat Manor 11:35 Antiques Roadshow 07:35 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 16:00 Peeples-PG15 Highlights 07:25 Dogs 101 12:30 Bargain Hunt Teenage Witch 18:00 Jack The Giant Slayer-PG15 12:00 Champions League T20 08:15 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 13:15 Homes Under The Hammer 07:55 Win, Lose Or Draw 20:00 Grown Ups 2-PG15 Highlights 08:45 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 14:05 Food & Drink 08:20 Suite Life On Deck 22:00 Kick-Ass 2-18 09:10 Project Puppy 14:30 Come Dine With Me 08:45 A.N.T. Farm 13:00 Champions League T20 09:40 Project Puppy 15:20 Antiques Roadshow 09:05 A.N.T. Farm Highlights 10:05 Call Of The Wildman 16:15 Antiques Roadshow 09:30 Sonny With A Chance 14:00 ICC Cricket 360 10:30 Call Of The Wildman 17:05 Simply Italian 09:55 Sonny With A Chance 14:30 Champions League T20 11:00 Jaws Comes Home 17:30 Bargain Hunt 10:15 Suite Life On Deck 00:00 AFL Premiership highlights Highlights 11:55 Meerkat Manor 18:15 Homes Under The Hammer 10:40 Suite Life On Deck 01:00 PGA European Tour high- 15:30 Champions League T20 12:20 Animal Airport 19:10 Food & Drink 11:05 That’s So Raven lights Highlights 12:50 Too Cute! 19:35 Simply Italian 11:25 That’s So Raven 02:00 AFL Premiership highlights 16:30 Champions League T20 13:45 My Cat From Hell 20:00 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 03:00 Trans World Sport Highlights 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life Taylor 12:15 A.N.T. Farm 04:00 World Match Racing tour 17:30 Live Champions League T20 15:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 20:25 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 05:00 World Match Racing tour 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 15:30 Dogs 101 20:50 Bargain Hunt 13:00 Good Luck Charlie 06:00 World Match Racing tour 21:30 Champions League T20 16:30 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 21:35 Bargain Hunt 13:25 Jessie 07:00 Golfing World Highlights 17:00 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 22:20 Bargain Hunt 13:45 Jessie 08:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 22:30 Champions League T20 17:25 Weird Creatures With Nick 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 14:10 Austin & Ally 09:00 Web.com Tour Highlights Baker 23:55 Food & Drink 14:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 12:00 WWE Night Of Champion 23:30 Champions League T20 18:20 Call Of The Wildman 15:00 Mako Mermaids 12:30 Top 14 Highlights Highlights 18:45 Call Of The Wildman 15:25 I Didn’t Do It 13:00 Golfing World 19:15 Bondi Vet 15:50 Liv And Maddie 14:00 Champion Tour 20:10 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 16:10 Violetta 17:00 AFL Premiership highlights 20:40 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 17:00 Dog With A Blog 18:00 Golfing World 21:05 Shark Girl 00:20 Outback Truckers 17:20 Jessie 19:00 NRL Full time 22:00 Bondi Vet 01:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 17:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 19:30 Futbol Mundial 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 22:55 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:00 Fast N’ Loud Teenage Witch 20:00 European senior tour high- 01:00 Alaskan Women Looking For 23:25 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:50 Storage Hunters 18:10 I Didn’t Do It lights Love 23:50 Into The Shark Bite 03:15 American Diggers 18:30 Win, Lose Or Draw 21:00 Challenge Series Golf 01:50 Breaking Amish: Los Angeles 03:40 The Liquidator 18:55 Liv And Maddie 21:30 Champion tour highlights 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 04:05 How It’s Made 19:20 Violetta 22:30 WEB.COM tour Highlights 03:05 Secretly Pregnant 04:30 How Do They Do It? 20:05 Liv And Maddie 23:30 Golfing World 03:55 Long Island Medium 05:00 Gold Divers 20:30 Liv And Maddie 00:35 DCI Banks 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 06:00 Classic Car Rescue 20:50 Liv And Maddie 01:20 Eastenders 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 06:50 Deadliest Catch 21:15 Liv And Maddie 01:50 Doctors 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 21:40 Liv And Maddie 02:20 Great Ormond Street 00:30 WWE Afterburn 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 08:30 Storage Hunters 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 03:10 Lead Balloon 01:30 WWE This Week 07:00 Craft Wars 08:55 American Diggers 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 03:40 Silent Witness 02:00 WWE Superstars 09:20 The Liquidator 22:50 Shake It Up 07:50 The Next Great Baker 04:30 My Hero 03:00 Live WWE RAW 09:45 How It’s Made 23:10 Wolfblood GHOSTBUSTERS ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 08:40 Ballroom Blitz 05:00 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 06:30 TOP 14 10:10 How Do They Do It? 23:35 Wolfblood 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 05:20 Boogie Beebies 07:00 Indycar Highlights 10:35 Siberian Cut Stewart 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 05:35 The Green Balloon Club 08:00 WWE Experience 11:25 Outback Truckers 21:30 The Colbert Report 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 06:00 Nina And The Neurons 09:00 WWE Afterburn 12:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier 22:00 Legit 11:10 Cake Boss 06:15 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 10:00 WWE This Week 13:05 Storage Hunters 23:00 South Park 00:00 Bean-PG15 11:35 17 Kids And Counting 06:35 Boogie Beebies 10:30 Top 14 Highlights 13:30 American Diggers 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 02:00 Death Becomes Her-PG15 11:00 Golfing World 12:00 Little People, Big World 06:50 The Green Balloon Club 00:00 Giuliana & Bill 13:55 The Liquidator 00:40 The Hungry Sailors 04:00 Teen Wolf Too-PG15 12:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 07:15 The Weakest Link 00:55 E! News Special 14:20 Deadliest Catch 01:30 Coach Trip 06:00 Coneheads-PG 13:00 ITM Cup 13:15 Oprah’s Master Class 08:00 My Hero 01:25 Keeping Up With The 08:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 15:10 Classic Car Rescue 02:00 Emmerdale 15:00 WWE RAW 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter 08:30 Lead Balloon Kardashians 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 02:55 Coronation Street 10:00 Death Becomes Her-PG15 18:00 WWE Smackdown 09:00 Eastenders 02:20 E! News 00:00 Royal Pains 14:55 Brides Of Beverly Hills 16:50 How It’s Made 03:25 Harry’s South Pole Heroes 12:00 12 Wishes Of Christmas-PG15 20:00 WWE RAW 09:30 Doctors 03:15 Escape Club 01:00 Resurrection 15:20 Cake Boss 17:15 How Do They Do It? 04:20 Paul O’grady: For The Love Of 14:00 Mrs. Doubtfire-PG 23:00 Indycar Highlights 10:00 Great Ormond Street 04:10 THS 02:00 Boardwalk Empire 15:45 Driving Me Crazy 17:40 Gold Divers Dogs 16:15 The Guilt Trip-PG15 10:50 Call The Midwife 05:05 E!ES 03:00 The Leftovers 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 18:30 River Monsters: Amazon 05:15 The Chase 18:00 The Stepford Wives-PG15 11:45 My Hero 06:00 The E! True Hollywood Story 04:00 Revenge 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress Titanic 06:10 Please Marry My Boy 20:00 The Hungover Games-R 12:15 Lead Balloon 06:55 THS 05:00 Perception 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 20:10 American Diggers 07:05 Coach Trip 22:00 Peep World-18 12:45 Big Bear Diary 07:50 Style Star 06:00 Royal Pains 18:15 17 Kids And Counting 20:35 The Liquidator 07:30 Harry’s South Pole Heroes 13:10 Eastenders 08:20 E! 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They 17:00 Quartet-PG15 02:00 Olympus Has Fallen are among the more than 140 items from Madonna’s 04:00 Badges Of Fury 19:00 Peace, Love & life and career that could fetch a combined total of up 06:00 Walking Tall Misunderstanding-PG15 to $500,000 in the two-day in-house and online auc- 08:00 Olympus Has Fallen 21:00 R.I.P.D.-PG15 tion beginning Nov 7. “This is the biggest collection of 00:00 Wilfred 10:00 Ghostbusters 23:00 Empire State-PG15 Madonna items ever to come to auction at one time,” 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 12:00 Pitch Black said Martin Nolan, the executive director of the auction Stewart 14:00 Walking Tall house. 01:00 Last Week Tonight With John 16:00 Olympus Has Fallen Many of the items in the auction are from a collec- Oliver 18:00 Legendary Amazons 01:15 Barbie And The Magic Of tion amassed by Marquee Capital, a London-based 20:00 Absolute Fear 01:30 Eastbound & Down Pegasus niche asset management company specializing in 02:00 Hello Ladies 22:00 Hunt To Kill 02:45 Emilie Jolie alternative investments, and other sources and collec- 02:30 South Park 04:15 Cinderella tors. Among the stand-out lots is the strapless, evening 03:00 Hot In Cleveland 06:00 Marc Logan gown, mink cape and jewelry Madonna wore in her 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring “Material Girl” music video, which together could sell 08:00 Hammer Boy Jimmy Fallon for at much as $70,000. 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 10:00 Barbie In The 12 Dancing Nolan said Madonna admired Marilyn Monroe and 09:00 Hot In Cleveland 00:00 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 Princesses had chosen to wear the pink gown that the actress had 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 02:00 Badges Of Fury-PG15 11:30 Niko 2: Little Brother, Big worn back in the 1950s when she made the film Jimmy Fallon 04:00 Walking Tall-PG15 Trouble “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” “We have that particular 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 06:00 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 13:15 Emilie Jolie outfit,” said Nolan. 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) Patience is one of your biggest issues today. Instant gratification may be The special flowers you like or the beautiful plant that you remember an interference just now: you want things and you want them this from a past vacation may have come to your attention at this time. You instant-you are not alone. It’s as if ambition and authority are answers in themselves, may spend a little time this morning checking out a horticultural club to help you rather than only a means to an ideal objective. This can lead to duplicity, confusion establish a version of those plants for your own yard. When you investigate the tech- and ambitious schemes that tend to become lost along the way. Know what you niques for growing plants you will find yourself involved in side-activities away from want-write your goals down in a clear form. The next step is to let a plan guide you. the workday that are relaxing, as well as stimulating and fun. Any number of hobbies This evening, you may want to give much thought to your inner feelings about a can help divert your attention from any type of stress so begin now to plan a future recent romantic attraction. You could be romantically motivated or attracted to a per- adventure into hobbies, new or old. Another hobby you enjoy is the beauty of your son that has a particular personality you would have never been attracted to before own landscaping ideas. Your professional future is on the right track. Happy birthday! this time in your life-you have grown.

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There are decisions to be made and putting them off only makes them This can be your most rewarding day in many areas of your life. Be pre- harder and less effective: action, not debate, is what is needed. Challenges will be pared emotionally for the challenging days that can bring some won- handled with much energy today. Make sure this is positive energy. Insert flexibility derful changes in your life. The challenging days like today can be quite rewarding. into your day. If something is not working, change direction or styles of working. This is where your most exciting, life-fulfilling dreams can be met. This is the time to Others may disagree with what you say or think, or in some way oppose your ideas. come to an understanding of just where you are in life and where you want to go Wait a bit . . . That person will be asking you to repeat your ideas or instructions. Do next-create a focus, achieve and appreciate. The energies that are available are hot not dwell too long on a situation you cannot change and did not cause. Be prepared- and ready to be used; however, you must choose the direction by looking at the possi- this could be a learning type of day. The positive results for you will depend on your ble results-negative or positive. Outer circumstances are favorable and it should be actions. This is a good day to seek any advice you may feel you need. easy for you to push forward in projects and in all aspects of your life. Life is magical in the world of romance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) There are favorable aspects pointing to success at this time. You are vul- Your sense of direction when handling a person or a problem is perhaps nerable to deception just now. Business presentations or meetings can the key element in your personality makeup. It is important how you open new career horizons. Your reputation grows stronger if you know how to work manage difficulties, find diplomatic solutions or come up with the right approach. within the limitations you are facing. It is when you set too many boundaries that you Your outward charm and ability to be all things to all people is most central to your personality. This ability to solve problems, to counsel and always to put others at ease ACROSS 3. A coarse obnoxious person. get into trouble. If you are making investments, concentrate on short-term outcomes now and look for longer-term options next month. The feelings and emotions of is the key to meeting and coming to know you. There is a greater than usual interest in 1. (computer science) A computer that is run- 4. A unit of pressure. those around you may be very clear today. This is another good day to start a diet, or relationships, social connections and the arts-on a more intellectual level than in the ning software that allows users to leave 5. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle perhaps a new and positive habit. Your imaginative and creative talents turn the tide past. You and a loved one will put a closure to some disagreement this evening. You messages and access information of gen- between the vertical plane containing it in your favor this evening. Check out a method of safeguarding your ideas. have learned to see both sides of an issue and you can figure out resolutions to eral interest. and the plane of the meridian. opposing views. 4. Fortification consisting of a strong fence 6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease made of stakes driven into the ground. affecting connective tissue (skin or joints). 12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the 7. Water frozen in the solid state. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) central nervous system. 8. Lac purified by heating and filtering. Cancer (June 21-July 22) 15. An extension at the end and at right 9. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright You could make subtle changes now. It is a good day to get things done. You may want to attend a lecture or speak in a conference today. There is a angles to the main building. light) that precedes the onset of certain Good eye-hand coordination and a sustained effort make almost any yearning to broaden horizons and reach for the ultimate. Law, politics, edu- 16. A populous province of south central disorders such as a migraine attack or task run well. You may feel like exercising or getting outside today. Intuition can help cation, travel and religion are some of the areas where an emotionally charged drama may China. epileptic seizure. you select the best health care or the best workout group. Emotions are very present be played. Ideas are flowing and come with ease. You may find yourself chatty. but within control. Perhaps after a little exercise this afternoon, you will be good for Circumstances seem to bend to your will and things have a way of working out smoothly. 17. A rapid escape (as by criminals). 10. An armless couch. There are real opportunities to complete and work out difficulties and projects that require 18. The Oceanic language spoken by the study, research, etc. You have a real appreciation for unique ideas. You may find your- 11. Half the width of an em. self enjoying a little time to visit with a friend or communicate through the written both long-term effort and a high degree of discipline. You could receive unexpected help Maori people in New Zealand. 12. Disposed to avoid notice. word. Harmonious ties to others are what you seek. The ideal partnership and the per- or support from those around you, especially someone younger or a woman. You may get 20. Suggestive of the supernatural. 13. The capital and largest city of Yemen. fect balance are some of the things that quicken your pulse. insight into your support system and a new understanding of a special relationship. 22. A French abbot. 14. An independent ruler or chieftain (espe- 25. The mints. cially in Africa or Arabia). 27. Strike with disgust or revulsion. 19. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 29. Make attractive or lovable. 21. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in Leo (July 23-August 22) 30. A person who buys. what is now North and South Dakota and This is a positive and fast moving day with plenty of room for accom- 33. Having help. This day may become a bit challenging. Your career and life direction are Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and putting some real pressure on your home and emotional life. Obviously plishments. You could see yourself moving closer to those long-term 35. A republic in the western central Pacific Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. you cannot live without both, so some kind of middle line or balance is indicated. There goals of yours. This will bring great discipline and a concentration or focus that Ocean in association with the United are opportunities to excel in many areas of your life just now. Your career could open up could show off your talents. Emotional seriousness, a sober orientation and a prac- 23. The month following March and preceding tical awareness of scheduling and timing are keynotes of your deepest concern. States. May. by taking the road less traveled. By daring to be the oddball and taking new approaches, you will be successful. You may receive some special attention regarding your particular There is a tendency to be too strict with your own self and to insist that whatever 36. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure 24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali does not contribute to security and other long-term goals is trivial. Your ambition effective friendly use of the electromag- skills. An old problem comes to an end today. You can take risks and dare to be a little earth group. unconventional. You will prosper through new insights, inventions and a determination is profound. Guidance from higher-ups is advisable, easily obtainable and may netic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use 26. A disposition to remain inactive or inert. to secure relationships. This is a good day for practical ideas and planning. currently be beneficial to your career. Someone special supports you and encour- ages you now. of electronic warfare. 28. The flesh of a chicken used for food. 38. Apartment consisting of a series of con- 31. Title used for a married Frenchwoman. nected rooms used as a living unit (as in a 32. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus hotel). having thin pale bark that scales off in Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated small plates and lobed leaves and ball- with the World Bank. shaped heads of fruits. Family and security are things that rattle your chain more than ever. You appear perhaps more charming and refined than usual. Now could 43. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- 34. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a These are areas where you make new beginnings and bold moves. You are at your be the time to make a date, apply for a special job or otherwise make yourself known. A new way of thinking may take you into an understanding of any es readily. mosque. most practical when it comes to dealing and working with others. You know just what 45. A legal document codifying the result of to do and can act without haste and emotion. You can make whatever constructive personal desires. Meeting yourself in another person is the keynote of a new cycle that 37. Thorny shrub or small tree common in begins now. Through this person, you can see how you have improved and pro- deliberations of a committee or society or changes are necessary at this time. Now is a good time to polish your skills. Complete central Argentina having small orange or any work requiring analysis, precise measurements or mathematical aptitude. New gressed over the years, as well as some of the improvements that still may be needed. legislative body. yellow flowers followed by edible berries. technologies and gadgets are an asset. Work, achievement and ambition mean a lot This recognition helps you to come to a better understanding of yourself. It’s easy in 46. The airforce of Great Britain. 39. Using speech rather than writing. to you now. You are working hard to improve and evolve-you have a need for respect. theory, but it’s only in practice that it comes to mean anything real-so practice until 47. A throne that is the official chair of a bish- Someone important to you may not give you the recognition you want-patience. you get it right! Vacationing or a drive into the country is favorable soon-make your 40. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers plans now. op. around the tail. 50. Tropical American tree grown in southern 41. The second largest city in Tunisia. United States having a whitish pink-tinged 44. Hormone secreted by the posterior pitu- fruit. Word Search itary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also Yesterday’s Solution 52. (Welsh) The farmer god. by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. 54. A Russian river. 48. An upward movement (especially a rhyth- 55. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. mical rising and falling). 58. A plant of the genus Valeriana having 49. Perform on a stage or theater. lobed or dissected leaves and cymose 51. Hungarian choreographer who developed white or ink flowers. Labanotation (1879-1958). 61. A town and port in northwestern Israel in 53. A skilled worker who coins or stamps the eastern Mediterranean. 65. A congenital cleft in the middle of the money. upper lip. 56. A complete metric system of units of 68. Dyed with henna. measurement for scientists. 70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 57. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 in Turkey). square miles) in North Africa. 71. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large 59. Elk or moose. glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow 60. A woody climbing usually tropical plant. to green or red flowers. 62. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba 74. A master's degree in business. people in Kenya. 75. 30 to 300 megahertz. 63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 76. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fond- skewer usually with vegetables. ness. 64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 77. A decree that prohibits something. River. 78. Take in solid food. 66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 79. A farewell remark. in Turkey). 80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 67. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) from aba cloth. that can be used for transport or as a plat- form for swimmers. DOWN 69. A quantity of no importance. 1. Area around the altar of a church for the 72. The United Nations agency concerned clergy and choir. with international maritime activities. 2. Divulge information or secrets. 73. A male human offspring. Yesterday’s Solution

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This photo provided by Wayfair.com shows Noyo Home’s slipcovered headboard that features a clever trompe líoeil knit Deny Designs Betsy Olmsted Acid Knit rug, printed with a vibrant and unexpected knitted motif. pattern in turquoise poly blend fabric. Right at home: Fall decor gets cozy

ozying up in a favorite sweater is one of the distinct One of Millman’s favorite ways to reuse sweaters: Collect a water in case there are moths. If you then machine-dry the Anthropologie’s got a collection of ceramics printed with pleasures of autumn. This fall, designers and retailers are bunch of creamy-hued ones, in one type of knit or perhaps sweater, you’ll end up with a “felted” material, popular in craft- knitwear patterns, including bowls and bakeware. Sweater- Cstitching up sweater motifs on an array of home dÈcor. several, and cut them up to make a blanket, pillow or rug. ing circles, where the fibers smush together. If you line-dry the knit wool rugs are in West Elm’s fall collection. Betsy Olmsted’s So while you’re wrapping yourself in a big, soft cardigan, you “Creating a little story on pillows using pieces of old sweaters garment, the knit pattern remains and the fibers stay separated. Acid Knit rug for Deny Designs prints a knit pattern in psyche- can also grace your space with a dollop of knitted comfort. is a big trend,” she says. Look for pieces in gradations of color - If you aren’t up for a craft project yourself, don’t worry - delic hues on a flatweave rug. British designer Naomi Paul’s Hannah Millman, executive editorial director of crafts for perhaps pale pink to deep cherry, or sky blue to indigo. Or there are lots of stores offering sweater-themed items. pendant lights are clad in crocheted cotton to balance moder- Martha Stewart Living, says knitwear is a trend with near-uni- search tag sales and thrift stores for sweaters with nature Wayfair’s got One Bella Casa’s My Christmas sweater pillow nity and homespun charm. — AP versal appeal. She suggests some do-it-yourself projects. motifs to create a group of woodland pillows. Those dreadful and Rizzy Home’s cable-knit pillow. NoYo Home’s slip covered “Almost everyone has a memory of a sweater that makes Christmas sweaters of old can be transformed into new headboard comes in a turquoise and white knit photo print, them feel good. What’s so great about repurposing one of Christmas stockings; other heavily patterned and colorful like a sweater for your bed. Lauren Weege’s Fair Isle and your own is that you get to keep it and enjoy it,” she says. “And sweaters make great rugs. caramel cable-knit vase covers are snug and stylish. if you’ve found one at a market that someone may have knit Millman suggests using a rotary cutter and anchoring the Mollaspace takes the knit motif and turns it into a ceramic back in the ‘40s, you can give it the opportunity to be loved edges of a loose knit with masking tape while cutting, to reduce mug. Crate & Barrel’s Bowen table lamp also features a ceramic again by making it into something new.” fraying. She also advises washing any woolens in hot soapy knit pattern.

This photo provided by Wayfair.com shows the Deny In this photo provided by Wayfair.com, a knit texture turns In this photo provided by AllModern.com, a This photo provided by Laurenmary Design shows two Designs Betsy Olmsted Acid Knit rug, printed with a MollaSpace’s porcelain Sweater Cup and Saucer into a cozy holder Hollywood, Florida art studio, Oliver Gal takes sweater vases by Lauren Weege. vibrant and unexpected knitted motif. for afternoon tea. — AP photos the holiday sweater image to a whimsical throw pillow for OneBellaCasa. In emerging beauty markets like Brazil, ‘Horrible hand’ dino turns out to be gentle giant bus-sized dinosaur portrayed as a killer mosaurs were built for running, with slender lated would create suction for ingesting the claws as possible defensive weapons, “gigan- new products key based on fearsome claws unearthed 49 bodies and long hind limbs. Deinocheirus’ organic material cropped and disturbed by the tism may well have been the way Deinocheirus Ayears ago, was really a toothless, gentle spoon-like bill was suited to rummaging for broad bill as it foraged on the bottom of escaped predation,” the team wrote. “The n Brazil, women primarily wear their hair long, and plodder, palaeontologists reported yesterday soft plants on land and in shallow water, and streams, lakes and ponds,” they wrote. Wide, trade-off is that it lost the cursorial (running) need to tackle the country’s generally hot, humid cli- after new fossil evidence. Rather than tearing scales and bones found with the fossil suggest flattened foot bones would have prevented the abilities of its relatives.” mate when they style it. They also demand a wide prey limb from limb with talons that gave birth it also ate fish, the scientists said. dinosaur sinking into mud. And wide hips with I to its monicker “horrible hand,” Deinocheirus The shape of the mouth “suggests the pres- upper femur bones longer than the lower tibia range of sun protection creams. Beauty industry giants Fossil robbery such as L’Oreal, Unilever and Procter & Gamble that are mirificus was a peaceable giant that fed on ence of a massive tongue that when manipu- indicated it was a slow mover. Along with its Since its giant arms, the longest of any looking to crack key emerging markets like Brazil are plants and small fish, palaeontologists said. bipedal animal on record, were dug up nearly quickly adapting their product lines to suit local tastes. In It probably used its magnificent 2.4-metre 50 years ago, there has been much speculation the South American country, where women use an aver- (eight-foot) arms for digging and gathering about what kind of dinosaur this would have age of five products a day, the investment is a crucial one- vegetation, they reported in the journal Nature. been. Its name is Greek for “unusual horrible but quickly pays dividends, industry experts say. And the reptile likely supplemented its diet by hand”, and the creature has been speculated to The changes “mainly involve offering new colors and scooping up little fish with a duck-like bill as it be anything from a voracious predator that textures to suit the needs and expectations of these new roamed a lush river habitat 70 million years ago ripped prey to shreds, to a bizarre sloth-like consumers,” according to Gaelle de la Fosse, an expert in in what is now the Gobi desert in Mongolia. creature that used its giant limbs to hang from consumer goods and retail with the Roland Berger consul- “For 50 years Deinocheirus has remained one tree branches. tancy in Paris. But companies must also find the right bal- of the most mysterious dinosaurs,” the study’s Then, in 2006 and 2009, the skeletons of ance between expanding their product offers and keeping authors wrote. two more specimens were dug up not far from costs in check, she added. L’Oreal, the world’s leading Its incomplete profile was long based solely where the first was found in the Nemegt beauty group, just launched a new investment program in on a pair of massive arms with fearsome claws, Formation in the Gobi. However, poachers had Brazil-the number four market after the United States, a handful of ribs and some shoulder bones dis- stolen some of the bones before the scientists Japan and China, and one expected to double in size by covered in 1965. But from new fossil finds, got to them, including a one-meter-long skull, 2025. including a stolen skull recovered from a pri- left hand and feet that were later tracked down Product lines in Brazil must be extremely diverse, given vate collector this year, a near-complete picture to a private collector in Germany. “We persuad- its ethnic make-up skin tones and hair textures differ now exists of this largest known member of a ed a private collector (that) they are important widely. Blaise Didillon, who heads L’Oreal’s R&D team in group of ostrich-like dinosaurs called for science,” Lee told AFP by email. The Brazil, says there are at least eight types of hair. “The chal- ornithomimosaurs. “Deinocheirus turned out to poached materials were donated to science lenge of adapting... is so important that there is value in be a gentle giant that mainly ate herbaceous and repatriated to Mongolia on May 1 this year, being close to the markets, in order to serve them better,” plants and small fishes, not a horrible, humon- allowing Deinocheirus to return to his ancestral notes de la Fosse. L’Oreal-currently number four in Brazil-is gous meat-eating dinosaur,” Yuong-Nam Lee of home. — AFP learning that lesson, with plans to open a new regional the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral R&D center in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and “micro-distribu- Resources in Daejeon told AFP. tors” selling products in the favelas of Rio and Sao Paulo. At 11 meters (36 feet) from nose to tail, and weighing in at more than six tonnes, Deinocheirus was a slow-moving beast with no Using local ingredients This undated handout image teeth, and needed to swallow stones to grind Oru Mohiuddin, a cosmetics analyst at London-based provided by Michael Skrepnick, up its dinner. It was heavy-built with relatively consultancy Euromonitor International, says tailoring Dinosaurs in Art, Nature short hind legs, a long snout and a humped products to emerging markets has become much easier. Publishing Group, shows a back with a tall sail on it. Most other ornithomi- “In the past, we only really saw shampoos and basic anti- Deinocheirus. — AP aging products. Now, it’s much more targeted-for exam- ple, hair products with special conditioners in Latin America,” she said. Companies are using local ingredients to entice consumers. In Brazil, babassu oil is used in hair products. Such products-developed with local expertise- can then sometimes be distributed in other countries with Switzerland similar needs. Skin care items created by Vichy and La top destination for expats Roche-Posay specifically for Brazil are now sold elsewhere. Versatile BB creams-a cream that acts as an all-in-one witzerland is the world’s favorite destination among Switzerland emerged the winner, with a trusted economy, Other top-ranked countries were Germany, seen as sta- moisturizer, primer and sunscreen and first developed for expats, followed by Singapore and China, a poll on good quality of life and comfortable salaries: a quarter of ble and safe, followed by Bahrain, New Zealand, Thailand, Asian women-are now widely available around the world. Squality of life for bank HSBC found yesterday. “Many expats said they earned more than $200,000 (157,000 Taiwan, India and Hong Kong. The lowest-ranked of the 34 Switzerland-based expats mentioned the better work-life euros) a year. countries was Egypt, followed by the United Kingdom and New paths of distribution balance, availability of outdoor activities and the family- Asia was a strong region for salaries, with an average Brazil. While expats said that Britain was easy to integrate Distribution in emerging markets also requires new centric culture as the reasons they enjoy the Swiss annual expat wage of $120,000, compared with a global into, it scored badly as a place to raise children, for finan- approaches. Sometimes, it can be as simple as smaller and lifestyle,” the British bank said. average of $92,000. Singapore “performs solidly in all areas cial and economic issues and for quality of life.—AFP cheaper packaging, according to de la Fosse. Other times, The poll questioned 9,300 people working in various accounting for quality of life” while offering good econom- new sales locations are found. In addition to its presence sectors and mostly aged between 35 and 54. They were ic opportunities, the survey said. Meanwhile, China was a in the hair salons of Brazil’s favelas, L’Oreal has also set up asked about their financial situation, such as salary, savings top country for high-earners, with one in four of respon- small stand-alone Maybelline kiosks in big-city shopping and the local economy, as well as their quality of life and dents there earning more than $300,000 a year, and having areas and “derma centers” in pharmacies across 50 major family issues such as education opportunities for children. more disposable income to spend on their social lives. Brazilian cities-complete with a consultant.—AFP lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Music & Movies ‘Big Hero 6’ gets typically Japanese launch ahead of Tokyo world premiere isney Animation’s “Big Hero 6” got a very Japanese send-off yesterday at an event on the Deve of the film’s world premiere as the opening night movie of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The press event was held high above the Nippon capital at the Park Hyatt Hotel, previous setting for Sofia Coppola’s “Lost In Translation.” The well-attended event was care- fully stage-managed and, aside from a little spontaneity, there was little chance of anything being lost. Photographers snapped when they were told to and halted exactly when directed. A coterie of black clad assistants proffered microphones on bended knees, and a pair of on-stage interpreters never fluffed a line. “Big Hero 6” is set in a fictional San Fransokyo - a mash up of San Francisco and Tokyo - and co-directors Don Hall and Chris Williams fell over themselves to pay repeated trib- ute to their long-standing appreciation of Japanese ani- mation icon Hayao Miyazaki, of Japanese culture and particularly its urban design. “When we were here three years ago we so many photographs of everything from the buildings, the Directors Don Hall, left, and Chris Williams, center, of the film “Big Hero 6 “ joke with Japanese actress Miho bridges, the landscape, but also the storefronts, vending Kanno, right, who voiced one of the characters in the Japanese version of the film during a press conference in machines and manhole covers. Because everything here Tokyo, yesterday.—AP photos in Japan, from our perspective is beautifully designed, and we wanted to get that in the film,” said Hall. “Early on before. That coincided with our art direction. We wanted with lots of different-looking individuals. one of the design choices was to have complex back- very dense and detailed backgrounds. Hyperion allowed “I’ve always wanted to have a film at the Tokyo Film grounds and then relatively simpler character designs. us a very cinematic look,” said Hall. Festival. It just so happened that this film really is a love Baymax is a character we are proud of. There’s a “Hyperion allows the Razor Light to bounce many letter in many senses to Japanese culture and possibly in Japanese aesthetic and ability to boil things down to more times and for light to behave more realistically, a bigger sense to the Pacific Rim. The possibility to their essence and be very appealing. Baymax has only which was specifically important in this movie because launch the film here is a true honor,” said producer Roy two eyes and no mouth, and yet he expresses so much,” we have this big inflatable robot character and light Conli. Following its festival premiere on Thursday, “Big said Williams. actually passes through him,” said Williams. “The story Hero 6” will make a round of appearances at other festi- Some of those choices were enabled by new technol- telling is always pushing the technology, and then the vals including Austin, Savannah, Abu Dhabi and Hawaii. ogy within the Walt Disney Animation Studios. “We were technology is allowing more story-telling possibilities. It is set for US release on Nov 7 and will have its commer- very fortunate that we had just developed a brand new We have great synchronicity between the creative side cial debut in Japan in the prime pre-Christmas slot on Japanese actress Miho Kanno, left, and Kotarou Koizumi who voiced char- software package, called Hyperion, that allowed us to do and the technology side at Disney.” The picture also Dec 20. — Reuters acters in the Japanese version of the film “Big Hero 6” attend a press con- very realistic lighting and actually do really complex made extensive use of crowd-sourcing software ference. backgrounds, more so than we had been able to render Denizen, which made the city look alive by populating it ‘Django’ actress charged with lewd act after racism claim

jango Unchained” star Daniele Watts was charged Tuesday with committing a lewd act in “Dpublic with her boyfriend, six weeks after she protested at being handcuffed and alleged racism by police. The 28-year-old African American actress and her white boyfriend Brian James Lucas were both charged with a single count of lewd conduct, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office said, scheduling arraignment for November 13. She and Lucas face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted. Watts took to her Facebook page to complain after the September 11 incident in Studio City, an upscale neighbor- hood of north Los Angeles, in which she was handcuffed and briefly detained. The pair insisted they were only showing public affection, after police responded to a radio call from a concerned citizen about “indecent exposure” inside a silver Mercedes with the door open. “As I was sit- ting in the back of the police car, I remembered the count- In this image released by A24 Films, Chloe Grace Moretz, left, and Keira Knightley appear in a scene from ‘Laggies.’ — AP less times my father came home frustrated or humiliated by the cops when he had done nothing wrong,” Watts wrote on Facebook at the time. Police said after the incident that “upon further investi- A twist on the man-child romp in ‘Laggies’ gation it was determined that no crime had been commit- ynn Shelton is a curious, Pacific Northwest-bred hybrid of Wacky friend ted,” while an audio tape recorded by the officer involved high-concept and low production value. She has made a Man-child movies have long been commonplace for mem- This Sept 14, 2014 file photo shows actress Daniele Watts, appeared to refute Watts’ claim of racial profiling. But fol- specialty out of deconstructing sitcom-y setups: two pals bers of the opposite sex, so “Laggies,” penned by Andrea Seigel, lowing the emergence of various videos and photos, pub- L left, and Brian Lucas speaking during an interview with trying to follow through on a dare to make a gay porno is a welcome twist, one with more than a little in common with KABC-TV in Los Angeles. — AP lished notably by the TMZ celebrity news website, they (“Humpday”); a man betwixt two interested sisters, in a remote “Bridesmaids.” The familiar notes - the wacky friend, the apparently decided to investigate further and bring cabin (“Your Sister’s Sister”). Instead of heightening the broad inevitable prom scene - to Shelton’s film keep it from ever find- charges against the couple. — AFP potential of such stories, she plays them naturally, usually with ing the kind of honesty its character crave.”Laggies” is really a improvised dialogue and an un-stylized, micro-budget intima- film about people looking for genuine connection outside of cy. traditional roles. Just as the film doesn’t want to be only an She’s something like the movies’ answer to the organic food implausible romp, its characters - a slacker fleeing stereotypical ‘Gigi’ movement: a farm-fresh producer of comfort food. In “Laggies,” marriage, a lonely single-father, a teenager who wants anything Victoria Clark joins the cast of musical Shelton has brought her light, heartfelt touch to her most at all from her mom - want the confidence to break free of con- ony Award-winner Victoria Clark has joined the Clark won a best actress Tony for “The Light in the Piazza” familiar, movie-ready plot - a version of the back-to-school vention. Broadway-bound musical “Gigi” playing a role she lately and has been nominated for “Sister Act” and “Rodgers + comedy rendered not with Rodney Dangerfield antics but the Shelton’s movies can have an interesting schizophrenia, feel- Thas been really enjoying - a mentor. Clark said Tuesday Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” Hoty’s Broadway credits include soul-searching of a direction-less 28-year-old Seattleite (Keira ing both too contrived and not structured enough. “Laggies” is that she and three-time Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty will “Footloose” and “City of Angels.” The new musical will be seen Knightley). Megan has spent her post-high school life procras- easily her largest, most scripted film yet, a transition that feels join the cast, led by pop star Vanessa Hudgens. The rest of the at the Kennedy Center from Jan. 16-Feb. 12 and then move to tinating and earning a graduate degree in marriage and family perfectly smooth. Her ability to coax unadorned performances actors include Howard McGillin, Corey Cott and Steffanie Broadway. “Gigi” features the memorable tunes “Thank therapy (“because I wanted to have honest conversations with from actors is her most obvious skill, and it results here with a Leigh. Heaven For Little Girls,” “I Remember It Well” and “The Night people,” she says) that she hasn’t put to use, unable to relate to fine Knightley as a recognizable kind of selfishly meandering “It’s nice because it’s an intergenerational story and I love They Invented Champagne.” The score also includes a few her clients. She lives with her cloyingly sweet high-school mess, who probably deserves a more critical eye than this doing pieces where there are a lot of young people in the songs added to the score in 1973, including “Paris is Paris boyfriend (Mark Webber) and does odd jobs for her father (Jeff movie is willing to give her. But it’s Moretz and Rockwell who room,” said Clark. “I remember when I first started out, I was Again” and “I Never Want to Go Home Again.” Garlin), like spinning signs to advertise his accounting busi- give “Laggies” its charm. A former child star (“Hugo,” “Kick Ass”), always the youngest one. And I remember one day looking In addition to the new musical, Clark has also been men- ness. When her careerist, bridezilla friend (Ellie Kemper) gets Moretz has a warm poise beyond her years that radiates around and thinking, ‘I’m not the youngest one anymore!’ toring students at Pace University as an artist-in-residence. married and her boyfriend proposes, Megan’s arrested devel- through the film and suggests she may be becoming into an Now it’s so much fun to be around these young people.” She’s directing a student version of “Light in the Piazza.” “I opment turns into a crisis. actress of considerable talent. “Gigi,” set in Paris at the turn of the last century, comes from came to New York to direct and it just so happened that all On a run to the grocery store, she meets 16-year-old Annika The off-kilter energy of Rockwell, looking very much the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe, the same composer and the writers kept giving me their material to present so I kept (Chloe Grace Moretz), who gets her to buy beer for her friends. sure-handed veteran, gives the movie a happy jolt. “Laggies” is lyricist as “My Fair Lady.” It centers on a teenage girl being getting up and singing everything,” she said. “That door just They hit it off partly because their maturity level is about equal. never more fun than when he calls Megan into his office, shiftily groomed to serve as a companion to a bored, wealthy play- kept opening and I’m very grateful but it was never what I Instead of going to the self-help seminar her boyfriend thinks cross examining her. In another such movie, the father would boy until the pair realize they have fallen in love. really thought I was going to do. So I really want to branch she’s attending, Megan crashes with Annika, becoming be blissfully unaware of the age differential. Here, he punctures Clark, who has a 20-year-old son, will play Gigi’s grand- out and start directing.” — AP enmeshed in her group of teenage friends and attending high- the fiction in a heartbeat, leading the movie somewhere else. mother, who tries to teach the young woman the rules of school parties. Annika, too, is a little lost, her mom having “Laggies,” an A24 release, is rated R by the Motion Picture society only to find her granddaughter rebel. “I think it’s a abandoned her and her father (Sam Rockwell), a divorce attor- Association of America for language, some sexual material and show about change,” Clark said. “Gigi breaks the cycle. She lit- ney who suspiciously observes the arrival of her daughter’s teen partying. Running time: 99 minutes. Three stars out of four. erally says, ‘This is not for me. This is what I need for me.’ And I clearly older new friend at their suburban split-level. Returning MPAA rating definition for R: Restricted. Under 17 requires think that’s the job of young people, to say, ‘We’re not going to the stage in life where she became stunted, Megan - in a tail accompanying parent or adult guardian. — AP to do this anymore.’ That’s why I’m doing the piece.” spin of impulsiveness - begins to figure herself out.

Cinderella musical on tour stars a new mom

he actress playing Cinderella on tour has time for both of us right now,” Faure said. “He’s the role her own at last. “It’s been really fun to something much more precious than a still so small and basically made of rubber at this rediscover it and find different layers that I didn’t Tpair of sparkly slippers waiting backstage. age. He’s able to roll with anything.” have before. It’s kind of funny to think that She’s got a bouncing baby boy. Paige Faure, a Faure, who was raised in Atlanta, had small Broadway prepared me for the tour,” she said. Broadway veteran and current star of “Rodgers + parts in “How to Succeed in Business Without The traditional fairy tale was given a sly and wit- Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” is the new mom to Really Trying” and “Bullets Over Broadway” and ty makeover by Douglas Carter Beane, who Hank, a happy 20-month old who has joined her was in national tours of “Aida,” “Little Women,” updated the story to make Cinderella - rechris- on the road for the next several months. “It takes “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “A Chorus Line.” tened Ella here - a stronger young woman, but a lot of balance and a lot of coffee,” Faure said Her history with Cinderella is long, starting in kept the songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar last week from the tour’s kickoff in Providence, 8th grade when she played the Fairy Hammerstein II, which include “In My Own Little Rhode Island. “It’s definitely hard but very Godmother. “I know both sides of the show now. Corner” and “Do I Love You Because You’re rewarding.” I have a very deep understanding,” she joked. For Beautiful?” “Very immediately it seemed to be to The tour is now in Florida and plans stops in the Broadway reboot, she initially played be about empowerment and about finding who North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Cinderella for Josh Rhodes when he was audi- you are, social justice and standing up for what Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, tioning to choreograph the show. After he was you believe in,” Faure said. “It’s important that we California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Iowa and chosen, Faure was to be Laura Osnes’ under- tour with this show. I think it’s a message people South Carolina. Little Hank can count both his study on Broadway. Then she found out during need to hear.” — AP parents as Broadway stars. Faure’s husband is workshops that she was pregnant. “His due date Adam Monley, who plays the Bishop of Digne was opening night,” she said. and understudies Javert in Broadway’s “Les Faure returned to “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Miserables.” The couple squeeze in time with Cinderella” for a three-month stint as Cinderella This image released by Allied Live shows Paige Faure as Cinderella in ‘Rodgers Hank whenever possible. “It’s really an incredible on Broadway before leading the tour, making Hammerstein’s Cinderella,’ on tour. — AP lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

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In this picture taken on October 13, 2014, Indian ‘newaras’ (gold dust scav- An Indian ‘newara’ (gold dust scavenger) carries his tools as he heads out in Indian ‘newaras’ (gold dust scavengers) look on as they take a break. engers) take a break searching for flecks of the precious metal along drains search of flecks of the precious metal. near jewelry workshops in Kolkata. — AFP photos Kolkata’s gold panners reap rewards at India festival time

s 40-year-old Mohammed Iqbal sifts through members. The festival coincides with India’s wedding central bank has lifted restrictions on importing gold, sludge in the back alleys of Kolkata’s jewelry season, which runs from October to February, with allowing more private agencies to bring in shipments. Amarket for gold dust, his weathered face gold a crucial part of a bride’s dowry. In the lead up, Bamalwa said that has pushed down the local price of brightens slightly at the recent uptick in work. For jewelry workshops, including in the former British the commodity this year, lifting consumer spirits. In generations, the city’s group of “newaras”-gold dust colonial capital, go into overdrive, with hundreds of New Delhi, shoppers crowded the capital’s old quar- scavengers-have been scratching a living by panning craftsmen spending hours at their benches to pro- ter searching for gold and other bargains for Diwali. “It for fine particles swept from the 2,000-odd jewelry duce intricate necklaces, bracelets and earrings on doesn’t really matter that the price keeps going up workshops operating in the alleys. Iqbal estimates he sale in showrooms. Yellow particles are swept outside, and down. Buying gold is a tradition, it’s a custom ... normally earns just 150 to 200 rupees ($2.40 to $3.20) while some are washed into drains, surfacing in the you cannot offer prayers without also offering some a day from selling flecks of the precious metal that he alleys where the newaras sift through the sludge to gold,” housewife Aswani Puja said. painstakingly finds on the ground and in the drains of find them. the grimy alleys. Newaras play key role But the onset of India’s raucous festival season, Prayers and gold Some jewelry manufacturers in Kolkata are grate- especially the biggest Hindu celebration of Diwali on Jewelry traders predict a prosperous Diwali this ful for the newaras, who help keep production costs Thursday, brings a relative bonanza for Iqbal, with his year, with world and local gold prices lower, making down for the industry, which was formed in the 1800s income more than doubling. “There is a lot of work resulting ornaments more affordable. “We are expect- and employs some 20,000 people. “If they are not during Durga Puja and Diwali. We make more money ing a very good Diwali compared to previous years,” doing this then we have to buy gold and the only then,” Iqbal told AFP as he hunched over his pans All India Gems and Jewelry Trade Federation director gold source is Western countries,” said Nabin Kumar filled with thick, black muck early one morning. “We Bachhraj Bamalwa told AFP. “The mood is upbeat and Chanbar in his shop which opened in 1883. “They are never got an education. This is the work that my there have been incremental increases in sales of gold very ... helpful for us because ...the wastage of gold is sider the find a stroke of luck, and good timing for An Indian ‘newara’ grandfather and my father did and this is what I do jewelry,” he said this week. India is the world’s biggest converted to the industry,” Chanbar said, rows of jew- Ashu, whose wife had a baby 10 days ago and strug- (gold dust scav- now. My two sons do this too. We have no other buyer of gold alongside China, and imports normally elry glittering behind him. gles to put enough food on the table. “This is very enger) sweeps an work,” he said of his boys aged 18 and 16. jump during the festival season, further widening the On the main street of Bowbazar shortly after dawn, good but we will have to share,” Ashu said with a alleyway drain. Over the several days of Diwali, known as the festi- trade deficit. Mohammed Ashu, 25, and his two younger brothers smile, pointing to his brothers. — AFP val of lights, middle-class families throng Kolkata’s Gold traders and importers had been hoping that are pouring over some soft polystyrene packaging Bowbazar and other markets throughout the country Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government would found dumped outside a workshop. The youngest, to buy gold jewelry. The Hindu goddess of wealth is lift stiff 10 percent import duties slapped on the metal teenager Mohammed Amir, who is unsure of his exact worshipped on Diwali, which is considered an auspi- last year by the previous administration to rein in age and has never been to school, is convinced the cious time to buy gold, especially as gifts for family imports. Although the duties have remained, India’s packaging contains flecks of silver. The brothers con-

A Pakistani student from the Shimshal Mountaineering In this photograph Pakistani students take part in a lesson at the Shimshal Pakistani students get ready at the Shimshal Mountaineering School as they prepare to School uses ice axes to climb a slope on a glacier. Mountaineering School in Shimshal village in the northern Hunza valley. — AFP photos climb near the Shimshal village. High in Pakistan’s mountains, women break taboos

group of young Pakistani girls sit on a carpeted floor lis- risk of landslides to reach the small village of 250 households. ‘I had to support my kids’ tening as their teacher writes on a whiteboard, prepar- There is no running water and electricity is available only Lower down in the valley, away from the snowy peaks, Bibi Aing his students for the rigours of climbing some of the through solar panels the locals buy from China, but despite the Gulshan, another mother-of-two whose late husband died world’s highest peaks. This is Shimshal Mountaineering School, isolation, the literacy rate in the village is 98 percent-around while fighting in the army has a similar tale of battling to tucked away in a remote village in the breathtaking mountains twice the Pakistani national average. It has produced some change minds. She trained as a carpenter under the Women of Pakistan’s far north, close to the border with China. While world famous climbers including Samina Baig, the first Social Enterprise (WSE), a project set up in the area by the Aga most of Pakistan’s overwhelmingly patriarchal society largely Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. The people of Khan Development Network to provide income opportunities relegates women to domestic roles, in the northern Hunza val- Shimshal depend on tourism for their income and the village for poor families and advocate women’s empowerment at the ley, where most people follow the moderate Ismaili sect of has produced an average of one mountaineer in every house- same time. Islam, a more liberal attitude has long prevailed. hold. Set up in 2003, the WSE now employs over 110 women, Now the women of the region are breaking more taboos The eight women training as guides have scaled four local between 19 and 35 years of age. “I want to give the best educa- and training for jobs traditionally done by men, including as peaks, including Minglik Sar and Julio Sar, both over 6,000 tion to my kids so that they don’t feel the absence of their carpenters and climbing guides on the Himalayan peaks. meters. For aspiring mountaineer Takht Bika, 23, the school is a father,” Gulshan told AFP. “I started my job just 10 days after my “You have to be careful, check your equipment and the “dream come true”. “My uncle and brother are mountaineers husband was martyred, my friends mocked me saying instead rope, any slight damage can result in death,” Niamat Karim, the and I always used to wait for their return whenever they went of mourning my husband I had started the job of a men but I Pakistani carpenters work at their woodshop in Altit vil- climbing instructor warns the students. Karim is giving last- for a summit”, Bika told AFP. “I used to play with their climbing had no choice-I had to support my kids.” With the 8,000 rupees lage in the northern Hunza valley. minute advice to the eight young women who are about to gear, they were my childhood toys-I never had a doll.” ($80) a month she earns in the carpentry workshop, Gulshan embark on a practical demonstrations of climbing class. They For Duor Begum, mountaineering is a family tradition-and a pays for her children to go through school, and she has also are the first batch of women to train as high altitude guides at way of honoring her husband, killed while climbing in the used her skills to build and furnish a new house for her family. the Shimshal Mountaineering School, set up in 2009 with sup- Hunza Valley. “I have two kids to look after and I don’t have a As well as giving poor and marginalized women a chance to port of Italian climber Simone Moro. proper means of income,” she said. Begum joined the moun- earn a living, the WSE project, funded by the Norwegian taineering school with the aim of continuing the legacy of her embassy, also aims to modernize local skills. Project head Isolated community late husband and to make a living. “I am taking all the risks for Safiullah Baig said traditionally, male carpenters worked to a The women have spent the last four years learning ice and the future of my children, to give them good education so that mental plan of houses they were building-a somewhat unscien- rock climbing techniques, rescue skills and tourism manage- they can have a better future”, she said. tific approach. “These girls are using scientific knowledge at ment. At 3,100 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level, Shimshal But while the women are challenging tradition by training every step right from mapping and design and their work is is the highest settlement in the Hunza valley, connected to the as guides, there is still a long way to go to change attitudes, more feasible and sustainable,” Baig said. — AFP rest of the world by a rough jeep-only road just 11 years ago. and so far Begum has not been able to turn professional. “I The narrow, unpaved road twists through high mountains, know its difficult and it will take a long time to make it a pro- over wooden bridges and dangerous turns with the constant fession for females but my kids are my hope”, she said.

A Pakistani carpenter works at a woodshop in Altit village. Pakistani carpenters work at their woodshop in Altit village. lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 Fashion

This photo provided by courtesy of The Metropolitan This photo shows Over Robe (Uchikake) with Scenes from This photo shows Child’s Kimono with Wisteria and Trellis, This photo shows a Noh Costume (Nuihaku) with Scattered Museum of Art shows Child’s Kimono with Pine, Bamboo, The Tales of Ise Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th Japan, Meiji period, early 20th century, made from stencil Crests, Edo period, second half of the 18-19th century, from Plum Blossoms, and Fans, Japan, Meiji period, late 19th- century, made of silk plain-weave crepe (kabe chirimen), paste-resist dyed crepe silk (kabe chirimen). The kimono Japan, made of silk embroidery and gold leaf on silk satin. early 20th century, made with ikat-patterned plain-weave paste-resist dyed (yuzen), hand-painted with ink, embroi- was owned by - and likely inspired works by - Frank Lloyd bast fiber (asa). —AP photos dered with silk, and couched with gold-wrapped thread. Wright. Kimono’s evolution reflects changing Japan t’s difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the Recycled fabric Taisho period (1912 to 1926), kimonos became brighter and bolder deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever chang- The exhibit begins in the Edo period (1615 to 1868), when the still as department stores promoted new looks to appeal to the Iing, the kimono (“thing to wear,” in Japanese) has evolved dra- design, material and style of garments reflected a person’s role as masses. Traditional Japanese motifs were combined with new matically over the past 150 years. Its story encompasses the evolu- samurai, farmer, craftsman or merchant. In addition to the grand Western design concepts to make some dazzling kimonos, many tion of weaving, dyeing and embroidery techniques, as well as textiles embroidered in gold that one might expect, there are thick, inspired by the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. Japan’s aesthetic, social and even political history. “Kimono: A quilted firefighters’ robes decorated with bright designs depicting Modern History,” on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art heroes and mythical beasts. Farmers’ robes, meanwhile, were most- Expect new designs through Jan 19, 2015, is a tour de force in textiles. ly of recycled fabric scraps woven together, or patchwork jackets. Designs became more graphic in following decades, especially As you enter the galleries, you see an elegant red kimono that a At this time, the kimono was an everyday garment. But its in unlined summer kimonos, which were often resist-dyed or wealthy woman donated to a temple, where it was recycled and design and function were to change. embroidered. A man’s under-kimono from the 1930s features cam- patched together to make a kimono for an aging priest. “There’s a In the Meiji period (1868 to 1912), when Japan looked to eras and train tickets, and is displayed alongside a woman’s wonderful paradox there, and it’s a sort of introduction to the story Western countries in a quest for rapid modernization, the textile kimonos decorated with images of piano keys and libretti from two of the kimono,” said John Carpenter, curator of Japanese art, who industry - and the kimono - were transformed. Japanese began songs. One kimono even features Mickey Mouse. organized the exhibit with Monika Bincsik, also of the museum’s using Western woolen and velvet materials, while Japanese silks Inexpensive, ready-to-wear kimonos woven from pre-dyed yarn Asian Art department. became popular in the West. Japanese also began using Western were so easily mass-produced that customers began to expect new Based on the book of the same name by Japanese textile expert chemical dyes and new weaving technologies, combining them designs every year. At the same time, improved dyeing techniques Terry Satsuki Milhaupt, who died in 2012, the show is dedicated to with traditional stencil-dyeing techniques to create kata-yuzen, a meant more sharply delineated designs and color gradations. Milhaupt’s memory and coincides with the posthumous publica- sophisticated, stencil paste-resist dyeing technique. As Western During World War II, the kimono’s symbolism as a national cos- tion of her book (Reaktion Books) earlier this year. The exhibit con- design concepts increasingly influenced Japanese kimonos, they tume made it a perfect vehicle for war propaganda, particularly for sists of over 50 kimonos, half on loan and half from the museum’s became bolder and brighter, while Japanese design began inspir- boys’ kimonos and mens’ under-kimonos. Battleships and bomber own collection, as well as almost 200 fabric samples, screens, scrolls, ing 19th century Western artists and designers. planes took hold as motifs. Although kimonos are now worn mainly lacquer works, ceramics, illustrated books and other objects. A young girl’s silk kimono decorated with a pattern of wisteria only for formal occasions, the show ends with works by leading It includes glittering, gold-embroidered, 18th century Noh flowers and trellises was acquired by Wright on a visit to Japan in fashion designers, and make the case that designers, both Japanese robes; cartoon-like, monster-faced, firefighter kimonos done with around 1905. Its modernity is striking, and it likely inspired some of and Western, continue to create clothing inspired by kimonos, free-hand resist dyes in reds and yellows on indigo; political propa- the architect’s subsequent works. “It almost looks architectural, and pushing the art form further still. The kimono seems not so much a ganda kimonos printed with startling symbols of war; children’s you can see how it inspired him,” Carpenter said. disappearing traditional garment but an evolving form that adapts kimonos - including one cherished by Frank Lloyd Wright; and, final- To preserve traditional crafts in the face of such rapid modern- to changing lifestyles and textile techniques. — AP ly, contemporary pieces featuring the futuristic shibori pleats of ization, the Japanese government began designating some experts This photo shows a Yohji Yamamoto kimono, Japanese, Issey Miyaki, and the rips and angular shaping of Yohji Yamamoto. as Imperial Household Artists and, later, Living National Treasures. spring/summer 1983, made in cotton. Highlights also include three breathtaking kimonos made by Featured in the exhibit are works by stencil-dyer Keisuke Serizawa, designers designated as National Living Treasures by the govern- yuzen-dyer Kako Moriguchi and his son, Kunihiko Moriguchi. These ment of Japan. were precious kimonos to be hung as art and not worn. In the From Kors to DVF, fashion mourns de la Renta

This November 3, 1998 file photo shows designer Oscar de In this Jan 10, 1989 file photo shows fashion designer In this Jan 20, 1997 file photo, President Clinton and his In this July 19, 2003 file photo, former US President Bill la Renta waving to the crowd at the end of his fashion Oscar de la Renta, left, and journalist Barbara Walters, wife, first lady Hillary Clinton, wearing an Oscar de la Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, wearing a leopard show in New York, part of the Fashion Week Spring 1999 right, posing with first lady Nancy Reagan at the Renta gown, dance at the New England Ball in print Oscar de la Renta gown, arrive for former South Women’s Collection. — AP/AFP photos Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where the first Washington. African President Nelson Mandela’s 85th birthday celebra- lady was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of tion in Johannesburg. America’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribu- tions to fashion.

un, sunny, romantic. Oscar de la Renta approached fash- Designer Donna Karan called de la Renta the “ultimate ladies’ Full of color and vibrant northwestern Connecticut town of Kent, where gardening and ion and life on those terms, but there was more, so much man,” adding: “Oscar was an amazing designer because he lived The designer’s path to New York’s Seventh Avenue took an dancing were among his favorite diversions. “We laughed about Fmore, those who loved and admired the designer say. The in the present, always moving forward. To be dressed by Oscar unlikely route: He left his native Dominican Republic at 18 to study Bee’s love life. He gave her advice, and then he said he had a “more,” Vogue’s Anna Wintour wrote Tuesday on the magazine’s was the ultimate in fashion.” Earlier this month, first lady painting in Spain, but soon became sidetracked by fashion, dream to see the allee and pond he had just designed on the website, was “democratic.” By that, she meant de la Renta pos- Michelle Obama notably wore a de la Renta dress for the first launching his own label in 1965.”In some way or another every- grounds,” Wintour wrote. “He could no longer move, so we went sessed the sensibility, the ease, to dine with the rich and famous time. He had criticized her several years earlier for not wearing one who works in fashion, especially being Dominican, we identi- out and took pictures on his iPad for him to see and ate a chicken but happily play dominoes with his staff. The “more,” to others, an American designer to a state dinner in 2011. fy with him,” said Leonel Lirio, one of the Dominican Republic’s sandwich with Annette (his wife) and Janet, his extraordinary was his desire to make women feel feminine and pretty, and “Oscar de la Renta truly was the ultimate diplomat for most prominent designers. “We all wanted to be him one day; we nurse. His last words to me were I love you, and I said I love you not just a coterie of first ladies and socialites. American fashion,” said Eric Wilson, the fashion news director wanted to have the same style as him.” De la Renta told The back.” Laura Bush favored de la Renta, and so does her daughter, for InStyle magazine. “Much like his designs ... Oscar himself Associated Press in 2004 that his Hispanic roots had worked their Jenna, who was emotional Tuesday during a “Today” show projected an image of elegance,” Ruthie Friedlander, deputy way into his designs. Feminine beauty appearance in describing the close friendship that developed editor for Elle.com, understands the “more” that set de la Renta “I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and Ralph Lauren grew up with de la Renta in the fashion world when he created her wedding gown. “It was the first dress he apart. It was about women and his ability to understand their vibrant,” he said. While de la Renta made Manhattan his primary and, like, Wintour, mourns a friend. “His generosity touched not showed me. I put it on and he said, ‘And now to the most beauty. “You could picture yourself wearing his clothes, even if home, he often visited the Dominican Republic and kept a home only his friends and family, but extended quietly to those in need important accessory,’ and he handed me his arm and he said, you didn’t have an occasion for them. It might have been aspi- there. Wintour, Vogue’s editor in chief, was a frequent visitor and that he would never meet,” he said. Other designers also spoke to ‘The man.’ And so I put my arm in his arm and I got to walk rational, but he had a piece for you in there somewhere,” she she has said traveling with him was like traveling with the presi- his great presence in fashion. “Oscar was a couturier, an artist, a through his showroom with Oscar de la Renta.” De la Renta, at said. dent. She and daughter Bee paid a visit to his country home in the gentleman, a true Renaissance man,” Diane von Furstenberg said. 82, died Monday at home in Kent, Connecticut, surrounded by Michael Kors said he was the “quintessential gentleman.” family, friends and his beloved dogs after more than four Dominican President Danilo Medina said Tuesday that the country decades in the fashion industry. A handwritten statement also is in mourning for de la Renta, both as a symbol of national signed by his stepdaughter Eliza Reed Bolen and her husband, pride and for improving the lives of children through his charita- Alex Bolen, did not specify a cause of death, but de la Renta had ble work. spoken in the past of having cancer. “In addition to raising the profile of the Dominican Republic thanks to his art and talent, he has been a great defender of the Creative energy national interests,” Medina said via Twitter. Valerie Steele, director Wintour wrote that his strength, his courage, “must have of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees the been with him in the hospital last week when he made the deci- “more” of de la Renta in the expanse of influences he soaked in. sion to turn off treatment; it was not the quality of life he want- “Oscar was a designer who really combined Spanish, Parisian and ed.” Eveningwear was de la Renta’s specialty, though he also was American sensibility in fashion,” she said. “The time he spent known for chic daytime suits worn by ladies who lunch. His sig- studying with Balenciaga in Spain, the work in Paris and the nature looks were voluminous skirts, exquisite embroideries and tremendous success in New York all ended in creating an interna- rich colors. Suzy Menkes, the respected British fashion journalist, tional style, one that focused very much on the idea of feminine called de la Renta the American Valentino. beauty.” A beauty that stemmed from a love of women. “He never “He knew his clients. He dined with his clients and holidayed shied away from saying what he did was make pretty dresses,” with his clients,” she said. His early training “put Oscar in the cat- Steele said. “The goal of the pretty dresses was to make women egory of haute couture, something that never really existed in look pretty. He would dress a woman, her daughter and her American fashion, which was focused more on sportswear.” IMG granddaughter and they would all feel happy.”— AP Models president Ivan Bart recalled fittings for models Carolyn Murphy and Shalom Harlow for New York Fashion Week. “The creative energy in the room was so potent and inspir- ing,” Bart said. “Each fitting was a collaborative effort. Mr De La This file picture taken on October 21, 1992 in Paris shows designer Oscar de la Renta greeting the audience next to Carla Renta involved everyone in the room and considered every- Bruni and other models at the end of his Spring-Summer 93 ready-to-wear fashion show. one’s opinions. He was a truly generous and brilliant man.” Kimono’s evolution reflects changing 39Japan THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Indian widows light earthen lamps and use sparklers as they celebrate Diwali at the Mahila ashramon in Vrindavan.

India’s forgotten widows defy taboos to celebrateDiwali

s the early autumn sun begins to set on the Yamuna river, hundreds of The celebrations were held on Tuesday and were organized by Sulabh Indian women swathed in white and carrying traditional earthenware International, a group that has been helping the thousands of widows who flock Alamps file through winding streets to the edge of the holy waters. The to Vrindavan in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Bindeshwar Pathak of women, chanting as they walk through the streets of Vrindavan to mark the Sulabh International said the women should continue to defy the tradition that Hindu festival of Diwali, are widows who have left their families or have been widows should not celebrate Diwali and other festivals. Meenakshi Dasi, one of abandoned by them. Until recently, they were kept hidden from society and virtu- the thousands of widows who live in Vrindavan, agrees. She is celebrating the ally forbidden to celebrate. But that is now changing. Hindu festival of lights for the second year running. “It is the best day of the year. Local residents cheered the women on as they passed through the streets of We have all come together, heard loud music, danced, burst crackers and made the temple-filled town, many proudly wearing brand-new saris donated by a local beautiful Rangoli,” Dasi told AFP, referring to a traditional decoration made of organization. Later they lit their lamps and offered prayers on the riverbank flowers and lamps. — AFP before heading back to their ashram to celebrate, some dancing late into the night. “These lights, crackers and dancing reminded me of happier times with my An Indian widow holds a lit earthen lamp on the banks of the Yamuna family,” said 60-year-old Meena Pradhan, who came to the town after the deaths River. of her husband, son and a daughter 10 years ago.

Indian widows wave sparklers as they participate in a cele- An Indian resident living in the Mahila ashram paints lines Indian residents living in the Mahila ashram, a home for Monkeys look on as Indian residents living in the Mahila bration for the Hindu festival Diwali. on her forehead in a auspicious religious tradition as she widows, raise their lit earthen lamps. ashram walk to the waters of Yamuna river. gets ready to participate in a celebration for the Hindu festival Diwali.

Indian residents living in the Mahila ashram, a home for widows, raise their lit Indian widows wave sparklers as they participate in a celebration for the Hindu Indian widows dance with lit earthen lamps, sparklers and candles as they cel- earthen lamps on the banks of the Yamuna River. festival Diwali on the banks of the Yamuna river in the northern city of ebrate Diwali. Vrindavan.