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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 MUHARRAM 9, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net

Kuwait, France sign Min 24º Max 36º High Tide €2.5bn chopper deal 03:38 & 18:42 Low Tide A slew of other joint agreements also inked 11:23 & 23:33 40 PAGES NO: 16674 150 FILS

PARIS: Kuwait signed €2.5 billion ($2.8 billion) worth of military fixed and provisional deals led by the purchase Gulf should of 24 Airbus-built Caracal helicopters, the French gov- ernment said yesterday. Paris said Kuwait would pur- adjust to oil chase 24 helicopters for a billion euros with an option for a further six. The Caracal, which is deployed on com- bat rescue missions and long-distance troop transport, price ‘reality’ is fitted out with radar missile protection, while its DUBAI: Gulf economies need to adjust to the “new weaponry includes air-to-ground and air-to-sea mis- reality” of oil prices expected to remain low for some siles. The agreements came a month after Kuwait time, the International Monetary Fund says, recom- agreed to buy 28 Typhoon combat warplanes from the mending spending cuts and income diversification. Eurofighter consortium. But the oil-rich monarchies remain in a strong position Kuwait is looking to upgrade its firepower amid to make the necessary increased security concerns in the region linked to the adjustments thanks to the rise of the jihadist Islamic State group. Further deals large financial reserves included provision of French light armored vehicles and they have built up during patrol boat maintenance. A source familiar with the years of firmer prices, negotiations indicated that the patrol boats would according to the IMF’s include the revamping of eight P37 craft that France regional outlook published sold to Kuwait after Iraq’s 1990 invasion that sparked yesterday. the first Gulf War in 1991. After the conflict the two “Not only this year, but countries signed a defence agreement and today Masood Ahmed for the years to come, Kuwaiti’s military hierarchy is largely French-trained. The these countries will need to make an adjustment to French defense ministry has yet to confirm whether better balance their spending to the new reality of Paris will ultimately also supply new vessels. the oil prices,” said IMF Middle East and Central Asia Yesterday’s accords were signed by a slew of minis- chief Masood Ahmed. The budgets of Gulf ters including French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Cooperation Council members Bahrain, Kuwait, and Finance Minister Emmanuel Macron in the pres- Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab ence of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Kuwaiti Emirates are facing an average deficit this year of 13 PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stands next to Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al- counterpart HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- percent of gross domestic product (GDP), Ahmed told Mubarak Al-Sabah as France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) signs an agreement with Kuwaiti Sabah. Kuwait also indicated readiness to create a €450 AFP in an interview. (See Page 22) Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Hotel million fund to invest in French small and medium-sized Matignon yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 Assad meets Putin in surprise trip Texas teen arrested over DAMASCUS: Syria’s embattled President Secretary of State John Kerry and their Bashar Al-Assad has made a surprise visit Turkish and Saudi counterparts to dis- clock is moving to Qatar Bibi slammed to Moscow in his first known trip over- cuss Syria. seas since his country’s conflict erupted, Putin and Assad’s talks focused mainly DALLAS: A 14-year-old Muslim boy who Young Innovators Program. over remarks meeting key ally President Vladimir on military developments, with the was arrested after a homemade clock he Ahmed, who along with his family Putin. Assad thanked Putin for launching Russian leader pledging ongoing support brought to school was mistaken for a will relocate to Qatar, received a full air strikes in Syria against opponents but also urging a political solution to end possible bomb will be moving with his scholarship for his secondary and on Holocaust seeking his overthrow, with both leaders the war, the Kremlin said. Assad, who last family to the Middle East so he can undergraduate education. Ahmed said also agreeing during the talks late visited Russia in 2008, told Putin that the attend school there, his family said. he was impressed with the program and JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Tuesday that military operations must be three-week-old Russian air war - which Ahmed Mohamed’s family released a thinks he’ll “learn a lot and have fun, Netanyahu provoked a Holocaust controversy yes- followed by political steps. As part of a has prompted an outcry in the West - had statement Tuesday saying they had too”. Ahmed took a homemade clock to terday, hours before a visit to Germany, by saying flurry of diplomacy, Russia announced helped to stop the spread of “terrorism” in accepted a foundation’s offer to pay for his high school to show a teacher, but that the Muslim elder in Jerusalem during the afterwards that Foreign Minister Sergei his country, the Kremlin said. his high school and col- another teacher thought it 1940s convinced Adolf Hitler to exterminate the Lavrov would meet tomorrow with US Continued on Page 13 lege in Doha, Qatar. He could be a bomb. The school Jews. In a speech to the Zionist Congress late on recently visited the coun- contacted police, who hand- Tuesday, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim try as part of a whirlwind cuffed the boy and took him attacks on Jews in Palestine during the 1920s that he said were instigated by the then-Mufti of month that included a to a detention center. The Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al-Husseini. Monday stop at the White school suspended him for Husseini famously flew to visit Hitler in Berlin in House and an appearance three days. 1941, and Netanyahu said that meeting was Tuesday at the US Capitol. A police photo of the instrumental in the Nazi leader’s decision to “We are going to move device shows a carrying case launch a campaign to annihilate the Jews. “Hitler to a place where my kids containing a circuit board can study and learn, and and power supply wired to a didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, Ahmed Mohamed he wanted to expel the Jews,” Netanyahu said in all of them being accepted digital display. Police ulti- the speech. “And Haj Amin Al-Husseini went to by that country,” Ahmed’s father, mately chose not to charge Ahmed with Hitler and said, ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, told The having a hoax bomb, and the police here (Palestine).’ ‘So what should I do with them?’” Dallas Morning News before boarding chief has said there was no evidence the Netanyahu said Hitler asked the mufti, who an airplane from Washington back teen meant to cause alarm. His parents responded: “Burn them.” home to Texas on Tuesday. The state- later withdrew him from the school. US Netanyahu, whose father was an eminent his- ment said the family has been “over- President Barack Obama joined a surge torian, was quickly harangued by opposition whelmed by the many offers of support” of public support by congratulating the politicians and experts on the Holocaust who said since Ahmed’s arrest on Sept 14 at his teen on his skills, in what was seen as a he was distorting the historical record. They noted school in Irving, a Dallas suburb. The pointed rebuke to school and police offi- the meeting between Husseini and Hitler took family said it accepted an offer from the cials amid accusations of Islamophobia. place on Nov 28, 1941. Qatar Foundation for Education, Science “Cool clock, Ahmed. Continued on Page 13 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets Syria President Bashar and Community Development to join its Continued on Page 13 Al-Assad in the Kremlin on Tuesday. — AP

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DOHA: Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi seen during the second meeting of the GCC Committee of Health Ministers in Doha. — KUNA GCC approves joint guidelines for medical reserves Saudi Minister promotes healthy lifestyle

DOHA: The GCC countries approved a joint terday. The meeting discussed several health bin Abdulaziz Al-Faleh urged Arab Gulf coun- gested building a partnership between pub- Qatar, are in the top 10 nations globally for guideline for strategic medical reserves topics, including the equality in providing tries to increase their efforts, especially lic and private institutions in the region to the highest prevalence of the disease. There including medicines and equipment, said medical services to all GCC citizens, proce- awareness campaigns, to help curb the curb the spiral of the obesity and its related are more than 34.6 million people in the Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi. dures of receiving medical treatment abroad, spread of obesity and diabetes in the region. diseases. According to figures of the Middle East and North Africa have diabetes, The guideline aims to create further coopera- strategic cooperation between the Gulf coun- Speaking at the opening of a conference on International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which accounts for 10.9 percent of people tion between the GCC states during disasters tries with Turkey, Jordan and Morocco and controlling obesity and diabetes in the Gulf roughly one in five people has diabetes in the world-wide with the disease, and costs gov- and crises, the minister said after heading the further participation in regional and interna- Cooperation Council states, Al-Faleh under- Arabian Gulf region. ernments in the region more than $12 billion Kuwaiti delegation at the second meeting of tional health care meetings, Al-Obaidi noted. lined the need for persuading and encourag- The IDF data also shows that three Gulf in treatment each year, the IDF has the GCC Committee of Health Ministers yes- Meanwhile, Saudi Minister of Health Khalid ing people adopt healthy lifestyles. He sug- countries, namely Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and revealed.— Agencies French MEDEF business chief Crime Report eager to boost Kuwait ties Egyptian jailed for insulting Amir

Finance Minister stresses the benefits of French expertise By Hanan Al-Saadoun

PARIS: Director-General for the Middle East at France’s Business for new business,” he affirmed. ed the MEDEF gathering. In his interview with KUNA, the KUWAIT: The prosecution decided to jail an Egyptian in a Federation (MEDEF), Jean-Louis Chaussade, said yesterday that MEDEF Director-General stressed French interest in developing state security offense and insulting the Amir on twitter. A French companies were eager to get an acceleration and Significant bilateral accords partnerships with Kuwait to allow for investment opportunities security source said state security detectives arrested an progress in business ties with Kuwait and he revealed that The meeting at MEDEF headquarters was part of an impor- to be expanded further. “We are very attentive to what is going Egyptian who made insulting tweets to HH the Amir MEDEF was proposing another visit by businessmen to the Gulf tant two-day visit by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh to happen with ‘Public Private Partnerships (PPP)’ and in partic- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the late country next year. In an exclusive interview with KUNA, on the Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. His visit began Tuesday ular with the ‘Build Operate Transfer (BOT)’ system which are Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The man sidelines of a meeting between officials and businessmen from and included a meeting with President Francois Hollande and under the authority of the Minister of Finance, and we are also reportedly published photos of executed Iraqi strong- both nations, Chaussade recalled “the very long-standing links” meetings with Prime Minister Manuel Valls to sign a number of attentive to all elements which will allow an acceleration of man Saddam Hussaein, hurting the feelings of Kuwaiti citi- between the Kuwaiti and French business sectors. significant bilateral accords. The Kuwaiti participation in the business relations between the two countries,” Chaussade stat- zens. The suspect denied the tweets and claimed his “This is not the first time we are meeting. At the beginning MEDEF talks was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance ed. “This meeting today is taking place for this so we can see account was hacked, but detectives found no evidence of of this year there already was a delegation here from Kuwait, Minister Anas Al-Saleh and included Osama Al-Nisf, Member of how we can work better together” he added. Chaussade said hacking. The suspect made the tweets in hopes of being led by the Kuwaiti Finance Minister,” he remarked. “The links the Board of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that French companies were willing to invest in Kuwait and that deported without trial because he is facing other criminal between the business communities of France and Kuwait are and who headed the Kuwaiti business delegation. Kuwaiti legislation was the one they could work with. cases for swindling and fraud. already very old and what we are seeking is to develop them,” “One of the questions is that to invest we need legislation Chaussade indicated, noting “there are historical ties in the oil BOTs for roads, water plants that is relatively simple. The Kuwaiti legislation is one is easy to (sector) and in certain infrastructure areas.” “We are now looking Kuwait’s Ambassador to Paris, Sami Al-Sulaiman, also attend- apply, but there are some complexities that have led to the withdrawal of bids in the past,” the MEDEF official said. “One of the ways to simplify things is the use of BOTs, which is a form of concession that allows companies to invest and have use of a resource, or an infrastructure during 20 or 30 years,” he contin- ued. “We can use these (BOTs) for roads, for water plants for a whole series of asset investments. It is a way for a country to finance major infrastructure via the private sector,” the Director- General said in the interview.

Benefits of French expertise Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh stressed the importance of benefiting from French expertise in all fields, especially health, industry and power, to offer the best services to the Kuwaiti public. The minister made this remark to KUNA yesterday, after a meeting comprised of Kuwaiti delega- tion from the private sector and a number of businessmen and members of MEDEF International. MEDEF International is the 634 liquor bottles most representative organization of the French private sector at Detectives have arrested two Indians in Jleeb Al- an international level. The meeting was also attended by Shuyoukh with 634 liquor bottles. The suspects were Kuwaiti Ambassador to France Sami Al-Suleiman. The Kuwaiti sent to concerned authorities. Minister attended the meeting upon the request of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Hamad Al-Sabah who is currently visiting France. The premier’s visit aims at opening new paths for bilateral cooperation with the French. —Agencies GCC anti-corruption authorities urged to cooperate, coordinate RIYADH: Cooperation among GCC anti-corruption authorities is important for the regional efforts to combat fraud and cor- ruption, a Kuwaiti official said yesterday. On the sidelines of the fourth meeting for the GCC integrity and anti-corruption, Head of Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority’s Dr Mohammad Buzbar said his country is keen on exchanging expertise with- in the field of anti-corruption. Regarding the meeting which began yesterday, the official said that participants were informed on the recent recommendation which came out of meetings held in Oman and Saudi Arabia on the roles of audit Heroin dealer busted bureaus and awareness programs in the anti-corruption An Asian was arrested at his home with two kilograms efforts. The meeting will continue till today, said the official. of pure heroin and 250 shabu capsules (methampheta- mine). An undercover agent made a deal with the suspect GCC image abroad to buy 250 grams of heroin for KD 6,500, and the arrest was Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti official said there is a strategy to fur- made during the exchange. The estimated value of the ther activate role of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) role confiscated heroin is KD 70,000. The man was sent for abroad. Faisal Al-Mutalaqqem, Information Assistant investigation. Undersecretary for External Media, said this strategy would be materialized through solid cooperation among the six GCC countries. Al-Mutalaqqem, in a statement to the press follow- ing a meeting of officials in charge of external media, said the ministries of information and culture are expecting great efforts to execute the media strategies. Ahmad Al-Buainain, Director of external media at the Qatari News Agency, said the participants in the meeting discussed the media strategy which aimed at highlighting the true image of the GCC coun- tries, through events that could be held on sidelines of Western conferences and summits. He said the outcome of the meeting would be referred to the GCC information ministers.

Administrative mechanism In another development, presidents of civil service depart- ments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have approved a mechanism for administrative systems, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sabah said. Sheikh Mohammad, speaking to KUNA following a meeting of heads of civil service departments, said officials Suicide attempt also approved a guidebook about administrative terminolo- A police officer and some patrons foiled an attempt gies. He said participants discussed a host of issues like of a citizen to commit suicide by throwing himself exchange of expertise among the six GCC countries - Kuwait, from a height at the ministry complex. A security Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab source said the young man suffers from Psychological Emirates (UAE). Sheikh Mohammad thanked the State of Qatar problems and has a file at the hospital. The motives for hosting the meeting. — Agencies were not known. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 LOCAL New e-media ‘bill guarantees rights’ Our goal is the national interest: Sheikh Salman

KUWAIT: Minister of Information by the Public Authority for Applied required a law to organize them and and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Education and Training (PAAET) and regulate commercial expansion. He Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah said a new Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA). said the information ministry draft law would organize e-media, He said the new bill would guarantee believed in the responsible freedom, but regretted current laws failed to rights of anyone wishing to establish which makes sure there are preserva- license e-media. He was speaking in a professional media organization. tion of national unity and intellectual a seminar on Tuesday night about a Sheikh Salman said e-media, property. Sheikh Salman said a bill prepared by the Ministry of social media and information tech- three-day debate was held in the Information for the regulation of e- nology have been dominating media parliamentary education committee media. The seminar is co-organized scene over the past five years, which with the participation of specialists regarding the draft law. The e-media bill, he added, did not include the SMEs ‘should be nurtured’ to personal media, blogs or social media. “Our goal is the national inter- revive the economy: Minister est,” he said, and added that the bill did not include twitter account hold- KUWAIT: Kuwait has been facing economy through adopting short ers. numerous economic challenges, as and medium-term development Fatma Al-Azmi, director of oil prices were on decline last year; plans. These plans include: sup- PAAET’s Public Relations and Media therefore, nurturing small and porting the private sector and the office, said information technology medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) SMEs through cooperation with has reached the peak which made would help in reviving the econo- various business institutions to my, Minister of Trade and Industry provide best trade services. the world a small village. She said e- Dr Yosif Al-Ali announced yester- Improving the Kuwaiti economy media should be discussed in a tech- day. The minister made this remark would translate His Highness the nical and professional manner in in his opening speech at the First Amir’s vision in turning the Gulf order to maintain “our social and country into a commercial and economic principles.” Al-Azmi said trade hub, where it could attract the e-media has been influential at numerous investments. On his the political and social arena. Heba part, the National Fund’s chairman Al-Taweel, of KJA’s training commit- Dr Mohammad Al-Zuhair said that tee, said the bill that was referred the Fund has completed its infra- from the government to parliament structure and set up a five-year has created a controversy among the strategy; however, it still needs users. MP Mubarak Al-Harees, during support from both public and pri- a discussion panel during the semi- vate sectors as well as civic com- nar, said the e-media law did not munities to achieve its comprehen- include any new penalties. sive vision. He said the lawmakers would not Businesses grow in a nurturing tolerate any article in the bill that and supportive environment, he violated the constitution, citing a law said, stressing the importance of that allowed citizens to contest the providing all facilitations and elimi- laws before the Constitutional Court. nating all obstacles in the face of SMEs development. The Kuwait Former MP Dr Hassan Johar said he National Fund for SMEs believed in the importance of organ- Minister of Trade and izing any new sectors, including the Industry Dr Yosif Al-Ali Development was established under law 98/2013 to support e-media which has been mostly used Forum of the National Fund for small and medium enterprises, by the youth. The draft law, he Development of SMEs. diversify the economy and creating added, should be examined thor- The minister is representing His more jobs. Its goal to develop the oughly before being finally Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah entrepreneurial spirit among approved. Mohammad Al-Awash, Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the Kuwaitis, help the country take a information assistant undersecretary event. In his speech, Al-Ali said that major stride in efforts to support for media planning and knowledge Kuwaiti government has begun youth, combat unemployment, development, said the e-media law taking steps towards resolving and enable the private sector to has been a necessity in order to structural problems in the Kuwaiti drive economic growth. — KUNA address the alien ideologies targeted the youth. —KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 LOCAL Court summons coroners in News in brief terrorist cell case hearing Dolphins found in water tank at power station KUWAIT: Three dolphins were found in one of the water Constitutional Court adjourns mixed education case tanks at the Subiya power station and the Kuwait dive team is monitoring the situation, said an official yesterday. KUWAIT: The high court’s criminal circuit door session. On October 4th, the court The court held the first hearing on tutional Court, presided over by Yusuf Team official Mahmoud Ashkanani said that the team was cross-examination into the terrorist cell refused to release defendants and listened September 15. The Public Prosecution has Al-Mutawa, has adjourned the case of working with personnel at the power station to make sure case, involving 26 suspects, resumed yes- to the State security officer, who was sum- called for pre-trial detention of all the sus- mixed-sex education to December 16. that the dolphins were safe. The two sides are also working terday with the court summoning coro- moned to testify in a secret hearing. The pects, accused of carrying out hostile acts The case is related to an appeal together to prevent any damage to the facility, he said. A ners to listen to their testimonies. The court freed four of the accused on a KD against the State of Kuwait, with posses- filed against the Law No 24/1996 as monitoring report on the activities of the dolphins have court had summoned, during the previous 500 bail, but banned them from travel and sion of firearms, guns, ammunition and for higher education at Kuwait consulted international experts who suggested that the session held on October 13th, the ballis- compelled the defendants to attend next eavesdropping devices. University and the Public Authority team should continue to supervise the situation until the tics officer who testified to the presiding sessions. There are 26 persons charged for Applied Education and Training, marine creatures leave the location on their own accord, judges. On October 6th, it listened to the with the case. They are all Kuwaitis, except Mixed education case as well as education at private said Ashkanani. He added that the dolphins might have criminal inspection officer in a closed- for a single Iranian. In another development, the Consti- schools. — Agencies ended up in the current location in search for food.

Profile Kuwait orphanage

KUWAIT: The Kuwait orphanage is a clear example of the Kuwait government’s concern for and support of orphans in the country. The house was established in 1938 by His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah-chaired by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. The center which housed 100 orphans at that time, was aimed at safeguarding the money of the orphans, invested it in legal ways and covering the liv- ing costs of orphans until they reach adulthood. In 1955, the government was seeking shelter for KUWAIT: Kuwait diving team monitors situation of dol- children with unidentified parents by placing them phins at Subiya power station. — KUNA with new families to raise them, and as part of the country’s efforts to protect these children. The first Top Kuwait officials center for children was opened in 1966. in ‘GITEX 2015’ week The Kuwait Constitution also includes provisions DUBAI: Senior Kuwaiti officials participating in ‘GITEX addressing the orphans’ affairs, stating in articles num- EPA’s representatives at the conference 2015’ week in Dubai have expressed keenness on ber 9 and 10 that the country is obliged to provide full installing state of art technology in all government sector. attention to the needs of orphans. In 1972, another Kuwait picked as representative of UN “Our ministry is working tirelessly to keep up with all of center was established to house children above 10 what is new in technology and the security field,” Interior years of age, who were previously living in the chil- Undersecretary Assistant to Education and Training dren’s center. The duty of the new house was to pre- Council on Combating Desertification Affairs Major-General Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- pare these children to be citizens and blend in with Sabah said in a statement to Kuwait Television. Sheikh society. Such centers expanded in 1996 reaching six ANKARA: Kuwait was chosen as the represen- On her part, EPA’s representative at the Faisal, who made his remarks after participating in Smart houses with 85 orphans. tative of the Asian and Pacific group at the UN conference Farah Ibrahim said that Kuwait Government Conference, held as part of GITEX week of In 1977, law number 82 for orphans affairs was Convention to Combat Desertificationís (UNC- was keen on further implementing the UN activities, said participants in the conference, which issued, adopted by the Ministry of Social Affairs and CD) council for 2015-17, said Director General convention on the combat of desertification, included GCC undersecretaries and senior officials from Labor as a base for executing all orphan-related legis- and Chairman of the Board for the adding that it was important to revitalize envi- the Arab world, examined three major topics; technology, lations and articles. In the same year, a housing center Environment Public Authority (EPA) Sheikh ronmental agreements which came out the education and leadership. Meanwhile, Director General of for girls who were previously living in the children’s Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday. On 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Regarding the current Kuwait Credit Bank Salah Al-Medhaf said in a statement center was launched, housing only eight orphans up the sidelines of the 12th session for the con- conference in Turkey, which saw the participa- that he focused on leadership, noting that such a topic is until 1996. ference of the parties of the UNCCD, Sheikh tion of 195 countries and international organi- a major one in all government sectors. Moreover, Kuwait established a correctional facility Abdullah Al-Ahmad said that this achieve- zations, Ibrahim said that the Kuwaiti delega- for youth in 1956 under the supervision of the Ministry ment came in line with Kuwait’s efforts within tion shared the country’s experience in com- of Interior. The country also established a specialized Sheikh Abdullah ‘No room for mistakes’, this field of environment protection. He noted Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah bating desertification, adding that the delega- court to look into the issues of youth, as well as an that Kuwait will be part of the UNCCD council tion consisted of EPA staff and representative Sheikh Al-Khaled warns authority to provide full attention to this category which already has four state members including France, of other state entities, as well as personnel from the oil KUWAIT: No room for mistakes and law must be abided by with- including experts in judiciary, religion, psychology and Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Mexico. industry in Kuwait. — KUNA out complacency, stressed Deputy Premier and Interior Minister social affairs. By the end of 1996, the youth centers Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah late on Tuesday. His remarks were housing 529, among them were 18 females. came after touring a number of Husseiniyas (congregation halls Meanwhile, a department of family nursery was ABK the platinum sponsor of ‘Taqqabal’ for Shia commemoration ceremonies) and visiting the ‘decision- opened in 1993 for orphans, housing 601 until now. making’ room of the Interior Ministry earlier. Accompanying The number of families hosting one of the orphans KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled was Ministry Undersecretary Lt reached 19, hosting 26 children of six to 16 years old. yesterday announced that it has joined Gen Suleiman Al-Fahad and a number of senior ranks tasked with Another orphan-care project in Kuwait was the launch with the Ministry of Health and the securing premises of mosques and Husseiniyas during the lunar of the “alternative mother” program in 2014, where Human Line Organization, as the plat- month of Muharram, said a ministry statement. The Deputy one mom is tasked with looking after a specific num- inum sponsor of ‘Taqqabal’, the National Premier was briefed with plans being implemented on ground ber of children in one of the orphanage’s departments, Mental Health Awareness campaign. An through affective security deployment, which also contributed to to provide a life similar with that of a normal family to event to launch the awareness cam- smooth traffic flow in normally congested areas and exits the child. - KUNA paign was held from the 10th -15th throughout the six governorates. October 2015 at the Avenues Mall. ‘Taqqabal’, which means ‘accept’, aims to Kuwait’s trade surplus with encourage a wider acceptance and understanding of mental health issues Japan narrows 79.7 percent and reduce the stigma commonly asso- ciated with it. According to the World TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan narrowed 79.7 Health Organization (WHO) statistics, percent from a year earlier to JPY 14.6 billion ($122 million) one in five people will become mentally in September - shrinking for the fourth month as exports ill during any stage of their lifetime, marked the biggest percentage drop this year, the Finance reinforcing the prevalence of mental ill- Ministry said yesterday. However, Kuwait maintained black ness and the importance of dealing with tives and is strongly committed to work- more information about Al Ahli Bank of ink with Japan for the 92nd consecutive month, the min- it professionally. ing with both the public and private Kuwait please visit www.eahli.com, con- istry said in a preliminary report. Kuwaiti overall exports to ABK has supported a number of sectors to create a deeper understand- tact an ABK representative via ‘Ahli Chat’ Japan fell 59.0 percent year-on-year to JPY 38.2 billion health & community events throughout ing of what it means to maintain good or a customer service agent via ‘Ahlan ($318 million) for the fourth straight monthly fall, while the year as part of the Bank’s CSR initia- health; mentally and physically. For Ahli’ at 1899899. KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh imports from Japan grew 11.7 percent to JPY 23.5 billion Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah touring a number of ($196 million) - up for the fourth month. Husseiniyas. — KUNA Middle East’s trade surplus with Japan also shrank 54.2 KPI celebrates completion percent to JPY 468.0 billion ($3.9 billion) last month, with 31st meeting of GCC senior Japan-bound exports from the region tumbling 43.0 per- of Q8, Shell Italy merging municipal officials kicks off cent from a year earlier. Crude oil, refined products, lique- DOHA: The 31st meeting of GCC senior municipal offi- fied natural gas (LNG) and other natural resources, which cials kicked off on Tuesday and is expected to discuss a accounted for 95.7 percent of the region’s total exports to ROME: Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), or (Q8), has held a This is a great chance for cultural and occupational expansion major function to celebrate the completion of Q8 and Shell Italy of Kuwaiti cadres who partake in the KPI overseas projects, he host of issues bound to sustain coordination among Japan, declined 44.0 percent. The region’s overall imports member states. Doha Municipality Director from Japan went down 1.8 percent, partly due to weak fueling stations merging. The celebration was held in Rome and added. As part of the celebration, Al-Rashidi, Al-Mushaileh and attended by KPI Italy staff members, Acting Vice-President of KPI Gilotti inaugurated a full service filling station in Milan’s town of Mohammad Al-Sayyed chaired the opening session of shipments of machinery and steel. Europe Khaled Al-Mushaileh and Managing Director of Kuwait San Zenone Al Lambro. Al-Rashidi pointed out that the revamped the meeting, which is slated to come up with recom- The world’s third-biggest economy logged a global Petroleum Italia Alessandro Gilotti. KPI Chief Executive Officer station sells ethane fuel and liquefied natural gas in addition, to mendations based on the agenda. Of items listed in deficit of JPY 114.5 billion ($955 million) in September, but Bakheet Al-Rashidi held a meeting with the KPI-Italy staff in the conventional petrol and diesel fuels. the agenda are reports of specialized technical teams, narrowed nearly 90 percent on the year as lower crude oil main office in Rome and spoke to the function participants He noted that preserving the environment is a top priority for the GCC Award for Municipal Work, beautification of and other fuel prices reduced import costs. Still, it posted through video conference to congratulate them on completing the KPI, so it is keen on expanding in production of eco-friendly cities, the unified GCC building code and the prepara- the sixth straight month of shortfall. Exports only expand- the merging of Shell Italy assets and outlets in a record time. products. On 20 February, 2014, KPI announced reaching an tion of a unified GCC strategy for municipalities, Al- ed 0.6 percent, reflecting weaker demand in China amid its After this successful acquisition, the KPI-Italy has become the agreement with Shell for the acquisition of shares in the compa- Sayyed noted in an opening statement. The meeting is economic slowdown. Imports decreased 11.1 percent, with second biggest fuel supplier in the European country, Al-Rashidi nies containing Shell’s Retail, Supply Distribution logistics and a prelude of the 19th meeting of GCC municipal minis- shipments of crude oil falling over 40 percent. said in his speech on the occasion. He noted that the KPI merging Aviation businesses in Italy. Shell distributes and markets petro- ters to be also hosted by Qatar today. Exports to China, Japan’s biggest trading partner, teams have managed to overhaul a number of stations, develop leum products in Italy through a retail network of more than 800 dropped 3.5 percent. The ministry said that development logistical services, complete data systems link with the shell sta- outlets, mainly located in Northern Italy supported by an effi- in China should be closely watched, referring to the tions and changing the commercial brand to Q8easy in a short cient logistic structure. The retail network will be converted to Kuwait fire department nation’s slowing economy. Japan’s currency weakened time. In a statement to KUNA, Al-Rashidi said that spectacular suc- the Q8 brand, it stated after the signing. In the aviation business ready for torrential rain against the US dollar by 15.2 percent the year before, cess of the merging showed the importance of the investing in Shell operates in the most important Italian airports supplying development of human resources. aviation fuels.— KUNA KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) has according to the ministry. —KUNA taken all necessary precautions to cope with incidents that may happen due to possible torrential rains and floods, an Kuwait highlights effects official of the department said yesterday. Brig Gen Mohammad Al-Mahmeed, the acting deputy director gen- of ‘deteriorating lands’ eral for fight sector affairs, said in a statement that the fire- ANKARA: Kuwait has highlighted importance of establishing a men were ready to deal with any emergency round the the most important recommen- watchdog to assess and evaluate clock. Special equipment, such as water sucking pumps dations to trim effects of ‘deterio- the deteriorating lands in Kuwait, and light rubber dinghies, have been prepared for the rain rating lands’ in the Asian and and to provide various readings season, said Brig Gen Al-Mahmeed while examining the Pacific group’s countries, on the for creating land environment installations at the back-up center. Heavy rain in the past sideline of the UN Convention to development programs and to flooded lower parts of roads and locations across Kuwait. Combat Desertification (UNCCD) rehabilitate its resources. conference. Misak noted among the most The meeting, which was par- important aspects is the size of ticipated by 58 countries includ- deteriorating lands, its nature, ing Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran, and all causes of such a problem, addressed past experiments in adding that utilizing the the desertification area and ways Sustainable Land Management to minimize repercussions of (SLM) represents the first line of drought, Kuwait National defense to protect the various Committee Member for environment systems. Later, the Combating Desertification Prof professor discussed a number of Raafat Misak said. ways to effectively use the protec- Misak, who is a Scientist tive methods, expressed concern Research for Center Research on dependency on Bund Walls for Science Life and Environment in protecting vital installations, due KUWAIT: Acting deputy director general for fight sector KUWAIT: Ahmadi governor Sheikh Fawaz Khalid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah recently received the manager of Kuwait at the Institute for to ecological and hydrological affairs Brig Gen Mohammad Al-Mahmeed seen during the Martyrs Bureau Fatima Al-Ameer at the Amiri Diwan, where they discussed ways to commemorate Scientific Research (KISR), noted side effects. —KUNA the examination of the installations at the back-up Ahmadi martyrs. center. — KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 LOCAL Union campaigns for oil sector workers’ rights

By A Saleh possible, rejecting handing over the Audit Bureau detected in the incomplete houses that lacked basic new airport project. “The undersec- KUWAIT: Kuwait Gulf Oil Company services in the city. Loghaissam retary said that the Audit Bureau (KGOC) employees’ syndicate’s secre- stressed that most of the houses in was still studying the airport tender tary general Nasser Abdullah Al- the area do not have electric power while the bureau has already Hajri said “history would never for- supply yet and that many citizens announced detecting violations,” he get those who do not protect oil could not move in, while others had charged. sector workers’ rights”, adding one to buy power generators to enjoy liv- Meanwhile, the housing public cannot keep silent about the current ing in their new houses. Commenting authority is currently preparing to situation. Expressing absolute rejec- on calls to reject the resignation filed officially take over the South Sabah tion of applying the strategic salary by MEW Minister Ahmed Al-Jassar Al-Ahmad City project’s land from alternative project on oil sector over being convicted in the 2007 Kuwait Municipality today. Notably, employees, Hajri called for exempt- emergency power plan by a first the project, due to be built over a ing both current and future oil sec- instance court on grounds that the total area of 61,500 hectares, would tor employees from being subjected verdict was suspended, MP Saleh provide 25,000 housing units. to this project. “This project will have Ashour urged HH the PM to immedi- catastrophic consequences on oil ately accept the resignation. MoH freezes contracts sector employees,” he underlined, “Suspending the verdict at this stage MoH recently froze the contracts noting that it would lead to a sense of litigation does not annul it nor of two revenue stamp machine of vocational insecurity and thus kill does it mean that he is innocent,” he operating companies and discon- creativity and productivity. underlined. nected their machines from power at the expatriate labor medical tests Residents ‘suffering’ Undersecretary under fire center after finding 112 KD 10 MP Sultan Al-Loghaissam yester- MP Mansour Al-Thafeiri accused stamps that did not match the speci- day called for ending Jaber Al-Ahmed the MPW undersecretary of with- fications agreed upon with the City residents’ sufferings as soon as holding the truth about violations Finance Ministry. Panel to refer investment suspicions to prosecution

By B Izzak wrongdoings at the London office and plotting to carry out attacks on which comes under the Kuwait Kuwait. The hearing was again held KUWAIT: A National Assembly panel Investment Authority (KIA). He said behind closed doors. Judge probing suspected violations and that there are many suspicions about Mohammad Al-Duaij set the next graft at the Kuwait Investment Office several issues at the office and that hearing for Nov 3 for filing argu- in London and other investment they had sent many questions and ments but rejected requests by offices overseas is expected to rec- received answers in English, which defense lawyers to summon Sheikh ommend to refer the case to the are being translated by the finance Athbi Al-Sabah for testimony. public prosecution, rapporteur of the ministry. One of the suspects said last panel MP Madhi Al-Hajeri said yester- Committee member MP Sultan Al- month that he had received the arms day. Hajeri was speaking after the Shemmari yesterday called for refer- busted in his house from Sheikh committee held a meeting yesterday ring the whole issue to the public Athbi during the 1990-91 Iraqi occu- with the head of the government prosecution immediately. He said pation of the country. Four of the legal office and following a visit by there are suspicions about illegal suspects had been released on KD the committee members to London profits and misleading information 500 bail each while three are still at to investigate the alleged violations. by the KIA director, and the issue large. The rest are in custody. Most of But the lawmaker said that the should be sent to the judiciary. On the men are charged of being mem- final decision on the issue will be tak- his part, MP Abdulhameed Dashti bers of Hezbollah and training on the en after the ministry of finance com- threatened to grill Finance Minister use of arms and explosives. pletes the translation of a large num- Anas Al-Saleh if he did not move to The constitutional court mean- ber of documents and answers sent take action against those who squan- while set Dec 16 to issue its verdict in to the committee in English. The dered public funds at the investment a case challenging the constitutional- committee will ask the Assembly to authority. ity of a 16-year-old law enforcing sex extend its work until completing its In another development, the crim- segregation at universities. The law investigation, he said. inal court yesterday held a new hear- was passed and implemented but a But Hajeri insisted that a decision ing in the case of 25 Kuwaitis and lawyer filed a challenge against it, will be taken only after providing sol- one Iranian accused of spying for Iran saying that it is not in line with the id evidence about the claimed and Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah constitution. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 From the Arabic press Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Photo shows a group of dancers performing Zaffna - a famous folk dance, usually performed by two dancers on the rhythmsof small drums (Merwas) in (Alsout) songs. —KUNA

Al-Anbaa Al-Qabas

Enemies of stability What do we want?

By Salah Al-Sayer By Qais Al-Usta

tability and settling down in one place ur colleague Abdelaziz Al-Khatir wondered in had never been man’s aim on Earth. a nice column in Qatar’s Al-Watan newspaper Nomadic people have always roamed and Oabout the possibility of a car with a decal “Be S victorious for your Prophet”, defending the Prophet traversed the globe, going from one place to (PBUH) while at the same time committing all traffic another since prehistoric ages. It is even said violations that may lead to the killing of innocents that the first human migrations left Africa for whose only guilt is being near the car of a reckless the Arabian peninsula, crossing the Bab El- driver. Truly, who are we? And what do we want? Is it to defend religion with bad behavior and lack of Mandeb Strait in large groups, followed by oth- manners? Do we mean the slogans we raise? And are er migrations to Europe and other parts of the slogans enough to defend anything we like? world to build civilizations and demolish others. In Kuwait, for example, we want our country to Man went on roaming the planet that rotates Middle become a financial and commercial center, and despite this, we hear about banks that do not keep around its axis. East banking secrets, and there is no need to remind Man has moved long distances and been to about an employee in one of the banks who leaked a the gloomiest caves on foot before he made cheque of a prominent personality to a former MP. sleds to pull himself before inventing the wheel. We see with our own eyes Kuwait International Man also managed to tame wild animals initially —Al-Anbaa Airport, and the level it has reached. In the same con- text, a leasing manager in one of the commercial to help him fulfill his passion for traveling and malls signed a contract with a Gulf investor to lease a moving around from one spot to another. Thus, store in the complex, but a few months later, this investor still could not get the required approvals he used small animals like donkeys and large Al-Anbaa ones like camels to keep on moving either for from the municipality, commerce ministry, fire department and other government bodies. fear of enemies, to run away from wild animals, We want to be like some Gulf countries in attracting in search of food and water or even to loot oth- The flood years tourists, bearing in mind that this attraction requires ers’ wealth. opening the country for tourists and granting entry For the very same reason of moving from one By Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi visas to foreigners, because the majority of those I meet reject this out of the belief that this may lead us place to another, man invented vehicles, ships, uwaitis have been using certain events to mark in 1934, when very heavy rainfall (300 mm) dropped in to social and sharia taboos. We all want the law to be trains, planes and paved roads and built ports implemented strictly on all, but when any of our rela- and airports, which all seemed not enough to specific historic incidents such as the ‘great just fifteen minutes and flooded all ditches and trench- tive commits a violation of any type, even if it is a him, so he made rockets and used them to go Kflood year’ during which many houses were es and destroyed several houses that had been built of felony, we rush to the nearest wasta to get him out. exploring other planets. Man has never been washed away and destroyed by heavy rainfall. clay bricks. The third incident took place on Nov 30, I am the last person to volunteer defending the current government, because it reached a stage that satisfied with his own time, and thus unleashed However, many citizens, particularly younger genera- 1954, when rainfall far exceeded that of the 1872 and tions, have been mixing up the dates of those historic 1934 floods. Rain fell or three consecutive days non- cannot be treated. This is my personal conviction, but his imagination to imagine building a time before this and that, we are the people who everyone incidents. Well, they do not know that actually there stop, destroying many old houses and buildings, which machine to fictionally take him back to ancient swore to serve, but what do we want? I tell you from were three years carrying that name as heavy rainfall displaced thousands of Kuwaitis, who sought refuge ages. It seems that the most important thing is now, that we will continue asking in vain, and will destroyed many houses. The first one took place in and shelter in schools and government buildings built continue to consider the presence of shrimps and this ‘roaming, unsettled nomadic man’ is 1872, when vey heavy rainfall flooded Kuwait during of concrete. In that year, a special reconstruction com- zubaidi in the freezer evidence of wealth, and our doomed to go on moving and never settle the Islamic calendar month of Rajab, and that is why it mittee was formed under the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Ali to wise government and esteemed Assembly will con- down except when laid to rest! is known in Arabic as the ‘Rajabiya’ destructive rainfall. reconstruct and rebuild damaged houses. tinue its “outstanding” performance. Was the mes- —Translated by Kuwait Times Translated by Kuwait Times sage delivered? I hope so. The second one took place on the first of Ramadan — —Translated by Kuwait Times

Drunk man arrested Arab interior ministers call for unified anti-terrorism strategy KUWAIT: A drunk man decided to have a tip- Funds embezzlement Absconding woman ple in his neighbor’s garden, who saw him and Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Abu Halifa police returned an absconding TUNIS: Secretary General of Arab Interior working on finding suitable solutions for the factors called the police. Ahmadi patrolmen went and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid ordered the sus- woman to her family after she spent a week Ministers Council Mohammad bin Ali Koman that fuel terrorism through formulating an Arab arrested him with a bottle of liquor, and took pension of a leader at the Interior Ministry with a friend who works in a beauty salon. Abu yesterday called for adopting a unified strategy strategy for combating the spread of illegal him to the police station. until investigations are complete over charges Halifa detectives found the 19-year-old was to promote cooperation among the Arab coun- weapons and uncovering “terrorist” plots. of public funds embezzlement. The leader staying in a Salmiya flat, so they went there tries in the fight against terrorism. In a speech In this regard, he noted that the council formed Forging signature was sent to a disciplinary council at the orders and arrested her. She told them she fled during the opening of 18th Arab conference on a committee to designate terrorist organizations A citizen accused one of his employees of of the minister after using his job to benefit because of family disputes, and she was asked combating terrorism, Koman said that the event and entities and use certain criteria to blacklist per- forging his signature on a work permit trans- from a contract to purchase vehicles with the by her friend to stay with her. is held at a time when factors fueling terrorism in petrators, committers and financers of terrorism. action in favor of a compatriot. A security help of an expat who worked with him in the the Arab region are still present. This move will help Arabs to get a unified stance source said the citizen told Saad Al-Abdullah same department. He equipped the vehicles Mandoub mugged Among the factors are the spread of extremist against terrorism. He, meanwhile, condemned the discourse and sectarianism, and increasing tensions “terrorist acts” committed by the Israeli forces in the police that an Egyptian working for him at the lowest prices to benefit from the price A passport mandoub was mugged by two and armed disputes as well as the absence of occupied territories against Palestinians, saying that forged his signature on a transaction, so difference, which amounted to tens of thou- persons who attacked him in Maidan Hawally. peaceful solutions for crises, the spread of firearms these acts violate the international law. The confer- detectives were asked to arrest the suspect. In sands of dinars without care to quality. The While the victim was heading to a government and the growing terrorist financing, he said. He ence is expected to discuss experiments of the Arab another development, eight persons entered expat was terminated and sent to prosecu- department, two persons stopped him, beat warned that these factors contributed obviously to countries in countering terrorism and an Arab strat- the house of a non-Kuwaiti in Fintas and tion, while the leader was sent to a discipli- him and took KD 1,200 and several passports increasing terrorism operations in the first half of egy to combat the spread of illegal weapons as well destroyed its contents. Security cameras cap- nary council, then following several sessions, before escaping. The mandoub went to this year. Koman called for boosting Arab coopera- as the approval of a plan to bolster intelligence role tured the incident. Ahmadi detectives are it was decided to send him to the public pros- Maidan Hawally police station and informed tion in order to counter this phenomenon, and in uncovering terrorist plots. —KUNA working on the case. ecution. the police. —Al-Rai THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 Tough times ahead for Polling at 1%, US candidates refuse to bow out Japan’s yakuza gangs

Page 9 Page 11 Iran’s supreme leader endorses nuclear deal Warns president that deal contains weaknesses

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali 15. The deal’s crucial “implementation day” can only Khamenei explicitly endorsed a nuclear deal with happen after. Khamenei said the IAEA investigation world powers for the first time yesterday, but warned must be closed before Iranian officials will take steps his president it contained weaknesses that must be to ensure its Arak reactor cannot produce plutonium guarded against. Despite years of negotiations that — another potential route to an atomic weapon. culminated in a July 14 accord, Khamenei had never China has agreed to work with Iran and the United before said openly that he backed the diplomacy. Nor States to alter the Arak reactor, officials have said. had he said he was against talks. The agreement with Another condition of the deal-that Iran’s stockpile the five permanent members of the UN Security of low-enriched uranium be exported out of the Council plus Germany will see a raft of trade sanctions country-also cannot go ahead until the IAEA has com- against Iran lifted in return for curbs lasting up to 15 pleted its investigation, Khamenei stipulated. Iran has years on its atomic activities. also agreed to disable more than two-thirds of its After years of tension and Western sanctions, which 19,000 centrifuges-fast-spinning machines that enrich have ravaged Iran’s economy, Khamenei permitted uranium-with just over 6,000 being left in place. secret talks on the nuclear issue with the United The nuclear agreement, which has brought Iran out States, which commenced in Oman in 2012. But the of the diplomatic cold after years of high tension on process only gained momentum and became official, the nuclear issue, raised expectations of further involving Britain, China, France, Russia and the US detente. However, Khamenei has since banned other plus Germany, after Iranians elected President Hassan negotiations with the United States, Iran’s main adver- Rouhani, a relative moderate, in June 2013. sary since the Islamic revolution toppled the US- The supreme leader’s remarks on the final nuclear backed shah in 1979. The supreme leader’s letter to deal came in a letter to Rouhani a week after Iran’s Rouhani reiterated the point. “You know the US gov- parliament approved it, after months of often fierce ernment had an attitude of hostility. They are unlikely TEHRAN: In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali opposition from hardliners angered by what they said to change their attitude in the future,” Khamenei Khamenei delivers a speech during a meeting. — AP were too many concessions. Khamenei, who has the wrote. —AFP last word for Iran on all policy matters, said he had approved the deci- sion of the country’s top security committee, the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), to implement the agree- ment.

Warning on breaches However he told Rouhani the deal had “many ambiguities and structural weak points” which must be closely monitored. “In the absence of tight control these could bring signifi- cant damage for the pres- ent and the future of the country,” Khamenei said of such shortcomings, repeating his long-held stance that the United States cannot be trusted. A committee, con- trolled by the SNSC, will be formed to monitor “possible breaches and deception by the other parties, in particular the US” he said in the letter, which was published on his website. Iran has always denied pursuing an atomic weapon but Western intelligence agencies alleged that work to develop a bomb had taken place. The lifting of sanctions is conditional on Iran put- ting stringent curbs on its nuclear programme, including on its enrich- ment of uranium, the pro- cessing of which at high purity can produce bomb material. The main provi- sions of the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), extend for between eight to 15 years. Khamenei said any new sanctions against Iran would be a fatal breach. If such occurred “under any pretext by any country engaged in nego- tiations, it will be a viola- tion of the JCPOA and the government will be obli- gated to stop the agree- ment,” the 76-year-old leader said. On Sunday, US President Barack Obama and the European Union announced measures to ensure the lifting of sanc- tions, including those on Iran’s banks and energy sector, as soon as interna- tional monitors complete a probe into possible mili- tary dimensions of Tehran’s past nuclear activities.

IAEA probe due The UN nuclear watch- dog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due to submit that report by December INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 US boosts presence to avoid Benghazi repeat

MORON DE LA FRONTERA: When then tilt their rotors to fly like planes. force squadrons, and troops from the been torched and ransacked. Ghana and Gabon means troops can armed militants stormed the American Though it is in Europe, the sprawling two nations train together. Republicans mauled Hillary Clinton, pounce on an emerging crisis. consulate in Benghazi in 2012, the Marine Corps base answers to the US who was then secretary of state, blam- Troops are on a constant state of United States couldn’t get its crisis- military’s Africa command and concen- Too slow ing her for what they called a lack of readiness and can be in the air soon response forces to Libya fast enough. By trates on the other side of the Stevens was the first ambassador to security. She will testify Thursday before after an alarm sounds. “Once we get a the time troops were ready to mount a Mediterranean. “Right now, we are be killed on duty since 1979 in the hor- a House of Representatives panel inves- call from here, we can be wheels-up on rescue, it was too late-Ambassador Chris focused on those embassies that are rific attack on the Benghazi consulate on tigating the attacks at the consulate and our birds (Ospreys) within six hours,” said Stevens and three other American per- positioned in the countries deemed September 11, 2012 when dozens of another Benghazi compound also hit Sergeant David Bloxham, a Marine sonnel were dead. Three years on, even most at risk for crisis,” Colonel Calvert armed men stormed the building, bom- that night. Although critics accuse the machine-gunner. “We have a thousand- as the fallout from the attack still clouds Worth told AFP during a trip to the base barding it and torching it. Officials have panel of a witch hunt targeting Clinton, mile bubble that we can generally the American political scene, the this month. “We have forces here that said the consulate was a sitting duck, the issue likely will keep dogging Clinton deploy to.” The Special-Purpose Marine Pentagon has moved to make sure such can operate out of Moron that can with weak security and requests for as she seeks the Democratic presidential Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response a disaster won’t happen again. respond to western Africa, the Gulf of extra staffing denied despite a rising Al- nomination. She is the frontrunner in the team, or MAGTF, has already deployed Here on a flat, muddy-brown expanse Guinea and northern Africa when called Qaeda threat. Pentagon officials tried to Democratic race. several times. of fields near Moron de la Frontera in upon,” Worth added. respond to an unfolding crisis but were In July of last year, Marines flew from southern Spain, about 60 kilometers AFP visited Moron while accompany- hamstrung by distance. Then defense Six hours to deploy the sister base in Sigonella and provided southeast of Seville, the United States ing US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, secretary Leon Panetta sent a surveil- The Benghazi attack happened fast, air support while the US embassy in has struck a military cooperation deal who visited US troops and thanked his lance drone but it took about 90 min- catching the US off guard. Though Tripoli was evacuated. In that event, the with Madrid that allows for a permanent Spanish counterpart Pedro Morenes utes to get there. there’s no way troops could have troops were not needed on the ground deployment of up to 2,200 US service ahead of a NATO meeting called to He also ordered troops from the deployed from Moron quickly enough to and remained airborne, but they could members, mainly Marines and sailors. assess emerging security threats along United States and special operations intervene, the idea now is that they will have landed at a moment’s notice. Carter Currently, about 800 US forces are the 28-nation alliance’s southern flank. forces in Europe to a NATO base in travel to hot spots and be within striking also visited Sigonella, which houses a deployed here, along with a fleet of MV- Alongside the US personnel, the Spanish Sigonella in Sicily for a potential rescue. distance at the first sign of trouble. Such fleet of drones including armed 22B troop-carrying Osprey aircraft that military has hundreds of its own troops But by the time the units arrived in prepositioning in bases like Sigonella Predators and Global Hawk surveillance can take off and land like helicopters, at the base as part of two Spanish air southern Italy, the consulate had already and also in Africa including in Senegal, craft. — AFP Nazi researchers probe IS over Yazidi ‘genocide’

BERLIN: A group that documented Nazi genocide against the Yazidis. The war crimes is now investigating whether jihadists themselves have called in their massacres committed by Islamic State magazine Dabiq for fighters to “kill jihadists against Iraq’s Yazidi minority (them) wherever you find them, and cap- amount to genocide. Three European ture them, and besiege them”. They have researchers have embarked on the gar- also said the Yazidi women “could be gantuan task of establishing that the IS enslaved”. crimes aimed to systematically wipe out For French priest Patrick Desbois, the an ethnic group, in a bid to push the “organized and administrative” character- international community to halt the bru- istic of these crimes “in different places tal crimes. that are far from each other (is) astound- “We are not seeking to be sensational ing”. And it is this characteristic that but to establish the stages of the criminal might qualify the violations as genocide process for each category of the Yazidi- crimes committed against a specific men, women, children-in order to back group of people with the intent of up the claim of genocide,” Andrej destroying them. Such violence can Umansky, criminal law specialist at include killings, causing mental harm, Cologne University, told AFP. The Yazidis imposing measures to prevent births, or are neither Arabs nor Muslims and have a forcibly transferring children to another unique faith which IS jihadists consider group. to be heretical and polytheistic. The Kurdish-speaking minority is mostly ‘Everyone is registered’ LESBOS: A man sits with a young girl wrapped in a blanket on the shore after arriving with other refugees and migrants on the Greek island. — AFP based around Sinjar Mountain in north- The Kurdistan Regional Government ern Iraq. When the jihadists made an (KRG) in August said there were 550,000 unexpected push in August last year into Yazidis in Iraq-but they also account for Flying on a fake ID: Refugees’ parts of northern Iraq under Kurdish con- 400,000 of the more than three million trol, the Yazidis were the worst hit, with people displaced in Iraq since the IS vio- many massacred and abducted. The lence erupted in early 2014. According to small European team from Yahad In the KRG, 1,280 Yazidis were killed in the path less travelled to Europe Unum-an association that collected evi- IS offensive, 280 died from conditions dence of Nazi slaughters of Jews and they were subjected to and 841 remain Roma in former Soviet areas-has trav- missing. Crisis creates massive demand for fake IDs elled to collect evidence at a Kurdish More than 5,800 were abducted by IS, PARIS: Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate ‘Supermarket of false documents’ Part of the network operated on the island of refugee camp just 20 kilometers from the of whom just over 2,000 had managed to to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his sur- “He was very upset that I left him at the air- Kos in the Aegean Sea, close to the Turkish coast, frontline where battle was raging with IS flee, the KRG said. Witnesses have spoken prise when he finally met a shadowy forger port, but what could I do, turn back and give from where thousands of migrants attempt the militants. of a shockingly orderly process in which known as “The Whale” at an Arab-style shisha myself up? I was really sad, but I had to keep sea crossing every day. On arrival in Greece the Since August, they have filmed 50 “everyone is registered” by the IS, and cafe near Athens. “It turns out the guy I’d been going,” he said. Before the Syrian war broke out migrants are often held in apartments to stop interviews with Yazidi men, women and where the jihadists obsessively sought to speaking to, who sounded so big and scary on four years ago, Ali had been through airports them finding other smuggling gangs. children who have managed to flee the obtain their captives’ documents. the phone, was actually tiny,” said 31-year-old dozens of times and speaks perfect English. “My terror of IS. While the witness accounts Desbois said IS medical experts were Ali, now living as a refugee in The Hague which brother hadn’t left Syria before and didn’t know ‘Like in the movies’ could be used to back up future legal present at all stages of the process to how to navigate the airport. It was a lot harder Ali’s girlfriend Rania-like Ali, her name has he reached by plane several months ago using a proceedings, “our first aim is to stop this check women’s virginity, to drug sex for him to blend in,” he said. Every day, Greek been changed to protect her identity-has been forged Italian identity card that cost him just 30 crime” which is still being perpetrated, slaves, and to force young boys to swal- police find up to 200 fake IDs, “most of them of living in the Netherlands since November last Euros ($34). said Umansky. “Imagine if we had ques- low painkillers during military training. poor quality”, at Athens airport, a European year, but to get there she was among those who tioned the escapees of Auschwitz in He also said that when young Yazidi Unlike tens of thousands of other refugees security expert told AFP speaking on condition paid for a smuggling “package”. For 3,000 Euros 1942: reacting with legal procedures refugees watched IS militants speaking and migrants, he was able to avoid the perilous, of anonymity. While the Greek capital has for ($3,400), she was held in an apartment, handed would not have been the priority.” in propaganda videos, “the young peo- exorbitantly-priced land journey through the decades been “an international supermarket of a stolen Bulgarian ID and told that for five days ple knew them all, showing how impor- Balkans and central Europe, all thanks to “The false documents”, the current migrant crisis has her smuggler would pay for as many flights as Child soldiers and sex slaves tant indoctrination was in the training Whale”. The rush to Europe has fuelled a massive vastly exacerbated the problem, he added. “At necessary to get her to her destination. The initiative began last year follow- camps”. The investigators are also look- demand for fake IDs among people like Ali-not least once a month, a fake ID ‘laboratory’ is dis- “The picture on the ID looked like me. I was ing a meeting in Belgium with three ing into how the IS has snatched babies his real name-who already risked their lives once mantled in central Athens,” he said, adding that caught the first time, but I hid my fear and got the people who run them are “mainly Albanians, through the second time. When I reached Yazidi refugees, said Costel Nastasie, a on the pretext of giving them a new life to reach Greece from Turkey on inflatable boats. Pakistanis, Iraqis and Syrians who have lived in Amsterdam Schipol airport, I went to the bath- Belgian former police officer who spe- in a Muslim family. Yet dealing with gangsters like “The Whale”, Ali warned, was also risky and cost him his dignity. Greece for a long time.” Ali had made two failed room and threw the ID away, just like you see in cialized in investigations of crimes “It’s possible that these children are attempts using a fake French ID and a Swedish the movies,” said Rania, 28. The young woman against the Roma. The team’s small size sold to Qatari or Saudi families,” said “All along, you know they’re cheating you, but you can’t say anything. You have to beg passport before making it to the Dutch capital, said that before the war she would never have and French foreign ministry backing Nastasie. The process of identifying per- them to get what you want. It’s humiliating,” he where his Syrian girlfriend was already living. “I imagined travelling illegally. But she could not helped open the doors to the Kurdish petrators looks promising, as many said, speaking to AFP through the Viber phone bought the Swedish passport for $1,000 (880 risk being returned from Dubai, where her resi- refugee camps. The greatest challenge jihadists do not bother to hide their faces app from his new home. In April Ali used the ID, Euros) from its holder, a man of Iraqi origin. It dence permit was due to expire, to Syria: her has been finding recent Yazidi arrivals and are also often known at least by their which carried his picture but was in the name of was due to expire, I thought he was just out to uncle is a high-profile dissident, which puts the who clearly recollect the crimes and are nicknames, said Umansky, who said he someone called Marco Rossi. He caught a flight make a quick buck,” said Ali. whole family at risk of arrest. “I was very scared, willing to talk about their traumatic was stunned by how people from all over from Crete airport-”where security is lower than It turned out that the Iraqi-Swede was want- smugglers are criminals. But for we Syrians, experiences. the world had joined the IS. As they try Athens”-to Paris, and then a train to The Hague. ed by Greek police for drug-related crime. “Only death is everywhere. Rather than criticize me for “Most people are very emotional, to piece together precise information His older brother, who paid 100 Euros ($114) for when I managed to convince them I was actually forging an identity, people should try to put there have to be frequent breaks,” said about the training of child soldiers or the his Spanish forgery, wasn’t so lucky-he was a Palestinian refugee did they let me go,” he said. themselves in my shoes,” she said. “If there had Nastasie. “And we have to explain to the sale of abducted women, the investiga- caught out and would end up making the 3,000- On October 7, Greek police arrested 12 members been a legal way for me to get here, I would victims’ family members why we have to tors are struggling with the fact that the kilometre journey to the Netherlands by land. of a gang that forged documents for migrants. have taken it.” —AFP be in a room alone with the person. victims are spread out over a large geo- “Some women are willing to speak in graphic area-also a problem for any front of us, but others would only remain potential rescue operations. “The Yazidis IS not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage with our Yazidi investigator.” are in the lives of the IS-in their prisons, UN investigators have said that the IS in their families, next to fighters over a NEW YORK: The Islamic State group may domi- were within ISIS-held areas now have a much tling the ancient ruins of Palmyra since captur- jihadists appeared to be committing vast territory,” said Desbois. —AFP nate headlines about the destruction of heritage higher incidence of moderate or severe looting ing the area in May. In September, CBS News sites in Syria, but it is far from the only culprit, than sites we have sampled in other places, and reported on smugglers selling looted artifacts to new US research warned yesterday. The Syrian a much lower incidence of looting overall,” help fund IS, including a mosaic purportedly regime, Kurdishand other opposition forces are Casana told AFP. “ISIS is terrible, awful,” he said. dug up in the Roman city of Apamea in western also major players in the destruction, according “On the other hand, looting on an equally large Syria. to the study led by a specialist in Middle East scale is taking place at a large number of sites all archaeology at Dartmouth University. across Syria.” War problem, not IS problem The findings, published in the journal Near Episodes of severe looting have been perpe- But Casana said Apamea was first looted by Eastern Archaeology, are based on analysis of trated under the direct watch or perhaps by the the regime military. Satellite images indicate satellite imagery from nearly 1,300 out of Syria’s Syrian regime military and not been widely that the looting began in 2012 after Syrian estimated 8,000 archaeological sites. Media reported, Casana told AFP. IS has carried out a forces moved in, and that the most extreme attention “has led to a widespread misunder- sustained campaign of destruction of heritage phase took place in the government-adminis- standing that ISIS is the main culprit when it sites in Syria and Iraq, most notoriously disman- tered portion of the site. —AFP comes to looting,” said Jesse Casana, associate professor at Dartmouth, using another acronym for the IS group. “Using satellite imagery, our research is able to demonstrate that looting is actually very com- mon across all parts of Syria.” The research found that more than 26 percent of sites were looted in regions held by Kurdish or other opposition groups. Around 21.4 percent of sites were looted in IS-controlled areas and 16.5 percent in Syrian regime areas.

Severe looting by Syrian military But while minor looting was most common in Kurdish and opposition-held areas, IS dominated when it came to heavy destruction, the study found. The study classified 42.7 percent of loot- NEWROZ: A handout picture released by International Rescue Committee on August ing in IS-held areas as heavy, 22.9 percent in 14, 2014, and taken on August 13, 2014 shows Iraqi Yazidi refugees at Newroz camp Syrian regime areas, 14.3 percent in opposition in Al-Hassakah province, north eastern Syria, being cared for by the International force-held areas, and 9.4 percent Kurdish areas. DOUMA: A Syrian man carries a bicycle amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a Rescue Committee, after fleeing Islamic State militants. — AFP “To the best of our knowledge, the sites that reported air strike by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held area. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Why bother? Polling at 1%, US candidates refuse to bow out

WASHINGTON: Their campaigns flatlined the candidacies of Clinton, Trump, Jeb Bush early is not an option. For others, a long shot the same bind include former Maryland gov- long ago. But several low-polling candi- or Bernie Sanders will implode, and merci- 2016 race strategically positions them for a ernor Martin O’Malley and Rhode Island’s ex- dates in the US presidential race insist they fully send support their way. But the ques- viable vice presidential nod, or lays the governor Lincoln Chafee, whose performance are still viable contenders, even as voters tion observers ask 13 months before the groundwork for 2020 or beyond. Several back- at last week’s Democratic debate was so awk- and experts ask: Why? Jim Webb, for election is, why not pull the plug on cam- of-the-pack Republicans are stubbornly hold- ward that his state’s political chorus rose up in instance, has made zero impact on the race. paigns that are clearly on life support? ing firm, including Graham, Louisiana unity urging him to quit the race. “Chafee’s He exited the Democratic nomination bat- The arduous, exhausting run for the US Governor Bobby Jindal, ex-New York governor good day for dropping out is about a week old tle on Tuesday much like he entered it-with presidency is the natural next step for some George Pataki, and ex-senator Rick Santorum. now,” political science professor Joseph few people noticing. politicians in the public spotlight, clouded by None surpasses the one percent bar in the Cammarano of Rhode Island’s Providence But instead of riding his political horse ego and fuelled by ambition. Dropping out RealClearPolitics poll average. Democrats in College told AFP. — AFP into the sunset, the gruff-talking former senator and US Marine is threatening one final mission: an independent run against the likes of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively the Democratic and Republican frontrunners. Senator Lindsey Graham keeps spinning his wheels at the back of the broad Republican field, caught WASHINGTON: Former US Sen Jim Webb (D-VA) speaks as his wife Hong Le between debate-shaping foreign policy Webb listens during a news conference at the National Press Club . — AFP guru and political laughing stock with little support. respondent backed him. He fares little bet- Catching fire No support, in some cases. In an August ter today. Yet the no-hopers persist, toiling They smile through gritted teeth, insist- poll of 957 voters in North Carolina, which away in a brutal ground game that rewards ing their campaigns are one debate away borders Graham’s home state, not one deep pockets and name recognition. from catching fire. They wonder whether THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Pope’s brain tumor? Try keeping up with him proclaims Vatican

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican yesterday dis- had anticipated the Vatican reaction. “This missed a report that Pope Francis has a brain denial is understandable and to be expected,” tumor as baseless, with a spokesman chal- he said. “We waited a long time before pub- lenging anyone who thinks the pontiff is seri- lishing the report in order to carry out every ously ill to try keeping up with him. possible check. We don’t have the slightest Quotidiano Nazionale (QN), the newspaper doubt that it is founded.” which made the claim, said it stood by its story Pope Francis has maintained an intense that a “small dark spot” had been detected on work schedule throughout his two and a half the 78-year-old pontiff’s brain several months years in the Vatican, eschewing the long sum- ago. The paper said it was discovered by mer breaks enjoyed by many of his predeces- Japanese neurosurgeon Takanori Fukushima, sors. He has looked extremely weary at times a world expert on skull base tumors who is and in several interviews he has made refer- partly based at the San Rossore di Barbaricina ence, sometimes light-heartedly, to an appar- clinic near Pisa in central Italy. According to ent belief that he only has a few years to live. the report, the professor and a medical team At his weekly audience yesterday, the were flown by helicopter to the Vatican to pope looked cheerful but also pale and tired examine Francis and concluded that the as he made comments touching on the tumor was treatable without surgery. theme of failing health. Recalling how one of Quotidiano based its story largely on the his predecessors, John Paul II, had remained at supposed account of a nurse at the clinic who the head of the Church until his death in 2005 reportedly saw medical notes under Francis’s despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease, the real name, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. But Vatican pope said sick people should follow his exam- spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, insisted ple and “bear with joy the cross of suffering as the claims were baseless-and that he had he (John Paul II) taught us.” checked them with the pope himself. “I can Despite fatigue and a constant battle with confirm that no Japanese doctor came to the sciatica, Francis shows no sign of slowing Vatican to see the pope and there were no down. His recent nine-day trip to Cuba and examinations of the type indicated in the arti- the United States was one of the most gruel- cle,” he told hundreds of journalists in an ing yet and he is preparing for a five-day visit unusually well-attended Vatican press brief- to Kenya, Uganda and the conflict-torn BREZICE: A plume of smoke rises from a camp for migrants near Slovenia’s border with Croatia. — AP ing. He repeated an early condemnation of Central African Republic at the end of the report as “an irresponsible act that was November. There has also been no sign of his completely unjustified and unspeakable.” intellectual energy diminishing as he has par- Clearly exasperated, the Vatican media ticipated in an ongoing synod of clerics which Camp fire in Slovenia as chief resorted to irony to get his message has seen his vision of how Church teaching on across. “If you had to run after him during his issues such as divorce and homosexuality overseas trips, you’d know,” (he is in good should evolve meet with resistance from con- health), Lombardi said. “He does have some servatives. Vatican expert Iacopo Scaramuzzi migrants push forward problems with his legs but the head seems to said the scare story about the pope’s health me to be working absolutely perfectly.” could be related to tensions in the church at a time when allegations of Machiavellian skull- Heightened misery for thousands of people ‘Not long to live’ duggery abound. “The timing of this news, Fukushima did meet Pope Francis but it exactly when a turbulent synod is concluding, BREZICE: Freezing temperatures and burning tents less flow of migrants traveling through the Balkans, freezing cold, waiting to cross from Serbia. Exhausted was in October 2014, according to a post on is curious,” he told AFP. “What is striking is that heightened the misery of thousands of people yester- their journey made more difficult since Hungary and chilled, migrants walked down the muddy border the surgeon’s Japanese blog, which does not the article does not clearly reveal its sources day as they pushed their way through Europe, hoping erected fences protected by razor wire, police and sol- passage and over corn fields. Croatian police had indicate any professional connection. Andrea and the Vatican has made such a vehement to find refuge at the end of their arduous treks. The diers on its southern borders, forcing migrants to find deployed on the boundary to stop them but then Cangini, the director of Quotidiano, said he denial.“ — AFP European Union’s executive, meanwhile, summoned new routes west. moved away. “I am sorry for Europe,” said Iraqi migrant leaders of the countries on the migrant trail to a sum- Hungary closed its border with Serbia to the free Ari Omar in a field in Rigonce, Slovenia, on the border mit in Brussels on Sunday in an effort to better coordi- flow of migrants on Sept. 15 and clamped down on its with Croatia. “We did not think Europe is like this. No nate the flow from one country to another. border with Croatia on Saturday. Since then, 21,500 respect for refugees, not treating us with dignity. Why A fire broke out on yesterday at a camp for migrants have entered Slovenia from Croatia, includ- is Europe like this?” UN refugee agency officer migrants in Slovenia, the current gateway to Austria ing 8,000 on Tuesday, with many thousands more on Francesca Bonelli said around 3,000 migrants were and beyond. The cause of the fire at the camp in their way. Early yesterday, Slovenian lawmakers grant- there overnight, including little children, the elderly, Brezice, on Slovenia’s border with Croatia, was not ed more powers to the army to work with police in people in wheelchairs and many sick and exhausted. clear, but migrants had been lighting fires outside managing the migrant influx along the borders of the In Cyprus, an EU country in the Mediterranean their tents to ward off the chilly fall weather. Several small Alpine nation. A few hours later, some 200 sol- Sea, 114 people aboard two fishing boats, including tents were destroyed before firefighters extinguished diers were already taking part in border control. 28 children, came ashore at a British air base on the the flames, and women and children were evacuated Slovenia’s Sefic said a new entry point into Austria was island’s southern coast. Greek emergency workers from the camp. Many of those at the Brezice camp being discussed with its northern neighbor to relieve joined a search for 15 people reported missing after arrived in the dark after wading or swimming across pressure on Slovenia. a small boat carrying refugees sank in Turkish waters the Sutla River in temperatures close to freezing. In Austria, at least 1,000 migrants rushed in from on its way to a Greek island. More than 500,000 peo- Slovenia, eluding police controls. They began walking ple have arrived so far this year on Greece’s eastern ‘Dissatisfied and unrestful’ northward on a smaller road next to the A9 highway islands, paying smugglers to ferry them across from Slovenian Interior Secretary of State Bostjan Sefic to Graz. Police spokesman Fritz Grundnig said officers nearby Turkey. said he was waiting for a police report on the fire. The were blocking entry points to the A9 highway and A statement from EU Commission President Jean- migrants “just want to go on their way as soon as pos- accompanying the migrants on their march. Claude Juncker’s office said Sunday’s summit was a sible,” Sefic said. “They are very dissatisfied and unrest- ‘I am sorry for Europe’ response to “a need for much greater cooperation, ful when they stay at a certain place.” Serbia, Croatia Further back, hundreds of migrants pushed into more extensive consultation and immediate opera- and Slovenia have struggled to cope with the relent- Croatia after spending the night out in the open in tional action.” — AP VATICAN: Pope Francis catches a scarf thrown by a worshipper as he greets the crowd from the popemobile before his weekly general audi- ence at St Peter’s square. — AFP Romania probes ex-president San Francisco officials confirm for ‘crimes against humanity’ status as immigrant sanctuary SAN FRANCISCO: Officials have determined that improves public safety and embraces immi- BUCHAREST: A Romanian court has movement that staged sit-ins blocking demonstration organized at University Iliescu is accused of bringing thou- that San Francisco will remain an immigration- grants. “I’m so proud of San Francisco,” Supervisor begun a probe into former president downtown Bucharest for several weeks Square killed four people and wounded sands of miners to Bucharest to add related sanctuary city, despite criticism after a David Campos, who co-sponsored the nonbind- Ion Iliescu for alleged crimes against in mid-1990, just six months after the some 1,000, three of them with gunfire,” muscle to efforts to end the protests. woman was killed by a Mexican national who ing resolution, said after the vote. “I’m so proud humanity over the violent suppression fall of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Communist prosecutors said. Virgil Magureanu, On the day of the crackdown hundreds had been released from jail even though federal that notwithstanding the climate at the national of protests in 1990, months after the fall regime. The ex-president spent an hour Romania’s then-intelligence chief, told of people deemed “enemies of the agents wanted him detained for deportation. level of scape-goating immigrants that San of the Communist regime, prosecutors at the prosecutors’ office yesterday and prosecutors yesterday about his role in regime”, some simply having beards or The Board of Supervisors unanimously Francisco went against that.” said yesterday. refused to answer questions from jour- the incidents that cast a shadow over wearing jeans, were beaten as security approved a resolution Tuesday that urges the Roy Beck, director of NumbersUSA, which The 85-year-old is accused over the nalists when he left. the country’s transition from personnel looked on. The prosecution sheriff not to participate in a detainer-notifica- calls for limiting immigration, said it’s frightening violent crackdown on an opposition “The violent repression of the Communism. opened an investigation into the inci- tion system that asks jails to let Immigration that supervisors sided with immigrants who are dent in March, after the European Court Customs and Enforcement officials know when in the country illegally - even violent ones - of Human Rights (ECHR) in September an inmate of interest is being released. The rather than public safety. San Francisco declared criticized Bucharest for failing to proper- action sent a strong but symbolic message to itself a sanctuary city in 1989, passing an ordi- ly probe the violence. “Mr Iliescu has critics who had lambasted San Francisco after nance that bans city officials from enforcing been informed that legal proceedings the July 1 waterfront shooting of 32-year-old immigration laws or asking about immigration have been initiated against him,” a Kate Steinle. status unless required by law or court order. A spokesman for prosecutors told AFP. Earlier in the day, Senate Republicans in follow-up ordinance in 2013 allows detention Congress tried but failed to push through legisla- only under a court order targeting violent felons. Death, beating tion punishing sanctuary cities. The death of San Francisco and other cities and counties Iliescu was charged with murder Steinle cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the have routinely ignored requests from ICE to keep and attempted murder in 2005 over the city that proudly declares itself a refuge for immi- people in custody. The jurisdictions say they protests but the charges were dropped grants. As outrage mounted nationally, US Sen. can’t hold arrestees beyond their scheduled in 2007. The ex-president, who ruled Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, criti- release dates without probable cause. However, Romania from 1990 to 1996 and then cized San Francisco’s sheriff, saying that suspect more than half of the roughly 340 jurisdictions again from 2000 to 2004, said in 2005 Juan Francisco Sanchez-Lopez should have been that previously declined to cooperate with ICE that his conviction would be a “national detained. are now doing so in some form, as long as they shame”. In 2008, prosecutors decided to Sanchez-Lopez says he found the gun under don’t have to keep immigrants in custody. drop the case entirely, stating that the a bench on the pier, and it accidently fired when The shift came after outreach by federal allegations against him were baseless. he picked it up. “All of us in this room agree that immigration officials and several high-profile The ECHR case was brought by the the death of Kathryn Steinle was senseless and cases, including the one in San Francisco. San wife of a man who was killed in the tragic, but what many of us disagree on is the Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi said on Tuesday crackdown with a bullet fired from role - if any - that San Francisco’s existing sanctu- through a spokeswoman that the unanimous the interior ministry. It was also ary and due-process-for-all” ordinances played in vote by the board validates his policy. brought by another defendant, a man the event, Supervisor Malia Cohen said to cheers Supervisors voted to table another resolution who suffered ill-treatment at the from the crowd that gathered for the meeting. urging the sheriff to revoke a department-wide hands of policemen and men in plain memo prohibiting communication between his clothes in the basement of a building Hateful commentary staff and federal immigration authorities, saying BUCHAREST: In this Thursday, June 14, 1990, file photo pro-government coal miners wield clubs housing the public television head- Supervisors said they wouldn’t let hateful it would send the wrong message to people liv- against an anti-government demonstrator at University Square. — AP quarters. — AFP commentary undermine a long-standing policy ing in the city illegally. — AP Clashes in Congo after day of deadly protest

BRAZZAVILLE: Demonstrators and security running, mobile Internet, text messaging coordinated insurrection”-had left three peo- popular insurrection” to prevent the referen- that he has already served two seven-year forces clashed for a second day in Congo’s services and French radio RFI’s signal were ple dead in Brazzaville and another in Pointe- dum from taking place. Speaking by phone, terms. In the last presidential poll in 2009, he capital yesterday in unrest triggered by the cut throughout the city. Noire, the country’s economic capital and its Public Works Minister Emile Ouosso who has won nearly 79 percent of the votes. Half of president’s bid to extend his three-decade Clashes broke out on Tuesday after the second city.”Symbols of the republic, such as led a “yes” to the referendum campaign his 12 rivals boycotted the election. Tens of term in office, an AFP correspondent said. government banned a planned opposition the headquarters of the police (or) the gen- claimed he had been “taken hostage” for thousands of the president’s supporters After a day in which four people were killed rally against Sunday’s referendum which darmerie, were targeted,” he said. Northern nearly five hours by “activists opposed to staged a rally on Saturday in favor of the con- and 10 hurt in clashes, dozens of youths took could allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso and eastern areas of the capital were calm, changing the constitution”. stitutional changes. to the streets in western Brazzaville in an to prolong his stay in office. The vote propos- but a resident of a southern neighborhood Sunday’s referendum amendment would The turnout dwarfed the size of an anti- apparent bid to throw up barricades as secu- es changing the constitution to increase the told AFP several shops were looted during allow Sassou Nguesso, who was returned to government demonstration late last month, rity forces fired rounds of tear gas grenades maximum age of presidential candidates, the night. power in 1997 elections after a brief but when several thousand people poured onto to hold them back. currently 70, and to scrap a rule that limits bloody civil war, to seek a third term in office. the capital’s streets to protest against the Opposition supporters also reported the number of seven-year terms to two. ‘Peaceful popular insurrection’ The former Marxist soldier also ruled Congo president’s plan to cling to power. They had clashes in southern parts of the capital, but it Speaking late on Tuesday, Interior Pascal Tsaty Mabiala, a leader of the main from 1979 to 1992. Under the current consti- rallied under the cry “Sassoufit”, a pun on the was not clear if yesterday’s fresh violence had Minister Raymond Mboulou said the unrest opposition PanAfrican Union for Social tution, Sassou Nguesso, 72, is not able to run French expression which means “that’s caused any casualties. For the second day which he described as an “organized and Democracy, called Tuesday for “a peaceful again because of his age and due to the fact enough”. — AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Jain monk requires eight months to walk to court

AHMEDABAD: An itinerant Jain monk from Ahmedabad-a journey the 60- documents endorsing the practice. before court by November 4,” Gandhi stepping on or swallowing insects. ordered to appear in court in the year-old says he will only undertake The charge was filed by Jashmin said yesterday. They live an itinerant life, meaning Indian city of Ahmedabad has said he on foot. But a court rejected his Shah, a local Jain community leader Jainism is an ancient Indian religion Maharaj has no fixed address although needs eight months to get there request for the lengthy journey and who has fought a campaign against whose followers live a spartan lifestyle he regularly visits Ahmedabad in the because his strict faith prevents him told him to appear in court next Bal Diksha. Shah’s lawyer Nitin Gandhi according to strict non-violent princi- western state of Gujarat, home to from using any form of transport. month. Maharaj faces charges of pro- told AFP the court had ruled out an ples. Jain monks renounce all worldly many Jain holy sites. Hindu-majority Acharya Kirti Yashurishwarji moting Bal Diksha-the recruitment of eight-month delay. “The court has goods and even sweep the floor in India is home to around four million Maharaj is currently in the eastern city children into the Jain monastic order- issued a fresh bailable warrant against front of them and cover their mouths Jains, many of whom live in Gujarat of Kolkata, about 2,200 kilometers by publishing forged government the monk and directed him to appear with their hands as they walk to avoid and neighboring Rajasthan. —AFP Tough times ahead for Japan’s yakuza gangs Influence of Japanese mafia begins to fade

HIMEJI: A decade after retiring from a life of things done quickly-however dubious the possession and the 73-year-old has since crime, Satoru Takegaki now spends his days means-the yakuza blossomed from the demanded about 30 million yen ($250,000) a helping other ex-gangsters find regular jobs chaos of post-war Japan into a multi-billion- year from each of his gang’s 70-odd factions and adjust to life outside Japan’s notorious dollar criminal organizations involved in across the country, along with other gifts. yakuza mob. The former mafia boss body- everything from gambling, drugs and prosti- “The head of the Yamaguchi-gumi is esti- guard hopes he will see a lot more disaffect- tution to loan sharking, protection rackets mated to have an annual income of about ed yakuza on the doorstep of his anti-gang and white-collar crime. one billion yen,” Mizoguchi told AFP. “On the support group, as Japan’s underworld faces other hand, a low-ranking yakuza member its biggest shakeup in years. ‘Mob uprising’ feels rich and happy with a 10,000 yen bill in In September, the Yamaguchi-gumi, Yakuza numbers have been falling steadi- his wallet-that is how much the income gap Japan’s largest organized crime gang, was ly for years, last year there was estimated to has widened.” shaken by the high-profile defection of be 53,000 yakuza members-down from about a dozen top leaders who formed their 180,000 at their peak in the sixties. The Legal grey zone own group. The split prompted police warn- Japanese mafia’s self-professed claims of Unlike the Italian Mafia or Chinese triads ings of a possible repeat of a 1980s gangland operating with honor took a blow when a in other countries, yakuza have long occu- bloodbath, but also revealed the internal financially struggling mobster murdered the pied a peculiar grey area in Japanese society- struggles and fading influence of the mayor of Nagasaki in 2007 because of a they are not illegal and each group has its HIMEJI: Satoru Takegaki, 64, a one-time bodyguard for a former Yamaguchi-gumi leader, Japanese mafia, once infamous for a rigid grudge against city officials. own headquarters in full view of police. But shows an anti-gang campaign poster during an interview. —AFP honor system that called on them to chop It is estimated around 10 percent of the “the law is not meant to recognize them as off fingers for even minor transgressions. Yamaguchi-gumi’s 23,000-strong member- legal entities to protect-it is meant to control “Looking back, there was nothing to earn ship have now defected to a breakaway their activities”, said Kazuhito Shinka, who by being yakuza, except for some temporary group leaving its leader-Kenichi Shinoda, heads up Japan’s organized crime unit. pleasure,” 64-year-old Takegaki told AFP, his also known as Shinobu Tsukasa-vulnerable Now, stiffer anti-mafia regulations are Pakistan hangs voice thick with an accent long associated to charges of tax evasion like those that top- making life a struggle as businesses are with Japanese gangsters. “We no longer live pled Chicago mobster Al Capone, Mizoguchi banned from dealing with yakuza and mob- in a world where yakuza can do business in said. sters struggle to even open a bank account more prisoners the open. They’re no longer needed,” he said “Those that split off are believed to have or receive mail at their office. The changes from his home in Himeji city, not far from data about how much Tsukasa has pocketed” have even led to a handful of lawsuits filed Kobe where the Yamaguchi-gumi are based. over the years, Mizoguchi, adding that defec- by legitimate businesses against mobsters to MULTAN: Pakistan yesterday hanged at least the death penalty in December, after Taliban Observers said the turbulence highlights tors might pass the sensitive information to recover years of protection money. five more men for murder, an official said, militants gunned down more than 150 peo- the fact all is not well in Japan’s quasi-legal police. A rival crime boss was arrested this Retired mobster Takegaki-who still keeps bringing the total number of people executed ple, most of them children, at a school in the organized crime groups, as a poor economy summer on tax evasion charges. The break- “heartfelt” letters that his late Yamaguchi- in just 24 hours to 14. The latest executions restive northwest. Hangings were initially rein- and steadily falling membership hurt the away mobsters left after becoming angry at gumi boss sent to him while doing prison took place in cities of Lahore, Bahawalpur, stated only for those convicted of terrorism, bottom line. Less organized rivals are also the millions of dollars which they had to time — said the loyalty and brotherhood Toba Tek Singh, Mianwali, Dera Ghazi Khan in but in March they were extended to all capital muscling in on traditional yakuza territory, hand over to top brass annually, including that he insists once typified the yakuza central Punjab province. offences. while at the same time public tolerance for their dapper boss who is known for donning are long gone. “Everything seems to “One convict was hanged in each jail in the The European Union, the United Nations their actions is disappearing. expensive Italian suits. revolve around money now, not ‘giri’ five cities,” a senior prisons official, who did not and human rights campaigners have all urged “The split means both sides get weaker- “What was behind the break-up is that the (duty) and ‘ninjo’ (humanity),” said want to be named, told AFP. On Tuesday, Pakistan to reinstate the moratorium. you cannot deny that Japan’s mafia is fading Yamaguchi-gumi’s top management was Takegaki, whose life of crime started at Pakistan executed nine convicts, also in pris- Amnesty International estimated in away,” said Atsushi Mizoguchi, a freelance siphoning off too much money — (prompt- the tender age of 21. “I’m hoping the ons in Punjab. The hangings brought the tally December that Pakistan has more than 8,000 journalist and expert on Japan’s organized ing) an uprising among members,” breakup will convince more yakuza mem- of executions to more than 250 since the prisoners on death row, most of whom have crime. Long tolerated as a necessary evil for Mizoguchi said. Tsukasa was released from bers to leave that life and become Pakistan ended a six-year moratorium on exhausted their appeals. — AFP ensuring order on the street and getting prison in 2011 after serving six years for gun upstanding members of society.” —AFP

BISARA: A bruised Asgari Begum, mother of 52-year-old Muslim farmer Mohammad Akhlaq, killed over rumors he slaughtered a cow stands by the entrance of her home. — AP Mob killing over beef pre-planned

NEW DELHI: Government investigators said yesterday the mob standable or justified. killing of a Muslim man over rumors he slaughtered a cow was Hindus consider cows to be sacred, and for many, eating premeditated, and not a spontaneous act stemming from beef is taboo. The debate - highlighted by Indian media head- heightened emotion and religious devotion as many Hindu lines about similar attacks and editorials on religious intoler- nationalist politicians have claimed. The killing of Mohammed ance - has forced the nation into a period of soul-searching that Akhlaq in north India last month has sparked furious debate many have said is needed to reaffirm India’s secular identity. about religious tolerance within India and what role Indian politicians play in defusing or exacerbating communal tension. ‘Hapless family’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticized for not Amid the uproar, the National Commission for Minorities saying enough, or not saying it quickly enough. Two weeks sent three investigators to Bisada village, on the outskirts of after the attack, he called it “sad and undesirable” but ques- Delhi, to investigate the attack. The team concluded in its tioned why the central government should be expected to report that the mob violence against Akhlaq and his family - his weigh in rather than the state government. Senior officials from son was badly beaten - had been planned and a Hindu temple his Bharatiya Janata Party described the attacking mob as was used “to exhort people of one community to attack a hap- “innocents” or the attack as an “accident” that was either under- less family.” Nothing provoked attack, other than the temple’s announcement that beef had been found at Akhlaq’s house, commission member Farida Abdullah Khan said. “He had no idea, but enough people were there to attack the family and kill one man and grievously injure his son,” Khan said. The fact that so many people amassed within minutes “at a time when most villagers claimed they were asleep, seems to point to some pre- meditated planning,” the report said. Laboratory tests later showed the meat in Akhlaq’s refrigera- tor was goat, but that news made little impact. The commis- sion’s report, which is separate from an ongoing investigation by police, gives fuel to those who allege that Hindu hard-liners, encouraged by having a Hindu nationalist party government, are using religious sentiment to whip up anger against India’s minorities. Muslims are the largest minority at 13 percent. President Pranab Mukherjee has repeatedly appealed for tolerance. “May compassion, love and brotherhood prevail over all forces of obscurantism and evil that seek to divide us,” he said Tuesday. Hindus make up more than 80 percent of India’s 1.25-billion population, and many have reveled in Modi’s cham- pioning Hindu culture through measures like hosting the first international yoga day. Many Indian states banned cow slaugh- ter long ago and hard-liners want a national ban. The issue has sparked violent protests in the mostly Muslim region of Kashmir after a Hindu mob fatally set a teenager on fire last week over rumors he slaughtered cows. Another attack, near the Himalayan town of Shimla, saw a mob beat a man to death and injure four others over rumors that they were smug- gling cows. — AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Two Chinese diplomats shot dead in Philippines

MANILA: China’s consul general in the and the nation’s second biggest city. Staff at such as tuna head, shrimps and roasted pork. not immediately co-operated with police, to a biography published on news website Philippines’ second biggest city was wound- the upmarket restaurant told AFP a group of “They ordered a lot of food, but no liquor,” and so the details of the shootings and the Sina News. ed and two of his staff members were killed nine people had gathered in a private room she said. motives were not known. He has been a career diplomat, joining yesterday during a lunchtime gun attack at a to celebrate the birthday of the consul gener- “They claimed they cannot speak English. the foreign ministry in 1987 then serving in restaurant, police said. Two other Chinese at al, Song Ronghua. Bullet through the neck Maybe they don’t want to give a statement,” New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong before the lunch, a consular officer and her hus- Restaurant cashier Remedios Rivalde, 27, Song was shot in the neck, but his injuries he said, adding they had a lawyer. his current posting, according to the biogra- band, were arrested on suspicion of involve- said she was at work at the cash register out- were not believed to be life threatening and Lighthouse manager Stephen John Patero phy. A spokeswoman at the Chinese ment in the shootings, national police side of the function room when she heard he was in a stable condition in hospital, said staff did not see the shooting because embassy in Manila, Li Lingxiao, said she could spokesman Wilben Mayor told AFP. gunshots. “I dived under the counter and regional police chief Tom Banas told AFP. only the guests were in the private room at not yet comment. “Our embassy is still verify- Officers retrieved a semi-automatic .45 covered my ears. Then there were other shots “The bullet went clear through (his neck),” the time. ing the facts. We’ll update you as soon as I Colt pistol and three bullet shells from the that followed,” Rivalde said by phone. Banas said. Police identified his dead staff But he said waiters who served them have anything new,” Li said in a text message scene, he added. Police said the attack She said the reservation had been made members as Sun Shan, the deputy consul beforehand had heard the guests shouting to AFP. Philippine foreign ministry occurred at 1:30pm at Lighthouse, a popular shortly before lunch for the consul general’s general, and Hui Li, a finance officer. Banas at each other. “They are all friends who spokesman Charles Jose also said he had no restaurant that serves Filipino food in Cebu, birthday, and the group had ordered a ban- said the husband and wife were arrested apparently figured in an argument,” he said. comment, as authorities were still determin- the trading capital of the central Philippines quet that included popular local delicacies without any resistance. But he said they had Song was born in October, 1962, according ing what happened. — AFP Church leaders convicted of fraud in music venture

SINGAPORE: Six Christian church leaders in round-trips concealing their unlawful conduct,” Singapore were convicted of fraud yesterday for Judge See said in court. He said there was “no evi- using $36 million to turn the pastor’s glamorous dence of any wrongful gain” by the accused, but singer wife into a global pop star to attract more stressed that this was not an issue. All six were followers. After a two-year trial that captivated release on bail until sentencing, with Kong’s bail Singapore with tales of lavish spending and finan- set at Sg$1.0 million. cial deceit, pastor Kong Hee and five aides were found guilty of diverting Sg$24 million ($17 mil- Showbiz ambitions lion) to finance his wife Sun Ho’s singing career, The church had defended Ho’s attempt to which failed to take off. become an international music star as a campaign The six, who insisted the project was con- to spread God’s message to the secular world ceived for religious reasons, were also found through music. About 100 people, mostly church guilty of misappropriating another Sg$26 million members, packed the courtroom, some having from the evangelical City Harvest Church (CHC) to queued overnight to get a seat, and sat in cover their tracks, prosecutors said. Ho, 43, who stunned silence as the guilty verdict was read out. appeared in a 2007 music video with rapper Kong, who founded the church with Ho in Wyclef Jean in an attempt to cross over from 1989, declined to answer questions after the hear- Mandarin pop and reach a wider English-lan- ing. His wife, who showed up for the verdict in a guage audience, was not charged. The church grey pantsuit and sporting heavily highlighted tried to justify the use of the money saying Ho’s hair, thanked followers in a Facebook post. music could be used to attract followers overseas, “Pastor Kong and I are humbled by the and spent large sums on high glitz music videos tremendous outpouring of love and support featuring skimpily clad dancers. Judge See Kee shown to us during this time. We thank you for Oon found pastor Kong and one other church your prayers,” it read. The post quickly garnered leader guilty of criminal breach of trust. The four hundreds of comments, many mocking her and others, including the church accountants, were the church leaders, while others expressed sup- convicted of varying counts of criminal breach of port. The pastor and his wife were once a high- NORTH KOREA: South Korean Song Young-geun, 60, (left) arm-wrestles against his North Korean uncle Son Dong Ho, 81, during trust as well as the falsification of accounts. profile couple who led the expansion of their con- the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort. — AFP Criminal breach of trust carries a maximum gregation to more than 17,500 members, accord- penalty of life imprisonment, but judicial sources ing to a 2014 annual report. But they quickly fell said the actual prison term is limited to a maxi- from grace after charges were filed in 2013 and Korean reunions hampered mum of 20 years. The six used a practice called the court was told how church funds were spent “round-tripping”, channeling money allotted for a on elaborate music videos, marketing and a luxu- building fund into sham bonds in linked compa- rious lifestyle. Ho moved to Los Angeles in 2009 nies, to finance Ho’s music career, prosecutors and tried to break into Hollywood music circles by restrictions, monitoring said. They also falsified church accounts to make it before the scandal scuttled her showbiz ambi- appear as though the bonds were redeemed. tions. Singapore is predominantly Buddhist and “The accused persons chose to engage in Taoist but some local Christian churches have Meetings have often ended with deep regrets covert operations and conspiratorial cover-ups. amassed large fortunes thanks to the city-state’s They contrived to create cover stories and clever affluent population. — AFP SEOUL: The Koreans tearfully reuniting starkly different countries have time to Jeon Ho-yeon, an 82-year-old South to sleep in the same room and were this week after being torn apart by war themselves: Korean, said his 79-year-old North allowed a total of only 12 hours togeth- for six decades yearn for details about Korean brother tried to preach to him er. Many said they ran out of time their loved ones. But with strict rules South Korean rules about the benefits of North Korea’s before they could find out what kind of and constant hovering by North Korean South Koreans often want to ask socialist system. Jeon said he awkward- lives their loved ones led. officials, the brief reunions have often whether their North Korean relatives ly tried to change the subject to family “We should have been allowed to ended with deep regrets over questions have been well fed despite the North’s topics at the time. Jeon said they later sleep in the same room,” Jang said. “It not asked and future meetings never to chronic food shortages. But the guide- went to a hotel room to get away from had been so long since we’d seen each come. book issued by South Korea’s Red Cross, reporters and TV cameras. But he still other that we just cried when we met. Participants from democratic, which organizes the reunions with its worried about what he said in the room But then it was like the meeting was wealthy South Korea travel with a North Korean counterpart, warns that because South Korean officials had ear- over just as we managed to stop weep- guidebook warning about what not to could provoke the North. lier told him that even those conversa- ing.” say to relatives from impoverished, “It’s desirable to avoid an expression tions might be monitored. “They’ve changed so much. They authoritarian North Korea: nothing that North Korea might misunderstand “I had a lot of things I wanted to ask, used to be kids romping together every about food shortages and economic ... even though you are curious,” said the like about how my father and mother day, but we could only reunite after our malaise; nothing that questions the guidebook issued before last year’s had lived before they died, but I hair turned nearly white,” Jang said. competence of three generations of reunions. Seoul says this year’s partici- couldn’t because I had to be sensitive South Koreans can’t give North Kim dictators. pants received essentially identical about everything,” Jeon said. Park Chun- Korean relatives luxury items because “I just looked at their faces and warnings. It said South Korean partici- jae, 73, said his North Korean nephews, of UN Security Council resolutions asked questions like how many family pants must understand that “political whatever the topic, seemed deter- imposed over Pyongyang’s nuclear and members were still living in the North,” comments, like criticism of North mined to tell him of the high quality of long-range rocket tests. Gifts like alco- said Jang Choon, 83, who was reunited Korea’s leadership and economic situa- their lives in North Korea. “I wondered hol, cosmetics and watches that cost with his younger brother and sister at tion, may put your family members in a whether they were taught to say that, less than $88 are allowed; gold, silver the last round of the reunions before difficult situation.” although it wasn’t a bad thing to hear,” and pearls are banned. Cash gifts have this week’s. “We should have been giv- It went on to advise South Koreans Park said. to be in US dollars and must not exceed en more time,” said Jang, who still to try to “naturally” change the topic $1,500. North Koreans usually give local weeps whenever he thinks about the when their North Korean relatives sing Stilted words, fleeting time liquor to their South Korean relatives. siblings he saw in February of last year propaganda songs or make political Some South Korean participants Some South Koreans believed that if but knows he’ll likely never see again. comments. said it was difficult to have genuine, in- they gave too much money North After the tears and hugs, genuine depth talks because of the South Korean officials would confiscate it. conversation is often tough, maybe North Korean surveillance Korean-imposed restrictions, worries Jeon said he spent $880 packing two impossible, during the reunions at South Koreans who attended last about monitoring and intense media bags full of clothes, medicine and North Korea’s Diamond Mountain year’s reunions said their North Korean coverage. “We didn’t have any talks everyday items for his brother. He also resort. Here’s a look at what past partici- relatives appeared to be watched con- worth remembering,” said Jeon said. “I gave him $500 in cash. “He didn’t show pants say happens when the journalists stantly by North Korean officials at the saw his face, learned that my parents much gratitude,” said Jeon, laughing. “I SINGAPORE: This combo picture of six City Harvest Church (CHC) leaders, the covering the reunions, which end reunion center. “I stifled some questions were dead, but that was it.” later learned that most of the other founder Kong Hee (top center), Serina Wee, former finance manager (top left), Monday after two three-day rounds, that I wanted to ask,” said Kim Se-rin, an Like this year’s reunions, the Koreans South Koreans gave about $1,000 to Sharon Tan (top right), Tan Ye Peng (bottom left), John Lam (bottom center), and leave and long-lost families from two 86-year-old South Korean. who reunited last year weren’t allowed their relatives.” — AP Chew Eng Han (bottom right) arrive at the district state courts. — AFP Thai fortuneteller, policeman charged with royal defamation Death toll from storm in

BANGKOK: Three Thais including a well- Falling fowl known fortuneteller and a senior police Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Philippines climbs to 39 officer were charged with royal defama- 87, is protected by one of the world’s tion yesterday, as cases under a controver- toughest royal defamation laws and pros- sial lese majeste law continue to surge in ecutions under it have skyrocketed since CABANATUAN: The death toll from a northeastern Philippines on Sunday island of Luzon on Tuesday and was over killed in the storm, mostly due to drown- the junta-ruled kingdom. last May’s coup. Those who have fallen storm that battered the Philippines’ main before weakening, forced more than the Balintang Channel in the country’s ing, landslides, fallen trees and collapsed Soothsayer Suriyan Sucharitpholwong, foul of the law since the coup have large- island over the weekend has climbed to 100,000 villagers into emergency shel- northern tip yesterday morning, with walls, said civilian defense officials. 53, his assistant, and Police Major Prakrom ly fallen into two camps-people who criti- at least 39, officials said yesterday. ters and destroyed rice fields ready for winds of 55 kilometers per hour near its Several people were reported missing Warunprapa were charged under the legis- cise the monarchy and those accused of Tropical Storm Koppu, which barreled harvest. center, according to the government’s and more than 500,000 were affected by lation which carries up to 15 years in jail falsely claiming connections to the royal ashore as a powerful typhoon in the The storm blew away from the main weather bureau. At least 39 people were Koppu, including 107,000 who fled to for anyone convicted of insulting the king, family. evacuation centers. queen, heir or regent. The latter category includes more than Disaster-response agencies said the “The NCPO (junta) has found a group of half a dozen relatives of Crown Prince rain dumped by the storm in the moun- people committed wrongdoing by making Maha Vajiralongkorn’s former wife, tainous north flowed down rivers and false claims of closeness to the highest Princess Srirasmi, who have been jailed. flooded villages downstream in institution (the monarchy) to gain benefits,” The prince divorced Srirasmi and stripped provinces including Pangasinan, where said a statement from the Bangkok military her of her royal title late last year following thousands of residents were evacuated court where the three accused were allegations some of her relatives, including Monday. “We saw that there was lot of brought yesterday in handcuffs. “Their a senior police officer, had run a corrupt rain that fell in the mountains. There was wrongdoing has widely damaged the high- patronage network. Critics of the law say it a possibility of flash floods so residents est institution,” it added, saying the for- is used to pursue political opponents of were evacuated to safer grounds,” said tuneteller had confessed to the crime while the country’s military and royalist elite. Melchito Castro of the regional Office of the other two men denied all charges. Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha has Civil Defense. The police officer, 44, faces additional vowed to crack down on lese-majeste. On An initial government estimate charges including possessing unlicensed Tuesday he told reporters that those who showed damage to agriculture and firearms and falsifying documents. The defame the monarchy are “destroying infrastructure amounted to at least 5.3 statement did not elaborate on how the everything for unlimited democracy”. billion pesos ($115 million). Koppu, men defamed the monarchy as is common Prayut led the military takeover last Japanese for “cup,” was the 12th storm in lese majeste cases in Thailand. Even in year as then army chief, claiming it was this year to batter the Philippines, one cases where the minutiae of the allega- vital to seize power from Yingluck of the world’s most disaster-prone tions are known, journalists must routinely Shinawatra’s elected government to countries. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan lev- self-censor as repeating details of charges restore order after months of protests eled entire towns in the central can mean breaking the law. against her administration. — AFP Philippines, leaving more than 7,300 MACAPAGAL: Levelyn Alcoriza leaves her flood—submerged house to evacuate to Balzain Elementary people dead or missing. — AP School. — AFP NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

A resident fishes yesterday by the river in Palangkaraya city, one of worst-hit by haze in central Kalimantan province. Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog. — AFP Bibi slammed over remarks on Holocaust Texas teen arrested over clock is moving... Continued from Page 1 ed in news reports dating back to the late 1940s as hav- Continued from Page 1 Before attending “Astronomy Night” at the White House ing told the war crimes court that Husseini repeatedly on Monday, where he chatted briefly with President Barack More than two years earlier, in Jan 1939, Hitler had suggested the extermination of European Jews to Nazi Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire Obama, Ahmed said he was grateful. He said the lesson of addressed the Reichstag, Nazi Germany’s parliament, leaders. more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America his experience is: and spoke clearly about his determination to extermi- Saeb Erekat, the secretary-general of the Palestine great,” Obama had tweeted. “Don’t judge a person by the way they look. Always nate the “Jewish race”. Liberation Organization, accused Netanyahu of using the But in recent weeks, the teenager has been traveling the judge them by their heart.” “So happy, I can’t believe that I “To say that the mufti was the first to mention to human tragedy of the Holocaust to try to score political world, tweeting photos of visits to New York, Sudan, Qatar met the #president of the #unitedstates!!!” he tweeted, in Hitler the idea to kill or burn the Jews is not correct,” points against Palestinians. “It is a sad day in history when and Makkah. Ahmed earlier this week told AP that he had all caps, alongside a photo which showed Obama hugging visited Google and Facebook, along with other companies Ahmed. On Tuesday at the US Capitol, Ahmed stood along- Dina Porat, a professor at Tel Aviv University and the the leader of the Israeli government hates his neighbor and institutions. He also visited the President of Sudan side California Rep Mike Honda as the Democrat praised chief historian of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memori- so much that he is willing to absolve the most notorious Omar Al-Bashir, which has prompted some criticism the teen, saying Ahmed had used his negative experience al museum, told Israel Radio. “The idea to rid the world war criminal in history, Adolf Hitler, of the murder of six because Bashir is wanted by International Criminal Court to raise awareness about racial and ethnic profiling. Honda of the Jews was a central theme in Hitler’s ideology a million Jews,” Erekat said. At a meeting with the visiting on charges of genocide and war crimes for atrocities linked and more than two dozen other congressmen sent a letter long, long time before he met the mufti.” UN chief Ban Ki-moon, Palestinian President Mahmoud to the Darfur fighting. Ahmed’s father is a Sudanese immi- to Attorney General Loretta Lynch last month calling on It is not clear why Netanyahu decided to launch into Abbas accused Netanyahu of trying to rewrite history. grant to the US and a former presidential candidate in the Department of Justice to investigate Ahmed’s deten- the issue now, but his remarks came with tensions “Now he says Hitler is not responsible,” he said. Sudan who ran opposing Bashir. tion and arrest. — Agencies between Israelis and Palestinians at a new peak, particu- Netanyahu dismissed any such notion. “It’s absurd. I larly over a Jerusalem holy site overseen by the current had no intention of absolving Hitler of his satanic mufti. A German government spokesman, asked about responsibility for the annihilation of European Jewry. Netanyahu’s comments, said the Holocaust was Hitler is the one who made the decision,” he said. But he Assad meets Putin in surprise trip Germany’s responsibility and there was no need for added: “At the same time, it is absurd to ignore the role Continued from Page 1 Assad also stressed the importance of “further political another view on it. the mufti ... played in encouraging and motivating steps” and praised Russia for its military and political efforts, Responding to the criticism, Netanyahu said yester- Hitler” and other Nazi leaders to take such action. The strikes are reported to have killed 370 people so far, the Kremlin said. “I need to say that the political steps which dat there was “much evidence” to back up his accusa- Husseini was sought for war crimes but never appeared a third of them civilians, according to a monitoring group. Russia has taken since the start of the crisis prevented the tions against Husseini, including testimony by a deputy at the Nuremberg trials, and later died in Beirut. Even Russia says the campaign targets the extremist Islamic events in Syria from developing along a more tragic sce- of Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Holocaust, at the Netanyahu’s defence minister, close ally Moshe Yaalon, State group and others it describes as “terrorists”. But rebels nario,” he said. Putin also emphasised that the Syrian people Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War Two. said the prime minister had got it wrong. “It certainly and the West accuse Moscow of seeking to prop up Assad should decide their country’s fate, a thinly veiled jab at the Netanyahu, in a statement issued by his office, did not wasn’t (Husseini) who invented the Final Solution,” he and of striking moderate and Islamist opposition forces United States and other opposition backers who insist name the aide, but he seemed to be referring to told Israel’s Army Radio. “That was the evil brainchild of rather than just jihadists. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov Assad must go in any peaceful settlement. “Based on posi- Eichmann assistant Dieter Wisliceny, who has been quot- Hitler himself.” — Agencies said Assad’s “working visit” was at the invitation of the tive results in military operations at the end of the day a Kremlin. The Syrian presidency said yesterday that Assad long-term settlement can be achieved on the basis of a had returned to Damascus. political process with the participation of all political forces, Peskov declined to say whether the “lengthy” talks, ethnic and religious groups,” the Kremlin strongman said. Kuwait, France sign €2.5bn chopper deal which included a one-on-one between the leaders and a “And ultimately, the final word no doubt should rest solely joint dinner, brought any firm results, or whether Assad’s with the Syrian people.” Continued from Page 1 declarations of intent on availing Radio France fate had been discussed. Russia’s foreign and defence min- After the talks, Russia said Lavrov would meet with his US, International the right to broadcast its programs on isters also participated in a meeting between the two Saudi and Turkish counterparts to discuss Syria in Vienna technology and health firms, a French government Kuwaiti airwaves, on cooperation between French and leaders. Putin said Russia was ready to do all it could to today. And Putin spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip source said, in cooperation with BPIFrance, a public sector Kuwaiti financial institutes, and on cooperation between help secure peace in Syria, which has been ravaged by the Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Assad’s visit, body dedicated to investment. France said it will mean- the Kuwait National Guard and its French counterpart. conflict that began with anti-government protests in the Kremlin said. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States while build a €100 million oncology centre in Kuwait. Furthermore, the countries signed an educational agree- March 2011. More than 250,000 people have been killed are all key backers of the Syrian opposition and have criti- Kuwait and France also signed a number of other ment between Kuwait’s Public Authority for Applied and millions forced from their homes, sparking a mass cized Moscow’s military intervention in support of Assad’s agreements, memorandums of understanding and dec- Education and Training and the Paris Academy and migration of around four million refugees. “We are ready regime. They have also long insisted Assad cannot be part of larations of intent at the conclusion of bilateral talks. The another regarding water desalination between the to make our contribution not only during armed hostilities Syria’s future, though some experts see a softening of the two countries signed an agreement involving the French Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and a French uni- in the fight against terrorism but also during a political international line on whether the embattled leader could institute for archeology and social sciences. They signed versity. — Agencies process,” Putin said. stay on during a political transition. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Lin Noueihed and Michael Georgy

urnout was so low in the first round of Egypt’s parliamen- tary elections, that satirist Bassem Youssef derided it as an Tingenious strategy to show the world Egypt had rid itself of its notorious overcrowding. Empty polling stations highlight disil- lusionment with Egypt’s chaotic political transition but could have the surprise effect of bolstering President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s authority by suggesting that, four years after they revolted against one-man-rule, Egyptians still look to the presidency as the main seat of power. Voting in the first of two election rounds took place on Sunday and Monday but lack of interest from voters, even many NATO searches for response to Russia who support the former general, could be interpreted as a green light to consolidate his own rule. “This adds to his mandate and By Robin Emmott in the south, in the east, the north, all Mediterranean to the Libyan coast to ham- reassuring eastern allies that Russia will not takes away from that of the parliament. This is part of this depoliti- around.” per any possible NATO effort to support a be able to invade them too. There is still calisation process within which Sisi rose to power. All in all, I don’t he brass band played, the flags waved NATO’s problem is that such a strategy is government of national unity in the future. debate about whether the spearhead force think he is a loser from what happened,” said Amr Adly, non-resi- and Western generals delivered still embryonic while developments in Still, some say NATO has been here could be used in North Africa or beyond. dent scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. Tspeeches brimming with resolve as Europe’s neighbourhood are moving faster before and any talk of a lack of prepared- Small command posts with NATO flags When the Tahrir Square uprising ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30- NATO began big war games in the central than the ponderous approach of the 28- ness is overblown. Past bouts of question- from Estonia to Bulgaria and the spearhead year rule in Feb 2011, critics likened him to a modern-day Mediterranean this week. But the military nation defence pact, created in 1949 to ing of the alliance’s relevance led to opera- force are ready. But one NATO diplomat pharaoh, lamenting the series of strongmen that have risen from display seemed faintly unreal while Russian deter the Soviet threat. From the Baltics, tions in the Balkans and in Afghanistan - a called such measures “the minimum neces- the military since 1952 to lead the most populous Arab country. warplanes were bombing Syrian rebels a where Russia has a naval base in significant departure from 40 years of Cold sary”, and Gen. Mercier said the so-called The democratic transition was meant to widen political participa- few hundred kilometres to the east in a Kaliningrad, through the Black Sea and War deterrence in which NATO forces never Readiness Action Plan was “just a first step”. tion, increase oversight of the presidency and ensure Egyptians coordinated action with President Bashar annexed Crimea, to Syria, Moscow has sta- operated “out of area”. A NATO official reject- “We have worked on reassuring our allies,” would never be ruled by one man again. Fast forward 16 months Al-Assad’s armed forces and Iran’s tioned anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles ed any suggestion the alliance was passive- said Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s supreme and the first freely-elected main chamber, then dominated by the Revolutionary Guards. NATO, which waged able to cover huge areas. NATO officials see ly watching Russia’s military build-up in commander in Europe. “We are not exactly Muslim Brotherhood, was dissolved by a court order, leaving an air campaign to help Libyan rebels oust the emergence of a strategy of defensive Syria, noting that three allies - the United sure what it will take to work in the future,” Egypt without a parliament ever since. Muammar Gaddafi, then left that country to zones of influence, with surface-to-air mis- States, France and Turkey - were involved he said when asked what NATO’s modern As military chief, Sisi ousted President Mohamed Morsi, a descend into anarchy, is not a player in Syria sile batteries and anti-ship missiles that individually in the coalition waging air deterrents might look like. Brotherhood member, a year later, in 2013, after mass protests and is watching uncomfortably as its former could disrupt NATO moving across air, land strikes against Islamic State rebels in Syria The next NATO summit next July in against his year in office. He banned Egypt’s oldest Islamist move- Cold War adversary Russia widens its role and sea or deny it access to some areas. and Iraq. Warsaw is the target date for proposals for ment and launched the bloodiest crackdown on dissent in its there. Unconventional warfare techniques are Some experts see a danger of overesti- more modern, agile deterrents. Such ideas modern history. Sisi won backing for Morsi’s ouster from other The speed and scope of Moscow’s inter- part of the equation, ranging from unidenti- mating Putin, who oversees an economy include setting up NATO-flagged command opposition forces with a roadmap to democracy that promised vention in Syria’s four-year-old civil war, fied troops - the so-called “green men” with- weakened by Western sanctions and lower posts on the southern flank and adapting parliamentary elections in six months. But critics say Egypt lost its coming after Russia’s seizure of Crimea and out insignia on their uniforms seen in oil prices and cannot match NATO military the spearhead force for maritime and air way when it decided to hold presidential elections first, putting support for pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Crimea and eastern Ukraine - to disinforma- power over the long term. “We should be operations. They could also feature a per- Sisi rather than parliament in control of the democratic transition. Ukraine last year, wrong-footed the US-led tion operations and cyber attacks. under no illusions about Putin’s hostility to manent naval force to patrol the In the absence of a parliament, Sisi has wielded legislative alliance and has heightened soul-searching the West but also be very careful not to over Mediterranean and work more closely with power, passing several hundred laws by decree, including some about its future. “The West has been tacti- Overestimating Russia? react to what a damaged Russian economy the European Union and the United that curb the right to protest and widen the remit of military cally surprised. I don’t think they anticipated NATO also faces failing states, war, can produce in the way of military capabili- Nations in stabilizing fragile states. Another courts. The new legislature is required by the constitution to what (Russian President Vladimir) Putin Islamist militancy and a refugee crisis at ty,” said Witney, a former British defence idea involves including a nuclear deterrent approve this within two weeks, putting pressure on lawmakers to would get up to,” said Nick Witney, a former Europe’s borders. That is partly a result of planner. in training exercises, something Britain rubber stamp the lot to avoid a constitutional crisis. Official fig- European Defence Agency chief now at the the European Union’s inability to stabilize its supports but others, such as Germany, wor- ures have yet to be published for this week’s poll, and another European Council on Foreign Relations. neighbourhood economically. But critics Looking To Amazon, DHL ry would be seen as a provocation by round of voting takes place on Nov 22-23. But a low turnout could NATO last year set in motion its biggest say it is also due to US President Barack NATO’s public response is to test its new Russia. leave the legislature, whatever its makeup, without a popular modernisation since the Cold War. But the Obama’s aversion to entanglement in spearhead force of 5,000 troops, ready to NATO’s Gen. Mercier even suggested mandate to overturn Sisi’s laws. alliance’s political and military elite now see Middle East wars in the wake of the US inva- move within a few days. Over the next five looking to companies such as courier DHL Sisi won 97 percent of the presidential vote in mid-2014 with the need for a broader plan that goes sion of Iraq in 2003. That has led to a decline weeks, the alliance is carrying out its Worldwide Express and online retailer an official turnout of 47.5 percent after elections were extended beyond deterring Russia in the east. They in Washington’s influence across the region. biggest military exercises since 2002, with Amazon.com to improve NATO’s deploy- to a third day following a slow start. “If parliament comes into ses- call it thinking “360 degrees”. “We need to While NATO is drawing up a multi-layered 36,000 troops, 230 military units, 140 air- ment speed. “The question is how to have sion with such a low turnout, the authorities could claim it would develop a strategy for all kinds of crises, at deterrence plan, officials acknowledge a craft and more than 60 ships, to certify the new ideas to make deployments easier. We never have popular legitimacy comparable to Sisi’s,” said H A 360 degrees,” said Gen. Denis Mercier, the risk that Russia might again move faster to force. Such measures, agreed at a NATO should look at what the civilian world does, Hellyer, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in Frenchman who heads NATO’s command pre-empt Western action. For instance, it summit in Wales last year following Russia’s to DHL and Amazon. How do they improve London. “Parliamentary elections were never a priority... They focused on future threats. “We need to react could move warships from the Eastern annexation of Crimea, are aimed chiefly at their logistics?” Mercier said. —Reuters have to take place, but this political dispensation was always more interested in the presidential and constitutional votes.”

Stillborn Parliament Sectarian hate takes root in Yemen Approved by popular referendum in early 2014 - after Morsi’s ouster but before Sisi won a presidential vote - Egypt’s constitu- tion envisages the transition leading to a semi-presidential system By Angus McDowall Houthis from Aden in the south. south. Opponents of the Houthis accuse them of seeking to with an empowered parliament. On paper, Egypt’s new legislative A percussive boom rolls over Marib from rugged moun- revive the monarchy and promote Iranian influence. The chamber has the authority to impeach the president, question ohsen Saleh Al-Muradi does not just want to drive tains to the west, in what is likely to be the next pivotal battle- Houthis deny this, casting themselves as a nationwide revo- the prime minister and withdraw its confidence in him. It must the Shiite Houthi fighters out of Yemen’s capital 130 field as the anti-Houthi fighters try to close in on Sanaa. They lutionary organisation, fighting corruption. approve all laws. Yet ahead of elections, speculation was rife that Mkm from his home town, he wants to hunt them are now fighting in the Sirwah region, but may soon move the new parliament would revise the constitution to curb some of down and stamp them out. “I will keep fighting all the way to north through Al-Jawf, the fighter said. The war will dictate The One with the Money Can Win those powers and hand prerogatives back to the presidency. Any Maran,” said the slight, moustached native of the north who rules Yemen, whether it remains a single country and the Still, the war has yet to be reduced to a straightforward constitutional change would have to be approved by popular ref- Yemen town of Marib, wearing a bright red headscarf and a prospects of ending a human crisis affecting millions in one of conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, like those that have erendum. bullet pouch on his chest, referring to the Houthis highland the poorest Arab states. It has also become the latest theatre unleashed bloodbaths from Damascus to Baghdad. In the Nevertheless, a low turnout could bolster politicians who have stronghold. “I want to trample them under my feet.” in a wider regional rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and mainly Sunni south, many of Hadi’s supporters are driven suggested rolling back the remaining accomplishments of the In a messy conflict of many fronts, the forces backed by Shiite Iran, whose proxies and allies have killed hundreds of more by regional separatism than sectarianism, though the 2011 revolt. With the main opposition Muslim Brotherhood wealthy neighbouring Gulf states against the Houthi fighters thousands of people in civil wars in Iraq and Syria. area does include entrenched Sunni militant groups that branded a terrorist organisation and its leaders in jail alongside that control Sanaa often have little in common with each have called for battle against the Houthis on religious youth activists at the forefront of the 2011 revolt, ballot papers other and scant enthusiasm for the leader on whose behalf Little Tradition of Hatred grounds. In the more religiously mixed north, many anti- offered voters a multitude of names but little genuine choice. The they are ostensibly fighting: President Abd Rabbu Mansour The sectarian hatred that has consumed much of the Houthi fighters are followers of the Islah party, a political legislature will comprise 568 elected members - 448 entering as Al-Hadi. What they increasingly share is a visceral sectarian Middle East in recent years has traditionally been unheard of movement which includes Yemen’s branch of the Sunni individuals and 120 through winner-takes-all lists. Critics say the hatred for Shiites, a dangerous new trait in a country where in Yemen. Between a fifth and a third of Yemenis are Zaydis, Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and Sunni leaders of historically emphasis on individuals makes it more likely for figures with cash different interpretations of Islam co-existed for centuries. belonging to an ancient branch of Islam that is grouped with Zaydi tribes. and connections to dominate, much as they did under Mubarak. The Houthis fought for two decades on behalf of the Shiites because of the side its followers took in a 7th century Many of the Yemeni soldiers now opposing the Houthis Indeed many members of Mubarak’s now-defunct National Zaydi Shiite sect which ruled a kingdom in north Yemen for dispute over the succession to the Prophet Muhammad fought against them when Saleh was in power, as members Democratic Party (NDP)are campaigning once more. Brotherhood 1,000 years until it was toppled in a military coup in 1962. (PBUH). But unlike the branch of Shiite Islam that later of the 1st Armoured Division led by General Ali Mohsen Al- supporters have boycotted, as have many secular government Since last year Houthi fighters emerged as the most powerful became Iran’s state religion, Zaydis never developed major Ahmar, a senior Islah figure now in exile in Saudi Arabia. critics. A list of liberal and socialist parties that would have been force in the country, after forming an alliance with their for- doctrinal differences with mainstream Sunni schools. Many Marib’s new governor, Sultan al-Arada, is an Islah leader, and the main opposition choice eventually withdrew, leaving the field mer nemesis, ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, himself born a of north Yemen’s big tribes have long followed both Zaydi the armed forces’ Chief of Staff Mohammed Al-Maqdisi is a dominated by Sisi loyalists. Preliminary results suggest For the Zaydi but long a leader of the republican political establish- and Sunni Islam without controversy. party sympathiser. Fuad Mohammed Ali Marhabi, a 26-year Love of Egypt, a loyalist coalition led by a former intelligence offi- ment opposed to the old monarchy. A civil war in the 1960s was fought not on sectarian lines, old veteran of the 1st Armoured Division from Sanaa, now cer, has already picked up 60 list seats. —Reuters In Marib’s market, the different backgrounds of the hun- but between supporters of the old Zaydi monarchy, backed serving in an army uniform provided by the Saudis, says the dreds of armed men who said they had come there to fight by Sunni Saudi Arabia, and republicans aided by Egypt. When new battle is a continuation of the old fight: “That was our against the Houthis shows the complexities of a war in which the republicans won, some top tribal leaders embraced war. It was against the Houthis. Now we are fighting them Yemen’s old tribal hierarchy and its sectarian harmony have Sunnism as a way of diminishing the influence of the Zaydi again,” he said. All articles appearing on these eroded. Some were from the Red Sea coastal plain of Tihama old guard. During his nearly three decades in power, Saleh The key to the capital is winning the allegiance of tribes in and its terraced mountain hinterland of Jebel Raymah, others played down his own Zaydi background, as did other mem- the area. But six months since the Gulf countries joined the pages are the personal opinion of had come from Sanaa, from the northern highland areas of bers of the tribal elite that backed him. conflict, they have yet to secure reliable tribal support. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Hajjar and Amran, or from Dhamar, a city in Yemen’s central From the 1970s onwards, a more explicitly sectarian ele- “There’s no neat division of tribes. Families will back both responsibility for views expressed plateau. ment was introduced as migrant Yemeni workers in Saudi sides to ensure they have somebody on the winning side,” What united them was vehement anger at Saleh, the Arabia embraced its rigid Wahhabi Sunni doctrine, often in said Adam Baron, a visiting fellow of the European Council on therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Houthis and their presumed Shiite ally Iran. Many described response to the stultifying social hierarchy of Yemen’s old Foreign Relations. “It makes it very hard for the Saudis to fig- ers to voice their opinions. Please the militia using the highly sectarian anti-Shiite term “rejec- monarchy. The Saudis, for their part, started a decades-long ure out who to empower with money and arms.” send submissions via email to: opin- tionists”. The Houthis, for their part, typically accuse all their policy of buying influence in Yemen by distributing patron- A soldier at the Saudi air base in the border town of [email protected] or via snail Sunni foes of supporting Islamic State. “The Houthis weren’t age to northern tribal sheikhs, and lavishing money on Sharura, deep in the Empty Quarter desert and a main supply here before. But they want the whole country. The problem is Wahhabi mosques. route across the open dunes to Marib 400 km away, said win- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. their religion. It comes from Iran,” said Ahmed, a soldier from Saleh aided the rise of Sunni militant sentiment by cutting ning the support of tribes would require spending money. The editor reserves the right to edit the Red Sea, mostly Sunni, city of Hodeida. He was wearing a a deal with returning veterans of the 1980s jihad against the “The one with the money can win in that area,” he said, stand- any submission as necessary. uniform provided by the Saudi-led coalition of Arab coun- Soviets in Afghanistan. He recruited Sunni militants to help ing by a wall map showing Houthi positions in large scale. tries, who joined the war in March and have helped drive the fight against Communist and Socialist separatists in the “You can buy loyalty.” —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 SPORTS

New contract excites Amir Ayerza eyes scrum battle Serena to play in Perth LAHORE: Returning paceman Mohammad Amir yesterday said playing a Twenty20 LONDON: For Pumas prop Marcos Ayerza, the battle of the scrums AUSTRALIA: World number one Serena Williams will again launch her sea- league in Bangladesh next month will be the first step towards reviving his international will be another cherry on the cake of Argentina’s Rugby World Cup son at the Hopman Cup in Australia, tournament organisers said yester- career, halted by a spot-fixing ban. The 23-year-old is contracted to feature in the semi-final against Australia on Sunday. “It’s another cherry to add day. Williams reached the final of the mixed team event earlier this year to a world championship semi-final (and) a nice challenge to face a Bangladesh Premier League for Chittagong Vikings starting from November 24 in a pre- with American compatriot John Isner to kick off a superb season where team looking to dominate in the scrum,” loosehead Ayerza said. draft deal finalised and signed last week. “I am really thankful to the team for choosing me she won the Australian and French Opens and Wimbledon to take “Let’s hope it’s a great contest.” and I will try my best to give them my 100 percent performance and enthrall the her grand slam singles haul to 21. Bangladeshi fans,” Amir told AFP. “It will be the first step towards reviving my international Ayerza said Australia had changed their attitude towards scrim- career.” His burgeoning talent, described as the “hottest” in international cricket by leg- maging since former Pumas hooker Mario Ledesma joined coach “Perth definitely started something quite amazing so endary Pakistan allrounder Imran Khan, was halted by a five-year Michael Cheika’s staff as scrum guru. I think it’s only natural and fair and reasonable that I go spot-fixing ban in 2011. “What Mario has changed most in the Australia team is the back to Perth,” the 34-year-old said in a statement. “We Amir, along with former Test captain Salman Butt and fellow players’ heads concerning the set piece,” Ayerza told Argentine were so close to winning last year. I’m really excited to bowler Mohammad Asif, was banned for accepting illegal mon- newspaper La Nacion. “Talking with their tighthead Ben Alexander, be back.” Williams added that the Hopman Cup was ey to orchestrate deliberate no-balls in the Lord’s Test against he said Argentina’s inclusion in the Rugby Championship was excellent preparation for the Australian Open. England in 2010. The trio, along with their agent Mazhar changing (Australia’s) mentality about the scrum. “They have gone “In 2016 I want to play doubles in Australia Majeed, were also jailed in the UK. In January this year the from a platform in which to put the ball and play it to preparing to so it will be really exciting for me to get International Cricket Council allowed Amir to feature in domes- fight for it. They changed drastically in the last year and that’s there, play some doubles and get some little tic home matches after an amendment to its anti-corruption Mario’s credit,” Ayerza said. experience at the Hopman Cup,” she said. code which allows all banned players to resume cricket at a Given the attacking style of both teams, though, an exciting Williams has not played since suffering a lower level a few months prior to the end of their bans. Butt and running game is in the offing. “It’s great to see an Argentina team Asif were not allowed the dispensation. shock semi-final defeat to Italian Roberta Vinci Amir has been in great form in the qualifying rounds of the playing such good rugby and it’s a bonus on top of the passion of at the US Open last month which ended her bid Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, taking 34 wickets in just four matches to help our traditional game,” said Ayerza, part of the squad that won the for a rare calendar grand slam. —Reuters Sui Southern Gas qualify for the main tournament. —AFP bronze medal in 2007. —Reuters Fenninger knee injury opens door for rivals

PARIS: Two-time defending overall second-place finish in the discipline World Cup champion Anna Fenninger standings as she seeks to fill the void will miss the entire alpine skiing sea- left behind by her compatriot son after tearing ligaments in her Fenninger. right knee during training yesterday, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lara Gut and the Austrian Ski Federation (OSV) Viktoria Rebensburg-all previous win- announced. ners in Solden-will also fancy their Fenninger suffered a heavy crash chances of starting the season on a during a training run in Solden ahead winning note with the three leading of Saturday’s season-opening giant names on the women’s circuit all slalom and was “airlifted to hospital potentially absent. by helicopter to Innsbruck”, according Marcel Hirscher has long been the to the OSV. dominant force amongst the men Tests subsequently revealed the with the Austrian bidding for a fifth 26-year-old had torn both her anteri- consecutive overall crown that would or cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral see him draw level with current collateral ligament (LCL) as well as her record holder Marc Girardelli. His patellar tendon. She will undergo sur- quest begins with the men’s giant gery late yesterday. “Season over for slalom on Sunday with the 26-year- Anna Fenninger,” announced the old again aiming to make the disci- Austrian ski governing body, adding pline his own, having won five of the that the 26-year-old “will not partici- eight races a year ago, including on pate in any races this season”. home snow in Solden. However, Fenninger had only returned to American Ted Ligety, who was slowed TORONTO: Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson (left) steals second past Kansas City Royals second baseman Ben Zobrist during the first inning in Game 4 of baseball’s training last week after quitting a by a hand injury last season, leads a American League Championship Series. —AP practice session at the end of pack of challengers out to make life September as a precautionary meas- difficult for Hirscher. ure due to knee pain. “I think my set up is good. I made a Mets beat Cubs, Royals rout Blue Jays The three-time world champion lot of adjustments this year and I feel and Olympic Super-G gold medallist like I’ve made a good step forward, so CHICAGO: The New York Mets missed a breaking ball in the dirt from when Kris Bryant had trouble taking for a second consecutive year. The won her second straight overall World we’ll see,” Ligety, the three-time giant snapped a 2-2 tie on a wild-pitch strike- reliever Trevor Cahill in the sixth inning the ball from his mitt, and a single for Royals, with the help of a two-run Cup title last year after overhauling slalom world champion, told media out on the way to beating the Chicago with two out. Cespedes when his line shot glanced homer from Ben Zobrist, scored four Slovenian rival Tina Maze, who on the Rettenbach glacier. Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday, putting them one But the ball bounced past Cubs off leftfielder Schwarber’s glove. runs in the first inning then sealed the announced she would miss the “It’s the same thing with your ski- win away from the World Series. catcher Miguel Montero, leaving both “From my perspective, business as victory with a four-run seventh to seize 2015/16 season to consider her ing - you don’t really know until you The victory, keyed by the strong New York players safe. “I went down to usual tomorrow,” said Cubs manager a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of- future. test it in a World Cup, so it’s still a little pitching of Jacob deGrom and another block it but unfortunately, I didn’t,” Maddon. “Come out ready to play and seven American League Championship With Fenninger and Maze both bit of a mystery,” he added. home run by Daniel Murphy, gave New Montero said. “It really hurts. I blocked take it from there.” Series. Game Five is in Toronto late yes- missing, Lindsey Vonn will sense a real Aksel Lund Svindal, overall cham- York a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven pitches like that many, many times and In Toronto, the Kansas City Royals terday. “We feel good, we like the way opportunity to earn a fifth World Cup pion in 2007 and 2009, has also con- National League Championship Series. I didn’t block that one.” pounced early then powered their way we’re playing right now,” Royals manag- overall title, but the American speed firmed his presence this weekend That margin has been overcome The Mets added two more runs in to a 14-2 demolition of the Toronto er Ned Yost told reporters. “Our offense queen’s participation in Saturday’s after missing last season’s event fol- only once in Major League Baseball - by the seventh off Travis Wood, aided by Blue Jays on Tuesday to move one win has been really, really good. curtain raiser is also in doubt. lowing a freak injury. the Red Sox over the Yankees in 2004. loose fielding that led to an infield hit away from reaching the World Series “We have (Edison) Volquez coming Vonn, who celebrated her 31st The Norwegian had been forced to The do-or-die Game Four for the Cubs back tomorrow. Our defense is always birthday last Sunday, is still working pull out of racing when he tore his will be played in Chicago on yesterday. spectacular and our bullpen is primed her way back to full fitness from a bro- Achilles tendon while playing football One more loss and their quest to end a to go tomorrow too. “We’re in really ken ankle sustained during training in with friends last October before mak- 70-year absence from the World Series good shape.” New Zealand on August 13. ing a remarkable recovery to return in will end. The Blue Jays, who won Monday’s “Excited to announce that I’m time for February’s world champi- “The Mets have just pitched excep- Game Three, sent 40-year-old knuckle- heading to Europe tomorrow and will onships, placing sixth in both the tionally well,” said Cubs manager Joe baller R.A. Dickey to the mound with be back on snow on Thursday,” the downhill and Super-G. Maddon. “You’ve got to give them cred- hopes of tying the series. four-time World Cup overall champi- Alexis Pinturault, Felix Neureuther it.” DeGrom yielded four hits over seven But the former Cy Young Award win- on said Monday on Twitter. and Henrik Kristoffersen will also be innings with seven strikeouts and a ner gave up five runs in 1-2/3 innings “Just to be clear, I am still undecid- keen to remind Hirscher of their cre- walk, and retired his last 11 batters. that left Toronto in a 5-0 hole they ed on whether I will compete in the dentials at the weekend, while speed Relievers Tyler Clippard and Jeurys could not overcome despite scoring first race of the season in Solden,” she specialist Kjetil Jansrud, who finished Familia went the last two innings as two runs in the third and Australian added. “Will make a decision Friday.” as overall runner-up last season, will rain began to fall in Chicago. reliever Liam Hendriks providing 4-1/3 Eva-Maria Brem enjoyed a break- have his sights set on Lake Louise Home runs set the tone at Wrigley innings of spotless relief to keep their through 2014/15 campaign-the GS next month when the tour heads to Field, with Murphy improving his comeback hopes alive. specialist recorded five podium finish- Canada for downhill and Super-G remarkable stats sheet with a third- But the Royals ended any chance of es-and will hope to build on last year’s events. — AFP inning blast to center. It was his record- a rally roughing up 42-year-old LaTroy tying fifth postseason game in a row Hawkins, who came on in the seventh with a homer. but failed to record an out and gave up “I’ve watched a lot of baseball over three runs on two hits and then the years and I don’t think I’ve seen roughed up reliever Ryan Tepera for anybody put on this kind of a show on four runs on five hits. this stage like he has done so far,” Mets In a final act of desperation to save manager Terry Collins said of Murphy, his pitchers for what a do-or-die Game who hit a career-high 14 homers this Five, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons season. “The question is, who is this sent utility infielder Cliff Pennington to guy? He’s been unbelievable. Hopefully the hill to get the final out which he he just keeps it up for a few more finally managed but not before Kansas games.” City pushed across two more runs to complete the rout. ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’ Pennington becomes the first posi- Chicago rookies Jorge Soler and tional player to pitch in an post-season Kyle Schwarber also homered as the game in the major leagues. Alcides Cubs twice battled back from a run Escobar, who sparked the offense with down to make it 2-2 through four a leadoff single in the first, finished innings. For Schwarber, it was his fifth with four RBIs while Lorenzo Cain had homer of the playoffs. three RBIS and Alex Rios chipped in After Soler’s home run in the fourth, with three hits. deGrom turned unhittable as he set “It was ugly today, no doubt about down 11 Cubs in a row. Cubs starter that. That’s all I can say,” summed up Kyle Hendricks went four innings Toronto manager John Gibbons. “It’s a before manager Maddon went to his do or die game for us. But they do it all bullpen. Starting in the sixth, the Mets year. “I think these guys will let this one took advantage of some breaks. Mets go and they’ll show up to play tomor- slugger Yoenis Cespedes, who earlier row. Not a more important game this had stolen third base, dashed home CHICAGO: New York Mets’ Juan Lagares (12) celebrates with Daniel Murphy season, really. I know these guys will when Michael Conforto swung at and (28) after Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series. — AP be ready.”— Reuters Anna Fenninger in action in this file photo. McDowell looks to salvage season

HONG KONG: Former major winner Graeme but insisted his form had started to improve playoff series of tournaments in the “Race to a pre-tournament press conference. American Johnson who agonisingly lost on the McDowell heads to the final tournament of since the PGA Championship. “It’s been a quiet Dubai” for which only the top 60 on the money “It was great to win here especially with the final green of the US Open this year, said he the regular European 2015 tour season look- year for me, but I feel like I’ve turned a corner. list will qualify. Many competitors in the vener- history behind the tournament.” The Australian was ready for the traditional tree-lined tight ing to salvage some pride and points after My game’s been strong for the last few able showpiece in the New Territories, which arrives in Hong Kong in good form having won Hong Kong course. what he admits has been a disappointing year. months,” he said. was first staged in 1959, will be looking anx- his seventh Asian Tour title in Macau last week “More importantly you got to hit the fair- The Hong Kong Open, which runs from “I’ve got (a tournament in) Turkey next week iously ahead to potential places in the Ryder and insists he is not feeling under pressure at ways and avoid the rough to stand a good Thursday until Sunday, has also attracted a and I’m looking to finish out strongly and get Cup and the Olympics next year. the event, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian chance this week,” he said. Johnson already has host of other household names including my confidence back. “It’s been a hard year but The defending champion, Australia’s Scott Tour and European Tour. “It’s always nice to good memories of China, having won the Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed- I’m looking forward to good times ahead.” The Hend, touched on the importance of clinching have another victory in the bag which sets you WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai two years as well as late entry Ian Poulter, who replaced revitalised Hong Kong Open, for which the victory when he described the impact of win- up nicely for a good title defence. I’m playing ago, and he regards Hong Kong as ideal prepa- Rich Beem at the last minute. The event will prize money has been almost doubled to ning in 2014. well and I’m feeling good,” he said. ration as he attempts to regain that crown in also showcase new talents such as 20-year-old US$2million from US$1.3million last year, has “It was my first European Tour win,” he said. But it will be a tough challenge to replicate just a fortnight at Sheshan Golf Club. Past Li Hao-tong from China, playing in what he been reinstated as the final event of the regu- “For me it feels like a bit of a privilege to get last year’s triumph as he is faced with one of champions at the Hong Kong Open include considers his “second home”. lar European Tour season for the first time since back out and play against these guys,” he the best fields in recent years with no fewer Greg Norman, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, McDowell, who won the 2010 US Open, 2012. added, gesturing to players such as Rose, the than 30 Asian Tour champions, including seven Tom Watson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Rory McIlroy, admitted to journalists ahead of the start of the It means it is now a pivotal date immediate- world number seven and 2013 US Open cham- merit winners, all preparing to do battle on the Ian Poulter, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Colin competition he had not had a vintage season, ly preceding the highly lucrative “Final Four” pion, and Johnson, the world number eight, at greens. One key challenger, big-hitting Montgomerie. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 SPORTS Windies bid to do Sobers proud

COLOMBO: The West Indies will look to is in his first series as captain. the legendary Garfield Sobers for inspira- “I have full confidence in the guys. I tion as they bid for an unlikely series-sav- just told them: ‘Don’t get dejected, it’s ing victory when they take on fellow not the end of the world. We have anoth- strugglers Sri Lanka in the second Test in er Test match to make amends and come Colombo beginning today. back stronger’. We will push for that one- The tourists have yet to win a Test in all draw.” Like Sobers, Holder hails from Sri Lanka after 10 attempts and they suf- Barbados and is looking to put a smile on fered an innings defeat last weekend in the face of a man whom he has the first Test in Galle where veteran spin- described as “one of the greatest to play ner Rangana Herath took 10 wickets in the game”. the match. The 79-year-old Sobers, wide- In contrast, Holder’s opposite number ly regarded as the greatest allrounder Angelo Mathews is wary of dwelling on ever to have played the game, is in the past and has spent the build-up to Colombo to watch the second and final the match speaking of his satisfaction at Test at the P Sara Oval alongside Sri his team’s response to the recent retire- Lanka’s Michael Tissera. The two men ments. were rival captains when the then Ceylon He was particularly delighted with the played the West Indies in an unofficial performances of Dinesh Chandimal and one-off Test at the same venue in 1967. Dimuth Karunaratne, who both scored Sobers was the star of the show, hitting a big hundreds in Galle. century in a rain-affected match. “We can’t keep talking of the past all Back then, the West Indies were on the time,” he said. “After Sangakkara and the cusp of a lengthy period of domina- Mahela left the team, we needed those tion in international cricket while their guys to stand up and take the responsi- hosts were still some years away from bility. I’m glad that they did it.” attaining Test status. Despite their commanding victory, Sri The West Indies however have not Lanka have made two changes for the found Sri Lanka a happy hunting ground second Test with Tharindu Kaushal, who since they played their first official Test only took one wicket in Galle, making CANADA: Jaden Schwartz No. 17 of the St. Louis Blues skates with the puck against David Desharnais No. 51 of the Montreal Canadiens during on the island in 1993. way for fellow off-spinner Dilruwan the NHL game at the Bell Centre. —AFP Now the West Indies are only above Perera. Bangladesh in the league table of regular Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne has also Test playing nations while Sri Lanka are paid the price for a run of low scores, Canadiens blank Blues one notch above them in seventh place. with the uncapped 20-year-old Kusal Sri Lanka are going through a rebuilding Mendis picked in his place. MONTREAL: Carey Price made 38 saves for his phase after the recent retirements of star Sri Lanka (from) - Angelo Mathews second shutout in his last three starts and Alex NHL Results/Standings batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Semin scored his first goal as the Montreal Jayawardene. Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Dinesh Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on But they were still far too strong for Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Tuesday night to win their team-record seventh Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2 (OT); NY Islanders 4, Columbus 0; New Jersey 3, Arizona 2 (OT); Dallas 2, the visitors in Galle who were let down Prasad, Kusal Perera, Dushmantha in a row to begin the season. Philadelphia 1; Montreal 3, St. Louis 0; Nashville 5, Tampa Bay 4 (SO); Washington 6, Calgary 2. by sloppy fielding as well as a failure by Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep, Tharindu Max Pacioretty and Torrey Mitchell also Western Conference Eastern Conference most of their batsmen to build a big Kaushal, Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan scored for the Canadiens, who broke the Blues’ Central Division Atlantic Division innings despite making starts. Perera, Milinda Siriwardena, Kusal four-game winning streak. Price, the league’s WL OTLGFGAPTS Montreal 7 0 0 23 7 14 While the West Indies are expected to Mendis. most valuable player and top goaltender last Tampa Bay 4 2 1 23 20 9 Dallas 5 1 0 21 14 10 be unchanged, skipper Jason Holder has West Indies (from) - Jason Holder season, has allowed only six goals in six starts. It Florida 3 2 1 18 12 7 acknowledged that his batsmen need to (capt), Kraig Brathwaite, Jermaine was the 36th shutout of his career. He posted a Nashville 5 1 0 19 13 10 Ottawa 3 2 1 19 17 7 show more application. Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Devendra 25-save shutout against the New York Rangers St. Louis 5 2 0 21 17 10 Detroit 3 2 0 15 13 6 on Oct. 15, and allowed one goal on 22 shots in Winnipeg 4 2 0 20 13 8 Boston 2 3 0 18 21 4 “At this present time, we need to Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Rajendra Toronto 1 3 1 12 17 3 knock it down, we need to take it slower Chandrika, Shane Dowrich, Shannon a 4-1 win over Detroit on Saturday night to earn Minnesota 3 1 1 14 15 7 Buffalo 1 4 0 9 14 2 and slow down the game as much as Gabriel, Shai Hope, Denesh Ramdin, NHL first star of the week honors. Chicago 3 3 0 14 14 6 Metropolitan Division possible-simplify it as much as possible, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Jerome His save of the night was a spectacular glove Colorado 2 3 0 16 16 4 NY Islanders 4 1 1 21 15 9 effort early in the second frame on Vladimir and make it easy for us,” said Holder, who Taylor, Jomel Warrican. — AFP Pacific Division NY Rangers 4 2 1 18 15 9 Tarasenko, who was held off the scoresheet for Washington 4 1 0 19 12 8 San Jose 4 2 0 17 12 8 the first time this season. Pittsburgh 3 3 0 10 11 6 Vancouver 3 1 2 16 11 8 Philadelphia 2 2 1 8 12 5 ISLANDERS 3, BLUE JACKETS 0 Arizona 3 2 1 18 14 7 New Jersey 2 3 1 11 16 5 Jaroslav Halak stopped 37 shots for his 37th Los Angeles 2 3 0 6 14 4 Carolina 1 4 0 11 17 2 career shutout to lead the New York Islanders to Edmonton 2 4 0 12 16 4 Columbus 0 7 0 13 34 0 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one their fourth straight win. Nikolay Kulemin gave Anaheim 1 3 1 5 12 3 the Islanders the lead late in the first period, and point in the standings and are not included in Calgary 1 5 0 12 25 2 Thomas Hickey, Cal Clutterbuck and John the loss column (L) Tavares all scored in the third period. Halak made a second straight start after returning stood a video review. He took a pass from Kris ners of five of six. Nashville’s last two wins have from an upper-body injury sustained during the Letang at the top of the right circle and fired a come via a shootout. preseason. The Blue Jackets extended their fran- slap shot past Roberto Luongo. Crosby netted Predators goalie Pekka Rinne allowed four chise-worst winless start and became the third his first three points of the season on the first- goals on 29 shots through overtime, but he was team in the NHL’s modern history to open a sea- period goal and two assists. sharp in the shootout, denying all three son 0-7. Curtis McElhinney finished with 25 saves Phil Kessel scored his second goal and Malkin Lightning shooters. Steven Stamkos, Nikita and was steady throughout, making several key has five points during a four-game point streak Kucherov, Ryan Callahan and Erik Condra scored saves to keep Columbus within striking distance for the Penguins, who won their third straight. for the Lightning, who have dropped three of for most of the game. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots. Quinton four. In the tiebreaker, Forsberg skated to the Howden and Derek MacKenzie scored goals for right and beat Lightning goalie Ben Bishop with DEVILS 3, COYOTES 2 the Panthers and Luongo made 32 saves. a quick wrist shot. Travis Zajac had a goal, two assists and set up Adam Larrson’s game-winner 43 seconds into STARS 2, FLYERS 1 CAPITALS 6, FLAMES 2 overtime to lift New Jersey. Larsson slam dunked Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn each had a goal Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Alex the game winner to cap a 3-on-1 break that and an assist as Dallas won its fourth straight. Ovechkin added a goal and an assist for started after he knocked Martin Hanzal off the Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who were Washington. Andre Burakovsky, TJ Oshie and puck in the Devils’ zone. playing for the first time since beating Chicago Jason Chimera also scored, and Evgeny Mike Cammalleri also scored for New Jersey last Wednesday. Antti Niemi made 34 saves to Kuznetsov added three assists. The Capitals, COLOMBO: West Indies cricket great Garfield Sobers (right) and former Sri Lankan and Cory Schneider made 18 saves as the Devils improve to 3-1 in four career starts against playing their first road game of the season, have cricket captain Michael Tissera pose with the Sobers -Tissera trophy which will be won their second straight overtime game under Philadelphia. Niemi was in because starting opened with four wins in five games. awarded to the winners of the ongoing Sri Lanka West Indies test cricket series. — AP new coach John Hynes after opening the season goalie Kari Lehtonen is 1-10-2 in 13 games Sean Monahan and Mark Giordano scored for 0-3-1. Anthony Duclair and Mikkel Boedker against Philadelphia. Calgary, which has lost five of their first six scored for Arizona, which has lost three in a row. Steve Mason made 30 saves for the Flyers in games while opening with four straight losses Mike Smith made 22 saves in the opener of a his return for the Flyers after sitting out the last on home ice for the first time in franchise histo- Pakistan get Yasir boost five-game East Coast road trip for Arizona. two games due to personal reasons. ry. Ovechkin gave the Capitals the lead for good 30 seconds into the second period. His long shot DUBAI: Pakistan will be looking to fit- Dhabi saw both team piling up 500-plus PENGUINS 3, PANTHERS 2 PREDATORS 5, LIGHTNING 4 was stopped by Flames goalie Karri Ramo but again leg-spinner Yasir Shah to lift their totals in their first innings. England will Evgeni Malkin scored on the power play in Filip Forsberg scored the only goal of the mishandled, allowing the Washington captain to bowling in the second Test against also look to leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who overtime and Sidney Crosby picked up his first shootout to help Nashville beat Tampa Bay. poke in the rebound and put Washington ahead England starting in Dubai from today. took a five-wicket haul in the second goal of the season to lead Pittsburgh. James Neal scored twice and Mike Fisher and 2-1. It was Ovechkin’s fourth goal of the season Shah, regarded as a wicket-taking innings after going wicketless for 163 Malkin’s third goal in as many games with- Shea Weber also scored for the Predators, win- and 900th career point. — AP bowler who anchored Pakistan’s wins runs in the first. over Australia and Sri Lanka in the last 12 England captain Alastair Cook, fresh months, missed the drawn first Test in from his 263 in the first Test, said he Third title is Hamilton’s American dream Abu Dhabi with a back spasm. hoped his team can keep the fight going. But he is back to full fitness and was “Over the next 10 days of Test cricket we AUSTIN: Lewis Hamilton can live his own American able to bowl without any pain in the nets, need to show the same resilience,” said dream by becoming a triple Formula One world something which Pakistan captain Cook, praising Adil. “He’s obviously had a champion in Texas on Sunday. Misbah-ul-Haq sees as a big positive. tough introduction, the first day-and-a- If the Briton scores two points more than “Shah looks good and is raring to go half - not getting a wicket, bowling on Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, and nine more and that’s a good sign for us,” said probably the worst wicket you’d ever than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, at the Circuit of the Misbah. “We missed him a lot in the first want to make your debut on as a leg- Americas then it is game over with three races to Test and his return will give us that boost spinner when you lose the toss.” spare. in the spin bowling.” Cook said his batsmen were ready for A Mercedes one-two, with Hamilton winning, Pakistan narrowly escaped defeat Shah. “I think Pakistan missed him in the would see to that. No British driver has ever won after an extraordinary collapse saw them last game and he has done well in his ten two Formula One titles in a row, despite the coun- slump to 173 all out on the last day to Test matches but we were ready to play try providing more world champions than any oth- spice up a Test which was heading for a him in the first Test and obviously he er nation, but Hamilton looks set to make history in draw until the fifth morning. strengthens them.” a country he considers home from home. England were denied the win as, chas- Seamer Ben Stokes had an upset The 30-year-old would join Jackie Stewart, now ing 99 in a possible 19 overs, they fell 25 stomach but is fit to play. The third and 76, as Britain’s only three times champions but it is runs short when bad light forced the final Test starts in Sharjah on November another great-Brazil’s late triple title winner Ayrton umpires to call off the match. 1, followed by four one-day internation- Senna-that he most wants to emulate. Misbah said Pakistan need to improve. als and three Twenty20s. “I didn’t grow up watching Jackie, when I was a “We really need to pull up our socks and kid, I wanted to see Ayrton,” Hamilton, who until the kind of fight England put we need to Teams (from): recently raced with a similar yellow helmet to Lewis Hamilton in action in this file photo. match them, I have confidence in my Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Senna’s, told British reporters after victory in Russia could see the ‘double double’ sealed in style. back down, so I’ll be pushing flat out to the end players that they can do that.” Ahmed Shehzad, Shan Masood, Azhar 10 days ago put the title within reach. The country’s race has been good to Hamilton, and hopefully having some fun out there in the Pakistan will be without key batsman Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Fawad Alam, “I don’t have that connection with Jackie as I did who is chasing a literal hat-trick after winning two final few rounds this year,” said Rosberg. Azhar Ali who returned home following Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, with Ayrton. It has nothing to do with nationality, of the three grands prix held so far in Austin and “Austin is definitely somewhere that you can the death of his mother-in-law and was Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, just that’s the guy who caught my eye as a kid and three of the last four in the United States. have fun too...I got pole there last year, and I’m unable to join the team yesterday Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan, Rahat Ali, that’s the guy I aspired to be,” he said. “I haven’t “If I can come away with a third (winner’s) coming off the back of a really strong weekend in because of visa problems. Junaid Khan, Bilal Asif. aspired to be like any of the other drivers.” Stetson hat that would be unbelievable,” he said. Russia in terms of my performance, so if I can Pakistan also recalled under-scrutiny England: Alastair Cook (capt), Moeen If Brazil, next month, might have been a more Rosberg, despite the mathematical odds against repeat all of that then I’ll be in a good position.” For off-spinner Bilal Asif as cover. He was Ali, James Anderson, Samit Patel, Jonny symbolic place to secure the title then the United him, will be determined to keep his team mate local fans there will be the novelty of a US driver to reported for suspect bowling action in Bairstow, Ian Bell Stuart Broad, Jos States is perfect in other respects. waiting at least until Formula One makes its return cheer, the first since 2007, even if Californian Zimbabwe on October 6 but can still play Buttler, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Hamilton has a holiday home in Colorado and is to Mexico next week. Alexander Rossi is more likely to be lapped in the pending a report on his action which will Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James a frequent visitor, as celebrity websites and his With only three wins to Hamilton’s nine, and Manor Marussia than playing any part in the cham- come in two weeks’ time. Taylor, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan. social media accounts bear witness, to both the Vettel’s three, he needs to regain momentum after pionship outcome. The starting grid will have two Pakistan will likely bring in Shah in Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and Bruce east and west coasts of a country that is also his retirement in Sochi pushed him down to third more cars than last year, a race that went ahead place of paceman Rahat Ali. They will Oxenford (AUS), TV umpire: Chris employer’s biggest market. overall in the championship behind Ferrari’s four amid rumbles of a potential boycott after absent also hope the Dubai stadium pitch helps Gaffaney (NZL), Match referee: Andy With Mercedes wrapping up the constructors’ times champion. “It’s clear that the title is a long Marussia and now-defunct Caterham went into the bowlers after a flat pitch in Abu Pycroft (ZIM). — AFP title in Russia for the second year in a row, Sunday shot for me now. But it’s not in me to give up or administration. — Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 SPORTS Climbers hope the sport makes Olympic grade WASHINGTON: American rock-climbing wizard organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, along with combines fun with a full workout. “It has very little Olympic appearance at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Alex Honnold insists he would not compete in the skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. to do with hard training for climbing. It’s something Japan. “From the minute it went into the Olympics, Olympics even if his sport gets the nod for inclusion Under new rules, Olympic host cities can pick sports that gets your body active and uses all these muscle it just blew up in the media,” Schoene said. “It in the 2020 Tokyo Games. for possible inclusion at the Games in addition to groups you’ve never really used before,” he said. exploded. It’s all over TV, there’s X Games footage It is not that Honnold does not care for the the existing 28 core sports. “And it’s different. It’s not like putting on your everywhere. I’m hoping at some point that compe- Olympics or does not like to compete. The man The International Olympic Committee must running shoes and running around the lake, where tition climbing moves into that area.” widely considered the best free climber of his gen- approve the addition of sport climbing and the oth- you’re bored to death. It’s interesting, and that’s The IOC will vote next August on adding the new eration says he just is not good enough. er recommended sports. Competitive climbing, of why it’s grabbing folks.” sports. If sport climbing does make the cut, “The real reason I wouldn’t compete in the which sport climbing is one of the disciplines, In a competition, participants are given just a Honnold, the star of traditional climbing, said he Olympics is just because I wouldn’t even be able to secured a foothold in Europe in the early 1980s and few minutes to analyze a route up the mountain would likely spend the two weeks of the Olympic qualify,” the 30-year-old Honnold told Reuters, the then gained traction in the United States a decade pre-determined by organizers. Climbing one at a competition in 2020 on a solo ascent somewhere day before a climb in the Patagonia region of Chile. later. Now, it is gaining a following in other parts of time, whoever gets the highest in the time allotted on a remote part of the planet. “Competitive climbing is basically a whole different the world. captures the gold medal. “Last season in Patagonia we attempted a tra- sub-sport.” “It makes sense to put the sport into the Unlike traditional climbing, sport climbing relies verse of the Torres that wound up taking 53 hours “I’m more of an adventurer: lots of travel, lots of Olympics, where it’s more on the world’s stage and on permanent anchors like bolts fixed to the rock. to get back to camp,” he said, referring to a particu- new routes outdoors, not so much training inside. I people can get a really good idea of what this thing Drew Ruana, a 16-year-old competitive climbing larly tricky climbing site. “That kind of fitness and can’t climb at nearly the level required for competi- is,” said Tyson Schoene, head coach of the five-time national champion for his age group, said putting experience does not help at all when a competition tion.” While Honnold enjoys scaling the famed El US champion Vertical World climbing team, based his sport in the Olympics would boost its popularity. lasts a few minutes and takes place on one Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park or in Washington state. “It’s really popular right now, “If it were in the Olympics, a lot of people would extremely hard route.” tackling Borneo’s formidable Mount Kinabalu, he and not just with young kids. College-age kids also see that and say, ‘That looks like fun,’” Ruana said. “It’s like asking an ultra marathoner if he’d like to says a timed ascent of a manmade mountain does love it. And older. And here in the Seattle area, it’s “Otherwise, they’d never really hear about it.” win a 100-meter sprint. Sure, it sounds cool to win not interest him. Sport climbing is one of five sports grown enormously in the last five years.” Schoene, the coach, said he hopes climbing fol- the Olympics, but I’ve already gone down a differ- recommended for inclusion in the Olympics by Schoene said the sport is appealing because it lows the path of snowboarding, which made its first ent path.” — Reuters Dutch runner shrugs off ‘Blade Babe’ tag

DOHA: Sprint star Marlou van Rhijn said it is a compliment,” she said. “I don’t really yesterday, ahead of the IPC 2015 World feel like it is something you shouldn’t like Championships, that she thought her nick- as a feminist.” name of ‘Blade Babe’ was a ‘compliment’ “I think it is just a compliment. It’s easier despite her many athletic achievements. to remember than my very difficult name. Van Rhijn, who turns 24 on October 22, Prior to her success as a runner, who was the opening day of competition in Qatar, born without lower legs, she was a member has been in superb form all year. The of the Dutch team for swimmers with dis- Netherlands sprinter has lowered her T43 abilities. She was speaking at a press con- (double below knee amputation) 100m ference ahead of the official opening cere- record and created three personal bests at mony yesterday night. 200m throughout 2015. Also in attendance was Ireland’s Jason She won gold at the T44 100m and Smyth. The T12 (visually impaired) sprinter 200m at the last world championships, is set to run for gold in the 100 metres held in France in 2013 and is set to defend before racing home for the birth of his first her titles in Doha. Despite her on-track suc- child. The final is set for October 23rd, while cess, and being one of the biggest para- his baby is due to be born on the 25th. “I am in lympic stars, van Rhijn has still earned a good form and think I have been going well,” nickname based on her looks. he said. “I am hopeful I can run well and make However, she told reporters that she it home in time for the birth of my baby.” was untroubled by her nickname. “I feel like Competition starts on October 22. —AFP Steenkamp’s mother wants no revenge against Pistorius

JOHANNESBURG: The mother of slain killing Steenkamp by firing four shots model Reeva Steenkamp said yesterday through a locked bathroom door, will be she did not want retribution against confined to his uncle Arnold’s home in a South African Paralympian Oscar suburb of the capital, Pretoria. Pistorius, who was released into house “I’ve got no feelings of revenge. I don’t arrest this week just under a year into his want to hurt him. He’s already a disabled five-year jail term. person,” June Steenkamp said in her first The disgraced track star, who was comments since Pistorius’ release late on found guilty of culpable homicide for Monday. “I don’t want him thrown in jail and be suffering ... that’s not going to bring Reeva back. But in my heart I don’t want revenge towards him, I’m past that,” Steenkamp said on state broadcaster SABC at the launch of the Reeva FRANCE: A file picture taken on July 25, 2013 shows French Marie Amelie Le Fur (right) and Dutch Marlou Van Rhijn competing in het Women’s Steenkamp Foundation at a school in the 100m T44 final at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Some 1,400 athletes from almost 100 countries are set to descend on Doha for the IPC southern city of Port Elizabeth. 2015 World Championships. — AFP Steenkamp read a speech that Reeva had been due to deliver on the morning of Valentine’s Day 2013, the day she was World championships in shot and killed by Pistorius, South Africa’s double-amputee “Blade Runner”. “It’s been a hard journey and it’s going Qatar to be ‘best ever’ to go on until the day I die,” Steenkamp said when asked how she was coping. DOHA: Some 1,400 athletes from almost 100 coun- former record holder, Richard Browne. biggest names in the sport. Pistorius family spokeswoman tries are expected in Doha for the IPC 2015 World The T44 event is for athletes with a single below Her main competition could come from Marie- Anneliese Burgess said on Tuesday they Championships, which organisers say they “fully the knee amputation or who have restricted func- Amelie Le Fur, a former French junior running were glad to have the athlete home and expect to be the best ever”. tion in one or both legs. Wallace and Browne are champion who lost her lower left leg following a that he would observe his parole condi- The paralympics competition begins today and among an 84-strong team travelling to Qatar from scooter accident in 2004. tions closely. lasts for 10 days. All 70 hours of action will be the United States, which is looking to go one better Local interest should come in the shape of The athlete still faces an appeal on streamed live on the IPC’s website. in the medal table than at the last world champi- Qatari shot-putter Abdelrahman Abdelqader, an Nov. 3 by prosecutors who argue that he The biennial championships are the last major onships, held in Lyon. In France, Russia topped the Asian Games winner and world ranked number should have been convicted of murder, gathering of track and field paralympic stars before medal table with 26 golds to the USA’s 17. one. The event will be held at the 12,000-seater not culpable homicide. Prosecutors say next year’s Olympics, and as well as gold medals in In the 1500m T54 event, a classification for ath- Qatar Sports Club Suhaim bin Hamam stadium in Pistorius must have known that the per- Qatar there are also qualifying slots to be won for letes with spinal cord injuries, Swiss world record central Doha. The track was the same venue for an son behind the door could be killed. Rio 2016. In total, there are 214 medal events across holder Marcel Hug, nicknamed the “Silver Bullet”, IAAF Diamond League meet earlier year, where run- The state will argue before five judges 15 disciplines. Some 350 athletes will use a wheel- will be up against six-time Olympic gold medal win- ners included Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah. that the trial judge misinterpreted parts chair. Philip Craven, the IPC president who claimed ner, David Weir. In the women’s events, the main Although temperatures are down from the of the law. A murder conviction at the these could be the best world championships, said star is set to be the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn. country’s fierce summer heat, the mercury could appeal hearing - which Pistorius is not that he expected athletes in Qatar to compete “per- The sprint star will celebrate her 24th birthday still reach up to 35 degrees Celsius, 94 Fahrenheit, obliged to attend - would result in a min- haps more fiercely than they ever have done on the opening day of competition and is in great over the first few days of competition. It is the latest before”. It is the sixth time the event has been held form. Already this year she has lowered her T43 big sports event to be hosted by the tiny but imum sentence of 15 years in prison. JOHANNESBURGH: In this Nov. 4, 2012 and these are notably the first world champi- (double below knee amputation) 100m record and exceedingly rich Gulf state in 2015. Last week, Qatar file photo, South African Olympic athlete The judges could either reject the onships to be hosted in the Middle East. created three personal bests at 200m throughout hosted the AIBA World Boxing Championships, Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp prosecution’s appeal, order a retrial or Among the most anticipated events is the 100 2015. Van Rhijn though will defend her T44 100m which drew Manny Pacquiao and the Klitschko arrive for an awards ceremony in convict Pistorius of murder themselves, metres T44 final which could see world record hold- and 200m world titles in Doha which she won in brothers to watch. Qatar will also host the 2019 Johannesburg. — AP legal experts say. — Reuters er Jarryd Wallace race against US compatriot, and Lyon. Born without lower legs, she is one of the World Athletics Championships. — AFP

Fuhaid Al-Daihani (center) shoot during a training session Shooters sharpen their skills during a training session. Kuwait shooters ready for tourney

KUWAIT: HH The Crown Prince Championship Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and thanked continue their preparations for this tournament Bghaili said Kuwait shooters are ready for the wished everyone success. and 13th Gulf Tournament continues at Sheikh him for patronizing an annual tournament as it will see strong competition between all par- championships for their importance to be ready UAE shooter Ayesha Alyasi said her team Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex, as which marks the start of the new season. Al- ticipants, and is considered a preparation for for the Asian championship coming up soon. came here to compete fiercely in this tourna- all participating shooters compete in the shot- Osaimi welcomed Presidents and Secretary Kuwait shooters who will participate in several Shotgun referee in the tournament Fawaz Al- ment and prepared for it in camps in Italy. She gun, air pistol and rifle events. Generals of Gulf Shooting Federations, as well as international events. Delegations from Saudi Shatti said the officials committee is ready as 27 said competitions here create opportunities to Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab the shooters. He said that the board of directors Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar already Kuwaiti referees will officiate besides other refer- gain experience ahead of the Asian tournament Shooting Federation Obaid Al-Osaimi lauded decided to increase the financial prizes of this involved in the formalities that precede the ees from participating countries. he said the ref- as all shooters aim at qualifying for the Olympics the support of HH The Crown Prince Sheikh dear tournament. Meanwhile, Kuwait Shooters competitions. Kuwait’s shooter Mohammad Al- erees went through refreshers courses, and in Brazil 2016. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 SPORTS Germany graft claims close to home for Adidas

BERLIN: Allegations that Germany bribed its way to Investment bank Berenberg’s analyst Zuzanna nament to Qatar was already awkward for Adidas, made by ISL and concluded that the company had secure the right to host the 2006 World Cup not only Pusz warned that the German magazine’s claims the main sponsor of the games since 1970. paid bribes to FIFA top officials including former shook the football world, but also shone a spotlight “could have some kind of impact on their reputa- But with the World Cup hosted in Germany also FIFA president Joao Havelange. on cosy ties between sportswear giant Adidas and tion”. No legal consequences have arisen from the being called into question by the Spiegel report, “There is an archaic system (at FIFA) with these FIFA. At the heart of the latest graft claims to rock case so far, as German prosecutors said Monday they that is just getting too close to home for Adidas. archaic people. Television brought money and world football is a 10.3 million Swiss francs payment were still examining whether there were grounds to The German brand has a contract worth 30 mil- taught these people to love money,” said European made in 2000 by Adidas’s former boss Robert Louis- launch a probe. lion euros a year with FIFA that runs until 2030. football boss Michel Platini, who himself has also Dreyfus to the German Football Federation (DFB). But the wealth of French businessman Louis- Until now, that investment has always paid off-in been suspended over corruption claims. News weekly Der Spiegel claimed in a report late Dreyfus, who died in 2009, has been dogged by con- 2014, the year of the Brazilian World Cup, revenues These links, which have resurfaced amid the FIFA last week that DFB borrowed the sum in order to troversy. In 2001, he transferred millions to the for- from footballs, jerseys and other related products crisis, are a thorn in the side of Adidas. “Horst buy the votes of four Asian members of FIFA’s 24- mer president of Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness. pushed sales of its football merchandise up by a fifth Dassler died in 1987,” and “ISL is owned by the strong executive committee. The recipient has claimed it was a private gift for to reach 2.1 billion euros. In 2006, the brand took in Dassler family, not Adidas,” said the brand’s The magazine claimed the DFB subsequently him to gamble on the stock market. Critics have 1.2 billion euros in such revenues, up 30 percent. spokesman, slapping down all association with the transferred 6.7 million euros-the equivalent of the speculated the sum was the price to keep the prized Beyond any immediate damage to Adidas’ reputa- sportswear giant. Nevertheless, the company would borrowed Swiss francs at the time-to a FIFA account Bundesliga side out of the reach of Adidas’s US rival tion for its association with FIFA and the World Cup, not go all the way to making a clean break with the in 2005 to repay Louis-Dreyfus. Nike, a claim Hoeness has denied. the latest corruption scandals engulfing the football world football body. Unlike Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, The DFB has denied the claims, while Adidas has This time, the charismatic businessman’s dealings world also stirs up memories of dark days for the Visa and Budweiser, which have demanded that sought to distance itself from the case. “We are not are being exposed at a time when FIFA is in its deep- family behind the brand. Blatter step down immediately from FIFA’s top job, aware of such a payment by Robert Louis-Dreyfus,” est crisis over far-reaching corruption scandals that Horst Dassler, the son of Adidas’s founder, in 1982 Adidas has so far shied away from making such said the brand with the three-stripes logo. “We can have already left 14 football officials arrested, the founded International Sports and Leisure (ISL), a calls. After all, “FIFA is much more important for rule out that it was a business operation of Adidas governing body’s chief Sepp Blatter suspended and company that collapsed under a mountain of debt, Adidas than for Coca-Cola,” said Pusz. “Given their AG.” In other words, Louis-Dreyfus could have used the awarding of at least two World Cups under but which had previously made a fortune after it position in football, they would obviously have his own money, and not company funds, an Adidas investigation. Switzerland’s probe into the awarding obtained exclusive TV rights for the World Cup. In quite a lot to lose if they were to dissociate them- spokesman told AFP. of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tour- 2012, FIFA began investigating illegal payments selves entirely from FIFA.” — AFP Klopp set for Anfield bow as Spurs revisit old foes

PARIS: AFP Sports picks out five of the best of new boss Thomas Tuchel, who saw his side win today’s Europa League games, with Jurgen 2-0 on his return to former club Mainz last Friday Klopp’s Anfield bow as Liverpool manager, to end a three-game winless run in the against Rubin Kazan, topping the billing: Bundesliga. “The match against Mainz was the first step * Liverpool (ENG) v Rubin Kazan (RUS) in the right direction. Our game will come back Jurgen Klopp takes charge of Liverpool at to us gradually,” said Marco Reus, who scored Anfield for the first time today when the three- the opener in the victory at Mainz, in an inter- time UEFA Cup winners host Russian outfit view posted on Dortmund’s club website. The Rubin Kazan. Germans top the group on four points, while A disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Sion on Qabala are bottom on one but did record a fifth matchday two left the Reds with just two points consecutive clean sheet at home in Europe after from their first two Group B fixtures, but the opening the campaign with a 0-0 draw against Anfield faithful will hope the arrival of Klopp can PAOK. spark an upturn in fortunes. “There are good players here. I saw many * Molde (NOR) v Celtic (SCO) good things in my team,” Klopp told Liverpool’s Ronny Deila takes the Scottish champions to club website after making his bow in Saturday’s his native Norway to face Molde, who are the 0-0 draw at Tottenham Hotspur. surprise early frontrunners in Group A after stun- “We don’t have to sprinkle magic dust on ning Fenerbahce in Turkey before drawing with them ‘and now you can play football’. They know Ajax. how to play,” added the German, insisting that Celtic let a two-goal lead slip against his squad simply needed time to click into gear. Fenerbahce in a 2-2 draw last time out but the Rubin, bottom of the group on one point, have Hoops returned to the top of the Scottish also changed their coach since the group stage Premiership at the weekend for the first time in draw was made as Valeri Chaly took over as care- over a month. taker boss from Rinat Bilyaletdinov in Celtic, with two draws from their opening September after the Kazan-based side lost six of two matches, could move top should they beat their first seven league games. Molde but Deila has warned his players not to underestimate today’s opponents. * Anderlecht (BEL) v Tottenham “They are a good organised team and very Hotspur (ENG) hard-working. They are good at breaking when Anderlecht and Tottenham will roll back the they have a chance,” the Celtic boss said. “They years when the two sides meet at the Constant have surprised a few people in this campaign Vanden Stock Stadium in a rematch of the 1984 and that’s something we have to take very seri- UEFA Cup final, won by Spurs 4-3 on penalties ous, but with three points there we can put our- after a pair of 1-1 draws. The north Londoners selves in a very good position.” have four Belgian players on their books but will be without Nacer Chadli for six weeks after he * Fenerbahce (TUR) v Ajax (NED) damaged ankle ligaments in Saturday’s 0-0 draw Fenerbahce and Ajax, two big-name casual- with Liverpool. ties in this season’s Champions League qualify- Spurs are unbeaten in the Premier League ing rounds, are both still searching for their first since the opening weekend of the season and wins in Group A as the two sides meet in lead Group J with four points, three ahead of an Istanbul. Anderlecht side without a win in five European Fenerbahce are still picking up the pieces matches. after crashing to a 3-1 home defeat against With two home matches to come Mauricio Molde on matchday one and there’s plenty of OSAKA: Keisuke Iwashita (second right) of Japan’s Gamba Osaka and Huang Bowen (right) of China’s Guangzhou Evergrande fight forthe ball in Pochettino’s men know victory in Belgium reason for concern in Turkey with Ajax having the second leg of the Asia Champions League semifinals. — AP would leave them well positioned to reach the won all eight previous meetings with Turkish knockout stages. teams. “It’s like we are two distinct teams,” Fenerbahce coach Vitor Pereira, whose side are * Qabala (AZE) v Borussia propping up the group with a solitary point, told Goalless stalemate sees Dortmund (GER) UEFA.com. “One is enthusiatic, ambitious and Borussia Dortmund make a 3,300-kilometre plays entertaining football, creating lots of trip east to Azerbaijan where Group C rivals chances and keeping pressure on opponents; Qabala will put their strong defensive home the other is nervous, loses composure after con- Evergrande reach final record on the line as they face German opposi- ceding and throws in the towel under pressure,” tion for the first time. he added, with marquee summer signings Nani Dortmund are unbeaten in Europe under and Robin van Persie still settling in. — AFP OSAKA: Chinese champions Guangzhou victory over Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia 4-3, will host Gamba had avoided elimination with three Evergrande reached the AFC Champions League the first leg in Dubai on 7 November with the comeback wins during their run to the semi-finals final for the second time in three seasons after return game in southern China on 21 November. but they struggled to find a way past the they drew 0-0 against the home side at Gamba Evergrande, winners in 2013 when they beat Evergrande defence during the opening hour. Osaka late yesterday. The win handed the Chinese South Korean side FC Seoul on away goals in the They went close to a breakthrough in the 57th side a 2-1 aggregate triumph over the Japanese final, led the semi-final 2-1 after a second-half minute when Shu Kurata’s cut-back from the right treble winners, though Evergrande could have header by captain Zheng Zhi from the first leg in was punched away by goalkeeper Zeng Cheng extended their advantage from the first leg as Guangzhou three weeks ago. Elkeson tried to before it could reach a lurking Patric. Brazilian forward Elkeson squandered a pair of build on the advantage, but his right-footed Gamba displayed greater urgency after Japan good openings on either side of half-time at the effort in the 43rd minute forced a smart save from striker Takashi Usami replaced Hiroyki Abe on the Expo ‘70 Stadium. Evergrande’s well-organised goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi. hour. Kurata saw his effort on a quick counter defence was, however, rarely troubled by the The Brazilian had another great opportunity to blocked by a defender while Usami fired a low home side as they held on to their narrow lead to break the deadlock seven minutes into the sec- shot narrowly wide of the right post with six min- set up a meeting in the final against Al Ahli of the ond half when he was released in the left channel utes left. But the home team could not find the United Arab Emirates. Al Ahli, who reached the by Ricardo Goulart’s excellent through ball but crucial goal as Luiz Filipe Scolari’s side hung on to final on Tuesday after a dramatic 4-3 aggregate scooped his effort just over the crossbar. clinch their place in the final. — AFP FIFA probes Beckenbauer and Spanish football chief

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp (second right) attends a ZURICH: FIFA lifted a new corner of its veil of sion” on Blatter and Platini can be made team training session in Liverpool on the eve of their UEFA Europa League Group B secrecy yesterday by revealing that German before the end of their current 90 day suspen- football match against Rubin Kazan. — AFP football great Franz Beckenbauer and the cur- sions. Both have been banned over a two mil- rent most senior UEFA official Angel Maria lion dollar (1.8 million euros) payment made Villar Llona have been investigated. It said by FIFA to Platini in 2011. The suspension New date set for inquiries for alleged misconduct by the two threatens to derail the Frenchman’s bid to were now in the hands of the FIFA ethics com- take over from Blatter when an election is Palestine v Saudi match mittee’s main court for a decision. held in February. The ethics committee did not say why the The committee also confirmed that sus- LAUSANNE: The disputed 2018 World That demand was accepted by the two had been investigated. But Beckenbauer pended FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke Cup qualifier between Palestine and World Cup organising committee, but the and Villar Llona were on the FIFA executive is being probed under “suspicion of misuse of Saudi Arabia is to be played in Palestine Palestinian Federation refused to accept, committee when Russia and Qatar were today, November 5, FIFA announced yes- saying it set a “dangerous precedent.” expenses and other infringements of FIFA’s terday. A FIFA statement said that “in view The matter was then postponed to awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. rules and regulations.” Among other names of the agreement made between the two allow further talks to take place between Beckenbauer was briefly suspended by revealed for the first time are former Brazilian teams last June, the match would be all the involved parties. FIFA last year for refusing to cooperate with a football federation chief Ricardo Teixeira, and rescheduled to take place in Palestine on “The Palestinian Football Association corruption inquiry into World Cup votes by tainted Nigerian official Amos Adamu. Thursday, 5 November 2015.” has given full security guarantees for the former US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia. Also on the list was Thai football baron The teams played each other in rescheduled match and FIFA has agreed Beckenbauer, 70, and one of only two peo- Worawi Makudi, who was suspended for 90 Jeddah in June in the first of their two to appoint a security officer who will work ple to have won the World Cup as a player and days last week. Jeffrey Webb, Eugenio scheduled Asia zone World Cup qualifiers hand in hand with the Palestine authori- coach, led Germany’s successful bid for the Figueredo and Nicolas Leoz were among sev- with the Saudis winning 3-2. ties to supervise the security plan and 2006 World Cup. This week he denied a report en FIFA officials detained in Zurich in May as That match was originally supposed to make sure that the match is played in that a 6.7 million euro fund was used to buy Franz Beckenbauer part of a US investigation into more than $150 be played in Palestine, but Saudi Arabia very good conditions,” the FIFA statement votes. tions on details that ethics investigators could million of bribes for soccer deals. had refused to travel to the Israeli-occu- read. Many Arab national teams refuse to Villar Llona has been head of the Spanish make public. US authorities have named 14 people over pied West Bank, citing undefined “excep- play in the West Bank, saying it “normalis- football federation for 27 years and a FIFA The committee released a long list of the case and said that more charges are likely. tional circumstances”. es” Israel’s occupation of Palestinian terri- executive member since 1998. He is also cur- names under investigation, including for the The ethics committee said it was also “carrying The return leg was then set for tory. Israel controls all access to the rently the most senior official in the European first time confirming that suspended presi- out a moderate number of preliminary inves- October 13, again in the West Bank, but Palestinian territories, and Saudi Arabia body UEFA after the 90-day suspension of its dent Sepp Blatter and Platini face formal pro- tigations against a number of football offi- Saudi Arabia on September 23 demand- has no diplomatic relations with the president Michel Platini. The world body’s ceedings. “The investigatory chamber will do cials.” These could be named later if there is ed that it be played on neutral ground. Jewish state. — AFP executive decided on Tuesday to ease restric- everything in its power to ensure that a deci- “concrete suspicion of wrongdoing.” — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 SPORTS Wolfsburg down PSV

WOLFSBURG: Germany’s Wolfsburg scored within the space of three minutes, but none two second half goals to defeat PSV were able to trouble Zoet. At the other end, Eindhoven 2-0 to move top of Champions PSV had a penalty appeal turned down after League Group B yesterday. Naldo appeared to handle the ball. The visi- After a labored first half, Bas Dost struck tors then wasted the best chance of the immediately after the break to put the half, Adam Maher heading wide after Simon Germans ahead. Max Kruse then followed it Busk Poulsen’s cross found him unmarked up with a headed goal in the 57th minute. in the box. In an indication that it was not going to be Wolfsburg took the lead immediately PSV’s night, they then had a late penalty after half-time when Joshua Guilavogui’s saved by Wolfsburg’s Swiss goalkeeper long range shot was parried by Zoet and Diego Benaglio. Dost tapped in on the rebound. The win puts Wolfsburg two points clear Dost nearly made it two on 50 minutes, of Manchester United at the top after heading the ball over the bar after a cross United drew 1-1 with CSKA Moscow. PSV from Christian Trasch. Kruse doubled are now bottom, though only three points Wolfsburg’s lead in the 57th minute. behind the leaders at the halfway stage. After a fantastic run, Draxler forced a For Wolfsburg, the victory was yet anoth- good save from Zoet. However, Caligiuri er success after their 3-0 win over picked up the rebound and crossed for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga last weekend. Kruse to head the ball in. Guardado could Wolfsburg created the first major chances have pulled one back for PSV on 66 min- with five minutes gone, Daniel Caligiuri and utes, but his shot flew high over the bar. Julian Draxler forcing two smart saves in Wolfsburg continued to dominate, quick succession from Jeroen Zoet. though, and looked perpetually dangerous PSV slowly settled into the game, but on the counter attack. Kruse nearly made it could create nothing before the half hour 3-0 six minutes from time after Vieirinha mark beyond a couple of long range efforts broke away to whip in a cross. from Andres Guardado and Jorrit Hendrix. PSV had a chance to get one back in With 35 minutes gone, Wolfsburg sprang stoppage time after Benaglio fouled into life. Luiz Gustavo, Kruse and Dost all Locadia, but the Swiss keeper saved the had major chances from just inside the box resulting penalty. — AFP Atletico cruise to victory

MADRID: Atletico Madrid eased past by Saul. Martinez has failed to live up to MOSCOW: Manchester United’s Morgan Schneiderlin (centre) takes on CSKA’s Roman Eremenko (left) and Ahmed Musa during their Champions Kazak champions Astana 4-0 yesterday to his price tag since a 35 million euro move League Group B soccer match. — AP get their European campaign back on from Porto in the summer, but Diego track after a shock defeat to Benfica last Simeone’s faith in the Colombian was time out. rewarded when he finally found the net Saul Niguez opened the scoring with thanks to a deflection off a stray Astana Martial rescues United a clever backheel before Jackson leg to double Atletico’s lead six minutes Martinez scored his first goal at the later. MOSCOW: French international Anthony Martial right with the spot-kick, but the Spaniard par- last seven matches against Russian opposition Vicente Calderon for Atletico to put the Only a brilliant save from Eric denied guided home a second-half header as ried the shot. prompted Van Gaal to bring on Belgian midfield- hosts well on course for victory. Martinez a second from a thumping Manchester United snatched an important 1-1 However, Ivory Coast international Seydou er Marouane Fellaini at half-time for the ineffec- Substitute Oliver Torres added a third header just before half-time. However, draw at CSKA Moscow in their Champions Doumbia charged in to plant the rebound into tive Bastian Schweinsteiger and the Old Trafford after the break before Denis Dedchenko’s the third goal did arrive for the hosts just League Group B clash yesterday. the goal for a 1-0 lead. It was the 27-year-old giants upped the tempo. late own goal rounded off the scoring. after the hour mark as a lung-bursting Bundesliga side Wolfsburg top the pool on six striker’s 25th goal in 33 Champions League However, the three-time European champi- Galatasaray’s 2-1 win over Benfica in the run from captain Gabi teed up Oliver to points, after defeating PSV Eindhoven 2-0, with matches as the on-loan marksman from AS ons ran into stiff resistance from their hosts and other game in the group means Atletico chip home. United and CSKA on four and the Dutch champi- Roma again delivered the goods on the conti- a close-range header from Rooney on the hour draw level with Benfica at the top on six Atletico ‘keeper Jan Oblak had been a ons bringing up the rear on three. nental stage. was only their second attempt on target and points, two points clear of the Turkish mere spectator for much of the evening, It was former Monaco striker Martial’s first United’s Dutch manager Louis van Gaal comfortably saved by ‘keeper Igor Akinfeev. champions. but he produced a brilliant save from Champions League goal for his new club and would have been disappointed with the defend- More chances followed for United as urgency Astana had travelled over 5,000 kilo- Foxi Kethevoama moments later to fifth this season since a high-profile transfer ing of his side in the opening 45 minutes and it crept into their play but Eremenko tested de Gea metres west to the Spanish capital and ensure Simeone’s men kept an eighth from the Ligue 1 club on the brink of the transfer took an inspired de Gea to keep the deficit down from inside the box to send out another warning. were immediately under the cosh from clean sheet in their last nine home window closing at the end of August. to one goal at the break.United found life diffi- But United made sure of a point in the 65th the 2013/14 finalists. games in the Champions League. CSKA took the lead on 15 minutes when cult trying to break down the solid resistance minute. Antonio Valencia broke down the right Goalkeeper Nenad Eric denied Diego Fernando Torres replaced Martinez for Martial was called for a deliberate handball that from the Russian champions and Wayne Rooney before delivering the cross that 19-year-old Godin twice from dangerous corners, but the final 25 minutes and passed up two led to a penalty. Roman Eremenko attempted to had slim pickings in the way of scoring chances. Martial met with devastating effect to glance his it was another well-worked set-piece that great chances to register his 100th goal beat United goalkeeper David de Gea to his United’s record of winning only one of their header in off the post for a crucial point. — AFP produced the opening goal midway for the club. through the first-half. Yet, Atletico did get a fourth a minute A short corner between Gabi and from time when Dedchenko could only Yannick Ferreira Carrasco freed the turn Juanfran’s driven cross into his own Belgian and his cross was flicked home net.— AFP Malmo stun Shaktar

STOCKHOLM: Markus Rosenberg’s majes- Shaktar captain Darijo Srna conceded a tic first-half goal was enough to give penalty 10 minutes into the second half Malmo a nervy home victory over Shaktar when he pulled down Jo-Inge Berget, but Donetsk in their Champions League Group Nicola Djurdjic missed the spot-kick. A clash at the Swedbank Stadium. Shaktar, who looked dangerous going It took until the 17th minute of their forward but had few shots on target, third game for Malmo’s first goal of the managed to get the ball in the net in the group stage to arrive, but when it did the 78th minute but the goal was ruled out Swedbank Stadium erupted as Rosenberg for offside. confidently stabbed home Pa Konate’s low The win left Shaktar firmly rooted to the cross from around the penalty spot. bottom of Group A without a point, while Jo-Inge Berget almost doubled the Malmo are in third place with three. Paris home side’s lead just before halftime but Saint Germain and Real Madrid are level at Andriy Pyatov pulled of a wonderful reflex the top on seven points after a 0-0 draw in save to push the ball away. the French capital. — Reuters Galatasaray defeat Benfica

ISTANBUL: Galatasaray rebounded from ly with the home side in the 33rd minute conceding an early goal to beat Benfica when he ran on to a long ball from Chedjou ITALY: Juventus’ Paul Pogba (third from left) kicks the ball against the wall during the Champions League, Group D soccer match against Borussia with two first-half strikes yesterday, reviv- along the right and drove a left-foot shot Moenchengladbach. — AP ing their Champions League hopes in past keeper Julio Cesar. Group C after a disappointing start to their The second half started with a flurry of campaign. They were shocked in the sec- goal efforts with both keepers making Juventus still on track as ond minute when Nicolas Gaitan put the saves, Wesley Sneijder firing from long dis- visitors ahead after he received the ball in tance against the post and Benfica failing the penalty area, stepped inside Aurelien to hit the target after some attacking Chedjou and fired past keeper Fernando moves. Gladbach claim first point Muslera. But the home side gradually fell back But Galatasaray captain Selcuk Inan hit into firm defence and kept the Lisbon visi- TURIN: Juventus remained on track to qualify for the his first outing since being suspended for crashing his another free kick effort stopped by Sommer. back in the 19th minute, scoring from the tors at bay. The result still leaves Galatasaray Champions League last 16 despite being held to a Ferrari in Turin while under the influence. Juve had late penalty claims waved away when penalty spot after Andre Almeida handled third on four points behind Benfica on six, scoreless draw by Borussia Monchengladbach in a But Gladbach continued to dig in, taking risks in Mandzukic fell as he tried to run past Dominguez and in the area. level on points with leaders Atletico Madrid one-sided Group D clash in Turin yesterday. the process. Juve’s Spanish striker Alvaro Morata had on to Sami Khedira’s through ball. Allegri’s frustration Lukas Podolski put the momentum firm- who beat Astana 4-0. — Reuters Last season’s beaten finalists have defied their been bidding for his sixth consecutive goal in a grew and minutes later Mandzukic was replaced by poor Serie A form with a sterling start to the group Champions League game, having pulled level with the Simone Zaza, while Morata later made way for Paulo stages this season. club record of Alessandro Del Piero last time out. But Dybala. Their arrivals injected some pace and vibrancy But after beating Manchester City away and domi- when he intercepted Alvaro Dominguez to send him- into Juve’s attack, but were not sufficient to stop nating Sevilla in a 2-0 win last time out, Massimiliano self on path to goal, Morata was hauled down by the Gladbach from claiming a first point that could prove Allegri’s Italian champions just could not find a way defender, who was issued a yellow card. useful in the event they end up battling for a third past Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer to clinch the Morata then saw a shot blocked at the back post place finish for which the reward is a place in the win that would have given them an element of com- after running on to Pogba’s chip and Pogba saw Europa League. — AFP fort ahead of their remaining three group games-two of which are away from home. The result leaves Juventus top of the group on sev- en points, but just one ahead of City after the English UEFA Champions League tables side’s last-gasp 2-1 win over Sevilla. Sevilla drop to third, two points ahead of Gladbach PARIS: UEFA Champions League tables after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals after the Germans claimed their first point of the com- for, goals against, points): petition. Gladbach coach Andre Schubert had pledged his revived Bundesliga side would come to Group A Group E Turin determined to go for the win, but there was little Real Madrid 3 2 1 0 6 0 7 Barcelona 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 evidence of his promise. Brazilian Raffael saw a specu- Paris SG 3 2 1 0 5 0 7 Leverkusen 3 1 1 1 9 7 4 lative effort go wide in the opening minutes, but the Malmˆ FF 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 BATE Borisov 3 1 0 2 4 8 3 visitors spent most of the remainder sitting back and Shakhtar 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 Roma 3 0 2 1 7 8 2 stifling Juve’s steady stream of attacks. Allegri had used some of his pre-match conference Group B Group F on Tuesday to call on misfiring midfielder Paul Pogba Wolfsburg 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 Bayern Munich 3 2 0 1 8 2 6 to up his flagging game, and the Frenchman respond- CSKA Moscow 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Olympiakos 3 2 0 1 4 5 6 ed positively. Man United 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 0 2 2 7 3 Pogba produced a number of chances, mostly PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 Arsenal 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 from distance, in either half but failed to break down a stubborn visitors’ backline. Group C Group G Pogba turned provider, too, setting up Mario Mandzukic on 22 minutes but the striker’s effort was Benfica 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 FC Porto 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 blocked. Only a minute later Juan Cuadrado spurned Atletico 3 2 0 1 7 2 6 Dynamo Kiev 3 1 2 0 4 2 5 his chance for a maiden Champions League goal Galatasaray 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 5 2 4 when his effort beat Sommer only to go just over. Astana 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 Maccabi 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 Another Pogba rocket was blocked by the head of Gladbach captain Granit Xhaka following a corner and Group D Group H after defender Giorgio Chiellini fired a header wide Juventus 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 Zenit 3 3 0 0 8 4 9 from a corner, Pogba saw his daisycutter inch wide of Man City 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 Valencia 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 the post. Sevilla 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 Gent 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 Juve looked to be in for a long night and Allegri Mígladbach 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 Lyon 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 ISTANBUL: Galatasaray’s Lukas Podolski (right) battles for the ball with Benfica’s Nicolas spotted the signs early, replacing Cuadrado with Gaitan during the Champions League Group C soccer match. — AP Roberto Pereyra on the hour to give the Uruguayan Windies bid to do World Sobers proud championships in Qatar to be ‘best ever’

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PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid enough by the Costa Rican. Ronaldo tried his luck from two long-range free- played out an anti-climactic 0-0 draw in the The French champions were too slow and pre- kicks either side of half-time but they only served to Champions League yesterday despite both dictable on the ball and Angel Di Maria, who had said show why, for all his immense talent, he has scored teams being able to call upon their all-time ahead of the game that he would not celebrate if he from just two of his last 89 direct free-kicks. But it was leading scorers. scored against the club with whom he won the Ronaldo who might have won the game in the 72nd Cristiano Ronaldo, who overtook Raul as Champions League in 2014, looked like he would minute. When a Paris corner came to nothing, Real Madrid’s top scorer in history last weekend, rather not be playing at all. It was Real who were the broke quickly and Marcelo teed up the Portuguese came as close as anyone to breaking the more likely side, and Toni Kroos slipped a pass superstar for a volley from a tight angle to the left of deadlock in the French capital with a second- through to Jese, who was denied by Kevin Trapp rac- the box that fizzed just past the far post. half volley that whistled wide. ing from his line. A brief spell of applied Madrid pres- He was also the target of the affection of a pitch Zlatan Ibrahimovic and PSG, meanwhile, sure followed after Di Maria lost the ball cheaply in invader who ran on to the field for a hug with the were stifled by Real’s defensive organisation the opposition half and Trapp tipped over a Ronaldo Ballon d’Or winner before being dragged away to the and never seriously tested Keylor Navas in header following a Kroos corner. biggest cheer of the evening. — AFP the visitors’ goal. But while the game failed to live up to expectations as a spectacle, the result is not a De Bruyne shoots down Sevilla bad one for either team, particularly the visi- tors. Both sides remain unbeaten this season MANCHESTER: Kevin De Bruyne’s injury-time strike shot straight at Sergio Rico before De Bruyne dragged and are yet to concede after three games in illuminated Manchester City’s path to the Champions a shot wide. Group A as they sit locked together on seven League last 16 as they beat Sevilla 2-1 in dramatic But City’s fans have learnt to be wary of points at the top of the section. fashion at the Etihad Stadium yesterday. An open, Champions League home games and their anxieties Malmo won 1-0 at home to Shakhtar occasionally breathless game was heading for a draw resurfaced in the 17th minute when Konoplyanka Donetsk in the night’s other game but Paris after Adil Rami’s own goal had cancelled out Yevhen wobbled the post with a cunning free-kick from wide and Madrid are each four points clear of the Konoplyanka’s 30th-minute opener for Sevilla, only for on the right and Joe Hart had to turn Grzegorz Swedes and will have an opportunity to De Bruyne to gather a pass from Yaya Toure and slam Krychowiak’s follow-up effort behind. clinch qualification for the last 16 when they home with his left foot seconds into stoppage time. Suddenly City looked edgy, Timothee meet again in Spain in a fortnight. City had been second-best at times against the Kolodziejczak flicking a corner across the face of Perhaps that will be a more open contest, Europa League champions, but De Bruyne’s goal goal and Krychowiak heading wide from another but under the Parisian drizzle it was Rafael enabled them to move three points clear of their dead-ball situation, and on the half hour Sevilla’s Benitez’s tactical nous that frustrated the Spanish rivals in Group D and close to within a point pressure told. hosts and enabled Real to secure a result that of leaders Juventus. Bacary Sagna, filling in again at left-back with is not to be sniffed at given their current Manuel Pellegrini’s side now face their two most Aleksandar Kolarov only fit enough for the bench, had injury problems. difficult games of the group phase, away to Sevilla been caught upfield once already and on the second Deprived of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and then Juventus, who won 2-1 at the Etihad last occasion it proved fatal, with Vitolo stealing in behind and James Rodriguez, Benitez handed starts month, but they will travel with hope fully intact after him and teeing up Konoplyanka to sweep home. to Jese and Lucas Vazquez on the flanks in a securing only a fourth win in 13 Champions League Fortunately for the Frenchman, it took City just six 4-4-2 formation but his main objective home games. minutes to equalise.Toure had hit out at a perceived appeared to be to stifle a PSG side obsessed It was a special night for City winger Jesus Navas, lack of recognition in the English media prior to the with dominating possession. who made 393 appearances for Sevilla over a 10-year game, but here he took matters into his own hands in It was a tactic that proved very effective in spell, and he almost opened the scoring with a 25- a manner that recalled his displays in City’s 2011-12 the first half, with Paris unable to trouble yard shot that faded away from the left-hand post. and 2013-14 title-winning campaigns. Faced up by The Spaniard’s early sighter was in keeping with a Kolodziejczak on the right-hand side of the area, the Navas other than from a low Blaise Matuidi positive start by the hosts, who also saw Wilfried Ivorian rolled his man brilliantly before crossing from FRANCE: PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (right) saves a goal next to Real Madrid’s shot from the edge of the box in the 11th Bony-deputising for the injured Sergio Aguero prod a the byline. — AFP Cristiano Ronaldo during the Champions League Group A soccer match. — AP minute that was stopped comfortably Gulf should adjust to new oil price ‘reality’: IMF Page 22 Turkish CB keeps rates steady but signals tighter Business policy ahead Page 24 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 Ras Al-Khaimah tourism board, Air Arabia discuss EU rules Starbucks, Fiat tax deals are illegal tourism with Kuwait Page 25 Page 23

LONDON: Britain’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening and China’s Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng shake hands after signing an agreement at Number 10 Downing Street in London Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (front R) and China’s Minister Yu Guangzhou (front L) sign an agreement as Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and China’s President Xi Jinping (rear L) watch at Number 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. —AFP Xi seals $62bn in deals during UK visit Cameron, Xi address steel crisis after Britain job cuts

LONDON: Chinese President Xi Jinping has “We will build a global, comprehensive When a BBC reporter asked Xi at a briefing NUCLEAR DEAL Finland and France. sealed a multi-billion dollar deal to finance strategic partnership between our countries whether Britain should be pleased to do busi- China will take a 6-billion-pound stake in The prospect of China, which Western spy- nuclear power stations in Britain, crowning a in the 21st Century and jointly open up a ness with an undemocratic country with a EDF’s Hinkley Point project in the southwest- masters say sponsors hacking of global com- visit that Prime Minister David Cameron golden era,” Xi told reporters via a translator, troubled relationship to human rights, ern English county of Somerset, due to be the panies, helping to build a nuclear plant in hopes will unleash a wave of investment from adding that the nuclear deal was a flagship Cameron said a strong commercial relation- first new nuclear plant to be built in the Britain and being involved in running others the world’s second largest economy. investment. ship was important. European Union since Japan’s Fukushima dis- has stoked security concerns. After a day of pomp, Communist Party Cameron is pitching Britain as the pre-emi- “The stronger our relationship, the more aster in 2011. Steve Hilton, a former policy adviser to General Secretary Xi yesterday turned from nent Western gateway for investment from able we are to have the necessary and frank The Chinese investment, agreed in princi- David Cameron, told the BBC that Britain pageantry to discussion of 40 billion pounds’ China, though the warmth of the reception discussions about other issues,” Cameron said, ple in October 2013, breathes life into a British should impose sanctions on China for political ($62 billion) worth of deals with Cameron in for Xi has raised some eyebrows with allies adding he had raised the oversupply of plan to replace around a quarter of its electric- oppression and cyber attacks instead of rolling his Downing Street residence, where a land- and drawn criticism that London is ignoring Chinese steel after over 4,000 jobs were ity generating capacity over the next decade. out the red carpet. mark nuclear deal was signed. China’s human rights record. thrown into jeopardy at steel plants across It offers China a way to showcase its nuclear “This is one of the worst national humilia- In the first major Chinese investment in a Britain in recent weeks. technology as part of its pitch as a global tions we’ve seen since we went cap-in-hand to Western nuclear facility, China’s General GOLDEN ERA? Xi said China had taken steps to reduce exporter of quality infrastructure. the IMF in the 1970s,” said Hilton, referring to Nuclear Corporation (CGN) will take a one- Protests on the street against the iron and steel capacity and that China No overall figure was given for the Chinese the 1976 crisis during which Britain was forced third stake in the planned 18 billion-pound Communist leader have been small so far, attached “great importance” to the protection nuclear investment. Britain said before the vis- to ask for a loan from the International ($28 billion) despite activists accusing Cameron of court- of human rights. it that a total of 30 billion pounds’ worth of Monetary Fund. Hinkley Point nuclear plant, to be owned ing Chinese money while brushing aside criti- “Looking around the world, there is always contracts would be clinched, though Cameron “The truth is that China is a rogue state just by France’s EDF. State-owned CGN will also cism of a crackdown in civil liberties since Xi room for improvement,” Xi said of human upped the figure to 40 billion today. as bad as Russia or Iran, and I just don’t under- take a two-thirds stake in the Bradwell nuclear came to power in 2012. rights. He later told a business audience that The deal brings Britain’s first new nuclear stand why we’re sucking up to them rather plant east of London, where it plans to build a British officials and business leaders say there would be no hard landing for China’s plant since 1995 a step closer and is also a than standing up to them as we should be.” Chinese-designed reactor, and a one-fifth the rise of China is impossible to ignore: economy. “The Chinese economy will main- boost for EDF, which has been hit by billions of China has strongly denied previous accusa- stake in a project for Areva -designed reactors China’s economy is four times the size of tain its strong momentum,” Xi said. “There will euros of cost overruns and years of delays with tions of espionage, saying it is itself a victim of at the Sizewell plant. Britain’s. be no hard landing.” two of its other European nuclear projects in cyber attacks. —Reuters Ferrari roars in debut on Wall St

NEW YORK: The legendary Italian racing car where, in addition to Vettel’s F1 car, several other seven million vehicles per year, Fiat Chrysler Ferrari brought its trademark roar to Wall Street models-including a 1961 250 California SWB- hopes to strengthen its finances by eventually yesterday and fans followed suit, its shares easily were on display. “I love Ferrari. I’ve always fol- spinning off more of the sports car maker. overtaking the IPO price. lowed them with the Formula One racing,” said The challenge is for Ferrari to build on its The New York Stock Exchange was decked Abhishek Ahuja, a tourist visiting New York from strengths amid an increase in competition from out in the Ferrari’s trademark red and crest of a Mumbai. Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio an expanding choice of $200,000 to $2 million prancing horse, while eight of the iconic super- Marchionne, who also serves as Ferrari’s chair- supercars, like those from McLaren, Bugatti, cars, including driver Sebastien Vettel’s F1 mod- man, found it hard to contain his happiness at Lamborghini, Aston Martin, and others. el, let loose earthshaking vrooms on the street the success of the IPO, especially given the dol- Marchionne told CNBC TV that the company is outside. drums of recent US stock trading. Sporting his planning to ramp up sales modestly from slight- The shares, which were sold at $52 apiece in trademark cashmere cardigan, he and other ly over 7,000 units a year to 9,000 by 2019, not so an initial public offering Tuesday by parent Fiat Ferrari executives had the honor of ringing the much as to undermine the brand’s air of exclu- Chrysler, broke past $60 as trade opened, before bell to open the New York exchange’s trading sivity. settling back around midday at $56.25 under the session yesterday. “What is at the heart of the brand is this inti- brash ticker name “RACE.” That represented a But it was not all good news. Fiat Chrysler’s mate relationship between us and the customer. respectable 8 percent gain in a market which, in shares quoted on the New York exchange were It would be almost suicidal to try to expand vol- recent weeks, has greeted new issues tepidly. down 3.9 percent, perhaps in reaction to Ferrari’s umes to the detriment of that relationship,” he For Ferrari, though, the reception gave the shares not having risen even higher. said. As for the competition, they “are not at par company, which sold just over 7,200 cars last with a Ferrari,” he added without mentioning year, a rich valuation of $10.6 billion. That SUPERCAR COMPETITION names. proved to be a financial boost for Fiat Chrysler, Fiat Chrysler owned 90 percent of Ferrari Next to the queue of Ferraris outside the which sold off a nine percent stake in its racecar before Tuesday’s flotation of a nine percent exchange, Doug Kendora, who works nearby, subsidiary as it seeks cash to pull down debt and stake; Piero Ferrari, son of legendary founder voiced his doubts. Ferrari’s introduction to the NEW YORK: Executives for Fiat Chrsyler Automobiles and Ferrari Automotive to invest in expanded production. Enzo Ferrari, has ten percent. stock market “will make it less of a boutique company including Piero Ferrari and Sergio Marchionne ring the opening Ferrari’s debut was the top financial news of With a heavy debt level and a plan to invest (car), more mass. That’s the way the world goes, bell of the New York Stock Exchange before Ferrari has their IPO yesterday in the day, and drew fans outside the exchange, $48 billion to expand its total worldwide sales to everybody’s trying to cash out.” —AFP New York City. Ferrari will trade under the symbol RACE. —AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 BUSINESS

Abu Dhabi’s tax-free financial zone open for business

ABU DHABI: The Middle East’s newest financial chief regulatory officer at the Singapore other financial centres, particularly the fast- and investment funds, Islamic financial firms and centre opened for business yesterday as the Abu Exchange, as chief executive of the ADGM’s new growing Dubai International Financial Centre, many others. It said the zone would fill a gap in Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) said it was ready to regulator. “Over the next few weeks and just 130 kilometres (80 miles) away along a high- the global trading day between Tokyo and receive applications from financial institutions for months, we will continue to closely engage way through the desert. London. operating licenses. Aiming to diversify its econo- financial institutions to help them understand But its vast oil wealth - one of its sovereign Officials now say the centre’s operations will my beyond oil, Abu Dhabi is creating a financial our regulations and assist them with the applica- wealth funds is estimated to have more than at first be more modest, focusing on wealth free zone with its own administration, court sys- tion process,” Teng said in a statement. He did $700 billion of assets - and its status as the capi- management, asset management and private tem and zero tax incentives designed to lure not specify when the first licenses might be tal of the United Arab Emirates mean it will be banking. “However, we have the flexibility to banks and companies from around the world. awarded. difficult for some financial firms to ignore. In the grow into a broad-based international financial It has hired prominent figures from other cen- The ADGM is in the process of consulting the initial announcement of its plan in 2013, the Abu centre, attracting a wide spectrum of financial tres to execute the project, including Hector public on draft regulations for its courts and is Dhabi government said the ADGM would host institutions who will choose ADGM as their Sants, former head of Britain’s financial services about to appoint judges, it said. various types of bank, foreign exchange and home,” the centre’s chairman Ahmed Ali al- regulator, as an adviser and Richard Teng, former Abu Dhabi will face tough competition from commodity trading firms, brokerages, pension Sayegh said yesterday. — Reuters Saudi Arabia index drops on prospect of fiscal reform Reforms could include lower energy subsidies

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s share index made its spending cuts will be.” Saudi Telecom Co plunged YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS largest decline in two months yesterday after an 7 percent after it reported a 31 percent drop in SAUDI ARABIA International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said the third-quarter profit that was bigger than analysts The index dropped 2.7 percent to 7,479 points. kingdom was considering a wide range of fiscal had forecast. reforms in response to a record budget deficit. This period included the annual Haj pilgrimage, DUBAI Other Gulf markets also fell, with renewed which is usually a money maker for the Saudi The index fell 1.6 percent to 3,625 points. weakness in oil prices and mixed company results mobile operator as foreign visitors use expensive sapping investor confidence. Fiscal reforms in international roaming or local mobile SIM cards Saudi Arabia, which could include lower energy while in country. ABU DHABI subsidies, could hurt corporate profits in some The profit drop seemed to stun investors, who The index dropped 1.2 percent to 4,530 points. sectors, especially the petrochemical industry. had lifted STC’s shares to an 11-week closing high Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the Gulf’s on Tuesday before its results were announced. QATAR largest listed company, fell 3.7 percent as 19 of Shares in Rabigh Refining And Petrochemical The index fell 0.7 percent to 11,670 points. Saudi’s 20 biggest stocks declined. Co (PetroRabigh) tumbled 10.1 percent after the The IMF estimated on Wednesday that the company swung to a third-quarter net loss. The EGYPT BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks to Foreign kingdom would post a record budget deficit of Saudi stock index dropped 2.7 percent, its biggest The index rose 0.1 percent to 7,669 points. well over $100 billion this year, amounting to 21.6 decline since Aug. 24 and lowest close since Oct. 6. Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel prior to the weekly cabinet meet- percent of gross domestic product, as low oil “The economy is having a significant wobble KUWAIT prices shrink state revenues. and that is affecting market sentiment,” Bukhtiar The index fell 0.2 percent to 5,793 points. ing at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. — AP This was a marginally larger deficit than the IMF added. In Egypt, Cairo’s main index rose 0.1 per- had previously forecast. “The IMF report doesn’t cent after central bank governor Hisham Ramez’s OMAN bode well for 2016 either,” said Asim Bukhtiar, head surprise decision not to renew his term when it of research at Saudi Fransi Capital. “The market is expires in November. Ramez had devalued Egypt’s The index slipped 0.03 percent to 5,918 points. looking for clarity. In coming weeks we will learn currency and cracked down on black market cur- GM overcomes official thinking on the 2016 budget, and right rency trading, so investors will be pondering BAHRAIN now the market is trying to gauge how big the whether his exit will stall further devaluations. The index was flat at 1,249 points. — Reuters huge recall costs Gulf should adjust to new to post 3Q profit

DETROIT: General Motors’ third-quarter GM right on track oil price ‘reality’: IMF profit fell slightly, but the company rode In China, GM reported pretax income strong North American sales to over- of $463 million, down 4 percent from a come $1.5 billion in costs from its deadly year ago, but profit margins rose from 9.6 DUBAI: Gulf economies need to by oversupply and weak demand. percent this year and to 2.75 per- ignition switch recall. Its shares rose percent to 9.8 percent because the com- adjust to the “new reality” of oil The IMF report says oil exporters cent in 2016, from 3.5 percent in almost 4 percent in premarket trading pany sold more expensive Cadillacs and prices expected to remain low for in the Middle East and North Africa- 2014. yesterday. SUVs. “China has not fallen off the cliff as some time, the International which besides GCC countries Ahmed applauded a recent The Detroit automaker’s net income everyone had expected,” Stevens said. Monetary Fund says, recommend- include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Algeria and move by the UAE to lift subsidies on slipped 1.4 percent from a year ago, but South America, though, is still the big ing spending cuts and income Yemen-will lose around $360 billion fuel as a “good example” for other still was $1.36 billion, or 84 cents per trouble spot for GM and other compa- diversification. But the oil-rich in oil revenues this year. Oil prices GCC countries. share. That compares with $1.38 billion, nies. The company lost $217 million in monarchies remain in a strong posi- will average $51.6 a barrel this year Kuwait lifted subsidies on diesel or 81 cents per share, a year ago. the region, almost seven times the loss tion to make the necessary adjust- and $50.4 a barrel in 2016, before and kerosene and other states are Without the recall costs, GM would from a year ago, and Stevens said there ments thanks to the large financial rising to $63 a barrel in 2020, the planning subsidy cuts. Capital have made a $1.50 per share, soundly isn’t an end in sight to economic troubles reserves they have built up during IMF predicted. spending on projects should also beating Wall Street expectations. there. In Europe, GM’s loss narrowed to years of firmer prices, according to “Most people today believe that be moderated with the focus on Analysts polled by FactSet expected $231 million and Stevens said GM is still the IMF’s regional outlook pub- oil prices may come up a little bit efficiency, he said. $1.18 per share. The company posted a on track to be profitable there next year. lished yesterday. from where they are today... By record $3.3 billion pretax profit in North GM Financial, the company’s auto loan “Not only this year, but for the 2020, we are expecting to see oil ‘Difficult choices ahead’ America, more than offsetting a small arm, posted a 13 percent profit gain to decline in China and a loss in South years to come, these countries will prices in the low and mid 60s rather ‘Ahmed said GCC countries, Masood Ahmed $231 million. America. need to make an adjustment to bet- than the numbers they were used known for their low taxes, could The recall costs included $900 million The news pushed GM shares up 4.5 ter balance their spending to the to,” said Ahmed. look at taxing consumption to raise that we are seeing today,” said to fend off criminal prosecution over the percent, or $1.52, to $35 in premarket new reality of the oil prices,” said “That means that most of these revenues outside the oil sector. Ahmed. The IMF said that the fiscal ignition-switch scandal and about $600 trading about an hour before the mar- IMF Middle East and Central Asia countries will need to undertake a “There are difficult choices ahead. reserves of Saudi Arabia, Oman and million to settle multiple wrongful kets opened yesterday. Chief Financial chief Masood Ahmed. process of sizeable and sustained But it is important to set out for Bahrain would run out in less than death and shareholder lawsuits stem- Officer Chuck Stevens said the GM’s The budgets of Gulf Cooperation adjustment on the fiscal side.” Those each country what they want to do five years. For UAE, Kuwait and ming from the problem. The switches in North American profit margin, the per- Council members Bahrain, Kuwait, adjustments should include finding in each of these areas and to lay out Qatar, they will last for more than older model small cars such as the cent of revenue it gets to keep, hit a Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the ways to cut public spending and a medium-term plan,” he said. 20 years. Chevy Cobalt can slip out of the “run” record 11.8 percent for the quarter. The United Arab Emirates are facing an diversify income away from oil, said Most GCC countries are in a These countries should use position and cut off the engine. They company had set a goal of 10 percent average deficit this year of 13 per- Ahmed, pointing mainly at the strong position to adjust to the new some of those financial buffers “to have been linked to at least 169 deaths. North American margins by next year, cent of gross domestic product need to cut subsidies and reduce reality of the oil market, thanks to make the process of adjusting to GM said in September that ignition- but Stevens said GM will achieve the tar- (GDP), Ahmed told AFP in an inter- the public sector wage bill. their hefty financial reserves. the new oil price more gradual,” said switch scandal cost it over $5.3 billion. get a year early. view. “Most nationals of the GCC “GCC countries have very wisely Ahmed. China’s economic slow- Even with the settlements, GM cannot Revenue from July through Their combined budget deficit countries work in the public sector, built up financial savings during the down and an expected US interest close the books on the scandal. It still September fell 1 percent to $38.8 billion, over the next five years will exceed and that’s a model that has to time when oil prices were high. rate rise could inflict more pain on faces more than 400 death and injury but still beat analysts’ forecasts. Almost $1 trillion, he said, as oil prices have change over the next few years,” he That puts them in a very strong oil-exporting countries by crimping cases that have yet to be settled. Six three quarters of GM’s revenue came plunged to about $50 a barrel from said. The IMF expects economic position today to face the shock of energy demand and raising borrow- cases are scheduled for trial, including from North America. about $115 in June 2014, pressured growth in the GCC to slow to 3.25 the magnitude of lower oil prices ing costs, the IMF warned. — AFP one in January. — Reuters

EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.460 US Dollars Mint 0.298900 0.302900 20 gram 236.79 Jordanian Dinar 426.600 10 gram 121.09 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 37.593 5 gram 61.23 Bangladesh Taka 0.003484 0.004084 Japanese Yen 2.531 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.153 Chinese Yuan 0.046405 0.049905 Indian Rupees 4.662 Indian Rupees 4.659 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036929 0.039679 Pakistani Rupees 2.897 Pakistani Rupees 2.897 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.883 Indian upee 0.004378 0.004768 Srilankan Rupees 2.152 Philippines Pesso 6.548 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Nepali Rupees 2.922 Cyprus pound 576.640 Japanese Yen 0.002441 0.002621 Singapore Dollar 218.810 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Japanese Yen 3.530 Kenyan Shilling 0.003144 0.003144 Hongkong Dollar 39.032 Australian Dollar 210.32 Canadian Dollar 235.65 Syrian Pound 2.600 Korean Won 0.000257 0.000272 Bangladesh Taka 3.888 Swiss Franc 320.95 Nepalese Rupees 3.905 Malaysian Ringgit 0.067517 0.073517 Philippine Peso 6.569 Euro 345.92 Malaysian Ringgit 72.000 Nepalese Rupee 0.002898 0.003068 Thai Baht 8.551 US Dollar 302.70 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.945 Pakistan Rupee 0.002833 0.003113 Sterling Pound 470.95 Thai Bhat 9.515 Philippine Peso 0.006455 0.006735 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.57 Turkish Lira 104.195 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Saudi Riyal 80.710 Bangladesh Taka 3.886 Singapore Dollar 0.214404 0.220404 Qatari Riyal 83.139 Indian Rupee 4.659 South African Rand 0.016803 0.025303 Omani Riyal 786.120 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 2.159 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001858 0.002438 Bahraini Dinar 803.770 Nepali Rupee 2.922 Taiwan 0.009244 0.009424 UAE Dirham 82.403 Pakistani Rupee 2.899 CURRENCY BUY SELL Thai Baht 0.008224 0.008774 UAE Dirhams 0.08236 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 0.8044 British Pound 0.460221 0.469221 Arab Egyptian Pound - Cash 40.050 Egyptian Pound 0.03855 Czech Korune 0.004689 0.016689 Bahraini Dinar 0.794970 0.802970 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.209 Jordanian Dinar 0.4305 Danish Krone 0.041987 0.046987 Egyptian Pound 0.037789 0.040619 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.412 Omani Riyal 0.7860 Euro 0.337845 0.345845 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Tunisian Dinar 155.290 Qatari Riyal 0.08346 Norwegian Krone 0.033206 0.038406 Iraqi Dinar 0.000199 0.000259 Jordanian Dinar 426.900 Saudi Riyal 0.08074 Romanian Leu 0.086774 0.086774 Jordanian Dinar 0.422651 0.430151 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.017 Slovakia 0.009011 0.019011 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.157 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Swedish Krona 0.032328 0.037378 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Morocco Dirham 31.842 Swiss Franc 0.309789 0.319989 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020452 0.044452 Turkish Lira 0.098992 0.109292 Nigerian Naira 0.001247 0.001882 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Omani Riyal 0.779294 0.784974 US Dollar Transfer 302.500 US Dollar 302.750 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082378 0.083591 Euro 344.250 Canadian Dollar 234.300 Australian Dollar 0.211620 0.223120 Saudi Riyal 0.080030 0.080730 Sterling Pound 469.780 Sterling Pound 469.260 Euro 344.035 New Zealand Dollar 0.197474 0.206974 Syrian Pound 0.001282 0.001502 Canadian dollar 232.870 Swiss Frank 290.555 Tunisian Dinar 0.151576 0.159376 Turkish lira 104.130 Bahrain Dinar 803.530 America Turkish Lira 0.098992 0.109292 Swiss Franc 317.920 UAE Dirhams 82.725 Canadian Dollar 0.227673 0.236173 UAE Dirhams 0.081378 0.082527 Australian dollar 221.130 Qatari Riyals 90.700 US Dollars 0.298400 0.302900 Yemeni Riyal 0.001367 0.001447 US Dollar Buying 301.300 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 BUSINESS

UK public finances improve but Osborne faces challenge to hit targets

LONDON: British finance minister George cent lower at 46.3 billion pounds. The nomic activity likely to make its presence goal slightly for this year but public level for the month since records began in Osborne still faces a challenge to hit his Office for National Statistics also revised felt in the fiscal data over the next few finances were likely to be “broadly bal- 1993. target for cutting the budget deficit this down its borrowing estimates for August months, such a fall in borrowing looks anced by the end of the decade”, Investec Many economists say the easiest cuts year, despite a stronger-than-expected and July. But economists said Osborne will unlikely,” Beck said. economist Chris Hale said. have already been made. Osborne has improvement in September, according to need to make further marked progress to Osborne aims to cut the budget deficit Since his Conservative Party won a faced calls within his own Conservative data released yesterday. hit his budget deficit target to cut the this year to 69.5 billion pounds, 3.7 percent majority in an election in May, Osborne Party to soften the impact of cuts to tax A surge in tax receipts helped bring deficit by 22 percent in the 2015/16 tax of gross domestic product-down from 4.9 has intensified his focus on deficit reduc- credits on workers that critics say under- public borrowing down to 9.4 billion year which ends in March. percent of GDP in the 2014/15 financial tion and wants a budget surplus by mine Prime Minister David Cameron’s pounds ($14.5 billion) in September from Monthly borrowing in the second half year but still one of the highest among 2019/20. promise to champion working families. 11.0 billion pounds a year earlier and of the year would need to be almost a advanced economies. Osborne will announce on Nov. 25 how The plans for spending cuts that he will below economists’ forecasts of 10.1 billion third lower than the same period a year Income, VAT and corporation tax government departments will make fur- announce next month are certain to be pounds. earlier, EY ITEM Club economist Martin receipts were the strongest on record for ther deep spending cuts over the next four opposed by the Labour Party’s new leader For the first six months of the tax year, Beck said. the month of September, the ONS said. years. Yesterday figures showed total cen- Jeremy Corbyn, who wants to raise taxes public sector net borrowing was 13.9 per- “With recent signs of a cooling in eco- Osborne might overshoot his borrowing tral government spending hit its highest on the wealthiest. — Reuters Credit Suisse boss unveils shakeup as profits fall We are solving our capital issues: Thiam

GENEVA: After four months at the conversation at quarterly results,” said helm of Credit Suisse, chief executive Thiam, who was brought in four Tidjane Thiam announced yesterday a months ago to restore investor confi- sweeping Asia-focused overhaul of the dence in the struggling bank. bank that will axe thousands of jobs As part of its new strategy, the bank, and raise billions in fresh capital. which last year was slapped with a Franco-Ivorian Thiam revealed the whopping $2.8-billion US fine after new strategy at an annual investors pleading guilty to having helped rich meeting, held as Switzerland’s second- Americans evade taxes, also said it KUWAIT: Representatives from Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism Development largest bank reported a 24-percent aimed to get out of wealth manage- Authority and Air Arabia seen at a media roundtable yesterday at Crowne year-on-year net profit slump in the ment in the United States. Plaza Hotel to discuss opportunities to strengthen travel, tourism and trade third quarter. The bank’s stock took a To do so, Credit Suisse said it ties with Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat beating on the results, plunging nearly planned to transfer its US wealth man- five percent in the morning. By early agement activities to the Wells Fargo Ras Al-Khaimah tourism board, afternoon the share price had recov- bank, and instead concentrate on ered slightly and was down 2.4 percent wealth management in Asia. The bank Air Arabia discuss tourism, at 24.29 Swiss francs. Giving details of also said it planned to “right-size” its Credit Suisse’s new strategy, Thiam said footprint in London by transferring trade ties with Kuwait the bank was “taking decisive action to some 1,800 positions from the British strengthen our balance sheet and capi- capital to less expensive regions such as tal position to the point where it will not India. By Nawara Fattahova serving their customers in Kuwait. “Looking be any more a source of concern for our ahead, we believe there is an enormous opportu- clients, our investors or our regulators”. IPO on horizon KUWAIT: Representatives from Ras Al-Khaimah nity to meet demand for leisure and business trav- In concrete terms, the bank aims to Credit Suisse, whose revenues have Tourism Development Authority and Air Arabia el between Kuwait and the northern United Arab save 3.5 billion Swiss francs ($3.7 billion, been hit by tougher capital require- held a media roundtable yesterday at Crowne Emirates, and we hope to add more routes and 3.2 billion euros) by the end of 2018 by, ments and record low interest rates, ZURICH: CEO of Swiss bank Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam speaks during Plaza Hotel to discuss opportunities to strengthen frequencies over the coming months and years,” among other things, cutting loose a sig- said it would restructure three regional a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday. Thiam said that travel, tourism and trade ties with the emirate. he noted. nificant number of the some 60,000 divisions: the Swiss Universal Bank, Asia difficult market conditions led to low client activity in investment During the visit, the delegation looked for oppor- Kuwait is one of the first and most important people it employs globally. In all, some Pacific, and International Wealth banking and private banking divisions. Credit Suisse said core profits tunities to attract growing numbers of visitors destinations for Air Arabia. “Kuwait was one of the 5,000 jobs are likely to be cut world- Management. In what some analysts fell 24 percent in the third quarter mostly due to “unfavorable market from Kuwait to Ras Al-Khaimah. With increased first five destinations when we commenced oper- wide, including 1,600 in Switzerland, said was the most significant conditions” in investment banking. — AP flight connectivity through Air Arabia, the road- ations in October 2003. Currently we operate a Thiam said on a conference call. announcement of the day, the bank show outlined the destination’s offerings, ease of total fleet of 43 new Airbus A320 aircraft, serving Credit Suisse also aims to raise a said it plans an initial public offering for British insurer Prudential, for making siasm for Credit Suisse’s new strategy travel and opportunities for future collaboration in 115 routes from five hubs in the UAE, Egypt, total of 6.05 billion Swiss francs ($6.3 bil- between 20 and 30 percent of the Swiss the announcement so quickly after tak- was, nonetheless, tempered by its dis- a series of workshops, trade dinners and high-lev- Morocco, and Jordan. This year we launched 15 lion, 5.6 billion euros) by selling stock to unit by the end of 2017. ing over from longtime chief Brady appointing third-quarter results. el meetings with the local travel and tourism new destinations out of the 115. There are 30 selected shareholders and existing Credit Suisse said it would split its Dougan in June. Net profits shrank 24 percent to 779 industry. direct flights a week to Kuwait by Air Arabia investors. Shareholders will be asked to securities unit into an investment bank- “It looks like a dramatic movement million Swiss francs ($815 million, 718 Ras Al-Khaimah is just a 45-minute drive from including 21 from Sharjah, four from Alexandria, vote on the move on November 19. ing and a markets business unit. “I am but Thiam is just doing what Dougan million euros) from a year earlier, and Dubai International Airport and about 30 minutes and four from Amman. The fleet will reach 55 air- “We are rebooting the company, we confident we have the right structure should have done years ago to improve revenues slipped eight percent to 5.98 from Sharjah. “It’s the perfect getaway for leisure, craft by the year 2017,” explained Raydan. are solving our capital issues,” Thiam and the right leadership to take our the share price,” Bakhtiari said lauding billion Swiss francs, the bank said. Pre- adventure and luxury travel. Visitors to Ras Al- told Bloomberg Television. “One of our strategy forward,” Thiam said in a state- his “drastic, but necessary” announce- tax earnings at Credit Suisse’s private Khaimah will enjoy idyllic sojourns on terracotta Tourism in Ras Al-Khaimah objectives coming in was to take capital ment. IG analyst Laurent Bakhtiari ments, particularly the aim to develop banking and wealth management unit beaches and resorts, adventure activities includ- Matar also spoke about some of the touristic off the table, to raise enough capital so hailed Thiam, a former Ivory Coast gov- profitable activities in Asia and cut plunged 31 percent to 647 Swiss million ing water sports, micro-lighting, mountain climb- places in Ras Al-Khaimah. “The most popular is the that this would not be again a topic of ernment minister and former head of down leveraged businesses. The enthu- francs. — AFP ing, kayaking, as well as an eclectic selection of Jais mountain, which is 1900 meters high and the international gourmet experiences and world- temperature there is lower by about 10 degrees. class spas,” said Haitham Mattar, CEO of Ras Al- During winter there is even snow on top of it. Also Khaimah Tourism Development Authority. Ras Al-Khaimah is rich with historical locations that Kuwait remains a core market for both tourism goes back to more than 7000 years. Furthermore it and investment as we begin to increasing aware- has a lot of beaches and has the longest tides that ness of Ras Al-Khaimah across the GCC. “With a reaches 60 meters,” he pointed out. focused new strategy targeting one million Ras Al-Khaimah witnessed 72 percent growth tourists by 2018, this roadshow is the first step on in family visits. “We have 5000 rooms in Ras Al- our journey to enhancing relationships, forging Khaimah spread in different hotels. Also the five partnerships and building recognition for the des- starts hotels have provide their services for the tination,” added Matar. price of the four starts hotels. We aim to reach 3 According to him, Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism million visitors and 10 thousand rooms within 10 Development Authority witnessed a 20 percent years. We also focus currently on opening new rise in visitor numbers from Kuwait year-to-date markets in all of Turkey, India and Scandinavia,” compared to the same period in 2014. “This exclu- stressed Marat. Members of the Ras Al-Khaimah sive roadshow is the first step of an extensive mar- Tourism Development Authority and Air Arabia keting program to the country, with the aim of met the Director of Government Affairs at the increasing awareness of the destination within the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry GCC through its partnership with Air Arabia and Khaled Youssef Al-Manna and the Chairman of the Ras Al-Khaimah International Airport,” he added. Kuwait Travel and Tourism Agencies Association Khaled Mohammad Al-Hamad. The delegation Air Arabia operations discussed opportunities for potential partnership Hosam Raydan, Head of Marketing and and outlined plans for future investment in the Corporate Communications, noted that the con- emirate’s tourism proposition and economic tinued strengthening of their route network is diversification through tourism by extending con- Nissan proves its passion for clear evidence of the significance they attach to nectivity throughout the GCC. performance with launch of ‘NISMO’ Faster production of jets KUWAIT: Nissan Middle East is proud to announce Exciting driving experiences improved acceleration and sporty driving dynamics the introduction of Nissan’s world famous motor- While NISMO is already established and well- for an exciting drive. pushes up Boeing’s profits sport and road car performance brand, NISMO. NIS- known in the world of motorsport, it is now being NISMO was founded in September 1984 as a spe- MO made its Middle East debut at a spectacular expanded to other markets as Nissan’s exclusiveper- cialty company to support all motorsports activities NEW YORK: Faster production of com- The challenge now for Boeing is to launch event in Dubai, heralding the next step in formance road car brand. of Nissan Motor Company (Nissan). Nismo is the per- mercial jets continues to drive profits at bring down the production cost of the ‘Innovation that Excites’ for drivingenthusiasts across Firmly rooted in the spirit of pioneering Japanese formance brand for Nissan, and is one of the compa- the Boeing Co., which saw earnings jump long-delayed Dreamliner so it can bring the region. maverick engineers, where innovative solutions are ny’s purveyors of innovation and excitement. 25 percent in the third quarter. It also in more cash and maybe, someday, In addition tolaunchingthe performance marque, applied in bold and smart ways to challenge the raised its earnings outlook for the year. breakeven on the plane whose develop- Nissan also confirmedthe world premiere launch of norm, NISMO cars provide exciting driving experi- Patrol NISMO The Chicago-based company yester- ment costs ran over budget. the Patrol NISMO. Recognizing that off-roading and ences with motorsports-inspired aerodynamics and * Race-inspired version of Nissan’s legendary SUV- day posted a $1.7 billion net profit, up motorsports are the life-blood of local driving enthu- styling, enhanced handling characteristics and Patrol from $1.36 billion during the same peri- Record backlog siasts, Nissan believes the time is right to introduce unmatched agility. * 428 HP for exhilarating performance od last year. The company raised its outlook for the Patrol NISMO in the Middle East. According to Samir Cherfan, NISMO is an impor- * Torque improvement over 70% rev-range Boeing said it earned $2.47 per share. the year by 5 cents a share. Boeing now “NISMO is the ultimate essence of Nissan’s promise tant part of Nissan’s long term product plan. “We * NISMO(r) 22” RAYS(r) forged-alloy wheels Earnings excluding certain pension expects full year earnings to be between to deliver’Innovation that Excites’,” said Samir Cherfan, view the addition of NISMO as a key element of our * NISMO(r) tuned suspension using ‘Bilstein’ shock expenses? came to $2.52 per share. The $7.65 and $7.85 a share. Boeing still has a Managing Director of Nissan Middle East. “We could business expansion strategy based on our successful absorbers for improved handling and ride comfort results topped Wall Street expectations. record backlog of new jet orders: nearly not have launched NISMO in the region without motorsports heritage in the region. The NISMO * Takumi tuned Engine The average estimate of nine analysts 5,700 valued at $426 billion. However, including our most iconic model, the Nissan Patrol, in brand is a highly valuable, credible and desirable * Customized body reinforcements for precision surveyed by Zacks Investment Research lower fuel prices, a slowing global econo- the range of NISMO vehicles. Bringing the high per- addition to our range and we are honored to bring steering & quick response was for earnings of $2.22 per share. my and the possible end of cheap inter- formance brand to the Middle East and launching the the brand to the Middle East.” * Segment first Zero-Lift aerodynamic body kit Commercial jet manufacturing is play- est rates has led some analysts to ques- Patrol NISMO as a world premiere model is proof of All three of the showcased NISMO models are * NISMO(r) signature designed body kit ing a larger and larger role at Boeing, tion how much longer this new plane our commitment to making thrilling driving experi- designed with the NISMO DNA at its core, with * NISMO(r) Sport tuned Power Steering also known for its military and space pro- buying spree will continue and if some of ences accessible to all our customers.” motorsports-inspired aerodynamics and styling, * NISMO(r) Bespoke designed interiors grams. Payments from the delivery of those orders won’t eventually be deliv- As part of its performance road car line-up, Nissan enhanced handling characteristics and unmatched new jets to airlines accounted for 68 per- ered. showcased three NISMO models-the 370Z NISMO, the agility. Some of NISMO’s signature design marks GT-R NISMO (MY15 GT-R NISMO US spec as refer- cent of Boeing’s $25.85 billion in revenue. Just last week, Delta Air Lines CEO GT-R NISMO, and the Patrol NISMO. include body kit with red striping and red highlights ence) That also beat Wall Street’s estimates; Richard Anderson said that a large num- With the region’s strong heritage in high perform- on door mirrors, making head-turning NISMO ver- * Race-inspired version of Nissan’s legendary GT-R analysts surveyed by Zacks expected ber of wide-body jets coming off lease in ance vehicles and Nissan’s success in earning a repu- sions immediately recognizable. * 600hp (441kw) for blistering performance $24.74 billion. the near future is creating an “aircraft tation as a trusted motorsport brand, the Japanese Nissan believes the thrill of driving a NISMO mod- * Advanced aerodynamics generating additional In July, August and September, the bubble.” He predicted that airlines like his auto-maker believes NISMO will resonate stronglyin el comes from the completepackage - its premium 100kg of downforce at 300km/h (186mph) for aerospace company delivered 199 com- would be able to buy up these used jets the Middle East market design, enhanced steering and suspension resulting exceptional road-holding mercial jets, up from 186 during the cheaply, which would drive down “Since we came to the region, Nissan has been in an exceptional improvement in performance. 370Z NISMO (MY15 Z NISMO US spec as refer- same quarter last year. And more of demand - and prices - for the newer and building a strong and mature automotive brand, well ence) those jets are expensive wide-bodies, more fuel-efficient models that Boeing known for exceptionalquality, performance, innova- NISMO models * Refreshed 370Z NISMO features distinctive new such as the 787 Dreamliner. During this and European rival Airbus are selling. tion and reliability. Combined with our long history of NISMO models feature advanced technologies exterior appearance, redesigned wheels and quarter last year, 31 Dreamliners were Boeing shares rose $2.97, or 2.1 per- success in motorsports and off-roading, we believe developed and pressure-tested within the demand- enhanced interior delivered to airlines; this year Boeing cent, to $141.85 in premarket trading that the Nissan brand is in a unique position to offer ing motorsport arena. Compared totheir respective * Performance enhancements include retuned delivered 37. shortly before the market open. — AP the ultimate, thrilling experience with ourall-new NIS- standard versions, NISMO vehicles add aerodynamic suspension and Recaro(r) co-developed seats exclu- MO line-up,” continued Cherfan. design born in motorsport, superb handling, sively designed for 370Z Nismo THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 BUSINESS Turkish CB keeps rates steady but signals tighter policy ahead

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank left interest economists in a Reuters poll. change in wording highlighted by econo- Political pressure cuts and even equating high rates with rates unchanged yesterday but signalled a It said that it would maintain tight mone- mists. “We think the TCMB is preparing for a The lira, little changed at 2.9055 against treason. tighter policy ahead, shying away from a hike tary policy in line with inflation expectations tighter monetary policy in the period ahead. the dollar after the rate decision, has weak- But inflation remains stubbornly high, ahead of a Nov. 1 election and waiting to and that exchange rate movements were The inflation outlook makes this necessary,” ened some 20 percent this year but has with the year-end headline figure seen at take its cue from an expected tightening by delaying an improvement in core indicators. said Garanti Invest economist Gizem Oztok rebounded off record lows on prospects of 8.25 percent, according to the central the US Federal Reserve. “Taking into account inflation expectations, Altinsac. Doubts over the outcome of next the Fed pushing its expected rate hike bank’s latest survey. Consumer confidence Economists expect Turkey to raise rates at pricing behaviour and the course of other month’s parliamentary election - the fourth back to next year. Once the US central has meanwhile slumped and the govern- some point to bolster the weak lira and fight factors affecting inflation, the tight monetary national vote in less than two years - have bank does raise rates, emerging markets ment this month cut its growth forecasts high inflation. But the central bank has sig- policy stance will be maintained,” the bank taken a toll on the economy, with foreign such as Turkey are expected to follow suit for the next three years. nalled it wants to wait to see the impact of said in a statement following its monetary investors staying on the sidelines and growth to defend their currencies against a surg- The bank kept the overnight borrowing an expected Fed move before adjusting its policy meeting. In previous statements the slowing. The ruling AK Party is hoping to ing dollar. Turkey’s central bank has faced rate at 7.25 percent, the overnight lending own policy. The bank left its main one-week bank (TCMB) had referred to maintaining a regain the single-party majority it lost at a sustained political pressure in the past to rate at 10.75 percent and the primary deal- repo rate unchanged at 7.5 percent for the “cautious” policy until there was a “significant previous election in June, although polls keep monetary policy loose, with President ers’ overnight borrowing rate at 10.25 per- eighth month in a row, as expected by all 15 improvement in the inflation outlook”, a indicate it will struggle to do so. Tayyip Erdogan repeatedly calling for rate cent. —Reuters

Tijari reports profit of KD 25.4m KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait, and leverage ratio at announced net profit of KD 25.4 million for the 10.9% is more than 3 times higher than the min- nine months period of 2015 compared with imum requirement of 3% . The bank witnessed a KD 25.3 million of last year. The operating growth in dividend income by 127% and the fee profit before provision was KD 74.0 million income grew by 9%. The bank continues to compared to KD 73.5 million for the same peri- maintain the lowest non-performing loans ratio od during last year. at 0.94% as at 30th September 2015. Commenting on the bank’s financial results, Al-Ebrahim further commented that the Mr. Yaqoub Al-Ebrahim, the banks’ Spokesman bank’s strategic objectives to diversify its said Commercial Bank’s total assets at the end of income sources and mitigation of risks, particu- September 2015 was KD 4.0 billion (December larly those related to geographical and sector 2014: KD 4.2 billion), the reduction in the assets concentration are being pursued in letters and represents the successful implementation of spirit. This strategy bore its fruit and will contin- new liquidity management strategy. He point- ue yielding benefits in future also. The loans ed that the bank is continuing its prudent policy portfolio diversified by reducing concentration to use the operating profits to build the provi- in higher risk sectors. sions and aggressive policy of write off adopted Al-Ebrahim took the opportunity to thank to clean the loan portfolio and reduce the NPL the bank’s shareholders, valued customers, ratio lower than the industry average. staff emphasizing that the Bank’s Management The banks’ capital adequacy ratio at the end continues to implement all the required proce- of September 2015 at 18.26% is 1.5 times higher dures for safeguarding the interest of all the than the minimum 12.5% required by the stakeholders’. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 BUSINESS AUB acquires full control of Legal & General Gulf

KUWAIT: The Legal and General Commenting on the transaction, Managing Director commented, Group Plc has decided to sell its Sanjeev Baijal, AUB Deputy Group “We are very encouraged by the 50% stake in Legal & General Gulf CEO - Finance & Strategic closer association with the AUB BSC (LGG), its Bahrain based joint Development said “Securing full Group which will facilitate the venture with Ahli United Bank BSC ownership of LGG demonstrates development of conventional and (AUB) specializing in the extension AUB’s continued commitment Sharia compliant business growth of conventional and Sharia compli- towards providing life insurance opportunities and the achievement ant life insurance services. This and bank assurance services, which of better cost synergies. He con- move comes in the context of other represent an integral part of the firmed that “all existing client corporate divestitures undertaken AUB Group’s product offering. He polices and their underlying invest- by the L&G Group Plc in France, further added that “the company ment arrangements remain Germany and Egypt to focus its will seek to expand its banc assur- unchanged and that the LGG man- business on identified core markets. ance distribution network and to agement and staff will continue to Following completion of the sale, further improve its product menu service existing clients and work to Ahli United Bank BSC (AUB) now particularly on the Takaful side”. develop new business and prod- holds 100% of LGG’s shares. Peter Drummond, LGG’s ucts.”

KAMCO organizes ‘7 Habits’ Asia shares inch ahead, training session

KUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company, a euro firm before ECB leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, and a win- ner of the prestigious Kuwait Asset Commodities stay under pressure on China growth unease Manager of the Year Award 2015, organized their second training session by the SYDNEY: Asian shares eked out cautious gains The ECB’s governing council meets today down 0.1 percent at 94.855. The New Zealand FranklinCovey Company about the key ele- yesterday as concerns about corporate earnings and markets expect it to highlight a willingness dollar hit a one-week low of $0.6737 after a dis- ments of highly effective employees that hobbled Wall Street while investors counted to act to boost inflation, but not just yet. appointing global dairy auction saw prices for would strengthen an organization’s culture. down to the European Central Bank’s policy “The general consensus is that the ECB has the country’s single largest export fall 3.1 per- The FranklinCovey team, once again, meeting later in the week. been trying to moderate expectations this cent. held their prominent training session titled MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares week, suggesting it’s too early for discussion Oil prices softened on speculation US inven- “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - outside Japan was a fraction firmer. Japan’s around extending the current QE programme,” tory data would only underline the extent of Organizational Culture Transformation” for Nikkei added 0.8 percent, while South Korea’s said analysts at Citi. The euro was a whisker oversupply in the world. The US Energy select KAMCO and KIPCO Group employees KOSPI rose 0.6 percent. higher at $1.1359, but still hemmed in by sup- Information Administration (EIA) will report offi- held at the KIPCO Tower Chairman’s Club. There was more evidence of the problems port at $1.3300 and resistance around $1.1386. cial inventory data yesterday. US crude slipped The Kuwait Foundation for the plaguing Asian trade flows with Japanese The dollar index, which measures the greenback 32 cents to $45.97 per barrel, while Brent lost 18 Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) support- exports growing at the slowest pace since mid- against a basket of six major currencies, was last cents to $48.53. — Reuters ed FranklinCovey and KAMCO in organiz- 2014, mainly due to weakness in China. ing the event. Wall Street offered little in the way of a lead Mohammed Abdullah Al Hubail, Chief Mohammed Abdullah Al Hubail with the Dow ending Tuesday 0.1 percent lower, Operating Officer at KAMCO, said, “The while the S&P 500 eased 0.14 percent and the FranklinCovey team have yet again deliv- resource development strategy and train- Nasdaq 0.5 percent. ered a successful and informative training ing goals. In addition to supporting KAM- The S&P healthcare sector shed 1.5 percent, session. Training sessions such as ‘The 7 CO, KFAS has also helped other companies dragged by Allergan and Pfizer, while a drop in Habits of Highly Effective People - within the private sector reach their human IBM offset gains in companies that reported Organizational Culture Transformation’ are resources development goals.” strong quarterly results such as Verizon and in line with our human resource develop- The FranklinCovey Team presented the United Technologies. ment strategy towards training and educat- training session focusing on the 7 key prin- Earnings for S&P 500 companies are expect- ing our employees to increase work effi- ciples that help individuals and leaders ed to have fallen about 4 percent in the third ciency and overall job satisfaction. We become more effective. The training ses- quarter, while revenue is expected to have observed the positive outcomes from the sion covered topics on the lines of what declined 3.8 percent, according to Thomson previous training session and have there- can and cannot be controlled within the Reuters data. fore continued our collaboration with the work environment, how to define a clear Economic news from the United States was FranklinCovey team in order to sustain our measure of success along with an achiev- moderately upbeat as housing starts increased effort towards building employee compe- able plan, prioritizing and meeting impor- 6.5 percent in September to an annual pace of tencies to enhance individual and organi- tant set goals, developing innovative solu- 1.21 million units, beating expectations for 1.15 zational performance.” tions that satisfy all stakeholders, and the million units. Al Hubail added, “We would like to rec- process of building high-trust relationships There was also better news on bank lending ognize KFAS for supporting KAMCO’s that will lead to mutual benefits. Attendees in the euro zone as data from the ECB showed a human resource development strategy and participated in the training session and got further easing in credit conditions and improv- SEOUL: A currency trader walks past the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price strategies of other firms within the private to experience the 7 habits through the ing demand for loans. That might lessen the Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. Asian sector. Their continuous support has guidance of the talented and prestigious need for the ECB to immediately ramp up its 1 stock markets were mostly higher yesterday as Japan’s weak export figures boosted hopes for brought us closer to reaching our human FranklinCovey team. trillion euro asset purchase program. more central bank stimulus. — AP EU rules Starbucks, Fiat Mercedes-AMG GT S is tax deals are illegal

BRUSSELS: The European Commission ruled Inquiries are also continuing into the the ‘Best Driver’s Car’ yesterday that Starbucks and Fiat benefited Belgian government’s treatment of dozens of from illegal tax deals with the Dutch and unidentified companies. Luxembourg governments, in cases with major “More cases may come if we have indica- implications for the taxation of multinational tions that EU state aid rules are not being com- KUWAIT: “The Mercedes-AMG GT S has the companies. plied with,” she warned, while noting that there sharpest, most precise steering we have ever felt Antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager was a broader EU and global attempt, coordi- on any Mercedes or AMG vehicle,” said Motor said all firms must pay a “fair share” and ordered nated by the rich nations’ club the OECD, to Trend editor-in-chief Ed Loh. “It makes massive the Netherlands to recover 20-30 million euros crack down on tax avoidance using artificial power from a compact, high-tech turbocharged ($23-34 million) in back taxes from the US cof- cash flows through ultra-low tax regimes. V8 engine. What most impressed my team is fee shop chain. Luxembourg must recover a “We cannot achieve fair tax competition in how well the GT S was able to combine these similar amount from Italian-US carmaker Fiat Europe with enforcement of EU state aid rules elements. It put all of its horsepower to the Chrysler Automobiles, she said. alone. We cannot do it alone,” Vestager said. ground like an all-wheel-drive supercar and Starbucks immediately said it would appeal, “The fight against tax evasion and tax avoid- gripped the road through high-speed corners echoing the Dutch government in accusing the ance can only be won with a combination with like a winged racer.” European Union executive of significant “errors” With a lap time of 1:35.57 minutes, the in its assessment. Luxembourg, where much of Mercedes-AMG GT S not only kept all its com- the economy has been built on attracting petitors at bay at the legendary Laguna Seca multinational firms, said it disagreed and race track, it also achieved one of the top three reserved its right to appeal. Fiat denied receiv- times ever recorded. At the end of the long and ing any aid from the Luxembourg state. extensive series of test drives, the Motor Trend Vestager, a Dane who has denied accusa- editors concluded: “The best sports car tions of anti-American bias in launching other Mercedes has ever built.” tax probes into Apple and Amazon and com- Motor Trend launched the “Best Driver’s Car” petition inquiries into Google, took care to award in 2009, and has since become one of the avoid intruding on EU governments’ jealously most prestigious contests in the American auto guarded rights to set their own tax rates. The media. issue, she stressed, was firms being treated dif- ferently within the same national system. “The decisions send a clear message,” she told reporters in Brussels. “National tax authori- ties cannot give any company, however large or powerful, an unfair competitive advantage compared to others. For most companies, especially the small and medium-sized, I hope BRUSSELS: European Commissioner this is a reassuring message.” for Competition Margrethe Vestager The Commission said Starbucks benefited speaks during a media conference at from a tax ruling- an assurance of future tax lev- EU headquarters in Brussels yester- els-from Dutch authorities in 2008 and Fiat day. The European Union is demand- from a ruling in Luxembourg in 2012. It con- ing that US coffee chain Starbucks and cluded that the taxable profits for Fiat’s carmaker Fiat repay up to 30 million Luxembourg unit could have been 20 times euros ($34 million) each in tax breaks higher under normal market conditions. they received from EU nations, in a The precise amount of tax to be recovered major ruling to cut down on sweet tax must now be determined by Luxembourg and deals global multinationals often the Netherlands on the basis of the shop for. — AP Commission’s methodology. Marc Sanders of tax advisers Taxand said the ruling would “rock enforcement of state aid rules and legislative the corporate world to its very core”. “Whilst responses.” Special deals that slash multination- multinationals were lured to EU states with als’ tax bills to little more than zero in some cas- offers of low tax rates as an incentive, little did es have come under closer scrutiny as govern- they know that, despite having agreement at ments struggle with declining revenues. the highest national level, this would come Vestager said that Fiat’s Luxembourg unit back and bite a decade later,” he said. paid “not even” 0.4 million euros in corporate tax last year and Starbucks’ Dutch subsidiary ‘WE DO NOT STOP HERE’ less than 0.6 million euros. Starbucks said it Warning that “we do not stop here”, paid an average global effective tax rate of Vestager described the cases of Apple in about 33 percent. “Starbucks shares the con- Ireland and Amazon in Luxembourg, where the cerns expressed by the Netherlands govern- Commission also suspects the companies of ment that there are significant errors in the benefiting from illegal state subsidies via the decision, and we plan to appeal since we fol- tax system, as “very different”. She declined to lowed the Dutch and OECD rules available to say when she would rule on them. anyone,” a spokesman said. — Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 BUSINESS

Three KD 5,000 winners in NBK’s Al Jawhara weekly draws

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DEARBORN: Ford Motor Company will chart increase the recycling of more foam and plas- burr. And improved medical needles were new territory as it seeks to create adhesive tics, and further reduce our environmental developed based on the mosquito. Interest in innovations inspired by the gecko. Ford will footprint.” the approach has increased in the last also work with Procter & Gamble, sharing Buoyed by the biomimetic method, Ford decade as awareness of climate change and research findings as both companies look to recently hosted a forum at its Dearborn campus environmental challenges is heightened, said biomimicry for a host of business solutions. with participation from Procter & Gamble and Gretchen Hooker, project manager for design For years, Ford researchers have considered The Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit commit- challenges at The Biomimicry Institute. ways to make auto manufacturing more sus- ted to promoting the innovative approach of tainable. A key challenge is glue used to adhere looking to nature for sustainable solutions to Multiple design challenges Founded in 2006, the group works to empower people to create sustainable prod- ucts and services using biomimicry. In addi- tion to mobilizing educators and regional practitioners through the Biomimicry Global Network, the organization provides a plat- form to learn and practice biomimicry Etihad Airways and flybuys through multiple design challenges. These include open innovation, academic-corporate join forces in world first partnerships and corporate-employee chal- lenges where employees get hands-on train- loyalty partnership ing while developing new solutions to issues corporations face. AskNature.org, the organi- zation’s online database of biological solu- ABU DHABI: Global Loyalty Company, the an exciting new chapter for the organisa- tions, offers inspiration to those looking to loyalty division of Etihad Airways, and fly- tion. It is a new style of partnership pro- find answers in biomimicry. buys, one of Australia’s most popular loy- gram offering members a suite of innova- “Ford and P&G are the first companies to alty programs, today launched an innova- tive benefits and rewards and the first of take part in these new corporate-employee tive partnership which enables flybuys several such partnerships which Global challenges,” said Hooker. members to turn everyday shopping into Loyalty is developing in other key markets Beyond recycling, the Ford design teams international flights with the World’s across the world.” have worked for nearly a decade to find Leading Airline. Adam Story, Coles General Manager nature-inspired technologies, with recent flybuys members will be able to col- flybuys said: “flybuys is thrilled to be part- successes in yarn production for seating lectflybuyspoints when booking Etihad nering with Etihad Airways. materials and headliners. Airways flights and enjoy exclusive access “We are proud to be offering our mem- Ford is the only automaker to use Unifi’s to airfare dealsto more than 100destina- bers the opportunity to collect flybuys high-performance REPREVE fiber, made from tions worldwide. points quicker and redeem them on excit- 100 percent recycled materials including In a world first, flybuys members who ing rewards like international travel. plastic bottles, in its vehicles. Ford employs link their Etihad Guest membership to “flybuys members will also benefit with REPREVE in five of its vehicles - the new F- their flybuys account will also earn Etihad access to exclusive discounts on Etihad 150, Explorer, Edge, Focus Electric and Fusion Guest Tier Miles when they spend at Coles Airways and members will be able to - making it a globally used material. The use and selected partners. Tier Miles count accelerate their status within the Etihad of REPREVE represents Ford’s commitment to towards elite Etihad Guest status which Guest frequent flyer program by shop- foams to plastics and metals can make disas- modern-day challenges. Nearly 200 researchers reduce, reuse and recycle, part of the affords top tier members benefits such as ping at Coles Supermarkets, Coles Online, sembling parts for recycling nearly impossible. and designers took part in the day-long session automaker’s global sustainability strategy to Coles Express, and selected stores nation- to learn about biomimicry and how to apply it lessen its environmental footprint. priority check-in and airport lounge Enter the gecko to their work. Ford designers are now looking to expand access when flying with Etihad Airways wide.” The lizard’s toe pads allow it to stick to most “We are excited for the opportunity to par- upon that commitment, turning to nature to and its partner airlines. surfaces without liquids or surface tension. The ticipate, together with Ford - with whom we further improve the sustainable materials in To earn Etihad Guest Tier Miles, flybuys Celebrating partnership launch reptile can then easily release itself, leaving no have a history of collaboration - in The vehicle fabrics. The gecko may also inspire members must link their Etihad Guest *Etihad Airways will offer flybuys mem- residue. Consider, too, that a typical mature Biomimicry Institute workshop,” said Lee Ellen fabric technologies that could transform the membership to their flybuys account. bers up to 25 per cent off all Etihad gecko weighing 2.5 ounces is capable of sup- Drechsler, director for corporate connect and cabin of Ford vehicles, researchers said. Members will earn one Etihad Guest Tier Airways Economy and Business Class fares porting 293 pounds. development, The Procter and Gamble “As we look to further our commitment to Mile (up to a maximum of 2,500 Tier Miles (excluding Breaking Deals) to anywhere The gecko could inspire a host of adhesive Company. “We have an interest within Procter reducing our environmental footprint, taking per month) for every AUD 1 spent at any on the airline’s global network. This innovations for global applications at Ford, said & Gamble for using biomimicry as a way to a holistic, biomimetic approach makes sense Coles Supermarket, Coles Online, Coles applies to bookings made by Debbie Mielewski, Ford senior technical leader broaden our approach to solving tough because nature has efficiencies in design and Express, and selected stores nationwide 3Novemberfor travel until 4 December for plastics and sustainability research. research challenges.” uses minimal resources,” said Carol Kordich, and, at the same time,collect flybuys 2015. At the same time, until 31 “Solving this problem could provide cost The biomimetic approach is not new. The global sustainable fabric strategies and points. December, flybuys members will collect savings and certainly an environmental sav- Bullet Train in Shinkansen, Japan was inspired development, Ford. “Nature is the ultimate flybuys members can also convert their five flybuys points per AUD 1 spent on ings,” said Mielewski. “It means we could by the kingfisher. Velcro took its cues from a guide.” flybuys points to Etihad Guest miles, giv- Etihad Airways flights, by booking ing them access to flight rewards and through the flybuys ‘My Offers’ page. upgrades. Etihad Guest members will also be able to Burgan Bank hosts second Internal Darren Peisley, Managing Director of earn Etihad Guest reward miles on the Global Loyalty Company, said: “The launch same flights. Audit conference for Banking Industry today of the partnership with flybuys is * Linked program members will be exciting news for millions of flybuys mem- able to earn three Etihad Guest Tier Miles bers. for every AUD 1 they spend in Coles KUWAIT: In an effort to present the latest trends Internal Auditors from local and foreign banks namely; Protivity, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PWC and “Now they will be able to turn their Supermarkets, Coles Online, Coles in the internal audit field, Burgan Bank recently and involved keynote speeches and discussions Deloitte, who took part in the discussion panels weekly shopping at Coles and other Express, and selected stores nationwide hosted the ‘Second Internal Audit Conference for around the recent trends and emerging topics of by presenting their perspective on the emerging selectedstores into travel to exciting desti- (capped at a maximum of 5,000 Tier Miles Banking Industry in Kuwait’, which was held on internal audit. internal audit trends and best practices. nations worldwide. per month) until December 31, 2015. This 19th October 2015 at the Sheraton Kuwait Hotel. The event gathered a number of experts and Amr El Kasaby, Burgan Bank’s Group Chief will normally be one Etihad Guest Tier The conference was attended by the Chief representatives from international audit firms, Internal Auditor said: “We are pleased to have hosted the Internal Audit Conference in Kuwait Earning Tier Miles Mile for every AUD 1 they spend (capped for the second time. Our commitment in playing “Together, we are offering flybuys at a maximum of 2,500 Tier Miles per a leading role in similar conferences emerges members the unique ability to earn Tier month). from our core belief that the internal audit func- Miles in the Etihad Guest program and, as * Linked program members will have tion plays an important role in delivering success a result, to enjoy the exclusive benefits we the chance to win one of 25 prizes of to all financial institutions and organizations offer our most valuable frequent flyers.” round trip Economy Class flights for two alike.” Peisley added: “As the entity responsi- to an overseas destination of their choice In April 2013, Burgan Bank hosted the First ble for the commercial growth of the air- on the Etihad Airways’ network. Internal Audit Conference, inviting prominent line frequent flyer programs in which it * Other prizes include 10 sets of two financial experts, internal audit representatives has a strategic interest - Etihad Guest tickets to an A-League game at from local and foreign banks as well as interna- (Etihad Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium orAAMI tional audit firms to share their insights and and Etihad Regional), JetPrivilege (Jet Stadium during the 2015/16 season. address the recent changes in the internal audit Airways), MilleMiglia (Alitalia) and top- Throughout the year, flybuys and divisions. Burgan Bank continues to demonstrate bonus (airberlin) - Global Loyalty Etihad Airways will offer flybuys members its leadership and its relation to best practice Company is delighted to be celebrating other benefits including bonus flybuys methods across its wide operations, with an aim this important milestone. points for flight purchases, discounts on Amr El Kasaby, Burgan Bank’s Group Chief Internal Auditor with attendees. of ensuring consistent high quality delivery of “The partnership with flybuys begins air travel and stopover packages. banking solutions in the region. Action Kuwait takes online services to new heights with Action Digital offering

KUWAIT: Action Global Communications is ment, or in some cases a replacement, for utilised,” says Action Kuwait Country nications channels - something which taking the company’s award-winning, strate- news outlets themselves. This means online Manager, Amna Al Jarery. “Action Digital’s requires local insight and expertise in order gic approach to PR and communications into and social are not just ‘other channels’ to tar- approach is built on three essential pillars. It to generate a meaningful connection. the digital realm through Action Digital. In get, but extensions of existing media strate- starts with our network and local team - an Head of Marketing, Jaric Karepov stated, this fast-changing online environment in gies which require a consolidated and inte- established, on-the-ground, local presence. “We offer a new way to look at digital mar- Kuwait, Action Digital and Action Global grated approach. This is a game changer for This is supported by a hub team of spe- keting by drawing on a tried and tested Communications will offer wholly integrated cialised, digital communications experts. The regional strategy and local expertise. We and bespoke on and offline communications third is the know-how and experience to fit help our clients push the boundaries of their strategy to help clients widen their reach, all of the puzzle pieces together - digital, online voice to ensure that their stakeholders engage their consumers helping them use communications, cultural and marketing stand up, listen and are left with a lasting digital communications to transform and expertise - through our proven structure of impression in their minds that will get, and influence. having all elements centrally coordinated for keep, them talking about the brand in the Action Global Communications’ new a cohesive and integrated approach.” long-term.” offering is of particular importance for rapid- Action Digital hosts a diverse team of sea- ly developing markets such as Kuwait, where Digital marketing soned digital experts each specialised in dif- the company’s local office, Action Kuwait, With people not only consuming, but also ferent areas of digital and online communi- has been a market leader since its establish- being targeted with more content and infor- cations and marketing - from designers to ment in 2002. While it is no secret that brands looking to build stronger connec- mation than ever before, a credible online content developers. Collaborating closely mobile and internet penetration are acceler- tions to their consumers and stakeholders in voice must be at the centre of any campaign with the Action Kuwait team, the company ating at warp speed, the company is seeing Kuwait, and the wider region. for businesses looking to gain significant offers a wide range of services, from cus- that crucially, in markets such as Kuwait, “The online world provides endless ground in target markets. Nowadays it is tomised website development and design, social media and other online channels are opportunity for both domestic and cross- important not only for that online voice to powerful SEO, engaging social media strate- quickly evolving into highly trusted, go-to border engagement and interaction, but suc- translate on a local level, but also to be bal- gy and marketing, and advanced mobile sources for news and information; a supple- cess depends on how online channels are anced and integrated with existing commu- development and marketing. technology THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Western Digital buying SanDisk in deal worth about $19bn

IRVINE: Western Digital, a maker of ing hard disk drives, solid-state drives, If a previously announced invest- minority shareholder in Western Digital to adjusted earnings per share within hard drives for businesses and person- cloud datacenter storage solutions and ment in Western Digital from with a $3.78 billion investment. a year of the deal’s closing. Pending al computers, is buying SanDisk in a flash storage solutions. Unisplendour closes prior to the acqui- Milligan will serve as CEO of the the closing of the transaction, cash-and-stock deal worth about $19 “The combined company will be ide- sition, Western Digital will pay $85.10 combined business, which will keep its Western Digital expects to continue billion as it looks to extend its reach in ally positioned to capture the growth per share in cash and 0.0176 shares of headquarters at Western Digital’s paying its quarterly dividend and the storage industry. opportunities created by the rapidly its stock for each Sandisk share. If not, Irvine, California location. plans to suspend its stock buyback The buyout values SanDisk’s stock at evolving storage industry,” Western the price will be $67.50 in cash and The boards of both companies have program. about $86.50 per share, a 15 percent Digital CEO Steve Milligan said in a 0.2387 shares for each share of Milpitas, approved the deal, which is targeted to Shares of Western Digital Corp. premium to Tuesday’s closing price. written statement. Sanjay Mehrotra, California-based SanDisk Corp. close in 2016’s third quarter. It still dropped more than 1 percent in premar- Western Digital and flash-memory chip president and CEO of SanDisk, is In September it was announced that needs approval from SanDisk share- ket trading Wednesday shortly before maker SanDisk said that they have expected to join Western Digital’s Unisplendour, a division of China’s holders. the market open. Shares of SanDisk complementary product lines, includ- board when the transaction closes. Tsinghua Holdings, was becoming a The transaction is expected to add gained more than 4 percent. — AP

STC, EMC sign Belgian urban vacuum cleaner cloud agreement takes on world’s litter DUBAI: Saudi Telecom, represented by STC EMC is a global leader in enabling busi- Business, Saudi Arabia’s leading ICT services nesses and service providers to transform their Glutton resembles a huge dog on a leash following his master provider, signed an agreement with EMC operations and deliver information technolo- Corporation on the sidelines of GITEX 2015 gy as a service (ITaaS), through its innovative WARSAW: It looks like the high- sales catalogue to embark on his participation. products and services, accelerating the jour- tech equipment used to capture current adventure. The idea for According to the terms of the agreement, ney to cloud computing, helping IT depart- ghosts in the “Ghostbusters” film, the Glutton was born in October STC Business and EMC Corporation will ments to store, manage, protect and analyze with its large nozzle and tank, but 1994, the prototype was devel- address the needs of customers in the their most valuable asset - information - in a this urban vacuum cleaner’s tar- oped in March 1995 and deliver- Kingdom by cooperating in a number of vital more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. gets are more down-to-earth. The ies began in June that same year. cloud computing fields, among them data STC Business delivers on the needs and Belgian appliance-which has just storage, information management, informa- requirements of customers from the govern- hit the market in Poland, its 65th Big dog on a leash tion security, data Protection and availability, ment, large corporation, small to medium country-sucks up empty cans and Showcased at a Belgian envi- virtualization, big data and analytics. enterprise, and small office and home office Tarig M. Enaya, Senior Vice President of STC segments. Basing its operations on best prac- bottles, trash, dog droppings and ronmental fair, the Glutton was an Enterprise: “Our MoU with EMC Corporation tices and partnerships with the biggest global whatever other sidewalk litter instant hit. By 2007, revenue was means we can offer high quality elastic stor- information communication and technology happens to be in its way. 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million). age solutions in a reliable manner that allows (ICT) industry players for a differentiated cus- “Even a full champagne bottle!” This year it was 10 million euros. our enterprise customers to reach high per- tomer experience, STC Business is the first says inventor Christian Lange, The 20 or so showcases organ- formance rates and achieve results that are choice for customers when it comes to robust, who selected the moniker Glutton ised in Poland were well received, measurable.” Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice secure and efficient solutions and services for the omnivore product that can according to Kaminski, who said President and Regional Manager, Turkey, provided in an optimized, redundant and also be seen sweeping the streets he’d already sold two appliances Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East at EMC connected manner. As a leader in the ICT of Mecca and Paris’s landmark and hoped to sell up to 150 in the said, “This new cooperation with STC brings us industry, STC Business provides IP-VPN, man- Champs-Elysees. What began as a coming years. “No matter the closer to our global customer base, who have aged services, cloud computing and hosting small start-up out of a lawnmow- country, talks with the municipali- operations here in Saudi Arabia, and opens solutions and services utilizing unmatchable er shed 20 years ago has turned ty buyers always take long-of the door for new customers in the Kingdom to infrastructure, operated out of the largest into a veritable success story, with order of three years,” Lange told increase their business operation effectiveness data centers located in major cities, and inter- Gluttons now roaming the streets AFP. and efficiency by applying advanced EMC connected all over the Kingdom through a of five continents. The Glutton resembles a huge cloud solutions.” fiber optic network. The company has experienced dog on a leash following his mas- 30 percent annual growth over ter-a large hound that smells the last six years in the absence of good to boot. The air coming out any serious competition, landing of its filters is not only purer than Lange a spot in the Belgian king’s the air entering, according to business entourage on a recent Lange, but it is also eucalyptus- trip to Poland. “It’s a street sweep- scented. Its big advantage is its er’s dream,” says Slawomir large hose. Made of carbon fibre, Kaminski, the electric street clean- it is very light. “We had to keep in er’s Polish distributor. mind the street sweeper who Following in the footsteps of would use it for six hours straight,” his father, the owner of a garden Lange says. equipment company, Lange The hose’s flexible nozzle founded his first firm in the sector means that even hard-to-reach at age 23. But he quickly realised corners can be cleaned out quite that the industry only thrived easily. At first powered by a heat between March and June and was engine, the Glutton quickly dead the rest of the year. became all-electric, a key turning NAMUR: This handout picture released on October 15, 2015 by A marketing man with a love point as it made the appliance as Belgian company Glutton shows an employee using a waste vac- for car-racing-go-karting at first, quiet as a mouse. “We’re not talk- uum cleaner to clean a street in Namur, Belgium, in June 2014. then Formula Ford racing-he was ing here about the level of noise,” The creator of the machine, Christian Lange, was among the first inspired by the leaf vacuum says Lange. businessmen accompanying Belgium King Philippe during his in his own gardening equipment “But the level of silence.” — AFP visit to Poland, where he hopes to start selling his cleaner. — AFP

NEW YORK: This Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, image provided by Microsoft shows the Surface Pro 4 at a Windows 10 Devices Event, in New York. With the new Surface Pro 4, typing on a Microsoft tablet finally feels like typing on a regular laptop. — AP Yahoo loses $42m on Apple tells judge ‘impossible’ to unlock new iPhones ‘Community’ series

NEW YORK: Apple Inc told a US judge that devices that continue to use older systems, accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would including the one at issue in the case. But it urged LOS ANGELES: Reviving “Community” amortized over time. “We thought ence, or long-term commitments cial results that failed to meet Wall be “impossible” with devices using its latest oper- the judge to not require it to comply with the has been a costly adventure for long and hard about it, and what from advertisers, to make the Street expectations, leading CEO ating system, but the company has the “technical Justice Department’s request. Yahoo-and might spell the end of its we concluded is (for) certain of our investment into original content at Marissa Mayer to promise that the ability” to help law enforcement unlock older “Forcing Apple to extract data in this case, foray into big-budget original series. original video (series), we couldn’t that scale pay back. company will focus on fewer prod- phones. absent clear legal authority to do so, could threat- CFO Ken Goldman revealed dur- see a way to make money over Yahoo previously teased that it ucts in 2016 to try to right the ship. Apple’s position was laid out in a brief filed en the trust between Apple and its customers ing Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings time,” he said. may be renewing “Community” for Yahoo posted third quarter 2015 late Monday, after a federal magistrate judge in and substantially tarnish the Apple brand,” call Tuesday that the company took Continued Goldman, “We’re not a seventh season, or even take part revenue of $1.23 billion and earn- Brooklyn, New York, sought its input as he Apple’s lawyers wrote. a $42 million charge on saying we’re not going to do these in a movie deal with the Greendale ings per share of 15 cents; analysts weighed a US Justice Department request to A spokeswoman for Brooklyn US Attorney “Community” and two other origi- at all in the future. But what we are Community College gang. That had expected $1.26 billion in sales force the company to help authorities access a Robert Capers, whose office is handling the case, nal series as it couldn’t effectively saying is, in three cases at least, may appear less likely with and EPS of 17 cents. seized iPhone during an investigation. declined comment. Earlier this month, Orenstein monetize the programming. it didn’t work the way we had Tuesday’s disclosure, but insiders “As we move into 2016, we will In court papers, Apple said that for the 90 per- expressed skepticism about whether he could Yahoo recorded a $42 million hoped it to work, and we’ve decid- tell Variety that a “Community” work to narrow our strategy, focus- cent of its devices running iOS 8 or higher, granti- require Apple to disable security on the iPhone, impairment charge in Q3 on the ed to move on.” movie is still in play-with or without ing on fewer products with higher ng the Justice Department’s request “would be citing Congress’ failure to act on the issue of value of its video assets, and Yahoo debuted season six of Yahoo. quality to achieve improved impossible to perform” after it strengthened encryption despite the urging of the Justice Goldman specifically singled out Dan Harmon’s “Community” exclu- The exec who had led Yahoo’s growth and profitability,” Mayer encryption methods. Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Community,” as well as original sively on its video platform Yahoo charge into originals with TV-size said in announcing the results. Those devices include a feature that prevents Orenstein deferred ruling until Apple had a shows “Sin City Saints” and “Other Screen in March following NBC’s production budgets was chief mar- Yahoo also announced a new anyone without the device’s passcode from chance to say if it was “technically feasible and, if Space,” when asked what went cancellation of the show after five keting officer Kathy Savitt, who in pact with Google for search results accessing its data, including Apple itself. The fea- so, whether compliance with the proposed order wrong. Writing off the cost of the seasons. Yahoo landed Honda as a September joined independent and ads. That agreement will “com- ture was adopted in 2014 amid heightened priva- would be unduly burdensome.” shows — $41.699 million to be pre- launch sponsor for “Community,” studio STX Entertainment as presi- plement” the search services pro- cy concerns following leaks by former National Apple in its brief said it limited its views to cise, according to Yahoo’s financial which is produced by Sony Pictures dent of its digital unit. vided by Microsoft and Yahoo’s own Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden those questions rather than the broader legal statements-removes them from the Television. But apparently it The revelation came as Yahoo search technologies and ad prod- about NSA surveillance programs. issue at hand, which it called “important.” In an balance sheet so they won’t be couldn’t gather enough of an audi- turned in another quarter of finan- ucts, according to the company. Apple told US Magistrate Judge James order Tuesday, Orenstein invited Apple to address In addition trying to improve Orenstein it could access the 10 percent of its that issue. A hearing is scheduled for today. — AP the metrics of its core businesses, Mayer called out as a top priority Yahoo’s planned spinoff of Aabaco Holdings, representing 384 million Taiwan’s HTC launches new shares its owns in Chinese e-com- merce giant Alibaba Group. That phone to challenge Apple transaction is still pending regula- tory approval. Yahoo had expected TAIPEI: Taiwan’s smartphone maker HTC lot of better phones as well on the market at that to close in Q4 but Mayer said Corp unveiled a new flagship model yester- cheaper prices,” he told AFP. “The smart- on the earnings call that the spinoff day-taking on Apple’s latest iPhones-but ana- phone market is getting increasingly crowd- may not be completed until lysts say it’s unlikely to boost the struggling ed. I don’t see any hope for a turnaround.” January. company’s market share. The HTC One A9 Observers have taken to social media to Mayer noted that Yahoo’s total has a 13-megapixel camera, and is the first note how similar A9’s appearance is to Q3 revenue grew 7% year-over- non-Nexus phone to use Google’s newest Apple’s iPhone 6s, some calling it a “clone.” year, while the strategic “Mavens” operating system. “(We’re) unveiling a phone that stands businesses-comprising mobile, The homegrown Taiwanese brand, once a apart in a market increasingly dominated by video, native ads and Tumblr ads- star of the smartphone sector, is suffering a company which controls every aspect of rose 43% from a year earlier, to losses as it grapples with intense competition your phone,” HTC’s CEO Cher Wang said in a $422 million. But audience acquisi- from Samsung, Apple and rising Chinese statement. tion costs in the latest period brands. HTC is directly challenging Apple’s domi- soared to $223 million (up from $54 The company is taking action to turn its nance, marketing the A9 as a bridge between million), and Yahoo remains heavily business around, which involves job cuts and the iPhone and other Android devices that reliant on desktop PC users. streamlining its product offerings to focus on are not user-friendly. HTC shares dropped Yahoo cut guidance for the high-end phones. The A9 — which will go on 6.41 percent to close at Tw$75.90 in Taipei fourth quarter: It expects revenue sale next month-will lift revenue in the fourth yesterday. “The product and price is pretty to be between $1.16 billion and quarter as vendors start stocking the product, good, but the market is crowded with tons of $1.2 billion, down from $1.3 bil- but consumers will not necessarily follow, product,” said Richard Ko, an analyst for KGI WASHINGTON: In this August 5, 2015 file photo, a billboard for the technology company Yahoo is lion previously. Yahoo’s stock fell said analyst Calvin Huang of Sinopac Securities. seen in Washington, DC. Yahoo said Tuesday its quarterly profit tumbled to $76 million from $6.8 as much as 2.8% in after-hours Financial Holdings Co. “It may attract those “Are the phone’s differences going to get billion a year ago, when it had a one-time gain linked to sale of shares in China’s Alibaba. The trading Tuesday, after closing reg- who can’t afford the iPhone but there are a people to choose it? That’s uncertain.” — AFP results were weaker than expected, as revenues rose a modest seven percent from a year ago to ular trading down 2% to $32.83 $1.226 billion, raising challenges for the rebound sought by chief executive Marissa Mayer. — AFP per share. — Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Liberal win gives boost to Canada marijuana market

OTTAWA: Justin Trudeau’s election win gave ders hoping that G20 nations will adopt issued has since grown to 26. An estimated chemicals produced in China. millions of packets of K2, as well as numerous Canadian pot stocks a boost Tuesday with his Canada’s regulatory framework for pot, creat- one million out of Canada’s 35 million people The new law would also impose tougher ingredients destined for production, have promise to legalize recreational cannabis ing new markets for their wares. regularly smoke marijuana, according to 2014 punishments on those who sell or manufac- been seized. expected to give a boost to the nation’s nas- Bruce Linton, who co-founded the firm surveys. ture the substance. Convicted sellers will now Since January alone, there have been more cent medical marijuana industry. Share prices Tweed, said he was betting on “significant Trudeau has admitted he smoked the drug face up to one year in prison, a $5,000 fine and than 4,500 synthetic cannabinoid-related for cannabis producers jumped an average of growth” in the sector, as legitimate firms move at a dinner party with friends after being elect- civil penalties of up to $50,000. Grocers who emergency department visits in New York, five to 10 percent in relatively high volume into a space now dominated by black market ed to parliament in 2008. He said his late sell them can lose their licenses to sell ciga- including more than 1,200 in July, authorities trading early in the day. growers and sellers, and offer buyers a large brother Michel was facing marijuana posses- rettes as well. said. To date there has been one death from The companies already produce marijuana variety of pesticide-free strains. Linton’s com- sion charges for a “tiny amount” of pot before “K2 is a poison,” de Blasio told reporters. “It the drug in the city. Men make up around 90 for medical use in Canada, and investors are pany opened in a former chocolate factory an his death in an avalanche in 1998. This influ- was crucial, before this trend got any worse, to percent of the visits. Patients have a median betting they could quickly scale up to serve hour’s drive from Ottawa last year under a enced his decision to call for legalizing and act decisively.” The new laws will take effect in age of 37 and are disproportionately residents recreational pot users too, once Trudeau new government scheme that banned home regulating cannabis, Trudeau has said. 60 days time, but will not punish users, many of homeless shelters and sufferers of a psychi- makes good on his promise. Canopy Growth cultivation in favor of large commercial green- of whom suffer from mental health problems. atric illness. rose 11 percent to Can$2.43, while Aphria Inc. houses. War on synthetic cannabis Synthetic cannabinoids are leaves sprayed Bratton said China is the principal source of rose 5.3 per cent to Can$1 and Mettrum It merged with Canopy and Bedrocan in In related news, New York declared war with unpredictable and diverse chemical com- the chemicals used to create K2. They are Health Corp. gained 6.0 percent to Can$1.95. the spring to form the largest commercial pot Tuesday on synthetic cannabis, otherwise binations that are either smoked or ingested. mixed in different formulas, usually trying to “Trudeau’s vow to legalize and regulate grower in Canada. The parent company known as K2, responsible for thousands of The drugs go by a litany of other names stay one step ahead of existing laws, he said. marijuana... has set in motion the single most changed its name to Canopy in September. emergency-room visits this year alone and far including Spice, Green Giant and Caution, and “The manufacture of the K2 is usually done important catalyst for the marijuana space,” Tweed was one of only six firms initially more dangerous than ordinary marijuana. produce side-effects that include tremor here in the United States where it’s sprayed on Dundee Capital Markets analyst Aaron Salz licensed by Health Canada to grow and sell Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law three new seizures, hallucinations and violent behavior. leaves that look like marijuana... but the only said in a Tuesday note to clients. At least one fresh medical marijuana and cannabis oil to bills designed to curb the use of the drug, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton source of the chemicals used in this is China,” company is also looking beyond Canada’s bor- eligible persons. The number of licenses manufactured in the United States from said dozens of people have been arrested, and he told reporters. —AFP Frustration rises as time runs out at climate talks ‘We need to agree on compromise’

BONN: Frustration ran high yester- warming. “I don’t think this way of tries accused rich ones of told a stocktaking session. day at the snail’s pace of talks for a working is going to bring us where “apartheid” tactics, and claimed Switzerland’s Franz Perrez said climate rescue pact, with three days we need to be by the end of the their core demands had been time pressure was taking its toll. left for diplomats to craft a blueprint week and to stand a chance of suc- excised from the blueprint. An “Either parties are disappointed for a year-end UN summit. With an cess in Paris.” overnight sprint to reintroduce because we are not moving fast eye firmly on the clock, diplomats in The Bonn meeting is tasked omitted passages saw the text enough, or they are disappointed Bonn despaired at the mountain of with forging a workable blueprint swell from 20 pages to 34. because they do not have the time to look in depth at all the propos- als.” Several delegates said parties must keep talking after hours, out- side the meeting rooms, if progress is to be made. “We need to agree on compro- AIN AOUDA: Moroccan laborers recycle waste at the Attawafoq cooperative mise,” said Perrez. Algeria’s Ahmed at Oum Azza industrial landfill. — AFP Djoghlaf, who co-chairs the forum with Daniel Reifsnyder of the United States, urged diplomats to Morocco’s trash men pull up their sleaves and “engage with your partner”. And the G77 bloc of developing nations, repre- fight climate change senting the vast majority of the world population, cautioned RABAT: Pulling carts piled high with plas- Among them is Yassin Mazout, 31, a his- against further padding of the doc- tic bottles or rummaging through unoffi- tory graduate who heads the cooperative ument. “We need a text by the end cial dumpsites, informal trash collectors after becoming a trash picker to pay for his of the week that we can take to abound on the streets of Morocco. Dubbed studies when his father died. “We are all Paris as the basis of negotiations, in “Mikhala” in the local Arabic dialect, the equal, we all have the same monthly salary which many issues are agreed,” said thousands of rubbish pickers are often of 2,500 dirhams (about 230 Euros/$260),” looked down on as they trudge through he says. “Before, at the old dumpsite, the climate envoy Nozipho Mxakato- the capital Rabat and other Moroccan strong would crush the weak.” Diseko of South Africa, which chairs cities. After working outside for years, Mazout the G77. “We cannot leave it up to But a project to hire the Mikhala to and his colleagues now work under a roof our ministers to do the work of work officially is starting to change that manually sorting through half of the aver- negotiators. It is negotiators that image, and even help as Morocco looks to age 2,000 tonnes of solid waste that arrive need to reach consensus on most reach an ambitious goal of reducing each day at the landfill. “We’re much better issues, leaving only the highly-sen- greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent off,” agrees Najat, who before joining sitive political issues for ministers to by 2020. In their own modest way, the Attawafoq spent 18 of her 51 years as an resolve.” waste pickers could be a model for coun- informal trash picker. “We have social secu- The overarching goal is to limit tries where, like in Morocco, consumers rity and our earnings help us support our global warming to two degrees often do not sort through and recycle their families.” Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) own rubbish. This year for the first time the coopera- NAGQU, China: In this photograph taken on August 10, 2002, a semi-nomadic Tibetan over pre-Industrial Revolution As the host of next year’s UN climate tive made a profit that will be divided up herdswoman makes her way across grasslands as hovering clouds pass on the outskirts of levels. But countries still disagree conference-following the COP21 meeting between members and used to increase its Nagqu, some 4,500 meters above sea level, north of Lhasa on the immense Tibetan plateau. The on how to share out responsibili- in Paris from November 30 to December 11 capital. Mazout wants trash pickers to final- ty between rich and poor nations that aims to conclude a universal climate- ly receive the “respect” they deserve as Dalai Lama on October 20, 2015, has urged the world to protect Tibet from global warming, say- rescue pact-Morocco will be under scrutiny “they play an important role in our lives- ing his Himalayan homeland was crucial to the health of the world. —AFP for curbing greenhouse gas emis- sions blamed for climate change. for its own efforts to reduce emissions. both environmentally and economically”. work they face after an acrimonious for ministers and heads of state to ‘There is no miracle’ Scientists say pledges submitted And tackling household waste-which the “The workers are very well organized,” says start on Monday cost them more grind down into a global agree- The huddle then broke up into by more than 150 nations so far environment ministry says causes up to 18 Gerard Prenant, director of the Pizzorno percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Environnement group that operates and than a day of negotiating time. ment meant to crown years of cli- smaller text-crafting groups, add up to warming of about 3 C-a Morocco-will be key. has invested 650,000 Euros in the landfill. “I am, to be honest, very con- mate negotiations. It would be the which reported back yesterday. If world of more dangerous sea-lev- “They’re very professional in sorting and cerned,” said climate envoy first accord committing all the ministers were to see the prod- el rise, storms, drought and dis- ‘Respect’ for pickers we’re delighted to have them working at Laurence Tubiana of France, which world’s nations, rich and poor, in uct, “probably many delegates ease spread. “There is no Plan B. Unlike in many Western countries our site,” he says. will host a November 30-December the same arena for climate action. would lose half their salaries The only option is to achieve Plan where recycling is long established, in At the landfill outside the capital, 11 UN summit tasked with inking a The talks got off to a false start immediately,” European Union A,” said Tubiana. “There is no mira- Morocco there is little legal framework for Attawafoq’s workers are giving back value 195-nation pact to rein in global Monday when developing coun- delegate Artur Runge-Metzger cle.” —AFP waste sorting. Morocco only recycles to waste. The cooperative provides an about eight percent of its municipal waste, important environmental service at zero but has targeted to increase the amount to cost to the community, Mazout says. 20 percent by 2020, according to a report Recycling not only reduces waste in land- presented at the European Union last year. fills, but also helps to lower greenhouse Sharp-toothed creature that “Informal waste processing is generally gas emissions by saving energy from pro- done by poor social groups with a low lev- ducing or importing products like card- el of education as a daily means of sur- board and plastic. bit Hawaii surfer was an eel vival,” says Mustapha Azaaitraoui, a Mazout says he hopes the project will researcher specialized in environmental inspire others around a country that still issues. Set up in 2011 with support from counts 220 unauthorized dumpsites. HONOLULU: An eel, not a shark, bit a surfer long teeth and strong jaws that help in cap- condition. No updates on their injuries were the World Bank, the Attawafoq cooperative Morocco aims to close all these informal over the weekend off Hawaii’s popular Waikiki turing prey. The snakelike fish normally aren’t released Tuesday. In the attack off Lanikai at the Oum Azza industrial landfill south of dumping grounds by 2020, environment Beach, officials said Tuesday. The state aggressive but have been known to defend Beach, a 44-year-old man was swimming Rabat is a first attempt at changing that. It ministry official Lubna Al-Abed says, and Department of Land and Natural Resources said their lairs, according to the Maui Ocean about 50 to 100 yards from shore when a employs about 150 people-mainly ex-pick- has already funded 16 waste sorting cen- it made the determination based on an inter- Center’s website. tiger shark bit him. Another man helped him ers-to sort trash for recycling on-site ters like Attawafoq in partnership with view with the victim and photos of his injuries. Officials don’t keep track of eel bites in to shore in an outrigger canoe. It was Hawaii’s instead of on the streets. municipalities. —AFP The agency didn’t specify what species of Hawaii waters but noted there is no record of sixth confirmed shark encounter this year, eel bit the man or why. It investigated after any shark attacks off Waikiki. The surfer suffered state statistics show. Another man lost his leg the initial reports said the bite was from a injuries to his left foot Saturday, hours after a when a tiger shark bit him on Oahu’s North Sunscreen blamed for shark. Hawaii’s coral reefs are home to a vari- shark attacked a man off Oahu’s Lanikai Beach. Shore less than two weeks ago. ety of eels, including some with large mouths, Both men were hospitalized in serious Most shark bites this year have happened in murky water, and all have resulted in damage to coral reefs injuries. In April, a shark killed a woman who was snorkeling off Maui. Officials recorded an MIAMI: Sunscreen contains a chemical that sci- highly diluted-as low as 62 parts per trillion, or average of 4.2 shark encounters per year from entists believe is causing massive damage to the same as “a drop of water in six and a half 2005 to 2009. Since 2010, the average has coral reefs worldwide and threatens their very Olympic-sized swimming pools,” the study found. existence, researchers warn. Oxybenzone-also Far higher concentrations of oxybenzone were risen to 8.6 per year. known as BP-3 or Benzophenone-3 — is found measured near coral reefs in Hawaii and the US Still, the number of attacks is low com- in more than 3,500 sunscreen products world- Virgin Islands-ranging from 800 parts per trillion pared with the number of people in the wide, said the study in the latest edition of the to 1.4 parts per million. “This is over 12 times ocean, said Dr Carl Meyer, a shark and reef Archives of Environmental Contamination and higher than the concentrations necessary to researcher at the University of Hawaii’s Toxicology. The chemical gets into the water via impact on coral,” the study said. Researchers esti- Institute of Marine Biology. “The number of swimmers and wastewater from coastal septic mate that between 6,000 and 14,000 tons of sun- people living in Hawaii and using the ocean systems. Global scientists announced earlier this screen lotion are emitted into coral reef areas for recreation has increased over time, and month that a massive global coral bleaching each year. Oxybenzone makes up between one this is the single most likely reason for a high- event is already under way, made worse in some and 10 percent of those lotions. Since not all reefs er number of shark bites in recent years,” parts of the world by warming waters brought are located near tourist areas, scientists believe Meyer said. on by El Nino. that about 10 percent of global reefs are at high Hawaii Tourism Authority president Coral reefs have been in decline for decades, risk of exposure to sunscreen lotion damage. George Szigeti said in a statement Monday and face multiple threats including pollution, cli- The study was led by marine scientists from that the weekend’s bites were isolated but mate change, storms and disease. Oxybenzone, Virginia, Florida, Israel, the US National Aquarium that people should be aware of the dangers which blocks ultraviolet rays, causes “gross defor- and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric in the ocean. “As an island state, we are sur- mities” in baby coral, “damages their DNA, and, Administration. “The use of oxybenzone-con- rounded by the ocean, so it is important that most alarmingly, acts as an endocrine disruptor,” taining products needs to be seriously deliberat- both our visitors and residents take precau- said the study. The effect is forcing “the coral to ed in islands and areas where coral reef conser- tion to understand ocean safety and take encase itself in its own skeleton leading to death.” vation is a critical issue,” said lead author Craig HAWAII: In this Aug 6, 2014 file photo, people lounge on Waikiki’s beaches in Honolulu. An precaution when entering the water,” he Even more worrying, scientists observed the Downs of the Haereticus Environmental harmful effects of the chemical even when it was Laboratory in Virginia. —AFP eel, not a shark, bit a surfer off the shore of Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach over the weekend. —AP said. —AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Harvesting rainwater brings better health in Cameroon DOUALA: When Cameroon’s economic community’s water supply. capital was hit by yet another devastat- “Both the urban poor who cannot ing flood in June, health experts warned afford portable water and the well-to-do that the city would fall into a familiar who suffer from persistent (water supply) pattern. cuts rely on the groundwater supply, The flooding would leave behind con- which is vulnerable to contamination,” taminated groundwater and large areas said Dr Ngide Isaac of Douala Laquintini of standing water that attract breeding Hospital. He said the number of cholera mosquitoes, they said. As a result, the cases in the city jumps from less than 50 number of deaths from cholera and per week to over 400 during rainy sea- malaria would shoot up. sons that involve flooding. But this time, the Cameroon govern- Council officials believe the rainwater ment took action to try to stop such epi- harvesting project can help cut those demics before they start, and make sure numbers in the future. “The project will Douala is prepared for the next time help strengthen the adaptive capacity of heavy rains hit. As part of a new project the beneficiary communities, reduce the aimed at helping communities adapt to risks faced from the effects of climate recurrent flooding, the government is change like floods, and in turn influence installing rainwater harvesting systems in the policy to promote sustainable man- vulnerable Douala neighborhoods. agement of water resources,” said The idea is simple: catch and store Augustine Njamshi, executive director of clean water for people to use whenever the Bio-Resource and Development flooding makes groundwater unsafe. Centre in Cameroon. “Natural disasters have gotten our authorities to think about saving water Requirement for new buildings and saving the health of their citizens,” Council members say that even after said Jackson Abwe, a teacher in Makepe, the project is completed, they intend to one of the neighborhoods involved in propose that the government oblige city the project. planners to include rainwater recycling systems in all new builds. “Ideally, each Water harvesting for poor areas public and private building in Douala city After the floods in June, the govern- should possess its own water harvesting ment put $185 million into Douala’s system,” Gustave Ebanda, second deputy Urban Development Programme for the mayor of the Douala V council, told jour- Emergency Rehabilitation and nalists when the project was announced. MALAYSIA: Malaysia’s iconic Petronas twin towers and Kuala Lumpur’s skyline are shrouded in thick haze. —AFP photos Constriction of Infrastructure fund. Along Environment experts say the project is with improving drainage systems and important and will improve both health rehabilitating road networks, the money and sustainability efforts. “A big city like is going into the first phase of the rain- Douala needs alternative sources of SE Asia fires ‘produce more water harvesting project, which is due to potable water, and rainwater harvesting be completed at the end of October. is one of those cost-effective and envi- According to Benoit Som, one of the ronmentally friendly sources,” said deputy mayors of the Douala V council, Tchepnang Barthelemy, coordinator of greenhouse gas than US’ 15 squatter settlements in Douala will the Centre for Assistance to Justice and get two rain harvesting systems each, at Animation for Development, a non-gov- a cost of 1.3 million fcfa ($2,500) per sys- ermental organization in Limbe. Suffocating vast expanses of region with smog tem. Rainwater harvesting can cut the Each system includes tanks installed need to build other expensive water-sup- JAKARTA: Indonesian forest and agricul- WRI, which used findings from the Global Nino weather phenomenon. The fires on outside houses with corrugated iron ply systems, and create the ability to farm tural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid Fire Emissions Database for the report, said. the huge islands of Sumatra and Borneo roofs. During the rainy season, rainwater or build in areas with no other access to haze are spewing more greenhouse gases “Draining and burning these lands for agri- are typically only brought under control by flows down the roofs and into the tanks. water, he said, as well as making floods into the atmosphere each day than all US cultural expansion, such as conversion to November with the onset of the rainy sea- In some cases, water is also stored in larg- less destructive by capturing more water. er iron and concrete water storage tanks, For the residents of Douala, however, economic activity, according to an environ- oil palm or pulpwood plantations, leads to son. But Herry Purnomo, a scientist at the which have a capacity of around 80,000 what is most important is that they can mental watchdog. The shock assessment huge spikes in greenhouse gas emissions.” Indonesia-based Center for International liters. The collected water is then treated have access to clean water when they came as Jakarta said the number of blazes The smog crisis is escalating as world lead- Forestry Research, told AFP this week that and connected to a plumbing system to need it. was increasing across the archipelago ers gear up for talks beginning next month climatology data indicated the rainy sea- be used by the households near the tank. “Women and children sometimes despite a multinational fire-fighting effort, on a climate rescue pact, which will seek to son may be delayed this year and that the The council is also encouraging individ- spend up to eight hours per day search- and announced plans to deploy more limit global warming to two degrees fires could last until year-end. ual households to set up their own rain- ing for portable water,” said Marie Noel water-bombing aircraft. Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre- Indonesia earlier this month agreed to water harvesting systems. Ebang, a shop attendant in Makepe, For nearly two months, thousands of Industrial Revolution levels. accept international help after failing for According to health experts, 60 per- which recently got two rain harvesting fires caused by slash-and-burn farming weeks to douse the fires and last week cent of Douala’s population of three mil- systems. “This rainwater storage device lion depends on water from wells, many has improved access to safe drinking have suffocated vast expanses of the Fires spreading launched its biggest fire-fighting push yet, built close to pit latrines. When the area water and decreased the time needed for region with smog, causing respiratory ill- The fires and resulting region-wide blan- with dozens of planes backing up thou- floods, sewage can get washed into the water collection.” —Reuters nesses to soar, schools to close, and scores ket of smoke occur to varying degrees each sands of personnel on the ground. But the of flights and some international events to year during the dry season as land is ille- national disaster agency said that the num- be cancelled. gally cleared by burning, regularly anger- ber of “hotspots”-areas detected by satel- Vulture’s genes help it Much of the burning is in tropical peat- ing Indonesia’s smog-hit neighbors lite which are already ablaze, or are lands rich in carbon but which are being Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysia, which in extremely hot and ripe to go up in flames- drained and cleared at a rapid rate to make recent weeks has repeatedly ordered had risen to more than 3,200 across the thrive on rotting flesh way for agriculture, particularly fast- school closures across several states as a archipelago. expanding palm oil plantations. The World health precaution, did so again yesterday As well as on Sumatra and the Indonesian WASHINGTON: A diet of putrid rotting microbial and viral infections from decom- Resources Institute said in a recent report for the third straight day as pollution levels part of Borneo, a substantial number had flesh may not be your cup of tea, but to the posing flesh. that since early September carbon emis- climbed. been detected in the easternmost region of cinereous vulture, found across southern “It is known that they are all but Europe and Asia, it is positively delightful. immune to botulism and that they can sions from the fires had exceeded average Air quality was in the “very unhealthy” Papua, the agency said. Papua is not typi- This tough bird, it turns out, is genetically happily eat the flesh of an animal coated in US daily output on 26 out of 44 days. The range near the capital Kuala Lumpur under cally affected by widespread outbreaks of wired to thrive on the stuff. Bacillus anthracis that causes anthrax,” said United States is the world’s second-largest the government’s rating system, with much agricultural fires. At a cabinet meeting late Researchers on Tuesday said they have geneticist Jong Bhak of South Korea’s Ulsan greenhouse gas source after China. The of the rest of the country experiencing Tuesday, the government decided it needs sequenced the genome of this big scav- National Institute of Science and WRI, a US-based research organization that “unhealthy” air. In Singapore, air quality another 10 to 15 water-bombing planes, enger, also called the Eurasian black vul- Technology. “They also are known to take focuses on environment and development was also in the “unhealthy” range. Popular which it plans to rent from international ture, identifying genetic traits that infected food with rabies, hog cholera and issues, normally classifies Indonesia as the Thai holiday islands have also been affect- allies, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo account for a stalwart stomach and pow- numerous other diseases that would be fifth-biggest emitter. ed with the haze forcing several planes Nugroho said. About 30 planes are current- erful immune system that let it carry on lethal to most other scavengers.” “The burning of tropical peatlands is so packed with beach-bound tourists to turn ly involved in water-bombing and artificially eating carrion. They pinpointed genetic This vulture may have the strongest significant for greenhouse gas emissions back earlier this month. inducing rain, with Singaporean and features related to gastric acid secretion stomach in the world, Bhak said. “They have that help explain this vulture’s ability to an extremely acidic stomach, enough to because these areas store some of the Experts warn the current outbreak is on Malaysian aircraft having taken part. Two digest carcasses and other features linked melt bones and perhaps metals,” Bhak highest quantities of carbon on Earth, track to become the worst ever, exacerbat- Russian planes were due to arrive later yes- to its immune system defense against added. —Reuters accumulated over thousands of years,” the ed by bone-dry conditions caused by the El terday to provide assistance. —AFP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

KUWAIT: The campaign to educate women on breast cancer continued, as part of the campaign launched by ‘Cancer Aware Nation’. Yesterday morning, a lecture was held at Durrah Bint Abi Sufian School in Saad Al-Abdallah area. Sebamed continued its support of the campaign by participating with information on skin care as well as handing out gifts of skin care products.

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appy marriage anniversary to Deveneni Dr Boby Chemmanur honored Lakshminarayana Yadav and Deveneni HRajeswari. Greetings from Nuthayti Sasi Sankar Yadav, Ramakrishna Yadav family, Perugu Prabhakar Yadav, Punagani Prakash by Indo-American Press Club Yadav and Genni Subbaramanam Yadav. he Indo-American Press Club (IAPC) honored Dr Boby Chemmanur with Sathbhavana Award at the TInternational Media Conference held in New York, for his outstanding achievement as an entrepreneur, What’s On - Submission Guidelines tireless pursuit of excellence in life-saving awareness and charitable initiatives as a humanist with a mission. Dr Boby Chemmanur received the award from Barry All photos submitted for What’s On Grodenchick, Vice President of Queens Borough, should be minimum 200dpi. Democratic party leader and former New York State Assemblyman, IAPC Chairman Ginsmon Zacharia, Articles must be in plain text and General Secretary Vineetha Nair and Exec Vice President should include name and phone Fr Johnson Punchakonam. At the high-profile event numbers. Articles and photos that attended by eminent journalists from all over the world, Dr Boby Chemmanur released IAPC Souvenir 2015 fail to meet these requirements will along with renowned social activist Daya Bai. Daya Bai not be published. was also honored with Satkarma Award for her social activities. 812 Km run Unique World Record holder, Dr Please send them to Boby Chemmanur announced that, he is going to spread his business and charity activities in the United [email protected] States too. As the first step, he is opening a new jewelry showroom at Houston by this November. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 X-cite hosts third photo workshop

n October 10, X-cite by Alghanim Electronics strengthened its continuous engagement with the Ophotography community by hosting its third free camera workshop at their store in The Avenues. The work- shop offered customers a rare opportunity to sharpen their skills regarding different styles of portrait photography including the critical differences between fashion and model photography. This “Art of Portrait Photography” workshop, sponsored by Nikon, was led and instructed by New York based pho- tographer, Nizar Al Otaibi. Al Otaibi informed the audience of the different styles of portrait photography while devel- oping their techniques and understanding of different lighting, backgrounds and photography equipment. During the workshop, over 30 attendees were given the opportunity to practice their learning with a hands-on live photography session. This successful event followed X-cite’s last workshop in which renowned Chef and Photographer Faisal Al Nashmi held a two-hour session informing workshop attendees of the different styles of food photography. These workshops are highly appreciated by the photography community in Kuwait, who regularly request X-cite to conduct similar workshops on a regular basis. The pictures of the event are available on the Facebook page Xcite by Alghanim and you can watch the full workshop video on the XciteAlghanim YouTube channel. Relax and enjoy authentic BBQ nights at Marina Hotel Kuwait

he new barbeque season is back at the with live oriental music, shisha and breathtak- night and Marina Hotel ensured that each and the dinner buffet. To end your perfectly Marina Hotel Kuwait, as we welcome the ing views of the Arabian Gulf. every guest had a truly memorable evening delightful evening, scrumptious assortments Teagerly awaited cooler months. Enjoy On this occasion, Hammoud said: “We filled with fun and exceptional delight. of desserts are served. quality time with friends and family this sea- launch the BBQ nights at a time when people We invite our guests to experience a feast Guests can enjoy a delightful and very son and savor freshly grilled dishes every crave for a soothing and uniquely elevating for the senses with the selection of dishes hot pleasant dining experience with their family Wednesday. The hotel launched its poolside experience. There is no better way to celebrate off the grill from chicken, seafood to lamb and and friends, surrounded by a warm and wel- BBQ Nights in the presence of media and sen- the last season of the year than to dine under the wide range of salads followed by tasty coming ambience. With live popular entertain- ior management, promising them a personal- the stars and the moonlight, while enjoying deserts. The BBQ station offers a range of ment, tantalizing shisha and attentive associ- ized and entertaining experience. General the luxurious hospitality that Marina Hotel is mouthwatering dishes that had been specially ates, the unique poolside location has a capac- Manager, Nabil Hammoud, along with the famous for. The BBQ nights will offer barbe- prepared to cater to the guest’s tastes. Mingle ity to accommodate up to 150 guests at a time hotel’s management team welcomed media qued fresh meats, seafood and a variety of and enjoy the expertise by the hotel’s chefs at and has a special area for groups and gather- representatives upon their arrival. They were delightful salads every Wednesday from the live cooking station whilst savoring the ings. treated to a warm and relaxing evening filled 7:30pm onwards.” The BBQ lasted till after mid- luxurious hospitality and stylish ambience of

GUST’s PR Club awarded Club of the Year

ulf University for Science and Technology’s (GUST) Office of Student Life (OSL) awarded the student-run PR Club the Club of Gthe Year award in a ceremony in the campus’s Central Area. The award is presented annually to the club that demonstrates the most ini- tiative, creativity, and actively inspires students by offering educational and engaging activities throughout the year. Dr Sabah Quaddoumi, VP of Academic Services and Dr Raghad Al Kazemi, Dean of Student Affairs at GUST were both present at the event to honor the winning club. The PR Club was the clear winner of this year’s award due to their exceptional presence on campus all year round and their diligent organi- zation of 24 relevant and practical events including organizing the world’s largest charity drive, earning them a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, organizing a university-wide soccer tournament, and a trip to London whereby the travelers toured the Aston Martin Factory and attended a workshop at the London College of Communication. Professor Donald Bates, GUST President, said, “Life at GUST is competi- tive, and it is this atmosphere of healthy competition that brings out the best in people. I am sure it wasn’t easy to choose this year’s winner, as there are so many clubs who made tremendous endeavors throughout the year.” Dr Quaddoumi then added, “Our clubs play a vital role in our commu- nity. Without them, campus life would be bland, and it is their presence, efforts, and activities that make GUST special.” The ceremony also gave out an additional award to show the clubs that their efforts do not go unnoticed by the university community. The Social Club Award, was pre- sented to the Accounting Club, because of their professionalism and how well they interacted with other clubs, the student body, and the GUST community as a whole. The club even managed to set up 20 events throughout the academic year which included setting up study sessions for Accounting students in collaboration with the teaching assistants, promoting prostate cancer awareness in cooperation with Al Salam Hospital, and hosting former POW ThamerAl Ayoub to talk about his experiences during the Iraqi invasion and Gulf War. Anwar Al Sabah, Head of OSL, said, “It is my hon- est belief that to get an extra dose of knowledge, you need to leave the classroom. Our clubs demonstrate that our students have a real hunger to apply what they learn in their lectures to real life situations, and create an atmosphere that is fun, educational, social, and applicable to the real world.” The purpose of the event is not only to recognize the efforts of a few clubs, but also motivate the other15 student run clubs and acknowledge their hard work throughout the year academic year. This year, the num- ber of clubs atGUST grew to 17, and now include: The Entrepreneurs Club, the Interns Club, the Volunteer Club, the Media Club,the Photography Club, the Anime Club, the Sports Club, the Talent Club, the Debate Club, the Islamic Finance Club, the Management Club, the Marketing Club, the Computer Science Club, the English Club, andthe Public Relations Club. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

01:00 Tom And Jerry: The Lost Dragon 00:15 Vacation Vacation Vacation 00:10 The Chase 00:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 02:30 Pim And Pom: The Big 00:35 Vacation Vacation Vacation 01:05 May The Best House Win 01:00 Good Morning America Adventure 01:00 Masterchef: The 02:00 Emmerdale 03:00 The Killing 04:15 Saving Santa Professionals 02:25 Eggheads 04:00 Grimm 06:00 The Adventures Of Don 01:50 The Roux Legacy 02:55 Coronation Street 05:00 Good Morning America Quixote 02:25 Come Dine With Me 03:25 Lewis 07:00 Emmerdale 08:00 Unstable Fables: Goldilocks 02:50 Homes Under The Hammer 04:20 Agatha Christie’s Partners In 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show & The Three Bears 03:40 Beat My Build Crime 09:00 Suits 10:00 Mamma Moo And Crow 04:25 The Roux Legacy 05:15 Take On The Twisters 10:00 Emmerdale 11:30 Hatching 05:00 Come Dine With Me 06:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 13:00 Pim And Pom: The Big 05:25 Vacation Vacation Vacation 07:05 Coronation Street 12:00 Switched At Birth Adventure 05:45 Vacation Vacation Vacation 07:30 Lewis 13:00 Supernatural 14:30 JLA Adventures: Trapped In 06:05 A Taste Of Greenland 08:25 Agatha Christie’s Partners In 14:00 Live Good Morning America Time 07:00 Masterchef: The Crime 16:00 Suits 16:00 Vampire Dog Professionals 09:20 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 17:00 Switched At Birth 18:00 Mamma Moo And Crow 07:50 Come Dine With Me 10:15 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out 18:00 Supernatural 20:00 The Adventurer: The Curse 08:15 Building Dream Homes Of Here 19:00 C.S.I. Of The Midas Box 08:45 Building Dream Homes 11:35 May The Best House Win 20:00 Switched At Birth 22:00 JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time 09:15 Michela’s Classic Italian 12:30 Take On The Twisters 21:00 Supernatural 09:40 Vacation Vacation Vacation 22:00 The Killing 23:30 Vampire Dog 13:25 Emmerdale 10:05 Vacation Vacation Vacation 23:00 Grimm 13:50 Emmerdale 10:25 The Roux Legacy 14:20 Coronation Street 11:00 Homes Under The Hammer 11:50 Beat My Build 14:45 The Chase: Celebrity 12:40 Masterchef: The Specials 15:35 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 00:00 Kiss The Girls Professionals 02:00 Bro’ 00:00 The Skeleton Twins-18 13:30 Come Dine With Me 16:30 Doc Martin 17:25 Keep It In The Family 04:00 Desperate Measures 02:00 When The Game Stands 13:55 Building Dream Homes 06:00 A Stranger In Paradise Tall-PG15 14:25 Building Dream Homes 18:20 Take On The Twisters 19:10 Coronation Street 08:00 Left Behind 04:00 Bears-PG 14:55 Michela’s Classic Italian 10:00 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 06:00 The Good Witch’s Wedding- 15:20 Vacation Vacation Vacation 19:35 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 20:30 Doc Martin 12:30 A Stranger In Paradise PG15 15:45 Vacation Vacation Vacation 14:00 Born To Race: Fast Track 08:00 Good Deeds-PG15 16:05 The Roux Legacy 21:25 Keep It In The Family 22:20 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out 15:45 Left Behind 10:00 Horizon-PG15 16:40 Homes Under The Hammer 17:45 Android Cop 12:00 Playing For Keeps-PG15 17:30 Come Dine With Me Of Here 23:40 Eggheads 19:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 14:00 Planet 51-PG 17:55 Building Dream Homes 22:00 Percy Jackson And The 15:45 Godzilla-PG15 18:25 Building Dream Homes Lightning Thief 18:00 Edge Of Tomorrow-PG15 18:55 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 20:00 St. Vincent-PG15 Notebook: Cosmo Cook 22:00 The Prince-PG15 19:20 Vacation Vacation Vacation 23:45 Good Deeds-PG15 19:45 Vacation Vacation Vacation 20:05 Masterchef: The 01:00 China From Above Professionals 02:00 China’s Ghost Army 00:00 Bro’-18 20:55 The Roux Legacy 02:55 The 2000s: The Decade We 02:00 Desperate Measures-PG15 21:30 Come Dine With Me Saw It All 04:00 A Stranger In Paradise-PG15 21:55 Homes Under The Hammer 04:45 Science Of Stupid 06:00 Left Behind-PG15 01:30 Long Weekend 22:45 Building Dream Homes 05:10 Science Of Stupid 08:00 The Amazing Spider-Man 2- 03:00 The Hurricane 05:40 Hard Time PG15 05:30 Thorne: Scaredycat 06:35 Locked Up Abroad 10:30 A Stranger In Paradise-PG15 07:45 The Rock 07:30 World’s Most Extreme 12:00 Born To Race: Fast Track- 10:00 Wild Hogs 08:25 The Miracle Of The 9/11 PG15 11:45 Deep Rising Surfer 13:45 Left Behind-PG15 13:30 Derailed 09:20 Science Of Stupid 15:45 Android Cop-PG15 00:20 Fast N’ Loud 15:30 Seabiscuit 09:45 Science Of Stupid 17:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2- 01:10 Treasure Quest: Snake 18:00 Jack 10:15 The Happenings PG15 Island 20:00 I Am Number Four 11:10 Paranatural 20:00 Percy Jackson And The 02:00 Fast N’ Loud: Demolition 22:00 Transporter 3 12:05 Hard Time Lightning Thief-PG15 Theater 23:45 The Proposal 02:50 Saint Hoods 13:00 Dead Or Alive 22:15 Guns, Girls And Gambling-18 03:40 Container Wars 14:00 World’s Most Extreme 04:05 Highway To Sell 15:00 Locked Up Abroad 05:00 How It’s Made: Dream Cars 16:00 The Happenings 05:30 How Do They Do It? 17:00 Paranatural 06:00 Mythbusters 18:00 Taboo USA 06:50 Dynamo: Magician 19:00 Locked Up Abroad 00:00 The Hot Chick Impossible 20:00 The Happenings 02:00 Zoolander 00:00 Desperate Housewives 07:40 What Happened Next? 20:50 Paranatural 04:00 The Pretty One 01:00 MasterChef Australia 08:05 What Happened Next? 21:40 Taboo USA 06:00 The Love Guide 02:00 The Listener 08:30 The Pop Illusionist 22:30 Locked Up Abroad 08:00 The Comebacks 03:00 The Listener 09:20 Marooned With Ed Stafford 23:20 Hard Time 10:00 The Pretty One 04:00 Castle 10:10 Kings Of The Wild 12:00 Zoolander 05:00 Happy Endings 11:00 Treasure Quest: Snake 14:00 You Again 05:30 Happy Endings Island 16:00 The Comebacks 06:00 The Simpsons 11:50 Dual Survival 18:00 HairBrained 06:30 The Simpsons 12:40 Car Chasers 20:00 That Awkward Moment 07:00 Lost 13:30 Fast N’ Loud 22:00 Multiplicity 08:00 Desperate Housewives 14:20 Wheeler Dealers 00:30 Last Man Standing 09:00 MasterChef Australia 15:10 Street Outlaws 01:00 The Nightly Show With Larry 10:00 The Listener 16:00 Street Outlaws Wilmore 11:00 The Listener 16:50 Street Outlaws 03:30 Cristela 12:00 Castle 17:40 Street Outlaws 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 13:00 Happy Endings MULTIPLICITY ON OSN MOVIES HD COMEDY 18:30 Street Outlaws Jimmy Fallon 01:00 Kon-Tiki-PG15 13:30 Happy Endings 19:00 Storage Wars 07:00 Call Of The Wildman 07:35 Clarence 19:20 Street Outlaws 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 03:00 Paranoia-PG15 14:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Storage Wars 07:25 Dogs 101 07:46 Clarence 20:10 Idris Elba: No Limits 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 05:00 Ashes-PG15 14:30 The Simpsons 20:00 Search For The Lost Giants 08:15 Snake Sheila 08:00 Teen Titans Go! 21:00 Fast N’ Loud Jimmy Fallon 07:00 Little Red-PG15 15:00 Lost 21:00 Pawn Stars 08:40 Snake Sheila 08:20 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu 21:50 Wheeler Dealers 14:00 Cristela 09:00 Belle-PG15 16:00 MasterChef Australia 21:30 Pawn Stars 09:10 Treehouse Masters 08:45 New Ben 10 Omniverse 22:40 Cuban Chrome 15:30 Last Man Standing 11:00 Ashes-PG15 17:00 Cougar Town 22:00 Duck Dynasty 10:05 Tanked 09:10 Ben 10: Omniverse 03:00 How It’s Made 23:30 Chris Ryan’s Elite Police 16:00 The Nightly Show With Larry 13:00 Yellow Rock-PG15 17:30 Scrubs 22:30 Duck Dynasty 11:00 Dogs 101 09:30 Regular Show 03:23 How It’s Made Wilmore 15:00 The Giver-PG15 18:00 Low Winter Sun 23:00 Storage Wars Texas 11:55 Bondi Vet 09:41 Regular Show 03:48 Moon Machines 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 17:00 Belle-PG15 19:00 The Bridge 23:30 Pawn Stars 12:50 Megalodon: The New Evidence 09:55 Dreamworks Dragons: 04:36 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 18:30 Cristela 19:00 Hours-PG15 20:00 72 Hours 13:45 Snake Sheila Defenders Of Berk 05:24 Through The Wormhole With 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 21:00 Draft Day-PG15 21:00 Cougar Town 21:30 Scrubs 14:10 Snake Sheila 10:20 Total Drama World Tour Morgan Freeman Jimmy Fallon 23:00 The Mule-18 06:12 How Do They Do It? 21:00 Last Man Standing 22:00 MasterChef Australia 14:40 Treehouse Masters 10:40 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island 00:00 WAGs 23:00 MasterChef Australia 15:35 Tanked 11:05 Johnny Test 06:35 How Do They Do It? 00:55 The Grace Helbig Show 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry 07:00 Mythbusters Wilmore 16:30 Echo And The Elephants Of 11:50 Steven Universe 01:25 Keeping Up With The 03:00 Hart’s War 07:50 Bang Goes The Theory 22:00 Big Time In Hollywood Fl Amboseli 12:02 Steven Universe Kardashians 01:00 August: Osage County 05:05 Thunderbirds Are Go 08:15 Bang Goes The Theory 22:30 Big Time In Hollywood Fl 16:55 Echo And The Elephants Of 12:15 Uncle Grandpa 02:20 E! News 03:00 Frank 06:40 Alexander The Great 08:40 X-Machines 23:00 Curb Your Enthusiasm Amboseli 12:40 Regular Show 03:15 Giuliana & Bill 05:00 Five Thirteen 08:55 Hoosiers 09:30 Food Factory 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 17:25 Hunt For The Tasmanian Tiger 12:51 Regular Show 04:10 Beyond Candid With 07:00 1911 10:50 Saved! 09:55 Food Factory 09:00 Temptation: Confessions Of 18:20 Snake Sheila 13:02 Regular Show Giuliana 00:00 Alaska Off-Road Warriors 12:25 The Great Scout And Cathouse 18:45 Snake Sheila 13:13 Regular Show 10:20 The Big Brain Theory 05:05 E!ES A Marriage Counselor 01:00 Ice Road Truckers Thursday 11:10 Through The Wormhole With 11:00 Se Puder... Dirija! 19:15 Treehouse Masters 13:25 Adventure Time 06:00 Keeping Up With The 02:00 Counting Cars 14:15 Death Rides A Horse 20:10 Tanked 13:35 Adventure Time Morgan Freeman Kardashians 12:45 Australia 02:30 Counting Cars 16:10 Agent Cody Banks 12:00 Moon Machines 15:30 The Secret Life Of Bees 21:05 Lion Battlefield 13:50 Adventure Time 06:55 Keeping Up With The 00:00 The Americans 03:00 Alaska Off-Road Warriors 17:50 Agent Cody Banks 2: 12:50 Bang Goes The Theory 17:30 Temptation: Confessions Of 22:00 Man-Eating Super Wolves 14:10 The Amazing World Of Gumball Kardashians 01:00 Blindspot 04:00 Ultimate Wheels Destination London 13:15 Bang Goes The Theory A Marriage Counselor 22:55 Gator Boys 15:00 New Ben 10 Omniverse 07:50 Style Star 02:00 Empire 05:00 American Pickers 19:30 Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini 13:40 X-Machines 19:30 How I Live Now 23:50 Snake Sheila 15:20 Ben 10: Omniverse 08:20 E! News 03:00 Mistresses 06:00 Ax Men Machine 14:30 How It’s Made 21:30 We Gotta Get Out Of This 00:15 Snake Sheila 15:45 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 04:00 Covert Affairs 07:00 Swamp People 21:00 The Divide 14:54 How It’s Made Place 00:45 Call Of The Wildman 16:10 Matt Hatter Chronicles 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 05:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:00 Mountain Men 22:00 The Believer 15:20 The Big Brain Theory 23:30 Her 01:10 Call Of The Wildman 16:30 Teen Titans Go! 11:10 The Grace Helbig Show 06:00 The Astronaut Wives Club 09:00 Storage Wars: New York 23:40 Pork Chop Hill 01:40 Man-Eating Super Wolves 17:20 Clarence 16:10 Through The Wormhole With 11:35 The Grace Helbig Show 08:00 Sleepy Hollow 09:30 Storage Wars: New York 01:15 Hamburger Hill 02:35 Tanked 17:31 Clarence Morgan Freeman 12:05 E! News 09:00 Covert Affairs 10:00 American Restoration 17:40 The Amazing World Of Gumball 17:00 Bang Goes The Theory 13:05 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 10:00 The Astronaut Wives Club 10:30 American Restoration 18:30 Adventure Time 17:25 Bang Goes The Theory 14:05 Keeping Up With The 11:00 Counting Cars 17:50 Mythbusters 12:00 Emmerdale 01:45 Penthouse North-PG15 18:40 Adventure Time Kardashians 12:30 Coronation Street 11:30 Counting Cars 18:50 Over The Garden Wall - New 18:40 Race To Escape 15:00 Keeping Up With The 03:30 Safe Haven-PG15 12:00 American Pickers 19:30 Food Factory 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 05:30 Still Mine-PG15 19:15 New Uncle Grandpa Kardashians 14:00 Sleepy Hollow 13:00 Storage Wars 03:20 New Tricks 19:27 Uncle Grandpa 19:55 Food Factory 16:00 Stewarts And Hamiltons 07:15 Upside Down-PG15 13:30 Storage Wars 03:25 Gator Boys 20:20 How It’s Made 15:00 The Astronaut Wives Club 09:00 The Lego Movie-PG 04:15 The Weakest Link 19:40 Steven Universe 17:00 Stewarts And Hamiltons 16:00 Emmerdale 14:00 Pawn Stars 04:15 Snake Sheila 05:00 The Green Balloon Club 20:00 Regular Show 20:45 How It’s Made 18:00 E! News 10:45 Drumline: A New Beat-PG15 14:30 Pawn Stars 04:38 Snake Sheila 21:10 How Do They Do It? 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:45 Won’t Back Down-PG15 05:25 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 20:50 New Ben 10 Omniverse 19:00 Hollywood Cycle 18:00 Sleepy Hollow 15:00 Shipping Wars 05:02 Treehouse Masters 05:45 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 21:15 Ben 10: Omniverse 21:35 How Do They Do It? 20:00 WAGs 15:00 Tarzan (2013)-PG 15:30 Shipping Wars 05:49 Echo And The Elephants Of 22:00 Race To Escape 19:00 C.S.I. Cyber 17:00 The Lego Movie-PG 06:05 Jollywobbles 21:40 Adventure Time 21:00 Fashion Bloggers 20:00 Blindspot 16:00 Ice Road Truckers Amboseli 06:10 The Green Balloon Club 22:25 Johnny Test 22:50 Through The Wormhole With 21:30 Fashion Bloggers 19:00 The Grand Budapest Hotel- 17:00 Counting Cars 06:12 Echo And The Elephants Of Morgan Freeman 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy PG15 06:35 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 23:10 Regular Show 22:00 E! News 22:00 Survivor: Second Chance 17:30 Counting Cars Amboseli 06:55 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 23:55 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island 23:40 Moon Machines 23:00 House Of DVF 21:00 Jersey Boys-PG15 18:00 American Pickers 06:36 Call Of The Wildman 00:30 Mythbusters 23:00 Devious Maids 23:15 Escape Plan-PG15 07:15 The Weakest Link 00:20 Total Drama: Pahkitew Island 08:00 Rev. 00:40 Grojband 01:20 Race To Escape 08:30 Doctors 01:05 Grojband 02:10 Food Factory 09:00 Eastenders 01:25 Transformers: Robots In 02:35 Food Factory 09:30 Call The Midwife Disguise 10:25 Pride And Prejudice 01:50 Regular Show 11:20 The Weakest Link 02:35 Johnny Test 12:05 The Office 12:35 Rev. 13:05 Call The Midwife 03:10 Henry Hugglemonster 13:55 Pride And Prejudice 03:20 Calimero 14:50 The Office 03:35 Zou 15:20 Rev. 03:45 Loopdidoo 15:50 Doctors 03:00 Blood Relatives 04:00 Art Attack 16:20 Eastenders 03:45 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 04:25 Henry Hugglemonster 16:50 The Weakest Link 04:10 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 04:35 Calimero 17:35 Rev. 04:30 The Haunted 04:50 Zou 18:05 Call The Midwife 05:20 Forensic Detectives 05:00 Loopdidoo 19:00 Doctors 06:10 True Crime With Aphrodite 05:15 Art Attack 19:30 Eastenders Jones 05:35 Henry Hugglemonster 20:00 Last Tango In Halifax 07:00 Dr G: Medical Examiner 05:50 Calimero 20:50 Last Tango In Halifax 07:50 On The Case With Paula Zahn 06:00 Zou 21:45 Watson & Oliver 08:40 Fatal Encounters 06:20 Loopdidoo 22:15 Silent Witness 09:30 Murder Shift 06:35 Art Attack 23:55 Ideal 10:20 Forensic Detectives 07:00 Calimero 00:25 Eastenders 11:10 True Crime With Aphrodite 07:10 Zou 00:55 Watson & Oliver Jones 07:25 Limon And Oli 01:25 Call The Midwife 12:00 The Will 07:35 Jake And The Never Land 02:15 Last Tango In Halifax 12:50 I Almost Got Away With It Pirates 13:40 California Investigator 07:50 Sofia The First 14:05 Dr G: Medical Examiner 08:20 Doc McStuffins 14:55 Fatal Encounters 08:45 Loopdidoo 15:45 On The Case With Paula Zahn 09:00 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 16:35 Murder Shift 09:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 03:20 Grojband 17:25 I Almost Got Away With It 10:00 Sofia The First 03:42 Grojband 18:15 Forensic Detectives 10:30 Doc McStuffins 04:05 Total Drama: Revenge Of The 19:05 True Crime With Aphrodite 10:55 Miles From Tomorrow Island Jones 11:25 Jake And The Never Land 04:27 Total Drama: Revenge Of The 19:55 California Investigator Pirates Island 20:20 The Will 11:55 Loopdidoo 04:50 Teen Titans Go! 21:10 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 12:10 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 05:00 Teen Titans Go! 21:35 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 12:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 05:10 Grojband 22:00 Deadly Sins 13:00 Sofia The First 05:35 Grojband 22:50 The Injustice Files: Sundown 13:30 Henry Hugglemonster 06:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball Towns 14:00 Doc McStuffins 06:25 New Uncle Grandpa 23:40 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 14:30 Zou 06:37 Uncle Grandpa 00:05 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 14:45 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 06:50 Adventure Time 00:30 The Haunted 15:15 Sofia The First 07:10 Adventure Time 01:20 Ghost Lab 15:45 Doc McStuffins ANDROID COP ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 07:20 Adventure Time 02:10 Deadly Sins 16:10 Aladdin stars34 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

CROSSWORD 1056 STAR TRACK

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

Nothing is to be gained by letting your anger distract you from what you need Although you may be feeling on edge today because everyone is busy pursuing their to say today. Even if your discomfort seems to be approaching a flash point, you own interests, you have a natural ability to cope gracefully as the airy Aquarius Moon don’t have to automatically throw a burning match into the emotional tinder. harmonizes with the Sun in peace-seeking Libra. Nevertheless, people might act irre- The current situation is crazy enough without you adding to the volatility. Bite sponsibly when it comes to meeting their obligations; thankfully, you’re repeatedly your tongue, take a few deep breaths and put on a happy face. Then, state your able to reestablish your balance with ease. Don’t be afraid to make an important deci- case as gently as possible. Remaining calm, cool and collected enables you to sion now, even if you wish you could keep your options open longer. Whether or not deliver your message with the greatest impact. you can rely on anyone else, your instincts will lead you in the right direction.

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

You’re tempted to take risks today that you might normally never consider. It’s You wish you could fast-forward reality to get through this rocky part of your nearly impossible to contain your energy while steady Saturn is at odds with journey. However, your life is in better shape now than you realize, even if you’re unstable Uranus. You’re uncharacteristically restless and may even be on the having trouble shaking off free-floating anxiety. It’s just that you crave more prowl for mischief. Acknowledging the intensity of your desires now empowers emotional stability and the current uncertainty may trigger unusual feelings of you to handle them with grace and maturity; denying your feelings only causes helplessness or fear today. It’s understandable to feel uneasy when your relation- them to grow stronger. Strive to be unconventional without turning your life ships or finances are in transition. Thankfully, focusing on the myriad of possibili- upside down in the process. ties ahead enables you to be more positive in the present moment.

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

You could be in for quite a wonderful surprise today as something Your social life is in the midst of turmoil today, yet your inner voice totally unexpected grabs your attention. However, don’t move too fast if you feel continues to quietly sing, “Everything’s going to be alright.” Unfortunately, you ACROSS DOWN a knot in the bottom of your stomach. What you see is not the whole story and may be strangely reluctant to listen to your optimistic instincts when it comes to 1. Collect or gather. trusting your intuition can save you from yourself. Ultimately, it’s not a good idea your relationships. However, circumstances could spiral out of control if you 1. American prizefighter who won the world allow yourself to lose hope. Maintain your spiritual equilibrium now; the 2. Italian film actress (born in 1934). to take the bait unless you are ready to go on a ride to points unknown. Stop heavyweight championship three times moving for a minute, block out the noise and re-establish your center. The strength of your convictions will gently lead you through the maze of confusion. (born in 1942). 3. Chief god of the Rig-Veda. answer will be crystal clear once you listen to your heart. Success is yours as long as you keep the faith. 4. A contagious viral disease that is a milder 4. A mountain in the Black Hills of South form of measles lasting three or four days. Dakota. 5. An organization of independent states to 12. The quantity that can be held in a mug. promote international peace and security. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. The second day of the week. 6. Large scissors with strong blades. 16. Not healed. 7. Made warm or hot. You’re obsessed with your ambitions today and already have a serious plan in 17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike 8. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots It’s a good idea to slow down now to avoid a snag in your plans if you’re working mind to reach your goals. However, expressing your needs up front may be out and soft brittle stems. on a creative project. Luckily, you can see the potential trouble before it rears its part of an organism. of character for you. Even if you tend to be shy, you currently have the potential 9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm ugly head and adopting a more deliberate approach gives you additional time to 18. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt. to rattle everyone’s cage by acting impulsively. Don’t spend too much energy solve the problem in advance. But don’t give up on your vision when your clarity used in India for writing paper. resisting if your emotions are carrying you into new territory. A wonderful expe- 20. An inactive volcano in Sicily. is so sharp; just regroup and acclimate to the new dynamics before pushing for- 10. 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A “Back to the Future’ style DeLorean, powered by methanol bio-fuel made from recycled clothing produced by a Japanese venture, is This photo provided by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment shows Christopher Lloyd, left, as Dr displayed before hundreds of movie fans on the rooftop of a shopping mall in Tokyo yesterday for the 30th anniversary of the Emmett Brown, and Michael J Fox as Marty McFly in the 1985 film, ‘Back to the Future.’ — AP photos Hollywood movie ‘Back to the Future’. Hold on to your hoverboard: ‘Back to the Future’ is now

elcome to the future. Yesterday was the date “Back to rewarding.” Russell is organizing a marathon projection of the film’s stars talk about its impact on popular culture. Auto manu- now to the surprise of many the team is in this year’s playoffs, the Future” professor Doc Brown and Marty McFly three films, which came out in 1985, 1989 and 1990. Many oth- facturer Toyota, a favorite of the hero of the film, has jumped one step away from the championship series-which they last Wjourney to in their time-traveling DeLorean in the er movie theaters are doing likewise. He even managed to get into the fray, too. The website www.toyota.com/outatime fea- won way back in 1908. much-loved movie trilogy. The world as imagined by director the town of Reston, Virginia outside Washington to change its tures a discussion between Lloyd and Fox on the inventions Several companies are cashing in on the “Back to the Future” Robert Zemeckis-with hoverboards, self-lacing sneakers and fly- name for the duration of the festival. A billboard that reads imagined in the film and which became reality-from faxes to anniversary. Nike is releasing a version of the self-lacing Nike ing vehicles-seemed a long shot when “Back to the Future II” “Welcome to Hill Valley”-the fictitious town where the film takes videoconferences. Even the White House is jumping into the Mag shoes that Marty wore in the movie and Pepsi will sell lim- came out in December 1989. Fans of the series are marking place-is to greet hundreds of collectors of DeLorean cars anniversary, organizing online debates with specialists on the ited-edition “Pepsi Perfect”-Marty’s soda of choice in the block- Wednesday’s landmark date by celebrating some of the predic- expected for a parade on Sunday. A red carpet will be unfurled question “What does 2045 look like?” buster series. “We are excited to be part of this moment and to tions that came true in the futuristic saga-and some that didn’t. for Christopher Lloyd, who plays Doc Brown, and Bob Gale, who bring fans something only Pepsi could deliver-and there’s no The films follow the time-travelling adventures of young wrote the script for the trilogy. Victory of ‘baseball losers’ need to wait-the future is now,” said Lou Arbetter, Pepsico sen- Marty, a teenager living in small-town America in 1985 played In California, where the movies were filmed, fans dressed up “Predictions is a fun conversation we are having,” Russell ior director of marketing. The bottled drink, complete with col- by Michael J. Fox. He sets out in a DeLorean car converted to as Marty will gather outside a fast food restaurant where the said. Some are still being worked on, such as increasingly lectible case, will sell at $20.15. Just 6,500 Pepsi Perfect bottles voyage the space-time continuum by his eccentric inventor young hero grabs onto a pickup to speed his skateboard ride to sophisticated prototypes of the famed hoverboard and dog- were available, and only online. — AP friend Doc Brown. “I was a teenager when the film was released. school. And on Saturday, “Back to the Future” buffs will be able walking drones, which also feature in the film. One joke that has I remember thinking it will be fun to watch it later when I have a to party at the “Enchantment Under the Sea”, the high school long gone unnoticed outside the US resonates big-time for family,” said Brad Russell, founder and president of the dance where Marty’s parents fall in love in 1955 in the first film Americans: the success of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. In Washington West Film Festival, which is organizing a retrospec- of the series. A documentary by Jason Aron entitled “Back in the second installment of the series, the team known affection- tive on the series. “We watched it this year with my family. It was Time” also debuts yesterday in the United States, in which the ately as the “lovable losers” wins the 2015 World Series. And

Jay-Z, Beyonce, others perform at Tidal concert in NYC ay-Z and Beyonce were joined by a ing about making the world a better slew of artists including Nicki Minaj place, but nothing about the organiza- Jand Usher at Barclays Center in tion that is getting the money from the Brooklyn Tuesday night for a charity con- show. Jay-Z told the crowd the event cert put on by the streaming service wasn’t a one-off. “This is our first annual Tidal that covered rap, R&B, reggae and event,” he told the cheering crowd. Most even a little country. The concert, “TIDAL of the artists performed well-known hits X: 1020 Amplified by HTC,” was a little like that received rousing responses from the streaming a musical hit parade, as most packed arena. Usher was an exception to of the artists only sang one song, and the slew of old favorites, performing his even major stars like Jay-Z and Beyonce new single, “Chains,” which focuses on kept to short sets. The goal of the event racial injustice. He put the song out last was to raise funds that would be given to week through Tidal. the New World Foundation, an organiza- Other artists who performed at the tion that funds social movements. concert included rappers TI, Rick Ross, Lil Concert organizers said all money Wayne and Meek Mill, reggae performer Tunisian rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed, aka Klay BBJ, reacts following his released from custody yesterday from ticket prices was going to the chari- Damian Marley, country singer Thomas in Tunis. — AFP ty, estimated to be about $1 million. Jay- Rhett, French band Indochine, and Z and other artists announced in March singers Nick Jonas, Alessia Cara and that they were the co-owners of Tidal, Justine Skye. At the concert, it was which was presented as the first artist- announced that Marley had become one Tunisia frees rapper Klay BBJ owned music and video platform. It’s a of Tidal’s artist-owners. Tidal’s list of co- membership-based service that offers owners also includes Madonna, Rihanna, unisian rapper Klay BBJ was released from cus- Although he denies drug use, Klay BBJ-whose real subscribers two levels - $10 for standard Kanye West and Alicia Keys. — AP tody yesterday after being detained over the name is Ahmed Ben Ahmed is no stranger to contro- Tweekend on suspicion of the “possession and versy. In 2013, he was sentenced to 21 months in sound quality and $20 for high fidelity use” of cannabis, his lawyer said. “He has just been prison along with fellow rapper Weld El 15 for insulting sound quality. Jay-Z said last month that released, along with two others arrested with him, and a public servant, in a case that sparked controversy in the service had gotten to one million the case is closed. He’s very happy,” Ghazi Mrabet told Tunisia and calls by human rights groups for their subscribers. But the service has struggled AFP. Mrabet said his client had left Bouchoucha prison release. Their sentence was later reduced to six months against competitors like Spotify and on the outskirts of Tunis, according to relatives. He said but the pair appealed the ruling and were eventually Pandora, which offer free subscriptions. Singer Beyonce arrives at the rapper had refused to take a drug test while in acquitted. Klay BBJ is known for writing lyrics that criti- At Tuesday’s concert, there were just a TIDAL X: 1020 Amplified detention. “The prosecutor finally consulted the file cize authorities, particularly the security forces. — AFP few passing references to Tidal. There by HTC at the Barclays and ordered his release,” Mrabet said. also were some videos with people talk- Center in New York. — AP

S Korean pianist wins Poland’s Chopin competition outh Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho venues in the world and has helped to won Poland’s prestigious Chopin launch the careers of pianists such as Scompetition on Tuesday, a prize Maurizio Pollini (1960) and Martha that opens the doors to some of the Argerich (1965). The juried performanc- world’s top concert halls. Cho, 21, beat es are open to the public and always sell 77 other young pianists from 20 coun- out. Born in 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, tries to take home the gold medal and near the Polish capital, Frederic Chopin 30,000-euro ($33,500) prize at the fled his homeland just before the 1830 event, held every five years in the Polish uprising against the occupying forces of capital Warsaw and named after the Tsarist Russia. File photo shows Selena Gomez performs on NBC’s ‘Today’ 19th century pianist and composer. The composer later lived in the show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. — AP “First of all I couldn’t believe it,” said Austrian capital Vienna before moving File photo shows Luke Hemmings, from left, Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford and Calum Seoul-born Cho, who studies at the to Paris, where he died aged 39 after Hood, of 5 Seconds of Summer, arrive at the Teen Choice Awards at the Galen Center, in Paris Conservatoire, after winning. “Of years of poor health. Described by Los Angeles. course being famous is good but I just 19th century German composer Robert want to make good music,” he added. Schumann as “cannons hidden among Second prize went to 26-year-old blossoms”, Chopin’s music remains a Gomez, Underwood to perform Canadian Charles Richard-Hamelin, and symbol of Poland’s long struggle for third place was awarded to Chinese- freedom. — AFP at American Music Awards American Kate Liu, from a group of 10 finalists. This year’s Chopin competition elena Gomez, Carrie Underwood and 5 month. Show host Jennifer Lopez is also set notably featured 14 contestants from Seconds of Summer will be performing to perform at the ceremony, which will be Poland, 13 from China, 12 from Japan Sat the American Music Awards. Dick broadcast live on ABC. Taylor Swift leads and eight from South Korea. clark productions announced yesterday that nominees with six bids, followed by Ed The contest began in 1927. Winning the pop acts will each take the stage at the Sheeran and The Weeknd with five each. is seen as a ticket to playing the greatest Nov 22 show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Nominations are based on sales, airplay and Angeles. social media activity. Fans select the winners File photo shows Carrie Underwood performs at the CMT All three have new albums out this by voting online. — AP Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

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By Aakash Bakaya Yakumo, ‘Be Sure To Share’ by Sion Sono, ‘The Place children and their loved ones and how memories Promised In Our Early Days’ by Shinkai Makoto and have a unique effect on our actions. aila Tower on Salmiya’s Sheikh Mubarak Street ‘Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog’ by After the screenings, a short questionnaire was giv- was host to a special event with a distinct Isamu Nakae. The films were from a variety of genres en out to the attendees, asking them what they LJapanese flavor. The ‘Japan Film Festival’ hosted ranging from animation to romance comedy to seri- thought of the festival, the films and what they would by The Embassy of Japan Kuwait in association with ous family drama. like to see in the future. The well-sized crowd seemed the Japan Foundation was a perfect evening for film In his opening speech, the outgoing Ambassador delighted with the films and was grateful to have a buffs and cultural enthusiasts alike. of Japan Toshihoro Tsujihara said that he was tremen- rarely seen and closer look at Japan. Be sure to check The festival, which had free admission, screened dously grateful for the time he spent in Kuwait and out Friday Times this week for a more in-depth look at four films in two nights on Tuesday and Wednesday hoped that the audience would acquire a fresh look at the Japan Film Festival and the movies that were evening. The films were small independent Japanese Japanese culture through these films. He explained screened at the event. movies, which can only be watched at such events. that the theme of this year’s festival alluded to the The films included ‘My Pretend Girlfriend’ by Saiji relationships of Japanese people between parents,

Ex-wrestler Bautista Brand Bond thriving on joins pantheon of Bond villains cocktail of edgy and classical ormer pro wrestler and rising Hollywood star Dave Bautista is joining one of cinema’s most exclusive fami- n his five decades seducing cinemagoers, James Bond image by exploring the complexities of Fleming’s charac- Flies in his new role as a James Bond villain. As Mr Hinx has foreshadowed social revolutions and the rise of ter. “There’s no doubt that the nature of the Bond films in “Spectre,” the latest adventure of the unflappable 007 due Imultinational terrorist organizations, turning into a has changed with Daniel Craig,” said James Chapman, out in Britain next week and most everywhere else in early popular culture icon along the way. And with his 24th sil- professor of film studies at the University of Leicester and November, Bautista joins a pantheon of bad guys that are at ver-screen assignment “Spectre” due to premiere on author of “Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the least as interesting as the British spy himself. Fans are espe- October 26, the British spy seems more popular than James Bond Films.” “The Bond they have today is more cially fond of Jaws-the towering Richard Kiel, who bit ever. His last outing in “Skyfall” took over $1 billion (880 contemporary, and slightly more rough-edged.” Fleming through power cables with his metal teeth as he faced off million euros) at the box office. Despite the flurry of spec- had described Bond as a “believable man,” Watt said. “I against Roger Moore in “The Spy Who Loved Me” and ulation about whether a female Bond or a black Bond think he might have meant emotionally vulnerable.” “Moonraker” in the 1970s. could spruce up the brand, it seems to be working well “‘Skyfall’ hints at this by returning Bond to his childhood There is also Spain’s Javier Bardem as a twisted cyberter- just as it is. home, an old caretaker, and a simple rural church and by rorist in “Skyfall” (2012) and Denmark’s Mads Mikkelsen as Experts put Bond’s longevity down to an age-old fas- his reaction to M’s death,” he said of the character who crime lord Le Chiffre in “Casino Royale” (2006). Bautista, 46, cination with glamour, but also to the imagination of plays Bond’s boss. “No matter how escapist the action hopes to add his Mr Hinx to the list. He says the experience author Ian Fleming, who foresaw great upheavals in gets, these human dimensions of affection and emotion- of filming a Bond movie “on top of a mountain in Austria” social attitudes and geopolitics when he created the al fragility remain. “The franchise fails when Bond evokes was a dramatic turnaround from his rough-and-tumble character in 1953. “Bond was a counter-cultural figure, a comparison with mere action heroes,” he added. childhood in “the worst streets of Washington,” where he figure... of the sexual revolution,” said Stephen Watt, a had become a car thief by age 13. It “feels like you’re in a professor of English at Indiana University and author of Fleming ‘uncannily prescient’ dream,” Bautista told AFP in an interview, adding that Bond “Ian Fleming and James Bond: The Cultural Politics of In the new film, which will receive its star-studded is “like the ultimate superhero, but real.” 007”. “At the same time, he is both a loyal subject and a Royal Premiere in London, Bond will once again do battle A file picture taken on February 18, 2015 shows Italian actress Bautista’s Mr Hinx works for the shadowy criminal group sophisticate who likes expensive cars, gold-ringed ciga- with global criminal agency SPECTRE, which made its Monica Bellucci and British actor Daniel Craig posing during a pho- SPECTRE-the acronym for Special Executive for Counter- rettes especially made for him, excellent champagne, and first appearance in 1971 classic “Diamonds Are Forever”. tocall to promote the 24th James Bond film ‘Spectre’ at Rome’s city Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. The other much more.” Although a homage to the traditional super-enemy of hall. — AFP lead bad guy-Franz Oberhauser, portrayed by Austrian Oscar Bond’s past, the SPECTRE group plays on very modern winner Christoph Waltz-is also a SPECTRE member. The net- ‘Emotional fragility’ fears, helping the franchise remain relevant, said Watt. cloud on the horizon. work is not new to Bond faithful. It was first introduced on As the sexual revolution ran its course and feminism “Fleming was uncannily prescient about... a world where The possible identity of his successor has already the silver screen in the very first film starring the super-spy, became a strong force in western politics, the spy was bad actors typically don’t represent states, but multina- caused controversy, with Anthony Horowitz-author of the classic “Dr. No” from 1962 starring Sean Connery as 007. accused of being out of touch and has even been called tional terrorist networks like SPECTRE,” he said. the latest Bond novel-saying that “The Wire” actor Idris In the film, Dr No (Joseph Wiseman), who had metal pros- “sexist and misogynistic” by current big-screen Bond, “Bond thus gets to have both an old-fashioned ‘show- Elba was “too street” to play 007, sparking accusations of theses in place of his lost hands, reveals to Bond that he Daniel Craig. But old-fashioned machismo will always down’ with the evil gunslinger at high noon and continue racism. But Chapman dismissed speculation about a belongs to the criminal network. remain part of his appeal, said Watt. “In a 1964 interview after the fight because the network and its cells extend black or female Bond as “a media storm in a teacup” and in Playboy... Fleming observed that ‘seduction has, to a well beyond a villain or a nation.” Sneak previews of the refused to rule out another outing for Craig. “One ‘Bumps and bruises’ marked extent, replaced courtship’,” he said. “This was new film hint at a treat for devotees and nostalgists, with assumes this is simply round one in the negotiations Bautista, who stands at 6’4” (1.93 meters) and whose only one of the many prescient ideas Fleming voiced, references to iconic moments from previous films set to around his fee for Bond 25!” he joked. — AFP enormous biceps are liberally tattooed, certainly looks the and seduction-along with style, sophistication, and further strengthen the Bond myth. Despite its current part of a formidable Bond nemesis. But he said the choreo- excitement-will always be a part of the Bond franchise.” success, Craig’s recent comment that he would rather “slit graphed on-screen fighting with the spy in the form of Craig has been credited with improving the brand’s my wrists” than sign up for the role again suggests a Daniel Craig did not always go smoothly, despite his time as a wrestler and mixed martial artist. “There were lots of bumps and bruises,” Bautista said. “Daniel hurt his knee.” Did he emerge unscathed? “Dan punched me in the nose,” he said. Bautista had more tender remembrances of his interac- Zemeckis high-wire thriller tion with his female co-stars. He admitted to going weak in the knees around Italian actress Monica Bellucci, calling her “breathtakingly beautiful but extremely sexy.” As for French actress Lea Seydoux, who also appears in the movie, Bautista was impressed by her not for the faint-hearted soft beauty. “There’s something almost angelic about her,” he scar-winning director Robert Zemeckis takes movie-goers said. “When she smiles, she lights up a room.” on a white-knuckle ride to the top of the World Trade OCenter and to the edge of sanity-in his new film “The Walk”. Youth of hard knocks Thirty years after striking gold with “Back to the Future”, the Bautista, an American of Filipino descent, grew up in a American’s latest offering, which opens the Tokyo International neighborhood where violence and crime were common. As Film Festival on Thursday, is based on the true story of French a teenager, Bautista discovered bodybuilding, which he high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s death-defying walk between the credits as ending his stint as an underage car thief. He Twin Towers in 1974. worked as a bouncer, and in the 2000s launched a career as “From a technical standpoint, every film that I’ve done in my a professional wrestler. He won the World Wrestling entire career has prepared me to do this movie,” Zemeckis told Entertainment heavyweight championship six times, gar- AFP in an interview yesterday, the exact date (October 21, 2015) in nering along the way an enthusiastic following among the future that Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly travelled to in a wrestling fans. Bautista gets nostalgic when remembering souped-up DeLorean fitted with a flux capacitor in the second his days as star of the ring. “Sometimes I miss the entertain- part of the blockbuster trilogy. “I wanted the audience to com- ment aspect of it,” he said. A key influence in his move to act- pletely believe that (Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s) character was on that US movie director Robert Zemeckis poses for photogra- ing was another wrestler-The Rock, now better known as wire. That was the challenge for me: that there would be not a sin- phers on the roof of a 47-storey building during a press Dwayne Johnson, star of action films including several in the gle frame where the audience didn’t doubt that they were really conference to promote his latest film ‘The Walk’ in Tokyo “Fast and Furious” series. Bautista’s Hollywood adventure up there on that wire with that character.” yesterday. — AFP began in 2006 in minor television roles, which led to big- Filmed in 3D, the climax to “The Walk” takes place 110 stories the towers characters, he always thought they were living, breath- screen parts in “The Man with the Iron Fists” (2012) with up and is not for the faint-hearted. As Gordon-Levitt’s Petit steps ing entities and always spoke of them as if they were his partners,” Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu, and “Riddick” (2013) with Vin out onto a wire hanging over 1,300 feet (400 meters) above the added Zemeckis. “He understood that he could not have done Diesel. His biggest hit came as Drax the Destroyer, one of a ground, the dizzying bird’s eye view afforded by the camera will this feat without them. crew of misfits led by Chris Pratt in last year’s “Guardians of have vertigo sufferers breaking into a cold sweat. “If you have ver- “The thing that I did was just not editorialize. I understood that the Galaxy”. The Disney/Marvel studio film, a global megahit, tigo this is a great place to go and get some therapy,” smiled everyone would bring their own history of the tragedy, their own turbo-charged his career. In upcoming movies, Bautista will Zemeckis, in a hotel room overlooking the Tokyo skyline. “This is experience of the tragedy to the film. “But I also thought it was star in “Heist” along with Robert De Niro, “Marauders” with the type of story that is best done through the art of cinema. And In this file photo, Chris Rock hosts the 77th Academy important that we have to remember things that were beautiful Bruce Willis, and as the main villain in a remake of the Jean- with 3D you can make the audience flinch, you can make them Awards telecast in Los Angeles. — AP and things that were human and things that were magnificent, Claude Van Damme 1980s action film “Kickboxer.” Of course, squirm.” Zemeckis has dedicated his new movie to the victims of and not just the tragedy.” The film’s co-producer Jack Rapke said: Bautista will also return as Drax in a “Guardians” sequel. He is the September 11 terror attacks and the filmmaker treats the Twin “Walking across those two towers without a safety line is obvious- however modest about his success. “I don’t want to be a Chris Rock confirmed Towers with a touching tenderness. movie star,” he said. “I want to play great characters.” — AFP ly bordering on madness. The towers were an iconic symbol of America. Bob (Zemeckis) treated them with a great deal of ‘Living, breathing entities’ respect, a great deal of honor and a great deal of love.” However, to host the Oscars “What Philippe did is probably the second-most significant there was bad news for diehard fans hoping Zemeckis might thing that happened in the history of those towers,” said bring back Marty and Doc for more capers that risk unraveling the hris Rock has been confirmed as host of the 88th Zemeckis. “Philippe fascinated me. He’s a character who has this space-time continuum. —AFP Academy Awards, producers David Hill and Reginald unbelievable passion, this need to express himself creatively, CHudlin announced yesterday. Variety reported on although it was obviously extreme. “Philippe always considered Tuesday that the comedian was in serious talks to return to the awards show. He previously hosted the Oscars in 2005. “Chris Rock is truly the MVP of the entertainment industry,” said Hill and Hudlin. “Comedian, actor, writer, producer, direc- Jon Hamm joins Edgar tor, documentarian - he’s done it all. He’s going to be a phe- nomenal Oscar host!” Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ The veteran comedian takes over for as MC after Neil Patrick Harris hosted last year’s telecast, which drew the ad Men” star Jon Hamm is set to join Ansel Elgort and Lily James in show’s lowest ratings in six years. In an interview last month, TriStar Pictures’ “Baby Driver,” sources tell Variety. Jamie Foxx has also Hill and Hudlin told Variety they were eager to give the show a “Mjoined the film. Edgar Wright is writing and directing, with Working fresh look. “The challenge is to make it entertaining, so it Title principals Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan producing along with Nira Park through doesn’t seem like a lesson, so the audience cares for people her Big Talk Productions. “Baby Driver” will see a 50/50 financing split between MRC when they get onstage,” Hill said. and TriStar, with TriStar handling worldwide distribution. The story concerns a Hill, a 25-year veteran from Fox Sports, also helped launch young, talented getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to mega-hit “American Idol.” Hudlin and Rock worked together be the best. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the on the recently defunct TV series “Everybody Hates Chris.” “We music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. Details on Hamm’s This December 4, 2014 file photo shows Filipino- share David and Reggie’s excitement in welcoming Chris, role are being kept under wraps. Production is expected to start later this year for a American actor Dave Bautista during an event to whose comedic voice has really defined a generation,” said March 17, 2017, release date. In September, Hamm won an Emmy for his lead role launch the 24th James Bond film ‘Spectre’ at Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “He is certain to as Don Draper in AMC’s “Mad Men,” and was also nominated in the guest actor in a Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, bring his amazing array of talents to this year’s show.” Rock comedy category for Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” He can next be seen west of London. — AFP added: “I’m so glad to be hosting the Oscars. It’s great to be opposite Zach Galifianakis in Fox’s “Keeping Up With the Joneses.” He is repped by back.” The 2016 Oscars will be held Feb 28, 2016. — Reuters CAA and Forward Entertainment. — Reuters Jon Hamm lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

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Bellucci never goes to the gym

onica Bellucci never goes to the gym. The 51-year-old actress - who has the brunette beauty has claimed she still doesn’t obsess over her appearance. become the oldest woman to ever play a Bond girl in the upcoming film She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I don’t stress myself about my looks. I love M‘Spectre’ - has insisted she doesn’t pay much attention to her good to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life.” Meanwhile, the ‘Malena’ star looks. She said: “I’m just too lazy. I never go to the gym. And I love to eat choco- has confessed she’s thrilled she was chosen to play Bond’s older love interest, late and pasta. I’m not obsessed with being skinny.” even if actor Daniel Craig is only four years younger than her in real life. She Although Monica has become famous for her natural beauty and sex appeal, added: “It’s important to show that a woman at 50 can be just as interesting and she originally studied to become a lawyer as she “wanted to pursue a serious attractive as a woman who is 30.” — Bang Showbiz occupation because there is a lot of pressure being considered an attractive woman in Italy.” And despite ditching that career to become a model and actress, Monica Bellucci Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia

Russian designers Slava Zaitsev (center) and Yegor Zaitsev (right) walk on the catwalk after their show dur- ing the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow yesterday. — AFP photos

Amy Schumer Schumer dazzles at ELLE’s Women in Hollywood Awards

my Schumer was honored at ELLE’s Women in ing that this phrasing has popped up. Like all of a sud- woman right now.” Meryl Streep was on hand to pres- Hollywood Awards on Monday night. The den, it’s not just your friends any more. You’re a squad. ent Carey with her award and couldn’t resist taking the A‘Trainwreck’ star dazzled in a floating red dress It kind of makes it sound more powerful. I’m all for it.” In opportunity to take a swipe at sexism in Hollywood. at the 22nd annual event held at the Four Seasons total eight ladies were honoured at the event and Amy She told the assembled guests: “Can you imagine if Hotel in Beverly Hills at which she was recognized for will grace the cover of ELLE’s November issue along they had this great big meeting once a year and called her contribution to comedy and film. During her with Carey Mulligan, 30, Kate Winslet, 40, Dakota it ‘Men in Hollywood? Oh, wait. They have those meet- acceptance speech she referenced Taylor Swift’s Johnson, 26, Salma Hayek, 49, Gena Rowlands, 85, ings every day, in every country and every city in the famous “girl squad” of friends - which includes Selena Alicia Vikander, 27 and director Ava DuVernay, 43. world. Oh, I can’t do stand-up!” — Bang Showbiz Gomez, Lily Aldridge, Lena Dunham, Karlie Kloss and The magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Robbie Myers Gigi Hadid among others - and urged women to sup- explained in her letter why she specifically chose these port each other in all walks of life. women. She revealed: “Eight extraordinary women Amy, 34, said: “I would like to join any squad that deserve this moment of praise and reflection for illumi- would have me as a member. I think it’s really interest- nating the many realities of what it means to be a lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

Fashion The relation between confidence and inner peace

onfidence plays a huge role in finding inner acquired. It works in one way or another like a domino Find yourself by finding confidence within you, peace. It also allows you to think and make deci- effect, once confidence is present, positive affirmations everything will work out if you truly believe in yourself Csions in a more clearer state of mind. Have you begin to arise, which in turn leads to your happiness and your capability to turn any dream into a reality. Be ever found yourself in a situation where you tried to which finally brings you to inner peace. It is all connect- positive to attract positivity and success and never achieve something and it just wouldn’t work? Merely ed; it is the way I find our wonderful world to work. underestimate yourself because that will always restrict due to the fact that you didn’t believe enough in your- you to doing more and achieving more. Always do self, you just didn’t have the confidence. Ask yourself Learn and grow what will make you grow and succeed, you never know this, what is confidence? To each person confidence is For example, when applying for a job, you will find who you’re inspiring, whether it was a colleague, family something different. To me confidence is the ability to that you have countless candidates applying for the member or a stranger, spreading positive vibes will rise to the challenge, to know that you are capable of same position as you. However, you may not have as always allow the people around you to feel encouraged taking on whatever obstacle that may be standing in much experience nor qualifications in the field to fill to do as good or better. Confidence will always be that your way. Confidence is not something that we are that position as the best candidate, but ask yourself one factor that attracts any human being, regardless of born with, but rather something we require, and each this, what would give you the advantage over the other what characteristic you feel you lack, whether it was and every one of us is capable of acquiring that very applicants. The answer is simple, it is confidence, you beauty, brains, a great physique and so on. characteristic. Confidence is one of the most important see confidence doesn’t just show capability of doing Love yourself in order to be capable of loving the traits a person can have. In my opinion, it really differ- the job in this case, but it also shows the willingness to people around you. You deserve nothing less than love, entiates one person to another. With that, I believe that learn and grow. This goes back to my relation of the respect, and care as a human being, anything else you it is confidence which leads to many positive outcomes topic at hand to inner peace. Once you get the job, this need will be a bonus for you. that may happen in one’s life, though many believe it is brings the factor of happiness and self-fulfillness. In luck, it isn’t. That leads me to my opening statement conclusion you have inner peace. It is in us all, we just which says that confidence brings inner peace once need to find it.

Olivier Rousteing, from left, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid attend the Balmain x H&M Collection launch event at 23 Wall Street in New York. — AP photos Balmain H&M collaboration draws Jenner, Hadid

n event Tuesday in New York to launch gonna be fun.’ It’s a night of love and of the new Balmain x H&M collection friendship and of fun.” Aturned the typical runway show up The collection included beaded jackets, about 10 notches to a full-on party. A video draped trousers and genie pants. At the end intro featuring Kendall Jenner riding a futuris- of the runway portion of the presentation, tic subway with dancers voguing kicked off the Backstreet Boys performed a medley of the runway show. Models showing the collec- some of their hits. The Balmain x H&M line is tion featured Jenner again along with Gigi intended to be more affordable but that’s and Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Jourdan depending on whom you ask, with some Dunn. “I think the models I chose are my pieces priced at more than $500. The collec- friends,” said Balmain creative director Olivier tion goes on sale Nov 5. — AP Gigi Hadid participates in the Balmain x H&M Kylie Jenner attends the Diane Kruger attends Ne-Yo attends the Rousteing. “All the girls that I love that can Collection launch event at 23 Wall Street. Balmain x H&M the Balmain x H&M Balmain x H&M grab my hand and just say, ‘Don’t worry, It’s Collection launch event. Collection launch event. Collection launch event. Sao Paulo Fashion Week

Models present creations by Ellus during the 2016 Winter collection of the Sao Paulo Models present creations by PatBo. Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — AP/AFP photos Balmain H&M collaboration draws Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid

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An art installation titled Les Voyageurs by French artist Cedric Le Borgnie shows a human figure sculpted from wire mesh displayed against the Victoria hall clock tower at the river promenade during a media preview for the River Nights 2015 festival in Singapore yesterday. The installation is part of the display for the River Nights 2015 festival which runs from October 23 to 30. — AFP

Ideas for a fun, Recipe for pumpkin Bundt Hollywood-themed party cake with apple-date streusel

eed some bright ideas for a Halloween party? Look no The nosh table and sticky toffee glaze further than the klieg lights of Hollywood. The history Name your nibbles after horror-genre personalities - think Nof fun and frightening movies is long, from early horror Dracula; Norman Bates; Hitchcock; Stephen King; Dr Jekyll and e’re not saying you should ditch the classic pump- For the glaze: films like “Phantom of the Opera” and “Bride of Frankenstein” Mr Hyde; Cujo or Wes Craven. Make zombie chicken fingers to kin pie this Thanksgiving. After all, in some homes 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter to the current “Goosebumps.” Television, too, is full of scary reference “The Walking Dead.” S’mores or other marshmallow- Wthat would be tantamount to a declaration of war. 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar fare, from “The Walking Dead” to “American Horror Story.” So based treats reference that creepy Stay Puft Marshmallow And frankly the holidays are stressful enough. But we are 1/2 cup heavy cream why not use this trove of screen images and characters to cre- Man from “Ghostbusters.” Rent a popcorn machine, or set up a suggesting that perhaps the pie is feeling lonely. That per- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt ate a monstrously fun Halloween party? microwave or stovetop team to have fresh, hot kernels always haps a second - and in our opinion even more delicious - 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules at the ready. Create a punch or a few mixed beverages named pumpkin dessert would be a wonderful addition to the 1 tablespoon bourbon (or vanilla extract) The ambiance after scary movies or characters. Better Homes & Gardens sug- Thanksgiving bounty. So we created this pumpkin Bundt Decorate your party space with a mix of swank and scare. gests serving canapÈs and other finger foods using faux-vin- cake that is studded through the centre with an apple- Preparation: Drape your faux cobwebs and mossy swags with glitter and tage film reels as serving trays; pop small dishes in the holes. date-pumpkin seed streusel. Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 10-inch fluted tube pan metallic stars. Better Homes & Gardens suggests spray-paint- And to tie it all together? A sticky toffee-coffee glaze. or Bundt pan with cooking spray, then dust with flour. ing a few Ken dolls Oscar gold. You could use the statuettes as The dress code And because that sticky, drippy sauce is so delicious, our In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs, holders for dramatic flower arrangements like black and red A costume contest can bring a little friendly competition to recipe makes extra so your guests can dunk bites of the vanilla, pumpkin and yogurt until smooth. In another bowl, roses, or go a little darker by “burying” them in black loaf pans the party, whether you make it a general horror-film theme, or cake into a little on the side. whisk together 2 cups of the flour, the baking powder, bak- lined with dirt or satin to resemble graves or caskets. select one particular character, movie or TV show. Have an all- Start to finish: 1 hour 30 minutes ing soda, salt, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon, the ginger, nut- Put silent horror flicks or YouTube clips on a big screen, set vampire party (from “Nosferatu” to “Twilight”), or draw inspira- Servings: 16 meg and cloves. Stir the flour mixture into the pumpkin on a loop that runs throughout the party. tion from varied characters in titles like “The Exorcist,” “Alien,” mixture just until well combined. Check out www.shindigz.com for movie-premiere velvet “The X-Files” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Ingredients In the bowl that previously held the flour, stir together ropes, gold-lame curtains, realistic-looking klieg lights and For the cake: the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 teaspoons of cinna- other Hollywood-themed props. A red carpet kicks the The music 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar mon, the brown sugar, apples, dates and pumpkin seeds. Hollywood vibe into high gear as your guests arrive; look for That portentous drumbeat in “Jaws.” The white-knuckle 1/2 cup vegetable oil Pour half of the pumpkin batter into the prepared pan, an inexpensive remnant at hardware or flooring stores. theme from “The Twilight Zone.” That catchy, finger-snapping 2 eggs spoon the streusel mixture around the pan in the centre of lead-in to “The Addams Family.” Evocative background music 2 teaspoons vanilla extract the batter, not allowing the streusel to touch the edges of The Jack-O’-lantern really kicks up the spooky vibe. Greg Cwik of Indiewire.com 15-ounce can pumpkin puree (not pie filling) the pan. Top with remaining batter. The streusel mixture Give your pumpkins personality by primping them up as puts a few more obscure but scary scores on his list, including 1 cup whole-fat plain Greek yogurt should be entirely covered by batter. Bake for 50 to 60 min- film characters. Swath one in cheesecloth to be The Mummy; John Carpenter’s “The Fog,” Ennio Morricone’s “The Thing” and 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided utes, or until a wooden skewer inserted at the centre paint one green and hot-glue a bolt to the neck to create Philip Glass’ soundtrack for “Candyman.” 2 teaspoons baking powder comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 30 minutes Frankenstein. A hockey mask will evoke Jason from the Time Out New York suggests fan favorites like Warren 1 teaspoon baking soda before turning out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling. “Halloween” franchise; a black felt hat and a striped scarf bring Zevon’s “Werewolves of London,” which was used for the 1 teaspoon kosher salt To make the glaze, in a medium saucepan over medium Freddy Krueger of “Nightmare on Elm Street” to mind. For movie “American Psycho”; Ray Parker Jr’s “Ghostbusters” 3 teaspoons cinnamon, divided heat, combine the butter, brown sugar and cream. Bring to Hollywood glamour, you can spray craft pumpkins with gold, theme song; and Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells,” from “The 1 teaspoon ground dry ginger a simmer and, stirring constantly, cook for 3 minutes. silver and black paint, and add some star-studded glitter. Exorcist.” — AP 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Remove from the heat and stir in the salt. In a small glass, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves dissolve the instant coffee in the bourbon, then still into 1/2 cup packed brown sugar the glaze. Allow to cool slightly, then drizzle about half 2 large apples, peeled, cored and diced over the cake. Serve the remaining glaze, warm, alongside 1 cup chopped dried dates the cake. — AP 2/3 cup toasted pumpkin seeds or toasted chopped pecans

This photo shows an invitation to a This photo provided by Better Homes This photo provided by Better Homes Hollywood Halloween party. and Gardens shows a detail of the and Gardens shows an invitation to a Photo shows pumpkin bundt cake with apple date Photo shows pumpkin bundt cake with apple date food table display at a Hollywood Hollywood Halloween party. streusel and sticky toffee coffee glaze in Concord, NH. streusel and sticky toffee coffee glaze.— AP photos Halloween party. — AP photos