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MoI reinstates decision to seize vehicles of violators

Buckle up!: MP threatens to grill interior minister

By B Izzak and the like. Showai said the decision had immediate impact on traffic, as accidents dropped from 375 on KUWAIT: An opposition MP yesterday said he will Nov 14 to 264 the following day, and that citations for grill Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah no-parking and parking on pavements dropped from after he ordered the re-introduction of a controversial 4,000 to just 150. decision to impound vehicles for traffic offences. The But MP Riyadh Al-Adasani strongly criticized the decision yesterday came just two days after the interior ministry’s reversal of the suspension of the decision and ministry suspended the decision following strong warned that he will question the interior minister in the protests by lawmakers and motorists, who saw the National Assembly. He said if the interior minister is penalties as too harsh. retained in the new Cabinet, he will give him some time The ministry had decided to seize vehicles for up to to scrap the decision, and if not, he will file to grill him, two months along with fines if drivers were caught using warning: “Buckle up, interior minister!” mobiles or not wearing a seatbelt while driving. After it Adasani claimed that the application of the penalties was implemented for one day, the ministry suspended in this harsh way is meant to benefit a private company the decision, saying that the interior minister will take a which has a contract with the interior ministry to tow final decision on the issue when he returns to the coun- the impounded vehicles and hold them for the duration try from an overseas trip. of the seizure. He alleged that the awarding of the con- Interior ministry officials yesterday held a press con- tract is suspected of involving corruption, adding that ference to explain their position on the new measures, he has sent a series of questions to the minister about which they said aim to protect the lives of motorists and the issue, but he already knows the answers. pedestrians. Acting director of the traffic department But Showai defended the ministry’s contract, say- Maj Gen Fahd Al-Showai said the decision also applies ing it was given to the Kuwait Public Transport Co to vehicles parked on pedestrian lanes or on pavements, since 2009, but the company this year demanded that in addition to motorcyclists who do not wear helmets. the rates be raised sharply. As a result, a new tender KUWAIT: Acting director of the traffic department Maj Gen Fahd Al-Showai (center) holds a press confer- But he said that the rule will not apply in humanitari- was offered and the private company was awarded ence yesterday. — KUNA an cases involving senior citizens, women, sick people the contract.

Sacked as party The memo demanded that no family residency permit be New curbs, higher given to children living in the country unless the father has a leader, Mugabe valid residency permit, while a mother cannot sponsor her children, except those with specialized skills needed in the fees, fines eyed to country. The memo also calls for not allowing the reentry of agrees to resign drivers, mandoubs or those with article 20 residencies - HARARE: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is who left the country or whose residencies were revoked cut expat numbers resigning after nearly four decades in power, according due to being out of the country for over six months - before to an official close to the talks on his departure, in an KUWAIT: The supreme committee on dealing with the two years have elapsed, unless it is for the same sponsor. extraordinary end for the world’s oldest head of state population structure imbalance has recommended several The memo said domestic helpers at embassies will be who had vowed to rule until death. The news came measures to achieve a higher growth rate of Kuwaitis, allowed to leave, and it was coordinated with the interior hours after the ruling party’s Central Committee yester- HARARE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe according to reports in local dailies. It called to restrict ministry to give the domestic help department of the interi- day fired Mugabe as party leader and said if he didn’t meets defense forces generals at State House yes- bringing in domestic helpers by imposing higher fees, or ministry the authority to arrest violators who carry arti- resign as the country’s president by noon today, it terday. — AP reduce the number of visas issued per person per year cle 20 residencies and work in bogus domestic help offices. would start impeachment proceedings. from five to three, and toughen the punishment of residency Meanwhile, informed sources at the Civil Service Mugabe later addressed the nation on state-run tele- law violators by imposing a fine of KD 4 per day to a maxi- Commission said the reduction in the number of expats Mugabe speaking Clinging to his virtually powerless vision. The 93-year-old Mugabe has been under house mum of KD 1,000. working in ministries and government departments will not post, Mugabe earlier yesterday discussed his exit with arrest since the military moved in Tuesday, angered by The committee announced other steps, procedures and happen suddenly. Ministerial sources said the Cabinet has the army commander who put him under house arrest his firing of his longtime deputy and the positioning of executive mechanisms to limit the increase in expats, who given a green light to concerned authorities to reduce the days ago, in a second round of negotiations at the State unpopular first lady Grace Mugabe to succeed him. outnumber citizens three to one. Security measures result- number of expats in the public sector based on a recom- House building where Mugabe holds official functions, a Mugabe tried to buy time in negotiations with the ed in deporting 1,238 roaming vendors and suspending mendation by the supreme committee. The sources appre- symbol of the rule of the man who took power after military on a dignified exit but quickly found himself 1,529 files through intensified campaigns and inspection of ciated the efforts of the committee headed by Social Affairs independence from white minority rule in 1980. isolated. Tens of thousands of people poured into the residency and labor law violators. and Labor Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh. Meanwhile, members of the ZANU-PF party’s streets of the capital Saturday to demand that Mugabe, A memo issued by the social affairs ministry and sent to Sources said the committee has taken effective meas- Central Committee stood, cheered and sang as Mugabe one of Africa’s last remaining liberation leaders, step the National Assembly said the supreme committee told the ures to adjust the population structure without affecting the was recalled. Meeting chair Obert Mpofu referred to aside after overseeing the once-prosperous country’s interior ministry and the manpower authority to not marketplace and requirements of development projects, as him as “outgoing president” and called it a “sad day” for economic collapse. The deputy whom Mugabe fired, approve the transfer of a woman’s residency permit in case well as private sector needs. The sources added the man- Mugabe after his decades in power. “He has been our former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is of divorce to work in the private sector, and ensure workers power authority has written to government authorities to leader for a long time and we have all learned a great poised to be Zimbabwe’s next leader after the Central on temporary government contracts leave the country as reduce the number of expats in ministries by 25 percent in deal from him,” Mpofu said. But Mugabe “surrounded Committee made him its nominee to take over when soon as the contract period is over. the fields of security and cleaning. himself with a wicked cabal” that brought him down. Mugabe goes. Continued on Page 11

efforts, adding that no theory had yet Rescuers battle been ruled out at to what happened to Saudis, Bahrain the vessel. The calls revived hopes that the sub- waves, wind in marine has surfaced, but a powerful target Iran, Hezb storm that has whipped up waves reach- hunt for missing ing seven meters in height has made at Arab League geolocation difficult, officials said. There Argentine sub is a feeling of “cautious enthusiasm,” CAIRO: Saudi Arabia yesterday asked fellow naval expert Fernando Morales told C5N Arab nations to take a “serious and honest” BUENOS AIRES: A multinational television yesterday. He said the attempt stand against Iran, saying that showing armada of aircraft and vessels battled to use a satellite phone indicates that leniency toward Tehran would only encourage high winds and giant waves yesterday as “the submarine had to emerge to a depth it to press on with its “aggression” and “med- they intensified their search for a missing that allowed the call”. dling” in the internal affairs of Arab countries. Argentine submarine, after attempted The last regular communication with Addressing a meeting of Arab foreign minis- distress calls raised hopes the 44 crew the San Juan was at 1030 GMT on ters in Cairo, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al- members may still be alive. There has Wednesday, when the submarine was Jubeir said the pan-Arab organization needed been no contact with the ARA San Juan, 430 km off Argentina’s coast in the Gulf to take a decision to be “non-compromising” a German-built diesel-electric sub, since of San Jorge. Rescuers are focusing on in dealing with Iran. early Wednesday. An air and sea search an ocean patch about 300 km in diame- He cited a ballistic missile fired by Iranian- is underway with help from countries ter, radiating from the last point of con- backed rebels in Yemen earlier this month including Brazil, Britain, Chile, Uruguay tact. The US Southern Command said that was intercepted near the Saudi capital, and the United States. yesterday that it was sending a second Riyadh, as an example of how far Iran has CAIRO: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir (right) talks with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Hopes of finding survivors were Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft to join the gone with its aggressive policy in the region. Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Arab League headquarters yesterday. — AFP revived when the navy said Saturday search. The Florida-based plane and a “Showing leniency toward Iran will not leave that its bases had received seven satellite crew of 21 are to reach Argentina later in any Arab capital safe from those ballistic mis- 2015 led a coalition to fight them alongside total control” of Lebanon. “Iran’s biggest arm calls attributed to the submersible. The the day. A NASA P-3 research aircraft is siles,” he said. “We are obliged today to take the internationally recognized government in the region at the moment is the terrorist signals were received at 10:52 am (1352 already participating in the search, the a serious and honest stand... to counter these there. Saudi Arabia, he added, will not stand Hezbollah arm,” Sheikh Khalid charged. He GMT) and 3:42 pm (1842 GMT), but Southern Command said. belligerent policies so that we can protect our idly by in the face of Iran’s “blatant aggres- called on countries such as Lebanon “where they did not lock in, thus preventing a The California-based Undersea security,” said Jubeir. sion”. Hezbollah is a partner in government to carry full connection. “The effort has tripled,” Rescue Command also said it was He said his country was targeted by a total Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid their responsibility”. “The Lebanese Republic, Argentina’s navy spokesman Enrique deploying two underwater crafts of 80 ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, for his part, said the in spite of our relations with it as a brotherly Balbi told reporters yesterday of rescue Continued on Page 11 Iranian-backed rebels since the kingdom in Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement was “in Continued on Page 11 2 Established 1961 Local Monday, November 20, 2017 Amir receives Speaker Ghanem, legislators Sheikh Sabah receives letter from Niger President

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the National Assembly office for the second regular Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the National Assembly office for the second regular session of the 15th legislative term. —KUNA session of the 15th legislative term.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad attended by Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Minister Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Jarrah Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem. His and Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al- Highness Sheikh Sabah also received members of the Jarallah. Furthermore, His Highness the Prime Minister National Assembly office for the second regular session Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah of the 15th legislative term. The members were Deputy received the Foreign Minister of Niger. The meeting National Assembly Speaker Essa Al-Kandari, National was held in the attendance of Jarallah, the head of the Assembly Secretary Dr Awda Al-Ruwaie, National Prime Minister’s Diwan Sheikha Ittimad Khaled Al- Assembly Controller MP Nayef Al-Ajmi, Chairman of the Ahmad Al-Sabah and Kuwait’s Ambassador to Benin Legislative and Legal and Niger Faisal Al- affairs Committee MP Al- Mesaileem. Humaidi Al-Subaie, Earlier yesterday, His Chairman of the Financial Highness the Amir and Economic Affairs Officers received His Highness His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Foreign Minister of Niger Committee MP Salah the Crown Prince, His Ibrahim Yacoubou. Khorshid, Chairman of congratulated Highness the Prime National Assembly on receiving Minister, as well as Officials congratulated Priorities Committee MP First Deputy Prime In other news, His Highness the Amir congratulated a Ahmad Al-Fadhel and French honors Minister and Foreign pair of Kuwaiti military officials for being the recipients Secretary-General of the Minister Sheikh Sabah of prestigious French military decorations. His Highness National Assembly MP Khaled Al-Hamad Al- the Amir’s sentiments were expressed in a cable he sent Allam Al-Kandari. The Sabah. Meanwhile, His to the Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti National Guard delegation later met with Highness the Crown Lieutenant General Hashim Al-Refai, congratulating him His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Prince received Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy on being awarded France’s ‘National Order of the Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Legion of Honor,’ the most prestigious decoration given Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy by Paris. Similarly, Lieutenant Colonel Anwar Al-Rashidi Niger President’s letter Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled also received well wishes in a cable sent to him by His Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received a writ- Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Highness the Amir after France bestowed upon him its ten letter from Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou, Finance Anas Al-Saleh, and Minister of State for ‘National Order of Merit,’ a decoration awarded by the focusing on means to bolster bilateral relations. Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information French President. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Foreign Minister of Niger Ibrahim Yacoubou handed Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Prince, His Highness the Prime Minister and Speaker Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Foreign Minister of Niger the letter to His Highness the Amir during a ceremony Sabah. Ghanem sent similar cables. —KUNA Ibrahim Yacoubou.

nies to invest in Iraq, noting that his country will priori- In my view Iraqi President in tize Kuwaiti investments and businesses. Meanwhile, the President said Iraq is working on boosting its relations with the GCC states, the Arab The good people Kuwait today to World, and other countries in the region. Speaking on the compensations issue, Masum said his country is discuss key topics facing an economic crisis due to the high military of Kuwait expenses of the campaign against the fight against the so-called Islamic State (IS) since 2014. BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Fuad Masum is set to visit He expressed Iraq’s commitment to the payment of Kuwait today to discuss vital topics such as the com- compensations; however, Masum hoped the Kuwaiti By Abdullah Bowair pensations file, the borders issue, and ways to boost side would postpone the procedure to a year. and enhance relations. The visit is also seen as a step to Meanwhile, the Iraqi President stressed the importance coordinate efforts for the upcoming international of resolving the border issue, which had created a bit donors’ conference for the rebuilding of Iraq, which will of a friction between the two countries. He also BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Fuad Masum is interviewed yes- be hosted by Kuwait early 2018. touched on the issue of the remains of missing Kuwaiti terday ahead of his visit to Kuwait today. —KUNA POWs in Iraq, noting that his government did not [email protected] In an interview yesterday, President Masum said that he would meet with His Highness the Amir Sheikh uncover any new information on this matter. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during the one- As for the tantalizing issue of the Kurdistan inde- file, he added. The President noted that both day visit, while his accompanying delegation of Iraqi pendence referendum, which occurred on September Baghdad and Irbil are working on electing a new gov- Years ago, all hands in Kuwait were held up in prayer and 25, Masum said that Kurdistan authorities had ernor for Kirkuk Governorate. He added that his gov- thanks to Almighty Allah for the safe return of His ministers will hold talks with their Kuwaiti counterparts. respected the decision of the Iraqi court on the ille- ernment is committed to hold the parliamentary elec- Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah following a two On the upcoming donors’ conference, President gality of the separation. Since the step was against and a half years medical trip. Today, the same is happen- Masum hailed Kuwait’s support to Iraq by hosting the tions in May without any delay to avoid any tension ing and the good people of Kuwait and those living in our international event. Masum called on Kuwaiti compa- the constitution, the two sides decided to close this in the country. —KUNA beloved country spared no effort in praying and inquiring about the health of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah when he underwent thanks to the support medical checkups in the United States. Such good- ICRC celebrates and cooperation of the KUNA media training natured true sentiments are not new in the land of Kuwaiti authorities and humanity. their close partnership center celebrates His Highness the Crown Prince has been known for his 25th anniversary with the Kuwait Red modesty, profound manners, insight and wise judgments Crescent Society. They 22nd anniversary for the greater good of Kuwait and the people living in Kuwait are working with several here. He did justice to his post. He has been exerting end- government agencies in less efforts to maintain national solidarity and prevent the region to improve KUWAIT: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Center for any attempts to plant the seeds of sectarianism in Kuwait, KUWAIT: The 25th anniversary of the International conditions, develop the Development of Media Skills celebrates its 22nd making national security a priority. Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional mission in services of prisoners in anniversary today. KUNA’s media training center, I believe that selecting the title of ‘Nawaf Al-Ahmad, Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) falls the Gulf countries, and raise awareness on the interna- established in 1995, has trained around 4,227 individu- Sheikh of Modesty’ for my book on him was well- today, in an event reflecting the ICRC strong relationship tional humanitarian law. deserved. His Highness’ character is a mixture of national als from Kuwait and the GCC through hundreds of with Kuwait. The event will bring together all entities The regional mission also plays a major role in sup- training courses. The courses are held annually and are achievements and fatherly kindness. The people of porting ICRC humanitarian operations in Yemen supporting the ICRC over the last 25 years in its humani- geared towards developing skills of media personnel Kuwait know him very well. They know that he is always through its Muscat office and the Salalah logistics cen- willing to aid the weak and bring justice to the wronged. tarian mission to alleviate the suffering of many people ter. Kuwait is one of the first Arab countries to provide and journalists. This year around 22 courses were held. He always advocates people in quest for rights. He is very due to war, armed conflicts, and natural disasters. On this occasion, the committee cooperated with financial and diplomatic support for the ICRC’s humani- Speaking on the occasion, the media center’s chairper- honest and tactful on dealing with others. His doors and son Abrar Al-Ghanem said that they provided training his heart are open to everyone. For him, people are all Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti tarian and relief work in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Over equal before the law. Fine Artist Amira Behbehani to gather prominent the past years, Kuwait has become one of the most courses for whomever desire to develop their journalis- He is a man of achievements who strongly believes Kuwaiti women to discuss the challenges faced by important donors to the ICRC. Since April 12, 1991, the tic and media skills. that we are all mortals in this world. His role model was women during wars in a closed conference today. The Committee has chaired a tripartite committee including The center is keen on attracting the best Arab and the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah headquarters of the ICRC’s regional mission in Kuwait Iraq, Kuwait and the Coalition countries to investigate foreign professionals to supervise media personnel and who was his father, brother and mentor. He took advice was opened in 1991 and officially launched its work in the fate of persons not identified during the 1990-1991 trainees, affirmed Ghanem, adding that the training and consulted with him on all matters as a ‘Godfather.’ the GCC region through the Kuwaiti headquarters Gulf War. courses contained valuable information that would Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad is highly human and friendly. He since that time. The International Committee of the Red Cross boost the knowledge of participants. Kuwait News has a big kind heart and is religious and keen on observ- The first and main objective of establishing the (ICRC) through the regional mission is the first interna- Agency (KUNA) was founded according to an Amiri ing the regulations of the Holy Quran and the traditions of headquarters of the regional mission in Kuwait was to tional humanitarian organization to participate in chari- the Prophet (PBUH). He felt pain on seeing a child in pain visit and protect the prisoners and search for the miss- table societies in Kuwait through the establishment and Decree in October 1979. The agency gathers news and or a senior person in need. Thanks be to Almighty Allah ing persons in the Gulf War 1990-1991. The ICRC organization of the Kuwait International Forum for distributes it to individuals and media institutions to for His Highness’ speedy recovery and safe return. expanded their work significantly in the GCC region Humanitarian Work since 2014. —KUNA provide them with objective services. —KUNA Established 1961 3 Local Monday, November 20, 2017 Lebanon’s Hariri to visit Kuwait, Egypt before returning home, sources say New mechanism to recruit children of Kuwaiti women

By A Saleh ing jobs to Kuwaitis as the state plans to local markets. Buaijan said that having more limit the number of foreign laborers in the than one lab will help speed up examina- BEIRUT/KUWAIT: Lebanon’s Prime public sector as much as possible. tions of samples, prevent possible losses for Minister Saad Al-Hariri plans to visit Separately, the Ministry of Education’s importers as a result of delaying their ship- Kuwait and Egypt before returning to (MoE) psychological and social services ments and control prices in local markets. Beirut this week, the Lebanese ‘Al- department requested exemption from the Buaijan complained that handling fees col- Mayadeen’ TV channel said yesterday, CSC decision to substitute expats with lected in Kuwait are too high - KD 220 for quoting sources. Meanwhile, a leader in Kuwaitis for two years to get prepared for a 20-feet container and KD 400 for a 40- Hariri’s Future Movement told Reuters yes- the shift. The feet one. terday that Hariri, who announced his resig- department also nation in a televised broadcast from Saudi justified its Budge deficit Arabia on Nov 4, will visit Egypt today. request by the Finance min- Hariri has been in Paris since Saturday, negative impact Concern over istry statistics where he met with French President the decision will showed that the Emmanuel Macron, and has said he will have on special- water safety at total budget return to Lebanon by Wednesday. In Paris, ized service stu- deficit in the Hariri met French President Emmanuel dents get in vari- some schools period starting Macron, and has said he will return to ous stages, with the current Lebanon by Wednesday for its especially since fiscal year in Independence Day celebrations. Lebanese it is already April until the resident Michel Aoun has said he will not understaffed and end of October accept Hariri’s resignation until it is deliv- suffers from shortage in the numbers of was KD 3.3 billion, including KD 848 mil- ered in person and all sides in Beirut have psychological and social researchers, as lion transferred to PAI, and 10 percent PARIS: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri leaves after meeting with French President called for his speedy return. many Kuwaitis refrain from such jobs. The deposited in the future generations fund. at the Elysee Presidential Palace on November 18, 2017 in Paris. — AFP department added that MoE has gone a Statistics also showed that total revenues Recruitment long way in approving special allowances in the past seven months amounted to KD The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is and incentives to attract more Kuwaitis. 8.4 billion, while expenditure was KD West Arifjan project for bidding through recently urged the Ministry of Education currently considering a new mechanism to 10.9 billion. the PPP authority to build an integrated (MoE) to stop using water coolers in many be followed on recruiting children of More labs marketplace with all needed services and schools unless they are maintained and fil- Kuwaiti women in the public sector next Chairman of the Kuwait Union for Second-hand vehicles auctioning facilities such as air-conditioned ters are replaced. EPA stressed in a letter year, said informed sources. The sources Foodstuff Traders and Manufacturers The Ministry of Commerce and Industry halls, high-tech equipment, canopied dis- sent recently to MoE that the former had explained that children of Kuwaiti women Abdullah Al-Buaijan called for the immedi- finally decided on two projects for selling play corridors, and official offices for the examined drinking water in a number of will need a separate recruitment system and ate establishment of more labs at all bor- second-hand vehicles - one for regular municipality, as well as the interior and schools and found that many of them had those holding diplomas or higher qualifica- ders to test imported food samples, noting vehicles located over an area of 500,000 commerce ministries. not conducted the required maintenance of tions could register for recruitment twice a that it was illogical to depend on one lab for sq m to the east of Kabd highway, and water coolers, which calls for an immediate year. The plan is to give priority to hiring of over 40 years to examine all imported food another for heavy machinery and trucks to Water coolers suspension on using them until the filters children of Kuwaiti women right after offer- items and prevent unjustified price hikes in the west of Arifjan. The ministry offered the The Environment Public Authority (EPA) are changed.

As for the state of the sea, he said it might lead to a rise in waves as winds Fire Dept transform from medium northwesterly to active as of Wednesday. Meanwhile, Kuwaiti authorities have announced their ready as rain readiness to contain the expected down- pour. These preparations include main- tenance works for water pumps and the expected distribution of inflatable rescue boats in areas where the water is expected to By Meshaal Al-Enezi and KUNA be concentrated, said Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) Media KUWAIT: State departments are put on Relations and Press head Khaleel Al- high alert as the rainy season is set to Ameer. Ameer advised home owners to start as early as today, with heavier unclog their drains and to make sure showers predicted for tomorrow accord- that their electrical wiring is not ing to local weather forecasts. Scattered exposed and safety installations are in mid-range showers are expected for full working order. KFSD is also ready three days starting from today, followed to respond to any emergency situation by a temperature drop at the weekend, a that may arise through its 112 emer- meteorologist suggested yesterday. The gency hotline, he added. rains, which will reach their peak tomor- Today’s weather forecast is predicted row, are a result of low surface pressure to be partly cloudy to cloudy with a arriving from Europe which will be chance for scattered rain, while tomor- focused over the eastern Mediterranean row’s weather is predicted to be cloudy region, the Meteorological Department’s with a chance for rain that might be Abdulazeez Al-Qarawi said. The spread thundery at times. Temperature is of the Sudan low pressure zone to the expected to drop as low as 12 C degrees southwestern regions of the Arabian Thursday night, according to the weath- Peninsula met by low upper atmospheric er forecast posted on Kuwait pressure and the polar jet stream are Meteorological Department’s website other factors, added Qarawi. yesterday.

to achieve its mission perfectly. The comprehensive modernization process, Observation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- Jarrah Al-Sabah, seeks to enhance the plane joins security institution to achieve its mission amid the current security developments, MoI fleet which require further readiness and vigi- lance, he noted. KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of The ministry made a quantum leap in Interior (MoI) on Saturday announced the area of developing its air patrols and that a new modern observation Dolphin increasing missions on both security and aircraft joined the ministry’s fleet of heli- military levels, he pointed out. Meanwhile, copters, within the framework of a com- MoI Assistant Undersecretary of the prehensive modernization of the security Operations Affairs Maj Gen Jamal Al- institution. In a statement issued by the Sayegh said the plane is equipped with ministry’s Public Relations and Security thermal cameras to monitor roads, and Media Department, MoI Undersecretary can transmit directly anything to the min- Lieutenant General Mahmoud Al-Dosari istry’s operation rooms. The plane can said the new aircraft comes as part of a conduct accurately search and rescue contract to purchase four large-size operations, and will take charge of patrols H225 Dolphins and two AS365 N3 medi- through a communication device linked to um-size ones. the ministry, he said. A number of senior He added that the move embodies the officials at the ministry witnessed the support by the supreme political leader- arrival of the plane in Kuwait earlier on ship for the security institution in order Saturday, coming from France. — KUNA

KUWAIT: The new Dolphin aircraft acquired recently by Kuwait’s Interior Ministry. — KUNA 4 Established 1961 Local Monday, November 20, 2017

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KUWAIT: A man looks at paintings of Kuwaiti artist Ibrahim Ismail at an exhibition organized recently in Kuwait. —KUNA photo ICT poses challenge to publishers: Panelists Panel entitled ‘Arab publishing and the Gulf market’ KUWAIT: Publishers in the Gulf region and beyond face Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has entitled it to attract celebrat- numerous challenges foremost among which is the spread ed writers since early the 19th century. of online publishing, experts agreed on Saturday. Speakers “The books written in this period in the Hejaz region at a panel discussion on ‘Arab publishing and the Gulf mar- (west Saudi Arabia), by local or expatriate authors from ket,’ argued that information and communications technol- Egypt and elsewhere, reflect the various stages of ogy (ICT) dominated “our daily life including the business progress of the cultural movement,” he pointed out. of traditional publishing.” The Saudi renaissance The panel, co-organized and the spread of univer- by Kuwait’s 42nd sities provided ample International Book Fair and atmosphere for the the Arab Publishers’ emergence of a new Association, highlights the Held as class of intelligentsia importance of book read- who contributed to the ing and the concerns of part of Int’l progress of the cultural publishers in the region, movement and the boom said Saad Al-Enezi, direc- Book Fair of printing and publish- tor of the fair. “Kuwait and ing. “The 1990s consti- other countries in the Gulf tutes a significant mile- region attach great impor- stone in the flourish of tance to cultural enlighten- the printing and publish- ment and works to facilitate ing business with several the publishing business though hosting such fairs regular- bookstores and publishers starting to compete with the ly,” he said. world’s most prestigious peers,” Siba’ie added. Enezi, head of the fairs’ department at the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), noted that Coordination needed Kuwait hosted earlier this year the second meeting of Meanwhile, Ali Al-Sha’ali, head of the consultative directors of Arab book fairs which led to significant rec- committee of Abu Dhabi International Translation ommendation for promoting culture and publishing. Conference, highlighted the need of coordination among “The governments of the Gulf countries put great those in charge of authoring, publishing and marketing resources at the disposal of publishers at such book fairs business, on one hand, and users of books, such as the in order to help them find the best ways to attract creative ministries of education, culture and information and KUWAIT: Panelists attend a panel discussion entitled ‘Arab publishing and the writers and market their products,” he said, noting that libraries, on the other. Gulf market.’— KUNA “the ball is now at the court of publishers.” “The United Arab Emirates launched several initia- tives to help the views of these parties close to each Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) in providing grants for he added. The panel is one of the numerous cultural Eminent status other and help them realize the needs of each other,” he cultural and translation projects. activities on the agenda of Kuwait’s 42nd Mohammad Al-Siba’ie, director general of Saudi said. In this regard, Sha’ali underscored the significance “These initiatives signal the UAE quest for becom- International Book Fair being held at Kuwait Arabia’s Dar Al-Waraq Publishing House, said the pre- of the “culture without borders” initiative in providing ing an Arab hub for publishing and overcoming the International Fair ground in Mishref Area between eminent religious, historical and geographical status of the books to libraries, and Mohammad bin Rashed Al challenges facing publishing, notably the high cost,” November 15 and 25.— KUNA

Egyptian horse beauty contests concludes in Kuwait KUWAIT: The Egyptian horse beauty contests, part of Kuwait National Festival for Arabian Horse 2017, concluded on Saturday and fea- tured 374 horses. The final ceremony was attended by representative of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of State for Youth Khaled Al-Roudhan, and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Arabian Horse Center, also known as Bait Al-Arab, Alaa Al-Roumi. Khaled Al- Enezi’s Maali won the female Foal award while Rashed Al-Shaye’s horse won the male Foal category. Barrak Al-Hajery’s horse won the Mare award while Mohammad Khuraibet’s horse won the Mare contest. —KUNA Established 1961 5 Local Monday, November 20, 2017

local spotlight In my view Kuwait committed to Drivers above Malaysia today OPEC output cut deal the law Kuwait produces 3.15 million bpd a day: KOC By Talal Al-Ghannam By Muna Al-Fuzai

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Malaysia is known to us in the Gulf as a preferred In today’s article, I would like to shed some light destination for newlywed couples. But this beauti- on the erratic and maniac driving in Kuwait by ful county is appropriate for everyone, including people who put their lives as well as lives of others those who seek medical treatment and physical at a great risk. The drama starts every day at 6:00 therapy. So what makes Malaysia different from am when I am on my way to work, these irrespon- London, Paris or Dubai, for instance? A weeklong sible drivers race and zigzag between lanes and trip to Malaysia brought the answer. are then chased by patrol cars that are supposedly I received a generous invitation through the there to control the flow of traffic, yet they do Malaysian Tourism Program to participate in a trip nothing to stop the ugliness of such reckless driv- to Malaysia with a media and tourism group from ing. Maintaining the speed of 120 km/h is no Kuwait. The flight was sponsored by Oman Air longer adhered to by many drivers who do not like and supported by the Malaysian ambassador in to stay in lanes behind drivers who respect the Kuwait. This journey was an opportunity for traffic law, and tend to flash the high beam head- learning and time passed quickly. lights, bothering the drivers in front of them with The first question for me was whether I needed non-stop honking or even trying to cut them off. a visa. Kuwaitis generally do not need a visa and I Driving in Kuwait has become worse, and the think most Arabs can easily get a visa, as the latest statistics reveal that a huge number of fatal- embassy staff is very helpful. They are all tourism ities result from such maniac driving. Everyone ambassadors of their country. I did not have much seems to ‘own the road’ here in Kuwait and never information about Malaysia, but I tried to read up KUWAIT: Kuwait’s crude output stands at 3.15 million bar- Gulf region that produces up to one third of the world’s accepts to be told they are wrong. It also seems before traveling. My basic interest was over its rels per day (bpd) at present, and the country is fully com- output of the crude. He referred to KOC’s strategic plans that many youngsters keep light weapons and customs, culture, governance and development. mitted to the production ceiling set by OPEC, a senior offi- to increase daily production to 4 million bpd by 2030. sticks in their vehicles in case they need them Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy cial in the oil industry said yesterday. Deputy CEO of the Earlier yesterday, he addressed the opening of the con- during a fight or an argument in the road. I pray located in Southeast Asia, with 13 states and three Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Ismail Abdullah Abdul made ference and stressed KOC’s eagerness to remain as dis- every day before leaving my house to be able to federal territories. This type of administration in the statement on the side- tinctive and as leading as reach my destination safely and avoid an argu- ment with such irresponsible drivers who roam ruling a country was strange to me because I lines of the Kuwait 3rd ever as, keeping pace with come from a different cultural background. But it Flow Measurement the latest technology and is an exceptional process - beautiful and accept- Technology for Oil and best practices of explo- able for the people there. They are a people of Gas Conference. Plan to increase ration and production. multicultural origins, but they all meld in despite Statistics reveal that the religious differences. It is indeed a peaceful The theme of the production The company has coexistence. conference is crucial to launched several initia- a huge number of The Malaysian Embassy here provided me with the industry, he added. to 4 million tives at home and over- many useful brochures about Malaysia, and I Representatives of 30 seas for the exchange of fatalities result from encourage those who wish or plan to travel there local and international bpd by 2030 knowledge and expert- reckless driving to read about the customs and history of this companies are taking ise, he said. This confer- country. The trip was wonderful, fun, relaxing and part in the conference ence is the latest exam- very informative. among more than 300 ple, attended by fellow The flight was comfortable except for one participants. Several subsidiaries of the unpleasant incident that killed my enthusiasm the streets in search for a fight or to cause immediately after arrival at Kuala Lumpur via companies specialized in oil and gas measurement Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). The three-day unwanted trouble. Muscat. I couldn’t find my bag, so I spent an hour equipment are participating in the exhibition held on event focuses on the practical applications and studies Many Europeans whom I have met and inter- waiting and searching, until the mystery was the sidelines of the event. and researches on measurement of oil and gas, he said, viewed affirm that if such behavior occurs in their solved - my bag was left behind at Muscat airport. According to the KOC official, oil and gas measure- voicing admiration of the rich local and foreign papers countries, drivers of such cars would surely be But the situation was handled professionally and ment is an essential issue not only in Kuwait but in the submitted for discussion. —KUNA under the influence of alcohol or drugs. But here, very quickly by the head of staff of the Oman Air people are aware of their behavior and seem nor- office at Kuala Lumpur airport. mal, yet end up committing such irresponsible They sent my bag immediately on another things. They said that over-speeding and reckless It will also learn about modern auditing methodolo- plane to arrive the next day at my hotel in the driving in their countries are severely punished by capital. It was an amazing effort. I know that such Audit bureau to gies, risk based audit methodology, risk assessment, law, adding that ‘wasta’ or connection has no incidents can happen any time, but dealing with business risk, modern methodologies in reviewing capi- place there and is also considered a crime punish- the situation with the professionalism and serious- observe EY contract tal projects, quality assurance and institutional per- able by law. ness that I saw is rare. I thanked them a hundred formance, and a review of the methodology of modern Here in Kuwait, one can get killed as a result of practices in Qatar internal auditing and auditing of information technolo- reckless driving, yet the perpetrator can still walk gy, he said. freely from a police station knowing he has a This visit works to meet the goals of the strong backing and support by an MP or a high- International Organization of Supreme Audit ranking official. So many cases have occurred DOHA: A delegation from Kuwait’s State Audit Bureau where expatriates fall victims to car accidents or Institutions (INTOSAI)’ special strategy for years In Malaysia, Islam (SAB) is currently visiting Qatar to learn about the end up in jail because of wasta. My suggestion to is a value, a moral experience of conducting a contract with Ernst and 2017-2011, themed “sharing knowledge and experience the traffic department is to install thousands of Young Global Limited international bureau for auditing in accounting and auditing”, he added. very tiny surveillance cameras and hide them in and behavior and accounting (EY), said an official yesterday. Zamanan stressed on SAB keenness to benefit from lamp posts, and in this case, drivers will be forced The delegation will review Qatar’s experience in many states and remarkable auditory intuitions experi- to slow down because they would not know restructure organizational structures in institutional ences, which would contribute in developing the super- where these cameras have been hidden. capacity building, as well as developing a framework vising field. SAB actively cooperates with regional, Asian for competencies and expertise, SAB’s Director General and international supreme audit intuitions and offers times and continued the journey with my col- of training and international relations Department Saud many supervisory projects as well as taking part in sev- leagues gladly. Al-Zamanan said. eral professional meetings in the domain. —KUNA I commenced the trip with a short and distin- guished meeting with the Kuwaiti ambassador in CRIMES Malaysia. I was very impressed with the activities of the envoy and his constant attempt to strengthen Six arrested with drugs cultural ties between Kuwait and Malaysia through various cultural gatherings hosted for senior Malaysians at home. The trip to Malaysia included KUWAIT: Five women, including four Kuwaiti citizens multiple visits to many beautiful hotels, museums and a GCC national, in addition to a male citizen were and sites to learn more about the country and its referred to forensic medicine for blood tests on suspi- culture, because it is far away from us. What we cions of drug abuse after they were found with pos- know about it is too little and this is not fair, session of eight illicit tablets. A security source said the because it is such an amazing place to see. suspects were in an abnormal condition when stopped. Penang island is a place where you feel the his- Forensics are yet to determine which drug was used. tory and art. The Sunway Lagoon theme park is a place for adventure. It is connected to the fabulous Sunway Resort and Spa to continue living the Illegal photographing dream. The visit was not political, but a tour of the capital and some areas are enough to understand A Moroccan national in his forties was arrested and the country and investors’ efforts. DOHA: A delegation from Kuwait State Audit Bureau (SAB) visits Qatar’s audit bureau during their visit to the sent to Sharq police station, where he is held pend- Malaysia is a country with lush nature, and as I Gulf country. —KUNA ing procedures that might require him to be sent to come from the desert, I greatly appreciate the col- or green. The Malaysians are very nice people - the State Security Department after he was arrested polite and open to strangers and visitors. I came while taking pictures for the British Embassy’s across saleswomen who were able to guess where I building. The man said during questioning that he was from. One said Makkah. They may not know Kuwait wins did not know the building belonged to an embassy, much about the region, but surely know and love according to a security source. Makkah. They say it proudly and happily, and I felt good about this. The Malay Muslims are religious at Qatar’s and conservative in general. They love Islam per- Hospital staff assaulted haps more than many Muslims whom I deal with, Katara festival who feel ashamed of being Muslims. In Malaysia, A Kuwaiti citizen was taken to Salmiya police sta- you see young girls wearing headscarves as part of DOHA: Kuwait has won the first and second positions in tion for assaulting a receptionist in a private hospi- living modestly. Performing prayers on time seems the pearl-diving tournament of the Katara Traditional tal. The man had presented the ‘Afiya’ card that cov- important as well. Dhow Festival. Oman came third in the same tournament. ers medical expenses for retired citizens in an Malaysians are proud Muslims, and everyone practices their rituals with joy and happiness with- The Kuwaiti team voiced much happiness at winning the attempt to cover payments for his son’s lab tests, but out fanaticism. In Malaysia, Islam is a value, a moral competition, and dedicated their victory to the Kuwaiti The first Kuwaiti team ‘Sabah The Humanitarian’. went furious when his application was rejected. The and behavior. I have visited Muslim countries political leadership and people. The annual festival hosts hospital’s management called police who arrested where I have seen Islam, but only in name, with a several cultural, sporting, traditional and environment- the ones used by “our fathers and forefathers when they the man. few mosques. Malaysia represents moderate Islam, related tournaments, including pearl diving, free diving, dove for pearls ... for four month sna 10 days, during from which we must learn to live and progress. rowing and best sailing dhows. which they faced tough conditions in the Gulf waters,” he I know that Malaysia is a country that faces Unknown material The first Kuwaiti team, Sabah The Humanitarian, suc- added in a statement. He said the tournament was a difficulties in the administrative aspect, like many An Abdaly customs officer was arrested for posses- ceeded in collecting some 91,423 pearls while the second, revival of traditions and a reminder of the difficulties the countries today, but this has not prevented the Fath Al-Khair, gathered around 70,197 pearls. Hussain sion of an unknown material, and is being held government from supporting touristic campaigns fathers and forefathers experienced. Abdullah Al-Rashed, Al-Houli, skipper of Sabah The Humanitarian Team, pending procedures to be handed over to criminal to present Malaysia as a destination that is open skipper of Fath Al-Khair Team, said the harmony among detectives for questioning. The suspect claimed the to everyone from around the world. It is indeed a attributed the victory to dedication and hard work of his the crew members contributed to winning the second crew before and throughout the three-day tournament. material belonged to his mother. country worth visiting. place. He said participation of Kuwait improved perform- —Translated from the Arabic press Houli said the crew used old pearl-diving tools similar to ance of the pearl divers. —KUNA International MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017 Libya to probe ‘slave auction’ Helping the poor is a ‘Passport to Paradise,’ Pope says Page 9 Page 7

RAWAH, Iraq: A boy walks past Iraqi forces vehicles in Rawa, after troops retook the Euphrates valley town from Islamic State group jihadists. — AFP Islamic State loses its grip in Iraq

Iraqi troops oust IS from the last town

RAWA: “Islamic State - Euphrates the crest of the Italian national football and city after another. Now the government Across the border they are still clinging to for foreign fighters and smugglers trans- Province” reads an abandoned sign cov- team. Under the jihadists’ rule the roughly troops are hoping this will be the last time chunks of territory and ferociously battling porting arms and other illicit goods. But ered by dust and sand in the Iraqi town of 20,000 inhabitants of Rawa and the sur- they ever have to “liberate” an Iraqi town Syrian regime forces for control of their last despite its reputation as a hotbed of Rawa. A day after government forces oust- rounding hamlets had to gather at a pre- from the grip of urban strong- extremism, local inhabitants in Rawa insist ed the Islamic State group from the last fabricated building at the entrance to the the Sunni hold Albu they were overjoyed to see the arrival of town it held in the country, the banner is town. At this “information point” the pop- jihadist group- Kamal. government troops and back of the now just a reminder of the vast “caliphate” ulation was told about the latest bloody which now con- jihadists. “It’s been said that the people the jihadists once ruled. Hamza Mahmud, attacks by the group, the ground it had trols only areas Sunni tribes from here were for IS, but it was the exact 13, has seen the past three years of his captured, its feats of arms. They were also of remote desert For 3 years, no fight IS opposite,” said Aid. “If we were with IS, young life dominated by the harsh demands reminded of the rules. in the country. The barren then we wouldn’t have stayed behind now.” and tight control of IS in this desert region But the threat electricity, TV region around Others from the region have gone even fur- on the border with Syria. Since the group ‘No electricity, phones, TV’ from the IS Rawa is domi- ther. Local Sunni tribal fighters took up seized his home town on a bend in the “For three years they denied us electrici- fighters still and telephone nated by a hand- arms and sided with the mainly Shiite gov- Euphrates River in 2014, he has not spent ty, telephones and television,” sighed a remains. Rather ful of Sunni ernment forces to finally take down IS. “We one day in school. bearded Aref Aid, 67, wearing a white robe. than stay and tribes and has won here in Rawa,” said smiling combatant “Men had to have long beards and When Iraqi forces arrived in Rawa on fight, they fled long been a bas- Mohammed Al-Jougheifi, a bedouin scarf wear traditional robes to their ankles or Friday they were greeted by scenes of relief Rawa in the face of the Iraqi advance and tion of jihadist insurgency. Ever since the wrapped around his head. “And if there are they would get twenty lashes,” he said, that have been repeated across the country air strikes from a US-led coalition in the US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in ever any other battles to fight against IS sporting a bright yellow pullover bearing as IS was pushed out of one town, village direction of Syria, said mayor Hussein Ali. 2003 the frontier zone has been a magnet then we are ready.”— AFP

Clashes erupt in gave him a standing ovation and sang a a Nairobi slum; An end of era traditional Irish song about the road home, followed by the national anthem. Adams will almost certainly hand 4 bodies found for Irish over to a successor with no direct involvement in the decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, a prospect that NAIROBI: Clashes erupted in a Nairobi slum nationalism; would make Sinn Fein a more palat- yesterday after four bodies were found in the able coalition partner in the Irish streets, hiking tensions on the eve of a Adams steps Republic where it has never been in Supreme Court ruling on the validity of last power. Deputy leader Mary Lou month’s divisive election re-run. The bodies of McDonald, an English literature grad- three men and a woman were found in the down uate from Trinity College Dublin who city’s Mathare slum, one of several flashpoint has been at the forefront of a new areas where violence erupted during the dis- NAIROBI: People run away from tear gas before the arrival of Kenya’s breed of Sinn Fein politicians trans- puted October 26 vote which was largely boy- opposition party National Super Alliance (NASA) leader at Riverside slum in DUBLIN: Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, a forming the party’s image, is the clear cotted by the opposition. Nairobi yesterday. — AFP pivotal figure in the political life of favorite to take over. That would The discovery came just two days after Ireland for almost 50 years, said he will step down as party leader and com- mean the left-wing party being led on three people were shot dead in a nearby sub- ed, blaming the violence on the Mungiki, a running street battles which lasted all day. The plete a generational shift in the former both sides of the Irish border by urb during clashes with police which erupted feared criminal gang known for running pro- violence soured a gathering which had sought political wing of the Irish Republican women in their 40s after Michelle as thousands of opposition supporters turned tection rackets and violently defending tribal to welcome Odinga back from a 10-day trip to Army (IRA). Reviled by many as the O’Neill succeeded Martin out for their leader, Raila Odinga. Nairobi business interests. Drawing its members from the United States where he was trying to rally face of the IRA during its campaign McGuinness as leader in Northern police chief Japheth Koome said that the cause Kenya’s largest tribe-the Kikuyu, to which support for the holding of new elections. against British rule in Northern Ireland, Ireland shortly before the former IRA of death was not immediately clear but that the President Uhuru Kenyatta belongs-the Adams reinvented himself as a peace- commander’s death in March. victims appeared to have been hit by a blunt Mungiki were responsible for much of the Key ruling looms maker in the troubled region and then object, while one had also been cut. deadly ethnic violence which swept the coun- Tensions are also high ahead of a key as a populist opposition parliamentari- IRA denials “Investigations are going on into the killings try in the months after the 2007 election. Supreme Court ruling today over whether an in the Irish Republic. Adams, who will turn 70 next of the four people in Mathare Area 1,” he said. Today, the term is widely used in reference Kenyatta can be sworn in for a second term Adams said he would be replaced October, has always denied member- “The people were found dead and we want to to groups of armed Kikuyu men. But the or if there must be another presidential re- as party president, a position he has ship of the IRA but accusations from establish how they were killed,” he said. “We police chief was quick to rule out any ethnic run. Although Kenyatta won the October 26 held since 1983, at a party conference former IRA fighters that he was could see they have been hit by a blunt object, factors in Mathare, where many Kikuyu live vote with 98 percent of the votes cast, the next year. He would also not stand for involved in its campaign of killings have (and) one is cut.” When the bodies were found, alongside ethnic Luo or Luhya, who largely ballot was boycotted by Odinga and his sup- reelection to the Irish parliament. dogged him throughout his career. angry residents clashed with police, setting fire back Odinga. “It is not about ethnic clashes,” porters who clashed violently with police in “Republicanism has never been Adams was a key figure in the national- to two buses and another vehicle. In a bid to Koome said, insisting that it was a criminal his strongholds in the west and in several stronger... But leadership means know- ist movement throughout the three head off any further unrest, police immediately matter, but without giving details. Since Nairobi slums. It was also marred by low ing when it is time for change. That decades of violence between Catholic brought in reinforcements and several water Friday, Kenya has been on edge following a turnout. The vote was the chaotic climax of time is now,” Adams said in an emo- militants seeking a united Ireland, cannon, AFP correspondents at the scene said. mass opposition demonstration to welcome two months of political drama sparked by an tional speech to a packed party con- mainly Protestant militants who wanted Odinga back from a trip overseas turned vio- earlier Supreme Court ruling on September 1 ference. “I have complete confidence to maintain Northern Ireland’s position Ethnically motivated? lent, with three demonstrators shot dead in which overturned Kenyatta’s victory in an ini- in the next generation of leaders,” he as a part of Britain, and the British Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Muthurwa, a suburb not far from Mathare. tial August election over widespread irregu- said. Adams stayed on stage as the army. 3,600 died in the conflict, many police official said that angry residents Angry protesters hurled stones at police who larities and mismanagement by the IEBC 2,500-strong crowd, some in tears, at the hands of the IRA. — Reuters believed the murders were ethnically motivat- hit back with tear gas and water cannon in electoral commission. — AFP Established 1961 7 International Monday, November 20, 2017 Jews hold rare prayers at the holy site in West Bank Israel to close detention centre, deport migrants

HALHUL: Hundreds of Israeli Jews held a rare prayers terday to close a migrant detention centre, as Prime session by a mosque in a Palestinian village on the Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an agree- occupied West Bank yesterday, an AFP photographer ment to deport 40,000 Africans who entered the said. The Israeli army accompanied busses carrying country illegally. Ministers unanimously approved over 300 ultra-Orthodox men, mostly from the plans to shutter the Holot centre in southern Israel Breslov Hassidic sect, to Younis mosque in Halhul, and gave migrants a three-month deadline to leave north of Hebron, where according to Jewish tradition the country or face deportation, said the interior and biblical prophets Gad and Nathan are buried. public security ministries. “The infiltrators will have One worshipper told AFP it was the first time in 18 the option to be imprisoned or leave the country,” the years that Jews were allowed to pray at the site, deep public security ministry said in a statement. in a Palestinian-controlled area. A military spokes- Israeli official figures from June 30 show a total of woman said the army and police forces accompany- 38,043 African migrants in the country. They include ing the worshippers were 27,494 Eritreans and 7,869 attacked by Palestinians Sudanese, and their pres- hurling “rocks and fire- ence in south Tel Aviv has bombs”, with the forces raised discontent among responding with riot dis- First time in Israelis there and else- persal means to “prevent where. Speaking ahead of further escalation”. No 18 years, Jews the vote, Netanyahu noted injuries were reported, the that after building a fence spokeswoman said. were allowed on the Egyptian border According to tradition, and deporting some the graves are located to pray at site 20,000 African migrants inside the mosque, but the through various deals, Jewish worshippers did not Israel has reached the third enter the holy site, rather stage of its efforts-”accel- held an hour of pre-dawn prayers on the road outside erated removal”. rHALHUL: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, mostly from the Hasidim Breslov sect, run past Israeli soldiers as before leaving, the photographer said. There are a “This removal is taking place thanks to an interna- they rush to pray in front of the Younis mosque where, according to the Jewish medieval tradition, are number of sites holy to Jews in Palestinian-controlled tional agreement I reached that enables us to remove the graves of the biblical prophets Gad and Nathan in the heart of the West Bank town of Halhul. —AFP areas in the West Bank that are the site of pilgrim- the 40,000 infiltrators remaining, remove them with- ages. Most popular are Rachel’s tomb near Bethlehem out their consent,” he told ministers. “This will enable and the tomb of Joseph in Nablus. On Friday, a us to close down Holot and allocate some of the large sary. Ahead of the vote, Public Security Minister was indeed taking place.” Neither Erdan nor Palestinian from Halhul rammed his car into Israeli funds going there to inspectors and removing more Gilad Erdan said Holot had become “a hotel for infil- Netanyahu gave details about the deal and the third civilians nearby, wounding two before trying to stab people,” said Netanyahu. Holot, an open facility in the trators at the tax-payers’ expense that does not country. Israel tacitly recognizes the Sudanese and soldiers and being shot. The army arrested a number desert that can host 1,200 migrants who are allowed encourage their exit” and costs 240 million shekels Eritreans cannot be returned to their dangerous of his family members and imposed a partial closure to leave to work during the day, would be closed ($68 million, 58 million euros) a year. homelands, so it has signed deals with Rwanda and on the village, which by yesterday had been lifted, the three months from December 16, according to the In a Twitter statement, Erdan however stressed the Uganda, which agree to accept departing migrants on army said. decision. A public security ministry spokesman said closure of Holot was conditioned on “us seeing that condition they consent to the arrangement, according In another development, Israel’s cabinet voted yes- an extension to that deadline would be set if neces- the policy of removing infiltrators to a third country to activists. —Agencies Libya to probe ‘slave auction’ Soldiers held

TRIPOLI: Libya will investigate alleged slave trading in the country, the internationally recognized government without trial announced yesterday, following the release of video footage appearing to show migrants being auctioned dent Gambia off. Chaos-ridden Libya has long been a major transit hub for migrants trying to reach Europe, and many of them have fallen prey to serious abuse in the North reputation African country at the hands of traffickers and others. US television network CNN aired the footage last BANJUL: When strongman Yahya Jammeh left The week of an apparent live auction in Libya where black Gambia for exile after 22 years, new foreign minister men are presented to North African buyers as potential Ousainou Darboe pledged the tiny nation would farmhands and sold off for as little as $400. Deputy become the “human rights capital of Africa”. His remarks Prime Minister Ahmed Metig said his UN-backed came days after Jammeh’s forced departure in January, Government of National Accord would investigate the and followed the release of droves of political prisoners allegations, in a statement posted Sunday on the from the country’s notorious jails-the face of years of Facebook page of the GNA’s press office. flagrant rights abuses under the mercurial leader. But as Metig said he would instruct the formation of a the first anniversary approaches of the December 1 “commission to investigate these reports in order to PARIS: A man holds a placard reading ‘No to slavery in Libya’ during a march against ‘slavery in Libya’ election that would eventually spell regime change for apprehend and bring those responsible to justice”, the in Paris. —AFP Banjul, AFP has learnt that a dozen soldiers are currently statement added. The CNN report apparently showing being held in Gambian detention far beyond the remit of migrants being auctioned off in Libya was shared wide- of Paris on Saturday to protest against slavery in Libya, the dangerous crossing through the Sahara to Libya the constitution, in some cases for months. ly on social media, provoking outrage in Africa, Europe according to French police. Guinean President Alpha with hopes of making it over the Mediterranean Sea to Three of those detained, Lance Corporal Abdoulie and the rest of the world. The grainy footage shot on a Conde, who is also chairman of the African Union, on Italy. But testimony collected by AFP has revealed a Bojang, Lance Corporal Abba Badjie and another sol- mobile telephone shows a man CNN said was Nigerian Friday called for an inquiry and prosecutions relating to litany of rights abuses at the hands of gangsters, human dier, Lamin Nyassi, were all picked up by the military and in his 20s being offered up for sale as part of a what he termed a “despicable trade... from another era”. traffickers and the Libyan security forces, while many police in July, according to their wives.”He is accused of group of “big strong boys for farm work”. Senegal’s government expressed “outrage at the sale of end up stuck in the unstable North African nation for facilitating the escape of a soldier who was wanted in In the CNN report, a person identified as an auc- Sub-Saharan African migrants on Libyan soil” that con- years. More than 8,800 stranded migrants have been connection with a Whatsapp group chat,” Bojang’s wife tioneer can be heard saying “800... 900... 1,000... stituted a “blight on the conscience of humanity”. returned home this year, according to the International Sunkaru Jarjue told AFP, an account repeated by 1,100...” before two men are sold for 1,200 Libyan African migrants from nations including Guinea and Organization for Migration, which is also compiling evi- Nyassi’s wife, Banna Jarju. dinars ($875). Around 1,000 people took to the streets Senegal but also Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Gambia make dence of slavery. —AFP An official within the military who wished to remain anonymous confirmed to AFP a dozen soldiers were being held. Although the men appeared before a judge on Friday, they have yet to be formally charged and are plans were backed by the so-called G40, a only expected to enter a plea of November 27. The Fall from group of young supporters that has earned men’s prolonged detention is inextricably linked with a reputation for aggression. The faction, suspicions of sedition and covert support for Jammeh Grace: Mugabe’s which includes some ministers, has been from a faction of the army and intelligence services, the primary target of the military officers but rights groups say the military figures are not who announced on state TV in the early exempt from the constitutional right to be charged wife was his hours of Wednesday that they would bring within 72 hours. “criminals” close to Mugabe to justice. weakness Mutiny concerns ‘They had to act’ A coalition of parties fielded standard-bearer Adama “The Zimbabwean army feel they have Barrow as their candidate in December 2016 elections, the right to have a president they approve who ultimately defeated Jammeh and took over the HARARE: President Robert Mugabe’s of,” Knox Chitiyo, of the Chatham House presidency in late January. But then, as now, there are downfall was caused by the ambitions of think-tank, told AFP. “They had to act now concerns about lingering Jammeh supporters in the his combative wife Grace, whose emer- before Grace was appointed as vice presi- ranks of the army, evoked back in July by Colonel gence as his likely successor proved a step dent at the ZANU-PF party congress next Magatte Ndiaye, the head of a Senegalese army contin- too far for Zimbabwe’s military, analysts month. Grace’s team got within weeks of gent still deployed to The Gambia by the Economic say. Grace Mugabe - 41 years younger success.” Grace, born in South Africa, was than her husband-was once dismissed as a one of Mugabe’s secretaries when their Community of West African States (ECOWAS). lightweight shopping addict. But she affair began in 1987, and they had two chil- He told AFP that rebel elements were intent on became increasingly active in public life in dren in secret before the president’s wife destabilizing the country and working with exiled recent years, and became the frontrunner died in 1992. Jammeh-era top brass, though President Barrow has to take the top job when Mugabe last week The couple then married at a lavish cere- said such reports are “hugely exaggerated”. The wife of sacked her arch-rival, vice president mony in 1996 attended by Nelson Mandela, one soldier arrested at the Farafenni army camp in Emmerson Mnangagwa. PRETORIA: File photo shows Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arriving with his September, nominally for failing to show up for work, before having a third child. Grace was wife Grace for the inauguration ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. —AFP The military-determined to stop Grace, awarded a doctorate by the University of believes his family connections ensnared him while 52, being named as the new vice president- Zimbabwe, where her husband is chancellor, maintaining his innocence. “They asked whether he is moved in on Wednesday, taking control of reportedly just three months after enrolling, Mujuru, who was a contender to succeed affection in Zimbabwe. Despite that, her still communicating with his uncle (Yahya Jammeh),” the country and signaling the imminent end and in 2014 became the head of the ZANU- her husband. Grace launched sustained supporters have sought to popularize nick- Tida Bajinka Jammeh told AFP in mid-November, of Mugabe’s rule.”The crisis has been trig- PF party’s women’s wing. She has often verbal attacks against Mujuru, accusing her names like “Dr Amai (Doctor Mother)” and adding her husband had only just been released. gered by Grace because she wanted to been accused of extravagant spending on of plotting to topple the president. Soon “queen of queens”. Gambia Armed Forces Spokesman Captain Lamin grab power and to have Mugabe remove a luxury clothes and international travel, and afterwards, Mujuru was ousted and later In speeches she had railed against any- Sanyang confirmed the detention of members of the lot of people,” Shadrack Gutto, director of of involvement in corrupt land deals. expelled from the ruling ZANU-PF party. one accused of disloyalty to the president, Gambian Armed Forces pending investigation for the Centre for African Renaissance Studies But Grace’s attempt to neutralize and her short temper hit the headlines in “mutinous and seditious acts” revealed by audio at the University of South Africa said. ‘Gucci Grace’ Mnangagwa ended very differently-leaving August when she allegedly assaulted a recordings shared by Whatsapp. “Some soldiers are “She overreached herself. She has done Dubbed “Gucci Grace”, “The First her and her husband languishing under model who was with two of her sons at a arrested in connection with a Whatsapp page they a lot to accelerate the removal of her hus- Shopper” or even “DisGrace”, she showed house arrest in Harare. Grace Mugabe’s South African hotel. Grace was granted have created to discuss amongst themselves,” band from power. “The military decided her political mettle in 2014 with her cam- confrontational approach and distant pub- diplomatic immunity and made a swift exit Sanyang said. —AFP that enough is enough.” Grace’s political paign against then-vice president Joice lic image have brought her little popular from the country. —AFP 8 Established 1961 International Monday, November 20, 2017 Trump era triggers new debate about nuclear war authority

Nuke commander vows to resist illegal order

WASHINGTON: It’s hard to overstate how either get a new secretary of defense or reflects unease - justified or not - about thoroughly the US military has prepared for get a new commander.” The implication is President Donald Trump’s temperament and doomsday - the day America gets into a that one way or another, the commander in whether he would act impulsively in a crisis. nuclear shooting war. No detail seems to chief would not be thwarted. The current This past week’s Senate hearing was the have been overlooked. There’s even a des- head of Strategic Command, Gen John first in Congress on presidential authority ignated “safe escape” door at the nuclear- Hyten, said Saturday at the Halifax to use nuclear weapons since 1976, when a warfighting headquarters near Omaha, International Security Forum in Canada Democratic congressman from New York, Nebraska, through which the four-star that he would refuse a launch order from a Richard L Ottinger, pushed for the US to commander would rush to a getaway plane president if he believed that order to be declare it would never initiate a nuclear war. moments before the first bomb hit. illegal. Hyten also predicted that the presi- Ottinger said he wanted to “eliminate the Procedures are in place for ensuring US dent would then ask him for options that prospect that human ignorance and poten- nuclear weapons are ready for a presiden- Hyten judged to be legal. tial human failure in the use of nuclear tial launch order in response to - or materials, especially nuclear in anticipation of - a nuclear attack weapons, will lead to the destruction by North Korea or anyone else. of civilization.” Forty-one years later, There are backup procedures and the US hasn’t ruled out first-strike backups for the backups. And yet There are nuclear options and is unlikely to do fundamental aspects of this night- so during Trump’s tenure. This trou- mare sequence remain a mystery. For backups for bles experts who worry about a example, what would happen if an president with the sole - some say American president ordered a the backups unchecked - authority to initiate nuclear strike, for whatever reason, nuclear war. and the four-star general at Strategic “We are concerned that the Command balked or refused, believ- president of the United States is so ing it to be illegal? unstable, is so volatile, has a deci- Robert Kehler, a retired general sion-making process that is so BELLEVUE: Air Force Gen John Hyten, the incoming commander of the United States who once led that command, was asked this Bruce Blair, a former nuclear missile quixotic, that he might order a nuclear Strategic Command, speaks to reporters following a change of command ceremony at a congressional hearing last week. His launch officer and co-founder of the Global weapons strike that is wildly out of step at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb. — AP response: “You’d be in a very interesting Zero group that advocates eliminating with US national security interests,” said constitutional situation.” By interesting, he nuclear weapons, said the Kehler scenario Sen Chris Murphy, D-Conn, said at the seemed to mean puzzling. Brian McKeon, a misses a more important point: The outset of last week’s hearing. The commit- tion to alter the presidential authorities. dent rightly has unchecked authority to senior policy adviser in the Pentagon during Strategic Command chief might, in effect, tee chairman, Sen Bob Corker, R-Tenn, James Acton, co-director of the nuclear use nuclear weapons in response to an the Obama administration, said a president’s be bypassed by the president. A president said he was not targeting Trump. But he, policy program at the Carnegie actual or imminent nuclear attack. In his first recourse would be to tell the defense can transmit his nuclear attack order direct- too, has publicly questioned whether Endowment for International Peace, saw view, the president should otherwise be secretary to order the reluctant commander ly to a Pentagon war room, Blair said. From Trump’s aggressive rhetoric toward North politics at play. “But I think it’s a genuinely required to consult in advance with the to execute the launch order. there it would go to the men and women Korea and other countries could lead the important subject, and I think it’s one we secretaries of state and defense, and the “And then, if the commander still resis- who would turn the launch keys. The US into a world war. In the end, Corker’s should be debating irrespective of who the attorney general, and get approval from ted,” McKeon said as rubbed his chin, “you renewed attention on these questions hearing produced little impetus for legisla- president is,” he said. Acton said a presi- two of the three before acting. — AP

News in brief World War II and have been labeled genocide by two ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ international courts. Mladic is also accused of ordering a 44-month-long LGBT cinema banned campaign of sniping and shelling against Bosnia’s capital faces historic war Sarajevo to terrorize its inhabitants, killing 10,000 peo- ISTANBUL: The Turkish capital Ankara has banned the ple, mostly civilians. Prosecutors further blame him for public showing of films and exhibitions related to les- crimes verdict the hostage-taking of 200 UN peacekeepers and bian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, the allegedly ordering his troops to “cleanse” Bosnian governor’s office said yesterday, citing risks to public towns, driving out Croats, Muslims and other non-Serb safety. The move is likely to deepen concern among THE HAGUE: UN war crimes judges will on Wednesday residents. They have called for a life sentence. Mladic rights activists and Turkey’s Western allies about its hand down a historic verdict against former Bosnian told judges he was “sorry for every innocent that was record on civil liberties under President Tayyip Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, blamed for steer- killed on all sides, in all ethnic communities in Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted AK Party. “Starting from Nov ing Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. The Yugoslavia”, but has continued to deny the charges. 18, 2017, concerning our community’s public sensitivity, judgement and possible sentencing before the Yugoslav any events such as LGBT... cinema, theatre, panels, war crimes court in The Hague marks the culmination of ‘Satanic court’ interviews, exhibitions are banned until further notice in a case spanning 22 years against Mladic, once dubbed Arrested at his cousin’s Serbian home in May 2011 our province to provide peace and security,” the gover- “The Butcher of Bosnia”. As the head of Bosnia’s Serb- after almost 16 years on the run, the once stocky and nor’s office said in a statement. It said that such exhibi- dominated army, Mladic, 74, is accused of 11 counts tions could cause different groups in society to “pub- brash military commander cut a very different picture in including genocide, war crimes and crimes against licly harbor hatred and hostility” toward each other and the dock over the years. Markedly thinner and greyer, a therefore pose a risk to public safety. humanity, committed in the chaotic break-up of the for- defiant Mladic told judges at his first appearance in mer Yugoslavia after the fall of communism in 1990. 2011: “I defended my country and my people (and) I Mladic is one of the “first cases which in fact justi- now defend Ratko Mladic before you.” During hearings, ‘Brexit bill’ proposal fied the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal he frequently clashed with prosecutors, judges, witness- for the former Yugoslavia,” chief prosecutor Serge es and even onlookers in the public gallery. LONDON: Britain will submit proposals on how to set- Brammertz said recently. Wednesday’s decision will In one infamous moment as his trial opened in 2012, tle its divorce bill with the European Union before an also be the court’s penultimate ruling as it prepares to Mladic was seen making a throat-cutting gesture EU summit next month and is expected to negotiate close on December 31 after more than two decades. towards a victim’s relative. Mladic has called the hard, finance minister Philip Hammond said yesterday. Prosecutors say Mladic played a pivotal role in a ruth- charges against him “obnoxious” and referred to the The EU told Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday that less campaign of ethnic cleansing to create a Greater ICTY as a “satanic court”. He also refused to testify in there was more work to be done to unlock the Brexit Serbia during Bosnia’s bloody 1992-95 war which the trial of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, his talks, repeating its early December deadline for her to claimed 100,000 lives and left 2.2 million others political alter ego, who is currently appealing a 40-year SARAJEVO: File photo shows Ratko Mladic - then Bosnian flesh out Britain’s opening offer on the financial settle- homeless. jail term imposed last year for similar charges. Mladic’s Serb General. — AFP ment. “We will make our proposals to the European lawyers have insisted he is “not a monster” and urged Union in time for the Council,” Hammond told the BBC, Genocide that he be acquitted on all charges. Over the years his harrowing testimony including from protected witness referring to the Dec 14-15 meeting of EU heads of gov- Mladic was particularly sought over his role in com- health has deteriorated, and Mladic has suffered three RM-346, who told how he survived Srebrenica. “There ernment. He was speaking three days before he sets out manding Bosnian Serb troops who in mid-1995 overran strokes. Judges however dismissed a last-minute Britain’s budget plan, where he will have to find room were a lot of dead bodies. Brains were splattered all the “safe” enclave of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia. After defense bid to postpone the verdict on medical grounds. over,” said the man, who escaped despite being serious- within tight fiscal constraints to help May convince vot- brushing aside lightly-armed Dutch UN peacekeepers, ers that the Conservative government is tackling ly wounded. Mladic, Karadzic and former Yugoslav troops under Mladic’s command proceeded to slaughter Britain’s domestic problems at the same time as negoti- ‘Bodies everywhere’ president and Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic ating its exit from the EU. almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys over the next days, During a complex trial lasting 523 days, almost were among the top leaders, who prosecutors said dumping their bodies in mass graves. The killings are 10,000 exhibits were admitted in evidence and there formed the core of a “joint criminal enterprise” to create deemed the worst atrocities committed in Europe since were almost 600 witnesses. They provided hours of a Greater Serbia. —AFP Turkey ‘enemy’ insult

BRUSSELS: NATO has taken ‘disciplinary action’ thousands of refugees crossed over the against an individual over an incident in which Turkey’s Germany’s border from Austria, are pushing to limit President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s Germany’s annual intake to a benchmark modern founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk were portrayed figure of 200,000. The Greens, who as enemies, the alliance’s secretary general has said. coalition talks have long promoted migrant rights and a The incident happened during a NATO military exer- multicultural society, finally appear cise in the southern Norwegian city of Stavanger and ready to accept the figure.But they will resulted in Ankara withdrawing its 40 troops last week. hit stumbling In a telephone conversation with Erdogan on Saturday, not budge on their demand for a NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg “reiterated his apology block - resumption of family reunions for those for the incidents” and said “that disciplinary action has who have been granted temporary been taken against the individual in question, and that refuge in Germany, something opposed procedures are being put in place to prevent any such Immigration by both the CSU and FDP. incident in the future,” according to an alliance official. Amid alarm last year over the record influx of refugees, Berlin suspended BERLIN: Immigration policy is emerging reunifications until March 2018 for war Taleban prison raided as one of the thorniest issues dividing refugees like Syrians, granting them only German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s a year’s temporary protection which is LASHKAR GAH: Afghan and foreign special forces conservatives, the pro-business Free renewable depending on the situation in raided a Taleban prison in southern Helmand province Democrats (FDP) and left-leaning their home countries. The Greens want BERLIN: German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union yesterday and rescued at least 30 people, according to Greens as they seek to forge a coalition the suspension lifted, with negotiator army and provincial officials. Those rescued in the raid government in marathon talks. Here are (CDU) party Angela Merkel arrives at the representative office for further Juergen Trittin telling the Bild am exploratory talks with members of potential coalition parties. — AFP in Helmand’s Nawzad district included four children the three main stumbling blocks on Sonntag newspaper: “We will not accept under the age of 12 and two policemen, the officials which they will have to reach common that people who are already getting a said. Twenty of the people had been arrested by the positions to avoid snap elections. lower status of protection by law are long praised for its shift to renewables, in the face of tough opposition from Taleban in connection with helping the government or also excluded from family reunions. That now risks missing its carbon reduction the other parties which worry about were family members of Afghan army and police. The Immigration is inhumane.” They also reject a demand targets, largely because coal plants still the impact on the energy and auto sec- reasons for the jailing of six of those rescued was still Migrants and refugees have been from the other parties to declare the being investigated, said Abdul Qadir Bahadurzai, a account for about 40 percent of elec- tors and job losses. But they have Germany’s toughest political issue since North African nations of Algeria, tricity production. All parties say they reportedly rejected an offer to close deputy spokesman for the army’s 215th Maiwand mili- a mass influx from 2015 brought some tary corps. The Taleban said in a statement that the Morocco and Tunisia “safe countries of are committed to Germany’s ambitious Germany’s 10 dirtiest coal plants, hav- 1.2 million asylum seekers, sparking a people rescued were criminals accused of robbery, kid- origin”, which would raise the bar for carbon goals for 2020 and beyond, but ing originally demanded that 20 be napping, personal disputes and other crimes and were backlash that has seen the far-right AfD asylum applications for their citizens. are fighting over how to do it. The shuttered. They are also pushing for a awaiting trial. for it,” Taleban spokesman Qari Yousuf party enter parliament. Merkel’s CDU Greens have backed off their campaign shift toward organic agriculture and Ahmadi said in the statement. and especially their more conservative Climate demands to phase out coal as well as steps to protect biodiversity and CSU allies from Bavaria, where tens of Germany, a clean-energy pioneer combustion-engine vehicles by 2030, improve animal welfare — AFP . Established 1961 9 International Monday, November 20, 2017 Helping the poor is a ‘Passport to Paradise’, Pope Francis says Pontiff holds Church’s first ‘World Day of Poor’

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis welcomed the poor, an evangelical duty to care for them ...,” he said in his homeless and unemployed as guests of honor for a homily. “God will not ask us if we felt righteous indigna- Mass and gourmet meal in the Vatican yesterday, say- tion, but whether we did some good,” he said, labeling ing that helping the needy was one way of obtaining a indifference as a sin of omission. The pope said this “is “passport to paradise”. Francis celebrated a Mass when we say, ‘that doesn’t concern me; it’s not my busi- marking the Roman Catholic Church’s first yearly ness, it’s society’s problem.’ “It is when we turn away World Day of the Poor, which the pope established to from a brother or sister in need, when we change chan- draw the attention of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to nels as soon as a disturbing question comes up, when the neediest. we grow indignant at evil but do nothing about it.” Volunteers from charity organizations brought about The menu for the poor was selected by Sergio 7,000 needy people to St Peter’s Basilica for a special Dussin, the same chef who prepares meals for visiting Mass celebrated by the dignitaries at Vatican pope, who has made conferences. It consisted defense of the poor, of dishes the poor can immigrants and down- only dream of: mini trodden a major plank of gnocchi, fish with toma- his papacy. About 1,500 Pope treats toes, olives, Venetian of them were having cheese, veal with veg- lunch with the pope in the poor as etables and Venetian- the Vatican’s large audi- style tiramisu for dessert. ence hall and others were special guests Three days after his being taken to eat as election in 2013, Francis guests in nearby pontifi- said: “Oh, how I would cal colleges. Most of the like a poor Church, and needy people were from for the poor.” He since Rome and other parts of given up some of the Italy but charity groups also brought groups from trappings of the papacy, shunning the spacious papal France, Spain, Germany and Poland. apartments in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for a mod- VATICAN CITY: A general view shows the Paul VI audience hall where Pope Francis welcomes 500 people in “If in the eyes of the world they (the poor) have little est residence in a guest house. He also has put aside the need and those who assist them to have lunch yesterday in Vatican. Pope Francis celebrated a mass yesterday value, they are the ones who open to us the way to papal limousine and is driven around Rome in a simple to mark the first World Day of the Poor. —AFP heaven; they are our ‘passport to paradise’. For us it is blue Ford Focus. —Reuters

‘My eyes are burning’: News in brief Delhi marathon goes Train hits elephants GAUHATI: Two endangered Asian elephants have ahead despite smog been hit and killed by a passenger train near the city of Gauhati in northeastern India. Wildlife warden NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of runners yesterday Prodipta Baruah says the elephants were part of a choked through smog for the Delhi half marathon, ignoring herd of about 15 that had ventured into the area in dire health warnings from doctors who fought for the con- search of food before dawn yesterday. He says the troversial race in the heavily polluted capital to be post- other elephants crossed the track and the final two poned. More than 30,000 people, some sporting pollution were attempting to cross when the train struck them. masks, braved a hazy morning to run through the Indian Wildlife workers and veterinarians arrived to perform capital despite almost two weeks of hazardous smog that autopsies on the elephants before burying them in forced schools shut for several days. nearby pits. Gauhati is in Assam state, which is home The US embassy website yesterday showed levels of the to several thousand wild Asian elephants. The animals smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hovered near are revered in Asia but are considered endangered 200 - eight times the World Health Organization’s safe maxi- due to habitat loss and poaching. Roaming elephants mum-for the duration of the 13.1 mile race. Some athletes in the region are struck by trains fairly regularly. complained of side effects from the polluted conditions which worsened as amateur runners-the bulk of competi- tors-huffed and puffed around Delhi’s smoggy streets later Bootlegging allegations in the morning. “My eyes are burning, my throat is dry. I have NEW DELHI: A woman wears a face mask as she takes part in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2017 in New a running nose,” said running enthusiast Rohit Mohan, a 30- Delhi yesterday.—AFP KABUL: European investigators are looking into year-old from the southern city of Bangalore who was allegations that alcohol imported by the EU’s diplo- among the minority donning a mask. “It’s been terrible since won the men’s race yesterday, said elite competitors “were which active people “should avoid all outdoor exertion”, the matic mission in Kabul was illegally sold on the city’s I landed here yesterday.” scared” before the race but the pollution was “not that bad”. US embassy warns. “But here we are running a marathon,” black market, an EU spokesman confirmed yesterday. Others expressed frustration at being forced to take pre- “I would say it was perfect to run,” he said. said Ashish Shakya, 31, who for his part decided not to race Bottles of wine and spirits meant for European offi- cautions unnecessary elsewhere, like wearing masks that filter Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana won the women’s event. Other because of the unhealthy air and watched from the sidelines cials were allegedly smuggled out of the compound pollutants but also restrict breathing. “It’s obviously much sporting events in the capital-such as a top-level state crick- in a mask. “Whatever health benefits we get from running and bootlegged in the Afghan capital, the Guardian harder to breathe, so you’re not doing your best here, and you et match yesterday and a recent international golf tourna- are negated because of the smog. I chose not to run because reported, citing social media messages now being can’t take it off,” Abhay Sen, 30 said. “Makes you think ment-have attracted less attention despite the hazardous of the health risks.” examined by the European Anti-Fraud Office whether you want to do this again or not.” But the overwhelm- levels of pollution. Doctors warn running in severe pollution Pollution regularly spikes across north India and Pakistan (OLAF). “The EEAS (European External Action ing majority ran without masks and expressed relief Delhi’s can trigger asthma attacks, worsen lung conditions and at this time of year as farmers burn post-harvest crop stub- Service), the European Commission and the EU atrocious air-recently so bad doctors declared a public health increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. A satirical ble and cooler temperatures prevent pollutants from dis- Delegation in Kabul... became aware of these allega- emergency-had lowered to levels considered merely video widely shared on social media in recent days showed a persing. Delhi is often ranked one of the world’s most pollut- tions end of August,” an EU spokesman said. He said “unhealthy”. “It’s bright and pleasant. We are simply loving it,” runner chain smoking cigarettes and inhaling exhaust fumes ed capitals, and local authorities have been blasted for fail- they “immediately informed the European Anti-Fraud said 28-year-old runner Saikat Banerjee, despite the high level to prepare for the race. The Indian Medical Association had ing to offset this annual scourge. Some runners saw their Office on the alleged fraudulent activities referred to of airborne pollutants. asked the Delhi High Court to postpone the event, but were participation yesterday as an act of defiance. “I know pollu- by the press”. The possession and consumption of told organizers had taken proper precautions. tion is bad and it can affect my health but I am still partici- alcohol by Afghans is prohibited in the majority- Scared to run The course was sprayed with salted water to keep dust pating,” said Sitam, who like many Indians goes by one Muslim country but bootleggers can be found Race organizers declared the event an unequivocal suc- levels down. Light drizzle in the capital early Saturday also name. “I want to send a message to the government to do throughout the city. cess that “lived up to its legacy of being the world’s most eased the toxic highs of last week. But as the race pro- something for fitness enthusiasts and ensure a pollution-free prestigious half marathon”. Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia, who gressed pollution readings climbed above 200 — levels at environment for them.”—AFP Islamist leader arrested

DHAKA: Bangladesh police said yesterday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group China army sets up Brazil marks Black wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a US blogger critical of religious extremism. Deputy police commissioner Masudur Rahman said the man, identi- website to report Awareness Day fied as Mojammel Hossain, 25, head of the intelligence wing of the al Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar under racism cloud Ullah Bangla Team, was suspected of taking part in leaks, fake news the killing of writer Avijit Roy. Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete- RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil promotes itself as a harmonious BEIJING: China’s military yesterday launched a website wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning blend of races, but the reality as the country celebrates inviting the public to report leaks and fake news, as well as home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair. Roy’s illegal online activities by military personnel, the latest step Black Awareness Day today is that the darker your skin, widow, Rafida Ahmed, was seriously injured. Rahman in a push to ensure Communist Party control over the the less chance you have of getting ahead. The numbers said Hossain, who was identified after analyzing internet. Beijing has been ramping up measures to secure are hard to ignore. According to the state statistics office, CCTV footage, was arrested on the outskirts of the only about five percent of management jobs are held by capital, Dhaka, on Saturday. “Acting on a tip-off, the the internet and maintain strict censorship, a process that RIO DE JANEIRO: Demonstrators run away from non-whites, who account for 54 percent of the population, counter-terrorism police unit arrested him,” he said. accelerated ahead of the party’s five-yearly National tear gas during a protest outside the state legislature according to the latest census. In the primary interrogation, he confessed his Congress that took place in October. in Rio de Janeiro. —AFP The new website is an effort to implement the guiding Among the richest 10 percent of Brazilians, 70 percent involvement in the killing of four other secular spirit of the Congress and will help maintain a “clear inter- are white. Among the poorest 10 percent, 74 percent are activists, Rahman said. net space” surrounding the military, according to 81.cn, the black. Blacks are also hard to find in prominent media jobs been positive changes over the last decade and a half as military’s official news portal. Citizens are encouraged to or in fashion. These inequalities are highlighted in a video the effects of racial quotas at universities, introduced by use the platform to report online content that attacks the called “White Privilege Game” published by the anti-racism the leftist government at the time, take effect. The propor- Bull gores tourist military’s absolute leadership and distorts the history of group ID_BR that has received 1.2 million views so far on tion of non-whites entering higher education has risen the military and the Communist Party, the website said. Facebook and been aired on several television programs. from eight percent to 27 percent. “All these policies of JAIPUR: An Argentine man holidaying in India has Cases of military personnel illegally opening online social Based on an original version created by BuzzFeed in the affirmative action have started to produce results,” said been gored to death by a bull in the popular tourist accounts and publishing unauthorized information should United States, the video shows a contest where participants Esteban Cipriano, who manages education programs at city of Jaipur, police said yesterday. The 29-year- also be reported, it said. President Xi Jinping has made have to take steps back or forward from the starting line ID_BR. The problem is what happens after. “These people old was walking along a street near Jaipur’s main China’s “cyber sovereignty” a top priority in his sweeping depending on how they answer questions about their color with degrees then have a really hard time on the jobs mar- market on Saturday afternoon when he was campaign to bolster security. He has also reasserted the or wealth-or if they have been the target of racist remarks ket,” Cipriano said. attacked and seriously injured by the animal. “He ruling Communist Party’s role in limiting and guiding online about their hair. In highly graphic form, the process shows was struck by the bull’s horn in the neck and stom- discussion. how people get a head start, or are held back. Inevitably it’s Changing tastes ach. He was rushed to the hospital but did not sur- blacks who end up at the back of the line. ID_BR lobbies companies to open doors to non-whites. vive,” Chaina Ram, a local police officer said. The ‘Toilet revolution’ It has worked especially closely with the fashion brand Argentine embassy had been informed of his death, In another development, China yesterday announced Affirmative action Maria Filo, which last year prompted a scandal with a line “White privilege means getting a whole range of The Press Trust of India reported. Jaipur, also plans to build and upgrade 64,000 public toilets between of clothing that reproduced scenes from artworks depict- known as the Pink City, is the capital of the western 2018 to 2020 as part of its “toilet revolution” aimed at advantages over others without even realizing,” said ing slavery. “Thanks to dialogue, our views have changed. state of Rajasthan and one of India’s most popular boosting tourism and lifting the sector’s contribution to Giovana Freitas, a historian at Rio Federal State University. Now, everyone is more aware,” said Maria Filo’s marketing economic growth. China has been keen to develop and A survey from the Institut Locomotiva, which studies director Isabel Beaklin. Each month, she joins a dozen or so tourist attractions, drawing visitors to its ornate expand services industries to move away from debt-fueled poverty, found that black men with university degrees in employees from different departments in the company to palaces and forts. Stray cattle are a common sight and investment-driven growth, while offseting the impact Brazil earn about 29 percent less than white men with the discuss racial issues with ID_BR. “During some of these in India. The beasts are considered sacred by many of persistently weak global demand for its exports. same qualification, while the figure was 27 percent for meetings, we ourselves have suggested ditching campaigns Hindus and are allowed to roam freely on highways Particularly, it has been looking at the emerging tourism black women. that might be seen as offensive” to non-whites, Beaklin and throughout cities. A 2012 livestock census industry, pledging late last year 2 trillion yuan ($290 bil- “If blacks earned the same salaries as whites, there’d be said. Product development manager Catia Fernandes, one found there were more than five million stray cattle lion)in investment which it hopes will help lift the sector’s 808 million reais ($247 million) injected into the economy,” of the two blacks in the group, said she appreciated the across India. contribution to annual economic growth. —Agencies said Locomotiva president Renato Meirelles. 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FBI report on black ‘extremists’ raises new fears

An FBI report on the rise of black “extremists” is stirring fears of a return to practices used during the civil rights movement, when the bureau spied on activist groups without evidence they had broken any laws. The FBI said it doesn’t target specific groups, and the report is one of many its intelligence analysts produce to make law enforcement aware of what they see as emerging trends. A similar bulletin on white supremacists, for example, came out about the same time. The 12-page report, issued in August, says “black iden- tity extremists” are increasingly targeting law enforce- ment after police killings of black men, especially since the shooting of Michael Brown roiled Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. The report describes cases in which “extremists” had “acted in retaliation for perceived past police brutali- IS not dead but ‘caliphate’ dream in tatters ty incidents.” It warned that such violence was likely to continue. Its “caliphate” has imploded, its de facto capitals in Iraq to that defeat, many others have surrendered or simply nered into an ever-tightening noose. In addition to the Black leaders and activists were outraged after Foreign and Syria have fallen, and hundreds of its fighters have fled the country or are trying to melt into the population.” Syrian and Iraqi armies, the remaining militants face Policy revealed the existence of the report last month. The either surrendered or fled. The Islamic State militant According to the US-led coalition fighting IS, the militants myriad forces backed by Russia, the United States or Congressional Black Caucus, in a letter to FBI Director group may not be dead yet but its dream of statehood have lost 95 percent of the cross-border caliphate they Iran, often at odds with each other over their differing Christopher Wray, said the report “conflates black politi- has already been buried, analysts say. No one in IS “will declared in 2014. regional interests. “The caliphate project ran up cal activists with dangerous domestic terrorist organiza- now think of imposing ‘the territory of the caliphate’,” against geopolitical realities,” according to Karim tions” and would further erode the frayed relationship said Hisham Al-Hashemi, an Iraqi specialist on extremist Ever-tightening noose Bitar of the Paris-based Institute of International and between police and minority communities. “I have never movements. Hashemi said that after suffering such heavy losses, Strategic Affairs. As a result, “the international jihadi met a black extremist. I don’t know what the FBI is talking In 2014, self-proclaimed IS “caliph” Abu Bakr Al- galaxy is likely to revert to its previous strategy of about,” said Chris Phillips, a filmmaker in Ferguson. Baghdadi ruled over seven million people in a territory de-territorialization and revert to strikes against the Before the Trump administration, the report might not as large as Italy encompassing large parts of Syria and ‘distant enemy’ in the West or Russia to show it must have caused such alarm. The FBI noted it issued a similar nearly a third of Iraq. This new “territory of Islam” - Dar still be reckoned with,” he added. bulletin warning of retaliatory violence by “black sepa- al-Islam in Arabic - attracted thousands of militants There is already a figurehead waiting in the wings. IS ratist extremists” in March 2016, when the country had a from around the world, many accompanied by their was born of the ashes of the Islamic State of Iraq and the black president, Barack Obama, and black attorney gener- Figurehead wives and children. The city of Raqqa became the de Levant and Al-Qaeda before it, and Hashemi said that al, Loretta Lynch. But black voters overwhelmingly facto Syrian capital, while Baghdadi made his only pub- despite the “caliphate” going down in flames, a new opposed Donald Trump. And they are suspicious of his waiting in lic appearance in a mosque in Mosul, Iraq’s second organization is beginning to emerge. “Most veterans of IS administration, which has been criticized as insensitive on largest city and once a major Middle East trading hub. and Al-Qaeda in Iraq are now regrouping in Syria” where racial issues, including when Trump was slow to condemn the wings In all of the cities the militant group controlled, the militant groups still occupy many areas, he said. white nationalist protesters following a deadly rally in black banner of IS flew above the buildings of a new These fighters - “the most indoctrinated and most dis- Charlottesville, Virginia. administration. Courts, hospitals and other official bod- ciplined” - have since September been forming the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former Alabama sena- ies even issued birth or marriage certificates or verdicts “Ansar al-Furqan group, led by Hamza bin Laden”, the tor whose career has been dogged by questions about race and other decrees on IS letterhead. son and would-be heir of Osama bin Laden. The younger and his commitment to civil rights, did not ease lawmakers’ But less than four years after its sweeping offensive “even what might remain of IS would not think of return- bin Laden has become active as an Al-Qaeda propagan- concerns when he was unable to answer questions about the stunned the world, IS has lost almost all of the territory it ing” to the idea ofmilitary and administrative control of dist since his father’s death at the hands of US special report or its origins during a congressional hearing this past controlled along with the precious income from oilfields territory. And the routed group has been confined in forces in 2011 in Pakistan. In January, the United States week. Sessions said he was aware of “groups that do have that funded its activities. “In the course of recent battles, Iraq to “four percent of the territory: wadis, oases and added Hamza bin Laden to its terrorist blacklist. His father an extraordinary commitment to their racial identity, and especially Mosul, a huge number of jihadis have died,” said desert areas” without any population, along the may be dead, but the bin Laden name continues to attract some have transformed themselves even into violent Kirk Sowell, publisher of Inside Iraqi Politics. “Subsequent porous border with Syria where it has also been cor- recruits, Hashemi said. —AFP activists”. He struggled to answer the same question about white extremists.

Concerns Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and otherwise loyal GOP voters publicly dis- It wouldn’t be unusual for an attorney general not to Trump campaign other GOP members of Congress to drop Alabamians won’t avow Moore on social media; GOP Sen have seen such an FBI assessment, which the FBI creates out of the campaign, and accusing them of Richard Shelby has said he will write-in on its own to circulate internally among law enforcement created own trying to “steal” the race from his loyal quit Moore, someone rather than vote for Moore. agencies. But the exchange with Rep Karen Bass, a Los insurgents. Angeles Democrat, presented an uncomfortable moment. because he never Magical appeal “What worries me about this terribly is that this is a flash- rules on sexual Selective Yet Moore still holds almost magical back to the past,” Bass said after the hearing. She said she As for Trump, the president who rarely quit them appeal for many. Fearful of angering was especially concerned after receiving complaints from harassment sits out a feeding frenzy is selectively aim- Moore’s supporters, the Alabama GOP has members of Black Lives Matter, who said they were being ing his Twitter guns at those under scruti- stuck with him, and voters like Larry Gibbs monitored and harassed by police in her district. ny. He quickly unloaded on Democrat Al Alabama’s Christian conservatives see Roy are putting their confidence in the Vietnam The group rallies after racially charged encounters “You can do anything,” Donald Trump Franken after the Minnesota senator was Moore as their champion. He has battled veteran long known as the “Ten with police, but it is not mentioned in the FBI’s intelligence once boasted, speaking of groping and accused Thursday of forcibly kissing and federal judges and castigated liberals, big Commandments judge,” for putting shrines assessment. Even so, Bass said she worried the report will kissing unsuspecting women. Maybe he groping a Fox TV sports correspondent, government, gun control, homosexuality, to the commandments in his courtroom and send a message to police that it’s OK to crack down on could, but not everyone can. The candidate now a Los Angeles radio anchor, during a Muslims and anything else that doesn’t fit then in the Supreme Court rotunda. “He groups critical of law enforcement. The FBI does not com- who openly bragged about grabbing 2006 USO tour. Yet Trump has been large- the evangelical mold. The Republican comes up here to the church and he’s quot- ment on its intelligence bulletins, which usually are not women’s private parts - but denied he real- ly mum as Washington Republicans try to Senate candidate has long stood with them, ing scripture and he relates to us,” said public. In a statement, the FBI said it cannot and will not ly did so - was elected president months figure out what to do about Moore. and now, as he faces accusations of sexual Gibbs, who attended the pro-Moore rally open an investigation based solely on a person’s race or before the cascading sexual harassment McConnell and company have zero interest impropriety including the molestation of a where Allison spoke. exercise of free speech rights. allegations that have been toppling the in welcoming an accused child molester to 14-year-old girl, they are standing with him. Even a relative of one of Moore’s accus- “Our focus is not on membership in particular groups careers of powerful men in Hollywood, their ranks nor in seeing their slim 52-48 That steadfastness is shocking to many ers is publicly siding with Moore. “He fought but on individuals who commit violence and other criminal business, the media and politics. He won Senate majority grow even thinner should outside Alabama who wonder how any like hell to keep the Ten Commandments in acts,” the FBI said. “Furthermore, the FBI does not and even though more than a dozen women Moore lose to Democrat Doug Jones in a voter who claims to be Christian can stand the damn courthouse,” said a Facebook live will not police ideology. When an individual takes violent accused him of sexual misconduct, and special election Dec. 12. with a man accused of such acts. The video by Darrel Nelson. Nelson said his action based on belief or ideology and breaks the law, the roughly half of all voters said they were Trump did support moves by the national answer is both complicated and deeply father, John Alan Nelson, is married to FBI will enforce the rule of law.” bothered by his treatment of women, Republican Party to cut off money for rooted in the DNA of a state that prides Beverly Young Nelson, who publicly accused The assessments are designed to help law enforcement according to exit polls. Moore. But he hasn’t said whether he still itself on bucking norms. The state’s motto - Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teen. agencies stay ahead of emerging problems and should not Now, as one prominent figure after backs Moore’s candidacy. Spokeswoman “We dare defend our rights” - is an Nelson’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, refused com- be seen as a sign of a broader enforcement strategy, said another takes a dive, the question remains: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, pressed repeat- upfront acknowledgement of a fighting ment on any relationship between her client Jeffrey Ringel, a former FBI agent and Joint Terrorism Task Why not Trump? “A lot of people who vot- edly on the matter this week, would say only spirit that has put Alabamians at odds with and Darrel Nelson. But Beverly Nelson’s son force member who now works for the Soufan Group, a pri- ed for him recognized that he was what he that Trump “thinks that the people of the rest of the nation for generations. Spencer Harris has referred to Darrel Nelson vate security firm. Agencies can decide for themselves was, but wanted a change and so they Alabama should make the decision on who Perhaps more importantly, there is a as his stepbrother in his own Facebook posts whether the assessment reflects a real problem, he said. were willing to go along,” theorizes Jessica their next senator should be”. As for the deep-seated trust that leaves many willing supporting his mother. Leeds, one of the first women to step for- allegations against Moore, Sanders said to accept Moore’s denials and discount the Playbook ward and accuse Trump of groping her, Trump finds them “very troubling”. word of women speaking out weeks before Polarizing Still, some veterans of the black and Latino civil rights decades ago on an airplane. As for Franken, presidential adviser the Dec 12 election after decades of public Moore is polarizing - a big reason his movement said the FBI assessment reminded them of the The charges leveled against him Kellyanne Conway told Fox News that Trump silence. For some, Moore is more like a fans like him - and local opponents see him bureau’s now-defunct COINTELPRO, a covert and often emerged in the supercharged thick of the had merely “weighed in as he does on the biblical prophet speaking out for God than as a Bible-thumping opportunist playing illegal operation under Director J Edgar Hoover in the 2016 campaign, when there was so much news of the day” when jabbing at the senator. a politician. Introducing Moore during a on peoples’ religion. Moore lost badly in 1950s and 1960s. Agents were assigned to “expose, disrupt, noise and chaos that they were just anoth- But Trump’s broadsides at Franken served as “God Save America” rally at a south bids for the Republican gubernatorial nom- misdirect, or otherwise neutralize the activities of black er episode for gobsmacked voters to try to an open invitation for critics to revisit his own Alabama church this week, pastor Mike ination in 2006 and 2010. Moore was con- nationalists,” Hoover said in a once-classified memo to field absorb - or tune out. “When you have a history of alleged sexual misconduct. Leeds, Allison said his support wasn’t wavering sidered an odd loner by fellow members of agents. David Correia, an American Studies professor at the Mount Everest of allegations, any particu- for her part, called the president “the walking because Moore never has. his cadet company at West Point. A year- book passage from the academy referred University of New Mexico, said the new memo carries a lar allegation is very hard to get traction definition of hypocrisy”. “He has staunchly defended the to Moore as an “individualist by nature” similar message. on,” says political psychologist Stanley Look no further than the bipartisan Constitution of the United States, he has who was worthy of respect “among those “It’s part of their playbook,” he said. “They try to char- Renshon. And Trump’s unconventional can- howl that greeted Ivanka Trump’s state- stood for the word of God ... he is against who really know him.” acterize legitimate concerns about something like police didacy created an entirely different set of ment this week about Moore for a demon- the murder of the unborn by abortion. He is That reputation carried over to Etowah violence as somehow a danger so they can disrupt rules. “Trump is immune to the laws of stration of the perilous crosscurrents for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. County, where Moore was an assistant protests.” The FBI used a similar tactic to try to cause political physics because it’s not his job to around Trump on the issue. “There’s a spe- He is against a redefinition of marriage and prosecutor and circuit judge. He didn’t typ- confusion among New Mexico Hispanic land grant be a politician, it’s his job to burn down the cial place in hell for people who prey on believes firmly that it is only between a man children,” Trump’s daughter told the AP, and a woman. And he is against all threats ically join in the banter common in so many activists in the 1960s, he said. The cases listed in the new system,” says Eric Dezenhall, a crisis man- adding that she had “no reason to doubt against the traditional family,” Allison said. small-town, Southern courtrooms. With a bulletin include that of a sniper who said he was upset agement expert in Washington. the victims’ accounts.” She did not call for “He is a fighter and a champion for right ....” conservative view of religion at his core, about police treatment of minorities before killing five Now Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to leave the race. Liberals and con- Since the allegations of sexual miscon- Moore instead fought the American Civil officers during a protest in Dallas, and a man who wrote Moore, accused of assaulting teenage girls when he was in his 30s, is waving that servatives both pounced. Those on the left duct surfaced, leading Washington Liberties Union over courtroom prayer and of the need to inflict violence on “bad cops” before killing same alternative rulebook. Long a bane to noted she had waited a week to chime in Republicans, though not President Donald the wooden Ten Commandments plaque in three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. —AP establishment Republicans, Moore is and had never given similar credence to Trump, have abandoned him. At home, his courtroom and rode the publicity to thumbing his nose at calls by Senate the claims of her father’s accusers. —AP polls have shown a tightening race as some election as Alabama’s chief justice. —AP Established 1961 11 News Monday, November 20, 2017

MUSCAT: Sultan Qaboos of Oman (center) attends a military parade marking the sultanate’s 47th National Day in the capital yesterday. — AFP

nothing without President Mugabe.” On Harare’s streets, “They’ve got to be afloat. Thank God,” he said. “That Sacked as party few seemed to care about the legal niceties as they her- Rescuers battle gives us hope, because we knew that if they were down alded a “second liberation” and spoke of their dreams below, they would be screwed,” he told TN news from leader, Mugabe... for political and economic change after two decades of waves, wind in... the western city of Mendoza. Among those on board is deepening repression and hardship. Argentina’s first female submarine officer, 35-year-old Continued from Page 1 On Saturday, most of Harare’s population of 1.6 mil- weapons officer Eliana Krawczyk. The navy has not lion poured into the streets in an anti-Mugabe demon- Continued from Page 1 ruled out any hypothesis, a spokesman said. The most likely scenario given is that an electrical problem may The meeting replaced Mugabe as party chief with stration that just days ago would have brought a police have unexpectedly cut off the vessel’s communications. Mnangagwa and recalled the first lady as head of the crackdown. They clambered onto tanks moving slowly designed to rescue trapped submarine sailors at dif- through the crowds, took selfies with soldiers and ferent depths, as well as a remotely operated underwa- The San Juan is a TR-1700 class submarine which women’s league. The Central Committee accused the had been returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, first lady Grace of “preaching hate, divisiveness and surged in the thousands toward the State House build- ter robot known as an ROV. “We will do what is neces- sary to find the submarine as soon as possible,” near the southernmost tip of South America, to its base assuming roles and powers not delegated to the office.” ing. The euphoria came after years of watching the Argentine President Mauricio Macri wrote on Twitter. at Mar del Plata, about 400 kilometers south of Buenos The committee’s decisions will be formalized at a special once-prosperous African nation fall into decay, with a Aires. It is one of three submarines in the Argentine fleet. collapsing economy, repression of free speech, disputed All land communications bases along the coast were party congress next month. ordered to scan for any follow-up signals, as family Sixty-five meters long and seven meters wide, it was elections and international sanctions. Even as concerns The Central Committee also expelled several high- members of the missing waited nervously in the coastal built by Germany’s Thyssen Nordseewerke and launched level members close to the first lady, including minister remained about who next would be in charge, people city of Mar del Plata. in 1983. It underwent a refit between 2007 and 2014 to of higher education Jonathan Moyo, finance minister reveled in the rare chance to express themselves freely. Claudio Rodriguez, whose brother Hernan is aboard extend its use by about 30 years. At the Vatican, Ignatious Chombo, Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao, Let us have this moment, Zimbabweans said. If the next the submarine, was hopeful, saying the satellite signals Argentine-born Pope Francis said he offered “his fervent local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, foreign leader becomes trouble, they vowed to return to the suggested the vessel was still afloat and would be found. prayer” for the safety of the submarine sailors. — AFP affairs minister Walter Mzembi and several others. streets again. Zimbabwean officials never revealed details of The huge crowds in Harare have given a quasi- Mugabe’s talks with the military on his exit, but the mili- democratic veneer to the army’s intervention, backing Syria is another battlefield of the proxy conflict between tary appeared to favor a voluntary resignation to main- its assertion that it is merely effecting a constitutional Saudis, Bahrain Shiite Iran and Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia; Riyadh has tain a veneer of legality in the political transition. transfer of power, rather than a plain coup, which been supporting groups fighting forces loyal to President Mugabe, in turn, likely was using whatever leverage he would risk a diplomatic backlash. Despite the euphoria, Bashar Al-Assad. Iran, on the other hand, has supported had left to try to preserve his legacy as one of Africa’s some Mugabe opponents are uneasy about the promi- target Iran, Hezb... Assad’s government, providing it with billions of dollars’ nent role played by the military, and fear Zimbabwe worth of economic and military aid since the civil war there liberation leaders or even protect himself and his family Continued from Page 1 from possible prosecution. might be swapping one army-backed autocrat for began in 2011. Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a Shiite another, rather than allowing the people to choose guerrilla group, and an assortment of Iranian-linked Shiite Chris Mutsvangwa, head of the country’s liberation Arab nation... is under the total control of this terrorist their next leader. militias from places like Iraq and Afghanistan, have been war veterans, vowed to “bring back the crowd” if the party,” he said. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri, a president didn’t step aside but said he was concerned “The real danger of the current situation is that hav- fighting on the Syrian government’s side. Saudi ally, resigned on Nov 4 from Riyadh, accusing Iran The Saudi draft is unlikely to win the support of every- that the military would end up opening fire to protect ing got their new preferred candidate into State House, and Hezbollah of spreading strife. But Lebanese President Mugabe from protesters. “We would expect that the military will want to keep him or her there, no mat- one in the Arab League. For example, Shiite-majority Iraq, Michel Aoun and other politicians accused Saudi Arabia of bound to Iran by close military and religious ties, is likely to Mugabe would not have the prospect of the military ter what the electorate wills,” former education minis- holding Hariri hostage and said he had been coerced into shooting at people, trying to defend him,” Mutsvangwa ter David Coltart said. The United States, a longtime oppose a resolution that condemns or vilifies its neighbor. resigning. Saudi Arabia and Hariri both deny that. Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Iranian-backed guerrilla group Hezbollah is a key said. “The choice is his.” Mugabe critic, said it was looking forward to a new era both a military force involved in Syria’s war and a political member in Beirut’s government, which makes it unlikely for Mugabe’s son Chatunga railed against those who had in Zimbabwe, while President Ian Khama of neighbour- movement, is part of a Lebanese government made up of ing Botswana said Mugabe had no diplomatic support the country to support an anti-Iranian resolution. Both Iraq pushed out his father. “You can’t fire a Revolutionary rival factions, and an ally of Aoun. and Lebanon were represented by mid-level diplomats in in the region and should resign at once. — Agencies leader!” he wrote on this Facebook page. “ZANU-PF is Arab diplomats said a Saudi draft resolution put forward yesterday’s meeting. to the Arab ministers is proposing a declaration of solidarity Qatar, which has been at loggerheads with Saudi Arabia, with the kingdom and stating Arab support for actions it partially over its close ties with Iran, is another country might take to safeguard its national security in the face of unlikely to endorse a resolution that finds Iran guilty of Tehran’s policies. The diplomats spoke on condition of fomenting instability in the region. Saudi Arabia and its anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the allies Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have media. The Saudi draft also includes a warning to Iran been boycotting Qatar since June over allegations that it against continuing its present policies in the region and backs militant Islamic groups and maintaining close ties orders Arab diplomats to request a meeting of the UN with Iran. Security Council to discuss what it called Iranian “threats”, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit told added the diplomats. ministers that Arab nations would raise the matter with The draft appears to be in synch with Saudi Arabia’s international organizations, including the UN Security hardening of its rhetoric against Iran since the Yemeni Council. But the assembly gave no details on what measures rebels, known as Houthis, fired that missile on Nov 4. Along they would take. “Iranian threats have gone beyond all limits with that attack, the resolution cited the bombing of an oil and pushed the region into a dangerous abyss,” Gheit said. pipeline in Bahrain also this month as an example of Iran’s “Unfortunately countries like the Saudi regime are pur- threat to regional security. Iran denies arming the Houthis, suing divisions and creating differences, and because of this who say they locally produced the missile. The Houthis they don’t see any results other than divisions,” Iranian remain in control of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and most of the Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Iranian state country’s north, while government forces and their allies, media yesterday on the sidelines of a meeting in Antalya, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, have driven them out of Turkey, with his Russian and Turkish counterparts about the Members of the ZANU-PF central committee react after the ruling party fired President Robert Mugabe yesterday. — AP most of the country’s south. Syria conflict. — Agencies

Established 1961 13 Sports Monday, November 20, 2017 Fleetwood wins Race to Dubai title as Rose falls short

Wins European Tour’s order of merit

DUBAI: Tommy Fleetwood won the Race to Fleetwood. The emotions were difficult on me. I don’t Dubai and the right to be called the top golfer Spain’s Rahm, winner of the Irish Open trust computers, so even when everything had in Europe after a tense battle with Justin Rose earlier this year on the European Tour, fired a finished, it was so difficult to get up or down. that was ultimately decided on the final green final-round 67 to finish on 19-under par 269 Then I felt for Justin a lot. He was so gracious of the season yesterday. to win the tournament. when he came in.shows a lot about his charac- Rose, seemingly in cruise control after 11 Ireland’s Shane Lowry shot the day’s best ter,” said Fleetwood after accepting his tro- holes as he round, a 63, to phy. “The achievement of winning a year-long opened up a finish tied thing is massive and it holds a lot of respect one-shot lead second at 270 among your peers and the players. It shows atop of the alongside sort of the level of consistency and the leaderboard Thailand’s amount I’ve improved as a player and as a on 19-under Rose made four Kiradech person.” Rose was disappointed with his fin- par, then Aphibarnrat ish, but delighted for Fleetwood. “I just feel I wobbled and birdies in his (67). Masters went a bit flat around the turn. I had oppor- made bogeys champion tunities around 10 and 11 and didn’t take on the 12th, first seven holes Sergio Garcia those. I got a little bit out of my routine and a 14th and 16th (65) and little distracted, had a poor shot on the par-5 holes on the South African and then it was a struggle from there on in. Earth course duo of Dylan The shots on 13 and 14 were the undoing,” he of Jumeirah Frittelli (69) said. “Tommy, I’m pleased for him. He’s bat- Golf Estates. and Dean tled hard all year and put a good week in The 37-year-old No. 6-ranked golfer Burmester (68) were the other players tied for South Africa and had a great couple of reached the par-5 18th hole three shots fourth with Rose. Rose made four birdies in comeback rounds this week to fight back and behind clubhouse leader Jon Rahm of Spain his first seven holes, and played his first poor deserve it. He’s been leading all year and it’s (19 under), and needed to make an eagle to shot on the 12th when his approach found the good for him to finish it off.” As other players move up to second. With Fleetwood in the greenside bunker. He made a bogey there, struggled down the stretch, Rahm birdied the clubhouse in joint 21st at 11 under, Rose need- before finding the water with his second shot 14th and the tough 16th to take the lead for ed to finish in solo fourth place or better to on the par-5 14th and missing a two-foot par good. “I was a little anxious before teeing off. win his second Order of Merit title. putt on the 16th. I really wanted to win. I really wanted to fin- Just short of the green with his second After two successive rounds of 65, ish strong,” said Rahm, who also won the shot, Rose used his putter and came agoniz- Fleetwood failed to make headway on Sunday, PGA Tour event in Torrey Pines and is DUBAI: Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with the Race to Dubai trophy after the ingly close but the ball did not go in. He fin- and could only watch the drama unfold in the expected to climb up to fourth place in the final round of the DP World Tour Championship golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab ished in joint fourth place at 17-under par scoring tent after a two-over par 74 round. world rankings today in his first full season as Emirates, yesterday. — AP with three other players, handing the title to “It’s the biggest day of my career for sure. a professional. — AP

By the time the last cars returned to the race after the first round of pit stops, the #37 KeePer TOM’S LC 500 had resumed Lexus LC 500 its lead - a feat it repeated in the second stop for the driver change from Nick takes two Cassidy to Ryo Hirakawa. By this time, considerable gaps had opened between all the competitors, leaving no car to chal- podium places lenge the insurmountable #37 Lexus for the lead. Smaller gaps in the middle order delivered further excitement as the remain- in GT500 series ing five Lexus LC 500 teamsalso pushed hard to achieve. BANGKOK: Giving it the upper hand in the With just two laps to go, an engine issue 2017 AUTOBACS SUPERGT champi- for the #12 competitor car in third place onship, Lexus landed a stunning pole-to- improved the ratio of LC 500s in the upper win victory, the fifth of the season, in the order. By the time the chequered flag fell, penultimate round of the SUPER GT500 not only had the #37 KeePer TOM’S car series, held recently at the Chang secured its second victory of the season, International Circuit in Thailand. Driven by but five of the top six places were held by Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy, the #37 Lexus LC 500 models. KeePer TOM’S LC 500 finished first, fol- The KeePer TOM’S team, therefore, lowed by the #6 WAKO’s 4CR LC 500 in goes into the final round as the champi- second place. The Lexus team KeePer onship leader, six points ahead of fellow TOM’S now leads the Team Ranking of the Lexus team #6 WAKO’s 4CR in second Mustafa Karam series with 87 points, while Hirakawa and place. This positioning is also mirrored in Cassidy lead the Driver Ranking with 69 the drivers’ championship, where Cassidy points. and Hirakawa are six points ahead of #6 & Sons shooting The latest achievement the team sealed WAKO’s 4CR drivers, Kazuya Oshima and in the only round of the season to have Andrea Caldarelli. Based on these stand- hosted overseas gave the team and its ings after round seven, the probability of tournament drivers significant points advantages in the Lexus securing both the teams’ and driv- championship titles. Takayuki Yoshitsugu, ers’ championship is extremely high. Chief Representative, Middle East and Nick Cassidy said: “I’m overwhelmed. concludes North Africa Representative Office, Toyota Today was an amazing day, and I can’t Motor Corporation, said: “We congratulate thank the team and other parties enough. By Abdellatif Sharaa the Lexus teams on their victory in the The result was important, but at the same penultimate round of the season and for time, I think this was one of the best GT KUWAIT: As Kuwait Shooting Sport club gets bringing the championship title ever closer races I have ever done. The power was ready for HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad within our reach. This race demonstrated really, really good and our choice of the Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Shooting Grand Prix to be the skill and determination of our drivers wet tires gave me enough of an advantage held in January with the participation of many and the engineering excellence of our cars to stay ahead of the cars behind, so I didn’t brotherly and friendly shooting federations from as they had to swiftly adapt to changing need to take risks in the traffic. After hand- around the world, the tournament of Mustafa weather. While participating in these ing over to Ryo, he did an amazing job, as Karam Trading and Contracting Company con- events, we focus on testing our cars under he always does. I am now really looking cluded on Saturday at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad extreme conditions on racetracks and forward to Motegi, especially with no suc- Olympic Shooting Complex with a ceremony that bringing the best of Lexus’ amazing engi- cess ballast.” was attended by President of Kuwait and Arab neering and design to stimulate our cus- “We achieved the best result,” said Ryo Shooting Federations Engineer Duaij Khalaf Al- shooters from UAE and was characterized by first, followed by Shahad Al-Hawal in second and tomers’ emotions.” Hirakawa. He added: “Honestly, I was very Otaibi, Kuwait Shooting Club Deputy Chairman strong competition prompting shooters to exert Sumaya Al-Juhail in third. Yoshitsugu added: “To our fans, we nervous before the start and worried about Mohammad Mustafa Karam, Kuwait and Arab extra effort in order to win the coveted cup. In the ladies skeet Eman Al-Shamma was first, express our gratitude for their immense which tire to choose, but the pace of the Shooting Federations Secretary General Obaid The tournament saw Kuwait trap shooter Afrah Adel second and Fatima Al-Zaabi third. support throughout the races and for being car in the rain was good. The timing to Al-Osaimi, and KSSC Treasurer Essa Butiban. In Khalid Al-Mudhaf record a new world record President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting an inspiring force behind our continued change to dry tires determined the race. his speech on behalf of KSSC Al-Osaimi thanked with the score of 121/125, as the results of the Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi thanked success.” The unpredictable weather made With maybe some luck, we were able to Mustafa Karam and Sons Company for support- tournament were as follows: Mustafa Karam Company for its continued sup- it difficult for the teams to judge which tire get in the pit at the perfect time. The pit ing Kuwait shooting activities, and gave special In the trap event: Khalid Al-Mudhaf was first port and patronage of this annual tournament compound to use. As the rain stopped just work was quick, and my out laps were nice tribute to the late Mustafa Karam for encourag- followed by Abdelrahman Al-Faihan in second and encouragement of shooters who made and ahead of the start, only three of the 15 and clean. After that, I never looked back ing outstanding shooters of the national teams in while Tami Al-Rashidi was third. still are making outstanding achievements in the teams among the top-level GT500 class and focused on not making mistakes and order to encourage them make more achieve- In the skeet event: Mansour Al-Rashidi was name of Kuwait both locally and internationally. opted for slicks while others went for wet keeping the rank we were in. It was a great ments in the name of Kuwait at all levels. first, Mohammad Al-Daihani second while He said the club is exerting all efforts in order weather tires. race, which has put us in a good position He added that the tournament that lasted Abdelaziz Al-Faihan ended in third place. to make sure shooters are always ready to partic- Due to the wet track, the officials opted for the final round. All cars will lose the three days in the Olympic shotgun events Skeet, In the double trap event: Saad Lafi first, Fahad ipate in all domestic, regional and international for a controlled, three-lap start led by the weight handicap at the final race in Motegi, Trap and Double Trap attracted a large number Lafi second and Ahmad Al-Afasi third. events including HH the Amir Grand Prix which is safety car. Traffic and 30-degree tempera- so I hope to run another race as I did in the of shooters from the club, National Guard and In the ladies trap even Sarah Al-Hawal was to be held in January here in Kuwait. tures eventually erased the wet tire advan- first round of the season.” tage, but by the ninth round, the three cars The grand final of the 2017 Super GT on slicks were way down the order, having championship will be held on 11-12 with a devastating right hook after just five set lap times approximately 20 seconds November at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit seconds and the referee stopped the contest slower than those on wets. in Japan. officially just six seconds later when it Tete makes became clear Gonya was out cold. It is the fastest knockout in a world championship history with bout, eclipsing the record held by WBO super-bantamweight champion Daniel Jimenez who stopped Harald Geier in 17 sec- fastest world onds in 1994. “I’ve been preparing so hard for this fight,” Tete told the BoxNation televi- title KO sion channel. “I knew Gonya wasn’t going to last. “My trainers are the ones doing the job behind the scenes, I would like to thank LONDON: Zolani Tete took just 11 seconds to them.” Promoter Frank Warren added: “He record the fastest knockout in world champi- was gone before he hit the canvas. Tete is onship fight history in Belfast on Saturday something special.” After his astonishing night. The South African etched his name into quick-fire win, Tete has set his sights on fac- the record books when he flattened country- ing Northern Ireland’s Ryan Burnett. Burnett man Siboniso Gonya with his first punch to is a unified bantamweight world champion, retain his World Boxing Organisation ban- having held the IBF title since June 2017 and tamweight crown. Tete floored his opponent the WBA title since October 2017. — AFP Zolani Tete 14 Established 1961 Sports Monday, November 20, 2017 England, Australia, Tonga, Fiji in World Cup semifinals

Australia continued its imperious progress to final four

MELBOURNE: England has joined defending champion its defeat of Papua New Guinea, scoring seven tries to Australia, Tonga and Fiji in the semifinals of the Rugby one. Winger Jermaine Gillvary scored two tries in the first League World Cup after weekend quarterfinals which half as England gained a 14-0 halftime lead and Kallum showed the full flowering of Pacific Islands league on the Watkins touched down twice during the middle of the world stage. second half to drive home the advantage. Australia continued its imperious progress to the final Alex Walmsley in the first half and Ben Currie and Ryan four with a 46-0 win over Samoa and England joined the Hall in the second also scored tries while Garry Lo scored co-host Sunday by beating Papua New Guinea 36-6. But in the 58th minute for Papua New Guinea. Tonga’s newly the giant-killing performances of Tonga and Fiji remained re-elected prime minister Akilisi Pohiva attended the biggest talking points of the tournament, marking an Saturday’s match in Christchurch and called Tonga’s qual- unpheaval in the international game as Pacific nations ification for the semifinals “the greatest moment in Tonga’s were finally able to tap their own immense talent pool. sporting history.” Pacific players had previously leant strength to New Tonga coach Kristian Woolf agreed his team’s effort in Zealand and Australia but their decisions to turn out for reaching the last four was “a massive achievement” but he their nations of origin helped was more downbeat about its Tonga and Fiji alter league’s performance against 12-1 out- balance of power. Tonga beat siders Lebanon. Woolf was New Zealand in pool play and Woolf agreed keenly aware Tonga’s tourna- Fiji repeated the feat when it ment might have ended if edged the Kiwis 4-2 Saturday his team’s effort Lebanon had been awarded a for the first wins by second second half try which was tier nations over one of in reaching contentiously disallowed for league’s established powers at obstruction, saying “it feels a World Cup. like a losing dressing shed.” That allowed Fiji, led by last four “Our blokes all realize we National Rugby League were well off the mark,” Woolf superstar Jarryd Hayne, to said. Tonga’s exuberant fans reach the semifinals at New have been a highlight of the Zealand’s expense while Tonga nipped underdogs tournament but a handful for police, who have made Lebanon 24-22 to advance, unbeaten in four matches at dozens of arrests for public disorder during rowdy match the tournament. celebrations. MELBOURNE: England’s Luke Gale breaks a tackle during their Rugby League World Cup quarter-final match England ended the brave run of Papua New Guinea, Fiji players shed tears of joy after their cliff-hanging win between England and Papua New Guinea in Melbourne yesterday.— AFP which had been unbeaten after winning all three of its over New Zealand in Wellington. Stifling defenses meant group matches in front of jubilant crowds in the national the only points of the first half came through a penalty to capital, Port Moresby. Fiji who led 2-0 at the break. Unable to break the Fiji with a Taane Milne penalty 17 minutes from fulltime. It then to the last second,” Fiji captain Kevin Naiqama said. “It’s an Australia will now face Fiji and Tonga will meet defense, New Zealand resorted to a penalty to tie the held out a late assault by New Zealand to clinch the win. historic win but, in saying that, the job’s only half done and England in the semifinals. England was clinical Sunday in scores early in the second half before Fiji regained the lead “I’m just real proud of the boys’ efforts, fighting all the way we’ve got Australia to focus on next week.” — AP

India ride Anders Lee scores Rahul-Dhawan 2, Islanders hold on stand to surge ahead to beat Lightning KOLKATA: Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh TAMPA: Anders Lee scored twice and John Tavares Rahul featured in a rollicking 166-run stand to help picked up two assists and added an empty-net goal as India erase the 122-run lead they had conceded to Sri the New York Islanders knocked off the Tampa Bay Lanka on the penultimate day of the opening Test yes- Lightning with a 5-3 victory on Saturday. Josh Bailey terday. Dhawan threw away his wicket at 94, but Rahul had three assists, Brock Nelson and Andrew Ladd also was unbeaten on 73 when bad light stopped play with scored, and Josh Bailey had two assists for New York. the hosts on 171-1. Cheteshwar Pujara was on two at Thomas Greiss stopped 36 shots in the win. The the other end with India 49 runs ahead with nine wick- Islanders have won three consecutive games for the ets in hand, an impressive fightback after being all out second time this season. Yanni Gourde scored twice for 172 in their first innings. and Ondrej Palat added one goal for Tampa Bay, which The hosts had lost the entire top half of their batting suffered its first regulation loss since Oct. 28. order by the time they had accumulated 50 runs in the first innings but Rahul and Dhawan ensured there was Bruins 3, Sharks 1 no repeat by scoring at nearly four-and-half runs an Rookie Danton Heinen scored his fourth of the sea- over. Dhawan was decisive with his footwork against son-and third against San Jose-at 14:09 of the third the slow bowlers, which he demonstrated with two six- period to clinch Boston’s win. Peter Cehlarik had scored es off Sri Lanka’s spin spearhead Rangana Herath. The his first career goal by following Jake DeBrusk’s shot at left-hander also hit 11 boundaries before rushing out to 6:17 of the first period. The Sharks challenged, but the hit Dasun Shanaka before being caught behind. situation room in Toronto judged DeBrusk collided with Rahul was his elegant self at the other end as the Dell after getting tripped by Joakin Ryan. Then DeBrusk right-hander registered his ninth 50-plus score in his KOLKATA: India’s Lokesh Rahul blocks the ball after playing a shot during the fourth day of the first Test between scored Boston’s second goal on a breakaway at 10:46 India and Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata yesterday. — AFP as a San Jose power play was ending. last 11 test innings, which included eight crisp bound- aries. Earlier, Sri Lanka were dismissed for 294 in their Blackhawks 2, Penguins 1 first innings after number nine batsman Herath top- Artem Anisimov scored the go-ahead goal as scored for the tourists with a defiant 67. SCOREBOARD Chicago continued its dominating run against Paceman Mohammed Shami, who bowled without Pittsburgh. Gustav Forsling also scored for Chicago, success on Saturday, claimed four wickets, including KOLKATA: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Kolkata yesterday: which has won eight in a row against Pittsburgh, includ- that of overnight batsmen Niroshan Dickwella and ing a 10-1 pasting in the teams’ first meeting this season Dinesh Chandimal, in a fine display of seam bowling to India 1st innings 172 (C. Pujara 52, W. Saha 29; Lakmal 4-26) (Shanaka), 7-201 on Oct 5. Anisimov’s goal in the second period came 21 curb Sri Lanka’s progress. Dilruwan Perera featured in Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 165-4, C. Chandimal not out 13, N. (Chandimal), 8-244 (Perera), 9-290 (Herath), 10-294 (Lakmal) seconds after Matt Hunwick scored short-handed to tie a review drama after being adjudged lbw to Shami. The Dickwella not out 14) Bowling: Kumar 27-5-88-4, Shami 26.3-5-100-4, Yadav 20-1-79-2 it for the Penguins. It was the first home regulation loss batsman appeared to be on his way back to the dress- S. Samarawickrama c Saha b Kumar 23 (w1), Ashwin for Pittsburgh, which is 6-1-1 at PPG Paints Arena. ing room when he suddenly turned around to challenge D. Karunaratne lbw b Kumar 8 8-2-13-0, Kohli 1.1-0-5-0, Jadeja 1-0-1-0 the decision, which was overturned as the point of L. Thirimanne c Kohli b Yadav 51 Capitals 3, Wild 1 A. Mathews c Rahul b Yadav 52 India 2nd innings impact was found to be marginally outside the stumps. D. Chandimal c Saha b Shami 28 T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist, Braden Holtby Shami had the last laugh though, as he dismissed L. Rahul not out 73 N. Dickwella c Kohli b Shami 35 S. Dhawan c Dickwella b Shanaka 94 stopped 30 shots and Washington defeated Minnesota. Perera caught behind for five. Conditions on the first D. Shanaka lbw b Kumar 0 C. Pujara not out 2 Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov also had goals for D. Perera c Saha b Shami 5 two days of the pace-dominated contest meant Herath Extras (nb1, w1) 2 Washington. Nino Niederreiter scored for the Wild, R. Herath c Shami b Kumar 67 had a very limited role with the ball and the spinner Total (1 wicket, 39.3 overs) 171 who had a four-game winning streak stopped. S. Lakmal b Shami 16 made his mark with the bat instead, frustrating the Fall of wickets: 1-166 (Dhawan) hosts with his dogged resistance. L Gamage not out 0 Hurricanes 3, Sabres 1 Extras (b4, lb4, w1) 9 Still to bat: V. Kohli, A. Rahane, R. Ashwin, W. Saha, R. Jadeja, B. Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead goal with 4:45 Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who claimed four Total (all out, 83.4 overs) 294 Kumar, M. Shami, U. Yadav Bowling: Lakmal 8-0-29-0, Gamage 9-0-47-0 (nb1), Shanaka 9.3- remaining to lead Carolina over Buffalo. After a mistake wickets apiece, combined to dismiss Herath with the Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Karunaratne), 2-34 (Samarawickrama), 3-133 1-29-1 (w1), Perera 10-1-41-0, Herath 3-0-25-0. by Justin Falk, who mishandled a bouncing puck, Aho former taking the catch after the batsman had sliced (Thirimanne), 4-138 (Mathews), 5-200 (Dickwella), 6-201 grabbed the puck and raced toward the Buffalo net. He Kumar to backward point. — Reuters beat Robin Lehner with a wrist shot. Justin Williams and Joakim Nordstrom (empty-netter) also scored for the Hurricane. Scott Darling made 24 saves. Evander Kane Igls, Austria. Hamlin, who turned 31 yesterday, is coming off scored for Buffalo and Chad Johnson stopped 30 shots. the finest year of her career - she won a gold medal and two Erin Hamlin nears silvers at the world championships for the biggest haul ever Maple Leafs 6, Canadiens 0 by an American luge athlete, got two World Cup wins and fin- Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for his second ished fourth in the overall world rankings. straight shutout and Toronto beat Montreal for its sixth the end of her She might be going out, and there’s a chance she can go win in a row. Andersen made 16 saves during a score- out on top. “We’re working hard to convince her to stay,” her less first period on his way to his 13th career shutout for longtime USA Luge teammate Emily Sweeney said. Toronto, whose streak is their longest since December long luge journey Sweeney knows that’s probably futile. Sliders always tend 2014. Auston Matthews scored twice in his return to the to cycle out after an Olympics, no matter if it’s bobsled, skele- lineup after missing four games because of an upper- NEW YORK: Erin Hamlin is looking forward to normalcy. She ton or luge, and the Americans will see plenty of veterans take body injury. Montreal has lost three straight (0-2-1) and is getting married next summer in her hometown. She is think- their last rides this winter. A few US sliders have already is 1-3-1 in its past five games. ing about career moves. She is trying to figure out the rest of retired this fall, in part because they weren’t going to have a her life. It is probably her last luge season. It is definitely her shot at an Olympic berth. Predators 5, Avalanche 2 last Olympic season. As such, it would be easy to fall into the For her part, Hamlin hasn’t officially said this is the end. Pekka Rinne turned aside 29 shots to lead Nashville trap of saying that winning a gold medal at the Pyeongchang “There’s never really as concrete of a plan as you hope there over Colorado. Craig Smith poked a loose puck past Games in February would be the only thing that makes this would be, because you never know what can happen,” Hamlin Semyon Varlamov right in front of the net with 34.7 sec- season a success. It’s important, sure, but Hamlin is entering said. “But at the moment, what I’m excited to do is see what onds left in the opening period to give Nashville a 1-0 her 13th year of World Cup racing with a much broader view other opportunities are there and what other adventures lead. Nashville blew it open midway through the second and insisting that she’s going to enjoy whatever time she has await.” Hamlin has been in the world’s top 10 in each of the period by scoring twice in a span of 87 seconds. left on her sled. past 11 seasons - the second-longest current streak of any Mattias Ekholm and Viktor Arvidsson added goals in “I’m not going to hyperfocus myself on one result or bust,” woman in luge, one year behind German legend Tatjana the third period to make it 5-0. Colorado avoided its Hamlin said. “Very likely, it’s going to be my last time in a lot Huefner. She’s won a World Cup in each of the past three second shutout of the season thanks to goals by Andrei of places, sliding on a lot of tracks. So I think more so, it’s years, took the world title in sprint last winter and became the Mironov and J.T. Compher in the final 4:37.—Reuters going to be a lot of soaking it all in.” first American to medal in a singles race at the Olympics with That process starts, when the World Cup season opens in a bronze at Sochi in 2014. — AP Erin Hamlin Established 1961 15 Sports Monday, November 20, 2017 No 2 Miami rallies to beat Virginia for 15th straight win

Thompson, Pringle lead Kansas State past Oklahoma State

MIAMI GARDENS: Malik Rosier threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score and No. 2 Miami pulled NO. 5 WISCONSIN 24, NO. 19 MICHIGAN 10 off its biggest comeback in five years, by holding off Alex Hornibrook threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Virginia 44-28 on Saturday to extend the nation’s longest A.J. Taylor in third quarter to break open a defensive winning streak to 15 games. Jaquan Johnson had an inter- slugfest, and Kendric Pryor scored on an end-around to ception return for a touchdown for Miami (10-0, 7-0 help Wisconsin remain undefeated. The Badgers (11-0, 8- Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 3 CFP), which went on a 0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) padded their playoff resume by 30-0 run in the second half to remain unbeaten. The winning a grinding, physical matchup against the Hurricanes erased a pair of 14-point deficits, and had lost Wolverines (8-3, 5-3, No. 24 CFP). Hornibrook finished 9 15 consecutive games in which they trailed at any point by of 19 for 143 yards, but bounced back from an intercep- such a margin. But they got a pair of fourth-down stops in tion early in the third quarter with some of his best throws Virginia territory in the fourth quarter, and the Hurricanes of the season. He connected with Taylor through a tight finished their first 7-0 home regular season since 1988. window in the end zone for a 14-10 lead with 3:31 left in Travis Homer rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown for the third quarter. Miami, which looks to close out a perfect ACC regular- season slate at Pittsburgh on Friday. The Hurricanes NO. 6 AUBURN 42, LOUISIANA-MONROE 14 already had a spot in the ACC championship game against Darius Slayton caught a 50-yard touchdown pass late Clemson on Dec. 2 secured. in the first half and Auburn pulledaway to set up next week’s visit from No. 1 Alabama. Kam Martin scored two NO. 1 ALABAMA 56, MERCER 0 touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, in the third Jalen Hurts passed for 180 yards and three touchdowns quarter. Nick Ruffin scored on a 45-yard interception in a little more than a quarter and Alabama beat FCS team return in the fourth. Despite a sluggish first half, Auburn’s Mercer. The Crimson Tide (11-0, 7-0 SEC, No. 1 CFP) final production was still impressive: 317 yards rushing raced to a 35-0 halftime lead in what amounted to a tune- and 552 total yards. Auburn (9-2, No. 6 CFP) can earn a up for the team’s biggest game. Now, Alabama heads to spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game No. 6 Auburn with the winner of the Iron Bowl facing No. by beating Alabama next week. ULM dropped to 4-6. 7 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference championship game in Atlanta. The Bears (5-6) also lost to Auburn 24- NO. 7 GEORGIA 42, KENTUCKY 13 10 early in the season, when the Tigers committed five Nick Chubb and Sony Michel led a dominant running turnovers. Hurts led Alabama to touchdowns on each of game and Georgia bounced back from its first loss of the LAWRENCE: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners is sacked by defensive tackle Daniel his four possessions, completing all seven of his attempts season. In the final home game of their careers, Chubb Wise #96 and defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr. #2 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the game at Memorial and running for 30 yards. He hit a wide-open Calvin and Michel went out with a bang on Senior Day between Stadium. — AFP Ridley for a 66-yard the hedges. Chubb rushed touchdown, giving Ridley for 151 and two touch- 103 yards on three catch- downs, including a 55- and helmets designed to evoke the leather tops from the touchdown and Southern California persevered for its es before the half. yard burst down the side- era of Knute Rockne, one of the Fighting Irish’s most third consecutive victory over crosstown rival UCLA. line to seal the victory famous names, Notre Dame (9-2, No. 8 College Football Ronald Jones II rushed for 111 yards and two touch- NO. 3 OKLAHOMA Hurricanes early in the fourth quarter. Playoff) kept its slim national championship hopes alive downs, and Michael Pittman Jr returned a punt 72 yards 41, KANSAS 3 Michel rambled for 87 heading into the regular-season finale next Saturday at for a touchdown on a spectacular trick play in the first Oklahoma’s Baker erased a pair of yards and three scores of Stanford. quarter of the regular-season finale for the Pac-12 South Mayfield threw for 257 his own, most notably a champion Trojans (10-2, 8-1). Josh Rosen passed for 421 yards and three touch- 14-point deficits 37-yard TD that sent the KANSAS STATE 45, NO. 10 OKLAHOMA STATE 40 yards and hit Jordan Lasley for three touchdowns in the downs after getting Bulldogs into the half with Byron Pringle caught three touchdown passes and first - and probably only - collegiate meeting between dissed by the Kansas a 21-6 lead. Georgia (10-1, returned a kickoff for another score to help Kansas State Los Angeles’ star quarterbacks. captains before kickoff. 7-1 Southeastern stun Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State nearly erased a Mayfield had tried shak- Conference, No. 7 CFP) 29-point deficit in the second half, but Kansas State (6- NO. 13 PENN STATE 56, NEBRASKA 44 ing hands with Daniel returned to form after 5, 4-4 Big 12) held on to become bowl eligible for the Saquon Barkley broke Penn State’s career touchdown Wise, Dorance Armstrong Jr. and Joe Dineen Jr. after the getting stuffed on the ground in a 40-17 loss to Auburn, a eighth consecutive season. Pringle caught four passes record with three scores and had 208 of 224 total yards coin toss, but they stared stoically back at him. Mayfield dismal performance that knocked the Bulldogs out of the for a career-high 166 yards. His kickoff return for a score in the first half. Barkley passed Lydell Mitchell for the quickly pulled his hand away, clapped a couple of times top spot they held for two weeks in the College Football covered 89 yards. The junior entered the game with record with his 39th touchdown. Trace McSorley ran for and set about burnishing his Heisman Trophy candidacy. Playoff standings. eight career touchdowns, and he had never scored more a touchdown and threw for 325 yards on 24-of-36 pass- He threw TD passes to Rodney Anderson and Marquise than two in a game. Freshman Skylar Thompson threw ing with three touchdown passes for Penn State (9-2, 6- Brown in the first half, then founded Mark Andrews late in NO. 8 OHIO STATE 52, ILLINOIS 14 for 204 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 93 2 Big Ten). Mike Gesicki caught two scoring passes and the third quarter, which prompted more insults between No. 8 Ohio State scored on its first six possessions - yards and a score in his second start for the injured became Penn State’s career touchdowns leader by a Mayfield and the Jayhawks. At one point, Mayfield lewdly including J.T. Barrett’s 100th career touchdown pass - and Jesse Ertz. tight end with 13, and DeAndre Thompkins also had a grabbed his c***** while cursing across the field, and the Buckeyes wrapped up the Big Ten East title. Barrett, touchdown catch. Backup quarterback Tommy Stevens another time he yelled to fans behind his bench: “You playing in his last game at Ohio Stadium, threw for two NO. 11 TCU 27, TEXAS TECH 3 added a touchdown pass to tight end Nick Bowers to have one win! Go cheer on basketball!” touchdowns and ran for another score to help the True freshman quarterback Shawn Robinson ran for help the Nittany Lions go unbeaten at Beaver Stadium Buckeyes (9-2, 7-1, CFP No. 9) dominate from the open- 84 yards and threw a key second-half touchdown in his for the second straight season. NO. 4 CLEMSON 61, CITADEL 3 ing kick. Barrett became the Ohio State leader in rushing first career start to help TCU to stay in contention for a Kelly Bryant threw for 230 yards and three touch- yards among quarterbacks (3,070), eclipsing Braxton spot in the Big 12 championship game. Robinson, who NO. 14 UCF 45, TEMPLE 19 downs and was out of the game before halftime for Miller. He holds 35 Big Ten and school records. Ohio won a Texas Class 6A state high school championship McKenzie Milton threw four touchdown passes and Clemson against the lower-division opponent. After State’s defense limited the Illini (2-9, 0-9) to a season-low last season, filled in for Kenny Hill. The senior didn’t even ran for a score and Central Florida stayed unbeaten Bryant’s 14-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Chase on the 105 yards in handing them a ninth straight loss. They make the trip to Lubbock because of an unspecified heading into a showdown with rival USF. The Knights offense’s 26th play, Clemson (10-1, No. 2 College Football didn’t record a first down until near the end of the first injury. While Robinson was only 6-of-17 passing for 85 (10-0, 7-0 American Athletic conference, CFP No. 15) Playoff) led 28-0. Bryant completed 17 of 22 passes. half. yards, his 12-yard TD to Jalen Reagor came late in the turned three Temple turnovers inside the Owls 25 into 17 Freshman receiver Tee Higgins caught six passes for 178 third quarter as the Horned Frogs (9-2, 6-2 Big 12, No. 12 first-half points, taking a 31-10 lead when Gabriel Davis yards and two touchdowns and fellow freshman Travis NO. 9 NOTRE DAME 24, NAVY 17 CFP) took a 17-3 lead. The Red Raiders (5-6, 2-6) got stretched across the goal line for a 5-yard touchdown Etienne ran eight times for 62 yards and two TDs as Brandon Wimbush threw for 164 yards and two touch- their only score on their opening drive of the game. reception with 2:36 left in the second quarter. The AAC Clemson scored on nine of its first 10 possessions. The downs and ran for a score as Notre Dame rallied in the East Division will be decided on Black Friday in Orlando, Tigers finished with 662 yards, their third game over 600 rain and wind to beat Navy. Wearing throwback uniforms NO. 12 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 28, UCLA 23 Florida, when No. 23 South Florida (9-1, 6-1) visits UCF. yards this season. with the name Rockne on the back of every player’s jersey Sam Darnold passed for 264 yards and ran for a Temple dropped to 5-6 and 3-4. — AP

‘PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON YOU’ Chelsea’s Chelsea head for Qarabag knowing vic- tory will take them into the knockout phase Simeone defends despite back-to-back slip-ups against Conte takes Roma. “It was very important for us to start this very busy period with a good win, off-form aim at fixture especially against West Brom because last season we struggled a lot in both games,” said Conte. Griezmann organizers “Today the game became easy because we started very well with great concentra- ‘to the death’ WEST BROMWICH: Antonio Conte criti- tion and focus. “This (Qarabag) will be the cised football’s fixture planners as he pre- most important game of the season pares his side for a manic month in the because we have a possibility with a win to MADRID: Atletico Madrid coach Diego wake of their 4-0 victory at West go through to the next round of the Simeone insisted he will defend off-colour Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Conte’s side Champions League, so to start our path in star forward Antoine Griezmann “to the eased to victory at The Hawthorns but this way was very positive.” Defeat for Conte is already warning his players they death”, as long as he remains an Atletico West Brom left Tony Pulis fighting to save player, after Saturday’s 0-0 draw against face their biggest game of the season at his job after just two wins in his last 21 Azerbaijan side FK Qarabag in the local rivals Real Madrid. Premier League games dating back to last Griezmann turned his back on interest Champions League on Wednesday. season. The Welshman did little to defend from Manchester United to sign a new con- The win against West Brom, which his position after the game.— AFP included two goals from Eden Hazard, was tract after Atletico lost an appeal against a the first of nine games in a month in all transfer ban in June. However, the French competitions for the Blues. Conte is wor- international, who has been Atletico’s top ried about a repeat of the defeat to Matches on TV scorer for the past three seasons, has netted Manchester City in September, three days (Local Timings) just three times so far this campaign and not after a Champions League game in Spain. at all in his last eight games at club level. “It was a pity to play against ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Despite his poor form, Griezmann has con- Manchester City only two days after we tinued to be linked to other clubs, including played Atletico Madrid away,” he said. “We Albion v Stoke City 23:00 Barcelona, and he was jeered off by large came back at 5:00 am on Thursday and sections of the Atletico fanbase when he was played on Saturday against Manchester beIN SPORTS HD 11 EN substituted by Simeone 15 minutes from time. MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s Fernando Torres, centre, runs with the ball past Real City. “Sometimes, the people who prepare “As long as someone is in my family, I am Madrid’s Marcelo during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid these type of fixtures must pay more atten- with them to the death. I have always been and Atletico at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid. —AP tion to give every team the same possibili- SPANISH LEAGUE that way and I’m not going to change at near- ty. “I think against Manchester City they ly 50,” said Simeone. “All the players have to were favourites and we stayed very close Eibar v Real Betis 23:00 show up and not just Griezmann.” years. “If Correa’s or Gameiro’s chance goes Zinedine Zidane. “The only thing we lacked but if we won against Manchester City the in we are talking about how well the team was a goal. I can’t criticise the players for distance is not nine points. beIN SPORTS HD 3 Atletico were again left to rue their lack of played and not Antoine.” However, a stale- anything tonight because we deserved more. “Now we have another problem. We ruthlessness in front of goal as Angel Correa play Qarabag on Wednesday, we get back and Griezmann’s replacement Kevin Gameiro mate left Barcelona the big winners of the day “We need to be patient because we are on to London at 5:00 am then we have anoth- ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE passed up the best chances of a tightly-con- as the La Liga leaders moved 10 points clear the right track.” Real, though, were dealt a er big game against Liverpool on Saturday. tested derby. of both Real and Atletico with a 3-0 victory further blow as captain Sergio Ramos had to “Is this normal? I don’t think so. If some- Hellas Verona v Bologna 22:45 “I am never going to speak badly of a earlier on Saturday over Leganes. be replaced at half-time with a suspected one wants more balance in this league they teammate and even less of Griezmann,” added “Ten points is a lot but that will change for broken nose. “It is a fracture. He has a cut and must pay greater attention to preparing the beIN SPORTS HD 4 Atletico right-back Juanfran. “The issue is he sure because Barca will not always win and I think it is broken,” added Zidane. “We still fixtures.” has set the bar so high over the past two we will be in the running,” insisted Real boss don’t know how long he will be out.” — AFP Established 1961 Sport

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Fleetwood wins Race to Dubai England, Australia, Tonga, Simeone defends off-form 13title as Rose falls short 14 Fiji in World Cup semifinals 15 Griezmann ‘to the death’

GENOA: Juventus’ forward Gonzalo Higuain from Argentina (L) jumps for the ball with Sampdoria’s defender Gian Marco Ferrari during the Italian Serie A football match Sampdoria Vs Juventus.—AFP Juventus loses ahead of Barca clash

MILAN: Juventus fell to a surprise 3-2 defeat at Samp broke the deadlock six minutes into the sec- was awarded a spot kick at the end of the second when at home to Sassuolo. Samuel Armenteros netted in the Sampdoria, which maintained its perfect home record ond half when a poor clearance by Federico Douglas Costa was tripped by Ivan Strinic for a last- 65th for Benevento to cancel out Alessandro Matri’s in Serie A yesterday. Duvan Zapata, Lucas Torreira and Bernardeschi on Fabio Quagliarella’s cross fell straight gasp penalty. Higuain converted in the first minute of opener but the hosts’ hopes of getting something from Gian Marco Ferrari put Sampdoria 3-0 up in the sec- to Zapata. He leapt above stoppage time but it seemed the match were dashed when defender Gaetano Letizia ond half before Juventus threatened an astonishing Stephan Lichtsteiner to to be too little, too late. was sent off two minutes later following a second stoppage-time comeback with a penalty from Gonzalo send a looping header past Dybala reduced the booking. Benevento clung on and it appeared as if its Higuain and a strike from Paulo Dybala. Wojciech Szczesny. deficit still further moments luck was about to change when Domenico Berardi hit It will be a blow to Juve’s confidence ahead of Juventus upped the pres- Juventus four later when he ran down the the crossbar with a stoppage-time penalty but Federico Wednesday’s Champions League match against sure but was stifled by a right flank before cutting Peluso netted the winner two minutes later. Benevento Barcelona. Juventus is four points behind leader Napoli, solid Sampdoria side, which points behind inside and placing the ball has no points from its first 13 Serie A matches and has which beat AC Milan 2-1 on Saturday. The Bianconeri doubled its lead in the 71st into the bottom right corner. twice before conceded a stoppage-time winner. could be overtaken by Inter Milan, which is a point with a fine strike from leader Napoli But Juventus didn’t have behind and hosts Atalanta later. Torreira from just outside time to get the equalizer, OTHER MATCHES Sampdoria, which has played a match fewer than the area into the bottom left with Higuain flagged offside Talented youngster Federico Chiesa celebrated sign- most other teams, moved five points behind Juventus. corner. It got worse for Juve in the last sequence of ing a new-deal at Fiorentina with a late goal to help it Juventus was without defender Andrea Barzagli and eight minutes later. The action. draw 1-1 at Spal. Chievo Verona also drew 1-1 at Torino, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who were recovering from defense should have dealt with a cut-back from former where home striker Andrea Belotti had his penalty the disappointment of Italy’s failure to qualify for the Juventus forward Quagliarella but Ferrari beat Sami MORE HEARTBREAK saved. Elsewhere, new Genoa coach Davide Ballardini World Cup and Sampdoria made the most of their Khedira to tap in from close range. Juventus had penal- Benevento again came agonizingly close to claiming had an ideal debut as he steered his side to a 1-0 win at absences to expose the Bianconeri defensively. ty appeals turned down at the end of the first half but it its first Serie A point, before a late goal saw it lose 2-1 Crotone. Cagliari won 1-0 at Udinese. —AP

five 3-pointers, and hit all five of his free throws. had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Utah routed Orlando to snap a three-game losing streak. The Irving, Celtics beat WARRIORS 124, 76ERS 116 40-point margin matched the Magic’s worst home Stephen Curry scored 35 points, Kevin Durant loss in team history. Hood was 12 for 21 from the had 27 and defending NBA champion Golden State field in his highest-scoring game of the season. The Hawks 110-99 for overcame a 22-point halftime deficit to beat reserve guard had 19 straight points for Utah over Philadelphia. Joel Embiid scored 21 points and Ben one stretch that went from the end of the third Simmons had 23 points and 12 assists for through early in the fourth. Aaron Gordon had 18 15th straight victory Philadelphia. The 76ers led 47-28 after one quarter points and nine rebounds for Orlando. and 74-52 at the half. But the Warriors erased that ATLANTA: Kyrie Irving scored 30 points, Jaylen large deficit with a furious rally in the third quarter. TRAIL BLAZERS 102, KINGS 90 Brown added a career-high 27 and the Boston Celtics Curry’s 3-pointer got them within one point. He then C.J. McCollum scored 25 points, Damian Lillard won their 15th straight game with a 110-99 victory made a pair of free throws to give Golden State a had 22 and Portland handed Sacramento its ninth over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. At 15-2, 90-89 lead. The two-time NBA MVP hit another 3 consecutive road loss. McCollum hit four 3-pointers Boston leads the NBA and matched the best start in and Draymond Green blew past a defender for a and shot 9 of 16 to help Portland avenge an 86-82 franchise history through 17 games. The winning dunk to make it 99-89 going into the fourth. road loss to the Kings on Friday night. Lillard had streak is the club’s fifth-longest, four behind the six assists, the Blazers shot 54 percent (38 of 70) 2008-09 team that set the franchise mark. Dennis ROCKETS 105, GRIZZLIES 83 from the floor and made 10 of 21 3-pointers. Willie Schroder had 23 points, and Kent Bazemore added 19 James Harden scored 29 points, Clint Capela had Cauley-Stein had 18 points and nine rebounds to for Atlanta. The Hawks are an Eastern Conference- 17 points and 13 rebounds and Houston beat lead Sacramento, and Zach Randolph had 17. worst 3-13, but they still had plenty of adrenaline fol- Memphis. Houston guard Chris Paul added 17 points lowing a 46-point victory over Sacramento - the and six assists in his second game since returning biggest in franchise history - two nights ago. The from a left knee injury. Paul and Harden combined MAVERICKS 111, BUCKS 79 Celtics erased a 16-point deficit to take their first lead for 10-of-19 shooting from beyond the arc, and the Wesley Matthews scored a season-high 22 on Brown’s 3-pointer midway through the third. It Rockets were 18 for 43 from 3-point range overall. points and Dallas beat Milwaukee to stop a four- marked Boston’s fourth win when trailing by at least Memphis dropped its fourth consecutive game. game slide. Matthews also had eight assists while 16 during the streak. Irving, playing with a protec- Chandler Parsons led the Grizzlies with 17 points on helping Dallas (3-14) to its first win since Nov. 7 at Washington. He went 6 for 8 from 3-point range. J.J. tive mask to protect a minor facial fracture, ended 7-for-9 shooting, and Marc Gasol and JaMychal ATLANTA: Atlanta Hawks’ John Collins, right, dunks Barea had 20 points for the Mavericks, and Harrison the game with a right-handed finger-roll layup, Green each scored 15 points. the ball against Boston Celtics’ Al Horford, left, and delighting a few thousand Boston fans who were Barnes finished with 18. Giannis Antetokounmpo Marcus Morris, rear, in the third quarter of an NBA chanting “MVP! MVP!” in the fourth quarter. In JAZZ 125, MAGIC 85 had 24 points and 17 rebounds for the Bucks. They basketball game in Atlanta. — AP 31 minutes, Irving made 10 of 12 shots, including Rodney Hood scored 31 points, Derrick Favors had won four in a row.— AP Established 1961 The First Daily in The Arabian Gulf

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EU-Mercosur trade pact Jazeera Airways connectsBusiness to India Driverless, electric future just 18 supporters push for deal 21 with daily flights to Hyderabad 22 round the corner for urban cars

(Back row, left to right): Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, US President George H W Bush, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, at the ini- tialing of the draft North American Free Trade Agreement in October 1992. In front are Mexican Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development Jaime Serra Puche, United States Trade Representative Carla Hills, and Canadian Minister of International Trade Michael Wilson. ‘No fireworks’ at NAFTA talks in Mexico City But, tough US stance could sink 1994 trade pact

MEXICO CITY: Negotiations in Mexico to update rules of origin to boost the North American con- But he said negotiators were aware that much the new rules of origin are unworkable and would NAFTA have not made much progress on tough tent of autos. “It is very slow moving but there are work lay ahead and “we have to double our damage the highly-integrated auto industry. “I hope US demands that could sink the 1994 trade pact, no fireworks,” said a Canadian source with knowl- efforts.” “The atmosphere is good, the atmosphere the United States understands there are things ... but the current round of talks are progressing with edge of the talks, adding there had “not been much is one of work,” Baker added. that Mexico won’t accept, and (I hope) the negoti- civility, some participants said on Saturday. conversation at all” on the more contentious US The mood was calmer than the tense scenes ating process becomes more rational,” Moises Officials from the United States, Canada and proposals. Within hours of the latest round of talks during last month’s round in Arlington, Virginia, Kalach, head of the international negotiating arm of Mexico are meeting in Mexico City for the fifth of formally starting on Friday, Canada was complain- where tough US demands were revealed. Still, the Mexico’s CCE business lobby, told Reuters. seven planned rounds to update the North ing about inflexibility by the United States. Officials negotiations have passed the halfway point of an On Friday, the US Trade Representative’s office American Free Trade Agreement, from which US have so far discussed other issues such as labor, initial schedule with few clear signs of process. revised its official objectives to conform to its cur- President Donald Trump has threatened to with- gender, intellectual property, energy and telecom- Mexican officials hope chapters on telecommu- rent demands. The move prompted US Senator draw. Time is running short to seal a deal by the munications but it is too soon to say whether there nications and e-commerce will be concluded by the Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate deadline of end-March 2018. Officials say next will be any breakthroughs this round, added a end of business on Tuesday, but there has been no Finance Committee, to remove a “hold” he had put year’s Mexican presidential election means talks source familiar with the talks. indication of this yet. Although negotiators are in place to block confirmation of two Trump CEDAR RAPIDS: This file photo taken on June after that date will not be possible. “The work is moving forward,” Mexican deputy scheduled to discuss rules of origin every day, the administration nominees for deputy USTR posi- 21, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump The US administration has made demands that economy minister Juan Carlos Baker told reporters, source said detailed talks on boosting North tions, a Wyden aide said. Wyden had complained speaking at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the other members say are unacceptable, such as a adding that the three countries had prioritized American content would not be held before the end the trade office was keeping members of Congress about renegotiating NAFTA. — AFP five-year “sunset” clause and tightening so-called technical work in Mexico City. of the round on Tuesday. Canada and Mexico say “in the dark”. — Reuters

Facebook HQ Ireland they grew to 7.9 billion Europe turns on Facebook, euros, even though the vast majority does not come from the tiny EU island-nation of a mere 2.5 million users. Google follows the same pat- Google for digital tax revamp tern: in Germany in 2015, it had a little over 71 million users, in France just over 55 million. But in both nations, revenues are minimal. BRUSSELS: They have revolutionized the way Valley has turned Europe’s economies upside Yet, in Ireland, where the number of search we live, but are US tech giants the new robber down, but often with just a skeleton staff and engine users is less than five million, revenues for barons of the 21st century, banking billions in some office space in markets with millions of Google-parent Alphabet reached 22.6 billion profit while short-changing the public by paying users or customers. euros in 2015. According to an analysis by Paul only a pittance in tax? With public coffers still Tang, a specialist on tax issues at the European strained years after the worst of the debt crisis, Nation-less Parliament, France lost 741 million euros in tax EU leaders have agreed to tackle the question, According to EU law, to operate across revenue and Germany 889 million euros between spurred on by French President Emmanuel Europe, multinationals have almost total liberty 2013 and 2015 due to so-called “tax planning” by Macron who has slammed the likes of Google, to choose a home country of their choosing. Not Google and Facebook. Facebook and Apple as the “freeloaders of the surprisingly, they choose small, low tax nations modern world”. such as Ireland, the Netherlands or Luxembourg. ‘No transparency’ As recently as March, five of the world’s top Thus, it is through Ireland that Facebook draws The Organization for Economic Cooperation 10 valued companies were Silicon Valley behe- its wealth from millions of accounts across and Development believes that such tax schemes moths: Apple, Google’s Alphabet, Microsoft, Europe. There are 33 million accounts in France cost governments around the world as much as Amazon and Facebook. (Germany’s SAP was and 31 million in Germany, according to recent $240 billion a year in lost revenue, according to a Europe’s biggest and 56th on the global list). data. While users enjoy the platform, Facebook 2015 estimate. “The actual activity of each com- But tax rules today are designed for yester- tracks likes, comments and page views and sells pany, including US tech giants, is not known,” shortfall on tax is clear. The effective tax rate on with thousands of jobs at stake in the deal. Brussels day’s economy when US multinationals-such as the data to companies who then target con- said Manon Aubry, spokeswoman for the NGO the profit of digital giants in the EU averages says Dublin’s red carpet treatment accorded Apple General Motors, IBM or McDonald’s-entered sumers. But unlike the economy of old, Facebook Oxfam. “Beyond the number of accounts or users only nine percent, while that of traditional com- an effective corporate tax rate of one percent on countries loudly, with new factories, jobs and sells its data to French companies not from in each country, it would be necessary to know in panies exceeds 20 percent, it said. its European profits in 2003 — a rate that more taxes for the taking. These firms had what France but from a great, nation-less elsewhere, the case of Google for example, the amount of decreased to a scant 0.005 percent in 2014 — just tax specialists call “permanent establishment”, with no phone number, address or physical advertising sales in each country. We do not have ‘Political crap’ a fraction of the official rate. when companies showed a clear physical pres- “presence” for a customer who probably cares it.” For car-ride smartphone service Uber, “we Apple, also based in Ireland, became one of the “It’s total political crap,” Apple chief executive ence measured and taxed through tangible, real little. It is in states like Ireland, whose official tax need to know the number of rides, but we don’t EU’s most emblematic tax cases when Competition Tim Cook barked at the time. Undeterred, world assets. But today in most EU nations, the rate of 12.5 percent is the lowest in Europe, that have it,” she said. “One of the first issues, there- Commissioner Margarethe Vestager ordered the Vestager has gone after similar arrangements, US tech titans exist almost exclusively in the vir- the giants have parked their EU headquarters fore, is that of transparency: to rule that large iconic iPhone maker to pay 13 billion euros in such as those revealed in the Luxleaks scandal tual world, their services piped through apps to and book profits from revenues made across the companies publish data on activities and taxes back-taxes. Vestager said the US giant had bene- that exposed deals struck between Luxembourg smart phones and tablets from designers and bloc. Indeed, actual revenues from advertising paid in all the countries where they are present.” fitted from illegal state aid, a gift from Ireland in and a long list of multinationals, including online data servers oceans away. Ghost-like, Silicon are minimal in France and Germany, but at To the European Commission, the digital exchange for choosing Dublin as its headquarters, US retail giant Amazon. — AFP 18 Established 1961 Business Monday, November 20, 2017 EU-Mercosur trade pact supporters push for deal Move despite rising tide of public opinion against free trade deals

RIO DE JANEIRO: Supporters of a free trade pact Brazilian counterpart Michel Temer now look positively on between the EU and the Mercosur states in South the pact. With elections due next year in Brazil, the push America, under negotiation for nearly 20 years, are seek- by the trade pact’s supporters recalls the efforts by those ing to swim against the current and secure a deal by the who pressed for the rapid completion of the pact with the end of the year. United States before Barack Obama left the White House. “At a moment when the After the latest round Anglo-Saxon world is in of negotiations was com- retreat on both sides of the pleted on November 10 Atlantic ... we should take in Brasilia, the EU said a advantage of that opportuni- Preliminary deal was at hand. Holding ty to reinforce cross-Atlantic his index finger and ties between the EU and deal likely thumb just slightly apart, Latin America,” said former Jyrki Katainen, an EU Spanish foreign minister during Commission vice presi- Josep Pique in reference to dent, said: “We’re that Brexit and the election of Dec summit close to having a new Donald Trump as president association and trade of the United States. agreement between EU The two events are seen and Mercosur.” The next as partially due to a rising round of negotiations is tide of public opinion against free trade deals, but numer- scheduled for the end of the month in Brussels. ous agreements are still in the works. With the free trade deal with Canada provisionally entering into force in A deal by the WTO? September and an agreement in principle reached with Argentina’s former foreign minister, Susana Malcorra, Japan in July, the EU is now trying to reach a deal with the who will preside over the WTO’s ministerial meeting, set to resenting 40 percent of global GDP. He has threatened to Paris. “According to our calculations and figures, France is Mercosur states: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. take place in Buenos Aires on December 10-13, hopes the do the same with the North American Free Trade one of the biggest beneficiaries of the eventual agree- Given the size of the Brazilian and Argentine economies, EU and Mercosur will be able to reach a preliminary Agreement (NAFTA). ment,” he said this past week in Brussels. “It provides the deal is estimated to be worth four times as much as the agreement at the session. “In a context where global trade Against this background, an EU-Mercosur deal “will be opportunities to French industry and also to the agricultur- deal with Japan for the EU and would represent an impor- has been called into question, it is fundamental that two a political symbol”, said Malcorra, adding that the al sector,” he added. For the Mercosur countries, the deal tant victory for supporters of multilateral trade deals. such considerable markets announce they are ready” to announcement of “concrete decisions” was needed to offers another advantage: it will permit them “to balance Pique, speaking at a recent conference organized by seal a new deal, Malcorra told AFP. counter the growing protectionist trend and public opinion their economic relations and be less dependent on China,” the Sciences Po university in Paris, said the talks which She insisted it was not “a response to anyone”, espe- against trade deals. The EU has previously signalled it is said Christian Daude, a Uruguayan who is the head of first began 18 years ago have stalled in part due to Brazil cially not the US president. Trump threw a massive span- ready to make concessions with Mercosur on beef and socio-economic relations at Latin America’s development and Argentina dragging their feet. ner into the works to extend multilateral trade deals when ethanol in exchange for more market share for its cars in bank, CAF. “It would be risky for the economic stability of “But now we have a window of opportunity given the he pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership order to reach a deal. the region to have a concentration of investments and one political circumstances in these two countries,” said Pique, (TPP), an attempt to create the world’s largest and most It still needs to overcome the reticence of France, how- trade partner, if something happens one day with China,” noting that Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and his comprehensive free trade deal, embracing economies rep- ever, and Katainen recently tried to assuage the fears of he said. —AFP

Embattled Toshiba imposed on Moscow in 2014 for Russia’s Rosneft fuels role in the Ukraine crisis, Rosneft does not hesitate to do business with turbulent to boost capital by countries where other foreign investors foreign are wary. $5.3bn share issuance policy goals Sanctions effect This week Rosneft revealed it has paid TOKYO: Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said yesterday it plans to the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan an raise $5.3 billion by issuing new shares, a move aimed at avoiding a humiliat- MOSCOW: Whether investing in China, advance of $1.3 billion as part of produc- ing delisting from the Tokyo bourse. A board meeting yesterday decided on Venezuela or Iraq, Russian oil giant tion sharing deals to tap the vast the move, it said. Toshiba will issue 2.28 billion new shares to raise a total of Rosneft closely follows Moscow’s geopo- resources in the region. 600 billion yen ($5.3 billion), with financing expected to close on December litical interests as the Kremlin-controlled The move angered Baghdad which 5. The new shares will be allotted to 60 overseas investment funds. Each will company seeks to expand its nation’s denounced the deal as a “blatant interfer- be priced at 262.8 yen, a 10 percent discount from Friday’s closing price. sortium led by Bain Capital. The chip unit brought in around a quarter of influence, at times in unstable countries. ence in Iraqi interior affairs” as Iraqi The number of new shares is roughly half the number of currently listed Toshiba’s total annual revenue and is the crown jewel in a vast range of Headed by Vladimir Putin’s ally Igor authorities are battling a crisis in the shares. “This of course poses a concern of dilution of the value of shares businesses ranging from home appliances to nuclear reactors. But the sale Sechin, Rosneft grew massively by region sparked by a September 25 refer- but... we believe this measure will enable us to clear obligations and focus has been delayed due to legal disputes with a production partner, US acquiring the assets of Yukos oil compa- endum on Kurdish independence. “Just as on core business, which will ultimately contribute to the value of shares,” a chipmaker Western Digital. ny, whose founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky (gas group) Gazprom exercises a real Toshiba spokeswoman said. Toshiba is on the ropes after the disastrous The Tokyo-based conglomerate logged a net loss of $436 million spent a decade in jail on charges widely role in foreign policy towards Europe and acquisition of US nuclear energy firm Westinghouse, which racked up bil- for the April-September fiscal first half. Toshiba said proceeds from seen as punishment for his political ambi- China, Rosneft is responsible for other lions of dollars in losses before being placed under bankruptcy protection. the new share issuance would be used for full payment of parent com- tions. Rosneft has since grown into a parts of foreign policy such as Latin Those losses came to light as the group was still reeling from revela- pany guarantees related to Westinghouse. After Toshiba settles its global oil giant with an output of over 5 America,” said Petrov. tions that top executives had pressured underlings to cover up weak obligations to Westinghouse creditors, it will be able to demand reim- million barrels per day and a net worth of Rosneft has found itself at the centre of results for years after the 2008 global financial meltdown. bursement from Westinghouse itself. Toshiba intends to sell the claims almost $50 billion. the Venezuela crisis, where the local state- In order to survive and avoid delisting, the cash-strapped group has against Westinghouse to a third party, thus focusing more on its own All the while, Rosneft has followed owned oil company PDVSA owes its decided on the multibillion-dollar sale of its prized chip business to a con- rehabilitation. —AFP Russia’s political course, distancing itself Russian counterpart around $6 billion. from the West and turning instead Officially, the loan was meant for oil deliv- ery contracts to last until 2019 but many towards large developing countries. experts see it as a form of disguised finan- “We expect to be cutting a lot out of Dodd- last week he would step down by the end of the “Sechin is not just an economic leader,” cial support for Moscow ally Caracas, Frank because, frankly, I have so many people, month, several months early. said Nikolai Petrov, a professor at Trump rollback of which has just signed a deal with Russia friends of mine, that have nice businesses that The Senate also last week confirmed Joseph Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. on restructuring debt taken out in 2011. banking regulation can’t borrow money,” he said in February. Otting, a banking executive and associate of Sechin wants to “demonstrate that Rosneft has also signed deals with And Trump will have an unprecedented Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, with Rosneft is important and necessary not Libyan and Iranian state companies this opportunity in coming months to reshape the decades at major commercial lenders, as the only as one of the pillars of Russia’s year over investments and joint projects well underway agencies in charge of regulation, as he fills key new head of the Treasury’s Office of the economy but also as a powerful tool for in the two countries. These contracts positions. At the Federal Reserve, which has a Comptroller of the Currency, a principal bank- foreign policy,” Petrov said. allow Russia to reinforce its links-and central role in regulating banks, he will have the ing regulator. Although it floated on the London WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s influence-in countries ostracized by the opportunity to fill at least three of the seven Likewise, the Securities and Exchange Stock Exchange in 2006 and has in the United States, while Moscow’s relations promised rollback of banking regulation is well seats on the central bank’s board. Commission, a markets regulator that polices past partnered with Western giants such with Washington are increasingly reminis- underway, with vacancies at the top of key He recently named a successor for Fed chair Wall Street’s biggest banks, is now led by a as US ExxonMobil and Norwegian cent of the Cold War. However, according agencies and new legislation in the works. Janet Yellen, tapping former investment banker Trump appointee. Senior SEC officials have sig- Statoil, Rosneft has more recently to Alexei Gromov, director of Moscow’s Since the start of his presidency, Trump has and current Fed Governor Jerome Powell. In the naled this year they may shift away from the attracted attention by striking a deal to Institute for Energy and Finance, Rosneft decried the financial rules and regulations put in latest critical development, Richard Cordray, the aggressive prosecutorial approach of the previ- sell oil to China, purchasing Indian refiner is primarily carrying out “an aggressive place to combat the excesses that led to the Essar Oil and attracting investment from first director of the Consumer Financial ous administration and early signs are that expansionist policy to acquire assets in financial crisis through the Dodd-Frank Wall Qatar. Hit by the Western sanctions Protection Bureau (CFPB) who had long been in enforcement activity, particularly for financial Russia and abroad.” —AFP Street reform legislation of 2010. the banking industry’s crosshairs, announced institutions, has fallen. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 238.490 Malaysian Ringgit 72.220 Chinese Yuan 0.044234 0.047734 Turkish lira 78.800 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.005 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036856 0.039606 Swiss Franc 307.610 Thai Bhat 10.145 Indian Rupee 0.004112 0.004753 ASIAN COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 232.100 Turkish Lira 78.895 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Japanese Yen 2.679 US Dollar Buying 301.180 Indian Rupees 4.642 Japanese Yen 0.002621 0.002801 Pakistani Rupees 2.872 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Korean Won 0.000267 0.000282 Srilankan Rupees 1.968 20 Gram 249.070 Malaysian Ringgit 0.068843 0.074843 Nepali Rupees 2.914 10 Gram 127.450 Nepalese Rupee 0.003023 0.003193 Singapore Dollar 224.280 5 Gram 64.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002649 0.002939 Europe Hongkong Dollar 38.806 Philippine Peso 0.005816 0.006116 Bangladesh Taka 3.641 British Pound 0.395396 0.402896 Singapore Dollar 0.218446 0.228446 Philippine Peso 5.954 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.005997 0.017997 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001659 0.002239 Thai Baht 9.196 Danish Krone 0.044038 0.049038 Taiwan 0.010010 0.010190 Euro 0. 352470 0.359970 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Thai Baht 0.008881 0.009431 GCC COUNTRIES Georgian Lari 0.134955 0.134955 Saudi Riyal 80.854 US Dollar 303.000 Norwegian Krone 0.032975 0.038175 Qatari Riyal 83.276 Canadian Dollar 239.540 Arab Romanian Leu 0.064853 0.081703 Omani Riyal 787.422 Sterling Pound 399.145 Bahraini Dinar 0.796719 0.805219 Euro 354.630 Russian ruble 0.005221 0.005221 Bahraini Dinar 805.100 Egyptian Pound 0.014525 0.020243 Swiss Frank 303.680 Slovakia 0.009034 0.019034 UAE Dirham 82.550 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 804.185 Swedish Krona 0.032127 0.037127 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 82.885 Swiss Franc 0.300437 0.311437 Egyptian Pound - Cash 19.750 Qatari Riyals 83.710 Jordanian Dinar 0.422755 0.431755 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.150 Saudi Riyals 81.660 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 428.645 Lebanese Pound 0.000156 0.000256 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.217 Australian Dollar 0.221446 0.233446 Egyptian Pound 17.208 Moroccan Dirhams 0.023565 0.047565 Tunisian Dinar 122.920 New Zealand Dollar 0.200773 0.210273 Jordanian Dinar 427.540 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.973 Omani Riyal 0.780695 0.788375 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.020 Indian Rupees 4.642 Qatar Riyal 0.078937 0.083877 Pakistani Rupees 2.873 America Syrian Lira 0.000 Saudi Riyal 0.079713 0.081013 Morocco Dirham 32.616 Bangladesh Taka 3.704 Canadian Dollar 0.232284 0.241284 Philippines Pesso 5.906 US Dollars 0.298900 0.303320 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 18.030 US Dollars Mint 0.299400 0.303320 Tunisian Dinar 0.117886 0.125886 US Dollar Transfer 303.000 Japanese Yen 3.665 Turkish Lira 0.073336 0.083636 Euro 359.060 Syrian Pound 1.590 Asia UAE Dirhams 0.081071 0.082771 Nepalese Rupees 2.913 Sterling Pound 400.870 Bangladesh Taka 0.003301 0.003885 Yemeni Riyal 0.000985 0.001065 Established 1961 19 Business Monday, November 20, 2017

NBK Money Markets Report The Fed on the road for a third interest rate hike Dollar depreciates despite progress on tax bill

KUWAIT: The US House of Representatives Hence, the policy divergence may keep the Euro currency conceded Trump’s tax reform bill last Thursday, Japanese yen subdued and promote inflationary As for the single currency, the euro began its after nearly a year of disappointments. The bill pressures in the country. upward momentum on Tuesday after robust still faces challenges as it moves on to the Senate According to the IMF, the outlook on the European growth reached the market and on where Republicans have a narrow majority and global economy has improved thanks to Wednesday the EUR/USD was trading at the high- political complications regarding the federal Europe’s robust growth. The IMF predicts that est level since October 13 at 1.1860. Last week, the deficit, healthcare and the distribution of tax the European growth rate will rise to 2.4 percent euro’s appreciation versus the dollar was significant benefits. Moreover, not one Democrat voted yes for the current year from 1.7 percent recorded in and the single currency didn’t hesitate to take on the tax reform bill at the House, suggesting 2016. The solid momentum in Europe should advantage of the Dollar’s weakness. The EUR/USD that sphere of bias may also preside in the assist to produce price growth after many devel- opened the week at 1.1666 and ended Friday’s ses- Senate. FX markets were relatively quiet follow- oped economies struggled for years with low sion at 1.1793. ing the outcome, due to the fact that all the risk inflation. The dominant uncertainty facing The pound sterling lost around 100 basis points now rests in the Senate showdown. Europe is the Brexit process and what kind of to the US dollar last Monday after a report indicated The divergence between short and long that 40 Conservative MPs are getting term US treasury yields caused the yield ready to challenge May’s leadership, curve to flatten to a 10-year low on while Brexit talks face a crucial dead- Wednesday after data showed a slight pickup line. Moreover, Brexit minister David in inflation. The flattening suggests the FED Davis stated that Britain will not offer a will continue to raise short-term rates. At the Robust growth figure or a formula for how much it same time, US inflation, although trending believes it owes the European Union, higher, may remain subdued, limiting yields on in Germany highlighting the lack of progress plagu- longer-dated bonds. In details, the gap ing the divorce negotiations. On between two and ten-year notes shrank to a big news Wednesday, the pound received sup- 63.4 basis points, the narrowest since port due to the Dollar’s weakness and November 2007. The variance in five and somewhat better than expected labor thirty year yields lessened to 75 basis points. market report. On the last trading day of On the monetary front, the US economic the week, the cable reached a 2-week back has been under pressure recently amid percent and the 12-month core rate inflated to 2.3 data delivered a double win for the FED last high of 1.3259 after UK retail sales uncertainty over the fate of a major US tax amend- percent in October, the highest since the August month with a pickup in price growth and an trade affiliation Britain can set up when it leaves showed a yearly contraction of -0.3 percent rather ment, causing an increase for safe haven assets. At 2014. The annual increase in PPI was mainly driven unexpected gain in retail sales, further solidify- the EU. A disorderly Brexit could result in signif- than the -0.4 percent drop forecasted earlier. the end of the week, the price of gold received fur- by higher energy prices. The inflation report as a ing expectations that policy makers will raise icantly lower growth for both Britain and the GBP/USD closed the week at 1.3211. ther support after the release of disappointing US whole suggests an improving economy may final- interest rates next month. The probability that euro zone. On the monetary front, subdued core The safe haven yen was in consolidation mode jobless claims data and manufacturing activity. The ly be reviving inflationary pressures. The rise in the FED will hike for a third time this year, cur- inflation points to the need for monetary policy versus the US dollar last Monday through Tuesday. yellow metal ended the week at 1,294.33. The price PPI could support normal price behavior in the rently resides at 93 percent. to remain accommodative for an extended peri- On Wednesday the dollar lost ground to the yen fol- of crude oil was elevated on Friday while still incur- months to come if producers pass on the higher od, the IMF stated. lowing a weak performance in US 10-year yield, ring a weekly loss as investors feared the oversupply costs to the retail sector and there may be light at Japan easing On the currency front, the Dollar index was which dropped to 2.33 percent, lower than the 2.41 of output by the US. Moreover, falling expectations the end of the tunnel for the FED, who blamed Moving to Japan, the BoJ Governor Kuroda under pressure at the start of the week due to percent seen in the previous day. On Friday the for an extension by OPEC weighed on sentiment. low inflation on transitory factors. On the future reiterated last week that the central bank will uncertainty surrounding the details of the final USD/JPY declined near one-month low to 112.38 Brent crude oil closed at $61.92 a barrel on Friday, outlook, the dollar index has depreciated by 5.4 persist with an aggressive monetary easing until version of the highly anticipated tax reform. On after the demand for safe haven assets increased after opening the week at $63.44 a barrel. percent this year against the United States main positive inflation developments are made. Due to Wednesday the DXY depreciated to one month when reports that Trump’s campaign has been trading partners, which may help lift overall infla- the fact that the Japanese economy has been in low of 93.402, but quickly reversed its losses ordered to turn over information to Mueller’s inves- Inflationary pressures tion in the country. The big picture for the FED is deflationary territory for 15 years, the percep- after inflation data came in as expected and tigation, while manufacturing data from the US dis- US consumer inflation edged up only 0.1 per- that the latest inflation readings support the tion in the economy is that prices will not rise, retail sales surprised to the upside. On the last appointed markets. The US dollar lost 1.33 percent cent last month, lowering the annual CPI to 2 per- Banks current pace of monetary tightening. however Kuroda believes that inflation will reach day of trading, the greenback lost ground of its value to the yen last week. cent from 2.2 percent. On the other hand, core the bank’s 2 percent objective in the long term. overnight on news that a subpoena was issued in In the commodities complex, the precious metal consumer inflation took a different path rising to Kuwait The main central banks around the globe are October for US president Trump’s election cam- appreciated almost to one 1 month high of 1.8 percent from 1.7 percent seen in September. On Kuwaiti dinar moving towards the neutral rate, while the BoJ is paign documents. The index was down by 0.90 $1,289.09 on Wednesday as the US dollar the producer front, price growth peaked to the The USDKWD opened at 0.30200 yesterday diverging further and further from its peers. percent for the week. remained under broad selling pressure. The green- highest level in more than 5.5 years coming at 2.8 morning. US industry gears up to save NAFTA

WASHINGTON: The business world is mobilizing to con- vince the Trump administration to save the North American Free Trade Agreement, which corporate leaders say has great- ly benefited the world’s largest economy for 23 years. With tel- evised ads proclaiming “NAFTA works for America” and study after study enumerating the dangers of withdrawing from the treaty, the US Chamber of Commerce and like-mind- ed trade proponents have taken their message to Capitol Hill. The effort has taken on added significance now that nego- tiators from Canada, the United States and Mexico working ‘They have money and influence’ to overhaul the treaty are conducting their fifth round of talks Trump has denounced NAFTA as a “disaster” and the in Mexico City. “We-along with several other business, agri- worst agreement ever signed by the United States, blaming it culture, and industry groups made the case on the Hill in for a $64 billion trade gap with Mexico and loss of countless recent weeks. On October 24, the group talked about NAFTA jobs. According to de Bolle, different trade bodies and organ- with all 100 Senate offices,” a spokeswoman for the US izations are working to convince the Trump administration “to Chamber of Commerce told AFP. Their message: exiting move away from this very hard rhetoric that we saw in the NAFTA would be a grave mistake that could, among many fourth round.” As a result, she said, the top officials from the other painful outcomes, devastate American agriculture, three countries are staying away from the latest round of talks including wheat producers, according to the chamber. to avoid more verbal escalation. “It preserves the possibility According to Monica De Bolle, senior fellow at the to have a sixth round in 2018,” said de Bolle. Alden of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, an outright US Council on Foreign Relations said the business world was now withdrawal remains “a very, very clear possibility.” committed to the task, “and they have money and influence.” The last round of talks in October saw radical propositions With US mid-term elections a year away, Trump needs to from the US side, including a “sunset” clause-which would show results. And one fear, according to de Bolle, is that he require the three sides to renew the treaty in five years, failing could make good on a campaign pledge to scrap NAFTA alto- which it would expire-and a call to scrap the trade dispute gether if high-stakes Republican efforts to overhaul the tax arbitration mechanisms in Chapter 19 of the agreement. Both code fail in the Senate. According to an opinion poll published proposals are anathema to investors, and were immediately this month, 56 percent of Americans believe NAFTA has bene- rejected by Mexico and Canada. fited the United States. Only among Republican voters do a They were also a wakeup call to lawmakers and businesses majority believe the contrary. Beth Ann Bovino, chief US econo- who until then had not taken President Donald Trump’s mist at S&P Global Ratings, said many people were unaware of threats seriously, said Edward Alden of the Council on how trade had grown since NAFTA took effect in 1994. “It has Foreign Relations. “To be fair, this president is hard to pre- tripled since NAFTA was initiated,” she told AFP. She said the dict,” he told AFP. “We’ve never had a president like him agreement had strengthened competitiveness among manufac- before, so it is hard to make a good judgment on what consti- turers by forcing businesses to innovate, “which has increased tutes a laugh and what constitutes a serious threat.” employment and investment opportunity in the end.” —AFP

investor is not a growth guy, because any investment. Investment advisory Battered GE they are not growing. It’s not a value firm Alan B. Lancz & Associates bought guy, because they’re not cheap on the some GE shares last week as the stock shares lure some value metrics.” dipped into the $17 range, seeing value The massive decline for the stock - in the company’s assets, which also buyers, but worst more than 40 percent this year - sug- include remaining major businesses in gests that it would pique the interest of jet engines and healthcare, said Alan may not be over value players. GE shares fell to $17.90, Lancz, president of the Toledo, Ohio- their lowest closing price since based firm. December 2011, after dropping 12.6 But Lancz said he sees GE as an NEW YORK: General Electric Co percent over Monday and Tuesday, investment with a three- to five-year shares stabilized after a brutal slide last their biggest two-day decline since the payoff and acknowledged the stock week sent the stock near six-year lows, financial crisis. The stock edged back may fall further before that. “We don’t but the worst may not be over. Some up over the rest of the week and closed see any short-term, intermediate-term investors still do not see enough value Friday at $18.21 amid news that catalysts but we think that there is value to warrant buying the shares, which Flannery had bought about $1.1 million there,” Lancz said. “It’s not high on our have lost some of their luster as a blue- worth of the stock. But GE shares have list of buys, but it is something that, I chip investment. not fallen enough for some investors. think for the long-term, it can be accu- They are sorting through massive “What we are looking for is a suffi- mulated here.” One question facing changes announced by GE’s new Chief cient margin of safety to reasonable investors is how to assess the company Executive John Flannery last Monday: intrinsic value, and at the current stock against its rivals. Over the past 20 hugely reduced near-term profit- price, we just don’t think the margin of years, GE on average has traded at 19 growth prospects, a halved dividend, safety is there,” Michael Kon, portfolio times earnings estimates for the next 12 and a wave of promised divestitures. “In manager with Golub Group in San months, according to Thomson Reuters a sense, the stock is trying to find an Mateo, California, said as the stock hov- Datastream. That is well above the aver- investor,” said Scott Lawson, vice pres- ered around $18. Kon said he was look- age of 15.4 times for rival diversified ident of Westwood Holdings Group in ing either for the stock to fall further or manufacturers Honeywell International Dallas, who follows industrial stocks, as for better-than-expected improvement Inc and United Technologies Corp over the stock was sliding last week. “That in GE’s power-turbine division before that time.—Reuters 20 Established 1961 Business Monday, November 20, 2017

Wall Street Week Ahead Despite Amazon, brick stores are not dead yet

NEW YORK: Just in time for the Black Friday kick-off to holi- planning for a decimation of the retail sector at the hands of tion in 2017. The full index has gained roughly $230 billion. mildly exaggerated, however. Retail and food service sales in day season shopping, stock market investors have been hand- Amazon and other online retailers. Research firm Bespoke Glen Kacher, whose Light Street Capital Management the United States during the first three quarters of 2017 ed tools to bet on the decline of brick-and-mortar retail. As of introduced its Death by Amazon Index, currently with 54 hedge fund was up 53 percent from January to October, said totaled $4.78 trillion, with the $484.4 billion in September a Friday, these tools were not yet for sale on Amazon. An components, in 2012. The trend to online shopping is not new, he is “shorting almost every retailer,” betting their share monthly record high, according to US government data. exchange-traded fund launched Thursday allows investors to but with online taking only a fraction of all retail sales, the prices will fall. Kacher said many big retailers have failed to About 164 million Americans plan to shop in the coming bet on the decline of traditional retail and a second one dou- ETFs expect to capitalize on the long-term trend. adapt to changing customer preferences, lagging even some Thanksgiving weekend, including on Black Friday and Cyber bles down by betting at the same time on the rise to suprema- “Online penetration is about 10 percent right now so there corner delis that now use technology that lets people buy Monday, according to the National Retail Federation. Results cy of online sales. is a long way ahead for the strategy in our opinion,” said their breakfast sandwiches and coffee in seconds with the tap from this week show the battle for consumers is far from lost The Decline of Retail Stores ETF and the Long Online Michael Sapir, CEO of ProShare Advisors in Bethesda, of a finger. “The retailing industry is going to be an apoca- at physical stores. Walmart, for instance, said third-quarter Short Stores ETF are self-explanatory. The main index they Maryland. “A minority of brick and mortar (retailers) will be lypse,” he said, without identifying which retailers will go U.S. sales growth online and in-store was the strongest since track inversely, the equal-weighted Solactive-ProShares able to make the transition and it is going to be expensive and down in flames. “Anyone working in the consumer retailing 2009. A combination of online presence and easy access for Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index , is composed of 64 painful.” So far this year, the S&P 500 retail index is up 20 industry ... should be training for a new job.” consumers known as ‘click and mortar’ will allow some names retailers including Barnes & Noble, Sears, Office Depot, percent but only half of its 29 components have had a positive to survive by letting their customers browse all their options Macy’s and Walmart, which have chains of physical stores as price return. Amazon, up over 50 percent this year at Brick and mortar online while offering the convenience of a quick pickup of the well as online presence. They are not the only or the first $1,129.88, has alone added $192 billion in market capitaliza- Reports of the death of brick and mortar retail could be product on their drive home. —Reuters Established 1961 21 Business Monday, November 20, 2017 Jazeera Airways connects to India with daily flights to Hyderabad

Kuwait’s low-cost airline expands its India network

HYDERABAD: Rohit Ramadchandran - Jazeera Airways CEO Andrew Ward, VP of Marketing and Customer Experience with Rohit Ramadchandran - Jazeera Airways CEO with SGK Kishore, CEO GHIAL . Rohit Ramachandran.

KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s leading low cost marking the expansion of our network in to India. We including Kuwait, Iran, Jordan and Egypt among oth- eign and 3 Indian carriers. airline, operating regionally and internationally, inau- are delighted to start with Hyderabad, a 400-year old ers. With the largest domestic network in the region, Flying to over 20 destinations across the Middle gurated yesterday its daily flights to Hyderabad. Upon city and a technology hub, bringing more choice to Hyderabad Airport is best placed to serve as the East, Europe & India, Jazeera Airways operates a reli- arrival in India, Jazeera Airways held a joint press con- Indian travelers, connecting them to Kuwait, Riyadh, Gateway to South and Central India and the launch of able fleet of 8 Airbus A320 aircrafts currently. It pro- ference with GMR Hyderabad International Airport Jeddah, Bahrain and Dubai. In addition, we offer for this new service to Kuwait by Jazeera Airways is a tes- vides a refined business lounge, on-board meals, high Ltd. (GHIAL), which operates Rajiv Gandhi religious travelers connections to Taif in KSA, Najaf tament to this fact.” frequency of flights, a unique ‘Park and Fly’ with valet International Airport, Hyderabad, bringing together (Iraq), Mashad (Iran) and Hyderabad Airport has parking, a baggage allowance of 30kg - 50kg per media partners, travel agents from Kuwait and Amman for the Holy Land.” witnessed 15.24 million pas- passenger, recently refurbished cabin interiors coupled Hyderabad and other distinguished guests. He further commented: sengers per annum in with a bold new livery and stylish new crew uniforms. Kochi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad will follow in early “This new service will FY2016-17, registering a In 2018, Jazeera Airways is expected to inaugurate its 2018 as the airline expands its network to serve its address surging travel growth of approx. 22 per- own dedicated terminal at Kuwait International Indian sub-continent targeting the nearly 1 million demands with low cost The service will cent in overall passenger Airport. Indian nationals residing in Kuwait. fares at convenient frequen- traffic and 23 percent Jazeera Airways has been internationally renowned Flight J9 608 departed November 16th at 18:40 pm cies for leisure, business or address surging growth in air traffic move- as the number one airline in the region and number two from Kuwait International Airport and landed in religious travel. India is a travel demands ments over FY2015-16. in the world for On-Time-Performance by the world’s Hyderabad at 01:35 am this morning. The return flight financial and tourist power- With its extensive route leading air travel intelligence company, OAG. It is also J9 608 will depart Hyderabad at 02.20 am and arrive house and we are eager to network and choice of air- the recipient of the ‘Low Cost Airline of the Year’ in Kuwait at 05.10 am. The new evening route has a capitalize on the enormous lines for its passengers, Award at the Aviation Business Awards in Dubai rec- weekly capacity of 4,000 seats and allows passengers opportunities ahead.” RGIA has firmly established ognizing Jazeera Airways’ best value flights and serv- to conveniently enjoy a full day at their destination. To SGK Kishore, CEO, GHIAL, said, “We welcome itself as the ‘Gateway of Choice’ in South and Central ice in the region. mark the special occasion, all 165 passengers flying Jazeera Airways to Hyderabad and we are very happy Indian region. As a result, RGIA has recorded a 56 Travelers can book flights or learn more about from Kuwait to Hyderabad received a gift box of tradi- to note that they have chosen Hyderabad Airport as percent growth in domestic transfer passengers in Jazeera Airways services, offers, promotions and desti- tional Kuwaiti sweets. their first Indian destination. We are confident that this FY17 & over FY16. Now 9 domestic carriers connect nations via Jazeera’s revamped website - During the conference, Rohit Ramachandran, CEO will further boost the tourism potential between India Hyderabad with 39 domestic destinations. The airport Jazeeraairways.com, or through the dedicated app or of Jazeera Airways said, “This is a proud moment for us and various tourist destinations in the Middle East also connects 17 international destinations with 17 for- from all travel agents.

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The the V6, which incorporates dynamic Ahmadi to seize this exclusive oppor- to maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in 1977, Burgan Bank is the youngest commercial adoption of state-of-the-art services and safety mechanisms for a peaceful driv- tunity and enjoy the Hero of All their account for two months prior to the draw Bank and second largest by assets in Kuwait, technology has positioned it as a trendsetter in ing experience to the high-perfor- Terrains. date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the account with a significant focus on the corporate and the domestic market and within the MENA will entitle customers to one chance of win- financial institutions sectors, as well as having region. Burgan Bank’s brand has been created ning. If the account balance is KD 500 and a growing retail, and private bank customer on a foundation of real values - of trust, com- above, the account holder will be qualified for base. Burgan Bank has majority owned sub- mitment, excellence and progression, to both the quarterly and daily draws. sidiaries in the MENAT region supported by remind us of the high standards to which we of their parents’ generation. Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open one of the largest regional branch networks. aspire. ‘People come first’ is the foundation on UK’s Hammond “The budget is our opportunity to set a Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit The Bank has continuously improved its which its products and services are developed. out ... how we’re going to make good on seeks answer our pledge to the next generation that they should have the same opportunities that their parents’ generation had,” to voter unrest Hammond said in a later BBC television CBK announces winners interview. “We will use money, we will in new house use the powers of the state, we will use the powers of the planning system, but of Al-Najma Account draw we are determined to get those missing building push homes built.” But, his message threat- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held the daily draw on “Al- ened to be overshadowed after he said in Najma Account” yesterday at the Bank’s head office to select 5 win- LONDON: British finance minister Philip the television interview that “there are ners to win a cash prize of KD 7,000 for each. The draw was held in Hammond, under pressure to help weak- no unemployed people”, while describ- the presence of Abdulaziz Ashkanani, representative of the Ministry of ened Prime Minister Theresa May in this ing how past technological revolutions Commerce & Industry. The following names were announced as win- week’s budget, promised to speed up have not resulted in mass unemployment. ners of the prizes: house building and said he had some Opponents seized on the remarks as 1. Muneer Hammad Mohammad Al-Adhem room to help voters despite his squeeze evidence that Hammond was out of 2. Waalah Mohammed Al-Ajmi on public finances. touch with ordinary Britons, and 3. Malak Ahmad Menawer Aware that to some her government Hammond later clarified his remarks to 4. Nawaf Eid Al-Shammari looks overwhelmed by the task of deliv- say that although at a historic low, 5. Hilden Eustace Mathias ering Brexit, May needs her finance min- Britain’s 1.4 million people unemploy- Al-Najma Account allows its customers to win a daily prize of KD ister to show voters that she has a han- ment level was too high. 7000 which is the highest daily prize in Kuwait. In addition, the dle on Britain’s domestic problems like a Hammond also said the world’s fifth- Account offers quarterly draws that provide customers with opportu- housing shortage, low productivity and biggest economy was at a turning point nity to get their dreams turned to reality by winning great prizes stagnant pay. Hammond told the Sunday after a hard year in what seemed to be starting from KD 100,000 for the first quarter escalating thereafter by Times he wanted 300,000 homes built an attempt to challenge his critics in KD 50 thousand for each quarter to reach KD 250,000 in the last each year, a big step up from recent lev- the Conservative Party who say he is quarter. Customers can enjoy additional benefits including obtaining els closer to 200,000. May - who suf- too downbeat about Britain’s prospects ATM card and a credit card against the customer’s account along with fered a rebuke from voters in an election as it prepares to leave the European enjoying all other banking services. in June when she lost her parliamentary Union. Some Conservatives have even The Bank congratulates all the lucky winners and draws their atten- majority - has said she wants to help called on May to sack Hammond tion that the cash prizes will be credited into their accounts with the Industry’s significant role and its continuous cooperation and effective younger households, many of whom fear because he is too cautious about Bank. Further, the Bank appreciates the Ministry of Commerce & supervision on the draw that was smoothly and transparently organized. they will not achieve the living standards Britain’s Brexit strategy. — Reuters 22 Established 1961 Technology Monday, November 20, 2017 Ooredoo reiterates commitment to supporting entrepreneurs Telecom operator sponsors B2B 4 SME symposium

KUWAIT: Ooredoo, reiterated its commitment to being hensive solutions at competitive prices, aimed at pro- Al-Babtain concluded by thanking the organizers of a leader in supporting entrepreneurs during a press con- pelling entrepreneurs towards success, especially in an the event, the Association for Small and Medium ference which was held at Ooredoo’s headquarters yes- age where the internet and communication play a major Enterprises of Kuwait (ASMEK) and the main sponsors terday. This was underscored in a statement made by role in all businesses. He of the event: the National B2B Senior Director at Ooredoo Abdulaziz Al-Babtain noted that all entrepre- Fund of Small and the doors from large firms to provide full-fledged servic- during the press conference. The first activity in the sym- neur plans and bundles Medium Enterprises; the es to SMEs which will propel them to complement each posium will be held tomorrow under the patronage of include free upgrades Ministry of State for other in terms of services. Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh. and other perks that help Youth Affairs, and the Ooredoo’s operations in Kuwait date back to Al-Babtain stressed that Ooredoo has always been them stay connected First activity Kuwait Petroleum December 1999 when it launched wireless services as keen on supporting entrepreneurs and listening to their more. “This is essential in Corporation. the second operator. The company today provides requests, through its different services and solutions. He this day and age where in symposium From his end, Dawood mobile, broadband internet and corporate managed explained that Ooredoo’s products and services are tai- being online is vital for Marafie, Chariman of the services tailored to the needs of customers and busi- lored exclusively to cater for the needs of entrepreneurs. any business owner to on November 21 Association of Small and nesses. Ooredoo Kuwait -which is an enlisted company This is especially apparent in Ooredoo’s participation in connect with his clients Medium Enterprises stat- in the Kuwait Stock Exchange Market - operates a num- launching the Kuwait Business Center earlier this year, and other suppliers,” he ed during the press con- ber of telecom service providers in the region, such as which is a government entity established by the Ministry said. He added: “We are ference that the Ooredoo Algeria, Ooredoo Tunis, Ooredoo Maldives, of Commerce and Industry that is dedicated to stream- proud to work in sync Association is committed and Wataniya Palestine. Ooredoo Kuwait is a member of lining the process of business licensing for microenter- with the new generations’ to organizing and deliv- the international Ooredoo Group based in Doha, Qatar. prises in Kuwait. expectations through our commitment to embracing dig- ering the symposium to shed the light on the vast experi- Our vision: Enabling the Kuwaiti community through Ooredoo’s packages and bundles provide compre- italization.” ences of SMEs. He stressed that this interaction will open digitalization and enriching people’s daily experiences. Driverless, electric future just round the UK to have corner for urban cars driverless LONDON: A driverless, electric car is only a swipe away in the cities of the future, where pollution clampdowns and rapid cars by 2021 advances in technology will transform the way we travel, despite lagging infrastructure. As more and more countries announce a LONDON: British finance minister Philip phasing-out of pure petrol and diesel cars, early versions of Hammond is to announce £75 million ($99 mil- tomorrow’s models are already on the streets: hybrid cars, fully lion, 84 million euros) funding for Artificial electric motors and vehicles that can partially drive themselves. Intelligence and plans to put driverless cars on Attitudes to vehicle ownership in cities are changing as UK roads by 2021, in his budget speech. smartphone apps make a ride available in minutes. David Hammond will announce regulation changes Metz, of the Centre for Transport Studies at University to allow Britain’s driverless car industry, which College London, believes developed cities have reached the government estimates will be worth £28 bil- “peak car”, with ownership no longer associated with increasing prosperity. Metz said city planning was changing LONDON: A BMW staff member poses for a photograph in a BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during the Regent lion by 2035, to get cars on the road within as to temper the vehicle access once thought vital. “We now see Street Motor Show in London. —AFP little as three years, according to extracts of the high-density urban areas are more successful with less traf- budget released by his office yesterday. fic,” he said, citing London’s car-free Leicester Square enter- already on the roads. Britain’s Transport Secretary Chris city centre in 2019, with charges for more polluting vehicles, and The minister, who is under a pressure to tainment district and the Canary Wharf financial hub. Cars Grayling said he expected the first level four self-driving cars to hopes to extend it to the inner London ring road by 2021. deliver an eye-catching budget following Brexit could be phased out of city centers altogether, as urban plan- reach the UK market by 2021, bringing the world closer to level spats with cabinet colleagues, will also ners ditch the 20th-century, car-focused grid-plan model for five, or total autonomy. Fully driverless cars could help ease ‘Woeful lack’ of charging points announce a £400 million fund for companies city streets. Private cars, sitting idle for 23 hours a day, might gridlock by driving closer together in convoy and avoid traffic Manufacturers said they feel up to the challenge. “We’ll hoping to roll out electric-car charge points be eclipsed by car-pool clubs, journey-sharing apps or one- by exchanging real-time information. supersede the sale of petrol/diesel cars way before 2040,” said across the country. People hoping to buy a bat- trip rental cars as seen in cities around the world from Berlin Jonny Berry, Renault’s regional electric vehicles fleet sales man- tery-electric vehicle will also be able to access to Istanbul to Vancouver. ‘The final destination’ ager. Berry was speaking at a car show in Regent Street in the funding as Britain attempts to move towards The switch to electric vehicles (EVs), meanwhile, is already heart of London’s shopping district, where electric models were ‘Driving everywhere by themselves’ well under way. Volvo will no longer sell solely diesel or petrol the focus of attention. “I think it’s a very easy target for us to zero-emission transport. Driverless technology also looks set to revolutionize urban cars from 2019, while Volkswagen’s Audi brand is gearing up to reach. More and more people are coming round to the idea.” With a focus on tech industries, the govern- road travel, according to industry figures. offer an electric version of every one of its models. “We think it While some countries like Norway have a high take-up of elec- ment is also planning to spend £75 million sup- Graeme Smith, chief executive of Oxbotica, a British compa- is really the final destination for the auto industry,” said Eric tric vehicles, in many world cities, the charging infrastructure is porting companies developing AI and £160 mil- ny developing autonomous vehicle software, said new cities Feunteun, Renault’s electric vehicle program director, told jour- patchy. Some commentators see a future of wireless charging lion in developing 5G technology, which it being planned in China envision all vehicles being electric, nalists in Utrecht in the Netherlands earlier this month at an base pads laid under city streets, underground car trains or believes will be necessary for the mass rollout of autonomous and publicly-owned. “In those cities, your life event where the French car maker unveiled partnerships with drone car flights; others are more skeptical. driverless cars. would be fundamentally different,” he told AFP. renewable energy companies. Expert motoring journalist Matt Robinson said a “woeful However, the Conservative minister is likely “50 years into the future, maybe these things will be driving Britain and France intend to ban the sale of fully petrol or lack” of suitable charging points remained a big problem for to be judged more on his social spending poli- everywhere by themselves-but there’s a progression to go diesel cars from 2040, while smog-plagued India wants to sell electric car users. “London is the best place in Britain to own an through.” Driverless technology faces the challenge, over time, cies, particularly on his housing policy in the only electric cars by 2030. Besides legislation on a pan- electric car but the infrastructure lags behind the uptake of early of bringing down the cost of sensors while improving their per- European and a national level, cities themselves are taking adopters,” he said. Robinson is also skeptical about the distance wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster that killed formance-and there is currently no standard operating method- action on pollution. ranges given by EV manufacturers for their batteries, saying they 71 people. —AFP ology. Some cars with levels two and three autonomy are London is set to introduce an ultra-low emissions zone in the are almost “impossible to obtain in the real world”. —AFP

there was this split second that I realized “The dream was to find an alternative to Swimming with that it wasn’t a shark. It was a dolphin.” dolphin-assisted therapies using dolphins in “I didn’t know anything about dolphins, captivity,” Brada told therapists at a residen- but I instinctively knew, ‘Oh a dolphin, I’m tial community for disabled people run by the dolphins in VR fine. This is a good thing’.” From that moment ‘s Heeren Loo organization who were testing on, Sjollema’s love of dolphins and all out the waterproof goggles in the pool. to aid disabled cetaceans was born. The center has been using the land version “We know that there is something magical of the VR glasses since 2016, and has seen about dolphins. We think of joy, and playful- noticeable benefits. “Some 82 percent of our APELDOORN, Netherlands: Swimming with ness and happiness and innocence when we clients feel actually relaxed by seeing the wild dolphins is something most can only meet dolphins. And this is even a healing films,” said the organization’s policy advisor dream of, and jumping into pools with cap- quality,” she told AFP. Johan Elbers. “It takes them away from the tive animals has become increasingly contro- She and her business consultant husband, world they are in, they enter a new world in versial with environmentalists condemning it Benno Brada, have devoted their spare time, another mindset, think differently, feel differ- as cruel. energy and personal resources to their mis- ently, see differently, and relax completely.” He But a Dutch non-profit believes it has sion of enabling people to discover their own recalled how one young woman, who had long found a way to bring people, especially the encounter with dolphins. had trouble sleeping, now watches a VR film disabled, closer to such a joyful experience of the dolphins swimming at night, and falls through the technological, immersive Healing qualities quietly asleep. Another man is able to com- APELDOORN: A therapist tests out new cutting-edge waterproof virtual reality glasses play- ing a film of dolphins, at the ‘S Heeren Loo care centre for disabled people in Apeldoorn, advances offered by virtual reality (VR). The Their first project using normal VR head- pletely forget an agonizing pain in his arm. eastern Netherlands. —AFP Dolphin Swim Club is the realisation of a sets playing a film of the dolphins launched in Dion, a 21-year-old resident of the community, more than two-decade journey by artist late 2015. said watching the film made him feel “peace- Marijke Sjollema, who had her first chance But last month they went a step further, ful.” “The dolphin noises and the water calms from the Dutch government, consist of a Groningen. “So we are trying in therapy to encounter with a dolphin in 1993 while snor- unveiling waterproof VR glasses, which allow me down, that calms me from all the noises waterproof Samsung smartphone in a water- make people more relaxed,” said Veling, who keling off the coast of Mexico. “I saw this people to drift around a pool watching bot- that there are, then you’re zen,” he said. proof backing mounted on a special 3D- has been studying the use of VR to help peo- grey shadow under the water and my first tlenose and spinner dolphins playing around printed rig made of recycled plastics. “Stress ple with mental health disorders. “The power thought was this is the end. I thought it was a them in virtual reality. Sharks next? is very important as a driver of all kinds of of virtual reality is in the immersion” into shark,” she told AFP. She tried to stay calm This VR dolphin therapy in a pool, still at The pool-safe VR goggles, developed psychiatric problems,” explains psychiatrist another world, he says on the Dolphin Swim “but this shadow was following me. And then the trial stage, is thought to be a world first. thanks to 50,000 euros ($59,000) grant Wim Veling, from the University of Club site. Established 1961 23 Health Monday, November 20, 2017 Museum seeks to convince rural Indians that toilets are not dirty Trying to break taboos surrounding toilets

NEW DELHI: Founder of sanitation charity Sulabh International NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on November 15, 2017, Sulabh International Museum of Toilets employee Nigar Imam (R) explains a toilet compost system to Bindeshwar Pathak speaks during an interview with AFP as he nursing students. —AFP photos stands beside a replica of a toilet used by French King Louis XIV.

NEW DELHI: A throne with a built-in commode for a founder of the museum and the non-profit Sulabh tered with toilet room jokes as well as Victorian-era ple prefer to squat in the open. French monarch takes pride of place at a New Delhi International, told AFP. “The idea was to start a healthy pictures of ‘basket women’ in Europe carrying night- Three years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi museum trying to break taboos surrounding toilets in a conversation about sanita- soil-fertiliser made from launched a massive cleanliness drive, pledging to build country where such convenience remains a sensitive tion and toilets. We wanted human feces. toilets for all by 2019. So far the government has issue. The replica of the wooden throne used by King to tell people toilet is not a Toilets are a touchy issue helped install more than 50 million toilets across the Louis XIV is among a treasure trove at the Sulabh dirty word,” he said, playing in India where about 600 country of 1.3 billion people. The Delhi museum’s col- International Museum of Toilets, tucked away in a with a small black ball made million people-nearly half of lection also draws the curious to see a cushioned loo bustling suburb of the Indian capital. from dried human waste It’s the only the population-defecate in used in European gambling clubs which helped mem- The French king is believed to have struggled with mixed with glue. the open, according to bers keep an eye on table stakes without having to constipation and held audiences while defecating to Pathak said the museum one of its kind UNICEF. Some 70 percent take a break. save time, say the museum curators. Scores of curious has gained traction since of Indian households do not One 18th century pot used by French royalty mocks visitors stop by daily to see the centuries-old com- being named among the in the world have a toilet-while 90 per- the English by being designed as a stack of modes, chamber pots and bidets as well as a 21st cen- world’s top 10 whacky cent have access to mobile Shakespearean classic books. “It is very interesting to tury machine that turns human waste into ash in sec- museums by Time magazine phones. More than half the see and read about the quirky designs and the history onds. More were expected for Sunday’s UN World in 2014. “Hundreds of visi- world population does not behind them,” said Vinita Lodwal, a 25-year-old study- Toilet Day which has events around the globe. tors come now on the week- have a home toilet. Experts ing to be a nurse. “It’s informative and funny too,” said “It is quite an unusual museum and I believe it’s the ends,” said the 74-year-old, affectionately known as say open defecation in India stems from poverty and a Lodwal, as she posed for a selfie with her friend in only one of its kind in the world,” Bindeshwar Pathak, India’s ‘Toilet Guru’. The walls of the museum are plas- belief that toilets inside the home are unclean. So peo- front of an ornately designed commode. —AFP

have no way of checking whether what you agreed was will simply draw lots. The six countries not bidding for EU’s drug industry honoured.” either agency have been courted assiduously and may The fate of the 160-strong, London-based European seek favours elsewhere. Luxembourg and the Czech Banking Authority (EBA) will also be decided at the Republic are not bidding for the EMA but want others’ waits for white meeting of EU affairs ministers from the other 27 mem- votes in their bids for the EBA. Whoever wins the EMA ber states meet. But it is the promise of spin-off jobs must then drop out of the running for the Banking S Korea confirms smoke in Brussels and travel billions for the city that the EMA will trans- Authority. form into a hub for Europe’s medical industry which is Giving an example of how the EU’s interlinked H5N6 bird flu firing up intense national bidding rivalries. matrix of decision-making affects such votes, several BRUSSELS: It may be a cross between the Eurovision The extent of the field is, in the memory of EU offi- diplomats said Slovakia might trade any disappoint- Song Contest, a papal conclave and a social club raffle cials, probably unprecedented. ment at not getting the EMA into support for its finance at duck farm Early talk of the EU executive winnowing down a minister taking the chair of the Eurogroup, which runs but a ballot among EU ministers on Monday could hurt SEOUL: South Korea yesterday said it had confirmed an short list on the basis of “objective” criteria went policy for the single currency area. Senior officials liken Europe’s pharmaceutical industry and the health of mil- outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu at a duck unheeded as governments have waded in for a share of the process to Europe’s annual TV music schlock-fest, lions. It will fix the new home of the European farm in the south west of the country and raised its bird the spoils. Milan, Amsterdam and Barcelona cam- when the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is Medicines Agency, which must leave London by 2019 flu alert level to the highest ranking. The virus was discov- paigned hard. But there is a push from eastern states, often determined by viewers phoning in votes for acts when Britain leaves the European Union; most of its ered on a farm on Saturday with some 12,000 ducks in whose tardy membership means they host fewer offices. from like-minded neighboring states and historic allies. 900 staff may refuse to move to many of the 19 cities in Gochang county, over 270 km southwest of Seoul. All of Slovak capital Bratislava is a contender even though an British bookmaker Ladbrokes has Milan the 2-1 the running, the EMA warns. Replacing them would the ducks were slaughtered after the discovery, the agri- EMA survey of its staff found most of them might quit if favourite to secure the EMA, with Bratislava on 3-1 and delay drug approvals and patient safety checks. culture ministry said in a statement. This was the coun- posted to the bloc’s poor eastern regions. Amsterdam 7-1. For the EBA, Frankfurt leads at 6-4 fol- Yet the result, diplomats agree, is utterly unpre- try’s first such outbreak since June this year. The ministry lowed by Vienna and Dublin. In Brussels, however, sea- dictable; months of horse-trading on issues unrelated has stepped up disinfection measures to contain a wider Multiple ballots soned diplomats hesitate to quote odds: “The most to healthcare will end up in hours of haggling between spread of the highly contagious bird flu virus and issued a A first ballot, to start from about 4 p.m.(1500 GMT), likely result is one that will be perverse,” said one, secret ballots in Brussels on Monday night. It could temporary nationwide transport ban of poultry for 48 will see ministers rank their top three choices. Unless a recalling previous upsets behind closed doors. Another even come down to drawing lots. “Nobody really hour, starting from midnight on Sunday in Seoul. Bird flu majority makes the same first choice there will be a referred to closeted cardinals electing popes at the knows what is going to happen,” one diplomat said. outbreaks typically occur in the winter. —Reuters “They will be locked there for hours ... You can try to second vote among the top picks then a third-round Vatican: “In the end,” he said, “We will get the white secure some backing but it’s a secret ballot and you runoff. If it is still tied, the Estonian meeting chairman smoke.” —Reuters 24 Established 1961 What’s On Monday, November 20, 2017 Zain Platinum sponsor of ‘Gulf Bank 642 Marathon’

Raising awareness about #Voices4Refugees campaign

ain, the leading telecommunications with the United Nations High Commissioner number of recreational activities, contests company in Kuwait, announced its for Refugees (UNHCR), which was present as with valuable prizes, as well as provide free ZPlatinum sponsorship of ‘Gulf Bank 642 a partner of the event to promote their health checkups. Marathon’. The event, held at Souq Sharq, #Voices4Refugees humanitarian campaign Zain is keen to take part in events and ini- came in partnership with the United Nations that aims at raising online donations for dis- tiatives that aim to encourage the community High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), placed Syrian families and refugees. Zain to pursue a healthier lifestyle in order to live Jaleeb Superboys wins and witnessed the participation of over seeks to contribute to the welfare of the soci- healthy and fit through sports and physical 6,000 racers from all ages. ety in several ways, and prides itself on its activities. Zain will continue to find ways to Al-Mulla All India Zain’s support to this unique event, con- long-track of records and contributions in inspire and motivate people in leading sidered one of the biggest in Kuwait, came philanthropic areas. The company strongly humanitarian initiatives so as to foster a bet- under the umbrella of its Corporate believes that such initiatives help infuse a ter world for all members of society. The Football Tournament Cup Sustainability and Social Responsibility strat- sense of responsibility into members of the company will always be keen on shouldering egy towards the health and sports sectors. society, to help support those who are in initiatives that work towards enhancing the aleeb Superboys emerged the function and General Convener NG The company is keen on shouldering initia- need of help. society’s welfare. Zain’s solid Corporate champions in the Sevens All India Navas welcomed the audience. Public tives that aim at spreading positive health Gulf Bank 642 Marathon, named after the Sustainability and Social Responsibility strat- JTournament conducted by Kuwait Authority for Youth and Sports Head awareness and encouraging a healthier number of muscles in the human body, wit- egy primarily focuses on the wellbeing of the Kerala Muslim Association (KKMA) of Field Department Ahmed Yusuf lifestyle within the community. nessed massive participations of over 6000 entire nation. For this reason, the company in association with Al-Mulla Alsayeg, Eisa Habib Alsaidi, KKMA Zain’s Platinum sponsorship of ‘Gulf Bank racers from all age groups. Zain was present has maintained its support of numerous ini- Exchange at the Surrah Public Chairman NA Munir and President 642 Marathon’ also came as an extension to in the event with its own dedicated booth, tiatives that spread awareness and help make Authority floodlit ground after beat- Ebrahim Kunnil gave facilitation the company’s existing strategic partnership through which the company organized a a difference in people’s everyday lives. ing Mahboula FC Brothers 3-2 on speeches on the occasion penalties, following a match that end- The trophy for the JLL Super ed 0-0 even after extra time. League team was distributed by John A total of fourteen teams partici- Simon, Marketing Manager, Al-Mulla pated in two groups during the tour- Exchange Group. Runner-up NBK to award nament. Abu Halifa Challengers, Mahboula FC Brothers received their Abbasiya Soccers, Fahaheel Blasters, trophy from Nandakumar, Customer more than 100 Farwaniya DGA - FC, Fintas FC, Relations Manager at Doha Bank Karnataka Knight Riders, Hawally Memento and trophies for the play- Strikers, City Brothers, Subhan FC ers and referees was distributed by participants Tigers, Mahboula FC brothers, Jaleeb Sageer Thrikkarippur, PK Akbar Super Boys, Salmiya Crack shooters, Siddiq, Mohammed Ali Mathara, NA during walkathon Jahra Strikers and Khaitan Young Muneer, Abdul Fathah Thayyil, Ibrahim Heroes were the teams that took part Kunnil, AP Abdul Salam, K Basheer, in the tournament. KEFAK referees OM Shafi, BM Iqbal, KC Rafeeq, Eng ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) will controlled the tournament. KKMA Nawas, PA Abdullah, Muneer Kuniya, award more than 100 participants in Patron Sageer Thrikaripur inaugurated Zamzam Rasheed, VK Gafoor, Nits 23rd annual walkathon alongside the tournament and former Chairman Shamseer Nasser, Shaheed Labba, PT the grand draw for two new Renault cars of KKMA PK Akbar Siddiq kicked-off Abdul Aziz, H Alikkutty Haji, KC from Al-Babtain Group. The walkathon is the ball to start the game. Karim, PV Moideen Koya, Naushad scheduled to kick off on Saturday, Organizing Committee Chairman AK Khamaruddin. Ahamed Kallay led December 9, 2017. AP Abdul Salam presided over the the sports quiz competition. Titled ‘We are Stronger... With Every Step,’ NBK Walkathon this year will hold great surprises. Participants can register feel it is important for start from the Green Island on the Gulf Road online, through NBKWalkathon.com. us to maintain the to the Shuwaikh Beach Park, parallel to the Applicants can then receive their assigned T- Walkathon annually,” Gulf Road, next to KPC building for a dis- shirt and number at the NBK’s registration added Rushaid. tance of 11 Km. point beside the Scientific Center on the Gulf Referees assigned by For the first time this year, NBK initiated a Road in Salmiya starting from Thursday 23rd the Kuwait Amateur new racing category for participants aged 60 of November. The number for each partici- Athletic Federation years old and above to encourage a healthier pant will contain a step-counting chip. (KAAF) will be present lifestyle among all members of the society. Abdul Mohsen Al-Rushaid, NBK Public to arbitrate the race. NBK strongly supports sporting events and Relations Executive Manager said “the par- The first ten winners encourages sporting activities as means to Abdul Mohsen from each category promote a healthier and more active lifestyle ticipation in NBK’s Walkathon is increasing Al-Rushaid year after year, and we are extremely thrilled will be rewarded with for members of the community. Throughout to take our involvement with this exciting valuable cash prizes. the years, NBK also organized several social event to a new level.” Ten winners will be selected from each of awareness programs including educational, “Our commitment towards being connect- the 10 categories of participants. The walk environmental, health and many other active ed with the community is the reason why we for both the female and male participants will initiatives. ‘Family Time’ returns for sixth year at McDonald’s

n what has become a beloved annual tradition for the brand, IMcDonald’s Kuwait celebrated ‘Family Time’ with a three-day fun- filled festival hosted at its restaurant in Ardiya. Marking the sixth anniversary of the initiative, this year’s festivity saw family members of all ages. As always, been proud to say that McDonald’s is a families from across Kuwait come the event also featured a series of raf- brand for everyone, and a place that together to once again celebrate the fle draws, offering visitors the chance every member of the family can go to importance of family and the joy of to win a number of great prizes. enjoy the unique McDonald’s experi- quality family time. “Families continue to be at the very ence.” “I never cease to be amazed at Open to all families, the event pre- heart of our business, and we have the incredible reaction this initiative sented a rich entertainment program always been passionate advocates of gets every year. It is only further proof with shows such as the McDonaldland family togetherness. As a core part of of the importance of family time, and Friends Parade and the Ronald Show, our philosophy, we always strive to how much we all need a little bit more as well as a magic show and a science encourage families to spend quality of it in our lives,” added Coutry. In the show. There were also a number of time together, despite the hectic pace end, Coutry pointed out that games, competitions and exciting of our modern daily lives,” said Sherif McDonald’s Kuwait will continue to activities taking place over the course Coutry, Marketing Director at organize events and activities that of the three days, designed to cater to McDonald’s Kuwait. “We have always draw smiles on the faces of families. Established 1961 25 TV Monday, November 20, 2017

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CROSSWORD 1766 STAR TRACK

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

You are feeling on top of the world and can do no wrong. Use this energy A drive to investigate and learn may find you examining and working to accomplish tasks that you would not normally do at this time. A positive attitude bene- through some problems that have lingered far too long on the home front. However, push fits you greatly. Demonstrate the magic. Let optimism lead you to a happy ending in too hard and you could be too dominating. You gain understanding and a sense of sup- whatever you may be involved with today. Finances may top your list of concerns. Watch port from those around you. In return, you offer support and understanding. Instant grati- out for overspending in group activities. Make an honest attempt to stay within your fication is one of the temptations to which you may be subject now. This is a practical and budget. You will look for ways to increase your income. You may find ways that a budget materialistic kind of focus—one that emphasizes the making and spending of money. can also save the company for which you work. Extra expenses are noted and eliminated. Learning what really counts is an important lesson that may be learned the hard way. Your mind is cutting through the nonessentials and penetrating to the core—you want to Having and appreciating things of beauty and value also play a big role in your life. This know who or what is in control. can be a financially favorable period.

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

Harmonious ties to others are what you yearn for; refinement and elegance Work, achievement and ambition are a definite drive these days. This day, are what you seek. The ideal partnership, the perfect balance, the highest standards of however, is a good time to take care of some personal business you have previously put truth and beauty are some of the things that quicken your pulse. A co-worker may be to one side. You prepare for the next working week and mail letters, as well as update the much more agreeable this next week than in the past. You will prosper by pursuing your checkbook. Obligations come to your attention. This afternoon you may find yourself hur- ideals and most deep-seated dreams of how life could be. Don’t be afraid to push for- rying to some neighborhood meeting. Being on the go and keeping a finger to the winds ward and make your dreams real. Ideas of group cooperation and communion could fur- of change make you feel in touch. Learning and communicating satisfy your need to know. ther your career. You make preparations for the workweek ahead and consider some of If you are not constantly growing and learning there could be a bit of frustration. Set a your job options. You would work well with mental patients, prison inmates and the like. pace for something new in your focus every other month; this will bring in a feeling of sat- You and a friend may work together in a volunteer organization. isfaction, no matter what is going on each day.

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

You may feel restricted in some of your activities this day. It may be hard You are at your mental best today. This is an excellent time to make deci- to organize or persevere. Do not force things. Be patient and let the chaos sions and take care of whatever needs your attention. Work, health, diet dissolve. Perhaps this is not the time to try to solve any serious problems or make impor- and the other things that take care of us if we take care of them will be the topics of dis- ACROSS nature deities worshipped by ancient tant decisions. It could be hard to think. This is a good time for personal communications; cussion among friends and family today. Self-achievement and competition concerning 1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or Semitic peoples. however, if you are a clerk, you will find your work slowed because of interactions with these subjects will help encourage successful results for yourself and others. The accom- power or number). 4. A function such that for every element the public. This communication could be good for public relations and the upcoming sea- plishment of a self-improvement project can also lead to love and a new self-image, par- 4. North American herb with poisonous of one set there is a unique element of son of retail business, but not so good for sales. Think of ways to expand your social ticularly if you stick with it. You demonstrate a great deal of understanding and sensitivity root stock and edible though insipid fruit. another set. contacts. This afternoon a love relationship appears almost magical in the way you com- to the needs of others and you are in a good position to communicate as well as volunteer 12. Standard time in the 6th time zone 5. Someone who operates an aircraft. municate. Let optimism lead you to a happy ending in a love story. your expertise. Expect a sense of support and good will. west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th 6. Bark in a high-pitched tone. meridian. 7. A river in north central Switzerland 15. A flat wing-shaped process or wing- that runs northeast into the Rhine. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) like part of an organism. 8. A major god. 16. The aggregation of a country's mili- 9. A region of northern France on the This is a great time to be with others and to work on a group project. You You will find it easy to pour a lot of energy into helping those around you; tary aircraft. English Channel. may be sought after as just the person to lead or organize. You are in a fun perhaps you are in a volunteer situation. You may be called upon to smooth 17. Fiddler crabs. 10. A French river. frame of mind but you can deal with matters of much concern and responsibility. If you over the frustrations of a disgruntled loved one this morning. Patient sacrifice of your time 18. Relating to or characteristic of or 11. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of are searching for a lost object, today you will find that object. You may be asked to help is called for and teaches much. Learning what really counts is an important lesson that occurring on the sea or ships. the Sumerian gods. make some tough decisions concerning a senior member of your family. You are able to may be learned the hard way. You succeed in helping others to look upon all things with 19. A synthetic type of penicillin antibiot- 12. Battle in 401 BC when the Persian bring about an understanding as well as helpful ideas. This evening you are ready to love, appreciation and open-mindedness; keep up the good work. This afternoon you may ic (trade name Pipracil) used for moder- King Artaxerxes II defeated his younger socialize. Everything conspires to reveal you at your most elegant. You look forward to feel that you need some relaxation. Exercise is always a good way to spend a little time ate to severe infections. brother who tried to usurp the throne. this time of the year, a time to enjoy friends and catch up on the lives of those you love. for you. Relaxation may come in some sort of group activities with friends. Refurbish that 20. Tag the base runner to get him out. 13. A mark left by the healing of injured Today would be a good time to find a good hiding place for all your presents. positive attitude of yours—romance is possible. 21. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. tissue. 23. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disem- 14. A sock with a separation for the big bowelment on a sword. toe. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. A short simple song (or the words of 22. An agency of the United Nations a poem intended to be sung). affiliated with the World Bank. You may find yourself working on a budget for your place of business as You might like to ignore responsibilities and do some socializing today, but 28. Become less tense. 24. A Bantu language spoken by the well as a personal budget. Budgeting is where your attention stays and priorities or weather may demand that you tend to business close to home. Set aside 29. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora. Kamba people in Kenya. planning for some sort of travel or a special gift may take just that—budgeting. You are a some time for yourself this next week and make it known to others that you need some 32. An independent group of closely 26. Relating to or characteristic of a solid supporter of those you love and will get behind any worthy cause. If your plate is rest and relaxation time as well. Your management and directional abilities are in high related Chadic languages spoken in the tribe. too full of outside responsibilities, you may find your own home lacking . . . Careful. focus and all next week; now is a good time for planning. Remember, however, all work area between the Biu-Mandara and East 27. God of the Underworld. Emotional seriousness, a sober orientation and a practical awareness of the nature of and no play certainly makes for burnout. You may be moved to appreciate and discover Chadic languages. 30. United States anatomist who identi- time are the clues to your deepest feelings now. Ambition is intensified and you could be the beauty in your life. Art and the involvement in some favorite hobby are where you will 35. 100 avos equal 1 pataca. fied four pituitary hormones and discov- looking for a part-time job or trying to talk a family member into working part-time. find yourself retreating this afternoon. You may find yourself teaching a cooking lesson to 36. Not to be placated or appeased or ered vitamin E (1882-1971). Deal with the facts to find success. Enjoy the art of joke telling this evening. a young person this evening. moved by entreaty. 31. One of the dwelling units in a condo- 37. A metrical unit with unstressed- minium. Virgo (August 23-September 22) stressed syllables. 33. The place where some action occurs. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. A ductile malleable reddish-brown 34. Wild sheep of northern Africa. corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic 38. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. Emotional seriousness and a sober awareness of time are keynotes to your You may find yourself in an unrealistic and dreamy mood today. It may take element. 41. The act of delivering a blow with the day. Some unfinished projects or some desired ability that you have been wanting to extra effort—yours or someone else’s—to hold your attention just now. 40. An American who lives in the North foot. experience has lingered long enough. You may find yourself looking at continuing educa- You may find yourself feeling blocked and unable to express yourself. This will pass and (especially during the American Civil 43. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by tion classes in hopes of learning more about something you may want to accomplish— the job for now is realizing that it is not a time to be productive. It is a time to rest and War). sailors to hold their clothing and other this could be piano, voice, computer knowledge or perhaps art. Clearing away the things rejuvenate for the busy time ahead of you. It’s up to you to stay on top of the latest devel- 42. Being derived from. that do not serve a purpose may also be part and parcel of this day. Your professional opments so you may find that you spend much time in reading and communicating with gear. friends. This evening you may find yourself shopping for food or decorations that will 44. In bed. 45. With no effort to conceal. ambition is intensified; you aim to make a difference in this world: to achieve. You think of 46. A state in midwestern United States. ways to be more prepared or organized. Look for ways to balance your activities. Now is enhance a special meal. Careful—your current appreciation for just about everything may 47. Affected manners intended to lead you to overspend or indulge too much. A harmonious gathering is planned. 49. A public promotion of some product impress others. a good time to show off your soft side to a family member. or service. 48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element 51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish of the alkali metal group. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution gods. 50. An informal term for a father. 52. Given to avoiding association with 54. A soft yellowish-white trivalent others. metallic element of the rare earth group. 53. Struck with fear, dread, or consterna- 55. United States tennis player (born in tion. Czechoslovakia) who won several singles 56. A colorless element that is one of the championships. six inert gasses. 57. How long something has existed. 58. The residue that remains when some- 59. A river that rises in central Germany thing is burned. and flows north to join the Elbe River. 62. An associate degree in nursing. 65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the 60. (used to introduce a logical conclu- earth and mother of Cronus and the sion) From that fact or reason or as a Titans in ancient mythology. result. 67. Established by or founded upon law 61. Primitive chlorophyll-containing or official or accepted rules. mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms 70. A small amount of residue. lacking true stems and roots and leaves. 72. A bag used for carrying money and 63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked small personal items or accessories on a skewer usually with vegetables. (especially by women). 64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm 74. A loose cloak with a hood. regions of the Old World. 76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising 66. (Babylonian) God of storms and solely the razorbill. wind. 77. The shape of a bell. 68. Slightly open. 80. Preserve of crushed fruit. 69. A Russian river. 81. A condition requiring relief. 71. A Hindu prince or king in India. 82. Small often spiny insectivorous mam- 73. A legal document codifying the result mal of Madagascar. of deliberations of a committee or socie- 83. A loose sleeveless outer garment ty or legislative body. made from aba cloth. 75. Resinlike substance secreted by cer- tain lac insects. DOWN 78. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic 1. Situated in or facing or moving toward element that resembles iron but is not the east. magnetic. 2. Cheese containing a blue mold. 79. A sliver-white metallic element of the 3. Any of numerous local fertility and platinum group that resembles platinum.

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Arrival Flights on Monday 20/11/2017 QTR 1078 Doha 14:20 Departure Flights on Monday 20/11/2017 MEA 405 Beirut 12:55 Airlines Flt Route Time KAC 672 Dubai 14:25 Airlines Flt Route Time RBG 554 Alexandria 13:00 MSC 501 Alexandria 00:01 KAC 286 Dhaka 14:35 AIC 982 Ahmedabad/Chennai 00:05 JZR 176 Dubai 13:40 JAI 572 Mumbai 00:05 KAC 412 Bangkok 14:35 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:30 FDB 076 Dubai 13:45 KAC 504 Beirut 00:30 KAC 352 Kochi 14:35 FDB 072 Dubai 00:35 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:40 PIA 206 Lahore 01:00 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JZR 539 Cairo 00:50 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:45 MSC 502 Alexandria 01:00 JZR 124 Bahrain 14:30 KAC 102 London 00:50 KAC 304 Mumbai 14:50 JAI 571 Mumbai 01:05 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 00:55 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 14:55 BBC 044 Dhaka 01:30 FDB 060 Dubai 15:10 THY 772 Istanbul 00:55 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:55 JZR 502 Luxor 01:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 15:25 RJA 642 Amman 01:05 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:10 DLH 625 Bahrain 01:45 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:15 JZR 142 Doha 01:45 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:25 UAE 853 Dubai 01:45 KAC 562 Amman 15:30 KAC 677 Dubai 01:50 QTR 1079 Doha 15:30 THY 764 Istanbul 01:50 KAC 502 Beirut 15:30 KAC 285 Dhaka 01:55 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 02:15 OMA 645 Muscat 15:35 KAC 417 Manila 02:00 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:45 JZR 555 Alexandria 02:15 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 THY 773 Istanbul 02:30 KAC 775 Riyadh 15:50 QTR 1086 Doha 02:20 QTR 1072 Doha 15:55 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:30 KAC 743 Dammam 16:05 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:30 KAC 118 New York 16:00 DLH 625 Frankfurt 02:45 KAC 619 Doha 16:10 KLM 446 Bahrain 02:30 SAW 705 Damascus 16:00 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 03:05 KAC 563 Amman 16:10 KKK 1268 Istanbul 02:55 ABY 127 Sharjah 16:00 KAC 351 Kochi 03:05 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 OMA 643 Muscat 02:55 JZR 779 Jeddah 16:25 UAE 854 Dubai 03:40 OMA 646 Muscat 16:35 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 FDB 051 Dubai 16:40 QTR 1087 Doha 03:40 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:40 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 RJA 640 Amman 16:55 KLM 446 Amsterdam 03:55 KAC 615 Bahrain 16:40 QTR 1076 Doha 03:50 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Amman 07:05 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 302 Mumbai 06:10 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:25 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:15 JZR 184 Dubai 18:30 KAC 362 Colombo 06:25 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:30 KAC 413 Bangkok 07:20 WAN 115 Bahrain 18:50 KAC 678 Dubai 06:30 KAC 156 Istanbul 19:30 KAC 167 Paris 07:35 KAC 381 Delhi 18:50 KAC 284 Dhaka 06:30 ETD 995 Abu Dhabi 19:40 FDB 064 Dubai 19:10 WAN 342 Sohag 06:35 ACP 101 Baghdad 08:00 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 WAN 115 Bahrain 19:20 KAC 206 Islamabad 06:50 KAC 501 Beirut 08:00 FDB 057 Dubai 19:50 UAE 876 Dubai 19:30 BAW 157 London 07:10 KAC 161 Geneva 08:20 KAC 616 Bahrain 19:55 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 204 Lahore 07:10 FDB 054 Dubai 08:35 KNE 381 Taif 20:00 QTR 1081 Doha 20:00 FDB 053 Dubai 07:35 KAC 787 Jeddah 08:40 KAC 620 Doha 20:15 KAC 354 Bengaluru 07:35 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:05 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 KAC 691 Muscat 08:50 JZR 503 Luxor 07:45 GFA 218 Bahrain 20:15 QTR 1088 Doha 20:45 BAW 156 London 08:50 KAC 384 Delhi 08:00 FDB 058 Dubai 20:35 DLH 624 Frankfurt 20:45 KAC 117 New York 09:00 UAE 855 Dubai 08:35 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 20:40 KAC 162 Geneva 21:00 KAC 561 Amman 09:40 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 KNE 232 Riyadh 20:45 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:20 KAC 671 Dubai 09:45 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:05 KAC 301 Mumbai 20:50 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 KAC 101 London 09:45 QTR 1070 Doha 09:10 KAC 353 Bengaluru 20:55 MEA 402 Beirut 21:20 KAC 741 Dammam 09:45 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 OMA 648 Muscat 21:20 KAC 168 Paris 21:20 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 IRA 667 Esfahan 10:00 KAC 1543 Cairo 21:20 KAC 786 Jeddah 21:25 UAE 856 Dubai 10:00 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 DLH 624 Bahrain 21:30 UAE 859 Dubai 21:35 WAN 114 Bahrain 11:00 KAC 541 Cairo 10:00 ETD 996 Bahrain/Abu Dhabi 21:40 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 AXB 890 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:10 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:10 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 QTR 1074 Doha 11:20 KLM 445 Amsterdam 21:50 KAC 773 Riyadh 10:10 KAC 564 Amman 22:00 QTR 1089 Doha 22:00 JZR 165 Dubai 11:30 KAC 617 Doha 10:15 KAC 205 Islamabad 22:05 MEA 404 Beirut 11:55 AZQ 4565 GYD 22:00 QTR 1071 Doha 10:20 QTR 1082 Doha 22:05 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:10 RBG 553 Alexandria 12:15 KAC 155 Istanbul 10:25 MEA 403 Beirut 22:20 FDB 075 Dubai 12:45 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 KAC 661 Abu Dhabi 10:30 ALK 230 Colombo 22:25 JZR 561 Sohag 12:45 WAN 116 Bahrain 22:20 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:30 UAE 871 Dubai 12:50 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 JZR 241 Amman 22:40 JZR 778 Jeddah 10:40 KAC 783 Jeddah 22:35 KAC 742 Dammam 12:50 IRA 666 Esfahan 11:00 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 SVA 502 Jeddah 22:45 KAC 383 Delhi 22:40 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:25 KAC 774 Riyadh 13:40 JZR 185 Dubai 23:10 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:50 WAN 983 Tbilisi 12:00 KNE 231 Riyadh 13:55 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:15 UAE 860 Dubai 23:00 KAC 618 Doha 14:15 MSC 405 Sohag 23:30 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 KAC 692 Muscat 14:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:45 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:10 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 FDB 059 Dubai 14:20 MSC 411 Asyut 23:55 QTR 1075 Doha 12:30 SVA 503 Jeddah 23:45 28 Established 1961 Lifestyle Gossip Monday, November 20, 2017 Tamara Ecclestone Harry Judd immediately knew he wanted will ‘definitely’ have to get married another child he McFly drummer has confessed he was desperate to prove to Izzy that he wasn’t going to “mess her around” and wanted to make the T declaration of love to show her how much he cared for her. He said: “I knew I had to prove to Izzy that I wouldn’t mess her around. I was in a boyband, living a crazy lifestyle where every song went to No 1. I’d been single for a year before we met and, yes, I’d had fun, but it was an empty existence. Despite McFly’s clean-cut image, it was different behind the scenes. “I’d dab- bled in marijuana at school, but as we became famous it turned into an addic- tion. All these amazing things were happening, yet all I could think about was going home to get stoned. We were in America when I realized I needed help. As soon as we landed in the UK, a car took me to the Priory ... “I met Izzy a few months after that and I was in a much better frame of mind. I loved that she was this kind, normal person with no interest in feeding off my fame. I told her early on that I’d marry her one day. It was a stupid thing to say when we were so young, but I just knew. Everything felt so easy.” Izzy admits she wasn’t looking for romance when she first set eyes on the ‘One For The Radio’ hitmaker but says their chemistry was “instant” She added to The Sunday Times magazine: “I’d recently come out of a long-term relationship when I met Harry. I wasn’t looking to date anyone - and I definitely wasn’t a McFly superfan - but our chemistry was instant. I kept thinking, ‘Come on Izzy, he’s in a boyband, he’s probably got six girlfriends,’ but as I got to know him, I realised we had the same morals. It felt like there was a magnet between us and I couldn’t picture myself without him.” TPratt sorry for judging people who post about their children

he 34-year-old reality television star and his wife Heidi Montag welcomed son Gunner Stone T into the world six weeks ago and can’t stop writing about him on social media. He shared on he ‘Tamara’s World’ star would love to have a younger sibling for her three- his Snapchat account: “It’s so funny. I used to be like, T year-old daughter Sophia - who she has with her husband Jay Rutland - but ‘Why do people put their babies on their content?’ Well, insists the time is not quite right at the moment. Asked if she wants another now I know. “Because we’re obsessed with our babies. baby, she said: “Yes and no. I would like to give her a sister or a brother, but And if you don’t like it, you just click to the next story. So on the other hand I feel like life is finally getting easier. “I don’t know, there’s some- forgive me, anyone in the past, that I judged for putting thing daunting about going all the way back to square one. If Fifi was pressuring me baby content in your story.” It comes after Spencer for a sibling, it would make it easier, but she’s actually saying she doesn’t want one. “I revealed he wanted his child to sign up to social media as kind of wish I’d just done it earlier and got it out of the way! Jay definitely wants soon as he’s born. Speaking before the birth, he said: more, so I think the answer is I will, but I’m just not ready yet.” And Tamara adores “This kid will have an iPhone at birth. I’m gonna teach being a mother, more than she thought she ever would. She added: “Growing up, I this kid how to Snap when they’re born, like, ‘Put your wasn’t one of those people who wanted the white picket fence, the Labrador, hus- finger here.’ You walk around, everybody’s making their band and baby, so this has taken me by surprise. I didn’t think it would be as life- own content all day long. We live in a new world where changing. The minute Fifi was born everything changed, and from the moment she everyone’s a fame w***e, so I’m happy to let him be at was on the boob it was incredible. We’ve never had a night apart, and I really don’t an advanced level. I would just like my baby to be a pro- feel ready. I’m not a believer in doing things just because people say you should. The fessional content maker.” And Spencer had also con- time will come.” Despite her great wealth, Tamara - who is the daughter of former fessed at the time that the couple had to “ditch a couple Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone - doesn’t want Sophia to be spoiled and is keen names” for their impending arrival as the social media to teach her the importance of manners and being kind. She told The Sun on Sunday handles weren’t available. Heidi and Spencer are already newspaper’s Fabulous magazine: “I think what’s really important is to instil manners talking about having a second child. She said: “We’ll wait and be kind and all those things, above and beyond everything else. But at the same for a girl [to paint the room pink] ... You know, it took me time she’s my little girl, and if she wants another Barbie, I’m just a bit of a pushover! I a lot of years to convince Spencer to have baby number think that the older she gets, I’ll always remind her that she’s lucky and to remember one. So, I’m just trying to put it out there. It’s not anytime to give back, so it’s not going to be like she can have whatever she wants, whenever soon, but you gotta work on these things is what I’ve she wants. learned.”

Zeta-Jones paid tribute to her ‘best friend’ Michael Douglas

he ‘Mask of Zorro’ star took to Instagram to post a sweet message for the Hollywood star, 73, as they celebrated 17 years of married bliss, admitting that she never thought their life would be as T good as it is right now. Alongside a picture of the pair on their wedding day, Catherine wrote on Instagram: “17 years ago today, I said ‘I do’ to my best friend and father of our two and a half month old son. Thought it could never get better than that day, but it did. Happy anniversary darling, Michael. With you, in my life, and Dylan and Carys, every day could be a twelve hour fantastic party at the Plaza in New York. Love you. #love #lovestrong (sic)” It comes after Catherine revealed the key to the couple’s long and successful marriage is that they listen to one another. After overcoming Michael’s battle with cancer and her own battle with bipolar disorder, the brunette star says they are in a better place than ever. The 48-year-old actress - who has Dylan, 17, and Carys, 14, with Michael - added: “I’m very blessed. I have a husband who listens to me and I’m a wife who listens to him. That’s why - although every marriage goes through its ups and downs, its times of adversity - we’ve come to a place where we couldn’t be bet- ter. I have a very healthy husband, a very healthy mother and two vivacious, healthy children. I think after that, everything just falls into place.”

Gadot says being a mom makes her Merrygold moved his girlfriend into feel like Wonder Woman his house without telling her

he 32-year-old actress - who has he former JLS singer has been dating dancer Sarah T daughters Alma, five, and Maya, eight Richards since 2012 and in February 2014, he took the months, with her husband Yaron Versano T opportunity of her being away on tour to remove her - has gushed about how motherhood belongings from her mum’s house, take them to his and makes her feel like a superhero. She said: “I know then surprised her by arriving at her dressing room with a card, this sounds really cheesy but all mums are like flowers, and a photo showing he’d found a place for all her Wonder Woman, they really are. Kids don’t know things in his home. Sarah said: “He can be stubborn and set in or care about box office records or blockbuster his ways. He has to do things when he’s ready, so when we movies. They are like, ‘Yep, you’re Wonder moved in together, Aston did it his way.” Aston explained: Woman ... but what’s for dinner?’ There’s nothing “Sarah was on tour and I went round to her mum’s and collect- like kids to keep you grounded. “I can have a ed all her clothes and brought them round here.” Sarah added: sleepless night with a baby with colic and an early “It was Valentine’s Day in 2014 and I was on the ‘X Factor’ tour wake-up by my five-year-old. But then I’m in Belfast. Aston was supposed to be in the studio recording. watching The Cat In The Hat with my daughter “He called me to say he was sorry he couldn’t be with me but and it amazes me how the simplest things are the that there should be a delivery for me. “When I told him I hadn’t ones to make us the happiest. This sounds cheesy had a delivery, he said he would get onto the tour manager who too, but I feel like Wonder Woman when I give then appeared in the dressing room, and said that I did have a birth. When you deliver, you feel like you’re a god. delivery. “Then Aston walked in the door with flowers and a Like, ‘Oh my god, I made this.’” And Gal has joked card but the card wasn’t a Valentine’s card - it said, ‘You have about how her daughter had already got a listing moved’. “There was a Polaroid of him in his car with all my stuff on IMDb despite not even being born as Gal and then it all hung up at his house. “At this point, all the girls in played Wonder Woman with the little one in her the dressing room were getting emotional. “That’s just to illus- tummy. She added to The Sun newspaper: “I was trate that he does things in his own time but when he does pregnant and showing for some of the additional them, he does well.” The couple are excited to be expecting scenes but special effects hid my bump. It didn’t their first child in the new year and Aston, 29, has vowed to be hinder the process, I could still do the action stuff as hands-on as possible. Asked if he’ll be a hands-on dad, he and the physical scenes. And now it’s nice to look told Britain’s OK! magazine: “A hundred per cent. I’m hoping to at the movie and know Maya is in the movie with tour next year but I want Sarah and the baby to come with me. me. I love that. She has an entry on movie data- “Having a baby doesn’t stop you doing anything.” base IMDb. It took me years to get mine.” Established 1961 29 Lifestyle Gossip Monday, November 20, 2017 Margot Robbie is ‘proud’ to be a woman

he 27-year-old actress has praised the “resilience” of the future, which made me even more proud to be a woman.” It comes women who have come forward to accuse the disgraced after the ‘Suicide Squad’ star praised her co-star and close pal Cara T producer of sexual misconduct, and says the attitude from Delevingne for opening up about the frightening ordeal she claimed other Hollywood stars who want to make a change to the she endured at the hands of Weinstein. Margot said: “Cara is a dear way women are treated has made her “proud to be a woman”. friend of mine and I already knew she was a fierce, brave woman. Speaking to Australia’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, she said: “Women Today just proved that again.” But the Australian star believed the are so resilient and I think the response to the whole Weinstein situa- whole ordeal is “so disturbing and sad”, and she only hopes “good” tion kind of proved that. To me, when I think of women, I think the will come out of the string of claims against the 65-year-old filmmak- word that sums up women so well but isn’t used as often as it should er. Margot continued: “I think the whole situation is so disturbing and be is ‘resilient’. “It’s astounding how quickly everyone pivoted from sad but I think the conversation surrounding it, hopefully, good comes being heartbroken about the news to, how do we move forward? How out of it. “The fact that the conversation is so prevalent and so many can we move forward? What good can come out of this? Everyone woman are so bravely coming forward, I think the culture has to was so supportive immediately and then automatically looking to the change. It cannot be ignored anymore.”

Bieber and Gomez are Lady Gaga mourning the loss of reportedly ‘exclusive’ Azzedine Alaia

he 31-year-old singer took to Instagram on Saturday to post a touching tribute to the late T fashion designer, who passed away on the same day at the age of 77. Posting a series of pictures of herself and the designer on the photo shar- ing app, the ‘Million Reasons’ singer wrote: “I’ll mourn forever the loss of my friend. A true genius in not only fashion but in his heart. He was a king and had the high- est standards of design and work ethic. He was so giv- ing, so loving, his heart so full and pure. I’d watch in awe as he hand made each and every piece, his fingers touching the fabric like poetry. Then he would want to feed us all, and cook with his own hands and talk for hours at the table while his dogs would run around joy- fully smelling the delicious food he made us.” Gaga continued by praising the “special” designer as “inte- gral and influential” to the fashion industry. She contin- ued: “To say he was special would be an understate- ment. To say he was integral, important and influential to fashion is simply not enough. There was no one who did what he did. No one knew a woman’s body like him. He should be celebrated as one of the greatest fashion designers the world has ever known.” The ‘Bad Romance’ star closed off her post by saying she was he 23-year-old singer and the ‘Fetish’ hitmaker - who previously had “devastated” by the loss of her friend, as she didn’t get an on/off romance from 2010 to 2015 - are thought to have rekindled the chance to say goodbye. She rounded off her lengthy T their relationship after Selena called things off with fellow musician caption: “I love you, Azzedine. I’m devastated I didn’t The Weeknd, and sources now claim the pair aren’t looking to see oth- get to say goodbye. I love you.” er people as their romance is heating up. A source added ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “[They are] exclusive. They’re really happy and enjoying this time together. They’ve both grown a lot over the years and are excited to have reconnected. “Justin definitely had to prove himself to her friends to regain their trust and he’s doing a good job. Her friends have come around and can see David Cassidy that this time is different.” It comes after insiders recently revealed the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker and 25-year-old Selena were keen to keep their budding romance “low-key”, as they don’t want the “chaos” of a public relationship. A source is in coma with said: “They are great and very happy. It just got too crazy last week with all the attention. “Justin canceled his tour to take care of his mental health and he wants to continue to focus on this. He didn’t like the chaos, they agreed to stay organ failure more low-key.” Whilst another source added: “Everything is okay with them. They just backed off a little from being out there and are being a bit more low- key.” Meanwhile, it was previously revealed that Selena views Justin as her “first he 67-year-old retired actor and singer was rushed to a Florida hospital love”. An insider said: “Justin was Selena’s first love. He will lwaysa have a spe- T three days ago after his organs began shutting down, where he was cial place in her heart. She’s always held out hope that one day the circum- induced into a coma and now remains in a critical condition. According to stances and timing would be right.” And another insider added: “Justin is doing TMZ.com, the ‘Partridge Family’ star is in need of a liver transplant, and is great. Spending all week with Selena is the dream week for him. He is trying to also suffering from kidney failure. A source told the publication: “It’s looking grim.” take things slowly, but it hasn’t really worked. He is too excited to spend time The site also claims doctors have told David’s family - including daughter and with her. “He is waiting for Selena to tell him that they are officially back togeth- actress Katie Cassidy, 30, whom he has with former partner Sherry William, and er. He doesn’t feel any rush, because no doubt they are already emotionally back son Beau, 26, whom he has with ex-wife Sue Shifrin - “they need to prepare for the together. Justin still needs to win her family over and he knows it will take some worst,” given the star’s deteriorating condition. It comes as the latest health scare time. But he very much feels he is a different person.” for David, who revealed earlier this year he was battling with dementia, which is a persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease and marked by memory disorders and personality changes. The ‘Daydreamer’ singer took to his website to share a touching message where he thanked his fans for supporting him throughout his career, and for sending “messages of concern and care” during his struggle with the illness. In March, he wrote: “To the many thousands of people Anderson was told she’d who have supported me over the last 5 decades I send my love. I thank you all sin- cerely for the support and care you have shown me recently and in the past. “I am ‘never work’ again by enjoying some time at home, appreciating the warmth and contemplating what I will be doing next. I wanted to let you all know that I am not retired, I do want to play again. I just won’t tour. I also want to go back into the studio to record ‘Songs Harvey Weinstein My Father Taught Me’. I will keep in contact with you and let you know what I am doing. “Thank you for the many letters and messages of concern and care. I have he 50-year-old actress has claimed she was once verbally abused by the my good days and very occasionally a bad day. I am doing everything my doctors disgraced producer - who has been accused of sexually harassing over 80 advise in terms of diet and pills. “Happy Trails, DC (sic)” T women in a 30-year period - who she says called her a “f***ing b***h” after she refused to work with a real dog on a movie set. Pamela - who denies ever being sexually harassed by Weinstein - said: “He told me I’d never work in this town again, because I refused to work with a dog. He wanted me to play Invisible Usher’s herpes lawsuit has been dropped Girl on Superhero Movie. But they wanted me to work with an actual dog. I said, ‘I won’t work with animals in a film.’ And he said, ‘We’re just going to put the dog there. What’s the problem?’ And I said, ‘No. Put an X on the floor. I am talking to an invisi- ble dog. Why do we need an actual dog?’ “And he was so mean. He called me back he ‘OMG’ hitmaker was hit by a $20 million lawsuit in and shouted, ‘You’re Pamela Anderson; you’re lucky I’m even putting you in a f***ing T August from two women and a man who claimed he had film. You’re never going to work in this f***ing industry again, you son of a f***ing put them at risk of the sexually-transmitted disease. But bitch.’ “He’s so intense. I’ve never been talked to that way by anybody. Not even by a after a recorded phone call was revealed in which one of boyfriend. He was really intimidating. And I did it. But I did it without the dog.” The the women admits to having used protection during her relation- ‘Baywatch’ star admits the level of “disrespect” she felt during her altercation with ship with the musician, the case has been dismissed. Laura Helm’s Weinstein, 65, has prompted her to make sure her sons, Brandon, 21, and Dylan, 19 - phone call was recorded two days before filing the lawsuit against whom she has with her ex-husband Tommy Lee - always respect women. She added the star, and according to TMZ.com, after her first attorney to The Times magazine: “I say to my sons: ‘If you disrespect any woman, you disre- dropped out of the case, her replacement immediately filed legal spect me’.” Since news of his alleged sexual misconduct was first reported, Weinstein documents to dismiss the case. However, the dismissal has been has been fired from his position as co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, and his handed down without prejudice, “with intent to refile”, and it is wife of 10 years, Georgina Chapman, has announced she is leaving him. currently unclear why her lawyer made the move to dismiss. In September, Usher, 39, filed a response to the lawsuit through his lawyers in which he denied their claims he had sexual contact with them or exposed them to herpes. Usher’s lawyers, Laura Wasser and Zia Modabber insist the plaintiffs argued they can’t win because they have “unclean hands”, alleging they did some- thing wrong, but not being specific as to what. The response from the ‘Yeah!’ singer also insisted the group don’t have a legal claim because anything he may have done was unin- tentional, suggesting that if he does have the infection - which he has neither confirmed nor denied - he didn’t know it at the time. He also argued that if he did have sex with any of them, they “assumed the risk”. The three alleged victims took legal action after it emerged the ‘U Make Me Wanna’ hitmaker had paid a woman $1.1 million in 2012 to settle a lawsuit after she claimed to have contracted herpes from. The settled 2012 suit claimed Usher had been diagnosed with herpes around 2009 or 2010, but he was accused of “consciously and purposefully” withholding his diagnosis from the unnamed woman and “continued to have unprotected sex” with her. — Bangshowbiz 30 Established 1961 Monday, November 20, 2017 Lifestyle Features

Singer Brian Johnson performs next to guitarists Malcolm Young and Angus Rock band the Foo Young of Australian Fighters pay tribute legendary hard rock to Malcolm Young of band AC/DC at the AC/DC during the Palais Omnisport Corona Capital of Paris Bercy. music festival in — AFP photos Mexico City. AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

alcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and rest of the band watched for onstage changes Saturday. “He will be missed and my deepest fired after a few months when they discovered guiding force behind the bawdy hard and cutoffs. condolences to his family, bandmates and Bon Scott, who was originally hired as the Mrock band AC/DC who helped create friends.” “The driving engine of AC/DC has band’s driver. such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Greatest ever died. A tragic end for a sometimes unsung icon. Hell,” ‘’Hells Bells” and “Back in Black,” has died. AC/DC were remarkably consistent for over One of the true greats. RIP,” Paul Stanley, of Keep going He was 64. AC/DC announced the death 40 years with its mix of driving hard rock, lusty Kiss, wrote on Twitter By 1980, the band was on a roll, known for Saturday on their official Facebook page and lyrics and bluesy shuffles, selling over 200 mil- Scott Ian, of Anthrax, posted a photo of his its high energy performances and predictably website. A representative for the band con- lion albums, surviving the loss of its first singer Malcolm Young tattoo and said “what he means hard-charging songs. Their album “Highway To firmed that the posts were true. The posts did and creating one of the greatest rock records to me is unquantifiable.” Mike Portnoy, co- Hell” was certified gold in America and made it not say when or where Young died, but said the ever in “Back in Black,” the world’s second founder of Dream Theater, called him “one of into the top 25 Billboard album charts, and the This file photo taken on March 22, 2000 shows performer had been suffering from dementia. best-selling album behind Michael Jackson’s the great rhythm guitar players of all time.” The single “Touch Too Much” became their first UK Australian guitarist Malcolm Young of the hard He was diagnosed in 2014. “Thriller.” The group was inducted into the Glasgow-born Young brothers ? who moved to Top 30 hit. But on Feb. 18, 1980, everything rock group AC/DC inaugurating the first street in “It is with deepest sorrow that we inform Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 2003. Sydney, Australia, with their parents, sister and changed ? Scott died of asphyxiation after the world bearing their group’s name in Legane. you of the death of Malcolm Young, beloved Greg Harris, the president & CEO, issued a five older brothers in 1963 ? formed the band in choking on his own vomit after an all-night husband, father, grandfather and brother. statement Saturday that said, “We salute you, 1973. They were inspired to choose the high- drinking binge. The band decided to keep going ic lyrics ? song titles include “Big Balls,” Malcolm had been suffering from Dementia for Malcom Young. Your blistering guitar shook energy name AC/DC from the back of a sewing and hired English vocalist Brian Johnson at the ‘’Beating Around the Bush,” ‘’Let Me Put My several years and passed away peacefully with generations and united us with sonic anthems machine owned by their sister, Margaret. helm. The newly reconfigured group channeled Love Into You” and “Stiff Upper Lip.” AC/DC his family by his bedside,” one of the posts that will ring forever.” Angus experimented with several different their grief into songwriting and put out 1980’s won only a single Grammy Award, for best hard read. The family put out a statement posted on Several musicians also paid their respects to stage costumes at first ? including a gorilla suit “Back In Black,” with the songs “You Shook Me rock performance in 2009 for “War Machine.” the band’s website calling Young a “visionary Young on social media, writing about his influ- and a Zorro outfit ? but the school uniform was All Night Long,” ‘’Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Rolling Stone said in 1980 that “the AC/DC who inspired many.” ence and impact in music. “It is a sad day in a natural, since he was only 16 at the time. The Pollution” and “Hells Bells.” The cover of the sound is nothing more and nothing less than While Young’s younger brother, Angus, the rock and roll. Malcolm Young was my friend Youngs went through several drummers and album was black, in honor of Scott’s death. aggressively catchy song hooks brutalized by a group’s school-uniform-wearing lead guitarist, and the heart and soul of AC/DC. I had some of bass guitarists, finally settling on Phil Rudd on The band continued with a studio or live revved-up boogie rhythm, Malcolm’s jackham- was the public face of the band, Malcolm Young the best times of my life with him on our 1984 drums in 1974 and Englishman Cliff Williams on album every few years , blending their huge mer riffing, Angus’ guitar histrionics and was its key writer and leader, the member the European tour,” Eddie Van Halen tweeted on bass three years later. Their original singer was guitar riffs with rebellious and often sophomor- Johnson’s bloodcurdling bawl.” — AP

AMAs reflect year in pop music, where male acts dominated

he performers at the 2017 American Music Awards AMAs with eight nominations, while Kendrick Lamar, Ed are evenly split between men and women, but the Sheeran, Drake, the Chainsmokers and the Weeknd all Tnominees? Not so much. In categories like artist of earned five nominations apiece. All of those acts aside the year and favorite pop/rock album, where men and from the Weeknd are nominated for artist of the year. women compete, no female acts are in contention. Other Mars’ No. 1 hit, “That’s What I Like,” earned him nom- categories where male acts dominate include video of the inations for favorite soul/R&B song and video of the year. year, tour of the year, favorite country album and favorite His album, “24K Magic,” is nominated in both the soul/R&B song. pop/rock and soul/R&B categories. He will also compete Halsey is the only female act nominated for favorite for favorite male artist in both genres. Mars won’t attend People look at artwork on AC/DC Lane in Melbourne yes- pop/rock song and collaboration of the year, both for the the show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles terday, after the announcement of the death of the band’s Chainsmokers’ No. 1 hit, “Closer.” Halsey is the song’s because he’s on tour in South America. But the room will Bruno Mars performs “Perm” at the BET Awards at the guitarist Malcolm Young. — AFP featured guest. Singer-songwriter Julia Michaels is the be filled with other big stars: Lady Gaga, Pink, Kelly Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. — AP only woman up for new artist of the year. This year?s Clarkson, Selena Gomez and Diana Ross will perform. include Alessia Cara and Zedd, and Alesso with Hailee Australians mourn loss AMAs are a reflection of the year in pop music - no Ross will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Steinfeld, Florida Georgia Line and watt. woman hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2017 Award at the show, hosted by her daughter, Golden Nominees for favorite female pop/rock artist include until Taylor Swift and Cardi B did so in September. This Globe-winning “black-ish” actress Tracee Ellis Ross. Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Cara. Rihanna is also nominated of Malcolm Young year’s pop charts have been dominated by rap, a field Christina Aguilera will perform a medley of Whitney for favorite female soul/R&B artist, where she will com- where women are a rarity. Houston’s hits to mark the 25th anniversary of Houston’s pete with Beyonce and Kehlani. Carrie Underwood, Rock and country songs also have performed well this film “The Bodyguard.” Imagine Dragons, Demi Lovato, Maren Morris and Miranda Lambert, who was snubbed in ustralians paid tribute to AC/DC co-founder and year and are genres where male acts have outperformed BTS, Nick Jonas, Niall Horan, Khalid and Portgual. The the country album category, are up for favorite female fellow countryman Malcolm Young yesterday, a female acts. Bruno Mars is the top contender at the Man will also hit the stage. Collaborative performances country artist. — AP Aday after the legendary guitarist passed away aged 64. Young, who founded the rock group with his brother Angus in 1973, died Saturday after suffering from dementia for several years, according to his family and the band. Best known for their hit song Highway to Hell, AC/DC formed produced 17 studio albums, selling French feminist de Beauvoir on the oppres- French cultural institute. Nyssen urged the more than 200 million records. Bardot or de Beauvoir? sion of women. French “to not condemn the work” of the “AC/DC were incredibly special,” Australian rock Even before the hashtag #metoo went Polish-born director who in the 1970s historian Glen A. Baker told national broadcaster ABC viral, a cruder French version - #balanceton- pleaded guilty to having sex in the US with a yesterday. “They became a part of Australian music at a France in bind over porc (“squeal on your pig”) - appeared 13-year-old girl whom he plied with cham- time when we needed heroes and people who were online prompting a deluge of anonymous pagne and Quaaludes. The institute said its totally reliable, who wouldn’t deviate for one second, accounts from women denouncing alleged role was not to moralize. who had a clear vision of where they wanted to go. Weinstein fallout abusers with unprecedented openness. It This year, Polanski was even honored as “The architect of that sound was Malcolm Young, the seemed to signal that France would lead the president of the Cesar awards, France’s rhythm guitarist who wrote every song, every original way in the fight against harassment, with the answer to the Oscars. In another dispute, song they did.” Young emigrated to Australia with his rance, the country of both Brigitte address men’s behavior toward women with- posts that numbered in the hundreds of thou- Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet provoked family as a child, and was in his early 20s when the Bardot and Simone de Beauvoir, is in a out throwing out its Don Juan national iden- sands and spoke of ubiquitous sexism and consternation by suggesting a legal mini- band released their debut album “High Voltage”. While Fbind over where seduction ends and tity. “France is a country of men who love predation in France’s culture, political and mum age of 13 for sexual consent “is worth Angus was the public face of the band, Malcolm was sexual harassment begins. Since the allega- women,” writer Guillaume Bigot, who has business worlds. But so far, it appears the considering.” Activists protested in Paris to renowned for being behind the famous riffs that left tions of rape and sexual harassment emerged written about the Weinstein fallout in France, Don Juanists - or Bardotists - have prevailed. demand that the age of consent be set at 15. fans thunderstruck. “Devastated to hear of Malcolm against Hollywood film producer Harvey told The Associated Press. “Seduction is a Although the accused include a former Such perceived apathy has triggered an Young’s passing... For me personally, the GREATEST Weinstein, the country synonymous with love profound part of our national identity ... the French justice minister, the former president outcry from French feminists, who laud the rhythm guitarist of ALL TIME,” Australian country star has been torn between the image of both culture of the ‘French lover’ and the ‘French of the Young Socialists party, a news editor US outpouring against harassment and Keith Urban tweeted. Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy female icons in addressing the issue of sexual kiss’ is in danger because of political cor- at broadcaster TF1 and the founder of a accuse France of having normalized sexism. Barnes said Young’s death was a “sad day for music”. harassment and violence against women. rectness.” Many women in France reject his startup school, most have denied the allega- “Often in France, we hide behind the idea of “You were the greatest rhythm guitar player ever,” he Many have wondered if France can viewpoint, favoring instead the writings of tions. More significantly, no powerful figures gallantry for men. But this is constructed to wrote on Twitter. ABC music critic Paul Donoughue in France have lost their jobs or reputations. make us hide the violence and think it is said Young’s guitar playing underpinned AC/DC’s Philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy has criti- seduction,” said prominent feminist Caroline sound and also influenced a generation of musicians, cized the online movement, saying it’s unfair de Haas. She called the French government’s saying Young’s impact on rock and roll “cannot be to compare alleged attackers to “pigs.” response to the allegations of sexual harass- overstated”. Cold Chisel guitarist and vocalist Ian Moss French defenders of seduction have warned ment “radio silence” when compared with meanwhile wrote of how he heard Young play for the against a puritanical, American-style back- other countries such as Britain or the US. first time in 1973 in Sydney. “It was a solid lesson in lash that could demonize romance. For decades, France has seen it as a point attitude and how important it is to carry that to every Bigot pointed to France’s national symbol of honor to separate the public and private performance,” Moss wrote on Twitter. “Rest well mate, - the young, Marianne - as proof of the lives of French politicians and artists. Some you’ll never be forgotten.” French state-sponsored obsession with look- say this culture has protected men such as Fans also shared their love of AC/DC’s iconic music ing at beautiful women, noting that in 1969, former President Francois Mitterrand, who and the impact on their lives, with tens of thousands of sex bomb Bardot was chosen as Marianne’s had a mistress and secret love child, and people from around the world posting tributes on physical embodiment. Others chosen to rep- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former AC/DC’s Facebook page. “Thank you and all your resent her include siren Catherine Deneuve International Monetary Fund chief accused brothers for changing my world with your music. and supermodel Laetitia Casta. by a New York hotel maid of sexual assault. AC/DC is, and always will be, one of the greatest rock French President Emmanuel Macron has bands of all time,” wrote one user. Another added: “I am Perceived apathy urged women to speak out against sexual so terribly sad for Angus and all fans of the greatest French Culture Minister Francoise assault, and moved quickly to strip Weinstein Aussie band ever! You have been a constant in my life Nyssen, meanwhile, has provoked ire by of the Legion of Honor award he won for A Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 file photo of an activist holding a banner reading: “For him impunity, for AC/DC.” — AFP defending director Roman Polanski amid producing the Oscar-winning French film her a life sentence” during a protest in Paris. — AP calls to cancel a screening of his movies at a “The Artist.” — AP Established 1961 31

Monday, November 20, 2017 Lifestyle Features

Raza Beig and Saad Ramadan

was Lebanese singing sensation and youth The Iconic icon, Saad Ramadan who walked the ramp Models of the with Raza Beig, Director- Landmark Group Victoria’s Secret Youth and CEO, Splash, ICONIC and Landmark Fashion Show pose International cheered on by his fans. Catch for a group photo the latest updates on the brand and highlights on stage at the Fashion Show from the show on Instagram @iconicstoreme Mercedes-Benz and on Facebook @IAmICONIC. Head over Arena in Experience to ICONIC and shop our latest Autumn Shanghai. — AP Winter collection available at The Avenues, The Mall, Level 1,Salam Mall in Salmiya and CONIC, the different haven for the trendi- at Sama Mall in Fintas. est fashion in the region hosted Season 3 ICONIC a Landmark Group brand repre- Iof the Youth Fashion Show Experience sents a unique spirit, making it different to over the weekend at the Rixos Premium Victoria’s Secret to charm any other fashion store in the market. It is a Hotel, JBR. The AW’17 collection was show- destination where fashion, innovation and cased by fresh talent from across schools and lifestyle meet and offer ‘Fashion Different’ for universities walking the ramp for the very men, women and kids. ICONIC offers fashion first time. In a special collaboration with Star apparel, footwear, accessories and gifts all Wars, Stormtroopers from the 501st Legion under one roof ensuring there is always walked the runway to celebrate the launch of something for everyone. Part of the Landmark the new Star Wars fashion collection China with fashion gala Group, ICONIC is for the young at heart who designed by ICONIC, including the first is stylish, trendy and out-going. This retail locally designed women’s fashion range in the concept currently has 27 stores across KSA, Middle East. Adding glamour to the event UAE and Kuwait. he star-studded, super-hyped Victoria’s year’s hosts, Shanghai will feature six of Chinese Belyakova, Kate Grigorieva and Irina Sharipova, Secret lingerie show hits the catwalk in origin, according to reports. They are led by and Ukraine’s Dasha Khlystun, had been denied TShanghai today, the first time the US brand China’s top model Liu Wen, the first Asian on Chinese visas, for reasons unknown. is holding its self-described “sexiest show on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid Release of Indian film earth” outside the United States or Europe. fashion divas. She’ll reportedly be joined by Shu Bring the bling Coming to China is all about business: the com- Pei, Sui He, Xiao Wenju, Shanghai’s own Ming Xi, Critics pan the show as a sexist and bloated pany’s bottom line is sagging and it is staking its and Paris-born Estelle Chen, who will prowl the branding stunt, but it nevertheless manages to ‘Padmavati’ delayed future on the growing Chinese market. Here is catwalk along with top earners such as Adriana generate significant buzz with its mix of bling and everything you should know about the annual fes- Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jasmine Tookes, and star power. Musical performers through the years tival of music, lace and flesh, now in its 23rd year. Karli Kloss. have included the Spice Girls, Phil Collins, after protests Destiny’s Child, Sting, Bruno Mars and Lady China or bust Fallen Angel Gaga, and A-list celebs typically occupy audience he producers of “Padmavati” - a Western markets for intimate wear have Holding the racy event in Communist-ruled seats that reportedly cost thousands of dollars. Bollywood movie based on an epic already matured, but China’s is still blossoming as China seemed destined to get somebody’s knick- The 2017 performers will include Harry Styles, Tpoem about a Rajput queen, said rapid societal changes help loosen Grammy winner Miguel, and Chinese yesterday they had indefinitely delayed Communist-era prudity. China’s women are singer Jane Zhang. The night’s highlight the release of the film, which has been a growing consumer force and more inter- comes when a model dons the jewel- accused of distorting history and has ested than ever before in expressing their encrusted “Fantasy Bra”. The honor this sparked protests. The movie, which was sexuality, fashion analysts assert, and they year goes to Brazil’s Lais Ribeiro, who will due to go on release in India on Dec. 1, increasingly have the money to do so. Staking future model a $2 million bra made by Swiss- has led to protests in Rajasthan, Lingerie is among the fastest growing seg- based luxury-goods company Mouawad Maharashtra and other states. It has also ments of Chinese women’s apparel market, on growing and studded with nearly 6,000 gemstones faced a delays in approval from the Indian reaching 112 billion yuan ($17 billion) in including diamonds, yellow sapphires, and censor board. January. The Sena, based in Rajasthan, has 2015, according to market-intelligence firm Chinese market blue topaz. The show tapes in Shanghai The studio behind the movie, Viacom been critical of the film, saying it would Mintel Group, which projects it will grow today night but will not air globally until 18 - a joint venture between Viacom Inc offend the Rajput community, and that by another 32 percent by 2020. Victoria’s November 28. and Network 18 owned by Reliance Bhansali was deliberately distorting histo- Secret, whose business performance has Industries, said on Sunday it had “volun- ry. Based on an epic poem by Malik withered amid US competition and a prod- Bra Wars tarily deferred the release date of the Muhammad Jayasi, the film tells the story uct realignment, has taken notice, opening Even with the splashy China debut, film.” “We have faith that we will soon of Padmavati, the queen of the Rajput its first two Chinese flagship stores this year, ers in a twist. Sure enough, US model Gigi Hadid Victoria’s Secret and its premium products-a obtain the requisite clearances to release warrior clan and Mughal conqueror including a huge four-story Shanghai emporium. withdrew Friday after Chinese netizens accused single bra in its Shanghai store runs up to 658 the film. We will announce the revised Alaudin Khilji. India’s most populous state, her of racism and warned her to stay home over a yuan ($100) — may find a tough battle on its release date of the film in due course,” the Uttar Pradesh, ruled by Prime Minister Local talent video clip of her making a squinty-eyed “Asian” hands. A range of established domestic and for- company said in a statement. The film ran Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party Making the VS runway is one of the most cov- face. Hadid, who had apologised to Chinese fans eign brands like China’s Aimer and Cosmo Lady, into trouble earlier this year when a had also warned the federal government eted gigs in modelling, but the company has been in September, gave no reason for suddenly with- and France’s Aubade, already have staked out Rajput caste organisation, the Rajput that there would be law and order prob- accused of bias toward leggy blondes or Latinas drawing, and it was not clear whether VS or Chinese turf, and growth rates are tapering off. Karni Sena, attacked director Sanjay lems in Uttar Pradesh if the film was in selecting its “angels”-so-called for the trade- China’s government may have dropped her to Mintel said annual growth spiked to 18 percent Leela Bhansali on the set in Rajasthan in released. — Reuters mark wings they wear. But last year it tapped a avoid a PR fiasco. US fashion media also have run in 2011 but projects that to slow to just 4.4 per- record four Asian models and, in a nod to this unconfirmed reports that Russian models Julia cent by 2020. — AFP Late designer Azzedine Alaia was famous for clingy style

unisian-born designer Azzedine Alaia, a as a fashion rebel, Alaia was based in Paris for fashion iconoclast whose clingy styles decades but did not take part in the French Thelped define the 1980s and who capital’s seasonal fashion frenzy or flashy ad dressed famous women from Hollywood to the campaigns. Instead, he showed privately on White House, has died. The French Haute his own schedule. The couture federation said Couture Federation announced Alaia’s death Alaia was born in 1940, while the Tunisian on Saturday without providing details. Twitter Culture Ministry said he was born in 1942. The tributes to his influence on fashion poured in discrepancy could not immediately be from around the world. explained. Alaia ((AZ’-uh-deen uh-LY’-uh) sometimes The supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was dubbed the “king of cling” for the sculp- enjoyed a close relationship with Alaia for tural, formfitting designs he first popularized many years and affectionately called him during the 1980s and updated over the “papa,” has credited the designer with helping decades. His clients included women as launch her career and taking care of her like a Tunisian-born fashion designer Azzedine Alaia diverse as Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Grace father when she met him in Paris at age 16. In arrives at Christian Dior’s Spring/Summer 2015 Jones and Greta Garbo. Secretive and known July, Campbell made a rare catwalk appear- ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Creations by French Tunisian born Fashion designer Azzedine Alaia are presented for the first Paris retro- ance for the designer’s Paris couture show - Paris. — AP photos spective of couturier during the reopening of the Galliera Museum in Paris. his first since 2011 - and said on Instagram at the time: “It’s always an honor to walk for you on Saturday, with tributes pouring in from the 1986-2017.” business and culture worlds and the govern- ment. The Tunisian Foreign Ministry said in a An architect for the body statement that Alaia was born in the medina, News of his death sparked a flurry of trib- or old town, of the capital Tunis in 1942, and utes from figures in the fashion and entertain- developed a passion for fashion thanks to his ment worlds. Ralph Toledano, head of the sister Hafidha. It said he had expressed a wish French Haute Couture Federation, told the AP to be buried in Tunisia. that Alaia was “an exceptional friend and mar- His house’s website described him as “the velous person.” “An architect for the body, a little man in eternal Chinese pajamas” who man for femininity, Azzedine Alaia is undeni- “built a legend, that of a rebel designer who ably the inventor” of an important kind of style, worked against the system and its trends.” Toledano said. Fashion designer and former Multiple museums have held retrospectives of Spice Girl Victoria Beckham said on Twitter Alaia’s work, including the Guggenheim in that it was a sad day and called Alaia “true New York and Paris’ Palais Galliera, which put master and one of my biggest inspirations.” on a show in 2013 that highlighted his way of Singer Rihanna posted an online photo “slowing down time.” showing a fond moment between her and the “A genius who weaved connections among A visitor, Una Duval famed designer, saying “you will live on forev- fashion, architecture and fine arts, sculpting age 21, looks at er.” Indian actress Sonam Kapoor said she creations to magnify women’s bodies. A free “Long Dress” of was “deeply saddened” by the news and and generous man, loved and admired,” for- woven raffia, silver thanked Alaia for “always empowering women mer French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay, thread and bead A visitor looks at “Swallow-tailed jacket of wool and embracing diversity.” As a rare Tunisian who recently became director of the United embroidery of Spring cloth and crocodile” of Haute Couture Spring with global name recognition, Alaia’s death Nations cultural agency UNESCO, said in Summer 1997 Summer 2003 collections. prompted collective grief in his native Tunisia tribute to the designer. — AP collections. Established 1961 Lifestyle

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017

A man drives a carriage during the 20th edition of a parade of horses throughout the streets of Paris leading up to the 2017 Paris Horse Salon, on November 19, 2017 at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The 2017 Paris Horse Salon will take place from November 24 to November 26 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. — AFP ‘Selling death’: Australia cemeteries get new lease of life

rom the graveside to the dinner plate, olive oil is being years featured live jazz music, grave-digging demonstrations harvested from centuries-old trees at an Australian and face-painting for children. Rookwood chief executive Fcemetery in a bid to shake up people’s attitudes George Simpson said the industry was tapping into online towards death and burial sites. The full-bodied oil from genealogy to connect with as many people as possible. In Adelaide city’s West Terrace Cemetery is the latest effort by Adelaide, Pitt is considering offering augmented reality at Australian authorities to attract not just the dead-but also cemeteries to bring grave sites to life with messages from the living-to the historic sites. the deceased. By reinventing cemeteries as unexplored, lush, green spaces in the heart of crowded cities, they hope to challenge Facing mortality the taboos surrounding death while breathing new life into There’s another pressing need for cemeteries to play a the usually somber grounds. “Trying to sell death is very bigger part in people’s lives-death rates in Australia are set hard, no-one wants to buy it,” Adelaide Cemeteries Authority to more than double over the next few decades as the popu- chief executive Robert Pitt told lation ages. “More and more AFP as olive trees rustled in the people are going to be con- background above ageing fronted by their own mortality, headstones. “However, if we’re if not those of relatives and selling olive oil or selling an A sense of friends,” said Pitt. experience... (it’s) where the His cemeteries authority has real value of coming to a ceme- reverence and a organised “Death Over Dinner” tery is. And there’s definitely a events-where guests share a sense of place here. There’s a meal and ask expert speakers sense of reverence and a sense sense of history about the end of life-to nor- of history.” malise discussions around This year’s limited-edition dying. “Our experience as bottles of olive oil, released to cemetery operators and funeral mark the cemetery’s 180th coordinators is very much anniversary, sold out in a flash despite their unusual source. around that people who pre-plan... and think about their end It shows that cemeteries are moving beyond their main role of life before the time comes have a better outcome for the as sites “for the disposal of the dead”, said historian Cathy people left behind,” he added. A vintage horse-drawn hearse is seen being driven past the mausoleum to commemorate the 150-year Dunn. Older cemeteries such as West Terrace and Sydney’s Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of cemeteries anniversary of Rookwood — the largest cemetery in the southern hemisphere — in Sydney. — AFP photos Rookwood-the largest in the southern hemisphere-are also hosting entertainment. Media reports earlier this year high- becoming tourist hotspots, she added. lighted the complaints of a Melbourne family upset after changing attitudes towards death will open up the hidden one day join her for a weekend sojourn at Rookwood. Rookwood, a so-called “necropolis” that is the final rest- their grandmother’s funeral was delayed as it clashed with a world to more people. “You’ve got to come with a different mentality here and ing place for more than one million people, has drawn historic food tour. But Maree Edwards, who has witnessed “Twenty years ago, there was only a little, tiny tin-shed think, ‘Wow, this isn’t like a creepy, dead man’s land. It’s nice, crowds by hosting open days, annual sculpture walks and the evolution of Rookwood since burying her father there flower seller here at the entrance. But now, there’s coffee it’s a cheery place,’. “And it’s just a joy to be here, bizarre as even bike races. Its recent open day to commemorate 150 four decades ago, is convinced the spruced-up grounds and shops,” she said, adding that she hopes her daughter will it seems.” — AFP

The last four bottles of 2017 limited-edition olive oil, released to mark the 180th Olive trees (behind) grow amongst the graves in Adelaide’s West Terrace Cemetery. Old soldiers in WWI uniforms sit on horses amongst the gravestones to commemorate anniversary of the West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide. the 150-year anniversary of Rookwood.