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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 RABI AL-THANI 19, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Minister: Youth Stark inequality: Saudi carrier Heat is on essential for Eight men as flynas signs as stars development rich as half deal for 80 struggle at of tourism5 the world7 Airbus21 planes Aussie17 Open Lawmakers seek special Min 07º Max 19º debate on expat numbers High Tide 02:14 & 15:53 Low Tide Bill calls to lower voting age to 18 09:27 & 21:38 40 PAGES NO: 17113 150 FILS By B Izzak conspiracy theories KUWAIT: Opposition MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari said yesterday he has begun collecting signatures of other Easy scapegoats MPs to demand holding a special debate in the Assembly to discuss the dangers of the rising numbers of expatriates in the country. Kandari, who criticized expatriates while commenting on the Amiri speech last week, said he expects the debate to be held in February to discuss the implications of the growth in expatriate By Badrya Darwish numbers on the demographic structure. He said the Assembly wants to know the position of the government regarding this issue and its planned measures to deal with the imbalance in the demo- graphic structure, adding that Kuwaitis should not [email protected] remain a minority in their own country. According to the latest official statistics, there are around 3.1 million expatriates in Kuwait from a total population of 4.4 mil- hat’s with the intense anti-expat campaign lion, or 70 percent of the population. Kuwaitis number in Kuwait nowadays? Why now? Did we 1.33 million or 30 percent of the population. Wwake up all of a sudden in the morning and Kandari’s move comes a few days after MP Safaa Al- discover that we have too many expats on our Hashem demanded that the government should take streets? Yes, I agree we may have a surplus of mar- the necessary measures to balance the population with- ginal labor. You can notice them on the streets and in three years by hiking the cost of living for expatriates see them crowding at the airport. You can drive in in the private sector and imposing a variety of taxes on some areas and feel that you are in another country. them. Hashem and other MPs failed to say how the gov- But this is not a new norm for the Gulf to have ernment will achieve this difficult task when the Kuwaiti expatriate labor working throughout the private workforce in the private sector makes up just five per- sector, and in the government sector to some cent of the 1.6 million workers and employees. They extent. Now the xenophobia has reached fever pitch KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) presents the Crown Prince Cup to also failed to say how will the government deal with the and is far over-exaggerated. As if someone is on pur- Kuwait Sports Club players after they won the cup for the sixth time yesterday at Jaber Stadium. Kuwait beat problem of maids, who have increased to just under pose manipulating this issue to make it Kuwaitis’ top Qadsiya Sports Club 5-3 in a penalty shootout after the match ended in a goalless draw after regulation and extra 700,000. nightmare. I go to bed thinking about how many time. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and other senior officials were also present. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 expats are in Kuwait and wake up worrying about what will be left for our children. Just open any newspaper or any media source and you will see hundreds of comments about Harbi: Jaber Hospital for Kuwaitis only expats eating up Kuwait. This ministry is surveying how many expats are there, how many are needed KUWAIT: Minister of Health Jamal Al-Harbi of Jaber Hospital, the ministry would open and how many are not needed. We started seeing reaffirmed Sunday that the new world-class the new Razi and Amiri Hospitals. “We are ministries issuing numbers of expat doctors, nurses Jaber Hospital would start operation in also focusing our efforts on Jahra Hospital, and teachers needed or comparing numbers months to serve nationals only. A highly- which will be the largest hospital in Kuwait,” between who’s Kuwaiti and who’s not among qualified foreign administration would man- he said. On the medical centers of Al-Salam employees. age the hospital until training of national International Hospital, the minister noted Since this new parliament took over less than two cadres is completed to take over later, the that the centers are for dentistry, kidney months back, the only issue they all seem to pro- minister said in statements to reporters dur- diseases and physical therapy. He pointed mote is the anti-expat one. As if we have no other ing the inauguration of three medical cen- out that Al-Salam International Hospital problems or no other issues to discuss and no future ters affiliated to the private Al-Salam offers distinguished healthcare services to International Hospital. Kuwaiti retirees who hold AFIA health to plan or no development to work on. No need to “As of next month, the international insurance cards. The new centers have 12 focus on our economy or the future development of administrative team will start training 75 dentistry clinics and 16 kidney dialysis the country or the education of our children. Instead national cadres to qualify them to take over machines, he said. The minister said he was they focus on how much we should tax expats and management affairs with their foreign pleased by the high-quality services pro- how to get rid of them, to the point that they are peers,” he said. He elaborated that the vided by Al-Salam Hospital to Kuwaitis. almost inciting hatred against every expat in the equipment would be delivered to Jaber CEO of Al-Salam International Hospital country. Hospital starting from June. The hospital Dr Ayman Al-Mutawa emphasized the This is what I find unfair. Many expats are doing a will later start operation with outpatient importance of the role played by private decent job in Kuwait. They are respectable people. clinics in the first phase, Harbi said. He medical institutions in easing the burden We have suffered no harm in dealing with them and added that the ministry has prepared a on government hospitals and medical cen- we benefit from having them here. But to start highly-skilled 2,600-member nursing team ters and helping the health ministry realize counting their salaries and remittances - I find this to work at Jaber Hospital. He however its strategy and plans. He viewed private ridiculous and unfair. Why would someone travel admitted there is a shortage of doctors, medical institutions as key partners of the KUWAIT: Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi (center) opens three medical centers affili- and leave his country and live abroad, if not for a job technicians and pharmacists. government in upgrading healthcare serv- ated to the private Al-Salam International Hospital on Sunday. — KUNA and financial issues? And if he’s sending money Harbi stated that after the inauguration ices in the country. — KUNA home to his family, he’s not stealing it. He worked hard for it. I don’t think he was given it as a gift. We know why we have expats here. Kuwait needs Turkish jet crashes into expats and we cannot deny this. In many fields. But their exaggerated numbers and existence in Kuwait, Kyrgyz village, 37 dead we all know who did this. The parliamentarians know it and the government knows who brought BISHKEK: A Turkish cargo jet smashed into Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister these extra expats to Kuwait. It’s called human traf- a village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday as it tried Muhammetkaly Abulgaziev said at a brief- ficking. So why are we blaming expats in general for to land at a nearby airport in dense fog, ing broadcast on state television. Four this? Why don’t we blame those who profited from killing at least 37 people, Kyrgyz officials crewmembers on board were killed. The human trafficking and those who are still doing it and the airline said. According to airport rest of the dead were villagers. Kyrgyzstan’s and will keep doing it? officials, the Boeing 747 was supposed to Emergencies Ministry put the initial toll at This is what we expect from our parliament to make a stopover at Manas airport, near the 37. The Healthcare Ministry said 13 children discuss. We have a popular proverb in Arabic that capital Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong and teenagers were among the dead. says “if you cannot fight the donkey, fight the sad- to Istanbul, airport officials said, but it HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al- dle”. In other words, if you cannot challenge the real crashed in poor visibility at 7:31 am. The Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of problem, you pick on a scapegoat. Don’t make plane ploughed on for a few hundred condolences to Kyrgyz President Almazbek expats your easy scapegoats. Don’t make them the meters through the Dachi Suu village, Atambayev over the victims of the plane excuse for our failure to build our country, fix our home to hundreds of families, sheering crash. In the cable, the Amir prayed that CAIRO: Egyptian children celebrate with a national flag marked with the words failing hospitals or our useless education system or into mangled pieces and damaging Allah Almighty would bless the souls of the ‘Tiran’ and ‘Sanafir’ after the Supreme Administrative Court upheld yesterday a rul- our collapsing, potholed roads. dozens of buildings. victims, and wished the swift recovery of “According to preliminary information, the wounded. ing voiding a government agreement to hand over the two Red Sea islands to the plane crashed due to a pilot error,” Continued on Page 13 Saudi Arabia. — AFP Kuwait cuts Egypt court rejects island could reach transfers to Saudi Arabia CAIRO: Egypt’s top administrative court erupted in cheers as the judge delivered 146-148,000 bpd upheld yesterday a ruling voiding a gov- the verdict, with lawyers and activists ernment agreement to hand over two chanting: “These islands are Egyptian.” KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Kuwait’s oil output cuts Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal The decision came after the govern- could reach between 146,000 and 148,000 barrels per that sparked rare protests. The govern- ment referred the agreement to parlia- day, which is more than the reduction to which the ment of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi had ment for a vote. It may further complicate OPEC member committed itself under last month’s appealed against a lower court ruling in ties between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a global deal among producers, its oil minister told Sky June that found the controversial border main financial backer of Sisi since the for- News Arabia. “We used this opportunity to do main- demarcation agreement was illegal. In its mer army chief toppled his Islamist prede- tenance at some wells, whether they were at Burgan ruling, the High Administrative Court said cessor in 2013. Saudi Arabia has already field or the northern fields,” Essam Al-Marzouq said it was its “unanimous” decision that the signaled unease by stopping a promised Continued on Page 13 DACHA-SUU, Kyrgyzstan: Rescue personnel work at the crash site of a Turkish car- two islands - Tiran and Sanafir - were sov- flow of oil to Egypt, leaving Cairo go plane in this village outside Bishkek yesterday. — AFP ereign Egyptian territories. The courtroom Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with First Deputy Premier His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Kuwait Science Club’s and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos officials and members of the board. Amir, Crown Prince meet officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anas Ahmad Abdullah Al-Manfouhi, Vice Chairman His Highness praised the efforts of those in the local and international levels so as to sub- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received First Khaled Al-Saleh, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Italy Talal Jasem Al-Kharafi and members of the charge of the Science Club, referring to the stantiate the developmental and scientific Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and board. His Highness listened to a full explana- attention given by the political leadership to march of Kuwait, wishing them all the best. Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Kuwait’s Ambassador to Mauritania Khaled Al- tion on the progress of work in various depart- youth as being axioms of construction and The meeting was attended by Chief of Palace yesterday. Meanwhile, His Highness the Shaibani. ments of the Science Club, its achievements development. Protocol in the Diwan of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Separately, His Highness the Crown Prince and ambitious initiatives as well as future His Highness also stressed the need to Crown Prince Sheikh Mubarak Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah received Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, received Chairman of the Kuwait Science Club plans and programs. encourage spirit of innovation and talents at Al-Sabah. — KUNA KRCS dispatches relief supplies to Syrian refugees in Jordan

AMMAN: Kuwait Red Crescent Society stressed keenness of KRCS to provide relief (KRCS) yesterday distributed the 22nd and humanitarian support to the stricken batch of relief aid and supplies to the Syrian people in the neighboring countries Syrian refugees in Jordan. The 110-ton aid and inside Syria and to provide the neces- batch included a variety of food items such sary needs for the refugees through a as dates, meat and chicken derivatives. series of plans and programs in place since Head of the KRCS delegation in Jordan the outbreak of the crisis. He praised in this Mohammad Al-Mutairi said that the current regard the role played by the Jordanian shipment is the first to be distributed in Red Crescent Society, KRCS’ main partner, 2017, adding that other batches would fol- for the facilities it has provided to the low suit over the coming weeks. He Kuwaiti delegations. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah speaks during Chairman of the International Islamic Charitable Organization and the ninth meeting of major donors to Syria. — KUNA Amiri Diwan Advisor Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq Kuwait arranges with international organizations for aid delivery to Syrians Donors meeting tackles progress of aid to Syria: Maatouq

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Moreover, he said that the meeting comes to $22.2 billion is required to meet the humani- Khaled Al-Jarallah said yesterday that the State “mere weeks after the world had borne witness tarian needs of 128.6 million people around the of Kuwait deals with international organizations to atrocities and scenes of destruction in the globe in 2017, which prompts the world coun- that deliver aid to the stricken Syrian people and Syrian city of Aleppo.” On the plight of displaced tries and donors to show a more generous implements commitments already made at the people in Aleppo, Maatouq said that they lack response. In Syria, the humanitarian tragedy international conference for donors to support basic necessities such as food, water and medi- goes on, Muraikhi said, as $2.3 billion is wanted the humanitarian situation in Syria. cine, many of them are in dire need of medical to fulfill the Syrians’ humanitarian needs, besides Jarallah told reporters on the sidelines of the attention. Speaking on the war in Syria, he said $4.9 billion for the plan of regional response on ninth meeting of the coordinating group of that it largely remains unabated despite an refugees in 2017. Donors’ pledges made in 2016, major donors to support the humanitarian situa- agreement for a ceasefire, adding that the con- hit $3.19 billion that was required for response tion in Syria that Kuwait is in constant contact flict has forced half of the Syrian population out plan of the Syrian crisis, he said. with those international humanitarian organiza- of their homes. Jarallah said meanwhile that the tions working on the delivery of such assistance. meeting takes place as the war in Syria rages on Second place He explained that most of the countries that amid worsening humanitarian conditions. He Also yesterday, Assistant UN Secretary- have already announced their obligations and prodded the international community to step up General for Humanitarian Partnerships with commitments to the Syrian people also deal efforts to find a definitive political solution to Middle East, Central Asia Rashid Khalikov praised AMMAN: Head of the KRCS delegation in Jordan Mohammad Al-Mutairi is pictured with those international organizations for the the conflict, noting that Kuwait has taken the ini- Kuwait for hosting the donors’ meetings, as well with Head of the Jordanian Red Crescent Dr Mohamed Al-Hadid.— KUNA delivery of humanitarian aid. He stressed that tiative to ensure that a rigid ceasefire is in place as the country’s humanitarian efforts and initia- the humanitarian situation in Syria is tragic and in Syria. “We have to remain determined to tives. He noted that Kuwait ranked as the second figures that were mentioned during the meeting expend more efforts to mitigate the misery of world country in terms of providing humanitari- Humanitarian Center denomination are very scary and indicate how terrible the situ- the Syrian people,” Jarallah said. an aid. Khalikov noted that the humanitarian ation is for the Syrian people. efforts are not likely alone to dissolve the crisis in feather in Kuwait’s cap: NCCAL “Unfortunately, we do not see positive signs Leading role Syria. There is a dire need for a political solution. for an end to this human tragedy,” Jarallah not- In the meantime, the UN Secretary General’s He urged the warring parties in the country to KUWAIT: Kuwait being designated by armed conflicts, which account for 80 ed. He pointed out that efforts and attempts to Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs Dr Ahmad bin commute themselves to the international laws to the United Nations (UN) as a “humanitari- percent of humanitarian crises. cease fire are being made but they are fragile till Mohammad Al-Muraikhi yesterday commended find a solution and deliver humanitarian aid to an center” is the country’s biggest acco- Meanwhile, KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal now, however, hopes remain. Jarallah expressed Kuwait’s leading role for promoting the humani- the needy and those under siege. Up to 13 mil- lade, Secretary General of the National Al-Sayer said that KRCS has always hope that the upcoming talks bear fruit in the tarian dialogue on the Syrian crisis on the inter- lion people all over the world are in severe need Council for Culture, Arts and Letters strived to mitigate the ill effects of crises capital of Kazakhstan. national scene. for humanitarian aid, and 800,000 are in danger- (NCCAL) Ali Al-Yoha said yesterday. and disasters that have plagued large Kuwait hosted the First, Second and Third ous conditions due to lack of food supplies. In a speech to open a seminar on parts of the globe. He noted that philan- Progress International Humanitarian Pledging Conference The one-day meeting is attended by repre- Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts toward thropy has always been the cornerstone The ninth meeting of major donors to Syria for Syria, Muraikhi told the 9th meeting for sentatives of the countries hosting Syrian conflict and relief aid, part of the 23rd “Al- of KRCS’s agenda, adding that the society will examine how far pledges of aid made at the Syria’s major donors in Kuwait. The country co- refugees, Turley, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Qurain Cultural Festival” and with partici- has provided urgent aid to families living Syria donors conference last February in London chaired the fourth one held in London last year. Egypt, in addition to the World Bank (WB) and pation of Kuwait Red Crescent Society in sheer penury. On KRCS’ aid, Sayer said have come, a Kuwaiti official said yesterday. In a In addition, Kuwait has also hosted all meet- the international humanitarian organizations. (KRCS), Al-Yoha underscored the need to it encompasses 76 nations, including speech to open the meeting, Chairman of the ings of Syrian’s top donors for supporting the Pledges made during the three international bring Kuwait’s humanitarian deeds to the Arab, Asian and African countries. He also International Islamic Charitable Organization humanitarian conditions in Syria, following up conferences Kuwait hosted in 2013, 2014 and limelight. Moreover, he said that the sem- pointed out that KRCS has won numer- and Amiri Diwan Advisor Dr Abdullah Al- the implementation of pledges to help the 2015, exceeded $7 billion. Kuwait’s contribution inar will delve into issues of paramount ous awards for its work in relief and Maatouq noted that the fourth Syria donors con- Syrian people, Al-Muraikhi said. in the three events, as well as the London meet- concern to millions of people, including humanitarian aid. — KUNA ference yielded pledges of aid worth $10 billion. According to the UN humanitarian official, up ing, reached $1.6 billon. — KUNA Kuwait builds schools, medical centers in Kurdistan

IRBIL: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will build five schools and other three medical cen- ters in Irbil and Duhuk for displaced Iraqis’ camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, who fled their homes from Mosul. Consul General of Kuwait to Irbil Omar Al-Kandiri said yesterday that the Consulate General supervised the signing of two agreements today between KRCS and a construction company in Iraqi Kurdistan region for building five schools and three medical centers to better serve displaced Iraqis. The newly-built schools and medical cen- ters will be later handed to the Ministries of health and education in Iraq Kurdistan region, he affirmed. The first school to be handed to Kurdistan region will be called “Kuwait First School” in Irbil Governorate with the capacity of 480 students to offer the displaced Iraqis two separate equal periods, he said.

Great care Kuwait offers great care to the educational field, he said, adding it will later supply the IRBIL: Kuwaiti and Iraqi officials pose for a group photo after signing the agreement. Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distribute food packages to displaced Iraqis. displaced Iraqi with study desks, class boards and school bags. offering relief to Iraqis, the diplomat said. according to the latest criteria in the field, 860 food packages to displaced Iraqis from displaced Iraqis from Mosul, who are staying The Kuwaiti Consulate General in Irbil is Meanwhile, head of KRCS’ disasters and while three of them will be constructed as Mosul who are staying in Irbil, in collaboration outside camps in Irbil’s Kasanzan area, he responsible for distributing humanitarian aid emergency department Yousef Fahad Al- caravans, the project’s supervising projects with Kuwait’s General Consulate in Iraqi added. The aid came in response to the call by to the displaced Iraqis in Kurdistan region, Me’raj said that the schools and medical cen- Fayad Hijazi said. Kurdistan. The food packages were offered to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- upon the instructions of His Highness the Amir ters will be built within the area of the dis- about 5,000 people, in cooperation with the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the “Humanitarian Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s placed’ camps, while the schools will be ready Food packages Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF), Me’raj said. Leader,” to alleviate the sufferings of the Iraqi initiative, as His Highness is always keen in in two months. The schools will be built In the meantime, KRCS offered yesterday This is part of the KRCS’s campaign to help the people. — KUNA LOCAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Cabinet approves restructuring program, manpower authority merger Priority given to appointment of Kuwaitis

KUWAIT: US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman visited Kuwait Times yester- day and discussed with Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan matters of mutual concern. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat IFAD President to visit Kuwait

ROME: President of the International Fund ridding millions of rural people from pover- for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Dr ty.” Kuwait and Saudi Arabia contributed to Kanayo Nwanze said yesterday he would the establishment of IFAD in 1987. KUWAIT: Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA be visiting Kuwait to express gratitude for Nwanze said his talks in Riyadh and its continued support for IFAD’s anti-pover- Kuwait would deal with promotion of small KUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday approved the University City in Al-Shadadiyah for the period July participation in the international conference on ty programs. agriculture businesses and preservation of merging of the Manpower and Government through October 2016. The reports include the peace in the Middle East, held in Paris Sunday. The Nwanze, in a statement on eve of travel- water resources in the two countries. He Restructuring Program (MGRP) into the Public steps and measures taken so far for enforcing the conferenced stressed that the only solution for the ing to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, said he said agricultural and rural development Authority for Manpower (PAM). The decision was regulatory act of the University City, and the status conflict and for achieving peace in the region is would be visiting the Arab Gulf country would diversify national economies against made during a routine weekly meeting held at quo of the infrastructure and projects there. establishing an independent and viable Palestinian before end of his term on March 31 to dis- drop of oil prices and high unemployment Bayan Palace chaired by Highness the Prime At the onset of the meeting, the cabinet was state on the pre-June 1967 borders, to live side by cuss with the officials “ways of strengthen- among youth. Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- notified of the message from the Comoro Islands side with Israel. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also offered ing our partnerships and common work in The statement said Nwanze would be Sabah. The ministers entrusted the authority with President Azali Assoumani to His Highness the the ministers an account of his talks with Egypt’s future.” Nwanze, who will first visit Riyadh meeting in Kuwait with Abdulwahab Al- coordinating with the MGRP, the Fatwa and Amir congratulating him on Kuwait’s presidency of Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on the sidelines of and then Kuwait on Wednesday, said the Bader, Director General of Kuwait Fund for Legislation Department and the Civil Service the Fourth Africa-Arab Summit recently held in the Paris conference. In addition, he informed the tour would be an opportunity to thank Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Commission, as well as other relevant bodies to Equatorial Guinean. He also expressed desire to meeting of the outcome of the talks he held with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait “for their relentless Kuwait has so far contributed more than take the necessary legal, regulatory and technical promote bilateral ties in all fields. President of the International Committee of the Red support for IFAD and their contributing to $218 million to IFAD. — KUNA steps to achieve the merge, said Minister of State The ministers were also informed of a message Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer who visited for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah from Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay to His Kuwait last week. Maurer lauded Kuwait’s support Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Highness the Amir, reiterating the fact that the Asia to the afflicted people and the needy around the Yesterday also, the cabinet tasked the Public Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) had proved itself as an globe. Meanwhile, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled appreci- Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources Asian constructive organization with an agenda for ated the ICRC’s efforts in the search for Kuwaitis tak- (PAAAFR), in coordination with the Ministry of the future. He also lauded Kuwait’s role for enhanc- en POWs and or missing in Iraq, urging harder work Public Works, the Kuwait Municipality and the ing cooperation among the ACD member states to settle the humanitarian issue. Fatwa and Legislation Department, to take the since the country hosted the 1st Summit in 2012. legal and procedural steps regarding the farms The Bhutanese Premier invited his Highness the Kandahar attack interfering with the right of way of the South Amir to visit the Kingdom as part of the efforts to Also, the cabinet condemned a recent attack Regional Road in Al-Wafra. foster bilateral relations. that targeted a guesthouse in Afghanistan’s south- The PAAAFR was offered a month grace period, Following this, the ministers were apprised of ern city of Kandahar and killed several UAE diplo- paving the way for the Ministry of Public Works to the message His Highness the Amir received from mats, terming it as a “heinous terrorist attack.” The offer projects on implementing and maintaining Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum cabinet said in a statement following the meeting the South Regional Road, Sheikh Mohammad Al- Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mohammed Barkindo, that Kuwait reiterates its fixed position based on Abdullah added. who commended Kuwait’s leading role for con- rejecting these terrorist acts that violate all divine cluding two historical agreements for the good of religions and human values and norms. Appointment the world’s oil sector. Barkindo also said that The cabinet offered sincere condolences to the Meanwhile, the cabinet approved and referred Kuwait has been elected to chair OPEC’s Ministerial government and people of the UAE over the vic- to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Monitoring Committee. Then the cabinet congratu- tims of the attack. Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti cabinet Al-Jaber Al-Sabah a draft decree on replacing Item lated Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on welcomed a recent US decision to lift some eco- 1 of Article 1 of the Civil Service Decree, giving pri- being awarded the King Faisal International Prize nomic and trade sanctions imposed on Sudan in ority to appointment of Kuwaitis, then non- (KFIP)- Service to Islam. order to encourage the Sudanese government to Kuwaitis of Kuwaiti mothers. keep on its efforts to safeguard human rights and Then the ministers reviewed a recommendation Mideast conference fight terrorism. It appreciated this decision as a by the Committee on Education, Cultural. Social Then, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of positive step that would surely contribute to eco- KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al- and Health Affairs the regular follow-up reports of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad nomic recovery in Sudan, wishing it more stability Hamad Al-Sabah meets with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. — KUNA the construction program of the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, briefed the meeting on the outcome of his and prosperity. — KUNA Defense Minister meets with US envoy ‘High quality’ residential

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister discussed ways of promoting and devel- and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad oping relations between both friendly projects at Sawaber location Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met yesterday countries, mainly military aspects, the with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Moral Silverman on several issues of mutual Guidance and Public Relations said in a By Meshaal Al-Enezi projects including Sawaber, which covers an area yesterday at the ministry of electricity and water. interest. During the meeting, they also release. — KUNA of over 38 acres in the middle of the city. He said The meeting was chaired by Oil and Electricity KUWAIT: Chairman of the structural plan com- the current residential complex is dilapidated and Water Minister Essam Al-Marzouq in the mittee at the Municipal Council Ali Al-Moussa said and highly crowded. He said the council recom- presence of officials from concerned ministries the new plan for Al-Sawaber Complex requires mended a second phase to study the capital and and departments as a response to HH the Amir’s Minister ready demolition of the old buildings and establishing that began in 2010, and the project proposed initiative to diversify sources of energy by utiliz- new high-quality residential projects. He said the that the area be reorganized and changed into a ing 15 percent renewable energy. to face grilling area will be opened up with the construction of a commercial one for offices and services with the A video display showed that the committee new road, and is designed to attract commercial same construction percentages and heights. accounted for 56 renewable energy projects in By A Saleh take this opportunity to explain facts to projects in the area and revive it. various areas of the country. Some have already the public transparently. He called upon During a workshop held by the committee on Renewable energy started to function, such as Al-Shaqaya and Sidra KUWAIT: Information Minister and State MPs to listen to both views and not just Sawaber, Moussa said the construction plan of The sixth meeting of the renewable energy 500 in Al-Manaqeesh and the Boubyan water Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman that of one side. He said the grilling is a Kuwait City 2030 includes many development sources uses development committee was held towers project. Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said he is ready for constitutional right of MPs and “we are the grilling submitted against him over also carrying out our duties according to the sports suspension. He said he will the constitution.” SCPD endorses EPA project to promote sustained development

KUWAIT: The Supreme Council for enhance environmental resistance, adding Planning and Development (SCPD) that the project illustrates Kuwait’s commit- announced yesterday that it has signed a ment to its goals of sustainable environ- document for an Environment Public mental development. Authority (EPA) project that aims to boost The document was signed in the pres- environmental sustainability. ence of Mehdi, EPA Director General In a statement issued by SCPD, its Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Secretary General Dr Khaled Mehdi noted SCPD’s Assistant Secretary General for that the document will lay the political and Development Advisory Talal Al- economic groundwork for efforts to Shimmeri. — KUNA

Stolen construction material caught with two thieves arrested yester- Rotten olives found during a municipality inspection day, while two others managed to flee. campaign yesterday. Construction material thieves caught KUWAIT: Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah issued a statement yesterday in response to social media reports about a blind patient who has allegedly been staying in Farwaniya Hospital for two years after being attacked By Hanan Al-Saadoun relations and security information department. Two store in Shuwaikh and confiscated 11.7 tons of in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The Egyptian man’s suffering has further worsened since his other suspects escaped and are being sought by police. spoilt food items and shut down the store. The documents went missing. Sheikh Faisal said that he contacted Egyptian Ambassador KUWAIT: Two expatriates were caught red-handed confiscated material included 10 tons of olives and Yasser Atif and Farwaniya Hospital’s Director Dr Humoud Al-Zoubi to offer help. He stealing construction material in Maidan Hawally, Spoilt food 1.7 tons of cheese. Thirteen citations were issued, even offered to pay for procedures to send the patient back to his home country. according to a statement from the Ministry of Interior’s Kuwait Municipality inspectors raided a food while the confiscated food was destroyed. LOCAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

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FM heads to UAE Amir’s Representative Al-Jarallah meets for Asian meeting heads to Saudi Arabia with Iraqi official KUWAIT: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Hamad Al-Sabah has left for the UAE to attend a Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s Representative, Al-Jarallah met yesterday with visiting ministerial meeting of the Asian Cooperation Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry for Dialogue due in Abu Dhabi today. — KUNA Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah left for Saudi Arabia yester- Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations Omar day, in order to offer condolences over the Barazanchi. During the meeting, they discussed demise of Prince Mohammed bin Faisal bin Kuwaiti-Iraqi relations and the latest regional and Abdul Aziz. — KUNA international developments. —KUNA

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KUWAIT: A mosque’s minaret is silhouetted in front of the setting sun. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Ooredoo continues to support In my view Hot and entrepreneurs in Murouj cold wars As a strategic partner to support young business owners

KUWAIT: Ooredoo, the fastest network produce. Among the participants in the in Kuwait, is proud to continue its sup- market last Saturday is Bader Al-Nasser, By Labeed Abdal port for Souq Murouj, a youth and entre- the founder of Integra Kuwait (@inte- preneur market that includes local farm grakw), a smart homes solution business produce, artisanal food products and that uses the latest technologies to help crafts, with a ‘street food’ section aimed users monitor their homes, control at highlighting the culinary diversity of devices, and save electricity through sen- Kuwait’s local food community. The mar- sors that automatically turn off lights. Al- [email protected] ket also offers a section dedicated for Nasser said that partcipation was high, children’s activities, and takes place once and that interacting with customers visit- uring the 2016 US Presidential Elections, a month in Murouj. January’s market was ing the venue provided a good opportu- Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton high- held last Saturday. nity to network with clients. lighted some incidents of her opponent, In a statement about this sponsorship, Enas Al-Yaseen, founder of Saparadise DRepublic Candidate and eventual winner Donald Ooredoo Kuwait underscored its com- (@Sparadise_kw), a ladies-only spa, also Trump, sexually abusing a number of women during mitment to supporting local businesses had a booth in last Saturday’s market. She his time at college, in addition to some complaints and entrepreneurs, especially through lauded the organization of the market, filed by women about his alleged sexual harassment. such engaging projects that shed light which she said witnesses good participa- She argued that the President-elect had a racist on the efforts and participation of young tion for the second consecutive market. approach when he spoke about building a wall along entrepreneurs. This sponsorship comes Through her booth at the market, she in alignment with the company’s social was able to sell hair and skin care prod- responsibility strategy, which in turn is ucts, in addition to vouchers for services It seems that the slogan based on the core values of Ooredoo, of at the spa. Ooredoo is a strategic partner caring, connecting and challenging. in Murouk Market. Updates about the of ‘change’ continued to Unlike many outdoor markets, Souq market can be found on Morouj’s official Murouj curates a diverse collection of Instagram account @muroujkw as well as rule ever since it was vendors that sell more than just food and our Instagram account @OoredooKuwait. used by President Barack Obama

the border of Mexico, and that he also called for more restrictions on Muslims’ migration to the US. However, Trump managed to attract more US citi- zens to his side by asking them not to return the same old system. It seems that the slogan of ‘change’ contin- ued to rule ever since it was used by President Barack Obama in both of his electoral campaigns. Eventually, the American people decided to switch choices and move to the Republican Party, especially when researches showed Clinton as being not as popular among the American people as it was believed before. After the victory of the Republican Party, it is unlikely that we witness many changes in the US administration’s approach, because the US is an insti- tutional country. The tenure of former president George W Bush was full of unexpected incidents such as the 9/11 attacks. However, the world will remain governed by the international police station known as the ‘Security Council’ and the interests of the big five (G5) will remain a priority. Meanwhile, competition between cold and hot wars that will continue, leaving us with only hope for a change that will prioritize peace and security. KUWAIT: Bader Al-Nasser visits Souq Murouj. LOCAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah inaugurates the 2017 Horeca Kuwait exhibition. Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah visits Crowne Plaza’s pavilion. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Youth creativity essential to tourism development: Minister 2017 Horeca Kuwait exhibition underway

By Faten Omar ence of ambassadors, diplomats, business- ing in this exhibition as well as a number of annually. Anjari confirmed that the exhibi- port the government’s development plans. men, hoteliers, restaurateurs and chefs from specialized training companies in the field of tion is a good opportunity for young people Joumana Dammous, General Manager of KUWAIT: The three-day 2017 Horeca Kuwait around the world. hospitality,” he added. who are interested in establishing invest- Hospitality Services, expressed happiness for exhibition kicked off yesterday at the Kuwait Sheikh Salman affirmed Kuwait’s interest in ment projects related to the hospitality sec- the great success achieved by Horeca Kuwait, International Fairgrounds in Mishref, with the the development of the tourism sector, Diversification tor and food industries, especially as the pointing to the overwhelming response from participation of over 80 companies special- adding it is working to attract Kuwaiti youth Nabila Anjari, General Manager of Leaders catering sector is one of the fastest growing major companies, whether Kuwaiti, Arab or ized in hospitality, catering and hotel equip- to show their creativity in this field. “The Group, said Horeca Kuwait does not only con- sectors in Kuwait. She pointed out that the foreign, which reflects confidence in the ment. The event is organized by the Leaders tourism sector and its development is part of tribute to the development of the food indus- exhibition attracted more than 80 leading Kuwaiti market and its importance for Group Company for Consulting and the future strategy for the country,” he said, try, hotel equipment and hospitality sectors, companies operating in the field of hospitali- investors. Dammous said cooperation Development in collaboration with the pointing to the importance of supporting but also helps in supporting plans to trans- ty and food industries and hotel equipment, between the Leaders Group and Hospitality Hospitality Services Company. development plans and stimulating trade form Kuwait into a touristic country and the shipping and travel. Anjari said Horeca has Services for the sixth consecutive year in The opening ceremony was held under the exhibitions, in addition to its role in support- diversification of income sources, where achieved a leading position in the Middle organizing Horeca Kuwait opens a wide win- auspices of Minister of Information and ing and encouraging small and medium tourism projects will contribute about 30,000 East, pointing out that Horeca events in dow for further development and progress for Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh enterprises that encourage young people. jobs in 10 years, and the absorption of nation- Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are a the hospitality and food industry not only in Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and in the pres- “There are many youth initiatives participat- al investment of more than KD 700 million unique series of specialized events that sup- Kuwait, but also in neighboring countries.

Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah is honored during the Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah greets the judging panel event. Official Khaled Fawzi poses with Head Chef Samaan Hilal. of the cooking competition. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Resources Teacher ‘picked on’ So typical of arsonist student: lawyer our government

KUWAIT: The public prosecution decided to detain a stu- By Abdulmohsen Jamal dent accused of setting a fire at Farhan Al-Khalid School to continue interrogating him. The suspect’s lawyer Hawraa Al-Habeeb said her client is an outstanding student and ost documents and historians talk about the has won medals in sports from the same school and does roles played by Arab regimes and govern- not need to cheat, as it has been said. She said there is Mments in reviving religious political organiza- something “dangerous” that will be told to the court. She tions. This started ever since former Egyptian president said the student was being picked on by a teacher, leading Anwar Sadat started reviving and reactivating them in to ridicule by other students, and whenever he went to the the beginning of 1972 at Cairo University, to counter- administration to complain, nothing was done, which strike his opposing leftists powers, whereas his prede- caused him a lot of psychological pressure. She said her cessor Jamal Abdul Nasser had severely stricken those client is stable and has never violated the law, and all his religious groups after the Manshiya shooting. Many teachers commend him during parent-teacher meetings. countries followed Sadat’s footsteps such as Jordan and Kuwait, while the CIA and secret intelligent service played similar roles in Afghanistan until they reached Child dies the devastating results because of which Muslims are A citizen took his two-year-old son to Jahra Hospital after he received an electric shock from a heater, but the child died on arrival. The father said the boy was playing and fell close to the heater’s wiring. we have been paying Thefts Al-Jarida A citizen told police that his 1996-model SUV was stolen heavy prices for mixing from in front of his house in Bayan. Meanwhile, an Egyptian man told Salmiya police that an unidentified person broke the window of his car and stole two laptops from it. religion and politics Al-Qabas Teenager beaten for over 30 years A citizen told Jabriya police that his 16-year-old son was beaten by unidentified persons near a fast food The unnecessary disposal restaurant. A case was filed and investigations are suffering today. Kuwait’s government has been well- underway to identify and locate the suspects. By Ahmad Al-Sarraf experienced in making allies with religious political powers ever since 1970s for reasons known to everyone. Therefore, when the Interior Minister Liquor possession always get mixed feelings each time I read or hear Ahmad Al-Khateeb said the phenomenon needed fur- Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah stood in the par- An Asian man was arrested by Farwaniya police with about the discovery of liquor smuggling attempts. ther study and analysis, but the assembly approved the liament expressing support to establishing the so- liquor in his car. The man attempted to evade a police IHistorically, liquor consumption was not allowed in proposed law in principle. Then on Oct 12, 1964 the called ‘negative phenomena committee,’ despite of patrol, and when he was asked to stop, he did not, so he Kuwait, but until law 206 was issued in the middle of government agreed to ban import of liquor and intoxi- all of its previous cons such as interference in per- was forced to do so. The suspect claimed he was listening the 1960s, liquor was being sold for non-Muslims in cants and revoked all the licenses to sell alcohol, then sonal liberties and disturbing social peace by criti- to music, but boxes on the back seat of his car were found Kuwait by UK’s Kerry McKenzie Company. The compa- article number 206 was issued, which jails every person cizing others’ religious beliefs, this confirmed that to contain 420 bottles of locally-brewed liquor. ny then sold liquor to that imported or manufac- Muslims, both citizens and tured liquor with the inten- the government has gone back to its old habits of expatriates, to have a mod- tion to sell, whereas making allies with religious political powers, rather est monthly income, and In May 1964, members embassies and foreign than dealing with moderation and fighting extrem- sale outlets were also diplomatic missions were ism. It seems that protect positions and powers is known to the government. excluded from this law. more important. Based on a report pub- What is important in this The problem is that in the Arab World, we have of Parliament proposed been paying heavy prices for mixing religion and poli- lished in Al-Qabas on Jan issue is that the confiscated tics for over 30 years. Sadat was killed by the same 27, 2009, a news report had liquor is destroyed, accord- groups he nurtured and made allies with and Egypt is been published in 1963 and ing to the explanatory to confiscate all liquor currently paying the same price by facing terrorism. accused Kerry McKenzie memo of the law. But the Syria lost a revolution to get rid a dictator sectarian Company of making quantities of destroyed ruler because it was Islamized. Iraq is being stricken by extreme profits out of sell- available in the country liquor has increased so religious conflicts. Most of the world gave up the ing liquor, further accusing much lately, and its value is Palestinian struggle after this struggle was Islamized it of ‘monopolizing’ the busi- estimated at tens of millions by Hamas, who turned the Palestinian cause into a ness, which is quite strange and destroy it of dinars and may be more. conflict between Muslims and Jews worldwide. Here in in a country that adopts a Therefore, the question is, is Domestic violence Kuwait, we lost our cultural uniqueness, and sectarian- free economy system. it realistic to destroy the A bedoon woman told Bayan police she was beaten ism is spreading because of religious political speech- The report said that in liquor while it could be by her husband and was hit hard on the face. A medical es in all government bodies. exported to other countries? The return could be used report stated that she suffered grazes on the hand after May 1964, members of Parliament proposed to confis- In fact, the 2016 parliament’s inception indicates an falling. Police are investigating. cate all liquor available in the country and destroy it, to treat alcoholics among us. The other side is related to understanding and alliances between the government and there were discussions about the issue and propos- what the smuggling process represents in the form of and political Islam blocs. Some ministers are trying to ing an amendment for article number 206 of the Penal fear. If it was possible for someone to smuggle ten con- protect their positions while the entire government Suit and countersuit Code. The session saw extensive discussions by several tainers without being inspected, this means that one seems to have approved the negative phenomena A female citizen who works in a Jahra governorate lawmakers, as MP Jassim Al-Qatami said the ban was can smuggle things that are more harmful than liquor committee instead of fighting extremism that might school accused a 13-year-old boy of insulting and beat- not enough and was not a solution for any problem. He such as drugs and arms, so are we aware of the size of lead into confrontation with the whole world. Well, this ing her. The teen in turn accused her of beating him and demanded awareness campaigns regarding the issue danger we are exposed to amidst all the corruption that is typical of our government, but I wonder at what submitted a medical report, just like she did. Police are and to get the government involved. Meanwhile, MP Dr we live in? — Translated by Kuwait Times cost? —Translated by Kuwait Times investigating. — Al-Anbaa

KUWAIT: A group picture for the selected participants in Fikra Program with representatives from the organizing committee and Gulf Bank. Gulf Bank announces selected projects’ names enrolled in Fikra Program

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is pleased to announce Organ of the State, and Saad Al Othman from ● Abdullah Habib Al-Ali and Fahd Issam ings, which are closed sessions for the accept- achieve their aspirations and to overcome the the eligibility of 15 projects to enroll in the the Industrial Bank. Participants were later fil- AlRoumi - Poly Labs ed applicants only, will continue every Sunday, obstacles of implementation. The program is second edition of Fikra Program and debut the tered again to reach 27 people. ● Abdulaziz Althekair - Masfity Tuesday and Thursday until 2 March 2017 from supported by a range of governmental agen- training phase. Gulf Bank is the gold sponsor ● Hind Sanad Sanad and Aisha Sanad Sanad - 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm in Al Hamra Tower. cies and companies from the private sector in of Fikra Program which transforms ideas into The jury selected various projects and Fashion on Wheels The main goal of Fikra Program is to Kuwait and they are: the Ministry of State for businesses. they are: ● Lamees Osamah Nijem and Layal Osamah empower a new generation of entrepreneurs Youth Affairs, the National Fund for SMEs As a first step, over 170 applications from ● to develop successful businesses and advance Development, Hamra Tower, and Markaz. Mohammad Abdulredha and Nawaf Ibrahim Nijem - LSQUARE Studios eager participants were filtered and 40 the local Kuwaiti market. It is an intensive Gulf Bank’s sponsorship of Fikra comes as AlRifai - Scientific and Solar ● Duaa Mehdi Al-Mousawi - Kabati reached the second stage where they went ● entrepreneurship training that provides aspir- part of its social responsibility plan. The Bank Jawad Mohammed Al-Shakhs, Hani ● through an interview process. A judging panel May Al Ahmed - Nadi Fatayat Al Mustaqbal ing entrepreneurs with the technical skills and is strongly committed to giving back to Kuwait Mohammed Al-Shakhs, Mashari Mohammed ● Ismail Ahmad Al-Tabtabai - Kendaishen comprised of five members from different sec- Al-Obeid, and Yasser Habib AlHamad - Little business knowledge needed to launch their as it supports numerous events and initiatives tors gathered to select the appropriate candi- ● Mohammad Khazal Khazal, Mohammed own businesses such as leadership skills, com- focusing on youth, education, health and fit- Corner Store AbdulAziz AlMajadi, AbdelSalam Obeid dates. The jury consisted of: Mariam Al-Rayes ● prehensive business plan, investment oppor- ness, helping the underprivileged, women’s from Cubical Services, Mohammed Abdullah Maha Ghunaim Al-Otaibi and Ahmad Ali Hussein, and Nasser Faisal AlQatami - BULK tunities and others. empowerment, as well as promoting Kuwait’s from the National Fund for SMEs AlKandari - Tal’ab ● Abdullah Ali Al-Bahaweed - Wood Works Additionally, Fikra is a non-profit program heritage and culture. ● Development, Dr Samar Baqer from Kuwait Alia Majed Al-Tourky and Anfal Khaled Al ● Khaled Ahmed Shames Al-Dain - myfRoots designed by Cubical Services- business incu- For more information on Gulf Bank, please University, Fares Al-Enizi from the Program of Samhan - Hiber The first training session for the selected 15 bator. It aims at turning young people’s ideas visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, call the Restructuring the Workforce and the Executive ● Shaikha Salem Faqihi - Crowned Scenery teams began on Sunday, January 15. The train- into business projects and to help the youth Customer Contact Center on 1805805, log on TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

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SERBIA: A migrant is seen inside of an abandoned train wagon used as a makeshift shelter near Belgrade’s main railway station yesterday, with temperatures just below zero Celsius overnight. — AFP Oxfam says 8 men as rich as half the world ‘So much wealth in the hands of so few’

DAVOS, Switzerland: The gap between the Oxfam International, who will be attending reduce the inequality. They include higher tax- according to Edelman, one of the world’s consequence is virulent populism and nation- super-rich and the poorest half of the global the meeting in Davos. “Inequality is trapping es on wealth and income to ensure a more lev- biggest marketing firms. alism as the mass population has taken con- population is starker than previously thought, hundreds of millions in poverty; it is fracturing el playing field and to fund investments in In its own pre-Davos survey of more than trol away from the elites.” with just eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael our societies and undermining democracy.” public services and jobs, greater cooperation 33,000 people across 28 markets, Edelman Edelman highlighted how “the emergence Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 bil- The same report a year earlier said that the among governments on ensuring workers are found the largest-ever drop in trust across of a media echo chamber” that reinforces per- lion people, according to an analysis by Oxfam richest 62 people on the planet owned as paid decently and the rich don’t dodge their government, business, media and even non- sonal beliefs while shutting out opposing released yesterday. Presenting its findings on much wealth as the bottom half of the popula- taxes. And business leaders should commit to governmental organizations. CEO credibility is views has magnified this “cycle of distrust.” the dawn of the annual gathering of the glob- tion. However, Oxfam has revised that figure paying their fair share of taxes and a living at an all-time low and government leaders are According to the survey, search engines are al political and business elites in the Swiss ski down to eight following new information wage to employees. Max Lawson, Oxfam’s pol- the least trusted group, according to the sur- trusted more as an information tool than tradi- resort of Davos, anti-poverty organization gathered by Swiss bank Credit Suisse. Oxfam icy adviser, urged billionaires to “do the right vey. The firm’s 2017 Trust Barometer found tional news editors, 59 percent to 41 percent. Oxfam says the gap between the very rich and used Forbes’ billionaires list that was last pub- thing,” and to do “what Bill Gates has called on that 53 percent of respondents believe the “People now view media as part of the elite,” poor is far greater than just a year ago. It’s urg- lished in March 2016 to make its headline them to do, which is pay their taxes.” current system has failed them in that it is said Edelman. “The result is a proclivity for self- ing leaders to do more than pay lip-service to claim. According to the Forbes list, Microsoft The ability of the rich to avoid paying their unfair and offers few hopes for the future, with referential media and reliance on peers. the problem. founder Gates is the richest individual with a fair share of taxes was vividly exposed last year only 15 percent believing it is working. That The lack of trust in media has also given rise If not, it warns, public anger against this net worth of $75 billion. The others, in order of in the so-called “Panama Papers,” a leaked belief was evident for both the general popu- to the fake news phenomenon and politicians kind of inequality will continue to grow and ranking, are Amancio Ortega, the Spanish trove of data that revealed details on offshore lation and those with college education. “The speaking directly to the masses.” Edelman said lead to more seismic political changes akin to founder of fashion house Inditex, financier accounts that helped individuals shelter their implications of the global trust crisis are deep business may be best-placed to help improve last year’s election of Donald Trump as US Warren Buffett, Mexican business magnate wealth. “We have a situation where billionaires and wide-ranging,” said Richard Edelman, the trust. Companies need to be transparent and president and Britain’s vote to leave the Carlos Slim Helu, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, are paying less tax often than their cleaner or firm’s president and CEO. “It began with the honest with their employees about the European Union. “It is obscene for so much Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, their secretary,” Lawson told The Associated Great Recession of 2008, but like the second changes taking place in the work-place, wealth to be held in the hands of so few when Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Bloomberg, the Press. “That’s crazy.” It’s because of this kind of and third waves of a tsunami, globalization improve skills and pay fairly, he said. The 1 in 10 people survive on less than $2 a day,” former mayor of New York. Oxfam outlined inequality that trust in institutions has fallen and technological change have further weak- online survey was conducted between Oct 13 said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of measures that it hopes will be enacted to help sharply since the global financial crisis of 2008, ened people’s trust in global institutions. The and Nov 16, 2016.—AP (See Page 25) 5 dead in shooting at Mexico music festival

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico: A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early yesterday, leaving at least five people dead, including one in a stampede as revelers fled in panic. Fifteen people were injured after at least one gunman opened fire and two oth- ers-apparently security guards-shot back before dawn inside the Blue Parrot nightclub during the BPM festival in Playa del Carmen, said Quintana Roo state attorney general Miguel Angel Pech. Four of the victims were men, includ- ing two from Canada, one from Italy and another from Colombia, Pech said at a news conference. Organizers said three of the victims were part of the security team. The state government said in a statement the four men died from gunfire while a woman died in the stampede. Four people were detained and authorities are investigating if they were connected to the shooting, Pech said. State public security chief Rodolfo del Angel told Milenio television the shooting may be linked to “a fight between people over a problem that took place inside” the club, but Pech said the investigation was ongoing. The shooting sowed terror in a part of Mexico that has been largely spared from the drug violence afflicting other parts of the country. “We suddenly had to jump over the metal security barriers because they were shooting. It was horrible. We were very scared,” Eric Alvarez, a 40-year-old Mexican DJ, said outside the club, which has a blue parrot painted on the facade. “A lot of people were panicking,” said Alvarez, who lost his prosthetic teeth while fleeing. Playa del Carmen is 68 kilometers (42 miles) south of Cancun, a Caribbean region known as the Mayan Riviera, which is very popular among American and European tourists.

Bodies on the ground An editor for London-based music magazine Mixmag who was in the backstage area of the Blue Parrot said at least four or five shots were fired at around 2.45 (0745 GMT) or 3 am. “People started running because there’s an exit in the back. We stopped and hid behind a cement wall, then crawled under a metal table,” Valerie Lee, Mixmag’s US digi- tal editor, was quoted as saying by the magazine. “Security guards at first didn’t think it was shots and kept claiming it was fireworks, saying everything was OK. Then people kept running and said they saw a gun. We kept hiding until they opened the back gate and we ran outside,” Lee said. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Turkey takes key step to expanding Erdogan powers

ISTANBUL: Turkey was a key step closer wrote on Twitter that with the changes dent, or possibly several. With Turkey Logoglu, former deputy leader of the who took up the reins of the party in yesterday to dramatically expanding the “God willing, Turkey will reach a more effi- already under a state of emergency for CHP, said. He claimed the plan would 1997, has emerged as the main ally of powers of President Recep Tayyip cient governance model.” He later told A- almost six months following the July 15 prove problematic on a wide range of the AKP in the constitutional change. Erdogan after parliament approved, on Haber television in an interview that it was failed coup, the proposed changes issues from democracy to judicial inde- Authorities insist that the changes are first reading, a bill critics fear will lead to possible the referendum would take place would also widen the scope of condi- pendence. In a symbolic gesture, CHP needed to make government more effi- one-man rule. The parliament backed as soon as the start of April. tions in which the president can declare MPs piled up copies of the current con- cient and would be little different to the the two final sections of the 18-article an emergency. Parliamentary elections stitution by the voting boxes in parlia- presidential systems in the United new constitution late Sunday after a No good news and presidential ballots would be held ment as they cast their ballots. States or France. marathon week of debating that began The debates have been fractious and simultaneously, with the draft giving Meanwhile, a dozen HDP MPs, including “The constitutional changes will on January 9 and included sessions that last week saw some of the worst fighting Nov 3, 2019 as the poll date. The changes the two co-leaders, are behind bars on boost our country. God willing, no one often lasted late into the night. The rul- in years in the parliament with punches are opposed by the main opposition charges of supporting Kurdish militants, will stand in the way of Turkey’s new ing Justice and Development Party thrown, deputies bloodied and one law- Republican People’s Party (CHP). The accusations they claim are political, and construction and rise,” Erdogan said on (AKP) mustered the necessary 330 or maker even claiming to have been bitten third largest party, the pro-Kurdish cannot take part. Saturday. Prime minister from 2003 more votes-a three-fifths majority- in the leg. The proposed changes, which Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is boy- before becoming president in 2014, needed to adopt the constitutional would create an executive presidency for cotting the vote. Turkey’s rise Erdogan has transformed Turkey in change and send it to a referendum for the first time in modern Turkey, are con- Opponents have accused Erdogan of The AKP, which has 317 seats in the one-and-a-half decades in power, over- final approval. troversial and far-reaching. The president marching toward authoritarian rule and 550-MP chamber, lacks the necessary seeing ambitious infrastructure proj- The constitution plan will now go to a would have the power to appoint and seeking total control in the aftermath of three-fifths super majority. But the ects and an industrial resurgence. But second reading in the Ankara parliament fire ministers, while the post of prime the failed July 15 coup aimed at ousting changes have won the support of most critics also accuse him of presiding over expected to start tomorrow where the 18 minister will be abolished for the first him from power. “The constitutional MPs from the fourth party, the a creeping Islamization and polarizing articles will again be debated one by one. time in Turkey’s history. changes pressed by the ruling party are Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The to dangerous levels the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus Instead, there would be a vice presi- not good news for Turkey,” Faruk MHP’s enigmatic leader Devlet Bahceli, diverse society.—AFP Mogherini says EU to stand by Iran nuclear accord ‘Proof that diplomacy works and delivers’

BRUSSELS: EU foreign affairs head Federica works and delivers... The European Union will con- Trump has repeatedly blasted the nuclear accord Mogherini yesterday insisted the bloc will stand by tinue to work for the respect and implementation with Iran as “one of the dumbest deals I have ever the Iran nuclear accord, bluntly condemned by US of this extremely important deal, most of all for seen”, claiming it will not stop Tehran getting President-elect Donald Trump, because it serves our security,” Mogherini told reporters as she atomic weapons. Europe’s security needs. “It is proof that diplomacy went into an EU foreign ministers meeting. He repeated the charge in interviews with top European newspapers on Sunday when he also cast fresh doubt on NATO’s role and the EU’s future after Brexit. Mogherini said she would not comment on Trump’s remarks, but claimed-on the first anniversary of the accord she helped negoti- ate-that much had been accomplished. The agreement “has delivered both on the nuclear- related commitments Iran took and on the firm determination of the international community to fully implement this deal”, she said. As far as the EU was concerned, the accord had resulted in increased trade and economic ties, “which is really significant”, she added. British foreign minister Boris Johnson, who spoke to the press ahead of the EU ministers meeting, also said the accord must be maintained. He said it had been “a difficult and controversial deal, but one which has stopped the Iranians from KENYA: A person’s has their fingerprints are scanned during a voter registration acquiring nuclear technology they might other- drive in Mombasa yesterday. —AFP wise have acquired, and it is a deal which we think has great merit and we want to keep going.” The Kenya registers voters ahead accord was finally sealed in 2015, before being implemented in Jan 2016, with Tehran agreeing to of August 2017 election rein in its nuclear program in return for an easing of punishing Western economic sanctions. US NAIROBI: Kenya’s election commission turned into voting machines,” warned a President Barack Obama hailed the accord as one began a national drive to register millions weekend editorial in Kenya’s main Daily of his major achievements, preventing Iran getting of new voters ahead of the August presi- Nation newspaper, arguing that people CHICAGO: This file photo shows US President Barack Obama speaking during his farewell nuclear weapons without having to go to war, but dential poll, with rival parties encouraging should not be coerced into registration by address in Chicago, Illinois. —AFP Trump has said repeatedly he will ditch it. —AFP their supporters to sign up on time. heavy-handed party activists. Kenyans will go to the polls on August 8 in “Unfortunately, the reason why voter regis- what is set to be a hard-fought general tration has become the epicenter of com- election decided in large part by the core bat is because voting has been turned into Syrian rebel groups say will support of candidates’ ethnic constituen- an ethnic census. Political coalitions, which cies. The Independent Electoral and are essentially an amalgam of ethnic enti- Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said its ties, want to herd their kindred into voting attend Astana peace talks ‘Mass Voter Registration’ exercise would last blocs and use their numeric strength to from Monday until Feb 14 when registra- wrest power.” BEIRUT: Syrian rebel groups will attend tion will end. Elections in 2013 were bad-tempered, talks in the Kazakh capital next week Already 15.9 million Kenyans have regis- close and disputed by Raila Odinga who aimed at bringing an end to the country’s tered, more than the 14.4 million who did came second, but they marked an impor- nearly six-year war, rebel officials said yes- so for the last election in 2013. IEBC officials tant break from Odinga’s 2007 loss to Mwai terday. “All the rebel groups are going. predict an additional four to six million will Kibaki, which was followed by weeks of Everyone has agreed,” said Mohammad register at nearly 25,000 centers nation- politically motivated ethnic violence that Alloush, a leading figure in the Jaish al- wide in the coming weeks. Any Kenyan citi- killed over a thousand people. Kenyatta’s Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group. “Astana zen over the age of 18 and with a national alliance with deputy president William Ruto is a process to end the bloodletting by the ID card or passport can register by having in 2013 united their respective Kikuyu and regime and its allies. We want to end this their finger prints and digital photograph Kalenjin ethnic groups, which had fought series of crimes,” Alloush said. Ahmad al- recorded. IEBC chief executive Ezra Chiloba against each other in 2007. The Othman from the Sultan Murad faction said recent months of “very polarizing International Criminal Court (ICC) accused also told AFP that “the rebel groups have debates” and “extreme views on certain both men of stoking the violence but even- decided to go to the talks”. policy decisions concerning elections” tually dropped charges of crimes against The meetings in Astana are hosted by should end. “Let all Kenyans, leaders across humanity after witnesses disappeared or regime backer Russia and rebel supporter the board, state and non-state actors get recanted. Turkey, who are working closely to find an out there and mobilize eligible citizens to Last week five of Kenya’s main opposi- end to the Syrian conflict although they register as voters,” Chiloba said. tion parties announced the formation of an have backed opposing sides. The talks are alliance to unseat Kenyatta and Ruto, called set to begin on Jan 23. Earlier this month, Ethnic census the National Super Alliance (NASA), promis- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he was Both President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ruling ing to back an as yet unnamed joint candi- “optimistic” about the talks and would be party and the newly-formed opposition date. Odinga, a Luo who has contested “ready for reconciliation with rebels on the alliance are eager to get their supporters three previous elections, is eager to run condition that they lay down their arms”, on the electoral roll. “Citizens have been once again.—AFP according to the French lawmakers with whom he met. US president-elect Donald Trump’s tran- sition team has been invited to take part, At least three dead in but has not yet officially responded. The talks are expected to build on a nationwide Nigeria suicide attack truce that began on December 30 and ini- tially saw a drop in violence across many of MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least three ing the mosque in his neighborhood. Syria’s battlefronts. The ceasefire excludes people were killed and 15 others were “I rushed to the university, which is the Islamic State jihadist group and its rival, injured in a suicide bomb attack on a not far from my house. On entering, I the Fateh al-Sham Front, which changed its BEIRUT: Syrian Kurdish protesters hold a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan yes- university campus in northeast Nigeria, saw the mosque in a mess. Three peo- name from Al-Nusra Front after breaking terday, during a demonstration in the northeastern city of Qamishli denouncing that Kursdish rep- police said yesterday. The blast hap- ple lay dead, including a young girl, ties with Al-Qaeda last year.—AFP resentatives were not invited to take part in the upcoming Astana peace talks. —AFP pened at a mosque in the staff quar- whose body was badly mutilated,” he ters area of the University of Maiduguri said. “Thirteen other worshippers and is thought to have been carried were injured.” A university lecturer out by a teenage girl, a local resident who lives on site confirmed the resi- Iran arrests corruption fugitive and a lecturer said. There was no dent’s account. immediate claim of responsibility but suspicion will likely fall on the Islamist No let-up in attacks after international manhunt group Boko Haram, which has repeat- Access to the university campus has edly used young women and girls as been strictly controlled, with check- TEHRAN: An Iranian man accused of helping Unconfirmed reports said he had finally been role in the trade of oil consignments. human bombs. points and searches at the gates. But to embezzle billions of dollars while the coun- arrested in Dominica, according to the state- (Monfared) played an important role in the Borno police spokesman Victor the site, on one of the main thorough- try evaded international oil sanctions has been run Iran Daily newspaper. “He had close con- sale operations... In fact, he did the oil opera- Isuku said that before the blast at the fares leading in to and out of the city, is arrested after a lengthy international manhunt, tacts with the main individuals in the great oil tions.” Zanjani was arrested in 2013, three mosque, police on patrol shot a girl vast and most areas are badly lit. At media reported yesterday. Alireza Zibahalat embezzlement file and was handed to the months after President Hassan Rouhani took aged about 12 as she tried to get into least 20,000 people have been killed in Monfared, 43, is accused of involvement in judiciary,” Rezvani said. Before his trial, Zanjani office pledging a crackdown on corruption, the university at about 5:15 am (0415 the conflict since it began in 2009 and Iran’s biggest-ever corruption scandal, working would regularly boast in media interviews of that has shown limited results. GMT). “The IED (improvised explosive more than 2.6 million others made alongside tycoon Babak Zanjani who was sen- his wealth and skills in finding ways round On Sunday, officials announced the arrest device) strapped to her body exploded, homeless. tenced to death last year for pocketing $2.8 global banking sanctions to ensure Iran con- of a suspect accused of stealing 20,000 billion killing her instantly,” he said in a state- Nigeria maintains the insurgency is billion while helping the country bypass sanc- tinued to receive money for international oil rial ($500 million) in loans designed for manu- ment. “Shortly after that a second in its final stages. Last month said it had tions. The head of Iran’s international police sales, saying he acted at all times with the sup- facturing projects. In 2014, Iran hanged busi- explosion occurred in a mosque inside flushed out Boko Haram fighters from department, Masoud Rezvani, told Mizan port of then-president Mahmoud nessman Mahafarid Amir Khosravi for master- the university. Four persons, including a their stronghold in the Sambisa Forest Online that Monfared had been extradited via Ahmadinejad. minding a $2.6 billion banking scam, while professor and the second suicide area of Borno state, of which Maiduguri Havana and Moscow before arriving in Tehran Zanjani’s lawyer, Rasoul Kouhpayehzadeh, one of the main suspects, Bank Melli’s former bomber, died, while 15 persons sus- is the capital. Yet there has been no let- on Sunday. welcomed Monfared’s arrest, saying it would chief Mahmoud Reza Khavari, fled to Canada. tained various degrees of injuries and up in attacks both on troops and civil- were rushed to UMTH (University of ians. On Jan 8, at least five soldiers were Monfared had various passports and had prove his client’s innocence. Monfared’s “inter- News of Monfared’s arrest comes on the first Maiduguri Teaching Hospital)”. killed when rebels targeted a base in managed to escape extradition at least once rogation and trial will shed light on many anniversary of the lifting of sanctions against One local resident, who asked not Buni Yadi, in neighbouring Yobe state. when he was briefly detained in Malaysia, issues and unsolved puzzles,” Kouhpayehzadeh Iran following an agreement with world pow- to be identified, said he heard two The following day, suicide bombers ers over its nuclear program.—AFP Rezvani added, without giving further details. said, according to Iran Daily. “My client had no explosions at 5:25 am as he was leav- killed three in Maiduguri.—AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Pence looks like he will be Trump’s inside man in Congress

WASHINGTON: When Mike Pence landed in agenda doesn’t always align with Republicans’ priori- demeanor. He joined Trump in New York on tion drug coverage in 2003. Pence was a leading Congress after the 2000 election, he was a conserva- ties, and his inflammatory remarks about immi- Wednesday for the president-elect’s first news con- conservative voice, often arguing that the tive agitator who often bucked President George W. grants, Muslims and women made many in the GOP ference since the Nov 8 election. Pence soon Republican administration had strayed from conser- Bush’s agenda. Seventeen years later, he’s the vice cringe. Pence has forged an enduring friendship with returned to Capitol Hill for meetings with several vative principles and had failed to curb federal president-elect and Donald Trump’s inside man on House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., dating to their early senators, including Democrats spending. After Republicans were swept from power Capitol Hill. Pence, who spent a dozen years in years in Congress, along with other House Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of West in the 2006 elections, Pence unsuccessfully chal- Congress before becoming Indiana’s governor, is vis- Republicans crucial to advancing Trump’s agenda. Virginia and Tim Kaine of Virginia. The latter was lenged Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, to become iting frequently with lawmakers and promising close Hillary Clinton’s running mate and Pence’s adversary minority leader. Two years later, Boehner backed coordination after Trump’s inauguration Friday. In a Trusted intermediary in October’s vice president debate. “Opportunities to Pence’s entry into the leadership team, elevating the sign of his attentiveness, Pence will have an office in In early meetings with lawmakers, Pence has work together on issues like infrastructure and child Indiana congressman to chairman of the House GOP the House as well as the traditional honorary office passed out his personal cellphone number and care we think represent a significant chance to bring conference, the party’s Number 3 post. One of the for the vice president in the Senate. promised an open line to the administration. “He’s together leaders in both political parties,” Pence said ways Pence built lasting ties with fellow lawmakers Pence’s role takes on greater importance, given the trusted intermediary. He’s the person that people after meeting with Kaine. Pence’s early days in was through Bible study. Trump’s ascension to the White House without any on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue know and Washington were marked more by his role as a con- Pence often joined Ryan, House Financial Services experience in elective office. Trump has few long- trust,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. If Trump is known servative purist than deal-maker. He opposed the Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and Georgia Rep. standing political alliances in Congress and a for his brash form of disruptive politics, Pence repre- Bush administration on issues such as the presi- Tom Price, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of strained relationship with the Republican establish- sents the incoming administration in a more tradi- dent’s No Child Left Behind education law and an Health and Human Services, for weekly Bible study ment, a hangover from the 2016 campaign. Trump’s tional manner, exemplified by his polite, Midwestern overhaul of Medicare that provided new prescrip- sessions. — AP Oman accepts 10 inmates from Guantanamo Bay 45 prisoners remain in detention center

DUBAI: Oman said yesterday it accepted 10 detainees from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he prom- ised to close. Oman’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had accepted the prisoners at Obama’s request. It did not name the prisoners. “In consideration of their humanitarian situation, 10 persons have been released from detention and arrived in the sultanate today for a temporary residence,” the statement said. The US Defense Department did not immedi- CARACAS: A street coffee vendor shows a new 500-Bolivar-note (74 cents of US dol- ately respond to questions about the transfer. A lar) in Caracas yesterday. —AFP US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity as the transfer had yet to be publicly announced by the US, confirmed the prisoners Venezuela president renews had been sent to Oman. The official declined to elaborate. The Omani Embassy in Washington crisis controls, snubs foes said it had no other information about the trans- fer. The US Embassy in Muscat declined to imme- CARACAS: Venezuela’s leader Nicolas sis, which has forced people to queue for diately comment. The sultanate of Oman, on the Maduro angered his opponents Sunday by hours to buy rations. The International eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, previously refusing to face them for his annual presi- Monetary Fund forecasts inflation in accepted 10 Guantanamo prisoners from Yemen dential address, fanning tensions as he Venezuela will soar to a mind-boggling in Jan 2016. Oman also took another six in June renewed his emergency powers in a volatile 1,660 percent this year. But Maduro vowed 2015. Neighboring Saudi Arabia took four prison- In this June 7, 2014, file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the US military’s crisis. His decision to give the speech in the to keep “riding out the crisis” through the ers earlier this month and the United Arab Guantanamo Bay detention center, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. — AP pro-Maduro Supreme Court instead of the economic emergency measures. First Emirates took 15 in the largest-single transfer dur- legislature aggravated a political standoff in launched a year ago, they give his govern- were cleared for release and could be freed in the captured during the Afghanistan invasion, bring- ing Obama’s administration in August. The latest the oil-exporting country. ment control of food production and other final days of Obama’s presidency. Obama has ing the first planeload on Jan 11, 2002. At its peak, transfers would leave the number of Guantanamo been unable to fulfil promises to close the facility 18 months later, the facility held nearly 680 Delivering it inside the court building, strategic industries. Maduro also promised detainees at 45, based on figures the Pentagon he confirmed the depth of Venezuela’s eco- to expand food aid programs for the poor. in part because of congressional opposition to detainees. There were 242 prisoners when Obama issued when four Yemenis were sent to Saudi transferring any of the detainees to US prisons. took office in 2009, pledging to close what nomic troubles. Maduro said income from Arabia on Jan 6. the country’s crucial oil exports plunged Political battle Congress ultimately banned the transfer of pris- became a source of international criticism over the Oman, ruled by Sultan Qaboos bin Said since oners to US soil for any reason. mistreatment of detainees and the notion of hold- from more than $48 billion in 2008 to just The political dispute between Maduro 1970, has served as an interlocutor between the $5.3 billion last year. That has meant less and the MUD has dragged on over the past Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated Friday ing people indefinitely, most without charge. A West and Iran. It also has negotiated a number of as America’s 45th president, said during his cam- September report released by the Office of the money to fund the social welfare model year with no solution in sight. Vatican- prisoner releases in recent years for Western championed by Maduro and his late prede- mediated crisis talks between the govern- paign that he not only wants to keep Director of National Intelligence said 122 of 693 countries. Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest coun- Guantanamo open but “load it up with some bad detainees transferred out of the prison, or 17.6 cessor Hugo Chavez. “This revenue model ment and opposition broke down last try, remains in the grip of a civil war and a Saudi- has become unviable,” Maduro admitted. month, with the opposition accusing dudes.” That’s put pressure on the Obama admin- percent, returned to fighting. An additional 86 led military offensive against the rebels - making istration to find places to send as many of the detainees are suspected of having returned to the Maduro of bad faith. He insisted on Sunday returning Guantanamo detainees there impossi- prisoners abroad as possible this week. battlefield, according to the report. The majority of Unconstitutional that he is committed to “consolidating” the ble. Days earlier, authorities said 19 of the remain- The US began using its military base on south- Guantanamo prisoners released have been sent to Maduro’s appearance in the Supreme dialogue. But the opposition has ruled out ing 55 prisoners at the US military base in Cuba east Cuba’s isolated, rocky coast to hold prisoners Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. — AP Court was a snub to his rivals in the a return to the talks. It plans fresh street National Assembly legislature where the protests on Jan 23. Opposition majority speech is supposed to take place. The new lawmakers in the National Assembly last opposition speaker of the assembly, Julio week passed a motion declaring that Borges, told reporters Maduro was violat- Maduro had effectively “abandoned his Obama prepares for a busy ing the constitution, which says the post” by failing to tackle the economic cri- address must be delivered in the assembly. sis. Maduro branded that move a “coup” Maduro considers the assembly illegitimate attempt. He launched an “anti-coup com- retirement, more freedom because the Supreme Court has disquali- mando squad” that arrested seven of fied some of its opposition members. The Maduro’s prominent opponents this week. WASHINGTON: For Barack Obama, there’s a settle his plans, four individuals familiar with expected to approach half a billion dollars. court has consistently ruled in Maduro’s presidential library to build, hundreds of millions Obama’s thinking said over the last year that he’s The Obamas will have to hire personnel in the favor against the assembly since the oppo- Maduro strong of dollars to raise, causes to champion and a discussed post-presidency arrangements with coming months as they engage more heavily in sition majority took over a year ago. Venezuelan analyst Diego Moya- book to write. And don’t forget that long- Emanuel, a leading talent executive. One of designing the center. While it will be several Ocampos at the research group IHS Markit promised vacation with his wife. Looming retire- Emanuel’s brothers is Obama’s former chief of years before the library is up and running, the Long, hard year Country Risk in London forecast ahead of ment is looking like anything but for the 44th staff, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It’s unclear foundation has left open the possibility it might The opposition MUD coalition blames Maduro’s address that 2017 will see “a con- president.Obama’s next chapter starts Friday whether Obama will sign with Ari Emanuel. But start some programming sooner. Former White Maduro for an economic crisis that has tinuation of intervention in the economy, when he becomes an ex-president. He’ll be freer the discussions suggest Obama has been look- House aide Amy Brundage, a spokeswoman for prompted deadly riots and looting due to more regulations, inspections of business- to speak his mind, set his own schedule and ing to Hollywood for inspiration about ways to the foundation, said it would use 2017 to “build shortages of food and medicine. It wants a es, price and exchange rate controls, more make some money. Already, Obama is looking engage creatively and on multiple fronts, such upon the work that has begun” to create a center popular vote on removing him from office. inflation and economic contraction.” ahead to the book he wants to write, and has as digital media and television. Emanuel didn’t that inspires people to take on big challenges. Maduro denies he is to blame, saying the Although opinion polls indicate that had talks with Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel respond to a request for comment. Obama also plans to stay involved in his My crisis is the result of a US-backed capitalist Maduro’s popularity is low, he retains the about arrangements that could include speak- Whatever direction he chooses, Obama will Brother’s Keeper initiative, recently renamed the conspiracy. His speech on Sunday reviewed public support of the military high com- ing gigs. not be pressed financially. He can expect to “Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and a year that saw Venezuela’s economic woes mand and control over most state institu- At 55, Obama will be a relatively young ex- fetch an advance of more than $20 million for Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth.” deepen. The year 2016 was “the longest tions. “I do not see Maduro as likely to be president, with plenty of time for a second act. his book, said Keith Urbahn, a literary agent at He is also teaming up with former Attorney and hardest” for his government since it ousted,” political scientist Ricardo Sucre He’s ruled out running another campaign for Javelin DC who’s handled best-sellers for top General Eric Holder on the National Democratic took office after Chavez’s death in 2013, he said. “He seems to me stronger within his political office - so has his wife - but he has political figures. “Half of the country still looks at Redistricting Committee, a new initiative to said. Falling prices for Venezuela’s crucial oil camp. They have passed the hardest of pledged to stay active in the national conversa- him as their leader,” Urbahn said. “From a pub- improve Democrats’ hand when political districts exports have aggravated the economic cri- tests against all expectations.”—AFP tion. With President-elect Donald Trump headed lishing perspective, he will probably end up with are redrawn in 2020. The hub of Obama’s activity to the White House, Democrats are eager for the highest advance of any ex-president in histo- will be his personal office, to be housed in the Obama to play the role of shadow-president, ry.” It won’t be long until Obama and his wife World Wildlife Fund headquarters not far from Ivanka Trump to continue offering direction to those Americans who feel start raising money for the Barack Obama his rented home. For the first six months, he’ll they lost their political compass the day Trump Foundation, which is developing his presidential also have a government-funded office oversee- was elected. Obama has said he has plenty of library and center in Chicago. The price tag is ing his transition to ex-president.—AP working on women’s issues ideas for how his party can revive itself, but after DES MOINES, Iowa: She may not be only that she is stepping away from eight years as president, his role will be to offer working in the White House, but that executive roles at the Trump guidance, not to micromanage. doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying Organization and her lifestyle brand and “I think it’s appropriate for me to give advice, out of politics. Although she has said she is moving her family to Washington so because I need some sleep,” Obama told NPR last will have no official role in her father’s that her husband Jared Kushner can take month. “And I’ve promised Michelle a nice vaca- administration, Ivanka Trump has been a job as a senior adviser. She has also tion. My girls are getting old enough now where quietly laying the groundwork for an stressed that she wants to focus on set- I’m clinging to those very last moments before effort that could make her perhaps the tling her three young children in a new they are out of the house.” Obama is expected to best-connected policy advocate in home. But Ivanka Trump is also thinking keep a low profile for the first few months after Washington. Trump, who has made clear beyond that. On Thursday, she attended Trump’s swearing-in. Following some relaxation she wants to push for policies benefiting a dinner with female executives at the time with his wife and daughters in an unnamed women and girls, last week sought the home of her friend Wendi Deng, ex-wife location, the family will return to Washington, advice of a group of female executives of media executive Rubert Murdoch. The where they’ve rented a mansion in the upscale and media stars in New York City. And dinner was put together by Dina Powell, Kalorama neighborhood. Obama has repeatedly transition aides have reached out to con- a Goldman Sachs partner who is joining praised George W Bush for giving him room to gressional staff on childcare policies, an the Trump administration as an assistant operate without having the ex-president pub- area she has urged President-elect to the president and senior counselor for licly second-guess him at every turn. Donald Trump to prioritize. economic initiatives. Still, Obama has reserved the right to speak In a Facebook post detailing her next Powell has been advising Ivanka out against Trump if he pursues policies the moves, Ivanka Trump thanked people Trump and is expected to continue work- president finds particularly odious, such as a ban who had reached out on such issues and ing closely with her. Other guests includ- on Muslim immigration or mass deportation of added that she is determining the “most ed MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika children brought to the US illegally. “The party is impactful and appropriate ways for me Brzezinski, model Christy Turlington in bad state and there are no clear, obvious voic- to serve our country.” It is not clear if Burns, former White House press secre- es for Democrats yet,” said Julian Zelizer, a presi- Trump will establish herself independ- tary Dana Perino, Xerox Chairperson dential historian at Princeton University. “If ently or if she will eventually enter the Ursula Burns, Deloitte CEO Cathy there’s anyone who could stand up to a White House. But operating from the Engelbert, Glamour Editor-in-Chief President Trump, it’s going to be former outside may take her into uncharted ter- Cynthia Leive and Time Managing Editor President Obama.” Obama may re-emerge in a ritory, as there are few recent examples Nancy Gibbs. Another attendee, Pattie more public way around the time he releases his of a first family member without a White Sellers, executive director of Fortune’s book - probably sometime next year - and goes House office advocating for policies. The Most Powerful Women Summits, wrote on a promotional tour. closest model is the first lady, who has an on Fortune.com that Ivanka Trump Obama’s chief White House speechwriter, office in the East Wing. “explained that she wanted to learn from Cody Keenan, is expected to stay with his boss WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a For now, the businesswoman has said the efforts of leaders in their fields.” — AP to help him craft the sequel to Obama’s two pre- ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, where Obama present- vious best-sellers. Though Obama has yet to fully ed him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. —AP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

French presidential hopeful Valls attacked over migrants

PARIS: Former French premier Manuel the worst refugee and migrant crisis on Current projections show the Valls came under fire Sunday for his cau- the continent since World War II. France’s Socialist candidate, whoever it is, crash- tious stance on taking in refugees during EU heavyweight neighbor Germany ing out in the first round of the election, the migrant crisis, in a fraught second opened its doors, bringing in 890,000 as voters across Europe lean to the right debate of leftwing candidates for the asylum seekers in that year alone and or opt for anti-establishment and anti- presidency. Valls, who quit President fueling debate about why other EU immigration parties like Marine Le Pen’s Francois Hollande’s government last states could not take more. National Front. The majority of polls cur- month to stand as a candidate in the pri- rently predict that conservative candi- mary, was accused of only admitting a Socialists face battle date Francois Fillon will face Le Pen in few thousand migrants during his time The French political attacks showed the decisive second round on May 7, in office. “I get the feeling that the French once again that a week ahead of the first although after Donald Trump’s win in people were much more generous than round of voting on Jan 22 followed by a the United States and the victory of their leaders,” said Vincent Peillon, a for- runoff on Jan 29, Spanish-born Valls’ cam- Brexit in Britain, no-one is taking any- mer education minister who is consid- paign is struggling to take off. A poll of thing for granted. ered an outsider in the contest. TV viewers after the debate had Arnaud Looming large over the leftwing pri- Another candidate, Benoit Hamon, Montebourg, who served as economy mary are Hollande’s star former econo- told Valls that France had a duty to “show minister in Hollande’s government before my minister Emmanuel Macron and its values, especially when it comes to quitting, as the most convincing of the Communist-backed firebrand Jean-Luc migrants and refugees.” Valls hit back seven candidates. He polled 29 percent, Melenchon, both of whom are running that “an open-ended policy (of accepting ahead of 26 percent for Valls. With for president outside of the primary sys- migrants) is not possible.” “I think France Hollande ruling out a bid to retain the tem. Macron, a 39-year-old former was right to follow this policy and histo- presidency after a torrid five years in Rothschild banker who positions himself PARIS: Candidate for the French left’s presidential primaries ahead of ry has proved us right,” he added. The power dogged by unemployment and as “neither of the right or the left”, drew the 2017 presidential election and former Prime minister Manuel Valls influx of more than one million asylum terror attacks, the Socialists are seeking a a crowd of several thousand supporters answers journalists’ questions after the second televised debate seekers-mostly from war-torn Syria-into presidential candidate who can at least when he held a rally in the northern city between the candidates, in Paris. —AFP the European Union in 2015 triggered salvage some pride for the party. of Lille on Saturday. —AFP US vice president visits Ukraine to show support ‘Last trip as vice president to honor the progress’

KIEV: Outgoing US Vice President Groysman was his last to Kiev towards reforms as the country vide further assistance for Kiev. “I Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine yester- before leaving office and was struggles with Russia’s annexation wanted to come here one more day to support the war-scarred aimed at underscoring his personal of Crimea and its support for sepa- time in my last trip as vice presi- country’s leaders amid concerns involvement in providing support ratist fighters in the east of the dent to honor how much progress that ties could chill under Donald for the former Soviet country. country. But US president-elect the people of Ukraine have Trump. Biden’s one-day visit to Biden has spearheaded efforts Trump’s praise for Russian achieved,” Biden told journalists at meet President Petro Poroshenko by Barack Obama’s outgoing President Vladimir Putin has raised a briefing alongside Poroshenko, and Prime Minister Volodymyr administration to push Ukraine doubts over whether he will pro- saying Americans and Ukrainians were united by deep bonds. “I hope the next administration will also want to be a supporter and a partner in your continued progress but as you know no one NEW YORK: In this file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a else can do the hard work but the news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. —AP Ukrainian people.” Biden’s visit comes days after Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels accused each other of disrupting a fragile Muted reaction in Russia to truce declared in late December. That deal brought fresh hope of an Trump’s talk of nuclear arms cut end to almost three years of a con- flict that has killed nearly 10,000 MOSCOW: Suggestions by President-elect tion of Crimea and interference in the con- people. Donald Trump that sanctions against flict in eastern Ukraine. The latest round of Ukraine and its Western allies Russia could be lifted in exchange for a US sanctions came at the end of including the United States accuse nuclear arms cut attracted a frosty recep- December. President Vladimir Putin’s Russia of fuelling the war by tion in Moscow yesterday. In an interview spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, sounded simi- deploying troops and smuggling with the Times of London published on larly cautious with reporters in Moscow lat- arms to separatists, claims Moscow Sunday, Trump indicated that he could er in the day. has repeatedly denied. “It is no end sanctions imposed on Russia in the “Let’s wait until he assumes office secret that Russia does not want aftermath of the 2014 annexation of before we give assessment to any initia- you to succeed,” Biden said, adding Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduc- tives,” Peskov said. He added that Russia that Russia had for the last decade tion deal. Russia isn’t so anxious to get the never raises the issue of sanctions in talks “used corruption to keep Ukraine sanctions lifted that it is prepared to “sac- with its foreign counterparts and doesn’t vulnerable.” Despite giving broad rifice something, especially in what con- intend to do so because it’s not up to economic support for the pro- cerns security,” said Konstantin Kosachev, Moscow to scrap them. Another influential Western government in Kiev, the Kremlin-connected chairman of the Russian lawmaker, Alexei Pushkov, in a Obama’s administration has held foreign affairs committee of the upper tweet late Sunday laughed off warnings of KIEV: US Vice President Joe Biden (Left) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shake hands off on supplying lethal assis- house of parliament. the CIA director about challenges that will at the end of their joint press statement following their meeting in Kiev yesterday. —AFP tance.—AFP Kosachev also told the RIA Novosti follow lifting the sanctions. Speaking on news agency that Trump’s comments to Fox News, CIA Director John Brennan said the Times should be treated with caution on Sunday that in his opinion Trump does- because it wasn’t an official statement, n’t have “a full understanding of Russian Trump enters the White since Trump hasn’t assumed office yet. capabilities and the actions they are taking Washington, along with the European on the world.” Pushkov replied on Twitter: Union, has imposed several rounds of eco- “There aren’t going to be any conse- nomic sanctions on Russia and travel bans quences. “Except for their proponents get- House facing myriad crises for individuals following Moscow’s annexa- ting a heart attack.” —AP

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump enters the With this kind of sentiment swirling, Trump Allies White House embroiled in scandal, in a may be the first president to enter the White Few have been more perturbed by pitched battle with the intelligence services House with a bunker mentality. Trump’s election than America’s traditional EU hits back at Trump and news media, and facing a world on fire. Peppering the first 100 days of his admin- allies. Trump has questioned the value of Among the many challenges the president- istration with populist legislation and execu- both NATO-calling it “obsolete” in an inter- elect will face after his inauguration on tive actions would help stem the bleeding-as view with the German tabloid Bild and The over obsolete NATO Friday, the most urgent may be to steady the would avoiding unnecessary fights. Times of London published Sunday and ship. Even before being sworn in, he is facing Washington’s treaty obligations to help a Congressional investigation into possible Keep the band together secure allies in Asia, which underpin the BRUSSELS: Angela Merkel led a sharp On the campaign trail, Trump said he collusion between Russia and his election To help him run the country, Trump has global order. European response to US President-elect would think twice about helping NATO allies if campaign. Fearing an asterisk is being paint- turned to a disparate group of family mem- “Trump has long believed the United Donald Trump yesterday after he branded the the United States was not “reasonably reim- ed next to his historic victory over Hillary bers, generals, billionaires and establishment States is being taken advantage of by its NATO alliance “obsolete” and criticized the bursed” for the costs of defending them-a Clinton, Trump has gone on the offensive. Republicans-few of whom have any White allies,” said Thomas Wright of the Brookings German chancellor’s open-door refugee policy. common source of friction in the US-led 28- The incoming Republican leader has House experience. The CEO-turned-comman- Institution. “He would prefer that the United In a hard-hitting interview with two European nation alliance. NATO chief Stoltenberg reiter- lashed out at “sleazebag political operatives,” der-in-chief sees his freewheeling style as an States not have to defend other nations, newspapers, Trump unleashed a volley of ver- ated that he had full confidence in the US the intelligence services-whom he compared asset. It will have a massive impact on how but, if it does, he wants to get paid as much bal attacks on Europe, hailing Britain’s decision commitment to Europe. “He is absolutely con- to Nazis-and the media, reprising campaign his decisions are framed. A variety of opin- as possible for it.” So far, most-including to leave the European Union and saying more fident that the incoming US administration tactics that played well with his base. But ions inside the White House can be construc- Britain and Japan-have adopted a strategy countries were going to quit the bloc. will remain committed to NATO,” spokes- add to that serious allegations of nepotism, tive, or fuel turf wars and jockeying for influ- of engagement, getting close to Trump in With fears growing in Europe over Trump’s woman Oana Lungescu said. Trump further legal problems over his business interests, ence that can split the house asunder. Will order to win his ear. commitment to the transatlantic alliance and extended a hand to Russia, which has been hit the ill-preparedness of some of his cabinet Trump’s daughter Ivanka or her husband over signs he will pivot towards Russia, Merkel by a string of sanctions under President Barack nominees and a fracas over health care Jared Kushner be the last person in the Situation room warned that the continent now had to take Obama over Moscow’s involvement in reform that has left Republicans in disarray, room? Will it be conservatives like Vice Every president will endure surprise responsibility for itself. “We Europeans have our Ukraine, the Syrian war and for suspected and the picture gets even bleaker. The image President Mike Pence or hard-right ideo- national security crises, but perhaps the fate in our own hands,” Merkel told reporters in cyber attacks to influence the US election. of “Teflon Don”-who as a candidate rode out logues like chief strategist Steve Bannon? biggest foreign crisis facing Trump is well Berlin when asked about Trump’s criticisms, “Let’s see if we can make some good deals scandal like no one else in modern political known-North Korea. The country has been adding that she will work towards getting the EU with Russia,” Trump said, suggesting in vague history-is taking on water. Strongmen working feverishly to fuse two lethal tech- to strengthen the economy and fight terrorism. terms a deal in which nuclear arsenals would Quite aside from the cost in time and Trump, like Obama, will take office at a nologies, a ballistic missile capable of Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter be reduced and sanctions against Moscow energy of fighting on multiple fronts, the time when rival regional powers are gaining reaching the continental United States and Steinmeier said Europe was stunned by Trump’s would be eased. Underscoring the Obama crises appear to be eroding his credibility, more clout and are not afraid to use it. a miniaturized nuclear device to be its remarks on NATO, just five days ahead of the administration’s very different stance, US Vice- the base currency of any presidency. His Preserving US primacy will be a full-time job. apocalyptic payload. Trump has already billionaire businessman’s inauguration as presi- President Joe Biden made a farewell trip to approval rating stands at 44 percent, accord- In Russia, Vladimir Putin may be the painted that as a red line. “North Korea just dent. “The interview statements of the Ukraine yesterday to show support for the ing to a Gallup poll-the lowest level of sup- strongest leader since Leonid Brezhnev, as stated that it is in the final stages of devel- American president-elect... caused, indeed here war-scarred country. In another comment that port for any incoming president since the he aggressively tries to renegotiate the oping a nuclear weapon capable of reach- in Brussels, astonishment and agitation,” alarmed the Europeans, Trump meanwhile organization began doing the surveys in the terms of the end of the Cold War. Putin’s ing parts of the US. It won’t happen!” he Steinmeier said as he went from a meeting with refused to say that he trusted Merkel more Clinton era. In the corresponding period effort to re-establish Moscow’s influence in tweeted. Making sure of that will be far NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to talks with EU than Russian President Vladimir Putin, for before his presidency, Barack Obama Syria already hobbled the Obama adminis- more difficult. counterparts. France’s top diplomat Jean-Marc whom the next US president has often enjoyed an 83 percent rating. That unpopu- tration. A similar Russian drive in Sanctions against North Korea have had Ayrault said “the best response” to Trump’s com- expressed admiration. “Well, I start off trusting larity will make it much easier for allies to Afghanistan, Libya or eastern Europe could limited impact and Trump’s hostility to ments was “the unity of Europeans”. both - but let’s see how long that lasts. It may bolt. Republican lawmakers up for re-elec- pose serious problems for Trump’s bid to China would seem to forestall any help from not last long at all,” he said. tion or in moderate states and districts are smooth relations. Beijing in squeezing Pyongyang. He could NATO ‘obsolete’ Trump also directly criticized Merkel for let- unlikely to go to bat for a deeply unpopular Meanwhile, the president-elect has taken turn to more dramatic responses, from dis- Trump’s latest remarks have in particular ting Germany admit undocumented migrants president. a more bellicose stance toward China, at just abling North Korean weapons systems by caused further consternation among eastern into the country, insinuating that this posed a Senator Marco Rubio-a former Trump rival the time Beijing is feeling more assertive. cyberattack, airstrikes or invasion. European NATO countries nervous about security risk following a wave of Islamic State for the Republican presidential nomination- Whereas Mao Zedong transformed Chinese “Trump will hear siren calls to launch a Moscow following Russia’s annexation of Crimea jihadist attacks in Europe. “I think she made one is already openly raising the prospect he society, and Deng Xiaoping made the coun- preventive war,” said Leon Sigal of the and involvement in Ukraine. “I said a long time very catastrophic mistake and that was taking could oppose Trump’s pick for secretary of try an economic power, current leader Xi Social Science Research Council. But that ago that NATO had problems,” Trump told The all of these illegals, you know taking all of the state, oil executive Rex Tillerson. Republican Jinping wants to make China a diplomatic would mean trusting US intelligence. “For Times of London and Bild, Germany’s biggest- people from wherever they come from,” Trump governors are also balking at plans to repeal and military force. Trump and Xi’s rival ambi- a president who, as a candidate, repeated- selling daily, on Friday. “Number one, it was obso- said, adding he had “great respect” for the chan- Obamacare, and all the time Trump’s victory tions dramatically raise the possibility that ly criticized US military intervention lete, because it was designed many, many years cellor. Trump went on to threaten punitive 35 is being called into question. A massive various disputes-from Taiwan to currency abroad and was skeptical of alliances,” ago,” he said, referring to its Cold War, post-World percent tariffs on German carmakers like BMW “Women’s March on Washington” is planned rates to freedom of navigation in the South Sigal said, “that option might be particu- War II origins. “Number two, the countries aren’t if they build cars in Mexico and not the United for Saturday, the day after his inauguration. China Sea-could become flashpoints. larly unpalatable.”—AFP paying what they’re supposed to pay.” States. —AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan villagers attack convoy of Qatar royal hunting rare bird QUETTA: A group of Pakistani villagers registered against 25 people,” he added. donate to local communities and wealthy hunters traditionally travel to left behind as gifts for regional leaders. brandishing guns and knives attacked Police said the villagers turned vio- wildlife conservation,” the official said. Pakistan to pursue the endangered But critics say that hunting with fal- the convoy of a Qatar royal family mem- lent after they were prevented from “Unfortunately there have been attacks species with falcons. To seek favor with cons, a practice Arab nomads used to ber on an expedition to hunt the meeting the visiting royal to seek dona- led by armed groups.” communities on whose land they pur- survive life in the desert, is today a houbara bustard, a rare bird whose tions to build a mosque. A Qatari official The International Union for sue prey, Arab hunters have built roads, reckless hobby that threatens the meat is prized by Arab sheikhs, officials involved in the sport of falconry con- Conservation of Nature lists the bustard schools and mosques in places like houbara and funnels money into areas said yesterday. The hunting party was firmed the attack by a large group of as a vulnerable species with a global Baluchistan and the province of controlled by militias. unhurt, but three security guards were men on a convoy of hunters that includ- population ranging from 50,000 to Helmand in neighboring Afghanistan, In Dec 2015, about 100 gunmen kid- wounded during the attack on Sunday ed a royal family member. He declined 100,000. It has almost vanished on the while residents also benefit from the napped at least 26 Qataris from a desert evening in Musakhel, in Pakistan’s to identify the individual, but said the Arabian peninsula. Last year, Pakistan’s international-standard airstrips that can hunting camp in Iraq near the Saudi bor- southwestern province of Baluchistan, party was safe. Supreme Court lifted a ban on hunting spring up. der. A member of Qatar’s ruling family district deputy commissioner “Qatari hunters apply and pay for the bird after the government argued it New four-wheel-drive vehicles was freed in April 2016, along with an Muhammad Yasar said. “A case has been government hunting permits and hurt relations with Gulf states whose brought in for the hunt are sometimes accompanying Pakistani man.—Reuters Indian policeman arrested over alleged rape charge BANGALORE, India: A police officer has arrested for abetting the alleged crime and been arrested for allegedly raping a men- attempting to hide evidence. tally challenged woman in southern India, The incident in southern Karnataka state an officer said yesterday. He is accused of took place during a Hindu harvest festival. raping the 30-year-old woman in a moving “As it was a festive weekend, movement of vehicle after spotting her walking along a public or vehicles was much less when the deserted stretch of road and offering her a incident occurred,” Pant said. lift. “The accused ASI (assistant sub inspec- India has been shamed in the past by tor) Umesh has been suspended and arrest- headline-grabbing levels of sexual ed after the victim’s mother filed a com- assault against women, notably in Dec plaint on Sunday evening,” police superin- 2012 when a student was gang-raped on tendent Isha Pant said. a bus in New Delhi and later died of her The driver of the vehicle has also been injuries. —AFP India police arrest tailor over serial child sex attacks NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday it,” Bishnoi said. “He would follow girls, tar- they have arrested a man accused of mul- get one who strayed and say ‘oh, I know tiple sexual assaults on young girls in your father. He is a good friend of mine.’ Delhi, revealing he had been arrested on He would lure them and take them to a a similar charge last year and released on secluded place,” he said. Bishnoi said bail. Police arrested 38-year-old tailor police had registered eight cases against Sunil Rastogi in Delhi on Saturday follow- Rastogi including under India’s Protection ing complaints from alleged victims and of Children from Sexual Offences Act. study of CCTV footage, deputy police India has a grim record of sexual commissioner Omvir Singh Bishnoi said. assaults on women and young girls. A UN The suspect regularly travelled to Delhi Committee on the Rights of the Child in from his home in northern Uttarakhand 2014 said one in three rape victims in India state and targeted young girls in the city was a minor and expressed alarm over the as they left school at the end of the day, widespread sexual abuse of children. he said. Television footage showed Rastogi hand- BANGLADESH: Former Bangladeshi Narayanganj City Corporation councilor Nur Hossain is escorted by police at Narayanganj court in Bishnoi said Rastogi was charged with cuffed and wearing a balaclava, outside a Narayanganj yesterday.—AFP similar offences in Uttarakhand in 2016 Delhi police station. “I have been doing but was released on bail, without giving this for the past four to five years... I don’t further details. “He has admitted to have know why I did it,” he said, speaking Hindi. attempted to sexually assault more than Police said they had received complaints of 26 to hang for Bangladesh 100 girls since 2004. Police have regis- kidnap and rape of minor girls in east Delhi tered eight cases, we are still working on over the past two months. —AFP abductions and murders Three militants killed ‘Convictions of security force members rare in Bangladesh’ in Kashmir gun battle DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yesterday sen- unmarked van outside the city’s international ecution faced difficulties in bringing the RAB tenced 26 people to death after hearing how a cricket stadium. Among those sentenced to officers to trial and pointed out that they had SRINAGAR, India: Three militants were Hundreds of thousands of troops are politician from the ruling Awami League hired death was Tarek Sayeed, an RAB commander only been detained after the high court inter- killed in an overnight gun battle with sol- deployed in Indian-administered Kashmir, members of the country’s elite security unit to who is the son-in-law of a minister in Prime vened and ordered their arrest. Law and justice diers in a village in Indian Kashmir, an army where rebel groups have for decades been assassinate political rivals. At the end of a trial Minister Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet. minister Anisul Huq said the state had “fulfilled spokesman said yesterday. Rajesh Kalia said fighting for independence or a merger that gripped the nation, a judge found all 35 its duty” by bringing the offenders to book. “I troops cordoned off the village near the with Pakistan. defendants in the case guilty of involvement in Bodies dumped believe the verdict will satisfy the people and tourist resort of Pahalgam after receiving a The restive Himalayan region suffered a the abduction and murder of seven people in A lawyer who recorded the abductions out- will dispel the fear this horrendous crime has tip that fighters were hiding out in a private rise in violence last year after the killing in the central city of Narayanganj in April 2014. side the stadium on his mobile phone was then created,” he told reporters. home there. “On specific intelligence army July of a popular young rebel leader in a Convictions of security force members are rare in himself kidnapped, along with his driver. All sev- Opposition parties say hundreds of their soldiers cordoned off the village on Sunday gun battle with soldiers. Kashmir is divided Bangladesh. Rights activists say they frequently en of the victims were suffocated with poly- activists have been abducted during Hasina’s evening and the gun battle started,” Kalia between India and Pakistan, but both claim carry out unlawful killings and are effectively thene bags and had their bellies cut before their eight years in power and never seen again, said. “Three terrorists have been killed. it in full. The two nuclear-armed neighbors able to operate in a climate of impunity. Judge bodies were dumped in the Shitalakshya river although the government denies any involve- Their bodies and weapons have been have twice gone to war over the territory Syed Enayet Hossain ordered 26 of the defen- outside the city. Prosecutors described during ment by the security forces. Local rights groups retrieved.” A local police officer said soldiers since gaining independence from British dants to hang after the year-long trial in the trial how Nur Hossain, a local councilor in say at least 326 people have disappeared since using mortar fire had destroyed the house. rule in 1947. —AFP Narayanganj, while the other nine were handed Narayanganj and at the time a member of January 2009, many of whom were members or prison sentences ranging from seven to 17 years. Hasina’s Awami League, hired RAB officers to kill supporters of opposition parties. “Today’s ver- “Of the 26 who have been sentenced to hang, his arch-rival Nazrul Islam and four of his aides. dict will to some extent change public percep- 16 were the members of the Rapid Action Hossain, who was among those sentenced to tion that influential people and members of the Battalion (RAB),” prosecutor S M Wazed Ali said. death yesterday, fled to neighboring India after security forces are above the law,” said Nur Twenty-three of those convicted were in the the killings but was later arrested in Kolkata and Khan Liton, acting head of the group Ain o crowded court when the verdict was announced extradited. Salish Kendra. “But hundreds of people still but the other 12 are still at large. The bodies of “We’re satisfied. We finally got justice,” remain traceless and in many cases allegedly the victims were found floating in a river, three Shakhawat Hossain Khan, a lawyer for the vic- abducted by the security forces. The govern- days after witnesses reported seeing a group of tims, told reporters outside the heavily guarded ment should also investigate every one of people being bundled into the back of an courtroom yesterday morning. He said the pros- these abductions.” —AFP African migrants brave Latin America jungle trek

TAPACHULA, Mexico: Using a Dangers SRINAGAR: An Indian policeman fires teargas at Kashmiri villagers during the funeral stone, Ahmed Ali Hassan scraped With few diplomatic ties with of Adil Reshi, a suspected rebel at his residence in Bijbehara, 45 Kilometers south of away at the side of the container African nations, it is difficult for the Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, yesterday. —AP truck until he made a small hole, Mexican authorities to deport ille- and putting his parched mouth to gal migrants from Africa home. As a it, gasped for air. The overcrowded result, many African migrants are Pakistanis who fled army truck carrying nearly 100 migrants, given a temporary transit permit, many from Africa, took turns to giving them 20 days to leave offensive begin return home breathe in pockets of dry air as the Mexico. In practice this allows them truck rattled through rural to continue their journey towards PESHAWAR: Thousands of Pakistanis who Pakistan’s army launched an operation in Nicaragua. One man from Eritrea the United States border without fled to Afghanistan to escape fighting June 2014 to wipe out militant bases in had badly swollen fingers, a sign of being detained by immigration offi- between the army and militants in the northwestern tribal areas and bring an end severe dehydration. “We all thought cials. Like African migrants making northwestern tribal areas began returning to a bloody insurgency that has cost thou- we were going to die,” Hassan, a the treacherous passage to Europe home yesterday, two years after they were sands of civilian lives since 2004. Hundreds Somali, told the Thomson Reuters across the Mediterranean Sea displaced, officials said. The first batch of of thousands of civilians were forced to Foundation as he recalled last where thousands die each year, the 200 tribal families from North Waziristan leave North Waziristan by the offensive, month’s journey. “We were not journey through Latin America is district, or some 2,000 people, were being many fleeing over the border into also perilous. treated with dignity,” said the 24- Organization for Migration (IOM) in every day. Last year between 150 to greeted by officials at the Ghulam Khan Afghanistan. Pakistani authorities say 67,000 Hassan reached Mexico in year-old university student, who Mexico’s city of Tapachula. “What’s 700 African migrants arrived per day border crossing, local administrator homes in the tribal belt were completely December, after a four month jour- declined to give his real name. happening in the Mediterranean is at Tapachula - with a total of 19,000 Kamran Khan Afridi said. He said similar destroyed, but there has been no independ- ney that included a flight from As Europe tightens its borders to that it’s becoming more and more migrants arriving from Africa and numbers would be arriving daily until Jan ent assessment of the scale of the damage. Somalia to Brazil, and then across stem the influx of refugees and hazardous and difficult to take that Haiti in 2016 - according to Mexican 26, with the families first accommodated in The country has asked the international migrants crossing the Mediterranean seven countries on bus, boat and route,” Walls said. “Through Latin government figures. foot. He has spent $10,000 so far, camps before being sent back to their vil- community for $800 million to “rebuild and Sea to Europe, Hassan is part of a America coming all the way up to This influx is expected to con- hiding dollar bills in his underwear lages and towns. rehabilitate” the tribal areas.—AFP growing surge of people from African Mexico and then on to the US has tinue this year, Walls said. Mexico and socks. Most migrants say that nations seeking new routes to flee become another route,” she told the has also seen a tide of Haitians at some point along their journey poverty, war and persecution. Hassan Thomson Reuters Foundation. Many coming through as they seek a they have been robbed and or Teachers kidnapped by had paid a human smuggler $1,000 migrants from Africa fly to Ecuador better life in the United States. attacked by local gangs. Paying offi- to guide him overland through and Brazil where few visa restric- Thousands of Haitians who had cials bribes starting at $20 to allow suspected IS militants Central America to reach Mexico in tions allow an easy point of entry lived in Brazil are leaving because them to continue their passage is the hope of crossing into the United into the Americas. of the country’s economic reces- also commonplace, migrants say. JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Suspected ently that the fighters were from IS. No States. He is lucky not to have suffo- They join the hundreds of thou- sion. Experts also say the surge Jose Ramon Cancino, head of Islamic State militants kidnapped 12 teach- group has claimed responsibility. cated. In October, immigration offi- sands of Central American migrants north reflects a push by migrants migrant affairs at the human rights ers and two other staff of a religious school “We are saddened by the news and ask cials in Mexico’s Veracruz state found fleeing poverty and gang violence to reach the United States and commission in Chiapas state, where in the eastern Afghan province of security departments, local elders and four migrants dead in a truck that every year, and who have been using reunite with relatives before US Tapachula is located, said his office Nangarhar, officials said. The teachers were prominent figures in the area to help us smugglers had abandoned. the well-trodden route for decades. President-elect Donald Trump received 3,000 complaints last year taken on Sunday when a group of Islamic release our teachers,” the department said Immigration officials first noticed takes office on Jan 20. from migrants, most involving State (IS) fighters entered the school in in a statement. Kidnapping for both crimi- New routes African migrants arriving in Mexico During his campaign, Trump extortion and abuse by police. Haska Mina district during an examination, nal ransom and political gain is a major The routes to Europe have in 2013, when around six trickled in a took a hard-line position on immi- Hassan said he and a group of the education department in the provincial problem in Afghanistan. Although foreign- become more difficult, said day, mainly through Tapachula along gration, including a pledge to build migrants from Africa and Asia were capital Jalalabad said. ers have also been targeted, most victims Claudette Walls, head of the field Mexico’s southern border with a wall along the US-Mexico border robbed at gunpoint in Costa Rica It was not possible to confirm independ- are Afghans.—Reuters office for the International Guatemala. Hundreds now turn up to keep out illegal immigrants. by local criminals. —Reuters TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Taiwan says gang links in protest against HK activists TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities said yesterday they tecting the activists. Prosecutors said yesterday they demonstrations. “The police will not tolerate ... this has grown increasingly incensed over pro-indepen- were probing criminal gang links to a pro-China were probing whether there were gang links. Chang kind of interference,” Chen said. The Four Seas and dence calls from young activists in Hong Kong. protest which targeted Hong Kong pro-democracy Wei, son of former gang leader Chang An-lo, known Bamboo Union are among Taiwan’s biggest criminal Chinese authorities have also been ratcheting up activists and rebel legislators in Taiwan. The activists as “White Wolf,” has been questioned over the clash- gangs, known for their involvement in smuggling pressure on Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen as she were visiting to attend a forum aimed at linking es and barred from leaving Taiwan pending further and gambling. refuses to acknowledge the concept there is only democracy movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan investigation. Chang An-lo has openly supported politicians “one China.” Last week China’s only aircraft carrier earlier this month. They were blasted by pro-China from the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang party, while proceeded slowly through the Taiwan Strait in what groups on the island as promoting a joint independ- Gangster politics Four Seas members were previously accused of was seen as a show of strength as tensions escalate. ence movement. Although Taiwan is self-ruling, it The senior Chang, who headed the Bamboo attacking a pro-independence politician. Legislator The drills came as a heated war of words intensified has never formally declared independence from Union Gang, now leads a small pro-unification party Nathan Law, one of the group to visit Taiwan, was between Beijing and US President-elect Donald Beijing, and China considers it part of its territory. that regularly organizes rallies in support of Beijing. also attacked when he returned to Hong Kong as Trump, who broke convention by speaking directly to The forum was organized by Taiwan’s New Power Police confirmed that Chen Tzu-chun, a leader of the demonstrators threw liquid and tried to hit him. Law, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and even suggest- Party, which advocates for recognition of Taiwan as Four Seas Gang, is also under investigation over the 23, who advocates self-determination for Hong Kong, ed Washington could jettison its decades-old “one a nation. The Hong Kong campaigners were greeted protests. He remains in custody over a number of cas- said those attacks were also an example of “gangster China” policy. Despite not having official diplomatic at Taipei airport by 200 protesters, with scuffles es. Speaking to the Liberty Times, Taiwan police chief politics” and accused the Chinese Communist Party ties since it recognized Beijing in 1979, the US is occurring after six broke through a police line pro- Chen Kuo-en said two gangs had participated in the of trying to suppress democratic movements. Beijing Taiwan’s most powerful ally and arms supplier.—AFP China will take the gloves off over Taiwan

BEIJING: China is running out of patience to get tough with what he sees as unfair with Donald Trump’s stance on Taiwan, Chinese trade practices and suggested state media said yesterday, and will “take that the One China policy could become a the gloves off” if he keeps challenging the bargaining chip in this. “Everything is One China policy. The US president-elect under negotiation, including One China,” told the Wall Street Journal over the week- he told the Journal in the interview pub- end the longstanding policy was up for lished Friday. negotiation, in his latest comment on the Beijing considers Taiwan to be a break- issue. Trump had already irked China by away province to be brought back within accepting a congratulatory phone call from its fold, by force if necessary, and the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen after he United States switched diplomatic recogni- won the presidential election, upending tion from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. China decades of diplomatic precedent in which first warned Trump on the issue last month the US avoided direct public communica- after he said he did not see why tion with the island’s leader. Washington must “be bound by a One The foreign ministry, for the second time China policy unless we make a deal with in two days, warned Trump yesterday the China having to do with other things, One China policy was non-negotiable. including trade.” But he has less leverage Anyone who tries to use it as a bargaining than he might think, warned the Global chip will be met with “common opposition” Times, a nationalistic tabloid thought to and will ultimately “shoot oneself in the have close ties to hawkish elements of the foot”, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua ruling Communist Party. Chunying told a regular briefing. The China China will “mercilessly combat those Daily said in an editorial earlier yesterday who advocate Taiwan’s independence”, it that Trump “will seldom be given the bene- said in an editorial yesterday. If Trump fit of the doubt twice, because doing the chooses to use the island as a bargaining same thing for a third time shows intent.” chip, it added, it “may be sacrificed as a The Taiwan issue is a “Pandora’s box of result of this despicable strategy.” Taiwan’s lethal potential”, it added. President Tsai Ing-wen made two stops in While the president-elect had been the US this month while in transit to diplo- given the benefit of the doubt so far, it matic allies in Central America, despite said, if he is “determined to use this gam- Beijing’s objections. On her return to the HONG KONG: Carrie Lam speaks at a press conference to announce her candidacy for the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive elections yesterday. —AFP bit on taking office, a period of fierce, island Sunday she said its “new direction” of damaging interactions will be unavoid- diplomacy was clear.”We must all continue able as Beijing will have no choice but to to work to let Taiwan be seen, to let Taiwan Hong Kong leadership hopeful take off the gloves.” Trump has threatened make its contribution to the world.”—AFP pledges to heal city’s heartache Japan pledges fresh aid ‘Build consensus and restore faith and hope’ to Vietnam for security HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s tough former recent years, some situations have emerged in show him and Lam well ahead in opinion polls, deputy leader Carrie Lam, widely seen as China’s Hong Kong that have made people very con- with two other candidates trailing far behind. But HANOI: Japan pledged $1.1 billion to peting maritime claims with China. Climate favorite in an upcoming election for the top cerned and worried, sometimes even caused the public will not vote for the next leader follow- Vietnam yesterday as part of a sprawling projects and waste management were also post, pledged yesterday to end the divided city’s heartache,” Lam, 59, told reporters. ing the rejection of political reforms put forward by aid package that targets maritime and included in the loan aid package “heartache” as she announced her candidacy. “Like many of you I am worried about the dis- Beijing. The next leader will instead be chosen by a security affairs to bolster ties in the face of announced yesterday on Abe’s trip, his third Lam was deputy to the unpopular current chief content,” she added, saying her supporters committee of 1,200 mainly pro-Beijing representa- regional powerhouse China. Hanoi and visit to Vietnam as prime minister. Vietnam executive Leung Chun-ying until she resigned to believed she had the ability to “resolve Hong tives. Lam had presented the reform package, seen Tokyo are locked in separate standoffs with has come under fire for failing to enforce contest the poll, but is a less disliked figure. Kong’s deep contradictions.” But Lam, who spent by critics as fake democracy, which triggered mass Beijing over territorial claims in disputed environmental regulations, especially in the Leung is vilified by the city’s pro-democracy 36 years in government, stopped short of acknowl- street protests in Hong Kong in late 2014. regional waters, pushing the two countries industrial sector. camp as a puppet of Beijing squeezing the semi- edging the discord between pro-Beijing and pro- The plan offered the public its first chance to closer in recent years. Japanese Prime Last year, Taiwanese steel firm Formosa autonomous city’s freedoms. democracy supporters, saying the public was more vote for the city’s leader but said all candidates Minister Shinzo Abe announced the 130 was blamed for a toxic waste dump that Hong Kong has become sharply polarized concerned about income inequality and sky-high must be approved by a loyalist committee. The billion yen loan package during a two-day killed tons of fish along Vietnam’s central during his four-year term, which has been housing costs. “While democracy is something we package was eventually voted down by pro- visit to Vietnam, which is also aimed at coast. Also high on the agenda were fresh marked by anti-Beijing protests. Speaking for should go for, we have to take a very pragmatic democracy lawmakers. Political analyst Willy boosting business ties with the fast-grow- investments from Japan, the world’s third the first time to confirm her candidacy for the stance on whether we have the right environment Lam said Lam was unlikely to touch on political ing communist nation. largest economy that has been dragged leadership vote in March, Lam was repeatedly for us to revive the discussion on another political reform until later in her tenure if she wins. He “The two sides will further cooperation down by a graying and shrinking popula- asked if she would be another version of Leung, reform in Hong Kong,” she said. said she needed to “build bridges” with the pro- in security and defense,” Abe vowed in tion. The deal included a Mitsubishi invest- as some critics fear. She said she would try to Also poised to announce his candidacy is for- democracy camp and show she was not afraid of comments translated into Vietnamese ment in a thermal power plant in central Ha build consensus and “restore faith and hope.” “In mer finance secretary John Tsang. Opinion polls confronting Beijing.—AFP adding that “newly-built patrol vessels” Tinh province and a partnership between would be supplied to Hanoi. “Both sides Japan’s Itochu and Vietnam’s Vinatex textile agreed on the importance of ensuring the firms. Both sides also pledged to keep trade Philippines protests maritime security on the issue of the South ties alive in the wake of a promise by US China Sea and promoting to resolve con- President-elect Donald Trump to scrap the China’s weapons flict by peaceful means and respecting massive Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first international law,” Vietnamese Prime day in office. installation on islands Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told reporters. “We agreed on the importance of pro- MANILA: The Philippines has filed a low-key diplomatic Vietnam and China have traded barbs over moting the free trade mechanism like TPP,” protest with China after a US think tank reported that disputed territory in the South China Sea, Abe said. Tokyo is an increasingly vital ally to Beijing appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti- where Beijing has built islands capable of Vietnam-it is the country’s largest aid donor missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strate- hosting military installations. and the second largest foreign investor after gically vital South China Sea, the country’s top diplo- South Korea. The leaders also announced a mat said yesterday. Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Shrinking population visit by Japan’s emperor and his wife in the said the diplomatic communication was issued after Tokyo has also sparred with Beijing over spring, which Abe said would create the report came out last month. its territorial claims in the East China Sea, “momentum for further ties.” Both leaders The Center for Strategic and International Studies and both Japan and Vietnam have repeat- will attend an economic forum today before report said anti-aircraft guns and weapons systems edly stressed that maritime disputes should Abe returns to Japan. His six-day swing designed to guard against missile attacks appear to be addressed according to law. Japan has through Asia-Pacific also took him to the have been placed on all seven of China’s newly created made similar gifts of patrol vessels and air- Philippines, Australia and Indonesia before islands. Yasay said Philippines that Manila had respond- craft to the Philippines which also has com- his final stop in Vietnam.—AFP ed, but did so quietly. “We have taken action on that, we have issued a note verbally,” he said, referring to a diplo- matic communication that is issued in the third person and is not signed. It is considered less formal than a let- PHILIPPINES: Filipino hostage Glenn Alindajao, left, talks to Presidential Adviser on ter of protest. He did not say when it was issued, adding the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza prior to boarding a plane for Davao city it was a matter that he did not want to discuss. “I just want to assure the Filipino people that when following his release along with South Korean hostage Park Chul-hong, from his kid- we take action at engaging China in this dispute, we do nappers in the volatile island of Jolo in southern Philippines. —AP not want to take such aggressive, provocative action that will not solve the problem,” he said. “We cannot Duterte orders troops to blast engage China in a war.” Nevertheless, he said, “when there are reports about the build-up of weapon sys- militants and their hostages tems in the area, during our watch we made sure that MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo have you blasted,” he said. His advice to the interests and rights of the Philippines are properly Duterte said he has ordered his troops to potential victims? “So, really, don’t allow protected.” Beijing says the artificial islands are intend- bomb extremists who flee with their cap- yourselves to be kidnapped.” ed to boost maritime safety in the region while down- tives in a bid to stop a wave of kidnappings Duterte’s remarks reflect the alarm and playing their military utility. at sea, calling the loss of civilian lives in desperation of the Philippines, along with They also buttress China’s claim to ownership of such an attack “collateral damage.” Duterte Malaysia and Indonesia, in halting a series practically the entire South China Sea. Taiwan, Vietnam, has previously stated that he had told his of ransom kidnappings primarily by Abu the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei also claim territory in the waterway, through which an estimated $5 trillion Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts Sayyaf militants and their allies along a busy in global trade passes each year. After China took con- their forces can blast away as they pursue waterway for regional trade. On Saturday, trol of disputed Scarborough Shoal in 2012 and militants who abduct sailors in waters ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf gunmen freed blocked Filipinos from the rich fishing area, then where the three countries converge and a South Korean captain and his Filipino President Benigno Aquino III brought his country’s ter- bring their kidnap victims to the southern crewman who were abducted three months ritorial disputes with Beijing to international arbitra- Philippines. He said in a speech late ago from their cargo ship. The gunmen tion. China ignored the Philippine case and refused to Saturday that he had given the same orders handed skipper Park Chul-hong and Glenn recognize the outcome, which was heavily in favor of to Filipino forces. Alindajao over to Moro National Liberation the Philippines. He said he instructed the navy and the Front rebels, who turned them over to President Rodrigo Duterte, who succeeded Aquino coast guard that “if there are kidnappers Philippine officials in southern Jolo town in in June, has taken steps to mend the strained relations and they’re trying to escape, bomb them predominantly Muslim Sulu province. The with China. He also has taken an antagonistic stance all.” “They say ‘hostages.’ Sorry, collateral Moro rebels, who signed a 1996 peace deal toward outgoing President Barack Obama’s administra- damage,” he said in a speech to business with the government, have helped negoti- tion after the US leader criticized his deadly crackdown people in Davao, his southern hometown. ate the release of several hostages of the on drugs. In yesterday’s interview, Yasay said Duterte is He said such an approach would enable smaller but more violent Abu Sayyaf, which expected to visit Russia sometime in May, and has been the government to get even with the ran- is blacklisted by the U.S. as a terrorist organ- invited to both Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russian som-seeking militants. “You can’t gain ization for kidnappings, beheadings and President Vladimir Putin’s hometown. —AP HANOI: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference in Hanoi yes- mileage for your wrongdoing, I will really bombings. —AP terday. —AFP NEWS TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Snow traps 1,000 motorists in Tunisia TUNIS: Heavy snow trapped around 1,000 motorists in quantities of food and liquid gas” had been stockpiled “as a northwest Tunisia, with heavy blizzards from Europe precaution”. A delegation of ministers tried yesterday to sweeping the Mediterranean country, the prime minister’s reach the affected area but were unable to do so as all the office said yesterday. Drifts blocked roads including a roads were cut, said Infrastructure Minister Mohamed major highway in the province of Jendouba on Sunday Salah Arfaoui. The interior ministry warned Tunisians to evening, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed’s office said. Many postpone all but essential travel. motorists stayed trapped in their cars overnight, authori- Winter snowfall is not unusual in the North African ties and local media said. country’s highlands, but Tunisia has been hit by particular- Rescue services managed to evacuate 80 percent of ly heavy blizzards from Europe in the past week. those trapped and efforts were continuing to return the Temperatures have plummeted to minus 5 degrees others to their homes, Abdelkerim Omri, a regional infra- Celsius. The blizzards have hit some of Tunisia’s poorest structure official, said yesterday, quoted in local media. The regions, including the provinces of Kasserine, Kef and government opened 10 emergency shelters in schools Siliana. Authorities say children and frail people were evac- and sports centres, warning the public not to travel unless uated to areas closer to hospitals. A nine-year-old girl died absolutely necessary. Authorities distributed food and in early January in Jendouba because of the cold, Tunisian blankets to people trapped in the “monster traffic jam” on media reported. Forecasters say cold temperatures, high the highway, private radio station Mosaique FM said. winds and heavy snowfall are set to continue at least until Jendouba’s governor, Akram Sebri, said “considerable the middle of the week. — AFP Turkish jet crashes into Kyrgyz village... Continued from Page 1 weather was not good.” “Our grandson said something was burning,” Tajikan, a Cables of similar sentiments were sent to the Kyrgyz Dacha Suu resident who identified herself only by her first president by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad name, told AFP. “We heard a roar and (what felt) like an Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber earthquake. Many people were sleeping, everything Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. around was burning. One of the parts of the aircraft fell on “I am alone now, all of my neighbors are dead,” said our neighbor’s house. She and her whole family died,” the A Tunisian girl plays in the snow in the town of Maktar in Tunisia’s central Siliana region yesterday. — AFP Anarkan Kozhoyeva, 65, a pensioner. “Our house was just pensioner said. 20 meters away (from the destroyed area).” An area the size Atambayev announced today would be a national day of a football pitch was completely leveled and covered of mourning. Initial reports had suggested the plane was Kuwait cuts could reach 146-148,000 bpd with wreckage. Zumriyat Rezakhanova, another resident operated by Turkish Airlines but Turkish ACT Airlines said it Continued from Page 1 ment strategy had not been changed by falling oil prices. of Dacha Suu, said the plane fell “right on the homes” was flying the Boeing 747-400. ACT Airlines said two pilots, “We have a plan until 2020 to spend around $120 billion, where residents were sleeping. “My sister’s home is badly a loading expert and an aviation expert were killed in the in a programme broadcast on Sunday. “Our part of the cut is and this has not changed because we think the fall (of oil damaged. Luckily she and her family survived,” crash. Kyrgyz officials said representatives of the Interstate 133,000. Today I was told that we dropped by 6,000 more, prices) was short-term, and these were long-term invest- Rezakhanova told AFP. Aviation Committee and Turkish authorities would join the and we might drop to 146,000 to 148,000.” ments and will have big revenues for the economy.” The plane’s tail section was left upside down on top of a crash investigation today. The crew had flown the plane Marzouq said last week that Kuwait had reduced its oil Marzouq said he hoped oil prices would stay between shed, next to the empty space where a house had been along the same route for the last few months and were output by more than its commitment, but at that time did $55 and $60 a barrel or move even higher if market fun- entirely obliterated. Plumes of smoke rose above the crash familiar with the area, they said. not give details. Kuwait agreed to cut 133,000 bpd. Based on damentals helped. On the privatization of Kuwait’s oil site, with some mud-brick buildings razed to the ground ACT Airlines said it was “deeply saddened” by the crash statements by oil producing nations so far, there has been sector, Marzouq said there were some activities which and others pierced by parts of the plane. Locals said they and noted that “the cause of the accident is unknown”. more than 60 percent compliance with the production cuts could not be privatized such as exploration and produc- had initially thought the area was struck by an earthquake. Boeing, the plane’s manufacturer, meanwhile extended its specified by the deal, Marzouq said last week. Some coun- tion, but areas related to oil services could be privatized “Around 7 o’clock in the morning I heard a loud noise and “deepest condolences” over the crash and offered to assist tries may have complied but not announced that yet. and Kuwait had a plan to do that in the coming two to after that all the nearest houses were shaken,” resident Kyrgyz authorities with the investigation. Elmira Marzouq told Sky News Arabia that Kuwait’s oil invest- three years. — Reuters Andrei Andreyev said. “Everyone got frightened and start- Sheripova, a spokeswoman for the emergency services ed to run out of the houses to the street. Nobody under- ministry, told AFP that 17 houses had been “completely stood what was going on because there was a fog, the destroyed” by the plane. —Agencies Egypt court rejects island transfers... Continued from Page 1 Egypt with aid, provoked accusations that Cairo had “sold” Lawmakers seek special debate on expat... the strategic islands. Cairo said the islands were Saudi to Continued from Page 1 impact of raising power charges on inflation in the coun- scrambling to find a new supplier. But relations have start with, but had been leased to Egypt in the 1950s. But try. Sane and several other lawmakers had already sub- cooled over Egypt’s stance on war-torn Syria, whose even many who agreed with the government objected to Several lawmakers have proposed key measures to mitted draft laws calling to scrap a law raising electricity President Bashar Al-Assad is seen as closer to Russia than the way the deal was announced, buried in a cabinet reduce the number of foreigners in Kuwait by getting charges and a decision hiking the price of petrol. The Saudi Arabia which supports rebels fighting him. statement a day after it was signed. rid of around one million expats within five years. Assembly’s financial and economic affairs committee is Lawyers present in court told AFP the ruling was final, Two rare protests were held in downtown Cairo in April Expatriates have come under tremendous pressure expected to start debating these draft laws next week. but a former senior judge said the government could still against the deal, leading to clashes with police and arrests since oil prices began to fall in mid-2014, as most of the Meanwhile, MP Majed Al-Mutairi yesterday submit- find a way to appeal it. Mohamed Hamed Al-Gamal, the of activists. More than 100 people were jailed for up to five government’s steps to raise non-oil revenue targeted ted a draft law proposing two key amendments to former head of the administrative court, said the decision years for taking part in demonstrations that police quickly was final according to this court’s procedure, but it could dispersed, but they were later freed on appeal. Police had expatriates while sparing citizens. The government the election law. The bill proposes to lower the voting be unconstitutional. “The law and the constitution affirm also made scores of arrests in the lead-up to the protests plans to increase electricity and water charges on expa- age to 18 years from the current 21 and for allowing the absence of administrative court jurisdiction in sover- to discourage a repeat of a large rally on April 15 at which triates from August, while it has decided to raise med- servicemen and women, who are barred from voting, eign matters such as international treaties,” Gamal said. demonstrators chanted anti-regime slogans. Sisi had ical service fees from next month only on foreigners. to cast their vote. Mutairi said lowering the voting The government may challenge the ruling before the con- defended the deal, and said in a televised meeting with In a related development, MP Riyadh Al-Sane asked age and allowing servicemen to vote will enfranchise stitutional court, he added. politicians that his mother had taught him “not to take Minister of Oil and Electricity and Water Essam Al- a large section of citizens and broaden democratic The deal to hand over the islands, signed during an other people’s belongings”. He further requested that the Marzouq if the ministry has conducted a study on the participation. April visit by Saudi King Salman in which Riyadh showered matter not be brought up again. — AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 ANALYSIS

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srael and the Palestinians remain as far apart as ever after a Paris conference, with attention Inow turning to whether US President-elect Donald Trump will shake up the long-stagnant Middle East peace process. Four days before his inauguration, Trump suggested Monday that for the Middle East peace process, like many issues, his presidency may mean a plunge into uncharted waters. On Sunday, the international community reaffirmed in Paris its commitment to an inde- pendent Palestinian state, but Trump in an inter- view with European newspapers the next day appeared to undermine that, saying the Swedish banks - safe bet or risky business? “Palestinians are given so much”. The Paris conference’s concluding document weden’s four largest banks are using (increased their capital). They have a gold-standard approach to capital dard for all banks, it’s the ones that work welcomed a UN Security Council Resolution on a calculation of the risk to their loan reduced the risk-weights and it is quite buffers to preserve the banks’ reputations best that are most punished,” said Johan December 23 which condemned Israeli settle- Sportfolios that critics say is flawed different because the leverage ratio has as solid institutions and because of the Hansing, CEO of the association. “All the ments in the occupied Palestinian territories, con- and leaves them vulnerable to any correc- been almost constant,” Swedish central importance of the financial sector to the Swedish banks have a very strong rating sidered illegal under international law. The resolu- tion in the booming housing market. bank governor Stefan Ingves said in economy. Only Switzerland and the by rating agencies. If there were weak- tion, which was approved thanks to a rare Nordea, Swedbank, SEB and December. Netherlands have a larger financial sector nesses and shortcomings in the Swedish American abstention in the final weeks of the Handelsbanken are among the world’s Since 2010, Swedish banks have dou- than Sweden in the European Union rela- banks’ internal models professional actors administration of Barack Obama, was “terrible”, most well capitalized banks and made it bled their core tier 1 capital ratio, a meas- tive to the size of the economy. like rating agencies would detect it.” Trump told The Times of London and Germany’s through the 2008 financial crisis ure of how much money a bank has in Self-assessed risk-weightings are The Riksbank says that international surveys have shown that there are major Bild newspaper. “The problem I have is that it unscathed, relative to other European relation to risk-weighted assets, to around widely used in Europe but Sweden’s are banks. Swedish house prices took a small 24 percent, above the EU average of among the lowest, according to the IMF differences in banks’ risk weights even for makes it (Israel-Palestinian peace) a tougher deal dip during the crisis but have more than around 13 percent. But the leverage ratio, in a 2016 report. Ingves, who was identical portfolios. It advocates a lever- for me to negotiate because the Palestinians are tripled in the last 20 years, driven by low the relationship between the bank’s capi- assigned to clean up the Swedish bank- age ratio requirement of 4 percent now given so much,” he said. interest rates, tax breaks on debt and low tal and its total assets regardless of what ing system after the 1990s crisis, says it is and a hike to 5 percent by 2018. The FSA, Trump also confirmed that his son-in-law Jared building. Swedish households are now risk you assign to them, have remained time to rein the banks in. He has called responsible for financial stability in Kushner would play a role in trying to negotiate among the most indebted in Europe virtually unchanged at an average of for a leverage ratio requirement to bal- Sweden, agrees rules have been too lax. peace. “Jared is such a good kid and he’ll make a Encouraged by the surging prices, around 4 percent. ance out creative internal models. “It has “We agree partly to that criticism and deal with Israel that no one else can,” he said. Israeli banks have stocked up on property loans. Banks put a lower risk weighting on been proved since the system was that is why we have tightened rules,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly They now account for close to 65 percent loans that are less likely to fail and set launched that banks have had too large Swedish FSA general director Erik denounced the Paris conference as another useless of the loan portfolios of the big four, aside less money against losses of those degrees of freedom to decide their risk Thedeen said. “But it is to simplistic to say attempt at an international “diktat”, arguing that according to the Swedish Financial loans. The idea is that this serves as an weights and that needs be to revised,” that just because the accumulated capital only direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations can lead Supervisory Authority (FSA). While they incentive to reduce the risks in the loan Ingves said. in relation to the assets have not gone to peace. For the Netanyahu government, eight have built up their home lending, the portfolios. Spokesmen for Swedbank, SEB His sentiment is echoed by the IMF up, the capital has not increased.” years of frosty relations with the Obama adminis- lenders’ capital positions also appear to and Handelsbanken declined to comment which wrote in its report that “available The FSA has taken a number of meas- tration culminated with the Dec 23 resolution. have improved. But critics including on the risk weightings. Nordea’s head of models may suffer from overreliance on ures to shore up the system. A 25 percent Sweden’s central bank and the investor relations, Rodney Alven, said: recent historical experience, and have risk-weight floor on mortgages has been Tomorrow’s world International Monetary Fund say this is “What makes us favor risk-adjusted mod- difficulties capturing unexpected losses introduced and banks are forced to count Netanyahu said Sunday he was waiting for because since 2007 the banks were els is that it has taught us a lot about how occurring in extreme but plausible sce- every fifth year as a bad one when calcu- Trump, who has said there is no politician as pro- allowed to use a model where they self to manage, minimize and properly price narios.” The internal models are also lating for loan losses. The FSA hiked Israeli as him, to enter the Oval Office. The Paris asses the risk of their portfolios based his- risk. We think that these models have under scrutiny in other parts of the bank- Nordea’s capital requirements with 13.8 conference was one of the “last spasms of yester- toric loan losses. genuinely reduced the risks in the bank- ing world as the Basel committee is try- billion Swedish crowns ($1.5 billion) in With the housing sector making up ing system.” “We feel we are very well capi- ing to agree on a floor for how low banks October after a review found that the day’s world”, according to the Israeli premier. such a large chunk of Swedish loans, loss- talized in every way you measure it,” he risks can be set. The final levels are bank had underestimated the probability “Tomorrow will look different and tomorrow is es have been low for a long time. This added. expected at the end of the month and for loan losses in its internal models. very close.” Referring to the Iranian nuclear deal means the amount of capital banks need could see Swedish banks having to set Asked if it is wise to let banks regulate and settlements in the West Bank, Regional to reserve against future shortfalls has Self-assessment in the spotlight aside more capital against their lending. themselves given that many crises have Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told also been set very low, so they have not Swedish banks often bemoan a heavier The Swedish Bankers’ Association says started with excessive risk-taking by reporters: “We can feel comfortable about the fact built buffers big enough to compensate regulatory capital burden than counter- such models are still the best way to cap- banks, Ingves says: “In retrospect, when that the incoming administration, unlike its prede- for bigger losses, they say. “They haven’t parts in Europe. Sweden has tried to adopt ture risk. “If you try to have a single stan- you look at it: no, not really.” —Reuters cessor, feels the same about two major issues. “This is a powerful change and I think it is positive for the world.” The Palestinian leadership, too, has realized the ‘Yes we can’: Obama’s complex legacy changes that the Trump presidency could bring. They have started to sound the alarm about Trump’s promise to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel fter winning the White House with a call to Still popular But his prudence and passivity in the face of chaos in Aviv to Jerusalem. Such a transfer would break with embrace “the audacity of hope,” Barack With his temples a bit grayer now, Barack Hussein war-wracked Syria, which has led to the worst humanitari- the consensus of the vast majority of the interna- A Obama knows his place in the history books Obama will leave the Oval Office at age 55 with his popu- an crisis since World War II, leaves a shadow over his tional community, which does not recognize will be measured against the outsized hopes his larity near his all-time high, much like Ronald Reagan in tenure at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. While rejecting his Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The some 70 countries 2008 election sparked in the United States and 1989. A relative political novice when he ran for president critics, Obama has admitted he was somewhat powerless. present in Paris warned they would not recognize abroad. Beyond his wide smile, his legendary in 2008, promising to transform the United States under “It haunts me constantly,” he told Vanity Fair magazine last unilateral actions that threaten a negotiated solu- Hawaiian sense of calm and his drama-free style of his optimistic banner of “Yes we can,” Obama entered the year. “I do ask myself: ‘Was there something that we hadn’t tion, while Palestinian leaders have threatened governing, what will be remembered from the White House in 2009, and the learning curve was steep. thought of? Was there some move that is beyond what retaliatory measures. Asked about the embassy Democrat’s extraordinary path to power and his two Just 47 at the time, four years older than John F Kennedy, was being presented to me that maybe a Churchill could move, Trump refused to comment to The Times and terms as the 44th US president? he freely admits he initially underestimated the difficulty have seen, or an Eisenhower might have figured out?’” Bild, saying only “we’ll see what happens”. Will the son of an absent Kenyan father and a of doing business in Washington. Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erakat said the white mother from Kansas, who split his childhood He could only shake his head at how Republicans sys- Highs and lows Paris conference “created a momentum” towards years between the Aloha State and Indonesia, be tematically blocked his every move, even if he himself On certain issues, such as climate change, Obama - a the end of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and lauded for bringing down unemployment, the raid also lacked a certain sense of flexibility in his dealings constitutional law expert - learned how to adapt. From the immense disappointment of the failed Copenhagen sum- east Jerusalem, which the Jewish state seized in a that killed Obama bin Laden, or reforming the with Capitol Hill. Confronted with economic and financial chaos upon his arrival in office, with huge sectors of mit in 2009, he figured out that no global action would 1967 war. Palestinian political scientist Khalil healthcare system? Will he be praised for revitalizing relations with Cuba or pushing through a global cli- industry at the edge of an abyss, he managed to push occur without Washington and Beijing working together. Shaheen welcomed the fact the conference mate agreement? Whatever the historians write, through an $800 billion stimulus package. Then, after an The Paris accord reached in late 2015 came together in “showed the commitment of dozens of countries Obama - America’s first black president - can certain- epic battle on Capitol Hill, Obama saw his signature large part thanks to their cooperation. On other issues, to the two-state solution, an important message to ly claim some bona fide successes. healthcare reform plan - which became known as from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the military prison at the Israelis and the Trump administration”. But one dream got lost along the way: That of “Obamacare” -become law. Some 20 million Americans Guantanamo Bay, Obama clearly failed. Two days after tak- However, “at the same time, the declaration of national reconciliation. Years of stalemate with an now have health insurance who did not before thanks to ing office, he signed a decree aimed at shutting down the the Paris conference was without teeth,” he added, intractable Republican-led Congress and Donald the Affordable Care Act, which Trump has pledged to US prison in Cuba within a year. Eight years later, although referring to the lack of enforcement mechanisms. Trump’s shock election win - which he did not see repeal and replace. it holds far fewer inmates, the detention center is still there. The Israelis have warned they will not be bound by coming - at the end of an unprecedentedly aggres- the declaration. Ofer Zalzberg, an analyst at the sive campaign have revealed a deeply divided coun- Syria casts a shadow ‘History zigzags’ International Crisis Group think-tank, admitted the try. Political divisions are to be expected, with Obama leaves behind a mixed record on the foreign A talented orator, Obama will also be remembered for conference had not set out a new policy. But “the Republicans and Democrats refusing to work togeth- policy front. The surprise Nobel Peace Prize he won in a handful of powerfully delivered speeches. In Charleston, Trump administration will have to deal with the er to the point of sometimes paralyzing government. 2009 proved in some ways to be a poisoned chalice. The where nine black parishioners were gunned down by a fact that the European and Arab countries are say- But racial fault lines also came to the fore during Nobel committee lauded his “extraordinary efforts to white supremacist during a Bible study session, Obama ing: ‘This is what we are committed to.’ In this sense Obama’s presidency, and with an unexpected force. strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation offered a rousing eulogy - and then began singing it is not as if it is just disappearing.” —AFP Careful not to be seen as a “president for black between peoples” - after less than eight months in office. “Amazing Grace”. The thousands of mourners joined in. In Americans,” Obama paradoxically may have been the But in accepting the award, Obama acknowledged his Athens, he recognized how “democracy, like all human wrong leader to move the needle on the race issue. accomplishments were “slight” compared to those of the institutions, is imperfect. It can be slow; it can be frustrat- That reality is a bitter pill to swallow for a man who “giants of history” who preceded him. ing; it can be hard; it can be messy.” All articles appearing on these pages are said, in the 2004 speech that put him on the political However, the onetime senator from Illinois can certain- In Chicago, where he cut his political teeth, he tried in his the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait map, that there is “not a liberal America and a con- ly claim to have made a clean break with the Bush years. farewell speech this month to channel the energy of those Times takes no responsibility for views servative America, there’s the United States of He presided over the withdrawal of the vast majority of who elected him in Nov 2008. “I’m asking you to believe. expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites America”. “There’s not a black America and white US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan (from 180,000 to Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours,” he America and Latino America and Asian America,” he 15,000) and banned waterboarding and other post-9/11 said to cheers - and some tears. Conscious that much of his readers to voice their opinions. Please send said. “There’s the United States of America.” “enhanced interrogation techniques” now widely seen as legacy could be picked apart by his successor, Obama has submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- But Obama, criticized by some as too much of a torture. By bringing Iran - Saudi Arabia’s Shiite rival - back maintained his fierce optimism - his political calling card, times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 policy wonk and sometimes professorial, may not into the international fold with a nuclear deal, and by mocked by some and hailed by others - until the very end. Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right have taken the pulse of Trump’s America - a mainly showing that America had other priorities than the After Trump’s victory, he called on the country to accept to edit any submission as necessary. white, working middle class terrified by the whirl- Middle East, notably in Asia and Africa, Obama tried to that “sometimes, history zigzags” and move forward. It’s use- wind effects of economic globalization. shuffle the deck. less, he said, to “get into a fetal position”. —AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 SPORTS

Robben extends Trusted doctors to watch Injured Laura Kenny Bayern contract Kenyan runners for doping doubtful for worlds

ELDORET: A team of ‘trustable’ team of doctors will from today LONDON: Olympic champion Laura Kenny’s participation in April’s Track BERLIN: Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben will stay at the German champi- start monitoring Kenya’s top runners in a bid to stamp out dop- Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong has been threatened by a ham- ons until 2018 after the 32-year-old Dutchman signed a one-year contract ing that has tainted the country’s athletics. The doctors have string injury, it emerged yesterday. The four-time gold medal- extension, the club said yesterday. Robben has won been chosen by Athletics Kenya and the International list, who under her maiden name of Laura Trott, won two every major domestic trophy with Bayern since join- Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) which last year Olympic titles at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 ing them in 2009 and he scored an 89th-minute warned Kenya over a possible global ban from competition. Games, has now withdrawn from two competitions this winner in the 2013 Champions League final Athletics Kenya chief Jackson Tuwei said an initial team of five month. She will now miss the Six-Day event in Berlin start- against Borussia Dortmund. “In his position Arjen “trustable Kenyan doctors” had been picked to monitor Kenya’s ing Thursday and the UK National Track Championships in is one of the best players in the world,” CEO Karl- top runners and “limit bad medical practices and doping-promot- Manchester that get underway on January 27. “British Heinz Rummenigge said. “He has been in Munich ing behaviours by some Kenyan health professionals.” The doc- Cycling’s Laura Kenny has withdrawn from the forthcoming for almost eight years and has become a key part tors will prepare a monthly report to be sent to the IAAF medical Six Day Berlin and HSBC UK National Track Championships of the club.” Bayern’s French winger Franck Ribery and anti-doping commission. Tuwei warned that any athlete having sustained a hamstring strain,” said a statement and top scorer Robert Lewandowski also signed who failed to comply would not be selected for international issued by the national governing body. “Laura is contract extensions this season. Robben, who competition. “It is absolutely mandatory for these elite athletes to undergoing treatment and hopes to return to full played for Chelsea and Real Madrid before go through this network. It is painful, it is strict, it is critical ... but fitness soon.” Riders have been known to opt out moving to Munich, has scored 82 goals in we have to do it,” Tuwei said. “Forty-nine athletes have been of the first World Championships following an 152 Bundesliga matches and 21 goals in found to have violated the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Olympics but Kenny’s injury means she could be 53 Champions League games for the code in the past five years but were cautioned according to the forced into missing the April 12-16 edition in German side. — Reuters laws of the land and WADA code.”—AFP Hong Kong. — AFP Thomas romps to Sony Open win in record style

HONOLULU: Challenged only by the record after the Englishman lost his tour card by book, Justin Thomas won the Sony Open on 100 euros. Sunday with the lowest 72-hole score in PGA After the 251st-ranked Storm tapped in for Tour history. Thomas capped off his wonder- a par, the second-ranked McIlroy slid his par ful week at Waialae that began with a 59 putt wide from 7 feet on their fourth visit to with his second straight victory. He two- the 18th hole at Glendower Golf Club. Storm putted birdie from 60 feet on the par-5 18th closed with a 1-under 71 to match McIlroy and closed with a 5-under 65 to set the (68) at 18-under 270. Storm lost his card at record at 253. the end of last year, only to get a reprieve Tommy Armour III shot 254 at the 2003 when American Patrick Reed failed to play Texas Open. “It’s been an unbelievable week. enough events to keep his card. Storm also Unforgettable,” Thomas said before going to won the 2007 French Open. McIlroy said he sign his historic card. Make that two weeks. will have tests on his back Monday to make The 23-year-old from Kentucky won at sure he is fit enough to play in Abu Dhabi Kapalua last week by three shots, then without further damage. Making his first start destroyed the full field at the Sony Open to of the year, McIlroy felt pain in his back before win by seven shots. Thomas is the first player the second round and it lingered throughout since Tiger Woods in 2009 (Buick Open and the final day. Bridgestone Invitational) to win back-to-back weeks by three shots or more. DIAMOND RESORTS INVITATIONAL Justin Rose closed with a 64 to finish alone Woody Austin completed a wire-to-wire in second. Jordan Spieth was third after a 63. victory in the Diamond Resorts Invitational The first full-field event of the year on the and former pitcher Mark Mulder took the PGA Tour was a one-man show. Thomas celebrity title. began the final round with a seven-shot lead Austin closed with a 6-under 66 on the and no one got closer than five shots all day. Four Seasons Resort’s Tranquilo course, earn- His only nervous moment was an 8-foot par ing 31 points in the modified Stableford scor- putt on the sixth hole when he was five shots ing system to finish the three-round event at ahead. He made that, and the rest of the day 104 - eight points ahead of second-place Joe was a Pacific breeze. Thomas joined Ernie Els Durant. Austin opened with an 11-under 59. in 2003 as the only players to sweep Hawaii, A three-time winner last year on the PGA and this performance might have been even Tour Champions, the 52-year-old Austin had better. Thomas was 49-under par for his two seven birdies and one bogey in the final weeks, compared with Els at 47 under. round, with a birdie worth three points, a par Former pro wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka. Thomas joined Johnny Miller (1974 and one point and a bogey zero points. Coming 1975) and Tiger Woods (2003, 2008, 2013) as off offseason hernia surgery, Austin missed the only players in 50 years to win three of only one fairway and one green in regula- the their first five starts in a PGA Tour season. tion Sunday. Former pro wrestler Jimmy It started last fall with the CIMB Classic in Mulder rallied to top of the celebrity divi- Malaysia. He moved to No. 8 in the world. sion, scoring 30 points in a 67 to finish with 77 points. Former tennis player Mardy Fish, SA OPEN the winner last year, and former kicker Ryan ‘Superfly’ Snuka dead at 73 Graeme Storm beat Rory McIlroy on the Longwell tied for second with 67 points. third playoff hole in the SA Open on Sunday Second-round leader Ray Allen was fourth for his second European Tour title, 80 days with 66.—AP PHILADELPHIA: Former pro wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died at his son-in- Thomson eyes win after 24 law’s home in Florida. He was 73. Attorney Robert Kirwan II said Snuka was hour Vendee speed mark taken Sunday to the home near Pompano Beach so that he could spend his last moments PARIS: Briton Alex Thomson is closing in on Organisers expect the race winner to cross there. The family informed him shortly after 1 longtime leader Armel Le Cleac’h in a dramat- the line in this 87th edition between 0700 p.m. Sunday to say he had died, Kirwan said. ic denouement to the Vendee Globe around and 1500 GMT on Thursday-and that would Lehigh County Judge Kelly Banach on Jan. 3 the world yacht race. itself see another speed mark. dismissed the murder case against the retired Organisers said yesterday the first finishers If the winner finishes before 1202 GMT WWE star after the defense said he had demen- were set to arrive Thursday at Sables then he will come in just under 74 days at tia, was in hospice care in Florida and had six d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast. But sea.Either 73 or 74 will still smash Gabart’s months to live. whether it will be Le Cleac’h bagging the 2013 mark of 78 days 2hr 16min. Le Cleac’h Snuka’s daughter, Tamina Snuka, also a WWE habitual success for France or Thomson scor- has been leading since December 3 in his wrestler, tweeted Sunday afternoon: “I LOVE ing a dramatic first British triumph remains Banque Populaire VIII with Welshman YOU DAD” with a hashtag #RestWell. unclear after the latter’s spectacular attempt Thomson fighting to stay in contention in his Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, also a WWE to overhaul his rival who is now just 78.7 nau- Hugo Boss. star, called it “sad news” in a post on his Twitter tical miles ahead. Neither man has won the race to date, an page. Snuka was charged in 2015 with third- Sunday night into early yesterday morning unyielding endurance test which Gabart says degree murder and involuntary manslaughter saw Thomson set a new record for distance in his case “radically changed my life. covered in a single hulled yacht in 24 hours, “I can never return to Sables Olonne as HONOLULU: Justin Thomas of the United States celebrates with the trophy after win- in the death of Nancy Argentino, whose body skimming across 536.81 nautical miles of before” winning, he told AFP. Gabart was the ning the Sony Open In Hawaii at Waialae Country Club on Sunday in Honolulu, was found more than three decades earlier in ocean at an average speed of 22.36 knots. youngest ever winner, aged 29, four years Hawaii. — AFP their Whitehall Township hotel room. That outdid the 534.48 nautical miles ago and was in floods of tears at the finish Prosecutors allege she was beaten, while Snuka which Frenchman Francois Gabart set three after his global battle against the elements. maintained she died from a fall. years ago at an average speed of 22.27 knots. “I was awash with a real cocktail of emo- Authorities reopened the investigation after “It’s truly magic,” said Gabart, commentating tions. First of all there was relief-under pres- The Morning Call newspaper raised questions Gana wins Latin America, for the event’s television channel. sure for 78 days. Then of course there was about the case in 2013. “We’re heading for a super finish between pride. And pleasure at meeting up again with earns spot in Masters Banach had first ruled last summer that Armel and Alex. It is fabulous to see these loved ones,” he reminisced, saying the high Snuka was not competent to stand trial after boats go so quick. “The battle between lasted “for days, weeks, years even.” his attorney argued the ex-athlete suffers from PANAMA CITY: Toto Gana of Chile to win. But he had to scramble just to Armel and Alex is magnificent. Armel is not in As Le Cleac’h and Thomson battle for dementia, partly due to the head trauma sus- an easy position, he has much to lose. But he supremacy to the last, Gabart’s next project is atoned for a bogey on the final hole by give himself a chance at par, and it looked tained over a long career in the ring. making a short birdie putt to win a as though that would cost him when he still has quite a few strings to his bow and to circumnavigate the globe later this year in Prosecutors countered that Snuka’s brain shows everything it takes to hang in there.” a multi-hulled, faster vessel. —AFP three-man playoff Sunday in the Latin hooked his tee shot on the same hole in normal signs of aging and suggested he might America Amateur Championship and the playoff. He punched low under a tree be feigning symptoms. earn a spot in the Masters. to the fairway and hit a pitch to 3 feet to At a hearing last month to re-evaluate Gana thought he had it won in regula- save par. Ortiz, a junior at Arkansas, had a Snuka’s mental fitness, Snuka’s wife told the tion at the Golf Club of Panama until his 15- 15-foot birdie putt to win on the same judge that the family struggles to keep him foot par putt on the 18th hole caught the course where his brother, Carlos Ortiz, from leaving home during bouts of psychosis in right edge of the cup. He closed with a 1- won a Web.com Tour event in 2014. The which he thinks he’s late for a wrestling match. over 71 and slipped into a three-man play- putt broke sharply to the left at the end Banach then took time to review Snuka’s med- off with his best friend, Joaquin Niemann of and grazed the cup as Ortiz covered his ical records before ruling. Chile, and Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico. face with his hat in disbelief. Kirwan said Snuka died “due to complica- On the second playoff hole, the 433- Gana - his name translates to “win” in tions from his ongoing medical problems.” yard 10th, Gana ripped a drive and had English - made good on his second “The family is simply heartbroken. It’s been a 97 yards to a front pin. He eyed it the chance with his wedge to 3 feet for the long journey,” he said. “They are grateful to the whole way until it settled 3 feet from the winning birdie. “The door was open to judge for dismissing the charges against him.” cup. He calmly tapped in his birdie putt win the championship,” Gana said. “And I Snuka wrote about Argentino’s death in his after Ortiz, who missed his birdie try from hit the best shot I’ve hit in my whole 2012 autobiography, maintaining his inno- some 65 feet away, made par. Niemann life.” It was the second time in three cence and saying the episode had ruined his caught a plugged lie in a bunker and years that a Chilean won the Latin life. “Many terrible things have been written made bogey. Amateur. Matias Dominguez won the about me hurting Nancy and being responsible “I don’t realize what I’ve done yet,” the first year. Paul Chaplet, a 16-year-old for her death, but they are not true,” he wrote. 19-year-old Gana said. “It’s incredible. Two from Costa Rica, won last year. “This has been very hard on me and very hard days ago I was nobody, and now I can’t Gana said he wasn’t expecting to win on my family. To this day, I get nasty notes and threats. It wait to play the Masters.” when the week started because so many hurts. I never hit Nancy or threatened her.” The winner of the Latin American other players had won more tournaments. Kirwan said that he believes his client’s name Amateur, which began three years Niemann won the Junior World at Torrey will eventually be cleared. Snuka, a native of ago, gets an invitation to play in the Pines two years ago and played in the Fiji who previously lived in Camden County, Masters and an exemption into the Argentine Open. And now the Chilean New Jersey, was known on the wrestling cir- final stage of qualifying for the U.S. teenager is headed to the Masters. cuit for diving from the ropes and even the Open and British Open. “Playing the Masters is a dream for any top of steel cages in a career that spanned Gana never trailed over the final 12 golfer because it’s the most prestigious decades. He was inducted into the WWE Hall Alex Thomson holes and needed only a par on the 18th tournament in the world,” he said. —AP of Fame in 1996. —AP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 , 2017 SPORTS New Zealand bowlers praised for overcoming first innings failings

WELLINGTON: After being flogged to parity,” Williamson said. around the Basin Reserve for 595 runs, “It then really came down to the second New Zealand captain Kane Williamson felt innings and I guess (that’s) when we took his bowlers had responded superbly to set control of the game. “The guys were very up an improbable seven-wicket first test good with the ball on a flat surface.” victory against Bangladesh on the final day Despite the obvious knock to confidence yesterday. Williamson scored his 15th test after scoring almost 600 then losing, century to lead New Zealand to their tar- Mushfiqur’s side had plenty to be pleased get of 217 for the loss of three wickets with with. They showed they can bat down to 17.2 overs remaining after Bangladesh had number seven and their main spinners been dismissed for 160 in their second Mehedi Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan are innings. “Credit to the bowlers with the world-class exponents of slow bowling. way they came back with a lot of energy Their inexperienced pace attack with after a tough first innings,” Williamson said. Taskin Ahmed and Subashis Roy on debut, “To bowl Bangladesh out on a very good however, were unable to put New Zealand surface was a tough thing to do. under sustained pressure with the ball. “To bounce back and achieve that was “We didn’t execute our plans the way brilliant and it allowed us to chase down we should have and if we had, we could the total.” Bangladesh had achieved their have had a 200-run lead in the first second-highest test score in the first innings and it would have been a differ- innings when Mushfiqur Rahim declared ent ball game,” Mushfiqur said. “If you their innings at 595 for eight. want to take a wicket in test cricket you The hosts, however, responded with have to bowl consistently well and we 536 with Tom Latham scoring 177 as the couldn’t do that. “We had some great team produced several big partnerships to partnerships in the batting but didn’t get them close to Bangladesh’s mammoth have any in the bowling and we need to total. “To get as close as we did was a fan- do that if you want to get them out. “We tastic effort... lot of credit to Tom Latham will work on that and execute it better in with a big hundred to get us basically back the second Test.” — Reuters WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson bats during day five of the first international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday. — AFP Stoinis replaces Williamson fires New injured Marsh Zealand to stunning win

MELBOURNE: Victorian all-rounder Marcus Perth due to an ongoing neck injury. WELLINGTON: Kane Williamson scored his 15th Stoinis will replace the injured Mitchell Stoinis has a single one-day internation- century as New Zealand staged a remarkable SCOREBOARD Marsh in Australia’s one day international al for Australia to his name, against England fightback to win the first Test against squad for the ongoing series against in 2015. The 27-year-old will play Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final session WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Scoreboard yesterday at the end of the first cricket test between New Zealand and Pakistan, Cricket Australia said yesterday. Melbourne Stars’ Big Bash Twenty20 match in Wellington yesterday. Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve. He described it has “a second-innings match” Fast bowling all-rounder Marsh has against Brisbane Heat on Tuesday before Bangladesh, 1st Innings 595-8 decl. Mitchell Santner 16-5-36-2, Neil Wagner 15-3-37-2 (1nb). been ruled out of the remainder of the five- he and leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who has where Bangladesh’s first innings 595 and New New Zealand, 1st Innings 539 match series with a shoulder injury, which been released from the squad to play in the Zealand’s 539 in reply were in effect removed Bangladesh, 2nd Innings (Overnight: 66-3) New Zealand, 2nd Innings he sustained in Australia’s six-wicket loss same match, join the one-day team in from the equation when the pressure went on. Tamim Iqbal b Santner 25 Tom Latham b Mehedi 16 against Pakistan in the second one-dayer at Perth tomorrow. On a dramatic final day, the Bangladesh sec- Imrul Kayes not out 36 Jeet Raval c and b Mehedi 13 the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. The series is tied at 1-1 after Australia ond innings ended on 160-9 with captain and Mominul Haque c de Grandhomme b Wagner 23 Kane Williamson not out 104 Australia have already added batsman won the opener in Brisbane by 92 runs prolific scorer Mushfiqur Rahim rushed to hospi- Mahmudullah c Watling b Wagner 5 Ross Taylor c Mehedi b Roy 60 tal after being felled by a bouncer. He was later Mehedi Hasan run out 1 Henry Nicholls not out 4 Peter Handscomb to their squad with Chris before Pakistan bounced back in Shakib Al Hasan c Williamson b Santner 0 given the all-clear by doctors but took no further Extras (14b, 6lb) 20 Lynn ruled out of Thursday’s third ODI in Melbourne. —Reuters Sabbir Rahman c Watling b Boult 50 part in the game as Williamson and Ross Taylor TOTAL (for three wickets) 217 Mushfiqur Rahim retired hurt 13 launched a batting onslaught reach their 217- Taskin Ahmed b Boult 5 Overs: 39.4. Batting time: 176 minutes. run target with time to spare in the final session. Kamrul Islam c de Grandhomme b Southee 1 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-39, 3-202. Williamson, who ended on 104 not out off 90 Subashis Roy b Boult 0 Did not bat: Colin de Grandhomme, B.J. Watling, balls, said he knew New Zealand had a chance Extras (1nb) 1 Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult. when they managed to get their first innings TOTAL (all out) 160 Bowling: Kamrul Islam 7-0-31-0, Mehedi Hasan 11.4-0- within 56 runs of Bangladesh. Overs: 57.5. Batting time: 270 minutes. 66-2, Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-30-0, Taskin Ahmed 6-0-38-0, “From then on it became a second innings Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-63, 3-66, 4-66, 5-96, 6-137, 7-148, Subashis Roy 5-0-32-1. match... when you go into the last innings of a 8-152, 9-160. Result: New Zealand won by seven wickets. Test anything can happen,” he said, admitting to Bowling: Trent Boult 13.5-3-53-3, Tim Southee 13-5-34-1, Series: New Zealand leads the two-match series 1-0. some tense moments when New Zealand were 39 for two with Tom Latham departing for 16 who took over the captaincy, saying they only victory. Williamson brought up his century-lev- and Jeet Raval for 13. had themselves to blame. elling the scores with a sweep off Mehedi Hasan “Coming into last two sessions and either “In the second innings we could have batted to the boundary-before ending the game with a team could win it. That’s what Test cricket is well. (We were) unlucky in the sense regarding single off the next ball. about. “When you’re two for 30, 200 can be quite injury, yes, but we could have batted well,” he Bangladesh had been in command for nearly a long way away in the last innings.” Williamson said with the 595 never considered a match-win- four days, until their second innings lasted fewer defended the use of the bouncer as a legitimate ning innings. than 58 overs to end at 160 for nine. First weapon to pressure Bangladesh in their second “We always believed this Test match is not innings hero Shakib Al Hasan, whose 217 is a innings but admitted Mushfiqur’s injury did not over yet and there will be one session or period record high score for a Bangladesh batsman, help the tourists. of 20-25 overs for both the teams where whoev- lasted only five balls before going for nought. It er does well in that small session might win the was a disappointing sequel to their imposing UNWANTED RECORD Test match. first innings of 595 for eight declared, presenting “That certainly didn’t help Bangladesh’s “That’s what New Zealand did better than us them with the unwanted record of the highest cause. It was a great (159) first innings and it was and that’s why they are in winning position score in the first innings to lose a Test. The previ- very unfortunate he was out with the injury.” today.” Williamson and Ross Taylor (60) batted ous mark was set more than 120 years ago, MOTERA: An Indian official arranges a poster displaying the design of a proposed There were no complaints from Bangladesh raced along at more than six runs an over in when Australia scored 586 against England at cricket ceremony during the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the ground in about the outcome however, with Tamim Iqbal, their 163-run third wicket partnership to seal the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1894. —AFP Motera yesterday. — AFP

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Kohli proves king of hospitalized by bouncer the chase once more NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli appears able to produce miracles with WELLINGTON: Bangladesh captain medical staff from both teams. Play was his bat and the India captain masterminded yet another suc- Mushfiqur Rahim was taken to the hospital delayed by more than 20 minutes as para- cessful chase in Sunday’s run-feast against England to enhance by ambulance on Monday after being medics attended Mushfiqur, who lay his reputation as the second innings king of one-day cricket. struck in the head by a bouncer from Tim motionless on his back near the crease. Batting second allows a batsman to set his tempo accord- Southee on the final day of the first cricket Mushfiqur was then taken to nearby ing to demand, yet it is considered a true litmus test of stroke- test against New Zealand. Wellington Hospital. He is the second making excellence due to the constant scoreboard pressure. His condition was not immediately Bangladesh batsman to be taken to hospital This was never more evident than when the opposition known. Mushfiqur was already batting with by ambulance in this innings. Opening racked up 350 runs and reduced India to 63-4 like England did a broken finger and was 13 not out when batsman Imrul Kayes was stretchered from in Pune on Sunday, threatening to spoil Kohli’s first match in he tried to duck under a low bouncer and the field on Thursday after suffering a seri- charge since taking over the limited-overs captaincy. The 28- was struck on the back of the helmet. ous leg injury. Bangladesh was 114-5 in its year-old replied with a sublime 122, forging a 200-run part- He began to kneel, then collapsed to the second innings, leading New Zealand by nership with fellow centurion Kedar Jadhav, to help India ground and was immediately attended by 170 runs, when the incident occurred. — AP chase down the steep target with 11 balls to spare. Kohli’s ton equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 17 second innings cen- turies, a fact made even more remarkable considering he took 136 innings fewer than the retired great, who was quick to laud the centurions on Twitter. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was far more suc- cinct in his assessment of the India captain, who is ranked among the top two in all three formats of the game. “VIRAT KOHLI IS FROM ANOTHER PLANET #Fact,” Vaughan tweeted, fol- lowing it with another entry in which he rated the right-hander as the top batsman in each format. After winning the toss at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Kohli was probably unsure what would constitute a good total at the compact ven- ue hosting only its second one-day international. Rather unsurprisingly he opted to field and despite cutting a frustrated figure as England bludgeoned India late in their innings, Kohli was calmness personified when his 27th one-day ton helped the hosts take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. This was the third time India has chased down a 350-plus target and on each occasion Kohli has struck a century. Since his 2008 debut, India have overwhelmed targets of 300 or more on eight occasions and Kohli failed to get a century in just two of those wins. This was also the 15th time that a Kohli ton culminated in a successful chase, more than any other batsman has managed in this format. India’s batting mainstay averages a mind-boggling 91 in suc- cessful one-day chases but his away record is slightly less impressive. Of his 17th second innings centuries, eight came in PUNE: This file photo taken on Sunday shows India’s captain Virat Kohli away matches and only four outside Asia, including one in celebrating after India won the first One-Day International (ODI) cricket Harare. Having built an almost impregnable game and fuelled match against England at The MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune. WELLINGTON: Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim lifted onto a stretcher by ambulance by an insatiable hunger for runs, Kohli is unlikely to settle for just India skipper Virat Kohli has said the self-belief in the team to win from staff and teammates after being hit in the head during day five of the first interna- South Asian dominance and will look to export his second any situation is what drove the hosts to chase down 350 against England tional Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve innings excellence to grounds all over the world. —Reuters in the first one-day international in Pune. — AFP in Wellington yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 SPORTS Zhang Shuai says Chinese players ready to shine

MELBOURNE: Zhang Shuai said a said she wasn’t the only player from play well. “I hope they can play better Peng Shuai, who also lives in Tianjin She said she felt confident on her group of promising Chinese players Tianjin who could make an impact, as and better.” China has been waiting for and reached the US Open semi-finals in return to Melbourne, where she will who have grown up training together close friend Duan Yingying also won her another player to make their break- 2014, joined Zhang and Duan in the play America’s Alison Riske in round were ready to shine as she breezed into first match. “I’m really happy for every- through after the 2014 retirement of Li second round with a 6-0, 7-6 (7/5) win two. “I don’t want to compare it with last the Australian Open second round yes- one. So many young players now are Na, whose two Grand Slam titles over Daria Kasatkina. year because last year I did so well and I terday. Zhang rescued her failing playing so well. We come from the same brought tennis to a mass audience in And Tianjin’s Wang Qiang is among just want to enjoy this year. I played career with her run to last year’s city,” Zhang said. the country. four Chinese women who will play their really well today,” she said. Melbourne quarter-finals and, now “Since eight or nine years old, we’ve Duan, also 27, won in straight sets 6- first-round matches today. “I’m feeling very confident on court seeded 20th, she impressed again with been training in the same training cen- 3, 6-4 against Rebecca Sramkova, and Before last year’s Australian Open, because I like it here so much. I hope I a 6-0, 6-3 win over Aliaksandra tre. We’ve been training together a long can achieve her best Grand Slam per- Zhang had never won a Grand Slam can keep the feeling I had today and Sasnovich from Belarus. time so I’m really happy to see so many formance yet if she beats America’s main draw match and was on the verge play better and better. I’m looking for- The 27-year-old world number 23 players from my country and my city Varvara Lepchenko in round two. of quitting tennis. ward to my next match.” — AFP

Kyrgios’ new approach: Keep calm, move on at Aussie Open

MELBOURNE: No tirades at the umpire. the man to switch places with him on No insults directed at spectators. No rack- court. In a testy, post-match news confer- ets smashed to smithereens. For Nick ence, Kyrgios said he didn’t owe the spec- Kyrgios, the talented yet combustible bad tators anything and added that the fans boy of tennis, it was a rather routine 6-1, 6- could “just leave” if they didn’t like his atti- 2, 6-2 win over Portugal’s Gastao Elias in tude. Tennis officials told Kyrgios to leave the first round of the Australian Open yes- instead. In a harsh response, the ATP Tour terday. But given the way the Australian handed him more than US$40,000 in fines imploded at the end of last season, draw- and an eight-week suspension that was ing intense criticism and a brief suspension later reduced to three when he agreed to from the sport, an ordinary match without consult with a sports psychologist. fireworks might be a good thing. The No. 14-seeded Kyrgios played with STRUGGLING focus and composure against Elias, the Yesterday, Kyrgios admitted he had kind of self control many Australian fans been struggling to maintain his morale at wish he displayed in every match. Playing the tail end of a tiring season. “It’s hard for with a sore left knee, which has bothered me to stay happy on the road,” he said. “I him since the beginning of the year, he get homesick quite easily. It’s not easy ended points quickly and conserved his being away from your home, being away energy throughout the encounter, get- from your girlfriend. I just wanted to be ting off the court in a swift 85 minutes. “If with them.” you happen to go deep, it gets pretty tir- He’s playing in front of a home crowd ing,” Kyrgios said. “So you just want to now, including family and friends who had reserve that mental energy and other traveled from his hometown of Canberra, parts of your body as well. The quicker the Australian capital, to watch him play. you can get it done, the better it is for Will it make a difference? Kyrgios seems to deeper in the week.” think so - and he believes he’s due for a The Australian player didn’t sound quite breakthrough at a Grand Slam after reach- as thoughtful in his last news conference ing the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2014 of 2016. His season came to an abrupt end at the Australian Open the following year. at the Shanghai Masters in October when “I just want to get back to it and try to he sped through a match against Mischa have fun again,” he said. “I know I can do Zverev with little effort or apparent care well at these tournaments. My level has whether he won or lost. At one point, a been great all the last year. I’m 13 in the spectator challenged his professionalism world. I’m not in a bad space. Try and be and Kyrgios responded with vitriol, inviting positive, try and enjoy myself.” — AP MELBOURNE: Germany’s Angelique Kerber hits a return against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko during their women’s singles match on day one of the Puig hopes for golden Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP form in Melbourne Murray, Kerber win their first

MELBOURNE: Monica Puig would never cial treatment by tournament organisers in trade her surprise singles gold at the Rio Melbourne, however, with her opener play- major matches as top seeds Games for any grand slam success but ing out on far-flung Court 14, where trams Puerto Rico’s first Olympic champion felt rattle by at the northeast corner of the MELBOURNE: In his first Grand Slam match before advancing 7-5, 6-4 over Marina Erakovic. (6), 6-2, but Berdych only played a set - which he compelled to lock the medal away amid precinct. Puig was nonetheless heartened with the elevated status of having a knighthood CoCo Vandeweghe overcame a bout of nau- won 6-1 - before Luca Vanni retired from their the lean period that followed her greatest by Spanish cheers from “about three” and the No. 1 ranking, Andy Murray berated sea to beat No. 15-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 7-6 match. No. 14 Nick Kyrgios returned from his tennis triumph. Puerto Rican fans in the tiny crowd. “It himself when he made mistakes and frequently (3). Other seeded players who lost were No. 19 suspension for underperforming in Shanghai She had worn the medal with pride for a doesn’t matter, really, on which court I play, yelled during a 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Illya Kiki Bertens, No. 23 Darya Kasatkina and No. 26 last year by racing through a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win while, most notably during a hero’s home- I’m always going to bring my A-game wher- Marchenko. In other words, nothing much has Laura Siegemund. against Gastao Elias. Other men’s seeds advanc- coming through the streets of San Juan ever I play,” said the 29th seed, who next changed. The five-time finalist started on Rod The 16-year-old Destanee Aiava became the ing included 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin where thousands of residents in the U.S. faces German Mona Barthel. “Sometimes Laver Arena on Monday, taking the first step in first player born in this millennium to play in the Cilic, 2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried territory’s capital roared as she rolled by in playing on those courts on the outside, for his bid for a first Australian Open title. main draw of a major, but the milestone match Tsonga, No. 19 John Isner, No. 23 Jack Sock, No. an open-top bus. a first round or something, there’s a lot of Angelique Kerber, who is defending a major ended in a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to Mona Barthel. In 27 Bernard Tomic, No. 29 Viktor Troicki and No. The party was over in New York three jitters, it settles you a bit and you feel like title and is also the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam contrasting openers, Nishikori needed 31/2 31 Sam Querrey. No. 16 Lucas Pouille lost to weeks later, however, when she was bun- it’s your own little domain. “I really don’t for the first time, had some nervous moments in hours to beat Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 qualifier Alexander Bublik. — AP dled out of the US Open’s first round. Puig, mind it. I don’t care if I don’t play on the big her 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win over Lesia Tsurenko. who had upset an honour roll of grand courts, I just know that whenever it’s my Kerber won her first Grand Slam title here last slam champions at Rio, was humbled in time to play there I’ll just soak it up.” year, beating Serena Williams in the final after straight sets by 61st-ranked Chinese Zheng Regaining her giant-killing confidence saving match point in the first round. So after Wawrinka ‘sorry’ for Saisai. After Rio, she lost in the first round of may take some time but she is comforted wasting a match point before her serve was bro- four of her next six tournaments, including in the knowledge she has the game to do ken as Tsurenko rallied to win the second set, her opening two in Brisbane and Sydney in so. “I didn’t really know how to handle the Kerber said her mind raced back 12 months. Klizan body blow 2017, so it was a hugely relieved Puig who (Olympic) success because it came at a “To be honest, I was thinking about this,” she reached the second round of the Australian time when I wasn’t really ready for it and it said. “When I lost the second set, and I had MELBOURNE: Stan Wawrinka apologised for think it was okay at the end.” Open on Monday. “The medal is in a safe in just sort of happened,” she said. match point, I was thinking about my match last slamming a ball at Martin Klizan after he sur- Klizan preferred not to pass judgement on my house now,” the 23-year-old told “Definitely there was a lot of fatigue and year in the first round - first rounds are always vived a tense five-setter to reach the Wawrinka but he said the Swiss could have Reuters in an interview after her 6-0 6-1 a lot of mental fatigue. “I was learning how tough.” Murray has lost four of the last six finals Australian Open second round yesterday. hit his volley anywhere on the court. “I demolition of Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig. to deal with this for the first time and I had here - including the last two - to six-time cham- The three-time Grand Slam champion, stopped playing. He could play anywhere, the “I carried it around for a good while last to kind of be a little bit lenient on myself pion Novak Djokovic. But he did take something fought back from a break down in the final whole court,” the Slovak said. “He could play year and all of a sudden I didn’t really want and say, ‘hey, ok, learn from this experience off his long-time friend at the end of last year set to overhaul the 35th-ranked Slovak 4-6, 6- anywhere on the court and he hit me.” to spoil the feeling of looking at it and just and the next time we know what to do’. when he replaced Djokovic in the top ranking 4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in 3hr 24min on Margaret Despite the incident, Wawrinka was relieved being in awe of it. “So I know what I’m capable of, I know during a stunning finish to the season. Court Arena. There was a dramatic moment to get through a difficult first-up match to “So every now and then when I need a what I can do. I’ve just got to go out and do He subsequently received a knighthood in in the final set when Wawrinka fired a volley stay alive at the year’s first major. “It’s most little bit of a boost I go in there and look at it.” While focused on the here and now, Puig Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s honors list. at a defenceless Klizan, who had conceded important to get through that match, to win. it and know it wasn’t a dream, it was real.” looks forward to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Murray said the ranking and the civic honors the point after a rally and was standing at the For sure it’s a big relief, especially when you By any measure, Rio was a fairytale for and the idea of becoming the first woman won’t change anything, and he faces “the same net. The Swiss fourth seed quickly jumped are a break down in the fifth, 4-3, 40-15, I’m Puig. After thrashing French Open champi- to defend her title. pressure, same expectations.” over the net to offer his apologies as Klizan really happy to get through,” he said. on Garbine Muguruza, she battled past “Andy Murray did it,” she said of the There’s one thing he desperately wants to sunk to his haunches in pain. “That was, for Wawrinka, who beat Rafael Nadal to win twice Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova and men’s world number one, who won golds change. “I’ve never won here - I’m going to try to sure, a tough shot for him. The thing is there the 2014 Australian Open, will next play felled the current world number one for Britain at London and Rio. “If he can do change that this year,” he said. Other players who are some players they fake you, and you stop American Steve Johnson. The Swiss hit 21 Angelique Kerber in the gold medal it, I think I can do it as well. “I always seem could potentially stand in his way - No. 4 Stan playing and then they just put up the rac- aces and 13 winners with his signature sin- decider at the Olympic Tennis Centre. to elevate my level whenever I have my Wawrinka, No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 10 Tomas quet,” Wawrinka said. gle-handed backhand, but made 43 unforced country’s colours on my back. I’m just hop- Berdych - had first-round wins. Another, Roger “So for me I already miss some easy ones. errors as he struggled to contain left-hander NO SPECIAL TREATMENT ing for a couple of successful years until Federer, was set to play his first tour-level match For me the most important thing was to run Klizan’s powerful forehand. The Rio champion was afforded no spe- then.” — Reuters in more than six months when he played Jurgen straight over to him. “I just wanted to make Wawrinka maintained his record of never Melzer in a night match. sure he was okay. I realized he was okay. “I’m having lost in the first round at his 12th sorry I touch him in the wrong place. But I Australian Open campaign.—AFP TOUGH TIME US Open champion Wawrinka had a tough time in the first night match on Margaret Court Arena, scraping past 35th-ranked Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. In the ninth game of the fifth set, Wawrinka smashed a soft half-volley from Klizan straight back into the Slovakian’s body, clipping the frame and just missing his midsection. He stepped over the net to ensure Klizan was OK, then went on to hold serve and broke in the next game to finish off in 3 hours, 24 minutes. There are 18 American women in the draw, and two recorded wins in the first two matches on Rod Laver. Venus Williams beat Kateryna Kozlova 7-6 (5), 7-5 right after Shelby Rogers’ upset 6-3, 6-1 win over fourth-seeded Simona Halep, a result which sent the former French Open finalist out in the first round for the second year running at Melbourne Park. Rogers made a surprising run to the French Open quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Garbine Muguruza last year, when she was ranked No. 108, and is still using her success there as motivation. “The biggest thing I took away from that was just that I can compete with the top players in MELBOURNE: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland hits a return against Martin Klizan of MELBOURNE: Monica Puig of Puerto Rico hits a return against Patricia Maria Tig of the world and I’m good enough,” she said. Slovakia during their men’s singles first round match on day one of the Australian Open Romania during their women’s singles first round match on day one of the Australian Seventh-seeded Muguruza saved a set point tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. —AFP Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. —AFP in the first set and needed a medical timeout TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 SPORTS

Ghana begin latest Cup of Nations bid, Egypt return

PORT-GENTIL: Runners-up two years hope the late arrival has not set them ment was played in Ghana and they lost in 2010, beating Ghana in the final. their national team with some success ago, Ghana start their latest bid to recap- back at all ahead of their opening match. to the hosts in the final. Much more Now with Argentine Hector Cuper in for four years and then took Mali to the ture the Africa Cup of Nations crown “It has been very good. The players recently, however, Uganda held Ghana charge and Mohamed Salah as their star semi-finals of the last Cup of Nations to when they face Uganda in Port-Gentil in have showed good spirit, the quality is to a 0-0 draw in Tamale in October in man, there is hardly anyone left from be held in the country in 2012. Group D today. good. We will be ready for the first qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in their last campaign. Mali trained for the first time on The Black Stars are in Gabon looking game,” he told Ghana’s TV3 ahead of the Russia. Grant’s side will therefore certain- One man who is still around is veter- Sunday morning after a disrupted jour- to win a fifth Cup of Nations but a first tournament as he expressed his opti- ly not underestimate their opponents, an goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, who cel- ney from their pre-tournament base in since 1982, and Israeli Avram Grant mism about their chances. who are staying alongside them in the ebrated his 44th birthday on Sunday as Morocco. remains at the helm after leading them “We came here to do something same Port-Gentil hotel. the Egyptian squad trained in the shad- “For us this was just about getting to a defeat on penalties against the Ivory good. It’s ok to say we want to win but it ows of the city’s vast oil refinery. back to work after our somewhat inter- Coast in the 2015 final in Equatorial would be unprofessional to think we will GIRESSE ON FAMILIAR GROUND The heavy security around the Egypt minable journey to get here, although Guinea. Ghana arrived in the port city of just get it.” Ghana’s stars of tournaments Later today, Egypt make their long- team was a reminder of their status as an we are not the only ones in that boat,” Port-Gentil, home of Gabon’s oil indus- past, such as Asamoah Gyan and Andre awaited return to the Cup of Nations as African superpower, although they are said Giresse. “It can always be a little try, on Saturday after the weather Ayew-who was mobbed by fans after they meet Mali at the brand-new 20,000- likely to have the crowd against them tricky adapting when you arrive at a delayed their departure from a pre-tour- training in Port-Gentil-are still there and seat venue to the south of the city. today. A large Malian community in Port- major tournament.” The France great nament training camp in Dubai. it would be a seismic shock if they lost to Egypt are the record seven-time win- Gentil will give their team enthusiastic admitted he has concerns regarding the And Grant, whose team trained on a Uganda. After all, the Cranes are making ners of the competition but have not backing as Alain Giresse’s side look to fitness of several players, including pitch just outside the new stadium in their first appearance at the Cup of featured at the Cup of Nations since win- cause an upset. Gabon is a happy hunt- Monaco starlet Adama Traore, who has Port-Gentil on Sunday evening, will Nations since 1978, when the tourna- ning a third consecutive title in Angola ing ground for Giresse, who coached not trained due to a knee knock. — AFP

Italian title race not over, says beaten Juventus boss

MILAN: The Serie A title race is far from when Radja Nainggolan turned on Kevin over, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri Strootman’s chip from deep in midfield to warned after a first-half opener by Chinese beat Orestis Karnezis with a right-footed Super League target Nikola Kalinic paved volley from eight yards. the way for Fiorentina’s shock 2-1 defeat of the champions. ON TRACK Juventus travelled to Florence looking Luciano Spalletti’s men should have for their fifth consecutive win since suffer- doubled their lead when a penalty was ing a shock 3-1 loss at Genoa at the end of awarded minutes later for handball in the November. But not for the first time this area, but Edin Dzeko fired his effort over. season, the Turin giants were exposed by a “It’s a win that allows us to keep track with committed, battling performance by a host the teams below us that also won their side. Kalinic, the subject of a reported big- games,” Spalletti told Radio Rai. money move to Tianjin Quanjian, paved Referring to Dzeko’s miss, he added: the way for a memorable win with a 37th- “The only regret I have is we didn’t settle minute opener that was probably celebrat- the match earlier.” ed more in Rome and Napoli than Florence. Napoli are also biting at Juve’s heels. Milan Badelj added Fiorentina’s second and Their last league defeat also came at although Gonzalo Higuain reduced the Juventus, at the end of October, but at arrears on 58 minutes Juve couldn’t muster home to league strugglers Pescara the an equaliser. Juve’s fourth defeat in 19 Azzurri were kept scoreless until Lorenzo games leaves the champions with just a Tonelli, Marek Hamsik and Dries Mertens one-point lead on Roma, although the five- hit one apiece in a fruitful second half. time consecutive champions have a game For Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri, former in hand. Napoli are four points off the pace Empoli defender Tonelli’s battling qualities in third with Lazio a point further adrift. were an example to follow. “He battles With Roma, Napoli, Lazio and Inter all more than his team-mates,” Sarri told Rai winning their games, the Old Lady of Turin Sport. “And if he can manage to transmit is well aware a bid for a record sixth that to the rest, it will stand us in good straight title could be littered with obsta- stead.” Lazio remain fourth, at five points cles. “This shows that the championship is behind Juventus, after Ciro Immobile’s sec- far from finished,” said Allegri, who saw ond-half penalty secured the points in a 2-1 midfield maestro Paulo Dybala spurn the win over Atalanta that saw the coaches of chance to add to Higuain’s 58th minute both teams, Simone Inzaghi and Gianpiero strike when he ballooned over late on. Gasperini, sent off for dissent after angry “Roma and Napoli are just behind us, so exchanges with the referee. it could go right to the end. This (defeat) Having suffered a fruitless first half, a should remind us all that whenever it half-time talk with Lazio coach Inzaghi, did comes to playing Juventus, opposition the trick for Immobile. MARSEILLE: Monaco’s defender Almamy Toure (L) vies with Olympique de Marseille’s Dutch defender Karim Rekik (R) during the French L1 foot- teams give it more than 100 percent.” “I told him to stay calm and he would ball match Marseille vs Monaco on Sunday at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France. —AFP Although Juventus will be fancied to take soon score,” said Inzaghi. “He’s a great the points from their postponed match player for us. Even when he’s not scoring, against Crotone on February 8, the champi- he’s creating chances.” AC Milan, in fifth ons’ title rivals will be quietly celebrating. at nine points adrift, are away to Torino. Rampant Monaco goes top Roma travelled to Udinese’s Friuli stadi- Inter Milan moved up to sixth with a 3-1 um looking to make it three wins on the win over Chievo on Saturday when trot having suffered their last reverse in a 1- Mauro Icardi hit the opener to stretch his 0 defeat at Juventus in December. league-leading goals tally to 15 for the of league with 4-1 win The visitors went in front on 12 minutes season. —AFP

PARIS: Free-scoring Monaco moved to the top defender Hiroki Sakai on the left flank, he head- midfielder Younes Belhanda both unavailable of the French league on goal difference by ed the ball over Sakai, turned and then let the through suspension, Nice lacked its usual inven- crushing Marseille 4-1 Sunday, tearing the home ball bounce before angling an exquisite lob over tion against resilient Metz, which played far bet- side apart with lightning counterattacks that goalkeeper Yohann Pele. ter than expected from a 19th-placed team. took its season’s tally to 60 league goals in 20 Falcao continued his scoring streak with “We can live with a point,” Nice coach Lucien games. another excellent finish five minutes later, run- Favre said. “Both teams could have won it.” No other side in Europe’s top five leagues has ning onto right back Djibril Sidibe’s pass, draw- Having completed his suspension, Balotelli scored as many times as Monaco, which plays in ing Pele off his line and feigning to curl the ball will be back to lead the line against Bastia on a league often known for its tight defenses. This around him before dinking it inside the near Friday, Favre said. Nice striker Alassane Plea went was the eighth time this season Monaco has post instead. close to scoring midway through the second scored at least four goals, with four of those Marseille rallied and Portuguese center half half, when his angled shot flew just wide of the matches away. Jorge Rolando rose to powerfully head in 19- post. Nice conceded ground to PSG, which won “We wanted to put in a big performance year-old midfielder Maxime Lopez’s free kick in 1-0 at Rennes on Saturday - with new signing tonight,” Monaco forward Valere Germain said. the 29th. Julian Draxler scoring a superb winner on his “We have quality players and we know we can But Monaco could have had further goals league debut. do something special this season.” Nice, which before the irrepressible Silva started and fin- drew 0-0 at home to Metz earlier Sunday, is in ished a move, timing his run perfectly to head CAEN 3, LYON 2 second place. Defending champion PSG is third, past Pele from close range just before the inter- Alexandre Lacazette scored twice to take his three points behind both Nice and Monaco. val. Shortly after the interval, Silva smacked a season’s tally to 15 league goals, but it wasn’t PSG and Monaco are involved in both domes- fierce shot in off the crossbar after Pele had enough as Lyon lost ground on PSG. tic cup competitions and the Champions saved a shot from Brazilian midfielder Fabinho, Although fourth-placed Lyon has a game in League, while Nice has only the league to play who was at the heart of another superbly hand, it is eight points behind PSG after losing for. Marseille’s tactical approach of all-out attack orchestrated counterattack. for only the second time in 14 games. Croatian backfired as Monaco’s speedy and nimble mid- “It’s a pleasure to play with great players like striker Ivan Santini starred for Normandy side fielders, Thomas Lemar and Bernardo Silva, Falcao,” Lemar said. “It helps young players like Caen, scoring a penalty and the winner from a made the most of the space on offer, as did top me.” Marseille lost the corresponding fixture 4-0 header after creating the first goal when his scorer Radamel Falcao. in Monaco and it was only slightly better this cross was turned into his own net by Lyon for- All three were on target, with Silva getting time. “They were better than us in every depart- ward Maxwell Cornet. two and Falcao netting his eighth goal in the ment,” Marseille striker Bafetimbi Gomis said. Lyon midfielder Lucas Tousart hit the crossbar past seven games and 17th in all competitions. “There was a difference in class between the with a rasping shot as Lyon went close to equal- The 21-year-old Lemar, recently called up to teams and you could see it.” izing. “We made too many basic errors,” Lyon FLORENCE: Juventus’ Argentinian forward Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain (L) shoots to the France squad, scored with a moment of midfielder Maxime Gonalons said. “We’re going score during the Italian Serie A football match between Fiorentina and Juventus at audacious brilliance in the 16th minute. NICE 0, METZ 0 to have to play much better if we want to Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence on Sunday. — AFP Challenging for the ball with Japanese With star striker Mario Balotelli and creative achieve our objectives.” —AP Capitals thrash Flyers 5-0, NHL results/standings St. Louis 2, Anaheim 1 (OT); New Jersey 2, Vancouver 1 (OT); Minnesota 3, Chicago 2; Washington 5, Philadelphia 0. Wild edge Blackhawks 3-2 Western Conference Boston 23 18 5 117 113 51 Central Division Toronto 20 13 8 128 120 48 W L OTL GF GA PTS Ottawa 22 15 4 105 107 48 WASHINGTON: Justin Williams and Matt seconds into overtime, lifted St. Louis past his sixth of the season at 5:08. Wild defenseman Minnesota 28 9 5 138 92 61 Florida 20 17 8 106 122 48 Niskanen each scored two goals and Philipp Anaheim. Carter Hutton stopped 22 shots for his Ryan Suter was sent off for tripping with 22.4 Chicago 27 14 5 126 116 59 Grubauer stopped all 24 shots he faced as the second win in two nights for the Blues. Hutton seconds left, but Chicago was unable to get a St. Louis 23 16 5 124 129 51 Tampa Bay 20 20 4 123 132 44 Washington Capitals extended their winning made back-to-back starts for the first time this good look with a 6-on-4 advantage. Patrick Kane Nashville 20 16 7 119 114 47 Detroit 18 19 6 111 127 42 streak to nine in authoritative fashion by crush- season and has played in the last five. Rickard scored twice for the Blackhawks and Corey Dallas 18 18 8 118 134 44 Buffalo 16 17 9 97 119 41 ing the Philadelphia Flyers 5-0 on Sunday. The Rakell scored for Anaheim and John Gibson made Crawford made 29 stops. Winnipeg 20 22 4 127 140 44 Capitals lead the NHL standings with 63 points. 24 saves as the Ducks fell to 1-8 in overtime. Colorado 13 27 1 82 137 27 Metropolitan Division Despite a sluggish start, the Capitals came alive DEVILS 2, CANUCKS 1, OT Washington 29 9 5 131 86 63 with four goals on seven shots in the first seven WILD 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 Taylor Hall scored 1:28 into overtime to lift Pacific Division Columbus 29 9 4 141 95 62 minutes of the third period to turn the game Jason Pominville scored in the third period New Jersey past Vancouver. Skating on a 2-on-1 Anaheim 24 13 9 123 116 57 into a rout. Washington has outscored its oppo- while Devan Dubnyk made 33 saves as with Damon Severson, Hall chose to hold the Edmonton 23 15 7 128 121 53 Pittsburgh 26 11 5 145 124 57 nents 40-11 during the streak and passed the Minnesota won its fourth straight to grab sole puck and beat Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom San Jose 25 16 2 112 100 52 NY Rangers 28 15 1 152 116 57 Columbus Blue Jackets for first place in the possession of the top spot in the Western through the legs. Kyle Quincey scored the tying Calgary 23 20 3 119 125 49 Philadelphia 22 18 6 132 148 50 Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference and Conference. Nino Niederreiter and Chris Stewart goal with 3:03 left in the second period and Cory Los Angeles 22 17 4 110 108 48 Carolina 21 15 7 121 117 49 Vancouver 20 19 6 111 130 46 the league. Andre Burakovsky also scored a pow- also scored as the Wild beat the Blackhawks for Schneider stopped 21 shots to help the Devils New Jersey 18 18 9 101 129 45 Arizona 13 23 6 90 134 32 er-play goal for the Capitals, who haven’t the eighth straight time. Minnesota jumped in win their second straight after losing four in a NY Islanders 16 17 8 116 128 40 front for good when Marco Scandella shot the row. Loui Eriksson scored for the Canucks and allowed an even-strength goal in six games. Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point puck behind the net and it caromed right to Markstrom finished with 20 saves for the Eastern Conference BLUES 2, DUCKS 1, OT Pominville standing all alone on the right side of Canucks, losers of four straight after winning six Atlantic Division in the standings and are not included in the loss Patrik Berglund’s second goal of the game, 51 the crease. He knocked it into the open net for in a row coming out of the holiday break.—AP Montreal 27 11 6 138 112 60 column (L). TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 SPORTS

Pochettino urges Spurs to draw on thrill of Foxes hunt

LONDON: Mauricio Pochettino has below the Foxes and north London rivals win the Premier League and the impor- son. “We are showing after 21 games ers could be lured by the riches on offer urged his Tottenham Hotspur side to Arsenal. Tottenham’s 4-0 thrashing of tant thing is that you are clever. We are that we can compete and we are in a in the Chinese Super League and draw on the experience of their failed West Bromwich Albion on Saturday lift- showing that we are clever and we learn very good position. It is true that the Pochettino struck a more cautious tone. title bid last season to launch a success- ed the club to second in the table, seven a lot,” Pochettino told British media. gap with Chelsea is still big, but there “It’s crazy money, it looks like they ful assault for the Premier League trophy points behind leaders Chelsea after 21 “If you are open and your mind is are a lot of games ahead until the end of broke the market. If it’s true, it’s unbe- this campaign. games, and their sixth league win in a open that is a good thing and we are the season.” Arsenal manager Arsene lievable but we will see what happens,” Tottenham chased Leicester City for row has shown last year’s tilt was not a showing this season that we are more Wenger and Chelsea boss Antonio the Argentine added. Tottenham travel much of last season but wilted in the one-off. “Last season was the first time mature, we compete better and we Conte have previously expressed their to face fifth-placed Manchester City on final weeks to eventually finish third, for 99 percent of the players fighting to missed that maybe a little bit last sea- concern that a growing number of play- Saturday. — Reuters Mourinho wants Man United to sharpen up

MANCHESTER: Manchester United man- likened their performance to the ultra- ager Jose Mourinho called on his players to defensive display produced by his side in stop spurning chances after they needed October’s 0-0 draw at Anfield. an 84th-minute equaliser from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to rescue a 1-1 draw against ‘WE’RE STILL THERE’ Liverpool. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who Paul Pogba squandered a one-on-one in felt his team had been “the better side”, was the early stages of Sunday’s game and after aggrieved that Roberto Firmino was his handball allowed James Milner to put booked for his role in a stoppage-time Liverpool ahead with a penalty, United altercation with Ander Herrera. were left chasing the game. Firmino shoved Herrera to the ground Only seven of United’s 32 Premier after the Spaniard had held him back by League goals this season have been scored the shirt, yielding a pair of yellow cards and in the first 35 minutes and Mourinho wants a frank exchange of views between his team to stop letting their opponents off Mourinho and Klopp on the touchline. the hook. “We are having this problem for “Roberto is a footballer from here (ges- the whole season,” he told reporters at Old turing to his head) to toe and he wants to Trafford. stay in the game,” Klopp said. “We start matches normally very, very “That’s a yellow card for Herrera and well and we don’t score many goals in the nothing else. In the end it’s a yellow card first half of the matches. Normally the first for the guy who wants to play football.” big occasion, the goalkeeper makes a phe- Klopp also implied that United captain nomenal save. Wayne Rooney, a half-time replacement for “Every goalkeeper that comes here plays Michael Carrick, had been fortunate to fantastic. That save (by Liverpool goalkeep- avoid punishment for an ugly foul on er Simon Mignolet) from Zlatan’s free-kick Milner. “If you are surprised, do me a favour: is an amazing save. “And then Paul is in the write it,” he told reporters. “For example, if face of the keeper and missed the target. it’s an ugly challenge, write it. Don’t make it We have always chances to be in front and a story of it when I say it.” it costs us (not) to score goals.” Pogba this Liverpool remain without a victory after week became the first footballer to have his four games of 2017, but Klopp pointed to own Twitter emoji, which flashed up peri- selection problems as a mitigating factor. SEVILLA: Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos (C) scored an own goal during the Spanish league football match Sevilla FC vs Real Madrid CF at odically on the perimeter advertising An abdominal injury to Nathaniel Clyne the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on Sunday. —AFP hoardings. But the world’s most expensive saw 18-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold footballer produced an error-strewn display make his full league debut at right-back, and it was his needless handball that while Philippe Coutinho was only fit enabled Milner to break the deadlock with enough for the bench. Ramos own goal as Sevilla a 27th-minute penalty. Sadio Mane is away at the Africa Cup of Ibrahimovic spared his team-mate’s Nations with Senegal and Liverpool blushes late on, stooping to guide a header announced before the game that Joel ends Madrid’s unbeaten run over Simon Mignolet from Antonio Matip is awaiting FIFA clearance after refus- Valencia’s cross after substitute Marouane ing to play in the tournament for Fellaini had hit the post. Cameroon. “In this moment for us maybe MADRID: Sevilla fans enjoyed the last laugh Madrid still has a game in hand. SPORTING GIJON 2, EIBAR 3 With 14 goals, he is now the Premier it’s a little bit more difficult to play our best over Sergio Ramos. Eibar scored three times in the first 23 min- League’s joint-leading scorer. United, who because not everybody’s available,” said Sevilla twice scored late - including an 85th- VALENCIA 2, ESPANYOL 1 utes and held on to snap a four-game winless had won their previous nine matches in all Klopp. “But we’re still there and everybody minute own goal by Ramos - to end Real Valencia finally won again by beating streak. It hadn’t won an away match since a competitions, remain sixth, four points off could see we fight for it 100 percent. Madrid’s 40-game unbeaten streak and move Espanyol 2-1 to end a three-month drought in third-round game at Granada. It was the seventh the top four, while Liverpool trail leaders “There will be a moment when we are within one point of its rival atop the Spanish the league and move further from the relegation loss in the last eight matches for Sporting, which Chelsea by seven points in third place. the better side and everybody’s back and in league with a 2-1 victory on Sunday. zone. Martin Montoya scored from close range remains in the relegation zone. Mourinho, somewhat mischievously, shape, healthy, fit, and then we’ll see how It was a tough result for Ramos, who three in the 17th minute and Santi Mina sealed the said Liverpool had come to defend and the base is then.” —AFP days ago had angered Sevilla fans after convert- victory in the 73rd at Mestalla Stadium as GRANADA 1, OSASUNA 1 ing a penalty kick “Panenka” style in a Copa del Valencia snapped its eight-game winless streak Last-placed Osasuna saw its winless streak Rey match. Ramos said he was insulted by some to open a four-point gap to the relegation reach 10 games after a draw against second-to- supporters of his former team. teams. David Lopez netted for Espanyol in the last Granada, which played with 10 men from Liverpool frustrated with On Sunday, the Seville native was jeered 85th but Valencia held on to earn the elusive vic- the 73rd and also had a player sent off in injury nearly every time he touched the ball, and heard tory. “This result will give us a lot of confidence time. Promoted Osasuna hasn’t won since beat- FIFA over Matip eligibility even more from the crowd at Ramon Sanchez- to keep on working,” Valencia coach Salvador ing Eibar 3-2 in October. It has lost seven of its 10 Pizjuan when he found his own net with a head- “Voro” Gonzalez said “To improve, we needed games since then. — AP LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Juergen ing, to be honest. He’s been in training for er while trying to clear a cross. to win, and we are very happy.” Valencia hadn’t Klopp expressed his frustration on Sunday five days and would have been in the Steven Jovetic then scored Sevilla’s winner won in the league since beating Sporting Gijon that FIFA has failed to make a swift decision squad, 100 percent, maybe on the pitch two minutes into injury time to give Madrid its 2-1 in October, in what was the first match in about the eligibility of defender Joel Matip. today, so I don’t think it’s fair. But we can- first defeat since a 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg in April charge for Cesare Prandelli, the former Italy Matches on TV Matip withdrew himself from considera- not do more and are still waiting on the in the quarterfinals of the Champions League coach who resigned during the winter break (Local Timings) tion for future selection for Cameroon’s decision. We could not take the risk.” last season. Karim Benzema’s injury-time equal- because of the team’s struggles. izer against Sevilla on Thursday had allowed “I think it was our best game of the season,” national team in September 2015, but his Liverpool believes Matip has followed all African Nations Cup 2017 country tried to call him up for the African the correct procedures and considers he Madrid to break the unbeaten Spanish record Santi Mina said. “We have played well in some Nations Cup that started this month. should be available for selection during a that it shared with Barcelona. other games but we didn’t pick up three points.” Although Cameroon finalized its squad busy period for the club, which is playing Cristiano Ronaldo gave Madrid the lead on Ghana v Uganda 19:00 for the tournament more than a week ago, Premier League, FA Cup and League fix- Sunday by converting a penalty kick in the 67th. CELTA VIGO 1, ALAVES 0 beIN SPORTS Madrid had won eight of its last nine games, Serbian midfielder Nemanja Radoja scored an without Matip in it, Liverpool says the tures this month. Mali v Egypt 22:00 Cameroon Football Federation has failed to “We need to get an answer as quickly as with its only setback a 1-1 draw at Barcelona 89th-minute winner as Celta Vigo salvaged a 1-0 beIN SPORTS confirm he can play for the club during the possible because on Wednesday we have earned with a 90th-minute goal by Ramos. home win over 10-man Alaves. It was the second African Nations Cup. the next game (an FA Cup third-round Barcelona stayed third, two points behind consecutive win for Celta, which moved to The Premier League team has sought replay at Plymouth) and then another Madrid, after beating Las Palmas 5-0 at Camp eighth place. Alaves, 12th in the table, played a Italian Cup Nou on Saturday. Fourth-placed Atletico Madrid, man down from the first minute of the second clarification from FIFA about the issue, but game and another game. We cannot wait Inter Milano v Bologna 23:00 which edged Real Betis 1-0 at home for its third half as Moroccan defender Zouhair Feddal was hasn’t been given a decision by world soc- forever,” Klopp said. beIN SPORTS cer’s governing body and did not feel it “It is public now, we have this problem win in a row, is six points behind the leader. shown a second yellow card. could take the chance on playing Matip and we are not the only team with this against Manchester United on Sunday. He problem.” Fellow Premier League club West was therefore withdrawn from selection for Brom has faced a similar situation with a game that finished 1-1 at Old Trafford. defender Allan Nyom, who has not played “We, the club, did everything we had to in the team’s last two matches because it Klopp expects Reds response do to make this clear but until now we has not had similar clarification from FIFA. could not get the response we need to be FIFA has the power to ban players it feels LONDON: Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will CULTURE SHOCK for his first victory since arriving at Palace in 100 percent sure that he can play,” Klopp have not correctly acceded to the request use the frustration of their dramatic draw with After earning a lucrative replay, promotion December to replace the sacked Alan Pardew. said. “It’s pretty difficult and pretty frustrat- of their national association. —AP Manchester United to avoid FA Cup humiliation chasing Plymouth hope to cash in by stunning Fresh from Saturday’s 3-0 loss at West Ham, at fourth tier Plymouth. the five-time European champions. Plymouth which left Palace just above the relegation zone, Klopp’s side were denied a memorable victo- manager Derek Adams believes the culture shock former England boss Allardyce knows an embar- ry over bitter rivals United when Zlatan facing Liverpool’s stars at humble Home Park rassing loss to Bolton would be a major blow to Ibrahimovic headed a late equaliser at Old could work in his team’s favour. “Not as luxurious the Eagles’ morale. Manchester City lie in wait for Trafford on Sunday. James Milner’s first half dressing rooms as they have here, even though the winners of that tie. Sunderland, another penalty had put the Reds in front, but they we’re in a porta-cabin. From that point of view, team mired in the relegation battle, travel to fel- couldn’t add a killer second goal and paid the welcome to the real world,” he said. In the other low Premier League side Burnley, who are on the price when Ibrahimovic struck in the 84th third round replays, Crystal Palace manager Sam up after surging away from the bottom three. minute to leave Liverpool seven points behind Allardyce desperately needs to beat third tier Southampton host second tier Norwich, with the Premier League leaders Chelsea. Bolton at Selhurst Park. Allardyce is still waiting winner facing Arsenal in the fourth round.—AFP It was a painful lesson in the value of a lethal forward, something Liverpool have sorely missed for much of the season, and especially during their current run of four games without a win in all competitions. One of those draws came against plucky Plymouth, who took advan- tage of Klopp’s decision to rest all his established stars and send out Liverpool’s youngest ever line-up in a goalless third round encounter at Anfield earlier this month. It was a day to remember for Plymouth and the minnows fancy their chances of causing a famous shock in the replay at Home Park if Klopp fields another weakened team. But the Reds boss is confident his squad will recover from their blip sooner rather than later. “A lot of people thought playing United was a decisive game for the rest of the season. That’s rubbish,” said Klopp, whose side will host second tier Wolves in the fourth round if they beat Plymouth. “We went there to win the game which is why we are not 100 percent satisfied. “It was a wild game. I hoped we would have a bit of MAINZ: This Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 file photo shows Joel Matip during a German luck, unfortunately not but it’s all good. I can Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and FC Schalke 04 in Mainz, enjoy the result today and the performance OYEM: Togo supporters cheer for their team ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C Germany. — AP tomorrow.” football match between Ivory Coast and Togo in Oyem yesterday. — AFP Former pro Murray, Kerber win wrestler their first major Jimmy ‘Superfly’ matches as top Snuka15 dead at 73 seeds17

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ARLINGTON: Dez Bryant #88 of the Dallas Cowboys scores a touchdown past LaDarius Gunter #36 of the Green Bay Packers in the second half during the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at AT&T Stadium on Sunday in Arlington, Texas. — AFP Packers win over Cowboys to reach NFC title game

DALLAS: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was left middle was waived off after the Cowboys called a time- But Rodgers proved too much, continuing a run of Packers, Dallas put together a clutch game-tying pos- with a few seconds and one shot at winning it and that out just before the snap. incredible performances that began in late November session. was enough as Green Bay’s 51-yard field goal at the gun Rodgers finished 28 of 43 for 356 yards and two and has carried Green Bay to eight straight wins. After a Prescott not only found Bryant on a 7-yard touch- gave them a 34-31 playoff win over the Dallas Cowboys touchdowns, with an interception. Cook caught six big first half, the Packers didn’t skip a beat in opening down on third down, the rookie signal-called bulled his on Sunday. Rodgers, the NFL’s hottest quarterback, put passes for 104 yards and a score. Ty Montgomery also the third quarter with a touchdown. Rodgers led his way over the goal line for the 2-point conversion. Green Bay in position to advance to the NFC had six receptions and scored on two short runs. team 75 yards in just six plays, ending with the 3-yard Green Bay went into halftime up 21-13 behind 191 Championship and kicker Mason Crosby did the rest to The Cowboys’ season ends after earning the No. 1 toss to Cook. The Cowboys needed an answer, and were yards passing from Rodgers. The Cowboys took the launch a Packers’ celebration at AT&T Stadium. The seed in the NFC and an off week for the first round of driving for another score before the momentum swung opening kickoff and went 43 yards before Dan Bailey Packers moved on to face the Atlanta Falcons next the playoffs. The Dallas stars came to play, especially back to the visitors. With a second-and-1 at the Green nailed a 50-yard field goal. Green Bay answered with Sunday, with a spot in the Super Bowl at stake. their outstanding rookies, quarterback Dak Prescott and Bay 19, Prescott threw a quick slant that was jumped by three consecutive touchdown drives covering 75, 90 The final tally came in improbable fashion after the running back Ezekiel Elliott. Prescott completed 24 of 38 Green Bay safety Micah Hyde. and 80 yards, respectively, to open up a 21-3 lead mid- Cowboys tied the game with 44 seconds left. On third for 302 yards, three scores and a pick. Elliott rushed 22 The game’s first turnover could have been disastrous way through the second quarter. down with 12 seconds remaining, Rodgers dialed up times for 125 yards. for Dallas, but the Packers gave the ball right back. Free Prescott got Dallas into the end zone for the first some familiar magic. safety Jeff Heath picked off Rodgers-his first intercep- time by hooking up with Bryant. Consecutive long com- Scrambling to his left, he rifled a 35-yard completion INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES tion since Nov. 13 — deep in Dallas territory. pletions to Bryant, the latter covering 40 yards for a to tight end Jared Cook, who dragged his toes in Dez Bryant had nine catches for 132 yards and two Prescott calmly directed a scoring march that ended touchdown, helped breathe life back into the Cowboys. bounds at the 33-yard line with three seconds on the touchdowns. The Cowboys rallied from an 18-point sec- with a 6-yard pass to Jason Witten and trimmed Green Bailey’s 33-field goal late in the second quarter clock. Mason followed with a game-winner just inside ond quarter deficit and were on the verge of overtime Bay’s lead to 28-20 early in the fourth. The Cowboys left Dallas down eight points going into the locker the left upright, after his first attempt right down the after Dan Bailey’s 52-yard field goal in the final minute. weren’t done. After a rare stop of Rodgers and the room. — Reuters

Raptors rout Knicks, NBA results/standings Oklahoma City 122, Sacramento 118; Chicago 108, Memphis 104; Houston 137, Brooklyn 112; Toronto 116, NY Knicks 101; Atlanta 111, Milwaukee 98; Dallas 98, Minnesota 87. Hawks defeat Bucks Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic Division Northwest Division W L PCT GB Utah 26 16 .619 - TORONTO: The Toronto Raptors left the New York The Knicks also had seven turnovers times in the Toronto 27 13 .675 - Oklahoma City 25 17 .595 1 Knicks behind in a hurry in a big third quarter. Toronto quarter, leading to 10 Toronto points. The Raptors Boston 25 15 .625 2 Portland 18 24 .429 8 had a 25-2 edge in the first 9:20 of the third and coasted turned it over four times, but New York was unable NY Knicks 18 23 .439 9.5 Denver 15 23 .395 9 to a 116-101 victory Sunday. “I think we just got more score any points off them. “It happened so quickly, a Philadelphia 12 26 .316 14 Minnesota 14 27 .341 11.5 Brooklyn 8 32 .200 19 physical,” said Kyle Lowry, who had 16 points and nine couple of turnovers, they scored four straight times ear- Pacific Division Central Division assists before coming out late in the third quarter. “The ly in that third quarter and we were just looking back- Golden State 34 6 .850 - Cleveland 29 10 .744 - LA Clippers 28 14 .667 7 bigs did a good job of rebounding and we got out and wards from that point,” Anthony said. DeRozan led the Milwaukee 20 19 .513 9 were able to run.”Toronto outscored New York 27-8 in way with 11 points in the third, and Carroll had 10. Indiana 20 19 .513 9 Sacramento 16 24 .400 18 the third quarter to take a 96-62 lead. Toronto took a 69-54 lead into the halftime break. Chicago 21 21 .500 9.5 LA Lakers 15 30 .333 21.5 DeMar DeRozan had 23 points, five rebounds and The Raptors matched their season high in a quarter, Detroit 19 24 .442 12 Phoenix 13 27 .325 21 five assists to lead the Raptors. He joined most of scoring 42 in the second. They hit seven 3s in the peri- Southeast Division Southwest Division Toronto’s starters in resting in the fourth quarter. od, led by Terrence Ross, who went 4 for 5 from beyond Atlanta 23 17 .575 - San Antonio 31 9 .775 - Norman Powell added 21 points, DeMarre Carroll had the arc. “I was really proud of the way that the starters Washington 20 19 .513 2.5 Houston 32 11 .744 0.5 20 points, and Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 16 came out and set the tone, especially starting the third Charlotte 20 20 .500 3 Memphis 25 18 .581 7.5 rebounds. The Raptors improved to 27-13, taking the quarter, which has usually been our Achilles heel,” Orlando 17 25 .405 7 New Orleans 16 25 .390 15.5 lead for good late in the first quarter. They led by 38 Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “We came out, set the Miami 11 30 .268 12.5 Dallas 13 27 .325 18 points in the third in winning their third straight game tone and built a 30-point-plus lead, so my hat is off to overall and fifth in a row against the Knicks. those guys.” double of his career. He is two behind Boston Celtics collected 15 points and 17 rebounds for the Pistons, who Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 18 points, legend Larry Bird for fifth on the NBA’s all-time list. ended a six-game skid at Staples. Reggie Jackson chipped Justin Holiday had 17, and Derrick Rose added 16. The HAWKS 111, BUCKS 98 in 16 points and five assists for the Pistons. Knicks are 2-10 in their last 12 to drop to 18-23. “When It didn’t take long for Mike Dunleavy to change his BULLS 108, GRIZZLIES 104 you’re not scoring, that’s when you’ve got to focus mind about the trade that brought him to Atlanta. The Doug McDermott scored 31 points-including two ROCKETS 137, NETS 112 defensively,” Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said of his 14-year veteran almost sought a buyout when he was free throws with 6.6 seconds left-and Chicago survived James Harden recorded his 12th triple-double of the team’s disastrous third quarter. “We weren’t good acquired by the Hawks in a deal that sent Kyle Korver to a late rally by Memphis to earn a victory at the season with 22 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds as enough playing the defense and it just ballooned up Cleveland on Jan. 7. But after he was persuaded to join FedExForum. McDermott, who was averaging 9.7 Houston ended its two-game losing streak. Eric Gordon from there.” the club by Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, it seems points entering the game, had struggled in his past four hit four 3-pointers and paced Houston with 24 points. Hornacek sat his starters from the latter part of the like a great fit for both the player and the team. outings by going 7-of-31 shooting with only 21 points. Trevor Ariza tied a season best with six 3-pointers and third quarter. “They were not thinking defense, they At the half, he recorded 22 points and the Bulls had a added 23 point. were thinking offence and their offence wasn’t going,” THUNDER 122, KINGS 118 52-46 lead. he said. “I don’t know if it’s giving up, you can ask them Russell Westbrook scored 36 points to record his 20th MAVERICKS 98, TIMBERWOLVES 87 that but the last group came in and played hard and triple-double of the season, and Evan Kanter came off PISTONS 102, LAKERS 97 The Mavericks had six players score in double figures that’s what we need.” The Raptors were 12 for 20 from the bench to score 29 as Oklahoma City beat Tobias Harris and Marcus Morris scored 23 points apiece, as they ended Minnesota’s three-game winning streak the field in the third quarter, while the Knicks were 4 for Sacramento at the Golden 1 Center. Westbrook also col- and Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a Dallas was led by Wesley Matthews’ 19 points and Dirk 21 overall and 0 for 4 from the 3-point range. lected 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the 57th triple- defeat of Los Angeles at Staples Center. Andre Drummond Nowitzki’s 17. — Agencies Xi says Chinese economy to keep growing steadily Page 22

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LONDON: Pedestrians look at the exchange rates at a money exchange bureau in London yesterday. The British pound fell to a three-month low amid reports Prime Minister Theresa May will signal her willingness to make a clean break with the European Union. Sterling fell below 1.20 US dollars before recovering slightly yesterday. — AP Pound plunges after Trump backing for Brexit US will look for trade deal with post-Brexit Britain

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May won The government welcomed “the enthusi- since October’s “flash crash” that had sent it to ‘The full works’ launch two years of EU departure negotiations endorsement from US President-elect Donald asm and the energy that the president-elect a 31-year low of $1.1841, in morning trading. It May has said she wants to cut down on EU when she triggers the Article 50 exit process by Trump over her Brexit course but sterling and his team are showing for strengthening had clawed back some of its losses by early immigration while retaining the “best possible” the end of March, although a legal challenge is plunged yesterday on fears that Britain could UK/US trade” and was “looking forward to have afternoon, standing at $1.2047. access for British companies to Europe’s single still pending before the country’s Supreme be on a collision course with its EU allies. early discussions”, Prime Minister Theresa “The market is now positioning for some market. EU leaders have said these are incom- Court. She has been under pressure to reveal Trump said Britain leaving the EU would May’s spokeswoman said. However, Downing fairly punchy rhetoric from Theresa May,” said patible and market access would only be grant- her proposals for the talks that will establish the “end up as a great thing” and promised to Street stressed that Britain would “respect its Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG, an ed in exchange for accepting the EU’s rules on future relationship between Britain and the EU. work for a trade deal with post-Brexit Britain obligations” to the EU, meaning it cannot online trading company. free movement of people. Matching reports in several weekly newspapers “quickly and done properly”, speaking in an enter and sign a free trade agreement with “This idea of ‘hard Brexit’ and a clean break In an interview with Germany’s Welt am said she was prepared to accept pulling out of interview with The Times newspaper. Britain’s another country while still a member. from the single market seems increasingly Sonntag newspaper over the weekend, finance the single market, the European customs union foreign minister Boris Johnson hailed the com- Trump’s comments did little to reassure likely, with the government making a bid to minister Philip Hammond hinted at the new and the European Court of Justice, in order to ments as he arrived at a meeting of EU foreign investors, however, following reports in British gain full control over immigration,” Weston “hard Brexit” line. Answering a question about regain control of EU immigration. “She’s gone ministers in Brussels yesterday. “I think it is media over the weekend that May is planning said. Sterling “is an out-and-out political cur- whether Britain could become a tax haven, he for the full works. People will know when she very good news that the United States wants to announce a hard line on Brexit in a major rency... and the prospect of volatility here is said it would be forced to “change our econom- said Brexit means Brexit, she really meant it,” a to do a good free trade deal with us and wants speech today. now very high” despite some positive macro- ic model” to remain competitive if it is shut out government source was quoted as saying in to do it very fast,” he said. Sterling plunged to $1.1986, its lowest level economic data, he said. from access to the single market. May aims to The Sunday Telegraph. — AFP Saudi doubts extension to oil output cap needed

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister “This is the first time we talk about the specific National Transformation Plan was announced Khaled Al-Falih said yesterday it was “unlikely” program,” minister Khaled Al-Falih told the in June that the oil-rich kingdom plans to be a oil producers would need to extend a six- World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. “very strong competitor” in renewable energy. month cap on output, pointing to a pick-up in “I am pleased to announce that we will be Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies global demand. launching in the next few weeks in Saudi have been looking into ways to cut their ener- “Based on my judgement today, I think it is Arabia the first bid round of our massive pro- gy bills and diversify their power sources away unlikely that we will need to continue” after gram to introduce renewables,” he said. Falih from oil, their main export commodity. Falih June, Falih told reporters at an energy forum in said the projects are aimed to reach a capacity said yesterday that 70 percent of the king- Abu Dhabi. “Demand will pick up in the sum- of 10 gigawatts by 2023 and will cost between dom’s utilities, which he said will reach a total mer and we want to make sure that the mar- $30 billion and $50 billion, adding that they of 100 gigawatt capacity “rather soon”, will be kets continue to be supplied well and we don’t will include solar and wind power projects. fuelled by gas. “Saudi Arabia will become one want to create a shortage or a squeeze,” he “Ten gigawatts is only the beginning,” he of the leaders of the sustainable economy,” he RIYADH: Saudi chief executive of NAS Holding, Bander Al-Mohanna, shakes hands with the added. OPEC and non-OPEC oil producing said. Falih had said when the kingdom’s added. — AFP Middle East director for the European Aerospace company, Fouad Attar, as they exchange countries agreed to cap production from files after signing an 8.6 billion deal with European plane manufacturer Airbus to purchase January 1 to end a global glut that has ham- 80 A320neo single-aisle jets yesterday. — AFP mered prices, but doubts remain about imple- mentation before data is released at the end of the month. Falih, whose country is the world’s Saudi’s flynas orders 80 Airbus largest oil exporter, said oil markets began rebalancing in 2016, which “will have its full A320neos, upgrades 20 more impact in the first half” of this year. “Of course, there are many variables that RIYADH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabian budget carrier fly- likely to give flynas one of the largest Middle East could come into play between now and June. nas is to buy 80 Airbus A320neo narrow body jets in budget airline fleets. The order means Airbus has At that time, we’ll be able to assess,” he said. a deal worth $8.6 billion that includes upgrading an beat rival Boeing to replace and expand flynas’ fleet Falih said all concerned producers have earlier order, it said yesterday. The 80 A320neo of 27 leased A320 jets. expressed “their willingness to extend if neces- order is valued at $8.6 billion, flynas Chairman Ayed Flynas, which launched as Nas Air in 2007 and sary”. “The extension will only happen if there Al Jeaid said at press conference in Riyadh yester- first turned a profit in 2015, is facing increasing is a need, and if there is a need we will do it,” day. The order is for 60 A320neos and an upgrade of competition in Saudi Arabia, its primary market. an existing order for 20 current model A320s to Start-up SaudiGulf Airlines and Saudi-owned, he added. The United Arab Emirates’ Energy neos, an Airbus spokesman confirmed. Egypt-based Nesma airline were granted domestic Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei said Wednesday it The agreement also includes purchasing options operating licenses in 2016. was too early to consider extending the deal. for a further 40 A320neo jets, according to flynas. State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines has Reuters reported last week that Flynas, partly owned announced plans for its own budget carrier, Renewable energy by Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s Flyadeal, to launch in mid-2017 with a target of Saudi Arabia is set to launch a renewable investment vehicle, had agreed to buy more than 60 50 jets by 2020. Qatar Airways-owned Al Maha energy program worth up to $50 billion, as the A320neos. Delivery of the 80 A320s will take eight is waiting for a domestic Saudi operating world’s largest oil exporter vies to diversify its ABU DHABI: Saudi Minister of Energy, Industrial and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih, talks to years from 2018, according to an Airbus statement, license. — Reuters economy, its energy minister said yesterday. a journalist during the 10th edition of the World Future Energy Summit yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 BUSINESS Oil prices stall as hedge funds stop adding to longs

LONDON: Hedge fund bullishness closing weeks of 2016 and prices have net long position of 796 million barrels per barrel or more than a third in the Money managers have continued to toward the price of crude oil appears to been trending down since the turn of by the middle of December, up from a final seven weeks of 2016. accumulate long positions even as bull- have peaked for the time being, with the year. recent low of just 422 million barrels in Brent is now trading very close to ishness on crude has stalled. fund managers booking some profits Hedge funds and other money man- the middle of November. Since then, the average level most traders are fore- Hedge funds have established a after the strong rally in the final seven agers cut their net long position in Brent however, the net long position has been casting for 2017, according to a Reuters net long position of more than 63 mil- weeks of 2016. Few managers are will- and WTI futures and options by the flat or falling, and had been cut to 776 survey. Nearly two-thirds of all respon- lion barrels in gasoline blendstock ing to bet on a pullback in prices at the equivalent of 15 million barrels in the million barrels by Jan 10. dents thought Brent prices would aver- futures and options, up from 37 mil- moment with the number of short posi- week to Jan 10. The net position Hedge funds long positions still out- age $55 or $60 in 2017, which is not lion in mid-December and just 28 mil- tions still toward the bottom end of the declined for the second week running, number short positions by a ratio of 7:1, much different from the closing price lion in mid-November. The net long range that has prevailed since 2014. after rising in five of the previous six but the ratio is down from almost 8:1 in of $54 on Jan 10. position in NYMEX gasoline blend- But the lack of fresh long positions weeks, according to an analysis of data mid-December. Fund managers are There is more bullishness among stock is the largest since July 2014, has removed one of the factors which published by regulators and exchanges. becoming more cautious about the out- hedge fund managers about the out- when the price of oil was beginning helped push oil prices higher in the Hedge funds had amassed a record look after oil prices rose by almost $15 look for US gasoline prices, however. its long slide. —Reuters Mozambique says will miss $60m interest payment

MAPUTO: Mozambique said yesterday it law by securing loans worth more than $2 would miss a $60 million interest payment billion in hidden debt that prompted the on a 2023 bond, as its economic crisis IMF and World Bank aid cutoff. deepens over hidden debt, the fall in com- The scandal surfaced in 2013, when the modity prices and a cut-off in aid. government announced a contract for 30 The country is in talks with the fishing and coastal protection vessels International Monetary Fund (IMF) over between French shipyards and Ematum, a resuming support that was suspended in state-owned company that had previously April due to the hidden debt scandal. “The raised $850 million on the eurobonds mar- deteriorating macroeconomic and fiscal sit- ket without lawmakers’ knowledge. uation of the Republic has severely affected In April last year, more hidden debt the country’s public finances,” the finance worth $1.4 billion-contracted without par- ministry said in a statement in Maputo. liamentary approval by two more state- “The resulting debt payment capacity of owned firms and the defense ministry-was the Republic is therefore extremely limited uncovered. in 2017, and does not allow the Republic The government claimed the loans were room to make the scheduled interest pay- used to fund military vessels and defense ment.” The statement said Mozambique equipment, and said it did not disclose would not pay a $60 million interest pay- them as a matter of national security. The ment due on Jan 18. metical currency collapsed by more than Last month, a parliamentary inquiry 80 percent against the US dollar last year concluded that the government broke the after falling 36 percent in 2015. —AFP Oil slips on doubts over output cuts

LONDON: Oil prices slipped yesterday, States are adding further downward pres- pressured by doubts that large oil produc- sure on prices, according to Olivier Jakob ers will reduce production as promised of consultancy Petromatrix. Falih said that and on expectations that US production OPEC and non-OPEC producers are unlike- BERN: China’s President Xi Jinping (C), Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan (L) and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter eat Swiss cheese fon- would increase again this year. Benchmark ly to extend their agreement to cut oil out- due during a lunch in Bern yesterday. —AFP Brent crude oil was down 23 cents a barrel put beyond six months, especially if global at $55.22 by 1142 GMT and US light crude inventories fall to the five-year average. fell 21 cents to $52.16. The Organization of “We don’t think it’s necessary given the the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) level of compliance,” Falih said. “My expec- Xi says Chinese economy has agreed to cut production by 1.2 million tations (are) ... that the rebalancing that barrels per day (bpd) to 32.5 million bpd started slowly in 2016 will have its full from Jan 1 in an attempt to clear global impact by the first half.” oversupply that has depressed prices for Russian oil and gas condensate produc- to keep growing steadily more than two years. tion averaged 11.1 million bpd for Jan. 1- Russia and other key exporters outside 15, two energy industry sources said yes- OPEC have said they will also cut output. terday, down only 100,000 bpd from Headwinds facing global economy But global oil production remains high December. Russia has committed to a and, with inventories near record levels in 300,000 bpd cut during the first half of many areas, investors doubt that OPEC and 2017 as a part of the global deal with BERN: China’s economy will remain stable and would work together to reject all forms of its allies can trim output enough to push OPEC. keep growing steadily while resisting protection- protectionism, he said. “We will expand the Emirates to open up up prices. Rising US oil output is also preventing ism, President Xi Jinping told Swiss executives openness of our service sector and general man- Dubai luxury lounges “Cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC countries crude from climbing further. Goldman yesterday. “We are confident” Xi said, adding that ufacturing industry to provide more investment have just started and it will take some time Sachs said it expects year-on-year US oil there were headwinds facing the global econo- opportunities for foreign businesses and create a to lower-tier for them to filter through,” said Bjarne production to rise by 235,000 bpd in 2017, my, which is still weak. sound legal and policy environment a legal play- frequent flyers Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at taking into account wells that have been “Overall China’s economy is performing ing field.” China has become Swiss engineering SEB Markets in Oslo. “We do not really drilled and are likely to start producing in steadily. In 2016, last year, GDP is expected to company ABB’s second biggest single market, DUBAI: Emirates is opening up its lounges expect the oil price to strengthen much the first half of the year. US oil output is grow by 6.7 percent on a year-on-year basis, and behind only the United States, amid demand for at its Dubai hub to lower-tier frequent fly- more in the first quarter of 2017.” now at 8.95 million bpd, up from less than that means we missed our set target, but that high voltage transmission equipment for the er members in what is the latest move by Comments by Saudi Arabia’s Energy 8.5 million bpd in June last year and at sim- expectation according to some international country’s burgeoning power grid and factory the world’s largest long-haul airline to Minister Khalid al-Falih yesterday com- ilar levels to 2014, when overproduction institutions will be among the highest among robots for the Middle Kingdom’s car industry. look for new ways to boost revenues. bined with a federal holiday in the United send the market into a tailspin. —Reuters major economies.” Elevator maker Schindler has designs on rival- Emirates, which reported a 75 percent “Protectionism, populism and de-globaliza- ing bigger Kone and Otis, a unit of US-based drop in half-year profit in November, had tion are on the rise. It’s not good for closer eco- United Technologies, in China, where it has made previously restricted access to these nomic cooperation globally,” he said. Xi, on a acquisitions and expanded manufacturing facili- lounges to higher-tier frequent flier mem- state visit to Switzerland before a keynote speech ties for elevators and escalators. bers and business or first class travellers. at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said China is the world’s biggest elevator market, In an email sent out to Skywards frequent China’s economy, with growth expected at 6.7 accounting for about 60 percent of all new flier members, seen by Reuters, passen- percent in 2016, was entering a “new normal”, equipment orders, and Schindler said it is scout- gers with Blue-tier status, the lowest of and Swiss firms could help it improve quality, ing for more acquisitions. Swiss drug and chemi- four membership categories, can pay and become more efficient, equitable and sus- cal makers are also fanning out in China. Novartis $100 to access the airline’s Dubai busi- tainable. just completed a $1 billion research campus in ness lounge and $200 for the first class “The restructuring of China’s economy and Shanghai, while Clariant is pinning its hopes on lounge. the upgrading of our industries will generate rising Chinese consumer demand for products An Emirates spokeswoman confirmed huge new demand,” Xi said. “In terms of intellec- including ingredients for soaps. to Reuters that the email was sent out to tual manufacturing, finance, insurance, energy Meanwhile, China’s state-owned China Skywards members. Other changes to conservation, environmental protection, energy Construction Bank got its Swiss banking license in the lounge access policy include generation, electricity, food and medicine, 2015 and signed a renminbi clearing agreement Skywards members being allowed to pay Switzerland has advanced technology and... with Swiss-based Zuercher Kantonalbank just last for access for non-member travel com- expertise and could be a new partner for innova- September. Switzerland is seeking to become a panions and upgrading from business to tion for China.” hub of renminbi trading, as China seeks to inter- ABU DHABI: Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis speaks during the first class lounges, according to the email 10th edition of the World Future Energy Summit yesterday in the United China owed its economic development to nationalize its currency and reduce reliance on dated Jan 13.—Reuters opening up, and Switzerland and China other nations’ money for trade. —Reuters Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Sterling Pound 379.270 Nepalese Rupees 3.800 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037471 0.040221 Canadian dollar 229.680 Malaysian Ringgit 69.520 Indian Rupee 0.002784 0.005518 Turkish lira 87.300 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.855 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 ASIAN COUNTRIES Swiss Franc 302.020 Japanese Yen 0.002529 0.002709 Japanese Yen 2.615 Thai Bhat 9.615 Australian Dollar 222.200 Turkish Lira 81.995 Kenyan Shilling 0.002985 0.002985 Indian Rupees 4.510 US Dollar Buying 305.650 Korean Won 0.000245 0.000260 Pakistani Rupees 2.934 Malaysian Ringgit 0.064490 0.070490 Srilankan Rupees 2.053 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Nepalese Rupee 0.002940 0.003110 Nepali Rupees 2.823 20 Gram 238.24 Pakistan Rupee 0.002617 0.002907 Singapore Dollar 212.790 10 Gram 122.04 Philippine Peso 0.006068 0.006368 Hongkong Dollar 39.563 CURRENCY BUY SELL 5 Gram 57.97 Europe Sierra Leone 0.000053 0.000059 Bangladesh Taka 3.893 Singapore Dollar 0.206634 0.216634 Philippine Peso 6.173 British Pound 0.370534 0.380534 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.003880 0.015880 South African Rand 0.016339 0.024839 Thai Baht 8.601 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001648 0.002228 Malaysian Ringgit 223.230 Danish Krone 0.039176 0.044176 Euro 0. 316060 0.325060 Taiwan 0.009390 0.009570 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.031461 0.036661 Thai Baht 0.008233 0.008783 GCC COUNTRIES US Dollar 306.000 Saudi Riyal 81.881 Romanian Leu 0.070788 0.070786 Canadian Dolla 233.485 Arab Qatari Riyal 84.334 Slovakia 0.009213 0.019213 Sterling Pound 369.790 Swedish Krona 0.029599 0.034599 Bahraini Dinar 0.807354 0.815854 ani Riyal 797.427 Euro 326.395 Egyptian Pound 0.013255 0.022508 Bahraini Dinar 815.330 Swiss Franc 0.293706 0.304706 Swiss Frank 303.085 Turkish Lira 0.083197 0.093497 Iranian Riyal 0.000085 0.000086 UAE Dirham 83.599 Bahrain Dinar 811.180 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 UAE Dirhams 83.705 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.427743 0.436743 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 84.925 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Cash 21.250 Australian Dollar 0.213530 0.225530 Saudi Riyals 82.525 New Zealand Dollar 0.207387 0.216887 Lebanese Pound 0.000153 0.000253 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.073 Jordanian Dinar 432.760 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020226 0.044228 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.232 Egyptian Pound 16.619 America Nigerian Naira 0.000372 0.001007 Tunisian Dinar 133.590 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.043 Omani Riyal 0.790592 0.796272 Jordanian Dinar 432.400 Canadian Dollar 0.223283 0.232283 Indian Rupees 4.491 Georgina Lari 0.138592 0.138592 Qatar Riyal 0.083473 0.084923 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.046 Pakistani Rupees 2.919 Saudi Riyal 0.080740 0.082040 Syrian Lira 2.188 US Dollars 0.302750 0.307150 Bangladesh Taka 3.880 US Dollars Mint 0.303250 0.307150 Syrian Pound 0.001302 0.001522 Morocco Dirham 30.839 Philippines Pesso 6.139 Tunisian Dinar 0.129276 0.137278 Cyprus pound 168.040 Turkish Lira 0.083197 0.093497 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Asia Japanese Yen 3.680 Bangladesh Taka 0.003572 0.004156 UAE Dirhams 0.082120 0.083820 US Dollar Transfer 306.850 Syrian Pound 2.430 Yemeni Riyal 0.000998 0.001078 Euro 323.270 Chinese Yuan 0.042582 0.046082 TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 BUSINESS

SPECIAL REPORT FATCA and Common Reporting Standard in Kuwait US reporting requirement and tax exposure

By Alex Law and Claire Dawson, become FATCA compliant as soon as pos- or reporting requirement on the part of not be disclosing these accounts to the they are also tax resident in another CRS Deloitte & Touche sible because the information collected as the individual. authorities where they are tax resident), jurisdiction. at year end 2016 will be reported before Details of US accounts in other Middle the Organization for Economic Co-oper- Financial institutions within Kuwait are, he Financial Account Tax September 2017. Eastern countries, such as the UAE, Saudi ation and Development (‘OECD’) has, at broadly speaking, required to collect and Compliance Act (‘FATCA’), spear- Arabia, Qatar and Oman are assumed to the request of the G20 found the report the following information in Theaded by the United States FATCA have already been passed to the IRS, since answer- the Common Reporting respect of their reportable customer Internal Revenue Services (‘IRS’) has been Kuwaiti Financial Institutions were the published deadlines for such report- Standard (‘CRS’). To date, over one hun- accounts: in play since 2014. The aim of FATCA is to required to submit the financial account ing have already passed. This means that dred countries have signed up to or * Client’s name, address, jurisdiction of identify individuals who are US resi- details of US persons holding these any US person (a US citizen or Green Card agreed to sign up to CRS. residency, tax identification number dents/citizens and using financial financial accounts in Kuwait to The holder) in these countries who has not yet To put things in perspective, CRS has (“TIN”) accounts outside of the US - essentially Ministry of Finance by 30 November regularized their tax affairs with the IRS, been dubbed the ‘Global FATCA’. The * Date and place of birth of client flagging individuals who could be avoid- 2016. This is in consequence of Kuwait may no longer qualify for streamlined fil- Financial Account Tax Compliance Act, * Account number ing/evading tax in the US. (among hundreds of other countries) ing and the significantly lower penalty driven by the Internal Revenue Service in * Account balance or value Jurisdictions around the world have being a signatory to an inter-govern- regime. Professional advice should be tak- the United States, which was implement- * Total amount of interest paid or cred- signed or agreed to sign Intergovernmental mental agreement (IGA) with the US. en immediately in this regard. As for ed around the world to flag and track US ited to the account (gross amount of divi- Agreements with the US to become FATCA The Kuwait IGA means that foreign finan- Bahrain, we expect that reporting on US citizens with foreign financial accounts. dends and sale proceeds in a custody compliant (including Kuwait in April 2015). cial institutions (including banks, but in accounts will be in due course. This means It has been widely reported that account). The participating jurisdictions will provide certain circumstances, family offices or that US citizens and Green Card holders in Kuwait, along with Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Financial account holders in Kuwait guidance to financial institutions on what to trusts etc.) must report certain informa- this country should take immediate steps Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will may be asked by financial institutions to report and how this financial account hold- tion about their US accounts, including to review their US tax exposure, and make begin enforcing the implementation of provide additional information and docu- er information should be reported to the accounts of certain foreign entities with sure that they are fully compliant. It is clear the CRS from January 2017. mentation and also to self-certify their tax local Ministry of Finance/Central Bank, this substantial US owners to the local tax that this window of opportunity to access The Kuwait tax authorities, like most residency status. guidance will be made available by the authorities / regulators who then trans- the streamlined filing process will not be authorities in the Middle East are yet to Deloitte & Touche, Kuwait has been Kuwaiti authorities imminently. The infor- fer the information to the IRS. available indefinitely. release official CRS regulations. Based on enrolled as one of the audit firms certified mation collected by the authorities will The meaning of ‘US account’ is very the OECD minimum standards guidance it with the Ministry of Finance for the provision accordingly be exchanged with the US. broadly defined and opens up the possi- Common Reporting Standard is certain that unlike FATCA, there will not of Foreign Account Tax Compliance services Going forward non-compliance could bility of a bank being required to classify As a global solution to combat tax- be any minimum threshold for reporting FATCA. result in penalties and the risk of severe an account as a US account and report- avoidance and as a preventative meas- purposes this implies that all account Law is Managing Director of Deloitte’s reputational damage - it is therefore ing relevant details of it to the IRS, even ure to monitor individuals with foreign holders of Kuwaiti financial institutions International tax Services and Dawson is advised for all financial institutions to though there may be no US tax exposure financial accounts (many of whom may will be subject to CRS reporting where FATCA and CRS tax lead. IMF boosts growth forecast for US, cites Trump impact Growth projections for China, Germany, Japan and Britain up

WASHINGTON: The International year that provided more momentum Obstfeld said. But Obstfeld said there The new outlook boosted the Monetary Fund is raising its forecast going into 2017. was a wider than usual range of upside growth forecast for China, the world’s for the US economy this year and in “The global economic landscape and downside risks in part because of second largest economy, to 6.5 per- 2018, reflecting an expected boost started to shift in the second half of the uncertainty over how much of cent this year, up 0.3 percentage point from the economic policies of 2016,” IMF chief economist Maurice Trump’s program will win congression- from the October forecasts based on President-elect Donald Trump. Obstfeld said, helped by a rebound in al approval. expectations the Chinese government The IMF also increased 2017 manufacturing activity in many coun- While Trump’s election victory will continue providing stimulus. The growth projections for a number of tries and the financial market rally that boosted economic prospects in the outlook also boosted 2017 growth other countries including China, started with Trump’s November elec- United States, the impact has been projections for Germany, Japan, Spain Germany, Japan and Britain, but tion victory. uneven for the rest of the world. Some and Britain to reflect stronger-than- warned that the global economy faced “Markets have noted that the White countries could see stronger growth expected performances in the second a number of downside risks including House and Congress are in the hands from the increase in activity in the half of last year. At the same time, the rising protectionist trade pressures. of the same party for the first time in United States, the world’s largest econ- IMF lowered its forecasts for Italy, The 189-nation global lending six years and that change points to omy, but some emerging market South Korea, India and Brazil, reflect- MILAN: A man enters in the building of Italian eyewear company Luxottica agency’s latest economic outlook, lower tax rates and possibly higher countries may face challenges as glob- ing disappointing performances in the yesterday in Milan. French lensmaker Essilor said it has agreed to buy Italy’s released Monday, took note of the sig- infrastructure and tax spending,” al interest rates rise. last half of 2016. —AP Luxottica, maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, in a bid to create a new global giant nificant impact Trump’s election has in the sector. —AFP already had in giving a boost to US stock prices, interest rates and the dol- lar. The new outlook puts US economic Seeing eye-to-eye, Essilor and growth at 2.3 percent this year and 2.5 percent in 2018. That would be an Luxottica create lenswear giant improvement from lackluster US growth around 1.6 percent in 2016. PARIS: French lensmaker Essilor has chief executive of the new group and During the campaign, Trump said agreed to buy Italy’s luxury eyewear maker Essilor head Hubert Sagnieres, 61, will be his economic policies of tax cuts, regu- Luxottica in a bid to create a new global his deputy, with “equal powers”, a joint latory reform and boosts in infrastruc- giant in the sector, the two groups statement said. ture spending would lift US growth to announced yesterday. annual rates of 4 percent. Shares in Essilor, the world leader in cor- ‘The same vision’ The new forecast represented a rective lenses, surged by 13.8 percent on “We share the same values, the same boost of 0.1 percentage point for 2017 the Paris stock exchange and Luxottica vision, the same interest in the products,” compared to the IMF’s last forecast shares were up 8.2 percent in Milan on the Sagnieres said. The boards of directors of released in October and an even big- news as of 1100 GMT. both companies have approved the trans- ger boost of 0.4 percentage point for The combined group will have a market action. The deal still needs to receive the 2018, reflecting an expectation that capitalisation of around 46.2 billion euros necessary regulatory approval, but is Trump’s program will take time to be ($49 billion), based on both companies’ expected to be completed in the second implemented. closing share prices on Friday. Under the half of this year. For the overall global economy, the terms of the transaction, the family of Del Vecchio returned to the helm in IMF left its projections unchanged Leonard Del Vecchio, Luxottica founder January 2016 after two years of manage- growth of 3.4 percent for this year and and chief executive, will hand over his ment turmoil sparked by a falling out with 3.6 percent for 2018, both up from 3.1 stake to Essilor, which will then launch a his right-hand man Andrea Guerra, who percent growth in 2016, a year when public bid to buy the remaining shares. quit in 2014. “Leonardo Del Vecchio’s global growth slowed to its weakest Del Vecchio, 81, controls a 62 percent inability to find a successor probably performance since the 2008-2009 stake via holding company Delfin. weighed heavily on this idea of coming financial crisis. “Finally, two products which are naturally together” with Essilor, said a strategist at But the IMF saw better prospects in complementary, namely frames and the French brokerage firm Aurel BGC. a number of countries, thanks in part WASHINGTON: In this Dec 19, 2016, file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director lenses, will be designed, manufactured “The idea... has been around a long to a rebound in growth in many parts Christine Lagarde makes a statement at a news conference, in Washington. The IMF yesterday and distributed under the same roof,” Del time, and though not on everyone’s mind of the world in the second half of last released its latest forecast for the world economy. —AP Vecchio said. recently, and is now bearing fruit,” he “With this agreement my dream to cre- added. The two groups made a failed ate a major global player in the eyewear attempt to merge in 2013. industry, fully integrated and excellent in Founded in 1961, Luxottica owns the UK’s Johnson hails Trump all its parts, comes finally true.” Ray-Ban, Oakley and Sunglass Hut brands The combined group, to be known as and licenses for designer frames such as EssilorLuxottica, will have annual sales of Giorgio Armani, Chanel and Ralph Lauren. more than 15 billion euros and employ a The Italian group, which employs some offer of quick trade deal workforce of 140,000 worldwide. 80,000 people, generates annual sales of The merger is expected to create syner- around nine billion euros, while Essilor gies that will save between 400 million and booked sales of just over 6.7 billion euros BRUSSELS: British Foreign Minister Boris 600 million euros a year in the medium in 2015. Essilor’s Sagnieres said: “Our proj- term. Bryan, Garnier & Co analysts called ect has one simple motivation: to better Johnson said yesterday that US President-elect the merger “a perfect fit... as both groups respond to the needs of an immense glob- Donald Trump’s offer of a quick trade deal with are leading their respective categories” of al population in vision correction and Britain as it leaves the European Union was posi- lenses and frames. vision protection.” tive news. But they said the new group “might face The group is to be headquartered in “I think it’s very good news that the United anti-trust barriers since it would become a France, at Essilor’s location in Charenton south- States of America wants to do a good free trade ‘hegemonic supplier’ for many independ- east of Paris, Sagnieres said, without detailing deal with us and wants to do it very fast,” ent opticians.” Del Vecchio will become which sites may be shut down. —AFP Johnson said ahead of meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. “It’s great to hear that from President-elect Turkey unemployment Donald Trump. Clearly it will have to be a deal that’s very much in the interest of both sides but highest in half decade I have no doubt that it will be.” Trump said in an interview with The Times ISTANBUL: Turkey’s unemployment rate in Turkish economy with the lira put under strain newspaper that Britain leaving the EU would October was the highest in more than five and by a string of terror attacks, doubts about the a half years, the statistical authorities said yes- sustainability of growth and worries about “end up as a great thing” and promised to work terday, the latest in a slew of bleak indicators for political instability. for a trade deal with post-Brexit Britain “quickly the economy. Turkey’s robust economic performance- and done properly”. Outgoing US President The Turkish Statistical Institute, or TurkStat, which saw growth of nine percent in 2010 and Barack Obama had warned before Britain’s said the unemployment rate jumped to 11.8 2011 — has been a pillar of Erdogan’s popular shock June 23 referendum vote to leave the percent in October, a 0.4-point increase from support over the years. But alarm bells started bloc that it would be at the “back of the queue” September and a 1.3-point leap from its level a ringing when data showed the economy for any new trade deal. Trump’s comments did year earlier. shrank 1.8 percent in the third quarter last year, It was also the highest rate since the first such contraction since 2009. little to reassure investors, however, following February 2010, when it stood 12 percent, Erdogan has claimed the dramatic depre- British media reports at the weekend that Prime according to TurkStat. ciation of the lira is a conspiracy to “bring Minister Theresa May is planning to announce a Youth unemployment also rose as 500,000 Turkey to its knees” and even equated it to a hard line on Brexit in a major speech today. more people aged 15 and above were without “terrorist attack”. He did not say who was to Sterling plunged yesterday morning to a job last year compared to the previous peri- blame for the purported conspiracy, or if he $1.1986, its lowest level since October’s “flash od, reaching more than three million in was referring to foreign powers or private BRUSSELS: British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson attends an EU foreign ministers crash” that had sent it to a 31-year low of October. The data is the latest blow to the currency speculators. —AFP meeting at the European Council, in Brussels, yesterday. —AFP $1.1841. —AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 BUSINESS Investors wary as Brexit, Trump uncertainty grows

LONDON: Investors sold sterling and stocks in and discussions on Brexit. There is a lot of uncer- 32 years. Investors will scrutinize May’s speech for Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.6 per- the US currency against six of its peers, rose Europe and Asia yesterday, seeking shelter in tainty moving forward,” said Brian Lan, managing clues to whether she plans to prioritize immigra- cent, Japan’s Nikkei lost 1 percent as the 0.4 percent. The euro fell 0.5 percent to gold and the Japanese yen as uncertainty over director at Singapore-based gold dealer tion controls in a “hard Brexit” that some analysts strong yen hit exporters. $1.0592 while the yen, another perceived Britain’s departure from the European Union and GoldSilver Central. say could hurt the economy. The fall in sterling, Sterling last traded at $1.2043, down 1.1 safe haven investment, rose 0.4 percent to the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump Yields on low-risk German government bonds which makes UK exports cheaper, has con- percent on the day. The euro was up 0.6 114.07 per dollar. US markets were closed curbed appetite for risk. The dollar rose, except fell, but those on Italian equivalents rose after tributed to an unprecedented 14-day rally in the percent at 87.95 pence while the yen was yesterday for a holiday. German 10-year against the yen, rebounding after suffering its rating agency DBRS cut Italy’s credit rating after blue-chip FTSE 100 stock index. up 0.8 percent at 137.45 to the pound. bond yields fell 1.9 basis points to 0.25 per- worst week since November, when it was hit by a markets closed on Friday, a move that could raise The index fell marginally yesterday but still “Every time there’s hard Brexit headlines, cent. Italian 10-year yields, by contrast, rose lack of clarity over what Trump, whose inaugura- borrowing costs for the country’s banks. But the outperformed continental European markets. that triggers a fresh bout of selling,” MUFG 2.7 bps to 1.93 percent. tion is on Friday, will do once he assumes office. eye-catching mover was sterling, a day before a The main STOXX 600 index fell 0.7 percent, as currency analyst Lee Hardman said. “The fact Italy’s downgrade will mean Italian US markets were closed for a holiday, poten- speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May. declines in autos and banks offset a rally in eye- that the sell-offs usually happen during peri- banks will have to pay more to borrow tially exacerbating price moves in thinner than Media reported that she would lay out an exit wear makers Luxottica and Essilor, who agreed a ods in which there’s less liquidity increases money from the European Central Bank normal trade. The price of gold, a frequently from the EU that would see Britain lose access to 46 billion-euro merger. the risk we could have a sharper sell-off when they use the country’s sovereign sought haven in uncertain times, hit its highest the bloc’s single market. German carmakers BMW, Daimler and VW fell (today), but as we saw in the flash crash that bonds as collateral. It may also make level since November. The pound fell as low as $1.1983 in thin early 2 percent after Trump warned he would impose a doesn’t mean that’s fundamentally justified,” Italian debt less attractive for foreign “(The movement) shows that people are look- Asian trade, which, barring a sudden “flash crash” 35 percent border tax on vehicles imported to he added. The dollar index, which measures buyers. —Reuters ing ahead this week with Trump’s inauguration in October, was its weakest against the dollar in the US market. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-

TOKYO: People look at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo yesterday. —AP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 BUSINESS Who are the 8 richest people? All men, mostly Americans

LONDON: The eight individuals who own as petes with the likes stake. He was ranked as the richest person three and his wife have pledged to sell 99 percent of their much as half of the rest of the planet are all of H&M. As Zara and years ago, but saw his net worth hit by a downturn holdings in Facebook - over 400 million shares, worth men, and have largely made their fortunes in Inditex grew in size, in Latin American economies. U.S. President-elect about $50 billion - to support philanthropic causes. technology. Most are American, with one Ortega, a Spaniard, Donald Trump’s threats to scrap free trade deals and European and one Mexican in the mix. Several held on to a majori- build a wall on the US-Mexico border have also hurt Larry Ellison: $43.6 billion have pledged to give it all to charity. ty stake of 59 per- shares in his business interests. Forbes estimates his As a young pro- The eight tycoons’ net worth, as calculated cent in the compa- net worth dropped $5 billion in the four days after grammer in the ‘70s, by Forbes magazine, was cited yesterday by ny, which has a mar- Trump’s election. Ellison’s first big anti-poverty activists Oxfam in a report high- ket value of over 97 client was the CIA. lighting income inequality. Although most of billion euros ($102 Jeff Bezos: $45.2 billion The name of the proj- them will not be joining the annual gathering billion). The founder and ect was “Oracle.” In of business and political elites in the Swiss CEO of Amazon.com 1977, Ellison and town of Davos this week, the extraordinary Warren Buffett: $60.8 billion helped revolutionize associates used that individual wealth they typify will be part of the The Oracle of the retail industry by name for their com- discussions in Davos on inequality. Omaha, as he’s known popularizing online pany, which creates for the way his every shopping. What was software that helps Here’s a look at who they are. investment decision is initially an online manage databases Bill Gates: $75 billion followed by thousands. book shop now sells and has since become an industry standard. The man whose Buffett began investing pretty much any- Ellison has recently focused more on cloud com- name is a byword for as a teenager in the thing. Bezos has puting, in which data is stored and managed billionaire. Gates co- 1940s and gradually reached beyond across a network of computers. His fortune comes founded Microsoft in grew his firm, Berkshire Amazon, in which he from the 27 percent stake he still owns in Oracle, the mid-70s, grow- Hathaway. Buffett, 86, holds a 17 percent stake, to try his hand in other a company worth $160 billion. ing it into the is notoriously frugal industries. He’s bought the Washington Post and world’s biggest soft- and favors investing in set up an aerospace company, Blue Origin, that Michael Bloomberg: $40 billion ware company and companies with proven business models over new aims to make space accessible to tourists and Created the helping to make industries, such as in technology. He’s said he will paying customers. eponymous financial computers a house- give away the bulk of his wealth to philanthropy. information provider hold item. He quit as Since 2006, he’s been donating blocks of Berkshire Mark Zuckerberg: $44.6 billion in 1981 after getting CEO in 2000 and stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He founded laid off from an pledged to devote his fortune to his philan- Facebook in 2004 while investment bank. thropic activities in the Bill and Melinda Gates Carlos Slim Helu: $50 billion a college student to Bloomberg made it a Foundation. He has gradually reduced his own- The Mexican tycoon connect other Harvard lucrative business in ership in Microsoft to less than 3 percent, with owes his fortune to a students. The company particular by selling the bulk of his wealth in a private firm. He’s the major ownership in went on to become data terminals to only one on the list who’s a regular at Davos. America Movil, a popular globally and financial services telecommunications listed its shares publicly firms. The multi- Amancio Ortega: $67 billion multinational worth in 2012, making screen terminals became essential tools in the The richest person in Europe, Ortega $42 billion. He person- Zuckerberg, now 32, a industry, incorporating real-time market informa- opened the first Zara fashion shop in 1975. ally owns about 7 per- multibillionaire. He’s tion with a news service. Bloomberg, who report- Now, the chain, part of Ortega’s Inditex group, cent in the company managed to make edly retains an 88 percent stake in the privately has 7,000 shops globally. Its boom in populari- while his broader fami- Facebook profitable where rivals like Twitter have held company, turned to politics in 2001, becom- ty is largely due to a low cost model that com- ly retains a 37 percent lagged, and expanded it with targeted acquisitions. He ing mayor of New York City for three terms. —AP China to target around 6.5% growth in 2017 Stability watchword ahead of leadership transition in autumn

BEIJING: China will lower its 2017 economic weakening yuan, the sources said. “They’ve put the government a little more room to manoeu- growth target to around 6.5 percent from last more emphasis on controlling risks, and mone- vre, but Beijing will not tolerate a sharp slow- year’s 6.5-7 percent, policy sources said, reinforc- tary policy could be a bit tighter,” said a second down ahead of the leadership transition, the ing a policy shift from supporting growth to policy source, though he characterized the policy sources said. The 2017 growth target will pushing reforms to contain debt and housing change as ‘fine-tuning’ ahead of a key party be announced at the annual meeting of the risks. The proposed target was endorsed by top meeting in the autumn at which there will be a National People’s Congress, the country’s parlia- leaders at the closed-door Central Economic change in the top leadership. ment, in early March. Work Conference in mid-December, according to “They are keen to keep economic growth sta- The sources said government was set to four sources with knowledge of the meeting ble before the 19th party congress,” the source maintain a 3 percent inflation target this year, outcome. “The target will be around 6.5 percent, said. Top leaders have pledged to stem the suggesting policymakers are less worried about which indicates that slightly slower growth is growth of asset bubbles in 2017 and place a sharp surge in consumer prices, despite surg- acceptable,” said one of the sources, a policy greater importance on the prevention of finan- ing factory-gate costs in recent months. adviser. cial risk, while keeping the economy on a path of December consumer prices rose 2.1 percent The State Council Information Office, the stable and healthy growth. from a year earlier, easing from a 2.3 percent rise public relations arm of the government, China’s banks doled out a record 12.56 trillion in November, while producer prices jumped 5.5 DETROIT: Shinola CEO Tom Lewand is seen at the watch factory in Detroit, declined to comment. The world’s second- yuan ($1.82 trillion) of loans in 2016 as the govern- percent in December year-on-year, the most Michigan. —AFP largest economy likely grew around 6.7 percent ment encouraged more credit-fuelled stimulus to since September 2011. last year - roughly in the middle of the govern- meet its economic growth target, despite worries China’s producer price jump, fuelled by rising ment’s target range - but it faces increasing about the risks of an explosive jump in debt. commodity prices, has yet to filter into con- In Detroit, Shinola is ‘Made uncertainties in 2017, the head of China’s state sumer prices due to weak demand, so the cen- planning agency said on Jan. 10. REFORM VS GROWTH tral bank is not yet under big pressure to tighten in USA’ success story Policy stimulus measures - evident in record The economy needs to grow at least 6.5 per- policy. lending from mostly state-owned banks and cent between 2016 and 2020 to meet Beijing’s Even if inflation hits 3 percent in some DETROIT: From the outside, there’s noth- Former US president Bill Clinton, who increased government spending - have fuelled goals of doubling GDP and per capita income by months this year, the central bank would have to ing much to say about this nondescript, owns a dozen Shinola watches-which run worries among top leaders about high debt lev- 2020 from 2010 levels. But they have also assess whether the economy is on a solid foot- hulking building in downtown Detroit, between $500 and $1,500 — is one of the els and an overheating housing market that pledged “decisive results” by 2020 on a wide ing before raising interest rates, which may help once the cradle of American industry. But fans. “We need more American success could threaten financial stability if not range of reforms to let market forces play a big- the struggling yuan, the policy sources said. “If inside this former General Motors research stories like Shinola in Detroit,” he said in addressed, the sources said. Under the central ger role in driving the economy away from ineffi- you don’t want the exchange rate to depreciate, lab, the fifth floor has been transformed October 2014. Shinola was launched in bank’s recently announced “prudent and neu- cient state-owned enterprises, which in the you should tighten credit, but there could be into a state-of-the-art workshop producing 2011 by the Greek-born billionaire Tom tral” stance, it is expected to guide market inter- short term could slow output. problems in debt prices and market liquidity - watches and high-end bicycles. Kartsotis, co-founder of the popular watch est rates higher to help put the brakes on flush Last year’s expected growth of 6.7 percent, how to balance them is a very difficult thing,” Welcome to Shinola, a young American brand Fossil. credit conditions, which should also support the though the slowest in 26 years, will have given one of the sources said. —Reuters luxury lifestyle company breathing new The company, which took its name from life into the “Made in USA” label-a designa- a defunct shoe-polish manufacturer from tion championed by President-elect the 1960s, marketed its first watch in 2013, India’s Reliance posts Donald Trump. the Runwell. The company currently The firm, which shares the building with employs 600 people, after starting with just 10% profit rise a design school, has built an open factory nine. It has 18 stores-two of them outside MUMBAI: Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries beat analyst space with wooden desks reminiscent of the United States, in London and Toronto estimates yesterday to post a 10 percent rise in standalone net 1950s movie sets and high-tech machin- and boasts a turnover of $100 million. profits, boosted by improving margins from its core business of oil ery. Watches, handbags, appointment refining. The Mumbai-based firm owned by India’s wealthiest man, books and other accessories carrying the Made in Switzerland? Mukesh Ambani, said standalone net profit for the three months “Made in Detroit” label are turned out here, The company, which has not yet made through December 31 rose to 80.22 billion rupees ($1.18 billion) while the bikes-made from parts designed it into the black and has not ruled out from 72.96 billion rupees a year earlier. in neighboring Wisconsin-and turntables, a going public, took something of a body Revenues for the period were up nine percent to 666 billion new product, are assembled at the flagship blow last year when the Federal Trade rupees. A Bloomberg survey of 11 analysts had projected the store located nearby. Commission asked it to stop boasting that standalone net profit to come in at 78.4 billion rupees. Reliance Dozens of employees work here-most it manufactures in the United States. said in a statement that its gross refining margin, the profit earned of them African Americans, who make up Indeed, it imports most of the parts for from each barrel of crude, was up to $10.8 in the December quar- the majority of residents in this blighted its well-known watches. The Swiss special- ter from $10.1 in the previous quarter. Refining margins are a key working-class city, forced into bankruptcy ist in quartz movement Ronda AG, which is profitability gauge for Reliance, one of the world’s largest refiners. in 2013 under the weight of its massive a shareholder, supplies 70 percent of the The company has delivered “record performances in challenging debt. Detroit suffered hugely from the quartz movement parts. And the watch market conditions,” Ambani said in a statement. Last month RIL’s decline of US manufacturing and especial- faces, crowns and hands come from Asia. new telecom venture Jio, which was launched with much fanfare ly the difficulties facing the “Big Three”- For employees, many of whom are for- Unfinished buildings remain in the site of a called off Ford car factory in Villa in September, extended free services up to March 2017. The com- auto giants General Motors, Ford and Fiat mer auto workers, the FTC’s argument is de Reyes, near San Luis Potosi, Mexico. In a rocky desert of northern Mexico, pany has poured more than $15 billion into the telecom venture Chrysler. meaningless. Shinola “is revitalizing impoverished villagers fear they may be the first people in the world to suf- on wireless spectrum and infrastructure and experts believe it will The unemployment rate hit 10.4 per- (Detroit). It’s producing jobs, it gives us fer the impact of US President-elect Donald Trump’s trade crackdown. —AFP be a game changer for the group as it tries to diversify. —AFP cent in November, compared to the something positive going forward,” says national average of 4.6 percent, according Damon Love, hired without training in the to official statistics. leather department nearly three years ago after being laid off by a local automotive Yukos, Moscow lawyers back Success story supplier. Shinola’s marketing pitch, a narrative “We can do the same things as the built on the city’s woes, differentiates the Swiss, even better,” said Koko Mary, who company from most high-end brands works in watch assembly. The former in court in $50bn appeal case around the world. “The rich heritage of employee of a radio provider for Cadillac manufacturing in Detroit makes it natural,” now has health insurance and a retirement THE HAGUE: Former shareholders of ages. “The Russian Federation has a District Court as quickly as possible.” Yukos was sold off in opaque auc- says Tom Lewand, a lawyer and former savings plan-new and welcome benefits. defunct Russian oil giant Yukos were significant interest in an expedient and Yukos was once Russia’s biggest post- tions to state companies led by president of the Detroit Lions NFL team, The minimum hourly wage is more than back in a Dutch court yesterday as concentrated conduct of this appeal,” Soviet oil company but was broken up Rosneft between 2004 and 2006. who took the helm of the company in $15, said Lewand, compared to about Moscow’s lawyers pressed judges for Russian Federation representative after its former owner, Kremlin critic State-owned Rosneft was then small, June. $8.90 in the rest of Michigan. Late this year, a quick resolution of a complex Albert Jan van den Berg told judges at and ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky but has since become a leading player “When people hear the story of Shinola, the company will market its first audio appeals case. The Hague’s Appeals Court. The $50 was arrested in 2003. among the world’s biggest listed oil when they hear the story that new jobs headphones to compete with Beats-and The claimants, led by the former billion in damages “is a massive His arrest came shortly after companies by production volume. The have been created to manufacture, then hopes to take on the lucrative eye- main shareholder GML, in July last year amount, also for the Russian Russian President Vladimir Putin, then claimants have sought since 2005 to whether it be handbags, watches or bags, wear market, a product it plans to produce appealed a Dutch court’s decision to Federation,” Van den Berg said, adding prime minister, warned the nation’s win compensation for what they say they appreciate that.” on Chicago’s South Side. —AFP overturn a ruling ordering Moscow to Russia “is entitled to obtain a final deci- growing class of oligarchs against are their losses caused by the break-up pay them a record $50 billion in dam- sion upholding the judgement of the meddling in politics. of Yukos. —AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 BUSINESS KIB launches training program for retail banking staff

KUWAIT: As part of its ongoing strategy to Manager, Retail Banking Department at ence for all Retail Banking employees, pro- Training Program. Several other special- invest in local talents and promote the KIB, Ramy Khalifa, the creation of the new viding guidance and individual training ized workshops and courses have been professional growth and development of training program comes in line with the when necessary. carried out under the umbrella of the pro- its employees, Kuwait International Bank Bank’s long-term strategy to become the “The goal with this program is to take gram, including an intensive course aimed (KIB) launched a comprehensive training “Islamic Bank of Choice” in Kuwait - for our employees to the next level, equipping at teaching sign language to employees at and development program dedicated to both customers and employees. In addi- them with the tools that would enable KIB’s six special needs friendly branches. its Retail Banking employees. tion to its continued efforts to develop its them to provide customers with an excep- “One of KIB’s core driving principles is The new Retail Banking Training offerings to provide customers with inno- tional overall banking experience. We do its commitment to support the national Program was designed to provide frontline vative, contemporary, and market-leading not want to simply meet our customer’s workforce, and we are heavily focused on managers, customer service officers and Islamic banking solutions, KIB has devoted needs; our ultimate aim is to exceed their attracting, and subsequently nurturing sales staff with the knowledge, tools and a major part of its strategic plans to human expectations on every level,” added Khalifa. and developing, the brightest young practical skills needed to provide first-rate, capital development. During 2016, KIB initiated two full-scale Kuwaiti talents. Over the past year, in addi- bespoke service to customers. Through a A key component of the program was training courses, targeting more than 220 tion to welcoming a wealth of new talent series of intensive training courses, interac- the introduction of a new coaching sys- employees from across the Retail Banking to the Bank, we have implemented an tive workshops and a dedicated coaching tem; an innovative training model featur- Department. This included a 2-month aggressive professional development system, the program offers ongoing train- ing dedicated in-house coaches. In addi- Service Level Training Program, which scheme - focusing specifically on our Retail ing platforms and development opportu- tion to leading all training workshops and focused on enhancing the level and quali- Banking employees given that they are the nities to both current and new employees. courses, these highly qualified and profes- ty of service offered to customers, as well cornerstone of the customer banking According to the Assistant General sionally certified trainers serve as a refer- as an on ongoing Product Knowledge Ramy Khalifa experience,” noted Khalifa. AUB announces winners of Al Hassad saving program

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank held its weekly Dalal Fadhel Almesri, Abdulhameed Ismaeil draw of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving program Neamatallah, Taha Mohammad Al Anezi, Ali January 11, 2017. This program offers the Hussain Al Enez, Huda Abdulaziz Al Hbaishi, biggest prize amount to the largest num- Eman Mohammad, Ibrahim Ali Alkandari, ber of winners. The prize program succeed- Dakheel Ali Aldakheel, Nayif Mohammed Al ed in becoming the first prize account in Huomayli, Mohammad Jassim Al Ateeqi, Kuwait compliant with the Islamic Sharia Hatim Ali Bholli, Ghzayyel Mohammad principles. The program has been devel- Salem, Qasem Mohammad Al Dehoun, oped to fulfil the needs of the Bank cus- Naser Omar, Zeyad Mostafa Darweesh, tomers and increase their opportunities in Shalu Jouykutty, Ahmed Husain A Aziz, winning sizeable and attractive prizes in Adel Ebrahim, Ebtihal Alawi Husain, Salwa Radhi Ali, Fareed Hamza Rahmatalla, Zainab Ali Moh’d, Mohammed Redha isa. The prize program of Al Hassad Islamic Saving from Ahli United Bank offers a weekly grand prize worth KD 25,000 in addition to 25 weekly prizes worth a total of KD 25,000 distributed to 25 prizes, KD addition to enjoying the latest banking 1,000 for each winner. advantages that Ahli United Bank provides. In addition, prizes of Al Hassad Islamic On this occasion, the bank issued the saving program from Ahli United Bank following press release: Al Hassad Islamic offer 4 quarterly grand prizes announced in saving program offers the highest quarterly draws. Each is a “Salary for Life” amounts of prizes which amount to KD 3.4 prize which is worth KD 250,000, noting million per year. that Hassad customers of AUB Kuwait and This Program also offers 26 weekly AUB Bahrain are eligible to participate in prizes, with the highest number of weekly the prize draws as per the scheme terms winners. The Islamic Hassad Saving and conditions. Account may be opened by the lowest In general, Ahli United Bank continues amount to open an account, which is KD to offer innovative tools and means to 100. The winner of the weekly grand prize meet the needs of its customers to match in the amount of KD 25,000 is: Suad Ahmed the Bank’s long history of distinctive servic- A Nabi. es which extend over 74 years during The winners of the KD 1,000 prize each: which the Bank managed to take the lead Omran Aadel Omar, Hussain Kh h Alali, among local banks. KFH takes part in Auto Moto 2017 ribbon-cutting ceremony Bank strategic partner for third year in a row

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) took part in the motor show Auto Moto 2017 ribbon cut- ting ceremony held at 360 Mall in the framework of its strategic partnership for the third year in a row. KFH participation emanates from its endeav- ors to offer clients and visitors a vast and com- prehensive array of financing solutions especially that KFH enjoys a proven track record of success in the activity of car financing in collaboration with local dealerships. Present at the event were officials from KFH in addition to a number of officials from different ministries, and representatives of car dealerships and international auto factories. The Kuwait DAVOS: Police is on guard next to the Congress Center during the 47th annual meet- Motor Show Automoto 17 is Kuwait’s only motor ing of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos yesterday. — AP show displaying more than 30 brands by author- ized dealerships in Kuwait. The show is bringing Trade strains, dollar danger the newest releases of 2017 to the public under one roof. Over 40 years in the auto market, KFH cloud optimism in Davos has proven its active role and contributions in this market where it reiterated its flagship status DAVOS: A trade war between the United world view and believe the reason the US is and leading position in financing automobiles. States and China and a strengthening dollar not doing well is because others are cheat- KFH spares no efforts in strengthening its role in are among the biggest threats to a brighten- ing that creates a certain kind of rhetoric the auto market by revitalizing the market, ing global economic outlook, according to that could end up very badly for the world.” increasing sales and addressing the require- leading economists at the World Economic ments of clients and suppliers alike. KFH participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the Auto Moto show. Forum in Davos. As political leaders, busi- CURRENCY RISKS KFH cars showrooms have become important Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud Al-Sabah. bank’s clients in Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, nessmen and bankers converge on the Last month, the US Federal Reserve hiked destination for those who are interested in buy- KFH was established in Kuwait in 1977 and is Bahrain, Germany, Jordan and Dubai. resort in the Swiss Alps this week, they can interest rates for just the second time in a ing cars. KFH Al-Shuwaikh showroom brings enlisted in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. KFH Group KFH’s mission is to achieve highest levels of draw hope from a more benign economic decade, a sign that the lengthy period of together over 20 automotive brands under one is a global pioneer in the field of Islamic banking excellence and innovation in the field of client picture and a rally in global stock markets on ultra-loose monetary policy that followed the umbrella which gives clients the opportunity to services, where it offers a wide array of Islamic service, while developing common interest for all expectations of major stimulus under a new global financial crisis may be coming to an choose and compare between cars, thus add val- products and services, not to mention a high those concerned with the financial institution. US administration led by Donald Trump. The end. The World Bank said last week that it ue to clients’ car-buying experience. It is worth standard of innovation and client service. KFH’s vision is to spearhead the global develop- backdrop is brighter than it was a year ago, expects global growth to accelerate to 2.7 noting that the Motor Show is organized by EPR KFH manages its operations in the GCC, Asia, ment in Islamic financial services, and to upgrade when concerns about a rapid economic percent this year, up from a post-crisis low of and held under the patronage of Minister of and Europe through over 446 branches, including the bank into the level of becoming the most sus- slowdown in China led to what Credit Suisse 2.3 percent in 2016, on the back of a pickup in Information and Minister of State for Youth KFH-Turkey, in order to offer services for the tainable profitable Islamic bank in the world. CEO Tidjane Thiam described at the time as US growth and a recovery in emerging mar- “the worst start to any year on record in kets fuelled by a rise in commodity prices. A financial markets ever”. year ago in Davos, both Rajan and Weber “I am more optimistic than last year. If no warned about the limits of loose monetary Sinking banks drag down Saudi stocks major political or geopolitical uncertainties policy. But now that the Fed is in tightening materialize and derail the world economy, it mode, a new set of risks has emerged. One is might even surprise to the upside in 2017,” a further strengthening of the dollar, which is MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS Axel Weber, the chairman of Swiss bank UBS already hovering near 14-year highs against and a former president of the German the euro. A further appreciation could widen DUBAI: A slide in banking shares after earnings quarterly net profit came in at 327.8 million billion riyals ($755 million); Bundesbank, told Reuters. the US trade deficit, increasing pressure on at a major bank missed analysts’ estimates riyals versus 566.4 million riyals a year ago. EFG Hermes had forecast 2.99 billion riyals Still, there are big storm clouds on the Trump to resort to protectionist policies. It dragged down Saudi Arabia’s stock market yes- Alistithmar Capital and Albilad Capital had fore- and SICO Bahrain, 3.44 billion riyals. But the horizon. “It is too early to give the all clear,” could also expose weaknesses in the balance terday, while markets in the rest of the region cast 454.6 million and 431 million riyals. Two stock closed 0.4 percent higher at 166.50 riyals. Weber continued. “This cyclical upswing sheets of borrowers outside the United States were mixed. petrochemical firms reported quarterly earnings “Net interest margins continued to compress hides but does not solve the world’s under- who have borrowed in dollars but hold Riyad Bank, the first major Saudi bank to in line with estimates but still saw their shares amid intense rivalry in local lending market and lying structural problems, which are exces- domestic currency assets. report fourth-quarter earnings, posted a 66 per- fall. Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co dropped 4.0 higher funding costs, while a negative USD posi- sive debt, over-reliance on monetary policy, In Europe, by contrast, a stronger dollar cent fall in net profit to 293 million riyals ($78 percent after swinging to a net profit of 103.65 tion (which deteriorated further last year) poses and adverse demographic developments.” could add fuel to a solid if unspectacular eco- million), citing higher impairment charges for million riyals from a loss of 624.14 million riyals a downside risks to margins,” Arqaam Capital said Among the biggest concerns for 2017 nomic recovery, allowing the European credit losses as well as lower operating income year ago. And Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co slipped of QNB’s earnings. It rates the stock “hold” with a cited by the half dozen economists inter- Central Bank to plot an end to its own easy from fees and commissions. It was the sixth 1.0 percent after reporting a 24.9 percent drop 163 riyal target. viewed by Reuters was the threat of a US- money policies including the bond-buying, quarter in the last seven in which Riyad Bank in profit. Falling stocks outnumbered gainers by Kuwait’s index, which has surged 8.2 percent China trade war, and broader economic ten- or quantitative easing (QE), program it recent- reported either declining or flat profits, high- 147 to 15. Among the gainers, Al Jouf Cement since the end of last year, outperforming the sions, triggered by what they fear could be ly extended through to the end of 2017. lighting the challenges the kingdom’s banks face climbed 1.1 percent after announcing a 10 per- region after a long period of sluggish perform- a more confrontational Trump administra- While welcome, this would also come with as growth in lending and deposits is constrained cent capital increase through an issue of bonus ance, closed up 0.02 percent but well off its tion. Trump is threatening to brand China a risks, particularly for the peripheral euro zone by sagging oil prices, which have dampened shares. Dubai’s Emirates NBD, the biggest bank intra-day high. Trading activity shrank slightly currency manipulator and impose heavy countries that have come to depend on QE to spending by the government, companies and in the emirate, beat analysts’ estimates with a 13 from the massive volume registered on Sunday, tariffs on imports of Chinese goods. Last keep a lid on their borrowing costs. “Just consumers. percent fall in profit to 1.86 billion dirhams ($506 but was still at its second highest level since month he named leading China critic Peter when you think the euro zone is stable it Analysts polled by Reuters had on average million); analysts had on average forecast 1.62 January 2014. In Egypt, the index fell 0.2 per- Navarro, author of the book “Death by might turn out not to be,” said Kenneth forecast Riyad Bank would make a profit of 780 billion dirhams. cent. Global Telecom dropped 3.9 percent to China”, as a top trade adviser. Rogoff of Harvard University, a former chief million riyals, and its results were taken as a sign But its illiquid shares still fell in thin volume, 7.41 Egyptian pounds ($0.40) after its board “This is the key uncertainty because you economist at the International Monetary that fourth-quarter earnings at other banks closing 1.2 percent lower, and Dubai’s index approved a plan to buy back 524.6 million don’t know how much the rhetoric is a ploy Fund (IMF). “If U.S. interest rates continue to might also disappoint. Riyadh Bank shares edged down 0.3 percent as trading volume treasury shares and cancel its listing of global to get better deals,” said Raghuram Rajan, rise and the dollar appreciates against the dropped 2.7 percent yesterday. In all, shares in halved from the previous day. In Qatar, the index depositary receipts on the London Stock an economist at the University of Chicago euro it’s going to start getting very hard for 11 of 12 listed Saudi banks fell, with Banque edged up 0.2 percent to a fresh four-month clos- Exchange. But Commercial International Bank who stepped down as governor of India’s (ECB President) Mario Draghi to tell the story Saudi Fransi losing 3.0 percent. The Saudi stock ing high of 10,759 points. rose 3.0 percent to 78.40 pounds after HSBC central bank last September. “I’m worried that he’s doing QE to prop up inflation. If he market index fell 1.6 percent to a seven-week Qatar National Bank dropped as much as 2.2 raised its rating of the stock to “buy” from “hold” about the people he is surrounding himself ever slows down on QE, the vulnerabilities of low of 6,824 points. percent in early trade after reporting an 8.3 per- and lifted the target price to 88 pounds from 70 with. If they have a more protectionist the periphery countries are huge.” — Reuters Oil shipper Bahri sank 5.0 percent after its cent increase in fourth-quarter net profit to 2.75 pounds. — Reuters technology TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Probe finds battery was main cause of Note 7 fires

SEOUL: A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd what went wrong with the Note 7 and how jin, head of Samsung’s mobile business, a different supplier continued to catch ware, and would hire third-party firms as investigation into what caused some it will prevent such problems from recur- will likely announce the results as well as fire, forcing the company to perma- part of its probe. Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire ring if it is to regain consumer trust. new measures the firm is taking to prevent nently halt sales of the device and The source told Reuters yesterday that has concluded that the battery was the “They’ve got to make sure they come similar problems in future devices, the per- dealing a 6.1 trillion won ($5.2 billion) Samsung was able to replicate the fires main reason, a person familiar with the clean and they’ve got to reassure buyers as son said. blow to Samsung’s operating profit during its investigation and that the cause matter told Reuters yesterday. to why this won’t happen again,” said A Samsung spokesman declined to over three quarters. “To me it’d be sur- for the fires could not be explained by The world’s biggest smartphone maker Bryan Ma, Singapore-based analyst for comment. Samsung initially announced prising if they said it was a supplier hardware design or software-related mat- is seeking to put behind it one of the researcher IDC. a recall of some 2.5 million Note 7 issue,” IDC’s Ma said, adding he sus- ters. While prospects for its smartphone biggest product safety failures in tech his- The results of the investigation will like- phones in September and identified the pects Samsung may not have given business this year remain a major question tory as it prepares to launch the Galaxy S8, ly be announced on Jan. 23, a day before it cause of the fire as a manufacturing enough room for the battery inside the mark for Samsung, profits are expected to one of its flagship phones, sometime in the announces detailed fourth-quarter earn- process problem at one of its suppliers, phone. rise sharply on the back of rising memory first half of this year. Investors and analysts ings results, said the person, who was not later identified as affiliate Samsung SDI The company in October said it will chip prices and growing sales of organic say it is critical for Samsung to provide a authorised to speak publicly on the matter Co Ltd. But new Note 7s with what examine all aspects of the phone, light-emitting diode screens for smart- convincing and detailed explanation about and declined to be identified. Koh Dong- Samsung said were safe batteries from including hardware design and soft- phones. —Reuters S Korea prosecutor seeks arrest of Samsung chief Samsung rejects accusations chief paid bribes

SEOUL: South Korea’s special prose- er. “It is especially hard to accept the SHARES HIT sentence in 2009 for tax evasion. He cutor yesterday sought a warrant to special prosecutor’s assertion that Prosecutors opted not to seek the was later pardoned. Public opinion has arrest the head of Samsung Group , there was improper request for a arrest of three other Samsung execu- in recent years grown less tolerant of the country’s largest conglomerate, favor related to the merger or succes- tives they had questioned, including leniency extended to the heads of accusing him of paying multi-million sion of control,” it said yesterday. Vice Chairman Choi Gee-sung, a group conglomerates, or chaebols, for the dollar bribes to a friend of President NPS chairman Moon Hyung-pyo veteran who is seen as Jay Y Lee’s men- sake of the economy. Park Geun-hye. Investigators had was indicted yesterday on charges of tor and a likely caretaker head of the grilled Samsung Group chief Jay Y abuse of power and giving false testi- conglomerate in the event Lee is POLITICAL CRISIS Lee for 22 straight hours last week as mony. Last month he acknowledged arrested. Shares in flagship Samsung South Korea has been gripped by a suspect in a corruption scandal, ordering the world’s third-largest Electronics, the world’s biggest maker political crisis for months, with Park which last month led to parliament pension fund to support the merger of smartphones, flat-screen TVs and impeached in December. If the impeaching Park. of Samsung C&T Corp and Cheil memory chips, ended 2.14 percent impeachment is upheld by the SEOUL: People walk past the Samsung logo at the Samsung group head- The special prosecutor’s office Industries in 2015 while heading the lower, underperforming the 0.61 per- Constitutional Court, an election accused Lee of paying bribes health ministry, which oversees the cent drop in the broader market. would be held in two months, with quarters in Seoul yesterday. —AFP totalling 43 billion won ($36.42 mil- NPS. The special prosecutor’s office Investors say that while key former UN Secretary General Ban Ki- lion) to organizations linked to Choi said in its indictment of Moon that Samsung businesses are run by profes- moon expected to be a candidate. Samsung in rough patch with Soon-sil, a friend of the president who is at the centre of the scandal, in arrest request and recalls order to secure the 2015 merger of two affiliates and cement his control of the family business. SEOUL, South Korea: A request by South C&T, increasing the share of Samsung The 48-year-old Lee, who became Korean prosecutors to arrest Lee Jae- Electronics shares that he effectively the de facto head of the Samsung yong, the 48-year-old vice chairman and controls to about 5 percent. Group after his father, Lee Kun-hee, de facto leader of Samsung Electronics, Minority shareholders of Samsung was incapacitated by a heart attack in has added to the troubles for the coun- C&T, including the US hedge fund Elliott 2014, was also accused of embezzle- try’s most valuable company after a spate Management, opposed the merger, say- ment and perjury, according to the of recalls last year. ing it benefited the Lee family at their prosecution’s application for an arrest Lee faces allegations he offered $36 expense. Prosecutors have indicted a warrant. million in bribes to a friend of President former health minister, Moon Hyung- “The special prosecutors’ office, in Park Geun-hye, who has been pyo, for allegedly abusing his power in making this decision to seek an arrest impeached. Prosecutors say they also asking the national pension fund to sup- warrant, determined that while the suspect him of embezzlement and lying port the Samsung merger plan at Park’s country’s economic conditions are under oath. A Seoul court will review the request. important, upholding justice takes request for his arrest Wednesday and will precedence,” special prosecution likely decide on it within this week. EXPOLDING PHONES AND WASHERS spokesman Lee Kyu-chul told a Here is what you need to know about Just weeks before Samsung was media briefing. Prosecutors have evi- the entanglement of the world’s largest dragged into the political scandal, the dence showing that Park and Choi smartphone maker in the scandal: company discontinued its flagship shared profits made through bribery smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, after payments, he said, without elaborat- SAMSUNG’S LINK TO THE SCANDAL finding it was prone to overheat and ing. Lee is due to appear on Samsung is alleged to have made sub- catch fire. The recalls began shortly after Wednesday morning at the Seoul stantial donations to nonprofit founda- the smartphone was launched in August. central district court, which will tions controlled by Choi Soon-sil, a confi- Samsung has estimated the total cost decide whether to grant the arrest dante of Park’s who has been jailed and is of the recall at at least $5.3 billion and warrant. SEOUL: Lee Jae-yong (center), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as on trial for allegedly using her connec- slashed its third-quarter profit forecast. Samsung, whose companies gen- a suspect in bribery case in the massive influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s tions with the president to extort money The recalls and safety concerns stung, erate $230 billion in revenue, equiva- impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul. The special prosecutors’ office lent to about 17 percent of South and favors from companies and unlawful- and company officials say they plan to said yesterday that it requested an arrest warrant for Lee, the 48-year-old Samsung Electronics Korea’s economy, rejected the accu- ly interfere with government affairs. soon announce a definitive conclusion vice chairman. —AP sation that Lee paid bribes. “It is diffi- on why the phones were overheating. South Korean prosecutors say the com- cult to understand the special prose- pany agreed to pay more than $18 million In another upset, about a month after cutors’ decision,” it said in an emailed Park, through her aides, ordered sional CEOs and would not be hurt on Choi, in detention and on trial on to a company Choi set up to finance the Note 7 was discontinued, nearly 3 statement. Moon to ensure the merger of the an operational basis if Lee is arrested, charges of abuse of power and equestrian training of her daughter in million Samsung washing machines Prosecutors have been looking two Samsung companies succeeded. his absence would slow bigger-picture attempted fraud, again denied wrong- Germany. It also helped pay for a winter were recalled in the US following several into whether Samsung’s support for Park, 64, remains in office but has decision-making. doing yesterday in an appearance at sports center run by Choi’s niece. Of four reports of injuries - including a broken foundations and a company backed been stripped of her powers while The Korea Employers Federation, a the Constitutional Court’s impeach- Samsung executives prosecutors have jaw - due to “excessive vibration.” by Choi was linked to the National the Constitutional Court decides business lobby, said arresting Lee ment trial. She also denied having any questioned Lee is the only one they have Pension Service’s 2015 decision to whether to make her the country’s would undermine confidence both in prior knowledge of the Samsung asked to arrest. The prosecutors say they PROFIT MACHINE support a controversial $8 billion first democratically elected leader to Samsung and the country’s economy, Group’s controversial 2015 merger of plan to summon Park for questioning as a Samsung has postponed the person- merger of Samsung C&T Corp and be forced from office. Park has Asia’s fourth-largest, and called the two affiliates. “Even if I knew, I could possible suspect. The company has said it nel reshuffle it usually announces every Cheil Industries Inc. denied wrongdoing but admitted to special prosecutor’s probe “very regret- not have passed on any information never made donations to win favors. December. An arrest for Lee also might Samsung has acknowledged pro- carelessness in her relationship with table.” South Korea has seen numerous because I have no knowledge about slow decision making on big investments viding funds to the institutions but Choi, a friend for four decades. Choi, corporate scandals over the years. Jay mergers or hedge funds, anything like LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION and long-term strategy. But Lee is not has repeatedly denied accusations of in jail as she undergoes criminal trial Y. Lee’s father Lee Kun-hee was himself that, in the first place,” Choi told the Since Lee Jae-yong’s father suffered a involved in day-to-day management, so lobbying to push through the merg- and also denies wrongdoing. handed a three-year suspended jail court. —Reuters heart attack in May 2014, the company the company’s smartphone and chip has been trying to accelerate a leader- sales would be unlikely to suffer much ship succession from the 72-year-old immediate damage from his absence. father to his son. The younger Lee has The company remains a profit held various executive positions at machine thanks to its formidable busi- China’s tech firm LeEco Samsung Electronics but owned less ness in making microchips for computers than a 1 percent stake in the company in and mobile devices. Earlier this month, 2014. Inheriting his father’s 3-percent Samsung said its October-December stake would cost him billions of dollars in operating profit jumped 50 percent to wins $2.2 billion lifeline inheritance taxes. To strengthen his con- $7.8 billion, its best performance in more trol over the company without having to than three years. It is due to give more lay out a fortune in either taxes or share details on its earnings in a conference call BEIJING: Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm purchases, the Samsung group chose in scheduled for Jan. 24. LeEco secured a $2.2 billion investment from a 2015 to merge two of its member com- Before prosecutors requested Lee’s group led by property developer Sunac China panies, Samsung C&T and Cheil arrest, Samsung Electronic’s share price Holdings, but shares in the rescuer plunged Industries. Lee was the biggest share- had been setting record highs, with yesterday on news of the deal. holder in Cheil. The merger made him shareholders anticipating generous divi- Hong Kong-listed Sunac said Friday it the biggest shareholder in Samsung dends. Yesterday, it fell 2 percent. —AP would plough 15.04 billion yuan into the sprawling LeEco empire, which has interests in various sectors including self-driving cars, Airbus CEO sees ‘flying car’ smartphones, film making, and TV-set manu- facturing. Its diverse ventures pit the company against Apple, Netflix, and Tesla and home- prototype ready by year-end grown Chinese champions Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba. MUNICH: Airbus Group plans to test a phase, we take this development very But the company’s relentless expansion prototype for a self-piloted flying car as seriously,” he said, adding that Airbus has put a strain on its cash flow, and in a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads recognized such technologies would November billionaire founder Jia Yueting told by the end of the year, the aerospace have to be clean to avoid further pollut- employees the company grew too quickly and group’s chief executive said yesterday. ing congested cities. He said using the was short of funds. Airbus last year formed a division skies could also reduce costs for city Shares in its Shenzhen-listed LeShi affiliate called Urban Air Mobility that is explor- infrastructure planners. “With flying, dived more than 36 percent last year and in ing concepts such as a vehicle to trans- you don’t need to pour billions into December were suspended from trading before port individuals or a helicopter-style concrete bridges and roads,” he said. restarting yesterday. It ended down 1.12 per- vehicle that can carry multiple riders. Enders said Airbus, as the world’s cent at 35.40 yuan in Shenzhen. The deal will make Sunac the second-largest shareholder of The aim would be for people to book largest maker of commercial helicop- BEIJING: Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm LeEco secured a $2.2 billion investment the vehicle using an app, similar to car- ters, wanted to invest to make the LeEco, with 8.61 percent equity in LeShi Internet, 15 percent in LeShi Pictures, and 33.5 from a group led by property developer Sunac China Holdings, but shares in the res- sharing schemes. “One hundred years most of new technologies such as cuer plunged yesterday on news of the deal. ago, urban transport went under- autonomous driving and artificial intel- percent in the TV unit Leshi Zhixin, Sunac said in an announcement to the Hong Kong stock ground, now we have the technologi- ligence, to usher in what amounts to exchange. province, and had a positive six-hour meeting near term.” Sunac last year struck the largest an era of flying cars. cal wherewithal to go above ground,” But shares in Sunac plunged as much as 10 last month, Sun said, adding that it gave him number of deals in China, being involved in 13 Airbus CEO Tom Enders told the DLD “If we ignore these developments, percent in Hong Kong yesterday before paring the “impetuous urge to invest”. deals totaling $4.2 billion, according to digital tech conference in Munich, we will be pushed out of important the losses to end 7.96 percent lower at The deal takes Sunac far outside its primary Bloomberg News. adding he hoped the Airbus could fly a segments of the business,” he said. A HK$6.71. At an event Sunday in Beijing, Jia was business in buying and developing property. “While we’re firmly optimistic about the demonstration vehicle for single-per- spokesman for Airbus declined to say full of optimism, declaring that “though the “Overseas investors see this as relatively real estate industry for the next five to 10 son transport by the end of the year. how much the company was investing road is bumpy, our dream is getting closer”. Jia negative to Sunac,” David Yang, of UOB Kayhian years, we’ve since long ago started an explo- “We are in an experimentation in urban mobility. —Reuters and Sunac Chairman Sun Hongbing were born Investment told Bloomberg News. The deal “can ration journey to prepare for 10 years later,” in the same region of China, northern Shanxi hardly bring much profit contribution in the Sun said. —AFP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE UK experts warn of Trump climate science clampdown

PARIS: More than 100 of Britain’s top cli- they wrote in an open letter to May, sent policies in previous postings. May should The letter added that Britain must be global warming and its impacts, includ- mate scientists yesterday urged Prime to AFP. A senior advisor to Trump has press Trump to “acknowledge the scien- “prepared to respond decisively” should ing the Tyndall Centre for Climate Minister Theresa May to press US called for an end to climate research pro- tific evidence about the risks of climate Trump’s administration take action to Change Research and the Environmental President-elect Donald Trump to safe- grams at NASA, which provides vital data change” and support the Paris undermine climate research. In inter- Change Institute at Oxford. Former guard government-led research on glob- to scientists in the US and around the Agreement, the scientists said. The 196- views with two European newspapers British prime minister Margaret Thatcher al warming. “We stand ready to support world. nation Paris climate treaty vows to hold published yesterday, Trump confirmed was the first world leader to publically and assist our counterparts in the United Trump himself has called climate global warming to below two degrees his intention to meet with May soon recognize the risks of climate change in States... in resisting any political change a “hoax”. Several of his cabinet Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and to after his inauguration as president on 1988, the scientists noted. Thatcher attempts to prevent, hamper or interfere nominees have expressed similar views provide money for poor countries cop- Friday. Britain has several of the world’s established the Hadley Centre in the with vital research on climate change,” or opposed environmental protection ing with its impacts. leading institutions for the study of government-run Met Office. — AFP Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in replacing Obamacare

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald secretary, Tom Price, to be confirmed. The Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan, he said, would include “lower num- plan that would envisage “insurance for bers, much lower deductibles,” without everybody,” he said in an interview with the elaborating. “We’re going to have insurance Washington Post published on Sunday night. for everybody,” Trump said. “There was a Trump did not give the newspaper specifics philosophy in some circles that if you can’t about his proposals to replace Democratic pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going President Barack Obama’s signature health to happen with us.” insurance law, but said the plan was nearly Trump was also quoted as saying in the interview that he would target pharmaceu- tical companies over drug pricing and insist they negotiate directly with the Medicare and Medicaid government health plans for the elderly and poor. US House Republicans won passage on Friday of a measure start- ing the process of dismantling the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the poten- tial financial cost of repealing the law. With the vote, Republicans began deliv- ering on their promise to end Obamacare, also a campaign pledge of Trump, who has called the program a “disaster.” The law, which expanded health coverage to some NEW YORK: File photo shows President- 20 million people, has been plagued by elect Donald Trump speaks during a increases in insurance premiums and news conference in the lobby of Trump deductibles and by some large insurers Tower in New York. — AP leaving the system. finished and he was ready to unveil it along- Republicans have called Obamacare side the leaders of the Republican-controlled federal government overreach and have Congress. The Republican president-elect sought to undermine it in Congress and the LOS ANGELES: Sen Kamala Harris, D-Calif, at podium, joins health care workers to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside takes office on Friday. courts since it was passed by Democratic LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday. — AP photos “It’s very much formulated down to the majorities in the House and Senate in 2010. final strokes. We haven’t put it in quite yet Democrats say Obamacare has allowed but we’re going to be doing it soon,” Trump growing numbers of Americans to get Thousands rally to resist told the Post, adding he was waiting for his medical insurance and helped slow the rise nominee for health and human services in healthcare spending.-AP Republican health law repeal drive Oslo temporarily bars diesel ‘I’m going to get really sick and my life will be at risk’

cars to combat pollution WARREN, Michigan: Thousands of people OSLO: Oslo will ban diesel cars from the cles, which at the time were considered a showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in road for at least two days this week in a bid better environmental choice than petrol- Michigan to hear Sen Bernie Sanders denounce to combat rising air pollution, angering fuelled cars. “Make up your minds. It wasn’t Republican efforts to repeal President Barack some motorists after they were urged to buy very long ago that diesel was recommended Obama’s health care law, one of dozens of rallies diesel cars a few years ago. The ban, over petrol by Jens (Stoltenberg, the former Democrats staged across the country to highlight announced by the city late Sunday, will go prime minister, now NATO’s secretary gener- opposition. Labor unions were a strong presence into effect today on municipal roads but will al). Not sure you really know what is best,” at the demonstration in a parking lot at Macomb not apply on the national motorways that wrote an annoyed Irene Signora Maier Community College in the Detroit suburb of criss-cross the Norwegian capital. Better Tziotas on the Facebook page of newspaper Warren, where some people carried signs saying atmospheric conditions are expected on Verdens Gang (VG). Others used even “Save our Health Care.” Lisa Bible, 55, of Bancroft, Thursday. Motorists violating the ban will be stronger language. Mazyar Keshvari, an MP Michigan, said she has an autoimmune disease fined 1,500 kroner (166 euros, $176). from the populist right Progress Party which and high cholesterol. She said the existing law This is the first time Oslo has implement- is a member of the coalition government, has been an answer to her and her husband’s ed a ban of this type after the city council- urged motorists to seek compensation. prayers, but she worries that if it’s repealed her made up of the labor and Greens parties- “The biggest swindle of Norwegian family may get stuck with her medical bills. agreed in principle in February 2016 on the motorists has now become a reality,” he told “I’m going to get really sick and my life will be use of such a measure. While diesel cars emit TV2. “This was part of the red-green govern- at risk,” said Bible, an online antique dealer. less carbon dioxide (CO2) they emit more ment’s (Stoltenberg’s coalition) ingenious President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to over- nitrogen dioxyde (NO2). “In Oslo, we can’t climate measures,” he ironized. “Not only did turn and replace the Affordable Care Act and ask children, the elderly and those suffering they recommend motorists to buy diesel majority Republicans in Congress this week began from respiratory problems to remain holed cars, they also changed the taxes to make the process of repealing it using a budget maneu- up at home because the air is too dangerous them less expensive. That led a lot of people ver that requires a bare majority in the Senate. to breathe,” Greens city councilor Lan Marie to buy a car that they can’t use now,” he “This is the wealthiest country in the history of the Nguyen Berg told Norwegian media. lamented. Other Norwegians were more world. It is time we got our national priorities The measure has angered some philosophical. Very good measure. We right,” Sanders told the Michigan rally. The law has motorists, who were encouraged in 2006 by should introduce a permanent ban on diesel delivered health coverage to about 20 million Norwegian authorities to opt for diesel vehi- in all big cities. — AFP people but is saddled with problems such as rap- idly rising premiums and large co-payments. LOS ANGELES: Sen Kamala Harris, D-Calif, at podium, cheers health care workers to save the Britt Waligorski, 31, a health care administrator Affordable Care Act across the country. for a dental practice, said she didn’t get health on the amount that the sick and elderly can be Richmond, Virginia and Boston. Republicans insurance through work but has been covered billed for health care. want to end the fines that enforce the require- through the health law for three years. While the ment that many individuals buy coverage and premiums have gone up, she said she is con- Larger companies that larger companies provide it to workers. cerned that services for women will be taken Sanders, a strong supporter of the law, made But they face internal disagreements on how to away if it is repealed. several visits to the state last year during the pay for any replacement and how to protect con- “It’s done a lot for women for their annual Michigan primary and defeated Hillary Clinton sumers and insurers during a long phase-in of an checkups, for mammograms-women’s health in there. But in a major surprise, Michigan narrowly alternative. Mark Heller, 45, a civil rights, immigra- general. If this gets repealed, we’re going to go voted for Trump on Nov 8, the first Republican tion and labor attorney who drove to the back to the old days when that’s not covered,” she presidential candidate to carry the state since Michigan event from Toledo, Ohio, said that stop- said. The health law has provided subsidies and 1988. Rallies in some other cities in support of ping Republicans from repealing the law may take Medicaid coverage for millions who don’t get the health law also were well attended. Police more than attending rallies. “I think that it’s going insurance at work. It has required insurers to cov- estimated about 600 people showed up in to take civil disobedience to turn this around er certain services such as family planning and Portland, Maine. Hundreds also attended events because they have the votes in both the Senate people who are already ill, and has placed limits in Newark, New Jersey, Johnston, Rhode Island, and the House, and the president,” he said. — AP No new antidepressants in sight despite growing need, experts warn

SINGAPORE: This file photo shows former newspaper editor Seah Chiang Nee smiling LONDON: It is likely to be at least 10 years of both. But up to half of all people treated fail the World Health Organization. during an interview at his home in Singapore. — AFP before any new generation of antidepressants to get better with first-line antidepressants, and And rates are rising. Glyn Lewis, a professor comes to market, despite evidence that depres- around a third of patients are resistant to rele- of psychiatric epidemiology at University Southeast Asia’s sion and anxiety rates are increasing across the vant medications. College London, cited data for England showing world, specialists said. The depression drug a doubling in prescriptions for antidepressants pipeline has run dry partly due to a “failure of Depression rates rising in a decade, to 61 million in 2015 from 31 mil- first heart transplant science” they said, but also due to big pharma The experts said that since the current gen- lion in 2005. In the United States too, more peo- pulling investment out of research and develop- eration of SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake ple than ever are taking antidepressants. A patient dies at 76 ment (R&D) in the neuroscience field because inhibitors) antidepressants - including Eli Lilly’s study in the Journal of the American Medical the profit potential is uncertain. blockbuster Prozac - are widely available as Association (JAMA) in 2015 found that preva- SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia’s first heart Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore. “I’d be very surprised if we were to see any cheap generics, there is reluctance among lence almost doubled from 1999 to 2012, rising transplant patient and one of the world’s “The median survival rate for heart new drugs for depression in the next decade. health services to fund expensive new drugs to 13 from 6.9 percent. longest surviving cases has died, his family transplant is only 10 years... so it is definite- The pharmaceutical industry is simply not that may not be much better. That is partly Yet several major drug companies including said yesterday, more than 31 years after his ly on the high end.” The world’s longest sur- investing in the research because it can’t make because existing medications, whilst by no GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca have scaled operation. Singaporean Seah Chiang Nee, a viving heart transplant patient was a Briton money from these drugs,” Guy Goodwin, a pro- means perfect, are quite effective in more than right back on neuroscience R&D in recent years, former newspaper editor, died aged 76 in a named John McCafferty, who died at age fessor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, half of patients, the specialists said, and partly citing unfavorable risk-reward prospects. local hospital on Sunday, his wife Patricia 73 last year, 33 years after the transplant, told reporters at a London briefing. Andrea because in this condition in particular, placebo Goodwin said the absence of a drug develop- Wong told AFP. He was hospitalized in July. according to British media reports. In an Cipriani, a consultant psychiatrist at Oxford, said can have a massive impact. ment pipeline was also due to lagging scientific Seah underwent heart transplant surgery interview with AFP in 2005, 20 years after such risk aversion was understandable given That makes it difficult, they explained, to research into what is really happening in the on October 12, 1985 in Sydney, when doc- the operation, Seah said he would have uncertain returns and the approximately billion show that a new drug is working above and brains of those who do and do not respond to tors removed his organ in a five-and-a-half been content to live for four or five years dollar cost of developing and bringing a new beyond a positive placebo response and an current antidepressants. hour operation and replaced it with that of after the transplant. He said he had never drug to market. already effective generation of available drugs. “It’s partly a failure of science, to be frank,” a 17-year-old boy who had just died. “Based imagined he would be able to welcome the “It’s a lot of money to spend, and there’s a Depression is already one of the most common said Goodwin. “Scientists have to ... get more of on his record he should be one of the new millennium. “Twenty years is a long, high rate of failure,” Cipriani said. Treatment for forms of mental illness, affecting more than 350 an understanding about how these things actu- longest-surviving in the world,” said long time and I’m already very grateful,” he depression usually involves either medication, million people worldwide and ranking as the ally work before we can then propose ways to Kenneth Ng, a cardiologist at the Mount said then. — AFP some form of psychotherapy, or a combination leading cause of disability globally, according to improve them.” — Reuters TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE The global chain that produces your fish

GRIMSBY, ENGLAND, United Kingdom: This file photo shows boxes of fresh fish which have been sold at VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE, HAUTS-DE-SEINE, France: This file photo shows fish pictured in the fresh fish auction are dispatched from the Auction Hall of Grimsby Fish Market in Grimsby, northern England, on section of an hypermarket store of French retail giant Carrefour, in Villeneuve-la-garenne, near Paris. January 9, 2017. — AFP photos

PARIS: That smoked salmon you bought for Alibaba, the Chinese online trading hub, you Environmental cost ter on giant fish farms, pushing up prices. sea-down from a historic peak of 86.4 million the New Year’s festivities has a story to tell. The can buy three tons of Norwegian filleted “The iconic image of Scottish salmon-a Chile, the world’s second-largest producer tons, according to the UN’s Food and salmon may have been raised in Scotland-but mackerel shipped from the port city of wild salmon leaping out of the river-has gone. behind Norway, suffered the ravages of an Agriculture Organization (FAO). For the first it probably began life as roe in Norway. Qingdao for delivery within 45 days. “There is a The Scottish salmon farming industry is domi- algae bloom in early 2016, resulting in high time, more farmed fish were consumed than Harvested at a coastal farm, the fish may have significant amount of bulk frozen fish sent to nated, 60-70 percent, by Norwegian compa- mortality, reducing its expected production wild fish. On a broader employment level, been sent to Poland to be smoked. It may China just for filleting,” said a source from an nies,” he said. The biggest such company, by 30 percent. fishing and aquaculture account for an esti- even have travelled halfway around the world association of importers in an EU country. “The Marine Harvest, is the world’s largest produc- Despite such setbacks, the economic mated 56.6 million jobs across the globe. But a to China to be sliced. It eventually arrived, temperature of the fish is brought up to er of Atlantic salmon, some 420,000 tonnes in potential remains enormous. According to breakdown of the numbers again underlines wrapped in that tempting package, in your enable the filleting but the fish are not com- 2015. Scottish salmon farms import eggs Allied Market Research, the global aquaculture change. Those involved in catching fish has supermarket. Globalization has changed the pletely defrosted.” The practice has helped from Norway, the fish food from Chile and market will be worth $242-billion (228 billion fallen from 83 percent in 1990 to 67 percent in world in many ways, but fish farming is one of transform the Chinese coastal provinces of then send the fish to Poland-”because it’s euros) in 2022, compared to $169-billion in 2014 — with the corresponding numbers in the starkest examples of its benefits and hid- Liaoning and Shandong into global centers for cheaper”-for smoking, said Staniford. 2015. The Organization for Economic aquaculture almost doubling. den costs. The nexus of the world fish-farming fish processing. “Consumers don’t realize that cheap super- Cooperation and Development (OECD) and The evolution of the industry has also been trade is China-the biggest exporter of fish But globalized fish farming leaves a mighty market salmon comes with a huge social and World Bank go further and say that by 2030 driven by overfishing, with fewer wild fish now products, the biggest producer of farmed fish carbon footprint and has other impacts, many environment cost,” he added. two-thirds of the seafood on people’s plates being caught, leading to a concentration of and a major importer as well. of which are unseen for the consumer. Don One such problem is that integrated mar- will come from aquaculture farms. large multinational fisheries. “We are seeing a With battalions of lost-cost workers, linked Staniford, an activist and director of the Global kets, with the free flow of fish and fish prod- new phenomenon of deals that have consoli- to markets by a network of ocean-going refrig- Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture, called ucts across borders, may spread disease and Employment mirrors changes dated the sector in Europe and the world,” said erated ships, China is the go-to place for labor- the fish industry’s production and transporta- new bugs. Antibiotic-resistant diseases or The tipping point may have come in 2014. Francois Chartier, an economic specialist at intensive fish processing. In just a few clicks on tion chain “madness”. parasites such as sea lice require bulk slaugh- Only 81.5 million tons of fish were netted at Greenpeace. — AFP Protect common land: Indian Armed with apps and crops, women lead classical singer makes unusual appeal battle to save Senegal’s shrinking farmland MUMBAI: A popular Indian classical singer stars the takeover of private lands, affects far more in a new music video appealing for the protection people, and is often more brutal,” said Shankar of common land in Chennai city, amid an increas- Gopalakrishnan at rights group Campaign for ‘Since time immemorial, we only know this place’ ingly bitter fight over the use of communal lands Survival and Dignity. While several laws have for industry and development. ‘Chennai been introduced to protect the land rights of NDIAEL, Senegal: The women of Thiamene, a tiny women in Senegal are fighting back, from young along with three colleagues to fight gender dis- Poromboke Paadal’, or Chennai common land farmers and indigenous communities, the laws straw hut village in northern Senegal, used to coders designing a mobile app to help women crimination in land buying. One feature will allow song, sung by Carnatic music vocalist T.M. are diluted and poorly implemented, activists say. scrape together a living by collecting wild baobab buy land to civil society groups rallying female vil- women to start the buying process without iden- Krishna, is about the destruction of Ennore creek The Ennore creek, a network of rivulets and man- fruit and selling milk from their cows. But their lagers to stand up to multinationals. “Before, it was tifying themselves, reducing the potential for bias. in the southern Indian city. While the world groves, is the pathway for two rivers draining into earnings have plummeted since an Italian- unthinkable for women to be part of the decision- “We hear about these problems all the time,” “poromboke” in Tamil originally meant communi- the Bay of Bengal. In the music video, a group of Senegalese agribusiness, Senhuile, took over the making regarding land at both local and national said Tounkara, who visited communities near the ty land, including water sources and grazing land, musicians wearing pollution masks sit at the edge surrounding land five years ago, blocking their levels, said Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Africa director wetland reserve of Ndiael, where Thiamene is it has come to be used as a pejorative term for of the creek, with Krishna singing the colloquial paths to the local market and river, and spraying at the U.S.-based Rights and Resources Initiative located, to ask women what would help them. both people and places. “Poromboke is in the Tamil song in classic Carnatic style, as smoke- pesticides that make their herds scatter, they say. (RRI). “Now, women are organizing for change,” “We always see men creating apps so we thought, margins, and people who are dependent on stacks and transmission towers gradually appear “Life here is precarious, especially for women,” said she added. why not us?” Female lawyers are also working them are also relegated to the margins,” said envi- in the background. “Poromboke is not for you, ronmental activist Nityanand Jayaraman, who poromboke is not for me; it is for the community, 42-year-old Fatimata Sow in the village square, with civil society to help women understand their drew attention to the destruction of the creek, it is for the earth,” he sings. gazing at the vast landscape of arid ground dot- Fighting back land rights and gain legal recognition. While the which activists say is being polluted by thermal “Poromboke is in your care; poromboke is in ted with the stumps of trees. In Senegal, the law dictates that virtually all gender gap in land rights is not enshrined in power stations and a port. my care. It is our common responsibility towards While the men in her community do larger- land belongs to the state, though occupants can statute law, it is deeply engrained in society, they “These lands are important to communities nature, towards the earth.” A panel set up to study scale agricultural work or have jobs in the nearby purchase ownership and registration documents. say. “It is not just a problem for women,” said dependent on them, and are of great importance the effects of the damage to Ennore creek last town, it is women who tend to the gardens and In practice, especially in rural areas, customary law Yande Ndiaye of the Association of Senegalese to the environment. But the word itself is now a April recommended penalties on polluting indus- raise the animals that keep families fed. “The reigns and communities dictate who uses land. Women Lawyers (AJS). “It is a question of sustain- dirty word, and it’s reflected in our devaluing of tries, as well as a moratorium on their expansion. unhappiness and suffering we have lived from the While women in Senegal make up half of the agri- able development and food security.” common lands,” he told the Thomson Reuters It also blamed government agencies including impact of Senhuile is hard to express,” said Sow. cultural work force, only one in 20 owns land, Foundation. Common lands, including govern- the pollution control board and coastal manage- Vittoria Graziani, a spokeswoman for Senhuile’s United Nations data shows. Across much of sub- Changing landscape ment forest areas, make up more than a third of ment authority for turning a blind eye to the majority shareholder Tampieri Group, told the Saharan Africa, tradition dictates that women are In 2012, the Senegalese government leased India’s total land area, according to the last survey damage. Thomson Reuters Foundation in December the not allowed to inherit land, and can only access it 20,000 hectares of land to industrial vegetable in 1998. Common lands provide food, water, fod- In response, government officials said the local population had signed agreements with the through their fathers or husbands. Even then, the grower Senhuile in Ndiael, which is home to 37 vil- der and livelihood to rural communities, and also industries were asked to dredge the creek ahead company - which villagers deny - and that plots they are granted are often the least produc- lages, including Thiamene. The vast area, with no help maintain ecological balance. of the monsoon rains, and monitor the dumping Senhuile was open to hearing their concerns. tive. While women can apply for land ownership, roads or infrastructure, was one of the last places in As demand for land rises in India to boost of fly ash and earth. The music video, which has Female-led work is vital to rural communities only group applications are accepted and very northern Senegal where traditional pastoralists growth, common lands are being taken over for been viewed more than 55,000 times on YouTube like Sow’s, yet women are often the first to suffer few of the requests are granted, said the could allow their herds to roam freely. While industrial and development projects, including since its weekend launch, may help spur more from large land deals and disputes, which are Prospective Agricultural and Rural Initiative. But Graziani said Senhuile has provided jobs and infra- mines, power plants and colleges. “The takeover action, said Jayaraman, who tapped his friends common across West Africa where statute law Boury Tounkara, a young female coder in the structure to local people, villagers say the company of common lands is arguably larger in scale than for money to make the video. — Reuters clashes with tribal customs, activists say. Now, northern city of Saint Louis, is developing an app has brought them nothing but harm. — Reuters TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 W H AT ’ S O N

Asian night at INN & GO Kuwait Plaza Hotel ake your taste buds for a journey course the appetizer, salad, soup, dessert across Asian delicacies at INN & GO stations are also present. The main course TKuwait Plaza Hotel. Asian Theme buffet includes Asian specialties from Night Dinner buffet every Friday at Al- Philippines Thailand, China, Korea and Dallah Restaurant. Children under six years India. Al-Dallah restaurant is located on dine for free. Browsing at the Pan Asian the Mezzanine floor of the INN & Go buffet, the selections are splendid! There Kuwait Plaza Hotel. Diners can enjoy a are several choices available such as a live pleasant dining experience in a relaxed noodles station, and the “Maki Roll”. Of environment.

Burgan Bank sponsors ‘SPARK Marathon 2017’ KUWAIT: Burgan Bank concluded its strives to encourage people for living a strategic sponsorship of the second healthy lifestyle through a platform that SPARK Marathon, Kuwait’s biggest charity can help individuals integrate sports and race event of 2017 which was organized fitness into their daily lives.” by SPARK Athletic Centre over a period of “Burgan Bank strongly believes in its two days, from January 14th till January relationship with SPARK Athletic Centre, 15th at Marina Crescent. which is repeatedly known to promote A sporting event considered to be the sports excellence and we are proud to country’s most spectacular and biggest, be part of this positive cause through witnessed an overwhelming participa- the participation of 70 staff members,” tion of over 3 thousand people from dif- added Ayoubi. ferent nationalities. The race was open to Ayoubi also expressed the bank’s individuals and families from all age pleasure and contentment with the posi- groups competing in featuring four cate- tive outcome of this local event with gories; 5 km run, 10 km run, 21 km run, international standards that has show- and 42 km run with cash prizes which cased Kuwait as a host for world class added up to 100 thousand dollars. The sporting events. The bank over the years two-day event also included a full- has been an active advocate of sports fledged program of entertaining activi- and strongly believes that promoting ties for all ages. All profits generated healthy living is a shared responsibility from the marathon will proceed to chari- between the private sector and non-prof- ties participating in it, which include it organizations. Roborace joins hands with Michelin in Hayatt Breast Cancer Foundation and the It is worth mentioning that Burgan United Nations High Commissioner for Bank’s support to this initiative falls Refugees (UNHCR). under its recently launched full-fledged developing tires for driverless race cars Commenting on the successful conclu- community program entitled “ENGAGE” oborace Ltd, a new venture working to ty. Their commitment to safety and innovation, cle. It also offers innovative business support sion of the sponsorship, which received - Together to be the change. This pro- develop a series for driverless race cars, and the way we inspire each other to design services, digital mobility services and publish- great turnout and positive feedback from gram sheds light on important aspects Rhas named Michelin Motorsports its offi- the best possible solutions makes this a perfect es travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, those participating, Loulwa Abdulla Al- affecting every segment of the society cial tire partner. Michelin Motorsports said it partnership” said Roborace CEO Denis Sverdlov. maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Ayoubi - Senior Manager External Affairs - by promoting social welfare through will use “next-generation” road-going tires for “We have been following the championship’s Clermont-Ferrand, France, Michelin is present Corporate Communications at Burgan educational, cultural, social and health the series, which will run as a companion to progress very closely and have been testing pri- in 170 countries, has 112,300 employees and Bank Group said, “One of the reasons we initiatives. the Formula E electric racing series now in its vately with them for some time,” Michelin operates 68 production plants in 17 countries. are passionate supporters of the SPARK Burgan Bank’s approach to third season and for which Michelin is the spec Motorsport Director Pascal Couasnon said. The Group also has a Technology Center, Marathon is because of the impact it has “ENGAGE” begins with a vital principle tire supplier. Michelin’s role as tire supplier “We are very impressed by the speed at responsible for research and development, on individuals and how it brings new that as a Kuwaiti financial institution, extends to helping Roborace develop its car. which Roborace has been developing driver- with operations in Europe, North America and energy and a distinct passion in its health its conduct and policies should be Roborace has been testing its mule the past less technology and hardware for its champi- Asia. (www.michelin.com) Michelin’s regional awareness initiative. As part of our corpo- aligned with the needs and interests few months at Michelin’s testing facility in onship. Driverless technology is coming and headquarters for Africa, India and the Middle rate social responsibility, the bank always of the Kuwaiti society. Ladoux, France. we want to be at the forefront in terms of East (AIM) is based in Dubai, UAE. Michelin “Michelin impressed us every time we met, research and development”. tires, exclusively distributed in Kuwait by and they deeply understand the powerful Michelin, the leading tyre company, is dedi- Kuwait Automotive Imports Co (Al-Shaya and opportunity of what road travel will become. cated to sustainably improving the mobility of Al-Sagar) in its 5 TYREPLUS branches in They are pushing us, and themselves, to devel- goods and people by manufacturing, distribut- Shuwaikh (2), Jahara, Ahamadi and Sharq and op a world that moves from possibility to reali- ing and marketing tyres for every type of vehi- through network of dealers.

The Najla Al-Naqqi Forum hosts a press conference Saeed Ahmed, Senior Photographer of “Contemporary Japan” Magazine, Kuwait on Sunday to discuss the topic of people forging receiving the Best Photographer of the Year Award for Overseas from Mohammad disability certificates to take advantage of privi- Yamin Siddiqui, President of the Punjab Press Council. Pakistan Photographic leges the state gives to citizens with special needs. Loulwa Al-Ayoubi, Senior External Affairs Manager, Burgan Bank and Conference 2016 at Al Hamra Cultural Complex, Lahore was organized by the Punjab Several activists are set to speak during the event. Abdulmohsen Al-Babtain, Head of Spark Marathon Organizing committee present Press Council (Photographers Wing). awards to winners. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 W H AT ’ S O N

Kuwait Times Editor in Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan honors Head of Accounting Hosni Ahmed Ibrahim. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

esterday, Kuwait Times celebrated the retirement of Hosni Ahmed Ibrahim, head of accounts. Mr Ibrahim Yworked with Kuwait Times newspaper for 24 years, joining the accounting department in 1993 and was even- tually promoted to department head. Kuwait Times would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Ibrahim for his long and dedicated service to the newspaper. Mr Ibrahim will be retiring to return to his native country. We wish him all the best for his future and appreciate his hard work and support to Kuwait Times. — Photos by Joseph Shagra and Yasser Al-Zayyat TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

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KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (12/01/2017 TO 18/01/2017)

SHARQIA-1 A MONSTER CALLS 7:15 PM AVENUES-1 MOANA 11:45 AM A MONSTER CALLS 9:30 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 12:30 PM MOANA 2:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 11:45 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 3:00 PM MOANA 4:15 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 5:30 PM DANGAL -Hindi 6:30 PM FANAR-1 WARRIOR’S GATE 7:45 PM THE GREAT WALL 9:45 PM THE GREAT WALL 11:30 AM WARRIOR’S GATE 10:15 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 3:30 PM THE GREAT WALL 2:00 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 12:30 AM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 6:30 PM SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA 4:15 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 7:30 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 9:30 PM THE GREAT WALL 6:00 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 10:30 PM THE GREAT WALL 12:15 AM ASSASSIN’S CREED 8:15 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 1:15 AM THE GREAT WALL 10:45 PM SHARQIA-2 KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 3:30 PM AVENUES-2 A MONSTER CALLS 12:45 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 6:30 PM MOANA -3D- 4DX 1:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS 3:00 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 9:30 PM MOANA -3D- 4DX 3:45 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 4:00 PM ASSASSIN’S CREED 1:00 AM MOANA -3D- 4DX 6:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 5:15 PM THE GREAT WALL -3D- 4DX 8:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS 7:30 PM FANAR-2 THE GREAT WALL -3D- 4DX 10:30 PM THE GREAT WALL 7:30 PM PATRIOTS DAY 1:30 PM ASSASSIN’S CREED -3D- 4DX 12:45 AM A MONSTER CALLS 9:45 PM MOANA 4:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS 12:05 AM BAIRAVAA - Tamil 6:30 PM AVENUES-3 PATRIOTS DAY 9:45 PM THE GREAT WALL 1:30 PM SHARQIA-3 PATRIOTS DAY 12:30 AM THE GREAT WALL 4:15 PM PATRIOTS DAY 1:15 PM THE GREAT WALL 7:00 PM MOANA 1:45 PM FANAR-3 THE GREAT WALL 9:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 4:00 PM SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA 11:45 AM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 1:30 PM MOANA 4:30 PM SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA 1:45 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 4:15 PM THE GREAT WALL 6:45 PM DANGAL -Hindi 3:30 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 7:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 6:45 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 3:45 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 9:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 9:00 PM DANGAL -Hindi 6:45 PM THE GREAT WALL 12:30 AM PATRIOTS DAY 11:45 PM NO THU+FRI+MON KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 7:00 PM AVENUES-4 MUHALAB-1 DANGAL -Hindi 10:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 12:15 PM THE GREAT WALL 1:00 PM THE GREAT WALL 1:15 AM A MONSTER CALLS 2:30 PM DANGAL -Hindi 3:45 PM A MONSTER CALLS 4:45 PM DANGAL -Hindi 7:00 PM MARINA-1 Special Show “ LEVEL UP” 4:45 PM THE GREAT WALL 10:15 PM THE GREAT WALL 1:15 PM DANGAL -Hindi 7:00 PM THE GREAT WALL 1:30 PM MOANA 3:30 PM A MONSTER CALLS 10:15 PM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 4:00 PM MOANA 5:45 PM A MONSTER CALLS 12:30 AM KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 7:00 PM THE GREAT WALL 8:00 PM GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 10:00 PM THE GREAT WALL 10:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS-CINESCAPE 11- 2D 5:00 PM THU+FRI+MON THE GREAT WALL 12:30 AM A MONSTER CALLS-CINESCAPE 11- 2D 7:15 PM THE GREAT WALL 12:45 AM THE GREAT WALL-CINESCAPE 11- 3D 9:30 PM MARINA-2 A MONSTER CALLS-CINESCAPE 11- 2D 11:45 PM MUHALAB-2 A MONSTER CALLS 12:15 PM PATRIOTS DAY 11:30 AM A MONSTER CALLS 2:45 PM 360º- 1 GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI -Telugu 2:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 5:00 PM PATRIOTS DAY 1:30 PM CHANGE OF NAME ACCOMMODATION FRIMOANA 2:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS 7:15 PM PATRIOTS DAY 4:15 PM A MONSTER CALLS 9:30 PM PATRIOTS DAY 7:00 PM MOANA 4:45 PM Sharing accommodation PATRIOTS DAY 7:00 PM A MONSTER CALLS 11:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 9:45 PM I, Mohammad Salim S/o PATRIOTS DAY 9:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 12:30 AM Azizul Haque, Passport No for Filipino Bachelor ONLY PATRIOTS DAY 12:30 AM MARINA-3 F2525309, Civil ID No near Big Jamiya Farwaniya. PATRIOTS DAY 1:00 PM 360º- 2 272020116835, has Available already, Contact MUHALAB-3 ASSASSIN’S CREED 1:30 PM WARRIOR’S GATE 11:30 AM changed my name to 66826412 or 97512782 A MONSTER CALLS 12:15 PM PATRIOTS DAY 3:45 PM DANGAL -Hindi 1:45 PM Mohammad Aslam here- KHAIDI NO. 150 -Telugu 1:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 6:30 PM DANGAL -Hindi 5:00 PM 9-1-2017 A MONSTER CALLS 2:30 PM PATRIOTS DAY 9:15 PM DANGAL -Hindi 8:15 PM inafter in all my dealings A MONSTER CALLS 4:45 PM PATRIOTS DAY 12:05 AM DANGAL -Hindi 11:30 PM and documents. (C 5257)

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Arrival Flights on Tuesday 17/1/2017 KAC 788 Jeddah 13:45 Departure Flights on Tuesday 17/1/2017 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 Airlines Flt Route Time KAC 792 Madinah 13:50 Airlines Flt Route Time FDB 076 Dubai 14:05 MSC 405 Sohag 00:05 QTR 1078 Doha 14:10 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:10 KAC 776 Riyadh 00:20 FDB 059 Dubai 14:20 FDB 072 Dubai 00:40 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 00:20 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 ETD 920 Abu Dhabi 00:45 JZR 324 Al Najaf 14:25 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 KAC 692 Muscat 14:30 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:50 BON 102 Sarajevo 14:55 JZR 539 Cairo 00:40 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:40 MSC 406 Sohag 01:00 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 THY 772 Istanbul 00:55 KAC 542 Cairo 14:45 BBC 144 Chittagong/Dhaka 01:30 KAC 561 Amman 15:00 MSC 411 Asyut 01:00 KAC 672 Dubai 14:50 KLM 411 Amsterdam 01:35 FDB 060 Dubai 15:10 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:55 MSC 412 Asyut 01:55 KAC 785 Jeddah 15:15 KAC 102 London 01:25 KAC 618 Doha 15:00 KAC 417 Manila 02:00 PAL 669 Dubai/Manila 15:20 THY 764 Istanbul 01:50 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:15 KAC 285 Dhaka 02:25 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:25 DLH 635 Doha 01:55 KAC 286 Dhaka 15:20 THY 773 Istanbul 02:25 KAC 513 Tehran 15:25 PGT 858 Istanbul 02:00 OMA 645 Muscat 15:35 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:40 AXB 395 Kozhikode 02:00 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 AXB 396 Kozhikode 02:55 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 02:05 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:50 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 03:05 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:30 KAC 154 Istanbul 15:55 PGT 859 Istanbul 03:35 KAC 777 Riyadh 16:00 UAE 853 Dubai 02:30 QTR 1072 Doha 16:10 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 KAC 745 Dammam 16:00 OMA 643 Muscat 02:55 JZR 535 Cairo 16:10 KKK 6505 Istanbul 03:55 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 KKK 6506 Istanbul 02:55 FDB 051 Dubai 16:25 OMA 644 Muscat 03:55 KAC 357 Kochi 16:20 FDB 069 Dubai 03:05 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 16:35 THY 765 Istanbul 04:00 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:30 RJA 644 Amman 03:05 RJA 640 Amman 16:55 MSR 613 Cairo 04:10 OMA 646 Muscat 16:35 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 CLX 7785 Doha 17:00 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 MSR 612 Cairo 03:10 KAC 118 New York 17:00 KAC 167 Paris 04:25 JZR 240 Amman 17:15 QTR 1076 Doha 03:30 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 QTR 1077 Doha 04:40 FDB 052 Dubai 17:25 KAC 615 Bahrain 17:35 KAC 358 Kochi 03:30 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 LMU 5511 Cairo 05:00 KAC 343 Chennai 17:40 KAC 206 Islamabad 03:45 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:45 QTR 1087 Doha 05:50 QTR 1073 Doha 17:40 KAC 1544 Cairo 03:55 JZR 325 Al Najaf 17:50 JZR 560 Sohag 06:05 UAE 858 Dubai 17:45 LMU 5510 Cairo 04:00 FDB 070 Dubai 06:30 NIA 251 Alexandria 17:55 JZR 538 Cairo 17:45 KAC 418 Manila 04:25 THY 6376 Dubai/Istanbul 06:35 UAE 875 Dubai 18:00 RJA 641 Amman 17:55 THY 6376 Istanbul 05:05 FDB 063 Dubai 18:10 KAC 153 Istanbul 06:50 KAC 331 Trivandrum 18:00 JZR 529 Asyut 05:15 JZR 177 Dubai 18:20 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:20 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 JZR 164 Dubai 06:55 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 354 BLR 05:20 QTR 1080 Doha 18:50 RJA 645 Amman 07:05 KAC 205 Islamabad 18:25 KAC 344 Chennai 05:35 KAC 746 Dammam 19:10 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:15 CLX 7785 Luxembourg 18:30 KAC 332 Trivandrum 05:45 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:25 KAC 541 Cairo 07:15 JZR 184 Dubai 18:40 THY 770 Istanbul 05:55 KAC 502 Beirut 19:30 KAC 787 Jeddah 07:45 NIA 252 Alexandria 18:55 KAC 384 Delhi 06:05 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:30 KAC 171 Frankfurt 07:55 FDB 064 Dubai 19:05 KAC 364 Colombo 06:05 KAC 778 Riyadh 19:35 FDB 5062 Dubai 07:55 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:15 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 06:25 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 KAC 563 Amman 08:00 UAE 876 Dubai 19:30 BAW 157 London 06:40 FDB 057 Dubai 19:50 KAC 679 Dubai 08:10 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 QTR 1081 Doha 19:50 PAL 668 Manila/Dubai 07:00 KAC 514 Tehran 19:50 BAW 156 London 08:40 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:05 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 KAC 168 Paris 19:55 FDB 054 Dubai 08:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 20:15 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:05 KAC 791 Madinah 09:00 FDB 058 Dubai 20:35 KAC 302 Mumbai 08:20 KAC 691 Muscat 09:00 OMA 647 Muscat 20:10 KAC 361 Colombo 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:40 KAC 117 SNN/New York 09:00 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 KAC 1543 Cairo 21:00 KAC 382 Delhi 08:45 KAC 562 Amman 20:40 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 MSR 607 Luxor 21:05 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:45 KAC 101 London 09:35 OMA 648 Muscat 21:10 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:05 KAC 616 Bahrain 20:50 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 21:30 QTR 1070 Doha 09:30 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:50 UAE 856 Dubai 09:55 QTR 1089 Doha 21:35 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 JAI 572 Mumbai 20:55 KAC 671 Dubai 10:05 DLH 634 Doha 21:35 SVA 512 Riyadh 10:00 KAC 786 Jeddah 21:15 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:10 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:50 AVV 651 Asyut 10:10 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:20 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 MEA 402 Beirut 21:20 QTR 1071 Doha 10:40 JAI 571 Mumbai 21:55 IRA 675 Lar 10:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:25 SVA 513 Riyadh 11:00 KAC 351 Kochi 22:00 SYR 341 Damascus 11:00 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:35 AVV 652 Sohag 11:10 KAC 783 Jeddah 22:10 MSC 403 Asyut 11:15 UAE 859 Dubai 21:40 KAC 617 Doha 11:10 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 KAC 413 Bangkok 22:15 JZR 165 Dubai 11:30 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 501 Beirut 11:15 KAC 203 Lahore 22:15 MEA 404 Beirut 11:55 QTR 1082 Doha 22:00 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:25 MEA 403 Beirut 22:20 QTR 8511 Doha 12:00 IRA 674 Lar 11:40 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:05 ALK 230 Colombo 22:25 MSC 401 Alexandria 12:30 SYR 342 Damascus 12:00 KLM 415 Amsterdam/Dammam 22:10 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:30 JZR 561 Sohag 12:40 KAC 661 Abu Dhabi 12:05 NIA 151 Cairo 22:10 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:45 FDB 075 Dubai 12:50 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:05 KAC 381 Delhi 22:45 UAE 871 Dubai 12:50 AIC 987 Chennai/Hyderabad 22:25 MSC 404 Asyut 12:15 UAE 860 Dubai 22:55 KAC 680 Dubai 12:55 PIA 239 Sialkot 22:35 MEA 405 Beirut 12:55 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 241 Amman 22:45 QTR 8512 Doha 13:30 NIA 152 Cairo 23:10 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:10 JZR 185 Dubai 23:15 MSC 402 Alexandria 13:30 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 BON 101 Sarajevo 13:30 FDB 071 Dubai 23:45 JZR 176 Dubai 13:45 KLM 415 Dammam/Amsterdam 23:20 KAC 564 Amman 13:40 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:50 AAG 143 IQA 14:00 PIA 240 Sialkot 23:35 stars34 TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017

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

You will begin to find yourself digging for answers today that you never If a new business idea is going to work, it may take some planning. You knew you really cared about before. It could be that you are feeling more could receive an award and then have it taken back because of some technicality. You will protective or proud of your professional status and are seeking to maintain or improve find ways to get around most difficulties today. The biggest lesson this month is in learn- your position. Avoid mental power struggles with others. Encouragement from others ing how to move forward and allow for delays, distractions, cancellations, etc. You are not and the interchange of ideas spark your energy and help to create or teach an upbeat slowed by much and you should not stop to make a point. Instead, express your ideas frame of mind. Remember that the mind can achieve whatever it can conceive. This could through your work and the way in which you work. Things may seem almost magical in be an inner joy, balance, laughter, letting go, forgiveness, etc. You will see how important it the way they work out in your favor. A young person may be an irritating factor this after- is to integrate positive elements into your life. Read some self-help books and learn some noon. You may have to stop and give all your attention over to just listening. You will find lighthearted and fun one-liner sayings that will help you with this integration. very little else is needed. The time you spend in listening is appreciated.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) You are ready to understand what comes next in your life and you seem eager to get down to business. Conflicts at work may have you wishing everyone would This is a good time for clear deliberation and solving any problem. You are become better organized. The immediate authority figure is easy for you to understand in a serious frame of mind and find yourself dealing with matters of much concern and and work with but there are many interruptions that cause confusing messages from responsibility. Your viewpoint may take some adjusting today. Any project that has higher-ups. You do well to focus on the projects at your desk and complete your tasks by seemed slow will begin to improve now. This is a time you can really throw yourself into quitting time. A friend, who always asks for help, now wants to help you this afternoon. your work. The academically inclined should do well just now-there is also a boost in travel You and your friends will be able to visit and enjoy activities together. There are compar- prospects. Community activities this afternoon may fit into your schedule. You have a isons of jobs, family, children, homes and health-healthy competitions are fun. You enjoy need to be respected and you will achieve this as you organize people and encourage a the opportunity to interact with your friends. group in their efforts to effect some sort of positive change in the community. There are some exciting and intelligent new friends coming your way.

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

There is a chance to understand those around you as you work to become You may feel blocked as others could make it difficult for you to express as patient as possible. Some people just need a boost in the right direction and that may yourself. Bide your time and amazing things happen. A problem is solved, a be the case today. Lunch with a co-worker may have you talking over past trips that you phone call is supportive and an afternoon snack is yummy, etc. As you look for ways to have each taken and the highlights you enjoyed. There is a feeling of support and cama- help improve a situation . . . You succeed. This could be as simple as cleaning away old files ACROSS DOWN raderie that you did not know could exist in the workplace today. Helping a friend this or helping to organize a meeting. There is a lot of energy available for disciplined work. 1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rub- 1. Any of various minerals consisting of afternoon may give you some productive ideas for yourself. You may find yourself talka- Find the time to have a side interest such as a second job, volunteer work, charity, hobby, berized fabric. hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassi- tive with young people this evening. Your laughter is encouraging to all who are around etc. Use your creativeness! You will benefit from relaxing in the evenings and enjoying the 4. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages. um etc. that crystallize in forms that allow you. Celebrations are easy to find, if one is looking. Respect your limits and separate your- family. This evening you find yourself feeling more private and in a stay-at-home mood. perfect cleavage into very thin leaves. self from these young people in time to cuddle with your loved one. You might experiment with flavoring popcorn. 12. 1,000,000,000 periods per second. 2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mytholo- 15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated gy. with the World Bank. 3. Alternatively, a member of the family 16. Small genus of North American herbs hav- Nymphaeaceae. Cancer (June 21-July 22) ing mostly basal leaves and slender 4. A unit of pressure. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) racemes of delicate white flowers. 5. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine. On the business front, you may have a great deal of trouble trying to come 17. An affirmative. 6. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now wide- in first in some business competition, especially if there is a showy, high-energy, fast-talk- A mystery in the workplace is not something in which you should become spread in cultivation. ing type of individual. However, when one observes your enduring patience and the way involved. Time will disclose the answer and you will be pleased you never did anything but 18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle help take on a little more work. Curiosity and just supposing is the best hint that you need 7. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of you follow through with your responsibilities, you have them all beat. You are determined where driver sits. to move forward with your own projects. Although you might like to hurry to get your some seeds that develops from the ovule to see some project through to the end and you will not let others flatten your ambition. A 19. A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the work done, caution should rule this day. This is also a good time to take stock of your work stalk and partially or entirely envelopes dream or wish you had some time ago may now come true. Your cheerfulness is appreci- brain and spinal cord. the seed. and make any changes that you feel necessary. A shopping expedition is in order soon; ated. You are able to boost someone's low spirit today. If you are willing to relax and just 20. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or 8. The brightest star in Cygnus. however, you may want to wait just a few more days before spending the money since 9. Being nine more than fifty. let life flow to you as it will, you could be in for excellent opportunities. You will probably there are birthday presents that have yet to be opened. Your compassion is strong for the people of Cuba. spend a romantic evening with someone special. 22. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a 10. A silvery ductile metallic element found helping others but this evening is just for you. Happy birthday! primarily in bauxite. demon. 11. Consisting of or resembling mother-of- 24. A long depression in the surface of the pearl. land that usually contains a river. 12. Shift from one side of the ship to the other. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 26. A master's degree in education. 13. Perceive sound. 14. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie There is a false sense of urgency today. You may feel that you want to dive 28. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to into situations that are over your head-money matters or arguments may occur. Then you Sympathy and understanding are important qualities that take on greate r reason for not going". meaning now. It's wisdom, not kn owledge, that counts most. Coming to understand how sunlight. might wonder what got you into the hot water in the first place. Pay attention to those 30. A midnight meeting of witches to practice 21. Relating to the Urdu language. you got where you are today may gi ve you an attitude of appreciation. Do not gi ve up; 23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a feelings that have you needing to jump to the call so quickly. You can dash to the needs of witchcraft and sorcery. your goals are within your reach. Be careful that you do not overspend or indulge too skewer usually with vegetables. others if you want, but there are many false calls-listen first. There are extra work opportu- much just now. This is a great time to be with others and to work together. You may be 33. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New 25. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much nities as well as travel opportunities just now. There could also be some unexpected sought after as just the person for a particular job. Your management and directional abili- Zealand plants. shorter neck and stripe on the legs. expenses as well. It may be wise to just say no to any extracurricular activities. Other ties are in high focus and although you may prefer to socialize, the energies are not right 37. Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name 27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal opportunities will come up later to achieve, expand your knowledge and move upward. for small talk. This is a time when you can expect a little boost, some extra support or Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse. to 10 liters. Begin to think about a focus for your energies. recognition from those around you. 40. (computer science) The part of a computer 29. Constructed with or in the form of an arch (a microprocessor chip) that does most of or arches. 31. Any of several small auks of north Pacific the data processing. coasts. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 41. A cruel and brutal fellow. 32. The lowest brass wind instrument. You may want to reevaluate your thinking now, particularly with regard 42. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occu- 34. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small You have an assistant or helper at work that will go the extra mile for you. pying most of the British Isles. trees of United States to Antilles and east- to some changes you want to present to higher-ups. Your inspiration and imagination will Ask plenty of questions in order to understand something that may have 43. The cry made by sheep. ern Asia to the Himalaya. guide you. Your superiors are watching the way that you handle yourself. Others may dis- been going on without your knowledge. You may be encouraged to expand your thinking 44. A simple protein containing mainly basic 35. Convert into ions. agree with your thinking-careful. Believe in yourself so that others will believe in you too. with regard to education. Perhaps it is time to teach or take a class just to test the waters. A Your job can bring you a great deal of satisfaction so be wise: pace yourself, be a good amino acids. 36. Any of various deciduous or evergreen friend or other close associate may be ready to end his or her involvement. Perhaps your ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia sport and know that your opportunity will come. Your wit is only one of the necessary ele- intuition is working for you and changes were not a big surprise. You will not have to worry 46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to having opposite simple leaves and cymes ments to your peacefulness. You may want to take someone along on a shopping trip this but heavier than beer. for long because you make friends easily. Your romantic appeal is strong today and if you of small white or pink or purplish flowers. afternoon. Your choices in coordinating colors and styles are unique and the input from a are looking, you could find what you are looking for soon. Weather conditions enthrall 47. A light touch or stroke. 38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake friend can be encouraging. It is time for something new. you, so look hard; you might see some interesting patterns. 49. A blue dye obtained from plants or made Chad. synthetically. 39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 50. A state in New England. 45. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square Word Search Yesterday Solution 52. Dwell (archaic). divided into seven pieces that must be 55. Not final or absolute. arranged to match particular designs. 48. More aromatic and acidic than oranges. 56. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) 51. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and broad flattened carapace with a small motion sickness. abdomen folded under the thorax and 60. A highly unstable radioactive element (the pincers. heaviest of the halogen series). 53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali 61. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth earth group. and mother of Cronus and the Titans in 54. Late time of life. 57. A port city in southwestern Iran. ancient mythology. 58. A radioactive element of the actinide 62. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single series. ovary having one or many seeds within a 59. Being ten more than eighty. fleshy wall or pericarp. 63. British politician (born in the United States) 64. Measuring instrument in which the echo of who was the first woman to sit in the a pulse of microwave radiation is used to British House of Commons (1879-1964). detect and locate distant objects. 65. Ludicrously odd. 66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 67. Someone who works (or provides workers) River. during a strike. 68. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in 69. The complete duration of something. which birds or animals are kept. 71. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. 70. A city in the European part of Russia. 75. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 72. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks 78. Affect with wonder. are sold. 79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 73. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917). in Turkey). 74. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature 80. Of or relating to the former British colony emanating from the Supreme Being and of Georgia. playing various roles in the operation of 82. The United Nations agency concerned with the universe. the international organization of food and 76. One of the five major classes of agriculture. immunoglobulins. 83. The habitation of wild animals. 77. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815). 84. Bulldog ants. 81. The branch of computer science that deal 85. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short with writing computer programs that can wedge-shaped white tail. solve problems creatively.

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In this file photo, stained glass adorns a wall at Catie Curtis performs at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs as its 50th anniversary approached. In this 1962 file photo provided by the Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC, Bob Dylan, left, his Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs as its 50th girlfriend Suze Rotollo center and Lena Spencer gather around a table at her coffeehouse, anniversary approached. — AP photos Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY. Repaired and ready: Venue where a young Dylan played reopens

ob Dylan would surely still recognize the low- ceilinged room in Caffe Lena where he played a Bcouple of gigs almost 60 years ago. But just about everything else about a venue that bills itself as the nation's oldest continuously operating coffee- house has undergone some major upgrades as part of a $2 million renovation project bankrolled in part by In this 1960 file photo provided by the Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC, folk music performers themselves. patrons listen to a performance by folksinger and songwriter, Jackie Dylan performed twice there early in his career, Washington (aka Jack Landron) at Caffe Lena, in the year it was opened by when the young singer born in Minnesota as Robert Lena Spencer, in Saratoga Springs, NY. Zimmerman was just making his way onto New York City's folk scene. The same brown wooden shutters bracket the windows and the same exposed brick wall provides background for the corner where he sang and played acoustic guitar during weekend perform- ances in 1961 and '62. But the old plank floor worn smooth by countless tapping feet is gone, replaced by a new hardwood version. The narrow staircase leading to the second- floor venue also has been replaced, as has the small stage, sound system, kitchen and restrooms. Seating has been boosted from 85 to about 105, and wine and beer are being served for the first time in the ven- erable coffeehouse's history. Yet when the newly installed lighting dims and the night's performer hits the first chord, Caffe Lena still has the intimate setting In this 1960 file photo provided by the Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC, that generations of musicians and folk music fans patrons gather inside Caffe Lena, opened by Lena Spencer in 1960, in have come to revere. Saratoga Springs, NY. "It's a legendary place," said Jeff Place, archivist for Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. "For singer-songwrit- In this file photo provided by Joseph Deuel, the newly-renovated Caffe Lena is pictured in Saratoga Springs, ers, playing there is like playing Carnegie Hall for NY, the day before its doors reopened after a six-month renovation. classical musicians." Caffe Lena recently reopened after being closed for six months for the renova- musicians have also pitched in, while other perform- her coffeehouse, displaced from her Saratoga apart- tions. Performances were moved to other nearby ers - including Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of ment by rising rent. She died at age 66 in 1989. venues in Saratoga Springs, the famous resort and Peter, Paul and Mary fame - contributed vocals for a Volunteers and later the nonprofit group formed in thoroughbred racing town 165 miles north of New fundraising video. the 1990s have kept her place open for new genera- York City. Under a philanthropic partnership with a tions of folk music fans. local developer, the organization turned over its Rising rent The renovations were long overdue in a 120-year- adjacent small parking lot to the builder, who's con- Sarah Craig, the coffeehouse's executive director, old building that wasn't up to code, Craig said. "Now structing a four-story building that will house con- said Dylan has been approached for a contribution we have a place in line with our reputation for the dos and retail businesses. but "has not yet committed specific support." Caffe type of music that happens here," she said. For In return, Bonacio Construction has put $500,000 Lena first opened in May 1960, by Lena Spencer and George Ward, a folk musician and longtime Caffe Lena into the renovation project, including installing an her husband, Bill, bohemian artists from performer and supporter, the face-lift hasn't erased elevator that will make Caffe Lena fully accessible to Massachusetts. He left not long after Dylan's per- the venue's downhome vibe. "It had to change just in the disabled. A campaign has raised another $1 mil- formances, but Lena stayed on, gradually attracting order to be safe and comfortable," said Ward, 78. "It so lion. Caffe Lena is still raising the final $500,000 for the a dedicated following and booking an ever-growing far it feels really good."— AP upgrades, scheduled to be completed this spring. roster of folk music stalwarts, including Dave Van In this file photo provided by Joseph Deuel, the newly-renovated Caffe Among the folk musicians contributing funds: Arlo Ronk, Joan Baez, Don McClean and Guthrie. The lean Lena is pictured in Saratoga Springs, NY, the day before its doors Guthrie, honorary chairman of the coffeehouse's years tended to outnumber the flush ones, and by reopened after a six-month renovation. fundraising campaign. Locally and regionally known the late 1980s, Spencer was living in a back room at

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acing fan backlash, Broadway star Jennifer "#JenniferHolliday singing at Trump's inauguration is idden Figures," a story about three black first stand-alone episode in the eight-film "Star Wars" Holliday has backed out of performing at Donald a betrayal of our diverse arts community," wrote one women mathematicians who helped NASA put series, "Rogue One" follows the mission of rebel alliance FTrump's inauguration concert, the singer said in an Twitter user. "Reconsider-it's not worth selling out!" The "Hthe first men in space, soared into its second fighters trying to steal plans to the Empire's feared Death open letter posted Saturday. Trump's inaugural commit- inauguration would have had a rare African American week atop the box office, industry estimates for North Star. The movie pulled in $13.76 million over the weekend, tee had announced Friday that Holliday, a Tony award performer in Holliday, who has sung for Ronald America showed on Sunday. The Fox film, a biographical according to box office monitor Exhibitor Relations, bring- winner who is black, would perform in a concert at the Reagan, Bill Clinton and both Bush presidents. She said comedy-drama based on a book of the same name, stars ing its four-week total to $502.29 million. In its first week- Lincoln Memorial on the eve of the tycoon's inaugura- that in accepting the invitation to sing for Trump she Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, end out, "The Bye Bye Man" notched fifth place, taking in tion, joining a lineup featuring country stars Toby Keith was simply "keeping in my tradition of being a 'biparti- whose characters must deal with segregation in the 1950s $13.38 million. The horror flick is based on a chapter Robert and Lee Greenwood. But disgruntled fans-including san songbird.'" But in her letter published by TheWrap and 1960s workplace. It brought in $20.5 million in the US Damon Schneck's book "The President's Vampire." many from the LGBT community-took to Twitter to entertainment news site, Holliday said she decided to and Canada this weekend, according to box office monitor Rounding out the Top five are : denounce Holliday's slated participation. pull out of the concert after reading any essay pub- Exhibitor Relations, and $59.68 million since it premiered "Patriot's Day" ($12 million) lished by the Daily Beast titled "Jennifer Holliday will four weeks ago. "Monster Trucks" ($10.5 million) perform at Trump's inauguration, which is heartbreak- "La La Land," a nostalgic tribute to the Golden Age of "Sleepless" ($8.47 million) ing to gay fans." Hollywood musicals that just took home eight Golden "Underworld: Blood Wars" ($5.8 million) "My only choice must now be to stand with the LGBT Globes, rocketed to the number two spot. It took in $14.5 "Passengers" ($5.5 million)--AFP community and to state unequivocally that I WILL NOT million ($77.08 million overall). Universal's animated musi- PERFORM FOR THE WELCOME CONCERT OR FOR ANY OF cal "Sing" was in third, with a $13.8 million take over the THE INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES!" Holliday wrote. "I sin- weekend and an accumulated total of $238.5 million. The cerely apologize for my lapse of judgment, for being uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans." Holliday said she was "deeply indebted" to the LGBT community, noting that its members were "mostly responsible for birthing my career." Holliday won a Tony Award in 1982 for the origi- nal Broadway musical "Dreamgirls," later turned into a movie with Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson. The Trump team has struggled to recruit prominent artists for the looming inauguration, with the American arts and entertainment community broadly backing his opponent Democrat Hillary Clinton. The inauguration lineup pales in comparison to the star power amassed by Barack Obama. A similar inauguration-eve concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009 drew Beyonce, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Stevie Wonder, as well as This file photo shows singer Jennifer Holliday performs country superstar Garth Brooks. — AFP onstage during Fox's "American Idol 2012" results show at Nokia Theatre LA Live on May 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, center, in a scene from "Hidden Figures." — AP TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 l i f e s t y l e

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Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump are seen around Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend the 9th Annual This file photo shows Melania Trump, wife of Republican Melania Trump is seen around Lincoln Center during Lincoln Center during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in "Dressed To Kilt" charity fashion show at Hammerstein presidential candidate Donald Trump, arriving on stage on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. New York City. — AFP photos Ballroom in New York City. the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. First lady Melania and the political fashion police he may be tall, slim and a former model, but incom- ago, she said she would like to be a "traditional" first Women's Wear Daily that anyone should be "proud" to $2,200 Roksanda Ilincic dress on the campaign trail. ing first lady Melania Trump faces a new kind of lady like Jackie Kennedy-famed for her timeless ele- dress the new first lady and Trump's daughter Ivanka-who Famously there was also a hot pink Gucci pussy-bow Sfashion police designers refusing to dress her gance and love of French as well as American fashion. is also expected to take on a prominent role in blouse at a presidential debate as her husband was under because of her husband's politics. She has posed nude for But she comes into the role at a time when an unprece- Washington. But in some ways, the debate is irrelevant. fire for lewd remarks about groping women. GQ, modeled in Paris and graced the cover of Vogue, yet dented number of designers are saying she simply isn't Melania, known to shop online, can snap up any fashion But on election night, she shopped locally: glowing what Melania wears to the inaugural balls on Friday night their style or urging each other not to dress her because piece she wants without asking permission. When she with pride in a one-shoulder Ralph Lauren white jump- could be the most important sartorial decision of her life. of her husband's insult-dishing, divisive campaign. wore a Dolce & Gabbana black dress on New Year's Eve, suit, bought off the rack. She's already under pressure to "It's hard to find a great dress for this inauguration," Sophie Theallet was the first. the first Stefano Gabbana heard about it was when he shrug off her European taste and, if not mix it up with Donald Trump told The New York Times, trying to present stumbled across a picture online. He took to Instagram cheaper outfits to appear more in touch, then become a the event as a society sell-out, though whether that is Incompatible with pride, tapping out five hearts and a "thank you." poster girl for the country's huge fashion industry. "The true remains to be seen. "The rhetoric of racism, sexism and xenophobia Others say refusing to dress Melania stoops to the lowest first lady-elect should support American fashion as did From Mamie Eisenhower's pink peau de soie gown to unleashed by her husband's presidential campaign are denominator of the campaign. "Our role as part of the her predecessors," Vera Wang told Women's Wear Daily. Michelle Obama's white Jason Wu confection in 2009, inau- incompatible with the shared values we live by," Theallet fashion industry is to promote beauty, inclusiveness, But she does have one powerful advocate in her corner: gural gowns worn by America's first ladies have wound up announced last November. Emotions were raw. Much of diversity," von Furstenberg has said. long-time friend and former Vogue director turned inau- in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American the largely Democratic-leaning fashion industry backed guration planner Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. "Don't History. Melania has high heels to fill. Not only is she the Trump's opponent Hillary Clinton and poured money into Buy American underestimate (Melania) just because she is quiet and only first lady to come from the fashion world, she suc- her campaign. "Personally, I'd rather put my energy into But what is Melania's style? Campaign and post-election reserved," Wolkoff told luxury lifestyle publication DuJour ceeds one of the most stylish and beloved first ladies of all. helping out those who will be hurt by Trump and his sup- appearances are rare, but she favors the sleek, figure-hug- before the election. "She has always said, when and if the Obama seduced the fashion world with her deft mix of porters," Marc Jacobs told Women's Wear Daily. But top ging and glossy look of a wealthy New York woman-mani- time comes, she will step up." — AFP high street favorites and high fashion, championing young designers such as Carolina Herrera, Diane von Furstenberg cured within an inch of her life but not particularly individ- and minority designers, managing to look both relatable and Tommy Hilfiger all said they would be honored to ual. She buys expensive and she buys European, perhaps and effortlessly chic at the same time. dress Melania. hardly surprising for a Slovenian-born woman-Christian It remains unclear what path Melania will take. Years Hilfiger, who has an office in Trump Tower, told Dior for her wedding, but also Emilia Wickstead and a Prada goes in search of the naive, Missoni bursts with color

his is the season of renewal, with new faces at some both men and women. Colors stayed in a 1970s design of Milan's top fashion brands. New creative directors palette of brown, tans, rust and orange, breaking out for Tmade their debuts Sunday during the second day of richly hued purple and blood-red furs. Bags included hard Milan Fashion Week at Salvatore Ferragamo and Dirk cases or oversized document holders in cow's skin. Bikkembergs, days after Marni and Zegna set off in a new direction. Roberto Cavalli and Brioni, meanwhile, took a Colorburst runway break this season as they worked out what their Missoni is bursting with color for next season's collec- future creative directions would be after parting ways with tion, with layered looks to enliven any urban center. But if their stylists. Here are some highlights of menswear pre- Angela Missoni had one specifically in mind, it is Tokyo - views for next fall and winter on Sunday, the second day of not for its adventurous youth counterculture or traditional Milan Fashion Week. silhouette, but its enduring craftsmanship. Much of the detailing of the collection shown Sunday in Milan was In search of naivete inspired by Japan, including the star-fish shaped metallic Miuccia Prada was in search of the naive for her new embroidery on knitwear inspired by Shibori designs. collection. She found herself in the 1970s, a world of Patchwork overcoats employed the technique of kimono leather and corduroy, oil landscape paintings and natural making. And boxy jackets recalled Japanese workwear. amulets. "That is what came out. I didn't want it, but it Together, the urban nature of the collection cannot be came out naturally," Prada said backstage, adding that the denied. But taken by piece, there were many seafaring ref- 1970s were "a very important moment for protests, for erences, from thick duffel coats with robe fasteners, high- rights, for humanity." So the corduroy leisure suit with big neck cable knit sweaters with matching caps, and bucket pockets, the soft cashmere sweaters with fuzzy reproduc- hats in the Missoni zigzag that had a sailor-geek vibe. Short tions of landscapes, the furry shoes sticking out from the scarves were tied around the neck. The hats, which also cuffed bell bottom pants and the hand-knit pullovers mim- include a beret, were the result of one of Missoni's many icking a stain glass window are all her expressions of nor- collaborations, this one with the Parisian milliner Larose. mality. And the collection, in its simplicity, is her protest The modus operandi was layering without regard to con- against excess, the modern need for everything to be big. ventions of pattern and color. A sweater in a blur of green The collection also featured womenswear, including and yellow is worn over a neat blue-and-white striped shirt leather jackets with stud detailing, slit leather walking and orange, red and purple plaid trousers. "It is for sure a skirts and brimmed corduroy caps. sport-lux. There is, overall, a comfortable silhouette. We can Amulets of shells, stones or branches that Prada said call it 'soft tailoring,'" Missoni said backstage. she plucked from the woods herself accented the looks for

Models present creations for fashion house Prada during the Men's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 fashion week. — AP/AFP photos TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 l i f e s t y l e

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Models present creations for Plein Sport men's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 collection, during the Men's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 fashion week.

Back to roots want to bring the idea of ease, of comfort, to Luxury activewear He landed in America as a teen and thrust menswear," Meilland said backstage. "I want to Phillip Plein has found what he says is an himself into the melting pot, where he had his get rid of conformity." untapped niche: luxury activewear. On the first first success. The story of a young Salvatore day of Milan Fashion Week, the German designer Ferragamo, who started out making shoes for Rumpled iconoclast debuted his new Plein Sport line, which he only Hollywood before returning to Italy to launch his Marni has taken a rumpled, colorful turn. The first envisioned last June after discovering that fashion brand, inspired French designer new Marni man, as imagined by creative director the biggest grossing textile companies weren't Guillaume Meilland's debut collection as Francesco Risso in his debut season, is some- traditional fashion houses, but Nike and Adidas. menswear design director. The clean looks fol- thing of a light-hearted vagabond. The brand's "Active sportswear is one of the biggest seg- lowed Ferragamo's journey from a carefree heritage fur appears in hats that have the ments, but we don't have even one luxury alter- youth to the more put-together sophistication appearance of colorful wigs, as square tufts on native," Plein told the assembled fashion crowd. of an experienced traveler. jacket sleeves, wisps on collars and finally, in Until now. Youthful touches included rough embroidery their full glory, as fluffy overcoats. There is a Gymansts flipped in Plein Sport pants. in contrasting kinetic lines on the backs of jack- geometry to the looks, reflected in the square Muscle-bound boxers shimmied in shorts. ets or on shirts worn with tailored suits. The sil- cuts of the suits and the plaid and checks of the Skiers donned silvery parkas with black face houette was boxy with square jackets over loose prints. Woolen suits have a rumbled, train-hop- masks. Female runners were clad in floral run- pants. "The embroidery translates the busy-ness ping feel. Tops project optical illusions, created ning tights and tops. A kickboxer wore a of the street. The show is about Salvatore on the from mismatched patches of striped fabric. midriff-baring neoprene top over tights. And street, a young man on the street, and the alle- Sweaters feature naive 1970s graphics, dancers splashed in a pool of shallow water to gory of the busy-ness is translated in the diversi- tucked into high-waist, big-fitting corduroy the rhythmic beat of drums. While there was a ty of the boy's silhouettes," Meilland said. Boyish trousers. Quilted trousers in pajama prints are collective groan of disappointment from the sweaters tucked into trousers, or hung out of the paired with bomber jackets. The effect is that of crowd when Plein, the Milan fashion world's back of jackets, for a dash-about feel. Bulky knit an iconoclast, which seems influenced in some premier showman, announced last season he mittens exuded hominess. measure by Risso's last employer, Prada. The would be moving to New York with his main The collection is strong on the brand's trade- designer, who studied in Florence, New York and line, the designer showed he has plenty of par- mark leather garments, featuring aviator jackets London, took over from the brand's creator, ty left for Milan. — AP and biker jackets. Shoes included an American- Consuelo Castiglioni, who stepped down last style work boot with thick sole covered with rub- October, citing personal reasons. ber studs, alongside finer Italian footwear. "I

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Models present creations for fashion house Marni during the Men's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 fashion week.

Max announces latest Denim and Activewear collections across all stores in the MENA region

ax, the largest value fashion brand in the region, The new denim collection comes with a complete new has announced the launch of its latest Denim and range of functional lightweight denim-wear for MActivewear collection for men, women and chil- spring/summer 2017, like the bomber jacket. dren. This season's denim collection is inspired by antique indigo washes, in a deep and dark cast. The Activewear col- Activewear collection lection features a range of apparel for performance with a In the Activewear line, the hoodie jacket features colour unique style that makes a powerful statement. Both collec- blocking details, contrast zippers, piping and trims with tions will be available across all Max stores in the MENA creative slogans making it a key product for the season. region and online in UAE from January 18th. Linear outlines with reflective long tape prints and contrast trimmings make the Activewear pants a modern legging Denim collection for performance. The deep armhole & neckline are high- Centrepoint sale campaign steals This season's denim collection will feature placement lights of the traditional loose knit top - an easy cover up for prints and 3D-effect slogans for men, and added embell- the gym. A crucial essential for this season is the knee ishments for women. The classic vintage trucker is given a length capri. The jacquard pattern detail is geometrically new sense of life with precise cut and fit modifications. precise that maximizes the stretch fit, making a bold state- the show at Cristal Festival Seam manipulations on oversized 80's fits create new and ment. Emerging from the 90's sportswear the functional shrunken fitted shapes while raw hems add eye catching and elastic strap and hem becomes more graphic in the entrepoint is one of the few homegrown fashion "We wanted to be as unconventional as possible. interest to the appearance. The flowing elongated length performance bra top that conveys strong motivational retailers in the region that has effectively used the There is a dearth of creativity when it comes to sales and of the long line shirt dress allows it to be used in two ways - statements. The long lined vest has panel detailing with a strength of its digital muscle and engaged with promotions in the region and we wanted to push the lim- C either as a closed button jacket or a long-line dress. The shaped front that ends at the waist giving a flattering feel. new media to create innovative marketing campaigns it. We received a fantastic response for our initial ad that classic denim shirt and the long line shirt dress are The toned down neon shade & block texts highlights the that have both engaged its audience and elevated the was released in August and we are looking forward to the wardrobe essentials, while the prevailing cropped hem- bold, graphic message on these performance bottoms. brand in the mind of its customers. The regional big wig's audience response to our new film," states Shyam Sunder, lines continue to make girlfriend jeans important denim Both Denim and Activewear collections will be available creative efforts have been rewarded at the recent award Head of Marketing of Centrepoint. He adds, "The CP Sale wear this season. in-store and online across the MENA region from January ceremonies that bestowed Centrepoint with the highest is the biggest event in the fashion segment in the region. The super soft yet stylish jeggings are here to stay as it is 18th 2017. Customers can log on to www.maxfashion.com awards for its innovatively executed marketing cam- It contributes to a major percentage of our overall sales. the perfect blend of style and comfort, while the culotte is to start shopping from the widest variety of apparel in val- paigns and retail prowess. The objective was also to build a property that would fast on its way to becoming a summer essential. With styles ue fashion. uplift our brand." ranging from A-line mini to midi skirts, the button down The ad campaign was released in a two-film series, the skirt is crucial to the denim collection just like the 5 pocket first titled 'Sabotage' and the former titled 'Lies'. The films jeans with eye catching destroyed and damaged details. are the creative brilliance of agency Impact BBDO Dubai. Shot in black and white, they raise the point that while there isn't much you can do to counter all the indignities life hurls at you, the least you can do is visit the Centrepoint SALE and look good. "As much as a sales campaign is fun to do, this was a serious job with significant business implications. We needed to deliver an idea that ticks all boxes and at the same time captures people's hearts & minds and pro- The region's largest family fashion retailer received vokes them to act." says Fadi Yaish, ECD of Impact BBDO, multiple awards for the clutter-breaking advertising of its Dubai. latest Sale campaign at the globally celebrated 16th The dark satirical treatment of the ad is a departure Annual Cristal Festival that took place earlier this month from the brand's brighter visuals and light family focused at Courchevel in France. It bagged nine Cristals, including campaigns. It has been raising a stir in the advertising fra- three Gold, at the festival that is considered one of the ternity and has received praise from marketers and cus- biggest advertising events in the world. The regional tomers alike with close to 8 million views on YouTube and retailer won under the categories of Film and Film Craft Facebook alone. for its superbly crafted work on the 2016 sale campaign. In a region that is known for its year-long sales and shopping festivals, Centrepoint's campaign stood out in an overtly competitive and cluttered category and effec- tively drove footfalls to the stores, with its disruptive visu- als and message. First lady Melania and the political fashion police

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An owl is pictured on January 12, 2017 in Hannover zoo. — AFP Lack of customers final nail for Lebanon coffin maker

n a tiny workshop in Lebanon's Tripoli, coffin maker No new customers Michel Homsi takes a drag on a cigarette, surrounded by Even peacetime brought no new customers for Homsi. Ihis carefully crafted handiwork, waiting for customers Many Christians who had left failed to return, while others that never seem to arrive. He hasn't sold one of his hand- fled sporadic bouts of violence between the Jabal Mohsen made wooden caskets in a year, due to competition from and Bab Al-Tebbaneh neighborhoods, near to Homsi's dis- machine-made coffins but also to dwindling numbers of trict, or felt it was now too dangerous to come to his work- Christians in the northern port city. Most of Tripoli's resi- shop. While no official figures exist for the number of dents are Muslims, who are buried in a simple shroud and Christians in Tripoli, they made up just 22,000 of around have no need for Homsi's talents. And most of the 200,000 registered voters in the city in 2010, of which only Christians he once catered to have left the city in waves, 4,500 cast a ballot. Even that figure may overstate the fleeing first the country's 1975-1990 civil war, and then spo- number of Christians who actually live there. Lebanese vot- radic violence between local neighborhoods. ers are registered for life in the district where they were "The last people who bought a coffin from me a year born, even if they move later on. ago got it for their mum, who was living here," Homsi told AFP, sitting in the sole chair in his dusty workshop. "After buying it, they left and haven't come back." Homsi began making wooden coffins in 1964, following in the footsteps of his father, though his first job was in the workshop of a competitor. He was inspired early on by a woodwork teacher and went into the coffin making business while just a teenager. After three years at a rival workshop, he joined his father's business in the Zahriyeh district, at the time a mixed neighborhood of different sects. Initially, business was brisk, with the father-son pair making four or five coffins a month. The handmade caskets sold for anything from $100 for the simplest kind to thousands of dollars for more elaborate options. It took time for him to convince his father that he was up to the trade. "When I first started working with him he wouldn't let me touch anything, he just asked me to organize tools," said Homsi, 65. "But when he got tired I started working with my hands, and he liked my work." "My father didn't teach me about coffins, but he taught me to love wood."

'Soft like silk' Homsi's passion is evident in the work he continues to do, despite the dearth of customers. He works meticulously with pieces purchased from local wood wholesalers, cut- ting each to size with a handsaw before smoothing it to a fine finish. "Put your hand on the wood and feel how rough it is," he says before sanding it down. "Now feel it and see how it's become soft like silk." He nails the parts together and varnishes them, using several brushes to make sure every last spot is covered. The final step is to add the cloth lining inside. But that process waits until a buyer has cho- sen the casket, so nowadays Homsi is surrounded by Some of those who voted in Tripoli may have lived else- Michel Homsi, the last unlined coffins. where for decades. It's a depressing turn of affairs for craftsman building It takes him anywhere from three days to a week to fin- Homsi, who has decided not to teach his son his craft. handmade coffins in the ish a coffin, but with so little demand, these days he takes Passersby say hello, but don't stop in, and he cancelled his northern Lebanese city of his time and works on one for up to a month. Coffin making phone line after being unable to pay his bills. "At church, Tripoli, works at his shop. is virtually the only trade Homsi has ever known. He and people talk to me and say hello to me but nobody stands — AFP photos his father worked throughout the early years of the civil war near me for more than a minute," he says. "Maybe they that erupted in 1975. But in 1982, when the fearsome Sunni think I'm close to death or that their life will get shorter if Islamic Unification Movement militia began targeting they talk to me." But despite the difficult prospects, Homsi Christians, Homsi decided to flee. He moved to Germany says he plans to stay open, waiting for clients. "Where and worked as a car mechanic for eight months, but would I go? Maybe work will come at some point. I'm wait- returned home after learning his mother was ill. "I spent everything I had earned in Germany so she ing. Either I work or I die." — AFP could get well, and thank God, she did," he says. Back in Tripoli, Homsi resumed making coffins with his father, but business had already started to dwindle as local Christians fled. By the end of the war in 1990, Homsi was making just one coffin a month and was forced to take up a cleaning job on the side to make ends meet for his wife and two children.