Trial of Sadeq Mosque Bombing Suspects OPENS

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SHAWWAL 20, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Amir receives Facing Islamic Ahmadinejad Records national State threat, seeking tumble as moderation Iraq digitizes political Australia strike document2 national8 library comeback15 double20 gold Trial of Sadeq Mosque Min 30º Max 47º bombing suspects opens High Tide 01:54 & 13:49 Low Tide Man who ferried bomber admits being IS member 08:22 & 20:34 40 PAGES NO: 16600 150 FILS

By Meshal Al-Enezi and Agencies a hideout owned by two other suspects. conspiracy theories Saud also confessed to transporting an ice- KUWAIT: The main suspect in a deadly box containing the explosives belt used in attack on a Shiite mosque in June con- the attack from near the border with Saudi Charity bus stops fessed at the criminal court yesterday to Arabia. The icebox was delivered by two being in the jihadist Islamic State group. Saudi brothers who Abdulrahman Sabah Saud, a 26-year-old are now in custody in bedoon, told the first hearing of the trial of Saudi Arabia along 22 men and seven women that he joined IS with a third brother just a day before the June By Badrya Darwish 26 suicide bombing that killed 26 people and SEE PAGE 3 FOR FULL wounded hundreds. It COURT TRANSCRIPT was the worst ever attack in the state. Although the [email protected] public prosecution has not released the who was arrested in official charge sheets, a number of defen- Kuwait. Saud said he Abdulrahman Saud dants are charged with being in a pro- met the bomber late scribed group and taking part in the on the Thursday night, a day before the us stops, bus stops. The stops which cannot stop. bombing. Most are also accused of assist- attack, at the airport and took him to a five- If you take the bus in my country, Kuwait, you’ll ing those behind the attack. star hotel. At 2:30 the next morning, he took stand in the heat of the summer, which actually B Saud, who drove Saudi bomber Fahd Al- him to a restaurant for the suhoor meal and stretches for many months, unfortunately for all of us. KUWAIT: A special forces vehicle is parked outside the Palace of Justice in Kuwait Qabaa to the Imam Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait then returned him to the hotel. Literally from May until the end of October. I find it City yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat City, was arrested two days after the blast in Continued on Page 15 impossible to stand in the heat or humidity waiting for the bus. I often wonder why can’t Kuwait build decent bus stops with a few seats with closed, transparent glass so you can see what’s inside, and air conditioned, Vigil held for slain Palestinian toddler of course. In other countries where it’s very cold, bus stops are heated. Actually let’s not travel far abroad. Let’s talk about Dubai, a neighboring country. The bus stops there have seats and air conditioning. I don’t think a bus stop needs a big budget. It will not cause a crisis or a budget deficit. On the other hand, it’s not a few people that use the bus. Most expatriates are using buses. At least a third of the nation is using buses. It’s the lower income laborers, domestic workers and lower white-collars who don’t make big salaries, along with many employ- ees who cannot get a driving license or cannot afford to drive a car or use taxis all the time. It’s not only that the bus stops are horrible. There is no shade, no shelter. Nothing to protect you from the heat, sun and dust. So how do you expect these poor workers and employees to travel? It’s not that we have the most reliable or extensive network of buses that cover most streets. These poor souls still have to walk some distance to their homes. But it’s not too much to ask for a comfortable and air-conditioned place to wait for the bus in a country like my country where the heat KUWAIT: Kuwaitis hold a protest vigil near the US Embassy in Bayan yesterday over the killing of a Palestinian toddler who burned to death after his family’s in July or August easily hits over 50ºC. house was attacked by Israeli settlers in Nablus last week. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat In fact, forget the government, I’m calling on the private sector to donate and sponsor bus stops. Banks, telecoms and other big companies can easily afford to Minister dismisses ‘differences’ fund an air-conditioned bus stop here or there and put News their ads on the stop to compensate. Many people put in brief sabeels (water coolers) on the streets, and kudos to with Saudi Arabia over oilfields them. But they could also sponsor a bus stop that is 12 dead after building air-conditioned, clean and with seating. Why not? KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs bilateral relations. Sheikh Mohammad reaffirmed collapses near Mumbai Charity has many faces. Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak the deep-rooted social, cultural, economic and So please, whoever reads my article and can help, Al-Sabah yesterday reiterated strong historical political ties between the two countries. MUMBAI: A dilapidated building killed 12 people when it col- lapsed outside Mumbai yesterday, a rescue official said, the come forward and Kuwait Times will give you enough ties with Saudi Arabia. Speaking to KUNA, He underscored that Kuwait is keen on over- second such accident around the Indian financial capital in a coverage and support, I promise. Sheikh Mohammad said that the existing dif- coming differences or disagreements with week. Rescuers pulled seven people out of the rubble alive ferences with the kingdom over the joint oil- “friendly and sister countries”, especially Saudi after the three-storey structure crumbled overnight while fields of Al-Khafji and Al-Wafra are merely Arabia. Kuwait recently formed a commission to families were sleeping inside, the official said. The building, Qatar FM urges “technical” and will be resolved for the inter- investigate leaks of correspondence between the which crumbled around 2:00 am, was situated in the Naupada ests of both countries. Kuwaiti and Saudi oil ministers on the produc- area of Thane city near Mumbai. A family of five was rescued Saudi Arabia is the historical and strategic depth tion of oil from the divided zone between the with the help of a sniffer dog, according to the official, who Iran dialogue of Kuwait, he stressed, ruling out any disturbance to Sheikh Mohammad two states. — KUNA said relief efforts ended after everybody was accounted for.

DOHA: Qatar’s top diplomat yesterday called for a “seri- Iran sculptor dedicates ous dialogue” with Iran in the wake of its nuclear deal Egypt’s disaffected youth with world powers, even as he blasted Tehran for con- work to Cecil the lion tinuing to support Syria’s embattled government. TEHRAN: Iran’s top sculptor Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah made the comments drawn towards extremism Parviz Tanavoli is to dedicate a in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press new work to Cecil, the lion who that also touched on the controversy surrounding CAIRO: The 20-year-old law student gave the Muslim Brotherhood political just flip things over,” he said. “The was killed by an American den- Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup and allegations says he has had enough of fruitless dominance and made Morsi the coun- Brotherhood thought they could play tist in Zimbabwe sparking an of Doha’s links to Islamic militant groups. protests in support of Egypt’s deposed try’s first freely elected president. the democratic game, but in the end, international outcry. “The cruel Attiyah spoke from a sky- Islamist president, two years of a losing “Democracy doesn’t work. If we win, they were beaten.” killing of the Zimbabwean lion scraper office overlooking the struggle with police. Now he wants to the powers that be, whoever they are, Continued on Page 15 known as Cecil broke my heart,” rapidly developing Qatari capital, join the extremists of the Islamic State said the 78-year-old, who has Doha, a day after US Secretary of group who are battling the army in the created many distinctive sculp- State John Kerry met with the six- Sinai Peninsula. He and other youths tures of lions in a career span- are growing increasingly open in their ning six decades. “In memory of Parviz Tanavoli member Gulf Cooperation Council calls for violence and a move toward in Qatar. Kerry’s visit was aimed in him, I will be dedicating one of extremism, frustrated by the police my latest lions to him in order to keep his memory alive large part at reassuring the Arab crackdown since the military ousted allies of America’s commitment to and to help stop cruelty to animals,” he told the ISNA President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. news agency. Tanavoli said it still saddened him that their security following the deal, Some want to avenge friends and fam- Iran’s last lion died some 50 years ago. which gives Iran broad sanctions ily killed or abused by police. Khalid Al-Attiyah relief in exchange for guarantees Once sympathetic to Morsi’s it won’t build a nuclear bomb. Muslim Brotherhood, some of them Dubai aims to beat own The Gulf states have welcomed the deal despite resent it as weak and ineffectual. “Now indoor ski slope record deep-seated mistrust of Iran, a non-Arab, Shiite power we know there is only one right way: jihad,” said the law student, DUBAI: Dubai, the Gulf emirate best known for its extrava- that they see as increasingly assertive across the Middle gant projects and scorching temperatures, announced yes- East. Attiyah said a “firm agreement between the major Abdelrahman, showing off scars from pellets fired at him by police shotguns terday it would build the world’s largest indoor ski resort, players and Iran” was the best way to resolve the with a 1.2-km run. Dubai’s current indoor ski resort, nuclear issue. And he suggested there was now scope during protests. Like other protesters interviewed by AP, he spoke on condi- opened in 2005 in the Mall of the Emirates, remains the to work with Iran on other topics too. “We should have a tion he be identified only by his first largest in the world, boasting a 400-m slope. The new cov- serious dialogue with our neighbor, the Iranians, and ... name for fear of police retaliation. He CAIRO: In this June 23, 2015 photo, members of Ultras Nahdawy, a ered ski resort comes as part of a scheme dubbed Meydan lay down our concerns from both sides, and solve them spoke bitterly about the series of ballot youth group of the Muslim Brotherhood, sing anti-army chants at a One, also to include the world’s tallest residential tower at together. Iran is our neighbor in the region,” he said. box victories in 2011 and 2012 that protest in the Nahia district. — AP 711 m, a dancing fountain sweeping up to 420 m, a vast Continued on Page 15 shopping centre, a 350-room hotel and a marina. LOCAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah receives a copy of the national document on His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Information and Youth Affairs Minister Sheikh promoting moderation from Minister of Justice and Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane and members of the Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and Director General of the Public Authority for Youth and Sports Sheikh Ahmad Al- Supreme Committee for Promotion of Moderation. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Masnour Al-Sabah. Amir receives national moderation document

Awqaf minister Yaqoub Al-Sane and members of the Supreme Committee for Promotion of Moderation present a His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets State Audit Bureau’s Deputy Chief Adel Al- copy of the national document on promoting moderation to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Sarawi. Ahmad Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh document on promoting moderation. His Minister Sane and the committee mem- religious moderation in society to end vio- Sheikh Ahmad Masnour Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Highness the Amir lauded the efforts of the bers also visited His Highness the Crown lence and extremism. Sabah. His Highness also received Acting at Seif Palace yesterday Minister of Justice committee for promoting moderation Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh and Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al- through countering all forms of extremism, Sabah, and presented a copy of the docu- received Minister of Information and Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Sane, who is also Chairman of the Supreme fanaticism, and intolerance. The meeting ment to him as well. His Highness Sheikh Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Separately, His Highness the Crown Prince Committee for Promotion of Moderation. was attended by Acting Deputy Minister of Nawaf praised the efforts of the committee, Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- received Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, as well as Minister Sane and committee members pre- Amiri Diwan Affairs, Advisor Mohammad calling on both public and private sectors to Sabah as well as Director General of the State Audit Bureau’s (SAB) Deputy Chief sented to His Highness the Amir the national Dhaifallah Sharar. cooperate in spreading the peaceful ideas of Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) Adel Al-Sarawi. — KUNA Shrimp fishing in int’l waters, regional soon

KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) announced yesterday that shrimp fishing was allowed since the beginning of this month in international waters and it will be allowed in Kuwaiti territorial waters within days. PAAAFR Chairman Nabilah Al-Khalil said that the authority imposed the shrimp fishing ban policy in specific seasons as a meas- ure to preserve the country’s stockpile of fisheries. The authority has a specific mechanism for coordina- tion with the concerned authorities to reduce overfish- ing operations and monitor irregularities and abuses as well the application of laws concerning the organiza- tion of the fishing operations, she said. Khalil added that the authority is working to over- come the agricultural sector problems and develop it in all areas to increase domestic production and meet local market needs throughout the year. — KUNA

Snapchat: Kuwait’s US Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas Silliman is pictured with VIVA’s team. new marketing tool VIVA sponsors NUKS US’ KUWAIT: Searching for means to promote their products, investors and companies in Kuwait have turned their atten- tion to the video messaging application ‘Snapchat’ to student orientation session spread word on their services. Speaking to KUNA, business owners and customers expressed their views regarding KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-grow- including an exhibition of universities NUKS-US branch performs an impor- marketing via Snapchat, noting that the application pro- ing telecom operator, announced its and academic specializations and cities tant role for Kuwait. NUKS students vided and an extra dimension for promoting products sponsorship, for the National Union of in US. In order to give full explanation benefit from high-quality academic especially with the inclusion of Snapchat personalities, avid Kuwaiti Students - USA Branch (NUKS- of new students about that specializa- learning and unique life experiences users who promote and provide inputs on products. USA) annual orientation event that was tions and cities that intends to study, which will be valuable in their future Meshari Al-Shallahi, a Snapchat marketer and product held on Friday, July 31, 2015 at Mishref along with discussion sessions from the professional careers. advertiser, said that Snapchat is gaining momentum Fair Grounds hall 8. The event was students who are studying in US from To find out more about VIVA’s amongst other social media applications, affirming that attended by members of the NUKS - all specializations to help and share Corporate Social Responsibility initia- customers’ numbers were increasing. Food, clothing, and USA branch, representatives of the their experience with the attendees. tives, visit one of the 69 VIVA branches, makeup are the most sought products on Snapchat, said Ministry of Higher Education, the VIVA also congratulated this year’s or the VIVA’s CSR portal at Al-Shallahi, adding that application provides data neces- Cultural offices, US Embassy and VIVA’s scholarship recipients who will be https://www.viva.com.kw/csr, or call sary for business owners to adjust their plans for showcas- executives and directors, in addition to studying in the US, reaffirming that VIVA’s 24 hour call center on 102. ing products and services. thousands of the students who were The fact that Snapchat offers a short-time period for accepted into the scholarship at the business owners to present their service require a certain United States. type of talent, said Shallahi who stressed that the applica- VIVA’s sponsorship of the National Expo Milano 2015 encourages tion provides a transparent and unaltered review for prod- Union of Kuwaiti Students events and protecting culture, heritage ucts. activities aims at supporting and serv- On the customers’ point of view, Snapchat user Sarah ing students abroad, VIVA reaffirms its ROME: Kuwait’s Ambassador to of the conference, condemned the Al-Ali said that the application has been a massive hit with social responsibility towards aspiring Italy Sheikh Ali Khaled Al-Jaber Al- acts of destruction of archaeologi- Kuwaitis becoming the ‘new fad.’ Those using Snapchat for youth who are the most valuable asset Sabah yesterday welcomed the cal and religious landmarks in the marketing are very aware that their popularity and ways capable of representing Kuwait and results of the Expo Milano 2015 Arab countries. presenting their products determine how well they fair in elevate its name in regional and inter- Culture Ministers Conference, say- He explained that these princi- this type of business, said Ali. national events. ing that the event strengthened ples are expected to be adopted by Snapchat is a video messaging application initially The annual orientation session, international cooperation to pro- the United Nations Educational, released in 2011 and which is organized by the National tect cultural and heritage. Scientific and Cultural Organization created by Evan Spiegel, Union of Kuwaiti Students - USA Milan’s international conference (UNESCO) are in line with the Bobby Murphy, and Branch is a key part of the guidance on dialogue succeeded in high- Government of Kuwait policy Reggie Brown, former process that it’s constantly carry out lighting the importance of culture headed by His Highness the Amir students at Standford throughout the school year, in order to and established a humanitarian Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber University. The applica- spread interest for students and to and global common ground for the Al-Sabah leader of Humanitarian tion allows users to take direct and guide them through development of communication, work. photos or videos and answering on any inquiries and ques- the Ambassador noted. Kuwait’s participation in the edit them with text or tions from the students and their par- The Ambassador and the repre- International Conference and its drawings. Snapchat ents, in terms of scholarship and the sentative of the Minister of strong presence in the Milan Expo allows users to utilize 10 required conditions as well as how to Information and Minister of State as well the “Art of the Islamic seconds edited images register in US institutes and universi- for Youth Affairs in the conference Civilization” exhibition in Rome and videos and post ties. and added that the Milan declara- confirmed the strong bilateral rela- them on the application The orientation session has perme- tion which was released at the end tions with Italy. — KUNA servers. — KUNA ated several of activities and events WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 LOCAL DNA testing law becomes official

KUWAIT: The DNA testing law became official nals, suspects, dead bodies or others. The sixth after it was published in the official gazette article gives confidentiality to the information Kuwait Al-Youm on Sunday. The law, passed in stored in the database, while the seventh allows the National Assembly last month, makes DNA local authorities to exchange DNA data with for- testing mandatory for all citizens and expatriates eign judicial authorities and international organi- with the aim to create a comprehensive database zations in accordance with Kuwait’s laws. that will be used to hunt criminals and terrorists, as well as identify dead bodies which cannot be Penalties identified using any other means. People who The eighth, ninth and tenth articles explain refuse to make the test face a jail term of one year the penalties enforced when the law is violated. and a fine of up to KD 10,000. Those who supply For example, a person who fails to cooperate with fake samples or commit a forgery face a seven the DNA testing procedures is punished by a year jail term. maximum of one year in jail and/or KD 10,000 fine. Meanwhile, a person who reveals confiden- Definitions tial data saved in the DNA database is punished The law consists of 13 articles, the first of by a maximum of three years in jail, while a per- which defines DNA fingerprinting, the ‘vital sam- son who forged data pertaining to DNA finger- ple’ or samples taken from the human body for prints is punished by a maximum of seven years DNA testing, and the computer database used to in jail and/or KD 5,000 fine. A person who deliber- store the genetic features. The second and third ately damages information stored in the DNA articles compel the Interior Ministry to establish database is punished by a jail term ranging the database, and regulate the process of taking between three to 10 years. the DNA tests and saving the information in the The eleventh article explains that the law database, respectively. Meanwhile, the fourth applies on all Kuwaitis, expatriates, visitors and article makes it mandatory for everyone to coop- everyone who enters Kuwait. The twelfth article erate with authorities to take DNA tests whenever orders the cabinet to release the law’s executive they are asked to do so at the required times. regulations within three months after it is issued, The fifth article defines the purposes for while the thirteenth orders the Prime Minister KUWAIT: Ambulances and fire trucks surround the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait City following a terrorist attack on June 26, 2015. — Photo which authorities can use the information stored and cabinet ministers to implement the law as of by Yasser Al-Zayyat in the DNA database, including identifying crimi- the date of its issuance in the official gazette. June 26 suspect speaks in court Transcript of questioning by judge of the car’s driver

By Meshaal Al-Enezi Saud: Control the entire Iraq and Syria, as he Shiites? now rules half of Syria and Iraq and seeks to Saud:They are an infidel sect. KUWAIT: The criminal court held its first hearing establish the Islamic state. Judge Al-Duaij: Is this your opinion or is it the in the case of the suicide bombing of the Imam Judge Al-Duaij: What are the means and goals organization’s? Al-Sadeq mosque on June 26 in Kuwait City. The of the caliph? Saud: It is a comprehensive opinion. This is a KUWAIT: Information and Youth Affairs Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah trial will resume August 6. The Palace of Justice Saud: The organization has several judges to sect that has Muslims and infidels. is seen during a coordination meeting attended by Minister of Education Bader Al- witnessed heightened security, as all those in take care of the punishments. Judge Al-Duaij: What are the bases of separat- Essa. — KUNA the hall were searched and their phones were Judge Al-Duaij: Do the goals and principles of ing this sect and how do you know who the infi- kept aside. this organization agree with Kuwait’s rules? del is and who the Muslim is in regards to Minister emphasizes media’s role In the following transcript from yesterday’s Saud: No. Shiites? hearing, judge Mohammad Al-Duaij asked that Judge Al-Duaij: What are the differences? Saud: There is nothing in religion called Shiite, in promoting govt achievements the first suspect, Abdulrahman Sabah Saud, to Saud: Kuwait’s is manmade and constitutional, there is Muslim or infidel only. be brought out for questioning. Saud, a 26 year and there is a Shariah system that implements Judge Al-Duaij:What is the reason of expiating KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of meeting reviewed implementation of the rec- old bedoon, is accused of driving the bomber to the Shariah of Allah like Saudi Arabia. Shiites and the Shariah proof? State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- ommendations by the Ministry of Higher the mosque. An official charge sheet has not Judge Al-Duaij: Who is the leader of this organi- Saud: It is the Quranic verse “indeed, Allah does Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah yesterday stressed Education regarding the National Document on been released. zation? not forgive association with Him,” and the evi- the importance of sound media coverage of the Youth, as well as those of other youth bodies. Judge Al-Duaij: Do you have a lawyer? Saud: Ibrahim Awad Al-Qurashi ‘Abu Baker Al- dence is the call for Hussein which indicates government’s projects, initiatives and achieve- A joint team from the ministries was formed Saud: They know his name, what is his name? Baghdadi.’ association. ments to serve the people. to follow up carrying out the recommendations. The court realizes that he does not know the Judge Al-Duaij: Is control of Kuwait among the Judge Al-Duaij:Do you agree with this opinion? Sheikh Salman made the statement after a It will also focus on the role of the media to shed name of the lawyer, so it appointed one for him. goals of the organization? Saud: Any person who associates any other per- coordination meeting attended by Minister of light on the government’s relevant efforts and Judge Al-Duaij: You are accused of killing the Saud: I do not know. son with Allah is infidel. Education and Minister of Higher Education achievements, Sheikh Salman noted. victims with premeditation, and not all of them Judge Al-Duaij: Did you previously call in public Judge Al-Duaij: How should dealing with Bader Hamad Al-Essa. The gathering discussed Meanwhile, Minister Essa underscored the died as they received treatment, and you used to implement Shariah law (hudood) and estab- Shiites be? means of promoting young people’s behavioral significance of the meeting, and the coordina- explosives with the deceased Fahad Qabaa? lish caliphate? Saud: The organization asks them to join Islam, and moral aspects and values and protecting tion between the ministries and other bodies Saud: We intended to destroy the mosque, not Saud: No. and if they refuse they will be fought. them against extremism and terrorism. concerned with youth. He urged further cooper- killing. Judge Al-Duaij: Do you have loyalty to Kuwait Judge Al-Duaij: What do you mean by ‘fought’? Boosting summer activities to exploit youth ation among the Ministries of Information, Youth Judge Al-Duaij: You trained the deceased and its constitution? Saud: If there were Shiites in one country, there energy and enhance their national identity, loy- Affairs, Education and Higher Education for the Fahad Qabbaa on the use of explosives? Saud: Yes, I believe this is my country, and I am should be a war between the Islamic and Shiite alty and sense of belonging was a main topic on implementation of various sports and cultural Saud: Not true. always loyal to it and its Amir. states, but if there is an individual who belongs the agenda. The minister emphasized the signifi- youth programs to inculcate national values, tol- Judge Al-Duaij: Did you have the explosives? Judge Al-Duaij: Did you previously ask individu- to this sect then he is an infidel and should be cant role by the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs erance and acceptance of the other among the Saud: Yes. als to join? killed. in this regard. In addition, the coordination youth. — KUNA Judge Al-Duaij:: Did you join Daesh (IS)? Saud: No. Judge Al-Duaij:Who is to decide that the “hadd” Saud: I refused at the beginning, and I spoke to Judge Al-Duaij: Is there contacts with organiza- (punishment) be held on that sect? Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi and told him I do not tion leaders? Saud: It is supposed to be the Islamic state and GCC-US meeting charts course of want to join, but I joined them on Thursday and Saud: There is no direct relation. There are per- he is the caliph of Muslims. Friday. sonal relations with some persons including strategic partnership: Statement Judge Al-Duaij: What is the aim of Abu Baker Al- ‘M.H.’ and ‘F.N.;’ the one in Syria. The rest of present suspects denied all Baghdadi behind that? Judge Al-Duaij: What is your Shariah opinion in charges. DOHA: The foreign ministers of the Gulf may be appropriate, using the means at their col- Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and lective disposal, including the potential use of US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a military force, for the defense of its GCC partners. joint meeting late Monday night where they Expressing concern about recent statements 140 kilos confiscated in reviewed the progress of the strategic partner- by some Iranian officials, GCC member states ship and decided the next steps on this course. and the United States reiterated their opposition The two sides discussed the roadmap for the to Iran’s support for terrorism and its destabiliz- partnership and the areas of cooperation speci- ing activities in the region and pledged to work illegal drugs operation fied at the Camp David summit on May 14, together to counter its interference, particularly according to a joint statement issued following attempts to undermine the security of and inter- the meeting. They reviewed the Joint fere in the domestic affairs of GCC member By Hanan Al-Saadoun Kuwait’s territorial waters and were kilograms of food were confiscated. with expired health certificates, eight Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between states, most recently in Bahrain. The ministers found. Further, the report noted the emer- tickets for opening a store without the P5+1 and Iran, the conflict in Yemen and the stressed the need for all countries in the region KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh gency team issued three tickets for license, 21 tickets for expired ad necessity of a political solution there based on to engage according to the principles of good Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al- Officers honored employing workers without health licenses and 17 tickets for having ads the GCC Initiative and National Dialogue neighborliness, non-interference, and respect for Sabah supervised the opening of the Separately, Director General of certificates, three tickets for working without license. Outcomes, and discussed regional challenges as territorial integrity, the statement said. evidence of the most recent drugs Rescue Police Patrols Department outlined below. The ministers also previewed smuggling operation that led to the Major General Zuhair Al-Nasrallah the agenda for the fifth session of the GCC-U. S. Yemen confiscation of 140 kilograms of received two police officers and hon- Strategic Cooperation Forum (SCF), to be held in The ministers welcomed the return of minis- hashish. Minister Sheikh Mohammad ored them for arresting a Bangladeshi New York in late September, QNA news agency ters and representatives of the legitimate gov- checked the evidence in the pres- man in possession of six heroin bags, quoted the statement as saying. ernment of Yemen to Aden and called for an ence of Assistant Undersecretary for 80 envelopes of the same drug and The ministers discussed the JCPOA in consid- immediate end to the violence by the Houthis Criminal Security Affairs Major two weighing scales. The suspect has erable detail, including its restrictions, trans- and forces of Ali Abdullah Saleh and a resump- General Abdelhameed Al-Awadhi been charged with drug trafficking. parency, safeguards, access to any declared or tion of a fully inclusive, Yemeni-led, peaceful and Acting Director of Drugs Control undeclared nuclear facility, enforcement mecha- political dialogue based on relevant UN resolu- General Department Colonel Waleed nisms and its regional implications. tions, including UNSCR 2216, and consistent with Al-Duraie. Colonel Duraie gave a brief Shops closed the framework of the GCC Initiative and the about the operation and said the sus- Statistics prepared by Kuwait Comprehensive deal National Dialogue Conference. pects were two bedoons who bring Municipality Public Relations Reiterating the position expressed at Camp The ministers underscored that all of Yemen’s in large quantities of hashish from a Department about activities of the David that “a comprehensive, verifiable deal that communities have important roles to play in the neighboring country by sea. emergency team in Ahmadi showed fully addresses the regional and international country’s peaceful governance. They called for Following legal procedures, the sus- that seven shops were closed and 18 concerns about Iran’s nuclear program is in the swift delivery and distribution of humanitarian pects were arrested and confessed to warnings were given to remove security interests of GCC member states as well aid to all parts of Yemen without interference, bringing 140 kilos of hashish. The encroachments on state property as the United States and the international com- impediments or delays in order to respond to the men told Drugs Control General during the month of June 2015. The munity,” the ministers agreed that, once fully urgent needs of all the Yemeni people. Department (DCGD) about the loca- report also said 1,206 violating adver- implemented, the JCPOA contributes to the The ministers strongly condemned the vio- Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah examines the drugs. tion of the drugs, which was in tisements were removed and 402 region’s long-term security, including by prevent- lent and destabilizing attacks by Al Qaeda in the ing Iran from developing or acquiring a military Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Daesh (IS), noting nuclear capability. The ministers called for Iran to that these groups are capitalizing on instability in strictly honor its obligations under the JCPOA Yemen and posing threats to Yemenis and the and its responsibilities under the Nuclear Non- region. Expressing solidarity with all the people Proliferation Treaty and relevant United Nations of Iraq as they combat the terrorist organization Security Council resolutions. The ministers reaf- Daesh, the ministers agreed to intensify support firmed the commitments made at Camp David to and cooperation with the government of Iraq that the United States and the GCC states share a as it strives to address the needs of all its commu- deep and historic interest in the security of the nities. The ministers acknowledged the integral region, including the political independence and importance of an effective and inclusive Iraqi territorial integrity, safe from external aggression, government, stressed the importance of imple- of GCC member states. menting the reforms agreed to last summer, The United States reiterated its commitment emphasized the need for capable security forces to working with the GCC to prevent and deter in the fight against Daesh, and agreed to take external threats and aggression. In the event of steps to maintain Iraq’s security and stability. such aggression or the threat of such aggression, They reiterated the importance of supporting the United States stands ready to work with its humanitarian programs to assist those affected Major General Zuhair Al-Nasrallah honors two policemen for their GCC partners to determine urgently what action by the conflict.— KUNA The two suspects pictured with the hashish in this handout photo. efforts in arresting a drug dealer. MANSOORI

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 LOCAL Info Minister meets KUNA’s board

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and turn, would help bolster the country’s Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh economy. In a ministry statement, Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah met on Salman said that all strategies discussed Monday with the board of Kuwait News would contribute to the goal of turning Agency’s (KUNA) Syndicate, who also Kuwait into a financial and commercial doubles as Sheikh Mubarak Al-Hamad hub. Journalism Excellence Award Higher Sheikh Salman also met with Head of Committee. the Kuwaiti Association for Parents of the The members; Ayman Al-Ali, Fahad Al- Handicapped, Rehab Bouresli, where con- Nuwa, Salem Al Methen and Farah Al tinued cooperation between the two par- Faraj were congratulated by Sheikh ties was discussed. Sheikh Salman reaf- Salman on their win in recent Syndicate firmed the country’s moral support for elections. Sheikh Salman also commend- the handicapped, stressing the impor- Adeeb Al-Awadhi, Head of the Highway Sector, congratulates the students on the ed significant developments in KUNA’s tance of forming entities for the disabled. completion of the training program at the Jahra Road Development Project. The students are seen during a visit to the project’s site. professional conduct, stressing the The Minister then met with Chairman importance of continued progress in the of Kuwait Association of Accountants and media and information sector. Auditors (KWAAA), Ahmad Al Fares, as Sheikh Salman also met with Director well as members of the association, con- Jahra Road Development Project General of the Kuwait Direct Investment gratulating them on their ascension to Promotion Authority (KDIPA), Sheikh the new KWAAA assembly. During the Mishaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, where meeting, future collaborations on finan- welcomes UK engineering students they discussed strategies the ministry can cial projects between the ministry and Two weeks of site visits, lectures, demonstrations use to help promote the KDIPA, which in KWAAA were discussed. — KUNA

KUWAIT: In line with its commitment to the to ask highly technical questions that are The students leave here with a greater local community, the Ministry of Public answered with live demonstrations and understanding of the work that takes place Works organized a two-week long program explanations.” on site, as well as a deeper knowledge of for Kuwaiti civil engineering students study- The schedule included daily site visits to Kuwait’s infrastructure projects,” added ing in the United Kingdom. The program the different phases and unique points of the Yasser Boudastour, Project Engineer at the focused on the Jahra Road Development project, such as the trough and roundabout Jahra Road Development Project. Project, one of the largest infrastructure proj- bridge located on the 2nd ring road. This mega project is one of the largest ele- ects in Kuwait aimed at transforming the Students were able to see the extensive vated road projects in the world. It involves existing roads into multi-level highways. upgrade work done on the utilities and visit the construction of 17.7 km of segmental Engineer Ahmad Al-Hassan, the Assistant the pre-cast yard in the Doha area, where viaducts (7.3 km of mainline Jahra Road, 2.4 Undersecretary for Road Engineering Affairs segments of the bridge are pre-fabricated km of link roads and 8.0 km of ramps), 0.62 at the Ministry of Public Works commented: and breaking points of the concrete are test- km of depressed road, 2 roundabout bridges “We are always keen to welcome students ed. Lectures were conducted by the engi- and 10 pedestrian bridges. The at-grade road and familiarize them with the Ministry’s dif- neers on and off site; the topics included works include 3.4 km of mainline Jahra Road, ferent projects. It gives us a chance to meet safety, structure, planning, design and imple- 1.0 km of link roads and 15.1 km of service the future engineers of this country, educate mentation. roads. The Jahra Road project also includes them about the road projects we are current- “Throughout this program, the students major utility works, such as 3.5 km of storm ly undertaking, and give them valuable first- have been exposed to a number of different water box culverts, 33 km of water lines relo- hand on-site experience. Opportunities like aspects of the project, and have been able to cation, 8.0 km of sanitary sewer relocation, this place the students at the project site and directly engage and interact with the spe- 51 km of electric cables relocation, and 12 out of the classroom, giving them the chance cialized engineers involved in this project. km of communication ducts. KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah receives the board of KUNA’s Syndicate. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah received yesterday KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received a delegation from the Burqan Amiri Diwan Advisor Mohammad Daifullah Sharar, the General Supervisor of the Higher Committee to Supervise Sports Club’s Board of Directors to discuss ways to speed up the procedures to build the club’s building in Ali the Sabah Al-Ahmad Heritage Village. Committee members Saif Al-Shalahi and Nasser Al-Azmi also attended the Sabah Al-Salem. meeting. Islam’s brighter side should be shown: PCIB

CAIRO: Head of the Programming Committee of Islamic Broadcasts (PCIB) in Kuwait, Saad Rashid Al- Fandi stressed yes- terday the impor- tance of showcas- ing the brighter KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry celebrated the graduation of batch 31, Lance Corporal side of Islam, rank, batch 84, police rank and batch 9, GCC police rank in a ceremony held at the acknowledging Police Academy yesterday. Senior ministry officials attended the event. the pivotal role the Programming Committee plays Saad Al-Fandi in realizing this. In a press statement to KUNA, Fandi said that Islam is currently going through a tumul- tuous period, in light of rampant, extreme ideologies that are unreflective of the true nature of Islam. Fandi added that Islamic broadcasts need to be revamped in order to display the genuine face of Islam. Moreover, Fandi revealed that during a meeting of the PCIB, Kuwait handed in a memorandum aimed at upgrading the Islamic media sector, setting a two-year time frame for the changes to be made. Fandi also stated that the Ministry of Information in collaboration with other sec- tors including KUNA, and at the behest of Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, is prioritizing the issue of counter- ing extremism. Meanwhile, General Manager of Islamic Broadcasting Union, Mohammed Salem Wald Boka, reaffirmed that all necessary measures are being taken to ensure that Islam’s true image, one that is unmarred by extreme and radical elements, is presented. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief FM meets outgoing Khurainej receives Info minister Nigerian envoy Egyptian envoy meets envoys KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign KUWAIT: Acting National Assembly KUWAIT: Minister of Information, State Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej met with Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah met with the outgoing Nigeria’s outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah Ambassador to Kuwait Haruna Garba on the Abdulkareem Suleiman yesterday. During met yesterday with Ambassador of occasion of ending his tenure. The meeting the meeting, Khurainej received an official Malaysia to Kuwait Ahmad Rozian was attended by Acting office manager of invitation from Egyptian President Abdel Abduld Ghani, and Ambassador of First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Fattah El-Sisi to attend the opening of the Bhutan to Kuwait Dasho Tashi Phuntsog. Minister Ambassador Saleh Salem Al- new Improved Suez Canal. Khurainej The minister discussed means of Loughani, and a number of officials from the thanked the outgoing envoy for his endeav- improving media and cultural coopera- Foreign Ministry. — KUNA ors in promoting bilateral ties at all levels tion with the two envoys. — KUNA during his tenure. — KUNA Feature Photo

KUWAIT: An overhead view for the King Faisal Highway, one of the main roads in Kuwait, taken from Kuwait City on August 4, 2015. Roads in Kuwait are seeing less traffic congestions during the summer as thousands left for vacations abroad while extreme weather conditions force many people in Kuwait to stay indoors during the day. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Envoy delivers $1.3 million donation to Jordanian charities

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad in Lebanon, KRCS official announced yesterday. Al-Duaij handed in donations worth $1.3 million to several Dr Musaad Al-Enezi, KRCS’ delegate to Lebanon, made representatives of Jordanian charitable societies yesterday. this remark after a meeting with UNHCR and a number of The donation reflected the Kuwaiti leadership and people’s GCC humanitarian societies. He told KUNA that UNHCR has a keenness on helping the needy around the globe, Duaij said. huge data base on the demography of Syrian refugees in The Ambassador called on the Kuwaiti people to continue Lebanon that could greatly help KRCS in determining the their generous donation to the needy in Jordan, affirming scale of aid that should be dispatched. that such action was no stranger to the Kuwaiti people. He added that KRCS will launch Eid Al-Adha campaign in Representatives of charitable societies in Jordan thanked, October where meat, foods and household items will be on their part, the Kuwaiti leadership and people for the delivered to hundreds of Syrian families in Lebanon; he donation, affirming that this gesture contributes immensely hoped that other aid societies would take part in this event. to the welfare of the poor and needy in Jordan. The Kuwaiti Meanwhile, UNHCR’s deputy representative for Lebanon donations are mainly directed to the needy in Jordan as well Jean-Nicolas Beuze expressed willingness to coordinate as the vast number of Syrian and Palestinian refugees seek- efforts with other aid organizations to optimize the size of ing sanctuary in the country. help delivered to the unfortunate. There are 1.2 million Syrians registered by UNHCR, 75 percent of them are living Syrian refugees below poverty line. Pocket money delivered to the Syrians Separately, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and has dropped from $30 to $13.50 since 2014. In Lebanon, at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) least 106,000 Syrian students are in schools, while 366,000 are to coordinate efforts to deliver aid to the Syrian refugees are out. — KUNA

AMMAN: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij is pictured with representatives of charitable societies in Jordan. — KUNA

Ambassador Dr Hamad Al-Duaij hands over the donation to Ambassador Dr Hamad Al-Duaij hands over the donation to Zakat Al-Quds Committee representative Ashraf Salhab. head of the Philanthropists Society Ali Al-Taamari. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Al-Qabas Report Unprecedented Car thief leads police terrorism era to other stolen vehicles By Dr Abdelmohsen Jamal KUWAIT: A police patrol in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh suspected two cars parked in a sandy yard with five persons and as soon as they saw the police patrol approaching, the five ISLAMIC ears after Arab political polarizations has men started running on foot. Two policemen caught one of STATE reached the point of military conflicts that the five, a Syrian man on a family visa. When asked why Ycaused huge destruction and killed many they ran away, the man said the cars they were in were Arabs by Arabs and foreigners! The empty circles stolen three hours earlier. When the cars’ information was are still going around as they are, and the world checked, it was found the owners had not even reported is witnessing the emergence of unprecedented them stolen yet. The Syrian who was born in 1998 gave the Arab terrorism that is moving between world other suspects’ information and the suspects are being countries without differentiation between Arabs sought. Further, the Syrian told police that five more cars and foreigners, and its only goal is killing and were stolen earlier and offered to take them to the cars’ nothing else. location. All five cars were reported wanted by Jleeb police Arab countries became a battle ground for station. destruction, and its fuel are the Arabs whose brains are charged with strange ideas, even if Mother found dead those who hold them claim they are religious A Polish citizen called the Polish Embassy in Kuwait after getting their fatwas from those who are tar- to ask about his mother who lives in Kuwait, after dis- geting Islam in murky water - muftis who found covering his mother died. The embassy personnel in the nation’s youth an easy prey to reach their called police and gave them the mother’s address in goals, even if people are killed. Fintas. Police found the woman’s car in the parking They are running away from facing the nation area and had to get a warrant. When they entered the after discovering their fatwas are bad and their flat, the woman was found dead in the living room. sources are astray, and their lack of understand- ing along with bad conclusions from sources that are far away from understanding Islam and Filipina dead its forgiveness. Real Islam calls for unity and love A Filipina was killed when a car hit her in Fintas. The between people, while fatwas of those stray driver, a citizen in his forties, told police that he hit the vic- people call for the contrary. Those stray people tim while she was crossing the road in Fintas. The driver make fatwas that consider others unbelievers, was taken to the police station for further action, while the and call for shedding the blood of humans and victim’s body was recovered by the coroner. Investigations ask for killing neighbors! are underway. The nation realized its role today, and knows its religion and began holding those muftis to Bribery account, those who ran away from confrontation The Interior Ministry sent an Asian expat to the and disappeared from the arena, because the public prosecution for bribing a police officer to arena is now for the rational and the matter is release another Asian expat. A security source said the now in the hands of the wise. The United Nations officer was asked to go along with the bribe to docu- is asking Arabs today to be rational and is ment the event with audio and video. A lance corporal appealing to them to stop the bloodshed told his superiors that an Asian offered him KD 500 to among themselves and solve their problems like help release his colleague. The arrest was made at the all civilized nations “with wisdom and peaceful officer’s office. means”. Is it not ironic that the West teaches us that Stolen mobile home found our religion banned fighting during the “haram A security source said a citizen went to Taima police sta- months”, and that it banned disputes during tion and filed a complaint that his mobile home that was Eids, and called for people’s unity, that is besides on his ranch had gone missing and gave them its descrip- unity of Muslims, and be at peace with nations? tion. Jahra detectives began working on the case, and two Is it not scandalous that the West teaches us that days later, the citizen returned to the police station and it is not the right of a human being to invade his told them he saw pictures of the stolen chalet on a social neighbor?! And is it the right of a sane man to media account for sale. Detectives told him to call the sus- bomb schools, hospitals and sources of water pect and negotiate over its purchase. The man went to and power?! where the chalet was and told detectives it was indeed his. Ooredoo officials in a group photo. All that is taking place in Syria, Iraq and Libya. Detectives went to the site and found an Ethiopian tanker So differences began at the civilized world level driver so he was arrested. The Ethiopian told them his and a posed a dangerous threat to regional and sponsor asked him to go to Salmi desert and tow the world security. Those holding deviated beliefs mobile home with the tanker, and that he does not know Ooredoo supports began emerging from the depth of yellowed who owns it. The sponsor was arrested and charged with books of history and repeating the butchering of theft. The sponsor told them “I am a farm owner and not a the righteous, killing the good people, violating thief,” and he justified his action by saying that someone honors, stealing property and fighting the owed him money, and that he gave him the chalet as pay- AMAC participants peaceful educated minority. ment. Investigations are underway. What should be done by civilized countries is Comprehensive program with workshops, training sessions to set their differences aside and work together Theft victim detained to fight the outcasts of this era and use the help A Jordanian pharmacist was detained in Salmiya of correct Islam, the Islam of Muhammad police station for insulting policemen and arguing (PBUH), to stop wars among Arab first and with them after becoming the victim of a theft. The remove the seeds of religious deviation, and cor- pharmacist went to the police station and told them ner the deviants and their financers, especially that three persons stormed the pharmacy and stole that the civilized countries of the world started some belongings and medicine before escaping. with sound understanding that will lead the Policemen asked for the license plate number or copy world to form a front of all owners of human civi- of the surveillance video, so he left, before returning to lization to eradicate ignorance and hooliganism argue with them. The pharmacist concluded his talk by that placed religion as a curtain over what they saying “the Interior Ministry tells you, record a theft do against humanity, especially the banning of case for me.” ideologies and fatwas. — Translated by Kuwait Times Drug arrests An Indian was sent to Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) after being arrested in Sabah Al-Salem Burgan Bank conducts in possession of heroin. The Indian attempted to escape when he saw police, but was caught and seemed highly dental checkups confused. Officers found 82 envelopes of heroin and six medium-sized bags of the same drug with him and the for its employees suspect confessed to selling the illicit material. In another incident, policemen arrested three Egyptians (two men Yousef Al-Shallal (From left) Neda Al-Daihani, Nathem Al-Ghabra and Yousef Al-Shallal KUWAIT: As part of its year-long sponsorship of the and a woman) in Salmiya for trafficking in drugs. A police Ministry of Health’s ‘Capital School Oral Health Program’, KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member our competitors.” Ooredoo’s role has been critical for patrol noticed a person in Salmiya becoming highly wor- Burgan Bank recently organized an internal dental checkup of the international Ooredoo Group, Brilliant Lab Founder Neda Al- the sustainability of the programme ried when he saw him and when a bag he was carrying was for all its employees, in collaboration with the Ministry of announced yesterday that it will Daihani thanked Ooredoo for partner- and its continued outreach, and in searched, Civil IDs of citizens and expats were found with Health’s Dental Administration as part of the Capital Oral extend its support for the Arab Mobile ing with the start-up accelerator, not- 2015 the company plans to invite him. He was also found to be accused in a drugs case Health Program. The checkups aimed at raising employees’ Challenge, which has already com- ing: “We are finalizing the training young people to participate in the before. The suspect confessed to police he deals with a awareness about their dental health, as well as maintaining pleted two successful cycles and has program, which will include training challenge from Algeria, Oman, Kuwait man and a woman in selling drugs and both were arrested. a healthy dental lifestyle. now kicked off its third cycle for 2015- by local and international coaches to and Qatar. Ooredoo supports a rich All suspects were sent to Drugs Control General The program, which was held over the course of two 2016. help all participants enter this chal- portfolio of youth entrepreneurial ini- Department. days at Burgan Bank’s Head Office, involved a team of spe- Ooredoo will be conducting a lenge while they’re well-equipped.” tiatives as part of its strategy to pro- cialized dentists and hygienist who offered free dental number of workshops and lectures to Originally launched in 2013 as a vide opportunities for youth across checkups, oral examination, and consultations about help competitors with business and pilot program covering five countries, the Arab world. Visa violation employees’ diet and oral hygiene habits in order to raise entrepreneurship skills, as well as the Arab Mobile Challenge, co-found- Finalists will be invited to Regional Capital governorate police arrested an Egyptian in their awareness about the importance of maintaining a technical skills needed to enter the ed by Ooredoo Group, welcomed Finals in January 2016. Winners are eli- Sharq who is in violation of the residency law and healthy dental lifestyle. competition. The training will be in nearly 700 regional teams from 14 gible for either financial prizes or the wanted on criminal and civil cases. He was sent to con- Burgan Bank strongly supports health care awareness coordination with Brilliant Lab. Arab countries in 2014. opportunity for a fully-paid invitation cerned authorities. and by providing its own staff with regular check-ups, it is Yousef Al-Shallal, Senior Manager The Global Mobile App Challenge to compete at the Global Mobile ensuring that their health is properly maintained through of Sponsorships, Social Responsibility enables teams of up to six members Challenge in Barcelona, also founded the guidance of specialized doctors. and Social Media said: “We’re proud to under the age of 35 to develop by the Applied Innovation Institute Fraud It is worth mentioning that Burgan Bank’s year-round be supporting such an initiative that mobile apps designed to make an (AII), and hosted by the Mobile World A Gulf expat accused a relative of his of fraud and said sponsorship of the Ministry of Health’s ‘Capital School Oral empowers youth and helps them impact in the education, health, Congress. For more information about his relative bought 20 sheep from him, paid KD 500 then Health Program’ includes participation in a series of school reach their potential. We’re also happy entertainment and the Arab Mobile Challenge and for disappeared. The alleged fraudster was supposed to pay visits, as well as interactive initiatives and awareness pro- to be partnering with Brilliant Lab, employability/entrepreneurship sec- registration, see www.arabmo- the rest of the money within a few days but failed to do grams in clinics, hospitals and malls in an effort to enrich which will be handling the training of tors. bilechallenge.com. so. — Al-Anbaa, Al-Rai the entire community’s dental health knowledge. NBK sponsors KALD

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) with the bank’s customary and ongoing spirit sponsors the Kuwaiti’s Association for of corporate citizenship as well as the vital Learning Differences (KALD) as part of its role it plays in supporting all students, youths commitment toward corporate social respon- and educational issues.” sibility. Abdul Mohsen Al-Rushaid, NBK Public NBK has a long tradition supporting social Relations Manager received Noriya Al-Amiri and community oriented activities. NBK’s cor- KALD’s Executive Manager and expressed porate social responsibility programs cover a NBK’s utmost support for KALD in its efforts range of education, environment, health, to help the Children. philanthropic, social and sports-related initia- “NBK’s sponsorship is part of its ongoing tives. KALD is a social welfare association that drive to fulfill its corporate social responsibili- collaboratively works towards helping stu- ties”, said Rushaid. “NBK endeavors to shoul- dents with learning differences in private der its social responsibilities and share with schools in Kuwait, and works towards identi- the various private and public sector institu- fying and developing the capabilities of these tions the burdens and responsibilities of students and to support them academically, broader national efforts towards social psychologically and socially through aware- advancement”. ness, training, and entertainment programs Hessa Al-Najadah, Burgan Bank’s Senior Public Abdul Mohsen Al-Rushaid, NBK Public Relations Manager receiving Noriya Al-Amiri, Rushaid added “NBK’s continuous spon- for the students, their families and their Relations Officer with the dental team from the Capital KALD’s Executive Manager. sorship and support to KALD comes in line schools. Oral Health Program. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Pakistan executes Firing of generals raises fear of return to Algerian strife man who killed child as minor Page 10 Page 13 S China Sea tensions flare at Asia talks China won’t bow to pressure on land reclamation

KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asian diplo- mation. But despite Beijing’s protestations, discussed ways to address erosion of trust escalation of tension on the ground,” Anifah gas reserves. Vietnam, the Philippines, mats said yesterday that China’s controver- Malaysia’s foreign minister said the South and confidence amongst parties following Aman told reporters. Beijing claims control Malaysia and Brunei-all ASEAN members- sial island-building drive is raising regional China Sea disputes were “discussed exten- recent developments in the South China over nearly all of the South China Sea, a key also have various claims, as does Taiwan, tensions, with the Philippines slamming its sively” during the day’s meetings. “We also Sea, including land reclamation, as well as shipping route thought to hold rich oil and many of which overlap. Beijing insists dis- “unilateral and aggressive activities”. The US putes must be handled on a bilateral basis and some Southeast Asian states have between rival claimants. Diplomats and watched with growing alarm as Beijing analysts say this stance is aimed at prevent- expands tiny reefs in the South China Sea, ing ASEAN from presenting a more united topping some with military posts to rein- front. But delegates say China will not be force its disputed claims over the strategic able to escape the issue in Kuala Lumpur waters and fanning fears of future conflict. this week. The flashpoint issue has taken centre “This is not Cambodia or Laos,” one diplo- stage at the annual security forum hosted mat attending the talks told AFP, referring by the 10-member Association of Southeast to a 2012 foreign ministers’ meeting in Asian Nations (ASEAN) that began yester- which host Cambodia-China’s ally-was day. But China has insisted it will not discuss accused of preventing discussion of it. the dispute during the meetings. That Adding to the tensions, a Washington- prompted a sharp rebuke from the based think tank said this week Beijing Philippines, which along with Vietnam has could be preparing to build a second been involved in the most direct territorial airstrip on an artificial island. China is confrontations with China. already building a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) “As we speak, we see no let-up on the runway on Fiery Cross reef, which could ulti- unilateral and aggressive activities of our mately be used for combat operations, northern neighbour in the South China Sea,” according to the Center for Strategic and Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del International Studies. Wang rejected calls by Rosario told fellow ASEAN foreign ministers some rival claimants and the United States at an afternoon meeting, according to a to suspend the land reclamation. transcript of his remarks obtained by AFP. “The freeze proposal may seem even- He also hit out at what he described as handed on the surface but it is actually “massive reclamation activities” and con- unrealistic and will not work in practice,” he struction by Beijing in the disputed sea said. The talks will expand over the coming which had “undermined peace, security and two days into the ASEAN Regional Forum stability”. (ARF), attended by US Secretary of State Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on John Kerry, China’s Wang and envoys from Monday that such gatherings are not “the the wider region including Japan, the KUALA LUMPUR: (From L to R) Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, appropriate place for discussing specific Koreas, Russia and elsewhere. Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Chee Wee Kiong, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn, Vietnam’s Foreign bilateral disputes,” and that doing so would Minister Pham Binh Minh, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, Laos Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Brunei’s Foreign Minister Kerry, who landed in Kuala Lumpur in the “heighten confrontation.” Mohamed Bolkiah, Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and ASEAN (Association of afternoon after a brief stopover in He reiterated China’s position that it Southeast Asian Nations) Secretary General Le Luong Minh pose for a group photo before the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Singapore, is to meet Wang on Wednesday would not bow to pressure on its land recla- (AMM) at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — AFP morning on the sidelines. — AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Israeli arrested after West Bank attack that killed toddler

JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it was interrogating Israeli media have dubbed Ettinger as the Shin Bet’s before the attack, when it announced it had uncovered a their property. Six months ago, authorities signed a year- the suspected head of a Jewish extremist group in the “number one” most wanted Jewish extremist. He has Jewish extremist movement of young settler activists long order preventing Ettinger from entering Jerusalem first arrest of an Israeli suspect following last week’s arson been arrested several times before and banned from the responsible for a June arson attack of the Church of the and the West Bank settlements, saying he posed a danger attack in the West Bank that killed a Palestinian toddler West Bank. Ettinger is also the grandson of the late Rabbi Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, a prominent there. He moved to the northern city of Tzfat, a hub for and wounded his brother and parents. Meir Kahane, an ultranationalist whose party was banned Catholic church near the Sea of Galilee, and a number of Jewish religious mystics. According to the Shin Bet security agency, 23-year-old from Israel’s parliament for its racist views in 1988. Kahane other hate crimes. The Shin Bet at the time accused In a blog post, Ettinger denied the Shin Bet’s accusa- Meir Ettinger was arrested late Monday for “involvement was killed by an Arab gunman in 1990. Ettinger of heading the movement. tion that he leads an extremist organization. in an extremist Jewish organization.” Ettinger has denied leading an extremist movement. Authorities said last week they have filed indictments “There is no terror organization, but there are many, The agency would not say if he is also suspected in His lawyer, Yuval Zemer, told Israel’s Army Radio that against two other young Israeli extremists and arrested many Jews, many more than people think, whose value the July 31 arson attack, but it has accused Ettinger of authorities arrested his client to appease an Israeli public three others in connection with the church arson attack. system is completely different than that of the Israeli heading an extremist movement seeking to bring about outraged by the arson attack. The Shin Bet said Ettinger’s group vandalized a number of Supreme Court or the Shin Bet,” he wrote in a July 30 blog religious “redemption” through attacks on Christian sites “There was no urgent need to arrest here, other than Christian religious sites in the past two years, tried to dis- post. “The laws they are bound by are not the State’s laws and Palestinian homes. some kind of desire to show, ‘Here, we’re doing some- rupt Pope Benedict XVI’s 2014 visit to the Holy Land, and ... but laws that are much more eternal and real.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thing, here, we’re arresting,’” said Zemer. “Of course, what committed “more significant terrorist attacks of arson” Also yesterday, Israeli security forces demolished a pledged “zero tolerance” for Jewish terrorism is better than the number one most wanted target?” against Palestinian homes in the West Bank over the past Jewish settlement house in an outpost of the Eli settle- following a pair of deadly attacks by extremists. The The arrest comes on the heels of a violent spate of year. ment that had been built illegally on private Palestinian Palestinians toddler was burned to death a day after an attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories that threat- A month before the attack on the church, Ettinger land in the West Bank. COGAT, the defense body that han- anti-gay ultra-Orthodox man stabbed a 16-year-old ened to ignite widespread violence in the region. called on his blog for more attacks on Christian religious dles civilian issues with the Palestinians, said the demoli- Jewish girl during a rampage against marchers at The Shin Bet would not say whether Ettinger had any- sites. He had lived in recent months in unauthorized tion was coordinated with the settlers and there were no Jerusalem’s gay pride parade. The teenage girl later died. thing to do with the attack on the West Bank home, Jewish settlement encampments in the West Bank set up protests. Authorities are now expected to crack down much which killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and severely by the “hilltop youth,” the Shin Bet said, using a term refer- Last week, settlers clashed with Israeli troops as Israeli harder on suspected Jewish extremist cells, particularly injured his parents and 4-year-old brother. ring to radicalized Jewish teen squatters on West Bank bulldozers demolished a contested housing complex in among West Bank settler youths. However, the agency singled out Ettinger two days hilltops who have been known to attack Palestinians and another Jewish settlement in the West Bank. — AP Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attacks Militants attack police headquarters with rocket launchers

DIYARBAKIR: Three soldiers were killed in southeastern Turkey yesterday in the latest attacks on security forces blamed on the out- lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the army and security sources said. Kurdish militants detonated a remote-con- trolled mine as a military convoy passed by in the Arakoy region of Sirnak province bordering Iraq and Syria, the military said. The explosion triggered clashes between Turkish soldiers and PKK rebels, it added. The army said two soldiers had died, and one soldier and one village guard were wounded in the attack by the “separatist terror organisation”, its customary phrase for the PKK. Later yesterday one more soldier was killed and another injured when Kurdish militants attacked with missiles an armoured brigade in the Silopi district of Sirnak, security sources said. The militants on motorbikes also attacked a police headquarters with rocket launchers in Hakkari province without causing any casualties, BAGHDAD: In this Tuesday, July 28, 2015 photo, a man reads a book at the Baghdad the Anatolia news agency said. The PKK has National Library, established by the British in 1920 on donations, in Iraq. At the start stepped up its strikes on the security forces in the of the 2003 US-led occupation, when chaos gripped the capital, arsonists set fire to last two weeks, as Turkish warplanes bomb its the library, destroying 25 percent of its books and some 60 percent of its archives, positions in northern Iraq. DIYARBAKIR: In this Thursday, July 30, 2015 photo, Adnan Seyit sits in his cafe in Diyarbakir over- including priceless Ottoman records. — AP Turkish F-16s bombed PKK targets around the looking the Tigris river, southeastern Turkey. In an abrupt reversal, Turkey and the Kurdish rebels district of Daglica in southeastern Turkey-long appear to be hurtling toward the return of an all-out conflict that plagued the nation for decades, seen as a PKK stronghold-as a reprisal for a mor- before a fragile peace process was launched in 2012. A truce that has helped bring social and eco- Facing IS threat, Baghdad tar attack earlier in the region that lightly wound- nomic stability to Turkey evaporated only a week into the government’s new offensive against the ed a six-year-old girl, the Dogan news agency PKK, which stretches from southeastern Turkey to northern Iraq. — AP digitizes national library said. The spiral of violence sparked by the killing claimed tens of thousands of lives. Meanwhile, an and killed some 260 militants. of 32 pro-Kurdish activists last month in a town explosion hit a natural gas pipeline transporting Ankara is waging a two-pronged cross-border BAGHDAD: The dimly-lit, dust-caked restoration, to either fill in torn edges or on the Syrian border by suspected Islamic State gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey in the eastern “anti-terror” bombing campaign against Islamic stacks of the Baghdad National Library layer the more-delicate documents with militants has left a 2013 ceasefire between province of Kars, the Anatolia news agency said. State (IS) militants in Syria and PKK rebels in Ankara and the PKK in tatters. hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yel- a sheer coating to make them more There was no immediate claim but the PKK northern Iraq. But so far the raids have over- According to an AFP toll, 20 members of the lowing papers holding the true stories of durable. has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure in whelmingly targeted the Kurdish rebels. Turkish security forces have been killed in attacks Turkey in the past. On Sunday, two Turkish soldiers were killed sultans and kings; imperialists and social- The Baghdad National Library, estab- blamed on the PKK since the current crisis began. Turkish warplanes have for over a week car- and 31 wounded in a suicide bombing by a PKK ists; occupation and liberation; war and lished by the British in 1920 on dona- The PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by ried out hundreds of sorties over northern Iraq, militant in the east of the country, the first time peace. tions and first overseen by a Catholic Turkey and its Western allies, took up arms for with official media claiming that that they have the group has used the tactic in the current esca- These are the original chronicles of priest, has weathered violent upheaval self-rule in 1984 in an armed struggle which has caused significant damage to PKK infrastructure lation. — AFP Iraq’s rich and tumultuous history - and before. At the start of the 2003 US-led now librarians and academics in occupation, when chaos gripped the Baghdad are working feverishly to pre- capital, arsonists set fire to the library, serve what’s left after thousands of docu- destroying 25 percent of its books and Myanmar admits ments were lost or damaged at the some 60 percent of its archives, including height of the US-led invasion. priceless Ottoman records. Archives from ‘weak’ flood response As Islamic State militants set out to 1977 to 2003 burned to ashes. Earlier destroy Iraq’s history and culture, includ- archives from 1920 to 1977, including as misery spreads ing irreplaceable books and manuscripts sensitive Interior Ministry documents, kept in the militant-held city of Mosul, a had been stored in rice bags and sur- SITTWE: Myanmar’s government yesterday admitted its “weak” major preservation and digitization proj- vived the blaze. response to massive floods had hampered evacuation efforts, as ect is underway in the capital to safe- During “the invasion of Iraq, we had rain-battered Asian nations counted the rising cost of this year’s guard a millennium worth of history. an alternative site for the most important monsoon. In darkrooms in the library’s back books and documents at the Flash floods and landslides in Myanmar have claimed at least offices, employees use specialized light- Department of Tourism,” said Jamal 46 lives and affected some 215,000 people, swallowing huge ing to photograph some of the most- Abdel-Majeed Abdulkareem, acting tracts of land in what the United Nations has described as a “major precious manuscripts. Mazin Ibrahim director of Baghdad libraries and natural disaster”. Tens of thousands of people remain cut off as officials warned Ismail, the head of the microfilm depart- archives. “Then books and the important that swollen rivers are now threatening to inundate low-lying ment, said they’re testing the process documents were exposed to water southern areas of the country. The quasi-civilian government has with documents from the Interior because the American tanks destroyed come under mounting criticism on social media, accused of Ministry under Iraq’s last monarch, Faisal the water pipes and water leaked onto underplaying the scale of the disaster. II, who ruled from 1939 to 1958. these important cultural materials.” It prompted a rare concession from the government which is “Once restoration for some of the old- particularly concerned about its image just months ahead of a er documents from the Ottoman era, 200 Iraqi culture general election in November. to 250 years ago, is completed, we will Around 400,000 pages of documents - ADEN: Soldiers stand on a tank of the Saudi-led coalition deployed on the outskirts of the “The government’s weak response to the disaster led to mis- begin to photograph those onto micro- some dating back to the Ottoman period southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday, during a military operation against Shiite understandings about evacuation efforts,” state-backed English- film,” Ismail said. He said the digital - and 4,000 rare books were damaged Huthi rebels and their allies. Pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition language newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar reported, cit- archives, which will not be made avail- when the pipes broke. They included the retook Yemen’s biggest airbase from Iran-backed rebels in a significant new gain after ing government spokesman Ye Htut. able immediately to the public, is more library’s precious Hebrew archives, most their recapture of second city Aden last month.— AFP Suspicion of officialdom lingers after Myanmar’s previous jun- to ensure their content survive any of which later were moved to ta government was accused of callous indifference in its sluggish future threat. Washington. Yemen pro-government troops response to Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, which left nearly 140,000 A team of experts from the Library of people dead or missing. Restoration Congress visited Baghdad to help assess retake rebel-held base in south Relentless seasonal downpours have lashed much of South The restoration process is nothing the damage and recommended building and Southeast Asia in recent weeks. The annual monsoon is a life- short of microsurgery, and the type dam- a new national library. More than a SANAA: Yemen’s pro-government troops has been targeting the Houthis in an air-cam- line for farmers across Asia but heavy rains and powerful cyclones age to each document is a story - and a decade later, a state-of-the-art, 45,000 - were fighting pockets of resistance outside a paign since March. can also prove deadly. By Tuesday the death toll in India from days key military base in the country’s south on Ministry officials and military leaders from puzzle - on its own. Some manuscripts square-meter (484,380-square-foot) of rain rose to 180, the majority in West Bengal after receding Tuesday, a day after they seized it from Shiite Hadi’s government in exile in Saudi Arabia, waters yielded more bodies. are torn from overuse and aging; others replacement by London-based AMBS rebels, military officials said. returned to the southern city of Aden last Around 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes are burned or stained from attack or sab- Architects is scheduled to open next The capture of the Al-Anad base - once the week and the statement was issued from after rivers burst their banks in the wake of Cyclone Komen-which otage. And then there are some that year. site of US intelligence operations against al- there. In a statement carried by rebel-con- barrelled through the Bay of Bengal late last week. Pakistan mean- were completely fossilized over time - Until then, the Baghdad National Qaeda’s powerful Yemeni affiliate - was a sig- trolled news agency SABA late Monday, the while has seen 118 people die so far, with 810,000 affected, as the combined result of moisture and Library is looking to help those in con- nificant victory for the forces allied to Yemen’s rebels denied the base had been taken. poorly built mud homes collapsed under heavy rains. Scores have scorching temperatures - looking instead flict-ridden areas enjoy and appreciate exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in It took several days to capture Al-Anad, also died in Vietnam and Nepal. like large rocks dug up from the earth. Iraqi culture. Library officials say that their battle to reverse the gains of the rebels with pro-government troops, backed by “Those are the most difficult books to sharing Iraqi art and literature is key to known as Houthis. tanks and armored personnel carriers, push- ‘Major natural disaster’ restore,” said Fatma Khudair, the senior combatting terrorism. In recent months, The base was taken by the rebels when ing toward the base as coalition airstrikes Myanmar has designated four states and regions-Rakhine, employee in the restoration department. the library donated some 2,500 books to the conflict intensified in the spring and was cleared the path for their advance. Military Chin, Sagaing and Magway-as “natural disaster” areas, warning “We apply steam using a specialized tool libraries in Iraq’s Diyala province after their main encampment in the country’s officials said allied fighters had cut off the that flooding is spreading southwards. to try to loosen and separate the pages. Iraqi forces recaptured towns there from south. The pro-government forces took 45 main road between al-Anad and the embat- But the nationwide picture remains patchy. “Sometimes, we are able to save those Islamic State militants. prisoners in the battle for the base and were tled city of Taiz for the first time since the Roads are damaged or inundated, phone lines are down and books and then apply other restoration The militants “want history to reflect now marching north, toward another rebel- Houthis took control of it in March. electricity has been cut to large areas, raising fears that tens of techniques, but with others, the damage their own views instead of the way it held military base called Labouza - the largest The fighting in Yemen pits the Houthis and thousands of people-many of whom already live in abject pover- is irreversible,” she added. actually happened,” Abdulkareem said. in the south, the military officials said. troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah ty-are in dire need of help. Technicians sterilize manuscripts and “So when an area is liberated, we send As Al-Anad fell, rebel fighters fled to the Saleh against southern separatists, local and Soldiers loaded aid into helicopters in the Rakhine state capital documents for 48 hours, washing them them books to replenish whatever was nearby hills, the officials added, speaking on tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and Sittwe early yesterday, an AFP reporter at the scene said, as res- of dust and other impurities that accu- stolen or destroyed, but also, so that condition of anonymity because they were President Hadi’s loyalists. cuers battled to reach isolated villages. not authorized to talk to reporters. Yemen’s After months of fierce fighting, pro-gov- mulated over time. Then, they go page Iraqis in this area have access to these Flooding has started to recede in many areas around the city, Defense Ministry announced the “liberation ernment forces also recently pushed rebels but thousands of homes and farms have been destroyed, while by page using Japanese tissue, special- materials so they can always feel proud of Al-Anad military base” in a statement late out of Aden and advanced in Taiz, Yemen’s many communities in the rugged and impoverished state remain ized paper for book conservation and of their rich history.” — AP Monday, thanking the Saudi-led coalition that third-largest city.—AP virtually cut off.—AFP WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Sandra Bland’s family sues state trooper

HOUSTON: The family of a black ily has received from law enforcement woman found dead in a Texas jail three has been inconsistent, which raises days after a confrontation with a white concerns about what has and hasn’t state trooper filed a wrongful-death been given to them. lawsuit yesterday against the officer Authorities said Bland hanged her- and other officials, saying it was a last self with a garbage bag inside her jail resort after being unable to get cell. Her family has questioned that enough information about the case. finding. Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago-area The lawsuit names the Texas woman, was found dead in her Waller Department of Public Safety, trooper County jail cell in Hempstead on July Brian Encinia, the Waller County 13. Bland’s family and others also have Sheriff’s Office and two jailers, Lambert criticized Trooper Brian Encinia, who said. The 46-page lawsuit seeks a jury stopped Bland for failing to signal a trial for unspecified damages. lane change. Video of the stop shows Bland was in Prairie View, northwest that the confrontation quickly escalat- of Houston, when she was stopped for ed after Encinia asked Bland to put out a minor traffic infraction on July 10. her cigarette. Dashcam video shows the confronta- “This family’s motivation is that they tion swiftly escalated after she object- don’t want to see this sort of thing ed to being told to put out her ciga- happen again to another family,” family rette. Encinia at one point is seen hold- attorney Cannon Lambert said during a ing a stun gun as he says, “I will light news conference in Houston. you up!” after Bland refuses to get out Bland’s mother Geneva Reed-Veal, of her car. Bland eventually was arrest- holding a Bible during the news con- ed for allegedly assaulting the white ference, added: trooper. “The bottom line is she never should Bland’s death came after nearly a CLEARLAKE: Flames rise from a wildfire near Clearlake, California. Officials called for evacuations Monday as numerous homes were threatened have been inside the jail cell. Period.” year of heightened national scrutiny of by the flames. — AP Lambert called on the Department of police and their dealings with black Justice to launch its own investigation, suspects, especially those who have saying the case needs a fresh and unbi- been killed by officers or die in police Wildfires spread as thousands ased look. He said information the fam- custody. — AP battle blazes across California Over 13,000 forced to flee homes

LOS ANGELES: More than 9,000 firefighters are keep apace. “Over the weekend, 20,000 acres drought, with much of the state completely battling to contain nearly two dozen wildfires in burned in just about a five-hour period. parched and residents asked to make major cut- California that have forced thousands to flee That’s an unprecedented historical rate of backs in water use. The northern part of the their homes and burned large swathes of land. spread,” he said. state is the worst-hit by fires, where forests were The crews are working to dampen 21 blazes, In an update Monday night, CALFIRE said the completely engulfed by the infernos, and several according to an update from California’s forest threat of new fires being ignited by lightning stretches of highway were forced closed. fire department late Monday night, with new from passing thunderstorms remains high. In areas where fires had been put out, outbreaks reported since Monday. “Storms will be on the dry side so a high risk charred cars were all that was left behind on The biggest fire, the Rocky Fire, prompted has been issued for dry lightning through some roads, and trees were left smoldering on evacuations as it swept through Colusa, Lake tonight,” the department said. The National the blackened earth. But Berlant said firefighters and Yolo counties north of Sacramento, the Weather Service issued a red flag warning for were making headway on some fronts, with at state’s capital. More than 13,000 people have northern California, cautioning that “extreme fire least three fires extinguished since the weekend been forced to flee homes threatened by Rocky, conditions are occurring or imminent.” and others almost under control. CALFIRE spokeswoman Alisha Herring said. “We are making progress on several fronts. In Only 12 percent under control, Rocky has ‘Tinder dry’ fact several of the fires are near containment or burned through more than 62,000 acres (25,000 A total of some 142,000 acres of land have almost completely contained,” he said on CNN. hectares), destroying 50 structures, about half of burned so far, according to figures provided by A state of emergency was issued Friday, and them homes. the state. Weather in the drought-stricken state the California National Guard has been called in, “It’s the Rocky Fire that continues to really be was the main culprit, with several thousand dry underlining the scale of the threat facing the HOUSTON: The family of Sandra Bland holds a news conference yesterday, in a fast-moving fire that definitely continues to lightning strikes reported over the weekend. western state. Houston. Bland’s family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit yesterday against the challenge us today,” CALFIRE spokesman Daniel “The drought is playing a huge role. With four A firefighter from South Dakota, Dave Ruhl, officer and other officials, saying it was a last resort after being unable to get Berlant said on CNN. years of dry conditions, our vegetation, the trees, 38, was killed Thursday while fighting the Frog enough information about the case. Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago-area woman, was He said the fire ripped through the forests at the brush, are tinder dry,” Berlant said. Fire in the Modoc National Forest outside found dead in her Waller County jail cell in Hempstead, Texas on July 13. — AP break-neck speed, with firefighters struggling to California is in the throes of a record-breaking Alturas. — AFP WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 INTERNATIONAL UK’s Labour floored by crushing election defeat

LONDON: Reeling from their worst defeat in decades, sen- a favourite of pollsters and bookmakers to defeat two for- “I think we can win an awful lot of people back to income of low-paid workers. ior figures in Britain’s opposition Labour Party want to tack mer cabinet ministers for the job when results of an inter- Labour, we can win an awful lot of people into the political Labour’s interim leader Harriet Harman had ordered the to the centre to win back voters, but party activists are rally- nal vote are announced on Sept. 12. His surge mirrors the spectrum, by offering something that is clear, that is radical, party’s lawmakers to abstain rather than vote against the ing behind a leftist stalwart who says it is time to get radi- success of radical leftists from Greece to Spain, who have that does offer better hope,” Corbyn told reporters after measure, saying Labour had to show voters it was serious cal. tapped into anger at the way Europe’s mainstream centre- Blair’s speech. While Blair and his allies argue that elections about managing state finances and reforming welfare ben- Labour is so divided over the choice of a leader to left parties embraced austerity policies since the 2008 are won in the centre, leftists say that old adage no longer efits. Corbyn said the opposition’s job was to oppose laws replace failed prime ministerial candidate Ed Miliband that financial crisis. holds. They point out that Labour was wiped out in that would increase poverty. The Conservative budget some are questioning whether the party that created Prime Minister David Cameron’s ruling Conservatives Scotland in May by an anti-austerity surge of nationalists, “continues the asset-stripping, managed decline of our Britain’s welfare state and health service can even hold are overjoyed. The right-wing Daily Telegraph even urged who won 56 of 59 Scottish seats while seizing Labour’s tra- country,” he said. “This is a path to economic decline and together. Party heavyweights who served as cabinet minis- Conservative readers to sign up as Labour supporters and ditional ground on the left. “Whether there’s been a failure.” The battle for the soul of the party dates to the ters under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1997-2010 vote for Corbyn, to help “doom the party forever” by sad- change in what the party wants, or whether it’s just out in 1980s when left-wingers last won a struggle with moder- have been issuing increasingly panicked warnings that a dling it with a “bearded socialist voter-repellent” as party the open now: the rank and file membership of the Labour ates, teeing up a crushing 1983 election defeat at the lurch to the left would consign Labour to electoral oblivion. leader. The shrillest warnings have come directly from Blair, Party is quite left-wing,” said David Stockdale, a Labour city hands of Conservative heroine Margaret Thatcher. But a rising chorus of activists and trade union bosses Labour’s longest-serving prime minister, who brought the councillor in north-east England. “What’s changed is the Then-Labour leader Michael Foot’s left-wing manifesto say the centrists that ran Labour for two decades betrayed party back from 18 years in the wilderness to win three belief that we can do it ... left-wing principles and ideals was dubbed the “longest suicide note in history” by a col- its roots in the last election, making the party pointless by elections. He intervened in the leadership contest with a can energise people, and we can lead a Labour Party on a league. When Blair took over as leader more than a decade parroting the policies of their Conservative opponents. speech last month to defend his centrist legacy. left-wing agenda that can win back this country in 2020.” later, he steered for the centre, ditching a clause in the par- They have found their champion in Jeremy Corbyn, a veter- “You win from the centre, you win when you appeal to a ty charter calling for “common ownership of the means of an socialist lawmaker and peace campaigner with no gov- broad cross-section ... You don’t win from a traditional leftist Battle for party’s soul production”. A new attitude toward wealth was typified by ernment ministerial experience, who has emerged as position,” Blair said. But polls suggest more Labour activists Corbyn has surged in surveys of the party faithful since Blair confidant and cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, unlikely frontrunner to become the party’s leader and agree with Corbyn, who says the party alienated voters in last month, when he was the only Labour leadership candi- known for partying on the superyachts of Russian oli- prime ministerial candidate. A rank outsider who barely May’s election with an “austerity light” platform that pre- date to vote in parliament against a Conservative welfare garchs, who pronounced the new government “intensely managed to get his name on the ballot, Corbyn, 66, is now sented no real alternative to the cuts favoured by Cameron. bill that included deep cuts to tax credits that top up the relaxed about people getting filthy rich”.— Reuters Kosovo passes law on war crimes court

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP): Kosovo lawmakers Liberation Army, including former Prime have approved a law to set up a special war Minister Hashim Thaci, were responsible for crimes court paving the way for indictments the deaths of hundreds of Serbs, Roma and to be filed against top wartime leaders and ethnic Albanians suspected of collaborating current politicians. The overnight vote was with Serbs. Thaci denies the claims. the last hurdle for creating the legal body, The report also said there were cases in which will have international judges and which some of the captives were killed for prosecutors try ethnic Albanian guerrillas for their organs to be sold on the international the alleged killing of civilian detainees, most black market. A U.S. prosecutor who investi- of them Serbs immediately after the war end- gated the claims said there wasn’t enough ed in 1999. evidence to file indictments on those particu- The assembly voted 73-1 in favor of the lar allegations though he didn’t rule out that law despite an opposition boycott. On proof might surface. Monday, the assembly amended the consti- Clint Williamson, who led the task force tution so that the court could be created. set up to investigate the allegations made in The vote follows pressure from Kosovo’s the 2010 report, has said the task force has Western backers, the U.S. and European collected compelling evidence that the KLA Union countries, after a similar vote in June leadership sanctioned crimes that included failed to pass the legislation. “unlawful killings, abductions, enforced dis- The U.S. then warned its Kosovo it won’t appearances (and) illegal detentions in stop Serbia’s ally, Russia, to bring up the issue camps in Kosovo and Albania.” Williamson at the U.N. Security Council if Pristina fails to said these crimes were done in an organized make legal provision for the court to be fashion and also targeted ethnic Albanian formed. Once the court is created, indict- political opponents of the KLA. ments can be filed and court proceedings The crimes are believed to have hap- held in a European country, most likely the pened in the chaotic days of the summer of Netherlands, to avoid witness intimidation 1999 as Serb forces withdrew from Kosovo and ensure a credible judicial process. and NATO troops gradually moved in, follow- Kosovo’s weak justice system is prone to ing a 78-day bombing campaign against POLOKWANE: South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighter ( EFF) leader Julius Malema arrives in the courtroom to stand trial out- meddling from top politicians. Serb forces. The period left a brief power vac- side the High Court in Polokwane, South Africa. — AFP The indictments are sealed, but diplomats uum that enabled the alleged organized per- have about 10 names that could be singled secution of non Albanian minorities and out, some of them senior wartime leaders. In political opponents. Kosovo declared inde- 2010, a Council of Europe report claimed that pendence from Serbia in 2008, but Serbia has S African court throws leaders of the now disbanded Kosovo vowed never to recognize the move. out Malema fraud case Judge says new charges still possible

JOHANNESBURG: A judge threw out “I stand in front of you, an innocent New charges Malema, who once headed the corruption charges against South man, without a dark cloud hanging The judge told him the case had ANC’s powerful youth wing and African opposition firebrand Julius over my head,” Malema told journalists been thrown out, but he had not been played a pivotal part in Zuma’s rise to Malema yesterday, a ruling hailed as a and supporters outside the Polokwane formally acquitted, so prosecutors power, has since urged the president major victory by the vocal critic of High Court in his northern home could still charge him again. to pay back millions of dollars of state President Jacob Zuma. Malema had province of Limpopo. Prosecutors said the case related to funds spent on renovating his home. been accused of money laundering, Malema was expelled from the ANC a government contract worth 52 mil- Opposition parties called the racketeering and fraud relating to gov- in 2012 for ill-discipline, in one of the lion rand ($4 million) awarded by a upgrades to Zuma’s rural home lavish ernment contracts. But Judge George biggest fractures in the party that dom- provincial department to a company and wasteful and Public Protector Mothle said he had waited too long for inates South African politics. He now in which Malema held a stake through Thuli Madonsela last year recommend- his trial after a string of postpone- heads the ultra-left Economic Freedom his family trust. The contract was for ed he refund some of the money. ments, telling him: “You are free to go.” Fighters (EFF), the second largest oppo- the construction of roads in Malema’s But allies have defended the work, Malema, once a leading figure in sition group, regularly accuses the gov- home region. saying a swimming pool was needed the ruling African National Congress ernment of corruption and presents Malema was accused of “improp- for fire-fighting purposes and an ani- PRISTINA: Member of the opposition Ramush Haradinaj addresses Kosovo lawmak- (ANC), had regularly dismissed the himself as a champion for impover- erly” receiving the cash for the con- mal enclosure was required to prevent ers during a debate passing constitutional amendments that would allow the estab- charges as an government attempt to ished blacks whose lives have changed tract in a conspiracy involving state cattle and chickens from setting off lishment of a special court to prosecute its top leaders and former guerrilla fighters silence him. little since apartheid ended in 1994. tenders. motion detectors. — Reuters for war crimes in capital Pristina yesteday. — AP Firing of generals raises fear of return to Algerian strife

ALGIERS: Algeria is in the grips of political developments have put the regime on weaker heads of counter-espionage, the Republican reached the surface. The rumors swirling 97 percent of export earnings. July has been intrigue, as the president nears death and footing in a country still emerging from a trau- Guard and presidential security - had all been around the dismissals - and the outcry they particularly difficult, as ethnic strife between rumors of coup attempts swirl. Now, the matic civil war. On July 16, the night the replaced. The sackings have provoked a flurry provoked from the family of one of the gener- Arabs and Berbers in the oasis town of unprecedented firing of three top generals is Muslim fasting month of Ramadan ended, of speculation that the country’s elites are on als - is highly unusual in Algeria, said Kal Ben Ghardaia claimed 22 lives, and around a dozen generating fear that a power struggle within troops flooded the area around the presiden- the brink of an all-out war. Khalid, an analyst of Algeria’s military who soldiers were slain in a mountain ambush by the regime will break into the open - unleash- tial residence of Zeralda amid talk of a possible “These dismissals touch sensitive institu- writes the blog The Moor Next Door. radical militants the government said had ing a new cycle of the bloodshed that plagued attack. Rumors flew that it was an attempted tions that risk destabilizing the army amid a “There is definitely something happening been defeated. Issandr El Amrani, North Africa the country in the 1990s. coup or an attack by radical Islamists, while difficult regional situation,” Louisa Hanoun, inside the regime, some kind of competition, director for the International Crisis Group The stakes for the oil-rich nation - a key US some newspapers cited anonymous officials leader of the Worker’s Party, said in a Monday and it has to be pretty serious to remove three think tank, said the big fear is that Bouteflika‘s ally against terrorism - are especially high that the whole thing was a hoax. press conference. “There are too many rumors people at once,” he said. “There is also proba- death will bring a return of social violence. because of the dramatic fall of oil prices and Then on July 26, the army announced a and too much speculation - the president bly a move by the president’s camp to get “There is real anxiety that the succession the rising threat from extremist groups across series of new appointments in key positions, must speak.” President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, some additional institutional depth in the might not be that smooth and there might be the border in Mali, Libya and Tunisia. These showing that three powerful generals - the 78, hasn’t done much speaking, however, security sector - they are trying to reclaim the some real power battles within the various since he suffered a stroke in April 2013 that deep state.” power centers of the regime,” he said. “It comes restricts him to just a handful of heavily script- All this comes at a difficult time for Algeria, at the worst possible time when the state has to ed television appearances. with the collapse of oil revenue which makes deal with looming economic challenges and a He didn’t appear in the election campaign up 60 percent of the government budget and deteriorating regional situation.” — AP he won last year - except to vote in a wheel- chair - and his speeches are read by surro- gates. Yet he - or at least his entourage - appears to be clinging to power, as generals Tutu discharged are fired and the once powerful intelligence services brought more firmly under control. The president is surrounded by a close knit group of advisers, including his brother Said. from hospital “Someone will come and whisper in his ear that this one is not in agreement with you or CAPE TOWN: South African archbishop afflicted him for several weeks. The that one dislikes your family, and he listens,” Desmond Tutu was yesterday discharged much-loved cleric, who is seen as South said a former government minister who has from hospital after spending a week Africa’s moral leader, was visited in hospi- since resigned and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the receiving treatment for “a persistent tal by former president Thabo Mbeki, issue. infection”, his office said. among other prominent public figures, “The infection was a consequence of according to the Desmond & Leah Tutu Closed country treatment for prostate cancer that the Legacy Foundation. Messages of support “It reminds me of the situation at the end of Archbishop has received over the past 18 for the “Arch”, as he is affectionately Bourguiba’s reign when officials were appoint- years,” a statement said, adding he would known, had poured in from the public ed in the morning and fired that evening,” he continue his recovery at home. and political leaders. said, referring to former Tunisian president His daughter Mpho Tutu said the can- Tutu shot to worldwide fame dur- Habib Bourguiba, who was overthrown in cer was “well under control”. The 83-year- ing the apartheid era, leading demon- 1987 after he became senile. old Nobel peace laureate was last month strations against white supremacist Algeria has always been a closed country admitted to a Cape Town hospital, where rule while wearing a purple cassock. run by a small group of politicians and gener- he underwent a “small investigative pro- He received the Nobel Peace Prize in ALGIERS: In this April 28, 2014 file photo, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, sitting als, and divisions among the elites have rarely cedure” to assess the infection that had 1984. — AFP in a wheelchair, listens after taking the presidential oath in Algiers. —AP

INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Afghan Taleban meet to resolve leadership dispute

KABUL: The family of former Taleban Mullah Omar’s brother Mullah Abdul veneer. Some within the Taleban are bin Laden, after it was initially district joined the IS three days ago leader Mullah Mohammad Omar Manan and son Mullah Yaqub, said questioning the legitimacy of Mullah announcement by Afghanistan’s securi- after being offered money. This set off agreed yesterday to accept the decision Mullah Hameedullah, a member of the Mansoor, who has acted as a proxy ty agency. fierce fighting between the rivals and of the insurgent group’s dispute resolu- Taleban’s unity council, which effective- leader in Mullah Omar’s name since he the Taleban arrested the defectors, he tion council on succession issues, a ly functions as a dispute resolution died in April 2013. Defecting said. council member said, as the group tries committee. The Taleban issued another state- Mullah Mansoor was chosen to suc- The incident, Wahidi said, “shows to extinguish a leadership dispute that “We discussed the problems of both ment Tuesday urging followers to disre- ceed him by the insurgent group’s sev- there is a fracturing among the Taleban has exposed growing internal divisions. sides and in the end Mullah Omar’s gard “enemy propaganda” about inter- en-member supreme council. Lately, ranks.” Members of Mullah Omar’s family family gave authority to the Unity Shura nal fractures and to unite behind his Taleban fighters have been defecting to The Afghan government, meanwhile, have rejected the appointment of the that whatever decision they take they chosen successor. the Islamic State group in northern banned any public mourning for Mullah new leader, his deputy Mullah Akhtar will agree to it and accept it,” Mullah The statement, signed by spokes- Kunduz province, and the two rival mili- Omar, saying late Monday that it would Mansoor, demanding a new and wider Hameedullah told The Associated Press. men Zabihullah Mujahid and Qari tant groups have increasingly fought it cause “anguish and humiliation” for vote. The Taleban have issued a series of He said the council would next meet Yusouf Ahmadi, called on supporters to out there. The IS, which already controls those who have lost loved ones in the statements aimed at deflecting the dis- with Mullah Mansoor. “help write messages and letters on about one-third of Syria and Iraq, is war with the Taleban. sent and their spokesman has denied Mullah Yaqub confirmed he had social media” to show a united front. thought to have a small but growing A statement from the National that a new vote would be held. attended the meeting but gave no fur- The Taleban last week confirmed the presence in Afghanistan. Directorate of Security said public gath- Yesterday, about 200 high-ranking ther details. The meeting follows days death of Mullah Omar, the reclusive, The Kunduz governor’s spokesman, erings to commemorate Mullah Omar’s Taleban members and commanders of building animosity as cracks appear one-eyed leader who ruled Afghanistan Abdul Wadood Wahidi, said about 50 death would be a “legitimate military met in the Pakistani city of Quetta with in the Taleban’s carefully guarded from 1996-2001 and sheltered Osama Taleban fighters in the province’s Archi target.”—AP Pakistan executes man who killed child as minor Defies storm of protests from rights group

KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday exe- cuted a man convicted of killing a child, brushing aside a storm of protests from rights groups that his confession had been extracted by torture and he was a minor at the time of the crime. Shafqat Hussain was hanged shortly before dawn at a jail in Karachi for killing a seven-year-old boy in the city in 2004, his brother and a prison official told AFP. The case raised grave interna- tional concern, drawing protests PARGWAL: An Indian woman and a child display mortar shells allegedly fired from from the United Nations, as his the Pakistan side at a residential area near the India-Pakistan international bor- lawyers and family said he was only der at Kanachack village in Pargwal sector, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from 15 at the time of the killing and was Jammu, India, yesterday. Indian and Pakistani border guards traded gunfire and tortured into making a false confes- mortar shells along their disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir yes- sion. In Muzaffarabad, the main terday. —AP town of the Pakistani administered part of Kashmir, his family was dis- traught. Four killed as India, “Why did they hang my innocent brother, only because we were poor?” said his sister Sumaira Bibi, Pakistan trade fire beating her chest and weeping. His mother Makhni Begum, looked SRINAGAR: Four civilians were killed yes- side soon fired heavy weapons which is glassy-eyed, stunned by the news of terday in heavy exchanges of fire between being retaliated (by Indian troops),” the offi- the execution after seeing her son Indian and Pakistani troops along their bor- cial said. A ceasefire agreement signed by reprieved from the gallows four der in the south of the disputed territory of the South Asian rivals in 2003 has largely times since January. Kashmir, officials from the rival sides said. held but each regularly accuses the other “My son was innocent, only Allah “One young man died during the of violating it. Indian officials reported will prove his innocence in his court,” KARACHI: Pakistani Kashmiri Abdul Majeed, center, sits in front of the lifeless body of his brother shelling. We are asking residents in the area nearly 200 violations in July. she told AFP. “We can’t do anything Shafqat Hussain, who was convicted of killing a 7-year-old boy, following his execution in Karachi, to remain confined to their homes,” Danesh India’s defence minister told parliament but they (executioners) will face Pakistan, yesterday. —AP Rana, inspector general of police in the recently that Pakistan had violated the Allah on the day of judgement.” Indian-controlled part of the region, told ceasefire over 1,000 times since the agree- The Kashmir government made a Pakistan has hanged around 180 man in Karachi in 2004 when a sev- AFP. The man was hit when a mortar bomb ment, while Pakistan regularly registers last-minute plea to President convicts since ending a six-year en-year-old boy named Umair went fired from the Pakistani side of the border complaints of violations by India to a UN ‘I never touched the boy’ Mamnoon Hussain late on Monday moratorium on executions in missing from the neighbourhood. landed near his house in the Pargwal sec- mission which monitors the border. United Nations rights experts to postpone the execution, but to December after Taleban militants A few days later Umair’s family tor, 340 kilometres (210 miles) south of In July at least five civilians and two sol- said Hussain’s trial “fell short of inter- no avail. Hussain was originally due massacred more than 150 people at received calls from Hussain’s mobile Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, Rana diers died on both sides during cross-bor- national standards” and urged to face the gallows in January but a school, most of them children. demanding a ransom of half a mil- said. The Pakistan foreign ministry accused der firing. Pakistan not to hang him without won four stays of execution as his Hangings were paused during lion rupees ($8,500 at the time), Indian troops of “unprovoked firing” and The Himalayan region of Kashmir has investigating the torture claims, as lawyers fought to prove he was the Islamic holy month of Ramadan according to legal papers. targeting villages across the border that been divided between India and Pakistan, well as his age. under 18 at the time of the offence but resumed last week. Hussain was arrested and admit- killed two civilians aged 14 and 22 and but claimed in full by both, since the two Hussain’s brother Gul Zaman said and could therefore not be executed The European Union last week ted kidnapping and killing him, but injured seven. countries gained independence from that in their last meeting, just a few under Pakistani law. An official voiced serious concerns about the later withdrew his confession, saying “The Government of Pakistan lodged Britain in 1947. hours before he faced the scaffold, probe into his age ruled he was an “alarming pace” of executions, warn- he had made it under duress. His protest with the Government of India on They have fought two wars over the dis- he continued to protest his inno- adult at the time of his conviction- ing that a prized trade status grant- true age has proved difficult to the latest unprovoked ceasefire violations puted region, where resentment at Indian cence. Zaman told AFP his brother’s though the results have not been ed to Pakistan could be threatened ascertain-exact birth records are not by the Indian security forces,” the ministry rule runs deep. last words to him were: “I never even published officially. British anti- if it breached international conven- always kept in Pakistan, particularly said in a statement. Since 1989 several rebel groups have touched the boy-I want to let the death penalty campaign group tions on fair trials, child rights and for people from poor families like An Indian Border Security Force official, been fighting hundreds of thousands of world know this as I lay down my Reprieve said the hanging repre- preventing torture. Hussain’s. A birth certificate circulat- speaking on condition of anonymity, said Indian forces deployed in the region, seek- life.” After receiving the body, anoth- sented “all that is wrong with ed in the media several months ago, the exchange started in the morning when ing independence or a merger of the terri- er of Hussain’s brothers claimed the Pakistan’s race to the gallows”, while Child kidnapped, slain but it appeared to have been issued guards noticed “suspicious movement” in tory with Pakistan. hanging had not been carried out Amnesty International accused the Hussain, the youngest of seven only in December and the govern- the bushes near the border and fired. “It The fighting has left tens of thousands, properly, telling AFP “half of his neck government of “callous indifference” children from a remote village in ment said there was no proof of its was an attempt at infiltration. The Pakistan mostly civilians, dead. — AFP is separated from his body.” to human life. Kashmir, was working as a watch- authenticity.—AFP MANSOORI

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Issues Germans fret over Europe but still believe

By Paul Taylor

he battle for Europe will be won or lost in Germany. On some days recently, it has looked like it might be lost. TBut that is to underestimate the deep German commit- ment to the success of European integration based on the rule of law. If the European Union falls apart, it will likely be due to a return of nationalism and a refusal by the French, British and Dutch to share more sovereignty, rather than to German insistence on fiscal discipline and respect for the rules. “If the euro fails, then Europe fails,” Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly warned parliament. The aftermath of the euro zone’s ugly all-night summit on the Greek debt crisis that ended on July 13 with a deal on stringent, intrusive Life under two masters in Syria’s Hasakeh terms for negotiating a third bailout has sent shockwaves across Europe, especially in Germany. It was the second time By Maher Al Mounes and to provide province-wide electricity and water, and 30, must come to us to get their papers in in weeks that EU leaders had clashed over fundamental Double Military Service and it has left government troops deployed in order to serve in the YPG’s ranks,” said Redwan problems they seem unable to solve, after an acrimonious ife in the Syrian city of Hasakeh, divided After government troops withdrew from some areas. In 2013, the PYD announced Mohammad Sharif, head of the YPG’s Military June summit on how to cope with a wave of migrants - many between allied Kurdish and regime forces, Kurdish-majority areas in 2012, a year after Syria’s autonomous Kurdish areas in three areas: Hasakeh Service Unit. Military identification papers for the of them refugees from conflict - desperate to enter Europe. comes at a price: two lots of military service civil war broke out, local forces, including the YPG province, which the Kurds call Jazire, and Kobane YPG force were piled on his desk. “People who And it has prompted intensive head-scratching in Berlin L and double the taxes. Raed, a Syrian Arab living in and its political arm, the Democratic Union Party and Afrin in Aleppo province. served in the government’s army are not exempt about how to strengthen European institutions and under- the northeastern city, avoids passing through (PYD), stepped in to fill the void. Damascus contin- “Every resident under Kurdish control, whether from the compulsory service in the autonomous pin the euro more durably - an intellectual ferment checkpoints run by the Kurdish People’s Protection ues to pay the salaries of government employees Arab or Kurd or Assyrian, between the ages of 18 administration,” Sharif said. Less than a kilometre unmatched in most other EU capitals. “When you tour Units (YPG). “I finished my compulsory military away, posters of Assad and flags of his ruling Baath European countries, there aren’t many that are thinking as service in the government army four years ago. The party adorned the government’s imposing recruit- hard as Germany about how to make an integrated Europe YPG are demanding that I complete their six- ment building. Bilal, an administrative assistant work better,” says a senior German official. Perhaps due to its month compulsory service,” the 28-year old told reclining under an umbrella to avoid the beating World War Two history, Berlin is more open than most EU AFP. “But I have a wife and children, and I can’t be sun, also said the regime does not recognise mili- nations to offering shelter to war victims and accepted the away from them for that long.” tary service completed with the YPG. Khalil Khalil, a largest quota of asylum seekers. Nor was Merkel as tough as Control of Hasakeh city - and other parts of the university student in his 20s, completed both serv- creditors such as Finland, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania province by the same name is divided between ice requirements to have more freedom of move- and Slovakia in insisting on humiliating conditions for any Kurdish militia and forces loyal to President Bashar ment. “I finished the army’s military service in 2004, further assistance to Greece. Yet like all leaders, Germany Al-Assad. Separate government and Kurdish-run and I didn’t think that one day I would pick up a cops most of the blame. And due to its past, that is often institutions create a labyrinth of administrative gun or wear military gear again, but I didn’t have a laced with references to the Nazi tyranny that make present- processes, where residents living under one choice,” Khalil said. day Germans cringe. authority are afraid of crossing into the other’s terri- That outcry was compounded when German Finance tory. And where the two authorities overlap, civil- ‘Hurt by Both’ Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble breached a taboo by suggest- ians are forced to submit to both to stay out of Mansur Usi, 56, also holds two military IDs, as ing that Greece should leave the euro zone, at least tem- trouble. In the majority-Kurdish town of Amuda, 85 well as two driver’s licences and two licence plates porarily, if it could not meet the conditions. After decades of km north of Hasakeh, Aziz has not seen his mother for his car - a white government plate, and another trying to be an unobtrusive team player in Europe or co- - who lives in a regime-controlled zone of Hasakeh green one for the YPG. The Kurdish taxi driver and steering integration through the Franco-German tandem, - in two years. “I’m too scared to visit because I have former government employee moves freely Berlin was catapulted into an unwelcome solo leadership to pass through a regime checkpoint, and they between Hasakeh city and Qamishli, a Kurdish- role by the euro zone debt crisis that began in 2010. That would force me to do the compulsory military serv- majority city to the northeast. “I have two driver’s extra burden of responsibility, due more to French weakness ice,” Aziz, who has completed his YPG service, tells licences: the first is for the government, in case the and British indifference than Teutonic ambition, has weighed AFP. “Why do we, the residents of Hasakeh, have to state police stops me, and the second is for the heavily on Germans who fear it means others trying to pick spend our lives on the front lines and submit to Syrian government traffic policemen monitor a road in Qamishli, a Kurdish-majority Kurds, in case the Asayish (Kurdish police) stops their pockets without doing their own fair share. Keynsian double the military service?” city in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province, on July 16, 2015. —AFP me,” he said.— AFP economists excoriate Germany’s export prowess and domes- tic frugality; southern Europeans resent its prescription of harsh austerity policies; the Americans, British and French deplore its refusal to become more of a military power; and ‘Jungle’ migrants of Calais: A day in life the French lament its reluctance to pay for “more Europe”. The firestorm of criticism that has rained down on Berlin since the Greek debt deal has triggered a mixture of self- By Matthias Blamont “We collect food from hypermarkets, they and drink. It was the brainchild of Zimako Jones, a football, volleyball & Bushkasi on bikes” - the lat- righteous defiance, soul-searching and a quest for new solu- give us their surplus or damaged goods, food Nigerian in his 20s who fled home over what he ter being the Afghan sport in which players on tions among the German establishment. Unsurprisingly, the or most of the 3,000 inhabitants of the that is considered soiled,” said Carolyn Wiggins, a would only call “political problems”. With his horseback try to drag the carcass of a calf or goat debate is mostly focused on how to ensure better respect for “Jungle”, a shanty town on the sand dunes British national who married a Frenchman and friends, he built it from branches and abandoned into a goal. From a big blue rectangular tent a agreed fiscal rules and economic policies rather than how to Fof France’s north coast, the climax of each has lived in France for the last 25 years. “We help wood panels transported to the camp in super- muscular sound system starts belting out rebalance current accounts or share wealth or risk between day is the nightly bid to sneak into the undersea maybe five times a week. People don’t tell you market trolleys. Ethiopian music: This is the “disco tent”. Later the richer and poorer areas of the euro area. Germans may con- tunnel they hope will lead to new life in Britain. A personal stuff ... You see broken legs and crutches “Personally I am not trying to make it over music switches to the incongruous strains of sider the EU, in the words of ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, a few make it. But the vast majority face another because of their attempts. The more they try, the onto the other side,” Jones says in fluent French, Michael Jackson’s 1983 dancefloor hit “Billie Jean”. community of destiny (“Schicksalsgemeinschaft”), but most day living with the squalor, disease and ever-pre- more there will be accidents. They are becoming adding that he has plans for a second school and But the mood in the camp sharpens in the don’t want it to become a community of liability sent threat of violence in a place that, with Italy’s more desperate.” 11:00 am - By late morning, the an infirmary. A rota with the names of Calais evening. Men with beer cans in their hands (“Haftungsgemeinschaft”). Lampedusa or Greece’s Lesbos, is the latest sym- camp becomes more animated. People emerge locals volunteering to teach is posted outside. approach us. They want to ask us who we are, The government’s council of independent economic bol of Europe’s failure to manage migration. from home-made tents to shave and wash in While most migrants have their sights set on what we are doing, why we are taking pictures. advisers, in a weighty 58-page special report last week, pro- Like any community, the “Jungle” has its nota- plastic basins. Fresh water comes from one con- Britain, some of these volunteers want to equip “Every night, some people drink and get into posed an orderly insolvency mechanism for states in the bles, like the young Nigerian polyglot who built stantly gushing pipe; with no refuse collection them with enough French to support an asylum fights. Some men need women, they become euro zone leading to an exit from the currency area “as a last an on-site school from little more than tree and insufficient portable toilets, the camp stinks request in France. “They need to have contact aggressive,” said Abae, 27. He fled Eritrea 10 years resort”. The panel also called for adding new padlocks to the branches; distinct neighbourhoods, tied to reli- and is covered with cans and food cartons build- with French people, for them it is very important. ago and stayed for several years in Greece on a EU treaty’s “no bailout” clause to exclude any transfer of liabil- gion or origin; and gossip, such as the tale of the ing up by the trails carved in the sand that are the Those that learn are doing it because they want fake ID. He said he shares a tent with another ity from one member state to another, and ruled out any migrants who make so much money wheeling camp’s “streets”. to stay,” said Veronique Soufflet, an insurance sec- man and a 13-year-old boy who now calls him joint euro zone budget or common unemployment insur- and dealing in Jungle that they have their own The poor hygiene only aggravates the poor tor worker in her 40s. 5:00 pm - This is when father. “There are more and more women and ance benefit. “In a currency union, the basic rules must be apartments in Calais town centre. The deaths in state of health of many camp residents. Bone everyone gets their one guaranteed meal of the children here. The site where women are is full, adhered to and for this reason the exit of a member state the Mediterranean this year of hundreds of fractures and injuries suffered during attempts to day, provided by local authorities. Just before, a that’s why,” he said of the former holiday camp should not be taboo, for otherwise partners are susceptible migrants trying to get to Europe on overcrowded breach barbed wire fences do not get the treat- pickup arrives and men dressed in white protec- next door which Calais authorities have set aside to blackmail,” council member Lars Feld told reporters. There boats have sent immigration to the top of the ment they need. Some complain of respiratory tive outfits and helmets come and wash the toi- for women and children. Groups of migrants are is, however, more creative thinking afoot, even in such bas- European Union’s agenda. But the bloc’s 28 states problems because of the sand constantly being lets with high-pressure water guns. One of them starting to head in the direction of the tunnel tions of orthodoxy as the German Finance Ministry. have repeatedly failed to agree what to do with whipped up by sea winds. “There is scabies, lots says they come every day at the request of a local entrance, hoping that this time perhaps they will Schaeuble, a lifelong European integrationist uneasy at the migrants. This is a typical day in the life of the of it; wounds that become infected; intestinal NGO. not return to the Jungle. On their way out, they being fingered as the man who tried to force Greece out, let largely African, Middle Eastern and Central Asian problems because of the bad food,” said a worker 9:00 pm - As the sun sets, attempts are made pass a poster which reads: “We must all learn to it be known via the magazine Der Spiegel that he could occupants of the camp, as witnessed by a Reuters from the Medecins du Monde medical charity at what passes for leisure. Groups kick a football live together, as brothers. Otherwise we will all imagine a finance minister for the euro zone under European multimedia team there last week. who was not authorised to speak to media and around; improbably, a sign advertises “Cricket, die together. As idiots.” — Reuters parliamentary supervision and with his own budget. Those 06:00 am local - As the sun comes up, a line of so asked not to be named. “There’s about 10 of us ideas are olive branches to France which wants a stronger dejected figures return to the camp along the here. The idea is to convince authorities that economic government for the 19-nation currency area, a N216 highway, some on foot, others on rickety something more substantial has to be set up.” euro zone parliament and a fiscal shock-absorber to support bikes recovered from rubbish dumps. The new 12:00 midday - Some of the tents sealed up countries that hit on hard times.— Reuters tactic is for hundreds of migrants to try and pene- earlier are now opening and becoming little trate all at the same time the fencing around the shops where men and, more rarely, women, tunnel 8 km away from the camp. Last week a come to buy telephone SIM cards, water, soap, possible new record was set with around 3,500 razors or drinks for 40-50 eurocents ($0.45-55) a attempted incursions over two nights on Monday can. 2:30 pm - Many of the camp’s Muslims gath- All articles appearing on these and Tuesday, with many migrants trying repeat- er in a large green tent, with Arabic signs painted pages are the personal opinion of edly in the same night. France responded by in white on it: the mosque. A similarly makeshift drafting in 120 extra CRS riot police. Some of the church caters to Christians in the African-domi- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no migrants coming back to camp say they will grab nated sector of the camp. It is made from wood- responsibility for views expressed a few hours sleep and head back; others will rest en branches and white canvas with pictures of therein. Kuwait Times invites read- until nightfall. 09:30 am - With a steady stream of Jesus, candles, crosses and an African djembe arrivals, the population of the Jungle is hard to drum. “I am the acting priest because I studied ers to voice their opinions. Please pinpoint exactly - some local charities say it is theology,” said Mima, 29, from Ethiopia. “The send submissions via email to: opin- more than the official 3,000 figure. But for a small church is full, I’d say 150 to 200 people come [email protected] or via snail strip of land occupied by so many people living along.” mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. rough, the camp is surprisingly silent in the morn- The “Secular School of Dune Way” (“L’Ecole ing with many inhabitants still asleep after the laique du Chemin des dunes”) has a low canvas The editor reserves the right to edit night’s exertions. Slowly, a queue of around 30 ceiling, a few tables where some 20 students can any submission as necessary. exhausted-looking Africans forms as a van pulls sit three by three, a traditional blackboard and A migrant washes his clothes as another collects water at a camp near Calais in up and a couple in their 50s hand out yoghurts. wall posters of basic French verbs: to be, have, eat northern France yesterday. — AP NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

A girl swims to escape the heat in front of a large cutout that raises awareness on water shortage at the Han River Park in Seoul yesterday. A heat wave warning was issued in Seoul as temperatures soared above 32 degrees Celsius. — AP Ahmadinejad seeks political comeback

TEHRAN: Iran’s former President Mahmoud monthly cash handouts after cutting food and energy slow its rise by dividing the seats more or less equal- Ahmadinejad has launched a political campaign subsidies, and because of his condemnation of capi- ly among moderates, conservatives and hard-liners. ahead of February’s parliamentary elections in what talism and injustice. During his presidency he Conservatives fear that the moderates will open the could prove a challenge to the moderates behind a received thousands of letters a day from ordinary country to an influx of Western culture that would landmark nuclear agreement reached last month. Iranians, and earlier this week, people lined up out- dilute its Islamic values. Hard-liners fear that the Few expect a rerun of Ahmadinejad’s surprise victory side his Tehran residence to ask for assistance, a nuclear deal will lead to a broader rapprochement in the 2005 elections, which kicked off an eight-year reflection of his populist touch. But many middle and with the United States, which they still view as a presidency marked by confrontation with the West, upper class Iranians, even in small towns, blame the “Great Satan,” determined to dismantle the Islamic incendiary rhetoric toward Israel and refusal to com- crippling international sanctions over Iran’s nuclear republic. Many conservatives and hardliners turned promise on the disputed nuclear program. Many for- program on his bombastic anti-Western rhetoric. And on Ahmadinejad in the latter years of his rule, but mer allies have turned on Ahmadinejad, and two of the current government is in the process of removing they could come to see him as a much-needed ally, his former vice presidents have been jailed for corrup- millions of wealthy citizens from the welfare rolls to fearing a repeat of the landslide victory in the 2000 tion. ease a budget crisis caused in part by the sanctions elections by reformists committed to transforming But the unapologetic populist is believed to and plunging oil prices. the Islamic republic into a Western-style democracy. command strong support in the countryside, and Ahmadinejad has not commented on the Conservative lawmaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, could be seen by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali nuclear deal, which would lift painful international whose daughter is married to Khamenei’s son, said Khamenei as a counterbalance to the reformers who sanctions in return for Iran curbing its nuclear activi- the moderates are more interested in bringing back have tried to reverse Ahmadinejad’s confrontational ties. He could do little to derail the agreement, par- McDonald’s restaurants than in countering the US- legacy since the election of President Hassan ticularly if it enjoys the support of the supreme backed and Saudi-led air campaign against Shiite Rouhani, a moderate, two years ago. At a gathering leader. But a strong showing by Ahmadinejad’s sup- rebels in Yemen. “Unfortunately, some are embrac- of his supporters Thursday, Ahmadinejad, 58, broke porters in February’s election could hinder any push ing America and opening their arms to American two years of silence, vowing to “redefine revolution- for a broader rapprochement between Iran and the companies,” he said. ary ideals” laid out by the leader of Iran’s 1979 revo- United States, and lay the groundwork for his return No one could accuse Ahmadinejad of being soft lution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. to the presidency. on America, but he was widely blamed for the eco- “God willing, victory and a very bright future Former Deputy Foreign Minister Sadeq Kharrazi, TEHRAN: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reads a petition for help nomic crisis that emerged near the end of his rule awaits us. However, there will be bumps and satanic a reformist politician, said Ahmadinejad’s political from a woman while others wait in queue outside his house in northeastern Tehran on after tough international sanctions were imposed in obstacles in our path,” the diminutive former leader, career is over but that “Ahmadinejadism” - his unique Monday. — AP 2012. After he stepped down the following year, sporting his trademark close-cropped beard and melding of economic populism with a hawkish for- even hard-line media outlets said he should be held sports coat, told some 400 supporters in Tehran. “One eign policy - remains a “threat to the country”. In the mentary and presidential elections. means Khamenei wants to use him as a counterbal- accountable for his administration’s mismanage- should not forget that the US is our enemy.” He called absence of reliable polling, it’s impossible to gauge “The key is the ruling system’s decision on how ance to control reformists in the upcoming elec- ment of the economy. The Javan newspaper called on his supporters to “begin working energetically in Ahmadinejad’s level of support. Any comeback to deal with Ahmadinejad,” political analyst Saeed tions.” The unprecedented nuclear deal has bol- on him to apologize to Iranians on national TV, and the provinces.” He remains popular among the rural would depend on Khamenei, who along with his Leilaz said. “He can’t reappear without approval from stered Rouhani and Iran’s moderate camp. Leilaz said the weekly Yalesarat said he should stand trial as a poor because of his government’s decision to provide handpicked appointees vets candidates for parlia- the top echelons of power,” he added. “His comeback the ruling system hopes parliamentary elections will lesson to others. —AP Egypt’s disaffected youth drawn... Qatar FM urges Iran dialogue

Continued from Page 1 Institute for Human Rights, an advocacy group, and lives in Continued from Page 1 (have) no truth,” Attiyah said. Qatar takes a different stance, Matariya. “There are many people who now want vengeance however, when it comes to the Palestinian militant group At a time when militants are carrying out more sophisticat- from the state.” Qatar is an important US ally in the Gulf, hosting American Hamas, which is considered to be a terrorist organization by ed attacks in Egypt, the apparent spread of radicalism among Jerome Drevon, a researcher at the University of bombers, support aircraft and the forward headquarters for US Israel and several other countries, including the US. Qatar is a youths in Cairo is a worrying sign for Egyptian authorities, who Manchester and a specialist on militant groups in semi-authori- Central Command at its vast Al-Udeid air base. It also splits key financial patron to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and say they are working to quell violence. In recent weeks, mili- tarian regimes, said the conflict is not about ideology, but control of a vast underwater natural gas field with Iran, a fel- since 2012 is home to exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal. tants who declared themselves to be the Sinai branch of the rather people’s willingness to avenge themselves and their low OPEC member. It has long positioned itself as a venue for While Doha insists its support is for the Gazan people and not Iraq- and Syria-based Islamic State group tried to take over a friends against the security forces and join whatever group can mediating thorny regional conflicts, and it last week hosted a Hamas, Attiyah made a point Tuesday of saying Qatar does not Sinai town in an elaborate attack on security forces, and help them achieve that. “The new Egyptian regime has trig- visit from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, consider Hamas to be an extremist group but “a movement of Egypt’s top prosecutor was killed by a bomb in the first assassi- gered a self-fulfilling prophecy,” he said. “They have hindered who has made outreach to his Arab neighbors a priority. liberation”. Qatar in recent years has also accepted members of nation of a senior official here in a quarter-century. Attacks are any possibility of peaceful opposition to the regime, assimilat- Attiyah cautioned that there are still major areas of disagree- the Taleban, including five detainees released from the U.S. frequent in Cairo and elsewhere, often killing policemen or sol- ed the Islamist opposition to IS, eroded mainstream Islamist ment. More work must be done to build confidence on both prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of an exchange for diers, and hitting businesses and some tourist sites. groups’ internal organizational control over their sympathizers, sides, including on the issue of “interfering in other countries’ captive US Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl last year. They remain in The insurgency swelled after the army overthrew Morsi fol- and nourished a desire for revenge for young opponents.” internal affairs,” he said. For the Gulf Arabs, that means a roll- Qatar after a May 2014 deal to keep them in the country for a lowing mass nationwide protests of his rule. Since then, the At a news conference this month in Cairo, US Secretary of back of Iran’s longstanding support for militant proxies, such year expired while they wait for documentation that would more than 80-year-old Brotherhood has been shattered by a State John Kerry quoted President Barack Obama, who has as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and other groups, including Yemen’s allow them to leave, Attiyah said. He said Qatar “would rather security crackdown. Most of its top leaders are in prison, with said that “when people are oppressed, and human rights are Shiite rebels, that enjoy Tehran’s backing. “We are all in the see them go to their children, to their family”. several sentenced to death, including Morsi. Since 2013, hun- denied ... when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism”. GCC working toward a good neighborhood. We want also Iran Qatar is also moving ahead with its ambitious plans to dreds of protesters have been killed, many more wounded and Matariya, a crowded district of narrow alleyways with few serv- to take this approach as well, and only then we can have a become the first Middle Eastern nation to host the World Cup thousands arrested, often brutalized in prison. ices and a history of neglect, has seen some of the country’s fruitful dialogue,” Attiyah said. in seven years’ time. Its winning bid is under renewed scrutiny With other leaders in hiding or abroad, lower-level support- bloodiest clashes with police in the past two years. Dozens One major area of disagreement remains Iran’s support for following the launch of American and Swiss investigations into ers of the Brotherhood have been the ones working to keep were killed in gunbattles there in January. Rights groups have embattled Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, who remains in corruption at soccer’s world governing body, FIFA. Attiyah reit- protests alive. Members of the Brotherhood themselves are raised alarm over possible abuses at the district’s police station, power after more than four years of civil war that has left at erated Qatar’s stance that it has cooperated with investigators divided over whether to stick to its official policy of peaceful where detainees have died in custody and where residents talk least 250,000 Syrians dead, according to UN figures. “We wish and will continue to do so. He said he was confident the games would go ahead and will be “the best World Cup ever”. protest or to embrace violent confrontation with the govern- of rampant torture and of young men disappearing after night that Iran looked at Syria through the (eyes of the) Syrian peo- He hit back at the barrage of international criticism directed at ment. Authorities already accuse the group of fueling violence raids on their homes. ple and not through the brutal regime,” Attiyah said. Qatar, like Qatar over the tournament, saying racism played a role. and have branded it a terrorist organization. Abdelrahman’s family is like many others in the district. His other Gulf states, supports the mostly Sunni rebel movement fighting to topple Assad. Besides corruption allegations, critics have assailed Qatar An official at Egypt’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible cousin is in a wheelchair after being shot by police at a demon- It denies backing extremist groups, including the Islamic on issues ranging from the summer heat - the 2022 tourna- stration. His uncle was recently arrested for protesting. His for the police, said its policies aim to eradicate lawlessness and State group, and the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front fighting ment will now take place in winter - to cultural issues such as chaos, saying it must confront those who seek to incite youth brother, known for orchestrating attacks on police, is on the Assad’s forces in Syria. Nonetheless, Qatar has helped secure the limited availability of alcohol to the country’s treatment of in rough neighborhoods to violence. “The Interior Ministry also run. Security forces have clamped down in Matariya, making the release of hostages held by Syrian rebels, including a low-paid migrant workers. “Some parties cannot digest that a follows information and monitors social media sites to track protests more difficult. Armored personnel carriers and troops group of Greek Orthodox nuns and American journalist Peter small, Arabic state ... is hosting such an event, as if our region, people who promote extremist ideas and who are affiliated in surround mosques during Friday prayers. Theo Curtis held by the Nusra Front last year. our Arab region is not entitled to have such an event,” he said. groups,” according to the official, who spoke on condition of But Nahia, the nearby village, is a virtual no-go zone for the In the interview with the AP, Attiyah said those negotia- Attiyah acknowledged that more work needs to be done to anonymity because regulations did not allow him to talk to state at the moment. There, hundreds of youth march unop- tions happened with the help of intermediaries in Syria. He improve conditions for migrant laborers working on World reporters. The ministry has carried out several “pre-emptive posed in formation down main roads, calling for the ouster of denied that his country was in direct contact with the Al- Cup infrastructure and other construction projects in Qatar. strikes” against such individuals, he said without elaborating. If President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, the army chief who deposed Qaeda-linked group, and expressed hope that the Nusra Front While hundreds of migrant worker deaths have been reported, it is proven that a policeman is guilty of wrongdoing, he would Morsi and later was elected to office. Some residents brag will drop its ties to Al-Qaeda. “All these rumors against Qatar Qatar says none have died specifically working on World Cup immediately face legal proceedings, the official added. Youssef, about the lack of a police station in Nahia, or the 2013 sniper defending the extremists or supporting the extremists in Syria projects. —AP a Brotherhood member who leads protests in the greater Cairo killing of a police general in Kerdasa, a nearby Islamist strong- area, said he opposes a turn to violence, but adds that others hold. While marching, Abdelrahman has waved the Islamic Trial of Sadeq Mosque bombing suspects... are embracing it in the face of police abuses. “We have all lost State group’s black flag. He says the only violence he has com- mitted is burning three police cars. But he adds: “I’m ready to lots of friends. And as a result there are lots of opinions. Some Continued from Page 1 allowed to sit with female police guarding them while the male feel the only way to resist now is with armed struggle,” said the fight.” He says he has several friends already fighting alongside defendants were placed in a metal cage. Only Saud admitted being militants in Sinai. Now living in a safe house away from his fam- 20-year-old business student. Others also involved in organiz- Later on Friday morning, Saud said he brought the bomber to his in IS: all of the others denied involvement in the bombing or with ing demonstrations made similar statements. ily, he says he knows whom to contact in order to join the home in Sulaibiya, where he shaved off his long beard and put on the jihadist group. Thamer Al-Jadaei, the lawyer for Jarrah Nimer, Protests occur almost daily in poor, forgotten corners of the group but that he needed to have a sponsor and go through the explosives belt. At around 11:00, they left for the mosque and owner of the car used in the attack, said his client gave the vehicle to capital and countryside. Banners are less about Morsi and vetting because it is wary of government infiltrators. arrived about 90 minutes later, Saud said. He dropped the bomber Saud to transport charity meals for iftar during the holy fasting more about revenge against police. “Peace is dead,” proclaimed The self-declared Sinai branch of the Islamic State group there and drove off. month of Ramadan. Jadaei also told the court that all members of one at a recent march in the Cairo slum of Matariya. In the is believed to have originally drawn on local Bedouin tribes- Saud said Qabaa insisted to “get martyred while fasting and Nimer’s family are Shiites since he is himself a convert. The women nearby village of Nahia, another banner bore the slogan men for recruits. But the attacks it has claimed around the attack the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque because worshippers there sup- defendants include the wives of both Saud and Nimer. “peaceful” - then mocked it by adding a smiley face carrying an country have involved Egyptians from outside Sinai, sug- port the Hashd militia and insult Sunnis”. Saud said he returned Those charged are seven Kuwaitis, five Saudis, three Pakistanis, 13 assault rifle. Some demonstrators chant slogans praising the gesting it is gaining new followers. Some Brotherhood mem- home and slept until iftar and did not know people were killed. “I felt stateless people (bedoons) and another person at large whose iden- Islamic State group. bers have attacked police stations or planted bombs on the bad because the operation was to only destroy the mosque,” he tity is unknown. An IS-affiliated group calling itself Najd Province “Most of these young guys were not political before. They street, but they usually get arrested, Abdelrahman said. “I tell claimed. Yesterday’s hearing was held under tight security, with claimed the bombing and also said it carried out suicide attacks at were politicized by violence, by seeing friends or family mem- people they should join a jihad group,” he said, “and if not, everyone checked before being allowed into the courtroom. Five two Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia in May. The extremist Sunni IS bers shot and killed by police or being arbitrarily detained,” take the risky step of forming a group on their own, or even defendants are still at large and being tried in absentia. The seven considers Shiites to be heretics and has targeted them across the said Basem Zakaria Al-Samargi, who works at the Cairo acting alone.” — AP women present, wearing black abayas and face covers, were region. The next hearing in the case was set for tomorrow. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SPORTS

Suarez has extra motivation China volleyball chief Lady Shipman triumphs BARCELONA: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is expecting an even greater in corruption probe SARATOGA SPRINGS: Lady Shipman continued her winning ways with a domi- impact from Luis Suarez this season with the cloud of disciplinary prob- nating 3 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Coronation Cup Monday at Saratoga lems no longer hanging over the Uruguay striker. Suarez, signed from BEIJING: China’s sweeping drive against corruption has again turned to the country’s sports programs, with the head of the national volley- Race Course. Liverpool, was unable to make his competitive debut for Barca until Back in against fellow 3-year-old fillies after beating older horses in her previ- October last year following his ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio ball program the latest to be targeted. The ruling party’s corruption watchdog said in a statement yesterday that Pan Zhichen has been ous start, Lady Shipman ran 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:00.85, two-tenths of a second off Chiellini at the World Cup in Brazil. He still enjoyed a successful season as the inner turf course record. Barca romped to a treble of Champions League and Spanish League and placed under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”; the standard term used for corruption. No details were given although Ridden by Eduardo Nunez for trainer Kathleen O’Connell, Lady Shipman paid Cup, although his goal tally of 16 was way behind team mates Lionel Messi $3.40, $2.70 and $2.40 as the 3-5 favorite in a field of and Neymar who scored 43 and 22 respectively. He has been scoring freely such investigations routinely lead to trials and convictions. Pan was the chief official in charge of China’s volleyball and beach volleyball pro- nine. in pre-season games though, with goals against LA Galaxy, Chelsea and Miss Ella, making her grass debut, returned $4.50 Fiorentina, and Enrique is anticipating a fast start by the 28-year- grams. He was credited with helping to coax back former U.S. coach Jenny Lang Ping, formerly China’s most illustrious spiker known as the and $4.40 for second, 3 1/2 lengths ahead of 55-1 long old. “He is starting the season from the beginning. Last season, shot Darling Sky, who paid $12.20 to show. we all know, he could not play until October and that was a “Iron Hammer,” to lead the Chinese women’s program again. In June, the vice minister of sport responsible for basketball, Xiao In the co-feature, African Oil swept from last to first on handicap,” the coach told a news conference. “This year he the far turn and held on to win the rescheduled $75,000 has the extra motivation of starting the competition from Tian, was placed under investigation for corruption. Xiao was also one of basketball’s international governing body FIBA’s three vice-presi- Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths over the beginning. He has done a very good pre-season in every Selection Sunday. match he played. “He has just confirmed what we know dents. Chinese President Xi Jinping is pursuing a broad anti-corruption campaign spanning the government, Communist Party, military and Originally carded for July 30, the 2 1/16-mile stee- when we signed him last season, he is a top player devoted plechase event was postponed due to heavy rain. to the team. A unique player that gets on perfectly with state industry. In its quest for Olympic glory, China has lavished funds on its system of sports schools, leagues and playing facilities, creating Ridden by Bernard Dalton, African Oil paid $10.20, Leo (Messi) and Ney (Neymar). He is an enormous $4.40 and $3.60, while Selection Sunday returned reinforcement.” —Reuters ample opportunity for graft. Growing commercial tie-ins in recent years have also provided occasions for bribery and kick-backs. —AP $4.90 and $3.70. Mandola paid $3.60 to show.—AP

ARLINGTON: Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve follows through on his single against the Texas Rangers during the first TORONTO: Blue Jays starting pitcher David Price throws against Minnesota ‘Twins’ Brian Dozier during the first inning of a baseball game. —AP inning of a baseball game. —AP Rangers down Astros, Marlins fall

ARLINGTON: Adrian Beltre became the first METS 12, MARLINS 1 tagged in the Marlins’ most-lopsided loss of season, and Seattle beat Colorado. Jedd Gyorko also homered and had three major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his Yoenis Cespedes hit three doubles and the season. Kyle Seager homered on the front end of hits while Alexi Amarista drove in three runs third career cycle and the Texas Rangers held New York took over first place in the NL East, back-to-back shots with Cruz, and Brad Miller for the Padres. Ross (8-8) gave up seven hits on for a wild 12-9 victory over the AL West- routing Miami. Fresh off sweeping DIAMONDBACKS 6, NATIONALS 4 added a solo shot among his three hits for the and two earned runs in six innings. He struck leading Houston Astros on Monday night. Washington, the Mets won their fourth in a Rookie Zack Godley pitched six scoreless Mariners, who have won three of four since out five and walked two. He also had an RBI Beltre’s solo homer in the fifth, a liner deep row and moved a game ahead of the Nationals innings to continue a stellar start to his career, dropping four straight. single in the third inning. into the seats in left field, completed the cycle for the division lead. and Arizona homered four times to send Jose Reyes, in his first appearance at Coors Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta (2-6) was against three Houston pitchers. There was a brief delay with two outs in the Washington to a fourth straight loss. Field since being acquired by Colorado in the ineffective in his second start after spending A two-run triple by Beltre in the first inning bottom of the ninth inning after Tomas Telis Nick Ahmed homered and had four hits as trade deadline deal that sent Troy Tulowitzki to more than two months on the disabled list put the Rangers ahead to stay at 3-2. He had a lost control of his bat and it flew into the the Diamondbacks improved to 5-2 on their Toronto, had two RBI singles. Charlie Blackmon with a strained left oblique. double in the second and a single in the third stands and hit a fan. There was no immediate 10-game, bi-coastal road trip. Godley (3-0) added four hits, including two doubles. before his ninth homer of the season made it word on the extent of the man’s injury. won two of those games, and with Monday’s Trailing 8-4 heading into the bottom of the ORIOLES 9, ATHLETICS 2 12-7. Cespedes, acquired last week from Detroit, victory he becomes the second Arizona pitch- ninth, the Rockies scored three runs and had Chris Davis hit a three-run shot in the first All three of Beltre’s cycles have come at the played for the third time with the Mets and er to win in each of his first three major league runners at the corners with two outs before inning for his 27th homer to back rookie Tyler Rangers’ ballpark, two for the home team and tied the team record for doubles in a game. He outings. Carson Smith induced a game-ending fly out Wilson’s impressive spot start, and Baltimore one as a visitor when he was playing for drove in four runs. David Peralta and Welington Castillo added from Blackmon for his 10th save. beat Oakland. Seattle on Sept. 1, 2008. The third baseman’s Bartolo Colon (10-10) had lost six straight back-to-back homers off Nationals starter Caleb Joseph added a two-run homer in other cycle for Texas was Aug. 24, 2012, decisions. He pitched eight innings and Doug Fister (4-7) and Jake Lamb hit a high-arc- RAYS 5, WHITE SOX 4 the fourth off Jesse Chavez (5-11) as Baltimore against Minnesota. allowed one run. Tom Koehler (8-8) was ing shot in the ninth in Jonathan Papelbon’s Mikie Mahtook singled with two outs in the won for the eighth time in 10 games. Wilson home debut in Washington. Fister allowed five top of the ninth inning to drive in Logan (2-1) pitched 7 2-3 innings in place of Chris runs over six innings. Forsythe and give Tampa Bay a win over Tillman, who has an injured left ankle. Wilson Chicago. Forsythe started the winning rally allowed two runs and six hits, struck out three BLUE JAYS 5, TWINS 1 with a one-out walk. Evan Longoria had three and walked two in his second major league David Price struck out 11 over eight innings hits and an RBI. Rays prospect Richie Shaffer start and sixth appearance after being recalled to win his Blue Jays debut, Josh Donaldson hit went 0-for-2 with a hit-by-pitch and a walk in from Triple-A Norfolk. a tiebreaking home run and Toronto beat four plate appearances before leaving the Minnesota in the opener of a four-game series game in the seventh. ANGELS 5, INDIANS 4 between AL wild-card contenders. Price (10-4) Jake McGee (1-1) pitched a perfect eighth Conor Gillaspie hit a go-ahead home run allowed one run and three hits. He threw 119 to get the win and Brad Boxberger worked out off Corey Kluber and the Los Angeles Angels pitches, two shy of his season high. Acquired of a jam in the ninth for his 27th save. David snapped a six-game losing streak, beating from Detroit last Thursday for a trio of minor Robertson (4-3) took the loss. Jose Abreu and Cleveland. league left-handers, Price received a standing Carlos Sanchez each had a two-run home run Garrett Richards (11-8) tied a career high ovation from the sellout crowd of 45,766 as he for Chicago, which has dropped four of five with 11 strikeouts in 7 2-3 innings. Huston walked in from the bullpen before the game. following a hot streak. Street got the last three outs for his 26th save NBA All-Star Kevin Durant was among in 29 attempts, and his first since becoming those on hand to watch Price work on a sunny PADRES 13, BREWERS 5 the 27th member of the 300-save club on July afternoon. The lefty struck out the first two Yangervis Solarte hit two home runs and 22. Gillaspie connected for a two-run drive in batters he faced and set down four straight Tyson Ross pitched six effective innings to the sixth. The Angels added another run later before Torii Hunter homered in the second. It help San Diego rout Milwaukee. Solarte hit a in the inning for a 5-3 lead. Kluber (6-12) gave was the 12th home run surrendered by Price solo home run in the first and connected for a up five runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings, and in 10 career starts at Rogers Centre. three-run shot in the seventh. left with a 3.60 ERA this season.—AP

BRAVES 9, GIANTS 8 Adonis Garcia hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning off Ryan Vogelsong and Atlanta MLB results/standings completed its final comeback of the game to beat San Francisco. Toronto 5, Minnesota 1; Arizona 6, Washington 4; Atlanta 9, San Francisco 8 (12 innings); NY Mets 12, Miami 1; Down 6-0 against Matt Cain going into the Texas 12, Houston 9; Tampa Bay 5, Chicago White Sox 4; San Diego 13, Milwaukee 5; Seattle 8, Colorado 7; sixth, the Braves rallied with four runs. A.J. Baltimore 9, Oakland 2; LA Angels 5, Cleveland 4. Pierzynski hit a two-run homer with two outs American League National League in the ninth off Santiago Casilla, tying it at 7. Eastern Division Eastern Division Buster Posey homered early, then hit a go- W L PCT GB NY Mets 56 50 .528 - ahead single in the Giants 12th. Jace Peterson NY Yankees 59 45 .567 - Washington 54 50 .519 1 led off the Braves 12th by reaching on a throw- Baltimore 54 51 .514 5.5 Atlanta 48 58 .453 8 ing error by shortstop Brandon Crawford. Toronto 55 52 .514 5.5 Miami 43 63 .406 13 Tampa Bay 53 54 .495 7.5 Philadelphia 41 65 .387 15 Vogelsong (7-7), trying to earn the first save of Boston 47 59 .443 13 his 11-season career, fell behind in the count Central Division Central Division St. Louis 67 38 .638 - and Garcia homered over the center field wall. Kansas City 62 42 .596 - Pittsburgh 61 43 .587 5.5 Minnesota 54 51 .514 8.5 Garcia made his major league debut this sea- Chicago Cubs 57 47 .548 9.5 Detroit 51 54 .486 11.5 son and has three home runs in 11 games. The Cincinnati 47 56 .456 19 Chicago White Sox 50 54 .481 12 Giants have lost two in a row for the first time Cleveland 48 57 .457 14.5 Milwaukee 44 63 .411 24 since stopping a seven-game skid in early July. Western Division Western Division Houston 60 47 .561 - LA Dodgers 60 45 .571 - MARINERS 8, ROCKIES 7 LA Angels 56 49 .533 3 San Francisco 57 48 .543 3 Felix Hernandez pitched effectively into the Texas 52 53 .495 7 San Diego 52 54 .491 8.5 Arizona 51 53 .490 8.5 PHILADELPHIA: Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera fields a single by Atlanta Braves Eury seventh inning, Nelson Cruz homered in a Seattle 49 58 .458 11 Oakland 47 60 .439 13 Colorado 44 60 .423 15.5 Perez in the seventh inning of a baseball game. —AP fourth consecutive game to reach 30 for the WEDNES DAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SPORTS

ZIMBABWE: New Zealand’s batsman Martin Guptill survives a run out attempt by Zimbabwe’s wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva (left) during the second one-day international cricket match. —AFP Batting opens up road for New Zealand win

HARARE: Openers Martin Guptill and Tom Zimbabwe were left to wonder whether Panyangara, who made a career-best 33. Latham both struck centuries as New Zealand they had made the right call at the toss, when Raza enjoyed some fortune when he was SCOREBOARD crushed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the sec- Elton Chigumbura went against conventional dropped on 67, and reached his third ODI hun- ond one-day international yesterday to set up wisdom and elected to bat first. dred off the penultimate delivery of the HARARE: Scoreboard for the second one-d ay inte rnational between Zimbabwe and New Zealand yesterday: a series decider. Chasing 236 to level the The decision backfired when the hosts innings. three-match series at Harare Sports Club, crumbled in the face of some aggressive New Zimbabwe needed early wickets if they Zimbabwe Did not bat: Chris Mpofu. Guptill finished unbeaten on 116 while Zealand bowling, losing their top five inside were going to challenge, but the seamers H. Masakadza c Latham b McClenaghan 0 Bowling: Henry 8-2-45-0, McCullum 10-0-38-1, Latham was 110 not out as New Zealand the first 18 overs. lacked control up front and Guptill and C. Chibhabha st Ronchi b Sodhi 42 McClenaghan 10-1-55-1, Elliott 6-0-27-2, Sodhi 10-0- achieved the target with almost eight overs to While Grant Elliott used the swing on offer Latham were allowed to settle. The pair were C. Ervine b Elliott 12 38-3, Williamson 6-0-31-0. spare. to dismiss Craig Ervine and Chigumbura, never troubled as they set a new record for an R. Chakabva lbw b Sodhi 2 The pair set a new record for the highest legspinner Ish Sodhi picked up his first wickets ODI partnership in Zimbabwe, eclipsing the E. Chigumbura c Taylor b Elliott 5 New Zealand: successful chase in an ODI without losing a in ODI cricket on his way to figures of 3 for 38. 228 put on by Pakistan’s Imran Farhat and S. Williams run out 26 M. Guptill not out 116 wicket, bettering the 231 that Sri Lanka man- “I thought it was a good wicket to bat on, Mohammad Hafeez in 2011. While Guptill’s Sikandar Raza not out 100 T. Latham not out 110 aged in a 10-wicket win over England in the it’s just that we didn’t execute well,” said century was his eighth in ODIs, Latham regis- G. Cremer c Mc Cullum b Sodhi 5 Extras (1b, 9w) 10 2011 World Cup quarter-final, as they ensured Chigumbura. Zimbabwe were grateful to tered his maiden hundred in the format. “It’s P. Utseya c Ronchi b McCullum 0 Total (0 wkts, 42.2 overs) 236 that New Zealand bounced back from Sikandar Raza Butt for hauling them to a been a long time coming so it’s nice to finally T. Pa nyangara run out 33 Did not bat: Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Extras (1lb, 8w, 1nb) 1 0 Elliott, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Nathan McCullum, Sunday’s shock seven-wicket defeat, in con- vaguely respectable score, with his 100 not get the monkey off the back,” Latham said. “We Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 235 Matt Henry, Mitchell McClenaghan, Ish Sodhi vincing fashion. out rescuing the home side from 68 for five struggled a bit at the start but we managed to Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Masakadza), 2-42 (Ervine), 3-49 Bowling: Mpofu 7-1-37-0, Panyangara 6-0-30-0, “It’s great to have a performance like this in and then 146 for eight. get through that period, and once we had, we (Chakabva), 4-54 (Chigumbura), 5-68 (Chibhabha), 6- Williams 5.2-0-36-0, Cremer 10-0-60-0, Utseya 10-0- contrast to the one that we had in the last He rebuilt the innings with a 60-run stand just tried to knock it off in 10-run blocks.” The 128 (Williams), 7-137 (Cremer), 8-146 (Utseya), 9-235 46-0, Sikandar Raza 2-0-17-0, Masakadza 2-0-9-0. game. You can see a lot of learning there,” cap- for the sixth wicket with Sean Williams, and an series decider will take place at the same ven- (Panyangara). Result: New Zealand won by 10 wickets. tain Kane Williamson said. 89-run stand for the ninth wicket with Tinashe ue on Friday.—AFP Broad wary of ‘dangerous’ Clarke

NOTTINGHAM: England paceman Stuart Broad is proud of the way his side have restricted Australia captain Michael Clarke in the Ashes series so far but warned they cannot let the star batsman off the hook. Scores of 10 and three during Australia’s eight-wicket defeat by England in the third Test at Edgbaston left Clarke with a meagre series aggregate of 94 runs in six innings at an average of under 19. Back and hamstring injuries have restricted Clarke to just eight Tests in the past year and, with Australia 2-1 down in the five-match Ashes series, there is a sense the 34-year-old is approaching a crunch point in his brilliant career. “We obviously do a lot of research on him because he averages something like 52 in over 110 Tests which is remarkable, the career he’s had,” said Broad speaking yes- terday at his Trent Bridge home ground, where the fourth Test starts tomorrow. “We’ve made it hard for Michael. We know how dan- gerous he is. He is such a key player for them and it’s Jewell Loyd been going well so far.” Thursday’s match will see England go into a Test with- Loyd starting to feel more out James Anderson for the first time since both he and Broad were controversially rested from the team that comfortable in the WNBA played the West Indies in a rain-affected draw at Edgbaston in 2012. Anderson, who took an Ashes best NEW YORK: Jewell Loyd is beginning to plateau on Sunday in New York. While it six for 47 at Edgbaston last week, has been ruled out with pick up the nuances of the WNBA.The came in a loss, Bird was still happy for a a side strain. As well as being England’s all-time leading league’s top pick in this season’s draft start- chance to do it in front of her hometown bowler in Tests with 413 wickets, the 33-year-old ed out the season slowly, only scoring in fans. Anderson has a brilliant record at Trent Bridge with 53 double figures once in her first eight “It’s pretty cool,” Bird said. “Rare that wickets in eight Tests at an average of 19.24. “Jimmy games. Since a 21-point performance in your family and friends are in the arena for extracts the most out of this wicket as any bowler I have Tulsa she’s picked up her scoring, averaging that. If it was going to be somewhere this seen and not just swing,” said Broad. “In 2013 (when 10.8 points over the Storm’s past 13 games. isn’t a bad place.” Bird is in 13th place on England beat Australia by 14 runs in the first Test at Trent She won the league’s rookie of the month the league’s all-time scoring list. Bridge) he was bowling cutters and that sort of thing honors for July on Monday. WELCOME BACK: Candace Parker made that were causing the Aussies problems. “Just trying to do something as a rookie, her return to the Los Angeles Sparks after “I am gutted for him that he is missing this Test match.” take what the defense gives me as much as sitting out the first half of the season to The 29-year-old Broad, who when he last played a Test possible,” Loyd said. “Repetition helps a lot, rest. She’s averaging 20 points, 9 rebounds without Anderson had match figures of two for 154 in a it starts in practice as well, get aggressive and 6 assists in her three games. The Sparks draw with Sri Lanka at Lord’s in 2011, tried to downplay and attack. Seeing everyone a couple times are 2-1 since the two-time MVP returned. his new role as the senior England bowler. in this league has helped as well.” HONORING BECKY: The New York Loyd’s development hasn’t been lost on Liberty honored former star Becky “The importance of that is not to apply too much teammate Sue Bird.”I think early on she was Hammon, putting the San Antonio Spurs pressure to myself. That doesn’t change my role particu- getting adjusted, a little tentative, trying to assistant coach in their ring of honor larly,” said Broad, a veteran of 82 Tests. feel her game out,” Bird said. “Now she’s Sunday at halftime of their game against starting to see where she can be successful. the Seattle Storm. Hammon helped the INCONSISTENCY Almost a 180 in terms of her aggressive- Liberty reach the WNBA Finals three times, If they are to regain the Ashes at Trent Bridge, England ness.” including getting New York within a game will have to do something they haven’t done all year and Loyd was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA of the championship in 1999. She played win two Tests in a row. draft in April after deciding to leave Notre for the Liberty from 1999-2006 and ranks “We are consistently the most inconsistent side,” said Dame after her junior year. She’s part of a second in franchise history for games Broad. “We have to change that. There is no point ignor- rookie class that didn’t produce an All-Star played and 3-pointers made, and is third on ing and pretending it has not happened. A braver thing this year, but has provided valuable talent New York’s career scoring list. is to talk about it in the changing room.” “It is exciting to teams. The 5-foot-6 guard went on to play because now we have approached the situation and got “There is a lot of talent across the board,” eight more seasons in San Antonio before it out in the open and said this is happening and let’s New York coach Bill Laimbeer said. “There retiring at the end of last year. She then change it. That is a very good place to start. may not be that dominant player yet, but joined the Spurs’ staff as the first full-time “As a team when we are aware of things we do change they’re still players providing important paid female assistant coach in the NBA. She things.” coached the Spurs to a summer league title it pretty quickly,” he added. Nottinghamshire’s Broad New York has two stellar rookies of its in Las Vegas last month. heads into Thursday’s match just one wicket away from own in Kiah Stokes and Brittany Boyd. GAME OF THE WEEK: Lynx at Mercury becoming only the fifth England bowler to take 300 Test Stokes already set the franchise record for on Friday night. The top two teams in the wickets after Anderson, Ian Botham, Bob Willis and the blocks in a game with eight against Western Conference will square off as late Fred Trueman. “Obviously the chance to get 300 Test Connecticut. She’s second in the league in Phoenix hosts Minnesota. The Lynx are 3-0 wickets would be a proud moment,” said Broad, the son blocked shots per game averaging 2.4. since acquiring Sylvia Fowles in a trade last of former England Ashes-winning opening batsman STAT OF THE WEEK: Bird became the week. Phoenix has looked strong since the Chris Broad. “It would be a special place to get it. It would first player to score 5,000 points and get return of Brittney Griner from her suspen- be more special if it is in (a return of) five for 20, not one 2,000 assists when she reached the scoring sion, winning nine of its 12 games. —AP for 150.”—AFP LONDON: England’s Stuart Broad bowls in this file photo. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SPORTS

Tests on athletes performance on high altitude

CHAMONIX: Researchers have taken to are 20 percent lower than at sea more red cells. And in sport, the more which is why we want to replicate it,” near the Swiss border did not produce the peaks of France’s Mont Blanc this level.”My pulse is much higher, and I can red cells there are, the better it is- said Carsten Lundby, a University of significant performance effects on par- summer to see whether the body’s pro- feel my shortness of breath,” said Eirik marathons are run faster, endurance is Zurich professor who is participating in ticipating cyclists. One explanation duction of red blood cells at high alti- Soemen, 18, a participant in the experi- improved.” the Chamonix experiment. advanced for that is that elite athletes tudes has similar effects in athletes to ment. Interest in the impact of altitude on To safeguard the scientific validity of “are maxed out in all ways. They’ve doping agents like EPO. In a month-long Once the month of training is over, performance arose during the 1968 the results, a control group of nine ath- trained every day for many years, and experiment ending in mid-August, a Eirik, Tonje, Ola and their cohorts will Olympic Games in Mexico City, which is letes residing only in the lower valley is already have an enormous volume of group of 11 Norwegian downhill skiers return to Lillehammer, where they’ll 2,250 metres above sea level. Since undergoing the same training regime red cells,” offers Robach. But with new aged 18 to 25 are spending most of their undergo a battery of tests measuring then, the effect of altitude in sports has as those returning to the Plan de measurement instruments, “we can days at the Plan de l’Aiguille refuge near their athletic performances, the volume been “a hotly debated topic, relying on l’Aiguille refuge every afternoon. detect a change of even one percent in Chamonix, altitude 2,200 metres (7,218 of red cells in their blood, maximal oxy- some somewhat unfocused literature It remains to be seen whether the the quantity of red cells,” notes Lundby, feet). gen intake and other criteria. The and studies that haven’t always been two group’s performances will differ who nevertheless warns against expect- After a daily morning commute by objective is to verify whether tightly controlled,” Robach said. significantly from one another at the ing anything revolutionary from their cable car down into the valley, the ath- “endurance performance is increased” One study conducted in 1997 by end of the month of training. That testing. letes undergo an intensive training after living at high altitudes while train- Professor Benjamin Levine of the question is one of utmost importance, “I would be very surprised if we find regime alternating inline skating, run- ing at lower levels, says Paul Robach, a University of Texas Southwestern in because “training at high altitude is an an important influence” of higher alti- ning, weight training, cycling and swim- professor and researcher at that Dallas, showed improved performance alternative to doping, (and) is therefore tude on the Norwegian skiers living at ming. National School of Skiing and of athletes who lived at higher altitudes of great interest to athletes,” says the refuge, Lundby says. “But we’ll see.” In the afternoon they return to the Mountaineering in Chamonix. while training closer to sea level. “But Robach. A previous study using hypoxic The research team in Chamonix hopes refuge and spend the rest of the day and “There’s less oxygen at higher alti- the data isn’t always as ‘clean’ as we (low oxygen) chambers carried out by to be able to present its results during night at an altitude where oxygen levels tudes (so) the body reacts by creating might hope for in this kind of study, the National Centre of Downhill Skiing the first half of 2016.—AFP

Clean athletes let down by system — Tallent

SYDNEY: If you were ever looking for a victim absolutely ridiculous,” Tallent told Reuters. of the scourge of blood doping in athletics, it “They proved that he was doping for four would be hard to go past Australian race years up to London but they allowed him to walker Jared Tallent. keep the medal. It was the biggest joke in the The 30-year-old finished second in the 50 world.” The world governing body for athlet- kilometre walking events at the 2008 and ics (IAAF) has since appealed to the Court of 2012 Olympics behind competitors who were Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the selective subsequently found guilty of using perform- disqualification periods the Russians used, ance enhancing drugs. but Tallent remains furious at the whole sys- Track and field has been plunged into cri- tem. sis this week following reports from Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper and Germany’s DRUG CHEATS ARD/WDR broadcaster that they had The Australian has become so angry about obtained IAAF data that indicated suspected being beaten by athletes he believes are dop- widespread blood doping in athletics ing, that he has stopped shaking hands with between 2001 and 2012. them at the end of races. The scale of the accusations came as no “It does make you happy when you beat surprise to Tallent, who feels let down by a these guys, who you know are cheats, you’re system that he says needs changing. “I’d have just bitterly disappointed when you finish a lot more gold medals without blood dop- second,” he said. “At the start, I would shake ing, I don’t have any at the moment,” Tallent their hands but now I try not to.” A source of told Reuters by telephone from his home in particular ire for Tallent is the Russian athletes Adelaide yesterday. “It’s good that stuff like under the tutelage of coach Viktor Chegin. this is coming out, people need to know. Chegin was suspended from his job last Maybe now the sport will actually do some- month after five of his walkers, including thing about it.” Kirdyapkin, were banned for doping offences. At Beijing in 2008, Tallent finished second What he sees as RUSADA’s cherry-picking behind Italian Alex Schwazer. In 2012, just with Kirdyapkin’s ban has convinced Tallent before the London Olympics, Schwazer tested that the punishments for doping offences positive for erythropoietin, more commonly need to be taken out of the hands of national referred to as EPO, a substance which can bodies. increase the blood’s oxygenation. “There needs to be an independent anti- A tearful Schwazer admitted to using EPO doping authority that deals with athletics not just before London but said he been clean in related to the countries,” he said.”That way Beijing so was allowed to keep the gold you won’t have countries politically persuad- medal he won in China. The 50km gold medal ed not to do the right thing.” Tallent, who has in London was won by Russia’s Sergei been waging a campaign on social media Kirdyapkin, who was found guilty of doping with like-minded fellow athletes against the earlier this year. cheats in his sport, feels the IAAF needs to be Kirdyapkin was handed a three-year, two- more aggressive in pursuing offenders. month suspension by Russian anti-doping “I definitely feel let down by the IAAF,” he officials (RUSADA) that was backdated to said. “I contacted them earlier this year about BURNABY: Fiji players celebrate after defeating Samoa to win the Pacific Nations Cup rugby championship. —AP October 2012, just after the London Olympics the case of some Russian walkers that were ended. competing while they were banned. “The Most of his results from 2009 were IAAF said they were going to investigate it, Fiji claim Pacific crown annulled but RUSADA left open a window so and clearly they had enough evidence, but he could keep his Olympic gold medal.”It was nothing was done.”—Reuters VANCOUVER: Fiji fired a warning shot to Yet Fiji’s response was immediate, Nakarawa 5:00am (0400 GMT) on June 1. He was given a Rugby World Cup hosts England here Monday grabbing his second of the match to put his breath test and taken to a west London police IAAF denies accusations with a sparkling attacking performance to team 22-21 ahead after a clever cross-field kick station before being released on bail. down tough-tackling Samoa 39-29 and win the by Ben Volavola caused havoc in the Samoan A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said at Pacific Nations Cup. defence. the time: “Police were called at approximately of widespread doping Just under seven weeks from their opening Samoa, though, remained calm and Stanley 5.15am on Monday, 1 June to reports of two World Cup fixture against England at kicked them back in front with another cool cars in collision in Imperial Road, SW6. “No LONDON: The world governing body for ath- world’s leading haematologists working as an Twickenham on September 18, the Fijians penalty to make it 24-22. But just as Fiji looked reports of any injuries. letics (IAAF) yesterday dismissed media expert in the field of the Athlete Biological served a timely reminder of their potency to to be struggling against the power of the “The cars involved were a silver Toyota Prius reports of widespread doping in the sport. Passport. The sport of track and field, which outscore Samoa by five tries to three. A see- Samoan setpiece, the game turned on its head and a black Mercedes C63.”The driver of the The IAAF said the reports by Britain’s has plagued by some spectacular doping cas- saw battle at the Swangard Stadium saw Fiji around the one hour mark as the flamboyant Mercedes, a 27-year-old man, was arrested on Sunday Times newspaper and Germany’s es over the past three decades, was thrown race away to an early 17-3 lead before the islanders turned on the style to score two tries suspicion of drink driving. “He was taken to a ARD/WDR broadcaster offered no new evi- into crisis on Sunday after reports a whistle- physical Samoans looked to have reeled them out of nothing. west London police station where he was later dence that any athlete had failed a drugs test blower had released secret data indicating early in the second half with two quick tries to The first came through full-back Kini released on police bail.” and wrongly implied that the governing body suspected widespread blood doping in ath- take a 21-17 lead. But just as Samoa appeared Murimurivalu, going over in the corner for a try Britain’s Press Association agency said had failed to look into the results when they letics between 2001 and 2012. to have taken control of the contest, Fiji came converted by Volavola to put Fiji 29-24 ahead. Tuesday a police spokesman had told them first came out. The tests were analysed by two Australian roaring back with three quick tries that saw The Fijians saved their best for last, howev- that the 27-year-old Cipriani had been re- “The IAAF takes the allegations published scientists who later told Reuters that while them pull clear and hang on for a deserved er, and opened up a 12-point lead with a mag- bailed to a date in mid-November pending fur- by The Sunday Times and ARD very seriously more than 800 athletes had recorded one or win. nificent try from distance. Replacement Peceli ther inquiries. That means Cipriani should be and has investigated them thoroughly,” the more “abnormal” results, which is not proof of Fiji had gotten off to a dream start with ear- Yato conjured a scintillating break in midfield available for the World Cup, which ends on IAAF said in a nine-page statement. doping but still suspicious. In addressing ly tries from athletic lock Leone Nakarawa and before feeding the omnipresent Matavalu who October 31. Cipriani-vying for a No 10 spot “The published allegations were sensa- some of the accusations, the IAAF said the scrum-half Niko Matawalu. went racing in under the posts. behind first-choice stand-off George Ford-is tionalist and confusing: the results referred to results were not secret and had been pub- Nakarawa opened the scoring for the Fijians The scrum-half then unselfishly popped a still a member of England’s World Cup training were not positive tests. In fact, ARD and The lished by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) after just 90 seconds, bursting clear to score pass to skipper Qera following up, and with squad, which will be a cut to 31 for the tourna- Sunday Times both admit that their evalua- four years ago. under the posts for a try converted by Joshua Volavola adding the conversion Fiji were sud- ment proper before coach Stuart Lancaster’s tion of the data did not prove doping.” The IAAF also said it investigated all of the Matavesi. denly 36-24 ahead. side face Fiji in the opening match at The statement included a background results and at least six athletes who were Matavesi slotted a penalty to put Fiji 10-0 Samoa ensured a nervous finish with Twickenham on September 18. summary on how blood testing is carried out found to have cheated, were suspended. up before Samoa got on the scoresheet Autagavaia scoring his second try of the match Lancaster said on June 23: “(I am) waiting to and specific responses to some of the accusa- A large proportion of these blood samples through Michael Stanley’s first three-pointer of to reduce Fiji’s lead to 36-29, but with the con- see what the police investigation will deter- tions, were collected before the implementation of the contest, a towering long-range effort from version missed, the Samoans were always mine. “At the moment he’s not been charged Tthe IAAF condemned the publication of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) and wide on the left. But Fiji had Samoa scrambling struggling to complete another comeback. with anything so as a consequence is in camp what it said was private and confidential data could not be used as proof of doping, the again when they snaffled a lineout and captain Four minutes from time, Samoa were penalised and training as everyone else is. “We’ll wait and obtained without their consent. “There is no IAAF said. Akapusi Qera peeled off before feeding at a ruck and Volavola stepped up to kick the see whether the police will charge or not as space for shortcuts, simplistic approaches or “The IAAF quite rightly operates within an Matawalu, who sprinted over close to the three points and Fiji were home. the case may be and I’ll deal with it as and sensationalism when athletes’ careers and anti-doping framework, provided by WADA, posts, Matavesi adding a simple conversion to Meanwhile, Danny Cipriani is set to be avail- when it’s appropriate.” reputations are at stake,” said Professor where suspicion alone does not equal proof make it 17-3. able for selection in England’s World Cup Lancaster has already dropped hooker Giuseppe d’Onofrio, described as one of the of doping. —Reuters Samoa fought back with two more Stanley squad after he was re-bailed until November Dylan Hartley, after he received a four-match penalties to make it 17-9 at half-time, and soon following his arrest on suspicion of drink-dri- suspension for headbutting an opponent, and after the restart looked to have taken a grip ving. centre Manu Tuilagi, who was convicted of when flanker Jack Lam crashed over from close The Sale fly-half was unhurt in a collision shoving two police officers in a fight, from range before a wonderful individual run from between his Mercedes and a Toyota in the tournament hosts England’s squad for the right wing Fa’atoina Autagavaia made it 21-17. Chelsea area of west London shortly after World Cup. —AFP Kobe drops retirement hint

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe “But could this be the last? Absolutely. “It’s in May that Bryant had already signalled that the Bryant hinted that next season may be his last tough to decide. It’s really tough to make those coming season would be his last. yesterday after admitting it was “absolutely” pos- types of decisions. Players I have spoken to say, “He has indicated to me this is it,” Kupchak sible he may finally call time on his glittering ‘Kobe, you will know.’” Bryant insisted that his said. “He’s on the last year of a deal. There have NBA career. body was ready for the rigors of another season been no discussions about anything going for- The 36-year-old icon’s recent seasons have despite his recent injury record. “There are no ward. I don’t think there will be.” been disrupted by various injuries, but Bryant question marks on what I can do (physically),” Bryant has played for the Lakers for his entire said he was feeling fit and ready for another the 17-time All-Star said. NBA career, but a succession of injuries have left campaign with the Lakers, who missed the play- “My body and my legs feel extremely strong him unable to regularly display the form that offs last season for only the seventh time. and healthy,” adding that he expected to make a made him a 17-time All-Star, two-time NBA scor- Bryant told Yahoo Sports he has not made a decision on his future at the end of the season. ing champion and two-time Olympic champion. decision about his future yet, explaining that “I’m making this very simple. Either I like play- Bryant suffered a torn Achilles tendon in April FRANCE: This combination of two file pictures made on August 3, 2015 shows he will continue playing as long as he takes ing the game and going through this process or of 2013 to end his season, but signed a two-year Ukrainian former pole vaulting legend Sergei Bubka (left) and British track legend enjoyment from the sport. “We haven’t set I don’t,” Bryant said. “But I think that decision contract extension worth $48.5 million that set Sebastian Coe (right). Bubka and Coe are candidates for the presidency of the anything in stone. And I’ve talked about it needs to be made after the season.” him up to become the first player to compete for International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). —AFP before,” Bryant said. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said the same club for 20 seasons. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SPORTS

A guide to all twenty Costa’s fitness, Falcao’s form Premier League teams key to Chelsea title defense ARSENAL Goalkeeper Petr Cech’s arrival NEWCASTLE LONDON: Chelsea regained the Swansea, here are some things of from London rival Chelsea signifi- Former England manager Premier League trophy with such things to know: cantly bolsters the strength of Steve McClaren has taken over at ease that Jose Mourinho felt his Arsenal’s defense. Finally, it has a Newcastle and fans have reason team’s achievement did not get the AGELESS TERRY backline potentially as stubborn to be optimistic after a slide recognition it deserved. Captain John Terry played all 3,420 as its attacking trio of Alexis toward the relegation zone in the But as rival fans directed “boring” minutes of the league campaign last Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Theo second half of last season under chants at Chelsea last season, their season. Not bad for a 34-year-old cen- Walcott is flamboyant. If all goes John Carver. Signings of midfield- own teams were doing little to inject ter back who lost his guaranteed well, Arsenal could challenge for er Georginio Wijnaldum and strik- excitement in the pursuit of the title. starting place before Mourinho the Premier League title. er Aleksandar Mitrovic could From the first weekend of the season returned to take charge in 2013. Key player: Petr Cech make a top-10 finish possible. Chelsea was on top and stayed there There is a reliance on Terry, though, Key player: Georginio until collecting the trophy for the first with Branislav Ivanovic, Kurt Zouma, ASTON VILLA Wijnaldum time in five years. Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta the only Despite avoiding relegation Surely it cannot be as straightfor- other first-team defenders in the last season, Villa’s two best play- NORWICH ward for Chelsea again? That is likely squad. Chelsea is still pursuing John ers, Christian Benteke and Fabian Premier League survival will be to depend on how long striker Diego Stones but Everton is unwilling to Delph, left in the offseason. the first priority for Norwich, Costa stays injury-free and whether part with the 21-year-old Englishman Manager Tim Sherwood has which secured promotion via the newcomer Radamel Falcao is more in the final month of the transfer win- made nine signings so far, includ- second-tier playoff last season. prolific in front of goal than during dow. “Five is not enough. That’s obvi- ing Ghana striker Jordan Ayew, Manager Alex Neil has largely his insipid season at Manchester ous,” Mourinho said. “We cannot go to but most are unproven in kept last year’s team together, United. the Premier League with five defend- England. Anything other than a meaning Lewis Grabban and The Colombia forward is getting a ers. That’s our weakness.” battle to retain Premier League Cameron Jerome, who spearhead second shot at proving himself in the status appears unlikely. the club’s attack, must score Premier League on loan from Monaco TRANSFER BLUNDER? Key player: Jordan Ayew enough to keep them in the divi- as he fills the void left by Didier If Arsenal provides a greater threat sion. Drogba’s departure. this season to Chelsea, Mourinho BOURNEMOUTH Key player: Lewis Grabban “Very good player,” is captain John could soon regret allowing long- For the first time in its 116-year Terry’s assessment of Falcao. “Playing standing goalkeeper Petr Cech to history, Bournemouth made SOUTHAMPTON against him last season was excellent. move across London after 11 years at England’s top flight after winning A highest ever Premier League His movement, his strength, his fin- Stamford Bridge. the second tier last season. A rele- finish of seventh last season ishing’s been different class. The first sign of the 33-year-old gation favorite but neutrals means Southampton must now “Because he came a little bit late Cech’s value to the FA Cup winners would love to see the club stay balance Europa League football maybe the fitness may take a little bit came on Sunday with a symbolic vic- up. Manager Eddie Howe has tac- alongside the domestic cam- longer, but he’s looking sharp already tory over Chelsea in the Community and it’s great to have him here.” Shield.Asmir Begovic joined from tical acumen and, if Callum paign. The club has a thin squad Chelsea’s Colombian striker Radamel Falcao Wilson reproduces the form that and proudly relies on promoting Falcao should be getting a chance Stoke to deputize for first-choice got 20 goals last season, survival academy players. Attacker Sadio to reprise his strike partnership with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. would be good for me because they quarterfinals at the hands of Paris is possible. Mane is one to watch after an Costa from their Atletico Madrid days, know now that I get a lot of kicks,” Saint-Germain, delaying Mourinho’s Key player: Callum Wilson impressive debut year at St. if the Spain international’s hamstrings HAZARD WARNING Hazard said. “I just want to play, to bid to become the first manager to Mary’s. are more durable in 2015-16. Eden Hazard was Chelsea’s star last dribble, to do some skills.” win European football’s top prize with CHELSEA Key player: Sadio Mane “Last season I had to live and con- season and topped the player of the three different clubs after successes Last season’s Premier League tend with injuries,” said Costa, who year voting by his fellow profession- EUROPEAN TARGET with Porto and Inter Milan. winner has added Radamel STOKE managed to score 20 goals in the 24 als and journalists. While determined to win back-to- Mourinho is irked that the Premier Falcao to its attacking options on Another team with its top Premier League games he played in The winger, though, pays the price back league titles with Chelsea as he League does not help Champions loan from Monaco, despite the Premier League finish last season his first season at Chelsea. “But I’ve for his trickery on the pitch - being did in 2005 and 2006, Mourinho League participants with more favor- Colombia striker faltering at rival - ninth - Stoke can expect another worked to prevent it occurring. I have the most fouled player in the league. craves a first European trophy with able fixture scheduling. “One day Manchester United last year. season of progress following to be careful this season so I can do And the Belgian no longer wants to the west London club. when England has only three teams Nothing less than more domestic eight astute signings. Ibrahim the best possible.” As Chelsea kicks off be the target of such physicality. An abject Champions League cam- in the Champions League people its title defense on Saturday against “If the referees can protect me, it success will suffice for Jose Afellay is the most notable addi- paign ended last season before the wake up,” Mourinho said.—AP Mourinho’s Chelsea and Eden tion from Barcelona. But Bojan Hazard is vital to the defense of Krkic, vital last season until injur- the trophy. ing his knee in January, will be Key player: Eden Hazard crucial to continuing improve- Di Maria passes PSG ment. CRYSTAL PALACE Key player: Bojan Krkic medical in Doha The club has been galvanized DOHA: Argentine international Angel di Maria’s pro- since the appointment of ex-play- SUNDERLAND posed move from Manchester United to Paris Saint- er Alan Pardew as manager in Dick Advocaat guided January. He steered Palace out of Sunderland away from the relega- Germain has moved closer after the winger passed a the relegation zone and up to tion zone after arriving with nine medical with the French champions in Doha yesterday. 10th last season. Yohan Cabaye’s games of last season remaining. The 27-year-old had extensive tests at the Aspetar arrival from Paris Saint-Germain is The Dutchman has agreed to stay sports hospital after being given permission by the a coup and makes an improve- on for an entire campaign and Premier League giants to fly to the Qatari capital for ment on last season’s finish a real- has the soccer smarts to improve talks with PSG officials. istic aim. Sunderland’s fortunes. Jermain The two clubs have already agreed a fee of £44.3 mil- Key player: Yohan Cabaye Defoe, a proven scorer in lion (63 million euros; $68.9 million dollars) for Di Maria England, will lead Advocaat’s who will end his one-year stay at Old Trafford. United EVERTON attack. snapped up Di Maria for a British record £59.7m from Roberto Martinez’s first two Key player: Jermain Defoe Real Madrid last summer, but the winger’s form campaigns as Everton manager slumped dramatically after making an encouraging are poles apart. Last season’s fin- SWANSEA start to life in north-west England. ish of 11th was underwhelming Garry Monk guided Swansea After netting three goals and making four assists in after narrowly missing to a very respectable eighth last his opening six games for the 20-time English champi- Champions League football the season but will struggle to ons, Di Maria spent time on the sidelines with injury and year before. Romelu Lukaku’s improve on that finish, which was fell out of favour with Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal. scoring influenced both seasons. its best in England’s elite league. He started just one of the final ten games of last season He struggled last season but can Bafetimbi Gomis is a decent strik- with his final United goal coming in a 2-0 FA Cup third transform Everton if he hits top er but is not as clinical as Wilfried round win over Yeovil Town in January. form again. Bony, whom the club sold to Di Maria was also unsettled off the field after an Key player: Romelu Lukaku Manchester City in January and attempted burglary on his home in Cheshire in has not replaced. February. Since that incident, the Argentine has been LEICESTER Key player: Bafetimbi Gomis living in a city-centre appartment in Manchester-owned Claudio Ranieri has replaced by former United player Phil Neville-with his family. The Nigel Pearson as manager, an TOTTENHAM former Benfica player had said he wanted to stay at intriguing decision after he was Harry Kane fired in 31 goals United but after failing to report for the second part of fired from his last job with Greece last season in all competitions as the club’s pre-season tour of the United States on July following an embarrassing defeat Tottenham finished fifth. If the 25, his future at Old Trafford appeared to be over. Di to the Faeroe Islands. Esteban striker can replicate that form, QATAR: A handout picture made available by the Aspetar hospital yesterday shows Argentinian football player Angel Di Maria (right) arriving for a routine medical check ahead of his transfer Maria-who has 65 caps for Argentina-scored four goals Cambiasso, key to Leicester’s Mauricio Pochettino’s side could in 32 appearances for United. —AFP Premier League survival last sea- challenge for a Champions from Manchester United to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). —AFP son, has left. Ranieri is yet to find League qualification place. Toby a successor in midfield. Alderweireld, signed from Key player: Jamie Vardy Atletico Madrid, strengthens Torres scores with first touch in Atletico win Tottenham’s unpredictable LIVERPOOL defense. SHANGHAI: Fernando Torres scored with his first touch as Liverpool failed to qualify for Key player: Harry Kane the Champions League this sea- Atletico Madrid cruised to a 3-0 exhibition match victory over son, with its campaign derailed WATFORD Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Shanghai International Port Group by persistent injuries to Daniel After earning promotion to the (SIPG) in China yesterday. Sturridge. But Christian Benteke’s Premier League, Watford took the The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker came on at half- arrival lessens Liverpool’s strange step of parting company time and scored just seconds after the restart with a neat dependence on him and the strik- with its manager, Slavisa header from Yannick Carrasco’s looping cross. er is one of six signings by Jokanovic. Quique Sanchez In an open and attacking game played in very humid con- Brendan Rodgers, who must mas- Flores, a 2011 Europa League win- ditions at Shanghai Stadium, Atletico had opened the scoring termind a return to the top four. ner with Atletico, is now at the in the ninth minute when Antoine Griezmann latched onto a Key player: Christian Benteke helm and has already made 10 long forward pass to slot the ball past SIPG keeper Sun Le. signings. A new-look squad will Moments before conceding, SIPG playmaker Dario Conca- MANCHESTER CITY need to gel quickly. the third highest paid player in the world when he signed for After surrendering the Premier Key player: Troy Deeney Guangzhou Evergrande in 2011 — could have scored. But the League to Chelsea, Manchester City signed Raheem Sterling from WEST BROMWICH ALBION Argentine’s low drive did not trouble Atletico keeper Jan Liverpool for $76 million to Tony Pulis took over West Oblak. improve its hopes of reclaiming Brom in January and steered the SIPG, currently leading the 16-team Chinese Super League, the title. City will need him to hit club from 17th to 13th. Striker were without four first team regulars currently on internation- form swiftly but striker Sergio Saido Berahino will look to score al duty with China at the East Asia Cup in Wuhan. But they did Aguero’s fitness is essential. When regularly after netting an impres- not look out of place against their more illustrious opponents. Aguero plays, he scores - but sive 14 goals in the Premier However, in the 24th minute Atletico extended their lead injuries often restrict his appear- League last season. He will be when the ball fell to Griezmann on the edge of the box. The ances. partnered in attack by Rickie Frenchman scored his second of the night when his tame Key player: Sergio Aguero Lambert, who has joined from shot evaded SIPG keeper Sun to make it 2-0 to the Spanish Liverpool. giants. MANCHESTER UNITED Key player: Saido Berahino Atletico’s Lucas Hernandez should have put his side further A Champions League return ahead in the 28th minute when the French defender crashed made Louis van Gaal’s first season WEST HAM successful but United was often Former West Ham defender a header off the bar from close range. rescued by David de Gea during Slaven Bilic is back at the club as Torres scored the final goal of the match just after half- several poor performances. manager. This will be West Ham’s time, after which the pace of the game dropped considerably. Despite reports that a Real last season at Upton Park before SIPG’s Ivorian forward Jean Evrard Kouassi troubled Atletico Madrid transfer is impending, the moving to the Olympic Stadium. on the flanks in the second half with some dangerous balls goalkeeper remains but Wayne An improvement on last year’s into the box, but Shanghai lacked the firepower to breach the Rooney’s importance as captain 12th place under Bilic’s predeces- net of the 2014 Spanish League champions. will rise even more if De Gea does sor Sam Allardyce is a must. Goals Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group owns 20 per cent of depart. from Diafra Sakho are key. Atletico Madrid and helped arrange its visit to China. Atletico Key player: Wayne Rooney Key player: Diafra Sakho. —AP beat Japanese club Sagan Tosu 4-1 on penalties on Saturday CHINA: Atletico Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Oliver Torres (left) makes a pass through in the first game of their two-match Asian tour. —AFP Shanghai’s Chinese forward Zhengrong Zhu during a friendly football match. —AFP Broad wary of Costa’s fitness, ‘dangerous’ Falcao’s form Clarke key to Chelsea 17 title defense WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 19 Clean athletes let down by system — Tallent Page 18

KAZAN:Guy Great Britain’s James Guy competeseclipses in the final of the men’s 200m freestyle swimming Sunevent at the 2015 FINA World Champioinnships. — AFP200m freestyle

KAZAN: Britain’s James Guy held off a host of “I tried to focus on myself (in the final 50m) and I semi-final, summoning all her strength to qualify stroke titles. Emily Seebohm led home a brilliant petition since her doping ban ended in February, Olympic champions to win his first world title, the knew the boys would go out hard. I also knew I had sixth-fastest. one-two in the women’s event, claiming gold with posted 1:05.66, with Lithuanian rival Ruta Meilutyte men’s 200m freestyle, at the world championships a good back end because of the 400m, so I tried to “I was prepared for it and it did hurt a lot, but I the year’s world leading time of 58.26 seconds, claiming silver. Guy’s compatriot, Adam Peaty, earli- yesterday. play to my strengths.” got the job done and it feels really good,” said ahead of compatriot Madison Wilson in 58.75 sec- er set a world record for the men’s 50 metres After claiming silver in the 400m freestyle As expected, Katie Ledecky, of the United States, Ledecky. She had avoided the same schedule at the onds. Mitch Larkin then held off 2011 world cham- breaststroke as he continued his Kazan rivalry with behind China’s Sun Yang, Guy came from third at won her second world title in three days, coasting 2013 championships, but opted to include a fourth pion Camille Lacourt, of France, in the men’s 100m South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh. the final turn to touch the wall in one minute 45.14 to victory in the women’s 1500m freestyle and low- event in Kazan in the build-up to the Rio Games, backstroke on the final stroke. Peaty’s time of 26.42 seconds broke the previous seconds. He beat Sun and Paul Biedermann of ering her world record in the process. given that the 1500m is not on the Olympic pro- record by 0.20 seconds, set by Van der Burgh, the Germany into silver and bronze respectively. Ryan gramme. “I have 2,000 more metres of racing here PULSATING SESSION defending champion, earlier in the day. The Briton Lochte, of United States, was fourth. OPENING SALVOS and I’m not thinking about 2016 just yet,” she The 22-year-old touched in 52.40 seconds, just will be favourite to land his second title of the week The stirring finish from the 19-year-old dented The 18-year-old high school graduate raced added. The American, chasing four individual world 0.08 seconds ahead of Lacourt. The defending after winning 100m breaststroke gold on Monday. Sun’s bid for four world titles.”It was quite a nice away from the field in the opening salvos, record- titles, will face a tough final after Italy’s Federica champion, Australia’s Matt Grevers, took bronze. Meanwhile, Conor Jaeger, of the United States, qual- feeling, as I never thought I’d race Ryan, one of my ing 15:25.48 to lower the mark she set on Monday Pellegrini and Missy Franklin, of the United States, In the final event of a pulsating session, favorite ified fastest for Wednesday’s men’s 800m final, with heroes, and racing head-to-head against him, by 2.23 seconds. took the first two final berths. Yuliya Efimova delighted the home crowd by tak- seven minutes 44.77 seconds. Defending champion touching the wall and becoming world champion Thirty minutes later, Ledecky was back on the Australia took two golds in less than an hour ing gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke. Sun recorded the sixth-fastest time, 3.10 seconds is amazing,” said Guy. starting blocks for her women’s 200m freestyle after securing both men’s and women’s 100m back- The Russian, competing in her first major com- down on the American. — Reuters Petkovic advances Murray returns to DC at West Classic for 1st time since 2006

STANFORD: Sixth-seeded Andrea Petkovic got her body realigned and returned to form to beat fellow German Carina Witthoeft in a first-round WASHINGTON: Andy Murray is back on hard reigning U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic; match of the Bank of the West Classic on Monday. courts for the first time in four months - and James Duckworth eliminated Ryan Harrison 6- “I played really bad up to 1-5,” Petkovic said. “It felt like my upper body back at the Citi Open for the first time in nine 1, 7-6 (4) and will meet U.S. Open runner-up Kei and lower body were swapped. After that I played fine.” The 17th-ranked years. The two-time major champion is seeded Nishikori; and Victor Estrella Burgos edged Petkovic won 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. “Stanford is special with the conditions. The ball No. 1 at the US Open tuneup that began Nicolas Jarry 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a match really flies,” she said. “You have to feel the court.” Monday, getting his game in gear on the sur- against eighth-seeded John Isner. The seventh-seeded Madison Keys also advanced. The 18th-ranked face on which he won his first Grand Slam title In doubles, the second stop on Mardy Fish’s American needed just 5 minutes to take care of Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 6-0. at Flushing Meadows in 2012. farewell tour began with a victory. Fish, who “I think I played really well,” Keys said. “Once I got the lead I tried to keep Like other seeded players, Murray received plans to retire after the US Open, teamed with the pressure on her. My first serve was definitely working for me and that’s a first-round bye, and his initial match in Grigor Dimitrov to beat last year’s Wimbledon something I want to keep up.” American teenager CiCi Bellis lost her match Washington, where he hasn’t played since he champions, Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil. to qualifier Misaki Doi, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Bellis was the youngest player in 15 years was the 2006 runner-up, comes Murray and Daniel Nestor lost in to win a match at the US Open last year. “I thought I played pretty well and Wednesday against 53rd-ranked doubles at night. In singles, gave her a good fight,” said Bellis, who lives a few minutes from the campus. Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia. Murray’s season so far: three titles “It’s good for me to play against players ranked so high.” That will be Murray’s first compe- and a 48-7 record. “The year as a Qualifier Nicole Gibbs, who won a pair of NCAA singles titles while at tition on a hard court since losing whole, obviously, has been good. Stanford, beat France’s Caroline Garcia 6-4, 7-5, for her first WTA main draw in the final at Miami to top- It’s been much, much better than victory since April. “This was a big barrier for me to break through,” Gibbs ranked Novak Djokovic in early last year. So there’s been some said. “To do it in front of my home crowd was something special.” American April. “It does take a while, espe- progress there,” Murray said. “But Alison Riske topped German Tatjana Maria 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to earn a date with cially coming from the grass. This obviously I want to keep trying to third-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round of the tournament morning was the first time when I do better, and hopefully these that is a tune up for the U.S. Open at the end of the month. Doi meets No. hit and started to feel more com- next few weeks, I can go on a 2-seed Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday. Mona Barthel beat wild card fortable on the courts, feel like I’m good run on hard courts and fin- Carol Zhao 6-3, 6-0. World No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams starting to get used to them ish the year strong.” withdrew last week due to injury. again. Obviously the conditions Andy Murray At the majors, Murray reached Meanwhile, Philipp Kohlschreiber overcame 14 aces by Jan-Lennard here, when compared with one final (losing to Djokovic at Struff to beat his German compatriot 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the first round of Wimbledon, is completely different. Extremely the Australian Open) and a pair of semifinals the Generali Open yesterday. The sixth-seeded Kohlschreiber held his serve humid. Very high-bouncing courts,” said the (losing to Djokovic again at the French Open). throughout and broke Struff once in the first set and again in the final set. “I third-ranked Murray, who lost to No. 2 Roger “In terms of goals, one of the things I spoke was the better player in the rallies but his serve made it a close match,” said Federer in the semifinals at the All England about at the beginning of the year was consis- Kohlschreiber, who reached the final here in 2012 but failed to win his Club last month. tency, and trying to make sure I did better at opening match the following two years. Andreas Haider-Maurer came back In the Citi Open’s first completed match, more of the events than I had done in the past. from a break down in both sets to beat Joao Souza of Brazil 7-6 (2), 6-4 and Louisa Chirico beat Heather Watson 6-3, 6-0. It And I feel like that’s obviously been a positive,” set up a second-round match against fellow Austrian Dominic Thiem. was Watson’s first tournament appearance since Murray said. The 21st-ranked Thiem, who is coming off back-to-back titles in Umag she pushed eventual champion Serena Williams “The Grand Slams are tournaments I want and Gstaad, is the top-seeded player at the final clay-court event of the sea- to three sets in the third round at Wimbledon. to win. Haven’t quite managed to do that yet son after David Goffin of Belgium pulled out for personal reasons. Another Yulia Putintseva got past Kurumi Nara 4-6, 6-4, this year, but I feel like I’ve played well in all of Austrian, Jurgen Melzer, also advanced by defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver of 7-6 (4), and sixth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu the Slams. The French Open was the best I’ve Spain 7-6 (3), 6-3. The former eighth-ranked Melzer, who entered on a wild defeated Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-0. ever played on the clay. The Australian Open, I card, next plays Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Almagro hit 20 aces while rallying In men’s action, Gabashvili outlasted was very close there, I felt. And unfortunately to beat the seventh-seeded Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-4. Benjamin Becker 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Donald Young at Wimbledon, Roger played an unbelievable STANFORD: Andrea Petkovic of Germany celebrates after winning her Also, Albert Montanes of Spain beat Gerald Melzer, Jurgen’s younger beat Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-4; Hyeon Chung match. He served extremely well there and was match against Carina Witthoeft of Germany during day one of the Bank of brother, 6-4, 7-6 (5), and Dusan Lajovic of Serbia defeated Mikhail Youzhny defeated Dudi Sela 6-2, 6-1 and now faces just too good on that day.” — AP the West Classic. — AFP of Russia 6-3, 6-4. — AP Britain takes a 1.1 billion pounds hit in RBS sell-off Page 23

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CAIRO: Tourists enjoy the view from the ancient Mohammad Ali Pasha Mosque in Cairo yesterday. The Mohammad Ali Mosque, along with the citadel, is one of the landmarks and tourist attractions of Cairo. — AP Egypt to inaugurate ‘new Suez Canal’ waterway Cairo seeks cash, prestige boost with ‘new Suez Canal’

CAIRO: Egypt will tomorrow inaugurate a “new project is part of cementing this legitimacy.” include the construction of ports and provide Suez Canal” waterway touted as an achievement shipping services. The government is aiming for rivalling the digging of the original, as it seeks to Ambitious target an annual gross domestic product growth rate of boost both its economy and international stand- Sisi set an ambitious target of digging the seven percent for an economy traditionally driv- ing. The ceremony, to be attended by foreign waterway in just a year despite an initial estimate en by tourism and canal revenues. dignitaries including French President Francois it would take up to three years. Officials say the Tourism has plummeted, however, with last Hollande, comes just over two years after entire funding for the project was raised in six year’s 10 million visitors sharply down from 2010 President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the former military days by selling investment certificates to domes- when 15 million foreigners visited Egypt. The chief, overthrew his Islamist predecessor. tic investors. It involved 37 kilometres of dry dig- authorities hope the new waterway will more Sisi broke ground on the project last August ging and 35 kilometres of expansion and deep- than double Suez earnings from $5.3 billion after winning a presidential election on promises ening of the existing canal. Preparations for expected at the end of 2015 to $13.2 billion in of strengthening security and reviving the ailing tomorrow’s lavish opening are in full swing in the 2023. Mameesh said about a million jobs are economy. The new 72-kilometre waterway, built port city of Ismailiya. Some 10,000 policemen expected to be created around the canal over in less than a year at a cost of $9 billion (7.9 bil- will stand guard across six provinces as Sisi the next 15 years. Analysts doubt the forecasts. lion euros), runs part of the way alongside the opens the ceremony by joining a naval parade, “There will be an increase in revenues, but are existing canal connecting the Red Sea and the state media said. Newly bought French Rafale these figures credible?” asked Carnegie’s Adly. Mediterranean. It will cut the waiting period for warplanes and US F-16s delivered by Washington “It’s not just about the increase in traffic... it’s vessels from 18 hours to 11. last week will also be on display. Banners saying also related to external factors such as growth in By 2023 the number of ships using the canal “New Suez Canal: From Egypt to the World” have global trade itself.” Built 146 years ago, the origi- will increase to 97 per day from the current 49, been put up at Cairo airport, and hundreds of nal canal is one of the world’s most heavily used the Suez Canal Authority website said. “It sends Egyptian flags grace the capital’s streets. shipping lanes and a key focus of international a message to the public and foreign investors The opening comes amid a rapprochement SUEZ CANAL: File photo shows an aerial view of the southern entrance of Egypt’s Suez trade. Its expansion is a major achievement for that the government is capable of accomplish- between the West and Sisi’s regime, although Canal. — AFP Sisi, but Egypt needs many projects to turn ing something in a set calendar,” Amr Adly of Washington remains critical of the country’s Strip and the Suez Canal. In July, the Islamic State The expanded canal is considered a “national around its dilapidated economy, Fawaz Gerges of the Carnegie Middle East Center said. “Since human rights situation. A police crackdown tar- group affiliate in Egypt claimed a missile attack project” that aims to revive an economy battered the London School of Economics and Political (former president Mohamed) Morsi’s ouster the geting Morsi supporters has killed hundreds and that destroyed an Egyptian naval vessel off North by political upheaval since the 2011 ouster of Science said. “The administration will capitalise new regime is engaged in a political conflict to seen thousands jailed. Militants have killed Sinai. Suez Canal Authority chief Mohab longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. It is part of a on this project to showcase economic growth, prove its legitimacy inside and outside Egypt.” scores of policemen and soldiers, mostly in the Mameesh has declared the new waterway “safe” plan to develop the surrounding area into an but it is unlikely to resolve challenges facing the “The ability to accomplish such an economic Sinai Peninsula that lies between Israel, the Gaza after conducting a trial run. industrial and commercial hub that would economy,” he said. — AFP Ahli United Bank reports Greece’s financial woes see banking stocks plunge again profit of $278.4 million ATHENS: Greece’s banking stocks plunged for There was no spillover evident from Greece to the second day in a row yesterday, dragging other European markets. Many investors have the main Athens index down in a graphic illus- cut their exposure to Greece and are focusing KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank BSC (AUB) sions, rose to 160.5% as at 30June 2015 (31 tration of the country’s financial and economic more on the state of core markets such as reported a net profit attributable to its December 2014: 159.4%). The Group’s woes. There were signs, however, that the rout Germany and France. equity shareholders of $278.4 million for Return on Average Equity (ROAE) for that took 8 billion euros off the market on the half year ended 30 June 2015. The net H1/2015 was maintained at 16.7%,similar Monday may be ending as already historically Fear for the future profit reflected an increase of 6.1% in to H1/14. Return on Average Assets was low valuations fall to levels at which investors Greek shares resumed trading on Monday H1/2015as compared to $262.5 million higher at 1.8% for H1/2015 (H1/2014: start moving back in. after a five-week suspension as part of capital achieved in H1/2014. The Q2/2015 net 1.7%). Hamad Al-Humaidhi, AUB Chairman, The banking index, comprising the four controls imposed to stem a debilitating outflow profit achieved was US$ 131.2 million, a commented: “AUB’s strong performance for major lenders, was down 27.1 percent, manag- of euros that threatened to cause a banking col- 4.2% increase over the Q2/2014 reported the first half of 2015 against the backdrop ing to keep above the 30 percent daily loss lim- lapse and force the indebted country out of the profit of $125.9 million. The Basic Earnings of weak regional economic activity and it at which trading is halted. It hit that limit on euro-zone. With investors worried about a new per Share in H1/2015 were US 4.3 cents, continuing international uncertainty is Monday. This was partly because there were bailout from the European Union and a worsen- compared to US 4.2 cents in H1/2014. very satisfactory. some buyers yesterday for National Bank of ing economy, they have since fallen to roughly Greece and the smaller Attica Bank, both down the level they were at in 1990 and, while not as The operating results of AUB were pri- The Bank successfully completed a US$ 22 percent. The overall Athens General Index, low as they were in 2012, are some 52 percent marily driven by the growth in its core 400 million issue of Additional Tier 1 which shed a record 16.2 percent on Monday, down on last year’s high. Although Athens is in operating earnings across its major lines of Perpetual Basel III Compliant Capital was down a far more modest 1.4 percent yes- new bailout talks with its European Union part- business and markets, despite continuing Securities in April 2015 at a very competi- terday. That suggested that without the banks, ners, the threat of political and economic insta- sluggish economic trends in first half of tive pricing. This represents an important which hold a weighting of around 20 percent, bility remains high. And the banks, supported year 2015 both in regional and European step forward in terms of the evolution and the index would have risen on the day. for the moment by the European Central Bank, markets. Net interest income grew by 2.6% diversification of the Group’s capital struc- “Non-financial stocks were pressured a lot are in dire need of recapitalisation, a subject from $381.7 million to $391.7 million, while ture”. “The strong results for H1/2015 repre- Hamad Al-Humaidhi and we are seeing a rebound. They will likely being discussed yesterday by the finance min- fee income grew by 8.4% from $78.5 mil- sent clear testimony of AUB’s well-man- balance out at a new level in the next few days, istry and Greece’s international lenders. It has lion to $85.1 million. The cost income ratio non-performing loans ratio standing aged business model based on diversifica- meaning volatility will ease,” said analyst been estimated by both Greek banks and the stood at 28.8% (YTD H1/2014: 28.5%) unchanged at 2.0% (31 December 2014: tion and cross border flows and of the suc- George Doukas at Piraeus Securities. Among creditors that between 10 billion and 25 billion reflecting the continuing drive to focus on 2.0%) while the specific provision coverage cess of its selective growth initiatives to gainers were gaming group OPAP, up 4.6 per- euros ($11 billion-27.5 billion) is needed. The an intelligent spend approach. ratio was 81.0% (31 December 2014: increase operating income and mitigate cent, and Aegean Airlines, 8.8 percent. Some economy, meanwhile, has reversed course and Prudent risk management and monitor- 83.8%). Total provision coverage ratio, risk challenges in its target markets.” added other tourism-related companies also did well. is heading back into recession. —Reuters ing sustained its asset quality with the inclusive of collective impairment provi- Mr. Al-Humaidhi. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 BUSINESS Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Properties extends its earnings boom Q2 profit rises 18 percent

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Properties , one of high because Aldar handed over a large number in the second quarter, reducing its debts to 7.1 the Gulf’s biggest developers, reported an 18.5 of completed residential units and booked rev- billion dirhams after it collected 1.2 billion percent jump in second-quarter net profit yes- enues from those sales, chief financial officer dirhams in receivables from Abu Dhabi’s gov- terday, attributing it to higher recurring rev- Greg Fewer told a conference call. Under new ernment. enues, better margins and lower financing accounting standards adopted by the company Fewer said Aldar’s debt would decline costs. The state-linked company, which devel- this year, it will periodically recognise revenue steadily in line with amortisation, while the oped Abu Dhabi’s Formula One circuit among from property sales during the construction company was also talking to banks to refinance other projects, made a profit attributable to process rather than solely when units are hand- existing debt at cheaper rates and for a longer shareholders of 599.2 million dirhams ($163.14 ed over to buyers. period. The company said it has yet to see any million) in the three months to June 30, it said in Aldar’s quarterly gross profit from its recur- impact on its operations from the sustained a statement. ring revenue streams, which includes its proper- slump in oil prices, while it expects construc- It has now reported higher profits in eight ty leasing, retail and hospitality businesses, tion costs will fall. Aldar’s financing costs, which out of nine quarters, Reuters data shows. surged 60 percent to 340 million dirhams versus relate to interest payments and hedging costs, SICO Bahrain had forecast Aldar would make a year earlier, Fewer said. The company’s overall were 61.5 million dirhams in the second quar- a quarterly profit of 514.6 million dirhams. gross profit margin was 45 percent in the sec- ter, versus 113.1 million in the same period of Aldar’s second-quarter revenue fell to 1.11 bil- ond quarter, up from 15 percent a year ago. “Our 2014. State-owned fund Mubadala lion dirhams, from 2.19 billion dirhams a year rental business is very high margin,” said Fewer. Development Co owns 37.3 percent of Aldar, earlier. Revenues last year were exceptionally The company repaid 1.1 billion dirhams of debt according to Reuters data. —Reuters

Google self-driving car Google adds lexus rx450h to self-driving car project

KUWAIT: Google’s self-driving car is an ambi- Google should have little difficulty traversing Austin streets until going through the official tious project that hopes to end human error the tricky terrain it has planned. Google procedures. The car obtained the permission behind the wheel with a sophisticated soft- smart car is driven by two drivers to make of the city governor, police and Ministry of ware solution. The tech titan’s robo-cars have sure of the car safety and control it in time , if Transportation. logged more than 700,000 hours since it necessary. The car is not yet released in began working on the vehicles in 2009. Google expects to have them ready for public use between 2017 and 2020. The Internet search giant has clocked in over 300,000 miles testing its self-driving Toyota Prius, sweeping across city-scapes and suburbs alike. Now, it has added another hybrid to the mix, the Lexus RX450h, as it turns its atten- tion to more treacherous and tricky road con- ditions. In the present time Google is testing its new self-driving smart car in Austin Texas. Google Company uncovered new tests for Google car in different environments to test the efficiency of the car programs while driv- ing in different conditions and roads . “To pro- vide the best experience we can, we’ll need to master snow-covered roadways, interpret temporary construction signals and handle other tricky situations that many drivers encounter,” said Chris Urmson, Engineering Lead of the Self-driving program. With the RX450h’s electric all-wheel-drive system EXCHANGE RATES

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Philippines’ biggest telco’s profit falls amid digital struggles

MANILA: Philippine Long Distance replace an older system that now brings last year. However, Pangilinan said full- choice but to hasten that transition,” added. Filipinos are among the world’s Telephone yesterday reported lower in less money. “The rapid decline in our year revenue could drop by as much as Pangilinan added. most active Internet users, with a steady quarterly net profit and revenue as more toll revenues continues to bear down five billion pesos as the “legacy” fixed line While total data revenue rose 13 per- stream of social media posts and mes- subscribers abandoned texting and tra- heavily on our medium-term revenue business shrinks further. April-June rev- cent to 23 billion pesos, this growth was sages sent through data-powered chat ditional phones in favour of smart- growth, with the onslaught of the enue dropped two percent to 81.2 billion “not enough” to offset the decline in its applications, displacing traditional SMS phones with a wider range of online Internet causing adverse substitution,” pesos amid the continued decline in its old revenue sources, company president and voice calling. The company said it services. April-June net profit fell five per- chairman Manuel Pangilinan told fixed-line long distance service, the com- Napoleon Nazareno said. The company has 68.9 million mobile phone sub- cent from a year earlier to 18.9 billion reporters. pany said. The digital shift will be a “soft will increase capital spending this year to scribers-including 35 percent with smart- pesos ($414.2 million), as the country’s The company is keeping its 35-billion- spot” for the company in the next two a record 43 billion pesos, up four billion phones that can access the Internet. The largest telecommunications firm spent peso net profit target for the year, lower years, Pangilinan warned. “It will be pesos from last year, to expand its 3G, share of smartphones in the mix is “mov- more on Internet infrastructure to than the 37-billion-peso profit it posted tough as we transition, we have no 4G, and fibre Internet networks, he ing up rapidly”, Nazareno said.—AFP

With final defendant, Madoff criminal case comes to an end NEW YORK: In 1964, Irwin Lipkin became ner at Boies Schiller & Flexner, who helped one of the first employees at a small New lead the Madoff investigation. “It was very York trading firm called Bernard L Madoff difficult to know where to start.” Lipkin, Investment Securities. Five decades later, who pleaded guilty to falsifying records as Lipkin, 77, is set to be sentenced today in the firm’s controller, has asked for proba- Manhattan federal court for falsifying tion, citing his declining health, while pros- records, marking the end of the criminal ecutors have requested prison time. case stemming from the collapse of Five employees took their chances with Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme a jury: back-office director Daniel more than six years ago. Lipkin is the last of Bonventre, portfolio managers Annette 15 people who either pleaded guilty or Bongiorno and JoAnn Crupi and computer were convicted at trial in connection with programmers George Perez and Jerome the fraud, which cost investors approxi- O’Hara. They were convicted on securities mately $17 billion in principal. Madoff, 77, fraud and other counts in March 2014, fol- who is serving a 150-year sentence after lowing a six-month trial that was one of the pleading guilty in 2009 to masterminding longest ever white-collar criminal trials in the fraud, has always insisted he acted New York. Lawyers for the five, who are alone. appealing, say they were duped by one of Prosecutors have conceded that Madoff history’s greatest con men, just as investors, alone knew the full extent of his deception. auditors and regulators were. “Nobody Even his deputy, Frank DiPascali, who was knew what he was doing,” Andrew Frisch, intimately involved in the fraud, testified he Bonventre’s lawyer, told Reuters. “These are believed Madoff had hidden assets to cover uneducated, or thinly educated, func- customers’ liabilities almost until the end. tionaries who basically see him as a god.” Madoff tearfully confessed to him that he Those assertions may have helped per- didn’t “have any more goddamn money” in suade US District Judge Laura Taylor the firm’s final days, DiPascali said in 2013 Swain not to impose lengthy prison while testifying against five former col- terms, instead sentencing them to leagues. But prosecutors have used mil- between 2-1/2 and 10 years. Prosecutors lions of documents and the cooperation of criticized those sentences as too light and LONDON: Photo shows a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branch in central London. — AP key co-conspirators to prove that while have taken the unusual step of appealing. Madoff was the architect, he had plenty of Besides DiPascali, six defendants cooper- help. ated with prosecutors and were rewarded The task was complicated by the sheer with non-prison sentences. DiPascali died Britain takes a 1.1 billion scope of the fraud and involved poring in May before his sentencing. As part of through countless paper records, since the the criminal investigation, the Justice scheme began before computers were Department has also recovered $4 billion pound hit in RBS sell-off widespread. “It was a fraud that lasted for for victims, including $1.7 billion from 40-something years; it involved thousands Madoff’s longtime bank, JPMorgan Chase upon thousands of customers,” said former & Co , as part of a deferred prosecution prosecutor Matthew Schwartz, now a part- agreement. .— Reuters Sale raises 2.1 billion stg for state coffers

LONDON: Britain took a 1.1 billion pound ($1.7 awaiting a US settlement for the mis-selling of investors after the market closed on Monday. billion) loss on its first sale of shares in Royal sub-prime mortgages,” Leslie added, referring to UKFI sold more shares than it had indicated CBK launches new Bank of Scotland (RBS) yesterday, sparking accu- a potentially massive fine from US authorities on Monday, when it had announced plans to sell sations from opposition politicians of an unnec- against RBS, related to past sales of US mort- 600 million. The 2.3 percent discount to RBS’s essarily rushed and costly disposal. The UK gov- gages. RBS has set aside 2.1 billion pounds for a closing price on Monday, at which the shares electronic services ernment sold a 5.4 percent stake in RBS at 330 settlement but has said the timing of a deal is were sold, was also narrower than the 3.1 per- pence per share, a third below the price paid uncertain. Analysts estimate it could cost as cent discount on the government’s first sale of KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of when Britain rescued the British bank with 45.8 much as 9 billion pounds. However the share Lloyds shares in September 2013. By 0944 GMT billion pounds of taxpayer cash at the peak of sale, which cuts the taxpayers’ holding to 72.9 RBS shares were up 0.3 percent at 338.5p. The Kuwait’s CEO Elham Yousry Mahfouz the 2007/09 financial crisis. Britain raised 2.1 bil- percent from 78.3 percent, still marks a mile- RBS share sale was 2.4 times covered by said the bank has launched two new lion pounds, but lost a substantial sum on the stone in Britain’s recovery from the financial cri- investors, a person familiar with the matter said, electronic services that allow the user first of many blocks of shares to be sold. Overall sis, as well as forming a plank in Osborne’s strat- adding about 48 percent were UK-based to check the accuracy and validity of it is currently sitting on a 15 billion pound loss egy to improve the country’s finances. investors, 37 percent were from the United bank letters of credit and cheques on its holding. States and 15 percent were from elsewhere. data in a simple way. The user will be Finance Minister George Osborne hailed the More power RBS CEO Ross McEwan said he was pleased able to look at the data related to the start of returning RBS to the private sector and The divestment had been on the cards since the sell-down had begun, which he said reflect- services through the Commercial said it was right to commence selling at a loss. Osborne in June accelerated the timetable for ed the progress the bank had made “to become Bank of Kuwait site (www.cbk- “While the easiest thing to do would be to duck selling RBS, after his Conservative Party won a stronger, simpler and fairer bank”. RBS was online.com) - and then check the the difficult decisions and leave RBS in state May’s UK national election with a surprise major- briefly the world’s biggest bank by assets, but it hands, the right thing to do for the economy ity, giving his party more power in government. has more than halved its assets and the size of documents related to LCS or cheques and for taxpayers is to start selling off our stake,” He has lost no time since then in pressing on its investment bank and sold businesses around issued by the bank. The services are Osborne said. But the opposition Labour Party with his plans for Britain’s economy, including the world. Britain also had to rescue Lloyds and in the interest of the customer. Elham Mahfouz slammed the sale. “RBS had to be bailed out the sale of more shares in Lloyds Banking Group has sold down its stake in that bank at a profit urgently, but it doesn’t have to be sold off at the and a budget that included a shift away from over the past two years and now holds less than same speed,” said Chris Leslie, shadow finance welfare spending to higher wages for workers. 14 percent. The taxpayer could make at least 2 Rebooting Greece: how to minister. UK Financial Investments (UKFI), the body that billion pounds on the Lloyds bailout. The RBS “The Chancellor needs to justify his haste in holds the government’s stake, said it sold 630 sale was handled by Citigroup, Goldman Sachs , get economy going again selling off a chunk of RBS while the bank is still million shares in a quick-fire sale to institutional Morgan Stanley and UBS.—Reuters

ATHENS: After so much pain, Greece must tion in November. That comes on top of years now figure out how to get its economy back of political infighting in the country, both Korea Inc struggling to keep it in the family on its feet. The scale of the country’s financial during the past six years of crisis and before, SEOUL: With bitterly feuding siblings, attempted younger son, Shin Dong-Bin. But Dong-Bin fought Lotte heir, and added that he would never forgive problems is mind boggling - a full quarter of when officials hid the scale of the govern- boardroom coups and an act of corporate patricide, back and, a day later, the board not only nullified being ousted from the holding company. The dis- the economy evaporated in the past six years ment’s debts. “Irresponsibility destroyed this the family squabble currently engulfing one of the dismissals but also removed the father as co- pute should come to a head at a Lotte Holdings and business activity is now plummeting fur- country,” said Nicolaos Eriotis, a professor who Korea’s largest conglomerates makes for com- CEO. shareholder meeting expected to be held in Tokyo ther. Government cuts needed to qualify for a heads the department of business and pelling drama. And it is very much being played to this week, at which the eldest son has said he will new bailout will hurt incomes for years to finance at the National & Kapodestrian an audience, with the three main protagonists issu- Manipulating the father? call for the sacking of the entire executive board. come. The advice to Greece from economists University of Athens. ing almost daily threats and accusations on televi- In a statement apparently dictated by Dong-Bin, Both sons claim they have the shareholder is simple: focus on the basics. Have a steady With so much uncertainty hanging over it, sion-sometimes of a deeply personal nature. In a the Lotte Group suggested that the eldest son had backing to swing the vote their way. The situation government, simplify the rules of doing busi- Greece is struggling to attract major foreign warped interpretation of Walt Disney’s axiom that “a taken advantage of his father’s frailty and advanc- is further complicated by the byzantine structure ness, and rather than try to reinvent the econ- investment. Investment last year equaled just man should never neglect his family for business” ing years to try and stage a boardroom coup. He of the Lotte Group, with myriad circular share- omy, zoom in on sectors that can benefit from 12 percent of economic output - only three of the 92-year-old founder of the Seoul-based Lotte took the chairman “who is aged and has difficulty holdings that make it difficult to decipher who small investments: tourism and agriculture, 124 countries ranked by the World Bank Group and his two sons have been tearing chunks in making judgements, to Japan and pushed him exactly owns and controls what. “That is a feature for example. invested a lower share. So, experts say, out of each other with little or no apparent concern into making the verbal dismissal announcement,” of many chaebols, but the Lotte Group’s cross- In many cases, that’s easier said than done. Greece’s best option in the short-term is to for the impact on the country’s largest retail giant. the statement said. It is unclear exactly where the holdings dwarf the others in their number and Political instability, a hallmark of Greece’s cri- target what little money it can get into indus- Squabbles for control of South Korea’s family- loyalties of the patriarch lies when it comes to his complexity,” said CGCG’s Kim. “As far as decent sis, is highly toxic for investors, who need to tries it already has a presence in. Agriculture run conglomerates, known as “chaebol”, have long two sons. After Dong-Joo was stripped of key corporate governance goes, the family really know that the rules for business won’t last year contributed almost 6 billion euros to been staple plotline fare for the country’s popular positions with Lotte’s Japan-based affiliates back ought to sort things out themselves first and then change unexpectedly. Greece’s current gov- the country’s 179 billion euro economy but K-dramas, but the real-life Lotte dispute is setting in January and Dong-Bin was appointed Lotte win shareholder approval for whatever they ernment offers a stark example of the risks. could yield more with some basic moderniza- new standards for in-fighting and intrigue. Not Holdings CEO last month, it was widely assumed decide,” Kim said. “But in this case, it looks like The country had just emerged from recession tion and better marketing. since a similar clan brawl ripped through the that the younger son was the chosen successor. they have just skipped both steps. They failed to when the new government, led by the radical Hyundai Group about 15 years ago, has such a sig- But in a halting statement read to Korean work things out in the family and then complete- left leader Alexis Tsipras, came to power in Take olive oil nificant corporate power struggle been played out broadcaster SBS on Sunday, Shin Kyuk-Ho insisted ly ignored shareholders as they set about order- January with plans to undo a series of reforms Although Greece is the third largest olive in the public eye. “It’s further evidence that these he had never appointed his younger son as the ing dismissals,” he added.—AFP and challenge creditors. Tsipras’ intentions oil producer in the world, it exported 60 per- chaebol families think they can just do whatever were good: to ease the economic burden on cent of its output to Italy in bulk, giving its they want,” said Kim Woo-Chan, an analyst at the the Greek people. But the uncertainty proved neighbor the opportunity to earn 50 percent watchdog, Centre for Good Corporate Governance immensely painful. more on the price of the final packaged prod- (CGCG). Fears that the political clash with creditors uct, according to a 2012 report by consulting could push the country out of the euro firm McKinsey & Company. The fishing indus- Living in the past caused investors and Greeks to pull tens of try is another sector that Greece could devel- “They are still living in the 20th century, running billions of euros out of the country. The econ- op quickly and enjoys a strong competitive and fighting over their companies as if it’s their own omy plunged back into recession. To avoid a advantage in, given its huge shorelines. “You personal property and the shareholders don’t exist,” bank run, the government was forced to close have the groundwork already laid out and Kim said. At stake in the Lotte feud is control of a banks and the stock market for about a there’s no need for large investment,” said sprawling conglomerate with 80 units across Korea- month and impose limits on cash with- Panayotis Alexakis, professor of economics at spanning retail, amusement parks, hotels and drawals. The limits are costing Greece an esti- the National & Kapodestrian University of chemicals-and total combined assets of around $90 mated 1.75 billion euros to 2.8 billion euros Athens. Tourism remains king of the Greek billion. The company was founded in Japan in 1948 ($1.9 billion to $3.1 billion) weekly. Rather economy and could be improved further. by South Korean-born Shin Kyuk-Ho and grew from than grow this year, the Greek economy is When counting wholesale and retail trade, a seller of chewing gum to become a confectionary now expected to contract by between 2 and tourism revenue accounts for 23 percent of giant. 4 percent this year. the nation’s annual economic output. After Tokyo and Seoul normalised relations in Despite all the turmoil, this year’s tourism 1965, it expanded to South Korea where its opera- High unemployment numbers are forecast to hover around last tions now dwarf the Japanese side of the business The outlook for government stability is year’s. But experts warn the industry mustn’t in terms of revenue. But the key to control of the not particularly good, either, as high unem- remain static if it wants to compete against group still lies with the Japan-based Lotte Holdings ployment of 25 percent and popular resent- up-and-coming rivals like neighboring Co. At the beginning of last week, Shin and his eld- ment against economic reforms are expected Turkey. Greece could, for example, extend the est son, Shin Dong-Joo, flew to Tokyo and sought to BUSAN: Photo shows Lotte group founder Shin Kyuk-ho (center) in Seoul. With bitterly feuding to last. Political parties, including Tsipras’ tourism period into winter by developing dismiss a group of senior Lotte Holdings executive siblings, attempted boardroom coups and an act of corporate patricide, the family squabble Syriza, are in turmoil and there is speculation more golf courses - a reasonable move in a board members, including the CEO and Shin’s currently engulfing one of Korea’s largest conglomerates makes for compelling drama. — AFP Greece will head into another general elec- country blessed with so much sunshine. —AP WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 BUSINESS Respite for commodities as dollar wilts: China bounces

LONDON: Investors got a day off from commodity market mover. It rose 1.25 percent to almost a two-week high of the worst performers after disappointing results. The recent in Hong Kong. “The overall market momentum is not likely turmoil yesterday, as oil prices steadied at $50 a barrel after $0.7375 after the central bank suggested it was more com- drop in oil prices weighed on energy stocks. Shares in to pick up anytime soon and the economy in China is still a 5 percent drop and metals and Chinese markets were fortable with the currency’s level following its slide. Greece, which had slumped 16 percent on Monday when very weak.” Fears of disinflation stemming from the rout in generally calmer. However, European stocks reversed some Investors lengthened the odds of another cut in the 2 they reopened after closing for five weeks, also fell a further oil prices has led investors to pare bets that the Fed will of the previous day’s gains, Wall Street was expected to fall percent cash rate. Interbank futures now imply a 60 percent 4 percent before a partial recovery. raise US interest rates as early as September. for a third day and a preference for safety meant German chance of a move by December, from 72 percent earlier in Durable goods and factory data are due later and government bonds were back in demand. The respite for the day. “You have had a key shift from the RBA that they Data dependent investors are awaiting earnings reports from a batch of commodities came as a relief though and saw Brent oil, don’t need to intervene as strongly, so that has triggered a In Asian trading, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific companies that includes Walt Disney and Kellogg. But which has slumped more than 20 percent over the last considerable Aussie bounce,” said John Hardy, head of FX shares outside Japan made late gains. Chinese shares rose Friday’s employment data is key for markets. They are month, climb more than 1 percent. strategy at Saxo Bank. “And the (US) dollar view is just flat for a third day, ending up more than 3 percent . Japan’s expected to show the U.S. economy created 225,000 new Copper, seen as a bellwether of global growth, rose and we are just waiting for payrolls on Friday. We have had Nikkei stock index kept losses to 0.14 percent. Beijing has jobs in July, according to economists polled by Reuters. from a six-year low after Chinese stocks rebounded by a relatively hawkish set-up from Yellen and co (that interest taken numerous steps to support Chinese share markets The unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 5.3 more than 3 percent in Asia. A weaker dollar helped, after rates may go up next month) but the rates market just after they lost more than 30 percent of their value since percent. “If we get some certainty about the strength of another bout of weak US data on Monday and before US doesn’t believe it.” peaking in June. It announced a fresh crackdown on specu- the US economy and the likelihood of policy normaliza- jobs data due on Friday. The Canadian and Australian dol- The dollar was down about 0.1 percent on the day to lative trading yesterday, but investors were still cautious. tion by the Fed, and if a rate hike seems justifiable, that is lars, both linked to raw materials, got lifts alongside emerg- 123.90 yen as US trading started. The euro was slightly “The market is still very volatile ... investors are likely to positive for sentiment ... because a lot of people have been ing market currencies like Russia’s rouble, the South African higher at $1.0958. On European stock markets, French bank be quiet and see what the next step of the government will bracing for this,” said Stefan Worrall, director of cash equi- rand and Brazil’s real. The Aussie dollar was the biggest Credit Agricole and German carmaker BMW were among be,” said Patrick Yiu, a director of CASH Asset Management ties at Credit Suisse. —Reuters

JAKARTA: Motorists are stuck in traffic at one of Jakarta’s main road yesterday. Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predictions of easing. — AFP Gold up on softer dollar Platinum, palladium fall on oversupply

LONDON: Gold rose yesterday as the el since February 2010. dollar weakened after soft US eco- US gold for December delivery was nomic data, while platinum and palla- up 0.1 percent at $1,090.50 an ounce. dium hit multi-year lows on oversup- A softer dollar helped relieve the pres- ply and sluggish autocatalysts sure on gold. It was down 0.2 percent demand. Platinum dipped to its lowest against a basket of currencies, pegged since January 2009 at $940.50 an back by US factory activity and con- ounce, while palladium hit a near sumer spending data on Monday that three-year low of $586.30 an ounce. suggested the world’s largest econo- “Miners continue to increase produc- my may have lost some momentum in tion in a market that is already over- the past two months. Despite weaker supplied and only significant cuts data, economists believe the US cen- would help platinum and palladium tral bank could still be on course to lift prices recover,” Bank of America-Merrill rates this year. The next main macro Lynch analyst Michael Widmer said. economic event is the release of US Both metals, mainly used in catalysts nonfarm payrolls data on Friday. to clean up vehicle exhaust emissions, An improving labour market could were further pressured by a private strengthen the dollar further, indicat- survey on Monday that showed ing more price losses for non-interest China’s factory activity shrank more bearing gold. The metal lost nearly 7 than initially estimated in July. percent in July, when investors sharply “Industrial metals were hit hard in cut their exposure to bullion. “In the the wake of yesterday’s poor Chinese run-up to the first Fed rate hike it is manufacturing data and headlines going to be difficult for gold to rally ... that the Chinese auto industry is fac- gold has been in a four-year bear mar- ing significant headwinds,” MKS PAMP ket already and we can’t see any sus- said in a note. The metals have also tained driver that would take prices suffered from a sharp drop in gold higher,” Widmer said. Spot silver was prices, which they tend to track, over up 0.2 percent to $14.50 an ounce. The the past month on the back of a rising 19-commodity Thomson Reuters/Core dollar and expectations for an increase Commodity CRB Index, a global price in US interest rates. Spot gold was up benchmark, sank to a 12-year low on 0.5 percent at $1,091.33 an ounce by Monday as fears about a hard eco- 1143 GMT, but still not far above the nomic landing in China and a global $1,077 it hit on July 24, its weakest lev- glut deepened. — Reuters Oil edges back up to $50 a barrel from 6-month low Excess supply, slowing demand weigh on market

LONDON: Oil recovered to just ers has raised the prospect of even above $50 a barrel yesterday after more oil supply. OPEC made a his- touching a six-month low in the pre- toric policy shift in November 2014, vious session, although high global choosing to defend market share production and concern over the against rising output from rival pro- economic outlook in China weighed ducers rather than cut output to on the outlook. The bounce came as support prices. Since then, it has a weaker dollar took the pressure off boosted production by more than commodities which tumbled on 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) - Monday, with a global commodities almost 6 percent. “Given the 1.5 to price index sinking to a 12-year low. 2.0 million-barrel-per-day oversup- By 0955 GMT, Brent crude was up ply generated by OPEC the recovery 79 cents at $50.31 and US crude will probably be short-lived,” said gained 75 cents to $45.92. Brent fell Carsten Fritsch, analyst at to $49.36 at one point on Monday, Commerbank, referring to the oil its lowest since Jan 30. “I think we price recovery yesterday. will stabilize around current levels,” OPEC has been counting on said Olivier Jakob, head of Swiss oil higher demand in the second half consultancy Petromatrix. “You can of 2015 and next year to mop up never exclude a further correction, excess supply, but signs of a fur- but I think we are in the last 5 dollars ther slowing of China’s economy rather than the next 15 dollars.” have raised a question mark about Crude has come under pressure the strength of oil demand. Other from mounting signs of ample sup- analysts also see a weak outlook ply and a weakening of the demand for oil prices. BMI Research said a outlook. Brent fell 18 percent in July, strong dollar, China’s weakening while US crude’s 21 percent decline economy and the prospect of ris- was its biggest monthly decline ing Iranian oil exports would keep since the 2008 financial crisis. downward pressure on the market. Oil output from the Organization “A retest of Brent crude’s 2015 low of the Petroleum Exporting around $45 per barrel looks Countries (OPEC) reached the high- inevitable given current ample est monthly level in recent history in market supply and intensifying July, a Reuters survey found, and bearish market sentiment towards Iran’s nuclear deal with world pow- prices,” it said.—Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Record Asian crude trades raise worries on benchmarks, supply Chinaoil snaps up 10 cargoes in record single day trade

SINGAPORE: Aggressive crude buying by a Chinese traders in Asia. The seller Unipec is the trading unit of process is designed to “operate effectively in highly close to 820,000 bpd, nearly all the crude the sul- state trader has raised worries over whether there is Asia’s largest refiner, Sinopec. If trade continues at 10 liquid and less liquid markets.” In the Platts’ MoC tanate exports. That means a maximum 74 cargoes enough supply to sustain a pricing process that yields cargoes a day, then all available cargoes could be fin- process that assesses the Dubai and Oman bench- could be traded via the MoC system in one month the main benchmarks for the more than 12 million ished by next week, a Singapore-based trader said. marks, sellers have to deliver a 500,000-barrel cargo based on historical transactions, although traders barrels per day of oil sold in Asia. Deals on Monday “What will happen if all the physical cargoes are for every 20 Dubai trading lots sold to a counterparty. doubt all of the records could be repeated as some of between Chinaoil and Unipec - units of two Chinese exhausted?” The worry is that once the cargoes were Crudes approved for delivery are Dubai, Oman and the earlier supplies were drawn from storage. An ana- oil giants - saw the former buying a record 10 cargoes, traded, a bidder could push prices higher knowing Upper Zakum. But only three Dubai cargoes are now lyst with a Middle East producer, though, said some or 5 million barrels, during the Platts Dubai Market on that no more acceptable MoC grades were available. produced each month because of declining output, cargoes could be recycled through the MoC during a Close (MoC) process on the first trading day of “Chinaoil will be able to bid at $100 even when traders said. month, raising the number of trades. Platts, part of August. Brent is at $51, because nobody has a cargo to deliver In October last year, Chinaoil bought a record 22 McGraw Hill Financial Inc, competes with Thomson The speed at which Chinaoil, trading arm of to him,” the trader said. Platts said it does not com- Upper Zakum cargoes for December-loading, and in Reuters in providing news and information to the PetroChina , is buying crude has alarmed some ment on hypothetical scenarios and that its MoC April this year, it took a record 49 Oman cargoes, or energy markets.— Reuters Egypt’s business activity News in brief

UAE non-oil activity growth rebounds falls; production drops DUBAI: Business activity growth in the United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector rebounded in July from a 22- month low in June, a corporate survey showed yesterday. Currency depreciation still driving up input costs The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index, which covers manufacturing and services, rose to 55.8 points last month from 54.7 in June. A level CAIRO: Business activity in Egypt’s private sector, excluding softened demand. Respondents said a lack of stability in also led to a rise in purchase prices last month, respondents above 50 indicates expansion and below 50, contraction. oil, shrank in July, with modest declines in output, new major export markets across the Middle East led to a decline said. “July’s PMI is another indication that growth in the UAE’s orders, and employment, a survey showed yesterday. The in new work from abroad. “That said, assuming the two Egypt’s central bank allowed the pound to depreciate to non-oil economy is proving resilient in the face of a chal- Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index dipped to biggest factors that are undermining private sector business 7.73 pounds to the dollar early in July, a move analysts say lenging regional and global economic environment,” said 49.2 in July from 50.2 the previous month. A reading above activity at the moment - security risks and FX liquidity short- could boost exports and attract new investment, but which Jean-Paul Pigat, senior economist at Emirates NBD. “The 50 indicates expansion and below 50, contraction. The previ- ages - improve in the coming months, we would be optimistic raises the cost of imported materials for local producers. rebounds in output and new orders were particularly ous month’s PMI had been the first expansion after five con- that growth momentum can accelerate in H2,” Pigat said. Non-oil private sector employment in Egypt also fell and at encouraging, and we expect this momentum to continue secutive months of contraction. “The drop in July’s survey Respondents reported that a shortage of foreign curren- the fastest rate for three months, although it was still mod- through the remainder of 2015.” The output subindex rose came in below expectations, and hence raises the possibility cy rendered them unable to meet suppliers’ cash require- est. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has pledged to reduce job- sharply to 60.0 points in July from 57.5 in June, while the that Egypt’s macroeconomic recovery may have stalled at ments. Non-oil private sector companies also raised prices lessness to 10 percent over the next five years. new orders subindex climbed to 60.2 from 57.7. the start of FY2015/16,” Emirates NBD economist, Jean-Paul for the second month in a row during July. Some respon- Unemployment stood at 12.8 percent during the first three Pigat, said. dents said this was the result of higher input costs being months of 2015 according to the government’s statistics Output fell in July for the first time in three months, passed on to consumers. Egypt’s urban consumer inflation agency, but analysts believe actual unemployment may be Spian’s jobless claims fall though the contraction was “only slight”, and was due to sub- dropped to 11.4 percent in June from 13.1 percent in May, higher. Detailed PMI data is only available under licence for sixth straight month dued demand, respondents said. New export business official statistics agency CAPMAS said in early July. The from Markit and customers need to apply to Markit for a MADRID: The number of registered unemployed fell in declined for the second time in three months, compounding depreciation of the Egyptian pound against the US dollar licence. — Reuters Spain for the sixth straight month in July, government data showed yesterday, the latest sign of improvement in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Jobless claims declined last month by 74,028, or 1.8 percent, to 4.05 million, the labour ministry said in a statement. The improved jobs outlook should provide a boost to con- servative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he prepares for what promises to be a hard-fought re-election cam- paign at the end of the year. He credits his embrace of fiscal austerity and labour reforms that make it cheaper to hire and fire workers for the economic turnaround- but the reforms have cost him voter support. The num- ber of people without work fell in every region and across all sectors except for agriculture, although the majority of new jobs were on short-term contracts.

US DoJ probes Deutsche trades worth billions NEW YORK: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is investi- gating trades worth billions of dollars that Deutsche Bank AG made on behalf of Russian clients, a person familiar with the situation said yesterday. US DoJ officials have demanded information from Germany’s biggest lender about the trans- actions because they involved the use of the dollar, the per- son said. Deutsche Bank declined to comment. It had said in its second-quarter financial report that it was investigating equity trades by Deutsche Bank clients in London and Moscow that offset one another, adding that the volume of these trades was “significant”. The quarterly report also said Deutsche Bank had informed financial regulators and law enforcement in Germany, Russia, Britain and the United SYDNEY: A tourist boat docks at harbour in Sydney yesterday. Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record-low of 2.0 percent as it kept the possibility of further easing on States of its investigation and had taken disciplinary meas- the table and dropped calls for a weaker exchange rate. — AFP ures against some people in the case, which came to light in early June. Last month, The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) sought detailed information from Australia central bank keeps Deutsche on possible money-laundering transactions by some of its clients in Russia that could exceed $6 billion, a source familiar with the matter said.

interest rate at 2.0 percent Puerto Rico defaults on bond payment: Moody’s WASHINGTON: The US territory of Puerto Rico, deep in SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank yesterday held interest rates at resources sectors struggle to fill the gap left by mining invest- low of 72.35 US cents on July 31. Australia is a resources-depen- economic crisis, has defaulted on part of its $73-billion a record low of 2.0 percent as it kept the possibility of further ment. The Australian dollar jumped about a third of a US cent to dent economy, with iron ore its largest export. Ahead of the debt by missing a bond payment due on Monday, rat- easing on the table and dropped calls for a weaker exchange 73.43 US cents after the statement was released, with analysts release tomorrow of unemployment data-the rate has hovered ing firm Moody’s said. “Bondholders today did not rate. The Reserve Bank of Australia said it would continue to pointing to the Reserve Bank’s lack of a call for a weaker curren- around a decade-high 6.0 percent over the past year-Stevens receive full and timely payment of debt service due monitor data over the next few months, adding that leaving the cy as a trigger. sounded a cautiously optimistic note on the labour market. August 1 on bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Public cash rate unchanged “was appropriate” for this month. “Further “While the rate of (economic) growth has been somewhat Finance Corporation,” said Emily Raimes, vice president information on economic and financial conditions to be Commodity slump hits currency below longer-term averages, it has been associated with some- at Moody’s Investors Service, in a statement. “Moody’s received over the period ahead will inform the board’s ongoing While Stevens had said in previous statements following the what stronger growth of employment and a steady rate of views this event as a default,” she added. Dubbed the assessment of the outlook and hence whether the current RBA’s monthly board meetings that the currency’s depreciation unemployment over the past year,” Stevens said. Barclays’ chief “Greece of the Caribbean,” the US island was supposed stance of policy will most effectively foster sustainable growth “seems both likely and necessary”, the August wording only not- economist for Australia Kieran Davies added that the RBA could to pay about $58 million in interest and principal on the and inflation consistent with the target,” RBA governor Glenn ed that the “Australian dollar is adjusting to the significant lower its forecast peak in unemployment in its Statement of PFC securities, but only made a partial payment on the Stevens said in a statement. declines in key commodity prices”. “A lot of (the statement) was Monetary Policy, due Friday. “(They could) acknowledge that interest. “This is a first in what we believe will be broad The central bank has slashed rates by 250 basis points since very similar in that they are not ruling anything in or out in terms unemployment’s unlikely to hit the 6.5 percent that they were defaults on commonwealth debt,” the Moody’s vice November 2011, with the latest 25 basis points cuts coming in of interest rates,” Westpac senior currency strategist Sean Callow predicting earlier,” Davies said. The quarterly statement sets out president said. She added that the default shows February and May, as the economy adjusts to a shift away from said. the RBA’s view on the health of the economy and in the previous “Puerto Rico does not have the resources to make all of an unprecedented boom in mining investment. The boom has “But certainly what jumped out at us was a change in lan- May report the central bank lowered its economic growth fore- its forthcoming debt payments.” helped Australia stave off a recession for more than two decades guage on the Aussie... to a very muted view.” The local currency cast for the year to June 2015 to 2.0 percent from 2.25 per- but economic data has been soft over the past year as non- has been hit by plunging commodity prices and fell to a six-year cent.— AFP India’s central bank keeps interest rates unchanged

MUMBAI: India’s central bank kept interests rate will be resolved in the coming months, including on hold yesterday, resisting government pres- the likely persistence of recent inflationary pres- sure for a fourth cut of the year and saying the sures, the full monsoon outturn, as well as possi- country’s economic recovery was “still work in ble (US) Federal Reserve actions,” Rajan said, SAN JUAN: A man crosses a cobblestone street in the progress”. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said leaving room for a cut at its next meeting on colonial district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the benchmark repo rate-the level at which it September 29. Modi’s government has made the ongoing economic crisis, tens of thousands have lends to commercial banks-would remain at 7.25 reviving India’s economy a priority since coming migrated to the US mainland. — AFP percent as analysts had expected. “It is prudent to power last May, introducing reforms aimed at to keep the policy rate unchanged at the current boosting demand and increasing investment. Delta, American airlines ban juncture while maintaining the accommodative big-game trophy shipments stance of monetary policy,” RBI governor ‘Work in progress’ NEW YORK: US airlines Delta and American on Monday Raghuram Rajan said in a statement following After cuts in January and March, the RBI kept banned the shipment of big game trophies on flights, in the the bank’s monetary policy review meeting in rates unchanged in April, citing inflation con- wake of outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion in Mumbai. Rajan had already snipped rates three cerns and a failure of most commercial banks to Zimbabwe. “Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban times this year to aid India’s economy, which at pass on lower loan rates to customers. In June it shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffa- 7.5 percent growth outperformed China’s for the lopped off a further 25 basis points. The gover- lo trophies worldwide as freight,” the company said in a brief first three months of 2015. Prime Minister nor told reporters it was the government’s “right” statement. Delta added it would review its acceptance poli- Narendra Modi’s business-friendly government to give the RBI its views on interest rates but that cies for other hunting trophies with the appropriate govern- was keen for a further cut as it seeks to quicken the bank was “de facto independent”. Pressure ment agencies and other organizations. American tweeted the pace of growth in Asia’s third-largest econo- on Rajan to announce another cut was eased by its ban Monday night. “Effective immediately, we will no my. But Rajan insisted that any further reduction data released Monday that showed factory out- longer transport buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion or rhino tro- would have to wait until the inflationary effect of put climbed to a six-month high in July on phies.” The decisions follow similar measures taken by BANGALORE: A file picture shows US founder and CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos annual monsoon rains is known in a couple of strong demand. The governor noted that while Emirates and South African Airways. The bans come during posing on a lorry after handing over a two billion dollar cheque to the Indian arm of months time. “overall business confidence is positive” with the peak hunting season in certain African countries and a the US online giant Amazon in Bangalore. The battle for supremacy in India’s bulging Heavy monsoon rains are vital for crops and consumer demand picking up, he stressed that worldwide outcry over the killing of Cecil by an American e-commerce market between Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal is rapidly heating up a dry season can reduce farm output, raising India’s “economic recovery is still work in dentist and trophy hunter. The lion, with a distinctive black with multi-billion-dollar investments, trolling on Twitter and squabbling over exclu- food prices which can be crippling for India’s progress”. He put projected growth for 2015-16 mane, was a favorite with international visitors to sive selling rights. — AFP tens of millions of poor. “Significant uncertainty at 7.6 per cent.—AFP Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Etihad Airways scores a hat trick at Australian Business Traveller Awards

KUWAIT: Etihad Airways, the national the introduction of our Airbus A380 airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft has won three accolades at the which feature the airline’s ground- Australian Business Traveller Awards, breaking next generation cabins. including the coveted title of Best “To be named the best in the sky Airline. It also won the awards for Best by Australian Business Traveller - a First Class and Best Arrivals Lounge. publication which is deeply attuned The awards were determined by a to the requirements of business trav- team of writers from Australian ellers and frequent flyers - is a strong Business Traveller, the Asia-Pacific vote of confidence in our innovation region’s leading website for business strategy and guest experience.” travellers and frequent flyers. Winners Australian Business Traveller Editor were based on feedback from fre- David Flynn said the airline’s next quent flyers and first-hand reviews by generation Airbus A380 and 787-9 the publication’s editorial team. Dreamliner cabins gave Etihad and business class, meals and service, leapfrogging the competition with an they can refresh and recharge. Etihad Etihad Airways’ Chief Commercial Airways an edge in the Best Airline all of which has helped catapult unrivalled 39 square feet of space Airways has taken that one step fur- Officer Peter Baumgartner said the category. “Etihad Airways’ ‘Flying Etihad Airways to win this year’s title boasting a separate armchair and bed, ther with a ‘wet shave’, steam press awards reflected the airline’s commit- Reimagined’ campaign was both of Best Airline.” Flynn said Etihad personal vanity cabinet and wardrobe and shoe shine service - exceptionally ment to delivering a remarkable ambitious and brilliantly executed, Airways’ attention to detail and inno- plus a chilled drinks cabinet. thoughtful ‘finishing touches’ for busy experience for its guests. “At Etihad spearheaded by the launch of the air- vative product offerings had From elegant lighting to Poltrona executives who need to look their Airways our goal isn’t to be the line’s Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 impressed in the Best First Class and Frau leather upholstery there is an best.” The Australian Business Traveller world’s biggest airline - it’s to be the fleet which raise luxury travel to new Best Arrivals Lounge categories. uncompromising attention to detail in Awards recognise the trend-setters best. “Over the last year Etihad heights. “Etihad Airways effectively reinvented the First Apartments. “Business trav- and game-changers in the highly Airways has brought new levels of “We continue to receive high praise first class flying with the launch of its ellers stepping off a long-haul flight competitive business travel market luxury and comfort to travellers with from our readers for Etihad’s first class Airbus A380 First Apartments, appreciate an arrivals lounge where across 33 categories. Amid scandal, suitors cautiously eye Malaysia 1MDB power assets Malaysia caps power investment at 49 percent

KUALA LUMPUR: At least half a dozen suitors said investigators looking into the fund found fenced so they are not affected by the political have bid for energy assets of Malaysia’s debt- nearly $700 million had been put in to Prime controversy. “You are likely to see very low ball laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts, citing doc- bids because it’s not clear if this sale will go (1MDB), despite it being at the centre of the uments from the investigation. Reuters has not ahead or it is just an attempt to gauge interest country’s ongoing political crisis, according to verified the report. On Monday, Malaysia’s anti- from buyers,” the banker said. Suitors have been four people familiar with the matter. corruption commission said the funds deposited given the option to pick selected assets or take Infrastructure companies in Malaysia and the in Najib’s accounts were from a donation, not the whole energy portfolio, though 1MDB would Middle East are among those interested in assets from 1MDB, without elaborating on who the prefer it to be sold in one piece, according to in 1MDB’s unit Edra Global Energy Bhd, as the donor was. Najib, who chairs 1MDB’s advisory bankers. fund tries to raise funds to pay down some of board, has denied taking any money for person- Interested parties include Middle Eastern the $11 billion debt it has accumulated since its al gain. On Saturday, he said Qatar and China power firm ACWA Power, Qatar Investment formation in 2009. have expressed an interest in 1MDB assets, Authority, Malaysian power firms Tenaga Two people, who declined to be identified as which include property projects as well as its Nasional Bhd and YTL Power International Bhd. the discussions are confidential, said the assets energy portfolio, without specifying which ones. 1MDB has hired Maybank to manage the sale are estimated to be worth around 10 billion ring- process, according to sources. Maybank, ACWA git ($2.6 billion) and 1MDB is in the process of Air of caution Power, Qatar Investment Authority and Tenaga evaluating first round bids. A spokesman for 1MDB has 14 power assets parked under declined to comment on the story. YTL Power 1MDB did not respond to requests for comment. Edra. It is the largest independent power pro- did not respond to Reuters requests for com- Bankers say 1MDB is pushing ahead with the ducer in Bangladesh and Egypt and the second ment. Malaysia caps foreign investment in its Canon launches the sale despite an anti-corruption taskforce looking biggest in Malaysia after Malakoff Corp Bhd. It power generation sector at 49 percent, which into allegations of graft and financial misman- also holds assets in the United Arab Emirates limits overseas buyers’ ability to buy the entire agement at the fund, though caution the investi- and Pakistan through joint venture alliances. business give its Malaysian assets. Reuters EF 50mm f/1.8 STM gation will slow the process. One Southeast Asia-based banker who is familiar reported in June that 1MDB was planning to Malaysian police raided 1MDB’s office in July with the process and held talks with a bidder last scrap its planned $3 billion IPO of its power unit DUBAI: Canon Middle East today unveils enhanced visible sharpness and contrast. following a report in the Wall Street Journal that week said buyers want the assets to be ring due to weak markets.—Reuters the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, a new prime lens When paired with an APS-C EOS DSLR, the that enables you to capture images with lens is ideal for portraiture, helping you subjects that pop from the scene, or create capture the perfect head and shoulder impact with beautiful background blur. The composition. It’s also a useful every day successor to the incredibly popular EF ‘standard’ lens for full frame DSLRs and is Oman Air appoints Al Azki 50mm f/1.8 II, and an ideal second lens for great at shooting a diverse range of sub- anyone looking to take their photography jects with a natural viewpoint and perspec- to the next level, the EF 50mm F/1.8 STM tive. The lens also provides a minimum as new Country Manager excels at portraiture, low-light photogra- focusing distance of just 0.35m, allowing phy, and adding an artistic edge to every- you to get even closer to subjects and day objects and settings, thanks to its wide achieve a greater level of magnification, KUWAIT: Oman Air has announced the Royal Oman Air Foirce, where he worked in air f/1.8 maximum aperture and 50mm focal while the 7-blade aperture delivers beauti- appointment of Jamal Al Azki as Country traffic control before moving on to sales and Etihad selects Pros length. The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM now fea- ful blur and out of focus highlights. Manager for the Sultanate of Oman (Centre). airport services roles at Qatar Airways. After a tures an improved design, Canon’s super Providing enhanced image quality when His new role is based in the Omani capital of number of positions within the publishing and cloud solution to spectra lens coating, a 7-blade aperture compared to its predecessor, the lens fea- Muscat. Al Azki took up his oil sectors in Oman, Jamal and STM technology for smooth, near silent tures Canon’s Super Spectra Coating, which new position on 1st July and was appointed as District Enhance operations focusing. Compact, lightweight and afford- minimises internal reflections, as well as previously held the position Sales Manager for Oman Air, KUWAIT: Etihad Airways, the national airline able, the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a welcome ghosting and flare. of Country Manager, UK and based in Muscat. After fulfill- of the United Arab Emirates, and PROS (NYSE: Ireland, for Oman Air. ing roles as Acting Country addition to any kit bag for people who PRO), a big data software company yesterday Following Al Azki’s appoint- Manager in Oman and want to create more impactful imagery. Perfect addition to any kit bag announced the signing of a strategic agree- ment, Oman Air’s Chief Assistant Country Manager in The lens has a compact and lightweight ment that will see the airline migrateits PROS Explore creative portraiture design, weighing a mere 160g, and easily Operating Officer, the UK, he was appointed as Abdulrahaman Al-Busaidy, Country Manager for the UK Origin & Destination (O&D) revenue manage- It’s easy to capture superb portraits, or slips into your bag adding very little to the ment solution to the cloud to support its rap- bold, artistic photos and movies with the overall weight of your kit. The lens’s new said: “We are delighted to con- and Ireland in 2013. idly expanding business operations. For more new lens - the wide f/1.8 maximum aper- external design compliments both Canon’s firm Jamal Al Azki’s appoint- Jamal Al Azki commented: than a decade, Etihad Airways has leveraged ture provides precise control over depth of consumer and mid-range EOS DSLRs, while ment to the position of “I am delighted to have been field. It gives you the creative freedom to the new metal mount provides a more Country Manager for the appointed Country Manager PROS innovative smart applications to help pinpoint focus on your subject and let the robust connection to camera bodies. Sultanate of Oman (Centre). for the Sultanate of Oman. As drive performance in its business. By migrat- rest of the frame blend into a smooth blur - Additionally, the lens’s manual focusing ring He will be a great asset to this proud Omani, it is an honour ing PROS O&D revenue management solution instantly allowing you to draw the viewer’s gives you added freedom to control the pre- station, having previously to take up this role at the to the cloud, the airline will gain greater and attention to a specific area. Additionally, cise area in focus in your photos and movies. headed up our operations in heart of our national airline, faster access to PROS’ ongoing innovations, the aperture lets more light into the lens, EF 50mm f/1.8 STM key benefits - A fan- UK and Ireland. “We wish Jamal Al Azki especially as Oman Air contin- enablingit to efficiently and consistently so you can comfortably shoot in darker tastic lens for portraits; Fast, virtually silent Jamal every success in his ues its exciting programme of expand the value of the solutions across the conditions. focusing; A great performer in low-light con- new job and we look forward expansion. “I look forward to company. The end-to-end PROS solution As a prime lens, the fixed 50mm focal ditions ; Super-sharp image quality and to seeing his positive impact on the Omani building on the strong relationship that Oman focuses on flexibility and scalability, under- length provides high quality results, with Compact ‘go-everywhere’ design. market” Air enjoys with the travel industry in Oman, and pinned by a secure and resilient infrastructure. Jamal Al Azki has worked for Oman Air since with our many thousands of loyal and valued Etihad Airways’ Chief Information and 2009. His career in aviation began with the customers.” Technology Officer, Robert Webb, said: “This agreement is in line with our Technology and Britian’s Direct Line Innovation strategy of enablingcommon plat- forms and reusable solutions that reduce shares hit record high; costs, increase efficiency and drive value across Etihad Airways and our partner airlines. This year, the technology will be made avail- H1 beats estimates able to our partner airline Alitalia. “PROS is the industry leader in airline revenue optimisation solutions, and continually invests and inno- LONDON: Direct Line Insurance Group months. Direct Line, which competes vates to drive business value. As Etihad Plc, Britain’s largest motor insurer, post- with Admiral Group, RSA Insurance and Airways’ business rapidly grows, it is impera- ed a robust 50 percent jump in first-half Aviva, however, maintained a cautious tive that we choose the best technology part- profit from continuing operations, beat- view on the motor insurance market. “By ners who can help us improve our market ing analysts’ expectations. Shares in the pricing 6 pct, we believe we have man- agility and allow us to better serve our global FTSE-100 company surged to an all-time aged to match claims inflation but its customers.” high yesterday, ranking among the top too early to say that the motor market is PROS President and CEO Andres Reiner, gainers on the index. Direct Line, most pricing claims inflation or it is a turn- said: “We are excited to deepen our long- known for its brands Churchill, Green around,” Chief Financial Officer John standing relationship with Etihad Airways, a Flag, NIG and Privilege, said it had bene- Reizenstein told reporters on a confer- recognised leader in the airline industry for its fited from an absence of claims due to ence call. quality of operations and award-winning major weather events and higher-than- Pretax profit from continuing opera- guest experience. The airline’s migration to expected reserve releases. tions rose to 315 million pounds our cloud solution is a natural step in a part- The specialist car insurer reported an ($491.49 million)for the half-year ended nership that shares a commitment to driving increase of 5.9 percent in overall motor June 30, from 211.7 million pounds a value and innovation across Etihad Airways’ prices for the second quarter of 2015 year earlier, while gross written premium business and partner network. Customer suc- from a year earlier, higher than a 2.9 per- from ongoing operations rose 0.4 per- cess is at the heart of our cloud strategy, and cent rise reported by the ABI Quarterly cent to 1.55 billion pounds. Direct Line Etihad Airways is a great example of how we Average Private Comprehensive Motor said it would pay an interim dividend of can further help customers outperform with Insurance Premium tracker. The sharp 4.6 pence, from 4.4 pence last year. The our cloud solutions.” rise in motor premiums comes after company paid a special dividend of 27.5 PROS O&D cloud solution helps Etihad three years of premium declines in the pence per share this June as it returned Airways optimise revenue through data-dri- UK’s motor insurance industry, which the net proceeds from the sale of its ven, demand forecasting techniques and has been battered by fierce competition. international division, which it sold to global network optimisation. The solution Data from price comparison website focus on general insurance in the UK. uses data science to manage market demand Confused.com and consultants Towers RBC Capital Markets analysts said they challenges, capture emerging patterns and Watson also showed that after three expected Direct Line’s strong balance trends, and differentiate price and availability years of falling prices, car insurance pre- sheet to yield more special dividends. JAKARTA: Motorists drive past a flyover still under construction at one of Jakarta main road for guests, allowing the airline to make miums rose in the second quarter by an The company’s shares were up 2 percent yesterday. Inflation remained unchanged yet high in Indonesia in July despite predictions of informed pricing decisions. average 3.6 percent over the last 12 at 373 pence at 0844 GMT.—Reuters easing. — AFP technology WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Internet experts submit draft plan to cede domain oversight

WASHINGTON: After months of work, a group of especially in the United States, where some world, in what it calls a “multi-stakeholder process.” any single constituency,” Cooper told Reuters. “The international Internet experts has released a pro- Republican lawmakers have raised concerns that The transition proposal recommends creating a proposal does a good job of maintaining the posal describing how the US government can com- the transition may allow other countries to take separate subsidiary, with its own performance aspects of the current system that have been work- plete its domestically controversial plan to cede control of the Internet. evaluation process, to actually operate the techni- ing well and carrying them forward to the future.” oversight of the non-profit that manages the Since 1998, ICANN has held the contract from cal functions of managing the Internet’s name and Under the proposal, ICANN would remain head- Internet’s names and addresses. the United States, which gave birth to the Internet, address system under a contract with ICANN. quartered in California. The proposal suggests that The 199-page document, published on Friday, to manage the master database for top-level Similar to ICANN’s current process, a community the role played by the US. government be follows the US Commerce Department’s domain names such as .com and .net and their cor- could raise the alarm if IANA functions are not per- replaced by ICANN itself, an oversight committee announcement last year that it would transfer its responding numeric addresses. The functions are formed appropriately, according to Alissa Cooper, a and a review process involving many interested stewardship of the Internet Corporation for collectively known as Internet Assigned Names U.S.-based network engineer who chairs the group parties, none of which are governments or inter- Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to a global Authority (IANA). ICANN is governed by a collec- coordinating the IANA transition. governmental organizations. US lawmakers have network of interested parties. tion of academics, technical experts, private indus- “Because the proposal roots the accountability passed legislation requiring the Obama administra- The details of how ICANN would run on its own try and government representatives, public inter- responsibility in the various stakeholder communi- tion to present the transition plan to Congress. The have been eagerly awaited around the world and est advocates and individual users from around the ties, that is one of the defenses against capture by transition is now expected in mid-2016. — Reuters

Are you ready for Big Data?

By Barbara Robidoux

Earlier this year, EMC launched our new Federation Business Data Lake (FBDL) solution, to help customers leverage DATA to generate INSIGHT, and convert it to business VALUE. The idea of leveraging big data insights to drive business value resonates with just about everyone we talk to these days - but - we’re finding that most organi- zations are still struggling with this. In fact, when it comes to big data and predictive analytics, we find customers generally fall into one of three stages: undecided, motivated or ready. Let’s take a more in depth look at this framework and what it means.

What is Your Level of Readiness? UNDECIDED Let’s say that you’re “undecided”, and maybe need some guidance on where to start - how to identify a use case that will help drive one of your strategic business initiatives. The right approach is to bring IT and the Business together. EMC has worked with numerous customers to do just that. We call this our Big Data Vision Workshop, which starts off with a little “pre-work” to identify busi- ness & IT participants and conduct interviews, identify & secure relevant sample data sets, and then apply data MALAYSIA: Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of advertising agency WPP speaks at the 128th International Olympic CommitteeIOC) ( session. Sorrell told IOC that it needs to stay science work efforts and use visualization tools to mock relevant with the younger generation and concentrate more of its content outside of the two-year Olympic cycles on the Internet and via mobile devices. — AP up “what’s possible”. Then, in the actual onsite workshop itself, we’ll review target use cases and the visual More online, more on mobile, mock ups. With business and IT stakeholders, we’ll prioritize the most impactful use cases advertising executive tells IOC by weighing the business ben- efits against the feasibility of implementation, and create a KUALA LUMPUR: A leading advertising executive told the IOC and Winter Games. “The time is now to engage and inspire, tool would be virtual reality. roadmap of next steps for exe- that the Olympic body needs to stay relevant with the and the Olympic Channel’s time has come.” “Digital leaders believe that virtual reality could be the cution. Ultimately we’ll help younger generation and concentrate more of its content on Last year, the IOC backed the launch of a digital channel to next big thing,” he said. “It allows people from remote loca- Barbara Robidoux, you zero in on that first “killer” Vice President of the Internet and via mobile devices. And the once futuristic- promote Olympic sports between the games and engage with tions ... to experience a 360-degree video and sound of a dis- use case that is likely to have sounding technology of virtual reality will likely be part of the young viewers. The channel will feature material from the tant event as if I was present there in person, virtually.” Marketing for EMC the highest return on invest- Global Service. planning. Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of advertising IOC’s archives, transmit some international sports competi- He said the technology could become real time in the ment. agency WPP, said the International Olympic Committee was in tions and offer a promotional platform for bid cities. future. “You could put on a pair of goggles as though you were a unique position because its biggest asset was its live con- Sorrell said that while the new channel was a good idea, its an athlete in the stadium, bringing people to the athletes,” he MOTIVATED tent. content was crucial to its success. “The IOC needs to create a said. I introduced a readiness framework for big data, and “Live sports coverage is the last bastion of high-value tradi- range of content that is more than archive and TV footage,” he Later Sunday, Yiannis Exarchos, chief executive officer of profiled “Undecided” customers who need help in iden- tional programming,” Sorrell said, adding that most consumers said. “You have the ultimate story platforms - tell stories about Olympic Broadcasting Services, said virtual reality could be in tifying and prioritizing the first business use case for big want to watch video when and where they choose. the athletes, their families, friends and dreams.” the Olympic Channel’s plans for next year’s games in Rio de data analytics. In this post, we’ll shift focus to “But they can’t do that with live sports. Its power is its And he stressed that most of the IOC’s efforts should be via Janeiro. “Motivated” customers who already have a use case, immediacy.” Sorrell also told the IOC that it needs to stay cur- mobile platforms. “Mobile is a critical factor to engage the “It raised a few eyebrows,” said Exarchos, who gave a and now need help to prove the value of the use case rent by increasing its on-demand content and social media. world,” he said. “If the IOC and media partners do not seize the demonstration of how the digital channel’s mobile app would back to the business using real data on an analytic envi- “It’s critical to find your voice more than just 17 days every opportunity, it risks losing an entire generation of new audi- operate. “But it’s a very important part of the broadcast of the ronment. two years,” Sorrell said, referring to the rotation of Summer ences.” Sorrell said he expected the next big communication future.”— AP In our experience, it’s best to do that in a pre-pro- duction environment first. Here’s a simple way of look- ing at it: EMC will set up an analytic environment that will support your use case. Climate: No ‘Plan B’ 1. First, we’ll source and prepare the data for analysis. 2. Second, we’ll perform advanced analytics and cre- ate data models. for oceans, says study 3. Third, we’ll extract insights and model an analytics solution. PARIS: Technology to drain heat-trapping atmosphere, they concluded, it would still 4. And finally, we’ll integrate the data into your rele- CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global take centuries, maybe even a thousand vant applications so that the data becomes useful warming, but will not reverse climate dam- years, before the ocean would catch up. In and useable to your users - ultimately converting age to the ocean on any meaningful the meantime, they researchers say, corals data insights into business value. This is the key step timescale, according to research published will have disappeared, many marine that connects the dots: value comes at the intersec- Monday. species will have gone extinct and the tion of technology and people. At the same time, a second study report- ocean would be rife with dead spots. This is about action, and we’ve helped customers ed, even the most aggressive timetable for “We show that in a business-as-usual with all of it: setting up the analytic environment, ingest- reducing greenhouse-gas emissions will scenario, even massive deployment of CO2 ing real data from multiple different sources in multiple need a big boost from largely untested car- removal schemes cannot reverse the sub- different ways, performing analytics and capturing bon removal schemes to cap warming to stantial impacts on the marine environ- insights to prove the value of the big data use case. two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees ment-at least not within many centuries,” UNITED STATES: The HitchBOT poses with the US flag at Niagra Falls. — AFP Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. Mathesius said. READY Above that threshold, say scientists, the Even in a scenario in which large-scale Finally, I want to shift focus to those progressive cus- risk of climate calamity rises sharply. Earth carbon removal begins in 2050 — assum- tomers who are “Ready” to onboard technology and The demise of hitchBOT: ‘Bad is currently on a 4 C (7.2 F) trajectory. ing such technology is available-the ocean accelerate proficiency in big data analytics. Both studies, coming months before does not fare well. Because big data analytics are almost always tied to things happen to good robots’ 195 nations meet in Paris in a bid to forge a “Immediate and ambitious action to revenue opportunities, customer experience, opera- climate pact, conclude that deep, swift cuts reduce CO2 emissions is the most reliable tional efficiency or overall competitive advantage, once WASHINGTON: HitchBOT-the adorable hitch- “We have no interest in pressing charges or find- in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are cru- strategy for avoiding dangerous climate you hit the “Ready” phase, it’s all about time to value. hiking robot pieced together from household ing the people who vandalized hitchBOT.” cial. change, ocean acidification, and large-scale And that’s the problem statement, because there’s typi- odds-and-ends-ended its travels across America Planetary-scale technical fixes-some- threats to marine ecosystems,” the cally a fairly lengthy timeline to get going with any new early, after being destroyed by vandals and left NO INVESTIGATION times called geo-engineering-have often researchers conclude. technology deployment - especially in an area like big on the side of a road, its creators said. With no one filing a formal complaint-and in been invoked as a fallback solution in the Scientists commenting on the study data analytics, which also requires investment in new Envisioned as a social experiment to see if its a city that recorded 33 murders in the past fight against climate change. said it should sound an alarm. “The threat skills, and process and governance changes. kind could trust humans, the talking humanoid month alone-police said they would not be But with CO2 emissions still rising, along of ocean acidification alone justifies dra- Let’s break it down: obviously there’s the initial got its answer-sadly-when it was found disman- investigating. with the global thermostat, many scientists matic and rapid reduction of CO2 emis- installation of a business data lake. The new hardware tled and left for dead in Philadelphia. Nevertheless, a technology collective in are starting to take a hard look at which sions,” said Nick Riley, a research associate and software has to be properly configured. There may “Oh dear, my body was damaged,” the Philadelphia, the Hacktory, said it would discuss ones might be feasible. at the British Geological Survey (BGS). also be some customization required, to connect to injured robot wrote on its website over the resurrecting hitchBOT at a meeting on Thursday. Research has shown that extracting The second study, led by Thomas Gasser your key data sources and work within the context of weekend. “I guess sometimes bad things hap- “If we get the OK from the creators to repair massive quantities of CO2 from the atmos- of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, near your unique IT environment. pen to good robots! My trip must come to an or replace the needed parts for hitchBOT, we’ll phere, through intensive reforestation Paris, uses state-of-the-art models to meas- And of course you’ll need to factor in staffing and end for now, but my love for humans will never be happy to do so,” it said on its blog. “If not, we programmes or carbon-scrubbing tech- ure the trade-off between reducing emis- training implications to get developers, administrators, fade. Thank you to all my friends.” understand ... and we may just build ourselves a nology, would in theory help cool the sions and carbon-removing technologies. operators and analysts proficient at running and operat- The little talking automaton had hitchhiked HitchBot2 to send along on its journey.” planet. But up to now, little was known They show that even if nations strike a ing a data analytics environment. Together, all of this is unscathed last summer across thousands of HitchBOT had what was described as a “yard- about the long-term potential for these deal in Paris adhering to the most aggres- likely to take months, or more. But who has that kind of miles in Canada, and had traversed parts of sale aesthetic,” assembled for about $1,000 from measures for restoring oceans rendered sive CO2-slashing pathway outlined by UN time to go to infinity and beyond? What if you could Europe as well without so much as a scratch. parts found in a typical home or hardware store. overly acidic after two centuries of scientists, it may not be enough to keep greatly accelerate that timeline? Trim it down to just a But it had traveled from only just north of The robot relied on the kindness of strangers absorbing CO2. Earth on a 2 C trajectory. few weeks? Boston to Philadelphia-a distance of about 300 to get from place to place. It was able to strike Increased acidification has already rav- “Our results suggest that negative emis- This in fact is what EMC Global Services refers to as miles, covered in about two weeks’ time-when it up a conversation and can answer trivia ques- aged coral, and several kinds of micro- sions”-the use of carbon removing technol- our Technology Onboarding Service. When you are was torn asunder by unknown assailants off tions by consulting information using its built-in organisms essential to the ocean food ogy-”are needed even in the case of very ready to deploy big data analytics into production envi- Elfreth’s Alley, the oldest residential street in the computers. chain, with impacts going all the way up to high mitigation rates.” To have a chance of ronments, we can get you up and running and in con- United States. Researchers at Ryerson University And hitchBOT was able to tell the driver who humans. meeting the 2 C target, 0.5 to 3.0 giga- trol in about 4-5 weeks. That’s 4-5 weeks in terms of in Toronto who devised the hitchBOT experi- gave it a lift when it was tired and in need of Scientists led by Sabine Mathesius of the tonnes of carbon up to a third of total time to value, not just initial installation. So it includes ment, put the best possible face on the demise recharging from a car’s cigarette lighter. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean annual CO2 emissions today from industry- our experts coming in and standing up a data lake of their creation. It had a certain shabby chic charm, with an Research in Kiel, Germany used computer would need to be extracted every year architecture, configuring it for your specific data “We know that many of hitchBOT’s fans will LED-lit smiley face wrapped in a transparent models to test different carbon-reduction starting more-or-less immediately, they cal- sources, and preparing you to start delivering on your be disappointed, but we want them to be cake saver set atop a plastic beer pail, and had scenarios, looking in each case at the culate. big data use cases. Instead of leaving you with capabili- assured that this great experiment is not over. swimming pool noodles for limbs. impact on acidity, water temperatures and The study exposes “an elephant in the ties, we leave you ready to deliver value, to iterate over For now we will focus on the question ‘what can Its feet were rubber boots and it sported yel- oxygen levels. room,” says Riley.”The target to keep warm- and over against multiple business use cases. be learned from this?’ and explore future adven- low latex gloves-including one with its thumb If humanity waited a century before ing within the 2 C rise is looking increasing- tures for robots and humans,” they wrote on permanently extended to show it wanted to sucking massive amounts of CO2 out of the ly unattainable.”— AFP their website www.hitchBot.me. They added: catch a ride.—AFP WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Japan lab to handle deadliest viruses for first time

TOKYO: A research lab in a Tokyo suburb will known viruses, requiring scientists to wear biosafety level came as Health Minister “Finally Japan has caught up with other start handling some of the world’s deadliest full body suits with oxygen intakes to avoid Yasuhisa Shiozaki signed an agreement with developed nations,” said Jiro Yasuda, a virolo- viruses for the first time, officials said yester- contamination. the mayor of the Musashimurayama suburb gy professor at Nagasaki University. day, after local opposition blocked it for But local opponents feared exposure, on Monday. “Having an active level-four facility is a decades. arguing that the neighbourhood with schools A health ministry spokesman said the must to prevent infectious diseases” and Japan has no active maximum level-four and other community buildings would be at upgrade would mean the lab could handle develop vaccines and treatments, he added. biosafety labs so the move will bring it in line risk. Ebola and the Lassa fever viruses, among oth- There have been several cases of suspect- with other G7 nations-there are about 40 In response, the site was downgraded to a ers. ed Ebola infection in Japan, but researchers such sites worldwide including some run by level-three facility where scientists can work Healthcare experts welcomed the move, were unable to analyse live viruses. the US Center for Disease Control and with certain microbes such as the Middle East saying Japan trailed other countries includ- About 28,000 people have been infected Prevention (CDC). Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus and the ing the United States, France, and Singapore- with Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone and The Tokyo lab was built in 1981 and bacteria that causes tuberculosis. and was hampered in its ability to contain Liberia since late 2013, according to the designed to handle the most dangerous The decision to boost it to the highest deadly viruses in the event of an outbreak. WHO, and nearly half have died. — AFP Trillions of dollars needed for UN anti-poverty plan 17 goals and 169 targets to end poverty

UNITED NATIONS: The price tag for a bold trying to do here. We are engaged in an agen- but he added: “There is a much greater sense global new anti-poverty agenda comes to da that seeks to address economic, social and of a collective purpose this time around.” between $3.5 and $5 trillion annually over the environmental transformation,” Kamau told a The agenda revolves around the five Ps- next 15 years, part of a United Nations’ “to-do news conference at UN headquarters. people, planet, prosperity, peace and partner- list” for the world. The United Nations is hoping that business- ship-and encompasses such hard-to-measure The UN’s 193 member states agreed on a es will step up along with national govern- objectives as promoting peaceful and inclusive draft plan for the sustainable development ments to redirect their development aid societies. goals at the weekend and world leaders are set toward achieving the new global goals. Contrary to the MDGs, the new global goals to endorse them at a summit in New York from “There is no reason that we cannot see apply to both developing and developed September 25 to 27. remarkable transformation in the next 15 countries and negotiations were opened up to The 17 goals and 169 targets to end pover- years,” said Kamau. governments and civil society, not only to UN ty, ensure healthy lives, promote education The goals are non-binding, but Donoghue experts. and combat climate change are even more said failing to meet them would create “a Negotiations ran into hurdles over refer- SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-hye presides over a cabinet meeting at the presi- sweeping than the UN’s Millennium degree of political embarrassment or discom- ences to climate change that are part of sepa- dential house in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. Officials said that Park decided to replace Development Goals (MDGs) that expire at the fort” for governments who flout such agreed rate UN-led talks leading to the Paris confer- her health minister in the wake of criticism over the government’s handling of the MERS end of this year. objectives as gender equality. ence in December, but the document does call virus outbreak that killed 36 people and infected nearly 200 others. — AP UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for urgent action to combat global warming. described the new agenda as “a to-do list for Too ambitious? There was also resistance to language on people and the planet”, but warned that imple- Launched in 2012, the negotiations on the women’s reproductive rights, good gover- South Korea replaces health menting it would be a challenge. new agenda were to build on the success of nance and on ensuring accountability to meet “We are resolved to free the human race the MDGs which have helped reduce poverty the global goals. minister over MERS outbreak within this generation from the tyranny of rates while setting education and health tar- The United Nations is planning to roll out poverty,” Ban said in a statement. gets, in particular for infant mortality. some 300 indicators to measure progress by SEOUL: South Korean President Park said her spokesman, Min Kyung-wook. He Kenyan Ambassador Macharia Kamau, who But the new goals have come under criti- countries towards achieving the new goals and Geun-hye removed her minister of health did not give a reason for Moon’s removal. shepherded negotiations along with Irish cism for being ill-defined in some instances provide data on how governments are working yesterday after criticism over the handling Last week, South Korea declared it was Ambassador David Donoghue, acknowledged and far too broad in scope, undermining to improve the lives of their citizens. of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory effectively out of danger from MERS, two that the funding required to achieve the goals prospects for achieving measurable success. The UN General Assembly is due to formally Syndrome (MERS) which killed 36 people as months after the first case was reported. was “astronomical”. Bill and Melinda Gates, who head a mega- adopt the document in the coming weeks and it spread through hospitals. The outbreak was brought in to South Trillions of dollars would need to be spent billion-dollar foundation, have complained Pope Francis will deliver an address to the Minister of Health and Welfare Moon Korea by a businessman who returned in by member states and international organiza- that the new goals stray too far away from the United Nations on September 25 as world Hyung-pyo, an economist and expert on early May from a trip to the Middle East, tions for each country reach its goals. UN’s previous focus on health and education. leaders prepare to endorse the anti-poverty welfare policy, was criticised for a decision where the virus was first identified. “But let’s understand what it is that we are “Yes, they are ambitious,” said Donoghue, agenda.— AFP to withhold the names of hospitals that The outbreak grew to become the had handled MERS patients in the early largest outside Saudi Arabia, infecting 186 stage of the outbreak, fuelling confusion people and putting nearly 17,000 in quar- and fear. The outbreak has dealt a major antine. The MERS virus is of the same family VA to review status of Marines blow to an already weakened economy, of coronaviruses that triggered a deadly knocking second-quarter growth to its outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory slowest in more than six years as it closed Syndrome in 2003. thousands of schools, kept consumers at Twelve people remain in hospital in affected by tainted water home and scared off foreign tourists. Park’s South Korea for MERS although only one is public support dipped to the lowest point still testing positive for the virus, the Health WASHINGTON: The Department tament to the good things that can were affected by the water will get cleaner. in her single five-year term as the MERS Ministry said. No new cases have been of Veterans Affairs announced happen when Congress and the VA the benefit of the doubt as long as Health officials believe as many virus spread. Park appointed Chung Chin- reported since July 4. Health experts say Monday it will begin reviewing the work together in concert to over- they meet eligibility requirements. as 1 million people may have been youb, an orthopaedic surgeon and public the virus has an incubation period of about disability status of Marines who come the agency’s bureaucracy to “The scientific research is strong exposed to tainted water. health expert, as the new health minister, two weeks. — Reuters developed cancers and other con- ensure our nation’s veterans are and the widespread denials of ben- In 2012, the US House approved ditions due to exposure to chemi- afforded the benefits and care they efits will soon end,” Burr said. “Now, the Janey Ensminger Act, which cals that contaminated the water deserve when they are harmed these veterans and their families provides health benefits to Marines at Camp Lejeune (luh-ZHERN’) for while serving our great nation, members will not have to fight for and family members exposed to more than 30 years. whether it be through combat or benefits they are due.” the contaminated drinking water A statement from the VA said environmental exposures,” said Documents show Marine lead- at Camp Lejeune. The bill is named the move is in addition to the Mike Partain, who was born at ers were slow to respond when for the daughter of former Marine health care it provides for more Camp Lejeune and who suffered tests first found evidence of con- master sergeant who died from than a dozen conditions to eligible from male breast cancer. taminated ground water in the ear- leukemia at age 9. veterans who were stationed at the Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said in ly 1980s. Some drinking water “This is a culmination of 18 North Carolina base for at least 30 a separate statement that the VA wells were closed in 1984 and years of work for me,” Jerry days between August 1953 and will begin the process of granting 1985, after further testing con- Ensminger said. “While this is not December 1987. presumptive disability status, firmed contamination from leaking over by any means, this is a great “Today’s announcement is a tes- meaning veterans who say they fuel tanks and an off-base dry step in the right direction.” — AP Fitness experts warn of pitfalls of going to exercise extremes

NEW YORK: With challenging studies suggest extreme over-exer- of his practice in Arlington, ness events over the last decade. workouts from ultra-marathons to cising can cause conditions like Virginia. “Pain tells you you’re injur- “Many people who might never endurance events on obstacle sleeplessness, blood poisoning, ing something,” he said. “Instead of have competed in an organized courses all the rage, fitness experts fractures or heart damage. pounding a treadmill for 90 min- event in the past are jumping right NEWMAN: In this Tuesday, July 21, 2015 photo, Jim Jasper, owner of Stewart Jasper say more and more weekend war- “Massive jumps in activity level, utes through severe shin pain, into these extreme races,” said Orchards, displays a box of almonds that are ready for shipping at his processing riors are leaping into extreme that’s how you get stress fractures,” (and) bench pressing with intense Holland, the author of “Swim, Bike, plant in Newman, Calif. Like many Central Valley growers, Jasper depends on water activities before looking into the said Dr. Derek Ochiai, an orthope- shoulder pain, stop. Rest it. Then Run - Eat,” who has run more than pumped from the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta to irrigate his crops. Jasper perils of overdoing it. dic surgeon specializing in sports go back at a lighter level.” Elite ath- 60 marathons. says the efforts to save the endangered Delta smelt, which has caused a reduction of The drive to push the body too medicine. Overuse injuries, ranging lete and running coach Tom “When it feels like it’s too much, irrigation water, is partly to blame for him pulling out 400 acres of almond trees far too fast can backfire in most from rotator cuff damage to ten- Holland said he has seen an explo- it’s too much,” he said. “There is because he couldn’t get enough water. — AP unpleasant ways. Recent research donitis, comprise a significant part sion in the number of extreme fit- absolutely a point of diminishing returns.” Disorientation, severe muscle cramps, cessation of sweat- ing and dizziness are among the Task force urges more warning signs, he added. A recent Australian study of ultra-marathon- ers found that extreme exercise research into child may trigger blood poisoning in people who haven’t trained prop- autism screening erly. The research, published in the WASHINGTON: A government task force research is in. International Journal of Sports says more research is needed to deter- While early treatment is promising for Medicine, showed that pushing the mine if toddlers should be screened for the more severely affected, that hasn’t body too far can cause intestinal autism even if check-ups or parents been studied in children who have mild bacteria to leak into the blood- haven’t spotted developmental problems symptoms that may be caught only in stream, causing blood poisoning. - despite guidelines from other health screening, said task force vice chairman A 2012 study also showed long- groups that urge such screening. and pediatrician Dr. David Grossman. term endurance running may Doctors are supposed to routinely Other questions include what age to cause heart muscle scarring. check if youngsters are meeting appropri- screen, and what tool to use. Anthony Wall of the American ate milestones or show signs of develop- “We’re not saying it’s the wrong thing. Council on Exercise said continual mental disorders including autism. And We’re just saying we’re not sure,” Grossman fatigue, decrease in performance, a specialists say parents should immediately said. The American Academy of Pediatrics sense of apathy or distraction are point out any concerns, such as whether a said the recommendation runs counter to subtle signs of overtraining. “It child doesn’t make eye contact, so they its own guideline that all children be isn’t about going hard all the time,” can receive appropriate diagnostic testing. screened at ages 18 months and 24 he said. “Professional athletes Monday’s draft recommendation months, in addition to standard develop- spend a tremendous amount of addresses another step, whether doctors mental checks. Other health groups also time in recovery and low-impact also should use parent questionnaires and support screening. activity.” Ochiai said the cardiovas- similar tools to screen for autism in chil- “You identify the kids early, you get cular benefits of moderate exercise dren under 3 who have no obvious symp- them to treatment early, and the outcome BYRON: In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015 photo, eggs from a female delta smelt are removed to far outweigh the risk of injury. toms. The US Preventive Services Task is better,” said Dr. Susan E. Levy of the be fertilized during a demonstration conducted by Luke Ellison, research supervisor at the “It’s far better to be exercising Force said there’s insufficient evidence to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of California Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab in Byron, Calif. The tiny, endan- than not, but you don’t have to recommend either for or against so-called AAP’s autism subcommittee. The task see results the day you start,” he gered fish, found in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is at the the center of the state’s universal screening, and that doctors force’s draft recommendation is open for said. “It’s a marathon, not a should use their own judgment until more public comment for 30 days. — AP water battle between farmers and biologists. — AP sprint.” — Reuters WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Gene identified as critical to low-oxygen tolerance

WASHINGTON: Researchers have identified a Pediatrics at the University of California at tions of mice with normal levels of EDNRB plays a key role in human adaptation to low gene that helps people tolerate low-oxygen San Diego. and those with low levels. Mice with low lev- oxygen and high altitude,” Haddad said. conditions, according to a study published The researchers identified a gene they els of EDNRB were better able to maintain He said this advance could help in the Monday, opening the way for new treatments believe may help Ethiopians who have lived normal heart rhythms, blood pressure and search for better therapies for those living at for heart failure and related conditions. at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are rel- oxygen flow to vital organs, even when oxy- sea level who suffer from heart attacks, “This is the first demonstration that a gene atively low, for thousands of years. That gene, gen was below levels found at the summit of strokes and other low oxygen-related dis- involved in high altitude adaptation is critical EDNRB, encodes a protein that is believed to Mount Everest. eases. in protecting cardiac function in moderate to help blood vessels dilate. “Lowering EDNRB does wonders for mice The study appeared in the journal severe hypoxia at sea level,” said lead author For this study, researchers monitored the when environmental oxygen levels are low, Proceedings of the National Academy of Gabriel Haddad, chair of the Department of relative performance under hypoxic condi- leading us to conclude that the EDNRB gene Sciences (PNAS). — AFP

Most picky eating harmless but it can signal emotional woes

CHICAGO: Parents of picky eaters take heart: “There’s more going on here than just not want- New research suggests the problem is rarely ing to eat broccoli,” said Lavin, a member of an worth fretting over, although in a small portion of American Academy of Pediatrics committee on kids it may signal emotional troubles that should psycho-social issues. He was not involved in the be checked out. Preschool-aged children who are research. The study focused on about 900 children extremely selective about what they eat and dis- aged 2 through 5 who were recruited from pri- like even being near certain foods are more likely mary care doctors affiliated with Duke’s medical than others to have underlying anxiety or depres- center in Durham, North Carolina. sion, the study found. But only 3 percent of young Researchers did in-home interviews with par- children studied were that picky. ents to evaluate kids’ eating habits and any men- Less severe pickiness, dubbed “moderate tal health issues. Follow-up evaluations were done selected eating” in the study, was found in about a two years later in almost 200 children. 18 percent of kids. These are children who will Compared with children who aren’t fussy only eat a narrow range of foods. Kids with either eaters, depression and social anxiety were at least level of pickiness were almost two times more two times more common in kids with severe pick- likely than others to develop anxiety symptoms iness; attention deficit behavior and separation within two years, the study found. anxiety symptoms were more common in moder- More typical pickiness, including kids who just ately selective kids. Severe selective eating refuse to eat their vegetables, is probably merely described in the study is akin to a condition called “normal dislike,” said eating disorders specialist avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, added in Nancy Zucker, the lead author and an associate 2013 to the latest edition of a widely used psychi- psychiatry professor at Duke University’s medical atric manual, the study authors said. It can occur school. These are the kids who typically outgrow in all ages; some of those affected are extra-sensi- their pickiness as they mature. tive to food tastes, smells and textures. Zucker said young children with moderate Zucker said severe pickiness may be the first pickiness are probably more likely to outgrow the clue for parents that a child is experiencing anxi- problem than the severe group, although more ety or depression and that they may want to seek research is needed to confirm that. The study was help from a mental health specialist. published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Moderate pickiness is less concerning but Dr Arthur Lavin, a Cleveland pediatrician said affected kids can make family meal-times a battle- picky eating is among the top concerns parents ground, she said. To avoid that, Zucker suggests WASHINGTON: Sen Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., speaks to reporters in defense of Planned Parenthood as Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, bring to his office, and that the study “helps us that parents try introducing new foods at random and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, right, listen Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate blocked a Republican drive Monday to terminate understand who we should be concerned about.” times during the day. —AP federal funds for Planned Parenthood, setting the stage for the GOP to try again this fall amid higher stakes. — AP Senate blocks GOP bill to halt Planned Parenthood fed funds Group illegally selling organs for profit

WASHINGTON: The Senate blocked a tial candidates, who convene Thursday granddaughters” from the GOP’s “absurd cedures they use to obtain tissue, and Republican drive Monday to terminate for their first debate of the 2016 cam- policies,” said Senate Minority Leader because some of the videos show close- federal funds for Planned Parenthood, paign. Several of the, including Sens. Ted Harry Reid, D-Nev. “The Republican Party ups of fetal organs in laboratories. setting the stage for the GOP to try Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky, has lost its moral compass.” The center and some of its GOP sup- again this fall amid higher stakes - a are calling for Congress to end Planned Senate Majority Leader Mitch porters have said the videos show that potential government shutdown that Parenthood’s federal payments. In the McConnell, R-Ky., said Democrats should Planned Parenthood sells the tissue for could echo into next year’s presidential longer term, GOP leaders are hoping not protect Planned Parenthood’s feder- profit, which is illegal under federal law. and congressional elections. that three congressional committees’ al funds “just to protect some political The derailed legislation was the investigations, plus probes in several group,” an apparent reference to the Recovering cost of procedures Republican response to videos, recorded states and the expected release of addi- organization’s one-sided campaign con- Planned Parenthood says the videos secretly by anti-abortion activists, show- tional videos, will produce evidence of tributions to Democratic candidates. are selectively edited and that the ing Planned Parenthood officials dispas- Planned Parenthood wrongdoing and Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa organization only recovers costs of the sionately discussing how they some- make it harder for Democrats to defend said, “The American taxpayer should not procedures - which is legal - and only times provide medical researchers with the organization. Planned Parenthood be asked to fund an organization like gives the tissue to researchers with a tissue from aborted fetuses. Those provides contraception, testing for sexu- Planned Parenthood that has shown a mother’s advance consent and in fewer videos have led conservatives to accuse ally transmitted diseases and abortions sheer disdain for human dignity and than five states. Stung by past govern- the group of illegally selling the organs in clinics from coast to coast. complete disregard for women and their ment shutdowns that voters have for profit - strongly denied by Planned Democrats’ were largely muted babies.” Ernst sponsored the measure as blamed on Republicans, GOP leaders Parenthood - and inserted abortion and when the videos were first distributed, party leaders sought ways to blunt have shown no interest in another one women’s health into the mix of issues to but their defense of Planned Democratic charges of GOP insensitivity this fall. Federal agencies run out of be argued in the 2016 campaign. Parenthood has grown more robust in to women. money on Oct. 1, and Congress is tasked Monday’s mostly party-line vote was recent days. During Monday’s debate, The anti-abortion Center for Medical with passing legislation by then tem- 53-46 to halt Democratic delays aimed they sounded a theme they have Progress has so far released four videos porarily keeping the doors open until at derailing the bill, seven short of the 60 employed in recent elections, character- in which people posing as representa- lawmakers and President Barack Obama votes the Republicans needed. Even so, izing the GOP drive as an assault on tives of a company that purchases fetal can reach a longer-term agreement. But the GOP is hoping to reap political gains health care for women. tissue converse with Planned it could be challenging for those because the videos have ignited the par- Parenthood officials. The videos have Republican leaders to control their most This handout satellite image released by Eumetsat yesterday shows the first image ty’s core conservative, anti-abortion vot- Protect been especially controversial because of conservative lawmakers, who are urged of Earth taken by the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instru- ers. The fight is already creating heated It’s our obligation to protect our the casual descriptions by the Planned on by the party’s anti-abortion ment on the MSG-4 satellite. — AFP talking points for Republican presiden- wives, our sisters, our daughters, our Parenthood officials of the abortion pro- activists.—AP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2015 Great taste at even greater value with ‘McDinar’ Menu

cDonald’s Kuwait announced yesterday the launch of its Mbrand new McDinar Menu, featuring delicious meals for the incredible price of one dinar each. The McDinar menu offers customers four meal combinations to choose from, including the Cheeseburger Deluxe meal, the Chickenburger Deluxe meal, the McArabia Halloumi meal all in regular size and the Coffeelicious meal with hotcakes and two coffees. The new menu has been especially designed to give customers the chance to enjoy the unique McDonald’s dining experience at even greater value. “At McDonald’s we are always looking to expand our already rich and diverse menu in order to meet the needs of all out cus- tomers. We are always committed to delivering only the highest quality food to our customers, at the greatest possible value.” said Sherif Coutry, Marketing Director at McDonald’s Kuwait. The McDinar menu will be available at all McDonald’s restaurants in Kuwait as of August 1st, 2015. For more information about the McDinar menu and all other McDonalds menu offerings, please visit www.mcdonaldsarabia.com. OSN brings another great line-up of movies

SN, the region’s leading pay-TV net- Owork, brings another great line-up of action movies, hilarious comedies, kids films, season finales, brand new series and popular US talk shows - enough content for the whole family to enjoy hours of great television and all at the same time as the US, during the month of August. Movie-lovers are in for a treat on OSN Movies Box Office HD with the arrival of Fast & Furious 7 (August 12) - the thriller that sees the return of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker), whilst the Disney classic Cinderella (August 19), in which Ella (Lily James) finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters, caters to our younger viewers. Other exciting movie premieres on OSN Movies HD include Big Hero 6, Lucy, Divergent, John Wick & Transformers: Age of Extinction. Something fishy is going on at the Discovery Channel HD as a host of programs about sharks will be circling its way to OSN screens with Shark Week from August 24 to 30 at 10.40pm KSA. Join shark researchers Paul Clarkin, Ian Shive and Rodney Fox as they present fascinating episodes such as The Sharks of Cuba, Alien Sharks: Close crimes in Sin City, is in its final season. Stay 10.00pm (KSA) will also see the exclusive pre- Encounter, and The Return of the Great White tuned every Saturdays from August 15. The miere of The Brink, starring Tim Robbins, as Serial Killer. final season of the supernatural drama top US government and military personnel Also watch Hacking the System, which Hemlock Grove, and Hannibal, the psycho- scramble to prevent World War 3 from hap- premieres on August 12 on the National logical thriller starring the brilliant psychia- pening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical cri- Geographical Channel HD at 11.50pm KSA. It trist Hannibal Lecter, will see its premiere on sis. charts the life of Brian Brushwood a man OSN Play, the award-winning online catch-up Last but not least, live and uninterrupted who made a career out of social manipula- TV service for OSN subscribers, on August 10. talk shows from the US have a special place tion and thinking like a criminal, as he Watch the series back to back anytime, any- at OSN with the month of August being no reveals legal tips, tricks and shortcuts to get where. different. From Tuesday to Saturdays, The ahead in life, one hack at a time. Over on A day without laughter is a day wasted. Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon starts OSN First HD, the fourth & final season of Comedy lovers can look forward to WWE leg- at 8.00pm (KSA); Late Night with Seth Strike Back - an action thriller portraying a end, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) playing Myers from 11.30pm (KSA); the Nightly secretive unit of British military intelligence Spencer Strasmore in Ballers, premiering on Show with Larry Wilmore from 9.30pm that takes part in special high-risk operations August 24 at 10.30pm on OSN First Comedy (KSA). Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is missions across the globe - at 10:00pm KSA HD, as a Miami-based ex-footballer turned from Mondays at 9.30pm (KSA). Last but Sundays & Mondays from August 16. financial manager who builds a client base of definitely not the least, in its season finale, Popular continuing series CSI, in which a young talent but quickly struggles to help The Daily Show with John Stewart is from group of forensic investigators at the Las them navigate the many traps that come 9.00pm with the final episode airing on Vegas Crime Lab work to solve often-grisly with life as big-time “ballers”. August 24 at August 6 only on OSN. Celebration of India’s 69th Independence Day

Flag Hoisting Ceremony will take place at will read out the message of Hon’ble President Athe Embassy premises located at of India, followed by a cultural program includ- Diplomatic Enclave, Arabian Gulf Street on ing singing of patriotic songs. - All Indian Saturday, 15 August 2015, at 0800 hours on the nationals in Kuwait are most cordially invited to occasion of the 69th Independence Day of India. attend the function. - Refreshments, tea, juice - After the flag hoisting ceremony, Ambassador etc will be served.

KWA mourns Indian ex-president

uwait Wayanad Association (KWA) held an area dolence over the demise of Indian’s former president Kmeeting at Mangaf recently. Roy Bathery and the great scientist Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and presided over the meeting, while Sandeep recalled all his achievements. Bathery added that the Meenangady welcomed the guests. KWA offers its con- death of Dr Kalam is an irreparable loss to our nation.

Oula honors its employees

ula local fuel marketing company hon- Board Abdelhussein Al-Sultan attended the cer- Oored several of its employees at the emony along with other senior staff. He said “we Human Resources Department in appreci- at Oula are keen on appreciating the efforts of ation to their efforts in achieving the goals of our employees who we consider partners in suc- Employment Affairs and Training Department. cess and we are proud of their outstanding The employees exerted their best efforts in their achievements - evidence on their loyalty to the outstanding performance. Chairman of the company.” WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 information

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01:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Wilmore Teenage Witch 15:00 Man Fire Food 16:30 The Goldbergs 01:40 Wolfblood 15:30 Man Fire Food 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 02:05 Wolfblood 16:00 Chopped 18:00 Men At Work 02:30 Violetta 17:00 The Kitchen 18:30 Galavant 00:45 Tanked 03:15 The Hive 18:00 Easy Chinese 19:00 2 Broke Girls 01:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 03:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 18:30 Easy Chinese 19:30 2 Broke Girls 02:10 Shamwari: A Wild Life Teenage Witch 19:00 Chopped 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 02:35 Yankee Jungle 03:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 20:00 Iron Chef America Jimmy Fallon 03:25 Gator Boys Teenage Witch 21:00 Chopped South Africa 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 04:15 Man-Eating Zombie Cats 04:10 Wolfblood 22:00 Kitchen Inferno Stewart 05:02 Treehouse Masters 04:35 Wolfblood 23:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry 05:49 Shamwari: A Wild Life 05:00 Violetta 23:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Wilmore 06:13 Shamwari: A Wild Life 05:45 The Hive 22:00 Jonah From Tonga 06:36 Meet The Sloths 05:50 Mouk 22:30 Silicon Valley 07:00 Meet The Sloths 06:00 Lolirock 23:00 Married 07:25 Too Cute! Pint-Sized 06:25 Hank Zipzer 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 07:50 The Wild Life Of Tim 06:50 Girl Meets World Faulkner 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 08:15 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:40 Jessie 00:10 The Chase 08:45 Shamwari: A Wild Life 08:05 Wizards Of Waverly Place 01:05 The Hungry Sailors 09:10 Treehouse Masters 08:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 02:00 Emmerdale 10:05 Tanked 08:55 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 02:25 Brendanʼs Magical Mystery 00:00 Scandal 11:00 Too Cute! Pint-Sized Teenage Witch Tour 01:00 The Flash 11:25 The Wild Life Of Tim 09:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 02:55 Coronation Street 02:00 The Americans Faulkner Teenage Witch 03:25 Doc Martin 03:00 The Knick 11:55 Treehouse Masters 09:45 Austin & Ally 04:20 Breathless 04:00 State Of Affairs 12:50 Austin Stevens: 10:10 Austin & Ally 05:15 Murdoch Mysteries 05:00 Criminal Minds Snakemaster 10:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:10 The Hungry Sailors 07:00 Resurrection 13:45 Yankee Jungle 11:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:05 Coronation Street 08:00 Bones 14:40 Gator Boys 11:25 Jessie 07:30 Doc Martin 09:00 Criminal Minds 15:35 Tanked 11:50 Jessie 08:25 Breathless 10:00 State Of Affairs 16:30 Austin Stevens: 12:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 09:20 Coach Trip 11:00 The Flash Snakemaster Teenage Witch 09:45 Coach Trip 12:00 Emmerdale 17:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 12:40 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 10:15 Brendanʼs Magical Mystery 12:30 Coronation Street 17:55 Shamwari: A Wild Life Teenage Witch Tour 13:00 The Ellen 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Arrival Flights on Wednesday 5/8/2015 Departure Flights on Wednesday 5/8/2015 Airlines Flt Route Time Airlines Flt Route Time CHANGE OF NAME QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 I, Avula Ohamundeswari JZR 239 Amman 00:20 JZR 526 Sohag 00:20 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 holder of Indian Passport DLH 637 Dammam 00:35 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 No. K9651511, Sree JAD 301 Amman 00:45 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 FDB 072 Dubai 00:45 Ramaulapeta Dalavati Palli JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 JZR 502 Luxor 01:10 Pullampet Kadapa AP, here- JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 JAD 302 Amman 01:30 by change my name Vaddi PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 DLH 637 Frankfurt 01:35 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 THY 773 Istanbul 02:05 Chamundeswari wife of CLX 783 Sharjah 01:45 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:50 Vaddi Subramanyan Reddy. ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:50 JAI 525 Abu Dhabi/Chennai 02:55 (C 5015) OMA 643 Muscat 02:05 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 KKK 6508 Istanbul 03:10 KKK 6507 Istanbul 02:15 CLX 784 Luxembourg 03:15 I, Vaddi Subramanyam UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 MSC 404 Sohag 03:30 MSC 403 Sohag 02:30 OMA 644 Muscat 03:35 holder of Indian Passport THY 768 Istanbul 02:50 THY 769 Istanbul 03:40 No. 9651550, Sree QTR 1076 Doha 02:55 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 ACCOMMODATION SITUATION WANTED RJA 645 Amman 03:55 Ramulapeta Dalavayi Palli ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 Pullampet Kadapa AP, here- RJA 644 Amman 03:10 FDB 068 Dubai 04:00 Partition room available Indian, finance profession- CEB 7694 Manila 03:10 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:05 by change my name to MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 for couple or bachelor in al, MBA, CGMA, CPA, with FDB 067 Dubai 03:15 Vaddi Subramanyam Reddy MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 SYR 342 Damascus 04:25 Salmiya. Call 66711141. 10 years of experience in CEB 7695 Manila 04:40 father name Vaddi Nagi SYR 341 Latakia/KAC 03:25 (C 5014) 4-8-2015 Investment Banking, Real KAC 1544 Cairo 03:35 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:45 Reddy. (C 5016) THY 5864 Istanbul 03:55 THY 765 Istanbul 04:55 Estate & Trading seeks a MSC 406 Sohag 05:00 5-8-2015 Sharing accommodation MSC 401 Alexandria 04:00 available for a decent fami- suitable middle level man- PGT 860 Istanbul 04:05 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 QTR 1077 Doha 05:05 ly, couples or working agement position in THY 770 Istanbul 04:40 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 ladies in a CAC flat at finance & accounts. Please THY 5582 Bursa 05:05 THY 1465 Istanbul 05:55 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 call 00965 65094498, email: DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 Jabriya area 10 near Jabriya GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 Indian School from Sept - [email protected] THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 BAW 157 London 06:35 (C 5013) JZR 240 Amman 06:55 112 2015. Please call 99300513. JZR 1541 Cairo 06:40 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 (C 5012) 3-8-2015 3-8-2015 JZR 563 Sohag 06:45 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 KAC 288 Dhaka 06:55 JZR 256 Beirut 07:30 JZR 503 Luxor 07:20 BAW 156 London 08:30 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 Kuwait KAC 206 Islamabad 07:45 KAC 539 Sharm el-Sheikh 08:50 KNCC PROGRAMME KAC 204 Lahore 07:50 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 117 New York 08:55 FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY KAC 352 Kochi 07:55 KAC 1801 Cairo 09:00 (30/07/2015 TO 05/08/2015) KAC 302 Mumbai 07:55 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 SHARQIA-1 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:00 PM KAC 154 Istanbul 08:10 KAC 619 Doha 09:30 KAC 344 Chennai 08:15 MINIONS 12:45 PM NO WED KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 MAX 3:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:15 AM UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 KAC 362 Colombo 08:30 MINIONS 5:15 PM NO WED ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 MAX 7:30 PM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 10:00 PM ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 POUND OF FLESH 9:45 PM WED ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:10 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 NO WED MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:30 AM NIA 261 Alexandria 09:10 GBB 4762 Sarajevo 10:05 PIXELS 12:05 AM WED IRM 1186 Tehran 09:15 NIA 262 Luxor 10:10 NO WED QTR 1070 Doha 09:25 KAC 511 Mashhad 10:20 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 9:45 PM MARINA-3 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 IRM 1181 Mashhad 10:25 WED ANT-MAN 11:30 AM KAC 350 Kochi 09:40 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:15 AM ANT-MAN 2:00 PM FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 QTR 1071 Doha 10:40 WED ANT-MAN 4:30 PM GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 ANT-MAN 7:00 PM UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 SHARQIA-2 ANT-MAN 9:30 PM MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 KAC 175 Frankfurt/Geneva 11:15 ANT-MAN 12:15 PM ANT-MAN 12:05 AM AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:15 KAC 561 Amman 11:25 ANT-MAN 2:45 PM MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 ANT-MAN 5:15 PM AVENUES-1 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ANT-MAN 7:45 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:30 AM JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 JZR 356 Mashhad 11:40 ANT-MAN 10:15 PM MINIONS 2:00 PM AGY 680 Alexandria 11:40 KAC 741 Dammam 11:50 ANT-MAN 12:45 AM MINIONS 4:00 PM IRM 1188 Mashhad 11:45 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 MINIONS 6:00 PM JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 SHARQIA-3 MINIONS 8:00 PM IAW 157 Al Najaf 12:00 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:30 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 10:00 PM JZR 241 Amman 12:30 KAC 103 London 12:10 TERMINATOR GENISYS 3:00 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:30 AM IZG 4167 Mashhad 12:30 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:15 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 5:30 PM SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:30 PM AVENUES-2 IRC 6511 ABD 12:40 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:30 PM PIXIES 1:00 PM UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 AGY 685 Sohag 12:40 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:30 AM PIXIES 3:00 PM ETD 919 Abu Dhabi 12:45 IAW 158 Al Najaf 13:00 PIXIES 5:00 PM MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 MUHALAB-1 PIXIES 7:00 PM KAC 620 Doha 13:10 IRM 1189 Mashhad 13:10 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 11:30 AM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:00 PM THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 MAX 2:30 PM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 12:05 AM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 4:45 PM CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 IZG 4168 Mashhad 13:30 MAX 7:45 PM AVENUES-3 IRC 526 Mashhad 13:50 MAX 10:15 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 11:45 AM KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 NO WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 2:00 PM MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 13:55 IRC 6512 ABD 13:40 PIXELS 12:30 AM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 4:15 PM QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 NO WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 6:30 PM KNE 460 Riyadh 14:10 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 10:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:45 PM FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 11:00 PM GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:40 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:30 AM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 1:15 AM SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 ETD 920 Dubai 14:45 WED AVENUES-4 KAC 742 Dammam 14:50 CLX 792 Hanoi 14:45 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:00 PM KAC 540 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:50 IRC 527 Mashhad 14:50 MUHALAB-2 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 2:15 PM JZR 257 Beirut 14:55 KAC 545 Alexandria 15:00 MINIONS 11:45 AM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 4:15 PM KNE 472 Jeddah 14:55 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 PIXELS 1:45 PM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 7:15 PM KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 MINIONS 4:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:15 PM FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 MINIONS 6:00 PM NO WED RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:30 AM KNE 462 Madinah 15:05 KNE 481 Taif 15:10 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:00 PM NO WED OMA 645 Muscat 15:05 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:05 AM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 10:15 PM ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 SVA 503 Jeddah 15:45 WED KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 MUHALAB-3 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:45 AM UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 ANT-MAN 11:45 AM WED RJA 640 Amman 15:55 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:55 ANT-MAN 2:15 PM ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:00 KNE 473 Jeddah 16:00 ANT-MAN 4:45 PM AVENUES-5 JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 KNE 463 Madinah 16:00 ANT-MAN 7:15 PM ANT-MAN 11:30 AM FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 KAC 791 Madinah 16:00 ANT-MAN 9:45 PM ANT-MAN 2:00 PM KAC 512 Mashhad 16:10 OMA 646 Muscat 16:05 ANT-MAN 12:15 AM ANT-MAN -3D 4:30 PM QTR 1072 Doha 16:20 RJD 136 Abu Dhabi 16:10 ANT-MAN 7:00 PM ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 FANAR-1 NO SAT NIA 263 Luxor 16:30 Special Show “MINIONS” 7:30 PM IRM 1180 Mashhad 16:35 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:45 TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:45 AM RJA 641 Amman 16:55 POUND OF FLESH 2:30 PM SAT JZR 787 Riyadh 16:45 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 TERMINATOR GENISYS 4:45 PM ANT-MAN -3D 9:30 PM KAC 562 Amman 17:00 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 7:15 PM ANT-MAN 12:05 AM SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 9:30 PM QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 AVENUES-6 JZR 357 Mashhad 17:30 NIA 264 Alexandria 17:30 POUND OF FLESH 11:45 PM GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 PIXELS 12:45 PM UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 PIXELS 3:00 PM JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 IRM 1187 Tehran 17:50 FANAR-2 PIXELS 11:30 AM PIXELS 5:15 PM JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 PIXELS 7:30 PM SYR 343 Damascus 17:55 PIXELS 1:45 PM GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 MINIONS 4:00 PM PIXELS -3D 9:45 PM JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 NO WED KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 MINIONS 6:00 PM PIXELS 12:05 AM KAC 563 Amman 18:30 HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 8:00 PM KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 JZR 538 Cairo 18:40 NO WED QTR 1080 Doha 18:55 PIXELS 10:30 PM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 9:45 PM JZR 238 Amman 18:45 PIXELS 12:45 AM KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 JZR 124 Bahrain 18:50 WED KAC 618 Doha 18:55 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:15 AM SYR 344 Damascus 18:55 FANAR-3 WED KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:00 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 PAPER TOWNS 11:30 AM UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 1:30 PM AVENUES-7 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 QTR 1081 Doha 19:55 PAPER TOWNS 4:30 PM HATCHED 11:30 AM FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:45 PM A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 1:15 PM ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 KAC 361 Colombo 20:00 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:45 PM A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 3:30 PM MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 PAPER TOWNS 12:45 AM DRISHYAM - Hindi 5:45 PM JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 9:00 PM KAC 774 Riyadh 19:40 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 FANAR-4 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 11:15 PM FDB 061 Dubai 19:50 FDB 062 Dubai 20:35 ANT-MAN 12:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 1:15 AM AGY 684 Sohag 19:50 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:40 ANT-MAN 2:30 PM ANT-MAN -3D 5:00 PM AVENUES-8 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 AGY 681 Alexandria 20:50 OMA 647 Muscat 20:00 ANT-MAN 7:30 PM PAPER TOWNS 11:30 AM KAC 1543 Cairo 20:55 ANT-MAN 10:00 PM PAPER TOWNS 1:45 PM KAC 674 Dubai 20:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:00 ANT-MAN 12:30 AM PAPER TOWNS 4:00 PM KNE 480 Taif 20:10 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 PAPER TOWNS 6:15 PM MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 331 Trivandrum 21:00 FANAR-5 DARK PLACES 8:30 PM DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:20 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 MAX 1:00 PM PAPER TOWNS 10:45 PM JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 KNE 461 Riyadh 21:10 PIXIES 3:15 PM PAPER TOWNS 1:00 AM KAC 792 Madinah 20:55 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 PIXIES 5:15 PM ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 MAX 7:15 PM AVENUES-9 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:15 JZR 1542 Cairo 21:45 MAX 9:30 PM POUND OF FLESH 12:45 PM UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 NO WED HATCHED 3:00 PM ANT-MAN 12:05 AM DARK PLACES 4:45 PM FDB 073 Dubai 21:30 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:05 POUND OF FLESH 7:00 PM QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 FDB 074 Dubai 22:10 NO WED MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 9:30 PM POUND OF FLESH 9:15 PM GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 POUND OF FLESH 11:30 PM JZR 125 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 381 Delhi 22:20 WED KAC 546 Alexandria 22:05 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:05 AM AVENUES-10 WED ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 349 Kochi 22:30 MAX 1:15 PM THY 764 Istanbul 22:10 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 MAX 3:45 PM MARINA-1 MAX 6:15 PM AIC 975 Chennai 22:25 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 MAX 11:30 AM RBG 551 Alexandria 22:30 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 MAX 8:45 PM POUND OF FLESH 1:45 PM HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 11:15 PM BBC 044 Dhaka/Dammam 22:40 THY 5579 TZX 23:00 MAX 3:45 PM FDB 059 Dubai 22:50 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 PIXELS 6:00 PM AVENUES-11 JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:05 MAX 8:15 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 12:30 PM JZR 185 Dubai 23:00 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:10 PIXELS 10:30 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 3:00 PM RBG 555 Alexandria 23:25 KAC 203 Lahore 23:10 ANT-MAN 12:45 AM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 5:30 PM MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 FDB 060 Dubai 23:50 ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 8:00 PM FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 KAC 415 Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 23:50 MARINA-2 NO WED KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 MINIONS 11:30 AM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION - DOLBY MINIONS 1:30 PM ATMOS 8:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 3:30 PM WED MINIONS 5:45 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 10:30 PM DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 7:45 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 1:00 AM stars34 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

CROSSWORD 982 STAR TRACK

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

You’re able to step directly into the flow of events today, even if you You could go overboard when expressing your generosity toward don’t know what you’re doing. The lovely Venus-Jupiter conjunction blesses your others today as the delightful Venus-Jupiter conjunction sweetens your 11th 5th House of Fun and Games, making it nearly impossible to miss the beneficial House of Friends and Associates. It’s all too easy to overcome any self-doubt that effects of this cosmic gift. Although you can inspire others with your soaring may be stirred if you are putting your reputation on the line. In fact, the possible optimism, you may try to take the everything-is-wonderful approach too far. An rewards seem so great that justifying the risk isn’t difficult at all. However, it’s still unexpected twist of fate might be a wake-up call from your future, reminding wise to think through your plans before you do something that you might soon you to keep everything in proper perspective. When life hands you lemonade, regret. Exercising a little common sense enables your random acts of kindness to you should be grateful and drink it. have the greatest impact.

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

It’s nearly impossible for anyone to bring you down today while delicious Venus A well-meaning person could enter your life now, offering you a business oppor- is cavorting with jolly Jupiter in your 4th House of Security. Ironically, everyone tunity or an unexpected chance to further your career. Receiving a generous gift doesn’t share your excitement and your unrestrained optimism may put some- is another possible manifestation of the auspicious Venus-Jupiter conjunction one else in distress. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much effort on your part to curb that graces your 10th House of Status. You could be pleasantly surprised no mat- your enthusiasm just a little. You can make a positive impression now, but no one ter what happens. Of course, there’s never any cosmic guarantees, but be ready likes a know-it-all. Express your heartfelt joy in a supportive manner while still to gratefully accept whatever good news arrives at your doorstep today. Don’t being mindful of others. hesitate; open the door and let it in.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) It’s easier to re-evaluate your future plans than to actually motivate yourself today to make a move. However, you’re willing to take a You may be happy with your current mode of operation today, even if you have leap of faith and say yes if something sounds intriguing while the promising to deal with mundane annoyances such as paying bills and juggling one-too- Venus-Jupiter conjunction shines in your 9th House of Adventure. Nevertheless, ACROSS 83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs many responsibilities. Luckily, a sudden change of circumstances allows you to success comes at a cost now, and there still may be a few surprises along the way. 1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a northeast into the Rhine. temporarily revise your previous agenda to capitalize on an unexpected oppor- The potential is great if you exercise good judgment. Managing your obligations demon. tunity. Your flexible attitude works in your favor as long as you resist assuming early in the day frees you up to respond to an unexpected opportunity with 5. Of or relating to or located at the base. DOWN your method is best. Practicing humility is your key to success. open arms. 12. A caustic detergent useful for removing 1. According to the Old Testament he was a grease. pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel 15. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that (9th century BC). makes a loud noise when you blow through it. 2. Someone who wastes time. 16. Surveying instrument consisting of the 3. Deprived of parents by death or desertion. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Cancer (June 21-July 22) upper movable part of a theodolite including 4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the Support comes out of left field today as friendly Venus joins propi- the telescope and its attachments. knee that protects the knee joint. You may be rather lazy today, even though your senses are wide tious Jupiter in your 8th House of Shared Resources. Collaborating with others is 17. An enclosed space. 5. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace awake. Opulent Jupiter dances with luscious Venus in your 2nd House of Self- a win-win proposition because nearly anything you do now serves to further 18. Earnest or urgent request. and noted for his beauty and sweet nature. Worth, filling your life with feelings of abundance and pleasure. Happily, too your long-term goals. Your ambitious nature is currently your greatest asset. 20. Fig tree of India noted for great size and 6. A silvery ductile metallic element found pri- much of a good thing still seems pretty darn good today, as if you can overdo Don’t be overly concerned if you can’t figure out where the opportunities might longevity. without suffering the consequences. Unfortunately, you can’t escape the effects marily in bauxite. lead. All you need to do is climb on the bandwagon and enjoy the ride. A grateful 21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic infor- of overindulgence, but you might decide it’s worth it. Revel in your good fortune 7. A small drink. mind is a powerful mind. mation from DNA to the cytoplasm. 8. A manner of speaking that is natural to native while the lucky stars are on your side. 22. Cut the head of. speakers of a language. 23. Changed into bone. 9. A mistake resulting from inattention. 25. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a 10. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to deep-water port. sunlight. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. The basic unit of length adopted under the 11. The feeling that comes when something System International d'Unites (approximately burdensome is removed or reduced. Your current success depends on your ability to combine your It’s as if you’re a magician today, effortlessly pulling one cute rabbit after another 1.094 yards). 12. An antidepressant drug that acts by block- unique creativity with your persuasive charm. Working with those who share out of thin air. You make everything look so easy now because you’re having 28. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to ing the reuptake of serotonin so that more sero- your passions is your ticket to happiness as the harmonious Venus-Jupiter con- such a good time demonstrating your charming wit and spirit of generosity. become a prophet so God caused a great storm tonin is available to act on receptors in the junction highlights your 7th House of Pa rtners. Friends and associates bring to throw him overboard from a ship. However, turning a clever thought or poetic turn of phrase into something more much-needed skills and resources to the table, paving a clear path to your goals. brain. practical could be a challenge. Thankfully, there’s no reason to struggle. If you let 30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes 13. A narrow way or road. Oddly enough, pursuing the pleasure principle may be the key to attracting readily. go of your attachment to a specific outcome and stay open to all the possibilities, those who can help you the most. 14. Any of a number of fishes of the family your chances for success are endless. 32. The state of being covered with unclean Carangidae. things. 19. A city in western Germany near the Dutch 36. A colorless and odorless inert gas. and Belgian borders. 37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 24. The sixth day of the week. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 40. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to 26. American prizefighter who won the world be mined. heavyweight championship three times (born Relaxing doesn’t feel like a viable option today, especially if you are 41. An emotional response that has been in 1942). You’re tempted to gloss over a significant fact today if you think reality might get swept up in the anticipation of what’s right around the next corner. Even if some- acquired by conditioning. 29. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc. in the way of your big plans. Normally, you’re quite attentive to the details, but thing wonderful at work catches you off guard, it’s still challenging to stop long 43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the 31. Harsh or corrosive in tone. you may be more concerned with fulfilling a pleasurable fantasy now, even if enough to let the experience sink in. Luckily, you can make a conscious decision alkali metal group. 33. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the you must temporarily dance around the truth. Fortunately, your integrity pre- to soak in the sweetness of the present moment instead of immediately return- 44. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue immature stage. vents you from stepping too far out of line. Additionally, you don’t want to waste ing to the task at hand. Stop to appreciate the power of now; mix work with play in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in 34. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or time later cleaning up from a lapse of good judgment. Nevertheless, a bit of self- when you are given the chance. the immune response. fear). indulgence is good for your soul. 47. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine. 35. A person who contributes to the fulfillment 49. An informal term for a father. of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth 38. Panel forming the lower part of an interior Word Search Yesterday Solution group. wall when it is finished differently from the rest. 52. The basic unit of electric current adopted 39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in under the System International d'Unites. Turkey). 53. An expert who gives advice. 42. Rate of revolution of a motor. 56. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease 45. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. affecting connective tissue (skin or joints). 46. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed 57. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in diving bird of northern seas. the Pacific and Great Lakes. 48. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir. 59. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry 50. Type genus of the family Arcidae. VIII (1512-1548). 54. A member of the Muskhogean people for- 62. A state in midwestern United States. merly living in northern Alabama. 63. A white metallic element that burns with a 55. South American armadillo with three bands brilliant light. of bony plates. 64. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 58. Characteristic of or relating to winter. 68. A Hindu prince or king in India. 60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single 72. Concerned with religion or religious purpos- ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy es. wall or pericarp. 74. A member of the Siouan people formerly liv- 61. Sour or bitter in taste. ing in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 65. Free from risk or danger. 76. A boy or man. 77. A United Nations agency that invest directly 66. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core. in companies and guarantees loans to private 67. The cardinal number that is the product of investors. 10 and 100. 78. Any object that radiates energy. 69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely 80. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting the razorbill. when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel 70. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo. leads to oxygen lack in the brain. 71. The sixth month of the civil year. 81. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring 73. An informal term for a father. on the sea or ships. 75. A human limb. 82. Aromatic gum resin. 79. A Mid-Atlantic state. Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution stars34 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

CROSSWORD 982 STAR TRACK

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

You’re able to step directly into the flow of events today, even if you You could go overboard when expressing your generosity toward don’t know what you’re doing. The lovely Venus-Jupiter conjunction blesses your others today as the delightful Venus-Jupiter conjunction sweetens your 11th 5th House of Fun and Games, making it nearly impossible to miss the beneficial House of Friends and Associates. It’s all too easy to overcome any self-doubt that effects of this cosmic gift. Although you can inspire others with your soaring may be stirred if you are putting your reputation on the line. In fact, the possible optimism, you may try to take the everything-is-wonderful approach too far. An rewards seem so great that justifying the risk isn’t difficult at all. However, it’s still unexpected twist of fate might be a wake-up call from your future, reminding wise to think through your plans before you do something that you might soon you to keep everything in proper perspective. When life hands you lemonade, regret. Exercising a little common sense enables your random acts of kindness to you should be grateful and drink it. have the greatest impact.

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

It’s nearly impossible for anyone to bring you down today while delicious Venus A well-meaning person could enter your life now, offering you a business oppor- is cavorting with jolly Jupiter in your 4th House of Security. Ironically, everyone tunity or an unexpected chance to further your career. Receiving a generous gift doesn’t share your excitement and your unrestrained optimism may put some- is another possible manifestation of the auspicious Venus-Jupiter conjunction one else in distress. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much effort on your part to curb that graces your 10th House of Status. You could be pleasantly surprised no mat- your enthusiasm just a little. You can make a positive impression now, but no one ter what happens. Of course, there’s never any cosmic guarantees, but be ready likes a know-it-all. Express your heartfelt joy in a supportive manner while still to gratefully accept whatever good news arrives at your doorstep today. Don’t being mindful of others. hesitate; open the door and let it in.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) It’s easier to re-evaluate your future plans than to actually motivate yourself today to make a move. However, you’re willing to take a You may be happy with your current mode of operation today, even if you have leap of faith and say yes if something sounds intriguing while the promising to deal with mundane annoyances such as paying bills and juggling one-too- Venus-Jupiter conjunction shines in your 9th House of Adventure. Nevertheless, ACROSS 83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs many responsibilities. Luckily, a sudden change of circumstances allows you to success comes at a cost now, and there still may be a few surprises along the way. 1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a northeast into the Rhine. temporarily revise your previous agenda to capitalize on an unexpected oppor- The potential is great if you exercise good judgment. Managing your obligations demon. tunity. Your flexible attitude works in your favor as long as you resist assuming early in the day frees you up to respond to an unexpected opportunity with 5. Of or relating to or located at the base. DOWN your method is best. Practicing humility is your key to success. open arms. 12. A caustic detergent useful for removing 1. According to the Old Testament he was a grease. pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel 15. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that (9th century BC). makes a loud noise when you blow through it. 2. Someone who wastes time. 16. Surveying instrument consisting of the 3. Deprived of parents by death or desertion. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Cancer (June 21-July 22) upper movable part of a theodolite including 4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the Support comes out of left field today as friendly Venus joins propi- the telescope and its attachments. knee that protects the knee joint. You may be rather lazy today, even though your senses are wide tious Jupiter in your 8th House of Shared Resources. Collaborating with others is 17. An enclosed space. 5. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace awake. Opulent Jupiter dances with luscious Venus in your 2nd House of Self- a win-win proposition because nearly anything you do now serves to further 18. Earnest or urgent request. and noted for his beauty and sweet nature. Worth, filling your life with feelings of abundance and pleasure. Happily, too your long-term goals. Your ambitious nature is currently your greatest asset. 20. Fig tree of India noted for great size and 6. A silvery ductile metallic element found pri- much of a good thing still seems pretty darn good today, as if you can overdo Don’t be overly concerned if you can’t figure out where the opportunities might longevity. without suffering the consequences. Unfortunately, you can’t escape the effects marily in bauxite. lead. All you need to do is climb on the bandwagon and enjoy the ride. A grateful 21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic infor- of overindulgence, but you might decide it’s worth it. Revel in your good fortune 7. A small drink. mind is a powerful mind. mation from DNA to the cytoplasm. 8. A manner of speaking that is natural to native while the lucky stars are on your side. 22. Cut the head of. speakers of a language. 23. Changed into bone. 9. A mistake resulting from inattention. 25. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a 10. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to deep-water port. sunlight. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. The basic unit of length adopted under the 11. The feeling that comes when something System International d'Unites (approximately burdensome is removed or reduced. Your current success depends on your ability to combine your It’s as if you’re a magician today, effortlessly pulling one cute rabbit after another 1.094 yards). 12. An antidepressant drug that acts by block- unique creativity with your persuasive charm. Working with those who share out of thin air. You make everything look so easy now because you’re having 28. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to ing the reuptake of serotonin so that more sero- your passions is your ticket to happiness as the harmonious Venus-Jupiter con- such a good time demonstrating your charming wit and spirit of generosity. become a prophet so God caused a great storm tonin is available to act on receptors in the junction highlights your 7th House of Pa rtners. Friends and associates bring to throw him overboard from a ship. However, turning a clever thought or poetic turn of phrase into something more much-needed skills and resources to the table, paving a clear path to your goals. brain. practical could be a challenge. Thankfully, there’s no reason to struggle. If you let 30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes 13. A narrow way or road. Oddly enough, pursuing the pleasure principle may be the key to attracting readily. go of your attachment to a specific outcome and stay open to all the possibilities, those who can help you the most. 14. Any of a number of fishes of the family your chances for success are endless. 32. The state of being covered with unclean Carangidae. things. 19. A city in western Germany near the Dutch 36. A colorless and odorless inert gas. and Belgian borders. 37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 24. The sixth day of the week. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 40. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to 26. American prizefighter who won the world be mined. heavyweight championship three times (born Relaxing doesn’t feel like a viable option today, especially if you are 41. An emotional response that has been in 1942). You’re tempted to gloss over a significant fact today if you think reality might get swept up in the anticipation of what’s right around the next corner. Even if some- acquired by conditioning. 29. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc. in the way of your big plans. Normally, you’re quite attentive to the details, but thing wonderful at work catches you off guard, it’s still challenging to stop long 43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the 31. Harsh or corrosive in tone. you may be more concerned with fulfilling a pleasurable fantasy now, even if enough to let the experience sink in. Luckily, you can make a conscious decision alkali metal group. 33. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the you must temporarily dance around the truth. Fortunately, your integrity pre- to soak in the sweetness of the present moment instead of immediately return- 44. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue immature stage. vents you from stepping too far out of line. Additionally, you don’t want to waste ing to the task at hand. Stop to appreciate the power of now; mix work with play in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in 34. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or time later cleaning up from a lapse of good judgment. Nevertheless, a bit of self- when you are given the chance. the immune response. fear). indulgence is good for your soul. 47. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine. 35. A person who contributes to the fulfillment 49. An informal term for a father. of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth 38. Panel forming the lower part of an interior Word Search Yesterday Solution group. wall when it is finished differently from the rest. 52. The basic unit of electric current adopted 39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in under the System International d'Unites. Turkey). 53. An expert who gives advice. 42. Rate of revolution of a motor. 56. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease 45. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. affecting connective tissue (skin or joints). 46. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed 57. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in diving bird of northern seas. the Pacific and Great Lakes. 48. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir. 59. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry 50. Type genus of the family Arcidae. VIII (1512-1548). 54. A member of the Muskhogean people for- 62. A state in midwestern United States. merly living in northern Alabama. 63. A white metallic element that burns with a 55. South American armadillo with three bands brilliant light. of bony plates. 64. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 58. Characteristic of or relating to winter. 68. A Hindu prince or king in India. 60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single 72. Concerned with religion or religious purpos- ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy es. wall or pericarp. 74. A member of the Siouan people formerly liv- 61. Sour or bitter in taste. ing in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 65. Free from risk or danger. 76. A boy or man. 77. A United Nations agency that invest directly 66. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core. in companies and guarantees loans to private 67. The cardinal number that is the product of investors. 10 and 100. 78. Any object that radiates energy. 69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely 80. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting the razorbill. when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel 70. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo. leads to oxygen lack in the brain. 71. The sixth month of the civil year. 81. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring 73. An informal term for a father. on the sea or ships. 75. A human limb. 82. Aromatic gum resin. 79. A Mid-Atlantic state. Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 MUSIC & MOVIES Two dead, three injured at Drake Toronto rap party

wo people were shot dead and three injuries. It was not immediately clear if were injured at a party hosted by Drake, who earned a Grammy in 2013 for TGrammy-winning rapper Drake at a his second studio album Take Care, was at downtown Toronto nightclub early yester- the party, which closed his annual Ovo day, police said. The shooting started in the music festival. Muzik Nightclub and spilled out onto the street. Police said in Twitter messages that New Raptors uniforms a man and woman were killed and three Rapper Drake took the wraps off new people were taken to hospital with serious uniforms for the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Grammy winner, who This photo collaborated with the team on the new provided by look, wore a black and gold version of the Roadside uniform while performing the finale of his Attractions, John OVO Fest concert in Toronto. Drake, the Cusack, left, as team’s “global ambassador.” wore the No. 6 Brian Wilson, and jersey of new Raptors guard Corey Joseph, Elizabeth Banks, who is from suburban Toronto. The as Melinda redesign isn’t radical. The Raptors will still Ledbetter in the wear white with red trim at home, and red film, “Love & with black trim on the road. The black and Mercy.” gold version is one of two road alternates, —AP photos the other being black and red. Both the home and road jerseys read “Raptors” across the chest. Previously, the road jer- seys had “Toronto” on the front. Hollywood takes on The shorts feature Toronto’s new logo, a stylized basketball with a dinosaur claw on one side. Combined with stitching above, troubled minds with it’s designed to spell out TO, in reference to Toronto. There’s also a maple leaf logo on the waistband. NBA All-Star Kevin Durant attended the concert while wearing a summer slate of films Canadian rapper Aubrey Graham, aka David Price Blue Jays jersey. Durant was he 1941 film “The Wolf Man” presents Larry more likely to be victims of violence than perpetra- “Drake”, as he arrives for the premiere of among the sellout crowd at Price’s Toronto Talbot’s transformation from man to wolf as a tors of violence,” Wedding said. the movie “Get Hard” at the TCL Chinese debut earlier Monday, a victory over form of schizophrenia. So little was known Experiences of mental illness aren’t necessarily Theatre in Hollywood, California. — AP T Minnesota. — Agencies about mental illnesses then, the explanation may tragic, and Hollywood loves a story of triumph. have seemed plausible. Hollywood has come a Consider Geoffrey Rush as pianist David Helfgott long way since portraying someone with mental ill- overcoming schizophrenia in “Shine,” or Russell ness as a monster, instead bringing characters to Crowe doing the same as John Nash in “A Beautiful the big screen whose mental struggles look more Mind.” Bradley Cooper’s bipolar character ultimate- like the ones experienced by many people in ly finds love in “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Brian everyday life. Wilson finds himself in “Love & Mercy.” “A lot of peo- The industry’s more realistic approach to such ple with mental illness often have stories of perse- conditions is on abundant display this summer. At verance and courage,” Carolla said. “They are dra- least half a dozen recent releases reflect nuanced matic stories, and real stories. And they often are characters, both real and fictional, facing mental ill- not just about the John Nashes, but also relatively ness. Among the conditions onscreen this season are ordinary people.” personality disorder (“Welcome to Me”), bipolar dis- order (“Infinitely Polar Bear,” “What Happened, Miss Stories to emerge Simone?”), schizoaffective disorder (“Love & Mercy”), The spate of recent releases is a good sign, he addiction and eating disorders (“Amy”), and major said: “It’s a reflection of the fact that there’s a grow- depression (“I Smile Back,” “The End of the Tour”). ing awareness in the country around mental health Movies have a formative effect on popular con- conditions of one kind or another, and there’s a cepts of mental illness in our culture, said psychiatry greater openness among people to discuss them.” professor Danny Wedding, co-author of “Movies & That allows for more stories to emerge, said Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Koppelman, who believes the trend of movies Psychopathology,” making accuracy and empathy about mental illness reflects their creators’ efforts In this Aug 17, 2008 file photo, Amy Action star Jackie Chan speaks during an interview in Beijing. — AP especially important. “Films will reach millions of to make sense of their personal experiences with Winehouse performs at the V Festival in people who will never read a psychology textbook these conditions. “I Smile Back” is autobiographical, Essex, England, after which, according to her or who will never be in therapy,” he said. “And often as is “Infinitely Polar Bear.” “Most people I know who father, Mitch Winehouse, she will play one Jackie Chan wants to work with times people who don’t read books do go to are interested in this subject have been touched by more gig before taking an extended break movies, so I think films have tremendous potential it in one way or another, and this is a way of mining from playing live after Sept 6. The documen- son Jaycee on album, movie for shaping public attitudes to mental illness.” the truth so they can understand what happened,” tary film, “Amy,” looks at the talent and career ction star Jackie Chan says he wants to relax for 10 days. “I think sometimes I should Realistic presentations of people with mood or she said. “Any art form that makes you know that of Winehouse, and how fame and her battle work with his son Jaycee on a movie set up the jail holiday, force some rich peo- behavior issues can help promote understanding you’re not alone has some value in it. It helps you with bulimia, depression and addiction con- Aand an album as they mend their rela- ple, even myself, to go to jail,” he said. “These and ease stigma for real sufferers, who are plentiful. be able to put into words what you feel you can’t tributed to her death at age 27. The film is in tionship after Jaycee was imprisoned on a days all the people need to do this because One in four adults experiences mental illness in any articulate.” theaters now. drug charge. Jaycee Chan was released from they’re so busy.” After the detention of Jaycee given year and one in 17 lives with a serious condi- It’s not important for moviegoers to come away a 6-month prison sentence in February after Chan and other actors on drugs charges, tion such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, “One of the real powerful pathways to adaptation knowing a character’s specific diagnosis, Wedding pleading guilty to allowing others to use Chinese authorities said they would ban according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. is to embrace it. ... And that’s what these movies do: said, but to understand the possibilities for mental- marijuana at his Beijing apartment. Jackie celebrities linked to drugs from appearing in They say, ‘This is part of the human condition.’” ly ill people to recover. “If people are portrayed Chan, 61, said late Monday that prison was movies and TV shows in China. However, the good for his son because it made him mature younger Chan still appeared in a small role in Promotes productions Cinematic images of people with mental illness- sympathetically,” he said, “you can come away from and that their relationship has changed for Chen Kaige’s recent “Monk comes down a While personal interaction is the most effective es can also balance those created by news reports, a film thinking this person has a mental illness and the better. Before, “I was too Chinese, tradi- Mountain,” which had already finished film- way to eradicate stereotypes about people with where those who make headlines are often violent. you can come away optimistic, because this person tional - you, son, go away, I don’t want to ing when Chan was detained. mental illnesses, NAMI spokesman Bob Carolla said “The reality is people with mental illness are much can be treated.” — AP help you, you have to help yourself,” Chan “movies can be surrogates for personal contact.” said in an interview in Beijing. When filming Fight scenes The organization consults with filmmakers about the remake of “The Karate Kid” alongside Will Jackie Chan’s latest film, “Dragon Blade,” is accuracy and promotes productions that get it Smith’s teenage son Jaden Smith, Chan said a $65 million action movie set 2,000 years right. Sympathetic portrayals can also be reassur- he was struck seeing Will “helping his son to ago featuring Roman soldiers and a Chinese ing for sufferers and their families, providing an be in a movie, every day on the set.” force that protects the Silk Road. It was a big explanation for some behaviors, said “I Smile Back” “I say why am I so stubborn? I have to success in China, pulling in more than $115 author and screenwriter Amy Koppelman. “These help my son,” Chan told The Associated Press. million earlier this year, and debuts in the mood disorders are real, as real as diabetes,” she The Hong Kong actor said he was looking for United States on Sept 4. Chan plays a squad said, “and there’s this validation we can have” in suitable movie projects for Jaycee, 32, and in commander who strikes up a friendship with seeing them depicted authentically on-screen. the meantime his son would produce one of Roman general Lucius, played by John Actor Jason Segel embraced that notion in “The his records, expected out at the end of the Cusack, who has fled his homeland because End of the Tour,” in which he portrays author David year. He also said he hoped Jaycee would of ruthless ruler Tiberius, portrayed by Adrien Foster Wallace, who took his life at age 46 after sing a duet with him on one of the tracks. Brody. decades battling depression. “The primary thing “Probably there is one song that we will sing Chan, who choreographed the fight that’s really important, depression, addiction, any to each other,” said Chan, adding that in it he scenes, said Cusack knew how to free fight would apologize for ignoring Jaycee when he but not how to use a sword. “He cut me so of these subjects that we cover ... the most impor- was young. “I say ‘sorry, I was busy at that many times in the finger, again and again, tant thing is that it’s real,” Segel said. “And any sort time.’” Chan said he wasn’t sure his actor- and Adrien Brody same thing, but I had to of view that you can toughen up or feel your way singer son would go for it, and that he might pretend nothing happened, OK, continue.” out of this or why don’t you just change your out- have to find somebody to sing it for him. Chan’s movies in the pipeline include a look, it’s important to realize on a visceral level that He said Jaycee wrote songs and scripts China-Bollywood action comedy called this is a real, all-encompassing feeling.” and read a lot of books in prison, and joked “Kung Fu Yoga,” a World War II drama titled Fair depictions of mood disorders help normal- that a bit of prison time might be good for a “Railroad Tigers,” and “The Karate Kid 2.” The ize these common maladies, said Dacher Keltner, a lot of people. “So many rich people, like some “Karate Kid” script is still being written as Will psychology professor at University of California, of my friends, they take 10 days or a month Smith isn’t comfortable with it, Chan said. “I Berkeley. “When we stigmatize and suppress and to the mountain to purify,” Chan said, adding said ‘hurry up or otherwise Jaden will be reject and exclude people who are going through This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics shows, Mark Ruffalo, as Cam Stuart, that his busy schedule doesn’t allow him to taller than me,’” Chan said. — AP tough times, the conditions only worsen,” he said. in a scene from the film, ‘Infinitely Polar Bear.” Streep finds her inner rocker in ‘Ricki and the Flash’ McConaughey lends voice arly on in “Ricki and the Flash,” Tarzana neighborhood bar as the acter in recent memory. There’s no bags and guitar in hand, and asks Ricki (Meryl Streep) gets a call lead singer of a rock cover band and exposition. No voiceover. It’s all story him for the fare. He’s not surprised. to Morris’ audiobook Ethat disarms her before she’s then suffer through but tolerate her advancing character specifics that even decided to pick it up. With day job as a clerk at a Los Angeles are amplified by Streep’s layered per- Reintegrate herself atthew McConaughey isn’t just encouraging piece of art out of something I put a tremendous smoky eyes, braided rocker hair and Whole Foods stand-in with a smirk formance as this broke 60-something Such a concoction could only people to read his friend’s book. He’s also rais- amount of hard work into,” Morris added. a swagger that suggests skin that’s as and an attitude. woman with the spirit and soul of a come from (or at least make it to the Ming his voice. The Oscar-winner is one of sev- McConaughey , the actor of such films as “Dallas thick as her leather pants, this Although there are surprises to rebellious, stargazing teenager. screen via) the mind of “Juno” and eral celebrities to narrate Kevin Morris’ audiobook ver- Buyers Club” and “Interstellar,” said it wasn’t such a doesn’t seem like a woman who come, it’s one of the more precise When her cab pulls up to Pete’s pala- “Young Adult” screenwriter Diablo sion of “White Man’s Problems” from Audible Inc. It’s a stretch to become a narrator. —AP would back down from a challenge. and effective introductions to a char- tial suburban mansion she gets out, Cody, cinema’s songstress of defiant series of short stories centered on men of various ages She hesitates more than once to pick women. Ricki’s arrival is a tumultuous uneasily trying to figure out life’s conundrums. it up - you get the sense that she’s one as she attempts to reintegrate “Kevin’s been a friend and consigliere of mine for either become accustomed to being herself, ever so briefly, in the lives of over 20 years,” McConaughey wrote in an email mes- scolded by the voice on the other the family she left and attempt to sage. “I’ve always enjoyed his outlook and authentici- end of the line, or has just given up restore the broken Julie (Mamie ties of where he’s from and wants to go.” on dealing with that other life com- Gummer, Streep’s real life daughter). McConaughey narrates the first short story, the 18- pletely. It’s a small but telling Everyone has moved on and no one minute “Summer Farmer,” which is about the brief moment in a lovely film laced with is afraid to tell her that. meeting of a wealthy man and an elevator repairman. intensely human details that allow It sounds like the stuff of melodra- It was inspired by John Cheever’s “The Summer the audience the opportunity to ma, but in the hands of director Farmer” and is being released by Audible free on Aug actually know its characters in ways Jonathan Demme, the story chugs 4. The full audiobook is available on Aug. 11. that so many films come up short. along naturally and subtly with the “White Man’s Problems” will also have stories read The voice on the line is her ex- characters - from an awkward show- by “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, husband Pete (Kevin Kline) and down at a fancy restaurant to a nos- John C McGinley, Josh Holloway, Pete Yorn, Minnie father of her three grown children. talgia and marijuana-fueled night of Driver and Sarah Polley. All are either clients or friends He’s asking her to come back to bonding over stories and home of Morris, an entertainment attorney who also co-pro- Indiana. Their daughter’s husband videos. In fact, all of the relationships duced “The Book of Mormon.” Morris narrates the last has left her, she’s a wreck, and Ricki are given an unexpected texture and story “White Man’s Problems,” which features “the needs to help. Only a few minutes depth, from the ex-husband’s new biggest jerk you’ve ever seen. So I knew I’d probably into the movie, we’re well on our way wife and surrogate mother to the save him for me and not make anybody else go This image released by Audible shows the to understanding Ricki. We’ve just This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures shows, Rick children Maureen (Audra McDonald) through it,” he said. cover of “Summer Farmer,” a short story nar- seen her hold the attention of a small Springfield, left, as Greg and Meryl Streep, as Ricki, performing at the to Ricki’s more-than-a-friend band- “It feels like we made an album. It feels like I made rated by Matthew McConaughey from Kevin but enthusiastic audience at a Flash at the Salt Well in TriStar Pictures’ “Ricki and the Flash.” — AP mate Greg (Rick Springfield). —AP an album with my friends. It feels like I made another Morris’ “White Man’s Problems.” — AP lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Gossip Stefani and Rossdale file for divorce wen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have filed for divorce after almost “The Voice” and is well-known as the frontwoman for the band No Doubt 13 years of marriage. Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman and Rossdale, who is the frontman for the band Bush. The pair was married GMary Hearn says Stefani filed her petition Monday and Rossdale in September 2002 and had their first child together in 2006. The youngest filed a response shortly thereafter. Stefani cited irreconcilable differences son is a 1-year-old. for the breakup and both are seeking joint custody of their three children. No date of separation was listed in the filings. Stefani is a judge on NBC’s

Real Housewives’ star Richards accused of shoplifting eal Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Kim Richards is out on bail after she was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in “RLos Angeles. Police Officer Liliana Preciado says the 50-year-old reality TV star was jailed Sunday night after being accused of taking about $600 in merchandise from a Target store in the Van Nuys area. Preciado says Richards was released Monday afternoon on $5,000 bail. A message seeking comment from a representative for Richards wasn’t immediately returned yesterday. Richards also was charged in May with resisting arrest, 50 Cent says ‘Game of Thrones’ casts battery on a peace officer and public intoxication after she was removed from The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She has pleaded not guilty. She faces up to 2 1/2 years in jail if convicted as charged in that case. expenses Sydow for Season 6 he Three-Eyed Raven is getting a has been said of fellow new cast member $108,000 a month makeover in season six of “Game of Ian McShane, who is playing an undis- TThrones”-Variety has confirmed that closed role. Last week, HBO chief Michael apper 50 Cent says in a Connecticut bankruptcy court filing Max von Sydow will take over the role, Lombardo told reporters that the current he spends $108,000 a month on his expenses, including which was originated by Struan Rodger in plan is for “Game of Thrones” to end after R$5,000 for gardening. He has a monthly income of $185,000, the season four finale of the HBO drama. eight seasons, despite earlier quotes that mainly from royalties and interest on his investments. But he’s pay- The enigmatic character is responsible for showrunners David Benioff and DB. Weiss ing $72,000 a month to maintain his suburban Hartford mansion. teaching Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead were aiming to wrap up the epic series He filed for bankruptcy last month after New York City jurors Wright) about his supernatural gifts, includ- after seven years. The series earned 24 ordered him to pay $7 million to a woman who said he posted ing his ability to transfer himself into the Emmy nominations for season five, with online a crudely narrated sex tape she made with a boyfriend. His body of other creatures through the noms for stars Peter Dinklage, Lena Monday court filing says he also owes money to his stylist, his bar- process of “warging.” Although Bran and his Headey, Emilia Clarke and drama series, ber and his fitness coach. The rapper was born Curtis Jackson III. allies were absent throughout season five, among others. Von Sydow is no stranger to His album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” helped make him one of the they are confirmed to be making a return iconic properties, and will next be seen world’s best-selling artists. He’s due back in bankruptcy court in the new season, which has commenced “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” this today. filming in Europe. While von Sydow is not December. expected to have much screen time in sea- son six, he will reportedly play a major role in the events of the new season. The same

Smith takes to Bieber in compliance Facebook to deny with vandalism divorce report sentence, judge says McEntire, Blackstock en in Black” star Will Smith took the unusual step on Monday judge said Monday that Justin Bieber is complying with the terms of publicly shooting down a report that he and his actress of his probation in a vandalism case after the singer recently per- “Mwife of 17 years had decided to divorce. Smith’s marriage to Aformed part of the community labor requirement of his sentence. announce separation Superior Court Judge Leland Harris made the comments Monday in a Jada Pinkett Smith has been a subject of tabloid rumor for several years. ountry superstar Reba McEntire and with No. 1 records in each of the last four But on Monday, entertainment news website Radar Online reported that hearing in the pop singer’s misdemeanor vandalism case filed after he damaged a former neighbor’s home with eggs last year. Bieber has already her husband and manager Narvel decades. The Oklahoma native was the star the couple had decided to split and would make a divorce announcement Blackstock announced they are sepa- of the popular “Reba,” television show for at the end of the summer. Smith, 46, said in statement on his Facebook completed the anger management and restitution requirements of his C rating after 26 years of marriage. The two six seasons and has appeared in 11 films. page that “under normal circumstances, I don’t usually respond to foolish- sentence. He was also ordered to complete five days of roadside cleanup, graffiti removal or other manual labor, which is the final component of his said in a joint statement Monday that they Her latest album, “Love Somebody,” was ness. (Because it’s contagious). “But, so many people have extended me had been separated for the past several released in April and debuted at No. 3 on their ‘deepest condolences’ that I figured - ‘What the hell... I can be foolish, sentence. Bieber’s probation report states the singer completed two days of work at a Los Angeles shelter last month and “displayed a positive atti- months. “Despite this being the end of the Billboard 200 chart. Blackstock runs a too!’ So, in the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness... their marriage, they continue to support management company that represents Jada and I are...NOT GETTING A DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Smith added that if he tude with both the staff and residents.” A prosecutor said Monday Bieber is close to finishing the work and requested one more court hearing to make each other,” the duo said in a statement McEntire, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson. ever decided to divorce “I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself!”Pinkett Smith, 43, who from Big Machine Label Group. “They have The couple has one son together, race car recently appeared in the movie “Magic Mike XXL” and in the TV crime show sure the singer completes his sentence. Bieber’s progress on the work was previously delayed due to a severe ankle injury. The Grammy-nominated worked together for 35 years and will con- driver Shelby Blackstock; Blackstock has “Gotham,” married Smith in 1997. They are parents to teen actor Jaden tinue to do so. They have asked that you three other children from a previous mar- Smith and 14-year-old singer Willow Smith. singer did not attend Monday’s hearing, and he has until July 2016 to com- plete the work. He was sued earlier this year by his former neighbors, Jeff respect their privacy during this time.” A riage. and Suzanne Schwartz, who accused the singer of terrorizing them while representative for Big Machine declined to living in a gated community in Calabasas. Their home suffered around say whether they had filed for divorce. The $80,000 in damage as a result of Bieber’s egg attack, an amount the singer Grammy-winning multiplatinum artist’s has repaid. Jeff Schwartz also claims the singer terrorized his family with career has spanned across music, televi- loud driving, unsafe driving and spit in his face during one incident. Bieber sion, film and theater and she remains one has since moved out of the gated community. of country music’s most popular artists Supertramp cancels European tour because of singer’s cancer ritish band Supertramp announced yesterday it was cancelling its European and said it would make no further statements. Davies, who also plays keyboards, is concert tour due to start in November because of “aggressive” cancer treat- the only original member of the band after co-founder Roger Hodgson departed in Bment its co-founder and vocalist Rick Davies is undergoing. The group, 1983 to pursue a solo career. Its current line-up consists of Davies with John famous for 1970s and 1980s hits such as “Bloody Well Right”, “Dreamer”, “The Logical Helliwell on the saxophone, American drummer Bob Siebenberg, Jesse Siebenberg Song” and “It’s Raining Again”, had been planning to take its “Supertramp Forever” on vocals, guitar and percussion, Cliff Hugo on bass, Carl Verheyen on guitar, Lee tour through 25 European cities over five weeks. But in a statement it said the con- Thornburg on trumpet, Gabe Dixon on vocals and keyboard, Cassie Miller as back- certs “have been cancelled due to health issues affecting the band’s founder, Rick ing vocalist and Mark Hart on vocals, guitar and keyboard. Supertramp started in Davies”. Davies, 71, has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma-a cancer concen- the 1970s and found worldwide fame with the album “Breakfast in America”. In all, trated in bone marrow that affects white blood cells-”and has begun aggressive the group brought out 11 studio-produced albums. treatment to combat the disease,” it said. “I’m sorry to disappoint everyone who has overwhelmingly supported the upcoming tour. Unfortunately my current health issues have derailed me and right now I need to focus all of my energy on getting well,” Davies said in the statement. Supertramp asked for “privacy during this matter” lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

Music & Movies Two shot outside hip-hop concert in New Jersey

wo men were shot outside a hip-hop concert in New street outside the venue in Holmdel. The shooter fired multi- Jersey, local media reported. The victims were shot dur- ple times before fleeing into a wooded area, the newspaper Ting an argument after the concert for J Cole at the PNC quoted witnesses as saying. J Cole’s “2014 Forest Hills Drive” Bank Arts Center finished late Monday night, the New York won the Billboard Music Award for top rap album of 2015. Daily News reported. Both men are in critical condition in hos- pital. The newspaper posted images of crowds gathered around paramedics attending to the wounded men on a Lovato not Paloma Faith ‘afraid’ of announces intimate show speaking out aloma Faith is to perform an intimate gig at London’s Savoy Hotel. The ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ hitmaker emi Lovato is not “afraid” of speaking out against her will take to the stage in front of just a few hundred lucky critics. The 22-year-old star claims she wouldn’t think P fans as a part of MasterCard’s Priceless Surprises campaign on twice about blasting someone if they badmouthed her D August 26 and can’t wait to “really connect” with the audience. or did anything to sabotage her career, but believes most oth- The gig announcement comes after Paloma teamed up with er singers would be too scared. She explained: “There are a lot the campaign earlier this year to perform a cover of Sinead of girls in pop.”They have bad lyrics, but I feel like I’m the only O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ for just two of her fans, person other than Rihanna and Nicki Minaj who isn’t afraid to brother and sister Joe Meadows and Anna Williams, who say, ‘Try something on me and I’ll beat you.” The ‘Heart Attack’ thought they were visiting a secret bank vault to pick up a hitmaker - who recently released her new single ‘Cool For the never-heard-before recording, only to be surprised by the Summer’ - continued to say she reckons some stars try to cre- singer. Paloma said: “Surprising two of my superfans earlier ate a tough persona but their music doesn’t match their atti- this year was an amazing experience, and now I can’t wait to tude. She told the September issue of Cosmopolitan maga- play this exclusive gig - it’s great to be able to do something zine: “There are people who can dress up and play the part, The Pussycat Dolls so special for your fans. I love performing in an intimate set- but their music doesn’t say it.” Although she has yet to release planning reunion ting, you really feel connected to the crowd.” The gig is part of the follow-up to 2013’s ‘Demi’, last year she teased people will MasterCard Priceless Surprises campaign that has seen a num- hear the real her on her upcoming fifth LP as she has “never he Pussycat Dolls are reportedly planning a reunion. The patch up their differences, it’s more about working out how to ber of iconic artists including Mary J Blige, Usher, and Kaiser been so sure” of herself. She explained: “I’ve never been so band ended in 2010 following a feud linked to Nicole get everyone in the studio and see what it will actually sound Chiefs surprise their biggest fans and bring them closer to sure of myself as an artist when it comes down to confidence, Scherzinger’s desire to make it big as a solo star, but like.” The news comes after the 37-year-old star - who had hits their music. MasterCard cardholders have an exclusive chance but not only personal things, but exactly what I want my T since her latest release ‘On the Rocks’ failed to chart, the girls such as ‘Don’t Cha’, ‘Buttons’ and ‘When I Grow Up’ with the to win tickets and have until noon on 11th August. sound to be and what I know I’m capable of and this album are planning on putting the past behind them and reforming. group - recently teased she would like to get back together will give me the opportunity to show people what I can really A source close to the ladies revealed: “The band are in talks with the Dolls. Asked about the possibility of a reunion, she do.” about reuniting soon and they are trying to see if they can get said: “I don’t see why not. I miss it. I miss the girls. “It was such all of the girls together to do it.”The fall-outs and bitching a crazy time for us that stepping away from it now and taking from back in the day are all water under the bridge now.” some time away from it I’m like ‘I wanna be able to do it again Nicole - who was axed by her record label RCA earlier this year and really enjoy it and take it in and enjoy the travels with the - is apparently in talks with former members Kimberly Wyatt, girls’. “I think in due time if it’s meant to be, that would be a lot Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton and is of fun and a blessing.” keen to make amends. The source told The Sun newspaper: “Nicole has seen most of the girls on and off over the years and she’s ready to get back together.”Rather than trying to

Larter to star in new Resident Evil movie li Larter is to reprise the role of Claire Redfield in the ‘Resident Evil’ franchise. The 39-year-old actress - who starred as the video game hero in the earlier Amovies, ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ and ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ - is to return to the character in the final chapter of the franchise. Filming on the Paul WS. Anderson- directed movie is set to begin in September in South Africa and it’s been revealed that the plotline will pick up from ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’. In January, Ali gave birth to her second child, Vivienne Margaret MacArthur, with husband Hayes MacArthur and they subsequently said they “couldn’t be more excited” about their new arrival. The former ‘Heroes’ actress wrote on her website: “It’s a girl! We couldn’t be more excited to share news of the arrival of Vivienne Margaret MacArthur on Thursday January 15th 2015. She came bearing gifts for her brother: Batman sheets and lots of Gummy Ruffalo Bears!!! 7.5 lbs of love. (sic)” During her first pregnancy, Ali announced she was preg- to star in nant with her son Theodore - who’s now four years of age - on an episode of ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’, but the couple decided not to find out whether they were expecting a boy or a girl this time around. She said: “Last time, we knew we were hav- Captain America: ing a boy but this time, it’s fun having this little surprise in here.” Civil War he Hulk is set to star in ‘Captain America: Civil War’. The Grillo ‘in talks to iconic Marvel character, played by Mark Ruffalo, will fea- Tture alongside the likes of Ant-Man and Spider-Man in the eagerly awaited comic book movie, after he was seen on the film’s set. The 47-year-old actor’s on-set appearance has star in Purge 3’ ended months of speculation as to whether he would reprise the role following his star turn in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’. rank Grillo is being lined up to star in ‘Purge 3’. The 50- Earlier this year, Mark claimed he would feature in the movie - year-old actor assumed the leading role in the 2014 but was only basing that on what he’d heard from his Fmovie ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ and is currently locked in ‘Avengers’ co-star Robert Downey Jr. He shared: “If Robert final negotiations to once again star in the eagerly-awaited Downey, Jr. says I’m in ‘Captain America’, I’m in ‘Captain sequel in the horror franchise, Variety reports. Writer and America’ dammit. And I will wait for the day that my call sheet director James DeMonaco is set to helm the movie, having shows up at my doorstep or my script. “At this point, I’m told done so on both of the previous films in the series. The origi- that I’m in it by Robert, which I’ll take as biblical, but I just nal ‘Purge’ movie saw Hollywood star Ethan Hawke assume haven’t heard or seen from production yet.” Meanwhile, the central role and the low-budget production performed ‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans claimed the new film will above expectations at the box office, despite costing just $3 see the superhero develop a serious love interest. Chris said: “I million to make. Ethan took home a healthy slice of the profits think we really scratched the surface on something great and I after negotiating a contract that allowed him to pocket a per- think there’s just so much to explore. “Not just with the evolu- centage of what ‘Purge’ made at the box office. And in a previ- tion of myself and [Anthony Mackie’s character, Falcon], but ous interview, Ethan recalled the no-thrills approach to mak- the reconnection with Bucky, and ultimately a relationship ing the original movie. He said: “There were no perks.”No trail- with a woman.” — Agencies er, no driver, no BS, just a great role, a great director. Hell, on The Purge, I slept on his couch the whole shoot.” The latest installment in the ‘Purge’ franchise is set to debut in July 2016.

One Direction not Zayn’s type of music

ne Direction was never Zayn Malik’s type of music. love, it’s just one of those things. If your heart’s not in it, you Although the 22-year-old singer was a member of the can’t stay.” And Liam also revealed that he and Zayn wrote a Ochart-topping boyband for almost five years before he lot of music together in the past, which they are hoping to quit in March, Liam Payne says Zayn was never a fan of the give to other artists. He said: “I did a lot of writing with Zayn music they made. Speaking on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast actually which was cool and we’ve got stuff that we’re gonna Show with Nick Grimshaw, Liam, 21, said: “One Direction was give to other artists.” One Direction shocked fans when they never his type of music so he went and found something released a new single, ‘Drag Me Down’, out of the blue last else.”He’s off doing his own thing and it’s nice that we’ve all week and Liam compared it to when Beyonce Knowles banded together and we’re stronger than ever.” Zayn recently dropped her surprise fifth album on iTunes in 2013. Revealing signed a solo deal with RCA and Liam wished his former band- it was influenced by The Police, Avicii and Maroon 5, he said: mate luck, saying: “Obviously he’s really happy and congratu- “This year we went Beyonce style and dropped a song secret- lations to him on his new record deal, it’s cool. Lots of music ly.” and lots of love. “There’s too much history for there not to be lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

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A 300m long and 110m wide artificial lagoon known as Surf Snowdonia is pic- tured.

A 300m long and 110m wide artificial lagoon known as Surf Snowdonia is pictured during a photocall in the village of Dolgarrog in north A lifeguard is pictured at the head of a 300m long and 110m wide artificial lagoon. Wales. — AFP photos Welsh village catches a break with world-first surf lagoon

he last giant wave to rock the tiny Welsh village of businessman responsible, former Royal Marine Sean Taylor, Dolgarrog struck in 1925 when two overflowing dams who is expecting a £9-10 million turnover this year, with a £4.5 Tgave way, sending a wall of boulder-strewn water down million net profit. Town councilor Mandy Williams-Davies the hillside and killing 16 people. Now it is a different kind of emphasized how important it was that the money should stay wave making an impact, with the opening of a first-of-its-kind in the community. inland surfing lagoon that promises the longest man-made The mine closures had caused a “loss of identity and direc- breakers in the world. The £12-million ($18.7-million, 17-mil- tion”, she said, but new enterprises were reclaiming the land- lion-euro) surf park is set to revolutionize the sport, using a scape and giving young people a renewed sense of pride. Spanish-designed plough and pulley system that runs under- “Coming from an area that is constantly being described as water along a central mesh-encased pier to create a wave a deprived is really a heavy weight for young people to carry, minute crashing back and forth at up to two meters (6.6 feet) but now if they explain where they come from they can say it high. proudly, they have a story to tell,” she said. It is also one of the growing number of unusual activities around Snowdonia National Park in north Wales harnessing Fuelling Olympic dreams the landscape to revitalise a region hit hard by the decline in Surf Snowdonia could further rewrite the north Wales sto- mining and industry. “A giant wave destroyed this place, and a ry, by helping propel surfing-already shortlisted for the Tokyo giant wave is going to make us,” said local potter Owen Philip. Games in 2020 — into the Olympics. Casper Steinfath, 21, a two-time stand up paddle surfing world champion and Adventure tourism International Surfing Association vice president, said the guar- The one-road village, with a little over 300 residents and anteed and consistent waves meant competitors would have just three shops, is an unlikely surfers’ paradise-not least a “level playing field”. An hour-long session on the advanced because Snowdonia receives the most rainfall of any part of two-metre wave costs up to £45 and critics have suggested Britain. But Steve Davies, a former army colonel and managing the lagoon could add to the commercialization of the sport, director of the Surf Snowdonia centre, said it was in part the undermining surfing’s free spirit. “craziness” of the project that attracted him. The lagoon itself But sitting in the waterside restaurant with a window on was built on an aluminum works that closed in 2007 with the the barreling waves, Steinfath disagreed. “It will share the loss of 200 jobs, after 100 years of operation. Davies said stoke,” he said, referring to the buzz of surfing. “We all get this cleaning up the contaminated land cost nearly £2 million. The vibration from surfing that’s magical, whether it’s out in the surf centre employs 110 people, including 34 from the valley ocean or here at the lagoon, it’s the same sensation.” Many area, with 13 from the village itself. But the surfing instructors locals also appear “stoked”, by the prospect of new business in and lifeguards come from as far afield as Australia, Germany town and the chance to ride a wave themselves. “I’m going to and Spain. have a go, I was a dinghy sailor when I was a lad,” said the 68- “It helps to internationalize it, to emphasize that this is a year-old Philip, who stopped on his bicycle to watch the major destination for UK plc,” said Davies, who hopes to attract surfers alongside other curious locals. “And there will be 75,000 visitors a year. Outdoor activity tourism is worth about 75,000 tourists waiting on my doorstep. I’m going to make a £481 million a year to Wales, creating more than 8,200 jobs, bloody fortune.”—AFP according to a report compiled for the Welsh government, which is promoting 2016 as the Welsh “Year of Adventure”. As well as hiking, climbing and mountain biking, Snowdonia is also home to Zip World, which offers the longest and fastest zipline in Europe and a surreal network of under- ground trampolines built in an old slate mine. “There is real momentum in north Wales for adventure tourism,” said the

Surfers experience a 300m long and 110m wide artificial lagoon known as Surf Snowdonia. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

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This photo provided by Staples shows the Floating Shelf by The Ron Clark Academy. This photo provided by courtesy of Yoobi shows Yoobi X Usher four pocket folders, green splatter and black lines (two each) available at Yoobi.com. What’s cool for back to school?

or kids of all ages, one big thing helps soften the blow of color-coded pages by month, along with a handy translucent summer turning into fall: fresh and fun back-to-school front pocket. Fgear. Supplies with popular licensed characters from “We’ve been very pleasantly surprised in past years with movies, TV shows and books always make a splash among how well we’ve done with planners,” said Jeff Miller, Poppin’s younger kids, while older ones contemplate design and func- vice president of product design. “You hear so much about tionality for everything from middle-school lockers to dorm how everybody’s moved to electronic whatever but we’re very rooms. much still in a paper age on planners for students.” Dorm This year, the rambunctious little yellow Minions with the rooms remain, well, dorm rooms, so space is at a premium. big goggles have their own feature-length film spinoff from Poppin sells a storage unit called the Box Seat for the college the “Despicable Me” franchise, and have surfaced on back- contingent tired of the milk-crate look. It’s covered with fabric packs and notebooks available at Target. A new take on in light and dark gray, navy, orange, red and pool blue, and is Charlie Brown in another theatrical release, “The Peanuts sturdy enough to withstand 275 pounds. Movie” due out in November, might have something to do with two choices in Snoopy-theme soft lunch bags from Folders and journals Target, including one with the famous beagle snoozing on top Givebacks have grown among companies doing business of his equally famous doghouse. in back-to-school. Many offer buy-one-give-one programs to At Staples, students at two middle schools will see the kids and classrooms in need, or they’ll fill donated backpacks fruits of their labor hit shelves. They were chosen to work in with school supplies to donate. At Yoobi, a spate of new sup- teams to come up with school supplies of their own for the plies in that vein was curated by Usher. The Yoobi X Usher col- company’s new Designed by Students Collection. lection was designed by artist Jonni Cheatwood and features five prints for more than 20 products, ranging from blue paint The Floating Shelf drips to pink-and-green splatters in binders, notebooks, pen- Among the winning products: The Big Pen, a pencil case cils, pencil cases, folders and journals. For every item pur- that looks like a pen or pencil and actually writes. It comes in chased, Yoobi donates an item to a worthy classroom. The col- versions that are highlighters, ball point pens, markers and lection is available at Yoobi.com and in Target stores nation- mechanical lead pencils. The cases include a pencil sharpener wide. and real erasers at one end. Refills are available for the writing- It’s not the first education-focused collaboration for Usher, implement part. Another of the student designs chosen is an who has two school-age sons. They, too, had a hand in the ingenious locker organizer that zigzags vertically to create project, the singer said by email. “I looked at what colors they nifty cubicles. The Floating Shelf comes in color combinations were drawn to and in a very sly way, I’d show something to A light green splatter Yoobi X Usher four pocket fold- A Yoobi X Usher college ruled notebook in pink splat- worthy of boys and girls - neon green and gray, purple and them and ask, ‘What do you think about this? Do you like this er.— AP photos ter. pink, and black and dark blue. color?’ That helped me curate the collection,” he said. — AP Alison Corcoran, senior vice president of marketing for take a fresh look with the people who are actually using these from the main compartment. “Kids loved it. It’s a highly func- Staples, said the company worked closely with about 48 stu- things on a day-to-day basis and ask, ‘How can we make them tional shape,” Corcoran said of the unusual design. dents in all, from Middle School 88 in Brooklyn and the Ron better and more relevant?’” For high school and college students with an eye for color Clark Academy in Atlanta. About 14 products are included in Yet another of the student designs is the Back2Back School and sleek contemporary design, a stop at Poppin.com might the collection. Bag, a rectangular-shaped backpack that provides wider stor- go a long way in desk supplies, dorm storage and other gear. “They made presentations. The teams did self-criticisms age space and has two oversize slots for laptops and folders. It Among the New York City company’s back-to-school products and evolved their ideas as part of the curriculum,” she said. also includes a separate, attached compartment at the bot- is an 18-month, spiral-bound planner good from July 2015 to “School supplies have been around forever. We thought, let’s tom to segregate lunch or snack items - or smelly gym shoes - December 2016. It includes weekly and monthly views with Throw blankets: A cozy way to change the look of your home for fall

This 2015 photo provided by Milo Lore and hCO Interiors shows a Mid- Photo provided by Tenecia Harris shows two plaid printed throw blankets This photo provided by Brahms Mount shows cotton herringbone throws Century modern living room by hCO Interiors with a colorful throw. used in a design renovation by Harris. with hand twisted fringes. If you’re looking for an easy, low-commitment and cozy way to change the look of your home for fall, consider stocking up on throw blankets. — AP photos

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Costumed performers as Pikachu, the popular animation Pokemon series character, perform at the Yokohama Dance Parade in Yokohama. The dance began on August 1 and will run for 65 days throughout the city, with more than 200 dance programs. — AFP

Cult satirist Stewart Spain’s Picasso ‘national retires from ‘Daily Show’ treasure’ seized by French customs ot even Barack Obama wants to see him go. But after often mocking the sensationalist coverage of television net- Picasso worth 25 million euros and considered a nation- informing and entertaining American viewers for 16 works, such as Fox News and CNN. Guests are normally sub- al treasure by Spain-which had barred the painting’s Nyears, Jon Stewart will present his final episode of mitted to a barrage of questions. It is watched by around 1.3 Aexport-has been seized from a boat in Corsica, French “The Daily Show” on Thursday. The content and guests on million Americans a day, and hundreds of thousands of oth- authorities said yesterday. An attempt to export the painting, the last program on Comedy Central are a closely guarded ers watch online, particularly the young who are disenchant- “Head of a Young Woman”, to Switzerland last Thursday “drew secret, but it is scheduled to last an hour, twice as long as ed with politics and don’t watch TV news. the attention of French officials”, the country’s customs author- normal. “Let me make something clear, I’m not dying,” joked Some see Stewart as a rock in times of crisis. “The comic ities said, with officers on the French Mediterranean island Stewart last week as fans wondered how they could follow a who became a conscience,” wrote the Daily News on boarding the vessel the next day. The ship’s captain could only new presidential race without him slamming the candidates Monday. “Why John Stewart might be irreplaceable,” head- present two documents regarding the painting, one of which four nights a week. The native New Yorker, 52, funny, pitiless lined Variety magazine. He was there after the September 11, was a May 2015 Spanish court judgment labeling it a work of and firmly left of center, is a unique voice in American broad- 2001 attacks, incapable of holding back tears and asking art and ordering that it not be taken out of the country, French casting, and one that intersects politics, journalism and viewers: “Are you OK?” When George W. Bush was first elect- officials said in a statement. entertainment. ed president in 2000, he renamed the controversial recount The painting, which French customs said was valued at “The Daily Show” rakes over the day’s news, political in Florida, “Indecision 2000.” His criticism of the war in Iraq- more than 25 million euros ($27 million), is owned by Jaime headlines and oddities to poke fun and make serious points, almost alone in the media at the time fanned doubts about Botin, a well-known Spanish banker whose family founded the the 2003 US-led invasion. Santander banking group. The 79-year-old, who was formerly In June, with the utmost seriousness, he condemned the the banking giant’s vice chairman, was not aboard the vessel, Jon Stewart “terrorist attack” on a black church in Charleston and which is owned by the bank and flying a British flag, a customs A handout picture taken on July 31, 2015 and released denounced the continued flying of the Confederate flag. authority spokesman said. According to the spokesman, the yesterday by the French Customs office, shows the His political guests see him as a platform to reach a export request was also not in Botin’s name. seized painting ‘Head of a young woman’ by famous younger audience. But they never get an easy ride. “Can An export request was filed for the painting in December Spanish painter Picasso, at the Customs offices in you ever not disappoint us?” he asked of Nancy Pelosi, the 2012 to move it to London, but was opposed by Spain’s culture Calvi. — AFP Democratic minority leader in the Senate in 2014. “Whose minister because there was “no similar work on Spanish territo- team are we on in the Middle East? Who are we bombing?” ry” from the same period in Picasso’s life. This year, a Spanish court sided with the authorities and declared the work of art to recover the painting. Spanish police confirmed that “an he asked Obama during the president’s last appearance on inquiry has been ongoing for some time” but declined to give July 21.—AFP “unexportable” on the grounds it was of “cultural interest” and could not leave the country. It rejected the arguments of Botin, further details. — AFP who said that the work should not be considered on Spanish territory because it was on a vessel flying a British flag. French customs officials are now awaiting an official Spanish request

Indian dancers perform during Naman, a classical dance festival in Bangalore, India, Sunday. Various Indian classical dance forms represent the rich cultural heritage of the country. These dances represent particular regions or tribes, their music, costumes and make-up depict the characteristic distinctness of each dance style, like the intricate footwork, elegance of powerful lines, angles & strong facial expression and scintillating movements. — AP photos