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SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 JAMADA ALTHANI 10, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net No fuel, Mentally ill Pistorius forced Atletico stun energy Moroccans await to look at Barca, Bayern subsidies deliverance ‘exploded’ head knock out for expats?2 from ‘demons’7 of19 girlfriend Man20 Utd Kuwait to compensate Max 39º Min 16º Iraqis deported after ’91 High Tide 09:20 & 19:08 Low Tide Amir approves move after meeting Iraqi VP 02:16 & 14:16 40 PAGES NO: 16131 150 FILS By A Saleh “The issue of Iraqis who lived in Kuwait Compensation Commission that settles claims before 1991 and were deported was discussed for damages paid $1.03 billion in January KUWAIT: Kuwait has agreed to compensate during a meeting with HH the Amir,” the state- towards settling the last award that has still to Iraqi nationals who were deported after the ment added. Khuzaei likely proposed his initia- be paid in full. It results from a claim by the 1991 liberation of the state, the Iraqi govern- tive to compensate the Iraqi deportees during Kuwait Petroleum Corporation for production ment announced yesterday. HH the Amir a meeting with Sheikh Sabah on March 26, and sales losses from damage to the country’s Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has 2014 on the sidelines of the Arab League sum- oil fields. The commission said another $7.8 approved to grant financial compensation to mit in Kuwait. Iraqis can provide documents to billion remains to be paid from that award, Iraqis who provide documents that prove that claim their rights at the citizens’ affairs depart- which at $14.7 billion was the largest the pan- they are entitled to social security and finan- ment at the office of the Iraqi vice president in el made. The Geneva-based commission was cial privileges they did not receive when they Baghdad, the statement concluded. established by the UN Security Council in 1991 were deported after the Gulf War, a statement Iraq on the other hand has so far paid $44.5 and is funded by a 5 percent tax on the export released by the office of the Iraqi Vice billion to Kuwait in compensation resulting of Iraqi oil. It makes payments every three President Khudeir Al-Khuzaei said. from its 1990 invasion of the state. The UN months. New tax agreement to Amiri Diwan hit Kuwaiti-Americans seeks to gag By Ben Garcia the tax agreement can affect Kuwaitis more. I don’t think that Americans who tape uproar KUWAIT: A new tax agreement are paying taxes religiously have to wor- between the US and Kuwait would ry about it. A Kuwaiti who has an By B Izzak have a bigger impact on many American passport or citizenship, or a Kuwaitis with dual nationalities rather green card holder who’s never paid taxes KUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan yesterday stepped in into the than American citizens living in Kuwait. will be reported by the banks of Kuwait if ‘conspiracy’ videotape row by appealing to everyone in This was the assessment made by two they have accounts here. If you are a Kuwait to stay away from the subject. In a statement Americans who work and live in Kuwaiti and you have American citizen- released through KUNA, the Amiri Diwan has called on Kuwait. The Foreign Account Tax ship, you are required to pay taxes every “everybody to steer clear of the controversial tape issue Compliance Act (FATCA) obliges all year,” he said. and let the Public Prosecution take the necessary action” American citizens, permanent resi- He added that Kuwaitis with and handle the case in an “objective and neutral way”. dents and financial institutions in or American citizenship and Americans outside US territories to report their residing in Kuwait are required to The Diwan said in a brief statement that “some accounts to the Internal Revenue report and file their income tax returns. reports have been raised recently about a tape of certain Service (IRS). “This is a real shock to many Kuwaiti- people, and the issue is currently being handled by the Dr John Hayes, Professor of Marketing Americans who ask why do they have public prosecution”. “The Amiri Diwan appeals to all not at Gulf University for Science and to pay taxes to Uncle Sam when they to get involved in the subject and leave the case to the KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends Technology (GUST), noted that the big- make their money here. But that is the public prosecution to take whatever action is needed,” the fifth edition of Kuwait’s international Quran memorization and recita- ger ramification will be for Kuwaitis who price for being an American citizen. the statement said without providing details about the tion awards at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) have American citizenship. “I can see that Continued on Page 13 nature of the tape or the people involved in it. Continued on Page 13 ‘Heartbleed’ Qatar unveils soaring desert sculpture DOHA: Four steel plates rise out of Qatar’s desert sands bug causes like behemoths, symbolizing, according to US artist Richard Serra who created the sculpture, the connection between the wealthy Gulf state’s two regions. The sculp- headaches ture, East-West/West-East, was unveiled on Tuesday in a desert area around 60 km from the capital Doha, by the SAN FRANCISCO: A confounding computer bug sister of Qatar’s emir, who has been named by Britain’s called “Heartbleed” is causing major security ArtReview as the most influential figure in the art world. headaches across the Internet as websites scramble The sculpture, which consists of four steel plates which rise to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether to heights varying between 14.7 m and 16.7 m, was com- they should change their passwords to prevent theft missioned by Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad bint Al-Thani. of their email accounts, credit card numbers and oth- The emir’s sister was named the most influential figure er sensitive information. The breakdown revealed in the art world in a “power list” published by Britain’s this week affects a widely used encryption technolo- ArtReview magazine in October. She has around $1 billion gy that is supposed to protect online accounts for a a year to spend on art as head of the Qatar Museums variety of online communications and electronic Authority (QMA), according to ArtReview - 30 times more commerce. than New York’s Museum of Modern Art. “Sheikha Security researchers who uncovered the threat Mayassa asked me if I would build a piece in the desert. I are particularly worried about the lapse because it went to several deserts with... a Bedouin... and I like this went undetected for more than two years. They fear desert the most,” said Serra, renowned for his metal sculp- the possibility that computer hackers may have been tures. secretly exploiting the problem before its discovery. “The pieces connect two regions of the landscapes... it Although there is now a way to close the security brings this peninsula together with the sea on one side hole, there are still plenty of reasons to be con- and the sea on the other,” the artist told reporters at the cerned, said David Chartier, CEO of Codenomicon. A unveiling. Qatar, which has just 1.5 million inhabitants, is small team from the Finnish security firm diagnosed trying to establish itself as the region’s cultural hub. The Heartbleed while working independently from gas-rich Gulf state hosts several museums and galleries, another Google Inc. researcher who also discovered including the Museum of Islamic Art, the largest of its kind ZEKREET, Qatar: US artist Richard Serra stands on Tuesday in front of his new permanent art installation in the threat. “I don’t think anyone that had been using in the region. the Brouq Nature Reserve. — AFP this technology is in a position to definitively say Continued on Page 13 they weren’t compromised,” Chartier said. Canada’s tax agency isn’t taking any chances. Citing the security risks posed by Heartbleed, the Saudis mull end to sports Canada Revenue Agency shut off public access to its website “to safeguard the integrity of the informa- ban in girls’ state schools tion we hold,” according to a notice posted on its website yesterday. The lock down comes just three weeks from Canada’s April 30 deadline for filing 2013 Prince Muqrin slams banks tax returns. The US Internal Revenue Service said in a state- JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia is considering ending its contro- ty-related illnesses in Saudi society, particularly among ment yesterday that it is not affected by the security versial ban on sports in girls’ state schools, after its con- women and an increase in jobs if physical education pro- hole. “The IRS advises taxpayers to continue filing sultative council recommended the ban be lifted over grams were adopted for girls. Those who opposed the their tax returns as they normally would in advance vociferous opposition from traditionalists. Following a decision said there were many schools which were not of the April 15 deadline,” the agency said. Computer heated debate on Tuesday, the Shura Council recom- equipped infrastructurally to allow for sports. Some security experts are advising people to consider mended that the longstanding ban, already relaxed in members also questioned whether physical education changing all their online passwords. “I would change private schools in May last year, be ended altogether, lessons had actually decreased obesity in boys. every password everywhere because it’s possible state media reported. The appointed body, whose 150 But the council finally approved the recommenda- something was sniffed out,” said Wolfgang Kandek, members are overwhelmingly male, can only pass on its tion after agreeing that it did not run counter to the chief technology officer for Qualys, a maker of securi- recommendation to the education ministry and has no strict version of Islamic sharia law imposed in the king- ty-analysis software.