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SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 JAMADA ALAWWAL 21, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Sculptor Sami ‘Top Gear’ The Real PSG knock Mohammad presenter Fouz: Love Chelsea to showcase brushes off yourself out of CL his works3 suspension36 first37 20 Assembly rejects proposal Min 08º Max 29º to quiz Central Bank chief High Tide 03:40 & 15:35 Low Tide MPs blast govt for not implementing laws 09:35 & 22:35 40 PAGES NO: 16457 150 FILS By B Izzak 11 feared dead KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday rejected a proposal by several MPs to investigate the Central Bank in US military governor over alleged misuse of power by trading in shares of a bank under his supervision. Only 15 MPs of the 40 members present supported the move, while the chopper crash rest - including all Cabinet ministers in the chamber - MIAMI: Seven US Marines and four aircrew were feared rejected the motion. Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh said the government is totally dead yesterday after an army helicopter crashed during opposed to the proposal because a night training exercise in Florida, military officials said. the alleged violations of Governor The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was reported missing Mohammad Al-Hashel are being Tuesday around 8:30 pm (0030 GMT yesterday) near investigated by the public prose- Eglin Air Force Base. The area was under heavy fog. A US cution, which makes the parlia- military official told AFP that all 11 personnel were mentary probe meaningless. feared dead, but officials were still treating the matter as The Capital Markets Authority a search and rescue mission. was the first to raise the issue Base spokesman Andy Bourland said search and res- about two months ago, alleging Al-Hashel cue teams located debris from the aircraft at around that Hashel broke a law which bars him from dealing in 2:00 am. “Search and rescue efforts are underway at the shares of banks under his supervision. Hashel categori- accident site currently,” he added, noting the accident cally denied the allegations in an official statement, say- was under investigation. A second helicopter returned ing that he only received less than 1,000 shares in a bank safely to the base. The aircraft, assigned to the 1-244th being a Kuwaiti citizen through a public subscription in Assault Helicopter Battalion in Hammond, Louisiana, which all Kuwaitis received an equal number of shares. were participating in what the military called a routine He denied that he has ever benefited from insider infor- training mission with the Marine Special Operations mation. Regiment from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “My KUWAIT: Indian actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai is flanked by President of Longines Walter MP Saleh Ashour opposed the proposal, saying any thoughts and prayers are with their families as the Von Kanel (left) and Behbehani Group President Ali Morad Behbehani at a ceremony to announce a move like this may negatively impact the national econ- search and rescue continues,” Defense Secretary Ashton partnership between Longines and Behbehani Group at The Avenues mall yesterday. Rai is Longines’ omy because of the sensitivity of the Central Bank gover- Carter told lawmakers during a hearing. — AFP ‘Ambassador of Elegance’. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 37) nor’s post. Continued on Page 13 News Riyadh recalls envoy from Sweden in brief STOCKHOLM: Saudi Arabia has recalled Erik Boman said earlier yesterday that noting that “women’s rights do not only its ambassador to Sweden, accusing it of “diplomatic relations are not broken, but benefit women, but society as a whole”. Apple apologizes as flagrant interference in its internal affairs Saudi Arabia’s ambassador has been Saudi Arabia is the only country in the outage hits services as the rift between the two countries recalled”. The move comes amid a deep- world where women are not allowed to WASHINGTON: Apple apologized to users yesterday deepens in the wake of Stockholm cutting ening rift in which Sweden cancelled a drive. The sexes are strictly segregated, after a major outage of its online services, affecting cus- military ties. Riyadh said the move yester- controversial military cooperation deal women are required to dress in black from tomers worldwide. The tech giant’s status page showed day was in response to criticism of Saudi after Saudi Arabia prevented Wallstroem head to toe when outside the home and the App Store, iTunes, iBooks store and Mac App store Arabia’s human rights record by Swedish Monday from making a speech on human also still need permission from a male went down from 0900 GMT and were still offline at 1900 Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem, rights at the Arab League. Wallstroem had guardian to work and to marry. GMT. Similar outages were seen in Apple online services which it said was “harmful to the king- been invited to the Cairo meeting in Wallstroem said “the explanation we in Britain and France. The Next Web, the international dom”. Her remarks, which Riyadh did not praise of her government’s decision in have been given is that Sweden has high- technology news site, said it had reports of outages identify, were “flagrant interference in October to recognize a Palestinian state. lighted the situation for democracy and affecting more than 40 countries. “We apologize to our internal affairs, which is not accepted in Her speech, published by the Swedish human rights and that is why they do not customers experiencing problems with iTunes and other international conventions”. The foreign foreign ministry, mentioned neither Saudi want me to speak”. She has rarely com- services this morning,” Apple said in a statement emailed ministry added that because Wallstroem’s Arabia nor her feminist foreign policy mented on Saudi Arabia but, in January, to AFP, blaming an “internal” domain name system error. comments do not “go well with amicable agenda, but stressed women’s and human criticized the kingdom’s treatment of “We’re working to make all of the services available to relations between countries, the kingdom rights. “Freedom of association, assembly, blogger Raef Badawi, who had been sen- customers as soon as possible, and we thank everyone of Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassa- religion and expression are not only fun- tenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in for their patience.” Apple’s iCloud and mail services were dor from Sweden”. damental rights and important tools in prison for insulting Islam. also down, but appeared to have been restored after Swedish foreign ministry spokesman the creation of vibrant societies,” it read, Continued on Page 13 Margot Wallstroem around four hours, according to the status page. Other services such as FaceTime, messaging and Apple TV did not appear to be affected. The outage made it impossible for iPhone and iPad users to download music or to install or update apps on their devices. Bahrain arrests student for singing Quran verses DUBAI: A Bahraini high school student and two teachers have been charged with “insulting Islam” after the boy sang verses from the Holy Quran accompanied by musical instruments, the official BNA news agency reported yesterday. Islam allows intonation of Quranic verses, and recordings of chanting are frequently heard in marketplaces or on the radio and television, but singing them to musical accompaniment is prohibited. Prosecutor Adnan Fakhro said authorities have “investigated the incident of a video published on social media of a student singing verses of the Holy Quran, accom- panied by musical instruments”. The report, which did not identify the instruments used, said the inci- dent took place during an art competition. Authorities have questioned “the student who sang and the two teachers who trained him on the song and played music,” Fakhro’s statement said. The trio are being held pending further investigation. According to Islamic tradition, tajweed, the recita- tion of Islam’s holy book, adheres to strict rules of intonation which vary according to a number of recognized reading styles. Nurses, medics in demand in UAE DUBAI: The healthcare sector in the UAE, which has been steadily growing on the back of high population growth, rapid urbanization and rising personal incomes has stepped up its recruitment drive, with a number of hospi- tals, clinics and other medical providers now looking to hire more nurses, according to a Gulf News report yester- day. In a new survey conducted by a UAE-based job list- ing website, it was found that six in 10 healthcare compa- nies (63 percent) in the UAE are keen on hiring additional medical staff in the next three months to meet the grow- ing demand for healthcare services. LOCAL THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Armenian Prime Minister Hovik His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abrahamyan yesterday, in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Yaqoub Al-Sane and Chairman of the Public Anti-Corruption Authority Abdulrahman Al-Nemash. Sabah. —KUNA photos Amir receives Armenian PM Agriculture, tourism deals signed KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received Armenian Prime Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan and delegation accompany- Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry Dr ing him. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Abdulmohsen Al-Mudej, and by Armenia’s Minister of Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan and Minister of Economy Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attended the meeting.
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