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Amir warns of complications from prolonged Gulf dispute Sheikh Sabah vows to protect constitution as new Assembly session opens KUWAIT: Kuwait, the main mediator in nations and their people,” HH the Amir a near-five month political crisis between said. “History and future generations will Qatar and its Gulf rivals led by Saudi not forgive anyone who contributes, even Arabia, warned yesterday that the dispute one word, to fuelling this dispute.” Kuwait could escalate. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah is the host of the next GCC summit due in Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in an December and has so far not sent out address to the National Assembly, also invitations to Gulf leaders before resolv- said that Kuwait’s goal was to save the ing the crisis. Reports have said that the Gulf Cooperation Council union from summit will most likely be delayed. “cracking and collapsing”. Sheikh Sabah also affirmed that the On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United commitment to the constitution in Kuwait Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as is stable and belief in parliamentary work Egypt, severed all diplomat- is firmly established, ic and trade ties with Qatar, saying “I am the SEE PAGES 2 & 3 accusing the gas-rich emi- one who protects rate of supporting extremist the constitution and groups and having too close ties to Iran. will not allow it to be prejudiced”, Kuwait has led mediation efforts since because it is the basic guarantee after then, but without success. “Everyone God Almighty. During the opening of the should know that Kuwait’s mediation is second ordinary session of the 15th leg- based on a keen awareness that this crisis islative term of the Assembly, HH the Amir risks escalation,” Sheikh Sabah said. The said regional developments and chal- worsening of the breakdown between lenges have made parliamentary work a Doha and the Saudi-led bloc leaves Gulf national benefit to “strengthen our most states vulnerable to foreign interference, important national gains”. He underlined he warned. the importance of security as the “An escalation would be an explicit bedrock of Kuwait’s welfare and devel- invitation for regional and international opment, affirming that uniting people KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah speaks as HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- intervention, which would have serious around the concept of national unity will Sabah (right) and Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (left) listen on during the opening ceremony of the new legislative session of the consequences for the security of the Gulf bring upon a bright future. —Agencies National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

News in brief Info minister grilled; Traffic penalties toughened no-confidence motion KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah issued a decision to filed by 10 MPs toughen administrative procedures towards some traffic violations from next week, reported Al-Jarida. Sources said the most notable penalties include impounding By B Izzak vehicles for two months for using mobile phones while driving or not using seatbelts. Cars parked in no-park- KUWAIT: The National Assembly began its new term ing areas or on the pavement, besides those obstructing by debating a grilling against State Minister for Cabinet traffic and blocking other vehicles, will also be Affairs and acting Information Minister Sheikh impounded for two months. Cars driving over the speed Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah yesterday, who limit will be impounded for two months too. unexpectedly said he was ready for the debate immedi- ately. After the interpellation, 10 MPs filed a no-confi- dence motion against the minister. Voting on the motion will take place in the next Assembly session, expected Negative expat growth to be held next week, and if 24 lawmakers vote against him, he will be automatically dismissed from his post. KUWAIT: MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani and Abdulkarim Al-Kandari (left) and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad KUWAIT: A government report showed a reduction in Opposition MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani and Abdulkarim Al-Sabah (right) are seen at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh non-Kuwaitis’ population growth in 2017, after an Al-Kandari explained the alleged violations the minister increase of 65 percent last year. This negative growth has committed in both the ministries and in depart- accused the minister of unnecessarily appointing expa- ized under the law to reply to the last question. of the non-Kuwaiti population is the first since 1992, ments under his supervision. They particularly accused triates in several state departments with lucrative Sheikh Mohammad defended the appointment of reported Al-Qabas. A table comparing growth indica- the minister and the government of covering up and salaries, thus depriving Kuwaitis of much-needed jobs. expatriate senior legal advisors, saying that they were tors between 2016 and 2017 prepared by the popula- refusing to answer questions about the legal status of Adasani said he submitted a large number of questions appointed in accordance with the laws and regulations tion structure committee of the Cabinet showed the the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, saying to the minister but he did not answer them. and praised their work. He also regretted that MPs have annual increase in the non-Kuwaiti population in 2017 that since its establishment in 1959, the chamber has no The minister categorically denied the charges and started criticizing people based on their nationality, was 125,694, while the annual increase in 2016 was legal status and its officials are not held accountable. stressed that he has sharply reduced the amounts of which is something new in Kuwait. After that the two 358,719. Informed sources said this reduction is due to They also charged that the minister committed or unpaid debts in his ministries by a big margin. He said lawmakers responded to Sheikh Mohammad’s answers the decision issued by the interior ministry and the failed to prevent financial and administrative violations he received 17 questions from the lawmaker and and said he had failed to refute their charges. manpower authority to curb marginal labor. in the ministry of information. The lawmakers also answered 16 and informed him that he was not author- Continued on Page 11

Singapore set Crown prince to freeze vows ‘moderate’ number of Saudi Arabia RIYADH: Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed cars on roads bin Salman pledged a “moderate, open” Saudi SINGAPORE: Singapore, one of the Arabia yesterday, breaking with ultraconser- most expensive places in the world to vative clerics in favor of an image catering to buy a vehicle, will freeze the number of foreign investors and Saudi youth. The Saudi private cars on its roads for at least two strongman, 32, did not mince words in declar- years, a rare move in Asia where many ing a new reality for the kingdom, hours after cities are increasingly gridlocked. The announcing the launch of an independent city-state said the growth cap for all $500 billion megacity - with “separate regu- passenger cars and motorcycles will be lation” - along the Red Sea coastline. cut to zero from 0.25 percent a year in “We want to live a normal life. A life in February, while pledging a new multi- SINGAPORE: Motorists enter the financial which our religion translates to tolerance, to RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Klaus Kleinfeld shake billion-dollar investment in the public district area yesterday. —AFP our traditions of kindness,” he told internation- hands following the Crown Prince’s appointment of Kleinfeld as NEOM’s Chief transport network. al investors gathered at an economic forum in Executive Officer yesterday. - AFP (See Page 17) The measure, to be reviewed in 2020, certificates valid for 10 years must be Riyadh. “Seventy percent of the Saudi popula- is an extension of Singapore’s already purchased along with a car, pushing the tion is under 30, and honestly we will not tough controls on vehicle ownership, price of an average sedan to over spend the next 30 years of our lives dealing MBS, said he would see to it his country rich kingdom, including the introduction of which have helped the nation of 5.6 mil- Sg$110,000 ($80,000) - about four with destructive ideas. We will destroy them moved past 1979, a reference to the rise of television and schools for girls. But that came lion avoid the traffic jams that choke oth- times the price in the US. Nevertheless today and at once,” the crown prince said. “We political Islam in the years following the assas- to a halt as the Al-Sheikh family, which con- er Asian cities. As well as controlling the many have still paid the hefty price for will end extremism very soon.” sination of King Faisal in 1975. The early trols religious and social regulation number of vehicles on the roads, special Continued on Page 11 Prince Mohammed, known by his initials 1970s had ushered major change into the oil- Continued on Page 11 2 Established 1961 Local Wednesday, October 25, 2017 National Assembly Speaker stresses importance of resolving Gulf crisis

Regional challenges require unity, joint action: Prime Minister

KUWAIT: Parliament Speaker His Highness the Prime Minister Marzouq Al-Ghanem speaks during Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Kuwaiti members of parliament attend the opening ceremony of the new leg- the opening ceremony.. speaks during the opening ceremony. islative year at the National Assembly. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

KUWAIT: People in the region should focus on efforts to lenging period and numerous threats in the security, politi- bring upon an end to the Gulf crisis as a step to safeguard cal, economic, social and cultural areas. Kuwait is at the regional welfare and security, said the National Assembly core of this region. “Therefore, we are required to have Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. In his speech to wise, responsible and practical vision for protecting our the second session of the 15th legislative term, Speaker homeland and overcoming this delicate stage,” His Ghanem said that people living in the GCC countries Highness the Prime Minister stressed. should unite and work together for their own interest and Addressing the lawmakers, he said, “As the second term good, affirming that the current status quo will bring upon of your honorable Assembly opens, we hope for continued grave consequences for the region. cooperation between the Assembly and the government He further reflected on the crisis, saying that it was a based on mutual trust and respect to protect the security, mere misunderstanding amongst brothers and expressed stability and prosperity of the country.” his confidence that the problem will be resolved soon. “All of us, as government and parliament, share formida- Speaker of the National Assembly lauded His Highness the ble tasks and responsibilities for honoring our undertakings Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s efforts in the framework of the constitution. “We have no choice in this regard, adding that the Kuwaiti leader always took other than working together and maintaining our comple- the initiative in trying to find a solution for any problems mentary relationship as per the provisions of the constitu- that might face the GCC countries. tion and the parliamentary regulations and responsible His Highness the Amir went from capital to capital practices,” he made clear. and country to country trying to bring viewpoints Regarding the foreign policy of the country, he said together, said Speaker Ghanem who affirmed that this Kuwait has always been committed to the principles of was in the pure nature of His Highness the Amir, a man respect for the sovereignty and independence of, and non- Ambassadors of foreign countries to Kuwait attend the opening ceremony of known for his endless desire to find solutions for any interference in the domestic affairs of, other countries. the new legislative year at the National Assembly. conflicts facing the GCC. Kuwait maintains neighborly ties with the countries in the Gulf region and supports the fairs issues of the Arab nation Rohingya’s plight as well as the causes of freedom, justice, peace and human Speaker Ghanem hoped that the efforts by His Highness rights around the globe. the Amir would be fruitful. Meanwhile, the National Kuwait’s recent selection as non-permanent member of Assembly Speaker commend- the UN Security Council ed His Highness the Amir’s reflects the confidence of the directives concerning issues international community in its connected with the plight of constructive role worldwide Myanmar’s Rohingya and the under the wise leadership of crises in Syria and Iraq. His Economic reforms His Highness the Amir, he Highness the Amir took the pointed out. In this regard, necessary political steps to necessary to bring on His Highness the Prime highlight the humanitarian welfare to Kuwait Minister commended the problems in these respective efforts made by His Highness regional and international the Amir to contain the Gulf issues, calling for global row and protect the stature of efforts to help those in need, the Gulf Cooperation Council. affirmed the speaker. He added that the National Assembly took notice of His Development projects Highness the Amir’s efforts and put on the forefront the Dealing with the domestic affairs, His Highness the recent plight of the Rohingya as a minority abused by the Prime Minister said the government is determined to pur- Buddhist majority of Myanmar. sue its drive to implement the vital development projects, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (top left) attends the The world should stand in opposition to the atrocities upgrade its performance, end the bureaucratic complexi- opening ceremony. committed against the Rohinyas, said Ghanem who indicat- ties and assert the rule of law. ed that the National Assembly had focused upon this issue The government will thoroughly pursue the economic during regional and international participations. reforms and help the private sector assume a leading role in the economic activities, His Highness the Prime Minister Economic reforms pledged. The national economic development plan envis- Returning to the local scene, Speaker of the National ages turning the state role into a supervisory one through Assembly Marzouq Ghanem stressed the importance of alleviation the tasks of operating the development projects embarking on economic reforms. Reforms will ensure the and overhauling the labor market. existence of a reliable infrastructure, multiple services, an The government plans to build the capacity of the attractive investment and business atmospheres, as well as national workforce through comprehensive educational many other aspects that will bring on welfare to Kuwait, reforms, which will reflect positively on the country’s inter- said the speaker. He noted that the responsibility of eco- national ratings, he revealed. The plans aim to secure sus- nomic reforms was in the hands of the people’s representa- tainable finances of the state, introduce new methods of tives of the National Assembly and the leaders of the cabi- developing the state budget, setting specific ceilings for the net who should cooperate to realize the country’s dreams. funding for the state projects, maximize benefit from the Members of the Parliament should focus on serving the state’s financial resources and highlight the role of private people and not bicker on issues that would waste time and investment in the mega projects. energy, said Ghanem, adding that the government had an To do so the government launched the “New Kuwait” equal responsibility in cooperating with the National campaign with a view to attracting investors from inside Assembly to ensure that plans for development run and outside the country to invest in these projects, he went smoothly. on. “The government is also working to leverage the policy Regarding the responsibilities of the people, Ghanem of knowledge economy as shown in the draft bill on eco- affirmed that people living in Kuwait should focus on bol- nomic activities, which will be tabled to your honorable MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari (right) speaks during the debate of a stering national unity and avoid the promotion of hatred Assembly in the near future. “It plans to launch the knowl- grilling motion filed jointly with MP Riyadh Al-Adasani (left) against and bigotry in all of their shapes and forms. edge chair, an initiative meant to promote the role of human Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of The speaker ended his speech welcoming His Highness resources in the knowledge economy, in addition to the Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. the Amir Sheikh Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince launching in next February of the knowledge economy Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the opening index at the state institutions under the kind patronage of of the parliament’s current legislative term, hoping that His Highness the Amir,” he disclosed. and economists in non-profit organizations,” His Highness hygiene education, according to the WHO-UNICEF Joint National Assembly would be up to the task of achieving the His Highness the Prime Minister noted that the Kuwait the Prime Minister said. Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and people’s dreams and desires. Expo 2018, to be held between February 6 and 10, will give He noted that these efforts eventually bore fruit in Hygiene (JMP). The oil sector made headway in the eco- a quantum leap to the transfer of technology and knowl- adjusting the public spending and curbing extravagant friendly fuel initiative which will encourage Kuwait Freedoms and democracy edge to the small and medium enterprises. practices without affecting funding for investment projects. National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to unveil this Meanwhile, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Recalling the policy statement presented in last January “These efforts helped spare up to KD 1 billion, created achievement next year, His Highness the Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah highlighted the by his government to the first legislative term of the 15th more job opportunities, improved the business atmos- disclosed. KNPC, acting to realize the vision of His need of concerted efforts to protect the gains made in the National Assembly (2016-2020), he said it included 14 pheres, and promoted the country’s sovereign credit rat- Highness the Amir to replace 15 percent of the country’s areas of promotion of freedoms and democracy, security, development projects of high priority that are in keeping ing,” he said, citing Fitch Ratings. consumption of conventional energy by renewable energy, stability and economic development. with the national development plan and the 2030 Agenda The decision, made by the Financial Times Stock started building and operating a solar-power station. In his address to the opening session, he said the demo- for Sustainable Development. The policy statement sets Exchange (FTSE) Russel late last month to promote Boursa A remarkable progress has been made in the develop- cratic atmospheres in Kuwait are a source of price for all forth the plans for efforts to engage actively in the imple- Kuwait to an emerging market, boosted the investor confi- ment of infrastructure projects, including road building. citizens that materializes the cultural values of the people. mentation of the UN-sponsored Agenda for Sustainable dence in the Kuwaiti stock market; it culminated enormous Sheikh Jaber Causeway project is 80 percent complete and His Highness the Prime Minister extolled His Highness the Development in collaboration with the civil society institu- efforts by the competent bodies, he stated. will open for traffic in late 2018, His Highness the Prime Amir for his keenness on the efforts to realize the aspira- tions, the private sector and international monitors, he said. Minister said, expecting the new Kuwait airport to open tions of the people for a bright future. “The structural imbalances in the national economy had Food security next year too according to the set timeframe. He expressed “The recent developments in the Arab region and ram- negative impacts on the state’s financial position, thus On food security, His Highness the Prime Minister said hope that the lawmakers, while exercising their constitu- pant chaos have negative impacts on the security of Kuwait necessitating innovative approaches and responses. The Kuwait was rated as the first Arab country and the world’s tional right to legislate and supervise the performance of which require us to stand united and work together in new policies are set forth in the national program for eco- 26th on the Global Food Security Index. The State of the executive authority, will work with the government to order to protect out national unity and ward off the risks of nomic and financial sustainability that was developed in Kuwait was also rated as the best Arab country in terms of overcome the challenges and materialize a fruitful and con- sedition,” he stated. “The Arab region undergoes a chal- collaboration with our partners in the National Assembly access to safe water, adequate sanitation and proper structive partnership for the sake of the country. — KUNA Established 1961 3 Local Wednesday, October 25, 2017 I am the one who protects the constitution: Amir Kuwait’s mediation to protect Gulf House: Sheikh Sabah

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Sabah is seen during the debate of a grilling motion filed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah waves during the opening US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence R Silverman (right) and French against Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister ceremony. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Ambassador to Kuwait Christian Nakhle attend the opening ceremony. of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad and protect it from collapse.” His Highness the Amir said divides us.. Let us ask God to calm the souls because the harm Kuwait and its people. Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has affirmed yesterday that the com- that the mediation of Kuwait is not merely a traditional GCC is a solid castle and a banner of security, dignity and His Highness the Amir underlined the importance of mitment to the constitution in Kuwait is stable and belief in mediation by a party between two parties, “We are not a prosperity.” security as the bedrock of Kuwait’s welfare and develop- parliamentary work is firmly established, saying “I am the party but one party with two brothers,” expressing hope ment, affirming that uniting people around the concept of one who protects the constitution and will not allow it to that everyone would be fully aware of the risks of escala- Welfare for all national unity will bring upon a bright future. be prejudiced,” because it is the basic guarantee after God tion with resulting implications of regional and internation- His Highness the Amir also indicated that Kuwait will Also during his speech, His Highness the Amir touched Almighty. al damage to the Gulf and its peoples. continue the road for development and welfare for all peo- on the necessity of executing plans for economic reforms, During the opening of the second ordinary session of He pointed out that the history and future generations ple living on this land. During his speech, His Highness the indicating that Kuwait must transform from an oil-based the 15th legislative term of the National Assembly, His of the Gulf and the Arabs will not forgive anyone who con- Amir said that the road towards achieving sustainable economy to an economy, which is diversified and dynamic. Highness the Amir said that regional developments and tributes, even with one word, to fuel this dispute or be part development was not an easy path because they are grave Investing in human resources is necessary in order to real- challenges have made parliamentary work a national bene- in it, stressing that the GCC is a promising glimmer of hope internal and external challenges that should be met with ize economic development, said His Highness the Amir fit to “strengthen our most important national gains.” in the darkness of Arab action and the candlelight that illu- great resolve. Sheikh Sabah who indicated that parliament had a huge minates the long tunnel and a model to be followed in Kuwait’s security and peace are of paramount impor- responsibility in this regard. His Highness the Amir con- Gulf House cooperation. tance; therefore, people should band together and safe- cluded his speech with a vow that he would work with all His Highness the Amir meanwhile stressed that every- He stressed the need to adhere to the approach of calm guard these blessings, said His Highness the Amir Sheikh his might to ensure that the Kuwaiti people live a prosper- one should realize that the only objective of the Kuwaiti and avoid the conflict in an attempt to overcome this crisis, Sabah. He went on saying that the National Assembly ous and happy life, asking the National Assembly and the mediation is to reform the ‘Gulf House which is our home saying “what brings us together is stronger than what should work hard towards fending off dangers that might cabinet to partake and join in this noble cause. — KUNA

defendant to death for first-degree mur- Lawmaker der, and ordered him to pay the victim’s mother KD 5,001 in compensation. decries Nurseries Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Economic Development Hind ‘opposition to Al-Sabeeh issued ministerial decision number 36/T/2017 pertaining co-op soci- new sports law’ eties’ support to nurseries, in which she set six conditions for these nurseries to receive support. The decision conditioned By A Saleh and Hanan Al-Saadoun that nurseries should be licensed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor KUWAIT: Chairman of the parliamentary (MSAL), operate within the co-op’s juris- youth and sports committee MP Saadoun diction, support is approved by the board Hammad Al-Otaibi lamented the presence of directors, that the co-op’s funds dedi- of some opposition to passing the new cated for social services allows it, that the sports law and stressed that such an atti- sum is divided equally over two semesters, tude reflects some parties’ hidden wishes that each shareholder sends two children to keep Kuwait sports activities suspend- at most, that subsidies do not exceed 50 ed. Otaibi added that everything related percent of the nursery fees and that appli- to this issue will soon be declared to the cations should be filed at least two weeks Kuwaiti public after holding the parlia- before the school year commences. ment’s urgent session to be held to dis- cuss this issue. China’s visa The interior ministry’s residency affairs Brother’s murderer department announced that China’s for- The court of appeals yesterday eign ministry decided to use the new ver- adjourned till Nov 20 hearing a case filed sion of the entry visa sticker starting from against a non-Kuwaiti for murdering his Sept 2017. The new sticker has a place for brother in Andalus. Yesterday’s hearing a picture, besides other information about was attended by attorney Talal Al-Enezi, the applicant. The department said that representing the victim’s mother, who the new visa was introduced in a bid to demanded capital punishment as per arti- fight forgery. Meanwhile, the old stickers cle 149 of the penal law on grounds that are still valid, it added. the defendant disregarded kinship with the victim and unlawfully killed a human Campaigns being. Enezi also explained that the Farwaniya municipality branch carried defendant and the victim were half-broth- out several campaigns at stores, super- ers and that his client had always been markets and restaurants in the gover- nice to his siblings and helped them finan- norate, resulting in issuing 114 citations for cially, including the defendant. Notably, food violations, while 450 signs were the criminal court had sentenced the removed.

transferring large Ministry amounts of money to Islamic State. The three were constantly detained over the case, Al-Qabas assesses reported. An informed source quoted in the threats: Official report said the prosecution Lt Gen Mahmoud charged the sus- Al-Dousary KUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry pects with money of Interior Lt Gen Mahmoud Al-Dousary laundering, though said Monday the ministry is constantly they denied the charges. The suspects assessing the terror threats in order to claimed they collected the money from prepare the proper responses. “There is a Syrians to send it to their families, as they security team who are tasked with analyz- make money from the transfer operations ing the level of security risks,” he said, in dollars. The source said investigations affirming the preparedness of the security showed otherwise, as the officer handling forces to address any emergency that the case said the suspects sent the money could face the country. to IS. Lt Gen Dousary made the press On the voluntary action day, Lt Gen remarks while attending the first voluntary Dousary said the decision-makers at the action day to help the elderly people. The ministry adopted a range of measures to event is organized by the Kuwaiti facilitate service for the elderly people and Charitable Society for Elderly Care and people with special needs. These include Rehabilitation under the slogan of “your exemption from residency fees and open- kids at your service.” ing offices at all traffic and security service The terrorist threats are a matter of departments to help those people get concern for all countries of the world that service as fast as possible, he added. Lt requires joint action and close collabora- Gen Dousary thanked the organizer of the tion,” Lt Gen Dousary pointed out. His event for encouraging the youth, males statements came amid reports indicating and females, to help the elderly people get that the public prosecution launched an government service and training them to investigation against three Syrians for tackle any emergency in the future. 4 Established 1961 Local Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Zain participates in opening ceremony of 6th Youth Empowerment Symposium As part of its strategic partnership for the sixth consecutive year

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, participated in the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the Youth Empowerment Symposium held at Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center as part of its strategic partnership for the sixth consecutive year. The event comes under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The opening ceremony witnessed the attendance of HH the Amir’s representative the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan, Chief Executive Officer of Zain Kuwait Eaman Al-Roudhan, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of Zain Kuwait Hamad Al-Marzouq, as well as a number of local leaders from the public and private sectors. The first day witnessed a number of discussion pan- els, including a panel entitled “Startup Opportunities in KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting the Private Sector”, featuring Bader Al-Sayer - Group State Minister of Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan honoring Business Director and Secretary, Board of Directors of Zain represented by Zain’s Corporate Communications and Al-Sayer Group, Hamad Al-Marzouq - Chief Relations Director Waleed Al-Khashti. Enterprise Business Officer of Zain Kuwait, as well as Ahmed Al Kharji - Group Chief Corporate Banking Minister Khalid Al-Roudhan with Chief Executive Officer of Zain Kuwait Eaman Officer of KFH. at inviting local and international experts, profession- Al-Roudhan during the opening ceremony. Zain’s strategic partnership of the Youth als, and pioneers in the fields of business, information Empowerment Symposium since its inception six years technology, economics, and social media from all ally and locally renowned industry pioneers, academics, number of prominent local speakers. Zain’s presence in ago comes in line with the company’s long term strate- around the world to share their personal and profes- and experts. This year’s speakers include Patrick this national event showcases the company’s dedication gy of providing the necessary support to national ini- sional experiences with the Kuwaiti youth who anx- Pichette, Former Vice President and CFO in Google Inc, to empowering the entrepreneurial skills of youth in tiatives aimed at uplifting the capabilities and skills of iously look forward to learning from them every year. Mike Tattersfield, Chairman of Caribou Coffee, Sam Kuwait. The symposium delivers outstanding knowl- Kuwaiti youth. The symposium is considered one of the The Youth Empowerment Symposium, held 23-25 Chamberlain, COO of Five Guys Group, Simon Ainslie, edge to talented young people to be able to progress biggest academic programs that cater to the youth in October, provides local youth with an ideal opportunity Former Global Vice President in Nokia, Victoria Grace, in their fields of interest as well as to spark the light of Kuwait and even the GCC region. Every year, it excels to gain valuable insights from a number of internation- Founder and CEO of Colle Capital - USA, as well as a enthusiasm within them.

KIPCO takes part in Youth Kuwait Aviation Empowerment Symposium Show set to be held in January

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Aviation Show will be held from January 17-20, 2018 at Kuwait International Airport, where 150 internation- al companies from the aviation field will par- ticipate in the event. It will be sponsored by public institutions including the Defense Ministry, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and others. KUWAIT: Organizers of the Kuwait Aviation Show take part in a press con- The organizers expect more than 50,000 ference yesterday to announce the event. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat visitors during the four days of the event. “This will be the first aviation show held in event for more than three years, but we didn’t vise the event. “During the days of the air Kuwait. Tickets will be available online. The find a suitable location for it, so we had to show, some flight timings may be changed first day will be for VIPs, the second day will postpone it. In fact we had the idea about 25 due to the air shows that will take place at be for public bodies and companies, and the years ago, but the local market was not ready. the airport. We have to ensure the safety and next two days will be for the public. Visitors Today, many big projects are being executed security of this event. We are also in charge will not face problems with parking as we such as the T2 and T4 terminals, new runways of issuing the licenses and approvals to the have prepared a parking lot for 1,800 vehi- and other projects that are part of the infra- participants, in addition to supervising the cles, and special busses will ferry visitors to structure,” said Ahmed Behbehani, one of the flights,” explained Adel Buresli from the the gate,” said Tareq Bastaki, Founding and organizers. DGCA. Managing Director of Outer Limit Media Around 100 companies have already regis- Solutions, during a press conference at the Great opportunity tered their participation in the event, and reg- Sheraton Hotel on Monday. This event will bring together companies istration is still open for about 50 companies The Kuwait Aviation Show will include and investors in the aviation field. “This from the aviation field. “Around 45 private jets KUWAIT: Eman Al-Awadhi of KIPCO receives recognition from many activities. “Air shows will be held daily, event is a great opportunity for internation- will participate in this event. Through this Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting State Minister of but we haven’t set their number yet. In addi- al companies in the aviation industry as well show, we also aim to spread awareness of pri- Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan. tion to the planes of the Kuwait air force, as the investors to witness the development vate jets, which are not popular in Kuwait, other international teams will present shows, in his field, as all the projects need financing while they are in demand in other GCC coun- which we will announce later. Talks will be KUWAIT: The Kuwait Projects Company enriching the revolution, knowledge for and companies to work on them. In addi- tries. We expect around 10,000 visitors will presented by participating companies too,” (KIPCO) participated in the 6th Youth young people and to convey a message of tion, these projects will provide work come to Kuwait to attend the show, and we he added. Empowerment Symposium (Tamkeen), held challenge and determination.” opportunities,” noted Mohammed Al- have negotiated with hotels to prepare for The recent development of the aviation under the patronage of His Highness the Speaking on this occasion, KIPCO’s Kandari, an organizer. this event. Many more surprises will take industry in Kuwait was the motivation behind Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Group Communications Director Eman Al- Six departments of the Directorate place during the show, which will be this event. “We have been preparing for this Sabah. KIPCO is a Strategic Sponsor of Awadhi, said: “KIPCO values the impor- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will super- announced later,” concluded Bastaki. the symposium for the third year. tance of supporting young people, and it is During his speech, Khaled Nasser Al- this shared view with Tamkeen that Roudhan, Minister of Commerce and inspired the launch of the KIPCO Tamkeen the middle of the Kuwaiti desert. The US mili- Industry and Minister of State for Youth Award for Young Entrepreneurs in 2015. US military tary has over 1.3 million men and women on Affairs, said that We strongly active duty, with more than 450,000 of them the government believe in the highlights stationed overseas. Many of these stationed has taken great Ministry important role service members perform training exercises step to create a that the private and other duties at safe bases. Then there are good environment preparing sector plays in procurement others who are deployed to conflict zones like to empower diversifying the Syria or Iraq or potential ‘hotspots’ like Kuwaiti youth, local economy. Somalia. The number of military personnel is linking them to small business’ We also believe opportunities approximately 15,000 in Kuwait, although the the economy and that the future figure is unconfirmed, since the US embassy encouraging them licenses lies in the hands did not want to divulge the exact number of By Ben Garcia to enter the pri- of these young US military personnel here. vate sector and entrepreneurs, The final day of presentation at the KCCI is KUWAIT: The US Embassy, in cooperation develop projects. and our goal here is to shed light on the scheduled today, where the US embassy will KUWAIT: Jeff Hamilton, US Embassy Roudhan stressed the keenness of His work that these young people do, under- with the US military bases in Kuwait, present- explain how the embassy supports local busi- Commercial Counselor speaks during the Highness the Amir on the youth of Kuwait stand the challenges they face, and support ed a seminar yesterday at the Kuwait nesses and provide an overview of US seminar. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat to build the future and the foundation of them as they develop their businesses Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), embassy services. The event will start at 10 the country. He said that the Ministry of toward profitability and sustainability.” highlighting procurement opportunities at the Commerce and Industry is preparing the The first day of the symposium saw the am with three speakers. US base. The event is part of the ‘Discover of the stunning views and natural beauty that small business’ licenses, pointing out that ‘Startup Battle’ of the KIPCO Tamkeen America’ event that opened this week in ‘America Wild 3D’ graces much of the United States,” the ambas- the National Fund for Support and Award for Young Entrepreneurs. The three Kuwait. It is part of a three-day seminar being In other news, and also as part of the 10- sador went on. The National Park System was Development of Enterprises Small and e-media and technology businesses that held at the KCCI to provide better under- day activities of ‘Discover America,’ a movie created in 1916 and Yellowstone National Park medium-sized enterprises have been qualified in the first judging round - Baims, standing of US products and services. premiere was held Monday night at the was the first recognized national park in the established to support young people, as Orddr.com and Yahalooh - presented to a Yesterday, the focus was on procurement, as Scientific Center in Salmiya. The Middle East US. There are 401 national parks, monuments, these projects receive the attention and judging panel that included Founder and the US military bases can enter into business support of the Government. CEO of Colle Capital - USA, Victoria premiere of ‘America Wild 3D: National Parks and other areas managed by the national park with various suppliers - from cement products The Minister added that the leader- Grace; CEO of KAMCO, Faisal Sarkhou; Adventure,’ was inaugurated by US system, covering 340,000 square kilometers. to transportation, janitorial services and ships in the ministries and government and CEO of Boutiqaat.com, Abdulwahab Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. There are national parks or monuments locat- Internet, food and more. bodies are the youth, stressing the belief of Al-Essa. The winner of the 3rd KIPCO “I would like to thank the Chairman of the ed in every state, the District of Columbia, “There are procedures to follow when you Kuwait in youth through such conference Tamkeen Award for Young Entrepreneurs Scientific Center Sami Al-Rushaid for allowing American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the are dealing with the US military base. It is not on the empowerment of young people. will be announced on the second day of us to utilize your beautiful space this evening US Virgin Islands, and last year over 330 mil- easy, so we see to it that every procedure is “The annual event of Tamkeen is evidence symposium. At the end of the event, Kuwait for a reception and to screen the film in this lion people visited the park system. understood and followed by parties,” said Jeff of its success in the development of youth Times was honored as the media sponsor fantastic IMAX theatre. I would also like to Speaking separately with the Kuwait Times Hamilton, US Embassy Commercial Counselor. capabilities and encourage them to engage of the 6th Youth Empowerment Symposium thank Brand USA, a public-private partner- the envoy reiterated his call for Kuwaitis to “We are doing this so local companies under- in self-employment by hosting many local (Tamkeen) by the minister and chairman of ship created to increase the number of inter- enroll in American universities and colleges. and international figures who contribute to the conference Ali Al-Ibrahim. stand all the procedures involved. It is not national visitors to the United States, for “We have several educational expos in the only complicated, but a tedious process, sponsoring this reception,” he said. coming days and months; (universities) are because of the safety and security issues ‘Discover America’ highlights several top- coming to Kuwait to recruit students,” the involved,” he said. The US military bases in ics including culture, food, restaurants, fash- Ambassador said, adding that US educational Kuwait (Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring) ion, film, education, tourism, business, auto- institution also participated in a foreign edu- AIPS Asia chief thanks KJA serve as vital military camps for several of its mobiles, and healthcare in the US. “The week cation expo held earlier this week at the KUWAIT: Recently elected president of in AIPS elections conducted this past missions in the Middle East. is full of events and special promotions, and I Sheraton Hotel. “Also, every time our presi- the Asia Sports Press Union (AIPS) Asia and September. Notably, AIPS extraordinary The camps primarily serve as army posts, encourage you all to participate where you dent and His Highness the Amir meet, they member of Kuwait Journalists Association congress had convened in Islamabad, but today air force, navy, coastguard, marine can,” he said always talk about education. They already met (KJA) Sattam Al-Sahli expressed gratitude Pakistan, where Kuwait’s representative personnel and international troops also call “Tonight’s film is a tribute to the US several times and education is the number one to KJA Board of Directors for their support Sahli was elected president. them home. The US military base is situated in National Park System, and it highlights some issue on the table,” he said. Established 1961 5 Local Wednesday, October 25, 2017

KUWAIT: The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Kuwait Manel Baderyan hosted a reception on the KUWAIT: The Belgium Ambassador to Kuwait Piet Heirbaut visited Kuwait Times yesterday and discussed mat- occasion of his country’s National Day at the Salwa Al-Sabah Hall. State officials, diplomats and cross ters of mutual concern with Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan. —Photo by Joseph Shagra section of the Armenian community in Kuwait participated in the event. —Photo by Joseph Shagra

best international projects. The construction of the project, including 21 The design of the center was Successful wrap JACC-KW announcement made during a special thousand tons of iron and 52 thousand inspired by the distinctive beauty and ceremony held in The Sheraton (Times square meters of titanium to cover creativity of the Islamic architecture. It up for ArabNet wins ENR’s Square) late Monday. buildings from outside. includes large areas allows visitors to JACC is one of the fastest interna- The center has taken the Flag Square enjoy the interior of the center and its tional engineering projects that have as its podium with a total area of geometric design of the halls and the- Conference Award of Merit been made in terms of design and 214,000 square meters, while area of aters. Its location on the Arabian Gulf implementation. A team of engineers construction reached more than Road, one of the vital roads in Kuwait, from the Amiri Diwan, local and inter- 110,000 square meters. Gardens and has added a touristic importance to it. KUWAIT: Held under the patronage of Khaled Al- NEW YORK: The Sheikh Jaber Al- national experts worked day and night green escapes covering more than The Engineering News-Record (ENR) Roudhan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC) have for 22 consecutive months to complete 120,000 square meters with four build- awards are dedicated to the best global Minister of State for Youth Affairs and with the won the Award of Merit from the this architectural building, which was ings, a dancing fountain and facilities to projects that challenges and both Platinum Sponsorship of the National Fund for Small American architectural engineering finished in record time. Huge quantities serve visitors were all put into consid- designs and constructions in other and Medium Enterprise Development, the second edi- magazine (ENR) for being one of the of building materials were used in the eration in the designing stage. countries. —KUNA tion of ArabNet Kuwait was a great success and gath- ered over 800 attendees and 70 speakers from across the UAE, the region and the world. The second day of ArabNet Kuwait 2017 featured eight panels spread among two Forums: Digital Commerce and Adtech. The conference also featured a 1-on-1 interview with one of the most successful entre- preneurs and active investors in the MENA region, Fadi Ghandour, who spoke about the trends in tech invest- ing. The highlights included keynotes from Twitter, Instagram and KNET, as well as the CEO series which hosted Salah Al-Fulaij - CEO of NBK and Neil Hardwick - CEO of MEC MENA. ArabNet conference hosted a roundtable, “Aligning Efforts to Support Entrepreneurship and Innovation”, focused on analyzing the state of Kuwait’s entrepre- neurship ecosystem and evaluating gaps and opportu- nities that would help maximize market growth in the next few years. It brought together investors, entrepre- neurship enablers and regulators who presented and discussed the best methods for stimulating the growth of entrepreneurship in Kuwait. At the closing ceremony, and for the second time in Kuwait, the three winners of the Startup Battle were announced. Under the sponsorship of Kuwaitnet and with Sirdab Lab as a training partner, orddr, a platform that connects food suppliers to restaurants, by Naser Al-Qatami came in first place; Festivity, an online desti- nation delivering event, by Nasser Altowaijri came in second and PantryBee, delivering fresh pre-portioned ingredients and visual step-by-step recipe cards, by Yousef Almunayes was chosen in 3rd place. The three winning startups will get the chance to participate in ArabNet Startup Championship taking place in Dubai at the ArabNet Digital Summit 2018 (April 30 - May 1). Furthermore, and with Sirdab Lab again as a training partner, TABB, a smart restaurant solution for wait-free dining, by Yong Joon (John) Rhee was announced as the Ideathon winner and received $5,000 as a seed grant to help them kick start their idea. ArabNet Kuwait is sponsored by The Kuwait National Fund (KNF), Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Gulf Bank, KuwaitNet, Nabad, Bayt.com, JustClean, KNet, Social Entrepreneurship Enterprise Development (SEED), DBS Digital, Wataniya Airways, VIVA Telecom, Careem, MEC Global, DarisniME, and Boubyan Bank. ArabNet Kuwait was able to highlight the state of digital economy in Kuwait, as well as delve into the lat- est trends in digital media and marketing. High profile industry leaders and entrepreneurs tackled key topics via 3 forums, and it served as a platform for thriving entrepreneurs who want to turn their ideas into reality. ArabNet will be hosting its next event in Riyadh on December 11-13, 2017; in Beirut on February 20-22, 2018; and Dubai April 30 - May 1, 2018. InternationalWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 Hot water for dinner in Pakistan gives Tillerson frosty welcome; US warns over Taleban havens a besieged Syrian town Page 8 Page 7

BEIJING: A man walks past a roadside poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping after the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing yesterday. — AFP China enshrines ‘Xi Jinping Thought’

Xi’s ideology on ‘new era’ of socialism included in charter

BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party enshrined stitution. Also included was a commitment to supply-side compliance with those tantamount to betrayal of the party.” China. The yuan strengthened against the dollar. President Xi Jinping’s political thought into its constitution industrial reforms, and giving play to the “decisive role” of yesterday, putting him in the same company as the founder market forces in resource allocation, a commitment Xi had The market and the party Crowning glory? of modern China, Mao Zedong, and cementing his power made early in his first terms that many investors say he has Xu Hongcai, deputy chief economist at the China Centre Xi rapidly consolidated power after assuming party ahead of a second five-year term. A key Xi ally, top corrup- failed to deliver on. “The for International Economic leadership in late 2012 and then the presidency the next tion fighter Wang Qishan, will not be on the new Politburo party exercises overall Exchanges, a Beijing year. The party gave Xi the title of “core” leader a year Standing Committee, the apex of power in China, to be leadership over all areas of think-tank, said party con- ago, a significant strengthening of his position. Whether Xi revealed today as he was not among those named yester- endeavor in every part of trol was needed to push was able to have his name “crowned” in the party constitu- day to the 204-member Central Committee. the country,” the party through the market tion had been seen as a key measure of his power, elevating Whether or not the powerful Wang would remain on the said in a statement reflect- Xi ranks reforms key to restructur- him to a level of previous leaders exemplified by Mao Standing Committee, which currently has seven members, ing Xi’s ongoing efforts to ing the world’s second- Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. despite being beyond the customary retirement age of 69, strengthen the party and alongside Mao, largest economy. “To build No other leader since Mao has had an eponymous ide- had been among the key questions to be answered at the its place in contemporary a market economic system ology included in the document while in office. Deng’s week-long party congress, which ended yesterday. Wang Chinese society. the founder in such a big country, it’s name was added after his death in 1997. A list of 133 com- could still assume another senior role over the next few If no clear successor to impossible without the mittee members for the Central Commission for Discipline months. Xi is named to the new of modern China leadership of the party,” Inspection released yesterday included Zhao Leji, who As expected, the party unanimously passed an amend- Politburo Standing he said. heads the party’s Organization Department, a strong sign ment to include “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Committee, it will further Others have argued that he will take over from Wang as anti-corruption chief. Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” as one of its guid- fuel speculation that Xi that the two are contradic- China’s top banking regulator, Guo Shuqing, and veteran ing principles. The party will announce its new Standing may look to retain power tory. “When you put ‘sup- banker Jiang Chaoliang, front runners to succeed Zhou Committee, headed by Xi, at around midday today, culmi- beyond the customary second five-year term. “This is ply-side reform’ and ‘market playing a decisive role’ in the Xiaochuan as central bank governor, both made it to the nating a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle. As expected, about further erasing any distinction between Xi Jinping same document, then that just shows they have to almost Central Committee. The constitutional amendment, along the amended constitution affirmed that Xi’s signature fight and the party,” said Jude Blanchette, who studies the party choose one,” said Alex Wolf, Senior Emerging Markets with Xi’s work report and a work report of the graft watch- against corruption, which has ensnared more than 1.3 mil- at The Conference Board’s China Center for Economics and Economist with Aberdeen Standard Investments in Hong dog to the congress, were passed by a show of hands. lion officials, will continue. Business in Beijing, referring to Xi’s thought getting into the Kong. China’s blue-chip shares climbed to a 26-month high When Xi next asked for any “no” votes or abstentions for Unexpectedly, Xi’s “Belt and Road” initiative, an ambi- constitution. “Add on to this having supply-side structural yesterday, led by infrastructure and property stocks, as Xi the amendment or two work reports, the sound of “none” tious program to build infrastructure linking China with its reform and One Belt One Road written into this, which wrapped up a congress that began with his three-and-a echoed throughout the chamber, as officials shouted out neighbors and beyond, was also included in the party con- were Xi’s signature policies, this makes questioning or non- half hour speech envisioning a more prosperous, confident from different sides of the hall. — Reuters

Macron stresses Police failing security, not modern-day rights, with Sisi

slaves in UK PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron lauded deepening security and diplomatic ties with Egyptian LONDON: Police forces across Britain are failing mod- leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday, adding that he had ern-day slaves, with a lack of understanding, mediocre refused to “give lessons” about human rights during their investigations and troubling attitudes from officers leav- talks in Paris. The 39-year-old French centrist had faced ing many victims prey to further abuse and exploitation, calls from rights groups to raise torture and political a police watchdog said yesterday. Despite an upsurge in repression in Egypt publicly after the first face-to-face slavery and human trafficking cases over the past year, meeting between the pair. many are being poorly investigated, or not followed up Instead, Macron stressed how Egypt was a vital part- on at all, said Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of ner in the fight against Islamic extremism in the Middle Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) East and Europe, as well as key in the search for lasting in a report. political solutions in war-wracked Libya and Syria. “The Many victims of slavery receive an entirely inade- first battle that we have in common is the fight against quate service from the police, with “victims being let terrorism,” Macron said during a joint press conference down at every stage”, according to the watchdog, which which underlined their common purpose against extrem- assessed the police’s response to Britain’s landmark anti- ists which have claimed hundreds of victims in both PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Egypt’s slavery law, passed in 2015. Britain is regarded as a countries. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attend a press conference at the Elysee leader in global efforts to combat slavery, and passed the Macron said he had stated that combating extremism Palace in Paris yesterday. —AFP Modern Slavery Act to crack down on traffickers, force “should be carried out with the respect of the rule of law businesses to check their supply chains for forced labor, and human rights,” but declined to criticize Sisi’s record of defending human rights. His approach is in line with opponents is seen as having increased under Sisi. The and protect people at risk of being enslaved. At least since he seized power in 2013. As French president “I other European leaders who see Sisi as a source of sta- most populous country in the Middle East is fighting the 13,000 people are estimated to be victims of modern would not accept that another leader gave me lessons bility, but Macron did not go as far as US President Egyptian branch of the Islamic State group in the north slavery in Britain, but police say the true figure is likely to about how to govern my country... I believe in the sover- Donald Trump who praised the Egyptian for doing a of the Sinai peninsula and has faced a series of attacks be in the tens of thousands with slavery operations on eignty of states and we am not here to give lessons with- “fantastic job” in April. that has affected its vital tourism industry. At least 16 the rise. “Many of the shortcomings in investigating these out taking account of the context,” Macron explained. Egyptian security services are accused of using tor- Egyptian police officers were killed at the weekend in an cases reflect deficiencies in basic policing practice,” said The former investment banker, elected in May, has ture systematically by human rights groups, while gov- ambush by Islamist fighters in the country’s Western Wendy Williams of HMICFRS. — Reuters promised a pragmatic, results-oriented foreign policy, but also one that sees France uphold its historic mission ernment pressure on the media, NGOs and political Desert in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai. — AFP Established 1961 7 International Wednesday, October 25, 2017 ‘Just about money’: Tehran recruits Afghans for fight Afghan Shiites recruited to defend Syrian regime

KABUL: Fleeing grinding poverty and unem- search of a better life. HRW estimated last Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. On the front line ployment, thousands of Afghan Shiites have year that Iran hosts around three million of the battle between Islamic State militants been recruited by Iran to defend Syrian Afghans. In this desperate pool Iranian and the Al-Nusra Front jihadist group, Shams President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, former recruiters targeted Shiites to swell the ranks said he found himself caught up in an intense fighters and rights activists say. Afghan men of Fatemiyoun soldiers, who HRW says fight and deadly battle. and boys as young as 14 are signing up to alongside Syrian government forces. “In Aleppo we faced an ambush-out of fight on the promise of money and legal resi- “I went there (Iran) because I was jobless 100 fighters we lost almost all of them. There dency in Shiite-dominated Iran, Assad’s and it was a way to get money for my family,” were 15 of us left alive,” Shams said. “The regional ally, according to Human Rights said Shams. “My idea was to find a job in Iran. bodies were sent back to Iran and the families Watch (HRW). I had no plan to go to fight in Syria but after a in Afghanistan held funeral ceremonies in Since 2013 the Afghans, including undocu- month of being jobless I decided to go. “They mosques without a coffin or grave.” Ali mented migrants living in Iran, have joined the were encouraging us saying ‘you will be a Alfoneh, a senior fellow at the Washington- Tehran-backed Fatemiyoun division fighters freedom fighter and if you return to Iran alive based think tank Atlantic Council, estimates in Syria, said HRW and ex-members who you can stay with a 10-year residence permit’. more than 760 Afghans have been killed in spoke to AFP on condition their real names But my main goal was to earn money.” Afghan Syria since September 2013. Another man were not used. “For me it was just about Shiites are given 1.5 million toman (about who fought in Syria in 2014 when he was 17, money,” said Shams, a former fighter. The 25- $450) to register at a recruitment centre for said it was not just Afghans in Fatemiyoun. year-old, a member of the Hazara ethnic the Fatemiyoun, Shams said. Once they have “There were also Pakistanis, Iraqis-all the group, went to Syria twice in 2016 to fight in signed up they receive three million toman a Shiites,” he said. “We were mixed up with the a conflict that has now been raging for more month, a fortune for many poor Afghans. Arabs, we didn’t understand their language.” TALL TAMR, Syria: Rifles belonging to international fighters are seen lined-up than six years. “Whoever I saw was going for HRW says the Iranians refuse to provide along a wall on the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, money and to have free entry to Iran. I never Bodies accurate figures, but estimates there are north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey. —AFP saw anyone fighting for religious reasons,” Shams’ first mission was in June 2016 in nearly 15,000 Afghans fighting for said Shams, who now lives in the Afghan cap- the Syrian capital of Damascus, where he was Fatemiyoun. ital Kabul. assigned to protect a barracks for two Kabul. “The sorrow, pain and hunger of the condemning the recruitment of minors. But The withdrawal of US-led NATO combat months. He went back to the country in Treated like slaves people is not a major concern of the Afghan preventing Afghans from volunteering will not troops at the end of 2014 drained the Afghan September and was deployed to Aleppo, “They are used by the Iranian government, government.” Afghanistan’s foreign ministry be easy. “Money and the prospect of a guar- economy and left many people out of work, where he was given his first AK-47 after which treats them like slaves,” said Ramazan called on Iran in October to stop sending anteed residency for your family in Iran are fuelling the flow of migrants into Iran in receiving rudimentary weapons training from Bashardost, a Hazara member of parliament in young Afghans to Syria after the HRW report major draw cards,” said Shuja. —AFP

‘Hot water’ for dinner in a Syria town

HAMOURIA: Manal boils water on the stove in the besieged Syrian town of Hamouria, hoping to convince her four children that she is cooking, but she has no food. She puts the pot on the flame as a ruse, waiting for the children to fall asleep in the dilapidated house before they realize there is nothing for dinner. In the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region where she lives, over 1,100 chil- dren are suffering acute malnutrition, and hundreds more are at risk because of food shortages caused by a gov- ernment siege. Aid agencies warn the situation is worsening, despite an international agreement to implement a “de-escala- tion zone” in the area, which has decreased violence but led to no new access for food, medicine and humanitari- an aid. “They haven’t eaten anything but bread for the last three days,” Manal said in tears. “A neighbor gave us the flour.” Eastern Ghouta, which lies outside the capital Damascus, was once a prime agricultural region. But the rebel stronghold has been under a tight government siege since 2013, causing shortages of food and medi- cine, and pushing up prices for what remains on the mar- ket, produced locally or smuggled in. The region has been devastated by years of fighting, with government air strikes and shelling bringing down multi-story buildings and rendering whole streets unin- habitable. Basic services for the region’s estimated 400,000 residents are virtually non-existent, with elec- tricity produced only by generators and the water avail- able often dirty and a vector for illness.

Situation ‘getting worse’ Manal’s husband Abu Azzam is unable to work because of a serious injury he sustained in a shelling attack in their old home elsewhere in Eastern Ghouta several years ago. The attack killed one of their children, and left another, Azzam, missing a foot and dependent on crutches to get around. The family is desperately poor and has sold most of their furniture to afford food. “In 24 hours, we have a single meal, which is not enough for the children,” said Abu Azzam in despair. Ordinarily, the fam- ily might hope for assistance from aid groups, but humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta has been vanish- ingly rare throughout the conflict that began with anti- government protests in March 2011. —AFP

Iraq’s pro-govt paramilitaries battle Kurds

BAGHDAD: Iraqi pro-government paramilitaries launched an offensive against Kurdish troops yesterday near the Turkish frontier, pushing towards a strategic border crossing and oil export pipeline hub that Baghdad says must come under its control. The Iraqi government has transformed the balance of power in the north of the country since launching a campaign last week to seize back territory from the Kurds, who govern an autonomous region of three northern provinces and had also seized a swathe of other territory in northern Iraq. The Kurds held a referendum on independence last month that Baghdad called illegal. Baghdad responded by seizing back the city of Kirkuk, the oil-producing areas around it, and other ter- ritory that the Kurds had captured from Islamic State. Prime Minister Haidar Abadi has ordered his army to recapture all disputed territory, and has also demanded central control of Iraq’s border crossings with Turkey, all of which are inside the Kurdish autonomous region itself. A Kurdish official said Kurdish security forces known as Peshmerga had successfully beaten back an advance by Iranian-backed pro-government paramilitaries in the region of Rabi’a, 40 kilometers south of the Fish-Khabur border area. —Reuters 8 Established 1961 International Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Boycott, protests, anxiety as Kenyans return to polls Police disperse demonstrators as opposition fumes

NAIROBI: Kenyan police used bullets and teargas yester- more than 1,200 people were killed. The political stand-off day to disperse a small demonstration in Nairobi two days has also blunted growth in East Africa’s richest economy, a before elections, as the main opposition leader appeared nation valued for its stability and relative freedom in a to row back from a call for his supporters to hold protests region roiled by conflict. Last week Odinga supporters during the vote. In the western city of Kisumu, around disrupted at least three official pre-polling events. Police 2,000 demonstrators marched on the election board said some election board staff were seriously injured. offices, witnesses said, responding to Raila Odinga’s appeal for protests against tomorrow’s repeat presidential Poll delay? ballot. They dispersed peacefully. The head of the election board said last week it was not Odinga is boycotting the contest against incumbent clear a free and fair poll could take place due to intimida- Uhuru Kenyatta. He says it will not be free and fair tion and political interference. His comments followed the because the election board has not made sufficient resignation of an election commissioner, who fled the progress in carrying out country and released a reforms he demanded statement saying she had after the original election been threatened, although held in August was she did not say who had annulled. Odinga had done so. A day before the urged his supporters to Aug. 8 poll, another mem- ensure tomorrow’s vote Court still hearing ber of the election board did not take place, repeat- had been found tortured edly saying there would cases that could and murdered. be “no elections”. But On Monday, the yesterday he told the BBC delay the election International Crisis Group, he was not calling for a global thinktank, called protests on polling day for a delay in the election, itself. “We have not told saying “proceeding under people to protest on current conditions would NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks during his political rally in Nairobi ahead of the repeat polling day. We have not deepen Kenya’s ethnic elections. —AFP said that at all. We have told people to stay away,” he said cleavages and prolong a stalemate that has already claimed in a radio interview. dozens of lives and come at a high economic cost.” Both the be no elections. As to how this will be done, we are waiting been met - opposition monitors will now have access to When called for clarification, Odinga’s spokesman said election board and the government have said the vote will go for the big announcement by Baba (Odinga) tomorrow,” the board’s computers as results come in, a key official has he was saying “peaceful protests” would still take place ahead, irrespective of whether Odinga contests it, and only a said one demonstrator, market trader James Ouma. gone on an extended holiday, and results will not be trans- and that the opposition would fully explain their plans court ruling could legally delay the re-run ballot beyond the Around him protesters waved branches and blew whistles mitted without a copy of a paper form from tallying cen- today. The country’s Supreme Court is still hearing several end of October. Yesterday, police fired tear gas and bullets as they marched. Kenyatta officially won the first election, ters. The board said it was impossible to meet other cases challenging the legality of tomorrow’s poll or into the air to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi. on Aug 8, by 1.4 million votes, but the Supreme Court demands - such as changing the technology provider - in Odinga’s withdrawal. At least 49 people have died in politi- In Kisumu, an Odinga stronghold, demonstrators said annulled that vote on Sept 1 over procedural irregularities. the short time frame allotted for new elections. The Kenyan cal violence since the August ballot, evoking unwelcome that the polls should not take place, but were unclear on After the Supreme Court ruling, Odinga’s team present- constitution said fresh elections must be held within 60 memories of the aftermath of a disputed 2007 poll, when how they should be stopped. “All we know is that there will ed a list of demands to the election board. Some have days of nullified ones. —Reuters

involved to refrain from any actions that would further nuclear science, technology and applications. As part of News in brief S Africa concludes its escalate tensions and exacerbate the volatile situation in this process, the IAEA provides support among others the region. to countries on the African Continent to meet their Activists freed on bail Other important achievements by the Board under national and regional developmental needs and priori- term as Chair of IAEA South Africa’s leadership included the appointment of the ties. Of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong democracy activists Director General of the IAEA; the Medium Term Strategic Goals (SDGs), the IAEA through nuclear science and Joshua Wong and Nathan Law were released on bail Board of Governors Framework, which is a five-year planning and guidance technology directly contributes to the attainment of 9 of yesterday pending an appeal against sentences handed document for the work of the IAEA; the Program and these goals. down for their role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement Budget and Technical Cooperation Fund Target, which will For example, the IAEA contributes to the promotion of KUWAIT: At the end of September 2017, South Africa protests. A defiant Wong said the activists stood ready enable the IAEA to support Member States, especially food security and sustainable agricultural development; concluded its one-year term at the helm of the to face what he called “suppression by an authoritarian developing countries, in utilizing nuclear science and tech- improvement of nutrition and the diagnosis and the treat- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of regime” as he stood alongside Law outside the Court nology to meet their developmental needs; and the 5 year ment of diseases; provision of clean water to be made Governors. South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the of Final Appeal following the decision. “The govern- Nuclear Security Plan, which guides the IAEA’s role in available to more people; environmental protection and IAEA, Ambassador Tebogo Seokolo, was elected to serve ment can lock up our bodies but they can’t lock up our coordinating international cooperation and supporting awareness; and provision of knowledge and expertise for as Chair of the Board for the period October 2016 to the minds,” he told reporters. “They cannot put aside our science and industry. South Africa has also benefitted end of September 2017. South Africa is one of the found- determination to fight for democracy.” The pair were immensely from the IAEA’s scientific and technological ing members of the IAEA. jailed in August after the Beijing-backed Hong Kong support. Cooperation in this regard includes the eradi- government pushed for tough sentences. Fears are The Board of Governors is the major policy-making cation of moths - which negatively affected the citrus growing that China is tightening its grip over the semi- organ of the IAEA between its annual general conferences. IAEA promote industry in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces - autonomous city and that the rule of law is being com- It is made up of 35 Member States, with South Africa resulting in the significant increase of citrus production promised. Wong, 21, who became the face of the mass serving as one of its designated members. The IAEA is a the safe and without using chemicals. pro-democracy protests while still a teenager, was multilateral body with the responsibility to promote the The IAEA also assisted in strengthening the clinical imprisoned for six months while Law, 24, was sen- safe and secure use of nuclear science and technology for secure use of management of oncological, neurological and cardio- tenced to eight months. peace, security and development. South Africa presided vascular diseases; supported South Africa in the devel- over the IAEA Board of Governors at a time when the opment of the Sterile Insect Technique to help control global peace and security environment has been charac- nuclear science malaria; and supported South African laboratories California shooting kills 2 terized by heightened tensions and uncertainties. (iThemba labs) in strengthening and expanding their Although the conclusion of the historic nuclear agree- capacities in accelerator-based sciences in order to CLEARLAKE OAKS: A series of shootings Monday in a ment in 2015 between the Five Permanent Members of the provide training and analytical services for water small lakeside Northern California community killed two United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5 +1) resource management and climate change studies. people and injured two others, including a police officer, promised to de-escalate tensions between western coun- Member States to strengthen their respective nuclear South Africa is highly regarded by the IAEA due to the authorities said. It’s unclear what prompted the shoot- tries and Iran over its nuclear program, the unequivocal security regimes. development of its peaceful nuclear program. Through the ings in Clearlake Oaks or whether the gunman knew any commitment of all signatories to its effective implementa- In discharging its mandate as Chairperson of the Board power plant in Koeberg, the country generates 5% of of the victims, Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said. tion has become all the more important. This is especially of Governors, South Africa always sought to ensure that total electricity supply from nuclear. South Africa is the Alan Ashmore, 61, of Clearlake Oaks, was arrested about necessary given that the IAEA has verified over the past the decisions taken by the Board were adopted by con- second largest producer of medical isotopes, which are 30 minutes after the first report of gunfire. A California year that Iran has continued to implement its obligations sensus in order to create an opportunity for all IAEA used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Through its Highway Patrol officer was shot in his body armor while under the agreement. Member States, from across all regions of the world, to research reactor, SAFARI-1, which has for over 50 years pursuing the gunman and was treated and released from Similarly, the instability on the Korean Peninsula and participate on an equal footing when deliberating on mat- operated safely, securely and reliably, South Africa a hospital. The other victim was expected to survive, concerns with the Democratic People’s Republic of ters of global significance. This principled approach res- exports this life-saving treatment to over 60 countries Martin said. “We don’t know whether the shootings Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear program has continued to be one onates with South Africa’s call for the transformation and world-wide. were all targeted, if they were random or if they were a of the key topics on the agenda of the IAEA Board of reform of the global system of governance and is at the Having successfully concluded its term as Chair of the combination,” Martin said. Two men died in separate Governors during South Africa’s tenure. In this regard, core of South Africa’s identity as a Nation. IAEA Board of Governors, South Africa remains con- shootings outside of homes, Martin said. The injured South Africa joined the international community in During its tenure, South Africa is also pleased that the vinced now more than ever, that the IAEA has an impor- person also was struck at a residence. expressing concern at DPRK’s nuclear weapons program. IAEA Board of Governors emphasized the developmen- tant role to play in global efforts to promote international Further, South Africa urged the DPRK and all parties tal role of the IAEA through its activities related to peace, security and development. Court quotes Bible Washington has made “very specific LISBON: Women’s rights groups in Portugal have Pakistan gives requests” of Pakistan seeking to “under- reacted angrily to a court decision that quoted the Bible mine the support that the Taleban and a 19th-century law in justifying a suspended sen- receives”. Washington and Kabul have long tence for a man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife with US Secretary accused Islamabad of supporting Afghan a bat because she allegedly committed adultery. The militant groups including the Taleban. They man was given a 15-month suspended sentence and a of State a are believed to have links to Pakistan’s fine of 1,750 euros ($2,000) for using a bat spiked with shadowy military establishment, which nails to assault the woman in the street in 2015, leaving aims to use them as a regional bulwark her covered in cuts and bruises. The prosecutor had frosty welcome against arch-nemesis India. argued the sentence was too lenient and asked an Pakistan has repeatedly denied the charge, appeals court for prison time of 3 years and 6 months. insisting it maintains contacts only to try to But the appeal judges on Oct 11 rejected his request. In ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex bring the militants to peace talks. During his their written ruling, the judges expressed “some under- Tillerson got a frosty welcome to Pakistan brief visit to Afghanistan’s Bagram air base standing” for the attacker, saying a woman’s adultery is yesterday after Washington turned up the Monday, Tillerson told reporters Pakistan “a very serious offense against a man’s honor and digni- heat on Islamabad for allegedly providing needs to “take a clear-eyed view of the sit- ty.” They noted the Bible says an adulterous woman “safe havens” for Taleban militants. uation that they are confronted with in should be punished by death and also cited a 1886 America’s top diplomat was quietly greet- terms of the number of terrorist organiza- Portuguese law that gave only symbolic sentences to ed by a mid-level Pakistani Foreign Office tions that find safe haven inside” the coun- men who killed their wives for suspected adultery. official at the military airport in the garri- try. US and Pakistani sources say his visit to son city of Rawalpindi, an AFP photogra- Islamabad will be followed later in the year pher saw-a welcome devoid of the pomp by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis as Trump that usually marks high-level visits. ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson comes down from his plane upon his Golf-loving Trump, Abe seeks to send a tough message to the way- He was then driven in a convoy of Land arrival at the Pakistan’s Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad yesterday. — AFP ward Cold War ally. TOKYO: Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe will again Cruisers amid tight security to the US embassy in Islamabad’s diplomatic enclave, bond on the golf course as the US president tees off No pleasing the US? August speech, Tillerson cautioned that they are sincere and they are taking before scheduled meetings with Prime his 11-day Asian tour with a visit to the Japanese prime The US-Pakistan relationship has Pakistan that it could lose its status as a action against some of the groups,” minister. Trump will visit Japan on November 5-7 as Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the powerful military chief General Qamar waxed and waned dramatically since privileged military ally if it continued pro- Hussain said. “The perception here is part of a five-nation Asia tour set to be dominated by Trump took office in January. Pakistan said viding support to Afghan militant groups. whatever they do, it is not going to please concerns about North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic Javed Bajwa. The secretary’s visit, the first to nuclear-armed Pakistan by a senior the President had praised its then-prime As one of 16 “Non-NATO Major Allies”, the Americans.” missile programs. In the afternoon of his arrival day, minister Nawaz Sharif as “terrific” in an Pakistan benefits from billions of dollars in Earlier this month Pakistani forces act- Trump and Abe will play golf with one of the world’s Trump administration official, comes months after the US President angrily effusive phone call when Trump took office aid and has access to advanced US military ing on American intelligence rescued a US- best pros Hideki Matsuyama, Japan’s top government in January. technology banned from other countries. Canadian family which had been in Taleban spokesman told reporters yesterday. The golf-loving accused Islamabad of harboring “agents of chaos” who could attack US-led NATO But Trump’s blistering speech in August However political analyst Zahid Hussain captivity for five years, sparking hopes that pair have forged close ties both on and off the green. accusing Pakistan of harboring militants said there may be little Islamabad can do ties were on the mend. The rescue was fol- Abe became the first foreign leader to visit Trump forces in neighboring Afghanistan. It follows on the heels of an unan- saw Islamabad angrily hit back at the at this point to convince the US that it had lowed by a series of drone strikes on both Tower in New York-before the now president was claims, insisting the US took no account of prevented militants from using its territory sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border even inaugurated-warmly shaking hands with the nounced stop in Afghanistan Monday, the thousands of lives lost and billions to target forces in Afghanistan. “I think targeting long-time foes of both tycoon in glittering surroundings. They then jetted off where Tillerson reiterated America’s com- mitment to the country and warned that spent in fighting extremism. Following the they would like to assure to the Americans Washington and Islamabad. — AFP Established 1961 9 International Wednesday, October 25, 2017 India’s Gandhi scion seeks revival in Modi’s backyard Rahul Gandhi, to be promoted, tries to claw back support

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India’s most inconsistency that has been a huge issue.” But Congress fabled political dynasty, will within weeks be crowned officials say Gandhi has recently been finding his stride leader of the Congress party, handing him a freer rein to criticizing Modi for failing to create jobs, while the party prove if he can mount a credible challenge to the domi- has won a handful of recent by-elections. Gandhi is tra- nance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The great-grand- versing Gujarat, the western state where Modi made his son of India’s founding prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, name, to fire up his party workers. He has ditched some of has struggled to convince voters - and many in his party - the party rallies for one-on-one meetings with trade that he is leadership material, especially after a drubbing in unions, dairy workers and small traders - a traditional the 2014 general election. Modi powerbase that has been hit hard by recent eco- Modi’s depiction of the 47-year-old as an undeserving nomic reforms championed by the prime minister. Modi “prince” has helped sideline Gandhi since the last national has taken notice. Last week he told workers from his vote, during which time Congress has suffered some of Hindu nationalist BJP that the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty its worst ever local elec- would “destroy Gujarat”. tion results. But this year His party president, the economy has stum- recently dispatched to the bled, and Congress Gandhi family heartland in politicians hope a round Congress northern India, said this of state elections, begin- month that Gandhi needed ning in Modi’s home state seeking to exploit to swap his “Italian” glass- of Gujarat, offer them - es for “Gujarati” specta- and their leader - a shot recent economic cles to see the economic at revival ahead of the development the BJP had next national poll in 2019. weakness brought to the region, in a Gandhi will soon take jibe at his Italian-born over as Congress presi- mother’s roots. “BJP would dent from his 70-year-old love it to be a war of per- mother, Sonia Gandhi, a sonalities. Congress has to symbolic promotion that three Congress officials said they frame it as a war of two different approaches, even ideolo- hoped would free his hand to shift the narrative from a gies,” said Sandeep Shastri, a political scientist and clash of personalities - which Modi has so far resoundingly Congress expert at Jain University. Gandhi, who rarely won - to a debate about policies. “You will see many talks to the media, declined a Reuters interview request. changes and every change will be a reaffirmation of what NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani wave Congress’s core beliefs are,” said party MP and senior Unlikely to win to the media before a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. Ghani is on an official visit to India for a day. —AFP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who works closely with Rahul Rahul’s father, grandmother and great-grandfather were Gandhi. “The right time has come to strike a chord with all prime ministers in post-independence India. But critics BJP majority in the state would send a powerful signal under a new national sales tax Modi’s government the masses against Modi’s governance style, and we will deride Gandhi as a political lightweight who depends on that Congress under Gandhi has a fighting chance against launched in July, had left traders confused and damaged not miss it.” his family name for power. Bursts of political energy have a still-popular Modi. Gandhi has set up a new social sales during the peak festival season. “We have to show been followed by lengthy absences. In 2015 he took nearly media team in New Delhi to work on his image, and offi- him as the face of the party before Gujarat elections,” said Focus on jobs two months of leave, prompting Modi’s party to accuse cials say he has been forging better ties with regional par- a close aide, who declined to be named. BJP leaders say Congress insiders acknowledge their leader has some- him of “holidaying” while parliament was in session. ties that are often key powerbrokers in India politics. On a they are untroubled, and that any small bounce in Gandhi’s times made it easy for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Congress now governs states home to less than 10 percent recent tour of Gujarat, Gandhi reached out to the frustra- standing will die down once the economy strengthens. to question his commitment to politics. “The key problem of India’s 1.3 billion population, its powerbase shriveled tions of the state’s powerful business community with a Modi has called the slowdown a blip. “What does his claim with Rahul Gandhi has been his lack of consistency,” said a under the onslaught of Modi’s popularity. new tax regime, including small traders such as those sell- to fame rest on?,” said Nalin Kohli, a national spokesman senior party figure, who declined to be identified. “He fre- Congress insiders acknowledge the party is unlikely to ing dry fruits. for the BJP. “Two months of campaigning does not make quently takes a break after few roadshows and it is this win the December election in Gujarat, but cutting into the Different tax rates on almonds and cashews, imposed him an active politician.” — Reuters

people have since been imprisoned for alcohol Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It will protect loans and insurance, many of these benefits Tens of thousands consumption or possession, some for up to five- our future generations and everyone should India widows are denied to widows, according to the study years. It has not been a smooth transition. While back him,” Modi said in January. of 157 farmers’ widows. around one million liters of liquor have been Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor with “Widows in India have always been ostra- in prison as India seized by police since the legislation was Caravan magazine, described such bans as “a face abuse cized and abused; farmer widows suffer the brought in last year, local media report that political quick fix to a complicated problem.” additional stigma of the suicide and the prohibition bites much of it has disappeared, prompting authori- “Alcoholism is a big issue in many poorer Indian and threats debt,” said Shivani Chaudhry, executive ties to investigate. Officials caused consterna- households which is why prohibition appeals to director at the advocacy group Housing and tion when they blamed rats for consuming some a popular base, especially women,” he told AFP. Land Rights Network, which published the RAJAULI: Prem Prakash and his sharp-eyed of the alcohol. However the alcohol hunters’ limited weaponry MUMBAI: Widows of farmers who have com- report. “They face eviction (by their in-laws) team cause impatient queues at the border of Last month, six men accused of selling liquor and the sheer amount of liquor involved makes mitted suicide in western India face abuse and if they ask for their share in the family home India’s Bihar state where a hard-hitting alcohol escaped prison after their guards dozed off. enforcement difficult. threats to their children’s safety when they or land,” she told the Thomson Reuters ban has left tens of thousands in jail and drawn Authorities were forced to deny accusations the Superintendent Prakash’s team at the border demand their inheritance, highlighting the risks Foundation yesterday. Chaudhry said the the national spotlight. Every rickshaw, every car, guards were drunk. But while some moan about post about 95 miles from the Bihar capital, vulnerable women face in claiming rights over woman’s in-laws would also often threaten to every bus crossing from neighboring Jharkand the effectiveness of the ban and the police tac- Patna, has to check hundreds of vehicles every property, a report said. Thousands of farmers deprive her children of food or pull them out gets a thorough once-over at the Rajauli check- tics used to back it, prohibition has become a day. “We have caught people giving different kill themselves every year in Maharashtra state of school if she tried to make a claim. point from Superintentent Prakash’s excise vote-winner. Now politicians in Madhya reasons for smuggling alcohol including for fam- over failed crops and mounting debt. The most The study published this month focuses on department team. Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu ily weddings, festivals and illegal sale,” he told common reason cited is the inability to repay the region of Vidarbha, in eastern Bihar is a big, poor, rough-and-ready state have demanded or promised similar schemes. AFP. One official told AFP that gangs make chil- loans for seeds and fertilizers. While an Maharashtra, which has been struggling with with 100 million people. It also has India’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who brought in the dren carry the contraband as they are less likely upsurge in suicides has prompted the state to drought for four decades and accounts for harshest prohibition regime: At least 71,000 Bihar ban, has been praised by conservative to be searched. —AFP write off farmers’ debts and offer subsidized many of the state’s farmer suicides. —Reuters 10 Established 1961

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Two major Bollywood rape-revenge dramas released in 2017 had beefy heroes take on men or gangs who had sexually assaulted their wives or daughters. But off-screen, predators in the world’s most prolific film industry are protected by victims’ silence. From India’s Bollywood to Nigeria’s Nollywood, which both produce more films than Hollywood, actors told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that sexual abuse and harassment was rife, but victims almost never spoke out. A deluge of claims against Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein has sparked countless stories of sexual harassment in the social media #MeToo campaign, with women using Twitter and Facebook to recount experiences of being abused, groped, molested and raped by bosses, teachers and family. Weinstein has been accused Child slave lifts lid on life as maid of sexually harassing and assaulting numerous women, including A-list actresses, over the past When she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her ($1,540) by profit-hungry agents, according to child create awareness and prevent cases of trafficking and child three decades. The film producer has denied hav- on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a rights campaigners. labour. It is an uphill task.” ing non-consensual sex. bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her “On Monday, we rescued a child from the home of a former father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep minister,” said Jumtum Minga, who runs a helpline for children Lifting a Lid While actresses in Nigeria said poverty forced of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for 500 rupees in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital Itanagar. “Like him, most Badaik’s is a rare, first-handaccount of life as a child slave, many women in Nollywood to keep quiet about ($7.70). Badaik grew up working as a maid in the northeast employers are influential people, many in government. They all since not much is known of what happens to children after they harassment for fear of losing roles, their Indian Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, roughly 50 km from her employ children because they don’t have to pay them any- are sold off. “At first, I remember doing nothing, just playing in counterparts said Bollywood’s ‘boys club’ and home in the tea gardens of the neighboring state of Assam. the house,” Badaik recalled. “Then I was shown how to peel pervasive victim shaming stopped them going In 2016, a chance meeting with another maid - a fellow garlic. A little later, how to sweep and mop, then wash the uten- public. “It is the culture of victim shaming, the teenager who had been sold off - set her on a journey. sils and do laundry. It was all gradual but by the time I was culture of silence that is present everywhere, not Badaik re-trod the bylanes commonly used by child traffick- eight, I could do it all.” She worked 17-hour days, was not just Bollywood,” said Richa Chadda, an Indian ers to cross state borders and finally found her mother and allowed to step out of the house and had no friends. When actress who has blogged about #MeToo. “It is her old home. “I think I am 16 or maybe 17 now,” she told the Badaik grew up, she was told her salary was 100 Indian rupees glamorous to talk about Bollywood, but the prob- Thomson Reuters Foundation, sitting in New Purubari vil- Daughter sold ($1.54) a month. “The madam said she was putting it in the lem is that girls (everywhere) are not treated lage in the heart of a tea garden in Assam’s Biswanath dis- bank and they used it when I was sick or needed something.” equally and don’t feel safe,” she told the Thomson trict. She was born here, but has little memory of the place. into slavery for Many employers believe providing food and shelter is enough, Reuters Foundation by phone. “When you speak “I went when I was tiny and have come back all grown up. I said a senior bureaucrat in Arunachal Pradesh who requested up, you risk losing your position, your career.” had forgotten my family, my language, my home. I am slowly $7 by father anonymity. “There is a demand which we cannot deny. Many reconnecting.” Villagers say she is lucky to have found her families don’t see it as against the law and there are rarely any Bollywood way back. complaints that come for us to take action,” she said. Thousands of young boys and girls flock to the Bollywood capital Mumbai every year seeking Rich Pickings Slap in the Face film parts and are often exploited by agents who Across the tea plantations of Assam, where poverty is After the chance encounter with her fellow maid, Badaik promise roles in exchange for favors. While some deeply entrenched, hundreds of thousands of children have thing. Children are not demanding and so owners treat them as started looking for clues that would lead her back home. On a gone missing, activists say. “Agents and sometimes even fami- private property.” Between Jan 2016 and July 2017, the borrowed mobile phone, she called a number and then another, big Bollywood names have been charged with lies from Arunachal Pradesh drive into the tea gardens, pick Itanagar Childline registered 91 cases of child labor in the city until she found an uncle. Determined to go back, Badaik asked rape and harassment, they have rarely lost the any child and go,” said Moni Darnal of non-profit Jagriti and took 26 children back home. Other children don’t know her employers for help. They refused and locked her up. support of their peers. “Like in the outside world, Samiti, which is running awareness campaigns on child traf- where they are from anymore. They are just “tea garden chil- “Madam told me that they had kept me as their family but as I there exists a bro code in the industry. I’ve not ficking. “They take them as young as three and four so that dren” and employers make sure they have no contact with their was growing up, I knew they were not my family,” she said. “I seen anyone take a stand against allegations of they can train them to do household chores. It’s become an parents, campaigners say. “The circumstances are getting told madam that her daughter came home for the holidays but sexual harassment made by female actors,” said accepted norm and it is that simple.” worse,” said Stephen Ekka of PAJHRA, an Assam based charity I had never been home for the last 10 years. She relented.” Radha Rajadhyaksha, an Indian journalist who India’s 2011 census recorded more than 4 million fighting for tea workers’ rights. The tea industry in Assam, the When Badaik walked into New Purubari village last year, she writes on films. “In fact, when a few years ago an laborers aged 5-14, out of 168 million globally, but cam- world’s largest, has been in crisis for years, with accusations of only remembered where the church was. “My uncle carried me, my actor was tried for rape, one or two filmmakers paigners say millions more are at risk due to poverty. slave labour and exploitative work conditions, leading to labor mother hugged and wept while my father stood in a corner,” she came out in support of him and (helped) to resur- More than half toil in farms, one in four work in manufac- disputes that have forced some plantations to shut. said. “I slapped him. How could he just leave me there and never rect his career.” turing and others are in homes and hotels, washing dishes, Sunita Changkakati, head of Assam’s commission for the come to check on me? I was not an orphan but always felt like When a big name actor was arrested earlier chopping vegetables, cleaning and scrubbing floors. protection of child rights, said the risk of slavery is growing. one.” Now Badaik has to retread the back lanes for one final task in this year following the abduction and rape of a Children may be sold for a few hundred rupees by des- “Many childhoods are being lost,” she told the Thomson Arunachal Pradesh - she is on a mission to find her younger sister, popular actress in Kerala, industry figures soon perate parents, sometimes for more than 100,000 rupees Reuters Foundation. “We are working with great urgency to similarly sold off by their father to work as a maid. — Reuters tweeted their support. The actor is still awaiting trial. Actresses in Kerala have since set up a Women in Cinema Collective to make it easier to several are located, is home to former report sexual harassment. In another widely What can be done President Barack Obama, as well as reported case last month, a leading Bollywood President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka producer was arrested on charges of raping a 25- about Washington Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Jeff year-old aspiring actress and taking pictures of Bezos, owner of Amazon and The her naked. diplomatic dumps? Washington Post, recently bought a mas- But not everyone is convinced there is a prob- sive house there. The area’s most recent lem. Bipendra Nath Tiwari, president of the prominent resident is Secretary Of State Federation of Western India Cine Employees, an The large building at the corner of 22nd Rex Tillerson, whose department is umbrella organisation of 22 unions, said they had and R streets in downtown Washington, responsible for making sure these diplo- recently created a ‘health and safety’ committee DC, sticks out like a wart in the otherwise matic properties are maintained. that will also look at sexual harassment cases. But upscale neighborhood. Plywood covers the The issue is particularly frustrating for windows, sleeping bags and empty bottles members of the city council, who find he said the federation, which numbers 250,000 litter the shuttered doorways and head- themselves unable to use the many instru- members including performers, sound technicians high weeds sprout through the asphalt of ments at their disposal for dealing with neg- and make-up artists, had never received any the empty fenced-off parking lot. For a sol- lected buildings. For example, the city has a harassment complaints. “Bollywood is a clean id decade, neighbors and local political three-tiered tax structure designed to com- industry,” he added. leaders complained bitterly about the con- pel landlords to maintain their properties. dition of the former Pakistani consulate. But Ordinary buildings are taxed at 85 cents per Nollywood the city remained powerless to do anything $100 in assessed value; for a vacant proper- In Nollywood, actors said there was tacit as long as the building was classified by the ty, that rate increases to $5 per $100 and if acceptance that sexual harassment was inevitable State Department as a diplomatic property. a property is judged by the city to be neg- in the $3.3 billion industry which turns out dozens That diplomatic designation has since lected or “blighted” the tax rate jumps to In this Oct 19, 2017 photo, the vacant Pakistani embassy is seen in Washington. — AP of films every week. “There are a lot of people been revoked, according to the State $10 per $100 in assessed value. abusing their position and demanding sexual Department, but the building still stands as But that isn’t applicable for a diplomatic negative press coverage of the issue that investment group at a tax auction in July favors. I have had to turn down jobs, walk out of perhaps the most egregious example of an building. “If I have a vacant house in the he hopes will embarrass intransigent 2017, giving the Pakistani government sets,” said Dorothy Njemanze, who has worked in only-in-DC phenomenon, where diplomat- Shaw neighborhood that’s becoming a nations into action. “The shame factor is about six months to settle the debt or risk Nollywood for 15 years. “There are plenty, plenty ic protocol allows a string of abandoned problem, I can call in the cops, clean it up, often our most effective tool in getting losing the property. times I didn’t get a part because I didn’t agree to buildings to fester, untouchable and tax- throw a fence around it and if necessary these matters resolved,” he said. The case The Pakistani government, in a statement free. “Residents, who themselves are under sleep with somebody.” seize it for unpaid taxes,” said City of the former Pakistani consulate on R to AP, said that “a plan is being worked out” obligation to keep their properties in order, Councilman Jack Evans. “I have a lot of tools A-List Nollywood actor Kanayo O Kanayo Street stands as a rare recent success. But for the building’s renovation and it was are complaining to me,” said City in my tool box. But I don’t have those tools it’s also an example of how bad a situation working with the State Department and said actresses called him every day to say they Councilwoman Mary Cheh, whose Ward 3 available to me if it’s a diplomatic property.” has to get before the State Department will District of Columbia government “to amica- were being pressured to sleep with producers. contains several such problematic proper- The State Department doesn’t have a lot act. Seagroves said the Pakistani Foreign bly resolve the issue”. However the Pakistani But actress Eeefy Ike said if you complained, ties. “Unless the State Department is really of options either. Cliff Seagroves, acting Ministry built a new embassy, moved its statement also pointed out that all diplomat- people within the industry would wonder why committed to the issue, these countries can head of the Office of Foreign Missions, said consular staff there and “in effect, walked ic properties are exempt from taxation, a you were making a fuss. “I’ve worked in really string you along.” he’s largely bound by the 1961 Vienna away” from the old building. contention that seemingly ignores the revo- Hollywood and had experience with harassment Cheh’s office has compiled a partial list Convention on Diplomatic Relations. After years of nagging, and with the cation of the property’s diplomatic status. there. The difference is that, in Africa, we don’t of vacant and neglected diplomatic build- Revoking a property’s diplomatic status is building becoming a magnet for squatters, Repeated queries as to the why the have any functional laws,” she said. “There is also ings and she co-authored a bill calling for an extreme step that could provoke a Seagroves’ office finally delivered an ulti- building fell into such an extreme state of a lot of poverty. In Hollywood, if acting doesn’t creating a comprehensive citywide list. diplomatic crisis and retaliatory action matum and a deadline. When that passed, disrepair went unanswered. While resi- work out, you can always go and get another job. Violators on Cheh’s list include properties against US properties abroad. “We have to State revoked the diplomatic status in dents can claim victory there, the fight In Nigeria, it’s difficult to get another job so there owned by the governments of Serbia, Sri balance (local residents’ concerns) with February 2016 and let the city move in and continues. One block away, down R Street, is (more) pressure on women to sleep with pow- Lanka, Cameroon and Argentina. making sure we’re not making things hard- treat the property like any other blighted the former Serbian embassy sits in similar erful men.” — Reuters Many of these eyesores are in some of er for ourselves overseas,” Seagroves said. building. By June 2017, the property had disrepair with its diplomatic status intact. the District’s most high-end neighbor- With limited options, Seagroves admit- accumulated more than $70,000 in tax Some of these unused buildings are unused hoods. The Sheridan-Kalorama area, where ted that his office is often pleased to see debt. That debt was purchased by an for an understandable reason. —AP Established 1961 11 News Wednesday, October 25, 2017

closest neighbors, both suffer serious gridlock on an World’s oldest astrolabe found Singapore set to almost daily basis, with poor public transport systems an unattractive option and many residents viewing car own- LONDON: A British-based ship- ership as a status symbol. In Philippine capital Manila, wreck hunter said yesterday a navi- freeze number... the Japan International Cooperation Agency estimates the cost of traffic to the economy as equivalent to four gation tool he found that guided Continued from Page 1 Portuguese explorers on a perilous percent of GDP. However, not everyone in Singapore welcomed the voyage to India in the 16th century the convenience of having their own vehicle. There has been confirmed as the world’s move. Some said the public transport system, which has were more than 600,000 private cars in Singapore at faced criticism recently after the metro suffered a series oldest astrolabe. David Mearns found the end of 2016. Singapore’s approach is rare in Asia the bronze disc during a dive on a of breakdowns, needed improvement to justify such a where the blistering pace of urban development in shipwreck off the coast of Oman in step, and others that it would push up the price of cars recent decades has often been accompanied by 2014 but said Warwick University as experts predicted certificates would become more unchecked growth of car and motorbike ownership, had only recently confirmed what it expensive. “This is a totally flawed move. It basically spawning huge traffic jams in many major cities. The was after laser scans revealed etches means that only the rich can afford to own a car in capitals of Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore’s two on it. “I knew immediately when I saw future,” said Facebook user Winson Tan. — AFP it that this was a very, very important object. I could see the royal coat of arms on it,” Mearns told AFP. “This is the oldest maritime astrolabe,” he said, dating it to between 1496 and 1500 - around 30 years earlier than the previous oldest known astrolabe. Astrolabes have been in use since ancient times and the mariners’ ver- sion was developed by Portuguese explorers using the altitudes of the sun or stars to determine the latitude of a ship at sea. Warwick University professor Mark Williams carried out A handout picture shows the world’s oldest maritime astrolabe, which the scans of the 17.5-cm-wide arti- guided Portuguese explorers on a perilous voyage to India at the fact, finding etches separated by five beginning of the 16th century. — AFP degrees intervals to calculate the height of the sun. “It was fantastic to apply our 3D scanning technology to called the Esmeralda, which was part world, said the astrolabe carried the such an exciting project and help of Vasco da Gama’s second expedi- personal emblem of King Manuel I with the identification of such a rare tion to India of 1502-1503 and was of Portugal, who came to the throne and fascinating item,” Williams said in captained by the explorer’s uncle. Da in Oct 1495. “The Portuguese were a statement. Mearns’s company Blue Gama was the first European to reach at the forefront of developing astro- Water Recoveries found the ship- India by sea in 1498, a discovery that labes at sea. The oldest reference wreck in 1998 after researching it but opened the way for an age of colo- of them using them at sea is about excavations on the site did not begin nialism and trade between Europe 1480. The previous oldest was on a until 2013 in collaboration with and Asia. ship from 1533,” Mearns said. The Oman’s culture ministry. Mearns said US-born Mearns, who has astrolabe is with Oman’s National he believes the shipwreck is of a ship worked on shipwrecks around the Museum. — AFP

ing. He has vied to modernize certain sectors in the Crown prince kingdom, hinting that long-banned cinemas would soon be permitted as part of ambitious reforms for a post-oil era that could shake up the austere kingdom’s vows ‘moderate’... cultural scene. Prince Mohammed’s comments came hours after the Continued from Page 1 opening of the Future Investment Initiative, a three-day economic conference that brings together some 2,500 in the kingdom, and the ruling Al-Saud family slowly dignitaries, including 2,000 foreign investors. Earlier reinforced the conservative policies Riyadh is known for. yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund - con- Prince Mohammed’s statement yesterday is the most trolled by MBS - announced the launch of an independ- direct attack by a Saudi official on the Gulf country’s ent economic zone along the kingdom’s northwestern influential conservative religious circles, whose strangle- coastline. The project, dubbed NEOM, will operate hold on Saudi society now appears to face serious chal- under regulations separate from those that govern the lenges. “We are returning to what we were before - a rest of Saudi Arabia. country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions, NEOM covers an uninterrupted coastline of nearly traditions and people around the globe,” he said. 470 km in northwestern Saudi Arabia and will extend While the Saudi government continues to draw criti- into territories in neighboring Jordan and Egypt, a cism from international rights groups, the crown prince statement released by the kingdom’s Public Investment has pushed ahead with reforms since his sudden Fund said. Authorities in Jordan and Egypt did not appointment on June 21. Monitors, including Amnesty immediately comment on the statement. Stephen Potter, International, say Saudi Arabia has in parallel stepped vice chairman of the Chicago-based wealth manage- up its repression of peaceful rights activists. Saudi ment company Northern Trust, said he was impressed authorities last month arrested more than 20 activists, by the crown prince’s vision. “It sends out a strong mes- including two popular Muslim preachers, without dis- sage to not just Saudis but the whole world that the closing any charges against them. kingdom is poised for change,” Potter said. A Saudi But the young prince is widely regarded as being attendee was more skeptical. “Looks very impressive on the force behind King Salman’s decision last month to paper but we’ll have to see how it is executed,” he told lift a decades-long ban prohibiting women from driv- AFP, declining to be named. — AFP

Al-Muwaizri, Abdullah Al-Roumi, Thamer Al-Dhafiri, Info minister grilled; Mohammad Al-Mutair, Hamdan Al-Azemi, Mubarak Al- Hajraf, Jamaan Al-Harbash and Omar Al-Tabtabaei. Meanwhile, opposition MP Al-Humaidi Al-Subaei no-confidence... said he along with MPs Hajraf and Khaled Al-Otaibi will file a request to grill Minister of Social Affairs and Continued from Page 1 Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh. The grilling will be submitted early November. The Assembly then began late yester- The 10 lawmakers who signed the no-confidence day night the process of electing members of the per- petition include Waleed Al-Tabtabaei, Adasani, Shuaib manent and temporary committees.

Established 1961 13 Sports Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Du Plessis to be fit AC Milan cut short on Bayern star Hummels fit for Boxing Day test Adidas sponsorship deal for Leipzig Cup clash CAPE TOWN: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis is expected to be fit for MILAN: AC Milan have ended their sponsorship deal with Adidas after BERLIN: Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes expects Germany defender the inaugural four-day test against Zimbabwe in late December, Cricket almost two decades, the Italian Serie A club confirmed yesterday. The Mats Hummels to start today’s German Cup tie at RB Leipzig despite suffer- South Africa said yesterday. Du Plessis will sit out the next six weeks with a German sportswear giants had agreed a new 10-year deal worth over ing an ankle injury at the weekend. “Mats took a knock to the bone, only lower back injury sustained while batting against Bangladesh in the third 200 million euros ($235 million) in 2013. The partnership began in 1998. microfibres have been damaged, which doesn’t mean much,” revealed one-day international on Sunday, but should be ready for the historic “AC Milan has mutually agreed with Adidas to prematurely terminate Heynckes in Tuesday’s press conference. “The injury isn’t so bad that he Boxing Day test against Zimbabwe. “Faf consulted with our team of special- their technical sponsorship deal at the end of the season 2017/2018,” can’t play from the start. He will be treated further, but I ists in Cape Town on Monday. Further investigations and assess- the club said in a statement. The seven-time European champions have assume he’ll start.” Hummels’ inclusion in the squad is good ment have confirmed an acute lumbar disc injury,” South Africa not finished higher than sixth in any of the last four seasons in Serie A news for Bayern after stand-in captain Thomas Mueller team manager Mohammed Moosajee said in a statement. “He but an ambitious close-season recruitment drive saw them splash some was ruled out for the next three weeks with a torn ham- will require a period of rest and rehabilitation for the next six 230 million euros ($270 million) on new signings under new Chinese string which he suffered in Saturday’s 1-0 win at weeks. We anticipate him to be ready for the test match against owner Li Yonghong. He paid 740 million euros to buy the club last April Hamburg. Stars Manuel Neuer, Juan Bernat and Franck Zimbabwe in December.” Du Plessis will miss the from former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The northern Ribery are already sidelined long-term with injury. two-match Twenty20 International series with Italian side are reported to have reached a new agreement for less Alongside Hummels, Kingsley Coman, who picked up a Bangladesh starting on Thursday. JP Duminy will money with Adidas’ German rivals Puma. Berlusconi, meanwhile, knee knock at Hamburg, and Javi Martinez, back after a captain the side in his absence. — Reuters claimed that his former club were in financial difficulty. —AFP shoulder injury, are included. —AFP

Pyeongchang 2018 flame lit in birthplace of ancient Olympics

‘We will show to the world ... how we can organize a sports event.’

ANCIENT OLYMPIA: The flame for the 2018 than a thousand years, the flame will course through Pyeongchang Games was lit at the birthplace of the Greece for eight days and reach South Korea on Nov. 1. ancient Olympics yesterday, despite a brief cloudburst that Despite tensions between the US and North Korea - disrupted the sun-reliant ceremony. It launched a long with which the south remains technically at war - organiz- torch relay that will culminate with the winter Games ers insist there is no fear for the Feb. 9-25 Winter Games. opening on Feb 9. “We want the international community to understand that “Now it will be up to Pyeongchang to keep the we are committed to hosting a safe and secure” Games, dynamism for the last three months of preparations,” organizing committee chief Lee Hee-beom said during International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach Tuesday’s lighting ceremony. said. “They are very well The ski resort town of under way, the stage is set Pyeongchang lies about for the winter athletes of 80 kilometers (50 miles) the world and we are south of the world’s most looking forward to a suc- Stage set for heavily armed border that cessful and great Olympic divides the two Koreas. Games in Pyeongchang.” the winter The IOC has also stressed Using backup fire kept that there is no cause for from Monday’s last athletes concern. Bach made no rehearsal, an actress play- direct reference to the ing an ancient pagan tensions yesterday, only priestess ignited the torch saying during his speech in front of the 2,600-year- that the Games “stand old Temple of Hera in the above and beyond all the southern Greek Peloponnese region. She then passed the differences that divide us.” flame to the first relay runner, Greek skier Apostolos Normally, the flame-lighting ceremony involves the Angelis, who ran with it for a short distance before handing priestess offering a token prayer to the dead pagan gods over to former Manchester United soccer player Park Ji- of Olympia - a major ancient Greek sanctuary - before PYEONGCHANG: First Greek torchbearer for Pyeongchang 2018, cross-country skier Apostolos Angelis (L) hands sung, a South Korean. “As a sports person I have been using a bowl-shaped mirror to focus the heat of the sun’s actress Katerina Lechou a Greek olive tree branch as a symbol of peace, during the start of the Olympic flame relay at watching the Olympics throughout my life, and I really rays on her torch. But with rain forcing officials to huddle the Temple of Hera yesterday following the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2018 Winter Olympics in wanted to participate, to be involved in the Olympics,” Park under umbrellas, there was no hope. “Sorry for the rain,” Pyeongchang, South Korea. — AFP said afterwards. “We will show to the world ... how we can Greek Olympic Committee chief Spyros Capralos joked. organize a sports event.” Lee said it didn’t really matter, as the last rehearsal on before her torch caught fire. However, ancient traditions point to an earlier date for From the verdant, rain-soaked valley of Ancient Monday went well - even though the priestess, the actress The ancient Games were held at Olympia from 776 B.C. sports events at Olympia, where the first traces of human Olympia, where the Games of antiquity were held for more Katerina Lehou, had to make two unsuccessful attempts to 393 A.D, after which they were stopped by Christians. settlement go back to the 3rd millennium B.C. —AP

Friday, said Dioscoro Bautista, head they checked Claro’s new test of the boxing division of the Games results and found them to be gen- Philippine and Amusement Board. The board uine, adding that they showed no Tiger Woods set to is looking into the incident. Some signs of any injury. 150 Filipino boxers, including Claro, But a scan after he lapsed into a enter plea bargain fighter dies were banned in August for falsifying coma showed that Claro had a fresh the results of brain scans which brain injury, probably from a blow were ordered to detect serious head while sparring, and an older brain for DUI arrest after match injuries. The boxers submitted false injury incurred after September 7. CT scan results, apparently because The combined injuries probably FORT LAUDERDALE: The diversion program for MANILA: A Philippine boxer who they could not afford an actual test. led to his death, Viernes told AFP. intoxicated drivers that Tiger Woods is expected to was involved in a recent scandal While Claro, 20, was among those Claro had been wearing protective enter today is one of several across the US aimed at over faked brain scans has died after banned, he was cleared for a match headgear in the sparring match reducing the number of repeat offenders and backlogs Tiger Woods a sparring session, sports officials in November after he submitted new before his death, Bautista said. of court cases. said yesterday. CT scan results on September 7, Philippine flyweight Karlo Maquinto The 41-year-old Woods is scheduled to plead guilty Jeffrey Claro fell into a coma and board members said. died in 2012 aged 21 after being at a court hearing to reckless driving, a less severe percent. “It is good for the public because 50 to 75 later died after being knocked down Games and Amusement Board knocked down twice in a match with charge than driving under the influence, as part of a percent of drunk drivers are going to continue to drive, in the second round of his match on medical chief Radentor Viernes said another Filipino. — AFP Palm Beach County, Florida, program that has graduat- even on a suspended driver’s license,” Griffin said. ed almost 2,500 first-time offenders since it began four “With an ignition interlock, they can keep driving but in years ago. a safe way and the hope is that they will learn their les- Deputy State Attorney Richard Clausi, who oversees son.” Woods was arrested about 2 am May 29 when the county’s misdemeanor prosecutions, said that less officers found him unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz, Venus turns back than 1 percent of the program’s participants have reof- which was parked awkwardly on the roadside and had fended. He said the key has been getting offenders to damage to the driver’s side. It’s not clear how he dam- take responsibility for their actions without requiring a aged the car. Officers checked the area but didn’t find clock to edge trial and making sure they complete the program. that he had hit anything. “It’s still early, but we think it has been a success,” he He was about 15 miles from his home. Woods had the Ostapenko said. In the diversion program, Woods will spend a year active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers - Vicodin and Dilaudid - the sleep drug Ambien and the on probation and pay a $250 fine and court costs. He SINGAPORE: Venus Williams produced a vintage display also must attend DUI school, perform 20 hours of com- anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system but no alcohol, full of guts and determination to grind out a 7-5 6-7(3) 7- munity service and attend a workshop where victims of according to a toxicology report released in August. 5 victory over Jelena Ostapenko in their White Group impaired drivers detail how their lives were damaged. Woods issued a statement in August saying he had encounter at the WTA Finals yesterday. Since he was intoxicated with prescription drugs and been self-medicating for pain caused by his fourth back Both players had lost their opening ties on Sunday so marijuana, according to court records, he will also be surgery and insomnia. He did not specifically address were desperate for a victory to keep their future fate in the required to undergo regular drug tests. the marijuana issue. None was found in his possession. eight-woman event in their own hands and neither At the hearing, he must show he has started the pro- “I realize now it was a mistake to do this without appeared willing to budge in a titanic three hour and 13- gram. If he completes it, he can ask a judge to expunge medical assistance,” Woods said then. He completed a minute marathon. In the end, the 37-year-old Williams the reckless driving conviction, but if he is charged drug treatment program in July. Woods’ attorney, emerged from a bruising encounter that featured 20 again, he could be treated like a second-time DUI Douglas Duncan, did not respond to phone calls and breaks of serve with a victory built on her calmness at the Venus Williams offender. He would not be again eligible for diversion emails seeking comment about today’s hearing. The key moments and ruthlessness when offered a chance to and he could face possible jail time, a mandatory DUI arrest was the first time Woods had been in trou- attack her opponent’s weak second serve. license suspension and stiffer fines. ble since Thanksgiving weekend 2009, when he plowed “Sometimes you need some luck. I don’t know if I had dumped a forehand into the net as Ostapenko continued to Similar DUI diversion programs are offered in sever- his SUV into a tree and a fire hydrant outside his then- any tonight as I had to work for every point,” Williams said go for her shots. al other states, including Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Windermere, Florida, home. That led to revelations that in a courtside interview. “It’s not easy when you lose the The pair’s inability to hold serve spilled over into the Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas. Details he had multiple extramarital affairs, and a divorce from first match. Both of us were in the same situation and you tiebreak and Williams handed Ostapenko three set points vary and some, like Florida, let local officials decide his wife Elin Nordegren, the mother of his two children. have to fight, what else can you do, to live another day.” with a wild forehand and the Latvian levelled the contest whether to offer it. Neither the National Highway He spent 45 days in a Mississippi clinic where he was The match started with Ostapenko trying to force the on the first of them when the American netted a backhand. pace with the high-risk strategy that carried her to French Four more breaks of serve followed in the decider until Traffic Safety Administration nor Mothers Against treated for sex addiction. Open glory, while Williams was content to pick up free Ostapenko rallied from 0-40 to hold in the ninth game and Woods’ 79 PGA Tour victories and 14 major titles Drunk Driving knew of any recent outside studies points as her opponent sprayed a plethora of attempted the Latvian saved three more break points in the 11th examining whether diversion programs are effective. both rank No. 2 all-time. He has not competed since winners wide or long. before finally running out of lives when she sent a back- J.T. Griffin, MADD’s chief government affairs officer, February because of his back injury and is not expect- The Latvian edged ahead in the opener, however, and hand wide. Williams could smell blood and a booming ace said the organization supports diversion programs like ed to return this year. His last win was in August 2013. even served for the set at 5-3 but the veteran American brought up three more match points and the American Palm Beach County’s because for drunken drivers, it Woods has said his back is improving. Even though dug deep and reeled off six consecutive games to first sealed victory on the second of them with a crosscourt requires the installation of an interlock device, which he has been a non-factor on the PGA Tour, Forbes steal the set and then move ahead in the second. backhand winner. Spanish world number two Garbine checks the driver’s blood-alcohol content before the Magazine lists Woods as the 17th best-paid athlete in The 20-year-old battled back as the pair traded two Muguruza takes on Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova in car can be started. He said studies show interlocks the world in 2017, making $37 million, almost exclusive- breaks apiece before Williams brought up a her first match the second White Group match later on Tuesday. Both decrease recidivism among first-time offenders by 65 ly from endorsements. — AP point in the 10th game that she failed to convert when she players won their opening matches on Sunday. — Reuters 14 Established 1961 Sports Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Curry, Durant help Warriors pull away from Mavs, 133-103

Aldridge, Murray power Spurs past Raptors, 101-97

DALLAS: Stephen Curry escaped a suspension from fourth career game of 20 or more points. He was pivotal the league on Monday night, then led the Golden State to the Heat’s effort in the fourth quarter, scoring on a Warriors to a 133-103 victory over the Dallas layup, a mid-range jumper and four free throws. Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Curry had to Ellington made 6 of 7 3-point tries in the second quar- wait until Monday afternoon to get a verdict from the ter, tying Brian Shaw for a franchise record. In 1992-93, NBA office whether he would be allowed to play. Shaw made six 3-pointers in a quarter and 10 for the During Golden State’s 10-point loss at Memphis on game. Atlanta was led by Kent Bazemore (20 points), Saturday, he lost his cool and chucked his mouthpiece Taurean Prince (20 points) and John Collins (14 points, in the direction of the referee. Once he learned he 11 rebounds). would get only a fine, the two-time league MVP fin- ished with a game-high 29 points. He made up for cold 76ers 97, Pistons 86 3-point shooting (2 of 10) by going 13 of 13 from the Ben Simmons posted a triple-double in his fourth free-throw line to help the Warriors improve to 2-2 on career game, and Philadelphia collected its first win of the season. Kevin Durant finished with 25 points, eight the season by downing Detroit. Simmons, the top pick rebounds and six assists, and Klay Thompson added 21 in the 2016 draft, piled up 21 points, 12 rebounds and 10 points for Golden State. Draymond Green had 10 assists. He missed all of last season after undergoing points, eight assists and foot surgery but has seven rebounds. double-doubles in each of his first four games. Grizzlies 98, Rockets Joel Embiid powered for 90 30 points and nine Mike Conley keyed a Memphis closed rebounds, and Robert 13-0 run in the fourth Covington added 13 quarter to help Memphis the game on points for Philadelphia. rally for a victory over Reggie Jackson led Houston. With the a 20-2 run Detroit with 16 points Rockets leading 88-78 and seven assists, and he just past the midpoint of added six rebounds. DALLAS: Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is chased by Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea (5) the fourth quarter, Avery Bradley supplied during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Monday. — AP Conley sandwiched two 15 points for the Pistons, 3-pointers around a and Andre Drummond three-point play from James Ennis III on which Conley contributed 14 points with 14 rebounds. provided the assists. The second Conley trey matched NBA result/standings the Grizzlies’ biggest lead at 94-90. Memphis closed Bucks 103, Hornets 94 the game on a 20-2 run. Marc Gasol paced the Grizzles Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and Chris Phoenix 117, Sacramento 115; Washington 109, Denver 104; Golden State 133, Dallas 103; San Antonio 101, Toronto 97; Memphis 98, (3-0) with 26 points. Conley added 17 points and four Middleton added 20 to lead Milwaukee to a victory Houston 90; Milwaukee 103, Charlotte 94; Miami 104, Atlanta 93; Philadelphia 97, Detroit 86. assists. Ennis chipped in a double-double with 14 points over Charlotte. Antetokounmpo surpassed 30 points for Eastern Conference Western Conference and 11 boards. Eric Gordon led Houston with 27 points the fourth time in four games this season. With 147 Atlantic Division Northwest Division and added seven assists. Backcourt partner James combined points in those games, he passed Hall of WLPCT GB Minnesota 2 1 .667 - Harden posted 22 points and eight assists but also reg- Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-who scored 146 to open Toronto 2 1 .667 - Utah 2 1 .667 - istered a game-high seven turnovers. the 1972-73 season-for the most points through four Brooklyn 2 1 .667 - Portland 2 1 .667 - Boston 1 2 .333 1 Denver 1 2 .333 1 games in franchise history. Mirza Teletovic hit five 3- Philadelphia 1 3 .250 1.5 Oklahoma City 1 2 .333 1 Spurs 101, Raptors 97 pointers to finish with 15 points as Milwaukee went 9 of NY Knicks 0 2 0 1.5 Pacific Division LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and Dejounte 26 from long distance and shot 47.1 percent overall. Central Division LA Clippers 2 0 1.000 - Murray added 16 points and 15 rebounds as San Frank Kaminsky hit three of his four 3-point shots and Milwaukee 3 1 .750 - Golden State 2 2 .500 1 Cleveland 2 1 .667 0.5 LA Lakers 1 2 .333 1.5 Antonio outlasted Toronto to remain unbeaten. led Charlotte with 18 points off the bench. Jeremy Lamb Detroit 2 2 .500 1 The score was tied at 85 with 5:55 to play before the added 17 points, and Kemba Walker and former Bucks Phoenix 1 3 .250 2 Indiana 1 2 .333 1.5 Sacramento 1 3 .250 2 Chicago 0 2 0 2 Spurs used a Danny Green 3-pointer, two Kyle player Johnny O’Bryant finished with 15 and 14, respec- Southwest Division Southeast Division Anderson baskets and a Green turnaround hook shot to tively. Memphis 3 0 1.000 - Washington 3 0 1.000 - forge a 9-0 run that staked them to a 94-85 lead with San Antonio 3 0 1.000 - Orlando 2 1 .667 1 Houston 3 1 .750 0.5 3:08 left. Green had 17 points for San Antonio, which Wizards 109, Nuggets 104 Miami 2 1 .667 1 played again without injured forward Kawhi Leonard Bradley Beal scored 20 points, John Wall had 19 Charlotte 1 2 .333 2 New Orleans 1 2 .333 2 and point guard Tony Parker. DeMar DeRozan led the points and 12 assists, and Washington beat Denver. Atlanta 1 3 .250 2.5 Dallas 0 4 0 3.5 Raptors and all scorers with 28 points. Serge Ibaka and Otto Porter Jr. added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the C.J. Miles added 13 points each. Jakob Poeltl had 10 unbeaten Wizards, who began their four-game Western Suns 117, Kings 115 Kings rookie De’Aaron Fox tied the game at 112 on an points and 12 rebounds for Toronto. Conference road trip with a solid performance. All five Marquese Chriss scored 19 points, and Mike James 8-foot floater with 58 seconds left. James, who had 18 Washington starters scored in double figures. Nikola put Phoenix ahead to stay on a basket with 14.1 sec- points and seven assists in his first start in place of the Heat 104, Hawks 93 Jokic broke out with 29 points and nine rebounds, and onds left as the Suns overcame two tumultuous days to departing Eric Bledsoe, hit a 5-foot bank shot to give Josh Richardson scored eight of his 21 points in the Paul Millsap had 17 points and eight rebounds for the hang on for their first win. The Suns led by as many as the Suns the lead for good. The win came a day after fourth quarter, and Wayne Ellington scored 19 of his 20 Nuggets, who struggled with ball control. Denver com- 22 points and were up by 11 with 3:08 to play in the Earl Watson was fired as head coach and hours after in the second quarter to lead Miami past Atlanta. mitted 24 turnovers — eight by Jokic-and lost despite game. However, five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter by Bledsoe was sent home after tweeting that he no longer Richardson, in his third year in the NBA, put up just his outshooting Washington 48.8 percent to 44 percent. Sacramento’s Garrett Temple keyed a 14-3 run, and wanted to play for the Suns. — Reuters

World Cup in Australia in 2008 so we want to turn that around,” Smith said last Australia week. “It’s a celebration of our game and Dodgers ace I think everyone who gets involved with this tournament and comes out and sees favourites to all the matches is going to be for a treat. Kershaw pitches “There is going to be some great foot- lift Rugby ball played and there are some wonder- in World Series ful players on show throughout this tour- nament so I can’t wait.” World Cup LOS ANGELES: In the Twilight Zone of October, the clock turns back at Dodger LOOSENED RULES Stadium. To the mound, to the moments that SYDNEY: The 15th edition of the rugby Given the heavy concentration of top defined World Series champions. Orel league World Cup gets underway in quality rugby league talent in Australia Hershiser, steely and standing tall. Fernando Melbourne on Friday with Australia and New Zealand combined with the Valenzuela, eyes to the sky. The great Sandy unbackable favourites to lift the trophy lack of elite competitions in almost all of Koufax, the very picture of pitching. And that and organisers banking on tweaked eli- the other nations, the international feder- brings us to Game 1 on Tuesday, when the Los gibility rules to increase the competi- ation has loosened the eligibility rules. Angeles Dodgers host the Houston Astros. Up tiveness of the tournament. With the aim of ensuring as much top on the bump, on baseball’s biggest stage, we The Kangaroos are a prohibitive 5-1 quality talent as possible will be on finally get to see Clayton Kershaw. on with the bookmakers to claim their show, players with dual eligibility but not Kershaw has done most everything an ace 11th title on Dec. 2 in the last of the 28 picked by one country can turn out for can accomplish - three Cy Young Awards, five matches played by 14 teams in 13 cities the other. The result is the likes of eight- ERA crowns, three strikeout titles, a seven- across Australia, New Zealand and cap Kangaroo Robbie Farah captaining a time All-Star who’s also won an MVP trophy Papua New Guinea. Lebanon team also featuring Parramatta and thrown a no-hitter. The strength of New Zealand, who Eels five eighth Mitchell Moses, future Now, against a backdrop of the San stunned the hosts to win the World Cup Kangaroo James Tedesco turning out for LOS ANGELES: Curtis Granderson #6, Justin Turner #10, Logan Forsythe #11 and Enrique Gabriel Mountains majestic at sunset, the lefty the last time it was held Down Under in Italy and Jarryd Hayne joining the Fiji Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers on the field ahead of the World Series at Dodger and his Dodgers make their pitch for the ulti- 2008, usually adds the only shred of side. The biggest beneficiaries have been Stadium in Los Angeles.— AFP mate prize. “I think that’s the final piece for competitive respectability to the tourna- Tonga, who managed to persuade stand- him,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ment. England, who contributed to three out NRL forward Jason Taumalolo to Said Kershaw: “Who knows how many World Cup triumphs for Great Britain in ditch the New Zealand side on the eve of Kershaw has excelled at times in October. He pitch it all goes away, at least for me.” times I’m going to get to go to the World the early days of the tournament, pro- the Kiwi squad announcement. hung tough in Washington last season in the As for soaking in the atmosphere, that’s not Series? I know more than anybody how hard vide Australia’s opponents in the open- Tonga coach Kristian Woolf has deciding Game 5 of the NL Division Series, his style. Not right now. “I think I’m just going it is to get there. So, I’m definitely not taking ing match and are the only other nation named a team rich with NRL talent for earning his only big league save. to try to win tomorrow and I’ll let it sink all in this one for granted.” To those Kershaw plays with a realistic hope of upsetting the co- their opener against Scotland in Cairns He threw six sharp innings last week in the when we win. And if we don’t do that, I’ll let it with, he’s got nothing left to prove. A model of hosts. The English were the only team to on Sunday, Taumalolo starting with 2013 clincher at Wrigley Field to dethrone the Cubs sink in when we lose,” he said. consistency, the Dodgers see him as money score any tries against the Australians World Cup winner Andrew Fifita, Will in the NL Championship Series. That made Kershaw is 3-2 against the Astros, dating to every time he takes the mound. four years ago when the Kangaroos won Hopoate, Michael Jennings and Daniel him 2-0 with a 3.63 ERA in three postseason when they were a National League team. It seems almost like an insult to many, in all of their matches and destroyed the Tupou in the backline. starts this year, although he was tagged for Houston star Jose Altuve is 6 for 15 lifetime off fact, to suggest anything otherwise. Yet there Kiwis 34-2 in the final. Taumalolo’s defection will certainly four home runs in a win over Arizona. a pitcher known for his sharp slider and pin- is that one nagging set of stats that can’t be Mal Meninga’s squad, while not quite add spice to Tonga’s final pool game in But a truly signature moment, that’s still point fastball. overlooked: 6-7 with an unsightly 4.40 ERA of the quality of the 2013 vintage, is Hamilton against a New Zealand side missing. His opponent in the World Series “He’s got every weapon you would fear,” in the playoffs. again replete with the cream of the already weakened by the absence of five opener, Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel, already Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “He’s got some Now, it’s no shame to struggle in the post- National Rugby League (NRL). eighth Kieran Foran because of injury has a couple. Keuchel won the AL wild-card hardware on his shelf at home.” At 29, season. All-Stars Chris Sale, Corey Kluber and Unflappable hooker Cameron Smith and Jesse Bromwich for disciplinary rea- game at Yankee Stadium two years ago with Kershaw could walk away after this Series and Max Scherzer all got banged around this captains the side and with his sons. six shutout innings. He won the opener of this head straight to Cooperstown. He’s 144- 64 month. Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Randy Queensland and Melbourne Storm team England, who have a strong halves year’s ALCS, tossing seven brilliant innings vs. with a 2.36 ERA overall after going 18-4 with Johnson and Tom Glavine, for all of their many mates, halfback Cooper Cronk and full- combination in Gareth Widdop and Luke the visiting Yankees. a 2.31 ERA this year. accolades, each had losing records in the back Billy Slater, makes up a “big three” Gale, are mentored by wily former Kershaw, as always, is eager to get going. “All the individual stuff is great, but at the postseason. Those guys also helped pitch looking to wrap up an NRL, State of Kangaroos coach Wayne Bennett, who “There’s always butterflies,” he said before end of the day I just want to win a World their teams to championships. Origin and World Cup treble. was taking the long view of the cam- Monday’s workout at Dodger Stadium. “I Series,” he said last week, adding with a smile, “You remember watching. You remember “The World Cup is huge for our game, paign ahead of Friday’s opener against think this time is when the butterflies and anx- “If we win, I might retire, so I might just call it who went to the World Series,” Kershaw said. we don’t have fond memories of the last Australia.—Reuters iousness is more so. Once you throw the first a career.” — AP Established 1961 15 Sports Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Couture, Jones lead San Jose Sharks to 4-1 win over New York Rangers

Lundqvist finished with 20 saves for the Rangers

NEW YORK: Logan Couture had a goal and an assist, Jones pulled for an extra skater on a delayed penalty, Martin Jones stopped two shots and the San Jose Brent Burns sent pass from the right circle up top to Sharks beat the struggling New York Rangers 4-1 on Couture, who fired a slap shot from straightaway past Monday night. Lundqvist. Tim Heed, Joonas Donskoi and Melker Karlsson also Jones had two nice saves on back-to-back attempts in scored to help the Sharks win for the third time in four close by Pavel Buchnevich with a little more than nine min- games. Jones got his fourth straight win after losing his utes left in the first. Heed doubled the Sharks’ lead with first two starts. Mika Zibanejad scored and Henrik 7:15 left as he brought the puck up the right side and sent Lundqvist finished with a bad-angle shot from 20 saves for the Rangers, near the goal line along who fell to 2-6-2 on the the boards. The puck season. New York finished trickled through 0 for 6 on the power play Lundqvist’s pads for the and is 3 for 25 over the Sharks win 26-year-old’s first career last six games. goal in his seventh NHL With the Sharks lead- for the third game. ing 3-0 after two periods, The Rangers had a Couture took the puck time in 4 games two-man advantage for 25 away from Lundqvist seconds late in the open- behind the goal and sent it ing period, but Jones to Karlsson, who put it in stopped Zibanejad’s shot for his second of the sea- from top of the left circle, son at 2:51 of the third. and Rick Nash missed Couture got his 200th career assist on the play. with an attempt in close. Couture has six goals and three San Jose turned the puck over in its defensive zone and assists in his last four games. ... The Sharks are 30 for 31 on Zibanejad snapped a shot into the top right corner to spoil the penalty kill in seven games since giving up three pow- Jones’ shutout bid at 4:23 of the final period. Donskoi er-play goals in the season- opener against Philadelphia. ... increased the Sharks’ lead to 3-0 with 38 seconds left in The teams conclude the season series Jan. 25 at San Jose. the second as he skated into the right circle and beat ... Rangers D Kevin Shattenkirk played in his 500th career Lundqvist glove-side inside the right post. regular season game. ... New York F Rick Nash played in The Rangers controlled the play for most of the first his 999th game. ... D Marc Staal played in his 699th game - period while outshooting the Sharks 16-8, but trailed 2-0 all with the Rangers - and passed Mark Messier and Steve after 20 minutes. Couture, who had his second career hat Vickers for sole possession of 12th place on the franchise NEW YORK: Justin Braun #61 of the San Jose Sharks holds up Rick Nash #61 of the New York Rangers at Madison Square trick in a loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday night, list. ... New York has given up 15 goals in the first period Garden in New York City. The Sharks defeated the Rangers 4-1. — AFP got San Jose on the scoreboard 1:56 into the game. With this season. — AP

the teenager at a league match and told him to join the for producing goalscorers, but their campaign for a fourth national team. “The first time I went, he told me I was too U17 world title has relied heavily on goalkeeper Brazao Teen stars shine small. I was really angry, but I knew that could happen and his spectacular saves in India. He has not let in a goal because nothing is easy in football,” N’Diaye told from open play at the tournament. FIFA.com. The Cruzeiro stopper has been hailed by Brazil U17 in World Cup coach Carlos Amadeu as well as opposition tacticians like Aberdeen set ‘WONDERFULLY SKILLED’ Spain’s Santiago Denia, who said Brazao could play at the “A few months later, he called me back to say that, in “top professional clubs in the world”. Brewster, who to give Celtic shop window the end, I could come along and train with them as I’d scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 quarter-final win over the grown a little. “I was very happy. And now I feel comfort- United States, is another pressing for first-team action, in KOLKATA: They may not yet be household names, but able in this team. I feel that I have responsibilities, and my this case at Liverpool. The young attacker has been the biggest test the Under-17 World Cup semi-finals today could put team-mates have faith in me to score goals.” focus of England’s bid since Borussia Dortmund called Lassana N’Diaye, Rhian Brewster, Abel Ruiz and Gabriel Mali are the African champions while European title- back teen star Jadon Sancho after the group stages. Brazao well on the way to football riches. holders Spain will be counting on centre forward and cap- Brewster made it to the substitutes’ bench for Liverpool GLASGOW: Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor The quartet will be the star attractions for the many tain Ruiz to show his class. in April and coach Juergen Klopp has hailed him as “won- says the Hoops are targeting back-to-back trebles hovering scouts in India when England, attempting to The Barcelona academy product already has four goals derfully skilled”. as they prepare for their toughest domestic chal- reach the final for the first time, take on Brazil, and Spain in the tournament-including one in the quarter-final win By putting a goal past Brazao, Brewster would send the lenge of the season. The Glasgow giants will make play Mali. Mali striker N’Diaye, the tournament’s joint over Iran-and has been linked to Arsenal and other perfect message to Klopp. But he is not counting on any- the trip to Pittodrie to take on Aberdeen today with leading scorer with five goals, could be the prize catch. A Premier League sides, as well as Juventus. thing. “You don’t really get many opportunities to play at only goal difference separating the sides at the top product of the street game in his home country, N’Diaye Ruiz already has a buyout clause of three million euros the international level and you have to make the most of it. of the Scottish Premiership. was only drafted into the national squad ahead of the qual- on his contract and Barcelona reportedly want to increase And it will be the same at the club level too. I have to make Brendan Rodgers’ side, who are unbeaten in 60 ifying tournament in August. Coach Jonas Komla spotted that after the World Cup is over. Brazil are normally known the most of my chances,” he said. — AFP matches against Scottish opposition, claimed a rare domestic clean sweep last season. The Hoops took a step closer to defending the first part of the treble year following the end of a six-year last Saturday as they booked their place in next merger between the FIFA honour and month’s League Cup final following a 4-2 win over France Football’s Ballon D’Or. Hibernian. Ronaldo eyes The 32-year-old previously won the And McGregor, who has scored five times for FIFA World Player of the Year award, Celtic this season, insists the Parkhead club are more success as the precursor to the Best FIFA award, in determined to create history by becoming the first 2008. He has now won the last two side in Scotland to win consecutive trebles. “We FIFA men’s trophies as well as three of spoke about it at the start of the season and the Real dominate the last four Ballon D’Or awards. message was we want to win them again, not just “Thanks a lot for voting for me,” said defend them,” the 24-year-old said. FIFA awards Ronaldo after receiving his trophy from “We want to go out there playing fast, aggres- Argentina great Diego Maradona and sive football and that’s what you need to do to win Brazil’s Ronaldo at the London trophies.” Celtic defeated Aberdeen in their four LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo has set his Palladium theatre. league clashes last season while also seeing off the sights on a “lucky seventh” piece of FIFA “I mention Leo and Neymar, great to Dons in the League Cup and Scottish Cup finals. silverware after collecting his fifth Men’s be here. Real Madrid supporters, my However, this season Aberdeen remain the only Player of the Year award on Monday. team-mates, my coach, they all support other unbeaten side in the Premiership-form which Ronaldo’s Real Madrid side, who won me all year. “We are in England for the has seen manager Derek McInnes linked with the both La Liga and the Champions League first time and I win consecutive awards,” vacant Scotland job. And the Dons boss feels he last season, dominated the 2017 Best he added. “This is a great moment for has a squad capable of competing with Celtic this FIFA football awards at a star-studded me. I have fans all over the world.” LONDON: Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (R) stands with his trophy season. ceremony in London on Monday. Zidane won out ahead of Chelsea’s for winning The Best FIFA Men’s Coach of 2017 Award alongside Real Madrid “Being unable to take anything from our games The Portuguese ace has scored 44 Antonio Conte and Juventus’s and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, with his trophy for winning The Best against Celtic last season is not something that sits goals in just 48 games for club and Massimiliano Allegri to be crowned FIFA Men’s Player of 2017 Award.— AFP well with us but it’s a new team with new players country so far this calendar year, includ- men’s coach of the year after becoming and a new season,” McInnes said. “We find our- ing two in a 4-1 Champions League final the first man to oversee a successful selves at the top of the table again with them but win over Juventus in Cardiff on June 3. defence of the European Cup in the goalkeeper award ahead of Real’s Keylor 2017 Women’s European Celtic are still the team to beat. Ronaldo saw off competition from Champions League era. “I’d like to Navas and Bayern Munich’s Manuel Championship, was recognised with “All managers would say that every time you longstanding Barcelona rival Lionel thank all of the players for making this Neuer. Monday also saw the Puskas Women’s Coach of the Year and Player come up against Celtic it’s the biggest challenge- Messi and Paris Saint-Germain’s possible,” said Zidane. “This is a very Award for the best goal of 2017 go to of the Year awards for Sarina Wiegman but we don’t want a similar record against them this Neymar, the world’s most expensive special prize.” Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud. The France and Lieke Martens respectively. year as we had last season. “I firmly believe we’re player. But, typical of a footballer who Real’s superb campaign was recog- striker received the award named in hon- Supporters of Celtic won the Fan Award capable of beating them.” has enjoyed huge success at both nised in a FIFPro team that featured our of Hungary great Ferenc Puskas for for the way they marked the 50th Manchester United and Real, Ronaldo Ronaldo and club-mates Toni Kroos, a spectacular ‘scorpion-kick’ against anniversary of the Glasgow club’s RANGERS IN TURMOIL was not satisfied. “I want seven. Five is Luka Modric, Marcelo and Sergio Crystal Palace in January. European Cup triumph. The Fair Play While Celtic continue to go from strength to good but seven is my lucky number so Ramos. The XI also included FIFA’s The Frenchman’s flicked volley with award went to Francis Kone for saving strength domestically, their Glasgow rivals Rangers seven would be great.” goalkeeper of the year, Gianluigi Buffon. his left foot that went in off the crossbar the life of goalkeeper Martin Berkovec, are in turmoil once again. The Gers, who trail the Real boss Zinedine Zidane took the AC Milan’s Leonardo Bonucci and PSG’s won ahead of goals from Venezuela’s who nearly suffocated as a result of league leaders by six points, missed out on a place corresponding manager of the year Dani Alves were in the defence, with Deyna Castellanos, 18, and South African swallowing his tongue during a Czech in the League Cup final after a 2-0 defeat by award, with the Spanish giants providing Barcelona playmaker Andres Iniesta in a goalkeeper Oscarine Masuluke. league match in February. Voting for the Motherwell in their semi-final clash on Sunday. five players in the FIFPro team of the side also featuring Messi and Neymar. Meanwhile tournament hosts the bulk of the awards was equally weight- The loss has piled the pressure on manager year. Ronaldo won the inaugural Best Juventus and Italy shot-stopper Buffon Netherlands’ achievement in winning ed between national team captains and Pedro Caixinha with the under-fire Portuguese FIFA men’s player of the year award last topped a three-strong shortlist for the their first major female football title, the coaches, media and fans. — AFP questioning the mentality of his players. And Caixinha, who has yet to win three games in a row since taking charge at Ibrox in March, is demand- and 4-105 in the second as Zimbabwe was all out for sealed victory by ending a stubborn 53-run last-wicket ing a reaction from his players when they host 316 chasing a target of 434. Bishoo’s performance in the partnership for Zimbabwe between Chris Mpofu and Kilmarnock, managed by former West Bromwich Bishoo spins first innings was game-changing, helping to bowl the Kyle Jarvis. Mpofu and Jarvis forced the West Indians Albion boss Steve Clarke, yesterday. home team out for 159 and allowing West Indies to take to take the extra half-hour at the end of the day to “I told the players you have embarrassed me, the a 60-run first-innings lead. close out the win, and the tailenders nearly saw out the club and the fans. Now it’s time to react and I am West Indies West Indies set the Zimbabweans the big target day with some carefree hitting. Mpofu struck four fours glad we are playing yesterday,” the Gers gaffer after half-centuries by Kraigg Brathwaite (86) and and a six for his 33 off 32 balls, finally falling caught on said. “Now I expect to be paid the other way Roston Chase (95) took it to 373 all out in its second the long-on boundary attempting another big shot. around. These players play for this club, for this to victory innings. Seeking a century, Chase added just four runs Slow bowlers took 28 of the 40 wickets in the test, badge. These players play for me. Are they behind to his overnight score before he was bowled by Sean underlying the spin-friendly nature of the Bulawayo me? That’s what they need to show.” BULAWAYO: Devendra Bishoo spun West Indies to a Williams early on the fourth day. track. While Bishoo finished with nine, Zimbabwe cap- This midweek also sees the first top-flight 117-run win over Zimbabwe in the first Test yesterday, Zimbabwe resisted with 57 from opener Hamilton tain and legspinner Graeme Cremer collected eight Edinburgh derby in more than three years with a collecting nine wickets in the match as victory was Masakadza and 73 from Brendan Taylor at the start of wickets in the match and Zimbabwe’s part-time spinner 20,000 sell-out crowd expected when Hibernian secured right at the end of Day 4. its chase. But Bishoo ran through Zimbabwe’s middle Sean Williams took six. The second and final test is also host Hearts. — Reuters Legspinner Bishoo returned 5-79 in the first innings order for his four second-innings wickets. Chase (2-61) at Queens Sports Club, starting on Sunday. — AP Established 1961 Sport

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Eagles soar over Washington 34-24 Carson Wentz throws four touchdown passes

WASHINGTON: Carson Wentz threw lose to New England. 11:10 to play, restoring Philadelphia’s 14- four touchdown passes and the “We’re only seven games in. We’ve got point edge, and Jake Elliott added a 42- Philadelphia Eagles improved to an NFL- a long way to go but I like where we are yard field goal with 6:24 remaining for a best 6-1 by defeating the visiting at. We’ve got a relentless attitude,” Wentz 34-17 Eagles’ advantage. Washington Redskins 34-24 Monday. said. “We can never get complacent. There Cousins responded with a 75-yard Wentz’s league-high 17 touchdown passes are definitely things we have to clean up drive that ended with a 12-yard touch- in the first seven games of the season set and keep getting better.” down pass to Reed to pull Washington an Eagles record for the most over that The Eagles haven’t won the NFL crown within the final margin. The Redskins, who span in any season, an impressive feat for since taking the most recent of their three fell to 3-3, took the opening kickoff and a team whose history dates to 1933. championships in 1960. Wentz flipped a 4- marched 66 yards in eight plays to set up “Just hats off to the guys around me. yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz with 26 Nick Rose’s 27-yard field goal 3:38 into We work our tails off the whole off sea- seconds remaining in the second quarter the contest. son,” Wentz said. “We started off sluggish as Philadelphia took a 17-10 half-time But the Eagles equalized at 3-3 only but got our production issues sorted out lead, the Eagles driving 80 yards in only 1:41 into the second quarter when Elliott and made enough plays to win the game.” 86 seconds. connected on a 50-yard field goal. In all, Wentz completed 17-of-25 pass- Wentz marched the Eagles 81 yards in Washington responded with a seven-play, es for 268 yards and ran eight times for 63 10 plays over 5:17 to open the third quar- 81-yard drive capped by Cousins flipping yards to spark Philadelphia’s victory. ter and connected with Corey Clement on a 7-yard touchdown pass to running back “Carson made some unbelievable plays a 9-yard touchdown pass as Philadelphia Chris Thompson, who snuck out of the there in crunch-time situations,” Redskins surged ahead 24-10. backfield to the left side and walked into coach Jay Gruden said. “We’re not making Kirk Cousins answered for the Redskins the end zone unthreatened as the Redskins any excuses. They just outplayed us.” The with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jordan seized a 10-3 edge. Eagles haven’t owned the NFL’s best Reed with 44 seconds remaining in the Philadelphia pulled level again with 3:19 record so late in a season since 2004, third quarter, pulling Washington within remaining in the second quarter when PHILADELPHIA: Jordan Reed #86 of the Washington Redskins makes a catch to score a when they finished the campaign by 24-17. But Wentz answered with a 10-yard Wentz hurled a 64-yard touchdown throw touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles in the third quarter of the game at Lincoln reaching the 2005 Super Bowl, only to touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor with to Mack Hollins. — AFP Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Eagles won 34-24.—AFP Established 1961

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Kuwait project awarding eases Burgan Bank Group announces Toshiba shareholders 18on delay and cancellation 19 2017 first nine months earnings 22 blast $18bn chip sale

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second left), US journalist Maria Bartiromo (left), Masayoshi Son (third left), the Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank, and other participants attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh yesterday. — AFP Saudi eyes new economy with $500bn zone

Industrial zone to extend into Jordan, Egypt

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, seeking to free itself from try, something completely different ... and if they Co, the state-owned utility, said yesterday the maritime trade routes that use the Suez Canal, may be difficult. Bureaucracy has slowed many dependence on oil exports, announced yesterday go the wrong direction it will be the destruction government would consider selling a large stake the zone will serve as a gateway to the pro- Saudi development plans, and private investors a $500 billion plan to build a business and indus- of this country,” he said. in it to the SoftBank Vision Fund, the world’s posed King Salman Bridge, which will link are cautious about getting involved in state trial zone extending into Jordan and Egypt. The biggest private equity fund. Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the PIF said. Saudi projects, partly because of an uncertain legal 26,500 square km (10,230 square mile) zone, Holding two phones Riyadh, meanwhile, is cutting red tape and Arabia’s border with Jordan touches the north- environment. known as NEOM, to be powered entirely by Prince Mohammed said they represented removing barriers to investment. It said on ern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, near the Israeli But the project underlines Prince renewable energy, will focus on industries includ- the difference between what NEOM city of Eilat. It also sits opposite Egypt, Mohammed’s ambition to rescue the economy ing energy and water, biotechnology, food, would be and any other such area. “This across the Straits of Tiran. from severe damage caused by low oil prices. advanced manufacturing and entertainment, project is not a place for any conven- “NEOM is situated on one of the NEOM will reduce the volume of money leaking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said. tional investor ... This is a place for world’s most prominent economic arter- out of Saudi Arabia by expanding limited local The announcement was the highlight at the dreamers who want to do something in ies ... Its strategic location will also facili- investment options, the PIF said. A key source of opening of a three-day international business the world,” he said. Former Siemens tate the zone’s rapid emergence as a future investment funds for the PIF, which now conference drawing over 3,500 people from 88 Arranged by Saudi Arabia’s main sov- global hub that connects Asia, Europe has about $230 billion of assets under manage- countries. Prince Mohammed, in a rare public ereign wealth fund, the Public Investment executive to and Africa,” PIF said. There was no ment, is the planned sale of a roughly 5 percent address, hailed it as an example of the innovative Fund (PIF), the conference is labelled the immediate comment on the plan from stake in Saudi Aramco, which could raise tens of high tech future he has promised his highly con- Future Investment Initiative - an effort to run project Jordan and Egypt, which are close allies billions of dollars. servative country. Speaking on a panel, he said present the kingdom as a leading global of Saudi Arabia. PIF Managing Director Yasir Al-Rumayyan young Saudis and the promotion of moderate investment destination. Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh said it was already in contact told the conference that Saudi Arabia was still on Islam were the key to his modernizing “dream” economy, though rich, has struggled to with potential investors and would com- track to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) of for his country, the world’s largest oil exporter. In overcome low oil prices. Prince plete the project’s first phase by 2025. Aramco shares in 2018, but did not say on which a brief political comment, he said the country Mohammed has launched a series of Prince Mohammed appointed Klaus stock markets the company would be listed. would eradicate extremism soon. economic and social reforms-such as Kleinfeld, a former chief executive of Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told reporters that in The stakes in the country’s rapid moderniza- allowing women to drive-to modernize the king- Sunday it would let strategic foreign investors Siemens AG and Alcoa Inc, to run the NEOM addition to Riyadh, possible foreign listings in tion were high. “This is a double-edged sword. If dom. Officials hope a privatization program, own more than 10 percent of listed Saudi com- project. Saudi Arabia will need huge financial markets such as New York, London, Tokyo and they (young Saudis) work and go the right way, including selling 5 percent of oil giant Saudi panies. NEOM could be a major focus. Adjacent and technical resources to build NEOM on the Hong Kong had been looked at, and a decision with all their force they will create another coun- Aramco, will raise $300 billion. Saudi Electricity to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba and near scale it envisages. Past experience suggests this still had to be made. — Reuters

West African from its joint venture in China. Chief Financial bloc’s 2020 GM, other US Officer Chuck Stevens said the company sold more high-profit trucks and SUVs and fewer lower-margin sedans, but it also cut costs at an single currency industrial annual running rate of $5 billion since 2014. The company also has cut low-profit sales to goal fails giants, hit rental car companies. Stevens attributed the performance to “overall resilience of a better business model that we built in North all-time highs America.” Investors overlooked the loss NIAMEY: The 15-nation West African bloc because GM has worked hard to shed unprof- itable businesses and make its operations more ECOWAS told regional leaders yesterday that DETROIT: Shares of General Motors hit an all- the goal of establishing a single currency among efficient, said Jeff Windau, an industry analyst time high yesterday as investors focused on a with Edward Jones. their economies in 2020 had failed. “The $2.5 billion third-quarter pretax profit and roadmap has not been implemented vigorously,” The company also was helped by strong ignored a big accounting loss. The Detroit SUV demand in North America, where it Marcel de Souza, president of the ECOWAS automaker’s $3 billion net loss came from a Commission, told a summit in Niamey, the capi- makes the bulk of its profits, Windau said. Still, $5.4 billion charge for selling Opel and Edward Jones rates GM a “hold” rather than tal of Niger. Vauxhall to France’s PSA Group, which closed “We cannot move to the single currency in buy or sell. Windau says he’s concerned about in August. But with that backed out and before spending on electric and autonomous vehicles 2020,” he said. Four goals had been set down for NIAMEY: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (left) and Togo’s President Faure taxes, the company made $1.32 per share, introducing a single currency but “there are not with demand yet to be seen. GM also faces Gnassingbe attend the opening of a summit of heads of state of the Economic trouncing Wall Street estimates. Analysts intense competition in China and the potential the results to match,” de Souza said. Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Niamey on the creation of a single polled by FactSet expected $1.11 per share. “From 2012 to 2016, none of our countries for rising material costs. currency of ECOWAS yesterday. — AFP Much of the accounting charge came from On a conference call with industry analysts, has been able to persistently uphold the prime previous losses that GM can’t use to offset criteria in the program for macro-economic con- GM executives also gave details about future tax obligations. Revenue without autonomous vehicles and other business devel- vergence,” he said. The summit aims at assessing integration plan over the years. In 2013, ECOW- Senegal and Togo) jointly use the CFA franc. Europe fell 14 percent to $33.6 billion, but that progress towards a single regional currency 30 AS tasked Niger and Ghana with “coordinating” They are moored to the single European cur- opments: also beat expectations of $32.2 billion. After When GM’s revamped pickup truck debuts years after the goal was first sketched. the single-currency campaign, and in 2014, a rency and are gathered in an organization called hitting the record early, GM shares pulled back ECOWAS-the Economic Community of West “task force” was set up to provide them with the West African Monetary Union, or WAMU. next fall, GM will have a “broader portfolio” to to $46.08, a 2 percent gain. compete with Jeep and others in off-road per- African States-was set up in 1975. Today it com- guidance. But the seven other ECOWAS countries have GM says its strong pretax performance prises Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, But De Souza listed a number of setbacks, their own currencies, none of them freely con- formance, CEO Mary Barra said. New full-size came despite a 26 percent production cut in SUVs will be built on the same underpinnings. Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, including failures to harmonize monetary poli- vertible amongst themselves. North America during the quarter to close out Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra cies between the eight currencies used by Presidents Mahamadou Isoufou of Niger, GM will start testing autonomous vehicles the 2017 model year and adjust to slowing without a human backup driver “in quarters, Leone and Togo, which together have 300 mil- ECOWAS economies, and to set up a “monetary Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, Nana Akufo demand, mainly for passenger cars. The com- lion inhabitants. institute”-a forerunner of a common central Ado of Ghana, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria not years,” but will not do that until the cars pany made just over $2 billion pretax in North meet metrics to prove they are safe, Barra said. Tuesday’s announcement came after a string bank. Eight ECOWAS countries (Benin, Burkina and Faure Gnassingbe of Togo took part in the America, as well as just under $500 million of revisions and postponements to the monetary Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, summit. — AFP She didn’t say how many quarters. — AP 18 Established 1961 Business Wednesday, October 25, 2017

NBK Economic Report Kuwait project awarding eases on delay and cancellation Scrapping of Al-Zour North 2 project hits Q3 performance

KUWAIT: Awarding of projects in Kuwait has moder- promising with up to a possible KD 1 billion in awards in ated going into the third quarter of the year and the the upcoming quarters, barring any unexpected delays. cancellation of the highly anticipated Al-Zour North 2 project held back the third quarter from a stronger Transport performance. Year to date (YTD) contracts awarded The transport sector had been dominating project reached KD 2.93 billion, down 39 percent from the awards the previous five quarters, with an average same period last year. Contracts worth KD 0.81 billion quarterly contribution of over KD 500 million, but were awarded in 3Q17, underperforming relative to cooled in 3Q17 due to delays. In 3Q17, two contracts the five-year quarterly average of KD 1.4 billion were awarded in the transport sector worth a total of according to data from MEED Projects. The scrapping KD 30 million, KD 26 million of which was a contract of Al-Zour North 2 independent water and power awarded by the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) project (IWPP) meant a loss of a contract worth up to regarding roadwork connecting the 5th Ring Road to an anticipated KD 0.8 billion for 3Q17. The Kuwait King Abdul Aziz Road. The Central Tenders Committee Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), however, postponed awarding the contract related to road and plans to retender the project as an integrated part of crossroad construction in the South Al-Mutlaa area. the Al-Zour North 3 IWPP in the coming future. The lowest bidder, a team of Ali Al-Kharafi & Brothers Awards in 3Q17 were and Metallurgical boosted by the oil as Corporation of China, well as the power sec- was not able to raise the tors, each contributing required bank guarantee. partnership project (PPP). The Kabd municipal solid bution of KD 100 million in the third quarter, but there KD 402 million and KD The team had bid KD 85 waste project was awarded to a consortium led by is a strong project award pipeline in the coming quar- 277 million, respectively. million for the contract. France’s Constructions industrielles de la ters. The Jahra Ministries Complex is a possible KD Construction activity Oil and power MEED reports that a MÈditerranÈe that bid KD 236 million; the project will 260 million deal that could be awarded in the coming was slow-in line with team comprising of be developed through a PPP-scheme. Though the few quarters, possibly the second quarter of 2018. prior quarters at KD sectors boost Turkey’s Makyol and cancellation of the Al-Zour North IWPP was a set- MEED Projects reports that the lowest bidder is 103 million-though awards in 3Q17 Kuwait’s Contec United back for both the power sector-and the public-private United Gulf Construction Co., and it is very likely it will slightly improved from General Contracting endeavor as a whole-the upside is that the second be awarded the tender. There are, however, delays in the previous quarter. could win the contract, phase is planned to be integrated with the third phase the final award process due to budgetary constraints, The transport sector, offering the second low- of Al-Zour North. There are still no further develop- pushing the award date to 2018 instead of 2017. however, showed the est bid at KD 109 million. ments on the Khairan IWPP, which was awaiting the slowest activity for the Up to a possible KD 2 progress on Al-Zour North 2. Oil & Gas first time in five consecutive quarters of healthy activi- billion in awards are expected in the next few quarters Up to KD 640 million in power sector contracts are Activity in the oil sector picked up in the third ty, contributing a mere KD 31 million in Q3. Delays in in transport contracts. The MPW and Public Authority expected to be awarded in the coming four quarters. quarter with the award of the new refinery feed contract awards in the transport sector, such as those for Housing Welfare (PAHW), have a combined twelve Among the anticipated awards is the Al-Dibdibah pipeline and three other contracts. Italian company related to South Al-Mutlaa City, affected the quarterly contracts currently in the bidding phase. The contracts solar PV power plant in the upcoming Shagaya Saipem won the bid for the feed pipeline for the new performance. are related to the northern section of the regional renewable energy complex. In line with the develop- refinery in Al-Zour, a contract worth KD 255 million. Delays have pushed the award dates for projects fur- road, the southern section of the regional road, and ment plan goals, the Kuwait National Petroleum The sector as a whole achieved deals that totaled KD ther out into the coming few quarters, especially in the roads at South Al-Mutlaa. Several of these projects’ Company (KNPC) has tendered this project in the 402 million. The second noteworthy contract is the transport and construction sectors, but the pipeline awards had been delayed but are expected to be hopes it will contribute to the goal of solar energy crude transit pipeline from North Kuwait to Al- remains healthy. In the next two quarters, 4Q17 and 1Q18, awarded in the coming few quarters. providing 15 percent of the electricity demand in Ahmadi’s central mixing manifold. The KD 113 million the transport sector has up to a total of KD 2 billion in Kuwait by 2030. contract was awarded to Indian contractor Larsen & contracts that are expected to be awarded; these projects Power & Water Toubro. In the pipeline over the next couple of quar- are currently in the bidding phase. Delays are always on The power sector awarded four contracts worth a Construction ters are seven possible contracts worth in total up to the horizon, but significant award activity at the end of total of KD 280 million in 3Q17, which was made up Four small-scale contracts were awarded in the KD 460 million, the client of all but two is Kuwait Oil year is likely. The construction sector pipeline remains mostly of the awaited waste-to-energy public private construction sector in 3Q17, resulting in a low contri- Company (KOC).

unemployment has fallen to an eight-year That could lead to credit-fuelled price ECB to chart low of 9.1 percent. bubbles in some sectors, with some ECB policymakers say historic low inter- observers pointing to rising property mar- est rates, cheap loans to banks and pump- kets in popular eurozone cities. Ahead of end to easy ing 60 billion euros per month ($70.4 bil- the meeting on Thursday, “ECB communi- lion) into bond markets have made it easier cation has been remarkably consistent in money for businesses and households to borrow signalling a ‘slower for longer’ QE extension sorely-needed money for spending, invest- into 2018,” said Pictet Wealth Management ment or hiring. economist Frederik Ducrozet. FRANKFURT AM MAIN: The ECB will “Monetary policy measures introduced QE or quantitative easing is the technical announce a big reduction tomorrow in its by the ECB since June 2014 have played a name for the bond-buying program. support to the eurozone economy, analysts pivotal role in supporting the economy,” the By lowering the amount it spends on predict, as it takes its first steps to wean the bank’s chief economist Peter Praet said ear- bonds each month, but extending the dura- single currency area off the medicine that lier this month. tion, the bank can keep supporting the dragged it out of crisis. But inflation remains below the ECB’s economy-even as it acknowledges healthier With healthy growth and sinking unem- target of just below 2.0 percent-believed to growth and makes a concession to fears it ployment, central bankers are confident the be most favorable for economic growth-and has gone too far. single currency area can stand more fully is forecast to continue falling short. A Bloomberg News survey of econo- on its own two feet in future-but face a “Because inflation is rising only gradually, mists published Monday found a majority continuing puzzle over why inflation has the ECB can afford to go slowly towards expect the ECB to extend its purchases failed to rise towards their target. The the exit” from bond-buying, Berenberg until September but halve the pace, to 30 European Central Bank would therefore economist Florian Hense said. billion euros per month. start to reduce the volume of easy money it By then, it will have bought some 2.5 tril- pumps into the economy, analysts said, Battle in the boardroom lion euros of government and corporate while at the same time pledging to keep the Some on the ECB’s governing council bonds. monetary tap open for a longer period of remain loath to withdraw their powerful Meanwhile, it has vowed not to raise time in order to help the markets adjust. medicine, fearing they might nip the recov- interest rates until “well after” the end of The ECB had in 2015 begun buying mas- ery in the bud by tightening access to bond-buying. FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Mario Draghi, President of the European Central sive amounts of bonds to fight the threat of money-a fate that the US Federal Reserve Prolonging the scheme suggests that a Bank (ECB) addressing a press conference following the meeting of deflation-a damaging downward spiral of suffered in 2013. Meanwhile, other gover- hike remains far off, keeping money cheap. the Governing Council in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. —AFP prices and activity. Since then, the state of nors have long warned of the risks of easy Another key concern for central bankers is the eurozone economy has improved. In the money, arguing they have softened the the euro/dollar exchange rate, which spiked first half of the year, economic growth pow- market discipline that usually restrains to $1.20 over summer as talk of winding brake eurozone inflation and economic “The ECB will stress that policy remains ered to 2.4 percent in annualized terms, households, businesses and states from down purchases grew. But it has fallen back activity, placing the price growth target accommodative” to allay markets’ fears, outdoing even optimistic forecasts, while borrowing too much. recently. A more expensive euro could even further out of reach. Berenberg analyst Hense said. —AFP

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Euro 359.420 Japanese Yen 3.695 Asia Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Sterling Pound 401.840 Syrian Pound 1.590 Bangladesh Taka 0.003310 0.003894 Canadian dollar 241.670 Nepalese Rupees 2.928 Chinese Yuan 0.044241 0.047741 ASIAN COUNTRIES Turkish lira 83.080 Malaysian Ringgit 72.590 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036744 0.039494 Japanese Yen 2.670 Swiss Franc 310.030 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.275 Indian Rupee 0.004248 0.004936 Indian Rupees 4.570 Australian Dollar 239.410 Thai Bhat 10.130 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Pakistani Rupees 2.876 US Dollar Buying 301.850 Turkish Lira 83.270 Japanese Yen 0.002584 0.002764 Srilankan Rupees 1.969 Korean Won 0.000258 0.000273 Nepali Rupees 2.933 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.067817 0.073817 Singapore Dollar 223.980 20 Gram 249.070 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Nepalese Rupee 0.003024 0.003194 Hongkong Dollar 38.840 10 Gram 127.450 Pakistan Rupee 0.002688 0.002978 Bangladesh Taka 3.681 5 Gram 64.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.005794 0.006094 Philippine Peso 5.889 Europe Singapore Dollar 0.217259 0.227259 Thai Baht 9.158 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.393510 0.403510 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001629 0.002209 Czech Korune 0.005849 0.017849 Taiwan 0.009892 0.010072 GCC COUNTRIES Danish Krone 0.043745 0.048745 Thai Baht 0.008791 0.009341 Saudi Riyal 80.867 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Euro 0. 350412 0.359412 Qatari Riyal 83.290 US Dollar 302.500 Georgian Lari 0.120458 0.120458 Arab Omani Riyal 787.552 Canadian Dollar 242.060 Norwegian Krone 0.0.33787 0.038987 Bahraini Dinar 0.796852 0.805352 Bahraini Dinar 805.230 Sterling Pound 402.500 Romanian Leu 0.077307 0.077307 Egyptian Pound 0.014225 0.020133 UAE Dirham 82.564 Euro 357.870 Russian ruble 0.005252 0.005252 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Swiss Frank 297.040 Slovakia 0.009037 0.019037 Iraqi Dinar 0.000207 0.000267 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahrain Dinar 802.860 Jordanian Dinar 0.422825 0.431825 Egyptian Pound - Cash 19.950 Swedish Krona 0.032876 0.037876 UAE Dirhams 82.752 Swiss Franc 0.300876 0.311876 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.123 Qatari Riyals 83.572 Lebanese Pound 0.000149 0.000249 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.217 Saudi Riyals 81.527 Australasia Moroccan Dirhams 0.021972 0.045972 Tunisian Dinar 123.190 Jordanian Dinar 427.936 Australian Dollar 0.228196 0.240196 Omani Riyal 0.780723 0.786403 Jordanian Dinar 427.730 Egyptian Pound 17.180 New Zealand Dollar 0.203695 0.213195 Qatar Riyal 0.078950 0.083890 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.020 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.970 Saudi Riyal 0.079727 0.081027 Syrian Lira 0.000 Indian Rupees 4.668 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 America Morocco Dirham 32.665 Pakistani Rupees 2.871 Tunisian Dinar 0.118354 0.126534 Canadian Dollar 0.234409 0.243409 Bangladesh Taka 3.716 Turkish Lira 0.077036 0.087336 US Dollars 0.298950 0.303370 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Philippines Pesso 5.899 UAE Dirhams 0.081084 0.082784 US Dollars Mint 0.299450 0.303370 US Dollar Transfer 303.050 Cyprus pound 18.000 Yemeni Riyal 0.000985 0.001065 Established 1961 19 Business Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Burgan Bank Group reports net income up 11% reaching KD53.9m Bank announces earnings of first nine months in 2017

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank Group announced yesterday its performance focusing on returns, prudence and efficien- (Q3), Burgan Bank Group recorded an underlying net dence in our capabilities and first nine months earnings of financial year 2017. The bank cies. Return on equity (ROE) stands at 11.2 percent while income (excluding precautionary reserves & after AT1 our regulators; the Central continues to pursue selective and prudent growth Return on tangible equity (ROTE) stands at 12 percent.” cost) of KD17.3 million ($57.4 million). The net income as Bank of Kuwait, for their approach, clubbed with focus on efficiencies and continu- “International reported for Q3 is KD15 support. I would also like to ous yields improvements. For the 2017 first nine months Operations are now con- million ($49.8 million) thank our executive manage- and compared to the same period last year, reported net tributing 44 percent of after the booking of KD5 ment team for their leader- income grew by 11 percent reaching KD53.9 million the Group’s operating million in precautionary ship and the excellent execu- ($177.5 million) from KD48.6 million. Underlying net income which grew by 6 Driven by reserves, “commented Al- tion of the corporate strate- income (excluding precautionary reserves & after AT1 percent year on year to Ajeel. gy, and to our staff for their cost) grew by 5 percent reaching KD58.7 million ($193.3 reach KD179.3 million prudent, Majed Essa Al-Ajeel continued support and com- million). Earnings per share grew by 14 percent to 20.1 fils ($590.8 million), provid- also said: “Our leading mitment.” concluded Al Ajeel. from 17.7 fils reported last year. ing further evidence that selective financial indicators con- The consolidated financials Majed Essa Al-Ajeel During the same period, loans and advances grew by 6 Burgan Bank Group is tinue to point to the right encompass the results of the percent year on year to reach KD4.5 billion ($14.9 billion) reaping the seed of its growth direction both in Kuwait Group’s operations in and customers deposits grew by 3 percent to reach KD4.0 diversification strategy and international opera- Kuwait, and its share from its regional subsidiaries, billion ($13.2 billion). Non-performing assets (NPA) Ratio into faster growing tions. I remain confident namely Burgan Bank - Turkey, Gulf Bank Algeria, Bank of net of collateral stands at 1.1 percent while Coverage ratio economies,” added Al- and optimistic of the Baghdad, Tunis International Bank. Burgan Bank Group net of collateral stands at 400 percent. Capital adequacy Ajeel. group’s strong perform- has one of the largest regional branch networks with ratio stands at 16.4 percent as of September 30, 2017. “The strength of our operating capabilities is yielding ance going forward. “ more than 175 branches across Kuwait, Turkey, Algeria, Majed Essa Al-Ajeel, Chairman of Burgan Bank Group strong performance that was reflected during the first “On behalf of the board, I take this opportunity to Iraq, Tunis, Lebanon and representative office in Dubai- said: “The bank continues to deliver a solid year-to-date nine months of the year. Also, during the third quarter thank our customers and shareholders for their confi- United Arab Emirates.

KIB gold sponsor of ‘Hello, My France posts record Teacher’ forum drop in jobless

KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) provided total in September its gold sponsorship to the annual ‘Hello, My Teacher’ forum, an event held exclusively for new teachers in the Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer educational dis- PARIS: France’s jobless total fell last month by the most on record, tricts. The forum was organized by the Kuwait Labor Ministry data showed yesterday, giving a boost to Teachers Society and was held at the Sauda Bin President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to turn the job market Malek School. around. The number of people registered as out of work in main- The latest edition of the annual forum featured land France fell by 64,800 in September, the biggest decrease in activities and lectures which aimed at introducing new figures going back to the start of 1996. The drop, 1.8 percent over teachers to all matters related to their day-to-day one month and 0.5 percent over one year, brought the jobless working life and preparing them for their new roles. at KIB. “Accordingly, our sponsorship of this forum in educating the nation’s future generation. At the end, total to 3,475,600, the lowest level since April. Additionally, as part of the forum, new teachers were stems from our firm belief in the vital role teachers Sarhan wished all participants in the forum the very The improvement lends support to claims from Macron’s gov- presented with valuable tips and expertise to enable play in our society, as they continue to make vital best in their future careers and endeavors. ernment that their reform efforts are already beginning to deliver them to fulfil their duties and responsibilities to their contributions towards enhancing and developing the It is worth noting that KIB is strongly committed to more jobs and growth. Macron is counting on bringing down fullest potential. educational sector.” sponsoring activities and initiatives that focus on France’s unemployment, stuck close to 10 percent for years, with “As part of our robust social responsibility pro- Sarhan added that KIB takes pride its collaboration improving various sectors and segments across the an overhaul of labour market rules last month, which is to be fol- gram, we continuously strive to enhance our commu- and partnership with the Kuwait Teachers Society. He nation. Thereby, the bank remains adamant on foster- lowed with a reform of jobless benefits and professional training in nity efforts in order to effectively engage with all seg- also noted that financial and moral support provided ing teachers, whether by engaging directly with them the coming months. French business confidence has surged since ments across the local community,” said Fahad Al- by the bank is the least it can offer to an association through sponsored conferences and forums, or by Macron’s election in May on a pro-business reform agenda as Sarhan, Team Leader of Corporate Communications that seeks to develop teachers, who play a crucial role holding educational lectures offered to students. companies shifted activity up a gear to cope with stronger demand, surveys showed earlier yesterday. With new business flooding in, companies increased headcount in October at the Le Maire, a conservative who has repeatedly bringing the public sector budget deficit in line with fastest pace in over a decade to cope with growing backlogs, a France to hit firms accused his Socialist predecessors of amateurism for EU rules, allowing France to exit an excessive deficit closely watched monthly purchasing managers survey showed. creating the three percent dividend tax, described it procedure to which it is currently subject. “If we don’t Meanwhile, industrial companies report that their capacity is as a “state scandal”. Companies such as insurer AXA show our European partners quickly how we plan to running at the highest levels since before the outbreak of the with one-off levy to and telecoms group Orange successfully challenged reimburse the 10 billion euros, we won’t get out of the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, a separate quarterly sur- the tax in court. “There will be an exceptional contri- excessive deficit procedure and we’ll remain the black vey from the INSEE statistics agency showed yesterday. A grow- bution,” Le Maire told Europe 1 radio, adding it would sheep of Europe,” said Le Maire. ing number of companies reported trouble keeping up with replace dividend tax ideally be levied this and next year, with penalty fees The Socialist government of former president demand. Some 32 percent of managers polled said they were fac- piling up as cases go unresolved. The government was Francois Hollande introduced the 3 percent tax in 2012 ing production bottlenecks. However, that should be a good sign considering levying the tax on firms with revenues of on companies’ dividends to encourage them to re- for the job market as firms will have to take on more workers to PARIS: Big French companies will be forced to pay an over one billion euros and possibly increasing it for invest profits. Because the tax covered dividends paid meet client demand, potentially further decreasing the number of “exceptional contribution” to make up for a dividend those with revenue above five billion euros, Le Maire by the EU subsidiaries of French parent companies, unemployed. tax cancelled by French and EU courts, Finance added. The exceptional tax runs against Macron’s the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck it down in INSEE has yet to estimate the unemployment rate for the third Minister Bruno Le Maire said yesterday. Although pro-business reform agenda which aims to ease pay- May on the grounds that ran against EU law by creat- quarter, but reported in August it fell in the second quarter to a President Emmanuel Macron’s government is cutting roll charges and gradually cut corporate tax from 33.3 ed double taxation within groups. Macron’s govern- five-year low of 9.5 percent from 9.6 percent in the previous corporate tax, it has little choice but to find an addi- percent to 25 percent over five years. ment is hoping to convince the European Commission three months. — Reuters tional levy to make up for an up to 10 billion euros However, the hole in the budget caused by the that the case is a one-off event and that its deficit cut- ($11.76 billion) revenue shortfall, and penalties left by scrapped tax jeopardizes Macron’s ambitions of ting plans remain firmly on track. — Reuters the cancelled tax.

US companies act on climate despite Trump: Survey

OSLO: US companies are still among the most ambitious in setting targets to combat global warming despite President Donald Trump’s plans to quit the 195-nation Paris climate agreement, a 2017 survey showed yesterday. US-based firms made up a fifth of those in a 2017 “A list” of 159 companies judged to have ambitious policies on limiting climate change and protecting water resources and forests, according to London-based non-profit CDP. This made US firms the biggest single national group and was similar to levels in 2016, according to CDP, which tracks companies’ environmental performance and was formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. “We don’t see US companies faring worse in our analy- sis” since Trump took office, said Marcus Norton, chief partnerships officer and general counsel at CDP. “The business case for climate action remains despite a lack of support in the federal level,” he told Reuters. Trump has said he will pull out of the 2015 Paris deal and instead bolster the US fossil fuel industry. The US presi- dent doubts mainstream findings that climate change will cause more floods, droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and ris- ing sea levels. US companies on the 2017 list include Philip Morris International, Microsoft, Bank of America and Biogen Inc. Norton said the criteria for inclusion on the CDP list were made tougher each year. Separately, CDP said French cosmetics giant L’Oreal and Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever were the top performers on the global ranking, scoring straight “A”s on a scorecard that rates corporate policies on pre- venting climate change, ensuring water security and pro- tecting forests. The two demonstrated “how business can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, increase water security and tackle deforestation while making a profit,” CDP said. The two firms have often scored highly. Overall, CDP said 89 percent of companies in a wider survey of more than 1,000 companies had some form of carbon emissions targets, up from 85 percent in 2016. — Reuters 20 Established 1961 Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Business India embarks on $32.4bn state bank recapitalization Modi’s desperate bid to tackle drag on economy

NEW DELHI: India’s cabinet approved a $32.43 billion his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 promising a plan yesterday to recapitalize its state banks over the reform agenda to revive economic growth, faces state next two years, in a bid by Prime Minister Narendra elections later this year and a re-election bid by 2019. Modi to tackle a major drag on the economy that has He has faced criticisms after a surprise scrapping of frustrated his attempts to boost growth. high-value bank notes last November and a new goods Once the world’s fastest-growing major economy, and services tax effected earlier this year disrupted India has seen its growth rate plummet to the lowest in businesses across the country. three years, far below levels needed to create enough People close to Modi have previously told Reuters jobs to absorb the million Indians joining the work he wants to control the political damage and ensure force every month. Modi’s government has tried to the economic slowdown remains temporary. Mohan respond by stepping up pub- Guruswamy, an economist lic spending, but the slow- in New Delhi, said the down has stressed its government should have finances, making it impera- taken action three years tive for private investment to ago to revive the banking pick up the slack. Banking sector. “Now it’s more Officials privately admit expensive, and we will they have struggled to revive reforms not see results soon,” private investment because Guruswamy said. state-owned banks, which to follow provide much of the credit in Fiscal consolidation the economy, are saddled Finance ministry officials with a mountain of bad debt said the bank recapitaliza- that has crimped their ability tion would be followed by a to offer new credit. The decision to recapitalize the series of reforms in the sector. They said the details banks is meant to clear that bottleneck, Finance would come later. Of the planned 2.11 trillion rupees Minister Arun Jaitley said at a press conference in sum, recapitalization bonds will account for 1.35 trillion HYDERABAD: An Indian vendor sells produce at a vegetable market in Hyderabad yesterday. Prices of New Delhi. rupees, while 760 billion rupees will come from budg- most vegetables have crossed 100 rupees per kilogram as wholesale dealers are buying them from oth- “The decision to recapitalize public sector banks etary support and equity issuance, said Rajiv Kumar, er states due to recent rains that damaged crops in many parts of the southern Indian states of with 2.11 trillion rupees will address the bank balance India’s financial services secretary. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. —AFP sheet problem and push growth forward,” Jaitley said. It was not immediately clear what the impact will be By some estimates, banks need as much as $65 billion on the country’s fiscal deficit, which Jaitley aims to keep in additional capital by March 2019 to fill the hole left at 3.2 percent of GDP for the current fiscal year to impact on the government’s fiscal deficit target this March 2019. Fitch Ratings estimates Indian banks will by soured loans and to meet new regulatory capital March. “India’s banking was the weakest link in the year. Twenty one state-run banks account for more need $65 billion of additional capital by March 2019 requirements. The official announcement, which was revival of the economy,” said N R Bhanumurthy, an than two-thirds of India’s banking assets. But they also to meet Basel III global banking rules. Moody’s followed by a series of tweets from government minis- economist at the National Institute of Public Finance account for a bulk of the record 9.5 trillion Indian expects the top 11 state lenders alone will need nearly ters holding it up as “unprecedented”, comes after a and Policy, a Delhi-based think-tank partly funded by rupees ($145 billion) of soured loans. $15 billion. flurry of activity in the government over the past few the finance ministry. “The government should complete In addition to repairing their balance sheets, the Bank stocks rallied ahead of the news conference on weeks, driven by the prime minister’s office. the process as early as possible.” banks need billions of dollars in new capital to meet expectations of a recapitalization plan. The state bank Modi, who swept to power in a landslide victory for Bhanumurthy added that the move might have an global Basel III banking rules, due to fully kick in by index closed 3.8 percent higher. —Reuters

also been tinkering with its menu as McDonald’s US more people shun processed foods: It removed artificial preservatives from its nuggets and it’s working to use fresh sales boosted by beef in its Quarter Pounder burgers. Amazon rivals turn “We’re building a better McDonald’s $1 sodas and 2 and more customers are noticing,” said to legal fine print CEO Steve Easterbrook. Overall, the company reported net income of $1.88 for $5 deals billion, or $2.32 per share, in the three to stem Whole months ended Sept. 30. That’s up from $1.28 billion, or $1.50 per share, in the Foods strategy NEW YORK: Cheap soda and burgers same period a year ago. Adjusted earn- helped bring more people into ings came to $1.76 per share, a penny McDonald’s. The fast-food company above what analysts expected, accord- said yesterday that sales in the US rose SAN FRANCISCO: Whole Foods Market met a ing to Zacks Investment Research. 4.1 percent at existing locations during new foe this summer during talks to lease a top Revenue fell 10 percent to $5.75 billion, the third quarter, thanks to $1 drinks retail space in a San Francisco mall: the Target missing analyst expectations of $5.8 bil- and its two for $5 promotion called next door. As City Center mall’s largest tenant, lion. The company said it brought in less McPick 2. McDonald’s also said prici- Target Corp had a say over changes to the prop- revenue as it switches more stores from er burgers, which are stuffed with company-owned restaurants to ones erty. According to people familiar with the lease crispy onions, kale or guacamole, discussions, Target balked at sharing the mall with owned by franchisees, especially in helped boost sales, too. McDonald’s, China and Hong Kong. Shares of Whole Foods because it feared competition from based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has been the grocery chain’s new owner, Amazon.com Inc. McDonald’s Corp., which are up 34 per- working to modernize its restaurants by cent since the beginning of the year, Early attempts to persuade Target failed, and This file photo taken on July 21, 2015 shows a McDonald’s restaurant near adding mobile ordering and offering rose $2.27 to $165.52 in early trading Whole Foods may now have to concede certain delivery through the UberEats app. It’s the fast food giant’s global headquarters in Oak Brook, Illionis. —AFP Amazon initiatives - such as lockers where cus- yesterday. —AP tomers can pick up goods ordered online - if it wants the location, the people said. Talks are ongoing. narrative is the Fed chair position. cord between Trump and top Republican lawmakers. You overlay that with some momentum on tax The greenback hovered near a three-month high ver- A Reuters examination of real estate agree- US dollar steady, reform. That puts the dollar on decent footing,” said sus the yen yesterday, gaining 0.3 percent at 113.79 ments and interviews with 20 retail landlords, Mazen Issa, senior FX strategist at TD Securities in yen. It held below a three-month peak of 114.09 yen in lawyers and brokers show that the strings New Zealand New York. At 10:15 a.m. (1415 GMT), the index that reaction to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s rul- attached to operating in malls like City Center tracks the dollar against a group of six currencies, was ing Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition election present an emerging and little-scrutinized currency at 93.829, down 0.1 percent from Monday when it win on Sunday. Abe’s victory reduced anxiety that the challenge to Amazon’s quest to re-shape reached a 2-1/2-week peak of 94.017. economic steps implemented under his leadership, Whole Foods. US President Donald Trump told reporters on including an expansive asset-purchase program by Across the United States, large retailers includ- hits 5-month low Monday he is “very, very close” to deciding who the Bank of Japan, would be disrupted. ing Target, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc and Best Buy should lead the Federal Reserve after interviewing five The euro increased 0.2 percent to $1.1767 and Co Inc have legal rights in many lease agreements LONDON/NEW YORK: The dollar was little changed candidates for the position. His possible nominees rose 0.5 percent to 133.91 yen in advance of the that allow them to limit what Amazon can do with yesterday against a basket of currencies on specula- include current Fed Chair Janet Yellen, whose term European Central Bank’s policy meeting on tomorrow. nearby Whole Foods stores, and where it can open tion about possible fresh leadership at the US Federal expires in February, as well as Fed Governor Jerome Traders have expected the ECB to signal a gradual new ones. Documents reviewed by Reuters show Reserve and bets that a tax cut package is on track to Powell, Stanford University economist John Taylor, removal of monetary stimulus as eurozone economic bans on Amazon lockers and delivery operations be enacted. The New Zealand dollar was the biggest Trump’s chief economic advisor Gary Cohn, and for- growth has improved. The New Zealand dollar has near a Target store in Illinois and also in Florida, mover among G10 currencies, declining to a five- mer Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. Hopes that Congress lost nearly 5 percent on worries that a harder stance where a new Whole Foods is set to open. Lockers month low after the incoming Labor-led coalition will pass a package of tax cuts have helped to on immigration and foreign investment under its new for retrieving online orders are a way for Amazon government said it plans to review and reform the strengthen the dollar and pushed US stocks to record government would hamper economic growth. It shed to spur sales through the grocery chain. Central Bank Act to include employment, alongside highs, although skepticism has persisted in the 0.75 percent to $0.6913 after hitting its lowest level In Manhattan and other locations, the leases inflation, as a dual target. “What’s dominating the absence of details on the overhaul and perceived dis- since May 19.—Reuters of Whole Foods’ big box neighbors bar it from selling a range of goods that Amazon has in its massive online inventory, from electronics to toys and linens. Texas. “Chances are, with this strong an Even Whole Foods stores that do not share 3M, Caterpillar opening, it will likely remain positive.” Third- space with major rivals can face constraints quarter earnings season has been largely imposed by local governments. A city council res- positive, with three quarters of the 97 S&P olution in White Plains, New York, restricted the lift Dow to 500 companies that have reported results as hours when Whole Foods can use a loading dock of Monday beating profit estimates. That and prior to the grocer locating in the mall. record high rising hopes of President Donald Trump’s tax Amazon declined to answer questions about plans moving forward have helped the Dow how these restrictions across the country impact and S&P close at record highs on all five its plans. In a statement, Target said it is “focused NEW YORK: A surge in the shares of trading days last week. Investors are also keeping a watch on on what’s best for the company and delivering on industrial giants Caterpillar and 3M cata- any news around the nomination of the the reasons our guests love Target. Our more than pulted the blue-chip Dow Jones index to a new Federal Reserve chief. Trump told 1,800 stores across the country are a strategic fresh record yesterday. 3M jumped 4.7 per- reporters on Monday he is “very, very asset and a vital part of Target’s future.” cent on better-than-expected earnings, close” to deciding who should chair the The company did not discuss details of the while Caterpillar rose 4.9 percent after handily beating profit and sales estimates Fed after interviewing five candidates for restrictions reported by Reuters, but said, “It’s and raising its full-year forecast. the position. inaccurate to characterize lease agreements as our Other Dow components, United At 9:37 am ET (1337 GMT), the Dow corporate strategy.” Reuters could not determine Technologies and McDonald’s, also notched Jones Industrial Average was up 178.79 the full extent of limits on Whole Foods stores up gains in morning trading following strong points, or 0.77 percent, at 23,452.75, the because lease deals vary from mall to mall, and quarterly reports. “The reaction to earnings S&P 500 was up 5.06 points, or 0.20 per- many are not public. While restricting how neigh- from the Dow components is in favor,” said cent, at 2,570.04 and the Nasdaq NEW YORK: BlueStar Indexes Israel Founder & Chief Investment Officer Steven bors operate is a standard practice in retail, Randy Frederick, vice president of trading Composite was up 7.21 points, or 0.11 per- Schoenfeld (front row right), gives a thumbs-up as he rings the New York Amazon is new to feeling the heat. —Reuters and derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, cent, at 6,594.04. —Agencies Stock Exchange opening bell yesterday to celebrate their recent listing. —AP Established 1961 21 Business Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Gulf Bank launches a new investment service ‘WISE’ Portfolio management service to assist high net-worth customers

By Nawara Fattahova abroad who are existing Gulf Bank account the modern portfolio theory. It states that holders can also open a WISE portfolio with returns are best maximized for any level of risk KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has launched a new, Gulf Bank, in addition to US nationals who are through the optimal mix of asset classes, not first-of-its-kind investment service in Kuwait. existing Gulf Bank account holders,” through security selection. WISE is an advisory portfolio management explained Shehab. Diversification is designed to increase a service for affluent, high net worth and ultra- The minimum investment amount required portfolio’s risk-adjusted returns by reducing high net worth Gulf Bank customers, helping to create a WISE portfolio is $10,000 per portfolio risk or volatility for every level of them to diversify their investments and invest account. “The bank asks the minimum number return or maximizing return for every level in international markets in an easy, transparent of questions to accurately determine an indi- of risk. Proper diversification is implemented and cost-efficient way. vidual’s risk tolerance and investment goals by investing in a sufficiently large number of WISE is available at all Gulf Bank branch- over a set time period in order to formulate securities that represent a set of relatively es. “The idea of this service came from some the most suitable portfolio for the client. The uncorrelated asset classes and geographies,” of our clients who want to invest Saleh said. WISE portfolio is in USD, abroad to diversify their risk. The but the client can fund his WISE port- WISE service is regulated by the folio through his KWD account. “The Central Bank of Kuwait and the money will be invested within five Kuwait Capital Markets Authority. Service helps working days after receiving a verifica- Every WISE portfolio is designed to tion call, SMS or email. The securities be consistent with the client’s invest- customers will be held by Citibank in London, one ment objective and risk tolerance,” of the largest US banks. The limited said Meshari Shehab, Assistant diversify cash in the account will be held at Gulf KUWAIT: (From left), Daliya Al-Qasim, Meshari Shehab, and Tareq Al-Saleh General Manager for Consumer Bank’s broker Saxo Bank,” Shehab said. during the press conference on WISE service held at the Gulf Bank Banking during a press conference investments The client is free to close his WISE headquarters. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat yesterday at the Gulf Bank headquar- portfolio at any time. “We recommend a ters. The bank has developed a WISE period of three years of investments to application to allow relationship man- get the results, but the client can close this fee including advice to create the optimal torical performance of different portfolios. agers to explain the service. “We use the portfolio earlier or later. After clos- portfolio compositions, create the portfolio, Like all market investments, the securities you a questionnaire to assess customer suitability, portfolio consists of ETF securities in equities ing the portfolio, all funds in the WISE portfo- receive and reinvest dividends, secure trans- own in your WISE portfolio are subject to goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. We and bonds and a small portion of cash bal- lio will be directed to the client’s linked actions and monitor and rebalance the portfo- market risk. Fluctuations are hard to predict simulate, together with the clients, different ance,” noted Tareq Al-Saleh, AGM - account with Gulf Bank. The client can with- lio,” stressed Shehab. over the short term, but historical data shows investment scenarios to decide the optimal Investments, Consumer Banking. draw a minimum of $1,000 as long as he “The Gulf Bank fee of 0.85 percent is very that over the long term, your investment is risk-return composition that matches their The WISE portfolio exchange-traded maintains a minimum balance of $10,000 in competitive and already well below the aver- likely to increase,” Saleh said. goals, time horizon and risk tolerance, using funds (ETF) include: US Equities: S&P 500 his account,” he added. age fee charged by financial advisors. The insights from more than 25 years of historical UCITS ETF (VUSD) from Vanguard; All- client will pay no commission on trades made Dividends returns,” he explained. World equities: FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Service Fees on his behalf by Gulf Bank. Also there are no “The selected ETFs pay dividends. The The WISE portfolio is available for any (VWRD) from Vanguard; emerging market “We charge a quarterly management fee custodial, entry or exit, or withdrawal fees,” he client has the option to instruct us to either individual aged 21 years or older who is a equities: FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS based on an annual fee rate of 0.85 percent said. The WISE application gives the distribu- reinvest the dividends or route it to his linked legal Kuwaiti resident or a Kuwaiti citizen (VDEM) from Vanguard; and US bonds: calculated on the daily values of your portfo- tion of results over the relevant time period if account with Gulf Bank. In the absence of any (with a permanent Kuwaiti address), an exist- iShares US Aggregate Bond UCITS (IUAG) lio. The only other fee the client incurs is the the client invested according to the recom- such instructions from his end, we will reinvest ing Gulf Bank account holder and who passes from iShares by BlackRock. low ongoing charges embedded in the cost of mended strategy. “The best way to see this is his dividends automatically as per his portfolio suitability questions. Kuwaiti citizens residing “Our investment methodology is based on the ETFs. The client gets many services for to take the questionnaire. It will show the his- composition mix,” concluded Saleh.

An impressive show of Mercedes-Benz ‘Commercial Vehicles’ in KOGS 2017

KUWAIT: With a distinguished and excep- tional participation of Mercedes-Benz “Commercial Vehicles” in Kuwait Oil & Gas Show “KOGS 2017” exhibition in Kuwait, where the biggest event in the field of Oil & Gas in Kuwait took place at the Kuwait customers’ inquiries and providing them with ices of Mercedes-Benz in Kuwait which meet Albisher & Z. Alkazemi Co, in his comment to been held for opening the field for meeting International Fairground (KIF) in Mishref and the required explanations and information. the entire needs of the various oil projects and its second participation. and exchanging expertise for commencement opened in a special attendance of Essam Al- The Company has participated through logistic services. “The Exhibition has given the On his part, Ralph Geyer, General Manager of business and investment. Marzouq, the Minister of Oil, Electricity and two unique platforms reflecting the most participants the opportunity of watching the of the Commercial Vehicles Division at A. R. Water in Kuwait. modern brand identity design of Mercedes- new and approved products and meeting with Albisher & Z. Alkazemi Co., has expressed his “Zetros”, a leading truck worldwide Commercial Vehicles Department at A. R. Benz, the truck Zetros 6X6 were displayed in hundreds of companies and factories, both pleasure for the first participation in the “No doubt, Zetros, the first of its type in Albisher & Z. Alkazemi Co. was keen on dis- the outdoor platform in the external exhibition domestic and international, in addition to KOGS Exhibition, esteeming the importance Kuwait, is the answer to the enormous playing the latest product Zetros of the famous area which dedicated for PMV, while, inside communication with the specialists in the oil of the Exhibition as regards coping with the demand for a truck line with unsurpassed reli- International German Brand Mercedes-Benz Hall (6) The indoor platform which was fields from exhibitors and distributers to the development and growing of the Oil projects ability, durability and sustainability that through its 1st participation, and in attendance reflecting luxurious & professional atmos- major purchasers and leading persons on this and offering huge opportunities for the oil reflects the continued successful story of of the management and the executives team of pheres for getting the required and complete field, as well as meeting with new and current companies seeking expansion of their busi- Heavy duty trucks from Mercedes- Benz “, the Commercial Vehicles for answering the information on the various products and serv- suppliers” said Michael Ruehle, CEO of A. R. nesses in Kuwait and that the Exhibition has Ralph Geyer added.

Turkish Cargo wins payload Asia industry choice award as ‘Overall Carrier

KD 1 million and the largest international bank of The Year’ Six days left prize according to Guinness World Records 2) Kuwait’s biggest quarterly cash prizes, up to Year” prize in the Customer’s Choice catego- distinguished guests from around the world. KD500,000 ry at the 33rd annual Payload Asia Awards, The most prestigious award of the year was to enter 3) Two winners of KD1,000 every work- KUWAIT: Along with a strong growth in organized by the Payload Asia Group and attributed to Turkish Cargo for its substan- ing day September and having recorded an increase aimed at honoring the carriers for their excel- tial growth. 4) The most chances to win of 27 percent in its freight and mail volume for lence in the air cargo industry. Along with Turkish Airlines network cover- Al-Danah’s 5) Only Bank that transfers your chances to a total of 810 thousand tons for the period Awarded with the contribution of the age of 300 destinations worldwide offering win from the previous year to the current year January-September 2017, Turkish Cargo has readers, air cargo customers and business belly cargo capacity of 313 aircraft and pro- Only Al-Danah makes millionaires. once more been awarded by the international partners of Payload Asia, member of the viding 16 dedicated freighter aircraft to 72 KD 1m draw Al-Danah also offers a number of unique serv- air cargo sector. Federation of Asia Pacific Aircargo destinations through 60 countries, Turkish ices including: the Al-Danah Deposit Only ATM Turkish Cargo has been awarded with the Association (FAPAA), the awards were Cargo strives to become the most preferred card which helps account holders deposit their most distinguished “Overall Carrier of the unveiled at the annual ceremony attended by air carrier in the sector. KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced that Tuesday money at their convenience; as well as the Al- (31 October) is the last date for customers to open Danah calculator to help customers calculate an Al-Danah account or deposit more, as to their chances of becoming an Al-Danah winner. increase their chances in becoming the next Al- Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account is open to Kuwaiti Danah millionaire! and non-Kuwaiti residents of Kuwait. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2017 draw lineup includes Customers require a minimum of KD 200 to daily draws (two winners per working day and each open an account and the same amount must be receive KD1,000), quarterly draws up to maintained as for customers to be eligible for the KD500,000 and Al-Danah’s final draw for KD 1 upcoming Al-Danah draws. If the customer’s million, which is planned to be held on 11 January, account balance falls below KD200 at any given 2018 whereby the Al-Danah millionaire will be time, a KD2 charge will be made on monthly announced. Gulf Bank encourages you to increase basis to the account until the minimum balance is your chances by depositing more into your Al- met. Customers who open an account and/ or Danah account, immediately from any local bank, deposit more will enter the daily draw within two using the new ePay (Self-Pay) service, which is days. To take part in the Al-Danah’s final draw, available on Gulf Bank’s Online and Mobile Banking. customers must meet the required hold period for each draw; customers can visit one of Gulf Five reasons why the Al-Danah Bank’s 56 branches, transfer on line, or call the account is the best: Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for assis- 1) Kuwait’s single biggest yearly cash prize of tance and guidance. 22 Established 1961 Technology Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Toyota launches ‘Start Your Impossible’ global initiative TMC is committed to ‘Freedom of Mobility for All’

KUWAIT: Toyota Motor Corporation has Toyota believes that mobility goes beyond the definition of impossible. Today, the auto- leader that has enabled vehicle electrification ‘Mobility for All,’ introduces transportation launched ‘Start Your Impossible’ - a global cars; it is about overcoming challenges and mobile industry is clearly amidst its most dra- on a mass scale with the development of the solutions, next-generation mobility, and corporate initiative that aims to inspire Toyota making dreams come true. The ‘Start Your matic period of change - and during this time Prius hybrid electric car 20 years ago and advanced technologies. Going forward, ‘Start employees, partners, and customers and con- Impossible’ initiative reflects these values and Toyota remains committed to making ever- more recently, the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell Your Impossible’ will also include a variety of nect them with the company’s core beliefs. In highlights the company’s goal to provide free- better cars. Just as important, we are develop- electric vehicle. Toyota sees alternative pow- additional programs focused on employees, an age of accelerating technological and envi- dom of mobility for all. “We want to share this ing mobility solutions to help everyone enjoy ertrains, automated cars, mobility-as-a-ser- dealers, and consumers, as well as seeking ronmental developments, ‘Start Your their lives, and we are doing our part vice, and robotics as significant opportunities collaboration with the Toyota Mobility Impossible’ marks Toyota’s commit- of creating an ever-better society for to move people and transform Foundation, which was estab- ment to supporting the creation of a the next 100 years and beyond. For the company. lished to address urban trans- more inclusive and sustainable society this to happen, we must dream beyond As a worldwide partner of portation challenges and in which everyone can challenge their Inspiration for conventional vehicles and create new the Olympic Games and the expand ?personal mobility for impossible. forms of mobility that overcome the Paralympic Games, Toyota aims all people, inspiring the next- To celebrate the launch of the ini- employees, limits of today and solve the problems to encourage creating a peace- generation mobility solutions. ? tiative and its partnership with the of tomorrow. We share this dream and ful society without discrimina- Toyota is also launching a Olympic Games and the Paralympic partners and this spirit of continuous improvement tion through sports and a com- new website www.Mobility Games, Toyota recently held its first- with Olympic and Paralympic athletes, mitment to building a sustain- ForAll.com. In consultation with ever Toyota Mobility Summit in customers who challenge their own limits every able society through mobility. the National Center for Athens, Greece, the host city of the day. I hope that the Olympic Games Toyota’s values of continuous Accessible Media (NCAM) in first modern Olympic Games. The and the Paralympic Games will create improvement and respect for the United States, the website event featured a live conversation with an opportunity for everyone affiliated people are shared by the (which will be rolled out in Akio Toyoda, as well as a series of dis- with Toyota to challenge their impossi- Olympic Games, which brings together the phases) is built to be accessible for users with cussions led by Toyota Executive Vice thinking with all stakeholders, including con- ble and defy their limitations,” added Toyoda. entire world in friendship and solidarity to various impairments and to allow all users to President Didier Leroy, with global thought sumers, so that we can approach this chal- celebrate the highest realization of human experience the site and all its content. leaders and Olympic and Paralympic athletes. lenge together,” said Toyota President Akio Innovative leader potential. Whether set to default, visually impaired, The event covered topics of mobility from a Toyoda. Since its founding as a loom manufacturer, Toyota also aims to offer mobility services hearing impaired, mobility impaired, or cogni- social, physical well-being, and sports per- “Throughout our history, Toyota has made Toyota has been driven by a commitment to and logistics expertise as the first mobility tively impaired, all coding and design features spectives, as well as the future of mobility via the impossible possible through innovation contributing to society. Over its long history, partner of the Olympic Games and Paralympic work to make the experience equally enjoy- technology advancements and research. and passion, and by continuously challenging the company has grown into an innovative Games. The first ‘Start Your Impossible’ film, able for all users.

commitment to safety,” Ishii said. “We want to Kobe Steel be absolutely sure of product safety as the MRJ heads towards mass production.” The repeatedly delayed MRJ is central to Facebook plant that the Japanese government’s plans to revive an aerospace industry dismantled after World supplied plane War Two. The aircraft has yet to enter service. tests splitting Products with fabricated data have been used in the aircraft, a spokeswoman for Mitsubishi components Heavy said on Tuesday, adding no safety its News issues have been found. There is no impact on Feed into two being checked testing schedules for the MRJ, she said. More checks Japan’s industry minister also said yester- SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on TOKYO: Japanese authorities are conducting day he was seeking checks on other plants Monday it was testing the idea of dividing safety checks at a Kobe Steel Ltd aluminium run by Japan’s third-largest steelmaker to see its News Feed in two, separating commer- plant that supplied components for a domesti- whether they were in compliance with statu- cial posts from personal news in a move cally built aircraft and seeking to inspect oth- tory industrial standards. that could lead some businesses to er plants owned by the embattled company. Industry minister Hiroshige Seko told increase advertising. The Facebook News Kobe Steel’s revelations of widespread tam- reporters he asked companies that certify The Kobe Steel headquarters stand in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Feed, the centerpiece of the world’s largest pering in the specifications of its products whether manufacturers comply with Japanese social network service, is a streaming have sent a chill through global supply chains Industrial Standards (JIS) to consider series of posts such as photos from friends, for cars, trains, airplanes and other equipment. rechecking all Kobe Steel plants that have the Kobe Steel said on Friday, when it revealed it week, a senior executive told reporters late on updates from family members, advertise- While no safety issues have been identified, certification. Twenty Kobe Steel plants, had found more data fabrication and an Monday. The company is forecasting net ments and material from celebrities or oth- the company is the subject of a US including some overseas, are certified under attempt to cover up tampering. profit of 35 billion yen for the year through er pages that a user has liked. Department of Justice inquiry and has said it JIS, an industry ministry official told Reuters Kobe Steel admitted this month it falsified March, 2018, after two consecutive annual The test, which is occurring in six is losing customers. by phone. The ministry can carry out its own specifications on the strength and durability losses. It is due to announce earnings for the smaller countries, now offers two user The inspection of Kobe Steel’s Daian plant inspections if Kobe Steel does not open its of aluminium, copper and steel products, April-September half on Oct 30. feeds, according to a statement from the in central Japan was focusing on the safety of plants to the certification companies, he said. along with materials for optical disks. The company is considering dropping the company: one feed focused on friends and components being used in Mitsubishi A Kobe Steel spokesman said yesterday The falsifications stretch back for more forecast or revising it to take into account the family and a second dedicated to the Regional Jet (MRJ) passenger aircraft being the company is cooperating with the trans- than 10 years, and the company last week said known impact of the scandal, the executive pages that the customer has liked. developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries port ministry inspection and will allow certifi- it had lost some customers to competitors said. Kobe Steel shares, which have fallen The change could force those who run Ltd, Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii told cation companies to carry out their checks if because of the widespread tampering. nearly 40 percent since the scandal broke, pages, everyone from news outlets to reporters yesterday. “As a country of design requested. Kobe Steel may drop its earnings forecast closed up 0.9 percent yesterday. The main musicians to sports teams, to pay to run and manufacturing, we have an unmistakable One of the plants is already being checked, when it announces its first-half results next Nikkei index was up 0.5 percent. — Reuters advertisements if they want to be seen in the feed that is for friends and family. The test is taking place in Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Serbia, Slovakia and Sri Lanka, and it will likely go on for months, Adam Mosseri, the Facebook Toshiba boss sorry as executive in charge of the News Feed, said in a blog post. Mosseri said the company shareholders blast has no plans for a global test of the two separate feeds for its 2 billion users. Facebook also does not currently plan to $18bn chip sale force commercial pages “to pay for all their distribution,” he said. Facebook, based in Menlo Park, California, frequently tests CHIBA, Japan: Toshiba’s president yesterday stressed: “We will continue to have honest changes big and small as it tries to maxi- apologized “sincerely” over the $18-billion sale management, and improve our internal gover- mize the time people spend scrolling and of its prized memory chip business, as share- nance.”That pledge did not sit well with one browsing the network. Sometimes it makes holders demanded answers over the deal seen 77-year-old pensioner who owns Toshiba changes permanent, and other times not. as pivotal to the survival of one of Japan’s best- stock, which has plunged about 25 percent Depending on how people respond, known firms. since the losses were made public in late two news feeds could mean that they see Bowing deeply at the start of a tense share- December. “I cannot believe what the execu- fewer links to news stories. News has holders’ meeting, Satoshi Tsunakawa said: “We tives are saying about turning the company proved to be a tricky area for Facebook, sincerely apologize for causing problems and around,” he told AFP. “They all look smart and as hoaxes and false news stories have worry.” More than 600 investors poured into are eloquent. I wonder if they knew about the sometimes spread easily on the network. the meeting as they voted in favor of the sale to losses at Westinghouse years ago.” Former CHIBA: A staff member (right) tries to stop photographers taking pictures in front of The test has already affected website a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital- Toshiba employee Masayuki Sakurai said the the venue of an extraordinary shareholders meeting of Toshiba in Chiba, suburb of traffic for smaller media outlets in which includes US tech giants Apple and Dell firm’s top brass was evasive about what would Tokyo, yesterday. — AFP recent days, Slovakian journalist Filip as well as South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix- happen if the planned sale were to fall through. Struh·rik wrote over the weekend in a after months of wrangling. “It’s still not clear if the memory chip sale ing from home appliances to nuclear reactors. about whether things would change at the firm, post on Medium. Publishers might need Angry jeers rang out from some stockhold- will be done by March and they couldn’t give Toshiba, the world’s number-two chipmaker which was recovering from a 2015 accounting to buy more Facebook ads to be seen, ers who had little choice but to agree to unload us a clear answer on what would happen if it behind Samsung, narrowly averted a delisting scandal when the huge US losses were made he wrote: “If you want your Facebook the division so the cash-strapped company can was unsuccessful,” Sakurai said. “That’s worry- this year, but it still faces the humiliating public. On Monday, the firm said it would post page posts to be seen in old newsfeed, plug massive losses at its US nuclear division, ing.” The chip unit brought in around a quarter prospect of being yanked from Japan’s premier a 110 billion yen ($970 million) net loss in the you have to pay.” — Reuters Westinghouse Electric. Tsunakawa pledged to of Toshiba’s total annual revenue and is the stock exchange if the sale does not raise current fiscal year because of a tax bill linked finish the sale by the end of March 2018 and crown jewel in a vast range of businesses rang- enough money. And some investors had doubts to the massive sale. — AFP Established 1961 23 Health Wednesday, October 25, 2017 In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead

Company acquires dead bodies, dissects and sells them

LAS VEGAS: The company stacked brochures in funeral Collazo, who wasn’t cited, said he regretted the incident. He parlors around Sin City. On the cover: a couple clasping said the industry would benefit from oversight that offers hands. Above the image, a promise: “Providing Options in peace of mind to donors, brokers and researchers. “To be Your Time of Need.” The company, Southern Nevada honest with you, I think there should be regulation,” said Donor Services, offered grieving families a way to eliminate Collazo. “There’s too much gray area.” expensive funeral costs: free cremation in exchange for donating a loved one’s body to “advance medical studies.” ‘Big market for dead bodies’ Outside Southern Nevada’s suburban warehouse, the cir- Donated bodies play an essential role in medical educa- cumstances were far from comforting. tion, training and research. Cadavers and body parts are In the fall of 2015, neighboring tenants began complain- used to train medical students, doctors, nurses and dentists. ing about a mysterious stench and bloody boxes in a Surgeons say no mannequin or computer simulation can Dumpster. That December, local health records show, replicate the tactile response and emotional experience of someone contacted authorities to report odd activity in the practicing on human body parts. Paramedics, for example, courtyard. Health inspectors found a man in medical scrubs use human heads and torsos to learn how to insert breath- holding a garden hose. He was thawing a frozen human tor- ing tubes. so in the midday sun. As the man sprayed the remains, “bits Researchers rely on donated human body parts to of tissue and blood were washed into the gutters,” a state develop new surgical instruments, techniques and implants; health report said. The stream weaved past storefronts and and to develop new medicines and treatments for diseases. pooled across the street near a technical school. Southern “The need for human bodies is absolutely vital,” said Nevada, the inspectors learned, was a so-called body bro- Chicago doctor Armand Krikorian, past president of the ker, a company that acquires dead bodies, dissects them American Federation for Medical Research. He cited a and sells the parts for profit to medical researchers, training recent potential cure for Type 1 diabetes developed by organizations and other buyers. The torso on the gurney studying pancreases from body donors. “It’s a kind of A paramedic inspects a dead body in the morgue. was being prepared for just such a sale. Each year, thou- treatment that would have never come to light if we did not sands of Americans donate their bodies in the belief they have whole-body donation.” are contributing to science. In fact, many are also unwit- Despite the industry’s critically important role in medi- American funeral industry. Reuters identified 62 funeral to a donor’s next of kin. Bodies and parts can be bought, tingly contributing to commerce, their bodies traded as raw cine, no national registry of body brokers exists. Many can operators that have struck mutually beneficial business sold and leased, again and again. As a result, it can be diffi- material in a largely unregulated national market. operate in near anonymity, quietly making deals to obtain arrangements with brokers. The funeral homes provide cult to track what becomes of the bodies of donors, let Body brokers are also known as non-transplant tissue cadavers and sell the parts. “There is a big market for dead brokers access to potential donors. In return, the brokers alone ensure that they are handled with dignity. In 2004, a banks. They are distinct bodies,” said Ray Madoff, a pay morticians referral fees, ranging from $300 to $1,430, federal health panel unsuccessfully called on the US gov- from the organ and tissue Boston College Law School according to broker ledgers and court records. ernment to regulate the industry. Since then, more than transplant industry, which professor who studies how These payments generate income for morticians from 2,357 body parts obtained by brokers from at least 1,638 the US government US laws treat the dead. families who might not be able to otherwise afford even people have been misused, abused or desecrated across closely regulates. Selling “We know very little about simple cremation. But such relationships raise potential America, Reuters found. hearts, kidneys and ten- Eliminating who is acquiring these conflicts of interest by creating an incentive for funeral The count, based on a review of court, police, bank- dons for transplant is ille- bodies and what they are homes to encourage grieving relatives to consider body ruptcy and internal broker records, is almost certainly gal. But no federal law expensive doing with them.” In most donation, sometimes without fully understanding what understated, given the lack of oversight. It includes governs the sale of states, anyone can legally might happen to the remains. instances in which bodies were used without donor or cadavers or body parts funeral costs purchase body parts. As an “Some funeral home directors are saying, ‘Cremation next-of-kin consent; donors were misled about how bod- for use in research or upcoming story will detail, isn’t paying the bills anymore, so let me see if I can help ies would be used; bodies were dismembered by chain- education. Few state laws a Tennessee broker sold people harvest body parts,’” said Steve Palmer, an Arizona saws instead of medical instruments; body parts were provide any oversight Reuters a cervical spine mortician who serves on the National Funeral Directors stored in such unsanitary conditions that they decom- whatsoever, and almost and two human heads after Association’s policy board. “I just think families who posed; or bodies were discarded in medical waste inciner- anyone, regardless of just a few email exchanges. donate loved ones would have second thoughts if they ators instead of being properly cremated. expertise, can dissect and sell human body parts. Through interviews and public records, Reuters identi- knew that.” Most brokers employ a distinctive language to describe “The current state of affairs is a free-for-all,” said fied Southern Nevada and 33 other body brokers active Some morticians have made body donation part of their what they do and how they make money. They call human Angela McArthur, who directs the body donation program across America during the past five years. Twenty-five of own businesses. In Oklahoma, two funeral home owners remains “tissue,” not body parts, for example. And they at the University of Minnesota Medical School and former- the 34 body brokers were for-profit corporations; the rest invested $650,000 in a startup body broker firm. In detest the term “body brokers.” They prefer to be known ly chaired her state’s anatomical donation commission. “We were nonprofits. In three years alone, one for-profit broker Colorado, a family operating a funeral home ran a compa- as “non-transplant tissue banks.” Most also insist they are seeing similar problems to what we saw with grave- earned at least $12.5 million stemming from the body part ny that dissected and distributed body parts from the don’t “sell” body parts but instead only charge “fees” for robbers centuries ago,” she said, referring to the 19th-cen- business, an upcoming Reuters report will show. same building. When a body is donated, few states provide services. Such characterizations, however, are contradicted tury practice of obtaining cadavers in ways that violated Because only four states closely track donations and rules governing dismemberment or use, or offer any rights by other documents Reuters reviewed, including court fil- the dignity of the dead. “I don’t know if I can state this sales, the breadth of the market for body parts remains ings in which brokers clearly attach monetary value to strongly enough,” McArthur said. “What they are doing is unknown. But data obtained under public record laws from donated remains. A lien filed by one body broker against profiting from the sale of humans.” those states - New York, Virginia, Oklahoma and Florida - another cited as collateral “all tissue inventory owned by The industry’s business model hinges on access to a provide a snapshot. Reuters calculated that from 2011 or in the possession of debtor.” In bankruptcy filings, bro- large supply of free bodies, which often come from the through 2015, private brokers received at least 50,000 kers have claimed body parts as assets. One debtor includ- poor. In return for a body, brokers typically cremate a por- bodies and distributed more than 182,000 body parts. ed as property not only cabinets, desks and computers, tion of the donor at no charge. By offering free cremation, Permits from Florida and Virginia offer a glimpse of how but also spines, heads and other body parts. The bankrupt some deathcare industry veterans say, brokers appeal to some of those parts were used: A 2013 shipment to a broker valued the human remains at $160,900. low-income families at their most vulnerable. Many have Florida orthopedic training seminar included 27 shoulders. “There are no real rules,” said Thomas Champney, a drained their savings paying for a loved one’s medical A 2015 shipment to a session on carpal tunnel syndrome in University of Miami anatomy professor who teaches treatment and can’t afford a traditional funeral. Virginia included five arms. bioethics. “This is the ultimate gift people have given, and “People who have financial means get the chance to As with other commodities, prices for bodies and body we really need to respect that.” Last December, Reuters have the moral, ethical and spiritual debates about which parts fluctuate with market conditions. Generally, a broker reported that more than 20 bodies donated to an Arizona method to choose,” said Dawn Vander Kolk, an Illinois hos- can sell a donated human body for about $3,000 to broker were used in US Army blast experiments - without pice social worker. “But if they don’t have money, they may $5,000, though prices sometime top $10,000. But a broker the consent of the deceased or next of kin. Some donors end up with the option of last resort: body donation.” Few will typically divide a cadaver into six parts to meet cus- or their families had explicitly noted an objection to mili- rules mean few consequences when bodies are mistreated. tomer needs. Internal documents from seven brokers show tary experiments on consent forms. Family members In the Southern Nevada case, officials found they could do a range of prices for body parts: $3,575 for a torso with learned of the 2012 and 2013 experiments not from the little more than issue a minor pollution citation to one of legs; $500 for a head; $350 for a foot; $300 for a spine. File photo shows a dead body in the morgue. Army but from a Reuters reporter who obtained records the workers involved. Southern Nevada operator Joe Body brokers also have become intertwined with the about what happened. — Reuters 24 Established 1961 What’s On Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Hardee’s restaurant, Da’eya co-op branch reopened after renovated

In a most joyful atmosphere and with the attendance of a large audience, Hardee’s-Americana restaurant branch at Da’eya co-op was recently reopened after the branch’s area and interior design were renovated. Speaking on the reopening ceremony, Da’eya coop’s chairman of board, Ahmed Al-Sudan stressed that cooperation between the co-op and Americana Food Company had resulted in overcoming all obstacle and reopening the restaurant to severe shareholders and the area residents along with other 15 investment stores opened in the co-op over the past three years. On his part, Hardee’s chain regional marketing man- ager in Kuwait, Iraq and Kurdistan, Rafiq Al-Ayyatt stressed that Hardee’s plan is to expand to new loca- tions. He added that the new location in Da’eya was so vital and that the restaurant had been equipped with the latest equipments to help reduce response time and serving customers quicker. Also speaking on the occasion, Hardee’s operation manager, Abdul Atheem Mustafa said that Hardee’s had witnessed a great deal of development in production and operation.

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CROSSWORD 1744 STAR TRACK

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

Work and career should be a primary focus at this time. There are oppor- You may come face to face today with someone who has very different val- tunities to make good decisions—the clear choice is yours. You are at your most practi- ues than you do. You could find yourself cast in an opposing position and this might cal and what happens now may have a lasting effect on your life direction. Break the require compromise and understanding on your part. There may be some legitimate ten- mold and try what is extraordinary, but with real passion or persistence. You may be sion today—particularly since you are very focused on your career and your finances. relentless in your quest to discover new insights—trying new and different things. You The dividend for your ability to compromise and find an understanding is most rewarding. may decide to begin a course of study this fall. Things are happening and your career or This is a good time to be creative and secure the positive. The negative you might be path depends upon your own drive, which is strong now. This is a real time to buckle experiencing is probably from outside forces; however, by maintaining a positive attitude, down and consolidate your career. Your sense of responsibility will be what guides you you will really tune into the solution. Keep a positive attitude and you will keep moving in and proves successful. Cash is coming your way. the right direction. A family member wants your attention this evening.

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

A business trip appeals to you because you can also visit an exciting place It is your time to be recognized at work. Your hard work will soon be pay- and have a bit of a vacation. An important relationship, perhaps with a young person or ing off and others will give you credit for your efforts. This is a great time to be with oth- with someone in your near environment, may come into focus today. There could be an ers in an atmosphere of work or play. You may be sought after as just the person for a emotional overtone to all of this that may require understanding and flexibility on your particular job. Your management and directional abilities are in high focus. Quick answers, part. Sympathy and understanding are emotional qualities that take on greater impor- great wit and a surplus of insights and solutions are available. This is a good time to com- tance and you are good with the interaction that is needed. It’s wisdom, not knowledge, municate with you own ideas. There may be an opportunity to speak in front of an audi- that counts most. You could also feel great support from those around you for whatever ence tonight. Financial and health problems should see some relief very soon. You enjoy decisions you make. You may enjoy taking advantage of some social opportunities later your friends and probably have many good friends at work as well as around the neigh- this evening. You feel healthy and natural. borhood. A friend visiting this evening does not want to talk shop.

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

The power of organization on a social scale business, politics and such If a loan is needed, today and tomorrow are the best times to put in your seems to take on a larger than life aura. It’s as if ambition and authority are request. Difficulties, blocks and all manner of hot spots may have easy answers in themselves, rather than only a means to an ideal objective. You will be able to answers at this time—a little unusual, but inspiring. This is a very lucky day for making ACROSS 83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish assuage any tendency to be deceptive. Careful, your attention could be turned to the plans or decisions and finding your way through just about any problem you may discov- 1. (used of animals especially a horse) Of gods. ambitious schemes that tend to become lost along the way. You will benefit from logical er. You feel successful and able to solve problems. Good advice from a guide is appreci- a moderate reddish-brown color n 1. insights, getting to the heart of things. You attract money today. Making money can take ated. Real insight into your own inner workings or psychology could surface in a man- 4. Become adolescent. DOWN on an almost spiritual kind of power. It is as if making money is the reason for living. As ageable form. You may be in the mood for deep and penetrating conversations or 12. The compass point that is one point 1. A small cake leavened with yeast. soul-stirring as this may be, money can be disillusioning if you do not keep your wits thoughts this evening. Family members have a lot to say and it is all positive. The influence north of due east. 2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian about you. Sweet conversation and an easy-fix dinner may be in order this evening. of one planet just now will help define the area of your life direction. 15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit mythology. juice. 3. Not only so, but. 16. Genus of showy plants of western 4. Earlier a god. Cancer (June 21-July 22) North America having palmate leaves 5. English theoretical physicist who Capricorn (December 22-January 19) and variously colored racemose flowers. applied relativity theory to quantum Rewarding days make up for all the stress that comes with the challenging If you need professional advice, the next few days are the best times to seek 17. (meaning literally `born') Used to mechanics and predicted the existence of days. Sometimes the stress is good because you may, perhaps, find more that help. Secrets, conspiracies and hidden links that unite all things take on indicate the maiden or family name of a antimatter and the positron (1902-1984). positive directions. This particular day is a rewarding one; you can enjoy the attention or a greater importance now. Digging into the past for hints about the present and future married woman. 6. A lyric poem with complex stanza benefits. You are willing to take risks and dare to be a little unusual. You will prosper uncovers a lot of answers to the questions that do not seem to go away. Instant gratifica- 18. The cry made by sheep. forms. through new insights, inventions and an independent point of view. Your career could open tion is one of the temptations to which you are subject now: you want things and you 19. Accumulation in the blood of nitro- 7. Commemorates Saint Peter's miracu- up by taking new approaches. Others value you for your ability to make practical decisions want them quickly. Learning what really counts is an important lesson that may be learned gen-bearing waste products (urea) that lous deliverance from prison. and today may be the time to dive into group issues. There are good fortune and plain old the hard way. A feeling that anything is possible if you set your sights high enough char- are usually excreted in the urine. 8. English essayist (1775-1834). luck available now. There are plenty of opportunities to achieve your goals and you find acterizes the cycle you have just begun. You teach positive thinking and enjoy being a 20. The seventh month of the Moslem 9. Disgraceful gossip about the private yourself able to do almost everything, particularly when there is no time limit. mentor. Your optimism makes you a good mentor. calendar. lives of other people. 22. A member of the Semitic speaking 10. A ductile gray metallic element of the people of northern Ethiopia. lanthanide series. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. An adult male person (as opposed to 11. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of a woman). pages) from having corners turned down. This is a rewarding and challenging day. You will enjoy the rewards of Dieting may be a sour word for you so . . . Spit it out! Try putting on a new 25. Become ground down or deteriorate. 12. Derive or receive pleasure from. your hard work, even though it may only be the good feeling that comes creative, heart-healthy frame of mind. This is the time where the energies will be working 26. An indehiscent fruit derived from a 13. A small ball with a hole through the when you do your best. Yes, this is a satisfying day—new and unexpected events may in your favor to make any nutritional changes that are necessary—listen to your body. single ovary having one or many seeds middle. figure in your living situation or surroundings this afternoon. There is positive insight You have a lot of emotional energy now and with it there is self-confidence in how you express yourself. You demonstrate understanding and sensitivity about the needs of oth- within a fleshy wall or pericarp. 14. The compass point that is one point about your support system: mother, father, etc. You may enjoy being taken into confi- 28. An informal term for a father. dence by a young person this day; you want to teach and be helpful. There is the possi- ers and on this day you are in a good position to communicate concerning groups and east of northeast. society in general. You could be under considerable mental tension or feel hemmed in by 30. Type genus of the Ranidae. 21. Type genus of the Ardeidae. bility of new visions or sudden insights that will help this person move into adulthood 33. State in northeastern India. and to have a good self-esteem. This is also a great time to help you and others to gain a too conservative mental atmosphere. You may feel compelled to change your mind. 23. Lower in esteem. Bucking other people’s ideas may be in order, but do it gently. 37. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names 27. The cavity in which the large intestine insight through historical or family research: genealogy. Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit begins and into which the ileum opens. mal epilepsy. 29. Before noon. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 39. A silvery ductile metallic element 31. Congenital absence of an arm or leg. Pisces (February 19-March 20) found primarily in bauxite. 32. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea Everything is run through your checkpoint to see if it holds up and can 42. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a nymphs who were daughters of the sea Someone at work is determined that you are going to do as he or she says. corpse. This may go against what you think should be done. You will get through this by realizing pass the test. You can be a stickler with details. Sometime today you may god Nereus. find that higher-ups decide you would be the best person to be put in charge of research. 43. A ballistic missile that is capable of 34. A winged often one-seed indehiscent where you are in the chain of command. Someday you will be wearing the other shoe, so traveling from one continent to another. to speak. Business projects can be easily completed with your new obedience. You begin This may allow you to leave the workplace and talk to people or utilize the city library or fruit as of the ash or elm or maple. the internet for confirmation on a story or dates. Whatever you are assigned to report, 45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or 35. A medium (art or business) that dis- to feel support from those around you. You feel good! Discussions about religious, cultur- BB gun. al or philosophical controversies have a way of stirring your blood. You watch for the double-check your numbers or facts. Some time to yourself without the usual interrup- seminates moving pictures. tions of the workplace comes with responsibility but you are pleased to make the change 46. One or some or every or all without 36. An internationally recognized distress opportunities to speak up. Travel and adventure are compelling temptations as you dare specification. to test your mettle and stretch your horizons. As you relax this evening, you may be quite in your routine. After a stimulating day, you may be ready to relax this evening but it signal via radiotelephone (from the pleased at how the whole day has progressed. would be better for your body if you put in some time to exercise. 47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar French m'aider). to but heavier than beer. 38. The site of an archeological explo- 48. A Russian prison camp for political ration. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution prisoners. 40. A master's degree in business. 50. (of complexion) Blemished by imper- 41. Indian religious leader who founded fections of the skin. Sikhism (1469-1538). 52. Being three more than fifty. 44. (informal usage) A general feeling of 54. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple boredom and dissatisfaction. flowers. 49. A member of the people of Gujarat. 56. Avatar of Vishnu. 51. A large number of things or people 57. 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Mashhad 13:00 BBC 043 Dhaka 22:30 SYR 342 Latakia 12:00 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 13:15 JZR 241 Amman 22:55 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:25 CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 JZR 185 Dubai 23:00 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:05 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 JZR 903 GYD 13:55 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 QTR 1075 Doha 12:10 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 PIA 239 Sialkot 23:40 28 Established 1961 Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Lifestyle Gossip Amanda Holden was man-handled by a clown The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge was convinced a specter lights are and everything, there’s no audience there and that there is a ghost at Drury Lane called Grimaldi and he called Grimaldi tried to play a trick on her while she was you’re in your normal clothes and I had stood on the stage likes to move people about. So he was literally playing a rehearsing for her role as Princess Fiona in ‘Shrek: The with my back to the audience and they were showing me joke. I was in my head thinking ‘Oh it was probably me.’ And Musical’ at Drury Lane theatre in London back in 2011 as he where the green light would come, which would tell me I had so that was his joke and it’s happened to a lot of other blocked her from escaping off out into the wings. Speaking to turn into an ogre and to turn into an ogre I had to leg it actors. He was chunky, very tall. It felt like a presence, I felt on ‘This Morning’ - which she is co-hosting with Ben off stage and put my mask on and be sprayed green. like I had to go round him.” And it’s not just Grimaldi who Shephard this week while Holly Willoughby and Phillip “Anyway, so I was standing and my dresser was in the wings apparently wanders the wings of the theatre, as Amanda has Schofield are on holiday - yesterday, she said: “I had a mas- there and there was someone here [next to her], so I moved told that there’s another supernatural figure who has led to sive ghost experience. When I was doing ‘Shrek: The out of the way and I turned to Davina [her dresser] and said: the cleaners being banned from using lavender. Musical’ at Drury Lane in the West End. I was Princess ‘Whoever that was, they can’t be there at that minute Fiona and it was a really odd thing because we were doing a because I’ve only got two seconds to change.’ And she said: technical rehearsal, which is where you work out where the ‘Amanda, there was no one there.’ “And then later, we read

The 71-year-old singer recently visited the Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital, in Nashville, to promote her new album ‘I Believe In You’ - her first album written exclu- Colin Farrell adopts sively for children - and during her visit she announced her generous donation to the hospital. The money was donated in Dolly Parton honor of her niece Hannah - who was successfully treated for business-like approach leukemia at the hospital, her sister Rachel, Hannah’s dad Richard and her own physician Dr. Naji Abumrad. Dolly told donates $1 m the BBC: “I love children. I’ve always been involved in one way or another with children’s charities or with children in while shooting scenes general, because I love little kids. I’m from a big family of children.” As well as donating the money to the hospital, to a children’s The 41-year-old actor stars alongside the has cover.” Nicole, 50, plays Colin’s wife in Dolly is also head the Imagination Library, a non-profit award-winning actress in the new psycho- the new movie, and she’s admitted to feel- organization that helps promote early childhood literacy by logical thriller ‘The Killing of a Sacred ing “safe” while shooting the loves scenes giving age-appropriate books to children to read. Dolly grew Deer’, in which their characters become with the Irish star. She told ‘Entertainment up impoverished and she admits her parents’ advice to finan- hospital intimate with one another, but Colin said he Tonight’: “I think from the minute [Colin cial matters has shaped her attitude to money throughout her considers steamy scenes to be part and and I] met, I just felt safe, which is always a entire life. She said: “It’s hard for me to spend money on tons parcel of his job. He explained: “You get great place to be with another actor.” of stuff because I’m going to look the same, no matter what I through [those scenes] as quickly as you Nicole also claimed that such scenes often wear. If I wear diamonds I’m still going to look like a rhine- can, while not rushing it at the same time. form a central part of telling the story. The stone. Being brought up poor means I don’t take things for It’s very much business. “You’re there to Australian actress shared: “As soon as I granted, and no matter how much money I make, I’ll always tell a story. You’re there to honor the char- take myself out of the equation, it’s just the count my blessing quicker and more often than I count my acters that have been written by somebody storytelling. “These particular scenes are money. Even now if I go in a store it’s hard for me to pay a else and whose voice you are now begin- very much needed for the relationship. huge amount of money for one item. I say, ‘Good Lord! What ning to adapt to yourself. You hear, ‘Cut,’ They say so much.” could mommy and daddy have done with that?’ “ and everyone looks away, and you make sure that the person you’re working with Justin Bieber fan arrested at his Los Angeles home

Katie Price The woman, in her 40s, was apprehended ly found sleeping in one of the bedrooms his by the Los Angeles Police Department at rented Atlanta, Georgia mansion. She was Justin’s Beverly Hills estate, the third time arrested by police for criminal trespass. She accuses Chris she has visited the property in the past claimed to have met Justin via Twitter and week looking for the 23-year-old singer. said had been invited to a birthday party at TMZ reports that Justin’s security team the mansion. When she arrived to find it detained the fan until police arrived and empty, she reportedly let herself in because Hughes of flirty booked her for trespassing. Justin was at the door was open. In a video of the inci- home during the incident but did not meet dent, she could be seen talking on the the woman. This is not the first time Justin phone to someone, saying: “Oh got it so you messages has had to deal with fans trying to get in to also are in charge of this place right? Oh, his home. He left his Beverly Hills rental thank you so much, I understand so.... I will after just two months in 2015; not long after be leave right now.” She also urged some- The 39-year-old former glamour model and the two young fans were caught sneaking on to one at the property not to call the police, ‘Love Island’ hunk - who is in a relationship with the property. One of the fans was celebrat- saying: “No see I don’t want to let the Olivia Attwood, whom he met on the ITV2 show ing her 12th birthday and she and her pal police reach him please.” Justin was on have been at loggerheads since Katie was accused captured their “break-in” on their phones, vacation with his father Jeremy at the time of sending flirty WhatsApp messages to Chris, who which were reportedly confiscated by of the 2014 incident. posted screenshots of their one-sided conversation the star’s security. And in 2014, on social media. Katie later fired back by showing a young woman was reported- 52 screenshots of his replies, which were sent on Snapchat, to The Sun Online, but Chris insists the messages were not sent from his account. Now, the ‘Loose Women’ panellist has accused Chris of trying to make her “feel mental”, by claiming she’s made the whole thing up. She said: “All I know is some-

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one who’s parading around about mental health addicted to weight lifting and he’s trying to make out I’m mad, saying that he hasn’t sent me messages, it’s like pot-kettle. What is it? Kettle-pot? Pot-kettle? That’s exactly what The 69-year-old singer and model - who was signed to Wilhelmina Modelling agency he’s doing - trying to make me feel mental that I’m aged 18 - has admitted she used to work out “every morning and every evening” and making the whole thing up when I’m so not.” In one would even train with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a bid to stay in shape, although she of the messages allegedly sent by Chris, he brands doesn’t weight lift “anymore”. Speaking to Time Out magazine, the star said: “I don’t do his own beau Olivia “fame hungry”, and Katie weightlifting any more, though. I used to be addicted to it. I was doing it every morn- thinks the hunk should “pipe down”. Speaking to ing and every evening. Don’t forget I was working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger OK! magazine, she said: “He’s slagging Olivia off and Dolph Lundgren. These are serious bodybuilders. “Nowadays I just have to make and everything. For someone who has only had five sure I can still pull up my whole body by myself.” Although the ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ minutes of fame and has only got two and a half has ditched the weights, she has admitted she maintains her slender frame by carrying minutes left, they should pipe down.” Previously, out cardio sessions instead. Asked how she stays in shape, she said: “Oh my goodness. Chris dubbed Katie as a “rotten piece of s**t” on Well, I swim, I cycle. I do soft sports now. And of course it helps if you’re born social media after she released the screenshots, but with it too.” Meanwhile, Grace has revealed when she goes on a night out more recently he claimed the messages must have the “most important thing” for her is to be left alone and not spoken to been sent to her by someone else. He said: “I so she can dance. She explained: “Oh definitely. But I have to party haven’t sent her any messages. Either the messages by myself. I don’t like to talk at parties. Dancing is the most are from someone pretending to be me, or Katie important thing for me. I tell people: ‘Don’t try and talk to me, has made them up because she’s embarrassed that let me dance.’ I’ve always been like this. I used to go to I posted the flirty messages she sent me and wants Tramps in London years ago with, you know, Duran Duran, to make me look bad. While you can’t change your Christopher Walken and [Robert] De Niro. I’d just tell the DJ actual username on Snapchat, you can edit your what to play and dance.” display name. Established 1961 29

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Lifestyle Gossip Kristen Bell George Clooney is scared turned her to hold his children house into an arts, crafts design project

The 37-year-old actress stars alongside Mila Kunis in the soon-to-be-released action movie ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’, and Kristen has admitted she loves getting caught up in the excitement of the holiday season. The Hollywood star - who has daughters Lincoln, four, and Delta, two, with husband Dax Shepard - shared: “My whole house becomes an arts and crafts design project, and it’s really just for me, ‘cause I love everything to sparkle, like snow globes... “We have 35 Macy’s Santa bears that are all over the couch.” And Mila - who has three-year-old daughter Wyatt and ten-month-old The 56-year-old actor has admitted he is terrified when he know what’s going from here to here. What happens?” The son Dimitri with her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher - is sim- holds his four-month-old twins Ella and Alexander - who he ‘Suburbicon’ director has revealed Ella and Alexander have ilarly enthusiastic about Christmas. Mila told ‘Entertainment has with his wife Amal Clooney - as he fears he will harm his very different personalities, as his daughter is “very elegant Tonight’: “I love the holidays, so, I feel like I have just as kids because they are “so little” and fragile. Speaking on and dainty”, whilst his son is heavier and is like a “thug”. much fun decorating for myself as I theoretically do for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Monday (23.10.17) about his con- Speaking previously, the movie icon said: “They’re born with myself. “I love silly decorations, and I love things to be fun cerns now he is a parent, he said: “Listen, I’m scared to personalities. Ella is very elegant and dainty she has these and not be classy.” Meanwhile, Ashton recently revealed that death, it’s terrifying. You’re afraid of breaking them. They’re big beautiful eyes, she looks like Amal.” “[Alexander] weighs he and Mila are determined to keep their children out of the so little.” And the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ hunk has hinted he is get- three pounds more than his sister ... He’s just a thug, he’s a spotlight. The Hollywood duo are among the most recogniz- ting used to the nappy changing, because he has to do it so fat little boy, he laughs louder than everyone in the room, it’s able married couples in the world, but the ‘Jobs’ star insisted frequently. He said: “It’s like cleaning up your dog’s poop.” the funniest thing.” However, George and his 39-year-old his children won’t be appearing in any of their social media The silver fox has revealed his children have recently been spouse have no plans to expand their family any time soon. posts anytime soon. Ashton explained: “We have a private introduced to solid food, and he is amazed by how the pair When asked if their family is already complete, George social network that we share stuff with the families so the digest their food. He explained: “We introduced the children answered, “Done!” grandparents can see the kids and stuff. to solid food on Friday. How that goes in as a carrot and how that comes out the way it comes out is shocking. I don’t Anna Faris Heather friends with Graham hopes Camila Cabello Chris Pratt women feel is scared

The 40-year-old actress and the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ of the ocean star - who have five-year-old son Jack together - braver The former Fifth Harmony singer has admitted her announced they were going their separate ways in August The 47-year-old actress claimed earlier this month that she two biggest phobias are deep waters and the this year after eight years together, and whilst they might was one of over 40 women to have allegedly been sexually sharks that swim in them, and she once had an not be a couple any more, Anna still has a lot of love for her harassed by the disgraced producer, and she has now “anxiety attack” whilst scuba diving because she former flame. She said: “We’re great. He’s amazing. We’re praised other women for coming forward and sharing their thought that the dangerous fish could “trace her great friends and we always will be.” Chris, 38, even wrote stories, as she hopes it will help people to “stand up for pee”. When asked what her biggest phobia is, the the foreword to Anna’s upcoming memoir ‘Unqualified’ - themselves”. She said: “It’s finally exploding! I think, hope- 20-year-old singer said: “I really have to get over which is based on her popular podcast of the same name will fully for women everywhere, we feel braver to come forward my fear of sharks and the ocean. If I’m in the ocean hit shelves yesterday - which she wrote about her “life with our stories and we feel we can stand up for ourselves. and my feet can’t touch the sand I won’t do it, I experiences”. Speaking during an appearance on ‘Live With We see a predator is getting some kind of justice. It’s some- freak out. I went to Canc˙n this year with my family, Kelly and Ryan’ on Monday the ‘Mom’ star said: “He was so thing that women have been dealing with for a long time. I and we went scuba diving, and I literally was hav- kind to [write the foreword]. “I decided to write a book guess now it’s finally exploding.” And Heather specifically ing an anxiety attack while scuba diving. I was like, about my life experiences and when I started, I thought, praised actress Ashley Judd, who shared her story in the ‘It’s right behind me! I know it, it’s right behind me!’ ‘This will be a great journey. This is a great idea. I know New York Times article which first accused Weinstein of It was not, I’m still here, but it was horrible. I peed what I’m doing. I’m 40, I can write a book.’ [Then] it’s like, sexual harassment. She added: “I think seeing [Judd] doing it a little bit in the ocean, and I was like, ‘The shark ‘No. What was I thinking? This is a terrible idea.’ “But what I was inspiring - and other women in that article - and I just can trace my pee, I know he’s coming!’” Despite like to think is the takeaway [is] that a lot of our problems thought if we don’t speak out, we enable this man to keep not being fond of the ocean, Camila loves being tend to be universal - the idea of jealousy, loneliness, heart- doing this for decades. And he shouldn’t be doing it. The able to see different parts of the world, especially if break. There’s a commonality no matter what profession ‘Scrubs’ actress believes women didn’t speak out against she can take her family with her. Asked by Buzzfeed you’re in or where you live and that’s something the podcast Weinstein sooner for fear of losing their jobs, but is pleased what her proudest achievement is, she said: has taught me. We all have the same stuff going on.” It isn’t they can now say they “deserve to be treated better”. “Taking my family to travel really beautiful parts of the first time Anna has shared kind words about Chris either, Speaking during an appearance on the ‘Today’ show on the world.” Although the ‘Crying in the Club’ hit- as she previously said the pair would always be “incredible Monday, ‘The Hangover’ star said: “I think in the past, we felt maker loves spending time with her family, she friends”. She said: “We’ll always have each other and be we couldn’t speak out, we were afraid of losing our jobs. But recently bemoaned the fact that her hectic career incredible friends. “There is still so much laughter in our lives I think now we’re saying that we deserve to be treated bet- often stops her from having a “normal social life”. together, and he is so proud of me, still.” ter and the workplace should be a safe place for us to be.” She said: “This isn’t a 9-to-5 job. It’s not like we clock in and then we’re out, like we’re living together. I don’t have a normal social life experi- ence. Like, I’m not going to school and then going to parties after and meeting people. “At the same time, I still need to live life. I’m human and I need to Liam Payne unsure if hug people, I need to laugh with people, I need to he wants to get married cry with people. Like, I need that part.”

Although the ‘Bedroom Floor’ singer is madly in love with especially coming out of it, but she did great. “She’s the most Cheryl Tweedy - the mother of his baby son Bear - he fantastic mum, which was no shock to me. I knew she was admitted marriage may not be on the cards for them. going to be incredible. “When I look back on it, it was crazy Speaking to Daily Star Online, Liam said: “I don’t know if I’m that I went back to work really early on.” The ‘Bedroom the wedding-y type of guy. Weddings feel a bit weird to me. Floor’ singer went back to working on his hotly anticipated I don’t know. Who knows? We’ll see.” However, Liam insist- debut solo album shortly after Bear’s birth, and now that his ed he and Cheryl are happier than ever in “baby land” at the 34-year-old partner is gearing up to head back into the stu- moment. He said: “We’re just really happy in baby land at the dio herself, Liam is supporting her in any way he can. He moment.” “When we’re in the kitchen late at night, we were added: “She’s got to do what she’s got to do. Honestly, she’s rapping, we were singing. “We had a dance battle yesterday. been so supportive of everything I’ve done so far. “We’re all She obviously won. I failed miserably, it was okay.” edging for her to get back to work, it’s just finding the right Meanwhile, Liam recently praised Cheryl, 34, as a “fantastic” time and the right way to do things. “This is the first time mum. While Cheryl revealed recently that she “hated” the she’s been away from the industry for a long period of time process of being pregnant, Liam, 24, has said she couldn’t be in her whole career and sometimes that’s a beautiful thing to a better mother to their tot. He said: “She didn’t enjoy [preg- have. “She’s got the opportunity to choose exactly what she nancy] as much as she thought she would. There’s a lot of wants to do and I think it’s great.” things people don’t tell you about this pregnancy business that happen. “She went through different things with it, 30 Established 1961 Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Lifestyle Music & Movies Palestinian festival drops film over director’s Israel trips A Palestinian film festival on Sunday canceled the screen- out a deadly suicide attack, was filmed in Israel and featured ness with Israel. Doueiri could not be reached for comment, ing of a movie by a Lebanese-French director following several Israeli actors. That film was banned in Lebanon and but Kamel Elbasha, a Palestinian actor who stars in the film, pressure by activists who opposed his previous work in most Arab countries. Last month, Lebanese authorities criticized the decision. Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri, speaks to jour- Israel. “The Insult,” the latest movie by director Ziad briefly detained the Paris-based Doueiri because of his visits “Ziad was punished for that movie which was banned in nalists after being released by a military court, in Doueiri, was set to close the Palestinian Days of Cinema to Israel. “The director showed no remorse, and insisted on all Arab countries,” he said, adding that the activists were Beirut. — AP festival on Monday and was competing for the festival’s top his stand, and we think screening any of his work at a “mixing things up, lying and distorting facts,” and question- award. But after a charged campaign by activists on social Palestinian cinema festival would be a big mistake” said ing their motives. Elbasha won the best actor award for his for this year’s edition of the festival since it addresses an media, the city of Ramallah, which was hosting the screen- Abed Hamayel, an activist who campaigned against the film’s role in the film at the Venice Film Festival in September. Film important issue for the Palestinian people,” said a statement ing, told the festival to scrap the showing, according to screening. Lab Palestine, the group behind the Palestinian festival, not- from the group. It also said the film was selected because it Khulood Badawi, a spokeswoman for the festival, which A segment of Palestinians has long called for Arab politi- ed that “The Insult,” was being screened in Lebanon and in stars Elbasha, who hails from east Jerusalem. — AP agreed to the cancellation. It was not clear if the film was cal, economic and cultural leaders to boycott Israel as a way other festivals in the Middle East. The film, which focuses on still eligible for an award. to prevent normalizing ties with the Jewish state. An interna- a tense exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Doueiri’s previous film, “The Attack,” about a Palestinian tional movement of activists also calls for boycotts, divest- Palestinian refugee, explores the fraught place of surgeon living in Tel Aviv who discovers that his wife carried ment and sanctions against people or companies doing busi- Palestinians in Lebanese society. “‘The Insult’ was selected US director James Toback Katy Perry makes surprise accused by 38 women appearance at US of sexual harassment couple’s wedding The Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened Monday after call their hotline in relation to Toback who lives in New York. 38 women were said to have accused US film director James A cascade of accounts by women of sexual abuse has Pop star Katy Perry made a surprise appearance at an Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of flooded social media under the hashtag #MeToo since a American couple’s wedding over the weekend, taking decades. Toback reeled them in with boasts about his movie similar scandal surrounding movie mogul Harvey Weinstein photos and dancing with the newlyweds at their recep- career and connections, as well as claims he could make erupted earlier this month. A Who’s Who of actresses and tion in St Louis. Perry was in the midwestern city for a them a star, according to their accounts to the Los Angeles models have come forward to accuse Weinstein of rape, sex- concert, when she and her entourage surprised newly- Times. Following the publication of its story, the paper was ual assault and harassment, and of using his intimidating weds Hayley Rosenblum and Blonie Dudney at the Four inundated with emails and phone calls from more than 200 power in Hollywood to keep his behavior hushed up. Seasons Hotel on Saturday night. “She actually asked additional women, it said, though the majority of the new Weinstein, who is reported to have checked himself into a the bride and groom if she could come in and crash accounts have not yet been verified. rehab program in Arizona for sexual addiction, insists all his their wedding, and they both said yes,” wedding guest They did, however, follow the pattern uncovered in its sexual encounters have been consensual. Amy Prada said. investigation: in meetings framed as interviews or audi- Criminal investigations in his case are under way in “Everyone was shocked and happily surprised,” tions, Toback allegedly would turn disturbingly personal, London, Los Angeles and New York. The scandal has This file photo shows James Toback attending the Prada said, adding that Perry visited for about 15 min- with questions veering to masturbation and pubic hair. “He prompted fresh calls for justice from 46-year-old former premiere of the movie ‘The Private Life of a modern utes, dancing with the couple, and taking selfies with told me he’d love nothing more than to masturbate while child star Corey Feldman, who took to social media on Woman’ presented out of competition at the 74th guests. The surprise came late into the night. Wedding looking into my eyes,” Louise Post, who met Toback in Thursday last week to share his own experience of abuse. “4 Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. — AFP photographer Ray Prop told St Louis Magazine that he 1987 while attending Barnard College, told the Times. THE RECORD: I WILL NOT B GOING ON A TALK SHOW was getting ready to leave. “All of a sudden, the crazy “Going to his apartment has been the source of shame for 2 DISCLOSE NAMES OF MY ABUSER OR ANY1 ELSES human-train stopped right at the bride and groom, and the past 30 years, that I allowed myself to be so gullible,” ABUSERS. SO PLEASE STOP ASKING ME 2 DO SO,” he assaulting and harassing several young, male clients. And a woman with short blonde hair in a baseball cap said: said Post, who is now a guitarist and singer for Veruca Salt, said, launching into a seven-message Twitter tirade. Reese Witherspoon weighed into the scandal last week in a ‘Do you mind if we crash your wedding?’,” Prop said. an indie rock band. speech to an Elle Women in Hollywood event in Beverly Hills, Perry was in town for her “Witness” tour, and men- Toback denied the allegations, telling the Times he had Hollywood pedophile ring during which she revealed she was attacked by a director tioned the wedding visit during her Sunday perform- never met the women, or if he did, it “was for five minutes He went on to say he had been “mocked & shamed” and when she was 16 — the first of “multiple experiences of ance, according to posts on social media.—AFP and (I) have no recollection.” His representatives did not had his career destroyed for campaigning against what he harassment and sexual assault.” immediately respond to requests for comment. Toback, now describes as a Hollywood pedophile ring that abused him as Two new women have also emerged to accuse Oscar- 72, has been a writer and film director since 1974. His most a child. Feldman says he and fellow child star Corey Haim, winning French-Polish director Roman Polanski of sexually recent movie, “The Private Life of a Modern Woman,” star- who died in 2010, were abused by studio executives as they assaulting them in the early 1970s, when they were 10 and ring Sienna Miller, premiered this year at the Venice Film were making a name for themselves, including “some of the 15. Polanski’s lawyer Herve Temime said his client was inno- Festival. In 1987, he made the semi-autobiographical “The most richest, most powerful people in this business.” cent of all “baseless accusations” of sexual misconduct apart Pick-up Artist”, and other credits include the Oscar-nomi- Filmmaker Paul Haggis (“Million Dollar Baby”, “Crash”) from the statutory rape of Samantha Geimer, for which he nated screenplay for “Bugsy,” directed by Barry Levinson told the London-based Guardian newspaper he didn’t has been on the run from US authorities for four decades. and starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. believe sexual harassment and abuse were endemic, but Polanski, 84, fled the United States in 1978 before he could added that Feldman’s accusations merited serious investiga- be sentenced after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex Intimidating power tion. “Were people covering for pedophiles, too? We have to with Geimer.—AFP The Times said it interviewed all 38 women who came think that may have happened as well, because no one forth separately — 31 of them on the record-as well as peo- speaks out about being abused just to benefit their career,” ple they had spoken with about the incidents at the time. he said. US singer Katy Perry None had reported the encounters to the police at the time. Meanwhile, Hollywood’s Agency for the Performing Arts But a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s placed talent manager Tyler Grasham on leave, according to office told The Times that women were being encouraged to the Hollywood Reporter, after he was accused of sexually

the Newnan, Georgia-born singer was Pink’s ‘Beautiful among a wave of neo-traditionalists that Loretta Lynn broke through in the 1990s. He joked that Trauma’ tops when he was signed to Arista Nashville, a returns after label started by Clive Davis, they had no idea Billboard, one of how popular he would become. “I was just a token country singer they signed for that stroke to honor label and bam, I took off,” Jackson said. Many 2017’s biggest debuts of his hits became instant classics, from the barroom staple “Chattahoochee” to the Pop star Pink soared to the top of the US Billboard 200 album Alan Jackson somber “Where Were You (When the World chart on Monday with one of the year’s biggest album sales Stopped Turning)” written after the Sept 11 debut, beating out new albums from rapper Gucci Mane and Country star Alan Jackson, the late guitarist attacks. But he’s also been characterized as rocker Beck. “Beautiful Trauma,” Pink’s seventh studio album, and singer Jerry Reed and songwriter Don shy and uneasy in the media spotlight. sold 408,000 album units in its first week. This comprised Schlitz were inducted into the Country Music “I am not really shy, just socially awk- sales from albums and songs and streaming consumption, Hall of Fame on Sunday. Country icon Loretta Lynn returned to the Hall of Fame for the first ward,” Jackson said. “I just don’t like to talk according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The strong first too much.” Instead, he let his songs speak for week sales is the biggest debut for a female artist this year time since she suffered a stroke in May to formally induct Jackson. Lynn, who cancelled him, often writing about his father, his wife and the fourth biggest album debut of 2017, coming in behind and the everyday joys and sorrows of the Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn.,” Drake’s “More Life” and Ed her tour dates this year to recover, said Jackson was the only person that could make average man. Other hits include “It’s Five Sheeran’s “Divide.” The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from O’Clock Somewhere,” “A Lot About Livin’ album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and her leave her house. She recalled meeting Jackson when he (And a Little ‘Bout Love)” and “When streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). Somebody Loves You.” George Strait, Alison Gucci Mane’s “Mr. Davis” debuted at No. 2 with sales of was a nervous young artist decades ago and knowing then that he would “be one of the Krauss and Lee Ann Womack each per- 70,000 album units while Beck’s “Colors” opened at No. 3 formed one of Jackson’s songs in his honor. with 46,000 album units. Singer-songwriter St. Vincent was greatest singers in country music.” “He hadn’t let me down,” said Lynn, who is also a mem- Reed, who died at age 71 in 2008, was the only other new entry in the top ten of the Billboard 200 first known as an in-demand studio musician chart with her album “Masseduction” at Nov 10. On the ber of the Hall of Fame. The 59-year-old Jackson is still one of country music’s most with a unique finger picking style on the gui- Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, alt- tar. He played for and wrote songs for stars rockers Imagine Dragons climbed one spot to the top with successful solo artists, having sold nearly 45 million albums in the United States and had like Elvis Presley and Porter Wagoner. Reed, “Thunder.” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-studded Puerto Rico originally from Atlanta, became more popular hurricane relief charity single “Almost Like Praying” dropped 26 singles reach the top of the Billboard country charts. when his songs began charting. His hit song from No. 1 to No. 51.—Reuters With his baritone voice and knack for “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” earned him a telling stories about small town Southern life, Grammy award. —AP

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Lifestyle Awards Zendaya, Cate Blanchett preach empowerment at InStyle Awards

LOS ANGELES: Empowerment was the de facto theme at the third annual InStyle Awards Monday night, where Hollywood and fashion A-listers from Cate Blanchett and Zendaya to Cindy Crawford gathered on an open-air patio at The Getty Center to celebrate one another and those behind the scenes that make the glamour possible. Attendees were dressed to the nines on the hot October night in Los Angeles. But glitz seemed to be the last thing on anyone’s mind as they took the stage to speak to the intimate crowd, which included the likes of Heidi Klum, Kate Bosworth, Brie Actress-singer Selena Gomez, right, poses with Makeup Artist of the Year Hung Larson, Ellen Pompeo, Faith Hill, Taika Waititi and Connie Vanngo. Britton among others. “What we’ve created with fashion goes beyond just clothes and hair and makeup. We’ve creat- ed a platform to show different types of beauty,” style star people on this planet.” Positivity dominated the proceedings honoree Zendaya said. of the evening, which saw emotional speeches from makeup artist Hung Vanngo, who talked about his humble beginnings in war-torn Vietnam and a refugee camp, and hair stylist Harry Josh, who advocated for cruelty-free products. One name that wasn’t mentioned on the podium, however, Positivity was Harvey Weinstein or the culture of sexual harassment that has dominated talk in the industry for the past three dominated weeks, even among otherwise outspoken advocates like Brie Larson and Lovato. But there was an undeniable recurring message of defiance and power that permeated every the evening speech. “I have to say, bring it on ladies,” Blanchett said. “Break it wide open.”—AP

Mothers, she said, have told her that because she wears her hair in an Afro style, that their daughters like their own hair now. “What the world needs right now is people who are exactly who they are,” she said. Blanchett, who was giv- en the Style Icon award, also used her platform to talk about how the true icons of style are women “who have been utterly themselves without apology.” “It’s about women who feel free to wear what they want, when they want and how they want to wear. And we know we all like looking sexy, but it doesn’t mean we want to (expletive) you,” Blanchett said to loud cheers. “I wouldn’t say to Steve Bannon, ‘You look like a bag of trash. Do you want me to throw you out?’ But the comments that get said Zendaya, recipient of the Style Star about what women wear on the red carpet ...” award, poses at the 3rd annual InStyle Demi Lovato, recognized for her advocacy work, said Awards at the Getty Center in Los that “the more you talk about issues and the things that Angeles. — AP photos you’ve gone through, the more you can help others. That’s Demi Lovato what’s really important: Sharing life experiences with other

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Lifestyle WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017

MEXICO CITY: People look at a colorful skull painted by artist Ignacio Villanueva Aguirre and titled ‘Xoloitzcuintli El Perro Sagrado de Los Aztecas’ at Reforma avenue in Mexico City. — AFP The forgotten history of Rodin’s Napoleon, found in New Jersey Napoleon Bonaparte and Auguste Rodin are both household documents was a photograph showing Rodin posing with During this time, the bust’s history was uncovered. The names in their own right. But a bust of the French emperor the bust, which was believed to have been lost. In marble was commissioned originally in 1904 by the wife of created by the master sculptor faded into oblivion in an September 2015, Rodin expert Jerome Le Blay, author of John Woodruff Simpson, a prominent lawyer in New York- American town, only to be discovered by chance. The white the artist’s catalogue raisonne, or descriptive inventory, but after some time, Simpson stopped responding. “Marbles marble statue was certainly visible in the meeting room of the traveled to Madison. He needed only seconds to confirm the generally took two or three years to complete in Rodin’s time, borough hall of Madison-a municipality of 16,000 people in authenticity of the piece. In addition to the hundred-year- so it’s possible that between the commission and 1907-1908, New Jersey. In fact for old photo, Le Blay con- she became a little discouraged,” Le Blay told AFP. some 80 years, the bust firmed in an interview: was positioned on a “The stone corresponds Lost without a trace pedestal, carelessly leaned exactly with that used by Thomas Fortune Ryan, a friend of the collector, then on during meetings. Rodin during that era.” bought the piece during a visit to the Paris suburb of But in 2014, a 22-year- Meudon in 1909. Once he died, the bust was lost following a old art history student The marble was The proof was in 1933 auction of his estate. Research revealed that a merchant recruited to take inventory the pantograph had bought the statue on behalf of Geraldine Rockefeller This photo shows a bust of Napolean of the building’s artworks, commissioned The identification of the Dodge, daughter of prominent financier William Rockefeller. Bonaparte by Auguste Rodin. — AFP came across the bust and statue-worth between $4 She constructed the Hartley Dodge Memorial-Madison’s noticed a signature that originally in 1904 and $12 million-paradoxi- borough hall-in tribute to her son killed in 1930 in a road dream.” In plaster studies kept at the Rodin Museum in Paris, read “A. Rodin” in the cally was cause for concern accident in France, and decorated the interior with works Napoleon’s face is “a bit more warrior-like,” Le Blay said. “In sculptor’s immediately rec- for the Hartley Dodge from her collection. the final marble, he has a more questioning side, much more ognizable style. Intrigued Foundation, which manages “Geraldine Rockefeller regularly brought pieces, a bit like evasive.” “He is no longer Bonaparte the young victorious by the discovery, Mallory the building. “There was no you would decorate your country house with pieces from general, but he is not yet the French emperor who went on to Mortillaro consulted experts and dug into archives, deter- paperwork, there was absolutely no record that it had your main house,” Le Blay explained. But records were not conquer Europe, crushing everything in his path. He is mined to confirm whether it was indeed a genuine Rodin. She entered the building,” Nicolas Platt, the foundation’s presi- kept, meaning the bust’s whereabouts became unknown over between the two,” Le Blay added.—AFP was eventually pointed in the direction of the Paris-based dent, told CBS News. For security reasons, the directors kept time. It is thought Rodin took inspiration from Napoleon’s Comite Auguste Rodin, the leading authority on the father of the revelation a secret for two years, before announcing last death mask to create the bust, as well as working with a modern sculpture. week it was to be transferred to the prestigious Philadelphia lookalike as he did when creating his “Monument to Balzac.” And the mystery was solved: in the group’s collection of Museum of Art. The statue is engraved with the inscription “wrapped in his

“Now I am limited in what I can do in the streets, any space where I can exhibit my work becomes a space of resistance for me,” Graffiti set design said Rodriguez. Castillo, who often collaborates with visual artists, said she invited Rodriguez to paint the walls of the renowned El Ciervo Encantado theater because she knew his graffiti would enrich adds punch to her play. “The piece is about the Cubans’ struggle in the street in the context of the new relations with the United States and the influx of American visitors,” she said. “His work is also about that struggle in Cuba theater festival the street.” HAVANA: A play parodying the lengths some Cubans will go to in In the play that was first staged last year, a skinny and squat order to earn a few tourist dollars set against the backdrop of social- comic duo attempt frantically to entertain tourists arriving on cruise ly critical graffiti is adding punch to Havana’s annual theater festival. ships with Cuban tunes and to sell them outsized cigars and paper The first-time collaboration between veteran theater director Nelda cones of peanuts. A student with a manic fake smile, rudimentary Castillo, 64, and street artist Yulier Rodriguez, 27, underscores English and a hypersexualised walk sells chocolate and offers salsa unease among some Cubans with the recent infux of tourists on the lessons, city tours and cabaret acts “as way to make ends meet.” cash-strapped, Communist-run island. The interdisciplinary specta- In a beleaguered economy which shrank last year and where the cle, “Guan melon!, tu melon!”, is also an example of the innovative average state salary is $30 a month, the tourist sector is a relative ways Cubans are pushing the boundaries of critical expression. gold mine. Castillo said Rodriguez’s graffiti - eerie, scared and Rodriguez’s eerie murals of creatures that look malnourished and hungry-looking creatures with four eyes, two gaping mouths or a malformed had become ubiquitous throughout Havana over the last crown of skulls - was like another protagonist in the play. three years, reflecting his view of the dark path upon which society “Dialogue is always enriching as long as it is coherent,” said was. But the artist said authorities detained him for two days in Castillo. The two kept quiet about their collaboration until the day August and ordered him to stop painting in public spaces. Graffiti is it opened to the public, at the start of the theater festival that runs seen as vandalism in many countries, although Rodriguez suspects from Oct. 20-29.—Reuters authorities stopped him more because they did not like the content of his work.