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Sports authority rejects Min 26º Max 39º IOC deadline, conditions High Tide 00:01 & 12:23 KOC accused of providing incorrect info to Olympic body Low Tide 06:22 & 18:35 40 PAGES NO: 16667 150 FILS KUWAIT/LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee set a deadline of Oct 27 for the resolution of a dispute that could lead to Kuwait’s suspension from the Olympic body, but the Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) categorically rejected any deadline or condi- tions by the IOC, saying “the date of October 27 means nothing to PAYS”. IOC officials held meetings in Lausanne on Monday with a high-level Kuwaiti delegation to discuss issues involving sports legislation in the country. The IOC said “all parties agreed to fully respect and comply with the princi- ples and rules of the Olympic Charter and the statutes of the international federations”. The IOC said a working group has been set up to resolve the issues by Oct 27 “in the interest of the Olympic Movement in Kuwait and the athletes”. Kuwait was suspended by the IOC for more than two years but reinstated in 2012 following guarantees that new sports laws would be adopted. PAYS said in a statement yesterday that it had met with the IOC and listened to its views, affirming that the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) lies behind claims that local sports laws contradict the Olympic Charter. It added that KUWAIT: Smoke and flames rise as a helicopter flies during an annual military show of the Kuwaiti air force yesterday KOC had given inaccurate information to the IOC, holding at Udaira military range. (Inset) Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and US Ambassador to the KOC headed by Sheikh Talal Al-Fahd responsible for Kuwait Douglas Silliman attend the show. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 2) providing the IOC with baseless information. Continued on Page 13 Flight MH17 shot down by Russian-made missile GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands: Air crash July 17 last year. Malaysia vowed it would investigators concluded yesterday that seek the prosecution of the “trigger hap- Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot py criminals” who downed the flight, the down by a Russian-made BUK missile second aviation tragedy for the country fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine last after the mysterious disappearance of year killing all 298 people on board. Even flight MH370 in March 2014. “The wreck- though the Dutch-led inquiry did not say age was spread over several sites” near who pulled the trigger, Russian officials the villages of Grabove, Rozsypne and were already disputing the findings set Ptropavlivka, most of which were in rebel to further degrade strained ties between territory, the Dutch report said. Moscow and the West. “Flight MH17 The inquiry has marked out a 320 sq crashed as a result of the detonation of a km area in eastern Ukraine from which warhead outside the airplane against the the missile must have been fired to cause left-hand side of the cockpit,” the chair- the amount of damage. But it did not man of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe specify whether it came from an area Joustra, told a press conference. “This under the control of pro-Russian sepa- warhead fits the kind of missile that is ratists battling Ukrainian forces. Standing installed in the BUK surface-to-air missile in front of an eerie reconstruction of the system.” plane’s cockpit made from the wreckage, The much-anticipated report also said Joustra said the inquiry had not pinned it was possible that some on board the down the exact location of the missile Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to launch site, saying that would take fur- Kuala Lumpur may have been conscious ther investigation. during the 90 seconds it took to crash on Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair (center left) is flanked to his right by deputy chairman and CEO of KPC Nizar Al-Adsani and to his left by KNPC CEO Mohammad Al-Mutairi and other officials during the Al-Zour refinery signing ceremony yesterday at the KNPC headquar- ters in Ahmadi. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KNPC signs $13bn Zour contracts KUWAIT: The Kuwait National Petroleum Company yes- terday signed contracts worth $13.2 billion with inter- national firms to build a refinery said to be the state’s Tana files to grill Subaih largest development project. The deal comes as Kuwait, a key oil producer, moves to modernize its energy facili- By B Izzak ties and boost its refining capabilities. The Al-Zour refin- ery near the border with Saudi Arabia is slated to pro- KUWAIT: MP Mohammad Tana yesterday duce 615,000 barrels per day and come onstream in carried out his threat and filed a request Nov 2019, KNPC CEO Mohammad Al-Mutairi told to grill Minister of Social Affairs and GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands: A video shows the impact of a missile on Malaysia reporters. Labor Hind Al-Subaih over alleged finan- Airline Flight 17, while a part of the reconstructed forward section of the fuse- The 10 foreign companies involved include Spain’s cial and administrative violations. lage is displayed behind during a presentation of the final report on the cause of Tecnicas Reunidas, China’s Sinopec, South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem said he received the grilling its crash yesterday. — AP Hyundai, SK, Daewoo and Hanwha, Britain-based Fluor, yesterday and decided to place it on the Italy’s Saipem and India’s Essar. The new refinery will agenda of the Assembly session follow- France in deals worth eventually be part of a complex to include a huge ing the opening ceremony on Oct 27. Mohammad Tana petrochemicals venture and a liquefied natural gas This means the grilling might be debat- the disabled, the public manpower (LNG) import facility, both under study, Mutairi said. ed on Nov 3 if the minister does not authority, the cooperative societies sector €10bn with Saudi Arabia The new refinery has a strategic goal of supplying request a two-week delay. and the social care homes sector. low sulfur fuel (less than one percent compared to the Ghanem however said that he will take Subaih, the only female member in the UK drops Saudi jail contract bid current four percent) to local power plants, which will the opinion of the Assembly on whether Cabinet, said in a quick response that she significantly reduce polluting emissions. The refinery to take up the grilling in the opening ses- is prepared to face the questioning, RIYADH: France yesterday announced a it to Riyadh. Talks between the two nations, will provide clean fuel to ministry of electricity and sion, but after the speeches of HH the adding that it presents an important series of deals worth €10 billion ($11.4 bil- held alongside a business forum, “marked water stations, and new products in line with require- Amir and HH the prime minister. Tana’s opportunity for her to show the achieve- lion) with Saudi Arabia, reinforcing growing the intense relations of friendship and confi- ments of the European markets, which will help KNPC grilling is based on alleged violations in ments she has made after assuming ties between the two countries. Prime dence... and the shared will to take them to open up fresh markets on the continent, in addition four sectors under the ministry of social office. Minister Manuel Valls confirmed the agree- even further,” a final statement said. to promoting the oil industry at home, Mutairi added. affairs and labor - the public authority for Continued on Page 13 ments, some still to be finalized, during a vis- Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 Kuwait Times Palestinian Playboy Federer honored ‘Day of Rage’ throws in knocked out at Arab attacks kill towel, ends in Shanghai Media Forum3 three Israelis7 nude38 photos opener20 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 LOCAL KUWAIT: A helicopter takes part in a military show of the Kuwaiti Air Force yesterday at Udaira military range, 140 km North of Kuwait City. Kuwaiti Air Force is undergoing improvement and development through more training and the purchase of more aircraft, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah in a press statement yesterday. He was speaking on the occasion of the conclu- sion of an annual drill for Air Force personnel that had started last Sunday. In yesterday’s final drill live ammunition was used. Air force com- mander Maj Gen Abdullah Al-Foderi said in a similar press statement that this year’s drills aimed at raising the capabilities of fighter pilots in a non-traditional war scenario. He extolled the performance of Kuwaiti pilots taking part in the coalition against Houthi militias in Yemen. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh Kuwait-Egypt ties lauded ‘No more cholera cases’ CAIRO: Kuwait’s Ministry of Information’s Assistant number of media workers in Arab countries. On his part, Head of By Meshaal Al-Enezi Egaila center Undersecretary for Radio Affairs Sheikh Fahad Al-Mubarak the Arab Producers Union Ibrahim Abu Thekri stressed that this MPW Undersecretary Awatif Al-Ghunaim said Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday praised the close ties Mondial is an honor of the countries that supported Egypt dur- KUWAIT: Health Ministry Assistant 99 percent of the construction of Egaila center has between Kuwait and Egypt in various fields - especially on ing the circumstances that finally passed-especially Kuwait.