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SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 RAMADAN 29, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 5 Indian soldiers US weighs Iraqi teams face killed in deadly in on Egypt off to be ‘lords Emsak: 03:34 Kashmir ambush crisis talks of the ring’ Fajer: 03:44 Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:30 Maghreb: 18:35 7 15 40 Eshaa: 20:00 Kuwait elects young Max 45º Min 30º High Tide Speaker Al-Ghanem 00:57 & 11:33 Amir inaugurates Assembly, warns against sectarian rifts Low Tide 06:05 & 19:07 40 PAGES NO: 15892 150 FILS conspiracy theories Mabrouk Marzouq! By Badrya Darwish [email protected] uwait’s parliament speaker was elected yes- terday. It was a tough race between Ali Al- KRashed - a comparatively young politician; Dr Ali Al-Amir, moderate Islamist; Roudhan Al- Roudhan, a well-known former MP and former minister and Marzouq Al-Ghanim. Shortly before the voting started in the hall, Dr Al-Amir surprised the audience - announcing his withdrawal claim- ing that the government clearly does not want him KUWAIT: Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah smiles during the open- ing session of the newly elected parliament in Kuwait City yesterday. (Right) MP as a speaker by alleging that ministers were Marzouq Al-Ghanem waves after being elected speaker of Kuwait’s new parlia- advised to “vote in a certain way.” He withdrew on ment. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat this basis. Yesterday’s winner was Marzouq Al-Ghanem. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh achieve stability, strengthen state institu- formed in that period by two prime min- was recorded at 52.5 percent compared Marzouq is a well-known politician who comes Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stressed yes- tions and combat corruption”. isters, reflecting a state of political insta- to 40 percent in the previous polls held from an elite family of merchants and politicians terday that cooperation between the It was the second time in about a bility. “Whatever hardship that lies ahead in December last year. from both his mother and father’s side. new National Assembly and the govern- week that the Amir has appealed for should be met by cooperation between Sheikh Sabah however issued a strong Marzouq himself is a young, enthusiastic and ment is extremely essential to achieve cooperation between the government parliament and Cabinet ... There is no warning against allowing “strangers” to dedicated politician. Despite his young age, political stability in the country after sev- and MPs after the second election in less time to waste on issues of dispute, we meddle in the country’s internal affairs, Marzouq seems to know the old and new politics en turbulent years of disputes. than eight months and the sixth since are in need of every sincere effort and saying Kuwaitis are capable of resolving of the country. He is a respectable young man with In his address to newly-elected MPs June 2006. That period saw the Assembly resources,” Sheikh Sabah said. their issues. He also called on Kuwaitis a promising future. Plus, he is a very successful and and newly-formed government, the Amir dissolved six times, four by the Amir due The Amir however said he was opti- “not to allow their country to become a well-established businessman from a dynasty of said that cooperation between the two to political disputes and two by the mistic after the July 27 election which scene for disputes between outsiders” wealth also from both his father and mothers’ bodies is “inevitable” and called for “acti- Constitutional Court due to flawed pro- was held on the basis of the amended highlighting turbulence and civil wars in sides. Yet, he cares for everyone in Kuwait. vating positive cooperation between the cedures. electoral law after it was confirmed by the region. From the way he speaks, you can see that he Assembly and the government to Twelve governments have been the Constitutional Court. Voter turnout Continued on Page 15 cares about Kuwait and Kuwaitis from all strata. He is not aiming the rich part of society in Kuwait. He PAGE PAGE cares equally for all. That young man enjoys a good Kuwaiti fighter killed Python kills 2 kids history in sports. He was the president of Kuwait Sports Club. He speaks the language of the in war-ravaged Syria in Eastern Canada younger generation and yet he has the wisdom and respect for the older generation. Marzouq is in a way lucky that he also has a parliament of pre- dominantly younger MPs like himself. I think US orders citizens leave Yemen Kuwait will be seeing this young chap for many parliaments to come. Good luck Marzouq, you deserve it! SANAA: The United States told its citizens in Yemen yes- terday to leave immediately and airlifted out some US Iran leader reaches out to US government personnel, following warnings of potential Ramadan Kareem attacks that have pushed Washington to shut diplomatic DUBAI: Iran’s incoming President Hassan Rouhani time, to enter negotiations which are serious and sub- missions across the Middle East. The poorest Arab coun- used his first press conference yesterday to offer an stantive with the other side.” try, Yemen is the base for Al- Qaeda in the Arabian Allah’s mercy olive branch to the United States in protracted talks “If the other party is also prepared like we are, then Peninsula (AQAP), one of the most active branches of on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, raising hopes I am confident that the concerns of both sides will be the network founded by Osama Bin Laden, and militants By Nejoud Al-Yaqout of progress after years of stalemate. Rouhani, seen in removed through negotiations within a period which have launched attacks from there against the West. the West as a relatively moderate leader, said he was will not be very long.” Hopes for a diplomatic resolu- US sources have said that intercepted communica- id you know that every Surah in the Noble “seriously determined” to resolve the dispute and was tion to the nuclear issue have risen with Rouhani’s vic- tion between Bin Laden’s successor as Al-Qaeda leader, Quran, except for Surah Al-Tawbah, begins ready to enter “serious and substantive” negotiations tory over conservative rivals in June, when voters Ayman Al-Zawahri, and the Yemen-based wing was one Dwith the phrase BismAllah Al-Rahman Al- in order to do so. chose him to replace hardliner Mahmoud part of the intelligence behind their alert last week. Raheem. Allah is reminding us before we read His Iran’s critics say that it has used previous nuclear Ahmadinejad. A cleric whose watchword is “modera- Britain, which has already advised for more than two Divine revelations in the forms of Surahs (Chapters) talks as a delaying tactic while continuing to develop tion”, Rouhani is however still very much an Islamic years that its citizens in Yemen should “leave now”, and Ayahs (Verses) that He is the Merciful One. nuclear weapons-related technology - something Republic insider. announced it was temporarily evacuating all its embassy Allah’s mercy encompasses all of mankind: “And He it Tehran denies. Iran says it needs atomic power for His words yesterday are likely to reinforce that view, staff. Yemen is one of a handful of countries where is Who sends the winds as tidings heralding His mer- energy and medical needs. Rouhani said Iran would although talks over Iran’s nuclear program have long Washington acknowledges targeting militants with cy, till, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We not abandon its nuclear program, which it would had a habit of frustrating both sides. The last high-lev- strikes by drone aircraft. lead it to a dead land, and then cause water to uphold “on the basis of international law”. “We will not el talks between Iran and world powers - the United In the latest strike yesterday, a US drone fired five mis- descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of do away with the right of the nation,” the 64-year-old States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - siles at a car travelling in the central Maarib province every kind. Thus, We bring forth the dead. Perhaps said. “However, we are for negotiations and interac- were held in April and failed to break the deadlock. killing all four of its occupants, local tribal leaders said. you may remember.” [ Al-Araf 7:57] tion. We are prepared, seriously and without wasting Continued on Page 15 Continued on Page 15 He sends rain and provisions to mankind - regard- less of their creed - because of His infinite mercy. Allah also protects us from the “[m]any detrimental - and even fatal - rays [that] reach the earth from the sun...” (HarunYahya, Allah is known through Reason, p 78). In fact, Allah’s mercy is evident throughout the globe. The love a mother has for her child is merely one example of His Mercy. Another example is the love he has enjoined on spouses: We read in the Quran: “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.” [Al-Rum 30:21] Allah’s Mercy is infinite, and if you are of the blessed who feel His love in this world, then know that “Verily, Allah has one hundred portions of mer- cy; because of one part there is compassion between creation, and ninety-nine are reserved for the Day of Resurrection.” (Narrated by Salman Al- Farsi; Sahih Muslim) Can you even begin to fathom RAQQA: A rebel fighter places explosive packets into a suicide belt which will be detonated with the orange fuses at a makeshift weapons workshop in the northern Syrian Continued on Page15 city of Raqqa, where fighters manufacture mines, bombs and improvised explosive devices to be used against troops loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad.
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