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entire region: Emsak: 03:14 Iraqi speaker Fajer: 03:24 Shrooq 04:58 Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:28 Maghreb: 18:50 3 Eshaa: 20:20 Kuwait establishes new Min 32º Max 47º anti-terror committee High Tide 10:00 & 23:35 Panel will work to drain sources of terror funding Low Tide 03:25 & 17:20 40 PAGES NO: 16581 150 FILS KUWAIT: The Gulf state of Kuwait, hit by the worst sui- Ramadan Kareem cide attack in its history last month, decided yesterday to set up a permanent committee to fight “terrorism” Muslim’s journey and extremism. At its weekly meeting, the cabinet “decided to form a through life permanent committee to coordinate between various bodies to ensure security and fight against all forms of terrorism... and extremism,” a statement said. By Teresa Lesher A Saudi suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque ur journey in life is never alone. Each of us has in Kuwait City on June 26, killing 26 worshippers and parents, and each is born into a family. In Islam, wounding 227 others in an attack claimed by the Othe journey through life is intrinsically woven Islamic State jihadist group. into family life. It is within the family structure that the The interior ministry has arrested more than 40 peo- journey of life takes shape. And it is in the holy Quran ple in connection with the attack and referred them to and prophetic traditions that the Muslim finds guidance the public prosecution for legal action. The cabinet for family life. The holy Quran, which outlines moral and statement said the new committee will also work to legal rights and responsibilities among family members, drain sources of “terror” funding and intensify aware- ness programs. presents a methodology for safeguarding the family It said the move came after the recent surge in “ter- group and, within it, each family member. rorism”. The interior ministry has said two Saudi brothers The Muslim’s journey begins before he is born. As a arrested by police in Saudi Arabia transported the fetus, he is protected from the dangers of intoxicants explosives into Kuwait. It said they delivered the explo- and harmful food substances (as prohibited for all sives to Abdulrahman Sabah Eidan Saud, a stateless Muslims in the holy Quran). In addition, his mother is Arab who passed them on to the suicide bomber and entitled by her husband for full maintenance and finan- drove him to the mosque. An IS-affiliated group calling cial support, which protects her from the exhaustion of itself Najd Province claimed the Kuwait bombing and working long hours outside of the home unnecessarily. SANAA: A Yemeni vendor arranges nuts at a market in the capital Sanaa, during the final week of the holy also said it carried out two suicide attacks at Shiite Continued on Page 13 fasting month of Ramadan. — AFP mosques in neighboring Saudi Arabia in May. — AFP UAE executes woman for killing teacher Visit visa validity a ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates car- In the verdicts issued in June, the Federal attacks in Abu Dhabi. Security forces tracked ried out a rare execution yesterday, putting to Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi said Hashemi her down using CCTV footage of her going month as of issue death by firing squad an Emirati woman con- had used an Internet account to spread infor- into and out of the restroom where the mur- victed of the jihadist-inspired murder of a US mation that was likely to “jeopardize” the der occurred and near the doctor’s building. KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s if the person fails to enter the country school teacher, media reported. Alaa Bader United Arab Emirates. She was also found She was dressed in black from head-to-toe. department of public relations and within a month of issue as against the Al-Hashemi, 30, was executed at dawn after guilty of having sent funds to Al-Qaeda in Hashemi was taken into custody at her media security yesterday announced previous rule of three-month period. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Yemen, knowing that this money would be home where her car was found with blood on that the residency (Iqama) directorate Similarly, duration of the stay of the visi- approved the death sentence against her, used for “terrorist acts”. the steering wheel and bomb-making materi- decided to limit the validity of visit visas tor has also been restricted to one said the official WAM news agency, citing UAE law allows for capital punishment but als inside. During her trial, Hashemi had to one month. The new rule takes effect month in the new rule. However, chil- prosecutors. executions are rare and death sentences are asked the court to provide her with psycho- as of today (July 14). According to the dren and wives of applicants may be The National, an English-language daily, usually commuted to life in prison. Hashemi’s logical help, saying she had “unreal visions” new rule, the visit visa will be cancelled granted a three-month visit visa. said Hashemi had been put to death by firing execution is the first in the oil-rich Muslim and would see “ghost-like people” due to a squad. Hashemi was sentenced to death last federation since January 2014 when a Sri chronic mental illness. month for stabbing to death mother of three Lankan was put to death by firing squad in The court ordered psychiatric tests which Ibolya Ryan, 47, in a toilet of an Abu Dhabi for murdering an Emirati man eight years ear- it said showed she was aware of her actions. shopping mall on December 1, 2014. lier. In March, Attorney General Salem Saeed Dubbed the “Reem Island Ghost” after the Before his sentence was carried out, rights Kubaish said investigators found she had “lis- location of the mall, Hashemi was also con- watchdog Amnesty International had report- tened to lectures by late Al-Qaeda leaders victed of placing a handmade pipe bomb ed last year that a dozen people had been Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, outside an Egyptian-American doctor’s home executed in the UAE since 1997. watched video clips of killings and behead- in Abu Dhabi. The device failed to explode. Hashemi was arrested 48 hours after the ings,” among other similar activities. — AFP Iran talks hit final stage but deal remains elusive

VIENNA: Disputes over attempts to With few signs that Iranian or US probe Tehran’s alleged work on nuclear negotiators were prepared to give weapons unexpectedly persisted yester- ground, the high-stakes game of brinks- King Salman day, diplomats said, threatening plans to manship looked set to force a fourth wrap up an Iran nuclear deal by midnight extension of talks since the current round TEHRAN: A reporter (from left) questions Yeganeh Salehi, wife of detained reshuffles - the latest in a series of deadlines for the began 17 days ago. A temporary nuclear Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, as Jason’s mother Mary Rezaian negotiations. deal between world powers and Iran was listens to other media’s questions after a hearing in Jason’s trial at the The diplomats said at least two other set to expire at midnight yesterday Revolutionary Court in Tehran yesterday. — AP Saudi cabinet issues still needed final agreement: Vienna time (6 pm EDT), and diplomats Iranian demands that a UN arms embar- had hoped to complete and announce a RIYADH: Saudi Arabia appointed a housing minister go be lifted and that any UN Security final agreement before day’s end. But Mother of Washington Post with a background as a real estate developer yester- Council resolution approving the nuclear they warned there was no guarantee, and day, strengthening a trend towards giving top gov- deal no longer describe Iran’s nuclear some said the talks could stretch into reporter speaks of bail hope ernment jobs to people from the private sector as activities as illegal. They demanded Tuesday despite little appetite from any- the kingdom grapples with economic and social anonymity because they are not author- one for another extension. TEHRAN: The mother of Washington Rezaian denies the spying accusations. welfare issues. Majed Al-Hogail, former managing ized to discuss the negotiations publicly. Continued on Page 13 Post journalist Jason Rezaian, on trial in His lawyer, Leila Ahsan, has said there is director of Rafal Real Estate Development Co, a pri- Iran for espionage, told reporters outside “no proof” in the case file but her past vate firm owned by Saudi family interests, was cho- a Tehran court yesterday that she hopes requests for bail have been refused. sen to head the housing ministry by King Salman, he will be freed on bail. Rezaian, the The journalist’s fate has been shrouded an official decree said. newspaper’s Tehran Correspondent, was in secrecy since he was arrested along Hogail will lead efforts to ease a shortage of detained in the capital almost one year with his wife Yeganeh Salehi, also a jour- affordable housing for millions of Saudis. The gov- ago in a case that has paralleled with nalist, at home in Tehran on July 22 last ernment has pledged tens of billions of dollars Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers led year. Salehi was released on bail after two- towards the problem but red tape and difficulties by the United States. and-a-half months in custody and she was obtaining land have slowed disbursement of the The diplomacy is now approaching its present alongside Rezaian’s mother out- aid and actual construction of homes. endgame in Vienna. Rezaian, a dual side court yesterday. Salman relieved the previous housing minister, Iranian-American citizen, is accused of spy- During the last session of the trial on Shuwaish Al-Duwaihi, of his post in March - part of a ing for the United States by collecting con- June 8, the journalist was given his first series of shake-ups since Salman took the throne in fidential information, cooperating with opportunity to defend himself. The US has January. Since then, there have been two major hostile governments and disseminating criticized the trial’s “complete lack of trans- cabinet reshuffles and the health minister has also propaganda against Iran. parency”, and says Tehran should drop the been replaced. The 39-year-old reporter’s family has “absurd” spying charges that Rezaian’s Saudi kings have appointed former businessmen said he is being used as a pawn in an inter- brother called “laughable”. However, Iran to government jobs in the past, choosing the heads nal political power struggle related to the does not recognize dual nationality and of top merchant families for the post of trade minis- nuclear talks. His mother Mary, as at past says the case is purely a matter for the ter, for example. But there are more business lead- hearings, was not allowed into the trial’s Tehran judiciary. ers serving in government now than in previous third session but she was quoted by the Rezaian’s relatives have frequently cabinets, analysts say, an indication that Salman ISNA news agency as saying she believed expressed fears for his health, citing his wants to use private sector experience as Riyadh the reporter could be granted bail. She did need for medication to combat high blood seeks to avoid public discontent by improving VIENNA: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waves to journalists not know when the trial would resume, pressure. The California-born journalist-his according to the brief media report. A judi- late father was Iranian-is one of four social welfare and creating more jobs for Saudis. from a balcony of the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran ciary spokesman said a date would be Americans that President Barack Obama Continued on Page 13 continue in Vienna yesterday. — AP announced later. has urged Iran to return home. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 LOCAL

Paris Climate Conference to be KUWAIT: Sheikha Dr Shamael Ahmad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah presents a copy of her PhD His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah meets head of held next December thesis to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. the Public Anti-Corruption Authority Abdulrahman Al-Nimash. —KUNA photos KUWAIT: In preparation for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) and in view of the constant cli- mate change, rise in sea water levels, natural disas- Crown Prince receives Sheikh ters and threats to food production because of human activities, the French Embassy in Kuwait (@francekoweit) cooperates with Kuwait to highlight the importance of the conference due to be held in Thamer, Sheikha Shamael December under the patronage of the United Nations. The conference aims to achieve a new interna- KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown received Sheikha Dr Shamael Ahmad Arts and Letters Dr Tahani Saud Al- Hamad Al-Sabah received Sheikha Dr tional agreement on climate applicable to all coun- Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Al-Khaled Al-Sabah who presented Adwani, who presented to His Shamael Al-Sabah, who also presented tries with the aim of keeping global warming below Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace him a copy of her PhD on emergency Highness the Crown Prince a copy of him with a copy of her PhD thesis. His 2degreesC because of the hazards predicted if it yesterday Chief of the National business administration. her PhD thesis on Islamic banking Highness Sheikh Jaber also received goes any higher, explaining how the $100 billion Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali His Highness the Crown Prince also services in Kuwait. the head of the Public Anti-Corruption budget would be spent until 2020 to win members’ Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. His received Assistant General Secretary Meanwhile, His Highness the Prime Authority Adviser Abdulrahman Al- trust, reducing subsidies to fossil fuel and paying the Highness the Crown Prince also of the National Council for Culture, Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Nimash. —KUNA cost related to global warming consequences.

JEDDAH: Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and his accompaning parliamentary delegation offered condolences Sunday evening to Governor of Makkah Prince Khaled bin Faisal Bin Abdulaziz and his broth- KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan received Malaysia’s Ambassador to Kuwait Ahmad ers on the death of Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. — KUNA Rozian Abd Ghani at his office yesterday, and they discussed topics of mutual concern. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Civilian alliance launched to boost peaceful coexistence

KUWAIT: Kuwait Society for Human Rights Meanwhile, President of National (KSHR) announced yesterday the launch of Association of Domestic Security Dr a civilian alliance project to bolster peace- Khadija Al-Mahmeed said that on the ful coexistence and deplore violence, which national unity has been powerful since the is an initiative of civil society organizations country’s establishment, regardless of the in the State of Kuwait to promote cohesion recent bombing of Imam Sadiq Mosque, and national unity. which disappointed those who wanted to KSHR Director Mohammad Al-Humaidi achieve division of society and who serve said in a press conference the civilian coali- an external agenda. tion came to confront hate speech and Mahmeed reiterated the importance of condemn violence, noting that it’s an civil society organizations’ partnership to alliance of civil society organizations with prevent dangers and contribute to the local media. intellectual development of society in a Humaidi added that the alliance aims to positive way. She added that the unify efforts, as “voices of peace” seek to Association has cooperated with KSHR in spread a culture of tolerance, forgiveness calling for a civil alliance to achieve this and contribute to a national doctrine to goal, affirming on the need of such coali- reduce hate speech, stressing importance tion of civil society organizations and the of boosting community awareness in media to promote peaceful coexistence The students pictured during their visit to Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society. addressing violence as a phenomenon. reject extremism. — KUNA NBK concludes second session of Summer Internship Program 2015

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) con- over two weeks each. The program features a national commitment towards providing young cluded the second session of Summer Internship mixture of theoretical and practical training ded- generations with the appropriate opportunities Program 2015. A two-week course custom-made icated to provide the interns with valuable to experience how the actual professional bank- for high school and college students aged knowledge on a variety of subjects such as: ing issues and transactions are handled and between 15 and 20 years. The session ended by teamwork, creative thinking, the means of self- processed. a visit to the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to expression and modern banking, in addition to It has been 14 years since the establishment learn more about this association, the volun- helping them having a greater exposure to daily of this program. NBK views the Summer teers, the processes and particular emergencies. banking work procedures. Internship Program as an extension to its educa- The Summer Internship Program this year is This annual program demonstrates NBK’s tive initiatives and as part of its corporate social made up of different sessions, five-hour daily long-standing social involvement as well as its responsibility. Subaih stresses supporting Army Chief meets US Air Force Commander int’l development agenda KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General ADDIS ABABA: Minister of Social Affairs agenda which will be approved by the UN Mohammad Khaled Al-Kheder and Labor and Minister of State for in New York next September, she added. received Commander of the US Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al- The event gathers about 5000 people of Air Force Central Command Subaih stressed the importance of cooper- high-level political representatives, Heads ating to support international develop- of State and Government, Ministers of Lieutenant General Charles ment agenda beyond 2015. Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Brown yesterday. The two sides The official’s statement was made yes- Cooperation, as well as all relevant institu- discussed several topics of terday during her participation in the 3rd tional stakeholders, non-governmental mutual concern, and addressed International Conference on Financing for organizations and business sector entities. developing military cooperation Development, held in Addis Ababa, The Conference, held in the headquar- between the two countries, the Ethiopia from July 13 to 16. The conference ters of the UN Economic Commission for Ministry of Defense said in a aims to discuss international cooperation in Africa (UNECA), will result in an intergov- statement. Deputy Chief of Staff supporting the post-2015 development ernmentally-negotiated and agreed out- for Operations and Plans agenda, resolving current issues and facing come, which should constitute an impor- Authority Major General Ahmad different challenges, she noted. tant contribution to and support the imple- Abdulwahab Al-Omairi attend- KUWAIT: Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Al-Kheder is pictured with Commander of the US The conference is expected to complete mentation of post-2015 development ed the meeting. —KUNA Air Force Central Command Lieutenant General Charles Brown. — KUNA the final document on the development agenda. — KUNA TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 LOCAL IS threatens entire region: Iraqi speaker Kuwaiti-Iraqi cooperation to develop counter terror plans

By Faten Omar attend the conference in Baghdad,” he added. dangers of IS, and there will be cooperation between Iraq and Kuwait to develop well KUWAIT: The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Mosque attack thought out plans to counter the threat to poses a threat not only to Iraq, but the entire Jabouri condemned the terrorist attack on Arab countries in the framework of security region as well, the visiting Iraqi parliament Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait that left 26 and political cooperation. “The international speaker warned yesterday. “We believe that people dead and 227 wounded. He praised the society should know the importance of coop- Iraq’s problems are related to the regional situa- wisdom of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah erating with Iraq to face terrorism to serve not tion, and this is why we decided to visit Kuwait, Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who visited the site of the only the local society, but also the region to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Turkey to try to mosque minutes after the bombing, adding that achieve security and stability,” Jabouri said. He cooperate with other countries to resolve the Kuwait has faced the attack with firm security noted that the visit is on behalf of all Arab problems of Iraq and other countries and send a measures, and Kuwaitis have exhibited the countries concerned with Iraq’s stability and clear message to leaders around the world that best example of national unity and standing welfare, adding that countering challenges in we have to be in harmony and compatibility,” behind their leadership in confronting terror- Iraq is the responsibility of the entire world. Saleem Al-Jabouri said during a press confer- ism. KUWAIT: First Deputy Speaker of the Tunisian National Assembly Abdelfattah ence in Kuwait City Sunday night. “The Islamic Iraq’s divisions Mourou (left) is seen during a joint press conference with Kuwaiti National Assembly Parliaments Summit will be held in 2016, and we Cooperation “It is not true that Iraq’s divisions will Deputy Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. — KUNA want to make sure that all Islamic countries will Jabouri said all countries are studying the destroy Iraq - Iraqis are strong and trying hard to resolve problems through meetings and conferences, and there are still a lot of options Tunisian lawmaker lauds for reconciliation of all parties. We are focusing on the necessity to achieve Iraqi unity. Iraq has Kuwait’s unity after attack two parties - one believes in weapons and ter- rorism, while the other party wants to build the country by laws. These are the ones who KUWAIT: The visiting First Deputy Speaker of Friday, a terrorist attack targeted a beach should be supported,” the Iraqi speaker said. the Tunisian National Assembly Abdelfattah hotel in Tunisia’s city of Soussa claiming the Mourou yesterday underlined the “coura- lives of 38 people, mostly British, and Sectarian groups geous stance” of the Kuwaiti people, assem- wounding 39 others. Mourou stressed “I cannot deny the presence of sectarian bling around their leadership after the recent Kuwait’s support to his country in the after- groups in Iraq that are trying to create a rift mosque attack. Mourou was addressing a math of a March terrorist attack outside the between Iraqis, but we are watching them. We joint press conference with National Bardo museum in Tunis that killed several have to create a country that believes in Assembly Deputy Speaker Mubarak Al- people. During his visit to Kuwait, Mourou Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, Turkmen and other Khurainej, when he ruled out that the cow- met with His Highness the Amir Sheikh minorities to make them live in harmony, and ardly attack could impact “Kuwait’s humani- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His this is the main goal that we are trying to tarian march.” Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- reach, because there are some people in Iraq The Tunisian lawmaker is visiting Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly who want the country to end up with groups to offer condolences over the victims of the Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, His Highness KUWAIT: Iraqi parliament speaker Saleem Al-Jabouri (left) speaks during a press conference like IS and those who bear weapons,” Jabouri suicide blast the hit the Imam Al-Sadiq Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- with Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Bahr Al-Uloom. — Photo by Joseph Shagra said. mosque in downtown Kuwait city during Sabah, and His Highness the Prime Minister Friday noon prayer on 26 June killing 26 and Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. wounding 227 others. Kuwait has overcome Meanwhile, Khurainej said the ties between the danger and demonstrated to the world the two countries are ‘historical,’ reiterating that it “is a country of safety, security and Kuwait’s support to the country in happiness Ramadan soap operas’ review national unity.” He noted that this same and misfortune. — KUNA

By Nawara Fattahova asks for their IDs or the medical report of Fatma’s condition, they did not have them. Fatma asks KUWAIT VOICES KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is publishing daily her grandchildren to take the IDs from their par- Companies to bid offers to reviews of three Kuwaiti soap operas aired on Al ents. When Taiba asks her daughter to bring the Rai TV. Here are the reviews of the 25th episodes: nail file from her bag, she finds a mobile and asks reconstruct damaged mosque her mother to take it. Farouq asks about the ‘Qabil lil Kaser’ phone and she does not want him to see it, so he By A Saleh statements to the press revealed that When Wed told Rakan that Jinan is in love suspects she is hiding something and is cheating his intentions were against the conser- with Ali and they will marry soon, Rakan asks Ali on him, so she tells him it is Ghada’s phone that KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works vative Kuwaiti society’s values and tra- if he has decided to execute the plan of Hadeel. she found the day when he was visiting Faisal in invited eight companies to bid financial ditions. Hamdan said that Essa’s state- He admits and says he has no choice as he the hospital and was sitting outside talking to and technical offers to reconstruct the ments showed that he was after co- doesn’t want to lose Hadeel. Rakan warns him Ghada and she forgot it there and left. She tells Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque, Ministry education and changing Islamic educa- not to do so as Jinan is now a member of his fam- him she knows it was Ghada and Farouq apolo- Undersecretary Awatif Al-Ghunaim said tion and Arabic curriculums. “This is a ily, but Ali insists and says that he in fact starting gizes for his relationship with Ghada. ‘I am proud of who I am’ in a statement. This comes in imple- redline because the Holy Quran and to love her. So Rakan goes to Yousef and tells him mentation of His Highness the Amir hadith call for moderation,” Hamdan about the plan. ‘Thakira min Waraq’ By Faten Omar Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- said, accusing the committee Minister Sulaiman blames Raja for not telling him that Mashael tells Noora she will marry Nawaf, and Sabah’s instructions, Ghunaim said, Essa assigned to change the curricu- Jinan loves Ali, but she says this is what Jinan told Najd tells Shouq. When Shouq sees Nawaf at the his Ramadan, Kuwait Times wants to shift the adding that a preliminary meeting will lums of not being specialized nor quali- her, that she hates Ali. Hiba tells Yousef that Jinan university, she congratulates him on his upcom- conversation to the ordinary folks that make be held tomorrow to receive the offers. fied to do so. is crazy as she wants to marry Ali, who wants to ing marriage with Mashael. Nawaf blames Tup the majority of this country. By listening to On June 26, 2015, a terrorist attack on steal her money and that he must stop her. Mashael for speaking about the marriage when their stories and recognizing their humanity, we can the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque left 26 peo- KU spokesperson Ali tells Hadeel that Rakan threatened him it’s not yet sure. So Mashael goes to Shouq and remind ourselves and hopefully our readers of the that he will tell Yousef about the plan, but he fights with her. Then she calls Fawaz, telling him ple dead and 227 people injured. Kuwait University (KU) announced ties that bind us all together as a species. that the deans committee had agreed believes Rakan won’t do so. Yousef goes to that his sister Shouq has relationships with men Twenty-nine year old Mohammad Khader is a Co-education to appoint Dr Bader Al-Hajji, media pro- Jinan’s store and tells Ali that he rejects the mar- and her behavior is bad. man of business. With his serious look and dark suit, riage and tells him to leave work, as he knows Fawaz calls Shouq and asks for the number of Mohammad was on a break, sitting, drinking his cof- MP Humoud Al-Hamdan said that fessor at the faculty of arts and the edi- everything from Rakan. Yousef also tells Jinan Mashael’s parents, then goes to visit her mother. fee, when Kuwait Times approached him to discover the Minister of Education and Higher tor-in-chief of KU’s Afaq magazine, as about Ali’s plan and that he wants to get her He tells her that he was planning to marry her the man behind the mysterious look. Education Dr Bader Al-Essa’s recent the university’s official spokesperson. money, saying it’s not the first time for her to give daughter, but now he found out that she is in a Kuwait Times (KT): If you could be someone or money to somebody as she did previously did relationship with Nawaf, who is a bad person something? Who or what would you be, and why? when she gave Sulaiman KD 6 million. cheating girls. He also tells her he wants Mashael Khader: I would choose to be Omar Bin Al- Hadeel tells Zahra about what happened with to stay far from his sister. Mashael forces Hamad Khattab (the Second Muslim Caliph) and the reason More ‘Fintas Group’ Ali and that Rakan is the one who told Yousef. to call Fawaz to know what he did, and he tells is because he was an amazing man who was known She asks Zahra if the plan is over, but she gives him that he told her mother everything and that as a person of justice, a protector and had a strong Hadeel hope that he can deny everything, and if she is upset. She calls Mashael then and tells her personality. suspects released Jinan loves him, she won’t believe what they say. she doesn’t agree that she marries Nawaf, but KT: Can you describe yourself? Wed was behind the shelf in the school and Mashael insist on marrying him, so her mother Khader: I’m a moody, logical and practical per- By Meshaal Al-Enezi Coop board hears their conversation. Hadeel’s mother takes tells her they won’t send her money. son; even I hate that I care about work a lot and have the money and gold and deposits it in the bank. Mashael tells Nawaf that Fawaz told her moth- The appeal court recently rejected a no emotions. I care about details a lot in everything KUWAIT: The public prosecution recent- case filed by former Omariya and Rabiya er about them and that her mother rejected their and I believe in “personal experiences,” not in “experi- ly released lawyer Abdulmohsen Al- Co-op Society’s board of directors, ‘Ummina Rwehit Al Jannah’ marriage. He said they may wait for some time, ences through others.” When Fatma does not find her glasses in her but she insists they get married soon. The moth- KT: Tell me about someone who had a great Ateiqi and citizen Jarrah Al-Thefieri, who annulling the first instance court ruling house, she goes to Nooriya to look for it as she er tells the father about what Fawaz told her and effect on your life. had been detained in relation to the which had ordered them back to office. stayed there overnight. Nooriya asks why she has that he has to stop sending Mashael any money. Khader: In a good way, Amro Khaled had affect- ‘Fintas Group’ Case. The two were The new verdict also annuls the separa- changed, as before her personality was very Mashael comes home and tells Najd she and ed my life, not only in a religious way, but because released on KD 10,000 bail and KD 2,000 tion of the society into two, with one in strong. So Fatma comes up with a plan to change Nawaf will get married soon. Fawaz calls Shouq he knows how to talk to people in a simple way and bail respectively. They join four others each area. the insulting behavior of her children and show to ask if Mashael abused her again, and she tells make us connect again with God in love, not fear. who were released on KD 10,000 bail them her strong personality. him that Mashael will soon marry Nawaf. So In a bad and negative way, when I was teenager, I Sunday. Thirteen members are accused Illegal photography She wakes up in the morning pretending she Fawaz again calls Mashael’s mother to tell her she had a friend who made me do things that I regret of spreading false news about the coun- The Interior Ministry recently warned has amnesia again and starts shouting at them will get married without their approval. Still, now. try’s internal situation in social media, that any person who takes photos or and breaking plates and cups, warning them to Mashael tells Nawaf she wants to get married KT: What are you most proud of? taking part in a group on What’sApp that video footage for others without their get out of her house as she doesn’t know them soon. Khader: I am proud of how much I love my fami- made corruption accusations against knowledge or approval, in addition to or she will call the police. She calls the police, When Jassem goes with Diana and the kids ly; I am also proud of who I am and my special place members of the judiciary in addition to sending indecent text messages would who take them to the police station. There they outside, his first wife Marwa sprays his room and in my society. the misuse of mobiles. be subjected to criminal accountability. say she is mentally ill, but when the investigator the clothes of Diana with pesticide. Cooking gas cylinder thieves in police net

By Hanan Al-Saadoun machine used in producing the KD 20 bills. KUWAIT: A citizen and a bedoon (stateless) were recently arrested in Drivers deported relation to multiple cooking gas cylin- The Interior Ministry’s General der robberies reported in different Traffic Department recently areas around Kuwait. Police have been announced that traffic inspection monitoring the suspects for a while campaigns in various governorates before arresting them, the Interior from July 5 to 11 resulted in the Ministry said in a statement, adding deportation of seven expatriates for that the two had admitted to their driving without a driver’s license, crimes. arrest of 57 people for traffic viola- tions, impoundment of a vehicle Fake dinars wanted in relation to robbery and Meanwhile, a citizen and a stateless impoundment of 1,715 vehicles for person were recently arrested with severe traffic violations, as well as the possession of fake Kuwaiti banknotes, impoundment of five motorcycles. The two suspects arrested for stealing cooking gas cylinders around Kuwait. The suspects arrested with possession of fake Kuwaiti banknotes. said security sources. Case papers indi- said that the store belonged to the liquor, said security sources. Case Citizen dead in suspected overdose Drugs cate that a police patrol noticed a Fake printer inks confiscated main importer who distributes the papers indicate that a patrol The body of a 26-year-old citizen was A citizen wielded a cleaver to vehicle being driven in a slalom Criminal investigators recently fake inks to other retailers around noticed a mini bus parked in an referred to forensic medicine when his two policemen after authorities tried to course, which was hindering traffic raided a store in downtown Kuwait Kuwait. open yard in Jleeb with three brothers brought him to Adan hospital arrest him and his friend for the pos- flow. Stopping it and searching the City where fake printer inks were Indians and a Bangladeshi inside. already dead, said security sources. The session of drugs. The suspect, who was driver, policemen found KD 280 in being manufactured and sold, said Bootleggers arrested Searching the vehicle, detectives two said that their brother suddenly col- also found to be wanted for a KD fake KD 20 bills. The suspect then led security sources, noting that the con- Farwaniya detectives recently found bottles and plastic bags lapsed at their family house in Qosour and 26,000 financial claim, was also police to his accomplice’s house fiscated inks’ market value was around arrested four expatriates with filled with liquor, in addition to that they do not know the reason. Doctors, charged for resisting arrest and for where they found the photocopying $30,000 (around KD 9,000). Detectives the possession of homemade some cash. however, suspected drug overdose. attacking the officers. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Photo of the day

A photograph from the book ‘Faces of Kuwait’ by Jack Wozniak (researched by Mahmoud Zakariya) shows two men playing dominoes inside a coffee shop.

Noor Capital Markets hosts Ramadan ghabqa

KUWAIT: Noor Capital Markets, a subsidiary of Amwal International Investment and MENA Co specialized in projects development and financial services, held its annual ghabqa for the employees and their families, amidst a fascinating, warm and friendly Ramadan ambiance which aims to reflect Noor’s breaking business routine and ensures joy, fun and good mood. Led by Vice Chairman Nasser Al-Marri, Noor Executives wel- comed their guests inside the elegant Al-Thuraya Ballroom of JW Marriott hotel. Commenting on the occasion, Marri said, “To begin with, I would like to wish you all a Ramadan Mubarak and May Allah Almighty Reward your worship. In fact, we are very keen to celebrate this Holy Month and annual event, which in turn for growth, excellence and sustainability.” He concluded by provides an opportunity to meet with our staff and consoli- saying, “I would like to extend my appreciation for all our date our both relationships.” He added, “Our employees are guests thanking them for their presence and wishing them a our partners in success, they always contribute to our strive pleasant evening.” 1436 - 2015

27. How many Chapters (Surahs) are there in the Holy Quran? 114

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KUWAIT: Argana Resorts and Hotels invited children at Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice to a ‘gergean’ event it hosted recently at Movenpick Hotel and Resort Al Bida’a. — Photos by Joseph Shagra TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Revive the Father fears twin sons good old days joined terrorist groups KUWAIT: A citizen expressed his fears that his 18-year-old By Ali Khajah twin sons may have been brainwashed and may have left Education Kuwait to join terrorist groups. The father told Fahaheel police have always said that Kuwait is a different story. This that the two left home Saturday and did not return since. small nation was built on openness, diversity of both Iopinion and race. Ever since its inception, Kuwait was Fake maid agency busted never subject to one group or opinion. Different groups have always co-existed here in order to survive. To know Residency Affairs Department detectives raided a how unique Kuwait is, one only has to know that Kuwait bogus domestic help office that uses a private apart- had elected its first ruler long before the US elected its first ment in Khaitan. Five expats, all in violation of residen- president. cy regulations, were arrested and sent to concerned People living in this country had no other choice but to authorities for deportation. be open. Their only source of income was trading by travel- ling to other countries and receiving people from other Kidnapped by friend cultures. Kuwait had to be open and handle all different things, and these made the Kuwaiti individual more open A citizen accused his friend of kidnapping him and forcing Al-Jarida to the world and accepting of others. him to sign a promissory note. A security source said the Openness is, of course, the basic seed of creativity, citizen told Fahad Al-Ahmed police that a friend with which produced so many creative Kuwaitis in various lines whom he has a financial dispute kidnapped and took him of life such as Fahad Boresli, Abdullah Fadhalah, Sami to a mutual friend’s diwaniya and forced him to sign a Mohammed, Mohammed Al-Sharekh, Fatima Hussein, promissory note, then threatened to take it to police. Thoraya Al-Baqsami, Abdul Hussein Abdul Redha, Fathie Investigations are underway. Kameel, Hayat Al-Fahad, Laila Al-Othman and Faisal Al- Dekheel. Institutions such as the National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait Television, Kuwait Airways, TEC, KTC, playgrounds, Co-op robbery Al-Jarida sports centers, huge theatres and various facilities were also involved and contributed to enhancing creativity. An unknown thief broke into a cooperative society’s This went on until we decided to shut down creativity branch and took a cash register containing KD 150, Thieves of state in all fields and settle for only one thing: religion. We now but escaped as soon as the alarm sounded. A security settled for one kind of fruit when we once had a basket full source said the branch’s manager told Sulaibikhat of various kinds. We stopped building playgrounds, closed police that the main gate was broken into and a cash By Hassan Al-Essa parks and shut down the activities they used to house. We register with KD 150 cash was missing. Investigations pulled down Andalus Theatre and Cinema House, where are underway. In another incident, a citizen accused a igeria used to export crops making use of the abun- privatizing public establishments, the benefits of such priva- the most magnificent concerts used to be held. Arts and roaming taxi driver of stealing KD 680 from her purse, dance of rain in that country that used to produce tizations did not go to the people as they were supposed to. Music are no longer active on school timetables; they are when she asked him to wait for her and entered a Nmany bounties and good things. Now, in the age of These benefits only went to mafia minority groups who being borrowed by teachers of other subjects such as medical health center and left her purse behind. oil, Nigeria almost imports everything and suffers from what imposed themselves as natural disasters on state wealth and Arabic and Islamic Education; school theatres are now used is known as the ‘wealth curse’, which means that the state resources. This disastrous privatization in Nigeria also hap- as student canteens. Fight produces natural wealth and resources like oil without hav- pened in Egypt in 1974. It also happened in some Arab gov- Because they are creative by nature, Kuwaitis were cre- ing institutions that would guarantee utilizing such ernments like in pre-revolution Tunisia, currently in ative in the only line left: religion. Kuwait gave the world Hawally police ended a fight between three expatriates at resources for the good of the people. Oil revenues go into Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and many developing countries iconic scholars like Khalid Al-Mathkour, Meshari Al-Efassi, a Salmiya cafÈ. The men are being questioned over the rea- rulers’ pockets before they are pumped back into the budg- plagued with such mafias. the late Abdul Rahman Al-Sumaitt and many others. son of their fight. —Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa et. These revenues are then distributed according to how Corruption is not only restricted to politicians. It also However, the lack of venues available to express creativity close a circle orbiting the regime is. involves the public administrative bodies. Bribery, abuse of made many stardom seekers choose odd and strange ways Gitmo detainee sad for The authority is formed of a group of ‘godfathers’ and powers and favoritism and many other forms of corruption to show their distinctiveness and brought people who mafias that devour wealth and spreads corruption and injus- prevail in many of those countries where people are operate using religion, people who ridicule religion and Al-Sadeq Mosque victims tice. Corruption mainly spreads within security forces. depressed and find their only resort and savior in religion tumult promoters to surface. Others, who have no interest Motorcycles are used as taxis in many Nigerian areas. Both because imposing Islamic sharia means cutting off thieves’ in all that, impatiently await weekends to seek self-satisfac- KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee Fayez Al-Kandari taxi ‘riders’ and passengers are mandated by police to wear hands, bans looting and sets profound ethical values. So, tion in neighboring countries and this led to deterioration expressed grief and pain for those killed and injured in the helmets not for the sake of their safety, but only to blackmail with their cultural heritage and awareness, Arab and Muslim in many fields: our sport experienced repeated losses, Imam Al-Sadiq mosque explosion, and prayed to Almighty them and make policemen richer. Those riders either have to peoples have nothing to do but to seek religious salvation Allah to save Kuwait and its people from all evils. music and arts deteriorated and literature faded away. pay fines for not wearing helmets or bribe policemen. That is from rulers and mafia atrocities. Kuwait used to be like a running river full of benevo- Speaking to his family through Skype last Friday as arranged how the seeds of Boko Haram started developing and grow- Is this phenomena only known with Arab and Muslim by the Red Cross International Committee in Jabriya, Kanadari lence from all sides and streams, its running water carries ing in reaction and revenge against security forces. peoples or did Europe also experience long decades of cor- away all wastes and maintains the water’s constant creativ- managed to make audio-visual contact with his family in a A word like ‘kleptocracy’, which means a ruling minority rupt rulers and officials, which eventually led to religious process that would be made every two months. ity, until we decided to build a dam preventing water from that controls the state’s wealth, and the word ‘siphon’, which reform movements there? Well, the answer is yes, they did flowing; and thus, we ended up in a pond where good and The chatting session lasted over an hour during which means pouring water to flush away human waste, are very and that is another story...however, let us agree now that family members congratulated Fayez on the advent of bad, corrupt and pure, mixed. often used in Sarah Chayes’ book ‘Thieves of State’ - those financial corruption is the cause of extremism, mutiny and To revive the good old days, we have to return all fruits Ramadan and the Eid because they only be able to talk to him groups who loot natural resources only because those in revolutions we are witnessing nowadays. This nation is really long after the Eid, Kandari’s brother Abdullah said. “Fayez tried back to the basket in order to revive Al-Nafisi’s art, Al- power ‘wash away’ their crimes by enacting some custom- going through its darkest ages amidst revolutions and Anberi’s mastery of football, Ghannam Al-Daikan’s music, to control his tears when his siblings told him how their par- tailored laws and rules. The author also warns that following counter-revolutions from outcast corruption groups trying ents were so optimistic about his return,” Abdullah said, not- Faeq Abdul Jaleel’s poetry and Ali Al-Jassar’s religion. the World Bank’s recommendations about recommending to reclaim power! — Translated by Kuwait Times —Translated by Kuwait Times ing that Fayez shared the same optimism. —Al-Rai

Al-Anbaa Radio distortion

By Nermin Al-Hooti

he radio is one medium that is abandoned by only silly clowning be it from some presenters and some many listeners during the year and only a few con- listeners and the result is a ‘distortion’ of the society’s Tcentrate on it. When the holy month of Ramadan brains. arrives, the majority of the society stops work or other What astonished me and confirms this sector began activities. working on distorting the individual is when the June During this month, the driver prefers to listen to the 26 massacre at Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque took place, we radio; just maybe, there’s a program that has beneficial found radio did not carry out its information role rather information or a meaningful radio show or a religious it carried out ‘radio distortion.’ More clearly, after the program from which he can learn about the rules of incident, we did not find a program that works on Islam. Yet, we find that the majority of what is presented strengthening national unity and enriching Kuwaiti on our radio during the month of Ramadan is only a ‘dis- identity; we did not see a change in the way programs tortion’ of the meaning of radio. are prepared. In the past, our criticisms of the radio during the One example is when the editor and presenter of a ordinary months was the pronunciation of some pre- program asked a listener how harees (a Middle Eastern senter, the type of programs on radio and the accuracy dish) is prepared just a few days after the attack. It of the information presented to the listener, but today, would have been better to have changed the question what we hear from among the majority is that what is to go along with the circumstances facing the country being presented over Kuwait radio is only a meaningless such as a question about the history of the Al-Jabriya material and not targeted for the holy month. aircraft hijacking, or ask when the air bombardment We will not generalize, but most in radio works on during Kuwait’s invasion took place. I believe such infor- sabotaging this sector. Take for example the entertain- mation enriches and develops the Kuwaiti identity and ment programs, their type and how they are presented, reminds the individual and the society of Kuwait’s histo- we find programs that have empty moulds that are ry instead of asking how to prepare harees and distort made to wipe society’s brains, bearing in mind that the the society’s brains with idiotic questions and work on radio is a tool to strengthen the formation of the indi- distorting the society. vidual and not his destruction, as what we are hearing is —Translated by Kuwait Times

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced Abdulrahman Al-Terkit as the winner of the sixth and final draw in the Base account promotional campaign for employees. Terkit chose a monthly salary of KD 1,000 for a year - one of three prizes that CBK offers and also include a 2015 Lexus 250 IS and a trip to Dubai on a private jet and a stay at Atlantis hotel. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

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VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE: French police officers stand outside the Qwartz mall in Villeneuve-La-Garenne after a robbery attempt yesterday. Special forces evacuated 18 people from a mall near Paris today after gunmen attacked a Primark store inside, in what was thought to be an attempt to rob the shop, police said. —AFP France hunts armed robbers after hostage scare

VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE: French when she sent him a text message saying am, one of them was unwell but no-one people in and near Paris-including several old witness. Primark, a low-cost clothing store that has police yesterday were hunting armed rob- they had been taken hostage by two was injured,” police said. who were held hostage in a Jewish super- “The tallest... had a gun, I think it was a been a huge success in Britain, confirmed bers who escaped after holding up a store armed men, another source said. But while security forces initially market-are still fresh in many minds in pump-action shotgun. The other man was there had been an “incident” at its store, in a shopping mall near Paris, prompting The area around the Qwartz mall was thought the gunmen were still inside the France. France, and the Paris area in partic- smaller. which is located just north of Paris. special forces to intervene and seal off the shut down, all traffic stopped and other mall, they realised after searching the ular, is still on high alert and some 7,000 “I was at the store’s stockroom door, “Police are in attendance... We will do all area. stores in the vicinity closed up as special premises that the men had escaped. The soldiers are deployed around the country they passed in front of me... They went to we can to support our staff and their fami- The three men-one of whom was forces rushed to the scene. The mall was suspects “appear to have run away, and the to help police in countering any further the offices,” he said. lies,” he said. thought to be an employee of the shop- promptly evacuated but according to search continues outside the mall,” a attack. “I heard ‘this is a hold-up, you must go’ The incident comes on the eve of the burst into the Primark store in Villeneuve- police, 18 employees had remained inside- source close to the probe said. But so far police have indicated several times... I turned around and took traditional Bastille Day military parade. la-Garenne early yesterday, said a police some were told to stay put by the gunmen Monday’s attack was a common armed the lift. This year, special forces will march source who wished to remain anonymous. and others had managed to hide on their ‘This is a hold-up’ robbery. “I saw two robbers, dressed “They were definitely looking for mon- down the Champs-Elysees for the first time An employee first alerted her boyfriend to own. Memories of attacks in January by in black, hooded. They were calm, not ey, it’s a store that is doing very well.” in recognition of the role they played in the hold-up at around 7:00 am (0500 GMT) They “were evacuated around 10:30 Islamic extremists who gunned down 17 in a hurry,” said Bruno Jahin, a 20-year- A London-based spokesman for countering the January attacks. —AFP

23 killed in Russian military barracks collapse Fire engulfs cargo MOSCOW: Twenty-three Russian soldiers were said. “Another specially equipped plane of the opened a probe into negligence, violation of outside Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where the crushed to death after their military barracks col- Defence Ministry with seven servicemen of the safety rules and abuse of power, adding that enforcement of safety regulations is lax and cor- ships along lapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster to hit a coun- Airborne Forces’ training centre will fly out to those found guilty would face up to 10 years in ruption rampant. On Saturday a section of a resi- try known for shoddy construction work and lax Moscow in the coming hours,” the ministry said. prison. Markin, the committee’s spokesman, said dential building collapsed in the Urals city of Dubai waterway safety standards. An entire section of military About 50 relatives of the injured or dead soldiers investigators were probing several explanations Perm, killing two. DUBAI: Firefighters rushed to contain a blaze that barracks, including parts of the roof and walls, have already arrived in Omsk. Authorities tied the for the tragedy, including possible violations dur- The latest tragedy represents a major blow broke out yesterday aboard cargo vessels docked collapsed on Sunday evening just outside the collapse of the barracks to negligence on the part ing renovations in 2013. to Putin who has made reviving the army after Siberian city of Omsk as paratroopers were rest- of construction workers. The Investigative Building collapses and other infrastructure years of post-Soviet neglect a cornerstone of his alongside the main waterway that runs through ing, the defence ministry said. “As a result of the Committee, which reports directly to Putin, accidents are fairly frequent in Russia, especially policies. —AFP the heart of Dubai. collapse, more than 40 servicemen were injured,” The fire began in the afternoon along the Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Dubai Creek, sending thick black smoke billowing Markin said on Monday. “Twenty three con- above the Mideast commercial hub’s densely scripts died, the others were hospitalised with packed Deira district, which is home to hotels, various injuries.” office buildings and gold and spice bazaars popu- Defence Ministry spokesman Igor lar with tourists. Konashenkov said 19 servicemen had been hos- Dubai’s government media office said the fire pitalised. The barracks-built in 1975 and renovat- was brought under control within three hours, ed in 2013 — belong to the 242nd training cen- and that one minor injury was reported. tre that prepares junior officers and armoured It was not immediately clear what sparked the infantry vehicle drivers, among others. President blaze, which spread to boxes and crates of mer- Vladimir Putin has been informed of the incident, chandise stacked up along the quay. which occurred in the village of Svetly just out- side Omsk, some 2,200 kilometres (1,400 miles) Bank employee Khurram Kabir from east of Moscow, a Kremlin spokesman said. “The Bangladesh, who saw the fire on his way home president expressed condolences to the families from work, said multiple boats were burning and of the victims of the accident at the Omsk train- others were trying to escape the flames as thick ing centre,” the Kremlin said. Putin was regularly smoke filled the air. being briefed by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, “I have never seen this kind of smoke before,” who has been tasked with providing all neces- he said. sary assistance to the victims, the Kremlin added. Another witness, Tariq Rajput, an accountant In footage shown on Russian television, sol- who works in an office in Deira, said the flames diers formed a human chain to pass bricks and appeared to rise 10 to 15 feet in the air and that other debris from one to another as they cleared the smell and appearance of the fire suggested the mountain of rubble from the collapse. “Half of rubber or oil was fueling the blaze. the heap has been cleared now,” acting com- The Dubai Creek is a saltwater inlet of the mander of Russian paratroopers Nikolai Ignatov Persian Gulf coursing through the old core of the said in televised remarks. Nearly 350 rescue city that remains an active trading port. It is workers and search dogs have been dispatched to the scene, along with military prosecutors. mainly used by traditional wooden boats known “Rescue works lasted through the night,” a as dhows that ferry goods ranging from tires and spokeswoman for the governor of the Omsk cooking oil to refrigerators and televisions to region told AFP. “The governor was there all Iran and other destinations. night.” Larger cargo container ships dock at bigger OMSK: A military barrack with collapsed ceiling is seen at a base in Omsk, Russia, yesterday. The ceiling collapsed harbors elsewhere in Dubai, including the ‘Paratroopers’ mass grave’ yesterday, causing four stories to crumble. Rescuers searched for hours for victims trapped under the debris of an sprawling Jebel Ali Port, the region’s busiest sea- The first 10 injured men have been airlifted to airborne troops training center following the collapse that occurred in the early hours of the morning. —AP port. —AP top hospitals in Moscow, the defence ministry INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Thief struck by misfortune returns loot 20 years on

JERUSALEM: A thief struck by misfor- which were taken from the ancient city from Gamla, from a residential quarter said the note written in Hebrew. quest of the hilltop city. tune since stealing two artefacts 20 of Gamla on the Golan Heights, were at the foot of the summit,” the thief The thief did not detail the nature of This was not the first plundered years ago has returned them along with left last week in a bag in the courtyard wrote in a note distributed by the his or her misfortune. antiquity to be returned, said the an appeal to others to refrain from plun- of the Museum of Islamic and Near Authority. The Antiquities Authority said nearly Authority, noting that a Tel Aviv resident dering antiquities, the Israel Antiquities Eastern Cultures in Israel’s southern city “I stole them in July 1995, and since 2,000 such stones were found in Gamla. had held an ancient coffin in his bed- Authority said yesterday. of Beersheba, said the IAA. then they have brought me nothing but They were used by the Romans against room before realising its “morbid The 2,000-year-old sling stones, “These are two Roman ballista balls trouble. Please, do not steal antiquities!” the Jews attempting to prevent the con- nature”. —AFP

Jewish woman who helped Kurds fight IS returns to Israel

JERUSALEM: A Canadian-Israeli who was appeared unlikely. the first foreign woman to help Syria’s Rosenberg’s native Canada, from which Kurds fight Islamic State has left the front she emigrated alone to Israel, had also lines and returned to Israel, citing the urged her to get out of Syria. The Canadian spread of Iranian influence in the war zones embassy in Israel did not immediately com- among her reasons. ment on her return. After eight months in which she was US authorities could pose more of a often incommunicado, stirring rumours challenge, however. In 2009, Rosenberg that she had fallen captive, Israeli media was arrested in Israel over an international feted Gill Rosenberg’s sudden return on phone scam and extradited to the United Sunday. But she may still face a legal reck- States, where she served time in prison. oning for her unauthorised travels. Yahel Ben-Oved, one of her lawyers, said The 31-year-old former Israeli army vol- Rosenberg won early release in 2013 on unteer said the lessons of the Holocaust condition that she remain paroled either drove her to help protect the Kurds and on US or Israeli soil. other Middle East minorities menaced by “I believe she may have violated this by Islamic State advances. going to Syria,” Ben-Oved told Reuters. “I think we as Jews, we say ‘never again’ “This could be a problem for her.” for the Shoah, and I take it to mean not just US officials said they were looking into for Jewish people, but for anyone, for any the case. Rosenberg declined a Reuters human being, especially a helpless woman request for an interview, saying she would or child in Syria or Iraq,” Rosenberg told speak to foreign media later in the week. Israel’s Army Radio on Monday. Reuters sources familiar with the YPG “But in the past few weeks I think a lot of and Dwekh Nawsha confirmed that the dynamics have changed there, in terms Rosenberg had served with both. of what’s going on in the war. The Iranian “We were, like, under 2 km (1 miles) involvement is a lot more pronounced. from Daesh (Islamic State) the whole time, Things changed enough that I felt that it for the most part,” Rosenberg told Army was time to come home.” Radio. “There were some pretty major fire- Rosenberg started out with Kurdish YPG fights, but, you know, a lot of it was just guerrillas in Syria before moving to the holding lines.” Dwekh Nawsha, a Christian militia in Iraq. She said she was ordered to keep quiet Both countries are formally at war with about her Israeli citizenship while with the Israel, which bars its citizens from travelling YPG, a militia with a historically pro- BAGHDAD: Iraqis clear up the aftermath the day after a car bomb explosion in a residential area of the capital, Baghdad, yesterday. A string of there. Iran is among regional powers send- Palestinian leaning. bomb explosions, including two suicide attacks, killed at least 21 people and wounded 62 in Shiite-dominated neighbourhoods of Baghdad, ing forces to battle Islamic State in Iraq. “The Kurds love Israel. They love Iraqi police and medical sources said. — AFP The Israeli internal security agency Shin Israel and they love the Jewish people. Bet said it questioned Rosenberg after she But among the ranks of the YPG there’s landed in Tel Aviv. It did not elaborate on also local Arabs and other people that whether she would face criminal charges, might not be such big fans of Israel,” Iraq launches military assault but an Israeli justice official told Reuters it she said. —Reuters on Islamic State in Anbar Russia blocks atheist webpage over ‘insulting’ believers Forces face heavy resistance around Falluja

MOSCOW: A Russian atheist social net- Orthodox Chuch. BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops and Shi’ite Muslim mili- Until Ramadi’s fall, Iraqi troops and Hashid Balad air base north of Baghdad, an Iraqi air working page was blocked yesterday on It was not clear which exact posts were tia forces attacked Islamic State fighters on sev- Shaabi forces, backed by US-led air strikes, had force officer said. the back of a court ruling that it insulted deemed insulting and administrators of the eral fronts in the country’s largest province yes- been pushing Islamic State back, recapturing the It was not clear whether the planes would the feelings of religious believers. page could not be reached for comment. terday, saying the battle to drive the hardline eastern province of Diyala and former leader take an immediate role in the operations in The group called “There is no God” on A spokeswoman at Roskomnadzor, the militants out of Anbar was under way. Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit, with the Anbar. the VKontakte networking site-which had Russian media regulator which compiles a A spokesman for the joint operations com- ultimate target of retaking the northern city of Hadi al-Ameri, commander of the largest over 26,000 followers-went offline for users register of blocked websites, told AFP that mand said the offensive, which began at dawn, Mosul. Shi’ite force, the Badr Organisation, told Iraqi tel- across the whole country. they were merely carrying out the court brought together the army, mainly Shi’ite Hashid Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, angered at evision on Sunday he expected the main assault A moderator’s message on the blocked ruling by ordering VKontakte to block the Shaabi militias, special forces, police and local the army’s withdrawal from Ramadi in mid-May, on Falluja to take place after the Eid holiday webpage said that the move was due to a page Sunni Muslim tribal fighters. initially promised a swift counter-attack. which starts later this week. ruling by a court in the mainly Muslim The prosecutor’s office in Chechnya, a Military sources in Anbar said they met fierce Although Ramadi remains the strategic tar- Residents in Falluja and Ramadi reported North Caucasus region of Chechnya in May conservative Muslim republic that is ruled resistance from the insurgents, who deployed get, military sources and Shi’ite militia leaders heavy bombardment of both cities early yester- 2015. with an iron fist by Ramzan Kadyrov, said five suicide car bombs and fired rockets to repel have said the initial focus will be on Falluja, day. Falluja saw the fiercest fighting of the US “The community has been blocked due on its website in early May that it “uncov- their advance on the city of Falluja, about 50 km which was the first city in Iraq to fall under mili- occupation which followed Washington’s 2003 to the possible violation of the site’s rules,” ered materials during monitoring of the (30 miles) west of Baghdad. tant control 18 months ago. invasion to topple Saddam, and has also been a it said. Internet which insult the feelings of the There were also reports of fighting around centre of Sunni hostility to the Shi’ite-led gov- VKontakte, Russia’s largest social net- faithful.” the provincial capital Ramadi, captured by FIRST JETS ARRIVE FROM US ernment in Baghdad. working site, did not respond to a request Kadyrov has overseen increasingly con- Islamic State two months ago. A US-led coalition of Western and Arab air Abadi initially sought to keep Shi’ite militias for comment. A scan of the court decision servative policies in the region and called “At 5 o’clock this morning operations to liber- forces has been bombing Islamic State positions on the sidelines in Anbar for fear of inflaming published by Russian media accused the together a massive rally of hundreds of ate Anbar were launched,” the military across Iraq, supporting Baghdad’s ground forces sectarian sensitivities, but the fall of Ramadi in page of publishing materials that can thousands in January against French maga- spokesman said. and its poorly equipped air force. May undermined his position. “insult the feelings of Orthodox Christians”, zine Charlie Hebdo, which published car- Islamic State’s capture of Ramadi two months Iraq has sought to redress its own lack of air In Baghdad on Sunday at least 35 people based on an inspection of the page by toons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). ago marked the biggest defeat for the Baghdad power by purchasing F-16 fighter jets from the were killed in a series of car bombs and sui- prosecutors on April 6. The influence of Russia’s Orthodox government since the militants swept through United States, but deliveries of the 36 aircraft cide attacks in mainly Shi’ite districts. A state- A cached version of the group’s website Church in official circles has grown dramati- the north of the country last June and declared a were delayed because of security concerns after ment in the name of Islamic State, issued yes- showed posts with pictures making fun of cally under the leadership of ex-KGB agent caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq straddling the the Islamic State offensive last summer. terday, claimed responsibility for some of the religion, mostly focusing on the Russian President Vladimir Putin. —AFP border. Yesterday, a first batch of four F-16s landed at blasts. —Reuters Aden residents angry at UN for failing to deliver aid

ADEN: Frustrated by the UN’s failure to deliver leader of the Huthi rebels said he did not expect A local official even accused the United desperately needed aid, residents of Aden in the truce to take hold. “What truce is the UN Nations of “collusion” with the Huthis. war-torn Yemen have started to vent their anger talking about... when we are being bombed by Nayef al-Bakri, vice governor of Aden and at the world body and at rebels besieging their the Huthis and the prices of tomatoes and pota- who now heads its Resistance Council, yesterday city. A UN-declared truce aimed at rushing aid toes have gone up six fold?” said resident Yasser condemned “the inability of the organisation to to millions of Yemenis threatened with famine Mubrarak. provide protection” for aid-loaded ships. formally took effect late Friday, but Saudi-led air He summed up the feeling of Aden inhabi- He also slammed the UN’s delivery of 38 lor- strikes and clashes have raged on. tants who find themselves trapped in the middle ries carrying aid to Aden neighbourhoods that Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels aided by of a fierce conflict where they barely find are held by the rebels, while it failed to bring aid troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah enough to eat. “The truce only benefits the into areas controlled by the other side. The Saleh have for months besieged several areas of Huthis. This is what also happened during the rebels for their part have accused the United the port city of Aden held by fighters loyal to first truce when no aid reached Aden and it was Nations of not exerting enough pressure to end exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. all carried to Hodeida,” a rebel-held western port, the Saudi air strikes. “Aden is on the verge of famine,” said local said Anis Obbad, another resident of Aden. He “The UN and international community should activist Mohammed Mossaed. “We don”t need was referring to a five-day truce in May declared assume their responsibility to end the aggres- the truce of (UN envoy) Ismail Ould Cheikh by the Saudi-led coalition to allow aid deliveries. sion and the blockade imposed on the Yemeni Ahmed. We want an end to the siege so that aid “The only solution for Aden is a Huthi pullout people,” said Saleh al-Sammad, who heads the enters the city by land and sea,” he said, in a bit- and lifting of the blockade,” said Obbad. rebels’ politburo. —AFP ter tone. Ships carrying aid from UN relief agencies waiting off Aden have not been able to dock because of security risks. The rebels have also prevented a convoy carrying aid from Hodeida port from entering Aden, local activist Adnan al- Kaf said.

‘No fundamental change’ “Frankly, there has not be a fundamental change on the ground that would allow aid dis- embarkment in Aden,” said Abeer Etefa, a spokeswoman of the UN’s World Food Programme. Three aid-loaded ships continue to wait off Aden, she said yesterday. On Friday, she told AFP the truce was “our final hope” to reach the needy. The UN had hoped that the six-day truce would last until the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. But just hours after it formally went into effect, the Saudi-led coalition resumed raids and ASHKELON: In this Thursday, July 9, 2015 file photo, the mother of Ethiopian-Israeli fresh clashes broke out between rebels and pro- SANAA: People gather at the site of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, yes- Avraham Mengistu, cries after a family press conference in the costal city of Hadi fighters. The coalition brushed aside the terday. Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels and their allies struck sever- Ashkelon, Israel. An Israeli security official said Thursday the Hamas militant group ceasefire, saying it did not receive a request from al Yemeni cities on Sunday, with combat raging near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait despite has been holding Mengistu in the Gaza Strip for nearly a year. — AP Hadi’s government to halt attacks, while the a declared truce, military and security officials said. — AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

News media seek videos of police killing unarmed man

LOS ANGELES: The fatal police shooting public. video, which was taken on a public officers’ orders to stand still and keep his information could be obtained, released of an unarmed man in a Los Angeles A lawyer for The Associated Press and street.” hands in the air. He was shot eight times in a distorted and sensationalistic man- suburb two years ago followed an erro- two other news outlets says the public The hearing comes at a time of after repeatedly reaching for his pants, ner, and misinterpreted, leading to acts neous police dispatch after a bicycle was has a right to view the video that was heightened scrutiny in shootings by offi- according to a report by the Los Angeles of civil disobedience, damage to proper- stolen. sealed in a federal lawsuit that the city of cers and amid an ongoing debate over district attorney. ty, and the potential loss of life,” accord- Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino was drunk and Gardena, California, settled for $4.7 mil- whether footage shot on an increasing Prosecutors found the shooting justi- ing to court papers filed by the city. trying to help his brother find the bike lion with Diaz-Zeferino’s family and number of police cameras should be fied and declined to charge the four offi- Organizations of police chiefs and when police, told to be on the lookout another man who was wounded in the made public. cers. Lawyers for Gardena said releasing officers around the state have filed for two robbers, opened fire when he shooting. More officers and patrol cars are the video could lead to a “rush to judg- papers to keep the videos sealed. wouldn’t obey orders as they stopped “The burden is theirs to show they’re being outfitted with cameras to record ment” against those officers, and it A lawyer for Diaz-Zeferino’s family him and two friends, according to an entitled to an ongoing sealing,” said evidence. The devices are promoted as a would make law enforcement agencies said they want the video released so the investigative review of the killing. Rochelle Wilcox, an attorney for AP, the tool for holding officers accountable and think twice about using cameras. public can see that the men did nothing Video of the shooting captured on Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg. “We helping them defend themselves. “Public agencies will be forced to wrong before being shot. “As long as the cameras in three police cars is at the cen- think they haven’t even come close to In fact, the cameras that recorded the wrestle with the issue of whether they video is not released, the city of Gardena ter of a court fight yesterday over meeting their burden. ... The public poli- June 2, 2013, shooting supported testi- wish to deploy dashboard cameras and will continue to spin the facts,” attorney whether the footage should be made cy strongly supports disclosure of this mony that Diaz-Zeferino wouldn’t obey body-worn cameras for fear that this Sonia Mercado said. — AP Immigrants re-arrested after detainers declined

LOS ANGELES: More than 1,800 immi- country have stopped fully honoring so- grants that the federal government wanted called immigration detainers, saying they to deport were nevertheless released from can’t hold arrestees beyond their sched- local jails and later re-arrested for various uled release dates without probable cause. crimes, according to a government report California and Connecticut have passed released yesterday. state laws to limit the use of immigration The Immigration and Customs detainers and jails in states from Oregon to Enforcement report - obtained by an Iowa also refuse to honor the requests. organization that actively opposes illegal The controversy surrounding immigra- immigration - said the re-arrested immi- tion detainers has re-entered the national grants were among 8,145 people who were spotlight since the shooting death of 32- freed between January and August 2014, year-old Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco despite requests from federal agents that pier. Suspect Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez they be held for deportation. was released from jail in April even though The report provided by the Washington- immigration officials had lodged a detainer based Center for Immigration Studies says to try to deport him from the country for a about 23 percent were eventually taken sixth time. into custody again on a variety of charges. In the last two weeks, a number of Many jurisdictions have stopped honor- politicians and lawmakers have questioned ing so-called immigration detainers, saying the limits on the use of detainers. San they can’t hold arrestees without probable Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has argued cause. In a case drawing national attention he was upholding local law and that to the issue, authorities say a woman was detainers are not a legal way to keep some- shot to death in San Francisco July 1 by a one in custody and have been proven to suspect who was released from jail despite erode police relations with immigrant com- an immigration detainer. In the report, the munities. top crimes for which immigrants were re- Immigrant advocates said federal immi- arrested were drug violations and drunken gration agents already have information driving. about who is in local jails, and they can The report also cited six examples make the arrests on their own. DENVER: In this June 27, 2015, file photo, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Western Conservative Summit, hosted by the involving more serious offenses, including “It is not correct to point to the detain- Centennial Institute, Colorado Christian University’s think tank, in Denver. Walker, entered the 2016 Republican presidential contest yesterday. — AP a San Mateo County case where an individ- ers as the reason why people are getting ual was arrested for investigation of five re-arrested,” said Jennie Pasquarella, a staff felony sex crimes involving a child under 14 attorney at the American Civil Liberties after a detainer had been declined. Union of Southern California. “ICE has had, Walker enters Republican “This is a genuine safety problem, and and continues to have and develop its tools also a crisis for immigration enforcement,” to be able to prioritize people who it said Jessica Vaughan, the center’s director believes are priority for removal, and to of policy studies. She added that the vic- pick up those people.” race for president in 2016 tims of what may appear to others to be Following the pushback on detainers, less serious crimes still want to see the per- ICE has said it will focus on more serious petrators held accountable. criminals and ask law enforcement agen- cies to notify them when they’re releasing Clinton calls for greater US income equality Detainers immigrants from custody, if not actually MADISON: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker The labor dispute helped give him a signifi- ness economy. You can’t have one without the More than 250 jurisdictions across the hold them. — AP announced on social media yesterday morning cant head start in the 2016 money race. Walker’s other,” she said at The New School university in that he’s running for president, tweeting “I’m in.” three governor’s races left him with a far-reach- Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, a bastion of lib- Walker is a Republican who built a national ing donor database of more than 300,000 eral education. profile largely due to his clashes with labor names. He shattered state fundraising records, With one eye on the growing support for unions. He enacted policies weakening their collecting $83 million for his three Wisconsin Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self- political power and became the first governor in elections, much of it coming from outside the described socialist who is also seeking the U.S. history to defeat a recall election. state. Democratic Party nomination, Clinton laid out a Now, on the eve of his campaign launch, He begins his 2016 presidential bid with at vision of economic equality. Walker’s task is to remind Republican voters least $20 million to spread his message, raised “Corporate profits are at near-record highs about lesser-known triumphs he says set him by two outside groups not subject to campaign and Americans are working as hard as ever but apart from the crowded Republican field. finance donation limits, according to sources paychecks have barely budged in real terms. Walker cut income and corporate taxes by with direct knowledge of the fundraising opera- Families today are stretched in so many direc- nearly $2 billion, lowered property taxes, legal- tion. They spoke on the condition of anonymity tions and so are their budgets,” Clinton said. ized the carrying of concealed weapons, made to publicly discuss private fundraising strategy. The former secretary of state promised to abortions more difficult to obtain, required pho- Walker talks about how the 2011 union law push for a broader reform of the U.S. corporate to identification when voting and made saved taxpayers $3 billion as of late 2014. While tax code. Wisconsin a right-to-work state. it’s true that the state and local governments Clinton is the favorite to win the Democratic His budget this year, which plugged a $2.2 have saved roughly that amount, the costs have nomination for the November 2016 presidential billion shortfall when he signed it into law been shifted to the employees who have to pay election but Sanders has drawn large crowds at Sunday, requires drug screenings for public more for those benefits. campaign events. benefit recipients, freezes tuition at the She will unveil more specifics of her econom- University of Wisconsin while cutting funding by Income equality ic policy in a series of speeches in the coming $250 million and removing tenure protections Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton put weeks as Democrats seek more details of her from state law. the fight for higher wages for everyday plans on increasing the minimum wage, creating Such achievements may appeal to conserva- Americans at the heart of her economic agenda universal preschool and investing in infrastruc- ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ: Handout picture released by the Attorney General of Mexico tives who hold outsized sway in Republican pri- yesterday, in the first major policy speech of her ture. (PGR) showing Mexico’s Attorney General, Arely Gomez (2-R) looking at the alleged maries, yet some could create challenges in a White House bid. Putting some meat on the bones of her eco- end of the tunnel through which Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman general election should Walker ultimately Clinton said the US economy will only run at nomic policy could divert the focus away from could have escaped from the Altiplano prison, at a house in Almoloya de Juarez, become the party’s nominee. full steam when middle-class wages rise steadily issues that are dragging on Clinton’s popularity, Mexico, on Sunday. — AFP “Ultimately Walker has to show all these vic- along with executive salaries and company prof- including a controversy over her use of a private tories and political successes have shown real its. email account while she was President Barack Mexico hunts drug kingpin, results,” said Democratic pollster Paul Maslin. “I believe we have to build a growth and fair- Obama’s secretary of state. — Agencies probes prison guards MEXICO CITY: Mexican security forces surveillance cameras were trained on his Colombia, FARC rebels reach scrambled yesterday to save face and cell. He went into his private shower and recapture drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” after he failed to come out guards found a Guzman as authorities investigated hole 10 meters (33 feet) deep with a ladder major de-escalation deal whether guards helped him escape prison in it. The gap led to a 1.5-kilometer tunnel through a tunnel under his cell. with a ventilation and light system that was For the second time in 14 years the head apparently dug with the help of a motorcy- HAVANA: The Colombian government revisit the agreement in four months, media- have decided) to agree without delay on the of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel man- cle mounted on a rail to transport tools and reached a major de-escalation agreement tors and spokesmen said. terms of the ceasefire, an end of hostilities and aged to flee a maximum-security prison, remove earth. Sunday with leftist FARC guerrillas, agreeing Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos surrender of weapons including monitoring dealing an embarrassing setback to The sophisticated tunnel led to a gray for the first time to reduce anti-rebel opera- hailed the deal as an “important step” towards and a verification system,” Benitez said. President Enrique Pena Nieto. brick building on a hill surrounded by pas- tions in the decades-long armed conflict, a peace agreement, but warned his troops The government and FARC have also asked Troops and police were deployed to tures in central Mexico State. diplomats in Havana said. were ready to fight if the deal is violated. for a UN delegate and representative from the hunt down Guzman after he vanished late Prosecutors released a video showing The move marks a significant step in stop- “With these new advances, we finally see a Union of South American Nations to help start Saturday from the Altiplano prison 90 kilo- the hole inside the building’s dirt-covered start peace talks in the Cuban capital between clear light at the end of the tunnel, this fills me discussions on monitoring the end of the half- meters (55 miles) west of Mexico City, after floor. A bed and kitchen were in the facility, the two sides that began in November 2012 with confidence and hope. We will achieve century conflict. Talks in Havana have so far just 17 months behind bars. indicating that people had lived there. but have been hampered in recent months by peace, which has been elusive,” he said in an resulted in agreements on three topics of a six- Prosecutors questioned 30 prison an uptick in violence. official address. point agenda, including ending drug traffick- employees of various rank, including the Against the clock On Wednesday, FARC said it had agreed to a “But let it be understood: Our armed forces ing that has fueled the conflict. warden, the attorney general’s office said, As investigators tried to figure out how one-month unilateral ceasefire starting July 20, are ready for a gradual de-escalation, but if the Cuba and Norway are acting as so-called signaling suspicions of an inside job. Guzman busted out again, police and and on Sunday the government committed to FARC does not fulfill its promise, we will “guarantor” countries in the peace talks. The guards in charge of the capo’s cell troops manned checkpoints and searched and those who monitored the surveillance cars and trucks on nearby roads. Mike Vigil, curtailing its efforts against guerrillas for the respond with determination and force.” A December FARC unilateral ceasefire had cameras that look into the room were a retired US Drug Enforcement first time since peace talks began. fallen apart and clashes resumed in mid-April, among those interrogated, said an official Administration (DEA) international opera- “The national government, from July 20, will Havana talks following an ambush by the rebels that left 11 in the attorney general’s office. tions chief, warned that if Guzman is not launch a process of de-escalation of military Colombia’s civil strife dates back to 1964 soldiers dead. Each side blames the other for Authorities had already investigated a captured in the next day or so he will van- action, in response to the suspension of offen- and has drawn in left-wing guerrillas, right- the escalation. The fighters claim that govern- strange prison visit to Guzman in March ish for good. sive actions by the FARC,” said a joint statement wing paramilitaries and drug gangs, killing ment forces stepped up attacks on rebel when a woman managed to see him by “If he is able to make his way to Sinaloa, read by Cuban and Norwegian diplomats, who more than 220,000 people and uprooting as camps during its ceasefire. using a fake ID to enter the jail. On a state his native state, and gets into that moun- have been mediating the talks. many as six million. The landmark agreement Since the truce ended, about 30 rebels have visit to Paris, Pena Nieto said Guzman’s tainous range, it’s going to be very difficult Both sides hailed the reset of the talks. seeks to improve negotiations between the been killed in army operations and recent sur- escape was “an affront to the state” and to capture him because he enjoys the pro- “This is undoubtedly a strong, promising, government and the Revolutionary Armed veys show the public is increasingly wary demanded an investigation into whether tection of local villagers,” Vigil told AFP. and hopeful re-launch of the dialogue process,” Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s about the peace process. prison guards helped him. Several states, including Sinaloa, set up said chief FARC negotiator Ivan Marquez. His largest rebel force, after talks showed signs of In recent months, there has been a spike in Guzman, 58, who nurtured a Robin checkpoints. Central Puebla state said it government counterpart, Humberto de la Calle stalling. rebel attacks on infrastructure and military Hood image in his northwestern state of was using X-ray technology at toll booths said the agreement shows “the opportunity to The government and FARC “decided to positions leading to numerous deaths, injuries Sinaloa while running the most powerful to see through cars. Troops in Guatemala end the conflict is alive.” make every effort to reach without delay the and damages. The FARC confirmed Friday it and one of the most ruthless cartels in launched a special operation at the border The FARC will decide within the month if it signing of a final agreement,” said Cuban diplo- was holding captive a lieutenant wounded in a Mexico, was able to slip out even though with Mexico. —AFP will extend its ceasefire while both parties will mat Rodolfo Benitez. “In particular (the parties clash with government forces. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Turkey prime minister to launch coalition talks

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is Movement Party (MHP) and pro-Kurdish People’s nationalist MHP is seen by far the most likely option his broad presidential powers. due to begin coalition talks yesterday with the second- Democratic Party (HDP) hold 80 apiece. because both parties share a core conservative voter Davutoglu said discussing Erdogan’s authority was placed CHP party after last month’s elections where his Davutoglu will meet this week with each of the three base in the centre of the country. Both AKP and HDP out of the question. “Bringing our president’s legitimacy ruling party lost its overall majority. Davutoglu’s ruling other parties in parliament, but no agreement is expect- have excluded joining forces. or prestige into question right now would sabotage Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to secure ed this week during the Eid feast marking the end of If efforts to form a coalition within the constitutional coalition talks from the first,” Davutoglu told the Hurriyet enough votes in the June 7 elections to form a govern- holy Muslim month of Ramadan. limit of 45 days are unsuccessful, President Recep Tayyip newspaper. The June election was a blow not only to ment alone, for the first time since it came to power in Today, he will hold talks with CHP leader Kemal Erdogan can call snap elections within 45 days. the AKP’s authority but also to Erdogan, who had been 2002. The AKP has 258 seats in the new parliament, the Kilicdaroglu at 1100 GMT at the CHP headquarters in the Erdogan’s authority is one of the tricky issues in coalition hoping the new parliament would agree on a new con- Republican People’s Party (CHP) 132, and the Nationalist capital Ankara. A coalition between the AKP and the negotiations because opposition parties are contesting stitution to increase his powers. — AFP Poroshenko faces security crisis in western Ukraine President to convene his cabinet of top generals KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko confronted ed in eastern Ukraine clashes and whom out on Pravy Sektor’s side. a fresh crisis yesterday as a deadly standoff Moscow believes is associated with neo- Yatsenyuk has issued orders “to dismiss all continued between interior ministry units Nazis-pleaded for calm. Zakarpattia customs service employees,” his and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists in a “We are working with the Ukrainian office said in a statement. western enclave near Hungary. Security Service in order to stabilise the situa- “In addition, Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed The EU-backed leader planned to convene tions,” he wrote yesterday on Facebook. the interior ministry to conduct a fact-finding his “military cabinet” of top generals yester- The gun battle erupted in Zakarpattia, a inquiry into contraband and abuse of power day to try and diffuse tensions between two region of 1.3 million people that is split from by the Zakarpattian customs service.” forces vital to his bid to stamp out a separatist the rest of Ukraine by the Carpathian But a senior Ukrainian security service insurgency 1,000 kilometres (more than 600 Mountains and has ancient cultural ties to source told AFP that Pravy Sektor was far less miles) away in eastern Ukraine. Hungary. innocent than it claimed. The Pravy Sektor (Right Sector) national- The rural province developed a history of Pravy Sektor “itself is trying to win a piece ists played a small but instrumental role in voting for parties backed by Russia because of the contraband business,” the security three months of pro-European protests that many of its residents also mistrust the source said. eventually toppled the Russian-backed lead- Ukrainian nationalists.Many Zakarpattia resi- “The problem for Ukraine is that there are ership in February 2014. dents carry Hungarian passports and have a lot of armed people who view themselves They then formed the heart of some of the few political links to either Moscow or Kiev. as heroes and try to establish their brand of best-equipped-and allegedly most ruthless- The Ukrainian government’s near silence order through force,” said the source. BUCHAREST: Romanian Premier Victor Ponta is surrounded by media as he exits the national anti- units to wage war against pro-Russian militias on the crisis was broken Monday when Prime “Something like this was bound to hap- corruption prosecutors office where he was questioned in Bucharest, Romania, yesterday. that overran parts of Ukraine’s eastern indus- Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk appeared to come pen-and it did.” — AFP Romanian prosecutors indicted Prime Minister Victor Ponta yesterday as part of a wide-ranging trial heartland in the wake of the Kiev revolu- corruption investigation. — AP tion. Interior ministry battalions are also at the forefront of the 15-month battle against Romanian PM charged with tax the separatist fighters that has claimed more than 6,500 lives. But mistrust between volunteer units and evasion and money laundering Ukraine’s armed forces has been building as Poroshenko tries to follow through on a BUCHAREST: Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta returned to Bucharest last week after nearly a February peace deal whose terms-including was charged yesterday with forging documents and month in Turkey for knee surgery, leaving the DNA partial self-rule for the insurgents-are anathe- serving as an accessory to tax evasion and money headquarters on crutches. ma to the nationalists. laundering, further tarnishing the image of the for- He told reporters that the prosecutors had Pravy Sektor members also cast them- mer communist country as it struggles to shake off a accepted expert accountants’ evidence in his selves as Robin Hood figures who defend the reputation for corruption. defence. “We will meet again when this is finalised public against the corruption that has rav- Prosecutors said they had named the 42-year-old in August,” he said. aged Ukraine’s political establishment and prime minister as a defendant in a five-week long Romania has the fastest-growing economy in police since the Soviet Union’s collapse in criminal investigation, and temporarily seized control the region, with gross domestic product rising 4.3 1991. of his assets. He denies wrongdoing, and says the percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015. The weekend battles were sparked by case is politically motivated. The Romanian leu did not react to Monday’s news, Pravy Sektor’s self-proclaimed attempt to pre- Financial markets shrugged off the development, trading slightly firmer against the euro as news of a vent Hungary and Slovakia from being flood- which for now stops short of a formal indictment third bailout deal for Greece revived risk appetite in ed with any more contraband cigarettes that that would send the case to trial. But it represents a Central European markets. have already enriched local Ukrainian politi- new setback for Romania’s efforts to clean up poli- “The domestic political factor is just secondary cians and their security overlords. KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) and his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen tics, business and the judiciary under pressure from as long as there’s an unclear outcome regarding Pravy Sektor reported the death of two of Plevneliev talk together in front of the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony in the European Union, which it joined in 2007. the prime minister,” said Ciprian Dascalu, chief its members in a shootout with what Kiev on July 7, 2015. — AFP Its reputation for corruption has deterred foreign economist at ING Bank in Bucharest. appeared to be a mixture of security person- investment, and even its anti-graft efforts have had Ponta has so far withstood intense political nel and armed local thugs. the unintended effect of slowing decision-making pressure from the opposition and from Iohannis, a The interior ministry-which backed up and delaying important contracts. centrist rival who defeated him in last November’s troops with armoured personnel carriers and 3 Chinese Uighurs get 6 years Ponta said on Sunday he was stepping down as presidential election. Protected by a comfortable military trucks-said one civilian had also died leader of his leftist PSD party until the investigation majority in parliament, he has survived three in circumstances that were unclear. over terrorism in Indonesia was completed, but has made clear he will not resign opposition censure motions, most recently last The battle broke out after a dozen or so as prime minister despite calls from President Klaus month. Pravy Sektor members came to what was Iohannis for him to quit. “Under no circumstances will the prime minister meant to be a round of negotiations JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yester- and 2002 in which more than 1,000 peo- The investigation began on June 5 and focuses on resign,” said Gabriela Vranceanu-Firea, a vice-presi- equipped with grenade launchers and day sentenced three members of China’s ple died. Ponta’s activities as a lawyer from 2007-2009. dent in Ponta’s party. “The legitimacy of this party machine guns. ethnic Uighur minority community to six The defendants were also ordered to “Prosecutors ordered a stepping-up of the penal was proven last time when the censure motion filed Both sides accuse the other of being the years in prison after finding them guilty pay $7,535 each or spend six additional action against the defendant Ponta, a lawyer at the by the opposition was easily defeated in parliament.” first to open fire. The Pravy Sektor groups of conspiring with Indonesian militants, months in custody. time of the deeds ... on charges of forgery of docu- Parliament also voted last month to block a separate claims to have slipped through a security cor- including a fugitive who is on the Bozoglan and the three Indonesian ments - 17 counts - accessory to tax evasion... and investigation into Ponta over conflict of interest, don and established new positions in the sur- nation’s most-wanted list. men are being tried separately, with ver- money laundering,” the DNA anti-corruption prose- awarding him immunity because he was in office at rounding woods. A panel of judges at the North dicts expected later this month. cutors said in a statement. the time of the alleged offence. He has no immunity Jakarta District Court ruled that Ahmet Indonesian authorities initially over the charges brought yesterday, because they ‘Order through force’ Mahmud, 20, Abdulbasit Tuzer, 24, and thought the four Uighurs were from PM on crutches relate to a period before he became prime minister Pravy Sektor leader Dmytro Yarosh-a bom- 28-year-old Abdullah - who also goes by Turkey, which has linguistic and ethnic Romanian television showed Ponta, who in 2012. — Reuters bastic parliament member who was wound- Altinci Bayyram - guilty of violating the ties with the Uighur homeland of nation’s anti-terrorism and immigration Xinjiang, a region in northwestern laws. China. The men were arrested in September, Starting in around 2009, groups of along with another Uighur (WEE-gur) Uighurs have traveled across Southeast Prince William takes off in named Ahmet Bozoglan and three Asia from China hoping to reach Turkey Indonesian men, while they allegedly to claim asylum from what they say per- were trying to meet Indonesia’s most- secution by Chinese authorities. new air ambulance job wanted militant, Abu Wardah Santoso, in China has alleged that members of Central Sulawesi province. the Muslim Uighur minority have in the LONDON: Prince William started his new job as Two months into becoming a father of two after Two hours after clocking in for duty, the Santoso, the leader of a group called past joined the Islamic State group and returned home to engage in terrorist an air ambulance pilot yesterday and was swiftly the birth of Princess Charlotte, William began his prince and his crew-mates were dispatched on the East Indonesia Mujahideen, is accused of killing several Indonesian plots. in the air on an emergency mission. The Duke of first shift with the East Anglian Air Ambulance his first emergency call-out. policemen and has pledged allegiance Indonesia, the world’s most populous Cambridge, 33, second in line to the throne, said (EAAA), a charity providing emergency helicop- “Doing a job like this really helps me to be to the Islamic State group. Indonesia has Muslim nation, has been hit by a series he hoped he could juggle fatherhood, royal ter cover across eastern England. grounded and that’s the core of what I’m trying outlawed membership in the group. of deadly attacks by members of the duties and his new role in the skies. William, who spent three years as a military to become,” he said. “I’m trying to be a good guy, Presiding Judge Kun Marioso said the Jemaah Islamiyah network, including “It’s my first day and I’m feeling the nerves,” search and rescue helicopter pilot, has gone to do what I can and trying to be a decent indi- panel of three judges found the defen- the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 he said at a drizzle-soaked Cambridge Airport. through months of exams and training to con- vidual.” He suggested there was no reason why dants had conspired with a Santoso-led people, mostly foreign tourists. “I’m really looking forward to getting started.” vert to his new civilian role. he could not carry on flying helicopters until he terrorist group in Poso in Central However, in recent years, smaller and becomes king. Sulawesi and used fake Turkish pass- less deadly strikes have targeted gov- “There’s nothing to say I couldn’t do it for the ports. Poso was the site of violence ernment authorities, mainly police and rest of my life,” the duke said. “Inevitably down between Christians and Muslims in 2001 anti-terrorism forces. — AP the line, things will probably become a little bit more difficult for me to do that. “At the moment I’m juggling it and enjoying it. “While I’m still relatively young, I will manage the two jobs the best I can.” The prince will work four days on, four days off.

Prince George a ‘little monkey’ William, his wife Kate and their young chil- dren Prince George and Charlotte split their time between their Kensington Palace apartment in London and Anmer Hall, a country mansion on Queen Elizabeth II’s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England. Cambridge lies between the two. George, third in line to the throne, turns two on July 22, while Charlotte was born on May 2 this year. She was christened on July 5. Asked about the birth of Charlotte, he said: “It’s been fantastic, she’s been a little joy of heav- en. “At the same time it is more responsibility looking after two little ones, especially when George is around-he’s a little monkey.” But he added: “It’s no more difficult than what everyone else has to do.” Employed by JAKARTA: Three members of China’s Uighur minority (L-R) Ahmet Mahmut, Altinci Bond Air Services helicopter operators, he is Bayram and Tuzer Abdul Basit, walk to the court room in Jakarta ahead of their ver- donating his £40,000 ($62,000, 56,000-euro) dicts over terrorism charges yesterday. An Indonesian court jailed three Uighur salary in full to charity. Road traffic crashes make Muslims from China for six years each after they were caught attempting to join an CAMBRIDGE: Britain’s Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge (C) checks an air ambulance as he up the majority of the air ambulance’s call-outs Islamic extremist group led by the country’s most wanted militant Santoso, who begins his new job with the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) at Cambridge Airport yesterday. but they also have to respond to sporting pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. — AFP The former RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot will work as a co-pilot transporting patients to hospital from emergencies ranging from road accidents to heart attacks. — AFP injuries and other accidents. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Singapore electoral boundary review could point to early polls

SINGAPORE: Singapore has launched a sary of independence in August. The said the publication of its findings would promise a certain minimum period, such as minister, who died on March 23, is also review of electoral constituency bound- People’s Action Party, founded by Lee’s not determine the timing of the next elec- six months, because it depends very much fresh in the minds of voters. Lee oversaw aries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told father, the late Lee Kuan Yew, has ruled tion. on the exigencies of the situation, and the city-state’s rapid rise from a British colo- parliament yesterday, in an announcement Singapore since independence but it won “The committee will publish its report depends on when elections become nec- nial backwater to a global trade and finan- likely to raise speculation of an early elec- its lowest ever share of the vote in the last and, to the maximum extent possible, we essary.” Analysts have speculated the gov- cial centre and his death triggered a flood tion. The next general election must be polls in 2011, with many people unhappy will make sure that ... enough time elapses ernment might want to take advantage of of tributes. In his lifetime, the elder Lee held by January 2017, but there has been about the cost of living and immigration. so that everybody can read the report, a feel-good factor over the 50th anniver- drew praise for his market-friendly policies, speculation in the media and political blogs The prime minister said the government understand it, and know where they stand sary of independence on Aug. 9 which will but also criticism at home and abroad for that it could be held as early as late this has formed an electoral boundaries review before the elections are called,” he said. be marked with much fanfare. The legacy his strict controls over the press, public year, after celebrations for the 50th anniver- committee to redraw constituencies and “But I don’t think it is possible to say that we of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime protest and political opponents. —Reuters Bali tackles backlog after volcano hits 900 flights

DENPASAR: Indonesian authorities at Bali’s suitable, while Jetstar resumed services dur- international airport were fighting yesterday ing daylight hours. to clear a backlog after almost 900 flights Airport manager Trikora Harjo said the were cancelled or delayed in recent days airport was operating normally again, due to a volcanic eruption, causing travel adding: “The weather is good so I am not chaos during the peak holiday season. sure why one or two airlines have chosen Mount Raung on Indonesia’s main island not to fly.” of Java, which has been rumbling for weeks, sent an ash cloud floating over Bali on Holiday travel chaos Thursday, forcing the airport to close for two The disruption also came at a bad time days. for Indonesians, as millions set off on holi- Thousands of tourists who were visiting day ahead of the Muslim celebration of Eid the resort island famed for its palm-fringed this week. The airport is providing buses for beaches found themselves stuck at Ngurah Indonesians seeking to leave Bali for the Rai airport, near Bali’s capital Denpasar, anx- holy festival. iously watching departure boards, sitting Authorities raised the alert status of and sleeping on the floor. Mount Raung late last month to the second The airport closed again on Sunday as highest level, after it began to spew lava and the ash returned but reopened several ash high into the air. hours later after authorities gave the all- Indonesian government vulcanologist clear. Gede Suantika said the wind was not blow- Officials said the clouds of ash continued ing ash towards Bali Monday and he expect- to drift away from Bali Monday, giving air- ed conditions to remain the same until at port authorities a chance to clear the back- least the evening. log, which they said would take about three Besides Bali, two airports on Lombok days. island, also a popular holiday destination, “We are doing this as quickly as possible and two small airports on Java serving as the ash could come back any time,” air- domestic routes were closed by the ash port official Yulfiadi, who like many cloud Thursday. All were now open except Indonesians goes by one name, told AFP. for one on Java. Between Thursday and Sunday, a total of Air traffic is regularly disrupted by vol- BONDOWOSO: In this photograph taken on July 12, 2015 a farmer inspects conditions of vegetable plantation while in the back- 873 flights were cancelled or delayed, canic eruptions in Indonesia, which sits on a ground the 3,300-metre (10,800-foot) Mount Raung volcano emits a column of ash and steam as seen from Bondowoso disctrict, Yulfiadi said. belt of seismic activity running around the located in eastern Java island. Indonesian authorities at Bali’s international airport yesterday were fighting to clear a backlog after Most airlines resumed flights Sunday basin of the Pacific Ocean and is home to almost 900 flights were cancelled or delayed in recent days due to a volcanic eruption, causing travel chaos during the peak holi- evening after the airport reopened, but the highest number of active volcanoes in day season. —AFP Australian carriers Virgin Australia and the world, around 130. Jetstar decided to keep services to and from The main concern for airlines regarding Bali on hold. Many Australians are stuck in volcanic ash is not that it can affect visibility Bali after spending the school break on the but rather that it could damage jet engines, Toll from suicide attack island. according to experts. Virgin Australia also cancelled its flights Ash turns into molten glass when it is to and from Bali yesterday, saying their fore- sucked into aircraft engines and in extreme casters had warned that conditions were not cases can cause them to shut down. —AFP on Afghan base rises to 33 Twelve children, three women among the dead

KHOST: The death toll from a sui- cide attack at a military base in eastern Afghanistan rose to 33 yes- terday, as casualties from the Taleban’s insurgency continue to mount despite nascent peace talks. The Sunday evening bombing came at a military roadblock near Camp Chapman in Khost province, where both Afghan and foreign troops are stationed, shortly before iftar, the meal breaking the Ramadan fast. Mubarez Zadran, a spokesman for the provincial governor, and a senior police official confirmed the new toll, which included 27 civil- ians and six Afghan security per- sonnel-up from 18 reported killed earlier. COLOMBO: Supporters of Sri Lanka’s United National Party cheer their “Twelve children and three candidate Bernadine Rose Senanayake, center, after filing her nomina- women are among the dead,” said tions for parliamentary elections in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. Zadran. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Aug 2015. —AP There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Taleban- who last week held their first face- Sri Lanka’s Rajapakse gets to-face peace talks with the Afghan government-have often parliament elections nod targeted Afghan and foreign troops. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former leader Rajapakse received 47.58 percent of At least 12 civilians were also Mahinda Rajapakse was yesterday for- the vote in January elections that he killed in twin roadside bomb blasts mally accepted as a candidate to stand lost to his former ally Maithripala over the weekend, officials said, KABUL: An Afghan man lies on a bed at a hospital after being injured at a suicide attack at Khost in upcoming parliamentary elections six Sirisena who was supported by the blaming the attacks on the Taliban. province eastern of Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. A suicide car bombing near a military base in months after losing a presidential vote, then opposition United National Party The insurgents launched a eastern Afghanistan that once hosted CIA employees killed at least 17 civilians Sunday, local offi- officials said. (UNP). countrywide offensive in late April, cials said, the latest insurgent attack after foreign forces ended their combat mission there. —AP Rajapakse, 69, entered the fray from President Sirisena, who is actually a stepping up attacks on govern- the north-central district of Kurunegala member of the UPFA, made the then ment and foreign targets despite the target of a spectacular suicide Camp Chapman and another near- Pakistani border, a volatile region after abandoning his home constituen- opposition leader Ranil the nascent peace talks in what is attack claimed by Al-Qaeda. Seven by US base, Camp Salerno. where the Taleban, but also a mul- cy of sparsely populated Hambantota in Wickremesinghe the prime minister of a expected to be the bloodiest fight- CIA American officials were killed The base was hit again by a sui- titude of armed Islamist groups, the island’s deep south, officials said. minority government. Wickremesinghe ing season in a decade. in the deadliest assault on the US cide car bomb in 2012 that killed hold sway. “The former president is topping the is the prime ministerial candidate from The UN mission in the country agency since 1983, when eight three Afghans in a blast powerful NATO ended its combat mission list of candidates from Kurunegala,” an the UNP which has also secured the has said almost 1,000 civilians officers died in an attack on a mili- enough to rattle windows four in Afghanistan in December, leav- election official said. “He was not pres- support of a broad coalition that were killed during the first four tary base in Beirut. kilometres (two miles) away. ing local forces to battle the ent, but another candidate submitted backed Sirisena in January. months of this year, a sharp jump In 2010, 24 Taleban militants, Camp Chapman is located less Taleban alone, but a residual force his nomination which was accepted.” Rajapakse, an ethnic Sinhalese, from the same period last year. some wearing US uniforms, were than four kilometres from the city remains for training and counter- He secured a ticket to represent his remains popular among big sections of In 2009, Camp Chapman was killed when they tried to storm of Khost, which is near the terrorism operations. —AFP United People’s Freedom Alliance the island’s largest community for over- (UPFA) for a seat in the 225-member seeing the defeat of the Tamil Tiger sep- assembly. aratists in 2009. Some 15 million people are eligible However, Sirisena’s office announced Bangladeshi youngster’s to vote at the August 17 election held earlier this month that he will not allow under a system of proportional repre- Rajapakse to be the UPFA’s prime minis- sentation. terial candidate. —AFP fatal beating goes viral India court allows Italian DHAKA: Bangladesh police were hunting a Kamal said police had arrested two people in Samiul’s attackers can be heard on the video group of attackers yesterday who lashed a 13- connection with the killing and were looking trying to force him to confess his involvement marine to extend visit home year-old boy to a stake and then beat him to for four others. “They will be arrested and given in the burglary, according to an AFP journalist. NEW DELHI: India’s top court extended an ship against pirates off southwestern India. death, filming the onslaught on a smart phone. tough punishment,” Kamal told reporters. He was at one stage told to walk away but as Italian marine’s medical leave yesterday for Latorre yesterday was given permission to The 28-minute video, in which the boy is The chief suspect, Muhit Alam, was remand- he tried to get to his feet, one of the attackers another six months, allowing him to stay in stay in Italy beyond Wednesday, when his seen begging for water as he lay dying in the ed into custody for five days by a court in shouted: “His bones are okay. Beat him some Italy and continue receiving medical treat- leave was set to expire, after he developed northeastern city of Sylhet, has sparked huge Sylhet yesterday after police pressed murder more.” ment before he and a fellow marine are for- complications following heart surgery in protests in Bangladesh since it went viral on charges. When the youngster begged for water, he mally charged in the fatal shooting of two January.”Italy now prepares to activate all social media over the weekend. Police said the attackers tied Samiul, a part- was mocked and told to “drink your sweat” by Indian fishermen in 2012. necessary measures to allow the return” of Police said an autopsy on the boy who has time vegetable seller who dropped out of his attackers who can be heard discussing the Meanwhile, Italy recently moved for inter- Girone to Italy, the Italian Foreign Ministry been named Samiul Alam Rajon had revealed school to help his impoverished family, to a idea of posting the video on Facebook so national arbitration in the case, after nearly said in a statement Monday, without describ- scores of injuries all over his body, including on pole for allegedly committing a burglary-a “everyone can see the fate of a thief”. three years of unsuccessful negotiations, and ing those steps. Italy objects to the fact that the head and chest. He died due to internal charge his family vehemently denies. Alam was arrested as he was seen trying to has asked that the Indian case be put on hold the two men have been detained since 2012 bleeding. “My son is not a thief. Everyone knows it. I dump the body in an isolated area of the city. until the arbitration process is complete. without being formally “Samiul Alam Rajon died on July 8 as a result want justice for my child’s murder,” Samiul’s Hundreds of people formed a human chain India has said it wants to charge the two charged. It also insists India has no juris- of merciless beating,” local police chief Alamgir mother Lubna Aktar told reporters. earlier yesterday outside Samiul’s home to marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore diction in the case, saying the shooting Hossain told AFP. “His body had at least 64 In the video, the terrified youngster can be protest over the killing which prompted wide- Girone, with murder for killing two Indian occurred in international waters and the fish- injuries including in the head.” heard screaming in pain and saying repeatedly: spread soul-searching on social media about fishermen while guarding an Italian cargo ermen were mistaken for pirates. —AP Junior home minister Asaduzzaman Khan “Please don’t beat me like this, I will die.” the prevalence of violence in Bangladesh. —AP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Koreas to hold border meeting over rescued fishermen

SEOUL: North Korea has proposed an wanted to return home. The ministry said South Korean offi- whether or not to return to the North. travelling through a Southeast Asian inter-Korean border meeting this week The North has rejected the South’s cials would go to Panmunjom for the Seoul repatriated two North Korean nation and eventually arriving in South over the proposed repatriation of its citi- offer to return the two who called for repatriation of only two North Koreans. fishermen rescued off the east coast in Korea. zens rescued from a drifting fishing repatriation through the border truce “A meeting is expected to be held in February and five others last month So far about 28,000 North Koreans boat, officials in the South said yester- village of Panmunjom, insisting all five Panmunjom tommorrow, but it’s not after investigators confirmed their wish have resettled in the South since the day. should be sent home and warning oth- clear whether the North will accept the to return home. end of the 1950-53 Korean War. A South Korean coastguard vessel erwise of unspecified “stern counter- repatriation of the two,” a ministry offi- The North usually sends home South Panmunjom is the only point for dia- picked up five North Koreans on July 4 measures” last week. cial told AFP. Korean fishermen rescued in its waters, logue and contact inside the demili- after their boat was found drifting Yesterday, the North suggested an Seoul has also rejected Pyongyang’s although some have been held there, tarised zone separating the Korean across the sea border off the eastern unspecified number of officials and fam- request to reveal the identities of the apparently against their will. peninsula. But meetings there have coast. ily members would visit Panmunjom three defectors. Most North Koreans who flee repres- been rare this year due to high cross- Three of them expressed a desire to Tuesday to get all five handed over, the South Korea’s policy is to allow stray sion and poverty at home cross the border tensions which have flared at live in the South while the two others South’s unification ministry said. North Korean fishermen to decide porous frontier with China first before regular intervals. —AFP High-profile Tibetan monk dies in prison in China China policy will stir resentment

BEIJING: A Tibetan monk who incitement of separatism”. said Lobsang Sangay, who heads and security response. was one of China’s most promi- He died on Sunday in the India-based administration. Authorities in the area were not nent political prisoners has died in Chuandong prison in the south- “Such mistreatment will only available for comment. jail, a relative said yesterday, and a western city of Chengdu, his generate more resentment rights group said security forces cousin, Geshe Nyima, told Reuters among Tibetans.” Cause of death not clear were deployed after protesters by telephone from India. The Rights group Free Tibet said The cause of Tenzin Delek’s gathered near a government Tibetan government-in-exile, the security forces had been death was not clear, his cousin office in his home region. The Central Tibetan Administration, deployed in Tenzin Delek’s home said, but rights groups had said United States, the European also confirmed his death. county in China’s Sichuan he was suffering from a heart Union and international rights “The fact that he was not even Province, where thousands of condition. Authorities notified his groups had called for the release allowed medical parole and last Tibetans had gathered outside a sisters about his death on WANG KELIAN: This file photo of May 25, 2015, shows Malaysian National of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, who wish of followers to see him government office near his Sunday, the cousin said. Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar speaking at press conference in Wang Kelian, was serving a 20-year sentence on reflects continuing hardline poli- monastery. Reuters could not Telephone calls seeking com- Malaysia. Malaysian police say they are investigating the leak of confidential charges of “crimes of terror and cies of the Chinese government,” independently verify the protest ment from officials in documents that allegedly show millions of dollars were funneled to Prime Chuandong prison went unan- Minister Najib Razak’s account. —AP swered. Tenzin Delek was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in Malaysian police probe 2002, according to Students for a Free Tibet, a rights group that has conspiracy to topple PM campaigned for his release. The sentence was later commuted to KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said personnel, will be questioned to identify life imprisonment and reduced to yesterday they are investigating the leak of who leaked the documents and whether confidential documents that allegedly show the documents are genuine or have been a term of 20 years. millions of dollars were funneled to Prime doctored. “He is one of the most respect- Minister Najib Razak’s account, an explosive The country’s attorney general con- ed leaders,” said Dorjee Tseten, disclosure that has shaken the ruling coali- firmed earlier this month that he had Asia director of Students for a Free tion in power since 1957 to the core. received documents from investigators Tibet. “His death is a shock for all National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar that linked Najib and 1MDB. of us.” Tenzin Delek was also a sup- said the leak of the documents, allegedly The existence of the documents, which from a Malaysian government investigation allegedly show $700 million was wired porter of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s into state investment fund 1MDB, could from entities linked to 1MDB into Najib’s spiritual leader whom China says constitute as “economic sabotage” against accounts, were first reported by The Wall is seeking to use violent means to the country and be part of a conspiracy to Street Journal. The newspaper said five establish an independent Tibet. topple Najib. deposits were made into Najib’s accounts The Dalai Lama, who has been Police “have not eliminated the possibili- and that the two largest transactions, living in exile in India since 1959 ty of a conspiracy to subvert Malaysia’s worth $620 million and $61 million democratic process and topple the prime occurred in March 2013 ahead of a general after an abortive uprising against minister,” Khalid said in a statement. election. Chinese rule, says he wants gen- Najib has not disputed the existence of The documents sent to the attorney uine autonomy for Tibet and the accounts or the receipt of the funds. He general pave the way for possible criminal denies espousing violence. has only said that he has never used gov- charges, and have embroiled Najib in the On Monday, China’s foreign ernment funds for personal gains, and biggest crisis of his political career. ministry said it “firmly opposed” called the allegations a political sabotage. If charged, Najib would be the first DHARMSALA: In this April 7, 2014 file photo, exile Tibetans hold a banner to demand the release the participation of US White Najib has also rejected repeated calls by the Malaysian prime minister to face a criminal opposition and civil society groups to go on prosecution.His ruling National Front coali- of a Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who has been in a Chinese prison since House adviser Valerie Jarrett in a 2002, during a protest in Dharmsala, India. Tibetan lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche has died in leave while the investigation is going on. tion has been in power since independ- birthday celebration for the Many senior members of his United ence from Britain in 1957. However, sup- prison 13 years into serving a sentence for what human rights groups say were false charges Dalai Lama in New York on July Malays National Organization party have port for the coalition has eroded in the last that he was involved in a bombing in a public park. —AP 10. —Reuters backed him, at least publicly. two general elections. In 2013, it won the Khalid said all members of the taskforce polls but lost the popular vote for the first Cambodia’s ruling party investigating 1MDB, including central bank time. —AP approve civil society bill

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s try and grants the government groups in the name of national makers boycotted Monday’s National Assembly approved a sweeping powers to clamp down security. debate. controversial draft law yesterday on civil society activities it deems The law is the first of four in All 68 lawmakers from the rul- that critics say gives authorities to be a threat to national security. the pipeline that critics say are ing Cambodian People’s Party sweeping powers to crack down A final draft of the bill has not designed to further restrict social voted unanimously to adopt the on civil society groups that chal- been released to the public, freedoms in Cambodia, which has bill, an expected outcome in the lenge the government. another aspect that has drawn been ruled since 1985 by Prime 123-seat lower house, where a Riot police set up a barricade criticism. Minister Hun Sen, an autocrat simple majority was enough for around the lower house of parlia- But according to a copy with little tolerance for dissent. the vote to pass. The bill still ment to hold back hundreds of obtained from lawmakers, it The opposition Cambodian needs to clear the Senate before protesters there and opposition states that local and foreign non- National Rescue Party issued a becoming law, a step considered party lawmakers boycotted the governmental organizations statement ahead of the session a formality in Cambodia. BALI: People on motorcycles queue up for boarding a ferry boat for home- vote entirely. must register with the govern- saying it “deeply regretted” that The European Parliament bound at Gilimanuk port, west Bali, Indonesia yesterday. A mass exodus out of The Law on Associations and ment, and that all NGOs must be the bill did not include its input adopted a resolution last week the capital and other major cities in the world’s most populous Muslim country Non-Governmental Organizations politically neutral. It also gives the or any input from the non-gov- calling on the Cambodian gov- is underway as millions are heading home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday next tightly regulates all non-govern- government unchecked power to ernmental groups it aims to ernment to withdraw the vote, week. The holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. —AP mental organizations in the coun- block registrations and dissolve restrict. The opposition’s 55 law- warning that $700 million in development aid could hang in the balance, and Amnesty International has condemned the law as repressive. Monsoon rain kills “This will create an atmos- phere of intimidation and self- 8 in Philippines censorship among NGOs who will realize that the Cambodian gov- MANILA: Torrential monsoon rains Management Council said. ernment will be able to shut killed at least eight people in the Pama said six people drowned and them down at any time,” said Phil Philippines, the country’s disaster relief two were crushed to death as flash Robertson, the deputy Asian agency said yesterday, and the toll was floods swept them in swollen river, and director of Human Rights Watch. expected to rise as two tropical storms rampaging waters caused walls to col- The US ambassador to battered northern Luzon, the main lapse. Cambodia, William Todd, also crit- island in the archipelago. A South Korean diver died and two icized the lack of transparency, The deluge over the past week others were hospitalised after they urging ruling party lawmakers to forced the closure of government were swept by strong currents off publicly release a copy of the offices and schools in Manila, and Mactan Island in the central Philippines draft law to allow a full public caused widespread flooding on and were found hundreds of miles away debate. In 2014, the US gave major roads and landslides outside near Camotes Island. roughly $75 million in aid to the capital. He said the agriculture ministry esti- Cambodia. About 40,000 people across Luzon mated initial losses in rice and corn Other laws in the pipeline are were affected by the monsoon rain and crops at about 4 million pesos the Trade Union Law, which nearly 4,000 were in temporary shelters ($90,000). Assessments on the damage would restrict labor union strikes; due to floods and landslides. to infrastructure damage, particularly a cybercrime law that could crimi- Four fishermen were missing after on roads and bridges, were still being nalize online communications strong winds and giant waves made. deemed to undermine the gov- destroyed their fishing boats and six An average of 20 typhoons pass smaller boats in Bolinao town on the through the Philippines every year. In ernment; and a telecommunica- MANILA: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines President Archbishop Socrates north coast. 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, the biggest-ever Villegas, center, prays the “Oratio Imperata” or mandatory prayers after meeting reporters in tions law that would allow the “Nine other fishermen were rescued storm to make landfall, hit the central Manila, Philippines yesterday. Roman Catholic church leaders in the Philippines have called on government to monitor online by a passing ship,” Alexander Pama, Philippines, killing more than 6,300 predominantly Catholic Filipinos to offer mandatory prayers for the peaceful resolution of the communication and mandate executive director of the National people and leaving 14 million people information on its critics from countryís territorial row with China in the South China Sea. —AP Disaster Risk Reduction and homeless. —Reuters Internet service providers. —AP NEWS TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 Greek debt accord dashes euro illusions

BRUSSELS: The euro was supposed to be “irreversible”, prospect has much wider repercussions because if one binding the EU ever closer, but the draconian terms country can leave, why not another? demanded of Greece for a new bailout may have destroyed “This must now crystallise the risk of a country leaving that illusion forever, analysts said yesterday. the euro if they do not adhere to the rules of the monetary After marathon talks in Brussels, Germany and other union,” said Azad Zangana, senior European economist at hardline euro-zone states backed leftist Greek Prime Schroders. Minister Alexis Tsipras into a corner-take our offer, they “Investors will take note and demand adequate com- said, complete with intrusive oversight of the economy pensation from riskier member states,” Zangana said, refer- and public finances, or you are on your own. ring to the possibility that weaker euro-zone states such as It was not supposed to be like that. At the height of the Portugal or Italy could run into trouble on the markets debt crisis in 2012, European Central Bank chief Mario when they try to raise funds. The market response so far to Draghi said anyone who thought the euro would not sur- the latest Greek crisis has been very modest but all eyes are vive, badly underestimated the “political capital our leaders on the euro and the borrowing costs for its member states. have invested in this union and European support for it.” “The euro is irreversible,” Draghi said, coining a phrase Greece pawn in euro-zone game repeated like a mantra, while on Monday European Analysts said the Greek stand-off also highlighted Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker claimed the accord another worrying development-a clear split between hard- meant the ‘Grexit’ threat had disappeared. line Germany and a France which took a much more sym- But the talks belie that assertion. “In case no agreement pathetic line towards Athens and insisted from the start could be reached, Greece should be offered swift negotia- that everything should be done to keep Greece in the sin- tions on a time-out from the euro area,” an earlier draft of gle currency. the accord read earlier, incorporating a German proposal. “Greece was a pawn in the game between France and The provision did not make it into the final statement Germany over the future direction of the euro-zone,” said but the damage has been done, analysts said. Pawel Tokarski at the German Institute for International Relations and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Nielsen at Euro-zone now has ‘axe’ UniCredit agreed, describing how with the former euro- “The axe is well and truly there,” said Christopher zone “power-couple” were parting company. Dembik, an analyst with Saxo Bank. If the latest plan does “This is now about what type of Europe we’ll have in the not work-and it faces huge obstacles-then the pressure will future, and (its) relative powers-and this, ultimately, is a increase to kick Greece out of the 19-nation euro-zone. battle between Germany and France,” he said. The two “There will be no other choice and we will have put in have increasingly different views of what the future should place a punitive mechanism (for the euro). That is the real look like, reflecting their different circumstances. political aim” for many countries, notably Germany, Germany is Europe’s most powerful economy and its Dembik said. Erik Nielsen, chief economist at UniCredit, public finances are in good order, so Chancellor Angela SANAA: A Yemeni woman cries over the death of relatives in a reported air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition said the outcome marked a decisive turning point for the Merkel champions the same tough austerity and fiscal pru- on the capital Sanaa yesterday. — AFP euro-zone and Germany’s role in it as the bloc’s most pow- dence practiced at home as the only basis for long-term erful economy and paymaster. growth. France in comparison is struggling with weak “Germany has crossed the Rubicon for the first time and growth and badly strained public finances, arguing that it King Salman reshuffles Saudi cabinet said that if a government cannot be trusted, it will need to needs more flexibility to find the money to help boost the leave the euro-zone,” Nielsen said. Analysts said that economy. — AFP Continued from Page 1 minister, had served as chairman of food company Savola. “It’s clearly a statement that appeals to a more prag- Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil worked in the Muslim’s journey through life matic, practical paradigm, going away from the tradi- voluntary sector for a development foundation set up Continued from Page 1 Quran describes husbands and wives: “they are your gar- tional bureaucratic approach to problem-solving, espe- by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and ments and you are their garments” (2:187). Spouses are like cially in sectors relating to services,” said Hossein Social Affairs Minister Majed Al-Qasabi once ran the Even the child’s right to exist is made clear in the holy garments to each other because they provide one another Shobokshi, a businessman and newspaper columnist. Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Quran: “Do not kill your children because of poverty” (6:151) or with protection, comfort, cover, support, and beautification. Agriculture Minister Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli was In addition, Saudi Central Bank Governor Fahad “in dread of poverty” (17:31). The holy Quran mentions the age of 40 as an age of matu- head of Almarai, the Gulf’s biggest dairy producer, while Al-Mubarak was managing director of Morgan Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih was chief executive of Stanley Saudi Arabia, while Capital Market Authority The new arrival is born pure and sinless, in a natural state rity: “... when he attains full maturity and reaches forty years state energy company Saudi Aramco. Culture and chief Mohammed Al-Jadaan headed a large law firm that is “hardwired to believe.” Upon birth, his father or some- of age...” (46:15) By this time, he would have experienced Information Minister Adel Al-Turaifi was general manag- partnered with Clifford Chance. Both those posts one else attending his birth whispers his faith in his ear: “There many challenges of life, which help to develop his character. er of the Al-Arabiya news channel and Economy and were always held by career civil servants until late is no god except One God, and Muhammad is His messenger.” The holy Quran says, “You will surely be tested in your pos- Planning Minister Adel Fakieh, also previously labour 2012. — Reuters His birth is festive occasion marked with charity from his family sessions and yourselves.” (3:186) The Muslim strives to follow and a communal meal sponsored by his father. Care of the the Quran’s guidance and Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) infant continues through the care of the mother, who is guar- example, knowing that “Whoever does good work, whether Iran talks hit final stage but deal remains... anteed full maintenance throughout her marriage, and espe- male or female, while he is a believer, We will surely cause Continued from Page 1 still remain.” He said he could not guarantee an agree- cially in the period of breastfeeding, which extends up to two him to live a good life...” (16:97) “And whoever turns away ment would be reached either Monday or today. years. During this stage, parents should agree on major deci- from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a difficult life...” “There should not be an extension in the talks,” In Brussels, French President Francois Hollande said sions regarding their children, such as weaning and day care (20:124). Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in the sides are near agreement but “a gap” remains. options. When a person reaches old age, he has a special status in remarks carried by Iran’s official IRNA news agency. He The foreign ministers of Russia and China, who had The first years of a Muslim’s life are characterized by affec- the community. The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said, “He called for diplomats to continue negotiating as long as left the talks last week, both returned to the Austrian tion. Muhammad (p) said that “He does not belong to us who does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our chil- necessary. Grim-faced foreign ministers from the six capital late Sunday. Most other foreign ministers of the does not show mercy to our children...” (Tirmidi 1279). dren and respect to our elderly” (Tirmidi 1279). The Quran is countries negotiating with Iran declined to answer seven nations at the table also were in Vienna by yester- Education is also important, since Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) particular about the care of parents: “We have enjoined questions about another possible prolongation of dis- day, in place for any announcement. said that seeking knowledge is an obligation of every Muslim everyone to look after his parents...” (31:14) “We have cussions as they gathered for a group meeting at the “The foreign ministers are gathered to bring negotia- (Tirmidi 74). In addition to general education, the child’s spirit instructed man to be kind to his parents...” (46:15) “... when 19th-century Viennese palace hosting the talks. tions to a conclusion,” said Wang Yi, China’s top diplo- is trained through prayer, which he gradually learns and per- they attain old age...never say to them ‘uff’ nor scold either of One diplomat described the latest delay as unex- mat. “We believe there could not be further delay.” forms until it is a well-ingrained habit. His body is trained them. Speak to them gently. Serve them with tenderness pected, saying negotiators expected to resolve the After more than two weeks of see-saw develop- through a gradual implementation of the fast of Ramadan, and humility...” (17:23-25) remaining disputes by late Sunday. ments, including threats from both the United States which develops self-discipline, willpower over temptation, and Old age is the harbinger of death. While on his deathbed, A deal would place long-term limits on Iran’s nuclear and Iran to walk away, senior officials at the talks began physical fortitude. His mind is trained through memorizing the the Muslim’s family members help him to repeat his testimo- program. The United States also wants to ensure the to express optimism Sunday that a deal was within holy Quran, which not only gives him the foundations of faith ny of faith: “There is no god except One God, and UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency has wide- reach. and language, but also primes his mind for knowledge recall Muhammad is His messenger.” Burial is usually the same day ranging authority to investigate nuclear arms allega- US Secretary of State John Kerry said twice he was and retention. By the age of ten years, the child is prepared for after washing the body, wrapping it in cloth and saying the tions after being stalemated for a decade. “hopeful” and met again with Zarif on Sunday evening. adulthood - he is instructed to perform the five daily prayers funeral prayer. After debts are settled, wealth is automatical- IAEA chief Yukiya Amano returned from Tehran and Afterward, foreign ministers and senior officials from regularly, he is separated from siblings to sleep and he is ly divided among surviving family members according to talks with Iranian leaders early this month saying a new the five permanent members of the UN Security Council expected to respect the privacy of family members by asking Quranic law. However, up to one third of one’s wealth can be plan had been drawn up to aid his probe. And diplo- and Germany held a group dinner. A deal would culmi- permission before entering a closed room. bequeathed to those not automatically covered in the inheri- mats had cited progress within the Vienna negotiations nate nearly a decade of wearying negotiations. The pact At puberty, the Muslim is considered an adult and bears tance laws. Even though his earthly life has ended, a new life on the issue. But the debate about how much access would impose verifiable limits on nuclear programs so moral responsibility for his deeds. At this time, he is responsi- is just beginning. The holy Quran says that “On (Judgment) UN experts should be given has publicly continued, that Tehran cannot modify them to produce weapons. Iran, in return, would get tens of billions of dollars in ble for maintaining the prayer, fasting in Ramadan, being Day, all people shall come from their graves in diverse multi- with top Iranian officials saying military sites and Iranian nuclear scientists would be off limits to IAEA monitors. sanctions relief. modest in his or her clothing, and increasing personal tudes to be shown their deeds. So whoever has done an Iran insists it never worked on such weapons. It may In the US, the Obama administration is under pres- hygiene. atom’s weight of good shall see it, and whoever has done an be opposing any mention of concessions on the matter sure from skeptical members of Congress and close Soon he will be ready for marriage, which the holy Quran atom’s weight of evil shall see it” (99:6-8). Everyone hopes for in the final, public documents describing the overall American allies who feel the accord isn’t stringent encourages: “[They should] marry...God will enrich them of an easy reckoning, forgiveness, and the best reward. nuclear deal. Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas enough. Yesterday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe his bounty. Those who can’t find the means to marry should Ramadan is a good time to review ourselves and start Aragchi, told reporters in Vienna that the talks are at Yaalon said a nuclear deal would force the Jewish state be abstinent until God enriches them...” (24:33) The holy preparing for that momentous day. their “final breathtaking moments (but) certain issues to “defend itself, by itself.” — AP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Edmund Blair

urundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza may find an election victory he is assured of this month swiftly overshadowed by Bthe emergence of an armed insurgency in a nation at the heart of one of Africa’s most combustible regions. After weeks of protests against the president’s bid for a third term, a general involved in a failed coup says he is mobilizing troops, grenade attacks echo round the capital and armed clashes have erupted in the north of a nation still scarred by civil war. “We are heading for trouble,” said one senior Western diplomat, warning of a “slide back into a low-level conflict” after ethnically charged fighting ended just a decade ago. Opponents say another five-year term is unconstitutional and are boycotting the July 21 vote, thereby assuring Nkurunziza of Greeks see ‘humiliation’ in harsh bailout terms victory. Western donors and African neighbors have urged him to step aside. Yet the rebel-turned-president has shrugged off the By Ella Ide and Joe Sinclair would be better not to have a deal than the way it was every Sunday, but that’s not going to mean we’ll be pressure, citing a court ruling saying he can run again. “Political done because it will certainly be worse for the years to happy about it. Everyone thinks we Greeks are lazy but intervention to influence Nkurunziza to end his campaign for a reeks were bracing yesterday for the effects of follow,” said Lefteris Paboulidis, who owns a dating we work hard. With Sunday gone, when are we sup- third term failed,” General Leonard Ngendakumana, a leader in the abortive May 13 putsch, told Reuters. “The only way to reach this the tough terms of an agreement that secured service business. posed to rest?” objective is to use force.” In response, presidential spokesman Gthe country’s third bailout in five years, with “I would have preferred something else to happen, Gervais Abayeho said any threat “will meet the full force our many rejecting them while others said they were nec- such as Grexit, where we would have starved in the Hashtag hostility defence and security forces.” essary to stay in the euro. Haralambos Rouliskos, a 60- beginning but dealt with it ourselves,” the 35-year-old Others inside the country, and in other EU member A flare-up in Burundi risks repercussions well beyond the bor- year-old economist who was out walking in Athens, said. Ilias, a 26-year-old civil servant, agreed. “The states, took to Twitter to express anger at the deal and ders of this tiny nation of 10 million people and will create fresh described the deal as “misery, humiliation and slavery”. important thing is for the country to be better off-not perceived bullying of Greece by Germany. A hashtag, instability in a region with a history of ethnic conflict. Katerina Katsaba, a 52-year-old working for a pharma- so much if we stay in Europe or not, that is the last #ThisIsACoup, was trending widely in Greece, France, More than 145,000 Burundians - almost 1.5 percent of the pop- ceutical company, said: “I am not in favor of this deal. I thing to think of,” he said. “If we stay in Europe and the Germany and Britain as they claimed that Greece was ulation - have already fled across borders. The crisis could drag in know they (the euro-zone creditors) are trying to black- country goes from bad to worse, I can’t see anything effectively being stripped of fiscal sovereignty. regional players, like Rwanda, a victim of a 1994 genocide that has mail us.” positive about that.” “Germany is destroying Europe once again,” tweeted vowed not to let it happen again in the area. The crisis is escalating. But, Katsaba added: “I trust our prime minister-the Among the measures demanded that would @KostasKainakis, whose profile says he is a marketing Grenade blasts in Bujumbura have become frequent. General decisions he will take will be for the best interests of all directly affect citizens are lifting a ban on Sunday trad- lecturer in Athens. Ngendakumana said his loyalists were behind assaults that target- of us.” The outline deal thrashed out between the 19 ing for shops, opening up ownership of pharmacies “The Germans could not do it with tanks so now ed police, who opponents blamed for shooting and killing demon- euro-zone nations in strained overnight talks calls for and opening up closed professions such as ferry trans- they try it with banks Trying to STEAL Greek assets strators. In the north of Burundi, regional officials said the army last Greece to push through a range of reforms to secure a port. “I think the terms agreed for the bailout are going BrITS MUST vote to get out,” opined a tweet from week fought gunmen, who Ngendakumana said were loyal to the bailout worth up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion). to make life very hard for all of us. But I agree with the Britain by @AllanSkerratt, who said he was a non-parti- coup leaders. A provincial governor said the group had crossed Without it, the country’s economy will collapse. idea of Sunday openings, it’s a measure that will allow san retired soldier and ex-teacher. Prominent commen- from Rwanda, a charge Kigali denied. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to rush key those who work all week to have more time to buy our tators such as Paul Krugman, the Nobel-winning econ- measures on tax hikes, pension reforms, and a debt products, which can only help the economy,” said omist who writes for the New York Times, helped pro- ‘ONLY OPTION’ repayment fund through parliament. Melina Petropoulou, 41, the manager of a women’s pel the term into the mainstream. Krugman wrote: “The “There is a clear move towards violent resistance,” Thierry Vircoulon, an expert at International Crisis Group, said. “The opposi- clothes shop. trending hashtag #ThisIsACoup is exactly right. This tion considers now that armed resistance is the only option left.” Life will be ‘very hard’ Gianna Georgakopoulou, a 43-year-old office man- goes beyond harsh into pure vindictiveness, complete Burundi had been making a slow recovery from civil war that had Many ordinary Greeks were skeptical that the deal ager in a jewellery store, broadly welcomed the bailout destruction of national sovereignty, and no hope of pitted rebel groups from the Hutu majority against the army at the would bring about any improvement to their lives. “It deal, but said: “We may have no choice but to open relief.” —AFP time commanded by minority Tutsis. The 12-year conflict, which erupted in 1993, killed about 300,000 people. Such a huge toll in a small country might have made bigger headlines had it not been for a more brutal killing spree in 1994 in next door Rwanda that left Kingpin’s escape a blow to Mexico’s drug war 800,000 mostly Tutsis as well moderate Hutus dead. Rwanda has the same ethnic mix as Burundi. “You can forget development,” said By Guillermo Barros, Yemeli Ortega killed tens of thousands of people. Mexican government did not deliver him,” and education, Pena Nieto’s popularity nose- the Western diplomat said of Burundi’s crisis. “There will be lots of Then Pena Nieto came along in December said Raul Benitez Manaut, security expert at dived after local police in the southern city of refugees and potentially the ethnic card could be taken up again.” exican President Enrique Pena 2012, and less than two years into his presi- the National Autonomous University of Iguala seized 43 college students and deliv- Till now, ethnic polarization has been avoided. Protesters have Nieto’s battle against drug cartels dency, his security forces caught the biggest Mexico. ered them to a drug gang that allegedly come from both sides of the divide. The coup leader, General Mtook a massive hit with drug lord fish of them all. With Guzman’s capture, Pena Instead of putting Guzman on trial, slaughtered them all. Godefroid Niyombare, is a Hutu, while Nkurunziza, of mix parent- Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape, strip- Nieto signaled that his administration would Mexican authorities were yet again scram- Security analyst Javier Oliva predicted that age, led a Hutu rebel force in the war. But General Ngendakumana, ping him of his security strategy’s biggest go after the top leaders of the country’s crimi- bling to find the country’s most powerful the Guzman scandal could become a US pres- another Hutu who fought under Nkurunziza and later became a trophy. Pena Nieto’s nearly three years in nal groups. drug lord after he fled through a 1.5-kilome- idential election topic given the anti-Mexican top intelligence officer before he was fired in February, accused office have been marked by a remarkable Guzman was sent to what was until now ter tunnel under his cell’s shower. “There cer- stance taken by billionaire tycoon Donald the president of stoking ethnic divisions. In particular, he said the tainly was corruption inside and outside the Trump. “What will Donald Trump say? This will ruling party’s youth wing Imbonerakure, widely seen as a Hutu number of arrests of the country’s most considered the country’s most impenetrable force, had been armed. “This situation can lead to a genocide,” he notorious drug kingpins. penitentiaries, the Altiplano prison some 90 prison,” said Benitez Manaut. be fuel for his conservative candidacy,” Oliva said in an interview. The ruling CNDD-FDD party denies this, accus- The captures of Sinaloa cartel boss kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital. said, referring to Trump’s remarks last month ing opponents of provoking violence because they cannot win at Guzman and the chiefs of the Zetas, Knights The attorney general at the time, Jesus Trump card that Mexican migrants were bringing crime the ballot box. Templar and Gulf criminal groups earned Murillo Karam, said Mexico would prosecute The escape is another piece of bad news north of the border. Trump obliged hours lat- praise from the United States. But Guzman’s Guzman first before authorities could consid- for a president whose fortunes began to take er, writing on Twitter: “Mexico’s biggest drug LACKING LEVERAGE second prison break in 14 years has under- er a US extradition bid. “This leads to a big a turn for the worse in the middle of last year. lord escapes from jail. Unbelievable corrup- Yet reports of threats by Imbonerakure, often cited by those mined these achievements, while reviving problem with the US government because Once praised internationally for his sweeping tion and USA is paying the price. I told you fleeing Burundi, have alarmed Western powers. One diplomat has accusations of corruption and impunity that they asked (for an extradition) and the reforms in the energy sector, the tax system so!” —AFP called it the “scariest” element of the crisis. Chastened by their fail- have shadowed the government’s efforts. US ure to halt the Rwandan genocide, the United States and European prosecutors had wanted to extradite Union have threatened sanctions on individuals behind Burundi’s Guzman but Mexico’s government insisted violence and have cut some aid to a nation that depends on donors on putting him on trial first. to fund about half its budget. Yet diplomats say they are struggling “In the best case, this escape is embarrass- to find pressure points to change the government’s course. “It is ing,” said Alejandro Hope, a former Mexican incredible, this leverage doesn’t seem to work, at least on the real intelligence agency official. “It dents the people involved,” said one senior diplomat. African nations have image of effectiveness that (the government) also failed to haul the nation back from the brink, even though the had projected and it forces a rethink of that African Union, often accused by critics of taking a timid line, bluntly narrative that we are doing well in terms of refused to send monitors to the parliamentary poll in June, saying security,” said Hope, editor of the security the vote would not be fair. A group of east African neighbors and South Africa have demanded the presidential election be delayed analysis website ElDailyPost.com. to July 30 to allow for mediation, and said Imbonerakure and any other groups must be disarmed by military observers. The govern- President ‘deeply troubled’ ment pushed back the vote, but only to July 21, saying the constitu- Following Guzman’s arrest in February tion would not allow a further delay, while the observers have yet 2014, Pena Nieto himself had acknowledged to be deployed. “The region was not able to do conflict prevention in an interview with the US channel and will have to do crisis management,” said Crisis Group’s Univision that it would be “truly unforgiv- Vircoulon. “Managing the crisis will be more costly.” —Reuters able” if he escaped from prison again. Speaking during a visit to Paris on Sunday, a “deeply troubled” Pena Nieto demanded an investigation on whether guards helped the inmate flee through a secretly built tunnel All articles appearing on these under his cell. pages are the personal opinion of Prosecutors interrogated some 30 offi- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no cials from the Altiplano prison in central responsibility for views expressed Mexico State. Guzman and his Sinaloa cartel have given therein. Kuwait Times invites read- headaches to the last three Mexican presi- ers to voice their opinions. Please dents. It was during president Vicente Fox’s send submissions via email to: opin- 2000-2006 tenure that Guzman escaped by [email protected] or via snail hiding a laundry cart in a maximum-security prison in western Jalisco state in 2001. His mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. successor, fellow conservative Felipe The editor reserves the right to edit Calderon, is notorious for launching the mili- MEXICO CITY: A Federal Police officer stands guard outside the house at the end of the tunnel through which Mexican any submission as necessary. tarized battle against cartels in 2006, which drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could have escaped from the Altiplano prison, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on led to an escalation of the drug war that has Sunday. —AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 SPORTS

Italian Basso quits Tour India suspends cricket player Mustafizur earns Test call-up PAU: Former Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso withdrew from the Tour de MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board suspended Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah DHAKA: Bangladesh’s teenage fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been France yesterday after revealing he has testicular cancer. “We discover with immediate effect yesterday for offering money to a player to influence rewarded for his strong limited overs performances with a call-up to the this two hours ago, I have to stop,” the 37-year-old Italian told a news a game in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). squad for next week’s first test against South Africa. conference on the first rest day of this year’s Tour. Shah, who does not play in IPL, made the approach to his unidentified The 19-year-old left-arm paceman made his international debut in the “I crashed in the fifth stage and I felt pain in my left testicle and I first-class cricket team mate who represents Rajasthan Royals in the lucra- three-match series against two-time world champions India in June and his 13 went for checks,” said Basso, who was addressing the media ahead of his tive Twenty20 league, the Indian board (BCCI) said in a statement. The play- wickets meant Bangladesh won their first series against their neighbours. Tinkoff-Saxo team leader Alberto Contador. er, identified by local media as Mumbai leg-spinner Pravin Tambe, reported Mustafizur stunned the top Indian batsmen with his control and change of Spain’s Contador, who is attempting a rare Giro/Tour de the approach to his team, who forwarded the case to BCCI’s Anti-Corruption pace, winning the man-of-the-series award, and on Sunday it was the France double, would not discuss the race, in which he and Security Unit. South Africans who found themselves on the receiving end in sits fifth overall, one minute three seconds behind Shah’s long-term fate will now be decided by the board’s disciplinary their second ODI. leader Chris Froome. “I have grown closer to Ivan in committee. “His involvement in any form of cricket affiliated with the BCCI He took 3-38 as South Africa were bundled out for 162, the past weeks and this is terrible news,” said stands suspended till the time the disciplinary committee of the BCCI passes their lowest score against the hosts. Bangladesh went on to Contador. Basso looked on course for Tour glory appropriate orders,” the board said. Shah, 30, has played 37 first-class match- thrash the tourists by seven wickets and level the series at 1-1. when he won the white jersey for the best Under-25 es for Mumbai, averaging over 42 with six hundreds. Mustafizur will replace Abul Hasan in the squad that was rider in 2002, in an era dominated by the disgraced “BCCI has zero tolerance for corruption in the game of cricket,” board named for last month’s drawn test against India. “He Lance Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor. president Jagmohan Dalmiya said. “We have and we will take swift action (Mustafizur) has shown already what he is capable of and possi- “Thinking about Ivan Basso and wishing him the against such incidents to set a precedent and control the menace of corrup- bly he has been the brightest find for us in recent times,” very best as he embarks on his cancer journey,” tion in the game.” Rajasthan is not alien to the threat of spot-fixing after for- Bangladesh chairman of selectors Faruque Ahmed said. Armstrong said on Twitter. He never won the mer India paceman S. Sreesanth and two other cricketers from the team “He has also been playing all versions of cricket this world’s greatest race, however, finishing were arrested in 2013 on suspicion of taking money to concede a fixed num- season including four day games and we are confi- third and second overall in 2004 and 2005 ber of runs. Sreesanth, who denied any wrongdoing, was subsequently dent that he will adjust quickly to the demands of respectively. —Reuters banned for life by the BCCI. — Reuters test cricket. —Reuters Mets trounce D’backs, Indians fall

NEW YORK: Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered three times to help the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Sunday and complete a three-game sweep. Nieuwenhuis homered twice off Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa (6-5), in the second and third innings and once off reliever Randall Delgado in the fifth. His homer off Delgado rang off the right field foul ball and drew a curtain call from the cheering crowd of 28,259. The Mets centerfielder’s effort backed Jonathon Niese, who was starting in place of the injured Steven Matz. Niese (5-8) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. Nieuwenhuis’ effort marked the first time any Met had ever homered three times in a home game. Nieuwenhuis is the 10th player in Mets his- tory with a three-homer game and the first since Ike Davis accomplished the feat on July 28, 2012 at Arizona.

ATHLETICS 2, INDIANS 0 All-Star Sonny Gray allowe just two hits in a shutout and allowed only three base runners, leading the Athletics to a win over the Indians on Sunday. Gray, who lowered his AL-best ERA to 2.04, walked one and struck out six. Only three outs were recorded by outfielders in his third career shutout. Gray (10-3) retired the first 10 hitters before Francisco Lindor’s one-out single in the fourth. The right-hander walked David Murphy to lead off the fifth and retired 11 in a row until Giovanny Urshela’s two-out single in the eighth. Vogt, Oakland’s other All-Star, hit a two-run homer to right in the fourth off Corey Kluber (4- 10) after being robbed of a home run in the first by Murphy.

PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 5 Gregory Polanco capped another late rally, PITTSBURGH: St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark Reynolds (left) lunges for home plate as Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli reaches to tag him out in the tenth inning of a baseball game. — AP driving in Jung Ho Kang with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Pittsburgh past St. Louis. threatened in all but one inning he worked. They complete game when Adam Jones hit his second it. Justin Upton got the other run in the seventh homer of the season off reliever David Rollins to The Cardinals took a 5-3 lead in the top of the went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position homer of the game. Drew Storen entered and when he reached on a fielder’s choice and came blow the game open. 10th on a two-run double by Randal Grichuk off against the right-hander. The Reds’ defense was struck out Chris Davis to earn his 27th save. home on Jedd Gyorko’s two-out single. Arquimedes Caminero (1-1). Pittsburgh, which no better, committing a pair of errors that resulted Scherzer (10-7) allowed four hits, struck out seven DODGERS 4, BREWERS 3 won in 14 innings on a homer by Andrew in three unearned runs. Justin Bour had three hits and walked none. He retired 14 straight after GIANTS 4, PHILLIES 2 Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to put the McCutchen on Saturday, did it again 24 hours lat- and three RBIs for the Marlins, who scored 22 runs allowing a first-inning homer to Jones. Andrew Susac hit a three-run homer to back Dodgers ahead in the eighth inning, as NL West- er against St. Louis All-Star closer Trevor Rosenthal in the final two games of the series and won three Chris Heston’s superb start, and the Giants rolled leading Los Angeles beat the last-place Brewers. The (1-2). Starling Marte brought Pittsburgh within a of four from the Reds. Casey McGehee, signed TWINS 7, TIGERS 1 past the last-place Phillies. Heston (9-5) allowed Dodgers took two out of three from the Brewers to run with an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Friday for a second stint with Miami, drove in two Kyle Gibson won his fourth straight start, one run and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck go into the All Star break with a 51-39 record. Pedro Francisco Cervelli tied it with a single and Polanco runs for the second game in a row. Haren (7-5) throwing seven strong innings, and rookie Miguel out seven and walked none to help send the Baez (2-1) got the victory with a strikeout in one followed two batters later with a looping single to outpitched Johnny Cueto (6-6), who allowed five Sano hit a two-run homer to lead the Twins to a reigning World Series champions into the All-Star inning of relief. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to right for his fourth hit of the game. runs, three earned, in five innings. win over the Tigers. Gibson (8-6) allowed only an break on a high note. Santiago Casilla gave up a earn his 16th save in 17 chances, including his last unearned run and four hits, while Sano hit his sec- run in the ninth for his 23rd save in 27 chances. nine since June 12. RAYS 4, ASTROS 3 YANKEES 8, RED SOX 6 ond home run since being recalled from Double-A Buster Posey and Angel Pagan each singled Howie Kendrick singled leading off the eighth Matt Moore got his first win since elbow sur- Alex Rodriguez doubled to break a sixth- on July 2. Danny Santana added two hits, includ- three times, and Susac’s homer highlighted a four- on his 32nd birthday and advanced to second after gery with help from the Tampa Bay bullpen as the inning tie, move into the top 25 on baseball’s ing a two-run triple, for Minnesota, which enters run fourth against Chad Billingsley (1-3) that center fielder Carlos Gomez misplayed the ball for Rays completed a three game sweep by beating career hits list and help the Yankees beat the Red the All-Star break having won six of seven. The handed Philadelphia its fifth consecutive defeat. an error. Gonzalez followed with his 18th homer on the Astros. Sox. The win gave the Yankees the edge in the Twins are in second place in the AL Central and The Phillies (29-62) set the franchise record for an 0-2 pitch from Will Smith (4-1), giving the Moore (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits three-game series and moved them 6 1/2 games hold the top wild-card spot. Shane Greene (4-7) the most losses before the All-Star break, surpass- Dodgers a 4-3 lead. over five innings to get his first victory since Sept. in front of last-place Boston in the bunched-up AL allowed seven runs on seven hits and three walks ing the previous mark of 61 in 1997. 29, 2013 at Toronto. It was his third start after East. New York leads the division by 3 1/2 games in just 4 2-3 innings for the Tigers after being ROCKIES 11, BRAVES 3 recalled from Triple-A. ANGELS 10, MARINERS 3 All-Star Troy Tulowitzki homered, Charlie Chris Iannetta hit a two-run home run and Blackmon had three hits and drove in four runs and ROYALS 11, BLUE JAYS 10 David Freese added a two-run double as part of a the Rockies beat the Braves to complete a four- MLB results/standings Paulo Orlando broke a deadlock with an six-run sixth inning, as the Angels entered the All- game sweep. Drew Stubbs also went deep for the eighth inning homer and Kendrys Morales hit a Star break in first place in the American League Rockies, who took four from Atlanta for the first Oakland 2, Cleveland 0; Miami 8, Cincinnati 1; NY Mets 5, Arizona 3; Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3; three-run homer as the Royals defeated the Blue West after a win over the Mariners. time in team history. Tulowitzki was chosen as an Washington 3, Baltimore 2; NY Yankees 8, Boston 6; Kansas City 11, Toronto 10; Minnesota 7, Jays after blowing a seven-run advantage Sunday. The Angels won for the 11th time in 14 games injury replacement to the NL All-Star team on Detroit 1; Chicago Cubs 3, Chicago White Sox 1; San Diego 2, Texas 1; San Francisco 4, The Royals enter the All-Star break with an and leaped past Houston into the AL West lead for Saturday, right after his 21-game hitting streak end- Philadelphia 2; LA Angels 10, Seattle 3; LA Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3; Colorado 11, Atlanta 3; American League-leading 52 victories. Orlando hit the first time since April 17 after the Astros lost ed. He started another one with a three-run homer Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 (10 Innings). a 2-1 Bo Schultz (0-1) pitch out to left to leadoff their sixth straight on Sunday. The Angels took in the sixth off reliever Dave Carpenter. the eight. advantage of three errors by Seattle and knocked Blackmon did his damage against Atlanta starter Kansas City led 7-0 after five innings, but the around starter Taijuan Walker (7-7) for his worst Alex Wood (6-6). His two-run single in the second American League National League Blue Jays sent 12 men to the plate in an eight-run outing in two months. Freese just missed a homer, gave Colorado a 3-0 lead and his second two-RBI Eastern Division Eastern Division sixth. Danny Valencia and Jose Bautista con- doubling off the top of the wall to end Walker’s single came two batters before Tulowitzki’s 10th W L PCT GB Washington 48 39 .552 - tributed two-run doubles in the inning. day in the sixth. Iannetta followed with his fifth home run. Chad Bettis (5-4) got the win. — AP NY Yankees 48 40 .545 - NY Mets 47 42 .528 2 Seven of the runs were unearned after Mike Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 3.5 Atlanta 42 47 .472 7 Moustakas and Omar Infante committed errors. Baltimore 44 44 .500 4 Miami 38 51 .427 11 Royals reliever Wade Davis (5-1) got the win Toronto 45 46 .495 4.5 Philadelphia 29 62 .319 21 despite allowing his second run of the season. Boston 42 47 .472 6.5 Central Division Greg Holland worked the ninth, logging his 20th Central Division St. Louis 56 33 .629 - save in 22 opportunities. Kansas City 52 34 .605 - Pittsburgh 53 35 .602 2.5 Minnesota 49 40 .551 4.5 Chicago Cubs 47 40 .540 8 CUBS 3, WHITE SOX 1 Detroit 44 44 .500 9 Cincinnati 39 47 .453 15.5 Jake Arrieta pitched a two-hitter and also Cleveland 42 46 .477 11 homered to lead the Cubs to a win over the White Milwaukee 38 52 .422 18.5 Chicago White Sox 41 45 .477 11 Sox. Arrieta (10-5) struck out nine - including all Western Division Western Division three batters in the ninth - in his second complete LA Angels 48 40 .545 - LA Dodgers 51 39 .567 - game win of the season. White Sox starter Jose Houston 49 42 .538 0.5 San Francisco 46 43 .517 4.5 Quintana (4-9) pitched well in the losing effort, Texas 42 46 .477 6 Arizona 42 45 .483 7.5 also striking out nine. He gave up three runs and Seattle 41 48 .461 7.5 San Diego 41 49 .456 10 eight hits in 7 1-3 innings. The win broke a three- Oakland 41 50 .451 8.5 Colorado 39 49 .443 11 game losing streak for the Cubs, including losses in the previous two games in the crosstown rival- ry. The Cubs opened the scoring in the first inning missing almost 15 months due to the surgery. heading into the All-Star break. when Kris Bryant hit an RBI triple that scored Rays relievers Brandon Gomes, Steve Geltz, Yankees prospect Rob Refsnyder had his first Dexter Fowler and Jorge Soler followed with an Kevin Jepsen and Brad Boxberger, who pitched career hit with a single in the seventh inning and RBI single that scored Bryant. Arrieta’s leadoff the ninth for his 23rd save, gave up a combined then added a two-run homer in the ninth to make home run in the fifth, which barely cleared the two hits over four scoreless innings. it 8-4. The Red Sox cut it to 8-6 in the ninth thanks wall in left field, was his first in the majors. Houston enters the All-Star break on a six- to two New York errors, but Andrew Miller got game losing streak. The Astros took over first Shane Victorino on a pop-up to shallow left to end PADRES 2, RANGERS 1 place in the AL West on April 19, but started it. Brian McCann also had two hits, including a Tyson Ross pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings as Sunday with just a half-game lead over the Los two-run homer, and Nathan Eovaldi (9-2) pitched the Padres edged the Rangers. Ross (6-7) extend- Angeles Angels, who were scheduled to play five innings for the Yankees. ed his homerless streak to 86 2-3 innings over 14 Seattle later Sunday. starts, the current longest streak in the majors. Tampa Bay took a 4-3 lead in the fifth when NATIONALS 3, ORIOLES 2 Craig Kimbrel recorded a four-out save, his John Jaso walked with the bases loaded and Max Scherzer ended his impressive first half 23rd of the season. He allowed a ninth-inning run Grady Sizemore had an RBI grounder off rookie with another dominant performance, taking a when Rougned Odor’s single to center scored Lance McCullers (4-3). three-hitter into the ninth inning to lead the Adrian Beltre and left runners on first and second. Nationals to a victory over the Orioles. Will Venable scored San Diego’s first run in the MARLINS 8, REDS 1 Yunel Escobar had three hits and scored a run second inning from third base on a throwing error Dan Haren repeatedly pitched out of jams and for the Nationals, who reached the All-Star break by second baseman Odor. Venable reached third allowed only one run in six innings to help the in first place in the NL East after taking two of when his sharp grounder caromed off the glove Marlins beat the Reds. The Reds stranded seven three from their neighboring rivals. off first baseman Mitch Moreland into short right NEW YORK: Mets starting pitcher Jonathon Niese delivers in the first inning of a baseball runners in scoring position against Haren, and Scherzer was one out away from his fourth field. He sped to third before Odor could retrieve game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. — AP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 SPORTS

MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (33) drives the ball past San Antonio Stars forward Sophia Young-Malcolm (33) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game. — AP Sky win, Mercury rise over Storm

ROSEMONT: Cappie Pondexter scored a sea- gave the Sky their largest lead at 90-65. Kelsey neath for an easy basket to seal the victory. in six matchups against New York, which had the first half as the WNBA-leading Lynx never son-high 29 points as the Chicago Sky beat Bone returned from her one-game suspen- DeWanna Bonner added 11 points for the a three-game winning streak end. trailed in a win over the Stars. Seimone the Connecticut Sun 96-76 on Sunday, their sion to lead the Sun with 18 points and Alex Mercury (8-5), who won at Seattle 94-79 on McCoughtry hit 12 of 19 free throws in a Augustus added 12 points and Moore had second win in 11 days over the Eastern Bentley added 14. Friday. Phoenix has won five straight games game that featured 70 attempts. McCoughtry nine rebounds for the Lynx (9-3) who built a Conference leader. and has beaten the Storm eight consecutive has scored in double figures in every game 50-28 lead after opening the third quarter on Pondexter made her first seven shots for MERCURY 70, STORM 60 times. Jewell Loyd led the Storm (3-12) with 16 this season and 19 in a row overall. Rookie an 11-2 run. 19 first-half points with her first miss on a 25- Brittney Griner scored 26 points as the points. Angel Goodrich had eight assists in Cierra Burdick added 12 points, a career-high, The Stars (3-10) missed their first nine field- footer at the halftime buzzer. She finished 11 Mercury beat Seattle for their second victory place of veteran point guard Sue Bird, who as did Sydney Carter, making her first start. goal attempts of the game as Minnesota for 14, including 5 for 6 from 3-point range. over the Storm in three days. Griner had 14 rested. Seattle has lost five straight and 10 of After trailing since the first quarter, Tina opened on 15-2 run. The Lynx led by no less The Sky (8-5) won their third straight over- straight points for Phoenix in the third quar- 11. Charles’ four straight points put the Liberty (7- than 11 the rest of the way. all despite the Sun (7-4) again holding the ter, extending a 10-point lead to 58-42. Four 5) in front 69-67 with 5:47 remaining. But Dearica Hamby scored 13 points and Kayla WNBA’s scoring leader, Elena Delle Donne free throws by Alex Harden made it a 20-point DREAM 84, LIBERTY 76 Atlanta bounced back and the Dream finished Alexander grabbed 11 rebounds to lead San (26.9 ppg), to a season-low 12 points. advantage. Angel McCoughtry scored 32 points as with a 9-2 run over the final three minutes to Antonio, which has lost four of its last five. Jessica Breland added 12 points for the Sky Seattle, which outscored Phoenix 15-8 in Atlanta survived a third-quarter collapse to secure the win. The top-ranked Lynx defense’s 49 points who led 49-41 at the half and pulled away for the fourth quarter, rallied to within eight on pull out a victory over the Liberty. The victory allowed was a season best coming off a sea- good with a 6-0 run to open the third. Ramu Tokashiki’s baseline jumper with 1:17 was the first for Atlanta (6-7) in three meet- LYNX 66, STARS 49 son-worst effort in Friday’s 90-83 loss at Breland’s jumper with 5:09 left in the fourth left, but Noelle Quinn found Griner under- ings with the Liberty this season and the first Maya Moore scored 15 of her 20 points in Chicago. — AP Chun wins US Women’s thriller

LANCASTER: Young South Korean for the lead at six under par with Chun In-gee showed championship world number three Lewis joining maturity on Sunday as she won the Chun and Yang. US Women’s Open in a thrilling fin- Chun seized the lead with a ish at Lancaster Country Club on nine-foot birdie putt at the 15th Sunday for her first major title. The hole and the young Korean added 20-year-old Chun, a seven-times birdies on the next two holes to career winner on the LPGA of Korea reach nine-under for the tourna- Tour playing her first US Open, shot ment. Lewis fell out after a double- a brilliant four-under-par 66 in the bogey at the par-four 15th where final round for an eight-under total she found the water in front of the and a one-stroke victory over com- green. But Yang, who posted back- patriot Amy Yang (71). to-back bogeys at 14 and 15, eagled Chun’s 272 total in this 70th U.S. the driveable par-four 16th and Open matched the lowest winning birdied 17 to move within one score, previously registered by stroke as the championship came Annika Sorenstam in 2006 and Juli down to the 72nd hole. Inkster in 1999. It was her fourth Chun opened the door a crack win of the year including three on by hitting her tee shot into deep the Korean tour and once on rough. After punching out, she Japan’s tour. pitched on to the green but missed “This year I played four tourna- a curling 12-foot par putt and made ments on the LPGA and I have great bogey. Yang needed par to force a experience in those tournaments,” three-hole playoff, but she also she told reporters through an inter- found the left rough off the tee, preter with the gleaming silver punched out and slid her 10-foot ILLIONIS: Jordan Spieth poses with the John Deere Classic trophy after winning the Open trophy by her side. “And from par putt by the cup on the left side. tournament by defeating Tom Gillis on the second playoff hole. — AP all those four wins this year, I got a While it was a thrill of a lifetime lot of confidence and that is why I for Chung, it was another heart- Spieth captures Classic could enjoy every moment.” breaker for Yang. She played in the World number one Park In-bee final Open group in 2010, eventual- ILLINOIS: Jordan Spieth sent a message to found water. He still earned the final qualify- of South Korea (67) tied for third at ly finishing tied for fifth. Last year, his critics he had not made a mistake by ing place for the British Open, which starts five under par with Stacy Lewis (70) she was paired with winner warming up for the British Open with a tour- on Thursday at St. Andrews. on a steamy day on the hilly course Michelle Wie but shot 74 and tied nament in the United States and showed he Spieth, who ovecame a poor start to the in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish for fourth. Yang was also the U.S. was ready to challenge for the title by claim- day, could have won the tournament in reg- country. Open runner-up in 2012. “I learned ing the John Deere Classic in a playoff on ulation but missed a 30-foot putt. He had Chun began the round four another great lesson here and it’s Sunday. Spieth, already the winner of this another putt narrowly miss on the first extra shots behind Yang, but the leader going to make me a better player,” year’s Masters and US Open, defeated hole, which both players parred after ending faltered on the back nine and by the LANCASTER: Chun In-gee of South Korea poses with the trophy after said the gracious Yang, who added: unheralded fellow-American Tom Gillis on regulation at 20-under-par. 14th hole there was a three-way tie winning the US Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club. — AFP “She’s a great player.” — Reuters the second playoff hole at TPC Deere Run in “It’s extremely satisfying to have stretch- Silvis, Illinois. “I came here for a reason and es where I played poorly and still came away we accomplished that reason and certainly with a win,” said Spieth. “Not the best start, have some momentum going into next but certainly OK with the outcome,” the Scolding pays off for US Open champion week,” said Spieth after some had ques- overnight leader told CBS. LANCASTER: The golf coach resorted to scolding his behind winner Brittany Lincicome. of fun with that.” tioned his returning to the site of his first American Zach Johnson (65) and New prized pupil, a putting lesson was finally learned, “That was the only time that I pretended to be The bubbly Chun, a mathematics whiz kid who PGA Tour win in 2013 to play the week Zealand’s Danny Lee (67) tied for third at 19- and on Sunday a beaming Chun In-gee was hugging mad at her,” the coach said. “And she cried a little bit, fell in love with golf after being introduced to it by before a major championship. under 265. Spieth had gotten the round off the silver trophy as U.S. Women’s Open champion. It and it worked. That was when she decided to her father, put it all together and notched three wins The victory was the world number two’s to an inauspicious start when he bogeyed was an uncharacteristic moment in the relationship change. That’s the only time I used (that tactic) since on the Korean LPGA tour and another on the Japan fourth of the season and the 21-year-old the first and third holes before recovering to between 20-year-old Chun and Park Won, who often I met her four and a half years ago.” Tour before claiming the US Open crown. moved within one victory of tying Tiger make the turn at even par. preaches having fun. But it was an important step in Despite her reluctance, she made the change Park, who holds a Ph.D. in environmental man- Woods for the most wins on the PGA Tour After a bogey on the 11th he birdied four the building of South Korea’s latest major winner. and it started clicking, said Park. “When she saw the agement from Michigan State and also works as a TV before age 22, the Tour said. of the next five holes from 13th on to force a “Her putting was the only weak point up until the results she was happy about it and she asked me to golf commentator, said Chun has reached about 90 Playing the 18th hole for a third time in a playoff a day after a sizzling 61 put him atop last ANA Inspiration,” Park told Reuters about April’s get mad when she really needs to listen,” he said percent of her potential but already possesses the half-hour, Spieth, who finished regulation the leaderboard. Gillis surged into the lead first major of the year as he followed Chun outside with a gentle chuckle. most important ingredient for success in golf. “At this with a three-under 68, used a short par putt with five birdies in his first six holes and the ropes at the start of Sunday’s final round at The putting change and a recent alteration in her level, it’s about enjoyment, and she already has that for the victory over the 46-year-old Gillis, added another at the eighth before giving a Lancaster Country Club. backswing to turn her decisive draw into a slight feeling about golf,” he said. “Today’s objective of the who was making his 172nd career PGA Tour stroke back with a bogey at the ninth. He “She had some difficulty changing the style of right-to-left shape, worked wonders. “Her shot-mak- round is enjoying, even the misses,” he said as she start. Gillis, who shot a 64 in regulation, saw added more birdies at the 10th, 12th and her backswing on her putting. She missed all the ing ability has been improving dramatically,” he said embarked on what would be a career defining round. his chance for victory end when his 15th before a bogey at 16 gave Spieth a opportunities at the ANA Inspiration,” he said about about the backswing change. “She can move the ball “Because something good can come out of misses approach shot on the second playoff hole chance. — Reuters her one-over total that left her tied for 41st, 10 shots right to left and left to right, and she is having a lot and be carried on to the next hole.” — Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 SPORTS Australia sorry for putting Tomic in ‘Hall of Shame’

MELBOURNE: Tennis Australia has apolo- son had been threatened by TA. “Bernard gised for a ‘clerical error’ in a media release has already been punished by his non- that said estranged local player Bernard selection for the upcoming Davis Cup tie,” Tomic was playing in a ‘Hall of Shame’ event Tomic senior told Fairfax Media in a state- against compatriot John-Patrick Smith. The ment, which was published by the Sydney media release said Tomic, who was Morning Herald. “Bernard accepted his dumped from Australia’s Davis Cup team sanction in a professional manner and was after a rant against officials, was playing willing to move on. It seems TA have com- Smith in the ‘Hall of Shame Tennis menced living up to their threat. Championships’, causing a stir on social “How typically childish and arrogant of media networks. TA to permit publication of such material “Tennis Australia sincerely apologises for and then expect to get away with it. We the typo in the daily results service today,” have no alternative but to refer the matter the governing body said in a statement. to our legal people for advice.” “This has now been corrected and we Australia are due to play a Davis Cup wish both Bernard Tomic and JP Smith all quarter-final against Kazakhstan this week the best in the Hall of Fame Championships but the leadup has been plagued by in- in Newport,” TA said in a statement. fighting and further controversy surround- “This unfortunate error has been widely ing hot-headed talent Nick Kyrgios. circulated on social media and there is World number 29 Kyrgios bowed out of some discussion as to how such a mistake Wimbledon in a hail of criticism for his on- could occur. “We have a very upset staff court histrionics, with accusations of poor member who made a simple clerical error. sportsmanship throughout the tournament “There was no malicious intent.” and ‘tanking’, or not trying, during his TA’s relationship with Australia’s top- fourth-round match against Frenchman ranked player Tomic has long been frosty Richard Gasquet. but it reached a new low at Wimbledon Rafter added fuel to the fire over the where the world number 26 accused offi- weekend by telling a local newspaper that cials of lacking respect for him and failing TA was focusing on developing players the to support him and his sister Sara, who country could be ‘proud of’. He also sug- plays mostly lower-tier ITF events. gested the rift between TA and Tomic might Tomic also teed off at two-time grand never heal. The 20-year-old Kyrgios, who LONDON: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates winning the men’s singles final against Roger Federer of Switzerland on Sunday July 12, 2015. — AP slam champion Pat Rafter, a former Davis has defended Tomic and is expected to play Cup captain and now TA’s high perform- Davis Cup this weekend, returned serve on ance director, describing him as a “good Twitter. “Another negative comment out of Djokovic last man actor” and a TA stooge. Rafters mouth. Does this guy ever stop Tomic’s father John said the family was #everyoneisaworkinprogress,” he tweeted in considering legal actions and claimed his a post that was later deleted. — Reuters standing as rivals falter

LONDON: Novak Djokovic was once in danger of McEnroe, (Andre) Agassi, (Boris) Becker, (Stefan) plain sailing. At one stage in his early days, becoming tennis’s great unfulfilled talent, the smil- Edberg, (Mats) Wilander’... the list just goes on and Djokovic seemed too frail in temperament and ing Serb with a racquet in one hand and a sick note on,” former world number one Andy Roddick told physique to be considered a major leaguer, failings in the other. the BBC. “He’s marching through history. I’m not emphasised by occasional spats over alleged A decade on, he is the super-fit king of the sure where this ends for Novak.” Sunday’s win lev- gamesmanship.At the 2005 and 2006 French sport, a nine-time Grand Slam champion with the elled his career match-up with Federer at 20-20 Opens, the teenage Djokovic retired injured. He promise of more to come. Now, where once the and he has now won five of their last seven meet- also pulled out of a match with Nadal at sport lauded the Big Four, Djokovic appears to be ings at the Grand Slams. Wimbledon in 2007 and again at the Australian the last man standing as his rivals falter. Federer will be 34 in August and the longer Open in 2009 against Roddick. Djokovic swept to a third Wimbledon title on Sunday’s final went on, the further off the pace he Djokovic hasn’t been afraid to think outside the Sunday with victory over Roger Federer meaning fell. Djokovic is 19-8 to the good against fellow 28- box in an effort to boost his career. After going eight of his nine majors have come since the start year-old Murray, winning their last eight meetings. three years between his first major at the 2008 of 2011. By contrast, Federer, the record 17-time Despite trailing Rafael Nadal 23-21, Djokovic has Australian Open and his second, back in major winner, has not won a Slam since won six of their last seven. Melbourne in 2011, he overhauled his daily regime. Wimbledon three years ago. World number three Of course, the French Open continues to elude Swearing by a gluten-free diet, Djokovic won Andy Murray won the last of his two Grand Slam him, defeated in the final in three of the last four three of the four Slams in 2011, putting together a titles at the All England Club in 2013. years including in June against an inspired Stan 41-match win streak which was ended by Federer And Rafael Nadal, the 14-time major champion, Wawrinka. in the French Open semi-finals. is trapped in a vicious spiral of decline which has That was one of eight Grand Slam finals he has In December 2013, he drafted in six-time Grand sent him spinning to his lowest ranking in a decade lost. “There were some finals I should have won but Slam champion Boris Becker to work alongside and close to slipping out of the world top 10. By then again, having said that, everything happens long-time coach Marian Vajda who has been with contrast, Djokovic has this year picked up a fifth for a reason,” said Djokovic. him since 2006. Despite his success, Djokovic often Australian Open, a third Wimbledon and four “I try to learn from every experience, especially struggles to attract the hero worship which the Masters. His match record is a remarkable 48 wins the ones that don’t end up victorious for me. I’m evergreen Federer and the modest Nadal enjoy. On against just three defeats. going to keep going. “I’m 28. I feel good. I don’t feel the eve of Sunday’s Wimbledon final, a BBC TV poll He is also the model of consistency, making the old. I have hopefully many more years in front of found 75 percent of people were desperate for semi-finals in 19 of his last 20 Grand Slams. “Novak me. I’m going to try to push my own limits and see Federer to win. “I have to accept it. I have to work can go to sleep tonight saying, ‘I’ve had more how far I can go really with titles and with myself and earn the majority of the support. Maybe one grand slams than (Jimmy) Connors, (John) playing on this high level.” It hasn’t always been day,” said Djokovic. — AFP Southern hemisphere ease into gear in Championship

SYDNEY: There will be no definitive answer as to they have in the last three years. injury. Number eight Duane Vermeulen, lock Pieter- where the balance of power in international rugby Saturday’s clash with the Springboks in Brisbane Steph du Toit, centre Frans Steyn and scrumhalf lies until Oct. 31 at Twickenham but the truncated offers them more hope of an opening victory, Fourie du Preez are just some of the players in the Rugby Championship, which kicks off on Friday, something they have not enjoyed since they won treatment room. should provide a few clues. the truncated final Tri-Nations championship The Springboks are hoping neck surgery will MILWAUKEE: Sebastien Bourdais celebrates in the winner’s circle after the IndyCar New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, who ahead of the 2011 World Cup. still allow the influential Vermeulen to play a part in Series race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis. — AP have won six of the seven previous World Cups A tweak to the eligibility rules means new coach the World Cup and Meyer, like the other coaches, is between them, will again battle it out with 2007 Michael Cheika has experienced back Matt Giteau sure to use the Rugby Championship to give most Bourdais dominates semi-finalists Argentina but each will face the oth- back in the fold but it may be to the halfback com- of the players in his squad a run-out. That means ers only once as opposed to the usual two encoun- bination behind that 2011 triumph, Quade Cooper the end result might not be the ultimate indicator ters. The slimmed down competition is designed to and Will Genia, that he turns to initially. of World Cup form — 2011 Rugby Championship Milwaukee Mile avoid too many hard-hitting encounters depleting South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer must be winners Australia were clearly second best to the the southern hemisphere challenge at the World checking the mirrors in his house for unnoticed All Blacks in the World Cup semi-finals just weeks MILWAUKEE: Sebastien Bourdais pulled brief hope - before Bourdais pulled away Cup in September and October, although another cracks after once again being forced to deal with a later-but you can be sure northern hemisphere away following a late caution to win Sunday again. He just created more space from round of non-championship matches will follow. lengthy list of players unavailable to him through coaches will be watching every second. — Reuters at the Milwaukee Mile, his second IndyCar Castroneves down the stretch. The All Blacks kick off against Argentina in victory of the season. Montoya’s teammate at Penske, Will Christchurch on Friday and Steve Hansen will be Bourdais was dominating before the cau- Power, got knocked out in lap 131 after hoping they blew off all their early season rust in tion flag came out on Lap 222 after Justin appearing to get clipped around Turn 4 by the 25-16 win over Samoa last week, when they Wilson’s car stalled. He held on when racing Ryan Briscoe’s spinning car. Briscoe, who needed Dan Carter’s kicking to save their blushes. resumed for an 18-lap sprint to the finish, started second, said traffic around the third Hansen has carefully managed his squad to turning aside a brief challenge from second- turn took away his air. extend the careers of older campaigners like Carter place Helio Castroneves to win by 2.2 sec- Second behind Montoya entering Sunday, and captain Richie McCaw as well as bring through onds. It was Bourdais’ 34th career victory, and the wreck left Power finishing in 22nd place the best of the young talent and develop depth in first at an oval since winning at Milwaukee in and dropped him to fifth in the driver stand- all positions. It was a gamble of sorts, however, 2006. Castroneves had a remarkable run after ings going into next week’s race at Iowa. because even the greatest players who have ever starting last in the 24-car field. Graham Rahal It’s going to be more difficult for the played the game, and Carter and McCaw would was third. Bourdais won what overall was a defending series champion to repeat with certainly be on that list, must run out of gas even- relatively clean race - but far less stressful for four races left in the season. Scott Dixon tually. drivers than the frantic, five-wide scrums two moved up to second place. Rahal had another As they begin their quest for a fourth straight weeks ago at the superspeedway in Fontana. nice week at an oval after winning at Fontana title, the world champions can expect the usual There were just three cautions on Sunday. The and moved into a tie for third with physical challenge from Daniel Hourcade’s victory allowed Bourdais to move up one Castroneves, another Penske driver. Argentina, who got their first win in their third spot to sixth on the driver standings. Points The powerhouse Penske team lost Power campaign last season. That victory came over leader Juan Pablo Montoya finished fourth in the middle of the race, but had nice late Australia in Mendoza and it will be their second but added to his lead over second place on showings from Montoya, who started eighth, match against the Wallabies at the same venue this the season leaderboard. He has a 54-point and Castroneves. The veteran began at the year which offers the Pumas their best chance of a cushion after Sunday’s race. Bourdais led a back of the pack after being penalized for second win, even if they ran the Springboks close race-high 118 laps. The KVSH Racing driver arriving at pit lane late for check-in before his again last year. had such a big cushion late that he kept the qualifying run earlier Sunday. Chevys held the Australia, now reduced to number six in the lead even after pitting on Lap 213. top two spots and six of the top seven, with world, will at least not have to start their campaign The yellow flag nine laps later gave others Rahal’s Honda being the exception. —AP with back-to-back tests against New Zealand, as Dan Carter Iowa’s Wagner looks to make early impact

NORTH LIBERTY: Iowa freshman Ahmad Wagner Wagner’s role won’t be determined for several football, so that’s what I told the team actually,” Iowa and I want to play here. It wasn’t really that through the wall, he’ll do it for you. has the athletic ability and size to compete at a months, but there’s no question his versatility Wagner said. “They told me just come out and have tough.” Wagner loves basketball and he’s pushing “Extremely hardworking and humble kid. He’ll fit place of need after Aaron White’s graduation. makes him an attractive player for Iowa in the some fun and that’s what I did. I ended up being himself in workouts to show he’s committed. He in perfect here, especially with the bigs and kind of But Wagner’s earliest impact for Iowa’s basket- future. Wagner was a second-team all-state basket- pretty good I guess. I’m pretty excited. learned that from Wayne High School Coach Travis the wings that (the Hawkeyes) got and the thing is, ball team likely won’t come as a primary scorer. The ball player for Wayne (H.S.) in Huber Heights, Ohio “A lot of teams were coming in and telling me if I Trice Sr., whom Wagner called “a great man and he’s he’s always improving. Now he’s starting to work on good part for the Hawkeyes is that Wagner, a 6-foot- this year. He scored eight points in the Ohio wanted to play football, say the word and they’d one of my role models.” Wagner also considers his his handle, his jump shot and all those things. I can’t 7, 215-pound forward, is mature enough to realize Division 1 title game to lift Huber Heights to the offer me a scholarship. I told them that I was pretty coach’s son, former Michigan State guard Travis wait to watch him next year. They should be excited that. “Wherever coach (Fran McCaffery) needs me to state championship. In football, Wagner was named dedicated to Iowa.” That includes Big Ten and NCAA Trice Jr., as a mentor. Their families are close and about him.”Improvement is essential for any college play,” Wagner said Sunday after scoring seven points first-team all-state as a wide receiver and pushed his football champion Ohio State. “They talked to me a Wagner watched Trice Jr.’s blistering 25-point per- athlete, and that’s what Wagner is focused on dur- in the PTL. “In his system, the small forward and squad to second place. In track, Wagner anchored lot, they came to my games,” Wagner said. “When it formance at Iowa in January with great interest. ing summer drills. He knows he has a long way to power forward are interchangeable. Whatever he the 4x100 relay squad to a fourth-place finish. In came down to an offer ... they said, ‘Listen, we know After the game, Trice Jr., raved about Wagner and go before he becomes a finished product. “I’ve got needs me to play, I’m willing to do. It’s easy right those two sports, Wagner admits he was a novice, you’re committed to Iowa. We’re not going to offer the impact he’ll have at Iowa. “That’s my guy,” Trice to get a better understanding of the game, really,” now, a defender basically, a lockdown one. Just be but he showed enough attention to garner interest you any scholarships while you’re committed. But if Jr. said of Wagner. “They’re expecting a guy who’s he said, “knowing how to move without the ball, able to go on offense and create for other people from many Division I college programs. you want to play football here, we’ll offer you a going to give his heart and soul. He’s one of those play more on the perimeter, guard more positions and create for myself.” “I thought I wouldn’t be that much of a help in scholarship. I just told them that I’m committed to guys who’s extremely loyal. If you tell him to go and everything. Be a smarter player.” — AP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 SPORTS Figure skating on a roll at Pan Am Games

TORONTO: When Courtney Donovan arrived for her Pan American Games roller figure skating short program and saw people in the stands an hour before the competition she was sure they were lost. It was an understandable reaction for an athlete who has spent her entire competitive career in virtual obscurity, performing in dark suburban roller arenas in front of a few dozen spectators rather than the standing room only crowd that filled the venue on Sunday to a cheer her sixth place finish. “When I saw people sitting down an hour before we started skating I knew it was going to be something big,” the American said. “I was shocked people were sitting down before I skat- ed, people are sitting down to watch us...oh my gosh. “That was probably the biggest crowd I have ever skated in front of before in my life. “A regular competition for me would basically be in a regular roller rink and the crowd might be maybe 20-25 at most. “We never skate in a big venue like this. The Pan American Games, this is like our Olympics.” The Pan Am Games is as big as it gets for the roller figure skaters, who get to march in open- ing and closing ceremonies alongside 7,000 oth- er athletes, live in the village and soak up a fac- simile of the Olympic experience that for the moment remains a distant dream. “I felt amazing; I have never had everyone out there cheering for me so there was just a lot of energy out there today,” said Canada’s Kailah Macri. “This was just such an awesome experience. “I have been skating for 15 years and I have never had something like this here. People are interested in it. It has gotten a lot of attention.” Artistically and technically there is little difference between ice and roller figure skating. The competition includes a short and long program, filled with many of the same ele- ments, spins and jumps performed to the same dramatic soundtracks. While Canada and the United States can claim a rich figure skating tradition that has produced some of the sport’s biggest names like Peggy Fleming and Michelle Kwan, their eight-wheeled counterparts roll on in anonymity. Macri has represented Canada at the world championships seven times but her efforts have gone largely unnoticed. The sport enjoys a high- er profile and acceptance in South America SCARBOROUGH: Pamela Ware of Canada, Jennifer Abel of Canada and Dolores which has dominated the Pan Am medal podi- Hernandez of Mexico pose with their medals after the women’s 3M springboard div- um. Argentina’s Giselle Soler won the gold medal ing final at the CIBC Aquatic Centre. — AFP on Sunday, following her sister Elizabeth from four years ago in Guadalajara, while Brazil’s Canada win diving gold Marcel Sturmer captured his fourth consecutive Pan Am title. TORONTO: Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Garcia, a silver medallist in London, “I feel great, I had a fall in the program but Mexico’s Ivan Garcia won gold medals in their delivered a forward 2-1/2 somersault with that’s okay because we are human,” said Soler, diving events at the Pan American Games on three twists to cap his performance and her elegant and technical routine a clear class Sunday to earn automatic qualifying spots for score a total 521.70 points. Colombia’s above despite a spill. Despite positive reviews the 2016 Rio Olympics. Victor Ortega (455.15) took the silver and and unprecedented exposure roller figure skat- Abel, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Mexico’s Jonathan Ruvalcabra (437.35) won ing’s moment in the spotlight is likely to be brief. London Olympics, led the women’s 3m spring- bronze. The two events are among a hand- board final nearly the entire way and sealed ful of disciplines in 10 sports at the July 10- “We don’t have an Olympics, so we are fortunate the win with a reverse 2-1/2 somersault pike to 26 Pan Am Games that offer athletes a that the Olympic Committee allows us to come score a total 384.70 points. Canada’s Pamela chance to secure a spot in the Rio in and kind of show off our sport,” said Donovan. Ware (326.00) won the silver and Mexico’s Olympics, which are scheduled for Aug. 5- “In North America it is really hard to build up Dolores Hernandez (323.10) took bronze. 21 next year. — Reuters our skating clubs, it’s hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller CANADA: Chilean Marisol Villarroel competes in the Roller Sport-Figure Skating Final competi- Cuba and US renew skating.” — Reuters tion at the 2015 Pan American Games. —AFP baseball rivalry Double rugby gold for Canada AJAX: The United States and Cuba may in their country and we are very, very have reached a deal to restore diplomatic proud of what we do. TORONTO: Canada rolled to double gold in the phenomenal feeling,” said Canada’s Jen Kish. Canada. The Americans got the game off to a fly- ties but there was no sign of warming “So that being said it’s going to Pan American Games rugby sevens tournament “There’s definitely more great days for this ing start when Kristen Thomas scored the first relations during their baseball clash at the enhance the rivalry, there’s no question on Sunday as the women’s team crushed arch- team. “Every time we put on the Canadian jersey try but Canada answered a minute later with Pan American Games on Sunday. about it.” Cuba have dominated baseball rivals the United States in the title game while we want to give the best performance that we Ashley Steacy and never looked back, taking a The preliminary round game, which at the quadrennial games since the first the men eked out a narrow victory over can. “We’re always cup-hunting. 26-7 lead into the break. Canada’s men had a the United States won 5-2, came less than tournament in 1951, winning 12 of the 16 Argentina. After spotting the United States an “We always want to be the best that we can much tougher path to gold. two weeks after the countries formally titles, including every one between 1971 early try, Canada’s women shifted into top gear be so you can expect many more trophies from After a narrow 17-12 quarter-final victory agreed to restore diplomatic ties as of July and 2007. and roared back to claim an easy 55-7 win us building towards Rio.” The Canadian women, over Chile and a tight 26-19 semi-final win over 20, fulfilling a pledge made in December. But after a stunning loss at the hands before turning over the stage to the men, who who beat the Americans 34-12 earlier in the the top ranked United States ‘Eagles’, Canada Games between the long-time base- of the United States in 2011, which forced came back to beat Argentina 22-19 in a thriller. tournament, dominated the two-day competi- then had to battle past Argentina to defend their ball rivals always draw interest given the Cuba to settle for a bronze medal - their It marked the first time women’s rugby sev- tion, running up a 6-0 record and outscoring Pan Am crown. “We didn’t make any of the political hostilities and the fact Cuba has worst finish at the Pan Am Games since ens has been contested at the Pan Am Games, their opponents 285-19 to underline their games easy,” said Canadian captain John lost many prospects and top players who 1959 - Cuba are out to reclaim a title they with the sport set to make its Summer Games Olympic ambitions. The United States were the Moonlight. “We’ve always said to ourselves fled their country to seek contracts with recognise as part of their fabric. debut next year at the Rio Olympics. only team to score against the hosts, but that there’s no opportunity where we can’t win a U.S.-based Major League Baseball clubs. They had plenty of support on Sunday “It’s incredible and this is our first Pan Am was not enough to spoil the party for a home game very with little time left we can always “It goes back and ...it’s becoming more as a rowdy group of Cuban supporters Games, so to walk away with a gold medal is a crowd numbering 20,000 according to Rugby come back.” — Reuters and more pronounced and understand- dominated the 4,000-seat ballpark in Ajax, ably so,” U.S. manager Jim Tracy said about a Toronto suburb, and their red, white and the rivalry. blue flags provided a patriotic backdrop “Obviously with the country of Cuba down the right field line. Cuba’s supporters there are some pretty good players that were vocal throughout the game, even as have made their way over to the United their side fell behind early when U.S. short- States and playing in the major leagues. stop Andrew Parrino opened the scoring “So they are trying to make a state- with a two-run home run in the bottom ment as to the type of baseball they play half of the first inning. —Rauters US focused more on Rio berths

TORONTO: The United States have not set qualification in field hockey, equestrian, a medal target for the 2015 Pan American canoe/kayak, diving, pentathlon, shooting, Games and are focused instead on the synchronized swimming, table tennis, handful of sports that offer direct qualifica- triathlon and water polo by winning gold. tion to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, A team of 623 American athletes featuring USOC officials said. 111 Olympians will compete and, accord- US athletes have traditionally occupied ing to Ashley, their toughest challenge will top spot in the medals rankings at the come from Brazil and hosts Canada. quadrennial multi-sport event but these The United States were runaway leaders Pan Am Games in Toronto, which run atop the 2011 Pan Am medals table in through July 26, will be about earning the Guadalajara, Mexico, where they captured 10 available automatic berths to the Rio 92 gold medals, comfortably ahead of sec- Games. ond-placed Cuba (58). “This is really about taking advantage of But maintaining their perch was never the qualification opportunities for some of part of the discussion, according to Ashley. the sports,” U.S. chef de mission Alan Ashley “We didn’t really jump into the middle say- said at the United States Olympic ing we’re going to be the number one Committee (USOC) opening Pan Am Games nation and that sort of thing. That’s not news conference. really where we’re coming from on this,” “It’s also about making sure that the said Ashley. “What we’re really trying to experience for athletes that are brand new look at is going sport by sport, experi- to the multi-sports game environment ence by experience and making sure we have a really good experience and a good do everything we can for the athletes opportunity to see what it’s like.” to really succeed on the individual TORONTO: Canada celebrates on the podium after they won the gold medal in the women’s Rugby 7 competition on Day 2 of the Toronto 2015 US athletes will be seeking Olympic basis.” — Reuters Pan Am Games. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 SPORTS Ahly held, surrender top place

JOHANNESBURG: Severely depleted ers,” admitted Ahly coach Fathy Mabrouk. “I Egyptians Al Ahly drew 0-0 away to Malians want to thank them for their efforts during Stade Malien at the weekend and surren- the game-they did well in harsh conditions dered top place in a CAF Confederation and a draw is a positive result.” Cup group. A goalless deadlock was a predictable Title-holders Ahly have four points from result as four Group A matches have deliv- two Group A matches, two less than Etoile ered only five goals, despite Ahly slamming Sahel, who won 1-0 at fellow Tunisians three past Esperance two weeks ago. Esperance. Former Confederation Cup win- It was the fifth home draw for Malien in ners Stade have one point and Esperance, a 10 group games and the third draw for leading African football club by successes Ahly in four away games at the mini-league and popularity, are pointless. stage of the second-tier African club com- Suspensions, injuries and imminent mili- petition. tary call-ups deprived Ahly of seven play- Malian Mamadou Cisse came closest to ers, and the Cairo Red Devils had to play in breaking the stalemate eight minutes after scorching mid-afternoon Bamako heat half-time at Stade Modibo Keita, rattling while fasting. Muslim footballers are per- the woodwork when well placed. mitted to break the dawn-to-dusk, food- Egyptians Zamalek won 2-1 at South and-liquid fast during the holy month of Africans Orlando Pirates to top Group B Ramadan, but rarely do. with a maximum six points while Tunisians “The long flight and the very high tem- CS Sfaxien were surprisingly held 1-1 by peratures affected the fitness of my play- Congolese AC Leopards. — AFP Boca Juniors go top

BUENOS AIRES: Boca Juniors are top of told reporters. San Lorenzo drew 1-1 at the Argentine league championship as Union and River were also held 1-1 by they prepare to unveil Carlos Tevez for Temperley at El Monumental as they his second spell at the club yesterday. rested first choice players for Tuesday’s A goal from striker Sebastian Palacios first leg of their Libertadores Cup semi- after half an hour gave Boca a 1-0 win at final against Guarani of Paraguay. Sarmiento on Sunday, lifting them into Sunday was also a good day for for- first place a point ahead of San Lorenzo mer Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze and three in front of River Plate. who made his coaching debut with Tevez, back home in Buenos Aires Godoy Cruz in a 3-0 home win over after a decade in Europe, missed the Crucero del Norte in Mendoza. SLOVENIA: In this Sunday, June 14, 2015 file photo, England’s Raheem Sterling (bottom) is challenged by Slovenia’s Ales Merteljduring the Euro resumption of the championship Another coach Mauricio Pellegrino 2016 Group E qualifying soccer match between Slovenia and England. — AP because he is on holiday after playing for began his tenure at Independiente with Argentina at the Copa America. a 3-1 home victory over Olimpo. Newell’s He will be officially presented to the Old Boys fans showed their support for Rodgers confirms Sterling media later yesterday and is expected to Lionel Messi at their 3-0 home win over make his comeback in next weekend’s Racing Club in Rosario, the Argentina home match against Quilmes at La captain’s home town. move, plays down rift Bombonera. They displayed a huge banner behind “I’ve got a nice little mess,” said Boca one of the goals that said: “Messi, being coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena as he con- the best is what differentiates us from BANGKOK: Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers con- fer. Sterling’s refusal to commit to Liverpool has his teammates will play the Thai All Stars on Tuesday templated the prospect of finding a the rest.” Messi has received criticism in firmed yesterday his team plans to sell Raheem angered the club’s supporters, who jeered him at an night before moving on to Malaysia and Australia. place for Tevez in his team among a his home country after favourites Sterling to a rival club as he played down reports of end-of-season awards dinner. Players were greeted with traditional flower gar- number of strikers in good form. Argentina lost the Copa America final to an acrimonious rift over the restless England for- Rodgers’s relationship with Sterling cooled con- lands on arrival at a luxury hotel in downtown “They all want to play but I’m the one hosts Chile on penalties following a 0-0 ward. Speaking in Bangkok where Liverpool have siderably when the player turned down a lucrative Bangkok as fans in the football obsessed country who takes the decisions and these will draw after extra time nine days ago in begun a pre-season overseas tour, the Northern new contract worth £100,000 per week in January jostled for a glimpse of their favourite players. always be for the good of the team,” he Santiago. — Reuters Irish manager confirmed Sterling would leave, sub- this year. Two months later, Sterling’s relationship New signings James Milner, Danny Ings and ject to passing medical tests. with the Liverpool hierarchy became even more Nathaniel Clyne are all on the trip. Rodgers said his He declined to confirm where the 20-year-old strained when, in an interview with the BBC given focus was on players who have joined his squad was going or how much for, but British media say without the club’s approval, he confirmed he had rather than dwell on those who have chosen to Sterling will go to Manchester City in a deal worth rejected the Reds’ latest contract offer. leave. “At this moment in time the interest is with the over £49 million ($76 million, 68 million euro). Sterling’s agent, Aidy Ward, then added to the players that are here. The key for us is that it is the “The club has agreed with another club a deal growing rift by saying his client would not sign a overall team that is important,” he said. for him to be transferred. Subject to a medical that new deal with Liverpool even for “£900,000 a week”. Sterling joined Liverpool from QPR’s academy in will go through,” Rodgers said. “Contrary to proba- English football commands a huge following in 2010 and has since scored 23 goals in 129 senior bly the last week or so in terms of what was written, Thailand and it is not uncommon to see entire sky- appearances for the club. He made his senior England Raheem and I have always remained very strong in scrapers in Bangkok decked in advertising featuring debut in 2012, scoring one goal in 16 appearances. our relationship and have been right up until we stars from the premier league. Liverpool finished sixth in the Premier League last left. So there’s no issue there,” he added. Despite being named in the 30-man squad for season and so missed out on the Champions League, His comments confirm the closing stages of what the pre-season tour, Sterling was left behind by whereas runners-up City have qualified for European has become this summer’s most acrimonious trans- Liverpool when the club flew out to Thailand, where football’s elite club competition. — AFP Deila looking for success from Celtic in Europe

PARIS: Celtic manager Ronny Deila is eager to put the bitter disappointment of 12 months ago behind him as his side embark on their latest bid to reach the Champions League group stage tomorrow. The Scottish champions entertain Icelandic side Stjarnan at Celtic Park in the first leg of Sebastian Palacios their second qualifying round tie, one of three ties they will have to win if they are to return to the group stage for the first time since Violence halts game in Brazil 2013-14. Last season, the Hoops beat another SAO PAULO: Fighting in the stands people were in the 73,000 capacity arena Icelandic outfit in KR Reykjavik at the same forced the referee to halt a match at for Sunday’s game. stage only to lose to Legia Warsaw in the next Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha stadium on In the first division, Atletico Mineiro round. The Poles were then kicked out of the Sunday in what was the latest outbreak of remained in top spot after winning their competition for fielding an ineligible player violence inside one of the stadiums used sixth successive game, beating Ponte but Celtic still failed to make the group stage, for the 2014 World Cup, local news Preta 2-0 on Saturday. The four teams losing to Maribor of Slovenia in a play-off. reports said. behind them all won, with a last-minute That turned out to be the biggest disap- The fourth division game between goal from Fred helping second-placed pointment in a campaign which saw Celtic lift Gama and Botafogo of Sao Paulo was Fluminense beat Atletico Paranaense 2-1. the Premiership title and the League Cup, and halted towards the end of the first half Fluminense signed Ronaldinho Gaucho Deila is now hoping for a better run in Europe when Botafogo fans arrived late, accom- on Saturday but he is not expected to make in his second season in charge in Glasgow’s panied by supporters of Gama’s arch-rival his debut until next month. Corinthians East End. “I hate the feeling I had in my body Brasiliense, according to terra.com.br, a hammered a hapless Flamengo 3-0 at the after Maribor,” Deila told The Herald. “That is a popular news portal. Maracana on Sunday to leapfrog over feeling I fear and it drives me on. I hate losing- The ensuing scuffles caused the game Gremio into third spot on goal difference, that’s in my blood. SPAIN: Goalkeeper Iker Casillas poses by the trophies he won as a player with Real Madrid to be held up for several minutes to even though the southern side also won, “Everyone at this club is doing everything after a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Casillas appeared with the ensure the players were safe, Globo beating Vasco da Gama 2-0 on Saturday. they can, every day, to prepare for these quali- club’s president a day after he gave an emotional press conference alone putting an end to added. The game ended in a 0-0 draw. Fifth-placed Sao Paulo beat Coritiba 3-1, fying games. “We believe we can do it but, if his 25 years as a Real Madrid goalkeeper. Casillas will now play for FC. Porto. — AP The stadium in the capital Brasilia is with former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato we don’t, it will be because we’re not good often used by teams from other cities in a getting a brace. At the bottom, Joinville lost enough to be there. That’s how it is. “But I now really believe that we’re good enough. Real fans urge president bid to keep it from becoming a white ele- their ninth game out of 14 to stay rooted to Qualifying is a very hard task because it’s three the foot of the table, one point behind phant. Local teams Gama and Brasiliense rounds right at the start of the season. to quit over Casillas exit have small support bases and only 3,115 Vasco and Coritiba. — Reuters “We have to face good opponents so it’s tough. It will be a big achievement if we can get there,” added Deila, whose team go to MADRID: Several hundred Real Madrid fans described as “irreplaceable”, because of “con- Iceland for the return leg next midweek. chanted for president Florentino Perez to fused information that has been published Celtic have moved to strengthen their resign at an official send-off for goalkeeper that perhaps needs to be explained as it does squad over the close season, spending a com- and captain Iker Casillas at the Bernabeu stadi- not correspond with reality. bined £3 million (4.2m euros, $4.6m) to sign um yesterday. “Iker is leaving us because that was his Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata from Real held the presentation following criti- wish,” Perez said, adding that the club were Manchester City and Turkish striker Nadir Ciftci cism over the surreal nature of Casillas’s tearful looking to organise a farewell friendly match from Dundee United. In addition, Swiss news conference on Sunday, when he for him, possibly against Porto. defender Saidy Janko has been signed from appeared to be alone in the stadium press “Nobody from Real Madrid asked him to Manchester United and goalkeeper Logan room to read out a farewell statement. leave the club. You have to look after your leg- Bailly, who has been capped by Belgium, The 34-year-old, who is leaving his boy- ends and Iker is one.” A smiling Casillas, who arrived from OH Leuven. hood club after 16 seasons in the first team to twice shook Perez’s hand, did not respond to The expectation is that they will be too join Porto, appeared on the VIP tribune on his parents’ claims. strong for Stjarnan, although they are in the Monday with Perez and made a brief state- Despite the anger of some fans, the situa- midst of their domestic season while Celtic ment before going down to the pitch to greet tion is unlikely to have lasting repercussions have only played friendlies, including a 1-0 supporters. for construction magnate Perez, who is in the win against Spanish side Real Sociedad at the Fans in the sweltering streets outside had second of two stints as president. weekend. Stjarnan also eliminated Motherwell called for Perez to quit before they were let However, the contrast between Casillas’s in Europa League qualifying last year before into the arena and they repeated the chants emotional appearance on Sunday and the losing to Inter Milan, the same side who later and gave Casillas a rousing ovation as he send-off of his close friend and former Spain defeated Celtic in the knockout stages. posed with the 19 trophies he won with Real, team mate Xavi Hernandez was given by Among the other sides involved in the sec- including three European Cups. Barcelona was telling and prompted criticism ond qualifying round are 1986 European Cup Casillas spoke on Sunday after Spanish dai- that Real had not treated their long-serving winners Steaua Bucharest, with the Romanian ly El Mundo published an interview with his captain with sufficient respect. Xavi, 35, joined champions facing Trencin of Slovakia. If they parents, with whom he has a troubled rela- Qatari side Al Sadd at the end of last season progress, they will join the likes of Ajax, tionship, in which they said their son had been and fans, officials and team mates paid hom- forced out of the club by Perez. Perez said at age to the midfielder at the Nou Camp, where PARIS: PSG’s new coach Kevin Trapp, of Germany poses with his jersey for media dur- Monaco, Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA Moscow and FC Basel in the draw for the third qualifying the presentation he had invited Casillas, he was surrounded by family and friends and a ing an official presentation in Paris. Paris Saint Germain signed former Eintracht whom he said he had “always defended” and glittering array of trophies. — Reuters Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp on a five-year deal. — AP round. — AFP Spieth captures Figure skating on Classic a roll at Pan Am Games

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GLENDALE: Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado kicks the ball in front of Guatemala defender Deniss Lopez (15) during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match.— AP Guatemala hold Mexico in Gold Cup

GLENDALE: The Mexican national soccer team endured a Charlotte, North Carolina. Guatemala faces Cuba (0-2). goal and really only one opportunity that came close. Much later, in the 76th minute, Hector Herrera sent a night of frustration in front of tens of thousands of its fans. “In reality, the team played well,” Herrera said. “ We con- It came early, when Mexico turned the ball over at mid- header to Peralta, who pushed the ball with his left foot just The end result was a 0-0 tie with Guatemala on Sunday night trolled the ball and knew what we were doing left, right and field. Guatemala’s Minor Lopez got the ball in front of the wide of the net. in the CONCACAF Gold Cup match. “We tried. We had the middle of the pitch. We had a lot of shots, it’s just that noth- net but his kick only grazed it. Still, it bounced just outside In the first half, Mexico had three shots on goal and ball hit the post,” Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said. “It’s frus- ing happened. It’s a situation where we couldn’t score but of the goal. Guatemala none. Mexico managed one shot on goal in the trating because we didn’t win. But the team got shots on I’m fine with the way we played.” The rest of the game, Guatemala settled for playing second half. goal, we had control. That’s just what happens when you are Nearly all of the game was played in Mexico’s offensive defense. Mexico couldn’t score even with a man advantage Guardado drove the ball into the net in the 40th minute not on the side of luck.” end of the field. Giovani Dos Santos’ shot that bounced off when Jose Contreras drew a red card, for his second yellow, but it was waved off because a foul had been called against A capacity crowd of 62,910 packed University of Phoenix the crossbar exemplified the team’s woes. in the 77th minute. Mexico well before the kick. Stadium, almost all of the fans decked out in the red, white “It was a difficult game,” Mexico forward Oriba Peralta. Guatemala slowed the game even more in the four min- Mexico is without Real Madrid standout Javier or green colors of Mexico. “We had some bad luck, but we’ll try to get better for the utes of extra time. When fans thought Carlos Vela had been Hernandez. The Mexican known to fans as “Chicharito” frac- They booed heartily when the game came to an end, next game.” fouled late in the game for what would have been a penalty tured his collarbone in a Gold Cup warmup friendly against except for a tiny contingent of Guatemala fans, who cheered The fans had shouted “Gio! Gio!” before Herrera finally kick, and none was called, many tossed their hats from the Honduras. The Mexican national team, known as “El Tri,” as if it was a victory. sent Dos Santos into the game in the 82nd minute. Five min- upper deck of University of Phoenix Stadium in protest. opened Gold Cup competition with a 6-0 rout of Cuba in “We’re very happy and for us it’s a magnificent result,” utes later, Dos Santos slammed a shot from in front of the Mexico had two other near misses. In the 36th minute, Chicago on Thursday. Guatemala lost to Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala coach Ivan Sopegno said. “We got a result we can net just outside the penalty area but it ricocheted off the Peralta sent a cross to team captain Andres Guardado in 3-1. In the first match of Sunday’s doubleheader, Trinidad be proud of for ourselves and the people of Guatemala.” crossbar. front of the net, but Guatemala keeper Paulo Motta charged and Tobago defeated Cuba 2-0. The Cuban team has had Mexico is 1-0-1 in Group C competition, Guatemala 0-1-1. It was one of a handful of near misses for Mexico, which toward the ball and deflected Guardado’s left-footed two players defect to the United States - striker Keilen Garcia Mexico plays Trinidad and Tobago (2-0) tomorrow in finished with four shots on goal. Guatemala had no shots on attempt. and midfielder Arael Arguellez.—AP Djokovic and Serena hit Nibali calm despite deficit PAU: Reigning Tour de France champion day in Pau. “I’m feeling serene because I fever pitch in celebration Vincenzo Nibali says he’s not panicking know I’ve done my best. There was a lot of despite a poor first week in which he lost pressure from fans and the media. “I’ve had LONDON: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams dancer. “I was thinking of more of a waltz - some- almost two-and-a-half minutes to Chris some highs and lows. On the Mur de revived an old tradition as the Wimbledon win- thing more sophisticated, something that blends Froome. Bretagne I had a bad day, it was a very diffi- ners celebrated their titles by dancing together to into the environment and the beautiful hall we The 30-year-old Italian appeared to have cult finish. the Bee Gees’ hit ‘Night Fever’ at the annual cham- were in.”But Serena wanted to move a bit more got off to a flying start when he beat all “But Alberto (Contador) had the same pions dinner. Fresh from their respective triumphs and we considered other options. three of his ‘fantastic four’ rivals in the thing on the Mur de Huy (where he lost on Centre Court over the weekend, Djokovic and “So it was Night Fever. Night Fever came to life opening stage time-trial during a heatwave 18sec).” Quintana is only 23sec ahead of Williams were back in the spotlight late on and you can imagine how that looked.” Once the in Utrecht. Nibali on the standings in ninth but is con- Sunday evening as the pair became the first partying had come to an end in the early hours of But since then, as the weather changed, sidered by most to be the best climber in champions to dance together at the gala event at Monday, Djokovic returned to Wimbledon to dis- he’s rolled from one blow to another in his the world. Nibali agrees with Froome that the London Guildhall since Bjorn Borg and Chris cuss his ninth major title. hopes of overall victory. He lost a minute- Quintana could be the man to watch in the Evert in 1976. After passing greats like Andre Agassi, Jimmy and-a-half to race leader Froome, the 2013 mountains. But while three-time Wimbledon winner Connors and Ivan Lendl on the list of major win- LONDON: Wimbledon Champions Novak champion, on the windy second stage to “He’s hiding, we never see him (at the Djokovic wanted a “sophisticated waltz”, it was ners, the 28-year-old Serb finds himself ranked Djokovic of Serbia (right) and Serena Zeeland, another 11 seconds to the Briton front of the peloton). Froome is certainly in Serena, a six-time champion at the All England among the legends of the sport. Williams of the US, dance on stage at the on the third stage finish up the Mur de Huy, the best form but Nairo hasn’t yet shown Club, who called the tune. It’s no longer inconceivable that he could Wimbledon Champion dinner, at the 10 more seconds on a similar finish on the what he’s capable of,” said Nibali. The 33-year-old American, who beat Spain’s match the record 17 Grand Slam titles won by Guildhall.— AP Mur de Bretagne on Saturday and then Froome may have appeared impreg- Garbine Muguruza in Saturday’s final, selected Federer and the 14 of Rafael Nadal. more than 30 seconds in Sunday’s team nable so far but Nibali believes he will 1970s disco classic ‘Night Fever’ and Djokovic, a “In terms of reaching them I don’t want to say title once and suffered four final defeats. time-trial. eventually run out of steam, if not from four-set winner over Roger Federer on Sunday, it’s too early, it’s probably the right time to talk With his confidence sky-high after reaching all He currently sits 13th overall at 2min today’s start of the Pyrenean stages, then gamely joined his fellow world number one in about it, but it’s still far away,” Djokovic said. “I three major finals this year, Djokovic expects to 22sec of Froome and behind both of the perhaps in the third week when the race showing off his best dance moves. know what it takes to win one grand slam. It takes mount a serious challenge for his second title in other two ‘fantastic four’ Alberto Contador hits the Alps. “We’ve not seen anything yet “There was no practice, I suggested the idea to a lot of effort, a lot of things have to come togeth- New York. “I am approaching the US Open this and Nairo Quintana as well. But he’s not in the mountains but we’ll certainly know (All England Club chairman) Philip Brook and er. “To reach those two guys would be incredible year with two grand slams won and one final,” worried. more after (today’s finish at) La Pierre-Saint Serena, and fortunately they accepted,” Djokovic but honestly, I’m not thinking about it right now.” Djokovic said. “The confidence level is very high “I’m in good form but not every year is Martin. “Right now we know Chris is in form said on Monday. Djokovic’s next shot at a Grand Slam comes in and I’m going to use that to have a shot at the the same. The only thing to do is keep calm but (his trainer) Paolo Slongo thinks he “I was very pleased because Serena is a great August at the US Open, where he has won the title. — AFP and pedal,” he said during Monday’s rest might come unstuck in the Alps.” — AFP China trade slumps in first half of year: Govt Page 22

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KUWAIT: Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Dr Mohammad Yousef Al-Hashel presents CBK’s 43th annual Financial Stability Report 2014 to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (right) yesterday. —KUNA Central Bank issues Financial Stability Report CBK also issues annual report for FY 2014-2015

KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has year-end - marking growth of 12.2 percent, ver- (NPLR), on a consolidated basis, dropped to a 2014, the CAR of Kuwaiti banks, on a consoli- Dec 2014. In line with its monetary policy, the issued the Financial Stability Report (FSR) for sus 11.9 percent in 2013, the governor noted. historically low level of 2.9 percent in Dec dated basis, as per Basel III stood at 16.9 per- CBK kept unchanged Discount Rate at the his- 2014 - Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel Both in absolute and growth terms, this 2014. Improvement of asset quality demon- cent. torically low level of 2 percent, representing announced yesterday. This is the third in a was the most significant expansion recorded strates the success of the CBK and local banks Leverage ratio data reveals the ability of the key benchmark serving as a reference rate series of reports published by CBK as part of in the last seven years. Growth of the consoli- in their combined endeavors over the last Kuwaiti banks to abide by this ratio in addition to calculate interest rates charged on lending its efforts to enhance transparency and to dated balance sheet of banks reveals, in part, years to analyze and assess the quality of loan to other new ratios implemented by the CBK facilities. By maintaining interest rates at this make available reliable information and statis- that the increased international activity of portfolios in accordance with the strict imple- in 2014 within the framework of Basel regula- level the CBK also aimed to help increase cred- tics related to the Kuwaiti banking system and Kuwaiti banks remains robust and accounts for mentation of the relevant standards. As a con- tions. The Leverage ratio of the banking indus- it off-take by the various sectors. financial sectors, he added. The FSRs issued by 20.4 percent of the consolidated balance sequence NPLR, at the domestic level, edged try was 8.9 percent as of Dec 2014 - well above CBK analyze and highlight economic and sheet, thereby providing a major source of down from 7.1 percent as of Dec 2011 to 4.9 the minimum of 3 percent required by CBK, as Annual Report financial developments in terms of their effect banks’ income that reduces reliance on local percent as of Dec 2012, 3.2 percent as of Dec recommended by Basel Committee for Meanwhile, the CBK also released its annual on financial stability and the resilience of the sources and strengthens their stability. Banks 2013 and 2.3 percent as of Dec 2014, visibly Banking Supervision. report for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-2015, financial system to unanticipated adverse have also expanded their consolidated loan lower than the pre-crisis ratio. Additionally, this ratio is intended to firm- Hashel announced. This is the 43rd issue of the shocks, thus maintaining the provision of effi- portfolio by another KD 4.2 billion, posting the Profitability of Kuwaiti banks posted a up capital adequacy taking into account the series of annual reports prepared and pub- cient financial services at the macroeconomic strongest growth (11.5 percent) observed in strong recovery in 2014 after experiencing a computation of leverage ratios based on the lished by the CBK. It includes the CBK Balance level, Hashel told KUNA. the last five years, Hashel said. noticeable contraction back in 2013; net prof- overall “off” and “on” balance sheet assets of Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account for the FY He added that the latest FSR is composed At the domestic level (Kuwaiti banks and its attributable to shareholders of Kuwaiti the bank, rather than the size of risk weighted ending 31st March 2015, in addition to the of five chapters, the first of which assesses the foreign banks’ branches in Kuwait), credits banks (conventional and Islamic banks and the assets as stated under capital adequacy regu- Auditors’ Report on the financial statements, role and performance of banks - both conven- granted to national economic sectors rose Industrial Bank of Kuwait) surged by 26.5 per- lations. Therefore, this ratio is considered an Hashel told KUNA. The report reviews, in brief, tional and Islamic - as financial intermediaries, from KD 29 billion as of Dec 2013 to KD 30.8 cent in 2014 to KWD 656.4 million from KWD additional buffer to minimize systematic risks key developments in the monetary policy and while the second evaluates the risks faced by billion in Dec 2014, an increase of KD 1.8 bil- 519.0 million a year earlier. This marks an and strengthen financial stability. monetary and banking indicators, in particular the banking system. The third chapter of the lion and a yearly growth rate of 6.2 percent, increase of KD 137.4 million. Amid rising net Banks’ liquid assets of less than three those relating to money supply, local interest report examines the trends in profitability and less than the growth rate of 8.1 percent in the income of the banking sector, average return months witnessed a rising trend since 2010; rates, KWD exchange rates, bank credit, and solvency of the banking system and its last year). However, the growth rate in 2014 on assets inched up from 0.9 percent as of Dec during 2014, liquid assets were up by KWD 5.3 aggregate balance sheets of local banks and resilience to a variety of major shocks, both reveals the upward trend of credit off-take 2013 to 1 percent as of Dec 2014, and average billion to reach KD 20.4 billion. A breakdown investment companies, he added. endogenous and exogenous under different compared to 0.4 percent in 2010, 1.6 percent return on equity increased from 6.9 percent in between core and non-core liquid assets indi- In addition, it contains the main superviso- financial and economic stress scenarios. The in 2011 and 5 percent in 2012. 2013 to 8.2 percent in 2014. cates that the core liquid assets accounted for ry measures and directives issued by the CBK, fourth explores the key developments in mon- In addition, growth of banking credit 80.5 percent of the total liquid assets which, in and major banking operations carried out dur- ey, foreign exchange, equity and real estate encompasses most of the local economic sec- Capital Adequacy Ratio turn, constitutes 30.7 percent of the total ing FY 2014-2015. The report outlines the markets, the four key components of the tors including installment (housing) loans and In the meantime, the Capital Adequacy banks’ assets. It is, therefore, clear that these CBK’s efforts during the past fiscal year to domestic financial market. As for the fifth part, loans granted to the real estate sector. By Dec Ratio (CAR) of the banking sector was still well high ratios of high quality liquid assets fortify implement projects covered by the Annual it examines the performance of retail and 2014, such facilities totaled KWD 16 billion, above the requirements of Basel III - the new the financial positions and soundness of finan- Plan, Hashel said. These projects are of an large-scale payment and settlement systems marking an increase of KD 1.4 billion com- standard adopted by Kuwaiti banks within a cial indicators of banks and their resilience to ongoing nature and relate to the core objec- in the country, significant components com- pared to Dec 2013, and a yearly growth rate of comprehensive set of reforms, the 2014 FSR unanticipated shocks without any adverse tives of the CBK. It also presents the CBK’s prising Kuwait’s financial system and stability. around 9.4 percent, which is higher than the showed. Reports submitted by Kuwaiti banks effect on financial stability. main initiatives for the enhancement of com- According to the report, the consolidated growth rate of the total loan portfolio. indicate full compliance within the terms of Furthermore, the higher levels of liquidity petency of the its manpower as well as meas- banking sector balance sheet marked another Hashel said that the 2014 FSR report Basel III as the CAR of Kuwaiti banks is still well maintained by Kuwait banks helped them to ures taken toward modernization and the year of double-digit growth. In 2014, assets revealed that the asset quality of the banking above the CBK’s requirement of 12 percent for fulfill the requirements of the liquidity cover- upgrade of the CBK’s information technology worth KD 7.2 billion were added to the banking system visibly improved over the last few 2014, which is higher than Basel requirement age ratio (LCR) introduced among the Basel III infrastructure. The 2014-2015 Annual Report is system, putting total assets at KD 66.4 billion by years, and the gross non-performing loan ratio of 10.5 percent, Hashel stated. As of December set of reforms and adopted by the CBK as of available on the CBK official website. —KUNA

Saudi housing minister OPEC sees more balanced from private sector global oil market in 2016 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia appointed a housing min- throne in January. Since then, there have been ister with a background as a real estate developer two major cabinet reshuffles and the health min- yesterday, strengthening a trend towards giving ister has also been replaced. LONDON: The global oil market should be more crude oil to rise by 860,000 bpd in 2016 to 30.07 of huge shale resources by “fracking”, is expected top government jobs to people from the private Saudi kings have appointed former business- balanced next year as China and the developing million bpd. But it cut its estimate of demand for to log much more modest supply growth in 2016. sector as the kingdom grapples with economic men to government jobs in the past, choosing world increase oil consumption while supply of its crude this year by 100,000 bpd to 29.21 million “Total U.S. liquids production is expected to grow and social welfare issues. Majed Al-Hogail, former the heads of top merchant families for the post shale oil from North America and other regions bpd. by 330,000 bpd, just one third of the growth of managing director of Rafal Real Estate of trade minister, for example. But there are grows more slowly, OPEC said yesterday. In its Oil prices are now around half their levels of a 930,000 bpd expected this year,” it said. World oil Development Co, a private firm owned by Saudi more business leaders serving in government monthly report, the Organization of the Petroleum year ago with global crude oil benchmark Brent supply has grown much faster than demand this family interests, was chosen to head the housing now than in previous cabinets, analysts say, an Exporting Countries said it expected world oil trading at around $58.50 a barrel by 1100 GMT year, led by OPEC as its core members in the ministry by King Salman, an official decree said. indication that Salman wants to use private sec- demand to increase by 1.34 million barrels per day yesterday, down from a peak above $115 in June Middle East Gulf attempt to build market share, Hogail will lead efforts to ease a shortage of tor experience as Riyadh seeks to avoid public (bpd) in 2016, up from growth of 1.28 million bpd 2014. Lower prices have squeezed high-cost oil leading to higher inventories. affordable housing for millions of Saudis. The discontent by improving social welfare and cre- this year. producers and brought a sharp fall in the number Saudi Arabia, in particular, has pushed up its oil government has pledged tens of billions of dol- ating more jobs for Saudis. “It’s clearly a state- World oil demand growth should outpace any of oil exploration rigs in operation, particularly production to record highs, industry sources say. lars towards the problem but red tape and diffi- ment that appeals to a more pragmatic, practical increase in oil supply from non-OPEC sources and across North America. OPEC said supply of oil from OPEC estimated, based on figures from secondary culties obtaining land have slowed disbursement paradigm, going away from the traditional ultra-light oils such as condensate, increasing con- non-OPEC producers was expected to grow by sources, that its own group crude oil output rose of the aid and actual construction of homes. bureaucratic approach to problem-solving, sumption of OPEC crude oil, it said. “This would only 300,000 bpd in 2016, down sharply from 283,000 bpd to 31.38 million bpd in June, led by Salman relieved the previous housing minister, especially in sectors relating to services,” said imply an improvement towards a more balanced growth of 860,000 bpd this year. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. It said Saudi Arabia Shuwaish Al-Duwaihi, of his post in March - part Hossein Shobokshi, a businessman and newspa- market,” OPEC’s in-house economists said in the US oil output, which has seen rapid increases had told it that it pumped 10.56 million bpd last of a series of shake-ups since Salman took the per columnist. —Reuters report. OPEC said it expected demand for its own over the last five years thanks to the development month, up 231,000 bpd from May. —Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 BUSINESS China’s rich seek shelter in foreign property

SYDNEY/LONDON: Realtors in Chinese investors had already cashed capital movement rather than just indi- tor Hanover Private Office estate agents Chinese owner of a A$39 million Sydney Australia, Britain and Canada are brac- out. Major shareholders sold 360 billion viduals looking to park money.” said he had seen an increase in interest mansion was forced to sell up earlier ing for a surge of new interest in their yuan ($58 billion) in the first five from Chinese investors at the top of the this year after it was revealed the prop- already hot property markets, with early months of 2015 alone, compared to 190 Rich Exodus market, although no transactions yet. erty had been bought illegally through signs that wealthy Chinese investors are billion yuan in all of 2014 and an aver- Since 2000, China has had the “They’re wanting to try and park a string of shell companies. seeking a safe haven from the turmoil in age of 100 billion yuan in prior years, world’s largest outflow of high net large sums of money - I’m talking from Others are concerned that Chinese Shanghai’s equity markets. Sydney real- according to Bank of America Merrill worth individuals. Around 91,000 25 million pounds ($38.5 million) to 150 investors who didn’t bail out of stocks tor Michael Pallier said in the past week Lynch. wealthy Chinese sought second citizen- million pounds,” Newell said. “They’re quickly enough will be a drag on inter- alone he has sold two new apartments While much of that money may ini- ship between 2000 and 2014, according looking to park that capital into London national property markets, particularly and shown a A$13.8 million ($10.3 mil- tially be parked in more liquid assets to a report by residence investment homes.” Australia and Canada are also after Beijing on Thursday banned lion) house in the harbourside city to like U.S. Treasury bonds and safe-haven broker Lio Global, a factor that is increasing in popularity, gaining an shareholders with large stakes in listed Chinese buyers looking for an alterna- currencies such as the Swiss franc, there fuelling demand to buy foreign proper- edge from their weakening currencies. firms from selling for six months. In tive to stocks. is growing evidence that foreign prop- ty. Most of these individuals, defined as “Property prices are still cheap in RMB London, Naomi Heaton, the chief exec- “A lot of high net worth individuals erty sales may receive a boost. “There is those with net assets of $1 million or (yuan) terms,” said Timothy Cheung, a utive of London Central Portfolio, said had already taken money out of the anecdotal evidence that Chinese buyers more excluding their primary resi- principal of Morphic Asset Management she had heard of investors pulling out stock market because it was getting just have intensified their interest in ‘safe dences, are moving to the US, Hong in Sydney. of new-build purchases because they too hot,” Pallier, the principal of Sydney haven’ global property markets, includ- Kong, Singapore and Britain. no longer had the capital. It was a simi- Sotheby’s International Realty, said. ing London, as a result of the recent Brian Ward, president of capital mar- Backing Out lar story for Vancouver real estate agent “There’s a huge amount of cash sitting stock market volatility,” said Tom Bill, kets and investment services for the The rush by Chinese investors into Andrew Hasman, who focuses on the in China and I think you’ll find a lot of head of London residential research at Americas at commercial property com- foreign property has not been without city’s affluent westside area. “I had a call that comes to the Australian property Knight Frank. pany Colliers International, said Chinese criticism, with some in London, Sydney last week from another agent wanting market.” Ed Mead, executive director of real- investors had already sunk around $5 and Vancouver blaming them for push- to know if a seller of a transaction we Around 20 percent has been tor Douglas & Gordon in London, said billion into US real estate in the first six ing up already spiraling prices. The just did would allow the buyer to back knocked off the value of Chinese shares his firm had seen two buyers from months of 2015, more than the $4 bil- Australian government has moved to out, because they had just recently lost since mid-June, although attempts by China looking to buy whole blocks of lion they invested in the whole of 2014. look tough on the issue, introducing a huge amount of money in the authorities to stem the bleeding are flats. “It is unusual to see the Chinese In London, Alex Newall, managing new fees and jail terms for those found Chinese stock market correction,” having some effect. Many wealthy block buying, it implies that this is a director of super prime residential real- flouting foreign investment rules. The Hasman said. — Reuters China accuses trading firms of manipulation

BEIJING: Authorities accused securities might withdraw its support. Regulators firms of manipulating stock prices during also tightened controls on lending to China’s market plunge and launched a finance trading. crackdown yesterday against unlicensed Novice investors who rushed into the companies that financed speculative trad- market near the peak have suffered heavy ing. The moves appeared to be aimed at losses, souring sentiment toward stock deflecting blame from the ruling investment. The price collapse could frus- Communist Party for trillions of dollars in trate Communist Party plans to encourage investor losses as China’s market bench- the public to buy stocks and to raise money mark plummeted 30 percent over the past for state companies to pay off debts and month. become more competitive. More than They came as drastic official efforts over 1,000 of the 2,802 companies traded on the the past two weeks including a ban on mainland’s exchanges in Shanghai and sales by executives and big shareholders Shenzhen also have suspended trading in appeared to at least temporarily stop the their shares following the plunge in prices. decline that wiped out $3.8 trillion in That has left small investors locked into investor wealth. Yesterday, the benchmark shares that some are under pressure to sell Shanghai Composite Index closed up 2.4 to repay loans. percent for its third straight daily gain but “It remains to be seen how the market still was 23 percent below its June 12 peak. holds up once all the artificial impediments BEIJING: A woman looks at her tablet computer beside a stand for luxury cars at the airport yesterday. China’s total trade slumped in the first Investigators have found “evidence to sus- to selling are withdrawn,” said Carl B half of this year. —AFP pect that individual trading companies are Weinberg of High Frequency Economics in illegally manipulating securities and a report. Official media have blamed the futures exchanges,” the police ministry said market slide on short-selling, rumors and late Sunday. Its one-sentence statement misconduct, possibly by foreign investors. said a criminal investigation was underway Yesterday, the securities regulator China trade slumps in but gave no details of which firms were tar- ordered brokerages to sever ties with unli- geted. censed companies it said were providing Yesterday, the securities regulator loans to finance trading and were given ordered brokerages to sever ties with unli- access to customers in violation of regula- first half of year: Govt censed companies that lend money to tions. That was “to the detriment of the finance trading. The regulator also accused legitimate rights and interests of investors, brokerages of improperly allowing cus- seriously disrupting the stock market order,” tomers to trade without giving their real the statement said. “As the market has stabi- Result well below Beijing’s official target names or to subdivide accounts to allow lized, these illegal phenomena appear to others to use them to trade. The stock mar- have momentum to make a comeback that BEIJING: China’s total trade slumped in the first the yuan had strengthened 0.2 percent against from the end of last week. ket boom began last year after the state might again jeopardize the smooth opera- half of this year, official data showed yesterday, the dollar from the start of the year, 6.9 percent The latest report comes as Chinese authori- press said shares were cheap, which led tion of the stock market.” A joint Communist falling well short of the government’s targets against the euro and 2.2 percent against the ties manage what they describe as a “new nor- investors to believe Beijing would inter- Party-Cabinet body that oversees the and dealing a blow to the global economy from yen. “The downward pressures on the domestic mal” economy in which they steer it away from a vene to prop up prices if needed. The col- Internet ordered websites to remove adver- its biggest trader in goods. Two-way trade for economy increased and the demand for traditional model of high growth based on big lapse came after changes in banking regu- tisements from unlicensed companies offer- the first six months of the year fell 6.9 percent to imports was weak,” he said. investment projects and towards one where lations made investors suspect Beijing ing loans for share trading. — AP $1.88 trillion, the General Administration of For June, imports fell for the eighth consecu- consumer demand takes prominence. China’s Customs said. China is the world’s second- tive month, Customs said, dropping 6.1 percent gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.4 largest economy and a key driver of global year-on-year in dollar terms to $145.48 billion. percent in 2014, the lowest rate in nearly a quar- growth, with an outsized impact on resource- But exports increased 2.8 percent to $192.01 bil- ter of a century, and signs of further weakness rich supplier countries such as Australia. Over lion on-year - snapping a run of three monthly have mounted this year. GDP expanded 7.0 per- the six months, two-way trade with the declines in a row - and the country’s trade sur- cent in the January-March period, the worst European Union declined 6.7 percent, Customs plus leaped 47.5 percent to $46.54 billion. The quarterly result in six years. China announces said, and with Japan it dropped 10.6 percent. monthly percentage changes were slightly second-quarter GDP figures tomorrow and the Yesterday’s result was well below Beijing’s smaller in China’s yuan currency. Louis Kuijs, a median forecast in an AFP poll of 14 economists official target for the year for trade growth of Hong Kong-based economist with the Royal indicates GDP expanded 6.9 percent in April- “about 6.0 percent”. That figure was a reduction Bank of Scotland, said there had been “extreme June. from the 7.5 percent set for 2014 - when values weakness” in the first five months of the year. ANZ economist Liu Li-Gang said the trade expanded only 3.4 percent, the third consecu- But there were signs domestic demand was data mean the second-quarter GDP figure “will tive year the goal had been missed. strengthening and the monthly June data sug- underperform” as both imports and exports “Commodity prices fell significantly, dragging gested “the momentum is starting to improve”. were weak during the latest three-month period, down growth in import value,” Customs “That is definitely encouraging for the rest of predicting that the GDP figure could come in at spokesman Huang Songping told reporters, the world,” he told AFP. Chinese stock markets 6.8 percent. For all of 2015, the AFP survey pre- adding that “sluggish foreign demand” was the have been in turmoil in recent weeks, but the dicts growth at a median 7.0 percent, more opti- “major factor” affecting trade growth. “Export benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was mistic than a forecast of 6.8 percent in a similar costs remained high, undermining export com- strongly up in the afternoon, trading 2.79 per- poll in April and in line with the government’s BEIJING: Chinese investors chat while monitoring stock prices at a brokerage house petitiveness,” he said, adding that by June 30, cent higher and continuing positive momentum official target of “about 7.0 percent”.—AFP yesterday. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.605 US Dollars Mint 0.299450 0.303450 20 gram 235.920 Jordanian Dinar 427.375 Asia 10 gram 120.660 ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 38.623 Bangladesh Taka 0.003551 0.004151 5 gram 60.010 Japanese Yen 2.464 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.269 Chinese Yuan 0.047424 0.050924 Indian Rupees 4.781 Indian Rupees 4.779 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037006 0.039756 Pakistani Rupees 2.979 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.978 Indian Rupee 0.004689 0.005079 Srilankan Rupees 2.264 Bangladesh Taka 3.890 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Philippines Pesso 6.703 Nepali Rupees 2.988 Japanese Yen 0.002385 0.002565 Cyprus pound 577.685 Singapore Dollar 224.900 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Japanese Yen 3.465 Kenyan Shilling 0.002958 0.002958 Hongkong Dollar 39.103 Australian Dollar 207.36 Canadian Dollar 244.46 Syrian Pound 2.605 Korean Won 0.000257 0.000272 Bangladesh Taka 3.895 Swiss Franc 326.18 Nepalese Rupees 3.985 Malaysian Ringgit 0.076627 0.082627 Philippine Peso 6.714 Euro 338.38 Malaysian Ringgit 80.765 Nepalese Rupee 0.003039 0.003209 Thai Baht 8.934 US Dollar 303.50 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.180 Pakistan Rupee 0.002801 0.003081 Sterling Pound 475.10 Thai Bhat 9.910 Philippine Peso 0.006671 0.006951 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.51 Turkish Lira 118.725 Sierra Leone 0.000070 0.000076 Saudi Riyal 80.856 Bangladesh Taka 3.896 Singapore Dollar 0.220516 0.226516 Qatari Riyal 83.290 Indian Rupee 4.778 Omani Riyal 787.550 Bahrain Exchange Company South African Rand 0.018255 0.026755 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.265 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001862 0.002442 Bahraini Dinar 805.230 Nepali Rupee 2.986 Taiwan 0.009661 0.009841 UAE Dirham 82.552 Pakistani Rupee 2.980 CURRENCY BUY SELL Thai Baht 0.008655 0.0009205 UAE Dirhams 82.51 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Arab Bahraini Dinar 805.57 Belgian Franc 0.007906 0.008906 Egyptian Pound - Cash 42.860 Bahraini Dinar 0.797383 0.805383 Egyptian Pound 39.66 British Pound 0.463157 0.472157 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.945 Jordanian Dinar 431.16 Egyptian Pound 0.040130 0.042960 Czech Korune 0.004427 0.016427 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.415 Omani Riyal 787.12 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Danish Krone 0.041130 0.046130 Tunisian Dinar 155.330 Qatari Riyal 83.58 Iraqi Dinar 0.000189 0.000249 Euro 0.331848 0.339848 Jordanian Dinar 427.800 Saudi Riyal 80.85 Jordanian Dinar 0.423128 0.430628 Norwegian Krone 0.033671 0.038871 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.034 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Romanian Leu 0.075741 0.075741 Syrian Lira 2.161 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Morocco Dirham 31.568 Slovakia 0.009037 0.019037 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019826 0.043826 Swedish Krona 0.031808 0.033808 Nigerian Naira 0.000920 0.001555 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Swiss Franc 0.315581 0.325781 US Dollar 303.000 Omani Riyal 0.781131 0.786811 US Dollar Transfer 303.050 Turkish Lira 0.112462 0.119462 Canadian Dollar 241.660 Qatar Riyal 0.082529 0.083742 Euro 338.510 Australasia Sterling Pound 472.000 Sterling Pound 471.625 Saudi Riyal 0.080177 0.080877 Euro 339.520 Australian Dollar 0.217190 0.228690 Canadian dollar 239.750 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 Swiss Frank 285.785 New Zealand Dollar 0.197602 0.207102 Turkish lira 113.680 Tunisian Dinar 0.151861 0.159861 Bahrain Dinar 804.990 America Swiss Franc 324.290 Turkish Lira 0.112462 0.119462 UAE Dirhams 82.875 Canadian Dollar 0.232977 0.241477 Australian Dollar 226.680 UAE Dirhams 0.081528 0.082677 Qatari Riyals 90.865 US Dollars 0.298950 0.303450 US Dollar Buying 301.850 Yemeni Riyal 0.001370 0.001450 BUSINESS TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

For France, mission accomplished as ‘Grexit’ averted

PARIS: As President Francois Hollande has shown that France still plays a coun- ‘Help Me to Help You’ Hollande knew his firm anti-Grexit line shown that France still counts in Europe, led Angela Merkel off for a working din- terweight role in defining the European What followed was dogged, consen- could only win him kudos with the it would be premature to say EU power ner at his Elysee Palace a week ago last Union. It also bucks a period in which sus-building diplomacy typical of French left. dynamics have swung back in Paris’ Monday, his advisers breathed deep sighs France’s standing and influence have suf- Hollande, an alumnus of France’s elite Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared favour or that Hollande will see a bounce of relief. Minutes earlier, the German fered because of a weak economy and ENA civil service college. “I told Tsipras, in parliament on Wednesday that France to his still-dismal domestic ratings. CER’s chancellor had agreed to echo Hollande repeated failures to bring its own public ‘it’s not easy for Mrs Merkel’,” Hollande would prevent any move to eject Greece, Korteweg noted that for Merkel, the cen- in telling reporters that the “door remains deficit under EU limits. “If ‘Grexit’ is avoid- recounted privately in late June of the and France discreetly activated some of tre-left Hollande was a valuable “go-to open” to a deal between Greece and its ed, it will show that Hollande has been a need for any accord to be politically its best negotiators to help Greek offi- partner” for brokering political consen- international creditors. Spoken 24 hours bridge-builder and helped avoid a geo- acceptable in Berlin. As the patience of cials fine-tune new concessions to credi- sus across Europe who also provided after Greek voters rejected the cuts and political catastrophe,” said Rem Korteweg, other EU leaders wore thin with Tsipras’ tors. “We don’t have teams of technicians cover for diplomatic forays into the tax hikes sought by the European Union senior researcher at the London-based refusal to meet their demands and with drafting the package for the Greeks,” one Ukraine crisis. The Germans are anxious and International Monetary Fund in Centre for European Reform (CER) think his incendiary rhetoric, Hollande senior French diplomat said, denying the not to be seen to be wielding their return for more financial aid, Merkel’s tank. remained convinced that the former French were writing the Greek proposal. increased power alone. words suggested Greece’s forced exit On coming to power in May 2012, Communist youth leader was at heart a “It’s more about giving them a hand on In France, Monday’s agreement from the euro zone could still be averted. Hollande mulled leading a rebellion of pragmatist who just needed help on the the politics - encouraging them to put in means Hollande has at least avoided the “That could turn out to be one of the southern EU states against the bloc’s learning-curve of Brussels deal-making. what is possible now, to do the neces- ignominy of watching his efforts going sentences that saved Greece,” said one Berlin-driven fiscal austerity. But he con- “Help me to help you,” he finally told sary.” to waste and then having to suffer the diplomat, reflecting the French view that cluded it was not in the best interest of Tsipras by telephone on the evening of That set the stage for this weekend’s ridicule of his predecessor and likely expelling the country from the single cur- France’s borrowing costs for it to be Sunday, July 5 as results in Greece’s refer- show-down in Brussels - but once there, 2017 election rival Nicolas Sarkozy. But rency zone would have catastrophic con- ranked alongside fragile “Club Med” endum showed a decisive rejection of EU Berlin took over. Aside from helping dis- recent polls show the French still believe sequences for Greece and weaken the economies. While that choice dismayed and IMF austerity. Hollande urged credit an option of “temporary Grexit” it is Merkel not Hollande who calls the euro itself. While the final accord struck many fellow Socialists, Hollande was Tsipras to mend fences quickly with EU put about by German officials, the shots in Europe, and that around half of between Athens and euro zone leaders in quick to see this year that the stand-off leaders. French were mainly bystanders as them would have been happy to see Brussels on Monday imposes tough new on Greece - whose 1981 entry into the The removal the following morning of Merkel, backed by northern, eastern and Greece leave the euro zone. “Don’t fall conditions on Greece demanded by EU France had lobbied for in the first combative Finance Minister Yanis Iberian countries, imposed conditions. into the trap of thinking the French are Merkel and her allies, the fact that Europe place - offered the chance of a new lead- Varoufakis and a new conciliatory tone in “Greece remains in the euro zone - that massively behind the Greeks,” said got there at all after six months of ership role. When Alexis Tsipras won Athens helped set the stage for a fresh was our goal,” a weary-sounding Jerome Fourquet, head of opinion at brinkmanship and frustration is in no power in January elections, Paris had effort to reach a compromise. While Hollande told reporters after the summit, pollster Ifop. “Many will rapidly come to small part due to France. within hours offered to be a “bridge” Merkel could only react guardedly, due calling Franco-German compromise a the conclusion that all we’ve done is stick While few doubt Germany remains between his leftist government and the to growing pressure from fellow German precondition for every EU deal. another patch on Greece’s punctured the senior partner in the region, the saga rest of Europe. conservatives to cut Greece loose, While the past few months have tyre.” — Reuters Europe gives weary cheer to Greek deal

LONDON: World markets gave a weary nerve as Greek talks went on through the cheer yesterday as euro zone leaders European night and as Chinese stocks rose emerged from-all night talks in Brussels for a third straight session after their recent with a deal to keep Greece afloat and part rout. Data from China showed exports rose of the euro currency union. Wall Street’s 2.8 percent in June, while imports slipped S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial indexes 6.1 percent, in a tentative sign global were expected to ride Europe’s wave of demand might be on the mend. China relief when they reopen, with futures mar- reports domestic product data tomorrow. kets pointing to gains of 0.7-0.8 percent. As Forecasts are that annual growth slowed to Europe’s markets opened, European 6.9 percent last quarter. The CSI300 index Council President Donald Tusk announced of the largest listed companies in Shanghai that after months of negotiations, and Shenzhen added 2.6 percent. That overnight discussions had produced a third came on top of last week’s rally of 5.7 per- bailout deal in five years for Greece. cent, after Chinese regulators moved to “The agreement was laborious, but it steady markets. Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.6 has been concluded. There is no Grexit,” percent. European Commission President Jean- “This is victory in the first battles of a Claude Juncker told a news conference long-lasting war,” said Hou Yingmin, analyst after 17 hours of bargaining. The head of at brokerage Aj Securities. “But it takes time the International Monetary Fund, Christine for market sentiment to fully recover from Lagarde, called it “a good step to rebuild the recent trauma, which was so severe, confidence” in Greece. The pan-European and bears are likely to make a comeback.” FTSEurofirst 300 index jumped as much as Relief that Greece’s future in the euro was 1.75 percent to hit a two-week high. Italian, now looking more certain undercut Spanish and Portuguese bonds gained ver- demand for safe-haven assets. Yields on sus German Bunds in debt markets. German government debt rose 3 basis The euro rose initially against the points, dragging those on US Treasuries world’s other major currencies, then with them. dropped back as traders locked in some of For US markets there was also the ongo- BRUSSELS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks with the media as he leaves after a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council its gains of recent days. Capital controls ing debate over whether the economy is building yesterday. — AP imposed by Athens have limited trading in now strong enough to cope with less sup- Greek bonds, but Tradeweb data showed port. The Treasury Department was sched- two-year yields down 4.81 percentage uled to issue its June budget report. The points. US-listed Greek equity assets that department is expected to post a budget European leaders agree continue to trade also surged. “It’s positive surplus of $51.0 billion, compared with a that they’ve reached an agreement and it $82.4 billion deficit reported in May. should be positive for risk in general,” said Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on tough Greek bailout deal Vasileios Gkionakis, Global Head of FX Friday that she expects the central bank to Strategy at UniCredit. “We are seeing a dip raise US interest rates for the first time in in the euro at the moment. But that is almost a decade this year. She appears because of the moves at the end of last before US politicians tomorrow. Juncker denies talks humiliating for Tsipras week; generally this should bode well.” In commodity markets, gold fell toward Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras final- $1,150 an ounce as the dollar regained its BRUSSELS: Eurozone leaders struck a deal have been humiliated, nor that the other Despite strong opposition, Tsipras also ly won conditional agreement to receive a overnight strength. It was up for a third yesterday on plans for a bailout to prevent Europeans have lost face. It is a typical yielded to a plan to park assets for privatisa- possible Ä86 billion ($95 billion) over three straight day against the yen at 123.35 yen debt-stricken Greece from crashing out of the European arrangement.” tion worth up to Ä50 billion ($56 billion) in a years, but he had to pay a high price. On and $1.1084 to the euro. Oil prices were euro after Athens bowed to draconian A weary Tsipras insisted the deal was good special fund. Some Ä25 billion of the money in top of big cuts in spending, Ä50 billion ($55 under pressure meanwhile, as Iran and six demands for reform. After gruelling 17-hour for Greece, even though analysts say the terms that fund will then be used to recapitalise billion) worth of Greek state assets - includ- world powers looked to be closer to a deal on talks during which the future of the European are in some respects tougher than those Greek Greece’s cash-starved banks, which have been ing recapitalised banks - will have to be put the Iranian nuclear program that would bring project hung in the balance, leftist Greek voters had rejected on his recommendation in badly damaged by two weeks of capital con- into a trust fund beyond the government’s relief from sanctions for Tehran and thus Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted terms a referendum just one week ago. “We fought a trols. Further humiliations come in the form of reach. They would then be sold off, primari- more crude to the market. Brent crude sank set by his mistrustful partners. The deal righteous battle to the end,” Tsipras said. The a return of officials from the widely loathed ly to pay down the national debt. $1.24 to $57.49 a barrel and US crude shed 91 requires him to push through a raft of market- deal, Tsipras argued, includes help to ease “Troika” of Greece’s creditors - the European cents to $51.83 as discussions in Vienna con- oriented laws by tomorrow as a sign of good Greece’s huge burden of debt and revive its Commission, European Central (ECB) and IMF. Grin and Bear It tinued following a string of extensions over faith, scrutinised by the International crippled banking system. “The great majority There is also a pledge to reverse laws brought Asian stock markets had kept their the last couple of weeks. —Reuters Monetary Fund (IMF) for compliance. of Greek people will support this effort,” he in by the Syriza government since the election Only then will the 18 other eurozone lead- added. European and Asian markets rose, that run counter to Greece’s earlier bailout ers start negotiations over what Greece will although the euro ran out of steam as cau- arrangements in 2010 and 2012. The deal con- get in return: a three-year bailout worth up to tious dealers awaited clearer details of the tained little mention of relieving a Greek debt 86 billion euros ($96 billion), its third rescue accord. mountain worth 180 percent of GDP - a step program in five years. “EuroSummit has unani- recommended by the IMF - beyond a vague mously reached agreement,” EU President Tough Sell at Home mention that it should be considered later. Donald Tusk said. “All ready to go for ESM But Tsipras now faces a tough task selling (eurozone bailout fund the European Stability the deal to the Greek people, parliament and ThisIsACoup Mechanism) programme for Greece with seri- his radical Syriza party, which shot to power in The deal triggered angry reactions on ous reforms and financial support.” January on the back of promises to end five social media across Europe, where the Twitter The last-ditch deal is aimed at keeping years of bitter austerity under two previous hashtag #ThisIsACoup trended. The marathon Greece’s economy afloat amid fears its cash- bailouts. Faced with a deeply distrustful euro- talks also exposed tensions at the heart of the starved banks were about to finally run dry zone after six months of tense meetings, the the post-war European project, especially and trigger its exit from the single currency. 40-year-old Tsipras had to agree to demands between hawkish Berlin and softer Paris, “Grexit has gone,” European Commission that critics say rob Greece of financial inde- which has been Greece’s biggest supporter President Jean-Claude Juncker told AFP after pendence. “The road will be long, and judging during the crisis. French President Francois the talks, ruling out the threat of a departure by the negotiations tonight, difficult,” said Hollande hailed Tsipras for making a “coura- from the euro which could have potentially German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s geous choice” in agreeing to the reforms destablised the global economy. “The agree- leading champion of austerity. despite the political risks at home. ment was laborious, but it has been conclud- Europe’s first step will be to push the deal France also led efforts to have a clause on a ed. There is no Grexit,” Juncker told a news through several national parliaments, many in German-backed idea for a “temporary Grexit” conference after 17 hours of bargaining. He countries that are loath to afford Greece more option dropped from the leaders statement. dismissed suggestions that Tsipras had been help. Germany’s Bundestag is likely to vote on Its appearance in an earlier draft marked the humiliated even though the summit state- Friday, provided the Greek parliament rushes first time the idea of a euro member leaving ment insisted repeatedly that Greece must through four new reform laws by tomorrow. the currency had appeared in black and white. now subject much of its public policy to prior Greece has to make sweeping changes to The eurozone must now unite to tackle the agreement by bailout monitors. “In this com- labour laws, pensions, VAT and taxes, accord- immediate problem of finding funds to keep promise, there are no winners and no losers,” ing to the document, which seeks to regulate Greece afloat, as the bailout could take FRANKFURT: Traders work at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main yesterday. —AFP Juncker said. “I don’t think the Greek people some of the country’s tiniest financial details. months to finalise.—AFP Hillary Clinton calls for greater income equality NEW YORK: Democratic front-runner Hillary Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self- presidential election but Sanders has drawn Clinton put the fight for higher wages for described socialist who is also seeking the large crowds at campaign events. She will everyday Americans at the heart of her eco- Democratic Party nomination, Clinton laid out unveil more specifics of her economic policy nomic agenda yesterday, in the first major a vision of economic equality. “Corporate in a series of speeches in the coming weeks policy speech of her White House bid. Clinton profits are at near-record highs and as Democrats seek more details of her plans said the US economy will only run at full Americans are working as hard as ever but on increasing the minimum wage, creating steam when middle-class wages rise steadily paychecks have barely budged in real terms. universal preschool and investing in infra- along with executive salaries and company Families today are stretched in so many direc- structure. Putting some meat on the bones of profits. “I believe we have to build a growth tions and so are their budgets,” Clinton said. her economic policy could divert the focus and fairness economy. You can’t have one The former secretary of state promised to away from issues that are dragging on without the other,” she said at The New School push for a broader reform of the US corporate Clinton’s popularity, including a controversy university in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, a tax code. over her use of a private email account while NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at The New bastion of liberal education. Clinton is the favorite to win the she was President Barack Obama’s secretary School yesterday. Clinton used her first major policy speech to outline her economic With one eye on the growing support for Democratic nomination for the Nov 2016 of state. —Reuters vision for the US, including a fight for higher wages. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 BUSINESS Gulf markets rally modestly on Greece

MIDEAST MARKETS REPORT DUBAI: Gulf bourses rose yesterday in line with petrochemical sector, was the weakest per- ing a 25.4 percent year-on-year increase in quar- hub, could benefit the most from increased buyers on all major markets in the Middle a global equities rally due to the Greek bailout former yesterday and edged up just 0.2 percent. terly profit. National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia foreign trade and investment in Iran if the East, data from local bourses showed. But agreement, but a drop in oil prices because of a The petrochemical sector index fell 0.4 per- (Bahri) added 0.9 percent. It said after trading sanctions are lifted. The emirate’s index their buying failed to support Egypt’s mar- likely Iran nuclear deal limited gains in the cent, although that was to a large extent closed that its second-quarter net profit more rose 0.9 percent with most stocks positive. ket, which fell 1.4 percent as local investors region. Brent crude fell 1.8 percent as Tehran and because of Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO), than doubled thanks to increased fleet size and Heavyweights Emaar Properties and Dubai resumed a sell-off, after a drop in trading six world powers were on the brink of finding a which dropped 3.1 percent as it went ex-divi- rates for transporting spot crude. Islamic Bank added 2.1 and 1.5 percent volume in the previous session indicated nuclear deal that would bring sanctions relief dend. But other sectors were mostly positive, respectively. Neighbouring Abu Dhabi’s that the market’s rally was faltering. and more oil to the already oversupplied market. supported by some strong second-quarter earn- UAE, Egypt bourse gained 0.6 percent and Qatar The Cairo benchmark had risen in the Saudi Arabia’s bourse, the most sensitive in the ings. Food maker National Agriculture The region’s biggest gainer of the day was edged up 0.4 percent. But oil-sensitive two previous days after sinking to a Gulf to oil prices because of its heavyweight Development Co surged 5.9 percent after post- Dubai which, as a regional logistics and financial stocks in both markets were weak. Abu one-year low on concerns over Dhabi National Energy Co tumbled 6.9 per- exchange rates, security and an energy cent and petrochemicals giant Industries shortage. The property sector came Qatar lost 0.7 percent. under particularly heavy pressure yes- The more positive news on Greece terday. Palm Hills Development tum- boosted global appetite for risk so bled 4.8 percent and Medinet Nasr investors from outside the region were net Housing lost 4.5 percent. —Reuters Iran deal would add to oil glut, open door to imports

SINGAPORE: Any nuclear deal between over the last 2-1/2 years. A modest increase Iran and six world powers loosening sanc- in available supplies would still add to an tions against Tehran could flood an over- estimated 2.6 million barrels of crude being supplied oil market with more fuel, yet sec- produced each day in excess of daily global tors like cement and steel would see a rise demand, threatening to overwhelm on and in demand as the country works to revi- off-shore storage capacities. Analysts say a talise its economy. Officials involved in further swell in spot supplies will drag ongoing negotiations said on Sunday they prices back to or below levels seen during were close to a deal that would bring sanc- the peak of the global financial crisis of tions relief in exchange for curbs to Tehran’s 2008/2009. atomic program, although no agreement was expected before Monday. Iran Needs Cement, Steel and Food Analysts have focused largely on oil in While Iran’s oil potential is already large- determining the impact on international ly priced into the market, analysts say other commodities markets if sanctions are lifted. sectors such as cement, steel and agricul- The timing of any lifting of the measures ture commodities would also be affected. that have cut Iran’s crude exports as well as “After years of neglect, should sanctions fall a United Nations Security Council arms away, then their oil exports will be able to embargo and ban on its ballistic missile fund an infrastructure development plan program have been among the major stick- that will need steel, power and cement,” ing points on reaching a deal. But even said Ian Claxton, managing director of Thai with a diplomatic agreement this week it ship owner Thoresen Shipping. “They cur- would take time for Iran to start exporting rently don’t have cement manufacturing large amounts of crude again as the sanc- capabilities so ... bagged or bulk cement tions on exports would first need to be for- combined with increased steel for con- mally lifted and Iran’s crumbling oil infra- struction could well be the commodities structure modernised. most affected for bulk shipments with “They can add about 200,000 bpd, India, Middle East and China as origins,” he which is not a significant volume,” said Nick added. Sharma, managing director at research & Claxton said that Iran would also need to consulting firm IHS, estimating that it import more agricultural products like rice, would take at least 18 months for Iran to wheat, corn and soy meal. “The need for add another million bpd to exports. Japan’s bulk wheat, corn and rice will increase as government-affiliated Institute of Energy local GDP and disposable income increases, Economics said that if there was a deal again from Thailand, India, the USA - if all is Iran’s oil output might rise by 700,000- forgiven - and South America plus the Black 800,000 barrels bpd by the second half of Sea,” he said. Iran also used to be a signifi- 2016. cant supplier of iron ore to China, although Iran, a member of the Organization of analysts say that due to global oversupply the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and record low prices that Iran is unlikely to has some of the world’s biggest oil pursue a large-scale resumption in this sec- reserves. It exported almost 3 million bar- tor. Western powers have long suspected rels per day (bpd) of crude at its peak, Iran of aiming to build nuclear weapons before Western sanctions over its alleged and using its civilian atomic energy pro- ambitions to build a nuclear bomb saw gram to cloak its intention - an accusation shipments collapse to about a million bpd Iran strongly denies. —Reuters Oil tumbles as Iran nuclear deal looms

LONDON: Oil prices tumbled yesterday as Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted Deputy Iran and six world powers appeared to be Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi as saying. closing in on a nuclear deal that would end The chance of Iran adding to a global oil sanctions on the Islamic Republic and let surplus at a time of weak demand led some more Iranian oil on to world markets. News analysts to forecast more oil prices falls. of a unanimous agreement by European Bank of America Merrill Lynch said US leaders on a bailout loan for Athens, which crude prices “could soon drop well below should allow Greece to stay in the euro our $50 per barrel target” in the third quar- zone, helped pare early losses. Brent crude ter of 2015. Commerzbank said a fall below for August fell $1.89 to a low of $56.84 a $55 per barrel in Brent and below $50 per barrel before rallying back to around barrel in US crude was “conceivable”. Oil $57.70 by 1300 GMT. US light crude, also prices pared early sharp losses after known as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), European Council President Donald Tusk was down 60 cents at $52.14 a barrel. said euro zone leaders had “unanimously Iran and six world powers were on the reached agreement” on a deal for Greece. brink of finding a nuclear deal that would Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confirmed bring sanctions relief in exchange for curbs Greece had secured debt restructuring and on Tehran’s nuclear program, officials and medium-term financing in a growth pack- diplomats said. A senior Iranian negotiator age worth euro 35 billion ($38.7 billion) in a said a nuclear deal would be signed but deal with its creditors. But the oil market cautioned there was work to be done and remained bearish. “Implementation risks he could not promise the talks would con- remain, and a possible nuclear deal with clude on Monday or Tuesday. “I cannot Iran should limit the upside,” said Carsten promise whether the remaining issues can Fritsch, senior oil and commodities analyst be resolved tonight or tomorrow night,” at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. —Reuters Gold slips as dollar rises on Greece, Fed

LONDON: Gold slipped 1 percent yesterday shares rose, further diminishing investor as the dollar rose against the euro after appetite for assets perceived as safer, such leaders struck a deal to negotiate a Greek as gold. Also a drag on gold were signals bailout, while signals the Federal Reserve from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on was still on track to raise rates this year also Friday that the US central bank is on course weighed. Greece won conditional agree- to raise interest rates within this year. ment to receive a possible $95 billion over Yellen said while the US economy three years. Spot gold fell to a session low should grow steadily for the remainder of of $1,150.78 an ounce earlier and was the year, allowing the Fed to raise rates for down 0.9 percent at $1,153.52 an ounce by the first time in nearly a decade, labour 1400 GMT, after posting three straight markets remained weak. “We are 50/50 weekly declines. between a rate hike in September and one US gold for August delivery fell 0.5 per- in December and that’s part of the reason cent to $1,151.50 an ounce. Gold, typically we are seeing gold falling towards $1,100 viewed as an alternative investment in in the fourth quarter,” Deutsche Bank ana- times of financial and economic uncertain- lyst Michael Lewis said. ty, had not seen significant retail buying as Hedge funds and money managers a result of the Greek crisis, due generally to bailed out of COMEX gold and silver a robust dollar and prospects of higher US futures and options at the fastest pace in interest rates, which would increase the at least a year in the week to July 7, data opportunity cost of holding gold. showed. Physical demand for gold was “Gold has failed to perform throughout tepid last week as prospective investors in the crisis, while the expectation for a rate China chased bargains in equities after a hike in the US has gone on for so long that market selloff, while those in India the gold price is now close to the cost of delayed purchases. Silver dropped 1.5 production,” bullion broker Sharps Pixley percent to $15.35 an ounce, palladium CEO Ross Norman said. The dollar rose 0.6 rose 1.1 percent to $656.25 an ounce and percent against a basket of currencies, platinum fell 0.4 percent to $1,024.74 an mostly due to a weaker euro, while global ounce. —Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Time to have a relook at telecom sector

KAMCO INVESTMENT RESEARCH REPORT

KUWAIT: Despite the negative ment in Iraq could cost it in terms sentiments surrounding the sector of both revenue and profits. (telecom index declined by 17.7 percent in 2014 and 12.8 percent Industry Overview -MENA for YTD-15), we have an ‘outper- Telecoms form’ rating on Zain and Viva as we The typical ‘Trinity’ persists in believe that the worst is already Kuwait priced-in and it’s time to reconsid- The common theme of a three- er fundamental factors and have a player telecom market in the relook at the sector. MENA region finally happened in Zain’s revenue saw minimal Kuwait after Viva entered the mar- volatility over the past five years ket in 2009. The market structure and has basically declined at 5- has evolved completely over the year CAGR of 0.8 percent between years and market dynamics have 2009 and 2014. We expect Zain to turned against the incumbents. post marginal increase in revenues The three players in the market IPTV business and acquired a PTT industry heavyweights like Zain, higher competition. Average 48 percent over the past 6 years. operator in Saudi Arabia whereas Ooredoo and Mobily that resulted industry ARPU at the end of Q1-15 The Company owes its strong mar- Ooredoo also has business related in the poor share performance of stood at KWD 8.6 as compared to gin to its postpaid subscribers. to telecom services but of a more the entire sector. On the other double digit ARPU up until 2012. Nevertheless, Viva has grown its diversified nature including broad- hand, most of the single country Zain has been and continues to EBITDA margin consistently over band services, a telecom invest- operators have had a positive be the market leader in terms of the years and now reports margins ment arm and a managed ICT serv- share performance. ARPU with a Q1-15 ARPU of KWD in line with that of Zain. Viva’s ices company. 9.2 ($31). The company has a rela- reported EBITDA margin stood at As seen in the below chart, a Telecom Market in Kuwait tively stronger base of postpaid 47.2 percent in 2014 as compared majority of the telecom markets in With one of the highest GDP per subscribers in its portfolio which to Zain’s 47.9 percent. the MENA region consists of three capita in the world, Kuwait’s tele- resulted in higher ARPUs. However, players. In terms of total number of com market is one of the most Viva has also emerged as a strong Capex intensive industry... subscriber, Egypt leads in the advanced markets in the world competitor to Zain. The company The telecom industry in the region with almost a 100 million and one of the first to adopt any has consistently recorded an MENA region has seen higher subscriber base split into three new technology. However, with increase in ARPU i.e. when Zain’s capex investment in 2014 as com- players. In the GCC, Saudi Arabia minimal population and concen- ARPU declined at a 4-year CAGR of pared to its global peers. These leads with a total subscriber count trated nature of the market, the 10 percent, Viva’s ARPU has trend- investments were primarily made starting in 2016 after the invest- have operations in multiple coun- that stood at 53.1 million as at the country also has one of the highest ed upwards at the rate of 6.3 per- to deploy 3G and 4G services ments made in 3G in Iraq and the tries and come with significant bal- end of 2013. penetration levels. cent over the same time. Viva over- across the region when advanced 4G adoption in Jordan results into ance sheet strength and technical took industry ARPU at the end of economies in the US and Europe garnering additional subscribers. knowledge of operations. This is It’s a volume game One of the densest telecom Q1-15 when its ARPU increased to have already made the initial We expect a 5-year revenue CAGR one of the reasons why the market from now onwards... markets in the world... KWD 9.3. Meanwhile, Ooredoo’s investment in these technologies. of 2.8 percent till 2019e partially share has emerged to an approxi- The telecom market in the GCC Kuwait boasts the highest tele- ARPU has seen the steepest As seen in the chart, capex offset by an expected decline in mately one third of the subscriber region has matured with minimal com penetration levels in the decline over the years with a nega- investment as a percentage of revenue at Zain Kuwait due to a market share for each of the three differentiating factors among the MENA region, which at the end of tive CAGR of 12.8 percent over the total revenue (capex intensity) for decline in ARPU further exacerbat- players. players. In order to defend their 2013 stood at 190.3 percent. past four years. Zain and Viva stood at above the ed by limited growth in subscriber Prior to divesting its African turf from new challengers entering According to the most recent industry averages. Capex intensity count in the country. operations in 2008, Zain had a the market, the incumbents have industry data available from Zain, Industry revenue continues to for GCC telecom players stood at Viva’s total revenue increased at much larger footprint in the started playing the price card by the penetration levels in Kuwait increase but at a declining rate... 21.5 percent indicating higher a 5-year CAGR of 40.7 percent, Middle East and African region. offering largely similar telecom reached approximately 221 per- Total telecom revenues generat- investment in 4G services as com- plans. This has affected the overall cent by the end of Q1-15. This was ARPU in the market. Established also due to the fact that Kuwait incumbents like STC, Mobily, Zain continues to remain one of the and Ooredoo have sizable pres- most advanced telecom markets ence in their respective markets and one of the first markets in the which in most cases is receding region that deployed the 4G LTE due to the challengers. network. Meanwhile, the total Nevertheless, the incumbents con- subscriber base in Kuwait has tinue to hold the lucrative post- increased at a CAGR of 14.3 per- paid subscriber base that gives cent over the past five years and them the profitability edge over stood at 7.9 million at the end of new entrants. Q1-15.

Higher ARPU results in higher EV Constantly changing higher than the rate of increase in However, a decision to focus on Stronger ARPU is a direct result market share dynamics... the subscriber base on the back of core markets in the MENA where it of capital investments made by the Zain being the oldest telecom ed by the three wireless players pared to Non-GCC Peers for which higher historical ARPU. However, holds significant market share led operator. This assumption is clearly service provider in Kuwait has pre- reached KWD 753.2 million at the the average stood at a significantly we expect a more normalized rev- to the diversification. Zain current- shown in the below chart when dominantly led the market share end of 2014 growing at a 5-year low level of 16.2 percent. enue growth in the future at a ly leads in several of its market compared to the ARPU chart. The over the years. The company com- CAGR of 4.7 percent. The increase Meanwhile, total MENA capex CAGR of 7.3 percent over the next with significant market power, chart shows that enterprise value manded a subscriber market share was led by subscribers additions intensity stood at 19.6 percent for five years until 2019 to reach KD whereas STC and Ooredoo contin- per subscriber metric for player of 55 percent at the end of 2008 partially offset by declining ARPUs. 2014. Absolute capex investment 339.3 million on the back of a mar- ue to give tough competition to with relatively higher ARPUs pri- when Kuwait was a two player Zain, the market leader in terms of was the highest for the Ooredoo ginal increase in subscriber base the incumbent in most of the mar- marily feature at the top the market. However, its share has revenues, recorded minimal group which stood at $2.9 billion and ARPU as well as a higher pro- kets where they have overlapping EV/subscriber chart implying a been constantly declining after change in total revenues over the in 2014 followed by $2.4 billion in portion of postpaid subscribers. operations. direct relationship between the Viva entered the market. Zain cur- past six years whereas Viva the case of Etisalat and $1.8 billion Data services would generate It is pertinent to note that one two key metrics in the telecom rently holds a subscriber market expanded its revenue base consis- made by STC. The capex invest- cash going forward: Data revenues of the stark differences between industry. share of 36.7 percent followed by tently and overtook Ooredoo dur- ment was primarily made in fixed accounted for as high as 35 per- the diversification and market Qatari players have one of the Viva and Ooredoo with almost ing 2014 when it reported rev- assets whereas investment in cent of Zain’s Q1-15 revenues. In presence strategies of the three highest EV per subscriber and they equal market shares. Zain’s market enues of KWD 239.0 million as intangible assets, which includes the case of Viva, we believe data players is that when Zain limits its also feature at the top of the ARPU share reached a low of 35.1 per- compared to Ooredoo’s KWD 168 spectrum charges and customer revenues account for an even operations to its core markets, STC chart. A similar comparison can be cent by the end of 2014 but million. In terms of EBITDA margin, acquisition costs (handset subsi- higher percentage of total rev- and Ooredoo expanded to explore made for Etisalat, Zain and increased for the first time during Zain once again leads the pack dies), stood at around 20 percent enues as Viva has a more data cen- other growth markets. STC for Vodafone Qatar. On the other Q1-15. On the other hand, Viva’s with an average margin of above of the total capex investment. tric strategy. However, we don’t instance has operations in Asia hand, Zain Bahrain, Zain KSA, markets share has been consistent- expect data services to give any (India and Malaysia) and so does Mobily and Nawras are at the tail ly increasing over the years from as competitive edge to any of the Ooredoo with its recent bid for end of both the charts. low as 14.9 percent in 2009, its first players in Kuwait. wireless spectrum in Myanmar, year of operation, to 31.7 percent Both technical and fundamental which we believe would be count- But ROCE shows a totally at the end of Q1-15. parameters favor the stocks: Both er accretive to the company’s bot- tilted picture... In terms revenue market share, Zain and Viva trade at a significant tom-line. Ooredoo also has opera- A telecom service, being a capi- the picture is a little different. discount of 43.2 percent and 45.3 tions in a much large base in the tal intensive business, gives signifi- Zain’s revenue market share has percent on forward EV/EBITDA Asian region which also includes cant market power to cash rich declined at a faster pace from multiple, respectively. In terms of Maldives, Pakistan, and Singapore. incumbents. Although the signifi- almost 60 percent in 2009 to 42.5 fundamental factors like revenue Furthermore, when Zain contin- cant investments made by the big- percent in Q1-15, whereas Viva has ger multi-country players in the managed to increase its revenue telecom market in the GCC gives market share from a mere 7.2 per- them an edge in terms of pricing cent in 2009 to 34.5 percent in Q1- power, their profitability on total 15. Viva gained the market share investment or total capital primarily grabbing it from employed tails behind smaller Ooredoo, which recorded consid- players. The previous chart clearly erable decline in its market share. shows that Viva Kuwait has the highest return on Capital Despite gradually falling, ARPU Employed (ROCE) of 44.4 percent continues to remain strong... followed by Du and erstwhile Kuwait being one of the hotly Nawras and Omantel. On the other contested markets in the region hand, bigger players like Etisalat, owing to its high ARPU and one of Zain, STC and Ooredoo all have the highest GDP/capita in the one of the lowest levels of ROCE. world recorded higher ARPUs as growth and profitability, we do not ues to focus on providing wireless compared to most of the neigh- expect to see any negative set- telecom services, STC and Ooredoo Telecom Share Performance boring countries. However, over backs for either of the stocks, have been more aggressive on The telecom sector in the GCC the past four years, ARPU has except in the case of Zain wherein expanding operations into other had an overall negative trend in declined consistently at a negative a prolonged uncertain environ- related businesses. STC started the 2014 and YTD-15 primarily due to CAGR of 8.4 percent owing to BUSINESS TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Zain offers entertainment apps with postpaid plans

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- munications experience to customers diverse portfolio of blockbuster service which allows customers to company, Zain is continuously munications company in Kuwait, based on their needs. The new enter- Hollywood films, television series, stay in touch with all callers through expanding its portfolio of digital serv- announced the launch of its latest tainment services enable customers popular Arabic and Turkish series, and missed calls and automatic notifica- ices to enhance customers’ lifestyles. offering to postpaid customers; to enjoy an array of applications an array of children’s entertainment to tions. In addition to these services, By presenting this service, Zain spares enabling them to enjoy one of several through their smartphones, tablets, watch on multiple devices. Further Zain brings “Anghami” application no efforts in offering customers with entertainment services for two com- and personal computers. Upon sub- applications include “icflix”, a video- that enables customers to download the latest and most exciting services plimentary months when they sub- scribing to one of Zain’s postpaid on-demand service with a large col- the latest Arabic and international and promotions in the telecommuni- scribe to any of Zain’s postpaid smart- smartphone plans, customers will be lection of movies delivered from music by the best artists in the world cations field, and the company’s lat- phone plans. able to choose between Go Online TV Hollywood, Bollywood and Jazwood from a large collection of playlists that est announcement reinforces its Zain’s latest announcement reflects by OSN, icflix, Anghami and Ridlee for (Arabic) through an online entertain- suits customers’ diversified music keenness in keeping customers at the its customer-centric strategy that a two month complimentary period. ment platform all in one place. preferences. forefront of digital entertainment aims at providing a superior telecom- “GO Online TV” by OSN offers a The offer also includes “Ridlee” As a leading telecommunications offerings.

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RUSTENBURG, South Africa: Deep under- firm, but escaped with her life. “I was shocked to ensure that women don’t work alone when ground, where huge conveyer belts haul rocks and did not trust this environment anymore... down the mines, as well as setting up a sexual to the surface, 33-year-old mother of two Working alone, what if this happens?” said harassment hotline. Other new safety meas- Bernice Motsieloa represents the quiet revolu- Motsieloa, who is always in radio contact with ures include surveillance cameras and biomet- tion transforming the macho culture of South the control room at surface level. “It really had ric identity turnstiles at entrances to women’s African mining. Motsieloa is a shift supervisor an effect on me. I was thinking, ‘what if some- changing facilities. “Women have been able to at Anglo American’s Bathopele platinum mine one just shows up?’” talk to us and say ‘you should do this’... so I one of several thousand female miners think there will be an ongoing process to employed in a difficult and often dangerous Tough Workplace make women feel safe in our mines,” Chris environment traditionally dominated by men. Whatever the challenges, Motsieloa exudes Griffith, CEO of Anglo American Platinum, told Despite an apartheid-era ban on women authority as leader of her mainly-male team of AFP. working underground only being lifted in 22 workers, and she dismisses any suggestion South Africa has one of the highest rape 1996, 15 percent of all employees in the min- she might consider a change in profession. rates in the world, according to official statis- ing sector are now female, exceeding the gov- “For me, mining was not my first choice, but I tics, though exact global comparisons are diffi- ernment’s own target of 10 percent. But ended up doing it,” she said. “Now I love it. For cult. About 46,250 rapes were reported in reports of sexual harassment are common, me, being underground is like being in an 2013/14, and the South African Medical and some retired miners say female miners office.” It is an unusual place to earn a living - Research Council has estimated only one in face pressure to offer sexual favours to their in a pit as deep as 350 m, surrounded by heavy nine cases are taken to the police. male colleagues. Motsieloa said she has never machinery and tunnels marked with danger suffered physical violence since first going signs. ‘Sexual Favours’ down the pits in 2002 doing manual labour in Lighting is minimal, with lamps mounted Research by Asanda Benya of the University a gold mine, though she vividly recalls the ver- on hard-hats illuminating the path ahead and of the Witwatersrand in 2009 found that RUNSTENBURG, South Africa: Miner Bernice Motsieloa briefs miners on their daily duties bal abuse she endured. “It was hard. We were ghost-like visions of men in white overalls. women were being exploited in mining, a key at the Anglo American Bathopele Mine in North Western Province of South Africa, some openly called names by our male colleagues Nozuko Ogyle, one of three women on South African industry that employs about a 170 km from Johannesburg, on June 11, 2015. — AFP who told us ‘this is not your place’,” she told Motsieloa’s team, said she felt that women million people. The study, entitled “Women in AFP. “At first it was not easy, I wanted to quit. needed to work twice as hard to be taken seri- Mining: A challenge to occupational culture in exchange for helping women with strenuous ting bored with manual labour, she We had to put up with men who were not ously. “The job is physically challenging, and as mines”, collected witness evidence that shift tasks. “‘I do your job, you give me something.’ approached her manager and started training used to working with women.” women we must show that we can do it,” the bosses engaged in sex with female mine work- It’s like that,” he said. “Many do it underground in 2006, first becoming a skilled miner and A few kilometres from the Bathopele mine, conveyor-belt attendant said. “I do hear about ers. “Men still see women as sexual objects, because, once we are out, people go (back) to then a supervisor. “I have learnt that there is a female worker was raped and killed under- stories of harassment but not here, where I and as a result transactional sex is on the rise,” their partners.” The veteran mineworker, with nothing that is out of reach. If men can do it, ground in another Anglo American Platinum work.” Anglo American Platinum, the mine it said. “Sexual favours are very common 22 years of experience in the gold sector, then women can do it even better,” she said, mine in 2012. A blood-stained stone was left owner, is South Africa’s largest private sector underground.” believes that women are not suited for mine adding a warning to employers. “Women don’t next to her body. Three months ago, another employer and has 3,081 women working in Retired miner Elias Mkhonza acknowl- work and should “never be allowed under- just need to seize the opportunities in order to female worker was raped in the changing underground operations. edged that sex was an issue in mines, with ground”. succeed, they also need support from the rooms at a different mine also owned by the It has introduced a “buddy buddy” system some men demanding sexual favours in But Motsieloa strongly disagrees. After get- bosses.” — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 TECHNOLOGY

Middle East and Africa smartphone market tops 155 million units

DUBAI: Middle East and Africa (MEA) for 17%; in Africa, these figures stand at (45.1%) in Q1 2015 were priced below ing year-on-year growth of 135% and smartphone shipments are set to total 89% and 7%, respectively. Android is $100, while almost 75% fall under $200. 56%, respectively. Nigeria accounted for 155 million units in 2015 after increasing particularly dominant in the low to mid- Low-priced smartphones are also having 14% of all smartphone shipments across 66% year on year during the first quarter priced bands, while iOS is mainly found a considerable impact in the Middle the continent duringQ1 2015, while to reach more than 36 million units, in the $450+ price category. East, with the $100-200 price band South Africa was responsible for 12%. according to the latest figures accounting for the market’s biggest Samsung, Tecno, and Apple were the announced today by global technology Blackberry suffers share. leading smartphone vendors in Africa consulting firm International Data BlackBerry once again suffered signif- “This price bracket seems to be the during the quarter, with Huawei being Corporation (IDC). The company’s ‘Q1 icant year-on-year declines across the sweet point for most vendors launching ousted from the top three. The three 2015 Mobile Phone Tracker’ shows that region in Q1 2015, with the vendor’s in the region, as well as for established leading vendors accounted for a com- smartphones accounted for 63% of the shipments falling 14% in Africa and 29% vendors looking to increase their shares bined 55% share of Africa’s smartphone handsets shipped in the Middle East in the Middle East. “The launch of a num- by targeting the lower end of the mar- shipments in Q1 2015. during the quarter and 47% in Africa. ber of new models by the vendor seems ket,” says Nabila Popal, research manager For the Middle East region, Saudi This comes at the expense of feature to have had little impact on lifting the for IDC’s Mobile Phone Tracker in the Arabia and Turkey were the biggest mar- phones, which suffered year-on-year BlackBerry brand out of its continuing Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. “This has kets, with the former accounting for declines of around 20% in both regions decline,” says Isaac T Ngatia, a senior resulted in phones priced under $200 share of around 20% and the latter for and will make up just 27% of the overall research analyst at IDC. “The loss of the accounting for about36% of the Middle 17.6%. Saudi Arabia saw year-on-year MEA handset market by the end of 2019. corporate segment, spurred by the con- East smartphone market, while at the shipment growth of 9.5%, while the The growth in smartphones in the tinued uptake of bring-your-own-device other end of the spectrum the $450+ Turkish market expanded 33% over the IDC Nabila Popal MEA region is being spurred by Google’s policies among the region’s enterprises, price band has seen its share fall same period. The region’s fastest growth appears to be consolidating within the Android and Apple’s iOS, with the two has had an adverse effect on from25% in Africa and 48% in the rate in Q1 2015was seen in Pakistan, 4-5.5 inches range. “For the Middle East, platforms accounting for over 95% of BlackBerry’s performance in the market.” Middle East a year ago, to 14% and 34% where shipments increased 123% year 78% of all smartphone shipments in Q1 the smartphones shipped in Q1 2015. The strong growth in the region’s today.” on year. Samsung, Apple, and Huawei 2015 fell into this bracket,” says Saad Shipments of devices featuring these smartphone market is largely being driv- made up the top three smartphone ven- Elkhadem, a research analyst at IDC. “The operating systems increased by a com- en by the emergence of low-priced Year on growth dors in the Middle East, together strongest growth was seen for smart- bined67% year on year. In the Middle devices that are primarily powered by Nigeria and South Africa contributed accounting for over 65% share of the phones with screens of 4.5” to 5.0”, with East, Android currently represents 80% Android. Indeed, almost half of all the significantly to the overall growth seen market. shipments of such devices increas- of market’s volume, while iOS accounts smartphones shipped across Africa in Africa, with the countries experienc- In terms of screen sizes, the market ing130% year on year.” Nintendo CEO Iwata dies of cancer at 55

TOKYO: Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese ter in adapting to the era of online and video game company Nintendo Co. mobile games. “I am at a loss for words,” through years of growth with its Pokemon said Ken Kutaragi, the former head of Sony and Super Mario franchises, died on Computer Entertainment. “I pay my Saturday after a lengthy illness, drawing a respects to the extraordinary leadership of flood of emotional tributes from game fans President Iwata, who truly loved games and and industry rivals. He was 55. The compa- powerfully showed the way for our indus- ny’s statement yesterday said Iwata died of try.” a bile duct tumor. There was a torrent of Iwata succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sorrow online for Iwata as a person dedicat- ruled over the Kyoto-based company for ed to entertaining others. half a century, transforming it from a tradi- On Twitter, fans thanked him for child- tional playing-card company to a techno- hood memories and for bringing families logical powerhouse. Yamauchi died in together. On some Internet sites, an image 2013 at 85. Iwata was picked, with of the flag in the Super Mario game was fly- Yamauchi’s blessing, and Yamauchi Audi moon mission: Supporting the ing at half-staff. Nintendo America remained adviser for many years. Iwata had announced it was suspending social media been employed at an innovative software activity for the day “in remembrance” of company before he was recruited as team at Google’s Lunar XPRIZE Iwata. “He didn’t just create technology. He Nintendo chief. He was tapped as president created a whole culture,” said Nobuyuki at a surprisingly young age, in his early 40s, Hayashi, a consultant and technology for a Japanese company. ‘We want to inspire’ expert. “It wasn’t just a consumer product that he had delivered. He brought to peo- Virtual tributes CANNES/INGOLSTADT: Audi is taking off for the competition by a jury of aerospace experts with ple something that’s eternal, what people Iwata was a respected and popular fig- moon - together with the Part-Time Scientists. two Milestone Prizes. As a cooperating partner, remember from when they were kids. He ure in the game industry, partly because he Nearly 45 years after NASA’s Apollo 17 completed Audi is primarily supporting the team with its was special.” was relatively more approachable than the last manned mission to the moon, the coop- expertise in lightweight construction and e- Iwata, president from 2002, died executives at other Japanese companies, erating partners have selected the old landing mobility, with quattro permanent all-wheel drive Saturday at Kyoto University Hospital. He who tend to be aloof and rigid in site of Apollo 17 as the new target. The group of and with piloted driving. Audi is also providing had not been seen recently at game events, demeanor. As news of Iwata’s death spread German engineers in the Part-Time Scientists wide-ranging assistance in testing, trials and qual- such as E3 in Los Angeles, where he was online, condolences and virtual tributes team is working within the Google Lunar XPRIZE ity assurance. In addition, the Audi Concept usually a participant. Iwata led Nintendo’s emerged on social media and on Miiverse, competition to transport an unmanned rover Design Studio in Munich is revising the rover, development into a global company, with Nintendo’s online community where users onto the moon. Audi is supporting the Part-Time which will be named the “Audi lunar quattro,” to its hit Wii home console and DS handheld, can post notes and drawings created with a Scientists with its know-how in several fields of ensure ideal lightweight construction conditions. and also through its recent troubles caused Nintendo 3DS or Wii U stylus. Fans were cir- technology - from quattro all-wheel drive and The lunar vehicle with the Audi lunar quattro by the popularity of smartphones. His culating avatars called Mii in the likeness of lightweight construction to electric mobility and should launch into space in 2017 on board a replacement was not immediately Iwata, which already existed but were sud- piloted driving. launching rocket and will travel more than announced, but the company said star denly taking on special meaning. “The concept of a privately financed mission to 380,000 kilometers to the moon. The trip will take game designer Shigeru Miyamaoto will “Halo” and “Destiny” developer Bungie the moon is fascinating,” says Luca de Meo, Audi about five days. The target landing area is north remain in the leadership team along with posted a quote from Iwata’s 2005 talk at the Board Member for Sales and Marketing. “And of the moon’s equator, near the 1972 landing site Genyo Takeda, who is also in the game Game Developers Conference on Twitter: innovative ideas need supporters that promote of the Apollo 17, NASA’s last manned mission to development field. “On my business card, I am a corporate them. We want to send a signal with our involve- the moon. Temperatures fluctuate here by up to president. In my mind, I am a game devel- ment with the Part-Time Scientists and also moti- 300 degrees Celsius. Gaming pioneer oper. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” On vate other partners to contribute their know- Iwata had been poised to lead Nintendo Twitter, personal homages were using the how.” Luca de Meo is presenting the partnership ‘Strong partner’ through another stage after it recently did hashtags “ThankYouIwata” and today at the international innovation forum The Part-Time Scientists developed their lunar an about-face and said it will start making “RIPSatoruIwata.” Cannes Innovation Days. Prof Dr Ulrich vehicle, which is largely made of aluminum, dur- games for smartphones, meaning that Iwata remained a presence in Nintendo Hackenberg, Audi Board Member for Technical ing various rounds of testing undertaken in loca- Super Mario the plumber would soon start promotional materials up until his death. Development: “We are pleased to support the tions such as the Austrian Alps and Tenerife. An arriving on cellphones and tablets. The While he had been absent from the project with our know-how in lightweight tech- adjustable solar panel captures sunlight and falloff in appetite for game machines in the Electronic Entertainment Expo for the past nology, electronics and robotics.” directs it to a lithium-ion battery. It feeds four past few years was partly because people two years due to his health, Iwata appeared electric wheel hub motors. A head at the front of 35 current engineers on the team come from are increasingly playing games or doing in both human and puppet form in a Space exploration the vehicle carries two stereoscopic cameras as Germany and Austria. Experts from three conti- social media and other activities on smart- humorous video presentation streamed The US$30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE is a well as a scientific camera that examines materi- nents support the team, including former leading phones. Nintendo has repeatedly had to June 16 during the gaming expo. Mark competition to challenge and inspire engineers als. The theoretical maximum speed is 3.6 km/h- NASA employee Jack Crenshaw from Florida. lower prices on gadgets to woo buyers. The MacDonald, executive director at Tokyo- and entrepreneurs from around the world to but more important on the rugged surface of the Supporters of the group, in addition to Audi, company returned to profit in the fiscal based 8-4, which consults about games, develop low-cost methods of robotic space moon are the vehicle’s off-road capabilities and include numerous research institutions and high- year ended March 2015 after several years said Iwata was not afraid to be different exploration. To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a ability for safe orientation. tech companies including NVIDIA, Technical of losses. and go against mainstream trends in privately funded team must successfully place a “With Audi we have acquired a strong partner University of Berlin, the Austrian Space Forum Until the recent shift in strategy, compa- games. But he was also at one with game robot on the moon’s surface that explores at least that will bring us a big step forward with its tech- (OeWF) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). ny officials including Iwata had repeatedly players, interacting with them, often using 500 meters and transmits high-definition video nological and mobility capabilities,” said Robert The Google Lunar XPRIZE, which started off with rejected the idea of developing games for the Internet, in “this playful back and forth, and images back to Earth. AUDI AG is incorporat- Bˆhme, founder and head of the Part-Time more than 25 teams, is currently in its final round. mobile devices, a market that they brushed like a David Letterman in your living room,” ing its technological know-how into optimization Scientists. “We look forward to future interaction Participants in the competition, in addition to off for years as irrelevant. In March, MacDonald said in a telephone interview. of the rover of the Part-Time Scientists, the only and a fruitful partnership.” Part-Time Scientists, include 15 teams from Nintendo announced an alliance with Miyamoto, the Nintendo game designer, German team competing for the Google Lunar The Part-Time Scientists team was initiated in around the world including Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japanese mobile game company DeNA Co said he was shocked and saddened. “We XPRIZE. The research group’s lunar vehicle has late 2008 by Robert Bˆhme, who works as an IT Hungary, Japan, Italy, Malaysia and the United to develop games for mobile devices. will upkeep the development approach already been recognized during the course of the consultant in Berlin. The majority of the roughly States. Nintendo pioneered game machines since that we built with Iwata, and we in the the 1980s, developing one of the first development team hope to keep working machines and the hit Game Boy hand-held as one to build toward the future,” he said machine. Its main rivals in the business are in a statement. A funeral service will be Sony Corp. with the PlayStation machines held on July 17. Iwata is survived by his Better than friends? This robot and Microsoft Corp. with the Xbox One wife Kayoko. The company declined to dis- machine. Both companies have done bet- close other details of his family. — AP gives you undivided attention

TOKYO: I’m Japanese and so I’m a sucker for cute with its big eyes, like a puppy. Except this pet can it reacts to what it interprets as anger or sorrow in things, like manga, quirky figurines and mascot talk. As long as you don’t walk too far from it, humans around it by deciphering voice tones, characters. And Pepper, the new companion robot removing yourself from its attention, Pepper will facial expressions and language. from Tokyo-based technology company Softbank prattle on and on, switching from one small talk It also has programming that sets off the equiv- Corp, delivers cuteness like you’ve never seen. topic to another, gesticulating at times with its five- alent of its own human emotions, such as getting What’s striking is the absolutely ardent attention it fingered soft hands for effect. nervous if a room suddenly goes dark, or elation gives you - frankly a lot better than some real-life “Do you want to play a quiz game? What animal when you pet its head and shower it with praise, people. goes like this: bow wow,” it might say. It will tell you such as: “You are the best-looking robot I have ever “You look a bit thin,” it coos in a soft childlike “cat” is the wrong answer. And then it will ask, seen. I love you. You’re the best.” “I am going to cry voice, free of any rigid mechanical accent. “You “What did you have for dinner?” If you say, for joy,” it says, throwing its arms up in the air. should watch what you eat.” The 121-centimeter “Tempura,” it has enough voice recognition to deci- On the flat-panel display attached to its chest, it tall white machine-on-wheels was disarmingly pher that and will reply: “Oh, Japanese.” I tried offers boxes to tap for various tasks, such as read- charming and definitely intriguing when I spent answering, “Steak,” another time. It said, “Oh, ing storybooks, giving a tarot-card reading, playing half a day with it, ahead of its delivery to its first Western.” Yes, the conversations do sometimes the radio, working as a drum machine and relaying customers later this month. It’s another matter repeat themselves, but so does human dialogue. the weather forecast. It has some cool dance entirely whether it’s worth the price tag of 198,000 The robot is equipped with enough of a repertoire moves as well. One is shaking its body in a rubbery yen ($1,600), plus the maintenance and insurance to avoid easy boredom. That repertoire is constant- way. Another is doing elegant hand gestures as it costs that ownership entails, adding up to some 1.2 ly being updated through a WiFi connection. Each plays Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.” million yen ($10,000) for an estimated three-year Pepper is hand-made by Foxconn in China, limiting lifespan. supplies to 1,000 a month. The first batch for July Applications for kids sold out in a minute. Owners may be tempted to give the thing a wig Talking pet It’s attracting regular technology fans but also a or dress it up. That’s not recommended as it can Only available in Japan so far, overseas sales are kindergarten, a cafe and people who’re buying it overheat. It keeps going for 10 to 12 hours on a sin- undecided. The programming it has now caters to for their elderly parents. The kind of patient inter- gle charge. It charges from a regular household Japanese tastes. A US version will obviously have to action Pepper excels at is recommended for people outlet. Softbank offers a basic software application LOS ANGELES: In this July 15, 2008 file photo, Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of be quite different. Pepper has cameras, lasers and with dementia. So Pepper might come to the res- kit so even a child can create applications for Nintendo Co Ltd, speaks at a news conference where Nintendo unveiled an enhance- infrared in its hairless head so it can detect human cue of stressed out families. Equipped with artificial Pepper. Softbank has an in-house standard for vio- ment for its Wii Remote controller and new games at the E3 Media and Business faces. Whatever direction you move, its cocked intelligence by Aldebaran of France, Pepper has lence, pornography and other abuse for its own Summit. — AP head will also move, intently looking into your face what Softbank calls an emotional engine, meaning applications.—AP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 HEALTH Sandwich generation worried about own long-term health WASHINGTON: Caught between kids and aging to oversee a list of illnesses. even though Medicare doesn’t pay for the most said. There are “a lot of seniors in the United States parents, the sandwich generation worries more than “You’re dealing with someone who is aging, common types of long-term care, and a nursing that don’t have that money.” The squeeze isn’t ending most Americans their age about how they’ll afford toward the end of their life; then you have to deal home can cost more than $90,000 a year. as children grow up. Among currently sandwiched their own care as they grow older, a new poll shows. with a teenager. I hear from my mom and daughter parents, 29 percent have adult children living at But most aren’t doing much to get ready. that I’m a nag. There’s no winning in it,” she said. Future care home, the poll found; others are providing adult chil- Nearly 1 in 10 people age 40 and over are “sand- Adding to the challenge, 40- and 50-somethings Drill down to the 9 percent of this age group who dren with financial assistance, meaning some are wiched” - they’re supporting a child while providing tend to be at the height of their careers - and need make up the sandwich generation, and their experi- sandwiched even after their children leave the nest. regular care for an older loved one, according to the to hang onto their jobs despite difficulties of care ence leaves them far more concerned about their Another challenge: Finding services to help seniors poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public giving, said Susan Reinhard, who directs AARP’s own senior years. About half worry about being able live out their days at home. AARP recently opened an Affairs Research. Another 8 percent may join the ranks Public Policy Institute. Employer flexibility is a top to pay for their future care needs or having to move online “livability index” to rank communities on such of double-caregivers in the next five years, citing issue as the population ages, she said. into a nursing home, compared with just over a third factors as accessible housing and transit options. declining health of an older relative or close friend. “It’s not just their own financial security, it’s the of other adults, the poll found. Also, 44 percent of “People don’t generally make these calls until they’re in financial security for their children and for the sandwichers fear leaving debts to family, compared crisis,” said association CEO Sandy Markwood. “If mom Tug-of-war future,” Reinhard said. After age 65, government fig- with 28 percent of others polled. and dad need this as they get older, you should pre- Dueling responsibilities can make some days feel ures show nearly 7 in 10 Americans at some point But the poll found the sandwich generation no pare for that, too.” Carroll Burnett of Whitesboro, Texas, like a tug-of-war. “If my mom needs something bad- will need long-term care - from a relative, home aide, more likely than other middle-aged adults to be cared for his 88-year-old father, who’d suffered a stroke, ly, I get pulled away from my kids a lot,” said Kamila assisted living or nursing home. Yet the AP-NORC planning and saving, possibly because of time or for a year before he died in March. “I felt good that I Al-Najjar of Santa Rosa, California, a lawyer with two Center poll found overall, most Americans 40 and resources. Al-Najjar is glad her mother “saved all her could take care of him,” said Burnett, a retired tool and children and self-described health advocate for her older - 54 percent - have done little or no planning life ... so she didn’t have to stress out about stuff like die maker who had help from his wife and one of his mother. She visits her mother’s assisted living facility to get ready for this often pricey reality. Only a third that.” Caring for her has changed how she spends three grown children. But he’s saving up: “I don’t want at least twice a week and checks in daily by phone, reports setting aside money for those needs. That’s and plans for the future. “It’s like a wake-up call,” she any of my kids to go through what I did.” — AP New birth control rules for religious employees

WASHINGTON: Hoping to put to rest one of purposes of meeting the new rule, a family the most difficult disputes over its health care counts as a single individual. The adminis- law, the Obama administration Friday tration’s latest effort also attempts to unveiled its latest plan to address employers’ address the objections of some religious religious objections to providing free birth nonprofits to an earlier accommodation. control for their female workers. The health That previous plan called for the nonprofit care law requires most employers to cover to notify its insurance administrator of its birth control as preventive care, at no cost to objections to covering birth control. Some women. While houses of worship are exempt, nonprofits said that would essentially the requirement proved controversial with involve them in arranging the coverage, religious nonprofits and private businesses albeit indirectly. whose owners have deeply held beliefs. Under the latest proposal, the religious Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that nonprofit can notify the federal Health and some private companies can avoid the Human Services Department. It’s unclear if requirement on religious grounds. The rules the new accommodations will resolve the issued Friday attempt to provide a template long-running dispute. However, most for those companies to opt out. However, employers appear to have complied and their female employees could still get free moved on. In 2013 - the first year that the birth control directly from the employer’s contraception requirement was fully effec- insurance company. Neither the women nor tive - the share of privately insured women the employer would be charged. The who got birth control pills without a copay- administration says any cost is basically a ment jumped to 56 percent, from 14 per- wash for insurers. cent the year before. That’s according to To qualify for the opt-out, companies research from IMS Health, a company that cannot be publicly traded on stock markets. uses pharmacy records to track prescription Also, more than half the ownership must be drug sales. That share was expected to in the hands of five or fewer individuals. For grow. — AP

NEW YORK: Jessica Lopez participates in the inaugural Disability Pride Parade. — AP New York disability pride parade draws thousands

Participants celebrated using wheelchairs, canes and guide dogs

NEW YORK: New York City hosted its first the Americans With Disabilities Act. “I may be said Allan Fromberg, a spokesman for the city’s parade Sunday supporting people with disabili- retired from the Senate, but I’m not retired from Taxi and Limousine Commission, compared to ties, with more than 3,000 participants heading the fight,” Harkin said. “We know that when com- London, where every taxi can handle wheel- up Broadway using wheelchairs, canes and panies hire people with disabilities they get the chairs. guide dogs. “We’re here full force,” said rapper best workers, the most loyal workers, the most In New York City, de Blasio declared July as Namel Norris, 33, now in a wheelchair after productive workers.” “Disability Pride Month” in honor of the 25th being shot in the Bronx and paralyzed as a anniversary of the landmark federal act that teenager. “I thought my life was over, but music ‘Issue of accessible’ aims to guarantee equal opportunities and is my calling, I have a purpose in life.” De Blasio said his administration is “very, very rights for people with disabilities. The city has MEDAN: This undated handout picture from Wildlife Conservation Society Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off the inaugural committed already on the issue of accessible planned a series of events relating to New released yesterday shows convicted Indonesian wildlife trader Vast Haris NYC Disability Pride Parade, saying he’s proud his taxis, but all Tom Harkin had to do was say Yorkers with disabilities. That includes an exhibit Nasution (left) in handcuffs next to a baby Sumatran orangutan sitting in a city is a national leader in supporting rights for London was doing better to get my competitive at the Brooklyn Historical Society titled “Gaining backpack which was used to transport the primate. — AFP disabled people. The grand marshal was former fire going,” the mayor said, laughing. About 4 Access: The New York City Disability Rights Indonesia jails orangutan US Sen Tom Harkin, who 25 years ago sponsored percent of New York’s yellow cabs are accessible, Movement.” — AP trader caught with baby ape Climate activists protest JAKARTA: An Indonesian orangutan “Cita Ria”, which means “happy feeling” in trader has been jailed for two years after Indonesian-is being cared for by the he was caught trying to sell a baby ape Sumatran Orangutan Conservation from a backpack, a rare conviction for Program (SOCP) and will eventually be on Heathrow’s runway wildlife crime in the country, authorities returned to the wild. said yesterday. A court in Medan, on Under Indonesian law, illegally trad- western Sumatra island, also ordered ing in orangutans can be punishable by LONDON: A group of climate change Vast Haris Nasution to pay a 10 million up to five years in jail and a 100 million activists cut through a perimeter fence at rupiah ($750) fine after he was found rupiah fine. Ian Singleton, director of the London Heathrow airport yesterday to guilty last week under laws that ban the SOCP, praised the sentence, saying there stage a protest on one of its two runways, trade in orangutans. had been more than 3,000 confiscations causing cancellations and delays to flights, Authorities detained him in February of illegal pet orangutans in Sumatra and officials said. in North Sumatra province with the criti- Borneo since the early 1970s but only a cally endangered Sumatran orangutan handful of prosecutions, and all of them Thirteen activists from the group Plane in his bag, according to the local in the past few years. Stupid took part, attaching themselves to resource conservation office, which is But activists said it was only a small each other and to fencing with bicycle locks responsible for monitoring wildlife crime step. With wildlife crime and trafficking and what look like plaster casts on their in the area. “I hope the sentence can be still rampant, Singleton warned there arms, photos on their Twitter account a deterrent and that other courts across would be very few orangutans left in the showed. Indonesia follow suit to punish traders as wild in 15 years. “Effective law enforce- “Nine have been arrested and the harshly as possible,” John Kenedie, con- ment and the threat of serious conse- remaining four protesters have been servation office head, told AFP. There are quences for those involved is an essen- removed to a safe area,” a police spokesman estimated to be only 6,000 to 7,000 tial component of the conservation arse- said, indicating that officers were still trying Sumatran orangutans remaining in the nal if there is to be any hope of prevent- to unlock them. The police said they were wild, with hundreds dying every year ing the extinction of orangutans, and alerted to the presence of protesters on the due to poaching and deforestation. The many other heavily traded and persecut- runway at 3:45 am (0245 GMT). The airport rescued baby ape-who has been named ed species here,” he said. — AFP said in a statement that both runways were open, although it advised passengers to check their flight status before travelling to the airport. A video uploaded on the Internet LONDON: Passengers wait to check-in at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, after travelers were warned to expect some disruption after climate change activists staged a protest on the north showed several activists attached to a runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. — AP police officer who was telling them: “You are causing severe disruption and it will be in the millions of pounds because it will take us a while to remove you.” British Britain validates Airways said it had cancelled seven domes- tic and short-haul flights. A government-appointed commission bird flu outbreak earlier this month recommended building a third runway at Heathrow to increase capac- LONDON: British authorities yesterday con- health from this strain is very low. The Food ity but the issue divides Conservative Prime firmed an outbreak at a farm of a strain of avian Standards Agency has said there is no food safe- Minister David Cameron’s government and flu that is both highly contagious and potential- ty risk for consumers,” he said in a statement. has been criticized by many local residents. ly deadly for birds, but said the risk to people Birds at the farm near the city of Preston are “Building more runways goes against was very low. “A case of H7N7 avian flu has now being culled and a 10-kilometre restriction everything we’re being told by scientists been confirmed in Lancashire” in northwest zone has been imposed, in which the move- and experts on climate change,” said Ella England, the Department for Environment, ment of any birds or other animals is prohibit- Gilbert, one of the protesters. London’s five Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said. ed. Defra stressed that Britain had a “strong BEIJING: A woman carrying an umbrella to shield from the sun as she walks past a The strain involved is highly pathogenic and track record” of dealing with bird flu, including airports form the busiest air hub in the mural of a city skyscrapers yesterday. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has can infect people, but the government’s chief in an outbreak of the low-severity strain of issued a yellow alert for high temperatures as China is entering the height of sum- world with around 135 million passengers a veterinary officer, Nigel Gibbens, said there was H7N7 in southern England in February, and an mer. A heat wave will hit central, eastern and northern China with temperatures in year. Heathrow handled 73.4 million pas- little risk of that happening. “Public Health outbreak of a highly pathogenic case of H5N8 some regions rising to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Chinese sengers in 2014, making it Europe’s biggest England has confirmed that the risk to public in northern England in November. — AFP state media reported. — AP airport by passenger traffic. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 HEALTH

WHO safety champion to It’s showtime Pluto! Prepare speak in webinar series to be amazed by NASA flyby Biggest planetary unveiling in a quarter-century

CAPE CANAVERAL: Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. Today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory. It promises to be the biggest planetary unveiling in a quarter-century. The curtain hasn’t been pulled back like this since NASA’s Voyager 2 shed light on Neptune in 1989. Now it’s little Pluto’s turn to shine way out on the frigid fringes of our solar system. New Horizons has traveled 3 billion miles over 91/2 years to get to this historic point. The fastest spacecraft ever launched, it Sir Liam Donaldson carries the most powerful suite of science instruments ever sent on a scouting and reconnaissance mission of DOAH: The World Innovation Medical Corporation and Sidra a new, unfamiliar world. Guarantees principal scientist Summit for Health (WISH), a Medical and Research Center Alan Stern, “We’re going to knock your socks off.” global initiative of Qatar from Qatar. The size of a baby grand piano, the spacecraft will Foundation for Education, come closest to Pluto today morning - at 7:49 a.m. EDT. Science and Community Compassionate care That’s when New Horizons is predicted to pass within Development (QF), in partner- Hanan Al Kuwari, PhD, 7,767 miles of Pluto. Fourteen minutes later, the space- ship with Imperial College Managing Director of Hamad craft will zoom within 17,931 miles of Charon, Pluto’s London, has announced its Medical Corporation, said: “At jumbo moon. For the plutophiles among us, it will be fourth event in the Leading Hamad Medical Corporation, cause to celebrate, especially for those gathered at the Health Systems Network’s our patients are at the heart of operations center at Johns Hopkins University’s (LHSN) Safer Care Webinar everything we do - we aim to Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. The Series: The Road to Safer Care: deliver the safest, most effec- lab designed and built the spacecraft for NASA, and This July 11, 2015, image provided by NASA shows Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft. On Tuesday, The Challenge for Health tive and most compassionate has been managing its roundabout route through the July 14, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will come closest to Pluto. New Horizons has traveled 3 billion Systems. care to every one of them. In solar system. miles over 91/2 years to get to the historic point. — AP Taking place on 15 July, the order to do that we know we webinar will focus on the key must continue to evolve and handle on their surfaces and chemical composition. reaches Pluto is so dim that at high noon it looks like ‘Unprecedented in our time’ challenges facing health sys- innovate. Global initiatives like They also plan to measure the temperature and pres- twilight here on Earth. The massive surrounding Kuiper “What NASA’s doing with New Horizons is unprece- tems trying to provide safe, WISH and the LHSN Safer Care sure in Pluto’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere and determine Belt, in fact, is called the Twilight Zone. The New dented in our time and probably something close to high quality patient care. The Accelerator enable us to share how much gas is escaping into space. Temperatures Horizons team has its eyes on a few much smaller the last train to Clarksville, the last picture show, for a featured speaker is Professor innovations in patient safety can plunge to nearly minus-400 degrees. objects in the Kuiper Belt, and is hoping for a mission very, very long time,” says Stern, a planetary scientist Sir Liam Donaldson, the World and best practice in health- Bill McKinnon, a New Horizons team member from extension as the spacecraft continues toward the solar with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Health Organization’s (WHO) care. This is of great value Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, expects to system exit on the heels of NASA’s Voyagers 1 and 2 Colorado. It is the last stop in NASA’s quest to explore Envoy for Patient Safety and because it brings together the see craters and possible volcanic remnants. A liquid and Pioneers 10 and 11. every planet in our solar system, starting with Venus in Chairman of the Independent best minds from around the ocean and a rocky core may lie beneath the icy shell. For now, signals take 41/2 hours to travel one-way 1962. And in a cosmic coincidence, the Pluto visit falls Monitoring for the Polio world with a common goal - “Anybody who thinks that when we go to Pluto, we’re between New Horizons and flight controllers in on the 50th anniversary of the first-ever flyby of Mars, Eradication Program. In the UK, creating better healthcare, going to find cold, dead ice balls is in for a rude shock,” Maryland. New Horizons’ science instruments will be by Mariner 4. he is Chair of Health Policy at globally.” McKinnon says. “I’m really hoping to see a very active cranked up to collect maximum data today, leaving no Yes, we all know Pluto is no longer an official planet, Imperial College London and Professor the Lord Darzi of and dynamic world.” time to send back data. In fact, scientists won’t be merely a dwarf, but it still enjoyed full planet status Chancellor of Newcastle Denham, Executive Chair of absolutely certain of success until tonight, 13 hours fol- when New Horizons rocketed from Cape Canaveral, University. Previously, Sir Liam WISH, said: “Patient safety Tantalized astronomers lowing New Horizons’ closest approach, when it Florida, on Jan. 19, 2006. Pluto’s demotion came just was the Chief Medical Officer remains a priority for most Pluto has tantalized astronomers since its 1930 dis- “phones home.” seven months later, a sore subject still for many. “We’re for England, the United healthcare systems around the covery by Clyde Tombaugh using the Lowell It will be Wednesday before the closest of Pluto’s kind of running the anchor leg with Pluto to finish the Kingdom’s Chief Medical world, and the burden of Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Some of Tombaugh’s close-ups are available for release. And it will be well relay,” Stern says. The sneak peeks of Pluto in recent Adviser from 1998-2010. He avoidable harm remains worry- ashes are aboard New Horizons. His two children, now into next year - October 2016 - before all the anticipat- weeks are getting “juicier and juicier,” says Johns has produced landmark ingly high. Through our LHSN in their 70s, plan to be at Johns Hopkins for the ed data are transmitted to Earth. “We’re all going to Hopkins project scientist Hal Weaver. “The science reports which have set health Safer Care Accelerator, encounter. With its tilted, elongated 248-year orbit, have to be patient,” urges deputy project scientist team is just drooling over these pictures.” The Hubble policy and legislation across wehopeto disseminate best Pluto has made it only a third of the way around the Cathy Olkin. For everyone involved, this is a mission of Space Telescope previously captured the best pictures multiple healthcare fields. practice tosupporthealthcare sun since its discovery. The amount of sunlight that delayed gratification. —AP of Pluto. If the pixelated blobs of pictures had been of Sir Liam said: “Over the last leaders and policymakers in Earth, though, not even the continents would have decade, patient safety has improving their healthcare sys- been visible. The New Horizons team is turning “a point become a priority for all health tem’s safety record and patient of light into a planet,” Stern says. systems around the world. Yet, experience.” An image released last week shows a copper-col- healthcare still struggles to The Safer Care Accelerator ored Pluto bearing, a large, bright spot in the shape of match the year-on-year Programme is part of WISH and a heart. Scientists expect image resolution to improve improvements achieved in Imperial College London’s dramatically. The 7,767-mile span at closest approach is other high-risk industries. In LHSN initiative. Established in about the distance between Seattle and Sydney. New healthcare, declaring a goal of 2009, LHSN has worked with Horizons, weighing less than 1,000 pounds including zero serious avoidable harm 21 health systems in 11 coun- fuel, has seven instruments that will be going full force brings out the cynics. In other tries helping them to over- during the encounter. It’s expected to collect 5,000 industries, it motivates and come the challenges they face times as much data, for instance, as Mariner 4. inspires. A growing patient in providing high-value care to safety movement is striving to the populations they serve. ‘Rewrite the book’ break the status quo.” Members of LHSN compare “We’re going to rewrite the book,” Weaver says. “This WISH launched the LHSN performance relative to their is it - this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it.” Safer Care Accelerator peers, learn from experts and The team gets one crack at this. “We’re trying to hit a Programme to share best prac- frontline implementers during very small box, relatively speaking,” says Mark tice and inspire health systems webinars, and are active mem- Holdridge, the encounter mission manager. “It’s 60 by worldwide to provide safer bers in a community commit- 90 miles, and we’re going 30,000 mph, and we’re trying care for patients. The year-long ted to care improvement and to hit that box within a plus or minus 100 seconds.” programme will bring together innovation. WISH is spearhead- The only planet in our solar system discovered by an a global network of healthcare ed by Qatar Foundation to American, Pluto actually is a mini solar system unto organizations to exchange inspire and diffuse healthcare itself. Pluto - just two-thirds the size of our own moon - insights, experiences, and data innovation and best practice. It has big moon Charon that’s just over half its size, as on the topic of patient safety, remains closely aligned to the well as baby moons Styx, Nix, Hydra and Kerberos. The culminating in the publication vision and mission of QF to names are associated with the underworld in which the of a global report. So far, unlock human potential and mythological god, Pluto, reigned. New Horizons will SUSONO, Japan: An Asian elephant swims a 65-meters long pool at Fuji Safari Park at the foot of Mt Fuji, 18organisations spanning six reinforces Qatar’s pioneering observe each known moon and keep a lookout for southwest of Tokyo. The park was inspired by the images of elephants swimming in the ocean and wanted continents have joined the role as an emerging centre for more. Scientists involved in the $700 million effort to build a facility exactly demonstrating what was little known in Japan that elephants can actually swim. effort, including Hamad healthcare innovation. want to get a good look at Pluto and Charon, and get a The attraction opened on July 11. — AP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Movenpick Hotel & Resort gears up for Eid Al-Fitr celebrations

s the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, a colorful celebration Aawaits guests at Movenpick Hotel & Resort Al Bida’a Kuwait. Guests can enjoy a city break at Movenpick Hotel & Resort Al Bida’a Kuwait during Eid and take advantage of discounted room rates, complimentary breakfast and a wide range of kids’ activities, including kids’ dance, water fun, cooking classes, cartoon characters and a whole lot more. Guests can also tantalize their taste buds with sumptuous buffets ranging from freshly caught seafood, delicious cuts prepared at the live cooking stations and a rich assort- ment of international buffets with gourmet choices, followed by a mouth-watering selection of Arabic sweets and the tempting crepe corner. Meanwhile, children can enjoy the spirit and joy of Eid with a variety of exciting activ- ities such as face painting, magic shows, DJ music, kids’ dance and many more. “Offering special packages and discounts to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr is our token of appreciation for the continuous support of our valued guests,” said Maged Gubr, the hotel’s general manag- er. “We traditionally partake in this joyful sea- son because life is better when you share your happiness with others.”

Kout Food Group hosts Iftar for employees

n view of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Kout Food who has out-performed in the month of May to attend this raffle draw where 54 team members walked away with valu- deeper understanding of diversity and mutual respect Group (Kout) held a special Ramdan Iftar get together on Iftar. Department heads in parallel had the chance to nomi- able prizes. amongst all. We foster a reward & recognition culture, appre- ISunday and Monday in Burj Al Hamam Restaurant in the nate a team member to accompany them along. Brand This Ramadan Iftar managed to gather team members ciating our teams’ success and individuals that lead by exam- attendance of over 400 Kout colleagues from the various leaders, area coaches, field trainers and multi-unit managers from the various brands and positions in an atmosphere full ple. We invest in our people recognizing their current capaci- brands and departments within Kuwait. were also in attendance where the bigger Family of Kout of love and care. One of Kout Culture attributes: “We are first ties and future potential. Our community is heart- based and Every restaurant manager of the 156 restaurants spread gathered in this Holy Month of Ramadan to break their fast and foremost an operations led company, dedicated to serv- is constantly evolving to better serve and support our peo- throughout Kuwait was accompanied by a team member together with the team. The two day Iftar was followed by a ing our internal customers. A cohesive community with a ple”. Those are few of attributes of the Group’s culture.

Quran Prosikhon holds Iftar, Prayer Mahfil angladesh Quran Prosikhon Kendry Safat Branch Kuwait City, in observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan organized an Iftar and Prayer Mahfil on July 4 at Bangla Khothba Majjid in Kuwait City. Hafej Mawlana Khursid Alam presided over the program. Distinguished guests Mawlana Abu Thaher, Mawlana Badrul Islam, Mawlana Mamun Ur Rashid, Dr Abdul Jabbar and Mawlana Mustaqur Rahman gave Bbrief speeches from the Holy Quran. The function was highly auspicious with the presence of distinguished guests from the various sectors of the society including social, cultural, religious, media Bangla vision, RTV, ETV. The program started with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Hafez Mawlana Khursid. The program was presented by Mohammed Safiullah and ended by hosting the Iftar for the guests. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

La Maison du Chocolat commemorates one-year anniversary

a Maison du Chocolat has embarked on late craftsmanship and luxury, revered glob- Maison du Chocolat. boundaries of chocolate-making that deliver ate memorable and edible work of art with its journey through the Middle East with ally for its artisanal gourmet chocolates, With its ever-evolving, yet consistently the essence of sophistication, and our feat to our imaginative efforts and passion embed- Lits first opening at the Avenues Mall, sourced from the finest cocoa beans and sensuous and sublime, innovative chocolate promote and purvey craftsmanship couture ded in every batch we create.” Kuwait on 16th June 2014. As part of their handcrafted with unique savoir-faire and lim- creations, the Maison continues to offer a chocolate continues to unfold in the years to Founder and visionary Robert Linxe was first year anniversary in Kuwait, the exclusive itless innovation. treasure trove of sweet indulgences that mas- come.” nicknamed the “sorcerer of ganache” because French chocolatier debuted the launch of “It has been a year since we began our ter the art of chocolate with its savory addi- Named as the best craftsman chocolatier of his love affair with chocolate that he had their new exquisite chocolate delicacies. The quest to open the first Maison boutique in tions of coffretcraquants, Gourmandises, of France in 2007, Nicholas Cloiseau, Master dedicated his life to. La Maison du Chocolat celebration was held in the presence of His Kuwait driven by our passion for creating rich Batism, and new pastries crafted by a Kuwaiti Chef of La Maison du Chocolat, expresses, has taken the science of balance and associa- Excellency Christian Nakhle, French ambassa- high-end chocolate. We continue our pursuit chef and his team. “We are devoted to delivering chocolate of tions to an art form, where at the heart of it dor to Kuwait. to move forward by opening up a whole Commenting on the anniversary, Wissam supreme quality to fulfill customers’ love of rests the velvety chocolate ganache and the As a chocolate connoisseur, the Maison array of chocolate pleasures encompassing Al Mana, Executive Director of Ikram Group chocolate. We envision new dimensions of quest to create a symphony of luscious and had long mastered its artful chocolate-mak- excellence, quality, and innovation, said adds, “The passionate and innovate chocolate chocolate flavors by redefining what is possi- legendary chocolate treats with Maison’s ing through a history of perfection in choco- Geoffroy D’Anglejan, Managing Director of La experts of Maison continue to push the ble in the world of chocolate. We want to cre- unique flair.

Resuming its ‘Together To Aid South Yemen’ which launched last May, Yemen’s LOYAC branch recently distributed food supplies to a hundred displaced families in Southern Yemen.

—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Scientific Center to release 3D ‘Ocean Secrets’ on Eid he Scientific Center, of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, will receive Eid visitors with the unveiling of a new 3D movie shown on its IMAX giant screen”, said the center’s chairman of “Tboard and managing director, Mejbel Suleiman Al-Mutawa noting that visitors would watch the ‘Ocean Secrets’ 3D movie that was released five months earlier. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

19:20 Dual Survival 06:30 Andy Bates American Street 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 20:10 Storage Wars Canada Feasts Jimmy Fallon 20:35 Auction Hunters 07:00 Man Fire Food 05:30 My Name Is Earl 21:00 Walking The Nile 07:30 Man Fire Food 06:00 My Boys 21:50 Dual Survival 08:00 Chopped 06:30 Community 00:10 Eastenders 22:40 Asphalt Cowboys 09:00 The Big Eat... 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 00:40 Lark Rise To Candleford 23:30 Street Outlaws 09:30 The Big Eat... 08:00 Hot In Cleveland 01:30 37 Days 10:00 The Kitchen 08:30 My Name Is Earl 02:30 Spies Of Warsaw 11:00 The Pioneer Woman 09:00 Cristela 03:15 My Hero 11:30 The Pioneer Woman 09:30 About A Boy 03:45 My Family 12:00 Chopped 10:00 The Mindy Project 04:15 The Weakest Link 13:00 Guy’s Big Bite 10:30 Community 05:00 The Green Balloon Club 13:30 Guy’s Big Bite 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 05:25 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 00:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Jimmy Fallon 05:45 Show Me Show Me Teenage Witch 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 12:00 My Boys 06:05 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n 01:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 15:00 Man Fire Food 12:30 Hot In Cleveland Roll Teenage Witch 15:30 Man Fire Food 13:00 My Name Is Earl 06:25 The Green Balloon Club 01:40 Wolfblood 16:00 Chopped 13:30 Community 06:50 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 02:05 Wolfblood 17:00 The Kitchen 14:00 Cougar Town 07:10 The Weakest Link 02:30 Violetta 18:00 Grandma’s Secret Cookbook 14:30 About A Boy 07:55 Come Fly With Me 03:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Special 15:00 The Mindy Project 08:25 Doctors Teenage Witch 18:30 Grandma’s Secret Cookbook 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 08:50 Eastenders 03:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Special Stewart 09:20 Lark Rise To Candleford Teenage Witch 19:00 Chopped 16:00 The Nightly Show With Larry 10:10 A Farmer’s Life For Me 04:10 Wolfblood 20:00 Andy Bates American Street Wilmore 11:05 The Weakest Link 04:35 Wolfblood Feasts 16:30 My Boys 11:50 As Time Goes By 05:00 Violetta 20:30 Andy Bates American Street 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:20 As Time Goes By 05:50 Mouk Feasts 18:00 Cristela 12:50 Come Fly With Me 06:00 Lolirock 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:30 Cougar Town 13:20 Lark Rise To Candleford 06:25 Girl Meets World 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:00 Wilfred 14:10 A Farmer’s Life For Me 06:50 Girl Meets World 22:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:30 The Mindy Project 15:00 As Time Goes By 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 22:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 15:30 Come Fly With Me 07:40 H2O: Just Add Water 23:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Jimmy Fallon 16:00 Doctors 08:05 The Next Step 23:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 16:30 Eastenders 08:30 Hank Zipzer Stewart 17:00 The Weakest Link 08:55 Jessie 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry 17:45 As Time Goes By 09:20 Jessie Wilmore 18:15 Call The Midwife 09:45 Austin & Ally 22:00 Modern Family 19:00 Doctors 10:10 Austin & Ally 22:30 Black-Ish 19:30 Eastenders 10:35 Liv And Maddie 23:00 Parks And Recreation 20:00 Great Expectations 00:10 The Chase 11:00 Liv And Maddie 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 20:50 The Room At The Top 01:05 The Hungry Sailors 11:25 Girl Meets World 21:45 Friday Night Dinner 02:00 Emmerdale 11:50 Girl Meets World 22:10 The Office 02:25 Brendan’s Magical Mystery 12:15 Jessie 22:40 Starlings Tour 12:40 Jessie 23:25 The Weakest Link 02:55 Coronation Street 00:00 Red Band Society 13:05 Dog With A Blog 03:25 Coronation Street 01:00 Graceland 13:30 Dog With A Blog 03:50 Gino’s Italian Escape 02:00 True Detective 13:55 H2O: Just Add Water 04:20 Doc Martin 03:00 Once Upon A Time 14:25 H2O: Just Add Water 04:45 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The 04:00 Suits 14:55 Lolirock Wild 05:00 Criminal Minds 15:25 Austin & Ally 05:15 Big Star’s Little Star 06:00 Red Band Society 00:00 Masterchef: The 16:00 Jessie 06:10 The Hungry Sailors 07:00 Once Upon A Time Professionals 16:30 Jessie 07:05 Coronation Street 08:00 Marvel’s Agents Of 00:55 Antiques Roadshow 17:00 The Next Step 07:30 Coronation Street S.H.I.E.L.D. 01:45 MasterChef 17:25 Liv And Maddie 08:00 Gino’s Italian Escape 09:00 Criminal Minds 02:40 New Scandinavian Cooking 17:50 I Didn’t Do It 08:25 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The 10:00 Suits 03:05 Come Dine With Me 18:15 Mako Mermaids Wild 11:00 Graceland 03:30 Antiques Roadshow 18:40 Liv And Maddie 08:50 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The 12:00 Emmerdale 04:25 Masterchef: The 19:05 The Next Step Wild 12:30 Coronation Street Professionals 19:30 Lolirock 09:20 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 04:50 Masterchef: The 19:55 Hank Zipzer Makeover 14:00 Marvel’s Agents Of Professionals 20:20 Binny And The Ghost 10:15 Brendan’s Magical Mystery S.H.I.E.L.D. 05:45 New Scandinavian Cooking 20:45 Good Luck Charlie Tour 15:00 Red Band Society 06:10 Antiques Roadshow 21:10 Good Luck Charlie 10:40 The Chase 16:00 Emmerdale 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 21:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 11:35 The Hungry Sailors 16:30 Coronation Street 07:55 MasterChef 22:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 12:30 Big Star’s Little Star 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:50 Masterchef: The 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 13:25 Emmerdale 18:00 Marvel’s Agents Of Professionals Teenage Witch 13:50 Brendan’s Magical Mystery S.H.I.E.L.D. 09:15 Masterchef: The 22:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Tour 19:00 Criminal Minds Professionals Teenage Witch 14:15 Coronation Street 20:00 State Of Affairs 10:10 Masterchef: The 23:10 Wolfblood 14:40 The Chase 21:00 Chicago Fire Professionals 23:35 Wolfblood 15:35 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute 10:35 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 The Americans Makeover 23:00 Once Upon A Time 11:30 Come Dine With Me 16:30 Doc Martin 11:55 Antiques Roadshow 17:25 Breathless 12:50 MasterChef 18:20 Big Star’s Little Star 13:45 Come Dine With Me 19:10 Coronation Street 14:10 Masterchef: The 19:35 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Professionals 00:00 The Grace Helbig Show 00:30 The Soup Makeover 01:00 Good Morning America 14:35 Masterchef: The 20:30 Doc Martin Professionals 00:55 Extreme Close-Up 03:00 Castle 01:25 Keeping Up With The 21:25 Breathless 05:00 Good Morning America 15:30 Masterchef: The 22:20 Coronation Street Professionals Kardashians 07:00 Emmerdale 02:20 E! 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

You’re often the first one out the door in the morning, but you might Your current passion for your work is prompting you to take your prefer lingering over breakfast today. Your fantasies may have you yearning to stay career ambitions to new heights. Unfortunately, it might be a steep uphill battle home, lost in sweet bliss with someone you love. However, even if you could tem- as you attempt to manage all the moving parts. There’s a lot of chatter in the air porarily shut out the world, the idea probably sounds better than the reality. now, but you can still recognize a good idea for what it is if you remain open- Anyway, you can’t hide from work no matter how tempting it seems. Fortunately, minded. You might benefit by coloring in the details of the big picture, but it’s you don’t have to go to extreme measures to experience emotional satisfaction. not the best cosmic timing for making a commitment. Waiting a couple of days Simply taking the time to let others know how much you care deepens the con- for your clarity to return gives you a better chance of actually delivering what nections. you promise.

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

You want more than just small talk today, even when communicating You’re indulgently swimming in your own watery element today with your coworkers. Move beyond subjects like sports and the weather by sharing when it comes to sharing your feelings or expressing your creativity. However, your concerns about global issues. Thankfully, you flourish in the company of like- you might want to recite an epic poem while someone else would prefer a sim- minded people, and can be extremely eloquent when your opinions are validated. ple tweet. Either way, your meaning is the same; it’s just a matter of different Obviously, you must exercise discretion but don’t let your fear of getting too per- delivery styles. Unfortunately, you’ll lose your audience before you make your sonal stop you from taking a conversation to the next level. As long as you’re as point if you ramble on endlessly. The shorter and sweeter your message, the good of a listener as you are a talker now, you’ll know when to lighten up the more likely it will touch the minds and hearts of others. mood to keep the situation from growing awkward.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You may be searching for a deeper meaning to your work, but the Your connections with others are based upon shared history today, truth is you’re so idealistic now that you could inadvertently set your- whether or not it is spoken in the moment. There may be acknowl- self up for failure. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to align your career with edged threads that interweave your lives that have never been discussed in your core values, but you might not be able to find a paying job doing what makes detail. However, your love of adventure is currently at odds with the softer emo- ACROSS DOWN your soul happy. Luckily, the Moon’s presence in your sign today enables you to tional component of your relationships. The haunting familiarity of the past 1. God of the underworld. 1. A basketball shot in which the basketball is change your mind faster than you can shift directions. Widening your perspective seems more comfortable now than your drive to explore the unknown. propelled downward into the basket. 4. The front part of the head or skull (including and exploring your options might be all it takes to put your life back on track. Sometimes it’s more courageous to stay fully present right in the emotional the forehead). 2. English prelate noted for his pessimistic ser- trenches where you are than going off in search of something sparkly and new. 12. A unit of length of thread or yarn. mons and articles (1860-1954). 15. A radioactive transuranic element which has 3. Short and fat. been synthesized. 4. A Samoyedic-speaking person in northwest- 16. Demand as being one's due or property. ern Siberia. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Late time of life. 5. Extremely robust. Cancer (June 21-July 22) 18. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually 6. Government agency created in 1974 to You might pull your hair out today if you have to hear even one Making a wish is a good first step today, but it won’t necessarily mani- more person whining about his or her hurt feelings. It’s not that you caused by chlamydia). license and regulate nuclear power plants. fest a magic solution. You must whole-heartedly believe that your goal is attainable 19. Soft leather shoe. 7. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa pow- are lacking in compassion, there’s just more important things to do now than lis- and diligently work toward achieving it. But the fine line between concrete objec- ten to others complain about their personal dramas. The bottom line is that you 20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made der and milk and sugar. tives and elusive pipedreams is tough to navigate now. In order to make the most from aba cloth. 8. One of the most common of the five major intend to have something tangible by the end of the day to show for your efforts. of this cosmic opportunity, be discerning when weeding out the delusions from But don’t be so quick to dismiss the real treasure you can harvest from the non- 21. United States comedian and actor in silent classes of immunoglobulins. the dreams. When you can tell fact from fiction, you’ll be on your way to choosing a films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan 9. An archaic name for Easter or Passover. rational realms of your imagination. All head and no heart leaves you emotional- goal worthy of your time and effort. ly disconnected from the people that matter most. face (1895-1966). 10. Make use of. 23. Having its true character concealed with the 11. A projection at the end of a piece of wood intent of misleading. that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint. 25. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a Aquarius (January 20- February 18) moderate reddish-brown color n 1. 12. An accidental hole that allows something Leo (July 23-August 22) 28. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilo- (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. Finding and sustaining your rhythm is more of a challenge than grams. 13. A river in central Europe that arises in north- You may not allow anyone to see how much you’re struggling now, and your defensive tactics are probably doing the trick. Normally, your pride can you have time for today. Part of the problem is that you might not be cer- 30. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent western Czechoslovakia and flows northward tain about what others expect from you. Additionally, you’re not even clear metallic element. through Germany to empty into the North Sea. stand in your way of revealing your vulnerabilities so others don’t get to experience your authenticity. But if push comes to shove, you’re more likely to gamble with about your own needs. However, you aren’t quite ready to throw your 31. The network in the reticular formation that 14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. hands up in the air and do whatever the majority wants. Nevertheless, serves an alerting or arousal function. your heart and share your emotional dilemma today. Although you will likely feel a 22. The bill in a restaurant. you’re still better off trusting your intuition now than trying to map out all 32. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where 24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in welcome sense of relief if you bravely tell others the truth, reserve the details for another day. Not all secrets are meant to be shared. the logistics. Sometimes the most practical course of action arrives in the R is an organic group. Turkey). least practical manner. 36. The bureau of the Treasury Department 26. Informal terms for money. responsible for tax collections. 27. A historical region in central and northern 38. The brightest star in Cygnus. Yugoslavia. 41. Angular distance above the horizon (espe- 29. A thermionic vacuum tube having three Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) cially of a celestial object). electrodes. 42. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy 33. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga You can be lured down a rabbit hole so quickly today that your Just when you finally find your groove, one more distraction pops loads (especially on canals). people in northern Tanzania. head spins and you won’t even know what happened. You’re so open-hearted up to interfere with your well-intended productivity. You wouldn’t mind it so 43. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the 34. (used of living things especially persons) In and trusting when it comes to relationships now that you may come across as much if the interruptions were worthy of your attention rather than whimsical first European to get round the Cape of Good an early period of life or development or uncharacteristically gullible. But don’t throw your common sense out the win- indulgences. However, it’s as if reality is sideswiping you with irrelevant events Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the growth. dow and give your power of discernment away to those who haven’t earned it. just to test your powers of concentration. Although your creative imagination Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). 35. An ancient region on the coast of western Stand back to put things into proper perspective. Paradoxically, scaling down offers plenty of inspiration, don’t just succumb to wandering in your dreams your larger-than-life expectations of the future helps to stabilize your progress in 45. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Asia Minor. today; walk between both the mundane and the magical worlds for the best the present moment. Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate 37. The capital and largest city of Yemen. results. compound leaves. 39. The square of a body of any size of type. 48. The Teutonic god of thunder. 40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 50. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar. 44. A person who lacks good judgment. Word Search Yesterday Solution 52. God of fire. 46. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on 53. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. the east coast of the Mediterranean. 54. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 47. Obvious and dull. 55. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeast- 49. An intensely radioactive metallic element ern India and western Burma. that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 56. Not only so, but. 51. A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's com- 58. A former copper coin of Pakistan. pass (usually in front of the helm). 60. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who 57. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth defeated Thor in a wrestling match. of a liter. 67. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly 59. A quantity of no importance. aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true 61. English film actress (1913-1967). stems and roots and leaves. 62. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 70. The upper house of the parliament of the 63. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue Republic of Ireland. separating or binding together muscles and 71. One-thousandth of an equivalent. organs etc. 72. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the 64. A member of the Siouan people formerly liv- genus Candida. ing in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 74. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant 65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a white flowers and yielding a durable timber and skewer usually with vegetables. resinous juice. 66. Jordan's port. 76. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the 68. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) genus Iva with small greenish flowers. issues from volcanos. 77. Relating to or derived from a glacier. 69. Any of various small biting flies. 80. According to the Old Testament he was a 73. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel women between the ages of 20 and 40. (9th century BC). 75. A workplace for the conduct of scientific 81. An audiotape recording of sound. research. 82. (abbreviated `ha') A unit of surface area 78. A New England state. equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters). 79. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 83. A small cake leavened with yeast. Yesterday’s Solution

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Gossip Minogue making Christmas album ylie Minogue is recording a Christmas album. The 47- album will include a mixture of festive classics and even year-old star is believed to be halfway through mak- some original material.”She wants to take her time on a King the LP, which will be her 13th studio album, set new release but can’t be away from the charts for long, so to be released on a one-album deal through a Christmas album is the obvious choice.” The news comes Warner/Parlophone. A source revealed: “Kylie is halfway after Chic legend Nile Rodgers confirmed he was working through recording it. It’s believed all the tracks will be dis- with the Australian beauty, who originally kick-started her co-influenced.” The ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ hitmaker - whose career in the soap opera ‘Neighbours’. Last month he said: last album ‘Kiss Me Once’ performed poorly when released “Working with so many people is its own reward. I’ve got a last year - recently parted ways with her record label thing I’m doing with Kylie Minogue and Elton John.” Parlophone following a partnership of over 15 years but is hoping she can return to the charts with her latest collec- tion, which will feature a variety of covers and original tunes. The source told The Sun newspaper: “It’s likely the

Avicii: I made 600 versions of Chris Martin’s track

vicii recorded 600 versions of a song with Chris get is acknowledgment from musicians who know Martin before the final cut was made. The ‘Wake about song-writing. Chart success is one thing. But it AMe Up’ hit-maker, 25, was called upon to pro- wasn’t until recently - honestly - that I really believed I duce the electronic track ‘Heaven’ for the Coldplay was musical. “It took other people to tell me - Chris, Nile front-man and revealed that the 38-year-old ‘Paradise’ Rodgers, Mac David. That’s been my biggest dream singer is hard to please. He said: “Chris is one of the come true.” Meanwhile, the Swedish DJ could be on the most artistic people I’ve ever met. And a perfectionist. look out for a new British collaboration as he says he is We did like, 600 versions of the song and still he’s ask- in love with the accent. He told The Sunday Times: “I ing me to tweak the vocals. But the superstar DJ - who adore British accents. Your way of speaking is insane. reportedly made £28 million on gigs across the globe You don’t say ‘dance’, you say ‘daah-nce’. What’s not to last year - isn’t fazed by the pressure and is grateful that love about that?” he is being recognised as a musician as well as a pro- ducer and songwriter. He said: “The most gratification I

Adele Jackman previews postponing Wolverine 3

album to have baby olverine 3’ will see Hugh dele’s third album could be postponed so she can Jackman explore an older ver- have another baby. The ‘Rolling in the Deep’ hitmak- ‘Wsion of his character Logan. Aer - who already has two-year-old son Angelo with The 46-year-old actor - who’s already con- her long-term partner Simon Konecki - is reportedly eager firmed the upcoming movie will mark the to have another tot, throwing the release of her long- last time he plays the iconic comic book awaited third album into uncertainty. A pal of the singer character - has offered fans an insight into said: “Adele’s made it clear she wants at least one more kid what they can expect from his third stand- and is starting to get broody. “She goes through phases of alone Wolverine movie. Looking forward to being completely inspired by her third album and then just the new film, Hugh said: “I’ve got three wanting to have more kids and to live a normal life.” The words for you guys - Old Man Logan. Read 27-year-old star released her second record, ‘21’, in 2011, into that what you will.” The teaser comes but has stayed silent about plans for her next LP, which was shortly after Hugh said that the much- rumored to have an autumn release date. However, a anticipated new movie will be the “perfect source close to the singer continued to say her family takes way to go out”. He shared: “It felt like it was precedence, despite the fact fans of the 10-time Grammy Seyfried slowing down the right time to do it. And let’s be honest, Award winner are desperate to hear new music. The source 17 years. I never thought in a million years manda Seyfried will work “less and December, Amanda isn’t worried about told the Daily Star newspaper: “While most people wait for it would last, so I’m so grateful to the fans less” as she gets older. The ‘Ted 2’ getting older. She told OK! magazine: “I like the right time for a baby to fit into their life, Adele is pretty for the opportunity of playing it “I kind of actress - who is in a relationship with growing up, it doesn’t scare me. It’s silly to forthright in her view that if and when she gets pregnant A have in my head what we’re going to do in Justin Long - is expecting her “priorities to think like that. It means a new stage and a again her career will have to fit around her family.” this last one. It just feels like this is the per- shift” in the future as she wants to have new chapter for my life and my career. “As I Meanwhile, it was previously reported the mother-of-one fect way to go out.” The announcement children eventually. She said: “The chances go towards my 30s, it’s starting to make had been writing and recording with Genesis rocker Phil came as no surprise as Hugh posted a available to me are something I will never sense. Everything I’ve done is working up Collins, having previously blanked him. He said: “She gave cryptic message on Instagram in March take for granted, but I know I’ll work less to this point where I’m getting the respect me a piece of music to finish and, at first; I didn’t know that read: “WOLVERINE... ONE LAST TIME. and less as I get older. I’d like my priorities in my career that I’ve been looking for. I whether I had failed the audition as I didn’t hear back from (sic)” ‘Wolverine 3’ is set for release in March to shift towards family. I think that would always recognised myself in every role and her.” However, a source later added: “Over the past few 2017. be something really fantastic to experi- didn’t know if I could see myself playing months, Phil has been working on the tracks once ence. “But I don’t know, it’s really about someone different, but now I can. That again.”Adele put all her work on hold for a while, so it being happy with the now, and I feel like comes with age.” wasn’t anything personal. It was just delayed.” it’s good right now.” Though she turns 30 in Channing Tatum: Magic Mike Hilton wore $70K marketing Valentino wedding gown icky Hilton wore a $70K Valentino wedding gown with a long veil is enriched all around the edge with a pre- was ‘genius’ for her wedding to billionaire James Rothschild. The cious vintage lace (sic).” Prior to the couple’s big day Nicky - hanning Tatum thinks the marketing for Nhotel heiress exchanged her vows at Kensington who is the sister of Paris Hilton - told of her dream to have ‘Magic Mike’ was “genius”. The 35-year-old Palace’s The Orangery in the haute couture dress, which Valentino design her dress and pinned the elite designer Cactor - who produced and acted in the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli made label as “the definition of timeless”. She previously said: film about male stripping and its sequel ‘Magic from “precious vintage lace”, “three different tones of ivory” “Ever since I was a little girl I wanted Valentino to design Mike XXL’ - has admitted the 2012 film and the and “richly embellished crystals”. The official Instagram for my wedding dress. Valentino is the definition of timeless adverts - which made the serious drama look Valentino posted a description of the lavish wedding outfit. elegance; I don’t think there’s another couture house like like the perfect film for a girl’s night out - had a They wrote: “[The gown] was composed with three differ- it.” — Bang Showbiz “disconnect”. Channing said: “You can’t blame ent tones of ivory and silver guipure richly embellished them; it was a genius move. But there is a dis- with crystals. The high neck bodice stitched to a precious connect there. They sell what will work, not balloon skirt ending with a three meter long train. Covered what the truth of the movie is. I actually think the second movie is more like what people though the first movie was. “I mean, look, male stripping is lame. It’s still cop routines and fire- man routines. And it hasn’t changed since it began.” However, the ‘22 Jump Street’ star - who based the film on his own life, having been a stripper in his youth - also admitted that ‘Magic Mike’ has had an unintended effect on his life when it comes to female fans. Speaking to GQ magazine, Channing said: “Women will come up to me and say, you know, no offence, but I would love to do you. You know: I would do whatever you wanted me to do. And I’m like, that is offensive! You do mean offence! I’m not an amusement park!” lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

Music & Movies Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ is smaller but still not fun size f ever there was a sworn devotee - a chanting, face- these scenes. The movie is too controlled for Rudd’s painted worshipper - of the Big, it is Marvel. So the goofball charm - best on display when simply stand- Iprospect that Ant-Man, the miniscule Mighty ing in front of a mirror (“Wanderlust”) or animated Mouse of Marvel’s stable of powerhouses, might join about music (“I Love You, Man”) - to break free. Review the brawny big-screen ranks of the Hulk, Thor and the Through some strained plot mechanics, Lang is rest has long held some pleasing irony. But that recruited by the original Ant-Man, the scientist Hank enticement - Oh, if it was something different! - went Pym (Michael Douglas), to succeed him in the suit. out the helicarrier window when, just weeks before Along with his daughter (a bob-sporting shooting was to commence, Edgar Wright, the British Evangeline Lilly), he’s conspiring to prevent a former blender of genre and comedy who had worked on the apprentice (Corey Stoll) from unlocking the atomic project for eight years, departed over “creative differ- secrets that led to Ant-Man in the first place: the abili- ences” - a sacrifice, seemingly, to the Marvel colossus. ty to shrink down to bug-size, yet maintain strength. The precise source of the dispute is unknown, but Somewhere in Wonderland, Alice is tapping her foot. it’s clear enough from the final product, pushed for- With the press of a button, he can toggle between big ward with the quick insertion of director Peyton Reed and small, and appear all but invisible when tiny. The (“Bring it On,” “The Break-Up”) and a rewrite by Adam perspective change allows for some unlikely super- McKay and others, that “Ant-Man” became bedeviled hero foes, like a bathtub drain. During training, while with staying true to its more modest size and idiosyn- Lang tries to perfect his communication with other cratic nature, and with the larger, blander demands of underground ants, he sometimes pops out of the being a Marvel movie complete with superhero ground like a sprouted cabbage. With a screenplay cameos and (optimistic) sequel set-ups. The result is a credited to Wright, Joe Cornish, McKay and Rudd, film not quite sure of itself, like it’s wearing clothes a “Ant-Man” unfolds in pleasingly human-sized fashion. size too big. Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang, a politically motivated cat burglar being released after three years Stomped underfoot in San Quentin. He has an ethnically diverse group of It’s a heist movie. Not one city is leveled; it’s like petty criminal friends: Tip “T.I.” Marvel has gone on a diet. But it’s only in the climactic scenes where the movie unlocks the antic potential of To break free its shape-shifting. Rather than taking place above the Harris, David Dastmalchian and Michael Pena, the skyline of a metropolis, the big action scenes are set only actor rightly convinced he’s in a comedy. Lang is inside a briefcase and in Cassie’s bedroom. Such trying to right himself for the sake of his young moments, sprinkled throughout, are like glimpses of a daughter, Cassie (Abby Ryder Forston), and for paying better “Ant-Man” that might have existed. Change, we child support to his ex-wife (Judy Greer, an actress too are told, is afoot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. hard to spot the differences from Marvel movie to America for “sci-fi action violence.” Running time: 124 good to be twice relegated to the domestic sidelines “Ant-Man” is the final movie in the studio’s “Phase Marvel movie. If “Ant-Man” proves anything, it’s that minutes. Two stars out of four. MPAA definition of PG- in this summer’s blockbusters). But spryness (an Two,” with promises of bigger, intergalactic battles any diversion in this universe is likely to get stomped 13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be essential quality for any movie about an insect super- looming in “Phase Three.” But as a parent might say, underfoot. “Ant-Man,” a Walt Disney Co. release, is rat- inappropriate for children under 13. — AP hero) or any much purpose, at all, is missing from it’s just a phase. Because you have to squint pretty ed PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of Anderson set to host MTV Africa Music Awards

nthony Anderson, who won an NAACP Departed.” “Funny, charismatic and engaging, Image Award this year for his starring Anthony Anderson is guaranteed to make Arole on ABC’s “Black-ish,” will host the Mama 2015 a memorable event thanks to his fifth edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards unique comedic presence and boundless on July 18 in Durban, in the South African energy.” Commented Alex Okosi, senior VP province of KwaZulu-Natal. The Mamas, as the and managing director at VIMN Africa. In this image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Penn Jillette, left, and Teller perform in awards are known, were revived last year Anderson follows in the footsteps of previous ‘Penn & Teller On Broadway,’ a limited engagement through August 16 at the Marquis after a three-year hiatus and aired live in 48 MAMA hosts Marlon Wayans (2014), Eve Theatre in New York. — AP countries, including for the first time across (2010), Wyclef Jean (2009) and Trevor Nelson sub-Saharan Africa on multiplatform network (2008). As previously announced, US R&B MTV Base. They also trended globally, includ- star Ne-Yo will perform to promote his sixth ing in the US, on Twitter. studio album, “Non-Fiction,” as will singer Anderson, who besides starring in “Black- Jhene Aiko and rising American hip-hopper Penn & Teller show ish” is the show’s executive producer, and also Young Thug. hosts Food Network’s Carnival Cravings with Performers set for Mama 2015 also include Anthony Anderson, enthused about the gig 2FACE, AKA, Big Nuz, Black Motion, Bucie, plenty up their sleeves in a statement. “I’m so looking forward to my Cassper Nyovest, Da LES, Davido, Diamond first trip to Durban and KwaZulu-Natal and Platnumz, DJ Fisherman, DJ Tira, Jhene Aiko, t a time when most theater performers - not real risk - and don’t believe in using honored to be hosting Mama 2015 on Nelson NaakMusiQ, Toofan, Wizkid, and Yemi Alade. are paranoid about getting everyone plants in the audience - “We believe it is just Mandela’s birthday - it’s going to be awe- The event, sponsored by the KwaZulu-Natal Ato turn off their cellphones - hello, Patti too expensive,” Penn jokes. They tease the some!,” he said. Anderson also known for Province in association with Absolut Vodka LuPone - Penn & Teller want them on. And the crowd like trained strippers, revealing just leading roles on NBC’s “Law & Order,” and in partnership with the City of Durban, ringer on loud. “Take out your cellphones, enough, but not all. How Teller managed to where he played Detective Kevin Bernard, as will take place at the Durban International turn them on, hold them up!” Penn Jillette, get a red ball to do his bidding like a dog is well as shows “K-Ville” and “The Shield,” and Convention Centre. — Reuters the larger, speaking half of the magic duo divulged. But how Penn correctly predicted semi-biographical sitcom “All About the says as he kicks off their new show on the punch line from a single random joke Andersons,” is fresh from his recent stint as co- Broadway. What happens next seems to from dozens of books is not. We learn some host of the Black Entertainment Television betray physics. It involves a volunteer tantalizing clues about sawing people, but Awards 2015 in LA in June. divorced from his phone, a bucket, a sealed how a large animal managed to disappear He has also earned praise for his film work box found in the audience and a dead fish, into thin air is on us. on “Barbershop” and Martin Scorsese’s “The out from which the phone miraculously reap- There’s even a break-down of the common pears. stunts, with Teller performing and Penn play- The fish - like the trick - is as fresh as ever. ing double bass. You learn about palming, Celebrating 40 years of performing together, loading, misdirection and ditching - but soon Penn & Teller’s new show that opened Sunday learn that the joke is on you: Those reveals are ‘Scream Queens’ star Jamie at the Marquis Theatre celebrates new and low-hanging fruit. How did that elephant dis- old tricks, and, as typical, mixes in plenty of appear? Teller, the single-monickered silent comedy that bursts the traditional preten- partner, gets to shine in a few solo tricks that Lee Curtis reigns at Comic-Con sions of stage magic. There’s a subversive smell of classic magic, including one with whiff to their show, whether it’s exploding goldfish and a shadow bit. He’s like a silent amie Lee Curtis took her first slice out of “American Horror Story” and “Scream Queens” Curtis, who portrayed survivor Laurie Strode in myths about the metal detectors used by the movie star, a nice juxtaposition from his bom- Comic-Con. The veteran actress made her mastermind Ryan Murphy told the 6,500 fans several “Halloween” films, said she’s including a Transportation Security Administration or vili- bastic partner. Directed by John Rando, Penn Jinaugural appearance at the pop-culture gathered inside the San Diego Convention nod to the character. “In episode two, there is a fying so-called clairvoyants who prey on vul- & Teller’s tricks here celebrate the sideshow of convention Sunday during a panel for FX’s Center that he didn’t want to make “Scream wordless homage I threw in just as my tipping of nerable people. “The people who claim these yore, the slight-of-hand gags of practiced “American Horror Story” and Fox’s “Scream Queens” if Curtis didn’t agree to play Cathy the hat to all the Laurie Strode fans out there,” powers are liars, cheaters, swindlers and rip- pros, not the empty-calorie flash of the likes Queens,” the upcoming horror whodunit starring Munsch, a college administrator who takes aim at she said. Murphy noted that the show’s actors off artists. The tricks themselves are evil, of Criss Angel. Penn says he wants the audi- Curtis as the cutthroat dean of a college where a a posh and exclusive sorority on campus in the don’t know the exact identity of the killer and are immoral - and I know how to do them all,” ence to wonder not how they do their tricks, serial killer is on the loose. show’s first episode. filming different takes of cast members acting as Penn says. but why. The show takes a thoughtful turn at Why hasn’t the star of the “Halloween” series “If you’re going to hire Jamie Lee Curtis, you if they are behind the murders.—AP The show’s tent poles have the pair pulling the end with a long monologue by Penn ever attended Comic-Con? “I’ve been selling want to see her kicking (expletive) and fighting a rabbit out of a hat, sawing a woman in half about his childhood glee at seeing the circus yogurt that makes you (expletive),” joked the back,” Murphy said. “We’re actually writing a and making what they call an African Spotted freaks and some extended fire-eating. “You’re spokeswoman for the Activia yogurt brand. scene now where she’s fighting three killers.” Pygmy Elephant vanish. But there’s some- in our tent and the side show ain’t dead,” thing here for everyone, including a nail-gun Penn says. Then the duo are done, a little bit that will make you wince, some clever wiped out, both smoking cigarettes, as if close-up magic and a trick that has Teller post-coitally. But where that darn elephant swallowing needles and the audience gag- went is still a mystery. — AP ging. Volunteers are often needed onstage and treated with respect.

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Ryan Murphy, left, and Jamie Lee Curtis attend the ‘American Horror Story’ Sarah Paulson, left, and Kathy Bates attend the ‘American Horror Story’ and and ‘Scream Queens’ panel. ‘Scream Queens’ panel. — AP photos

Actors promoting the television show, ‘Scream,’ foreground, and Angela Bassett, left, and Matt Bomer attend the ‘American Horror Story’and Childhood’s End work the crowds on Fifth Avenue outside the convention ‘Scream Queens’ panel. US bachata singer Romeo Santos performs on stage during a concert at the Barclays center. Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. — AFP lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

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Indian laborers undertake renovation work on the Writers’ Building in Kolkata. — AFP photos Indian laborers undertake renovation work. Kolkata’s Writers’ Building refit plagued by problems

t was home to the army of colonial bureaucrats who ran until a revolt in the ranks of its private army in 1857. The writ- Writers’ within the year. But the process of clearing the build- “Writers’ is listed with the civic body as a Grade I heritage India, so it was perhaps inevitable that the original 18th- ers stationed in what was then India’s capital shaped the lives ing-home to around three dozen different departments-took structure,” said Subrata Sil, director of the city’s Heritage Icentury plans for Kolkata’s Writers’ Building would be found of tens of millions. Over the years, a host of extra wings and many months more than anticipated. And while some work Conservation Committee. “The state public works department buried under reams of paperwork. “We even wrote to the adornments were added, including the Greek-style statues of was able to start last year, Roy, who heads the architecture did not seek prior permission for carrying out renovation or British Library in the hope that some of the drawings might goddesses on the roof which symbolize everything from jus- department in the city’s Jadavpur University, said the quest to alteration work,” he said. Surya Kanta Mishra, leader of the have been preserved there,” says architect Madhumita Roy as tice to agriculture. find the original masterplan caused major delays. state’s main opposition Communist party, said the “renovation she talks through some of the problems her team has faced The documents were finally unearthed in May this year in plan is flawed” and made no mention of what it intended to trying to restore one of India’s most iconic buildings to its Capital shifts the public works department, one of a handful of offices to do with some of the building’s key features. original glory. “They were able to provide photographs of the Although the British shifted the capital from Calcutta (now have stayed put. But the project soon encountered more tur- West Bengal urban development minister Firhad Hakim building’s facade from the early 1880s but they said that called Kolkata) to New Delhi in 1911, the building known sim- bulence when civic groups recoiled at the plans to demolish insisted the work would be handled sensitively. “Writers’ is one copies of the original plan were not available,” she said. ply as Writers’ continued to serve as the administrative head- the newer wings. of British India’s earliest, grandest and most important struc- “And when we had almost given up hope, these three quarters of the massive state of Bengal. It enjoyed a new lease tures. Its restoration is a challenge to our government.” Roy drawings surfaced in our public works department under vol- of life after India gained independence in 1947 as home to the Bulldozers move in agreed that the sensitive nature of the work meant that it umes of drawing plans for various other buildings in the city.” government of the state of West Bengal but slowly fell into “We have decided to keep the main building and all the would be some years yet before bureaucrats could move back The discovery was a rare piece of good news in a project that disrepair and was blighted by several fires. When current Chief five blocks intact since they are part of the heritage structure, in. “Opposition from some quarters has slowed down the is more than a year behind schedule and has drawn wide- Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered a $30 million refit in 2013, but we will raze all the other eight blocks which have been work but we are determined to restore the glory of this iconic spread criticism in the eastern metropolis of Kolkata. The red- work was only supposed to take around six months. The aim built in the post-independence era,” explained Roy during a heritage structure,” Hakim said. — AFP brick complex dates back to 1776 when Warren Hastings, the was to revamp the interior, prune the building of later addi- tour of the renovation work. When notices were posted last first governor general of British-run India, commissioned tions and restore courtyards which had been used as carparks month stating “this block/building will be demolished”, there Thomas Lyon to construct a building that would serve as the or dumping grounds to their former glory. was an immediate backlash. Anger intensified when bulldoz- offices and living quarters for the East India Company’s Banerjee and her government relocated in October 2013 ers began reducing part of the structure to rubble, a move legions of clerks, known as writers. to a nondescript office block on the other side of river campaigners say lacked approval from the city’s conservation The East India Company was the de facto ruler of India Hooghly in the twin city of Howrah, expecting to be back in watchdog.

This April 10, $1 million reward offered for stolen Judy Garland slippers 1996 file photo shows one of the n anonymous donor has offered a $1 million play at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. year anniversary of the theft is in August. The slippers four pairs of ruby reward for credible information leading to the John Kelsch, executive director of the Judy Garland were insured for $1 million. Kelsch says they could be slippers worn by Apair of Judy Garland’s sequined, ruby red slip- Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, says the donor is worth $2 million to $3 million now. — AP Judy Garland in pers stolen from a museum in her Minnesota home- from Arizona and is a huge fan of Garland and the the 1939 film ‘The town. The late actress wore the slippers in “The Wizard 1939 movie. The reward offer requires the exact loca- Wizard of Oz’ . of Oz.” Three other pairs still exist, including one on dis- tion of the slippers and the perpetrator’s name. The 10- —AP s soft sculpture ’ Azzedine Alaia ’ Tunisian-born, Paris-based couturier Azzedine Alaia poses during the press preview of the exhibition ‘Azzedine Alaia’s soft sculpture’ at the Galleria Borghese in Rome on July 10, 2015. The exhibition will run from July 11 to ‘ October 25, 2015. Visitors can see Alaia’s work displayed in the middle of the permanent collection of sculptures and furniture’s of the Villa Borghese. — AFP photos lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

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A Bible opened on the judge’s desk in the old Monroe County Courthouse in Photo shows the old Monroe County Courthouse. Monroeville, Ala. — AP photos Looking for traces of ‘Mockingbird’ in Harper Lee’s hometown

arper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is always near- walk from the school where Lee attended classes and, by Well-wishers by in the southwest Alabama town of Monroeville. The extension, her alter-ego Scout and Jem began their “longest Inside, visitors can walk across the shiny wooden floor and Hquiet city is the birthplace and current home of the 89- journey together” at the book’s climax. sit in the old witness chair where Robinson, who was black, year-old author, and it inspired the fictional town of Maycomb would have defended himself against false charges of raping a in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about race and injustice in A historic marker white woman before an all-white jury. A pot-bellied stove the Deep South of the 1930s. Lee shared the old house with siblings, her mother and stands beside the jury box. The jail where Atticus would have And with the “Mockingbird” sequel “Go Set a Watchman” father AC Lee, an attorney and Alabama legislator who was protected Robinson from a lynch mob is now an office across just days away from publication, Monroeville has sites aplenty the basis for Atticus Finch. Finch returns in “Watchman” as his the street. In the atrium outside the courtroom, part of a that draw fans searching for remnants of that “tired old town” daughter goes home to Maycomb 20 years later as an adult to gnarly old tree trunk taken from near the original Lee home where attorney Atticus Finch defended a wrongly accused the town that shaped her, according to the publisher. Next site is encased in plastic. With a notch in the side, the log Tom Robinson while Finch’s children Jem and Scout watched door to Mel’s and across a weathered stone fence is a grassy evokes the knotty hardwood where Boo Radley emerged from from the courtroom balcony. There’s a Mockingbird Inn and a lot with the remains of a house foundation and a historic his spooky, rundown home to leave gifts for Scout and her restaurant named for Boo Radley, the recluse-turned-hero in marker that recalls the site as the one-time home of author brother in “Mockingbird.” the book. Both fill up with visitors each spring when the com- Truman Capote, Lee’s childhood friend and the inspiration for Radley was believed to be based on a seldom-seen neigh- munity puts on a stage adaption of “Mockingbird” that draws the character “Dill” in Mockingbird. As adults, the two collabo- bor of the Lees, Alfred Boulware, who died in 1952 and is visitors worldwide. rated on Capote’s classic crime story “In Cold Blood,” published buried in the same cemetery as Lee’s father, who died in Also, bronze statue on the courthouse square and a wall- in 1966. 1962. The graveyard is beside the town’s United Methodist size “Mockingbird” mural on the side of a building are con- The homes of Lee’s - and Finch’s - neighbors are long gone, Church, just a few blocks from the courthouse. And Lee is in stant reminders of the town’s claim to fame. But all those replaced by parking lots and stores, and the paved street is no town, too, “although very quiet,” as she wrote in 1993. Mostly things are based on the book, not part of it. There are other longer shaded by big trees or transformed by rain into “red deaf and blind, the author spends her days in an assisted liv- spots around town that actually helped make “Mockingbird,” slop,” as Lee described in the book. But the courthouse and jail ing home in Monroeville. Recently, Lee attended a luncheon released 55 years ago. that recall pivotal moments in “Mockingbird” are still less than at the downtown restaurant Prop and Gavel, which is owned Start at Mel’s Dairy Dream on South Alabama Avenue, a a half-mile away on the courthouse square. by her lawyer and the attorney’s husband. Lee received the Cathleen Randall friend of Harper Lee, author of ‘To Kill busy main road in the town of 6,300 people, and walk north Now a museum, the old Monroe County Courthouse was first copies of her new book from the publisher and chatted a Mockingbird’ accepts the Alabama Writers Hall of toward the square. The small block restaurant, ringed by serv- completed in 1903 and is home to the balconied courtroom with well-wishers. But mostly, like Boo, she is seldom seen Fame award on behalf of Lee. ice windows and a counter where customers plop down mon- that served as the model for the crucial legal scene in the film around town. — AP ey for ice cream cones, stands on the site of Lee’s childhood version of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A tall white dome tops the home, which was torn down decades ago. Mel’s is just a short building; magnolia trees shade the lawn outside.

A ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ mural painted on the side of a Ruins of the childhood home of author Truman Capot. A sign welcoming book fans to Monroeville, Ala., the A truck passing a sign decorated with a mockingbird. car dealership. hometown of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee. African textiles meet modernist architecture in Adjaye show

raditional African aesthetics meet modernist architec- Ability to communicate process of strip-weaving locally grown, hand-spun cotton, ture in the latest exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents and raised in Britain, sewing the strips together to form a large rectangle, and then TSmithsonian Design Museum: a selection of textiles Adjaye “grew up with African textiles around me. I grew up dyeing and re-dyeing the fabric, using iron-rich mud ferment- from West and Central Africa that have inspired the work of understanding certain ceremonial cloths, and it became very ed for a year, until it takes on a deep, warm shade of black. The Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye. “I have always been clear, particularly when I started creating public work, that I design is created by leaving some parts of the fabric white, interested in the abstraction and range of techniques associ- had a lot of inspiration from textiles and their ability to com- while the artists paint on the fermented mud everywhere else ated with African textiles,” said Adjaye, who has designed 50 municate.” “I really see my work as weaving, not literally, but fig- on the fabric. “It’s woven in eight narrow strips and dyed by a architecture projects around the world, including the uratively. Weaving is bringing people together. I am weaving group of people, often a family,” explained Susan Brown, asso- Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American the facades and the structures. Walls and windows alone can ciate curator of textiles at the museum.

Pan-African symbol Beside it hangs a large Adinkra wrap traditionally worn for funerals. A potent symbol of graphics as communication, it is made from factory-woven cotton, which has been hand-dyed black. In squares painted onto it with a glossier shade of black are patterns stamped with carved gourds. Each pattern holds a message, understood as communication between the living and their ancestors. On the other side of Adjaye’s big frame hang two different styles of Kente prestige cloths from Ghana, one from the Ewe people and another from the Asante. Worn at religious festivals and important life events, the cloths’ volu- minous size and radiant colors give a majestic appearance. “These became a pan-African symbol, representing black pride and also the civil rights movement,” said Brown. And in a different aesthetic, using different techniques is an Adire wrap from Gambia, with resist-dyed indigo on damask, This photo provided by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian its pattern barely visible beneath the rich blue dye. The fabric is Design Museum shows a Indigo-dyed damask-woven cot- pleated by hand, with rows of stitching near the folds creating ton, Adire wrapper, ca 1990, from Gambia. straight or curving lines or dashes, which later stand out in This undated image provided by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum shows, a rendering by Adjaye white against the natural indigo dye once the stitching has Associates of the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington. been removed. Elsewhere, from the Kalabari people of Nigeria, is a delicate, almost lacy wrap from the 1930s. Here, the art is in History and Culture, slated to open next year in Washington, only go so far, but textiles can teach you how to negotiate subtracting, not adding and adorning. Made from a simple, DC. complicated agendas in architecture,” he explained. checked Indian madras fabric, threads have been selectively Adjaye sees the fabrics as “collective form - a structure,” In textiles, as in architecture, “the nature of the available removed, one by one, to create a new pattern, in this case bold and the show examines the intersection of traditional craft local materials, such as plant fibers and dyes, defines the tex- diamond shapes. and structure. The textiles are hung from a frame designed tiles’ construction.” The show, which is housed in a single room Besides the hanging textiles, each corner of the gallery by Adjaye for this show; they form four loosely constructed and may seem small at first glance, consists of 14 diverse tex- houses a small, traditional African hat. One features brightly walls suggestive of an architectural structure. tiles hung on an enormous frame, designed by Adjaye to echo colored spikes, and another has sausage-like “horns.” “I love the The exhibit, which remains on view through next the room’s ornate 19th century architecture. The works, all tra- hats,” Adjaye said. “They use local matter, like dead vegetable February, is part of the museum’s “Selects” series, in which ditionally used as clothing, can be viewed up close, without matter, and transform them into geometry and form,” The new prominent designers, artists and architects are invited to glass as a barrier, with both sides of the fabric visible. Smithsonian museum, which will be Adjaye’s largest project so mine and interpret the museum’s extensive permanent col- They are also meant to play off one another, giving a sense far, has a facade that resembles pleats, perforated to create an lection. “Textiles, which are a vital element of the visual lan- of the varied cultural geography of Africa. As a whole, the almost rhythmic, geometric pattern. “The textiles are part of an guage of West Africa, embody this interplay between geogra- show is a sort of mosaic of the best African textile techniques architectural continuum,” he said. — AP A man’s cap (laket) from the Kuba people, in the phy and culture, and are rich sources of inspiration for my and aesthetics. From the Bamana peoples of Mali, there’s a Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th to early 20th design work,” Adjaye said in an interview. bold, black-and-white mud cloth created from the painstaking century. — AP photos Looking for traces of ‘Mockingbird’ in Harper Lee’s hometown

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A Malaysian woman walks past mannequins displaying traditional head scarves or tudung at a Ramadan market ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr festival in Kuala Lumpur. — AFP Miss USA crowned amid Trump controversy

ith flashes of flesh and impressive Trump did not attend the pageant, tweeting that resumes, Miss USA was crowned Sunday, he was busy campaigning in Arizona. Several com- Wafter the pageant was shunned by major panies and countries have decried Trump over the networks following controversial comments on comments. Mexican immigrants by presidential candidate Costa Rica pulled out of the Miss Universe com- Donald Trump. Miss Oklahoma, Olivia Jordan, petition following the remarks, and said they took top honors at the contest, which is co-owned would not be sending their contestant to the by Trump and came under fire after his controver- international pageant. But Trump’s voluble and sial claim that Mexico was sending criminals to the unfiltered style has won him a surge of support United States. amid a chaotic Republican field with few frontrun- Broadcaster NBC and Spanish-language ners. While the mogul’s business interests have Univision both said they would not air the show taken a hit, his political profile has soared. He is and a co-host pulled out, but the pageant went polling as the number two contender in the par- forward and included numerous contestants with ty’s showdown for the 2016 election. — AFP Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan celebrates after being ties to Mexico. While the question of immigration named Miss USA during the 2015 Miss USA pageant. and Trump’s comments never came up on stage, the competitors nonetheless faced — AP/AFP photos Miss Nevada Brittany McGowan, Miss Maryland Mame questions on topical issues. For one of Adjei, Miss Rhode Island Anea Garcia, Miss Texas Ylianna her winning questions, Jordan said race Guerra and Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan compete. relations is the number one issue America still needs to tackle. “We really need to work on being an accepting society, and being a society where every single person-no matter your race, no matter your gen- der-is given the same rights and privi- leges and opportunities,” the model said at the show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Women with careers rang- ing from modeling to law strutted in bikinis and gowns, and answered questions as the glamorous squad was whittled down to one. Miss USA aired on the cable channel Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan is crowned Miss USA by Reelz after NBC and Univision Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez. cut ties with Trump. The billionaire business mag- nate sparked a firestorm over his comments, saying Mexico was “sending people that have lots of problems... They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” the Republican White House hopeful said on June 16. Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan celebrates after being named Miss USA. Miss Oklahoma Olivia Miss USA Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma on stage. Jordan walks during the evening gown session.