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By B Izzak conspiracy theories KUWAIT: The court of cassation yesterday upheld a four- year jail term against Kuwaiti tweeter Ahmad Abdulaziz Al- Age barriers Fadhel for writing comments on his account deemed offen- sive to a number of top judges. Fadhel was sentenced to four years in jail by the criminal court in Oct 2014 after three top judges sued him on charges of defamation. The sen- tence was confirmed by the appeals court in February last year, and yesterday the same verdict was upheld by the cas- sation court, whose rulings are final. The court also asked By Badrya Darwish Fadhel to pay a temporary compensation of KD 5,001 to the judges. This allows them to seek larger damages from civil courts. Meanwhile, MP Saleh Ashour yesterday called for trans- ferring the forensic and criminal evidence departments from [email protected] the interior ministry to the justice ministry to ensure that they carry out their duties in a fair and neutral manner. The lawmaker said that the two departments play a very impor- ne of my friends recently came to me com- tant role in helping courts and the public prosecution in plaining that he cannot bring his father to vis- establishing justice and it is not logical for them to remain it Kuwait as he normally does. I jokingly asked under the control of the interior ministry. This demand is not him,O “Is your father a terrorist?” He said that they new as many MPs in the past have made similar proposals, allowed his mother but his father’s visit application but the government has always opposed it. was rejected because he was born before 1950. And I Also yesterday, MP Saud Al-Huraiji criticized Justice told him: Are you sure this is the reason? There are no Minister Yaqoub Al-Sane for sending him wrong answers to security concerns or other issues? a question he had asked him. Huraiji also threatened to grill Honestly speaking, I’m not interfering in the legis- the minister for failing to pay attention to his question. lation in my country and especially with any meas- ures that are taken for the security and safety of Kuwait. I also totally support any rules that are for EXCLUSIVE the safety and stability of my country. But this one, excuse me, I could not digest. I tried Yunus upbeat to think it through left, right and center, and I could not see any benefit out of it, as the guy is not coming for residency or to stay but only for a short visit to on future of see his son. I’m sure when someone visits, he buys tickets and spends money here, which can boost the microfinance economy. Visitors are equal to tourism, but as we don’t have much tourism in Kuwait, so God compen- By Dr Serajul I Bhuiyan sates us with visitors for the people who work in Kuwait who receive their families, and this equals DHAKA: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- tourism. They come here and buy tickets, eat in Jaber Al-Sabah will meet Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate restaurants, go shopping, take taxis, stay in hotels, Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus today. Yunus is the visit local sights, etc. founder of Grameen Bank and a pioneer in the field I don’t know in which way it harms us if people of microcredit. In an exclusive over 50 or 60 or 65 come to visit us. What’s the point interview with Kuwait Times pri- of keeping them away? I know a friend of mine who or to his arrival in Kuwait, Dr brought his father recently to be treated in Kuwait Yunus discussed his views on and took him to a private hospital, and so far he has the global economy and the paid thousands of dinars for his treatment. So in growth of microfinance in the which way does this harm Kuwait? Middle East. If the reason for the age barrier is health treat- Today, microfinance ment, then it could be easily tackled. I heard on the providers reach more than 200 other hand that yes, there are a few people who are Muhammad Yunus million clients globally. In taking advantage to come and get treatment in pub- Bangladesh, Grameen Bank has lic hospitals. But I found this a bit difficult to under- 8.4 million borrowers, 96 percent of them women. In stand. How are they allowed to do so unless they 2006, Prof Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly have wasta or have cheated the system? In this case, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in they and not the whole society should be punished the process of poverty alleviation in the world. for the bad doings of a few. And if I’m wrong and it’s not just a few but many Professor Yunus is one of only seven individuals to who are doing this, then the government should set have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United a rule to require visitors to have health insurance or States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United set a rule that they cannot be treated in public hospi- States Congressional Gold Medal, and the only tals. Full stop. Muslim in the world who has received the US Imagine if other countries tomorrow started refus- Congressional Gold Medal. For his constant innova- ing to give Kuwaitis visit visas if we are older than 40 tion and enterprise, Fortune magazine named or 50 or 65 or whatever age. No one has put an age Professor Yunus in 2012 as “one of the greatest entre- limit on visitors as long as they are not a security preneurs of our time”. threat. See Page 3 for full interview LOCAL TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (right) and His KUWAIT: (From left) His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, His Highness the Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attend the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq ceremony. — Photos by Amiri Diwan and Fouad Al-Shaikh Al-Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Chief of the Court of Cassation and Constitutional Court Justice Yousef Al- Mutawaa attend the graduation ceremony of the 43rd batch of non-commissioned officers at Ali Al-Sabah Military Academy yesterday. Amir patronizes officers’ graduation at Ali Al-Sabah Military Academy

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir al graduation, then a demonstration Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- by elite forces. His Highness the Amir Sabah, the Supreme Commander of distributed the awards to the top the Armed Forces, patronized and graduates. He later headed to the attended the graduation ceremony of Amiri Hall where he was saluted by the the 43rd batch of non-commissioned faculty officers. And, a memorial officers at Ali Al-Sabah Military award was granted to His Highness Academy yesterday. the Amir and His Highness the Crown His Highness the Amir’s motorcade Prince. arrived at the ceremony site where he was greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Modern innovations and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled In an address at the ceremony, the Jarrah Al-Sabah, Chief of the General faculty commander, Lieutenant Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Kheder, expressed gratitude General Mohammad Khaled Al- to the military and political leaders Kheder, the Defense Undersecretary who contributed to enabling the facul- Jassar Abdulrazzak Al-Jassar, the facul- ty to stay abreast of modern scientific ty chief General Mohammad Ahmed innovations, adopting latest combat Al-Kheder and other commanders. techniques and doctrines. He also The ceremony was attended by His expressed gratitude to the officers, Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh non-commissioned officers, educators His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hon- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hon- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and trainees. ors a graduate. ors a graduate. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq He urged the graduates to remain Ali Al-Ghanem, senior sheikhs, His faithful to Kuwait, His Highness the Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- Amir and His Highness the Crown Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Prince, shun sectarian or tribal affilia- Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh tions and follow the ancestors’ foot- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, steps in preserving the homeland Chief of the Court of Cassation and while being united. He also called on Constitutional Court Justice Yousef them to abide by guidelines of His Jassem Al-Mutawaa, Minister of Amiri Highness the Amir. Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- He renewed the pledge to safe- Ahmad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime guard the internal front as well as the Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh homeland security and stability and Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, renewed the pledge of allegiance to Deputy Premier and Finance Minister the top leaders, saying in part, “we and Acting Minister of Oil Anas Al- promise that we will remain the pro- Saleh, senior State officials, a large tecting shield of our dear homeland group of students’ families and citi- and our Amir. “We will safeguard zens. security and stability of the homeland The ceremony with the National so that the Kuwait Flag remains hoist- Anthem, followed with a token mili- ed aloft under your sagacious leader- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah tary parade signaling start of the actu- ship.” — KUNA His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is (right) and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- seen during the ceremony. Jaber Al-Sabah are greeted during the ceremony. TUES DAY, MARCH 8, 2016 LOCAL

Exclusive Interview Prof Yunus calls to redesign economy to redesign world

By Dr Serajul I Bhuiyan saying that we need to redesign the financial us and explain how you reached it? system which only serves the top one-third of Professor Yunus: Social business is a KUWAIT: In an exclusive interview with the world - two-thirds are left out. cause-driven business where the Kuwait Times prior to his arrival in Kuwait, Dr Microcredit has shown how you can reach investors/owners can gradually recoup the Muhammad Yunus discusses his views on the out to people that conventional banking can- money invested, but cannot take any divi- global economy and the growth of microfi- not. It has demonstrated that it’s a doable dend beyond that point. The purpose of the nance in the Middle East. Some excerpts: proposition. investment is purely to achieve one or more KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- When we designed microcredit, the pur- social objectives through the operation of Sabah chairs the weekly cabinet meeting. — KUNA KUWAIT TIMES: You will be speaking at pose was to help people get out of poverty, the company, and no personal gain is desired the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce on but some people moved away from that by the investors. The company must cover all redesigning economics to redesign the motivation. Grameen is still the same. It costs and make a profit, and at the same time Cabinet holds world. What do you mean by this? reaches out to the poorest - the women - and achieve the social objective, such as health- Professor Yunus: One of the issues I keep has demonstrated that despite disasters, it care for the poor, housing for the poor, finan- raising is that the problems we have created can work. cial services for the poor, nutrition for mal- weekly session around the world for human beings are not nourished children, providing safe drinking accidental. This is by design. Not that we KUWAIT TIMES: Microfinance is struggling water, introducing renewable energy, etc in a KUWAIT: The Cabinet held its weekly Educational, Scientific and Cultural wanted to make this happen, but somehow to find its feet in the Middle East. Various businesslike way. session yesterday, presided over by His Organization (UNESCO) Director these kinds of negative results came out of it reports say that institutional structures, poor I have been proposing and practicing a Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh General Irina Bokova. The letters - there are many positive results but there are new kind of business which is based on self- Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. At expressed deepest gratitude for His negative results also built into the system. If lessness, replacing the selfishness of human the onset of the session, the Cabinet Highness the Amir’s support of human- you want to avoid and remove the flaws or beings. This type of business runs parallel to viewed a letter sent to His Highness the itarian causes and Kuwait’s hosting of the negative results of the current economic the selfishness-driven business that rules the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber donors’ conferences for Syria. system, the point I have been promoting is world. Conventional business is personal Al-Sabah, by Egyptian President Moreover, the Cabinet extolled that we have to look back to the thinking profit-seeking business. The new business, Abdelfatah Al-Sisi, one that solidified efforts exerted by the Amiri Diwan for process, the conceptual framework, the which I am proposing, is personal profit-for- long-standing ties between Kuwait and putting together a successful fireworks entire economic thinking and entire econom- saking business. It is a for-profit business, but Egypt. celebration on Saturday, marking ic system to find out the causes of the prob- As part of an international wave of Kuwait’s 55th Independence Day, 25th not personal profits. I call it social business - a lems and remove the flaws. praise for His Highness the Amir, the anniversary of Liberation Day and the non-dividend company to solve human prob- Cabinet viewed a series of letters sent 10th anniversary of His Highness the For the present design or current econom- lems. The owner can take back his investment to His Highness the Amir. The letters Amir’s assumption of power. The ic system, you get the same old results - you money, but nothing beyond that. After get- came from UK Prime Minister David Cabinet also thanked security forces for create poverty, unemployment, health haz- ting the investment money back, all profit is Cameron, United Nations (UN) maintaining order in an event that ards and danger for the world, carbonization ploughed back into the business to make it Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, sparked joyous emotions across the of the economy, and wealth concentration in better and bigger. It stands between charity Director General of the International nation. The Cabinet also discussed cur- a few hands. All these things are built into the and conventional business. It is designed Organization for Migration (IOM) rent Arab and international political current economic system. You can rethink it with the objectives of charity and carried out piece by piece but this does not solve the William Lacy Swing and United Nations developments. —KUNA Dr Muhammad Yunus with the methodology of business, but problem because it will come back soon delinked from personal profit-taking. unless you change the system which created regulations and a general backwardness of Charity is a great concept to help people, Speaker: Women’s issues it. the financial system are hampering microfi- and has been in use since time immemorial. So, we need a redesigning process and nance’s growth in the MENA region. Where But it is not sustainable. Charity money goes once you redesign the process, the problems do you see the role of respective countries to out, does a wonderful job, but does not come take legislative precedence created in the past can be avoided or elimi- make microfinance a success? back. Social business money gets the job nated, and we can have a much better world We will be discussing Professor Yunus: done and then it comes back. As a result, this KUWAIT: Women’s issues are of top leg- than before. It is almost like building a road these issues in the upcoming Microcredit money can be reused endlessly. It creates islative priority, National Assembly that leads you to a destination which is a Summit in Dubai in two weeks with MENA independent, self-sustaining enterprises, Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem said good one, but on the way we have created country representatives. Slowly, microcredit yesterday, a day before the world cele- problems by using this road, and if you keep is taking root. Yes, microfinance has blos- which have their own lives. These enterprises brates International Women’s Day. In a on using the same road, you will just perpet- somed in recent years across parts of Asia become self-fueled entities. press statement, Ghanem described uate the same problems that we have. In and South America, but its start in the Middle The capitalist system is justified on the Kuwaiti women’s obtainment of full- order to avoid these problems, we have to East and North Africa hasn’t been as auspi- assumption that making money is the sole fledged political rights in May 2005 as a build a new road. We have to redesign the cious. source of happiness. The more money you milestone, saying “it was merely a launch road in a way that those problems do not It is good that microfinance institutions make, the happier you are. Money is an pad for greater social, legal and econom- occur again and we can achieve the goals we have existed in the Middle East since the incentive, no doubt, but it is not the only ic rights.” wanted to achieve. The destination we have 1990s and they quickly made strides in coun- incentive for human beings. Making money is “International Women’s Day is an defined can be reached without creating a tries like Egypt and Morocco, where large, rel- happiness; but I feel making the world happy opportunity for us to pay tribute to the problem. This is what I have been saying - to atively poor populations and pent-up is super-happiness. The capitalist system is sacrifices of Kuwaiti women,” Ghanem redesign the economy to redesign the world - demand for financing fed into its growth. But about freedom to choose. But when it comes said. “Women have actively contributed and this is what we will be talking today at by the late 2000s, things stagnated. It seems to looking for happiness, it gives no choice. to progress and development in a wide the chamber of commerce. to me that most of the financing firepower By introducing social business to make the array of realms,” he noted. has become concentrated in the hands of a world happy, we give people another choice. “We are proud of the fact that women National Assembly Speaker KUWAIT TIMES: Microfinance has created few players. We will discuss these issues at Now they can choose. make up around 50 percent of the Marzouq Al-Ghanem much debate today on whether it works. How the summit, but I must attest that every Business schools today train young people National Assembly’s security council’s would you describe the state of this field? country and region is different. I am hopeful to become business-warriors to capture mar- women as valuable contributors to socie- workforce,” Ghanem said, adding that Professor Yunus: You have to admit that that it takes good shape in the Middle East ket and money. They are not given any social “senior positions are occupied by ty, and Kuwait’s history proves this,” he access to capital or credit is very important. If and MENA region. mission. If we accept the concept of social women.” “We believe in the power of said. — KUNA you look at the world today, I would say prob- Initially, there was confusion between business, business schools will be required to ably two-thirds of the world’s population microcredit and commercial banking, but produce another category of graduates does not have access to financial services. now people understand these concepts. But equipping them to become social problem- Kuwait vows continuous That is the first thing that we should take care there must be a policy in place to put micro- fighters to bring an end to social problems of. Money begets money. If you do not have credit to work, meaning that there must be a through social businesses. We would need to support for Palestinians it, you wait around to be hired by somebody legal framework. There are banking laws in create social stock markets to attract and are at the mercy of others. If you have every country including countries in the investors who would like to invest in prob- money in your hand, you desperately try to Middle East, but banking laws are not suit- JAKARTA: The Envoy of His Highness the lem-solving enterprises, without having any Amir of the State of Kuwait, taking part in make the best use of it and move ahead. And able for microfinance to work properly. The intention of making personal profits. this generates income for yourself. existing banking law is framed for rich peo- the extraordinary Summit of the The impact of the business on people or I strongly believe that all human beings ple. So you need to create a system or bank Organization of Islamic Cooperation environment, rather than the amount of prof- are very creative - full of potential, full of where poor people can have access to credit (OIC) that kicked off in Jakarta yesterday, it made in a given period, measures the suc- announced that the Gulf country would energy. Money allows them to express this. without collateral. There are nine such banks And if you are successful, you can make more in the Middle East and I hope Kuwait will set cess of social business. Sustainability of the continue to support the brotherly company indicates that it is running as a busi- Palestinian people and seek to ease off money. You can expand your capacity, reach up a bank for the poor in the future. the next level of capacity, and so on. ness. The objective of the company is to their hardships under Israel’s occupation. achieve social goals. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- If you remember long before the crisis of KUWAIT TIMES: You came up with an idea Dr Bhuiyan is a professor at Kuwait Mubarak Al-Sabah, who is taking part in 2008, when financial institutions were crum- of social business, which you say is a kind of Note: University the crucial summit as the Envoy of His bling all over the world, many of us had been New Capitalism. Please describe this idea to Highness the Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, called on the Palestinian parties, during the summit devoted for Palestine and the Holy City Jerusalem, to unite their ranks and JAKARTA: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah stances in support of the legitimate Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah attends the rights of the Palestinian people. He extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed confidence that the “con- (OIC). — Amiri Diwan photo cerned parties could overcome any obstacle affecting unity of the brotherly Christian sanctities. “In this respect, we Palestinian people.” call on the international community The Envoy of His Highness the Amir namely the Security Council to shoulder called on the international community, its responsibilities and coerce Israel into namely the Security Council, to shoulder respecting the relevant UN resolutions the responsibilities in this respect and namely resolutions 465 and 478. We also coerce Israel respect relevant UN resolu- call on the UNESCO to take necessary tions, namely resolutions 465 and 478. measures to safeguard the historic her- He also urged the UNESCO to undertake itage of Jerusalem.” all needed measures to safeguard his- “The State of Kuwait, in accordance toric heritage of Jerusalem. Sheikh with its full obligation for supporting the Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak con- Palestinian cause, will spare no effort in veyed His Highness the Amir’s greetings continuing the backing to end suffering to the conferees and his wishes the con- of the brotherly Palestinian people,” His vention would be crowned with success. Highness the Amir’s Envoy pledged at the special Islamic summit. He noted in Critical conditions this respect Kuwait’s contributions to The conference is held amid very criti- various funds and programs to help the cal global conditions, particularly in the Palestinian people. Islamic world, he said, singling out the A dignified life for the Palestinian peo- Syrian crisis “which is a bleeding injury ple will not be attained without estab- tearing apart the nation, as well as the lishment of their independent state with situation in Yemen, Libya and Iraq, wit- Jerusalem as its capital, he said, urging KUWAIT: Director General of the Kuwait Ports Authority Sheikh Youssef Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah is seen during the meeting of nessing fierce struggle for restoring secu- the OIC member states to continue back- the joint committee on stocktaking storage areas. — KUNA rity and stability, in addition to the hate- ing the cause. ful terrorism undermining security of the He praised recent efforts by societies. International and Islamic Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Plan to boost ports efficiency: KPA efforts must be rallied for restoring hope that resulted in granting Palestine the to peoples of the region and the world.” observer status at the UN, hoisting the KUWAIT: The plan to develop Kuwaiti ports inside the ports. Sheikh Youssef added in a According to Sheikh Youssef Al-Abdullah, The Palestinian cause and Holy Palestinian Flag at the UN headquarters aims to increase their space capacity and press statement on the sidelines of the first a top priority of the authority at present is to Jerusalem remain among the top issues and joining several influential interna- operational efficiency, Director General of meeting of the joint committee on stock- make the utmost use of KPA’s lots of land “preoccupying us,” he said, alluding to tional organizations. He lambasted the Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) Sheikh taking the KPA’s land storage areas. The KPA and storage areas through field visits, to Israel’s ongoing violations of the relevant Israeli’s aggressive policies against the Youssef Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Al-Nasser Al- is currently taking steps to remove many reassess and develop them, as part of the international legislations, aggression on Palestinians and prayed for souls of the Sabah said yesterday. It also includes pro- obstacles in cooperation with relevant bod- efforts to offer standard logistic services to the Palestinian people, Islamic and Palestinian martyrs. — KUNA moting cadres in charge of operations ies, he said. benefit the local and world trade. — KUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Scenes from the ‘By Kuwaiti Hands’ exhibition which took place at Souq Al-Manakh recently. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat ‘By Kuwaiti Hands’ showcases youth talent

By Ben Garcia comed guests and thanked the people behind Sabah, who said that Kuwait is proud of its ties, including the Sabah Al-Ahmed Center for Kuwait Investment Company for their valuable ini- the success of the expo. young people, as they are the foundation of its Talent and Creativity, the strategic partner, and tiative to adopt these talents by organizing this KUWAIT: ‘By Kuwaiti Hands’, an expo organized Recalling the establishment of Kuwait future. From this emerged the idea of holding the Ministry of Youth, that provided consider- exhibition and for giving our creative and talented by Kuwait Investment Company at Souq Al- Investment Company in 1961 through an Amiri an exhibition called ‘By Kuwaiti Hands’ to serve able facilities to ensure the success of the exhi- youth an opportunity to exhibit their works at the Manakh in Kuwait City, showcased the talents of decree, he said the company has an important as the right platform for talented youth and bition, along with a group of Kuwaiti volun- Souq Al-Manakh building, with a view to support- creative youth and their projects. Talal Sulaiman role to play in the society. “We believe in realiz- their projects. They need our support in those teers and others who assisted in bringing this ing them and giving the opportunity to the public Al-Rashdan, Senior Manager for Public Relations ing the wish of His Highness the Amir of projects and help to succeed,” said Rashdan. initiative to life. to visit the exhibition that is held to highlight the and Media at Kuwait Investment Company, wel- Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- The initiative was welcomed by many par- “I would like to thank the management of creativity of Kuwaiti youth,” he added. No unqualified teachers in Kuwait schools in few years: Official

KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait will allow only project, to be executed in phases, would be is seeking to regulate private schools’ fees “to qualified teachers to practice the vital profes- finalized according to the set schedule for set them according to scientific and specific sion, after completion of a special plan in this sake of achieving quality teaching, noting that criteria.” He noted in this respect that the cen- respect forecast to be put together by 2019- the approach would be applicable on nation- ter is examining “quality of structures and 2020, said the head of the National Center for als, expatriates, newly-graduated or veteran buildings, teachers and curricula.” The fees will Education Development (NCED). teachers and professors in both the private be set according to the NCED examination and Dr Sbaih Al-Mekhaizeem, the NCED Director, and public sectors. judgment. said in an exclusive interview with Kuwait News Elaborating, the educational strategist said The NCED also handles the issue of exams, Agency (KUNA) that the center is involved in a the center is currently executing a number of with aim of choosing the best students to be project for issuance of “the teacher license,” not- projects, including the main program, tackled in enrolled in the higher educational institutions ing that it is one of the axes of the State coordination with the World Bank, also aimed at and for matching the skills with the employ- Development Strategy, effective as of April overhauling the teaching sector, valid till 2019, ment market. Part of the center’s agreement 2016. Once the project has been finalized by in addition to several others, currently on hold, with the WB addresses overhauling the curricu- 2019-2020, “only teachers of distinguished per- pending budgets’ allocation, as of the 2016- lums, he said, noting that the current ones focus formance” will be allowed to teach, explained Dr 2017 fiscal year. They are also included in the on memorizing, instead of acquiring skills. Mekhaizeem. The NCED had been established state development strategy. Another axis the center is embarked on is lifting KFH achieves outstanding through the Amiri Decree 308/2006 for devel- Shedding light on these plans, he men- level of teachers’ skills, Dr Mekhaizeem said, oping education in Kuwait, based on scientific tioned “the schools’ distinctiveness project,” explaining the teachers would be subjected to participations in February events methodology. designed to work out a mechanism to examine certain quizzes before being granted “the Dr Mekhaizeem expressed hope that the the schools’ status, also noting that the center teacher license.” — KUNA Kuwait committed to CITES provisions: Official

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural The treaty aims to ensure that international with the Environment Public Authority (EPA), Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) said yester- trade in specimens of wild animals and plants Kuwait General Administration of Customs day that Kuwait is working with other state par- does not threaten the survival of the species in (KGAC), Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research ties of Convention on International Trade in the wild, and it accords varying degrees of pro- (KISR), Kuwait Municipality, the Directorate Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora tection to more than 35,000 species of animals General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Kuwait (CITES) to ensure effective implementation of and plants, he noted. Airways as well as the CITES Secretariat, he went the treaty. “It helps maintain the balance of nature and on. In 2003 PAAAFR formed a flora team which is “Through its wildlife observatory, PAAAFR biodiversity through combating the illicit trade authorized to issue CITES licenses for plant maintains fruitful cooperation with the Global in endangered plants or animals in order to pro- exporting companies and individuals, and verify Trade Watch (GTW), the World Wildlife tect the fauna and flora life in keeping with the the validity of documents of importers, he said, Federation (WWF) and the United Nations provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs noting that some members of the team were KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Mohammad Al-Refaei, the inventor Environment Program (UNEP),” Director General and Trade (GATT). mandated as judiciary police. achieved outstanding participations in who received international recogni- Faisal Al-Hasawi said in a press statement. “The treaty has three appendices that pro- Pursuant to the provisions of CITES, the the national events in the month of tions Mohammad Bin Awon, the “The CITES, also known as the Washington vide legal umbrella for more than 28,432 kinds PAAAFR has also launched a nature reserve over February 2016 through its various Disabled Diver Faisal Al-Mousawi, the Convention, is an intergovernmental treaty to of plants and 5,000 kinds of animals. It bans an area of 650 square meters for keeping the activities, which confirms its leader- Shooting champions Khaled Al- protect the endangered plants and animals exportation or re-exportation of any of the listed endangered species seized by the team, Hasawi ship in assuming the corporate social Mudhaf and Fahad Al-Dayhani, and against overexploitation; it was opened for sig- species,” Hasawi stated. To ensure strict imple- added. Kuwait has joined the 169-member con- responsibility CSR, while emanates the inventor Hawraa Al-Gallaf, where nature in March 1973,” he pointed out. mentation of the treaty, PAAAFR is in contact vention in 2002. — KUNA from its firm belief in the importance KFH held a seminar to recognize them of its social and national role towards at Kuwait University amid huge stu- Kuwait and the society. dent attendance. KFH started its events by participat- KFH launched national chant per- ing in the inaugural ceremony of formed by the distinguished Salah Al- Sabah Al-Ahmad Heritage Village in Shati. It launched an advertising cam- the presence of HH the Amir Sheikh paign in tandem with the occasion of Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. the 55th National Day and 25th The bank took part in the national Liberation Day. campaign of hoisting the Kuwaiti flag. Furthermore, KFH participated in the This campaign encompassed the par- national open day for people with spe- ticipation of hoisting the flag in Nayef cial needs organized by Speaker of Palace in the presence of the Capital National Assembly Marzouq Al- Governor, at KFH Headquarters, on Al- Ghanem’s Committee for people with Fayha branch, Al-Safat Square, Al- special needs. It distributed gifts for Qurain Martyrs Museum, not to men- clients at the airport branch, and organ- tion the participation in launching the ized awareness campaign in collabora- world’s longest free-flying flag in col- tion with the Fire Department Directory. laboration with “Our Flag Brings Us The bank also distributed badges to Together” team. the employees as an expression of the Moreover, the bank organized pride in Kuwait and the happiness in February competition on its official celebrating the national days. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait charity account on Instagram. This competi- It is worth noting that KFH is keen tion attracted thousands of partici- on embracing its social responsibility, center opened in Tanzania pants and witnessed remarkable inter- while participating in the events of action. KFH honored a group of importance to the society, primarily KUWAIT: Kuwait Ambassador to Tanzania Jassim Najem also praised Kuwaiti charities for their Abdulrahman Al-Sumait. The ambassador added national champions who achieved the national events. This incarnates its Al-Najem inaugurated yesterday the humanitarian role and contribution to develop- that donations for the center took place through outstanding results in international prestigious status and underlines its ‘Abdulrahman Al-Sumait’ center in Pemba Island, ment in Tanzania, including serving those in cooperation with Kuwait’s Direct Aid society, not- forums. The champions are the Rider unremitting efforts in shouldering the near Zanzibar. The Ambassador asserted Kuwait’s need, describing Kuwait’s charitable work as ing that the total cost of project was collected in Kuwait Motocross Meshari Bu social responsibility, while motivating continuing humanitarian support through “hallmark” in the history of Kuwait’s philanthropic through donations in a very short amount of Shayba, the Jest Ski World Champion other private sector institutions to fol- Kuwaiti charities, most importantly projects that work in Africa. time. Najem also thanked the exerted efforts by Mohammad Bu Rubaiea, the Skydiver low suit. benefit communities in Tanzania, which are Najem said the center is named after Kuwait’s the Kuwaiti leadership and people in continuing much appreciated by the Tanzanian people. leading figure in humanitarian work, the humanitarian work. — KUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 LOCAL No new government Three MPs coordinate buildings in Capital

By Jamie Etheridge and reviewed and okayed by the Municipality to grill Subaih Meshaal Al-Enezi and has the support of the Supreme Planning Council. Intended to reduce traffic KUWAIT: The Municipal Council yesterday and congestion in the capital area, the plan approved a new regulation that would bar has also had a legal review and needs only Free medical care for Kuwaiti women’s children government bodies from building or being to go through the submission phase and assigned any new office space in Kuwait be published in the official gazette, Kuwait By A Saleh Al-Youm. “The plan is part of Kuwait’s 2020 KUWAIT: MPs Abdullah Maayouf, Mohammed Masterplan [overseen by the Amiri Diwan] Tana Al-Enezi and Saleh Ashour yesterday met and will lead to a stronger economy, better to coordinate on grilling Minister of Social allocation of resources, easing of traffic and Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for congestion in the capital,” explained Eng Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih, said Al-Moussa. informed sources. The sources added that the Once published in the official gazette, three MPs plan to discuss the motion in the the Municipality will stop receiving all March 29 session and delayed filing it so as not requests from government bodies for to be listed on the March 15 session’s agenda. space allocation in the capital area. This The sources said that the three MPs are mobiliz- means that government bodies may not ing their colleagues to make at least 10 of them take up residence in government buildings sign a no-confidence motion, as some lawmak- or build new structures. However, govern- ers have not yet made up their minds on coop- ment ministries and other departments erating with them. already located in the area will not be required to move. They may also opt for Medical services private sector office space. The parliamentary family affairs committee Eng Al-Moussa noted that the Baladiya yesterday met health ministry undersecretary Dr Eng Ali Al-Moussa will consider allocating space in areas like Khaled Al-Sahlawi and discussed medical servic- Minister Hind Al-Subaih MP Abdullah Maayouf Ardhiya, Qurain and near the airport as es for Kuwaiti women’s children, be they City. Eng Ali Al-Moussa, head of the master alternatives to the capital. Despite limited bedoons or non-Kuwaitis. The committee’s rap- structural plan committee, told the Kuwait opposition, nearly 90 percent of council porteur MP Mohammed Tana Al-Enezi said that Times that the plan has already been members supported the new regulation. the committee found that many ministerial deci- sions had been made on providing bedoons with free medical services for life. He added that Court drops joining Nusra case Kuwaiti women’s children are also treated as citi- zens in terms of medical services. Enezi added By Meshaal Al-Enezi dent who was jailed in absentia to 10 years that the committee also discussed recruiting over charges of fighting with the Nusra Kuwaiti women’s children, namely bedoon doc- KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday Front. Separately, a court yesterday ordered tors, pharmacists and lab and radiology techni- abstained from punishing a citizen who had an insurance company to pay a citizen KD cians, in Ministry of Health (MoH) facilities. been accused by state security of joining 400,000 plus a KD 2,000 monthly salary for In addition, Enezi said that the MoH agreed to the Nusra Front group in Syria. The court life in compensation for serious injuries he issue special cards for bedoon children of Kuwaiti also annulled the sentence of a Kuwaiti stu- sustained in a traffic accident. women with detailed information about the min- isterial decisions and medical services they would be entitled to. “The cards will be available PAS reiterates respect for clubs’ in all polyclinics soon,” he underscored. Meanwhile, advisor to the parliamentary professionalism requirements women and family affairs committee Dr Farah Sadeq said that the MoH confirmed providing MP Mohammed Tana Al-Enezi MP Saleh Ashour KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Sports (PAS) yes- ment instructions for all authorities and agencies free medical services for Kuwaiti women’s chil- terday reaffirmed its respect for sporting club chair- amid the current critical situation in the region. It dren for life as stipulated by ministerial decision that MoH also promised to study the possibility operations of desalination plants. The ministry men’s requirements for partial professionalism aim- reaffirmed that its decision 2/2016, which was number 146/2010, and said that the ministry had of granting them some exceptions on visiting added that water reserves are usually used dur- ing to help players keep their technical levels. The approved by Minister of Information and Minister initially approved these privileges in the meeting. outpatient departments. ing maintenance after coordination with water PAS said in a press release that partial professional- of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Sadeq also said that the committee inquired desalination and distillation plants. “Top storage ism would also contribute to highly promoting the Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah “didn’t come out of about collecting KD 50 from Kuwaiti women’s Water grid capacity was recorded on January 25, 2015 with State of Kuwait at international sports events. nothing”, but it was the fruit of several consultative children for health insurance, while they should The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) 3,859 million imperial gallons while the lowest It added that just like all other state bodies, it is meetings held by clubs’ representatives and the only pay KD 5. “The ministry promised to look stressed that Kuwait’s water grid has a very flexi- storage was recorded on July 28, 2015 with 2,509 keen to “keep public money” in line with retrench- PAS’ officials. —KUNA into the matter,” she underlined, pointing out ble capacity that helps annual maintenance imperial gallons,” MEW sources explained.

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad tours the Saad Al-Abdallah Police Sciences Major General Yousuf Al-Ansari, Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Academy’s hospital. Directorate (KFSD) visits Lieutenant Fahad Al-Azmi. Ministry officials inspect police academy clinics

By Hanan Al-Saadoun point at Amman street in Salmiya, after a driver attempt- Saffah ordered the detention of a Kuwaiti youth, who ing police detectives. A microphone was found ed to escape. The four had a piece of hashish, 10 white drove recklessly in Jaber Al-Ali according to several com- inside a car that belongs to one of the thieves, KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant tablets, half a tablet with red color, as well as a white sub- plaints. He was taken to Fintas police station. which he used to order drivers to pull over. An General Suleiman Al-Fahad lauded the health services stance, all suspected to be drugs. Indian delivery man said a driver stopped him in provided at Saad Al-Abdallah Police Sciences Academy, Thieves caught Qasr area, then the suspect stole KD 120 from him. and its state-of-the-art equipment. Al-Fahad spoke dur- Reckless driving Criminal detectives arrested two Gulf nationals The victim identified the two thieves, and further ing a tour at the academy’s hospital, where he inspected Director General of Ahmadi Security Brig Adballah who committed several robberies while impersonat- legal action is being taken. the expansion and maintenance work. He was received by Assistant Undersecretary for Education and Training Affairs Major General Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Ahmad, Acting Director General of the Academy Brig Nasser Buresli and Director of Health Affairs Department Dr Faisal Al-Oraifan.

Official visits injured Lieutenant Major General Yousuf Al-Ansari, Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) visited Lieutenant Fahad Al-Azmi at Razi Orthopedic hospital, after breaking his foot while participating in the firemen challenge tour- nament that was held during the recent Fireman’s Day Festival.

Drug possession Four Kuwaiti young men were sent to the Drugs Control General Department after they were arrested with possession of drugs. The arrest was made at a check TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Anbaa Report National unity and Soldier, policeman arrested hypocrite’s prayers for selling unlicensed weapons KUWAIT: Weapons detectives busted a soldier and a By Thaar Al-Rasheedi policeman, who separately sold unlicensed weapons and ammunition, and both were sent to the prosecution that rue national unity means to be fully convinced ordered them jailed. In the first case, a security source said that we differ from each other and that we need Director of Detectives Lieutenant Colonel Hamad Al-Ajmi to coexist despite differences. However, some learned that a person was trading in weapons, and investi- T people have been insisting that national unity means gations led to discovering that he is a soldier living in to be alike in everything, to agree on all opinions, to Ardiya. The source said that a warrant was obtained and an have the same political views and to form one political undercover agent agreed with the solider to buy a shot- bloc and consider whoever opposes us as a traitor or gun. He was arrested red-handed. In the second case, a tension-creator, and this is a true calamity in under- policeman living in Jahra was discovered selling unlicensed Sectarian standing the true meaning of national unity. We have weapons, and police found a machinegun and two pistols been experiencing this calamity for years and some in his house. He was arrested and sent to the public prose- veteran politicians have even been promoting such cution. Patriot concepts that mix up national unity and similarity. Real national unity means to consolidate and coex- ist despite differences that may go as far as paradoxes

Kidnap attempt Al-Anbaa in race or doctrine. The story that we will not be united A Filipina beautician was the target of a kidnapping unless we are all alike is a wrong one and has nothing attempt by an Egyptian because she refused to marry to do with national unity, terminology or political wise. him. A security source said the Filipina told Abu Halifa Some might argue that the quest for national unity police station that when she finished her work at a can only go through attempts to look for similarities salon, she was surprised by a person attempting to instead of looking for differences, which cannot be kidnap her, but was able to escape. The Filipina said more wrong. Neither me nor you have to look for com- she was about to marry the Egyptian, but some prob- mon grounds and values to be convinced that we lems prompted her to change her mind. Al-Anbaa share this nation and need to agree before we unite! We must not agree with all fellow-citizens. I would only believe such allegations of achieving the so- called national unity if you can just name an example Smuggling foiled America’s salt! of a country where everybody is the same. For exam- Customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle a large ple, the Soviet Union historically tried to impose quantity of illicit tablets by two Syrians who placed them By Saad Al-Motesh national unity by forcing all citizens to act and look inside a container loaded with steel and windows. Director alike for more than seven decades and finally col- of northern ports Waleed Al-Nasser and Customs wonder who invented the saying ‘lying is men’s that the US was offering help to any state that had lapsed when differences defeated attempts to melt Detectives Director Rashid Al-Baraka learned about a con- entire peoples into one mold. tainer coming from Syria with a large quantity of drugs in salt’ and I do not know what is meant by it. Is it the been subject to IS’ treacherous attacks! type of lies men tell? Well, someone told me it They have dropped a lot of aid and weapons on IS Some people have gone as far as considering politi- them. Baraka coordinated with the Drugs Control General I cal opposition as treason to national unity and called Department to prepare a plan for their arrest. Officers wait- means the kind of lies men keep telling their wives so groups in Iraq and Syria and yet keep claiming that as to keep their marriages safe. Well, suppose such they fell on them by mistake, though they even know for waging war on the opposition, be that inside or ed for the container’s arrival at Shuwaikh port on Friday, outside the parliament. Well, this is a very stupid inter- ‘salt’ was granted to men, we have to remember that the chassis number of each vehicle IS has looted and the container was allowed to go through and was pretation of unity. Opposition is part of national unity. under surveillance until it reached Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The it is restricted to married men alone. What about from the Iraqi army because they had been equipped The funny thing is that some politicians and media fig- source said two Syrians were waiting for the container, and unmarried ones, then? I believe it would be unac- with GPS devices that can be easily located and ure who advocate national unity have revolted on see- as soon as they received it, detectives arrested them and ceptable from them because it would only make detected by the US air force. Nonetheless, American ing pictures of MPs Saud Al-Huraiji and Abdulhameed sent them to concerned authorities. them sillier and they would have to come up with fighters keep missing them, not to mention selling Dashti sharing a laugh in the parliament as if they only certain ingredients to have us buy their lies, provided stolen oil before their very eyes! want them to kill each other simply because they they pay much attention to the ‘recipe’ ingredients. If you are really serious about help, many videos politically disagree. Well, they are lawmakers who may Teens fight So guys, do not be shy that your lives include or have recently spread of people claiming responsibili- politically disagree within constitutional and legal Four juveniles in Dhaher stabbed their friend following involve lies because the world’s most powerful coun- ty for acts committed by this satanic terrorist organi- frameworks, but their human relations or fellowship is a dispute over an ATV, and the victim was rushed to try has been practicing lies on a daily basis without zation. I bet you can locate those people if you really something else. Adan Hospital. Police received a call about the fight, so any fears from any man or even the most beautiful of mean what you have been offering, which I fail to Well, gentlemen, if your national unity is but a hyp- they rushed to the area but did not find anyone. While women in the world. The most recent lie has been believe because the role set for your Satan is not over ocrite’s prayer.....do not pray! there, they received a call from the Adan Hospital known as the story of IS. I once read a report saying yet. —Translated by Kuwait Times —Translated by Kuwait Times investigator telling them that a person was brought in with a stab wound. Police then found the juvenile was stabbed during the same fight they were called about. Police are investigating. VIVA showcases products, services Cafe scuffle Police put an end to a fight between three citizens in a for Kuwait Airways’ employees Fahaheel cafe, and all were detained. All three exchanged accusations, and it was found that two of them had differ- ences with the third, so they were all charged with fight- KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most devel- ing and trading insults and detained for further legal oped telecom operator, participated recently in an open action. —Al-Rai day held at the Headquarters of the Kuwait Airways Company from 6 to 8 March 2016, in Dajeej. Professionals from Corporate Division at VIVA, welcomed employees of Smart meters Kuwait Airways, and informed them about latest VIVA’s unique products and services. VIVA’s presence at the Kuwait Airways headquarters tender soon reaffirms its continued commitment to the society through communication with various Kuwaiti institutions and com- KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water is preparing mittees, promoting its products and services while meet- for a tender to install smart meters in one of Kuwait’s gov- ing the clients’ needs and aspirations. ernorates, Undersecretary Mohammad Bushehri said, VIVA reiterates its commitment to provide the latest and adding that the tender is expected to be placed within two unique telecom products and services designed to ensure or three months. Bushehri said the ministry installed 1,000 customer satisfaction and to exceed their expectations. meters on trial bases in several Hawally buildings, adding The company will continue to seek new innovative ways to that the experiment was a success. —Al-Rai offer exceptional services to clients and become closer to them while meeting their needs in a better and faster way. Saudi, Qatar ask To find out more about VIVA’s competitive promotions, products and packages, visit one of the 70 VIVA branches, or the VIVA website at www.viva.com.kw , or call VIVA’s 24- Kuwait for hour call center on 102. Eurofighter specs KUWAIT: Saudi and Qatari military officials asked their Kuwaiti counterparts to provide them with the specifica- Warba Bank sponsors Turaji: Hundreds tions of the Eurofighter jets that the Gulf state recently chose to add to its Air Force, Kuwaiti military sources said. of thousands of Notably, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister 14th Fireman Festival Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah had emphasized that the Kuwaitis illegally Eurofighter deal would enhance Kuwait Army’s capabilities. Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding in KUWAIT: Since its inception in the (Acting Minister of Water and the least possible losses. got citizenship September 2015 to buy 28 Eurofighter jets, the consortium Kuwaiti market as an Islamic and Electricity), Sheikh Mohammad Al- Warba Bank participated in the KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji disclosed an unusual that makes the aircraft said, in a deal worth up to 8 billion fastest growing Bank providing full Abdullah Al-Sabah, over three days event through a special booth increase by hundreds of thousands in the numbers of euros ($8.7 billion). Last week, the parliament approved a range of integrated banking and at Souq Sharq. where a professional sales team Kuwaiti citizens, and draft law on Tuesday allowing the government to make an investment services in full compli- Warba Bank’s sponsorship of the showcased and marketed the stressed that according to advance payment of KD 150 million ($500 million) as part ance to the provisions of Islamic event comes in recognition of fire- Bank’s innovative and tailored specialized census experts, of the deal. —Al-Rai Sharia at local and global levels, fighters’ efforts and courage, and in products services for employees of many of them got citizen- Warba Bank has spared no efforts in an effort of the Bank to help and the General Fire Directorate as well ship through forgery and as visitors. The Bank’s offers have random naturalization. He Ministry to hire been welcomed by visitors who added that experts stress had the chance of a direct access to that the total number of Palestinian teachers the Bank’s rich high-end portfolio citizens must not be more products and services specially than one million, while real KUWAIT: While Education Minister Badr Al-Essa confirmed designed for meeting customers’ figures show that they are accepting Palestinians residing in Kuwait to work as teachers, he needs and aspirations in the bank- over 1.2 million. “This denied the cancellation of contracts of any teacher working in ing sector. means that there are hun- government schools, be they The Show also includes several MP Abdullah dreds of thousands who Egyptians or anyone else. Essa told episodes, such as documentary Al-Turaiji got citizenship through Al-Rai that accepting Palestinians illegal ways,” Turaiji comes as support for foreign films about firefighters and compe- titions for visitors under which win- stressed, adding that the total number of stateless recruits from Egypt, Tunisia and people whose original nationalities have not been ners got prizes, in addition to of the Jordan. He said contracts with revealed are only 745 out of the total number of teachers will only be in specialties Challenge Championship Show, 23,371 cases studied by a special committee. needed by the ministry. Machinery Show and Firefighting Turaiji added that the committee proved that large Essa said the education ministry Sectors as well as other activities. numbers of the bedoons examined had documents is full of administrative jobs, while it Warba Bank expressed strong proving they are from other countries, mainly Iraq, has a shortage in some scientific interest in attending key occasions Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran. “According to the central specialties like mathematics and that enable direct communication apparatus for illegal residents’ statistics, bedoons’ physics, adding “this problem is in with its customers and providing numbers dropped to 93,000 after the Iraqi occupa- Education Minister most Arab governments”. He said them with the latest products and tion,” he underlined. Dr Bader Al-Essa the ministry is going ahead with services. The Bank finds this a great Turaiji added that some citizens had even got their retiring those on the job for 33 participating with Kuwaiti society encourage them do their best in chance to listen and talk to cus- citizenship through forgery and hailed the efforts years, which is a decision that will be implemented gradually for bringing in development and saving lives, especially they belong tomers, thus enhancing and deep- recently exerted by the interior minister and his assis- every school year. spread of cultural, health and envi- to Kuwait courageous soldiers who ening better relationships with its tant undersecretary for citizenship and passports Maj Meanwhile, Al-Jarida reported that the education ministry ronmental awareness across the never hesitate to sacrifice their customers . Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah in discovering several forgeries prepared a list of 400 teachers to be terminated by the end of country. The Bank sticks to its souls for saving people. Warba Bank It is worthy to note that Warba committed over the past years. “He even found that the current school year as an implementation of the education promising CSR program. Therefore, underlines that its leading role in Bank continues to provide sponsor- some Kuwaiti siblings did not know one another,” he ministry’s decision to reduce the number of expat teachers by Warba Bank has recently sponsored providing awareness to the Kuwaiti ship for objective social events that added, noting that the citizenship department had 25 percent in specialties with surplus in Kuwaitis and Gulf and participated in the 14th society entails encouraging citizens enrich general culture and high- been recently arresting people who got citizenship nationals. Informed sources said those included in the decision through forgery and paying considerable sums to add work in computers, social science and science, adding that Firefighter’s Festival organized by in all fields and educating the socie- light the efforts of the various sec- the Fire General Directorate under ty about the role of firemen and the tors in the society, their people, people to citizens’ files as their children. “Kuwaiti citi- they will be informed three months before the termination zenship has become an item for sale,” he said. —Al-Rai date. —Al-Rai, Al-Jarida the auspices of his Excellency the techniques that they apply for put- appreciate their efforts and push State Minister for Cabinet Affairs ting out fires as soon as possible at them forward. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

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ABU DHABI: US Vice President Joe Biden visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque yesterday. — AP Biden vows US will ‘wipe out’ IS US vice president starts Mideast tour

ABU DHABI: US Vice President Joe Biden said “So as hard as it is, we have to keep trying to and give the Syrian people the chance they “That’s why we worked so hard to achieve a tour was its director-general, Yousif Abdallah yesterday Washington was going to have to reach a political settlement,” he said. Saudi deserve to rebuild their country. To create a nuclear agreement with Iran, because as dan- Alobaidli, and Minister of State Reem Al- “squeeze the heart of” the Islamic State group Arabia, which backs the Syrian opposition, and credible, inclusive, and non-sectarian system, gerous as Iran’s actions are, they would be Hashimi. in Syria and Iraq to wipe it out. “We have to ally the UAE have said they are willing to send a new constitution and free and fair elections,” exponentially greater if Iran possessed a Biden later visited Masdar City, a govern- squeeze the heart of Daesh in Iraq and Syria so ground troops to Syria under US command to Biden said. He said the truce that went into nuclear weapon.” He said steps were being ment-backed clean energy campus on the they can’t continue to pump the poison in the battle IS. effect in Syria on Feb 27 “seems to be holding” taken to bolster the security of the GCC capital’s outskirts, taking a few moments to region and the rest of the world,” he said, using Biden’s comments come as President but was “not perfect”. monarchies to be able to “deal with Iran diplo- talk to Shefaa Mansour, a student from Baton an Arab acronym for IS. Biden was speaking to Bashar Al-Assad’s regime and its opponents But he also noted that “levels of violence matically from a position of strength”. Biden Rouge, Louisiana, studying at the affiliated hundreds of American and allied forces inside are due this week to resume UN-sponsored have dropped significantly across the country”, held talks later yesterday with UAE President Masdar Institute. He later looked at a model of a hangar at a military base in the United Arab peace talks in Geneva as a fragile ceasefire and said this opened the way for the delivery Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and a desalination plant, something crucial to the Emirates. “This fight is going to take time, but holds in Syria. The talks are aimed at ending of desperately needed humanitarian aid. today will meet Dubai ruler Sheikh Emirates, which experts warn may run out of we are committed to seeing it through until the five-year Syria war that has killed more Biden also praised US relations with the UAE Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. groundwater in the next 15 years. Emirati we wipe out this evil - and we will wipe out than 270,000 people, displaced millions and and its partners in the six-nation Gulf Earlier in the day, Biden visited Abu Dhabi’s Minister of State Sultan Al-Jaber handed him a this evil,” Biden said. devastated the country. Cooperation Council, which also includes Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, pausing outside bottle of water made at the plant. The vice Earlier, he ruled out a military solution to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and to remove his black dress shoes in keeping president looked at it, then smiled. “Now make end Syria’s conflict, and called for a political Sticking Point: Assad’s Fate Oman. He acknowledged the “challenges” with Islamic custom. He examined a wall in the sure I’m still standing,” he said. “Watch what transition. “That should be clear to everyone,” The fate of Assad, who is refusing to step posed by the historic nuclear deal struck last ornate mosque bearing the 99 names of God happens when I take the first sip. I’m more Biden told Abu Dhabi newspaper The National down, has been one of the main sticking year between Iran and world powers and also written in Arabic before stepping outside to energized.” Biden then paused for a moment at the start of his visit to the UAE ahead of points in talks. “A political solution between the concerns it raised in GCC countries which wave at visiting tourists kept a short distance and added: “Do you need a partner? I’m out of travelling to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. the parties is the only way to end the violence are wary of Tehran. away. Accompanying Biden on the mosque a job soon.” — Agencies Clinton faces down Sanders, blasts Trump

FLINT, Michigan: With the Democratic campaign, Clinton appears to be on the Trump had received 3.6 million votes, presidential nomination within reach, cusp of securing her party’s nomination, which is a good number,” Clinton said, Hillary Clinton Sunday sought to repel despite a spirited and stronger-than- remarking on the mogul’s shock elec- sharp ideological attacks from party rival expected challenge from leftist Bernie toral success. But, she added: “There is Bernie Sanders, while training some fire Sanders. Sanders has won a string of only one candidate in either party who on Republican frontrunner Donald state-wide nominating primaries, includ- has more votes than him, and that’s me.” Trump. “Donald Trump’s bigotry, his bul- ing in Nebraska and Kansas on Saturday, lying, his bluster are not going to wear and he is projected to win Sunday’s par- First Thing, First well on the American people,” Clinton ty vote in Maine. But thanks to Clinton’s Still, in a chaotic election year that said, turning some of her attention to a own victories and strong second place has seen outsiders tap voter unease, general election, in which she vowed to showings, she maintains a two-to-one Clinton will not be taking anything for take the moral high road. “I will do what- lead in all-important nominating dele- granted, not least Sanders. Ideological ever I can as the Democratic nominee to gates. differences between the two Democratic run a campaign you’ll be proud of,” she After three months of voting, a gen- White House hopefuls was thrown into said. “I don’t intend to get in to the gut- eral election between Democrat Clinton sharp relief Sunday, in a sometimes testy ter with whoever they nominate.” Nine and Republican Trump seems increas- debate in Flint, Michigan, a town where months after launching her presidential ingly likely. “As of last night Donald lead-tainted water has poisoned thou- sands of children. Clinton and Sanders both criticized Michigan’s Republican governor Rick Snyder, who they said should resign or be recalled from his post for neglecting Flint. More than 8,000 children in Flint, economically devastated by the closure of General Motors factories, were exposed to lead for more than a year before the tap water contamination was uncovered by citizen activists. “The gov- ernor should resign or be recalled and we should support the efforts of citizens attempting to achieve that,” Clinton said. “But that is not enough. We have to focus on what must be done to help the people of Flint,” she added, saying feder- al funds should be released. Sanders said he had been “shattered” by visiting the city and meeting citizens. “It was beyond belief that children in FLINT, Michigan: Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Flint, Michigan, in the United States of Sen Bernie Sanders argue a point during a Democratic presidential pri- America in the year 2016, are being poi- mary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint on Sunday. — AP soned. —AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

Jailed Palestinians’ wives caught between pride, struggle

RAMALLAH: When he was sentenced to she will never change her mind. She now works in a telecommunica- life by Israel a decade ago in a murder When her husband was sentenced in tions company and takes care of her son. case, Ahed Abu Golmi offered to divorce 2002, only a year and a half after they “Whenever I look at him, I tell myself that his wife so she could live freely, but she were married, she ululated in joy. “All he lacks a father at his side,” she said. As refused. “I love Ahed and we are still con- these years I have never regretted a a result, “I am a mother, father, brother nected,” said Wafa, who has taken care of thing,” said Muslih, whose son was just and sister to my son.” It was for that very their son and daughter alone since her four months old when his father was same reason that Abu Golmi, who was husband went to jail. More than 7,000 jailed. “I was proud to be the wife of a sentenced to life for taking part in the Palestinians are currently held in Israeli fighter, even if that meant depriving murder of Israeli tourism minister prisons, with around 600 serving life myself of many things and breaking my Rehavam Zeevi in 2001, suggested to his sentences, including Golmi, according to heart.” wife that they divorce. the Palestinian Prisoners Club rights Wafa rejected the offer, but says she group. Hopes of Prisoner Swap knows “many women who divorced The prisoners are often glorified in At one point, she went 12 years with- when their husbands were given life Palestinian society as heroes of the out being able to speak to him, but after sentences”. “Some did it because their “resistance”, but their wives are less a long legal battle, she was given the husbands demanded it, others asked for noticed, often left to care for families right to visit her husband. Now she can it themselves,” she said. Some alone. Women who indeed choose to speak to him by telephone - with a panel Palestinian wives have come up with divorce often do so quietly, with the of bulletproof glass between them. extreme ways of enlarging their families subject seen as taboo. Khalida Muslih, Muslih says she maintains the “inde- while their husbands are behind bars. 39, said she had no second thoughts in structible hope” that they will one day Semen has been secretly smuggled out deciding what course to take when her be reunited through a prisoner of prison in unclear circumstances to husband Mohammed was given nine life exchange. She prides herself on taking allow women to have more children, sentences for deadly attacks against care of the family home that she and rel- according to the Palestinian Prisoners Israelis. According to her, being the wife atives of her husband rebuilt after it was club. It says that 35 babies have been RAMALLAH: Khalida Musleh, wife of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Musleh of a prisoner serving time for attacking destroyed by the Israelis in retaliation for born that way after more than 60 such who is held in an Israeli jail, shows a portrait of her husband at her house in this Israelis is something to be proud of, and her husband’s attacks. clandestine transfers. — AFP West Bank city on March 3, 2016. — AFP

Saudi center looks to online videos to counter extremism

RIYADH: Two Saudi boys, one Sunni, another YouTube videos. Its latest effort saw 128 Shiite, push their desks together and sit side- entries in a contest that offered 150,000 riyals by-side smiling in a classroom. Then teachers ($40,000) divided among the five best produc- tell the boys their opposing sects are “evil” and ers of short films promoting national unity and they pull their desks apart, before their parents tolerance, and opposing extremism. insist it is okay to be friends, and they walk off All the films had to be uploaded to hand-in-hand. These scenes were featured in a YouTube as a condition of entry. “The Missing YouTube video posted online in November for Meanings”, a slick three-minute production, a Saudi center, funded under an endowment took first place at an awards ceremony last from the late King Abdullah, that is making a month. It featured images of division trans- push on social media to counter Islamic formed into scenes of joy. A gunman about to extremism. shoot his victim became the two men laugh- Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s most con- ing together. Office workers divided by an servative nations, has long been accused of invisible wall instead shared coffee. fuelling extremism by promoting the teach- As well as its social media strategy, the cen- ings of 18th century Sunni preacher Sheikh ter brings Saudi Sunnis and Shiites together in Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab. But Saudi meetings and workshops, promoting mutual authorities say they are working to counter understanding through contact. Shiites make extremist messages, and the Riyadh-based up roughly 10 percent of Saudi Arabia’s popu- King Abdul Aziz Centre for National Dialogue lation and have long complained of marginal- (KACND) has intensified efforts to promote tol- ization. Tensions have escalated since the Jan 2 erance. “The biggest challenge is how to com- execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr Al- pete with the ideas of ISIS,” said Habeeb Al- Nimr, who was convicted of sedition. The king- Shammari, a media specialist with the center, dom’s Shiite-dominated regional rival Iran using an alternative acronym for IS. Since seiz- denounced the execution, accusing Riyadh of ing control of large parts of Syria and Iraq in “sectarian hate-mongering”. 2014, the jihadists of IS have developed a sophisticated online presence, releasing slick Calls for Anti-Hate Law and often gruesome videos to promote their On the contrary, said Shehri, the center is try- hardline views. ing “to protect our country” through efforts to BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia: Tunisian special forces take position during clashes with militants in this southern town near the Libyan border forestall the type of sectarian hatred which has yesterday. — AFP Countering IS ‘Propaganda’ devastated neighboring nations like Iraq. Many The centre is trying “to stop this kind of in the kingdom were sceptical after the centre’s propaganda” with its own online campaigns, founding 13 years ago, he said. Sunni clerics said the head of its New Media department Ali often refused to attend its sessions, saying they Tunisia kills 35 militants in Al-Shehri. “We work very hard in social media, would not sit next to Shiites or “liberals”. One to spread our message, to convince people,” imam even branded the center “evil” for bring- Shehri said, noting that Saudi Arabia is the ing the sects together, but later ended up join- clashes near Libya border world’s highest per capita consumer of ing its meetings, Shehri said with a laugh.—AFP President slams ‘unprecedented’ attack

BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia: Tunisian forces the Tunisian border. border would be reinforced. Prime Minister fought off fierce attacks from jihadists near the The government said that an army barracks Habib Essid, who will hold a press conference Libyan border yesterday, killing 35 extremist and police and National Guard posts in Ben today, ordered the defence and interior minis- fighters in clashes that also left seven civilians Guerdane came under attack in coordinated ters to Ben Guerdane to oversee operations dead. Ten members of the security forces were pre-dawn assaults. The defence ministry said at against the jihadists. Last Wednesday, troops killed in the fighting in the border town of Ben least 35 jihadists, six members of the National killed five militants in a firefight outside the Guerdane, which President Beji Caid Essebsi con- Guard, two policemen, a customs official and a town in which a civilian was also killed and a demned as an “unprecedented” jihadist attack. It soldier died in the fighting, the defence ministry commander wounded. prompted authorities to close the frontier and said. Seven civilians were also killed. Seven mili- Troops have been on alert in the border area order a nighttime curfew. In statements broad- tants were captured, the defence ministry said. following reports that militants had been slip- cast on state television, Essebsi said the assault Hospital official Abdelkrim Chafroud said a 12- ping across since a US air strike on an IS training was “maybe aimed at controlling” the border year-old boy was among the dead civilians. camp in Libya on February 18 killed dozens of region with Libya, and he vowed to “exterminate An AFP correspondent reported that schools Tunisian militants. At least four of the five mili- these rats”. and offices in Ben Guerdane were closed and tants killed in last week’s firefight were Tunisians It was the second deadly clash in the border troops were posted on rooftops across town. who had entered from Libya in a bid to carry out area in less than a week as Tunisia battles to pre- Residents were being urged to stay indoors even attacks in their homeland, the interior ministry vent the large number of its nationals who have before the 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) start of the said. “Suspicious movements had been reported joined the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in nighttime curfew. since the Sabratha strike and there was a feeling RIYADH: Head of the new media department of the King Abdul Aziz Centre for Libya from returning to carry out attacks at that IS was looking for revenge,” said Hamza National Dialogue (KACND) Ali Al-Shehri works at his office on Feb 17, 2016 in the home. The jihadists have taken advantage of a Jihadist Presence Growing Meddeb, a researcher for the Carnegie Middle capital. — AFP power vacuum since the NATO-backed over- As well as closing border crossings with Libya, East Centre. throw of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in authorities also closed the main road north to Deadly attacks by IS on foreign holidaymak- 2011 to set up bases in several areas of Libya, the rest of Tunisia, the correspondent said. ers last year, which dealt a devastating blow to including the Sabratha area between Tripoli and Authorities said ground and air patrols along the Tunisia’s tourism industry, are believed to have Iraq town lives in shadow been planned from Libya. Tunisia has built a 200- kilometre (125-mile) barrier that stretches about of ‘most dangerous dam’ half the length of its border with Libya in an Syria regime says peace attempt to stop militants infiltrating. WANA, Iraq: Amid growing talk that Iraq’s they would have told us to leave the area... It’s largest dam risks bursting, residents of the impossible that they would not tell us,” he US Air Strike town of Wana, which would be wiped out said. Zyad Saeed was less sure. “I won’t lie to talks to start March 14 February’s US strike on the IS training camp within minutes of a breach, are both sceptical you. We are now very scared that the dam will outside Sabratha targeted the suspected mas- and anxious. Wana lies a bit more than 10 km collapse, and many residents are thinking of BEIRUT: Syria’s regime said yesterday it had ments by HNC spokesman Riad Naasan Agha, downstream from the Mosul dam on the leaving their homes and moving to been invited to peace talks in Geneva from who said the opposition delegation would termind of two of last year’s attacks, Noureddine Chouchane. Washington has said Chouchane Tigris river, the first town on the path of a pos- Kurdistan,” the young man said. March 14 but the opposition said it was still arrive on Friday to take part in talks. sible doomsday wave. A major failure of the Early this month, a contract was signed considering whether to attend despite a major was likely among the dozens of militants killed, and that the strike probably averted a mass dam would unleash millions of cubic metres between the Iraqi government and Italian lull in fighting. The United Nations is hoping to Aid Deliveries Rise of water down the valley and Wana would be company Trevi for the repair work needed to restart peace talks that collapsed last month, The truce between President Bashar al- shooting or similar attack in Tunisia. Western governments have been increasingly alarmed by swept by a wave experts say could reach prevent a disaster. The pressure on the dam is building on a ceasefire that has led to the first Assad’s regime and non-jihadist rebels is part more than 15 m in height. increasing as melting snow feeds the reser- significant decline in violence in Syria’s nearly of the biggest diplomatic effort yet to resolve the growing IS presence in Libya just 300 km across the Mediterranean from Europe, and have Yet life goes on as usual in the small town voir and technical teams are expected to start five-year civil war. A source close to the Syrian Syria’s conflict, which has killed more than of around 10,000 inhabitants where children work immediately. “I don’t know what to do, regime delegation told AFP it had been invit- 270,000 people and forced millions from their made contingency plans for intensified military action. Rival administrations which have vied for continue to play and cows to graze on the there is Daesh on one side, their trucks could ed to a new round of talks starting from March homes. Russia and the United States are on shores of the river every day. Some residents just roll in,” Saeed said, using an Arab 14 in the Swiss city. opposing sides of the conflict - Moscow backs power since mid-2014 in Libya are being urged to sign up to a UN-brokered national unity gov- choose to trust the local authorities, who acronym for the Islamic State group. “And on The UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has Assad and Washington supports the opposi- have downplayed alarming assessments by the other side we have this dam that could said he hopes the talks can begin from tion - but the two powers have made a con- ernment to facilitate the fight against the jihadists. the Iraqi prime minister’s office and the US collapse,” he said, gazing at the river. Thursday but officials have indicated it could certed push for the truce and further peace army. “We are relying on Iraqi experts who tell The jihadist organization that swept across take several days of preparations for the nego- efforts to succeed. Observers say the partial Handfuls of US, British and French special forces have already been reported in Libya. A us there is no risk the dam will burst. That is Iraq in 2014 briefly took the dam, which is tiations to get off the ground. President Bashar truce, which does not apply to the Islamic all media hype,” said Fadhel Hassan Khalaf, a now under the control of Iraq’s Kurdish pesh- Al-Assad’s regime has already expressed its State group or the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra contingent of around 50 Italians is about to join them, Il Corriere della Sera newspaper reported 52-year-old civil servant who remembers merga forces. “After the dam was taken back willingness to take part in talks but the oppo- Front, has largely held despite widespread when the dam was built in the early 1980s. from Daesh, we carried out some tests on the sition has sent mixed signals on whether it will scepticism before it took effect. last Thursday, citing a classified order signed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in February. Britain The US embassy recently released an foundations. There was no indication that the attend this latest round. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a overview of a breach scenario and said dam was at risk,” Mohsen Hassan, the deputy The head of the Riyadh-based High Britain-based monitor, said Sunday had been announced last week that it was sending a team of around 20 soldiers to Tunisia to train troops 500,000 to 1.47 million Iraqis living in areas head of the dam, told AFP in his office there. Negotiations Committee, Riad Hijab, yesterday the “calmest day” in Syria since the ceasefire most exposed to the flood wave would prob- Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is taking US refused to commit to the talks. “The HNC will began. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman patrolling the border with Libya. Thirty Britons were among 38 foreign holi- ably not survive if they were not evacuated. warnings seriously though and the contract assess the situation in the coming days and told AFP that the average number of civilian People in the Mosul and Tikrit areas would awarded to Trevi is for $300 million. we will take the appropriate decision,” he told deaths a day had fallen by 90 percent since daymakers killed in a gun and grenade attack on a beach resort near the Tunisian city of Sousse have to move five or six kilometres away from The US Army Corps of Engineers have said reporters. Speaking in a conference call from the truce came into force, with an 80 percent the riverbank to reach safety, it said. that “in terms of internal erosion potential of Riyadh, Hijab said a small delegation from the decline among soldiers and rebel forces. Aid last June. And last March, jihadist gunmen killed 21 tourists and a policeman at the National the foundation, Mosul dam is the most dan- HNC would travel to Geneva “in the next two deliveries have also improved, with the UN ‘We Will Not Survive’ gerous dam in the world”. The mayor of Wana, days” to meet with the international task force delivering aid yesterday to a key rebel bastion Bardo Museum in Tunis. According to a UN work- ing group on the use of mercenaries, more than Bashir Ismail, 63 years old and a father of Ali Mohamed Saleh, said there had been no monitoring the truce. Hijab’s statements east of Damascus, the third distribution since 13, owns a small convenience store on Wana’s official alert or evacuation plan from the gov- appeared to be a step back from earlier com- truce began on February 27.—AFP 5,000 Tunisians have travelled abroad to join jihadist groups, many of them in Libya. — AFP main street. “If the dam was going to collapse, ernment yet.—AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 Trudeau bringing Canadian star power to White House

TORONTO: Justin Trudeau, the new, young will help strengthen relations with the US. prime minister of Canada with the famous “I think we’ve seen the incredible excite- name, is bringing his star power to the ment that Justin generated during his cam- White House. The 44-year-old scion of one paign in Canada,” Obama said after their of Canada’s most famous politicians was first meeting at a summit in the Philippines sworn into office in November. Within last fall. “We’re confident that he’s going to weeks, President Barack Obama granted be able to provide a great boost of energy Trudeau one of the highest honors the US and reform to the Canadian political land- reserves for close allies: a pomp-filled visit scape. And we’re looking forward very with plenty of time in private talks and in much to working with him.” front of cameras with Obama, who remains Added Trudeau: “It’s going to be a won- popular in Canada. derful time of strengthening ties between Trudeau, accompanied by his wife, our two countries both on the economic, Sophie Gregoire, will be feted Thursday at a on the security, on the engagement with sparkly state dinner, the first of Obama’s the world and on the personal level.” Nik final year in office and the first for Canada Nanos, a Canadian pollster, said more since April 1997. “Obama was delighted that Americans have become interested in Trudeau got elected,” said Nelson Wiseman, Canadian politics because of Trudeau. “Not a University of Toronto political science pro- all Canadian prime ministers have star pow- fessor, offering perspective on Trudeau’s er. Justin Trudeau has star power,” Nanos speedy invitation. “They’re both liberals. said. Trudeau channels the charisma of his They both like to talk the same kind of lan- father, the late Pierre Trudeau, who often guage.” flashed his intelligence and wit. Trudeau Stephen Harper, Trudeau’s predecessor, aims to restore his father’s legacy as leader is a conservative who held office for nearly a of the Liberal Party, a record that was under decade. His relations with Obama were siege during 10 years of Conservative rule strained over various issues, most notably under Harper. Pierre Trudeau swept into the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that power in 1968 on a wave of support would have run from Canada to the Gulf of dubbed “Trudeaumania” and, with a short Mexico. After years of US government interruption, served until 1984. He was reviews, Obama killed the project last year. often compared to John F Kennedy and Trudeau’s election has ushered in a new era remains one of the few Canadian politicians BOISE, Idaho: Republican presidential candidate Sen Marco Rubio poses for a photograph at a campaign rally on Sunday. — AP in Canada’s politics that he and others hope who are recognized in America.—AP Rubio: A candidate still Lawmaker asks why SEALs don’t have enough rifles searching for viable base

WASHINGTON: The tip of the spear may be desk jobs at the Pentagon.” losing its edge. Navy SEAL teams don’t have The problem isn’t a lack of money, accord- Florida senator struggles to woo voters enough combat rifles to go around, even as ing to Hunter. Congress has frequently boosted these highly trained forces are relied on more the budgets of special operations forces in the BOISE, Idaho: Marco Rubio finds his Oval Office ing contests - the second coming Sunday in Puerto tells the story of his 2010 Senate bid, when he than ever to carry out counterterrorism opera- years since the 9/11 attacks, he said. Rifles also ambitions squeezed by Donald Trump’s outsider Rico - and now he faces a must-win March 15 pri- “took on” the “Washington establishment” by run- tions and other secretive missions, according to are among the least expensive items the mili- ambush and the Republican Party’s resulting iden- mary in his home state, where polls suggest Trump ning against prohibitive favorite and then-Gov SEALs who have confided in Rep Duncan tary buys, leading Hunter to question the prior- tity crisis. The Florida senator has struggled to remains well-positioned to capture the winner- Charlie Crist in the GOP primary. Yet the senator Hunter. After SEALs return from a deployment, ities of Naval Special Warfare Command, the reconnect with the kind of voters who sent him to take-all prize of 99 delegates. also touts his 15 years in government - what he their rifles are given to other commandos who Coronado, California, organization that over- Capitol Hill six years ago as a tea party favorite, Rubio said he doesn’t want to be cast either as pitches as “taking conservative principles and turn- are shipping out, said Hunter, a former Marine sees the SEALs. “There is so much wasteful instead watching them fuel Trump and his closest an establishment figure or an outsider incapable of ing them into conservative action”. Even more who served three combat tours in Iraq and spending,” he said. “Money is not reaching the challenger to winning the GOP presidential nomi- getting anything done. “I’ve only been in the noteworthy, he embraces elected officials at one Afghanistan. This weapons carousel undercuts people it needs to reach.” nation, Texas Sen Ted Cruz. Senate for five years, and I’ve kept my promises to campaign rally after another. In Idaho, which hosts the “train like you fight” ethos of the U.S. special Combat rifles can cost up to several thou- Yet left to depend on more traditional fight hard against the status quo, and that’s why its primary Tuesday, Sen James Risch praised his operations forces, they said. sand dollars depending upon the type of Republicans, Rubio also has not fully harnessed the I’m running for president,” he said. And he is pro- colleague’s effectiveness and support for the Idaho Hunter said he’s been contacted by several weapon and quality of the sights and other financial and organizational muscle of the GOP old- jecting confidence hopscotching from Puerto Rico National Laboratory, a federal energy research SEALs, but he declined to provide further infor- attachments. But the M-4 carbine, the standard guard eager to derail Trump, with some backers of to Idaho and back to Florida after a string of installation. In Kansas, Gov Sam Brownback, Sen mation about the weapons they use in order to combat rifle used by the military branches, cost failed candidates like Jeb Bush remaining on the defeats from Super Tuesday through Saturday. Pat Roberts and Rep Mike Pompeo took the stage. protect their identities. US military officials said less than $1,000 each when bought in bulk, sidelines and others supporting Ohio Gov John “We’re going to win Florida,” he promises, ahead of Brownback - who has abysmal approval ratings they were looking into the issue. Sharing rifles according to Defense Department budget doc- Kasich. And even where Rubio has corralled estab- a “long slog” for delegates thereafter. amid sweeping state budget cuts - drew boos in may seem inconsequential. It’s not. The uments. Hunter wrote last month to the Naval lishment players, voters haven’t always followed. Kansas City when called upon to introduce his weapons, which are outfitted with telescopic Special Warfare Command’s leader, Rear Adm Rubio insists he feels “real good about the map Conundrum guest. A day later, Rubio garnered 17 percent in the targeting sights and laser pointers, are fine- Brian Losey, about the alleged weapon short- as we move forward”, telling AP in an interview late Still, his conundrum is on full display. In Wichita, Kansas caucus, another third-place finish behind tuned to individual specifications and become age and also asked him for a full accounting of Sunday he believes voters across the GOP spec- Kansas, he declared: “Every traditional institution in Cruz and Trump. Rubio has campaigned with South intensely personal pieces of gear. “They want how the command’s budget was spent last trum want “an optimistic message of conservatism”, America is failing you.” He named “the media ... Carolina Gov Nikki Haley and former Louisiana Gov their rifles,” Hunter said. “It’s their lifeline. So let year. Losey has told Hunter to expect a reply by not just “anger and frustration”. But the result of higher education ... big business ... and, by the way Bobby Jindal. He lost both their states, registering them keep their guns until they’re assigned Wednesday.—AP Rubio’s pitch so far is two wins out of 20 nominat- ... your politicians and your political parties.” Rubio just 11 percent on Jindal’s home turf.—AP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Turkey offers more help to stem flood of migrants EU wants Turkey to hold back migrants, take back many

BRUSSELS: Turkey offered the seeking 20 billion euros. “I am sure Merkel and Rutte, whose country paper, top-selling daily Zaman. European Union greater help yesterday these challenges will be solved through holds the rotating EU presidency, spent European Parliament President to stem a flood of migrants into Europe our cooperation and Turkey is ready to five hours talking with Davutoglu until Martin Schulz said he had told the but demanded more money, faster work with the EU,” Davutoglu said on 2:45 am to try to nail down commit- Turkish premier that media freedom was accession talks and quicker visa-free arrival for the summit. “Turkey is ready ments to halt the migrant flow after “a non-negotiable element of our travel for its citizens in exchange, diplo- to be a member of the EU as well. Today more than one million people - mostly European identity” and they had differed mats said. Prime Minister Ahmet I hope this summit will not just focus on Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans - entered sharply. The migrant crisis meant the EU Davutoglu said Ankara was willing to irregular migration but also the Turkish Europe last year, most ending up in needed to work with Turkey even if it take back all non-Syrian migrants accession process to the EU.” Germany. “It’s going to be a proper was in “total disagreement” with its poli- denied asylum in Europe as well as all Among his demands, diplomats Turkish bazaar - first we will throw our cies, he said. German and Dutch govern- those intercepted in its territorial said, was to grant Turks visa-free travel hands up in the air expressing shock ment spokesmen said Merkel and Rutte waters, and to crack down harder on in the EU from June instead of waiting about Turkey’s demands. Then we’ll offer had raised the issue with Davutoglu, and people smugglers, they said. for a planned October review of to meet a tiny, tiny, tiny part of what they French President Francois Hollande said An emergency EU-Turkey summit, preparatory measures. One EU diplo- want. And then we’ll see how the bar- the EU was and should remain extreme- A child plays with a ballon in a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian originally planned to last half a day, was mat said Berlin and some allies were gaining goes from there,” said one EU ly vigilant about press freedom and border near the Greek village of Idomeni, yesterday where thousands of extended to give Davutoglu a chance open to bringing forward the date if diplomat. human rights in Turkey. refugees and migrants wait to cross the border into Macedonia. —AFP Nevertheless, the EU was taking care not to alienate Ankara just as hopes are rising of a solution to the EU leaders clash over migration problem. Fellow EU leaders, long divided over how to end chaotic migrant route ‘closure’ movements that have put Europe’s Schengen open border system in jeop- BRUSSELS: Divided EU leaders argued refugees-and Juncker had objected to the ardy, were to assure Greek Prime yesterday about a plan to declare the initial draft statement approved by EU Minister Alexis Tsipras of help housing Balkans migrant route closed as they held ambassadors on Sunday, which said: migrants now stranded in Greece. a summit with Turkey’s prime minister to “Irregular flows of migrants along the Tsipras said the bloc must speed up urge Ankara to accept large-scale deporta- western Balkans route are coming to an the process of relocating registered asy- tions of economic migrants. end. This route is now closed.” lum seekers from Greece to other EU At the last minute, German Chancellor The draft raised concerns that agile countries as promised last September. Angela Merkel and European Commission smugglers would circumvent EU barriers EU states have so far taken in only a few chief Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that a and take alternative routes, which those hundred of a promised 160,000 people. mention of the route closure be dropped working on the migrant problem say from the proposed closing statement of could run through Bulgaria or Albania. “ROUTE CLOSED” the summit in Brussels, European sources Brussels sees curbing the flow of A draft EU statement seen by told AFP. migrants as part of a plan to restore by the Reuters said: “Irregular flows of The row underlined the deep divisions end of the year the full functioning of migrants along the Western Balkans in the 28-nation European Union as it tries Europe’s cherished passport-free route are coming to an end; this route is to harden its stance in the face of the worst Schengen zone after the series of border now closed.” refugee crisis to hit the continent since closures. However, negotiations were contin- World War II. It was timed with calls for better coop- uing and Berlin, Athens and the More than one million refugees and eration from Turkey-currently home to 2.7 European Commission opposed that migrants have arrived in Europe since the million Syrian refugees-which signed a formula, officials said. NATO said on start of 2015 — mostly arriving in Greece deal with the EU in November last year to Sunday a new naval force had approval from Turkey-with nearly 4,000 dying while curb the migrant flow. to operate in Turkish and Greek waters crossing the Mediterranean. Arriving at the summit, Turkish Prime to support a deal with Turkey to take “On the issue of how we can decrease Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his coun- BRUSSELS: European Council President Donald Tusk, front center, shakes hands with Turkish back migrants halted in its waters and the number of refugees not just for some try was ready to work “shoulder to shoul- Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, front second left, during a group photo at an EU summit in those who reach Greek islands but do countries but for all countries including der” with Europe on migration, while also Brussels yesterday. —AP not qualify for asylum. Greece, the issue cannot be that some- raising Ankara’s long-stalled EU member- Germany has been pushing for thing is closed, but that we find a sustain- ship bid. “Turkey is ready to work with EU. to present “new ideas” going beyond Ankara met all the requirements includ- DIVISIONS direct resettlement of thousands of able solution with Turkey,” Merkel said as Turkey is ready to be member of EU as Ankara’s commitments so far. ing changing its visa policy for Islamic There were also continued divisions Syrian refugees from Turkey. But diplo- she arrived in Brussels. well,” he said as he arrived in Brussels. The 28 EU leaders would deliberate states and introducing biometric pass- among EU leaders, with Merkel resist- mats say that is unlikely to be discussed The EU is putting the onus on Greece Davutoglu said Sunday he would dis- on his proposals in the afternoon and ports. EU leaders voiced concern and ing a push for a public endorsement by in detail by other EU leaders until they and Turkey, which is the launchpad for cuss with his EU counterparts efforts to meet him again to discuss them over unease that the offer of increased coop- the summit of border closures by see flows from Turkey are falling most migrants who cross the sea to the begin building schools and hospitals for dinner, an EU official said. “They eration coincided with a crackdown on Austria and Greece’s Balkan neighbors. sharply. Some 33,000 migrants are bot- Greek islands and then travel up through refugees within weeks with the three bil- (Turkey) are offering more and media freedom that runs counter to Merkel, who faces a possible political tled up in Greece and about 2,000 more the Balkan countries to reach wealthy lion euros ($3.3 billion) pledged by the demanding more,” he said after the first cherished European values. backlash in three regional elections on have been arriving daily. British Prime Germany and Scandinavia. bloc under the November deal. working session. A spokesman for With tens of thousands of migrants Sunday against her welcome for the Minister David Cameron said he was EU president Donald Tusk said in his Davutoglu confirmed that there were stranded in Greece by closing borders, refugees, insisted on the emergency sending a naval force to the Aegean to ‘This route is now closed’ invitation letter for the summit that suc- new proposals but declined to discuss the summit may formally declare summit to show voters the EU is acting join German and Canadian warships in Austria last month abruptly capped the cess depended largely on securing the substance. closed the Balkan route from Greece to to resolve the crisis. the NATO force assisting the Greek and number of asylum seekers it would accept, Turkey’s agreement for the “large-scale” Diplomats said that at a preparatory Germany, although diplomats said Her finance minister, Wolfgang Turkish navies. triggering a domino effect of border deportation from Greece of economic meeting with German Chancellor Greek and German officials were fight- Schaeuble, said on Sunday Berlin had Though Britain is outside the restrictions along the Balkans that has migrants who do not qualify as refugees. Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime ing to soften the wording. Leaders will major doubts about whether Turkey Schengen zone and Cameron stressed trapped tens of thousands of desperate Syrians, who top the influx of 1.13 million Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday night, pledge help to Athens cope with the should become a member of the EU. it would take no part in any common migrants on the border between Greece people into Europe over the past 14 Davutoglu demanded more than the 3 backlog and seek assurances that Before the meeting, EU officials told EU asylum policy, further migrant and non-EU Macedonia. months, are considered genuine refugees billion euros ($3.29 billion) earmarked Turkey, with NATO naval back-up in the Davutoglu of their concerns about chaos could damage his efforts to win Merkel-who is facing pressure at home requiring admission under international so far to support Syrian refugees in Aegean, will stop people smugglers human rights after the Turkish govern- a June referendum and keep Britain in over her open-door policy towards law. —AFP Turkey. One source said Ankara was putting migrants to sea. ment seized control of a critical news- the EU. —Reuters Anti-migrant German party surges in polls

BERLIN: Germany’s right-wing populist AfD par- storm in January by suggesting police may have cent, down 3.5 percent from the previous elec- ty, which has railed against a record migrant to shoot at migrants at the borders, was eroding tions. influx, made strong gains in local polls in the support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling The AfD has so far made its biggest gains in western state of Hesse, results showed yester- Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and junior formerly communist eastern states that still lag day, ahead of key state elections this weekend. coalition partner the Social Democratic Party western Germany in jobs and prosperity. The The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became (SPD). result was “very alarming”, the vice-chairwoman the third-biggest party in Hesse, with support Support for the CDU fell 5.5 percent to 28.2 of the SPD’s national parliamentary group, Eva reaching 13.2 percent, according to initial percent, although it still came in as the strongest Hoegl, told ARD public television. results. The eurosceptic party, which sparked a party, just ahead of the SPD which polled 28 per- Manfred Pentz, the CDU’s general secretary in Hesse, acknowledged that voters were seeking to punish Merkel and her party over her liberal refugee policies. “The protest is coming at the expense of established parties and benefitting the AfD,” he said. Merkel herself had harsh words for the AfD, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) and Prince William, Duke of which she described in an interview with Bild Cambridge (R), pose with their children, Princess Charlotte (2L) and am Sonntag as a “party that does not bring soci- ety together and offers no appropriate solutions Prince George (2R), during a private break skiing at an undisclosed loca- to problems, but only stokes prejudices and divi- tion in the French Alps yesterday. —AFP sions”. Misgiving is growing in Germany over Merkel’s refusal to put a cap on the number of refugees entering the country, after 1.1 million William, Kate and kids enjoy arrived in 2015 alone. The populist party has been quick to capitalise on the mood. snow in ski holiday photos In some localities where the AfD did not field LONDON Kensington Palace has Two photos show the royal couple candidates, voters even turned to the neo-Nazi NPD, which is currently fighting at the constitu- released photos of Prince William, the having a playful snowball fight. The tional court a bid by the upper house of parlia- Duchess of Cambridge and their chil- release of the pictures follows a ment to have it banned. The far-right party dren George and Charlotte on a ski media policy established when polled around 14 percent in Buedingen, a town holiday in the French Alps. William and his brother Prince Harry of 21,000 inhabitants which has one of the The six images published yester- were children: privacy in exchange for biggest asylum shelters in Hesse. day show William, Kate, 2 1/2-year-old agreed-upon photo opportunities at State-wide, the party obtained 0.3 percent of George and 10-month-old Charlotte birthdays and during school holidays. the vote. The AfD, which began life as an anti- on the snowy slopes last week. The That allowed the princes to have - euro party, now has seats in five regional parlia- palace says it was “their first holiday by royal standards - a relatively nor- ments and is represented in the European as a family of four and the first time mal upbringing, something Kate and Frank-Juergen Weise, Manager of the Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees Parliament. It is eyeing its first seats in Baden- either of the children had played in William are keen to give their own inspects passport scanner during the official opening of an arrival center for asylum Wuerttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the snow.” children. —AP seekers in Halberstadt yesterday. —AP Saxony-Anhalt in polls on Sunday. —AFP IS looking for ‘spectacular attacks’ against Britain?

LONDON: Islamic State fighters want to carry that it was keen to repeat elsewhere incidents Rowley told reporters. “You see a terrorist those who joined the fighting in Syria and Iraq weapons and paramilitary training. out “enormous and spectacular” attacks against such as last year’s Paris shootings and suicide group that has big ambitions for enormous to return home to carry out attacks. “Terrorist groups have always wanted to do Britain and the Western lifestyle in general, attacks that killed 130 people. and spectacular attacks, not just the types that About 800 British citizens are thought to the grand and the more spectacular attack Britain’s most senior anti-terrorism officer said “What we are now seeing in recent months we’ve seen foiled to date.” have travelled to Syria, many to join Islamic because it gets more impact,” he said. He said yesterday. London Metropolitan Police ... is the broadening of that threat, more plans British security chiefs have previously State (IS), since the outbreak of civil war. British police had made more counter-terror- Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the to attack Western lifestyle ... going from that warned that the biggest threat posed by the Rowley said recent arrests showed that IS was ism arrests in 2015 than in any previous year threat from the group which has taken over narrow focus on police and military and sym- group was the radicalisation of young Britons adopting a different methodology in trying to including a marked number of women and large parts of Syria and Iraq was evolving, and bols of the state to something much broader,” over the internet and the danger posed by get fighters into northern Europe who had those aged under 20. —Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Pharma crusader takes India’s drug regulators to court

NEW DELHI: One of India’s best-known the Supreme Court website for hearing working with lawyers to file more than Florida-based MedAssure Global UCB was not asked for clinical stud- whistleblowers, who exposed danger- on Friday. 100 public information requests on how Compliance, which advises drug com- ies, the parliamentary committee found. ous practices in the generic drug indus- It alleges that responses provided to state and central drug authorities had panies on quality and safety. UCB said it couldn’t answer current try in 2013, is taking the country’s drugs him by government show how lax regu- responded to cases where rules had After the Ranbaxy settlement in the questions related to Buclizine but that it regulators to court, accusing them of lation can lead to potentially harmful been broken, some of which first came US in 2013, Thakur said the authorities observed all regulatory, legal, quality failing to enforce rules on drug safety in medicines being sold in India without to light five years ago. in India did not contact him about it or and safety regulations. the $15 billion industry. proper approvals. Thakur says the responses he probe the reasons for the fine, nor did The CDSCO website says its expert Three years ago, Dinesh Thakur The suit, which names as respon- obtained show CDSCO and the health they respond when he approached advisory committee found “no convinc- exposed how India’s then largest drug- dents the health ministry, the Drugs ministry have still not adequately inves- them through 2014. The ministry and ing literature to support the drug’s use maker and his former employer, Consultative Committee and the Central tigated and prosecuted those breaches, CDSCO did not respond to requests for as an appetite stimulant” in 2013 but Ranbaxy Laboratories, failed to conduct Drugs Standard Control Organization despite saying they would. “An over- comment on their response. agreed to give Mankind Pharma time to proper safety and quality tests on drugs (CDSCO), would not result in penalties whelming number of non-standard- The Ranbaxy case prompted the FDA make a case for the drug. Since then, and lied to regulators about its proce- but sets as objectives the creation of a quality drugs are not prosecuted in to increase inspections of Indian phar- Mankind Pharma Managing Director dures. He made his name, and almost framework for the recall of drugs and a criminal cases, since state drug con- maceutical plants. Products from 44 Sheetal Arora told Reuters it had $48 million as a whistleblower award commission to examine faulty drug trollers only impose minor administra- such plants are now banned for sale by received no official request for data to from the United States, when US regula- approvals. The head of the CDSCO, GN tive penalties on the offenders,” Thakur overseas authorities but still sell in India. prove the safety and efficacy of the tors fined Ranbaxy $500 million for vio- Singh, said: “We welcome whistleblow- says in the lawsuit, citing government Thakur’s suit refers to the case of drug, which it was still selling. lating federal drug safety laws and mak- ers, we have got great respect, but their data. The health ministry and CDSCO Buclizine, a drug made by Belgian firm The parliamentary committee ing false statements to the Food and intentions should be genuine, should did not respond to requests for com- UCB but since sold to Mankind Pharma demanded an investigation and the Drug Administration (FDA). be nationalistic... I don’t have any com- ment on its penalty policy. for marketing in India. The CDSCO drugs regulator committed to one in Ranbaxy said the fine marked the ment on this guy.” allowed UCB to sell Buclizine as an 2013. Thakur received a statement from resolution of past issues and it contin- The other named parties did not NO INQUIRY appetite stimulant in 2006, though it the health ministry last year, seen by ued to make safe, effective and quality respond to requests for comment. Thakur, who worked for Ranbaxy for was not approved for that purpose in Reuters, showing no inquiry had begun. medicines. Thakur’s fresh case, a Public Thakur, who said there was no financial two years from 2003 before turning Belgium and banned in several other The regulator did not respond to Interest Litigation (PIL) suit, is listed on motive for the suit, spent much of 2015 whistleblower, is now chief executive of countries. requests for comment. —Reuters Blast kills 13 as Taleban avenge executed Islamist Suicide bomber blows himself up near Pakistan court complex

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed 13 Pakistani Taleban’s Jamat-ul-Ahrar faction praised the bravery of officers who “sacri- people and injured 23 in northwest Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, saying ficed their lives”. yesterday, in an attack which the Taleban it avenged the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri- There were around 300 people in the described as revenge for the hanging of an feted as a hero by Islamists after he gunned complex at the time, another police official Islamist assassin last week. down the liberal governor of Punjab in 2011 said. Local bar association president Shair The bomber, whom police said was aged over a call to reform the country’s blasphe- Qadir said they had requested security after around 20 and had up to six kilograms (13 my law. receiving threats of an attack, but no action pounds) of explosives strapped to his chest, Qadri was hanged on February 29 in what was taken in what he termed a police failure. attacked as lawyers and litigants were arriv- analysts described as a key moment in Shabqadar is near the Mohmand tribal ing at a court complex during the morning Pakistan’s long fight against militancy, say- district, one of seven semi-autonomous rush hour in the town of Shabqadar. ing it demonstrated the government’s regions bordering Afghanistan where mili- Senior police official Fayaz Khan said 13 resolve to uphold the rule of law rather than tants from Al-Qaeda and the Taleban had people were killed and 23 wounded after allow extremism to flourish. established bases in the past. the bomber blew himself up inside the com- His funeral brought up to 100,000 people Islamabad launched a military offensive plex, with the toll confirmed by a local on to the streets, hailing him as a hero. in the tribal areas in 2014 that has reported- administration official. Yesterday’s blast also targeted the court ly killed thousands of militants and pushed Schoolteacher Murid Khan, who was in complex because Pakistan’s judiciary was the rest over the border to Afghanistan, the complex for a land dispute hearing, said strengthening “un-Islamic laws”, Ehsanullah resulting in improved security inside he was getting documents photocopied Ehsan, a spokesman for the Taleban, told Pakistan. However, insurgents associated when he heard gunshots. “I looked back and AFP. with the Pakistani Taliban occasionally carry there was a huge explosion,” he said, adding Local TV channels showed footage of vic- out attacks from bases inside Afghanistan. the blast threw him over the photocopier. tims being rushed to hospitals soon after Shabqadar is some 30 kilometres (18 miles) SHABQADA: Pakistani volunteers show a blood-soaked burqa of a woman “I heard screams and saw black clouds of the blast. Authorities said two children and west of Charsadda, where extremists who was killed in an a suicide bombing in the town of Shabqadar, smoke, then I fell unconscious” after being two policemen were among the dead. attacked a university on January 20 in a ram- Charsadda district, Pakistan, yesterday. —AP hit by two pieces of shrapnel, he said. The Senior regional police official Saeed Wazir page that left 21 dead. —AFP Over 40% of India’s women confined to domestic work

MUMBAI: Women are among the to make women from historically mar- public transport. Single women and most excluded groups in India, with ginalized groups especially vulnerable so-called Devadasis, girls who are almost 43 percent of working-age to exploitative labour arrangements, forced into sex work from the time women confined to domestic work, forcing them to provide cheap labour,” they reach puberty, are among the while many who do work outside the wrote the authors led by social worker most vulnerable, the 2015 Exclusion home face exploitation and low pay, Harsh Mander. “With women in condi- Report said. according to the India Exclusion tions akin to bondage, factors such as Sex workers and women in haz- Report. confinement of workers engaged in ardous occupations such as construc- Despite rising levels of literacy, the this work in homes or hostels, and the tion and mining are routinely discrimi- proportion of working-age women in mediation of the employment rela- nated against. Lower-caste Dalit India’s formal labour force is only tionship through the male head of the women who are forced to clean up about 27 percent, compared with household-for instance, in brick kilns excrement from dry toilets and open almost 60 percent in Britain and the and quarries-further serve to render drains, face threats of violence, evic- United States, World Bank data shows. women invisible.” tion and withholding of wages if they Domestic work is not considered as Women in India do almost 10 times try to give up the practice. productive and is neglected in policy, as much unpaid work as men a much Recent campaigns including leaving the women at a severe disad- higher ratio than the global average - #SelfiewithDaughter and Prime vantage, said the report by the Centre leaving them out of the formal work- Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Beti padhao, for Equity Studies in New Delhi. force and unable to contribute to the beti bachao’ (educate your daughter, Besides cooking, cleaning and car- economy, consultancy firm McKinsey save your daughter) have helped ing for children and elderly family said in a report last year. If that work increase awareness of women’s rights. members, Indian women also perform were to be valued and compensated But India must get more girls into unpaid work in family businesses and in the same way as paid work, it secondary and university education, low-paid labour in factories and enter- would contribute $300 billion a year expand skills training and provide prises in the so-called informal sector, to India’s economic output, it said. greater access to financial services, where they are discriminated against Indian women are also denied while also dispelling deep-rooted and paid less than men. equal access to services including patriarchal attitudes, the McKinsey “Social status and poverty intersect education, health care, housing and report had said. —Reuters Marshall Islands warn over nuke arms race at UN court

THE HAGUE: The Marshall Islands yesterday painted a vivid the terms of the 1968 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). picture of the horrors of nuclear war decades after some of its They were “not fulfilling their obligations with respect to the atolls were vaporized in atomic tests, in an unusual legal bat- cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to tle against the nuclear arms race. nuclear disarmament.” The small Pacific island nation opened a case against Britain has signed the NPT, but not India and Pakistan. The India, Pakistan and Britain in a David-versus-Goliath fight hearings are starting just days after North Korean leader Kim before the UN’s highest tribunal based in The Hague. The Jong-Un Friday ordered the country’s nuclear arsenal to be Marshall Islands aims to shine a new spotlight on the global readied for pre-emptive use at any time, causing global con- nuclear threat, its lawyers and representatives said yesterday, cern. as they remembered apocalyptic scenes after US-led tests in the 1950s. Pressure to cut arsenals “Several islands in my country were vaporised and others The Marshall Islands had sought to bring a case against are estimated to remain uninhabitable for thousands of nine countries: Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North years,” Tony deBrum, a Marshall Islands government minister, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States. Israel has nev- told the court. He remembered in particular the “Castle er admitted to having nuclear weapons. And the ICJ has only Bravo” test of March 1, 1954, which he witnessed as a nine- admitted three cases against Britain, India and Pakistan year-old while fishing with his grandfather in an atoll, some because they already recognized the ICJ’s authority. 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the blast’s epicentre. Despite not having signed the NPT, India and Pakistan “The entire sky turned blood red,” deBrum recalled when had an obligation under “customary international law” to US scientists exploded a hydrogen bomb, with a force 1,000 negotiate and eventually reduce their nuclear arsenals, times stronger than the device dropped on Hiroshima in Majuro’s lawyers insisted. 1945. “Many died, or suffered birth defects never before seen “Contrary to the obligation to pursue in good faith negoti- and cancers as a result of contamination.” Judges at the ations on nuclear disarmament... India’s conduct includes the International Court of Justice are holding a series of hearings quantitative build-up and improvement of its nuclear arse- over the next week-and-a-half to decide whether it is indeed nal,” deBrum said. competent to hear the lawsuits brought against India and India’s representatives declined to comment yesterday Pakistan. and are to argue their case on Thursday, with follow-up hear- A third hearing against Britain, scheduled to start tomor- ings next week. In 1996, the ICJ in another case issued a non- row, will be devoted to “preliminary objections” raised by binding advisory opinion in which it urged the world’s London. The Marshall Islands alleges that despite their suffer- nuclear powers to negotiate and reduce their nuclear stock- ing, the world’s nuclear powers have failed to comply with piles. —AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Suu Kyi party rebuts ‘fake’ Myanmar president release

YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro- on Thursday, and with Suu Kyi still selected as leader. decades. In Myanmar’s complex politi- Her late husband and two sons are democracy party yesterday denounced blocked from the role by the junta-era Suu Kyi, 70, has vowed to rule cal system, November elections decided British. Her party is mindful of the bitter as “fake” a widely circulated letter pur- constitution, a letter purporting to “above” whoever the next president is, the make-up of a new parliament that disappointment that followed its 1990 porting to reveal its choice of proxy reveal the selecting emerged on social meaning that the role would have to go began sitting in February with a hefty landslide election win when the gener- Myanmar president, as speculation over media on Sunday. “That statement was to someone whose absolute loyalty was NLD majority. als ignored the result and clung onto who will take the role reaches fever not released by the NLD and was just a assured. As conjecture has swung Parliament now picks the president power for a further two decades. pitch. Suu Kyi and her National League fake one. We hereby announce that around almost all of Suu Kyi’s closest from three candidates put forward by Incumbent President Thein Sein, for Democracy (NLD) have kept a tight such kind of fabrication is like commit- confidants, Htin Kyaw, a softly-spoken elected MPs in the upper house and who stunned the international commu- lid on who they want to become the ting a crime,” the NLD said on its official 69-year-old whose wife is a sitting NLD lower house as well as the unelected nity with sweeping reforms after taking president of Myanmar’s first popularly Facebook account yesterday. MP, has recently emerged as the soldiers who still make up a quarter of office in 2011, has pledged to respect elected government in decades, as they The purported document, which was favourite. all seats in the legislature. the results of the elections, as has the navigated the tense four-month politi- stamped with an official NLD logo, list- Currently helping to run Suu Kyi’s Despite her status as Myanmar’s pre- still hugely powerful army chief. cal transition since November’s land- ed current presidential favourite Htin charitable foundation, he is an old eminent democracy champion, Suu Kyi But political tensions have begun to mark elections. Kyaw and ethnic Shan MP Hkun Tun Oo school friend and one-time driver of the is excluded because of a clause in the simmer as the country edges towards But with just days to go before they as the party’s nominees for the roles of Nobel laureate whose family has been charter that prohibits those with for- the handover to an NLD-selected presi- are set to announce their preferences vice presidents-one of whom would be closely entwined with the NLD for eign close relations from high office. dent at the end of the month. —AFP N Korea threatens N-strikes over South-US military drills Pyongyang faces new sanctions as weapons placed on standby

SEOUL: North Korea threatened pre- issued hours before the drills began, last week by the UN Security mettle of (North Korea),” said the emptive and “indiscriminate” nuclear North Korea’s powerful National Council. Pyongyang has issued simi- statement carried by the North’s offi- strikes against South Korea and the Defense Commission said it was lar, dire warnings of nuclear attack in cial KCNA news agency. United States yesterday, as the two prepared for an “all-out” military the past, usually during periods of Targets would include opera- allies kicked off their annual, large- counter-offensive. elevated military tensions. tional American bases on the Korean scale military exercises. Describing the exercises as While the North is known to have peninsula and elsewhere in Asia, as The drills always raise tensions on “nuclear war drills” aimed at under- a small stockpile of nuclear warheads, well as the US mainland. the divided Korean peninsula and mining North Korea’s sovereignty, experts are divided about its ability to the situation is particularly volatile the statement said the Supreme mount them on a working missile ‘Flames and ashes’ this year, given the North’s recent Command of the Korean People’s delivery system. “If we push the buttons to annihi- nuclear test and long-range rocket Army was ready to launch a “pre- The National Defence Commission late the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment,” the statement added. Despite a pair of successful long- range rocket launches, most experts believe North Korea is years away KUALA LUMPUR: Murad Ibrahim, chairman of the southern Philippine rebel from developing a genuine inter- group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gestures during a press con- continental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the US main- ference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP land. In Seoul, the defense ministry Philippine Muslim rebels warn cautioned the North against acting out its bellicose rhetoric. “If North IS seeks foothold in south Korea launches a provocation, our military will respond sternly and KUALA LUMPUR: The Islamic State group is tles with the army in the volatile southern mercilessly,” ministry spokesman trying to establish a stronghold in the vio- Philippines since parliament blocked the Moon Sang-Gyun told reporters. lence-racked southern Philippines, the head peace push. Pyongyang has long condemned of the nation’s biggest Muslim rebel organi- Murad said the MILF was seeking dia- the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exer- zation warned yesterday. logue with IS-allied militants to dissuade cises, which stretch over nearly two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) them for further attacks. Violence has months, as provocative rehearsals chairman Murad Ebrahim said the extremist plagued the southern Philippines for for invasion, while Seoul and IS seeks to capitalize on growing frustration decades during a Muslim separatist insur- Washington insist they are purely over the breakdown of efforts to end a gency that has claimed 120,000 lives. SEOUL: A US Army soldier stands on an armored vehicle during an annual exercise in defensive in nature. The North’s decades-long Muslim separatist rebellion in The Philippines is predominantly Yeoncheon, near the border with North Korea yesterday. —AP threat of a nuclear response the southern Mindanao region. Catholic. The MILF signed a peace accord appeared to have been prompted, in The peace process has been frozen since with President Benigno Aquino’s govern- part, by South Korean media reports the Philippine congress failed last month to ment in 2014 to end its struggle for inde- that this year’s drills would role play pass a bill, agreed between the government pendence, which began in the 1970s. surgical strikes against key North and the MILF, that would have granted Aquino’s six-year term ends in June and the Korean nuclear and missile facilities. autonomy to the region. MILF has pledged to honour a ceasefire The scale of the exercises was “Now, after the non-passage of the (bill), while it awaits Philippine elections at mid- ramped up following the North’s we are quite concerned that they (the IS) year. “We cannot completely abandon fourth nuclear test on January 6 and can capitalize on this, because the senti- armed struggle, but we always believe we February’s rocket launch, which was ment of the people in the area is now very have to give supremacy, primacy to the seen as a disguised ballistic missile strong. The frustrations after the non-pas- peace process because we believe the solu- test. sage of the law-they can capitalise on that,” tion to the problem is still political,” Murad Murad told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. said. Tough UN sanctions Gunmen pledging allegiance to the “As long as the peace process has a A UN Security Council resolution jihadists controlling vast swathes of Iraq and chance to move forward then we don’t want adopted last week laid out the Syria have instigated a series of deadly bat- to revert to violence again.” —AFP toughest sanctions imposed on Pyongyang to date over its nuclear weapons program. It breaks new ground by targeting specific sectors key to the North Korean economy and seeking to undermine the North’s use of, and access to, interna- tional transport systems. The Philippines has already POHAG: South Korean Marine amphibious assault vehicles move to a landing ship (center) in the seized a North Korean cargo ship southeastern port of Pohang yesterday. —AFP which was among 31 listed by the resolution as banned from interna- launch and its fury over tough UN emptive and offensive nuclear strike” said plans for what it called a “pre- tional ports. Pyongyang has rejected sanctions imposed in response. in response. emptive nuclear strike of justice” had the sanctions as “unfair, illicit and Participation in the joint exercis- been ratified by Kim Jong-Un. The immoral” and vowed to keep build- es-known as Key Resolve and Foal Weapons on ‘standby’ plans would come into operation in ing its nuclear arsenal. South Korea Eagle has been bumped up this year The threat came just days after the event of “even the slightest mili- is set to unveil further unilateral to involve 300,000 South Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the tary action” by the North’s enemies, it sanctions against the North yester- and around 17,000 US troops, as country’s nuclear arsenal to be said. “The indiscriminate nuclear day-a move that is likely to draw fur- well as strategic US naval vessels placed on standby, in response to strike... will clearly show those keen ther threats of retaliation from and air force assets. In a statement the sanctions resolution adopted on aggression and war, the military Pyongyang. —AFP Hopeless and broke, some Afghan BEIJING: Relatives of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 talk at a restaurant near Beijing Capital International Airport after meet- migrants return from Europe ing with Malaysia Airlines representatives in Beijing. —AP

KABUL: After risking death on the migrant trail their country apart. 1,000 in total-have requested to leave Germany Suspected MH370 and two months in “nightmarish” refugee cen- Smuggling networks are flourishing, making and return home, according to the IOM. Afghan tres in Germany, Mohammed Asif bought a one- money from desperate migrants undertaking officials are keen to reassure the returnees that way ticket back to Afghanistan, relinquishing his dangerous journeys on well-trodden they have a future in the country, even though debris handed to lifelong dream of asylum in Europe. Mediterranean trails via Iran, Turkey and Greece. pessimism abounds about the deteriorating war Afghans are the second-largest migrant But many realise, rather belatedly, that most and a slumping economy. group-behind Syrians-arriving in Europe, where smugglers sell them a pack of lies about big Those who returned on the chartered plane Malaysian experts authorities are struggling to cope with the con- mansions, lucrative jobs and a cosy life in were greeted at the airport with signs saying: tinent’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. Europe. “Welcome home. Afghanistan needs you.” Abdul MAPUTO: Mozambican civil aviation bank near the town of Vilankulo by A small but growing number, like 26-year-old “The most dangerous part of my long jour- Ghafoor, 24, said he paid a smuggler $7,500 to Asif, are now returning to their country torn by ney to Europe was from Iran to Turkey,” Asif take him to Europe, a sum well beyond his authorities yesterday handed over sus- Blaine Gibson, a lawyer from Seattle war and gripped by economic malaise, as over- recalled. means, but after three miserable months near pected debris from missing flight who has travelled the world trying to crowded refugee centres, a lack of jobs and the “There was an overweight Afghan boy in our the central German city of Frankfurt, he longed MH370 to Malaysian experts after the solve the mystery of what happened to rise of anti-immigrant fervour in Europe leave group who was struggling to walk through the for home. piece was found by an American ama- the Boeing 777 plane. them disillusioned. “I thought Europe would mountains. The smuggler was cruel-he gave “The refugee camps were uninhabitable, the teur investigator. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow offer me a comfortable life, but I found only him a kick and he went tumbling down the toilets were filthy and every meal comprised of The debris, which was picked up on Tiong Lai has said there was a “high hostility and pain,” said Asif, who has a graduate slopes. We never found his body.” just jam and butter,” said Ghafoor, who is down- the Mozambique coastline, could pro- probability” that the piece came from a degree in economics and left for Germany with beat about employment prospects following his vide fresh clues into the mystery of the Boeing 777. Today marks the second a people-smuggler last year. ‘Second-class refugees’ return. Malaysia Airlines flight, which disap- anniversary of the plane going missing. “The refugee camps were nightmarish and Europe faces what politicians call an existen- “We were treated like second-class refugees peared two years ago. MH370 was carrying 239 passengers Europeans kept humiliating us all the time. tial threat from the migrant crisis. Figures show compared to Syrians, who were offered a lot “We officially gave the piece to the and crew when it vanished on March 8, Many of them say refugees will destroy the cul- 1.25 million asylum seekers poured into Europe more facilities. Afghans deserve as much as Malaysian experts this morning,” Joao 2014 on an overnight flight from Kuala ture of their country,” he told AFP, after return- in 2015 — twice as many as the previous year- Syrians.” de Abreu, president of Mozambique’s Lumpur to Beijing. Last July, a wing ing to Kabul. fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Afghanistan, Many are also leaving as countries such as Civil Aviation Institute, told AFP. “If it is fragment was found washed ashore on A chartered plane last month brought 135 Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Germany tighten rules that allow refugees to revealed that it belongs to MH370, the Indian Ocean island of Reunion disillusioned Afghan refugees back from Africa. send for their family members. “Leaving their then these experts will come back to and later confirmed to be from the Germany, in what is likely to be the first of many Many European nations launched slick media country is especially difficult for young male Mozambique to launch more extensive plane. such flights organised by Kabul, Berlin and the campaigns and dire warnings to dissuade migrants because of the family separation,” said searches.” On Sunday, the man who had found International Organization for Migration (IOM). would-be migrants from making the trip, but Jochen Oltmer, a migration expert at Germany’s The Malaysian team will leave the first part said he had come across a Afghanistan is witnessing what local officials that did not slow the influx. Syrians fleeing civil Osnabruck University. Maputo today and the piece will be second possible piece from the miss- call an “unprecedented” migration towards war were the largest group, numbering nearly “Some start returning home once they European nations as tens of thousands of civil- 363,000, followed by 178,200 Afghans. realise that it will be years before they can bring taken on to Australia for analysis. ing plane and had handed it over to ians flee decades of turmoil and war tearing Only a fraction of those Afghans-around their families.” —AFP It was found last week on a sand- police immediately. —AFP NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

A man pulls children on a sledge through fresh snow fallen on the clock park, a sculpture by artist Klaus Rinke made of 24 station clocks, in Dusseldorf in western Germany yesterday. — AFP Reps face tough choices as race churns forward

WASHINGTON: Republicans desperate to stop Donald Trump from capturing the party’s presiden- tial nomination may have to unite behind Ted Cruz, a polarizing figure who has made many enemies within the party. Cruz, 45, a US senator from Texas, won nominating contests in Kansas and Maine on Saturday, bolstering his argument that he is the leading alternative to Trump, 69, the blunt-spoken BRASILIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff steps from a helicopter at the billionaire businessman. Planalto Palace after arriving from a trip to the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Many mainstream Republicans are reluctant, southern Brazil yesterday. — AFP however, to rally behind Cruz, whom they see as too conservative for the general electorate in the Nov 8 election to succeed Democratic President Brazil president fights Barack Obama. Cruz has run as an outsider bent on shaking up the Republican establishment in for her political life Washington. A favorite of evangelicals, he has called for the United States to “carpet bomb” the RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Dilma backs scheme at state oil company Islamic State militant group and has pledged to Rousseff is fighting for her political life in Petrobras. And the extraordinary scene of a eliminate the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Congress, the courts and streets this week, powerful ex-president being taken away Service and four Cabinet agencies. but her path to survival has got ever nar- by police, backed up by officers in camou- But he angered many Republican colleagues CONCORD, North Carolina: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses rower, analysts said yesterday. Rousseff flage with rifles, brought all the simmering when he led an unsuccessful effort to repeal the crowd at a campaign rally yesterday. — AFP faces impeachment proceedings over tensions to a boil. Now, with the relative lull President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act that alleged fiscal mismanagement, while the forgotten, both the opposition and pro- shut down the government for 16 days in 2013. he would have a hard time supporting a Cruz nom- option to Trump, has won 151 delegates and Ohio Supreme Electoral Court is considering Rousseff camps are promising to take to Republican pollster Neil Newhouse said Cruz had ination. “He’d have to change his tactics and his Governor John Kasich trails with 37. Some estab- possible campaign funding irregularities the streets, while opposition parties in not yet shown an ability to appeal beyond the conduct an awful lot,” he said. Cruz has feuded with lishment Republicans say the best way to stop that could end up annulling her 2014 Congress are licking their lips over a revital- most conservative voters. “The way things are party leadership, including Republican Senate Trump would be for Rubio to win the 99-delegate reelection. Those threats had appeared to ized impeachment push. going, I think it’s extraordinarily unlikely that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and has often Florida contest and Kasich the 66-delegate Ohio be receding in the last few weeks. Even Petrus, at the Brasilia-based consultancy Senator Cruz becomes the focal point for accused fellow Republicans of selling out conser- primary. Opinion polls show Cruz trailing in both Rousseff’s dismal popularity ratings were Barral M Jorge Associates, said both Lula Republicans who want to stop Trump,” said vative principles. Although he has been in the states, which award all their delegates to the top creeping up. and Rousseff have their backs up against Newhouse, who was lead pollster for 2012 Senate for four years, Cruz has not won a single vote-getter on March 15. But on Friday, what analyst Gabriel the wall - and if necessary will go down Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. endorsement from any other senator. He touts that Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii hold Petrus called “an atomic bomb” was thrown swinging. “The Workers’ Party will play a Kim Reem, a member of the executive commit- on the campaign trail as evidence he is an outsider. nominating contests today. Recent opinion polls at her leftist Workers’ Party with the brief winner-take-all strategy - everything or tee of the National Federation of Republican show Trump leading by a wide margin in Michigan, detention of Rousseff’s mentor and charis- nothing,” Petrus said. “I think both sides are Women, said three factions were emerging among Rubio Florida Hope the day’s biggest prize. If Cruz, Rubio and Kasich matic predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. preparing for that battle.” The Workers’ Party Republicans: Those supporting Trump, those back- To win the nomination, 1,237 delegates are can collectively prevent Trump from getting the Lula, as he is universally known, is accused will try to show its muscle with a series of ing Cruz, and supporters of the party establishment. needed. According to The New York Times, Trump needed majority of delegates, they could force a of taking bribes from companies involved demonstrations announced in big cities, on None are inclined to compromise, she said. “I don’t leads with 384 delegates and Cruz has won 300. US brokered Republican Party convention in July in in the gargantuan embezzlement and kick- Tuesday, March 18 and March 31.—AFP see a path to making everybody happy,” she said. Senator Marco Rubio, 44, of Florida, an establish- Cleveland, aimed at producing a compromise can- Former US Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi said ment favorite still seen by some in the party as an didate. — Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 ANALYSIS

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Issues Don’t dismiss or panic over North Korea threats

By Hyung-Jin Kim

hen North Korea makes threats to nuke its ene- mies, as it has twice over the last several days, Woutsiders often have one of two reactions: to dis- miss it as yet another example of empty propaganda or to panic. There are good reasons to do neither. There are many ways the North can retaliate that fall short of war, nuclear or conventional. North Korea’s latest warning came Monday in response to the beginning of annual South Korean-US military drills, and included vows to turn its enemies into “seas in flames and ashes” with nuclear mis- siles aimed at South Korea, US bases in the Pacific and the US mainland. Pyongyang always responds furiously to the springtime South Korean-US drills, which it views as an invasion How Hillary Clinton cornered the black vote rehearsal. This year’s drills are the largest ever, meant to respond to the North’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing By Jennie Matthew Forcefully presided over economic prosperity in the 1990s when unidentified military sources, reported that the allies will Clinton raised the specter of environmental racism, black unemployment fell and incomes rose. work on drills for precision attacks on North Korean leader- illary Clinton is on a roll. If her candidacy ever questioning whether the lead-contaminated scandal ship and its nuclear and missile arsenal in the event of war. looked in doubt to an insurgent Bernie Sanders, would have happened in wealthy white suburbs. “She Race Matters The first thing to keep in mind is that Pyongyang’s near- Hshe’s all but guaranteed the Democratic nomina- talks very forcefully about these issues in a way that On the campaign trail, Clinton frequently recalls the term nuclear warnings are mostly bluff; more of a strong tion - thanks overwhelmingly to African Americans. A she hasn’t before and you don’t normally have from economic growth of her husband’s administration as a deterrent that Pyongyang can use in its propaganda, rather month after her bruising defeat in New Hampshire, where presidential candidates,” said Stefanie Brown James, legacy she will continue. Bill Clinton’s poor southern than an actual sign of imminent war. The North knows that Sanders won every category of voter except those older Obama’s African American vote director in 2012. While background and easy manner - playing saxophone on tel- its atomic program, which is still relatively primitive, is out- than 65 and earning more than $200,000 a year, Clinton Sanders has spent his career in Vermont, where only evision wearing shades - won him love and admiration gunned by the thousands of warheads the United States has chalked up massive wins. In Alabama, Arkansas, one percent of the population is black, Clinton was first from black voters. He supported affirmative action, possesses. Pyongyang is very unlikely to do something that Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and lady of Arkansas for 12 years, taking on a prominent appointed a record number of African Americans to his could lead to overwhelming retaliation by superior mili- Virginia she romped to victory, and is tipped to win role in trying to improve health and education. cabinet and was close friends with business executive taries in the United States and South Korea, and therefore Tuesday in Mississippi and Michigan, which all have size- She ran legal clinics representing disenfranchised and civil rights figure Vernon Jordan. end the ruling autocratic Kim dynasty in Pyongyang. able African American communities. people. While still a student at Yale Law School, she During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Nobel Prize win- Black voters have become critical to winning US elec- went to South Carolina to investigate juveniles in adult ning novelist Toni Morrison famously dubbed him the Danger tions. Without decisive African American turnout in seven jails and to Alabama to investigate segregation in first black president by comparing him to the black man Still, the bellicose bluster is not without danger. North states, Barack Obama would have lost to Mitt Romney in schools for the Children’s Defense Fund. After more always presumed guilty. The Clinton record is not Korea is so poorly understood by outsiders, even by ana- 2012, the independent Cook Political Report found. Four than a generation on the national stage, all of this has unblemished - Bill Clinton’s welfare reform and crime bill lysts in the South, that its threats make the already jittery years later, blacks are voting overwhelmingly for the for- become common knowledge - particularly among are blamed for fanning poverty and record incarceration Korean Peninsula even tenser. This general anxiety causes mer secretary of state, cold shouldering the white-haired blacks. In South Carolina, she addressed the nation’s rates which have hit blacks disproportionately - both both Korean militaries to bolster their positions and democratic socialist from the north. But why? oldest black sorority, dressed in green - a courtesy to have since expressed regret. increases the possibility that a misjudgment by North Certainly Clinton has done much more than Sanders to an organization whose colors are green and pink. While Sanders has spoken of being arrested during the Korea’s young leader, Kim Jong Un, could lead to an esca- address systemic racism, white privilege and the need for “That’s the kind of little stuff, the attention to detail 1960s civil rights movement, his plea for votes has lation of violence should a skirmish erupt. South Korea more opportunities for blacks. “I have spent a lot of time that people notice and appreciate,” said Andra focused far more on economic inequality. “That’s the has vowed to hit back hard on future North Korean with the mothers of African American children who have Gillespie, an associate professor of political science at problem that blacks typically have with white progres- attacks, raising the possibility of escalation. lost them,” she told Sunday’s Democratic debate in Flint, Emory College in Atlanta, Georgia. sives, that they look at everything through class and for- South Korean analysts believe North Korea will follow Michigan, the black majority city suffering from water Right or wrong for a feminist campaigning to get that race still matters, and it’s that type of framing its nuclear threats with some sort of low-level provoca- contamination. “I can’t pretend to have the experience become the first woman president of the United States, that has frustrated some blacks,” said Gillespie. African tion. It launched short-range projectiles last week, hours that you have had and others have had, but I will do experts also agree that much of her appeal stems from Americans who agonized in 2008 about whether to vote after the UN Security Council approved new sanctions, everything that I possibly can, to not only do the best to her marriage to Bill Clinton. For more than a generation for Clinton or Obama and picked Obama now feel they and it could fire more missiles or artillery pieces into the understand and to empathize, but to tear down the barri- black Americans have embraced the Clintons as a cou- can do right by Clinton, the woman who has gone out of sea as a show of force. It also could stage a cyberattack, ers of systemic racism.” ple who have worked against racial prejudice and her way to present herself as Obama’s heir. —AFP which South Korea says Pyongyang has done in the past. Rather than traditional military confrontations, in which it would be heavily outgunned, the North favors covert, surprise attacks that South Korea cannot immedi- Flint: Poster child of environmental racism? ately respond to. In 2010, North Korea was said to have staged a torpedo attack on a South Korean warship and By Sebastien Blanc “Most of the people that bear the brunt of liv- lead through tap water. Flint has the highest terday,” she said, referring to wealthy suburbs an artillery bombardment on a South Korean island that ing in the polluted areas or next to incinera- home vacancy rates in the United States - with of Detroit. killed a total of 50 South Koreans. The ship sinking hap- ould the scandal surrounding the tors or factories or all sorts of places that have 7.5 percent of homes empty - according to a Civil rights activists are taking up the cause pened when South Korean and US militaries were con- lead-contaminated water in Flint, toxic or hazards as waste are communities of RealtyTrac report. That’s nearly five times high- as well. While the Oscars ceremony took place ducting springtime military drills. WMichigan happen if the residents color and Flint is no exception. “It is a racial er than the 1.6 percent national average. The a week ago amid controversy over the lack of North Korea denies it torpedoed the South Korean were rich white people? Democrats Hillary issue in terms of the fact that we have to deal situation is even worse in Flint’s northern, pri- diversity in Hollywood, Flint was organizing a ship, though it acknowledges shelling the South’s front- Clinton and Bernie Sanders raised this sensi- with it disproportionately.” marily African American, neighborhoods. Blackout for Human Rights concert, with a line Yeonpyeong Island, its first attack on a civilian area in tive question Sunday as they highlighted the Those inequalities were similarly illustrated Some streets are completely deserted, with “Justice for Flint” theme and Stevie Wonder as South Korea since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The health disaster blamed on penny-pinching in the aftermath of the devastation Hurricane house after house boarded up or dilapidated. surprise guest star. Inspired by the Black Lives North’s tenaciousness marks another reason the threats political decisions in this city that once relied Katrina brought on New Orleans in 2005. After Matter movement protesting police shootings should worry. The exact status of North Korea’s nuclear heavily on the auto industry. The political rivals losing about half its population and nearly all ‘Flint Lives Matter’ of African Americans, the slogan “Flint Lives weapons program is a mystery, but a general outside con- found common cause in their criticism of of its auto industry, Flint now has about “We lost a lot of schools, I can’t tell you how Matter” has been taken up online and in sensus is that North Korea has yet to master the technolo- Michigan’s Republican Governor Rick Snyder, 100,000 inhabitants - 57 percent of them many schools, and you see how the water situ- protests. gy needed to build a nuclear-armed missile that can calling for him to resign. Both candidates African Americans, and nearly half of residents ation was ignored... This wouldn’t have hap- “The water crisis in Flint is one of many directly attack the US mainland. agree that Flint’s neglected water distribution in poverty. A recent study found that the per- pened in a white neighborhood,” said Charles ways state agencies and elected officials have network, eaten away by corrosion, needs an centage of children with elevated levels of Marion, a father of three. That’s a theme sanctioned violence against black people,” Bombs overhaul. They called for more action from the lead in their blood increased “particularly in Clinton, who has a strong African American Black Lives Matter said in a “solidarity state- Still, after four rounds of tests since 2006, the North is federal government, and accountability over- socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbor- voter base, has repeated recently. “If the same ment”. “A man-made disaster, the water crisis is thought to have a handful of rudimentary nuclear bombs. all. “What I heard and what I saw literally shat- hoods.” thing that’s happening in Flint had happened an explicit and egregious form of state vio- Some analysts think it can arm shorter-range missiles with tered me, and it is beyond belief that children It noted that ageing infrastructure was to in Grosse Pointe or Bloomfield Hills, I think we lence, one that impacts low-income black warheads. And even a crude nuclear weapon could be in Flint, Michigan, in the United States of blame for more children being exposed to all know that we would’ve had a solution yes- people hardest.” —AFP delivered by other means, such as a plane. The country, America in the year 2016 are being poisoned,” one of the world’s poorest, has also successfully sent satel- Sanders said at a CNN debate. He called for lites into orbit twice, rocket launches that outsiders say rebuilding America’s “crumbling infrastructure,” were covers for tests of banned technology used in long- water systems, wastewater plants, roads and range missile firing. bridges. Clinton said the state should “immedi- Seoul defense officials believe North Korea doesn’t yet ately” send money to help Flint. have a workable re-entry vehicle necessary to get a war- Both have called for revamping Flint’s head safely back into the Earth’s atmosphere; this is some- water supply network, eaten away by corro- thing not tested in satellite launches. Analysts, however, sion, and condemned Snyder’s cost-cutting believe it’s only a matter of time before North Korea gets a measures that led to more than 8,000 children reliable intercontinental ballistic missile because its scien- ingesting lead each day. But the two presiden- tists will continue to explode new, advanced atomic tial contenders are also targeting their devices, and send up rockets, to improve their designs strongest messages at Flint’s black community and technologies. —AP and, beyond, at African Americans suffering economic and social injustices elsewhere in the United States. Some are calling the Flint scandal an example of environmental racism. All articles appearing on these The expression has been used in recent pages are the personal opinion of decades to describe how African Americans are disproportionately exposed to pollutants the writers. Kuwait Times takes no in air, water and the ground. responsibility for views expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Legacy of Segregation Segregation may have been abolished ers to voice their opinions. Please nationwide in 1964, a century after the send submissions via email to: opin- Emancipation Proclamation, but African [email protected] or via snail Americans still have lower wages and poorer housing conditions than whites on average. mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. “African American communities across the The editor reserves the right to edit nation have always been disproportionately any submission as necessary. representative of the toxic areas,” said Laura Volunteers load cases of free water into waiting vehicles at a water distribution center at Salem Lutheran Church in Flint, MacIntyre of the University of Michigan-Flint. Michigan, on Sunday. —AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 SPORTS

Japan’s iron ladies Franklin unfazed Ranieri backs Foxes to miss Rio Olympic spot by Zika threat stay calm on run in OSAKA: Former world champions Japan hit Vietnam for six yesterday but LOS ANGELES: United States swimming star Missy Franklin yester- LONDON: Manager Claudio Ranieri is confident that nerves will not derail Leicester failed to qualify for the Rio Olympic women’s football tournament after other day shrugged off the possible threat posed by the Zika virus to ath- City’s season, after watching his team defeat Watford 1-0 to stretch their lead at the results went against them. A 6-1 demolition of Vietnam in Osaka was scant letes at August’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as team officials out- top of the Premier League table. Leicester’s closest rivals, second-placed Tottenham consolations for the 2011 World Cup winners, whose failure to reach this sum- lined precautions to protect competitors. Franklin, one of the stars Hotspur and third-placed Arsenal, drew 2-2 at White Hart Lane on Saturday and the mer’s Olympics four years after taking silver in London comes as a major of the 2012 London Olympics, said she was unfazed by the series of Foxes capitalised with an assured display to go five points clear with nine games left. shock. China’s 1-0 victory over South Korea sealed Japan’s fate before a ball headlines emerging from Brazil in recent months, which has seen Ranieri said the team’s self-belief stemmed from the fact that they had already had been kicked in anger in the late match. The Chinese qualified 1.5 million cases of the Zika virus since 2015. The virus has been achieved their main target of avoiding relegation and that they would along with Australia after the Matildas beat North Korea 2-1 in a linked to a rise in microcephaly, in which an infected mother’s baby not flag in their remaining fixtures. “We’re not nervous. Our job is bruising encounter. Japanese hopes of qualifying had been is born with an abnormally small head as well as the neurological done. Our job was to save the team,” the Italian told the club’s web- hanging by a thread after the medal contenders were disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Four-time Olympic gold medalist site (www.lcfc.com). “The target was safety and it’s important ambushed 2-1 by China last Friday. An alarming slump in Franklin, however, said she was happy to place her trust in directives to remind people who Leicester were. The first target was form by Japan’s ‘Nadeshiko’-who are named after a frilly pink from the US Olympic Committee (USOC) and health authorities. to save the team. “Our fans continue to dream and we con- carnation-has sparked dismay, with former superstar Homare “We’re very aware of it but for us this is just one of those things that tinue to work... it’s a good combination.” Ranieri said Sawa accusing the players of lacking heart and questioning comes up that’s really out of our control,” Franklin told reporters as Leicester’s spirit would stand them in good stead during their desire. Japan famously beat the mighty United States to the US Olympic team media summit got under way. “I just trust that the title run in and that the Foxes would continue to lift the World Cup in 2011, providing a symbol of the steely deter- the USOC and USA Swimming always prepares us for whatever fight hard for a first Premier League title. “We know very mination of a nation battling to recover from a deadly tsunami we’re going to encounter and I trust they’ll do the same thing there. well it’s a strange chance that we have, but we want to and the resulting nuclear crisis. —AFP I’m honestly not thinking about it,” the 20-year-old added. — AFP fight,” he added. —AFP

Kuwait crowned champion of Amir’s shooting GP 350 athletes from 31 countries participated

By Abdellatif Sharaa thanked in the closing speech, 350 athletes Mansour. He also lauded the efforts of the offi- who represented 31 countries for participating cials who had a role in ensuring the tourna- KUWAIT: Kuwait was crowned champion of in this major event at the State of Kuwait and ment’s success. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber at this particular time as Kuwait celebrates its On his part shooter Mohammad Nayef Al- Al-Sabah Fifth International Shooting Grand national days. Daihani said competition was very strong and Prix, by being on top of participating teams. Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi thanked HH the Amir happy to win the silver medal, though he real- As on the final day of the tournament for his support of the Arab shooting, and ly felt the gold can be his. He said that shooter Kuwait’s Olympian Fuhaid Al-Daihani won the patronizing the Grand Prix. Abdallah Al-Rashidi deserves the gold medal silver medal in the double trap event, second He expressed pleasure at the presence of bearing in mind his vast experience in this to Italy’s Giuseppe Clavaglia, while the bronze an elite group of world shooters side by side sport. medal was won by Hungary’s Roland Gerebics. with Kuwait’s champions who are always pres- Abdallah Al-Rashidi said the gold medal he This places Kuwait in first place with three ent at the award ceremonies. won in the skeet event is very special as it gold, three silver and two bronze medals, fol- Eng Al-Otaibi thanked representative of HH bears the name of HH the Amir. He added that lowed by Kazakhstan and Italy with a gold the Amir, Information Minister, State Minister he considers HH the Amir Grand Prix as the medal each, Lebanon and New Zealand with a for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- best tournament in the world as far as organi- silver medal each and Egypt, Czech and Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah for opening the zation and competition are concerned, and it Hungary with a bronze each. tournament and following it all the time, in forms one of the most important stages in President of the Arab and Kuwait Shooting addition to the role of Director General of preparation for participating in Rio de Janeiro Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi Sports Public Authority Sheikh Ahmad Al- in August. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 SPORTS Olympic success can change minds in China, says Feng

SINGAPORE: Feng Shanshan said ence if somebody is going to do well (in change after they see that golf is in the relationship with the pastime. to younger Chinese players who are Olympic success this year could erase Rio),” added Feng. Olympics and it’s the same as the other Feng, who finished joint 13th in coming through the ranks. “negative images” of golf in China, where The 26-year-old hit the big-time by sports.” “Golfers can bring the country Singapore, is a four-time LPGA Tour win- “They always have a lot of questions it is often viewed as elitist and was sin- winning the 2012 LPGA Championship the gold medals, which they really love,” ner but she believes TV coverage of that they always ask me. So I try my best gled out in an anti-corruption drive last but it had nothing like the impact of Li she added. China’s Olympic golfers will help change to answer them and I think the best way year. Na’s victory in the 2011 French Open, attitudes. “Golf is a great sport, once for me to help them is when they come Feng, the women’s world number which sent tennis soaring in the Chinese ILLEGAL COURSES people know about the good things and up to the Tour I can introduce my friends nine and the only Chinese golfer to win a consciousness. Last year, China’s 88 million they see how fun it is, maybe there will to them,” she said. But in Rio, Feng will major, told AFP that a medal in Rio But Feng suggested it could be very Communist Party members were be more people trying to pick up the focus on her own game-with the aim of would do wonders for the sport in her different after the Olympics in Rio de banned from joining golf clubs in a cor- sport,” she said. a transformative gold medal in mind. home country. Janeiro, where golf is returning to the ruption crackdown which also targeted “Even though they don’t play it them- “My goal was to at least get into the “The history of golf in China is still Games after a 112-year gap. “Most of the banquets and lavish gift-giving. selves, they’ll watch on TV, I think that’s Olympics and I think I’m fine with that pretty short compared to the other people in China maybe still don’t know China also shut down 66 illegally built enough,” she said. Feng is one of only goal now,” she said. “What I can focus on countries,” she said at last week’s HSBC about (golf) because it has got a lot of golf courses in another sign of harden- two Chinese golfers in the women’s top is to play my own game now and try to Women’s Champions in Singapore. negative images in their heads,” Feng ing attitudes to golf among the authori- 100 — along with 43rd-ranked Lin Xiyu, play well and I think everything will work “I think it’s going to make a big differ- said.“But I think everything is going to ties, which have long had an ambivalent 20 — but she says she’s now a “big sister” out itself,” she said. — AFP Lin joins All-England line-up ahead of Rio

BIRMINGHAM: This year’s All-England last chance to see these three best play- Championships is likely to mark the final ers together at the top,” Poul-Erik Hoyer, appearance of five-time champion Lin Badminton World Federation president, Dan at the sport’s oldest event, as the told Reuters. garlanded Chinese player bids for a berth “Possibly a few may retire while Lee at the Rio Olympics before a possible has said that he may continue.” Of Lin’s retirement. For the first time since 2012, quest to win an unprecedented set of Lin will appear in the men’s draw along- golds, Hoyer added: “It would certainly side compatriot Chen Long, the world be the story of the Olympics. If he’s in the and defending champion, and Lee final it would be very interesting to fol- Chong Wei of Malaysia, the Asian tri- low.” Asian domination is less certain in umvirate who have lifted 11 of the last 12 the women’s singles, with world champi- All-England titles between them. on Carolina Marin of Spain aiming to World number one Chen, 27, has become the first European to retain the underlined his top seed status by virtue All-England title in the modern era. of his six Superseries wins on tour last Her main rival and last year’s runner- year. Meanwhile Lee has surged back up up, India’s second-seeded Saina Nehwal, the world rankings, from 182nd, to sit has been dogged by a foot injury which behind Chen after his eight-month sus- has seen her withdraw from a number of pension for doping ended last year. recent events. Li Xuerui, the Olympic However the participation of fifth- champion who also landed the German seeded Lin, who missed the All-England Open women’s singles title, is seeded in 2013 and 2014 to take time out from third and offers China its best hope of the sport, is the most eagerly anticipated usurping Marin’s current dominance. this week. Lin’s win at the German Open In all, China have won at least two All- on Sunday was his opening event of the England titles across singles and doubles year as he bids to win a hat-trick of since 2000, but with rivals jostling for Olympic singles’ titles, the 32-year-old bragging rights in Olympic year, the LAS VEGAS: Henry Hutchison (C) of Australia carries the ball against Fiji during the Cup Final at the USA Sevens Rugby tournament at Sam Boyd having hinted that the Rio Games could powerhouse nation’s record will come Stadium on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fiji won 21-15. — AFP be his final event before retirement. under threat this week. But with two automatic places avail- Japan achieved its finest success in able and Chen currently top of the Race badminton history at the year-end Fiji fightback stuns to Rio standings, Lin currently sits in sev- Superseries finals in December when enth place, two places ahead of compa- Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara triot Tian Houwei. captured the men’s and women’s singles “I would say that this is probably the titles respectively. — Reuters Australia in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS: Defending champions Fiji pro- duced a stunning second half fightback to defeat Australia 21-15 and retain their Las Vegas Sevens crown here Sunday. Australia looked to be on course for an upset victory at a windswept Sam Boyd Stadium after tries from Sam Myers, captain Ed Jenkins and Cameron Clark handed them a 15-0 half-time lead. But the introduction of Fiji substitute Kitione Taliga at half-time proved crucial for Fiji, with the pacy back conjuring two tries out of nothing to haul the South Pacific islanders back into the match. Taliga’s first try came with Fiji camped on their own line, with the speedster spotting a gap and darting some 95 meters to score under the posts. Moments later Taliga went clear again, galloping over under the posts for a converted score to cut Australia’s lead to 15-14. Australia responded strongly but were again undone by another Fijian long-range effort. This time it was wing Savenaca Rawaca who applied the coup de grace, the newly signed Saracens player shrugging off a weary Australian tackler to run virtually the length of the pitch to score to help make it 21-15. “The wind made it an awful game of rugby but second half we fought back and I’m really proud of the boys to get a win in the conditions,” said Fiji’s English LAS VEGAS: Jordan Williams (L) of Wales and James Johnstone of Scotland run for the ball during coach Ben Ryan, who dedicated the win to vic- the USA Sevens Rugby tournament at Sam Boyd Stadium on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP tims of the recent cyclone in his team’s home- sin-binning. However Cooper returned to join penalty try of the game. land which has left at least 44 people dead. one last attack for the Australians which ended Fiji meanwhile reached the final after defeat- “We’ve had a hard time with the cyclone, people with captain Ed Jenkins hauled down short of ing hosts the United States 21-14. have lost their livelihoods. I hope we put a smile the line after a high tackle by South Africa’s Fiji, the reigning world sevens series champi- on some people’s faces this weekend,” Ryan said. Rosco Specman. ons, were always in control with Jasa Veremalua, Earlier, Australia had battled through to the Specman was given his marching orders for Vatemo Ravouvou and Pio Tuwai all dotting Lin Dan final after a bizarre semi-final win over South the tackle and Australia were awarded a second down for tries. Africa which saw them advance after being penalty try of the game which was duly convert- The United States fought back with tries from awarded two penalty tries. ed by Cooper for a nail-biting victory. Danny Barrett and former American football Pendleton race South Africa looked to have done enough as It capped a miserable match for Specman, player Perry Baker but all too often were undone they led 12-7 with just seconds remaining and who had earlier been sin-binned for another by basic errors as they sought to build momen- on Gold Cup day Australia down to six men after Quade Cooper’s high tackle which saw Australia earn their first tum against the Fijians. — AFP at Cheltenham Kyrgios slams Tomic in ‘fake’ illness row SYDNEY: Nick Kyrgios has returned serve at team- LONDON: Double Olympic cycling ing,” she said. Pendleton has been mate Bernard Tomic after he accused the maverick star of faking illness to avoid playing in Australia’s champion Victoria Pendleton will ride at tutored by the experienced duo of Alan Davis Cup tie against the United States. next week’s Cheltenham Festival just and Lawney Hill, while record 20-time The storm erupted when 20th-ranked Tomic over a year after becoming an amateur champion jocket AP McCoy has also was overheard during a changeover in his match jockey. backed her Cheltenham bid. But former with American John Isner on Sunday questioning The 35-year-old will race Pacha Du rider John Francome, the third most suc- Kyrgios’s absence from the tie. Polder in the Foxhunters Chase on Friday cessful National Hunt jockey of all-time, While in conversation with team captain March 18, the final day of the festival. said last month that she was “an accident Lleyton Hewitt, television microphones caught Pendleton claimed her first win when waiting to happen” after being unseated Tomic muttering: “Nick’s sitting down in Canberra. she impressively led the Paul Nicholls- at Fakenham. Bullshit he’s sick.” Tomic was also heard saying trained nine-year-old to a 29-length vic- Pendleton though is confident in her “that’s twice he’s done it”, in what has been inter- tory at Wincanton last week. But she fell ability to put in a good performance on preted as Kyrgios’s withdrawal from the tie against when well placed to challenge on 10-1 the horse owned by Andy Stewart. “It is the Czech Republic last year. shot Supreme Danehill at Kingston not a decision I have taken lightly - I feel Tomic did not step back from his claims during Blount on Saturday, leaving her capable of being part of that race,” she the post-match media conference following his Cheltenham hopes in the balance. She said. “The whole journey has been a defeat to Isner, which gave the Americans a 3-1 win has been given the go-ahead to make remarkable experience and I have a lot of in the World Group tie at Kooyong in Melbourne. MELBOURNE: This combination of file photos shows Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic (R) her festival debut by Nicholls and a team lasting memories from the last 12 “He didn’t come to Czech (Republic) and had stress fractures and somehow played Indian Wells and taken in Sydney on January 15, 2016 and his counterpart Nick Kyrgios (L) taken in Melbourne of experts, despite concerns over the months. “This has been no walk in the on January 25, 2015. — AFP succession of falls she has suffered since park, it has been physically demanding. felt good,” Tomic told reporters. “Now it’s going to taking up the sport. I’ve had to dig deep, but I never wanted be funny for me to see whether he plays Indian then referred in a subsequently deleted tweet to down the public feud, saying the pair were close Wells, then he’s definitely lost a little bit of my Pendleton, who won Olympic cycling to give up. Tomic’s infamous record-quick 28-minute loss to friends and Tomic’s criticism would not create lin- respect.” The fiery Kyrgios, who pulled out of the tie gold medals in both 2008 and 2012, is “This is hugely exciting. There’ll be a Finn Jarkko Nieminen at the Miami Open after his gering issues. “What’s happened has happened, citing a virus and back trouble, took to social media premature return from surgery on both hips in and for me the best thing is that they both play delighted to have achieved the target phenomenal crowd at Cheltenham and I to hit back. He initially made a mild acknowledge- 2014. “Let’s not forget who holds the quickest loss Indian Wells in five days’ time,” Masur told Fox she set for herself. “We have always had am so excited. Getting round would be ment that Tomic’s criticisms had been in the “heat on the ATP tour lol #how many minutes again.” Sports News on Monday. “That they just meet up in the extremely ambitious target of riding incredible. of the moment, not gonna take it personally, wrote Kyrgios. Hewitt, in his first Davis Cup tie as the locker room ... shake hands and just get on with competitively in the Foxhunter as our “If I get round on the horse and com- Indian Wells a week away, plenty of time”. But a Australia’s captain, said Kyrgios was genuinely ill it. “We don’t play another Davis Cup tie until goal, so to be announcing that I have plete the course I’ll feel like that’s a gold matter of minutes later fired back: “Just don’t and unavailable for the Melbourne match. September so there will be a lot of water under the achieved this goal is a truly amazing feel- medal.” — AFP expect me to have your back anytime soon.” He Former Australian captain Wally Masur played bridge from now until then.” — AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 ICC probes Hong Kong team, confident of clean World T20 NEW DELHI: Cricket’s world governing body (ICC) Indies. The ICC has done stellar work to shield players said yesterday that its anti-corruption unit was prob- from full member nations against such approaches ing the Hong Kong team but ruled out any match- but “corrupt” individuals were finding new targets, fixing angle to its investigation. Richardson said. A day after ICC anti-corruption unit head Ronnie “We are now finding that the corruptors are now Flanagan revealed the case in Mumbai, the ruling focused on associate members, women’s teams etc body’s chief executive Dave Richardson provided etc. So we got to make sure the players from all the more details. teams are very well educated, understand their “In recent times you would have read in the responsibilities and would not get involved.” media that a particular player was suspended from “Unfortunately, this is the world we are living. his country and the investigations relate to the same There are corrupt people all over the world, trying team,” Richardson told reporters. their best to get hold of players.” The governing body announced in January that Cricket has been plagued by a number of corrup- Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed had been sus- tion issues and a 2010 spot-fixing scandal resulted in pended and charged with failing to disclose an bans and jail terms for Pakistan fast bowlers approach from an individual. Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and former “We should not speculate that it involves or test captain Salman Butt. there’s any match-fixing or anything going on with South African Richardson, however, is confident particular players or a particular teams,” Richardson that the sixth World Twenty20, which starts on said. “Often we get our intelligence from players Tuesday, will not be affected by it. reporting various approaches that corrupt people “I’m very confident that we’ll have a clean tourna- make to them.” Hong Kong play the first match of the ment,” he said. “I know that our anti-corruption unit World Twenty20 on Tuesday against Zimbabwe in has been working hand-in-hand with the law first-round Group B which also includes Afghanistan enforcement agencies and the police in India to and Scotland. NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur (R) speaks as the make sure that any information is shared,” he said. The pool winners will go into Super 10 Group 1 International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson (L) attend a press conference in “I’m very confident that the matches will be played in with England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West New Delhi yesterday. — AFP the correct spirit.” — Reuters

WORLD T20 SQUADS

NEW DELHI: Squads for the sixth edition of the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20, which starts today: First round Super 10 Group A Group 1 ENGLAND BANGLADESH Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Vince, David Willey. Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed. SOUTH AFRICA Faf du Plessis (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim IRELAND Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB William Porterfield (captain), Andrew Balbirnie, de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris, George Dockrell, Andrew McBrine, Tim Murtagh, David Miller, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Andrew Poynter, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, David Wiese. Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson, Craig SRI LANKA Young . Lasith Malinga (captain) Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal, NETHERLANDS Niroshan Dickwella, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi, Ahsan Rangana Herath, Shehan Jayasuriya, Chamara Malik, Mudassar Bukhari, Ben Cooper, Tom Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Cooper, Vivian Kingma, Stephan Myburgh, Max Sachithra Senanayake, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda O’Dowd, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar, Logan Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay. Van Beek, Timm Van Der Gugten, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren. WEST INDIES Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, OMAN Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Sultan Ahmed (captain), Aamir Kaleem, Sufiyan Bravo, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Chris Mehmood, Zeeshan Maqsood, Amir Ali, Jatinder Gayle, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Denesh Singh, Rajeshkumar Ranpura, Ajay Lalcheta, Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Zeeshan Siddiqui, Munis Ansari, Mehran Khan, Taylor. *15th squad member to replace Lendl Vaibhav Wategaonkar, Khawar Ali, Adnan Ilyas, Simmons (back injury) still to be named. Bilal Khan. Group B Group 2 AFGHANISTAN AUSTRALIA NAGPUR: Hong Kong cricketers take part in a training session ahead of the forthcoming Cricket World Cup T20 tournament at the Vidarbha Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Amir Hamza, Dawlat Steven Smith (captain), David Warner, Ashton Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Karim Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur yesterday. — AFP Sadiq, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rashid Khan, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Shapoor Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, Shane Watson, Adam India eye World T20 crown Zadran, Usman Ghani. Zampa.

HONG KONG INDIA Tanwir Afzal (captain), Aizaz Khan, Anshy Rath, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Hosts with the most? Jamie Atkinson, Babar Hayat, Ryan Campbell, Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Christopher Carter, Mark Chapman, Haseeb Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, NEW DELHI: Hosts India are favourites to clinch Pakistan’s loss to India. “The way he bowled... it the void left by legends Kumar Sangakkara and Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, the sixth edition of the World Twenty20 in what didn’t look as if he was making a comeback after Mahela Jayawardene. Shah, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Barkat, Waqas Khan. Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, could be a fairytale ending to the glittering five long years. It was a treat to watch,” former The West Indies’ tilt at a second title have been Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh. career of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pakistan captain and now Afghanistan coach hit by injury withdrawals and a bitter pay dispute SCOTLAND India, ranked number one in the world, will Inzamam-ul-Haq told AFP. Second-ranked South with squad members arguing with the country’s Preston Mommsen (captain), Kyle Coetzer, Richie NEW ZEALAND seek to become the first side to win the Africa are hoping to spoil India’s party and come board over fees to play in the tournament. Berrington, Matthew Cross, Josh Davey, Con de Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent International Cricket Council (ICC) title on home into the tournament full of confidence following Experienced batsman Darren Bravo, all-rounder Lange, Alasdair Evans, Michael Leask, Matt Boult, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott, Colin Munro, soil when the 16-team tournament gets under a T20 series whitewash against England. Kieron Pollard and off-spinner Sunil Narine are all Machan, Calum MacLeod, Gavin Main, George Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Adam way today. They are also gunning to become the The Proteas have never won the World out but it would be unwise to write off the third- Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Rob Taylor, Mark Watt Milne, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell tournament’s only two-time winners, with South Twenty20 but anything less than the final will be ranked Windies, especially when they boast the Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor Africa, Australia and the mercurial West Indies considered a failure for the Faf du Plessis-led big-hitting Chris Gayle. The preliminary round ZIMBABWE shaping as leading threats. side, who boast top run-scorers AB De Villiers starts today, with Afghanistan and Bangladesh Hamilton Masakadza (captain), Tendai Chatara, PAKISTAN Australia, the top-ranked Test side, are des- and Hashim Amla and leg-spinner Imran Tahir. favourites to join the big eight teams in the Super Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Tendai Shahid Afridi (captain), Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Chisoro, Wellington Masakadza, Peter Moor, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad perate to win their first World Twenty20 crown, Defending champions Sri Lanka are a shadow 10 group stage. In today’s opening matches, Tawanda Mupariwa, Richmond Mutumbami, Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, while Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir will play his of the side that won in Bangladesh two years Hong Kong take on Zimbabwe and Afghanistan Tinashe Panyangara, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sami, Sarfraz first ICC tournament since returning from a five- ago and have struggled to come to terms with play Scotland. — AFP Raza, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams, Donald Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Sharjeel Khan, Umar year spot-fixing ban. Tiripano. Akmal, Wahab Riaz. - AFP India come into the tournament on the back of an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Overs and out - 5 likely Asia Cup final, and have several key batsmen Pakistan assesses security, and bowlers in form. “We are on track for the World T20,” a confident Dhoni said after Sunday’s World T20 swansongs recalls Shehzad for World T20 victory. India’s hot streak of 10 wins from their last 11 T20 internationals, coupled with their NEW DELHI: The World Twenty20 opens today history and captained Sri Lanka to the World KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday sent a team to The South Asian adversaries have not vast and boisterous home support means starting with the preliminary phase. Here are five Twenty20 crown two years ago. assess security for the World Twenty20 start- played a bilateral series for more than three Dhoni’s men will be tough to beat. players considered likely to retire from internation- His ability to bowl yorkers at will as he spear- ing in India this week as selectors recalled years due to diplomatic tensions. A senior “I think India will win. Their players know the al cricket after the tournament: headed Sri Lanka’s pace attack has made him a opener Ahmed Shehzad for the tournament Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed the pitches and they’re playing good cricket against mainstay of the island’s recent success in short- after the side flopped during the Asia Cup. delegation had departed and was likely to the best teams in the world at present,” said West MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI (India) form cricket. Major injuries have curtailed his Pakistan has voiced repeated concern about return today. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Indies legend Brian Lara. Dhoni, then sporting long hair, entered Indian career, however. security for the tournament, and participation Chowdhry Nisar Ali Khan said Saturday the India also have added incentive to lift the tro- folklore when he captained the country to the Malinga gave up Tests at a relatively young age could depend on the delegation’s assessment. team would only travel to India if the security phy on April 3 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata inaugural World T20 title in 2007. Nine years later in 2011, had ankle surgery three years later and assessment was positive. If cleared, they are because of the fact that the tournament may and if hosts India become the first country to lift then suffered a grave knee injury in 2015. “If at this set to fly tomorrow. mark Dhoni’s swansong. the trophy for a second time, anticipation is high stage I have to take one or one-and-a-half years of Chief selector Haroon Rasheed announced Dhoni, who led India to the inaugural title in that “Captain Cool” will decide the time is right to rest, I would rather have to finish my career,” the decision to recall Shehzad, saying the 2007, has struggled with the bat of late and walk away from international cricket. The 34-year- Malinga said during the Asia Cup. old wicketkeeper-batsman has already retired from inclusion of opener Khurram Manzoor “back- turns 35 this summer. A second World Twenty20 Tests and despite remaining the brains behind SHANE WATSON (Australia) crown would be a fitting end to the wicketkeep- fired” at the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, where India’s on-field strategy, there is gathering evidence Shane Watson has consistently defied critics to Pakistan lost to India and the hosts. “We have er’s career. that his best playing days are behind him. bounce back into the Australian side after serious included Shehzad in the 15-man squad for injuries, and was the highest earner in this year’s the World Twenty20 as the decision to ‘A TREAT TO WATCH’ SHAHID AFRIDI (Pakistan) Indian Premier League auction. include Manzoor backfired, for which I take In-form batsman Virat Kohli and deadly off- Pakistan legend Afridi quit Test cricket in 2010 But at 34, time is surely running out for the whole responsibility,” Rasheed told AFP. spinner Ravichandran Ashwin are expected to and ODIs after last year’s World Cup, and the Watson on the international stage. After quitting Shehzad, 25, was initially dropped from the be the key men for India, who are hosting the destructive batsman that fans call “Boom Boom” Test cricket following last year’s Ashes defeat to World Twenty20 squad announced last championship for the first time. clearly has retirement on his mind. The 36-year- England, Watson was dropped from the ODI month after he managed just 65 runs in his The home side start their campaign against old, Pakistan’s T20 skipper, has seen a big dip in squad and admitted that a return to the interna- last five Twenty20 matches. Manzoor scored New Zealand on March 15 before playing arch- his batting form over the last few years years tional team was unlikely. But a successful season just 11 runs in three matches of the Asia Cup, rivals Pakistan in Dharamsala four days later in a and more recently his leg-spinners have also with Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Big Bash DHARAMSALA: Members of a Pakistani at which Pakistan beat only Sri Lanka and hotly awaited clash. failed to trouble batsmen. His decline, includ- League earned Watson a berth for this year’s security team arrive at an Indian cricket minnows the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan endured a disastrous Asia Cup, ing poor performances against New Zealand in series against India. stadium in Dharamsala to conduct a Rasheed said Shehzad batted well in the thanks largely to some atrocious batting, and January and England in November, has coincid- ed with a slump in form for Pakistan in T20 security assessment yesterday ahead of last phase of the Pakistan Super League, any hopes they have of making an impression TILLAKARATNE DILSHAN (Sri Lanka) internationals. “I have to look at the results of Popular opener Tillakaratne Dilshan has enjoyed the World Twenty20. Pakistan yesterday staged in the United Arab Emirates last will rely on the performances of the controver- sent a team to assess security for the the team in the Asia Cup and then at World a lengthy career and is an expert exponent of T20 month. “We dropped Shehzad because of sial Amir. The 23-year-old fast bowler was Twenty20 and that will help me take a final cricket, thanks in part to his invention of the World Twenty20 starting in India this poor form in New Zealand but he did well in banned and jailed for deliberately sending down decision,” Afridi told AFP recently. “Dilscoop”, a reverse flip-shot played over his head. week as selectors recalled opener the PSL and we need experience in the World no-balls in a Test match against England in 2010. But at age 39, the former Sri Lankan captain is Ahmed Shehzad for the tournament Twenty20,” said Rasheed of the event, the But he has been in good touch since re-enter- LASITH MALINGA (Sri Lanka) unlikely to be able to put off retirement for much after the side flopped during the Asia first round of which starts in India from ing the international fold earlier this year, and lit Malinga, 32, is the highest wicket-taker in T20 longer. — AFP Cup. — AFP Tuesday. —AFP up the Asia Cup with a devastating 3-18 spell in TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 SPORTS

Russia shrugs off blame over alleged anti-doping criteria breaches MOSCOW: Russia’s sports minister yester- “If people are guilty then they will be past involvement in doping. Russian athletes were told when they to be of a senior coach, who is currently day shuffled off blame over allegations in a punished in accordance with the rules.” But a 30-minute documentary by would be drugs tested. suspended because of doping allegations, German documentary that the country is Russian athletes face an uphill battle to German broadcaster ARD/WDR screened There is an audio conversation, which is as he continues to coach a group of ath- still violating strict anti-doping criteria as it be allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics on Sunday, gives new evidence of Russian claimed to be between Anna Antselovich, letes in the far-flung province of Gubkin, struggles to overturn a ban before the Rio from August 5-21 after a World Anti- athletes and coaches violating the strict the new head of Russia’s anti-doping central Russia. Olympics. “The imposition of sanctions on Doping Agency (WADA) independent com- IAAF and WADA regulations. agency (RUSADA), and an athlete, who is And the film-makers claim to have evi- specific people and checking on their mission alleged widespread corruption and According to the German documentary, being warned when a drugs test would dence of a conversation with another application is the job of the relevant anti- doping in the country’s athletics. a suspended coach has been identified take place. Russian coach, who can provide doping doping agencies, not the state,” the minis- The International Association of continuing to work with athletes in an iso- Antselovich replaced ex-RUSADA boss substances for a price. ter, Vitaly Mutko, said in a statement. Athletics Federations (IAAF) and WADA lated Russian province, while another Nikita Kamayev, who resigned last year An IAAF spokesman said the body’s “To talk about the responsibility of the outlined a strict reinstatement criteria, named trainer is still distributing doping over the allegations and died suddenly of a inspection team, chaired by Norwegian state in the case of every individual viola- including severing ties with Russian ath- substances. heart attack in February aged just 52. doping expert Rune Anderson, will be look- tion is impossible,” the statement said. letics officials, officers or staff with any The ARD/WDR team claim to have proof Footage is also shown which is believed ing into the evidence provided. — AFP

Mahrez hits key goal in African scoring blitz

PARIS: African sharpshooters were in top sweeping home David Silva’s pass for his form across Europe with Algerian Riyad second goal in three matches. Mahrez scoring a crucial goal for English Premier League (EPL) leaders Leicester SPAIN City. Winger Mahrez gave the Foxes a 1-0 ALFRED N’DIAYE (Real Betis) win at Watford, extending their lead over Senegal midfielder N’Diaye scored his Tottenham Hotspur to five points with first goal of the season with a fine header nine rounds left. from Joaquin’s corner five minutes from Senegalese Mame Biram Diouf and time to put 10-man Betis on route to a vital Diafra Sakho, Burkinabe Bertrand Traore 2-0 win over Granada that moved them and four-time African Footballer of the eight points clear of the relegation zone. Year Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast were other EPL scorers. CARLOS KAMENI (Malaga) Cameroonian goalkeeper Kameni ENGLAND could miss the rest of the season after RIYAD MAHREZ (Leicester City) suffering a torn meniscus in his right Mahrez netted for the 15th time this knee during his 300th La Liga game as season as Leicester won 1-0 at Watford to Malaga and Deportivo la Coruna fought a open up a five-point lead at the Premier thrilling 3-3 draw. Kameni was injured League summit. Eleven minutes into the saving in a one-on-one with Lucas Perez second half at Vicarage Road, the Algeria and is expected to be sidelined for up to star gathered a headed clearance, shifted two months. the ball to his left and bent a left-foot shot into the top-left corner from the ITALY edge of the box. MOHAMED SALAH (Roma) The Egyptian winger is Roma’s top BERTRAND TRAORE (Chelsea) scorer in all competitions with 12 this Traore scored for the fourth time in season and added two more as Roma five appearances as champions Chelsea trounced Fiorentina 4-1. He was on tar- drew 1-1 at home to Stoke City. The 20- get in the 25th and 58th minutes and year-old Burkina Faso international, pre- heavily involved in on-loan striker ferred up front to both Loic Remy and Stephan El Shaarawy’s 22nd-minute Alexandre Pato, opened the scoring in opener at the Stadio Olimpico. the 39th minute, gathering a pass from Nemanja Matic, turning and neatly firing FRANCE home from 20 yards. CHRISTIAN KOUAKOU (Caen) NEWARK: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ion Cole (28) collides with New Jersey Devils right wing Devante Smith- Pelly (25) during the first The Ivorian chose a good moment to period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, in Newark, NJ. — AP MAME BIRAM DIOUF (Stoke City) score his first Ligue 1 goal since moving Senegalese striker Diouf earned Mark to Caen from second-tier Tours in Hughes’s side a share of the spoils with January. He came off the bench to net an 85th-minute equaliser at Stamford with an overhead kick in the 89th minute Lehtera helps Blues Bridge. The former Manchester United that gave the surprise European con- man headed home after Chelsea goal- tenders a 2-2 draw with Monaco. keeper Thibaut Courtois failed to get enough purchase on a punch from CHEICK DIABATE (Bordeaux) Xherdan Shaqiri’s cross, ending a 15- The giant Malian striker won and then defeat Wild 4-2 game scoring drought. converted a first-half penalty for Bordeaux for his ninth goal since the win- DIAFRA SAKHO (West Ham United) ter break, but it was not enough to earn ST PAUL: A little extra rest seemed to boost the St. Sakho claimed an 81st-minute his side all three points as they drew 1-1 Louis Blues on Sunday. Playing for the first time NHL results/standings equaliser and set up the winning goal as with Gazelec Ajaccio. after an extended break, the Blues were full of high-flying West Ham stormed back from energy and devoid of rust, building an early lead Dallas 2, Ottawa 1; Pittsburgh 6, New Jersey 1; NY Islanders 6, NY Rangers 4; Chicago 4, Detroit 1; 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Everton. The GERMANY and beating the Minnesota Wild 4-2. Jori Lehtera, Edmonton 2, Winnipeg 1; St. Louis 4, Minnesota 2. Senegal international equalised with a PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG Ryan Reaves and Patrik Berglund scored goals and well-placed header from Dimitri Payet’s (Borussia Dortmund) goalie Jake Allen had 30 saves, as the Blues won Western Conference Florida 36 21 8 177 156 80 right-wing cross and then returned the The Gabon striker went head-to-head their third in a row and kept pace with the Chicago Central Division Boston 36 23 7 202 180 79 favour in the 90th minute with a clever with Robert Lewandowski, but neither Blackhawks in the race for the Central Division W L OTL GF GA PTS Detroit 32 22 11 164 172 75 back-heel that allowed Payet to rattle in hot-shot managed to score as it finished crown. The Blues (38-20-9) currently trail hicago by Chicago 41 21 5 191 160 87 Ottawa 31 29 7 193 208 69 the winner. goalless between Bayern Munich and two points, and host the Blackhawks tomorrow. Dallas 40 20 7 215 192 87 Montreal 30 30 6 179 185 66 St. Louis 38 20 9 170 164 85 Borussia Dortmund in a top-of-the-table Robby Fabbri scored into an empty net with 91 Buffalo 26 31 9 156 178 61 YAYA TOURE (Manchester City) clash. “Auba” touched the ball 32 times Nashville 33 21 12 181 168 78 seconds remaining for the Blues. Toronto 21 33 10 152 190 52 Ivory Coast international Toure and had four shots on goal, but was Minnesota 31 26 10 177 169 72 Metropolitan Division opened the scoring as City got their title denied by Bayern’s Germany goalkeeper BLACKHAWKS 4, RED WINGS 1 Colorado 33 30 4 180 194 70 Washington 48 13 4 212 150 100 challenge back on track with a breezy 4-0 Manuel Neuer as he failed to add to his Patrick Kane scored 21 seconds into the first Winnipeg 27 33 5 169 194 59 Pacific Division win at home to Championship-bound 22 league goals, just one behind period, and the Chicago Blackhawks pulled NY Rangers 38 22 6 188 171 82 Anaheim 37 19 8 164 149 82 bottom club Aston Villa. The former Lewandowski. The draw leaves away for a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings NY Islanders 36 20 7 184 158 79 Los Angeles 38 22 4 170 148 80 Barcelona player made the breakthrough Dortmund five points adrift of Bayern on Sunday. Duncan Keith, Artem Anisimov and Pittsburgh 34 23 8 179 166 76 in the 48th minute at the Etihad Stadium, with nine rounds to go. — AFP San Jose 35 23 6 193 173 76 Philadelphia 30 23 11 163 172 71 Jonathan Toews also scored for the Blackhawks. Vancouver 25 27 12 156 183 62 Carolina 29 26 11 161 178 69 Chicago (41-21-5) earned its third win in the Arizona 28 31 6 174 204 62 past four games. Gustav Nyquist scored the Red Edmonton 26 35 7 167 201 59 New Jersey 31 29 7 148 170 69 Wings’ lone goal. Detroit (32-22-11) lost to the Calgary 27 34 4 177 205 58 Columbus 27 31 8 173 205 62 Blackhawks for the second time in the past five Eastern Conference Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one days. Atlantic Division point in the standings and are not included in Tampa Bay 39 22 4 183 155 82 the loss column (L). PENGUINS 6, DEVILS 1 Evgeni Malkin scored his 26th and 27th goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins easily dispatched the a pass from Ales Hemsky as the Senators scram- season. The teams will meet once more in the reg- New Jersey Devils 6-1 at Prudential Center on bled in their own zone. ular season, April 7 at Madison Square Garden. Sunday. The win pushed the Penguins into the first wild-card spot in the East and five points ISLANDERS 6, RANGERS 4 OILERS 2, JETS 1 ahead of the ninth-place Philadelphia Flyers. Cal Clutterbuck scored the tiebreaking goal The game between the Winnipeg Jets and Matt Cullen and Nick Bonino also scored for the with 1:28 left in regulation to lead the New York Edmonton Oilers on Sunday did not have the Penguins, who received 17 saves from goal- Islanders to a wild 6-4 win over the New York dozen or so goals that contests between the two tender Matthew Murray. Rangers on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square teams regularly had in the 1980s, but it was no less Garden. Johnny Boychuk scored twice, and Brock entertaining. On a day when the NHL announced STARS 2, SENATORS 1 Nelson, Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen each the Jets will host the Heritage Classic outdoor game Antoine Roussel scored with 2:14 left in the added goals for the Islanders, who won their three against the Oilers on Oct. 23 at Investors Group third period to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 victory straight. Boychuk, Okposo, Nielsen and Nick Leddy Field, the home of the Canadian Football League’s over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday at Canadian each finished with two points as the Islanders (36- Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Connor McDavid-lead Tire Centre. Roussel was in the slot when fired in 20-7) improved to 3-0 against the Rangers this Oilers defeated the Jets 2-1. — Reuters 2006 World Cup scandal inquiry cost 3.5m euros

BERLIN: The German FA’s (DFB) that he is guilty of any wrongdoing. inquiry into the 2006 World Cup “Franz Beckenbauer has helped a scandal is set to cost around 3.5 mil- lot to bring a little more clarity to lion euros ($3.83m), interim presi- the matter in the last few days,” said dent Rainer Koch has revealed. Koch. The Freshfields report out- Last October, German magazine lined a money trail linking Spiegel opened a can of worms by Beckenbauer, former Adidas chief claiming the DFB had used a slush Robert Louis-Dreyfus and Qatar, fund of 6.7 million euros in 2000 to whose Mohammed bin Hammam buy votes from members of FIFA’s has since been banned from foot- executive committee in order to ball for life over corruption. “When win the right to host the tourna- we knew that the money had gone ment. into the account of Beckenbauer’s In the wake of the scandal, the lawyers in Switzerland, within 24 DFB tasked business law specialists hours we had his cooperation to Freshfields with auditing the bid look into the account,” said Koch. and on Friday the official report “His lawyer also helped us alot. “could not rule out” that bids were “Now it’s hoped that we will be able bought. to get further insights (into where FIFA has welcomed the report, Rainer Koch the money went) in the next few but said “many questions still I don’t know exactly because the Beckenbauer, 70, captained and days and weeks.” remain to be answered” as they relevant accounts are not yet avail- coached Germany to the 1974 and Beckenbauer was warned and continue their own investigation. able. There is still a large part miss- 1990 World Cup titles respectively fined by FIFA’s ethics committee last The DFB has yet to receive the final ing for the Freshfields’ work,” Koch and was head of the organising month for his failure to cooperate NASHVILLE: Germany forward Mandy Islacker (9) leaps over England defender Gilly bill from Freshfields, but Koch told Sky. Koch also praised German committee for the 2006 finals. with a separate investigation into Flaherty (6) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup women’s soccer match Sunday, expects it to be 3.5 million euros. football legend Franz Beckenbauer He has repeatedly denied both the award of the 2018 and 2022 in Nashville, Tenn. — AP “It will be around that figure, but for helping the inquiry. that any votes were bought and World Cups. — AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 SPORTS Wenger defiant over Arsenal title hopes

LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene League thanks to a last 16, 2-0 first leg being over. Just to remind you, we have Despite facing criticism from several replace me and will replace you. That is Wenger yesterday insisted that his side home defeat to Barcelona. beaten Leicester twice so we have done pundits, including his ex-players Paul part of life and as long as you have done are still in the Premier League title race The record 12-time winners though our job against them. Merson and Thierry Henry, Wenger says well, given your best and that is the and that their trophy hopes do not only will be seeking solace from the FA Cup “People have to look at other teams he is used to passing over negative com- quality of work people do.” lie with the FA Cup. once more, as they look to become the more, not just us on that front. We will ments. “I have always the same pressure The winners of the fifth-round tie will The Gunners are eight points behind first side since Blackburn in the 19th cen- not give up the Premier League, we will which is the same pressure I apply to not have long to wait for the quarter- league leaders Leicester despite a bat- tury to win it three times in a row. fight until the end.” myself,” he said. “It is the same. After that, finals, with the prize on offer at the KC tling 2-2 draw at rivals Tottenham, and Wenger though is adamant that the The FA Cup has been a long-term people talk and you have more people Stadium a home match with Watford on have won just three of their last 12 league title race is far from over, having friend to the French coach, he has won it talking than 20 years ago and more Sunday, so Wenger is likely to make games. Wenger’s men next take on inflicted two of only three defeats on six times since arriving at Highbury in opinions. That doesn’t change the pres- some changes. “I will have to (make Championship side Hull in an FA Cup Leicester this season. 1996. The 66-year-old is also now the sure. The real pressure comes from your changes) but I’m not so much concerned fifth round replay on Tuesday, after the “You don’t think like that,” he said longest-serving coach in European foot- desire to win the next game and that is about replacing one player with another holders were held to a goalless draw in when asked whether the FA Cup is ball, after Ronnie McFall ended his 29- the only one that matters really. one. It’s more that I have to rotate a little the initial match at the Emirates. They Arsenal’s most realistic chance of silver- year stint in charge of Northern Irish club “I believe that opinions are opinions. I bit and keep the right balance in the also look set to exit the Champions ware. “The Premier League is far from Portadown over the weekend. do my job and one day someone will team,” he said. — AFP Injured Draxler in race to face Gent

BERLIN: Wolfsburg are waiting on the fit- round,” said Wolfsburg’s director of sport ness of goal-scoring Germany midfielder Klaus Allofs. Coach Dieter Hecking just Julian Draxler for today’s Champions wants “90 minutes of hard work” from League, last 16, second-leg clash at home Wolfsburg. Having left the door to the to Gent. quarter-finals ajar for Hein Draxler netted twice in Wolfsburg’s 3-2 Vanhaezebrouck’s Gent, Wolfsburg defend- win in Belgium in the first leg and scored in er Dante says the Germans need to react both of the German Cup holders fast and play smart. “We have to play intelli- Bundesliga wins over Hanover 96 and gently,” said the Selecao defender. The Borussia Moenchengladbach last week. Germans are buoyed by last Tuesday’s 4-0 But having netted the opener in drubbing of Hanover when Germany Saturday’s 2-1 win over Gladbach, Draxler winger Andre Schuerrle switched to striker picked up a knee ligament injury, but is and claimed his first Bundesliga hat-trick. desperate to help Wolfsburg try and reach “Games like last Tuesday heal all the quarter-finals in Europe for the first wounds,” said Hecking in the direction of time in the club’s history. “It should be ok Kruse and Draxler. Belgian champions by Tuesday,” said the 22-year-old who has Gent’s form has gone off the boil in recent made 16 appearances for Germany and weeks, with just two wins in their last seven was part of the 2014 World Cup-winning games in all competitions. A 1-1 draw at squad. “I mean, on Tuesday we are playing home to struggling Leuven on Friday left in the Champions League. Your legs run by them two points behind Pro League lead- themselves on occasions like that. ers Club Brugge in second place, but they “This is a great opportunity to make his- remain right in contention for a second tory for the club.” Wolfsburg striker Max straight Belgian title and have everything Kruse is also an injury concern as he strug- to play for in Wolfsburg. gles with a thigh injury after also scoring Like Wolfsburg, they are in the last 16 of against Gladbach. The Germans come into Europe for the first time and are eager to the return leg with the upper hand and make more history. Gent goalkeeper Matz fresh from back-to-back Bundesliga wins. Sels says the Belgians need the same fight- But having raced into a 3-0 lead at Gent ing spirit they showed in the first leg. three weeks ago, they left the door open as “When it was 0-3 here, it looked like it DECINES: Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette, up, challenges for the ball with Guingamp’s goalkeeper Jonas Lossl, left, during the French League One the Belgians roared back with two goals in would just be a city trip (to visit Wolfsburg),” soccer match between Lyon and Guingamp in Decines, near Lyon, central France, Sunday. — AP the last 10 minutes to give them hope at said the shot-stopper. “But we are still in the Volkswagen Arena. the match thanks to our two goals. “We know that the thing hasn’t run its “We should not throw everything open course yet, but if we play the way we did from the beginning, because conceding a Lyon show Champions against Gladbach then we’ll reach the next goal early on could be deadly.” — AFP League credentials

PARIS: Lyon continued their surge towards ball to bring Guingamp briefly back level before just a point behind Lyon, after trouncing local Champions League qualification on Sunday as Lacazette restored Lyon’s lead and Cornet made rivals Nantes 4-1 thanks to a superb showing by Alexandre Lacazette netted twice in a 5-1 thrash- it 3-1 10 minutes prior to the interval, racing teenage sensation Ousmane Dembele. The 18- ing of Guingamp. through to beat Jonas Lossl from an offside posi- year-old netted a first-half hat-trick, while Kamil Rachid Ghezzal and Maxwell Cornet were also tion after latching onto Ghezzal’s pass. Lacazette Grosicki was also on target, and Rennes were on target, while a Reynald Lemaitre own goal converted a Ghezzal free-kick for his second and comfortable winners despite having Giovanni secured a handsome victory for Bruno Genesio’s Lyon’s fourth just after the hour mark and Sio sent off in the second half. side, with Mevlut Erding getting Guingamp’s Lemaitre headed a corner into his own net late Adryan got a goal back for Nantes as they suf- reply. The result allowed OL to build on last on to complete Guingamp’s misery. fered a first league defeat in 14 games since weekend’s impressive victory against champi- Earlier, Marseille stretched their club record November. “Dembele gives me pleasure and sat- ons-elect Paris Saint-Germain and made it five run of games without a league win at home to isfaction but his situation is also very delicate,” wins from their last six league games. 12 when they were held 1-1 by Toulouse at the said Rennes coach Rolland Courbis of a player With almost all of their rivals dropping points, Stade Velodrome. Toulouse were playing their who has drawn admiring glances from around Lyon end the weekend in third place and retain first game since Pascal Dupraz replaced Europe. “To be just 18 and have all the offers he hope of catching Monaco, with six points sepa- Dominique Arribage as coach but the new boss has in such a short space of time, I would need rating them from the principality club in second. was not at the game after being taken ill at train- to be totally inexperienced and incompetent not “We are going one game at a time. We will ing on Saturday and spending the night in hos- to be wary,” Courbis added after admitting he see where we are with five games left,” said pital. Dupraz told Canal Plus that reports he had had almost left the starlet on the bench at kick- WOLFSBURG: Gent’s Swiss midfielder Danijel Milicevic (2nd L) and team mates are Genesio. Lyon are determined to return to the suffered a heart scare were not true and he off. On Saturday, runaway leaders Paris Saint- seen during a training session on the eve of the second-leg round of 16 UEFA Champions League next season and they are would have been buoyed by the performance of Germain warmed up for their Champions Champions league football match between Wolfsburg and Gent at the Volkswagen threatening to pull away from the chasing pack his relegation-threatened side. League trip to Chelsea with a lifeless 0-0 home arena in Wolfsburg yesterday. — AFP thanks to some impressive results at their new Wissam Ben Yedder put them ahead with his draw against Montpellier. stadium. “The players enjoying playing here. 10th league goal of the campaign, but stuttering However, they remain 23 points clear of There is a good atmosphere,” added the coach. OM secured a draw when Steven Fletcher’s shot Monaco at the top after the principality club Stakes high as Chelsea They had taken 13 points from a possible 15 was deflected in by Brazilian defender Somalia. could only draw 2-2 at Caen on Friday. If at the Parc OL since its inauguration in January “We needed to win, one point was useless,” Monaco fail to win at home to Reims next Friday, and they set about improving those statistics complained Marseille’s Spanish coach Michel. PSG could secure the title by beating bottom and PSG clash again early on, Ghezzal opening the scoring with just side Troyes away next Sunday. three minutes played as he followed in to net TEENAGE SENSATION Otherwise, Laurent Blanc’s side will have the PARIS: Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain Maxwell admitted. “Chelsea is on the minds of after Cornet had hit the post. Marseille remain in the bottom half, while chance to wrap up a fourth straight title when meet at Stamford Bridge tomorrow with both everyone. It is a very important match. Erding got a touch to a Younousse Sankhare Rennes are fifth, level on points with Nice and they host Monaco on March 20. — AFP sides’ seasons riding on the outcome of their Everyone is waiting for it-the media, the club, Champions League last 16, second leg show- the players too,” he told French media after down. PSG head to London with a 2-1 lead Saturday’s match. from the first leg in Paris last month thanks to PSG have doubts over the fitness of influ- Van Gaal warns United a late Edinson Cavani winner, but the tie is ential midfield duo Blaise Matuidi and Marco finely poised, with John Obi Mikel’s away goal Verratti but hope at least one of the two will giving Chelsea plenty of reason to believe make the game. “At this time of the season it they can progress. is difficult to have everyone fully fit. We all need care and attention Away goals have decided the meetings of have little knocks here and there. We hope to the sides in each of the last two seasons, with have a full squad,” added Maxwell. WEST BROMWICH: Louis van Gaal insisted that moved to within one point of an important mile- ly hard work, mentally and physically. “You worry a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge taking PSG Meanwhile, Chelsea could be without skipper Spanish international Juan Mata should have stone as they aim to secure their Premier League about every result and it can drive you insane.” Pulis through at the same stage last season after John Terry but Hiddink insisted that Diego shown more care after his red card played a big future for another season. hailed the performance of matchwinner Rondon Chelsea had come out on top in the 2014 Costa should be fine despite sitting out the part in Manchester United suffering a blow to their “One more, let’s get to 40 points and then we’ll and is excited about the way in which his partner- quarter-finals. The stakes are extremely high Stoke draw. hopes of Champions League qualification. take it from there. I think 40 points is always the tar- ship with Saido Berahino is developing. “We’ve for this latest clash of the clubs, with Chelsea Mata paid a heavy price for two moments of get,” said Pulis. “It’s very difficult managing teams in looked better as a team going forwards with looking to Europe for joy while they continue BALE BACK madness in the space of three minutes and that the lower half of the Premier League. It is really, real- Salomon and Saido together,” he stated. —AFP to struggle in the Premier League. Real Madrid’s campaign is also now riding proved costly as United missed out on the chance They have lost just once in 16 games since on success in Europe after they slipped 12 to stay in close touch with fourth-placed the sacking of Jose Mourinho in December, points behind leaders Barcelona in La Liga, Manchester City at the Hawthorns. Venezuelan but that loss came at the Parc des Princes although Zinedine Zidane’s team are well international Salomon Rondon fired home the 66th three weeks ago and Chelsea are coming off a placed to progress to the quarter-finals as minute winner which inflicted United’s first-ever 1-1 draw at home to Stoke City that surely they host Roma at the Santiago Bernabeu. Premier League defeat at the Hawthorns and left ended their hopes of a top-four finish in the The Spanish giants won 2-0 in the first leg them down in sixth place in the race for a top four Premier League. Meanwhile, PSG had their in Italy and so appear poised to end a run of spot. While van Gaal confirmed his viewpoint that minds elsewhere during a 0-0 home draw eight consecutive defeats to Serie A opposi- Mata’s red card was out of character, he admon- with Montpellier at the weekend. tion in two-legged European ties. ished him for his carelessness. “The decision, for us, They are 23 points clear of Monaco at the They also come into the game fresh from was the turning point in the match,” said United’s top of Ligue 1 and could secure another demolishing Celta Vigo 7-1 in La Liga at the manager. “It is a big disappointment for us because French title as early as next weekend, so they weekend and hope to welcome Toni Kroos, we lose contact with the first four or five. “You give risk having a rather anti-climactic finish to the Luka Modric and Gareth Bale back into their as a referee in five minutes two yellow cards to the season if they are eliminated from Europe. starting line-up. same person, and you also know it is Juan Mata. That means there is huge pressure on “He was happy to play again after such a “I ask him a rhetorical question. How many red Laurent Blanc’s team, as Brazilian defender long time. I think he will be ready to start. We cards? None. I had assumed that. But as a player will see over the next couple of days,” said you also have to know when you have a yellow Zidane of Bale, who came off the bench to card, you have to take care.” He added: “We were score against Celta after six weeks out. well organised, but it is difficult to create chances Matches on TV Roma travel without Daniele De Rossi and when it is ten against eleven. We have played for 60 German defender Antonio Ruediger, who are (Local Timings) minutes with ten men, but we were not uncomfort- injured, but Madrid must be wary of a team able and we did not give too many chances away. who have won seven straight Serie A games. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE “I don’t want to say that we deserved to win the LONDON: Former Chelsea soccer team doctor Eva Carneiro, centre, leaves the Croydon In Germany, Wolfsburg will hope to game, but we don’t deserve to lose. Employment Tribunal building after a private hearing where she was claiming constructive Wolfsburg v KAA Gent 22:45 make sure of a place in the quarter-finals “When you see at the end the chances that West dismissal against the English Premier League soccer club, in London yesterday. The 42-year- beIN SPORTS 2 HD for the first time when they entertain Bromwich Albion have created in comparison with old doctor Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after then boss Jose Mourinho criti- Real Madrid v AS Roma 22:45 Gent on Tuesday defending a 3-2 first-leg us, it was an unnecessary loss.” West Brom boss cized her for going on to the pitch to treat soccer player Eden Hazard on the opening day of beIN SPORTS 1 HD lead. —AFP Tony Pulis was delighted that his side have now the season. — AP Kuwait crowned Lyon show champion of Amir’s Champions shooting GP League credentials

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LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson, top, falls from the rim after a dunk during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in Los Angeles, Sunday. The Los Angeles Lakers won 112-95. — AP Lakers hand Warriors its sixth loss of season

LOS ANGELES: Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points, ond quarter. Dwight Howard added 21 points and 11 the first quarter as the Pistons took a 30-16 lead. Andre added 19 points and 16 rebounds as Phoenix beat D’Angelo Russell added 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers rebounds. Luis Scola led the Raptors with 21 points, while Drummond had 14 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit, Memphis. Mirza Teletovic added 18 points for the Suns, stunned the Golden State Warriors 112-95 on Sunday, DeMar DeRozan had 19. and Marcus Morris added 19 points. Jackson had nine who won their second straight. Tyson Chandler finished handing the defending NBA champions just their sixth assists along with all of his scoring. Damian Lillard led the with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Phoenix won for only loss of the season, all on the road. Kobe Bryant added 12 THUNDER 104, BUCKS 96 Blazers with 26 points but shot 8 of 22 from the field. the third time in the last 18 games. Two of those wins points in helping the Lakers earn one of the biggest MILWAUKEE (AP) - Kevin Durant had 32 points and 12 Detroit led 58-51 at halftime, then scored the first nine have come against the Grizzlies. Mike Conley led upsets in NBA history and their biggest victory in a down- rebounds, and Russell Westbrook posted his 10th triple- points of the third quarter, taking a 16-point lead on Memphis with 22 points while Matt Barnes and JaMychal trodden farewell season for Bryant, who spent the fourth double of the season as Oklahoma City built a big early Jackson’s driving layup. Green each had 17 points. Mario Chalmers scored 14 quarter on the bench resting his aching right shoulder. lead and held off Milwaukee. Westbrook finished with 15 points and Lance Stephenson finished with 13. The Suns Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 18 points on a day points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the Thunder, who NUGGETS 116, MAVERICKS 114, OT connected on 52 percent of their shots, including 12 of 28 when they were awful offensively. Klay Thompson added led by 21 with six minutes left in the third quarter before D.J. Augustin scored Denver’s last eight points of over- from outside the arc. Memphis, meanwhile, was limited 15 points but the Splash Brothers were a combined 1 of nearly getting overrun by the Bucks. Milwaukee’s Giannis time, including two free throws with 0.9 seconds left as to 40 percent and stayed close by going 10 of 22 from 3- 18 from 3-point range. In all, the Warriors missed 26 of 30 Antetokounmpo picked up his third triple-double of the the Nuggets beat Dallas. Augustin finished with 12 points point range. attempts from long range. Golden State fell to 55-6 and season with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Khris to help the Nuggets get payback after an overtime loss in the Lakers improved to 13-51. The loss snapped Golden Middleton scored 18 points, including 10 straight during a Dallas on Feb 26. Kenneth Faried had 25 points and a sea- HEAT 103, 76ERS 98 State’s seven-game winning streak and was their first 24-5 run between the third and fourth quarters that drew son-high 20 rebounds for the Nuggets, who rallied from Hassan Whiteside had seven blocked shots, including a since a 32-point blowout defeat at Portland on Feb. 19. the Bucks within 84-82 with 11:23 left. But the Thunder four down in the last 10 seconds of regulation. Will Barton pivotal one late as Miami won their fifth in a row, beating withstood the Bucks from there, holding Milwaukee with- added 20 points. Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points and Philadelphia. The Sixers were short-handed and endured ROCKETS 113, RAPTORS 107 out a field goal for about a seven-minute stretch of the Deron Williams had 17 for the Mavericks, who have lost their 12th consecutive loss but they were a handful for the James Harden had 40 points and 14 assists to help fourth quarter. two straight. The game was tied when Williams missed a Heat. Ish Smith had 21 points and five assists to lead Houston end Toronto’s franchise-record, 12-game home layup with 16.8 seconds left in overtime. After a timeout, Philadelphia. Goran Dragic had 23 points, eight rebounds winning streak. The Raptors lost at home for the first time PISTONS 123, TRAIL BLAZERS 103 Augustin drove the lane and was fouled by Raymond and five assists, and Dwyane Wade also had 23 points for since Jan. 3 against the Chicago Bulls. The Rockets also Reggie Jackson scored 30 points in another big game Felton. He calmly sank both free throws and Emmanuel the Heat. Whiteside had 14 points and 13 rebounds off snapped their eight-game losing streak north of the bor- against Portland as Detroit beat the Trail Blazers. Jackson Mudiay blocked Wesley Matthews’ 3-pointer at the buzzer. the bench. The Heat missed 10 consecutive shots in the der, winning in Toronto for the first time since the 2006-07 scored 40 points when Detroit beat Portland on Nov. 8, second half and went nearly eight minutes without a bas- season. Corey Brewer had 23 points off the bench for the including 26 in the fourth quarter. He picked up right SUNS 109, GRIZZLIES 100 ket as the 76ers took a 72-69 lead and the margin reached Rockets, who trailed by as many as 18 points in the sec- where he left off in Sunday’s rematch, scoring 11 points in Devin Booker had 27 points and nine assists, Alex Len 79-73 before Miami rallied. — AP

Messi or Ronaldo? Soccer Zidane ready for biggest test in Roma return argument ends in murder MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is And Zidane laughed off suggestions Ronaldo could preparing for his biggest game since taking charge as be entering his final few months at the Bernabeu MUMBAI: Indian police said yesterday a man has been the Spanish giants eye a place in the Champions before a big-money move at the end of the season. charged with murdering his friend after a heated argument League quarter-finals against Roma today. “I am the coach and I want Cristiano,” said the over whether Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s Madrid hold a commanding 2-0 lead from the first Frenchman, who also played for Madrid between 2001 leg in the Italian capital three weeks ago, but have little and 2006. best footballer. room for error with the Champions League their last “They whistled me and everyone else. It is not ques- They said the Nigerian national stabbed one of his country- realistic hope of a trophy this season after a poor tioning the player, it is a fan base that always wants men to death after the two of them wrangled over whether domestic campaign. more from their players and that is good for the players the Barcelona star or the Real Madrid forward was better. “For me it is the most important game because it is to improve and always do well. Police Inspector Kiran Kabadi told AFP an offence of murder the next one,” said Zidane. “The only thing we have to “In the end, the fans love the players and that is the had been registered against Michael Chukwuma, 21, over the do is win the game tomorrow. That is our goal, we most important thing. I always see a full stadium and death of 34-year-old Obina Durumchukwu on Sunday in the need to think solely about tomorrow’s game. that says a lot.” northern Mumbai suburb of Nallasopara. “Many people think it is going to be easy and it Ronaldo is expected to be joined in attack by won’t be.” Indeed, Roma have won their last seven Serie Gareth Bale Today. The Welshman came off the bench The friends had apparently got together on Saturday night A games since coach Luciano Spalletti’s return to the to score against Celta in his first appearance in six to celebrate Durumchukwu’s birthday. The following morning club in January to propel themselves back up to third. weeks after a calf injury. an argument over football turned to tragedy. Madrid also sit third in La Liga, 12 points adrift of Bale wore socks with holes ripped out around his “The two Nigerian youngsters were discussing football runaway leaders Barcelona and four behind city rivals calfs in an attempt to ease the pressure on his muscles players. One is a fan of Messi and the other was for Ronaldo,” Atletico. However, Zidane’s men did at least bounce after suffering a slew of injuries during his three years MADRID: Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (L) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese defend- the inspector said. back from their derby defeat against Atletico last week- at Madrid. Lucas Vazquez, who has been praised for his er Pepe arrive to a press conference yesterday at “During the conversation a quarrel has taken place. The end with a 7-1 thrashing of Celta Vigo on Saturday with tireless work in defence and attack, is likely to be the Cristiano Ronaldo scoring four. man sacrificed for Bale’s return. Real Madrid Sport City in Madrid on the eve of deceased threw a glass into the face of the accused person. Ronaldo also opened the scoring in the first leg “He is prepared and ready to play,” added Zidane. “I their UEFA Champions League football match The glass broke and caused small injuries. against Roma to take his tally in the Champions can’t say that Gareth is going to do the same number Real Madrid CF vs AS Roma. — AFP “After that the accused took the broken glass and assaulted League to 12 in just seven games this season. of kilometres (as Vazquez), but the idea that we defend French international Karim Benzema remains side- the deceased person who died due to heavy bleeding,” added Nevertheless, the three-time World Player of the and attack as a team remains the same.” lined by a thigh injury, so 18-year-old Borja Mayoral Kabadi. No one was available for comment at the Nigerian Year was jeered by his own fans early in the second half Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Marcelo are also and Jese Rodriguez-who scored the crucial second high commission (embassy) in New Delhi. — AFP against Celta before exploding with four goals in 28 expected to return to the starting line-up after injury goal in Rome-are expected to fight it out for a place minutes. as all three featured in training yesterday. alongside Ronaldo and Bale. — AFP Kuwait inflation edges up to 3.3% in December Page 22

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ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei (right) talks to journalists during the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi yesterday.—AFP Oil output freeze already in place: UAE Crude prices expected to recover to $70 by 2020: Expert

ABU DHABI: Emirati Oil Minister Suhail Al- “This is all good news towards balancing survey of professionals who follow the oil The central forecast rises progressively Mazrouei said yesterday that current mar- the market. We just need to be patient. It’s industry. Brent prices are expected to climb by $5 to $10 per year between 2017 and ket prices are forcing most producers to not happening in weeks or months. from an average of $40 per barrel in 2016 2020, but the range of expectations also Gulf markets lose freeze oil output levels, insisting it made Correcting to a sustainable price will take to between $65 and $70 per barrel by the becomes successively more dispersed. “no sense” to pump more crude. time. I’m still optimistic that before the end end of the decade. Most respondents expect prices to rise to steam, Egypt rises “Current prices are forcing everyone to of year we will see a correction.” The price expectations are based on an around $65 to $70 per barrel by 2020. But freeze. So I think it is happening as we OPEC leader Saudi Arabia and non- email survey sent to more than 2,500 ener- as many as a quarter think prices will MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS speak,” Mazrouei told reporters in Abu OPEC producer Russia, the world’s two gy professionals working in oil and gas, remain stuck below $55, while another 25 Dhabi. “It does not make any sense for any- largest oil exporters, agreed last month to banking, hedge funds, research, profession- percent think they will have risen to more DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Gulf lost one to increase production at current freeze output at January levels to prop up al services, trading and specialist media than $80 by then. steam yesterday after strong rises on the previ- prices.” Mazrouei said he was aware of talks prices if other nations agreed to join the earlier this month. More than 800 respond- One way to measure the increase in ous day due to climbing oil prices, but active to hold a meeting between the first global oil pact in 15 years. ed. The full tabulation of responses as well uncertainty is to look at the standard devia- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Front-month Brent crude futures were as summary statistics are available for tion of survey responses over longer time trading volumes indicated investor sentiment Countries and non-OPEC producers, but trading at $39.10 per barrel at 0745 GMT download. The results are more bullish horizons. The standard deviation of remained positive. Egypt rose moderately in that he has not received an invitation. yesterday, up 38 cents from their last settle- than the futures strip, where Brent is cur- responses grows from less than $8 for 2016 line with firm global bourses. The Saudi stock “We hear about a meeting. I have not ment and around a third higher than their rently trading around $50 per barrel on to $20 by the end of the decade, suggest- index, which had jumped 2.9 percent on received an official invitation for an OPEC January low, when prices fell to levels not average in 2020. In the survey, there is a ing uncertainty about prices at the end of Sunday, closed 0.1 percent lower as petro- and non-OPEC meeting,” he said. “If there is seen since 2003. Yet the freeze accord has high degree of consensus about prices for the decade is almost twice as great as in chemical blue chip Saudi Basic Industries, an invitation, the UAE is always cooperating so far failed to have a dramatic impact on the rest of 2016. Most forecasts for 2016 are the near term. which had climbed 20 percent since mid- within OPEC,” he said, adding that the cartel crude prices, partly because OPEC’s third- tightly clustered between $35 and $45 per For 2016, 90 percent of forecasts lie in a February, fell back 1.0 percent. would first have to hold talks to decide on largest producer Iran plans to steeply raise barrel. Nearly all lie between $30 and $50. $20 range from $30 to $50 per barrel, but But there was active trade in second- and whether to take part in such a meeting. production after the lifting of international Brent prices have averaged just $33 per by the end of the decade the comparable third-tier stocks such as Saudi Fisheries, which “The majority of the world, 99.8 percent, sanctions on the Islamic Republic in barrel so far in 2016, so most respondents range is $60 wide from $40 to $100 per bar- surged 5.9 percent. Abdullatif Industrial maybe 99.9 percent, are not going to January. expect prices to be slightly firmer in the rel. Despite market chatter about a loom- Investment Co gained 2.8 percent after its increase production. To the contrary many remainder of the year. But in the latter ing supply crunch as a result of cuts in annual general meeting approved a 3 percent Price rise years covered by the survey there is far less investment spending, only 7 percent of producing assets are losing now at the cur- dividend payment for the fourth quarter. rent oil prices... We are seeing a reduction Oil prices are expected to rise gradually consensus about what will happen, reflect- respondents expect Brent prices to climb and we will see a reduction in those fields,” over the next five years but will remain well ing uncertainty about how far and how fast back to $100 or more by the end of the Dubai’s index, which had also gained 2.9 he said. below the pre-crash level, according to a prices might recover from the crash. decade. — Agencies percent on Sunday, rose a further 1.1 percent in its heaviest trading volume since last June. Construction firm Arabtec was again the most heavily traded stock as it sunk 6.6 percent after Foreign govts press Saudi on workers’ delayed wages saying in a brief statement that rumours former chief executive Hasan Ismaik would be RIYADH/MANILA: Foreign governments are deploying ... a fact-finding mission headed become a major issue for the business com- since oil prices dropped has made the situa- appointed to its board were false. This was tak- pressing authorities and executives in Saudi by Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad to meet munity in the kingdom. Last month tion much worse. The finance ministry has en as a cue by speculators to take profits. Arabia to ensure that local construction with the workers, employers and competent Abdulrahman Al-Zamil, president of the cut advance payments to firms doing state The stock had previously soared more than firms make delayed salary payments to authorities,” she said. In recent weeks, the Council of Saudi Chambers business associa- building work, the government has awarded 60 percent since late February after Ismaik thousands of workers, a sign of pressure on French ambassador to Riyadh sent a letter to tion, publicly asked King Salman to ensure fewer contracts, and its payments to compa- raised his stake in the builder to 11.91 percent the kingdom’s economy due to low oil the chief executive of Saudi Oger, one of the that the government paid the companies. nies for work already done have slowed. In from 11.81 percent, causing wild speculation prices. country’s biggest builders with about 38,000 At some companies, including Oger, absolute terms, the state does not lack mon- about his intentions. The stake has not Since late last year, the Saudi govern- employees, asking him to resolve the cases hundreds of unpaid foreign workers have ey to pay its debts; it still has nearly $600 bil- changed since then. Arabtec’s pull-back failed ment has responded to shrinking oil rev- of French staff who had not been paid for halted work and staged public protests to lion in overseas assets. But austerity controls enues by clamping down on state spending four months, a diplomatic source said. demand their wages, industry sources said imposed on government departments have to discourage investors in other stocks. Union to curb a budget deficit running at about Bangladeshi diplomats said they had - rare in a country where demonstrations slowed approvals for payments and their Properties, the second most active stock, $100 billion annually. This has squeezed contacted major Saudi construction firms to are prohibited. disbursement. soared 14.4 percent and another second-tier construction firms in the kingdom; as they discuss wages that had gone unpaid for The government has not disclosed a fig- real estate developer, Deyaar, added 6.5 per- have received less money from the govern- over two months. In a brief statement to WORKERS ure for the amount of money it owes the cent. ment, they have in some cases delayed pay- Reuters, the Saudi labour ministry said all Foreign workers flocked to the kingdom companies, but industry executives estimat- Abu Dhabi’s index rose 0.2 percent as First ing wages to thousands of their foreign private sector companies were obliged to when oil prices were high and its economy ed privately that it could total hundreds of Gulf Bank retreated 0.4 percent. But Qatar’s workers. Some employees have not been pay salaries on time and that it would boomed, but as the outlook has darkened millions of dollars; one executive suggested market, which had been closed for a public hol- paid for months. impose sanctions against firms which were since late last year, some companies - partic- at least several billion dollars. Some execu- iday on Sunday, jumped 2.3 percent. About 10 million people, largely from late. It did not elaborate, or comment on ularly in the construction sector - have tives said they had been informed by Oil-sensitive stocks were particularly strong, south Asia, southeast Asia and other parts of individual cases. begun cutting staff. People with knowledge authorities that the government intended to with drilling rig provider Gulf International the Mideast, work in Saudi Arabia. Most of An executive at Oger said his company, of the matter told Reuters last November pay its debts by the end of this month. Services up 8.9 percent. Among petrochemical them do low-paid jobs in sectors which like others, had been affected for several that Saudi Binladin Group, another top Others were sceptical, however, saying such producers, Mesaieed climbed 2.5 percent and Saudis spurn, such as construction, domes- months “by the current circumstances which building firm, planned to cut about 15,000 undertakings had been made and broken Industries Qatar added 2.2 percent. Egypt’s tic service and retailing. Countries taking up resulted in some delays in fulfilling our com- staff in one wave. Binladin did not reply to repeatedly in recent months. the cause of the unpaid include the mitments to our employees”. requests for comment. According to documents seen by index rose 0.8 percent as Commercial Philippines. In Manila, Labour Secretary Oger has adopted a recovery plan which Delayed payments to foreign workers, Reuters, representatives of unpaid workers, International Bank gained 1.1 percent. Palm Rosalinda Baldoz told Reuters yesterday that will enable it to resume payments from because of bureaucratic inefficiency and the Saudi labour ministry and Binladin, as Hills Development added 2.2 percent to 2.32 the Philippine embassy in Riyadh was con- March, the executive said, without giving cash shortages, have long been an occasion- well as a local police representative, reached Egyptian pounds after EFG Hermes started cov- tacting Saudi authorities to resolve the issue. financial details. He declined to be named al feature of the construction industry in the an agreement designed to resolve pay dis- erage of the stock with a “buy” rating and a fair Baldoz has assigned her official in charge because of the sensitivity of the issue. The Gulf. putes after workers staged public protests in value estimate of 3.45 pounds. — Reuters of workers’ welfare to tackle the issue. “I am squeeze on the construction sector has But the Saudi spending clampdown Mecca earlier this year.— Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 Kuwait inflation edges up to 3.3% in December

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KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices edged been registering declines for over a year. this segment in addition to the recent end- three consecutive months, inflation in upwards for the first time in three months in According to the Commodity Research of-season sales. healthcare costs ticked up to 1.5 percent in January. Headline inflation rose from 3.0 per- Bureau’s global commodity index, interna- Inflation in the ‘other goods & services’ January. cent year-on-year (y/y) in December to 3.3 tional food prices fell by 6.8 percent y/y in segment witnessed a slight rebound in Inflation in wholesale prices eased in the percent; core inflation (which excludes food January. With global food prices expected to January as did inflation in the health sector. final quarter of 2015, on the back of softer inflation) also came in marginally higher at remain in decline in the medium-term, Inflation in this component, which is mostly gains in manufacturing, and agriculture, live- 2.8 percent. The pickup in the headline infla- upward inflationary pressures on local food comprised of imported items including per- stock & fishing prices. Wholesale price infla- tion rate was mostly driven by gains in the prices are likely to ease in the coming sonal care products and jewelry, has also tion eased to 2.2 percent y/y in 4Q15. food, furnishings and healthcare compo- months. been dragged lower by the stronger dinar. Inflation in wholesale food costs also sub- nents. With inflation across most compo- Inflation in furnishings & household Meanwhile, inflation in the healthcare sector sided in the 4Q15, mainly as a stronger dinar nents expected to remain soft in the near- to maintenance and clothing & footwear gath- was up; after stabilizing at 1.3 percent y/y for weighed down on imported food costs. medium-term, we forecast a slightly lower ered some momentum in January. Inflation annual average reading of 3.0 percent in in furnishings rose from 2.4 percent y/y in 2016, versus 3.3 percent in 2015. December to 2.6 percent in January. Inflation in local food prices rose slightly Clothing & footwear prices continued to in January. Food inflation climbed from 4.6 decline for the tenth consecutive month, but percent y/y in December to 5.1 percent in at a much slower pace of 0.2 percent y/y. The January, even as global food prices have stronger dinar continues to keep costs low in

Oil jumps as News sentiment in brief CBQ raises 2 billion boosted; riyals of Tier 1 capital DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar has raised 2 billion riyals ($549.33 million) in additional Tier 1 perpetual capital notes, it glut remains said yesterday. The Gulf Arab state’s third-largest lender by assets will use the funds to “strengthen the bank’s capital LONDON: Oil prices extended gains yester- adequacy ratios and support funding future growth across day that have lifted crude benchmarks by Commercial Bank, its subsidiaries and associates,” it said in a more than a third from this year’s lows, as bourse filing. The transaction was made on February 28, it tightening supply and an improving global added. outlook strengthened the sentiment for a market recovery. Front-month Brent crude UAE First Gulf Bank futures were trading at $39.37 a barrel at wins nod for bond issue 0945 GMT, up 65 cents from their last set- DUBAI: First Gulf Bank, the largest lender by market value tlement. In January, prices fell to levels not in the United Arab Emirates, has obtained shareholder seen since 2003. approval to issue debt, it said in a bourse filing yesterday. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) The bank received approval from its investors to authorize futures fetched $36.57 a barrel, up 65 cents the board “to issue any type of bonds, Islamic sukuk, non- from the last close and 40 percent above convertible into shares or financing programs,” and to set February lows. The May WTI contract set- the terms of the instrument and the date of issuance, it tled on Friday at $35.92 a barrel, up 3.91 said. percent. While data showed late last week that US energy firms cut oil rigs for an 11th week in a row to the lowest since Suez Cement says profit December 2009, as producers slashed TOKYO: People stand with umbrellas in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo yesterday. Asian stocks erew transfers hit by forex crisis costs, there is still a glut of physical oil that mixed yesterday after Beijing cut its growth target for the cooling Chinese economy and promised more market-opening reforms, with CAIRO: Suez Cement, which is 55 percent owned by Italian some warned could again weigh on prices. markets in mainland China rising while Hong Kong’s benchmark fell. — AP firm Italicementi, is struggling to transfer shareholder profits “The past days’ oil price rally was from out of Egypt because of a foreign currency crisis, the Egyptian our perspective less related to a shift in fun- firm said yesterday. Egypt has been struggling to revive its damentals but a recovery of sentiment,” economy since a 2011 uprising drove major sources of for- said Norbert Ruecker, head of commodities Indonesia eyes Iran eign currency such as foreign investors and tourists away. research with Julius Baer, adding the Pressure for a devaluation of the pound has been building bounce did not yet herald a long-term but the central bank has kept it fixed at 7.7301 pounds per recovery. dollar. The bank has been trying to conserve hard currency China imposed a cap on its energy con- LPG, condensates deal by prioritizing its use for the imports of essential goods. sumption by 2020, marking the first time the world’s second-biggest economy has Arabtec denies news former set such a target and casting doubt on its JAKARTA: Indonesia’s OPEC governor import deal with Iran was unlikely for He declined to provide details on the CEO is Ismaik joining board consumption growth. The National said yesterday a deal was imminent for now because Southeast Asia’s largest expected agreements. “Clearly, Indonesia DUBAI: Rumors that a former chief executive of Arabtec People’s Congress, or parliament, opens its importing Iranian condensate and lique- economy needed sweet crude for its needs several things and I think its Holding, Hasan Ismaik, will be appointed to its board are annual session this week. fied petroleum gas, but not for crude oil. refineries, not Iran’s sour oil grades. biggest need is LPG. Iran has an LPG sur- false, the Dubai-listed construction firm said yesterday. Traders said shifting sentiment was lift- A delegation of Indonesian oil officials “We have limited demand for crude,” plus and if they can give us a better LPG “The rumours over the appointment of Mr Hasan Ismaik ing prices as large amounts of short posi- will travel to Iran later this week to nego- he told reporters, adding Indonesia price, we should automatically buy from as Chairman or member of the board of directors of tions were being closed and bets on rising tiate a number of energy deals and there imports around 400,000 bpd of crude, of Iran,” Prawiraatmadja said. Arabtec are false and are not based on any true facts or prices opened. Ric Spooner, chief market had been hopes of finalising a short-term which 125,000 bpd was sour crude from President Joko Widodo, who met with events,” Arabtec said in a bourse filing. “Moreover, we are analyst at CMC Markets, said: agreement for 120,000 barrels per day Saudi Arabia. Before Indonesia can seal Iran’s foreign minister on the sidelines of not anticipating any change to the board of directors of “There’s a good prospect that Brent Arabtec at this stage.” The statement comes after Ismaik could hit $40 ... (it) could easily do it in the (bpd) of Iranian crude for a refinery in the import deal for Iranian LPG and con- a Jakarta conference, said he asked Central Java. densates, the government needed to Indonesia’s bank regulator to work with raised his investment in the contractor to 11.91 percent next trading session.” However, technical from 11.81 percent. News of the stake increase ignited analysts said charts showed the rally could Indonesia’s OPEC governor work out how to transfer funds to Iran, Iran to resume banking relations after the Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja said a crude Prawiraatmadja said. lifting of economic sanctions. - Reuters frenzied speculative buying of Arabtec’s shares, which be near its end. — Reuters has long been one of the most volatile stocks on Dubai’s stock market. EXCHANGE RATES

GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.120 Asia Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. 20 Gram 253.750 Jordanian Dinar 424.930 Bangladesh Taka 0.003424 0.004024 10 Gram 129.800 Egyptian Pound 38.412 Chinese Yuan 0.044762 0.048262 ASIAN COUNTRIES 5 Gram 65.740 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.087 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036787 0.039537 Japanese Yen 2.651 Indian Rupee 0.004256 0.004646 Indian Rupees 4.504 Indian Rupees 4.498 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.874 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Pakistani Rupees 2.878 Japanese Yen 0.002570 0.002750 Srilankan Rupees 2.085 Bangladesh Taka 3.837 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Philippines Pesso 6.424 Kenyan Shilling 0.003015 0.003015 Nepali Rupees 2.745 Korean Won 0.000241 0.000256 Singapore Dollar 219.520 Australian Dollar 201.91 Cyprus pound 574.545 Canadian Dollar 219.82 Japanese Yen 3.645 Malaysian Ringgit 0.070064 0.076064 Hongkong Dollar 38.815 Nepalese Rupee 0.002857 0.003027 Bangladesh Taka 3.843 Swiss Franc 306.95 Syrian Pound 2.370 Euro 336.85 Nepalese Rupees 3.800 Pakistan Rupee 0.002702 0.002982 Philippine Peso 6.444 Philippine Peso 0.006333 0.006613 Thai Baht 8.520 US Dollar 299.90 Malaysian Ringgit 75.055 Sterling Pound 431.04 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.615 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Singapore Dollar 0.215882 0.221882 Japanese Yen 2.67 Thai Bhat 9.500 GCC COUNTRIES South African Rand 0.013694 0.022194 Bangladesh Taka 3.817 Turkish Lira 103.820 Saudi Riyal 80.416 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001703 0.002283 Indian Rupee 4.375 Qatari Riyal 82.836 Taiwan 0.009082 0.009262 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.083 Bahrain Exchange Company Omani Riyal 783.264 Thai Baht 0.008193 0.008743 Bahraini Dinar 800.850 Nepali Rupee 2.732 CURRENCY BUY SELL UAE Dirham 82.103 Pakistani Rupee 2.860 Europe Arab UAE Dirhams 0.08161 British Pound 0.421385 0.430385 Bahraini Dinar 0.792796 0.800796 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 0.7970 Czech Korune 0.004240 0.016240 Egyptian Pound 0.033288 0.037624 Egyptian Pound - Cash 35.780 Egyptian Pound 0.03819 Danish Krone 0.040358 0.045358 Iranian Riyal 0.000083 0.000085 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.558 Jordanian Dinar 0.4265 Euro 0.325498 0.333499 Iraqi Dinar 0.000194 0.000254 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.407 Omani Riyal 0.7788 Norwegian Krone 0.031506 0.036706 Jordanian Dinar 0.421092 0.428592 Tunisian Dinar 148.800 Qatari Riyal 0.08269 Romanian Leu 0.086458 0.086458 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Jordanian Dinar 425.020 Saudi Riyal 0.07994 Slovakia 0.008960 0.018960 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.009 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020508 0.044508 Swedish Krona 0.031489 0.036489 Syrian Lira 2.149 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Nigerian Naira 0.001240 0.001875 Swiss Franc 0.296272 0.306472 Morocco Dirham 31.072 Omani Riyal 0.776438 0.782118 Turkish Lira 0.098248 0.108548 Qatar Riyal 0.082076 0.083289 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Saudi Riyal 0.079487 0.080437 US Dollar Transfer 301.400 US Dollar 301.650 Australasia Syrian Pound 0.001277 0.001497 Euro 333.050 Canadian Dollar 228.526 Australian Dollar 0.214759 0.226259 Tunisian Dinar 0.145162 0.153162 Sterling Pound 429.650 Sterling Pound 429.975 New Zealand Dollar 0.198356 0.207856 Turkish Lira 0.098248 0.108548 Canadian dollar 226.620 Euro 333.470 UAE Dirhams 0.081079 0.082228 Turkish lira 104.090 Swiss Frank 300.590 America Yemeni Riyal 0.001362 0.001442 Swiss Franc 304.750 Bahrain Dinar 798.015 Canadian Dollar 0.220260 0.228760 Turkish Lira 0.096607 0.106907 Australian Dollar 225.000 UAE Dirhams 82.370 US Dollars 0.297300 0.301800 US Dollar Buying 300.200 UAE Dirhams 0.081460 0.082609 Qatari Riyals 83.580 US Dollars Mint 0.297800 0.301800 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 Unveils Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge to Consumers in Kuwait Next generation smartphones couple sleek design with powerful perfperformancefooormance in-in- cluding advancedced camera ffefeatures,eatures,e water resistance and external memory

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Additionallyy,, the hy - and shapes the future with transffoormative ideas room at news.samsung.com. brid SIM card tray allows users to insert a microSD and technologies that redefine the orw lds of TVs, card for up to 200GB of additional storage and in smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, some select countries, the tray can be used with a digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 Europe shares dip after Asia hits 2-month high

LONDON: European shares fell yesterday, raise interest rates this year and US Treasury ning streak as the yen strengthened and ment there,” said Naoki Tashiro, president Leuchtmann, head of currencies research unable to maintain the momentum that took yields edged higher. The pan-European investors took profits on last week’ sharp rally. of TS China Research. The CSI300 index of at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. Asian equities to two-month highs after FTSEurofirst 300 index, which rose 0.7 percent The Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.6 per- the biggest listed companies in Shanghai “But for traders it is still tricky. Clearly upbeat US jobs data and as oil prices rose fur- on Friday after the jobs report, fell 0.6 percent cent. and Shenzhen closed up 0.4 percent and there will be a much bigger move if they ther. but is still up around 7 percent this year. Chinese shares rose after Prime Minister Li the Shanghai Composite rose 0.9 per- do not deliver.” The yen bucked the trend Chinese shares rose for a fifth consecutive Britain’s FTSE 100 also lost 0.6 percent. Keqiang spelled out on Saturday a new five- cent. and rose 0.2 percent to 113.58 per dollar. day as reassurances by the country’s leaders Asian shares generally rose. MSCI’s broad- year economic plan, which included an aver- Friday’s forecast-beating US payrolls German 10-year Bund yields fell 2.5 basis that the economy would remain on a sound est index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan age growth target of 6.5 to 7 percent and a data, that saw 242,000 jobs created last points to 0.21 percent. footing soothed investors investors’ concerns. rose 0.4 percent to its highest since Jan. 4. It moderate increase in the fiscal deficit to 3 per- month, assuaged fears that the US econ- “With the increase of the deficit ratio, The dollar rose against most of its peers, has recouped about 80 percent of its losses cent of GDP this year. omy could be headed into recession. stronger fiscal stimulus will set a floor for except the Japanese yen, as markets priced in since the start of 2016. “Chinese investors weren’t expecting big Market prices suggested no prospect of growth and economic expansion is likely a higher chance the Federal Reserve would Japanese shares snapped a four-day win- fiscal stimulus at all so there’s no disappoint- the Fed raising rates this month but a 50 to become faster later this year,” China percent chance of a June hike, according Merchants Securities analyst Sun Binbin to CME Fedwatch. told Bloomberg News.China’s leaders However, an unexpected fall in aver- have sought to reassure jittery global age earnings soothed concerns that the markets in recent weeks with a unified Federal Reserve would be in a hurry to message that authorities still have the raise interest rates. The data and its impli- tools to keep the economy — a key driv- cations for the global economy helped er of world growth — from a further lift oil prices, which were also supported slowdown.Shanghai stocks ended up 0.8 by a fall in the number of active US rigs percent, with investors also cheered by for the 11th week in a row to its lowest an expected delay in a plan to speed up since 2009. initial public offerings. Among other markets, Sydney rose RAMP UP one percent and Seoul put on 0.1 per- The dollar rose 0.3 percent against a cent. There were also gains in Taipei, basket of currencies , with the euro off Wellington and Bangkok. Hong Kong 0.5 percent at $1.0946. Investors antici- dipped 0.1 following last week’s gains, pate the ECB will cut its deposit rate by at but Tokyo slipped 0.6 percent after least 10 basis points to -0.4 percent and climbing around six percent over the ramp up its 60 billion euros a month course of last week. Shares in Chinese asset purchase program. “There is still a telecoms equipment giant ZTE were sus- higher likelihood that they overdeliver pended in Hong Kong and Shenzhen fol- and the euro goes down to around $1.08, lowing a report it allegedly flouted maybe the high $1.07s,” said Ulrich export sanctions to Iran. — AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 BUSINESS

Cadillac Alghanim holds largest Cadillac convoy in Middle East All-new ATS-V headlining the procession

KUWAIT: As part of the company’s continuous support of Cadillac brand ambassadors and enthusiasts, Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons Automotive, the exclusive distributor of Cadillac vehicles in Kuwait, sponsored for the second time in a row the annual convoy by Kuwait Cadillac Group (KCG), which is considered the largest convoy in the Middle East, amidst an enjoyable spring atmosphere, on Saturday, February 20th, 2016. The event comes as a reflec- tion to the huge success of last year’s convoy, which was also made possible by Cadillac Alghanim’s generous sponsorship. Headlined by the all-new 2016 ATS-V, the con- voy also featured more than 70 Cadillac vehicles of various models. The procession began in Al- group has been organizing special gatherings uct line, the V-Series adds impressive track capa- transmission featuring launch control and nance for four years or 100,000 km, warranty for Bidaa and continued all the way to the Green amidst creative and youthful events, which bility to what was already the lightest and most Performance Algorithm Shift. 4 years or 100,000 km, 24-hour roadside assis- Island, escorted by the police who cleared the Cadillac Alghanim has continued to sponsor as agile-driving car in the luxury compact class. The The Cadillac Twin Turbo engine supports tance anywhere in the Middle East for four years road for the occasion, while representatives from part of the company’s social responsibilities and result is a dual-purpose luxury performer - a car comprehensively redesigned chassis, suspension (unlimited miles) plus a courtesy transportation Alghanim Automotive and GM officials from continuous involvement with the Kuwaiti youth with true track capability right from the factory and drivetrain systems developed to make the and a replacement vehicle upon availability. Dubai waited for the motorcade at the Green and Cadillac fans. that is also a sophisticated luxury car on the road. ATS-V one of the most agile, responsive and con- Adding to the luxury experience, Cadillac Island. When the convoy arrived, the GM official The ATS-V is powered by the first-ever twin- fident luxury performance cars on the market. offers its customers in Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim announced the KCG as the first official organiza- The all-new Cadillac ATS-V turbocharged engine in a V-Series. Rated at an the highest quality of services. The service center tion in the Middle East to be recognized and sup- The first-ever ATS-V - offered as a coupe and SAE-certified 464 horsepower (346 kW) and 445 Premium Care Program is equipped with a large variety of the most ported by the Cadillac Brand. sedan - introduces class-leading twin-tur- lb-ft of torque (601 Nm), the engine is the seg- Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim & Sons Automotive’s advanced equipment operated by a team of KCG is comprised of passionate Kuwaiti fans bocharged power and a comprehensive suite of ment’s highest-output six-cylinder and enables showcases the company’s commitment to skilled professionals and effective consultants that truly appreciate Cadillac’s rich history and design and performance systems, expanding the 0-60 performance in 3.8 seconds and a top speed enhance customers’ unique Cadillac experience who ensure timely service. Visit Cadillac’s show- commitment in manufacturing forwarded-think- ATS product line and advancing the V-Series of 189 mph. It is backed by a six-speed manual - by offering customers peace of mind with a com- room in Safat Alghanim in Al Rai today and do ing luxury vehicles in terms of design, perform- legacy with its first turbocharged entry. Building with Active Rev Match, no-lift shifting and launch prehensive insurance program. In addition, all not pass up this opportunity to test-drive the ance and technology. Since its inception, the on the strengths of the award-winning ATS prod- control - or a paddle-shift eight-speed automatic Cadillac owners will enjoy service and mainte- most powerful Cadillac ever.

Global, GCC markets remain under pressure

KFIC REPORT CAPITAL MARKETS FOR FEBRUARY

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance and Investment Freezing of oil production 2.4 percent in 2016-2019. Subsequently, it is affirmed the country at AA+/A-1. The out- ered its ratings on Bahrain to “BB” with a sta- Company (KFIC) clarified in its financial The report has shown that the commodi- anticipated that Kuwait budget surpluses look reflects view that the economy will ble outlook, from “BBB-”with a negative out- report for February; in which the report high- ties have witnessed mixed performances in around 8 percent of GDP for budget years remain resilient and supported by macro- look. This is due to the impact of falling oil lights the performance of the world’s major February. WTI Crude declined by 4.3 percent 2016-2019. In UAE, the IMF lowered its fore- economic fundamentals. Oman’s sovereign prices that have impacted kingdom’s rev- financial markets that there were negative to $32.8/bbl and Brent Crude fell by 0.7 per- cast for growth to 2.5 percent for 2016 from credit ratings was downgraded by two enues and its influence on its public returns. As the MSCI World Index in February cent to $35.4/bbl. This was derived from 3 percent, citing weaker investor confidence notches to A3 by Moody’s Investors Service finances. fell by -1.0 percent. Along with the US equi- Saudi Arabia’s initiation to freeze oil output and a further drop in oil prices since October and kept the rating on review for a further ties that were measured by the S&P 500, in near record levels of supply of January, in Gulf Index rises which it closed slightly lower by -0.4 percent. which it was agreed upon with Russia, Qatar, MSCI GCC IMI index increased by 3.6 per- The government stated that the GDP grew at and Venezuela. However, this was below cent in February. ADX General Index con- an annual rate of 1 percent in the fourth market expectations as markets were tributed to the highest gains, followed by quarter, which is an improvement from an expecting an output reduction. Gold and sil- DFM Index and QE Index. Saudi Arabia’s estimate of 0.7 percent. Furthermore, con- ver on the other hand, reported strong Tadawul index rose by 1.6 percent. Positive sumer spending also grew in January at the gains, increasing by 10.8 percent and 4.5 performance came from Energy, which fastest pace in eight months. percent respectively. increased 9.2 percent, Telecom 5.5 percent, With regards to China Shanghai and Cements 6.2 percent. Negative perform- Composite, it has gained 1.1 percent. As Rating downgrade ance came from Hotels at 15.5 percent China’s central bank head mentioned that In Saudi Arabia, liquidity is being damp- which continued to witness a decline in the country has more room to support the ened as the government is being forced to occupancy rates. Dubai’s DFM index surged economy. China’s central bank reiterated tap into local banks for funding, trim spend- 8.1 percent higher with Telecom rising 9.8 assurances that it will not use currency ing and withdraw government deposits. percent, Real Estate 16.1 percent, and depreciation to boost exports, and that it However, SAMA contacted commercial Financial Services 17.6 percent. Abu Dhabi’s intends to keep the Yuan stable against a banks to inform them that the amount they ADX index increased by 7.3 percent as basket of currencies. In regards to the can lend as a portion of deposits has been Energy rose 16.2 percent, Financial Services Eurozone equities, it has slipped for the sec- raised to 90.0 percent from 85.0 percent. In 14.9 percent, and Real Estate 13.5 percent. ond month in a row. As Euro-Area economic February, for the second time in four months Consumer Staples declined by 3.5 percent. confidence declined to the lowest level since ratings agency S&P has downgraded Saudi Kuwait’s weighted index increased by 1.4 June. Germany’s DAX index closed -3.1 per- Arabia’s debt rating which makes it more percent. Strong performance came from cent lower, France’s CAC 40 fell by -1.4 per- expensive for sovereign issuers to borrow Consumer Goods which rose 15.9 percent cent. On the other hand, UK’s FTSE 100 fin- money. S&P cut its rating on Saudi Arabia’s which contributed to the downward revi- downgrade. Citing that Oman had compara- and Oil & Gas increased 3.4 percent. Qatar’s ished the month flat at +0.2 percent amid debt from A+ to A-. S&P notes that Saudi sion. IMF also stated that the recent tighten- tively weaker asset cushion, with govern- QE index surged by 4.3 percent with positive global concerns, surrounding Britain’s possi- Arabia is currently primed for a deficit of 13.0 ing of liquidity in the banking sector will ment financial assets amounting to only contribution coming from Consumer 16.9 ble exit from the European Union. As most percent in 2016, on oil trading at USD have an adverse effect overall and slow three years of net spending. In 2016, Oman percent and Real Estate 9.2 percent. Oman’s G20 finance ministers agreed that this mat- 45/bbl. In Kuwait, S&P sees Kuwait weather- down credit growth. However, the UAE is expected to face a current account deficit MSM index increased 4.2 percent with posi- ter would pose a risk to the world economy. ing the current low oil price environment remains in a strong position with assets pro- of almost 25 percent of GDP, improving only tive attribution coming from Banking, which In Japan’s the Nikkei 225 plunged by -8.5 despite the drop in oil prices given its large viding a fiscal buffer. Qatar on the other slowly to a deficit of 16 percent by 2018. rose 5.1 percent. Bahrain’s BB index fell 0.8 percent. The trigger was caused by the yen’s fiscal and external net asset positions. Real hand, has stable outlook according to Bahrain was stripped of its investment grade percent with negative contribution coming rise and concerns over the scenario of Brexit. GDP growth was forecasted at an average of Moody’s Investors Service, in which it has credit rating by S&P. The ratings agency low- from Industries 6.1 percent. BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 Stunning Lexus ‘F Range’ cars on display at Kuwait Yacht Show

GS F, RC F and RX F Sport set engines roaring and hearts beating

KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer and Lexus, one of the Al- about luxury and performance for an ultimate driving experi- Sayer Group Holding Companies has partnered with the 4th ence.” The Kuwait Yacht Show engages all the various entities edition of the Kuwait Yacht Show as one of the sponsors. The of Kuwait’s society from private to public, from companies to event which was held at the Marina Crescent under the individuals, from marine to luxury lifestyle and across to the patronage of HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- media sector and more. Sabah, the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait represented Bader Musaed Al-Sayer Deputy Business Director Lexus by Mohamed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, State Minister Kuwait said “Lexus F series stand for fast dynamic response, for Cabinet Affairs. high efficiency and seamless performance on everyday roads According to Simon Frith Business Director Lexus Kuwait in addition to racetracks that can be enjoyed by everyone. 3 “It’s a great honor to partner with 2016 edition of Kuwait models from Lexus under the F range - GS F, RC F and the RX Yacht Show - national event with an international appeal. F Sport have been displayed at the Yacht Show event.” There is no better time to showcase recently launched F From the most affordable fishing boats and jet skis to Series models. Lexus F cars are the pinnacle of performance. the most luxurious large yachts, Kuwait Yacht Show caters Powered by innovative engineering F series aims to set new to all sea lovers. The 2016 edition of Kuwait Yacht Show benchmark for the middle east luxury high performance car recorded 30 percent increase in the value of the exhibits, segment. Through partnering such high-profile events we hosting over 75 exhibitors each varying in size and prod- aim to connect and engage with consumers passionate uct range.

ABK continues to implement An oil output freeze would its ‘simpler’ banking strategy have a limited impact

Asiya Capital Investments Company Report By Camille Accad

KUWAIT: The Russian energy minister announced on Tuesday that over 15 countries had already announced their intention to join the agreement. According to the Russian energy minister, that would be equivalent to 73 percent of global oil supply, a substantial success. That number seems to be exaggerated or inaccurate. Assuming that the KUWAIT: In line with its commitment to have been reduced substantially and cus- United States, Canada, China and Iran are not in the making Banking ‘Simpler’ for its customers, tomers no longer need to have their card agreement (they account for 26 percent of global Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recently and account details in hand prior to the production), it would imply that all other oil pro- announced that it has deployed a series of call. ducers in the world have agreed to the freeze. new developments to its digital channels, The ‘Priority Call Center Queue for A coordinated oil output freeze will have little which are now live to all ABK customers. International Callers’ system is another impact on global supply since the group of coun- The new enhancements allow customers enhancement introduced by the Bank, tries in the agreement will freeze production at to manage their banking needs more where customers calling from abroad are record-high levels. OPEC members and Russia are securely, conveniently and in less time. now automatically identified and trans- already producing around record highs with little The first of these developments applied ferred to a ‘priority queue’, minimizing the room to produce more. Thus, a freeze would only by ABK is the suppression of all SMS’ for waiting time. The Bank will also be rolling succeed at controlling a small part of the potential any transactions made for the value of 1 out a much simpler menu structure for increase in future oil output. Exceptions are (a) Iran KWD or less. For cash withdrawals from those callers, which will be announced in and Iraq, which will most likely be given an output and steps on this direction will improve the effec- million bpd, and has since fallen by around 500,000 Knet ATMs, subscribed customers will due time. allowance since both countries are producing tiveness of future decisions. Finally, a production bpd, because of the high cost of extracting shale in receive only one summary message, as Last but not least, customers can now much less than their full capacity and will not freeze is a prerequisite to potential coordinated a low oil price environment. Saudi Arabia’s decision accept any cap at current levels?, and (b) Libya, output cuts. Although production cuts remain to ramp up production in 2015 in a bid to fight for opposed to the two messages customers pay their utility bills and enjoy other serv- which despite producing much less than full unlikely for this year, an agreement would open market share led to the sharper decline in oil prices used to receive. ices (e.g. iTunes Cards) easily and securely, capacity remains severely handicapped by a dis- the door for such a possibility. in the second half of last year. With US production ABK has also applied an all new from anywhere, by simply calling Ahlan rupting civil war. In spite of the potential agreement, the clearing already falling and global output peaking, an ‘Automatic Caller ID Recognition’ system. Ahli at 1899 899, and selecting the rele- Despite having little effect on actual oil produc- of the supply glut is underway, because US output, agreement between the major oil producers is not This allows any customer calling the ABK vant IVR option. tion, the agreement would produce important the main source of production increase in the last necessary to clear the supply glut, especially if Iran Call Centre from a mobile number regis- ABK is proudly creating a unique and benefits for oil exporters. First, the deal would cre- decade, has already started to adjust. Between would not have to immediately comply to the tered in the Bank’s SMS subscription data- differentiated experience for its customers ate a wider-than-OPEC framework for decision January 2012 and December 2014, global oil sup- freeze. Moreover, tensions in the Middle East - base to be automatically identified. In this and will continue to develop its systems to making. Second, it creates a mechanism for pro- ply rose from around 76.5 million barrels per day to marked by a bruised relationship between Iran and case, the customer is only required to better cater to their changing needs. ducers to track each other’s production levels - the around 80 million bpd. The main contributor was Saudi Arabia, and Russia and Arab states - further enter the four digit PIN number for verifi- For more information on Al Ahli Bank of details are already under discussion. Transparency the US, whose production surged by 3.5 million suggests that such a deal would have to come out cation, instead of the need to identify Kuwait please visit www.eahli.com or con- has been a recurrent problem for OPEC members bpd. US crude oil output peaked in May 2015 at 9.6 of necessity. themselves. Due to this development, calls tact an ABK representative via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ are less time consuming since keystrokes at 1899899. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 TECHNOLOGY

Canon to launch first video camera with ISO 4 million at CABSAT 2016

DUBAI: Canon Middle East is all set to and surveillance. The ability to install the variety of live demonstrations including sional imaging customers,” said Hendrik take video capturing to newer and camera in a semi-permanent location, cinema shooting and documentary Verbrugghe, Marketing Director, Canon greater heights by launching the new with remote control operability also shooting will also be available to visitors. Middle East. “Canon recognises that ME20F-SH multi-purpose video camera means that for documentary and natural Canon will have a special 4K demand for higher quality production is at CABSAT 2016. history filmmakers, long term projects Experience Zone which will feature the going to grow. This year at CABSAT 2016 Canon’s ‘magic camera’, the ME20F-SH and events can be captured with mini- unique 4K Projector - the XEED 4K500ST, will be displaying the full set of tools is a professional multi-purpose video mum staffing. a first-of-its-kind projector to be needed for this next step forward in ver- camera capable of capturing full colour Canon, having exhibited at CABSAT launched in the Middle East. The zone satile 4K content production.” images in extremely low-light environ- for several years now, will showcase its will have other 4K technology such as At the show, broadcast and cine- ments. Boasting an industry-leading first-class 4K range in its entirety for the the highly anticipated EOS-1D X Mark II, matography professionals will be able to unrivalled maximum ISO of over 4 mil- first time in the Middle East - with 4K its new flagship DSLR that shoots 14 get hands-on with Canon’s full range of lion (+75dB) the camera can capture lenses, sensors and reference displays all frames per second (fps) with full AF/AE 4K and Full HD products, as well as hav- ‘never before seen’ colour footage in on show to demonstrate the company’s tracking and 16 fps in Live View mode, ing the opportunity to experience the almost complete darkness (0.0005 lux), advanced glass-to-glass 4K workflow. the EOS C300 Mark II, a 4K video camera full power of its optics portfolio. Industry plus additional support for infrared (IR) specially designed for filmmakers and professionals will also be able to experi- filming. A SPECIAL 4K EXPERIENCE ZONE broadcast producers and XC10, a com- ence the full power of the company’s Supporting image capture in situa- The Canon stand will include dedicat- pact, lightweight video and digital stills optics portfolio with the opportunity to tions where it previously would not have ed areas for live capture, providing visi- 4K camera. touch and try Canon’s extensive range of been possible, the ME20F-SH is ideal for tors with the opportunity to get hands “As the industry realises the benefits lenses, from broadcast to cinema and EF use within specialist applications such as on with Canon’s 4K and Full HD product of 4K within a professional workflow, lenses. Canon Middle East will be pres- TV productions of night-time wildlife, range through a series of shooting sce- Canon has been developing our product ent in Hall 4, Stand D1-20 at CABSAT deep sea/cave exploration, astronomy narios, review and editing processes. A range to meet the needs of our profes- 2016, at Dubai World Trade Centre. Hendrik Verbrugghe China looks to ramp Email inventor Ray up Internet growth, and its controls Tomlinson dies at 74

BEIJING: China’s government has high- of gross domestic product in the five WASHINGTON: Ray Tomlinson, the US program- lighted big data, encryption technolo- years through 2020, which he said mer credited with inventing email in the 1970s gy and “core technologies” such as would mark a “remarkable achieve- and choosing the “@” symbol for the messaging semiconductors as the key elements of ment.” system, died at the age of 74, his employer said its push to grow into a tech power- The five-year plan calls for all fami- Sunday. house, according to a new five-year lies in large cities to have access to 100 Tomlinson invented direct electronic mes- plan released Saturday that envisages megabyte-per-second Internet service sages in 1971. Before his invention, users could the Internet as a major source of and broadband coverage reaching 98 only write messages to others on a limited net- growth as well as a potential risk. percent of the population in incorpo- work. “A true technology pioneer, Ray was the man who brought us email in the early days of Even as it highlighted the need to rated villages. networked computers,” his employer, the improve Internet infrastructure to rural At the same time, Chinese leaders, defense contractor and electronics giant areas and unlock the digital economy’s wary of over-relying on foreign tech- Raytheon, said in a statement. potential, Chinese economic planners nology, will seek to boost China’s “His work changed the way the world com- called for a more secure and better homegrown industry and cut down on municates and yet, for all his accomplishments, managed Web, with enhanced Internet imports - a strategy that has drawn he remained humble, kind and generous with control systems, Internet security laws complaints from trade partners like the his time and talents, he will be missed by one and real-name registration policies. United States. and all.” A company spokesman said Tomlinson Chinese officials including Internet Similar to previous years, when died on Saturday, and the cause of death was czar Lu Wei have played down concerns Chinese leaders highlighted industries not yet confirmed. over what critics have described as such as e-commerce as a growth focus, Tributes poured in from the online world. China’s expanding Web censorship, say- the new draft of China’s development “Thank you, Ray Tomlinson, for inventing email ing that it is the Chinese government’s plan specifically elevated big data and and putting the @ sign on the map. #RIP,” sovereign prerogative and a necessary cloud computing, relatively new and Google’s Gmail team tweeted. measure to maintain domestic order. promising fields that Chinese industry Vint Cerf, considered one of the fathers of the Internet who was once a manager of the US China’s development plan calls for a experts view as not yet cornered by U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency OVIEDO: This file photo taken on October 22, 2009 shows US programmer Raymond Samuel better cybersecurity approval system companies that dominate other parts (DARPA), lamented the “very sad news” of Tomlinson arriving prior to the presentation of the Prince of Asturias awards in Oviedo Spain. and more “precise” Web management of the technology market. Tomlinson’s passing. Tomlinson, who implemented the first email system, died reportedly of a heart attack on to “clean up illegal and bad informa- The plan also calls for China to catch When Tomlinson invented the “user@host” March 5, at age 74. His death was confirmed by the Internet Hall of Fame. — AFP tion.” up on “core” technologies such as semi- standard for email addresses, it was applied at The plan also calls for a multilateral, conductors and basic computer parts DARPA’s ARPANET, a US government computer machines that were literally side by side” con- standards and policies, said that the Internet democratic, transparent and interna- and software, as well as encryption network that is considered the Internet’s precur- nected only through ARPANET, Tomlinson wrote. community “has lost one of our true innovators tional governance system and active technology. sor. He was the first to use the @ symbol in this “I sent a number of test messages to myself and pioneers.” Tomlinson was inducted into the participation in international Internet China’s campaign to beef up its chip way, to distinguish a user from its host. from one machine to the other. The test mes- society’s Internet Hall of Fame in the “innovator” governance efforts. technology has encountered political At the time personal computers were virtual- sages were entirely forgettable and I have, there- category in 2012. Premier Li Keqiang highlighted the resistance from the United States. ly unknown, and the use of personal email-now fore, forgotten them. According to his Hall of Fame biography, “Most likely the first message was QWER- Tomlinson’s email software was widely distrib- promise of the Internet, saying China’s national chip champion, a keystone of electronic communications-would not be adopted at a mass scale until the 1990s. TYUIOP or something similar,” he added, refer- uted for years, “and proved to be an exceptional- Saturday that various traditional sec- Tsinghua Unigroup, said last month ring to the first row of letters on the traditional ly innovative solution.” tors, ranging from manufacturing to that it would abandon its attempt to FIRST MESSAGE ‘QWERTYUIOP’? English-language keyboard. “When I was satis- Tomlinson also played a leading role in devel- government to health care, need to acquire a stake in California data stor- Tomlinson, a graduate of the Rensselaer fied that the program seemed to work, I sent a oping the first email standards. “I see email connect to the Web and raise their effi- age firm Western Digital, the second Polytechnic Institute and the Massachusetts message to the rest of my group explaining how being used, by and large, exactly the way I envi- ciency as part of an overarching nation- deal it has scrapped because of opposi- Institute of Technology, detailed his creation on to send messages over the network. The first use sioned,” Tomlinson told the online tech publica- al strategy called “Internet Plus.” He tion from US regulators who do not his blog in an attempt to prevent legend from of network email announced its own existence.” tion The Verge in May 2012. “Everybody uses it in vowed to raise research and technolo- want sensitive technology to fall into overtaking the facts. The international non-profit Internet Society, different ways, but they use it in a way they find gy spending to account for 2.5 percent Chinese hands. —AP “The first message was sent between two which promotes Internet-related education, works for them,” he said. —AFP Europe’s biggest tech conferences Codemotion is coming to Dubai

DUBAI: Codemotion, one of Europe’s development, coding methodologies, largest tech conferences devoted to and IoT (the “Internet of Things”). developing an ecosystem of innovation For Dubai’s first Codemotion event, in coding, will arrive for the first time in the line up of speakers include some of the UAE on 1-2 April, offering a unique Silicon Valley’s foremost coding experts platform for pioneering developers and as well as those from around the region technical talents to meet and discuss and other international markets. These the latest trends and advances in the include speakers from Google, Amazon, field. Namshi, Jet.com and propertyfinder. Codemotion is now a regular feature “As one of the most successful cod- on the tech conference calendar in ing events in Europe, we’re extremely eight countries,includingthe UK, Italy, excited to be bringing Codemotion to Spain, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Dubai and to tap into a burgeoning Netherlands, and the UAE,with 11 market of tech savvy developers and scheduled conferences now operating companies,” said MohamadHarastani, across the EMEA region. Codemotion Regional Partner. The first Codemotion Dubai will be “We are confident that the UAE and held at the Impact Hub in Downtown region’s tech community can seriously Dubai, with the two-day conferenceset be enhanced by an event of this nature to offer up a series of presentations, and we look forward to welcoming talks, and workshops, as well as high- some of the most exciting regional tal- lighting services for start-ups and ent for what should be a fantastic two regionally based companies. days of discussion and discovery,” Codemotion’s event partners include Mohamad Harastani added. Dubai Internet City, Google Developer If you are interested in being part of Group Dubai, Wamda, and Impact Hub. Codemotion Dubai 2016,visit their web- Key topics on the conference agenda site http://dubai2016.codem-otion- include areas dedicated to Devops world.com/for more (enterprise software), the Cloud, Big information.General admission to the Codemotion team and participants. Data, game development, security, web event is USD150 (AED552) per visitor. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Latin American women gain access to life-saving contraception

BOGOTA: Access to potentially life- treatment because she was pregnant, saving contraception and abortion the report said. Hernandez wanted an can be a lottery for women and girls in abortion, allowing her to undergo Latin America, often depending on cancer treatment, but doctors refused their ability to pay or the personal and as abortion is banned in the religious views of a health worker, Caribbean nation. Amnesty International said yesterday. In the few countries where abor- In a new report, the rights group tion is legal, such as Uruguay, women looked at sexual and reproductive seeking abortions still face obstacles healthcare in eight countries - El as health workers use their right to Salvador, the Dominican Republic, declare themselves as conscientious Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, objectors and refuse to perform the Peru and Uruguay. “Tragically, for procedure, Amnesty said. Such atti- women across Latin America, receiv- tudes can force women to undergo ing life-saving medical treatment dangerous backstreet abortions, depends on the good will of a health which were the cause of at least one in professional or the depth of her pock- 10 maternal deaths in Latin America in ets,” Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas 2014, the report said. Around 760,000 director at Amnesty, said in a state- women each year in Latin America are ment.” This outrageous and utterly ille- treated in hospital for complications gal lottery-style approach to health linked to unsafe abortions. care is putting thousands of lives at risk,” she said. Zika virus Latin America has some of the The spread of the Zika virus, linked American company world’s strictest abortion laws, with to birth defects among children in seven countries imposing total bans Brazil, has revived the debate about on the procedure under any circum- easing abortion laws in Latin America stances. In most countries in the and the need to improve access to bungled Ebola response region, abortion is only allowed in cas- contraception, including emergency es of rape, incest or if the life of the contraception. One in three women of mother is in danger. reproductive age in Latin America who The influential Catholic Church, would like to use contraceptives do ‘They messed up on Ebola. That can happen’ along with evangelical churches, not have access to them, according to which say life begins at the moment of the United Nations Population Fund. WASHINGTON: A US company assigned a crucial role Questioning conception, are a driving force behind So far four countries in the region - in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a But within weeks, the virus exploded across the the region’s strict abortion laws. Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador and series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an country and, as the death toll mounted, experts began Another reason is the pervasive cultur- Jamaica - have recommended women Associated Press investigation has found. Staffers with questioning the work being done at the lab in al stereotypes that promote the role of delay getting pregnant due to the Zika the San Francisco-based company, Metabiota Inc, not Kenema shared by Metabiota and Tulane, which had women “first and foremost as moth- virus. only misread the epidemic, they contributed to its own long-standing project researching Lassa fever ers,” the report said. It cited the case of “This recommendation is not just botched lab results, undermined partners and put and other diseases. When Gary Kobinger, head of spe- a pregnant 10-year-old girl in people at risk of the terrifying virus, according to cial pathogens at the Public Health Agency of Canada, absurd, it is insulting in a region leaked documents and interviews with international double-checked some of the facility’s work in mid-July, Paraguay who was denied an abortion where more than half of pregnancies health responders. he found worrying discrepancies in four of eight tests in 2015 after she had been allegedly are unwanted or unplanned, where The company had been tapped by the World and identified as many as five people wrongly diag- raped by her stepfather. In the there are extremely high rates of sex- Health Organization and the Sierra Leonean govern- nosed with Ebola, according to emails obtained by AP. Dominican Republic, 16-year-old ual violence, where the demand for ment to help fight Ebola. But internal emails from “If you detect two, three, four, five, how many are out Rosaura Hernandez, died of leukemia contraception far outstrips availabili- WHO and other international health agencies there?” Kobinger said in a recent interview. The mis- in 2012 after doctors delayed her ty,” Amnesty’s report said. —Reuters obtained by AP show senior scientists were alarmed takes sparked concern about bigger problems in the at a spate of problems in a lab shared by Metabiota lab - worries relayed all the way up to WHO’s Director- and Tulane University. “This is a situation that WHO General, Dr Margaret Chan. can no longer endorse,” WHO outbreak expert Dr Eric “Several patients have been wrongly tested positive Bertherat wrote in a July 17, 2014, email to col- in these labs,” Geneva-based staffer Pat Drury told Chan leagues. Bertherat relayed reports of “total confusion” in an email, adding that Metabiota and Tulane did not in the government lab split between Metabiota and meet international biosecurity standards. Metabiota Tulane at the Kenema hospital in Sierra Leone, noting founder Wolfe said “we did wonderful lab work as far as there was “no tracking of the samples” and “absolutely I’m concerned.” He said that errors in the shared facility no control on what is being done.” He said the stopped once “other groups” were pulled from Ebola flubbed results were particularly dangerous given testing. Documents show Metabiota and Tulane suspicion among the local population that interna- has shown that WHO resisted sounding the alarm blamed each other for the mistakes. tional workers were spreading Ebola deliberately. over Ebola for two months on political, religious and Eventually, US health official Austin Demby was economic grounds and failed to put together a deci- sent to evaluate the Kenema facility at the request of Outbreak response sive response even after the alert was issued. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Metabiota chief executive officer and founder Metabiota bills itself as a pioneer in tracking the Sierra Leonean government. Demby wrote in an Nathan Wolfe said no evidence shows his company emerging viral threats and says it works to “improve email to US officials that the lab lacked an ultraviolet was responsible for the lab blunders, that the report- the world’s resilience to epidemics.” The firm and its light for decontamination and didn’t have enough ed squabbles were overblown and that any predic- nonprofit sister company, Global Viral, have received space to process blood samples safely. He put much of tions made by his employees who were on loan to millions from the US Department of Defense, USAID, the blame on Tulane’s diagnostics, saying Metabiota’s the Sierra Leonean government didn’t reflect the Google and the California-based Skoll Foundation. tests were always closer to the mark and that Tulane’s company’s position. He said Metabiota doesn’t spe- In the early months of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, “add no real value.” cialize in outbreak response and that his employees with WHO and partners thin on the ground, authori- Demby found the shared lab a mess, though. “The performed admirably amid the carnage of the world’s ties in neighboring Sierra Leone turned to Metabiota cross contamination potential is huge and quite biggest-ever Ebola outbreak. to help respond to the epidemic in Kenema. The frankly unacceptable,” he wrote in late July. Soon after “We are incredibly proud about everything they Demby’s report, both Metabiota and Tulane suspend- company had been in the country since 2009 and INDONESIA: File photo shows firemen spray water to contain burning wild- did,” he said at an interview in his office Thursday. supported the government on issues including out- ed their Ebola tests. Despite Metabiota’s performance, “These are individuals who took substantial personal break investigation and laboratory work. At first, Wolfe’s firm has largely been congratulated on its work fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia. —AP risk and worked incredibly long hours.” Metabiota’s Metabiota appeared to be doing well; according to in West Africa. Last year, the company raised some $30 problems mirror the wider mismanagement that an account on its website, company staffers helped million in investment intended to support its efforts hamstrung the world’s response to Ebola, which has to train hundreds of health workers under the guid- “to further develop and deliver epidemic risk manage- Indonesia agency pushes plan killed upward of 11,000 people. Previous AP reporting ance of WHO. ment worldwide,” according to a press release. —AP to tackle deforestation, fires

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s anti-graft The fires produce a smoky haze that is a Sailors face more commission yesterday said government health hazard, often forcing people indoors agencies have agreed on a plan to combat and shutting down schools and airports. corruption in the forestry industry that costs Monica Tanuhandaru, the executive the state billions of dollars in lost revenue director of Kemitraan, which lobbies for lenient body fat rules and is behind fires that pollute Southeast clean government and business, said the Asia. The attempt to address a longstanding plan is significant but will require continual crisis in the management and conservation support from President Joko “Jokowi” SAN DIEGO: The Navy is giving another chance to thou- ernize their forces and prepare for the opening of com- point or 23 percent for males and 34 percent for of Indonesia’s prized tropical forests comes Widodo to be fully implemented. sands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for bat posts to women. women over 40. after a study by the anti-corruption commis- The plan developed by the anti-corrup- repeatedly failing their physical fitness tests because From drone operators to cyber-warfare officers, sion estimated that the commercial value of tion commission, along with Indonesia’s they exceeded body fat limits. The service branch loos- “there are a number of officers in jobs where it is really ‘Tape test’ undeclared logging was $60.7 billion to Ministry of Environment and Forestry, ened its body fat restrictions in January and is allowing obvious why it would not make whole lot of difference The new limits fall in line with the Department of $81.4 billion between 2003 and 2014. The Ministry of Finance, Supreme Audit Agency, those who failed their exams three or more times to get what their weight is, other than to the extent that the Defense standards and allow sailors to pass with a maxi- study released in October estimated the and financial regulatory agencies, leans one more opportunity to be tested this spring under the culture in the military disrespects it and therefore, they mum 26 percent of body fat for men and 36 percent for government’s loss of revenue from royalties heavily on technology to build an accurate more lenient guidelines. The Navy said it has been losing can’t lead,” said former Army officer James Joyner, who women. Service members have long complained that the at $6.5 billion to $9 billion over the same picture of where illegal deforestation and too many talented sailors. Some were resorting to lipo- teaches at the Marine Corps University. He believes the Defense Department’s method of estimating body fat period. conversion of peat land into farmland is suction, diet pills and other measures to save their military must change. “It’s absurd the percentage of high punishes bulkier, muscular builds. Plastic surgeons in Dian Patria, head of corruption preven- occurring. The anti-corruption commission careers. tion for natural resources at the Corruption hopes use of Land sat satellites, drones and The Navy allowed about 2,400 sailors who passed a Eradication Commission, said top officials LIDAR pulsed laser-based mapping will preliminary test under the new rules to stay in, reducing from other ministries and agencies have giv- identify land clearing on a close to real-time the number of failures on their records from three to en their backing to the plan. Protecting basis. That will provide the information for one, said Navy spokesman, Lt Cmdr Nate Christensen. In extensive tropical forests that are among the prosecuting companies that log more than the past, three failures were grounds for being kicked largest in the world is a key issue for they declare. According to the report out. The sailors will be measured again this spring and Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Unreported released in October, official statistics on tim- allowed only two failures now instead of three. The timber production deprives the Indonesian ber production capture less than a quarter changes are the latest by the military looking to improve government of revenue it could use to of what is cut down. its abilities to recruit and retain talented people as it improve infrastructure and services for its The plan also requires the Ministry of builds up its cyber-warfare strategy and faces competi- still largely poor population of more than Environment and Forestry to disclose more tion from a rebounding economy. 250 million. information about its monitoring efforts. Annual burning of forests and peat land For the first time, it would issue quarterly Health problems in Sumatra and Kalimantan to clear land for reports on where deforestation and peat A 2014 Pentagon study found that roughly two- palm oil plantations and other agriculture is land conversion has occurred and also thirds of Americans would not qualify to enlist in the a regular bane for Malaysia, Singapore, detail what law enforcement actions it has armed services as a result of health problems, obesity southern Thailand and parts of Indonesia. taken. —AP and the failure to complete a high school education. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the service is not lower- ing standards but rather adjusting to reality: People today, in general, are bigger but not necessarily fat. The Celldex discontinues late-stage Navy is also considering larger uniforms sizes for the first study of brain cancer vaccine time in two decades. “It’s far more realistic,” Mabus said of CALIFORNIA: Petty Officer Lentoyi White does pushups while training with fellow Petty Officer Theresa White in Coronado. —AP the new body fat standard. “We were kicking more peo- NEW YORK: Celldex Therapeutics Inc about 30 percent of glioblastoma multi- ple out of the Navy for failing that, than for drugs.” said it would discontinue a late-stage forme (GBM) tumors. After a preplanned The number of sailors booted from the Navy annual- school teenagers who are considered to be too fat to communities near bases have said up to a third of their study of its brain cancer vaccine after an interim analysis, the independent data ly because they did not meet physical standards has join the military,” Joyner said. “Maybe there are two prob- business comes from service members seeking liposuc- independent interim analysis suggested safety and monitoring board estimated more than doubled from 694 in 2011 to 1,536 in 2014. lems: One, obesity, and the other that the standards are tion to pass the exam. The traditional, so-called “tape test” the therapy might not show a statistical- that overall survival of patients with new- The changes come amid debate over whether the physi- out of date and not relevant.” relies on measurements of the neck and waist to calcu- ly significant difference in survival rates ly-diagnosed GBM who were given cal requirements demanded of service members across Some 34,000 sailors, or roughly 10 percent of the late one’s body fat percentage. Fitness experts have ques- compared with chemotherapy. The Rintega was at a par with those in the the board are still relevant or should be adjusted accord- force, have failed the physical requirements at least tioned its accuracy. The Air Force in 2013 started allowing company’s shares plummeted about 60 control group. Based on the board’s rec- ing to the job so the armed forces can maintain the pool once since 2011, mostly because of body fat, airmen who fail the tape test but pass physical fitness percent to $3.28 in premarket trading ommendation, Celldex is abandoning of talent it needs for today’s high-tech warfare. Christensen said. The Navy’s old policy allowed for 22 exams to be measured using the Body Mass Index, which yesterday. the study, it said, adding that it did not There’s been talk in the Army of easing up on strict percent body fat for males ages 17-39, and 33 per- is a chart based on an individual’s weight and height. The The vaccine, Rintega, is designed to expect to incur substantial additional body fat requirements for its cyber-warriors, for example. cent body fat for females ages 17-39. Sailors age 40 Navy adopted similar rules, expanded gym hours and target a specific genetic mutation seen in costs related to Rintega. —Reuters All branches are reviewing their job standards to mod- and older were allotted one additional percentage provides fitness help to post-partum sailors. —AP TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Once extinct, world’s last wild horse returns to Russian steppes ‘There are few places with no human influence in the world’

MOSCOW: If the world’s only surviving wild such a limited gene pool has been a headache. horses rather than a species?” A wild population horses had a say in the matter, they might opt Adding to that headache is the fact that the would only work if the protected area is much for a cozy stable and fresh daily oats, scientists Przewalski’s horse can breed with domestic hors- larger, she said, 100,000 hectares or even more, studying them joke. But the path out of oblivion es to produce fertile hybrids, threatening to and if such a park is created in the future, it can for the species known as Przewalski’s horse dilute the species decades down the line. be populated with Przewalski’s horses from the which only two decades ago was extinct in the Although the Russian project meant to set the project. “Our goal is to form a reserve of geneti- wild-lies in getting on a plane to China, Mongolia and, most recently, the Russian steppes with their deep snow and icy winds. Six animals born at a reserve in the south of France are now spending their first winter in Russia’s flagship reintroduction project for the species. Eventually scientists hope to have 100 of the endangered animals on the site in the Orenburg Reserves, a cluster of six strictly pro- INDIA: A local municipal worker collects dead fish at Ulsoor Lake in tected nature areas along the border with Bangalore yesterday. —AP photos Kazakhstan. The area spanning more than 16,500 hectares (40,770 acres) is “the largest unbroken, strictly protected plot of virgin steppe in Russia,” safeguarded, ironically, by the fact that it belonged to the military for decades, said Przewalski’s horse expert Tatjana Zharkikh, who heads the reintroduction project.

‘They are quite happy’ “They are quite happy,” she told AFP in an interview, despite the harsh climate in the region, with extreme snowfall which in January trapped several drivers on a local highway, lead- MOSCOW: A picture shows Przewalski horses on a snow covered field in the ing to a man’s death. The animals actually enjoy Orenburg Reserves, a cluster of six nature reserves near the border with rolling around in the snow, scratching their backs on the crusty surface, she said. “They are Kazakhstan. —AFP photos not afraid of wind, snow, cold .. If the Przewalski’s horse has enough food, it is practically invinci- ble.” Yet, she quipped: “If you ask them, they will tell you: we want a warm stable, daily oats, fresh grass and maybe strawberries and cream. But this is a wild animal and it has to be in its natural habitat.” Despite its hardiness and monumental efforts INDIA: Lifeless fish float near a bank of Ulsoor Lake. by conservationists to save the endangered species, there is “still a long way before the Przewalski’s horse can be considered saved from Thousands of dead extinction,” said Frederic Joly of the Association for the Przewalski’s horse (TAKH) in France, which provided the animals for the Orenburg fish wash up on the project. Native to China, the stocky, tan-coloured horse with a spiky mane once inhabited the Eurasian steppe extending through Mongolia, banks of India river Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). BANGALORE, India: Thousands of dead The lake is a popular fishing and boat- MOSCOW: A picture shows Przewalski horse eating hay on a snow. fish washed up on the banks of a polluted ing site, but it has been choked with Bred to be wild lake yesterday in India’s southern tech- water hyacinth with no effort by authori- The species was discovered by Russian horses completely free in the wild, scientists cally pure animals,” said Rafilya Bakirova, director nology hub of Bangalore. A stink pervad- ties to clear it, he said. Last year, a toxic explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky who described it in eventually rejected this idea as too risky after of Orenburg Reserves that hosts the project, ed the air in a residential district around froth spilled over to some of Bangalore’s the 19th century, leading to a surge of interest in studying the experience of other reintroduction dreaming of expanding the project and cross- Ulsoor Lake in central Bangalore. Sewage streets due to extreme levels of pollution Europe, followed by a brutal campaign to cap- centers, opting instead to build a fence around border cooperation with Kazakhstan. “For now has been flowing into the lake, depleting in Bellandur Lake and flames were seen in ture these animals. Herds were chased down to the entire area. The problem is, young mares we just want to survive the winter,” she said. its oxygen, said V Purushottam, president another polluted lake in the city, Indian exhaustion to capture the young foals, said who venture out of a protected park can breed Although the species is considered a conser- Zharkikh, but in the end the process secured with horses kept by herders in nearby villages vation success, Joly of the TAKH association in of a residents’ group. newspapers reported. Tests found enough animals to save the species after they and then bring hybrid offspring back to the pop- France conceded that it is becoming nearly Kiran Kumar, an environmentalist, said extremely high amounts of phosphorous had gone extinct in their natural habitat. All ulation of Przewalski’s horses. impossible to find a place where Przewalski’s water samples were being collected for and other inorganic chemical com- 2,000 animals existing today are descendants of horse can be truly wild. “Even sites that look wild testing. Purushottam said authorities pounds in the lake, the reports said. More just 12 wild-caught horses, including a mare Not ‘cute shaggy-haired horses’ like Russian or Mongolian steppes are not com- ignored pleas to repair a barrier that was than half of its 1.2 billion people still defe- from Mongolia called Orlitsa, gifted to Soviet “Even a few hybrids can cancel out all conser- pletely devoid of human activity,” he said. “It supposed to keep sewage from flowing cate in the open, causing rivers and lakes chairman Kliment Voroshilov during a visit in vation efforts,” said Zharkikh. “What is the point indeed shows that there are very few places with into the lake. to stink with sewage. —AP 1957, and breeding a viable population from of protection if they are just cute shaggy-haired no human influence in the world.” —AFP Australia’s ‘ugly’ animals attract less study

SYDNEY: Koalas and kangaroos are sub- Review this week. Researcher Trish we tend to ignore them completely. But you could manage their environment in a tence,” Fleming said in a statement. “We improved funding for the lesser known ject to more scientific study than Fleming said once mammals were everyone knows what a koala and kanga- way that’s detrimental to them,” she said. need to document observations of their mammals. “Since European settlement Australia’s twitching rodents and bats, classed as ‘good’ (such as kangaroos, roo looks like.” Fleming, a wildlife biologist Fleming said while global and national diets, habitat selection, space use and (in Australia) we have lost about 20 according to new research which finds echidnas and koalas), ‘bad’ (introduced at Western Australia’s Murdoch University, conservation funding largely overlooked reproduction in order to identify threats species of mammals, we have about ‘ugly’ animals attract less funding and species including cats and rabbits) or said this bias had a potential impact on the ‘ugly’ species-which include hairy and management options.” another 20 odd in grave danger of investigation. The bias towards more ‘ugly’ (native bats and rodents), the latter conservation, with an incomplete under- rodents and the carnivorous ghost bat Researchers could also be discour- extinction,” Curtin University’s Bateman attractive creatures means that while group had very little written about it. standing of the importance of these often with its oversized, fleshy ears and sharp aged from investigating obscure species told the Australian Broadcasting ‘ugly’ animals make up 45 percent of “Australians are probably surprised to small and nocturnal animals on ecosys- teeth-these were the ones arguably most for fear that the resulting papers may be Corporation. “I think it would be tragic if Australia’s native fauna, they are rarely know how many species of native bats tems making them more vulnerable. in need of research. “For the majority of too “parochial and of limited interest” to we ended up causing the extinction of subject to intense scientific scrutiny, said and rodents we have,” Fleming told AFP “The major problem is that if you species, researchers have been able to do be published, she added. With co-author even more without even knowing any- a study to be published in Mammal yesterday. “We know so little about them, don’t know anything about their biology little more than catalogue their exis- Bill Bateman, Fleming has called for thing about them.” —AFP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

La Mamma Pizzeria unveils new menu

fter almost 2 years of providing the most authentic antipasti with L’insalata Di Marie; marinated seafood salad turing Napoletana, with La Mamma’s special homemade and contemporary Italian countryside cuisine, La and spicy foccacia tips, or guests may enjoy starting with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, anchovies, capers and Mamma Pizzeria at Four Points by Sheraton Kuwait Classica Struttura Mista E Calamari; a battered and deep oregano providing the true flavors of Neapolitan pizza. unveilsA its new menu as the centerpiece of an exciting and fried seafood, spicy tomato and tartar sauce. Moving to the La Mamma Pizzeria’s authentic ambiance and the con- unprecedented commitment to serving its guests the most pastas, where 10 new dishes were added including the temporary decorations of trendy colors provide its guests distinctive and original flavors of the Italian villages, most exquisite Ravioli; ricotta and spinach ravioli, or pump- with a relaxed atmosphere in addition to the wooden fur- through a selection of mouthwatering dishes produced to kin or salmon. In addition, La Mamma Pizzeria provides the niture that evokes the simple and rustic charm of the the highest quality to fully satisfy ones craving. delectable Linguini pasta with the cream sauce, sausage, Italian countryside, while overlooking the historical Al- The new menu features a bold and modern assortment Alba truffle oil and red basil. For those in love with the Jahra Gate from the second floor of Four Points by of over 25 appealing dishes varied between Antipasti, Italian rustic cuisine, La Mamma Pizzeria unveils 7 new Sheraton Kuwait. Paste e Risotti, Le Pizze and I Dolci, promising its guests a wood oven baked pizzas awaiting you to experience the great combination of variety and value. Starting off the paramount secrets to the most authentic Italian pizza fea- The Sultan Center organizes football tournament for staff

s part of ‘TSC Together’ initiative, The Sultan Center (TSC) organized a football tournament under the titleA ‘Football Champions 2016,’ that was held for employees across the company during the month of February. A total of eight teams competed in the tournament, displaying their skillful moves to win the title. The games took place among a cheering crowd of families and friends over a five-day period. By the end of the tournament, six win- ners took the titles; ranked first taking the title of ‘Football Champions for 2016’ was STSG, followed by TSC Jabriya team tak- ing second place. TSC employee, Mahmoud Moussa, from MVT was named as the Top Goal Scorer, while the commer- cial team took the title of Best Sportsmanship Team. Ibrahim Ali Jbara was awarded the title of Best Goal Keeper. The most Valuable player award went to Samy Tokal Samy Ahmed Elhabeby and The Special Player award was given to Hamam Majed Huhsen Khabn Fous Al Enizi from TSC Jabriya branch. Commenting on the event, Hani Ismael - Director of Human Resource for TSC said: “We are very pleased that so many teams took part in this competition, as a compa- ny, we realize the importance of maintain- ing an active and healthy lifestyle. Equally important, however, is that these team events foster a sense of team spirit and friendly rivalry, whilst strengthening rela- ESF sports days 2016 tionships with colleagues, all in the spirit of fun”. ports play a big part in stimulating ping up the Gold cup. A big thank you goes The recently established TSC Employee students at The English School out to the physical education department Sports and Social Committee aims to fos- Fahaheel (ESF). Recently ESF held a at ESF headed by Ms Martin and her staff ter team spirit along with the opportunity Sseries of Sports Days for Kindergarten and for making the events so successful. to share common activities. TSC Together Reception classes, Middle and Upper ESF is an active member of Inter school Schools. The events were fun filled and organization KFSAC and ISACK and the members worked diligently to deliver a enjoyed by both students and the specta- boys Volleyball U13 team recently won the top-class event, for all TSC employees to tors. ISACK Volleyball Championship. ESF also enjoy in an environment that embraces Congratulations to the Blue House for offers a host of Sport clubs as part of its rich teamwork through fun and engaging emerging as the overall winner and snap- extra-curricular sports program. activities.

KIG launches ‘Thafheemul Quran’ CD distribution McDonald’s Kuwait

n a solemn function held at Riggae, the CD of introduces a new range ‘Thafheemul Quran’ (understanding Quran) was formally released to the public by MES Kuwait of Big Tasty burgers Ichapter President Sadique Ali by giving a copy to Dr dding to one of the patty and is stacked with Ameer Ahmed. The world famous Thafheemul Quran most popular line-ups mushrooms, grilled onions, written by Moulana Abul A’la Maududi is the most in the region, two slices of Emmental authentic and widely used translation of Quran in AMcDonald’s Kuwait yesterday cheese, lettuce, sliced tomato the modern world. In this modern era of cutting introduced two new burgers and topped with black pepper edge technology along with the developments in to the Big Tasty range. mayo. The Big Tasty Spicy information technology our reading habits are also Designed with beef lovers in gives your taste buds a kick changing and hence the CD has been design to mind, the newly launched with a 100 percent pure Halal suite our taste and reading habits. It is more than a burgers include the Big Tasty beef patty that’s topped with traditional commentary on the scripture as it con- Mushroom Melt and the Big jalapeno slices, two slices of tains discussions and debates regarding economics, Tasty Spicy. They will be avail- Emmental cheese, lettuce, sociology, history, and politics. Maududi took 30 able in all restaurants starting sliced tomato and finished off long years to complete the project of Thafheem and March 5, 2016 for a limited with spicy harissa ranch sauce. it is translated to many world languages as well as time period only. Sherif Coutry, Marketing almost all Indian languages. In Malayalam the print- The original Big Tasty with Director at McDonald’s Kuwait, ed version is published in six volumes. The user its 100 percent pure Halal beef commented: “As one of our friendly CD of Quran is the result of two and half and wholesome flavor has most legendary offerings at years of hard work of dedicated scholars. The CD can been further enhanced with McDonald’s, the Big Tasty guide you to the deep oceans of Quranic knowledge the addition of “Big Tasty deserved to have a new range and highlights in Quranic perspective and argues Mushroom Melt” and “Big Tasty of options to better serve our that Islam provides ample guidance in all spheres of Spicy.” Driven by taste, quality customers. Catered to the beef our life. Maududi uses the standard technique of and unique ingredients, these lovers of the region, Big Tasty providing an explanation of the Quranic verses from burgers promise to be hearty boasts high quality ingredi- the Sunnah of Muhammed (PBUH), including the his- meals that satisfy the biggest ents and fresh taste and by torical reasons behind the verses with insight to of cravings. From mushrooms adding a new range it would modern world. The Tafheem deals extensively with and cheese over succulent give our consumers the issues faced by the modern world in general and the beef patties, spicy harissa that chance to enjoy their favorite Muslim community in particular. The CD is very use- excites the taste buds to the Big Tasty in new tasty ways.” ful to students of Religious studies of all walks of life original hearty beef burger, For more information on the as well as to students who follows the English medi- the new Big Tasty range is the McDonald’s Big Tasty burgers, um as it contains the English version with the audios ultimate in beef satisfaction. please visit www.mcdonald- of world famous reciters like Sheikh Mishary bin The mouth-watering Big sarabia.com. Rashid Al-Afasy, Sa’ad Al Ghamdi, Abdul Rahman Ibn Tasty Mushroom Melt includes Abdul Aziz as-Sudais etc. a 100 percent pure Halal beef WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

Costa Coffee celebrates English heritage, launches store in Sheikha Complex in Salmiyah

osta Coffee, London’s favorite coffee of different occasions we see our coffee lovers places to visit.” shop chain and part of Alghanim enjoying. Bringing warm colors and soft light- Costa Coffee’s General Manager, Haamed Industries Food and Beverage portfolio, ing for when customers want to relax and Alfulaij, said: “We are excited to invite all coffee celebratedC the opening of its new flagship enjoy one of Costa’s signature offerings, such lovers to enjoy their handcrafted cup of coffee store in Sheihka Complex in Salmiyah, on as the Flat White and Corto. As well as open at this special store overlooking the beautiful Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016. The British areas for conversations with friends and family sea view of Arabian Gulf. We are proud to ambassador to Kuwait, Matthew James Lodge, over a delicious Frostino. While there is a mod- open the first Atlas store outside London, and the Vice President of the Food and ern and unique feel with exposed brick work which features unique zones to fit every mood Beverage division at Alghanim Industries, Phil and contemporary artwork - coffee remains at and soon to offer an entirely new food range Broad, inaugurated the opening ceremony the heart of the design. that should delight our customers.” through a fun-filled atmosphere rooted in the Moreover, the new location also has access The British ambassador to Kuwait, Matthew bustling scene of London Underground, with to a large terrace that can cater to up to 120 James Lodge said: “I am delighted to be here arts and music provided by Kuwait’s most cel- customers, who can enjoy their favorite coffee today at Costa Coffee’s impressive new flag- ebrated artists. Along with senior executives all while overlooking the gorgeous Arabian ship store. As a personal fan of Costa and a from Alghanim Industries and Costa’s VIP offi- Gulf. regular purchaser of my favorite Costa product cials, loyal customers and local press members - the Flat White - I am particularly pleased to were also present. Perfect example see Costa doing so well here in Kuwait as one The new store enjoys a number of attrac- Commenting on this event, Vice President of a large number of British franchises expand- tive characteristics, mainly being the first of the Food and Beverage division at ing successfully into the Kuwaiti market. Our Costa Coffee in the Middle East to feature the Alghanim Industries, Phil Broad said: “This new two countries share a long history and enjoy latest Costa design, Atlas all while aptly being Costa coffee location is a perfect example of to this day a close partnership - it is great that situated in Al-Balajat Street, one of Kuwait’s how we are adding value to our local commu- quality coffee and a successful UK brand most beautiful coastlines. Like the passion and nities, what a wonderful place to sit and relax, should be part of what brings both societies care Costa baristas take with every cup of work or just enjoy a perfectly handcrafted together. I would like to congratulate Costa for hand crafted coffee the quality of Costa store beverage, whilst enjoying the view. We are their new store and thank them for their warm design is no exception. The interior incorpo- actively looking for more prime locations so welcome.” rates a unique blend of artistic moods with more people of Kuwait can enjoy the Costa (From left) Fadi Sabbouri, Samer Sayegh, Haamed Alfulaij, Robert Etman, Ambassador carefully crafted zones to cater for the variety experience and our loyal customers have more Mathew James Lodge, Phil Broad, Siraj VC, and Rana Emera.

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

A financial surprise resulting from some investment or a bonus that you or You will be picking up new ideas all day, like a radio receiver. The air is elec- your mate will receive soon is a positive. You have magic in the house-the flower essence tric and your mind is wide open. This is a very lucky day for making plans or decisions and remedies. The flower essence remedies are wonderful tools for relaxation and you may finding your way through just about any problem you discover. Self-discipline and a sense think the good changes that have happened recently may be because of these remedies. of self-worth are important issues in your life. A fear of asserting yourself can hold you Some of the changes did not happen because of the flower essence-however, it certainly back-as can coming on too strong. Good advice from a guide or older person may be made things peaceful and open to creative thinking. Your earning power is steadily forthcoming and it is all positive. This is a good day. Other people’s ideas that just seemed increasing and you are learning to appreciate and respect money-this is fun! If you are not impossible to you are not quite impossible after all. This may be travel to parts unknown on vacation today, take a little trip to a romantic restaurant or a good movie this evening. or snow skiing. An attractive co-worker catches your eye and there could be a battle with It is time to enjoy the company of your loved ones. your thoughts-careful.

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

There is an overflow of responsibilities that may be in front of you for the You hit the day running and there are lots of things to accomplish. Human duration of this day. The stress, however, can be just as fun as the rewards. These extra interaction and experience involve processing information in order to make decisions- pushes that you do to perform at you best, help you to be more creative, and in turn, pro- today you may have to allow yourself some time to think about the options before mak- ductive. When you are not in high gear, you can become fidgety. At the least . . . Take ing a decision. Quick decisions can be risky in some cases, so slow down a bit. Take some your breaks and make sure you stop often enough to find and enjoy the beauty that is time during your lunch break to read, listen to music or walk. Ideas and thoughts will have around you. This afternoon you may be of tremendous help to an associate or stranger greater meaning and form just now. You are particularly creative and taking advantage of because of your compassionate nature that comes so easily when you enjoy a break. this creative energy is a good idea. Giving flowers or some other token of esteem, particu- Communicating and getting your message across to others is at a high just now. This is a larly to a sick friend or neighbor, could bring surprising results. Close relationships take on good day, with lots of ambition and renewed appreciation of life. more emotional depth, power and importance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You could make poor choices this morning if you do not slow down a bit. Things are happening and your career or path depends upon your own This means that after you get to work you are still running. You are trying to ambition and drive-which are strong now. You are able to use your good sense about beat the traffic, or you jerk the phone off your desk so fast that you could knock something ACROSS DOWN financial risks and you make the right moves. It is time now to get ahead by taking action. over and break it. Slow down a bit and mistakes will happen less often. It may be difficult to 1. Influential German idealist philosopher 1. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken More and more of your time will be freed for people skills. There could be boring and relax today, just because so much is on the agenda. You are good at what you do, but . . . (1724-1804). in southeastern Asia. complicated work ahead, but you are able to handle it. An important relationship, per- Taking caution when you are in a hurry is always a good idea. This afternoon you may 5. A spot that is open late at night and that 2. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not haps with a young person or someone in your near environment, may come into focus spend more time with your head down, writing, translating, proofing, etc. Aim for a bal- provides entertainment (as singers or the external persona) that is in touch with the today. There could be an emotional overtone to all of this that may require understand- ance in order to maintain your stamina. Speaking, teaching or becoming involved in some dancers) as well as dancing and food and unconscious. ing and flexibility on your part. The most interesting person you will meet in your life fun activity will help you to clear away the stress. drink. 3. A constitutional monarchy in northern could be you! Slow down and enjoy the quiet times . . . Hear the birds? 12. System of measurement based on cen- Europe on the western side of the timeters and grams and seconds. Scandinavian Peninsula. 15. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small 4. (British) A loudspeaker. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) straight horns. 5. West Indian tree having racemes of fra- 16. Inclined toward or displaying love. grant white flowers and yielding a durable Before the conversation begins, think through the important matters that There is a tendency for you to be extremely hardworking, particularly today. 17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain timber and resinous juice. are up for discussion, particularly concerning business. Clear communica- This is a day you could set examples and make much progress. Be practical in how you use your energy. Try to involve yourself in projects that need to be finished before lac insects. 6. Before noon. tion is important. You could find that you are appreciated for your ability to act and get things done. There is comfort and ease in your daily routine. Business get-togethers after going on to something else. This will lead to a feeling of accomplishment and help you to 18. A full skirt with a gathered waistband. 7. Capital and largest city of Iraq. see the results of your hard work. Check all areas of a project to rule out any mistakes. 19. Malicious satisfaction. 8. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced work call for networking-as often as you can. Being more involved with neighbors or sib- lings satisfies a deep emotional need. Relations with your friends are strong and carefree. Renovations and spring-cleaning can be initiated later this afternoon by starting with one 20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders. There will be opportunities to be with your family members in a positive gathering this room or one portion of the house a day. When this weekend rolls around, you will be the in Turkey). 9. The former capital and 2nd largest city of evening. Perhaps an evening out for dinner or a movie is in the making. first to have a party. 21. A primeval personification of air and Brazil. breath. 10. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, ques- 22. A Loloish language. tions and issues. 24. Covered with or as if with clothes or a 11. The cardinal number that is the sum of Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) wrap or cloak. three and one. There are opportunities today to become extremely communicative with 26. The villain in William Shakespeare's 12. A sudden very loud noise. There is a willingness now to conform more to the norm and less insistence your associates. This is a most beneficial time to exchange ideas and create some good on showing your independence. Your social life may also be toned down a bit to allow tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering 13. A measuring instrument for measuring friends or associates. It is also a good time to be with others in an atmosphere of work. You his wife. and indicating a quantity or for testing con- more concentration on success with your financial production. This is short-term; however, could be thinking about using the home as a place to do some work in the future. 27. The framework of a bed. formity with a standard. you might feel that some avenues of support have been changed. In actuality, you are giv- Additionally, it is a favorable time to line up and plan for repairs or refurbishing tasks at 29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 14. Any of a number of fishes of the family en an opportunity to grow and create. There is an instinctive imperative to be powerful home. Although you are usually healthy you need a good exercise activity on a regular from aba cloth. Carangidae. and in control-pulling the strings-which may lead to greater interest or experience in heal- basis to keep you feeling fit. Exercising with others is fun and you may look for ways to 30. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. 23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on ing and investing. You may join your friends this evening in a group activity that encour- involve another person in regular times for this activity. The sudden need to push your ages movement. 34. Committee formed by a special-interest a skewer usually with vegetables. physical strength probably comes from viewing healthy friends or family members. group to raise money for their favorite politi- 25. A condensed but memorable saying cal candidates. embodying some important fact of experi- 38. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan ence that is taken as true by many people. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) River. 28. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal 41. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots. of Madagascar. This morning calls for clear and sharp thinking. It is easy to organize your Someone from another department or perhaps another class may come 42. A period marked by distinctive character 31. South African plant widely cultivated for thoughts-communication of all kinds is encouraged. This may mean it is your turn to do looking for you-you have the answers. At least, if you don’t have answers, you seem to or reckoned from a fixed point or event. its showy pure white spathe and yellow the book report, teach or influence higher-ups about some long-term difficulty. All sorts know the way to reach the answers. Your fertile mind will be picking up new concepts and 44. A band of cloth or leather or metal links spadix. of communicative activity are encouraged. There is a lot of motivation for disciplined inspirations all day-like a radio receiver. The air is electric and wide open. Others’ ideas, once attached to a wristwatch and wrapped 32. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a work, but push too hard and you may have a lot of difficulty. This afternoon you are in the illogical to you, may now seem quite logical. Your management and directional abilities are around the wrist. sharp instrument. mood to begin reading or writing your book, taking that course, or using your mind in in high focus. There is a revival of sorts within your career path-you should expect to let go a 45. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the 33. Personification of the sky or upper air some other constructive way. A family member calls this evening and relays some inter- bit and enjoy the rewards. You enjoy your own life situation today. A friend or a family member feels especially kind toward you-he or she works to please you. Many hugs and deserts of Arabia and North Africa. breathed by the Olympians. esting news. This evening you will find some fun times with a friend with whom you feel you can open up and be expressive. good wishes are for the taking. 48. The syllable naming the sixth (submedi- 35. South American armadillo with three ant) note of a major or minor scale in solmiza- bands of bony plates. tion. 36. A state of deep and often prolonged WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution 49. An authoritative person who divines the unconsciousness. future. 37. Young of any of various canines such as a 50. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority dog or wolf. or office. 39. Little known Kamarupan languages. 52. Remote and separate physically or social- 40. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland. ly. 43. Stout-bodied insect with large membra- 54. Fiddler crabs. nous wings. 56. A trivalent metallic element of the rare 46. An accidental hole that allows something earth group. (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 57. Any of numerous local fertility and nature 47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peo- Chad. ples. 51. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature 60. Large brownish-green New Zealand par- of Mars once thought to be a system of chan- rot. nels. 63. A member of a Turkic people of 53. Hear or try a court case anew. Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 55. An esoteric or occult matter that is tradi- 66. Obvious and dull. tionally secret. 69. A toilet in England. 58. (geology) Before the appearance of life. 70. Of or associated with or requiring the use 59. The address where a person lives. of the mind. 61. (computer science) American Standard 73. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Code for Information Interchange. Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged 62. Squash bugs. and massacred American rebels who were 64. Strike sharply. fighting to make Texas independent of 65. The basic unit of money in Papua New Mexico. Guinea. 74. Either of two folds of skin that can be 67. A stock exchange in New York. moved to cover or open the eye. 68. Lacking companions or companionship. 75. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia. 71. South American wood sorrel cultivated 77. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and for its edible tubers. Indonesia and Cambodia. 72. Administration of a nutritionally adequate 78. (informal) Of the highest quality. solution through a catheter into the vena 79. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows cava. generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 76. The blood group whose red cells carry 80. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head both the A and B antigens. mounted across a handle.

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Abdullah Nasser Abdullah Nasser Al-Husainan at Mount Al-Husainan at another Shams summit. site of the mountain. Kuwaiti adventurer resumes dangerous expeditions by trip to Mount Shams

uwaiti adventurer, Abdullah Nasser Al- anti-mosquito sprays and crutches. “The bag Husainan recently resumed his daring must not weigh more than 25 kilograms, how- Kadventures and expeditions by a trip ever”, he remarked. including nine Kuwaitis and six Saudis plus “We arrived to Muscat at night where we guides to mount Shams, Oman, which stands met our guide and at noon the following day 3000 meters above sea level and is thus the we drove for three hours to the starting point highest summit in GCC, near the ancient city of where we pitched our first camp and got Nizwa to the west of Muscat. acquainted with the villagers around us. The Speaking on the occasion, Al-Husainan following dawn, we started walking up the stressed that this expedition was one of the mountain, which was very difficult and made most difficult ones he had ever went on. He some of us decide going back”, Al-Husainan added that he had gone to another expedition explained adding that he himself thought of to the North Pole in March 2013 where he calling the expedition off because of the hoisted a Kuwaiti flag and did the same thing severe pain he felt in his legs but then he on another one in December 2013 to changed his mind and continued the journey. Antarctica. Further, Al-Husainan stressed that the aims “My expedition to Mount Shams was very of ascending Mount Shams included enhanc- difficult because of the hard terrain and the ing physical, mental and psychological abili- paths full of gravel and stones in addition to ties, appreciating the good nature, enhancing extreme cold after sunset”, he explained point- the values of determination and patience, ing out that temperatures there drop to -2 meeting and cooperating with new adventur- degrees centigrade after sunset. ers from other GCC states, contemplating Al-Husainan added that such expeditions about Allah’s creation, learning the skills of take high degrees of both physical and mental leadership and making the right decision fitness because the journey up and down the under stress, testing values of giving and mod- mountain can add up to 20-25 kilometers of esty as well as exploring GCC landmarks. ascending and descending, especially with the heavy gear packed in a back bag full of all nec- Mount Shams, the highest GCC summit. essary tools, extra warm clothes, special boots, Kuwaiti and Saudi adventurers on a break. Remembering Nancy Reagan’s brief Hollywood career

efore Nancy Reagan became a fixture in the national consciousness and on home television sets, the late first Blady also shared the big screen with the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, Glenn Ford and Ray Milland in her short career as a Hollywood actress in the post-war era. After a few years on Broadway, Reagan, then Nancy Davis, moved to California and signed a seven-year contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, leading to roles in 11 features - her last of which was the 1958 feature “Crash Landing,” a middling Fred F Sears drama about a pilot (Gary Merrill) reflecting on his trou- bled marriage (to Reagan’s character) in the midst of an engine crisis over the Atlantic. She was never the biggest star, Recording artist Ace Frehley performs at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas at The LINQ Promenade on March 6, 2016 in Las but she had her moments in a wide variety of genres from Vegas, Nevada.—AFP noir to melodrama, often as loving and supportive wives and girlfriends.

The doctor and the girl (1949) Nancy Reagan’s first big screen role was in director Curtis ‘Zootopia’ sets record opening Bernhardt’s drama about a wealthy doctor (Glenn Ford) who defies his family’s wishes by opening a practice in a poorer In this May 14, 1984, file photo, Michael Jackson, center, neighborhood. Reagan played the main character’s sister stands with President Ronald Reagan, left, and first lady for Disney Animation Studios Mariette, who is engaged to a class-lusting physician (played Nancy Reagan on the south lawn of the White House prior by Warner Anderson). to receiving an award from the president for his contribu- isney’s “Zootopia” bounced its way to $73.7 million in its US hero, “Deadpool” clocked the fastest rise of any R-rated movie in tion to the drunk driving awareness program. opening weekend, a record-setting box office debut for history following its debut. “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” was in fourth East side, west side (1950) DDisney Animation Studios, industry estimates showed place after its opening weekend, earning $7.6 million. The come- Sunday. The film about intrepid rabbit police officer Judy Hopps dy starring Tina Fey was based on Kim Barker’s memoir of being a In this Mervyn LeRoy-directed melodrama about a married directed psychological crime thriller about a 6-year-old girl who works with a fox to solve a crime in the Zootopia animal king- female war reporter in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Falling from the couple torn apart by the husband’s infidelities, Reagan played (Gigi Perreau) who loses her memory after witnessing the dom topped the $67.4 million opening weekend take for 2013 second spot to fifth, “Gods of Egypt,” which also stars Butler, took Helen Lee, a socialite and best friend to Barbara Stanwyck’s murder of her stepmother. Reagan played a doctor who Disney blockbuster “Frozen.” Analysts said “Zootopia” was helped $5 million in its second week. With a production budget of $140 wronged wife. James Mason played Stanwyck’s philandering endeavors to help cure the girl and makes some critical dis- by very positive reviews as well as the relative lack of other family million, it was on track to be the year’s first flop. Rounding out the husband, one of whose consorts was Ava Gardner. “The ladies coveries about the nature of the murder along the way. The films currently in theaters. Action thriller “London Has Fallen” was a rest of the top 10 were: all wear expensive garments and the gentlemen drink expen- New York Times said Reagan gave a “beautiful and convincing” distant second, earning $21.7 million in its opening weekend, “Risen,” $3.9 million sive booze. But that still doesn’t elevate the effort above the performance. level of hopeful pretense,” wrote New York Times critic Bosley according to the estimates from industry tracker Exhibitor “Kung Fu Panda 3,” $3.6 million Relations said. Directed by Iranian-Swedish filmmaker Babak “The Revenant,” $3.3 million Crowther in his review. The next voice you hear ... (1950) Najafi and starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan “Eddie the Eagle,” $3.1 million When God starts giving radio broadcasts in this odd little Freeman, the film is the sequel to 2013’s “Olympus Has Fallen.” “The Witch,” $2.5 million — AFP Shadow on the wall (1950) William A. Wellman film, a married couple (James Whitmore Superhero blockbuster “Deadpool” dropped to the third spot After a run of playing mostly wives and girlfriends, Reagan and Nancy Reagan) and their 11-year-old son living in subur- with $16.4 million, contributing to its $311.2 million take over four got a particularly meaty and serious role in this Pat Jackson- ban Los Angeles are forced to confront their own faith. weeks. Starring Ryan Reynolds as a foul-mouthed Marvel anti- Reagan was praised for her “delightful” performance as the kind, gentle and very pregnant wife in the film.

Night into morning (1951) Reagan plays a widow who saves Ray Milland from his depression and drunkenness after his wife and child die tragi- cally in a fire. Milland and Reagan were both applauded for their performances, but the melancholy story was seen as a bit of a letdown.

Hellcats of the navy (1957) This WWII-set film about a submarine commander charting minefields off the Japanese coast marks the only time Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, already married for five years, shared the big screen. As the land-locked love interest, Nancy Reagan didn’t have much to do besides fret though. It’s far In this March 16, 1983, file photo, first lady Nancy Reagan, from a classic - in fact it’s somewhat derided - but the film This image released by Disney shows a scene left, gets a laugh with Ray Charles, center, and Willie remains an interesting document of historical value just by from the animated film, ‘Zootopia.’ — AP Nelson, right, and other entertainers at a salute to country nature of the fact that it features the future President and first music at Constitution Hall in Washington. — AP photos lady. — AP lifestyle TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

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INDIAN DESIGNERS FEEL THE LOVE AT PARIS FASHION WEEK

he Indians are not just coming-they have arrived. Paris which is then transformed by rural workers in remote corners fashion week is more Indian than ever, with two design- of the country. Ters from the subcontinent cementing their place at “The entire approach we follow is craft-based, village- style’s top table. Rahul Mishra confirmed his reputation as one based and sustainable, which can be credited to my humble of fashion’s rising stars with an autumn winter women swear upbringing,” the science graduate from rural Uttar Pradesh collection of great restraint and purity. In contrast, the never told AFP. “There is such craftsmanship, money cannot make less-than-spectacular Manish Arora bathed in the glory of people work like that, it is done for the love of creating things being awarded one of France’s highest honors by filling his like this,” said Mishra, who called his show, “It Felt Love”. He catwalk with celebrity models that included the artist Sophie said for him the magic is in the hidden artistry which the eye Calle. cannot see, picking up a sari T-shirt which was concealed by a The two designers could not be more different, yet both dress to show the “hand embroidery and stitching done in the were as far from the subcontinental cliches of saris and villages”. sequins as you can imagine. Arora, a Paris favorite who for- “When the world is ruled by machines we need to slow merly headed the Paco Rabanne label, drew on Americana down things and create something with love and ideas. We and Africa rather than India for his Wild West themed “Hell’s need to soak into techniques,” he added. Mishra said he was Belles” show that he called “mad”. But its “Twin Peaks on trying to put poetry back into people’s lives. The collection’s Haribo” look went down a storm with his fans, who particular- signature white and royal blue colors came from Chinese ly loved the zany way he rebooted humble denim jackets and porcelain, he said, with some of the skirts cut from material skirts with tribal embroidery and African wax print fabrics. normally used for elegant table cloths. “It’s all about things With his newly awarded Legion d’Honneur-a kind of which touch the heart,” he said. “We love sipping coffee or tea French knighthood-in his pocket, the Mumbai-born designer from a beautiful china cup. And it is the same for clothes. We cut loose with day-glo coolers and prairie skirt combinations don’t create them just for functionality.”— AFP that were made to party. “I am the first Indian creative to be rewarded for fashion and arts in France,” he told reporters after the show. “It’s exceptional, it took a long time to sink in. Trust the French to find you and tell you that you deserve it.”

‘Slow things down’ The younger Mishra has also been feeling the love, even though his restrained palette never strayed much further than royal blue, black and cream, with a little bit of pale yellow creeping in at the end. The 37-year-old designer, who won the prestigious International Woolmark Prize two years ago, told AFP that his new line was inspired by the unconditional love of his five- month-old daughter. And you could feel a warm glow in the room as models walked out at the Palais de Tokyo modern art gallery. The style bible Vogue loved it, praising the collection as “a new level of accomplish- ment” and the most “streetwise... fresh and contemporary of Mishra’s designs”. Vogue’s legendary style guru Suzy Menkes had already pronounced herself a fan, saying “the delicacy of the knits, which were so fine that they could barely be identified as wool on the runway, was breathtaking.” Mishra-who often quotes Gandhi-has been praised for the way he has melded modern methods with India’s amazing craft traditions. He imports Merino wool from Australia

Models present creations by Rahul Mishra during the 2016-2017 fall/winter ready- to-wear collection. lifestyle TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

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Givenchy and Galliano look back at history, while Celine keeps it simple

tar-power met with conquistadors at Sunday as Kanye West, Ciara and Chris Brown held center stage Sat Paris Fashion Week’s Givenchy’s show that chan- neled the Spanish adventurers who sailed in search of the Cities of Gold. Meanwhile, former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland posed with Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton at John Galliano’s front row, as Celine unveiled its latest fall-winter 2016 collection.

Givenchy’s conquistador Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci is often inspired by combat. In Sunday’s complex and accomplished show the Italian-born designer expressed this - with subtlety - by channeling the Spanish conquistador of the 1500s, who went to South America as a colonizer in search of new land and adven- ture. Native Central American patterning - large eyes and Inca or Mayan-style geometric shapes - appeared in slim- fitting dresses and tops in dark, cream and yellow, on mod- els with eyeliner that elongated the eye. Ominous, large gold coin pendants meanwhile adorned dark, gothic bombers. The conquistador was represented by militaristic jackets in red, black and brown, sometimes with luxuriant fur arms. This collection was very much about the cultural fusion that came about when the Spanish colonizer came to Latin America and discovered the native traditions. As ever with Tisci, the complex reference in this collec- tion were deftly handled - creating a focused and harmo- nious fashion display. Snake skin boots evoked the fauna of the conquistador’s new found terrain, and a series of leop- ard and jaguar-print looks, perfectly evoked the Native Central American tribes’ admiration for wild cats.

Models wear creations for Givenchy’s Fall-winter 2016-2017 ready to wear collection presented in Paris, France, Sunday. — AP/AFP lifestyle TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016

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Galliano’s historical musing with flair into the garments throughout the show. A cobalt Designer Bill Gaytten led spectators through small blue embroidered military jacket had a great diagonal vignettes of history with his rich, encyclopedic show for movement in the lapel, and was paired with a sheer black John Galliano on Sunday. The 33-looks riffed off the silk under dress that sensually exposed the tummy and leg. Romance of 19th century Russian “War and Peace” military Elsewhere, Gaytten channeled the effervescence of the wear alongside Regency London, Neo-Classicism and the 1930s with a crisscross silver pattern on an off-white tulle dapper styles of the 1930s. A long black military coat gown, and conjured up a decorative classic Empire-line opened the show, with a high-collared shirt and off-white dress with pretty puff sleeve. mid-calf pantaloons. The historical dreaming translated

Models present creations for John Galliano during the 2016-2017 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection.

Celine’s simplicity beige jacket that looked ready for a yachting trip and a It was a beautiful, if fairly straight-forward, collection at large sleeveless over jacket in soft brown. Colors were soft the normally thought-provoking Celine Sunday. - peach, dusty pink, biscuit tan - but the standout pieces Silhouettes were on the whole loose, and relied on had a flash of color like cadmium yellow or an enviable voluminous lengths in the pants to produce the effect of bright cobalt blue cross-over leather coat with a triangular swirling and layering. Designer Phoebe Philo seemed to pocket hanging off the hip in a nice touch. have interwoven nautical styles into the mix this season - It was perhaps Philo’s most saleable - and conventional with utilitarian details like pockets, tassels and rope. Stylish - collection to date.—AP crisscross belt embroideries followed a beautiful oversize

Models present creations for Celine during the 2016-2017 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection. Indian designers feel the love at Paris fashion week

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A hot air balloon is silhouetted against the evening sky as the sun sets north of Phoenix. — AP

Shakespeare’s curse-protected Dallas museum grave gets radar survey acquires rare Jackson ocumentary film makers have radar revealed as part of a Channel 4 documentary scanned William Shakespeare’s grave later in the spring,” a spokesman for the church Pollock sculpture Dthis year as Britain celebrates the 400th was quoted as saying. A Channel 4 spokes- anniversary of the Bard’s death, Channel 4 said woman confirmed the report to AFP. he Dallas Museum of Art has acquired a sculpture by and the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway and daugh- Jackson Pollock, one of only six still in existence. The grave in the Holy Trinity Church in ter Suzanna as well as other members of his Tmuseum announced the acquisition Friday, as its Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford upon extended family are buried in graves around his exhibition focusing on Pollock’s lesser-known “black paint- Avon is a place of pilgrimage for fans and has an own. ings” enters its final weeks. The abstract sculpture is cur- inscription on it with a curse against anyone The pre-eminent British writer, who lived rently on display as part of the exhibit, titled “Jackson planning to tamper with it. “Bleste be the man between 1564 and 1616, is believed to have Pollock: Blind Spots.” The exhibit opened in November. It’s that spares these stones, And curst be he that written around 38 plays-although the precise on view through March 20. moves my bones,” the inscription reads. authorship of some works has been disputed- Primarily known for his “drip” paintings, Pollock pro- The survey could help researchers learn and 154 sonnets. Britain is marking the anniver- duced more than a dozen sculptures, but many were later more about Shakespeare’s life and family, help- sary of his death on April 23 with a series of per- lost or destroyed by the artist. The sculpture acquired by ing to detect unmarked or previously unknown formances and academic workshops as well as a the Dallas museum was created in 1956, just weeks before Pollock died at age 44. With the acquisition, the museum graves and items buried within the coffins, the planned candlelit vigil in the Holy Trinity Church This March 1, 2016 photo provided by The Dallas Museum of Art shows a 1956 unti- now has four works by Pollock, including the painting Telegraph reported. “We can confirm a scan has itself on the day. — AFP tled Jackson Pollock sculpture made of plaster, sand, gauze, and wire. — AP been completed. The results of the scan will be “Cathedral.” — AP Germany Beard Contest

Participant Norbert Topf shows off his beard during the International Participant Wolfgang Fuehrs shows off his beard. Participant Juergen Burkhardt shows off his beard. — AP photos German Beard Championships in Schoemberg, Germany, Saturday.