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By B Izzak conspiracy theories KUWAIT: The court of cassation, the top court in the country whose rulings are final, yesterday rejected an Save these children appeal by prominent bedoon (stateless) activist Abdulhakeem Al-Fadhli and five others and upheld a one-year jail term against them to be followed with deportation. Fadhli and others, including his younger brother Ahmad, were convicted of taking part in illegal protests, defying orders and assaulting police. By Badrya Darwish He and the other five activists were arrested during a peaceful gathering by bedoons over two years ago to demand the right to Kuwaiti citizenship and other human rights. The lower court sentenced them to one year in jail, and the sentence was confirmed by the [email protected] appeals court. Police arrested Fadhli last month and he has since been in jail awaiting the cassation court’s ruling. There are an estimated 110,000 bedoons in Kuwait who claim they or their forefathers had been illegally read an article a few days ago written by Reem denied their natural right to Kuwaiti citizenship. The Al-Lougayan. She touched on a key topic, and I government says many of them do not qualify for citi- Ishare her concern. Reem wrote about the phe- zenship after they or their ancestors destroyed their nomenon of fake beggars plaguing the streets of original identification documents to seek Kuwaiti citi- Kuwait. She said that a few men show up at traffic zenship and the many benefits associated with it. lights in cleaners’ uniforms with brooms and dust- Although the court ordered their deportation after the pans pretending to be street sweepers. But in fact jail term, bedoons cannot be deported because they do they are begging. The funny thing is that these not hold any nationality and thus other countries do ‘cleaners’ are showing up at night! not take them. I would like to add to the worries. There are Meanwhile, the African island nation of the Comoros dozens of young children begging at traffic lights, KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (second left) is seen with officials, jury has said it is ready to consider taking Kuwait’s bedoons, in front of co-ops and everywhere in Kuwait. If you newspapers reported yesterday. “If the issue is raised drive down Damascus Street, which is my route to members and winners of the Kuwait Times student art competition ‘Kuwait Beautiful & Green’ during the awards ceremony on Sunday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Pages 37-39) officially, we are ready to discuss it,” visiting Comorian the paper, the same boy can be found standing Continued on Page 13 there selling cheap toys like Star Wars light sabers and pet fish. He has been there for years. I remem- ber him as a small kid, but now he’s a grown young man and he’s still begging at this traffic light. The scorching heat of the sun or the hail and thunder of Trump warns of bad ties with Cameron the winter doesn’t stop him. He must have a partner because he works the morning shift and later in the LONDON: Donald Trump warned yesterday he may end he said on May 5 that anyone who comes through the wants to talk about’.” Trump also blasted the new night, I find another boy there - as if they are doc- up having a bad relationship with British Prime Minister US presidential primaries deserves “respect”. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim elected to tors in a hospital working in shifts. David Cameron, who branded the presumptive Cameron’s spokesman told reporters yesterday: “The run a Western capital city. Khan, who took office on May May I know where is the Ministry of Interior? I’m Republican presidential nominee’s proposal to stop PM has made his views on Donald Trump’s comments 9, has branded Trump “ignorant” on Islam and claimed sure we have enough police and enough patrol cars Muslim immigration to the US “stupid”. “It looks like we very clear: he disagrees with them.” But he added: “He’s the tycoon was making the world more dangerous to catch beggars. My friend tells me she sees the are not going to have a very good relationship,” Trump been clear that he will work with whoever is president of by alienating mainstream Muslims. Trump said he was same thing in Salwa. Just down the police station in told Britain’s ITV television. “Who knows, I hope to have a the United States.” Trump insisted he was “not stupid... offended by Khan’s denouncement. “I think they were front of the school by the co-op, a young boy not good relationship with him but he’s not willing to just the opposite”, and denied he was divisive, calling very rude statements and, frankly, tell him I will more than 10 years old sits almost daily “selling” address the problem either.” himself “a unifier”. remember those statements. They are very nasty state- watermelon. Why isn’t he in school? In December, Trump called for a “total and complete He told ITV his campaign trail policies were just “sug- ments,” Trump said. “When he won I wished him well. This is what’s worrying us. It’s not whether they shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until gestions”, but said there was a “tremendous” problem Now, I don’t care about him. Let’s see how he does, let’s beg or not. We are not against beggars. Don’t mis- our country’s representatives can figure out what is with Islamic extremism. The tycoon rejected claims he see if he’s a good mayor.” A spokesman for Khan yester- understand me. I have a soft heart. But why aren’t going on”, citing “great hatred towards Americans by was anti-Muslim. “Absolutely not. I am anti-terror,” he day again described Trump’s views as “ignorant, divi- these beggar children in school? And I have a feel- large segments of the Muslim population”. Cameron said. Trump said he had “many Muslim friends”, one of sive and dangerous”. “It’s the politics of fear at its worst ing that it’s organized and someone is using and branded the tycoon’s stance as “divisive, stupid and whom told him: “‘Donald you have done us such a and will be rejected at the ballot box,” the spokesman abusing them. Because sometimes I see a car or a wrong” and has refused to retract his comments, though favor: you have brought out a problem that nobody said. — AFP truck with an adult man dropping off these children and later collecting them back. So what is this? It’s a gang, effectively. These boys may be innocent, but they are victims. Buffett takes $1bn I also worry for their safety and welfare as they stand at the traffic light until late in the night. What if someone tries to snatch these boys and abduct bite of Apple stock them for whatever purposes? They are too young to be responsible and left out in the street. I hope the NEW YORK: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is also willing to back one of interior ministry takes this issue up seriously and Buffett has taken a $1 billion stake in the bidders for troubled Internet pioneer helps these children find someplace safe. Apple, whose stock has been in an Yahoo, CNBC television reported yester- extended slump. The stake was revealed day. The report said Buffett had agreed to in a regulatory filing by Buffett’s holding work with Quicken Loans founder and News company Berkshire Hathaway after Apple chairman Dan Gilbert on a bid for the shares skidded last week to their lowest core assets of Yahoo, which has been in brief level in two years. The filing did not indi- evaluating the potential for a sale. Gilbert cate when Buffett purchased the shares is also known as the owner of the NBA’s Dubai airport transit or his reasons, but Buffett is renowned as Cleveland Cavaliers team. “I’m an enor- a “value” investor who takes mous admirer of Dan and what point for drugs traffic positions in firms which he has accomplished in ROME: Dubai airport has become a transit point for smug- trade below what he sees as Quicken Loans,” Buffett said in glers bringing high-value narcotics into Europe, the Italian their fair value. an email to CNBC. police said yesterday. Two smugglers have been arrested in The filing with the “Yahoo is not the type of recent days at Rome’s Fiumicino airport after arriving via CANNES: French-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani poses yesterday during a pho- Securities and Exchange Dubai, they said. One was an 19-year-old Slovak with two thing I’d ever be an equity tocall for the film ‘Paterson’ at the 69th Cannes Film Festival yesterday. — AFP kilos of cocaine stashed in a false bottom of his suitcase who Commission showed partner in. I don’t know the had departed from Rio de Janeiro, while the other was a Berkshire with a holding of business and wouldn’t know Nigerian who hid vials of cocaine in his socks. The street value 9.8 million Apple shares at a how to evaluate it, but if Dan Iran cracks down on of the two seizures was put at around half a million dollars. value of around $1.07 billion. needed financing, with proper The smugglers do not leave Dubai’s transit lounge, as this Apple has been under pres- terms and protections, we would expose them to customs checks. Instead, they use the sure as a result of slowing would be a possible financing Instagram modeling Dubai-Europe leg and the tough anti-drug reputation of the iPhone sales, threatening its help.” Yahoo, which has fallen UAE to mask the country where they began their trip. chief revenue and profit behind rivals such as Google TEHRAN: Iran has arrested eight people found out that about 20 percent of the for working in “un-Islamic” online model- (Iranian) Instagram feed is run by the source. Last Thursday, the and Facebook, has said it is dip in Apple briefly boosted Warren Buffett ing networks, particularly on Instagram, modeling circle,” Javad Babaei said on studying the possibility of a Yemen bans qat on Google parent Alphabet to the head of Tehran’s cybercrimes court state television late Sunday. They have sale as it pursues its efforts to revive weekdays in Aden the number one position among compa- said on state television. The arrests were been “making and spreading immoral growth, focusing on mobile users. ADEN: Authorities in south Yemen have banned the nies based on market value. made under a two-year-old sting opera- and un-Islamic culture and promiscuity”, sale of the mild narcotic qat on working days, and it will Buffett’s entry comes weeks after US telecom giant Verizon is also tion named “Spider II”, targeting among he said. be only allowed into the city of Aden on weekends, wit- another billionaire, Carl Icahn, announced believed to be among the bidders for others models who post photos online Babaei said it was the judiciary’s duty nesses said yesterday. Checkpoints have been set up he had sold all his Apple holdings after an Yahoo, which has not commented on without the hijab covering the hair that to “confront those who committed these around Aden to stop qat shipments from entering the extended campaign to get the company details of the bidding process. Yahoo is compulsory for women in public in crimes in an organized manner”. In addi- port city, as patrols roamed markets to enforce the ban to deliver more value to shareholders. shares rose 2.8 percent to $37.51 after the Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution. tion to the eight arrests, criminal cases on sales, the witnesses said. Security forces said in a Buffett, who is among the world’s richest news report involving Buffett. Gilbert is It identified 170 people running have been opened against 21 other peo- statement that they had decided to “ban the sale of qat people, controls through his holding among those having signed the “Giving online Instagram pages - 59 photogra- ple, he said. The sting operation has in Aden and its suburbs during the week”. The state- group a number of insurance, retail and Pledge”, an initiative launched by Buffett phers and makeup artists, 58 models, 51 homed in on a database of over 300 pop- ment said the ban was prompted by complaints from and Microsoft founder Bill Gates asking fashion salon managers and designers, ular Iranian Instagram accounts and con- citizens and due to “security, social and health” con- media operations. Berkshire recently cerns, adding that qat markets caused traffic jams. boosted its stake in IBM while reducing wealthy people to donate the majority of and two active institutions, according to nected accounts, Babaei said. its holdings in Wal-Mart. their assets to charity. — AFP (See Page 21) a statement from the special court. “We Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with chairperson of the His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and National Assembly Speaker European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula Michele Alloit-Marie, in presence of Marzouq Al-Ghanem are seen in a group photo with secretaries participating in the 19th meeting of the National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem — Amiri Diwan photos GCC legislative councils. Amir meets European Parliament official, GCC legislators

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Alloit-Marie at Bayan Palace, in presence of Minister of ing tackled regional and international issues of impor- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday chair- Deputy Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah tance, a press statement by the bureau said. person of the European Parliament’s delegation for rela- Jarrah Al-Sabah, MP Faisal Al-Shaya and National Assembly Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Later, Alloit-Marie met with Chief of Also yesterday, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh tions with the Arab Peninsula Michele Alloit-Marie. His Secretary General Allam Al-Kandari attended the meetings. National Security Bureau Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sheikh Highness also received secretaries participating in the 19th Meanwhile, Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and the two sides discussed establishing joint cooperation Thamer Al-Ali, as well as deputy head of the ruling family meeting of the GCC legislative councils. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received between Kuwait and the European Parliament. The meet- council Sheikh Dr Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah. — KUNA Ghanem affirms importance of ‘parliamentary diplomacy’

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem affirmed the importance of ‘parlia- mentary diplomacy’ as effective tool in resolving conflicts. Ghanem made his remarks during his speech at the 19th meeting for the GCC’s secre- taries of parliament, national assemblies, and shura councils which began yesterday. The Speaker added that such brand of diplo- macy was not insignificant when it came to par- liaments main missions of legislating laws and supervision. He reiterated that the concept was logical and natural to parliaments’ roles as repre- sentatives of the people. KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- Ghanem also touched on the notion of free- Sabah meets with Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Ahmed bin Al-Sagheer. — KUNA dom and parliaments’ right to bolster relation with other counterparts, stressing that this was an integral part of parliamentary diplomacy. The Kuwait, Tunisia discuss Speaker revealed that a third element to such diplomacy focused on the nature of parliaments labor, social development and their abilities to further enhance relations KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Secretary General of Kuwait’s National Assembly within the domain of foreign affairs. Al-Ghanem delivers his speech at the meeting. Allam Al-Kandari delivers his speech. — KUNA TUNIS/KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Ghanem also called on GCC’s secretaries to and international levels. Moreover, Kandari work, noting that previous meetings have Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafiri discussed with Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah enhance administrative work of parliaments, to revealed that the meeting coincides with an paid ultimate dividends. Minister of Social Affairs Mahmoud Ben Al-Sabah emphasized that Kuwait and best represent their respective legislative bodies, impending milestone, with the expected entry Assistant Secretary General of Legislative and Romdhane means of promoting bilateral Tunisia enjoy ‘strong’ ties, which both coun- and to enable parliamentarians to do their job as of GCC secretary generals into the Inter- Legal Affairs of the GCC Ambassador Hamad Al- ties in all domains. The meeting tackled tries strive to promote and develop in all best as possible. Parliamentary Union (IPU). Meri said that these meetings have resulted in strengthening ties in regards to labor, voca- domains. This remark was made by the Holding such meetings routinely, would numerous accomplishments, regarded as a “bas- tional opportunities and social develop- Minister during a meeting with Tunisian Vital diplomacy facilitate information exchange and coopera- tion of GCC cooperation.” The GCC odyssey ment, Dhafiri said yesterday. The meeting Ambassador to Kuwait Ahmed bin Al- Meanwhile, National Assembly’s Secretary tion amongst GCC secretary generals, the began as a phase of cooperation, only to morph also touched on Kuwaiti Minister of Social Sagheer, the Defense Ministry’s Public General Allam Al-Kandari said that the concept National Assembly’s Secretary General said, into a stage of full-fledged development, Meri Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Relations Department said in a press state- of parliamentary diplomacy tops the agenda of noting that an information system linking added. On the Arab level, Secretary of the Arab Planning Affairs and Development Hind Al- ment yesterday. The meeting also touched a meeting of Gulf secretary generals of legisla- GCC legislative councils is part of fruitful Parliamentary Union Fayez Al-Shawakbeh said Subaih’s upcoming visit to Tunisia. on issues of common concern. — KUNA tive councils, adding that Gulf parliaments results that such meetings yield. In the that the solidarity amongst GCC legislative coun- should look into the ‘vital’ issue. meantime, Secretary General of the Qatari cils was a source of pride for the Arab nation. He In his speech to kick off the meeting, Kandari Shura Council Fahad Mubarak Al-Khayareen affirmed that the success of GCC legislative bod- called for increased efforts to allow MPs to par- said that the meeting has gone through a ies was a triumph for their Arab legislative coun- ticipate in parliamentary diplomacy on regional transitional phase of joint GCC parliamentary terparts. — KUNA Tajik President visits Kuwait University

KUWAIT: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon yesterday visited Kuwait University’s (KU) College of Arts where he was received by Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa, and the Kuwait University’s President Dr Hussain Al-Ansari. President Rahmon, Dr Ansari, and Dean of the College of Arts Dr Suad Abdulwahab each deliv- ered a speech during the occasions, calling for developing educational, cultural, and academic ties between Kuwait and Taijkistan. After the cer- emony, President Rahmon visited a Tajik prod- ucts exhibition held in the university. President Rahmon was accompanied by head of the hon- orary delegation and Amiri Diwan Advisor CAIRO: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Daifallah Sharar. Salman Sabah Al-Humoud Al-Sabah meets with Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh The college organized a reception for Ahmad Al-Tayyib. — KUNA President Rahmon as part of celebrations mark- ing ‘Kuwait Capital of Islamic Culture 2016,’ and Sheikh Salman, Al-Azhar Imam presenting the new copy of a book on Tajikistan’s history. Addressing the event, the Tajik president discuss Muslim youth issues said he was so happy to attend the university’s reception as a writer, adding that the publication CAIRO: Issues related to Arab and Muslim Capital of Islamic culture for 2016’ celebra- of this book in Arabic in Kuwait reflects apprecia- KUWAIT: Kuwait University’s President Dr Hussain Al-Ansari (right) presents a memento to youth were the focus of a meeting held in tions, the country is keen on coordinating tion and gratitude for a people who have made President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (center) as Minister of Education and Minister of Cairo on Sunday between visiting Minister of with fellow Arab countries to benefit from Al- praiseworthy contributions to the enrichment of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa looks on. — KUNA Information and Minister of State for Youth Azhar’s significant efforts in various fields, he human and Islamic civilization. He also hailed the gent views and common goals between both tional peace and stability and fighting terrorism Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Humoud Al- added. This coincides with an Arab youth choosing of Kuwait as the Capital of Islamic nations, hoping that the visit would lead to more and extremism. Sabah and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh campaign launched by the Arab League today Culture, saying that it is a source of pride to the cooperation between both Muslim countries. Earlier yesterday, President of Rahmon met at Ahmad Al-Tayyib. to counter terrorism, violence and extremism, past of both nations and their common denomi- He highly commended Tajikistan’s efforts for his residence in Bayan Palace Chairman of Sheikh Salman and the Imam discussed he said. “We rely much on this campaign for nators. He noted that his country is making ready creating a democratic society based on the rule Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry means of promoting cooperation between the protection of our youth, and to benefit nowadays for marking the 25th anniversary of its of law, promoting diplomatic and cultural rela- (KCCI) Ali Al-Ghanem, the chamber’s members, Kuwait and the Sunni Islam’s most prestigious from Sharia references in our Arab and Muslim independence, adding that it comes at a time tions with other countries, achieving interna- and a number of local businessmen. — KUNA seat of learning, besides the efforts to immu- worlds, particularly in Egypt,” he noted. when Tajikistan is greatly developing thanks to nize youth against deviant thoughts, so as not Meanwhile, the minister conveyed greet- strong resolve and noble goals. to fall prey to extremist and terrorist groups. ings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Rahmon recalled to memory that after his The minister said in a statement that he Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the country became independent in April 1995, he had expressed Kuwait’s high esteem of Al- Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- made his first Arab visit to Kuwait, touting Azhar and its role for combating deviant Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Premier Kuwait as an ideal mole for achieving sustain- thoughts, as well as for disseminating moder- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah able economic and social development and pro- ation around the globe. As part of the ‘Kuwait and the Kuwaiti people to the Imam. — KUNA viding security and welfare to the society.

Launching point On his visit to Kuwait in 1995, when His Kuwaiti delegation participates Highness the Amir was then First Deputy in 55th annual meeting of AALCO Premier and Foreign Minister, he said 1995 was the launching point for forging friendly relations NEW DELHI: Kuwait’s Embassy in New Affairs. The AALCO annual meeting will with Kuwait and His Highness the Amir. Delhi announced yesterday that a high- discuss a number of issues connected However, the Tajik leader hoped that a young level delegation from the Ministry of with international law. generation of Kuwaiti scholars would be inter- Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice Topics such as Israeli violations ested in the history and culture of Tajikistan. arrived in New Delhi to participate in the against Palestine and other occupied ter- Meanwhile, Kuwait University Director Dr. 55th Annual meeting of the Asian African ritories, the legal issues related to the Hussein Al-Ansari addressed the event by appreci- Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). question of Palestine, aspects of violent ating the Tajik president’s visit to the university as A statement by the embassy said that extremism and terrorism, law applica- “historic and significant”, adding that his valuable the Kuwaiti delegation is headed by Saud tions in cyberspace, trade legislations, scientific contribution would contribute to the Abdullah Al-Harabi, advisor at Legal and other issues will be discussed during promotion of bilateral scientific and cultural coop- Department in the Ministry of Foreign the meeting. — KUNA eration. He considered that the distinguished KUWAIT: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon tours a Tajik products exhibition held at bilateral relations are the natural result of diver- Kuwait University yesterday. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 LOCAL Registration for ‘Obedient Son’ Prize starts June 1

By Nawara Fattahova More special This year’s completion is even more spe- KUWAIT: The organizing committee of the cial. “We are cooperating with various insti- ‘Obedient Son’ Prize by the Ibrahim Tahir tutions in GCC countries, and we will pay Al-Baghli Foundation announced launch- field visits to GCC countries to discuss the ing the registration for the prize between idea of holding this prize in those coun- June 1, 2016 and Oct 31, 2016. This is the tries. We have also added new activities this 10th edition of this competition, which has year to give bigger opportunities to more developed through the years. The founda- categories to participate, including a poet- tion is a social voluntary group engaged in ry competition in cooperation with the various activities to support persons who Kuwait Writers Association,” he added. are taking care of their parents, relatives or Other competitions include a drawing even their community through executing competition in cooperation with the various awareness projects. Kuwait Association for Fine Arts, a photog- It cooperates with NGOs and public and raphy competition in cooperation with the private institutions in Kuwait to bring ben- Kuwait Journalists Association, and a short efits for the whole community. The founda- story competition in cooperation with the tion also organizes competitions for stu- Kuwait Writers Association. The participat- dents of all grades including universities, in ing works of all the categories should be addition of holding educational programs related to parents’ obedience. KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah heads the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA focusing on obedience in all forms. “When Ali Hassan, head of the higher commit- we talk about humanitarian and social tee at the foundation, noted that the num- work, we feel proud of the efforts of His ber of participants is rising every year, Cabinet ‘very unhappy’ over FIFA’s Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad which proves the success of this prize. “The Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who has supported foundation works on achieving the social many projects in different countries. This cooperation between NGOs and public continued suspension of sports was also appreciated by the United institutions in order to raise the meaning of Nations, which named him a Humanitarian parents’ obedience, which is part of social KUWAIT: The Cabinet was “very unhappy” Letters Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Leader, and honored Kuwait as an interna- morals and habits of the Kuwait society,” he over FIFA Congress vote that failed to lift a At the onset of the meeting held under chair- Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Acting Oil tional center for humanitarian work,” said stated. People can register in the prize by suspension of the nation’s football association. manship of Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Anas Khaled Al-Saleh, along with a Ibrahim Al-Baghli, Chairman of the visiting their headquarters at Safwa Tower The Cabinet requested a full report from the Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- number of Amiri Diwan and Foreign Ministry Foundation. in Mirqab. Public Authority for Sports (PAS) on necessary Sabah, the cabinet was apprised of a letter officials. The Cabinet voiced confidence that the procedures that are required to fix the football received by His Highness the Amir from summit would yield further cooperation towards situation, State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel humanitarian causes across the globe. Moreover, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Adbullah Al-Mubarak Aziz inviting him to attend the 27th Arab the Cabinet welcomed President of Tajikistan Al-Sabah told the press after the Cabinet’s Summit due in Nouakchott next July. Emomali Rahmon’s visit to the country, wishing meeting yesterday. The cabinet was also notified by a letter sent him a pleasant stay in Kuwait. He added that these procedures should to His Highness the Amir from UN Secretary- ensure eliminating all obstacles, promoting General Ban Ki-moon on ways of supporting the Yemeni talks activities of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Meanwhile, the Cabinet was also informed of sports and to enabling athletes to practice their Tuberculosis and Malaria. the progress of United Nations (UN) sponsored sports. FIFA suspended the Kuwait Football The ministers then addressed a message sent Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait, as it wished that a Association (KFA) last October after finding the to His Highness the Amir from Turkish Prime swift solution to the conflict would be reached government had interfered in the group’s affairs. Minister Ahmet inviting him to attend a meeting in order to restore peace and stability in Yemen. Last Friday, the FIFA Congress voted to continue of the Programme of Action for the Least In addition, the Cabinet extended its condo- the suspension of Kuwait. Developed Countries for the Decade due in lences over the passing away of Member of the The Cabinet also listened to an explanation Antalya between May 27-29, 2016. The cabinet Parliament Hamad Abdullah Al-Joaan who by Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh, one that per- was also notified of a letter to His Highness the played a positive role in serving his country tains to a report by Moody’s Corporation Prime Minister from Portuguese Prime Minister through the podium of the parliament. The Investor’s Service, which placed Kuwait’s Aa2 Antonio Costa inviting him to visit Portugal and Cabinet also expressed condolence to the pass- long-term issuer rating on review for down- hailing bilateral relations. ing away of former General Staff of Kuwait grade. Moody’s will review the rating in twelve The Cabinet was informed who would make Armed Forces retired Lieutenant General KUWAIT: (From left) Kuwait Journalists Association’s Secretary Faisal Al-Qanaie, head months’ time, Saleh revealed. The Cabinet said up Kuwait’s delegation to accompany His Abdulrahman Al-Othman, who died in the of the higher committee at the Ibrahim Tahir Al-Baghli Foundation Ali Hassan, the that it is satisfied with Kuwait’s placing, adding Highness the Amir to attend the World French Capital of Paris. It also discussed topic foundation’s Chairman Ibrahim Al-Baghli, and Secretary of the Kuwait Association that it will spare no effort to retain that placing Humanitarian Summit scheduled for May 22-24 listed on the National Assembly’s agenda. for Fine Arts Saad Al-Blousi attend the press conference. — Photo by Joseph Shagra through achieving financial reforms and eco- in Turkey. The delegation includes First Deputy Moreover, it tackled reports on the latest region- nomic development goals. Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh al and international developments. — KUNA Ooredoo reveals Ramadan 2016 activities’ calendar Kuwaiti women key in

KUWAIT: During a press conference grams that enabled the trainees to par- held at the company’s headquarter in ticipate, which is our aim from the start. development: Sheikh Ali Kuwait City, Ooredoo Kuwait, a member This year, we will be delivering meals for of the international Ooredoo Group, has those in need in more than one location, announced its Ramadan activities’ calen- and not just in our Ramadan tent.” dar. The events include internal initia- Representing Spread the Passion, Dr Kuwait marks Kuwaiti Women’s Day tives targeting Ooredoo’s staff members, Fatemah Al-Moussawi said: “we are hap- and external initiatives targeting differ- py to be working of the second consecu- KUWAIT: Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs ent societal segments. This year will wit- tive year with Ooredoo, and are proud Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah stressed on the ness the second edition of Ooredoo’s to see Kuwaiti private sector corporates important role played by Kuwaiti women in the successful volunteer program. take in a more proactive role in sup- country’s development. “Kuwaiti women have Volunteers will be the main force in porting volunteers. The training pro- outstanding achievements in different fields and planning and executing a number of gram will include intensive training in a are worthy of having their full rights on all lev- events running simultaneously across variety of subjects focused and of rele- els,” said Sheikh Ali on the sidelines of a ceremo- Kuwait, focusing on volunteerism. vance to the field of volunteerism. ny to celebrate Kuwaiti Women’s Day. The event The re-launch of Ooredoo Volunteer We’re very happy to be supporting was held by the Cabinet’s Women Affairs Program comes as a result of the great youth, especially those who are looking Committee yesterday under the patronage of success achieved upon the official for opportunities to volunteer. There is His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad launch of the program last year. This nothing more precious that volunteer- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. program was launched in cooperation ing your time and effort for a cause that Meanwhile, the committee’s Chairwoman with Spread the Passion, a local non- you believe in, and that is the main Sheikha Latifa Al-Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah profit organization which aims at drive behind what we do.” thanked His Highness the Amir for patronizing encouraging youth to be more engaged the event, also noting His Highness’ efforts to in voluntarily programs. The accompa- Positive return grant women their political rights in 2005. nying training program will continue for Ooredoo will also be sponsoring Sheikha Latifa said that Kuwaiti women were a whole month and will include work- ATAHUB initiative that aims to raise the appointed as ministers and occupied seats at the shops, training camp, and will be con- community awareness, collaboration National Assembly for the first time during the cluded with official certification. Training and engagement in initiatives that have era of His Highness the Amir, who believed in program follows international standards, a positive return on the society and its their potentials. Sheikha Latifa recalled that 11 supervised by Spread the Passion. needs. In addition to Jaribha initiative, years ago an Amiri decree was issued giving which is an online platform based on Kuwaiti women their full political rights thanks Active participation the concept of “reward crowd funding”, to His Highness the Amir’s blessed efforts out of During the press conference, where business creators can achieve his belief in women’s significant role, position Ooreodo Kuwait’s Corporate their project goals through the support and societal value. She expressed believe that Communications director Mijbil Alayoub of people in return for rewards. the Kuwaiti Women’s Day is a proof of promising said: “We at Ooredoo are eager to active- Also, Ooredoo took the responsibili- future for the nation where women would be an ly participate in activities that enrich our ty to conduct several charitable events, effective element and a key partner to develop- KUWAIT: Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah (left) and society. We are happy to have a number such as giving out meals daily through- ment, progress and welfare. Chairwoman of the Cabinet’s Women Affairs Committee Sheikha Latifa Al-Fahad Al-Salem Al- of key initiatives running throughout out the month of Ramadan at She also thanked official and nonofficial Sabah attend a ceremony to celebrate Kuwait’s Women Day. — Amiri Diwan photos the holy month of Ramadan. We are also Ooredoo’s Iftar tent located in Al-Soor agencies and civil society organizations as well happy to announce that there will be a street, Kuwait City, opposite to the as sincere national figures for supporting speech on behalf of Chairwoman of the UAE ship. Meanwhile, ambassadors of Egypt, special promotion for our valued cus- company’s headquarter. As well as women in their long struggle to get their full General Women’s Union Fatma Bint Mubarak Lebanon, Djibouti and Algeria attending the tomers during the month of Ramadan. organizing visits to nursing home, rights. Sheikha Latifa took this opportunity to that the UAE is keen to share Kuwaiti women in event have all agreed on the prominent role We are also working on a very unique orphanages and patients at different highly commend all Kuwaiti women who shoul- this celebration, hailing their achievements. She played by Kuwaiti women in the fields of econo- television commercial, and we hope that hospitals across Kuwait. dered responsibility, struggled and sacrificed for added that Kuwaiti women have played a key my, culture, journalism and politics, as well as it is well-received by our audience.” Internally, employees will celebrate a the sake of the nation. role in different fields, and held senior posts their successful participation in vital internation- Ooredoo CSR and Sponsorship ghabqa, which is a Kuwaiti tradition Afterwards, Najea Saif Al-Mansouri said in a thanks to the support of Kuwait’s wise leader- al events. — KUNA Specialist Sarah Al-Qabandi said: “We are where people gather in the evening proud to be partnering with Spread the over a meal to socialize. The aim of this Passion for the second consecutive year. event is to strengthen the bond Last year’s success was outstanding. The between employees away from the Municipal Council meeting discusses parking spaces initiative diverged into many other pro- demanding nature of the workplace. By Meshaal Al-Enezi not cooperative and tried to avoid answering Minister of State for Assembly Affairs Ali Al- the questions. Omair to conduct an urgent environmental KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director survey in Dhaher and to take proper measures Ahmed Al-Manfouhi said that responding to Approvals to handle violations because the area is suffer- a request by Municipal Council member The Municipal Council’s meeting approved ing from waste and sewage. “Citizens’ health is Osama Al-Otaibi, the Municipal Council reorganizing Sheikh Salem Al-Nasser’s lands very crucial and this matter cannot be would get a report about the number of in Abu Fatira, launching a hotline to help fight delayed or postponed,” he stressed, calling for licensed and unlicensed parking spaces adja- the presence of bachelors in private residen- immediate disposal of polluting elements. cent to various towers and shopping malls tial areas, the Foreign Minister’s request to Huwailah also called for the immediate within two weeks. In this regard, council allocate two land plots to build a permanent removal of the slaughterhouse and the MPW member Mane Al-Ajmi said that some of the headquarters for GCC and a training center in plant to other locations away from residential parking spaces in the Capital Governorate West Mishref and a request made by the areas to protect inhabitants from pollution were located on state property without any awqaf ministry to build a monument for the that had been causing the spread of infec- license from the municipality. autism center in West Mishref. The meeting tious disease-carrying insects. Huwailah Member Fahd Al-Sane said that activating also discussed a number of other topics added that slaughterhouse wastes were not the central food testing labs and building spe- including a proposal to build a municipality being properly treated or handled and that cial ones at border exits must be referred to court, violations in residential areas, a propos- they were being dumped in open garbage the technical committee and discussed with al to build a market in Jahra and many others. containers, causing noxious smells and both the municipality and the Ministry of attracting insects. Huwailah added that the Health (MoH). Meanwhile, member Hassan Environmental survey Ministry of Public Works (MPW) plant was old KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait officials: (from left) Abdulmohsin Almayyas, Fatima Kamal criticized the municipality’s response to In other news, MP Mohammed Al- and that sewage water was being kept in an Al-Mosawi, Mijbil Alayoub, Fatima Dashti and Sarah Al-Qabandi attend a press inquiries made about the mechanism fol- Huwailah urged Minister of Communications open basin for long because the old equip- conference held to announce the company’s Ramadan activities’ calendar. lowed on promoting its employees to senior and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa ment malfunctions, which results in foul — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat positions, noting that the municipality was Al-Kandari and Minister of Public Works and odors and insects. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 LOCAL

In Brief Amir expresses condolences US renews commitment to UN envoy meets protecting Kuwait security over late former MP Joaan Yemeni parties KUWAIT: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Cheikh Ahmed held separate meetings with all Yemeni Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent yesterday a cable of con- Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received a phone call from US Secretary of State parties participating in the Kuwaiti-sponsored peace talks dolences to the family of late former MP Hamad yesterday, to discuss mainly political, security and humani- Abdullah Al-Joaan. His Highness the Amir expressed his John Kerry on Sunday. During the conversation Kerry reaffirmed his country’s commitment to pro- tarian issues. The meetings discussed articles set by the UN deepest condolences and sincere sorrow over Joaan’s to achieve a peaceful political transition in Yemen in accor- death, recalling his great and distinguished contribu- tect the security and stability of Kuwait, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Kerry appreciated dance with the UN Security Council’s articles, the GCC ini- tions to Kuwait throughout his career. His Highness the Kuwait’s contributions to the efforts to stabilize the tiative and the final recommendations of the Yemen’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- region, referring to Kuwait’s hosting of the intra- national dialogue conference. On Sunday, the UN envoy Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Yemeni peace talks. The conversation also dealt has set clashing Yemeni parties before a ‘historical respon- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar with the latest developments of the situation in the sibility’ to take a “decisive” decision and determine the fate cables. — KUNA region and beyond. —KUNA of their country at that critical point. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: A pigeon makes a home out of a window carving, commonly known in Kuwait as a ‘Mashrabiya.’ — KUNA Zain announces Envoy initiates 7th partnership with Booking.com to African medical camp

reward customers KHARTOUM/DAR ES SALAAM: Kuwait’s editions having taken place in Kenya, Ambassador to Sudan Talal Al-Hajeri initiated Gambia, Somalia, Tanzania and Djibouti. This KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator with yesterday a medical camp organized by year’s installment of the camp is set to be the operations in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, Kuwait’s Direct Aid society, the seventh such biggest, with more than 700 surgical proce- announces a ground-breaking agreement with Booking.com to initiative to take place in the African conti- dures expected to take place, he added. offer Zain customers additional complimentary mobile services for nent. In a press statement, Hajeri said that he using the hotel service through a dedicated URL. Booking.com is is elated to have kick started the camp, with Leap forward one of the most successful hotel reservation booking services participation of a total of 32 doctors from a In other news, Kuwait’s Ambassador to online, and the service is now available to Zain customers in vast range of medical fields. Tanzania Jassim Al-Najem said yesterday Kuwait and Iraq. It will be rolled out to other Zain country opera- Moreover, the Kuwaiti Ambassador said that establishing charity centers in Tanzania tions in due course. that the camp is a testament to Kuwait’s devo- represented a leap forward in Kuwait’s Zain customers who book a hotel stay through booking.zain.com tion to humanitarian causes, which further humanitarian work. The ambassador made will gain exclusive benefits based on the value of their booking. By solidifies the country’s position as a ‘humani- his remarks during a tour of Rahma inserting their phone number, each time they complete a booking on tarian center.’ A contingent of doctors from International Charity complex, which is the site and fulfill the reservation, they will be rewarded with the allo- Kuwait is in the East African nation to provide sponsored and supervised by Africa Aid cation of additional mobile data or voice benefits that are credited to free medical care to the people of Sudan, organization. either their prepaid or post-paid line. through conducting varied surgical proce- The ambassador added that the com- In Kuwait, customers will receive additional free Internet capac- dures in some of the country’s hospitals, Hajeri plex, covering around 40 acres of land, was ity of up to 1TB, while in Iraq, customers will benefit from addition- noted. being built in Mkuranga area, 40 kilometers al voice and SMS credits. Other Zain country operations will offer Meanwhile, Khartoum’s Health Minister south of Dar es Salaam. Last March, Najem similar benefits according to the local market preferences. Mamoun Hmaida extolled Kuwait’s efforts inaugurated the Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Commenting on the latest digital partnership with Booking.com, towards humanitarian causes in more than Center in Pemba Island, near Zanzibar. The Zain Group CEO, Scott Gegenheimer said, “As we evolve to 30 African nations, in dire need of such aid. Ambassador asserted Kuwait’s continuing become a digital lifestyle operator, this agreement with another Director General of Direct Aid society Dr humanitarian support through Kuwaiti world class digital marketplace provider represents Zain’s ongoing Abdullah Al-Sumait noted that the camp is charities, most importantly projects that DAR ES SALAAM: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Tanzania Jassim Al-Najem is seen dur- commitment to delivering exciting and compelling user experi- the seventh to take place in Africa, with past benefit communities in Tanzania. — KUNA ing a tour of Rahma International Charity complex. — KUNA ences to our customers. We admire Booking.com’s customer orien- tation in its own right, and feel that the collaboration between our two organizations will be of enormous mutual benefit offering our customers the best choice of rewards and convenience.” The partnership with Booking.com further builds on the estab- lishment of the Zain Digital Frontier and Innovation (ZDFI) busi- ness unit, which is charged with launching Zain into the digital space by identifying new business areas, value-adding strategic partnerships, accretive acquisition opportunities and synergistic corporate venturing investments. Collectively, these activities look to create new revenue streams to maximize the group’s high- speed 4G-LTE broadband networks, customer assets, network intelligence and payment and billing frameworks. ZDFI focuses on the areas of innovation; digital services; corporate venturing; and smart cities. In the past, Zain has partnered with other leading global tech- nology and content companies such as Uber and global computer game developer ZeptoLab to deliver rich content and value added services to the benefit and delight of its customers. Truly international, Booking.com is available in more than 40 languages, and offers over 900,000 active properties in 223 coun- tries and territories. The site offers competitive hotel rates and an easy, efficient and inexpensive way for leisure and business travel- ers to choose and book accommodation from a wide range of choices. A team of more than 11,000 multi-lingual customer serv- ice representatives support customers 24/7. KHARTOUM: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Sudan Talal Al-Hajeri is pictured with a number of Kuwaiti doctors. — KUNA TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 LOCAL Livestock company ready for Ramadan KNET prepared for cash withdrawal demand

By A Saleh and stressed that KLTT only dealt with official expected demand on ATM cash withdrawals to slaughterhouses. increase during the coming period, namely the KUWAIT: Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading KLTT Chairman Bader Nasser Al-Subaei said last week before Ramadan, which would also Company is ready for the upcoming holy month the company was currently building a new ship to coincide with the approach of the summer vaca- of Ramadan by providing all the needed meat join its fleet, which will be the world’s largest live- tion. He added that the company has prepared a and live sheep supply in addition to minced and stock transport vessel with a capacity of 80,000 special emergency plan for this period if any ATM frozen meat products, CEO Osama Boodai said. sheep and 15,000 cows and calves. He added that or POS machine malfunctions at any time. “We “We have imported over 120,000 Australian the ship would cost €71 million. Subaei added have over 600 ATMs in addition to 1,700 others sheep for Ramadan and will receive a further that KLTT was currently building the new Capital belonging to banks operating in Kuwait, and 40,000 by the end of this month,” Boodai said, slaughterhouse and the central livestock market 47,000 POS machines operating 24/7 at various adding that KLTT will give a free platter of minced over an area of 94,000 sq m at a total cost of KD stores and markets,” he explained. Ajmi added sheep meat with every sheep customers pur- 11 million. that the emergency plan includes increasing KUWAIT: A firefighter inspects damage after a blaze was put out inside an apartment chase, in addition to providing special meat cuts ATMs’ capacity, filling them with cash more than in Saad Al-Abdullah yesterday. to be used for making harees at KD 1.25 per kilo- Cash withdrawal once a day, dividing Kuwait into sectors according gram. Boodai also denied alleged violations of Separately, the Shared Electronic Banking to withdrawal rates and providing company tech- animal rights made by some Australian bodies Services Company (KNET) CEO Abdullah Al-Ajmi nicians on a 24/7 basis to handle any malfunction. Disabled girl,

KOC brought maid dead in fire down gas burning By Hanan Al-Saadoun Jleeb, Ardiya and backup centers respond- ed. The house was used as a foam ware- rate to one KUWAIT: A disabled girl and a domestic house. The fire was put out before reaching helper died in a fire reported inside a Saad nearby a house, which were evacuated as a percent last year Al-Abdullah apartment yesterday. A security precaution. No injuries were reported. source said when firemen inspected the KUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil first floor apartment after the fire was put Traffic campaigns Company (KOC) Jamal Ja’afar said Sunday his company out, they found a 31-year-old bedoon girl, The traffic department carried out sever- was able to reduce the rate of gas burning dramatical- in addition to an Indian woman dead inside. al surprise campaigns recently, resulting in ly from 17 percent in 2005-2006 to just one percent The sources added that the rest of the fami- issuing 48,284 citations and impounding last year. ly members were brought out safe. 1,995 vehicles and five motorcycles, while “This great achievement will serve as a reference Investigations are underway to determine 43 persons were detained for committing point for the company while developing its strategy the cause of the fire. Separately, firemen put grave violations. Ten were deported for driv- for 2040,” he said during a ceremony to celebrate the out a fire in a Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh house, as ing without a license. 25th anniversary of KOC’s strategic partnership with Kuwait University (KU). The function gathered Minister of Education and Interior Ministry convenes Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Isa, the two former ministers of oil Abulmohsen Al-Mad’aj and meeting on security vision Rashid Al-Omeiri, KU Chancellor Dr Hussein Al-Ansari, dean of the College of Engineering and Petroleum Dr KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and gency relating to security or traffic during Abdullatif Al-Khleifi and Head of the Petroleum Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al- the holy month of Ramadan in collabora- New traffic patrols Engineering Dept. Dr Abdullah Al-Ajmi, as well as Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met senior tion with the other state departments and dozens of academics and experts in the oil industry. security officers and field commanders of non-government organizations, according Ja’afar noted that the strategic partnership with his ministry on Sunday to discuss the secu- to a statement by the Ministry’s Security on duty today the scientific and academic community made great rity vision for 2016-2017. Media Dept. strides in the last years and bore fruits in meeting the During the meeting, Assistant Sheikh Mohammad voiced satisfaction world standards of occupational safety, public health Undersecretary of the Ministry for the with the security plans and the level of pre- KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Relations and change of colors came after a full study by and environment protection. Security Information Department Director specialists, to enable the public to distin- Operations Affairs Major General Jamal Al- paredness of the security personnel who He took pride in the successful cooperation Sayegh made a presentation on the mis- were able to timely arrest the law-violators. General Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash said guish between ministry sectors in the between KOC and College of Engineering and new traffic patrol cars will become opera- field. Hashash said that any new event at sions of the various sectors of the Ministry He called for ensuring smooth traffic dur- Petroleum in building the capacity of the nation- as prescribed in plan for maintaining the ing the fasting month, and for early plan- tional today. He said the traffic sector the Interior Ministry is preceded by a al cadres and promoting the energy industry received 220 patrol cars that will start media campaign by his department to rule of law nationwide. ning for the parliamentary elections, due to which constitutes the backbone of the national The minister was briefed on the execu- be held in January, 2017, the statement work today, while 220 more will be inform citizens and expats about the latest economy. — KUNA received on June 1. Hashash said the events at the ministry. tive procedures for addressing any emer- added. — KUNA TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 From the Arabic press

Al-Qabas Crime Smile is key Report to happiness Search for mugger KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti citizen told police that a man stopped By Nermin Al-Houti him on Wafra Road, put a knife to his neck and took his wallet and mobile phone. The man said he stopped for the he world is going through a period of psy- man thinking he needed help, but he pulled a knife on him chological, material and other pressures and took his money and phone. Detectives are searching Tthat makes one always ready for disputes for the suspect. and differences with others, not for anything other than turning these fights into venting Bootlegger arrested what one carries in the form of negative charges. Police arrested an Indian man who was on his way The individual has become detached from his to deliver 100 bottles of homebrewed liquor to anoth- society due to solitariness in order to be away er man who sold them. The Indian was sent to the from his world, which caused him much trouble Drug Control General Department (DCGD). Police in his life, thinking that this distancing and isola- patrol officers noticed the Indian was nervous when tion will spare his life from life’s troubles some- stopped, so his car was searched and the 100 bottles how. This is the situation and this is the attitude were found. Meanwhile, policemen arrested a wanted of people. Everybody looks at the other with citizen after she verbally insulted them and sent her to what they have. The individual no longer wants the Drugs Control General Department. goodness for his brother, until our societies became weaving relations with struggles. The result is the loss of love, forgiveness and joy, and Gamblers caught Ahmadi police arrested five Indians gambling in an we ended up with losing the meaning of a smile. open yard in Fintas. They had liquor and gambling tools. A The morning starts screaming that shakes the security source said Ahmadi patrols noticed a group of house due to several reasons, including a tussle people in a suspicious gathering, and when they between the mother and the nanny in the Al-Jarida approached them, they escaped on foot, but were caught. house, or the struggle turns to be between the They were arrested and sent to Fintas police station for fur- children and the mother and other daily con- ther legal action. flicts. This is the start of any new day. Everybody go to work, school or university, and there remain some in the house to carry out their Girl freed No family visit visas for A security source said a Kuwaiti citizen in Mahboula work. Those who left home will be hit on the told police she saw a speeding pickup truck with a girl streets by many conflicts, be they between vehi- in the backseat crying for help, so Interior Ministry cles, congestions or those who throw trash on relatives born before 1950 operations were informed. The entire area was the road and other negatives. The individual combed and the vehicle was located. The driver was increase his negative energy and those who arrested and the girl, a citizen, was freed. It was discov- remain home continue the conflict, and the Visit visas’ extension stopped till further notice ered that the girl and the driver are in a relationship, cycle goes on with increased negative charges and that she had ignored his calls for weeks. He until the day is over without a single smile on abducted her in an attempt to resume their relation- the face of the individual. KUWAIT: A foreigner living in Kuwait the directors have already started to spouses and children by 100 percent, ship, but he ended up in police custody. Societies, individuals and countries no longer will not be allowed to issue a family suspend the extensions since becoming KD 200 for the wife and KD know the meaning of the smile - rather how to visit visa for a parent or sibling born in Saturday. Under plans proposed by 150 for each child instead of the cur- make it for their people and members of their 1950 or earlier, according to new the Interior Ministry to increase resi- rent fare of KD 100 for the wife and Weapon smuggling failed family. If the human being reviews his daily rou- Interior Ministry directives. The deci- dency fees in Kuwait, a visit visa’s children each. The new fees include A citizen failed in his attempt to smuggle a firearm he tine and attempts to change events to avoid all sions, made by Assistant charge would jump from KD 2 to KD paying KD 300 for a dependency visas hid under the driver’s seat upon his arrival at Nuwaiseeb his daily conflicts, he will find out that the best Undersecretary for Citizenship and issued by an expat for his parent; a fee border outlet, and he was sent to the weapons detectives Passports Affairs Major General Sheikh that currently stands at KD 200. start for him is smiling for others. department. Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, come to Meanwhile, a 100 percent increase is For example, and not limited to it, is when the ‘fight manipulation’ and prevent indi- also proposed for visa renewal mother wakes up early in the morning to pre- viduals from using the visit visa in charges, becoming KD 20 instead of Security breach pare breakfast and get her children ready for order to bring his sick relatives to KD 10 for all types of visa. In a strange and clear violation at Kuwait school. What will happen instead of screaming receive free treatment in Kuwait, Al- A report last February indicated International Airport, a Turkish man entered the coun- and disputes with others, if the mother asks for Rai reported yesterday quoting that the Interior Ministry had referred try without registering his arrival in the computer sys- things while smiling?! The smile on the face of sources. The new condition also helps the study to the National Assembly tem nor was his passport stamped. A security source the human being gives him a beautiful look that prevent using visit visas to bring indi- for approval. It is currently not known said the Turkish man asked local authorities why his sends to the other the feelings of satisfaction viduals to Kuwait for begging during when the parliament will debate it, passport was not stamped on his arrival to Kuwait and and love, which produces positive charges that Ramadan, said the sources who spoke but if it does pass the new tariffs, it not documented in the computer. He was worried work on calming the counter powers. on the condition of anonymity. would be the first time in Kuwait’s about any legal responsibility, and wondered whether So what do you think, dear manager, teacher Meanwhile, Directors of residency history that MPs have approved this was a new procedure. The source considered what and all those who are officials, will happen when affairs departments in all six gover- increasing fees collected from expats happened as a security breach at Kuwait airport by the you smile and say good morning? A final word: norates received verbal orders to sus- to issue visas. counter employee. The smile is the key to happiness - so smile dear pend the extension of all types of visit Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Increasing visa fees is part of the reader, in order for life to smile for you. visas until further notice, Al-Qabas state’s plans to diversify sources of —Translated by Kuwait Times reported yesterday quoting a security 30 for each month of the visa’s dura- income in light of the falling oil prices. Brothel busted source familiar with the news. The tion, while it would only be renewable This includes increasing the fees col- Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police raided an apartment in the decision comes as plans to increase for a maximum of three months. lected for residency visa and traffic area used as a brothel by four men and four women, all visa fees are set to be implemented The study also stipulates increasing fines, which have been unchanged for Ethiopian, and one of them was found wanted on several News soon, said the sources, adding that fees to issue dependency visas for over 40 years, according to sources. cases. — Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa In brief

Four and a half hours work time in Ramadan KUWAIT: Ramadan’s working hours in the public sector will be between 9:30 am and 2:00 pm on weekdays, sources said. This covers 22 state departments, while working hours in other departments would be from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm, said the sources, noting that the Civil Service Commission is expected to make an official announcement regarding Ramadan’s timings in the near future. —Al-Qabas

Customs’ devices KUWAIT: The Customs General Department signed a contract with Global company to import devices to detect explosives, drugs and alcoholic drinks worth KD 20 million. The devices will be imported starting from next June, said Adnan Al-Qudhaibi, Assistant Director for Customs Ports Affairs.—Al-Rai UFM’s CEO, Ahmad Al Kandiri (left) receives the award from KIPCO’s Board Member, Moustapha Chami (left) is awarded as ‘Best Employee of the Year 2016’ by KIPCO’s 50,000 workers Abdullah Bishara (center) and KIPCO GCOO, Samer Khanachet Board Member, Abdullah Bishara (center) and KIPCO GCOO, Samer Khanachet KUWAIT: The total number of workers at the Clean Fuel Project is expected to reach between 27,000 and 30,000 by the end of October, sources said, adding that the number is KIPCO announces 2016 achievement awards expected to reach 50,000 by the first quarter of 2017. There are around 20,000 workers at the project’s site now, the KUWAIT: Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) has sources said, adding that coordination is in place to receive announced the winners of its annual achievement awards. more than 1,000 workers a week. The project, which is slat- The awards were presented by KIPCO’s Board Member, ed to end in 2017, is currently 53 percent complete, the Abdullah Bishara, and Group Chief Operating Officer, sources said. — Al-Rai Samer Khanachet, at the company’s 10th Annual Gala Dinner which took place in the Sheikha Salwa Hall at the ‘Kuwaitization’ Marina Hotel, Salmiya. The event brought together over KUWAIT: The oil sector intends to increase the number 400 KIPCO Group employees from over 20 companies of Kuwaiti workers in contractors’ contracts from 25 to across the MENA region. 30 percent. Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has already The ‘KIPCO Group Best Company of the Year 2016’ was exceeded the required percentage of ‘Kuwaitization’ in awarded to United Facilities Management (UFM). UFM, a contracts, which employ a total of 2,800 Kuwaitis out subsidiary of United Real Estate, is bringing experience and of around 10,600 workers. — Al-Anbaa expertise in facility management to new markets in the region. The award was presented to the Vice Chairman and CEO of UFM, Ahmad Al-Kandari. US tax declarations The ‘KIPCO Group Employee of the Year 2016’ award KUWAIT: The final date to present US tax declarations went to the Pulsar Knowledge Center (PKC) Team for suc- under the ‘FATCA’ law is June 15, 2016, said Abdulaziz Al- cessful business growth and expansion. The award was Anjari, head of the US tax office in Kuwait. He urged US citi- presented to the CEO of PKC, Narendra Baliga. The winner zens and US Green Card holders to provide their declara- of the ‘KIPCO Best Employee of the Year 2016’ was PKC’s CEO, Narendra Baliga (third from right) and his team receive the award from KIPCO’s Board Member, tions in due time in order to send them to the US’ Internal Moustapha Chami from the Accounts and Finance Abdullah Bishara (secand right) and KIPCO GCOO, Samer Khanachet Revenue Service (IRS), he added. —Al-Anbaa Department. KFH hails Capital Governor’s efforts

KUWAIT: Governor of the Capital Governorate bank’s keenness to take part in the issues that lic and official authorities. Retired Lieutenant-General Thabit Al- are of interest to the society and the develop- Meanwhile, Mukhaizeem reiterated KFH’s Muhanna received a delegation from Kuwait ment process. role in serving the society as part of the bank’s Finance House (KFH) headed by Group Chief Muhanna voiced interest in collaborating social responsibility and the development Strategy Officer Engineer Fahad Khaled Al- with KFH in different projects that serve many project of the country. He hailed the ceaseless Mukhaizeem and Executive Manager Group fields in the Capital governorate, stressing the efforts exerted by Governor Muhanna, Public Relations, Yousef Abdullah Al-Ruwaieh importance of concerted efforts to show the expressing the bank’s appreciation to these for the quest to discuss opportunities for brightest image of the Capital. He added that efforts and the bank’s readiness to boost col- cooperation and coordination between the the Capital Governorate exerts unremitting laboration. Mukhaizeem handed over an hon- two sides. efforts for the sake of achieving development, orary shield to Muhanna in recognition of his During the visit, the Governor applauded indicating that KFH visit reflects the bank’s efforts and plans that resulted in several Group Chief Strategy Officer at KFH Engineer Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem hands KFH for its various contributions to support priority to support and serve the society in achievements at many fields in the Capital over the shield to Governor of the Capital Governorate Retired Lieutenant-General the society at all levels, which confirms the coordination and collaboration with the pub- Governorate. Thabit Al-Muhanna. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 First US penis transplant performed Netanyahu calls minister to order over army freedom of speech on 64-year-old man Page 8 Page 9 World powers ready to arm Libya Conference seeks to help unity govt fight against IS

VIENNA: World powers said yesterday they supported the lifting of an arms embargo on Libya and were ready to supply weapons to the country’s new unity govern- ment to help it fight the growing threat posed by the Islamic State group. “The Government of National Accord has voiced its intention to submit appropriate arms embargo exemption requests to the UN Libya Sanctions Committee to procure necessary lethal arms and materiel to counter UN-designated terrorist groups and to combat (IS) throughout the country. We will fully support these efforts,” read a statement by US Secretary of State John Kerry and 24 other top diplomats after talks in Vienna. The conference was co-chaired by Kerry and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni whose country has faced a major influx of migrants from Libya fleeing vio- lence and poverty. The North African nation was plunged into chaos after the 2011 NATO-backed upris- ing that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with rival militias vying to control the oil-rich country. Taking advantage of the mayhem, the Islamic State group has carved itself a bastion after overrunning the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte - Gaddafi’s home- town - last year and transforming it into a training camp for militants. A unity government was formed in late March after months of negotiation by UN mediators in a bid to end the political chaos that has undermined the fight against IS. But while the Government of National Accord has received backing from key institutions like the cen- tral bank and the National Oil Corporation, it still faces resistance from rival administrations in the east and west of Libya.

Springboard for Attacks In a bid to stabilize the country, the fledgling regime of Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj drew up a list of requests for Western partners to assist its forces with arms, training and intelligence. The demands were pre- sented at the Vienna conference, whose attendees included the UN’s special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. Europe fears the jihadists, who have in recent weeks made new advances, will use Sirte’s port and airport as a spring- board to launch attacks on the continent. “We look forward to partnering with the GNA and neighboring countries to tackle the threat posed through- out the Mediterranean and on its land borders by criminal organizations engaged in all forms of smuggling and traf- ficking, including in human beings,” the world powers including Russia and Saudi Arabia said in their statement. “We are ready to respond to the Libyan government’s requests for training and equipping the Presidential Guard and vetted forces from throughout Libya.” Libya’s leader, who was also present at the Vienna talks, insisted his country needed assistance, not inter- vention. “We are not asking for foreign boots on the ground, but we are requesting assistance with training, and lifting the arms embargo on Libya,” Sarraj wrote in a column published in the British newspaper The Telegraph yesterday.

Race for Sirte Libya’s divisions have once again deepened in recent days, with the GNA and Haftar’s forces each announcing their own plans to fight IS and “liberate” Sirte. “This is a mistake. It must be prevented... we can no longer accept this division,” said Nicola Latorre, chairman of the defence committee of the Italian senate and an IS expert. Claudia Gazzini, a Libya analyst at the International Crisis Group, has also warned that the race for Sirte is pushing any hope of a political solution fur- ther away. IS is estimated to have around 5,000 fighters in Libya, and it is trying to enlist hundreds more. This month the jihadists launched suicide attacks on key checkpoints in government-held territory along the Mediterranean coast. The move allowed them to build a defensive line along part of the coastal highway that links the east of Libya where Haftar is based with Tripoli in the west. — AFP

VIENNA: US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj address a press conference yesterday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

Rafsanjani daughter meets Baha’is, sparks Iran controversy

TEHRAN: A meeting between ex-presi- and other Baha’i women, all without the local media. “The Baha’i sect was created said Monday she should face prosecu- The Baha’i sect, founded in the 19th dent Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s daugh- hijab. Kamalabadi was arrested eight by the colonialists,” he said. “This is a tion, while merchants of the Grand century in Iran, is not recognised by the ter and female leaders of the Baha’i com- years ago with six other leaders of the deviant sect... that we disavow and have Bazaar, a pillar of the regime, have authorities of the Islamic republic. They munity, regarded as “heretics” in the Baha’i community and sentenced to 20 always done.” launched a petition demanding the are regarded as “heretics” and “spies” Islamic republic, has sparked controversy years in prison, for charges including But Faezeh said in an interview with Tehran prosecutor take action, according linked to Israel, because their centre is in Iran. Faezeh Hashemi recently met espionage. Outraged conservatives have Euronews Persian television that she had to Iranian media. The controversy comes located in the northern Israeli city of Fariba Kamalabadi, one of the leaders of denounced Hashemi’s meeting and criti- only visited “a friend”. “It was a normal as Washington on Saturday called on Haifa. Haifa on the Mediterranean seats the Baha’i community who had been cised the moderate former president and harmless visit. I just visited a friend, Tehran to release the seven leaders of the famous gardens of the Bahai World allowed out of prison on a five-day Rafsanjani, along with some reformists that’s all,” she said. the Baha’i minority faith. John Kirby, Centre, a pilgrimage site for the Bahai break, according to Iranian media. A in Iranian politics. Faezeh first met Kamalabadi when spokesman for the State Department, community. In Iran, Bahai’s do not have photo of the meeting was published on Rafsanjani himself has acknowledged she herself was in jail in 2012 on charges also called on Tehran to “guarantee free- the right to higher education, to take up social media in which Faezeh, wearing his daughter had “made a mistake that of “propaganda against the regime”. But dom of expression, religion, opinion and jobs in the government, or to hold Islamic veil, is sitting next to Kamalabadi needs to be corrected”, according to Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi assembly for all citizens”. group worshipping sessions.—AFP

Netanyahu calls minister to order over army freedom of speech JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister tionally. Following yesterday’s meeting, the Benjamin Netanyahu called his Defense offices of Netanyahu and Yaalon issued a Minister Moshe Yaalon to order yesterday joint statement saying the two had clarified at a time of tensions over the right of mili- issues. “There is no dispute, nor was there tary officers to speak their minds. ever one, that the army is subordinate to Yaalon on Sunday delivered a speech to the political echelon, and officers are free senior officers in which he implored them to express their opinions in the relevant to “continue speaking your minds”. “Do so forums,” the statement read. even if your remarks aren’t part of the mainstream, and even if they are at odds Politics about military with ideas and stances held by the senior The military establishment has been command or political echelon,” Yaalon said. taking an active stance in publicly defining His remarks were perceived as a public the parameters of morality amid a wave of show of support for Major General Yair Palestinian violence, at times to the chagrin Golan, deputy head of the armed forces, or rightwing ministers and lawmakers. Since October last year, 204 Palestinians and 28 Israelis have been killed, according to an AFP count. Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car- ramming attacks, Israeli authorities say. The chief-of-staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, angered politicians in February with remarks warning young sol- diers not to use excessive force in subduing IRAQ: Iraqi government forces and local tribal fighters drive on the highway between the city of Ramadi and the town of Rutba as they take part suspected Palestinian assailants. And the in an operation to retake Rutba from the Islamic State jihadist group yesterday.—AFP top brass, as well as Yaalon, strongly con- demned Elor Azaria, a soldier standing trial in military court for shooting dead a prone and wounded Palestinian assailant, even Iraq launches operation before the trial began. Rightwing politicians, including the Education Minister Naftali Bennett, defend- JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister ed the soldier, saying “he is not a murderer,” to retake Anbar town Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he while thousands of Israelis marched in sup- opens the weekly cabinet meeting on port of him. Sunday at his Jerusalem office.—AFP Ben Caspit, a columnist for the Mariv BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and allied fight- to the enemy because it’s another support zone year, and later made further advances in Anbar, newspaper, called it a “cultural war” at the ers launched an operation yesterday to retake for them,” said Colonel Steve Warren, the seizing Ramadi in 2015. Iraqi forces have since who on the eve of Holocaust centre of Netanyahu’s government-one of the town of Rutba from the Islamic State jihadist spokesman for the US-led operation against IS. regained significant ground from the jihadists, Remembrance Day this month made the most rightwing in Israel’s history. “This group, the military said. Special forces, soldiers, IS uses it “to stage and prepare forces for oper- securing the Ramadi area earlier this year and remarks comparing contemporary Israeli is war of the few against the many. Yaalon police, border guards and pro-government para- ations in... the main battle area,” Warren told jour- retaking the town of Heet last month. But parts society to Nazi Germany. Yaalon had stood has been standing almost entirely alone in militaries are involved in the operation to retake nalists in Baghdad last week. “It’s not heavily of Anbar-including Fallujah-are still under IS con- up for Golan, stressing that military com- the fray,” he wrote. “Prime Minister the Anbar province town, Iraq’s Joint Operations defended as is Fallujah or as was Ramadi,” he said, trol, as is most of Nineveh province, to its north. manders should not only “lead soldiers into Netanyahu, his ministers, and almost all the Command said in a statement. referring to the capital of Anbar, which has been And the jihadists are still able to carry out bomb- battle” but also teach them “values, with a Likud MPs are facing off against him.” Tanks and artillery are taking part in the oper- retaken, and its second city, which IS still holds. ings in government-held areas-something they compass and conscience”. Political calculations have also fed the ation, which is also backed by air support from Warren said the number of IS fighters in Rutba did more frequently prior to the June 2014 offen- Netanyahu had criticized the deputy row-Israeli media have speculated that Iraqi forces and the US-led coalition against IS, it varies from around 100 up to several hundred, sive. As IS continues to lose ground, it has in chief of staff’s “outrageous” remarks as Yaalon could be planning to leave Likud said. Rutba, located in western Anbar province and that once the Iraqis “decide they want to lib- recent weeks stepped up its campaign of bomb- “utterly mistaken and unacceptable”, and form his own party. Netanyahu is also along the main road to Jordan, has been held by erate Rutba, they’ll be able to.” IS overran large ings, including three in Baghdad last Wednesday adding however a few days later that “the reportedly in negotiations with two promi- the jihadist group since 2014. “Rutba’s important areas north and west of Baghdad in June of that that killed nearly 100 people.—AFP affair is behind us”. Sources described by nent opposition leaders about joining his Israeli media as “close to Netanyahu” said government, which has only a one-seat following Yaalon’s speech the premier was majority in the 120-member parliament. surprised his defense minister was raising Israeli media have speculated that the issue of Golan’s speech again, and Netanyahu might offer up the defense At least 12 civilians missing Netanyahu summoned Yaalon to a meeting ministry portfolio to entice either yesterday. A statement released by rightwing former foreign minister Avigdor Netanyahu’s office late Sunday reiterated Lieberman or Labor Party leader Isaac that Golan’s comparison was an “inappro- Herzog into government and secure a after PKK blast in turkey priate remark” that harmed Israel interna- larger majority.—AFP DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Yesterday Turkish authorities were working to confirm the Islamist militants exploit chaos as fates of at least 12 civilians who are miss- ing and feared dead after a huge blast last combatants pursue peace in Yemen week blamed on Kurdish rebels in the CAIRO/DUBAI: Islamic State efforts to exploit A near-blockade imposed by the Saudi-led southeast of the country, reports and offi- chaos may have have brought Saudi-backed coalition and frontlines which ebb and flow cial sources said. forces and Iran-allied Houthis tentatively clos- across villages and towns have deprived near- The mainly Kurdish region of er at peace talks in Yemen’s civil war, but a ly 20 of 25 million people of access to clean Diyarbakir was on Thursday night rocked deal seems unlikely in time to avert collapse water and put yet more in need of some form by a massive explosion that was also felt into armed, feuding statelets. Ferocious con- of humanitarian aid. in the city centre and was later said to flict along Yemen’s northern border between have been caused by Kurdistan Workers Saudi Arabia and Iran-allied Ansurallah, a “Surrender” Party (PKK) militants loading explosives Shi’ite Muslim revival movement also called Of the countries where pro-democracy onto a truck. Four people, all PKK mili- the Houthis, defied two previous attempts to “Arab Spring” uprisings in 2011 ultimately led tants, were confirmed by the authorities seal a peace. But a truce this year and prison- to outright combat, Yemen’s United Nations- to have been killed in the blast, which the er exchanges mean hopes for a third round of sponsored peace process arguably shows the interior ministry said was caused by talks are higher. The threat from an emerging most promise. explosives detonating prematurely. But common enemy may be galvanizing their Unlike with Libya and Syria, representa- the local governor’s office later confirmed efforts. Islamic State appears to be behind a tives of Yemen’s warring sides meet daily in dizzying uptick in suicide attacks and al Kuwait and argue over how to implement UN media reports that 12 citizens were still Qaeda fighters continue to hold sway over Security Council resolutions and share power. missing after the immense blast, which broad swathes of the country that abuts But while keeping Yemen’s parties talking for left a gigantic crater in the ground. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter. this long was an accomplishment, getting The Dogan news agency reported yes- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said them to live together in Sanaa and share terday that some 15 tons of explosives on Thursday the kingdom sought to prioritize power remains a distant dream. Yemeni had detonated in the incident and that 13 fighting militants in Yemen over its desultory Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi local residents were still missing. It said arm-wrestle with entrenched Houthi insur- accused the Houthis of resisting a UN Security the authorities had conducted three gents. “Whether we agree or disagree with Council Resolution from last April to disarm investigations of the scene, collecting them, the Houthis are part of the social fabric and vacate main cities. “There is a wide gap in body parts from a half kilometer area DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: A girl is seen in a damaged house after a powerful blast on May 13, 2016.—AFP of Yemen ... The Houthis are our neighbours. the debate, we are discussing the return of which were sent to Istanbul for analysis Al Qaeda and Daesh are terrorist entities that the state ... they are thinking only of power and DNA identification. must be confronted in Yemen and every- and demanding a consensual government,” An AFP correspondent who visited the where else,” Jubeir tweeted, using the Arabic he told Reuters. scene on Friday saw body parts still acronym for Islamic State. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdel- strewn around the area and was told by Trial begins for Now largely stalemated, the conflict has Salam said on his facebook page: “The solu- villagers that up to 16 people were miss- killed at least 6,200 people - half of them civil- tion in Yemen must be consensual political ing. In a statement, the PKK also said the ians - and sent nearly three million people dialogue and not imposing diktats or present- Ohio State fleeing for safety. Despite the relative lull dur- ing terms of surrender, this is unthinkable.” explosion was accidental, claiming the ing talks, hostility continues. Saudi Arabia has But a diplomatic source in Kuwait said that vehicle exploded when anti-PKK villagers band instructor pounded its enemies with dozens of air through the fog of rhetoric, a general outline opened fire on the truck and hit its fuses. strikes. Houthis have responded with two bal- of a resolution has been reached. The group said the explosives were meant in rape case listic missile launches. “There is an agreement on the withdrawal to be transferred to another location and If the parties seize the opportunity, an from the cities and the (Houthi) handover of not detonated. It offered condolences to COLUMBUS: A trial is set to begin for a drum unlikely new status quo may reign by which weapons, forming a government of all parties the families of the bystanders who died major instructor for Ohio State University’s Houthis and Saudis depend on each other and preparing for new elections. The dispute but said it was not to blame for the loss of marching band who’s accused of sexually for peace. “This could mean a massive re- now only centres around where to begin,” the life. Turkey has been waging an offensive assaulting a student. ordering of Yemen’s political structure, and source said. against the PKK after the collapse in 2015 Stewart Kitchen has pleaded not guilty to charges including rape. His attorney has said the conflict so far has already produced of a two-year ceasefire declared by the that he would “vigorously defend” his client some strange bedfellows,” said Adam Baron, Feuding statelets group. Hundreds of members of the a visiting fellow at the European Council on All parties will be aware the danger of a against the allegations. Court documents allege Turkish security forces have been killed in the assault occurred in April 2015 after Kitchen Foreign Relations. collapse into feuding statelets is growing. The attacks since then although civilian The Houthis ousted the internationally Houthis are deepening control over what and the 19-year-old woman went out drinking deaths in the conflict have rarely been and then walked to his Columbus home. The recognized government in 2014 in what it remains of the shattered state it seized with confirmed. hailed as a revolution but which Sunni Gulf the capital in 2014. woman reported that Kitchen refused to return Over 40,000 people have been killed her to her home and sexually assaulted her in Arab countries decried as a coup benefiting Footage of the graduation ceremony of an his bedroom. Shi’ite rival Iran. Pounding the Houthis and elite police unit last week showed recruits since the PKK took up arms in 1984 Kitchen was indicted less than a year after their allies in Yemen’s army with air strikes with right arms upraised in an erect salute, demanding a homeland for Turkey’s Ohio State fired the band’s director after an COLOUMBUS: Christopher Stewart Kitchen, a beginning on March of 2015, a Saudi-led barking allegiance not just to Yemen but to biggest minority. Since then, the group investigation determined he ignored “a sexu- drum major instructor for Ohio State alliance soon deployed ground troops and Imam Ali and the slain founder of the Houthi has pared back its demands to focus on University’s marching band, charged with cultural rights and a measure of auton- alized culture” in the band. The trial began rolled back their enemies toward Sanaa, held movement - a move critics say proves their yesterday.—AP rape and kidnapping.—AP by the Houthis. partisan agenda for the country.—Reuters omy.—AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 Trump talks to Kelly about bullying, ex rebuts NYT story ‘gotta get over it’

First US penis transplant performed on 64-year-old man

WASHINGTON: A 64-year-old man who lost most of his penis to cancer is recovering well after undergo- ing the United States’ first penis transplant operation, doctors said yesterday. The 15-hour surgery took place earlier this month at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and is the third such operation known in the world. “The patient, Thomas Manning, 64, of Halifax, Massachusetts, continues to recover well, with blood flow established to the donor organ and no signs of bleeding, rejection or infection,” the hospital said in a statement. “While the patient is still early in the post- surgical healing process, his physicians say they are cautiously optimistic he will regain function that he lost in 2012” after a penile cancer diagnosis led to DES MOINES, IOWA: Moderator Megyn most of his penis being amputated. Kelly waits for the start of the Republican The penis came from a dead donor who matched presidential primary debate on Jan. 28, PHILADELPHIA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attended his daughter Tiffany Trump’s graduation ceremony, Manning’s blood type and skin tone. Manning 2016.—AP accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, second right, and former wife, Marla Maples, second left on Sunday.—AP expressed his gratitude to the donor and his family, WASHINGTON: Months after he savaged her remarks he’d made about women. He later piece detailing Republican Donald Trump’s his- said she had been flattered by his comment. which has asked to remain anonymous, and said he on Twitter and elsewhere, Donald Trump tells suggested her menstrual cycle was behind tory with women took issue with the story yes- “They spun it to where it appeared negative,” wanted to go public with his story to eliminate the Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly that people who her aggressive tone, called her “third-rate” terday, saying she never had a negative experi- Lane said on Fox News. “I did not have a nega- shame and stigma associated with the loss of a penis. are bullied “gotta get over it” and fight back. and boycotted one of the debates at which ence with the billionaire and does not believe tive experience with Donald Trump.” Trump has “In sharing this success with all of you, it’s my hope In an excerpt of the interview, which will be she was a moderator, as his feud with Fox he ever mistreated women. Rowanne Brewer deflected criticism about his attitude toward we can usher in a bright future for this type of trans- on the Fox network Tuesday night, Trump says News escalated. Lane, a former model who dated Trump for women throughout his campaign. Yesterday, plantation,” Manning said in a statement. he’s a counterpuncher who goes after people In the released excerpt, the two did not several months starting in the late 1990, said he called the New York Times “so dishonest.” Doctors at Massachusetts General have been when they go after him, only 10 times harder. directly discuss his criticisms of her. She told her words were mischaracterized in the Times “Their hit piece cover story on me yesterday working on the procedure for more than three years, Asked if he was ever bullied, the Republican ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday the article, which used dozens of interviews to was just blown up by Rowanne Brewer, who including practicing on cadavers, with the goal of presidential candidate said no. But he said bul- tone of the interview was cordial, with tense show a pattern of unsettling personal behavior said it was a lie!” Trump posted on Twitter. perfecting the method before they offer it to a wider lying doesn’t just happen to children. “People moments, and predicted viewers “will be feel- by the presidential candidate with women. The Times reporters Michael Barbaro and pool of candidates, particularly soldiers who sus- are bullied when they’re 55,” he said. ing a little uncomfortable.” Kelly said she asked Times story said Trump, the presumptive Megan Twohey defended their story on tained genital damage or loss in war zones. Kelly responded pointedly, with a smile: for the interview because she wanted to get Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 election, CBS “This Morning,” saying it showed how In an interview with The New York Times, Manning “Can happen when you’re 45.” She is 45. “You her interactions with Trump on a professional asked Lane to change into a bikini shortly after Trump behaved privately with women and said doctors discovered he had a rare form of penile know, it happens, right?” Trump went on, as if footing. “You don’t want to be the story,” she meeting her at a pool party at his Mar-a-Lago revealed common themes, including cancer in 2012. After removing the tumor, he was left he didn’t hear her. “But you gotta get over it. said. “You want to cover the story.” estate in Florida. According to the article, he unwelcome advances, aggression and with a stump about an inch long (2.5 centimeters). Fight back, do whatever you have to do.” then introduced her to the crowd outside, say- commentary on their appearance. “People Manning, who was single when he was diagnosed Trump took offense when Kelly confronted Ex discredits NYT story ing, “That is a stunning Trump girl, isn’t it?” can evaluate the story ... on its own mer- with cancer, had to sit in order to urinate and was him in the first primary debate about crude A woman at the center of a New York Times On yesterday, Lane told the same story but its,” Barbaro said.—Agencies fearful of becoming intimate with a woman. “I would- n’t go near anybody,” he was quoted as saying. “I couldn’t have a relationship with anybody. You can’t tell a woman, ‘I had a penis amputation.’” The first penis transplant in the world took place in China in 2006, but it was later removed due to “a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife,” doctors said. The world’s first successful penis transplant was announced last year in South Africa. The donated organ was grafted onto a 21- year-old man who lost his penis in a botched cir- cumcision. —AFP

BOSTON: Thomas Manning gives a thumbs up after being asked how he was feeling following the first penis transplant in the United States.—AP

Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court rid itself yesterday of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. The court asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise. The justices issued an unsigned, unani- mous opinion in a case over the arrangement devised by the administration to spare faith-based groups from hav- ing to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans. The major confrontation over an element of President Barack Obama’s health care law ended with a whimper and with no resolution of the issue the court undertook to decide. “The court expresses no view on the merits of the cases,” the justices wrote. The matter almost certainly would not return to the Supreme Court until after the 2016 presidential election. The outcome suggests the court lacked a majority for a significant ruling and is perhaps another example of how the justices have been affected by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. In the short term, the government can take steps to make sure that women covered by the groups’ health plans have access to cost-free contracep- tives. At the same time, the groups will not face fines for refusing to comply with administration rules for objecting to paying for birth control.—AP Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis

SAN JUAN: Yesterday Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrived in Puerto Rico to talk about the US territory’s worsening debt crisis ahead of the June 5 pri- mary. The Vermont senator was expected to present an economic recovery plan for the island and talk about the crisis’ impact on its education and health systems. Sanders’ visit comes a day before former US President Bill Clinton arrives to campaign for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Some 250 people crowded into Sanders’ first event, including former Puerto Rico governor Anibal Acevedo Vila and other supporters who expressed frustration with Puerto Rico’s economic situation. Jose Hernandez, a 62-year-old retiree, arrived early to set up signs supporting Sanders. “Bernie pushed me into action,” he said. “I was gone from Puerto Rico for 17 years and when I came back everything was the same or worse. His message convinced me. It’s the first time I hear a candi- date speak with such humanity, dignity and respect.” Puerto Ricans can vote in US primaries but not in US presidential elections. More than 200,000 Puerto Ricans have left the island in the past five years to escape a decade-long economic crisis. The majority of them have moved to the US mainland.—AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 German ‘godfathers’ reunite Syrian families

BERLIN: Three days after an emotional deal to clamp down on migrant sea cross- his father and brother. “You look exhaust- member, such as a spouse, a child, a par- parliaments in elections in March by lur- reunion with his younger son in Berlin, a ings to Greece have left many Syrians in ed, but healthy and you are breathing and ent or a sibling, who has been in Germany ing voters angry with Chancellor Angela 71-year-old Syrian handed a bar of olive Germany struggling for ways to help rela- that is the most important thing,” he said, for at least one year. Merkel’s welcoming approach toward oil and laurel soap, a hand-made wall tives still in their homeland make it to pressing his hand on his father’s arm. It relies on crowd funding and dona- refugees. “I can only encourage people to hanging and a box of pistachio sweets to a safety. The arrival of more than a million tions from its 2,200 members to raise the make contact with refugees, because only 56-year-old German he had never met migrants into Germany last year prompted Desperate 800 euros a month it needs for each then will their attitudes change,” said before. The gifts were from Aleppo, the the German government to tighten asy- Mohannad, 36, came to Germany ten Syrian. This covers rent, health insurance, Figur, a Catholic, commending Merkel’s city devastated by five years of war which lum rules, including a two-year ban on years ago on a cultural exchange pro- and a 400-euro stipend, equal to what the courage in the refugee crisis. he and his elder son had been able to family reunions for those granted limited gramme and had been trying to reunite government pays unemployed Germans. A ceasefire in Aleppo, Syria’s largest leave thanks to the German, engineer and refugee status, making the situation his family since 2012. “When I started look- The godfathers do not fund the Syrian city and its main commercial centre father of four, Martin Figur. Figur is one of worse. Martin Keune, the owner of an ing into laws on family reunions, I became newcomers directly but take on legal liabil- before the war, has held since last week, the “Godfathers for Refugees”, matched advertising agency, founded Godfathers desperate,” he said. ity for their living costs for five years even if making it easier for father and son to with the family by a non-profit organiza- for Refugees last year after two Syrian asy- His net monthly salary at a Berlin- in the meantime they apply for asylum and leave by land to Lebanon and on to tion of the same name that seeks sponsors lum seekers he was housing begged him based charity for refugees is less than the are granted full refugee status. Figur Germany, a 20-hour journey. to help Syrians already in Germany to to help them bring in their parents. minimum of 2,160 euros ($2,460.24) the signed a “Declaration of Commitment” at They know they are lucky and hope bring their relatives here. Keune was inspired by the story of his authorities say a sponsor must earn to the Foreigners’ Registration Office in Berlin mother, daughter and grandson - who “During the war, the Germans - govern- wife’s Jewish uncle, who survived the bring in just one family member. That is accepting liability for Mohannad’s father, have stayed behind at the wish of the ment and people - have shown they are Holocaust thanks to a British couple who about the average net salary in Germany. brother as well his mother, who is still in son-in-law - will be able to join them closer friends of the Syrian people than adopted him while the rest of his family Since March 2015, the Godfathers’ Aleppo. Germany took in some 1.1 million soon in Berlin. They described the gifts the Arabs,” the Syrian father told Figur at were sent from Berlin to the Nazi death group has found sponsors for 103 Syrians, migrants last year, and of the more than to Figur as a gesture of gratitude for their meeting, which was witnessed by camp in Krakow, in Nazi-occupied Poland, two-thirds of whom are already with fami- 470,000 asylum applications filed over “helping strangers”. Reuters. He declined to give his name to where they perished. ly members in Berlin. The rest are waiting that period the largest group were Syrians, “Martin Figur helped us even though protect relatives still living in the fiercely At Berlin’s Schoenefeld airport on to receive two-year residency permits at making up 35 percent. he did not know us,” said Mohannad’s contested city. Saturday, the Syrian father’s younger son German consulates in Lebanon and The influx has fuelled the rise of the brother, 38, pointing at his “godfather” Tight border controls across Europe, Mohannad, who has been in Germany Turkey. The association can only sponsor anti-immigration party Alternative for with a smile. “And this is what I want to do stricter asylum rules, and an EU-Turkey since 2006, held back tears as he greeted Syrians who have at least one close family Germany (AfD), which entered three state in the future, help others.”—Reuters Port Elizabeth, the S Africa city that has Zuma quaking

PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA: Sitting in his wooden shack in a township in Port Elizabeth, Kwanele Mphelo reels off a list of gripes with South Africa’s ruling African National Congress. “We feel left down by the govern- ment-especially the party that was supposed to represent the black people and take us out of poverty.” “We have no water, no sanitation,” the 39-year-old security guard said, adding that the brick house he was promised by the ANC-run townhall had never materialized either. Mphelo’s views sum up a growing sentiment among vot- ers in this one-time bastion of the former libera- tion movement. Since 1994, when Nelson Mandela swept to power in South Africa’s first democratic elec- tions, the ANC has reigned supreme at the national and regional level, with only one city- ABA, NIGERIA: A man carries a 19-year-old student that got shot during a pro-Biafra Cape Town-escaping its clutches. protest in 2015. — AFP But change may be in the offing at local elec- tions on August 3. With President Jacob Zuma Pro-Biafracampaigners reeling from a series of corruption scandals and court battles, the party’s grip is looking tenuous allege brutal crackdown in some cities, including Port Elizabeth. Suffering 36-percent unemployment, compared with a ABA, Nigeria: Chukwu Ebuka Moses is too defiantly, winning a chorus of approving national average of 27 percent, South Africa’s young to remember the Nigerian civil war that murmurs from older men nearby. “Biafra sixth-biggest city-a car manufacturing hub-has began in 1967 and which by its end nearly must surely pass.” Human rights lawyer been hard hit by shrinking economic growth. three years later devastated the southeast, Onkere Kingdom Nnamdi said more than 50 The main opposition Democratic Alliance shattering dreams of an independent Biafran people have been killed, 100 injured and (DA), which is in power in Cape Town, is hoping homeland. But the 19-year-old student 200 detained in connection with protests to harness the disillusionment of people like believes he joined the ranks of Biafran war calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Mphelo to win control of the city at the upcom- veterans when he was shot during a protest in Kanu, who leads the Indigenous People of ing municipal elections. During the last local KAMPALA: South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (L) speaks with Sudan’s President Omar al- the Abia state capital, Aba, on January 18. Biafra (IPOB) movement, was arrested last elections in 2011, the DA polled 40 percent in Bashir (R) during the swearing in ceremony of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni as newly Moses, fragile and limp, has to be carried October and has been in custody awaiting tri- Port Elizabeth, 11 points behind the ANC. By the elected President in Kampala on May 12, 2016. — AFP to a black plastic chair under the shade of a al since December on charges of treasonable 2014 general elections, the gap had narrowed to thatched grass hut at an open bar. “We were felony. But President Muhammadu Buhari has 48 percent for the ANC, to 42 for the liberal DA. its laurels. Conscious of the risk of losing the court ruled he should be charged with corrup- just singing and protesting. Policemen started already said publicly Kanu has committed Indian Ocean city, Zuma chose it last month tion in a state arms deal, gave a fiery speech in harassing us, throwing tear gas and shooting “atrocities” against the state and he “will not Track record to host the launch of the party’s campaign for Xhosa that was roundly applauded. “The com- guns at the same time,” he told AFP. tolerate” threats to Nigeria’s unity. With Zuma weakened by a court finding that the local elections. munity likes the ANC,” Nondikho Gana, the ANC He pulled up his black shorts to show a Kanu’s arrest and the government reaction he breached the constitution by failing to repay There were empty seats in the 46,000-capaci- councillor for the area, declared proudly. penny-sized scar on his inner left thigh. X- has strengthened backing for IPOB beyond millions of dollars of public money spent on his ty stadium when Zuma took to the stage but While water and power supplies may still be rays later revealed the bullet split his femur longstanding calls for more jobs, better health private residence, the DA-long seen as the party Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said he was haphazard in places, public services are improv- in three. “I can’t breathe since the bullet care and basic infrastructure in the southeast. of white and mixed-race South Africans-is hop- confident the party of Eastern Cape’s best-loved ing, he argued. “This area started to develop in shot me. I’m losing strength from my body,” Thousands of his supporters have flooded ing to break new ground. son, Nelson Mandela, would retain control of the 2002 and currently we are building 1,280 hous- he added, his eyes suddenly widening with the streets of major southeast cities in an “We’re convinced that the ANC’s track records city. “People know our track record... (they) trust es,” she said. Zuma’s future could be riding on panic and his breathing becoming unprecedented show of solidarity in the past of service delivery, poor government, massive our experience and the vision that the ANC will the outcome of the local elections, with the DA laboured.Moses, who like many young men decade, demanding a separate state for the allegations of corruption, expenditure on public put forward to them,” he told AFP. After 22 years even hoping to take the capital Pretoria and eco- his age supports English Premier League Igbo people that dominate the region. Buhari, transport that... doesn’t work, are all factors that in power, the liberation party still enjoys signifi- nomic hub Johannesburg. football team Chelsea and listens to a former military ruler, appears determined will compound the ANC’s declining support,” DA cant support among the black majority. While the ANC’s top brass have closed ranks Nigerian R&B duo P-Square, joined pro- not to let that happen. Injured protestors at member Athol Trollip told AFP. around the president so far, they might be Biafra protesters just a month before. He three separate IPOB rallies from November to A 52-year-old white farmer who speaks Zuma factor tempted to cast about for a replacement dreams of securing a good job in a region February said armed police and soldiers both Afrikaans and Xhosa, the language of In Wells Estate, in the north of the city, a tight- leader if voters walk away in their droves. “If where unemployment is rampant and released tear gas and shot at the crowd “indis- Eastern Cape’s biggest ethnic group, Trollip is ly-packed crowd of several hundred supporters local election results are not that bad, he may opportunities few. “I’m not scared,” he said criminately” with live ammunition. — AFP running for mayor in the election. He faces a dressed in yellow and green ANC regalia gath- well stay on for the full term (until 2019),” formidable opponent in current mayor Danny ered to welcome Zuma on his visit last month. Peter Montalto, an analyst at Nomura bank, Jordaan, the chief organizer of the 2010 World The gregarious 74-year-old Zulu, whose polit- told AFP. “The interesting scenario of course is Cup in South Africa. The ANC is not resting on ical woes were compounded last month when a if the ANC does very badly.” — AFP Mass CAR rapes will scar generations

THE HAGUE: The effects of a deliberate campaign one case three generations of the same family While he said he had no knowledge of what of mass rapes in the Central African Republic by were gang-raped by MLC soldiers who held them had happened in neighboring CAR, in his DR the forces of former Congolese vice president at gun point and forced relatives to watch. “This Congo province the MLC forces had “made it pos- Jean-Pierre Bemba a decade ago will be felt for was not about sexual gratification, this was about sible for the population to feel peace finally, generations, war crimes judges heard Monday. terror and torture,” the expert from Stanford because the MLC came to re-establish everything Research among scores of victims from the 2002- University, California, said. that had been destroyed.” 2003 violence showed “alarmingly high rates of It was “more about humiliation and control of The judges will pass sentence at an as yet post-traumatic stress disorder,” US expert Daryn a population,” he added. After a lengthy trial unscheduled date, after also hearing this week Reicherter told the International Criminal Court which opened in November 2010, the judges from two victims. But Bemba could face up to 30 (ICC). War crimes judges in The Hague are holding found Bemba guilty on all charges in March. years in jail-or even a life sentence, if the court three days of hearings to determine their sentence The three judges found the notorious rebel considers such a term is “justified by the extreme on Bemba after he was convicted of five charges leader had retained “effective command and con- gravity of the crime”. A wealthy businessman- STOCKHOLM: Claver Berinkindi, second from right a Swedish citizen originally from of war crimes and crimes against humanity. trol” over the 1,500 MLC troops he sent to CAR to turned-warlord, Bemba became one of four vice Rwanda. Claver Berinkindi yesterday was found guilty of genocide and gross viola- The five months of brutality unleashed by quell an attempted coup against then president presidents in the transitional government of DR tion of international law. — AP Bemba’s Liberation Movement (MLC) in a bid to Ange-Felix Patasse. Congo President Joseph Kabila. put down an attempted coup in CAR had caused Catholic Bishop Fridolin Ambongo, appearing In 2006, he lost to Kabila in a presidential elec- Sweden: Refugee from Rwanda “appalling” and “almost certainly long-lasting earlier for the defense as a character witness, tion run-off and fled to Europe. He was arrested damage” to the population, Reicherter said. “A sought to show that Bemba and the MLC had in 2008 in Brussels and handed over to the ICC. single individual rape can be felt across multiple played a role in bringing “peace and stability” to His MLC militia has since morphed into a political convicted in 1994 genocide generations,” he insisted, appearing for the pros- the northwestern Equateur province of party and is currently the second-largest opposi- ecution. The stress of such an ordeal can cause Democratic Republic of Congo. tion group in the National Assembly. — AFP STOCKHOLM: A Swedish citizen originally tives were killed. “Never before has a actual biological changes in a victim’s brain, leav- from Rwanda was sentenced to life in Swedish court awarded damages for vic- ing them more vulnerable to PTSD and serious prison Monday for his role in the 1994 tims of acts of genocide,” the court said in a psychological problems. genocide in the African country. statement. Berinkindi’s lawyer, Hanna There were also often several tragic outcomes Guyana cracking down Claver Berinkindi was found guilty of Lindblom, said her client, who denied the including the breakdown of marriages, potential- genocide and gross violation of interna- charges, would appeal the ruling. “He was ly leaving victims struggling on their own to care on contraband in prisons tional law. Some 800,000 people, mostly in his home village when these horrible for their families. ethnic Tutsis, were killed by Hutu extrem- events took place. But he has not partici- Child rape victims suffered even greater dam- GEORGETOWN, GUYANA: The South will show inmates “who is the real boss.” ists during the Rwandan genocide, accord- pated in genocide. He was at home,” age, he warned. Bemba’s case is the first before American nation of Guyana is trying to impose Ramjattan says no guns have been found in ing to the UN. The Stockholm district court Lindblom told The Associated Press. the ICC to focus on sexual violence as a weapon more order on its overcrowded prison system recent searches. But wardens have found said Berinkindi, 61, was an informal low- Rwandan authorities initially wanted to of war, as well as to stress a military commander’s following an uptick of people hurling contra- screwdrivers and other improvised weapons. level Hutu leader who took part in mas- prosecute Berinkindi there but since he’s a responsibility for the action of his troops. band to inmates in recent days. The latest security crackdown comes sacres of civilians in Muyira and Butare in Swedish citizen he couldn’t be extradited. In their March verdict, the judges listed a chill- Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said about two months after a riot killed 17 southern Rwanda. He and his family came to Sweden as ing litany of rapes, murders and atrocities com- yesterday that wardens are conducting fre- inmates and injured several guards at the Berinkindi was ordered to pay a total of refugees in 2002 and he became a Swedish mitted in CAR by MLC troops. quent lockdowns and more searches after sus- country’s biggest prison. Inmates had set 81 million Rwandan francs (about citizen 10 years later. Swedish police arrest- pected weapons, drugs and phones were mattresses on fire to protest prison conditions $110,000) in damages to 15 plaintiffs who ed Berinkindi in September 2014 after wire- ‘Terror and torture’ pitched over prison walls. He says authorities and trial delays. — AP survived the attacks or whose close rela- tapping his phone. Men, women and children were all raped-in TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line

KABUL: Tens of thousands of minority Shiite Hazaras demonstrated through the streets of Kabul yesterday, demanding that a key power transmission line pass through their electrici- ty-starved province, in the second major anti- government protest in recent months. Authorities locked down central Kabul, blocking key intersections with stacked ship- ping containers as the protesters marched on the presidential palace, holding unlit lanterns and banners with slogans such as “justice and light”. The demonstration, which spotlights the war-torn nation’s turbulent politics, follows one of the biggest anti-gov- ernment rallies for years last November, which was galvanised by the beheading of a NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gesturing as he speaks during an group of Hazaras. event to launch an initiative to bolster start-ups. — AFP Some protesters pelted rocks at officials and banged on the sides of containers, Exit polls see India’s prompting police to sporadically use water cannon against them but the demonstration was largely peaceful. “(President) Ashraf Ghani Modi winning key new is hiding himself behind blast walls,” Dawood Naji, a Hazara leader, told flag-waving demon- state in mid-term boost strators, drawing rousing applause. “We can break down these containers if we want but NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 65, swept to power in 2014 we are here to protest in a civilised way for Modi’s BJP party should win power this with a promise of jobs and growth, play- our rights.” week in the northeastern state of Assam ing down his roots in the powerful Authorities shut down roads to the presi- for the first time, exit polls showed yes- Hindu-nationalist umbrella group to dential palace, fearing a repeat of the violence terday, but trail regional groups in four which his party is affiliated. A separate in November when protesters tried to scale other areas that have held polls. poll by ABP Ananda showed the party the walls of the compound. The 500-kilovolt Voting in stages over the past month will be defeated in the eastern state of TUTAP power line, which would connect the ended yesterday in Assam, West Bengal, West Bengal and two southern states, Central Asian nations of Turkmenistan, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states and the Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan with electricity-hun- union territory of Puducherry. Results Victory in these states could have giv- gry Afghanistan and Pakistan, is seen as a cru- are due on Thursday. A victory in Assam, en Modi greater control over the upper cial infrastructure project. a tinderbox of ethnic and religious ani- house of parliament, which would put But it has been mired in controversy, with mosities, would testify to the continuing him in better position to push through leaders from the minority group demanding appeal of the ruling Bharatiya Janata key policies. A majority of his key eco- that the line be routed through Bamiyan, one KABUL: Afghan protesters chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration yesterday. —AFP Party (BJP), while defeat elsewhere nomic reforms are stalled, his push to of the most deprived areas of Afghanistan would reflect Modi’s difficulties in mak- turn the country into a manufacturing with a large Hazara population. assured the protesters that Bamiyan would mit in London. The three million-strong ing inroads against popular regional powerhouse has floundered and sizeable The line was originally set to pass through receive electricity from it even if the transmis- Afghan Hazara community has been perse- parties. minority groups blame him and his party the central province but the government sion line does not pass through the province. cuted for decades, with thousands killed in An exit poll by India Today-Axis My for pushing a Hindu nationalist agenda rerouted it through the mountainous Salang The rally comes in the midst of the the late 1990s by Al-Qaeda and the mainly India predicted victory for the BJP in at their expense. pass north of Kabul, saying the shorter route Taleban’s annual spring offensive launched Pashtun and Sunni Taleban. Assam, which borders Bhutan and Yet his government has made would speed up the project and save millions last month and authorities said the streets There has been a surge in violence against Bangladesh. “Our historic victory in progress elsewhere, most notably in the of dollars. Hazara leaders in the ethnically were blocked with shipping containers to pre- the community, with a series of kidnappings Assam will open new frontiers for the BJP power sector where change is reaching divided nation lashed out at the Pashtun pres- vent any insurgent attacks during the and killings in recent months that have trig- in the northeast,” BJP national general distressed rural communities in Uttar ident, calling the decision prejudiced against protests. The dispute, which highlights the gered a wave of fury on social media. Last secretary Ram Madhav said. Pradesh, India’s most populous state. the Hazaras, a community that has suffered a challenges of modernizing the country, November thousands of protesters marched Modi waged a polarising election Modi must win in the Uttar Pradesh state long history of oppression. threatens to overshadow the TUTAP project, coffins containing the decapitated bodies of campaign in a bid to form the party’s first poll next year to sustain his hope of one which is due to be implemented by 2018 and seven Hazaras through the Afghan capital. government there. In campaign rallies, day gaining full control of parliament Persecuted community could help ease crippling nationwide black- Their bodies were found in the southern he vowed to disenfranchise millions of and a second term in 2019. “Bamiyan has seen no development in 15 outs. yesterday’s protest underscores Ghani’s province of Zabul, which is under Taleban Muslim immigrants in a response to ris- Opinion and exit polls have a patchy years (since the Taleban were toppled from rising unpopularity amid endemic corruption, control and has been the scene of clashes ing discontent among the state’s Hindus. track record in India and surveys get power),” Hazara lawmaker Arif Rahmani told rampant unemployment and a worsening 15- between rival militant factions. Ghani called The results should be a snapshot of carried out with sample sizes ranging AFP. “We are demanding justice, not charity.” year Taleban insurgency. the killings “the shared pain of a nation” and Modi’s performance as he approaches from a few hundred to several thousand Ghani has appointed a commission to Hazara protesters last week repeatedly accused the militants of trying to divide the half-way mark of his five-year tenure. voters. — Reuters review the multi-million-dollar project and heckled Ghani during an anti-corruption sum- Afghanistan. — AFP

Pakistan to host meeting on reviving Afghan Taleban talks ISLAMABAD: Tomorrow Pakistan will host a new round further details. A joint statement issued after the fourth of four-nation Afghan peace talks aimed at reviving round in late February said direct peace talks between long-stalled negotiations with the Taleban, a foreign Kabul and the Taleban were “expected to take place” by office official said. early March. But the Taleban announced in April the start The group comprising Afghanistan, the United States, of their “spring offensive” even as the government in China and Pakistan has been attempting since January Kabul tried to bring the insurgents back to the negotiat- to restart the nascent peace process. But the lack of ing table to end their drawn-out conflict. progress has left many frustrated, as the Taleban ramp The Taleban have made the departure of all foreign up their insurgency, launched in late-2001 after they forces a precondition to the resumption of direct peace were toppled from power by a US-led invasion. talks with Kabul which began last summer in Pakistan A spokesman from Pakistan’s foreign office, but ended abruptly after it was revealed that their leader Mohammed Nafees Zakaria, however tweeted that a Mullah Omar had been dead for two years. Pakistan had fifth round of talks between the four countries would hosted a milestone first round of direct talks with the take place in Islamabad on tomorrow, without giving Taleban in July last year. — AFP Pakistan’s PM defends his finances, suggests Panama probe

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister defended his finan- the opposition Syed Khursheed Shah accused him of cial record yesterday, denying that he used any Pakistani dodging questions and led a walk-out in protest. The funds to buy property in London or establish a steel mill in opposition had wanted more details on Sharif’s finances, Saudi Arabia. included the money trail leading to his overseas properties. Nawaz Sharif’s speech came against the backdrop of the Sharif said a committee comprising government and Panama papers, leaked financial documents indicating that opposition lawmakers should be formed to prepare for a his children hold offshore assets worth millions of dollars. judicial probe into all those mentioned in the Panama Speaking to parliament after he faced mounting pressure papers - a trove of leaked documents from Panama-based from the opposition to clarify his financial situation, Sharif law firm Mossack Fonseca - including members of his fami- denied any wrongdoing. ly. He has already written to the country’s chief justice to Sharif said his father built up the family business before create this probe, and to look into corruption and tax eva- the premier entered politics and established a steel mill sion by politicians and others. abroad while he was in exile. The Jeddah steel mill was The opposition argued that it wants the judicial probe then sold in 2005 for $17 million, and the proceeds were to be confined to the Panama papers and to largely focus used to buy the apartments in London, Sharif said. on Sharif’s family. The leaked papers have also named oth- He also presented details of his and his family’s tax er Pakistani politicians and businessmen alleged to have affairs. Yet shortly after Sharif’s speech concluded, leader of substantial undeclared overseas assets. — AP

LAHORE: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday. — AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 Americans traveling to N Korea risk ‘unduly harsh sentences’ WASHINGTON: Americans who travel to North Korea crime. Its strong advice came after two Americans were 15 years of hard labor in March for trying to steal an done knowingly or unknowingly - ‘have been treated despite ongoing warnings risk “unduly harsh sentences” sentenced in recent weeks in North Korea and when item with a propaganda slogan, North Korean media as crimes” in an attempt to further caution travelers. for actions that would not be considered a crime in the international tensions are increasingly high with the reported. Washington has condemned the punish- Showing disrespect toward North Korean leader United States, the US State Department said in its latest reclusive country over its nuclear weapons program. ments, saying North Korea is using U.S. citizens to push Kim Jong Un or former leaders, criticizing the govern- travel warning yesterday. Last month, North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced its own political agenda. In the past, North Korea has ment, having an unauthorized interaction with resi- The department, in a detailed warning against such Korean-American Kim Dong Chul, 62, to 10 years hard used detained Americans to push for high-profile visits dents, taking unapproved photographs and shopping travel, cautioned that at least 14 US citizens have been labor after he admitted to committing “unpardonable from the United States, with which it has no formal at certain stores have all been considered crimes, the detained in North Korea in the past 10 years and that espionage” including stealing military secrets, accord- diplomatic relations. US officials have long warned department said. Americans traveling there should not American travelers should be aware that possessing ing to North Korean media. Americans against traveling to North Korea, and yester- expect protection from tour groups or guides or have any media criticizing the country could considered a American student Otto Warmbier was sentenced to day it outlined a dozen specific actions that “whether expectation of privacy, it added. — Reuters

Quake hits Tokyo area

TOKYO: A strong earthquake with a pre- The focus of the tremor was 40 km liminary magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter underground in southern part of Ibaraki scale struck eastern Japan yesterday, Prefecture, about 40 km northeast of including Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Tokyo, according to the agency. The Agency said. However, there were no quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese immediate reports of major damage. No seismic scale of 7 in Omitama City. The tsunami warning was issued for the 9:23 agency defines an intensity of lower 5 as p.m. (1223 GMT) quake. Operators of strong enough to make hanging objects nuclear power plants in the affected areas swing violently and most unstable orna- said there were no signs of abnormalities ments fall. at the facilities from the quake. In wide areas of Tokyo, the quake reg- Shinkansen bullet train service on istered 3 on the Japanese seismic scale. some routes were briefly suspended, but The Japanese scale measures how much resumed afterwards. The government set places were shaken on the surface while up a taskforce at the prime minister’s the Richter scale measures the energy of office to collect information. the quake itself. — KUNA Ex-cop charged in grisly Thai killing linked to mass grave BANGKOK: A former policeman in Thailand involved. One was Pramote, a former has been charged with murdering a woman policeman and one was a suspect we have whose fate led to the discovery of a sus- here today (called) Boonna,” said Police pected mass grave, police said yesterday. Major General Yanyong Vetkosol. Reports about a large burial site in the Boonna admitted being involved in the northeast, where criminal gangs may have woman’s killing, saying she had a dispute dumped bodies for years, have swirled in the with the former police officer about money. local media in recent weeks. The investigation It is common practice in Thailand for sus- began when the daughter of a woman who pects who admit their guilt to be presented BEIJING: China Premier Li Keqiang,rear right, and Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, rear left, applaud while Afghanistan’s was strangled in June 2014 took reporters to to the media. Investigators added that Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi exchange documents during signing ceremony at the Great Hall a remote jungle area where her mother’s Pramote is already serving jail time for of the People yesterday. — AP burned corpse was first discovered. another murder. Police have been at pains She said she wanted to highlight what she to distance themselves from any sugges- described as a lack of police interest in inves- tion their officers may be linked to killings Afghanistan backs Beijing tigating the killing. During the visit reporters or to a mass grave site. found bones that looked human. Subsequent The country’s police have long had a police investigations have uncovered at least reputation for corruption, with many Thais nine possible sites containing bones, some of likening them to a mafia in uniform. stance on South China Sea them certified as human, while 41 people Thailand’s junta chief, a former head of the with missing relatives have come forward to army, has vowed to clean up the police and offer DNA samples. has transferred or sacked a number of high- BEIJING: Yesterday China said landlocked ing the construction of low-cost housing and struck a $3 billion deal in 2008 to develop a min- At a press conference in the northeast- profile officers. Afghanistan has expressed support for Beijing’s boost imports of Afghan agricultural projects. ing town at Mes Aynak with power generators, ern city of Khon Kaen, officers yesterday Police in Khon Kaen said more time was stance on the South China Sea dispute, the latest China has been seeking support from friendly road and rail links, and smelting facilities. announced two people including a former needed to investigate the potential mass country from outside the region to line up nations for its bilateral approach to settling Workers built a residential compound, but were policeman had been charged with the June grave and discover whether the remains behind China’s calls for bilateral talks on the South China Sea territorial disputes, largely to pulled out because of security concerns. 2014 murder. “We know two people were are from missing people. —AFP issue. The Foreign Ministry said Afghanistan counter efforts by the US, Philippines and others President Ashraf Ghani’s government says it is Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah made the to challenge China’s claim to virtually the entire determined to finish that project. statement in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li sea and creation of new islands out of coral The sector is badly hampered by a lack of Keqiang in Beijing that also touched on security reefs. Russia has so far been the most prominent expertise in exploration, extraction and process- cooperation along their border in China’s volatile nation to publicly endorse China’s position. ing, along with inadequate infrastructure and the western region of Xinjiang. China has refused to participate in interna- country’s chronic insecurity. A bitter feud between “Our Afghan counterparts expressed their tional arbitration on the matter brought by the Abdullah and Ghani has also hobbled the Kabul gratitude for China’s long-term support over the Philippines and undermined efforts to approach government, leaving interim ministers in critical years, and also said they support China’s posi- the issue multilaterally through the 10-member positions while the US ally struggles to confront tion on the South China Sea issue and support Association of Southeast Asian Nations. lawlessness, corruption and the Taleban’s resilient China’s efforts to resolve the South China Sea Hou said Abdullah pledged Afghanistan’s and perhaps expanding insurgency. China has issue through bilateral channels and through support for China in its fight against extremist also hosted talks between the Kabul government peaceful means such as negotiation and consul- groups blamed for attacks in Xinjiang and else- and its opponents, although Abdullah was tation,” the deputy director general of the min- where in the country. Beijing has long provided quoted as telling China’s official Xinhua News istry’s department of Asian Affairs, Hou Yanqi, Kabul with financial support and Chinese com- Agency last week that such contacts have failed told reporters following the talks. panies have invested in Afghan mining projects to bear fruit because of Taleban intransigence. Hou said Li also expressed China’s willingness that hope to exploit the country’s estimated $3 Before returning to Kabul, Abdullah is to visit to help with Afghanistan’s national reconciliation trillion in mineral and petrochemical deposits. Xinjiang’s regional capital of Urumqi, a major process, provide assistance for projects includ- Beijing’s state-run China Metallurgical Group Central Asian business hub. — AP Malaysia accused of rights abuse for barring activist’s trip

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government faced fresh allegations of trampling rights yesterday after the leader of a massive demonstration last year calling for the premier’s ouster over a graft scandal said she was prevented going abroad to accept an award. Maria Chin Abdullah, who heads the Coalition SEOUL: A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, center, and other South Korean mock for Clean and Fair Elections Malaysia’s leading missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum yesterday. — AP political pressure group-said she was stopped Sunday night from travelling to South Korea to accept the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights on S Korea, US, Japan plan joint behalf of her group. “It’s outrageous and shows a desperate government clutching on to power drills on N Korean threat when it should be accountable,” she told AFP. Chin said she was given no explanation and SEOUL: South Korea, the United States and and missile threats. It was the first such that the refusal violated her constitutional rights. Japan will hold their first joint military agreement among the three countries. An Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government is training next month focused on cooperat- international standoff over North Korea has accused of cracking down on civil liberties fol- ing to detect signs of missile launches from recently deepened after Pyongyang carried lowing a 2013 election setback and amid allega- North Korea and trace missile trajectories, a out its fourth nuclear test in January and a tions that billions of dollars were stolen from a Seoul defense official said yesterday. long-range rocket launch in February. state development fund he founded called The drills, set for around June 28, will be Washington regularly holds military 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). held on the sidelines of biennial multina- drills with South Korea and Japan - which Najib and 1MDB both deny wrongdoing. Chin’s organization-known in Malaysia as tional naval exercises scheduled for waters together host about 80,000 American KUALA LUMPUR: Maria Chin Abdullah (C), chairperson of Bersih — the coalition of Malaysian off Hawaii from June to August, which the troops - and shares intelligence with them “Bersih”, the Malay word for “clean”-is an alliance of NGOs that has staged large demonstrations in NGOs and activist groups — smiling as she speaks to journalists after giving statements on the three countries regularly attend, the official on a bilateral level. But Seoul and Tokyo groups that staged the huge August 29 rally at police. — AFP said. The official spoke on condition of don’t, largely a result of lingering public recent years to demand reform of an electoral anonymity, citing department rules. resentments in South Korea against Japan system it says is rigged in favor of the ruling could not immediately be reached for comment. bling questions about Malaysia’s judiciary and The trilateral drills will involve Aegis- over its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the coalition. Last August it orchestrated protests by In the past three years dozens of activists and rule of law. An appeals court was to rule yesterday equipped ships from the three countries, Korean Peninsula. tens of thousands to press for Najib’s ouster over government critics including Chin have been on the sedition conviction last year of prominent but they will not involve missile-intercep- The Korean Peninsula was divided into a the graft allegations and demand anti-corrup- investigated on a range of charges, typically anti-government activist Hishamuddin Rais, who tion training, the official said. The three US-backed South Korea and a Soviet-sup- tion reforms. Chin’s travel refusal drew criticism sedition, and authorities banned Bersih’s yellow said in 2013 that Najib’s government should be countries have held joint search-and-res- ported, socialist North Korea at the end of of the government on Malaysia’s hyperactive shirts as a “national security threat” following last overthrown. Human Rights Watch on Monday cue drills in the past. The training follows a the Japanese occupation. The two Koreas social media Monday, and opposition leader August’s anti-Najib protests. called his conviction “a shameful, politically moti- 2014 intelligence-gathering pact among fought a devastating three-year war in the Wan Azizah Wan Ismail vowed to call for a Last year, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim vated attack” displaying a “yawning and rapidly the three countries, designed to better early 1950s that ended with an armistice, protest against “this shameful, desperate act”. was jailed for five years on a sodomy conviction expanding gap” between the government’s con- cope with North Korea’s increasing nuclear not a peace treaty. — AP Immigration authorities and Najib’s office that the United States and others said raised trou- duct and international law. — AFP Australians in court charged with plot to take boat to Syria

BRISBANE: An Australian firebrand preacher urging local Muslims to support militants in Thorne, Kadir Kaya, Antonio Grenata and Paul their passports canceled to prevent them leav- and lectured Filipino Muslims to support the deported from the Philippines and four other the Middle East. Dacre have not entered pleas. Police allege ing the country to fight for extremist groups Islamic State group. Australian police said at suspected jihadists appeared in a northern Yesterday, the Cairns Magistrates Court that the defendants, aged 21 to 33, towed a such as the Islamic State. the time that Cerantonioís social media post- Australian court yesterday charged with plan- ordered the extradition of Cerantonio and his half-cabin fiberglass power boat with a car Philippine authorities said Cerantonio was ings were ìoffensive and disturbing,î but did ning to head for Syria in a 7-meter (23 -foot) four co-accused from Queensland state to their 3,100 kilometers (1,900 miles) from Melbourne deported in 2014 for being an ìundocumented not violate Australiaís law. boat to fight for the Islamic State group. hometown of Melbourne to face a federal to Laura in Australiaís tropical north before foreign nationalî after the Australian govern- Authorities allege Cerantonio bought the Philippine authorities said Robert charge outlawing Australian foreign fighters. they were arrested last Tuesday. ment canceled his passport. He was arrested boat in the first suspected attempt by would- Cerantonio, also known as Musa Cerantonio, Entering or preparing to enter a foreign coun- Police say they planned to travel by boat two weeks earlier in the Philippinesí central be foreign fighters to leave Australia by sea. was deported in 2014 because of his suspected try to engage in hostile activity is a crime in through Indonesia to the Philippines. Police Cebu provinceís Lapu-Lapu city but faced no Security officials estimate 110 Australians are links to terrorists based on YouTube videos Australia punishable by life imprisonment. have not specified how they allegedly planned formal charges. Philippine police alleged fighting for the Islamic State group in the allegedly showing him advocating jihad and Cerantonio and co-accused Shayden to get from the Philippines to Syria. All had Cerantonio had called for jihad on YouTube Middle East. — AP NEWS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

An Indian girl photographs another on a bench near blooming trees as they enjoy the afternoon weather in a park after rain in Guwahati in the northeastern state of Assam yesterday. — AP Kenya police break up opposition protests

NAIROBI: Kenyan police fired tear gas and Protests were also held in other Kenyan toral commission of being biased towards only teargas had been used to disperse the ethnic violence that left more than 1,100 peo- beat opposition demonstrators with trun- towns, including Kisumu and Kisii in the President Uhuru Kenyatta. He has demanded protesters, stressing that “no live bullets were ple dead after supporters of Odinga, who is cheons yesterday to stop them storming the southwest, with police there firing tear gas to that a new slate of commissioners be named used”. Kenyatta beat Odinga by more than from the Luo people, challenged his defeat by offices of the electoral commission to break up the crowds, local media reported. ahead of the next election in August 2017. 800,000 votes to win the presidency in 2013. Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu. The next election in Aug demand its dissolution. Hundreds of protest- “Police are using unnecessary excessive The windscreen of Odinga’s own car was Odinga and civil society groups have 2017 is shaping up as a rematch of the 2013 ers were prevented from reaching the offices force on peaceful demonstrators, they are not damaged during yesterday’s protest. He later accused the electoral commission of a series of election, with 71-year old Odinga expected to of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries justified at all,” said former prime minister said he was not inside the vehicle at the time. irregularities that they said skewed the results. try to unseat Kenyatta, 54. President Kenyatta Commission (IEBC). Some of the demonstra- Raila Odinga, promising to hold protests Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinet The election nonetheless passed off peaceful- recently organized a meeting with several par- tors threw stones at police. There have been every Monday. Odinga, who lost his latest bid denied rumors that police had fired on the ly, in contrast to the country’s disputed 2007 ty faithful to discuss the possibility of reorgan- several such protests in recent weeks. for the presidency in 2013, accuses the elec- car. Police spokesman George Kinoti said elections which degenerated into fierce inter- izing the electoral commission. — AFP

Top court jails bedoon activist for... Iran cracks down on Instagram modeling

Continued from Page 1 versities. Rapporteur of the committee MP Mohammad Continued from Page 1 The previous Spider operation targeted “pornography and insulting Islamic sanctity,” officials have said. In recent Al-Huwailah said the law allows the establishment of His comments followed a live “educational court session” years, Iranian women - especially in the capital, Tehran - External Affairs Minister Abdulkarim Mohamed said, more government universities in various governorates. on Sunday at which a former model said she had been earn- have worn the mandatory scarf loosely on their head, when asked if his country was ready to receive the It also allows the establishment of specialized universi- ing money through the popular photosharing mobile appli- drawing the ire of conservatives in the Islamic Republic. bedoons. “Yes, it is something we are ready to do if offi- ties, mainly in the field of technology, and calls for cation Instagram. The average monthly income for a success- Tehran police chief Gen Hossein Sajedinia in April cially requested by the Kuwaiti government,” he said, learning from the educational experiences of countries ful model is 100 million rials ($3,330), the woman, named as announced his department had deployed 7,000 male and cited by Al-Anbaa newspaper. like Singapore, the United States and United Kingdom. Elham Arab by the judiciary-linked website Mizan Online, told female officers for a new plainclothes division - the largest In Nov 2014, interior ministry assistant undersecre- The committee also assigned its member MP Abdullah Tehran’s prosecutor. such undercover assignment in memory - to enforce the tary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah said those bedoons not Abul to investigate the controversy surrounding over- “All people love beauty and fame,” Arab said. “They would government-mandated Islamic dress code. like to be seen, but it is important to know what price they will The model crackdown is just the latest move by authori- granted citizenship could be given permanent resi- time work by the teaching staff of the Public Authority pay to be seen.” Arab could not be immediately reached for ties to control online expression in Iran. Nearly 40 percent dence if they agreed to take Comorian economic citi- for Applied Education and Training. comment. It wasn’t immediately known if she had a lawyer. of Iran’s 80 million people can access the Internet, though zenship. Those who accept the offer would be given a MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji yesterday called on acting oil The TV report did not say what charges she faced, nor did it the US-based watchdog Freedom House describes web series of incentives, including free education and minister Anas Al-Saleh to order an investigation into identify the other seven people arrested. It said those target- access as “not free” in the Islamic Republic due to censor- healthcare, and the right to work, he said. wrongdoings by an expatriate legal advisor who recent- ed saw their businesses shut down, as well as their pages on ship and filtering. The impoverished Comoros consist of three islands ly resigned from the oil ministry. The lawmaker said the Instagram and Facebook removed. Arab’s Instagram account In May 2014, authorities arrested a group of young Iranian in the Indian Ocean off the coast of east Africa with a advisor had reportedly committed a number of viola- could not be accessed yesterday. men and women for an online video of them dancing to population of just under 800,000 people, nearly all of tions against Kuwaiti employees that led to the illegal Instagram is extremely popular in Iran. Unlike Facebook, Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy.” While the arrests drew wide- them Sunni Muslims. Despite the country’s distance dismissal of some of them. Turaiji said the oil ministry Twitter and YouTube which remain blocked, Instagram is spread criticism, including from the musician himself, those accessible to Iranians. The crackdown seems to refer to the involved each received suspended sentences of six months’ from the Middle East and North Africa, it is a member of should not allow the advisor to leave without subject- eight arrests announced by judiciary spokesman Gholam imprisonment and 91 lashes. Meanwhile, journalists, filmmak- the Arab League as well as the African Union. Several ing him to an investigation. Hossein Mohseni-Ejeie in early March. He reported the “arrest ers, writers and activists also have been detained, sentenced years ago, the Comoros offered thousands of bedoons Meanwhile, MP Abdulhameed Dashti yesterday sub- of eight models, some of whom were released on bail and or imprisoned. Yesterday, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news in the United Arab Emirates citizenship in exchange for mitted a draft law calling for the establishment of a some informed (of the law and freed)”. “Some of them had agency reported authorities arrested Mahdi Boutorabi, the generous aid in a deal similar to the Kuwait proposal. supreme constitutional court to replace the existing heavy charges like spreading prostitution and promoting cor- manager of an Iranian blogging service called persianblog.ir. In another development, the National Assembly’s constitutional court to handle all disputes regarding ruption,” he said. “Some ... entered these networks unknow- The ISNA report did not elaborate on the case of Boutorabi, educational committee yesterday discussed parts of a laws and constitutional issues. The rulings of the court ingly and thought these are commission jobs they are being who previously was arrested following Iran’s disputed 2009 43-article draft law to regulate the establishment of uni- will be final. paid for, so these people were not arrested.” presidential election. — Agencies TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Tom Williams

he Premier League season’s defining quirk was that with a vast tide of television money set to flood TEngland’s top flight, Leicester City’s triumph showed that wealth isn’t everything. While Manchester City and Manchester United’s squads cost a combined estimated total of £800 million ($1.16 billion), Leicester’s title-winning squad barely exceeded the £50 million mark. In the context of the £5.14 billion television deal due to kick in next sea- son, their fairytale 5,000-1 success suggested that it is no longer about how much money you spend, but how you spend it. “I’ve grown up always believing the big clubs, with the most money, win,” said Jamie Redknapp, the Liverpool mid- fielder turned TV pundit. “Even Blackburn, when they won the title (in 1995), spent a lot of money and had the best White male Brazil cabinet raises fears players. This is like no other.” While the feats of Jamie Vardy (£1 million), Riyad Mahrez (£400,000) and N’Golo Kante By Paulo Prada left in Brazil. The Workers Party had managed for the best forecasts for 2018 presidential elections. (£5.6 million) demonstrated a new way of spending, Leicester’s football revealed a different way of winning. part of a decade to combine economic growth and fiscal In an April survey by polling institute Datafolha, Lula In an age when many teams continue to worship at the o the people who benefited most from the long, responsibility with social programs that attacked poverty and Silva, the former environment minister who now leads altar of ‘tiki-taka’, Claudio Ranieri’s well-drilled, hard-running recently truncated rule of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party, and promoted diversity. But its support frayed under her own party, tied for the lead with about 20 percent sup- side averaged 44.8 percent of possession - the third-lowest Tthe look of the successor government could not be Rousseff as the economy fell into recession and huge port each. Temer, who has said he will not run, only got 2 in the league - and had a pass completion rate of 70.5 per- more disheartening. Whereas cabinet posts over the past corruption scandals rocked the country. In his first term, percent of those polled. In his first address as interim presi- cent - the league’s second-lowest. With Tottenham Hotspur, 13 years were often filled by women and blacks, new former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the party’s dent, Temer promised to pursue business-friendly policies another high-intensity team, challenging for the title under Interim President Michel Temer last week presented a icon and Rousseff’s mentor, included Marina Silva, a but keep the programs that were Workers Party hallmarks, the inspirational Mauricio Pochettino, Football Association group of 23 ministers that looked a lot like him - white, black environmentalist who toiled as a rubber tapper in like income assistance for poor families who keep their chairman Greg Dyke was moved to exclaim: “The old order male and mostly old. “I am not represented,” says Bruno her teens, and Gilberto Gil, an internationally acclaimed kids in school. has broken.” Leao, a 24-year-old business student in Rio de Janeiro, who black songwriter. Rousseff had so many women ministers Aides say the new Cabinet was selected quickly from is part of a generation of black Brazilians who earned and aides that male operatives in BrasÌlia scoffed at the the ranks of parties who would support the new govern- Man Utd Stagnate unprecedented access to education and other socioeco- number of pantsuits. ment. “We tried to look for women,” said Eliseu Padilha, The Professional Footballers’ Association Team of the Year told its own story, with Leicester and Tottenham con- nomic gains because of Workers Party policies. “All those Temer’s new chief of staff, “but it wasn’t possible.” Some of tributing four players each. Excepting Harry Kane, the divi- years of struggle and it’s like it didn’t happen,” he adds, not- Old Status Quo the new government’s allies and supporters say the hand sion’s 25-goal top scorer, who came through Tottenham’s ing that advances in civil rights, education and purchasing While Brazil’s constitution enshrines social benefits simi- wringing overlooks the need for swift economic measures. youth system, all were signed for fees dwarfed by the £49 power remain tenuous. lar to those in Western Europe, Temer has already said pen- “At the moment, more urgent than a grand discussion million that City spent on Raheem Sterling. West Ham Temer, a 75-year-old centrist and constitutional scholar, sion and social security laws are the very first that need to about the sex and color of ministers, is knowing whether United’s Dimitri Payet, another Team of the Year inclusion, took over the presidency after the Senate forced the sus- be streamlined. He also plans labor reforms, a set of priori- the ministers have the capacity to succeed,” wrote was a relative snip at £10.7 million. pension of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first woman leader, by ties that have some Brazilians worried the new govern- Mansueto Almeida, a well-known economist, in a widely The French playmaker inspired Slaven Bilic’s side to sev- voting on Thursday to put her on trial for breaking budget ment has no interest in the poor. “It won’t be hard to return read blog post. enth place, with Ronald Koeman’s Southampton, fellow can- laws. Most Brazilians backed Rousseff’s impeachment but to the old, exclusionary status quo when you don’t even Still, critics say the cabinet also includes politicians ny spenders, provisionally fifth ahead of Manchester United’s in one of the world’s biggest racial and cultural melting consider inclusion in the new government,” says Djamila whose past actions and discourse are at odds with the very postponed final game against Bournemouth, which fell vic- pots, where more than half the 200 million people identify Ribeiro, a black philosopher and columnist for Carta ministries they will command. The new agriculture minis- tim to a bomb scare. The big clubs met with failure of varying themselves as black or mixed, the makeup of Temer’s gov- Capital, a leftist magazine. ter, a wealthy soy grower who has long clashed with envi- stripes. Despite having invested some £250 million in new players, Louis van Gaal oversaw a season of grim stagnation ernment raised alarm. A commodities-fueled boom helped the Workers Party ronmentalists because of the crop’s encroachment on at United, who are effectively guaranteed to miss out on a Leftists, minorities and many lower-income Brazilians lift more than 30 million people from poverty before Amazon rainforest, is charged with regulating farming. The Champions League place for the second time in three years. fear that a deep economic recession, and the spending Brazil’s economy ground to a halt. Policies like affirmative education minister hails from a party that sued at the Frustrated at United’s feeble, sideways football - the cuts that the new government says are essential to spur a action programs and broader scholarship opportunities, Supreme Court to try to block affirmative action. The shift antithesis of Leicester’s approach - fans have grown increas- recovery, could mean rolling back progressive policies. which increased enrollment at universities from around 2 risks backfiring, especially if it helps rally disillusioned left- ingly vocal in their criticisms of the defiant Dutchman, for “The rallying cry right now is the economy and that can percent of the young black population in 2003 to about 10 ists who fragmented because of corruption scandals and whom victory over Crystal Palace in next weekend’s FA Cup become an excuse to scrap anything related to matters of percent in 2013, created new opportunities for many once policy missteps that weakened the Workers Party. “It would final may not be enough to keep him in a job. Jose Mourinho inclusion, equality or culture,” says Esther Solano, a sociolo- marginalized. Yet Brazil remains one of the most unequal be an error for the new government to think that they are has been hovering in anticipation of the Old Trafford axe gist at the Federal University of Sao Paulo. She points to societies in the world. Among those who escaped poverty somehow representative of Brazil,” says Renato Meirelles, falling ever since his dismissal by Chelsea in December. Worn one of the first decisions by Temer: To fold a ministry of during the boom, most from racially mixed backgrounds, founder of Data Popular, a research firm that specializes in down by Mourinho, the defending champions collapsed women, racial equality and human rights into the far-big- some still earn little more than $6 a day and are at risk of the economics and behavior of Brazil’s working class. “This completely, but Guus Hiddink steadied the ship and with ger ministry of justice, led by a man. sliding back. The popularity of social programs is one rea- is a placeholder government that doesn’t have anything Italy coach Antonio Conte arriving after Euro 2016, a new future is taking shape. Rousseff’s downfall marks a stunning defeat for the son leftist candidates continue to outpoll conservatives in close to a broad popular mandate.” — Reuters

‘Wake-Up Call’ There is immense anticipation, meanwhile, at City, where Pep Guardiola will replace Manuel Pellegrini following a GOP’s Trump sounds like a Democrat season of damaging inconsistency that nonetheless yielded the League Cup and a first Champions League semi-final By Jill Colvin tained that he has no plans to scale back Social Security ately benefited the rich and would balloon the federal appearance. Liverpool have already been revitalized by a benefits or raise its qualifying retirement age. The position deficit. Close to clinching the nomination, Trump now new manager and despite an eighth-place finish, the club’s s he tries to charm Republicans still skeptical of his puts him in line with Clinton. She has said she would appears to be pulling away from his own proposal. While engrossing run to the Europa League final has hinted at the presidential candidacy, Donald Trump has a chal- “defend and expand” Social Security, has ruled out a higher he still wants to lower taxes for the wealthy and business- thrills that may lie ahead under Jurgen Klopp. At Arsenal, lenge: On several key issues, he sounds an awful lot retirement age and opposes reductions in cost-of-living es, he now says his plan was just a starting point for dis- Arsene Wenger soldiers on towards the 20th anniversary of A his appointment. like a Democrat. And on some points of policy, such as adjustments or other benefits. “There is tremendous waste, cussions and he would like to see the middle class benefit He has, customarily, delivered another season of trade and national defense, the billionaire businessman fraud and abuse, but I’m leaving it the way it is,” Trump more from whatever changes he seeks in tax law. “We Champions League football the 19th in succession - but with could even find himself running to the left of Hillary recently told Fox Business Network. have to go to Congress, we have to go to the Senate, we Arsenal having spectacularly failed to exploit their rivals’ Clinton, his likely Democratic rival in the general election. It’s a stance at odds with the country’s top-ranked have to go to our congressmen and women and we have struggles, fan dissent towards the Frenchman has been Trump is a classic Republican in many ways. He elected Republican, House Speaker Paul Ryan to negotiate a deal,” Trump said recently. “So it really is a louder than ever. Emboldened by their TV gains, the heavy- rails against environmental and corporate of Wisconsin, who has advocated fun- proposal, but it’s a very steep proposal.” weights can be expected to flex their muscles in the close- regulations, proposes dramatically low- damental changes to Social Security Trump has a similar take on the minimum wage. Trump season transfer window and former Leicester manager er tax rates and holds firm on oppos- and other entitlement pro- said at a GOP primary debate that wages are too high, and Martin O’Neill believes that they will all come back stronger. ing abortion rights. But the pre- grams. But it’s also one later made clear that he does not support a federal mini- “Maybe it’s a wake-up call,” he said. “I think the big teams sumptive GOP nominee doesn’t fit that Trump argues mum wage. Yet when speaking about the issue, he says he might feel it was one year they slipped up in and they might neatly into a traditional ideologi- keeps him in line recognizes the difficulty of surviving on the current mini- become very strong again. Money talks in this business.” cal box. with the wishes of mum wage of $7.25 an hour. “I am open to doing some- The division will lose two of its grandest clubs as Newcastle United and Aston Villa sink into the “I think I’m running on com- most voters. thing with it,” he told CNN this month. On foreign policy, Championship alongside Norwich City, to be replaced by mon sense,” he said in a recent “Remember the wheel- Trump already appears working to paint Clinton as a Burnley, Middlesbrough and the playoff winners. The TV interview with AP. “I think I’m run- chair being pushed over the cliff national security hawk who would too easily the lead the deal means that Burnley and Boro could not have timed ning on what’s right. I don’t when you had Ryan chosen as country into conflict. “On foreign policy, Hillary is trigger promotion better, but as Leicester’s game-changing success think in terms of labels.” your vice president?” Trump told happy,” Trump said at a recent rally, He listed the countries demonstrates, it is what you do with it that counts. — AFP Perhaps Trump’s clearest South Carolina voters this year, where the US had intervened militarily during her tenure break with Republican referring to then-vice presidential as secretary of state and pointed to her vote to authorize orthodoxy is on trade, which candidate Ryan’s budget plan. the Iraq war while she was in the Senate. Trump’s own the party’s 2012 platform “That was the end of that cam- “America First” approach appears to lean more toward iso- All articles appearing on these said was “crucial for our econo- paign.” Ryan was Mitt Romney’s lationism. One of his foreign policy advisers, Walid Phares, pages are the personal opinion of my” and a path to “more running mate in 2012. recently described it as a “third way”. “This doesn’t fit any American jobs, higher wages, and a Complicating the efforts to of the boxes,” Phares said. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no better standard of living.” define Trump is his penchant for Clinton has advocated using “smart power,” a combina- responsibility for views expressed Trump says his views on trade are offering contradictory ideas about tion of diplomatic, legal, economic, political and cultural “not really different” from the rest of his par- policy. He also has taken recently to tools to expand American influence. She believes the US therein. Kuwait Times invites ty’s, yet he pledges to rip up existing deals nego- saying that all of his plans are merely has a unique ability to rally the world to defeat internation- readers to voice their opinions. tiated by “stupid leaders” who failed to put American suggestions, open to later negotiation. al threats. She argues the country must be an active partic- Please send submissions via email workers first. He regularly slams the North American Trump’s tax plan, for instance, released last ipant on the world stage, particularly as part of interna- Free Trade Agreement involving the US, Mexico and fall, called for lowering the rate paid by the tional alliances such as NATO. Trump has criticized the mili- to: [email protected] or Canada, and opposes a pending Asia-Pacific pact, wealthiest people in the United States from tary alliance, questioning a structure that sees the US pay via snail mail to PO Box 1301 positions shared by Democratic candidate Bernie 39.6 percent to 25 percent and slashing the for most of its costs. “The best thing about Donald Trump Sanders. “The problem is the ideologues, the corporate tax rate from 35 percent today is he’s not Hillary Clinton, but he’s certainly not a Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves very conservative group, would say everything has to 15 percent. conservative, either,” said GOP Rep Tim Huelskamp, a the right to edit any submission to be totally free trade,” Trump said. “But you can’t Trump described it as a massive member of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus and a as necessary. have free trade if the deals are going to be bad. boon for the middle class. Outside Ted Cruz supporter in the 2016 race, in an interview with And that’s what we have.” Trump long has main- experts concluded it disproportion- “Fox News Sunday”. — AP TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 SPORTS

Staying cool is key: Champ Wilder open Arteta to retire after Verstappen senior to fights with rivals ending Arsenal career BARCELONA: Staying cool under pressure is the key to teenager Max NEW YORK: Unbeaten heavyweight champion Deontay LONDON: Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta, whose contract with Arsenal is Verstappen’s success in becoming the youngest race winner in Formula One Wilder could be in line to face rival undefeated British ring due to expire, has announced his intention to retire from playing and move history. That is the opinion of the man who knows him best, his father Jos, a for- kings Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua after a planned bout into coaching. The 34-year-old said he was “99 percent” certain to hang up mer F1 driver who watched in awe on Sunday as his 18-year-old son, the first next Saturday in Moscow was canceled. Lou DiBella, Wilder’s his boots after turning out for Arsenal for the last time in their 4-0 win over Dutchman to do so, claimed his record-breaking victory in the Spanish Grand promoter, said that any talk of rescheduling a new fight date Aston Villa on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday. Prix. As all around him celebrated one of the most stunning achievements in for Wilder to meet Russian Alexander Povetkin, who tested Arteta burst into tears when the full-time whistle was blown before motor sport, Verstappen senior reflected on how his son had resis- positive for the banned substance meldonium, was “unfound- explaining why. “It was unbelievable because the last few months have been ted all attacks to win ahead of Ferrari’s two world champion driv- ed and premature.” The World Boxing Council orderd the fight really difficult and I have been through a difficult position as well ers, Finn Kimi Raikkonen and German Sebastian Vettel, on his not be staged next week after the doping positive, DiBella with my role in the team,” the Spaniard said. “To have the oppor- debut with the Red Bull team. “He’s cool, he knows what to do, saying Povetkin breached the fight contract and Wilder “will tunity to say goodbye and 99 per cent to say goodbye to the but this is his life,” he said. “He has been racing his whole life, so await further communications from the WBC and will weigh sport that I love is very hard, but my taste of it can’t get better it’s quite normal for him, but to win a Formula One race will all our options given what has transpired.” Those options than today. “A big thank you to everybody.” Arteta, who joined always be very special, particularly with the way he won it. “He could include WBC champion Wilder, 36-0 with 35 knockouts, Arsenal in 2011 following a successful spell with Everton, won was always in control, he didn’t make mistakes, and he deserved working toward unifying the heavyweight crown by meeting two FA Cups and two Community Shields with Arsene it.” A sensational opening-lap collision between the two either International Boxing Federation champion Joshua, 16-0 Wenger’s side and insists he knew it was time to call time Mercedes drivers, defending three-time champion Lewis with 16 knockouts, or World Boxing Association and World on his playing days with the Gunners. “It is very hard to Hamilton and championship leader Nico Rosberg, set Boxing Organization champion Fury, 25-0 with 18 knockouts. stop but I wanted to leave it... I wanted to decide and I the stage for Verstappen. —AFP “This is a huge disappointment and a setback to my goals in thought for the last few months I wasn’t good enough boxing,” Wilder said. —AFP to represent this club on the pitch,” he said. —AFP Jays fall to Rangers as simmering feud boils over

ARLINGTON: A feud simmering since Jose opposite-field liner to right on a changeup. Bautista’s bat flip in last year’s AL Division Marte stole second and scored on Kang’s drive Series boiled over into a wild brawl in the final to the gap in right-center, chasing Lester after game of the season between Toronto and 109 pitches. He struck out nine. Texas, a 7-6 victory for the Rangers on Sunday. Bautista and Texas second baseman Rougned CARDINALS 5, DODGERS 2 Odor got into a fistfight behind the bag after a Matt Carpenter homered for the fifth time in hard slide by the Toronto slugger in the eighth eight games, Yadier Molina had a tiebreaking inning. Players from both teams rushed the two-run double in the top of the seventh field as Odor landed a punch to Bautista’s face. inning and St Louis beat Los Angeles to avoid Umpires needed about 10 minutes to being swept in the three-game series. Molina restore order, and Blue Jays reliever Jesse pinch hit for starting pitcher Mike Leake and Chavez (0-1) hit Prince Fielder with the next put the Cardinals up 3-1 when he lined reliever pitch when the game resumed. He was eject- Joe Blanton’s pitch into the left field corner with ed after an earlier warning for both teams two outs. Leake (2-3) pitched six innings to win when Bautista was hit by a pitch from Matt his second straight start, and Trevor Rosenthal Bush. Toronto manager John Gibbons was got his seventh save. Corey Seager homered among eight ejections in the game. Ian twice for the Dodgers, the first multihomer Desmond hit a three-run homer in the seventh game of his career. JP Howell (1-1) took the loss to give Bush (1-0) his first major league win after allowing a one-out single to Jeremy two days after the 30-year-old rookie made his Hazelbaker, who scored on Molina’s double. major league debut. YANKEES 7, WHITE SOX 5 RED SOX 10, ASTROS 9 Pinch-hitter Chase Headley lined a Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer and tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, Ryan Hanigan had three singles and drove in Carlos Beltran launched his 400th career home four to lead Boston. It was the seventh win in run and New York wrapped up a successful eight games for the Red Sox, and completed a homestand. The Yankees finished 7-3 against 6-1 homestand in which they score 73 runs. the White Sox, Kansas City and Boston, a Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. had a single to extend much-needed boost for the last-place team. his majors’ longest hitting streak this season to The AL Central-leading White Sox have 21 games. Luis Valbuena had a three-run homer dropped four of five overall, and lost for the and five RBIs for the Astros, and Carlos Correa 13th time in their last 15 games at Yankee added a solo homer. Heath Hembree (2-0) Stadium. A day after striking out all four bat- pitched two innings of relief for the win. Craig ters he faced, Dellin Betances (1-2) was wob- Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 10th save. bly. He took over in the seventh with a 5-4 ARLINGTON: Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista (19) gets hit by Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) after Bautista slid into Scott Feldman (2-3) took the loss. lead, but Jose Abreu and Todd Frazier greeted second in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Park. —AP him with singles and Melky Cabrera hit a tying the one run on four hits and three walks. AJ TIGERS 6, ORIOLES 5 five scoreless innings as last-place Cincinnati PIRATES 2, CUBS 1 double. Betances recovered to retire the next Ramos came on in the ninth for his 11th save. JD Martinez and Miguel Cabrera homered won for the third time in 16 road games this Starling Marte singled with one out in the three batters. Aroldis Chapman closed for his Nationals starter Joe Ross (3-3) allowed five on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning, season. The Phillies hung on for a 4-3 victory seventh inning to end Jon Lester’s no-hit bid, third save. Matt Albers (1-2) took the loss. runs - three earned - over 5 2/3 innings. and Detroit ended Baltimore’s seven-game on Saturday night when Suarez was cut down then scored on Jung Ho Kang’s double to put winning streak. The home runs came against at the plate on the final play of the game. Gerrit Cole and Pittsburgh ahead to stay. Kang MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 1 GIANTS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Darren O’Day, who fanned the first two batters Odubel Herrera had two hits and two RBIs for added an eighth-inning home run to help the Jose Fernandez struck out 11 over seven Manager Bruce Bochy successfully chal- in the eighth with Baltimore up 5-4. O’Day (2- Philadelphia, which had won six of seven. Pirates beat the major league-leading Cubs for innings and drove in two runs during a three- lenged to get a game-ending double play after 1) thought he struck out the side when Philadelphia left-hander Adam Morgan (1-1) the first time in six tries this season. Cole (4-3) run sixth to help Miami defeat Washington. Brandon Crawford singled in a run in the ninth Martinez checked his swing with two strikes, lasted just 3 2/3 innings, matching the short- allowed three hits in eight shutout innings. Giancarlo Stanton hit his 11th home run as inning and San Francisco completed a four- but first base umpire Mark Wegner ruled the est outing of his career. He allowed seven runs Mark Melancon gave up a run in a shaky ninth Miami salvaged a four-game split. He also sur- game sweep. Bochy challenged that Rickie batter did not go around. Martinez hit the and eight hits. but held on for his 11th save in 12 chances. vived an outfield collision with Marcell Ozuna Weeks was safe at first base on what turned out sidearmer’s next pitch over the center-field Lester (4-2), who threw a no-hitter with Boston that led to Ryan Zimmerman’s inside-the-park to be a 4-6-3 double play. If the call had stood, wall, and Cabrera followed with a drive to left. ROYALS 4, BRAVES 2, 13 INNINGS in 2008, had permitted only two walks and home run for Washington. Fernandez (5-2) the tying run would have scored from third. Manny Machado homered for the Orioles. Kendrys Morales hit a walk-off two-run retired 16 straight batters before Marte’s threw a career-high 117 pitches while allowing Santiago Casilla escaped the trouble for his Warwick Saupold (1-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings of homer with two out in the 13th inning and ninth save. The Giants had just one hit - Trevor two-hit relief. Francisco Rodriguez got three Kansas City overcame a rare blown save by Brown’s home run - through eight innings. But outs for his ninth save. Wade Davis to defeat Atlanta. Alcides MLB Results/Standings they opened the ninth with three singles off Escobar, who had four hits to match his Brad Ziegler (1-2). Hunter Strickland (2-0) ANGELS 3, MARINERS 0 career high, singled before Morales’ blast off NY Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 5; Minnesota 5, Cleveland 1; Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 6; Cincinnati 9, pitched a scoreless inning to get the victory. Hector Santiago pitched eight innings of Jason Grilli. The Royals used nine pitchers, Philadelphia 4; Detroit 6, Baltimore 5; Boston 10, Houston 9; Miami 5, Washington 1; Milwaukee 3, San Diego 2; two-hit ball and Daniel Nava’s two-run, two- tying a club record for one game, with Chien- Kansas City 4, Atlanta 2 (13 innings); Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1; Texas 7, Toronto 6; LA Angels 3, Seattle 0; Colorado 4, NY Mets 3; San Francisco 2, Arizona 1; St. Louis 5, LA Dodgers 2. ROCKIES 4, METS 3 out single in the eighth inning gave Los Ming Wang (2-0) picking up the victory. Pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn came through Angeles the cushion it needed to complete a Lefthander Eric O’Flaherty (0-3), the sixth of American League National League with a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sev- three-game sweep. Santiago was dominant, seven Braves pitchers, took the loss. The Eastern Division Eastern Division enth inning that carried Colorado past New outpitching Seattle ace Felix Hernandez (3-3). Braves rallied to tie it with two runs in the W L PCT GB Washington 23 15 .605 - York for a three-game sweep. Tyler Chatwood Santiago allowed just two hits overall, the first ninth off Davis, who blew his first save since Baltimore 23 13 .639 - Philadelphia 22 16 .579 1 (5-3) pitched seven solid innings and Carlos not coming until the sixth inning when Shawn July 12 against Toronto. Boston 24 14 .632 - NY Mets 21 16 .568 1.5 Toronto 19 20 .487 5.5 Gonzalez also homered for the Rockies, who O’Malley led off with a bunt single that Miami 20 17 .541 2.5 swept the Mets for the first time since April Santiago mishandled on the transfer. Chris ATHLETICS 7, RAYS 6 Tampa Bay 16 19 .457 6.5 Atlanta 9 27 .250 13 NY Yankees 16 20 .444 7 2013. Yoenis Cespedes homered but it wasn’t Iannetta had Seattle’s only other hit with a line Danny Valencia hit three home runs, includ- Central Division Central Division enough for the Mets, who wasted a strong drive single in the seventh. Santiago (3-2) ing a two-run shot in the ninth inning that lifted Chicago Cubs 27 9 .750 - Chicago White Sox 24 14 .632 - start by Jacob deGrom and finished 4-7 on struck out five, allowed only one base runner Oakland to a win. Valencia’s final homer - his Pittsburgh 19 17 .528 8 Cleveland 17 17 .500 5 their NL West road trip. DeGrom allowed just to reach second base and matched a career fifth of the season, all in the three-game week- Kansas City 18 19 .486 5.5 St. Louis 20 18 .526 8 Milwaukee 16 22 .421 12 three hits until Gonzalez went deep with two high in innings pitched. Joe Smith pitched the end series - came on the first pitch from Steve Detroit 16 21 .432 7.5 outs in the sixth. DJ LeMahieu led off the sev- ninth for his fourth save. Geltz (0-2), Tampa Bay’s fifth pitcher. John Minnesota 10 26 .278 13 Cincinnati 15 22 .405 12.5 Western Division Western Division enth with a 12-pitch walk against deGrom, Axford (3-1) pitched an inning for the win and Texas 22 16 .579 - San Francisco 22 18 .550 - who left one out later. Jim Henderson (0-2) Ryan Madson got three outs on four pitches for Seattle 21 16 .568 0.5 LA Dodgers 20 18 .526 1 came on and Raburn hit a 2-2 pitch into the REDS 9, PHILLIES 4 his 10th save. Brandon Guyer went deep twice LA Angels 16 21 .432 5.5 Colorado 19 18 .514 1.5 Rockies’ bullpen. That took away a potential Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer, Jay for the Rays in a game that featured seven Oakland 16 22 .421 6 San Diego 17 22 .436 4.5 win from deGrom, who yielded three runs and Bruce went 3 for 3 and Cincinnati rebounded home runs. Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Houston 15 24 .385 7.5 Arizona 17 23 .425 5 four hits in 6 1/3 innings. from a difficult loss. Dan Straily (2-1) pitched Longoria also connected for his seventh homer. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 SPORTS Day dominates best field in to win Players Championship

PONTE VEDRA BEACH: Jason Day had a crystal trophy at his side and a pacifier in his pocket. Only after he completed a wire-to-wire victory in The Players Championship did Day reveal that his 3-year-old son, Dash, had kept him up the night before with a stomach ailment. Exactly how the pacifier wound up in his pocket remained a mystery, though it was an illustration of his week at the TPC Sawgrass. Nothing unsettled him. Nothing was going to stop him. “I’ve got no stress in my life,” Day said after his four-shot victory, his seventh in the last 10 months. “Other than Dash waking up last night ... Dash woke up and he threw up every- where. How funny is that? I’ve got this pacifier here because it’s in my pocket for some reason. But like that’s one thing that I’m sitting here (because) I was enjoying myself. I prepped well, had great work. I felt good about my swing. “Everything was coming along nicely.” For the rest of the PGA Tour, it must be fright- ening. Dating to the Canadian Open last sum- mer, Day’s seven victories include a major, The Players, a World Golf Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. He already had won twice this year. And yet when he arrived at the ST LOUIS: St Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott (1) makes the save as San Jose Sharks TPC Sawgrass, all he heard was that he has not center Patrick Marleau (12) and the Blues defenseman Colton Parayko (55) battle for played this golf course very well. His most recent the puck during the third period in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western round was an 81 last year to miss the cut. That Conference finals. — AP now seems like a long time ago. PONTE VEDRA BEACH: Jason Day of Australia holds The Players Championship trophy.—AP

Flawless performance Day rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on No 10, Day finished at 15-under 273 for his 10th Elliott leads way as Blues Day started this tournament by tying the another 15-foot birdie putt on No 12, and the career victory on the PGA Tour. Only Rory course record with a 9-under 63 and breaking 28-year-old Australian never came close to McIlroy with 11 has more victories among play- beat Sharks 2-1 in Game 1 the 36 hole tournament record at 15-under par. bogey the rest of the way. He closed with a 1- ers still in their 20s. Day is the third No 1 player He survived the scariest day at Sawgrass when under 71 to become the first wire-to-wire win- to win The Players Championship, joining Greg ST LOUIS: Once again, Brian Elliott was verting on 33 percent of its power the greens were as slick as ice. He overcame ner at The Players since Hal Sutton in 2000. Norman (1994) and Tiger Woods (2001 and the star of the show. His latest per- plays in the postseason. some errant shots and a few doubts on the front That was the year Sutton finished off Tiger 2013). Perhaps even more telling about the state formance gave his St Louis Blues team- “They were hot in the last series,” nine Sunday. And then he finished with yet Woods by saying, “Be the right club today,” with of his game is that he joined Woods, Tom Watson another flawless performance on the back nine, mates plenty of comfort knowing he Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo a 6-iron into the 18th to sew up the victory. and Johnny Miller as the only players since 1970 where he played bogey-free all four rounds. had their back. “When your goalie is said. “We stepped up to the chal- Day needed nothing that dramatic. Kevin to go wire-to-wire twice in the same season. Day One year after Rickie Fowler turned in the Chappell was 5 under over his last 10 holes to led from start to finish at the Arnold Palmer your best player, it gives you a great lenge.’” The Blues made good on their most dynamic finish in Players Championship finish second, though he never was a serious Invitational at Bay Hill. Day also won the Dell chance of winning, and that was the first chance with home-ice advantage history, Day made Sunday look inevitable. “I’m threat to win. No one was. Match Play, winning six of his seven matches case,” captain David Backes said after in the playoffs, although they’re just very motivated to win as much as I can right before they reached the 18th green. Adam Scott the Blues opened their first Western 4-4 at the Scottrade Center heading now,” he said. Day never let anyone closer than Ridiculous short game referred to this run as “Tigeresque.” “That’s one of Conference final in 15 years with a into Game 2 on Tuesday night. Elliott two shots the entire final round, though there “It’s no coincidence he’s No 1 in the world,” the hardest things to do when you are hot like tense 2-1 victory over the San Jose was at his best - and got some luck - were a few anxious moments, especially when Justin Thomas said after closing with a Sunday- that, to keep pushing,” Scott said. “But he has a Sharks on Sunday night. in the second period when the Blues he muffed three chips from just 40 feet right of best 65 to tie for third. “He drives it extremely far, very strong desire to achieve so much, and I “It was that way for the first two were outshot 16-5, but got the lone the green on the par-5 ninth. A potential birdie extremely straight. He hits it to the moon, so he think probably his goals are changing through- rounds,” Backes added, “and nothing’s goal when Lehtera scored unassisted. turned into an unsettling bogey, and he had to can access pins that most people can’t. His short out this period, and he’s expecting more and changed in Game 1 of the third round.” The goalie benefited from a quick make a 6-foot putt to avoid the score being game is ridiculous. I think I’ve pretty much cov- more of himself. He’s got that ability to push Backes opened the scoring and Jori whistle with 1:14 left when he unsuc- worse. And then, it was over. ered it all there when it comes to the golf.” himself and accomplish.” — AP Lehtera had the go-ahead goal in the cessfully tried to smother the puck on second period on a spinning shot that a long dump-in by Melker Karlsson, Martin Jones could not handle. “I just and it slowly slid between his pads got the puck and closed my eyes and and off his stick into the net, just after Mercedes in turmoil after shot it, that’s about it,” Lehtera said. play had been ruled dead. “The puck “Just keep it simple.” Said Jones: “Not was spinning a lot and it probably just much to it, just found a hole. I’ll make spun out,” Elliott said. “I haven’t really worst finish in five years that save next time.” Tomas Hertl seen it yet, so I don’t know.” scored on a first-period deflection for Backes opened the scoring with a the Sharks, who outshot St Louis 32-23 BARCELONA: For the first time in more than five deflection and is tied with sharpshoot- but couldn’t quite solve Elliott. Among years, the Mercedes team yesterday flew home er Vladimir Tarasenko for the team lead those he frustrated was captain Joe without a finisher, and pointless, following Lewis with seven goals in the playoffs, most- Pavelski, who had seven shots and had Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s opening-lap colli- ly because he’s fearless in front of the perhaps the best chance in the third sion in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The team net waiting to pounce on rebounds. period on a one-timer near the midway also had to cope with an unwanted collective mark. Pavelski and Elliott were room- The team captain had 21 goals in the headache, one that felt familiar after the acrimo- mates at Wisconsin. “I’m going to regular season. ny of 2014, and had to face a new challenge as blame that one on the stick,” Pavelski Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk start- Formula One hailed a new youngest race winner in Dutch teenager Max Verstappen. said. “No, I have to find a way to put ed the play from the point and thought this goal was particularly impressive The crash ended championship leader that in regardless of what goes on. I Rosberg’s winning streak-four races this year thought it was going in.” because it had been deflected before it got to Backes. “One thing I never have and seven in all-and delivered Mercedes’ first non-finish since the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, Best road team to worry about is him being in front of the net when I shoot it,” Shattenkirk but, worse than that, it reopened a divide Blues coach Ken Hitchcock thought between the drivers. The tension and emotion his team was fortunate to survive the said. “There’s where he’s so valuable.” was palpable on Sunday night when they spoke last 2:29 after the Sharks pulled Jones. Lehtera’s second goal of the playoffs to reporters after being cleared of blame for “I thought we did a great job. We kept came off an errant clearing attempt by what the race stewards described as a “racing MONTMELO: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton (L) and it in the zone,” Hitchcock said sarcasti- Brent Burns for a 2-1 lead. He powered incident”. Each driver seemed to blame the oth- Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg lead after the start of the cally. “Are you kidding me? We through on his shot after Chris Tierney er, without clear articulation of those feelings, Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. — AFP couldn’t get it out.” The Sharks were got a piece of the stick. Just 34 seconds during a clumsy staged news briefing that bare- line of the stewards’ decision, attempted to pro- “The convergence of events led neither driver to the best road team in the NHL in the elapsed between the opening goal by ly papered over the cracks in a team likely to vide some diplomatic objectivity. Each driver be wholly or predominantly at fault.” regular season at 28-10-3, but have Backes and Hertl’s answering goal redi- face more pressure ahead from the improving feels he is not entirely faultless, he said. Like Wolff, Hamilton was upset at seeing the dropped four in a row on the road in rected a shot by Pavelski with the puck Ferrari and Red Bull outfits. Hamilton said he team lose 43 points. “These things happen, but it these playoffs, including all three in bouncing past Elliott. The Blues had had apologized to the team, but he did not Hamilton hopes dashed is the right thing to apologies, just like when the the second round against Nashville. just enough despite a third disallowed accept blame for attempting to pass Rosberg on The stewards had explained that Hamilton engine fails they say sorry to me.” The crash end- They had seven goals in three road goal in the playoffs. Patrik Berglund’s the inside at Turn Four. “had a portion of his front wing inside Rosberg’s ed Hamilton’s hopes of a first win in eight races losses to the Predators and were 0 for deflection was waved off because of Rosberg, who conceded that his engine was car fractions of a second prior to having to leave since clinching his third world title in Texas last 3 on the power play, which had been a incidental contact with Jones, a call not in the correct mode, said he moved to the track to avoid a collision...Rosberg had the October, but also confirmed that the ‘new’ bat- defend his position and was surprised by major plus. San Jose had been con- confirmed after video review. — AP right to make the maneuver that he did and tle-toughened Rosberg of 2016 has no intention Hamilton. Team chief Toto Wolff, following the Hamilton’s attempt to overtake was reasonable. of giving his team-mate any favors.—AFP

Toyota GAZOO starts 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship with podium finish

SILVERSTONE: Toyota GAZOO Racing started #5 of Anthony Davidson, Sebastien Buemi and always, Toyota will use the experience gained great to see the #6 car setting very competi- completed a full 5.901-km lap at slow speed the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship Kazuki Nakajima had also been on course for on the track and leverage it with its manufac- tive lap times later in the race; this shows we whilst the damaged tyre ripped off significant (WEC) with an encouraging podium finish in a strong result until a puncture severely dam- turing of road cars to create ever better vehi- have good potential in the TS050 Hybrid. We amounts of rear bodywork. Intense work from the 6 Hours of Silverstone after an eventful aged the rear of the car. It finished 16th. By cles that exceed our customer expectations. I will continue to push hard to improve for the mechanics got the car back on track after race. Stephane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and virtue of being the only hybrid manufacturer would like to thank our fans for their encour- the next race.” 41 minutes of repairs, with Sebastien resum- Kamui Kobayashi finished third to extend to get both cars to the chequered flag, Toyota agement and we look forward to their support On a sunny day, the TS050 Hybrid made a ing in 29th, 24 laps behind.The #5 crew fought Toyota’s run of podiums at Silverstone which leads the World Championship after the first of our racing initiatives in 2016.” solid race debut, illustrating its potential by hard to regain ground in the search for World stretches back to its first WEC season in 2012. of nine rounds. On this occasion, Toshio Sato, Team setting a fastest lap just 0.354seconds behind Championship points, while the sister car Mike’s third podium in WEC meant he According to Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief President, said, “This has been an exciting the overall quickest. In the early part of the showed promising speed and matched the earned the Richard Lloyd Trophy, presented to Representative, Middle East and North Africa and eventful first race of the season. We take race, the two TS050 Hybrids ran close together leaders’ lap times in the closing stints. The #6 the highest placed member of the British Representative Office, ToyotaMotor encouragement from this result, especially after starting fifth and sixth, as Sebastien in car took the chequered flag in front of 52,000 Racing Drivers’ Club in the 6 Hours of Corporation, “It was a great performance by after our difficulties in qualifying. To achieve the #5 found his way past Mike in the other fans (weekend total). Toyota GAZOO Racing is Silverstone. Kamui marked his hybrid debut the team to earn a podium finish at a two-car finish with a completely new car is car. At half distance, the #5 was third but in action again next month at the 6 Hours of and his first race at the wheel of a Toyota since Silverstone and marks a promising beginning a good accomplishment. We are not at the encountered trouble of its own with a right Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on 7 May, a the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with a strong for the TS050 Hybrid with its new 2.4-litre tur- level we want yet, but we have made a big rear puncture. Unluckily, the puncture race which takes place just 120km away from performance on his way to the podium. The bocharged engine and 8MJ hybrid system. As improvement compared to last year. It was occurred just after pit entry, meaning Kazuki the team’s home base in Cologne, Germany. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 SPORTS

‘National treasure’ Coventry aiming for Olympic record

CAPE TOWN: Kirsty Coventry could and 200m individual medley. She said she become the first female Olympian to win might not compete in all three races and eight individual medals when she com- would firm up her plans closer to the time. petes at the 2016 Games this summer, but “I’ll make that decision closer to Rio but I’ll recent doping scandals have made the do a minimum of two,” she said. “The 200 Zimbabwe swimmer wonder if her races in back is my baby, I so like racing that one, Rio will be clean. The 32-year-old, an ath- but I might just do all three. letes representative for the International “London should have been my last Olympic Committee and World Anti- Olympics if things had gone differently and Doping Agency (WADA), won gold, silver I’d not dislocated my knee four months and bronze medals in 2004 and added a before. “Then I got pneumonia two months gold and three silvers in Beijing four years before and at that point I knew I wasn’t later. After making her Olympic debut as a going to end my career the way I would 16-year-old in Sydney, Coventry will be want to. “I had a definite goal to win a competing in her fifth successive Olympics medal in London and after I made a deci- in Rio after coming away empty-handed in sion that I wanted to end my career in the London. With world sport battling to over- best condition possible and having left come a series of doping scandals, Coventry everything in that pool, regardless of the said she was stunned when she learned result.” Training has become tougher, about the extent of cheating going on. Coventry confessed, but her love for swim- “I used to say ‘I know my sport is clean’ ming may see her push on after Rio. “When but all the recent revelations from China I made the decision to carry on swimming and Russia make me unsure that the swim- after London, Rio was to be the last one, mer in the lane next to me is clean,” she and now that I’m fit and back to being in told Reuters in an interview. “It makes me good shape and having consistency in my really sad, I had no idea about this level of training, I’m thinking maybe I’ll keep going doping in the past. I guess dopers are good for a year afterwards. at covering up and hiding. “But all the reve- “You’ve got to allow more time for lations are good and it’s a very interesting recovery, it’s a priority,” she added. “I don’t time for sport and I’m proud to be part of like doing nothing but I’ve realized I can’t the fight against doping.” keep hammering away every day and then While Coventry says she is now driven I’m not getting any efficiency out of my by the chance to win that eighth Olympic practices. “I’ve had to make adjustment and HONG KONG: This picture taken on May 11, 2016 shows head coach of Eastern Football club Chan Yuen-ting (C) talking to her players during a medal, she did not realize she was on the it has been a bit of a learning curve.” team training session. —AFP brink of a record until competing in One of her training partners in London four years ago. “I didn’t know that Charlotte, North Carolina is 11-times until a reporter told me in at the London Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte, who at 31 is Games,” she said. “I think that’s kind of cool facing many of the same training issues as Beckham effect behind and being competitive, I like to set goals. Coventry. “We are going through the same “And that is now a massive goal to try and things and can share a lot and so it’s been a get back on the podium, regardless of gold, very good experience,” added Coventry, silver or bronze.” who is seen as a bridge in the racial divide HK’s 1st lady of football back home and has been called a ‘national Tougher training treasure’. “When you’ve been an elite ath- HONG KONG: Hong Kong trailblazer Chan Yuen- into the men’s professional game. She went from She studied geography at university, graduat- Coventry, who shares the record of sev- lete for a length of time, you always find ting became the first woman coach to take a assistant coach to head coach at Eastern in ing in 2010, and went on to work as a data ana- en individual medals with Hungarian swim- reasons and things that keep you motivat- men’s football team to a top-flight title thanks to December after her predecessor accepted an lyst at Hong Kong team Pegasus, where she was mer Krisztina Egerszegi, is focused on the ed and for me it’s my love of the sport and the toughness that earned her the nickname offer from a club in mainland China. later assistant coach. “My family asked me to 200 meters backstroke in Rio, though she seeing the positive impact it has on the “beefball” and a teenage crush on David Since then, she has set out to win the players’ leave football as they think the salary is not high has also qualified for the 100m backstroke community in Zimbabwe.” — Reuters Beckham. Chan, 27, led Eastern Sports Club to respect, spending hours dissecting match videos and the future is not stable. But I didn’t listen to win Hong Kong’s Premier League in April for the and statistics to demonstrate her deep knowl- them... I’m tough,” Chan says. Her never-say-die first time in 21 years. edge of the game. “If I show them videos and personality led her friends to give her the nick- It was Chan’s debut season as head coach data I can convince them what I think is correct,” name “beefball”. It plays on her name “yuen” Murray a major French and earned her a Guinness World Record as the says Chan. “You have to trust science. It is lead- which sounds like the Cantonese word for ball. first woman coach ever to win a men’s champi- ing modern football.” The “beef” was added to reflect her resilience. Open threat: Djokovic onship title in a top national football league. Her At a training session in Hong Kong, eagle- As well as winning more titles with Eastern, path into the game started as a 13-year-old, eyed Chan, dressed in a black tracksuit, takes her she now hopes to gain experience overseas with ROME: Novak Djokovic underlined the career”. “The last thing I looked at today when she became glued to watching place in the centre of team passing drills and top clubs and bring it back to Hong Kong. The growing clay-court threat of Andy Murray before I went on the court was a picture of Manchester United games on TV and, in particu- quietly watches, sometimes running alongside men’s national team stands at a lowly 155th in barely a fortnight from the French Open my daughter,” said Murray. lar, their England legend Beckham, whom she the players. “I keep listening to them and like the world rankings and there are limited football after conceding defeat to the British num- A week after his Madrid defeat, the stars swooned over as “handsome”. communicating with them,” she says. facilities in the densely populated southern ber one in the final of the Rome Masters. aligned for the Scot thanks to Djokovic The crush soon developed into a love of the Chinese finance hub. Many teams do not have a Murray, the number two seed who suffered coming in fatigued after his late semi-final game itself and propelled her into a football Rebel teen home ground. Eastern train on a rugby pitch. defeat to Djokovic in last week’s Masters against Japan’s Kei Nishikori on Saturday. coaching career, despite opposition from her If Chan had listened to her parents, she would “We don’t have our own training centres... we do final in Madrid, celebrated his 29th birth- But Murray stressed: “Every time I go up parents. “I think no matter your age or your gen- not be where she is now. Worried she would our best within limited resources,” says Chan. day in style with a stylish 6-3, 6-3 victory against him I know I have to play great ten- der, what you need is hard work,” Chan told AFP. have no future in football, they tried to persuade Despite difficulties, she says she is satisfied over the Serbian in one hour, 35 minutes. nis to win. Any time you beat the best play- “You are nothing if your team is doing badly. “On her to take up art or dancing instead. with her coaching role, which she works full- It was Murray’s first title in Rome, the er in the world, it’s a big win.” the pitch I forget my gender as a woman. I just But, determined to pursue her Beckham- time. “Even if I don’t succeed, I’m enjoying my life third clay-court title of his career after vic- In Paris, nine-time French Open cham- hope to show my abilities.” inspired career, she faked her mother’s signature because I have a career that comes from my tories on the red dirt in Munich and pion Rafael Nadal and Swiss pair Wawrinka After playing amateur football for university as a teenager to apply for a football training pro- hobby.” And she still harbours a childhood Madrid last year and, more importantly, and Roger Federer will be out to make teams and representing Hong Kong, Chan decid- gram. “I felt football was exciting, then I started dream to meet Beckham one day. “I have to say comes in timely fashion. Murray’s power- amends for early exits in Rome. Seven- ed to take the coaching track so she could break playing,” says Chan. thanks to him,” she adds. ful serve had Djokovic in trouble on more time Rome champion Nadal was ousted in than one occasion during a rain-hit 1hr the quarters by Djokovic, but two days 35mins final in which he requested, with- after Djokovic called beating the Spaniard out success, a break amid fears he would on clay “the ultimate challenge”, Nadal Aussie athletes slip and injure his ankle. gave little indication he fears for his But Murray showed progress in other prospects in Paris. to receive areas, and although Djokovic heads to “I think I am playing well during the Paris looking to make amends for last whole clay court season,” Nadal said after condoms to year’s stunning defeat to Swiss Stan his defeat on Friday. “And today I was there Wawrinka, Murray has just become a mentally, fighting for every point, hitting combat Zika potentially bigger obstacle to his hopes of good shots.” Wawrinka, beaten by Juan a 12th Grand Slam title. Monaco in the third round, is set to play in SYDNEY: Australian athletes at the “I think he’s using the court better now. Geneva this week as he struggles for Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be sup- He has more variety in his shots from the match-winning confidence ahead of the plied with condoms which manufac- baseline play, so obviously he did defense of his title in Paris. turers say will offer “near complete” improve,” said Djokovic. “Winning Madrid There are even bigger doubts on antiviral protection against the Zika and Rome and, you know, a couple of clay- Federer, who won the Roland Garros title virus. The Australian Olympic court tournaments the last couple of years just once in 2009, and exited Rome still Committee announced the health proves it. “At the French Open, the condi- complaining of a back injury which forced measure for the Aug 5-21 Olympics in tions are also a bit quicker, which he likes. him out in Madrid. Serena Williams, mean- a statement yesterday, with the team’s He’s been consistently playing well (at while, heads to Paris brimming with confi- chef de mission Kitty Chiller saying Roland Garros) throughout the years, and dence ahead of her bid for a third title at distribution of the condoms was “a I’m sure he’s going to be very motivated to Roland Garros that wold take her Grand commonsense approach to a very do well again. “He’s going to come in Slam tally to 22. The American swept past great form to Paris.” 21-year-old compatriot Madison Keys 7-6 serious problem we are facing in Rio.” (7/5), 6-3 to claim her fourth Italian Open The mosquito-borne Zika virus is Murray’s ‘new outlook’ victory on Sunday, first title of the season an epidemic in Central and Latin Becoming the first Briton to win in Rome and 70th of her career. Williams becomes America, and the World Health since Patrick Hughes in 1931, it is the first just the fifth woman to achieve such a total Organization has declared it a global MANCHESTER: This file photo taken on November 30, 2013 shows Australia’s Jarryd Hayne (L) time Murray’s name has been added to a in singles after Martina Navratilova, Chris health emergency. Zika causes mild being tackled during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand trophy since the birth of his baby daughter. Evert, Steffi Graf and Margaret Court. “I’m illness or no symptoms in most peo- at Old Trafford. —AFP He said the arrival of his daughter has going to definitely go in there and I feel ple but is believed to be linked to a changed his outlook on life and it will ulti- more calm and I don’t feel stress to, like, birth defect that causes babies to be mately “have a positive effect on my tennis have to win,” she said. —AFP born with unusually small heads. Rugby star Hayne leaves Australian Stock Exchange-listed Starpharma Holdings and Ansell com- bined to produce the Dual Protect NFL, aims for Olympics condoms, which provide protection via the physical barrier and a lubricant SAN FRANCISCO: Australian rugby league star He left the National Rugby League in 2014, then that contains an antiviral agent that Jarryd Hayne’s NFL experiment is over, as he signed a three-year contract with San Francisco the counteracts viruses that cause sexual- announced his retirement Sunday from the San next March in a deal he said included $100,000 in ly transmitted infections. Francisco 49ers in order to push for selection in the guaranteed money. Hayne spent the previous nine Fiji Rugby Sevens team for the Rio Olympics. “I sim- years - from 2006-14 - with the Parramatta Eels in Starpharma said in a statement its ply could not pass that chance up,” Hayne said. “The the NRL and also represented Australia and played lubricant showed near-complete Olympics has been something I have admired since I for New South Wales state in the annual State-of- antiviral protection against Zika in was a little boy, and it is an opportunity I feel very Origin series. His role might have been unclear laboratory studies. Other countries are similar to me joining the NFL.” under a new coaching regime after Chip Kelly was taking precautions ahead of the A 6-foot-2, 220-pound running back and special hired in January. games including the United States, teams player, the 28-year-old Hayne was a surprise to “Jarryd is a tremendous example of what can which sends the biggest delegation to make the initial 53-man roster out of training camp happen when you commit to a goal and do every- the Olympics. The US Olympic as a rookie last year with San Francisco. Playing eight thing in your power to make it a reality,” 49ers gener- Committee has formed a group that games with one start for the 5-11 Niners, he had 17 al manager Trent Baalke said. “He earned the right to will establish best practice and infor- carries for 52 yards and six catches for 27 yards while wear a 49ers uniform and compete alongside the mation for athletes and officials travel- also returning eight punts for 76 yards. best in the game. We fully support Jarryd’s decision ing to Brazil. “The support and understanding from the 49ers to pursue another dream - representing the Fiji Capt Martin S Cetron from the organization was unbelievable when I let them know Rugby Sevens team in this summer’s Olympic Centers for Disease Control, is on the about my decision to pursue another dream,” Hayne games. We look forward to watching him in Rio and panel. The CDC’s most recent advice said. “The past 12 months with the San Francisco wish him continued success.” was for pregnant women to consider 49ers have been absolutely incredible. I could not not going to the Olympics and for have predicted how far I have come as an NFL player. No guarantees To not only be able to play in a game, but also say Hayne has a Fijian father, and there was specula- their male sexual partners to use con- that I started a game in the NFL is something that I tion when he quit rugby league that he’d switch to doms after the trip or abstain from sex will remember for a lifetime.” rugby union in a bid to qualify for Fiji’s Olympic during the pregnancy. The CDC also He joined San Francisco as an undrafted free Sevens team. Fiji sevens coach Ben Ryan said Hayne recommends that all travelers use agent on March 3, 2015, then made the cut under would join the squad in London on Monday ahead insect repellent while in outbreak former coach Jim Tomsula - making good on his goal of the last round of the World Sevens Series next areas and continue to use it for three nearly a year after leaving his old sport to chase a weekend. Fiji leads the series. Ryan will trim his ROME: England’s Andy Murray poses with his trophy after winning the men’s final weeks after travel in case they might new NFL dream across the world. His journey capti- squad of 14 players, including Hayne, to 12 for the match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the ATP Tennis Open tournament on May be infected but not feel sick. — AP vated his home country nearly 7,000 miles away, with tournament at Twickenham and as a precursor to its 15, 2016 at the Foro Italico. — AFP Australian media closely following his quest. final Olympic selection.—AP TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 SPORTS

‘Demi-God’ Dzsudzsak shakes Hungary out of soccer slumber

BUDAPEST: Balazs Dzsudzsak roared the 29-year-old, who was not even born the crossing and goalscoring threat, particu- Robben, and the attention of clubs goals in three years. Let go this season words that inspired Hungary to a playoff last time Hungary made it to a major larly from dead-balls, made him a key including Juventus, Liverpool and to Bursaspor in Turkey, the Hungarian’s win and a place in a major tournament tournament (the 1986 World Cup), led figure for Debreceni VSC in the third sea- Villareal. Aged 24, he seemed poised for form has been patchy, leading to peri- for the first time in three decades. “We fans in an emotional singing of the son of a three-in-row title winning run. a leap into the big time, but dismayed ods on the bench, and some fans com- might never have this chance again, no- national anthem. A scout from Dutch giants PSV fans back home yearning to see a plaining about his work ethic. In con- one’s going to stop us qualifying! Not Eindhoven had noticed, and Dzsudzsak Hungarian at the very top when he opt- trast to the waning of his club career, Norway, not even the best team in the Magyar Talisman made his Eredivisie debut in 2008, ed for a move to the ambitious and cash- his performances for the national team world!” Dzsudzsak (pronounced ‘Joo-jak’) Tears streaming from his eyes, the delighting success-starved Magyar fans rich Russian Premier League side Anzhi have improved with age. Accused in the shouted at his team in the dressing long-awaited qualification had been a who watched his games broadcast live Makhachkala. past of under-performing for the room in Budapest last November. cathartic moment for the blond winger on Hungarian TV. Top scorer for PSV in “It’s true I didn’t go to a top club as national team, he was handed the cap- A little over 90 minutes later Hungary and the nation. For almost a decade the 2010 and 2011 seasons, their fans many were expecting of me,” Dzsudzsak tain’s armband in 2014, and rescued a had beaten Norway 2-1 to qualify for Dzsudzsak has been Hungary’s talisman, loved the way he tormented arch rivals said. “But this club has a bright future, floundering Magyar Euro 2016 qualifica- their first European Championships its most valuable player, and the nearest Ajax: he nicked five goals and three goal within four years it will be doing well in tion campaign with a free-kick equalizer since 1972. “Our hair was standing on the Magyars have come since the 1980s passes against the Amsterdam side in the Champions League”. It was not to to win a point against bitter foes Romania end, Dzsudzsak was like some kind of to producing a star. seven games. be. After an injury-plagued spell and in Bucharest. In France, Hungary are rank demi-God, a real leader,” said a back- A baby-faced village boy from remote After 55 goals in three and a half sea- just eight appearances for Anzhi, outsiders, but their opponents will surely room staff member who witnessed the eastern Hungary, his breakthrough year sons in Holland, Dzsudzsak was drawing Dzsudzsak was sold to Dynamo have Dzsudzsak top of the list of pre-match speech. After the whistle, the was 2007. Dzsudzsak’s speed, pinpoint comparisons with Dutch legend Arjen Moscow in 2012, but scored just 19 Hungarian dangermen. —AFP All-round Alaba helps Austrians take flight

VIENNA: Born to a Nigerian father and a and Germany but was thrust into the Filipino mother, David Alaba is an unlikely Austrian national team aged just 17 years poster boy for an Austrian national team and 112 days to become the youngest soaring unprecedented heights. Raised in player to represent the country. He again Vienna, Alaba left his hometown just after sent records tumbling when he made his turning 16 to join Bayern Munich’s youth Bayern debut a few months later, laying on academy. an assist for Franck Ribery with his first As a youngster he idolised Patrick Vieira touch in a 6-2 victory German Cup victory and dreamed of playing for Arsenal, but over Greuther Fuerth. Bayern’s persistence lured him to Germany He scooped the Austrian footballer of where Alaba has blossomed into a world- the year award in 2011 as the youngest- class talent. Pep Guardiola has tipped him ever recipient of the prize and has gone on to become “a future all-time best in the to win the award five straight years, with club’s history.” Quick, versatile and deadly former Bayern manager Ottmar Hitzfeld from set-pieces, he is also the undisputed describing Alaba “as a gift from the heav- star of an Austrian side that had until ens”. Recognition of his ability has recently spent years languishing in the stretched around Europe as well. Alaba was international wilderness. named to UEFA’s Team of the Year in 2013, Alaba started his career as a midfielder Bayern’s historic treble-winning season, but was converted to left-back by Louis van and 2014. Far from a prolific scorer at club Gaal during his time as Bayern boss in level, Alaba has proven much more of a 2010. He has also demonstrated his worth threat for his country with 11 goals in 44 as a makeshift centre-back under appearances, including four during Guardiola. “He’s just incredible, he’s Austria’s impressive Euro 2016 campaign in just...wow. He can play absolutely every- which they reeled off nine straight wins where,” purred Guardiola, who will take after opening with a 1-1 draw at home to over at Manchester City next season and is Sweden. His list of honors already makes expected to make a push to bring Alaba, for impressive reading having won the who only recently extended his Bayern Bundesliga, German Cup, Champions contract until 2021, to the Premier League League and Club World Cup during his time alongside him. at Bayern, but Alaba is likely to find interna- The Austrian was quick to return the tional success much harder to come by. LONDON: In this Wednesday, April 13, 2016 file photo, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during compliment, praising Guardiola for his pro- Not since the days of Toni Polster, the the English FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match against West Ham at Boleyn Ground stadium. — AP gression. “He pushes everybody, every day, country’s record goalscorer from the in a good way. Especially me. I’ve been get- 1980s and 1990s, have Austria fielded tal- ting better with every year he’s been here ent quite like Alaba. He will shoulder a (at Bayern), because of him. “It’s like he rein- growing weight of expectation in France, Rashford, Townsend in vented football. He thinks about football 24 but he says it will not be a strain. “I’m liv- hours a day.” ing my dream. Every morning I wake up and think to myself, cool, it doesn’t get Impressive list of honors better than this!” he said, with a successful 26-man England squad A precocious talent, Alaba was also eligi- summer in France likely to catapult Alaba ble to represent Nigeria, the Philippines to the next level. —AFP LONDON: Manchester United’s teenage sensa- September. Everton centre-back Phil Jagielka Euro’s.” Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be tion Marcus Rashford and Newcastle United was another high-profile absentee, having named in provisional @England squad for the winger Andros Townsend were named in a pro- struggled with injury in recent months, while euros.... Will give my all over next few weeks to visional 26-man England squad for Euro 2016 there was an unexpected call-up for Manchester try and make final squad!” England begin their yesterday. The uncapped Rashford, 18, has burst City midfielder Fabian Delph. Manchester final preparations for the Euro with a friendly onto the scene with United this season, scoring United midfielder Michael Carrick, Everton left- against Turkey in Manchester on Sunday and will seven goals in 16 games, while Townsend, who back Leighton Baines and in-form Sunderland also tackle Australia and Portugal before depart- won the last of his 10 England caps in October, striker Jermain Defoe all missed out. ing for France early next month. has impressed since joining Newcastle from Premier League champions Leicester City had Tottenham Hotspur in January. two representatives in midfielder Danny Provisional England squad Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere and Liverpool’s Drinkwater and striker Jamie Vardy. Wilshere Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Jordan Henderson were both included after made his first start of the season for Arsenal in Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton recent spells on the sidelines, but there was no Sunday’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa, having previ- (Burnley) place for Wilshere’s club-mate Theo Walcott. ously been sidelined by a fractured shin. Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Explaining Rashford’s call-up, England manag- “Absolutely buzzing!” he wrote on Twitter. “I can’t Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne er Roy Hodgson told a press conference at wait to meet up with the squad and start prepar- (Liverpool), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Wembley: “He deserves to be selected. It’ll be ing for the euros. Thanks for all the messages.” Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John interesting to see what he can do, even if he On his decision to select Townsend over Walcott, Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham only has one week (in training) before I name Hodgson said: “They’re both good players. Hotspur) the final 23. They’re very different players. They play in wide Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), David Alaba “There’s no reason why he couldn’t knock positions, but they’re not similar players. “Andros Ross Barkley (Everton), Fabian Delph someone off their perch (and earn a place in the was unlucky to lose his place when he was not (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Tottenham final squad). But that will be harder than some getting a regular place. He’s done very well at Hotspur), Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City), people expect.” Hodgson must reduce his squad Newcastle. Theo has not had such regular games Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana Iceland’s David Beckham to 23 players for the tournament in France, and has had a tough time with injuries.” Walcott, (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Raheem which sees England drawn alongside Slovakia, who sat out Arsenal’s win over Villa with a slight Sterling (Manchester City), Andros Townsend Russia and neighbors Wales in Group B. hamstring injury, was also omitted from (Newcastle United), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) propels Euro debutants Arsenal pair Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Hodgson’s squad for the 2014 World Cup. Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham Danny Welbeck had already been ruled out of He wrote on Twitter: “I am of course disap- Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester REYKJAVIK: With his status as the star play- feeling that goes with it, to be on our way the tournament by injury, while Manchester pointed not to make the squad, but I have spo- United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, er of his country’s golden generation and to the finals, is fantastic.” Sigurdsson has United left-back Luke Shaw has not returned to ken with Roy and respect his decision. I wish Roy capt), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Jamie his prowess from a dead ball, it is no sur- overtaken former Chelsea and Barcelona action since sustaining a double leg break last and all the team the best of luck for a successful Vardy (Leicester City) — AFP prise that Gylfi Sigurdsson has been star Eidur Gudjohnsen still going at 37 — as labelled the Icelandic David Beckham. The his country’s top footballer after emerging 26-year-old attacking midfielder with a in the team that reached the under-21 fierce right foot shot admits that he loved European Championship for the first time in Ronaldo enters his last chance watching England stars Beckham and Frank 2011. He started with Breidablik before Lampard when he was growing up. Now he being lured to England by Reading as a raw saloon for Euro, national glory is starring in the Premier League himself 15-year-old. His parents moved with him with Swansea City. and his father ran his Icelandic fishing busi- LISBON: For a player that has won almost Ghosts of Euro pasts Nicknamed the Ice Man, Sigurdsson will ness over the phone from Berkshire. everything on an individual and collective Yet, distracted by protracted rumours get to enjoy the limelight of a major inter- level, the one honor that agonizingly about his switch from United to Real national tournament in the French heat Celebrity couple evades Cristiano Ronaldo is an internation- Madrid-that would only come about a year after helping propel Iceland to Euro 2016. Signed by German side Hoffenheim in al trophy with Portugal. Euro 2016 will be later-Ronaldo found the net just once as The North Atlantic island nation of 330,000 2010, he came back to English football with Ronaldo’s fourth and at 31 possibly last after an impressive group stage, Portugal people has never previously been to a Swansea City on loan in 2012 before signing European Championship finals. The previ- bowed out to Germany in the quarter- major tournament. It is set to become the for Tottenham Hotspur. However, he ous three have all promised much only to finals. Euro 2012 will arguably haunt the Madeira-born superstar the most. smallest country by population ever to fea- returned to Swansea in 2014 and in his first end in varying degrees of disappointment Ronaldo came into the tournament on ture at a European Championship. game scored the winner as the Welsh club for the three-time World Player of the Year. the back of a record-breaking 60-goal sea- Sigurdsson was the outstanding per- beat Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford. There have also been tears and torment. former in a remarkable qualifying cam- He had 11 goals to his name at the end of son with Madrid as they ended the domi- Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro nance of Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona side in paign, scoring six goals as Iceland pro- April this season as he flourishes in the has long been destined for greatness. In gressed with two games to spare at the league he once loved watching on televi- Spain to win La Liga. His double against the the year of his 16th birthday, he played expense of the once mighty Netherlands. sion. Some of his best efforts have come Netherlands led Portugal out of the cliched for Sporting Lisbon’s under-16, under- Sigurdsson scored both goals as Iceland from dead balls, a skill he learnt from study- group of death also including Germany. beat the Dutch 2-0 in Reykjavik and netted ing one of the best in the business. 17, under-18, reserve and first teams. Ronaldo struck the winner against the the winner from the penalty spot in a 1-0 “Growing up as I kid I used to watch the Two years later, he had been snapped up Czech Republic in the quarter-finals, but triumph in Amsterdam. Premier League and used to see David by Manchester United, whose boss Alex watched on in anguish as Portugal again He also scored four times in qualifying Beckham taking those kinds of free-kicks, so Ferguson had been impressed by the fell short by the finest of margins against a for the 2014 World Cup, when ‘Str·karnir from a young age I was probably quite teenager in a United-Sporting friendly. Spain side replete with Barca players exact- okkar’ (Our Boys) only missed out on a place lucky to have him on the TV every week,” he The No. 7 shirt became synonymous ed revenge on penalties in the semi-finals. in Brazil in a play-off defeat to Croatia. “We told FIFA.com. with Ronaldo. Never one to shy away from the big just missed out in the play-offs and had to “It was something I used to practice In 2004, Ronaldo announced his pres- moment, Ronaldo’s desire for glory got the set ourselves another goal for the Euros, when I was in Iceland and just kept doing it ence on the international stage, scoring better of him as he opted to take which was again to qualify. after I left. “Beckham and Frank Lampard twice as Portugal reached the final on Portugal’s fifth penalty. The problem was “Of course, after seeing our draw, with were the ones that I particularly liked home soil before suffering a devastating the shootout never got that far as Spain the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Turkey watching, and with Lampard scoring so defeat to shock winners Greece. Four years won 5-3 leaving Ronaldo to look ruefully at all in the same group with us, some of us many goals from midfield it was hard not to later, Ronaldo looked set to make amends. the Donetsk night sky claiming there was “no justice”. As well the grand collective considered it an impossible target,” look up to him.” Also like Beckham, He was at the prime of his career having led CORUNNA: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano prize, there are also individual accolades Sigurdsson told FIFA.com. “But then to be Sigurdsson forms one half of a celebrity Manchester United to the Champions Ronaldo prepares to take a free kick during the Spanish on offer that will entice a record hoarder able to finish the job off with two games to couple, stepping out with a former Miss League a month before arriving in Austria league football match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs Real like Ronaldo.—AFP go is an unbelievable achievement and the Iceland, Alexandra Ivarsdottir.— AFP and Switzerland. Madrid CF at the Municipal de Riazor stadium. —AFP TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 SPORTS

Kuwait Disabled Sports Club urges for more cooperation from banks By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait Disabled Sports Club President Shafi Al-Hajri asked the Kuwait Banks Union to urge its member banks to provide the necessary care for their customers with disability, and exempt them from having to wait in line to process their transactions, especially those who suffer from medium and severe disabilities according to law 8/2010. Al-Hajiri said that the club received several complaints about the lack of cooperation by some banks in imple- menting the law, hoping that the club’s efforts will find success in finding solu- tions for the problem in cooperation with the banks union. Al-Hajiri said the disabled club is Shafi Al-Hajri keen on solving all problems the dis- abled are facing in coordination with the best worldwide provided that it is government and private entities, as he complied with and implemented in considered Kuwait’s handicapped law service of this door group.

Federation chief hails Conte after match-fixing acquittal MILAN: Italian football federation (FIGC) match-fixing relating to a Serie B match with president Carlo Tavecchio yesterday salut- AlbinoLeffe from May 2011 when he was BARCELONA: FC Barcelona’s Argentinian midfielder Javier Mascherano (top R) takes pictures as he parades with his team on a bus through the ed Azzurri coach Antonio Conte, after he coach of Siena. Although former players and streets of Barcelona to celebrate their 24th La Liga title. — AFP escaped a prison term by being acquitted other figures were implicated, Conte was of sporting fraud in a match-fixing affair. the most notable. The 46-year-old former Prosecutor Roberto di Martino had Juventus coach has always denied any Barcelona celebrates while Madrid requested a six-month sentence for Italy wrongdoing in an affair in which players coach Conte and a fine of 8,000 euros allegedly colluded with underworld figures ($9,063), as well as similar sanctions for his to fix matches and recoup the rewards of an clubs focus on Champions League former assistant at Siena, Angelo Alessio, illegal betting network. following accusations they failed to report A lawyer for Conte, Francesco Arata, said BARCELONA: With Barcelona celebrating yet important to rest up, spend a few days with the final,” Madrid defender Sergio Ramos said. “We episodes of match-fixing while Conte was last month: “He’s a total stranger to the bet- another Spanish league title, Real Madrid and family and forget about football. We’ll come back had hope, which is the last thing you want to in charge at Serie B side Siena in 2011. ting world and that’s why he will be cleared Atletico Madrid are already looking forward to raring to go in preparation for the final.” lose. Now we have a beautiful Champions Reports yesterday said Conte had been by the judge.” Alessio, Conte’s assistant dur- an even bigger prize. After pushing Barcelona to League final that we want to win to make it an acquitted of the charges, allowing him to ing three title-winning seasons at Juventus the end in the Spanish league, the Madrid clubs Quest for revenge unforgettable year.” lead Italy into this summer’s Euro 2016 and now with him at Italy, risked a four- quickly switched their focus to the Champions The European title would give Madrid a sen- The result of the final should help determine before he takes over as Chelsea manager month sentence but was also acquitted. League final in two weeks in Milan. sational ending to a season that appeared to be how successful Madrid’s season will actually be. following the tournament. Tavecchio said The affair, however, has yet to reach its con- One will return home as the European cham- lost not long ago. Before its impressive final run “I don’t think that it has been a bad season,” he welcomed the news with “great satisfac- clusion and could see former players Beppe pion, the other will end the season without a in the Spanish league, Madrid season’s had been Madrid defender Dani Carvajal said. “Right now, I tion” and that it would allow Conte, who is Signori, one of the top players in Serie A in title. But no matter what happens in Italy, both marked by a demoralizing 4-0 home loss to would give a positive assessment, but on the set to name a preliminary 30-man squad his prime during a five-year spell with teams will take solace by having finished the Barcelona, a result that left “Los Blancos” in crisis 28th we’ll be able to judge whether the season for Euro 2016 later yesterday, to now fully Lazio, among others, feel the full force of league with their heads up, taking the title fight and led to the eventual firing of coach Rafa has been a good or bad one.” Atletico will be focus on the job at hand. the law. The report said “up to 90” people to the final days and making Barcelona work Benitez. There was also the embarrassing dis- hoping to avenge the hurtful result from two “It was with great satisfaction that I are involved although Signori, Cristiano hard for the trophy. qualification from the Copa del Rey for using an years ago, when it lost to Madrid in extra time heard news of Antonio Conte’s acquittal by Doni, Gigi Sartor and Mauro Bressan-all Real Madrid won its final 12 games to finish ineligible player, and a signing ban handed despite leading until the final minutes of regula- the Cremona Tribunal today,” Tavecchio told former Serie A players-as well as current only one point behind Barcelona, while Atletico down by FIFA for breaching rules registering tion. Regardless of the result in Milan, Atletico the ANSA news agency. “Finally, his posi- Lazio captain Stefano Mauri, are all in the won seven of its last eight, finishing three points players under the age of 18. again showed its worth this season both against tion has been clarified. My faith in him was dock facing accusations of transnational behind. They were denied the trophy by a late At one point in the league, Madrid trailed Spanish rivals and top European clubs. never up for discussion. Now, we can be sporting fraud. Of those accused, Mauri is charge by Barcelona, which won five straight to Barcelona by 12 points and many fans had given Atletico eliminated Barcelona and Bayern even more concentrated on the European the only active player although he has secure its second consecutive title, and sixth in up hope of a comeback. In the Champions Munich on its way to the Champions League Championships.” already been sanctioned for his role in the eight seasons. League, a shocking 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg put the final, and was the team that challenged affair. Mauri served a six-month ban for Although neither Madrid team won the league, team on the brink of elimination in the quarterfi- Barcelona the most in the Spanish league, stay- Four-month ban failing to report match-fixing, meaning he fans were more pleased than frustrated when it nals, and only a hat trick from Cristiano Ronaldo ing in second place from early in the season until Conte, who in 2012 served a four-month missed most of the start of the 2014-2015 was all over this weekend. And it didn’t hurt as saved the team from an embarrassing early elim- a disappointing late loss to last-place Levante ban in relation to the affair, had been season, returning to the fray on February much to watch Barcelona celebrate knowing ination. Finishing the league on a high helped last weekend. “The reason Barcelona struggled accused of not reporting an episode of 2014. — AFP there’s still a chance to win soccer’s top club com- boost the team’s confidence ahead of the final in was because we were right there to be able to petition. “We did what we had to do and we’re Milan. “Our aim was to put the pressure on and fight until the end,” Atletico coach Diego now thinking about our last remaining game,” Real we’ve done that. It’s great for us in terms of Simeone said. “It makes us happy to be fighting Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. “Now it’s morale heading into the Champions League with the best in the world.” — AP Ranieri braces Leicester for big team backlash LONDON: Leicester City manager Claudio much to the music, but to do some music.” Fabregas put Chelsea ahead with a 66th-minute Ranieri has told his players to expect the full Before the game, Ranieri spoke to Chelsea penalty, only for Danny Drinkwater to drive force of the Premier League’s leading clubs owner Roman Abramovich, the man who had home a 25-yard equalizer with eight minutes when they attempt to defend their fairytale title sacked him 12 years previously, and he revealed remaining. next season. Leicester concluded their astonish- afterwards that the Russian had offered him The result saw Chelsea finish the season in ing campaign on Sunday with a 1-1 draw at “very warm” congratulations. Ranieri was also 10th place and outgoing interim manager Guus deposed champions Chelsea, Ranieri’s former granted a guard of honour by Chelsea’s players Hiddink predicted that his successor, Antonio club, which left the 5,000-1 outsiders 10 points and received a rousing reception from the Conte, will not find it easy to return the club to clear at the top of the standings. home fans, some of whom sang: “There’s only the upper reaches of the table. “It’s not easy It was an accurate reflection of both their one Ranieri!” because this season we were all very aware relentless consistency and the failings of the tra- He lightheartedly admonished a reporter what other clubs can do as well,” said Hiddink, ditional elite, but with doubly determined who asked him if he had had to fight back tears, who completed his second short-term stint at domestic opposition to contend with in 2016- saying: “No, no tears. Come on, man! Every time Chelsea. “Now everyone knows Leicester. We 17, as well as Champions League football, you are speaking about the tears.” Leicester will have seen Tottenham, but we have also seen Ranieri knows that, come August, Leicester will parade the Premier League trophy in front of West Ham. They were playing very well, very SPLIT, Croatia: In this Friday, June 12, 2015 file photo, Italy’s head coach Antonio be marked men. their adoring supporters during an open-top attractive. “Other clubs are knocking on the Conte waits for the start of the Euro 2016 Group H qualifying soccer match between “We know if there is a fairytale next season, it bus tour of the city yesterday, before departing door and having more financial background Croatia and Italy. — AP will be no nightmare, but it’s different next sea- for a post-season trip to Thailand, home country next season and maybe smart recruiting. I don’t son,” the jovial Italian told his post-match press of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha today. think it’s a done deal that the four established conference at a sun-soaked Stamford Bridge. clubs from the past are the four established “We know very well we are fighting between 10, Hen and egg clubs for the future.” Premier League 2015-16: 11 (teams) to the high positions. I am sure all With a view to next season, Ranieri experi- Hiddink, who revealed that he will return to the big teams will go back. We continue to fight. mented with a 4-1-4-1 system against Chelsea the club to work with youngsters from Chelsea’s That is our destiny. It was important to be ready that saw lone striker Jamie Vardy flanked by academy, also urged patience over the future of The season’s best games when the other big teams together weren’t.” Riyad Mahrez and Demarai Gray. But he revert- captain John Terry, who is considering the offer LONDON: With another dramatic Premier side showed why they were destined for rele- He added: “The Champions League will be a ed to his usual 4-4-2 formation at half-time and of a one-year contract extension. “John Terry League season at an end, AFP Sport looks gation by immediately losing focus and very good experience for all my players. I think revealed afterwards that he intends to begin and the club are in contact and that is good,” back at the five best matches of the 2015-16 allowing Liverpool substitute Adam Lallana no-one played the Champions League (before). next season “with the same shape”. said the 69-year-old Dutchman. “We must not campaign: to volley home a 95th-minute winner. “It will be a very good atmosphere, with the Leicester looked to be heading to only their rock the boat. In Holland we say, don’t disturb music. I hope we are ready. Not to listen too fourth defeat of the campaign after Cesc the hen that is sitting on the egg.” — AFP Manchester City 1 Leicester City 3 Liverpool 3 Arsenal 3 Rarely can a goal from Sergio Aguero have Few teams in the Premier League can sur- been greeted with such apathy, but the pass Arsenal for their jarring ability to com- sound of the Manchester City star’s irrelevant bine moments of jaw-dropping brilliance late strike barely being acknowledged by the and astounding ineptitude. Never was that chastened home support told the story of a frustrating split-personality more visible than defining day in the title race. Leicester arrived at Anfield in January, in a game that became at Eastlands in February regarded in some an instant classic. With a suitably dramatic quarters as a novelty act, whose time at the snowstorm providing the backdrop, top would soon be over once a superpower Liverpool playmaker Roberto Firmino scored like City had finished with them. But by the twice in the first 20 minutes, including a end of a bravura Leicester display, it was clear superb long-range effort, either side of Aaron Claudio Ranieri’s side were more than capable Ramsey’s equaliser for Arsenal. Olivier Giroud of completing their fairytale title bid. Robert netted twice for the Gunners to put them 3-2 Huth met Riyad Mahrez’s free-kick to give the ahead by the 55th minute, but Liverpool Foxes an early lead and Mahrez doubled the midfielder Joe Allen capped a breathless lead himself with a cool finish before German encounter when he slammed home a 90th- defender Huth sealed the points with another minute equaliser. header to leave City stunned. Newcastle United 3 Manchester United 3 Norwich City 4 Liverpool 5 At first glance this January meeting Arguably the most dramatic match of the between a Newcastle team painfully short of season featured Liverpool’s inconsistent attacking quality and a Manchester United attack at its dynamic best and Norwich’s side constrained by manager Louis van Gaal’s creaky defense at its very worst. Liverpool tactical conservatism should have been for- took the lead through Roberto Firmino gettable drab. Instead, they banished those before Norwich hit back with goals from preconceptions with a six-goal thriller. Wayne Dieumerci Mbokani and Steven Naismith Rooney’s penalty and Jesse Lingard’s strike before half-time. Wes Hoolahan’s penalty seemingly put United in control before gave the hosts a 3-1 lead early in the second Georginio Wijnaldum and Aleksandar half. But back came Jurgen Klopp’s team and Mitrovic’s penalty levelled the scores. three goals in 20 minutes from Jordan Rooney’s sublime long-range second Henderson, Firmino and James Milner made restored United’s advantage in the 79th it 4-3 with 15 minutes to go. Sebastien minute, only for Newcastle defender Paul Bassong looked to have rescued a point for Dummett to salvage a draw in the last LEICESTER: Local artist Richard Wilson works on a mural dedicated to Leicester City soccer team featuring manager Claudio Ranieri, Wes Norwich in the 92nd minute, but Alex Neil’s minute.—AFP Morgan and Riyad Mahrez in celebration of Leicester City winning the English Premier league title. — AP Rashford, Townsend Barcelona in 26-man celebrates while England squad Madrid clubs 18 focus19 on Europe TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

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TORONTO: Toronto Raptors’ guard Kyle Lowry (7) drives past Miami Heat forward Luol Deng (9) during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals. — AP Toronto set to face Lebron’s Cavs Lowry leads Raptors into conference final

TORONTO: Less than two weeks ago, Kyle Lowry was roared in appreciation when he was subbed out with ‘Are they ever going to make a shot?’ But deep in your They’ll also have to defend the 3-point shot - the Cavs struggling so badly that he stayed past midnight to the game winding down, and then chanted “We want heart, you believed that those guys were going to have averaged an NBA-best 16.8 3-pointers per game work on his game after a tough playoff loss. Now a red- Cleveland” as the final seconds ticked away. come around.” Toronto won two of three against the this postseason. hot Lowry is carrying the Toronto Raptors into their first Cavaliers in the regular season, with both victories “Obviously we know they’ve got three All-Stars, they ever Eastern Conference finals. Lowry scored 35 points, Franchise record coming at home by a combined six points. Toronto’s have a supporting cast around those three that make DeMar DeRozan had 28 and the Raptors reached the “That’s just what he does,” DeRozan said of Lowry. defeat was a lot more lopsided: they lost 122-100 in shots,” Toronto guard Cory Joseph said. “We’ve all seen conference finals by beating the Miami Heat 116-89 on “He’s been doing it all year, he won us countless games.” Cleveland on Jan. 4. them play in this postseason and they’ve been making Sunday. They play in Cleveland tonight. “I missed some Checking out early gave Lowry a chance to sit on the a lot of 3s.” Toronto’s last consecutive defeats were road shots I could have made, but we won the game,” Lowry bench and soak in the scene as Toronto set franchise Tough task ahead losses at Boston on March 23 and at Houston on March said. “That’s all that matters. I’m going to keep pushing records for playoff points and margin of victory. “It was Scouting booklets for the Cleveland series were sit- 25. “This group is hungry,” Casey said. and try to be better, and do things to keep helping my just a time to relax and just think about the things that ting on the chair of each Raptors player inside their It’s also an historic one. Toronto, now in its 21st sea- team get wins.” we’ve done, and we have to continue to do,” Lowry said. locker room less than an hour after Sunday’s game. “We son, had never won a seven-game series before these After Toronto’s overtime loss to Miami in Game 1, Toronto will need both Lowry and DeRozan to con- know we’ve got a tough task ahead,” Lowry said. “It’s playoffs. Now they’re the 15th team to win two in the when Lowry scored seven points and missed 10-of-13 tinue pouring in points to have any chance against the always a challenge going against those guys.” Casey same postseason. By knocking out Miami, the Raptors shots, he stayed behind for more than an hour to prac- Cavaliers, who are unbeaten so far this postseason. The declined to say whether center Jonas Valanciunas, who left Charlotte, the Los Angeles Clippers and New tice his shooting alone while work crews picked up two Raptors All-Stars have been inconsistent so far in sprained his right ankle in Game 3 against the Heat, Orleans as the only NBA teams to never reach a confer- garbage from beneath the Air Canada Centre seats. the playoffs but seem to be finding their form at the would be available against Cleveland. ence final. “We aren’t satisfied,” Lowry said. “It’s just our Things were a lot different in Sunday’s Game 7 when right time. They’ve combined for more than 50 points in “He’s still limping around but he’s doing therapy mentality. Our goal is to play as long as possible. Lowry topped 30 points for the second straight game three straight games. 24/7 so we’ll see,” Casey said. Whether or not Everyone is excited and, yes, we’re excited, but we and the third time in the series. A standing-room-only “They’re our guys,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. Valanciunas plays, Toronto must control Cleveland’s All- want to continue to get four more wins and get to the crowd of 20,257 cheered every one of Lowry’s baskets, “They carried us all year. There were some moments of Star trio of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. finals.” — AP Fake bomb at Man United sparks new security fears

MANCHESTER: The discovery of a fake bomb inside Old cumstances. It was the first game in the Premier League’s Trafford brought embarrassment and potentially a $4 mil- 24-year history that has been canceled on security lion bill to Manchester United, raising serious questions grounds. United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward about the security arrangements in place at one of the said he was “proud of how our staff responded” and world’s biggest sports teams. deemed the evacuation a “complete success.” It was also a stark reminder of the vulnerability of sports In a statement, Woodward said the private company stadiums ahead of upcoming events like the European had signed that the device had been recovered at the end Championship in France and the Olympics in Rio de of the training drill, and that the device “could not have Janeiro, and the tense atmosphere that exists among been detected by sniffer dogs on the routine matchday sports fans and authorities after last year’s Paris attacks. search . as it contained no explosives and was used in an United took no chances when a mobile-phone device, exercise training handlers not dogs.” taped inside a bathroom cubicle in a corner of Old Trafford, Sharryn McKelvie, who attended the game as part of a was discovered by a member of staff shortly before the group of 40 United fans from all over the world, gave a Premier League match against Bournemouth on Sunday. mixed assessment of the club’s handling of the evacua- Two stands were evacuated immediately, and soon after tion. She told The Associated Press that messages by sta- the game was called off and the rest of the 75,000-seat sta- dium announcer “were starting to cause more panic dium was evacuated. among people.” Army bomb-disposal experts blew up the device, “One of us asked a steward after the game was aban- described by police as “incredibly lifelike,” before police said doned, ‘What’s the update, mate?” said McKelvie, who is a hours later that it had been left behind by a private compa- security manager for the University of Edinburgh. “He said ny following a security training exercise using search dogs the best thing you can do is go back to your car, turn the on Wednesday. “Fiasco is the right word. It was shambolic,” radio on and get an update that way. “I think it’s outra- Greater Manchester Mayor Tony Lloyd said yesterday. “Of geous that in this day and age, at a worldwide club that course, United are a huge organization. It wasn’t, I think, United is, that after a the fact they’re the world’s richest club, it was the fact that training exercise they didn’t have standards in place to the security had missed something that in the end ought check everything is finished at the end of it,” McKelvie said. to have been found.” “Somebody’s head should roll for that one. It wasn’t MANCHESTERR: A sniffer dog works on the side of the pitch following the evacuation of Old Trafford stadi- Many people who were at the match have praised the because of a random attack, it was because of somebody’s um in Manchester, North West England, on May 15, 2016, after the English Premier League football match way the evacuation by United was handled in unique cir- stupidity that caused this chaos.” — AP between Manchester United and Bournemouth was abandoned. — AFP India’s mobility revolution is driving global oil demand

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LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (right) leaves after delivering a speech on the European Union with former foreign minister of the last Labour government David Miliband, at the British Museum in central London in this May 9, 2016 file photo. — AP EU ratings could be cut if UK leaves: Fitch Over 300 bosses urge Britain to leave ‘stifling’ EU

LONDON: A leading credit ratings agency warned yester- impact on the EU would still be “palpable.” Fitch highlight- day that a British exit from the European Union could even- ed the risk of a decrease in EU exports to Britain. The tually lead it to downgrade the ratings of EU countries as extent of that drop would depend on factors such as the well as Britain. In a report, Fitch Ratings said a vote for so- speed and make-up of any ensuing trade deal between called Brexit in the referendum on June 23 would weigh on Britain and the EU and the extent to which the British the economies of other EU countries and increase political pound falls against the euro. A higher euro would make risks in Europe. eurozone exports more expensive in Britain. Fitch said the Fitch has already said that a vote for Brexit would trig- most exposed countries would be Ireland, Malta, Belgium, ger a review of Britain’s AA+ rating - code for a potential the Netherlands, Cyprus and Luxembourg, all of whose downgrade. Though it said no such action would be trig- exports of goods and services to Britain represent at least gered automatically for the remaining 27 countries of the 8 percent of their GDP. The agency said EU countries do EU, it warned that “negative actions would become more stand to make limited gains from a vote for Brexit as com- likely in the medium term if the economic impact were panies from around the world opt to invest within the EU severe or significant political risks materialized.” The big rather than Britain. political worry identified by Fitch is that a British departure from the EU would create a precedent for such a move, Business chiefs possibly boosting the appeal of anti-EU or other populist More than 300 business chiefs yesterday urged Britain parties. The precedent could be even more significant if to vote to leave the EU in June’s referendum, arguing in a Britain were to thrive outside the EU, Fitch added. joint letter that its bureaucracy stifled companies’ ability Fitch also noted that a vote for Brexit could also precipi- to grow. The letter, published in The Daily Telegraph news- tate Scotland leaving Britain, which might intensify seces- paper, comes days after the British government seized on sionist pressures in other parts of the EU, such as Catalonia warnings from the Bank of England and the International in Spain. Negotiating the terms of an exit won’t be easy Monetary Fund on the financial consequences of leaving either, and could exhaust the EU’s time and energy and the European Union. “open up new fronts of disagreement,” Fitch said. “Brexit “Brussels’ red tape stifles every one of Britain’s 5.4 mil- could shift the center of gravity of the EU, making it more lion businesses, even though only a small minority actually dominated by the eurozone core, poorer, more protection- trade with the EU,” said the letter, whose signatories ist and less economically liberal,” it said. include Steve Dowdle, a former Sony vice-president for Though the potential economic impact of a British exit Europe, and David Sismey, a managing director at US would be greater for Britain than the EU, Fitch said the investment bank Goldman Sachs. — Agencies Apple’s latest innovation: A big stake for Berkshire

OMAHA: Investors might question Warren Buffett’s long-standing aversion to tech stocks after his Berkshire Hathaway bought 9.8 million shares of Apple. Buffett has always avoided tech- nology companies because he said it was too hard to pick which ones would prevail long term, although he made an exception to that rule to buy a major IBM stake in 2011. The stake comes with the company’s shares under considerable pressure. Billions in value have been wiped from the books since Apple reported a size- able drop in iPhone sales in last April. Shares, down 15 percent over the past month, jumped 3 percent yester- day. Buffett was also reported to be OMAHA: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks considering joining a bid to acquire during an interview with Liz Claman on the Fox Business Network in Yahoo. But Buffett told CNBC yesterday Omaha yesterday. — AP he would only act as a potential financ- panies will be worth in the future But the filing didn’t disclose who ing partner for Quicken Loans founder because their businesses evolve so made the Apple investment. Besides Dan Gilbert’s bid. Buffett didn’t immedi- quickly, but he’s certain Snickers candy Buffett, Berkshire has two other invest- ately respond to a message from The bars and Coca-Cola will remain popular ment managers, who each handle about Associated Press early yesterday. decades from now. $9 billion. Buffett has said that his invest- Buffett is known for investing in “Whenever you get a truly extraordi- ments tend to be the larger ones in the comparatively boring companies when nary business, they’re the hardest ones portfolio. He says investments of less he understands the industry well, such to value,” Buffett said last year on CNBC. than $1 billion are likely to be the work of as Geico insurance, Wells Fargo, Coca- “It’s much easier for me to figure out Ted Weschler or Todd Combs. The Apple Cola, American Express and See’s Candy. what Coca-Cola is worth than Google or stake was worth about $900 million yes- Buffett avoids investing in areas outside Facebook or you name it.” terday. Berkshire also added 198,853 IBM his expertise. Whenever Buffett is asked Berkshire revealed the new Apple shares during the quarter to give it 81.2 about technology investments, he usu- investment yesterday in a filing with the million shares. Buffett has stuck with IBM ally explains his position in terms of can- Securities and Exchange Commission even though it continues to sell for less dy and soda. Buffett says he thinks it’s detailing a number of changes to its than the roughly $170 a share he paid for too hard to determine what tech com- $129 billion portfolio. most of the shares. — AP TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 BUSINESS Aramco awards Hasbah gas expansion contract

KHOBAR: State oil giant Saudi Aramco has immediate comment. It is the second major awarded a $1 billion-plus contract to India’s contract win for the duo in recent months: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Singapore- Emas AMC, a unit of Ezra Holdings, also based Emas AMC for the expansion of the teamed up last year with the Indian firm to offshore Hasbah sour gas field, industry secure a long-term contract with Aramco to sources said. work on offshore facilities. Increasing its supply of gas is a top priori- The expansion of Hasbah will supply 2 ty for Saudi Arabia. Many industrial firms billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of have complained about a shortage crimping gas to the Fadhili plant, for which Aramco expansion plans, while the kingdom is try- awarded a construction contract last year. ing to use more of the fuel for power gener- The remaining 500 million scfd of supply ation and water desalination instead of for the plant will come from the onshore burning crude oil, which it wants to export. Khursaniyah field. Work on the expansion scheme includes Hasbah already feeds Wasit, another building platforms and pipelines, with the major gas plant. Aramco said in March it had fieldís supply feeding the Fadhili gas plant, started producing natural gas from the off- a $6 billion complex that will include a gas shore field ahead of peak summer demand processing unit and sulphur recovery. in the worldís largest oil exporting country. Saudi Aramco declined to comment. L&T An industry source told Reuters the Wasit did not respond to emailed requests for plant would reach full capacity in July of comment, while Emas was not available for processing 2.5 billion scfd of gas. — Reuters Oil prices rise on Nigeria outages, Goldman forecast LONDON: Oil prices jumped over 2 per- decades following several acts of sabo- cent yesterday to their highest since tage. In the Americas, US officials warned November 2015 on growing Nigerian oil they were growing increasingly concerned output disruptions and after long-time by the possibility of an economic and bear Goldman Sachs said the market had political meltdown in Venezuela amid low ended almost two years of oversupply and oil prices. Venezuela’s oil production has flipped to a deficit. already fallen by at least 188,000 bpd this Brent crude futures were trading at year. In the United States, crude produc- $48.83 per barrel at 1118 GMT, up $1 or tion has fallen to 8.8 million bpd, 8.4 per- 2.05 percent. US crude futures were up 98 cent below 2015 peaks as the sector suf- cents, or 2.08 percent, at $47.19 a barrel. fers a wave of bankruptcies. And in China, VISHAKHAPATNAM: An Indian fisherman carries baskets through a harbor in Visakhapatnam yesterday. The government of Andhra Pradesh has Supply disruptions around the world of as output fell 5.6 percent to 4.04 million bpd imposed a two-month ban on fishing to protect marine life during the spawning season, during which time engine-propelled trawlers and much as 3.75 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, year-on-year. mechanized boats are not permitted to fish. — AFP have wiped out a glut that pulled down oil Countering this, supply rose from the prices by as much as 70 percent between Organization of the Petroleum Exporting 2014 and early 2016. The disruptions trig- Countries (OPEC) as its producers are gered a U-turn in the outlook of Goldman engaged in a race for market share. OPEC India’s mobility revolution Sachs, which had long warned of global pumped 32.44 million bpd in April, up storage hitting capacity and of yet another 188,000 bpd from March, the highest since oil price crash to as low as $20 per barrel. at least 2008. Also preventing steeper price is driving global oil demand “The oil market has gone from nearing jumps was a recovery in output in Canada storage saturation to being in deficit much following closures due to a wildfire, as well earlier than we expected,” Goldman said. as bloated global crude storages. “The Vehicle penetration rate still remains low in India “The market likely shifted into deficit in inventory buffer may be preventing full May ... driven by both sustained strong price recovery and ... the market is rightly demand as well as sharply declining pro- nervous about the sustainability of out- LONDON: “India is taking over from China as more than 14 percent in 2015/16. Growing gaso- with 215 in Brazil, 450 in Britain and 540 in duction,” it said. However, Goldman cau- ages,” said Morgan Stanley. Barclays said the main growth market for oil,” the International line demand is directly linked to the explosion in Germany. There is enormous potential for a fur- tioned that the market would slip back that “while the supply-side disruptions are Energy Agency observed in its latest petroleum vehicle ownership among the country’s rapidly ther increase in both vehicle ownership and into a surplus in the first half of 2017 as it supporting oil market balances, refinery market update (“Oil Market Report”, IEA, May expanding middle and lower-middle class. The gasoline consumption as more and more house- said prices around $50 per barrel in the margins are starting to weaken, especially 2016). India’s oil consumption has grown at an number of registered vehicles on India’s roads holds are able to afford to drive. second half of 2016 would see exploration in Asia,” adding that weaker demand from average annual rate of 5 percent over the last has been doubling every seven years and hit 182 The largest number of vehicles are registered and production activity picking up. In those refiners could produce “downside decade and climbed over 4 million barrels per million in 2013, according to the Ministry of in the major urban centres of Delhi, Bengalaru, Nigeria, output has fallen to its lowest in risk to prices in Q3 16.” — Reuters day for the first time in the year ending in March Road Transport and Highways (“Road Transport Chenai, Pune and Mumbai, and the large states 2016. India is currently the world’s fourth-largest Yearbook”, 2012/13). of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and oil consumer after the United States, China and The majority of registered vehicles were Gujarat, all of which have a large number of rela- Japan, and set to overtake Japan for the third motorcycles (133 million) with a much smaller tively wealthy households. Faced with shortages, Egypt slot within the next 12-18 months. Diesel number of cars, jeeps and taxis (25 million) and But the fastest growth rates in vehicle own- remains the largest end market, accounting for goods vehicles (9 million). The balance between ership over the last 10 years has been in rela- lifts cheap drug prices by 20% more than 40 percent of all petroleum con- two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles has tively poor and peripheral states such as sumed in the country, according to the Ministry remained fairly constant since the turn of the Tripura, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, CAIRO: Egypt is raising the price cap on ers have stopped making some cheap of Petroleum and Natural Gas. millennium. India still has a relatively low vehicle Bihar, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, which medicines that cost up to 30 Egyptian generic medicines to staunch growing Liquid petroleum gas for cooking and petro- penetration rate compared with other develop- suggests vehicle ownership is rapidly spreading pounds ($3.38) by 20 percent in an effort to financial losses. leum coke for power generation are other major ing countries let alone richer economies. There to a much wider cross-section of the popula- address drug shortages, the health minister Millions of poor Egyptians rely the gener- markets, each accounting for about 10 percent were just 149 vehicles for every 1,000 people in tion. Provided India’s economy continues to said yesterday. Pharmaceutical companies ic medicines. Though medicines are classed of final demand. Gasoline, by contrast, accounts 2013 compared with 273 in Brazil, 277 in Mexico, grow, and fuel prices remain moderate, India’s will now be obliged to offer those medi- as essential goods, putting them high on for only 12 percent of total consumption, but is 593 in Japan and 781 in the United States. thirst for gasoline will be the most important cines or risk having their licenses revoked, the priority list at banks deciding how to the fastest-growing segment, with demand ris- With so many registered two-wheel vehicles, source of oil demand growth over the next few and the ministry is coordinating with the allocate precious dollar rations, pharmaceu- ing by 10 percent a year for the last decade. the penetration of passenger cars is exceptional- years. The country is set to join the United supplies and military production ministries tical companies say they still face serious Gasoline demand has been accelerating, with ly low by international standards. India has just States and China in a new group of Big 3 oil to ensure the drugs are on the shelves, the problems that force them to slow or pause consumption up 11 percent in 2014/15 and 17 passenger cars per 1,000 people compared consuming countries. — Reuters minister told a news conference. production. Egypt has struggled to revive its A weaker currency has made it more economy since a 2011 uprising ushered in expensive to import raw materials and years of political instability, scaring off for- Nigerian inflation hits near 6-year high in April with the price of finished medicines fixed eign investors and tourists-key sources of by the Health Ministry, some manufactur- hard currency. — Reuters LAGOS: Annual inflation in Nigeria quickened to 12 percent from 11 percent to try to curb the ty generators as well as transport. The new to a near six-year high of 13.7 percent in April, galloping inflation - a surprise reversal that prices have yet to feed into the inflation fig- in part due to rising petrol and electricity came just four months after rates were cut. ures, but NBS data suggests fuel was already UAE’s Network International prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said “The focus inevitably shifts to what sort of generally sold at a higher price than the new yesterday, stoking expectations of another rate monetary policy reaction to anticipate,” said official ceiling throughout much of April, closes $350m acquisition loan hike. Nigeria’s worst economic crisis in decades Razia Khan, chief economist, Africa at Standard meaning more inflationary pressure could be has been driven by a sharp drop in oil prices Chartered bank, looking ahead to the mone- building. Food prices, which account for the LONDON: UAE payment processing firm banks, the banker said. After strong that has slashed government revenues since tary policy committee meeting due next bulk of the inflation basket, rose 13.2 percent in Network International has closed a $350m- demand in syndication the pricing was the country relies on crude sales for around 70 Monday and Tuesday. “With the central bank April, up 0.4 percentage points from March, the equivalent, six-year loan to finance the reverse flexed by 25bp with final pricing percent of national income. governor previously stating that a headline bureau said on its website. acquisition of Emerging Markets Payments coming in at 350bp for the dollar tranche Gross domestic product growth was just 2.8 inflation rate in excess of the MPR (benchmark Inflation has also been fuelled by pressure (EMP), a payments processing company with and 325bp for the dirham tranche. The bolt- percent last year, its lowest rate since 1999, and interest rate) is undesirable, expectations of on the naira, which yesterday slipped to its its main operations in Africa and the Middle on acquisition follows the 49 percent acqui- speculation of a devaluation of the naira cur- tightening are likely to build,” she said. weakest level in months against the dollar in East, banking sources said yesterday. sition of Network International by sponsors rency is growing. March inflation was 12.8 per- NBS said petrol prices and electricity tariffs the non-deliverable forward market. The dual-currency financing is split Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic in cent. The statistics bureau (NBS) said the higher were major factors in the inflation rise. Last Speculation that the central bank will soon almost evenly between a conventional dol- December 2015 for $275m. Dubai’s largest inflation rate in April - the highest level since week, the government announced it was devalue the currency - which the bank denied lar tranche and a murabaha dirham bank, Emirates, owns the rest. August 2010, according to Thomson Reuters scrapping a costly fuel subsidy scheme and on Sunday - has swirled since the vice presi- tranche, one banker close to the deal said. That deal was structured at the Warburg data - reflected increases across all sectors. In increasing petrol prices by up to 67 percent dent last week said foreign currency policies Citigroup acted as sole underwriter and Pincus/General Atlantic level through a spe- March, Nigeria’s central bank tightened mone- which will affect many of Nigeria’s 180 million needed to be changed to encourage invest- coordinator on the deal and was joined in cific ‘holdco’ vehicle - created by the spon- tary policy, raising the benchmark interest rate people who rely on gasoline to power electrici- ment. — Reuters syndication by around nine international sors for the acquisition. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Turkish lira 103.510 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.795 Indian Rupee 0.004314 0.004704 Swiss Franc 313.210 Thai Bhat 9.570 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Turkish Lira 103.200 Australian Dollar 223.360 Japanese Yen 0.002691 0.002871 ASIAN COUNTRIES US Dollar Buying 301.050 Japanese Yen 2.778 Kenyan Shilling 0.002999 0.002999 Korean Won 0.000247 0.000262 Indian Rupees 4.544 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.071576 0.077576 Pakistani Rupees 2.888 20 Gram 258.180 Nepalese Rupee 0.002880 0.003050 Srilankan Rupees 2.074 10 Gram 132.010 Bahrain Exchange Company Nepali Rupees 2.837 5 Gram 66.850 Pakistan Rupee 0.002665 0.002945 Singapore Dollar 221.430 Philippine Peso 0.006359 0.006639 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Hongkong Dollar 38.945 Sierra Leone 0.000074 0.000080 Europe Bangladesh Taka 3.853 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Singapore Dollar 0.216965 0.222965 British Pound 0.428232 0.437232 Philippine Peso 6.438 South African Rand 0.013924 0.022424 Czech Korune 0.004695 0.016695 Thai Baht 8.590 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001693 0.002273 Danish Krone 0.042111 0.047111 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Taiwan 0.009165 0.009345 Euro 0.0338104 0.0346104 GCC COUNTRIES US Dollar 301.900 Thai Baht 0.008270 0.008820 Saudi Riyal 80.643 Canadian Dollar 234.060 Norwegian Krone 0.032678 0.037878 Qatari Riyal 83.070 Sterling Pound 436.275 Romanian Leu 0.076460 0.076460 Arab ani Riyal 785.473 Euro 345.405 Slovakia 0.009000 0.019000 Bahraini Dinar 0.795155 0.803155 Bahraini Dinar 803.110 Swiss Frank 294.660 Swedish Krona 0.032926 0.037926 Egyptian Pound 0.029743 0.034861 UAE Dirham 82.335 Bahrain Dinar 798.680 Swiss Franc 0.304269 0.314469 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 UAE Dirhams 82.435 Turkish Lira 0.098543 0.108843 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 83.650 Jordanian Dinar 0.422296 0.429796 Egyptian Pound - Cash 32.300 Saudi Riyals 81.185 Australasia Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.427 Jordanian Dinar 425.285 Australian Dollar 0.213127 0.224627 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.214 Egyptian Pound 33.901 New Zealand Dollar 0.197456 0.206956 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Tunisian Dinar 150.370 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.072 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020777 0.044777 Jordanian Dinar 425.970 Indian Rupees 4.528 America Nigerian Naira 0.001245 0.001880 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.015 Pakistani Rupees 2.878 Canadian Dollar 0.227516 0.236016 Omani Riyal 0.778645 0.784325 Syrian Lira 2.155 Bangladesh Taka 3.840 US Dollars 0.298150 0.302650 Qatar Riyal 0.082309 0.083522 Morocco Dirham 31.816 Philippines Pesso 6.369 US Dollars Mint 0.298650 0.302650 Saudi Riyal 0.079713 0.080663 Cyprus pound 575.020 Syrian Pound 0.001281 0.001501 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Asia Tunisian Dinar 0.146914 0.154914 US Dollar Transfer 302.250 Japanese Yen 3.810 Bangladesh Taka 0.003435 0.004009 Turkish Lira 0.098543 0.108843 Euro 345.930 Syrian Pound 2.370 Chinese Yuan 0.044964 0.048464 UAE Dirhams 0.081310 0.082459 Sterling Pound 437.510 Nepalese Rupees 3.825 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036852 0.039602 Yemeni Riyal 0.001366 0.001446 Canadian dollar 234.300 Malaysian Ringgit 76.225 BUSINESS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

European vote against China Gulf Bank posts a net profit market status not ‘constructive’: Beijing of KD 8.8 million in Q1 2016 BEIJING: A European Parliament vote against granting China market economy status in the Operating income up 6% to KD44m, total assets up to KD 5,459m World Trade Organization was “not at all construc- tive”, Beijing’s foreign minister said yesterday as he met his French counterpart. The designation KUWAIT: Gulf Bank yesterday announced a several important awards. These included net profit of KD 8.8 million in Q1 2016. This the “Best Retail Bank in Kuwait” and “Best would make it much harder for Brussels to fight figure is down by KD 1 million year over Retail Customer Service” awards from Beijing over alleged unfair trading practices. year. Operating income increased by KD International Finance Magazine; “Best China joined the WTO in 2001, and argues that 2.5 million or 6 percent to KD 44 million Treasury and Cash Management Provider in accession protocols dictate it will automatically compared to Q1 2015. Furthermore, oper- Kuwait” by Global Finance; as well as the switch over to market economy status by this ating profit before provisions/ impairments “Corporate Bank of The Year” and “Best December, 15 years later. increased by KD 1.2 million or 5 percent to Banking Rewards Program” awards from But European lawmakers in Strasbourg last KD 28.4 million. The European. The Bank also received the Net credit costs on loans of KD 0.9 mil- “Best Corporate Governance Financial week voted overwhelmingly against issuing the lion (specific provisions plus write-offs less Services” award for the Middle East in 2016 designation, concerned that doing so would cost recoveries) were booked in Q1 2016 com- at the Ethical Boardroom Corporate Europe job losses in key industries such as steel. pared with KD 16.4 million in Q1 2015. Governance Awards, and were winners in “We believe that this European Parliament Loan quality continues to improve reflect- the “Finance and Banking” category at the decision was not at all constructive,” Chinese for- ing the Bank’s prudent underwriting poli- Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2016. eign minister Wang Yi said at a joint press confer- cies and procedures. In addition, non-per- ence with his visiting French counterpart Jean- forming loans (NPLs) declined to 2.8 per- Importance of Human Capital and Marc Ayrault. Wang urged the EU to take an cent and coverage against these NPLs Corporate Social Responsibility increased to 350 percent compared against Gulf Bank also remains strongly commit- “objective look” at the issue and respect WTO 3.0 percent and 290 percent, respectively, ted to supporting youth and educational rules. “As a member of the WTO, the EU must fulfil at the end of Q1 2015. The Bank’s total loan initiatives to help empower the next gener- its promises and not deny or avoid the issue,” he loss reserves on the balance sheet stood at ation. To kick off 2016, Gulf Bank employ- said, adding: “China’s wish is clear, simple and rea- KD 311 million. General provisions com- ees from many different departments and sonable: that everyone should remember the prise KD 187 million or 60 percent of the backgrounds signed up to volunteer in one Gulf Bank Chairman Omar Alghanim Gulf Bank CEO Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno commitments they have made.” total. The Capital Adequacy Ratio under of our key corporate social responsibility Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno, Gulf Bank’s Chief ues to attract customer and industry atten- China is the world’s second-largest economy, Basel III is at 15.4 percent against the regu- initiatives, INJAZ-Kuwait which is a non- latory requirement of 13 percent. Executive Officer said: “We closed last year tion. Through the program credit card cus- profit (NPO), non-governmental organiza- and is the EU’s second-largest trading partner, Commenting on the results, Omar with an “A” rating from the three leading tomers earn Gulf Points for each transac- tion (NGO) driven by Kuwait’s private sec- with daily trade flows of over $1 billion. Kutayba Alghanim, Gulf Bank’s Chairman credit rating agencies which is a strong tion, which can then be used for free flights tor. Through strategic partnerships with It is also the world’s top steelmaker, producing said: “I am pleased to report steady indication of the transformation the Bank on any airline and free hotel stays in any of Kuwait’s business and education sectors, more than half of global output, and has been progress this quarter, which follows the has successfully completed and the strate- the 300,000 participating hotels worldwide. and with the help of qualified and dedicat- accused of flooding the world market with over- positive trend of the last year. We have gic direction of the Bank. At the Annual The program also includes “Gulf Bank ed volunteers, INJAZ delivers both Arabic supply sold at below cost, in violation of global achieved these results by continuing our General Meeting on 9 March, shareholders Entertainer” which is a mobile app that and English language educational pro- endorsed the recommendation of Gulf gives users instant offers at a multitude of trade rules. policy of pragmatism and good gover- grams on entrepreneurial and leadership nance, coordinated by a very capable and Bank’s Board of Directors for a cash divi- retail, entertainment, and children’s activi- skills to help youth build successful careers. In the non-binding resolution, MEPs urged that committed Board of Directors, and execut- dend for the first time after the 2008 finan- ties in Kuwait, UAE, and London. Gulf Bank employees have already com- Chinese exports be treated in a “non-standard ed by our management team and staff. cial crisis, reflecting the bank’s strong finan- In Wholesale Banking, the corporate pleted several rounds of training session way” so as to “ensure a level playing field for EU Our focus is to carry forward this momen- cial position. Our Consumer Banking and banking suite of products continue to be with students. Gulf Bank also supported industry and defend EU jobs”, the European tum; we will be launching a world-class Wholesale Banking products and services well-received and stand out in the market. “Benchmark Forum 2016”, an important Parliament said on its website. The European product later this year which will be the have been well-received and more innova- The Bank’s cash management systems, national design entrepreneurship forum Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has given first of its kind in the region. The Bank has tive, easy-to-use products will soon be on online salary processing, and collections which brings together innovative business the market.” systems are streamlined to ensure maxi- itself until this summer to decide on whether also recently received approvals from the minds and creative designers to share their Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Capital mum efficiency for customers with services experience and provide young entrepre- China should be granted the status. Markets Authority (CMA), as well as Focused products and services being performed with the click of a button. neurs with inspiration and mentorship to Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, Lithuania’s approval from shareholders at the bank’s The Bank’s credit card business has Last year the Bank’s cash management sys- guide them down the road of development representative to the EU executive, told MEPs that recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), demonstrated strong performance with 16 tem received several awards and accolades. and success. The Bank also sponsored a the Commission all but ruled out doing so, saying regarding the issuance of a Tier 2 Basel III percent growth in credit spends, year-over- group of Bayan Bilingual high-school stu- that “any such move would be untenable”. — AFP compliant subordinated bond for up to KD year. Gulf Rewards, the fastest and most Award recognitions dents to take part in the 42nd Annual 100 million, which will help continue to rewarding loyalty program in Kuwait, is a During the first quarter of 2016, Gulf Harvard Speech and Debate Showcase strengthen the bank’s capital adequacy.” significant driver of this growth and contin- Bank’s efforts were recognized through tournament in Boston in February.

Gannett raises bid for Gold gains Tribune Publishing ground as equities, NEW YORK: USA Today owner Gannett has Gannett’s attempts to acquire Tribune boosted its takeover bid for Tribune come after a shake-up at the company. In dollar retreat Publishing Co by about 22 percent one week February, Chicago investor Michael W. after the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Ferro Jr. gave Tribune a $44.4 million cash LONDON: Gold rose yesterday, recovering after its Chicago Tribune and other newspapers infusion through his company Merrick biggest weekly loss since mid-March, as stock markets adopted a “poison pill” plan to thwart the Media. Ferro was later named as non-exec- eased on soft Chinese data, boosting interest in the unsolicited offer. utive chairman of the newspaper publisher. metal as an alternative asset, and the dollar weakened Gannett Co. announced yesterday that it Weeks later, the company ousted its CEO against the euro. Spot gold was up 0.6 percent at was raising its bid to $15 per Tribune share, up and named Justin Dearborn to that key job. $1,280.95 an ounce at 1140 GMT, while US gold futures from the $12.25 per share it previously “Our increased offer demonstrates our for June delivery were up $10.50 at $1,283.20. offered. Gannett said that the total value of commitment to engaging in serious and The metal ended last week down 1.2 percent after a the revised offer is approximately $864 mil- meaningful negotiations with the Tribune sharp midweek slide, though it rebounded by 0.8 per- lion, which includes the assumption of certain Board to reach a mutually agreeable trans- cent on Friday. “Gold had a better close (last week) than Tribune liabilities, such as about $385 million action where Gannett acquires all of one would have thought a few days earlier, and it in outstanding debt. Tribune confirmed that it Tribune,” said a statement from Gannett seems to be putting in quite an impressive spell,” received the revised offer and said that its chairman John Jeffry Louis. “It is evident Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said. “The trigger board would thoroughly review the proposal. from our discussions with Tribune share- may be the softer China data we’ve had, with some Tribune shares jumped 19 percent to holders that there is overwhelming sup- misses on industrial production, retail sales. That’s sup- $13.65 at the open of trading yesterday. The port for the companies to engage immedi- porting the gold price.” Chicago company had rejected Gannett’s pri- ately regarding our proposed transaction. “I thought it might break down once we started HOUSTON: A carpenter works on the siding of a new townhouse at a construction site in or per-share bid of $12.25, saying the price By increasing our offer at this time, we are testing below $1,270, but it didn’t. That may have Houston. Yesterday, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo releases its was too low. Gannett Chairman John Jeffry reaffirming Gannett’s belief that this trans- wrong-footed some of the people who went short.” May index of builder sentiment. —AP Louis said in a company release that the action would deliver significant value to European shares fell in subdued trade yesterday. Data McLean, Virginia, company was raising its both companies’ stakeholders and that the from China over the weekend was less rosy, with April’s US homebuilder sentiment offer to show its “commitment to engaging in time to act is now.” Tribune Publishing retail sales, factory output and fixed-asset investment serious and meaningful negotiations with issued a statement acknowledging it all falling short of forecasts by economists polled by holds steady in May theTribune board to reach a mutually agree- received the offer amounting to $15 per Reuters. The dollar eased by 0.1 percent against the able transaction where Gannett acquires all share, adding that its board “will thorough- euro. Gold has risen 20 percent this year after weak NEW YORK: US homebuilders’ confidence strong enough to boost sales in the coming of Tribune.” ly review” the revised proposal. — Agencies economic data in the United States and elsewhere tem- held steady in May for the fourth month in a months. pered expectations of a near-term increase in US inter- row, reflecting an overall optimistic outlook The new-home market still has a long way est rates, which would lift the opportunity cost of hold- for the new-home market even as the pace of to go to recover from the housing crash of ing non-yielding gold. sales has slowed recently. almost a decade ago. New-home sales are “Fed hikes are the only obstacle to a sustained bull The National Association of Home significantly below the half-century average market,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note. Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index of more than 650,000 a year. “We anticipate a normalisation of rates, but don’t think released yesterday was unchanged at 58. Builders still anticipate sales growth, aggressive hikes are likely.” Among other precious met- Readings above 50 indicate more builders although they have become slightly more als, silver was up 1 percent at $17.30 an ounce, plat- view sales conditions as good, rather than cautious in recent months. “Job creation, low inum rose 0.7 percent to $1,054.29 and palladium was poor. The index had been in the low 60s for mortgage interest rates and pent-up demand up 0.3 percent at $590.72 an ounce. eight months until February. will also spur growth in the single-family As industry participants gathered in London on Builders’ view of current sales and a meas- housing sector moving forward,” said Robert Monday for Platinum Week, the World Platinum ure of traffic by prospective buyers held Dietz, the NAHB’s chief economist. Investment Council said in a report that a drop in South steady. Builders’ outlook for sales over the This month’s builder index was based on African mine supply is set to deepen the deficit in the next six months increased to the highest level 259 respondents. Builders’ view of sales over platinum market this year. —Reuters since December. the next six months rose three points to 65, The US housing market looks more tem- the highest reading since December. pered after strong growth in 2015. Sales of A gauge of traffic by prospective buyers new homes slid to a seasonally adjusted held at 44, while a measure of current sales annual rate of 511,000 in March, the third conditions for single-family homes remained monthly decline in a row. unchanged at 63. Though new homes repre- Even so, sales in the January-March period sent only a fraction of the housing market, were running slightly ahead of the year-to- they have an outsized impact on the econo- date pace in 2015. April’s sales figures are due my. Each home built creates an average of out next week. Despite the sluggish start to three jobs for a year and generates about NEW YORK: Specialist Michael Cacace, foreground right, works at the post that handles the year, some economists see the low mort- $90,000 in tax revenue, according to NAHB Gannett, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. USA Today owner Gannett gage rates and improving job market as data. — AP announced yesterday that it is boosting its buyout offer for Tribune Publishing Co. .—AP Gold rises as risk appetite lifts commodities

LONDON: Gold rose yesterday, recovering some of the previous oil rose 3.2 percent, while copper was up 3 percent. “The move on Friday will be closely watched. Gold picked up some sup- session’s losses, as a heightened appetite for risk in wider mar- higher here is much more reflective of moves elsewhere in the port from news the Australian central bank had cut rates, ana- kets boosted commodities, and as markets mulled the timing of commodities sector as a whole, rather than a gold-related move,” lysts said, following policy easing moves by authorities in a potential US rate rise after some downbeat economic data. Simon Weeks, head of precious metals at the Bank of Nova Canada, Russia, Singapore and Denmark. “Gold is benefiting Fresh inflows were seen into gold-backed exchange-traded Scotia, said. “This often happens in the short term, gold moves from the RBA’s rate cut, a step that will accelerate the global funds on Monday, with holdings of the largest, New York-listed as a commodity rather than a currency.” depreciation race of currencies,” Commerzbank said in a note SPDR Gold Shares, climbing to their highest since October at Gold prices rose more than 8 percent in January to post their on Tuesday. “Other central banks will probably follow suit and 24.65 million ounces. strongest month in three years, though expectations for a US also cut their interest rates... As a result, gold will be more Spot gold was up 0.5 percent at $1,281.10 an ounce at 1100 interest rate rise later in the year kept a lid on gains. attractive as a store of value and alternative currency, a view GMT, while U.S. gold futures for April delivery were up $5.10 an The metal remains sensitive to US data, as traders try to evidently shared by ETF investors.” Among other precious met- ounce at $1,282.00. Commodities benefited from a rise in the anticipate when the Federal Reserve will raise rates. Downbeat als, silver was up 2.4 percent at $17.61 an ounce. Platinum was risk appetite, as European stocks were lifted by hopes of an reports on US consumer spending and factory activity helped up 0.7 percent at $1,232 an ounce, while palladium was up 1.2 agreement on the Greek debt standoff. Benchmark Brent crude gold pare losses on Monday, and non-farm payrolls numbers percent at $793 an ounce. — Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 European equities slide amid Frankfurt closure

LONDON: European stock markets fell yester- weak economic data from China released over delay a planned sales tax increase. “The FTSE 100’s rollercoaster ride contin- raise borrowing costs sooner rather than day on disappointing Chinese data, but trade the weekend added to investor woes brought And Shanghai stocks finished 0.8 percent ues, starting the week with a quick dive, later boosted the dollar after data Friday was subdued owing to a holiday closure in about by Wall Street falling to its lowest in a higher despite the weak data, buoyed by cen- unwinding an impressive rally Friday after- showed US consumer spending jumped far Frankfurt. London stocks shed 0.4 percent, month,” said CMC Markets analyst Jasper tral bank assurances that it would continue noon,” added Lee Wild, head of equity strate- quicker than expected in April, reversing a Madrid lost 1.0 percent and Paris dropped 0.8 Lawler. “The Whit Monday holiday has damp- with policies to support growth. Chinese indus- gy at online stockbroker Interactive Investor. worrisome stall in the first quarter of the percent, as investors fretted over fresh evi- ened trading volumes.” trial output, retail sales and fixed-asset invest- “Data out of China over the weekend disap- year. The greenback bought 108.84 yen in dence of China’s economic slowdown. Asian markets however rallied following last ment all came in below expectations, the latest pointed at every level-industrial production, the afternoon, up from 108.63 yen in New Frankfurt will reopen for business today. “It week’s sharp losses, with Tokyo boosted by a disappointing data out of Beijing following retail sales and investment growth.” York. However, the strong US data fuelled was Monday Blues in European markets after report that Japan’s prime minister plans to below-par trade figures the previous weekend. Asian markets rallied yesterday follow- talk of another increase in interest rates, ing last week’s sharp losses, with Tokyo with the prospect hitting New York traders. boosted by a report that Japan’s prime All three main indexes ended lower Friday. minister plans to delay a planned sales tax increase. Investors in Tokyo cheered a China weakness report Saturday in the respected Nikkei Among other Asia markets Hong Kong business daily that Shinzo Abe had told was up 0.9 percent in the afternoon and officials he wants to put off the consump- Sydney closed 0.6 percent higher while tion tax rise to avoid damaging the Seoul gained 0.1 percent. Shanghai ended already tottering economy. It is not know 0.8 percent higher. how long he intends to postpone it. Central bank assurances that it would The last rise in April 2014 — the continue with policies to support growth nation’s first in 17 years-was blamed for overshadowed weekend figures showing stalling a nascent recovery and pushing more weakness in the economy. Industrial Japan into a recession from which it has output, retail sales and fixed-asset invest- hardly recovered. While experts say Tokyo ment all came in below expectations, the must raise tax revenue to deal with soar- latest disappointing data out of Beijing ing debts and pay for the ballooning cost following below-par trade figures the pre- of welfare as the population ages, a delay vious weekend. While shares rose in is seen as crucial to support economic Chinese markets, Stephen Innes, senior growth. Attention now turns to the trader at OANDA Asia Pacific, said in a release tomorrow of economic growth fig- market commentary: “Clearly, the positive ures for the first quarter of the year. The economic momentum in March has appar- Nikkei closed 0.3 percent higher, with a ently turned soft in April, which will likely weaker yen also providing support. send negative reverberations across all Speculation the Federal Reserve could asset classes.” — Agencies BUSINESS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 Total launches mammoth gas plant in Britain’s Shetlands

SHETLAND, United Kingdom: Total officially sector has been reeling from a plunge in oil prices northwest of Shetland. Total chief executive Patrick main grid. Total claimed the plant was Britain’s launched yesterday a huge new gas project in since mid-2014, leading the British government to Pouyanne said the project demonstrated the compa- biggest construction project since the London Britain’s remote Shetland Islands, hailed by London cut taxes for the industry. ny’s “commitment” to Britain and said it would help 2012 Olympics, employing 2,500 people at the as a “vote of confidence” in the flagging North Sea Amber Rudd, the minister for energy and climate the country’s long-term energy security. “This subsea- peak of construction. Laggan-Tormore is operated oil and gas industry. The French energy giant official- change, called the opening of the Shetland project a to-shore development is the first of its kind in the by Total with junior partners Denmark-headquar- ly opened the Shetland Gas Plant in Britain’s north- “vote of confidence in the offshore oil and gas indus- country and will provide the domestic market with tered DONG Energy and British energy company ernmost outpost, which cost £3.5 billion ($5 billion, try”. The plant was “creating jobs and providing secure, eight percent of its daily gas requirements while SSE, which each have a 20 percent interest. The 4.4 billion euros) to build. affordable energy to the UK’s families and businesses enabling the potential for further developments in the Shetland Islands are around 105 miles (165 kilome- Bringing in gas from the Laggan-Tormore fields, for decades to come”, she said in a statement. “North West of Shetland area,” Pouyanne said in a statement. ters) northeast of the Scottish mainland. Shetland the plant began production on February 7, which Sea oil and gas is crucial to our energy mix. “We are Located in up to 600 metres (1,970 feet) of was invaded by Vikings in the late eighth and early has since been ramped up to its full capacity of 100 percent committed to helping our oil and gas water, the five wells tap reservoirs that lie 3,500 to ninth centuries. The archipelago was pledged to 500,000 cubic feet of gas (90,000 barrels of oil equiv- industry attract investment, unlock new potential and 3,900 metres (11,500 to 12,800 feet) beneath the Scotland by the king of Norway in 1469 but the alent) per day. The fields are expected to last for remain competitive for the future.” The Laggan- sea floor. The gas is treated at the Shetland plant Norwegian spirit lives on in street and place names about 20 years. The Scottish North Sea oil and gas Tormore fields lie around 80 miles (125 kilometres) before the processed gas is piped into Britain’s and islanders celebrate their Norse roots. — AFP Nigeria govt to meet unions over national strike threat 67% hike in petrol price fuels resentment, protests

LAGOS: Nigeria’s government was yesterday meeting union leaders to try to prevent a planned national strike over a 67 percent hike in the price of petrol, the labor ministry said. Ministry spokesman Samuel Olowookere told AFP the talks would take place in Abuja and involve government officials, the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and its affiliates. The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called for an indefinite strike from tomor- row unless petrol prices were slashed from 145 MARSEILLE: The former SNCM ferry boat “Jean Nicoli” bearing the color and logo of naira ($0.73, 0.64 euros) to 86.50 naira per litre. “Corsica-Linea” in Marseille, southeastern France. The request of SNCM company works Government offices, airports, sea ports and council who ask for the invalidation of the shares sale to Corsica Maritima Holding will be businesses, including banks, shops and markets, examined on May 18, 2016 before the commercial court of Marseille. —AFP would be shut if talks failed, the unions warned, calling on people to stockpile food. Any industri- al action would exacerbate economic pressures Thailand’s Q1 GDP in Africa’s largest economy caused by the global slump in crude prices, which has drastically cut surprisingly resilient revenue from oil sales. Subsidy system BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy outpaced years due to tepid global demand and China’s The government last week increased the expectations in the first quarter to expand at slowdown. Despite the upside surprise in price of petrol and deregulated the fuel import the fastest annual rate in three years, provid- GDP, the Bank of Thailand could still cut rates market to try to end shortages caused by a for- ing some relief for a military government that if growth falters, economists say. “With likely eign exchange crisis. The global oil shock has LAGOS: A member of Shell staff on the Bonga offshore oil Floating Production Storage and has struggled to stimulate growth in the two subtrend growth momentum and baht out- weakened the naira against the dollar but Offloading vessel off the coast of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. — AP years since it seized power. performing regional currencies, we do not despite black market forex rates of about 350, importers but with overall oil revenue squeezed this time,” said Lagos stockbroker Sola Oni. But with exports expected to shrink for a think one can rule out another rate cut by the the government has refused to devalue the cur- it can no longer afford to subsidize at 86.50 naira “Besides, the new price (of petrol) will end the fourth year running and consumption BOT later this year,” said Santitarn Sathirathai, rency, keeping the official rate at 197-199. per litre. Because of the lack of fuel, motorists fraudulent subsidy regime that has only crimped by high household debts and the senior economist at Credit Suisse in Fuel importers have not been bringing in have been paying upwards of 145 naira per litre enriched a few Nigerians,” added Oni, from worst drought in a decade, economists say Singapore. The BOT held rates steady last supplies because of their inability to source forex for months. Sofunix Investments and Communications. more fiscal stimulus and lower interest rates week but saw higher risks to growth from at the official market rate, causing lengthy Public affairs commentator Quincy Durodola may be needed to prevent growth momen- slowing consumption and investment. The queues at filling stations. Wranglings over sub- Economic ‘tailspin’ also questioned the timing of the union threat. tum from stalling. NESDB revised its 2016 GDP growth forecast sidy payments between importers and the gov- A previous attempt to end fuel subsidies in “NLC was quiet when their members in IPMAN Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy to 3.0-3.5 percent from 2.8-3.8 percent. ernment have previously led suppliers to with- January 2012 saw petrol prices more than dou- (Independent Petroleum Marketers Association grew a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent in the Growth last year was 2.8 percent. hold fuel deliveries in a system widely criticized ble but the government was forced to partially of Nigeria) collected subsidies and still sold first quarter, boosted by government spend- Tourism and fiscal spending will underpin as open to abuse. OPEC-member Nigeria, which reinstate them after widespread protests. But above the subsidized rates,” he said. ing and tourism, the National Economic and growth this year, while expected mid-year has also seen production cut by militant attacks there were indications the unions may have mis- “It never saw anything wrong with that.” The Social Development Board (NESDB) said on rains should ease drought, NESDB head on facilities in recent weeks, depends on fuel judged the public mood this time around. unions should support government efforts to Monday. The pace was faster than 0.8 percent Porametee Vimolsiri told reporters. In a bid to imports because of a lack of domestic refining “(The NLC) should realise that Nigeria is make the oil sector more transparent and effi- in the fourth quarter and 0.6 percent forecast spur domestic activity, the junta has ramped capacity. The government has kept prices at the already in a tailspin and cannot afford any strike cient, rather than create “unnecessary” labor in a Reuters poll. up investment and launched stimulus meas- pump low and paid the difference to fuel that will worsen the nation’s economic woes at unrest, he added. — AFP From a year earlier, growth was 3.2 per- ures, although big infrastructure projects cent, better than 2.8 percent previously and have been slow to get underway. higher than economists’ estimates. Thailand’s In January-March, government investment economy remains fragile two years after a rose 12.4 percent on year while private invest- Hedge funds turn cautious on crude military coup ended months of political ment grew 2.1 percent. Tourism, accounting unrest as its main growth engines - exports for 10 percent of GDP, has been a rare bright LONDON: “The oil market has gone from near- also showed renewed strength after weakening year will throw a lifeline to some producers, and domestic demand - remain weak. spot. Anti-Chinese sentiment in Taiwan and ing storage saturation to being in deficit much in the first week of May. All these signals could which could delay the completion of the rebal- “Thailand’s economy got off to a solid start Hong Kong have resulted in more Chinese earlier than we expected,” Goldman Sachs ana- attract more interest from hedge funds on the ancing process. Overall, the risks in the oil mar- to 2016, but high household debt and contin- tourists for Thailand. lysts said in a research note published on long side of the market. The whole oil and prod- ket now appear much more evenly balanced ued political uncertainty are likely to drag Tourist numbers in the first quarter Sunday. “The physical rebalancing of the oil mar- ucts complex remains well bid, pushing more than at the start of the year, which creates more down growth again over the coming quar- jumped 15.5 percent, and the NESDB predicts ket has finally started,” according to the bank, bearish traders and analysts to the margins. uncertainty about near-term market direction. In ters,” said Krystal Tan, economist at Capital a record 33 million visitors this year. “It’s the which has been among the most bearish on the But oil prices have already risen a long way the longer term, oil prices probably have to rise Economics based in Singapore. The NESDB case of more Chinese who travel to Taiwan outlook for surpluses and prices. from their February lows anticipating the rebal- further to moderate the growth in demand and expects exports to shrink 1.7 percent this coming to Thailand, maybe about 5 percent Goldman raised its near-term forecasts for ancing which is now occurring. The concentra- incentivize more investment in supply. On the year, versus 1.2 percent growth it predicted more,” Vichit Prakobgosol, president of CCT WTI by around $10 per barrel in both the second tion of hedge fund long positions continues to present trajectory, the oil market is headed for a earlier. Accounting for about two-thirds of Group told Reuters. The group brought in and third quarters of 2016 (“Fundamental overhang the market, heightening the risk of a big supply deficit by 2018/19. But in the short GDP, exports have fallen in the past three 300,000 Chinese tourists last year. — Reuters volatility creates uncertain path for oil rebalanc- price reversal if speculators all try to exit their term, the market has already recorded most of ing”, Goldman Sachs, May 15). In many ways the positions at the same time. the price increases that were expected for 2016 Russia’s VTB bank bank is playing catch up, because WTI has And the big rise in prices since the start of the and 2017 just a few months ago. — Reuters already risen $20, almost 80 percent, from its low on Feb. 11. Goldman is exceptionally well con- returns to profit nected with the hedge fund community and its forecasts are famous for influencing oil prices, at MOSCOW: Russia’s second largest bank VTB due to falling oil prices and Western sanc- least in the short term. But Goldman and the yesterday announced a return to profit in tions imposed over the conflict in Ukraine, majority of hedge funds parted company on the the first quarter, saying “stabilization” in the with the ruble plunging in value and the oil outlook at the start of the year (“Oil price Russian economy had boosted revenues, central bank sharply hiking the interest rate. ultra-bear Goldman Sachs turns mildly bullish”, although by less than analysts had expect- While Russia remains in recession, Reuters, May 16). While the bank remained cau- ed. Between January and March, state-con- recent months have seen signs of stabili- tious about market rebalancing and warned trolled VTB posted a net profit of 600 million sation, particularly in the service sector, about the possible correction in prices, hedge rubles ($9.24 million), after a 18.3-billion- although industrial production remains funds were amassing a record bullish position in ruble loss in the same period last year. low. In the first quarter, VTB’s income from futures and options in anticipation of a recovery. Analysts contacted by Interfax news interest on loans more than doubled to Between the start of January and the end of agency had predicted higher profits of 5.8 98.3 billion rubles, while income from fees April, hedge funds and other money managers billion rubles, however. VTB chief Andrei and commission was up 13 percent at almost tripled their net long position in WTI and Kostin said the results reflected “the contin- 17.4 billion rubles. This revenue growth Brent futures and options from 234 million bar- ued stabilisation of business activity in the led to a 31-percent growth in operating rels to a record 663 million barrels. Russian economy as a whole” after the income to 111.1 billion rubles. However, Long positions anticipating a rise in prices “volatility seen in the same period a year while provision for low-quality loans was were increased by 133 million barrels while short ago.” In the first quarter of 2015, Russia was down 17 percent, it remained high at 40.6 position expecting a price fall were cut by 208 suffering a monetary and economic crisis billion rubles. — AFP million barrels. In the past couple of weeks, how- ever, just as Goldman was turning more bullish, the hedge funds have become more cautious NEW YORK: Pedestrians walk past the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in New York. and been taking profits following the rally. Brazil govt says jobs, Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported on factory activity in New York The combined net long position in WTI and in May as indicated by its Empire State manufacturing index. —AP Brent was cut by 43 million barrels in the week confidence priorities to May 3 and a further 45 million barrels in the week to May 10, an overall reduction of almost Manufacturing in New RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s interim president, ed to lead to her ouster. He said he would not 13 percent. Most of the adjustment has come Michel Temer, said in a televised interview seek the presidency if he serves out the rest of from the long side of the market, as hedge funds Sunday that he hopes to reduce unemploy- the term, which goes through 2018. have locked in some of their profits, with more York contracts in May ment and bring economic and political calm Asked what he would like his legacy to be if modest amounts of fresh shorts emerging. to Latin America’s biggest country. Temer, a he remains in office, Temer said: “reduce unem- WASHINGTON: Factory activity in New York measure of hours worked declined, evidence centrist who took over as interim president ployment and see a calmed country.” In the The balance of forces in the oil market shrank in May after expanding for two months, that factory workers put in fewer hours and will last week after Brazil’s senate voted to sus- recorded interview with Globo, Brazil’s biggest between supply-demand fundamentals, hedge as manufacturers received fewer orders and receive slightly smaller paychecks as a result. pend Dilma Rousseff and try her for irregulari- television network, Temer also said he would fund positions and oil prices has become rather shipments fell. The Federal Reserve Bank of New An index of capital spending by New York ties in the government budget, said his gov- not interfere with corruption probes that have complicated. As Goldman noted, the fundamen- York said Monday that its Empire State manufac- manufacturers, which measures their plans to ernment would cut public spending where upended Brazilian politics in recent years, tal picture has become more bullish in recent turing index slumped to minus 9 in May, after spend on large equipment, fell to its lowest possible and that a reform of Brazil’s pension ensnaring dozens of political and corporate weeks, with continued evidence of strong oil reaching 9.6 the previous month. Any reading level in more than two years. US manufactur- system was essential. leaders and helping weaken the Rousseff demand from the United States and India, and a below zero points to contraction. The figures ing has started to improve a bit in recent Repeating a pledge made last week, Temer administration. growing number of large supply disruptions. indicate that factories in the state continue to months, according to nationwide data, but said the cost-cutting would not affect popular In a separate interview with the same pro- A range of price indicators also suggest that struggle despite growth in March and April. growth remains tepid. Factories were held social programs that marked the 13-year rule gram, Brazil’s new finance minister, Henrique the rally in oil prices, which appeared to have Factory output nationwide has been sluggish in back last year by a strong dollar, which makes of Rousseff’s Workers Party. Brazil’s newly Meirelles, also said spending cuts would not run out of steam in the first few of May, has the past year as a weak global economy has US products more expensive overseas. But the formed government is scrambling to identify affect existing social programs and identified acquired renewed drive (“Oil rally loses momen- economic reforms to revive an economy in its “confidence” as the country’s worst economic lowered exports and US businesses are spend- dollar has declined since January, giving man- tum”, Reuters, May 11). Front-month futures ing less on equipment and machinery. ufacturers some relief. worst recession since the Great Depression. In problem. Meirelles, a former banking executive prices have hit fresh highs and moved back addition to a gaping budget deficit, it must who served as central bank president during A measure of new orders fell to minus 5.5, The Institute for Supply Management, a above the 20-day moving average, suggesting from 11.1 the previous month. That suggests trade group of purchasing managers, said earli- control near double-digit inflation and rising the first two Workers Party administrations, said that the rally has momentum. Time spreads, unemployment. Temer, who was the leftist the government needs to make up for revenue factory output may contract again next month. er this month that its manufacturing index which are often correlated with the supply- And a gauge of shipments also slipped into neg- topped 50, a sign of expansion, for the second Rousseff’s vice president, will remain interim shortfalls but has not yet decided whether to demand balance, have tightened again in the president for the duration of her trial, which raise any new taxes, included a much-discussed ative territory, falling to minus 1.9 from 10.2. The straight month in April. That index had been last week. Refining margins, as typified by gener- could last as long as six months and is expect- levy on financial transactions. — Reuters employment index was little changed. But a below 50 for five months until March. — AP ic markers such as the 3-2-1 crack spread, have BUSINESS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 KAMCO’s revenue KD 1.6 million, net profit KD 135,000 in Q1 2016 Financial results for first quarter of 2016

KUWAIT: KAMCO Investment and MENA Bonds, and the first in agement and investment banking Company - KAMCO yesterday reported Kuwait according to Bloomberg’s arm of Kuwait Projects Holding its financial results for the first quarter EMEA fixed income league tables for Company (KIPCO). ended March 31, 2016. The company the first quarter of 2016. The rankings, It has become a leading regional recorded a net profit of KD 135,000 based on actual funds raised during company within its sector offering with earnings-per-share (EPS) of 0.57 the first quarter of 2016, accounted innovative products and services to fils in Q1 2016, compared to a net prof- for the total volume and market share its clients, holding over $11.2 billion WINDSOR: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne, left, it of KD 109, 000 with EPS of 0.46 fils of all transactions executed during of client AUM and has successfully shakes hands with Dino Chiodo, president of Unifor Local 444 in front of a 2017 during the same period in 2015. the period. completed 85 investment banking Pacifica minivan on the Windsor Assembly Plant line, in Windsor, Ontario. — AP Revenue stood at KD 1.6 million for Q1 On the Asset Management side, transactions worth over $12 billion as 2016 against KD 1.4 million in Q1 2015. the KAMCO Real Estate Yield Fund, of 31 December 2015. Despite the downward slide in KAMCO’s flagship product in the real With almost two decades of expe- Detroit’s automakers, sensing capital markets, which continued estate sector, distributed 1 percent for rience in conducting business in from the previous year, KAMCO Q1, 2016 to the investors and was Kuwait’s dynamic investment indus- a threat, embrace mobility increased its net profit and opera- successful in increasing the size of the Faisal Mansour Sarkhou, try, KAMCO has successfully estab- tional revenues during the first quar- fund by more than 20 percent in CEO of KAMCO lished a robust reputation for solidity, DEARBORN, Michigan: For Detroit, the days of ice, in 2008; it now operates in 29 cities in Europe ter of 2016 in comparison to the first terms of new subscriptions. proven track record on the characterized by its prudent, conser- simply making cars are over. Automakers are fac- and North America. BMW started a New York- quarter of 2015; which are expected On this occasion, Faisal Mansour Investment Banking front, we remain vative investment philosophy and ing multiple threats to their business from nim- based mobility venture capital firm in 2011. to grow further in the upcoming Sarkhou, CEO of KAMCO, said, strongly positioned to become a lead- spirit of transparency, which has con- ble tech firms like Apple and Uber. In response, Toyota has 70 tiny electric cars zipping around quarters. “Despite the tough operating envi- ing AMIB player in the region in the sistently commanded the goodwill of carmakers are reinventing themselves as “mobili- Grenoble, France, as part of its own car-sharing During the first quarter of 2016, ronment since last year and the cur- coming years.” a wide patron-base. ty” companies that can accommodate all the dif- service. But after surviving the recession, Detroit KAMCO acted as a joint lead manager rent challenging macro-environment, KAMCO Investment Company is a The company will further aggres- ferent ways people get around. is enjoying record US sales and plowing the for the Burgan Bank KSCP’s KD 100 we were able to improve operational- premier investment company based sively build upon its core competen- Already this year, General Motors Co. has profits into mobility experiments. million, subordinated Tier 2, Basel III - ly and hope to continue this growth in Kuwait and is regulated by the cies to offer MENA-wide investment announced a long-term alliance with ride-hail- compliant bonds. KAMCO was also a and improvement as we move for- Capital Markets Authority with one of management consultancy and servic- ing company Lyft and started a car-sharing serv- Aggressive joint lead manager for Kuveyt Turk’s ward.” Sarkhou added, “By continuing the largest private sector AUMs in the es, backed by its proven track record ice called Maven. Ford created a technology- GM has been the most aggressive of the Tier 2 capital-boosting sukuk issuance to increase our quality AUM through region. in stringent risk mitigation, invest- focused division based in Silicon Valley that will Detroit companies. In January, it invested $500 worth $350 million. launching new Managed Funds and Established in 1998 and listed on ment product innovation, and a cau- invest in promising transportation startups. It million in Lyft and said it will co-develop a serv- Subsequently, KAMCO was ranked provide bespoke asset management the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) in tious investment approach towards also launched FordPass, a smartphone app that ice that lets customers summon self-driving cars. among the top 15 international lead solutions to clients, along with further 2003, KAMCO is a subsidiary of United local, regional and international capi- helps users find parking or share their cars. Fiat Three months later, it paid a rumored $1 billion managers and book runners in GCC capitalization on our capabilities and Gulf Bank (UGB) and is the asset man- tal markets. Chrysler Automobiles is partnering with Google for Cruise Automation, a startup that makes to test self-driving software in 100 of its mini- autonomous vehicle software. Around the same vans. time, it launched Maven, a car-sharing service in In congested and expensive cities, people are Ann Arbor and Chicago. increasingly content to share cars or summon GM President Dan Ammann said that when Burgan Bank rides using their smartphones. In five years, 35 GM sees potential value, it can’t afford to sit back million people globally will be using car-sharing and see where the market heads. “We believe in announces services, up from 5.8 million now, according to speed,” Ammann said. Boston Consulting Group. That means 550,000 So far, Wall Street is on board. Colin Langan, fewer cars sold each year. Within another few an auto analyst with UBS, said investors under- winners of decades, fleets of self-driving taxis could replace stand the need to invest in new mobility, and the need for personal car ownership altogether. expect companies to spend hundreds of mil- Automakers that don’t adapt risk being sup- lions of dollars a year doing so. But alarm bells Yawmi account planted by high-tech competitors. may go off if they’re routinely spending more. “We’re investing in future-proofing,” says “Historically, automakers have not been KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the Elena Ford, who led the development of good allocators of cash,” Langan said. Fiat names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi account FordPass and is the great-great-granddaughter Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says it’s dan- draw, each taking home a prize of KD 5,000. of Ford’s founder. There are dangers. Making gerous for automakers to place big bets on one The lucky winners for the daily draws took vehicles is complicated and expensive, and car solution. He stresses that FCA’s partnership with home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and they companies have stumbled when they’ve taken Google is open-ended and not exclusive. If the are: on new businesses. GM bought software maker companies decide to keep working together, 1. KATABJIWALA SALMA SAIFUDDIN Electronic Data Systems Inc. in 1984 but sold it they will eventually hammer out details like 2. ABDULAZIZ SAAD MOHAMMAD 12 years later. Ford owned Hertz rental cars but licensing fees for the software. 3. ABDULRAZZAQ ABDULLAH sold it a decade ago. Chrysler owned airplane- “Walking in a collaborative fashion with 4. DAWOUD SULAIMAN DAWOUD maker Gulfstream in the mid-1980s. In each people who have historically been viewed as VIVA holds AGM, appoints Al-Fozan 5. AYAH ABDULWAHAB ABDULAZIZ NAQI case, the companies sold those businesses to intruders and potential enemies of our busi- refocus on car-making. ness - walking with them at their speed - is the To further add to the anticipation of Yawmi as new independent board member There’s also the open question of whether best possible solution for us in terms of deter- account customers, Burgan Bank now offers a drivers want automakers to do more than make mining what our future state will be,” he said. Quarterly Draw with more chances to win higher KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications ment experiences. The company has rap- cars. Ford CEO Mark Fields is confident they do. Ford has done much of its mobility work in- rewards, entitling one lucky customer to win KD Company (VIVA) held its Annual General idly established an unrivalled position in “It goes back to Henry Ford and one of his house. The company has run more than 30 125,000 every three months. The Yawmi Account Meeting (AGM) at the Regency Hotel on 16 the market through its customer centric favorite quotes: ‘If I asked people what they global mobility experiments over the past 18 now offers Daily and quarterly Draws, the May 2016, and the attendance represented approach. VIVA’s quest is to be the mobile wanted, they’d say they wanted a faster horse,’” months, including a concept in India that lets Quarterly Draw requires customers to maintain a 72.47 percent of the number of ordinary brand of choice in Kuwait by being trans- Fields told The Associated Press. “We want to multiple families or co-workers share a car and minimum amount of KD 500 in their account for shares of the company. parent, engaging, energetic and fulfilling. transform, fundamentally, the relationship a ride-hailing van service for workers on its 2 months prior to draw date. Additionally, every The AGM approved the resignation of VIVA continues to take a considerable “Al-Zakat House” from the board, and share of the market by offering an innova- between an automaker and a customer.” Dearborn campus. But Fields says Ford is flexi- KD 10 in the account, will entitle customers to Fields adds that the financial case is too com- ble and open to partnerships. Its FordPass app appointed Salah Ahmad Al-Fozan an inde- tive range of best value products, services one chance of winning. If the account balance is pendent member, to comply VIVA’s situa- and content propositions; a state of the pelling to ignore. Global revenue at traditional was developed alongside Pivotal, a Silicon KD 500 and above, the account holder will be automakers totals $2.3 trillion a year, he says; the Valley software company in which it has tion with the requirements of the Capital art, nationwide network and world-class qualified for both the quarterly and daily draws. Markets Authority. service. VIVA offers internet speeds of transportation business, including taxis, buses invested $182 million. Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a and car-sharing, is worth $5.4 trillion. Companies FordPass lets Ford owners remotely start VIVA is the fastest-growing telecom more than 100 Mbps, due to the imple- Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to operator in Kuwait. Launched in mentation of the most advanced fourth are targeting people like Shannon Serenko, 32, their cars and make car payments. Users of the maximize their chances to becoming a winner. who works at Johnson & Johnson and lives in free app - who don’t have to own Fords - can December 2008, VIVA makes things possi- generation (4G LTE) network in Kuwait The more customers deposit, the higher the downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Paying for also reserve and pay for parking spots, get help ble for its customers by transforming com- resulting in superior coverage, perform- parking, insurance and gas for a car she barely from a live operator, rent their cars through chances they receive of winning. For more infor- munication, information and entertain- ance and reliability. uses would be a hassle, she says. Instead, she FlightCar and earn points at partners like mation on opening a Yawmi account or about rents a Chevrolet Volt from Maven for $42 a day McDonald’s. the new quarterly draw, customers are urged to when she wants to run errands. Ford will continue adding features; one day, visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch and “I’d just rather be spending all that money on users might be able to summon a self-driving receive all the details, or simply call the bank’s other things than parking a car for six out of sev- vehicle or borrow a Ford-made bike. “People Call Center at 1804080 where customer service en days,” she said. Detroit carmakers aren’t the spend about 4.5 hours per year in a dealership, representatives will be delighted to assist with first to offer mobility services to compete with but they spend 900 hours per year being mobile. any questions on the Yawmi account or any of the likes of ZipCar and Uber. German automaker So how can we have an ongoing dialogue?” the bank’s products and services. Daimler AG launched Car2Go, a car-sharing serv- Elena Ford said. — AP Swissport Saudi Arabia and Jazeera Airways sign contract

JEDDAH: Swissport Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of flights in Jeddah and five weekly flights in Riyadh and our customers. Swissport Saudi Arabia’s Chief Swissport International, the world’s leading with potential room for expansion. Executive Officer, Mr. Thomas Bommer, added, “The provider of ground and air cargo services to the Swissport was awarded the ground handling serv- new contract is an important further achievement aviation industry, has yesterday signed a contract icing contract following a rigorous selection process, for us, and enables us to start our quality ground with Jazeera Airways KSC for ground handling serv- during which Swissport convincingly demonstrated handling services at King Khaled International ices at King Abdulaziz International Airport in its commitment to the highest industry standards Airport in Riyadh.” Bommer added, “We are looking Ahli United Bank announces Jeddah and King Khaled International Airport in and its thoroughly professional approach. forward to a long term partnership with Jazeera Riyadh, making it Swissport’s launch customer in Abdulla Al-Hudaid Jazeera’s Chief Operating Airways.” winners of Al-Hassad draw the Saudi capital. Officer stated, “We look forward to our new relation- Swissport International Ltd provides ground serv- Jazeera Airways is the largest airline serving the ship with Swissport Saudi Arabia, whose recent entry ices for around 230 million passengers and handles Middle East from Kuwait. Swissport will provide into the Saudi market as a second ground handling 4.1 million tons of cargo a year on behalf of some 835 KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank- Kuwait held its SALWA ABDULJABAR SAIED, NAJI SALEH Jazeera Airways with comprehensive ground han- services provider reflects the continued develop- client-companies in the aviation sector. With a work- weekly draw of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving ALI AL MARRI, FOUZEYAH ABDULLAH AL dling services including passenger and ramp han- ment of the Kingdom’s aviation sector. We thank force of around 61,000 personnel, Swissport is active program on May 11, 2016. This program SRAYEA, HESSAH ABDULLAH AL SHEMALI dling, baggage services, operations coordination and Saudi’s General Authority for Civil Aviation for open- at more than 290 stations in 48 countries across five offers the biggest prize amount to the , SALEH MOHD AL JEEAAN , JEHAD FAWZI load control. The start of the operations is scheduled ing the door to private operators, thus bringing fair continents, and generates consolidated operating largest number of winners. The prize pro- DAGHER , MOHAMMAD IQBAL BADARDIN for 1 June 2016 at both airports, serving nine weekly competition and more choice for Jazeera Airways revenue of CHF 3.0 billion. gram succeeded in becoming the first prize NADA HASAN AL SADEQ, SHAHAD NOUR account in Kuwait compliant with the EDDINE BOUROGAA , LATIFAH SAYED Islamic Shari’a principles. The program has EBRAHIM , MOUSA NASEER S JALLAD , been developed to fulfil the needs of the SAAD AWAD ALAZMI , OSAMA ABDUL- Bank customers and increase their oppor- RAHMAN AL DUAIJ, ABDULLA SALEH tunities in winning sizeable and attractive AHMED, GEORGIOS FOTIOU, MONA MAH- prizes in addition to enjoying the latest MOOD HUSSAIN, ALFRED ZOSER ATEYAH, banking advantages that Ahli United Bank FAIZAH A.KHALIQ MUHAMMAD, provides. MOHAMMED ISA MAHDI. On this occasion, the bank issued the The Prize program of “Al Hassad Islamic following press release: Al-Hassad Islamic Saving” from Ahli United Bank offers a Saving program offers the highest amounts weekly grand prize worth KD 25,000 in of prizes which amount to KD 3.4 million addition to 25 weekly prizes worth a total per year. This Program also offers 26 weekly of KD 25,000 distributed to 25 prizes, KD prizes, with the highest number of weekly 1,000 for each winner. winners. The Islamic Hassad Saving In addition, prizes of Al-Hassad Islamic Account may be opened by the lowest saving program from Ahli United Bank amount to open an account, which is KD offer 4 quarterly grand prizes announced in 100. quarterly draws. Each is a “Salary for Life” The winner of the weekly grand prize in prize which is worth KD 250,000/-. the amount of KD 25,000 is: Abdulaziz In general, Ahli United Bank continues Abdullatif Al-Khatrash. to offer innovative tools and means to The winners of the KD 1,000 prize each: meet the needs of its customers to match ABDULLA ALI ABURAHMAH , KHOLOUD H the Bank’s long history of distinctive servic- M AL KANDARI , FAHAD MOHD AL SAQER , es which extend over 74 years during BADRIYA BASAM AL BASAM , NAWAF JABER which the Bank managed to take the lead KHALED , MOHAMMED ALI ASHKNANI , among local banks. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 technology

KUWAIT: Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Qusai Al-Shatti receives from Cisco’s General Manger Samer Al-Lahham a memento. Cisco outlines IT threats, security solutions

By Islam Al-Sharaa operations. The dire need in the near future is represent- ed in companies benefiting from digital technologies KUWAIT: Cisco Kuwait participated in a security confer- without ignoring the security of sensitive data, he said. ence and exhibition at Raddison Blu Hotel under the Cisco concentrates on fulfilling the principle of securi- patronage of the Central Department for Information ty everywhere to implement it in data centers, Internet Technology on May 11 and 12. Cisco, as the major spon- of Things and establishment networks including wireless sor of the event, displayed its security solutions directed ones, as it defends the infrastructure of information to fight threats, which may expand to include networks, technology before, during and after an attack, and data and the entire establishment before and after any allows the establishment to focus on developing its busi- attack. ness. Cisco General Manger Samer Al-Lahham spoke on the Lahham spoke to Kuwait Times about three aspects security threats and Cisco’s emphasis on integrated secu- of interest for those who are concerned about data, rity solutions that concentrate on threats. The company whether individuals or companies. played a major role at the conference by organizing ses- The first is the current infrastructure of companies sions that concentrated on the importance of security and establishments, and there are many studies that and the rapid changes in our digital world. show that 31 percent of Cisco customers’ networks and Director of Security at Cisco Kuwait Naji Al-Aqeeli their systems do not avail of maintenance services Cisco spoke about “digital economy security”, while consulta- presents, and from this study we found out that 92 per- tive systems engineer Wisam Al-Shareef spoke about the cent of systems have the probability of being exposed to issue of “security everywhere”. While more countries, electronic attacks. cities and companies are working to benefit from digital The second aspect is the rapid development taking technologies in supporting innovation, its growth will be place, and there are nearly 10 billion systems linked to linked to its ability to protect its digital platform. Cisco’s the Internet currently, and will reach 50 billion in the annual security report estimates the cost of cybercrime coming five years. The Internet is now in every part of for the business sector at $2.1 trillion by 2019, which is our life such as health services, industries and almost KUWAIT: Cisco General Manger Samer Al-Lahham (right) being interviewed by Kuwait Times IT director Islam nearly four times the estimate in 2015. everything, so this opens piracy windows that did not Al-Sharaa Lahham said the Central Department for Information exist. in a totally different manner. ment is the human factor, which must be trained on Technology is working through Kuwait’s information The third aspect is the huge development in video As for obstacles, Lahham said there are three main information security because this element is what oper- network to help government establishments and the and use of multimedia. Prevalence of videos in the elements. The first is that there is a comprehensive plan ates this technology. The third element is what Cisco nongovernment sector on exchanging information in a Middle East will increase by 71 percent, and all these to protect information in any company, and the plan presents in solutions to all companies in the form of more secure form and at a lesser cost for government aspects together make us deal with information security must be activated with all employees. The second ele- training the human element. Kanzy.com launches state-of- the-art online shopping website

KUWAIT: The online shopping web- provides special offers when apply- site Kanzy.com launches to provide ing for installments. consumers with a unique shopping The website’s privilege program, platform that provides the best-in- the Chairman’s Club, rewards mem- class electronics and appliances as bers all-year-long through a 5% flat well as customer-centric services for discount for life on all purchases, in an easy and customized shopping addition to priority delivery service, experience. exclusive offers, special gifts, exclu- Commenting on the launch, sive invitation to events, pre-launch Kanzy.com Manager, Alain Rbeiz, offers for members only, and a privi- said: “Kanzy.com has its customers at leged after-sales service. heart in everyday operations, provid- Kanzy.com Marketing Manager, ing them with what they’re looking Shaima Moulay, said: “We’ve for from a vast selection of electron- designed a fully-integrated website TUNISIA: Roman Troedhandl, Managing Director of CCNA; Mondher Bouattour, ics and products that meet their to ensure customers enjoy a great Managing Director, Media Diffusion and Japanese Ambassador His Excellency Mr. needs. Its e-commerce platform shopping experience from the com- Susumu Hasegawa cut the ribbon officially opening the new showroom for business. reacts to customers’ search behavior, fort of their home and at the time to optimize their online shopping that is best convenient for them. experience, and reduce their search Kanzy.com is without a doubt the Canon opens largest time. “Kanzy’s offering doesn’t stop at ideal shopping destination for the its product range, it also extends to latest high-quality electronics of its great services that reward cus- with its reactive platform that eases bundles recommended by the Kanzy renowned brands.” showroom in North tomers at each purchase, from imme- the search experience, and services team, and enable customers to cre- Quality and best in class electron- diate offers and discounts when cre- that ensure your order is at your ate their own bundles to avail to ics to meet consumer needs. Daily ating bundles, to the Chairman’s Club doorstep within three hours.” immediate and competitive dis- exclusive deals at 9pm. Delivery with- Africa in Tunisia privilege program which offers cus- One of the main features of the counts. in three hours. Immediate discounts tomers year-round exclusive offers to website are the Kanzy Bundles which Another service provided by on Kanzy bundles. Customized bun- DUBAI: Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA), a division of Canon Middle East, a glob- members.” offer immediate discounts on bun- Kanzy.com is the SmartPay which dles to meet the needs. Monthly al leader in photo imaging, opened in Tunisia, the largest B2B and B2C showroom in the Alain Rbeiz added: “Shopping dles of products that are comple- enable customers to apply for an installment service available through region in partnership with its local partner, Media Diffusion. At the showroom’s experi- online for what you need has never mentary and when buying them at instant credit approval from the com- website. Are the services provided by ence zone, customers can gain hands-on learning on Canon’s innovative products. been easier thanks to Kanzy.com once. Kanzy Bundles provide ready fort of their home. The service also Kanzy.com. The showroom was inaugurated in the presence of Japanese Ambassador His Excellency Mr. Susumu Hasegawa who was the guest of honor; Roman Troedhandl, Managing Director of CCNA; Mondher Bouattour, Managing Director, Media Diffusion, Armed with drones, aid workers seek Somesh Adukia, B2C Sales Director, CCNA and Michele Tuscano, B2B Sales Director, CCNA. “Tunisia is one of our focus markets which is why we have invested with our local faster response to earthquakes, floods partner here. We want customers to gain a better understanding of Canon at this show- room. Higher internet penetration and a skilled talent pool of IT professionals have KATHMANDU: For weeks after Nepal’s worst earth- tion efforts, and are now being deployed there to aster struck, leading to confusion within the gov- energized the country’s technology sector. There is growing demand for innovative quake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan find out where farmland is most at risk from natural ernment and aid agencies on how they should use products and we are leveraging this opportunity to provide various sectors a wide nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying disasters, and to assess their impact. the technology, said Patrick Meier, founder of range of products at our showroom,” said Roman Troedhandl. relief, airplanes bringing in aid workers, and drones. In 2014, Medecins Sans Frontieres piloted the humanitarian UAV network UAViators. “We will continue to build our presence in Tunisia through our range of innovative When the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Nepal in use of drones to deliver vaccines and medicine in Such problems are the impetus behind a global technologies and solutions, enabling our customers to achieve exceptional results. The April 2015, flattening homes and killing thousands Papua New Guinea, while the World Health code of conduct for using drones in aid that Meier opening of the showroom also underlines our focus in strengthening our presence in of people, authorities scrambled to assess the dam- Organization trailed a similar program in Bhutan, hopes to launch at the World Humanitarian Central and North Africa, having launched CCNA to serve the region,” he added. age and deliver relief to survivors. Within hours for- researchers said. “The beauty of drones is that they Summit in Istanbul later this month. The new facility will showcase the full array of Canon services and solutions ranging eign governments and aid agencies had heeded are cheap, easy to use and people can be taught to After the Nepal quake, the authorities said from inkjet and laser printers to copiers and large format printing machines. the overwhelmed Nepali government’s appeal for use them quickly, so there is no need for foreign unregulated drones were an extra headache for an Research shows that the B2B services market in the EMEA region will be estimated at assistance, sending everything from medical equip- aid workers to parachute into disaster zones,” said overstretched government already under fire for €20 billion by 2018 while the B2B solutions market will be worth €18 billion by 2019. In ment to plastic sheets, food rations and clean water. Faine Greenwood, research assistant on drones at its slow and inadequate response to the disaster. the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. the B2C services and solutions market, the strongest immediate opportunities come “Drones were an added burden for us,” Yadav They also sent drones. from building new, value-added digital solutions and services. It is estimated that in the Koirala, a senior official with Nepal’s Home EMEA market the value of photobooks alone, for example, will be Ä800 million by 2018. Long associated with conflicts where they have An added burden? Ministry, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The opening of the facility will give Tunisian customers the opportunity to receive been deployed in air strikes and for intelligence or With an ability to produce 3-D maps that are “There was no restriction on them.” “They flew direct advice on products and services from Canon professionals. The showroom was surveillance purposes, the use of Unmanned Aerial often more detailed than satellite imagery, drones established in Tunisia to further expand the company’s offerings while building on the Vehicles (UAVs) is rising in other areas, including can rapidly provide valuable information on the everywhere but offered no feedback to the gov- established customer base of Media Diffusion. Additionally, the facility is intended to response to natural disasters. humanitarian needs of survivors. ernment. It was difficult to control them,” he said. enable Canon to better understand the market dynamics and be closer to business In Nepal, several agencies used them for search While supporters of the technology hail its As a result, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal operations. and rescue missions and to map out toppled monu- potential to revolutionize humanitarian work, banned UAVs from flying without its permission, Mondher Bouattour said: “Canon will provide a wide variety of products to support ments, ruined heritage sites and devastated homes. industry experts warn of the security, ethical and restricted flying time to 15 minutes and intro- Tunisian consumers and businesses with the latest in technology. Our strong local pres- The International Organization for Migration has legal concerns it raises for agencies and govern- duced no-fly zones over houses, security agency ence and proven track-record will ensure that we supply Canon’s high quality, techno- been using drones since 2012 to capture the dam- ments. For example in Nepal, media reports of buildings and religious or cultural heritage sites. It logically advanced products across all industries.” age in Haiti after its 2010 earthquake. drones flying near security installations stoked also stipulated that drones could only be used 300 Canon’s showroom is located in 22 Avenue Alain Savary Cité Jardins Tunis. Drones were again used in the Philippines after fears the footage could be misused. meters from the pilot, and at a maximum flight Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 as a tool for reconstruc- Nepal had no regulations on drones when dis- height of 100 meters. — Reuters TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Citizen-scientists: US govt wants you to fight Zika! MIAMI: The mosquitoes that can spread map, which in turn will provide real-time “The parents were thinking we were Zika are already buzzing among us. The US information about hot spots to help attracting mosquitoes. No, the mosquitoes government could use some help figuring researchers and mosquito controllers are already there.” out exactly where. respond. Some local surveys have been The equipment is nothing more than No experience is necessary for what the revived as dengue fever and other viruses brown paper towels and dark-colored US Department of Agriculture envisions as creep back into the country, carried in the plastic party cups. Students insert the a nationwide experiment in citizen-sci- blood of travelers and transmitted through paper into the cups, fill the cups two-thirds ence. Teenagers already have proven mosquito bites. But that data hasn’t been of the way with water and place the cups themselves up to the task in tryouts centralized, and the gaps are clear to CDC around their homes. After about a week, involving a small number of high school researchers, whose national maps only they dry the towels and examine them for students and science teachers. Now it’s roughly show the possible spread of two eggs, which look like tiny specks of dirt. time for the Invasive Mosquito Project to disease-carrying mosquitoes. Classes verify their findings with the USDA, scale up and fast, since Zika has been The CDC’s maps are based on histori- local researchers or mosquito control offi- linked to serious birth defects and health cal reports, recent research and surveys cials before uploading their results to the officials are preparing for the possibility of sent in February to mosquito control dis- project’s website, which is part of a new small outbreaks in the United States. But tricts nationwide, but evidence remains central database for all federal citizen sci- there’s little money in government budg- thin for habitat estimates. They suspect ence activities. ets to track its spread. that Aedes aegypti could carry Zika well In the past, Cohnstaedt could spend “We don’t have a lot of data - good, beyond the Southeast during the sum- $150 or more a night to send one employ- solid data,” said John-Paul Mutebi, an mer, and the more cold-hardy Asian tiger ee to trap mosquitoes. Crowdsourcing that entomologist with the US Centers for mosquito could be biting into the effort has “saved a bunch” of money and MANHATTAN: Manhattan High School science teacher Noah Busch instructs his class Disease Control. What the USDA is pro- Midwest and Northeast. “collected better data than we could have before setting up mosquito traps around the school in Manhattan, KS. —AP posing is the kind of population survey Both species are capable of spreading working alone,” he said in an email. not seen in the continental United States Zika, but experts have considered the he’s pinning his hopes for consistent data Since high school biology teacher Noah The Florida Keys Mosquito Control since World War II, when the country Asian tiger less of a threat for triggering collection on students needing to do their Busch incorporated the USDA project into District wants the USDA project in three eradicated mosquito-borne viruses. In a outbreaks than the Aedes aegypti. The homework, year after year. his lesson plans, his students in high schools this fall. The narrow island 1945 film , the US government encour- Invasive Mosquito Project is coordinated He’s thinking big: Participation from a Manhattan, Kansas, have made the con- chain shares a national need for early aged schoolkids and scout troops to do by Kansas-based USDA entomologist Lee fifth of US schools. Adapting lesson plans nection between news reports about Zika warnings about invasions by Asian tiger their part in keeping their neighborhoods Cohnstaedt, who has explored crowd- for middle schools, scout troops and gar- and the mosquito traps they set near tires mosquitoes or other species, executive free from dengue and yellow fever. sourcing as a budget-conscious way to dening clubs. Making mosquito surveys as or backyard swimming pools. director Michael Doyle said. “Having these Volunteers now are needed to collect sample mosquito populations and cites common as public bird counts for conser- “I had more parents afraid of this proj- collections on different islands will alert us mosquito eggs in their communities and research supporting volunteers’ capabili- vation groups. Turning classroom routines ect than any of my students,” said Busch, to any additional places where it’s trying to upload the data to populate an online ties for collecting large-scale data. Now into a life-long habit of mosquito vigilance. who teaches protocols for avoiding bites. expand,” Doyle said. — AP New UN climate talks aim at fleshing out Paris deal Diplomats eye political blueprint into workable plan

BONN: Five months after ushering in a landmark Voluntary national pledges in the Paris pact to mate impacts, rather than measures to curb climate deal, diplomats kicked off a new round of slash carbon pollution-going into effect in 2020 — greenhouse gases. “For our endeavours to be talks yesterday tasked with converting a political would still allow Earth’s surface by at least 3 C (5.4 achieved, enhanced and adequate financial and blueprint into a workable plan. F), a cataclysmic scenario, say scientists. A single technology support ... must be provided,” a Thai “The whole world is united in its commitment degree Celsius of warming since the pre-industrial diplomat, speaking for the 134-nation ‘G77 and to the global goals embodied in the Paris benchmark has already seen a crescendo of devas- China’ bloc said at the opening plenary. The early Agreement,” the UN’s outgoing climate chief, tating storms, droughts and rising seas. ratification of the Paris Agreement-likely for early Christiana Figueres, told the 196-nation UN climate next year would help push the UN forum to flesh body at the start of a 10-day session in Bonn. “Now Hottest April out the rules and procedures needed to move for- we must design the details of the path to the safe, US national scientists said over the weekend ward, experts say. prosperous and climate neutral future to which we that last month was the warmest April recorded- “There is a lot of work to be done before 2020 to all aspire.” That remains a daunting task, negotia- the seventh consecutive month to exceed previous give life to those commitments that were made in tors and experts agreed. The targets set are hugely highs. “The only question is whether we join Paris,” said Alden Meyer, a climate analyst with the ambitious, and the rift between rich and develop- together quickly and boldly enough to avoid catas- Washington-based Union of Concerned Scientists. ing countries-overcome to seal the deal in trophe,” Thoriq Ibrahim, environment minister for Political leaders also encouraged the negotiators December-remains just beneath the surface. The the Maldives and chair of the Alliance of Small toward a shift in thinking. “As of now, you are no goal of capping global warming at “well below” Island States (AOSIS) told the plenary. longer just negotiators, you are also builders,” TAIPEI: Two giant pandas from China, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, displayed in their two degree Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) means One of the UN body’s most urgent tasks is French environment minister Segolene Royal-cur- new enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo in Muzha. — AFP nothing less than weaning the world economy off orchestrating the ramping up of national plans to rent co-chair, along with her Moroccan counter- fossil fuels within a few short decades. cut carbon pollution. part, of the negotiating process-told diplomats. ‘Dead panda’ scare over animal It will also require mobilizing trillions of dollars At the same time, the developing world is con- The UN climate talks run through May 26, and are to help poor countries green their economies and cerned that too little of the 100 billion dollars (88 also tasked with laying the groundwork for the gifted to Taiwan by China brace for climate impacts. Most of the details on billion euros) per year promised by wealthy next high-level gathering in November, in the how this will happen have yet to be worked out. nations starting in 2020 will go to dealing with cli- Moroccan city of Marrakesh. — AFP TAIPEI: Taipei Zoo was forced to deny reports much alive. “All three pandas are in good that a giant panda gifted by China as a sym- health,” said zoo spokesman Eric Tsao. bol of unity had died yesterday, in what ini- Huanqiu.com later issued a correction and tially appeared to be a frightening portent for apology to the zoo and Internet users. People’s Treating the cancer from cross-strait ties. Tuan Tuan was one of two Daily also posted a correction via Twitter saying pandas given to the island in 2008 in a move it had been “misinformed”. Some in Taiwan seen to endorse the presidency of Beijing- slammed the false reports-others joked China diagnosis to survivorship friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou. would have gone to war with Taiwan if the pan- The animal’s name means “reunion” and da had actually died. was interpreted as a reflection of China’s “Haha, in the future history will report that ambition to reunite self-ruling Taiwan with China attacked Taiwan because of a panda,” Community Cancer Center offering wellness program the mainland. But as Ma prepares to step one message on the Apple Daily website said. down and Taiwan ushers in new China-scep- Another speculated that pro-independence CEDAR RAPIDS: Maria Bowman was out running this normal? Is there a diet and exercise routine that can survivors and patients. She’s changed her diet, she tic leader Tsai Ing-wen-intensely disliked by groups would have been blamed for the pan- one day last summer when she experienced some help a patient reduce other cancer risks? said, from her Missouri-deep-fried roots to one that Beijing-reports circulated online that Tuan da’s death. Although a full-fledged democra- pain that was unusual for her normal exercise rou- When Bowman was sitting in her fog, she spoke includes more vegetable and fewer potatoes. The Tuan had died of distemper. cy, Taiwan has never formally declared a tine. When she got home she found a lump on her with a Mercy social worker who gave her the motiva- exercise group supports one another, she said - News of the death in Chinese media, includ- breakaway from China. Taiwanese pro-inde- breast. Three weeks later she was diagnosed with tion and support she needed. “I was concerned about they ask one another about children, grandchil- ing huanqiu.com and People’s Daily, triggered pendence groups criticized the Ma govern- stage-three breast cancer. From there Bowman, 46, the future,” she said. “But every day I’m getting better dren, oncology appointments and treatment. laments on the mainland that Beijing’s propa- ment for accepting Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan went through multiple surgeries - a bilateral mas- and better.” She participated in the Thrive Therapy fit- “I look forward to it,” Moore said. “It’s an uplifting ganda machine had failed. “Tuan Tuan is dead. in 2008, saying they were part of Beijing’s pro- tectomy and reconstruction surgeries - months of ness and wellness program - which gives patients a place.”The community cancer center began offering Propaganda is hopeless,” said one post on reunification push. chemo therapy and radiation therapy. free 10-week membership to the YMCA as well as an its cancer wellness program in 2008, after Jane Borg People’s Daily Twitter feed. Others welcomed But political scepticism did not taint “It was hell,” she said. “It was the worst time of initial assessment, where a physical therapist evalu- of Cedar Rapids lost her battle with breast cancer. the news, with one post on Taiwan’s Liberty public acceptance and they became a star my life.” The chemo therapy made her very sick - ates an individual’s limitations and exercise ability. Her family donated the initial gift to start the pro- Times website saying: “It’s good... we don’t have attraction. Panda-mania swept Taiwan she couldn’t eat or drink - and she was exhausted, Getting back into the habit of running has been gram, said Nancy Hagensick, an oncology social to spend so much money raising a Chinese again after the pair produced cub Yuan Zai both mentally and physically. hard for Bowman. Before her diagnosis, she was worker. “She lived longer with cancer than what panda.” As the story spread, Taipei Zoo insisted in 2014, following a series of artificial insem- “It was hard to envision me sitting here right running seven or eight miles several times a week. people expected - she worked at wellness, nutrition Tuan Tuan and his fellow pandas were very ination sessions. — AFP now,” she said on a sunny May day at Mercy Now, it’s painful and hurts, she said. But she’s get- and exercise,” Hagensick said. Medical Center’s Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. She ting stronger. She also took advantage of Hall- The community cancer center works with cancer was getting an herceptin infusion - a targeted ther- Perrine’s infrared light therapy - used to treat pain exercise specialists, massage therapists, reflexology apy for aggressive breast cancers. Bowman credits and poor circulation - and occupational therapy professionals, a certified sex therapist and body- her doctors, nurses and husband, Damon, for get- services when she was dealing with lymphatic image specialist, and psychologists to work with ting her through that period. But she also relied on cording - ropelike structures that develop under patients, she added. Hall-Perrine’s survivorship services to ease aches, the skin of the inner arm. Family and caregiver are able to access all servic- get her back into an exercise routine and help her es as well, and St. Luke’s offers a quarterly retreat for figure out life after cancer. ‘It’s an uplifting place’ caregivers. Hagensick said there are many times “I sat there for a whole month, just mentally Jo Moore, 80, had Melanoma 25 years ago and she’ll go to a patient’s chemo therapy appointment confused,” Bowman said. “I didn’t know what to do. was diagnosed with colon cancer three years ago. to talk with them, and the patient suggests she I saw the nurses so often” but didn’t once treat- After her doctor removed the mass, he suggested instead speak to a spouse or family member attend- ment stopped. “I had chemo brain. I just sat in a she go to the Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer ing the appointment instead. “We want to provide complete fog. Moving forward was really a chal- Center of Iowa, at the Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa. emotional support during and after treatment,” lenge.” As early detection methods and cancer She met with an oncology-certified dietitian Hagensick said. “There are changes to the body and treatment continue to improve, survival rates and goes weekly to a Tai Chi class with other cancer your outlook on life changes.” —AP increase and people live many years after their ini- tial diagnosis, experts say that survivorship services have also grown in importance. Women’s health - from maternal “In 2015, the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) estimated there were 14 million cancer mortality to child marriage survivors in the US alone. That number will rise to 19 million in 2024,” said Stephanie Phillips, oncolo- COPENHAGEN: Over 5,000 delegates from 150 Family planning: 225 million women in devel- gy survivorship nurse practitioner at Hall-Perrine. countries arrive in Copenhagen this week for oping countries have an unmet need for family “People are living longer. We are better at treating Women Deliver - a major global conference on the planning. This leads to 74 million unplanned preg- the disease. There’s a lot we can do for folks.” health, rights and wellbeing of women and girls nancies, 28 million unplanned births and 26 mil- Both Mercy and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s which runs from May 16-19. Here are some facts: lion abortions every year. HIV/AIDS: Young women Hospital offer comprehensive survivorship services Maternal mortality: Every two minutes a make up more than 60 percent of all young people SAN FRANCISCO: Sylvie Bergeron, of San Diego, at left, and her sister Line Bergeron, from specialized dietitians and tailored exercise woman dies from pregnancy related complica- living with HIV, or 72 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. of Quebec, walk with their dogs next to tuna crabs that washed up onto the beach at programs to social workers and support groups. tions - a leading cause of death for teenage girls in Female genital mutilation: At least 200 mil- Shaw’s Cove on May 13 in Laguna Beach, California. Pelagic red crabs are usually Just last year Mercy began giving all Hall- developing countries. Ninety nine percent of lion girls and women have undergone FGM in 30 found off Baja California but currents that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are Perrine patients a treatment summary, Phillips said, maternal deaths occur in developing countries. countries across three continents. FGM causes a sweeping them north. — AP in addition to discussing possible long-term effects Newborn mortality: Nearly 3 million new- host of health problems including potentially fatal of treatment, follow-up care and referrals to other borns die every year. Motherless children are up to childbirth complications later in life. Thousands of tiny red crabs resources. “From the diagnosis to the treatment, it’s 10 times more likely to die within two years of their Fistula: More than 2 million women are esti- a quick process,” Phillips said. “There is an educa- mother’s death. When women space their births mated to be living with fistula, one of the most stranding on California beach tional component but it can be overwhelming to by at least three years, newborns are twice as likely serious childbirth injuries, and some 50,000 to deal with in the middle of a diagnosis. Then you go to survive their first year. 100,000 new cases develop annually. Obstetric fis- NEWPORT BEACH, California: Thousands of The Orange County Register reports that through treatment, you go to chemo where you Child marriage: Every year 15 million girls mar- tula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder tiny red crabs are carpeting beaches in (http://bit.ly/1WwUGne ) pelagic red crabs are see people multiple times in a month sometimes. ry before the age of 18 - one girl every two sec- or rectum caused by prolonged, obstructed labour Then we say ‘Congrats, you’re done,’ and you don’t Orange County and creating an amazing usually found off Baja California, but currents onds. More than a third of the 700 million women without treatment. see those people anymore.” spectacle for swimmers and surfers. that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are worldwide who were married as children were Violence: One in four women is physically Survivorship services are meant to help patients find Lifeguards estimate that hundreds of thou- sweeping them north. The 1- to 3-inch-long wed before 15. Girls who give birth when they are abused during pregnancy. In some countries, sands of the tiny crustaceans washed up crabs have washed up for several years along their new normal, experts said - does a patient need to call their oncologist if they get the flu? The cancer is under 15 are five times more likely to die in child- nearly half of girls report their first sexual Friday on beaches in Newport Beach. Others the Orange County coastline. Before that, they birth than young women in their 20s. encounter was coerced. — Reuters were spotted in Laguna Beach. hadn’t been seen in the area for decades. — AP gone, but the patient is feeling anxious or depressed, is TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Biotrue launches the new contact lens in cooperation with Hassan’s Optician Co

KUWAIT: Bausch and Lomb, in cooperation with fitting other contact lens designs and modalities on the preferred list of eye care practitioners. sion characteristics that the open eye needs for Hassan’s Optician Company, has launched the for presbyopia and how Biotrue Oneday for Today we are able more than ever to address the healthy white eyes with 78 percent water con- new contact lens BIOTRUE ONEDAY FOR PRESBY- Presbyopia will be beneficial to them. challenges of fitting Multifocals and with the tent, same as cornea, for all - day comfort. The OPIA in Kuwait. The launch was held on 11th As highlighted in the presentation, the glob- advanced technology in design, Material and surfactants integrated and enriched throughout May, 2016. Eye care professionals, from major al population of Presbyopia is progressively modality they provide better vision, comfort the lens surface mimic the lipid layer of the tear Optical chains in participated in the event with increasing every year. Compared to previous and health Bausch & Lomb has introduced film to retain moisture and shape throughout enthusiasm to welcome the new member of generations, presbyopes today face more chal- Biotrue Oneday for Presbyopia, a daily dispos- the day. To meet the need of presbyopic Biotrue family after Biotrue Oneday contact lens lenges with vision, constantly working on vari- able lens which offers the convenience of daily patients, Biotrue Oneday for Presbyopia uses the and Biotrue multipurpose solution. ous electronic devices while going on with their disposable, outstanding vision, comfort and eye latest technology of 3 - zone Progressive Dr Bahram Behrouzi Homa, Business Unit & active lifestyle. health to contact lens wearers. DesignTM for successful near, intermediate and Professional Relations Manager presented the Multifocal contact lenses as an option for Biotrue Oneday for Presbyopia is a multifocal distance vision. product highlighting its main features and fit- active presbyopes have been around for more contact lens that uses an aspheric, Centre-Near, Biotrue Oneday for Presbyopia is a break- ting aspects . He also discussed some of the than a decade, however due to their challenges simultaneous vision design. It uses Bio-inspira- through that provides comfortable vision challenges faced by the eye care practitioners of fitting and the visual outcomes they were not tion technology featuring the oxygen transmis- throughout the day at all distances. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 Pamper your family at the Marina Hotel Kuwait with a special summer package arina Hotel Kuwait announced its much awaited summer pack- age and special vacation getaway to experience summer fun at Mits best. Guests are offered absolute pampering and leisure with a resort-feel ambience through its facilities away from the city’s busy routine. The all-inclusive Marina Hotel package guarantees real joy under the sun with its secluded private beach and three pools: lap pool, kids’ pool and family pool with the Marina Waves pool bar. Guests can relax in their rooms, all overlooking the beautiful Arabian Sea, at a rate starting from KD 88 for a double Superior Room per night, buffet breakfast included. The package provides free access to the hotel’s many facilities: the Coral Reef Health Club & Spa, the squash court, beach and pool area. Well known for its delicious international cuisine, guest can go for first-rate dining at the hotel’s twocelebrated restaurants: ‘The Six Palms’ and the ‘Atlantis.’ For mouth-watering delicacies, indulge in internation- al, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes from a scrumptious array of menu choices in a tranquil setting. Additionally guests availing the summer package can take advantage of the 20% discount on buffet lunch and dinner at the Atlantis Restaurant. With a walking distance to the Marina Mall and Marina Crescent, one can enjoy a complete holiday with easy access to their favorite shop- ping destinations. Make sure you book your room at the award winning Marina Hotel Kuwait for a unique getaway experience and excellent standard of quality service. Bhavans hosts CBSE cluster table tennis tournament

he 18th CBSE cluster table tennis tourna- tournament by T Premkumar, the principal, He spoke high about Sister Serena describing ment for the girls was hosted by Indian Bhavans when he had on the other side of the her as a wonderful person whom he adored for TEducational School Kuwait on 14th and table Rachna from FAIPS serve to him. her simplicity and friendly disposition. He laud- 15th May 2016. 18 teams representing seven Premkumar demonstrated his skill and agility ed her performance as the convener of the Indian Schools took part in this event under four much to the surprise of all around the table. Kuwait chapter and her contribution to the prin- categories viz. U-11, U14, U17 and U19. On day one 21 matches were played. On day cipals’ fraternity. She led the team through a Girls escorted by their physical education two, the matches started as usual with all the prayer and blessed the children, the staff and teachers received a rousing welcome from the semifinals being lined for the day. Girls fought the school. Sister Serena gave away the trophies Bhavans staff and students on May 14th 2016. hard to establish their supremacy and the clus- to all the winners and medals for the runners-up. The team meeting was held under the leader- ter winners under the four categories are: It was followed by photo sessions of all the ship of the Bhavans Physical Education Director U - 11 Indian Public School Kuwait teams with their coaches. Murugaiyan who briefed the coaches and the U - 14 Fahaheel Al Watanieh Private School Sister Serena addressed the participants, the managers of the team about the rules and the U - 17 Fahaheel Al Watanieh Private School volunteers, and the coaches. In her address, she regulations governing the tournament. U - 19 Indian Community School Kuwait thanked T Premkumar, the principal, Bhavans for The principal of Bhavans, T Premkumar who is For the closing ceremony, a special guest was inviting her. She also congratulated all the par- a table tennis player himself addressed the stu- invited and it was none other than Sister Serena ticipants for taking part in the tournament. dents and the staff from the visiting schools. In Lobo, the principal, Carmel School. Deepa Premkumar presented Sister Serena a memento ACK awards outstanding his address, he emphasized the importance of Antony, a member of the Bhavan’s Physical for gracing the occasion. The two-day event was such meets involving the Indian school children Education Department presented the chief wrapped up with the vote of thanks from students for and urged the kids to play and enjoy every guest a bouquet and convivially greeted her. The Murugaiyan, the Physical Education Director of game irrespective of the outcome. He thanked Principal of IES T Premkumar welcomed the Bhavan. He thanked everyone for their support the children and their coaches for coming to IES gathering and in his address he congratulated and cooperation and the crowd erupted in their achievements for the event and wished them success. the students for playing table tennis in all fair- applause when he ended his speech as a warm This was followed by the inauguration of the ness and team spirit. gesture of sportsman spirit and togetherness. ach semester, the Australian College demonstrated excellence... provided advice of Kuwait (ACK) recognizes outstand- to other students.” Eing student performance inside and The College not only encourages excel- outside the classrooms through Special lence within the academic field but also in Academic and Special Achievement extra-curricular activities. Therefore, Awards. Special Achievement Awards are given for Within the School of Engineering, a outstanding student participation in team Special Academic Award was allocated to and individual sports as well as non-sport- student “Muhammad Etsh” for his gradua- ing clubs such as Art, Music, Photography tion project on the topic: “The effect of and Community Care. Window Nano-Coating on Building Energy The Special Achievement Award to rec- Consumption in the State of Kuwait”. The ognize the one student who stands out recommendation from his School included above all other excellent sporting achieve- the following comments regarding ments either for ACK or at a Kuwait national Muhammad’s performance: “Conducted level was allocated to “Farah Karam”. The rigorous literature review... showed very supporting recommendation for Farah promising results in saving power con- included comments such as: “A great leader sumption... work conducted in collabora- and captain of both volleyball and basket- tion with KISR... benefits the building sector ball teams... very motivated... Ask any per- to save energy required for HVAC systems.” son on campus that has known her and The Special Academic Award within the you will hear one answer- she is the most School of Business was allocated to student respected person.” To recognize the most “Rasha Safawi” for her E-business proposal outstanding achievement in personal requiring “Investigation, design and imple- development other than sport, a Special mentation of an E-business solution includ- Achievement Award was allocated to ing creation of Website and Social Media “Athari Al-Awadhi”. Service to the ACK and Promotion”. In recommending Rasha for wider community is also strongly encour- her award, the following comments were aged and the recipient of this Special received from her faculty: “Rasha was Achievement Award was “Abdulmalek extremely motivated throughout this proj- Jbier”. ect... role model attitude and behavior...

Vigor Events hosts global pioneer in strategy execution Robin Speculand

igor Events brings to Kuwait glob- study for DBS bank researched and creat- al pioneer in strategy execution - ed by Robin Speculand and Singapore VRobin Speculand - who is driven to Management School. transform organizations around the A sought-after speaker at strategy and world by guiding leaders through their international business forums, Robin strategy execution challenges. Keeping Speculand works also as a an adjunct in Line with this year’s Knowledge Cub professor at Singapore Management Leadership Initiative, Robin’s topics will University; he is the author of four books, focus on Strategy Implementation pro- two of which have become international viding leaders with the understanding, bestsellers, “Bricks to Bridges-Make Your tools and templates to succeed where so Strategy Come Alive” and “Beyond many have failed. Strategy-The Leader’s Role in Successful Robin Speculand will first conduct a Implementation”. one day seminar - Strategy Robin has developed several propri- Implementation for Leaders - on 22nd etary tools including the Implementation May 2016 at the Jumeirah Messilah Compass(tm), which identifies actions in Beach Hotel from 9am to 4pm. This the eight critical areas for Excellence in engaging and enriching session will pro- Execution. In 2013, he founded the vide Attendees with a proven strategy Implementation Hub, the first portal in implementation framework for their the world dedicated to strategy imple- organizations to adopt immediately. mentation. It features over 400 resources Based on his international bestselling to support leaders in their implementa- book “Beyond Strategy-the leader’s role tion journey. in successful implementation”, this semi- His expertise has been featured in nar will unlock the secrets of what it strategy journals, international print and takes to implement strategy with exam- electronic media including the BBC UK & ples, videos and mini-case studies. It will Global, Channel News Asia, CNBC, also give attendees a complete frame- Financial Times and Telegraph, and work to guide their implementation jour- Singapore Straits Times. ney, with the Implementation Both events will be part of the Compass(tm) - a tool which provides Knowledge Club2016 series which is them with the structure to make their organized by Vigor Events and Co- strategies come alive. Organized by ALGAS Events. Sponsors He will also conduct a 2 day include Hadi Clinic as Gold Sponsor, Gulf Masterclass - Excellence in Execution- on Bank &Warba Insurance as Silver spon- 24-25 May 2016 at Jumeirah Messilah sors, Platinum Gym, Dar Al shifa& Warba Beach Hotel - Messilah Ballroom from Bank as Event Sponsors, Corporate 9am to 4pm. This highly interactive mas- Sponsor Kuwait Oil Company, Success terclass will provide attendees’ with the Partner Equate, Strategic Partner Ahli updated thinking, uncommon practices Bank of Kuwait, Executive Education and language required to execute their Partner IE Business School and media strategy with excellence. The Masterclass support from the International will also discuss a very sophisticated case Advertising Association Kuwait Chapter. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

KNES donates to Red Crescent Society

he Student Council visiting The Red Crescent Society of Kuwait donated money collected on Charity Day. The main aim is helping people in need all around the world. As a result, KNES annually donates money to The Red Crescent Society of Kuwait as well as Hope and Homes for Children. It was a learning experience; a real eye-opener, teaching us about how The Red Crescent Society locates man-made and natural disasters globally. They were accompanied by Madame Chantal TAl Gharabally (school director) to hand over the funds that were earned by the Charity Day to The Red Crescent Society of Kuwait.

BMCAAK bids farewell to Jacob Chacko

ishop Moore College Alumni Association Parimanam Manoj (General Secretary) gave a and was working with Universal Computers Co. Kuwait gave a grandeur farewell to Mr briefing about Mr Jacob & family & their involve- as Sr Accountant. His wife Mrs Omana Jacob was BJacob Chacko & family, who is leaving ment in the Group. Sam Pynummood, AI Kurein, with Sabha Hospital as Neuro Physiology Kuwait for good. They have been in Kuwait for Shaney Cherian, Jerry John Koshy, Mathew Technician. In the reciprocation speech, he the past 21 years and have been very active in Karoor, Jobin Babu, Manoj Chacko, Sangeeth expressed the valuable support received from the Bishop Moore College Alumni Association. Somanath, Fransis Lawrance & Philip Thomas BMCAAK & its members. They thanked all mem- The meeting commenced with a welcome delivered felicitation speeches during the meet- bers and shared their experiences in Kuwait with speech by Parimanam Manoj (General ing. Association members presented them with the gathering. Vote of thanks was proposed by Secretary). The function was held in Dakshin a memento for their valuable service to BMCAAK Sangeeth Somanath (Treasurer) and the func- Restarurant Abassiya, presided by Jerry John during their tenure. tion ended with a grand dinner. Koshy (President). Mr Jacob hails from Gilagal family, Kakannad

Soorya Fest on May 20

oorya Kuwait Chapter in association Krishna Mayam, which will be a new experi- with Kuwait National Exchange Co, ence to the art lovers of Kuwait. Swill stage ‘Soorya India Festival 2016’, Hailing from an artistic family, on the evening of Friday, May 20, 2016, at Prateeksha Kashi, has performed in several the Indian Community School Auditorium prestigious dance festivals at Regional, (Sr), Salmiya at 7 pm. National and International Levels. With a Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain will inau- keen interest to spread Kuchupudi, her gurate the festival, aiming to promote performance will also be quite entertain- International integration through culture. ing. As usual, the entry will be strictly This time Soorya is coming up with a mix of through invitations. classical dances - a duet performance Soorya India, led by versatile master- Sangamam with Pallippuram Suni in mind Soorya Krishnamurthy, is present in Kathakali and Paris Laxmi in Bharatanatyam 20 countries. It has been propagating the and a Kuchupudi by Prateeksha Kashi. art of India’s outside the country for the last Kathakali and Bharatanatyam are not 16years with active support of its Chief supposed to meet on a same stage, but Patron Dr BR Shetty, Managing Director, Pallippuram Sunil and Paris Laxmi decided NMC Group of companies. to experiment this unexpected fusion of Bayt.com empowers students with free University Road shows ayt.com, the Middle East’s number one career orientation sessions given by the posted on the website on any given day, and blue chips, as well as local SMEs and conglom- students in the region saying that finding a job site, has recently conducted a series Bayt.com career experts. The students were by helping students and young professionals erates. Our Bayt.com research has shown that job is the biggest challenge their generation Bof career road shows in top universities provided with essential tips on how to create with expert advice on CV writing and the job barriers to employment at entry level are seen faces, Bayt.com’s University Roadshows initia- across the Middle East, including the Ahlia the perfect CV, how to answer questions dur- application process in general, we are sup- to be caused by gaps between available skills tive is as important today as it was 16 years University Career Day in Jordan and GUST ing a job interview, and how to create their porting them with the essential tools they and the demands and needs of employers. As ago in helping students recognize their capa- Career Fair in Kuwait, the Career Development personal brand online. Presentations given by need in their journey towards a successful an active contributor to the region’s growth bilities and understand how to highlight their Symposium at Abu Dhabi University, the the Bayt.com experts provided up-to-the- career. We have long sustained employment and prosperity, Bayt.com is contributing skills and make them relevant, as well as assist Employment Fair at the British University in minute job market data and research insights, growth in the region, and by training students towards bridging the existing skills gap, by them in tackling today’s job market effectively Egypt, the Annual Career Fair at the best-in-class practices in job hunting, and the we aim to engage and empower them, so they preparing students and young graduates for and successfully. Caledonian College of Engineering in Oman, array of entry-level jobs and internships avail- can build a future for themselves and for the the current job market, and arming them with the Annual University of Wollonglong Career able on Bayt.com at any given time. communities they live in.” the skills and tools they need to grow and suc- Fair, the School of Business Administration at “At Bayt.com, we are continuously working “The February 2016 Job Index Survey by ceed,” Masri concluded. the American University of Sharjah Career Day, towards empowering students and fresh grad- Bayt.com has revealed that 3 in 10 employers This year marks 16 years of Bayt.com’s the Annual RIT Dubai Career Fair, and the uates in the region with the right tools and in the Middle East are looking for junior talent, University Roadshows, which proves excep- Annual Careers Day at Heriot-Watt University knowledge to shape their future,” said Suhail so this is a good time for students and fresh tionally relevant today, in light of the current Campus in Dubai. Masri, VP of Employer Solutions, Bayt.com. graduates to hone in on their skills and start economic conditions across the Middle East Thousands of students attended the free “There are currently more than 10,000 jobs competing for top assignments with regional and North Africa region. With 76 per cent of p32_Layout 1 5/16/16 9:38 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

22:30 South Park 04:36 Blood Relatives 23:00 South Park 05:24 Nowhere To Hide 00:20 Pawn Stars 01:50 Chefs Run Wild 00:00 Owen Benjamin: High Five 06:12 I Was Murdered 00:45 Pawn Stars South Africa 02:15 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita Til It Hurts 06:37 I Was Murdered 01:10 Down East Dickering 02:40 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 00:50 South Park 07:00 Blood Relatives 02:00 Ice Road Truckers 04:20 The Aviator 01:15 South Park 07:50 I Almost Got Away With It 02:50 Ax Men 05:55 If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be 02:05 Owen Benjamin: High Five 08:40 Nowhere To Hide Belgium Til It Hurts 09:30 True Crime With Aphrodite 07:35 Big Screen Jones 04:30 388 Arletta Avenue 07:50 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie 10:20 I Was Murdered 06:00 Snow White And The 09:25 Puckoon 10:45 I Was Murdered Huntsman 10:50 The Raven 11:10 California Investigator 08:15 Airplane vs. Volcano 11:35 California Investigator 03:25 Midsomer Murders 12:15 Captain Jack 05:15 I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out 10:00 Grosse Pointe Blank 13:55 Impromptu 12:00 Blood Relatives 12:00 Forget And Forgive 12:50 I Almost Got Away With It Of Here! 15:40 Geronimo: An American 06:10 Coach Trip 14:00 The Marine 4: The Moving Legend 13:40 Nowhere To Hide 03:00 The Haunting Of... 06:35 Catchphrase Target 17:35 Race For The Yankee 14:30 True Crime With Aphrodite 04:00 The Haunting Of... 07:05 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The 15:45 Turbulence Zephyr Jones 05:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Wild 17:45 Snow White And The 19:25 The Aviator 15:20 I Was Murdered Casebook 07:30 Midsomer Murders Huntsman 21:00 Breaking Bad 15:45 I Was Murdered 06:00 The FBI Files 09:20 The Jonathan Ross Show 20:00 Hours 22:00 A Dangerous Woman 16:10 Southern Fried Homicide 07:00 Beyond Scared Straight 10:10 I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out 22:00 Hercules Reborn 23:45 Requiem For A Dream 17:00 Blood Relatives 08:00 The FBI Files Of Here! 00:00 The Guest 01:25 Hair 17:50 True Crime With Aphrodite 02:00 13 Sins 09:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Jones 11:05 Callie-Anne Cooks Into The Casebook 18:40 Nowhere To Hide Wild 10:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 19:30 I Almost Got Away With It 11:35 Catchphrase 11:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 20:20 I Was Murdered 12:05 Coach Trip 12:00 Private Crimes 20:45 I Was Murdered 12:30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute 12:30 Private Crimes Makeover 21:10 Murder Comes To Town 04:00 Chef 13:00 Homicide Hunter 13:25 Emmerdale 22:00 Web Of Lies 06:00 Bad Parents 03:25 Africa’s Trees Of Life 14:00 The First 48 13:50 Coach Trip 22:50 Killer Instinct With Chris 08:00 The Other Sister 04:15 Gator Boys 15:00 Beyond Scared Straight 14:20 Coronation Street Hansen 10:15 Chef 05:02 Treehouse Masters 16:00 The FBI Files 14:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:40 Your Worst Nightmare 12:15 Orange County 05:49 Village Vets 17:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 15:35 When Ant & Dec Met The 00:30 Evil Kin 14:00 Romy And Michelle’s High 06:13 Village Vets 18:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Prince 01:20 Web Of Lies School Reunion 06:36 Call Of The Wildman Casebook 16:55 Royal Stories 02:10 Killer Instinct With Chris 15:45 The Other Sister 07:00 Call Of The Wildman 19:00 Homicide Hunter 17:25 Raised By Wolves Hansen 18:00 Hope Springs 07:25 Too Cute! 20:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 17:55 Raised By Wolves 20:00 Wish I Was Here 08:15 Village Vets 21:00 Ms. Homicide 18:20 Emmerdale 22:00 Borat 08:45 Village Vets 22:00 Married, Single, Dead 18:45 Coach Trip 00:00 Drunk Wedding 09:10 Treehouse Masters 23:00 The Jail: 60 Days In 19:10 Coronation Street 02:00 Hope Springs 10:05 Tanked 00:00 Crime Stories 19:35 When Ant & Dec Met The 11:00 Too Cute! 01:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos Prince 11:55 Bondi Vet 02:00 Ms. Homicide 20:55 Royal Stories 12:25 Bondi Vet 21:25 Raised By Wolves 12:50 Village Vets 03:05 How It’s Made 21:55 Raised By Wolves 13:20 Village Vets 03:29 Mythbusters 22:20 Coronation Street 13:45 Gator Boys 04:16 Invent It Rich 22:50 Emmerdale 03:00 Marvel’s Thor: Tales Of 14:40 Treehouse Masters 05:03 How The Universe Works 23:15 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Asgaard 15:35 Tanked 05:50 Kings Of Construction Makeover 05:00 Mars Needs Moms 16:30 Africa’s Trees Of Life 06:37 How Do They Do It? 00:10 When Ant & Dec Met The 07:00 The Santa Clause 17:25 River Monsters 03:15 Superhuman Science 07:00 How Do They Do It? Prince 09:00 Up 18:20 Austin Stevens: 03:40 Game Of Pawns 07:23 Mythbusters 01:30 Emmerdale 11:00 Race To Witch Mountain Snakemaster 04:05 Storage Wars Canada 08:08 How It’s Made 02:00 Coronation Street 13:00 Pocahontas 19:15 Tanked 04:30 Property Wars 08:30 How It’s Made 02:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 15:00 Bedtime Stories 20:10 Animal Cops South Africa 05:00 How Do They Do It? 08:53 Kings Of Construction 17:00 Toy Story 2 21:05 Treehouse Masters 05:30 South Beach Classics 09:38 Through The Wormhole 19:00 National Treasure 22:00 Austin Stevens: 06:00 Yukon Men 10:23 Invent It Rich 21:15 Mighty Joe Young Snakemaster 06:50 Wheeler Dealers 11:08 How The Universe Works 23:15 Toy Story 2 22:55 Gator Boys 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 11:53 Kings Of Construction 01:00 National Treasure 23:50 River Monsters 08:30 Game Of Pawns 12:38 Mythbusters 03:05 Glamour Puds 00:45 I’m Alive 08:55 Storage Wars Canada 13:23 Through The Wormhole 03:30 Glamour Puds 01:40 Austin Stevens: 09:20 Property Wars 14:10 How It’s Made 03:55 Cruise Ship Diaries Snakemaster 09:45 How Do They Do It? 14:33 How It’s Made 04:45 Maximum Foodie 02:35 Tanked 10:10 South Beach Classics 14:57 Food Factory USA 05:10 Tripping Out With Alie & 10:35 You Have Been Warned 15:20 Food Factory USA Georgia 11:25 The Pop Illusionist 15:44 How The Universe Works WISH I WAS THERE ON OSN MOVIES HD COMEDY 05:35 Rustic Adventures Italy 04:00 The Horse Whisperer 12:15 Superhuman Science 16:31 Kings Of Construction 06:00 Rustic Adventures Italy 07:00 Monkey Kingdom 12:40 Superhuman Science 17:18 How It’s Made 06:25 Carnival Eats 08:30 Powder 17:41 How It’s Made 00:00 Violetta 13:00 Lab Rats 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 10:30 Beaches 13:05 Game Of Pawns 00:45 The Hive 06:50 George Clarke’s Amazing 13:30 Storage Wars Canada 18:05 Mythbusters 13:30 Phineas And Ferb 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Spaces 12:30 The Horse Whisperer 03:40 Orphan Black 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 13:55 Property Wars 18:50 Secret Space Escapes 13:55 Phineas And Ferb 01:00 Private Chef 07:40 Billionaire’s Paradise 15:30 Happiness 04:35 Eastenders Teenage Witch 14:20 Yukon Men 19:40 How The Universe Works 14:20 Kickin’ It 01:30 Private Chef 08:30 Tom’s Istanbul Delight 17:00 Powder 05:10 Doctor Who 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 15:10 Wheeler Dealers 20:25 Through The Wormhole 14:45 Kickin’ It 02:00 Valerie’s Home Cooking 08:55 Glamour Puds 19:00 Les Miserables 06:00 Doctors Teenage Witch 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 21:15 How It’s Made 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:30 Valerie’s Home Cooking 09:20 Glamour Puds 22:00 Inside Llewyn Davis 06:30 Doctors 01:40 Hank Zipzer 16:50 South Beach Classics 21:37 How It’s Made 15:15 Rocket Monkeys 09:45 Cruise Ship Diaries 00:00 Heaven’s Gate 07:00 Doctors 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 17:15 How Do They Do It? 22:00 Secret Space Escapes 15:40 Guardians Of The Galaxy 10:35 Maximum Foodie 07:30 Eastenders 02:30 Violetta 17:40 Salvage Hunters 22:45 How The Universe Works 16:05 Mighty Med 11:00 Tripping Out With Alie & 08:00 Death In Paradise 18:30 For The Love Of Cars 23:35 Mythbusters 16:30 Kirby Buckets Georgia 08:55 37 Days 19:20 The Weapon Hunter 00:20 Through The Wormhole 16:55 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 11:25 Rustic Adventures Italy 09:50 Doctor Who 20:10 Storage Wars Canada 01:08 Secret Space Escapes Much Everything 11:50 Rustic Adventures Italy 03:00 Imogene 10:40 Doctors 20:35 Property Wars 01:55 How The Universe Works 17:25 K.C. Undercover 03:40 American Restoration 12:15 Carnival Eats 05:00 Life Of A King 11:10 Eastenders 21:00 Free Ride 02:42 How It’s Made 17:50 Supa Strikas 04:05 American Restoration 12:40 George Clarke’s Amazing 07:00 The Two Faces Of January 11:40 Death In Paradise 21:50 For The Love Of Cars 03:10 Henry Hugglemonster 18:15 Lab Rats 04:30 Pawn Stars Spaces 09:00 Pompeii 12:35 37 Days 22:40 Engine Addict With Jimmy 03:20 Calimero 18:40 K.C. Undercover 05:00 Lost Worlds 13:35 Food Lover’s Guide To The 11:00 Kon-Tiki 13:30 Doctor Who De Ville 03:35 Zou 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 06:00 Mountain Men Planet 13:00 So Undercover 14:20 Doctors 23:30 Fast N’ Loud 03:45 Loopdidoo 19:10 Annedroids 06:50 Ice Road Truckers 14:00 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 15:00 The Duff 14:50 Eastenders 00:20 Wheeler Dealers 04:00 Art Attack 19:35 Phineas And Ferb 07:40 Ax Men 14:30 World’s Biggest Festival: 17:00 The Maze Runner 15:25 Death In Paradise 01:10 Free Ride 04:25 Henry Hugglemonster 20:00 Mighty Med 08:30 Shipping Wars Kumbh Mela 19:00 Ride 16:20 Dickensian 02:00 For The Love Of Cars 04:35 Calimero 20:25 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 08:55 American Restoration 15:25 Cruise Ship Diaries 21:00 6 Ways To Sundown 17:10 Doctor Who 02:50 Engine Addict With Jimmy 04:50 Zou Much Everything 09:20 American Restoration 16:20 Testing The Menu With Nic 23:00 Wild Card 18:00 Doctors 03:15 The Hive De Ville 05:00 Loopdidoo 20:55 K.C. Undercover 09:45 Banger Boys Watt 01:00 3 Days To Kill 18:30 Eastenders 03:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A 05:15 Art Attack 21:20 Pickle And Peanut 10:35 Counting Cars 16:45 David Rocco’s Dolce India 19:05 Death In Paradise Teenage Witch 05:35 Henry Hugglemonster 21:30 Pickle And Peanut 11:25 Lost Worlds 17:15 Tripping Out With Alie & 20:00 Holby City 03:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A 05:50 Calimero 21:45 Lab Rats 12:15 American Pickers Georgia 21:00 Stella Teenage Witch 06:00 Zou 22:10 Mighty Med 13:05 Storage Wars 17:40 Rustic Adventures Italy 21:55 Unforgotten 04:10 Hank Zipzer 06:20 Loopdidoo 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 13:30 Storage Wars 04:35 Binny And The Ghost 18:10 Rustic Adventures Italy 22:45 Orphan Black 06:35 Art Attack 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 13:55 Fifth Gear 03:00 Bamse And The City Of 05:00 Violetta 18:35 Carnival Eats 23:35 Doctors 07:00 The Hive KSA 14:45 Shipping Wars Thieves 03:00 Destroyed In Seconds 05:45 The Hive 19:05 World’s Biggest Festival: 00:10 Eastenders 07:10 Zou 15:10 Shipping Wars 04:30 Egon And Donci 03:25 Destroyed In Seconds 05:50 Mouk Kumbh Mela 00:45 Holby City 07:25 Loopdidoo 15:35 Shipping Wars 06:00 The Heart Of The Oak 03:50 Ultimate Survival 06:00 Lolirock 20:00 Cruise Ship Diaries 01:40 Stella 07:40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 16:00 Mountain Men 08:00 Mamma Moo And Crow 04:40 How It’s Made 06:25 Sofia The First 20:50 Testing The Menu With Nic 08:05 Sofia The First 16:50 Ax Men 10:00 Pixies 05:05 How It’s Made 06:50 Gravity Falls Watt 08:30 Goldie & Bear 17:40 Ice Road Truckers 11:30 Marco Macaco 05:30 Through The Wormhole With 07:15 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 21:15 David Rocco’s Dolce India 08:45 Miles From Tomorrow 18:30 Lost Worlds 13:00 Bamse And The City Of Morgan Freeman And Cat Noir 03:15 Christina Milian Turned Up 21:40 Tripping Out With Alie & 09:10 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 19:20 American Pickers Thieves 06:20 Mythbusters 07:40 Hank Zipzer 04:10 Christina Milian Turned Up Georgia 09:20 Doc McStuffins 20:10 Pawn Stars 14:30 Memory Loss 03:00 South Park 07:00 Kids vs Film 08:05 Shake It Up 05:05 Christina Milian Turned Up 22:05 Rustic Adventures Italy 09:35 Doc McStuffins 20:35 Pawn Stars 16:00 Pim And Pom: The Big 06:00 Fashion Bloggers 22:30 Rustic Adventures Italy 10:00 Sofia The First 21:00 Duck Dynasty Adventure 06:25 Kourtney And Kim Take 22:55 Carnival Eats 10:30 Goldie & Bear 21:25 Duck Dynasty 18:00 Pixies Miami 23:20 George Clarke’s Amazing 11:00 Jake And The Never Land 21:50 Pawn Stars 20:00 Hook 07:20 Kourtney And Kim Take Spaces Pirates 22:15 Pawn Stars South Africa 22:30 Memory Loss Miami 00:10 Food Lover’s Guide To The 11:25 The Lion Guard 22:40 Grave Trade 00:00 Pim And Pom: The Big 08:20 E! News Planet 11:50 Handy Manny 23:30 Duck Dynasty Adventure 09:15 Kourtney And Kim Take 00:35 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 12:15 Jungle Junction 23:55 Duck Dynasty 01:00 Cesar To The Rescue 01:30 Mamma Moo And Crow 12:30 Special Agent Oso Miami 12:45 The Hive 10:15 Keeping Up With The 13:00 Sofia The First Kardashians 13:25 Miles From Tomorrow 11:10 Keeping Up With The 13:50 Jake And The Never Land Kardashians Pirates 12:05 Keeping Up With The 14:15 The Lion Guard Kardashians 14:40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 13:05 E! News 15:10 Doc McStuffins 14:05 Botched 15:35 Jake And The Never Land 15:00 Fashion Bloggers Pirates 15:30 Botched: Post Op 16:00 Sofia The First 16:00 WAGs 16:25 Jungle Cubs 17:00 Keeping Up With The 16:50 Aladdin Kardashians 17:15 The Lion Guard 18:00 Keeping Up With The 17:40 Goldie & Bear Kardashians 18:05 Miles From Tomorrow 19:00 E! News 18:30 Sofia The First 20:00 Dash Dolls 19:00 Jake And The Never Land 21:00 Keeping Up With The Pirates Kardashians 19:30 The Lion Guard 22:00 Botched 20:00 Goldie & Bear 23:00 E! News 20:30 Sofia The First 00:00 Hollywood Medium With THE GUEST ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 21:00 Jungle Cubs Tyler Henry 21:25 Aladdin 00:55 Hollywood Medium With 21:50 Gummi Bears Tyler Henry 03:25 Tattoo Disasters 07:25 Doki 08:30 Shake It Up 22:20 Lilo And Stitch 01:50 Botched 03:50 Hungry Investors 07:50 Bad Dog 08:55 Hannah Montana 22:50 Zou 02:20 E! News 04:40 Workaholics 08:40 You Have Been Warned 09:20 Hannah Montana 23:05 Henry Hugglemonster 05:05 Disorderly Conduct: Video 09:30 How It’s Made 09:45 H2O: Just Add Water 23:20 Calimero On Patrol 09:55 How It’s Made 10:10 H2O: Just Add Water 23:35 Zou 05:55 Tosh.0 10:20 Mythbusters 10:35 I Didn’t Do It 23:50 Loopdidoo 06:20 Tosh.0 11:10 Bondi Vet 11:00 I Didn’t Do It 00:05 Art Attack 06:50 Disorderly Conduct: Video 12:00 Bad Dog 11:25 Jessie 00:30 Henry Hugglemonster On Patrol 12:50 How It’s Made 11:50 Jessie 00:45 Calimero 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 07:40 Workaholics 13:15 How It’s Made 12:15 Disney Mickey Mouse 01:00 Zou 03:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 08:05 Workaholics 13:40 Ultimate Survival 12:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 01:15 Loopdidoo 04:00 Man Fire Food 08:30 Key And Peele 14:30 Dirty Jobs And Cat Noir 01:30 Art Attack 04:30 Man Fire Food 08:55 Key And Peele 15:20 Mythbusters 12:45 Hank Zipzer 01:55 Henry Hugglemonster 05:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 09:20 Tosh.0 16:10 Kids vs Film 13:10 Austin & Ally 02:05 Calimero 06:00 Chopped 09:45 Tosh.0 16:35 Doki 13:35 Austin & Ally 02:20 Zou 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 10:10 Nathan For You 17:00 NASA’s Greatest Missions 14:00 Liv And Maddie 02:30 Loopdidoo 07:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 10:35 Nathan For You 17:50 Mission Asteroid 14:25 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:45 Art Attack 08:00 Chopped 11:00 Lip Sync Battle 18:40 You Have Been Warned 14:30 Liv And Maddie 09:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 11:25 Lip Sync Battle 19:30 Mythbusters 14:55 Dog With A Blog Basics 11:50 Workaholics 20:20 How It’s Made 15:20 Dog With A Blog 09:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 12:15 Workaholics 20:45 How It’s Made 15:45 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug Basics 12:40 Key And Peele 21:10 NASA’s Greatest Missions And Cat Noir 10:00 The Kitchen 13:05 Key And Peele 22:00 Mission Asteroid 16:10 Violetta 06:00 Boyster 11:00 Anna Olson: Fresh 13:30 Tosh.0 22:50 Destroyed In Seconds 17:00 The Next Step 11:30 Anna Olson: Fresh 13:55 Tosh.0 06:10 Super Matrak 23:15 Destroyed In Seconds 17:25 Alex And Co 06:35 Super Matrak 12:00 Chopped 14:20 Nathan For You 23:40 Through The Wormhole With 17:50 Jessie 13:00 The Pioneer Woman 14:45 Nathan For You 07:00 Star vs The Forces Of Evil Morgan Freeman 18:15 Best Friends Whenever 07:25 K.C. Undercover 13:30 The Pioneer Woman 15:10 Lip Sync Battle 00:30 Mythbusters 18:40 Girl Meets World 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 15:35 Lip Sync Battle 07:50 Supa Strikas 01:20 NASA’s Greatest Missions 19:05 Evermoor Chronciles 08:15 Supa Strikas 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:00 Workaholics 19:30 Liv And Maddie 15:00 Man Fire Food 16:30 Workaholics 08:40 Lab Rats 19:55 Liv And Maddie 09:10 Kirby Buckets 15:30 Man Fire Food 16:55 Key And Peele 20:20 The Next Step 16:00 Chopped 17:25 Key And Peele 09:35 Pokemon Series Xy: Kalos 20:45 Good Luck Charlie Quest 17:00 The Kitchen 17:50 Tosh.0 21:10 H2O: Just Add Water 18:00 Anna Olson: Fresh 18:15 Tosh.0 10:00 Rocket Monkeys 21:35 H2O: Just Add Water 10:25 Ultimate Spider-Man: Web 18:30 Anna Olson: Fresh 18:40 Nathan For You 03:00 Discovery ID 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 19:00 Chopped 19:05 Nathan For You 09:00 Discovery ID Warriors 22:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A 10:50 Marvel Avengers Assemble 20:00 Iron Chef America 19:30 Hungry Investors 15:00 Discovery ID Teenage Witch 21:00 Private Chef 20:15 Lip Sync Battle 21:00 Discovery ID 11:20 Guardians Of The Galaxy 22:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 11:45 Pair Of Kings 21:30 Private Chef 20:38 Lip Sync Battle Discovery ID Xtra Teenage Witch 22:00 Valerie’s Home Cooking 21:30 Owen Benjamin: High Five 03:00 Murder Comes To Town 12:10 Pair Of Kings 23:10 Hank Zipzer 12:35 Lab Rats 22:30 Valerie’s Home Cooking Til It Hurts 03:48 Evil Kin 23:35 Binny And The Ghost 23:00 Iron Chef America LIFE OF A KING ON OSN MOVIES HD Classifieds

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

` Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (12/05/2016 TO 18/05/2016)

SHARQIA-1 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 PM AL-KOUT.2 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:45 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:00 PM FANAR-2 AVENUES-1 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 2:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 1:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 5:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 7:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:15 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 3:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 7:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:30 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 5:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:05 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 7:45 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 7:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 11:45 PM TERM LIFE 10:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 9:15 PM SHARQIA-2 TERM LIFE 12:05 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 11:15 PM AL-KOUT.3 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 1:15 AM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 1:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 3:00 PM FANAR-3 NO THU+FRI THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 12:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:15 AM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 2:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 8:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 4:45 PM AVENUES-3 TERM LIFE 10:15 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 6:45 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:00 PM TERM LIFE 12:15 AM SHARQIA-3 JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 9:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 2:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 11:30 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 11:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 4:30 PM AL-KOUT.4 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 1:45 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 1:00 AM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 6:45 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 11:45 AM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 4:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 2:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 6:15 PM FANAR-4 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 11:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 4:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 8:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:30 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 6:15 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 10:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 2:30 PM THU+FRI JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 8:30 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 12:30 AM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 4:45 PM TERM LIFE 12:45 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 10:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 7:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 12:30 AM MUHALAB-1 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:15 PM 360º- 1 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 12:30 PM BAIRAQ-1 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 1:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 11:45 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 4:00 PM FANAR-5 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 6:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 7:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 4:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 8:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 3:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 6:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 10:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 11:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 8:45 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 1:00 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:15 AM 360º- 2 MUHALAB-2 FAN- Hindi 1:00 PM BAIRAQ-2 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 1:00 PM MARINA-1 FAN- Hindi 4:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:00 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 1:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:30 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 7:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 3:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 2:45 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 9:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:00 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 8:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 7:15 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 1:00 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 10:15 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:30 PM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 12:15 AM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 11:45 PM 360º- 3 BAIRAQ-3 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 1:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:00 PM MUHALAB-3 MARINA-2 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 4:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:45 AM JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 11:30 AM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 6:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 1:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 8:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 7:45 PM 112 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE- 3D 10:45 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 10:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 6:00 PM TERM LIFE 1:15 AM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 12:15 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 8:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:15 AM PRAYER TIMINGS JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 10:30 PM PLAZA Fajr: 03:25 FANAR-1 JU ON: THE GRUDGE 4 12:30 AM AL-KOUT.1 THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:30 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 1:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5:45 PM Shorook 04:55 HASAN WA BOQLOZ 1:30 PM MARINA-3 TERM LIFE 1:45 PM JACOBINTE SWARGARAJYAM- Malayalam 8:00 PM Duhr: 11:44 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 3:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 4:00 PM THU+FRI+MON Asr: 15:20 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 5:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 7:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 8:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 10:00 PM THU+FRI+MON Maghrib: 18:34 Ely Ekhtashou Matou 10:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:30 PM TERM LIFE 1:00 AM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 11:00 PM Isha: 20:01

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CROSSWORD 1256 STAR TRACK

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

Something somebody says or something you have said makes for times of Break time is a laugh at every turn . . . It is a wonder that you can digest your contemplation. If you need to retract and rephrase, do so; otherwise ask food! This is a good day and you get to know a couple of your co-workers much better yourself if your thinking is helping or hindering your work and make whatever changes today. Some of your office groups have gatherings, in which you may not have participat- are necessary. While working on a new machine this afternoon you may discover short ed. Now, you are invited and there are requests for your expertise in the area of sports. cuts to a project on which you had spent way too much time. You may enjoy a phone con- Because you are good at sports, you are definitely having fun considering the many age versation or an in-depth discussion with a friend later today. You have a good awareness groups that would be involved-including the children of co-workers. Gaining volunteers of what other people are experiencing emotionally. You actually are very understanding for the different groups may be the help you need. Don’t get in too deep, too fast. One and can sometimes appear psychic. Your analytical abilities are good and you may appear sport at a time should be considered. Plans for future meetings and picnics and celebra- more charming than usual. This evening is the time for a big social event. tions are doable. You have a wonderful positive attitude.

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

You may have recently uncovered a creative talent of yours that gets rave After the chores and after the phone calls, there is time for chatting with the reviews from your friends and family members. You are discovering how to apply your neighbors. You are helpful in the way you listen and ask if someone would like your skills into all kinds of areas of your life. People appreciate your contributions and your insight. It is a lot better than just offering your viewpoint. There is talk of security needs expression through the many ways you are helpful to young people and particularly the and this may even involve scheduling a lecture and perhaps some sort of neighborhood seniors that you see from time to time. Encourage all the people you see to find a fun hob- watch program. Organize a group and qualify for a sign that shows your neighborhood is by. When you are led by a creative expression, you will find that you are more assured, find strong. Teamwork and compromise leads to success. This evening you may feel a certain ways to magically solve problems and just generally have a positive self-esteem. Because familiar exhausted feeling that comes when one accomplishes the good works one sets you enjoy being educated and informed you may continue to feed that need for further out to accomplish. An old friend remembers you with an unexpected call. You end the day artistic development. There is time for love. like you began the day, chatting with a good friend.

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

You may feel the need to keep to yourself this morning. You are in a plan- Real competition is the subject of conversation most of this morning. You ning mood and are very clearheaded and able to view all the alternative paths. Go ahead may be the head of a department but while you are home the competition and make those decisions now. You can see the road ahead and will make the right choic- is still fun when it is healthy. This competition could be sports before the noon hour, per- es. This is a time when you can expect a little boost, some sort of extra support or recogni- haps a healthy golf game or tennis. This afternoon you are rather of a mind to help some- ACROSS DOWN tion from those around you. The support you need is available for whatever interest or one in need and the favor will be returned. This may not be right away but soon. You val- 1. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca. 1. (informal) Rural and uncouth. project tweaks your curiosity. Romance is in the picture this afternoon, particularly ue art and all that is beautiful and fine. You may be attending a showing of a new artist’s 5. Having short sharp turns or angles n. 2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after chil- through some social activity or pursuits such as religion or volunteer work. There is also a work this afternoon. You may find yourself purchasing a fine piece of art. You and your great love of children during this time and you may be inclined to pursue romance and family will enjoy chatting about individual activities and hobbies and decide to schedule 11. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is dren. lovemaking in the hopes of obtaining an offspring. in some future family activities. Your family enjoys a new volunteer idea. opened and a section of a blood vessel is 3. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo. grafted from the aorta to the coronary 4. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties artery to bypass the blocked section of comprising the island of Ireland. the coronary artery and improve the 5. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 6. Not out. blood supply to the heart. 7. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval. A visitor in your home compliments you on your tastes or belongings. 15. The eighth month of the civil year. Good advice from a guide or older person may be available this morning. 8. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east Companionships with others can be most rewarding and you make every opportunity to accommodate your friends. Being career-driven, you may find little time to offer your There is optimism, faith and a tendency to take chances at the deepest emotional levels. 16. Put into a rage. coast of Africa. This is a time of exploring your feelings and a kind of restlessness for a new emotional friends or family. Today could be the exception to this rule and you should make every 17. The United Nations agency concerned with experience. A feeling that anything is possible characterizes the cycle you have just begun. 9. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of effort to build on your relationships when you can. A hot air balloon ride or a trip to the civil aviation. This is a good time to consolidate and organize your affairs or rearrange your living situa- Central and South America and West zoo could be enjoyed this afternoon. If you actually get to go up in the balloon . . . Do not 18. A warning against certain acts. tion. You are seen by others as just the person to be put in charge of a youth group. You Indies. forget to open your eyes! There are lots of cool things to see and absorb into your memo- attract favorable attention through your own self-confidence. You lead with creative pas- 20. United States musician (born in Japan) 10. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a ry. Your good cheer enhances your social life and may intensify romance as well. The sion and you are quite excited to have enthusiastic followers. After relaxing this afternoon who married John Lennon and collaborat- semiconducting metalloid (resembling sil- evening brings an opportunity to relax. you join friends for an afternoon dinner out. ed with him on recordings (born in 1933). icon) used in transistors. 22. The Mongol people living the the central 11. An independent agency of the United and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. States government responsible for collect- Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 23. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color ing and coordinating intelligence and similar to that of a clear October sky. counterintelligence activities abroad in There can be much excitement in your life now allowing you opportuni- ties to meet new people through unusual means. Take everything that comes to you at High interest this morning could find you burning yourself out before the 25. Take in solid food. the national interest. afternoon begins. You could become carried away and forget the time. A co-worker may 12. The highest level or degree attainable. this time with a grain of salt, so to speak. You will be meeting some unusual people; how- 26. The branch of computer science that deal ever, there is much to learn. Keep your optimistic mindset-you may find a friend where have beco me inte rested in ente rt ainment in a co medy club, and you are the one that this with writing computer programs that can 13. A small cake leavened with yeast. you least expect to find one. You should try your best to communicate your needs in kind person may want to practice a routine with. You may have just as much fun as your friend 14. Any of numerous agile ruminants related and pick up a fe w co medy stunts of your own. You watc h and listen and learn many solve problems creatively. and tolerant ways. Your intellectually based friendships are plentiful and you enjoy all the to sheep but having a beard and straight things-you may have a fe w unique gi fts yourself. A love of music, an appreciation for sen- 29. (Irish) Goddess. avenues of expression from this day. Your people-experience deepens and is as important horns. as your love of travel. This evening presents a good opportunity to enjoy a close love rela- sual pleasures may bring you and your friends together for a jam session. You and your 32. Injured by bites or stings. friends are looking forward to some ty pe of music contest for the opportunity to play as 19. Similar or related in quality or character. tionship. A deep spiritual love fills you now. 33. By bad luck. 21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. 37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 24. Of or relating to or characteristic of reli- 40. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635). gious rituals. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 41. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree. 27. A state in the Rocky Mountains. The energies available now suggest an ability to exert your influence. You 42. A white metallic element that burns with a 28. A room equipped with toilet facilities. This is one of your challenging, but successful days. However, others will brilliant light. 30. Unequivocally detestable. may find yourself in a supervisory type of job and the outline of your job responsibilities give you encouragement and a helping hand. You will gain an understand- 43. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric 31. American professional baseball player who goes along with how you feel a company should be run. You fit into this job very well and ing of how things work in some very unfamiliar surroundings and may end up learning you may decide that in order to keep this attitude up-to-date or current and not slack in more than you expected. This could mean you have a new job, but it also could mean you with pictorial designs. hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born any way, you could attend meetings with a group of people that have the same desire to 46. A close friend who accompanies his bud- in 1934). have been approved or awarded a part in a play or some other performance-oriented succeed. With a bit of research you might find community business groups that provide activity. Whatever the case, your talents are called for and if you would just relax and enjoy dies in their activities. 34. Type genus of the family Lepadidae. an opportunity to network. You have a great deal of eagerness to succeed today. Take care the learning process your intuitive, creative and talented side would take over and rule the 47. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or 35. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of your body. Enjoy a good healthy diet. If you are setting the example for others, working day. Upcoming travel plans need changing: you now realize that it may not suit you as well toward good health is also a good step. a third of a yard. of male and female gametes reproduc- as you would like. Scheduling is very important. 49. Rate of revolution of a motor. tion". 51. A state in the southeastern United States 36. A deep bow. 38. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny. Word Search on the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday Solution 39. Fallow deer. 53. The goddess of the moon. 44. A motley assortment of things. 54. The longest river of Asia. 45. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is 55. An oil port in southern Iraq. the top of an extinct volcano. 56. A radioactive transuranic element pro- 48. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned duced by bombarding plutonium with with a coat of arms. neutrons. 50. Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native 57. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. to the Old World but introduced else- 59. South African term for `boss'. where. 61. A metric unit of length equal to one hun- 52. (botany) Especially of leaves. dredth of a meter. 58. A three-year law degree. 64. A public promotion of some product or 60. A radioactive element of the actinide service. series. 66. Sour or bitter in taste. 62. The event of dying or departure from life. 68. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and 63. Music performed for dancing the polka. fog. 65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann. 73. A small ball with a hole through the mid- 67. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters. dle. 69. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands. 76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which 70. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in the pilot is talked down by ground control 1922). using precision approach radar. 71. Someone who works (or provides workers) 77. The universal time coordinated when an during a strike. event is received on Earth. 72. God of love and erotic desire. 80. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or 74. A decree that prohibits something. water or to keep out the sea. 75. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the 81. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of Dali region of Yunnan. any major scale in solmization. 78. (astronomy) The angular distance of a 82. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes celestial point measured westward along acidity (especially in the stomach). the celestial equator from the zenith 83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made crossing. from aba cloth. 79. One thousand periods per second. Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

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Coat Hanger Color me! Balance

What You Need: • A coat hanger • String • Two identical plastic cups • Scissors • Masking tape

Instructions: 1. Cut 4 lengths of string, each one yard long. 2. Poke 4 holes in each cup with the nail. The holes should be evenly spaced near the rim. 3. Thread each string through two of the holes. 4. Tie a cup to each end of the KNOW YOUR PLANETS! hanger and secure it to the hanger with a piece of mask- ing tape. 5. Hang the hanger somewhere that it can hang freely. You can hang it on the bar in a closet, if Chichen Itza there are not clothes that will touch it. 6. Put objects in each cup to find out which is heavier than the other! If the hanger tilts to the right, the object in the cup on the right is heavier than the object in the cup on the left.

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hichen Itza , often with the emphasis reversed in Where is it? I bet you can’t solve these riddles! English to from Yucatec Maya was a large pre- Chichen Itza is located in the eastern portion of CColumbian city built by the Maya people of the Yucatan state in Mexico. The northern Yucatan Q. What has a face and two hands but no arms Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is Peninsula is arid, and the rivers in the interior all run or legs? located in Tinum Municipality,Yucata State, Mexico. underground. There are two large, natural sink holes, A. A clock! Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the called cenotes, that could have provided plentiful Q. What is the easiest way to double your money? Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD water year round at Chichen, making it attractive for 600-900) through the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800-900) settlement. Of the two cenotes, the “Cenote Sagrado” A. Put it in front of the mirror of course! and into the early portion of the Post classic period (c. or Sacred Cenote (also variously known as the Sacred Q. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not AD 900-1200). The site exhibits a multitude of architec- Well or Well of Sacrifice), is the most famous. alive? tural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central According to post-Conquest sources (Maya and A. A glove. Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Spanish), pre-Columbian Maya sacrificed objects and Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central human beings into the cenote as a form of worship to Q. What has to be broken before you can use it? Mexican styles was once thought to have been repre- the Maya rain god Chaac. Edward Herbert Thompson A. An egg. sentative of direct migration or even conquest from dredged the Cenote Sagrado from 1904 to 1910, and Q. What has a neck but no head? central Mexico, but most contemporary interpreta- recovered artifacts of gold, jade, pottery and incense, A. A bottle. tions view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as well as human remains. A study of human remains as the result of cultural diffusion. taken from the Cenote Sagrado found that they had Q. What gets wetter as it dries? Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and wounds consistent with human sacrifice. A. A towel. it was likely to have been one of the mythical great Q. What goes up and doesn’t come back down? cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican lit- What was its economic standards? A. Your age. erature. The city may have had the most diverse popu- Chichen Itza was a major economic power in the lation in the Maya world, a factor that could have con- northern Maya lowlands during its apogee. tributed to the variety of architectural styles at the site. Participating in the water-borne circum-peninsular The ruins of Chichen Itza are federal property, and trade route through its port site of Isla Cerritos on the the site’s stewardship is maintained by Mexico’s north coast, Chichen Itza was able to obtain locally Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (National unavailable resources from distant areas such as VENUS Institute of Anthropology and History). The land under obsidian from central Mexico and gold from southern the monuments had been privately owned until 29 Central America. enus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting these would have vaporized as the temperature rose March 2010, when it was purchased by the state of Between AD 900 and 1050 Chichen Itza expanded Vit every 224.7 Earth days. It has the longest rota- due to a runaway greenhouse effect. The water has Yucatan. Chichen Itza is one of the most visited to become a powerful regional capital controlling tion period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar probably photo dissociated, and the free hydrogen archaeological sites in Mexico; an estimated 1.4 million north and central Yucatan. It established Isla Cerritos System and rotates in the opposite direction to has been swept into interplanetary space by the tourists visit the ruins every year. as a trading port. most other planets. It has no natural satellite. It is solar wind because of the lack of a planetary mag- named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. netic field. Venus’s surface is a dry desert scape It is the second-brightest natural object in the night interspersed with slab-like rocks and periodically sky after the Moon, reaching an apparent magni- resurfaced by volcanism. SUDOKU tude of - 4.6, bright enough As one of the brightest to cast shadows. Because objects in the sky, Venus has Venus is an inferior planet been a major fixture in from Earth, it never appears human culture for as long as to venture far from the Sun; records have existed. It has its elongation reaches a been made sacred to gods of maximum of 47.8∞. many cultures, and has been Venus is a terrestrial a prime inspiration for writ- planet and is sometimes ers and poets as the “morn- called Earth’s “sister planet” ing star” and “evening star”. because of their similar size, Venus was the first planet to mass, proximity to the Sun, have its motions plotted and bulk composition. It is across the sky, as early as the radically different from second millennium BC, and Earth in other respects. It was a prime target for early has the densest atmosphere interplanetary exploration as of the four terrestrial planets, consisting of more the closest planet to Earth. It was the first planet than 96% carbon dioxide. The atmospheric pressure beyond Earth visited by a spacecraft (Mariner 2) in at the planet’s surface is 92 times that of Earth. 1962, and the first to be successfully landed on (by Venus is by far the hottest planet in the Solar Venera 7) in 1970. Venus’s thick clouds render obser- System, with a mean surface temperature of 735 K vation of its surface impossible in visible light, and (462 ∞C; 863 ∞F), even though Mercury is closer to the first detailed maps did not emerge until the the Sun. Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of arrival of the Magellan orbiter in 1991. Plans have highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing been proposed for rovers or more complex missions, its surface from being seen from space in visible but they are hindered by Venus’s hostile surface light. It may have had water oceans in the past, but conditions. lifestyle TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

Music & Movies Cannes film shines light on Chad’s ‘torture factories’ here is a heart-stopping moment in a new documentary finally be judged later this month at a special tribunal in about the survivors of Chadian dictator Hissene Habre’s neighboring Senegal, where he had fled into exile. One of the Ttorture chambers, when one of the torturers kneels victims featured in the film, Adimatcho Djamai, who was tor- down in front of his victim and begs for forgiveness. “I had to tured so badly he spent more than two decades on the flat of follow orders,” mumbles “Mahamat the Cameroonian”-now a his back in a corrugated iron shack, died the day he was due broken man himself living on the streets as an outcast. “Then to testify at Habre’s trial. Haroun told AFP he wanted to cast a why did you have to beat me so badly?” his victim asks, hand- light on what he calls “this genocide” largely ignored by the ing the former gendarme the rubber pipe he used to flail his outside world “because it was some business of the blacks” prisoner’s leg to a pulp. carried out behind closed doors. “Your superiors told you to stop, but you went on and on,” The director uses Abaifouta as his narrator, visiting his fel- adds the man, who lost the leg. The scene is typical of the low survivors and gently coaxing the horrific stories of their muted but unflinching encounters that fill “Hissein Habre, A torture from them. A hugely cultured man, he was chosen by the guards to bury those who died around him in the packed cells from hunger, thirst and torture.

Forgiveness Sometimes he would wake to find another inmate dead beside him and “be glad that it meant a little more space. That is what we were reduced to” he said. “We were beasts.” “I had to pull my life together with a rake” afterwards, he said. Haroun said most of the people who were rounded up by Habre’s DDS henchmen “were innocent. They were arrested for no reason, the random victims of a bloodthirsty regime.” One, Robert Gambier, trying to explain the terrible things done to them, thought Habre might have wanted to appease (From left) Singaporean actor Firdaus Rahman, Singaporean actress Mastura Ahmad, Singaporean director Boo Junfeng the spirits with human “sacrifice so he could hold onto power”. and Malaysian actor Su Wan Hanafi pose during a photocall for the film ‘Apprentice’ at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Haroun-Chad’s foremost filmmaker whose film “Grigris” Cannes, southern France. — AFP competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2013 — told AFP he This file photo shows Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh wanted to see “if was it possible to still live together after such Haroun posing during a photocall for the film ‘Grigris’ pre- monstrosities. Can survivors still find a place for forgiveness in sented in Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes their hearts?” Striking Singapore death penalty Film Festival in Cannes. — AFP While “Mahamat the Cameroonian” is forgiven by his vic- tim, another survivor Haroun filmed was convinced his former torturer would one day try to murder him so he wouldn’t have film stirs emotions at Cannes Chadian Tragedy”, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s quietly dignified to see pass him in the street again. Asked by Abaifouta if he film about one of Africa’s least known mass killings, which pre- would kill the man if he had the chance, he said he would. efore he made his new film about the death penalty, ‘Jolly hangman’ mieres at the Cannes film festival yesterday. Some 40,000 peo- While the victims pray that Habre will be punished by the Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore’s More surprising still is the intensity of the almost father-son ple were murdered during Habre’s eight-year reign of terror, a judges in Dakar, they are under no illusions that it will make retired hangmen. He also talked to the priests and relationship that develops between the young prison guard Chadian commission concluded, while the West looked the their pain any more bearable. One man who was once rich B imams who helped condemned prisoners make their last walk and the hangman. “He is in some ways searching for his father,” other way, more worried about the Cold War and Moamer enough to have five wives said he was now a “vegetable”, his to the gallows. And most difficult of all, the young filmmaker Boo said. “And in doing that he finds this man. What I was Kadhafi in neighboring Libya. brain shrunk by the lack of vitamins while in jail. “Only one of spent years trying to reach through the curtain of shame to going for was human truth. I didn’t want to make it an activist Habre was their ally and American and French money even the wives has stayed.” For those who still have their minds, the families who had lost fathers and sons to the hangman’s rope. film.” The death penalty is nevertheless a hot political issue in paid for the country’s political police, the feared DDS, to tor- torture continues in the memories they carry. “I carry the dead But it was only after Boo, whose film premieres at the Singapore and in neighboring Indonesia, particularly when for- ture on an industrial scale, said Clement Abaifouta, who leads around my head like a turban,” one said.—AFP Cannes film festival yesterday, met one particularly “humane” eigners have fallen foul of strict anti-drug smuggling laws. a survivors’ group in the capital N’Djamena. executioner that he had an epiphany. He realized that no The execution of seven foreigners in Bali last year-includ- movie has ever dealt with the whole horrible business from ing two Australians and a mentally ill Brazilian-sparked an Habre verdict the perspective of the man who pulls the lever. “I had already international outcry, and several others, including a British The group has spent 15 years trying to bring the former started to write (the film) but after I met the first hangman I woman and a Frenchman, are still on death row there. Boo rebel leader-who was deposed in 1990 — to trial. Habre will couldn’t write for three months. What completely threw me said he began his research with the book “Once a Jolly was how much I enjoyed his company,” said Boo. Hangman” which features Darshan Singh, Singapore’s chief “He was not like I thought. He was likeable, charismatic, executioner for nearly 50 years who once executed 18 men in grandfatherly jocular and open about what he did. He took one day. Drake beats pride in the almost caring way he looked after the prisoners trying to make it as humane as he could, and I realized how Author jailed difficult that was. “He really shook up my ideas and forced me Its British author Alan Shadrake was arrested the morning Radiohead to to rethink everything.” So Boo took his film-which he toiled after the book’s Singapore launch in 2010 and was held for a over for five years-one step further. For “Apprentice” has a month in Changi prison for insulting the country’s judiciary. shocking twist. It is the story of a young man who ended up He had criticized the way he claimed the death penalty was learning the executioner’s trade from the man who opened disproportionately applied to the poor, while well-connected top US chart the trapdoor on his own father. criminals and wealthy foreigners escaped the noose. Boo shot the prison scenes in disused prisons in Australia to avoid con- rake ruled the US album sales chart for a second troversy in the tiny city state, where an estimated 95 percent straight week Sunday as the rap star who has smashed of the population still support the death penalty. Dstreaming records fended off challenges from Beyonce “It would have been easy to make a film about the death and Radiohead. The Canadian rapper’s “Views,” which came penalty itself, but it’s much bigger than that. I learned so out on April 29, became the first album released in 2016 to sell much about the value of human life” from making the movie. more than one million copies in the United States, tracking Boo, 32, one of a new wave of talented Singapore filmmakers, service Nielsen Music said. “Views” sold 219,000 copies during said his friends who are against the death penalty “may be dis- the week through Thursday, 175,000 in direct sales and the appointed by the film”, which is showing in the Certain Regard rest through the equivalent in streaming. section at Cannes. “I took myself out of the comfort zone to Pop superstar Beyonce’s “Lemonade,” which was released address the issue from a different point of view. I don’t have a on April 23, came second while English experimental rockers view myself (in the film). Because the humanity behind the Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool” debuted at number three issue is so much more complex,” said Boo, whose semi-autobi- on the Billboard chart. In its first week, “Views” had set a record ographical first feature “Sandcastle” was a hit at the French fes- for the most-ever streams in the seven-day period. Despite tival in 2009. the rapid growth of streaming in the music industry, none of “Apprentice took so long because I had so much to learn, the top three albums appeared on the most popular site, so many things were beyond my experience and very few Spotify. Apple reached an exclusive deal to distribute “Views” people really knew (about this world)... And unfortunately on its Apple Music streaming service and the album was also almost of them are not around” to tell the tale. —AFP available for purchase on the tech giant’s iTunes store. “Views” became available to rival streaming services on Singaporean director Boo Junfeng poses during a photo- Friday, too late to factor on the latest weekly chart. Beyonce in call for the film “Apprentice” at the 69th Cannes Film turn made “Lemonade” an exclusive to the smaller Tidal serv- Festival in Cannes, southern France. ice, which is led by her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z. She has shunned Spotify but “Lemonade,” which debuted at number This file photo taken on December 2, 2009 shows one, quickly went up for sale on iTunes and, as of May 6, on Canadian rapper Drake during the Grammy Nominations CD. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is an outspoken critic of Concert in Los Angeles. — AFP the compensation structure of Spotify, which unlike most Red Hot Chili Peppers cancel streaming services has a free tier. shows as singer hospitalized he Red Hot Chili Peppers on Sunday canceled a sec- ment Sunday explained that Kiedis had been hospitalized Rapper Azealia Banks apologizes ond show after abruptly scrapping a concert as front- for “complications from the intestinal flu” and was “expect- Tman Anthony Kiedis was rushed to the hospital for ed to make a full recovery soon.” The band, however, can- intestinal flu. The alternative rock greats had been due to celed its next show which was scheduled for today in Los headline Saturday’s annual Weenie Roast concert held by Angeles. for racist rant on Zayn radio station KROQ near the band’s native Los Angeles. But The Red Hot Chili Peppers have an active touring sched- the band took the stage without their instruments as ule ahead of them as they prepare to release “The apper Azealia Banks has apologized for a stream of Pakistani descent and is one of the most high-profile Muslims bassist Flea apologetically told the crowd that Kiedis was Getaway,” their first album in five years, on June 17. racist and Islamophobic invective against former One in Western pop culture. on his way to the hospital due to stomach pains. “We are Upcoming dates including appearances at major interna- RDirection heartthrob Zayn Malik that led Twitter to sus- Twitter suspended her account on Thursday, pointing to its unable to play tonight. We will be playing for you very tional festivals including Japan’s Fuji Rock, Roskilde in pend her. Banks, who has long been notorious for provocative policy against “abusive tweets and behavior.” Banks initially soon and we will play for you like the feral animals full of Denmark, Reading and Leeds in Britain and the 25th social media postings and has rarely voiced remorse, offered defended herself, suggesting that she was singled out as an love that we are,” Flea said, according to video footage anniversary of Lollapalooza in Chicago. The Chili Peppers her “sincerest apologies to the world” in a posting on African American woman and saying she was upset that Zayn- posted by a spectator. rose to fame in the late 1980s as they brought an element Instagram, where her account remains active. “Employing who has gone only by his first name since leaving the boy “We are so sorry,” added Flea, appearing topless as is of funk, especially through Flea’s distinctive bass, to hard racial/sexual slurs/stereotypes in attempts to make fun of or band-refused to engage with her over her criticism. Banks, often his wont. Weezer, another band that built a following rock, with lyricism by Kiedis that ranged from dark tales of degrade another person or group is not fair or fun for anyone,” who did not mention Zayn by name in her apology, also clari- during the 1990s alternative rock boom, instead became drug use to the ironic. — AFP wrote Banks, who performed Sunday in Istanbul. fied one point from her insults-she had no problem with curry, the headliner of the concert. The Chili Peppers in a state- “Allowing my anger to get the best of me, I’ve managed to one of the terms she used to berate him. insult millions of people without reason. And for that I give my She said she was repeating a joke from her native New deepest apologies,” she wrote late Saturday. Banks, who is York-where nearly half of cab drivers were born in Bangladesh, African American, used a series of epithets targeting Muslims India or Pakistan-that taxis smelled like curry. “I feel compelled in a rant on Twitter late Tuesday against Zayn, whom she to clear the air with curry itself because that’s a bridge I don’t accused of copying her style in his new racy look after One want to burn. I still want to be able to enjoy it freely without Direction. Banks on one point gloated that the US military guilt or judgment,” she wrote. Banks has previously used would kill the family of Zayn, a Briton who is partially of homophobic language and called for the burning down of buildings owned by descendants of slave traders, remarks that drew controversy but did not lead to her suspension from Twitter. She has also raised eyebrows by supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a fellow enthusiast of acerbic Twitter postings who has little support among minorities. — AFP

This file photo shows American rapper Azealia Banks performs on the Pyramid Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts near Glastonbury, In this file photo, Flea, from left, Chad Smith, Anthony Kiedis and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform southwest England. — AFP at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. — AFP lifestyle TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

(From left) A group photo shows Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Zain Telecom Corporate (From left) A group photo shows the Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck, Zain Telecom Corporate Communications and Relations Director Waleed Al-Khashti, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Communications and Relations Director Waleed Al-Khashti, Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar, Abed Al- the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Kuwait Times Kareem Al-Enezi , Svitlana Ardnt , Amera Ashkhanani and Abdulaziz Arti. Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, General Manager of Arabian Business Machines Kamal Abo Al-Hasan and — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph Shagra Executive Manager Nakhle Ghantous Bu-Shibil. KUWAIT BEAUTIFUL & GREEN through children’s eyes

Visitors are shown at the event. Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Assistant (From left) Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan and Kuwait Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad are seen at the event. Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar and Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al- Rahman Al-Alyan are seen at the event. By Ben Garcia Times competition - last year I was also included in the best of the best,” she said. our young artists bagged the ‘best of the best’ title Jumana is 15, and her father described her as a natural from about 14,000 entries in this year’s Kuwait Times born artist. “When she started to hold a pen, I knew she Fstudents’ art competition. The awards ceremony of would be a good artist,” her father said. Jumana wants to the ‘Kuwait Beautiful & Green’ contest was held under the pursue fine arts and design at university. “This is my ambi- patronage of Minister of Information and Minister of Youth tion in life - to become a well-known artist. My family sup- Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah yesterday at ports me; in fact, when I decided to participate in the con- the JW Marriott in Kuwait City to fete the winners of the test, we all spoke together as a family and agreed where to competition’s five categories (ages 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-18 get the best view for the entry - Shaheed Park. When I was and special needs). Ten winners were awarded from each drawing my piece, the whole family was watching me. I was category. very happy and inspired,” she said. Category 6-8 years

The four best of the best artists are Roseanne Ismail from Adnan Saad, Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager, told the British School of Kuwait (BSK), Jumana Kamal Al-Jahed the audience that the Kuwait Beautiful & Green contest was from Al-Ekhlas School, Sheikha Abdulaziz Issa from Maeath dedicated to the young artists regardless of nationality. “In Al-Adawya School and Yousab Atteya from Al-Nesser School. 1996, when we introduced the very first painting competi- Speaking to Kuwait Times after the event, 17-year-old tion, we saw participation by 1,250 students from foreign Roseanne said painting is only a hobby and she wants to and private schools; this year, we have over 13,850 partici- become a doctor like her father. “But I am an artist at heart,” pants from 135 schools studying in various stages aged 6-18 she said. Roseanne likes to use charcoal or pencil; however from various schools in Kuwait including public and private Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad (left), Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief the Kuwait Times competition called for lively colors, so she schools. They all painted creative paintings reflecting their Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (second left) and Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi (right) present a painted her piece using watercolors. “I started painting beloved Kuwaiti environment and their keenness on pro- memento to Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of when I was four and participated in art competitions when I tecting and keeping Kuwait beautiful and green,” he said. Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar. was seven. This is my second year participating in the Kuwait Continued on Page 39

Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left), Assistant Undersecretary for Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad (left), Executive Manager Nakhle Ghantous Bu-Shibil (second left), Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (second Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (third left), Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (third right), Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi (right) present a memento to Deputy General Manager right), Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi ( second right) and Abdulaziz Arti (right) present a memento to General Manager of Arabian Business Machines Kamal of JW Marriott Hotel Mahmoud Al-Migili. Abo Al-Hasan. lifestyle TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad (left) , Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (second left), Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (fourth left), Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi ( third right), Abdulaziz Arti (second right) and Amera Ashkhanani present a memento to Zain Telecom Corporate Communications and Relations Director Waleed Al-Khashti.

Photo shows Aisha Mohammed Al-Khatib reciting a poem Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left) and Assistant Undersecretary for Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left) , Assistant Undersecretary for on stage. the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (second left) the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (second present a memento to one of the jury members Amera Ashkhanani. left) present a memento to one of the jury members Abdulaziz Arti.

(From left) Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Kuwait Times Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left) and Assistant (From left) Assistant Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Assistant Undersecretary for the Undersecretary for the Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar (second left) present a memento to one of the jury Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Zain Telecom Corporate Communications and present a memento to one of the jury members Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi. members Svitlana Ardnt. Relations Director Waleed Al-Khashti and Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck are seen at the event.

(From left back) Group photo shows Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan and one of the jury members for the 6-8 age category Amera Ashkhanani with the winners.

Category 6-8 years

First winner, Niranjana Krishna, Carmel School

Second winner, Narjis Abdulaziz Essa Ali, Maeatha Al-Adaweyah School

Third Winner, Abdulla Nasser Abdulla, Al-Najah Elementary School

1. Zaneb Nader Taqi Arwa Bent Al-Hareth School 5. Nema Hamza Abu Ein Al-Qotof School 2. Habiba Ali Fadel Al-Ghanim Bilingual School 6. Rayan Fouad Abed Al-Razeq Fajer Al-Sabah School 3. Fida Ancy Indian Education School 7. Ghanima Abdulla Al-Ruya Educational School 4. Fatema Hamed Ashkinani Mishref Elementary School First winner, Niranjana Krishna, Carmel School Second winner, Narjis Abdulaziz Essa Ali, Maeatha Al- Adaweyah School. lifestyle TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016

Third winner, Abdulla Nasser Abdulla, Al-Najah Zaneb Nader Taqi, Arwa Bent Al-Hareth School. Habiba Ali Fadel, Al-Ghanim Bilingual School. Fida Ancy, Indian Education School. Elementary School.

Fatema Hamed Ashkinani, Mishref Elementary School. Nema Hamza Abu Ein, Al-Qotof School. Rayan Fouad Abed Al-Razeq, Fajer Al-Sabah School. Ghanima Abdulla, Al-Ruya Educational School.

Continued from Page 37 and organize artistic youth initiatives and projects in order to contribute to achieving the state’s general goals. “The The competition, now in its 11th edition, is part of Kuwait youth are Kuwait’s hope and future, therefore they are Times’ communal and social responsibility providing young among the key pillars that the state relies on to achieve the talents with the proper avenue to enrich their skills and abil- desired development, both in the present and future. I urge ities. “The competition’s idea is to unleash students’ imagina- the youth to participate in such projects that help them uti- tion and creativity to come up with solutions to many prob- lize their spare time in positive ways,” Omar said. lems in various fields and how we can keep Kuwait beautiful “The Ministry of Youth Affairs spares no efforts to and green,” he said. embrace Kuwait’s youth and serve them to transform their Adnan admitted that selecting the winning entries was ideas and initiatives into productive projects that achieve not an easy task. “It took the jury panel great time and effort glory for our beloved Kuwait under the leadership of His to assess and evaluate various entries and exchange many Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- points of view. We categorized entries according to partici- Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- pants’ ages, artistic elements, colors, ideas, authenticity and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime techniques used by each age category, until we finally Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah,” he selected the top 10 paintings in each category,” he added. added. Shafiq Al-Sayed Omar, Assistant Undersecretary for the The event was sponsored by Zain Telecom, Al-Batel Youth Projects’ Sector at the Ministry of Youth Affairs, noted Watches, Arabian Business Machines and Marriott Hotel the ministry has adopted the project in order to help show- Kuwait. Also in attendance were Zain Telecom Corporate case Kuwait’s children’s artistic talents in expressing environ- Communications and Relations Director Waleed Al-Khasti, mental awareness. “The competition also instills the values JW Marriott Hotel Kuwait General Manager George Oun, Al- of environment protection among our children and helps Batel Watches Co CEO Khaled Al-Batel, Deputy General them attain the knowledge and skills that lead to behavioral Manager of Arabian Business Machines Rabee Abdulhassan change that reflects positively on the environment and and Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan. school,” he said. The panel of judges include: Amera Ashkhanani, Abdulaziz He said the Ministry of Youth Affairs strives to encourage Arti, Svitlana Ardnt and Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi. Painting by first winner Niranjana Krishna, Carmel school.

Painting by second winner Narjis Abdulaziz Essa Al, Maeatha Al-Adaweyah Painting by third winner Abdulla Nasser Abdulla, Al-Najah Elementary School. Painting by Zaneb Nader Taqi, Arwa Bent Al-Hareth School. school.

Painting by Fida Ancy, Indian Education School. Painting by Nema Hamza Abu Ein, Al-Qotof School. Painting by Ghanima Abdulla, Al-Ruya Educational School.

Painting by Rayan Fouad Abed Al-Razeq, Fajer Al-Sabah School. Painting by Habiba Ali Fadel, Al-Ghanim Bilingual School. Painting by Fatema Hamed Ashkinani, Mishref Elementary School. Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes

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Festival goers throw powdered paint during the Festival of Colors in the city of Oradea, Western Romania. The festival, which is mainly celebrated during the Hindu spring festival Holi in some regions of India and Nepal, has become popular among people in other communities. — AP ‘Soviet chic’ restaurant favored by KGB spies reopens in Moscow

oscow’s Aragvi restaurant, once the legendary popular in Russia, although it is usually more affordable than from Tbilisi. Under Stalin, an ethnic Georgian, “Georgian food haunt of KGB spies and cosmonauts, has reopened in Aragvi. was served at the Kremlin and was seen as the cuisine of the Mwith its Soviet-era grandeur restored. The high-end The restaurant is named after a Georgian river is located Soviet ‘tsars’,” said Leonid Parfyonov, a television host who eatery on the main Tverskaya street, which opened in 1938 inside a former hotel where Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov has written numerous books about everyday life in the at the height of Stalin’s purges, has relaunched under the once stayed. Its main dining rooms are painted in the grand Soviet Union. Even after Stalin’s death, “in the context of the A view of Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant. same name after a $20 million (17 million euros) restora- Soviet manner, with sheaves of corn, tractors and beaming bleak Soviet culinary scene, the Georgian tradition of wines tion. The restaurant opened on the initiative of Stalin’s workers, particularly the room once reserved for the use of and spices brought a breath of joie de vivre, and Aragvi was a notorious security chief Lavrenty Beria for the use of offi- Beria. In the Stalin era, the restaurant had its most important symbol of Soviet chic,” Parfyonov said. cials from his NKVD agency, the Soviet secret service later ingredients, particularly those for its famous “satsivi” or cold renamed the KGB. chicken in nut sauce, delivered in a special train carriage Recruiting agents It grew popular with other officials and later in the 1960s Yet Aragvi also had a more sinister side. It was a hangout under Nikita Khrushchev, in the so-called “Thaw” period for KGB officers who used it as a spot to recruit agents and its when censorship and repression eased, lured a more dining rooms were wired up with hidden microphones. “For bohemian crowd of artists and actors. Aragvi was immortal- the KGB, Aragvi was always the favorite place to recruit ized in Soviet literature and featured in films, although its agents and for farewell parties for agents going abroad,” said sky-high prices made it accessible only to a tiny elite. Diners Mikhail Lyubimov, who long headed the KGB’s operations had to pay a tenth of the average monthly wage for the privi- against Britain and Scandinavian countries and is now a lege of eating alongside artists, cosmonauts, filmmakers and writer. In 1960, he recalled his KGB boss sent him to Aragvi to chess champions. “In the Soviet Union, dropping a mention informally meet the new number two of his department. of the famous Aragvi chicken-which was grilled with nuts On another evening “with plenty of drinking, one of our and garlic-gained you entry into the creme de la creme of men invited a beautiful woman to dance, not realizing she society,” said one former diner, Nelli Maximova, an 83-year- herself was a US spy and was being tailed by the KGB,” he old retired translator. said, laughing. “The front-of-house staff there were mainly A cook working in Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant. “And it was really delicious, their chicken.” In 1943, poet retired KGB officers-and the food was sublime,” Lyubimov Sergei Mikhalkov was in the restaurant when he came up said. In the reopened restaurant, the guestbook is full of nos- with the idea of writing the lyrics for the new Soviet national talgic messages, with diners appealing: “Bring back the old anthem, praising Stalin for inspiring “great deeds.” After the recipes” and “Marinade the meat like you used to do.” fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the state-owned restaurant Marina Dolgikh, a 49-year-old lawyer, leafed through the was privatized and changed hands several times, but it rapid- menu, saying that she had popped in out of curiosity since ly lost its cachet and finally closed down in 2003. Its new she knew of the original restaurant. Main courses are priced owners, Tashir group and Gor Nakhapetyan, who previously at around 900 to 1,700 rubles ($12.5 to $27, 11 to 24 euros) led the Troika Dialog investment group, have spent more — a range that would not be out of place in many western than $20 million restoring the restaurant, saying they want capitals today but a tough stretch for middle-class to revive a Soviet legend. Moscovites. “In its time, Aragvi was inaccessible to me,” she “Of course we wanted to revive nostalgia for a bygone said, adding glumly after looking at the prices: “And it’s still era,” Nakhapetian, who grew up in ex-Soviet Armenia, told out of my budget.”— AFP AFP. The new menu includes the classic Georgian dishes that made its reputation such as khinkali (dumplings full of meat and bouillon) and khachapuri, bread topped with cheese, as well as non-Georgian specialties such as borscht and Black Sea herring pate. Hearty Georgian fare from a region wedged A woman walking past between Europe, Russia, Asia and the Middle East, is hugely Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant. A view of Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant.

waiters working in Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant. A view of Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant.