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MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 SHAABAN 29, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Britain deports Vettel Abu Qatada finally wins after legal at home marathon8 and20 in July Splits in leadership Max 48º Min 35º amid Egypt protests High Tide 00:59 & 11:30 Low Tide Islamists, opponents take to streets as politics hits snag 05:44& 19:08 40 PAGES NO: 15863 150 FILS CAIRO: Feuding erupted within Egypt’s new leadership yesterday as secular and liberal factions wrangled with Court to rule Murray ends 77-year wait ultraconservative Islamists who rejected their choice for prime minister, stalling the formation of a new govern- on freezing ment after the military’s ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. At the same time, the shows of strength over the removal of Egypt’s first freely elected president were far polls July 14 from ending, with tens of thousands in the streets yes- terday from each side. The military deployed troops at By B Izzak key locations in Cairo and other cities amid fears of renewed violence. KUWAIT: The administrative court yesterday set July The Muslim Brotherhood pushed ahead with its cam- 14 as the date to issue its ruling on a petition paign of protests aimed at forcing Morsi’s reinstatement, demanding that the July 27 election should be sus- bringing out large crowds in new rallies. Its officials pended because the current Cabinet is illegal. Lawyer vowed the group would not be “terrorized” by arrests of Adel Abdulhadi, who filed the petition last week, their leaders and the shutdown of their media outlets. argued in the court yesterday that the government’s Demonstrators at the Republican Guard barracks, where composition is not in line with the constitution which three people were killed on Friday, shouted “Morsi, requires that at least one of its members must be an Morsi, God is greatest!” and “Peaceful, peaceful!” as sol- elected MP. He said that after the June 16 historical diers and policemen looked on from behind barbed ruling of the constitutional court which nullified the wire. “We will not leave until Morsi returns. Otherwise election process and dissolved the National Assembly we’ll die as martyrs,” said 55-year-old Hanim Ahmad Ali which was elected in December last year, the only Al-Sawi, wearing a veil over her face in the searing mid- elected MP in the Cabinet, Minister of Social Affairs day sun. “This was a coup against democracy.” and Labour Thekra Al-Rasheedi, is no longer a mem- The Brotherhood’s opponents, in turn, called out ber of the Assembly. large rallies in Tahrir Square and other squares in Cairo Accordingly, none of the Cabinet members is an and several cities to defend against an Islamist counter- elected MP which violates article 56 of the constitu- push. Military warplanes swooped over the crowd filling tion which renders it “illegitimate” and as a result any Tahrir, drawing a heart shape and an Egyptian flag in actions taken by the Cabinet will be illegal and LONDON: Britain’s Andy Murray poses with the winner’s trophy on the clubhouse balcony after beating Serbia’s the sky with colored smoke. Two days ago, clashes unconstitutional. One of those actions was approving between the rival camps left at least 36 dead and more an Amiri decree inviting voters to elect a new Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final on day thirteen of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships tennis tourna- ment at the All England Club in southwest London yesterday. Murray won 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. — AFP (See Page 20) than 1,000 injured nationwide. Continued on Page 15 Continued on Page 15 MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 LOCAL Kuwait follows situations in Egypt closely: FM Italian minister in town News in brief

Election preparations KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Ghazi Al-Omar yesterday chaired a meeting to discuss security preparations for the parliamentary elections on July 27. A press release issued by the ministry said that Omar reviewed coordination between various security leaders and the preparations and procedures to be followed in order to facilitate the process for voters in all six gover- norates. Omar stressed that First Deputy PM and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah had given strict orders to provide all services needed to secure the elections. Elections Field Commander Maj Gen Mahmoud Al-Doussary stressed that the ministry would provide the needed troops and support to ensure the success of the elections.

Crescent watch KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Crescent Sighting Authority is to con- vene 7:30 pm today to watch for the crescent of the new lunar month of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fast. A statement by the authority, under the Ministry of Justice, said yesterday that the authority would be presided over by Chairman of the Court of Cassations Chief Justice Yusif Al-Mutawwa. The statement said the ministry meanwhile encourages anyone who sights the crescent to come forward and record an official testimo- ny to this effect before the authority.The ministry sought this occasion to extend its best wishes to the Kuwaiti leadership and people on the advent of the holy month. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Seif Palace, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah accompanied by Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and her accompanying delegation on the occasion of her visit to the country. The meeting No visit visa suspension was also attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior dismissed yesterday recent reports claiming that it had suspended visit visas KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and President Giorgio Napolitano and his and dangerous situation in Syria, stress- Bonino welcomed the recent devel- to Egyptians due to the current situation in Egypt. “Such Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled aspirations for further bilateral cooper- ing the need to work together to sup- opments between the State of Kuwait reports are totally untrue. All visa applications are han- Al-Sabah asserted here yesterday that ation for the benefit of the two coun- port efforts to reach a peaceful solution and the Republic of Iraq, expressing her dled according to relevant procedures and conditions,” the ministry said in a release. But, he said as the holy Kuwait is following closely the situation tries. to this tragedy, in addition to support- country’s readiness to help in this month of Ramadan is approaching, immigration depart- in Egypt “due to its importance and its The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister praised ing humanitarian work to alleviate the regard to achieve mutual cooperation. ments received a large number of visit applications, a pioneering leadership,” expressing the first official visit by the Italian minis- suffering of the brotherly Syrian people. She noted that there is an opportunity matter which needs to be carefully handled and hope that Egypt would return to exer- ter to the region, due to “the impor- He said that the talks also touched for Italian companies to invest in checked. cising its leading role and fulfill the tance of the strategic partnership on the ongoing developments in Egypt, Kuwait, especially that Italy is proud to aspirations of its people. Sheikh Sabah between Italy and Kuwait”, noting that stressing Kuwait’s support for Egypt in possess modern technology in the field Baseless report Al-Khalid expressed, in a joint press he held official talks with Bonino and all its efforts to achieve the hopes and of infrastructure. KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation has denied conference with Italian Foreign Minister her entourage which covered overall aspirations of its people. For her part, She pointed out that Italy is also media reports circulated recently over the demise of a Emma Bonino, hope that Egypt would fields of bilateral relations. Bonino said her visit was aimed to pre- looking forward to open an Italian cul- passenger on board of a KAC flight, saying the incident soon determine the time frame needed He explained that the formal talks re- pare for the prospective visit to Kuwait tural center in Kuwait, as well as Italian occurred on board of a Gulf plane operating at Kuwait for amending the constitution and emphasized on the “excellent relations” by Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in universities and exchange of missions International Airport and was arriving from Riyadh. holding presidential and parliamentary and the importance of communicating October and for the joint bilateral com- and students. Director of the Department of Public Relations and elections. with each other at all levels as well as mittee meeting in Rome during the On the situation in Syria, she said Media in the KAC Khaled Al-Khulaifi said in a statement He pointed out that Bonino met emphasis on working together for the month of November. that there is no alternative to a political today that “there is no flight bearing the number 510 on today with His Highness the Amir security, stability and prosperity of the She added that countries of the Gulf solution as the only solution and Italy is the flights schedule of Kuwait Airways,” referring to the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- region. are linked to the Mediterranean region, working actively to ensure the conven- flight number, which reportedly witnessed the event of Sabah and His Highness the Prime Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid said the two adding that bilateral relations between ing of the (Geneva 2) conference, and death. Al-Khulaifi called on the media to be accurate Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- sides reviewed the many important the two countries have evolved in hope after the selection of a new head and objective while disseminating news related to Hamad Al-Sabah, adding that HH the files, most notably the Kuwaiti-Iraqi ties, recent years in various fields, especially of the Syrian National Coalition, the sit- Kuwait Airways Corporation for the sake of the reputa- Amir conveyed his greetings to Italian Palestinian issue and the deteriorating in the economic and political domains. uation would improve. — KUNA tion of the national air carrier. 17.5 percent of total High success voters in first rate reignite KU constituency admission fears KUWAIT: The total number of voters registered in the 14th term of the Kuwait National Assembly elections is 439,715 KUWAIT: With exceptionally high success rates that reached — including 206,096 males and 233,619 females — with up to 90 percent in the scientific section in the public sector the first out of five constituencies occupying 17.56pct. alone, educators reiterated concern regarding the Education The first constituency includes 77,245 voters (36,079 Ministry’s plans to encompass all Kuwaiti high school gradu- male and 41,166 female). Since the last December 2012 ates into the already overcrowded Kuwait University. elections the number of voters has increased by 2,369, rep- Kuwait’s only public university struggled in the past few resenting a 3.16pct rise, according to Interior Ministry fig- years to accept new students and could very well face the ures. It includes 19 areas, with the dominant being same problem this year with nearly 17,000 expected to gradu- Rumaithiya and with the least voters found in Al-Matabba. ate from public high schools. It includes, in order of voter numbers, Rumaithiya Meanwhile, a source in the Ministry of Higher Education 174,444 voters (8,935 male, 8,509 female), Bayan 13,795 reassured that plans are already in place to take in all expect- voters (6,131 male, 7,664 female), Salwa 12, 092 voters ed graduates in four different academic destinations: the (4,849 male, 7,243 female), Mishref 10,424 voters (4,383 Kuwait University, the Public Authority for Applied Education male, 6, 041 female), Dasma 5,884 voters (3,143 male, 2,741 and Training, as well as scholarships in private universities female), Al-Daiya 4,922 voters (2,538 male, 2,384 female), inside Kuwait and abroad. Salmiyah 4,390 voters (1,710 male, 2,680 female). On speculations that the Ministry of Education could dis- Shaab 3,601 voters (1,817 male, 1,784 female), Mubarak Al-Abdallah 1,322 voters (586 male, 736 female), Bneid Al- cuss demands of repeating final tests whose model answers Gar 966 voters (659 male, 307 female), Sharq 876 voters were leaked, the source who spoke to Al-Rai on the condition (433 male, 443 female), Hawalli 702 voters (213 male, 489 of anonymity said that the ministry cannot take action against female), Failaka Island and the rest of the Kuwaiti islands students without having a solid evidence against them. 224 voters (224 male, 0 females). A cheating scandal sparked by video footage said to have Al-Ras 202 voters (202 male, 0 female), Dasman 161 vot- been taken by a student during one of the exams and sent to ers (54 male, 107 female), Al-Bidaa 115 voters (77 male, 38 social networks have led to nationwide reactions, after which female), Nugra 86 voters (86 male, 0 female), Maidan Minister of Education Dr. Hayef Al-Hajraf terminated the con- Hawalli 38 voters (38 male, 0 female) and Al-Matabba one tracts of many senior officials. voter (one male, 0 female). — KUNA Tent industry in Kuwait thriving ahead of elections

KUWAIT: As forthcoming parlia- due on July 27.Hassan Eweida, an port, he said. An election tent costs mentary elections are to be held in election tent business manager, between KD 15,000 and 30,000 at the approaching holy month of said the fact that the next legisla- present compared to KD 50,000 and Ramadan, tent industry is thriving tive polls will be held during the KD 70,000, Eweida pointed out. thanks to high demand by candi- fasting month has led to high tent A Kuwaiti municipal official said dates, mosques and charities. sales. Candidates and mosques a candidate can have two election Ten manufactures are struggling have ordered a large number of premises; one for men and the oth- to provide all tent orders due to tents, causing a shortage of shelters er for women. tight time and specific require- at companies, Eweida said. To have election shelters, candi- ments required to be met in order However, some candidates dates have to fulfill relevant to avoid problems like fire and hot believe that they do not have to requirements in order to obtain weather. Even used tents are hire election shelters thanks to required municipal licenses, Rashed ordered for Ramadan and elections their well-guaranteed public sup- Al-Hashan, the manager of the Kuwait Municipality’s public rela- tions, said. A tent should be at least 200 meters away from the other and 500 meters from voting stations, he said. Election ads are restricted to head- quarters and tents, rather than means of transport, he remarked, adding that tents can be removed after one month and a half of plac- ing. Khalid Al-Ajmi, a Jahra Governorate official, said candidates should obtain the approval of the fire administration for fixing elec- toral tents for electioneering. Electoral headquarters should be KUWAIT: Election time is approaching. The streets in Kuwait become away from power transformers and coloured with posters and advertisements for the candidates. The image high voltage lines, with tents having illustrates a poster for MP candidate Dr Rabah Al-Najadda from First elec- to be made of flame resistant mate- toral district. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat rial, the official urged. —KUNA MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 LOCAL

KUWAIT: The outgoing ambassador of Bangladesh Syed Shahed Raza hosted a reception at his residence. Diplomats, higher officials and media persons attended the function. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

Burgan Bank announces new Govt plans to regulate branch timings for Ramadan KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced and in the evenings from 9:30 pm Private clinics charges yesterday its new branch timings to 11:30pm. Moreover, customers which will be applicable through- can also contact the call center on out the holy month of Ramadan. 1804080 at any given time during Talks about reduced hospital fees All Burgan Bank branches will the Holy month for more updates commence work in one shift from on the bank’s products and servic- By Ben Garcia 10 am to 1:30 pm. es. Additionally, the Airport branch On this occasion, Burgan Bank KUWAIT: Amidst unregulated charges for services and treatment in private medical facilities in Kuwait, the will be open 7 days a week in the extends its best wishes to everyone Ministry of Health is reportedly considering a new mornings from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm during the holy month of Ramadan. decision to be released within days to enforce reduced charges for medical treatment and services. Many expats and Kuwaitis alike argue that the common Commercial Facilities problem at government hospitals in Kuwait is related to the slow service, long queues and perhaps lack of Company announces privacy. “Every time I go to the clinic, I have to wait in long lines and when I am finally seen by a doctor, it is Ramadan working hours too late,” said a thirtysomething expat who recently had a dental emergency and was referred to a dentist KUWAIT: Commercial Facilities Company representative offices available at 21 car for after two months. “I had to go private,” she said. Private medical facilities provide services needed in (CFC) announced its working hours dur- showrooms and agencies across Kuwait the healthcare field in Kuwait, in addition to govern- ing the holy month of Ramadan where as per their morning and evening shifts ment hospitals that are under the Ministry of Health. CFC branches will be open from 10:00 as means to foster our communication The positive side of being checked in a government am to 3.30 pm, Sundays to Thursdays to channels with them.” Customers can sub- hospital is the free service. Most of their services are receive clients’ applications, facilitate mit applications very easily at any of the free only if you show them the civil ID, which means you have paid your compulsory health insurance. KUWAIT: A dentist is checking a patient’s dental problem at a clinic in Kuwait. The image is their transactions and installments while company’s branches across Kuwait and Every visit to the government hospital costs a patient used for illustrative purpose only. providing premium services. through sales employees who are avail- KD 2 (KD 1 at polyclinics). charges could vary - KD 28, in one clinic/ in hospital to be made by Minister of Health Dr -Haywf after he Nasser Ali Al Mannai, Assistant able in all car agencies and suppliers. In In private hospitals, charges vary from the registra- they charged KD42. Urinalysis: 3KD, in one clinic hospi- was expected to return from an official North Managing Director Marketing, CFC, said, addition they can also pay monthly tion to actual services and treatment. For instance at a tal it cost around KD10. Blood Test (Blood grouping American trip yesterday. “It will absolutely help us “We would like to express our warmest installments, enquire about their account big, well-known hospital in Kuwait, patients are charges): 3 KD, other clinics charge KD5. patients. Like for me, I don’t have any choice but get charged for opening a file for the amount of KD 30. Sources familiar with this issue indicated that the the services of my trusted doctor in that private hospi- wishes during Ramadan to our clients, balance and next installment due date Another private hospital in Kuwait charges KD 15 to subject has been discussed during a recent meeting tal. At the end of the day whatever the bill is, I need to local residents of Kuwait and expats. We through the company’s website and open a file. Smaller clinics, however, could charge as between Undersecretary Assistant for Private Sector pay, if not how could I be discharged,” one patient talk- welcome our clients to our head office in through smart devices which are com- much as KD 5. There are no specific government rules Services Dr. Mohammad Al-Khashty, and officials in ing to Kuwait Times commented. “It’s about time that Sharq, in addition to our other branches patible with systems “App Store” and that regulate private clinic charges. In fact in some the ministry’s medical licenses departments. During the government will set the standard for the private in Hawally, Fahaheel, and Jahra.” “Google Play that are secure and flexible laboratory services, some private hospitals/clinics the meeting, the officials concluded to recommend medical treatment, after all they (private charge their customers odd amounts, patients argue. measures to cut the costs of treatment/services at pri- hospitals/clinics) are partners in caring and giving “Clients can also reach CFC through its hence saving time. According to a research by this reporter, laboratory vate hospitals and medical facilities through a decision treatment to people of Kuwait,” one doctor said. High school exam results approved KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher ic branch at 90.1 percent, 91.3 percent for private school Education Nayef Al-Hajraf has approved high school students and 59.4 percent of adult learning centers. exam results for the 2012-2013 academic year. Concerning the first-call students of the literary branch, The minister told a news conference that His Highness the success percentage hit 86.4 percent for public the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- schools, 82.3 percent for private schools and 62.1 percent Sabah had already congratulated the first-class students for adult learning centers, the minister added. Boroj Amer of high schools. Meskeen of Syria is the first-class student for the scientif- HH the premier personally informed the first-class stu- ic branch, obtaining 99.95 percent, while Samaa Salem dents in both literary and scientific branches about their Al-Janzouri of Egypt got the highest marks of 99.52 per- high degrees, the minister said. cent for the literary branch. A ceremony is to be held During the press conference, the minister put the suc- today to award the first-call students of high schools, the cess percentage of public school students for the scientif- minister pointed out. — KUNA

Kuwaiti MoH, Canadian academics discuss ties WASHINGTON: Kuwaiti Health Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Haifi discussed means to bolster ties within the health service sector with a number of Canadian academics. During his visit to the cities of Montreal and Toronto, Al-Haifi met with the dean of medicine at the McGill University Dr. David Eidelman, discussing with him measures to reinforce and improve the training of Kuwaiti medical students at the universi- ty. Minister Al-Haifi also took a tour of the faculty where he was provided with a briefing on each department’s duties and services. Al-Haifi also paid a visit to the University Health Network (UHN), a medical center that includes the four facilities of Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, KUWAIT: Narcotics officers arrested two Arab expats for and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. The UHN is possessing 2,600 tablets of Tramadol. Information was affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of received about one of them trading in drugs and after Medicine. collecting necessary information and obtaining legal During his visit, the Kuwaiti Minister was accom- permission, the suspect’s house was raided where they panied by the UHN’s President and CEO Dr. Robert found 100 tablets of Tramadol. He confessed he had a Bill who briefed Dr. Al-Haifi on the services provid- partner who supplied him with the drugs. The other ed by the network. — KUNA suspect’s house was also raided, where they found 2,500 tablets of Tramadol. The suspect confessed to trading in these drugs.

KUWAIT: A fire broke out in Farwaniya behind Crowne Plaza hotel yesterday in a pile of timber near a residential building. The fire also reached a small bus parked there. Firemen brought the fire under control before it could spread to the build- ing’s basement where inflammable materials were stored. Such kind of storage is in violation of the law, and legal action has been taken by the fire legal department. —Photos by Hanan Al-Saadoun

MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 LOCAL ‘Beating the NBA’ takes sports fans on a wild ride for bargains and basketball Kuwaiti author combines Arab culture and New York Street Smarts

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Motez Bishara is “For the sports fan, nothing ing fans of live events watch their tenance. But his solo journey the author of Beating the NBA: compares to seeing the finest favorite entertainers at a reason- grants readers such a fresh per- Tales from a frugal fan, which athletes in the world live and in- able price.” spective on the game and its dif- documents his wild ride across person. And NBA teams know it,” Beating the NBA is the ulti- ferent incarnations as he travels the United States in search of says Bishara. “And it’s not just the mate guide to experiencing the from South Beach to Atlanta, and tickets to see America’s most cel- NBA, sports fans in America shell professional basketball, as Bishara then to Orlando, then to New ebrated Pro Basketball teams. out a mind-boggling $25.5 billion visits many of the premier cities Orleans, to Memphis, to The launch of Bishara’s first per year to watch the likes of the in the nation for the first time. He Oklahoma City, to Denver, to Salt book last month coincided with Lakers, the Yankees and Cowboys also takes advantage of his time Lake City, to Phoenix and on. the NBA Finals, which were held play. That’s $82 a year for every between games to partake of the Beating the NBA also covers: in Miami. Millions of basketball man, woman and child in the “local flavor” on offer at NBA cities Scalping etiquette, the collusion fans would have loved to witness country. With that kind of prod- by hitting quirky restaurants, of scalpers, the inherent racism in the tip-off at American Airlines uct and that kind of demand, checking out live music, and test- the world of scalping as well as a Arena in person, but only 19,600 there’s a natural tendency for ing the glitzy to grotty nightlife, candid interview with a national ticket holders made it there. teams to price as high as possible. offering an engaging travel scalper. The book also includes Many of them paid a fortune for I was confident, however, that I aspect to the reader. his attendance at the first regular- the privilege, but not everyone could show other fans how to When Craigslist, StubHub, and season game in his hometown of needed to. avoid paying far more than they eBay can’t offer the price he London, why showing up at the When Motez Bishara is not should,” he added. needs, the frugal fan takes his last minute isn’t always the best rushing to hit another music gig strategy for getting low-price or sporting event, he spends his tickets, why Chicago is probably time in London freelancing as a “On the one hand I wanted to open new doors for the roughest place to hustle tick- KUWAIT: Residents in Kuwait get creative as to how to circumvent the effect of journalist. On the side, he tries to those on a budget; on the other, I wanted to save ets and his take on the 2011 NBA the heat in the summer months in Kuwait.— Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat revive the Notting Hill hippie lockout. movement through Ashtanga hundreds, if not thousands of dollars a year, for Bishara’s prose is sharp and yoga and acoustic guitar. those already spending a fortune on tickets. funny, and ultimately proves that Multimillion fund to Enter Motez Bishara, aka “The deals can be had at just about Frugal Fan,” an NBA aficionado Fortunately, as an Arab who grew up in every arena in the USA. You just ‘control’ parliament and professional deal-maker. Manhattan, I had the advantage of combining need to read the book to find out When the face value for NBA tick- inherent Middle Eastern haggling skills with New how. New map for political work ets became the equivalent of a mortgage payment, Bishara York street smarts to nab some amazing deals. Beating the NBA is now avail- KUWAIT: A local daily yesterday claimed that for the June 27 elections closed Saturday with sprang into action with an experi- But, given the right insight and some practical able for sale on Amazon.com. For prominent politicians “with high influence” on 418 candidateswho have until one week before ment to see if he could equal the more information visit www.the- the decision making process in Kuwait have allo- election day to withdraw. The source suggested playing field. Fans should be able advice, anyone can do it. That’s what the book is frugalfan.com. cated large funds to support certain candidates that funds will also be used to convince candi- to get into any game without all about: helping fans of live events watch their with the hope of securing a loyalist majority in dates to drop out in favor of competitors whom paying a fortune - that’s Bishara’s the upcoming parliament, according to the group wants to support. premise. His journey from NBA favorite entertainers at a reasonable price.” informed sources. Speaking to Al-Jarida on the Al-Jarida’s front-page story came out simulta- town to NBA town chronicles his condition of anonymity, the sources said the neously with statements of an opposition ex-MP skills and the savvy tactics he Taking the point further campaign to the streets, dealing group have set up a “nearly KD 13 million fund” published by Al-Rai, in which he reiterated calls uses to ultimately save an aver- Bishara said, “That’s the intention with hustlers, ex-cons and goons, in order to “draw a new map for political work” in to vote in the elections “in order to combat cor- age of 25 per cent (and often behind Beating the NBA, on the testing his bargaining prowess Kuwait based on securing at least five candi- ruption”. “Voting is necessary to avoid having the much more) every time he enters one hand I wanted to open new with scalping pros, avoiding dates in each of the state’s five constituencies in parliament controlled by dishonest hands which a basketball arena. doors for those on a budget; on major red flags, walking away the parliament - which if successful would be tamper with its Islamic identity and national Bishara is every fan in search of the other, I wanted to save hun- from questionable tickets, and sufficient to secure a majority in the 50-seat gains,” Mohammad Hayef said. Notably, the a little live sports entertainment dreds, if not thousands of dollars fighting fiscal complacency in house. “The group wants to create a majority politician who is not running for parliament, that can control decisions and committees of argued that the Assembly is likely not going to for less than the price of a new a year, for those already spending order to get the one thing he the parliament,” the sources said. This goal was survive more than two months, without provid- car. Inside the arena, he brushes a fortune on tickets. Fortunately, takes very seriously...his money’s one of three which the sources said that the ing specific reasons to support his claim. with the cultural elite-Kanye as an Arab who grew up in worth. The scalping game is a unspecified group targets, with the other two In other news, the final day for candidates’ West, Donald Trump, Ben Stiller, Manhattan, I had the advantage grind, but Bishara has perfected being “pressure to select certain candidates as registration saw Anwar Al-Tabtabaei sign up in Will Smith, Jack Nicholson, etc. - of combining inherent Middle the art of negotiation. ministers” and “tip the voting for speaker in favor the third constituency, who insisted that he while witnessing the genius of a Eastern haggling skills with New Bishara is not one to back of a certain candidate”. respects the opinion of his brother, leading who’s who of NBA icons. Outside York street smarts to nab some away from a challenge and chal- According to the source, the fund is going to oppositionist and former MP Dr Waleed Al- the arena, he was looking not to amazing deals. But, given the lenged he was, with a litany of be used to support candidates by paying them Tabtabaei, who is boycotting the elections. “I get himself beat up while wheel- right insight and some practical flights (ten of them transatlantic), an average of KD 350,000 for first and third con- believe that participation in the elections is a ing and dealing for the best advice, anyone can do it. That’s bug-infested motels, rental cars, stituency candidates, KD 250,000 for second legitimate demand in order to avoid having a prices. what the book is all about: help- and relying on arena food for sus- Motez Bishara constituency candidates, and 500,000 for fourth parliament that legislates laws that violate and fifth constituency candidates based on vot- Islamic sharia,” Anwar Al-Tabtabaei said on er density. “The group set their sights early on Saturday. Meanwhile, Waleed took on Twitter Political the speaker’s post given its importance in open- after registration closed to reiterate that he is not ing direct channels of communications with the going to support any candidate, seemingly in stability political leadership, giving access to a lot of response to speculations suggesting that he information and details that are inaccessible to might support his brother in some shape or necessary others, in addition to the ability to influence form. KUWAIT: Political stabili- laws,” the sources added. Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister ty in Kuwait is necessary They further argued that the potential major- Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah gave state- ity bloc could enter negotiations with the gov- ments to Al-Rai in the meantime expecting a for pushing national ernment in order to secure six ministers from its large turnout in the upcoming elections and development and making allies in exchange of protection from grilling hoping that the outcome “paves the way for achievements, Kuwaiti motions. “The Cabinet’s formation is another tar- cooperation between the [legislative and execu- political analysts said here get for the group, especially that multibillion- tive] authorities and less tension which is an yesterday. dinar projects are prepared to be put for tender approach that experience has proven does not Kuwaiti eligible voters after the elections,” the sources said. Registration build nations”. are required to participate in the forthcoming parlia- mentary election and to vote for efficient candi- dates, they said. The desire to achieve development in the coun- try should be a motive for voters to cast their ballots in order to handpick effi- cient hopefuls who are able to push forward the national development process in the nation, Ibrahim Dashti said. He hoped that the next National Assembly would play a significant role in boosting national devel- opment and achieving major accomplishments, expecting that the holy month of Ramadan and scorching summer would not affect turnout. He even cited expecta- tions as showing that there would be heaving polling during the next legislative polls. For his part, Dean of Kuwait University College of Technological Studies Dr Wael Al-Hasawi pre- dicted high turnout in the election out of potential competition. He said there could be no link between the annulled assembly’s achievements and expect- ed turnout for the forth- coming parliamentary polls. Many candidates and voters are satisfied with the current voting system, and aware of the fact that the boycott of elections would negatively affect the electoral process, Al- Hasawi added. — KUNA MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 LOCAL

In my view Local Spotlight Constructive Dialogue Egypt in Chaos

By Labeed Abdal

By Muna Al-Fuzai

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he calls from many countries for the government [email protected] and opposition in Egypt to engage in constructive Tdialogue and prevent violence are important voic- es from good friends of the region and Egypt. gypt has always taken the lead in the Arab Bloodshed and killings during rallies shouldn’t be a world. But when the Muslim Brotherhood reason for more dilemmas, as the revolution was about Etook power, within a year they turned every- change and more liberties, not the opposite. thing into a mess. They even confronted the legal The protesters are envisaging a normal, open-mind- system and wanted to colour the whole country in ed Egypt and not new rules that will pretend to be the black and cove red with a beard. Transforming a civil real Islam. and historic nation country like Egypt into a conser- Egypt has long roots of democracy, an old vative country run with the same system as the Latin/French system and a strong judiciary that should Taleban was the theory of former president Morsi keep the new challenges within the rule of law and and his people. This theory is impossible to imple- maintain public rights and liberties . ment, but in the minds of the Muslim Brotherhood Reconciliation and round tables must take place it was accessible and they tried too. They surely ASAP, guaranteeing security for all and shouldn’t have failed. double edges - no need for dangerous alternatives. The kuwait digest I think the dilemma now is the conflict between repetition of another Syria will be a mistake. The land of those who support Morsi and those who are the pyramids is far complicated, not easily bought and against him. I think it will take some time to calm requires wise peacemakers. A rebellion or a coup? things down and until that happens, we need to The people there clearly do not want to see their rev- consider that Egypt will be in a state of confusion olution stolen by someone who does not give solutions By Abdullatif Al-Duaij for a while. All Arabs feel sorry but no one should to the people, or more unwanted restrictions that would be angry because many are happy over the fall of make the situation far worse than before... t is wrong to assume that the situation al the situation in Egypt is, and despite cratic constitution based on the demo- the Muslim Brotherhood. They we re never popular in Egypt has been settled or is going the heroic stand of the Egyptian armed cratic principles of freedom, justice and and their supporters are not wanted by many sys- Itowards stability after the ouster of forces in handing the authority back to equality. These three principles are yet to tems around the world . President Mohamed Morsi. The questions the people, the fact remains that the situ- find their way to Egypt. Moreover, Islam is not about or within the circle kuwait digest raised simultaneously with the recent ation in Egypt was legitimate, and that Many people, especially in Kuwait, of the Muslims Brothers. Muslims don’t need to be Egyptian rebellion remain standing and - overthrowing the first elected president wrongfully believe that a constitution is a fooled that if they are not part of the Muslim Suicide of regardless of the results - still demand in Egypt - regardless of his errors - is a set- contract between the people and their Brotherhood, then they are not real Muslims. Islam answers and perhaps a strong stand from back in democracy, and an unprecedent- rulers. This could have been the case a is not about a beard or being conservative or suici- everyone. ed step that could become a tradition long time ago. Today, a constitution is a dal or killing those who disagree with your opinion. Muslim Was it a rebellion or a coup? Was it a not only in Egypt, but the entire region. pact between all people. Likewise, many In Kuwait there are some centers for new Muslim coup against an elected president, Many people among us in the Arab people believe that democracy is the rule co nverts whom I think need to learn not only about Brotherhood against the Muslim Brotherhood or world look up to Egypt as the model to of the majority. This could have been the the rituals of Islam but to understand that Islam is against religion in general as some peo- follow. There is a huge difference case a long time ago as well. Democracy By Abdullatif Al-Manawi ple expressed in the Tahrir Square? The between the rebels’ apparent goal of is the rule of the plurality. What is the dif- not specified or represented by groups like the answer, ironically, requires more ques- holding early elections and force it as a ference? First, let me explain the constitu- Muslim Brotherhood because they are after power. joke that has been going around in Egypt after tions to be asked. Was the ousted presi- fait accompli whether the president tion being a pact between all people. In a Kuwait has urged its citizens in Egypt to leave “at the toppling of the one-year old Muslim dent a legitimate one to begin with? Was agrees to it or not, and between over- democratic system, rule and sovereignty the earliest” and warned against travel to the coun- ABrotherhood regime: “MB is a group that was his legitimacy correct or something that throwing the president and then electing reside in the people, not the ruler. The try. Kuwait was the first Arab country to issue a born in a cafe in Ismailia and died at a traffic light in he and his political party imagined? And a replacement. constitution is a pact between the people travel warning for Egypt. I think this was a wise Rabea Al-Adawiya Square”. A lot felt it was like an what is more legitimate - the nation Was the situation in Egypt completely who agree to honor its articles and the decision and no country should be lax over the endless year. The joke, of course refers to Ismailia city which has permanent sovereignty and legitimate? Ousted president Morsi came agreed upon general democratic princi- safety of its citizens .We should also not be naive to where Hassan Al-Banna launched the Muslim power or a president elected for a fixed to power following ostensibly legitimate ples of freedom, justice and equality. assume that the situation will cool down shortly. Brotherhood in 1928. The traffic light refers to the term? elections, and therefore things like the Therefore, no one has the right to take Egypt is passing through a very delicate situation square where Brotherhood demonstrators rally to In Kuwait, people who protested to fact that the results were so close or away any person’s right or any gains guar- and needs our support to overcome many issues defend the group after its leadership insisted on defend the authority of the people are doubts concerning the authenticity of anteed by the democratic system and the and I see no harm in Gulf governments offering aid. pushing things towards the current situation. the same people who reject the people’s the election process do not justify over- constitution. Even if 99 percent of the I think this is a noble idea and we all should give a When the Muslim Brotherhood took over, every- authority in Egypt. Meanwhile, the peo- throwing him. What justifies this howev- people vote against them, these rights body thought that it was a the tart of an endless hand along with international organizations. ple who defended the legitimacy of the er is the fact that the elections were not remain constants that must be honored We need Egypt to be strong, peaceful and take reign while some optimists believed their reign 2009 parliament and the Cabinet at the rightful. Much like all elections in Third as per the pact (the constitution) that all would not be less than ten years. Others said that its position again. Inshallah. time are the same ones who rejected World countries, the elections in Egypt people agreed upon. As a result, a majori- Ramadan Kareem. Egypt has mounted the religious reign train, going Morsi’s legitimacy as the president of were held - and perhaps will continue to ty of people has no right to violate or backwards or forward, for tens of years before it Egypt. The contradictions here had led be held - under lack of freedom of amend such rights on the pretext that would come to a stop. Some people even started many politicians in Kuwait to remain expression and religious domination. they are a majority - they are only a plural- adapting to seeing faces that seemed there to stay silent and ignore what is going on in Therefore, the elections which brought ity that rule in accordance with the consti- kuwait digest with the belief that choices were limited between Egypt after they used to comment on Morsi to Egypt’s presidency, while legiti- tution. And as such, they have the power coping with the changes, suffering or fleeing Egypt. everything that happens locally and mate, are not technically rightful. to make legislations to be followed by the Some thought that their flight would be for ever. Yet, internationally. On the international level, Oppression practiced by the military public only if these legislations remain in Apology alone to everybody’s surprise, the Egyptian people, who things are almost laughable as those leads to limiting the activity of all public accordance with the constitution. In the went out on street until the Muslim Brotherhood left, who toppled their regimes with protests movements, saving those which depend end, sovereignty remains the possession is not enough did what the most optimistic people failed to predict. are rejecting the Egyptians’ overthrowing on religion who instead find a better of the people who signed the constitu- It seemed that everybody was filled with anger that of their president. On the other hand, environment in similar situations to work tional pact. By Dr Yaqoub Al-Sharrah they themselves did not realize was there and that it some of those who suppress protests and prosper. While all public opinions are The Egyptian president was not elect- was time to steam it out. and public freedoms are congratulating restrained, only religious speech remains ed as per a constitution agreed upon by he negative side of education in Kuwait con- The Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in creating a the Egyptian people for their ‘glorious politically active and a legitimate means the people. He was not elected in accor- tinues to outgrow the positive one and has state of anger and rejection amongst a majority of revolution’. in front of which dictatorships stand dance with the democratic principles of already expanded to a point that it has Egyptians, which calls on Muslim Brotherhood mem- T Only the Europeans were to some helpless. Under a tyrant’s rule, everyone freedom, justice and equality. Instead, he become a threat to the society. There are indicators bers keen on the group’s future to study this phe- extent more in coherence with their loses the ability to express and move, was elected under religious dominance requiring immediate efforts to address the errors in nomenon. Why did Egyptians hate the Muslim beliefs and political systems in address- unless those promoting the religious and following decades of military rule Brotherhood so much in just one year? I think their the education process which has resulted in poor ing the issue. Public and official Arab agenda who instead find more room to during which the principles of freedom, ratings for Kuwait in international human develop- stubbornness, arrogance and feeling that they are groups are either influenced by vindic- speak up and act. When elections are justice and equality were completely ‘God’s chosen group’ was behind such hatred and ment indices. The problems in education translate tive sentiments or their own personal held under religious domination, it is only absent. Despite this, his presidency into obstacles put in education’s way to contribute rejection. conditions, yet despite this find the normal to see religious parties make remains legitimate and agreed upon. We to the state’s development process. There was a disagreement between the Muslim audacity and even the motive to interfere strong gains. Therefore, the rule of can sympathize with the millions who Brotherhood’s international organization and the in Egypt’s interior affairs. I am not very President Morsi, or rather the rule of the protested against him, and we can find Repeated talk about outdated educational pro- group in power in Egypt as the former realized from much concerned with the situation in Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has lost an excuse for the armed forces for grams and ways of teaching, as well as flaws with day one that all odds were against them and asked Egypt because that country belongs to some of its legitimacy and even more of responding to the people’s calls, but in regards to teachers’ competencies are also affected the group to make quick concessions before the June the Egyptians, but I am interested in the its democracy. It is a rule that contained the end the ousted Egyptian president by signs of administrative corruption and misman- 30 demonstrations and yield to the possible public fate of democracy anywhere. From that little aspects of a civil state, especially that was still the first elected president of agement. How else can we explain current efforts demands. That was a logical request because losing standpoint, I say that despite how unusu- it reigned during the absence of a demo- Egypt. — Al-Qabas to investigate the source of the leaks of high school one battle was better than losing the whole war. Therefore, they advised Morsi to step down and the exam questions? And what does the spread of the group to start reorganizing using all its financial cheating phenomenon mean? While cheating during exams in general is not assets in bridging the gaps they created with the kuwait digest Egyptian people. They believed that Muslim new in schools and universities, what is strange is Brotherhood’s defeat in Egypt would finish them in the fact that this time students cheated openly and the whole region. Arab Spring, Islamic Winter, Military Summer seemingly without fear as evident by the video Luckily for the Egyptians, the Brotherhood’s local footage that a student recorded during exams and leadership did not get the message and were blinded posted on social networks. By Amir Taheri by arrogance and decided to go on with confronta- Students were seen trading pieces of paper con- tions with the people after the ‘lure of power’ got taining model answers, and boasting about what them and Morsi out of their minds and they only saw ven before it was fully under way, the Arab Spring was cepts of an Arab Spring or an Islamic Winter is that they they were doing as if it was considered a victory. the millions demonstrating across Egypt as a hun- seen by some Western analysts as the prelude to an focused on the way a government is formed. The current dred and sixty thousand, as Morsi told General Sisi EIslamic Winter. The insidious subtext was that Arabs Egyptian crisis, however, poses a different, and possibly The video was very hard to watch because it and his Western allies when demonstrations began. must choose between military dictatorship and despotism more important, question: How is a government changed? reflects total disrespect to education and its noble He was controlled by denial and obstinacy in addi- in the name of religion. The coup against President A glance at the contemporary history of most Arab states message. tion to his fast developing taste of power and unwill- Mohamed Morsi in Egypt hints at a third possibility: a would reveal the importance of that question. In most cases Minister of Education Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf issued a ingness to give it up, which led to the Brotherhood’s Military Summer of Chaos. change of government has occurred in three ways. One way formal apology in a press conference held in the downfall including Morsi and the group’s powerful Speculation regarding the causes of the turmoil has been has been through the assassination of the ruler, a classic wake of the video. He announced measures man who was actually running Egypt - Khairat Al- going on for weeks with Morsi featuring as central character. method that dates back to the dawn of Islam having against senior ministry officials be held account- Shater. Morsi was criticized in three ways. reached its perfection under the Abbasids. able for the cheating scandal. It is not a matter of losing a battle anymore; they His non-Islamist opponents, including the “remnants” of The second way is through military coup. That method, However, these measures alone are not enough the previous regime, claim that he is trying to create an too, has a long history in the Arab and Islamic world. have lost the war that will cost the organization a lot to contain the problem which continues to esca- in the near future. Morsi’s decision to defy the people “Islamic” caliphate. Morsi, they said, was placing Numerous dynasties, including the Fatimids, the Dailamites, late as long as efforts to improve the high school and cling to power was a political, public and organi- Brotherhood acolytes in as many key positions as possible the Seljuks, and the Mamelukes seized power thanks to their zational suicide for the group. Their continued push- while weakening institutions, such as the various courts, that control of armed groups within or on the margins of the sys- system remain inadequate with the advancements ing towards clashes and terrorizing the people by dare challenge his options. The second criticism, coming tem. With the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the in information technology. having demonstrators stay in Rabe’a square will sure- from some liberals, was that Morsi has been a do-nothing emergence of several new Arab states centered on newly The cost of errors in the high school exams as ly win them more hate from the Egyptian people and president, a puppet in the hands of the Brotherhood’s Star created armies, changing governments through military mentioned in news reports is very high, and is a exclusion from taking part in building the new Egypt. Chamber. Shunning the country’s real problems, such as coups became an established method. Since the 1920s, Arab responsibility that the minister and ministry offi- The Muslim Brotherhood’s successes in coming to mass unemployment and the breakdown of public services, nations have experienced around 40 coups-from Oman and cials concerned with the exams share. Political power and the incidents in Tunisia, Libya and Syria Morsi has been shadow-boxing against imaginary “plotters Yemen to Algeria, Syria, and Egypt. responsibility should not be taken partially as per gave indications that more religious (political Islam) against the nation.” The third criticism came from some The fall of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni the options available in front of decision makers. It reigns would take over in the region. This made peo- Islamists, including the Khomeinist propaganda machine in Mubarak in Egypt was also due to the same method because is an integrated responsibility that comes with ple skeptical about the group’s next target. All indic- Iran. According to them, Morsi failed because he was not the Tunisian and Egyptian armies pulled the rug from under political and legal obligations for which a minister tors pointed that the Brotherhood was working on “Islamic enough”. On Tuesday, the daily Kayhan, published their respective despot’s feet. The third method of changing should be held accountable. taking over any GCC state to ensure steady finance. by Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei’s office, lambasted Morsi for an Arab government is through foreign invasion, an exam- Test leaks and cheating are dangerous practices The problem is that all this was strongly supported having “missed revolutionary opportunities.” ple of which was the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in by the US and the West who thought it would solve According to the editorial, Morsi should have set up a 2003. The Arab Spring created the hope that another that once they spread are going to lead people to lots of their problems and put the basis for new tech- “Revolutionary Coordination Committee”, modeled on that method might be developed: change of government lose faith in the education process as a whole, and niques in running the region. That was very clear in created by Ruhollah Khomeini during the uprisings against through reasonably clean elections. Before the Arab Spring dampen efforts to reinforce morals within children. their shock when the Egyptians and their national the Shah. In a Khomeinist system, critics of the regime would only Iraq had experienced changes of government through The minister’s apology was a bold step and a civi- army succeeded to topple the Muslim Brotherhood’s be executed, imprisoned, or driven into exile. Militias would this new method. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis lized behavior on his part, yet it is not enough to reign or, rather say, nightmare. The Muslim be created to crush protests against the regime. The regime managed to change government three times through elec- address the needs for an improved educational Brotherhood committed suicide, the West is shocked would conduct fake elections, deciding who stands and who tion. However, today it is no longer certain they will be able system that sets an example that cannot be easily and Egyptians restored their country! — Al-Jarida wins. The problem with the analyses built around the con- to do so a fourth time. breached or tampered with. — Al-Rai MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 LOCAL Kuwaiti man shot at over money-related disputes Son damages father’s car KUWAIT: Police are looking to arrest nary investigations. Police and crime ing that the youngster had previous- reported damages. Domestic vio- a Kuwaiti man who faces attempted scene investigators headed to a ly threatened him when he refused lence murder charges after he shot anoth- house in the area where a Kuwaiti his plea to buy him a new car. Police A search is on for a man who er man over money-related disputes man reported finding his driver are looking to summon the young faces charges that he beat up his in Saad Al-Abdullah. The incident dead inside his room. The Indian man to hear his side of the story. wife and stole her jewelry at gun- reportedly happened outside the man’s body was seen hanging from point according to the woman’s shooter’s house where the Kuwaiti a rope tied to the ceiling of the Drunk driver held statements to police. Officers at the victim had headed to demand room, and was taken for an autopsy Salmiya police arrested a man on Ayoun police station were repayment of KD 3,000 he had previ- after investigators examined the Saturday after he damaged seven approached by a woman who ously lent him. The victim was scene. A case was filed at the vehicles while driving under the requested to file a case against her rushed to the hospital in an ambu- Shuwaikh police station. influence of alcohol. Investigations husband. She said that the man lance which carried him from a loca- are underway in search for the sus- started beating her following a dis- tion where the suspect left him with Son charged pect after seven people reported pute, then decamped with her jew- a severe rifle shot wound on his foot. A man filed a case at the Adan their cars being hit while parked elry after threatening her with a gun. The suspect escaped before police police station accusing his son of near a shopping center in Salmiya. When contacted by police, the man arrived at the scene. damaging his car. In his statement to Police eventually pulled over a vehi- denied the charges and even denied police, the Kuwaiti national said that cle that had its front bumper dam- having any relations with the com- Driver hangs self he came out of his house and found aged, and found out that its driver plainant before hanging up on the A man was found dead in out that his car’s tyres were hacked was drunk. The man was taken to officer. Investigations are ongoing to Shuwaikh recently in a case classi- and all its windows smashed. He the authorities to face charges after put the man under arrest for ques- fied as suicide according to prelimi- pressed charges against his son, say- he admitted responsibility for the tioning.

VIVA Sponsors Circuit’s+ ‘CrossFit Kids’ KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing saving their lives.” telecom operator, announced yesterday “At this young stage in life, children its sponsorship of Circuit’s+ ‘CrossFit Kids’ require the proper guidance and supervi- Summer Program; a program that offers sion in order to lead active healthy lives. fitness and educational lessons to chil- Mentally, they are open to new ideas and dren between the age of 8-13 years, with to adopting new systems and it is imper- the aim to prevent and minimize obesity ative that we build their sense of respon- among youth and to encourage physical sibility towards their physical well-being fitness at an early age. The program ran and encourage them to lead healthier from June 23 to July 5. lifestyles.” Prevalence of obesity among children, The daily program Circuit+ offers and youth in general, is increasingly high through its CrossFit Kids program is in Kuwait and has become a nationwide made up of three main sessions; the first concern. Recent studies have shown that comprises of a 45 minute workout, fol- more than 50% of Kuwaiti children suffer lowed by a 30 minute educational ses- from obesity, resulting in the increase of sion, and concluded with another 45 major health risks. minute workout. The program focuses on Commenting on this sponsorship, educating children about the health risks Municipality holds clean up campaigns VIVA said, “Our support of Circuit’s+ of being obese, healthy nutritional habits CrossFit Kids Summer Program falls in and most importantly, how to control By Hanan Al-Saadoun Shriedeh said these campaigns are part of the initia- sider it a principle and conduct for all sectors of the line with our objective to raise awareness obesity at an early stage. tives taken by the municipality which is continuous society. On his part, inspector Hamad Al-Jarrah, who of obesity among children; a condition VIVA is committed to supporting KUWAIT: The service administration at Kuwait and is not limited to locations or timings for the sake supervised the campaigns, said that tracking environ- that has prevailed in invading the lives of Kuwait’s youth through different initia- Municipality held a number of campaigns supported of protecting the environment from waste to make mental pollution is continuous, especially in desert our youth. Through such sponsorships, tives that encourage both mental and by equipment to clean up the areas behind dairy places safe and healthy. “The protection of the envi- and remote areas and areas next to expressways and we are highlighting the importance of physical activity, and will continue to companies in Sulaibiya. The campaigns resulted in ronment is a national duty, before it is a duty that we close to coasts. He pointed out that “protecting incorporating physical fitness into our demonstrate its commitment through removing 200 truckloads of refuse and tyres in June. do as officials or employees.” He added participation Kuwait’s environment is a responsibility and it is our children’s daily routine, and ultimately, the support of youth related programs. Director of Service Administration Ahmad Al- in such campaigns is a necessity, and one should con- duty to do all what we can to keep our country clean”.

KUWAIT: During a farewell celebration on June 26 hosted by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank M. Mann and Andrea Mann, the board of the German Business Council Kuwait offered the ambassador a farewell gift and expressed the gratitude of the GBCK members for his continuous support and friendship throughout his tenure of office here in Kuwait. The German Business Council Kuwait was founded in 2005 and is a non-governmental and non- profit seeking association representing various German, Austrian and Swiss companies operating in Kuwait as well as German, Austrian and Swiss business people and specialists working for local companies.

Kuwait, Okinawa prefecture discuss bolstering ties

TOKYO: On an invitation from Governor of Okinawa prefecture Hirokazu Nakaima, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Japan Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi visited the southern Japanese Island on July 2-5 as step to further bolster relations between Japan and Kuwait. Governor Nakaima lauded the strong role played by Kuwait within the regional and international are- nas, commending the strong ties linking Kuwait and Japan. He also expressed Japan’s gratitude towards Kuwaiti efforts in supporting his country during the Tsunami, which hit northern Japan in 2011. The Governor of Okinawa called for efforts to fur- ther boost relations especially within the energy, tourism, and science domains. He invited Kuwaiti tourists to visit Okinawa and affirmed that the prefec- ture would embark on steps to facilitate visitation. On his part, Ambassador Al-Otaibi stressed the strong relations between Kuwait and Japan. He affirmed that three years prior to the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1961, the two countries were engaged in commercial activities which reflect strong historical ties between the two countries. The Kuwaiti diplomat added that Japan and Kuwait were both eager to further pursue the devel- opment of relations. During his stay in Okinawa, Ambassador Al-Otaibi visited the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (OIST) and Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center (NARO/KARC), discussing with offi- cials opportunities to exchange expertise and enhance relations between the state of Kuwait and the two facilities. —KUNA MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

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BODH GAYA, India: An Indian policeman looks at debris left after several low intensity explosions took place at the Bodh Gaya Buddhist temple complex yesterday. (Inset) An injured Buddhist monk receives medical treatment following the blasts at a hospital. —AFP Blasts hit India Buddhist sites

PATNA, India: Multiple small bomb blasts at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh con- who were taken to hospital. Windows were one of Buddhism’s holiest sites - the Bodh Gaya demned the blasts at the complex, a UNESCO shattered at one of the buildings, while a wood- temple complex in eastern India - wounded World Heritage Site, and said that “such attacks en door at a small temple was destroyed and two monks yesterday but the historic temple on religious places will never be tolerated”. debris was strewn inside another building. Sri was undamaged, police said. The Indian gov- Junior home minister R P N Singh told reporters Lanka Buddhist monk Gomarankadawala ernment called the blasts a “terror attack” after “it is clear that this was a terror attack” and teams Hemarathana, 28, who raced to the scene after the nine bombs exploded at the complex in Bihar of investigators were probing the incident. blasts, said one of the bombs had been placed at state which attracts Buddhists and other visitors Police in New Delhi had warned state officials the base of the statue. “It is a miracle that the from all over the world. No one claimed respon- last winter that Islamist militants from the Indian Buddha statue was not harmed. The bomb was sibility for the attack, but police said they earlier Mujahideen group were planning to attack the placed at the foot of the statue but it did not go off,” warned officials that Islamist militants could tar- complex, an official focused on anti-terror oper- he told AFP. The Bodh Gaya complex, 110 km south get the site as revenge for Buddhist violence ations told AFP. “We told state police that the of the state capital Patna, is one of the earliest against Muslims in neighbouring Myanmar and Indian Mujahideen planned to carry out an Buddhist temples still standing in India. The first Sri Lanka. “Four blasts took place inside the tem- attack as retaliation for Buddhist violence temple was built in the 3rd century BC by the ple complex,” Home Minister Sushil Kumar against Muslims in Myanmar,” the official said on Buddhist Emperor Asoka and the present temples Shinde told reporters. “Three blasts took place condition of anonymity. “We told them that date from the 5th or 6th centuries, according to near the Karmapa monastery while one each Bodh Gaya is a probable target for attack,” he UNESCO. happened near the Buddha statue and a tourist said. The complex houses the holy bodhi tree as bus stand outside.” Two more bombs were The Indian Mujahideen has admitted carry- well as the giant Mahabodhi statue of Buddha, found and defused at the complex, one of them ing out numerous bomb blasts in recent years, and multiple shrines marking the places where near the temple’s celebrated 24-m statue of the and is often listed as a suspect in attacks across he is believed to have spent time after his Buddha, the minister said. Along with temples, the country. Attacks on Buddhists are rare in enlightenment. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai dozens of monasteries housing monks from India but there have been tensions in the wider Lama makes frequent trips to the complex, around the world are located near the complex, region recently following clashes between which attracts visitors during the peak tourist which is believed to contain the tree under Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar, Sri Lanka season from October to March. After his medita- which the Buddha reached enlightenment in and Bangladesh. Additional security forces were tions beneath the tree, Buddha is said to have 531 BC. “The holy bodhi tree is safe and there is deployed to guard the complex after the blasts, devoted the rest of his life to teaching and he no damage to it,” Bihar police chief Abhayanand, which wounded two monks, a 50-year-old founded an order of monks before dying aged who goes by one name, told AFP. Tibetan and a 30-year-old Myanmar national, 80. —AFP UK deports Abu Qatada after legal marathon LONDON/AMMAN: A radical cleric once him,” Cameron told reporters. Many civic groups have criticised Abu called “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Jordanian judicial officials said the state Qatada’s trial in a military court, saying it is Europe” was deported from Britain to Jordan security prosecutor charged Abu Qatada with illegal under the constitution and lacks prop- yesterday, ending years of British govern- conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in er legal safeguards. They demand he be tried ment efforts to send him back home to face Jordan in 1999 and 2000. He was sentenced in a civil court. Jordan is seeking to improve terrorism charges. A police convoy collected to life imprisonment in absentia on those its civil rights image but has long been Abu Qatada from London’s Belmarsh prison charges but will now be retried. Abu Qatada, accused by rights groups of widespread after midnight and drove him through the whose real name is Omar Mahmoud abuse of Islamist prisoners, which it denies. streets of the capital to a military airport. Othman, denied the charges. “My client Lawyers say many Islamists have been tried in Soon after arriving in Jordan, he was taken denied all the allegations, and he asserts that the last decade with much fanfare to curry under heavy guard to a nearby military his return to Jordan was out of his own free favour with the United States and bolster the court. The legal battle to deport Abu Qatada will, in order to be with his family,” Tayseer kingdom’s credentials as a player in the US has embarrassed successive British govern- Diab, his lawyer, told Reuters. The prosecutor declared war on terrorism. Jordan’s Minister ments. Prime Minister David Cameron said of the military court ordered his detention in of State Mohammad Al-Momani told Reuters he was “absolutely delighted” it was over. “It’s Muaqar prison in a suburb of the capital for Abu Qatada would have a fair trial “with the an issue that ... has made my blood boil - 15 days pending questioning. “His spirits are Jordanian judiciary respecting human rights”. that this man who has no right to be in our high and we hope to get him bail soon,” said Britain had said the preacher posed a country, who’s a threat to our country, that it Mahmoud Othman, Abu Qatada’s father, out- national security risk, but courts had repeat- took so long and was so difficult to deport side the court. edly blocked his deportation. His return was made possible by an extradition treaty adopt- ed by Jordan and Britain last week that satis- fied the concerns of British judges about the use of evidence obtained through torture. Sermons of the heavily bearded Abu Qatada were found in a Hamburg flat used by some of those who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Abu Qatada was deported on the anniversary of the July 7, 2005 suicide attacks on London’s subway and bus network that killed more than 50 people. Linked by a Spanish judge to the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Abu Qatada has been in and out of jail in Britain LONDON: Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada waits with an since first being arrested in 2001. He was sent escort to board a privately chartered jet at the RAF Northolt back to prison last March for breaching his base early yesterday as he gets deported to Jordan. —AFP bail conditions. —Reuters MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Gunfire, looting in Sudan city after aid worker dies

KHARTOUM: Residents of a Sudanese night and continued on Thursday. tary Central Reserve Police. Initial com- city” highlights the region’s unstable panel of experts reported “some inci- city ran for their lives during fresh A Sudanese World Vision employee bat had left the city’s best hotel dam- security environment, Za’tari said. “If dents in which former members of gov- fighting and looting yesterday, after a “suffered head injuries in Thursday’s aged, according to the local resident, humanitarian work in Darfur is forced to ernment militias have forcibly expressed worker for aid group World Vision died attack and succumbed to his injuries while humanitarian sources reported the scale back because of the unsafe and their discontent with the current govern- of wounds suffered in earlier battles. yesterday (Saturday) noon,” said one looting of foreign aid agencies. The insecure conditions for our staff and ment, especially against the backdrop of The latest violence adds to what the humanitarian source, asking for World Vision office was caught up in partners, then many more people in rising inflation and unemployment”. United Nations says is a worsening anonymity. A second World Vision staff crossfire. A suspected rocket-propelled Darfur will suffer,” he said. The United States charge d’affaires to security situation in Sudan’s vast west- member was killed during Thursday’s grenade hit the top of the World Vision The UN’s World Food Programme Sudan, Joseph Stafford, later said ern region. “They have started looting clashes. Ali Al-Za’tari, chief of the United building, came down “and exploded on (WFP) told AFP that because World Washington was worried “about the the market,” a resident of Nyala, the Nations in Sudan, confirmed in a state- the ground”, one humanitarian source Vision was one of its partners in South deteriorating security situation in Darfur capital of South Darfur state, told AFP. ment that “two Sudanese staff members said. Darfur, and because of the security situa- and the conflict between the govern- He reported armed men raiding shops from the humanitarian non-governmen- Rebels in Darfur have been fighting tion, there will be a disruption of food ment forces and the militia”. The UN says in the commercial area, and said resi- tal organisation, World Vision the government for 10 years, but insta- aid. “We estimate that around a little an estimated 300,000 people have been dents were “running in the street” for International” were killed. “A third World bility has been complicated by inter-trib- over 400,000 people will be affected,” forced to flee their homes because of safety as explosions and shooting were Vision staff member was also critically al fighting, kidnappings, carjackings and mainly in Nyala, said WFP spokeswoman fighting in Darfur this year, more than in heard again. Urban battles, which state injured,” he said. other crimes, many suspected to be the Amor Almagro. Schoolchildren and preg- the past two years combined. There were officials blamed on “differences” The fighting in Nyala was sparked by work of government-linked militia and nant and nursing mothers were among already 1.4 million people in camps for between members of the security the killing of a notorious local bandit paramilitary groups. The “shoot-out in an those receiving WFP assistance through Darfuris displaced by the decade-long forces, first broke out on Wednesday who was also an officer in the paramili- urban area of Darfur’s most populated World Vision, she said. In February, a UN conflict. — AFP Kurdistan chief on rare Baghdad visit Ties between Kurds and federal govt improve BAGHDAD: The president of Iraq’s that threatens Iraq and the (Kurdish) region, States. Later in 2012, the establishment of autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud and we consider this a national duty,” he the Tigris Operations Command, a federal Barzani, visited Baghdad yesterday for the added. Barzani admitted that there are military command covering disputed terri- first time in years for landmark talks with “problems and different opinions between tory in the north, drew an angry response Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on an array of the (Kurdish) region and the federal govern- from Kurdish leaders. And a deadly firefight disputes. Barzani met Maliki, after which the ment” in Baghdad. But “today there is real during an attempt by Iraqi forces to arrest a two held a joint news conference in the cap- political willingness to solve the problems,” Kurdish man in a disputed town pushed SITRA, Bahrain: Policemen stand guard at a checkpoint yesterday. —AP ital’s heavily-fortified Green Zone - a major he said. tensions higher, with both sides deploying change from last year, when the Kurdish Kurdish leaders want to incorporate a military reinforcements. leader was advocating the premier’s swathe of land stretching from Iraq’s eastern But more recently, the two sides have Bahrain violence kills removal from office. border with Iran to its western frontier with moved to patch up their differences. The improvement in relations between Syria into their autonomous region over the Kurdish ministers and MPs ended a boycott one cop, wounds five the Kurds and the federal government is a objections of Maliki’s government. The fed- of the cabinet and the parliament in May, rare bright spot for Iraq, which has been hit eral and regional governments also disagree which was begun in March over objections DUBAI: Two attacks outside the Bahraini In Janabiya, another Shiite village out- by a wave of violence that has killed more over the apportioning of oil revenues. that the new federal budget did not allocate capital Manama killed one policeman and side the capital, a “group of terrorists than 2,400 people this year, and long-run- Baghdad has also been displeased with the enough money to pay foreign oil companies wounded five, the interior ministry and attacked a security patrol with Molotov ning protests by Sunni Arabs who accuse Kurdish region for signing contracts with working in the region. police said yesterday, in the latest unrest to cocktails,” the interior ministry said on the Shiite-led government of marginalising foreign energy firms without its approval. And in June, Maliki chaired a landmark rock the Sunni-ruled Shiite-majority Gulf Twitter. “The patrol was burnt and three their community. Diplomats and officials say the dispute over cabinet session in Arbil, the capital of the state. A bomb killed one policeman and policemen were injured,” it added. Bahraini “We discussed disputes and we agreed to territory is one of the main long-term autonomous Kurdistan region, and the two wounded two in a Shiite village near authorities often use the term “terrorists” to work on passing frozen laws in the parlia- threats to Iraq’s stability. sides agreed to form joint committees to Manama, Bahrain’s head of public security refer to Shiite demonstrators who have ment, especially the oil and gas law,” Maliki The at-times lighthearted atmosphere of deal with disputes. Kurdistan’s deputy prime said. “Terrorist groups targeted a police sta- kept up pro-democracy protests despite a said, referring to long-stalled legislation the news conference contrasted sharply minister Emad Ahmed said in a statement tion in Sitra” late on Saturday, General Tariq 2011 crackdown backed by Saudi-led Gulf governing the exploitation of Iraq’s rich with tensions that marked the relationship on the region’s official website that Barzani’s Hasan said in the statement carried by the troops, sparking repeated clashes with energy resources. Barzani said his message so far between Barzani and Maliki. Last year, visit was a follow-up to Maliki’s trip to Arbil. official BNA news agency. “As police security forces. In mid-February, a police was to send a message saying “we are Barzani was a leading critic of the premier, Barzani was to be accompanied by Ahmed, attempted to secure the area... the terror- officer was killed by a petrol bomb during brothers and we are keen to communicate advocated his removal from office and said as well as the ministers in charge of natural ists blew up an improvised bomb against clashes with protesters, after a teenager and collaborate”. “We agreed to cooperate that Maliki could not be trusted with F-16 resources and the Kurdish peshmerga secu- security forces in an attack that killed was shot dead during a demonstration and work together and to face everything warplanes that are on order from the United rity forces, the statement said. — AFP policeman Yasser Dhaib and wounded two marking the second anniversary of the others.” launch of the protests. —AFP Two thirds of Homs rebel area destroyed

BEIRUT: Intense fighting in neighbourhoods, which thousands of its residents holes. Some structures the central Syrian city of have been under siege for have fled the fighting. shown in the video are bare- Homs has left 60 to 70 per- more than a year. Yesterday, “Of all Syria’s cities, Homs ly standing. “Even if the cent of a besieged rebel- new air strikes, tank shelling has suffered the highest lev- regime takes the neighbour- held district damaged, and rocket fire hit the city, els of destruction... Images hoods back, there’s barely a destroyed or uninhabitable, said the Observatory. “Sixty of Homs make it look like a house left standing to return a monitoring group said yes- to 70 percent of buildings in world war has hit the city,” to,” said Abdel Rahman. terday. The estimate from Khaldiyeh are either totally Abdel Rahman added. Yesterday, government the Syrian Observatory for destroyed, partially Amateur video posted troops used mortars, rocket Human Rights came nine destroyed, or unsuitable for online by activists yesterday fire and heavy artillery to tar- days into an all-out assault habitation,” Observatory showed flames and thick get rebel areas in the city, by troops loyal to President director Rami Abdel Rahman black smoke rising from sev- the Britain-based Bashar al-Assad on the rebel- told AFP. Homs is Syria’s eral empty burnt-out build- Observatory said. “We’re held Khaldiyeh and Old City third-largest city, and tens of ings already riddled with under heavy pressure, espe- cially on the Khaldiyeh front. The fighting is fierce and we are living off very scarce sup- plies,” said anti-regime activist Abu Khaled. “We have run out of nearly all fuel and medical equipment after more than a year under siege,” he told AFP via the Internet. Regime forces have made slow progress, seizing several buildings on Khaldiyeh’s edges in recent days, “tightening the siege” on the rebels, he added. “Homs has important sym- bolic value for the revolu- tion, and if the regime takes it over, it will score a big vic- tory,” he said. Homs lies in central Syria, straddling sup- BAB AL-HAWA, Syria: A wounded man is brought into hospital near Syria’s rebel-con- ply routes to all the country’s trolled border with Turkey on Saturday. —AFP provinces. According to the United Nations, some 2,500 to 4,000 people are trapped in the besieged areas of the city. In Damascus, regime war- planes targeted Jubar in the east of the capital, while tanks hit Qaboon in the northeast, said the Observatory. Several mortar rounds hit Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus, it added, as rebels and troops clashed nearby. In northern Damascus, the army tried to storm Barzeh, where rebels are still holed up, the watch- dog said. Elsewhere, a blast hit a regime post in the heart of Aleppo, Syria’s commer- cial capital, said the Observatory, without elabo- rating on casualties. Syria’s 27-month war has killed more than 100,000 people, the group estimates. On Saturday alone, at least 69 people were killed nation- wide, it said. — AFP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Bringing up baby, the British royal way

LONDON: The imminent birth of Britain’s couple who will deal with the dirty dia- “We keep being told that their parents agree that William and Kate will want to home by a governess while William’s royal baby will be announced on a gold- pers and sleepless nights like any ordi- want to give them a normal upbringing,” be “hands on” parents. father Prince Charles was not only said to en easel and hailed by cannon fire - but nary mother and father around the Patrick Jephson, the former private secre- Kate is seen as a natural with children. have been starved of affection as a boy royal-watchers say that behind the pomp world. But observers warn that even if tary to William’s late mother Princess She once toyed with the idea of setting but also famously miserable at the tough Prince William and Catherine will be try- they avoid dispatching the baby to the Diana, told AFP. “In some vague sense we up a junior fashion label, and spent her Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun. ing to balance tradition with modern par- nursery like earlier generations of “The are supposed to approve of the notion. second wedding anniversary visiting a Diana can take much of the credit for enting. The couple, both 31, have been Firm”, the responsibilities and pressures But I’m afraid the truth is they’re not nor- children’s hospice. But whether she breaking that mould. She took William on widely portrayed as a 21st century royal of monarchy will still get in the way. mal and never can be normal.” Britain’s chooses to break with royal tradition and a royal tour to Australia when he was still royal family are famed for their stiff upper forego a full-time nanny remains to be a baby and made sure he and his lip, but by all accounts in the generations seen. “Although Kate has professed that younger brother Harry did “normal” before William that was largely forged by she doesn’t want nannies, and wants to things - even though they both went to childhoods spent with nannies and in do it on her own, that’s before she’s fac- Eton College, one of Britain’s most exclu- boarding schools instead of with parents. ing six months of sleepless nights,” Claire sive boarding schools. “She took them to Reports that Kate and her baby would Irvin, Editor-in-chief of Mother & Baby see the homeless and gave them normal spend the first six weeks at her parents’ magazine, told AFP. “But she is quite treats like trips to Alton Towers (theme home fuelled the idea that Britain’s modern and doesn’t seem to want huge park)... I’m sure Will and Kate will want to newest royal might begin life like any entourages of help.” do the same,” Dampier said. other child, although security fears have Phil Dampier, a royal reporter for 28 Diana’s legacy will doubtless also raised doubts over whether this will hap- years and author of “What’s in the affect Kate and William’s relationship with pen. While the Middletons are million- Queen’s Handbag”, believes the couple the press, and their determination to aires, they earned their money in busi- may have little choice. He expects weigh privacy against public expecta- ness and appear to be a close-knit family William will soon increase his royal tion. William was 15 when his mother with none of the formality of the royals. duties, as his elderly grandparents died in a car crash in Paris while being Until now, William and Kate have been Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ease pursued by photographers. But with the living relatively modestly in a remote theirs, and says the couple will need sup- global appetite for William and Kate’s sto- farmhouse in Anglesey, north Wales, port at home. “William will want to do his ry showing no sign of fading, keeping where William works as a Royal Air Force share of changing the nappies,” he said, their offspring out of the spotlight could search-and-rescue helicopter pilot. but added: “I think they will have to have prove a test even for the media-savvy The couple will eventually move into a full-time nanny even if they don’t want young royals. “The interest in this baby is Kensington Palace in London, but build- one.” already absolutely off the scale,” said LONDON: Members of the media add to a sweepstake on the royal ing renovations - which have already cost Gone are the days, however, when Dampier. “I have never known so much baby’s sex and arrival time outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital taxpayers £1 million - are not expected to royal children seldom saw their parents interest in the royal family. It’s an extraor- be finished before the birth. Wherever and lived in virtual seclusion. The queen dinary real life soap opera and it’s not yesterday. —AFP the baby first lays its head, commentators and her sister Margaret were educated at going to stop any time soon.” —AFP Logistical nightmare hits Snowden’s asylum hopes Leaker claims NSA spies in bed with Western states MOSCOW: Fugitive US intelligence other Western governments who are plane being grounded by a European voiced a slightly more toned down leaker Edward Snowden was staring at now complaining about its programs. country as happened to Bolivian message only minutes earlier that the logistical nightmare of escaping In comments made before his expo- President Evo Morales when he was same day. “We are open, respectful of Russia for a safe haven in Latin America sure of US espionage practices, suspected of trying to smuggle the the right to asylum, and it is clear that if yesterday after three leftist leaders Snowden told German news weekly American from Moscow earlier this circumstances permit it, we would offered him asylum in their states. Der Spiegel that NSA spies are “in bed week. The mercurial Bolivian leader receive Snowden with pleasure and Bolivia on Saturday became the third together with the Germans and most said that incident had convinced him give him asylum here in Nicaragua,” country to extend an offer of asylum to other Western states”. his country had nothing left to lose by Ortega said at a public event. the 30-year-old former US National Washington has urged Russia to irritating Washington. Morales declared But Venezuela’s foreign ministry Security Agency (NSA) contractor sanc- hand over Snowden as a gesture of that Bolivia had “no fear” of either made clear on Saturday that it had not tuary after similar guarantees from good will because the two sides have Washington and its European allies. made any contact with Snowden since NEW DELHI: Indian protestors show their support for NSA leaker Edward Maduro’s invitation. That makes it Snowden at India Gate yesterday. —AP uncertain just how much currency a verbal commitment has with Russian authorities who are seeking clear docu- Snowden: A very mented evidence of Snowden having a legal future destination point. Snowden never boarded his plane out 21st century spy of Moscow for Cuba on June 24 for unexplained reasons. PARIS: In the good old days of the Cold War, in which everything I say or do is recorded” But analyst said it was likely that he when spies wanted to defect, they sneaked by the secret services, he added. “He’s con- was simply not allowed to board by into a secret door of an enemy embassy fused, idealistic, not very sophisticated,” the Russians because he had no valid with a briefcase stuffed full of state secrets. judged Lewis, adding he was a product of “a transit papers after his US travel pass- Then came Edward Snowden. Is he a traitor, very anti-government American popular port had been revoked. Neither do a defector or a human rights activist? culture”. countries such as Bolivia and Snowden defies traditional classification of Unlike the spies of old, however, a rogue agent, say experts. Sebastien Snowden has left himself without an escape Venezuela have consular sections in Laurent, a French espionage historian, said route, noted the American expert. “Why Sheremetyevo that could issue Snowden was “not typical in terms of the defect if you don’t even know where you’re Snowden with the required papers. history of espionage” but could become the going?” he asks. “He left without any safety The possibility of the American leaving model for disaffected spies in the future. net apart from his information. He had no Moscow with a foreign delegation The 21st century defector is no longer a promise of protection,” agreed Laurent. This meanwhile is also slim given that digni- top-level agent with a set of encrypted doc- apparent lack of forward planning has led taries all fly to and from a separate air- uments, but a computer geek armed with a the 30-year-old, now one of Washington’s portable hard drive. “That’s the problem most wanted, to be stranded in the transfer port called Vnukovo on the other side with privatising the security services,” said zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo interna- of Moscow to which Snowden has no Laurent, referring to the recent trend of the tional airport after the US revoked his pass- access. American intelligence agencies to farm out port. In recent days, his hopes of escaping Even the possibility of Moscow work to “contractors” like Snowden. “They the clutches of the American authorities diplomats from Venezuela or some employ people that were in the secret serv- have risen after Venezuela, Nicaragua and ices and therefore already cleared. But in Bolivia offered him asylum. PARIS: A demonstrator holds up a picture of the former technical contractor of the US Central other country handing Snowden his travel papers at Sheremetyevo would fact, that’s the main weakness. If these con- However, it is unclear how he will actual- Intelligence Agency Edward Snowden during a demonstration in support of Snowden at the tractors have personal problems, they are ly be able to fly to one of these countries not resolve all his problems. Morales’ Place du Trocadero in front of the Eiffel tower yesterday. Around forty people, mostly activists armed with digital weapons of mass without a passport. He would also have to from organizations defending rights and freedom on the Internet, gathered in support of plane was grounded in Vienna on destruction,” he said. fly through the airspace of several US allies Snowden. —AFP Tuesday because several EU states sus- Indeed, instead of defecting to a rival which might order the plane grounded. pected that he was smuggling power, Snowden - a former contractor for “He’s dead, in a figurative sense,” said Venezuela and Nicaragua. All three no extradition agreement. President Bolivia will “give asylum to the Snowden out of Moscow after paying the powerful National Security Agency Laurent. “Given the seriousness of what he nations have strained ties with Vladimir Putin - a former KGB spy who American, if he asks”, said Morales. a visit there for a gas summit. But all the (NSA) - flew to Hong Kong and handed over has done, he will never find a safe haven.” Washington and represent Snowden’s has often sparred with the White Bolivia was one of 21 countries to flights to Cuba pass through the same a USB stick full of top secret documents to Unlike the shadowy agents of the past, best options after his rejection by most House during his 13 years in power - which Snowden had applied within EU air space and there is no guarantee journalists from British daily The Guardian. Snowden is a product of the Facebook, The end of the Cold War and the break- Twitter and reality TV age and was not of the 21 nations he had applied to for has flatly refused and suggested that the past week, according to the that Snowden’s jet would not be down of traditional rivalries means afraid to show his face before eventually protection last week. Snowden had better quickly decide WikiLeaks anti-secrecy website. Two stopped and searched. Cuba itself has Snowden is more of a global defector, said going to ground at the airport. “He got The fugitive himself remained hid- himself where he wanted to go. But others included Venezuela and preferred to stay out of the conflict and James Andrew Lewis, former US diplomat what he wanted: a sort of glory,” said Lewis den out of sight in a Moscow airport Snowden’s options at Moscow’s Nicaragua - nations that also spelled has issued no indication of being will- and now analyst at the Center for Strategic of the man whose face has been splashed transit zone for the 15th day yesterday Sheremetyevo airport are limited out their intentions over the weekend. ing to receive the American fugitive at and International Studies in Washington. over the front pages of the global media for after arriving there upon spilling his US because the only flights to Latin Maduro said on Saturday that “as head its Havana airport. “He’s dead, in a figu- “In the Cold War, there were two types of weeks. Moreover, this will probably not be surveillance secrets in Hong Kong. But America are routed through Cuba - a of state of the Bolivarian republic of rative sense,” said French espionage his- Western defector: Americans who defected the last case of its kind, given the impor- for money and Britons who did it for more tance of computer experts, hackers and Snowden was back in the press yester- country that has remained conspicu- Venezuela, I have decided to offer torian Sebastien Laurent. “Given the ideological reasons,” he said. But instead of programmers in the secret services, said day, claiming that the NSA operates ously silent throughout the dispute. humanitarian asylum to the young seriousness of what he has done, he moving East or West, Snowden has become Laurent. “There will probably be other broad secret spying partnerships with Snowden also faces the risk of his Snowden”. Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega will never find a safe haven.” —AFP a global sensation for uncovering “a world Snowdens.” —AFP Campaigning begins for Mali elections

BAMAKO: Campaigning for Mali’s water- preparations last week as an “enormous France plans to have just 1,000 troops election. On Saturday scores of people Headed by Belgian MEP Louis Michel, shed July 28 presidential election official- undertaking”. “The situation in Mali is of on the ground before the end of 2013 hostile to the Malian army protested in the observers are analysing each phase of ly began yesterday, with the nation strug- great concern... It is vital that these elec- and has been pushing for a quick election front of their military camp in Kidal, the process, from the scheduling of the gling to move on from war and return to tions be credible and peaceful, with an in the hopes of restoring order to the where an African security source said date and registration of candidates, desperately needed constitutional order outcome accepted by all Malians,” Ban country, under the control of an interim “peace is fragile”. through the campaign, election day itself after an 18-month political crisis. The bal- told reporters in Geneva. government since the coup. But Mali’s Tiebile Drame, architect of a peace and the count and announcement. Mali’s lot will be the first since a coup in March The coup toppled President Amadou election commission has expressed deal enabling Malian troops to enter constitutional court released a list on last year that ousted the democratically Toumani Toure and created an opening doubts it will be ready to hold the vote Kidal and secure the polls, told AFP on Friday of the candidates, featuring four elected president, just months before he that allowed groups allied to Al-Qaeda to on July 28, with some 500,000 people still Thursday it was “very clear” that the elec- former prime ministers and an array of was due to step down at the end of his seize northern Mali. A UN peacekeeping displaced after the conflict, and many tions would be “botched”. “The govern- political heavyweights - but just one final term in office. The transitional gov- mission integrating more than 6,000 west observers have raised concerns over the ment is not ready, the minister of territori- woman. Haider Aichata Cisse, a legislator ernment lifted a nearly six-month state of African soldiers into its ranks is charged security challenges in the conflict-scarred al administration is not ready, contrary to for a constituency near the northern city emergency on Saturday, marking what with ensuring security during and after vast desert north. what he said, and the (election commis- of Gao, will go head-to-head with 25 officials hope will be a gradual return to the elections, and will grow to 11,200 Malian troops on Friday entered the sion) is not ready,” Drame said. A men, including past premiers Ibrahim normality ahead of the nationwide polls. troops, plus 1,400 police, by the end of last rebel stronghold, the key northern European Union mission, made up of 90 Boubacar Keita, Cheick Modibo Diarra, But critics of the process argue that it the year. The deployment allows France city of Kidal, which had been held by the observers, has begun work in Mali, and Modibo Sidibe and Soumana Sacko. is being rushed and, far from restoring to start withdrawing most of the 4,500 Tuareg separatist National Movement for will report on whether the elections, Keita, prime minister from 1994 to 2000 democracy, it threatens to plunge the troops it sent to Mali in January to stop the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) since which will go to a second round on and president of the National Assembly deeply divided west African nation fur- the Islamists from advancing towards the the Islamists were driven out. The lack of August 11 if required, should be seen as for five years from 2002, was due to hold ther into chaos. United Nations Secretary capital, Bamako, from their northern government control in the city was seen credible a few weeks after the result is a news conference announcing his candi- General Ban Ki-moon described the strongholds. as a major obstacle to organising the announced. dature later yesterday. —AFP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Heated NYC mayor race ‘a star-studded affair’ Super-competitive campaign

NEW YORK: One makes a video with Steve meanwhile, has links to actor Ethan Hawke, a himself. Buscemi, a former city firefighter, got Buscemi and rockers Vampire Weekend. Another longtime supporter of the Doe Fund, the home- arrested alongside de Blasio in 2003 while gets shout-outs from Whoopi Goldberg and lessness-services nonprofit McDonald runs. GOP protesting plans to close a firehouse - and in Brooke Shields. A third hobnobs over cocktails rival John Catsimatidis has been cultivating a April appeared in a video with Vampire Weekend with an actor from “The Sopranos.” No, it’s not an theatrical tie of his own - the billionaire busi- in which the candidate professes his love for the awards show weekend. It’s the New York City nessman has been underwriting performances band and jokingly agrees they could write an mayor’s race, featuring a cast of celebrities like of “The Little Flower,” actor Tony Lo Bianco’s one- official song for the city in return for their votes. few other municipal elections. Last weekend, man show about former New York Mayor Fiorello Such supporters “may be famous, but they Democratic mayoral contender Christine Quinn La Guardia. are also progressive New Yorkers and passionate unfurled a star-dusted list of pro-gay-rights Entertainers, athletes and other pop culture activists who care deeply about the future of our backers of her bid to become the city’s first icons have lent star power to national politics city and believe we need real change” after female and first openly gay mayor. Among them: since at least 1920, when singer and comedian Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 12 years, de Blasio singer Lance Bass, actor Neil Patrick Harris, direc- Al Jolson wrote a campaign song for Republican said in a statement. His campaign’s famous tor Rob Reiner and “Project Runway” style czar nominee Warren Harding and ushered dozens of friends also include Susan Sarandon. Tim Gunn, who said Quinn would “make the theater performers to a rally at Harding’s Ohio Campaigns can run the risk that celebrity RIO DE JANERO: Catholics cheer during mass at the Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, position of mayor the bully pulpit it needs to be home. Later, show business would pave the supporters will distract from their message Brazil, yesterday. Pope Francis will travel to Brazil and participate in World Youth Day to fight for all New Yorkers. “ path for several stars to win office themselves, instead of amplifying it. Just ask Mitt Romney events July 22-28. — AP Ten days earlier, Alec Baldwin announced most prominently President Ronald Reagan. about Clint Eastwood’s Republican National that he’d raffle off two dinner invites to any- And celebrities’ politics can be local, too, par- Convention speech to an empty chair or query amount donors to Democratic candidate Bill de ticularly in such fame havens as New York and President Barack Obama about Robert de Niro’s A day without pay ahead Blasio. Los Angeles, where the recent mayoral contest crack about some GOP candidates’ wives at a “There are few things I enjoy more than a drew in Salma Hayek, Moby, Jimmy Kimmel and fundraiser earlier in 2012. for Pentagon workers good meal with good company, particularly Magic Johnson, among other buzzerati. De Blasio faced questions last week after when an issue as urgent as the New York City In places where voter rolls are stuffed with Baldwin lashed out at a British journalist with a WASHINGTON: A day without pay, the first focused more on how to slash spending in mayoral election is up for discussion,” the “30 boldface names, candidates can almost feel vulgar Twitter tirade using an anti-gay term. of 11 through September, comes next 2014. The department can only force work- Rock” actor told de Blasio supporters in an email, pressed to get celebs on their side, says former Baldwin apologized in a statement to the gay week for more than 650,000 people who ers to take 22 furlough days per year, thus saying the candidate “understands the inequali- New York mayoral candidate Tom Allon, a news- rights group GLAAD, and a de Blasio spokesman hold civilian jobs with the Defense the need for possible layoffs. ty crisis facing our city.” paper publisher who dropped his campaign in called the actor’s language “clearly unaccept- Department. Officials worry that the In the coming weeks, however, civilian And in May, a fundraiser for Republican hope- March. He doesn’t think stars’ political opinions able.” Pentagon will be hit even harder by layoffs employees ranging from top-level policy ful Joe Lhota spotlighted as “special guest” Steve carry much weight with New Yorkers, but if he’d And Quinn was on the spot when illustrious in 2014 if automatic budget cuts continue advisers to school teachers and depot Schirripa, best known as gentle-spirited goodfel- kept running and could tap some famous feminist Gloria Steinem publicly threatened to as planned. workers will not be answering their phones la Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri on “The Sopranos.” endorsers, “I’m sure I would have tried,” he said. forsake Quinn’s mayoral campaign if Quinn kept Roughly 85 percent of the department’s or responding to emails for one day a week With the super-competitive campaign to lead While celebrities’ imprimatur may not sway preventing the council from voting on requiring nearly 900,000 civilians around the world through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. the nation’s biggest city in high gear since voters, stars can help campaigns more indirectly, many businesses to provide paid sick time. will be furloughed one day each week over 30. The department estimates the savings spring, the day-to-day menu of candidate political observers say. Quinn ultimately backed the proposal, and the next three months, according to the lat- will be between $1.9 billion and $2.1 bil- forums, policy speeches and endorsements from “The crude notion that celebrities are persua- Steinem endorsed her. est statistics provided by the Pentagon. But lion. Managers across the department have political figures and interest groups has increas- sive, most of the time, for how people vote is just Some candidates say their campaigns aren’t while defense officials were able to shift been given some flexibility in how they ingly been sprinkled with a healthy dash of glitz. wrong. But I think celebrities are very important courting stars. Average New Yorkers’ votes “are money around to limit the furloughs this schedule the days off during each two- One day, it’s a video from hip-hop impresario in certain situations: fundraising, attracting way more valuable than the endorsement of the year, thousands of civilian, military and week pay period. But they also are dealing Russell Simmons praising de Blasio, now the city crowds and interest where it otherwise might ‘Sex and the City’ cast,” said Todd Brogan, a contract jobs could be on the chopping with complex legal requirements that in public advocate. Another day, it’s Goldberg post- not exist,” says North Carolina State University spokesman for Democratic contender Sal block next year. many cases prevent them from using mili- ing on her Facebook page to cheerlead for City political science professor Michael Cobb, who Albanese, a former city councilman. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is tary personnel to fill in for the absent civil- Council Speaker Quinn, who also counts Shields has researched whether celebrity endorsements Another candidate is well-known enough in expected to provide senators with more ians. “There’s going to be perhaps some as a backer. Or salsa star Willie Colon tweeting a affect voters. his own right, for good or ill: Anthony Weiner, details early next week on how the next degradation of mission across the depart- link to a song he wrote lauding Democratic con- A star might get more people to a rally or the Democratic former congressman felled by wave of across-the-board budget cuts will ment, and because of reduced work sched- tender Bill Thompson, a former city comptroller. fundraiser, generate press coverage or write smutty tweets. Weiner hasn’t announced any affect the department, said Pentagon press ules for 650,000 employees,” Little said. “We Indeed, the race can sometimes seem like checks and round up wealthy friends to do like- endorsements since he jumped into the race secretary George Little. But while defense knew that going in, and we knew that something of a ballot-box version of “Battle of wise. (Several celebrities are bringing their pock- roughly six weeks ago. officials have not yet released details on the would be a problem, and we’ve tried to the Network Stars.” De Blasio’s “LGBT for BdB” etbooks to bear on the New York mayoral cam- Campaigns that are embracing luminaries say impact of the cuts, Gen. Ray Odierno, the take steps to ensure that top-priority mis- gala is headlined by Sarah Jessica Parker and paign, including Quinn donors Tom Hanks and they’re keeping fame in perspective. Army’s chief of staff, has warned that as sions across the department aren’t dispro- Cynthia Nixon of “Sex and the City” fame and Jon Bon Jovi and de Blasio contributors Paul “We’re always so appreciative to have them,” many as 100,000 more active-duty, portionately affected. Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming? Well, Simon and John Turturro.) said Jessica Proud, a spokeswoman for Lhota, an National Guard and Reserve soldiers could In some cases, supervisors will try to here comes the “LGBT for Quinn” team, with And a celebrated backer can contribute to ex-Metropolitan Transportation Authority boss. lose their jobs if Congress allows billions of accommodate workers who manage to actor-playwright Harvey Fierstein and actors voters’ view of a candidate, especially if the star’s But ultimately, Proud said, “people want to know dollars in automatic budget cuts to contin- find some other part-time, temporary job ue next year. Initial hopes that the number to help ease the fiscal pain, although they Cheyenne Jackson and George Takei, along with known for political activism. what you’re going to do with them in office.” of furlough days could be reduced have are limited in the types of employment Bass, Harris, Reiner and Gunn. Baldwin, for example, is so outspoken about “You’re not running for ‘American Idol,’” she largely been dashed. Instead, talk is they can take. — AP Republican candidate George McDonald, city matters that he flirted with a mayoral run added. “You’re running for mayor.” — AP

Hurricane Erick barrels up Mexico’s Pacific coast MEXICO CITY: Hurricane Erick barreled Telmo to Cabo Corrientes, with tropical The storm was expected to remain up the western coast of Mexico yester- storm warnings for areas further west. steady overnight and then weaken day, bringing with it the danger of flash “Hurricane conditions are possible in without making landfall as it floods and landslides, forecasters said. the hurricane watch area tonight and approached southern Baja California. As of 0001 GMT, Erick packed winds Sunday,” the NHC said in its latest bul- Mexico’s national weather service of 130 km per hour as it moved to the letin. has recommended the coastal popula- northwest along the Mexican coastline “Tropical storm conditions are likely tion of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacan, about 85 miles south of Manzanillo, to spread westward across the Mexican Colima and Jalisco get ready for torren- Mexico. coast in the warned area today through tial rains, powerful waves, flooding, Heavy rains were falling over parts of Sunday,” it added. landslides and strong winds. southwestern Mexico, the US National “Swells generated by Erick are affect- The storm could drop up to eight Hurricane Center in Miami said, as the ing the coast of southwest Mexico. inches of rainfall in some spots, the NHC storm churned up the Pacific coast at These swells are likely to cause life- warned, saying “these rains could cause about nine miles per hour. A hurricane threatening surf and rip current condi- life-threatening flash floods and mud watch was in effect from Punta San tions,” it said. slides.” — AFP China state media identifies two plane crash victims BEIJING: The two people who died students at Jiangshan Middle School The South Korean airline said in a in an Asiana Airlines plane crash at in eastern China, died in the crash, statement that Ye and Wang were San Francisco International airport state broadcaster China Central both 16. were Chinese schoolgirls, Chinese Television said, citing a fax from the A group of 29 students and five state media said yesterday. airline to the Jiangshan city govern- teachers had set off from the highly Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, ment. competitive school in Zhejiang, an affluent coastal province. A woman from Zhejiang’s educa- tion department had said earlier that they had lost contact with two stu- dents. The woman gave only her sur- name, Tang. Of the 291 passengers onboard, 141 were Chinese. At least 70 Chinese students and teachers were on the plane heading to summer camps, according to education authorities in China. The flight slammed into the run- way while landing at the airport Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the SAN FRANCISCO: A Boeing 777 airplane lies burned near the runway after emergency inflatable slides as flames it crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. An tore through the plane. Officials said Asiana Airlines passenger aircraft coming from Seoul, South Korea crashed 182 people were taken to area hospi- while landing, killing two people and injuring scores of others. — AFP tals. — AP Immigration, student loan top congressional agenda WASHINGTON: Republicans and Democrats put goodwill will be irresistible to future majorities,” McConnell said last to the test as Congress returns this week to potentially month, looking ahead to 2014 when Democrats have to incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes defend 21 seats to the GOP’s 14. over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of McConnell envisioned a long list of reversals from the whether lawmakers have the political will to rewrite the Democratic agenda, from repealing President Barack nation’s immigration laws. The rare cooperation on display Obama’s signature health care law to shipping radioactive in the Senate last month with passage of a bipartisan nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain in Reid’s home state of immigration bill could be wiped out immediately if Nevada. Recently elected Democrats have clamored for Majority Leader Harry Reid, frustrated with minority changes in Senate rules as Obama has faced Republican Republicans’ delaying tactics on judges and nominations, resistance to his nominations. Two Cabinet-rank choices - tries to change the Senate rules by scrapping the three- Tom Perez as Labor secretary and Gina McCarthy to head fifths majority for a simple majority. the Environmental Protection Agency - could be approved Republican leader Mitch McConnell has indicated it is a by the Senate this month after a loud debate over adminis- decision Reid could regret if the GOP seizes control in next tration policies. The GOP also has challenged Obama’s year’s elections. “Once the Senate definitively breaks the three judicial nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the rules to change the rules, the pressure to respond in kind District of Columbia Circuit. — AP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Both Koreas agree to reopen joint zone ‘when ready’

SEOUL: North and South Korea yester- zone to discuss details over reopening cue the complex-a valuable source of suspension. The zone had become the Kaesong complex. “The talks are boiled day made a crucial step forward in wind- the zone, including a demand from hard currency for the impoverished most high-profile casualty of recent ele- down to this: North wants to restart ing down months of high tension, agree- Seoul that the North guarantees it will communist state. vated tensions on the peninsula. Kaesong up front while the South calls ing to reopen a joint industrial zone seen never again unilaterally shut down the Neither side declared the complex Representatives of South Korean compa- for a guarantee against such unilateral as the last remaining symbol of cross- estate. The North, however, will likely officially closed, instead referring to a nies based there had repeatedly urged actions to suspend Kaesong,” Professor border reconciliation. find it hard to accept such a demand as temporary shutdown, while blaming the two sides to open talks to revive the Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North The deal follows months of friction it would amount to Pyongyang accept- each other for its suspension. moribund industrial park. Korean Studies said. and threats of war by Pyongyang after ing full responsibility for the suspension. “I’ve got an impression that the North Some firms have threatened to with- The two sides have so far been its February nuclear test attracted The complex-built in 2004 about 10 was making very active efforts to solve draw from Kaesong, complaining they unable to resolve this question but it is tougher UN sanctions, further squeezing km north of the border as a rare symbol the issue of the Kaesong complex,” Suh have fallen victim to political bickering significant that they have discussed the its struggling economy. of inter-Korea cooperation-had previous- told journalists. Under the agreement between the two rivals. issue and set a date for a further round At the end of a gruelling 15-hour talk, ly remained largely resilient to turbu- Seoul businessmen will be allowed to After repeatedly threatening Seoul of talks, he said. the two sides said in a joint statement lence in relations. cross the border to check on their facili- and Washington with conventional and “Wednesday’s talks will serve as a that they had agreed to let South Korean But the North, citing military tensions ties at Kaesong from Wednesday. The nuclear attack, Pyongyang has appeared good indicator to see where the two firms restart their shuttered plants at the and Seoul’s hostility, pulled out all its news was warmly welcomed by the in recent weeks to want to move Koreas are headed-restoration of dia- Kaesong complex near the border when 53,000 workers from the 123 Seoul- South Korean firms at Kaesong. “I was towards dialogue. Analysts say North logue or build-up of tension.” conditions are ripe. owned factories in April, prompting the overcome with emotions and shed tears Korea is mindful of a US demand that it Sunday’s concurrence was a reversal “The South and the North will let South to withdraw the managers of for a while,” Moon Chang-Seop, a top improve ties with Seoul before there can from the collapse of high-level talks last business companies at Kaesong resume around 120 companies in early May. representative of the 123 companies be any direct talks with Washington. month on the future of the Kaesong operation when (they are) ready to do After signing the agreement, Suh Ho, said. But other businessmen expressed The North made a surprise move last estate. The high-level talks collapsed so,” said the joint statement. Seoul’s chief delegate for the latest talks, concern that it would be difficult for Wednesday by restoring a cross-border even before they took off over a dispute The two sides will meet again on said the North’s officials had appeared them to solicit buyers who have left military hotline and promising to let who should lead each other’s delega- Wednesday at the Kaesong industrial “very enthusiastic” in negotiations to res- them during the past three months of South Korean businessmen visit the tion. — AFP Japan set to restart reactors after crisis Return to nuclear energy

TOKYO: Japan is moving a step clos- to put their reactors back online. Electric Power Co. came under fire for command centers are reportedly still er to restarting nuclear reactors as Nearly all the utilities owning underestimating the risk of a tsuna- under way at many of them. utilities are set to ask for safety nuclear power plants reported huge mi and building a seawall that was The approvals are aimed at inspections at their idled reactors, losses last fiscal year due to higher less than half the height of the wave resuming reactor operations even the clearest sign of a return to costs for fuel imports. Hokkaido that hit Fukushima Dai-ichi and though nearby communities lag in nuclear energy nearly two and a half Electric Power Co., for example, said caused multiple meltdowns and enacting needed emergency and years after the Fukushima disaster. it has been hit with additional daily massive radiation leaks. About evacuation procedures, and the With all but two of its 50 reactors off fuel costs of 600 million yen ($6 mil- 160,000 evacuees still cannot return restarts will cause more nuclear line since the crisis, Japan has been lion) to make up for three idled reac- home. waste, plutonium stockpiles and oth- without nuclear energy that once tors. Nuclear operators have request- “We decided to apply because er safety and environmental risks, supplied about a third of its power. ed rate hikes or plan to do so. Prime we’re confident about the safety said a group of experts headed by AMRITSAR: President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajnath Singh (2R), Punjab state Four of nine Japanese nuclear Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed for measures we’ve taken,” said Shota Hosei University sociologist chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and president of Punjab BJP, Kamal Sharma pay plant operators - supplying the restarts since taking office in Okada, a spokesman at Hokkaido Harutoshi Funabashi. their respects at the Sikh Shrine Golden temple in Amritsar yesterday. Rajnath regions of Hokkaido, Kansai, Shikoku December, freezing the previous Electric Power Co., filing for the The critics say running nuclear Singh visited the city to attend a two-day meeting with the executive body of the and Kyushu - will apply for inspec- government’s nuclear phase-out triple-reactor Tomari plant. “We’ll do plants will eventually become a Punjab state BJP at a resort on the outskirts of Amritsar and paid his respects at the tions by the Nuclear Regulation plan. Resumption of nuclear power everything to accommodate a financial burden, as safety upgrades Sikh Shrine, Jallianwala Bagh and Durgiana temple. — AFP Authority for 10 reactors at five plants is part of his ruling party’s smooth inspection process.” under the new requirements add up plants Monday, when new safety campaign platform in parliamentary Critics say the requirements have and the cost of decommissioning requirements take effect. elections in two weeks. New rules for loopholes that make things easier for aging reactors and waste cleanup Applications for two more reactors the first time require plants to guard operators, including a five-year grace jump. Even initial safety upgrades are Toxic radiation again in are expected later in the week. against radiation leaks in the case of period - given to reactors known as estimated to exceed a combined Reactors that pass the stricter severe accidents, install emergency PWRs that come with larger contain- total of 1 trillion yen ($10 billion). TEP- groundwater at Fukushima rules will be allowed to reopen possi- command centers and enact anti-ter- ment chambers considered less likely CO, struggling with huge compensa- bly early next year, with each inspec- rorist measures. Operators are to suffer from pressure buildup than tion and disaster cleanup costs, want- TOKYO: Toxic radioactive substances have have made their way into underground tion expected to take several required to upgrade protection for ones like those ravaged at ed to apply to restart two reactors in once again been detected in groundwater water. months. Critics say the rules have tsunamis and earthquakes, as well as Fukushima - for taking some man- Niigata, central Japan, but was forced at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Subsoil water usually flows out to sea, loopholes, including grace periods tornadoes and aviation accidents. dated steps. This means half of the to postpone that amid local protests. Japanese operator said yesterday, the latest meaning these two substances could nor- for some safety equipment. Hit by Safety was previously left up to 48 reactors that use a pressurized Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida on in a series of incidents at the tsunami-bat- mally make their way into the ocean, possi- soaring gas and oil costs to run con- the operators, relying on their self- water system could operate without Friday accused TEPCO President tered complex. bly affecting marine life and ultimately ventional power plants to make up interest in protecting their invest- the features for up to five years. Naomi Hirose of ignoring the local Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said impacting humans who eat sea creatures. for the shortfall, Japanese utility ments as an incentive for implement- All 10 reactors set for inspections communities: “Money or safety, tests showed that tritium, a radioactive iso- However, a TEPCO official said last companies have desperately sought ing adequate measures. Tokyo are PWRs, and filtered vents and which is more important?” — AP tope of hydrogen used in glow-in-the-dark month that seawater data showed no watches, was present at levels 10 times the abnormal rise in the levels of either sub- permitted rate. stance as the company believed the “From test samples on July 5... we groundwater was largely contained by con- Bomb analysis lab in Kabul hunts for killer clues detected a record high 600,000 becquerels crete foundations and steel sheets. KABUL: In a discreet laboratory in Kabul, a per litre” of tritium, 10 times higher than The revelations are the latest in a grow- French military officer scans a long list of tele- the government guideline of 60,000 bec- ing catalogue of mishaps at the crippled phone numbers scrolling down a computer querels per litre, TEPCO said in a statement. plant, more than two years after the worst screen. “This is the call that triggered the explo- “We continue efforts to prevent further nuclear disaster the world has seen in a sion,” he says, pointing. expansion of contamination by construc- generation. TEPCO said last week it would The French-run facility is the nerve-centre of tion works... and will strengthen monitor- ask Japan’s nuclear watchdog for the green NATO efforts to analyse and trace how thou- ing of pollution comprehensively,” it said. light to re-fire two of the seven units at the sands of homemade bombs made by insurgents The new readings came after TEPCO said world’s biggest Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear in late June that it had detected the highly plant in Niigata prefecture, a move rebuked are evolving and becoming more sophisticated. toxic strontium-90, a by-product of nuclear by local leaders. The team of 15 forensic specialists puzzle fission that can cause bone cancer if ingest- Tens of thousands of people were forced over how the devices are designed and how to ed, at levels 30 times the permitted rate. from their homes by the threat of radiation prevent them from being detonated-clues that At the time it had detected tritium at after the tsunami and Fukushima disaster, could also lead back to the rebel bomb-makers around eight times the allowed level, or with some still unable to return. themselves. The IED (improvised explosive 500,000 becquerels per litre. Although the nuclear accident is not device) came to widespread public attention The substances, which were released by officially recorded as having directly killed during the Iraq war and has also become the sig- the meltdowns of reactors at the plant in anyone, the natural disaster claimed more nature guerrilla tactic in Afghanistan, where the the aftermath of the huge tsunami of than 18,000 lives and was one of Japan’s Taliban and other insurgent groups have fought March 2011, were not absorbed by soil and worst ever peacetime tragedies. — AFP US-led forces since 2001. The device typically uses old battlefield ord- nance, explosives from mining or agricultural fertiliser, and is detonated by an electronic sig- KARACHI: A Pakistani driver sits on his trailer carrying NATO military equipment parked near the sea port of Karachi yesterday. The US military has started to withdraw equipment from Whale knocks surfer nal such a telephone call, a manual trigger line Afghanistan through Pakistan ahead of next year’s deadline for combat troops to leave the war or a pressure plate. against the Taliban. Pakistan is a key transit route for the NATO mission in landlocked Cheap, relatively-easy to make and adapt- unconscious in Australia Afghanistan, from where it is driven to the border from the Arabian Sea port of Karachi. — AFP able, it is the militants’ weapon of choice, killing SYDNEY: A Sydney surfer had a lucky “He is lucky people were there (to help US and Afghan soldiers, government officials, USB memory sticks, data cards and mobile age to combine techniques. And on the escape yesterday when he was hit by a him), but we were also lucky that he’s the and civilians on a daily basis, often planted in phones “talk to him”. Internet, you will find many of the plans,” said whale frolicking off Bondi Beach and only one (needing help),” the spokesman dirt road tracks. The Multi-National Theatre “You can retrieve calendar items, incoming the adjutant. One recent graphic example knocked unconscious. said. Exploitation Laboratory is located inside the and outgoing calls, contact lists, text messages, shows the rebels’ ability to come up with dead- New South Wales Ambulance said sever- One witness told the ABC that the whale Kabul airport military complex, a large highly- multi-media content and even erased images, ly new ideas. “In late February, an American sol- al whales were close to the iconic beach. was “the size of a bus” and had been frolick- secure area that is a major base for NATO’s videos and files,” he said enthusiastically. dier saw an American radio placed on the road,” Paramedics were called in to help when ing with a group of surfers. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He also tracks the frequencies used to deto- said Lieutenant Colonel Charles, head of the one of the large animals hit, or flicked with “I mean, it was 40 feet long - it was Clean, calm and quiet, the laboratory is a far nate IEDs remotely-a life-or-death calculation as centre. “The soldier recovered the radio, put it in its tail, the male surfer or his board, knock- huge,” Lachlan Harris told the broadcaster. cry from the frontlines where the IEDs are picked it allows signal jammers to be set correctly and his vehicle and a few seconds later it exploded, ing him out. “They were playing and the whale was up. The devices are investigated in small rooms prevent bombs being triggered near ISAF vehi- leaving many dead.” “He was knocked unconscious very frolicking with them and having a lot of fun containing computers, monitors, spectrum cles. Although the lab specialists employ the lat- With materials for making IEDs freely avail- briefly,” the spokesman said, adding that and sort of popping its head out. analysers and oscilloscopes measuring voltage. est hi-tech equipment to fight against the IED able, their use is hard to counter. the man was rescued by fellow surfers and “It just flicked its tail and some surfers It is here that electronic experts Adjutant threat, they face a difficult challenge, with the The devices were responsible for 60 percent is now in a stable condition in hospital. were in the wrong (place) and the next Olivier, who gave only his first name in line with insurgents constantly re-inventing their fatal of ISAF fatalities in 2009, though the figure fell to He said the man had pain down one thing, you know, a surfboard is flying in the French military policy, says he makes hard drives, designs. “They adapt, they are clever, they man- 42 percent last year.— AFP side, but was not seriously injured. air... It was unbelievable.” — AFP 12 killed as Filipino troops, rebels clash

MANILA: More than 100 break- Army forces were firing artillery tinue a rebellion for a separate truck drove by in Datu Piang, away Muslim guerrillas launched rounds against the rebels Sunday Muslim homeland in the southern killing an army lieutenant and two attacks against army troops in the in a mountain encampment, he Philippines. soldiers and setting off a gunbat- southern Philippines, sparking said. Hundreds of villagers fled Despite the rebel infighting, tle, military officials said. The clashes that killed five soldiers and from Datu Piang, an impoverished the peace talks have progressed in attackers later withdrew and were at least seven insurgents in an rural town about 900 kilometers recent years and were scheduled being pursued by reinforcement apparent attempt to spoil peace (560 miles) southeast of Manila, to resume Monday in Malaysia to troops. talks between the government officials said. try to iron out differences in a Another group of rebels, wait- and the country’s largest Muslim The Muslim guerrillas involved wealth-sharing pact that would be ing in ambush behind coconut rebel group, the military said yes- in the fighting broke off from the a pillar of an emerging Muslim trees on the coast, opened fire on terday. largest Muslim rebel group in the autonomy deal. about 30 army troops aboard The daylong clashes involving country, the 11,000-strong Moro “There have been reports that three approaching motor boats, the hardline Bangsamoro Islamic Islamic Liberation Front, two they wanted to commit atrocities killing two soldiers and sparking a Freedom Fighters erupted years ago. to sabotage the talks,” Bulao said gunfight in the nearby village of Saturday in the marshy hinter- The rebel faction, led by com- of the breakaway guerrillas. Paidu Pulangi in Pikit town in lands of Datu Piang town in mander Ameril Umbra Kato, has “They’re one of the spoilers of the North Cotabato province. At least AHMEDABAD: Indian shepherds plunge into a canal near Araniya village, some 65 Maguindanao province and in vil- rejected the talks between the peace talks.” seven rebels were killed and sev- km from Ahmedabad yesterday. Owing to recent heavy and timely rains the shep- lages of nearby North Cotabato main rebel group and the govern- Suspected fighters of the rebel en others were wounded, Bulao herds and farmers of many regions of Gujarat state are happy. Over 70 percent of province, said regional army ment, saying they have gone faction detonated a powerful said, citing reports from the Indians depend on farm incomes and about 65 percent of India’s farms depend on spokesman Capt. Anthony Bulao. nowhere, and has vowed to con- bomb on a roadside as an army army troops. — AFP rains that fall between June and September. — AFP

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Issues Abu Qatada a human rights test for Jordan

By Mussa Hattar

he deportation from Britain to Jordan of radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada poses a human rights Ttest for Amman as it faces the challenge of ensur- ing he gets a fair trial, experts say. The terror suspect was deported on Sunday after the two governments formally approved a treaty guaranteeing that evi- dence obtained by torture would not be used against the 53-year-old cleric in any trial. Although torture and ill-treatment in detention are illegal in Jordan, com- plaints about such practices have marred its human rights record. But it has proved difficult and some- times impossible to hold alleged torturers account- able. “The Abu Qatada case has provoked a great deal of scrutiny and debate regarding Jordan’s record on tor- US in quandary amid Egypt upheaval ture,” Adam Coogle, Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, told AFP. “The assurances and guaran- By Jo Biddle argued Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the States is “not aligned” with any side. “The United States tees Jordan has provided in this individual case are House intelligence committee. categorically rejects the false claims propagated by some not a substitute for putting a complete stop to all he United States yesterday was left eyeing the polit- He told CNN Sunday the US should “continue to sup- in Egypt that we are working with specific political par- instances of torture or ill-treatment in the kingdom.” ical turmoil in Egypt from the sidelines, insisting it port the military, the one stabilizing force in Egypt that I ties or movements to dictate how Egypt’s transition Abu Qatada pleaded not guilty to terror charges Twas not taking sides, yet increasingly concerned think can temper down the political feuding”. Influential should proceed,” a White House statement said. pressed by Jordanian military prosecutors just hours about a key ally descending into chaos. The US adminis- Republican Senator John McCain has called for a suspen- Former US ambassador to Egypt, Abil Fahmy, who is after his deportation from Britain, his lawyer Taysir tration has been caught in a semantic nightmare about sion of US aid “because the Egyptian military has over- rumored to be the possible foreign minister in a new Diab said. In 1999, Abu Qatada was condemned to whether to call Wednesday’s ousting of the nation’s first turned the vote of the people”. “We cannot repeat the Egyptian administration, told NBC: “We are trying to death in Jordan for conspiracy to launch terror attacks, democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi by the same mistakes we made at other times in our history by establish a government, an interim president, consulting including on the American school in Amman, but the military a coup. Under US law, that would mean some supporting the removal of freely elected governments,” to try to get the widest possible support for the new sentence was immediately reduced to life imprison- $1.5 billion in military and economic assistance to Egypt he said Friday, adding the generals needed to set a prime minister.” He added it was hoped a new prime min- ment with hard labour. And in 2000, he was sentenced would have to be frozen, risking undermining the power- timetable for new elections and a new constitution. ister would be named within hours, and a roadmap to 15 years for plotting to carry out terror attacks on ful army at a time when the country’s future direction But Egypt’s ambassador to the US, Mohamed Tawfik, would then be set out for elections. “The military acted in tourists during millennium celebrations in Jordan. has yet to be determined. insisted on ABC television: “Egypt has not undergone a response to the people,” he said. “They did oust the presi- “Jordan has made some progress over the last few But standing on the fence is leaving the administra- military coup, and it is certainly not run by the military. dent, that’s true. But then they handed over government years in addressing the torture problem, but com- tion of President Barack Obama looking increasingly Today, there is an interim president in place.” “So now we immediately to the interim president.” plaints continue to emerge,” Coogle said. “No official in weak both domestically and in Egypt, where many want new elections. We’re going to get new elections. Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who has Jordan has ever been successfully prosecuted for tor- Egyptians see the US as trying to prop up the Morsi We’re going to get a new parliament,” Tawfik said, adding been named as a possible interim prime minister, had ture, and until Jordan ends the atmosphere of impuni- administration. One US lawmaker suggested Obama the process must be inclusive. been due to appear on NBC television yesterday but ty for torture and ill-treatment we can never say that should go before Congress to argue why the United Behind the scenes top US cabinet officials have been abruptly canceled saying he had “laryngitis and a fever” there is zero risk.” States needs to keep up its assistance to the Egyptian in constant contact with Egyptian military and political and was under doctor’s orders not to do any television Jordan’s Adaleh Centre for Human Rights Studies military. “I think the law is very clear on this, and I think leaders, calling for a peaceful transition back to civilian interviews. The official MENA news agency said on will monitor the authorities’ treatment of Abu Qatada, we ought to be honest with ourselves. And I don’t think rule. Obama on Saturday convened a meeting of his Saturday that caretaker president Adly Mansour had who was once described by a Spanish judge as the that skirting the law here is the right thing to do. The National Security Council and again condemned the vio- appointed ElBaradei, only for his office to later deny any right-hand man in Europe of Osama bin Laden. Abu president should come to Congress and make the case,” lence seen on Egyptian streets and stressed the United final decision had been taken.— AFP Qatada denies ever having met the now slain Al- Qaeda leader. “The case of Abu Qatada will test Jordan on its human rights records and the government will seek to show utmost transparency to improve the Merkel’s road to third term could be rocky country’s image,” Hussein Omari, a lawyer at Adaleh, told AFP. “I do not think Abu Qatada will face torture or By Noah Barkin SPD, with whom she ruled in her first and policy gap between the parties, par- support of the Left in parliament - is also mistreatment. Jordan has provided guarantees and term between 2005 and 2009. ticularly on economic issues, are seen as seen as a no-go in stability-obsessed the case will be closely monitored by the media as he German election is still more The problem this time around is that too big to overcome. The same holds Germany. Still, if the election result is not well as Britain.” than two months away but for the SPD is dead-set on avoiding a “grand true for a so-called “traffic light” coalition clear-cut, the expectation is that the But reporters were not allowed into the courtroom Tmany the vote’s final chapter has coalition” under Merkel. That’s because between the SPD, Greens and FDP, or major parties will sound each other out to hear the charges being read, despite a government already been written. Angela Merkel, it is the party is still haunted by their previ- what Germans call a “Jamaica” coalition on most of these combinations. pledge of transparency in handling Abu Qatada’s retri- widely assumed, is cruising to a third vic- ous partnership, when Merkel co-opted between the CDU, FDP and Greens, Everyone will be talking to everyone, al on charges that have already earned him a life sen- tory at the polls. When she wins, the many of her rival’s policy ideas, coaxed because the colours of the respective meaning talks on forming a new govern- tence passed in absentia. Omari said a 25-member thinking goes, there will be few, if any, away its supporters and left the SPD parties match those of the Jamaican ment could stretch well into November, team from Adaleh, including doctors, psychiatrists and lawyers, will follow up on the case, examine Abu major changes to German policy. The with its worst election result in the post- flag. An additional variant involving the as they did in 2005 when incumbent Qatada’s testimony and attend his trial. “The team will vote could well play out according to war era four years ago. Senior members SPD, Greens and far-left “Linke”, or Left Gerhard Schroeder initially refused to issue a neutral report on his deportation, trial and ver- script. Merkel’s conservatives hold a of the party are vowing to prevent a party, has been definitively ruled out by concede defeat to Merkel because of her dict. Even if he is declared innocent, we will keep fol- dominant 16-19 point lead over the next repeat in September - even if it leads to the SPD. And the option that has some razor-thin margin of victory. lowing up on his situation.” strongest party, the centre-left Social months of post-election uncertainty. in Merkel’s entourage worried - a minori- If the SPD does buckle and link up Born Omar Mahmud Mohammed Otman in Democrats (SPD), and recent polls sug- “Anyone who believes the SPD is going ty government of the SPD and Greens, with Merkel again, the consensus is that Bethlehem in the now Israeli-occupied West Bank, the gest she may be able to renew her cen- to jump right back into a grand coalition with the tacit it will demand - and eventually get - its father of five has Jordanian nationality because the tre-right coalition with the Free doesn’t know the mood in the party nor pound of flesh in terms of policy con- town was part of Jordan at the time of his birth. “I do Democrats (FDP) after Sept. 22nd. the power of the states,” said a leading cessions. This could lead a new Merkel not think that Abu Qatada will face a fair trial in But should she fail to secure a parlia- figure in the SPD who spoke to Reuters government to take a tougher line on Jordan,” said Musa Abdallat, a Salafist lawyer who rep- mentary majority with the FDP, the elec- on condition of anonymity. banks, push up spending and raise resents Islamist groups in Jordan. “Jordan’s human tion aftermath is likely to be far messier After a string of regional victo- taxes on high earners, even if she rights record is well known. Torture, mistreatment and than many casual observers of German ries in recent years, the SPD now has ruled this out during her cam- similar practices still exist. The country does not politics presume. In this scenario, Merkel governs in 13 of Germany’s 16 paign. respect human rights, particularly when it comes to would probably have to pay a very states. The party’s regional On the margins, it could also Islamists.” heavy price in terms of policy conces- barons are particularly worried lead to a more pro-growth MP Khalil Attieh, the deputy lower house speaker, sions to stay in the Chancellery. And her about another “grand coali- approach in Europe. “The disagreed. “Parliament will not accept unfair trial of any Jordanian,” he told AFP. “The country has provided exit could not be ruled out. In a note this tion” and are exerting huge SPD will try to find one enough guarantees to ensure a fair trial and that he week, J P Morgan analyst Alex White put pressure on the SPD lead- theme that they can really will not face any kind of mistreatment or torture.” For the chance Merkel will be booted out of ership to explore other force on Merkel,” said Peter Coogle, the case gives Jordan the chance to show that office after the election at 20 percent. options after the vote. Loesche, professor emeri- it can conduct a fair hearing for a terrorism suspect. “If the election result produces nei- “There are a lot of peo- tus at Goettingen “State security court officials should uphold Jordan’s ther a centre-left or centre-right majori- ple in our party that University. “Taxes is a good pledge not to introduce any evidence obtained ty, which seems very likely, then we will would prefer to see place to start. Merkel will through torture or ill-treatment, and they should open witness the most difficult, protracted Merkel partner with have no other alterna- the trial and allow independent monitoring organisa- and dramatic coalition negotiations in the Greens than do tive.” tions and the media to attend and ensure that the the history of the Federal Republic,” another grand coali- A poll this week for proceedings comply with fair trial standards,” he said. Heribert Prantl wrote in an editorial in tion,” the SPD leader public television station “Jordan will not be able to put a complete stop to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily. “The said. Despite the reluc- ARD showed that 81 per- instances of torture and ill-treatment until it holds winner takes it all? That may work for tance, Frank Decker, a cent of Germans expect those who commit these acts accountable.” —AFP Abba but not in German politics,” he political scientist at Merkel to remain chancellor wrote, referring to a song by the Bonn University, believes after the vote, compared to just Swedish pop band. “The chancellor will the SPD will not be able 13 percent who see her SPD chal- All articles appearing on these not necessarily be the one that comes to avoid partnering with lenger Peer Steinbrueck taking pow- pages are the personal opinion of out on top.” Merkel if she fails to get her er. But the complexities of coalition- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Under the German political system, preferred centre-right majori- building and the possibility that other leaders must secure a majority in the ty. That’s because all other parties, like the anti-euro “Alternative responsibility for views expressed Bundestag lower house of parliament to coalition combinations seem far- for Germany”, make it into parliament, therein. Kuwait Times invites read- rule. Merkel’s conservatives may be far fetched. With her decision to pull mean that Merkel may have a big- ers to voice their opinions. Please ahead of the SPD in opinion polls, but out of nuclear power after the ger fight on her hands than is send submissions via email to: opin- they are unlikely to win more than 40 Fukushima disaster in Japan, commonly assumed. “ [email protected] or via snail percent of the vote on election day, Merkel removed the biggest hur- This won’t be as easy as it meaning she will have to find a partner dle to a partnership with the looks,” said a top aide to the mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. to stay in power. If she can’t do that with environmentalist Greens, a com- chancellor. “If we don’t get a The editor reserves the right to edit the FDP, which may not reach the 5 per- bination that has been tried at majority with the FDP, it’s any submission as necessary. cent threshhold to enter the Bundestag, state but never at the federal going to be messy. It will be the likelihood is that she turns to the level. But the cultural divide very, very difficult.” — Reuters NEWS MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

CAIRO: The Egyptian air force puts on a show as opponents of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square yesterday. — AP

Court to rule on freezing polls July 14 Continued from Page 1 ment claims State Minister for Assembly Affairs and either illegal or the 2009 Assembly should be revived in supported by the fund and running in the first and third Planning Rola Dashti is the elected MP in the Cabinet, this order for it to become legal. The court yesterday received a constituencies, KD 250,000 in the second and as much as KD Assembly issued last month. According to Abdulhadi, would mean that the dissolved 2009 Assembly must be similar petition and set tomorrow to start reviewing it. 500,000 for certain candidates in the fourth and fifth elec- this decree is illegal and the whole election process will also reinstated. Dashti was a member of parliament elected in In another development, Al-Jarida newspaper claimed toral districts. The paper said the fund aims at electing at be illegal. Abdulhadi demanded that the court should halt 2009 but this Assembly was dissolved on two occasions, the yesterday that a group of influential people, including mem- least 25 MPs in the 50-seat Assembly to have a formidable the election scheduled for July 27 in order for the govern- first time in December 2011 after which it was reinstated by bers of the ruling family, have established a KD 13.5-million bloc that can influence the Cabinet’s composition. The fund ment to rectify the constitutional errors. the constitutional court, but was dissolved again in October fund to influence the outcome of the election. The daily said also plans to spend as much as KD 13 million to influence The lawyer also told the court that even if the govern- last year. Abdulhadi said that in both cases, the Cabinet is that the fund will pay KD 350,000 to candidates who will be the election of the new Assembly speaker. Splits in leadership amid Egypt protests Continued from Page 1 laureate for his time as head of the UN nuclear watch- dog, is an inspiring figure among the leftists, secular Senior Brotherhood members Saad Emara said and revolutionary youth groups behind the 2011 there was no possibility for any negotiations with the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Word new leadership after “all betrayed us”, and following on Saturday that he would be appointed prime minis- the military’s clampdown on the group. “We are not ter sparked cheers among many of their ranks, believ- regressing to a Mubarak era but to ... a totalitarian ing he can push a strong reform agenda. regime,” he told AP. “Anything other than protest is sui- But he is deeply distrusted as too secular among cide.” Morsi and five top Brotherhood figures are cur- many Islamists and seen by much of the public as elite. rently in detention, and around 200 others have arrest Walid Al-Masry, of Tamarod, said Al-Nour is using the warrants out against them. The group’s TV station and ElBaradei issue to press liberals on the constitution, three other pro-Morsi Islamist stations were put off the worried about changes to the Islamist-drafted charter. air. Among those detained is Badie’s deputy Khairat Al- “They are afraid about the articles that concern the Shater, seen as the most powerful figure in the group state’s Islamic identity,” he said, adding that the liberals and its main decision-maker. assured Salafis that they won’t touch these articles. Al- The wrestling over the prime minister spot under- Nour was once an ally of Morsi but broke with him lined the divisions with the collection of factions that over the course of his year in office, saying his backed the military when it pushed Morsi out of office Brotherhood was trying to monopolize power, even on Wednesday and installed a senior judge, Adly over other Islamists. When the June 30 wave of anti- Mansour, as an interim president. At center stage of Morsi protests began, the party called on its followers the feuding is the ultraconservative Salafi Al-Nour to stay neutral. But it supported the military’s interven- Party, the sole main Islamist faction that sided with the tion to remove the president, joining in talks with mainly secular groups that led the charge against army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Morsi. On Saturday, the party blocked the appoint- Meanwhile, the Brotherhood and their opponents ment of reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei, a sought to show their power in the streets. The favorite of liberal, leftist and secular groups, as prime Islamists have denounced the removal of Morsi as an minister. army coup against democracy. Their opponents have Another member of the coalition, Tamarod, the argued the president had squandered his electoral main organization behind the massive protests last mandate and that the Brotherhood was putting Egypt week calling for Morsi ouster, said ElBaradei was still its on an undemocratic path. Tamarod, Arabic for “Rebel”, candidate for the post. It railed against Al-Nour yester- called on its supporters to turn out to defend “popular day, accusing it of “blackmail” and “arm-twisting”. legitimacy” and “confirm the victory achieved in the Showing the outside pressures on Al-Nour, Emara of June 30 wave.” By yesterday evening, large crowds the Brotherhood said Al-Nour “has lost credibility and filled Tahrir Square and the streets outside the trust after they sided with the takeover” - a sign the Ittihadiya presidential palace. Brotherhood hopes to draw the party’s Salafi support- Pro-Morsi rallies turned out in several places around ers behind it in the streets alongside other Islamists. the city, centered outside the Rabaah Al-Adawiya The prime minister is to be the real power in what- Mosque where they have been holding a sit-in for ever interim government emerges, since the presi- more than a week. In a Facebook posting yesterday, dent’s post will be largely symbolic. The prime minister the Brotherhood’s supreme leader Mohammed Badie will also likely have strong influence on the process of said the “leaders of the unconstitutional coup contin- writing a new constitution. That’s a major concern of ue flagrant violations against the Egyptian people”. A Al-Nour, which pushed hard for the Islamic character Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad Al-Haddad, said the of the charter pushed through under Morsi’s adminis- military is not giving any positive signals for the group tration, which was suspended after his ouster. to be willing to talk, pointing to the arrests of the lead- Mohammed Aboul-Ghar, the leader of the liberal ership figures and shutdowns of media. “They are try- Egyptian Socialist Democratic Party, said Al-Nour ini- ing to terrorize us,” he said. tially agreed to ElBaradei taking the post, but then Outside Rabaa Al-Adawiya, Brotherhood supporters shifted its position for unknown reasons. He said talks waved flags as young men wearing makeshift helmets are still ongoing through mediators. Abdullah Badran, jogged in place and did calisthenics, as part of security a leading Al-Nour lawmaker, said there was “a misun- teams the group says are to defend its rallies from derstanding” and that it hadn’t accepted ElBaradei. The attack. “Do we not deserve democracy, aren’t we party has asked for 48 hours to propose alternatives, worth anything?” said an emotional Alaa Al-Saim, a he said, adding that it will finalize its position but will retired army engineer in a broad-brimmed hat to pro- not back ElBaradei. tect from the sun. He pointed to the shooting by “This sensitive period requires an independent who troops on Friday of pro-Morsi protesters. “It’s the first can win consensus not cause more divisions and polar- time I’ve seen that, the army shoots at us with ization,” he told AP. “We don’t want prejudices because weapons they bought with the taxes I paid.” Khaled it would only lead to more divisions.” He said that Galal, a young bearded man in a skull cap, called the objections to ElBaradei are rooted in his lack of popu- army’s actions the “rape of legitimacy”. “Muslims aren’t larity not only among Islamists but among a large sec- allowed democracy, and when we pick up weapons to tor of Egyptians. ElBaradei, a 71-year-old Nobel Peace defend it we get called terrorists,” he said. —Agencies MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 SPORTS

Raikkonen bides his time Mob decapitates referee Lecavalier joins Flyers

NUERBURGRING: Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen is in no rush to make a deci- NEW YORK: Four-time All-Star Vincent Lecavalier was signed on a multi- sion over his team for 2014 despite speculation linking him to a move to SAO PAULO: One man has been arrested in northern Brazil after a referee year contract by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, the biggest name to champions Red Bull with Mark Webber stepping away from Formula One at who fatally stabbed an amateur player over his refusal to leave the field be scooped up on the second day of the National Hockey League’s free the end of the season. was decapitated by a mob, police said on Saturday. agency. The 33-year-old Canadian will join the Flyers after spending his Raikkonen, who is third in the standings, is out of contract after this sea- Referee Octavio da Silva, 20, stabbed player Josenir dos Santos, 30, on entire 14-year league career with the Tampa Bay Lightning, with whom he son having been one of the most impressive drivers since returning to F1 June 30 after dos Santos refused to heed his order to leave, police won the Stanley Cup in 2004. last year. The Finn spent two years in rallying after being dumped spokesman Kena Souza told Reuters. “It is a great honor for me to be a part of the Flyers,” by Ferrari in 2009 to accommodate Fernando Alonso, only A mob then turned on da Silva, killing him before severing his head in Lecavalier said in a statement. “This is a great hockey two years after his world title with the Italian team. the remote town of Pio XII, named after a former pope. A 27-year-old man team with a great history which I’m very proud to be a “I have no idea,” he told the official Formula One was arrested on July 2 and police in the regional headquarters of Santa part of. I’m going to do my best to help lead this team website when asked when he would decide about Ines will continue to investigate the incident, Souza said. to another championship.” his future. “I will obviously decide at a certain point Brazil has made significant strides in lowering homicide rates in recent Drafted number one overall by the Lightning in but there are still a lot of things that have to be right years, as millions were lifted from poverty, but it faces mounting pressures 1998, Lecavalier was released last week by Tampa Bay and good things always take time. I have no dead- to show it is a safe place for tourists before 12 Brazilian cities host the 2014 to clear space under a smaller salary cap. He had line.” soccer World Cup and Rio de Janeiro the Olympic Games in 2016. signed a five-year deal with the Flyers worth $22.5 He is one of three drivers who are not members In Rio de Janeiro on the day of the brawl, Brazil’s national team handily million according to local media. Lecavalier has scored of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association which threat- defeated Spain in the Confederations Cup, considered a test run for next at least 20 goals in each of his full seasons in the ened to withdraw from yesterday’s German year’s molyuch bigger championship. The eight-team tournament was league, with last year’s lockout-shortened Grand Prix if the tyre explosions marked by an unexpected wave of demonstrations, some violent, in part campaign the only exception. In 1,037 witnessed in Britain last weekend to protest the $14 billion being spent on World Cup preparations amid a career games for Tampa Bay, he scored happened again.—Reuters lack of adequate public services.—Reuters a franchise-high 383 goals.—Reuters Yankees, Angels advance

NEW YORK: Andy Pettitte stopped the Orioles once again, Eduardo Nunez returned with a go- ahead hit and the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 5-4 Saturday for a season-high sixth straight win. The Yankees overcame Chris Davis’ major league-leading 33rd home run and yet another double from Manny Machado, who was celebrat- ing his 21st birthday. The Orioles have lost four of five. The 41-year-old Pettitte (6-6) earned his 251st win, tying Hall of Famer Bob Gibson for 44th place on the all-time list. Pettitte stretched his unbeaten streak against Baltimore to 11 starts dating to 2007, winning eight times. Overall, he is 28-6 against the Orioles - only Yankees great Whitey Ford (30) has beaten the Birds more often since the franchise moved from St. Louis to Baltimore for the 1954 season. Mariano CHICAGO: Kevin Gregg No. 63 of the Chicago Cubs pitches in the 9th inning against the Rivera worked the ninth for his 29th save. Pittsburgh Pirates on his way to his 15th save of the season at Wrigley Field. —AFP Nunez came off the 60-day disabled list before the game and played for the first time since a strain on his left side slowed him in early May. His key hit Cubs see off Pirates helped end a seven-game winning streak by Chris CHICAGO: Alfonso Soriano hit two-run batting fourth, but the reigning NL MVP and Tillman (10-3). Nunez had a sac fly in the second, homers in consecutive innings to lead the batting champion hit third. singled and scored in the fifth and knocked in the Chicago Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the On the day he earned his first All-Star go-ahead run with a single in the sixth. Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Saturday. selection, Bumgarner (9-5) helped erase ANGELS 9, RED SOX 7 Edwin Jackson and three relievers com- Bochy’s big blunder by retiring his first 14 bat- In Anaheim, Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer ANAHEIM: Shortstop Jose Iglesias No. 10 of the Boston Red Sox flips over Erick Aybar No. 2 of bined on a five-hitter, and the Cubs handed ters. Tim Federowicz’s two-run homer off in the 11th inning, after the Angels rallied to tie it the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim after tagging out Aybar at the end of a pickoff play at first in the Pirates their third loss in 14 games. Bumgarner accounted for each of Los with four runs in the ninth, and Los Angeles beat the 10th inning. —AFP Pittsburgh came in with baseball’s best record Angeles’ runs. Boston to snap the AL East-leaders’ five-game win- ning streak. Brad Hawpe singled with one out in over Oakland. hander, despite giving up just 20 runs - 17 earned - and a seven-game, road-winning streak. Gregor Blanco had three hits and an RBI to The Royals had rallied to tie the game on a sacri- over 49 1-3 innings, is 0-6 in his last seven starts. Soriano hit a drive off Charlie Morton in the end an 0-for-25 skid, and Marco Scutaro the 11th against Craig Breslow (2-2). Hamilton drove the next pitch out to right-center for his 12th fice fly by Eric Hosmer in the seventh, and then ASTROS 9, RANGERS 5 fourth and a shot into the bleachers in left to drove in another run to help San Francisco loaded the bases on an error and a pair of walks by In Arlington, Jason Castro hit a tiebreaking make it 4-1 in the fifth. stop a four-game losing streak. homer and second dramatic blast in three nights. Dane De La Rosa (4-1) earned this victory with a reliever Ryan Cook. three-run homer hours after being chosen for his That was enough for Jackson (5-10), who Sergio Romo pitched a perfect ninth for Dyson, hardly known for his power, showed first All-Star team, and Houston beat Yu Darvish won his second straight start. He held the his 20th save. Stephen Fife (3-3) allowed sev- scoreless inning. Boston was leading 7-3 in the sev- enth when Andrew Bailey relieved injured pitcher bunt on his first pitch from Cook (1-2) before hit- and Texas. Pirates to one run and four hits in 5 2-3 en hits and four runs - although only one was ting a grounder deep behind second base. The catcher’s drive came off Robbie Ross in the innings. Matt Guerrier worked two scoreless earned - in 4 1-3 innings. The Dodgers com- Andrew Miller with one out and runners at the cor- ners. He retired Mike Trout on an inning-ending Shortstop Adam Rosales fielded it cleanly but seventh inning but made a loser of Darvish (8-4), innings, and Kevin Gregg came on in the mitted three errors and never got going didn’t even bother with a throw as pinch runner who had a rough night after earning his second All- ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances. Morton offensively. double play. Bailey then pitched a scoreless eighth Alcides Escobar scored the go-ahead run. Aaron Star nod in two years in the majors. (1-2) pitched six innings for Pittsburgh, allow- BREWERS 7, METS 6 before the Angels loaded the bases with two out in Crow (6-3) worked the eighth and Greg Holland The Astros built a 4-0 lead on a two-run homer ing four runs and seven hits. He struck out six In Milwaukee, Jonathan Lucroy homered the ninth against Alex Wilson. handled the ninth for his 20th save. by Brandon Barnes in the fourth and a two-run sin- and walked three. and Yovani Gallardo scattered six hits over six Red Sox closer Koji Uehara gave up a two-run RAYS 3, WHITE SOX 0 gle from fellow rookie Marc Krauss an inning later. CARDINALS 5, MARLINS 4 innings and had two hits and scored two runs single to Albert Pujols and an RBI single to In St. Petersburg, Matt Moore won his fourth Geovany Soto pulled the Rangers even in the In St. Louis, Jon Jay scored from first on to lead Milwaukee over the New York Mets. Hamilton before Howie Kendrick hit a grounder to consecutive start to help Tampa Bay beat All-Star sixth, following Mitch Moreland’s sacrifice fly, with right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s throwing Gallardo (7-8) allowed four earned runs, third baseman Brandon Snyder. But Snyder’s throw selection Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox. a three-run homer off Wesley Wright. Travis error on Shane Robinson’s single with two struck out six and walked three. In his previ- to second base sailed into right field, allowing Moore (12-3), who could still become an All-Star Blackley (1-0) got the win with 1 1-3 innings of outs in the ninth inning, giving St. Louis a win ous outing Monday against Washington, Collin Cowgill to score the tying run. It was Uehara’s as an injury replacement, gave up five hits, two scoreless relief. Darvish came out after walking over Miami. Edward Mujica (1-1) worked a Gallardo gave up nine hits and eight earned third blown save in eight chances. scoreless ninth for the Cardinals after Matt runs in three innings. Francisco Rodriguez TIGERS 9, INDIANS 4 walks and struck out six in 6 1-3 innings. Jose Altuve to start the seventh, and Brett Wallace Adams’ pinch-hit, two-run homer tied it two recorded his eighth save of the season and In Cleveland, Torii Hunter drove in three runs, The Rays have won seven of eight, improving to was hit by a pitch from Ross. Castro, who had two innings earlier. 302nd of his career. Miguel Cabrera cracked a two-run homer and a season-best eight games (48-40) over .500. hits and scored twice, followed with his 12th Jay drew a full-count walk off A.J. Ramos Gallardo had a single and a double, and Detroit dominated Cleveland for its fifth straight Fernando Rodney, the third Tampa Bay reliever, homer. Wallace reached base five times, adding (3-3) with two outs in the ninth and took third scored both times. He also had a key sacrifice win. Hunter hit a two-run homer, tripled and dou- pitched the ninth for his 19th save - completing the two doubles and two walks. easily on Robinson’s pinch-hit single. He bunt. The Brewers jumped on Mets starter bled as the Tigers won their seventh straight over six-hitter. Sale (5-8) allowed three runs, six hits, one Darvish, the major league strikeout leader, had scored without a play after Stanton hesitated Shaun Marcum (1-10) for a run in the first the Indians and increased their lead in the AL walk and had nine strikeouts in seven innings for six in six innings, but gave up six hits and a season- before throwing a relay that skipped under inning. Milwaukee added two runs in the sec- Central to 31/2 games. Detroit is 8-2 against the White Sox, who have lost eight of 10. The left- high five earned runs.—AP Logan Morrison’s glove at first base. ond and Lucroy made it 4-0 with a solo Cleveland, and the Tigers have outscored the The Marlins got homers from Derek homer in the third. Indians 16-4 in winning the first two of the four- Dietrich and Morrison but their run of four John Buck and Marlon Byrd hit solo game set. MLB results/standings straight series wins ended after they lost their homers for the Mets, who never got even Anibal Sanchez (7-5) returned from the disabled second straight to the Cardinals. Morrison has after the early deficit. Marcum, who went 20- list and pitched five innings for his first win since four homers in six games against the 11 with Milwaukee in the 2011 and 2012 sea- NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 4; Minnesota 6, Toronto 0; Kansas City 4, Oakland 3; St. Louis 5, Miami 4; Detroit 9, June 4. Cabrera and Prince Fielder homered in the Cleveland 4; Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 1; Washington 5, San Diego 4; Cincinnati 13, Seattle 4; Milwaukee 7, Cardinals. sons, allowed 11 hits and five earned runs in third off Carlos Carrasco (0-4), who was recalled NY Mets 6; Houston 9, Texas 5; Atlanta 13, Philadelphia 4; San Francisco 4, LA Dodgers 2; Tampa Bay 3, NATIONALS 5, PADRES 4 five innings. from the minors to face the AL’s best hitting team. Chicago White Sox 0; LA Angels 9, Boston 7 (11 innings); Arizona 11, Colorado 1. In Washington, Bryce Harper drove in DIAMONDBACKS 11, ROCKIES 1 TWINS 6, BLUE JAYS 0 American League National League three runs after talking his way into the line- In Phoenix, Wade Miley pitched eight In Toronto, Brian Dozier hit a three-run home up, Ryan Zimmerman knocked in the go- effective innings and had a three-run double, Eastern Division Eastern Division run, Mike Pelfrey and three relievers combined for W L PCT GB ahead run, and Washington rallied to beat first-time All-Star Paul Goldschmidt hit a two- Atlanta 50 37 .575 - a four-hitter and Minnesota beat Toronto. Boston 54 35 .607 - Washington 45 42 .517 5 San Diego. run homer, and Arizona jumped on Colorado Dozier had two hits and four RBIs, connecting NY Yankees 48 39 .552 5 Philadelphia 42 46 .477 8.5 Adam LaRoche homered, and Denard early en route to a rout. off knuckleballer R.A. Dickey for his eighth homer Tampa Bay 48 40 .545 5.5 NY Mets 36 48 .429 12.5 Span and Ian Desmond added two hits Coming off a shutout in the series opener, Baltimore 48 40 .545 5.5 as the Twins snapped a six-game skid and won for Miami 32 54 .372 17.5 apiece as the Nationals won their third the Diamondbacks roughed up Drew Toronto 42 45 .483 11 just the fourth time in 14 games. Minnesota came Central Division straight. Since returning from the disabled list Pomeranz (0-2) for five runs in the first three Central Division in having lost 17 of 23 to Toronto, including eight Pittsburgh 53 33 .616 - and homering in his first at-bat Monday night innings and finished with 12 hits. Detroit 48 38 .558 - of nine at Rogers Centre. St. Louis 52 34 .605 1 against Milwaukee, Harper had gone 0 for 18 Miley (5-7) hit his third career double in Cleveland 45 42 .517 3.5 Pelfrey (4-6) snapped an eight-start winless Cincinnati 50 37 .575 3.5 before his RBI single. the second inning, and Goldschmidt, named Kansas City 41 43 .488 6 streak to earn his first victory since May 5 at Chicago Cubs 37 48 .435 15.5 Jesus Guzman hit a three-run homer and to the NL All-Star team earlier in the day, hit Minnesota 37 47 .440 10 Cleveland. He allowed three hits in six innings, Chicago White Sox 34 50 .405 13 Milwaukee 35 51 .407 18 doubled for San Diego, which has lost eight his 21st homer in the third. walked three and struck out two. Dickey (8-9) gave Western Division Western Division straight. Ross Ohlendorf (2-0) got the win and Miley stretched his scoreless streak to a up six runs and seven hits in seven innings. He Oakland 51 37 .580 - Arizona 46 41 .529 - Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 24th career-high 13 2-3 innings - 16 overall by struck out three. Texas 50 37 .575 0.5 Colorado 42 46 .477 4.5 save. Nick Vincent (2-1) took the loss after get- Arizona pitchers - before Carlos Gonzalez led ROYALS 4, ATHLETICS 3 LA Angels 42 45 .483 8.5 LA Dodgers 41 45 .477 4.5 ting only one out in the Nationals’ two-run off the seventh with his NL-leading 24th In Kansas City, Jarrod Dyson delivered an infield Seattle 38 49 .437 12.5 San Francisco 40 46 .465 5.5 Houston 32 56 .364 19 seventh inning. homer. Miguel Montero added a three-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the San Diego 40 48 .455 6.5 BRAVES 13, PHILLIES 4 homer, Martin Prado hit a two-run shot, and eighth inning, giving Kansas City a scrappy victory In Philadelphia, Jason Heyward hit a three- Cody Ross tied a team record with a career- run homer to lead an Atlanta offense that high five hits for the NL West-leading scored in all but two innings, Tim Hudson Diamondbacks, who have won four straight. pitched seven strong innings, and the Braves Gonzalez had four hits after missing Friday’s Wagner takes control of Greenbrier Classic set season highs for runs and hits in a rout of game with a sore back. Philadelphia. INTERLEAGUE WEST VIRGINIA: American foot birdie putt at the par-three opening round, was delighted to Andrelton Simmons and Dan Uggla also REDS 13, MARINERS 4 Johnson Wagner moved a step last and pumping his right fist in maintain his long overdue return homered for Atlanta, which amassed 19 hits In Cincinnati, Cesar Izturis drove in three and snapped a three-game skid. Brian runs, matching his season total, and Mat closer to winning his fourth PGA delight. “Now I’ve got to take the to form, having struggled for McCann had four hits, and Simmons was a Latos doubled home two more for Cincinnati, Tour title by seizing a two-shot same attitude into tomorrow.” much of the past year. He came double shy of the cycle. which rallied for a win over Seattle. lead after Saturday’s third round Fellow American Jimmy Walker, into this week on the back of six Hudson (5-7) allowed one run and five hits The Reds earned only their second victory of the Greenbrier Classic at White seeking his first victory on the missed cuts in his previous seven to earn his first victory since May 5. The right- over Seattle. The Mariners are 9-2 overall in Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. PGA Tour, was alone in second PGA Tour starts. hander had been 0-6 with a 4.50 ERA in his the interleague series. Cincinnati manager One stroke off the pace after matching Wagner for the “I had a boot camp with my last 10 starts. He struck out four and didn’t Dusty Baker decided to give Izturis his ninth overnight on a tightly bunched day’s best score, storming home coach about two weekends ago walk a batter. start at shortstop so he could get some at- leaderboard, Wagner took over at with five birdies in the last nine after I missed the cut by about 30 Michael Young homered for Philadelphia, bats and stay sharp. Izturis singled home a the top as he fired a sparkling six- holes. shots at Hartford,” he said, refer- which fell 81/2 games behind the first-place run in the second and doubled home two under-par 64 on a sun-splashed Swede Jonas Blixt (67) was a ring to last month’s Travelers Braves in the NL East. Kyle Kendrick (7-6) gave more in the fifth off Jeremy Bonderman (1-3). day at The Greenbrier’s Old White further two strokes back at 10 Championship in Connecticut. up six runs and 12 hits in five innings. The Reds scored more runs than in any Course. under, a shot better than “We just got my game kind of GIANTS 4, DODGERS 2 game since a 13-7 win over Milwaukee on The 33-year-old Texan, who Australians Steven Bowditch (69) back to where it was leading into In San Francisco, Madison Bumgarner May 11. It was the second-most runs allowed played the course several times a and Matt Jones (66), and American Hawaii last season and I just feel drove in two runs and struck out nine in sev- by the Mariners, trailing a 16-9 loss to year when he was a student at teenager Jordan Spieth (67). more comfortable over the ball en innings, and San Francisco overcame an Houston on April 9. nearby Virginia Tech, mixed seven American Matt Every, the 36- right now.” Wagner won the most embarrassing lineup mistake to beat Los Latos (8-2) matched his season high with birdies with a lone bogey to post a hole leader after opening with recent of his three PGA Tour Angeles. four walks in six innings, but also doubled his 14-under total of 196. scores of 69 and 62, tumbled titles at the 2012 Sony Open in The Giants were caught batting out of RBI total by driving in a pair of runs with a WEST VIRGINIA: Johnson Wagner “Today my goal was to go out backwards with four bogeys in the Hawaii. This year, he has missed order in the first inning, wiping away Buster double. He allowed six hits and fanned 11. watches his second shot on the 16th and make as many birdies as I first seven holes on the way to a 11 cuts on the U.S. circuit with- Posey’s RBI double. San Francisco manager Kyle Seager drove in three runs off Latos with hole during round three of the could, and I did that,” Wagner told 74 and a five-under total of 205. out recording a single top-10 in Bruce Bochy submitted a lineup with Posey a homer and a sacrifice fly.—AP Greenbrier Classic. —AFP Golf Channel after sinking a 12- Wagner, co-leader after the 18 starts.—Reuters MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 SPORTS

Sheikh Salman and other dignitaries Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad delivering his speech. Kuwait Mini World Futsal kicks off

By Abdellatif Sharaa his support and assistance. He also thanked between a boy and an adult. said, “I tell everyone that Kuwait is present in kind of preparation”. He said we should thank the media for its continued full coverage. A musical presentation introduced partici- sports and can be a pioneer, and we can host Sheikh Jaber for patronizing the tournament KUWAIT: Minister of Information and State Sheikh Talal said the tournament is full of pants as dancers and violent players per- world championships.” and Sheikh Talal. He added that the organiza- Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah surprises and prizes as matches will be formed. A picture of the Sphinx came on the President of the Saudi Federation Ahmad tion of this tournament comes within the Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah opened the between famous teams from around the screen as two dancers were performing the Eid said he is glad to be present along with strategy and interest of HH the Amir Sheikh Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club Tournament world under the auspices of FIFA. Meanwhile, tanoura (skirt) dance, which is unique to other Gulf sport leaders, as Kuwait showed Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to care for the yesterday on behalf of tournament patron HH the opening ceremony used electronics and a Egypt. A matador (bullfighter) represented beautiful scenes of intellectual development youth. the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak huge screen which formed the background for Spain, while the champs, Elysees, represented in football. When asked about chances of Al- Meanwhile Bahrain’s Sheikh Essa said the Al-Sabah. Bahrain’s Sheikh Essa bin Rashid all shows, which were interconnected without France. The closing piece had all participants Nasser team, he said, “I do not think that Al- opening ceremony was fantastic and reflected along with diplomats and dignitaries attended any breaks in between. An electronic display perform together. Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Nasser has a chance, but its participation will all participating teams, and “I believe it is a the opening ceremony. Chairman of the high- showed how the earth was formed and how then declared the tournament open and form a nucleus for complete cooperation good start for this world event”. He said er organizing committee Sheikh Talal Al- things evolved until we reached the Islamic wished all participants success. In a statement between Gulf teams.” Bahrain’s Al-Muharraq team is participating, Mohammad welcomed guests and Sheikh era, as a mosque and a Kuwaiti house following the opening ceremony, Sheikh Talal Meanwhile, Sheikh Salman said the open- and it prepared very well, “but we cannot pre- Salman Al-Humoud, who thanked Sheikh Talal, appeared. Acrobatics reflected physical fitness, thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber, Sheikh ing ceremony was magnificent, and “we are dict how results will be until we see teams President of Kuwait Football Association for while a football was being exchanged Salman and all committees for their efforts. He proud to organize this championship with this play”.

Sheikh Salman in a group photo with performers. A boy and an adult playing during the ceremony. A boy hands the ball to Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud.

An Egyptian dancer performs during the opening ceremony. Egyptians performing the tanoura dance. Acrobatic performance during the ceremony. KSSC targets new shooting season

Sheikh Salman in a group photo with male shooters. Sheikh salman with female winners.

By Abdellatif Sharaa man of Sheikh Saad Academy for Olympic Shooting board members, shooters and their parents, as their children to use their spare time for something Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi, Assistant Secretary KSSC celebrated the first tournament in its new cal- good. He also thanked the academy staff and the KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sports Club has begun Mohammad Al-Ghurba, Assistant Treasurer Adnan endar. He gave special thanks to the family of media for their role in covering the sport. preparations for its new season with an important Al-Ibrahim and other officials. Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem and Sheikh Salman who Results of the tournament are as follows: tournament that proved through the years that This tournament is considered a prelude for a always contributed to the development of Kuwait Skeet-men: Ali Saad Al-Rashidi, Fahad Al-Ajmi, many talents exist among the youth who join the very busy season for Kuwait Shooting Sport Club shooting until it became a prominent sport at the Abdelrahman bin Hassan. shooting school and Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah and provides a very good opportunity to discover international level. He said Sheikh Saad Olympic Trap-men: Abdelmohsen Al-Sagheer, Abdallah Academy. KSSC held the tournament of the late promising talents among academy members. Shooting Academy continues its successful per- Ahmad, Talal Al-Azmi. Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah in Technical and administrative departments pre- formance through the large number of Kuwaiti 10m air pistol men: Nayef Al-Enezi, Theeb Al- Olympic skeet, trap, 10m rifle and pistol on pared the tournament’s program carefully, as many youths who want to enroll and learn shooting Mahan, Abdelrahman Al-Balood. Saturday. The closing ceremony was under the shooters wanted to participate and get the oppor- according to modern and developed scientific 10m air pistol women: Asmaa Al-Dhafeeri, Fatima patronage of President of Asian and Kuwait tunity to represent Kuwait in various arenas, and methods. Al-Ali, Malak Al-Sarraf. Shooting Federations, Vice-president of the this was reflected in the strong competition and Otaibi said that 30 shotgun shooters in the skeet 10m air rifle men: Abedlmalek Al-Enezi, International Shooting Sport Federation Sheikh showed several shooters who can be considered and trap along with 65 shooters in the 10m air pis- Mohammad Al-Rashidi, Mohammad Al-Otaibi. Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, who second in line behind the national team members. tol and rifle competed fiercely for first places. Otaibi 10m air rifle women: Heba Sabti, Heba Khaldi, Fanar was present at the ceremony along with the chair- Chairman Otaibi welcomed Sheikh Salman, thanked parents who were keen on encouraging Al-Refae. MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 SPORTS

Lions must make changes for Photo of the day continued success: Gatland SYDNEY: The British and Irish Lions must team with Welshmen. be allowed adequate preparation time if “A lot of you made a point about the they are to build on the success of their 2-1 number of Welsh players that were selected series win over Australia when they travel but I think you missed the story,” the 49- to face New Zealand in 2017, coach Warren year-old Wales coach said. Gatland said yesterday. “The story was about the finishing team The dust had barely settled on the and the guys that came off the bench and tourists’ first series triumph in 16 years, the job they did. I thought they were sealed with Saturday’s crushing 41-16 vic- absolutely outstanding tory over the Wallabies in Sydney, when “It came down to the wire, that’s why thoughts turned to the next tour against you’re involved in professional sport, you the All Blacks in four years’ time. want it to be tough, you want it to be close, The Lions have only won one series in you want it to be exciting and you want it New Zealand, back in 1971, and Gatland to be nailbiting, and it definitely fulfilled all said his experience over the last two those elements.”As for O’Driscoll, who tour months proved to him that there must be manager Andy Irvine said he rated as the changes to the scheduling if they are to greatest Lion of all, Gatland reiterated that have a chance of another victory there. he had made the decision for the right rea- “I think it’s important that the Lions and sons. “To be honest, if we had selected the home unions get together in terms of Brian, we would have won the game with adequate preparation time,” he told that performance as well,” he said. “But I reporters in Sydney. felt at the time that the call was the right “The season needs to be adjusted a little rugby decision, not a sentimental decision. bit so we can spend a couple of weeks in “Spoke to Brian after the game and said, I the UK and Ireland preparing properly. know how disappointing it was, but he was “There needs to be some negotiations with part of a winning series.” the southern hemisphere to push things Gatland said he would be delighted if back a bit in terms of lead-up games. the series triumph played a part in continu- “To be successful, you want to have the ing Lions tours in the future. “It’s something best possible opportunity, in New Zealand that we need to preserve for the modern in four years time poses a different chal- game,” he said. lenge to Australia. “I’m not saying it’s hard- “It’s special, just the fans and so on, it’s er, it’s different from a logistical point of been a privilege for me to be a part of it view. “They’ve got make sure they’ve got and to experience it. “It’s not just in Britain the proper processes in place to give the and Ireland, I’ve had texts from friends back Lions the best opportunity to be success- in New Zealand with people were more ful.” Gatland did not dismiss out of hand the interested in the Lions than the French Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team performs during the AirPower13 in Zeltweg, Austria. —www.redbullcontentpool.com suggestion that he might return as Lions being in New Zealand because of the coach for that tour, saying: “it’s something excitement it created.” Lions tour captain that potentially I’d look at”. As a successful Sam Warburton missed the final test with a New Zealander, however, he could just as hamstring injury and spoke perhaps for all easily be All Blacks coach in 2017. the squad players outside the matchday 23 Martin wins Tour stage Despite the satisfaction of a win on at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night. Saturday which vindicated his selection, “It put a smile on my face when I woke FRANCE: Irishman Dan Martin beat weaknesses. Perhaps tired from favorites to win Wednesday’s time Gendt and Jan Bakelants. They Gatland was clearly still digesting the reac- up this morning,” he grinned. “I looked over to Denmark’s Jakob Fuglsang at the their efforts on Saturday, the other trial on stage 11. With temperatures were about 40 seconds ahead of tion to his decision to drop Ireland’s Brian my roomy and we both said ‘test series win- line to win yesterday’s ninth stage Sky riders fell back early on and once again well into the thirties Froome’s group at the top of O’Driscoll for the decisive test and pack his ners’ and that’s what it’s all about.”—Reuters of the Tour de France, and race Froome was left to fend for himself. Celsius (above 90 Fahrenheit), Peyresourde. Quintana’s Movistar favorite Chris Froome withstood “That was one of the hardest days Froome found himself isolated on teammates drove hard at the front early attacks to defend the yellow I’ve ever had on a bike,” Froome the day’s first category 1 ascent up of the 20-man yellow jersey group jersey on another hard day of said. “I’m really happy with how I to Col de Mente. The 2011 Tour as they chugged toward the third climbing in the Pyrenees. came through today.” champion Cadel Evans fell 40 sec- climb in the blazing sun. Garmin-Sharp rider Martin and Fuglsang were alone to fight for the stage win, and Martin surged past with about 150 meters to go. It was the first Tour stage win for Martin, who is the nephew of 1987 Tour champion Stephen Roche and a cousin of fellow cyclist Nicolas Roche. “I was confident in the final stretch because I know I have some speed,” the 26-year-old Martin said. “I knew I had to be ahead in the last two corners and, when I saw that I was, I knew I could win.” Martin praised the effort by Astana rider Fuglsang. “I was very SYDNEY: British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton holds the Tom Richards Cup in lucky to have Jakob with me front of the Sydney Opera House, the day after defeating the Australian Wallabies. —AFP because he was super strong and we shared the work,” Martin said. “We really wanted to destroy the Defending champion Chiefs race ... Luckily I had the legs to fin- ish the job.” have Super Rugby setback Froome had launched a devas- tating attack in the final climb to WELLINGTON: The Chiefs’ defense of their from a damaging break by fullback Israel win Saturday’s eighth stage and Super Rugby title became more tenuous Dagg in the sixth minute of the second half move nearly two minutes ahead of when they were trounced 43-15 by the to put the Crusaders ahead 31-6 and to two-time Tour champion Alberto Crusaders in the weekend’s 19th round, place the outcome of the match beyond Contador in the overall standings FRANCE: Daniel Martin of Ireland crosses the finish line ahead of Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark to win the allowing South Africa’s Bulls to move atop doubt. and four minutes clear of 2010 ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race. —AP the table with a cliff-hanger win over the The Chiefs beat the Crusaders 28-19 champion Andy Schleck. Sharks. After leading the New Zealand con- when the teams met at Hamilton in this Froome preserved a comfort- The British rider went straight to onds behind the yellow jersey Australian Simon Clarke joined ference by as many as 15 points, the season’s 15th round and then looked a able lead over his rivals after the an anti-doping control after the group. A breakaway group featur- the leaders as the seven-man Hamilton-based Chiefs found themselves more complete team. But the Crusaders 168.5-kilometer (105-mile) trek race. It is the first Tour since Lance ing Ryder Hesjedal, Tom Danielson breakaway started to up the tempo only five points ahead of the Crusaders have been significantly strengthened by from Saint-Girons to Bagneres-de- Armstrong’s fall from grace after he and Pierre Rolland forged ahead. and then broke away on his own up with one regular season round remaining, the return of their All Blacks and they sim- Bigorre in southwestern France was stripped of his seven Tour titles Froome’s chasing group includ- the Col de Val Louron-Azet - a 7.4- in danger of losing their home playoffs ply overpowered the Chiefs on Friday to took the peloton over four category from 1999-2005 for serial doping. ed Alberto Contador, flanked by his kilometer (4.5-mile) ascent. advantage. move to fourth place on the championship 1 climbs. The Briton’s closest chal- Froome vouched after his win on Saxo-Tinkoff teammates, while Clarke was 1:10 ahead of The Crusaders scored five tries to clinch ladder. “We got smashed from the kickoff,” lenger is Spaniard Alejandro Saturday that he was “100 percent” Quintana sat behind Froome. Froome’s group when he complet- their own place in the playoffs and to keep Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said. “We were Valverde, who is 1:25 behind in sec- clean and was asked on French tel- Once they got over Col de ed it and sped down a sharp alive their bids for a first-place finish in New out-muscled, out-thought, out- ond place. Contador is sixth overall evision after Sunday’s stage if he Mente, Valverde attacked on the descent to the day’s last climb - 10 Zealand and an eighth Super Rugby title. played...out-everything. and trails by 1:51. has ever taken a performance descent and chased after the kilometers (6 miles) at 7.5 percent The Pretoria-based Bulls came from “They were really up for it, got into us Froome, Contador and Schleck enhancing product. breakaway group, prompting up La Hourquette d’Ancizan. behind twice to beat the Sharks 20-19 with and we made a lot of errors, got penalized rolled in 20 seconds behind Martin, “No,” Froome said. “I trained for Froome to go streak after him. Froome, meanwhile, tucked in a 73rd-minute try to replacement Jano and struggled to get into the game. “They whose win moved him up to eighth many months to arrive here in this The second tough climb was the behind four Movistar riders - with Vermaak. got quick ball and were able to stretch us overall, 2:28 behind. Colombian form.” Martin and Fuglsang broke day’s longest - about 13 kilometers Quintana riding his wheel - for the The three-time champions then and whe we carried we barely got to the climber Nairo Quintana tried four free with around 35 kilometers (21 (8 miles) up the famed Col de last few kilometers until the last watched nervously as Sharks fullback Riaan gain line, got slow ball and made errors.” attacks on the final climb but miles) remaining and were too far Peyresourde - and a new break- climb, where the breakaway riders Viljoen missed a last-minute penalty which Rennie must now find a way to turn Froome responded to them. ahead to be caught on the long away took the initiative. were caught up. would have snapped their winning streak around his team’s performance when they But the fact there were none of descent to the finish in southwest- Hesjedal, last year’s Giro d’Italia French President Francois at eight games and left the Chiefs clinging face the Blues in their last match of their his teammates around to help ern France. winner, and climbing specialist Hollande was among spectators - to the top of the table. regular season, to ensure one loss doesn’t Froome will give the other teams Monday is a rest day, followed Rolland were still there, joined by protected from the heat in Tour With one regular season round left, the become a form slump which jeopardizes encouragement that the seemingly by a flat stage for sprinters on Frenchman Romain Bardet and director Christian Prudhomme’s six teams that will contest the playoffs have their title defense. unbeatable Sky team may have Tuesday. Froome will be among the Belgians Bart De Clercq, Thomas De car.—AP now been found. The Chiefs and Crusaders “What (a loss) forces you to do is look at from New Zealand, the Bulls and Cheetahs everything you’re doing, your individual from South Africa and the ACT Brumbies preparation and mindsets and the things and Queensland Reds from Australia have that were key that week to make sure you all clinched playoffs places. get it right this week,” he said. Italian team opt out of America’s Cup Next weekend’s 20th and final regular “We’ve been here before. A lot of it’s season round, in which Australian teams about making sure we’ve got the attitude SAN FRANCISCO: The Italian syndicate Luna rejoin the competition after being inactive right on the day and got clarity in what Rossa has announced it will not sail in yester- during the tour to Australia by the British we’re doing.” day’s opening race of the America’s Cup chal- and Irish Lions, will now determine which The Bulls were also below their best lenge series due to an ongoing dispute about teams hold home advantage in playoffs form him their home clash with the rule changes. beginning July 19. Durban-based Sharks but drew on Luna Rossa and Team New Zealand have Of the top six teams, only the resources of composure and experience to protested regatta director Iain Murray’s Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs, who have snatch their ninth-straight win with a late reached the playoffs for the first time, have try to Vermaak. Ultimately, Vermaak’s score authority to change rules as part of his 37 never won a Super Rugby title. The and Morne Steyn’s conversion meant the safety recommendations made after Artemis Crusaders have won the tournament seven South African team champion will have the Racing crew member Andrew Simpson died times, the Bulls three times, the Brumbies crucial advantage of a home final if both of in May. The most contentious is a technical twice and the Chiefs and Reds once each. the top two keep winning. change to the rudders that Murray says will The Cheetahs sealed their place in the “Jeez, my nerves were shot there at the make the boats more stable. playoffs with a 34-13 home win over the end,” Bulls captain Dewald Potgieter said. While the opening race was scheduled for Auckland-based Blues who dropped to The Bulls go to the Cape Town-based late yesterday, the protest isn’t scheduled to ninth place and are the only previous Stormers in the final round after the Chiefs be heard until Monday. Murray said the jury is champions to miss out on a top six finish. visit the Blues in their New Zealand derby. from the International Sailing Federation and Among the former champions, none The top two teams in the league standings sets its own schedule. He said the jury mem- was more impressive in grasping a playoffs automatically qualify for home semifinals. bers are in San Francisco and there was a place than the Crusaders who ran in five Wing Bjorn Basson and Vermaak scored chance the issue could be mediated before tries to two to overwhelm the defending tries for the Bulls, while center Pat Lambie yesterday’s scheduled racing. champion Chiefs, ending their six-match and wing Odwa Ndungane went over for However the Luna Rossa syndicate winning streak. the Sharks in a South African rivalry that announced Saturday that it would not race All Blacks captain Keiran Read returned was brutally physical and in the balance while the challenge to the rules remained SAN FRANCISCO: Emcee Ted Robinson speaks with the skipper of the Italian team Luna Rossa to the starting lineup after his absence for right until the end. The Sharks, the 2012 unresolved. Challenge, Max Sirena (fourth from right) during the opening ceremonies for the America’s June test matches and scored a try in each finalists, ignored the fact that they were out Cup sailing event. —AP half to turn what had been a modest of the running for the playoffs by produc- Opponent Team New Zealand will only Crusaders’ lead late in the first half into an ing one of the best performances by a visit- have to sail around the course by itself to get Stephen Barclay. “It’s a case of won’t race, not see the first race in these spectacular AC72 unassailable advantage. ing team to Pretoria this season and they the first point in the Louis Vuitton Challenge. can’t race. catamarans. “This is particularly disappointing Read burst from a scrum to score under nearly became the first to win at Loftus this “This isn’t unexpected, but it’s still disap- “The people really hurt by this are the fans, considering Luna Rossa was out sailing on the the posts in the 40th minute then scored season.—AP pointing,” said America’s Cup chief executive who have waited for more than two years to race course on Saturday.”—AP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 SPORTS19 Will Sochi be secure in wake of threats?

SOCHI: Until recently, the most inter- one that things will be just fine. coordination commission for Sochi. protect it. The Russians will undoubt- showed that rudimentary bombs that est about the Black Sea resort of Sochi That was made clear this week “This cannot be taken lightly. I think edly pull out all stops to make the are relatively easy to make can cause was the staggering $51 billion tab the when a top Chechen rebel warlord the Russians are well equipped to face games secure - athletes at test events terrible damage even in a tightly Russians are picking up to host the called on militants to disrupt the the challenge.” in January and February talked about secured area. Winter Olympics in President Vladimir Olympics, describing them as “satanic They may well be. Olympic security patrols of guards with assault rifles - Big sporting events can make Putin’s backyard. It’s a pricey party dances on the bones of our ancestors.” has been an evolving science since but these won’t exactly be the laid- attractive targets, and they don’t get that will go down as the most expen- Doku Umarov told his followers to do Palestinian terrorists massacred Israeli back Winter Games of 2010 in any bigger than an Olympics. sive Olympics in history. It’s also a pet everything possible to cause havoc at athletes after invading the Olympic vil- Vancouver. Thankfully, Sochi has something going project for Putin, whose prestige will the games, a particularly chilling state- lage in Munich in 1972. Aside from the Security questions weren’t even at for it that Rio won’t when Brazil hosts be on the line in February when the ment considering his group is blamed bombing in Atlanta in 1996 that killed the top of the list when Sochi won the the Summer Olympics in 2016 - a gov- traveling carnival show that is the for bombing a Moscow airport, two one person, the games have for the Olympics in 2007, beating out ernment security apparatus devoted Olympics takes place just a snowball’s subway stations and a train in differ- most part been extremely safe. Pyeongchang, South Korea, and to making the games incident free. throw from his luxurious presidential ent attacks over the last three years. And, so far at least, US athletes Salzburg, Austria, in a secret vote by You won’t see it while watching on palace. The response to the threat was aren’t exactly panicking about the IOC members. Putin traveled to the television and, in the end, the And, despite pledges by Russia to both predictable and quick, with prospects of competing in Sochi. “At meeting in Guatemala to personally Olympics are just one long television make the games “the safest Olympics organizers and government officials this point we haven’t had anyone lobby the members and lead the final show. Assuming there is snow in the in history,’” it’s also the biggest target saying 37,000 police officers and a express concern,” said Patrick presentation. mountains - another worry of the imaginable in a region unsettled by an complex and multilayered security Sandusky, spokesman for the US But the Islamic insurgency active in games - Sochi should look beautiful on Islamist insurgency. system will protect both athletes and Olympic Committee. “Security is the North Caucasus mountains that TV and Putin will realize his goal of If the prospect of going for the gold spectators in Sochi and its surround- always a top concern for us and our tower over the seaside resort of Sochi showcasing the aging resort city to the in Sochi wasn’t making Olympians ing mountains. athletes and we take it all very serious- presents a very real challenge, even for world. nervous before, it should be now. “We get threats before every ly.” Still, you have to wonder whose a security plan backed by the full No, it may not be the wisest place Anyone planning to watch the show Olympics,” former Olympian Jean- idea it was to plunk an Olympics into a weight of the Russian government. to hold an Olympics. But Olympic offi- might think twice, too, no matter how Claude Killy, who heads the region beset by an insurgency - no The two Chechen brothers charged cials don’t always make the wisest often Russian authorities assure every- International Olympic Committee matter how much money is spent to with the Boston Marathon bombings choices.—AP

Johnson first driver since 1982 to sweep Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH: A flawless race gave and spun hard into the frontstretch wall. Jimmie Johnson a perfect year at It then turned back into traffic and Daytona International Speedway and Hamlin was tagged hard by AJ put him on another exclusive list. Allmendinger in a hit that caused his car Johnson became the first driver in 31 to lift off the ground. years to sweep Daytona International Both he and Allmendinger had to col- Speedway, accomplishing the feat with lect themselves after climbing from their a dominating run Saturday night for his wrecked cars, but both were evaluated fourth win of the season. The Daytona and released from the infield care cen- 500 winner is the first driver since Bobby ter. Hamlin missed four races earlier this Allison in 1982, and the fifth overall, to season with a compression fracture in a win both races in a season at Daytona. “I vertebra in his lower back, and took a don’t think I made a bad move tonight. hard hit last Sunday at Kentucky. He I’m pretty proud of that,” Johnson said. tested Monday at Indianapolis Motor “Gosh, growing up in Southern Speedway, but had to be evaluated by a California and watching Bobby Allison ... doctor on site before he got in the car. to do anything Bobby has done is pretty And his race-ending accident came after special.” The five-time NASCAR champi- he had climbed back from a lap down on was the leader on the restart for a from an earlier incident involving fellow two-lap sprint to the finish in overtime Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. Saturday night. He held off Kevin Also involved in the late accident Harvick on the restart, and then pulled with Hamlin and Allmendinger were out front to a sizeable lead. Tony Stewart Matt Kenseth, Hamlin’s Joe Gibbs Racing moved into second and may have been teammate, and Jeff Gordon. FRANCE: (From left) Jamaica’s Warren Weir, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and France’s Christophe Lemaitre cross the finish line to win the men’s timing his attempt to make a pass for “I saw the wreck and tried to slow 200m at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting. —AFP the lead when a caution in the middle of down and miss it, but just not much I the pack froze the field. could do,” Kenseth said. The race “We knew it was coming,” Johnson resumed with seven laps remaining and said of the late accident. “Getting down Johnson leading teammate Kasey Bolt races to year’s to the end of these things, we knew it Kahne. Johnson then made a strange was going to get exciting.” move to the high line to block Marcos Stewart was second, followed by Ambrose and it might have cost him the Kevin Harvick in a Chevrolet sweep. Both race as it put Kahne out front in the bot- thought Johnson’s fast car, once able to tom lane of traffic. fastest 200m time get out front, was untouchable. He led But as the two Hendrick drivers drag- 94 of the 161 laps. raced around Daytona, Ambrose clipped PARIS: Olympic champion Usain Bolt sent out in 10.92 seconds, 0.01 ahead of her rival who holder, showed he was starting to run into “These things are such a crapshoot ... the side of Johnson as he attempted a a warning to his rivals ahead of the world beat her over 200 last weekend. “Today it was form following a hamstring injury, with victo- all 43 guys have a shot at winning the sudden lane change. He slammed into championships by running the fastest time of not the best race technically but I still man- ry in 13.09. race,” Stewart said. “They definitely had the side of Kahne, causing Kahne to spin the year to win the 200 metres at the Paris aged to win,” Fraser-Pryce told reporters. “I France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi, gave the a fast car. I mean, they had a fast car at and hit an inside retaining wall for Diamond League on Saturday. did not feel Blessing coming, I just ran my home crowd something to cheer about with a the 500, they had a fast car here, so it another caution with five laps remain- The world record holder eased to the line own race,” said the Jamaican who is planning European record of 8:00.09 in the 3,000 makes sense.” Harvick thought the out- ing. “Jimmie got a little loose or he just in 19.73 bettering American Tyson Gay’s a sprint double in Moscow. metres steeplechase but the twice Olympic come would have been different if any- didn’t see my move coming, and I split world lead by 0.01 seconds and then said There was a world leading time of 14:23.68 silver medallist still finished second to London one had been able to get a push past him coming off of (turn) two,” Ambrose there was more to come. for Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba in the 5,000 2012 champion Ezekiel Kemboi who won with Johnson. said. “He came down to check the spot “I came out to try and execute the best I metres as she bids for a third world title over a world-leading time of 7:59.03. “I think we could have done the same and I was already there and he just could. I did a few things wrong but all I have the distance in Moscow next month before Kenyan Kemboi seemed more excited by thing in clean air,” Harvick said. “I think bounced us straight into (Kahne).” to do is go back to the drawing board and get turning to the marathon. “It’s a good test Mekhissi’s performance than his own, pulling the front car is in a lot better control.” Kahne angrily tossed his head-and- it right,” Bolt, who was dogged by a ham- before Moscow,” Dibaba told reporters. “It the Frenchman off the floor after the finish to Clint Bowyer was fourth and team co- neck restraint into his car after climbing string injury earlier in the season, told a news was my last race before the world champi- celebrate with him. owner Michael Waltrip fifth in a pair of from the wreckage. The race resumed in conference. onships where I’ve decided to race the 5,000 Britain’s Olympic champion Greg Toyotas. Then came Kurt Busch, Jamie overtime with Johnson leading Harvick, “I lost one 100 metres and a lot of people and the 10,000,” added the twice 10,000 Rutherford pulled out of the long jump dur- McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. as Bowyer, Stewart and McMurray. He was- are making a big deal out of it, and it doesn’t metres world champion. ing the competition complaining of a ham- Chevrolets took six of the top eight n’t challenged as neither Stewart nor really bother me,” the Jamaican said in refer- Fellow Ethiopian Almaz Ayana stunned the string problem, however he later played spots and seven of the top 10. Harvick could make a move before the ence to his defeat by Justin Gatlin in Rome crowd by taking second place in 14:25.84, down the injury. Casey Mears was ninth in a Ford, fol- race-ending caution. last month. smashing her personal best by more than 26 “Just realised worlds is still 5 and a half lowed by Ryan Newman. But NASCAR “Jimmie just was good,” Stewart said. “I am a championship person, I’m not wor- seconds and becoming the sixth fastest weeks away. Plenty of time for this old hand,” was reviewing the finishing order long “Jimmie was just really, really good. We ried, as long as I’m in great shape.” Home woman of all times. Rutherford tweeted. France’s Renaud after the race ended. were just a little bit off of him.” Added favorite Christophe Lemaitre, who won the Olympic and world champion Kirani James Lavillenie, who became Olympic champion The race was stopped for almost nine Harvick: “I really thought we were in the world bronze two years ago, finish third in produced a superb effort to win the 400 last year but is still seeking his first world minutes for a six-car accident with 11 right spot. ... Our line just never devel- 20.07 with Jamaica’s Olympic bronze medal- metres with a world-leading time of 43.96 crown, won the pole vault with a meeting laps remaining that included yet anoth- oped. I’m a little disappointed because I list Warren Weir second in 19.92. seconds, the second quickest of his career. record of 5.92 metres, two days after failing at er vicious hit for Denny Hamlin. really thought we were in the right Twice Olympic 100 metres champion LaShawn Merritt of the US was second in his opening height at the Diamond League Hamlin’s car inexplicably turned right spot.”—AP Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce held off Nigeria’s fast- 44.09. meeting in Lausanne. —Reuters finishing Blessing Okagbare for a thrilling win Aries Merritt, 110 hurdles world record Gatland’s decisions vindicated by third test triumph SYDNEY: A record third test win provided feeling vindicated. I haven’t enjoyed the last 72 and gave us impetus.” emphatic vindication for British and Irish Lions’ hours, it’s been pretty tough personally. Alun Wyn Jones, who captained the side in coach Warren Gatland’s decision to rely on mus- “That’s why you’re in the job and you have to place of the injured Sam Warburton, was clearly cle to overcome Australia after enduring 72 make some tough calls and hopefully every now exhausted but also paid tribute to the replace- hours of vilification for his team selections. and then one of them comes through and you ments. “I was digging in in the last 20 I’m not The four tries that helped the Lions to a 41-16 get it right.” afraid to say that,” said the lock. “When you’ve win and a first test series triumph since 1997 put When the Australians fought back to 19-16 got boys coming on and picking you up, it’s a a considerable gloss on the result but there can down early in the second half, it was again the great feeling.” have been few test victories more solidly built pack who reasserted the Lions’ dominance with The Australians, who had levelled up the on the engine room of the pack. another huge effort at the scrum to bag another series in Melbourne last week after the Lions A Wallabies’ scrum that had held their own in won the Brisbane opener, undoubtedly con- the tight first two tests were pulverised in the tributed to their own demise. set-piece at the Olympic Stadium, conceding Will Genia spilling the opening kickoff con- penalty after penalty as they crumbled before tributed to a horror start but it was the problems the red onslaught. In the breakdown and at the scrum, culminating in the sinbinning of around the fringes, openside Sean O’Brien and prop Ben Alexander after 25 minutes, that lost number eight Toby Faletau - both brought into them the game. “We didn’t start well, that set the beefed up pack for the decider - tackled like piece,” said coach Robbie Deans. “That gave demons and crashed repeatedly into the home them the confidence to dictate whichever way defence with ball in hand. they chose. Gatland had been subjected to a furious “And as a result because of the momentum, backlash for picking a starting team with 10 you tend to get things go your way under that players from Wales and, in particular, for drop- circumstance and it compounds. Warren Gatland ping Irish hero Brian O’Driscoll in favour of a “You let the ref into the game there and you Jamie Roberts-Jonathan Davies centre combina- three points from the almost unerring boot of then make a couple of other errors which con- tion. “I’ve always stuck to my guns and said Leigh Halfpenny. tribute to the scoreboard and all of a sudden sometimes you have to make tough calls,” the There was no respite for the Australians even you’ve got a bigger challenge on your hands New Zealander, who now coaches Wales, told a when deep in the second half, the likes of tight- and that’s essentially what happened. news conference. “And sometimes that’s why head prop Adam Jones and O’Brien headed for “And credit to the Lions they used that you are put in a position to put your balls on the the bench, their bodies spent. momentum very well and it suited the way they line, sometimes you have to be prepared to do “We spoke about being prepared to go to a play the game.” Deans said another defining dif- that. place that not many players go to in terms of ference on the night had been the six changes DAYTONA: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe’s Dover White Chevrolet, “I was absolutely shocked at the vitriolic pushing your body to the limit,” Gatland said. his fellow New Zealander had made to his side performs a burnout in celebration of winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series terms of the criticism,” he added. “I haven’t tak- “The players did that and ran themselves into from the team who lost in Melbourne last Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. —AFP en a lot of pleasure out of tonight in terms of the ground. I thought the bench were fantastic week.—Reuters Martin wins Bolt races to Tour stage year’s fastest 200m time

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WIMBLEDON: Andy Murray of Britain kisses the trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men’s singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships. — AP Murray ends Britain’s 77-year agony

LONDON: From the lawns of Wimbledon to the Djokovic - top-ranked and a six-time Grand Slam Grand Slam finals and all have been riveting saved the first three championship points, then against 31 winners - an uncommonly average lochs of Scotland, all of Britain can celebrate. Andy winner known for both a mental and physical fit- affairs. Djokovic went up a break in both the sec- had three break opportunities of his own. ratio for the world’s top-ranked player - compared Murray made it possible yesterday, winning his ness built to handle what he faced Sunday: A ond and third sets and, both times, appeared to Couldn’t convert any. Then, finally, Murray put it to 36 winners and 21 unforced errors by Murray. country’s hallowed tennis tournament to become crowd full of overheated partisans rooting against have grabbed at least a bit of control and quieted away when Djokovic rifled a backhand into the Meanwhile, Djokovic found himself in what, at the first British man in 77 years to raise the trophy him, to say nothing of Murray himself. a crowd that included Prime Minister David net. A few minutes later, the 26-year-old Murray times, felt like an ongoing dialogue with chair at the All England Club. “The atmosphere was incredible for him. For Cameron. But Murray dug out of both holes. In was kissing the trophy. umpire Mohamed Lahyani, as a number of close Murray’s 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory over top-seeded me, not so much, but this is what I expected,” the second set, he set up break point with a How might things have progressed if Djokovic calls went against him. Djokovic had used up all Novak Djokovic was a fitting close to nearly eight Djokovic said. Since falling to Roger Federer in the sharply angled forehand that Djokovic couldn’t had pulled out that game? “I don’t know,” was all three of his second-set challenges by the middle decades of British frustration in its own backyard: final last year, Murray had shed some baggage by handle, and the Serb responded with a double- he offered. Djokovic came into the match on the of the eighth game. At the end of that game, after A straight-setter, but a hard-fought, 3-hour, 9- winning the Olympic gold medal on Centre Court, fault, one of four on the day. heels of a 4-hour, 43-minute semifinal victory over another close call on the baseline went against minute affair filled with long, punishing rallies and then following that with his first Grand Slam title In the third set, Murray lost four straight games Juan Martin del Potro in similarly parched condi- him, Djokovic raised his hands toward the heav- a final game that may have felt like another 77 at the US Open. The US Open win ended a 76-year to fall behind 4-2, but got the break back and - tions on Friday. He conceded that match took a ens, showing another trace of frustration that years, with Murray squandering three match drought for the British in the Grand Slams. eventually - closed it out by winning the last four lot out of him but “I’ve been in these situations rarely hits him. points before finally putting it away after four This one? Even sweeter. “The pinnacle of ten- games as the roars from every corner of Centre before. I felt OK.” Murray, meanwhile, kept his cool through it deuces. Certainly, the endgame must have felt like nis,” Murray called the Wimbledon win. “I worked Court grew louder. Indeed, he rarely wears out, but Murray and all, even if the sweat that drenched his torture to the 15,000 watching on Centre Court, so hard in that last game, the hardest few points I “The atmosphere today was different to what the linesmen combined for a one-two punch, and Wimbledon-white shirt made it nearly see- the thousands more watching on a big-screen TV ever played in my life.” I’ve experienced in the past,” Murray said. “It was punctured the 2011 Wimbledon champion’s typi- through at times. In addition to the trophy, on the grounds and, of course, the millions of When he finally wrapped it up, he let his racket different to last year’s final, for sure. And then, the cally calm, almost robotic, demeanor. Murray earned 1.6 million pounds ($2.4 million) British watching on TV. “Imagine playing it,” fall to the turf, took his hat off and pumped his fist end of the match, that was incredibly loud, very Murray’s withering groundstrokes and his and got that long-awaited invitation to the black- Murray said in his on-court interview. toward the crowd. Later, he climbed to the guest noisy. I’ve been saying it all week, but it does make patience from behind the line helped him take tie champion’s dinner, set for later Sunday night. But he closed it out on this warm, cloudless box where his girlfriend, Kim Sears, and his coach, a difference. Especially in a match as tough as that the first set. Then slowly, Djokovic shifted his strat- “It was a privilege to watch @Andy_Murray mak- day on Centre Court. He put his name beside that Ivan Lendl, were among those sweating this one one, where it’s extremely hot, brutal, long rallies, egy, mixing in drop shots with frequent trips to ing history at #Wimbledon, and making Britain of Fred Perry, the last British man to win out. tough games. They help you get through it.” the net - neither of which are considered his spe- proud,” tweeted the prime minister. Indeed, on Wimbledon, back in 1936. Born a week apart in May 1987 - Djokovic in Trailing 5-4 in the third, Djokovic rushed out to the cialty. He won 30 of 52 trips to the net, compared this day, the hoorahs were coming from every Those words don’t have to be written again. Belgrade when it was part of Yugoslavia, and court after the break - a man who seemingly to 26 for 37 for his opponent. “I wasn’t patient corner of the kingdom. “I can confirm,” a “He’s someone that I’ve obviously never met, but Murray in Glasgow, Scotland - these top two play- wanted to get it over with. Murray quickly went enough in the moments when I should have Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said, “that the is quite relevant in my career really,” Murray said. ers are building the best tennis rivalry of the ahead 40-0 and it looked to be all but over. But been,” Djokovic said. Queen has sent a private message to Andy The second-seeded Murray beat the best in 2010s. This was their third meeting in the last four the next few minutes felt like forever. Djokovic The impatience resulted in 40 unforced errors Murray following his Wimbledon victory.” — AP Vettel finally tastes home success NUERBURGRING: World champion Sebastian Vettel was A stray wheel from Mark Webber’s car injured a camera- the pits for his first tyre change on lap seven, earlier than the pushed all the way but finally tasted Formula One victory on man in the pitlane, costing Red Bull a 30,000 euro ($38,500) other contenders, and Vettel followed him after the next trip home soil yesterday in a German Grand Prix that sent him 34 fine from the FIA while, on track, Jules Bianchi’s car momen- round. Vettel’s team mate Webber then entered the pits on points clear of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. tarily caught fire and then rolled towards oncoming traffic lap nine but the rear right wheel was not attached properly Championship rival Kimi Raikkonen was second for after the Frenchman had scrambled out. That incident and came away as he accelerated, hitting the cameraman Lotus, only a second adrift, after a late tyre change left him brought out the safety car but Vettel hung on for his 30th and knocking him over. hunting down the Red Bull in a thrilling final few laps while grand prix win. An FIA statement said the Briton was conscious and had team mate Romain Grosjean was third. The triple champion had never won in Germany or in July been taken to hospital by helicopter and was under obser- Alonso, who started eighth on an adventurous tyre strat- but, days after his 26th birthday and a week after mechani- vation. Webber’s wheel was put back on and he returned egy, finished fourth. The Spaniard now has 123 points to cal failure forced an agonising retirement at Silverstone, well down the field. The Australian, who quits for endurance Vettel’s 157 after nine of 19 races. Raikkonen has 116. ripped up the statistics to the delight of thousands of flag- racing at the end of the year, ended up seventh on the track There were none of the explosive tyre failures that raised waving fans. where he first won a grand prix in 2009. “We always need to safety fears at last weekend’s race in Britain, with the subse- “Thank you boys, that was a tough one. They gave me a improve safety. We need to learn from it,” said Alonso, almost quent threat of a driver boycott, but there were still run for my money. Yes, yes, yes and yes again,” he shouted hit by tyre debris at Silverstone. moments of concern on a hot afternoon at the over the radio. He later said: “I’m very happy the race ended While fans at the rural west German track - famous for Nuerburgring. at 60 laps not 61 or 62.” Fernando Alonso, who like the old Nordschleife loop no longer used in Formula One - Raikkonen had quicker tyres than Vettel in the closing were coming to terms with the Webber incident, Bianchi’s stages after starting on mediums, chased Grosjean home. Marussia came to a halt and flames flared out of the back. The main drama happened in the first 25 laps of the race. The Frenchman quickly jumped out but before a tractor Both Red Bulls jumped polesitter Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes could remove the car, the Marussia rolled back onto the at the start, coming close at the first corner but avoiding track into the path of drivers. contact, and Vettel took command from Australian Mark Fellow French driver Grosjean, who started fifth, enjoyed Webber. a superb race and came out second behind Vettel after his Ferrari’s Felipe Massa also got past Toro Rosso’s Daniel first pit stop with his pace surprising almost everyone. Ricciardo into sixth place but spun at the same tricky turn However, when the safety car went back in he failed to put one at the start of the third lap and, with the engine cutting pressure on Vettel at the front and had to settle for third and out, had to retire. Paul Di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne’s Toro his second podium of the season after allowing Raikkonen Rosso then almost collided in the pits with Force India past under team orders. Alonso had a superb early battle for GERMANY: Red Bull Racing’s German driver Sebastian releasing the Briton as the Frenchman was coming in. The fifth with Hamilton, who despite problems with the Mercedes Vettel kisses the trophy on the podium at the GERMANY: Drivers race at the Nurburgring race track yes- incident was probed by stewards and Force India fined managed to slow the Ferrari after the Italians took a gamble Nurburgring race track after the German Formula One terday during the German Formula One Grand Prix. —AFP 5,000 euros. Hamilton — the 2011 winner here — came into in qualifying to save tyres for the race. — Reuters Grand Prix. — AFP ECB cannot solve euro-zone crisis, says Bundesbank chief Page 23

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FUENTE DE PIEDRA: Workers take a break in a social orchard in Fuente de Piedra, near Malaga. The Alameda City Council has launched a project on social orchards. The consistory leased recently sixteen hectares of land to plant and employing 150 people of the municipality. —AFP (See Page 22) Prices go high as war rages

Economic disaster adds to Syrians’ woes Europe’s central banks

DAMASCUS: Damascus taxi driver Abu Ali ment has raised the cost of fuel on multi- ($1.25) a few months ago. “You have to flict brings new economic shocks, Yazigi ring in rates revolution works practically non-stop but barely ple occasions, contributing through a queue up just for a bag of bread, and of said. “The sudden fall in the Syrian pound makes ends meet, like many Syrians who knock-on effect to the rise in the cost of poor quality as well,” adds Omar, in front of against the dollar last week was probably FRANKFURT: When the European Central Bank maintained its key interest are struggling to weather the economic most other items. a Damascus street kiosk. The violence in tied to US President Barack Obama’s deci- rates at record lows last week, as expected, it also sent a far bigger message effects of the bloody conflict raging in their Ahead of the fasting month of Syria has pushed more than 1.7 million sion to arm the opposition,” he said. For that a central bank revolution was underway. ECB chief Mario Draghi felt country. “Prices are exorbitant, my earnings Ramadan, expected to begin around July 9, people abroad, and more than four million some, the only option left is begging, and a compelled to spell it out to reporters at his regular monthly news confer- are barely enough to feed my family,” the Mustafa has stocked up on rice, sugar and others are displaced inside their country. World Food Program survey of seven Syrian ence. “You haven’t really listened very carefully to my statement,” Draghi father of five says, adding that he has limit- oil “before the prices go up again”. It has also brought international sanc- governorates found at least nine percent of scolded a journalist. “The governing council has taken the unprecedented ed his spending to key necessities. “I don’t “Everyday the prices increase,” one mother tions against Syria, which are aimed at put- the 105 families they talked to admitted step of giving forward guidance in a rather more specific way than it ever have the means to cover other expenses. says in despair after spending 1,300 Syrian ting pressure on the regime in Damascus, resorting to begging in April and May. We’re getting by on the minimum.” pounds ($6.50) on a chicken that would but have had knock-on economic impacts The survey also found 82 percent of has done in the past,” he said. His story is a familiar one in Syria, where have cost her just 250 Syrian pounds that effect all Syrians. Each twist in the con- those interviewed had decided to cut their “The governing council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at anti-government protests that began in food costs by buying less fresh produce and present or lower levels for an extended period of time.”In the world of cen- March 2011 descended into a bitter civil meat. On the macro level, Syria faces a mas- tral banking, where a governor’s every word is weighed and pored over by conflict that has ravaged the economy. “The sive economic crisis, experts say. analysts, the comments were dynamite. Stock markets across Europe rallied war has impoverished the great majority of Investments and tourism stand at practical- strongly and the euro fell against the dollar. After 15 years of saying that it Syrians and led to a serious reduction in ly zero, and oil production-a major source will never “pre-commit” to future interest rate moves, the ECB was giving an their purchasing power,” says Jihad Yazigi, of foreign currency for Syria-has plummet- assurance that interest rates will not rise for quite some time. editor in chief of the economic news and ed by 95 percent. Foreign trade alone fell Less than an hour earlier, the Bank of England’s new chief, Mark Carney, analysis site Syria Report. According to the by over 97 percent in 2012, and the World had rung in a mini-revolution of his own. In a much more coded statement, official press, the cost of basic items has Bank says Syria’s GDP dropped by 30 per- the Canadian-who had been in the job barely a week-said that market risen by between 200 and 300 percent cent last year, and anticipates another 10 expectations of rate rises in 2015 were “unwarranted.” ECB chief Draghi was since the uprising began. The last figures percent drop in 2013. at pains to point out there was no coordination between the statements. for inflation, published in December 2012, But the Syrian regime has had some help But central bank watchers see them as a response to the US Federal Reserve put it at 55.2 percent. from allies. Iran has extended lines of credit which triggered renewed tensions in the financial markets recently by hint- The Syrian pound, meanwhile, has worth $4 billion to help prop up the govern- been in an unchecked freefall, losing three ment, which insists the economy is coping. ing that the prolonged period of easy money is coming to an end. quarters of its value since the uprising Syria’ state news agency SANA quoted began and falling from 50 pounds to the Raslane Khadour, an economic expert, say- CENTRAL BANKS FIGHT THE FED dollar to more than 200. Salim, a govern- ing the country’s economy remained strong Financial markets have been spooked by the announcement last month ment employee, complains that the 15,000 “despite the crisis... and the sabotage opera- that the US Fed is preparing to phase out its bond-buying or so-called Syrian pounds ($75) he earns a month tions launched by armed groups,” using the “quantitative easing (QE)” loose monetary policy. And political turmoil in barely covers his food. “My salary is worth- regime’s term for rebels. He pointed to a Portugal had sparked concern at the prospect of a new flare-up in the euro- less,” he says. Mustafa, a demoralized toy recent hike in the salaries of bureaucrats as zone crisis. In response, interest rates on sovereign debt have risen across shop employee, is suffering the same “evidence that the economy is resisting and the euro area-and in emerging markets-and financial conditions have tight- problem. “Our currency is no longer worth ALEPPO: Photo shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and can weather the negative consequences of ened. “The ECB and the BoE are answering back,” said analysts at UniCredit. anything,” Mustafa laments. The govern- shelling, in Aleppo, Syria. — AP the crisis”. — AFP “European central banks are starting to fight the Fed. The ECB is rewrit- ing history,” said Commerzbank’s Rainer Guntermann. For Carsten Brzeski at ING DiBa, the turnaround amounted to a “mini revolution” and was a sign of US-EU trade talks kick off amid spying rancor the ECB’s coming of age. “In fact, over the last months, the ECB has been fol- lowing the Fed’s footsteps: more focus on growth with explicit mentioning of high unemployment and now the forward guidance,” the expert said. Ambitious talks to create world’s largest free-trade zone ETX Capital trader Ishaq Siddiqi said that the ECB and BoE would cool market volatility because now “investors will not have to speculate the cen- WASHINGTON: Ambitious talks to create the world’s chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Thursday United States pushes the issue-and it possibly will not- tral banks will hike rates any time soon.” And while one central bank-the US largest free-trade zone between the US and Europe after Merkel spoke on the telephone with US President the European negotiators will be forced to bring it back Fed-”may be stepping out of the quantitative easing game ... accommoda- open today amid friction over America spying on its Barack Obama about the spying furor. Theoretically for consideration by EU member states. Europe will raise tive easing is not over in the UK and Europe for at least another two years,” allies. The negotiations will have to bridge deep differ- everything is on the table in the negotiations, which aim the widespread preferences that US states, cities and Siddiqi said. But others were more critical. “This preoccupation with forward ences over protected industries on both sides of the to remove barriers to trade and investment. federal government departments officially give to local guidance is a load of old nonsense, it does nothing to boost company prof- Atlantic if the goal to reach a deal by late 2014 is to be While direct tariffs are already low, non-tariff barriers contractors and suppliers, including in the lucrative its and only serves to drive asset bubbles,” said CMC Markets analyst achieved. (NTBs), such as regulatory and safety standards, inspec- defense sector. Michael Hewson. “It may keep interest rates low but this is not a liquidity Top negotiators from the two sides begin meeting tion procedures, and preferences for domestic business, And Washington will push Europe to open up to US crisis in Europe, it’s a solvency crisis. If markets need comfort from mere today in Washington under the shadow of European can significantly raise the costs of exporters trying to sell biotechnology products like genetically modified foods, words, it merely serves to highlight the abject failure of politics and eco- furor over snooping by the US National Security Agency to the opposite side of the Atlantic. The push for a deal which many European consumers consider dangerous. nomic policy globally.” Research published recently by economists at the on its allies, unveiled in recent weeks by a computer comes amid frustration with the stalled Doha round of In Washington, analysts diverged on the potential for Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland-the so-called cen- expert who was working there. On Wednesday France negotiations on revising global trade rules under the success. Joshua Meltzer of the Brookings Institution tral bankers’ central bank-commented that “adopting QE was the easy part.” called for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment World Trade Organization. But the US-EU talks face sig- downplayed the pre-talks spying drama. EU govern- In a paper, they warned of the eventual effects on long-term interest Partnership negotiations (TTIP) to be put off while talks nificant hurdles, and pre-opening salvos have already ments “have to be seen to be pushing back against the rates when central banks eventually begin to withdraw the massive funding on the spying, also to begin today in the US capital, take laid down some red lines. In June France demanded that US a little bit,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s going to have they have injected during the recent crises. The easy money had depressed place. its strong protection of its film and television industry be any long-term effect on the agreement.” But Gary rates and enabled governments to refinance growing debt on the cheap, But ultimately the 28 countries of the European excluded from the talks. Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International they said. The “practical and political difficulties” of eventually causing a sig- Union agreed to go ahead with the trade discussions, Only after it was agreed that the negotiating team Economics said it could lead to European efforts against nificant increase in interest rates “are not to be underestimated” and that saying the two issues could be dealt with in parallel. US- from the European Commission would not be mandated big US technology companies that shared data with the “there will be lots of complaints.”— AFP EU free trade talks remain the “highest priority”, German to discuss audio-visual issues did Paris give its okay. If the NSA. —AFP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 BUSINESS Jobless dig for work in Spain’s neglected farmland

ALAMEDA: For years, Antonio Sanchez to the job by drawing lots at the town relations at IESE business school in worked as a carpenter, sawing and plan- hall. The surrounding province of Madrid. “People have used the money ning wooden furniture for houses that Malaga, on the Costa del Sol, has one of from being laid off by their companies sprang up along the Andalusian coast in the highest unemployment rates in and even their unemployment benefits Spain’s construction boom. Now his Spain-nearly 37 percent, high above the to start little allotments and revive their tools are different: a wooden-shafted national rate of 27 percent. relationship with farming.” Similar initia- hoe and his hands, white-gloved for “In the circumstances, the town hall tives by town halls such as Alameda’s, unearthing garlic bulbs and picking has few resources to create jobs. But we meanwhile, “are a good idea that help weeds from asparagus in the red earth can’t just spend four years saying, ‘I can’t people get back into farming,” he said. around his home town of Alameda. help you,’” says Alameda’s mayor, Juan “These projects are going gradually “I had my own company for 35 years, Lorenzo Pineda, of the left-wing IU par- from strength to strength. It is a good then the crisis took it all away. So I went ty. “So we are trying to make the most of solution and should be encouraged so to work in the fields,” says Antonio, a the resources we have, and what we that it happens more.” tanned man of 58 with a grey mous- have above all is farmland.” The initiative For a town like Alameda-population tache. “The work is very different-out in this year has created a few weeks’ sow- 5,500 - the initiative is a lifeline since the the open air, with the mosquitos. It is ing and harvesting work for 35 people-a mainstream agricultural sector has woes very tough work, not like in a factory.” small project which he hopes will grow of its own, professional farmers say. “A Ruined, like many Spaniards, by the col- over the years. lot of people have come back to their lapse of the decade-long building boom “Before the boom, farming was a villages, but this does not mean the in 2008, Antonio saw his business fail in major resource in our district but it was farming sector is creating jobs,” says 2011. Now he has turned for salvation to abandoned to some extent because Lorenzo Ramos, secretary general of the what has traditionally been this region’s people bet heavily on construction. Union of Small Farmers. “Farmers cannot biggest asset-the land. Now construction has collapsed, we balance the books because of the low FUENTE DE PIEDRA: A man works in a social orchard in Fuente de Piedra, near Alameda’s town hall this year have to recover that resource.” As many prices they get for the produce. Malaga. The Alameda City Council has launched a project on social orchards. launched a “social allotment”, investing jobless Spaniards have returned to the Subsidies are not making up for the loss The consistory leased recently sixteen hectares of land to plant and employing 60,000 euros ($77,000) from its budget countryside, towns like Alameda have of income.” 150 people of the municipality. — AFP in leasing 16 hectares and paying unem- no choice but to dig for work in the The solution of small-scale social ployed people to cultivate garlic, aspara- earth. allotments, “in this difficult situation we limited for now to two weeks of summer ployment benefits, but better than gus and melons that will then be sold. In “Spain is very much a farming coun- are in, offers an alternative,” he adds. “It harvesting work, after which he will nothing. “It gives you hope, to work and the summer heat the plots are now try, so the circumstances have led peo- could be a way for a lot of people to apply again to the town hall’s labor lot- not be idle,” he says. “It’s very important yielding their crops, along with several ple to return to their country villages,” make a living.” Antonio is paid around 45 tery. It’s a small boost to his usual psychologically. It encourages you to weeks of paid work for locals, allocated says Sandalio Gomez, an expert on labor euros ($58 dollars) a day for his labour- income of 800 euros a month in unem- keep fighting.” — AFP

Nissan corporate Europe a hotchpotch of average fuel economy jump 24.9% testing bankers’ regimes DUBAI: Corporate average fuel economy at Nissan Motor Co, Ltd improved by 24.9 percent in fiscal year 2012 compared to fiscal 2005. The figure marks Nissan’s best fuel economy performance since fiscal 2005, and Countries now vet bankers before they take key posts represents a 10.2 percentage points year-on-year improvement from fiscal year 2011. Nissan continues to LONDON: Five years after mismanagement scrutiny at all, even for a key function such to span the management body and key The efficacy of even the strictest regime work toward achieving the ambitious environmental brought the global financial system to the as chief financial officer. function holders,” the EBA’s director of regu- is moot. One senior banker with recent targets set in its action plan, Nissan Green Program brink of collapse, a Reuters survey reveals The UK, which has the largest financial lation Isabelle Vaillant told Reuters. “This has experience of the fitness and probity tests 2016 (NGP2016). yawning differences in the way European services industry in the EU, puts everyone in been a harsh discussion with our members.” in the UK and in Ireland, which modeled its Strong sales volume of the Nissan Note in Japan, the Union countries assess whether bankers are a “control” function through the tests, a defi- All bar three of the EU’s member states regime on the UK’s and tested 3,105 in its Altima - with its best-in-class fuel economy - in the US, up to the job. In a continent where execu- nition that can encompass more than a have said they either already comply or first full year, said it was hard to conclude together with the Sylphy and Teana in China con- tives have made headlines for contributing thousand staff in the largest banks, captur- intend to. Slovakia, Sweden and Italy have that either was particularly robust. “The reg- tributed significantly to the solid improvement in cor- to the failure of their banks - British CEOs ing anyone taking on significant risk. More indicated they will partially comply. The EBA ulations are not really a deterrent,” he said. porate average fuel economy. Under the NGP2016, Fred Goodwin of RBS and James Crosby of than 225,000 financial services workers - wants harmonization on testing at this lev- “Not enough preliminary work is done on Nissan aims to achieve a 35-percent corporate average HBOS were stripped of their knighthoods, spanning bankers, insurers and asset man- el, but Vaillant accepts it might not happen. the assessment, the firms are left to their fuel economy improvement compared to its fiscal year and in Spain former Caja Madrid chairman agers - were assessed there in the four and “On balance you could accept more flexibili- own devices after approval (of a candidate 2005 baseline by fiscal 2016. In particular, the program Miguel Blesa was briefly jailed as part of an three quarter years to end 2012. The UK’s ty on this layer, which is an extra layer com- by the regulator), and the rules are only is focused on reducing CO2 emissions by expanding a investigation into the bank - most countries financial and professional services sector pared to the legal requirement to assess the reviewed after they have failed.” wide range of new products featuring advanced, fuel- now vet bankers before they take on key employs over 2 million, according to management body,” she said. The regimes have also been criticized for efficient, environmentally-friendly technologies called roles. TheCityUK, which represents the industry. their relatively low failure rates, particularly “PURE DRIVE.” But a lack of coherence across the block In Sweden, where about 140,000 are MAKING THE GRADE in the UK, where just 0.01 percent of all In FY2012, sales of PURE DRIVE models in Japan, the in how nations decide whether senior bank- employed in the industry, according to the Bankers deemed to warrant an assess- applicants fail. Eleven countries disclosed US, Europe and China rose to approximately 41.5 per- ing figures are “fit and proper”, how many Swedish Bankers Association, just 424 have ment can face very different processes. their pass/fail rates to Reuters, with failures cent of sales in those markets. Also, global sales of vehi- bankers they assess and how likely they are gone through the tests in the five years to Interviews by the regulators are allowed in and withdrawals ranging from 0.17 percent cles equipped with Nissan’s fuel-efficient continuously variable transmission (CVT) climbed to 2.28 million to get a clean bill of health, demonstrate a end 2012. only a minority of countries, including the in Portugal to 15 percent in the units. Nissan aims to further improve its corporate aver- work still very much in progress, and show In Slovenia the average runs at 12 a year, UK, Ireland and Slovenia. In most, it’s a Netherlands. “The (Irish) statistics don’t cap- age fuel economy numbers in fiscal 2013 by expanding form-filling exercise. Honesty and integrity ture withdrawals from the process,” said just how hard it will be for the EU to create a and in the Czech Republic, where the tests the PURE DRIVE line-up with fuel-efficient cars that banking union with a level playing field for only extend to board members, an average are identified as desirable qualities in most. Ireland’s financial regulator Matthew match customer needs, such as the all-new Nissan Dayz all 28 members. The European Banking of 150 bankers are assessed every year. Several also like their bankers to be solvent, Elderfield, who was surprised to find no minicar that was recently launched in Japan. Authority (EBA) lacks the power to insist Twelve countries only examine top man- trustworthy and of good reputation. testing regime to speak of when appointed Nissan yesterday also announced that corporate upon convergence, and there is no guaran- agement and board, implying no more than Austria and the Czech Republic disquali- in 2010. CO2 emissions were reduced by 8.3 percent (t- tee that the European Central Bank will be a dozen per institution. The EBA brought in fy bankers with a criminal conviction. Most He introduced a new fitness and probity CO2/vehicle) compared to fiscal year 2005. They fell 0.3 much better placed when it assumes super- new guidelines late last year calling for EU take it into consideration but don’t auto- system in 2012, which 3 percent of appli- percentage points compared to fiscal year 2011 vision of the euro zone’s banks next year. countries to extend some checks to all “key matically blacklist. Denmark alone specifi- cants failed in its first year. “Applicants tend through better loading efficiency during transport and The most striking difference in the 23 function holders”, a group far bigger than cally rejects bankers who have “caused a to withdraw if there are problems,” he said. promotion of a modal shift in logistics, even though countries examined by Reuters is how deep most have been examining. loss/writedown to a financial institution”. “The system is more effective than the statis- CO2 emissions accruing to added global production into the organizations the checks go. While It defines such people as “staff members The EBA guidelines are less specific, with tics show.” In the UK, 3.3 percent of all appli- capacity increased. Nissan aims to reduce CO2 emis- some examine only the most senior man- whose positions give them significant influ- general provisions requiring experienced cants withdrew over the four and three quar- sions from corporate activities by 20 percent compared agers and directors, others go all the way ence over the key direction of the credit managers “of good repute” with the right ter year period. A UK advisor who deals with to fiscal year 2005. Accordingly, upgrades to high-effi- down to traders and other risk takers. In institution ... (which) might include heads of education. Some countries allow for the re- board appointments also said his impression ciency manufacturing equipment continue. Overall, theory a senior banker drummed out of the significant business lines, EEA branches, examination of those already in place. In didn’t match the reported statistics. “We can Nissan has steadily reduced CO2 emissions on the cor- industry after failing an assessment in one third country subsidiaries, support and Ireland, the only three executive directors actually find it very tough to fill NED (non porate side by implementing more efficient production country could flit to a similar role in another internal control functions”. “We took the lib- who survived their banks’ bailouts were re- executive director) roles, to get people the technologies and procedures. EU member where he or she might face no erty to extend as far as we could the scope examined in 2011. They all passed. regulator will accept,” he said. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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Is it because you were Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch, partner at bankers fare in ‘fitness and probity’ tests in standardize the way countries across the dates had received the regulatory nod for not of good repute? This has more Luxembourg-based law firm Arendt & member states, making it harder for errant EU 28 decide which bankers are fit and a role. All the authorities will have to con- weight, probably, and may ban you Medernach, told Reuters the ECB would bankers to evade regulatory scrutiny by proper for the job. sult the database when they are assessing everywhere. But you need to consider have no more power than the EBA has. crossing national borders. The European The EBA lacks the power to compel candidates who present themselves for the individual case; there is no tick box Pierre-Henri Conac, an expert in EU Banking Authority’s regulation director countries to set the same standards for new roles that are captured by that coun- approach.” banking law with Luxembourg’s universi- Isabel Vaillant said that work will begin on bankers across the EU but has brought in try’s fitness and probity regime, a group ty, said the ECB could go further under a the new fitness and probity database next new guidelines on how countries should that usually includes directors, senior NON-BINDING clause of the single supervisory mecha- year, ending the current system of ad hoc evaluate bankers’ suitability and will managers and heads of major divisions. Most EU countries have signalled nism legislation that empowers the ECB sharing between national authorities. “name and shame” countries that don’t National authorities will have to sub- their intention to comply with the guide- to establish adequate corporate gover- The database will contain details of comply, Vaillant said. The EBA was given mit information to the centralized sys- lines, and Vaillant hopes they will be nance at the banks it supervises. “If you national supervisors’ assessments of new- the power to collect the information tem, but a regulator’s refusal to allow a implemented effectively within the next don’t control this, you don’t control any- ly appointed bank directors, senior man- under the latest version of new European candidate to take a position in one coun- two years. Though the guidelines are not thing in the bank; it would make no agement, divisional heads and some oth- banking regulations dubbed CRD IV. try will not automatically mean a rejec- binding, Vaillant said the ability to name sense if you could not control this,” er key functions like internal control. In “We will build a database here only for tion in another, Vaillant said. “It (the and shame was a form of policing. It is Conac said. “The ECB is entitled to make the wake of the global financial crisis, the purposes of this,” she said, adding that result) has to be circumstantiated and not yet clear whether the European a new review of fitness and probity, and I when bankers were blamed for taking while the database could not include scrutinized,” she said. “Why did you have Central Bank will be able to enforce fit- think they will do it.” The ECB declined to their institutions and in some cases their information obtained from the police it a refusal? Was it because you were not ness and probity rules once it takes over comment. —Reuters

In Middle East, energy asset ECB cannot solve euro-zone integrity is becoming critical crisis, says Bundesbank chief By James McCallum, CEO, Senergy efficiency, which has led to increasing global use of digital oilfield techniques. ike it or not - but the world’s thirst Some NOCs have recognized the impor- Tighter fiscal rules needed for energy isn’t going to let up any tance of establishing a clear picture of Ltime soon. On the contrary, accord- the well status for example so that AIX-EN-PROVENCE: The European Central Bank tence that it never precommits on policy was a pressed them to stiffen Europe’s fiscal rules. “To ing to the Paris-based International uncertainties and risks can be managed cannot solve the euro-zone crisis, Bundesbank change in communication but meant no change fully unleash the common currency’s potential, Energy Agency (IEA), global energy better in the long term. Still, this chief Jens Weidmann told economists yesterday, from its strategy, which is based on monitoring efforts are needed on two fronts: structural demand will roughly double by 2050 approach isn’t universally applied in the pressing the bloc’s governments to get their inflation, real economy and monetary develop- reforms as well as the abolition of implicit guar- driven largely by the expanding Middle East yet. economies in shape and tighten their fiscal rules. ments. “The euro-zone is on the mend, it must be antees for banks and sovereigns (government economies in Asia but also in Africa and One of the risks NOCs in this region Weidmann addressed an economists’ conference at peace, protected, be allowed to heal,” Coeure bonds),” Weidmann said. parts of South America. As the world might run into - just like national opera- in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, only three told the same conference on Sunday to explain “In addition to stronger rules, we need to demands more energy, the oil industry is tors in other parts of the world - is failing days after the ECB broke with precedent by the ECB’s decision to issue such forward guid- make sure that in a system of national control to acknowledge the need to change declaring that it intended to keep interest rates ance, while urging governments to tackle struc- and national responsibility, sovereign default is their strategy in order to manage ageing at record lows for an extended period and may tural problems. possible without bringing down the financial sys- wells and infrastructure, and invest yet cut further. The EU’s top economic official, Olli Rehn, wel- tem. Only then will we really do away with the accordingly. The U.K., for example, has “Monetary policy has already done a lot to comed the ECB’s move, saying the step - taken in implicit guarantee for sovereigns.” The produced an industry-leading set of absorb the economic consequences of the crisis, response to turbulence caused by the US Federal Bundesbank chief also called for euro-zone gov- standards for well-related activity, which but it cannot solve the crisis,” Weidmann said in Reserve’s plan to slow monetary stimulus - was ernments to sever what he describes as the is recognized internationally. So far, this his speech. “This is the consensus of the needed to preserve recovery in Europe. “The “excessively close links” between banks and sov- type of investment in the future of the Governing Council. The crisis has laid bare struc- United States and Europe are at different points ereign governments, saying that European banks industry is not seen in the Gulf region on tural shortcomings. As such, they require struc- of the economic cycle. While the US has a more hold too many of their own governments’ bonds. a larger scale. tural solutions.” Weidmann, widely recognized to restrictive approach, Europe needs to continue “This is because banks do not have to hold The issue is one of particular rele- be the most hawkish member of the ECB’s 23- with a more accommodative policy,” the EU mon- any capital against their government debt, as the vance in Abu Dhabi, where Adnoc is man Governing Council, does not want the bank etary affairs commissioner said. risk-weight assigned to sovereign bonds is zero. seeking to renew its onshore oil conces- to intervene too strongly in tackling the bloc’s To counteract excessive investment in sovereign sion by early 2014 and its offshore con- economic crisis, thereby allowing governments FISCAL RULES bonds, Weidmann believes that the capital rules cession by 2018. One of the key ques- to soft-pedal reforms. While he does not see sufficient support in need to be changed to take account of risk and tions here is whether the requirements He spoke a day after fellow ECB policymakers the euro-zone for governments to give up sover- exposure levels. “Only then will banks be able to for any new license holder will include Christian Noyer and Benoit Coeure said the eignty on fiscal matters to forge a fiscal union to cope with the repercussions of sovereign management of well integrity to a spe- bank’s decision to abandon its customary insis- prevent such crises in the future, Weidmann default.” —Reuters cific standard. For the oil industry at large, there are other critical issues to be looked into, Greece bailout, Portugal crisis including how companies can ensure that those individuals with a stake in taking on new, harder-to-access hydro- asset integrity truly understand the core carbon reserves - including unconven- concepts involved in effective integrity top agenda at euro-zone talks tional ones such as North American management and how their actions and shale that have become economically decisions can have a major impact on a BRUSSELS: Finance ministers from the feasible to develop in recent years - company’s ability to operate safely and 17-nation euro-zone are meeting today while at the same time seeking to efficiently. As such, constant training and to decide if Greece has done enough to extend the working life of existing assets education of the workforce is seminal in get a new slice of loans, and to deal to maintain output. This in turn has put a order to ensure a thorough understand- with the political crisis in Portugal, firm focus on asset integrity, making it a ing of the risks on the one hand and to which has raised fears of fresh pressure top priority for many operators around enable them taking personal ownership on the single currency bloc. The minis- the globe. Ensuring asset integrity in the on the other. At the same time, there is a ters will gather in Brussels for their last oil and gas industry is particularly critical need to increase the focus on quality meeting before the summer break. because failure to do so jeopardizes pro- during the procurement process so that International Monetary Fund chief duction, people’s safety and the environ- long-term reliability can be a significant Christine Lagarde is also expected to ment, and thus may have a negative part in any commercial evaluation. attend. impact on companies’ operations and Moreover, at a time when the industry Top on the agenda is a progress profitability. In the Middle East, where is facing a global skills shortage that’s report drawn up by Greece’s so-called national oil companies (NOCs) are enter- going to worsen over the next 10 years, troika of international creditors-the ing a new era of post-easy oil and start- there are signs that knowledge and skills European Union, the European Central ing to venture into technically more required for satisfactory management of Bank and the IMF-which will detail if complex projects and hydrocarbon well integrity are increasingly in short Athens is indeed undertaking reforms reservoirs, managing the integrity of supply too. This is a particular challenge pledged in exchange for rescue funds. A new and existing assets is therefore given that the specific skill set needed to positive report would lead to the becoming increasingly important for address integrity management issues is release of the next tranche of aid worth operators. typically acquired over a prolonged peri- 8.1 billion euros ($10.4 billion) to Many existing operating assets in the od of relevant work experience. It is Greece, including 6.3 billion euros region - in particular in offshore loca- therefore essential that the industry con- which are to be put up by the tions - are 30 to 40 years old and are pro- stantly works towards developing and Europeans. ducing at their maximum installed training a capable labor force. The funds are necessary as Greece ATHENS: Klaus Masuch of the European Central Bank, arrives at the finance ministry for a meeting capacity, often under harsh conditions. Among the initiatives that could be needs to redeem bonds worth 6.6 bil- with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras in Athens yesterday. —AP Many wells are being used beyond their implemented across the Middle East is lion euros by mid-August. On Sunday, as well as redeploy 25,000 civil servants tainty could throw the country off its announced details of a deal on Saturday lifespan, which introduces significant building research and developing (R&D) Greek officials said they were close to a across its vast bureaucracy. Eurogroup course to exit the troika’s rescue pro- to keep the shaky coalition together. uncertainty about their integrity during facilities dedicated to asset integrity. This deal with the three creditors over a new ministers are also due to discuss the sit- gram by 2014. Under the accord, Portas would stay the remaining service life. Unlike in other could be of particular interest in the Gulf package of reforms required in uation in another bailed-out country- Portugal’s doggedness in implement- in the coalition and have a bigger role. hydrocarbon-rich regions, oil and gas region, where Abu Dhabi, Qatar and exchange for the aid, including thou- Portugal, which sunk into a political cri- ing required reforms has won praise He becomes deputy prime minister and resources in the Middle East were in the Saudi Arabia have already launched sands of job cuts in the public sector. sis over the shock resignations of two from the international creditors but the is in particular tasked with coordinating past very easy to access. For operators, energy R&D centers with global aspira- The marathon talks moved from Athens key ministers this month. painful austerity measures have been the country’s economic policies as well this has meant high productivity and tions. The advantage of developing local to Brussels on Sunday, and are expected “Portugal respects all of its engage- immensely unpopular at home. It was as relations with the country’s interna- low costs, which has allowed them to R&D capabilities would have a number of to go on to the last minute before the ments and has not asked for anything,” disagreements over the reforms that tional creditors. The finance ministers absorb any business inefficiencies that benefits, notably raising specialist techni- Eurogroup meeting is due to open. said a European diplomat ahead of the sparked the latest crisis, as foreign minis- from all 28 European Union countries may have resulted from poor asset cal capabilities and steering R&D to Greek Finance Minister Yannis meeting. But European leaders, includ- ter Paulo Portas had resigned because he are expected to give the final green integrity management. resolve issues relevant to the Gulf region. Stournaras said he was “optimistic that ing Eurogroup chief and Dutch finance disagreed with Prime Minister Pedro light to Latvia to join the euro-zone. As costs rise or supply continuity It would also support regional countries’ today we will have an agreement”, minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, have Passos Coelho’s decision to hold fast to They would also have to set an becomes more critical, however, so does ambitions to build knowledge according to the state-run Athens News asked Lisbon to clarify the political situ- the path of austerity. After a series of exchange rate between the Latvian lats the significance of asset integrity and economies. Agency. Athens had pledged to axe 4,000 state jobs by the end of the year, ation quickly, fearing that any uncer- negotiations with Portas, Passos Coelho and the euro. —AFP The ‘Smartest Man’ is bullish on Europe

very year I meet with the person I refer to approach was impossible because the people in because everyone had too much to lose, espe- so you would expect that something real, as “The major geopolitical problem in the world as “The Smartest Man in Europe.” In my these places wouldn’t accept what their govern- cially Germany, which has been the biggest ben- gold is perceived to be, would increase in value. today is that the US doesn’t have a coherent for- Emind he earned that title by seeing major ments were trying to impose on them. Europe eficiary. Now most people realize Europe is You have to ask yourself the question: Where eign policy. It has the most powerful military shifts in the investment landscape long before was in a recession and the austerity policies going to muddle through at least for a while, but did all the gold that was sold this year go? The force in the world but it cannot decide whether his peers on both sides of the Atlantic. Among were making conditions worse. Unemployment few people are buying European stocks to take answer is Asia, primarily India and China. The to use it. Does it want to be the leader of the these were the rise and fall of the Japanese stock was becoming a serious social problem and job people who bought it are going to hold it, not free world or not? How does it define its self- market in the 1980s, the end of the command creation had to be a priority. As we moved into trade it. Next year, when interest in gold picks interest? I think the wars with Iraq and economies in Russia and China, the opportuni- this year, policy makers began to understand up again because of the continued expansive Afghanistan were lost before they began. It is ties afforded by the emerging economies and that austerity was the wrong course and that policies of the major central banks, gold will be naÔve to think you can bring democracies into the importance of gold as an asset class. Dinner restoring growth had to be an objective. in short supply and the price will rise, perhaps as these countries when they have been torn by table conversation from the time he was a “I think current conditions in Europe might sharply as it fell. On currencies I expect the Swiss tribal factions for centuries. You need a powerful young boy centered around investment oppor- drive the United Kingdom (UK) out of the EU. franc to stabilize around current levels and the leader, a dictator if you will, to run these places tunities. In his ninth decade he still derives France and Germany might want more trans- euro to strengthen against the dollar. and the United States cannot bring itself to sup- excitement from a fresh idea, and it is inspiring parency on taxes. The UK has the opportunity to “The situation in the Middle East is troubling port that. Americans have to ask themselves to watch. become even more of a tax haven than it is now. from a humanitarian standpoint but Bashar al- whether they are in a better position since the “Everyone thinks Europe is hopeless and I Business conditions in the UK aren’t good and Assad will probably endure. Most Westerners Arab Spring came to Egypt than they were when can understand why. The European Union (EU) is the prospects for major economic improvement thought he would not last this long, but he has it was under Mubarak’s rule. a flawed concept and it may not survive in the are dim, but if they adopted a more friendly poli- the support of the Christian population, the “The US cannot simply walk away from the long run. There needs to be more convergence, cy toward wealthy foreigners, there could be a Alawites, business, the army and Iran. The rebels Middle East because if it does, the Russians will both economic (which is possible) and political huge boom. There is tremendous pent-up are getting help from Sunnis in the region who step in and become the dominant western pow- (which is impossible), but a major change in atti- demand in Europe and I think you could see view Syria as a buffer against Shiite Iran. I think er. The region is likely to remain volatile and in tude has taken place this year. Until recently, positive growth in 2014. Byron Wien Iran will eventually have a nuclear weapon. Israel continued conflict. In the Middle East, power is policy makers believed that increasing taxes and “The important factor is that almost no advantage of this conclusion. will not bomb the country because Iran is in a not hamstrung by humanitarian considerations. reducing spending was needed for the weaker investor likes Europe now and that enhances the “The charm that gold held over investors is position to send too many missiles in retaliation Maliki is a de facto dictator and Iraq is thriving countries to solve their deficit problems, but that opportunity. Two years ago everyone was wor- broken. Central banks in the developed world - and the destruction and loss of life would be dev- economically. Karzai is another example of a was clearly the wrong idea. ried that the EU was going to break apart. That the United States, Europe and Japan - are still astating. The United States (US) policy toward powerful leader who has built a supportive From a political point of view the austerity was never going to happen over the near term printing money and demeaning their currencies Iran is more unpredictable in my opinion. cadre around him. MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 BUSINESS Saudi shares up to fresh 15-mth high Egyptian shares slip off DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse rose to a fresh 15- “The combination of good loan growth and In Egypt, Cairo’s benchmark retreated 0.4 per- month high yesterday as investors bought on sec- lower provisions led to the good results,” NCB cap- cent to 5,312 points from a one-month high as ond-quarter earnings optimism and most other ital said in a note. “The read across for the other the index faced chart-resistance and investors Gulf markets also rose, while Egyptian shares banks is that fee income is likely to be high while booked gains from a recent rally. The market rose slipped off a one-month high. The Saudi bench- provisions for most banks will decline.” In the UAE, to 5,413 points intraday, near the June peak. An mark rose 0.6 percent to its highest level since Dubai’s measure added 0.7 percent, extending uncertain political outlook remains following the April 2012 but trading volumes were thin in typi- 2013 gains to 40.5 percent but trading volumes ouster of President Mohamed Morsi as the mili- cal summer doldrums. Most petrochemical shares dropped to their lowest in 11 weeks. Abu Dhabi’s tary struggles to appoint an interim prime minis- gained, lifting the sector’s benchmark up 0.7 per- index climbed 0.5 percent, trading in a tight range ter and death toll from mass protests rises. cent. “We have an optimistic forecast for petro- since it edged off a 56-month peak in June. Local investors, who were buyers in the recent chemicals with expectations of growth between Investors are waiting for second-quarter earn- rally, joined foreigners as net sellers on Sunday, 15 and 20 percent year-on-year for the second ings, which will start later this month. The Muslim according to exchange data. Analysts say local quarter,” said Abdullah Alawi, assistant general holy month of Ramadan, beginning mid-week, is sentiment is mixed as worries of further protests manager and head of research at Aljazira Capital. likely to keep a damper on volumes. “Banks in outweigh optimism on the awaited appointment Alawi said Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) general will show strong results and higher quar- of a new prime minister. Morsi’s Muslim has underperformed and its diverse portfolio ter-on-quarter will encourage investors accumu- Brotherhood movement called for further Toyota Prius’ worldwide would give it a competitive edge and a larger late shares because they will justify higher profit protests on Sunday after dozens of people were growth potential. Shares in the world’s largest for the year,” he added. killed and more than 1,000 wounded on Friday in sales top 3-million mark chemical producer rose 0.5 percent. Riyad Bank The banking sector has seen a recovery in clashes between his supporters, opponents and posted estimate-beating 5.9 percent gain in its recent quarters as loan growth picks up and the military. Egypt’s foreign reserves fell by $1.12 DUBAI: Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) ment-friendly vehicles and has placed second-quarter net profit, helping lift sentiment lenders restructure government-related debt that billion in June to $14.92 billion, the central bank announces that as of the end of June, world- emphasis on the development and produc- across the sector. Bank shares, however, slipped has been weighing on investor sentiment since said yesterday, heightening the dire state of the wide cumulative sales of the “Prius” gasoline- tion of core components such as motors, 0.2 percent, trimming 2013 gains to 8 percent. the 2008 credit crunch. country’s finances.—Reuters electric hybrid vehicle passed the 3-million inverters, batteries and electronic control mark. In 1997, TMC launched the Prius, which units (ECUs), giving rise to substantial invest- was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid ment. TMC will launch a total of 17 new passenger car. The second generation fol- hybrid vehicles worldwide by 2015 lowed in 2003, and the third generation in TMC will continue to conduct R&D and 2009. invest in facilities for the development of From the first to third generation, TMC hybrid and other cutting-edge technologies greatly reduced the cost of the hybrid system and achieve sustainable growth by deploying by two-thirds and increased fuel efficiency these developed technologies across the from 28 km/L to 38 km/L. In addition, TMC globe. In line with this commitment, in 2012 applied for 1,261 patents relating to the third- TMC also brought hybrid technology to the generation Prius, achieving progress worthy race track by returning to endurance racing of the Prius name (derived from a Latin word as a full-time entrant with a hybrid LMP1 car meaning “to go before”). making history by becoming the first manu- Nobuyuki Negishi, Chief Representative of facturer to build a team entirely around a Middle East & North Africa Representative hybrid powertrain. The car had a successful Office, Toyota Motor Corporation said, “The first season winning three of the six races it sustained growth in sales of the Prius signifies entered. the success of TMC in addressing the need for In the fiscal year ending March 2014, TMC hybrid vehicles from environmentally con- expects to spend a consolidated 890 billion scious customers. With our state-of-the art- yen (790 billion yen unconsolidated) on envi- technology and hybrid car expertise, we will ronmental technology development, as well continue our emphasis on environmental as on strengthening new platform and major technologies to build the best vehicles for our component development. In the same peri- customers.” od, TMC also plans to make consolidated cap- Since the development of the first-genera- ital expenditure investments of 910 billion tion Prius, TMC has positioned hybrid tech- yen (up seven percent year-on-year), with 440 nology as a core technology required for the billion yen invested in Japan (up nine percent development of various types of environ- year-on-year).

China manufacturing sector remains weak KCIC WEEKLY ANALYSIS ON ASIA KUWAIT: The Chinese economy continued half of the economy. to slowdown in May as most macro data China’s HSBC PMI is not the only indica- continued to worsen. This month, the HSBC tor showing that the manufacturing sector purchasing managers’ index (PMI) indicated is weakening. Industrial production, which that the manufacturing sector was still measures the industrial sector’s output, weakening as it fell from 49.2 to 48.2, con- eased from 9.3% to 9.2% in May. Fixed asset tinuing its downward trend that started in investments, a key indicator of the country’s March. A reading below 50 indicates a con- physical investments, slowed from 20.6% to traction while one above, an expansion. 20.4% YoY in May, mainly because of soft- China’s National Bureau of Statistics ening manufacturing investments which (NBS) also publishes their official PMI index. makes up about a third of total investments The indicator fell from 50.8 to 50.1 in June, and slowed from 17.9% to 16.5% YoY. Also, showing that manufacturing activity was export growth, which is heavily linked to flat. The NBS PMI has been over 50 since manufacturing activity, dropped from September 2012. As usual, the NBS PMI was 14.7% to 1% YoY in May. more optimistic than its HSBC counterpart. May’s manufacturing-related indicators One reason for the discrepancy is that it all point to a slowdown in the sector, and focuses more on larger state-run firms. given the forward-looking feature of the However, the two PMI indicators are now PMIs, it is strongly believed that those eco- more in line with each other, both trending nomic indicators will continue to witness a downwards. The HSBC manufacturing PMI downward trend. For instance, the rise in declined due to various reasons. The “out- the stocks of final goods suggests that put” component fell below 50 for the first demand is coming down, and that manu- time in eight months in June due to lower facturing activity will slow down in the demand, as highlighted by the “new orders” short-term. This is also evident in the component which contracted for the sec- decline of intermediate goods’ stocks ond month in a row. Both domestic and for- which, due to lower factory orders, entails eign orders fell, with the latter declining by lower manufacturing activity ahead. its fastest pace since last September, mostly Interbank rates also rose in June due to due to lower demand from the EU and US. the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the The “employment” component also country’s central bank, struggling to tighten weakened by its fastest pace since last parts of the country’s financial sector. The August. Falling stocks of intermediate higher rates reduced the flow of credit to goods, for the fifth month in a row, and companies, making it more expensive for increasing stocks of final goods, suggest a companies to borrow money. This will dim outlook for China’s manufacturing sec- reduce the company’s expansion plans, tor. The PMI is an index composed from which will put more pressure on manufac- data based on monthly questionnaires turing output going forward. Besides, glob- answered by purchasing executives in dif- al demand has still not recovered. ferent sectors. The index monitors seasonal- The country’s liquidity condition needs ly adjusted month-on-month changes in to improve for the manufacturing sector to the managers’ views on business conditions recover. However, interbank rates are not (ie business conditions are better, the same, projected to fall to their previous levels as or worse than last month). the central bank is not expected to undergo A reading of above 50 means that more any major stimulus: authorities are willing than 50 percent of managers see conditions to accept lower growth for more structural as better than last month, hence an expan- reforms, as well as potentially introduce sionary business environment. The HSBC more market liberalizing policies that will flash estimate is released a week before the keep interbank rates volatile in the short- beginning of the month, when official and term. Overall, China’s gross domestic prod- final HSBC PMI are released, and it covers 85 uct (GDP) is still expected to grow around to 90 percent of the data included in the 7.5% YoY due to (a) a resilient services sec- final HSBC PMI reading. The manufacturing tor, as indicated by the stable retail sales PMI is often used as a lead indicator on the growth and both services PMIs still expand- condition of the economy, since China’s ing, and (b) continued infrastructure invest- industrial sector makes up approximately ments led by the government. MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 BUSINESS

Cheap Canadian oil for Midwest refiners not reflected in pump prices

TEXAS: For nearly two years, refineries in periodically dipped a bit, refiners that slowed production. We had that pipeline in burn,” said Kloza of the Oil Price Information Mercantile Exchange, where traders buy the Midwest have been buying crude oil at bought the cheaper crude kept most of the Minnesota, because of the floods, knocked Service. For that reason, refinery glitches and sell contracts for North Sea Brent and steep discounts, thanks to a glut of US and gains for themselves. Earnings reports show out of commission.” Because of those glitch- and other events that put a crimp in gaso- West Texas Intermediate crudes based on Canadian oil. But drivers in the Midwest they processed the discounted oil, then sold es, gasoline inventories in the Midwest fell line supplies have made US fuel prices actual conditions and speculation about oil haven’t seen a corresponding decrease in the resulting fuel to distributors and con- close to 25-year lows. “much, much more bipolar than crude.” prices, supply and demand. The connection gasoline prices. In fact, they sometimes pay sumers at prices that were pushed up by The region’s refiners aren’t complaining, Refinery hiccups have been around as between oil and gasoline prices was so more at the pump than people in other Midwest fuel shortages and by the higher though. Even though Canada’s heavy crude long as refineries themselves. But the ripple ingrained and so consistent that politicians, parts of the country, even as windfall profits cost of other kinds of crude oil. has gotten a lot more expensive in 2013 - it’s effects of a single outage are more immedi- the oil industry and the public have equat- flow to BP, Koch Industries Inc and other In mid-December, for instance, when the now trading above $80 per barrel com- ate and more dramatic now because of an ed the two for decades. large Midwestern refiners. discount peaked, refiners could buy pared to about $98 per barrel for US bench- accelerating trend toward fewer, larger, and Drawing on that well-established link, it “It’s good to be a refiner,” said Tom Kloza, Canadian heavy oil for about $44 per barrel mark oil - refiners that buy it still pocket a more complicated refineries. In addition, made sense to assume that building the chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information - almost half the going price of $88.32 per double-digit discount that doesn’t get refiners and others in the industry now Keystone XL would directly affect gasoline Service, a company that tracks energy mar- barrel for West Texas Intermediate, the US passed along in lower gasoline prices. keep as little extra oil, gasoline and diesel on prices. After all, the project would boost the kets. “For 20 years, the rule of thumb was benchmark oil. Gas prices in the Midwest The strongest profit margins have been hand as possible. Crude oil gets delivered to nation’s imports of cheap crude from that if you made $5 a barrel east of the sank to the year’s lowest average, $3.14 a in the Midwest, but refiners elsewhere also refiners essentially on an as-needed basis. Canada, and more oil would translate into Rockies, that was a good profit for a refinery. gallon. But that was still 10 cents more than benefited from snags in gasoline supplies Gasoline and diesel are carried from refiner- lower fuel prices. In this new world, howev- Recently, we saw a period in the Midwest drivers were paying on the Gulf Coast and that sent pump prices soaring well above ies to gas stations in a similar just-in-time er, it’s just not that simple, analysts say. where refiners were making $40, or $50, or only 11 cents cheaper than the national production costs. Refinery problems on the fashion, whether the fuel is being moved Although it’s hard to predict whether all even $60 a barrel on gasoline.” The disparity average, according to figures from the US West Coast last year triggered California’s across town or from the Gulf Coast to the these trends will continue to hold such of fortunes between Midwest refiners and Energy Information Administration. fastest and largest spike in gasoline prices. Northeast. sway over gasoline prices, they say the consumers isn’t a surprise to industry ana- So far this year, retail gas prices in the When Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, it Gasoline stockpiles in the Rocky dominant and unshakable correlation lysts. Midwest have been mixed. They were led to gas lines, fuel shortages and higher Mountain region, for example, amounted to between oil and gasoline prices has been In today’s complex fuel market, retail below the national average until the end of gas prices that lasted long after normal fuel 24.9 gallons per person last year, a 42 per- severely weakened, if not broken altogeth- gasoline prices are no longer just a reflec- April, but in late May, additional refinery flows were restored. cent drop from 43 gallons per person in er. “Crude oil versus your prices for refined tion of the cost of oil. A host of other factors problems sent them soaring to 20 cents The Energy Information Administration 1980, according to the Oil Price Information products ... I think they’re separate and dis- - such as refinery fires, power outages, and above the national average. The price spike estimated that despite cheaper oil imports Service. The change is even more striking tinct entities now,” said Andre van der Valk, damage from extreme weather events - dissipated after some of the problems were from Canada, higher domestic production on the West Coast, where gasoline invento- who worked at an oil company and now now have an increasing impact, in part solved. But industry-watchers expect the and lower gasoline demand, Americans ries that stood at 38.5 gallons a person in owns four gas stations in Southern because there are fewer refineries fulfilling gyrations at the pump to continue. “We’ve spent almost 4 percent of their household 1980 fell by almost half, to 19.8 gallons per California. Still, many politicians cling to the the nation’s thirst for fuel. The correlation had crazy up and we’ve had crazy down in income on gas in 2012. That’s the highest person, last summer. Low inventories help notion that importing more of Canada’s tar between the price of oil and the price of the Midwest,” said Kloza, of the energy price percentage in nearly 30 years, and puts it in refiners cut operating costs and reflect a dis- sands oil through the Keystone would lower gasoline has become so skewed that ana- tracking company. “Everything we’ve seen a tie with 2008, when oil prices neared $150 tribution system that’s become more effi- US gas prices. The project’s effect on gas lysts say it calls into question one of the cen- so far in 2013 in the Midwest has had noth- a barrel and gasoline prices set record-highs cient over the years. But they also can lead prices is expected to be one of the factors tral benefits touted by supporters of the ing to do with crude. It’s had nothing to do that were recently eclipsed in many regions. to magnified and immediate price spikes at that the Obama administration considers controversial Keystone XL pipeline: that the with (uncertainty around the) Keystone.” Oil and fuel markets have grown more the pump if there’s a problem in the supply when determining whether the pipeline is project would lower US gas prices by pro- The biggest factor in the region’s gas complex in other ways, too. Energy traders chain. Another constantly shifting element in the national interest. viding Gulf Coast refiners with a steady flow prices has been the partial shutdown of the now play a significant role in setting market that affects pump prices is the lure of higher No matter which way the decision goes, of cheaper oil from Canada. Midwest’s largest refinery - BP’s plant in prices, and so do things like currency profits for refiners that export fuel - espe- refiners expect their good fortune to contin- “Now there are all sorts of wild cards - all Whiting, Ind - so it can be upgraded to exchange rates and the ebb and flow of fuel cially diesel - from the United States to ue. If the Keystone isn’t built, the supply of sorts of additional complexities,” said Patrick process larger amounts of Canada’s heavy exports. In addition, every gallon of US countries where demand is growing. The heavy Canadian crude won’t be as robust DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at crude. The project is taking longer than gasoline contains an increasing amount of focus on exports has accelerated so much for Gulf Coast refiners, but it will continue to GasBuddy.com, which helps drivers find low planned, and analysts expect it to be at least ethanol, making corn prices an increasingly that the US recently became a net exporter flow via rail and other pipelines. If the gas prices. “Sometimes it doesn’t matter if a few more months before the refinery runs important element in determining what of fuel for the first time. Because diesel Keystone is built, their profits will get an you’re putting $100 oil into that refinery or at full capacity. Several other Midwest consumers pay at the pump. exports are particularly lucrative, many Gulf extra boost. They’ll be able to buy even $60 Canadian oil, because we’re becoming refineries have also had problems. A main- What’s more, surprise developments - Coast refiners are making more diesel and more of the cheaper Canadian crudes, more subject to these refining limitations tenance project in Joliet, Ill. took almost such as the recent surge in US oil produc- less gasoline from each barrel of oil. All along with crude from North Dakota and and outages.” Nowhere has this shift been twice as long as planned. There was a fire in tion - have disrupted longstanding price these changes are still transforming the West Texas, and then sell the byproducts at more obvious than in the Midwest, where Detroit. Lightning struck a plant in Lemont, relationships between different types of industry, making it harder than ever to prices that don’t reflect the oil discount. ramped-up tar-sands oil production and Ill. There were pipeline spills in Wisconsin. crude as well as between oil and gasoline. make assumptions about energy prices. “Right now, if you’re a refiner, whether construction of new and expanded “The Midwest has just had a lot of bad At times, US crude prices and gasoline Just a few years ago, it was possible to you’re on the Gulf Coast, the East Coast or pipelines helped create an oil glut that first luck,” said Phil Flynn, a Chicago-based ener- prices have even moved in opposite direc- reliably predict the rough cost of the whatever, you’re saying to your fellow refin- surfaced in 2011. gy trader at the Price Futures Group. “We tions. The price of “crude is still crucial, but ... nation’s gasoline merely by observing the ers, ‘Pinch me, I want to make sure this is not Although Midwest pump prices have also had power outages during a storm that gasoline is ultimately what we need to price of benchmark crude on the New York a dream,’ “ Kloza said. —MCT Sub-par US economy suggests no rush to withdraw stimulus China, euro-zone PMIs to test G8 economic optimism

LONDON: Like a father who has told his son Fed to nudge down its central forecasts for European official. Somewhat is the operative the tooth fairy does not exist, Ben Bernanke 2013 growth and inflation. “All in all, conditions word. Data provider Markit’s purchasing man- must find a way to soothe investors who feel for a self-sustaining recovery are not yet in agers’ index (PMI) for China on Thursday is likely betrayed since he told them it was also a fanta- place,” said Douglas Roberts, an economist to provide further evidence of a slowdown in the sy to hope he might keep printing free money with Standard Life in Edinburgh. “If anything, world’s second-largest economy. The euro-zone’s for ever more. Financial markets, of course, weak inflationary pressures are giving the Fed PMI is expected to have edged higher in June knew deep down that the Federal Reserve a clear mandate to focus on getting economic but will still point to shrinking output in the 17- would have to start withdrawing its extraordi- growth up and running again.” country bloc zone, which has been in recession nary monetary stimulus once the US economy was out of the emergency ward. But bond yields have climbed and share CHUKHA: A Buddhist temple sits near an electricity grid main of the Chukha prices have sagged globally since the Fed hydro power station in south-eastern Bhutan. Home to meditating monks chairman shocked investors on May 22 by say- ing the bank might ‘take a step down’ in the and Himalayan nomads, the sleepy kingdom of Bhutan has set its sights on pace of bond purchases in coming months. becoming an unlikely energy powerhouse thanks to its abundant winding Bernanke has the opportunity to recalibrate rivers. Hydropower plants have already harnessed the country’s water flows expectations when he briefs the media on to light up nearly every Bhutanese home, generating electricity that is sent Wednesday after a two-day meeting of the to remote villages by cables strung through rugged mountain terrain. —AFP central bank’s policy-making panel. The Fed chief cannot disavow last month’s remarks. But, given the scale of the subsequent asset-market selloff, he is expected to indicate Cellphone lots become that the economy is still too poorly to justify slowing the pace of bond buying, now $85 bil- a key airport feature lion a month, right away. And as for raising interest rates from near zero, that day remains distant. “The confusion since May 22 will force PHILADELPHIA: It used to be you’d circle the ing for flights can grab coffee and fill up their them to make clarity a high priority at this airport loop, get chased away from baggage gas tank while keeping tabs on a flight’s sta- upcoming meeting,” said Ward McCarthy, chief claim by police, or park precariously on the tus. Cincinnati’s airport plans to put a gas sta- financial economist at Jefferies in New York. shoulder of ramps and roadways. That was tion at its entrance road with a larger waiting before Philadelphia International Airport area, convenience store and a Subway or A TAPERING TIMETABLE? opened a convenient 150-space cellphone Dunkin’ Donuts, said Paul Hegedus, the air- To that end, McCarthy speculated that the waiting lot in December 2009 on airport prop- port’s vice president of commercial manage- Fed might map out its base-case starting date erty - just one minute from the terminals. ment. Denver International Airport will relo- for reducing bond buying along with a prelimi- AIX-EN-PROVENCE: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Great. Terrific. Handy. Easy to find. And, cate its cellphone lot next to a gas station and nary schedule of the wind-down, subject to Lagarde (center) leaves after attending the last day of the 2013 Economic Forum in best of all, free. a Wendy’s. “When the new waiting area opens the usual caveats on growth, inflation and Aix-en-Provence yesterday. —AFP Since tighter post-Sept 11, security, cell- this fall, it will have a food court with a financial markets. “The problem is they can’t phone lots - free parking areas where people Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baja Fresh Mexican use a light switch. They have to have discretion G8 OPTIMISM, PMI PESSIMISM for the past six quarters. picking up travelers can wait - have sprung up Grill, and Zpizza,” said airport spokeswoman because nobody knows what the future bears, The tightening in financial conditions repre- “The pace of deterioration has declined. at many of the largest US airports. “The word Julie Smith. so they will never give up their flexibility - and sented by lower share prices and higher bond That’s the best thing that can be said,” according has gotten out, and it’s been very well- The Tampa, Fla, airport’s cellphone lot fea- nor should they,” he said. Manufacturing sur- yields is an additional headwind for a global to Jens Larsen, chief European economist at received,” said Keith Brune, deputy director of tures food trucks, Wi-Fi, and a pavilion with veys from New York and Philadelphia due this economy still growing well below trend due to Royal Bank of Canada in London. Recent indica- Philadelphia airport operations. Drivers inter- restrooms and vending machines. “Some peo- week, as well as a national poll of home- the after effects of the great financial crisis. But tors were consistent with a modest recovery in viewed recently among about 80 to 100 cars ple will come just for the food truck, not even builders, are unlikely to suggest the need for a leaders of the Group of Eight major powers, either the third or fourth quarter, he said. “It’s not streaming into the lot were enthusiastic. “It’s to pick up a passenger,” said airport spokes- swift tapering of the Fed’s accommodative meeting in Northern Ireland today and tomor- a lot more than that. I’m not particularly confi- wonderful to have this and not have to go woman Janet Zink. A list of food trucks is post- stance. row, can be expected to try to bolster confi- dent about the euro area. Equally, I feel more into short-term parking, and worry that if the ed weekly on the airport’s Facebook page. McCarthy reckons the economy is expand- dence by accentuating the positive. comfortable that the euro area is not heading flight is delayed, you will have to pay extra,” Many cellphone lots are basic parking areas, ing at a pace of about 2 percent, but that The G8 communiquÈ was likely to reflect a south at a pretty fast rate and the chances of a said Jamie Kravec of West Chester, Pa, waiting lighted at night and patrolled by police but might falter unless inventory accumulation “somewhat better situation in the global econo- large-scale monetary response from the ECB are for the “I’m here” call from her boyfriend, flying without concessions or restrooms. They picks up. Indeed, many economists expect the my” than the year before, according to a senior now pretty small,” Larsen said. —Reuters in from Seattle. include Baltimore-Washington International, “There’s less hassle. We used to sit out on Los Angeles, Washington Dulles, and Reagan the highway waiting for people,” said Joyce National airports. Miller of Townsend, Del., who with her hus- Between 4 and 10 pm, when Philadelphia QE2 ocean liner to be a luxury hotel in Asia band, Arthur, was picking up a family member airport is busiest, the cellphone lot consistent- from Tennessee. “It’s beautiful that they’ve got ly has 75 or 80 cars - and is 100 percent full DUBAI: Dubai will spend another $90 ect in a timely manner,” he added. and thereafter leave for the selected The profits from the new hotel, expected all these flight display boards,” she said. “It’s a around holidays. The lot was packed before 5 million to refurbish the ocean liner QE2 Dubai World’s investment arm shipyard in China to complete her trans- to be functional in 2014, will be shared sign of the times. We all use cellphones.” pm on a recent weekday and an overflow of a before it steams out of the emirate in Istithmar bought the vessel from Cunard formation, the new owner’s said in a among the consortium of investors. Improving traffic safety and congestion was a dozen cars were parked on Route 291, just October to be moored in Asia as a 400- for $100 million back in 2007, but the statement. The ship’s memorabilia will be He did not specify where the funds to key motive for the lots. Since 9/11, the outside the cellphone lot. In one of them, room luxury hotel, its new owners said 2008 debt crunch which left the con- sent to Singapore and stored in a special- convert the cruise liner into a hotel are Transportation Security Administration has Derrick Gray of Lumberton, NJ, said he drove yesterday. The QE2, launched more than glomerate heavily indebted resulted in ly secured warehouse and reassembled coming from. The annual maintenance not allowed cars to dwell at baggage claim. through the lot once and, not finding a space, 40 years ago by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the vessel being largely left unused. Hit after renovation. cost of the hotel, which will have 400 Cellphone lots range from a paved lot to a looped around and parked on 291. will be owned by a consortium of by the global economic slowdown the suite-size rooms varying in size from 60 complex with portable toilets, electronic flight “It’s an overflow crowd here. I think it could investors under a Dubai-based entity emirate scaled back on plans to turn the NO SALE to 150 square meters, has been estimat- display screens, food, and free Wi-Fi. The have been a little bigger,” he said, referring to called QE2 Shipping, Khamis Juma ocean liner into a luxury hotel at the tip QE2, which undertook its maiden ed to be around $2.5 million. Some larger Charlotte, NC, airport has two cellphone lots; the lot. “It beats riding around the airport.” Buamim, the chairman of the new com- of the emirate’s famous palm-shaped voyage from Southampton to New York suites in the hotel will be for long stay Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has three. With a dozen signs directing motorists to the pany said at a press conference. island last year and said she would be City in May 1969, will continue to be residences. Buamim said discussions are Pittsburgh International offers the first hour of spot, Pennsylvania state police are issuing The identity of the individual moored in an unglamorous part of town owned by Dubai and there are no plans underway with two to three countries in parking for free in the “extended-term” park- fewer tickets to drivers parked illegally on investors was not revealed and neither instead. However, in January Dubai to sell the ship, Buamim said, dismissing Asia, which may be QE2’s final destina- ing lot; the second hour costs $1. Some air- ramps. But old habits die hard - and some cars was the final destination of the vessel. announced its decision to move the ship media reports that the ship would be tion. “Whoever gives a better deal, we will ports impose a time limit to discourage driv- still congregate haphazardly on roadways. But the ship will be moored in Asia and to Asia where it would become a floating sold to Chinese investors. “We have give it to them. This should be sometime ers from lingering. Others require drivers to be “I am told that we are still having an issue will not return to Dubai. “We are going to hotel. QE2 will steam out of Dubai on already spent the money...a large next year,” said Buamim. Dubai ship- with their cars at all times. with people parking on the side of roads,” said do what we think is right as this is our October 18, after which she is expected amount was spent on it. Now, it’s a recov- builder Drydocks World and Oceanic The airport in Portland, Ore., is seeking a State Police Capt James P Raykovitz. “Our guys ship but we won’t scrap it and we won’t to reach Singapore on November 1 ery cycle and we expect a ten-year cycle,” Group, an Asian cruise company, will be developer to build a fuel, convenience store, consistently are moving people along and destroy it,” Buamim said. “This is a piece of where she will stay for 3 days before pro- said Buamim, adding that he expects the carrying out repairs to enable the voyage and fast-food “travel center” where those wait- occasionally writing tickets.” —MCT history. We are going to deliver the proj- ceeding to Hong Kong for another 3 days all suite-hotel to turn profitable by 2024. to the Far East, Buamin said. —Reuters MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 BUSINESS Price-cost pinch dulls last luster of South Africa gold Labor unrest adds to the losing value equation

JOHANNESBURG: A hand drill lying in the hill- as militancy among workers steps up ahead of “This year we could well touch $1,000. side tunnel of a 19th-century South African gold tough wage talks this month. Anything you think could be negative for gold, mine testifies to the back-breaking labor by black “Further job losses are an inevitability, and will be negative,” said Bhar. South Africa’s gold miners that built what was once the world’s these are linked to falling commodity prices, but mines were able to earn tidy profits in 2008 and biggest bullion industry. But even with basic long-term labor instability could act as additional 2009 when gold was $1,000/oz, but costs - tools and cheap labor, costs overran returns at downward pressure on the sector,” said political notably labor and power - have ballooned. In the the Kromdraai gold mine north of Johannesburg, analyst Nic Borain. This is a headache for fourth quarter of 2009 for example AngloGold which listed in London in 1893 and closed in President Jacob Zuma’s ruling African National Ashanti’s cash costs in southern Africa were 1914. A century later, South African’s remaining Congress (ANC) party, which faces an election $575/oz, but by the same period last year its cash gold mines, which still employ a mostly black next year. It wants to head off further strife in the costs in South Africa had doubled to $1,166/oz. and lowly paid workforce, look set to follow the mines after wildcat strikes and violence stem- Major South African gold producers have same fate, as the sun sets on an industry that has ming from a union turf war last year killed over among the weakest pretax profit margins in the produced a third of the bullion extracted from 50 people and hit the country’s credit rating. industry. Harmony Gold, which gets more than the planet. The membership war between the 90 percent of its output from South Africa, keeps Gold’s sliding price and surging costs are hit- Association of Mineworkers and Construction less than 10 percent of its sales as pretax profit, ting an industry that laid the foundations for Union and the National Union of Mineworkers according to Thomson Reuters StarMine. Gold Africa’s largest economy but has been slowly (NUM), a key ANC ally, has rumbled on, and the Fields and AngloGold, with most of their produc- dying for decades as ore grades decline and latest government effort to defuse it is showing tion outside South Africa, fare better with about shafts reach depths of 4 kms, the world’s deep- little progress. Ominously, even during gold’s bull 19 percent and 15 percent, respectively. This est. Unrest is also flaring as restive miners run over the past decade, South African produc- pales in comparison to 28 percent pretax profit demand more for their toil after over a century of ers shed jobs almost every year, according to earned by Canada’s Kinross Gold Corp or the 44 low wages linked to a system of migrant labor government data. The number of miners percent that Russia’s Polyus Gold delivers, that outlasted the end of apartheid in 1994. A employed in the gold shafts fell to 142,000 last StarMine data shows. weaker rand currency, which lowers local costs year from almost 500,000 in 1990. for domestic gold producers, has given them a Much of the gold workforce, drawn from rural “BENEFIT THE PEOPLE” temporary life-line of sorts but not enough to areas far from the shafts, is illiterate and will Gold companies in South Africa have been halt the terminal decline. struggle to find work in a slow-growing economy paying above-average wage increases for several According to Roger Baxter, chief economist at where 25 percent are unemployed. “It’s not a years. But those at the bottom of the pay scale South Africa’s Chamber of Mines, in the fourth labor force that naturally joins the queue to be were at an extremely low salary base as migrant quarter of 2012 the price of gold averaged part of the middle class. It has one foot in urban workers, and, with an average eight dependants 509,000 rand per kilogram, but it fell in the first squatter camps and one in poverty-stricken rural to feed, they still struggle to make ends meet. In six months of this year to under 400,000 rand/kg. areas,” said Borain. This could put pressure on the the current pay round, the NUM is seeking a 60 “This precipitous fall in the price ... has been the welfare system and pose a threat to social stabili- percent hike, over 10 times the inflation rate, for biggest decline that has taken place since the ty, he added. entry-level workers. Not to be outdone, the more 1920s,” he said. “At a 400,000 rand a kilo gold hardline AMCU has made the fight for “a living Al Mulla Exchange honors price, our estimate is that about 60 percent of the DEFLATING BUBBLE, SHRINKING MARGINS wage” its battle cry under charismatic president industry is in loss-making territory.” South Africa’s fortunes as the world’s No 1 Joseph Mathunjwa and wants an increase of 150 long-term, loyal customers This spells doom for an industry that account- platinum supplier have been sinking, too, and percent. ed for 79 percent of world production in 1970 in top global producer, Anglo American Platinum, Unlike the unprotected Kromdraai workers KUWAIT: Recognizing the customer rela- over ten years is the best attestation of the its heyday, when Johannesburg, still ringed today wants to cut up to 6,000 South African jobs to more than a century ago, today’s gold workers tions that withstood the test of time, Al customer-attuned offerings of the exchange by the hill-like humps of eroding dusty mine tail- restore profits. But gold is outpacing the white toil with automated drills, have helmets and Mulla International Exchange, Kuwait’s pre- company, and the trust we have for their ings, was dubbed the “City of Gold”. Thomson metal in the race to the bottom, dragged down boots and are covered by a safety code. But mier money exchange company, honored safe and fast remittance services,” said one of Reuters GFMS ranked South Africa sixth in global by the plummeting price. AMCU and NUM insist they are still not being their long-term and loyal customers with a the very satisfied customer. production in 2012, when it fell behind Peru and Less than two years ago, in September 2011, rewarded the full fruits of their labor, despite colorful appreciation dinner banquet in a Al Mulla Exchange senior management produced 177.8 tons of gold, just 6 percent of the gold hit a record $1,920.30/ounce as investors, warnings from the companies and industry ana- unique reach out program. Included in the left no words to express their gratitude to world total, the country’s worst year for produc- spooked in part by inflation concerns linked to lysts that more wage pressure will accelerate the exclusive invite were those privileged cus- the customers who have reposed their trust tion since 1905. the US Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy, industry’s deep decline. tomers and their families, who continue to to the exchange. Customers were over- stampeded to bullion’s safe-haven embrace. “The majority of the people have not yet ben- patronize Al Mulla Exchange since 2001. whelmed by the acknowledgement and HAEMORRHAGE OF JOBS They are now in flight on speculation the US efited from the distribution of wealth created The happy families attended the func- gratitude as it was the first time ever that an Gold may have lost much of its luster for the Federal Reserve will wind down its stimulus pro- within the mining industry,” Mathunjwa’s AMCU tion on Thursday June 27, held at the exchange company has conducted such a South African economy, accounting for only gram, known as “quantitative easing” (QE), as the said in its demands to the gold producers. “We Daheya Ballroom of Holiday Inn Downtown customer loyalty reception around 1.5 percent of gross domestic product, US economy picks up. “Gold has been in a bub- believe the minerals of this country must now in Sharq area. It was not just the dinner Over the years, by introducing innovative but it is still the country’s main mineral export, ble, and that bubble is deflating,” said Societe benefit the people,” it added. But unless the wage alone, the event was marked by lively ideas and implementing cutting edge tech- which in 2012 fetched 72 billion rand, about 10 Generale analyst Robin Bhar. Gold lost 23 percent talks reach an outcome that reflects the balance music, a lavish dinner banquet and distribu- nologies, Al Mulla Exchange has offered percent of all export earnings. The industry has in the April-June period and is now at $1,224/oz, sheet realities, neither companies nor workers tion of appreciation certificates and gifts to their customers the finest money remittance shed 340,000 jobs since 1990, more than two 36 percent off its life high, and looks set to go can salvage a gold industry crushed between a those customers for their decade long loyal- solutions. Free insurance and loyalty points thirds, and there are fears of further big lay-offs lower as the Fed stops printing money. toppling price and climbing costs. —Reuters ty and continued patronage to Kuwait’s on every transaction, SMS confirmation on leading money remittance company, delivery of remittances; server to server Customers who were invited to the event transactions that ensure the beneficiary’s were unanimous in expressing their appreci- account is credited within seconds in the BMW Group Middle East shifts into ation for the outstanding services that Al most secured manner and the facility to Mulla Exchange had rendered down the send money from the comfort of one’s years and continued to do so till today with home or office through www.amxremit.com overdrive with 22% sales growth same professionalism the exchange is are only some of the outstanding services known for. “The fact that we have continued offered by Al Mulla International Exchange KUWAIT: BMW Group Middle East is to use the services of Al Mulla Exchange for Company. shifting into a higher gear with its announcement of a 22% increase in sales for the first half of 2013 com- pared to the same period in 2012. With both BMW and MINI brands going from strength to strength, BMW Group Middle East delivered a record breaking 12,657 vehicles to customers across 13 Middle East mar- kets. Based on these outstanding fig- ures, the world’s most successful pre- mium automotive manufacturer is gearing up for yet another successful year in the region. The UAE remained the highest volume selling market in the Middle East, accounting for 49% of BMW and MINI regional sales in the first half of the year, followed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. Markets which showed strong individual sales

increases included Kuwait which company’s bestselling model. a 22% increase in sales. grew 47%, Bahrain 44%, Qatar 27%, Globally, over the last two years, Commenting on BMW Group’s US economic growth Dubai 23% and Jordan 20%. “BMW annual sales for the BMW 5 Series - flagship 7 Series model, Dr. Breuer Group Middle East is on track for yet the worlds’ best-selling vehicle in the said: “The BMW 7 Series continues another successful record year after executive saloon segment - to be a market leader in the luxury ‘accelerating’ confirming record breaking sales fig- increased by 50% and in the Middle sedan segment across the region. ures during the first six months of the East 2,739 cars were sold in the first With a combination of luxury, ele- KUWAIT: The US economy is building a year,” said Dr. Joerg Breuer, Managing six months of the year, an increase of gance and innovation, the model strong base, found on a very healthy con- Director, BMW Group Middle East. 8% over the same period in 2012. epitomises everything the luxury sumer spending and a much healthier “Together with our importer partners Hot off the heels of the sales of sedan segment stands for. The suc- housing market than last year. The recently we have continued to invest in sever- the BMW 5 Series is the BMW X5 cess of the launch of the latest reported weak economic growth will not al areas of our business to elevate the Sports Activity Vehicle. Since its generation BMW 7 Series late last last and economic activities will start accel- customer’s brand experience even inception in 1999, the vehicle has year has continued through into erating in the second half of this year and further.” achieved phenomenal success with the first six months of this year and should accelerate substantially in 2014 and demand currently exceeding vehicle we are confident that it will contin- 2015. TOP END MODELS supply. During the first six months ue to contribute to the future of Removing the threat of any further gov- The company’s impressive first 2,276 BMW X5 vehicles were sold. our Group’s accelerating sales.” ernment spending cuts should give a fur- half year numbers demonstrate the BMW Group’s flagship 7 Series model Other models which proved ther boost to economic growth. The com- continued growth of the region’s pre- continued to lead the luxury sedan popular with the regions’ discern- ment by the Federal Reserve chairman mium automotive industry, and also segment in the region consistently ing customers were the BMW X6 about his future plan of reducing the Joerg Breuer, Managing Director, highlight Middle East customers’ ranking amongst the Group’s best Sports Activity CoupÈ and BMW 3 amount of bonds purchased on monthly BMW Group Middle East appetite for luxury vehicles. The BMW selling cars with 2,200 vehicles deliv- Series. Since the launch of the lat- basis should give officials in the govern- 5 Series took pole position as the ered in the first half of 2013, marking est generation of both models in ment and opposition some comfort about 2012, there has been an increased the debt ceiling. The Federal Reserve chair- demand for these vehicles. The man has to weigh carefully any reduction BMW 3 Series, the world’s best-sell- in bond buying against the much week ing premium car achieved an inflation number that is well below its own unprecedented growth of 87% official target. Even here some members of with the delivery of 1,406 vehicles the board of the Federal Reserve are not Hayder Tawfik in the first half of 2013, while the sure if the chairman should do so. BMW X6 Sports Activity CoupÈ had Obviously, the bond market has started The recent fall in oil, gold and other 11% growth with 1,369 vehicle to price in any future action by the Federal commodity prices should be seen as very sales. Reserve. However, any move by them positive for consumers and companies MINI kicked off the year with the should take into account that overall asset alike. We have yet to see the benefits com- introduction of the seventh model to prices in the US apart from US treasury are ing through in the next few months. The the brand’s portfolio, the all-new MINI not stretched and within the economy nature of the US economy is so dynamic Paceman which contributed towards there is still some slack to be filled. Also, and consumption driven, so when it is the sale of 773 vehicles sold in the consumers and banks are far less lever- given the right fuel such as record low in first half of 2013, an 11% sales aged now than few years ago and this can interest rates and lower fuel prices it increase. The most popular model be good at times of strong economic reacts with some time lags. Overall, I think was the MINI Countryman - the first growth but not when the growth could a stronger second half economic growth is MINI with four doors with four wheel weaken suddenly by any wrong action. I well underpinned and it appears very sol- drive option - which accounted for think because of the fragility of the global id. Consumers spending, strong housing 46% of regional sales. Meanwhile the economic activities and a low inflation market and the amazing revival of the US MINI Hatch, MINI Cabrio and MINI around the world the Federal Reserve auto industry should all contribute strong- CoupÈ were also strong contributors chairman will be concern about taking the ly to economic activity for the next couple to the brand’s first half 2013 success. wrong action. of years. MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 technology

Game-makers bend energies toward keeping teen girls interested in STEM

SEATTLE: Consider, for a moment, the the University of Washington’s Center for catch up. Peterson said only about 26 sources such as private foundations or cation in a much more sophisticated way possibility of a completely addictive Game Science, the private DigiPen percent of employees in computer and the National Science Foundation. A few these days,” Fisher said. For example, the electronic game that had a more noble Institute for game developers, and game mathematical sciences are women, with girl-centered games have been wildly Center for Game Science’s Foldit game objective than destroying pigs with companies such as Big Fish and Her half that many in engineering. The num- successful. has gotten hundreds of thousands of slingshot-flung birds or traveling Interactive. bers are even lower for minority women, Seattle company Her Interactive, for players all over the world to solve pro- through post-apocalyptic wastelands. The idea is the brainchild of Tayloe who make up fewer than 1 in 10 one, has sold more than 9 million copies tein-folding puzzles. What about a game that was geared Washburn, dean of Northeastern-Seattle. employed scientists and engineers. of a detective game built on the Nancy The key, Fisher thinks, is to have great toward teen girls — a free game that He thinks a successful game could The game idea “is not about fixing Drew book series. Megan Gaiser, chief incentive structures built in. “If it’s not kept them engrossed in math and sci- underscore the advantages of a career in girls, or changing girls _ it’s about find- creative-strategy officer of Her fun, and it doesn’t incentivize students ence, nudging them toward careers in science, technology, engineering and ing a better way to portray all the excit- Interactive, is joining the effort to create to continue playing, you’re going to lose those fields, at that very time in their math (STEM) fields for young girls. ing things you can do if you go into the new game. them and you’re going to lose them fast,” lives when they start to lose interest? Why a game? Research shows that STEM,” she said. “One of the reasons I’m so excited she said. Peterson — herself a gamer — “You’re right, it’s a huge order,” said children spend about two hours a day Washburn thinks it will take three to about this initiative is that we can do this said the incentives will need to go Karen Peterson, principal investigator of playing electronic games. “This is the five years to create about 20 test games. on a much broader scale,” Gaiser said. beyond just scoring points or reaching the National Girls Collaborative Project. medium they’re on; it’s where they are,” He hopes the group can get assistance “The Nancy Drew series is great, but new levels. They must show girls that in “But I think we can do it.” Washburn said. from professional game designers as there can be so many different types of math and the sciences, they may need to Gaming and education experts gath- Peterson, of the National Girls well as university researchers who study content that haven’t been imagined yet. try, and fail, many times to get some- ered recently at the Northeastern Collaborative Project, said girls often game science. He wants to test the pro- It’s possible to create games around any- thing right. University-Seattle campus to kick off an lose interest in math and science around totypes’ effectiveness exhaustively, then thing.” And the game also needs to show ambitious, long-term project to create fifth or sixth grade, not because they pick the best and roll them out in some Kate Fisher, community manager for that women from all walks of life can be just such a game. lack the ability but, for some, because easy-to-use platform, for little or no cost UW’s Center for Game Science, said edu- successful in STEM careers. GAMES — short for Girls Advancing in their confidence lags. They don’t take to the gamers. cational games have come a long way in “It’s like the supergame, isn’t it?” Math, Engineering and Science — challenging math or science classes in If the ideas are good, he believes the recent years. Peterson said, laughing. “Well, we can includes participants from Northeastern, middle school and later find it hard to necessary funding will follow from “We’re fusing the idea of fun and edu- dream right now.” —MCT

Fake product reviews may be pervasive, study finds

LOS ANGELES: Consumers often turn to in significantly less demand for an item for the Internet to research a product before at least 12 months. buying. Fake reviews are always a concern, “We have some evidence that these and the problem may be bigger than previ- negative reviews do drive purchasing deci- ously thought. sions and can reduce sales,” he said. There have long been reports and Simester and Anderson said they were also rumors of businesses posting negative able to replicate the effect using book reviews of their competitors’ products or reviews on Amazon.com. companies that pay or reward users to It’s unclear why customers would post write glowing reviews, a practice known as negative reviews about products they cyber-shilling. But new research shows that didn’t buy. Consumers might be acting as loyal customers are writing extremely neg- self-appointed brand managers that see ative reviews about products they never the reviews as a way to give feedback to a purchased. company about products, regardless of Marketing professors Duncan Simester whether they bought them. Or they might of the Massachusetts Institute of be seeking to raise their online social status Technology and Eric Anderson of by posting with great frequency or detail, Northwestern University did a study based assuming that doing so increases their level on reviews posted on the website of a of expertise, the study said. major private-label apparel company. All told, very few customers write The duo found that about 5 percent of reviews. For the private-label apparel the product reviews were written by cus- brand, fewer than 2 percent of the compa- tomers with no record of actually buying ny’s customers wrote reviews. People who the item. Those reviews were “significantly write reviews generally buy more items, are more negative” than the others. more likely to buy at a discount, are more Those bogus reviews have conse- likely to return items, and are more likely to quences, Simester said. Low ratings result buy new or niche items. —MCT

Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 PHOENIX: In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013, file photo, the Solar Impulse, piloted by Andre Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the flawless in AV-Comparatives Test 2013 Across America mission. —AP DUBAI: Kaspersky Lab reports that infection scenarios using various vulnera- Kaspersky Internet Security blocked bilities and malware samples. Kaspersky 100% of malicious attacks in a recent Internet Security 2013 effectively Solar powered plane Real-World Protection Test. The test was repulsed every attack. conducted by the authoritative interna- “Stable protection levels are critical for tional test lab AV-Comparatives in May an advanced security solution. The threat 2013. landscape changes dramatically every finishes NYC journey The Kaspersky Lab solution was day, and a good solution must be able to joined by 20 rival products, but only one respond to this. other vendor could match Kaspersky As AV-Comparatives results show, very NEW YORK: A solar-powered aircraft completed States, said the flight across the country tested off very early in the morning and land very late Internet Security 2013’s perfect perform- few solutions can achieve this,” said the final leg of a history-making cross-country the entire project team. at night, when air traffic is at a minimum. ance. Nikita Shvetsov, Deputy CTO (Research) flight Saturday night, gliding to a smooth stop at “Flying coast-to-coast has always been a “This is a leg where everybody is quite The Real-World Protection Test aims to at Kaspersky Lab. New York’s John F. Kennedy International mythical milestone full of challenges for aviation moved,” Piccard said shortly after the plane was measure the ability of security solutions This is the third month in a row that Airport. pioneers,” Piccard said. “During this journey, we in the air over Washington early Saturday. to withstand attacks that emulate real- Kaspersky Internet Security has returned The Solar Impulse touched down at JFK at had to find solutions for a lot of unforeseen situ- The aircraft soars to 30,000 feet while poking 11:09 p.m., completing the final leg of the cross- ations, which obliged us to develop new skills along at a top speed of 45 mph. Most of the world conditions - those which occur strong results in this Real-World continental journey that started in California in and strategies. In doing so, we also pushed the 11,000 solar cells are on the super-long wings during commonplace computing scenar- Protection Test. Similar AV-Comparatives early May. For Saturday’s final leg, the aircraft left boundaries of clean technologies and renewable that seem to stretch as far as a jumbo jet’s. It ios. These scenarios include web surfing tests conducted in March and April 2013 Dulles International Airport a little before 5 a.m. energies to unprecedented levels.” weighs about the size of a small car, and soars and the use of popular applications like also placed the Kaspersky Lab solution at The flight plan for the revolutionary plane, Borschberg noticed balance issues with the with what is essentially the power of a small Adobe Reader, Flash, Java, etc. The test is the top of the ratings. powered by some 11,000 solar cells on its over- wing in the early afternoon Saturday off the motorized scooter. conducted monthly, enabling it to use In addition, the product was awarded sized wings, had called for it to pass the Statue coast of Toms River, NJ, said Alenka Zibetto, a The Solar Impulse left San Francisco in early the most widely used malware samples AV-Comparatives’ highest Advanced+ of Liberty before landing early Sunday at New spokeswoman for Solar Impulse. May and has made stopovers in Phoenix, Dallas- at any given time. rating following a similar test conducted York. But an unexpected tear discovered on the Officials said the pilot and aircraft didn’t Fort Worth, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Dulles. This May the organizers prepared 569 between August and November 2012. left wing of the aircraft Saturday afternoon appear to be in danger. They said the eight-foot The cross-country flight is a tuneup for a forced officials to scuttle the fly-by and proceed tear on the lower left side of the wing wasn’t planned 2015 flight around the globe with an directly to JFK for a landing three hours earlier expected to worsen through the final portion of up-graded version of the plane. Xerox named finance and accounting than scheduled. the trip. “It was supposed to be the shortest and Solar Impulse’s creators view themselves as Pilot Andre Borschberg trumpeted the mile- easiest leg,” Piccard said. “It was the most difficult green pioneers - promoting lighter materials, leader in 2013 Magic Quadrant report stone of a plane capable of flying during the day one.” Piccard said in addition to the wing issue, solar-powered batteries, and conservation as DUBAI: Industry research firm Gartner, Inc. With more than 7,000 finance and account- and night, powered by solar energy, crossing the another problem with the landing was sexy and adventurous. Theirs is the high-flying placed Xerox, in the Leaders Quadrant of its ing professionals around the world, each U.S. without the use of fuel. Borschberg’s lack of air breaks to avoid making equivalent of the Tesla electric sports car. 2013 Magic Quadrant for Comprehensive year Xerox performs 180,000 account rec- “It was a huge success for renewable energy,” turbulence in the wing with the tear. Europe saw the solar plane first with a test Finance and Accounting (F&A) Business onciliations processes $421 billion in global Borschberg said while standing in front of Solar Despite the relatively short distance, flight from Switzerland and Spain to Morocco Process Outsourcing, Global. payables and processes payroll for more Impulse on the runway at JFK. “The only thing Saturday’s commuter-like hop was a long flight last year. Promoted as solar-powered, what really Quadrant leaders have “superior market than 500,000 customer employees in 12 that failed was a piece of fabric.” that lasted 18 hours and 23 minutes. The slow- pushes the envelope with this plane is its miserly understanding, have a global client base, countries. Bertrand Piccard, the other pilot who took flying aircraft was traveling between two of the energy efficiency, Borschberg said before the an extensive network of well-distributed Demonstrating a commitment to global turns flying the Solar Impulse across the United world’s busiest airports and was required to take flight. —AP and highly populated global delivery cen- expansion, Xerox recently added finance ters catering for multiple languages, a and accounting service delivery capability good balance of transactional and high- centers in Mexico and Ghana. Tech companies turn attention to older customers end F&A delivery and innovative well com- “Today’s finance and procurement pro- municated and marketed sales offerings,” fessionals must manage and build flexible SAN FRANCISCO: Tech companies have the chance to create technolo- box opens or how long the elderly free Web service and mobile appli- the report said. finance functions and capabilities, while have made hundreds of gadgets gy with a greater social impact, and person stays in the bathroom. Lively cation available in Dallas and the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant offers visual driving growth and mitigating risk,” said and applications for smartphone- probably get just as rich as they figures out the person’s daily rou- San Francisco Bay Area, does back- snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity Dan Smith, Head of Integrated Marketing addicted teenagers and young pro- would building a video game or tine, and if something goes awry - ground checks on plumbers, handy- and participants and evaluates companies for the Middle East and Africa region of fessionals. But now, there’s technol- shopping app, said David maybe the pill box opens only once, men and electricians, and sets the on “completeness of vision and ability to Xerox’s Developing Markets Operations. ogy just for grandparents. New Lindeman, director of the Center for but the medication has three daily price of each service to prevent dis- execute.” “With our full F&A capabilities, business online and mobile services to help Technology and Aging in Oakland, doses - the company will alert fami- honest markups, said founder Zorik Xerox manages the core end-to-end process technology and business analytics, aging adults live alone in their own Calif. “These areas may not be sexy ly, friends and neighbors with text Gordon. process areas of finance, accounting and Xerox is uniquely positioned to help our homes and ease the burden on in terms of the latest and greatest messages and emails. Gladys Lowenstein, 62, recently procurement for more than 250 clients. clients tackle these challenges.” their caregivers are cropping up. device, but they will have the Patrick Guerra of San Martin, hired a plumber through ClubLocal From in-home sensors that monitor broadest and longest-lasting social Calif, said he’s been searching for a to fix her swimming pool in San when a senior leaves the house or impact,” he said. remote monitoring technology like Jose, Calif. “We are always worried takes medicine, to wireless technol- By 2030, 20 percent of the US Lively to “provide a tremendous about being safe and making sure ogy that allows elderly patients to will be age 65 and older, and more amount of security I don’t have people aren’t taking advantage,” she get medical treatment without leav- of them will live longer and more today.” Guerra, who works in high said. “Over the age of 60, and get- ing home, this emerging technolo- independently in their older years tech, helps care for his 87-year-old ting a repair person to your home is gy can dramatically improve lives than any time in history. The age to mother and 88-year-old mother-in- not an easy task. You’re increasingly for seniors and entire families, enter a nursing home is inching up, law who both live alone and have vulnerable.” according to tech business leaders with one study putting the national health problems. After a recent Advances in wireless technology and experts on aging. average at 89. With older relatives weekend away in Las Vegas, he are helping seniors get medical care Until recently, the tech industry living longer and staying at home, called his mother-in-law and got a without leaving home. Oakland, has largely ignored the elderly. there is often more of a burden on busy signal. Worried, he drove to Calif, software company Sovran is Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and the caregiver to help with medica- her house in Los Gatos, Calif., to dis- working with an Asian health tech developers tend to be in their 20s, tion and doctor’s visits, and daily cover she had bumped the phone company, ConnectedHealth, to pro- and many have focused only on tasks such as cooking, errands and off the hook. About a year ago, she vide technology that remotely building smartphone apps and home repairs. Tech companies are slipped into a coma state after miss- measures a patient’s glucose levels Internet services that make life beginning to step in and help. ing a dose of medication. Guerra and other vitals, reducing visits to more convenient for consumers the Next month, Fanlo and his team said he found her nonresponsive on the doctor and hospital stays. same age, said Iggy Fanlo, co- will launch Lively, a sensor-based her couch. Companies face numerous chal- founder of San Francisco-based technology that tracks an elderly “The issue is just not having this lenges in making technology for the Lively, a wireless technology for person’s movements at home. Small anxiety and wondering, ‘Why aren’t elderly. Many seniors don’t use cell- aging adults and their caregivers. wireless sensors are placed around they answering the phone?’ “ he phones because of deteriorating “It’s a youth-obsessed culture,” Fanlo the house - on the bathroom door, said. Home repairs can also cause eyesight and motor skills, and they said. refrigerator or pill box - and count anxiety for older people living alone often don’t have an Internet con- But Silicon Valley companies on average how many times the pill and their caregivers. ClubLocal, a nection or a computer. —MCT MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Fixing up seniors’ homes to help them age in place

BALTIMORE: Alberta Hough struggles to lifestyle needed to offset the chronic ill- weighted to counter Hough’s tremors. therapist taught the woman leg- White lowered Watties’ cabinets to a feed herself a snack, her arms shaking nesses and gradual slowdown that hit “It’ll be easier for you to hold,” she prom- strengthening exercises and installed comfortable reach, installed railings, and badly from Parkinson’s disease. Days ear- just about everyone in the 70s, 80s and ised. The set of utensils costs only about $30 steel risers to make it easier for her showed how an energy-saving compact lier, the 84-year-old fell while eating, slid- beyond. Asked about their choice of liv- $20, one of the affordable tips the study to get in and out of bed. Add new banis- fluorescent light bulb provided more ing off her kitchen chair. The rest of ing situation when they’re older, is generating. Hough’s daughter had ters, and soon the woman was moving light than a regular bulb in the dim stair- Hough’s day isn’t much easier to navi- Americans 40 and over say their top pri- thought the only solution was an aide to around on her own. way. In homes where it’s even darker, gate. She wobbles into a bathtub with no orities are a one-level home with no feed her mother, which the older woman Whether it is the cost or emotional White sticks motion-sensing lights by grab bar. Her feet catch on damaged stairs, that’s close to their children and hates. ties, many people grow old in the same each step to show where to aim your floor tiles. Part of the banister she needs medical care, according to the poll by the “I always said I wouldn’t let my mom home where they spent their younger, foot. They’re less than $15 for a two-pack to steady herself on the stairs has pulled AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs go to a nursing home,” said Gloria J. more agile years. An AARP survey in and run on batteries, so no rewiring is out of the wall. At the back door, a rickety Research. Chances are, that won’t be Hawks, 66, who is determined to care for 2010 found nearly 90 percent of seniors needed. wooden ramp no longer supports the enough. For Hough, No. 1 is feeding her- her mother in the house the two share. wanted to remain in their current home The work that perhaps has the scooter that helps her get around. The self without everything tumbling off the The Capable project - it stands for for as long as possible. Yet government biggest impact seen so far is a double environment in which you live can be as fork. “I’m shaking all the time,” she quietly Community Aging in Place, Advancing figures show nearly 1 in 5 seniors living railing for stairs lets people rest their disabling as a disease, and too often, old- told Hopkins occupational therapist Better Living for Elders - is being closely in the community have trouble with at weight on both sides. The handymen, er Americans wind up in a nursing home Allyson Evelyn-Gustave. watched by Medicaid officials in other least one activity of daily living, such as employed by the urban service corps not because they’re super-sick but Hough’s other priority is not falling, states as a way to coordinate care and walking or bathing. Those physical limi- Civic Works, also insist on installing car- because they can’t get through their and stairs are only one of her home’s haz- improve the functional problems that tations become more difficult with door- bon monoxide monitors, which have days safely at home. ards. To Hopkins’ Szanton, bridging the lead to pricey, and sometimes preventa- ways too narrow for walkers, toilets that detected leaking gas stoves in some Now a major research project will gap between what older adults are able ble nursing home admissions. Today, it’s are lower than chairs, and kitchen coun- homes. Do these solutions really save bring handymen, occupational therapists to do and what their homes allow them difficult for Medicaid patients to get ters too tall to sit while cooking. Plus, money? The four-month intervention and nurses into the homes of 800 low- to do is key to maintaining independ- these services. nearly one-third of older adults experi- costs about $4,000 per participant, income seniors in Baltimore to test if ence. The Capable study aims to prove With more than $8 million in research ence a fall every year, and most who are including the home modifications and some inexpensive fix-ups and strategies how. During 10 home visits over four money from the National Institutes of injured fell inside the home, according specialists’ salaries. The average cost for for daily living can keep them independ- months, the Hopkins team is tailoring Health and the Centers for Medicare and to the Centers for Disease Control and nursing home care in the US is $6,700 a ent longer, and save millions in taxpayer interventions - including about $1,100 in Medicaid Services, the project goes Prevention. month, so even a modest delay could dollars spent on nursing home care. home repairs or modifications provided beyond home repair for health. It starts “You don’t think about that stuff,” said add up fast. Szanton will track partici- “Very small changes can make a big dif- for free - to help low-income seniors who with a full-scale assessment of each par- Hattie Watties, who can’t imagine leav- pants long term and, based on results ference,” said Sarah Szanton, a Johns are having trouble caring for themselves. ticipant’s needs. In one home, a Hopkins ing her Baltimore home of 36 years, from an earlier pilot test of 40 high-risk Hopkins University associate nursing Drills buzzed in Hough’s house as car- nurse discovered that an 82-year-old that’s near children and grandchildren. seniors, hopes to delay nursing home professor who leads the project. “We’re penters installed a new banister and woman was taking all of her 26 daily “You just do what you have to.” For entry by up to a year in this frail popula- not saying, ‘What’s your blood pressure?’ added grab bars and a raised toilet seat medications at once instead of stag- Watties, 74, that meant climbing onto tion. For families, perhaps the bigger We’re focusing on function: What do they in the bathroom. They replaced patches gered throughout the day, leaving her kitchen counters to reach too-high cabi- question is how long the solutions will want to do?” of flooring to prevent trips, and prepared disoriented and sedentary until she nets. Steep, dark stairs to the basement last. Evelyn-Gustave teaches families to Losing independence is a leading fear to tackle the ramp. As for eating, Evelyn- became too weak to get out of bed with- laundry only had a partial railing, so she brainstorm options as new challenges as people age. But a recent poll shows Gustave recommended a little-known out help. First the nurse fixed the med- threw clothes down and inched her way crop up. “We can’t be there forever. They that too few comprehend the changes in tool: utensils and cups that are specially ication schedule. Then the occupational after them. No more: Carpenter Tyrone need the skill to carry on,” she said.—AP War on MERS: Deadly virus prompts global battle plans

ATLANTA: In a war room of sorts in a neatly known for causing colds and stomach woes, new information, or is it information we appointed government building, US officers could be so dangerous. After SARS, they start- should have had before?” he said. dressed in crisp uniforms arranged them- ed taking the viruses seriously. So when a There are many important details about selves around a U-shaped table and kept their coronavirus killed the patient in Jeddah, MERS that scientists haven’t yet been able to eyes trained on a giant screen. PowerPoint researchers pounced. “We’ve always speculat- figure out. For instance, researchers think that slides ticked through the latest movements of ed that there could be another outbreak that MERS, like SARS, comes from bats - but they an enemy that recently emerged in Saudi could be as lethal as SARS,” Frieman said. aren’t entirely certain. They also don’t know Arabia - a mysterious virus that has killed Teams around the world starting sequencing whether the virus spreads to pets or livestock more than half of the people known to have the virus’ genetic code. They determined that before it strikes people or how it would do so, been infected. MERS must have emerged sometime in 2011. said Christian Drosten, head of the Institute of Here at the Centers for Disease Control and Other researchers kept track of MERS vic- Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Prevention, experts from the US Public Health tims. They reported sporadic cases in Saudi Center in Germany. TAIPEI: This handout photograph released by the Taipei City Zoo on July 6, Service and their civilian counterparts have Arabia and Jordan, then in England, France Scientists are still perfecting their methods 2013 shows giant panda Yuan Yuan taking care of her newly-born panda cub been meeting twice a week since the begin- and Italy, where sickened Middle Easterners to test for the virus in ailing patients. Swabs at the zoo.—AFP photos ning of June to keep tabs on the Middle East had gone to seek medical treatment. Most of from nasal passages and throats don’t seem Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. MERS- the victims were men, and many already had to pick up the pathogen as well as samples Panda from China CoV, as the pathogen is known, causes fevers, problems like heart disease and diabetes that from deep in the lungs. Experts don’t know severe coughs and rapid renal failure as it may have contributed to their illnesses. how many people may have been infected attacks the lungs of victims. Epidemiologists started noticing clusters of with MERS without getting sick from it, delivers cub in Taiwan Since it was first isolated in June 2012 in MERS cases in families and in hospitals, in Drosten said. Researchers also need a more the city of Jeddah, MERS has infected at least people who had close contact with victims. complete understanding of the health prob- TAIPEI: A giant panda, one of a pair pre- 1949. China named the animals Tuan Tuan 77 people and killed at least 40 of them. The That made researchers worry that the virus lems the MERS victims had before they got sented by China four years ago to mark and Yuan Yuan, which together means number of confirmed cases has quadrupled might evolve to spread more easily from per- sick, Frieman said, adding that the informa- warming ties with Taiwan, has given birth “reunion.” Opposition politicians and other since April, and patients have been sickened son to person - a prerequisite for a pandemic. tion would “crucially affect” the work in his lab. to a female cub at a Taipei zoo, officials said Taiwanese skeptics have warned China yesterday. The 9-year-old Yuan Yuan deliv- could use the pandas to advance its unifi- as far away as Tunisia and Britain. Most trou- One such instance was described in May in Public health officials, meanwhile, are ered the cub Saturday night, following arti- cation agenda with self-governed Taiwan. bling to health experts are reports of illnesses the medical journal Lancet. It began in mid- readying their response on the ground. The ficial insemination given in March, the zoo But the pair has remained the most adored in patients who have not been to the Middle April with a 64-year-old man who had dia- World Health Organization is tracking the out- announced. It was the seventh such animals at the zoo. Yuan Yuan’s anticipated East. betes and had received a kidney transplant in break. In June, representatives from the attempt on Yuan Yuan in three years, they pregnancy has been closely followed by The virus has not yet emerged in the US, 1998. United Nations agency traveled to Saudi said. Natural pregnancy among pandas is the media. Zoo official Chao Ming-chieh and perhaps it never will. But when the pil- Five days after traveling from Dubai to Arabia to review the kingdom’s response to relatively rare. said China has agreed to allow Taiwan to grimage season begins in July, perhaps France, he developed a cough and breathing MERS, including stepped-up efforts to identify The zoo showed a picture of Yuan Yuan keep the cub on the island. Beijing has 11,000 American Muslims will travel to the problems and was admitted to a hospital in infected people and new measures to prevent holding the pink, palm-sized cub. China loaned its giant pandas to many countries Arabian Peninsula, if past trends persist. In the Valenciennes, where he shared a room with a infections in hospitals. Saudi Arabia has limit- sent the pandas to Taiwan in December but cubs born abroad are to be returned to meantime, millions more will fly between con- 51-year-old man being treated for a blood ed the number of visas for the annual hajj pil- 2008. The two sides split amid civil war in China.—AP tinents, citizens of today’s globalized world. “A clot in a vein in his arm. After three days, the grimage, though officials there say construc- person from New York could go to Saudi older patient was transferred to an intensive tion is the reason. Arabia for business and carry the virus home care unit, where his respiratory symptoms The CDC response team is working with on the way back,” said Matthew Frieman, a worsened and his kidneys began to fail. other countries and with medical facilities in virologist at the University of Maryland School Doctors began to suspect MERS on May 1, the US to make sure procedures are in place of Medicine in Baltimore. “There’s zero reason and their suspicions were confirmed about a to combat MERS. Hospitals have received why that couldn’t happen.” week later. The patient died of multiple organ guidelines for assessing and isolating patients Many of the scientists working to under- failure. Meanwhile, the younger man was dis- to keep the virus contained. “If there are cases stand MERS are veterans of the 2003 outbreak charged from the hospital on April 30 but that come to the US, we want to be well-pre- of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or started having respiratory troubles about a pared to address them,” said CDC Director Dr SARS. A previously unknown coronavirus - a week later. He had a history of heart disease, Thomas Frieden. sphere-shaped virus spiked with proteins that and his bed had been five feet away from the During the briefing last week in the CDC make it look like it has a corona, or halo - patient with MERS. He was admitted to an boardroom, the response team briskly consid- jumped from its bat hosts and started infect- intensive care unit, where tests revealed he ered a variety of issues: Which states have labs ing and killing people in China and Hong was infected with the same virus. He devel- to test for MERS? How were scientists the Kong. oped a fever, and his lungs and kidneys began National Institutes of Health prioritizing differ- By July 2003, more than 8,400 people to fail. He spent several weeks in the intensive ent types of MERS research? Would it be feasi- around the world had become ill with SARS, care unit and was still alive when the report ble to create a video about MERS to screen on which spread rapidly in hospitals. There were was published in May 29. flights arriving from overseas? Could social no fatalities in the US, but the World Health By the end of May, health officials had media help alert people to the potential dan- Organization warned travelers to avoid Toronto identified a particularly large cluster of 26 ger? after 16 deaths there. The epidemic was over people who fell ill in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahsa MERS has been suspected in about 40 peo- within a year thanks to effective infection-con- region, as well as smaller clusters in Britain, ple in the US , but tests revealed that none trol practices like wearing masks, identifying Italy and Tunisia. That uptick may have reflect- had the virus. Even if that luck holds, experts patients quickly and treating their symptoms ed a surge in infections and deaths - or per- insist that their efforts to understand MERS - promptly. By then, more than 800 people had haps just health workers doing a better job of and to bring the international community TAIPEI: A newly-born panda cub of giant panda Yuan Yuan being taken care died and local economies suffered $30 billion testing and reporting new cases, said Dr Ian into the fold to combat it - are an investment by zookeepers in an incubator at Taipei Zoo. in losses, according to WHO estimates. Lipkin, an epidemiologist at Columbia in the future, when another mysterious Scientists hadn’t thought coronaviruses, University in New York. “We don’t know: Is it pathogen starts sickening people. — MCT Japan to launch satellites to monitor oceans

TOKYO: Japan plans to launch satel- entered the 12-nautical-mile zone lites to monitor the world’s oceans, a around Uotsurijima, one of the report said yesterday, as Chinese gov- Senkaku islands which China calls the ernment ships sailed in waters around Diaoyus, at about 9:30 am (0030 GMT), islands controlled by Tokyo and the coastguard said. The ships left the claimed by Beijing. The Cabinet office area shortly before 1:00 pm, the coast- plans to launch nine satellites in the guard said later. Ships from the two next five years to counter piracy and countries have for months traded monitor the movements of foreign warnings over intrusions into what ships intruding into Japanese territori- each regard as their territory, as Beijing al waters, the business daily Nikkei and Tokyo jostle over ownership of the reported. They will also collect data for islands. The territorial row that dates forecasting natural disasters such as back four decades reignited last tsunamis, it said. The report, which September when Tokyo nationalized cabinet officials could not immediately three islands in the chain, in what it confirm, came as Japan’s coastguard said was a mere administrative change said three Chinese government ships of ownership. Former Japanese prime entered waters around the Senkaku minister Yukio Hatoyama came under SOUTH AFRICA: A file photo taken on June 28, 2013 shows boys from the Xhosa tribe who have undergone a circumcision cere- islands in the East China Sea. fire in June after he said he understood mony Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Botched circumcisions killed 30 young men and landed almost 300 more in hospital during The maritime surveillance vessels China’s claim to the islands.—AFP traditional initiation rites in a South African province, the health department said yesterday. The 30 deaths in rural Eastern Cape province occurred during the annual season when young males undergo a rite of passage into manhood.—AFP MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Two new MERS deaths in Saudi

RIYADH: A Saudi man and a from Saudi Arabia. child have died from the MERS The WHO has not recom- virus, bringing the number of mended any MERS-related deaths from the respiratory travel restrictions, but says infection in the kingdom to 38, countries should monitor the health ministry said yester- unusual respiratory infection day. The 53-year-old man died patterns. The first recorded from the SARS-like illness in MERS death was in June last Eastern Province, where the ill- year in Saudi Arabia. Experts ness first broke out last year, are struggling to understand the ministry’s website report- MERS, short for Middle East ed. The second victim was a Respiratory Syndrome coron- two-year-old boy in the Red avirus. It shares the flu-like Sea city of Jeddah, it added. It symptoms of its cousin SARS, Photo shows Dr Kazem Behbehani, Director-General of Dasman Diabetes Institute along with the team of the Immunology and Innovative Cell also reported three new con- or Severe Acute Respiratory Therapy Unit at Dasman Diabetes Institute. firmed MERS infections, two Syndrome, but differs in that it men in Riyadh aged 66 and 69, also causes kidney failure. and a foreign employee in the Like SARS, MERS is thought Dasman Diabetes Institute health sector in Hafr al-Batin in to have jumped from animals the east. to humans. It seems deadliest The new cases bring the for older men who already holds a scientific lecture number of confirmed MERS have other medical conditions, infections in Saudi Arabia to 65 and can spread between since the outbreak began. The humans, but so far appears far s a part of a series of seminars, are known to participate in a wide first time that the levels of both osteo- evidence that IL-18 regulates osteopon- World Health Organisation less contagious than SARS. Dasman Diabetes Institute has range of biological processes linked to pontin and IL-18 are simultaneously tin production in PBMCs. In view of the announced on Friday it had There have been cases in Aheld a talk titled “Interaction of immunological disorders. Increasing increased in plasma, peripheral blood above results, the interaction between convened emergency talks on Jordan, Qatar and the United osteopontin with interleukin-18 in evidence shows that circulating levels mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and adi- the two inflammatory mediators may the MERS virus, which is strik- Arab Emirates, while Britain, obese individuals: implications for of both inflammatory mediators are pose tissue of overweight and obese serve as a potential disease marker for ing hardest in Saudi Arabia. France, Italy, Tunisia and insulin resistance” presented by Dr elevated in obese individuals. However, individuals. The two inflammatory monitoring insulin resistance severity The move came amid concern Britain have recorded trans- Rasheed Ahmad, senior scientist/Head it is still unclear whether both inflam- mediators were also found to correlate and therapeutic efficacy. Importantly, about the potential impact of mission to patients who did of Immunology and Innovative Cell matory mediators are simultaneously with each other and with fasting blood obese individuals with a combined Therapy Unit at Dasman Diabetes increased in obesity, and whether the glucose and body mass index (BMI) in osteopontin/IL-18 elevation may be at October’s hajj pilgrimage, not travel to the Middle East Institute. two mediators interact with each other. these individuals, which may trigger greater risk for developing insulin when millions of Muslims from but had close contact with Osteopontin and interleukin-18 (IL- In the current issue of PLOS ONE, Dr the development of insulin resistance. resistance as compared with non-obese around the globe head to and people who did.—AFP 18) are inflammatory mediators that Ahmad and his colleagues show for the In addition, this study provides direct subjects. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

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embers of the Indian community held a farewell reception in hon- Mour of the Ambassador of Bangladesh H E Syed Shahed Reza and Punam Reza, who returns after completing a very successful and meaningful tenure in Kuwait. Known for his warmth and simplic- ity Ambassador H E Syed Reza leaves behind a flood of fond memories of his association with officials, diplomats and various community members who he had befriended during his stay here. Addressing the gathering Andrew Thomas congratulated Ambassador Syed on his remarkable achievements in Kuwait and wished them both a very hap- py future. Recalling his tenure in Kuwait, Mr Thomas said that Ambassador Reza elated birthday wishes to Cherish won the hearts of many by his easy acces- Cherian. Your terrific presence makes our sibility and ready to help attitude. life more colorful. Greetings from Alma B In his brief address, Reaven D’Souza Trisa, Liva Maria, dad, mom, friends and well- wishers. pointed out that Ambassador Syed’s immense popularity in Kuwait was a reciprocal gesture of his warm and ever community and at the same time made Ambassador Syed recalled several occa- munity members for showering friend- friendly disposition. While reaching out to many friends with his accessibility and sions where he had attended Indian com- ship and warmth to him during his tenure all sections of the society Ambassador positive attitude, D’Souza added. munity functions as chief guest and guest here which will always remain etched in Announcements Syed played a leadership role to his own While thanking the Indian community of honour. He profusely thanked the com- his memory.

Indian Embassy sets up helpline The Palms Ramadan nights he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up helpline in order to assist Indian Texpatriates in registering any com- arm welcome during Ramadan where ‘The plaint regarding the government’s ongo- Palms Ramadan Nights’ offers you a distin- ing campaign to stamp out illegal resi- Wguished venue “Jawa Grand Ballroom” with dents from the country. The embassy said its magnificent atmosphere and high-tech audio in press release yesterday that it amended visuals to host special corporate and group events its previous statement and stated if there for Iftar, Ghabka and Sohour for a capacity of 400 persons. You can enjoy the selective favors of Shisha is any complaint, the same could be con- - “Tagine Restaurant & Cafe” with its captivating veyed at the following (as amended): ambiance that reflects the beauty of Ramadan to Operations Department, Ministry of savor sumptuous Ghabka & Sohour buffet while Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: enjoying the traditional Shisha & live oriental music - 24768146/25200334. It said the embassy “ Al-Muhallab Restaurant” with its rich buffet menu has been in regular contact with local for Ghabka & Sohour. Enjoy the fascinating sea view, authorities regarding the ongoing check- the Shisha & live oriental music- “Outside Catering ing of expatriates. The embassy has also Services” present special Ramadan menus to Indulge conveyed to them the concerns, fears and your guests with a memorable experience to the site apprehensions of the community in this of your choice... Enjoy our grand raffle with the regard. The authorities in Kuwait have con- palms valuable prizes from Air France & KLM, SAMA Dental Center, Fly Dubai, and Sebamed veyed that strict instructions have been issued to ensure that there is no harass- ment or improper treatment of expatriates by those undertaking checking. “The embassy would like to request Indian expatriates to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules and regulations regarding residency, traffic and other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other relevant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improper treatment during checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone number 67623639. These contact details are exclu- sively for the above-mentioned purpose only. Issue of online visa Celebrate Ramadan with Zafran special iftar buffet by Indian embassy oreigners requiring visas for India afran, the contemporary Indian ambience to ensure the spirit of rary Indian cuisine using traditional tion of dressings, chutneys and pickles. need to apply it online from 16th June restaurant by Foodmark invites Ramadan pervades throughout the cooking techniques with a modern flair Zafran is located at 1st floor F2013. Applicants may log on to the Zyou and your family to celebrate restaurant from sunrise to sunset. At and international ingredients. The fresh Centrepoint Salmiya (Salem Al Mubarak Public portal at the holy month of Ramadan for the third Zafran, you can get together with family and innovative specialties on the menu Street), is known for its vibrant and mod- www.indianvisaonline.gov.in. After suc- year in a row with its grand Ramadan and friends for a sumptuous Iftar buffet offer bold yet simple flavours created by ern setting, and is a warm and welcom- cessful online submission, the hard copy, so buffet. On offer will be a lavish spread of featuring a variety of delicious hot and giving a new twist to the Indian classics. ing retreat for friends and family who generated, has to be signed by the appli- Indian delicacies, enjoy an array of cold dishes, appetizers, soups, fresh sal- Indulge in a great selection of treats wish to relax and enjoy good high quali- cant and submitted with supporting docu- savory delights with heart-warming ads, live cooking stations, an array of from a wide buffet spread which ty food at purse-friendly prices. During ambience and service during the entire mouthwatering dessert as well as a includes tandoor grilled kebabs, tikkas, Ramadan, you can take advantage of ments in accordance with the type of visa month. selection of specialty beverages includ- chaats, special curries, elaborate biryanis Zafran’s home delivery during Adan. The along with the applicable fee in cash at any Ramadan is a month of blessings and ing Ramadan juices, tea and coffee. with saffron and long grain basmati rice. 180 seat restaurant is open to visitors of the two outsource centres at Sharq or generosity, Zafran will create the perfect Zafran is a combination of contempo- The Iftar menus also consist of a selec- from Iftar- 1am. Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their personal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the personal details would lead to non-accep- tance of the application. Fees once paid are non-refundable. All children would have to obtain separate visa on their respective passports.

Write to us Send to What’s On upcoming events, birthdays or celebrations by email: [email protected] Fax: 24835619 / 20 WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 What to do in Embassy Kuwait this Information summer? EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not Visit the Sadu House have a visa or immigration department. All Al-Sadu Society is dedicated to preserving, docu- processing of visas and immigration matters menting and promoting the rich and diverse textile in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General heritage of the Kuwaiti Bedouin, from the nomadic weaving of the desert to the urban weaving of the in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) town. Sadu is a traditional Bedouin art that involves [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: weaving geometric designs on dyed and colored +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa wool that is spun by hand to create magnificent car- Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait pets, rugs, and Bedouin tent screens. Inside the Sadu applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa House, visitors have the opportunity to see Bedouin women weaving. Sadu House is located near the Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan National Museum. It is considered to be the center of Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite Bedouin art aiming at presenting Kuwait’s roots and the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. protecting Bedouin crafts from eradication. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Address: Arabian Gulf Street, Next to the National Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- Museum of Kuwait, Kuwait City Opening Hours: Saturdays to Thursdays: Mornings com for more information. Kuwait citizens can from 08 am to 1 pm. Evenings from 4 pm to 8 pm. apply for tourist visas on-line at Contact: 22432395 www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.alsadu.org.kw n n n n n n n View Boushahri Gallery The Boushahri Art Gallery was established in 1982 EMBASSY OF CANADA by Jawad Boushahri, the Chairman of the Boushahri he Embassy of Canada in Kuwait group who is also an acclaimed Kuwaiti sculptor. It is does not have a visa or immigra- one of the oldest private art galleries in the Middle tion department. All processing of East. This long established gallery showcases contem- T visa and immigration matters including porary regional work. In order to create an awareness enquiries is conducted by the Canadian toward art in Kuwait as a community service, the Boushahri Art Gallery educates, supports and spon- Embassy in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Individuals who sors local and international artists, displaying their are interested in working, studying, visiting or paintings, potteries, ceramic portraitures, designs, immigrating to Canada should contact the photographers, sculptures and much more. To Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: encourage the Art lovers and educate society, www.UAE.gc.ca or www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, Boushahri Art Gallery offers many courses, seminars E-mail: [email protected]. and lectures about Art. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Address: Salmiya, Baghdad St., Building Number: Al-Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah.Please vis- 36, in front of Al- Laheeb Mosque it our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Opening Hours: 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm. embassy will be closed on Monday July 1st The museum is closed on Friday and Thursday after- noons. 2013, for Canada Day, and will resume its Contact: 25621119/99770607 duties on Tuesday 2 July 2013. The Embassy of Website: Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday www.boushahrigroup.com/client/PhotoandArt.aspx through Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian Take a break at Al-Khiran Resort citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, The Al-Khiran resort is a relaxing “get-away” from Sunday through Wednesday. the mayhem of stressful city life. The resort provides a soothing tranquil environment that includes beauti- n n n n n n n ful green lawns, wide, well-defined roads, ample parking spaces, and clean well-maintained beaches. EMBASSY OF GREECE It has many chalets that are beautifully furnished and The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the Enjoy the taste of true espresso at air-conditioned. The resort also offers a variety of oth- pleasure to announce that visa applica- er facilities such as football and basketball courts, tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa luxurious restaurants, yacht clubs, an amusement Vergnano Cafe at Olympia Complex park for children, electronic computer arcade and the Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th ‘Duza’ ballroom. The resort also provides variety in floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- he superior quality of the blends comes from the fect espresso to everyday life at home. Espresso is now food as it includes a fast-food counter, and a counter Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For meticulous selection of the best raw materials available in Kuwait, through Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya Est. that offers seafood, Italian and oriental food. information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to available, and from an extraordinary production Tel: 22413795/98. Espresso Vergnano can be ordered Address: Gulf Street, Al-Khiran district 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: T Contact: 23951122 Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- process. Cafe Vergnano is the first to introduce an innova- through www.taw9eel.com Espresso Vergnano capsules E-mail: [email protected] tion that brings all the passion and pleasure of the per- are compatible with other espresso machines. tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications Website: www.khiranresort.com please visit the following website www.mfa.gr/kuwait.

Creating lasting memories at n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA During the holy month of Ramadan, the Marriott Hotels this Ramadan South African Embassy will be open to the public, Sunday through Thursday from 09:00 am to 14:00 pm. Please note that the Consular Section operation hours will be from 09:30 am to 12:00 pm, Sunday through Thursday.

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EMBASSY OF US Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa applications - completely free of an inter- view or a trip inside the Embassy. The children must be under 14 years of age, and additional requirements do apply, but the service means parents will no longer have to schedule individ- ual appointments for their children, nor come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for themselves). The service is only available for children holding Kuwaiti passports. To take advantage, parents must drop off the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous passport, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS-160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS-160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one par- ent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For children of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I-20. Children born in the US (with very few exceptions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is avail- he elegant Five Star JW Marriott tion, a burger corner and an ice-cream Perfumes. given the opportunity to enter raffle able on the U.S. Embassy website: kuwait.usem- Hotel Kuwait City and the modern, corner. To relax and enjoy the ambience, Meanwhile, the much-awaited Layaly draws every Thursday and Friday night Tdowntown Courtyard by Marriot guests could also explore different flavors JW Marriott El Ramadaniya will be a to win valuable prizes like airline tickets bassy.gov/child_visas.html Hotel Kuwait City will be hosting fascinat- of sheesha while being entertained with month long event held nightly at the and more. Guests can enjoy a relaxed ing festivities throughout the holy month a delightful instrumental Arabian music largest ballroom of the hotel - the Al family atmosphere or experience the n n n n n n n of Ramadan this year. Arabian Ramadan band and valuable raffle draw prizes like Jahra Ballroom. Located on the first floor, comfort of a cozy private tent, with com- Nights are back at Courtyard Marriott airline tickets and more, every weekend the ballroom will be elegantly trans- plimentary Ramadan beverages - while EMBASSY OF VATICAN where the panoramic eight story high Sponsors for the Courtyard mega formed into an Arabian tent to guarantee being entertained with a live music band The Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of Atrium Restaurant will be transformed event this year include noted brands in an authentic flavor to the occasion. strumming authentic tunes during the Holy See, Vatican in Kuwait has into a beautiful Ramadan tent offering Kuwait - American Express, Yacoub Guests and patrons will be served a spe- Sohour. moved to a new location in Kuwait City. fascinating oriental and international buf- Behbehani and Sons, Samsonite travel cial Ramadan family style iftar and Alongside the traditional buffet with Please find below the new address: Yarmouk, fets every night for iftar and sohour. accessories, IKEA, Home Selection, Nail sohour, featuring oriental and interna- all-time favorites like majboos, morabin, Block 1, Street 2, Villa No: 1. P.O.Box 29724, Alongside the traditional buffet sym- Works Spa and Salon, L’Oreal and Kefan tional dishes in addition to live cooking lamb Fattah and more, there will be live Safat 13158, Kuwait. Tel: 965 25337767, Fax: bolizing the heritage of Kuwaiti hospitali- Optics, while sponsors of JW Marriott stations and different flavors of sheesha. cooking stations for shawerma, saaj, 965 25342066. Email: ty, there will also be exciting live cooking include Etihad Airways, Yacoub Highly discounted prepaid vouchers stuffed Kak under sandwich press, a new stations including koushari, shawermas, Behbehani and Sons, Samsonite travel are also awaiting guests who wish to JW salad bar, JW bakery bread display, tra- [email protected] saaj, ouzi rice, dry fruits, katayef and accessories, Damas jewelry, Nail Works have group iftar and sohour this ditional Arabic ice cream, live kunafa sta- more, along with a special Moroccan sta- Spa and Salon, Sebamed and Rasasi Ramadan. During Sohour, guests will be tion and a brand new live barista station. TV PROGRAMS MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

21:30 The Colbert Report Global 07:00 Cash In The Attic 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 12:00 Rugby World Cup Sevens Edition 07:45 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 10:20 Solved 15:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 22:00 Family Guy 08:35 Bargain Hunt 11:10 Disappeared 18:00 NRL Premiership 22:30 Cougar Town 09:20 Antiques Roadshow 12:00 Life Or Death: Medical 20:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 14:35 Border Security 23:30 Don’t Trust The B In 10:15 Gok’s Fashion Fix Mysteries 21:00 Futbol Mundial 15:05 Auction Hunters Apartment 23 11:05 Celebrity MasterChef 12:50 Street Patrol 21:45 Live Super League 15:30 Auction Kings 00:00 30 Rock 12:00 Vacation Vacation Vacation 13:40 Forensic Detectives 16:00 Megaquake: Hour That Shook 00:30 The Daily Show Global Edition 12:25 Come Dine With Me 14:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn Japan 01:00 The Colbert Report Global 13:15 Bargain Hunt 15:20 Real Emergency Calls 16:55 One Man Army Edition 14:00 Cash In The Attic 15:45 Who On Earth... 00:30 NRL Premiership 17:50 Mythbusters 01:30 Family Guy 14:45 Antiques Roadshow 16:10 Disappeared 05:00 Super Rugby 18:45 Sons Of Guns 02:00 Cougar Town 15:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 17:00 Solved 07:00 Golfing World 19:40 Deconstruction 02:30 Cougar Town Edition 17:50 Forensic Detectives 08:00 Futbol Mundial 20:05 How It’s Made 17:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 18:40 On The Case With Paula Zahn 08:30 ICC Cricket 360 20:35 Auction Hunters 17:55 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 19:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 09:00 World Pool Masters 21:00 Storage Hunters 18:25 Planet Cake 20:20 Nightmare Next Door 11:00 ITU World Triathlon Series 21:30 Gold Divers 18:50 Home Cooking Made Easy 21:10 Couples Who Kill 16:00 Golfing World 22:25 Alaska: The Last Frontier 19:15 Home Cooking Made Easy 22:00 I Was Murdered 05:15 A Kind Of Magic 17:00 Super Rugby 23:20 Man, Woman, Wild 19:45 Come Dine With Me 22:50 Blood Relatives 05:35 A Kind Of Magic 19:00 Super League 00:15 Gold Divers 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home 23:40 I Almost Got Away With It 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 01:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier Edition 21:00 Trans World Sport 06:30 Doc McStuffins 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 06:45 A.N.T Farm 22:15 Bargain Hunt 07:10 A.N.T Farm 23:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 07:35 Jessie 23:55 Cash In The Attic 00:00 UFC Countdown 07:55 Jessie 13:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 01:00 UFC Prelims 14:20 The Gadget Show 00:40 Come Dine With Me 08:20 Shake It Up 15:00 Murdoch Mysteries 03:00 UFC 14:45 Tech Toys 360 01:30 Wine 08:45 Shake It Up 16:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 06:00 UAE National Race Day Series 15:10 X-Machines 02:25 How Not To Decorate 09:05 Austin And Ally 17:00 60 Minute Makeover 07:00 WWE Bottom Line 16:00 Storm Chasers 09:30 Austin And Ally 18:00 Emmerdale 08:00 WWE Experience 16:55 Superships 09:55 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 Coronation Street 09:00 Ping Pong World 17:45 Thunder Races 10:15 Let It Shine 20:00 Coach Trip 10:00 US Bass Fishing 18:35 Through The Wormhole 11:50 Jessie 20:30 Come Dine With Me Ireland 11:00 NHL 19:30 X-Machines 12:15 Austin And Ally 21:00 Lewis 13:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 20:20 Mega World 12:35 Austin And Ally 23:00 Above Suspicion 13:30 Adventure Sports 21:10 The Gadget Show 03:25 Unique Eats 13:00 Shake It Up 00:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 14:00 Porsche GT 3 Cup 21:35 Tech Toys 360 03:50 Food Crafters 13:25 Shake It Up 01:00 60 Minute Makeover 15:00 Motor Sports 2013 22:00 X-Machines 04:15 United Tastes Of America 13:45 A.N.T Farm 02:00 Emmerdale 15:30 WWE Smackdown 22:50 Mega World 04:40 Chopped 14:10 A.N.T Farm 17:30 WWE Experience 23:40 The Gadget Show 05:30 Iron Chef America 14:35 Good Luck Charlie 18:30 Adventure Sports 00:05 Tech Toys 360 06:10 Unwrapped 15:00 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 UFC Prelims 00:30 Weird Connections 06:35 Unwrapped 15:25 Jessie 21:00 UFC 01:00 Sci-Fi Science 15:50 Jessie 07:00 Unwrapped 01:25 Sci-Fi Science 16:10 Shake It Up 07:50 Andy Bates Street Feasts 03:00 Mission: Impossible - Ghost 16:35 A.N.T. Farm 08:15 Unique Sweets Protocol-PG15 17:00 Austin And Ally 08:40 Red, Hot And Yummy 05:30 A Mother’s Choice-PG15 17:20 That’s So Raven 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 07:30 Into The Wind-PG15 17:45 Suite Life On Deck Basics 09:00 My Own Love Song-PG15 00:00 Departures 11:00 Waiting For Forever-PG15 02:00 Globe Trekker 14:00 C.S.I. Miami 18:10 Good Luck Charlie 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 13:00 The Big Year-PG 03:00 Wild Carpathia 15:00 Drop Dead Diva 18:30 That’s So Raven 10:20 Extra Virgin 15:00 The Pirates! Band Of Misfits- 04:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 16:00 Emmerdale 18:55 That’s So Raven 10:45 Kid In A Candy Store PG Sharma 16:30 Coronation Street 19:20 Good Luck Charlie 11:10 Charly’s Cake Angels 17:00 My Own Love Song-PG15 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:40 Good Luck Charlie 11:35 Unique Sweets 18:45 John Carter-PG15 06:00 Eden Eats 18:00 C.S.I. Miami 20:05 A.N.T Farm 12:00 The Next Iron Chef 21:00 The Tree Of Life-PG15 07:00 Globe Trekker 19:00 Parenthood 20:30 Shake It Up 12:50 Red, Hot And Yummy 23:15 Columbus Circle-PG15 08:00 Departures 20:00 Covert Affairs 20:50 Suite Life On Deck 13:15 Barefoot Contessa 21:15 Austin And Ally 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 01:00 Seeking Justice-PG15 09:00 Off Limits 21:00 Once Upon A Time 10:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 22:00 Banshee 21:40 That’s So Raven 14:05 Tyler’s Ultimate 22:00 Jessie 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Rides 23:00 Awake 11:00 Hotel Impossible 00:00 Drop Dead Diva 22:25 A.N.T Farm 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 07:00 I’ve Loved You So Long-PG15 12:00 Eden Eats 01:00 Banshee 13:00 Bizarre Foods America SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE ON OSN ACTION HD 02:00 Once Upon A Time 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 15:45 Chopped 09:00 Neverland-PG15 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 16:35 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 12:00 Muhammad And Larry-PG15 00:00 Hannah Montana Basics 13:00 The Stool Pigeon-PG15 00:20 Hannah Montana 17:00 Red, Hot And Yummy 15:00 When Love Is Not Enough 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 17:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 17:00 Muhammad And Larry-PG15 Filmmakers capture Hong 03:00 Guys With Kids 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:30 The Best Exotic Marigold 03:30 The Mindy Project 01:30 Emperor’s New School 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Hotel-PG15 04:00 Brothers 01:50 Emperor’s New School 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 21:00 The Lincoln Lawyer-PG15 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 02:15 Replacements 19:05 Charly’s Cake Angels 23:15 Summer Coda-PG15 Kong’s struggle with identity Leno 02:35 Replacements 19:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 01:15 When Love Is Not Enough- 05:30 Friends 20:20 Chopped PG15 s Hong Kong grapples with its identity 16 years homes, while the choking smog that often hangs over 06:00 Hope & Faith 21:10 Chopped after returning to Chinese rule, frustration on the Hong Kong’s spectacular Victoria Harbour is seen as a 22:00 Red, Hot And Yummy 06:30 Arrested Development streets and a nostalgia for the past is providing sign of China’s industrial growth. “I think Hong Kong is a 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 22:25 Red, Hot And Yummy A 22:50 Andy Bates American Street plenty of inspiration for the city’s filmmakers. Emotions place that has gone through lots of changes and the 08:00 Brothers 04:00 Stealing Paradise-PG15 14:30 Style Star Feasts in the former British colony run high. Tens of thousands people here adapt quite quickly,” said Lau, whose film is 08:30 Friends 06:00 The Family Stone-PG15 15:00 Kourtney And Kim Take New 23:15 Andy Bates American Street 09:00 Guys With Kids 08:00 Carjacked-PG15 of people marched on the July 1 handover anniversary set for release in the city in November. “But the changes York Feasts 09:30 Hot In Cleveland 10:00 Tinker Bell And The Secret Of to demand universal suffrage amid concerns Beijing is we went through are very different from the changes 16:00 Kourtney & Kim Take New 23:40 Food Wars 10:00 2 Broke Girls The Wings-FAM York 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives increasingly meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs. Polls have China went through over the past 50 years, and now 10:30 Arrested Development 12:00 Mary & Martha-PG15 17:00 Ice Loves Coco 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives shown residents see themselves as “Hongkongers” that we are more closely related to each other, we are 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 14:00 Flower Girl-PG15 17:30 Ice Loves Coco 00:55 Unique Eats rather than “Chinese”, while the use by protesters of old confronted with cultural clashes on a more day-to-day Leno 16:00 Carjacked-PG15 18:00 E! News 01:20 Unique Eats 12:00 Hope & Faith 17:45 Hugo-PG colonial flags has raised eyebrows in the city and tem- basis.” 12:30 Brothers 19:00 THS 01:45 Red, Hot And Yummy 20:00 Married To Jonas 20:00 Think Like A Man-PG15 pers north of the border in mainland China. Others said the city has reacted to the rapid changes 13:00 Friends 22:00 The Ides Of March-PG15 “The relationship we have with China always affects by embracing a “collective nostalgia”. “Old values and 13:30 Arrested Development 20:30 Married To Jonas 21:00 Playing With Fire 00:00 Carjacked-PG15 the mood of Hong Kong,” film director Flora Lau told mentality seem to have disappeared so the films we 14:00 The Mindy Project 01:45 Hugo-PG 14:30 2 Broke Girls 22:00 Playing With Fire AFP. “We are a city which has a very distinct identity, now make are a reaction to these changes,” said veteran 23:00 E!es 15:00 Hot In Cleveland 00:30 Deadly Affairs and some of the people here feel that this identity has director Herman Yau at the Far East Film Festival in 00:00 Opening Act 15:30 The Daily Show 01:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner slipped away. On the other hand, we have new immi- Udine, Italy, in April. Yau travelled to Europe with his film 00:55 Style Star 16:00 The Colbert Report 02:10 Blood Relatives 01:25 E!es grants who think of Hong Kong as a place of dreams.” “Ip Man: The Final Fight”, a production which charts the 16:30 Hope & Faith 03:00 On The Case With Paula Zahn 04:00 Vengeance-PG15 Lau’s first feature film “Bends” was the only production later years of the eponymous martial arts master who 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 03:45 Killer Kids 06:00 Go Fast-PG15 18:00 Breaking In 04:30 Deadly Affairs from Hong Kong to be selected in competition at the counted Bruce Lee among his disciples. It is a film 08:00 Source Code-PG15 prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in May. soaked with nostalgia for a Hong Kong the filmmakers 18:30 Breaking In 05:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner 10:00 Boiler Room-PG15 19:00 Hot In Cleveland 06:10 Disappeared 12:00 True Justice: Dead Drop-PG15 The film follows the relationship between a Hong Kong believe has long since faded from view. 19:30 Parks And Recreation 03:15 Bargain Hunt 07:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:00 Source Code-PG15 housewife (Carina Lau) and her mainland Chinese “Hongkongers were once trusting people who were 20:00 Don’t Trust The B In 04:00 A Taste Of Greenland 07:50 Street Patrol 16:00 Burden Of Evil-PG15 chauffeur (Chen Kun) “as they each negotiate the pres- not scared to leave our doors open for our neighbors,” Apartment 23 04:55 Delicious Iceland 08:15 Street Patrol 18:00 True Justice: Dead Drop-PG15 sures of Hong Kong life and the city’s increasingly com- said screenwriter Erica Li. “But we have become a big 20:30 30 Rock 05:25 Antiques Roadshow 08:40 Real Emergency Calls 20:00 Soldiers Of Fortune-PG15 plex relationship to mainland China”. metropolis and we are losing that sense.” Under the 21:00 The Daily Show Global Edition 06:15 Cash In The Attic 09:05 Who On Earth... 22:00 Disturbing Behavior-18 00:00 Beverly Hills Cop 3-PG15 “To me, Hong Kong is filled with duality and I am “One Country Two Systems” governing arrangement, 02:00 Soldiers Of Fortune-PG15 interested in portraying the city, which represents a Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous region within China, sense of deterioration for some, and yet a sense of hope with its own currency and mini-constitution guarantee- for others,” said Lau, who attended Columbia University ing freedoms and liberties not seen on the mainland. in New York and the London Film School. A survey pub- People are free to protest and speak their minds, there lished by the Hong Kong University last week found are no restrictions on the Internet and many lawmakers 08:00 Bushwhacked-PG 10:00 Gabe The Cupid Dog-PG15 only 33 percent of Hong Kongers took pride in being a are directly elected even if the leader, known as the 12:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 Chinese national, the lowest level since 1998. chief executive, is picked by a pro-Beijing electoral com- 14:00 A Heartbeat Away-PG15 Such statistics come amid growing resentment mittee. “Outside of Hong Kong, I would say that, from 16:00 Gabe The Cupid Dog-PG15 towards mainland Chinese visitors, whose numbers are people I have talked to, not many understand the com- 18:00 Sorority Wars-PG15 estimated to reach 50 million annually by 2015 in a city plicated political situation we have with China,” said Lau. 20:00 Analyze This-PG15 22:00 Johnny English Reborn-PG15 of around seven million. Hong Kong’s unpopular Chief “In my film, I have shots of the river between Hong 00:00 The Giant Mechanical Man- Executive Leung Chun-ying has faced the brunt of pub- Kong and Shenzhen and the character crossing the bor- PG15 lic anger, and in his first year has had to deal with short- der, but to my surprise I have had questions about why 02:00 Analyze This-PG15 ages of maternity beds and baby formula, both blamed we have a border with China.” Director Adam Wong was on the influx of mainlanders. in Udine screening “The Way We Dance”, which follows the trials and tribulations of a group of street dancers. ‘Collective nostalgia’ “It is also a film which reflects on how young people in 09:00 Glee: The Concert Movie The city has also seen protests over the widening Hong Kong today are searching for their own identity,” 10:30 Cinderella PT 1-PG15 gap between rich and poor. Property prices have said Wong, whose film will be released in August. 14:15 Glee: The Concert Movie- surged in recent years due to record low interest rates “Young people feel they are losing control of their own 16:00 Offline-PG15 17:45 Catch And Release-PG15 and a flood of wealthy mainlanders snapping up destiny.” — AFP 19:45 L’amour C’est Mieux A Deux- PG15 21:45 Route Irish-PG15 23:45 The Debt-18 01:45 L’amour C’est Mieux A Deux- PG15

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Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY (04/07/2013) UPTO 1st DAY OF RAMADAN

SHARQIA-1 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 10:00 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 5:15 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 1:15 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:15 AM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 8:15 PM NO FRI MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 11:15 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 1:30 PM FANAR-2 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 3:30 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 1:15 PM AVENUES-3 OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 6:00 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 3:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 12:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 8:00 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 5:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 3:00 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 10:30 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 8:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 5:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:30 AM THE PURGE (DIG) 10:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 8:00 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 12:30 AM TATTAH (DIG) 10:30 PM SHARQIA-2 TATTAH (DIG) 1:00 AM CHANGE OF NAME MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 12:45 PM FANAR-3 CINDERELLA (DIG-3D) 3:15 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 12:30 PM 360º- 1 I have change my name MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 5:30 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 3:15 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 1:00 PM from Husain, s/o Kosar WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 7:45 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 6:00 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 3:00 PM Godichand, Indian Passport WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 10:15 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 8:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 5:00 PM No. H1819475 in future I am WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 12:45 AM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 10:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 7:00 PM known from this name OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:45 AM THE PURGE (DIG) 9:00 PM Husain Godichand, s/o SHARQIA-3 THE PURGE (DIG) 11:00 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 1:00 PM MARINA-1 THE PURGE (DIG) 1:00 AM Kosar Godichand, Res. THE PURGE (DIG) 3:00 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:30 PM Obrimohalla, Sagwara. 112 TATTAH (DIG) 5:00 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 2:30 PM 360º- 2 (C 4455) THE PURGE (DIG) 7:30 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 4:15 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:45 PM 8-7-2013 TATTAH (DIG) 9:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 6:00 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 2:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 12:05 AM THE PURGE (DIG) 8:15 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 4:45 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 10:00 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 6:45 PM MUHALAB-1 OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:05 AM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 8:45 PM No: 15863 OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:30 PM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 10:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 2:45 PM MARINA-2 OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 12:45 AM OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 4:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 6:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 3:00 PM 360º- 3 OFFICER DOWN (DIG) 8:15 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 5:15 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 2:30 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 10:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 8:00 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 5:00 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 10:15 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 7:30 PM MUHALAB-2 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:45 AM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:45 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:30 AM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 3:00 PM MARINA-3 TATTAH (DIG) 5:30 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM AL-KOUT.1 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 7:45 PM CINDERELLA (DIG-3D) 2:45 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 10:00 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 5:00 PM CINDERELLA (DIG-3D) 3:45 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 7:15 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 5:30 PM MUHALAB-3 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:45 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 7:45 PM CINDERELLA (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 12:30 AM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 2:45 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 12:30 AM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 5:15 PM AVENUES-1 NO SUN+ TUE+WED MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 7:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 1:30 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:45 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 4:00 PM AL-KOUT.2 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 6:30 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 1:15 PM FANAR-1 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 9:00 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 4:00 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 12:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 11:30 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 6:45 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 3:00 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:30 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 5:15 PM AVENUES-2 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 12:15 AM DARK TIDE (DIG) 7:45 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 2:15 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED

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CROSSWORD 244 STAR TRACK

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

An important relationship, perhaps an older person or someone in authori- Making spirit matter and making the ideal real by bringing it down to ty, may come into focus today. There could be some tension or sense of opposition requiring earth—is the mood today. Perhaps there is a fear of losing oneself in the beginning, per- compromise or negotiation on your part. An opportunity for understanding and even growth haps a push to accomplish and achieve seems more important just now. Give yourself a is available. Independence, as well as anything unusual or different, is valued. You may enjoy break this Sunday and enjoy your creative side: swim, paint, sketch, create music, sew, build, getting away from routine and doing something completely different for a change. You are at etc. You could invent or create a design or artwork, or just enjoy this time. Your ideal dream home where there is a lot of communication, investigation and exploration. Fascinated by is a private one and heaven is as close as work and family. Luck is in your corner this evening social interchange and gossip, you have learned to remove the emotions and listen for new and this could mean you might want to invest in a lottery ticket or a scratch-off ticket. There ideas. You may enjoy variety and change today. New reading, writing, research and other sci- is time this evening for a family dinner and an opportunity to get to know the people you ences are enjoyed today. live with better.

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

A library or museum has intriguing possibilities for today and if you had no In some sense, just being you is the goal itself and the means of travel- previous plans, your family will follow you anywhere, particularly if you have the food. Perhaps ing to that goal. Others sense that your life is important. You are your own a planetarium show or a stroll through the zoo would be fun. This is a time to have the camera reason for being. Today you think about goals and visions and ideals. This is a good time to ready and take notes; a young person is full of funny stories. This evening there are relaxing update your resume and write out a plan for future accomplishments. You are good to activities and hugs and soft voices to enjoy. Since you can easily gain the attention of family mark events on your calendar so consider giving yourself reminders to the steps you need members, this would be a good time to ask each member of the family or each member of the to take in order to accomplish these goals. This is a good time to eliminate the unnecessary house, what choices could be considered for the next outing. There could be talk of education, stress in your life. You radiate a contagious fondness for people. This evening you have the vacation, philosophy, meal planning or even religious studies. When people talk about pleas- pleasure of sharing a little time with old friends. Your most essential quality has to do with ant gatherings, magic happens. the very real love you radiate to others.

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

You may find your patience running thin today, causing you to be at odds You can demonstrate great understanding and sensitivity to the needs of with others. You may be going against tradition and become too independent others just now and are in a good position to communicate concerning groups for group approval. You could become carried away under this kind of pressure and make mis- and society in general. Perhaps some volunteer service is in order. Your most essential quality takes. Take some time to review your habits. Have you been getting enough sleep or eating the has to do with the very real love and compassion you radiate. Your sense of values and sheer ACROSS DOWN right foods stress and tension can quickly take their toll on the weak points in our thinking or appreciation for life are communicated to all who come to know you. You may be sought after 1. The seventh and last day of the week. 1. A fraudulent business scheme. physical makeup. If you are not looking for the positive answer in your life, you could be hold- for your advice and counsel regarding very personal and emotional issues. Perhaps this is a 4. A genus of Tettigoniidae. 2. Wild sheep of northern Africa. ing onto some conflict—access and process. You will find chatting with a friend or relative pro- good time to think and study—you have a real appreciation for ideas and thoughts. You may 11. A member of a formerly tribal people in south 3. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome. ductive. Perhaps this is the best time to relax, prop up your feet and enjoy a good book, cool find yourself enjoying a long conversation, writing a letter, or making a special phone call. This central India. 4. Any property detected by the olfactory system. drink, or just some quiet time. evening is a good time for a walk. 15. Electronic equipment that provides visual 5. A state in the western United States. images of varying electrical quantities. 6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heav- 16. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing ier than beer. (especially a record or film). 7. A large mass of ice floating at sea. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. The capital of Western Samoa. 8. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who CAPRICORN 18. The month following July and preceding tried to colonize Virginia. This is a nice day that should just flow right along. In particular, you will do well in You are able to enjoy and value your own life situation. Catching up on per- September. 9. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 activities that include children, young people and your home surroundings. There is sonal projects, preparing for the workweek, working in a garden or flowerbed 19. A representation of common ground between conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in support available for whatever you want to accomplish or however you want to proceed. You are free- seems to be the routine of the day. Friends may try to entice you to gossip, but you show the theories or phenomena. northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands dom loving, independent and at times, even a trifle remote. You seem not to be bound by relation- courage to move into different directions. You are unusually energetic today and people 20. For fear that. in the Pacific Ocean. ships, although you have many friends and may not be inclined to be much of a domestic. However, respond positively to your charisma. You are also very sensitive to the feelings of others. You like 21. An unwholesome atmosphere. 10. One of the green parts that form the calyx of a today you may find yourself decorating or repairing in order to spruce up the area in which you do to take care of everything and are always redeeming, salvaging and restoring. You could gain 23. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semi- flower. your best thinking. Today, you will find it easy to work with music, color, fabric and the arts—whatever insight from a young person this afternoon. Since you are near home most of this day, use conducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in 11. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with is beautiful and genial. You would make a superb decorator. home as a base of action and pop in from time to time to get whatever you need. You and a transistors. dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears. friend may enjoy a good movie tonight. 24. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus 12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to Acacia. agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 26. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother 13. Not final or absolute. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) and raised by hand. 14. A collection of facts from which conclusions may Leo (July 23-August 22) be drawn. 28. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners. You prefer the forest to the desert, the common to the uncommon. You are Your cravings get you in trouble now and again—even if it is just as simple 30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in 22. Singing jazz. at home in ideas of man’s essential unity. Religious and psychological ideas are talked about as gaining a bit of weight. You may often appreciate things that are not always in your own Turkey). 25. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is with your peers and you may discover the need for a book someone is reading. Group gather- best interest. Your ambition and drive to grow and progress may not be fully met. Consider 33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted ings are small today and everyone benefits. The matter of beginning a book club comes to your busying yourself with some creative work today. You can display a vocabulary of lovely words A and B antigens. from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the attention and you may give this plenty of thought. A little research into other book clubs may and a flair for description—the artistic in all its many forms. You might think of a jingle for an 34. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resem- blocked section of the coronary artery and improve help you decide on how you want to develop one of your own. A new neighbor or some advertising company. There is an inner sense of warmth and goodness along with the ability to bles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium the blood supply to the heart. change to the neighborhood has several families curious with excuses to get out and about express this. You have perfect taste in literary and artistic matters. This is a harmonious day. minerals. 27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or this afternoon. You could dust off the old bicycle and ride it around for exercise and of course, Expect a sense of support and goodwill from those around you. Music and laughter can be 35. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow number). to satisfy a little curiosity of your own. dirt court). 29. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is heard—enjoy. 39. All the plant and animal life of a particular unknown. region. 31. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy 41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 43. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward translucent pulp. 32. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic (especially on one foot)). You can find new ways to relate with others and you look for opportunities liquor. You are able to make a positive difference today. When you love, you love 44. United States musician (born in Japan) who mar- to use your newly achieved knowledge. Very tolerant and accepting of differences, you have 36. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people with energy and passion. You value personal contact, cutting through all the externals and get- ried John Lennon and collaborated with him on good insight into all social values. You are independent. You like to facilitate, compromise and in northern Tanzania. ting to the heart of things. You may be called on today to help a family member get to the recordings (born in 1933). otherwise show your people skills. You are the life of the party, able to loosen up even the most 37. Having the power to influence or convince. truth of some disturbed child or confused elderly member of the family. Changes and trans- 45. A doctor's degree in religion. sober. You are great at bringing out the best qualities of others, discovering hidden talents. This 38. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring forming experiences are where you like to be most. Your words and ideas can transport others 47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primari- afternoon may develop into a talent show, or at the least, the planning of one. Some of your short-beaked beetles. beyond the world as they know it and into the world as they wish it could be. Family, invest- ly in bauxite. ments, home and health issues can all be corrected or tended to today. It may seem there is friends like karaoke and some of your friends are good at playacting. Your options are wide and 40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 51. Recite in elocution. not enough time left in your day but help is as close as your lips and someone is waiting for varied and you may decide to help these friends put an act together for the rest of the neigh- 42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth 54. Not performed on the stage. your lead. borhood. 57. 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ohnny Depp wants his tattoos framed when stuff - that doesn’t sound gruesome at all, does it? he dies. The ‘Lone Ranger’ actor originally “No. That’s not at all serial killer. That’s totally cool. Jwanted his death to “entertain people” but Can you imagine? ‘What are those?’ ‘Oh, that’s my revealed he’d want to go with the “gruesome” idea dad’s tattoos all over that wall’.” While the 50-year- of saving his body art for future generations to old star might be thinking about mortality after see. He told The Times Magazine: “[I originally recently celebrating the milestone age, Johnny wanted to be] just tossed over a mountain so that has insisted reaching the landmark has made him people could watch it bounce. Might as well truly appreciate life. He previously explained: “It’s entertain people. “Or maybe just save the tattoos. great. I mean, I think any day you wake up and Because it might revolutionize what happens after you’re still around is a good thing. Every time you death. Take a guy’s tattoos off, make formaldehyde could take a breath and exhale and inhale again, frames where it’s preserved and stretched out and it’s a good thing; 50 is like, ‘Sure! Why not?’ Lohan battling demons since 18

indsay Lohan’s father claims she has been battling her drug Pitt - Jolie’s Land drink demons since she was 18. Michael, 53, has revealed she took cocaine on the set of ‘Just My Luck’ in 2005 - going against her kids want recent claim she first tried it when she was 21. He recalled being told of her first overdose and admitted he wanted to “kill” the assistant who gave her the drugs. He told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Lindsay was themed wedding filming in New Orleans and I got a call saying she had overdosed on cocaine. One of her assistants had rad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s children have been suggest- love with Angelina than ever and their romance - which began given her the drug. “I was so angry I ing themes for their wedding. The couple are set to mar- on the set of 2005 - is still rock solid. Another insider said: “Brad got a gun from the house and ry at their French estate Ch‚teau Miraval later this sum- says he wakes up every morning and feels the same thing he B planned to go New Orleans to kill mer and their kids Maddox, 11, Pax, nine, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, felt when he first saw Angelina. He kisses her every time he him. “I couldn’t believe that had hap- six, and four-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - have been sees her for the first time that day or comes home from long pened to my daughter. I was just so arguing over how they should celebrate their big day. A source day of work. “He doesn’t care if she’s baking brownies and cup- angry.” Michael also speculated the told America’s OK! magazine: “Brad and Angelina made no cakes and has batter on her face, if she has fruit pebbles stuck ‘Liz & Dick’ star’s career could be over secret of the fact that the wedding is mostly for kids. So they in her hair from that morning, he’s as in love as you can ever be. if she suffers another “relapse” when lined up all the siblings and asked them what kind of theme “Brad and Angelina are at a point in their lives where they are her recent 90-day rehab stint is com- they want. “It turned into an all out war. Maddox wanted happy. They wake up every morning and feel lucky to have the pleted. He added: “If Lindsay does ‘World War Z’ zombie compounds, Shiloh wanted a ‘Monsters family they do, fortunate that they can provide for their family - relapse, then I think it will be over for Inc’ theme and suggested that Angie dress up as Boo, Zahara and that ultimately they are living the lives that they think her with Hollywood. “She takes wanted a princess theme and Pax couldn’t decide between inspires each of them to be the best possible versions of them- Adderall and vodka. The combination zombies and monsters.” Meanwhile, Brad is reportedly more in selves.” just turns the brain to mush. People who do that are zonked out.” Seacrest super Cuthbert is married size sliming plan yan Seacrest keeps a guilty pleasure is warm pair of large jeans in chocolate chip cookies”. And Rhis closet to inspire if that wasn’t inspiration him to stay in shape. The enough, Ryan has recently ‘American Idol’ host used to been linked to svelte Sports be larger when he was Illustrated model younger and admitted he Dominique Piek. The media keeps a pair of jeans from personality, who split from his bigger days to remind Julianne Hough in April him of how he used to look. after three years of dating, He told Life & Style: “The has been spotted on dinner oldest thing in my closet is dates with the brunette my husky jeans that I will beauty. An insider said that not throw away from when I was a chubby while the duo are still getting to know each kid. I just have them to inspire me.” Despite other, Ryan, 38, “gets along really well” with his work to keep in shape, Ryan admits “my Dominique. lisha Cuthbert has married Dion Phaneuf. and bustle of our lives.” The blonde beauty was The ‘Happy Endings’ actress, 30, who tight-lipped about her nuptials but admitted she Eannounced her engagement to the ice wanted them to be “formal”. An insider also hockey player, 28, in September, tied the knot in revealed: “The wedding will be in tents, and if it’s Perry suffered front of 300 guests at St James Catholic Church not raining, the tents will be open. There will be in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada, fireworks while guests are eating and food trucks on Saturday . The couple, who began dating in at midnight, courtesy of the in-laws.” Elisha and 2008, then celebrated with a lavish reception at Dion also celebrated their engagement on after Jet Ski accident the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s nearby waterfront Prince Edward Island with a seafood feast at New estate, according to UsMagazine.com. The for- Glasgow Lobster restaurant in September. The mer ‘24’ star previously expressed her love of the restaurant tweeted at the time: “Last night we atthew Perry says Vicodin made him feel property, saying: “It’s such a quiet place that we had the privilege of hosting a surprise engage- Derulo not threatened “better than ever” after a Jet Ski accident. can be ourselves and not get bothered too much ment party for Dion Phaneuf and Elisha MThe former ‘Friends’ star, who battled a and have a real summer away from the hustle Cuthbert. Congrats to them both.” number of addictions during his 10-year stint on by Sparks’ success the sitcom, became reliant on the powerful ason Derulo isn’t “insecure” about Jordin Sparks’ painkiller after a doctor prescribed it to him for Wilkinson wants another baby success. The ‘Other Side’ singer - who has been injuries he sustained from crashing in the water in Jdating the former ‘American Idol’ winner for two 1997. Matthew, who had two failed stints in rehab endra Wilkinson plans to get pregnant years - admits it takes a lot of “confidence” to go out before getting clean, admits to People magazine this summer. The former ‘Girls Next with his pop star girlfriend, but he isn’t intimidated by that he already had a problem with booze at the KDoor’ star and her husband Hank her fame. He told Cosmopolitan magazine: “Going out time but when his doctor told him: “‘Here, take this.’ Baskett already have three-year-old son Hank with a woman as successful as Jordin takes a lot of I did, and I felt better than I ever felt in my entire IV together and after a romantic trip away confidence for a guy. You have to be sure in yourself to life. I had a big problem with pills and alcohol, and I together recently, they decided to expand deal with it. I feel I can still be that protective figure their family. She said: “I want baby number without feeling insecure about what she does.” The 23- couldn’t stop.” The 43-year-old actor is now “in a two. We really connected and had the most really good place” and hopes to settle down and romantic time on a trip to celebrate my 28th year-old star reveals that he was something of a wom- have children in the near future. He said: “I would birthday last month. That’s when we actually anizer prior to his relationship with Jordin, 23, but suf- love to start a family of my own. I think I’d make a started talking baby. We’re starting to try fering a broken neck during tour rehearsals in 2012 great dad and I think shortly I would make a great shortly.” Kendra doesn’t care whether the cou- helped him put everything - particularly his romantic husband.” Matthew also admits acting is no longer ple have a son or a daughter as long as the life - into perspective. He explained: “Before the acci- as important to him as it used to be and he is baby is healthy and happy. She explained: dent, I was more reckless in relationships. I was a guy instead focusing on having fun and enjoying life. “Before I was a parent I used to think it was so in my early twenties having fun. I wasn’t really looking The ‘Go On’ star explained: “People are always ask- cheesy when people said this but honestly as for love, but my injury woke me up. “Jordin and I had long as he or she is healthy, that’s all I care been friends for a long time and I definitely liked her. ing me, ‘What’s next?’ There are a few entertain- about. “Parenting has the power to bring a The injury made me pay attention - it was like some- ment things I’m discussing but honestly it’s gone is harder to come by.” Kendra, 28, also hasn’t couple closer. You realize you’re the only two ruled out the option of having a third child. one saying, ‘Hey, wake up!’ “ The ‘In My Head’ hitmaker down in import for me. “A year and a half ago I people raising this amazing child, so you have She added to America’s OK! magazine: insists his girlfriend is “the one” and hopes to one day went to the doctor and was told, ‘The new pre- to work together. It also makes you appreciate “Sometimes I think two are ideal and some- tie the knot with the singer. He added: “Marriage will scription for you? ‘Go have fun.’ Wow that’s really time together as a couple, because along time times I think more. We’ll have to see.” happen at the right time.” — Bang Showbiz freeing.” LIFESTYLE37 MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 MUSIC & MOVIES Rolling Stones deliver biggest bang in nostalgic London show

British rock and pop singer Rod Stewart performs on stage, on July 6, 2013 in Monaco. — AFP

he Rolling Stones blasted through the Jones and the old days were unmistakable Avery Sunshine set for past into the present on Saturday even if his name was never mentioned. Twith a rip-roaring show in London’s Hyde Park that paid homage to their last Mick Taylor takes a brief turn concert here 44 years ago. Frontman Mick Taylor - who left the Stones in 1974 - Essence Festival debut Jagger strutted, howled and belted his way appeared on stage for a rollicking version through a two-hour set that gave a nod to of “Midnight Rambler,” where he delivered very(asterisk)Sunshine may be a new voice founding member Brian Jones, whose a master class in the guitar solo before jam- to some, but the 38-year-old Atlanta artist death in 1969 turned their last appearance ming in front of Watts with Wood and Ahopes more fans will be saying her name at the royal park into a tribute. “Anybody Richards. “Mick’s very first show was with after her debut performance at the Essence out there who was here in 1969?” Jagger us here,” Jagger told the crowd. “We found Festival. Her self-titled first project was released called out to applause from a sea of grey him in a pub and put him in front of in 2010. Three years later, its singles “Ugly Side of hair after opening with “Start Me Up” and 250,000 people.” The crowd reflected the Me,” “All in My Head” and “Blessin Me” have “It’s only Rock and Roll”. longevity of the band and their continued gained a strong following and heavy radio play. “Well welcome back, it’s nice to see you popularity across the generations. “We’re completely independent,” said again.” Jones had already left the Stones “This is my birthday present from my Avery(asterisk)Sunshine, whose real name is the last time Jagger, dad,” said 34-year-old Dan Kemsley, who Denise White. “It’s been one fan, one show, one guitarist Keith Richards and drummer had been waiting in front of the stage tweet at a time. And now it’s snowballing. Charlie Watts played the park at a gig alongside his Stones-mad father John since “This is a big deal for us to play Essence,” she meant to introduce his replacement, Mick noon. Nostalgia has played a major part in said. “Most of the country still has no idea who Taylor. Guitarist Ronnie Wood joined in the Rolling Stones’ activities the past year we are. There are so many who haven’t heard the 1975. But two days before their appear- as they celebrated 50 years in the music material and for me, this kind of invitation to per- ance, the 27-year-old Jones drowned in his business and embarked on a North swimming pool under the influence of American tour. The Rolling Stones lived up drugs and alcohol, turning that concert to their reputation as one of the greatest into a commemoration. Now the band with rock and roll bands when they played to an average age of 69 stormed through the more than 100,000 revellers at last week- classics from “Brown Sugar” and “Honky end’s Glastonbury festival. Tonk Woman” to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and The band emerged alongside the “Sympathy for the Devil” - with rubber- Beatles in the early 1960s to become one of lipped Jagger strumming the guitar for the the most successful groups in rock and roll Maxwell performs on Day 1 of the 2013 Essence Music Festival at the Mercedes-Benz latest single “Doom and Gloom”. history with hits such as “You Can’t Always Superdome. The Stones bounded across the stage Get What You Want” and “Satisfaction”, and along a catwalk stretching into the sea which rounded off the show amid fire- performance scheduled for 7 pm CDT Saturday give fans another visual.” of 65,000 fans gathered on a sultry summer works. They last went on the road for their inside one of the festival’s Superlounges - music Avery(asterisk)Sunshine has played keyboard evening in 21st century central London, “A Bigger Bang” tour from 2005 to 2007, venues set up in the Superdome’s huge corridors. with Tyler Perry’s productions and has worked on sipping beer. The unmistakable aroma of playing 144 shows around the world and On the festival’s main stage Saturday are a couple of soundtracks, including “The Fighting marijuana wafted in the air. The night grossing more than $550 million, making it Solange, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Charlie Wilson Temptations.” James Todd Smith, known as LL Cool J, stops and New Edition. Avery (asterisk) Sunshine said “I play OK,” she said, modestly. “I’m not Herbie belonged to the reconciliation of past and one of the world’s most lucrative rock tours. bye the pressroom on Day 1 of the 2013 present for a crowd of old and young They play another concert in Hyde Park she’s never attended Essence during its 19 years. Hancock,” she added, laughing. White said she Essence Music Festival at the Mercedes-Benz “I’m nervous and excited at the same time,” she and her writing partner, Dana Johnson, who’s steeped in Stones lore, watching the band on July 13. Live performances have Superdome. — AP photos on stage with images of past concerts emerged as the major money earner inthe said. “But honestly, I’m even more nervous about also a guitarist in the band, are “very close” to fin- occasionally flashing past on big screens music business as record sales go digital, what I’m going to wear.” The accomplished ishing their second project. It includes a duet rising up behind the band. Jagger donned with growing numbers of veteran acts form means someone is paying attention to what pianist plays the instrument at all of her shows with Musiq Soulchild and a song the pair wrote a white smock-like outfit similar to the one returning to the stage and attracting well- I’m doing. I’m honored to have this opportunity.” and she said finding an outfit that’s eye-catching that Musiq produced. “I’m super excited,” she he wore in 1969, played the harmonica and heeled, aging fans willing to pay high tick- She said she’s bringing her whole family, includ- and comfortable is often an issue. “I’ve got to find said, though she didn’t have an actual release quoted a piece of poetry. The references to et prices. — Reuters ing her 75-year-old mother, 13-year-old daughter a way to get up from that keyboard and move date. “We may do an extended play release. We and 11-year-old son, to New Orleans to see the around the stage more,” she said, laughing. “It’ll just haven’t decided at this point.” — AP

Review Jay-Z treads familiar ground on 12th album

Jay-Z, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” (Roc mostly helmed by Timbaland, is full of with Beyonce and Frank Ocean on “Part II Nation/Universal) robust and moody hip-hop beats that (On the Run)” and “Ocean” rely too much anye didn’t care about satisfying maintain a nice groove, but don’t expect on the R&B singers. There are other big radio with his latest album. Neither any booming anthems or party jams here. names on the album, like Rick Ross, Kdoes Jay-Z. “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” Like Kanye, there isn’t a single or music Pharrell and Nas, but “Magna Carta,” isn’t the rapper’s 12th album, doesn’t have the video ahead of the album’s release, which designed like albums in the past. pop or mainstream appeal his past comes out officially on Sunday though up There are no catchy hooks to grab you records have offered. The 16-track set, to 1 million Samsung mobile phone users in. The most excitement about the album were able to download the album for free hasn’t been generated from the music, but on the Fourth of July. it’s promotion plan - Jay-Z announced the With the exception of rapping about album in a commercial during the NBA fatherhood and infant daughter Blue Ivy, Finals and launched a series of videos This file photo provided by Universal Pictures shows the minion characters in the film the superstar lyrically doesn’t tell us any- explaining the recording process and ‘Despicable Me 2.’ — AP thing new on “Magna Carta.” We all know songs. He’s continuing to create new blue- how he rose from selling drugs in the prints to debut his music. That should be Brooklyn projects to become arguably the congratulated, but the songs on “Magna Top 10 films at box office most important rapper of all time, his mul- Carta” don’t boom like his business plan. 1. “Despicable Me 2,” Universal, $24.5 million. 7. “Man of Steel,” Warner Bros, $3.03 million. tiplatinum feats, his awards, and the bene- “Knock me to my knees about a million 2. “The Lone Ranger,” Disney, $9.86 million. 8. “Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain,” Lionsgate, fits of having a superstar wife - Beyonce - times, uncle said I’ll never sell a million 3. “The Heat,” Fox, $6.4 million. $2.58 million. at his side. But while Jay-Z continues to records, I sold a million records like a mil- 4. “Monsters University,” Disney, $5.2 million. 9. “This Is the End,” Sony, $1.13 million. make headlines away from music, this lion times,” he raps on “Crown.” Yes, you’ve 5. “World War Z,” Paramount, $4.3 million. 10. “Now You See Me,” Lionsgate, $673,127. album treads familiar ground, which defied the odds, but we want a little more 6. “White House Down,” Sony, $3.5 million. — AP makes the album - dare we say it? - aver- from the king. — AP age. He’ll remind you - a couple of times - that Samsung bought 1 million copies of the record and gave it away three days ear- ly - on songs like “Somewhere In America.” There’s a similar flavor lyrically on “Tom Black Sabbath top British Ford,” with its freaky beats, and the bump- ing “Picasso Baby,” where Beyonce gets a shout-out: “Sleeping every night next to album chart again Mona Lisa, the modern version, with bet- ter features.” he British rock band Black Sabbath’s album “13!” has given them a first It’s when he talks about the other lady British Number One album in nearly 43 years, a record interval between in his life, his 1-year-old daughter, where Tchart-toppers, the Official Charts Company said yesterday. Black we see a rare side of the typically brag- Sabbath were last at the top of the UK chart with their second album, gadocio rapper. “Now I got tattoos on my “Paranoid”. “I’m in shock!” Black Sabbath front man Ozzy Osbourne told the body, psycho (expletive) in my lobby, I got Official Charts Company. “The success of this album has blown me off my haters in the paper, photos shoots with feet. We’ve never had a record climb the charts so fast.” paparazzi, can’t even take my daughter for The band saw off competition from Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye, in a walk,” he raps on “Holy Grail,” a collabora- second place with “BE”. In the singles chart, American R&B singer Robin tion with Justin Timberlake. It’s revealing, Thicke made it three weeks on top with “Blurred Lines”. The song, featuring and especially special coming from the rapper TI and Pharrell Williams, has sold over 580,000 copies, making it the File photo shows Jay-Z performs the inau- often-unfazed Jay-Z. While Timberlake fifth-best selling single of 2013. “La La La” by the British rapper Naughty Boy, gural concert at the Barclays Center in Black Sabbath featuring singer Sam Smith, remained in the number two spot. — Reuters Brooklyn, in New York. — AP works well with Hova, his collaborations lifestyle MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 AWARDS

Bollywood’sBollywood actress Madhuri Dixit performs. Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau

he film Barfi scooped top honours in well in China. India’s version of the Oscars at a cere- “We make musicals. I think every film is a Tmony in the Chinese gambling haven of musical. Every film has at least six to seven Macau on Saturday that also celebrated a songs,” said Ayushmann Khurrana, nominat- century of Bollywood, which makes up a big ed for best actor after his debut in “Vicky chunk of a multi-billion-dollar film industry. Donor”, a romantic comedy about sperm Barfi is a romantic comedy about a mute and donation. “So that is how Bollywood is com- deaf man and his relationship with two pletely different from Hollywood.” Best women. The movie was praised by critics for actress was won by Vidya Balan for Kahani its positive portrayal of physically disabled while Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi took home the people, a somewhat unusual theme for award for best actor. Barfi also won the award Bollywood screenplays. for best film. India, the world’s biggest film producer, India’s film entertainment sector is makes more than double the number of booming and estimated to generate rev- Hollywood movies on an annual basis. enue of close to $5 billion by 2015. The Already popular in countries with sizable choice of Macau to host the annual event Indian populations, Indian films are also a comes as the gambling hub is pushing to growing hit with Chinese audiences as well diversify its customer base beyond the tradi- as in Russia and Germany. Hosted by tional casino punter who spends only on Bollywood heartthrobs Shah Rukh Khan and the baccarat tables rather than on entertain- Shahid Kapoor, the four-hour ceremony of ment, dining and hospitality. Indian cus- pulsating dance routines and colourful cos- tomers are increasingly targeted by the casi- tume changes was attended by an audience no operators due to their tendency to stay of over seven thousand screaming fans. longer than the average Chinese punter and Some of Indian cinema’s biggest names Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan looks as actress Vidya Balan speaks after winning their heavy spending on non-gaming pas- including Deepika Padukone set the Macau the award for Best Actor - Female. times. — Reuters arena alight with high octane performances, while older generation actors like Boman tressed actresses, Bollywood films typically Irani and modern pin ups such as Vidya Balan transport viewers away from reality to a graced the green carpet. Known for catchy world where good triumphs over evil and songs, whimsical backdrops and raven- love reunites everyone, themes that resonate

Indian Bollywood director Anurag Basu enacts the character of unseen actor Ranbir Kapoor from his film Barfi after winning the award for the best film at the 14th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award ceremony at The Venetian hotel in Macau on July 6, 2013. —AFP/AP photos

Indian Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma looks on as director Anurag Basu (l) reacts after winning the award for the best film.

Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan jokes with Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan interacts with Indian Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi Parineeti Chopra on stage. after receiving his award for Best Performance in a Comic Role.

Indian Bollywood director Anurag Basu holds the best director, best actor and best story trophies.

Indian Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor and Prabhudeva perform. Indian actress Lisa Haydon poses. lifestyle MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013 AWARDS

Indian Bollywood dancers perform along with Sri Lankan actor Jacqueline Fernandez. Indian Bollywood actors Gauhar Khan and Hussain Kuwajerwala perform.

(From left) Indian Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan and Indian Bollywood actor Sridevi Kapoor performs. Indian Bolywood lyricist and songwriter Javed Akhtar receives his award Boman Irani host the 14th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award for Contribution to Indian Cinema from Indian Minister for Tourism ceremony at The Venetian hotel in Macau. Chiranjeevi.

Indian Bollywood actor Prabhudeva performs.

Indian Bolywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput dances. Indian Bolywood actors Ayushman Khurana and Parineeti Chopra perform.

Indian Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor jokes with co-host Shah Rukh Khan (From left) Indian Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan, Ayushman Khuran, Indian Bolywood actors Aftab Shivdasani, Shahid Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Ayushman Khurana on stage. Parineeti Chopra, Sushant Singh Rajput and Shahid Kapoor joke on stage. perform a skit with actor Boman Irani.

Indian Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone performs. Bollywood’s Barfi wins at Indian film awards38 in Macau MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

People throw colorful powder during the Holi Festival of Colors near Karlsruhe, southern Germany, yesterday. Originally, the festival was celebrated in north India by throwing colorful powers onto each other to celebrate spring and to drive away evil spirits. — AFP Andalusian fusion: Christianity and Islam

By Giovanna Dell’Orto ple of the region’s cultural fusion, having originat- drink (think giant chorizo sausage and heaping ed in Andalusia centuries ago, even though inter- plates of fried whitebait for the price of a 2-euro or the third time in a week, I’m touring the nationally they have come to symbolize trendy frosted glass of beer). But its attractions are out- Alhambra, one of the most popular sites in modern Spanish cuisine. sized - not only the Alhambra, arguably the most Fthe world’s fourth most-visited country, and Of course, Andalusia also offers all the other impressive secular medieval monument from the finally I have it all for myself. Not a pushy guide experiences that draw tourists to Spain: Muslim world, but its ideological counterpart, a but a bullfrog in one of the fountains is the loud- Channeling Hemingway at a bullfight, getting triumphant cathedral with its royal chapel pre- est sound on a late May night in this hilltop goose bumps from a wailing flamenco singer, serving the marble funeral monuments of, who Islamic palace complex in southern Spain. mingling sacred and profane at the Eastertide else, Fernando and Isabel. I linger to stick my nose into the cabbage-size processions and fairs, gorging on jamon iberico I most enjoyed my night visits to the roses lining the pathways and to gaze over the and whole fish baked in sea salt, and joining Alhambra’s Nasrid Palaces, where every inch is floodlit red-tinged ramparts. Their massive sim- throngs of sunburned Northern Europeans on covered in Koran and poetry inscriptions, star- plicity belies the infinite intricacy of the palaces patterned tiles, and gravity-defying ceilings deco- inside, and I can easily believe the legend that the rated with pointed ornamentation called muqar- last Muslim ruler wept as he left Granada. nas, all deflecting light with a soothing, awe- Centuries later, we can be grateful that the con- inspiring effect that plays on the motto written all quering Christian royalty left this masterpiece over: “Only Allah is victor.” nearly intact. In the many marbled patios and sprawling Nowhere in Europe is the complex coexis- Generalife gardens farther uphill, water fountains tence between Islam and Christianity more seem to trace in the air the same curves as Arabic etched in historical landscapes and current cus- Photo shows roses in the garden of a mosque in the Albaicin neighborhood in Granada. script, bubbling and flowing with precise pat- toms than here, in Spain’s Andalusia, a vast region terns. On the opposite hill is the Albaicin, the er with the kaleidoscope of golden mosaics, of snowy mountains, olive-studded valleys and much restored Muslim quarter of whitewashed Arabic inscriptions, and carvings, show off what I desert coasts whose tip sits less than 10 miles (16 homes hiding scented gardens, or carmenes, see as the hallmarks of Andalusian Islamic art. kilometers) from Morocco. watered by medieval cisterns, whose only outside Geometry and repetition play with light to create For nearly 800 years, caliphs ruled Andalusia. signs are overflowing purple bougainvillea and flowing motifs that both overwhelm with their In 1492, the Catholic king and queen (and ulti- austere cypress spires. richness and seem weightless. mate power couple), Fernando and Isabel, ended Nearby, two more churches show off Roman- Smack in the midst sits an unremarkable inspired triumphalism, the convent of San church, built in the 16th century. A much nicer Jeronimo with its giant altarpiece and the reconquista touch is a few blocks away, in the Cartuja’s small Baroque sagrario, which theatrical- 14th-century Alcazar, a fortress whose gardens ly swirls with chubby angels and saints in a profu- lined by pools and rippling fountains mirror the sion of red marble and gold. centrality that water has in Islamic architecture. That Christian humanism sitting next to The whitewashed homes around both monu- Islamic intellectualism is Andalusia’s own ments, covered by decorative iron grilles and enchantment. Back in the Generalife, a guard bright potted plants, were part of Cordoba’s watched me linger by water jets arching into a Jewish quarter, called the Juderia, a center of long pool. She was the daughter of a watchman Jewish intellectuals before the Catholic takeover. File photo taken in Granada in Andalusia, there who raised his eight kids in a house on its The great philosopher Maimonides was born in Spain, shows a bird resting inside Palacios property, and she’s worked in the Alhambra for Cordoba in the 12th century, and a modern stat- Nazaries, the centerpiece of the city’s 31 years. “Magico, no?” she whispered. Three days ue of him is located in the quarter near a 14th Alhambra medieval Islamic complex, lushly later, I got back for visit number four. — AP decorated with carvings. — AP photos century synagogue. But Maimonides did not die here; he fled to Egypt as the persecution of Jews began under the Catholic regime. Digging deeper into cultural fusion: The Roman philosopher Seneca was also born in Cordoba, and a restored bridge from around his time still crosses the wide river behind Photo shows a woman throwing rose petals the Mezquita. at the float of the Eucharistic host, in a pro- cession through the streets of Granada dur- Seville ing the city’s major yearly celebration, the Less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the Photo shows the bell tower of the Mezquita feria del Corpus Christi. southwest, Seville’s grand cathedral also incorpo- cathedral framed by bright flower pots Mediterranean beaches. rated a Muslim element: La Giralda, the former along narrow Calleja de las flores, a white- But what’s unique about Andalusia is the trail 12th-century minaret, now bell tower, nearly washed alley in the city old Jewish neigh- of Islamic conquerors who arrived in the eighth identical to towers still standing in Rabat and borhood of Cordoba. century, and the Catholic monarchs who Marrakech. Next door is another much embel- lished Alcazar fortress, this one too visited by the last Islamic stronghold in Europe -a few imposed their reconquista (reconquering) cen- Fernando and Isabel as well as Columbus. Its months before signing off on Christopher turies later - vanquishing not just Islam but also style, called mudejar, is all about fusion, reflecting Columbus’ trip to the new world, which also start- eventually the Jews who had flourished under the taste and workmanship of Muslim artists in ed here. the Muslims’ tolerant rule. Catholic Spain. Around it is the former Jewish I’ve traveled through the region in fall, winter neighborhood, the barrio de Santa Cruz, centered and spring to admire the Muslim-Christian monu- Cordoba on small, orange-tree lined squares with homes ments in the major cities of Granada, Cordoba Begin your visit with the earliest masterpiece, and palaces whose doors and windows are often and Seville. But this year, on a longer trip, I found the bizarrely repurposed great mosque, now a bordered in blue and gold. the mingling of cultures in everyday life. In cathedral, of Cordoba. From its massive size and Granada, I bought almond cookies and orange horseshoe arches, the Mezquita’s exterior gives Granada wine through a wooden rotating tray from an some hints that this is not your usual medieval Seville is the region’s largest, most cosmopoli- unseen cloistered Catholic nun in a convent near cathedral, but walking in still stuns. Out of the tan city. But my Andalusian favorite is Granada, re-created Arab baths, where I sipped mint tea Photo shows the grounds of a 14th-century darkness pierced by low-hanging lights is a multi- Horse carriages waiting for tourists outside framed by the improbably snowy Sierra Nevada and spent a silent hour steaming and soaking royal residence, the Alcazar, featuring plication of two-tiered arches in all directions, dis- the Mezquita cathedral, which originated mountain range. It’s a university city that is small feet sore from climbing cobblestone alleys. Islamic garden motifs, from citrus trees to orienting like a house of mirrors. This forest of as a mosque when the city was the center enough for the tradition of free tapas with each And it turns out that tapas are a classic exam- the centrality of water. shiny columns and red-and-white arches, togeth- of Islamic Europe a thousand years ago.