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KUWAIT: A joint committee of ministers from OPEC and Nod to reducing non-OPEC oil producers has agreed to review whether a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months, it said in a statement yesterday. An earlier draft detention period of the statement had said the committee “reports high level of conformity and recommends a six-month exten- Aid link to law rejected sion”. But the final version said only that the committee By B Izzak had requested a technical group and for the OPEC Secretariat to “review the oil market conditions and KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and leg- revert ... in April, 2017 regarding the extension of the vol- islative committee yesterday approved a draft law untary production adjustments”. stipulating to reduce the detention period at Oil sector analysts said the lack of an immediate police stations to 48 hours, reverting an amend- extension could drag on crude prices. “The dropping of ment by the previous Assembly. The opposition- the recommendation to extend cuts in favor of technical review committee is likely to lead to a lot of disappoint- dominated Assembly elected in Feb 2012 had ment and potential further liquidation of long positions introduced an amendment to cut the detention by money managers that will put downward pressure on period from four days to two. It also reduced pre- oil prices,” said Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodities ventive detention by the public prosecution to strategy at BNP Paribas in London. It was not immediate- just 10 days from 21 previously. ly clear why the wording had been changed, although a But at the request of the interior ministry, the senior industry source said the committee lacked the previous pro-government Assembly increased the legal mandate to recommend an extension. detention period back to four days at police stations The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting and 21 days by the public prosecution. A large num- Countries and rival oil-producing nations were meeting ber of opposition MPs had vowed to introduce the in Kuwait to review progress with their global pact to cut amendment in the current Assembly. supplies. OPEC and 11 other leading producers including But the Assembly’s foreign relations committee Russia agreed in December to cut their combined output rejected a draft law stating that the government by almost 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first half cannot provide foreign aid exceeding KD 10 million of the year. The original deal was to last six months, with without the approval of the Assembly through legis- the possibility of a six-month extension. “Any country has lation. The draft law was introduced by lawmakers in the freedom to say whether they do or they don’t sup- light of the current difficult financial situation due to port (an extension). Unless we have conformity with the sharp fall in oil revenues. KUWAIT: (From left) Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq and everybody, we cannot go ahead with the extension of Continued on Page 13 OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo attend a meeting of the 2nd Joint Ministerial Monitoring the deal,” Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq said Committee of OPEC yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Oil and Minister His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq and members of the Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the delegation who took part in the Committee (JMMC). —KUNA photos 24th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference.
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Education and Higher Education Mohammad Al-Fares and newly appointed Assistant Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the executive committee of the parliamentary caucus. Undersecretaries. Amir meets joint oil committee members
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Private Education Dr Abdulmohsen Al-Huweila and Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomed at Bayan Palace yesterday Assistant Undersecretary of the Public Authority for of the executive committee of the parliamentary caucus Highness the Crown Prince received His Highness Sheikh Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Applied Education and Training Tareq Al-Omairi on the who took part in the 24th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Al-Marzouq and members of Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC occasion of their recent appointment. The meetings were Conference in Rabat. The delegation later met with His Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), which is con- attended by Acting Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Highness the Crown Prince as well. Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Premier and Interior vening in Kuwait. General Khaled Boudi. Fares later introduced Huweila and Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir received His Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, in addition to His Highness the Amir also received Minister of Omairi to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Prime State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and acting Information Education and Higher Education Mohammad Al-Fares who Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- introduced Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received National well as First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah. —KUNA KRCS launches donation campaign for Yemen
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched yesterday a campaign to collect donations for people affected by the ongoing war in Yemen, said KRCS’ Chairman of Board of Directors Dr Hilal Al-Sayer. This campaign aims to ease living conditions for Yemenis, as there are over 18 million Yemenis were affected by the war and more than two million children suffering from lack of food and medical items, Sayer said. Yemen is facing one of the worst famines in the world, he said, calling on philanthropists and organiza- tions to contribute to the donation cam- paign held at KRCS’ headquarters. Sayer also called to support KRCS’ projects aiming to develop services for Yemenis in need. These projects include education, health, water resources and food. The society will receive cash and K-Net donations from 9:00 am to 2:00 KUWAIT: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh pm and from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, as well Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Sunday the credentials of the as online donations through KRCS’ web- Thai ambassador to the State of Kuwait. During the meeting, Sheikh Sabah site, he noted. —KUNA Al-Khaled wished the new ambassador best of luck in his task and more development of bilateral relations. —KUNA KIB marks Global Money Week 2017
KUWAIT: As part of its pioneering efforts to Corporate Communications Unit at KIB. “We promote financial literacy nationwide, are extremely proud to be one of the first Kuwait International Bank (KIB) has banks in the region to have partnered with launched a comprehensive awareness cam- CYFI, and we are thrilled to once again be paign entitled “With KIB, I learnt how to taking part in the annual Global Money spend and save”, to mark the fifth annual Week celebrations.” Global Money Week (GMW); an internation- This year, KIB has launched a multi- al initiative aimed at enhancing economic faceted awareness campaign, entitled “With education amongst children and youth. This KIB, I learnt how to spend and save”, featur- year’s celebrations are being held under the ing a diverse program of activities and initia- theme “Learn. Save. Earn” and are taking tives targeting children, youth and parents place across the globe between March 27th across Kuwait. One of the highlights of KIB’s and April 2nd. efforts is a social media campaign taking GMW is an annual global celebration, place throughout Global Money Week. The spearheaded by Child and Youth Finance education-focused campaign is designed to International (CYFI) - an organization dedi- raise awareness about the importance of cated to economically and socially empow- financial literacy, and seeks to encourage ering children and youth worldwide. GMW parents to teach their children about good features a diverse range of events and activ- money management and the values of sav- ities aimed at inspiring children and youth ing starting at an early age. to learn about money, saving, creating KIB has always been a passionate advo- livelihoods, gaining employment and cate of spreading financial awareness and becoming entrepreneurs. Since its launch in economic education across all segments of 2013, the initiative has grown exponentially, the community: from school-age children, all with more than 7 million children and youth the way to young talents looking to pursue participants across 132 countries taking careers within the financial sector. As an part in GMW 2016. established financial institution, KIB draws on “Financial literacy has long been a cor- its wealth of knowledge and industry experi- nerstone of our social responsibility pro- ence in order to educate and empower the gram, and we are adamant believers in the local community in all areas of finance, busi- importance of spreading economic educa- ness and economics, in an effort to fuel tion amongst our country’s children and national development across all sectors. youth. Educating our youth about the The bank also continues to offer innova- basics of saving and the fundamentals of tive Islamic banking solutions tailor-made good money management will enable us to to cater to the needs of the youth segment - foster a generation of capable and financial- including the Shabab Al-Dawli youth ly-savvy adults; who are capable of building account and the Haboob children’s KUWAIT: The Embassy of Pakistan in Kuwait organized a flag hoisting ceremony at its premises over the weekend on the occasion a prosperous and sustainable future for our account, which combine the benefits of of Pakistan’s National Day. Pakistani diplomats, school children and a cross-section of the Pakistani community participated in nation,” said Nawaf Najia, Manager of the saving and investment. the event. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat LOCAL MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
Legalese Citizen demands compensation Termination for vehicle damaged by rain indemnity Proposal to allocate site for food bank By Attorney Fajer Ahmed By Meshaal Al-Enezi bank was founded upon instructions from His Highness Commenting on the agreement, minister Roudhan said that ne of the most common concerns or top- the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with it comes within the development plan strategy of investing ics that I deal with is employment law. KUWAIT: A female citizen yesterday filed the first compen- the aim of boosting public awareness of the importance of in youth potentials. Roudhan highlighted that there is a ODisputes are very common between sation claim case only 48 hours after heavy rainfall sub- food, encouraging voluntary work, improving charity work global concern in investing in youth potentials and minds employers and an employee and since I have merged many vehicles around Kuwait. In his argument, the and professionalism and taking part in aid campaigns in and providing the best working environments for them. experience as an employer and an employee, I citizen’s lawyer Mohammed Khoraibot said his client had famine and war-stricken spots worldwide. can sometimes understand where these disputes been through indescribable suffering because of the disas- Case adjourned arise from. We have cases at the firm from end of ter, saying that she almost lost her life. Khoraibot demand- Youth project The court of cassation yesterday adjourned the ‘Abdali cell’ service benefits, to transfers, to receiving pass- ed financial compensation for his client for her brand new The Secretariat General of the Supreme Council of case in which 24 citizens and an Iranian are facing charges of ports, and so on. If you do have an issue at work, luxury vehicle that she had bought only two weeks earlier. Planning and Development Council’s signed the youth proj- colluding with Iran and Hezbollah and possessing explosives please do not stress, there is always a solution ect agreement yesterday with the United Nations till May 14 to issue its verdict. The public prosecution for everything. The best thing to do is to Food Bank Development Program (UNDP) yesterday, in presence of demanded strict penal measures for all the accused. In a dif- research and try to reach an amicable deal with Municipal Council member Ali Al-Moussa yesterday pro- Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for ferent case, the court of cassation rejected a contest filed by a your employer. posed allocating a special site to be used as the headquar- Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan. The agreement was signed Qatari man sentenced to seven years with labor for blasphe- Today I am going to discuss the most com- ters of the ‘Kuwait Food Bank’ at the nongovernmental by the council’s Secretary General Khaled Mahdi and UNDP’s my. Notably, the defendant had been arrested by Qatari secu- organizations site in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. Notably, the food Resident Representative in Kuwait Zineb Benjelloun. rity authorities and handed over to Kuwait. mon issues in Kuwait for expats and what is the best legal way to deal with them. Ministry warns of rising Visa transfer Question: I know that I am entitled to end of service benefits, but my employer refuses energy consumption rates to give me any benefits, claiming that I need to transfer my visa first. Is this true? By A Saleh build new smart homes that save electricity and Fajer: It is very common for employers to water and including them in the conditions on pro- state that the end of service benefits will not be KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water viding citizens with the KD 30,000 construction given to the employee unless a transfer is first (MEW) warned about growing electricity and water material subsidy. done. I do not think this is fair, transfers can take consumption rates in Kuwait, and predicted the a long time at the Ministry of Social Affairs and total annual subsidies needed for these utilities to Land plots Labor (MSAL) and employers need to give what reach KD 10 billion, even after applying the new The Ministry of Interior’s Acting Undersecretary is rightfully due to employees. I always advise consumption tariffs. The ministry also urged the Major General Mahmoud Al-Doussary called for public to take serious efforts towards achieving allocating special land plots to build police avia- that when you ask or a transfer in MSAL, also Sheikha Al-Zain Dr Mohammad Major General Sheikh conservation, reducing their electricity and water tion departments in remote areas to the north and Al-Sabah Al-Zuhair Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah request your indemnity. The Kuwaiti law has giv- consumption and building energy-saving houses. south of the country. In a letter sent to Kuwait en many privileges to the employer and there- In a letter sent to Minister of Commerce and Municipality, Doussary urged the municipality to fore I honestly think that even though the Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan, Minister of Electricity allocate the northern site along Saad Al-Abdullah Youth and Tourism process of obtaining the rights can take a long and Water and Minister of Oil Essam Al-Marzouq Road and the southern one 14 km before Sabah time, you should ask for your rights in any way told him that MEW consumption rates were alarm- Al-Ahmad City along Wafra Road. possible. ingly increasing and so are the sums needed to sub- Forum Kicks off today Question: What can I do in order to obtain sidize them. He also expected subsidies to reach KD Retirement my end of service benefits? 10 billion once the Public Authority for Housing Ten lawmakers demanded allocating one hour KUWAIT: The first Kuwaiti Youth and the National Fund for Small and Medium Fajer: I always advise my clients to first try Welfare (PAHW) finishes building 250,000 new in tomorrow’s National Assembly session to dis- Tourism Forum kicks off today at the Enterprises (SMEs Fund), stressed that and negotiate with their employer. If the under-construction housing units. MEW also cuss the government and Civil Service Kuwait Regency Hotel, under the patron- Kuwait is in dire need to discuss all pos- employer does not want to negotiate, then also demanded the use of energy-saving materials to Commission’s regulations on retirement. age of Minister of State for Cabinet sible means of motivating the youth and ask your lawyer to negotiate on your behalf. If Affairs, Acting Minister of Information encouraging them to invest in produc- not, then your lawyer can go to court. Before Employment law for children of Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdulla Al-Sabah. tive sectors and projects. your lawyer takes the issue to court, your lawyer In this regard, representatives of state In the meantime, Major General will have to go through MSAL, which is also a Kuwaiti mothers all-inclusive: CSC departments sponsoring the two-day Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, the safe place for both parties to negotiate. forum stressed the need for cooperation Interior Ministry’s Assistant KUWAIT: A recent edict granting children born to Moreover, the statement pointed out that cer- to make sure that the forum becomes a Undersecretary for Passports and Kuwaiti mothers greater employment rights does tain provisos are in place as it relates to the Time and cost success. Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, Citizenship Affairs, stressed that the Question: How long does the process take not discriminate on the basis of their fathers’ process of employing non-Kuwaitis and stateless nationalities, Kuwait’s Civil Service Commission people. On the process of filling up vacancies in Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for forum is an opportunity to promote and how much does it cost to go to a lawyer? Youth Affairs, said that officials have to Kuwait’s image as a touristic destina- Does the court pay me back what I paid the (CSC) said yesterday. CSC noted in a statement the government sector, the statement noted that that the law, which grants children of Kuwaiti “priority is given to citizens first, followed by those speed up the process of supporting and tion. He added that the Interior lawyer? encouraging all opportunities for achiev- Ministry is a major supporter of Fajer: The process takes from eight months to mothers precedence when it comes to employ- with Kuwaiti mothers.” The statement also clarified ment in the government sector, is only effective in that salaries largely hinge on the job itself and ing youth people’s aspirations. tourism through the facilities it pro- two years, depending on the issue itself. The cost the event no citizens have been registered for that monetary bonuses are dependent upon the Meanwhile, Dr Mohammad Al-Zuhair, vides in issuing tourist visit visas for also depends on your lawyer and what work vacancies listed at the CSC. occupation. —KUNA Chairman of the Board of Directors of both Arabs and foreigners. your lawyer agrees to do for you. Please note that employment can be costly. The court does rule legal fees for the winning party but the legal fees are inadequate and are way lower than what a lawyer would usually charge. Question: What do I need to keep in mind when transferring my visa? My transfer is taking way longer than I anticipated and now that my visa has expired, I am worried about the consequences. Fajer: The first thing to keep in mind is that the process does take a long time and if you do not have permission from your previous employ- er, then it will take even longer. The second thing to keep in mind is that your passport should have at least one more year before it expires, otherwise your new residency will not be transferred. You will also need to pay any late fees; they are calculated on a per day basis for every day passed since your visa expired. I hope the above helps. Should you have any further queries, please feel free to email me at [email protected] The Civil Service Commission
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah received yesterday the ambassadors of the United States Lawrence Silverman, Russia Alexey Solomatin and China Wang Di. The minister discussed during the separate meetings with the ambassadors matters of mutual concern between Kuwait and their respective countries. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 LOCAL
Masharee Al-Khair board member and KIPCO Deputy Chairman Faisal Al-Ayyar KUWAIT: An artist’s rendition of the Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord. — KUNA treasurer Abdul-Aziz Al-Jassar Stem Cell Center epitomizes PPP Opens mid-September; first of its kind in the Gulf
KUWAIT: The private sector in Kuwait has for people with incurable diseases such as Masharee Al-Khair (projects for good) Charity strong belief in the major role of the private first choice for incurable diseases, boasting come to play a major role in various fields of blood cancers, disorders of the immunity sys- Organization provided a KD 7 million ($23 mil- sector in all vital sectors in Kuwait so as to cope KIPCO’s philanthropic role. Abdul-Aziz Al- the economic scene, for the good of the tem and metabolism, to have a better standard lion) donation for the Gulf region’s first-ever with the accelerating scientific progress world- Jassar, Masharee Al-Khair’s board member and entire society, within the concept of social of life through stem cell transplant. center to be dedicated to stem cell research wide. It also offers a model example of PPP, for treasurer, said meanwhile that KIPCO’s donation responsibility of the business. This role has and the storage of umbilical cords. promoting medical services in the country. for the center was prompted by a strong belief been in many cases fulfilled in partnership 12,000 square meters In addition, the Advanced Technology in the vital role of the private sector supporting with the public sector. The Sheikha Salwa The center is being built on a total area of Company (ATC), a member of the KIPCO Landmark achievement the government’s development plans. “We pin Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Stem Cell and 12,000 square meters in Al-Sabah Health Zone, Group, has pledged to provide state-of-the- The center is the first of its kind in the Gulf great hopes on the would-be center, that will Umbilical Cord, which is currently under con- opposite to the Maternity Hospital. It includes art equipment for the center’s specialized lab- region, and a landmark achievement in the no doubt play a major role for promoting med- struction, offers a good model of the public- a three-floor main building and one for utili- oratories, cooling systems and stem cell stor- health sector, said Faisal Al-Ayyar, KIPCO ical research,” Jassar said. Founded in 1975, KIP- private partnership (PPP). ties, in addition to external landscaping and age facilities. ATC’s contribution is valued at Deputy Chairman. He noted that KIPCO Group CO has since become one of the Middle East Once completed, the center would help sci- parking. The facility also includes testing and KD 1 million. of companies allocate one percent of their and North African (MENA) region’s most suc- entists are in their research to explore how the research laboratories, blood and cord storage Once completed in mid-September 2017, annual profits for Masharee Al-Khair to offer cessful companies. With holdings in sectors cells can be used for a better quality of life for banks, research and medical libraries, as well as the Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for support to social, health and educational such as financial services, media, manufactur- patients suffering from genetic diseases, for a lecture theater. Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord will be handed scenes. Ayyar expressed hope that the day ing and real estate, KIPCO Group comprises instance. Such efforts have already been fruit- On behalf of the Kuwait Projects Company over to the Ministry of Health. KIPCO’s dona- would come when storing stem cells would be over 60 companies and employs over 12,000 ful, as discoveries in the field have raised hope (KIPCO) and the Group companies, the tion for the center has been prompted by its as easy as ever, and treatment through them a people in 24 countries. — KUNA
The Kuwait Investment Authority The National Bank of Kuwait Development projects: Key to achieve Kuwait’s 2035 vision
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s economic and financial development projects are a Sabah to turn Kuwait into a financial and commercial center, the public key element to achieve the ‘Kuwait Vision 2035,’ making the country a and private sectors established new buildings for the Kuwait point of attraction for local and foreign investments. As part of the Investment Authority, the Central Bank of Kuwait, the National Bank of vision of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Kuwait and the Avenues Mall. — KUNA
The Central Bank of Kuwait The Avenues Mall LOCAL MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
In my view Only in Kuwait - Part 11
By Talal Al-Ghannam
ood morning my dear and honorable brothers and sisters. Today, I continue with a new edition of my ‘Only in Kuwait’ Gseries, in which I pinpoint faults and wrongdoings that people see taking place in Kuwait, with hopes that it reaches concerned authorities so that they can find a solution for those problems. Only in Kuwait you would be diagnosed at the doctor’s office, when suddenly a patient storms in without knocking on the door and complains that the physician is ‘taking so much time’ while examining each patient. Citizens join EPA officials in lighting candles outside EPA building to mark the Earth Hour. Only in Kuwait that doctors do not have time to thoroughly examine a patient, since those waiting in line would have no patience to wait. Kuwait keen on Earth Hour to save Only in Kuwait that some doctors are beaten by patients for apply- ing order at the clinic or hospital. Only in Kuwait that some doctors have pre-written prescription of power, preserve resources: EPA director pain killers and gargle for almost all sore throat cases. Only in Kuwait that a hospital can make you feel as if you are in a shopping mall. KUWAIT: Kuwait is eager to share the world the switching lights off for a whole hour, in line with the world that the rationalization of power consump- Only in Kuwait that some doctors examine many cases without observation of the Earth Hour, Director of the country’s commitment to the relevant international tion is of prior importance to curb emissions. Enezi even checking the nature of the disease that they might have. And the Environmental Public Authority (EPA) Sheikh conventions on maintaining resources and curbing added that the EPA is working on Kuwait’s second prescription is always pre-arranged. Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said on emissions, as a national duty, he added. Referring national report on the United Nations Framework Only in Kuwait you see hospitals guarded by policemen. Saturday. Through applying the law on protection to the oil spot seen off the Shuaiba port this dawn, Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in coop- Only in Kuwait that a bridge which cost KD 23 million to build can- of the environment, EPA has assumed the responsi- the EPA director said it was contained. Initial reports eration with the West Asia United Nations not tolerate an hour of downpour, similar to what happened recently bility of preserving natural resources and rationali- have shown that the spot was caused by a leak from Environment Program, and other relevant state in Mangaf and Sabahiya. zation of consumption of power, as well as boosting a container at the site. After the spot is removed by bodies. Only in Kuwait people become alarmed whenever it rains, because awareness on the hazards of climate change on the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) over the coming two In addition, the authority is surveying the impact they fear of the damages that will hit their cars from the ‘flying gravel.’ Kuwait and the globe, Sheikh Abdullah said in a days, it will be fully investigated, he noted. of climate change on the state’s major sectors; Only in Kuwait that a person can fix his or her vehicle’s windshield press statement on the sidelines of the authority’s Meanwhile, the EPA’s deputy director for techni- water resources, fish wealth, and public health and and struts twice a month because of the flying gravel and the deep marking of the Earth Hour. cal affairs Mohammad Al-Enezi, said that the Earth the future outlook of temperature, rainfall and sand- manholes in the roads. Just like every year, Kuwait marks the occasion by Hour is to convey an expressive message to the storms, he noted. —KUNA Only in Kuwait that driving on the pavement can become a source of joy for many. Only in Kuwait a ‘Slow Down’ sign can be read as ‘Drive Recklessly.’ Only in Kuwait that many police cars cannot chase those insane drivers who burn their cars’ tires when a few drops of rain fall, and end up just watching from afar. Only in Kuwait that the paperwork needed for a visa transfer trans- action from article 20 to 18 can be a nightmare. Only in Kuwait that having breakfast at work while tens of people are waiting can be a joyful experience. Only in Kuwait that irresponsible drivers during weddings can gang up against any vehicle whose driver honks at them or tries to zigzag through them. Only in Kuwait you see many public transportation buses generate dangerous black smoke while police do nothing about it. Only in Kuwait you see a co-operative society sells a commodity for 500 fils whereas another sells the same item for 750 fils. Only in Kuwait you find many people bringing in expatriates to work for them, and then complain about their rising numbers in the country. Only in Kuwait a taxi has no right to pick up or drop off customers because police believes that the taxi has no right to do so, and should keep driving without stoppage. KUWAIT: Lights are switched off at the Environmental Public Authority to mark Candles lit to mark the Earth Hour. Till the next article insha Allah the Earth Hour. — KUNA
Housing Minister, Chinese Company ink infrastructure contract for South Mutlaa
KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Utilities Yasser Abul signed yesterday a contract with a Chinese company for constructing the infra- structure for 18,519 lots of land in South Al-Mutlaa City project. The contract, worth KD 215.8 mil- lion (about $712.14 million), also covers the sub-power plants for eight neighborhoods in Al-Mutlaa. The ministry will soon sign a memo- randum of understanding (MoU) with China to open up fresh prospects for further cooperation in housing and infrastructure projects, the minister said on the sidelines of the ceremony held at the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW). Eleven companies from several KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for countries bid for the project, Abul Utilities Yasser Abul (left) is seen during the signing ceremony. — KUNA said, noting that the Chinese winner city will be offered for bid. implemented in 30 months once is among the leading globally in the Meanwhile, PAHW Director work kicks off. Wugayyan added field. According to the minister, General Bader Al-Wugayyan said that the South Al-Mutlaa City proj- owners of the land will be handed that work in the eight areas will be ect includes 28,288 homes, and over the building licenses with the carried out over two phases; the public buildings, as well as recre- beginning of 2019, then the third first, two years, includes 12,177 lots ational, educational, sports and contract for the rest of land in the of land, and the second 6,342, to be service facilities. — KUNA KFAED lays foundation stone of sewage project in South Lebanon KHIAM: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Minister of Energy Cesar Abi Khalil, the implementation of projects in line Development’s (KFAED) Director President of the Council for with the national strategy for sanitation General Abdulwahab Al-Bader, has tak- Development and Reconstruction Nabil established by the ministry in 2012, en part in a ceremony held to lay the El-Jisr, KFAED’s Regional Director adding that since 1990 to 2009, the foundation stone for the construction of Abdullah Al-Sager as well as Lebanese ministry has spent about $1,450 billion sewage networks and wastewater treat- officials. In a speech, Minister Khalil on the sewage sector. ment plant in Marjeyoun - Khiamt expressed thanks and appreciation to Meanwhile, Bader said Kuwait Fund southern Lebanon with an estimated Kuwait which has always pay attention has completed 50 years of work in the cost of $47.562 million. to this project which will help people of implementation of projects in Lebanon The ceremony was attended by southern Lebanon so they could last year, pointing to Kuwait’s contin- Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Hassan remain in their lands despite various ued support for development efforts in Khalil on behalf of Speaker of the challenges. For his part, Minister Cesar Lebanon. The fund has implemented Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri, Abi Khalil expressed his happiness with several projects in the region and this project mainly serves the major project of irrigation of the Litani river and assist the sewage project in Khiam, he added. Lots of towns will benefit from the project, which will contribute to the protection of water sources from pollu- tion. The project is 80 percent funded by the Kuwait Fund where its imple- mentation will take about three years. Kuwait Fund is implementing in South Lebanon the largest socio-eco- nomic development project in Lebanon, namely the Litani water proj- ect in the southern provinces of Nabatieh, which provides irrigation of about 15,000 hectares of agricultural land and provide drinking water to 100 KHIAM: Officials pose for a group photo during the ceremony. towns. — KUNA MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 From the Arabic press
Crime Al-Qabas Report Palestinian teachers Drug possession Who is responsible KUWAIT: Police found a citizen in an abnormal condition in This guy! By Ahmad Al-Sarraf Jahra. They found a bag of shabu with him, along with SR 5,000, which was found to be forged. He was sent to con- received several comments regarding an article I cerned authorities. Separately, two young men drew wrote about bringing Palestinian teachers. Most policemen’s attention in Farwaniya. They asked for their Iof those comments were negative, and the feel- IDs, and found they were twins on drugs. They had some ings of those who sent them can be understand- drugs with them and remnants of hashish joints. Both were able. I received other comments that were positive, taken to Farwaniya police station to be sent to the Drugs the best of which was from a reader named Raed, Control General Department. in which he said bringing Palestinian teachers, without their families, and other Palestinian work- Youngster attempts suicide ers with them will not change much, and the edu- KUWAIT: A young man in his 20s tried to commit sui- cation ministry should look into the matter of the cide after his parents insisted that he leaves their home, deteriorating education more deeply. prompting policemen and detectives to intervene and According to Raed, Kuwait today complains prevent him from carrying out the attempt. The man about the general drop in the level of its school was taken to the police station charged with attempted graduates, compared with its outstanding level suicide. Meanwhile, his father and mother were sum- before the heinous Saddam invasion. So, nothing moned for questioning. much will be changed unless we restore the situa- tion to ‘some’ of what it was in the past. The Girls’ fight Palestinian teacher was honest in his work because Gossiping led to a fight between four girls in a Salmiya he was teaching Kuwaiti students along with his cafe. Patrons of the cafe called police as they were not able compatriots and children of the rest of the Arabs, to break up the fight. Police took the girls to the police sta- so he was building for his future at his work. Yet, tion, where one of them claimed that two girls spoke mali- Al-Rai today, if he accepts coming to Kuwait, he will not ciously about her, and when she admonished them, they work with the same enthusiasm, rather will make beat her. The four are being sent to concerned authorities. financial gains his main goal, just like others. He said that the Kuwaiti student benefited from the presence of the rest of Arab students in the Drunk man arrested Police assault probed past with him in public schools. Because of their A drunk citizen entered a house thinking it was his humble financial capacities compared with their in Farwaniya, so he was arrested on two charges. When KUWAIT: A security source said gations of the policeman stubbing but he refused, assuming the police- Kuwaiti peers, those students were more interest- the man entered the house, those inside were sur- Interior Ministry Assistant out a cigarette in his face. man was not in a normal condition. ed in school and studying, thus providing an prised and the women screamed, and he was caught Undersecretary for Nationality and A security source said the accused This angered him, and a verbal incentive for Kuwaiti students. This incentive disap- and handed to police. The citizen faces two charges - Passport Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh reported to work to guard a building exchanged ended with exchanging peared today as the non-Kuwaiti element disap- public drunkenness and entering a house without per- Mazen Al-Jarrah asked for a report accompanied by a relative, and blows, and accusations that the sus- peared from government schools. mission. — Translated from the Arabic press about a policeman attacking his col- asked the policeman of the previous pect stubbed out the cigarette in his So, the return of the Palestinian teacher today Al-Rai league at work, and investigate alle- shift to hand him the responsibilities, opponent’s face. — will not achieve what is hoped from it, or make any change, Raed believes, adding that the reason is that this teacher will mostly come alone, as the salary he will receive, which is less than KD 600, Al-Anbaa cannot help him support a full family, and that most of those he will teach will be Kuwaitis, and his children or nephews are not among them, so his The opposition and enthusiasm will not be like teachers in the past. Before the Invasion, the Palestinian teacher considered himself a resident of Kuwait for an Ramadan elections indefinite time, so he was living and behaving on this basis, and his salary was not draining the country’s resources. But now, this situation will By Thaar Al-Rasheedi change, according to Raed. He believe that the change will happen due to the disappearance of ccording to all available and evi- will be constitutionally annulled. This is the semi-loyalty to the country. A teacher will not dent data, everyone is now because the government that issued the hesitate to accept any better offer whenever he Apreparing for parliamentary elec- decree calling for the previous elections receives it. tions due to be held in June, assuming was unconstitutional, because it did not The Palestinian teacher will find himself com- that the current parliament will be include any MP appointed as cabinet pelled to ride the wave of private tuition, taking annulled by the first week of May as pre- member (all the three MPs in the cabi- advantage of the extended free time he has. So, dicted. This means that the elections will net had resigned before calling for the be held in between the first and last elections). This makes it an unconstitu- Raed says that it is better for the education min- week of June. Either way, the elections tional government issuing an unconsti- istry to think outside the box, and give the choice will be held the Ramadan. This is most tutional call for elections. Many political for expat children to join government schools in likely to happen if the constitutional analysts believe so as well, and are cer- exchange of fees that are close to those paid to pri- court annuls the current parliament on tain it will happen. vate schools. With this condition we can create a May 3rd and thus the cabinet is expected So, with less than 50 days before the healthy educational environment, more forgiving to resign from office in the same week of possible early elections, I expect the cur- towards others and more competitive and rich, issuing a decree calling for parliamentary rent parliament will only hold ordinary ses- one that pushes the Kuwaiti student to benefit elections, just like what happened with sions as political showoff in preparation for from the experience of his colleagues. Also it is the 2013 parliament. The same scenario the coming elections, namely on the possible through the school fees to support the is happening again for the same reasons opposition MPs’ side. This does not mean education system and attract the best teachers for and under the same circumstances lead- that none of them will try to race to grill lucrative salaries. ing to the formation of a new parliament His Highness the Prime Minister, though Providing the expat with freedom of sending his to be known as the ‘2017 National there is no time left for it. Furthermore, it child to public schools will reduce pressure on pri- Assembly.’ will be too late for the opposition to make vate schools; who would then be forced to Some people may believe this is such a maneuver. What is clear evident is improve their quality and enhance the educational unlikely to happen, but I believe it is pos- that everybody is haunted by the possibili- environment to avoid losing students in favor of sible. We will probably witness early elec- ty of annulling the parliament, that new public schools. Those are good proposals that are tions this summer which will be the sec- elections are so near and that the political worth studying. Maybe not all of them are applica- ond one to be held during Ramadan in map will be changed once again but only ble, but they need to be subjected to creative Kuwait’s history. I personally believe this after the opposition will have lost several will happen and still insist that the cur- opportunities in making it to the second thinking to come up with solutions to change the rent parliament will be dissolved or Ramadan-elected parliament.—Translated miserable situation of our education. — Translated by Kuwait Times annulled. However, I tend to believe it by Kuwait Times
KFH takes part in job fair at GUST
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudan honored Kuwait Finance House (KFH) represented by Group Chief Strategy Officer Engineer Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem in recogni- tion of its participation in the 19th job fair held at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) that reflects the bank’s keenness to support the efforts of qualifying national cadres while offering them suitable job opportu- nities. A Human Resources team was accessible at KFH’s booth at the job fair in order to answer job seekers’ queries and educate them on KFH’s sectors and departments and its nature of work. KFH is a pioneer in attracting Kuwaiti manpower where it managed to create high caliber Kuwaiti bankers and investors. Bank received several awards in the field of human resources and ‘Kuwaitization.’ KFH has lately won two Awards at Organizational Learning Conference which are “Best Employer for Job Seekers” and “Best Job Stability Award” at the 2016 Excellence awards ceremony for the institutions of the private sector held by the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program MGRP. KFH’s booth was heavily visited by university students who wanted to explore their potential in joining KFH and the banking sector in general. KFH allows Kuwaitis to hold senior positions and gain experience in various sectors, such as the banking, commercial, real estate, investment, and IT sectors. KFH’s participation confirms the priority bank puts on KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) opened enhancing its role, in collaboration with the concerned yesterday its first job fair, which is organized by the Planning and Development authorities, to reinforce efforts toward providing job Department in cooperation with the deanship of students’ affairs. The fair runs opportunities for Kuwaitis, qualifying them, and honing through tomorrow. their skills in accordance with international standards. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
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LONDON: This file photo taken on June 4, 2012 shows a boy getting a boost to see the action from the Mall waiting for the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. — AFP Britain prepares to launch Brexit An unprecedented step into the unknown LONDON: Britain will take an unprecedented step into the clause that no member state has ever used. The EU is and will have to pull Britain out of the European single The EU says “everything is ready” for Britain to begin its unknown on Wednesday with the first formal move towards expected to issue a first response later this week, followed market to do so. She has advocated a “clean break” but has EU exit and officials in Brussels have already outlined a leaving the European Union, starting a two-year process by a summit of EU leaders on April 29 to adopt guidelines also said she wants an “implementation phase” to keep the divorce bill for Britain of between 55 and 60 billion euros that has already divided the country. Tens of thousands of for the talks. status quo between Britain leaving the EU and any new ($59 and $65 billion). “When a country leaves the union people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest The exit negotiations themselves are not expected to arrangement to allow her country to adapt. there is no punishment, there is no price to pay to leave. against Brexit, and Scotland’s parliament tomorrow is set to start until at least three weeks after that. The referendum As the countdown begins, there is a real chance that But we must settle the accounts, no more, no less,” the EU’s vote in favor of holding an independence referendum. campaign created bitter rifts between different parts of the negotiations will break down and Britain will be forced out chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday. Scots voted to stay in the EU but the majority verdict in country, generations and social classes, as well as exposing of the EU without any deal in place. Anand Menon of the Britain could get away with not paying anything, Britain’s EU referendum last year was 52 percent in favor of a chasm between the haves and have-nots of globalisa- UK in a Changing Europe research group estimated a 50- according to a recent report published by the House of putting an end to a loveless marriage that has lasted more tion. Brexit has also sparked a round of soul-searching in percent possibility of this happening, meaning Britain and Lords, but doing so would severely undermine its credi- than four decades. Those in favor are impatient for Brexit the European Union, even fears of a wider break-up. EU the EU will have to trade with higher tariffs than now under bility. The real question will be how much it will pay. talks to begin and accuse Prime Minister Theresa May of leaders at a summit on Saturday adopted a declaration World Trade Organization membership rules. London also wants guarantees on the status of more than playing for time since the June referendum. But europhiles that enshrines for the first time a so-called “multi-speed” a million Britons living in other parts of the European are increasingly concerned. Europe, in which some countries can push ahead on key Stage is set Union, using the status of some three million EU citizens “Stop this madness!” read a banner held up at Saturday’s issues while others sit out. “A deal will take a lot more time, goodwill and tact than in Britain as a bargaining tool. The trickiest part of the march to parliament-held just three days after a terror has been on display from either side,” he said. Business negotiations will be on trade relations, which could take attack there-to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the ‘No deal’ scenario leaders have warned that this would be by far the worst years to work out. Former WTO chief and European com- EU’s founding treaty of Rome. Prime Minister Theresa May’s May has said she will respond to a major demand of the scenario but May has said that “no deal is better than a bad missioner Pascal Lamy warned about the complexity of formal letter of notification to EU President Donald Tusk Brexit campaign by cutting the numbers of EU immigrants deal” and she has the support of pro-Brexit hardliners in the Brexit process last week, likening it to “removing an will trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty: an exit who move to Britain-hundreds of thousands every year her Conservative Party. egg from an omelette”. — AFP Opposition leader arrested, Russians defy protest bans
MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians demonstrat- ing “Russia without Putin”, referring to gathered in the city centre. “We’re tired of the ed across the country yesterday to protest President Vladimir Putin. Some climbed on lies, we have to do something,” Sergei against corruption, defying bans on the rallies lamp posts and monument to poet Alexander Timofeyev told AFP. Local media estimated called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Pushkin, shouting “impeachment!” Moscow about 1,500 people turned out in each of the Navalny-who was arrested along with scores of police estimated the protest turnout at seven Siberian cities of Krasnoyarsk and Omsk. The others. Navalny called for the protests after or eight thousand people, making it one of the Russian constitution allows public gatherings, publishing a detailed report this month accus- biggest non-authorized demonstrations in but recent laws have criminalized protests ing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of con- recent years. unauthorized by city authorities, who fre- trolling a property empire through a shadowy Police officers moved to detain protesters quently refuse to grant permission for rallies by network of nonprofit organizations. and clear the square, with some using trun- Kremlin critics. The report has been viewed over 11 million cheons and pepper spray to disperse the Navalny said on his website that 99 Russian times on YouTube, but so far Medvedev has crowd, AFP correspondents observed. “Over cities planned to protest, but that in 72 of made no comment on the claims. Navalny, 130 people have been detained in Moscow,” them the local authorities did not give per- who has announced plans to run for president OVD Info, a website that monitors the deten- mission, citing reasons such as street clean- in next year’s election, has been rallying sup- tion of activists, said it a Twitter post, adding ing, a bell-ringing concert and rival events by porters in major Russian cities in recent weeks. later that the arrests were continuing. The various pro-Kremlin groups. Authorities had In Moscow, Navalny called on supporters to group had said earlier that its website had also pressured students not to attend, with walk along the main Tverskaya street, and peo- been shut down by a distributed denial of serv- some cities even scheduling exams for ple congregated on the nearby squares lined ice, or DDoS, attack. “The whole country is tired Sunday, according to reports. with dozens of police vans and rows of riot offi- of corruption on such a scale,” 50-year-old In the far-eastern city of Vladivostok, about cers as a police helicopter hovered overhead. Natalia Demidova said. “Medvedev should be 700 people nonetheless turned up, local web- “We have all seen the movie, it gives specific fired once such exposes come to light.” Despite site Prima Media said, and a dozen of people examples of corruption, and there has been no the dramatic scenes in the city, state TV chan- were detained by the national guard. In the reaction,” said Nikolai Moisey, a 26-year-old fac- nels did not cover the protests, instead show- Urals city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,000 peo- tory worker. “They steal and they lie but still ing soap operas and nature films. ple turned up, according to local Znak.com people will be patient to the end. The protest is website. Navalny, a 40-year-old lawyer by a first push for people to start acting.” Police ‘99 cities’ training, has pledged to run for president detained Navalny shortly after 2:00 pm (1100 Elsewhere in the country, about 2,000 gath- next year, after winning a surprise 27 percent GMT) as he was walking to the protest, putting ered in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, carry- of the vote in Moscow mayor election in 2013. him in a police minibus, and the surrounding ing signs such as “No to corruption,” according But he has been the subject of several legal crowd briefly tried to block it from driving off, to local news website Sib.fm. Some held up prosecutions in recent years, and in February shouting “Shame!” and “Let him out!” images of yellow rubber ducks, following he was found guilty of embezzlement and “Guys, I am all right, go on along Tverskaya,” reports that Medvedev has a special house for given a five-year suspended sentence which Navalny tweeted from the van. Thousands of a duck on one of his properties. could make him ineligible to run in next year’s people filled Pushkin Square, with some shout- In Saint Petersburg, about 4,000 people election. — AFP MOSCOW: Police officer detains a protester in downtown Moscow. — AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep alive heritage
CAIRO: Once a flourishing community, with worshippers, including her late Taboo open, representing all the civilisations he eventually obtained clearance. only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly father Shehata Haroun, a celebrated But the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 led of Egypt,” said Magda Haroun. The When it was shown, the culture min- elderly women, remain in the Arab lawyer. Haroun carries the title of presi- to the disintegration of the communi- Egyptian civilisation museum partially istry requested that it be introduced as world’s most populous country, aiming dent of Cairo’s Jewish community-six ty, with many leaving Egypt or being opened in February with a small exhi- a work of the director’s “imagination” at least to preserve their heritage. Egypt elderly women including herself and her forced out under the regime of presi- bition but there are no definite plans rather than a documentary. still has about a dozen synagogues, but mother-and says her task is to preserve a dent Gamal Abdel Nasser. Today, the as yet for displaying Jewish artefacts in Although the tiny community has like many of the country’s monuments centuries-old heritage. “It’s my duty, for Jews of Egypt are estimated to number it. However the minister, Khaled el- been spared recent attacks by jihadists they need restoration. Part of the roof of future generations,” she says. Her mother 18, with 12 of them in the coastal city Enany, told AFP that in early 2016 he targeting Christians, the Sha’ar a synagogue in the Mediterranean city of Marcelle Haroun, 91, cries when she dis- of Alexandria. Magda Haroun’s dream set up a committee to list “all the Hashamayim synagogue was attacked Alexandria caved in last year. cusses her community’s fading past. is for Jewish artefacts to be seen by the Jewish monuments and Jewish collec- in 2010. An assailant hurled a suitcase In downtown Cairo, a bustling street “According to the stories, Jews lived in public, perhaps in a planned museum tions that are in the synagogues”. But containing a homemade bomb at the lined with old hotels and shops leads to Egypt since the pharaohs. Do you want of Egyptian civilisation. Officially, the on a public level, many Egyptians still synagogue’s entrance, causing no dam- an imposing stone building modeled to make centuries of history vanish?” she government now makes no distinction have a mixed view of their Jewish com- age. Some in the community prefer to after an ancient Egyptian temple: The says. There were between 80,000 and between Pharaonic, Islamic, Coptic patriots. “It remains a complicated keep a low profile. The head of Sha’ar Hashamayim synagogue, built 120,000 Jews in Egypt up until the mid- and Jewish heritage, and the antiqui- question,” says Amir Ramses, who Alexandria’s Jewish community, around 1900. Inside, Magda Haroun 20th century. They had an impact that ties ministry has come up with the made a 2013 documentary, “The Jews Youssef Gaon, wanted to be quoted as carefully unrolls Torah scrolls kept in the far exceeded their numbers in trade and funds to fix the roof of Alexandria’s of Egypt”, on the community’s history. little as possible when interviewed by synagogue’s ark. The synagogue is most- even cinema, with actress and singer synagogue. “Mentioning the Jews in Egypt was a AFP. Gaon simply said he “trusts” the ly empty these days, but Haroun, 65, Leila Murad dominating the silver screen “The (antiquities) minister promised taboo,” he said. Just screening the film Egyptian government will help restore remembers when its benches were filled in the 1940s and 1950s. me that a museum of civilisations will in Cairo cinemas was a struggle before the country’s Jewish heritage. — AFP In Mosul, a school becomes a hospital
MOSUL: Fifteen-year-old Mohammed American dream enthusiastically helps the staff of a Unlike the previous patient, he is not makeshift hospital set up in the bullet- the victim of violence, but rather of an acci- scarred school in west Mosul where he dent, and he is also suffering from dehydra- himself studied before jihadists seized tion. As soon as he arrives, he is carried to a Iraq’s second city. The Islamic State group bed, where his wound is washed, disinfec- used the school as part of its program of ted and dressed. Treating him is just as indoctrination until it lost control of the important as tending to those wounded by area during a major Iraqi offensive war in a city where the fighting has launched last month, and it is now used to destroyed many medical facilities. treat people wounded in the ongoing bat- More than 200,000 Iraqis have fled tle for the western side of the city. west Mosul since Iraqi forces began the Like many buildings in Mosul, the school assault to retake the area on February 19, bears the signs of warfare. In addition to the government says, but hundreds of being pockmarked with bullets, most of thousands more are still in danger inside the windows are broken, walls are cracked the city. With school lessons unlikely to and the floor is littered with bullet casings. resume at any time soon, several former The entrance hall has been transformed pupils have returned to the building to into an emergency room, which is stocked help the medical staff. with only limited equipment but still allows Indifferent to the sound of gunfire and for first aid to be administered to the explosions outside, one of them rushes wounded and sick. around helping out where he can, dressed One young man lies on a narrow bed, in a tracksuit with a blue hood. Mohammed his face pale and tired. “A sniper (from IS) has barely finished unloading a delivery of fired at him but missed, so he started to equipment when he is already back inside run, and the sniper shot again and hit handing out food rations. “We cook, clean him,” says Fathi Waad, one of the victim’s the equipment, and when wounded peo- relatives. “This is the third time that ple arrive we help them,” says the slender someone in the family has been hit by a teenager, who is delighted no longer to be sniper,” he adds. in class under the jihadists. Each day, the hospital looks after around “Our teachers were hard on us. They’d 100 patients, both civilians and security beat us,” he says. “And they’d ask us to MOSUL: An Iraqi counter terrorism forces member stands guard in Mosul’s Al-Jadida area on March 26, 2017, following air strikes in which civil- personnel, often the victims of gunshot pledge allegiance to IS.” But Mohammed ians have been reportedly killed during an ongoing offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP wounds, says Aqil Karim, a medic from the does not see a future for himself in the elite Counter-Terrorism Service. A dust-cov- ruins of a city disfigured by months of ered red pickup suddenly stops in front of heavy fighting. Instead, he yearns to join Iraqi snipers targeting Mosul the school to deliver a semi-conscious old his relatives in the United States. His dream man whose foot has been injured. job once there? “Doctor” of course. — AFP jihadists using human shields Air strikes have reportedly killed large numbers of residents BAGHDAD: Iraq has deployed snipers to target make it look like “Iraqi forces... are targeting residential buildings had been hit by multiple jihadists using civilians as human shields in innocent civilians.” He also said that Iraq has days of strikes in west Mosul, and that three of Mosul, as it investigates air strikes that reported- begun a probe into reports of civilians killed by them were completely destroyed. Bashar Al-Kiki, ly killed large numbers of residents in the city, air strikes in Mosul. the head of the provincial council for Nineveh, of the military said yesterday. Hundreds of thou- “The defense ministry opened an investiga- which Mosul is the capital, said that “dozens” of sands of civilians are still trapped in Mosul, tion into this issue,” Rasool said. The US-led coali- bodies were still buried under rubble in the city, caught between advancing Iraqi forces and the tion against IS has indicated that it may have while Governor Nawfal Hammadi put the toll at Islamic State group jihadists that they are fight- been responsible for at least some of the civilian hundreds dead. ing to defeat. deaths. “An initial review of strike data... indicates Other officials also said that hundreds of civil- Iraqi officials and witnesses said that air that, at the request of the Iraqi security forces, ians had been killed. On Saturday, security forces strikes killed civilians in the Mosul al-Jadida area the coalition struck (IS) fighters and equipment, did not permit journalists to reach the area in recent days, but the number of victims-said to March 17, in west Mosul at the location corre- where the strikes were said to have taken place. range from dozens to hundreds-could not be sponding to allegations of civilian casualties,” it Following the raids, the United Nations called on independently confirmed. IS “began to use citi- said in a statement on Saturday. parties to the conflict to do “everything possible” zens as human shields, and we are trying to tar- to protect civilians in Mosul. get them with... snipers to eliminate them,” Joint Mass displacement “International humanitarian law is clear. Operations Command spokesman Brigadier At the beginning of this month the interna- Parties to the conflict-all parties-are obliged to General Yahya Rasool told AFP. Iraqi forces are tional alliance had said that “it is more likely do everything possible to protect civilians. relying on “light and medium weapons, among than not, at least 220 civilians have been unin- This means that combatants cannot use peo- them sniper (rifles), to hunt for Daesh members” tentionally killed by coalition strikes”, while ple as human shields and cannot imperil lives located among civilians, he said. other incidents were still under investigation. through indiscriminate use of fire-power,” said However, Iraqi forces have also frequently Two witnesses who have since fled Mosul said Lise Grande, the UN’s humanitarian coordina- fired mortar rounds and unguided rockets dur- that a building with around 170 people inside tor for Iraq. According to Iraqi authorities, ing the battle for west Mosul-weapons that was destroyed. more than 200,000 people have fled west pose a much greater risk to residents of areas One of them, Manhal Sumayr, said that IS Mosul since the operation to retake the area where fighting is taking place. Rasool accused IS snipers had fired on Iraqi forces in the area, after was launched on February 19. But the UN has MOSUL: Displaced Iraqi children, who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul of gathering civilians together and then blow- which an aircraft targeted them with a missile. said that around 600,000 are still present as a result of a planned operation to retake the city from jihadists, pose for the cam- ing up explosives-rigged vehicles nearby to An Iraqi brigadier general said that a total of 27 inside the city. — AFP era at the Hasan Sham camp. — AFP Hamas closes Gaza crossing Rebel supporters flood Yemen GAZA CITY: Hamas shut the crossing funeral on Saturday drew thousands of between the Gaza Strip and Israel yester- Hamas supporters into the streets with day after blaming the Jewish state for the chants of “revenge” and “death to Israel.” streets on conflict anniversary assassination of one of its officials in the Ismail Haniya, until recently head of Palestinian enclave. The interior ministry Hamas in Gaza, and Yahya Sinwar, who SANAA: Hundreds of thousands of supported by the Saudi-led Gulf Abdullah Qadiry told AFP at Sabeen other parts of the country including in Gaza, run by Islamist movement replaced him as leader, headed the pro- people demonstrated in Yemen’s coalition. Crowds converged on Square. Former president Ali Aden. Hadi’s forces have since Hamas, said it was shutting the Erez cession. According to Hamas, Faqha rebel-held capital yesterday in a Sabeen Square in Sanaa, raising Abdullah Saleh, a Houthi ally and gained ground in the south, but the crossing for an indefinite period as it formed cells for the Islamist group’s mili- show of support for the insurgents, banners in protest against the political rival of current head of Huthis still control the capital and investigates Friday’s murder. tary wing in the West Bank cities of two years after a Gulf coalition inter- Saudi-led intervention and chanting state Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, strategic ports on the Red Sea coast. It did not give details on the reason Tubas, also where he was born, and vened against the rebels. The Iran- a vow to “resist to the end”. appeared briefly in person at the The government-run Saba news behind the closure, though there was Jenin. It said he played an important role backed Houthi rebels staged a show “We came back today to Sabeen rally to thunderous applause. agency on Sunday ran an editorial speculation authorities may be seeking in preparing two major attacks. They of force over the weekend with the Square to send a message to Arabs Yesterday’s protest came a day slamming the “rise of the Houthi mili- to prevent those responsible for the included a suicide attack in the Israeli set- mass rally in Sanaa and a symbolic and Muslims: Does your religion after a rebel court in Sanaa sentenced tia” as an Iranian “plot” targeting killing from leaving. Hamas security tlement neighborhood of Gilo in east court ruling against Yemen’s embat- allow you to attack a people in its Hadi to death in absentia for high Yemen and neighboring Saudi forces were deployed along the Gazan Jerusalem in 2002 that killed 19 people. tled president, whose troops are totality without any reason?” treason. The court found Hadi guilty Arabia. On Saturday, Ali Abdullah borders and exits by sea were also The second was a suicide bus attack of “usurping the title of president after Saleh denounced Riyadh’s role in the banned, officials said. Hamas officials later that year that killed nine people in the end of his term in office... instigat- conflict. “Free Yemenis will continue have blamed the Israeli intelligence the northern Israeli city of Safed. They ing attacks by Saudi Arabia and to choose resistance, as long as the agency Mossad and its “collaborators” for were part of a wave of suicide attacks undermining the independence and coalition led by Saudi Arabia contin- the killing of Mazen Faqha, 38, who was that killed hundreds of Israelis during the integrity of the Republic of Yemen”, ues to choose war,” Saba quoted shot dead by unknown gunmen. He was second intifada, or uprising, between the rebel-controlled Saba agency Saleh as saying in a speech marking killed by four bullets from a pistol 2000 and 2005. Israel sentenced him to said. Six members of the Hadi gov- the anniversary. Rebel leader Abdul equipped with a silencer. Israel has not nine life sentences plus 50 years, but he ernment were also sentenced to Malik Al-Houthi said the coalition had commented on the shooting. According was released in 2011 along with more death. Hadi, whose two-year term in been “living under the illusion that to Israeli media, Faqha was responsible than 1,000 other Palestinians in office expired in February 2014, now they can take Yemen in a week or a for cells of Hamas’s military wing, the exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli sol- lives in Saudi Arabia, although he month... but have sunk into the mud”. Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in the dier Hamas had detained for five years, also visits his government’s tempo- Israeli-occupied West Bank. and transferred to Gaza. rary capital of Aden. Possible ‘war crime’ Israel did not immediately comment Home to one of Al-Qaeda’s ‘Blood is on your hands’ in detail yesterday’s closure but said its Iranian ‘plot’ most dangerous branches, Yemen Yesterday, Faqha’s wife, Nahed Assida, side of the crossing remained open. The The president was placed has a complex history of civil unrest. called on “Palestinians in the West Bank Erez crossing is the only one between under house arrest after the Huthis The rebels, who had long com- and Gaza Strip to respond to this assassi- Gaza and Israel for people. Another overran the capital in September plained of marginalization, in 2011 nation.” “The price of my husband’s blood crossing with Israel, Kerem Shalom, is 2014, and later fled to the southern mobilized protests demanding eco- is in your hands,” she said during a used for goods and remained open yes- SANAA: Yemeni supporters of the Houthi movement and former presi- port city of Aden. The Gulf coalition nomic and political reform that led women’s conference in Gaza. Faqha’s terday, Palestinian officials said. — AFP dent Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend rally to mark two years of the military intervened with air strikes on March to Saleh’s resignation the following intervention by the Saudi-led coalition. — AFP 26, 2015, after Huthis advanced on year after decades in power. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Trump delivers his news to newspaper reporters
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump “So, we just pulled it.” Costa multi- saying it was the Democrats who had went old school on Friday, calling tasked, interviewing Trump while post- let him down. Besides Twitter, a quote reporters from The Washington Post and ing several updates on Twitter. from her interview appeared in the The New York Times to announce that he “President Trump just called me, still on Times’ online coverage of the events. had ordered a bill to repeal and replace phone,” he posted at 3:32. “‘We just Trump spoke before cameras in the Obamacare pulled from consideration in pulled it,’ he tells me.” Oval Office about an hour after the the House when it became clear there Costa, a national political reporter for phone conversations. It wasn’t weren’t enough votes for passage. One the Post, tweeted a stream of updates: “I Haberman’s first phone interview with of those reporters - Robert Costa of the don’t blame Paul, Trump tells me” and the president. She wrote a piece shortly Post - tweeted news from the surprise “What a convo. I’ll type it up quick.” CNN after his inauguration about life in the phone call a minute after getting it while ran a screen grab of Costa’s Twitter feed, White House. the president was still talking. even though he’s nominally a competi- Later, Haberman offered a Twitter Trump’s phone calls came amid a day tor: Costa also works as an NBC News observation about the president: “Trump of drama that played out on television analyst. Before 5 pm, he had posted a is not going away this weekend. He was screens leading up to an anticipated first-person account of the conversation deeply disciplined in phone interviews. afternoon vote on one of the under the headline: “Hello, Bob: The big question is what happens now Republicans’ enduring campaign prom- President Trump called my cellphone to when he sits in the White House resi- ises, to get rid of the insurance law say that the health care bill was dead.” dence and watches television coverage enacted by former President Barack Haberman’s first tweet came at 3:52 of the bill’s failure.” Based on the media Obama. Congress was debating the pm: “TRUMP tells me in interview this is coverage, it won’t be an easy aftermath. measure when it was taken back before INDIANAPOLIS: In this Dec 1, 2016, file photo, US President-elect Donald now the Democrats’ fault, and that he “Is there a sense of how ignominious a vote. The calls to Costa and Maggie Trump speaks at the Carrier Corp. factory. — AP anticipates that when Obama ‘explodes,’ this defeat is?” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Haberman of the New York Times were they will be ready to deal.” She quickly correspondent Dana Bash, calling it an surprising given the newspapers’ which has been seeing an increase in his cell phone rang at 3:31 p.m. EDT, he corrected her typo, meaning embarrassment for House Republicans aggressive coverage of the president. subscriptions. thought it was a reader complaint Obamacare instead of Obama. and the White House. “The president He has consistently derided their “fake Costa wrote in a first-person piece because it was a blocked number. She wrote on Twitter that Trump had just suffered a terrible defeat,” said news” and mocked the “failing” Times, posted on the Post’s web site that when “Hello, Bob,” came the president’s voice. shown uncharacteristic discipline in MSNBC’s Brian Williams. — AP
Murder by Berkeley activist renews debate over new ‘gender’ pronouns
BERKELEY: Pablo Gomez Jr was a to comment on the controversy, as did University of California, Berkeley, senior other gay rights activist groups in majoring in Latino studies and a promi- Berkeley. Victim Emile Inman, a 27-year- nent campus activist when authorities say old native of France, was found in her he stabbed to death a popular elemen- home in January with a “We Stand with tary-school teacher. Soon, the crime that Standing Rock” sign in the front window police described as “very brutal and she shared with other young roommates a unusual” in a city that reported just two few miles from campus. homicides last year was sucked up into the Hours earlier on Jan 6, police found debate over gender identity when it was Kiana Schmitt, 24, seriously injured outside reported that Gomez preferred to be an apartment just north of campus. Police called “they” rather than “he.” have declined to say how Schmitt was con- Even in famously liberal Berkeley, with nected to Gomez. Gomez was arrested Jan its long history of protest, the uproar came 7 at a Burbank hospital near the Southern as a surprise, overwhelming the online California home of Gomez’s parents. news site, www.berkeleyside.com, that first Gomez is being held in jail and is accused reported on Gomez’s preference. “I didn’t of killing Inman and assaulting Schmitt. see it as something that would anger any- A young woman who answered the one,” reporter Emilie Raguso said. After door this week at Inman’s home declined Raguso’s report, conservative commenta- to comment, and her family also has tor Ann Coulter ridiculed the pronoun refused requests from The Associated change and mocked Gomez’s activist back- Press and other media to comment on her ground. Breitbart.com and other conserva- death. Gomez’s attorney, George Arroyo, CINCINNATI: A body is removed as police work at the Cameo club after a fatal shooting. — AP tive political websites picked up the story. declined to comment and Gomez’s par- On the university campus, where the ents did not respond to email requests for debate over nontraditional pronouns has comment. Their telephone listing in Los One killed, 14 wounded in simmered, some students said Gomez’s Angeles appears disconnected. The judge case is different. “I think you give away your in the case ordered a mental health evalu- right to make a demand like that when you ation after Gomez was removed from a are arrested for killing somebody,” said jun- Feb 1 court hearing to enter a plea to Ohio nightclub shooting ior Jonothan Chow, a member of the charges of murder, attempted murder, College Republicans. assault with a deadly weapon and rob- Representatives of UC Berkeley’s bery. Deputies led a kicking and scream- Shooter still at large, no signs of terrorism Gender Equity Resource Center, where ing Gomez from the courtroom after a Gomez was a member, declined requests brief meeting with Arroyo. — AP WASHINGTON: Gunfire erupted in a crowded but this is the worst by far,” Captain Kimberly arms is protected by the US Constitution. Ohio nightclub early yesterday after a personal Williams, the district’s police commander, told Cincinnati, a city of 300,000 people nestled dispute boiled over, killing one person and leav- CNN. “By the time... the shots were fired, individ- along the northern banks of the Ohio River, had Pentagon enjoys more ing 14 wounded as partygoers scattered into uals ran outside, so there was not a lot of peo- 66 homicides in 2016, all but nine of them as a the night, authorities said. The gunman ple inside the club. I believe there was a large result of firearms. This year has seen a spike in remained at large following the shooting at ear- crowd earlier this evening, but just a lot of gun violence, with 57 victims of shooting so far freedom under Trump ly yesterday at the Cameo nightclub in chaos when the shots went off,” she said. as of Thursday last week, compared to 31 dur- Cincinnati that assistant police chief Paul Cameo was the site of two shooting investi- ing the same period last year. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon under US McCain’s congressional counterpart Mac Neudigate said was packed with revellers. gations in 2015, local news station WLWT report- Elsewhere in the United States, a gunman President Donald Trump is enjoying greater Thornberry described a visit he made to “There are no indications this incident is terror- ed. Someone was shot in the foot there on New opened fire Saturday on a double-decker bus freedom to run its wars the way it wants- Afghanistan under Obama, when he over- ism related,” he said on Twitter. Year’s Day, and a shooting victim was found in on the Las Vegas Strip, killing one person and and not constantly seek White House heard a call from an NSC staffer asking how It was unclear how many shooters were the parking lot in September, WLWT said. Ohio wounding another. Police said the suspect approval on important decisions. Many in much fuel was in the planes on the tarmac. involved. Authorities initially said there were at Governor John Kasich said his office was offering appeared to have “mental issues.” On January 6, the military appreciate this increased auton- “The level of micromanagement was incred- least two, but Neudigate later tweeted that help to local authorities. “You see things like this a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran opened fire in omy, but critics charge it is raising civilian ible, and of course by the time you work there was “only one reported shooter at this and you begin to wonder, where is it safe to go?” the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale, death rates, puts the lives of US troops at your way through the NSC process your tar- time, still investigating if others involved.” The he said on CNN. “I’ve offered, of course, all state Florida airport, killing five people. greater risk and leads to a lack of oversight get has moved,” he said. Cincinnati Police Department said there were assistance that is needed in this-you know, in More notorious gun crimes in recent years of America’s conflicts. “15 gunshot victims, one deceased.” The shoot- another terrible tragedy in our country.” include the rampage carried out by 21-year-old Nowhere has the shift been more visible Hands off ing was believed to have stemmed from a dis- Although police said there was no evidence white supremacist Dylann Roof, who shot to than in the fight against the Islamic State Trump has also faced criticism for his pute “between specific groups of individuals of a terrorism connection, the attack inevitably death nine people during a Bible study session group in northern Syria, where under Barack hands-off approach, especially after he earlier in the day, escalating to the nightclub raised memories of last year’s rampage at a gay at a historically African American church in Obama even minor tweaks to US plans approved a special operations raid in tragedy,” according to a tweet from the govern- nightclub in Orlando, Florida. That mass shoot- Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. underwent exhaustive White House scruti- Yemen that went horribly wrong, leading ment of the midwestern city. Sergeant Eric ing-which left 49 dead and 68 wounded-was And a massacre at an elementary school in ny. Since Trump’s inauguration, the Marine to the death of a Navy SEAL, multiple civil- Franz described the aftermath to ABC News as a the deadliest terror attack in the United States Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 Corps has brought an artillery battery into ians including children and a crashed heli- “large and complicated homicide scene.” Police since September 11, 2001. The gunman, Omar claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. Syria, and the Army has flowed in hundreds copter. Though the White House insisted were interviewing multiple witnesses, he said. Mateen, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State Gunman Adam Lanza, who had a history of of Rangers, bringing the total number of US the raid yielded vital intelligence and was a jihadist group in a 911 call to police during the mental illness, also killed his mother and went forces there to almost 1,000. “successful operation by all standards,” crit- ‘Grown and sexy’ assault on the Pulse nightclub. on to commit suicide. The tragedy sparked calls Commanders are weighing the possibili- ics said the military had been rash to exe- According to its Facebook page, Cameo for stricter gun control laws, but bills banning ty of deploying hundreds more, and the cute the mission. admits “grown and sexy” partygoers aged 21 American gun violence assault weapons and expanding background Pentagon this week announced it had pro- Observers are also calling into question and over on Saturday nights. “It was a young But shootings have become a common fea- checks on gun purchases were defeated in the vided artillery support and choppered local whether the Pentagon is allowing civilian crowd and we have had incidents in the past, ture of life in America, where the right to bear US Congress. — AFP forces behind enemy lines in a bid to seize a casualties to mount. Military officials vehe- strategic dam. The greater leeway marks a mently deny this and stress that civilian departure for the National Security Council safety is a top priority in approving any (NSC), which coordinates foreign and mili- strike. Airwars, a London-based collective Border-wall proposal faces many obstacles tary policy and implements the president’s of journalists and researchers, said Friday it national security agenda. had become so overwhelmed tracking WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has Money suggested a cost of about $12 billion. It’s unclear Under Obama, the NSC oversaw just civilian deaths allegedly caused by US and now laid out exactly what he wants in the “big, Trump promised that Mexico would pay for how much money Congress will approve. about every aspect of America’s wars in Iraq, coalition planes that it has stopped track- beautiful wall” that he’s promised to build on the his wall, a demand Mexico has repeatedly reject- Lawmakers have been balking at his plans to Syria and Afghanistan, with then Pentagon ing Russian strikes. US-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge ed. Trump’s first budget proposal to Congress, a sharply cut other federal spending to pay for the chief Ash Carter was kept on a short leash. “The decision to temporarily suspend hurdle to those entering the US illegally faces preliminary draft that was light on details, asked wall and other boosts to border security, while Trump, conversely, has repeatedly deferred our Russia strike assessments has been a impediments of its own. It’s still not clear how lawmakers for a $2.6 billion down payment for increasing military spending. White House to his defense secretary, Jim Mattis, on mili- very difficult one to take,” Airwars director Trump will pay for the wall that, as described in the wall. An internal report prepared for spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters this past tary moves. Mattis, a retired general, has Chris Woods said. “Moscow is still report- contracting notices, would be 30 feet high and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly estimat- week that the administration was still looking at delegated expanded authorities to his bat- edly killing hundreds of civilians in Syria easy on the eye for those looking at it from the ed that a wall along the entire border would cost how the wall would be funded, adding that it tlefield commanders. “Jim Mattis has been every month. But with coalition casualty north. The Trump administration will also have to about $21 billion. Congressional Republicans hasn’t given up on Mexico footing the bill. given the latitude to conduct military oper- claims escalating so steeply-and with very contend with unfavorable geography and many have estimated a more moderate price tag of ations in the way he sees best,” Pentagon limited Airwars resources-we believe our legal battles. A look at some of those obstacles: $12 billion to $15 billion. Trump himself has Geography spokesman Chris Sherwood said. key focus at present needs to be on the Roughly half of the 2,000-mile US-Mexico US-led alliance.” border is in Texas and marked by the winding ‘30-something year olds’ The Pentagon has acknowledged at least and twisting Rio Grande. A 1970 treaty with The United States is fighting IS in Iraq 220 civilians have been unintentionally Mexico requires that anything built near that and Syria and the Taliban in Afghanistan killed since operations to defeat IS began in river not obstruct its flow. The same treaty “by, with and through” local forces backed late summer 2014. Airwars estimates the applies to a stretch of border in Arizona, where by US and allied air power. That overall real number to be more than 10 times that. the Colorado River marks the international strategy hasn’t changed, but commanders The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights boundary. now have greater discretion to move monitoring group said a coalition air strike Some fencing that is already in place along troops and equipment around. Troop early Tuesday killed 33 displaced civilians the frontier is built well off the river, in some increases were especially sensitive for near the town of Al-Mansura west of Raqa. places nearly a mile away from the border. Obama, who campaigned on a promise to A US defense official stressed that any Trump will have to navigate not only the treaty end America’s Middle East wars and not extra deaths are a result of fighting occur- maintained by the International Boundary and put US boots on the ground. ring in more densely packed urban areas, Water Commission but also various environmen- Senator John McCain, who heads the such as Mosul in Iraq and around Raqa in tal regulations that protect some stretches of Senate Armed Services Committee, was a Syria. “I know for a fact that there is no border and restrict what kind of structures can frequent critic of what he calls NSC change in civilian casualties tolerance,” the be built and where. The contracting notices of micromanagement. The veteran lawmak- official said. General Thomas Waldhauser, March 17 say the Trump administration wants er said he favors battlefield commanders who heads the US Africa Command, said the wall dug at least 6 feet into the ground. getting greater latitude. “We don’t have Friday he hopes the White House will Along parts of the border in California, environ- to ask the 30-something-year-olds for loosen restrictions for operations in mentally sensitive sand dunes required that a permission to respond to an attack in Somalia, where the US is targeting This March 22, 2017, file photo shows a family having a picnic on the bank of the Rio Grande “floating fence” was built to allow the natural Afghanistan,” he said. Shebaab militants. — AFP river in Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, located across from Roma, Texas. — AP movement of the sand. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 INTERNATIONAL
Few foreigners in E Germany but xenophobia is prevalent
FRANKFURT (ODER): A social worker in the drab of the AfD, noted that the region offers “great asylum seekers who arrived in 2015 — many locals very open to diversity and which did not seek to eastern German city of Frankfurt an der Oder admits potential” for his protest party. In an illustration of still feel that’s too many. A retiree, who spoke on integrate foreigners,” he said. Following reunifica- she feels isolated at work whenever talk turns to the how favorable the climate is for the AfD, its deputy condition of anonymity, said: “I don’t think refugees tion in 1990, resentment also built up over the eco- country’s record influx of refugees. “I have to say that chairman Alexander Gauland is running for a should have been allowed in like that. Even if we are nomic gap with western Germany as new prosperi- my colleagues are not very friendly towards foreign- national seat in Frankfurt an der Oder in the a social country, we have our own problems. “I am ty failed to materialize quickly enough, he said. ers and I am almost alone in my opinion,” Elisabeth, September 24 general elections. not xenophobic, but that was far too many.” Just two years later in 1992, race riots rocked the who gave just her first name, told AFP. Her sentiment is mirrored across much of eastern coastal city of Rostock, with mobs flinging Foreigners are rarely seen in the former commu- ‘Far too many migrants’ Germany’s five states in the former communist east, petrol bombs and stones at an apartment block nist city about 100 kilometers east of Berlin, but as With its tall concrete residential blocks in the where the number of jobless is higher than the housing migrants while thousands of bystanders in much of eastern Germany, there is deep suspi- centre of town, Frankfurt an der Oder, at the border western average and where few migrants are seen applauded. More recently, the anti-Islam PEGIDA cion toward migrants. With its attacks on Chancellor with Poland, has struggled to shed its ex-commu- on the streets. Even in 2015 — when the mass movement was born in the biggest city in the east, Angela Merkel’s decision to let in around a million nist yoke. Like other parts of the eastern region, the migrant influx brought the total number of foreign- Dresden, and the proportion of assaults against asylum seekers since 2015, the right-wing populist city has been losing population. Once home to ers in Germany to 9.1 million-only 476,000 made shelters for asylum seekers has been far higher than Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has found fer- 87,000 inhabitants, a quarter-century later only their home in the east, according to official data. in the west. The neo-Nazi party NPD also has some tile ground in the east. 58,000 people are left as many have moved west in 264 elected municipal officials in the east, com- At the last state elections in 2014, before search of better opportunities. ‘Structural racism’ pared with 74 in the west. Funke noted that the Germany’s migrant crisis erupted, the AfD won 11 The unemployment rate stands at 10 percent, far Hajo Funke, a political scientist at Berlin’s Free Rostock riots became a template of violence for a seats in the state assembly of Brandenburg, where above the 5.9 percent rate nationwide. And even if University, said eastern Germany suffers from a generation that grew up during the turbulent Frankfurt an der Oder is located. Police commission- foreigners make up just over one percent of the “structural” problem of racism. The former East reunification years, and became drawn to the er Wilko Moeller, who leads the city’s local chapter city’s population, some 1,400 people-half of them Germany “was an authoritarian regime that was not extremist movement. — AFP
After neo-Nazi youth, Swede teaches value of tolerance
KRISTINEHAMN: Kimmie Ahlen was once understanding the significance of national- seduced by the violent underpinnings of ism at all.” Soon afterward he joined the National Socialist ideology, but today, local gang of skinheads in Vallberg, in cen- alarmed by the spread of populism, he has tral Sweden. There was not a single for- a new mission-teaching tolerance to eigner among the town’s 3,000 residents at young Swedes. With a blond buzz cut, the time, but unemployment, and hope- piercing blue eyes and beefy shoulders lessness, were rampant. chiseled in the gym and boxing ring, Ahlen makes an imposing impression. The young ‘Gave me an identity’ boy who was once teased by his class- His conversion began with his appear- mates is long gone, transformed by mus- ance: At 14, Ahlen donned the neo-Nazi cles and tattoos on his fingers and neck. uniform, suiting up in a bomber jacket At an age when most students were and Doc Martens. “It gave me an identity, enjoying their first flirtations and strug- the feeling of being someone,” he said. gling through book reports, he joined a Between 2006 and 2008, he attended gang of neo-Nazi skinheads immersed in neo-Nazi demonstrations across Sweden. Nordic mythology and Holocaust denial, When he was not beating up left-wing convinced of the superiority of the “white activists, he was giving speeches: “I race”. Many of them were criminals and remember making up a story about drug addicts. But that was then. Now 27, immigrants who barbequed cats and ate Ahlen spends his time warning teenage them,” he said. students in Sweden about the dangerous He dropped out of high school, began allure of hatred, in a country of 10 million experimenting with drugs, and repeated- that has taken in almost 300,000 migrants ly got arrested for crimes including theft since 2014. and vandalism. And in the end, it was “The world is different today. Donald drugs that led almost surreptitiously his Trump is president of the United States turnaround. “It was more fun to do drugs,” and the Sweden Democrats may soon take he acknowledged. He gradually dis- LILLE: French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (C) acknowledges applause power in our country,” he said in an inter- tanced himself from the skinhead crowd, after she delivered a speech during a campaign rally at the Zenith venue.— AFP view with AFP, referring to the country’s but without abandoning his National far-right party. A municipal youth coun- Socialist convictions. Until one day, his cilor, he lives alone in a red-and-white cab- boxing trainer forced him to spar with an Non merci: French voters in on the shores of Lake Vanern, Sweden’s Iranian-born partner. biggest lake. Three hours southwest of “It was either that or not learn to box,” Stockholm by car, it is an ideal spot for Ahlen said. “It was around that time I meditation and reflection. stopped hating people because of their reject political corruption As a shy boy, Ahlen was bullied at appearance.” During a stint in jail for theft, school by his classmates and even by some he met a Swedish teacher who helped him teachers. In his free time, he collected to turn the page on racism for good; For Establishment seen as intent on enriching itself objects he found on the ground.One day, the first time, Ahlen felt as though some- when he was 12, he stumbled across a CD one was really listening, and he started by Ultima Thule, a Swedish white-power talking. But it was only during his last stay PARIS: French voters just won’t tolerate corrup- paign is being affected by a string of corruption compete in a presidential runoff on May 7. For rock group popular among neo-Nazis. It in jail, a time when his mother was gravely tion in politics anymore - that appears to be the scandals ahead of the country’s two-round pres- the first time in the country’s history, the decla- was a revelation. “I loved the music,” he ill, that he decided to change. He got a job message from the swift downfall of the country’s idential election on April 23 and May 7. The con- rations of assets of all the presidential candi- said. “What really appealed to me was the and quit hanging out with his friends to powerful security minister. It’s a notable shift servative candidate Francois Fillon is the target dates were published this week on the High way they spoke about Sweden. It made me spend more time with his new colleagues- from the past, when influence peddling seemed an investigation into allegations that he gave authority for the transparency of public life’s patriotic, a National Socialist, without and started writing poetry. — AFP endemic and politicians untouchable, even his wife and two children government-funded website. Hollande’s term was tarnished from the when they were accused of shocking scandals. jobs which they never did. Fillon suggested start with scandals - the biggest one concerning The change is the result of an aggressive new Thursday that Hollande would intervene in legal former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac. financial prosecutor, an unprecedented anti-cor- cases to try to discredit political rivals. Hollande Cahuzac acknowledged owning illegal for- ruption drive by President Francois Hollande, vigorously denounced those allegations as false eign bank accounts for two decades in March and growing public frustration with a political and insisted he has never intervened in any 2013, after denying and publicly lying for establishment seen as intent on enriching itself judicial procedure. months. He was sentenced last year to three even as ordinary people suffer. Fillon, once considered the presidential years in prison. He has appealed the decision. Hollande on Thursday inaugurated the front-runner, has sunk in polls following the Cahuzac’s case prompted the creation of the French anti-corruption agency, a public organi- press’ first revelations about the jobs in January. new position of a national financial prosecutor zation focusing on business activity - the latest Since then, allegations have come out that three years ago to focus on complex cases of move in government efforts to fight corruption. Fillon was also given suits worth more than serious economic and financial crime. Five years ago, Hollande campaigned on the 48,000 euros ($52,000) over the past five years - promise to make the French Republic “exem- including two suits worth 13,000 euros Conflict of interest plary.” He probably didn’t think he would have so ($14,000) last month. Judges are also investi- The government also passed a law in 2013 to much clean up to do in his own camp. Former gating whether Fillon and his wife committed force ministers and parliamentarians to declare Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux on Tuesday fraud and forgery in a cover-up attempt. their assets and avoid any conflict of interest. became the fifth minister to quit the Socialist His supporters insist the principle of pre- The same year, another bill tightened France’s government over financial wrongdoing allega- sumption of innocence should protect their can- legal arsenal to fight tax fraud and evasion. In tions. Prosecutors opened an investigation into a didate. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and some addition to Le Roux and Cahuzac, three lower- report that he hired his two daughters for some members of her anti-EU, anti-immigrant profile ministers were forced to quit Hollande’s two dozen temporary parliamentary jobs, start- National Front party are also targeted in several government in the same circumstances, includ- ing when they were 15 and 16 years old. ongoing investigations. Polls suggest that Le ing junior minister for foreign trade Thomas Pen and independent centrist Emmanuel Thevenoud who resigned in 2014 because he String of scandals Macron are the two top contenders in the elec- was named in an inquiry into tax fraud. He goes KRISTINEHAMN: Former neonazi and drug addict, 27 years-old Swedish Kimmie The case comes as France’s electoral cam- tion. The top two vote-getters on April 23 will on trial next month. — AP Ahlen, poses for a picture. — AFP Bulgarian left seeks German state votes in test for Merkel
election comeback BERLIN: German voters went to the polls SPD’s 32 percent, with the SPD’s potential ally the seekers since 2015. This has boosted the anti- Sunday in tiny Saarland state where a resurgent Linke scoring 12.5 percent. The incumbent is pop- immigration Alternative for Germany party which, SOFIA: Bulgarian voters went to the polls Alexander Naydenov, 35. “That is why I centre-left hopes to strike a first blow in their ular CDU premier Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, despite a recent dip in popularity, is still expected Sunday after a tight election race pitting voted for one of the smaller parties with battle to topple Chancellor Angela Merkel this 54, often dubbed simply “AKK”, who is considered to enter the opposition benches of the 11th of Socialists seen as closer to Russia against the hope that they can act as a balance to year. Although the state bordering France is pragmatic and unpretentious, dressing up as a Germany’s 16 state assemblies on Sunday. two-times centre-right premier Boyko the big ones.” home to just one million people, its vote half a cleaning lady at carnival festivities. As the refugee crisis has abated, the campaign Borisov, seeking another comeback. Borisov, 57, once a bodyguard for year before national elections is seen as a test of race is increasingly being fought along traditional Opinion polls in the European Union’s Bulgaria’s last communist leader, has long the Social Democrats’ rising fortunes under new Change ‘within reach’ ideological lines. While Merkel broadly argues poorest country, where the average been the dominant figure in national poli- leader Martin Schulz. While Merkel long seemed invincible at the that Germany, the EU’s export engine, is prosper- monthly salary is just 500 euros ($540) tics, serving as premier from 2009 to 2013 The SPD, having long played second fiddle to ballot box, she has been weakened by a backlash ous and needs to stay competitive to keep it that and corruption is rife, also indicate a and again from 2014 to 2017. In between, Merkel in a national right-left grand coalition, has against her decision to open German borders to way, Schulz points to the army of “working poor” strong showing by nationalists. the BSP was in power for barely a year. been re-energized since the folksy and plain-spo- refugees which has brought in a million asylum and promises to narrow the wealth gap. — AFP The karate-kicking Borisov’s enthusias- Both times Borisov quit early, first in 2013 ken Schulz became its leader in January. The for- tically pro-European Union GERB party after mass protests and then last mer president of the European Parliament has lift- and the Socialist Party (BSP), newly led by November after his candidate for the ed party support by 10 percent with promises to the energetic Kornelia Ninova, are both presidency was beaten by an air force help the socially disadvantaged and end Merkel’s seen garnering around 30 percent. “I vot- general backed by the BSP. almost 12-year reign in September elections. ed for a stable, predictable and united The “Schulz mania” has seen younger voters Bulgaria,” Borisov said after casting his bal- ‘Second-class member’ flock to the more than 150-year-old workers’ par- lot, adding: “Bulgarians must decide today If Ninova can become premier this rais- ty, which is now polling neck-and-neck with who is fit to lead this kind of politics so let es the prospect of NATO member Merkel’s conservative bloc-both nationally and in them choose.” Socialist chief Ninova Bulgaria, which has long walked a Saarland. The SPD is currently the CDU’s unhappy denied that her party’s perceived Russian tightrope between East and West, drifting junior partner in Saarland and in the national gov- sympathies would have any impact in more towards Moscow. Ninova has said ernment-and in both cases hopes to grab power power. “No foreign country, eastern or she is not content with Bulgaria being a by teaming up with other leftist parties. western, should be allowed to influence “second-class member” of the EU and that Even if the CDU comes out ahead in Saarland, Bulgarian politics,” she said. she will veto an extension of EU sanctions the SPD could potentially seek a coalition with In the ex-communist nation’s third on Russia. Russia, with which Bulgaria has the far-left Linke and possibly the ecologist election in four years, many voters are long had close cultural and economic ties, Greens parties — a so-called “red-red-green” turning away from the main parties has been accused of seeking to expand its alliance. The same trio is now running the city- towards groups on the fringes, or are not influence in other Balkan countries in state of Berlin, although policy hurdles remain at bothering to vote. “The big parties are recent months. But Borisov has also said the national level, given that the Linke, for exam- totally disconnected from the reality of that he wants more “pragmatic” ties with ROME: This handout picture released by the Italian Presidency (Quirinale) shows Germany’s ple, rejects German membership of NATO. Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving, on March 25, 2017 at the Quirinale presidential palace what is going on in Bulgaria and that is Russia and Ninova, 48, insists that she In Saarland, the latest poll for broadcaster ZDF outright irresponsible,” said IT worker remains committed to the EU. —AFP before a meeting with Italian President as part of a special summit of European leaders to gave the CDU a clear lead at 37 percent over the mark the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding treaties. — AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 INTERNATIONAL
Explosions kill 6 as Bangladesh forces storm Islamist hideout DHAKA: Two explosions ripped about a dozen police and security offi- ing to US-based monitoring agency SITE 30-hour standoff including one at a police checkpoint through a crowd Saturday, killing six cers. Several people were reported to be Intelligence Group. The commandos backed by near the country’s main international air- people and injuring some 50 in in critical condition, including the head Banik rejected the claim, saying IS armored personnel carriers launched the port on Friday night. Bangladesh’s northeastern city of Sylhet of intelligence of the elite Rapid Action does not have any presence in the coun- operation after a more than 30-hour Two of the three attacks, including as army commandos stormed an Battalion (RAB), which is tasked with try. The blasts occurred after an hours- standoff that began early Friday morning Friday’s blast in which the suicide attack- Islamist extremist hideout, police said. combating Islamist extremism in the long exchange of gunfire and comman- when police sealed off the building as er was killed, were claimed by the Islamic The “powerful” blasts went off some 400 country, he said. dos rescued “78 civilian hostages” from militants detonated small bombs. The State group. This month a police elite yards from the hideout, targeting police Police primarily suspect the blasts the hideout where several Islamist mili- spokesman could not say how many unit also stormed a building outside the and hundreds of onlookers who were were the work of a new faction of the tants were holed up in a ground-floor extremists were in the building, but port city of Chittagong, killing four mem- watching the commandos conduct an homegrown extremist group, Jamayetul apartment. “Our main task was to rescue police said there were at least two bers of JMB, including a woman. IS has anti-militant operation at a five-storey Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which the hostages, which we have done suc- including a woman. claimed responsibility for a wave of apartment building, police said. has been blamed for a wave of attacks in cessfully. We were able to rescue all 78 “They are Islamist extremists,” police killings since 2015 including a major Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet recent years. Police could not confirm if it people safely,” army spokesman Brigadier spokesman Musa said, adding they attack on a Dhaka cafe last year in which police Basudeb Banik told AFP “six peo- was a suicide attack but believe one of General Fakhrul Ahsan told reporters. He shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is the great- 22 people, including 18 foreign ple including two police officers were the attackers could be among the dead. said the extremists were still inside the est). Police used loudspeakers to ask the hostages, were killed. The Bangladeshi killed” in the attack, which was claimed IS claimed via Amaq that there were apartment building where they had bar- extremists to surrender, but they refused government denies IS has any presence by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group via “dozens killed and wounded among ricaded themselves and laid explosive to give up, Musa said. The raid came after in the country, arguing instead that a its propaganda agency Amaq. He said Bangladeshi forces as a result of the det- devices. “As a result the whole operation a series of suicide attacks on security new faction of JMB was behind the around 50 people were injured including onation of an explosive device”, accord- is being conducted carefully,” he said. camps by Islamist extremists this month attacks. —AFP Pakistan to build fence along disputed border ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says it has started terrorists who defame Islam and deliber- building a fence along the Afghan border ately target innocent people will not in areas where it says militants have escape justice,” Defense Secretary Jim launched cross-border attacks, a move that Mattis said in a statement. could worsen tensions with Afghanistan, Yasin, who went by several aliases which has never accepted the colonial-era including Ustad Aslam, was accused of frontier. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, the head plotting the September 20, 2008 bomb- of Pakistan’s armed forces, announced the ing on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad construction of fencing in “high threat that killed dozens of people, including zones” Saturday during a visit to tribal two US service members. He was also said regions along the border, saying it was in to have been behind a 2009 attack on a the interest of both countries. bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team The two countries share a 2,400-kilome- in Lahore that killed six Pakistani police ter internationally recognized border officers and two civilians, and wounded known as the Durand Line, which was six members of the team. drawn in the 19th century, when the British According to official Pakistani ‘Most dominated South Asia. The Afghan govern- Wanted’ lists he was also behind failed ment has never recognized the border, attempts to kill former President Pervez which runs through the Pashtun heartland, Musharraf in 2003 and former Prime diluting the power of Afghanistan’s largest Minister Shaukat Aziz in 2004. The ethnic group on both sides. Pentagon described him as being a native Najib Danish, the deputy spokesman of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said region, though Pakistani records said he authorities had not yet seen any signs of hailed from the country’s populous Punjab construction along the frontier but would province. Security analyst Amir Rana said move to prevent any such project. Yasin was the latest in a series of Pakistani “Building fences or any construction is not militant fugitives to have been killed across acceptable for us and we won’t allow any- the border in Afghanistan, including Qari one to do it,” he said. Pakistan and Saifullah Akhtar, a former close associate of Afghanistan have long accused each other Mullah Omar, who died in a clash with of turning a blind eye to Islamic militants Afghan security forces in January. “He was operating along the porous frontier, and once a senior figure and one of the HERAT: In this photograph taken on February 9, 2017, an Italian soldier from NATO’s Resolute Support Mission (2L) trains Afghan National Army Pakistan recently closed the border for Pakistani Taleban’s few non-Pashtun lead- (ANA) soldiers at the Kabul Military Training centre on the outskirts of Herat. —AFP more than a month Bajwa said Pakistan is ers,” said Rana, but added that Yasin had trying to develop a bilateral border securi- fallen inactive in recent years after fleeing ty mechanism with Afghanistan. to Afghanistan. NATO troops race winter to give Pakistan and Afghanistan have long US air strike kills senior Qaeda leader accused each other of harboring militants In related news, a senior Al-Qaeda com- who carry out attacks in each others’ coun- Afghan forces a morale boost mander linked to major attacks in Pakistan tries. Taleban fighters on Thursday captured including the bombing of a luxury hotel Afghanistan’s strategic southern district of and an assault on a cricket team has been Sangin, where US and British forces had suf- Giving their Afghan counterparts a fighting chance killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, fered heavy casualties before it was handed CAMP ARENA: The target is behind a slope, the military command. The 207th Brigade stationed expected last year. “It’s going to take some time, Washington said Saturday. Qari Yasin, a over to Afghan personnel. The Taleban advance is unprotected: Crawl, fire! Italian in Herat was without a commander for almost institutional changes can’t happen overnight,” member of the Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan effectively control or contest 10 of 14 dis- instructors in western Afghanistan have been two months, until General Ziarat Abed arrived in he said. For General Minghetti, the lightning group (Pakistani Taleban), was killed on tricts in Helmand, the deadliest province for using the relatively quiet winter to bolster January after training in Rome and Paris. Farah operation exemplifies Resolute Support’s March 19 in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika British and US troops over the past decade, Afghan troops against the Taleban. The war-torn General Abed “is on the ground with his men mandate of training, advising and assisting province, the Pentagon said. blighted by a huge opium harvest that country’s security forces are being killed in hor- every day, it’s new,” confirms Colonel Tomaso Afghan forces. “Just the fact that one is present “The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that helps fund the insurgency. — Agencies rific numbers as they grapple with a militant Capasso, watching the training from the side- at their side enabled the Afghans to regain con- resurgence, raising questions about how much lines on Camp Arena’s firing range. “This new trol. With a few tips, they were able to show their more they can endure. But under the banner of generation is not like the previous generation, abilities,” he said. NATO’s Resolute Support mission, Italian forces who spent their time in the office,” he adds, at Camp Arena in Herat province are racing the watching the men crawl in line. “They know how Ominous spring coming spring to give their Afghan counterparts to shoot but not fight together. We have to cre- NATO withdrew its combat forces at the end a fighting chance. ate a team spirit, we have a month to do it.” of 2014, and under Resolute Support there are The Taleban are the main enemy in Herat, 11,000 troops-including 8,400 Americans-still in which borders southern Helmand, apex of Bombs are ‘easy’ the country. Camp Arena hosts 900 Italian offi- Afghanistan’s opium production and most of Moral support and military counseling are cers and soldiers, including a detachment of the which is controlled by insurgents. The strategic what the Italians offered in Farah, one of the four prestigious Bersaglieri, the elite regiment whose district of Sangin fell on March 23, another set- western provinces assigned to them under helmets are adorned with moirÈ feathers, a 200- back underscoring the militants’ growing Resolute Support, when its harassed governor year-old tradition meant to provide shade. strength. Criminal gangs masterminding traffick- called for help in tackling the insurgency. He US General John Nicholson, head of Resolute ing and smuggling operations to neighboring wanted NATO to conduct a few strikes to drive Support, warned last month that he would need Iran are equally feared. the insurgents away, the colonel who led the “a few thousand” more troops to finally defeat Confidence, says Camp Arena base com- operation told AFP. “It’s easy, but it keeps them in the Taleban and the increasing threat posed by mander General Claudio Minghetti, is key. “The a state of dependency,” the colonel, who asked Islamic State. For Captain “Luca”, who could not main message to the soldiers is that they are in not to be named, said. give his real name as he is part of the Italian spe- much better condition and better equipped Instead, the governor got an Italian deploy- cial forces, the NDS (Afghanistan’s intelligence than the enemy, which is of paramount impor- ment of 120 men whose goal was to boost spir- agency, the National Directorate of Security) and tance for their morale.” According to US watch- its within a week. “In Farah, we found demoral- police must be trained together. dog SIGAR, casualties among Afghan security ized troops, very young soldiers, ill-trained, After all, they often find themselves fighting forces soared by 35 percent in 2016, with 6,800 ready to surrender,” the Italian colonel said, side by side, as during an insurgent assault on a soldiers and police killed. pointing to the “lack of leadership even at the military hospital in Kabul on March 8. But time is Even the winter, when there is usually a lull in lower levels” of the Afghan army. Resolute short. The NDS is rarely available-”they are fighting, brought only a measured respite: Support spokesman General Charles Cleveland always mobilized,” he says-and the weather is according to the latest UN report released in ear- confirms that a broad movement is under way at getting warmer, heralding the arrival of spring ly March, the number of clashes increased by a all levels that will continue throughout 2017 to and Afghanistan’s traditional fighting season. “As record 30 percent in January 2017 compared to “replace the leaders, those who are corrupt and soon as the weather turns to beautiful, it is over,” 2016. One challenge is the shortcomings of the those who didn’t properly deliver what was says Luca. “We will lose them.” — AFP In this June 15, 2016 file photo, a Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Pakistani trib- al area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan. —AP Spain’s Socialists kick off leadership battle
MADRID: Deeply divided and And Sanchez will head up a gather- grassroots Socialist activists. Diaz, that will determine the future Vietnamese detainee dies in weakened by the rise of far-left par- ing in Valencia in the east, having though, is backed by many high- direction of the party. Plagued by ty Podemos, Spain’s Socialists are already announced he will attempt ranking party members. bad results in general and regional Japan’s immigration centre gearing up for a leadership contest a comeback. Much like Britain’s elections in 2015 and 2016, and that will see ousted chief Pedro Labour party leader Jeremy ‘Start to win again’ challenged from the far-left by TOKYO: A Vietnamese man held in a on Saturday. The guard called an ambu- Sanchez attempt a comeback. The Corbyn, who survived a leadership The primaries due in May at Podemos, the Socialist party is Japanese immigration detention centre lance and the detainee was sent to hos- 45-year-old former economics pro- challenge last year but still faces an as-yet unannounced date will struggling to rise again and died on Saturday, six people told pital, where his death was confirmed fessor will be up against two other internal dissent, Sanchez enjoys see some 180,000 activists vote for impose itself. Reuters, drawing fresh attention to con- about an hour and a half later, the Sankei prominent candidates in a contest considerable support among their preferred candidate-a choice Podemos, led by the charismatic ditions in the country’s detention sys- said, citing the centre. that will prove decisive for the Pablo Iglesias, has become Spain’s tem. The man died at the East Japan The authorities would conduct an future of a party that has run out of third most powerful political force Immigration Center in Ibaraki prefecture, autopsy and investigate the cause of steam, much like fellow socialists in and threatens to overtake the northeast of Tokyo, according to death, the Sankei said. The East Japan France and Britain. Socialists as the main opposition activists, a lawyer and a detainee held at Immigration Center and the justice min- The battle begins in earnest grouping. “The Socialist party must the facility. Two men died at the same istry, which oversees immigration facili- yesterday when Susana Diaz, 42, stop battling to avoid being rele- facility in 2014. ties, could not be reached for comment the president of the southern gated to third place, it must The deceased man was named Van yesterday. Reuters was not able to inde- region of Andalusia and one of (instead) start to win again,” Huan Nguyen and was one of more than pendently verify the death or the identi- Spain’s most powerful female Socialist lawmaker Eduardo Madina 11,000 refugees that the country took in ty of the deceased. A Reuters investiga- politicians, is due to announce she summed up last week. over the three decades to 2005 in the tion last year into the death of a Sri will run in May primaries. A long- aftermath of the Vietnam War, according Lankan at a different facility in Tokyo time rival of Sanchez, who was But how? to two of the sources. It was not clear for revealed serious deficiencies in medical ousted in October after a bitter Sanchez has been a staunch how long he had been detained or why. care and monitoring in the immigration internal rebellion, Diaz will launch opponent of Spain’s conservative Nguyen did not have relatives in Japan detention system. her candidacy near Madrid with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and but had many friends, said one of the Since 2006, at least dozen people the backing and presence of two maintains that the party must con- sources who had known him. have died while in immigration deten- former Socialist prime ministers- tinue in this vein to have any hope “He was a bright, fun person,” she tion, including four cases of suicide. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and of winning back voters. Rajoy must said. “I can’t believe he died.” The Sankei Some detainees are held for months and Felipe Gonzalez. know that there “will be no Socialist daily reported that the East Japan even years with no clear knowledge of That same day, Patxi Lopez, the votes for right-wing policies,” he has Immigration Center said a guard had when they will be let out. Many develop 57-year-old former president of the MADRID: President of the Regional Government of Andalusia and said, deeply critical of corruption found a Vietnamese man in his forties depression and insomnia, detainees and Basque Country and already a can- PSOE member, Susana Diaz gestures during an event to announce her scandals impacting the conserva- lying unconscious in his cell alone early psychiatrists have told Reuters. — Reuters didate, will meet with supporters in candidacy for the general Secretary of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist tives and of their severe austerity the northern region of Cantabria. Party), initiating her campaign for the party primaries. — AFP measures.— AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talks about the economy, Asia-Pacific and Taiwan
Q: China’s economic growth has been declin- are consistent with the laws of economics, less will we allow regional or systemic risks door policy or beggar-thy-neighbor posed to many countries the building of free ing in recent years and we have seen that the and moreover, slower growth can help us to break out. approach leads to no solutions. trade zones or the negotiating of investment projected target of GDP growth in 2017 has better focus on enhancing the quality and Like many countries in the world, China and trade agreements. These will all con- been trimmed to about 6.5%. Will this performance of China’s economy. Q: Can you explain the steps you are tak- has benefited from economic globalization as tribute to two-way opening-up. adversely affect the global economy? With respect to risks, we are seeing grow- ing to convince the world that China is com- it has been opening up ever wider to the out- As for liberalization of global trade, we Premier Li: I read some foreign media ing uncertainties in the international eco- mitted to free trade and an open economy? side world. China needs to first run its own believe all countries need to work together to commentary describing the projected GDP nomic and political landscape. These are the Premier Li: Although globalization has things well. But the truth is, this cannot be push it forward. The world belongs to us all growth target of about 6.5% this year as risks on the external front. As for China, encountered some bumps in the road, China done with our doors shut. Hence we will only and we all need to do our part to make things moderate downward adjustment. In fact, stalled development presents the biggest has consistently upheld economic globaliza- pursue greater openness. Naturally opening- better. We are open-minded toward the vari- 6.5% growth is not a low speed and it would risk. So it is essential that we maintain steady, tion and free trade. I believe such a position up is a gradual process. The important thing ous regional trading arrangements, estab- not be easy to meet this target. I can’t help medium-high growth and that, in itself, is in itself is a good indication of China’s com- is that we have kept moving forward for the lished or proposed, and welcome progress in but recall a martial art performance I saw at China’s contribution to global stability. We mitment to opening-up. It is fair to say that past decades. them. When they concern China and where Shaolin Temple, during which a child monk take very seriously the risks we face on the economic globalization has benefited coun- Last year, China was still the largest recipi- conditions are in place, we would follow an can do over a dozen somersaults at one go domestic front, including the financial sector. tries across the world. Some problems may ent of FDI among developing countries and open-minded approach and we would be quite easily, but several such consecutive We will take prompt and targeted measures have occurred in this process, for example, FDI reached US$126 billion. In the World ready to work with others to push them for- somersaults for an adult monk would be to prevent them from spreading. with respect to distribution of benefits. But Bank’s ease of doing business ranking, China ward. But China has no intention to reach quite an accomplishment due to their differ- I should point out that China’s financial we don’t think they are the result of global- moved up 18 spots in 2016 compared with beyond its role or get involved where we ent size. 6.5% of GDP growth in 2017, if system is generally secure and we do not ization per se but more of an issue of how where it was in 2013. We have launched 11 shouldn’t. China will participate in and sup- achieved, would generate more additional foresee systemic risks. We still have a good one responds to it. China is ready to work pilot free trade zones starting from Shanghai, port all initiatives that will promote the liber- economic output than last year, as this is a reserve of policy options and instruments at with other countries to further improve the and good experience gained from them will alization of global trade. We the Chinese growth attained on the basis of RMB 74 tril- our disposal. As the express train of China’s global governance system. We also believe be applied across the country. This year we understand that the opportunities of eco- lion yuan, or US$11 trillion in GDP. And this economy continues to roll along at medium- that economic globalization has been deeply will hold the Belt and Road Forum for nomic globalization must be seized through growth is projected to generate over 11 mil- high speed, we need to fasten our seat belt embedded in the global trend of peace, International Cooperation and more steps for opening-up. They should not be missed no lion new urban jobs. The measures we take and ward off acute outbreaks of risks. Still development and cooperation. A closed- opening-up will be introduced. We have pro- matter what challenges we may face. Sex in Thai city frustrates junta
PATTAYA: With mascots dressed as smiling number of female sex workers in Thailand fish and a police rock band, Thai authorities was put at over 120,000 in a 2014 UNAIDS launched a “Happy Zone” at the weekend to report. Some estimates run to double that improve the image of a city notorious for sex and not all the women who get paid for sex tourism. Stung by foreign headlines portray- are full-time prostitutes. Given a 305 baht ing the seaside resort of Pattaya as “Sin City” ($8.80) a day minimum wage, the chance of and “The World’s Sex Capital”, Thailand’s jun- earning several times more is an obvious ta has begun a new effort to re-brand it. But lure, particularly in poorer rural regions. the contradictions in Pattaya highlight Thailand’s challenge in tackling a side of its Crackdown tourist industry that remains economically The latest of many crackdowns in vital while being officially excoriated. Pattaya happened after foreign newspaper “I want people to see that we are not reports last month, which drew an angry like what they say. We are not allowing response from junta leader Prayuth Chan- prostitution in these entertainment places,” ocha, for whom bringing order is a mantra. provincial governor Pakkaratorn Teianchai A handful of bars were raided. Bar owners told reporters on the infamous Walking and working women were fined. Scared to Street in Pattaya, southeast of Bangkok. venture out, tourists looking for sex stayed Less than 10 meters away, women accosted in hotels. Street vendors and shops saw foreign men to offer sex for 2,000 baht sales tumble. The money which flows to all ($60). Others lined up with numbers so cus- levels in the city - including law enforce- tomers could take their pick. Masseuses in ment agencies - fell off. miniskirts offered “happy ending” massages The Happy Zone approach is a softer whose euphemistic title has nothing to do way to try to show that something is being with the Happy Zone of the authorities. done. If it works on Walking Street, the idea “Everyone is here to make a living,” said will be spread to the less sanitized side one 35-year-old woman who came origi- streets - the sois. Businesses in the Happy nally from a village in central Thailand. Zone are asked to make the area feel safer, Tagged with the number “136”, she there are increased security patrols, police declined to give her name. “I would rather launched a mobile phone app for visitors to be a waitress, but then I couldn’t send my summon them in emergency. “This is a pio- children to school and I want them to have neer project to organise a tourist destina- a better future than this,” she said. In fact, tion and elevate it to promote Thailand’s sex tourism is not growing as fast as other quality tourism,” Apichai Krobpetch, chief aspects of Thailand’s tourist industry - the of Pattaya city police, told Reuters. “We will only bright spot for an economy whose also stamp out prostitution in the area.” expansion has been by far the slowest There was no sign of that at the week- among major Southeast Asian economies end. In fact, Pattaya’s sex industry has HONG KONG: Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, center, waves after she declares her victory in the chief executive election of Hong since the 2014 coup. become an attraction in its own right for Kong while former Financial Secretary John Tsang, left, and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing stand with her. — AP No official figures show its scale. But the millions of Chinese who make up about there is an indication in the balance of male one in three visitors to Thailand. Led by to female visitors. In 2012, there were near- guides with pennants, the Chinese tour China’s favorite Lam wins HK ly 6 men for every 4 women. In 2015, the groups thread quickly along Walking numbers were pretty much even, accord- Street, past the go-go bars and the beer ing to figures provided to Reuters by the bars where young Thai women sit down tourism ministry. Sex tourism began in with foreign men. They only pause to take leadership, vows to heal rifts Pattaya when it became an R&R spot for pictures. “We just came here to see. That’s U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War, all,” laughed twentysomething saleswoman though prostitution is just as evident in Linda Sieng in a group of 11 tourists from Vote dismissed as a sham by democracy activists parts of Bangkok and other resorts. The Guaghzhou in southern China. — Reuters HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s new leader Carrie on safeguarding the city’s status and liberties. pro-democracy movement as a whole has splin- Lam pledged yesterday to mend political rifts Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office tered and lost momentum. Political party after winning a vote dismissed as a sham by welcomed Lam’s win in a statement which said Demosisto, led by high-profile activist Joshua Hollande seeks better ties with democracy activists who fear the loss of the she “was trusted by the central government”. Wong and young legislator Nathan Law, called city’s cherished freedoms. The former career civil yesterday’s result “a nightmare to Hongkongers”. Asia in the face of ‘isolationism’ servant was chosen as next chief executive of Frustrated activists They said they would plan large-scale civil dis- SINGAPORE: French President Francois and joint work on cyber-security. He was the semi-autonomous city by a mainly pro-China Lam is intensely disliked by the pro-democra- obedience to coincide with Lam’s inauguration Hollande called yesterday for efforts to speaking at the Asia-Pacific campus in committee. She was widely seen as Beijing’s cy camp after promoting the Beijing-backed on July 1, when China’s President Xi Jinping is intensify the relationship between Europe Singapore of France’s ESSEC business favorite candidate. political reform package that sparked the expected to visit for the 20th anniversary of the and Asia in the face of resurgent “isolation- school after meeting French students, Her main rival, ex-finance chief John Tsang protests of 2014. It would have allowed the pub- handover. Pro-China and democracy protesters ism”. He was speaking in Singapore, the first teachers and business leaders during a who was perceived as a more moderate pro- lic to vote for the city’s leader in 2017, but would faced off outside the voting venue, with some stage of the last international tour of his visit focused largely on economic issues. establishment figure, had a clear lead in opinion have insisted candidates were vetted first. activists later throwing toilet paper over the five-year term which will also take him to Hollande was to hold talks later Sunday polls but trailed in the result. It was the first lead- Despite huge numbers the rallies failed to walls of China’s liaison office. Malaysia and Indonesia. with his Singapore counterpart Tony Tan win concessions and the package was voted ership vote since mass “Umbrella Movement” ral- “I appeal for us to intensify our Keng Yam. Today, he will open a forum lies in 2014 calling for fully free elections failed down in the legislature by pro-democracy law- Uphill struggle exchanges, our trade, political and cultural grouping 170 French start-ups which to secure reforms. Pro-democracy activists said makers in 2015. Political reform has been Analysts said Lam’s definitive win showed pub- agreements,” he said. “This is all the more have a presence in Singapore and make none of the candidates truly represented Hong shelved ever since. Critics also see Lam as loyal lic opinion was not a major factor for Beijing. necessary because there is a resurgence of a speech on the regional and interna- Kong and rejected the vote outright. Hong to current unpopular chief executive Leung “Loyalty trumps everything else,” said Willy Lam, protectionism, isolationism and the ques- tional situation to the prestigious Kong was handed back to China by colonial ruler Chun-ying, viewed by opponents as a Beijing of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He said tioning of... international institutions,” he Singapore Conference. Britain in 1997 under a “one country, two sys- puppet. He will step down in July after five years the new government and Beijing would want to said in a clear allusion to the United States Tomorrow he travels to Malaysia, which tems” formula designed to protect its freedoms in charge. Lam, 59, who will be the city’s first steer clear of the “hot potato” of political reform under President Donald Trump. has a continuing relationship with France and way of life. But 20 years on, there are serious woman leader, was formerly his deputy. for fear of igniting further conflict. Lam has said Europe, Hollande said, must tell Asia in defense matters. Hollande’s tour ends concerns Beijing is undermining the agreement. She won comprehensively with 777 votes she wants to focus instead on social issues, that “we have much to do together, Wednesday in Indonesia, where he will Critics say Lam will deepen divisions but she against 365 for Tsang. The third and most liberal including housing. But she will face an uphill much to defend and much to promote”. make the first visit by a French head of insisted she wants to unify politically polarized candidate, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, struggle to unite a city in which young people in France and Asia, he insisted, share “the state since Francois Mitterrand in 1986. Hong Kong. “My priority will be to heal the received just 21 votes. Around three quarters of particular have lost faith in the political system same concept of independence and Barring any surprise developments the divide,” she said. Lam pledged to uphold Hong the 1,194 members of the election committee and their own prospects. With salaries too low to security”. Hollande cited the “very high French president has only one other major Kong’s autonomy and protect its core values, were from the pro-China camp. Tsang likened his meet the cost of property in an overpriced market level” of military cooperation between commitment abroad before his term ends including freedom of expression and an inde- defeat to waking up from a dream, but said fuelled by mainland money, getting ahead in life Paris and Singapore, such as the training in mid-May: the post-Brexit European sum- pendent judiciary. Asked how she would address there was no evidence Beijing had influenced is increasingly difficult. Concerns of Beijing’s inter- of Singaporean fighter pilots in France mit on April 29 in Brussels. — AFP concerns Beijing is tightening its grip, she said the result. Since the failure of the 2014 protests, ference have been heightened by the disappear- there was “no difference” between the Hong some activists have called for self-determination ance in 2015 of five Hong Kong booksellers, who Kong government and Chinese authorities’ views for Hong Kong or even independence. But the resurfaced in detention on the mainland. — AFP China’s Premier Li arrives in New Zealand for talks WELLINGTON: China’s premier port, the premier was greeted by expand its trading relationship. to that of the U.S., where has arrived in New Zealand for Chinese well-wishers wearing red New Zealand has also been push- President Donald Trump has high-level talks at a time that both shirts and holding banners and ing to expand free trade. Last pulled out of a planned Pacific countries are pushing to expand the flags of both China and New week English announced a goal to free-trade agreement and has free trade. Premier Li Keqiang Zealand. Unlike on some previous have free trade agreements cover expressed skepticism about other arrived at Wellington Airport yes- visits by Chinese leaders, there 90 percent of exports by 2030, up such agreements. China and terday, where he was greeted at weren’t any visible protesters. Li from just over 50 percent at the Australia represent New Zealand’s the military terminal by New plans to be in the country until moment. As part of that plan, largest export markets. China Zealand Prime Minister Bill Wednesday. As well as a bilateral New Zealand will spend tens of buys huge quantities of milk English. The premier stepped off meeting with English, the premier millions of dollars opening a new powder from New Zealand, which his plane, gave a quick wave is planning to visit a factory and a embassy in Ireland, a new high is used in high-end infant formu- toward media and then stepped view a photography exhibition. commission in Sri Lanka, and tar- la. China and New Zealand signed into a waiting car. His motorcade The premier traveled to New geting barriers it considers are a free-trade agreement in 2008. left for Premier House where he Zealand after visiting Australia, holding back trade. English said recently the agree- was attending a dinner. where he warned against protec- The approach from China and ment is working well but needs As the motorcade left the air- tionism and said China wanted to New Zealand stands in contrast some fine-tuning. — AP SINGAPORE: French President Francois Hollande (C) reviews a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Istana presidential palace. — AFP NEWS MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 Oil producers look into rollover... Iran to sanction 15 US Continued from Page 1 piles to decrease in the second quarter of this year. “The dynamics are positive here, I believe,” Novak adding that he hoped a decision would come by said, adding that inventories in the United States and firms for Israel links the end of April. The oil ministerial committee other industrialized countries had risen by less than “expressed its satisfaction with the progress made in the past. TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it will impose sanctions on 15 Corporation and Bushmaster Firearms International, as towards full conformity with the voluntary produc- Kuwait’s oil minister said the market may return to US companies for supporting Israel’s “terrorist actions” as well as Re/Max Real Estate, which Tehran accuses of “buy- tion adjustments and encouraged all participating balance by the third quarter of this year if producers part of reprisals for the increasing pressure being ing and selling homes in settlements located in the occu- countries to press on towards 100 percent conformi- comply fully with their production targets. But the announced by Washington lawmakers. The decision, which pied territories”. ty,” the statement said. minister also warned that crude oil stocks remained is largely symbolic since the firms do not do business with In another tit-for-tat move, Iran’s parliamentary foreign The December accord, aimed at supporting the oil high and price volatility was on the rise. “More has to Iran, come two days after the US announced new sanctions affairs committee said it would propose a new law labeling market, has lifted crude to more than $50 a barrel. be done. We need to see conformity across the board. against groups and individuals that it accuses of collabo- the US army and CIA as terrorist groups. The announce- But the price gain has encouraged US shale oil pro- We assured ourselves and the world that we would rating with Iran’s weapons program. ment was a response to a new bill put forward by US law- The sanctions target firms that provide arms and makers that would see Iran’s Revolutionary Guards listed as reach our adjustment to 100 percent conformity,” ducers, which are not part of the pact, to boost out- equipment to Israel “for use against the Palestinians”, IRNA a terrorist organization. “The American army is present in put. The committee said it took note that certain fac- Marzouq said. said. “All transactions with these firms are forbidden, their numerous regional crises such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria tors, such as low seasonal demand, refinery mainte- Marzouq, who heads the joint committee, told a assets will be seized and their officials will not be able to and Yemen and provides vast support to terrorist groups,” nance and rising non-OPEC supply had led to an press conference that OPEC compliance had reached obtain a visa,” it added. The list included defense firms said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, president of the committee, increase in crude oil stocks. It also observed the liqui- 106 percent, while non-OPEC compliance rates such as United Technologies, Military Armament according to a state television report. — AFP dation of positions by financial players. remained around 65 percent. The meeting was “However, the end of the refinery maintenance attended by the oil ministers of Oman, Iraq, UAE, season and noticeable slowdown in US stock build as Venezuela and Russia. Bloomberg News reported that Sudan, Saudis to hold well as the reduction in floating storage will support Venezuela, Oman and Iraq voiced support in Kuwait the positive efforts undertaken to achieve stability in for a rollover of the cuts beyond June. the market,” it said. It asked the OPEC Secretariat to After the output cuts went into effect in January, first joint air force drill review oil market conditions and come back with rec- oil prices rose to above $55 a barrel before shedding KHARTOUM: Sudan said yesterday it will begin this week tion, a senior Sudanese air force officer told reporters. ommendations in April regarding an extension of the some of the gains due to fears from high inventory a joint air force drill with Saudi Arabia, the first such “The plan to hold these exercises was proposed by our agreement. “This reaffirms the commitment of OPEC levels. But OPEC Secretary General Mohammad maneuvers since Khartoum allied with Riyadh after break- brothers in Saudi Arabia,” said Salaheddin Abdul Khalid, act- and participating non-OPEC countries to continue to Sanusi Barkindo said he expected most of the glut to ing ties with Tehran in 2015. The exercises will be held ing chief of staff of Sudanese air force. “We have been plan- cooperate,” the statement said. disappear in three months. “We still believe that the from March 29 until April 12 in Meroe, north of Khartoum, ning this exercise for nearly a year.” Sudan will participate in Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said it full and timely implementation of the decisions taken and will involve hundreds of air force personnel from the maneuvers with more than two dozen fighter planes was too early to say whether there would be an last year will see destocking accelerate by the end of both countries. including MiG-29s and Sukhoi jets, he said. Saudi Arabia will extension, although the agreement was working well the first half of 2017,” Barkindo said in his speech. For years, the Islamist regime in Khartoum maintained have F-15s and Eurofighter Typhoons taking part. A group and all countries were committed to 100 percent OPEC and non-OPEC producers who signed up to the close relations with Iran, but as sectarian divisions in the of Saudi fighter pilots will also stage an air show in compliance. Olivier Jakob, of oil consultancy cuts are scheduled to hold a crucial meeting in late region were sharpened by the conflict in Syria, Khartoum Khartoum between April 10 and 12. Petromatrix, said that with the revision of the minis- May to consider whether to extend the reductions. allied with Riyadh. In 2015 it announced it would take part Ties between Khartoum and Riyadh have strengthened in a Saudi-led military intervention in nearby Yemen against after Sudan joined the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen terial committee’s statement, it was becoming more Meanwhile, two oilfields run jointly by Saudi Iran-backed rebels. The air drills are aimed at improving the that is fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. “Saudi Arabia difficult to know who was responsible for what in Arabia and Kuwait will resume operations within two operational capacities of the two air forces, improving tech- is now familiar with our skills and I am myself fighting in OPEC. “That is not the best option to provide clarity months after a years-long shutdown spurred by a row niques related to air operations and promoting coopera- Yemen,” said Abdul Khalid. — AFP to the oil markets,” Jakob said. Ellen Wald, a consult- between the producers, Marzouq said yesterday. “We ant on the global energy industry, said: “I think the will resume operations soon,” he told the press con- market will react negatively to the lack of a clear ference. “We hope to resume within a couple of Nod to reducing detention period direction on a rollover for the deal.” months.” Marzouq said it would take longer for pro- Before the meeting, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al- duction at the two fields, located in a neutral zone Continued from Page 1 The amendment was passed in the previous Assembly Luaibi told reporters there were some encouraging between the two neighbors and shared equally, to to deprive those convicted of blasphemy or insulting elements that suggested the oil market was improv- resume because of technical issues. The legal and legislative panel had approved the HH the Amir from the right to contest Assembly elec- ing, and that if all OPEC members agreed measures to Marzouq, who said he had been in contact with his draft law and sent it to the foreign relations panel, tions. Opposition candidates made scrapping this law help price stability, Iraq would support such steps. Saudi counterpart Khaled Al-Faleh, said technical which is the concerned committee. one of their priority issues. They have submitted key “Any decisions taken unanimously by members of teams would oversee the issues that initially led to The government told the panel’s MPs that under the amendments to the law. OPEC ... Iraq will be part of the decision and will not the shutdown more than two years ago. The offshore law, all foreign aid must be prescribed in the state The criminal court yesterday issued a fresh three- be deviating from this,” Luaibi said. Iraq’s oil produc- field at Khafji pumped 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) budget, which is approved by the Assembly. It added year term against former MP Abdulhameed Dashti for tion is running at 4.312 million bpd this month, before production halted in Oct 2014. The onshore that the government is not permitted to provide any insulting Saudi Arabia, raising to 46 years the jail terms Luaibi said, adding that his country had cut its oil field at Wafra, which produced 200,000 bpd, shut additional aid without the prior approval of the passed against Dashti for insulting Saudi Arabia, exports by 187,000 bpd so far and would reach down a few months later. Saudi Arabia cited environ- Assembly through a law. As a result, the foreign rela- Bahrain and HH the Amir. Dashti has been living outside 210,000 bpd in a few days. mental concerns for the shutdown, but industry tions committee said the proposed law is not required the country for over a year. He acknowledged the new Compliance with the supply-cut deal was 94 per- sources cited a dispute between the two countries. and rejected it. sentence on his Twitter account and strongly criticized cent in February among OPEC and non-OPEC oil pro- Kuwaiti authorities were unhappy about not being Meanwhile, the Assembly’s interior and defense the democratic system in Kuwait. Most of the sentences ducers combined, Russia’s Novak said. Russia is com- consulted about Riyadh’s 2009 decision to renew committee requested the Assembly for a fresh two- had not been heard in the appeals court because Dashti mitted to cuts of 300,000 bpd by the end of April, Saudi Arabian Chevron’s operating license for 30 week period to complete an amendment to the election is outside Kuwait and his appeals can be tackled only Novak said. Novak said he expects global oil stock- years, industry sources said at the time. — Agencies law that bars convicts from running for Assembly seats. when he returns. 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Washington Watch Elevating Palestinians
By Dr James J Zogby
t was 40 years ago that I co-founded the Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC) and wrote I“Palestinians, the Invisible Victims”. I was concerned that in the American mind the Israeli-Palestinian con- flict had been reduced to a simple equation: Israeli humanity versus the Palestinian problem. When most Americans thought of the conflict they were able imag- ine Israelis as people just like us. They were parents who loved their families. They wanted what we wanted - peace, prosperity, and a chance to watch their children grow and realize their dreams. They had names and faces. They experienced pain and loss. They were real. Palestinians, on the other hand, were, at best, pre- sented as an abstraction. They were objectified into a faceless mass, without names or personalities. When spoken of at all, they were refugees or terrorists or, after a conflict, mere numbers in a body count. We did not know them as individual people and what we did know was cast in negative stereotypes. The only emotions we ascribed to them were that they were angry and violent and not to be trusted. They were not people to be sup- How Republicans can hobble Obamacare ported, but a problem to be solved. It was through this lens that most Americans, both epublicans may have failed to overthrow Obamacare undermine the ACA or reshape it administratively,” Larry each service they provide. So the more advanced imaging policy makers and the public, at large, viewed the con- this week, but there are plenty of ways they can chip Levitt, senior vice president at Kaiser Family Foundation, tests a doctor orders or pricey procedures they perform, the flict. When given the choice between a people or a Raway at it. The Trump administration has already wrote on Twitter. “The ACA marketplaces weren’t collapsing, more money he or she makes, regardless of whether the problem, is was an easy call to support the Israeli peo- begun using its regulatory authority to water down less but they could be made to collapse through administrative patient’s health improves. “We have a completely broken ple. This framing of the issue was not by accident. prominent aspects of the 2010 healthcare law. Earlier this actions,” he added. economy in healthcare,” said Blair Childs, senior vice presi- Rather it was the result of a systematic campaign to week, newly confirmed Health and Human Services dent at hospital purchasing group Premier Inc. “Literally, all dehumanize the one side while humanizing the other. Secretary Tom Price stalled the rollout of mandatory New Payment Plans at Risk of the incentives in fee-for-service are for higher cost.” It was best captured by the 1960’s propaganda film Medicare payment reform programs for heart attack treat- The United States spends $3 trillion a year on healthcare - Alternative payment models are designed to remove incen- “The Exodus” which transposed the then popular ment, bypass surgery and joint replacements finalized by more by far than 10 other wealthy countries - yet has the tives that reward overtreatment of patients. Private insurers American narrative of pioneers confronting the Indians the Obama administration in December. lowest life expectancy and the highest infant mortality rate, are on board, with Aetna Inc, Anthem Inc, UnitedHealth onto the story of “courageous Israelis” fighting the sav- The delays offer a glimpse at how President Donald according to a 2013 Commonwealth Fund report. Health Group and most Blue Cross insurers announcing plans to age “Arab natives”. Trump can use his administrative power to undercut aspects costs have soared thanks in part to the traditional way doc- shift half of their reimbursement to alternative payment During the following decades, this framing of the of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the insurance tors and hospitals get paid, namely by receiving a fee for models to control costs. — Reuters conflict continued. In 1981, I reported on TV news cov- exchanges and Medicaid expansion that Republicans had erage of a cross border confrontation between Israel sought to overturn. The Republicans’ failure to repeal and the PLO in Lebanon. On the first day, two Israelis Obamacare, at least for now, means it remains federal law. were killed. TV cameras were there interviewing weep- Price’s power resides in how to interpret that law, and which Approval of Keystone ing family members, telling their story of fear and pain. programs to emphasize and fund. Hospitals and physician The next day Israeli jets bombed the Fakhani neighbor- groups have been counting on support from Medicare - the hood in West Beirut killing over 383 Lebanese and federal insurance program for the elderly and disabled - to headache for Trudeau Palestinian civilians. That night, the TV cameras were continue driving payment reform policies built into again in Northern Israel with more follow up interviews. Obamacare that reward doctors and hospitals for providing rime Minister Justin Trudeau the Trudeau government,” Matthew fledgling progressive government in There was no coverage from Lebanon, just reports of an high quality care at a lower cost. was quick to welcome Hoffmann, co-director of the Munk Alberta led by Rachel Notley. Her Arab body count. When the TV coverage did occur a The Obama Administration had committed to shifting PWashington’s approval Friday School’s Environmental Governance New Democrats swept to power for day later, the reporter stood at the end of a bombed half of all Medicare payments to these alternative payment of a major new pipeline from Lab in Toronto told AFP. “I think they the first time ever in 2015 after four out street showing massive destruction. No one was models by 2018. Although he has voiced general support for Canada into the United States, but would have been happy to let decades of conservative rule. interviewed, no personal stories were told. In Israel the innovative payment programs, Price has been a loud critic of observers say it creates political Keystone die because of the US and story was the people, in Lebanon it was the buildings mandatory federal programs that dictate how doctors headaches for his administration. not have to pay the political costs Oil Sector is Gushing and a body count. should deliver healthcare. Providers such as Dr Richard Trudeau has sought to strike a bal- for its approval.” Trudeau’s centrist The Canadian oil and gas sector is In 1994 when Baruch Goldstein, a young American- Gilfillan, chief executive of Trinity Healthcare, a $15.9 billion ance between two competing poli- Liberal government remains high in naturally pleased about the decision. Israeli terrorist massacred 29 Muslim worshipers in a Catholic health system, say they will press on with these cies - supporting Canada’s oil and the polls, but critics have highlight- Alberta’s oil has long been discount- Hebron mosque, the Washington Post did a major fea- alternative payment plans with or without the government’s gas sector, which is the sixth largest ed his conflicting climate and eco- ed $5-$10 below market values ture piece trying to understand what happened to turn blessing. But they have been actively lobbying Trump offi- in the world, and slashing global- nomic policies to try to pry open because there had been no way to the young man to violence. The faces, names, and ages cials for support, according to interviews with more than a warming greenhouse gases. cracks in his armor. get it to tidewater, leaving the United of the Palestinian victims never made it into print. dozen hospital executives, physicians and policy experts. In approving the Keystone XL On the one hand he has spoken States as its sole buyer. Keystone is Goldstein was the story; his victims were invisible. A Without the backing of Medicare, the biggest payer in pipeline - which would move oil enthusiastically about the need to expected to carry 830,000 barrels of few years later a 3-month Israeli baby was murdered by the US healthcare system which Price now oversees, the nas- from landlocked Alberta, Canada to stem global warming, but he also oil per day, allowing Canada to sig- a Palestinian sniper. The story was front page news for cent payment reform movement could lose momentum, US Gulf Coast refineries - US recently approved two new domes- nificantly boost energy exports and three days with pictures and interviews with the weep- sidelining a transformation many experts believe is vital to President Donald Trump reversed tic pipelines. It’s an awkward posi- demand a better price. This would ing parents. When, just days later, a 3-day old reining in runaway US healthcare spending. Price “can’t his predecessor Barack Obama’s tion that Trudeau has “desperately bring higher oil royalties and tax rev- Palestinian baby was murdered by an Israeli sniper - no change the legislation, but of course he’s supposed to decision to block it two years ago. clung to,” said energy specialist enues at a crucial time when Ottawa major paper picked up the story. It was only reported implement it. He could impact it,” said John Rother, chief The project had first been proposed Pierre-Olivier Pineau of HEC school is struggling with a large deficit, said on the seventh line of a short AP story. No name was executive of the National Coalition on Health Care, a broad in 2008. In doing so, Trump has in Montreal. The approval of the Jean Thomas Bernard, an economics given and the parents were not interviewed. It was as if alliance of healthcare stakeholders that has been lobbying reignited a nearly decade-long feud Keystone pipeline, the first and most professor at the University of their child and their pain did not matter. the new administration for support of value-based care. between environmental activists favored of projects touted by the Ottawa. The oil sector had been The move Friday to pull the Republican bill only rein- and the energy industry, leaving industry, will however help to shore Canada’s top economic driver for Invisibility forces the risk to the existing law, which Trump said on Trudeau squeezed in the middle. up his support on the center-right. years but was hit hard by the oil Palestinian invisibility and/or objectification contin- Friday “will soon explode”. “It seems that the Trump “I think Trump’s decision hurts And it will help a political ally - a slump and 2016 wildfires. — AFP ues to define the conflict today. Even the most progres- Administration now faces a choice whether to actively sive voices in Congress don’t speak about Palestinians. Instead they advocate for a “two state solution” to pre- serve Israel as a Jewish democratic state. A liberal pro- Israel group periodically puts full page ads in the New Will Jackson stay on the $20 bill? York Times and the Washington Post calling for two states, making the obscene argument of the demo- graphic threat to the Israel’s Jewishness posed by the S President Donald Trump’s enthusi- in the White House, a development that the $20 bill by 2020,” Women on 20s in the southeastern United States to areas Palestinian birthrate. asm for his 19th century predeces- worries Tubman supporters. Founder Barbara Ortiz told AFP. Trump west of the Mississippi River, resulting in Unfortunately, oftentimes progressives unconsciously Usor Andrew Jackson is stoking fears “seems to be using every opportunity to thousands of deaths from starvation, expo- contribute to this by failing to elevate Palestinian he may cancel plans to replace that contro- Displayed in the Oval Office extol the virtues of Jackson,” she said, sure and disease. humanity. Their efforts focus on condemning Israeli poli- versial president on the $20 bill with aboli- “We are keeping a very close eye as to recalling was Jackson’s a slave owner and As a military officer, Jackson also led an cies (which, no doubt, deserve condemnation), calling tionist Harriet Tubman. The Treasury any further signal and any delay or change his role in the “Trail of Tears”. Jackson over- invasion of Spanish Florida to destroy the for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against the Department announced a year ago that by in the progress towards having design and saw the start of forcible expulsions of “Negro Fort,” where former slaves had set- State of Israel. While I support BDS, I fear that at times the 2020 it would remove slave-owner production ready for Harriet Tubman on Native Americans from their ancestral lands tled. Five days after his inauguration, case for BDS is made without telling the personal stories Jackson’s likeness in favor of an image of Trump displayed Jackson’s portrait promi- of Palestinian victims of occupation. Instead of elevating Tubman, an African-American who escaped nently in the Oval Office, drawing inspira- Palestinians, punishing Israel becomes the goal. from slavery and helped others to freedom tion from the former army commander, NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the on the Underground Railroad. who was famed for his success in battle Arab American Institute Tubman, who also fought for women to against the British and seen as a “man of be granted the right to vote, would be the the people”; Trump’s advisor Stephen first African-American as well as the first Bannon also praised Trump’s inaugural woman to appear on a US banknote. With address as “very Jacksonian”. All articles appearing on these pages nine billion in circulation, the $20 bill is Last week, Trump laid a wreath by among the most widely used denomina- Jackson’s tomb at his former Tennessee are the personal opinion of the writers. tion along with $1 bills, which number 11.7 plantation, marking the 250th anniversary Kuwait Times takes no responsibility billion. During the administration of presi- of his birth. Trump praised the “very great” dent Barack Obama, the Treasury conduct- Jackson for taking on “an arrogant elite”. for views expressed therein. Kuwait ed a survey on who should be the first “Does that sound familiar to you?” Trump Times invites readers to voice their woman to appear on the currency, and asked. When Tubman’s selection was selected Tubman. announced during his campaign, Trump opinions. Please send submissions via Another survey by “Women on 20s,” a panned the choice as “purely politically email to: [email protected] or group calling for a woman to appear on the correct”, and said Tubman’s picture would $20 banknote, collected more than a half- be better placed on the $2 bill, which is via snail mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, million responses in an online poll in which hardly used. The Treasury Department Kuwait. The editor reserves the right to Tubman was first out of four finalists, declined to comment. including civil rights icon Rosa Parks and Before his departure, former Treasury edit any submission as necessary. stateswoman and first lady Eleanor US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew looks at a rendering of Harriet Tubman during a secretary Jack Lew considered unveiling Roosevelt. But since Trump’s election, visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington in this April 21, 2016 the new bill’s design publicly to help make Andrew Jackson’s stock has risen strikingly photo. — AFP the change irreversible. — AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 SPORTS
CAF secretary-general Mesut Ozil fit to face O’Neill unsure of Hicham El Amrani quits Azerbaijan for Germany Coleman recovery BAKU: Arsenal’s attacking midfielder Mesut Ozil is fit to LONDON: Ireland football coach Martin O’Neill says doc- JOHANNESBURG: African Football Confederation (CAF) face Azerbaijan for record-breaking Germany in World Cup tors cannot give a fixed time for when Seamus secretary-general Hicham El Amrani resigned yester- qualifier in Baku, the German Football Association (DFB) Coleman will return to action after he suffered a day without giving an explanation. The 37-year-old has confirmed. Gunners’ star Ozil had been an injury doubt horrific double fracture of his right leg in their Moroccan revealed his decision in a letter to for the away qualifier after the 28-year-old missed Friday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier with Wales on Friday. African national football associations. His move is training session after complaining of back trouble. But The 28-year-old fullback and Ireland skipper probably linked to the defeat of long-serving Germany’s assistant coach Marcus Sorg confirmed Ozil, suffered the injury in a horror tackle by Neil Cameroonian Issa Hayatou by Malagasy outsider along with the rest of the squad, is fit for Russia 2018 quali- Taylor, who was sent off. O’Neill, whose side’s Ahmad Ahmad in the CAF presidential election fier, which kicks off at 2000 local time (1600 GMT). “At the 0-0 draw maintained their unbeaten record in this month. El Amrani was a Hayatou loyalist, final training session in Baku, all 21 players were there, the qualifiers sitting second in the table constantly defending his boss, who ruled African ready to play and Mesut Ozil could train without discom- behind Serbia, told the BBC his recovery would football for 29 years, against public and media fort,” Sorg told dfb.de Germany are five points clear of depend on several factors. “I’m not sure, I criticism. He became secretary-general, initially on Azerbaijan at the top of Group C. In Wednesday’s 1-0 would only be guessing. Even the doctors and an interim basis, in 2010 when Egyptian Mustapha friendly victory over England in Dortmund, Germany set a surgeons wouldn’t be terribly sure,” said O’Neill of Fahmy moved to global football body FIFA. new national record by conceding no goals in winning all the timeline for his recovery to full fitness. Ahmad, who will serve a four-year term, is of their last seven matches. Azerbaijan, who are third in the “Sometimes there are complications after- scheduled to meet CAF staff today at the group, were crushed 4-0 by Northern Ireland in their last wards and injuries can be more pro- Cairo headquarters of the 60-year-old qualifier, but Sorg says the world champions can expect a longed, other times it can be clean organisation.— AFP tough away match. —AFP and clear sailing.—AFP
EQUESTRIAN Noura Al-Quoud wins Amir’s Horse Jumping Cup
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s horse rider Noura Al- Fuzai and Abdallah Al-Awadhi won first Quoud won the grand prize of HH the Amir place, followed by Latifa Al-Hajiri, Horse Jumping tournament at its conclu- Ghaneema Al-Marzouq and Luloua Al-Essa sion Saturday, which was held at the in second place, while Enaz Al-Enaz, Dafny Hunting and Equestrian Club. The tourna- Helaitus and Jameela Al-Mutawaa won ment included 14 rounds of various heights third place. and age groups. Ali Al-Kharafi won the minor prize of the Al-Quoud was able to win the round of 130 cm height, while Bavel Kronko from the 140 cm height in the deeding stage Belarus won second place and Rakan Al- which had eight top finishers in the qualify- Hasawi was third. ing stages. Abdelrahman Al-Fuzai was sec- Ahmad al-Enaz ended in first place of the ond and Rakan Al-Hasawi third. middle round of the 115 cm height, Ali Al- Capital governor Thabet Al-Muhanna Kharafi was second and Latifa Al-Hajiri third. said those involved with the tournament Shamlan Al-Shamlan took first place of are very proud with HH the Amir’s patron- the 105 cm height, Fahad Al-Masoud sec- age of the tournament which returned after ond and Dawood al-Obaidan third. 20 years of absence, which is an achieve- Zaina Al-Nafeesi won the under 14 cate- ment for the HEC board of directors. gory, Abdelrahman Al-Awadhi second, and Al-Muhanna said HH the Amir’s patron- third place went to Suhaib Al-Mutawa. age of the Equestrian sport is the most The closing ceremony was attended by important reason for its development and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting prosperity, as evident by the levels shown State Minister for Youth Affairs Khalid Al- by the winning riders. Roudhan, Deputy Director General of Public Teams competition at the height of 115 Authority for Sports Dr Humoud Fulaiteh, cm saw Ahmad Al-Enaz, Abdelrahman Al- and Chairman of HEC Masoud Hayat.
CYCLING Nissan powers Abu Dhabi Desert Valverde seals Challenge for 14th consecutive year DUBAI: Nissan Middle East is once again shift- in T2 category, the UAE-based Lebanese driver ing into high gear as the Abu Dhabi Desert Emil Khneisser, are receiving a full support Catalonia win Challenge, powered by Nissan, fast approach- package from Nissan, naturally based around es. This is the 14th consecutive year in which the “hero of all terrains” Nissan Patrol. Nissan will be the principal sponsor of this While Adel is the current FIA T2 world cham- BARCELONA: Alejandro Valverde complet- over Contador to 1min 03sec with Soler iconic event, formerly known as the UAE Desert pion, Emil is the reigning Emirates Desert ed his second Tour of Catalonia win yester- 1min 16sec back. The scale of Valverde’s Challenge, which this year runs from April 1 to Championship T2 champion. day with his third stage win of the seven- win is even more impressive given every 6 and will form the third round of this year’s FIA Samir Cherfan said: “Both of these drivers day race to top an all Spanish podium from Movistar rider was handed a one minute World Cup for Cross Country Rallies. are exceptionally talented but also tenacious Alberto Contador and Movistar teammate penalty for infringements by Jose Joaquin Taking place under the patronage of HH and filled with that unshakeable determination Albert Soler. Rojas in Tuesday’s team time trial. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the to succeed which is a defining characteristic of Valverde, 36, added to his victories on Movistar had won the time trial until Ruler’s Representative in Al Dafrah Region, the competitors from our region. We feel that, as stage three and five on the 138.7km stage they were penalised for Rojas giving his Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is also the open- well as being able to do justice to the immense around Barcelona with an eight-lap circuit teammates a push. ing round of the FIM Cross Country Rallies off-road capabilities of the Nissan Patrol to finish in 3hr 08min 50sec. Colombian “Inside the team we knew it was an World Championship for bikes and quads. through their driving skills, they are fitting Jarlinson Pantano was second ahead of injustice,” said Valverde. “They deprived us Samir Cherfan, Nissan Middle East manag- ambassadors for both Nissan Middle East and Frenchman Arthur Vichot in third. of our great time trial. I wanted to win ing director said: “Over the years Nissan has the region’s motorsports scene in general. We carmaker’s sponsorship extends to naming a Valverde extended his winning margin (before) but I wanted to win even more become synonymous with the Desert look forward to their continued success.” Special Stage. The most challenging single ele- after what happened.” Victory continues a Challenge and our relationship with the Nissan’s sponsorship of the Desert ment of the race will be the Nissan Special stellar start to the season for Valverde after Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE Challenge means getting involved well before Stage 2, taking place on April 3. At 289.39kms it also beating Contador by a second to the (ATCUAE) the event organizer, has allowed a the event itself gets underway. A fleet of Nissan is the longest of the five individual Special Tour of Andalusia and winning the one day deep and mutual level of trust, respect and Patrols is supplied to the ATCUAE in order for Stages and will take place among massive Tour of Murcia for a fifth time in February. understanding to develop between us. This in officials to map out the course of the special dunes in the beautiful desert of the UAE’s west- “I started well, but every day that went turn has helped grow the reputation of the stages in the months leading up to the race. ern region of Al Dafrah. by I felt better,” he said. “Even today in a event to the extent that it’s now recognized The fleet will be also utilized during the event Coming off the back of Nissan’s headline demanding short stage with a very tough around the world as one of the toughest and itself when the Patrols are indispensable for sponsorship of the Dubai International Baja finale I felt even better than in the previous yet most enjoyable challenges on the Cross ferrying race officials, marshals, dignitaries and held earlier this month, the carmaker’s support days.” It is the third time Contador has fin- Country Rallying calendar.” media representatives to control and vantage for the Desert Challenge reflects its unwaver- ished second in four races this season as “Nissan has become an invaluable partner points on the special stages. ing commitment to motorsport in the region the two-time Tour de France winner was in our work to promote and develop the Desert In addition to providing the fleet of Patrols and one that is unrivalled in the Middle East also runner-up in Paris-Nice earlier this Challenge, and I’m pleased to extend this rela- and naming the event “Powered by Nissan”the off-road scene. month. “We weren’t able to win, Alejandro tionship so that we can increase the event’s was very strong on all terrains and we have exposure in the future,” said Mohammed Ben to congratulate him,” said Contador, who is Sulayem, President of the ATCUAE, the rally in his first season with Trek-Segafredo. organizers, and President of Emirates Motor “But I am happy with my performances Sports Federation. at the start of the season.” Three-time Tour “Nissan Middle East shares our enthusiasm de France winner Chris Froome ended for the Desert Challenge, as well as our com- down in 30th overall, over 28 minutes mitment to its long-term success, and I’m confi- behind Valverde. dent this partnership will guarantee that the The vast majority of the damage to the event continues to set the standard in the FIA Briton competing in his first European race World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.” of the season was done on Saturday when Nissan’s whole-hearted commitment to he was left behind as the peloton split early motorsport in the region also extends to its on and lost over 26 minutes. backing of individual Middle East-based com- Froome attempted to make amends petitors through factory-level sponsorship. It BARCELONA: Movistar’s Spanish rider with an unexpected attack on the final lap was this support which helped Qatari driver Alejandro Valverde celebrates on the around the Catalan capital. Adel Abdulla to become the current world podium after winning the 97th Volta But he was quickly reeled in by the lead- champion in the FIA T2 off-road category at the Catalunya 2017 a 138,7km from ers with five kilometres to go and ended up wheel of a Nissan Patrol. Barcelona to Barcelona, in Barcelona losing another 1min 04secs on the stage in This year, both Adel and fellow competitor yesterday.—AFP finishing 48th.— AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 SPORTS
Frustrated Mercedes lose grip as ‘stressful’ season looms
MELBOURNE: Mercedes’ three-year domi- circuit. Hamilton’s frustrations were shared running. Three-times champion Hamilton was fantastic. “My real strength wasn’t until the Austrian. “It’s going to be very close, nation of Formula One looked on shaky in the team garage where Mercedes had declared Ferrari the “quickest” after right at the end of the race but it was far there’s no big margins between the teams ground yesterday as the Silver Arrows’ con- motorsport head Toto Wolff pounded his winter testing and his forecast of a title too late by then.” and also between our two team mates. It’s fidence was rocked by Ferrari pace and a fist on a desk in rage after Vettel snuck in fight with the Italian glamour team Wolff was also convinced Ferrari had going to be a more stressful season than in Sebastian Vettel victory in the season- front of the Briton when re-joining the race appeared right on the mark. the quicker car and saw testing times the past but personality-building.” opening Australian Grand Prix. from a pit-stop. “I don’t lie. And I’m not really good at ahead for a team that has largely raced Valtteri Bottas, who took champion Bookmakers had pole-sitter Lewis The German then burned away for a bluffing or playing poker,” he said. itself for three years. Nico Rosberg’s vacant seat following Hamilton as a heavy favourite to win at dominant win that has raised hopes of a “I didn’t know how quick they were “Some you win, some you lose and the German’s shock retirement last sea- Albert Park but the Briton finished runner- genuine challenge to the Mercedes team going to be in the race. The pace they today the Ferrari was the quicker car. And it son, was third on his Mercedes debut up, nearly 10 seconds behind Vettel after that has swept the drivers’ and construc- showed in testing was true and today their put us under pressure straight from the but the focused Finn was hardly jump- complaining of poor grip on the lakeside tors’ championships for the last three years speed in that first stint on ultra soft tyres beginning, and that’s how we lost it,” said ing for joy.—Reuters
NHL Ovechkin, Winnik lead Capitals over Coyotes
WASHINGTON: Alex Ovechkin recorded his rivals by improving to 18-2-1 against Toronto in 30th goal of the season and Daniel Winnik their last 21 games at Buffalo. Auston Matthews scored two goals, including the game-winner scored his 34th to tie Toronto’s single-season late in the third period, as the Washington rookie record set by Wendel Clark in 1985-86. Capitals overcame listless stretches to beat the Connor Brown also scored for Toronto. lowly Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday night. Ovechkin became the third player in league his- BLUE JACKETS 1, FLYERS 0 tory to score 30-plus goals in each of his first 12 Sergei Bobrovsky made 36 saves in his sev- seasons, joining Mike Gartner (15) and Wayne enth shutout of the season, helping the Gretzky (13). Winnik scored with 4:39 remaining, Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Philadelphia Justin Williams added another goal not long Flyers. Bobrovsky was terrific in his NHL-leading after and Winnik sealed the Capitals’ fourth con- 40th win, and Alexander Wennberg tipped in secutive victory with an empty-netter. Braden the game’s only goal in the second period. The Holtby made 28 saves for Washington, which gritty victory in front of a sellout crowd broke a has won five of six to reach an NHL-leading 106 two-game losing streak for the playoff-bound points and keep pace atop the competitive Blue Jackets. The Flyers (34-32-8), trying to mus- Metropolitan Division. The Capitals are three cle their way back into the wild-card race, creat- points up on the Columbus Blue Jackets and ed more opportunities and outshot Columbus Pittsburgh Penguins. Mike Smith stopped 29 of 36-21. Michal Neuvirth made 20 stops. the 32 shots he faced and Peter Holland scored the lone goal for Arizona. HURRICANES 3, DEVILS 1 Jeff Skinner scored the go-ahead goal on a OILERS 4, AVALANCHE 1 breakaway with 10:26 left and the surging Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Drake Caggiula Carolina Hurricanes stretched their point streak each had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton to 10 games with a victory that eliminated the MELBOURNE: Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel (C) celebrates on the podium with Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton (L) and Oilers moved into a three-way tie atop the New Jersey Devils from playoff contention for Mercedes’ Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas (R) after winning the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP Pacific Division with a victory over the Colorado the fifth straight year. Sebastian Aho scored Avalanche. Benoit Pouliot and Leon Draisaitl also twice and Eddie Lack made 26 saves for the MOTOR RACING scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their Hurricanes, who are 7-0 3 in their last 10. They last seven games and are now tied with San Jose remained five points out of a playoff spot with and Anaheim at 91 points. Sven Andrighetto nine games to go in the regular season. Travis scored for the Avalanche, who have dropped Zajac scored for the Devils, who have not made Vettel breaks Ferrari’s F1 five games in a row. Edmonton took a 1-0 lead the postseason since going to the Stanley Cup on its first shot 1:54 into the opening period final in the 2011-12 season. Cory Schneider when Pouliot tipped Matt Benning’s point shot stopped 25 shots for New Jersey, which is 2-12- past goalie Calvin Pickard. 2 in its last 16 games. drought with win at Aussie GP
BRUINS 2, ISLANDERS 1 FLAMES 3, BLUES 2, OT MELBOURNE: Sebastian Vettel jumped onto the tice sessions on Friday. “It’s good to start with a podium this season and Riley Nash scored twice and backup goalie Sean Monahan scored with 3 seconds left in podium at the Australian Grand Prix and held up “I want to thank Sauber and Scuderia Ferrari with a new team. Every position is important for Anton Khudobin made 18 saves as the Boston overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames past the St. his right index finger, celebrating the end of for this opportunity,” Giovinazzi said. “It was an the championship itself.” Bruins beat the New York Islanders, snapping a Louis Blues. Troy Brouwer and Matt Bartkowski Ferrari’s Formula One drought and a break in the amazing race weekend for me.” Ferrari leads the Hamilton set the lap record with his qualify- four-game losing streak. Nash broke a 1-1 tie also scored for the Flames, who improved to 13- Mercedes dominance. constructors’ standings by four points from ing run to take pole on Saturday, and there were with his second goal of the contest at 4:12 of 4 in overtime this season. Brian Elliott made 29 It was back to No. 1 for Ferrari, at least after Mercedes, with Formula One moving to expectations that the cars would go faster the third period, beating Islanders goalie saves. Ivan Barbashev and Jaden Schwartz one race to open the season. Ferrari hadn’t won Shanghai next month for the Chinese Grand Prix. Sunday. But Michael Schumacher’s racing lap Thomas Greiss from the slot for his seventh goal scored for the Blues, and Jake Allen made 28 an F1 GP since Vettel’s victory in Singapore in “Overall, I think not a disaster, first race week- record from 2004 stood up, with Hamilton pre- of the season. Dominic Moore assisted on the saves. Monahan’s winning goal deflected off September 2015, and so his unrestrained joy end with the team,” said Bottas, who joined dicting the 2017 cars would go faster as the year decisive goal, which lifted Boston two points Blues forward Kyle Brodziak. It was his third goal yesterday signaled renewed confidence from Mercedes for 2017 as a replacement for Rosberg. progressed. —AP ahead of the Islanders for the second wild card in his past four games. him. “For now, we’re just over the moon,” four- in the Eastern Conference. John Tavares scored time world champion Vettel said after holding for New York and Greiss finished with 16 saves. CANUCKS 4, WILD 2 off Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Tavares had a golden chance to tie the score Reid Boucher scored twice in Vancouver’s Valtteri Bottas. “It’s been a great day for us. The Ricciardo plagued by with just over six minutes left in the third peri- four-goal second period and the Canucks team has been working so hard at the track as od, but rang the puck off the crossbar with the defeated the slumping Minnesota Wild. Brock much as back at the factory. It’s a great feeling.” Islanders on their sixth power play of the game. Boeser and Jack Skille also scored for Vancouver, “Grazie mille,” he added, a nod to the Italian reliability problems while Richard Bachman stopped 25 shots in just manufacturer, “you can’t say much more.” With CANADIENS 3, SENATORS 1 his third start of the season. Ryan Suter and Eric regulations designed to make the 2017 F1 cars Andrei Markov scored two goals and set up Staal scored for Minnesota late in the third peri- faster - wider tires, greater aerodynamics, bigger MELBOURNE: A tough week for Red Bull great hope in motor sport, Ricciardo had little another as the Montreal Canadiens beat the od and Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves in his first fuel loads and increased downforce - Vettel driver Daniel Ricciardo ended in despair yes- joy from his car during practice and qualify- Ottawa Senators to retain first place in the start since March 12. The Wild have lost seven of proved Ferrari’s extra pace in pre-season testing terday as the home hero came to a stop mid- ing, and he could not wait to be shot of Atlantic Division. Shea Weber also scored for their last eight and are now 3-10-0 in March. was genuine. way through the Australian Grand Prix with Melbourne. Montreal, which leads Ottawa by three points, “It’s good to know we have a great car but it’s smoke billowing out of his car. “On the plus side, I’m getting out of here,” although the Senators have a game in hand. PREDATORS 7, SHARKS 2 just the beginning ... with new regulations, a Ricciardo’s hopes of a maiden podium at Ricciardo, who initially finished second in Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for Ottawa, which Colton Sissons and James Neal both scored new generation of cars,” Vettel said. “Mercedes Albert Park were already razor-thin after a Melbourne in 2014 but was later disqualified had won two straight. Montreal swept three twice to lead the Nashville Predators over the have a great engine and a great car the last cou- crash during qualifying on Saturday, which for a fuel limit infringement, told reporters. games in an eight-day span from the Senators staggering San Jose Sharks. Cody McLeod, P.K. ple of years - we’re the ones who’ve had to catch forced a gearbox change and resulted in a “It’s been a long week. Don’t get me and is 3-1-1 against its closest rival this season. Subban and Viktor Arvidsson also scored for up. Whatever happens this year, the race today five-place penalty, leaving him 15th on the wrong, it’s been fun. Carey Price stopped 31 shots for Montreal, and Nashville, which has won three straight and six doesn’t hurt.” grid. But even getting to the grid proved “I feel bad for everyone, for the fans. Craig Anderson had 21 saves for Ottawa. of seven. Craig Smith and Colin Wilson had Vettel finished in 1 hour, 24 minutes and beyond his Red Bull, which stopped with a Obviously I believe there’s more people here three assists apiece to help the Predators move 11.672 seconds, almost 10 seconds clear of gearbox sensor problem as he lapped the supporting me than the others and I’m sure PANTHERS 7, BLACKHAWKS 0 a point ahead of St. Louis for third place in the Hamilton, to give Ferrari its first win in Australia lakeside circuit before the start. they would have loved me to get out there Jonathan Marchessault scored his first career Central Division. Patrick Marleau and Justin since Kimi Raikkonen took the title in 2007. Ricciardo exited the track fuming but was and race. “But it just kind of snowballed from hat trick while James Reimer stopped 25 shots Braun scored for the Sharks, losers of six Raikkonen, in the second Ferrari, finished fourth soon lowering himself into the seat again as yesterday... Happy to move on.” His Dutch for his first shutout of the season to help the straight. They remained tied with Anaheim atop this year. technicians frantically worked on his car in team mate Max Verstappen had a better time Florida Panthers rout the Chicago Blackhawks. the Pacific Division. San Jose allowed six goals the garage as the clock ticked down to the of it, finishing fifth behind the Ferrari and Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and three against in Friday night’s loss at Dallas. IT’S A CHALLENGE start. He eventually joined the race from the Mercedes cars. assists, and Aleksander Barkov added a goal For the second year running, Hamilton start- pit-lane two laps behind the other cars but The teenager, tipped to give Ricciardo and two assists for Florida. Reilly Smith and Nick RANGERS 3, KINGS 0 ed on pole position at the Albert Park circuit and lasted just 25 laps before his car finally headaches this season after challenging him Bjugstad also scored to give the Panthers their Derek Stepan scored late in the second placed second. Last year, he lost to then ground to a terminal halt at turn three with on track last year, said he was surprised his largest margin of victory since an 8-0 win over period and Antii Raanta made 30 saves for his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who went on an apparent fuel pressure problem. car had the pace to keep close to Ferrari’s Toronto on Feb. 5, 2008. Marchessault had two eighth career shutout as the New York Rangers to edge him for the world championship before It takes a lot to wipe the smile from the fourth-placed Kimi Raikkonen. goals in a 3-1 win over Arizona on Thursday. He defeated the Los Angeles Kings. Ryan retiring. This time, Vettel took the lead when affable 27-year-old’s face but he cut a grim “I think the car behaved quite a bit better has nine goals over his last nine games and McDonagh added a power-play goal and Rick Hamilton pitted for new tires on lap 18 and then figure in the garage as he watched the rest of in the race than in qualifying,” Verstappen leads the Panthers with 28. Corey Crawford Nash scored an empty-netter for the Rangers, got stuck in traffic behind Red Bull driver Max the race, won by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. said. “It looked a lot better in the race, I’m very stopped 21 shots for the Blackhawks before who have won eight of their last 10 road Verstappen. Having endured an exhausting week of happy about that. We still need to improve being lifted at 4:59 of the third for Scott Darling, games. Jonathan Quick made 17 saves for the Vettel was able to pit much later and gradual- media and sponsor events as his nation’s and we will work hard to do that.” — Reuter who allowed three goals on six shots. Kings, who dropped nine points behind St. ly build up his lead as Hamilton drove conserva- Louis for the second wild card in the Western tively on older tires to ensure he finished the SABRES 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2 Conference with eight games to play. Raanta race. “That’s motor racing,” Hamilton said of the Jack Eichel scored twice and set up another was sharp in his last start before Henrik hold-up, adding it was his decision to pit and goal in the Buffalo Sabres’ win that slowed the Lundqvist is set to return from a hip injury, change tires. “A big congratulations to Sebastian youth-laden Toronto Maple Leafs’ late-season denying Tyler Toffoli and Jonny Brodzinski on and Ferrari. surge to clinch a playoff berth. Ryan O’Reilly and breakaways and stuffing Drew Doughty late in “This shows we’ve got a real race on our Dmitry Kulikov each had a goal and an assist, the third. Raanta earned his fourth shutout of hands this season and it’s a challenge we will rel- and Evander Kane also scored in a game the the season, two more than Lundqvist has in ish. It’s going to be great for the fans.” Mercedes Sabres took control of by scoring three succes- 2016-17. McDonagh scored four seconds into won 19 of the 21 GPs last season, and Red Bull sive goals in the second period. Robin Lehner a double minor against Andy Andreoff for won the other two. But Red Bull was well off the stopped 32 shots, and the Sabres continued high-sticking, putting a long shot through pace in Melbourne, with Verstappen placing fifth their home dominance over their cross-border Quick’s legs. —AP - almost 29 seconds behind Vettel - and local hope Daniel Ricciardo failing to finish. In fact, the Australian driver almost didn’t start. Ricciardo’s day started badly and kept get- ting worse as he got a grid penalty, missed the start after a mechanical failure in the warmup, and then retired after 28 laps. He was among seven drivers who retired dur- ing the race. Former champion Fernando Alonso continued to struggle in his McLaren, retiring on the 50th of 57 laps, while 18-year-old Canadian rookie Lance Stroll was handed a grid penalty after needing an unscheduled gearbox change after a crash in practice and was wayward in his 40 laps on debut for Williams. Felipe Massa earned points for Williams with a sixth-place finish, while Force India teammates Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon were 7th and 10th in their pink cars and finished either side of WASHINGTON: Daniel Winnik #26 of the Washington Capitals scores an empty net Toro Rosso drivers Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat. goal in front of Jamie McGinn #88 of the Arizona Coyotes during the third period at Antonio Giovinazzi placed 12th on his F1 MELBOURNE: Red Bull’s Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo reacts in the team garage dur- Verizon Center on Saturday in Washington, DC. The goal was his second goal of the debut for Sauber, a late replacement after Pascal ing the Formula One Australian Grand Prix yesterday. — AFP third period. — AFP Wehrlein withdrew following the opening prac- SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 SPORTS
RUGBY Perfect Crusaders march on, Jaguares beat Reds
SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Canterbury just one point off the lead held by the pions Wellington Hurricanes had a bye. caught out by the Sunwolves’ innovative first Super Rugby tries as the Lions pound- Crusaders won their fifth-straight game to Golden Lions in the Africa 2 conference. The Crusaders posted seven tries to two attack, the South Africans needed all their ed the Southern Kings. Tambwe took just be one of only three unbeaten teams in The Lions overpowered the endangered and kept the Force scoreless in the second extra big-match experience to wear down four minutes to score, intercepting a pass this season’s Super Rugby as Argentina’s Southern Kings 42-19 in an all-South half to make it five wins from five this sea- the tournament newcomers, who faded before collecting a pass on the tryline to Jaguares won again this weekend. The African derby in Port Elizabeth, while the son. It was a lopsided defeat the Force badly in the last quarter of the match. “The dot down for his second try. Teenager seven-time champion Crusaders whipped Coastal Sharks won a high-scoring derby could have done without amid speculation Sunwolves are a smart side and they’re Curwin Bosch proved an outstanding the hapless Western Force of Australia 45- 38-30 over the Central Cheetahs in the Perth club faces the axe as governing very well coached,” Stormers coach Robbie back-up for injured skipper Patrick Lambie, 17 to stake their claim for this year’s south- Bloemfontein. There was little joy for the body SANZAAR look to revamp the dys- Fleck said. kicking 18 points in the Sharks win over ern hemisphere provincial crown. beleaguered Australian hopes with the functional competition. “We knew it was going to be tough but the Cheetahs. The 19-year-old fly-half slot- Fellow Kiwis Waikato Chiefs and South ACT Brumbies succumbing to an 18-13 loss they still surprised us with some of the ted four penalties and three conversions Africa’s Western Stormers are also yet to at home to New Zealand’s Otago SIDE-STEPPING HIGHLIGHT things they did, especially when they from eight attempts and was voted man of lose with the Stormers denying Japan’s Highlanders, while the NSW Waratahs won The Stormers survived a n audacious kicked in behind us.” The Jaguares fortunes the match as the Sharks made it four Sunwolves 44-31 in Singapore while the a thrilling derby with a last-minute try 32- challenge from the struggling Sunwolves continue to improve this season with a straight wins since losing the opening Chiefs had a bye. 25 over the Rebels in Melbourne. to maintain their unbeaten start, winning a side-stepping try by winger Ramiro game of the season. Centre David Horwitz Across in Buenos Aires the Jaguares In the remaining game, the Blues 10-try thriller at Singapore’s national stadi- Moyano the highlight of a bruising battle scored a try in the final minute to cap a won for the fourth time this season, down- downed South Africa’s Northern Bulls 38- um. Trailing for most of what was a high- with the Reds. Democratic Republic of second-half fightback to give the Waratahs ing Australia’s Queensland Reds 22-8 to lie 14 in Auckland, while the defending cham- paced, free-flowing match after being Congo-born Madosh Tambwe scored his a thrilling win over the Rebels.—AFP Latham shines in N Zealand gloom
HAMILTON: A rejuvenated Tom Latham together while the bottom half of the bat- ensured a positive start to New Zealand’s ting order added a further 166. reply after Quinton de Kock bolstered De Kock’s 90 came off only 118 balls, South Africa with a defiant 90 on another highlighting why captain Faf du Plessis was wet day in the third Test in Hamilton. When determined to have him play despite the bad light ended play four overs early yes- wicketkeeper-batsman suffering ligament terday, New Zealand were 67 without loss damage to his right index finger. He hit 11 in reply to South Africa’s 314. fours and two huge sixes, one off New Latham, who managed 24 in total in Zealand’s best performed bowler Matt three previous innings in the series, was Henry and one off Jeetan Patel, as he domi- unbeaten on 42 after coming out on the nated the off-spinner who had claimed his right side of two reviews, with Jeet Raval on wicket cheaply in the drawn first Test. But 25. With New Zealand needing to win to 10 runs short of his century he played across square the series, it proved a successful day the line to Neil Wagner and was out lbw. for Latham who had a standout perform- South Africa resumed the day at 123 for four ance in the field highlighted by an instinc- and after Henry removed Bavuma for 29, du tive catch at short leg to remove Faf du Plessis progressed to 53 before a smart Plessis. But de Kock proved a much piece of fielding by Latham at short leg. On tougher obstacle on a frustrating day for the third ball of Mitch Santner’s opening the players when only 26 balls were possi- over, Latham anticipated du Plessis was ble between lunch and tea after rain also going to sweep and before the shot was cost nearly three hours of play the previous played he was moving to his right where he day. Just as his 91 in the first innings in flung out an arm to take the close-range Wellington set up South Africa up for an catch. Latham took another classy catch, eight-wicket victory, de Kock again tor- just above ground level to his right at sec- mented New Zealand with his trouble-free ond slip to remove Vernon Philander for 11 approach. off Henry. Henry equalled his career best fig- ures with four for 93, while Neil Wagner, who DHARAMSALA: Australia’s wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (C) successfully takes a catch to dismiss India’s Karun Nair (R) off the bowling of Nathan SMART FIELDING took three for an expensive 104, ended the Lyon during the second day of play of the fourth and last Test cricket match between India and Australia at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket When he went to the middle with the South Africa innings with the wicket of the Association Stadium in Dharamsala yesterday. — AFP fall of Temba Bavuma’s wicket, South Africa hard-hitting Kagiso Rabada who scored 34 were 148 for five and he held the innings off 31 deliveries. — AFP CRICKET SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the second day in the third and final Test between New Zealand and South Africa yesterday in Hamilton, New Zealand. Lyon roars for Australia in South Africa 1st innings (Overnight: 123-4) du Plessis, 7-219 V. Philander, 8-249 K. Maharaj, 9- D. Elgar b de Grandhomme 5 295 Q. de Kock, 10-314 K. Rabada T. de Bruyn c Latham b Henry 0 Bowling: M. Henry 24-2-93-4 (w-2), C. de fourth India Test with 4 wkts H. Amla b de Grandhomme 50 Grandhomme 24-4-62-2, N. Wagner 25.2-2-104-3 J. Duminy c Patel b Henry 20 (w-1), J. Patel 7-0-30-0, M. Santner 9-3-24-1. F. du Plessis c Latham b Santner 53 New Zealand 1st innings T. Bavuma c Raval b Henry 29 T. Latham not out 42 DHARAMSALA: Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took Q. de Kock lbw b Wagner 90 J. Raval not out 25 four key wickets to fashion a late comeback for SCOREBOARD V. Philander c Latham b Henry 11 Extras 0 Australia on an engrossing second day in the K. Maharaj c Watling b Wagner 9 Total (for no loss, 25.3 overs) 67 decisive fourth Test against India yesterday. Scoreboard at stumps on the second day in the fourth and final Test between India and Australia yesterday in K. Rabada c Watling b Wagner 34 Fall of wickets: The 29-year-old made the most of a lively Dharamsala, India. M. Morkel not out 9 To bat: K. Williamson, N. Broom, H. Nicholls, B. track at Dharamsala, which is hosting its first Australia 1st innings 300 (S. Smith 111, M. Wade 57, D. W. Saha not out 10 Extras (lb-1 w-3) 4 Watling, M. Santner, C. de Grandhomme, J. Patel, Test, to return a rich haul of 4-67 in the final ses- Total (all out, 89.2 overs) 314 M. Henry, N. Wagner. Warner 56; K. Yadav 4-68) R. Jadeja not out 16 sion of play. India 1st innings (Overnight: 0-0) Extras (b-4 lb-9) 13 Fall of wickets: 1-5 T. de Bruyn, 2-5 D. Elgar, 3-64 J. Bowling: V. Philander 8-2-15-0, M. Morkel 7-2-13-0, Fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood (1-40) and Pat Duminy, 4-97 H. Amla, 5-148 T. Bavuma, 6-190 F. K. Rabada 5-1-25-0, K. Maharaj 5.3-0-14-0. L. Rahul c Warner b Cummins 60 Total (for 6 wickets, 91 overs) 248 Cummins (1-59) also bowled their hearts out M. Vijay c Wade b Hazlewood 11 Fall of wickets: 1-21 M. Vijay, 2-108 L. Rahul, 3-157 C. during frugal spells to restrict the hosts to 248-6 C. Pujara c Handscomb b Lyon 57 Pujara, 4-167 K. Nair, 5-216 A. Rahane, 6-221 R. Ashwin at stumps. India trail by 52 runs with four wickets A. Rahane c Smith b Lyon 46 To bat: B. Kumar, K. Yadav, U. Yadav in hand after Australia made 300 in their first K. Nair c Wade b Lyon 5 Bowling: J. Hazlewood 18-6-40-1; P. Cummins 21-5-59-1; knock, largely thanks to a fine 111 from captain R. Ashwin lbw b Lyon 30 N. Lyon 28-5-67-4; S. O’Keefe 24-4-69-0. Steve Smith. At stumps Wriddhiman Saha was batting on from seven innings. The Indians would have innings advantage. Day two also saw words 10 with Ravindra Jadeja on 16. With the series in been in further trouble but for Matthew being exchanged with long stares on a couple of the balance at 1-1, the game’s two top-ranked Renshaw who dropped two catches, much to occasions. But mostly the players remained with- sides have been locked in a battle of attrition, the frustration of the toiling bowlers. in the bounds of good behaviour in what has with neither willing to give an inch. But the Aussies have the chance to run otherwise been a fractious series. Australia, who “I reckon it is an unbelievable feeling to be through India’s tail with the second new ball on triumphed at home against India in 2014-15, pretty evenly poised after day two,” Lyon said Monday morning and grab the crucial first- need just a draw to retain the trophy. — AFP after the day’s play. “I know we probably left a few runs out there, but to have India 240-6 odd after a pretty good GOLF day in the field, I am quite happy to be honest. “Coming over here, everyone wrote us off and to be in this position in the last Test at 1-1 and the pressure slightly on India is fantastic.” Stroud grabs lead The Indian batsmen were guilty of squander- ing good starts in a match they must win to regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy. at Puerto Rico Open But Lokesh Rahul (60) and Cheteshwar Pujara MIAMI: Chris Stroud capped his five-under 67 under effort that included five birdies and two (57) batted patiently to put on 87 for the second with a birdie to seize a one-shot lead after bogeys. Johnston stormed up the leaderboard wicket, the best partnership so far for the hosts. HAMILTON: Tom Latham of New Zealand (R) hits a shot on day two of the third Test three rounds of the US PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico with a bogey-free six-under par 66. His six “It’s by far the best wicket we have played on, cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton Open on Saturday. birdies included two to cap his round. there’s something in it for the spinners and the yesterday. — AFP Stroud broke out of a three-way tie atop the Whee carded a 67 and Randolph a 68. fast bowlers as well. The ball kept swinging the leaderboard, finishing 54 holes at Coco Beach Wilkinson followed up a second-round 63 with whole day,” said Rahul. Golf and Country Club with a 15-under par a 69 and Campos, who had seized sole posses- “If you spend some time in the middle it’s total of 201. He was one shot in front of fellow sion of the lead with five birdies on the front really good to bat on. All of us got starts but we Americans D.A. Points and Bill Lunde, who had nine, settled for a 69. The tournament offers a couldn’t convert. “But we are happy at the end Lee Mi-Rim grabs shared the second-round lead with Bryson chance for lesser lights on the PGA Tour to con- of the day with 250-odd runs for six wickets. It DeChambeau and both carded 69s. tend while top-ranked talent plays at Austin, wasn’t really the worst day for us.” DeChambeau fired a 70 to join a group of six Texas, in the World Golf Championships Match- Kia Classic lead players sharing fourth on 203 that also included Play tournament. — AFP AUSTRALIA COMEBACK England’s Andrew Johnston, South Korean Kim Ajinkya Rahane, standing in for injured skip- Whee, Puerto Rican Rafael Campos, New per Virat Kohli, also looked set for a big score but LOS ANGELES: Lee Mi-Rim shrugged off going with three birdies in a row from the Zealander Tim Wilkinson and American ended up gifting a catch to Smith off Lyon for 46 an opening bogey to card six birdies in a third through fifth holes, and she added Jonathan Randolph. Stroud, who started the off 104 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin (30) was five-under 67 on Saturday and seize a one- birdies at the ninth, 10th and 16th to take third round one shot off the lead, had five adjudged lbw off Lyon. The all-rounder opted for shot lead after three rounds of the LPGA the lead as Kerr endured a roller-coaster of birdies without a bogey to put himself in posi- a review but the ball tracker showed the stumps Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California. With a a day. The US veteran had five birdies, but tion to challenge for a first US PGA Tour title yes- would have been hit. 13-under total of 203, Lee was one in front closed the round with the last of her four terday. His previous best finish was a playoff loss Lyon, who had conceded 163 runs while tak- of fellow South Korean Hur Mi-Jung, whose bogeys. at the Travelers Championship in 2013. “I feel ing just one wicket in the previous drawn Test at seven birdies in a six-under 66 included World number three Chun, who shared like I’m way overdue,” Stroud said. “I’m playing Ranchi, remained wicketless in the first two ses- three in a row to cap her round. the first-round lead before spiraling to a 73 very, very well. I’m making some nice putts.” He sions. But the bowler, whose experience as a It was a further two strokes back to on Friday, clawed her way back up the said his approach would be simple. “Nothing curator gave him a sharp understanding of Korea’s Chun In-Gee, who signed for a 67, leaderboard with six birdies in her five- fancy-just go out there and hit a lot of fairways, pitches, brought Australia back into the game in and American Cristie Kerr, the overnight under effort. a lot of greens. There’s a lot of guys behind me. the final session through some classic old-fash- leader who bogeyed the last for a one- “Stay patient,” she said of her mind-set, I’m just going to keep looking forward.” ioned spin. Lyon’s first victim was Pujara, who under 71 that left her tied for third on 206. and it paid off with a “really good back Points had four birdies and a bogey in his was coming into the match on the back of an Lee, who captured both of her LPGA nine” for the player whose only two LPGA round, but couldn’t find a birdie after the 12th. epic innings of 202 at Ranchi. tour titles in her rookie season in 2014, victories have come in major champi- Lunde, seeking a second US PGA victory RIO GRANDE: Chris Stroud plays his tee Pujara tried to defend but the ball ripped finds herself in a familiar position. Two onships. Defending champion and world almost seven years after capturing his first, shot on the second hole during the final back in to hit the glove and then lob up to short years ago she also held the 54-hole lead, number one Lydia Ko was absent for the had joined the second round leaders with round of the Puerto Rico Open at Coco leg, where Peter Handscomb pouched an easy three strokes in front of Kerr-who went on weekend action, having missed the cut for three pars to end his weather-disrupted 68 on Beach yesterday in Rio Grande, Puerto catch. Pujara’s 57 took his run tally past 400 in to win the tournament. just the second time in her LPGA career on Saturday morning. He followed with a three- Rico. — AFP After her bogey at the first, Lee got Friday. —AFP the series, behind only Smith who has 482 runs MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 SPORTS
SQUASH Senior service as Gaultier wins British Open title
KINGSTON UPON HULL: Gregory 1970s. “There is a lot of emotion in By the third game his movement direction of the match. one, and was playing her fourth British Gaultier became the oldest winner of winning such an old and great title as was beginning to slow. There was trou- Laura Massaro became the first Open final in five years. The disparity the British Open since Hashim Khan in this,” said Gaultier. “I am near the end ble for Gaultier when he was admon- English woman in 58 years to defend in experience was soon apparent. the late 1950s when he beat Nick of my career-six months ago I was ished by the referee for taking his the British Open twice when she beat The fifth-seeded Massaro had also Matthew, the oldest finalist since that thinking of hanging my rackets up, but opponent’s space late in the second surprise finalist, Sarah-Jane Perry, her beaten the two top Egyptians, the era, in a four-game final yesterday. winning this will give me extra motiva- and warned that next time he would seventh-seeded compatriot, by 11-8, world number one Nour El Sherbini The 34-year-old Frenchman’s 8-11, tion.” lose a conduct stroke. But gone are the 11-8, 5-11, 11-6. It was Perry’s first and the former world number one 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 win over the 36-year- Gaultier destroyed opponents so moments when Gaultier would some- World Series final and by far the Raneem El Welily, and was the more old Englishman earned him his third efficiently in the earlier rounds that times lose concentration, and an biggest final of her career, whereas the consistent player, more often keeping British Open title and made him the Matthew came to the final having immediate surge of eight points in a 33-year-old Massaro was a former the ball tight, and waiting more oldest ever world number one on a competed for two-and-a-half hours row which carried him to 6-0 in the British Open champion, a former world patiently before attempting attacking ranking system which began in the longer than his rival. third game irrevocably swung the champion, a former world number forays which involved risk.— AFP
BASKETBALL Wall, Wizards blow past LeBron, Cavs 127-115
CLEVELAND: John Wall scored 37 points pointing 94-90 loss in New York on Feb. 12, and Bradley Beal added 27 as the but not without some tense moments. Washington Wizards began a challenging Derrick Rose and Willy Hernangomez each road trip by beating LeBron James and the scored 24 points and Hernangomez added Cleveland Cavaliers 127-115 in the NBA on 13 rebounds. Mindaugas Kuzminskas had Saturday night. Wall scored 18 in the first 19 points starting in place of Carmelo quarter, when the Wizards shot 82 percent, Anthony, who missed his second straight and Washington held on down the stretch game with a sore left knee. to avenge an overtime loss to the NBA champions last month. James, who briefly RAPTORS 94, MAVERICKS 86 wore goggles to protect an eye injury sus- DeMar DeRozan and Serge Ibaka scored tained Friday night, scored 24 and added 18 points apiece as Toronto beat Dallas for 11 rebounds and eight assists. Kyrie Irving its fifth straight victory. The Raptors, who added 23 points and Kevin Love 17 for came back from 15-point deficits to win Cleveland, playing at home for the only each of their last two games, made it a little time in a seven-game stretch. easier on themselves Saturday. Toronto Washington’s victory cut Cleveland’s scored the game’s first seven points and lead in the Eastern Conference to a half- never trailed in dealing the Mavericks’ play- game over idle Boston. off hopes a damaging blow. Harrison Barnes scored 23 points for Dallas, which CLIPPERS 108, JAZZ 95 missed 18 of its first 22 3-pointers and fin- Jamal Crawford scored 28 points off the ished just 7 of 28 from behind the arc. bench, and Los Angeles beat Utah to clinch Patrick Patterson added 14 points for a playoff berth for the sixth straight year. Toronto, including a perfect 4 for 4 on 3- The Clippers trail the Jazz by a half-game in pointers. The Mavericks fell four games LAS VEGAS: Home plate umpire Dan Bellino and Tucker Barnhart #16 of the Cincinnati Reds check on John Andreoli #72 of the Chicago Cubs their race for the No. 4 playoff seed in the behind Denver for the final playoff spot in after he was hit by a pitch from Austin Orewiler (not pictured) during their exhibition game at Cashman Field on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. West. Blake Griffin added 15 points and the West. The Cubs won 11-7. — AFP DeAndre Jordan had 15 rebounds for the Clippers. Rudy Gobert had 26 points and 14 TRAIL BLAZERS 112, TIMBERWOLVES 100 BASEBALL rebounds for Utah, and reserve Joe CJ McCollum scored 32 points as Johnson added 17 points. The Jazz have Portland continued its push for the playoffs dropped four of five. with a victory over Minnesota. Damian Lillard added 21 points for the Blazers, who Jones back with Orioles after SPURS 106, KNICKS 98 have won 10 of their last 13 games. Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points while Portland has seven of its last 10 games at LaMarcus Aldridge added 19 points and 10 home. The Blazers pulled within a game of winning World Baseball Classic rebounds to help San Antonio beat New the Denver Nuggets for the eighth and final York. San Antonio has won four straight playoff spot in the Western Conference. heading into home games against Andrew Wiggins had 20 points for SARASOTA: Adam Jones provided perhaps the best YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS (ss) 5 Trevor Plouffe had a triple and an RBI single. Cleveland on Monday and Golden State on Minnesota, which lost its sixth consecutive highlight of the World Baseball Classic, when he Yankees first baseman Greg Bird hit his seventh Wednesday. The Spurs (56-16) are two game overall and seventh straight on the took a home run away from Manny Machado with a home run this spring, tying Kansas City’s Pete ROYALS 1, BREWERS 0 games behind the Warriors (58-14) for the road. The Timberwolves, who trailed by as spectacular catch in center field. Now Jones and O’Brien for the big league lead. Adam Warren was Raul Mondesi homered in the bottom of the league’s best record. San Antonio ensured many as 24 points in the second half, are six Machado are just teammates again. “Pretty cool roughed up for four runs on four hits and two walks 10th inning to give Kansas City the win. Ian there would not be a repeat of its disap- games behind Portland in the West. —AP catch, pretty great moment,” Jones said. “Sorry it over 3 1/3 innings. Devon Travis, in his second Kennedy struck out seven over six innings, giving had to be my boy Manny, but it’s part of the game, spring game returning from knee surgery, got two up three hits and walking two. Wily Peralta gave up part of that process.” Jones is back with the hits for Toronto. Jerrod Saltalamacchia and Ryan three hits and two walks over 5 2/3 scoreless Baltimore Orioles at their camp in Sarasota, Florida, Goins both homered. Starter Mat Latos gave up two innings for the Brewers. Travis Shaw tripled and is after winning the WBC with Team USA. The interna- earned runs on five hits and a walk over three hitting .348 this spring. The Royals announced left- tional tournament was an opportunity that clearly innings. hander Danny Duffy as their opening day starter. meant a lot to him, and now he’s hoping he can “With what Danny did last year and this spring, we accomplish something similar with Baltimore. NATIONALS 4, ASTROS 1 feel he has earned this,” manager Ned Yost said. “To do it with those guys, it was probably the Tanner Roark, in his first start for Washington best experience of my life so far, especially with since the World Baseball Classic, gave up one run on DODGERS 11, ATHLETICS (ss) 6 sports,” Jones said. “Hopefully, we can do something three hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out five. Team Andrew Toles hit a grand slam and Justin Turner special with these guys in the clubhouse with the USA teammate Daniel Murphy went 2 for 4 with a hit a solo shot in L.A.’s five-run fourth. Turner had Orioles, because it was pretty, pretty humbling, two-run double while Trea Turner added an RBI and three hits and two RBIs, and Adrian Gonzalez had pretty special to go out and represent your country, stolen base. Astros starter Lance McCullers gave up two hits and an RBI. Chris Taylor had two hits with a for all the countries to go out and represent their four runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings. Jose Altuve walk, an RBI and two runs scored and is hitting .432 countries.” After Jones robbed Machado of a homer, hit a run-scoring double. this spring. Yasiel Puig went 0 for 4 with three strike- Machado - who was playing for the Dominican outs. Rich Hill struck out six but gave up four runs, Republic - doffed his cap and waved it in salute. PHILLIES 3, RED SOX (ss) 3, 9 INNINGS four hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings. Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer in the first for “Great picture with USA across my chest right in Jackie Bradley Jr. homered for Boston. Kyle Kendrick gave up two runs on eight hits, striking Oakland. Jesse Hahn was roughed up in his second front of the logo, in front of some American flags,” out six through six. Phils starter Alec Asher gave up consecutive start, giving up seven runs - five earned Jones said. “There’s one guy who doesn’t look two runs on three hits and a walk over three - and eight hits, including two homers, in 3 1/3 impressed at all by it, sitting off to the left like, innings. Tommy Joseph had two hits. innings. He has allowed 12 earned runs and 16 hits ‘What?’ I’ve seen the picture. But a pretty great in his last 6 2/3 inning. moment, pretty special moment for that team.” RED SOX (ss) 7, RAYS 5 Jones has been with three Baltimore teams that Pablo Sandoval, returning from an injury- ROCKIES 7, CUBS (ss) 4 have appeared in the postseason, but hasn’t played plagued 2016, hit his fourth spring homer and German Marquez struck out six while allowing in a World Series. CLEVELAND: John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards drives past Kyrie Irving #2 of Rusney Castillo had two hits and scored twice. Rays two runs, five hits and a walk over six innings for “My main objective obviously is here playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first half at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday in starter Blake Snell allowed four runs on six hits and Colorado. Mark Reynolds and Dustin Garneau each the Orioles, but that’s Major League Baseball. That’s Cleveland, Ohio. —AFP a walk over 4 2/3 innings. Corey Dickerson homered had two-run doubles in the fifth inning. Garneau, just the United States,” he said. “This was on a global and is hitting .367 this spring. who is hitting .345 this spring, also walked twice. scale.” St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who Brett Anderson allowed one unearned run, six hits played for Puerto Rico, said Jones owed Puerto ANGELS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 and a walk in four innings for Chicago. Jason Federer, Wawrinka Ricans an apology. The US beat Puerto Rico in the Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run and Heyward hit a two-run homer. final, and Jones said reports that Puerto Rico was Andrelton Simmons drove in a pair during a four- planning a celebration had motivated the run first inning for Los Angeles. Carlos Perez added MARINERS 3, RANGERS 1 advance in Miami Americans. a two-run shot in the fourth, and Tyler Skaggs gave Dillon Overton continued his strong spring, “I don’t think I said anything wrong. I just said up a run on four hits over four innings. Arizona’s allowing four hits and one run over six innings for MIAMI: Roger Federer survived a brave matches against each other: Semis at the what we’ve seen motivated us,” Jones said. “It wasn’t Taijuan Walker was roughed up for six runs - three Seattle. Ben Gamel produced two runs on a fly-ball challenge from American qualifier Frances French, Olympic semis, finals at the US a slight at Puerto Rico by any stretch. I don’t think I earned - and eight hits in four innings. Chris double to left that Ryan Rua lost in the sun. Taylor Tiafoe before emerging with a 7-6 (7/2) 6-3 Open. You name it, we’ve had some really said anything wrong, and I would never disrespect a Iannetta had a triple and a run scored. Motter hit a solo shot, and Mitch Haniger had a victory as he got his Miami Open title bid good ones,” he said. country, because that would make totally no sense.” double. Haniger is hitting .403 this spring and has underway on Saturday. Reigning US Open champion Stan WHITE SOX 10, INDIANS 7 an eight-game hit streak. Nick Martinez allowed Tiafoe, ranked 101st in the world, strug- Wawrinka got off to a solid start, beating Jose Abreu and Jacob May each homered for two runs while striking out six over four innings. gled against Federer’s serve but was strong Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4 at AROUND THE GRAPEFRUIT Chicago, and Dylan Covey tossed 3 2/3 scoreless Jurickson Profar went 0 for 3 and is hitless in 11 at- on his own and forced a first set tie-break in Crandon Park on Saturday. AND CACTUS LEAGUES innings. Todd Frazier, Melky Cabrera and Tim bats since returning from the World Baseball Classic. which the Swiss came out on top. In the absence of Andy Murray and METS 3, BRAVES 0 Anderson were 0 for 3. Carlos Santana hit a two-run The 19-year-old son of immigrants from Novak Djokovic, the top two ranked players Mets starter Rafael Montero tossed five shutout home run and Francisco Lindor had two hits for ORIOLES 6, TWINS 3 Sierra Leone then broke Federer’s serve in in the world, Wawrinka is the number one innings and allowed four hits and a walk. Michael Cleveland. Josh Tomlin went 6 1/3 innings, allowing Gabriel Ynoa gave up just one hit and one walk the first game of the second set only for the seed and is fired up after reaching the final Conforto hit his third spring homer. Braves starter R.A. five runs and nine hits - including four home runs. over five scoreless innings for Baltimore, lowering 18-times Grand Slam winner to break back at Indian Wells last week, where he was Dickey went six innings and gave up two runs on sev- his ERA to 1.98 this spring. J.J. Hardy and Jonathan twice and run out a comfortable winner in beaten by Federer. en hits and a walk. Brandon Phillips had two hits. CUBS (ss) 11, REDS (ss) 7 Schoop each hit a solo homer, and Chris Davis hit a the end. Federer was full of praise for his “I’m playing better tennis. I feel that I’m Kris Bryant homered and doubled, top prospect two-run shot. Seth Smith returned from a ham- opponent and said he would have gained playing good here. I took the confidence PIRATES 5, TIGERS 4 Ian Happ had a three-run homer and four RBIs and string injury and went 2 for 3 with a double. valuable experience from the contest. from Indian Wells. So let’s see... When I’m Anibal Sanchez pitched six hitless innings for Chesny Young added a pair of homers for the Cubs. Minnesota’s Hector Santiago allowed two runs on “I hope he’s going to learn a lot from a playing well, when I am confident with my Detroit, striking out six. Tyler Collins hit a three-run Happ is hitting .417 this spring with a team-leading four hits and one walk with four strikeouts in four match like this just because playing on a game, I know I can beat anybody,” said homer off Pirates starter Tyler Glasnow. Glasnow 17 RBIs. Kyle Hendricks went three shutout innings innings. Ehire Adrianza fouled a ball off his foot and centre court with a lot of people, under Wawrinka, who turns 32 on Tuesday. struck out nine in four innings. Adam Frazier and despite allowing three hits and four walks. was replaced by Benji Gonzalez in the third. pressure, saving break points, making “It has been quite tough conditions Pittsburgh prospect Austin Meadows both home- Arismendy Alcantara clubbed a two-run homer for break points, playing breakers. That’s what these last few days here. Raining, really red and Francisco Cervelli hit a two-run triple. Cincinnati against his former team. Robert GIANTS 8, PADRES 7 it’s about, and it should feed a player like windy today. It’s really windy on the court, Stephenson allowed four runs and six hits over four Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford homered innings, but also went 2 for 3 with a run scored. and Jae-gyun Hwang singled in the winning run in him with a lot of energy moving forward,” so it’s never easy. MARLINS 1, CARDINALS 0 Jesse Winker had a pair of hits. the ninth after the Giants rallied from a six-run he said. Federer is in fine form having “I’m happy the way I was moving, the Miami starter Justin Nicolino went five shutout deficit. Posey had two hits and two runs, while clinched the Australian Open and Indian way I was playing, and my attitude in innings, giving up three hits. Derek Dietrich doubled Wells so far this year and extended his general was really positive,” added REDS (ss) 11, ATHLETICS (ss) 6 Crawford launched a two-run shot in the sixth. Chris in a run. Cardinals starter Lance Lynn, who hasn’t Top prospect Amir Garrett went five innings for Stratton allowed seven runs and nine hits, including record to 14-1. The 35-year-old is looking Wawrinka, who next faces Tunisia’s Malek pitched in a big league game since October 2015 for his third Miami title following wins in Jaziri, a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 winner over Spain’s Cincinnati, giving up six runs, seven hits and three three homers, over three innings. Hunter Pence due to an elbow injury and subsequent Tommy John walks. Cincinnati put up six runs in the second, went 0 for 3 and is batting .136 this spring. San 2005 and 2006. Feliciano Lopez. Wawrinka will face either surgery, was lifted after one inning for “precautionary Federer should have met Del Potro in Malek Jaziri next after the Tunisian beat including RBI singles by Jose Peraza and Ryan Diego’s Clayton Richard allowed five runs and eight reasons, “ general manager John Mozeliak said dur- Raburn and a pair of run-scoring walks by Oakland’s hits over six innings. Cory Spangenberg had three Miami last year but the Swiss had to pull Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Australia’s ing the Cardinals broadcast of the game. Lynn didn’t out with an illness and he says he is looking Nick Kyrgios also progressed on Saturday Sean Manaea. Manaea gave up six runs, five hits hits, including his first homer of the spring, Erick allow a hit or run and struck out one. He’s pitched 15 forward to renewing his rivalry with the enjoying a 6-4 6-3 win over Bosnian and five walks over three innings. Rajai Davis led off Aybar hit a two-run shot and Hunter Renfroe had a innings this spring to a 1.29 ERA. South American. “We’ve had some epic Damir Dzumhur. —AFP the third with a homer and scored three runs, and two-RBI double. — AP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 SPORTS
Cahill urges calm ahead of Australia’s crunch UAE qualifier
SYDNEY: Tim Cahill remains confident home to the United Arab Emirates two and drawn six of their matches so qualifier in 56 matches dating back to them and that’s life. “(But the home that Australia will qualify for next year’s tomorrow. The UAE are just a point adrift far, and have a formidable home record. 1981, a 1-0 defeat to China in a dead record) means nothing. All that matters World Cup in Russia despite a run of four of their Sydney hosts heading into the “We went months and months with- rubber nine years ago, a record that fills is this week.” Cahill scored the winner off straight draws that has seen the side fall encounter and a win for the visitors out winning a game before we lifted the the former Millwall and Everton player the bench in the reverse fixture in Abu three points behind the leaders in their would see them leapfrog Australia and 2015 Asian Cup,” Cahill told reporters. with plenty of belief. Dhabi last September and he has no final round group. move into the third place spot that “I understand the process a bit better “The way we play and the damage issues with the likely prospect of starting Australia are on 10 points from six offers a route to the finals via two playoff than some people. I’m a lot more edu- we’ve caused teams in the past... we’re next week’s fixture among Ange matches, three behind Saudi Arabia and rounds. Cahill, however, has urged cated as a player and as a person. I’m really going to put them under a lot of Postecoglou’s substitutes once more. Japan, and with only two teams advanc- Australia supporters to remain calm with quite calm. We’re undefeated and I pressure,” he said. “When asked, I’m always ready to ing automatically to the finals, the the 37-year-old attacking midfielder won’t be flinching much now.” “It’s a very intimidating place for contribute,” he added. “The boss knows Socceroos can ill afford to slip up at keen to point out that the side have won Australia have lost just one home them to come. It will be difficult for what’s right for us.” — Reuters
2018 World Cup qualifying tables - European zone
PARIS: 2018 World Cup qualifying European zone tables after Saturday’s games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Group A Armenia 4 1 0 3 4 10 3 France 5 4 1 0 10 3 13 Kazakhstan 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 Sweden 5 3 1 1 10 3 10 Bulgaria 5 3 0 2 8 10 9 Group F Netherlands 5 2 1 2 8 6 7 England 4 3 1 0 6 0 10 Belarus 5 0 2 3 2 10 2 Slovenia 4 2 2 0 4 2 8 Luxembourg 5 0 1 4 6 12 1 Slovakia 4 2 0 2 7 2 6 Lithuania 4 1 2 1 5 7 5 Group B Scotland 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 Switzerland 5 5 0 0 10 3 15 Malta 4 0 0 4 1 10 0 Portugal 5 4 0 1 19 3 12 Hungary 5 2 1 2 8 6 7 Group G Faroes 5 1 2 2 2 8 5 Spain 5 4 1 0 19 2 13 Latvia 5 1 0 4 2 9 3 Italy 5 4 1 0 13 4 13 Andorra 5 0 1 4 1 13 1 Israel 5 3 0 2 9 9 9 Albania 5 2 0 3 4 8 6 Group C Macedonia 5 1 0 4 7 11 3 Germany 4 4 0 0 16 0 12 Liechtenstein 5 0 0 5 1 19 0 Northern Ireland4 2 1 1 8 2 7 Azerbaijan 4 2 1 1 2 4 7 Group H Czech Republic 4 1 2 1 2 4 5 Belgium 5 4 1 0 22 2 13 Norway 4 1 0 3 5 7 3 Greece 5 3 2 0 10 3 11 San Marino 4 0 0 4 1 17 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 3 1 1 13 5 10 Cyprus 5 1 1 3 3 8 4 Group D Estonia 5 1 1 3 5 15 4 Serbia 5 3 2 0 12 6 11 Gibraltar 5 0 0 5 2 22 0 Ireland 5 3 2 0 7 3 11 Wales 5 1 4 0 8 4 7 Group I Austria 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 Croatia 5 4 1 0 11 1 13 Georgia 5 0 2 3 4 8 2 Iceland 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 Moldova 5 0 1 4 2 13 1 Ukraine 5 2 2 1 7 4 8 Turkey 5 2 2 1 7 5 8 Group E Finland 5 0 1 4 3 8 1 Poland 4 3 1 0 10 5 10 Kosovo 5 0 1 4 2 14 1 Montenegro 4 2 1 2 9 4 7 Note: Nine group winners qualify for the 2018 Denmark 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 finals in Russia; eight best runners-up play-off Romania 4 1 2 1 6 4 5 with four winners qualifying for the finals. LISBON: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) vies with Hungary’s midfielder Adam Nagy (R) during the WC 2018 group B football qualifing match Portugal vs Hungary at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on Saturday. —AFP Ousted Honda relishing SOCCER fight for place in Japan Dutch suffer World Cup shock, TOKYO: Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda 12 minute cameo and is likely to be a sub- has vowed to win back his starting place in stitute again on Tuesday when second- Ronaldo in 70-goal landmark the national side after a lack of playing time placed Japan host Thailand, who are last in at AC Milan saw him lose his spot to the in- Group B, at Saitama Stadium. form Yuya Kubo. “I think everyone wants to know how I’ll PARIS: The Netherlands’ hopes of reaching the to fire home his third goal of the qualifying cam- ent we have at our disposal, we have to show Gent midfielder Kubo started on the play if I set foot on the pitch right now,” World Cup finals suffered a major setback on paign. Greece were reduced to 10 men after 65 more,” said Martinez. Earlier on Saturday, right wing in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier Honda added. Saturday when the three-time runners-up minutes when Panagiotis Tachtsidis was red Sweden crushed Belarus 4-0 to move to 10 against the United Arab Emirates and put “That’s what it comes down to. If I can slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat to Bulgaria. The carded for a crude lunge on defender Toby points in Group A, three behind France, with on an accomplished display in winning his show that I can still play, that I can score, loss left the Dutch six points behind Group A Alderweireld. Everton striker Lukaku drove Emil Forsberg scoring twice. third cap, scoring the first and assisting on then people will have an idea of what I can leaders France, who beat Luxembourg 3-1, and home from close range in the 89th minute to In Group H, Bosnia-Herzegovina also went on the second in a 2-0 victory at Al Ain. do and the opportunities will increase for down in fourth spot, three back from Sweden grab a share of the spoils before Georgios a goal spree with a 5-0 win over minnows Honda said the competition for places me.” Japan are three points clear of third- and two off Bulgaria with just the group winners Tzavelas was sent-off in injury time. “I feel a lot Gibraltar, who have now conceded 22 goals in proved how strong the Japan team is. placed Australia in the race for two auto- guaranteed a place in the 2018 finals in Russia. of frustration. With the amount of individual tal- five games. —AFP “This is what football is about, there’s matic qualifying spots from their pool with “What can I tell you? We came here with good nothing weird about it,” Honda was quoted four rounds remaining. Honda said Japan intentions, but it has become a nightmare,” as saying by Kyodo News on Sunday. “This would not take Thailand lightly in a game Dutch skipper Arjen Robben said. Bale could have broken is just about me having lost my place in the they should win comfortably. Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo took his inter- first team here and back in Milan-which “It’s a dangerous sign. We need to sharp- national tally to 70 goals as European champi- hasn’t happened before. en up and go into the game thinking it will ons Portugal beat Hungary 3-0 to stay in second my leg, says O’Shea “But it happens and says how competi- be a more difficult game than we think,” he spot behind Switzerland in Group B. tive things are on the national team now. If said. “They’ll sit back and the way we play Belgium needed a goal two minutes from DUBLIN: Republic of Ireland veteran John attack the ball.” O’Shea, 35, said the rivalry I come and win the job back, it’ll make us now, we’re probably better when oppo- time by Romelu Lukaku to salvage a 1-1 draw O’Shea believes he was fortunate to avoid a between Wales and Ireland, Celtic cousins even better.” nents take the game to us. I think it will be against nine-man Greece as they stayed two broken leg after being fouled by Gareth Bale separated by the Irish Sea, meant the game Honda, who has barely featured for tough because we won’t have opportuni- points clear in Group H, although Roberto during his side’s bruising World Cup qualifier was always going to be a feisty one. Milan this season, came off the bench for a ties to counter-attack.”— Reuters Martinez’s team lost their 100 percent record in against Wales. “You expect it, obviously within reason,” the process. In Sofia, Bulgaria stunned the Ireland captain Seamus Coleman sus- said the former Manchester United player. Dutch with two goals in the first 20 minutes, tained a sickening double leg break during “When you’re playing England, Scotland or both coming from Spas Delev. Friday’s 0-0 draw in Dublin in an incident that Wales, the games are going to be like that. Delev pounced on a mistake by 17-year-old saw Welsh wing-back Neil Taylor sent off. They are the games you want to be involved Matthijs De Ligt, Holland’s youngest debutant Bale had earlier escaped with a yellow in and be a part of.” since 1931, who misjudged a pass and allowed card after catching O’Shea high on the left He added: “As the opposition manager, the striker to slot the ball past Jeroen Zoet. leg as he slid in to attack Chris Gunter’s cross you’re going to protect your own players. Delev then made it 2-0 when he unleashed a and the Sunderland defender revealed the “In a derby game you’re going to expect stinging right-foot drive past Zoet. The Dutch injury had required stitches. some tasty tackles, but as I said, within rea- dominated large parts of the rest of the game “I’ve had plenty of stitches put in there. I son. There’s no problem getting a hard tackle, but were thwarted by a solid Bulgarian defence was lucky considering what has happened to but if it’s late it’s a different story.” while goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov pulled off a Seamus,” O’Shea told reporters. Asked if Bale’s challenge had been late, super save in the second period to deny Davy “On another night there could have been O’Shea replied: “Maybe, but thankfully I’m Klaassen. Group A table-toppers France, the two red cards. “I can’t remember how many walking away from it, which is no problem.” 1998 champions and last year’s Euro 2016 run- stitches it was. The doctor had to stick some The Football Association of Ireland ners-up, saw Olivier Giroud open the scoring in in deep and a few dissolvable ones on top. revealed on Saturday that Seamus Coleman Luxembourg just before the half-hour mark. Hopefully it will heal quick.” had undergone surgery after breaking the Luxembourg levelled after 34 minutes thanks Having been booked, which rules him out tibia and fibula in his right leg. to Aurelien Joachim’s penalty, his country’s first of Wales’s trip to Serbia in June, Bale came “Hopefully everything goes to plan and he goal against France in 39 years. But the min- perilously close to a second yellow card after comes back as strong as ever,” O’Shea said of nows’ joy was short-lived as Atletico Madrid catching James McClean with a high foot late the Everton right-back. “With the type of striker Antoine Griezmann restored France’s lead, in the game. player he is, he’ll recover quickly and be back also from the spot, just four minutes later. But manager Chris Coleman defended the on that pitch as soon as possible.” Arsenal star Giroud scored his second of the Real Madrid star’s challenge on O’Shea. Friday’s result left Ireland level on points evening after 77 minutes after being set up by “From where I was sitting, he had to go for with Group D leaders Serbia, four points Benjamin Mendy. the ball,” Coleman said. “It’s a cross, he’s above third-place Wales at the halfway point “With us, Olivier often scores goals even if he sprinting into the box, he’s got to try and of the qualifying campaign. — AFP is having a difficult time with his club. We gave him the crosses and he was very efficient,” said France coach Didier Deschamps.
SUPERB FINISH In Lisbon, Portugal saw off Hungary, a team they shared six goals with at Euro 2016. The win kept Portugal in second place in Group B, three points behind Switzerland, who earlier preserved their 100 percent record with a fifth win in five games, a 1-0 home victory against Latvia. Porto striker Andre Silva opened the scoring after 30 minutes, converting a pass from Raphael Guerreiro for his fifth goal in six games for Portugal. Six minutes later, skipper Ronaldo doubled the lead with a superb left- footed finish and the Real Madrid superstar made it 3-0 on 65 minutes with a clever free-kick for his 70th international goal. “We want to go the World Cup so we have to win our next five matches, they are all finals,” said Portugal coach Fernando Santos. Belgium stayed top of Group H but only after struggling to a 1-1 draw with Greece. Missing the injured Eden Hazard, Belgium DUBLIN: File photo shows Republic of Ireland’s midfielder James McClean (2nd L) slides in lacked a creative spark in Brussels and they were to make a tackle on Wales’ midfielder Gareth Bale during the World Cup 2018 qualifica- made to pay when Greece grabbed the lead just tion football match between Republic of Ireland and Wales at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, 20 seconds into the second period when Benfica Ireland . — AFP Keisuke Honda striker Kostas Mitroglou latched on to a long ball Vettel breaks Lyon roars for Ferrari’s F1 drought Australia in fourth with win at Aussie GP India Test with 4 wkts
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Defoe marks comeback as England toil to win
LONDON: Jermain Defoe adorned his internation- al comeback with a goal as England toiled to a 2-0 victory over Lithuania in a forgettable World Cup Germany stays qualifier at Wembley yesterday. Defoe, 34, was making his first England appear- perfect with ance since November 2013, having been recalled by manager Gareth Southgate, and he marked his 4-1 win against return with the opening goal midway through the second half. Substitute Jamie Vardy added a sec- Azerbaijan ond goal as England tightened their grip on first place in UEFA qualifying Group F in Southgate’s first BAKU: Defending champion Germany home game as permanent manager. stayed perfect in World Cup qualifying “We’d have liked a bit more, but I think really despite conceding its first goal in Group C only one team came to win the game and it’s with a 4-1 win in Azerbaijan yesterday. always difficult to break down a packed defence,” Little-used forward Andre Schuerrle scored said Southgate. two and set up another. Germany coach “I’m pleased for the two lads who have got the Joachim Loew had expressed his faith in goals-a great story for Jermain and I felt Jamie Schuerrle before the game, despite him added something to us.” England are now the last making seven of his 15 Bundesliga appear- team in European qualifying yet to have conceded ances and five of his six Champions League a goal. Defoe’s strike, the Sunderland veteran’s 20th games as a substitute for Borussia in 56 caps, was an obvious high point and second- Dortmund this season. half substitute Marcus Rashford delivered an Loew gave Schuerrle his first Germany impressive cameo. start for 1 1/2 years and the 26-year-old But the stubbornly unadventurous nature of broke the deadlock in the 19th minute at Lithuania’s approach to the game, which made for the Tofig Bahramov Stadium. Julian a soporific match, meant there was little to shout Draxler spotted Jonas Hector free to his about from an England perspective. left and passed for the defender to send it The game was preceded by the laying of straight back for Schuerrle, who finished wreaths and a minute’s silence in honour of the from close range. four people killed and over 50 injured in Just as it seemed the visitors were com- Wednesday’s terror attack in London. pletely in control, Dimitrij Nazarov equal- Having tested out a 3-4-2-1 system in the mid- ized in the 31st with a perfectly placed shot week 1-0 friendly defeat in Germany, Southgate inside the far post after four Germany reverted to a back four and his side were quickly on defenders failed to stop Afran Ismaylov the front foot, with Adam Lallana prominent. from picking him out. It was the first goal The Liverpool midfielder saw a deflected shot LONDON: England’s Jamie Vardy, left, and Lithuania’s Tadas Kijanskas challenge for the ball during the World Cup Group F qualifying soccer match Germany had conceded in qualifiers for the caught by Ernestas Setkus and then produced a between England and Lithuania at the Wembley Stadium in London, Great Britain, yesterday. — AP 2018 tournament. clever pass down the inside-right channel for ed into the net for his first international goal since As England continued to labour in the second pass into his path. England continued to dominate, Thomas Mueller restored the lead min- Defoe, whose shot was blocked by the Lithuania March 2013. half, they were given another let-off when Vykintas but could not add to their lead despite Rashford’s utes later, running into Schuerrle’s pass, tak- goalkeeper. He threatened to notch a 21st England goal Slivka was unable to find a way past Hart with a best efforts. ing it past the goalkeeper with his right foot Defoe’s penalty-box cunning was one of the moments later, thudding a shot wide from range. free shot from just inside the box. Vardy lobbed over from Rashford’s pass and Eric and finishing into the empty net with his reasons Southgate picked him over Vardy and he Joe Hart, captain for the day, had been a virtual Short of an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain curler that Dier headed wide from a Rashford corner, before left. Joshua Kimmich crossed for Mario vindicated his manager’s call by putting England bystander, but the England goalkeeper was almost Setkus parried, England were offering little in attack the Manchester United forward embarked on a Gomez to make it 3-1 with a header before ahead in the 22nd minute. embarrassed in first-half stoppage time. and in the 59th minute Southgate turned to his sinewy run that culminated in a sprawling save by the break. The home side started the sec- The assistant referee’s flag stayed down despite bench, sending on Vardy and Rashford. Setkus. “I’m very proud of my team because we’ve ond half with renewed vigor, though with- VALSKIS LET-OFF Nerijus Valskis appearing to be blatantly offside and Vardy took just seven minutes to find the net, been tested by a tremendously strong team, prob- out troubling Bernd Leno, playing instead Raheem Sterling slipped past Egidijus Vaitkunas the Lithuanian forward managed to head the ball steering a shot between Setkus and his left-hand ably the strongest team we’ve faced until now,” said of the injured Manuel Neuer in the on the left before rolling in a cross that Defoe plant- past Hart, obliging John Stones to hack clear. post after Lallana delicately flicked Kyle Walker’s beaten manager Edgaras Jankauskas. —AFP Germany goal.—AP Experts address financial challenges in GCC Page 25
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LONDON: This file photo shows national flags of all countries attending London 2012 Olympic Games are displayed near the “Big Ben” clock Tower, at the Parliament square in London. Brexit challenges Britain’s global image of openness and tolerance, but Cool Britannia has what it takes to avoid being suddenly rebranded as uncool just because it quits the EU, advertising professionals say. — AFP Brexit challenges Britain’s global image Saving ‘Cool Britannia’ image from Brexit bruise
LONDON: Brexit challenges Britain’s global trendy neighborhood of Soho. “The things that Britain could emphasize other, intangible image of openness and tolerance, but Cool make British culture unique remain. Music, fash- advantages such as its stable political and Britannia has what it takes to avoid being sud- ion, British content, creative content, television, legal system, a qualified English-speaking denly rebranded as uncool just because it quits film. I would say all those things are not at risk, workforce and even the capacity of the British the EU, advertising professionals say. because they are driven by creative people,” people to take the best from foreign cultural From music to film and fashion, Britain has said Scheckner. “But when you look at things influences. Adept marketers could even turn for decades enhanced its image as a modern like tourism, which is a very big industry, when divided public opinion into a positive-pre- and dynamic culture. The ease of immigrating you look at businesses, it has to employ young senting a diversity of views as a counterpoint and working in Britain helped it build a reputa- talent, the risk is being viewed as an unfriendly to a uniform, inward-looking bloc. tion as a welcoming and hospitable society. But place for talent, for young people,” he added. Richard Staplehurst, a partnerships manag- the vote to leave the European Union last June er at the Latimer agency, said he remains opti- sent a troubling message of tighter border con- Brexit an ‘insular process’ mistic on the ability of young people, who trols and an exit from the EU’s single market. At Advertising Week, dominated by young mostly voted to remain in the EU, to keep “Brexit is a self-inflicted wound because you professionals with an international outlook, good vibes flowing. are putting the image of openness at risk, that’s there were few supporters of Brexit. Brexit “is “There will be enough social media activism dangerous,” said Matt Scheckner, founder and an inward-looking and insular process by to show the country is open,” he said. “Many executive director of Advertising Week. itself” said Melanie Read of the Aesop agency. people will say ‘it’s not fair, we want you to But most advertising execs still think it’s pos- come’.” Private activism could act as a counter- Unique British culture sible to save Britain’s brand by emphasizing weight to the often divisive public political “So to send the message that Britain is open the positive. debate. “We are naturally outward-looking and for business is vitally important.” The effusive “People will have to reassert the strengths naturally innovative,” Secretary of State for New Yorker organized this week the fifth of the country, the cultural strengths, in their International Trade Liam Fox told AFP. “It is not London version of Advertising Week, which creation,” said Matt Donegan, managing direc- because we are leaving the EU that our great attracted 40,000 industry professionals to four tor at Social Circle marketing agency. culture will disappear,” added Latimer’s LONDON: People walking over Westminster Bridge wrapped in Union flags, towards the days of seminars and events in the capital’s Similarly, advertising professionals thought Staplehurst. — AFP Queen Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and The Houses of Parliament in central London. — AFP Arab businesses debate Russia set to repay all economic integration Soviet Union’s debt
DEAD SEA, Jordan: The Arab business sector is looking ed in 2013 and found its way to implementation vigor- MOSCOW: A quarter of a century after the fall of the Soviet Soviet-era loans-was made eight years after the 1998 default. forward to promote an economic integration towards ously. “It is important to rely on the GCC countries to Union, Russia is finally set to pay off all the foreign debt it Russia has also allowed itself the luxury of cancelling some wider and more comprehensive spaces to achieve a lead the Arab economic renaissance in the next phase, inherited from the vanished Communist empire. country’s debts, with Cuba the latest in 2014. The remaining decent life for the Arab citizen. due to the GCC’s integrated economic system and the Keen to establish a reputation of a reliable borrower- debt chiefly consisted of “commercial” debts that resulted This sector hopes that the 28th Arab Summit sched- achievements that we are proud of” Al-Kabariti said. For despite Western financial sanctions over the Ukraine conflict- from the imports of goods to the Soviet Union from ally coun- uled to be held in Jordan on Wednesday will support the his part, Chairman of the Arab Business Union Hamdi Al- Moscow announced last week it would pay off $125.2 million tries. Such debts were formed “in a strange way”, Anatoly economic integration by making some decisive deci- Tabbaa said in a statement to KUNA that the Union calls in Soviet-era debt to Bosnia-Herzegovina within 45 days. The Aksakov, head of the parliament’s economic market commit- sions. In this context, Chairman of the Chamber of to discuss several files to strengthen joint Arab action. payment “completes the settlement of the external public tee, told RIA Novosti state news agency. He questioned how Commerce and Industry of Jordan Nael Al-Kabariti said Al-Tabbaa added that the summit represents the debt of the former USSR, which is a historic event,” said such countries turned out to be creditors of the Soviet Union yesterday that Amman Summit will be successful and supreme Arab political will to support joint Arab cooper- Russia’s deputy finance minister Sergei Storchak. even though it was “a very rich country”. will take the necessary decisions to meet aspirations of ation. He pointed out that the Union recommended the In February, Moscow paid $60.6 million to Macedonia. the Arab citizen. Al-Kabariti added that the Arab world Arab summit to discuss important economic issues such After the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Russia assumed A faultless borrower is currently undergoing unprecedented conditions as (Arab Customs Union), stressing the need to com- responsibility for its foreign debt of some $70 billion. In the case of the former Yugoslavia-which the USSR pro- affecting the Arab economy and social life. This requires plete the Greater Arab Free Trade Area. vided with military equipment in exchange for consumer an exceptional and multiplying effort in the direction of Among the economic files recommended by the Paying for perestroika goods-Russia faced the tricky task of dividing up the debt joint economic action. Union, Al-Tabbaa said that the (Arab food security) file is a This was mostly contracted during the difficult pere- among the countries that emerged from its breakup. “It is He said that the Greater Arab Free Trade Area contin- “big dilemma” in the Arab countries, which import more stroikaera from 1985 to 1991, a time of failed attempts to politically important: Russia has paid off the USSR’s debt to a ues to face non-tariff barrier, mainly due to technical than half of its food needs from outside the Arab world, reform the USSR’s dysfunctional political and economic sys- country that no longer exists,” said Yuri Yudenkov, a professor constraints, not to mention the relatively large increase especially grain, sugar, meat and oil. Moreover, the issue of tem. This commitment proved a painful burden in the 1990s at the Russian University of Economics and Public in the costs of commercial transport, despite that more education, scientific research and technological progress as Russia faced catastrophic economic problems that culmi- Administration. “This is very important in terms of reputation: than 19 years of operation in this region. is one of the most important economic issues to be priori- nated in a humiliating default on its foreign debt in 1998. the ability to repay on time, the responsibility,” he told AFP. He pointed to the importance of a unified Arab strat- tized by the Arab Summit, he added, stressing the impor- But in 2006 — thanks to a steady influx of petrodollars Yudenkov contrasted this with Kiev which has refused to egy to interact with important developments, including tance of developing traditional education to specialized, since the early 2000s-Russia was able to pay off its debts to 17 repay a $3-billion loan Moscow gave the pro-Russian govern- China’s initiative to build the new Silk Road which start- qualitative, and vocational education. — KUNA major creditor-countries in the so-called Paris Club. A pay- ment of former president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ment of more than $20 billion-or 95 percent of the value of all ousted from power in 2014. — AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 BUSINESS Failure on health bill hurts prospects for tax overhaul
WASHINGTON: House Republicans’ fail- every tax break has a constituency. And ure to repeal Barack Obama’s health care the biggest tax breaks are among the law deals a serious blow to another big most popular. part of President Donald Trump’s agenda: For example, nearly 34 million families tax reform. claimed the mortgage interest deduction in Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, 2016, reducing their tax bills by $65 billion. R-Wis., say they will soon turn their atten- Also, more than 43 million families deducted tion to the first major re-write of the tax their state and local income, sales and personal code in more than 30 years. But they will property taxes from their federal taxable have to do it without the momentum of income last year. The deduction reduced their victory on health care. Just as important, federal tax bills by nearly $70 billion. Mnuchin the loss on health care will deprive said he had been overseeing work on the Republicans of $1 trillion in tax cuts. administration’s tax bill for the past two The GOP health plan would have months. He said it would be introduced soon. repealed nearly $1 trillion in taxes enact- ed under Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Corporate tax The bill coupled the tax cuts with spend- Mnuchin said the White House plan ing cuts for Medicaid, so it wouldn’t add would cut individual and corporate tax to the budget deficit. Without the spend- rates, though he didn’t offer specifics. ing cuts, it will be much harder for House Republicans have released a blue- Republicans to cut taxes without adding print that outlines their goals for a tax to the federal government’s red ink. overhaul. 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The general goal Ryan made this case to fellow House tional schemes enabling them to sell more for Republicans is to lower income tax Republicans in his failed effort to gain Xpelair exhaust fans in the retail market. Xpelair rates for individuals and corporations, support for the health plan. “That was launched their new exhaust fan which can be and make up the lost revenue by reduc- part of the calculation of why we had to mounted very easily for applications meant for ing exemptions, deductions and credits. take care of health care first,” said Rep. high rise buildings which was appreciated and Overhauling the tax code is hard because Tom Reed, R-N.Y. —AP Spain PM backs economy EU trade official: Bloc has minister for Eurogroup head many ‘shortcomings’ MADRID: Spain’s economy minister published in several newspapers growing eurozone crisis. He had to ROME: The European Union’s trade commissioner the bloc’s most populous nation and its biggest eco- would be a good head of the including top-selling El Pais. “What steer through deep spending cuts as says that she sees “a Europe that stands up for liberty, nomic power, as being interested in them rather than Eurogroup of eurozone finance min- can I say. Certainly the Spanish econo- Spain tried to rein in its gaping deficit democracy and the rule of law,” but adds that “the lecturing them. isters, Spanish Prime Minister my minister, if you ask me this, is one and oversaw a 41-billion-euro ($44 bil- European project has many challenges and shortcom- Gabriel wrote: “We should counter temptations from Mariano Rajoy said yesterday as the of the most important and competent lion) European bailout of the country’s ings.” Cecilia Malmstrom, a Swede, said Saturday on her Beijing, Moscow and Washington, which always want current chair faces calls to resign. personalities in the Eurogroup,” the ailing banks. blog that people need to discuss what they want and on just to speak to us Germans, by noting that we are hap- Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, prime minister said. De Guindos was the main chal- the 60th anniversary of the EU, “we want to celebrate py to play an important role and want to take responsi- who is also Dutch finance minister, De Guindos has served as lenger to replace Dijsselbloem as the with dialogue instead of conflict, to create a future that bility - but that Europe is far bigger than Germany, and has been under pressure to step Economy Ministry in the centre-right head of the Eurogroup when his first we in good conscience can hand over to future genera- they can only have us together. down since he said in an interview government of Rajoy since it took term expired in 2015 but in the end tions.” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former NATO secre- Residents of Rome are avoiding the city center as published Monday in a German power in December 2011 — the year the Dutchman secured his re-election tary-general and Danish prime minister, tweeted that authorities brace for the possibility of violent protests newspaper that southern European Spain found itself at the heart of a to the powerful post. —AFP “greater unity must come from more flexibility toward during a European Union summit. Some subway stops countries blew their money on member states’ visions.” are closed, and buses have been rerouted away from the “drinks and women”. European Commission President Jean-Claude historic heart of the Italian capital hours before several Southern Europeans reacted Third Airbus plane purchased Juncker says to have such a festive meeting like the 60th planned marches. strongly, with Portugal’s prime min- anniversary of the European Union founding treaty Authorities fear anarchists might infiltrate anti-EU ister and former Italian premier by Iran lands in Tehran without British participation is “a very sad moment.” protests set for the afternoon. Leaders from 27 EU Matteo Renzi calling for Dijsselbloem TEHRAN: Iran’s official IRNA news received its first and the second Juncker said that “Brexit, the exit of Britain, is a nations gathered on the ancient Capitoline Hill on the to step down. agency is reporting that the third of planes from Airbus in January and tragedy” for the 27 other nations meeting in Rome. 60th anniversary of the founding treaty of the EU, Dijsselbloem’s job was already up the 100 planes it purchased from March. Iran’s flag carrier sealed a Britain voted last year to leave the bloc and is set to trig- whose unity is now being sorely tested. One march is in the air after his party lost out in Airbus following a landmark deal with Airbus in December for ger the two years of divorce proceedings next organized by far-right opponents to the EU, while elections in The Netherlands last nuclear deal with world powers has 100 planes. It separately reached an Wednesday. Germany’s foreign minister says that his another is organized by far-left opponents. week. His mandate as head of the joined its commercial fleet. agreement to buy 80 planes from country must be careful not to be seen as lecturing Also scheduled is a pro-EU march, which could draw Eurogroup lasts until January 2018. The now Iran Air A330 jet landed Boeing. Most of Iran’s 250 commer- smaller European Union countries, despite calls for a hundreds of Britons who live in EU countries and fear Asked if in the wake of the con- in Tehran Saturday after a flight cial planes were purchased before German leadership role. complications from Britain’s exit from the union. troversy over Dijsselbloem’s com- from Toulouse, France, home to the the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Sigmar Gabriel wrote in an article for weekly Der European Union leaders are gathering in Rome to ments Spain would like the head of headquarters of the European con- 2016, only about two thirds of Spiegel’s online edition Saturday that “Europe is more mark the 60th anniversary of their founding treaty and the Eurogroup to be Spanish, Rajoy sortium. It has 32 business and 206 them were operational because than and above all often different from Germany.” He chart a way ahead following the decision of Britain to backed Spanish Economy Luis de economy class seats. Iran Air spare part shortages. —AP added that smaller EU countries should view Germany, leave the 28-nation bloc. —AP Guindos for the post in an interview
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KAMCO receives ‘Best Wealth Management Company’ award
KUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company, a Finance Magazine as the best wealth man- KAMCO Investment Company is a premier leading investment company with one of the agement company in Kuwait during 2016. It investment company, based in Kuwait with largest AUMs in the region, received a plaque is a privilege to serve our valued clients with an office in the UAE and presence through- for the “Best Wealth Management Company - our talented team of experts. This award rep- out the GCC region, regulated by the Capital Kuwait” from International Finance Magazine resents KAMCO’s ability to convert its accu- Markets Authority with one of the largest pri- (“IFM”), a renowned financial publication that mulated years of experience and resources vate sector AUMs in the region. recognizes and honors individuals, as well as into customized plans and tailored wealth Established in 1998 and listed on the organizations, in the financial investment management strategies that assist clients in Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) in 2003, KAMCO industry. Sana Al-Hadlaq, Chief Wealth Officer identifying and managing important life pri- is a subsidiary of United Gulf Bank (UGB). of KAMCO, received the trophy on behalf of orities. Our Wealth Management team uses It has become a leading regional company the Company. their abilities and skills to advise corporates, within its sector offering innovative products This award is one of six awards that the high net worth individuals, sovereign wealth and services to its clients, holding over $11.2 Company received for excellence in 2016. funds, pensions, endowments, foundations billion of client AUM and has successfully KAMCO was awarded “Best GCC Investment and family offices.” completed 92 investment banking transac- Banking Company” and “Best Investment Al-Hadlaq continued to say that the tions worth over $13 billion as of 30 Management Company - Kuwait” from World Wealth Management team’s leadership and September 2016. Finance. “Best Wealth Management Company highly skilled experts have assisted in With almost two decades of experience in - Kuwait” and “Best Real Estate Fund - Kuwait” KAMCO’s role in becoming one of the lead- conducting business in Kuwait’s dynamic from International Finance Magazine. “Asset ing Asset Management and Investment investment industry, KAMCO has successfully Manager of the Year - Kuwait” from Global Banking providers in the local and regional established a robust reputation for solidity, Investor and “Best Bond Issuance Manager of markets. The Team will continue to provide characterized by its prudent, conservative the Year GCC” by Global Business Outlook. custom tailored innovative products and investment philosophy and spirit of trans- Sana Al-Hadlaq, Chief Wealth Officer of KAMCO, receives Sana Al-Hadlaq, said, “We are honored to superior services that exceed the local mar- parency, which has consistently commanded the trophy have been recognized by the International ket expectations. the goodwill of a wide patron-base.
ALARGAN reports KD1.8m in net profit for 2016 Board recommends 10% cash dividends
KUWAIT: ALARGAN International Real thanks to the unique experiences they Estate Company, one of the leading real provide to visitors.” estate developers in the Middle East region, yesterday announced a net International investments profit of KD1.8 million and earnings per in real estate share (EPS) of 7.09 fils for the year end- Operating in a combined developer ing in December 31, 2016, in compari- and investor model, ALARGAN has son to a net profit of KD16.7 million and investment in the real estate sector in earnings per share (EPS) of 65.32 fils in stable prime locations in Europe, the 2015. The Board of Directors also rec- United States (US) and the United ommended the distribution of 10 per- Kingdom (UK) to generate regular cent cash dividends of the share nomi- income and provide the opportunity nal value (10 fils per share). for capital appreciation derived from Commenting on the results, Khaled asset values at exit. Al-Mashaan, CEO and Vice Chairman of Al-Mashaan added: “The shift in the Board of Directors of ALARGAN strategy to combine development and International Real Estate Company, investments has aided the Company in said: “Despite a significant increase in establishing a larger portfolio of assets our operational earnings, our bottom that generate recurring revenues while line in 2016 shows a decrease in com- helping ALARGAN weather turbulences parison to the previous year because of related to oil prices and geopolitical an exceptional one-time gain of KD26.2 uncertainties. Our investments have KUWAIT: Panelists on the floor of the CMA conference in Sheraton Hotel, Kuwait yesterday. — Photos ny Joseph Shagra million from a divestment that was started yielding returns and are sched- accounted for in 2015. uled to mature in 2020.” “Putting the one-time gain aside, CMA conference discusses operating profit increased in 2016 to Strong financial position KD2.95 million in comparison to a In 2016, Capital Intelligence (CI), the KD7.07 loss in 2015. Revenues also international credit rating agency, increased to KD26.8 million in 2016 by announced that it has raised its rating challenges and aspirations 37 percent in comparison to KD19.5 on the KD26.5 million bond issued by million in 2015. Expenses decreased by Brokerage firms, investment companies, bank staff attend forum 14 percent from KD29.1 million in 2015 to KD25.1 million in 2016.” By Nawara Fattahova The increase in operational earnings were driven by the performance of the KUWAIT: The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Company’s core income-generating held its second annual conference titled ‘Capital assets, advancements in new develop- Markets’ Development in the State of Kuwait’ ments and strong sales of residential yesterday, attended by representatives of bro- units, as well as yields generated from kerage companies, investment companies, bank real estate investments in prime loca- employees and other related staff. Dr Nayef Al- tions in the world. Hajraf, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Al-Mashaan said: “ALARGAN contin- of CMA, welcomed the attendees, saying CMA ued to deliver on its strategy launched fulfilled its promise to hold this conference in 2015 which focuses on improving annually in the same period. “This is the second the performance of its core income- consecutive year of the conference. We held it in generating assets while operating the first quarter of the year like last year to dis- through a combined developer and cuss the most important issues related to CMA’s investor business model in an aim to Khaled Al-Mashaan duties and stock exchange activities,” he said. deliver a sustainable business that adds Since the conference that was held last year, value to shareholders, and provides ALARGAN International Real Estate many new local stock exchange activities have life-enhancing and sustainable solu- Company in April 2012 to “BBB” and taken place. “During the previous conference, tions in the region.” revised the outlook to “stable”. The raise we announced our intention to develop the cap- KUWAIT: Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of CMA, delivers a 2016 Financial and operational high- was supported by identified resources ital market, which cannot be executed without speech. lights: (cash plus unutilized committed fund- compliance with applied international standards • Increase of revenues in develop- ing lines) in place to repay the obliga- and adopting best practices,” added Hajraf. Vice Chairman and CEO, Boursa Kuwait of Using XBRL for Business Reporting in Capital ments, contracting and related services tion. The rating upgrade also reflects Securities Company and Mohammad Al-Osaimi, Markets’; Mohammed Al-Hadari, Deputy CEO for to KD0.3 million in comparison to a loss the increase in equity and the fall in Boursa Kuwait Executive Director, Markets Sector, Boursa Organizational Services and Support - Securities of KD1.9 million in 2015 debt (and therefore leverage). The rat- “Last year, the Kuwait Stock Exchange was Kuwait Securities Company, both discussing and Commodities Authority (UAE), who spoke • Profit from rents and resorts was ing was followed by a cancellation of transferred from a public institution into a share- Boursa Kuwait’s strategic initiatives. on the ‘UAE Experience in Implementing XBRL sustained at KD6.3 million KD9.14 million in bonds which were holding company. This company is directed The third session was on the ‘CMA XBRL Based Electronic Filling Platform’; and Abdullah • Profit from change in fair value of repurchased ahead of their maturation according to private sector rules, and since Based Electronic Filling Platform’ (IFSAH). It was Al-Terkait, Manager of the IFSAH project at CMA, investment properties in 2016 in April 2017. October 2016, it’s managed by the Boursa presented by John Turner, CEO, XBRL who spoke on the ‘Overview of the CMA XBRL increased to KD1 million in comparison ALARGAN International has also Kuwait Company. Another significant event was International, who spoke about the ‘Advantages Based Electronic Filling Platform’. to KD 5.3 million in loss in 2015 consolidated its financial structure and applying governance rules starting from June • Total assets decreased by 2.4 per- rearranged risks related to debt instru- 30, which assures applying best international cent and total liabilities decreased by ments by converting short and medi- practices that are similar to international mar- 6.1 percent um-term obligations into long-term kets. Furthermore, CMA last year issued resolu- East German boom town breaks • Revenues from investments in real commitments to increase the tion no. 72/2016 about applying the post-trade estate and securities portfolios and Company’s financial solvency. This was model,” he pointed out. populist, backward stereotypes funds increased to KD218,000 achieved by undertaking credit facility “Today’s conference sheds light on the • Financing expenses decreased by to repay present debts and invest in achievements of the compliance with applied JENA, Germany: With higher unemployment which now boasts some 5,000 enterprises. A 33.7 percent future projects. international standards, in addition to the rates than western Germany and support for long-standing university has also regained future tendency on this issue to achieve strate- the anti-immigration AfD party reaching 20 popularity, and students make up a quarter of Operational performance Company outlook gic goals. The strategic plans of CMA sets the percent, the country’s former communist east the population. ALARGAN’s high-profile resort and Al-Mashaan said: “With a solid finan- base for a leading regional experience that is has often been associated with economic commercial developments continued cial position thanks to steady and sus- beyond the regular tools of the monitoring decline and xenophobia.But some cities in ‘Still prejudices’ authorities of stock exchange that is usually lim- to generate stable revenues from rents tainable income generating products, eastern Germany have emerged as economic “Jena has managed to overcome crises, ited to licensed individuals and investors of all and leasing in Kuwait and Bahrain. The and a healthy funding structure with bright spots where populist politicians are because the technology companies of the city categories,” Hajraf said. Company completed procedures to minimal reliance on short-term borrow- finding it hard to gain ground. Take the city of target a range of markets with varied products He concluded by saying that the National start leasing in its ALARGAN Business ing, ALARGAN is set to continue its Jena in Thuringia state-population 100,000, and are strong in exports,” said Wilfried Project of Strengthening Financial Culture that is Park located in the Free Trade Zone, an unemployment rate 6.5 percent. Roepke, who heads the city’s economic pro- growth in 2017 through the scheduled executed by CMA aims to spread the financial area expected to boom with business- delivery of new projects that enhance Long known as a “lighthouse” of the region, motion agency Jena Wirtschaft (Jena culture among various categories, especially in the city boasts a flourishing high-tech sector Economy). That makes the city one of a few es following the completed transfer of our portfolio of assets generating the educational field, starting from school up to and a strong optical technology sector that exceptions in eastern Germany, even if it’s not the area’s management, and permis- recurring revenues, as well as through university. “This strategic project will qualify even the communist years didn’t extinguish. the only success story today. sions provided to local investors and developments that continue to add val- future generations to work in this field and meet Just a short walk from the colorful facades Mercedes-Benz is investing millions of foreign investments bullishly support- ue for the benefit of our society as we the needs of local market”. of the market square, a white building stands euros in Ludwigsfeld in Brandenburg state ed. Developments in Kuwait, Bahrain follow our motto “Life ...as you love it”.” The first session was on the ‘Post-Trade out, bearing the blue letters “Jenoptik”. The that surrounds Berlin, while BMW has built an and Oman continued to advance and Financially, ALARGAN’s bond will Model’ (PTM), where four speakers gave presen- company’s chief executive Michael Mertin, ultra-modern factory in Leipzig. Dresden has sales of housing units under develop- come to maturity in April 2017. tations - Muthanna Al-Saleh, Head of the who employs 3,500 people, told AFP that “the its Silicon Saxony of IT firms, and in Potsdam, ment in Bahrain and Oman saw a Operationally, the Company prepares Markets Sector at CMA on the ‘Final Post Trade combination of high-tech, well-trained the Babelsberg studios is again attracting strong growth during the year. to launch its new ARGAN Square com- Model’; Anwar Al-Ghaith, Executive Director, employees and internationalisation have cer- international movie producers. Al-Mashaan said: “Our most signifi- mercial complex in the Salmiya area Information Technology and Banking tainly been a factor of success”. Despite the growing opportunities, “east- cant mixed-use and residential devel- and its ARGANIA commercial complex Operations Sector at the Central Bank on ‘Central The company traces its beginnings to the ern Germany often doesn’t have such a posi- opments in 2016 were without a in Shuwaikh. It also continues the Bank of Kuwait and Commercial Banks’ Role in optical giant Carl Zeiss, part of which was tive image, there are still prejudices,” said doubt the Al Waha and Telal Al Qurm development of the Jeyoun communi- PTM’; Othman Al-Issa, CEO of Kuwait Clearing nationalised during the communist era. Roepke. That extends to recruitment, where projects in Oman which received great ty in Bahrain, Al Waha and Telal Al Company on ‘The Kuwait Clearing Company’s Jenoptik grew out of the nationalised firm potential employees often have to first over- acclaims last year and saw the delivery Qurm in Oman, as well as plans to Strategy in Light of the Final Form of PTM’; and after German reunification in 1990. Today, it come an “initial reticence” stemming from the of the first residential phase in Telal Al move forward in two new projects in Emine Ebru Akbulut, Deputy Head of the makes and sells optic systems and laser equip- stereotype of eastern Germany as unattractive Qurm. The new residential phases of Oman. ALARGAN is also taking the Intermediary Activities Department of the ment across the world. During a late-winter and backward. A psychological barrier still our Jeyoun community in Bahrain fol- next step to expand its operations Capital Markets Board of Turkey, who presented visit, the company was playing host to two exists mainly among Germans themselves, lowed in the success of ARGAN Village. though an upcoming community a ‘Review of the Turkish Experience of PTM’. South Koreans in town to learn how to use its said Mertin, who hails from the western city of Our commercial developments in development in Morocco which is The second session was titled ‘Boursa Kuwait; high-precision laser technology that cuts car Cologne. From abroad, “Germany is viewed as Kuwait continue to attract demand already at the design phase. Challenges and Aspirations’. Two speakers gave parts. Jenoptik is not alone in success in Jena, a single strong entity,” he said. —AFP presentations in this session - Khaled Al-Khaled, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 BUSINESS Britain to fire starting gun on Brexit talks GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD DUBLIN: The nine-month Brexit “phoney war” ing of battle lines. Britain appears to have set Irish vote begins to bite, timelier indicators next Flash deflation is set to come to an end next week when British its course for a “hard Brexit”, where a clean “The tone of this process might have impli- week including mortgage approvals, In a date-heavy week around the Prime Minister Theresa May notifies the break is favoured to regain control over immi- cations for sterling markets,” said Investec econ- house prices and consumer confidence world, eurozone flash inflation readings European Union of Britain’s intention to leave, gration, while the EU’s chief negotiator this omist Chris Hare. May has other domestic polit- may be worth watching more closely. for March stand out after annual price ris- starting two years of unprecedented negotia- week spelled out its need for early agreements ical issues to tackle as well, including today’s es surged to a four-year high of 2.0 per- tions. May will send a letter to European on citizens’ rights, money and borders. deadline to form a new regional government in Trump’s defeat cent in February, zooming up to the Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday But May has revealed little of her strategy to Northern Ireland or risk having its decision- Friday’s defeat was more than a small European Central Bank’s target of “below to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Tusk secure what she calls “the best possible deal” making moved back to London, and a Scottish stumble: Trump had thrown his full politi- but close to 2 percent”. will then send draft negotiating guidelines to for the world’s fifth-largest economy. Her letter Parliament vote tomorrow on whether to sec- cal weight behind the measure, the first Rising inflation across the 19-country the 27 other member states within 48 hours. next week and Tusk’s reply may offer markets ond a second independence referendum. After big legislative test of his nascent adminis- bloc has put pressure on rate setters to That means it will finally be down to busi- keen for details some hints at how rocky the retail sales suffered their biggest squeeze in tration. The bill’s failure marked a second say when and how extraordinary stimulus major policy setback for Trump, after ness after an at times painstakingly slow draw- path ahead may be. nearly 7 years on Thursday as higher inflation measures could be scaled back, although courts froze his efforts to block travelers still weak underlying figures have limited from several predominantly Muslim coun- tries. The potential economic implications discussions so far. of 2016’s other major earthquake at the “We expect that run to have come to ballot box - the election of US President an end this month,” wrote economists at Donald Trump - played out at a much RBC Capital Markets, referring to the six faster pace with Friday’s vote on the bill. consecutive months of year-on-year The vote had been billed by financial headline inflation rate rises. markets as a crucial test of Trump’s ability “With the oil price effect abating and to work with Congress to deliver on pro- underlying inflation still weak, we see growth policies like tax cuts and infra- headline inflation continuing to moderate structure spending. Leaders from Trump’s from here and falling to 1.5 percent year- Republican party postponed what was on-year by year-end.” supposed to have been his first legislative Next week also brings a string of victory because of opposition from two emerging central bank policy meetings flanks in the party on Thursday. Even if it with Czech rate setters set to hold their gets approval from the House, the legisla- last meeting before the bank’s self- tion could face an even tougher fight in imposed deadline for lifting a 3-1/2-year the Senate, the other chamber of old currency cap. Mexico’s central bank Congress. A raft of speeches from top meets on Thursday after a spike in infla- Federal Reserve officials - ten days after tion to an eight-year high prompted its the bank raised interest rates for the sec- chief to hint at more interest rate hikes ond time in three months - may pale in comparison to the political drama, as following one just last month. Mexican could GDP revisions and key manufactur- rates are now at their highest in almost ing surveys. eight years. — Agencies MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 business Experts address financial challenges in GCC EDB, Euromoney host 600 delegates from 24 countries at Bahrain forum
KUWAIT: The Bahrain Economic Development an excellent opportunity to welcome a wide Board (EDB) and Euromoney hosted 600 atten- range of key market participants from all over dees - the biggest crowd to date - at the GCC the world, allowing us to showcase Bahrain, its Financial Forum. Senior government officials, strategic importance in the GCC and the myri- regulators and economists joined local and ad of opportunities in financial services that international financiers and business leaders the country has to offer.’ in Manama for two days of high level discus- Francis Fukuyama, the renowned political sions and networking. commentator, futurist and author was joined Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Chief Executive of the by Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the Institute EDB, who opened the conference, said: ‘The of New Economic Thinking and former head of forum attracts a high-level audience, both the UK Financial Services Authority. They pro- locally and internationally, and is a testament vided a global context to the day’s discussions, to Bahrain’s significance as a financial services examining the impact of the new US adminis- hub in the region. Our annual forum affords us tration on the international stage, analyzing
MANAMA: Khalid Al-Rumaihi, MANAMA: A cross-section of the audience at GCC Financial Forum. Chief Executive of the EDB the audience on Bahrain’s currency and tackling the key challenges that we face in the economic indicators in key global economies exchange-rate policy, Bahrain’s approach to region.” and the future prospects for growth. catalysing innovation in non-oil businesses Day two examined how innovation in Highlights of the first day of the event also and the development of the banking sector, financial services can provide solutions to the included a keynote interview with Jean among many other topics. GCC’s financing challenges. In particular the Lemierre, Chairman of BNP Paribas, who spoke Atif Abdulmalik, CEO of Arcapita said: ‘The role of fintech and innovative financing plat- on the importance of the GCC and Bahrain to high-calibre and diverse line-up of speakers forms was discussed with presentations from the bank’s overall strategy. from Bahrain and from overseas made for Rita Liu, Head of Europe, Middle East and The traditional highlight of the conference some very thought-provoking and construc- Africa at Alipay and Marcus Treacher, Global was the open ‘Town Hall Discussion’ with tive discussions. The forum provided an excel- Head of Strategic Accounts at Ripple. The con- Rasheed Mohammed Al-Maraj, Bahrain’s lent opportunity for key decision-makers in ference closed with a lively debate on the fast Central Bank Governor. His Excellency spoke the regional and international financial mar- evolving fintech landscape and what this about the outlook for Bahrain’s economy and kets to come together for open and honest means for banks, retail payment providers and MANAMA: Panel discussion in progress at GCC Financial Forum 2017. financial sector and answered questions from debate and to discuss tangible solutions for technology firms. Brexit plunges EU fishing into troubled waters Markets under pressure as BRUSSELS: EU fishing fleets are increas- boats, or almost five times more by value, ingly anxious about their future access to said Ian Napier, senior policy advisor at Trump tastes first defeat teeming British waters as Britain prepares the NAFC Marine Centre, based on to trigger the two-year countdown to its Scotlands’ Shetland Islands. exit from the bloc. From 2011 to 2015, European fleets KUWAIT: During the first quarter of 2017, the Germany increased to the strongest since May Fleets from nine EU countries includ- caught 700,000 tons of fish and seafood FOMC raised interest rates while expressing opti- NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT 2011, driving job creation to the highest for six ing France, Germany and Spain have in British waters, valued at about 530 mil- mism about the outlook of the US economy and years. Output and order book growth accelerat- banded together in a newly-created lion pounds (612 million euros, $660 mil- signaling continuous gradual rates hikes in 2017. get for the first time in three years. The currency ed in both manufacturing and services, as did European Fisheries Alliance, formerly lion), the NAFC said in a report published The message was perceived as if the Fed gave the closed the week at 1.2468. job creation. The German service sector saw jobs launched at the European Parliament last in January. British vessels, by contrast, green light to extend the risk assets rally based on The Japanese yen also reached a four month being added at a rate not beaten in 20 years of week, warning of steep losses if divorce caught just 92,000 tons, valued at 110 additional fiscal stimulus hopes, potential higher highs at 110.60 against the dollar but softened data collection. proceedings turn bitter. million pounds, in other EU waters. corporate earnings on the back of falling oil following the less than expected manufacturing Alain Vidalies, France’s secretary of And the European Fisheries Alliance prices despite a stronger US dollar. PMI figures on Friday. The currency closed the UK inflation on the rise state for fisheries, stressed in Paris last notes that Britain cannot eat all the Last week, markets start to send different week at 111.33. UK inflation accelerated more than econo- week “the importance of preserving fair- salmon, lobster, scallops and other fish mixed signal under the continued influence of US On the commodities side, oil prices continued mists forecast in February, breaking through the ness between European and British and seafood its boats produce: about 70 politics. Indeed, equities, treasury yields and the under pressure even with the potential extension Bank of England’s target for the first time in more fleets” post-Brexit. European fleets obtain percent of production, worth a billion US dollar dropped reflecting moderating expec- of the current OPEC’s production cut increased oil than three years. The 2.3 percent increase in the one-third of their catch in the exclusive euros a year, is exported to its European tations for President Donald Trump’s ability to prices while a build-up in US crude inventories consumer prices index was the fastest since economic zone around the British Isles, partners. Despite this, a UK parliament pass meaningful and timely reforms and substan- drove prices down as Brent Crude closed the September 2013 and above the median predic- and loss of access to those waters could White Paper published in December tially increase infrastructure spending. Despite week at $50.80. Furthermore, gold prices contin- tion for 2.1 percent. The rate is up from just 0.3 cut their profits in half in the short term, found that the majority of fish consumed the first failure of the President, market implied ue to be volatile as investors remain hesitant percent a year ago, reflecting sterling’s 17 percent the fishing alliance says. in Britain are imported. fed funds probabilities were not heavily affected amid the current political uncertainty. drop since the Brexit vote in June, as well as an In the long term, EU fleets could lose a “Continued access to free, or preferen- and continued to price rates hikes over the next increase in oil prices combined 500 to 600 vessels if they were tial, trade in fish and seafood will there- six months. The ongoing US economy underlying Durable Goods The BOE has said it will tolerate inflation over- excluded from British waters, represent- fore be crucial for the seafood industry fundamentals and the hawkish tone that Fed offi- Orders for US durable goods increased more shooting its 2 percent goal as it provides support ing 15 percent of the total, and up to and UK consumers” after Brexit, the paper cials began to exhibit in February remain the pil- than forecast in February, a sign companies are to the economy, though that stance could be 3,000 fleet jobs. said. And depending on whether Britain lars of the strong dollar we have witnessed in the confident about the outlook for the economy. tested if it starts to push up domestic price pres- Industry officials are pressing for negotiates a “hard” or “soft” exit, the via- past three years. Orders for goods meant to last at least three years sures. One policy maker, Kristin Forbes, broke negotiations on Britain’s post-Brexit bility of dozens of fishing centres, from As it became clear that President Trump may rose 1.7 percent after a 2.3 percent advance the ranks this month and voted for an interest-rate future to include continued access to Concarneau in France and Rostock in not have enough support to pass his first big prior month that was larger than previously esti- increase, and some others indicated that they British waters. “If you don’t want to pay 30 Germany to Galway in Ireland or Gdansk agenda item; repealing and replacing Obama mated, Commerce Department data showed may also be leaning that way. percent tariffs you will have to negotiate. in Poland, could be at stake. care with the American Health Care Act, expecta- Friday. The median forecast of economists sur- Negotiations should be tied to access to But others say that leaving the EU tions began to sink and impacted equity markets veyed by Bloomberg called for a 1.4 percent BoJ to keep policy in route the market,” Ivan Lopez Van der Veen, would give Britain a chance to revive with the S&P 500 experiencing its worst one day increase. A sixth straight gain in orders for Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said who represents the Spanish fishing asso- homegrown fleets. “Brexit is an opportu- loss in five months by the middle of the week. durable goods minus transportation equipment on Friday there is “no reason” to withdraw the ciation Pesquera Ancora, said at the EU nity for the UK to revitalize its fishing underscores rising demand that will help to bank’s massive monetary stimulus now, or raise Parliament last week. industry, stabilize threatened ecosystems Debt ceiling broaden economic growth. its bond yield targets, as inflation remains far and create thousands of new jobs,” said Although the president will have time to pass Linked fortunes Lasse Gustavsson, executive director in tax reforms, also deem a controversial subject, Non-British EU vessels currently land Europe for Oceana, an environmental many more hurdles lie ahead. Additionally, the almost eight times more fish and shellfish advocacy group. “But this will only hap- failure to pass the AHCA has likely the potential to by weight from British waters than UK pen if overfishing is stopped.” —AFP erode the current support for the President and could encourage his opposition to delay or dilute parts of his agenda that have helped drive mar- kets higher. Another key debate on the horizon will be the budget bill. Currently the government is only funded through April 28, and Congress in the US will soon have to address the debt ceiling. On the monetary policy front, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans reinforced the perception that the US central bank won’t accel- erate the pace of its interest rate hikes. However, he added that an additional hike was possible if inflation was to pick-up. In addition, Dallas Fed President Kaplan said Thursday that the Fed should raise interest rates two more times this year and continue working on a plan to gradually reduce its balance sheet. In Europe, ECB Peter Praet stressed the fact it was premature to consider exiting monetary accommodation. Although he mentioned that US existing home sales stumbled for the from its 2 percent goal. Kuroda also dismissed things were improving “but the upward trend and month of February. The monthly figure was at financial market concerns that the BOJ will even- hence the normalization of inflation are still very 5.48M versus an expectation of 5.59M yet tually lose its ability to control long-term interest dependent on monetary policy stimulus”. He remained above year ago levels, the sales pace is rates under its yield-curve-control framework. added that “the underlying inflation trend is still still 5.4 percent more than last year. On the other Kuroda added that the BOJ won’t increase its noticeably weak” and that there is “more slack hand, purchases of new homes increased in bond yield target just because overseas long- OTTAWA: Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr stands during question period in the than the jobs data show” Finally in the UK, BoE’s February to a seven-month high, indicating the term interest rates are rising, a scenario some House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Carr said on Saturday his government Vlieghe said that inflation might not mean a rate effects of the recent rise in costs on the US resi- traders believe is inevitable. The BOJ maintained is happy the Keystone XL pipeline has finally been approved by the White House. —AP increase. Pouring cold water on inflation hawks, dential real estate market have been modest. its short-term interest rate target of minus 0.1 and he mentioned that the current run-up in inflation Sales rose 6.1 percent to a 592,000 annualized a pledge to guide the 10-year government bond Canada determined to diversify is largely due to the weaker GBP suggesting that pace, Commerce Department data showed yield JP10YT at around zero percent after a policy even if it rose more quickly than expected, it Thursday. The median forecast in a survey called meeting on March 16. despite Keystone XL approval would likely fall more quickly thereafter. It might for a 564,000 rate. Warmer winter weather proba- not have an impact on policy. bly played a role in boosting demand as purchas- China system remains fragile TORONTO: Canada’s natural resource minis- Alberta has the third-largest oil reserves in es in the Midwest surged by the most since China’s financial system continues to display ter said Saturday his government is happy the world and is America’s largest supplier of Dollar hit October 2012. weakness and liquidity issues. China’s seven days the Keystone XL pipeline has finally been foreign oil. Keystone XL would carry more On the foreign exchange side, the dollar con- repo rate jumped by middle of the week to 5.5 approved by the White House, but he noted than one-fifth of the oil Canada exports to tinues to be affected by the less-hawkish-than Europe & UK; Manufacturing percent, the highest level since late 2014. PBOC’s that obstacles remain and said Canada the United States. The pipeline owned by expected interest rate hike of last week as well as Eurozone economic growth gathered further reacted quickly by injecting RMB 80-90B to the as remains determined to diversify its oil TransCanada received a presidential permit the failure of President Trump election promises. momentum in March, reaching a near six-year some small banks failed to repay debts in the exports beyond the United States. Friday, but Carr said he expects protests and The dollar index opened the week at 100.370 and high. The data also saw the best employment interbank market. Last week, the PBOC raised a The minister, Jim Carr, told The noted it still needs a permit from the state of quickly fell below the 100 level. The index growth for almost a decade as both manufactur- range of short-term interest rates to reduce finan- Associated Press that President Donald Nebraska. He’s heard the Nebraska process reached a 7-week low of 99.547 and closed the ing and service sector firms responded to surg- cial risks, thought to be a response to Fed funds Trump’s approval of the pipeline is “good could take eight months. week at 99.760. ing order books. Business optimism meanwhile rate hike. Interbank rates should remain volatile news.” But he said there are other important “Canadians aren’t going to go down The euro opened the week at 1.0738 and con- hit a new peak, but price pressures also intensi- over the coming week, ahead of PBOC’s quarterly projects like the recently approved there and tell state legislators what to do. tinued to surge reaching a six-week high of fied to a near six-year high. The eurozone PMI assessment in late March. TransMountain pipeline that will allow for They have their own process. We’ll respect 1.0825 on Tuesday following the EU’s statement rose to 56.7 in March, according to the prelimi- Although recent data suggested that the exports to Asia. Ninety-eight percent of that,” he said. Carr will, however, meet with regarding the UK’s exit from the union and sup- nary ‘flash’ estimate up from 56.0 in February; the problem of capital outflow eased in February, Canada’s oil exports now go to the US. US Energy Secretary Rick Perry in port by higher than expected PMI figures. The latest reading was the highest since April 2011. ongoing interest rate normalization in the US “We want to ensure we have access to Washington on Thursday. “The objective is currency closed the week at 1.0797. The first quarter average of 55.7 is the highest would prolong China’s capital outflow problem, Asian markets,” Carr said in a telephone to make the point that the energy The pound sterling had a week of gains even since the first quarter of 2011. sustaining the challenges facing China in the interview. “We want to ensure we have more economies are integrated,” he said. “So though Prime Minister Theresa May announced Both service sector and manufacturing input implementation of its monetary policy. than one customer, as much as we love much of the Canadian interest is aligned the official date for Brexit which will be on the 29 costs and selling prices were found to have been Kuwait Americans.” Canada needs infrastructure to with the American interest. Keystone XL is a of March. The Pound reached a four weeks high rising at the steepest rates since the first half of Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30460 export its growing oil sands production. good example of that.” — AP of 1.2530 as inflation figures surpassed BOE’s tar- 2011 during the first quarter. Growth in The USDKWD opened at 0.30460 yesterday morning. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 business Air Arabia adds Trabzon to Turkey network
SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North tament to Air Arabia’s commitment to providing Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), affordable holiday destinations to passengers travel- announced Trabzon as its latest Turkish destination ling from the UAE,” said Adel Al-Ali, Group Chief to enter its route network, starting 23 June 2017. Executive Officer of Air Arabia. “We are confident The new seasonal non-stop service provides pas- that the new destination will provide our visitor sengers the chance to discover Turkey’s historic port with a unique holiday getaway, and further cement city, in addition to its already existing services to trade and bilateral ties between the two nations.” Istanbul. The flight will operate three times weekly Resting on the bank of the Black Sea, Trabzon is a on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, departing city filled with religious and historical significance. Sharjah International Airport at 21:30, and arriving Featuring a unique coastal backdrop, this pictur- at Trabzon International Airport at 00:05 local time esque city is known best for its mystical architecture the next day. The return service will depart Trabzon and bazaars. Situated on the upper east side of the at 00:45, landing in Sharjah at 5 am local time. country, Trabzon is a calm metropolis distant from “Trabzon provides travellers with a unique the hustle of Istanbul and Ankara. opportunity to experience Turkey’s coastal region Air Arabia currently operates flights to 125 routes and witness the history behind one of the oldest across the globe from five hubs located in the trading ports in the country. The new route is a tes- Middle East and North Africa.
Burgan Bank wins ‘Best Program Etihad Airways reassures Delivery, Implementation’ award passengers following directive on US flights 2017 MasterCard MENA Forum in London ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways is reassuring Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways passengers of its highest level of service Chief Executive Officer, said: “We remain KUWAIT: Burgan Bank, the second largest con- the Forum aimed at addressing the future of the On this occasion, Raed Al-Haqhaq, Burgan to minimize disruption following the committed to ensuring we provide ventional bank in terms of assets, announced payments industry and honoring distinctive Bank Deputy CEO - Kuwait said: “We are proud to introduction of a new US travel directive guests the highest levels of service and that it was awarded the ‘Best Program Delivery institutions whose offering of MasterCard’s solu- receive the ‘Best Program Delivery and on electronic devices. quality experience that we are renowned and Implementation’ award at the 2017 tions are of the highest standards. Implementation’ award. As industry leaders we Effective March 25, passengers on all for, at Abu Dhabi International Airport MasterCard MENA Leadership Forum, which took The recognition from Mastercard celebrated aim to continually focus on offering the best US-bound flights from, or transiting and throughout their journey to mini- place in London, UK during March 2017. the Bank’s application of its payment gateway in a technological solutions to our clients as soon as through, Abu Dhabi International Airport mize the impact of the new measures. Led by senior regional MasterCard executives short time-frame; a show of dedication and com- they hit the market. This award serves as a reflec- will not be permitted to carry electronic “Etihad Airways offers excellent facilities and attended by more than 60 participants from mitment to offering the best to clients combined tion of the continued commitment to deliver devices bigger than a smart phone or on the ground at Abu Dhabi International across the Middle East and North Africa region, with highest level of implementation efficiency. best-in-class products.” mobile into the aircraft cabin. Items such Airport and inflight to keep guests enter- Burgan Bank, as one of the market leaders in as laptop computers, tablets including tained during their journey. While we are technology adoption and evolution, and in line iPads, gaming devices, cameras and e- communicating the new directive to with the increasingly dynamic world of digital readers will be required to be placed in guests before they begin their travels to banking, has introduced a range of novel solu- checked-in luggage. Medical devices are the US, we are implementing a number of tions, including a new payment gateway for mer- exempt and can be carried onboard. measures at Abu Dhabi International chants and the easy to use ‘tap & pay’ card to All Etihad Airways’ US flights have Airport to ease the process. We continue name a few. mobile and Wi-Fi connectivity, together to work with the relevant authorities and Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the with power and USB points at every seat advise guests to comply with the direc- youngest commercial Bank and second largest enabling guests to remain connected tive to ensure a smooth and uninterrupt- by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on through their mobiles and smart phones. ed journey to the United States.” the corporate and financial institutions sectors, And with an onboard inflight entertain- In addition to the onboard offering, all as well as having a growing retail, and private ment system offering hundreds of hours cabins have a selection of digital lifestyle bank customer base. Burgan Bank has majority of free programs, international movies, magazines that can be viewed for free on owned subsidiaries in the MENAT region sup- live TV news and sports channels, interac- a smartphone via the Wi-Fly homepage. A ported by one of the largest regional branch tive games, and music in every seat, variety of printed international magazines networks. guests are able to keep themselves busy and newspapers are also available for The Bank has continuously improved its per- throughout their journey without the guests travelling in the premium cabins. formance over the years through an expanded need of a laptop or tablet. Children receive a kid’s pack with games revenue structure, diversified funding sources, Etihad Airways is sending email alerts and toys, and there is a Flying Nanny on and a strong capital base. The adoption of state- to all US-bound travellers advising of the board to assist parents. of-the-art services and technology has posi- new directive. Signage is being placed at At Abu Dhabi International Airport, tioned it as a trendsetter in the domestic market check-in desks at airports around the passengers have access to free Wi-Fi. and within the MENA region. Burgan Bank’s world where staff will inform guests to Guests travelling in the premium cabins brand has been created on a foundation of real pack any prohibited electronic devices in can use Etihad Airways’ lounges. For values - of trust, commitment, excellence and their checked luggage. those with sufficient time before depar- progression, to remind us of the high standards US-bound passengers travelling via ture, guests can pay for access to Etihad’s to which we aspire. ‘People come first’ is the Abu Dhabi must check-in their electronic Business Class lounge in Terminals 1 and foundation on which its products and services devices at the point of origin. The direc- 3 which offer computer terminals, Wi-Fi, are developed. tive, issued by the US Transportation business facilities, and a wide selection of The bank was re-certified with the prestigious Security Administration, does not affect newspapers, business and lifestyle maga- ISO 9001:2008, making it the first bank in the flights departing from the United States. zines, international cuisine, shower rooms GCC, and the only bank in Kuwait to receive such At Abu Dhabi International Airport, all and children’s play rooms. First and accreditation for the third consecutive year. The Etihad Airways guests travelling to the Business Class guests are also able to use Bank also has to its credit the distinction of being United States clear US Immigration and the US Premium Lounge located after the the only Bank in Kuwait to have won the JP Customs at the US Preclearance facility in US Immigration checks at Terminal 3. Morgan Chase Quality Recognition Award for Terminal 3 - the only one of its kind in the Guests are able to purchase extra twelve consecutive years. Middle East. When guests land in the US, baggage allowance at a discount on air- Burgan Bank, a subsidiary of KIPCO (Kuwait they arrive as domestic passengers with port rates by booking online at Projects Company), is a strongly positioned no requirement to queue for immigration etihad.com; through an Etihad Airways regional Bank in the MENA region. checks again. Due to the additional secu- reservation office; or via a call centre. In rity measures, Etihad Airways will deploy addition, Silver, Gold and Platinum mem- more staff at the US Preclearance facility bers of Etihad Guest, the airline’s loyalty VIVA announces new Genuine Spare Parts from Chevrolet to provide assistance. program, are entitled to extra free bag- To avoid inconvenience, guests are gage allowance. While Abu Dhabi monthly bill cycle Alghanim concludes campaign draw encouraged to pack the prohibited items International Airport is not listed for a in their checked baggage prior to reaching similar ban related to direct flights oper- effective 1 April for KUWAIT: With the established popularity enhance customers’ safety and prolong the Preclearance facility in Abu Dhabi. Any ating to the United Kingdom, enhanced of the Genuine Spare Parts campaign, vehicles’ longevity and performance. prohibited electronic devices will have to security screening is likely for guests postpaid customers Chevrolet Alghanim, the largest distributor Chevrolet Alghanim service facility is be declared and placed in padded travelling to London, Manchester and of genuine spare parts from General equipped with a modern and air-condi- envelopes before being securely taken to Edinburgh. KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most Motors, held the final draw on March 19th tioned warehouse that stocks all the the aircraft luggage hold by staff. Such Etihad Airways operates 45 flights a developed telecom operator, announced that with under the supervision of the Ministry of required parts using the latest global sys- items will be returned to guests on arrival week between Abu Dhabi and six cities effect of 1 April 2017, postpaid customers’ bills will be Commerce, and in the presence of tems and processes, which include making in the US, while conveniently, other items across the United States - namely New issued by the first of each month and settlement Chevrolet management. The grand prize deliveries to all parts locations in Kuwait. of checked-in luggage can be collected at York, Washington, Chicago, Dallas, Los deadline latest by the 26th of each month. winner was announced, receiving an all- And because the safety of drivers is top the final destination in the United States. Angeles and San Francisco. This new bill cycle revamp will ensure continuous new Chevrolet Trax, as well as the winners priority for Chevrolet Alghanim, it reaf- Guests are also encouraged to avoid carry- For any further updates on the new service to VIVA’s customers in an effort to serve them of other valuable prizes. firms that original spare parts guarantee ing spare battery packs larger than the directive and our policies, guests are better with an enhanced customer experience, with This offer lasted from December 16th, the vehicle’s solid performance, but even permitted size as these will not be allowed advised to check Etihad Airways’ website mention that on 22nd of March, the bills issued cover 2016 until March 17th, 2017, with the pro- more so, they play a major part in securing in either the luggage hold or the cabin. at etihad.com. the remaining period of March. Customers can settle motion offering customers multiple the safety of the driver, protecting him their bills through many of our convenient channels chances to win valuable prizes. Customers from any accident or malfunction that including our mobile App, direct debit, online got the chance to win one of 30 iPhone 7 non-original parts might cause. This goes through our portal or through our wide retail network on a number of draws-the first of which beyond brakes and tires to include all around Kuwait. already took place on January 17th, 2017, parts in the vehicle where any fault might and the second was on February 16th, lead to the vehicle become inoperative, or 2017. As for the grand draw on the new possibly accidents compromising the safe- 2017 Chevrolet Trax LT, the event took ty of passengers. Chevrolet provides its Al-Tijari announces winners place on March 19th, 2017. clients original spare parts, used world- of Al-Najma account draw As the agent of GM in Kuwait, Chevrolet wide to guarantee passenger safety and Alghanim provides its customers with vehicle performance, which positively KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held the Al-Najma world-renowned, genuine spare parts that reflects on resale value. Account daily draw yesterday. The draw was held under the supervision of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry represented by Abdulaziz Ashkanani.
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Teradata scores highest in use cases in 2017 Gartner Report
DUBAI: Gartner has given Teradata the Key Findings, Gartner characterized the “This gives our customers more Teradata IntelliFlex, the company’s flag- highest product scores in all four data current landscape: “Traditional data emphatic validation than ever before; that ship enterprise data warehouse platform. management use case categories management solutions for analytics Teradata not only designs - but defines - Teradata is building on its dominating (Traditional, Operational, Logical and (DMSA) vendors have integrated no rela- the most powerful data management performance and customer loyalty by Context-Independent)in its report, tional access and functionality into their solutions for transformational business growing its business consulting practice. “Critical Capabilities for Data Management products and regained dominant posi- outcomes across industries. The strong Today, more customers rely upon Solutions for Analytics” issued March 16, tions in the market.” sense of loyalty noted in the report indi- Teradata’s visionary and pragmatic inno- 2017 by analysts Rick Greenwald, Donald “Teradata’s dominance in the new cates that our customers instinctively rec- vations to guide them in technology- Feinberg, and Adam M. Ronthal. Critical Capabilities evaluation underscores ognize Teradata’s technological and busi- enabled business strategy. This data-savvy Teradata (NYSE: TDC), a leading ana- its status as the definitive database solu- ness leadership.” expertise is in high demand as the market lytics solutions company, is one of 20 tion for analytics - in any and every possi- The new norm in data management has matured and now recognizes that database vendors evaluated in the new ble use case,” said Oliver Ratzesberger, today increasingly combines cloud and data is any organization’s most valuable report, which is a companion note to the Executive Vice President and Chief Product on-premises in hybrid configurations. asset and potential differentiator. Turning Magic Quadrant for Data Management Officer. “This is a huge accomplishment, Teradata IntelliCloud, recently introduced, data into profitable revenue streams, Solutions for Analytics, published and reflects our warehouse approach, rep- is the next generation secure managed Teradata’s consultants, technologists and Oliver Ratzesberger, February 20, 2017, where Teradata was a resented by our Teradata Unified Data cloud offering that provides data and ana- scientists know how to use the greatest Executive Vice President leader and positioned the furthest for Architecture including Teradata Aster lytic software as a service. It is available data management technology to produce and Chief Product Completeness of Vision. In the first of its Analytics and Hadoop.” with new deployment choices including the greatest business outcomes. Officer at Teradata Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up Automation is replacing highly skilled jobs
WASHINGTON: Are robots coming for your job? Although technology has long affected the labor force, recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations, includ- ing highly skilled or “knowledge-based” jobs. Just a few examples: self-driving technology may eliminate the need for taxi, Uber and truck drivers, algorithms are playing a growing role in journalism, robots are informing consumers as mall greeters, and medicine is adapting robotic surgery and artificial intelligence to detect cancer and heart conditions. NEW YORK: WhatsApp appears on a smartphone in New York. —AP Of 700 occupations in the United States, 47 per- cent are at “high risk” from automation, an Oxford University study concluded in 2013. A McKinsey study UK targets WhatsApp message released this year offered a similar view, saying “about half” of activities in the world’s workforce “could encryption after London attack potentially be automated by adapting currently demonstrated technologies.” Still, McKinsey LONDON: The British government said yesterday ensure that business, banking and other transac- researchers offered a caveat, saying that only around that its security services must have access to tions were safe-but said it must also be accessible. five percent of jobs can be “fully automated.” encrypted messaging applications such as “It’s not incompatible. You can have a system Another report, by PwC this month, concluded WhatsApp, revealing it was used by the killer whereby they can build it so that we can have that around a third of jobs in the United States, behind the parliament attack. Khalid Masood, the access to it when it is absolutely necessary,” she Germany and Britain could be eliminated by automa- PARIS: This file photo shows a robot retrieving medicines in the pharmacy of the 52-year-old Briton who killed four people before told Sky News. tion by the early 2030s, with the losses concentrated Argenteuil hospital, in Argenteuil, a Paris suburb. —AFP photos being shot dead in a rampage in Westminster on Rudd said she did not yet intend to force the in transportation and storage, manufacturing, and Wednesday, reportedly used the Facebook- industry’s hand with new legislation, but would wholesale and retail trade. But experts warn that such owned service moments before the assault. Home meet key players on Thursday to discuss this issue, studies may fail to grasp the full extent of the risks to Secretary Amber Rudd told Sky News it was “com- as well as the “constant battle” against extremist the working population. pletely unacceptable” that police and security videos posted online. “The best people-who “The studies are underestimating the impact of services had not been able to crack the heavily understand the technology, who understand the technology-some 80 to 90 percent of jobs will be encrypted service. necessary hashtags-to stop this stuff even being eliminated in the next 10 to 15 years,” said Vivek “You can’t have a situation where you have ter- put up, not just taking it down, are going to be Wadhwa, a tech entrepreneur and faculty member at rorists talking to each other where this terrorist them,” she told the BBC. US authorities last year Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley. sent a WhatsApp message-and it can’t be fought a legal battle with tech giant Apple to get accessed,” she said. Police said Saturday that they it to unlock a smartphone used by the perpetrator Dire consequences still do not know why Masood, a Muslim convert of a terror attack in California. “Artificial intelligence is moving a lot faster than with a violent criminal past, carried out the attack The FBI’s own experts ended up breaking into anyone had expected,” said Wadhwa, who is co- and said it was likely that he acted alone, despite a the device. Social media giants are also coming author of a forthcoming book on the topic. “Alexa claim by the Islamic State group. “There should be under pressure over extremist content posted on (Amazon’s home hub) and Google Home are getting no place for terrorists to hide,” Rudd said in a sepa- their sites. Germany this month proposed fining amazingly intelligent very fast. Microsoft and Google rate interview with the BBC. social networks such as Facebook if they fail to have demonstrated that AI can understand human “We need to make sure that organizations like wipe illegal hate speech from their sites. speech better than humans can.” Wadhwa calls the WhatsApp-and there are plenty of others like Meanwhile Google has faced a boycott by compa- driverless car a “metaphor” for the future of labor and that-don’t provide a secret place for terrorists to nies whose adverts appeared alongside extremist a sign of a major shift. communicate with each other.” She said end-to- content on its internet platforms, particularly its Warnings of dire social consequences from end encryption was vital to cyber security, to video-sharing site YouTube. —AFP automation have also come from the likes of the physicist Stephen Hawking and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, among others. Hebrew University of Jerusalem historian Yuval Harari writes in his 2017 LONDON: This file photo shows People looking at a self-driving vehicle, as it is tested Dell EMC launches book, “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” that technology will lead to “superfluous people” as “intelli- in a pedestrianised zone, during a media event in Milton Keynes, north of London. Cloud Ecosystem Hub gent non-conscious algorithms” improve. acknowledged that automation “is destroying a lot of X Prize Foundation for technical innovation and “As algorithms push humans out of the job mar- low-skill, low wage jobs, and the new jobs being cre- founder of the Silicon Valley think-tank Singularity ket,” he writes, “wealth and power might become con- ated need higher skills.” Former president Barack University, is among those calling for a “universal BRACKNELL: Dell EMC and Intel have today ness and enable new capabilities to achieve centrated in the hands of the tiny elite that owns the Obama’s council of economic advisors also warned basic income” to compensate people for job losses. announced a new web-based Cloud greater profitability for our partners. Through all-powerful algorithms, creating unprecedented last year that most jobs paying less than $20 an hour Offering income guarantees “will be one of many Ecosystem Hub, to provide EMEA Cloud Service the Dell EMC Cloud Community we can also social and political inequality.” Harari points to the “would come under pressure from automation.” tools empowering self-actualization at scale,” he said Providers (SPs) and end users with an online drive demand from the customer towards Oxford study, estimating a high probability of job loss in a blog post, arguing that automation will allow one stop site to unify and simplify access to Service Providers and capture feedback to help to automation-cashiers (97 percent), paralegals (94 Tax the robot people “to follow their passions, be more creative.”But Dell EMC’s cloud proposition and resources. develop future Dell EMC Cloud technologies.” percent), bakers (89 percent) and bartenders (77 per- Although the net impact of robots remains Wadhwa says the problems run deeper and will The hub will connect customers with SPs to One Stop Site for enterprise customers, the cent), for example.Others disagree. unclear, tech leaders and others are already debat- require more creative solutions. “A basic income won’t help establish stronger marketing efforts, Cloud Ecosystem Hub promises to help them Boston University economist and researcher ing how to deal with the potential job displacement. solve the social problems of joblessness because peo- enabling digital transformation and significant- understand how to transform their businesses, James Bessen dismisses alarmist predictions, con- Microsoft founder Bill Gates said last month that he ple’s identity revolves around our jobs,” he said. ly growing long term Cloud business. with a dedicated repository of up-to-date tending that advances in technology generally lead supports a “robot tax,” an idea floated in Europe, “Even if we have enough food and energy, we This new unified platform resources and assets explaining the to more jobs, even if the nature of work changes. His including by a socialist presidential candidate in have to deal with the social disruption that’s coming. demonstrates Dell EMC’s commit- value proposition and benefits research found that the proliferation of ATM France. But Bessen, a former fellow at Harvard’s We need a much broader discussion.” Bessen says ment to providing choice and offered by Dell EMC’s Cloud tech- machines did not decrease bank tellers’ employment Berkman Center, said taxing robots could be coun- reversing the trends of the past decades, where unique solutions to every cus- nologies. Customers will be able to in recent decades, and that automation of textile mills terproductive. high-skilled jobs gain at the expense of others, pose tomer and removing obstacles to select SPs through bespoke searches in the 19th century led to an increase in weaving jobs “You don’t want to be taxing the machines a “big challenge.” cloud adoption through hosting to find the most relevant solutions because it created more demand. because they enable people to earn higher wages,” he “It’s entirely possible we can meet the challenge,” an online cloud portal for Dell for their businesses, with options to “Robots can replace humans in certain tasks but said. “If you tax machines, you will slow the beneficial he said. “But the evidence in the past 20 years is that EMC Technology, making it easier contact providers directly through don’t entirely replace humans,” he said. But he side of the process.” Peter Diamandis, chairman of the things are moving in the wrong direction.” —AFP for customers to select the right the platform. The Cloud Ecosystem SP to address their needs. For SPs, Hub will also allow customers to dis- the hub will be a platform to Eric Velfre cover and register for broader indus- launch key initiatives and drive try events organized by SPs and Dell Technology changes rules of fan new business through the marketplace. With EMC. One stop shop for lead generation, mar- sales revenues in the hardware market decreas- keting support and Networking. ing and much of the Cloud market set to transi- The Cloud Ecosystem Hub includes an array engagement for sports leagues tion over to hybrid Cloud, it is expected that of new tools for SPs, including LeadPool Cloud SPs will acquire a considerably larger demand generation, allowing partners to iden- NEW YORK: As technology permits greater were playing each other and broadcast their tivity,” said Patrick Adiba, chief commercial officer market share over the next five yearsi and Dell tify ‘hot’ vendor agnostic leads, along with interactivity with fans, sports clubs and leagues unfiltered banter during the game and in the for the Olympics and major events at Atos. EMC and Intel will act as key business enablers additional resources to help promote offerings have consulted sometimes far-flung supporters locker room where cameras were present. to all parties. directly to customers. The platform also pro- on everything from a team’s name to where As part of its “League Pass” premium stream- Racing holograms next? “As a European leader in the secure man- vides the latest insights and information games should be played. Last month, the Salt ing service, the NBA has included one game per A much-discussed technology now being agement of online documents, Oodrive around Dell EMC’s and Intel’s Cloud technology Lake Screaming Eagles went further still. During week in virtual reality streamed online. “We are developed is holograms, which could potentially addresses the needs of the modern business offerings to help SPs build a stronger portfolio. its first game in the Indoor Football League, the broadcasting in 215 countries. So we’ve got let fans watch virtual versions of a competition in by placing its expertise in security, ergonomics In addition Dell EMC will allow SPs to run co- brand new American football team polled fans fans as passionate or more passionate on the a venue far away from the actual event. “We and innovation at the core of each of its solu- marketing campaigns with tools to assist in the other side of the world as you’ll find here in the know how to produce good-quality holograms tions,” said Cedric Mermilliod, Co-founder and creation of marketing assets, campaign build- on strategic maneuvers, letting a majority Managing Director, Oodrive. “We are looking ing and client and influencer networking, fea- decide, for example, whether to kick or keep United States,” Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s vice presi- and we know how to transmit it, but it takes too for business partners with the ability to deliver tured within the marketplace. going on fourth down. dent of global media, told the website much bandwidth right now,” Adiba said. “We significant business impact and offer compre- Co-Marketing Support for SPs will include: The Screaming Eagles lost the game, but the SportTechie. “To give the feeling - maybe not can’t yet, for example, show the final of the 100 hensive support to the customer. With its state- Marketing-as-a-Service: Showcase opportu- tactic caught notice worldwide, scoring views the complete experience - but the feeling of meters in 300 stadiums in real-time with holo- of-the-art technologies, Dell EMC is certainly nities for SPs create their own marketing assets in 99 countries where the game was streamed being courtside at an NBA game, it’s really gram runners.” one of the key players and the Cloud and demand generation campaigns. for free. We want to “give the fans a little bit exciting for us.” The coming of 5G technology may open the Ecosystem Hub will allow us to facilitate new Campaign Builder: SP users will be able to more interaction, a little bit more engagement With the cooperation of leagues, sports door to greater progress on holograms. For now, business more effectively whilst preserving the access new asset types specific to their busi- and make them feel like they’re more part of media are also showing more expansive cover- leagues are increasingly focused on latching customer intimacy cherished by Oodrive.” nesses. Partners can click through to cam- their professional football team than they ever age of events, with Nascar and Fox Sports onto the esports phenomenon, where competi- “Historically, vendors have failed to support paign builder to generate their own co-brand- were able to be before,” said IFL commissioner adding two channels, each focused on a single tive gamers try to outdo each other in online Service Providers in their campaigns and the ed assets. Mike Allshouse. driver for the prestigious Daytona 500 race. For games. The NBA plans in 2018 to unveil an Dell EMC Cloud Ecosystem represents a game- Everyone Social: Users will be able to access Much of the push is aimed not at fans in the the Olympic Games in Sochi and Rio, digital esport league with 30 teams that parallel the real changing development for both Service Everyone Social from the hub allowing part- stadium, but those watching the games on tel- technology giant Atos developed for the league. The National Hockey League is also Providers and customers alike,” said Eric Velfre, ners to generate their own login based on Dell evision or on their computer. Teams are send- International Olympic Committee technology developing an offering. “We envision something senior vice president, Compute and EMC inputs. ing out a regular trickle of content on social that lets viewers watch the entire competition. that would augment a fan’s affinity to his team,” Networking Sales Dell EMC EMEA. “By simplify- Lead Pool: SPs will be able to access the media of just-executed plays, athlete interviews The program also included access to statistics said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. “In an ing access to the Dell EMC Cloud value proposi- lead platform from the hub, with options to and backstage photos of stars. In late and a rewind option that let fans watch plays in industry that’s constantly evolving, you can’t just tion and offering content and support for co- request coins allocation and instructions on December, Fox Sports 2 miked the coaches of slow motion. “The two big trends today in sports do it on a cookie-cutter basis. If you do it the way marketing projects, we can generate aware- how to access and operate leads. two women’s college basketball teams that are greater ubiquity and much more fan interac- we’ve always done it, we’re gonna fail.” —AFP MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Seattle plant failure dumps millions of gallons of sewage
SEATTLE: Millions of gallons of raw sewage The sewage treatment plant - Washington Plant, on the shores of Puget Sound next to operational. “The longer it goes on, the anything that looks out of the realm of nor- and untreated runoff have poured into the state’s largest - is only partially treating dirty Seattle’s largest public park. greater the probability of an environmental mal,” said Kimberle Stark, who manages King United States’ second-largest estuary since a water that goes down Seattle toilets and “We’ve got to get a handle on it. I’m very effect,” she added. County’s marine monitoring program. She massive sewage treatment plant experienced washes off roofs and roads before discharg- concerned about the environment, the effects Untreated sewage and storm water can be doesn’t expect to see other effects to wildlife equipment failures that forced it to stop fully ing it into Puget Sound. It’s likely to face on marine life in the sound, public health,” she harmful to people and aquatic life because because the spill was short and the flow is treating Seattle’s waste. The county-run facility fines for violating federal clean-water laws. added. County officials say crews have been they release chemicals and disease-causing now being sent through deep-water pipe. has been hobbling along at about half-capaci- “It has been a disaster, and we’re not out of working around the clock to repair about $25 germs. People also can get sick eating shellfish Linda Peters, who lives near the plant, said she ty since the Feb. 9 electrical failure resulted in it yet. We still don’t know really what went million in flood-related damages and bring contaminated with bacteria from waste; how- runs in the area twice a week and can still catastrophic flooding that damaged an wrong,” said Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a King the plant to full operations by the end of April. ever, most Seattle beaches are closed to shell- smell the sewage. underground network of pumps, motors, County councilwoman whose district They note that raw sewage has not flowed fish harvesting, and the spill has so far led to “The idea that sewage is in the water is electric panels and other gear. includes the 32-acre West Point Treatment from the plant since Feb 16. no widespread restrictions. “Anytime pollution just terrible,” Peters said. “The fact that it could In the meantime, Kohl-Welles and other goes into the sound, it’s a concern,” said Sheida happen and that it wasn’t anticipated - it’s dis- council members have launched an inde- Sahandy, who directs the Puget Sound turbing.” Events unfolded quickly in the early pendent probe. They say they want to know Partnership, the state agency in charge of hours of Feb. 9. Power went out to two sets of what led to the breakdown and make sure cleaning up the sound. pumps that discharge treated wastewater this type of disaster doesn’t happen again. The But water-quality monitoring is in place, into Puget Sound. Float switches designed to sewage spill is a potential black eye for a repairs are underway and an independent detect high water levels inside the tanks also region that prides itself on its environmental investigation will determine what happened, failed, allowing water to top over and flood consciousness. Years of work have gone into she said. Wastewater moving through the surrounding areas. Crews worked fast to trying to clean up the nation’s second-largest plant is getting primary treatment. Dirty divert the flows to bypass the plant and go estuary, a vast inlet where water from the water is screened to remove trash and debris, directly into the sound, but the flooding dam- Pacific Ocean mixes with water draining from with some solids settling out, before it’s disin- age was done. thousands of streams and rivers. One recent fected, de-chlorinated and released through While rain did not cause the electrical fail- effort banned boats from dumping raw or a 300-foot-deep emergency pipe designed to ure that set problems in motion, it certainly partially treated sewage. diffuse the waste into rapid currents. Since exacerbated it, said Robert Waddle, plant Feb 9, there has been no secondary treat- operations manager. The facility typically han- No widespread restrictions ment, a process that relies on beneficial dles about 90 million gallons a day, but it was In all, about 30 million gallons of raw organisms to clean the waste and is required near peak with 440 million gallons because of sewage have poured into Puget Sound - dur- by federal clean-water laws. heavy rain. In the meantime, crews have been ing the initial breakdown and on two other working hard to get the plant up and running, occasions. “That’s a big deal,” said Heather Making changes replacing motors, lights, pumps and other Bartlett, water quality manager for the state Beaches that closed because of the initial equipment. As the plant puts things back Department of Ecology. There hasn’t been a spill reopened Feb 21. County officials have together, Waddle said they’re making changes CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, the Tijuana River flows near Dairy Mart treatment-plant spill of this magnitude in been sampling weekly since the spill. Tests of and adding redundant systems in some cases. Road in San Ysidro, California. —AP recent memory. The county is in violation of fecal bacteria, dissolved oxygen and nutrients “My job is to make sure it doesn’t happen its clean-water permit until the facility is fully have been normal. “So far, we have not seen again,” Waddle said. —AP New York skyscrapers adapt to climate change Buildings designed to evolve around global warming
NEW YORK: With a skyline crowded thing was a lake, we could have pare for them,” architect Gregg cheapest studios will be available with ever-more luxury towers, the toured the site in a canoe,” said Pasquarelli said. “If we lose power, if for rent starting from $3,000 a construction of another Manhattan Simon Koster, a principal at the you can go up and down in the ele- month, and include the luxury skyscraper wouldn’t normally be company. “We knew something like vator and your refrigerator works perks of access to a swimming pool remarkable. But the American that would happen again,” he and you have one outlet available and huge terrace with views of the Copper Buildings going up on the added. “So we said, ‘How can we that you charge your phone on, Empire State Building in addition to East River-a complex of two towers make sure that if we lived here, we you can probably survive in New the more prosaic bonus of flood with 764 apartments, panoramic will not be facing that scenario?’ So York for a week,” he added. Every resistance. views and a huge entrance hall we let the designers loose.” kitchen has two electrical outlets- with a doorman-is different. one reserved for refrigerators con- Embracing resilience Planned just after deadly Tools to survive nected to a back-up circuit fed by New York is embracing resilient TOKYO: A young boy views at a replica of a Fukuirtaptor Kitadaniensis, dur- Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York One of the main innovations was the generators. architecture more than most cities ing an exhibition sponsored by the local government of the Fukui prefec- in October 2012 sounding another to ensure residents have access to That means smartphones can be in the country because its exorbi- ture in Tokyo. —AP photos alarm about the mounting effects of electricity as long as possible in the charged during a breakdown. tantly priced real estate drives up climate change-it was designed event of an outage in the city. Traditionally relegated to the base- the financial stakes, says Alex with new threats in mind, reflecting Instead of planning an opulent ment, the heating, ventilation and Wilson, president of the Vermont- New idea shakes up dinosaur how the real estate world is evolving penthouse on the top floor, the large electrical equipment have based Resilient Design Institute, to account for global warming, in architects reserved space for big been installed on the first floor which specializes in such issues. family tree for T Rex and pals contrast to US President Donald natural-gas generators designed to instead, more than 20 feet above Besides electricity, architects are Trump’s moves to roll back environ- keep key equipment functioning if the street to minimize the risk of also coming up with ways of provid- WASHINGTON: Tyrannosaurus Rex and who praised the study, saying it prompts mental protection. The huge storm the power fails. Although the flooding. The main entrance hall is ing drinking water-with accessible his buddies could be on the move as a a whole bunch of new questions. Baron killed more than 40 people in New machines are situated “in the most large and austere, with steel pillars faucets for everyone now obligato- new study proposes a massive shake-up and colleagues looked at 450 character- York, paralyzing the US financial valuable real estate of this building,” and floor tiling designed for out- ry on lower floors-as well as main- of the dinosaur family tree. Scientists istics of 75 dinosaur species. They used capital for days. Koster said, “it makes all the other side use. taining reasonable temperatures. who took a deeper look at dinosaur fos- computer simulations to try to group JDS, the company developing units all the more valuable.” Wood-paneled walls warm the In the event of a summer power sils suggest a different evolutionary his- together those with similar characteris- the American Copper Buildings, “We are going to have more of atmosphere-but the open side pan- outage, “a lot of condominiums are tory for dinosaurs, moving theropods tics, creating tens of thousands of poten- bought the land for the project these events, it’s just being strate- els can dry easily with no damage in heavily glazed and would become such as T. Rex to a new branch of the tial dinosaur family trees. The proposed around the same time. “The whole gic and smart about how you pre- the event of flooding. The building’s inhabitable,” Wilson said. The city is family tree and hinting at an earlier and one combines the 80 most likely scenar- identifying the most vulnerable more northern origin for dinosaurs. ios, he said. existing buildings for adaptation. The revised dinosaur tree makes more It may sound like an academic exercise, However, the obstacles for recon- sense than the old one, initially designed but it’s important to understand how big structing older structures are more than a century ago based on hip animals changed with time, Baron said, greater than integrating flood shape, said Matt Baron, a paleontology noting that the dinosaurs ruled Earth for resistance during the construction doctoral student at the University of more than 150 million years. His research of new projects such as the Copper Buildings-and so are the costs- Cambridge in England. He is the lead suggests that dinosaurs popped up 247 Wilson said. Politics may also get in author of the study in Wednesday’s jour- million years ago - 10 million years earlier the way. nal Nature. “If the authors are correct, this than the standard theory says - with a The Trump administration really turns our longstanding understand- dinosaur from Tanzania in East Africa. It’s plans to slash the Environmental ing of dinosaur evolution upside down!” called Nyasasaurus, was 6 to 10 feet tall Protection Agency’s budget, Kristi Curry Rogers, a paleontologist at and a plant-eater. which may affect the collection of Macalester College in Minnesota who He also found an animal that’s not quite data to assess weak infrastructure. wasn’t part of the study, wrote in an email. a dinosaur, but as close as you can get, that “If the government stops collect- Dinosaurs are split into two groups. is a reptilian ancestor. And it was in ing the data on flooding vulnera- One group has bird-like hips and is called Scotland. Previous theories pointed to bilities, heat waves, then it’s going Ornithischia (or-ni-THISS’-kee-a). It dinosaurs first evolving out of the Southern to be harder for the design and includes the stegosaurus. The group with Hemisphere and many outside scientists development communities to reptile-like hips is called Saurischia (saw- said there wasn’t enough evidence to sup- incorporate changes in their RIS’-kee-a), and includes the bron- port Baron’s northern concept. design,” Wilson said. tosaurus. Theropods, which include T Rex The paper is already dividing dinosaur Still, he’s optimistic the govern- and the type of dinosaurs that later experts. Famed dinosaur expert Paul ment’s rejection of science about evolved into modern day birds, were Sereno at University of Chicago called the effects of climate change will considered an offshoot from the group the basis of the Baron family tree “weak” have only a temporary effect. “The that includes the brontosaurus. The new and said “the central question the paper private sector is well aware of this, study moves them to the group that leaves unanswered for me is why?” the insurance industry is increasing- ly aware of this and these industries includes the stegosaurus, but on a differ- Matthew Carrano, dinosaur curator at the NEW YORK: A model of the building stands in a room inside the American Copper Building at will continue to drive progress in ent branch. Smithsonian Natural History Museum, 626 First Avenue in New York. —AFP resilience.”—AFP “It means that animals that we’ve said it’s hard to side with any theory always thought were very closely related because early dinosaur fossil records are People with type 2 diabetes to each other might not be,” said Rogers, so incomplete.—AP need to get off their chairs
NEW YORK: People with type 2 diabetes who sit blood lipids.” Researchers looked at blood lipid sitting every 30 minutes with a few minutes of all day have a riskier blood fat mixture than profiles in 21 overweight or obese adults with light intensity activity, in addition to regularly those who move around or exercise periodically type 2 diabetes under three different conditions: taking part in a structured exercise program.” throughout the day, according to researchers in sitting throughout the day (rising only to use the Her best advice: “Stand up, sit less, and move Australia. “We have previously shown that inter- bathroom); breaking up sitting by light walking more - particularly after meals.” “The results are rupting prolonged sitting with light intensity for three minutes every 30 minutes; and breaking novel and important because they identified new activity after meals reduces risk factors for heart up sitting by doing light exercise like squats and mechanisms to explain why sitting time has been disease and diabetes, such as elevated blood knee raises for three minutes every 30 minutes. linked with poor health,” said Dr. Sarah Kozey- sugars and high blood pressure,” said lead During sitting, and especially after meals, the Keadle from California Polytechnic State University author Dr. Megan S. Grace from Baker Heart and lipid profile reflected an inflammatory state that in San Luis Obispo, who has studied ways to Diabetes Institute and Monash University in also lacked the antioxidants needed to fight reduce sitting time and increase physical activity. Melbourne. inflammation, according to the results in the “Although not directly addressed in this Past research has also shown that patients Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and report, the most important message related to with type 2 diabetes have an altered blood fat Metabolism. Both light walking and light exer- physical activity is that exercise can prevent the profile that contributes to inflammation and cise changed this profile into one that was less onset of type 2 diabetes and prevent complica- insulin resistance and that exercise can improve inflammatory and had a greater capacity for tions for those who already have type 2 dia- this profile. “What we found interesting about fighting inflammation. Light exercise also betes,” she told Reuters Health by email. this study was that breaking up sitting also improved fat-burning capacity. “The second message is that there are reduces levels of lipids (fats) in the bloodstream “Our current findings reinforce the message health benefits for replacing and breaking up that are associated with risk for type 2 diabetes that avoiding prolonged periods of sitting, and sitting time with activities that are not consid- and its complications,” Grace said by email. finding ways to increase activity across the day, ered exercise, such as standing and lower “Our study showed that breaks which include is beneficial for health,” Grace said. “In line with intensity activities of daily living, especially for WASHINGTON: In this file photo, a cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in either simple resistance exercise or light walking the recent American Diabetes Association people who are currently less active,” Kozey- Montana greets visitors as they enter the Smithsonian Museum of Natural were generally equally beneficial in reducing Position Statement, we recommend interrupting Keadle said.—Reuters History in Washington. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE
Taiba Hospital Hosts Endometriosis Awareness Event
n Saturday March 25 2017, the audience and answered them, Department and Director of Taiba Hospital hosted a sup- highlighting all aspects of disease. On Endometriosis Center at Taiba Oportive campaign for the World behalf of Taiba Hospital, the Deputy Hospital, is the Kuwait Chair for Million Women March aiming to raise CEO Rashid Al-Fadalah thanked Dr. Endometriosis. She has been formally awareness about Endometriosis, at Kayani and Zaben, adding, “Taiba trained in the medical and surgical Yarmouk Cultural Centre, Dar Al-Athar Hospital is committed to its core val- treatment of Endometriosis by the Al-Islamiyyah. The event witnessed ues of supporting and raising aware- Royal College of Obstetricians and large crowds of women and girls of all ness of Endometriosis by bringing the Gynecologists (RCOG). ages, who listened to the guest speak- World Million Women March to the She is internationally recognized er Mrs. Zaina Al-Zaben. She started her Middle East for the last 4 years.” and is an authority on Endometriosis speech by addressing the importance He added, “Taiba Hospital will never with many international publications. of women taking care of their health, Dr. Salma Kayani, Head of Layla Al-Awad Zaina Al-Zabin compromise in doing our best in offer- She is among the pioneers who devel- through regular checkups to ensure OBGYN Department ing the best cures from around the oped Endometriosis services in the UK they don’t have Endometriosis, which at Taiba Hospital world, because women’s health is our and has been providing this state-of- cannot be easily diagnosed. efforts in raising awareness as the first Kayani for their personalized and profes- priority and it is our responsibility to the-art service in Kuwait for the last Dr. Salma Kayani, Head of OBGYN pointed out that, “Endometriosis has hospital in the Middle East for taking an sional attention. keep them healthy.” The participants four and a half years. Department, presented a lecture on several treatment options from medi- official stand in facing Endometriosis, She had a complicated case that also marched at the venue, in support In 2013, Dr. Salma together with the the disease explaining the importance cines to surgery, according to each and she highly appreciated the hospital’s she could eventually find relief from, of the World Million Women March to support of Taiba Hospital Senior of early detection; she said “Large patient’s case.” She emphasized that, care and support given to women facing after a long journey of suffering, and raise awareness about Endometriosis, Management established a dedicated number of patients don’t have any idea “Cure for Endometriosis is possible, but this chronic disease. At the event, one of she advised the other women to get and took group photos to commemo- medical and surgical service of an inter- of the disease, which is very serious raised the point that the disease can Dr. Kayani’s patients shared her experi- themselves checked and receive early rate the event. national standard for the treatment of and dangerous because Endometriosis evolve into cancer, if left undiagnosed.” ence in dealing with Endometriosis. She treatment to avoid complications. Dr. Dr. Salma Kayani, Consultant and Endometriosis, which was recognized affects health and fertility.” Dr. Kayani Dr. Kayani praised Taiba Hospital’s thanked Taiba Hospital and Dr. Salma Kayani then welcomed questions from Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology by leading world organizations. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
Al-Saad Charity holds first bazaar to support creative Kuwaiti students
l-Saad Charity for Knowledge and Scientific students with creative skills in science, math and technol- and handling any weaknesses. She added that the charity sheikha Hala Bader Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah stressed the Research recently launched its first charity bazaar ogy. In this regard, the charity chairperson Sheikha Fadia works hard on investing in female human resources so significance of holding charity bazaars to support activi- Aat Sheikha mariam Saad Al-Abdullah Ballroom in Al-Saad stressed that the charity efforts come within its that participating Kuwaiti girls could grow up into ties and small projects that would eventually benefit Qadisiya to use its revenues in supporting female Kuwaiti role in highlighting students’ potentials, developing them empowered capable women in various fields. On her part, everybody.
Gulf Bank holds exciting open day for its employees
ulf Bank organized its annual open tions to the success of the Bank. Gulf Bank Other activities and entertainment While presenting the prizes to the win- are delighted that our staff and families were day, bringing together employees was sure to include everyone in this open also included: Card games such Kout Bo ners, Mrs. Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager able to attend this event and enjoy the vari- Gand their families in a fun gathering. day, with activities catering to adults and 6; Kuwaiti Aradah - Al-Janaderia: of Human Resources, said: “We wanted to rec- ety of activities.” Under the theme ‘Our Gathering is Unique’, children alike. The day was filled with a vari- Palestinian Dabkah; a Yemeni band show; ognize the contributions of all of Gulf Bank’s Gulf Bank values the dedication of its the event was held on Friday, 10 March 2017. ety of activities including children’s enter- an Indian dance performance; a Kuwaiti employees, whose hard work and commit- employees, and expresses its appreciation for This annual event reflects Gulf Bank’s com- tainment like mascots and balloons’ shows. concert; and the Bank’s talent show! To ment are essential to the success of the Bank. their hard work and loyalty by regularly hold- mitment to its employees and is one of the Gulf Bank’s team, along with their families, wrap up the event, Gulf Bank held its We are proud that our working environment ing various events throughout the year, as ways the Bank acknowledges the team’s hard enjoyed playing sports activities such as soc- open day raffle draw, with valuable prizes encourages teamwork spirit, collaboration, well as providing them with exclusive offers work, loyalty and their ongoing contribu- cer, volleyball, ping-pong, and basketball. for the lucky winners. and innovation and inspires commitment. We for their own benefit.
Al Babtain Group, Kuwait Central Blood Bank organize Blood Donation Drive
l Babtain Group recently organized a blood dona- located in Al-Rai area. Driven by its Social Corporate improving health in our society, even through small acts donation process was managed by a dedicated team tion initiative for its employees in collaboration Responsibility commitment to being a positive force in the of kindness. Blood donation is a simple act, and Al Babtain from the Kuwait Central Blood Bank, who tested all Awith the Kuwait Central Blood Bank, for the second community, the Al Babtain Group is proud to help meet- Group encourages more people and organizations to donors to ensure donation eligibility. Al Babtain Group’s consecutive year. The latest initiative to increase the blood ing the needs of Kuwait Central Blood Bank. The initiative donate as to ensure the wellness the society. latest campaign is part of its several Corporate Social stock in the country aims at helping medical facilities save also aims to raise awareness about the importance of our Employees of all Al Babtain Group volunteered to Responsibility strategies that highlights the importance lives. The event took place, at Nissan Al Babtain showroom individual contribution in enhancing solidarity and donate blood to the Kuwait Central Blood Bank. The of giving back to society. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
Embassy of Belgium in Kuwait, KWA holds poetry night ‘Omssiyah’
By Faten Omar He read during the event some selection of his poems that he wrote about the Brussels attack where he asked ISIS if he embassy of Belgium in Kuwait, in collaboration God created all kind of people in the whole world just to with the Kuwaiti Writer’s Association (KWA) held a torture them. He described Brussels and how it allowed all Tpoetry night ‘Omssiyah’, in French and Arabic by the people who lived there to communicate with their different Belgian Moroccan poet and writer Taha Adnan, on languages and backgrounds. Wednesday at KWA’s premises. The event came on the occa- The Poet Taha Adnan was born 2 August 1970 in Assfi, sion of the International Francophonie Day and one year Morocco. He grew up in Marrakesh and since 1996 lives in after the Brussels attacks, it was moderated by Kuwaiti nov- Brussels, working in the Ministry for Francophone Education. elist Taleb Al Refai. He has published three collections of poetry in Arabic and Andy Detaille, Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait, hon- one in French entitled Transparences (L’Arbre ‡ Paroles, ored the poet Adnan during the event. “The Francophonie Belgium, 2006). He organizes an annual Arabic literary festi- defends cultural diversity, since cultural diversity consti- val, Al-Salon al-Adabi in Brussels. Grew up in Marrakech and tutes an important part of mankind’s inheritance,” he said. moved to Brussels in 1996. He runs the Brussels Arabic The Ambassador thanked Dr. Talal Al-Rumeidhi, board Literary Salon and co-ordinates Arabic Love Poetry in member of Kuwait Writers’ Association and Association of Belgium. His poems have been translated into French and Culture Forum for participating cultural activities. Spanish. He won second prize at the 2011 International Arab Andy Detaille, Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait Meanwhile, Adnan has lived for several years in Brussels. Festival of Monodrama in the United Arab Emirates.
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa shines a light on climate action
n Saturday March 25th at 8:30 pm, the luxurious Hakan Petek, said: “Earth Hour is an extraordinary initiative impact for a greener future every year.” As part of the their accommodations and demonstrated their support resort joined millions of people around the globe to that unites people around the world to protect our planet, milestone, the event brought together hotel colleagues by turning off all their unnecessary lights. Since 2015, the Omark Earth Hour by turning off the non-essential which is in line with our strong commitment to environ- for a human alphabet group photo spelling out the word luxury resort has been recognized by Green Globe for its lights and other electrical appliances in a move to raise mental responsibility and practicing sustainability. Since Earth Hour which was filmed from above the property dedication to sustainable management and operations, awareness for the need to take action against climate our opening in May 2013, it is one of the activities that we and is shared on the hotel’s social media accounts. On which represents the hotel’s long-term pledge to sustain- change. Surrounded by the hotel team, General Manager, uphold and we have been at the forefront in driving an the night of the event, colleagues observed Earth Hour in able practices.
Trade Exhibition
ialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) Pakistan, in collaboration with SPakistan Embassy and Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), is organizing a Trade Exhibition inside the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) with effect from 27th March, 2017 for two days. Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), established in 1982, is one of the premier business chambers of Pakistan having more than 8000 membership and is known world-over for rich industrial heritage. This is second time, in less than two years, that the SCCI are exhibiting their LAPA presents ‘Ismail Sabiliyyat’ monodrama play trade potential in Kuwait. Under this 2-Day Trade Exhibition on 27th & 28th March, 2017, the trade potential of Pakistan n the occasion of celebrating the at Al-Dasma theatre stage. The play is the Iraqi Iranian war after they had to an Kuwaiti novelist Ismail Fahad Ismail in the range of products like surgical instruments, World Theatre Day and in the pres- based on Ismail Fahad Ismail’s book with leave their village. On his death, the hus- who also expressed his joy with LOYAC’s sportswear, leather & factory garments (including ence of NCCAL’s secretary general, the same name. band asks her to bury him back in their efforts in supporting Kuwaiti theatre O working gloves), martial arts uniforms, ceramic & Ali Al-Youha and his assistant, Mohammed The monodrama played by actress home village of Sabiliyyat. and young talented artists. Ismail also Al-Assoussi, LOYAC’s Academy for Shirine Hajji an directed by Rasoul Al- At the sidelines of celebrating the announced that arrangements had been sanitary wear and military uniform accessories etc Performance Arts (LAPA) recently present- Sagheer tells the story of Um Qassim, an World Theatre Day, LOYAC’s board chair- made with Kuwait’s consol in Irbil to will be showcased. ed the ‘Ismail Sabiliyyat’ monodrama play Iraqi widow who lost her husband during person, Fare’a Al-Saqqaf honored veter- perform the monodrama there. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 TV PROGRAMS
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News Snake Returns 02:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 20:00 The Border 16:00 Black Rose 02:50 Hollywood Medium With 04:55 In Search Of The King Cobra Teenage Witch 20:50 Highway Thru Hell 18:00 Con Air Tyler Henry 05:49 Gator Boys 02:40 Hank Zipzer 21:40 Mine Kings 20:00 Ant-Man 03:45 Hollywood Medium With 06:36 Call Of The Wildman 03:05 Binny And The Ghost 22:30 Mega Factories: Supercars 22:00 I Am Number Four Tyler Henry 07:00 Call Of The Wildman 03:30 Violetta 23:20 80s: The Decade That Made Us 07:25 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet 05:30 Celebrity Style Story 05:10 Hank Zipzer 08:15 Gangland Killers 06:00 Hollywood Medium With 05:35 Binny And The Ghost 09:10 Life At Vet University Tyler Henry 06:00 Violetta 10:05 Rugged Justice 06:50 E! News 06:45 The Hive 11:00 Biggest And Baddest 07:20 Hollywood Medium With 06:50 The 7D 00:00 My Man Is A Loser 11:55 Bondi Vet Tyler Henry 07:00 Jessie 00:00 Damien 02:00 Camp Nowhere 12:50 Escape To Chimp Eden 08:10 E! 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CROSSWORD 1560 STAR TRACK
Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)
It is difficult to stay inside today. This may mean chores inside keep you As you help someone today with advice as well as your sympathy, you will from the beauty of the out-of-doors but more than likely it is just that the responsibilities be helping yourself. Rewards are for the taking at this time. You may, however, need to of this day seem to multiply and you would rather be somewhere else; join the club. think things over before you sign on a dotted line. Someone will pay back a debt they When you stop to take a break, walk away from your project and chat a while with owe you, or some positive monetary results are realized from a past financial investment. friends or family. You may find that a card game has developed or some of your friends Also, recent improvement within the company that you own or for which you work cre- are up for a little ballgame after you finish your project or work. Whatever the case, these ates an opportunity for travel. Discussions of where, when and how you might travel will friends keep you enthusiastic about completing whatever task is at hand; they may even become the topic of conversation with family and friends. It is time now to tend to the help you. A great adventure may be in the works for later this year. Meanwhile, smile at family. This evening is excellent for taking part in family activities. When you walk your the camera-there are a lot of worthwhile memories. dog this evening, try a different path. Count your blessings.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
There are much imagination and creativity when it comes to creative Your psychic senses are in focus today. Your creative side is active and you thinking. These insights, coupled with the ability to put your thoughts into words, allow could come up with some wonderful ideas that will bring monetary rewards. You may you to captivate and spellbind. You could be seen by others as just the person to be put perceive how to proceed with plans and decisions regarding your life situation. The in charge of some project requiring a conservative mind. All lectures, speeches and romantic side in you is in full bloom. This is not the best time to engage in strenuous teaching endeavors have successful endings. It is a good time to start new projects or activity, however. Your mind is quickened, making you receptive to all external stimuli. Be push forward with those already in motion. You may enjoy a sense of creating your own practical and diplomatic in your discussions with loved ones. Take care when interacting opportunities. There are much energy and desire for starting something or taking care of with friends-you could be overly critical-as a critic rates a movie. You may find yourself the necessities of life. Some team sports may be in order this afternoon. Tonight there serving to guide someone younger than you in matters of importance this evening. are family, home and relatives who play a big part in your life. When you are determined to listen, you make a very good counselor.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
This can be one of your better days for communication and understand- This is a productive day. You could be most persuasive with others and can ing. Out-of-town friends or distant family may want to visit with you and strategize to everyone’s benefit. You may have difficulty concentrating on your new family. If your home or family is not equipped to handle company, perhaps a mundane things-but, your psychic awareness is enhanced and you will intuitively know ACROSS court. meeting place between cities can make available a get-together. Another way to handle what is being asked of you. You may find yourself relating to new people around you as 1. A port in western Israel on the 4. Dragonflies and damselflies. out-of-town guests might be to pay for half the cost of a motel room. You may be of though you have known them for a very long time. This is also a good time to help or just Mediterranean. 5. A long noosed rope used to catch ani- tremendous help to a stranger or neighbor this day. Get outside, weather permitting, be with your friends. You draw emotional sustenance and a sense of security from ideals, 5. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. mals. and take a walk. This will help to give your thoughts a good focus. Taking care of person- friends and social involvement at this time. You will probably be happy to know that your love relationship is improving and developing nicely. 12. Support resembling the rib of an animal. 6. A very poisonous metallic element that al business is a major theme this afternoon. Good news comes to you from a long-dis- 15. Harsh or corrosive in tone. has three allotropic forms. tance call. You may reflect sweet romantic interests today. 16. Large snake mackerel with rings like 7. Any of a number of fishes of the family spectacles around its eyes. Carangidae. 17. Canadian hockey player (born 1948). 8. (of music or art) New and of general Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo appeal (especially among young people). Changes are in the air and you are looking forward to positive results. This Today is a great time to be with others and to work together. Work, health, that gives rise in humans to the pleural cav- 9. Tropical American tree grown in south- is one of your better days for money. You will be successful-do not push diet and the other things that take care of us if we take care of them can ity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal ern United States having a whitish pink- too hard. Throughout today you will receive the best results for your efforts if you prac- provide a lot of satisfaction. These things can lead to love and a new self-image, if you cavity. tinged fruit. tice patience and perseverance. If you are thinking about a job in your home, think about stick with them. This is a time to consolidate your friendships-strengthen them before 20. With rapid movements. 10. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft the service industry. Consider doing business and research for people and agencies that they wither away. You may find a good opportunity to help someone today that gave 21. The cry made by sheep. engine. do not have the time to do this work for themselves. This is one of your best business- you some help in the past. Spending some time with close or old friends is advisable this 22. Having a margin with rounded scallops. 11. Relatively large in size or number or development times. If you are artistic, allow your dreams and imagination to reach into afternoon-step outside the usual routine. A neighbor or sibling could undergo some kind 24. Rich in significance or implication. extent. areas that you have not explored. Regardless of your special talents, music and imagina- of transformation, or your neighborhood may be in a redevelopment phase. Relaxation tion can take you into levels of consciousness you have never reached before. techniques are most important throughout this next week. 26. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs 12. Small Old World songbird with a red- and the father of Isaac. dish breast. 28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element 13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) that is highly corrosion-resistant. in western Asia. 32. A member of an agricultural people of 14. (informal) Exceptionally good. Taking care of business is a major theme where your emotional orienta- Taking care of some personal business is a major theme where your emo- southern India. 19. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tion is concerned. You crave organization and practicality and you want to get things tional orientation is concerned. You crave organization and practicality and you want to 39. A dark-skinned member of a race of tropical shores. accomplished. Outer circumstances tend to work in your favor. You may find that you get things accomplished. Sometime today you may be looking for intellectual stimula- are more organized than before, able to reach new levels of self-discipline. This can be a tion in your reading material. This could mean you get a library card or go to a bookstore. people living in Australia when Europeans 23. The square of a body of any size of type. You feel healthy and natural and have the opportunity to accomplish a great deal at this arrived. 25. Sound of any kind (especially unintelli- smooth time during which events seem to arrange themselves to your advantage. Lunchtime spent with old friends may put you in a new light with co-workers. Your time. You may be redesigning or rescheduling some of your activities. You are the one 40. Activity involved in maintaining some- gible or dissonant sound). sense of humor is obvious this afternoon. Others may find you especially witty. People others depend on and trust. Taking responsibility in helping to accomplish some of your thing in good working order. 27. An official prosecutor for a judicial dis- value you for your independence and unique qualities. This evening is a good time to family goals is an important act now. There could be a new home or new property near a 41. A game in which numbered balls are trict. socialize or enjoy the company of a loved one. lake in the near future. drawn and random and players cover the 29. An island state in the West Indies in the corresponding numbers on their cards. southeastern Caribbean Sea. 42. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usu- 30. A social unit living together. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) ally limited to the non-poisonous members 31. Any handsome young man. of the genus). 33. Find repugnant. Your organizational skills come into play this morning and help you to Your personal life calls for the solving of challenges. It takes little time for 44. (computer science) A coding system 34. Put out, as of a candle or a light. complete a difficult project. Your intuition will lead you into important directions. A co- your analytical mind to move through the problems. You will be able to tackle tasks that that incorporates extra parity bits in order 35. A drug combination found in some worker may come to visit or perhaps this person goes to the same religious setting that require real discipline. You could find that you are appreciated or valued for your ability to respond where you are needed. This is a good day for building confidences! Changes to detect errors. over-the-counter headache remedies you attend. Listening and sharing can be most beneficial. Time spent in a restaurant is a fun time later today. Influential people are around you and will help you-if you need it. in the neighborhood may get on your nerves this evening. This may mean a new music 46. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1. (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine). Now is the time to believe in yourself and move forward with your ideas. Your birth sign group is beginning to set up practice periods or someone has a new puppy in their back- 47. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly 36. An organization of countries formed in shows that advancement in the workplace will happen soon but you must be on the yard. These things have a way of ironing out and you try to pay attention to whatever is shrubs including roses. 1961 to agree on a common policy for the watch. The beginning of next week is a good time to take notes and make your profes- going on in your own home. Others may want to fill your free time with what they think 51. A particular environment or walk of life. sale of petroleum. sional desires known. If you miss this opportunity, there will be another one. you should do. Consider a movie for this evening. 53. A condition (mostly in boys) character- 37. A mature blood cell that contains ized by behavioral and learning disorders. hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily 54. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. tissues. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution 55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 38. A member of the Mongolian people of River. central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th 58. A Dravidian language spoken in south- century. ern India. 43. (Irish) God of the sea. 61. A substance produced by the hypothal- 45. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug amus that is capable of accelerating the (trade name Cataflam). secretion of a given hormone by the anteri- 48. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. or pituitary gland. 49. Being one hundred more than three 62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising hundred. solely the razorbill. 50. A member of the Siouan people former- 66. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa. ly living in the Missouri river valley in NE 70. A river in north central Switzerland that Nebraska. runs northeast into the Rhine. 52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 71. Type genus of the Rutaceae. 56. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 72. A tricycle (usually propelled by ped- 57. Annual to perennial herbs of the alling). Mediterranean region. 74. One of the most common of the five 59. A fit of shivering. major classes of immunoglobulins. 60. An international organization created 75. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for emanating from the Supreme Being and purposes of collective security. playing various roles in the operation of the 63. Set down according to a plan. universe. 64. An enclosure made or wire or metal 76. A state in the southeastern United bars in which birds or animals are kept. States on the Gulf of Mexico. 65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in 77. A young woman making her debut into Arabia or North Africa. society. 67. An agency of the United Nations affili- ated with the World Bank. DOWN 68. Horny projecting mouth of a bird. 1. West Indian evergreen with medium to 69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made long leaves. from aba cloth. 2. Sour or bitter in taste. 73. Angular distance above the horizon 3. A party who files a notice with a law (especially of a celestial object).
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Cosplayers dressed in fancy costumes have fun in one of the exhibition halls during the Manga-Comic-Con at the International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, March 25, 2017. Numerous visitors discover Manga the world of illustrated stories at the fourth Manga- Comic-Con. — AP photos
Cars travel one of the roads leading to Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. File photo shows the entrance to Sea World is seen, in Orlando, Fla. t takes a lot of land to accommodate The backlash isn’t surprising, said Doug and to finance law enforcement, schools, parks constant growth. Singh said the appraisers use a Orlando resorts also have sued. The compa- Cinderella’s castle, The Wizarding World of Head, chairman of the watchdog group and public health programs. “cost approach” when evaluating theme parks. Tax nies pay taxes only on their properties’ IHarry Potter and Epcot’s 11-country World Orange County Watch. Head said the apprais- bills go up not just from rising property values but “assessed” values; the “market” values reflect Showcase - and a hefty purse to pay the prop- er’s position has traditionally been a cushy Commercial properties also from new construction, which is constant at what the properties could be sold for. erty taxes on it. To cut tax bills in the tens of post for local politicos waiting to retire, but Disney also pays property taxes to a private the parks. “What does it cost to improve the land? SeaWorld is fighting the market and assessed millions of dollars, the specialists at Orlando’s Singh is one of the first to have substantial government established by the Florida What does it cost to build this? ... What is the labor values of its flagship SeaWorld Adventure Park, famous theme parks have employed methods professional training. “He uses professional Legislature that provides the Disney parks and cost? Factor in all that and then it depreciates, and its Aquatica water park and Discovery Cove, an from the creative - placing cows on undevel- expertise, and he clearly figured out there is a resorts with services including utilities, roadways that’s your cost approach,” he said. animal-encounter park. In a separate lawsuit the oped land and claiming an agricultural lot more value than is properly being reflect- and firefighters. Property values for the theme But the results are meeting a wall of resist- property appraiser’s office filed against exemption - to the traditional - negotiating or ed,” Head said. “He did what he needed to do, parks, resorts and other large commercial proper- ance. Last year, Disney, Universal and SeaWorld in 2015, Singh’s office listed a market appealing to a county board. and people accustomed to the way business ties are set by a team of almost two dozen of the SeaWorld filed a dozen lawsuits against value of $192.5 million; SeaWorld listed it at Over the past couple of years, however, was done weren’t happy.” county’s seasoned appraisers in what Singh calls Singh’s office, the tax collector and the state $143.4 million. Universal is disputing the market such tactics aren’t quite doing the job: Singh said his methods for assessing prop- “the most complex tax roll in the world” due to the Department of Revenue. Several other value of its 20,000-vehicle parking garage, Property assessments and taxes have jumped - erties are no different than those of his prede- which has nearly doubled in two years, from and so has the number of lawsuits the theme cessors - except when looking at resorts and $148.6 million in 2014, to $297 million in 2016. parks and other businesses have filed against hotels. Then, he considers their income state- The garage’s assessed value only went up 10 Orange County’s property appraiser. That’s ments and the local “bed tax” paid by hotel percent a year during that time, however, from Rick Singh, who was re-elected to a second customers, which he said his predecessor $145 million to $175 million. four-year term last fall despite the thousands didn’t use. Income isn’t considered when Disney is disputing the assessments of of dollars in donations park officials gave his assessing theme parks. “It’s a matter of being properties including four theme parks, 11 opponent. In lawsuits filed last year, the theme fair and equitable,” Singh said. “If the single resorts and two water parks. An Associated parks said Singh’s office had failed to use prop- mother who is working two jobs has to be Press tally of all the properties listed in the er appraisal methodology. Walt Disney Parks held accountable to pay her fair share, so lawsuit shows that the appraiser gave them a and Resorts issued a statement describing should everybody else.” total market value of more than $5 billion in increased assessments on some of its proper- The importance of the three theme parks 2015. Disney, whose total properties in Orange ties for 2015 as “unreasonable and unjustified.” to Orange County, which includes Orlando, County have a market value of $8.2 billion, is can’t be overstated: The properties owned by not saying publicly what it thinks the value Substantial professional Disney, Universal and SeaWorld are valued col- should be. But the company’s tax bill from Beyond such terse statements, officials lectively at about $10.7 billion. Singh’s office jumped from $84.5 million in from Disney, the development arm of Properties owned by the largest resort and 2014 to $97.2 million in 2015 to $102.6 million Universal Orlando and SeaWorld of Florida are timeshare companies are worth another $6.3 in 2016, an average increase of about 10 per- saying very little about an issue they hope to billion. The three theme park companies pay 7 cent a year. Those numbers exclude what resolve in court. But they have spoken loudly percent of the county’s property taxes - more Disney pays its private government in proper- with their wallets. Groups affiliated with all than $135 million last year. ty taxes. “Similar to other property owners in three companies gave $19,000 to Singh’s That revenue helps to mitigate the impact Orange County, we have no choice but to take Republican opponent. Singh, a Democrat, got of hosting 66 million visitors in 86,000 hotel In this file photo, park guests relax and cool off with a water mist under the globe at action to dispute these errors by the property only $5,000 from the groups. rooms and 15,500 timeshare units every year, Universal Studios City Walk in Orlando, Fla. — AP photos appraiser,” Disney’s statement said. — AP lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 FASHION
Models present creations from Hanae Mori by Japanese designer Yu Amatsu.
ood fashioned into lace and sculpted you move with the dress it makes a 3-D silhou- into evening dresses: the Hanae Mori ette,” he told AFP. Throughout he was careful to WManuscrit label led the way this Tokyo preserve the color of the wood, making it look Fashion Week in showing the world the original almost like pencil shavings or delicately craftmanship that helps set Japan apart from the processed tree bark, and there were belts and crowd. Dresses of persimmon wood lace paired statement bags in the same material. with soft falling black fabric were the star of the Inspiration comes from the world at large. “I’m show at designer Yu Amatsu’s autumn/winter always looking around to find something inter- 2017 collection for the brand that left fashion- esting which can be key for new designs, like the istas giddy with excitement. movies, music, architecture and so on,” he told Discs of chestnut and walnut were used on a AFP. But wood was far from the only innovative dress of interlocking triangular panels, an hom- fabric on the runway this Tokyo Fashion Week, age to Issey Miyake’s iconic Bao Bao bag, while which showcased the work of 52 designers. wood was fashioned into sleeve ties and delicate Husband-and-wife label ROGGYKEI, known best butterfly hair pieces. Japan is famous for high- for dressing US superstar Lady Gaga a handful of tech and specialty fabrics, which not only supply times, bases itself in Japan’s second city of Osaka the likes of Chanel and other celebrated couture to be close to specialist fabric factories. The pair houses, but also provide constantly shifting have no plans to relocate, recognizing their inspiration for homegrown designers. Misha “made in Japan” heritage was a big boon when This picture shows Janette, a Tokyo-based stylist, creative director they exhibited in Paris in 2012. Japanese designer and blogger who has lived in Japan since 2004, Yu Amatsu (center said Japanese fashion was often less about Good technique left) and Hanae Mori entertainment and more thoughtful with “amaz- The fabric is 50 percent polyester, 50 percent (center right) posing ing” material. “They’re really, really keen on work- wool, which designers Hitoshi and Keiko Korogi for photographers ing with young designers to create new fabrics... said makes it more supple. They also use some with their models that sets them apart,” she told AFP. “Each little vil- processed fabrics which they dye and wash. after their 2017 lage has its own special kind of fabric.” There was a stole made out of a special cashmere Autumn/Winter Amatsu said the theme of his collection was woven from Mongolian yarn in Japan’s Nara and Collection show of “combine”-combining fabrics to create some- coated to make it washable and yet prevent the Tokyo Fashion thing that was both different and more beautiful. pilling. They presented tie-dyed and indigo-dyed Week in Tokyo. stoles too. — AP/AFP photos 3-D silhouette ROGGYKEI also used discarded pieces of cloth The persimmon was originally very hard. that would otherwise have been thrown out, and cutting edge fabrics admitted to shopping else- “Even the sewing machine needle couldn’t go mixed natural materials and chemical fibre. But at where. Takuya Morikawa offered a high-energy, through it,” he explained. So he striped it down least one Japanese designer with an emphasis on Americana-inspired collection of silk dresses, fur to 0.14 millimeters wide and bonded it with fab- and a maroon velvet jumpsuit for label TAAKK, ric to make it stronger. He then stitched it into a which he set up in 2012 after working for Issey lace butterfly pattern. “It’s quite heavy so when Miyake. “All the fabrics are originals,” he told reporters. “The jacquards were made in Japan, but I had the embroidery made in China and India as it would have cost a lot to do in such good quality here.” “Of course Japan has good technique, but I am not too hung up on it. I’d rather use good things from everywhere in the world.” — AFP
Models present creations by Japanese designers Hitoshi Korogi and Keiko from the “ROGGYKEI”. lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 GOSSIP
Antonio Banderas says he’s recovered from a heart attack
panish film star Antonio Banderas says he has recov- Banderas’ visit to a Swiss clinic had led to speculation ered from a heart attack that he had in January. The about the health of the star known for roles in such films as S56-year-old Banderas tells Spanish media that “I suf- “The Mask of Zorro,” “Desperado,” “Philadelphia” and the carlett Johansson feels “icky” talking ago, it was basically a bunch of dudes; fered a heart attack on Jan. 26, but it wasn’t serious and animated “Puss in Boots.” Banderas spoke Saturday at a film about the gender pay gap. The maybe in the wardrobe department or in hasn’t caused any damage.” Banderas says he underwent a festival in his hometown of Malaga in southern Spain, S‘Ghost in the Shell’ star doesn’t feel the hair and makeup department there procedure to introduce three stents in his arteries, adding where he received a lifetime achievement award for his she can make any personal comments would be women. “Now you see more that “it hasn’t been as dramatic as some have written.” career as an actor, director and producer. about the gender wage gap in Hollywood female camera assistants, cinematogra- as she is the highest grossing actress in the phers, grips. It’s nice to have a diverse industry. She told The Observer newspa- group of people so that it doesn’t become per: “There’s something icky about me so one-note - to have a female energy on having that conversation unless it applies set, to have different types of people and Charlie Hunnam’s to a greater whole. “I am very fortunate, I different vibes, and a more balanced cre- make a really good living, and I’m proud to ative environment.” And the blonde beauty be an actress who’s making as much as - who shares two-year-old daughter Rose love letter to girlfriend many of my male peers at this stage. For with her estranged husband Romain harlie Hunnam’s latest movie was brought that up because it felt reductive me to talk about my own personal experi- Dauriac - previously admitted she found it
a “love letter” to his girlfriend. The to her of that real sacrifice she had made Scarlett Johansson ence with it feels a little obnoxious. It’s part “disappointing” to be named the highest- C36-year-old actor had promised to for this, which was enormous. “I almost of a larger conversation about feminism in grossing actress of all time as she was write to Morgana McNeils, his partner of hate going to see films I’ve been in for the general.” Meanwhile, Scarlett previously upset that no other women managed a feels icky about gender wage gap about gender wage icky feels 12 years, when he was filming scenes for first time. But this was a different experi- admitted she is pleased to see more place in the top 10. She said: “It’s exciting ‘Lost Cities of Z’ in Colombia but was let ence. I took my girlfriend with me, and “female energy” on set as of late. She said: to be the only woman in this category down by the mail system and so he has she watched it and recognized that it was “We see more female directors, more [but] it’s kind of disappointing actually to dedicated his performance in the movie both an apology, a recognition and a love women in various departments on set. If be the only woman in this category. That to her. He said: “We went to Colombia and letter to her. We were making it for our you looked around a film set even 10 years was a little bit of a surprise to me.” the mail system doesn’t really work very loved ones.” And now filming is over, well. It’s completely unreliable. I received Charlie is keen to spend more time with a letter from her and I realized from the Morgana. He added to the Sunday Mirror tone of it and things she was saying that newspaper: “I was working on Sons of she hadn’t received the two letters I sent Anarchy for seven of the last nine years before. “I then just stopped writing to her and between every season I’d do a film. “I altogether which obviously makes me was working 100 hours a week, 51 weeks Kristen Bell’s sound like a total bastard. Appropriately a year for eight years straight. So if so, but I was very apologetic. “I bought Morgana and I are going to start talking her an emerald when I returned home about children and getting married, I’m ‘fashion critique’ from Colombia, because it’s the place of going to have to figure out a way to bal- emeralds. But I think she was offended I ance that a little bit more effectively.” is her husband Dax Shepard Tinie Tempah: Looking sharp comes naturally he ‘Girls Like’ hitmaker has con- regardless of what job he was to fessed that he actually thinks have, whether he was in the spot- This edgy style is just how he light or was a cleaner, he would “one likes to dress and as so happens to million per cent” make sure he make him worthy of titles such as dressed well and looked the best he GQ magazine’s Best Dressed Man could. Speaking about his style and he thinks it stems from his choices, the dark-haired hunk - who mother always treating him like he was named the Best Dressed Man at was royalty as a kid. Speaking to the the GQ Men of the Year Awards in latest issue of NME magazine, he 2012 - said: “A million per cent. Even admitted: “I’m not gonna lie, it does if I was emptying dustbins! Whatever come quite naturally. Even when I job I did, I’d always try to be the was a little kid, my mum always most dapper.” The dark-haired hunk treated me like a prince. I’m her first is currently living in the home, which son, one of four.” The 28-year-old previously belonged to the late fash- rapper - who set up his own record ion designer Alexander McQueen and fashion label Disturbing London who died in 2010. And the vocalist Records in 2007 - is known for his believes there is a “creative energy” trademark bow ties and, although in his apartment, which has lead him he hasn’t been wearing them of late to add unusual furnishings, includ- he said they will likely make a return ing a zebra model, to the East as he has an entire cupboard full of London accommodation. He them and other items too. Asked if it explained: “I brought a zebra to add ax Shepard regularly gives wife Kristen is the end of his bow tie-wearing to it, a few bits and bobs. Like there Bell “fashion critiques”. The 36-year-old days, he said: “No, the dicky bows are this creative energy in the house, actress has revealed her 42-year-old part- not necessarily done - they could sunglasses cupboard, watch cup- and I’ve absorbed some of it. People D ner - who she has daughters Lincoln, three, and make a comeback at any time. “I’ve board, blazer cupboard, everything.” around there still talk about Lee he Delta, two, with - often gives his opinion on her got a dicky bow cupboard. I’ve got a Tinie said previously that he believes didn’t live in a bubble.” ensemble, but she has hinted his knowledge of the current trends isn’t great. Speaking to PEOPLE about the advice she receives, the blonde beauty said: “He [Dax] gives me fashion critiques when I Ronan Keating wear something, but he doesn’t get everything. “I’m not really dressing for him, I’m dressing for myself and other women. So, when I wear a pair Zoe Saldana’s of paper bag trousers, which I think are divine, was told he he’s like, What grandma did you get this from?! I’m like, you don’t get it. You just don’t get it.” The ‘Frozen’ star - who provided the voice over for the couldn’t sing sequel fear lead role Anna in the Disney animation - has revealed her most preferred wardrobe staple at oe Saldana has a “fear” that ‘Guardians of the Galaxy the moment are hats, which she wears “whenever onan Keating was told by a producer he couldn’t Vol. 2’ would flop. The 38-year-old actress reprises possible”, except for the times when she is having sing in the early part of his career. The ‘When You Say Zher role as Gamora in the Marvel sequel but was a “great hair day”. She explained: “I try to wear RNothing At All’ hitmaker - who has enjoyed huge suc- concerned there was a huge risk involved in revisiting hats whenever possible, but it’s not always possi- cess with Boyzone and as a solo artist - worked hard to something that had been so successful. She said: “You ble because sometimes you’re having a great hair “prove” the producer was wrong. He said: “[My music career would think we’d come back cocky and high-fiving. day.” However, Kristen’s friends are desperately started with] getting cigarettes and bottles of beer thrown “‘Guardians’ felt to me like going to Vegas, you bet and you trying to get her to ditch the accessory for a pair at us ... “A producer kept saying, ‘The blond one can’t sing - win. But the stakes are so much higher now. “There’s a fear of sunglasses instead. She said: “But my girlfriend get rid of him,’ and I knew I could be dropped in a heart- of losing that specialty, becoming cavalier and comfort- was like, ‘Why don’t you just wear sunglasses all beat. I had to prove them wrong.” And Ronan now wants to able and ruining it. So everybody has been on point.” But the time? Then you’ll never squint!’ So that’s my turn his hand to acting but admits it was tough at first to her co-star Chris Pratt thinks director James Gunn has tak- new trick, I’ll be wearing sunglasses indoors from dispel any myths about him as he was in a boy band. He en the right approach in making the new film radically dif- now on. I’m going to turn into Jack Nicholson.” added: “I’m genuinely excited about it. It’s been an issue ferent from the first. He said: “James wanted to go so out- Meanwhile, the Michigan-born star has revealed I’ve had for most of my career. When you’re in a boy band, side of the box that he explodes the box. “It’s a serious she relies on an all-natural deodorant and clothes you’re fitting the mould that people want you to be. I spent departure. And in a bigger, better, more explosive way. I to avoid putting “harmful” products or ingredi- years foolishly trying to prove myself, trying to make every- really believe that.” Though the director confirmed the ents on her skin. She said: “Researching where body happy. I should have concentrated on the people sequel is “bigger and crazier” than the first movie, he insists the clothes I buy come from and educating that mattered to me ... “It’s a career I’ve been trying to do that wasn’t his intention. He told Empire magazine: “The myself on dyes and how they can sometimes be for years and years and years. I’ve been trying for almost as goal was to create something more honest. “It’s deeper in a harmful and how to support companies that are long as the other career.” And Boyzone will be marking lot of ways. If the first film was about outsiders who fight making the right decisions. “I was learning about their 25th anniversary next year but Ronan admits it hasn’t their basic nature to become a family, this movie is about deodorants and I’m just not sure I want the alu- been the same since Stephen Gately passed away in 2009. being a family.” And cast member Dave Bautista has prom- minum. So I was trying to figure out a solution He told The Sunday Times magazine: “For me, it changed ised there are some “emotional” moments in the movie because I live in California and you sweat when Steo died. It will never be what it was, but that’s fine. because of the “family” theme. He said: “It’s about family, because the sun is brutal. It’s like baking soda “We get that it’s all about the nostalgia. So we do it. And it about chosen family. “It’s such a great topic, it hits a lot of and coconut oil, a couple of different things, and would be wrong not to mark the 25th in some way. We’ll emotional points.” I love it. It’s my new trick.” do the classics. That’s what people want.” lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017
MUSIC & MOVIES
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles performs at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Memorial The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles performs at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Memorial Service at The Forest Lawn on Saturday in Los Angeles. — AP/AFP photos Service at The Forest Lawn on Saturday in Los Angeles. Reynolds and Fisher honored with humor, music and dance
Todd Fisher hugs Star Wars character R2-D2 at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Ben Mankiewicz speaks at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Memorial Dan Aykroyd speaks at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Memorial Reynolds Memorial Service. Service. Service. aughter, music and the tapping of dancing shoes reverberated throughout a public Lmemorial to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, which loved ones say is just how the actress- es would have wanted it. There were few tears throughout the two-hour ceremony Saturday, which honored the mother-daughter duo’s impact on film, culture and those who knew them with a mix of photos, videos, and anecdotes that kept the audience laughing and applauding. Todd Fisher led the ceremony, which he said was intended to bring fans an intimate view of his mother and sister. He called it a show, saying his mother hated to attend memorials. In this Sept 10, 2011 file photo, Carrie Hundreds of fans - some wearing “Star Wars” Fisher kisses her mother, Debbie Reynolds, attire - attended the public ceremony that featured as they arrive at the Primetime Creative numerous family photos and Reynolds’ final inter- Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. view reflecting on her life and philanthropy, and one of Fisher’s high school friends sharing some her off-color emails to him. A troupe from Reynolds’ dance studio performed an homage to “Singin’ in the Rain,” the film that catapulted Reynolds to star- dom at age 19. After an opening film that was an ode to Fisher’s “Star Wars” role, a working R2D2 unit came on stage, mournfully beeped and parked next to a director’s chair with Fisher’s name on it. Across the stage, near a piano, sat an empty chair with Reynolds’ name on it. People visit the joint gravesite of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds following a public memorial. Complex relationship Brittany, actor-director Fisher Stevens, “Brady ing her struggles in the book “Postcards from the side the theater, including two dresses Fisher wore Fisher, 60, an actress and writer who starred as Bunch” actress Susan Olsen and actor Griffin Dunne. Edge.” Fisher discussed her mother’s charitable while filming “Star Wars” and “When Harry Met Sally,” Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died Dunne recounted living with Fisher in New York work in a video clip, joking: “She sort of started what and two of Reynolds’ costumes from “Singin’ in the Dec 27 after suffering a medical emergency days In this Jan 25, 2015 file photo, Debbie when they were both young actors, and her initial this town was going to need quite a bit of, which Rain” and “Unsinkable Molly Brown.” — AP earlier aboard a flight from London. Reynolds, an Reynolds, winner of the Screen Actors Guild reactions to working on “Star Wars.” He recounted was treatment for the mentally ill.” Lee said it was Oscar-nominated actress for her role in “The lifetime award, left, and Carrie Fisher pose Fisher’s assessment of the film: “It’s stupid and it’s OK to feel sadness at the deaths of Reynolds and Unsinkable Molly Brown,” died the following day at in the press room at the 21st annual Screen terrible.” After the first screening, they both knew Fisher, but not to dwell on it. “Debbie the unsink- age 84. Todd Fisher recounted his mother’s final Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. she had been wrong. “We knew movies would nev- able and her beautiful daughter would never want moments and her remark that she wanted to be er be the same, and you just knew Carrie’s life would us to mourn,” she said. Author Gavin de Becker, who with her daughter. “It was a very peaceful exit that never be the same.” attended high school with Fisher and recounted only my mother could have orchestrated,” he said to how his infatuation with her turned into a lifelong booming laughter. “She was trained in Hollywood Feminist icon friendship, said his friend “zoomed through time” where they teach you to make a great entrance, and When speakers weren’t delivering one-liners - and made so many people’s lives better. He recount- exit.” Fisher and Reynolds had a complex relation- some that had been uttered or penned by Fisher ed how Fisher took him on international trips and ship, with some years of estrangement before they and Reynolds - music and dance took over the “gave me so many firsts.” reunited and became close confidantes. stage. The ceremony featured a new song James “The first time I had sex was at Carrie’s house,” de Actor Dan Aykroyd described Fisher, his one- Blunt wrote after Fisher’s death, and the Gay Men’s Becker said. “It wasn’t with Carrie, but she arranged time fiancÈe, as a chatterbox who never let him Chorus of Los Angeles performed a somber rendi- it.” It was one of many tales about the actresses that speak. He described using the Heimlich maneuver tion of Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” that celebrated drew boisterous laughter. After the service, fans on her once, and joked that if he had been on the Fisher’s status as a feminist icon. Actress Ruta Lee were invited to see the actresses’ final resting place plane where Fisher fell ill in December, he “might celebrated Reynolds’ philanthropy in her eulogy, at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills, a storied cemetery have been able to save her again.” He echoed a sen- Katie Walker, who bears a tattoo of Carrie which included her singing to troops during the where numerous celebrities, including Bette Davis timent expressed by many early in his remarks. “We Mourners visit the joint gravesite of Carrie Fisher in the role of Princess Leia Organa, Korean War and her later efforts raising millions to and Liberace, are buried or interred. really shouldn’t be here this soon,” he said. The cere- Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds which she got in January, visits the joint help those suffering from mental illness. Carrie Many also paused to snap photos with some of mony was attended by several stars, including Rene following a public memorial on March 25, gravesite for Carrie Fisher and her mother Fisher battled mental illness and addiction, explor- the actresses’ memorabilia that was displayed out- Russo, Beverly D’Angelo, “Dallas” actress Morgan 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Debbie Reynolds following a public memorial.
Students from the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio perform at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Ruta Lee performs at the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Memorial Service. Memorial Service at The Forest Lawn. Reynolds and Fisher honored with humor, music and dance
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A cosplayer dressed in a colorful costume waits in one of the exhibition halls during the Manga-Comic-Con at the International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday. Numerous visitors discover the world of illustrated stories at the fourth Manga-Comic-Con. — AP Dig deeper before mocking ‘crazy’ pet parents
t’s easy to jump directly to “crazy cat lady” or very in tune with them,” said Hunter, who lives in ways. Her black lab got her off the coach. “She poke fun at “stay-at-home dog moms” when Indianapolis. “We got Rubi as a puppy after my gets me moving, she gets me going. There’s no Idescribing intense relationships between first son died. She’s been my emotional savior.” sitting anymore.” She even feels her long hours humans and their pets. But for some who spend Her husband works outside the home, as a alone with the two have heightened their ability the bulk of each day with their animals, it’s more plant manager, so it’s just mom and dogs during to communicate. It’s Apollo who tells her when like a two-way healing labor of love. Amy Hunter, the day. “After my second son died I cried a lot. I it’s time for breakfast. He’s the vocal one. Both 51, stayed home in Indiana with her three kids was anxiety ridden,” Hunter explained. “What I dogs comprehend about 250 of her words. when they were little. Years later, she took a found was how much I could communicate with Apollo can differentiate between ball, stick and work-from-home job after the death of her son, my dogs.” Coleen Balent, 43, understands. his favorite toy, a Teddy bear. “And they know Jake, piled on the loss of another son who had what shoes I wear. If I put on running shoes, earlier drowned. Requiring help they’re staying home. They don’t move. If I put Now her daughter is about to graduate from She stays home with her two kids, ages 10 on just normal tennis shoes, we’re walking and college and Hunter is home full time with two and 8, as her husband works as a computer net- they go find their leashes. If I put on boots or dogs, a brown mix rescue named Apollo, who work engineer for US Navy hospitals outside dress shoes or something, they’re not going. weighs in at about 90 pounds, and a black their home. They’ve been stationed around the They know this. It’s so funny,” Hunter said. “I’m Labrador retriever, Rubi. “I’ve become very, very, world and have been in the US island territory of not the crazy dog lady. I know they’re not my Guam, in the western Pacific, for nearly a year. children, but I just feel very close to them.” Stay- Rounding out the family are three rescue dogs, at-home writer Kat Faitour, who lives near 9-inch marble statue including one, 13-year-old Paolo, who has seri- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is not a “crazy” dog mom. ous health issues. She and her husband found She’s a “crazy” cat mom. Faitour worked in the him years ago in Sicily, in a boat yard with his health care industry for more than 20 years, could sell for mouth taped shut. He had been hit by a car. including her last five in a complaint depart- This undated photo released by RR Auction shows a portion of a diary written “The vet told me he wouldn’t make it through ment. “It was draining. The negativity finally got in 1945 by young John F Kennedy during his brief stint as a journalist after $3 million at auction the night. I took him home with antibiotics and a to me,” she said. “In the midst of that, my mom World War II. — AP nebulizer and he survived,” Balent recalled. became ill and passed away from ovarian cancer “Several years later, Paolo broke his back while in 2013. I didn’t have much to give after my we were living in Charleston, South Carolina.” mother died and my husband was super encour- JFK diary written in post-World The accident left him paralyzed, but after $6,000 aging me to stay home and write.” With her all in surgery and three months of rehabilitation, he day, every day, Faitour said, are “my boys,” two can hobble along, requiring help going up and nearly 8-year-old cats, including one with “100 down stairs and on and off beds. Three years health problems.” War II Europe up for auction ago, Paolo was diagnosed with diabetes so He’s a shaggy, white-haired looker with blue Balent injects him with insulin twice a day, eyes, and he’s deaf. The product of an amateur diary kept by a young John F Hitler’s bunker, speculating that he was checking his glucose levels often. “We can barely breeder, Conan (named for Conan O’Brien) also Kennedy during his brief stint as a not killed. “There is no complete evi- afford it, and it’s a pain,” she said. “I can never go suffers from knee and hip dislocations and two Ajournalist after World War II in dence, however, that the body that was anywhere for the day. I’m quite sure everyone herniated discs in his back. Conan requires pain which he reflected on Hitler, the ambi- found was Hitler’s body,” he wrote. “The thinks I’m crazy. Some people have flat out told medication in the morning and steroids at night. tions of the Soviet Union and the weak- Russians doubt that he is dead.” He wrote me, but Paolo has seen me through two preg- Higgins, her large gray Norwegian forest cat, is ness of the United Nations is up for auc- that Hitler “had in him the stuff of which nancies, two severe postpartum depressions, an “healthy as a horse,” said Faitour, who with her tion. The diary was written in 1945 when legends are made.” But Henderson said autoimmune disease and three moves to three husband is childless by choice. “I’ve got my boys,” the 28-year-old Kennedy was a corre- that should not be misinterpreted as different countries and continents.” she laughed. “They’re always with me, always in spondent for Hearst newspapers, rub- sympathy for the German dictator. For Hunter, each pet enriches her in different the room with me. That’s how we roll.” — AP bing shoulders with world leaders and “He said that in reference to the mys- traveling through a devastated Europe. tery surrounding him and not the evil he Boston-based RR Auction says the diary represented,” Henderson said. Kennedy is expected to fetch about $200,000 at witnessed the territorial ambitions of the auction April 26. Soviet Union in negotiations to rebuild a The 61-page diary, mostly typed but post-war Germany and the role the US In this photo provided by Christie’s is the including 12 handwritten pages, was giv- should play. “Yet, if we pull out, we may 9-inch-tall marble sculpture, called the en by Kennedy to Deirdre Henderson, a leave a political vacuum that the Guennol Stargazer. — AP research assistant in his campaign office Russians will be only too glad to fill,” he in the late 1950s. “What’s remarkable is wrote. Kennedy also expressed doubt he’s small but mighty - and she could what he foresaw about the future of a about the effectiveness of the fledgling be worth more than $3 million. world he would lead 16 years later,” said United Nations. SChristie’s announced Friday that a 9- Henderson, who lives in the Boston area. “In practice, I doubt that it will prove inch-tall marble sculpture, called the The experiences and reflections in the effective in the sense of its elaborate Guennol (gwehn-AHL’) Stargazer, will be diary undoubtedly influenced Kennedy’s mechanics being frequently employed auctioned on April 28 in New York. The stat- presidency, auction house officials said. or vitally decisive in deterring war or ue of a female idol from ancient Turkey “This exceptional diary sheds light on peace,” he wrote. Kennedy, the 35th US dates to around 3000 to 2200 BC. It’s a side of John F. Kennedy seldom president, served from January 1961 thought that the idol was related to fertility. explored and confirms America’s endur- until he was assassinated in Dallas on About 15 nearly complete idols survive. ing sense that he was one of the most Nov 22, 1963. The information in his The auctioneer says this one - like most - has qualified, intelligent and insightful com- diary has been published before. a neck injury, suggesting it was ritually manders in chief in American history,” Henderson said she is selling it in con- “killed” at the time of burial. It has button- said Bobby Livingston, RR’s executive junction with the 100th anniversary of like eyes; a vertical, carrot-shaped nose; a vice president. In the diary, Kennedy Kennedy’s birth this year and so it can be pear-type torso; and no discernible chest. reflects on his time in a gutted Berlin. properly preserved. “This diary is a great The work, from a private collection, has “On some of the streets the stench - testament to what he could have been been on loan at The Metropolitan Museum In this provided by Amy Hunter, John and Amy Hunter are pictured with their dogs, Apollo, sweet and sickish from dead bodies - is as president had he not been killed so of Art at various times. — AP left, and Rubi, a black Labrador retriever, in Brown County State Park south of their home in overwhelming,” he wrote. He even saw young,” she said. — AP Indianapolis, Ind. — AP