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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SAFAR 18, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Essa clarifies Turkey to Rosberg wins Sharpshooter ‘preferring get cash, season-closing Khalil bags private schools’ closer ties Abu Dhabi Asian player statement3 with EU7 Grand16 Prix of17 the year Under-fire Omair moved Min 12º Max 27º to public works ministry High Tide 01:22 & 15:44 Low Tide Saleh named acting oil minister • Nod to Arab anti-terror pact 09:05 & 20:59 40 PAGES NO: 16713 150 FILS By B Izzak

CMA to issue Amir receives GCC chief KUWAIT: The government finally carried out a long- awaited Cabinet reshuffle, moving Ali Al-Omair out of sukuk, bonds the oil ministry to the public works ministry after accepting the resignation of Ahmad Al-Jassar as minis- ter of electricity and water and public works two for first time months after submission. Finance Minister Anas Al- KUWAIT: Executive Director of the Capital Market Saleh was appointed acting oil minister while State Authority (CMA) Nayef Al-Hajraf revealed yesterday plans Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- by the new CMA executive committee to issue Islamic Abdullah Al-Sabah was given the electricity and water bonds known as sukuk for the private sector. In an inter- portfolio on a temporary view with pan-Arab television news channel Al-Arabiya, basis. Hajraf said that work is underway on forming a specialized MP Abdulhameed Dashti market to issue sukuk, the latest move in CMA’s efforts to said the limited Cabinet foster Islamic finance in the country. rearrangement is temporary Moreover, Hajraf lauded the new CMA executive com- and a prelude to a wider mittee, labeling it superior to its predecessors in address- reshuffle after three months. ing shortcomings that plagued the old system. He also He gave no further details noted that the new committee is better equipped at over his predictions. With the adapting to the latest breakthroughs in finance as well as new moves, two problems being more farsighted in developing the financial market. have been solved, though Hajraf also disclosed that the new committee is exert- temporarily. Tomorrow’s Ali Al-Omair ing efforts to encourage foreign investment. Hajraf also scheduled questioning of spoke of the CMA’s better capabilities of liquidizing shares, Jassar over allegations of financial and administrative vio- which would in turn bolster investment. Hajraf also lations in awarding the KD. 1.32 billion contract for the air- revealed that the entire financial system is being port expansion project will not take place because the revamped with the new changes to go into effect before minister has quit. the end of the year. The new public works minister is not obliged by law Established according to law no. 7/2010 and subse- to appear for the grilling. The grilling request was filed quently passed by the parliament in 2010, the CMA works by MP Saadoun Hammad, who claimed that around KD on developing the activities of capital markets in Kuwait. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Gulf Cooperation Council 600 million in public funds have been squandered. The The CMA has bolstered efforts of incorporating principles (GCC) Secretary General Dr Abdullatif bin Rashed Al-Zayani at Bayan Palace yesterday. Zayani briefed second problem to be resolved is the dispute in the oil of Islamic finance, a system in which capital is raised in the Amir about the most prominent issues on the agenda of the 36th session of the GCC Supreme sector between Omair and top executives of state- accordance to sharia, or Islamic law. — KUNA Council to be held in Saudi Arabia next week. — KUNA owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) and its subsidiaries. Continued on Page 13 PM backs France in fight against terror

PARIS: Representative of HH the Amir UN conference on climate change. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- The prime minister called for collabo- Gulf unwilling Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh ration of world countries to confront ter- Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, yes- rorism, which was rejected by all faiths. to tighten oil terday reaffirmed support to France in He expressed condolences to France and the fight against terrorism. “Kuwait sup- the French people following the Nov 13 taps all alone ports the efforts of France and the inter- attacks in Paris that killed 130 people national community in fighting terrorism and injured over 350 others. Sheikh Jaber KUWAIT: Saudi-led Gulf OPEC members will reject which has become a threat to the stabili- praised France’s “courageous” decision to pressure to shoulder the cost of cutting oil produc- ty and security of many world countries,” host the climate summit despite the “ter- tion alone despite warnings that prices risk sliding Sheikh Jaber said in a statement shortly rorist crimes in the French capital”. further, officials and analysts say. Saudi Arabia, after arriving in Paris to participate in the Continued on Page 13 Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which pump more than half of OPEC’s 32 million barrels of daily output, want a solid commitment from all other producers, especially non-OPEC member Russia, to agree to production cuts across the board. “Gulf states will not undertake a unilateral output cut. They need strong cooperation from RIYADH: Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate for the municipal council in the town of other producers, mainly Russia, to cut,” Kuwaiti oil Diriyah shows an electoral campaign license issued by the central municipal analyst Kamel Al-Harami told AFP. elections committee yesterday. — AFP The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is to hold a crucial meeting on December 4 to study prices, which have fallen around 60 per- Saudi women launch cent since mid-2014. An informal meeting to be attended by some non-OPEC producers will be held the day before. “Gulf producers are not maiden election bid inclined to change their policy of defending market share rather than price despite heavy income loss- es,” Saudi economist Abdulwahab Abu-Dahesh 3 activists barred said. “They realize they will be asked to bear the bulk RIYADH: Hundreds of Saudi women National Democratic Institute, a of any cuts,” as none of the other OPEC members began campaigning for public office yes- Washington non-profit organisation. are financially in a position to do so and non-OPEC terday, in a first for women in the conser- Ruled by King Salman, oil-rich Saudi Russia has so far said it will not, Abu-Dahesh told vative Muslim kingdom’s slow reform Arabia has no elected legislature and has AFP. A senior Gulf oil official said nothing has PARIS: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is process, even as three activists were dis- faced intense Western scrutiny over its changed to alter Gulf states’ oil policy. received by Kuwait’s Ambassador to France Sami Al-Sulaiman on his arrival in qualified. More than 900 women are rights record. The country’s first municipal Continued on Page 13 the French capital yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 2) standing alongside thousands of men in elections were held in 2005, followed by the Dec 12 municipal ballot, which will another vote in 2011. In both cases only also mark the first time women are men were allowed to participate. From allowed to vote. restaurants to banks, offices - and election Rallies pressure UN climate summit “I’ve been eliminated as a candidate for facilities - the sexes are strictly segregated the municipal elections,” Loujain Hathloul in the kingdom. “We will vote for the said in a tweet. Saudi authorities detained women even though we don’t know any- Hathloul for more than two months after thing about them,” Um Fawaz, a teacher in Clashes erupt at Paris demo she tried to drive into the kingdom last her 20s, said in Hafr al-Batin city. “It’s PARIS: Tens of thousands of people from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. One bears or penguins at risk from melting ice, or December from the United Arab Emirates, enough that they are women,” she said. Sydney to London joined one of the biggest activist, dressed in white as an angel with chanted slogans such as “climate justice”. in defiance of a Saudi ban on female The absolute monarchy, which applies days of climate change activism yesterday, large wings, held a sign saying “coal kills”. In Sydney, about 45,000 people are esti- motorists. She had said she wanted to run a strict interpretation of Islam, has faced telling world leaders gathering for a summit About 10,000 people also joined arms to mated to have marched through the central “to increase the percentage of women’s widespread criticism for a lack of equal in Paris there is “No Planet B” in the fight form a human chain through Paris along the business district towards the Opera House. participation”. rights. Saudi Arabia is the only country in against global warming. In the French capi- 3-km route of the banned march, organizers Protesters held placards reading: “There is Another driving activist, Tamadour Al- the world where women are not allowed tal, where demonstrations were banned by said. “This is a moment for the whole world no Planet B” and “Say no to burning national Yami, told AFP her name was also to drive. They must also cover themselves the authorities after attacks by Islamic State to join hands,” said Iain Keith, campaign forests for electricity”. US President Barack dropped from the final list of authorized in black from head-to-toe in public and militants killed 130 people on Nov 13, director for Avaaz, one of the organisers. Obama and China’s Xi Jinping will be candidates. She vowed to appeal, “but I require permission from male family activists laid out more than 20,000 pairs of Elsewhere, more than 2,000 events were among the leaders attending the start of don’t think it will change anything.” And members to travel, work or marry. But shoes in the Place de la Republique to sym- being held in cities including London, Sao the summit, which organizers hope will pro- Nassima Al-Sadah, a human rights activist Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate in Riyadh, bolize absent marchers. Paulo and New York, making it perhaps the duce a first legally binding agreement to and would-be candidate in the Gulf coast said she did not need any man in her fam- Among the high heels and sandals were a biggest day of climate action in history on commit both rich and developing nations to city of Qatif, said officials informed her ily to grant permission for her candidacy. pair of plain black shoes sent by Pope the eve of the Paris summit which runs from curbing emissions of greenhouse gases, late Saturday that her name had been “It’s by myself,” the management consult- Francis, who has been a vocal advocate for Nov 30-Dec 11 and will be attended by blamed for warming the planet, beyond removed. “I don’t know why,” said Sadah, ant said. action to prevent dangerous climate about 150 heads of government. Around the 2020. who was trained in electioneering by the Continued on Page 13 change, and jogging shoes from UN world, activists marched, dressed as polar Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 Clean energy sources instrumental to address declining oil prices: KPC CEO

KUWAIT: CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Nizar Al-Adsani yes- terday stressed the need to address the issue of plummeting oil prices through promoting the use of clean and renewable energy sources. In comments during the com- mencement of Kuwait Sustainable Energy Conference and Exhibition, organized by KPC from November 29th to December 2nd 2015, Adsani expected a further decline in oil prices. He also underscored Kuwait’s 2030 energy vision which looks to fully rely on clean and renewable energy sources. Managing Director of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Hashim Hashim revealed the company’s plans of pro- ducing three million barrels of crude oil per day in 2015 and 3.6 million bar- rels by the year 2020. In a statement to journalists, Hashem announced that KPC had signed various contracts dur- KUWAIT: CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Nizar Al-Adsani (right) and ing the past two years aimed at maxi- Managing Director of Kuwait Oil Company Hashim Hashim attend the mizing oil production in the country KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah waves as he prepares to Kuwait Sustainable Energy Conference and Exhibition yesterday. with the goal of producing 3.6 million — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat leave to Paris, France yesterday. —KUNA barrels per day. Moreover, the Managing Director by 8 percent in 2020 and 15 percent continued decline in the price of oil said that KPC aims to increase usage of by 2030, respectively. Kuwait’s econo- has fueled concern of stalled econom- Prime Minister heads to France clean and renewable energy sources my relies heavily on oil production but ic growth. — KUNA for climate change conference KUWAIT: The representative of reflect on planned negotiations for puffed into the air in major industrial- Petrochemical Industries Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- resolving climatic problems “in a man- ized nations such as the United States, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His ner that will preserve regional states’ Canada, Japan and the European Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh rights as to realizing sustainable devel- Union. updates work methods Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, opment,” said Sheikh Abullah Ahmad His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah and his accompanying delegation left Al-Humoud in a statement to KUNA. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at the KUWAIT: Kuwait Petrochemical this mechanism in the oil sector. for enhancing quality of services Kuwait yesterday heading to Paris to Historic responsibility as to collective 2012 Doha Climate Change Industries Company (PIC) yester- The company is committed to and operations, he said, noting attend the United Nations (UN) gas emissions hinges on advanced Conference, affirmed Kuwait’s commit- day announced graduating applying the Six Sigma method- that the company with this Conference on Climate change hosted countries, he said, adding “developing ment to cut carbon dioxide emissions. by France. countries’ priority is attaining sustain- According to official statements, pro- trainees who won green and ology, which is a data-driven approach saved more than $188 His Highness was bid farewell at able development in tandem with portion of gas emissions per sector is black belts in Six Sigma catego- approach, and training person- million in the past eight years. Kuwait International Airport by Deputy national development strategies and as following: Sixty percent in the ener- ry for updating work methods. nel in the KPIC and other oil More than 550 Six Sigma Prime Minister and Minister of Interior priorities.” gy sector, oil and gas sector 19 percent, Chief Executive Officer Asaad Al- companies. Six Sigma method is projects have already been exe- Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- The State of Kuwait is seeking at this transports 15 percent in addition to Saad said, during a ceremony for aimed at enhancing client’s con- cuted. Up to 120 personnel have Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime conference to work out a new deal one percent in other fields. projects’ presentation at the last tent, slashing costs, minimizing been trained for acquiring the Minister and Minister of Finance Anas covering social and economic priori- In implementation of governmental day of the training session on flaws and realizing optimum green belt, in addition to 28 oth- Khaled Al-Saleh, besides a number of ties, whereby obligations and meas- plans to preserve the environment and Six Sigma methodology, that the performance. It is one of the ers seeking to win the black Sheikhs, ministers, and senior officials ures will be compatible with the inter- invest in environment-friendly proj- company was the first to apply most accredited ‘philosophies’ belt. —KUNA at the Diwan of His Highness the Prime national framework climatic conven- ects, Kuwait National Petroleum Minister. tion, with consideration to aiding the Company announced closing the old His Highness the Prime Minister was developing countries attain their Al-Shuaiba refinery permanently in accompanied by a delegation that development objectives. Kuwait had April 2017, ahead of launching the included First Deputy Prime Minister already called for implementing princi- environmental-friendly fuel project in and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh ples of the international accord as stip- middle of 2018, This venture is Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, ulated by the Kyoto Protocol, signed by designed to overhaul Mina Abdullah Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kuwait on March 11, 2005. and Al-Ahmadi refineries, building 39 Sulaiman Al-Jarallah, besides senior new units, updating seven ones, clos- officials at the Foreign Ministry, Diwan Kuwait Declaration ing seven others, with aim of produc- of His Highness the Prime Minister and In this context, EPA had revealed ing high-grade products, namely diesel Environments Public Authority. the planned “State of Kuwait Number- and kerosene. one Declaration” regarding the United The venture is to be launched Substantial weight Nations Framework Convention on according to specifications adopted by Meanwhile, Director General of the Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be for- the United States and Europe. Special Environment Public Authority (EPA) warded to the convention secretariat. devices are to be installed to ensure Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud The four-volume statement tackles maximum cut of pollutants, minerals, Al-Sabah described His Highness the green-house gases, cutting impact of sulfur and other contaminating mate- Prime Minister’s chairing of the Kuwaiti these gases, coping with climatic rials or substances. Designers are plan- delegation taking part in the Paris change and “the State of Kuwait ning highest level of personnel and Climate Change Conference will add national circumstances.” operational safety. Authorities have substantial weight to the Arabs’ partici- Keen on joining the international also enforced stringent laws to compel pation in the international event. community in dealing with effects of industrialists put out minimum levels He said in a statement that His the climatic change and minimizing of pollutants and enforce strict regula- Highness the Premier’s chairmanship green-house gases, Kuwait has taken a tions on passing or anchoring ships as of the delegation would “add tremen- series of measures in this regard, such to waste dumping. In power sector, dous weight to the participation of as signing the 1995 international Kuwait is seeking to produce safe Arab and developing states” in the framework convention and the sub- energy at a 15 percent proportion in international event, to be hosted by sidiary protocol in 2005. 2030 from clean and renewable the French capital between November According to official reports, sources. Al-Shagaya complex for KUWAIT: Petrochemical Industries Company CEO Asaad Al-Saad listens to a presentation during a ceremony 30 and December 11th. Kuwait’s gas emission “is very limited,” renewable energy is one of the initia- held to honor graduates of a training session on the Six Sigma methodology. — KUNA His participation will positively as compared to the volume of gas tives at this level. — KUNA FM stresses need to consolidate efforts to ease humanitarian suffering worldwide

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and which was Kuwait’s hosting of three donor International Islamic Charitable to ensuring that this support sees the light Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- conferences to support the humanitarian Organization (IICO). Under the directions of and gets delivered to the right people. Hamad Al-Sabah stressed yesterday the situation in Syria, through which the State His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Guterres said in his speech at the same importance of strengthening international of Kuwait had contributed $1.3 billion. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait held ceremony that the Syrian refugees’ crisis efforts to alleviate human suffering around He expressed his deep pride in his close three donors’ conferences to aid the Syrians has become a key issue internationally the world. personal relations with the United Nations in their crisis; a conference to help develop- where it posed challenges to the interna- This came in a speech by Sheikh Sabah High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio ment in East of Sudan and other confer- tional community, calling for finding a solu- Al-Khaled during an honoring ceremony Guterres, thanking him on behalf of the ences for local and regional NGOs, he tion to this problem swiftly. He lauded the held by the UN High Commissioner for State of Kuwait on taking office with all wis- added. He pointed out that Kuwait has Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and his staff for Refugees (UNHCR) for him and a number of dom and competence. offered help to natural disaster-stricken being the “voice” of human compassion officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in countries such as Pakistan, Turkey, the and the embodiment of true Islamic values. recognition of their humanitarian and Prominent spot Philippines, Indonesia, Mauritania, Somalia, effective role in the preparations for the Meanwhile, Amiri Diwan Advisor and UN Benin and Niger. It also aided war-torn French Foreign Minister international humanitarian conferences Secretary General Envoy for Humanitarian countries such as Syria, Yemen and Iraq. In other news, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled held in Kuwait. Affairs Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq stressed in yesterday received a written message a speech during the honoring that Kuwait’s Key issue from French Foreign Minister Laurent Humanitarian challenges humanitarian endeavors worldwide has In the meantime, UNHCR’ High Fabius. The message handles ways of bol- KUWAIT: Minister Dr Ali Al-Omair speaks to Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said that “the gained it a prominent spot among donor Commissioner Antonio Guterres praised stering distinguished relations between reporters on the sidelines of the conference. growing humanitarian challenges in countries. His Highness the Amir’s support to the both friendly countries in all fields, coop- —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat today’s world, in addition to the unprece- Kuwait has always strived to offer help Syrian refugees that gained him the UN eration over the current regional and dented bloody conflicts, especially in the regardless of color, race, gender or religion, honoring of a ‘Humanitarian Leader’ and international developments and several Payroll strategic Middle East, led to the displacement of Maatouq said, who is also Chairman of the lauded the Foreign Ministry’s commitment issues of mutual interest. — KUNA more than 60 million refugees around the alternative to improve, world, which doubles the size of the responsibility incumbent on all of us and not to cut, wages: Omair on the international conscience to enhance KUWAIT: The payroll strategic alternative project has efforts to find solutions to these conflicts not been set to cut wages but to improve low salaries, and alleviate their tragic consequences.” He former oil minister Dr Ali Al-Omair said. The project is added that the international humanitarian for the good of all, said Omair, who was yesterday work that is free from any specific political, assigned with the Ministry of Public Works’ portfolio to geographic, religious or ethnic approach carry along with the Ministry of State for National ascended a distinct rank in the hierarchy of Assembly Affairs. He was speaking on the sidelines of priorities of the foreign policy of the State the Arab Federation of Petroleum, Mines and Chemical of Kuwait based on the directives of His Workers conference that kicked off here on Sunday Highness the Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad and lasts for five days. He added that the project is Al-Jaber Al Sabah. now at the National Assembly’s Human Resources He praised the joint cooperation of the Committee. State of Kuwait with the High Omair stressed state’s support to the syndicate Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and movement in Kuwait. Meanwhile, the minister expects other international humanitarian organiza- positive outcome of the coming meeting of the tions which represents a live embodiment Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and a practical model as well as a shining (OPEC), Vienna 4 December, to reflect stability on the example of the spirit of human solidarity. markets, which is for the good of exporters and He explained that the cooperation importers. According to Omair, all proposals on cutting between the State of Kuwait and the OPEC crude prices are being studied, and will be dis- UNHCR Office has polished the mechanism cussed in Vienna. He reiterated full commitment to any of cooperation between the two sides, decision to be made by OPEC. —KUNA which resulted in a close strategic relation- KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah (center) with the United Nations ship, the most prominent landmarks of High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (right) and Amiri Diwan Advisor Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq. — KUNA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 LOCAL

Minister clarifies ‘preferring Legalese Common rental private schools’ statement concerns

Jaber Stadium reopens Dec 12 By Fajer Ahmed large part of living a stable life in a new country By A Saleh private schools. “Such statements by the ‘Pornographic’ comics undersecretary for TV affairs approved the is finding a place to comfortably live in. Kuwait, man responsible for the educational MP Abdullah Maayouf yesterday issued budget allocated for a concert to be held Aunlike other neighboring countries has pretty KUWAIT: Minister of Education and process means public schools have mal- a very strong warning to the information on the occasion. A letter was sent by the easy going norms when it comes to rent-related issues. Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al- functions,” he said, noting that millions minister for his responsibility of the book assistant undersecretary declaring that the Newcomers are not asked for a year’s rent in advance Essa strongly denied a statement circulat- were being spent on education and a min- fair, where some comics he said contained opening ceremony would be attended by and there are no segregated areas for expats/Kuwaitis, ing on social media attributed to him and ister who had been in office long enough ‘pornographic material’ were displayed for HH the Amir and that a large number of yet there’s a lot of things that can be changed to make claims that he said he would put his kids in makes such statements. Arab and GCC singers would take part in the experience of living in Kuwait easier and there are private schools instead of public ones. The the concert. still lots of common concerns, that I shall answer in this minister explained in a statement yesterday Juveniles’ age week’s column. that what he actually said was incomplete- MP Saleh Ashour stressed that legislat- Price control ly quoted and needs to be explained. Essa ing a reduction of juveniles’ age from 18 to Minister of Commerce and Industry Rental rate increases explained that responding to a question 16 would be dangerous, and it would be Yousif Al-Ali yesterday said that his ministry Q: I have signed a one year contract, a year ago about why people enroll their kids in pri- unjustified to reduce the age when a child was capable of controlling prices and avoid exactly when I first moved to Kuwait. The agreed rent vate schools, he said that there are three could be held legally accountable just like increases if taxes are imposed on local and amount was KD 200. Now a year later the landlord reasons in his point of view for this. “Some an adult. “If this legislation is passed, juve- foreign companies. “Imposing those taxes has provided me with a new contract to sign for KD people believe that public education is bad niles will be transferred to the central does not call for increasing prices for more 250. Can he raise the rent without giving me notice? and does not meet their aspirations, others prison,” he warned, noting the change than one reason,” he added, explaining that A: According to Kuwaiti law no 35 promulgated in believe that teaching English in the pri- would also allow a juvenile to get married, Kuwaiti companies already pay 4.5 percent 1978, your landlord has no right to raise the amount of mary stage by native speakers would be form companies, drive or even travel unac- in indirect taxes. “We are technically speak- rent unless five years have passed since you signed the better, while a third party is only after pres- ing about a maximum of 10 percent, which companied. Meanwhile, the parliamentary rental agreement and moved in (regardless of how tige,” the minister said. He added that if means taxes would be minimal and do not legislative affairs committee rejected sug- long the term of your contract is) or if you have both asked where he would prefer sending his call for increasing prices,” Yousif underlined Dr Bader Al-Essa agreed to the mark up in the price! So my advice is do own kids to, he would choose private gested parliamentary amendments to the juvenile law. In this regard, the committee not sign the proposed contract. If your landlord threat- schools for the second reason, particularly Camel competitions ens to evict you, or declines to accept the rent, I sug- at this time when the education ministry chairman MP Mubarak Al-Harees said three sale. “The minister has to take very strict The Interior Ministry’s weapons proposals were rejected. gest you pay your dues at court. There’s a department needs four years to develop its curriculums measures against those responsible for inspection director Major General Farraj designated for rent disputes and therefore you can and teach scientific subjects in English, allowing those books in, otherwise we will Al-Azobi said that weapon inspection Bedoons’ children deposit the amounts there accordingly. which is already applied in private schools. use our constitutional tools against him,” he teams would be deployed all along the Q: My question to you pertains to the raising of The minister stressed that he also MP Mohammad Al-Enezi said that he warned. roads leading to the camel and cattle discussed allowing the children of military rents by landlords. What is the criteria that landlords remarked that such a preference did not competition sites where those traditional use to raise the rents? Is there any law stipulating bedoons (stateless) and those registered in mean Kuwait did not have any outstanding Jaber Stadium competitions are held in Jahra to search the maximum percentage that a landlord can raise the 1965 census to enroll in the army with public schools nor that bad private schools The Public Authority for Youth and for weapons and prevent any law viola- the rent or does the law leave it to his discretion? Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah did not exist. Notably, MP Mohammed Al- Sports (PAYS) yesterday set December 12, tion in this regard. “We will have foot and A: Well if the landlord is raising the rent (after five Hadiya had severely criticized Essa’s state- Al-Sabah, who showed a great deal of flexi- 2015 as the date to reopen Jaber Stadium undercover patrols to immediately arrest years of you occupying the space, as mentioned ments about preferring to send his kids to bility towards the matter. and the information ministry’s assistant weapons users,” he added. above), then he can only raise it if it’s 50% less than the market price and can only raise it up to the average market price. How do you calculate the average market Subsidies issue still under price? You see how much a place with the same stan- dards as your building in the same location is going for. That might not be so easy to determine as places differ consideration: Finance Ministry all the time. Fake expat absconding reports detected Who pays for repairs? Q: I have had a leak in the ceiling of a bedroom By Meshaal Al-Enezi The statement also denied inten- are malicious. The sources added that in my apartment since June which the landlord has tions to reclaim the KD 325 million employers have requested extending failed to repair until this week. There is still a hole KUWAIT: The Finance Ministry yester- already paid to take over lands in the deadline to deposit salaries in in the ceiling with the water damaging my furniture day strongly stressed that a study on blocks three and four in Khaitan to local banks beyond the 10th of each and the lights too. I have not paid the full rent of KD subsidies was still in progress, and resell them in an auction, noting that month so that they could avoid delays 650, instead I am paying KD 600 every month until that the concerned committee and the cabinet was still considering the that eventually end up in the form of it was repaired. They are refusing and have threat- the government had not made any issue. Finally, the finance ministry complaints filed against them. ened to pass it on to their lawyer. Can you tell me related decisions except that of re- urged all media and newspapers to where I stand? pricing petrol and diesel. A committee verify any stories related to public Ambassador sentenced A: Even though the landlord is responsible for the that includes representatives from concerns, especially those related to The criminal court yesterday sen- maintenance of the unit, and is responsible for repair- several state departments is currently subsidies, and be more accurate tenced a Kuwaiti ambassador to seven ing issues such as water leakage, that doesn’t give you studying the feasibility of proposals to about them. years with labor and dismissal from the right to deduct KD 50 every month from the rent cut or reduce the subsidization of office and sentenced another to five until they fix the problem. If the tenant refuses to fix some services. The ministry also Fake reports years with labor and dismissal from any damages happening to the unit (that you are not denied news reports about financial Well-informed sources at the office. The court also sentenced them responsible for), then let them know and wait a few reforms, suspending subsidized items Manpower Public Authority both to pay back the sum of KD weeks, if the landlord refused to repair the damage, and selling two blocks in Khaitan announced detecting some fake 269,045 and a fine of KD 592,000 for then let him know in writing that you shall fix the dam- through a public auction. absconding reports filed against expa- public fund violation-related charges. age yourself and include the cost of the damage and Commenting on news about sus- triate workers, adding that some The criminal court also sentenced a then deduct that from the rent. You can’t just deduct pending subsidized supplies for those sponsors usually use such measures prominent businessman and three KD 50 x six months because of some water leakage, who receive salaries equal to or high- to avoid being fined for not paying others to three years with labor over you could have removed your furniture out of the way er than KD 1,300, the Cabinet’s consid- overdue salaries. The sources added charges of forgery. the first day and fixed it and asked for reimbursement. eration of new financial reforms, fur- that some sponsors file such reports Things have to be balanced for both parties. ther gas price increases and increas- against laborers although the latter Chance for rain ing electricity fees, the ministry said are punctual in their work, adding The meteorology department pre- Late rent payments that the committee entrusted with that in a bid to do both sides justice, dicted the weather on Wednesday Q: Hello, I am an expat living here in Kuwait with studying different types of subsidies all such reports would be reviewed by and Thursday to be cloudy with very my family. I have fallen behind two weeks on pay- AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al- was still studying them through a spe- a special committee to determine good chances of rain in various parts ing rent. My question is can the haris or landlord Duaij hands out a document to grant $758,000 worth cialized company hired for this reason. which ones are true and which ones of the country. turn my lights off? And what law states that they of aid to two charitable societies in Jordan. — KUNA can or cannot? A: This is a tough one. Technically yes, the landlord can refuse to pay for your amenities if you have not Kuwait donates paid for your rent. In fact, according to the rent law $758,000 to aid Syrian mentioned above your landlord can even evict you if you are late in paying your rent. If you are having an refugees in Jordan issue this month I suggest you talk it out with your landlord and allow him to give you a grace period or AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al- just negotiate with him according to your financial Duaij has handed out a $758,000 worth of aid to two needs. charitable societies in Jordan to help improve the Q: I have been living in a space for 18 months, humanitarian situation of the Syrian refugees and but only had a one year contract. Does that mean needy in the Kingdom. that my contract automatically renewed itself for a About $450,000 of aid has been donated by Kuwait’s year? And if so does that mean I can’t leave till the Al-Najat Charitable Society to the Philanthropists remaining 6 months are over? Society in the Kingdom to support orphanages and the A: If the term of your rent contract ends, yet you society’s budget, Ambassador Al-Duaij stated to KUNA continue to occupy the space and pay the rent in a yesterday. timely manner, then your contract is renewed for the period of your rent payment. For example, if you pay The Ghanaem Al-Khair Foundation, another Kuwaiti- monthly, then your contract is renewed month by based charitable society, has also donated a $338,000 month even though you initially had a one year con- worth of aid to the Arab Medical Relief Society in Jordan tract. To put it in simple terms anything beyond the ini- to support the launch of the motherhood and child- tial term of your contract is renewed according to what hood center in the Sheikh Sabah A-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- you are paying for. I hope the answers above help with Sabah Village at Al-Zaatari camp, slated for 2016, in the common concerns for landlords and tenants, if you addition to the Adahi (livestock sacrifices) project, said have any further questions regarding rent or any other the Kuwaiti diplomat. legal issues, please feel free to email me on He reiterated the embassy’s willingness to facilitate [email protected] all humanitarian activities carried out by Kuwaiti and KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) held a fire safety and risk management course for a large Jordanian charitable and relief societies, and to over- number of members of the American Safety Society in Kuwait. The course explained the basics of firefighting. It come all obstacles that face supporting the humanitari- also included identifying various types of extinguishers and how to use them. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun an situations of the Syrian refugees in all around the Kingdom. —KUNA Flu awareness drive in schools Crime KUWAIT: The Health Ministry’s Undersecretary Dr Khaled Al- Report Sahlawi announced yesterday the launch of an awareness Kuwait to host campaign in all schools in the country, public and private, on seasonal flu prevention and knowledge of its dangers. The hashtag conference campaign targets male and female students of all educational Liquor factory grades in the country’s schools with participation of medical KUWAIT: A conference on ‘Hashtag Kuwait’ will be teams of specialists in health awareness who will provide pre- discussing positive uses of social media in the service busted in Kabd ventive tips and guidelines to students, teachers and staff of society, the event’s media committee said yester- workers, Sahlawi stated to KUNA. day. It said in a statement the December 6-7 confer- ence, to be held under auspices of Information By Hanan Al-Saadoun He also said that three awareness films on the virus, pro- duced by the ministry, will be distributed to all schools in DVD Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer police busted a large liquor and CD discs, in addition to printed pamphlets, stickers and Salman Al-Sabah, would include 11 workshops as factoy in Kabd. A security source said three Asian nationals bulletins. Being aware of the virus’ nature, causes, symptoms well as honoring distinguished social media users. were arrested for brewing and selling the alcoholic drinks. and ways to prevent it has become the main base of blocking The conference aims at highlighting methods of The security source said the three were caught during the the flu’s spread and infection, the senior official said, adding addressing challenges arising from social media, thus act, as policemen found 50 full barrels and 11 empty ones, that this new campaign will contribute to clarifying facts and establishing a platform for dialogue between society in addition to 580 bottles inside their place. rumors regarding the virus to the public. and social media users. The conference, www.hash- The health ministry also intends to intensify its anti-flu tagkuwait.com, will host around 30 social media Smuggling foiled campaign through several health activities and measures such users from Kuwait and the Arab countries who would Airport customs officers arrested an Asian man who as conducting training courses for school staff in order to attempted to smuggle 1,000 Tramadol tablets. He was sent increase their knowledge with necessary information and discuss cultural, social, economic, political and securi- to concerned authorities to face charges. updates about the virus and its symptoms. — KUNA ty impacts of the social media on people. —KUNA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 LOCAL Kuwait urges United States to facilitate visas for students

SAN DIEGO: Kuwait Minister of Education American laws because this will facilitate your the US-Kuwaiti relationship. The United and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa has presence and support your studies in the States is very proud of the relationship with urged US authorities to facilitate issuing visas country,” he told the young Kuwaitis. Kuwait, as well as of the large number of for Kuwaiti citizens seeking academic studies He welcomed the eminent guest at the Kuwaiti students receiving their education in the nation. Minister Essa made the call at ceremony, the US Ambassador to Kuwait in several states. He added that Minister Essa the conclusion ceremony of the 32nd Douglas Silliman, expressing appreciation had informed him that more than 11,500 National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) US for services provided by the American Kuwaiti students were enrolled in the US Branch, held late on Saturday. diplomatic mission for the students seeking universities. This year’s conference, themed ‘Kuwait’s higher studies in the US. “That is a very large number for Kuwait,” dream is fulfilled with us,’ was successful by all The ambassador spoke to the students, he said. “We believe that having such a large standards, the minister said, expressing grati- urging them to be keen on serving Kuwait, number of Kuwaiti students in the US pro- tude to the organizers for exerting tremen- rather than, merely, looking forward to what vides not only a good education but also dous efforts despite limited resources. He also the homeland would give them. A graduate gives Kuwaiti students an opportunity to see congratulated ‘Al-Wihda’ group that won stu- should not look after finishing studies for a a culture and an economy that is valued, dents’ elections held late on Friday, beating job, instead he (she) should seek to create innovation is valued,” he added. Eman Al-Awadhi receives recognition on behalf of KIPCO from Ambassador the ‘Student Future’ bloc. He urged NUKS’ jobs, he opined. Entrepreneurship, which stimulates social of Kuwait to the US Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. newly-elected board members to help the Both the American ambassador and and economic change, has been the engine students in reporting their problems to the Minister Essa expressed condolences to fam- of the US economy for several hundred ministry at home and find solutions to their ily of a Kuwaiti student who had died in an years. issues rapidly. accident in the US. They also wished recov- This is very “beneficial” for Kuwait, ery for another citizen who was injured in because since the founding of the country Ambassadors abroad the accident. Moreover, they advised the 55 years ago, the government has tried to Meanwhile, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, the students to be cautious while driving and find ways to diversify the economy and have State of Kuwait Ambassador to the US, respect the local traffic rules. Kuwaitis do more than just work for the gov- expressed identical sentiments regarding suc- ernment. The US Ambassador, who flew in cessful outcome of the five-day convention Important aspect from New York to take part in the confer- and urged the students to bear in mind that In a statement to KUNA, the US ence, hoped to see educational cooperation they are practically ambassadors of their Ambassador affirmed that education consti- between the two countries “continue for country abroad. “I urge you to abide by all tutes one of the most important aspects in many many years.” —KUNA

Talah Al-Abdulaaly of Burgan Bank delivers the workshop KIPCO sponsors NUKS-USA Conference closing ceremony

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Projects Company dates from top US universities. Burgan Bank (KIPCO) sponsored the Closing Ceremony - KIPCO’s largest investment - and United of the 32nd Conference of the National Facilities Management - KIPCO’s property Union of Kuwaiti Students - USA Branch management arm and a subsidiary of (NUKS-USA), which gathered more than United Real Estate - interviewed students 3,500 students. for positions in the two companies after Addressing the students, Eman Al graduation. Awadhi, KIPCO’s Group Communications KIPCO also organized a workshop aimed Director said: “As part of KIPCO’s commit- at preparing students to enter the Kuwaiti ment to help create a sustainable economy workforce upon graduation. The workshop, through investing in a skilled national ‘Campus to Corporate’, was tailored specifi- workforce, its management provides young cally for this purpose by the Center for Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa and Kuwait’s Ambassador Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah visit ABK branch. people with the fundamental principles of Continuing Education (CCE) at the personal development and the resources American University of Kuwait, and was to help you reach your full potential and facilitated by a team of professionals from become tomorrow’s achievers.” Burgan Bank. ABK successfully concludes “You are the shapers of Kuwait’s future, During the interactive two-hour session, and we believe in your ability to make that the trainers helped participants explore future a bright one. The private sector their personalities and values and relate NUKS-USA Conference sponsorship offers diverse career opportunities that can them to the career choices they make. They help you develop your skills and knowl- also discussed the transition of a graduate’s KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) announced in the job fair, where an ABK booth was set up to job fair, where students were asked to answer a edge so that you can positively contribute mindset from campus to corporate culture, the successful conclusion of its sponsorship of the present graduating students with job opportuni- number of questions relating to ABK. The three to your personal and your country’s devel- as displayed through preparing resumes National Union for Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) - USA ties within the Bank. Dr Bader Al-Essa, Minister of winning students each received a $300 reward. opment,” she added. and leveraging networking skills. The ses- Annual Conference. The conference took place in Education and Higher Education and Sheikh ABK has supported NUKS-USA since 2008. This is the fifth year that KIPCO is sup- sion also included tips on how to manage San Diego from 26 to 29 November, 2015 and was Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s ABK will continue to support national talent and porting NUKS-USA’s annual conference as a communication, body language and navi- attended by Othman Tawfiqi, AGM- Retail Banking Ambassador to the United States of America vis- the Kuwaitization labor law through a broad Platinum Sponsor. Taking its commitment gating through interviews. The participants and Ali Al-Baghli, Corporate Communications ited the ABK booth to better understand the range of sponsorships and collaborative activi- to support Kuwait’s young people to the were presented with certificates of comple- Manager, on behalf of ABK. services and products offered by the Bank. ties that support the development and employ- next level, KIPCO companies offered career tion from the CCE at the conclusion of the ABK reinforced its presence by participating The Bank also held a competition during the ment of Kuwaiti nationals. opportunities to select graduate candi- workshop. Al-Manshar Rotana hosts bookers gathering at Al-Kout ballrooms

KUWAIT: Al-Manshar Rotana, the only 5-star business Rotana properties in the UAE, Lebanon, Turkey and Oman. Rotana hotel located in Kuwait paid tribute to the business Return ticket courtesy of Etihad Airways and some appli- partners and associates from Kuwait by hosting a stunning ances were also given away. bookers gathering with a travel theme in Al-Kout ball- In celebration of Al-Manshar Rotana’s bookers gather- rooms. ing, the Sales team and the general Manager Imad Zaboura The gathering was attended by respected decision mak- has presented the E-connect to everyone and also intro- ers, executives and comrades of various companies Al- duces the key people behind the scenes who always make Manshar Rotana has partnerships with, Kuwait’s top sure that the Rotana standard, five star service and guests’ Medias as well as the whole Al Manshar Rotana team. satisfaction is achieved all the time. The Al-Manshar Rotana’s bookers gathering is Rotana’s “This event is to mark our sincerest gratitude to all our way to thank all the bookers for their continuous patron- key partners all over the year and in the past years. For sup- age and loyalty to Rotana. With the travel theme of the porting and trusting us and for being part of all our accom- gathering, bookers were invited to travel and explore the plishments. We will continue to strive hard to meet each entire hotel where they get to see each and every facilities and everyone’s need in the future and beyond” Imad of the property from different room categories, recreation Zaboura commented. and food and beverage restaurants. Akram Hamadeh, Assistant Director of Sales comment- Everything was made special, master chefs prepared an ed, “Our clients are definitely our partners in success and we array and extensive culinary treats with live cooking stations. believe celebrating that together strengthens our partner- Pass around refreshments and snacks was continuous. ship even more. We are very grateful for all your loyalty and Guests participated in the raffle draws enjoyed all the prizes for always choosing Al-Manshar as your preferred hotel in KUWAIT: Al-Manshar Rotana staff and guests are pictured at the gathering. —Photo by Joseph Shagra that were given away such as luxurious hotel stays in sister Kuwait.” Info minister to open HORECA 2016 expo ‘South Africa keen on bolstering With participation of over 60 companies economic relations with Kuwait’ KUWAIT: Following the remarkable investment and holding international added that developing the touristic success achieved by Horeca 2015 conferences and sports champi- sector would provide around 30,000 KUWAIT: South Africa’s Ambassador Kuwait highlights his country’s pri- most robust stock exchanges in the which was held last January, Nabila Al- onships. job opportunities within 10 years and to Kuwait M P Bona yesterday oritization of relations with Kuwait. continent. Andrews also announced Anjeri, General Manager of Leaders Furthermore, Anjeri stressed that attract what is worth over KD 700 mil- affirmed his country’s keenness on Manager of International Operations his country’s participation in Group Company for Consultancy and developing the touristic sector has lion of national investments. bolstering economic and commercial at the South African Ministry of Kuwait’s International Commercial Development, said that Minister of Anjeri added that tourism services relations with Kuwait. In a statement Investment and Commerce Ricardo Exhibition to be held in February. Information and Minister of State for 35 different sectors including trans- during a joint meeting between Andrews said that his country pos- Member of the Kuwait Chamber Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- portation, real estate, construction, fur- Kuwaiti and South African economic sesses the economic expertise need- of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah has agreed niture, hotels, restaurants, health and delegations, Bona said that bilateral ed to enter various sectors of the Tareq Al-Mutawa stressed the need to patronize and open the Horeca 2016 sports. It also helps develop small and political relations have reached satis- Kuwaiti market. for further economic cooperation exhibition. The event is due to be held medium businesses that form over 90 factory levels, underscoring the need Describing South African markets between the two countries, saying jointly with the Hospitality Services percent of world economies, she said. of strengthening economic relations as ‘promising,’ Andrews underscored that Kuwait is going through an eco- Company at the Jumeirah Messilah “In view of the constant expansion between the two countries. the fact that South Africa accounts nomic boom which would facilitate Beach Hotel and Spa in the period of in restaurants and hospitality sector in Bona added that a South African for about 50 percent of Africa’s pur- South African entry into Kuwaiti mar- January 18-20, 2016. Kuwait and the fact that country now economic delegation’s visit to chasing power and boasts one of the kets. —KUNA Anjeri said that over 60 major com- has over 5,000 restaurants, with an panies specialized in hospitality, average of one restaurant per 760 per- hotels and food services had so far sons, the hospitality sector must be sci- Dubai Chamber chief lauds ties with Kuwait announced their participation in the entifically developed by experts who exhibition due to be held under direct find this is possible through Horeca,” DUBAI: Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce nies registered at the chamber, besides many others in patronage of the information min- Anjeri added, noting that the huge and Industry Majid Al-Ghurair has commended the the free zones in Dubai, Ghurair said. istry’s tourism sector. She added that number of participating companies deep-rooted relations and fruitful cooperation between Meanwhile, Rashidi told KUNA that he handed this poses real partnership between enriches the exhibition. Anjeri also the UAE and Kuwait, in particular trade ties. Ghurair an invitation for the Dubai Chamber to take part the private and public sector sin sup- Nabila Al-Anjeri stressed that expectations that hotel Kuwaiti traders have played a significant role in devel- in the first Kuwait International Trading Fair, slated for 21- porting strategic tourism projects’ rooms in Kuwait were to reach over oping Dubai’s economy since a long time ago, Al-Ghurair 27 February 2016 under the theme ‘Kuwait is the heart of plans with the ultimate goal of turn- become an ‘urgent necessity’ in order 10,000 within the coming three years said on Sunday during a meeting with Consul of Kuwait world’s business.’ He said that Kuwait is keen on the par- ing Kuwait into a touristic destination to diversify sources of national income, add to the significance of Horeca General Consulate in Dubai and Northern Emirates ticipation of the Emirati public and private sectors in the providing various types of tourism for especially in view of the constant Kuwait and call for more cooperation. Theyab Al-Rashidi. There are some 554 Kuwaiti compa- fair, for the distinguished bilateral ties. —KUNA recreation, commercial exchange, falloffs in international oil prices. She On that regard. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 LOCAL Kuwait’s 40th Book kuwait digest Fair concludes with poetry Inequality: Why it KUWAIT: Kuwait’s 40th Book Fair had a perfect ending on matters in Kuwait Saturday evening when Dr Hassan Talab of Egypt signaled the conclusion of the fair with his poems, considered as the grand finale but in words. Talab, a member in Egypt’s union of writers and the poetry committee, read his famous philosophical poem “Shay’” (Thing). Then he read the Echo of the Sound poem from his By Badar Al-Dehani “Sacrifice to God of War” collection. The conclusion was organized by the National Council for Culture, Art and Letters (NCCAL). Talab thanked the NCCAL for inviting him to participate in the Book Fair and to make his poems con- clude the fair, which opened on November 19. Mohammad Al-Asousi, NCCAL Assistant Secretary General for Culture, said there were many publishers that [email protected] took part in the fair this year thus attracting many visitors. Speaking to KUNA, Asousi the cultural activities held on he notion of inequality has dazzled me for at least five the sidelines of the Book Fair were diversified and thus months now. In fact, it was after that one day when I honored all tastes. These cultural events dealt with the Tdecided to go visit my uncle, who lectures at Kuwait book, poetry and TV drama, he explained. University, that I dug into the entire debate. The debate, well, Asousi said the next Book Fair would coincide with cele- KUWAIT: ‘Al-Jahra’ Airbus A330-200 aircraft received at Kuwait International Airport. —KUNA is quite complex; it circles around the speed of the growth of brations that mark Kuwait as the 2016 Islamic Cultural wealth. This debate could be applied to any society in the Capital. He thanked His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh world and, hence, is not limited to the situation of, say, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah for sponsoring the KAC receives ‘Al-Jahra’ Kuwait or France. Yet, to use the Kuwait and France example, Book Fair, as well as Information Minister and Minister of it is more difficult to measure how unequal the society of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah for his the former is since Kuwait is not a member of the relentless support of the NCCAL. —KUNA Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development aircraft from Airbus (OECD) as is the case with France. An economically unequal society is worth analyzing since such inequality arguably contributes to expansion of the implication of various forms KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has received the 15 A320neo Family aircraft marking the start of a major fleet of inequality like that of the political and the educational. 12th and last aircraft of the leasing contract with Airbus renewal plan. In November 2014, Kuwait Airways agreed to pur- How unequal is the Kuwaiti society? Company. A330-200 bears the name of ‘Al-Jahra,’ KAC chase 10 Boeing 777-300s which it will start receiving in Nov Thomas Piketty in Capital in the Twenty-First Century Chairperson and Managing Director Rasha Al-Roumi said in 2016. argues that the wealth of certain capital-owners grows statements quoted by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported quicker than general wealth - that of the state. That is, yesterday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a delivery cer- Partner companies inequality dominates the scene when the rate of return on emony at Kuwait International Airport, she said that the KAC In other news, the Regional Business Center of Kuwait Airways capital (or r) gradually grows quicker than the rate of received all the planes in the leasing contract, notably seven A- in Dubai held its annual ceremony to honor top partner compa- growth of the economy (or g). Thomas Piketty portrays 320s and five A-330s. nies which contributed to the success of its center. The ceremony this in a formula that may seem simple from the outside By receiving the last airplane from the Airbus, the first stage of was held Saturday night under the auspices and in the presence but is actually quite complex from the inside: r > g. modernizing the KAC’s fleet has been completed, she said, of Kuwait’s Consulate General in Dubai and Northern States, Diab Professor Piketty, a lecturer at the Paris School of adding that as the second stage would be launched by 2016. Al-Rishidi and a number of aviation officials in Kuwait and the Economics, demonstrates how inequality has historically Under the second stage, the Kuwait Airways will be given a total United Arab Emirates as well as officals of top world aviation grown: A downfall of the rate of inequality, after a continu- 10 Boeing 777s, with the first aircraft to be landing in Kuwait in companies. ous rise, was witnessed from the post-war period until the November 2016. On a plan to launch flights to Egypt’s Sharm El- Regional director of the center in Dubai, Abdullah Nashmi Al- early 1980s when Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher Sheikh by mid-December, Roumi said the KAC has already dis- Enezi said in his speech that the center held this annual ceremo- took power. The rate of inequality today is as high as it has cussed all security measures at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport. ny to honor top KAC partners. He added that KAC, through its ever reached - and it will continue to increase until gov- KUWAIT: Egyptian poet Dr Hassan Talab attend In February 2014, Kuwait Airways announced the lease of 12 regional business center, provides a wide-range of engineering an event held at the conclusion of the Kuwait ernments regulate their economies. Two questions should Airbus aircraft including seven A320neos and five A330-200s in services, aircraft maintenance, consulting, training and work- be tackled: Should governments regulate their economies Book Fair. —KUNA addition to the purchase of 25 aircraft including 10 A350-900 and shops for KAC employees and customers in outstations. and, if so, how much should governments regulate? Those two interlinked yet essential questions have, until recently, diverged the world into several ideological divisions. US Embassy Message Inequality in Kuwait is undoubtedly developed. This should be witnessed when travelling through different Elimination of US passport extra pages residential areas across Kuwait. Residential areas in Kuwait are arguably divided by the concentration and accumula- KUWAIT: The United States Embassy in Kuwait has sent passports as of October 1, 2014. Please note that requests able or applying to renew your passport to ensure you tion of wealth one household enjoys. How much wealth the following message for US citizens concerning the for extra pages on Form DS-4085 will only be accepted for have enough blank pages for visa stamps from other one household owns most likely determines where that elimination the addition of supplemental visa pages for current passports until Wednesday, December 30, 2015. countries. See travel.state.gov for more information on household lives, though some other factors may also add passports: Starting January 1, 2016, applicants who need more blank entry, exit, and foreign visa requirements. For more infor- to the complexity of the formula. Studying not only the “Effective January 1, 2016, the Department of State will pages will need to apply to renew their passports and be mation about how to apply for extra visa pages and to rate of inequality in Kuwait but also how that rate came to eliminate of the addition of supplemental visa pages for issued the standard 52-page book. make an appointment with American Citizens Services, be is of the interest of the majority of citizens. Inequality passports. To mitigate the impact of this change, appli- As the US holiday travel season approaches, you should please visit http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/passports/addi- will be one of the greatest challenges Kuwait will face in cants for new passports have started receiving 52-page consider applying for extra pages while they are still avail- tional-visa-pages.html.” the near future.

A portrait of Mubarak Al-Kabeer is displayed at the event. History will never forget Mubarak Al-Kabeer’s great works: Minister

KUWAIT: The memory of Sheikh government school was opened, Al- Mubarak Al-Kabeer was a strong leader Mubarak Al-Sabah, or ‘Mubarak Al- Mubarakiya in 1912, in addition to the who enjoyed wise political leadership at Kabeer,’ will remain forever in the hearts Seif Palace, seat of government, together a time when the Europeans eyed and minds of the Kuwaiti people, honor- with drawing Kuwait’s first official map. Kuwait, amid a feverish competition able Arabs and the world at large, In addition, Mubarak Al-Kabeer laid then on seizing parts of the Ottoman Minister of Information and Minister of the basis for Kuwait’s political and diplo- Empire. He cited a British leading politi- State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman matic ties with the world, when an cian as saying in 1911 that Kuwait under Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said. office was opened for the British the strong fist of Sheikh Mubarak Al- History will never forget Mubarak Al- Commission in Kuwait, and the country Sabah is the safest and best-ruled in the Gulf. At the time, Mubarak Al-Kabeer was awarded the title of ‘Lion of the Peninsula.’ Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah carried the first torch for Kuwait’s renaissance toward modernization, director of the National Library Kamel Suleiman Al- Abduljaleel said. Historical documents demonstrate that the late Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah was a skilled ship- master and a wise leader who led Kuwait at a time of storm and greed by the super powers of the time, Abduljaleel said. Moreover, he laid the basis of a balanced policy that guaran- teed Kuwait security, stability and revival.

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah Digital system speaks at the ceremony. —KUNA photos Meanwhile, Abduljaleel said that the National Library had started a project to Kabeer’s achievements for the renais- received the first British official repre- turn the old books of Kuwait’s history sance of Kuwait, the Minister said yester- sentative, a consul. into a digital system to maintain them day in his address during a ceremony on Other achievements of the era for future generations. Kuwait under the 100th anniversary of the death of include the foundation of the American Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah flourished Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, held at the Mission Hospital, opening Kuwaiti trade and achieved prosperity and stability, National Library of Kuwait. The late offices abroad, raising the first Kuwaiti researcher Bassim Al-Loughani said. Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, may God flag, establishing the first customs sys- Mubarak Al-Kabeer left a priceless bless his soul, was known for his effective tem and the first post office and con- historical legacy, he added. He also left political role, and his efforts for enhanc- cluding a protectorate agreement with such valuable documents and messages ing Kuwait’s foreign relations, securing Britain. kept at the British, Ottoman and French the country a prominent place on the archives. The forum of the centenary of world map, Sheikh Salman said. Strong leader Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah’s death runs During the era of Sheikh Mubarak Al- Meanwhile, Sheikh Mubarak as far as 3 December, including a host of Sabah, who ruled the country from 1896 Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah activities, seminars, lectures and a photo to 1915, Kuwait flourished, as the first addressed the ceremony, saying that and a document gallery. —KUNA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 From the Arabic press

Al-Qabas Al-Anbaa Al-Anbaa 2,000 employees Kuwaiti students missing at MPW and the West

By Waleed Al-Ghanim By Nermin Al-Houti n informed source said the Ministry of Public way from violations and mistakes that remain Works discovered that there is a large number in the education ministry, we will focus on of more than 2,000 employees that did not A one of them - scholarship students. We will comply with working hours for several months, fol- A not talk about the way our children’s schooling is lowing inspection of attendance records through going, and our lines will not be sharp arrows the fingerprint system, reported Al-Anbaa. Scandals towards bogus universities, and our words will not of government departments continue to grow in include old issues that did not find solutions and are regards to attendance, as the MPW joins MEW and forgotten, bearing in mind that they are lingering MoE, who were ahead in the employees’ continued and continue until now, but our cause today with absence catastrophe, while their officials cover up education is about the treatment of our students by for them and do not take any action against them, the West. and this is something I wrote about during this The political situation between Islam and month about those two ministries and the adminis- Economy European countries worsened this month following trative chaos in them. the Paris attacks. We are not political analysts here Who can believe that 2,000 employees at the for what happened and may happen in the future, MPW do not report to work for days, weeks, months but what was and will be is now threatening our and years, and the ministry is the last to know! students in Western countries, as following the Where did those 2,000 go? Where are the locations attacks, the West started to look at Islam as a form of of their jobs? What are their jobs? Who are their terrorism that is destroying their countries and peo- superiors? In which sectors they work in? Are offi- ple, ignoring what Arab and particularly Gulf coun- cials and heads of departments among them? Do tries have given in the form of many assistances they supervise state contracts and projects? Do they during their catastrophes and good times. work at the ministry diwan or in the field? Do they The story began on Monday morning following get allowances in addition to their salaries, so that the Paris attacks in most Western countries, when their embezzlement of state funds is doubled? What some of their citizens ambushed our students in is going on in state ministries? Is it realistic that all their universities, as some of them shouted unsuit- these problems are taking place in ministries while able words about Islam and their countries, while officials, leaders, undersecretaries, managers and others resorted to beatings. The stranger thing is heads of departments are not taking any action? Has that some professors in various universities in the government salary become a gift taken by who Al-Anbaa European countries ridiculed Arabs and Islam dur- do not deserve it in exchange of nothing? Do we ing their lectures, ignoring that those they are know the reason behind the deterioration of gov- insulting and accusing them of others’ mistakes are ernment services and failure of various projects and Tsars’ and sultans’ constant wars the children of countries that built hospitals and contracts, as thousands of employees are absent schools for them. Here we say - where is the role of and do not carry out their duties and “leave things the cultural offices accredited to our embassies? be as they are”! By Sami Al-Nisf The issue does not need official letters between I ask the Civil Service Commission to put an end countries, and does not require written complaints to this chaos and declare the correct legal action he world has witnessed a series of continuous both and led to their collision 100 years ago when by scholarship students - rather the issue is search- with that group that does not care about the sacred- major wars between Russian tsars and Russia sharply shifted to leftism led by Communist ing for political, cultural and media savvy, but with ness of their salaries, and does not give the country TOttoman sultans from the 16th century till the leader Lenin and Turkey shifted to the extreme regret, most of those who are placed in those offices its right. It should also hold those who cover up for beginning of the 20th century, during which the right under the leadership of Ataturk. The Cold War only carry the letter “W”. them or participated with them among their officials Ottomans lost six successive wars since the 1768- between East and West and between NATO and We are not giving solutions for education, rather in this flagrant corruption, and this is the first cleans- 1774 war till the 1877-1878 war. Consequently, the Warsaw pacts strongly contributed to widening the we place the issue in the society’s hands to pressure ing steps of the government’s work reputation, and Ottomans lost the Crimean peninsula, control over gaps between both sides and that is why the com- officials to find solutions for our students abroad, restore the people’s confidence in it. So who will the Bosphorus Strait and had to grant independ- plications of shooting the Russian fighter jet by and demand the government to commit Western stand up for this? — Translated by Kuwait Times ence to many of the Balkans as a result of such Turkey cannot be perceived without mentioning countries to respect our students and have them wars. this historic background. comply with human rights and respect religions. One of the main reasons of World War I was the It is funny that Russia gets angry and accelerates Those lines came out of the sounds and complaints tsar’s ambition to control the Ottoman sultan’s terri- things because Turkey shot down one of it very old of our scholarship students, and our solutions and Crime tories. Russia was the third party in the Sykes-Picot military fighters for breaching its airspace, killing demands came out of the slogans of Westerners, Report agreement that gave Iraq to Britain, Levant to one of its pilots, while Russia (former Soviet Union) you the educated people! France and parts of Turkey and northern Persia to shot down a South Korean commercial flight killing A last word: “All people are equal in human digni- Russia, which only gave up claiming its cut when all 269 passengers onboard for accidently entering ty, and in public rights and duties before the law, Dead baby found the Bolshevik Revolution erupted and civil wars its airspace in 1983. At that time, Russia insisted without distinction as to race, origin, language or started between the Whites and Reds. that it had every right to shoot down any military religion”. (Article 29 of the constitution). This is what in Ahmadi Constant wars between tsars and sultans and or civilian plane breaching its airspace after warn- we learned, and I taught to our students, you the successive revolutions in both empires weakened ing it. — Translated by Kuwait Times education ministry! — Translated by Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An investigation is being conducted to identi- fy a mother who left her newborn in Ahmadi, after a man was surprised to find the baby’s dead body near his car. It was not known whether the baby, a girl, died Expats deported and her body was left there, or she was alive and later died due to weather conditions. The prosecutor is con- Proposal to ‘free’ ministers for not changing sidering the case as one of murder. KUWAIT: Parliamentary sources at of directors of such establish- to the availability of officials, and profession in license the budgets committee said that it ments issue their decisions indi- not allowing them to have more KUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Bird hunters arrested discovered during its meetings last vidually, but refer to joint deci- than a job, to have flexibility and week that some ministers and sen- sions. The reason is that those ease of taking decisions and other Assistant Undersecretary Jahra security men heard the repeated firing of a ior officials in state departments commissions do not meet. They issues, so that some establish- for Traffic Affairs Major weapon, so they went to the source of the sound are not free for their ministerial added that it is natural for them ments are not tampered with. General Abdullah Al- and found two adolescents using a shotgun. One of jobs because of their connection not to attend because of the min- Meanwhile, the priorities commit- Muhanna said Minister them said he came to the site with his friend to with many other areas and their isters’ preoccupations with other tee asked the government to send Sheikh Mohammad Al- hunt birds, so he was taken to the police station involvement in special committees jobs, especially that some minis- a list about activating laws issued Khaled Al-Sabah’s decision first, then to the juvenile prosecution. over various issues, while they are ters have establishments and by the parliament ever since the to deport expats driving paid hefty rewards. Some of these many entities, and the minister convening of its first term, in without licenses would also Delivery man mugged leaders do not attend the meeting cannot cover them all. preparations for an integrated file apply to those who change Unidentified persons tied a delivery man to a lamp- of any committee. The sources said a parliamen- to be sent to the Assembly their profession to those post and robbed his mobile phone along with KD 40 Sources said that some boards tary study has been made related office.—Al-Qabas not allowed to have a driv- before escaping. The victim and his sponsor went to the ing license, without hand- police, filed a complaint and gave police the license ing over the ones they Major General Abdullah plate number of the thieves’ vehicle, and police are have. Al-Muhanna looking for them. Muhanna explained that all traffic police have been instructed to consider expats Merchant robbed who had changed professions to ones not listed as Criminal detectives arrested a citizen who allowed to issue a driving license as if they hold none at robbed man, then returned his stolen car, KD 1,800 all, and thus they would be considered driving without and 1,345 recharge cards out of the 1,500 stolen. a driving license and deported even if the licenses they The car’s Egyptian owner said that while he was sell- have are still valid. ing the recharge cards, a man stopped him near a Responding to a question about some expats’ com- grocery store claiming to be a detective, but when plaints that they had been deported though they were the victim asked him for his ID, he pulled a knife and caught for not carrying driving licenses while driving as robbed him. —Al-Anbaa they had forgotten them at home, Muhanna stressed that there was a great difference and that they should only be fined for not carrying the licenses with them. Muhanna warned both citizens and expats not to drive Municipality to using a learner’s license before they have their licenses issued. “Citizens will be severely punished and expats cut expat staff will be deported,” he underlined. Commenting on using international driving licenses in Kuwait, Muhanna KUWAIT: The higher planning committee at Kuwait Municipality held an expanded meeting to discuss and stressed that this was only allowed for non-residents set a strategy to reduce the number of contracts of using provided they are valid and endorsed. — Al-Anbaa services and fixed contracts for expatriate employees, so that their numbers are reduced within one year in coordi- nation with the Civil Service Commission. An official source at the municipality said “the munici- Security reports pality is dealing with the CSC according to a certain mechanism that includes all ministries, and it will be in filed every 6 hours certain stages that go along with specialties and priori- ties”. He said the municipality closed the services help KUWAIT: A security source said all land and sea loca- contracts as a primary move, and will not renew fixed AUB receives JP Morgan Quality tions are monitored round the clock, adding that cases contracts when they expire. of suspicion about belonging to or sympathizing with The source said the move is on a trial basis, and the Award for Banking Operations terrorist organizations are being referred daily to state alternative will be according to the employment scale security and detectives, at an average of five to 10 cases given to Kuwaitis and residents. He said the municipality a day. The source said the interior ministry, in coopera- is moving according to budget items and not the “help” KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) is JPMorgan as a result of our continued JPMorgan indicated that only 1% principle. The source said there is an idea of reviewing the tion with many government departments such as the proud to announce that JPMorgan efforts to maintain the high level of of its clients qualified for the Award in defense ministry, customs, aviation and ports authority, evaluation of all expat employees who are included in has awarded Ahli United Bank their performance and precision for the 2015, with Ahli United Bank being one the services help contracts or fixed contracts according to seeks to find any security loophole on the Kuwaiti bor- Quality Award for Banking Operations second consecutive year. This reflects of this limited elite selection of banks. ders, while any security shortcoming is dealt with specialties and the need of work for them, in addition to for 2015. The award was offered to the our philosophy and our dedication to This Quality Appreciation Award in completion rate and percentage of attendance. instantly and the persons responsible are held to Bank in appreciation of its high opera- a culture of service excellence and the Banking Operations has been offered account. Meanwhile, Minister of Municipality Affairs Essa Al- tional performance in banking trans- achievement of the highest interna- by JPMorgan since 1997 to the banks The source said undercover teams have been formed Kandari approved the recommendations of the joint fers. This award is yet another addi- tional standards quality”. which achieve the highest compe- committee regarding the violations mentioned in the tional recognition of the Bank’s pro- Al-Humaidhi added: “This award tence rates in accomplishing interna- by the interior ministry to spot loopholes and prepare Audit Bureau’s report in regards to hygiene contracts, dis- fessional standard achieved in this will be added to the numerous other tional transfer transactions and treas- confidential reports about them. He said that camps, counts and cancelations, in addition to canceling some regard. awards which the Bank has obtained ury processes.. This was achieved after animal pens, farms and even areas many people fre- items that saved KD 7 million. The recommendations On this occasion, Jehad Al- all of which commended the quality the Bank accomplished a high level of quent such as auctions are monitored by the interior approved by minister Kandari included fining eight com- Humaidhi, Ahli United Bank’s General and proficiency of transactions excel- precision for MT103 SWIFT messages, ministry. The source said the interior ministry monitors panies with amounts of nearly KD 3,357,451, that includ- Manager of Operations and IT, lence. We shall continue this trend which pertain to “Banking Transfers any attempt to recruit youth to terrorist organizations, ed not submitting attendance lists daily to municipality announced in a press release that: “We relying on the experience and dedica- Service to clients” and MT202 mes- or communications between terrorist groups and their representatives, not imposing and collecting due fines are delighted with this high-level tion of our teams, the solid IT infra- sages in US dollar which relate to sleeper cells here in Kuwait. He said security reports are and because companies did not provide a workshop to international recognition from a structure, and the multi service chan- “implementing the inter-banking filed every six hours to monitor any suspect who threat- clean cars and equipment.—Al-Rai, Al-Qabas renowned institution such as nels of Ahli United Bank”. transfers.” ens state security. —Al-Qabas MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 Assad says enemies increasing support ICC staves off rebellion, sets sights on new HQ for insurgents Page 10 Page 8

BRUSSELS: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (center front) stands with EU heads of state and government during a group photo at an EU-Turkey summit at the EU Council building in Brussels yesterday. — AP Turkey to get cash, closer EU ties Brussels committed to easing visa rules for Turks

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders were set have made EU nations wary of offering Turkey toric day in our accession process to the EU... I people who do not qualify as refugees. But the But Cyprus in particular opposes any men- to sign a deal with Turkey’s prime minister at a too many concessions without safeguards. am thankful to all European leaders for this three billion euros in aid it gets in return will tion in the final summit statement of plans to summit yesterday giving Ankara cash and a EU president Donald Tusk said in his open- new beginning,” Davutoglu said. “This meeting be “reviewed in the light of the developing sit- open further chapters, European officials said, boost for its membership bid in exchange for ing speech that while the bloc was ready to is not just to discuss the issue of migration uation”, the draft statement said, and it did not due to decades of tensions with Turkey on the its cooperation with the migrant crisis. help, “in return, we expect to see an immedi- which is very important for all of us, but also provide any timescale for when exactly it divided Mediterranean island. The case for Desperate to stop the flow of humanity from ate and substantial reduction in irregular how to re-energize this great ideal of uniting would be paid out. cooperation with Turkey comes against a Turkey where some 2.2 million refugees from migrants arriving in Europe, and expect Turkey the EU with Turkish potential.” backdrop of growing security concerns over the Syrian conflict are living, the EU offered under the new government to assist us.” He Fuelled by the Syrian war, some 850,000 Cyprus Sceptical the migrant crisis, especially after the Nov 13 Turkey three billion euros ($3.2 billion) to take added that Turkey should “uphold human people have entered the EU this year and Turkey is meanwhile set to get its wish for attacks in Paris, claimed by the Islamic State action, according to draft summit conclusions rights and media freedoms.” Belgian Prime more than 3,500 have died or gone missing in the acceleration of its bid for membership of group (IS), which left 130 people dead. obtained by AFP. Minister Charles Michel insisted that the EU what has become Europe’s worst refugee crisis the EU, which began in 2005 but has seen only Relations between Europe and Turkey Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu, stand- would not give Turkey a “blank cheque” and since World War II. Turkey is the main gateway one of 35 so-called “chapters” completed. The remain tense over Erdogan’s increasingly auto- ing in for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will that the aid package would be conditional on for migrants and refugees to reach Europe, statement said the EU agreed to open Chapter cratic rule, rights abuses and Turkey’s alleged also be offered the opening in December of a Turkey living up to its commitments to curb and Germany has pushed for the summit as it 17 of Turkey’s accession process - covering backing for Islamist rebels in Syria. Two Turkish new chapter in Turkey’s stalled accession talks the flow of migrants. is the main destination for most of the people economic and monetary policy - by mid- journalists charged with “spying” over their for the 28-nation bloc, the draft said. But con- arriving in the bloc. Under the agreement December. It also agreed to have two summits reports about Ankara’s alleged arms supplies cerns over human rights and Turkey’s role in Turkey Hails ‘New Beginning’ expected at the summit, Turkey will take steps with Turkey each year. Brussels also committed to Syrian rebels urged the EU on Saturday not the Syrian conflict, including the shooting For Davutoglu, however, the focus was on including cracking down on people smugglers to easing the rules for visas to visit the EU’s to compromise on human rights and press down of a Russian warplane in the last week, deepening Turkey’s ties to the EU. “It’s a his- and cooperating with the EU on the return of Schengen passport-free area by Oct 2016. freedom at the summit. — AFP Pope visits divided CAR

BANGUI: Pope Francis brought a mes- sectarian violence that has devastated The country descended into blood- sage of peace to divided Central the country. “Central Africans have shed more than two years ago after African Republic yesterday, visiting inflicted unspeakable suffering on longtime Christian leader Francois people displaced by months of other Central Africans,” she said. “On Bozize was ousted by rebels from the bloody sectarian violence and calling behalf of the ruling class of this coun- mainly Muslim Seleka force, triggering for unity. “I come to the Central try but also in the name of everyone the worst crisis since independence in African Republic as a pilgrim of peace who has played any part in this 1960. Since then, the former French and as an apostle of hope,” the 78- descent into hell, I confess all the evil colony has been gripped by violence year-old pontiff said on arriving in one that has been done here throughout between ex-Seleka members and of Africa’s poorest and most unstable the course of history and ask for for- Christian “anti-balaka” militias. countries for a 24-hour visit fraught giveness from the bottom of my with safety concerns. Crowds burst heart.” A Sea of Hands into cheers and singing as his plane In his own address, Francis called The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion touched down in Bangui from Uganda for unity, urging the people to avoid Catholics then went on to visit the on the final leg of his three-country “the temptation of fear of others, of Saint-Sauveur camp for displaced tour of Africa, which he hailed as “the the unfamiliar, of what is not part of people in central Bangui. The camp is continent of hope.” He began his visit our ethnic group, our political views home to about 3,000 people. UN fig- Wednesday in Kenya. or our religious denomination”. He ures show close to 450,000 people For the short ride to the presiden- also said he hoped the upcoming remain internally displaced by the tial palace in Bangui, the pontiff trav- elections would allow the country to conflict. As he entered the camp, a sea elled in his open-topped popemobile, peacefully begin a “new chapter”. “It is of hands reached out to him as he with huge crowds, many of them chil- my fervent wish that the various wandered past a crowd packed with dren and young people, cheering national consultations to be held in children and parents holding their wildly as he passed, some waving coming weeks will enable the country toddlers out towards him. branches in a sign of peace. At the to embark serenely on a new chapter Beaming in delight, the pontiff palace he met with acting president of its history,” he said ahead of a first reached out and laid his hands on the Catherine Samba-Panza, who begged round of presidential and legislative children’s heads in a gesture of bless- his forgiveness for the wave of “evil” elections which on Dec 27. ing. “We are very pleased to see the pope,” said Fidele Nodjindorom. “He knows that things have happened in our country and maybe he has come to ask God to save us.” Later yesterday, Francis attended a prayer vigil outside Bangui’s Notre Dame Cathedral and a day later will celebrate a huge mass at the city’s 20,000-seat Barthelemy Boganda Stadium. Ahead of the mass he will meet members of the Muslim community and visit a mosque in Bangui’s flash- point PK5 district, a maze of red dirt roads and flimsy shacks at the heart of the latest violence in the coup-prone country’s history. The area saw an unprecedented wave of attacks pit- ting majority Christians against minor- ity Muslims in late 2013 and early last year. Concerns about the pope’s safety have been paramount, with the pope’s chief bodyguard locked in days BANGUI: Pope Francis waves from the popemobile as he arrives at St Saviour of consultations with local security parish to visit an internally displaced people camp yesterday.— AFP forces. — AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 INTERNATIONAL US colleges try to deal with racial incidents

WASHINGTON: Officials were slow to handle racial inci- a lot of things that we can do,” said Nancy Cantor, chancel- dents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed lor of Rutgers University-Newark, who joined students at to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott her university at a recent protest. College leaders cannot by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of create perfect environments, Reese said, “but I better try two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, dam- as hard as I can to work toward that environment.” He age over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept plans a national meeting to help colleges come up with to a minimum when the school president acted quickly to strategies. expel the students and condemn the episode. Swift action is high among the best practices that Protests school leaders can use to help defuse campus tension, Campus protests are occurring almost daily. At experts say. “There’s no such thing as having a perfect Missouri, the perceived slow response to a series of plan, but you have to continually be in the motion of cre- episodes marked by racial slurs and graffiti sparked ating a better campus climate,” said Jabar Shumate, protests and the resignations. Students are protesting at Oklahoma’s vice president for the university community. places such as Yale, where a college administrator upset Benjamin Reese, president of the National Association of many students by pushing back against a school commit- Diversity Officers in Higher Education, said administrators tee that asked students to avoid culturally stereotypical should not wait for students to demand a meeting. Halloween costumes like Native American headpieces. Instead, he said, they can invite students to strategic The Education Department’s civil rights office fielded meetings and join students in protests if it’s over an issue 53 racial harassment complaints from postsecondary they agree with. Administrators should know what they schools in the 2007-2008 budget year, a number similar to are going to do before something happens and be willing previous years going back to 2004. The next year, the num- to speak out immediately, Reese said. ber soared to 91 and it has continued to rise almost annu- For example, Harvard University President Drew Faust ally, to a high of 177 before dipping to 146 in the budget COLUMBIA, Missouri: Jonathan Butler (front left) addresses a crowd following the immediately condemned the taping over of portraits of year that ended Oct 1. To help schools deal with these announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, on black professors on a wall. “Such acts of hatred are inimical issues, the department convened students and administra- Nov 9, 2015. — AP to our most fundamental values and represent an assault tive leaders in Chicago for a private meeting in November, on the mutual respect essential to our purposes as a com- as various schools have taken steps on their own. values to help set a tone for students, and support for stu- hostile environments or to engage in threatening speech,” munity of learning and inquiry,” Faust said a day after that Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the fast dent-led initiatives can help episodes from overwhelming Duncan said. “We can do better in our responses to these happened. “We all absolutely need to prepare and there’s response to racial incidents, a campus-wide statement of campuses. “There is no constitutional right to perpetuate incidents and creating more welcoming climates.” — AP Palestinian shot dead, radio station closed

JERUSALEM: A stabbing at an entrance to young people. Many of the attackers have been Jerusalem’s Old City and another near a bus stop young Palestinians, including teenagers, who Sunday left two people wounded and an attacker appear to have acted on their own. killed, while Israel closed a third Palestinian radio station it accused of inciting violence. The attacks Radio Incitement? and closure of the station came with Israeli securi- In the flashpoint southern West Bank city of ty forces struggling to halt two months of knife, Hebron, the army shut down the Dream radio sta- gun and car-ramming assaults. Several weeks tion, the third private broadcaster it has closed ago, an Israeli security crackdown in Jerusalem, there, accusing it of stoking the violence. An including roadblocks in Palestinian neighbor- Israeli minister raised the threat last week of shut- hoods, was followed by a lull in attacks in the city, ting down Palestinian public broadcasters as well, but violence has recently returned. charging that they were guilty of fanning the Early yesterday, a 38-year-old Palestinian flames. Hebron, considered a West Bank strong- stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli border hold of Islamist movement Hamas, has been the police officer at Damascus Gate, a main entrance focus of much of the recent violence. point for Palestinians to east Jerusalem’s Old City Talab Jaabari, owner of the station closed yes- and the site of several previous attacks. The terday, said soldiers arrived and seized “all the attacker was identified as Bassem Salah from the material and caused significant damage to the sta- northern West Bank city of Nablus. Later in the tion”. He said he received a written order to close morning, a foreign woman of around 30 was for six months, which accused his station of “broad- lightly wounded in a stabbing near a bus station casting programs with the aim of promoting and in west Jerusalem and the attacker fled. Police encouraging terrorism against civilians and Israeli said a Palestinian suspect was later arrested near security forces”. The Al-Khalil and Al-Hurriya radio the scene. Further details on the victim were not stations in Hebron were also closed earlier this immediately provided. month on similar grounds. Two other Palestinian Violence since October 1 has left 100 dead on radio stations - one in Hebron and one in Jenin - the Palestinian side, including an Arab Israeli, as said they have received letters threatening closure. well as 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean. Such closures have been among a raft of security ARIHA, Syria: A Syrian man weeps near the body of a victim who was killed by airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes in the cen- Many of the Palestinians killed have been alleged measures taken by Israel in bid to halt the attacks. attackers, while others have been shot dead by Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ter of this town in the northwestern province of Idlib yesterday. — AP Israeli security forces during clashes. A visit last Netanyahu announced tighter controls on week by US Secretary of State John Kerry failed to Palestinian vehicles and an increase in the number produce any breakthrough, and debate has inten- of so-called “bypass roads” which create separate sified within Israel on whether to take conciliatory routes for Palestinians and Jewish settlers. He said 18 civilians killed steps to ease tensions or to respond more force- work permits would be withdrawn from the fami- fully. Palestinian leaders blame Israel for the wave lies of alleged attackers and there would be “no of violence, saying its continued occupation and limits” on the powers of Israeli soldiers in the West settlement building along with a lack of progress Bank, where some 400,000 Jewish settlers live in Syria air strikes in peace efforts have led to hopelessness among among 2.8 million Palestinians. — AFP Assad says enemies boost support for rebels

BEIRUT: At least 18 civilians were killed and 40 wound- week after Turkey downed one of its jets in the area. lost territory. Assad was quoted by state media as ed in “probably Russian” air strikes on a rebel-held town Turkey claims the warplane strayed into its airspace and telling Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme in northwestern Syria yesterday, a monitoring group ignored repeated warnings to change course, but leader, that the military support his country was getting said. The strikes hit the Idlib province town of Ariha, Russia has insisted it did not cross the border. The inci- from Iran and Russia had pushed the enemy states he which is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel dent has led to a sharp deterioration of relations did not name to “further escalate and increase financ- alliance of mainly Islamist groups, including Al-Qaeda between Ankara and its largest energy supplier. The ing and equipping of terrorists”. affiliate Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for pilot of the Russian plane was shot dead by rebels as he The Syrian army said on Saturday that Turkey had Human Rights said. Several areas of the town were hit parachuted down after ejecting, but his navigator was increased supplies of weapons, ammunition and equip- and rescue operations are under way with several criti- rescued by Russian and Syrian special forces. ment to what it described as terrorists in Syria. The sen- cally wounded, the Britain-based group said. The Army The pilot’s body is to be handed over to a Russian ior Iranian official was quoted as saying that his country of Conquest alliance seized Ariha in May after heavy representative after being retrieved from Syria, Turkish would continue to support Syria as the war “against ter- fighting with regime forces. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday. A ror was a decisive one for the region and the world”. A longtime ally of Damascus, Moscow escalated its Russian warplane recently entered Israeli-controlled air- Assad said the defeat of rebel groups fighting to topple support to President Bashar Al-Assad on September 30 space from Syria but the intrusion was resolved without his rule was a prerequisite for the “success of any politi- with an air campaign aimed at bolstering regime posi- incident, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said cal solution decided by Syrians”. tions and backing ground operations by Syrian govern- yesterday. In early November, apparent Russian air A Syrian military source told Reuters last week ment troops. Moscow says it targets the Islamic State strikes killed at least 11 civilians in two towns in Idlib rebels were making heavy use of US-made anti-tank group and other “terrorists”, but critics accuse it of tar- province, the Observatory said. More than 250,000 peo- missiles paid for by Saudi Arabia and supplied via geting moderate and Islamist rebel fighters more than ple have been killed since the Syrian conflict erupted in Turkey and the weapons were having an impact on the AL-BIREH: Palestinians rush to help a demonstrator, wounded in the eye, IS. Syria’s neighbors have charged that Russian planes 2011. Meanwhile, Assad told a senior Iranian official battlefield. The so-called TOW missile is the most have strayed into their airspace on multiple occasions yesterday that his adversaries had increased weapon potent weapon in the arsenal of rebel groups and has during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration during the campaign. supplies and financial support to insurgents since the been seen in action more frequently since Russia inter- against Israeli occupation in this Palestinian town on the outskirts of Russia carried out heavy raids in northern Syria this start of a major offensive aided by his allies to regain vened with air strikes on Syria on Sept 30. — Agencies Ramallah in the West Bank yesterday. — AFP US shooter spoke of ‘no more baby parts’

WASHINGTON: A suspected shooter that it was unclear whether he targeted ment - offers preventive checkups, con- that were dismissed. reportedly spoke of “no more baby the clinic because of abortions. traceptives and abortions. It has 700 Mayor John Suthers, who along parts” after his arrest following a five- However for Vicki Cowart, president clinics around the United States and with police and other officials watched hour siege of a family planning clinic in and CEO of Planned Parenthood Rocky has been violently targeted before. the drama unfold on the clinic’s security Colorado Springs that left three people Mountains, the connection was clear. “We’ve seen an alarming increase in cameras, paid tribute to police for haul- dead, including a police officer. Details “Eyewitnesses confirm” that Dear “was hateful rhetoric and smear campaigns ing in the gunman without further began to emerge Saturday about what motivated by opposition to safe and against abortion providers and patients bloodshed. The wounded included five may have driven the suspect, Robert legal abortion,” Cowart said. “This is an over the last few months. That environ- police, but none suffered serious injury. Lewis Dear, 57, to enter the Planned appalling act of violence targeting ment breeds acts of violence,” Cowart Dear entered the Planned Parenthood Parenthood clinic with a high-powered access to healthcare and terrorizing said. “We should not have to live in a building before noon Friday and start- rifle on Friday and fire on police and skilled and dedicated health care pro- world where accessing healthcare ed shooting from a window. Several civilians outside the building. The clinic fessionals.” includes safe rooms and bullet-proof people managed to flee the building, performs abortions - a highly emotive Reacting to the shooting, Obama glass.” running out into the snowy street, and divisive issue in America. made an impassioned call for tighter while others hid in the sanctuary of a NBC News, citing two law enforce- controls on military-style weapons. Community in Mourning clinic safe room. Police said 24 people ment officials, said that when ques- “This is not normal. We can’t let it Police and officials said little about who at one point were held hostage tioned after his arrest Dear mentioned become normal,” a frustrated Obama Dear, who appeared in police booking were evacuated unharmed. “We are in “no more baby parts” in reference to said. “If we truly care about this ... then photos with a bushy gray beard. But US mourning today,” Suthers told a news Planned Parenthood. The agency came we have to do something about the media described him as a seemingly conference, saying that police, particu- under intense scrutiny earlier this year easy accessibility of weapons of war on troubled loner who had had several larly SWAT teams, were “responsible for over videos purportedly showing that it our streets to people who have no busi- previous but minor brushes with the saving many, many lives.” The dead was involved in trafficking fetal organs ness wielding them. “Enough is law. The Colorado Springs Gazette said policeman was identified as Garrett and tissue - allegations that it has vehe- enough.” he had arrest records in South and Swasey, 44, a campus officer at the COLORADO SPRINGS: Mourners attend a vigil held on the University of mently denied. Planned Parenthood - a major North Carolina on misdemeanor University of Colorado at Colorado Colorado - Colorado Springs’ campus for those killed in Friday’s deadly shooting Dear also mentioned President provider of women’s health services charges, and said he also faced peeping Springs. Officials were expected to at a Planned Parenthood clinic on Saturday. — AP Barack Obama, so the sources told NBC that receives funding from the govern- Tom charges in 2002 in South Carolina name the two other dead today. — AFP

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Burkina votes for new president after year of upheaval

OUAGADOUGOU: Voters in Burkina Faso September this year, weeks before a planned democracy and freedom” by ousting began casting ballots yesterday for a new pres- October 11 presidential vote, when elite army Compaore. ident and parliament, hoping to turn the page leaders close to Compaore tried to seize pow- on a year of turmoil during which the west er. Once again angry citizens took to the ‘First-round knock-out’ African nation’s people ousted a veteran ruler streets, foiling the military coup. Its leaders To bolster the legitimacy of the next head and repelled a military coup. were thrown behind bars and the presidential of state, members of the interim government Security was tight as some five million vot- and general elections were re-scheduled for have been banned from standing as have all ers in the nation of 20 million went to the polls November 29. those who backed Compaore’s bid for a third to choose a new leader for the first time in There were problems as some stations term, as well as members of his Congress for almost three decades. The authorities are opened late or were short of voting papers Democracy and Progress party (CDP). The pro- deploying between 20,000 and 25,000 troops and ballot boxes, but many people said they Compaore CDP is still fielding candidates in to ward off the threat of a jihadist attack, fol- were glad just to have the chance to choose the parliamentary elections and is expected to lowing two recent assaults against police bar- their leader. “I’m happy to have been able to do well in parts of the country traditionally racks on the country’s long western border vote. I want the candidate I voted for to take behind “Beau Blaise”. In the race for the presi- with troubled Mali. care of us,” said 39-year-old Omar Tiemtore. dency, seven of the 14 contenders were once “For the first time in 50 years there is an Voter Ousmane Francois Ouedraogo said close to Compaore, including the two electoral uncertainty... we don’t know the win- that with Compaore-now exiled in neighbor- favourites for the job-Roch Marc Christian ner in advance,” said Abdoulaye Soma, the ing Ivory Coast-gone, the country was “more Kabore and Zephirin Diabre. head of the Burkinabe society of constitutional free and more democratic”. Former army “I quit state affairs in 1997. I’ve been law. “This is a positive point and a fundamental office Compaore, 64, took power in 1987 when through the decontamination chamber!” says change from the other elections that we had revolutionary former comrade-in-arms Diabre. seen earlier.” Former president Blaise Thomas Sankara-a charismatic leader who Diabre, an economist, opted for an interna- OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Issac Zida casts his Compaore was forced to flee the country fol- came to be known as “Che Sankara”-was tional career but also served at home as minis- vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Ouagadougou lowing mass street protests in October 2014 gunned down in a coup Compaore is now ter of economy and finance. He at one point yesterday. — AFP against his bid to change the constitution to widely believed to have orchestrated. joined the United Nations Development extend his 27-year rule. Transitional president Michel Kafando Programme with support from Compaore. of favour and quitting the ruling party months good governance along with justice.” Polls are A transitional government was put in place hailed the vote as a victory for the country and Kabore worked side-by-side with Compaore before the collapse of the regime. Kabore was due to close at 1800 GMT. The electoral com- until fresh elections could be held. But the its young people who “expressed themselves for 26 years-serving as premier, parliament already crowing victory. “It’s going to be a first- mission says provisional results should be country was plunged into fresh uncertainty in and expressed their desire for change, for speaker and CDP party chief-before falling out round knock-out,” he predicted. “The priority is known by today evening. — AFP ICC staves off Africa-led rebellion, eyes new HQ

THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court accusations of an anti-Africa bias at the ICC and staved off a veiled African-led threat to quit the threats to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the world’s only permanent war crimes court, but Kenyan government has sought to gain conces- experts say that has come at the expense of jus- sions from this assembly to put pressure on the tice for the victims of mass atrocities. Tensions decision-making of independent ICC judges,” flared last week at the nine-day Assembly of said the coalition’s William Pace. States Parties (ASP) over Kenya, which is embroiled in a bitter tussle with the ICC over ‘Obscure the real victims’ efforts to prosecute its two top leaders, Ruto is accused of crimes against humanity President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President for his role in the post-election violence, the William Ruto. worst unrest since independence in 1963. As delegates pack their bags, the court is Nairobi lobbied intensely for the assembly to now turning its attention to moving into its new publicly restate a rule that recanted testi- permanent premises on the other side of The monies cannot be used in cases which are Hague, only steps away from the detention cells already before the courts. where defendants are held. “This meeting... has The ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has left a lot of people disappointed,” said Janet been allowed by judges to use such testi- Anderson, writing on the Justice Hub website. monies in the case against Ruto-a ruling which “Much of the debate and discussion was his lawyers are currently appealing. “We about efforts by the Kenyan delegation to get should not be surprised by the efforts we’ve the ASP to discuss and agree on a rule concern- seen, particularly by the government of Kenya, ing using witness testimony,” she said. “Shouldn’t to discredit the court’s work and to obscure the meeting be about more than that, about the the real victims-thousands of Kenyans who victims who need justice and about getting the have yet to see any justice,” Human Rights court to run well?” she asked. The Kenyatta case Watch senior legal expert Elizabeth Evenson collapsed late last year, and Kenya this week said. “The saddest part of this ordeal... #Kenya renewed calls to drop charges against Ruto convincing the world problem was (with the) A migrant carries his child after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, yesterday. A group of migrants stemming from 2007-08 post-election violence, #ICC while justice for #PEV (post-election vio- trying to enter Macedonia pelted the police with stones injuring several officers as the small Balkan country became which left some 1,200 people dead. lence) became irrelevant,” international law In a tense week at the ICC annual conference, expert Mark Kersten added in a tweet. the latest to build a border fence aimed at checking the flow of newcomers. — AFP the African Union also accused the ICC of unfair- Officials from the court, which began work ly targeting the continent, warning that Africa’s in 2002, are now trying to put the tensions “common resolve should not be tested.” behind them. On November 12 court officials Germany outlines plan to Delegates eventually introduced an 11th-hour formally received their new premises over- agreement on Thursday reaffirming the rule, but looking the dunes and the North Sea in a sea- experts said Kenya’s efforts dominated the con- side suburb of the Hague. “We can now con- support fight against IS versation to the detriment of other issues, par- centrate on getting settled in,” an ICC official ticularly victims of mass atrocity crimes. said. The first cases will be heard in January- The Coalition for the ICC said the days of with the much-anticipated trial of former Ivory Mass brawls erupt in crowded migrant shelters in Germany brinkmanship had “set a dangerous precedent Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, due to open for the court’s independence”. “Using unfounded on January 28. — AFP FRANKFURT: Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to German frigate would accompany France’s Charles de Berlin suburb of Spandau, where migrants went at the Middle East by the end of the year to support a Gaulle aircraft carrier, Wieker said in the interview. each other with fire extinguishers, a police spokesman coalition battling Islamic State, Germany’s top defense German planes would refuel the jets of the coalition as said. official told a newspaper yesterday as his minister well as take photographs in the region. Windows were smashed, sofas were thrown, and backed an international alliance against the group. “From a military point of view for the servicing of fire extinguishers emptied, said police, adding that Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to support the the planes and ships, about 1,200 soldiers would be several residents of the shelter were wounded. Some offensive against Islamic State during talks with necessary,” Wieker told the newspaper. 500 people evacuated the building “in fear and panic” French President Francois Hollande, who called for He said he hoped to obtain the necessary man- over the dispute. Separately, two other fights broke more countries to help fight the militants after the date by the end of the year. Wieker also said Germany out in other shelters. At a refugee home in Berlin’s Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. was in talks with Jordan and Turkey about stationing Kreuzberg area, a 18-year-old struck a 17-year-old on Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen Tornado aircraft for reconnaissance in the region. the head with a belt, police said. called for the alliance for a limited time to combat the German officials said Merkel saw a bigger German Meanwhile, five people were injured in a fight militants in a commentary in an advance copy of the role as the price to pay for Hollande’s support in tack- between Syrians in the showers of an accommodation Bild newspaper due out on Monday. ling the refugee crisis in Europe. in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Such distur- She said the aim of what she called a “special pur- bances have occurred before in other shelters in pose” alliance was to “weaken ISIS, to limit its freedom Mass brawls Germany, with tensions escalating quickly between for manoeuvre, to destroy its training camps, to win Meanwhile, clashes broke out yesterday between often traumatized people from different cultures back city by city, destroy its oil revenue and break the hundreds of asylum seekers at a shelter in Berlin, in sharing packed spaces. aura of invincibility”. Germany’s troops plan, which still the second mass brawl to erupt over the weekend in At the same time, they have been relatively rare needs approval from parliament and was outlined by Germany’s crowded migrant accommodations. given the sheer numbers of new arrivals-Germany Germany’s Chief of Defence Volker Wieker in Bild am Several people were arrested at the fight that start- expects to take in a million asylum seekers this year Sonntag, does not include direct involvement in the ed in the food distribution queues at the former air- alone, and has put up hundreds of thousands in flats, coalition’s air offensive. port of Tempelhof, which has been turned into a tem- army barracks, sports halls and tent cities. DONETSK: Women look at their ballots at a polling station in Mariupol, in the In Germany, the public still dislikes sending forces porary accommodation for 1,200 refugees, an AFP Germany’s police union had called for refugees to Donetsk region yesterday. Voters in the east Ukrainian government-held port of overseas except for in peace missions, in part due to photographer witnessed. The brawl came just hours be separated by religion and by country of origin to Mariupol yesterday cast their ballots in a delayed local elections after an earlier memories of Nazi militarism. Under the plan, a after another mass fight at a refugee shelter in the minimize the potential for conflict. — AFP poll was scrapped in the strategic frontline city. — AFP Spanish divided on joining anti-IS strikes: Polls Belgian scheme tries to nip MADRID: Spaniards are divided on whether would not rush into a decision. “No to war,” radicalization in the bud Spain should take part in the international chanted the demonstrators who gathered military campaign in Syria against the Islamic rallied outside the Reina Sofia museum in State, with just over half, 54, percent, the Spanish capital. The organisers estimated MOLENBEEK, Belgium: In the troubled Brussels dis- unemployment, lack of career prospects, drug abuse, slowly with its pitch: ‘Help the poor and end injustice’. opposed, a poll published yesterday showed. their number at around 6,000. trict of Molenbeek, politician Sarah Turine is on the petty crime and isolation from Belgium’s non-Muslim And once they get over there, they pass to the war About a third, 35 percent, are in favour of With elections looming, Rajoy’s govern- frontline of her own war to stop the sons of Belgian majority. Compounding that is poor political engage- phase.” joining the military campaign in Syria and ment has been holding off on any decision families going off to Syria to join Islamic State fighters. ment and lax security oversight. Bilal, a 21-year-old The mosques work with people like Sarah Turine to the rest were undecided, according to the on whether Spain will join France, the United The first step is often to send a sociologist and psy- Muslim resident of the district, says recruiters from the try to stop the young from becoming radicalized, but poll published in El Mundo newspaper. States and others in airstrikes against Islamic chologist to try to re-establish the link between the Islamic State group that claimed the Paris attacks con- they need far more people and resources, Habbachich The poll-carried out after the November State strongholds in Syria. “Decisions have to troubled young man and his family. The next is to flag vinced around a dozen of his male and female friends said. “There is also prevention work that we do with the 13 suicide bomb and shootings in Paris-also be well thought through, as in any aspect of up the dire consequences of the choice they seem to to join their cause in Syria. imams,” he said. “The imams warn the young... ‘If you found that 83 percent of Spaniards believed life,” said Rajoy, who added Madrid was in be about to make. He said recruiters played on his friends’ guilt over take this path, you are going to destroy your life.’” Olivier a Paris-style attack could happen in Spain, touch with its allies on a clear plan of action. “We must try to defuse this anger among the their “craze for nightlife,” their relations with the oppo- Vanderhaeghen, an administrator for Turine’s preven- suggesting that national security could Leftist opposition parties have voiced young,” Turine, who oversees a radicalization preven- site sex and “brushes with the law”-a wayward lifestyle tion program, said he and his colleagues, working with emerge as a theme for a December 20 gener- opposition to Spanish military involvement tion program in Molenbeek, told AFP over tea at an in a conservative and poor immigrant community. schools, social workers and others, try to restore the al election. in the Middle East. The leader of the far-left upscale Arab cafe. “We have to assure them they have a They also whipped up a sense of injustice over the community and family ties that young people break Another poll published Saturday in the grouping Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, backs put- place here, that they are not second-class citizens, and perceived Western meddling in Middle East events, said when they are lured by radicals. “First, the young per- conservative daily La Razon showed 69 per- ting the issue to a referendum. Rajoy is mind- to undermine the recruiters’ arguments,” said Turine, a Bilal, who himself resisted repeated recruitment bids. son will break with his or her network, he will break cent of Spaniards wanting Spain to help ful of how events unfolded in March 2004 member of the leftist Ecolo party. Belgium has come “Recruiters target the weak,” he told AFP. with his friends, he will break with his school, his sport- France “in its fight against Islamist terrorism”. under his Popular Party predecessor, former under fire for failing to crack down on the radicalization ing club,” he said. “Second, he will no longer frequent By contrast with the poll in El Mundo the sur- conservative prime minister Jose Maria of its youth since the Paris attacks this month saw 130 ‘Fertile ground’ the same public places. “In the third and last phase, he vey showed more people supporting Spain Aznar. people killed by jihadists, many of whom lived in or had Jamal Habbachich, who chairs a council of 22 will break with his family,” he added. “bombing the terrorists in Syria” than not, Aznar, who had backed the US interven- links to the impoverished immigrant district of mosques in Molenbeek, said extremist recruiters have Turine said she is certain the program has helped with 49.3 percent in favour compared with tion in Iraq a year earlier, was voted out of Molenbeek. started distributing leaflets in the streets and the mar- “dozens and dozens and dozens” of young Muslims and 43.6 percent against. office days after Islamic extremists killed 191 For families it can be hard to know where to turn in kets. And he said Molenbeek-cut off from the rest of has prevented some going to Syria. But Habbachich Several thousand people marched people in bombings on Madrid trains. the tiny northern European country, already the Belgium like a “ghetto” offers recruiters “fertile ground” said much more work needs to be done to profession- Saturday in Madrid against Spanish involve- Aznar’s stance on Iraq was in stark contrast region’s top recruiting ground for jihadi “foreign fight- to lure in young people with the false promise of a ally train and help the young find work, including out- ment in the Syrian conflict as conservative to that of the public in a traditionally pacifist ers” in Syria and Iraq compared to the number of peo- more righteous life. “The Islamic State conducted a dia- side Brussels, as well as give them an outlet to express Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy stressed he country. — AFP ple. Community leaders say Molenbeek presents a toxic bolical, satanic strategy,” he told AFP themselves. “Nobody listens to them, nobody speaks to mix of reasons its youth are becoming radicalised: high in his office at Attadamoun Mosque. “It won people them,” he added. — AFP

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Lie detectors, solitary: How S Korea screens refugees

SEOUL: South Korea has spent decades opposition member of the South Korean par- New North Korean arrivals to the South, Reuters. “I came here to change my life so The numbers could not be independently screening refugees from a hostile neighbor liament’s intelligence committee. who typically enter via a third country, are there was nothing that I was afraid of.” verified. Those found not to be North Korean but some enemy agents manage to get “But it’s not like we can stop taking in brought to a facility in Siheung on the south- Lie detectors are used as a basic tool, as defectors are deported, while those deter- through, underlining the challenges Western North Korean defectors because of that,” Shin ern outskirts of Seoul. There, they are sepa- many defectors from the isolated and impov- mined to be spies are prosecuted, according nations face in dealing with a far larger influx told Reuters. There are growing calls in the rated for questioning on their backgrounds erished North are undocumented, a former to South Korean authorities. of people escaping the war in Syria. Seoul United States and in Europe to bar tens of and lives in the North, spending time in soli- National Intelligence Service official said. A uses lie detectors, interrogation and a screen- thousands of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war tary but comfortable rooms. typical interrogation starts with the defec- SUBMARINES AND GUNFIGHTS ing process that includes keeping people in following this month’s Paris attacks because No exception is made for families or chil- tor’s address, and the program has built a Pyongyang is believed to have begun solitary confinement to catch North Korean of concerns that vetting processes are not dren, who are taken from their parents and database with locations, names and other sending spies posing as defectors to the agents among genuine asylum seekers. stringent enough and that extremists plan- face similar questioning, according to a civic details to compare with their story, Shin, the South in the late 1990s when large batches Still, between 2003 and 2013, of the 49 ning attacks could slip through. group. “It was like writing my autobiography,” lawmaker said. of refugees fled a massive, deadly famine. North Korean spies apprehended in the More than 1,000 North Koreans defect to said a 59-year-old female defector who spent The National Intelligence Service declined Before that, South Korea occasionally South, 21 entered the country posing as the South every year and are held for up to three months at the interrogation centre to comment for this article. The program has caught armed spies who had infiltrated from refugees, according to the country’s justice 180 days while they are screened. If they from 2012 and asked that she not be named succeeded in weeding out about 120 bogus across the militarised border, or via small ministry. “The question of spies slipping clear that, the refugees are transferred to a because she is not supposed to talk about defectors and 14 spies, local media reports submarines in the dark of night. Some con- through is always a problem, and we need to resettlement complex, which they cannot the process. last year said, citing intelligence officials. Fake frontations between North Korean agents make the process more meticulous and leave, for another 12 weeks to help them “I talked about my whole life in chrono- defectors are believed mainly to consist of and South Korean security forces ended in advanced,” said Shin Kyung-min, the ranking adjust to life in the South. logical order and got checked,” she told ethnic Korean citizens of mainland China. deadly gunfights. —Reuters In S Korea, a town of Kims, an unusual shared history Modernization turning Korean villages into a fading tradition

NONSAN, South Korea: Many of his perhaps because some Koreans gen- who share prominent ancestors: of once-rural villages. In a nearby students are Kims. So are his fellow erations ago gained their prestigious Royal princes, top officials, revered Paju village, seven out of 10 house- teachers, an elementary school alum- surnames by buying them, not scholars. The villages preserve ances- holds were once associated with a nus and the owners of restaurants through birth. tral shrines and regularly hold memo- Yun family. and pubs that he patronizes in his For Kim, however, ancient family rial services by burning incense, offer- Now the number is about three in small farming village. Lots of Kims in ties remain as tangible as the large ing food and liquor at altars and 10. “In those times, there was less his neighborhood, too. Such is every- earthen tombs behind his house. deeply bowing. individual action. Young people day life for Kim Sun Won, who, obvi- As a direct descendant of 17th- today are spoiled. Aren’t they?” said ously, is a Kim too. century Confucian scholar Kim Jang- ‘Our pride’ Yun Hoon Duk, a resident in the Yun He’s lived all his 70 years in a tile- saeng, the 70-year-old holds about 15 In Paju, a city near the North village. “We had grown up with our roofed home in a clan village, sur- memorial services per year for his Korean border, two villages are home grandfathers, uncles and nephews ... rounded by people who share his ancestors at his home, a responsibili- to dozens of people with the sur- so we naturally learned the rules of connection to an illustrious ancestor ty he calls his “destiny.” name Hwang who claim as an ances- etiquette.” from centuries ago. “I don’t mind living near the tor Hwang Hui, a 15th-century prime The clan clusters reveal a fascinat- NEW DELHI: A participant holds a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade in Other clan villages in South tombs,” said Kim Sun Won, a retired minister renowned for his moral ing feature of South Korea, where a New Delhi yesterday. Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats Korea are dominated by Hwangs, local civil servant in the city of integrity and righteousness. handful of surnames far outweighs and held colorful balloons as they marched celebrating what they call the the rest in popularity. More than 20 percent of the country’s 50 million diversity of gender and sexuality. —AP people are Kims, from two former South Korean presidents to the South’s Gay rights activists only Olympic figure skating gold medalist. All Kims do not belong to the march in New Delhi same clan. They are divided among about 350 “bongwans” that are asso- NEW DELHI: Hundreds of gay rights activists Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues. ciated with particular locations. Kim danced to drum beats and held colorful bal- Still, being gay is seen as shameful in Sun Won, for instance, is a Gwangsan loons as they marched in a parade in New most of the country, and many homosexuals Kim, named after a southern town Delhi yesterday, celebrating what they call remain closeted. where his first ancestor is believed to the diversity of gender and sexuality. Yesterday, Harsh Aggarwal, who runs a have settled. Government surveys in Organizers said that while the gay pride digital marketing company in New Delhi, 2000, the most recent census data parade celebrated the gains India’s LGBT said that there has been progress, though it available, showed there were 286 community has made in recent years, they has come slowly. “But it’s happening,” he said. South Korean surnames and 4,179 also wanted to highlight the continuing dis- “There are more people who are coming bongwans. The dominance of a few crimination it faces. out without masks. Society also is respecting surnames is closely linked to Korea’s The Delhi Queer Pride Committee also us. That’s the progress,” he said. Activists had feudal and Confucian history and the demanded the repeal of Section 377 of the cheered in 2009 when the New Delhi High legacy of Japan’s colonization of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes Court declared Section 377 of the Penal Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945. homosexual acts. Over the past decade, Code unconstitutional. But the judgment Surnames were usually reserved for homosexuals have gained a degree of was overturned four years later when India’s nobility and royalty until the 18th acceptance in parts of deeply conservative Supreme Court decided that amending or century, when some bankrupt aristo- India, especially in big cities. Many bars have repealing Section 377 should be a matter crats allowed commoners to be gay nights, and some high-profile left to Parliament, not the judiciary. —AP added to their genealogical books, called “jokbo,” in return for money.

PAJU: Hwang You Yeon, left, points at his family’s two-volume gemological book written in 1723 Surnames Japan’s tiny refugee community at a museum commemorating one of his prominent ancestors in Paju, South Korea. Historic clan There are no official records on urges Tokyo to open doors wider villages keep centuries-old genealogical books that they say have been handed down from gen- how many commoners got sur- eration to generation. —AP names, but it’s believed to be signifi- YOKOHAMA: Hitoshi Kino, a bespec- shrinkage in the country’s population. cant because rampant poverty and tacled clerical employee at a universi- After the 2011 nuclear disaster Yuns and many other names. Nonsan who now teaches filial piety, “He’s like our religion,” said Hwang the lack of efficient state surveillance “This is the house where my father, the life of Kim Jang-saeng and local You Yeon, a 69-year-old resident in systems made the forgery of jokbos ty near Tokyo, doesn’t stand out. Only caused by earthquake and tsunami, grandfather, great-grandfather and history at a traditional Confucian one of the two villages where Hwang widespread. a slight Vietnamese accent betrays his “foreigners scrambled to leave Japan. great-great-grandfather lived,” Kim school. “I feel secure here because I Hui spent most of his post-retirement During the Joseon Dynasty, past, as he speaks in Japanese about But few of us former refugees fled”, said, walking down a small hill dotted have the support of all my family clan years. “He’s our pride.” Last spring, the which ruled from 1392 to 1910, the being stranded on a rickety boat in Kino said. “Japan helped us and took with his ancestors’ tombs and grave- members here.” Hwangs made headlines when they aristocracy grew from less than 10 waters off his war-torn homeland in care of us. We would not desert such a stones. “I’ve never wanted to abandon Clan villages thrived under confronted a ruling-party lawmaker percent of the population to as 1980, starving with 32 others and left country.” Indochina refugees speak my hometown.” Confucian, traditional value systems who alleged Hwang Hui took bribes much as 70 percent, in large part by pirates with nothing but his under- not only of gratitude toward their Modernization is turning the vil- that prize family connections, filial and committed adultery. The law- because of forged jokbos, said Park pants. adopted country but also of difficul- lages into a fading tradition. Dozens duty, respect for ancestors and maker apologized after the Hwangs HongGab, an expert on Korean sur- Kino, who was then Ky Tu Duong, is ties they have faced trying to fit into with at least 100 clan members regional ties. threatened to campaign against him. names at the state-run National one of more than 11,000 refugees that society, which prides itself on its remain, but there were once hun- In Kim’s Yeonsan village there are These days, it’s largely the elderly Institute of Korean History. When Japan took in over the three decades homogeneous culture. Foreigners dreds. The others have been lost to now about 130 households associat- who live in villages associated with Japan colonized the Korean to 2005 in the aftermath of the make up only 2 percent of the popula- the frenzy of construction across ed with his family clan, but there are their clans. Young people migrate to Peninsula in the early 20th century, it Vietnam War, under a little-remem- tion. much of the country, and to young many more non-Kim households. A cities, and while some eventually forced every Korean to have a sur- bered open-door policy which has On the job, some Japanese “assume people leaving small-town life for generation ago, Kim said there were return, others with different sur- name. Slaves took their masters’ sur- never been repeated on such a scale. we don’t understand things easily and bigger opportunities in Asia’s fourth- about up to 300 clan households, names have moved in too. names and the poor often picked Now, Kino and other “boat people” we are not smart”, said Hoai Takahashi, largest economy. Ancestry does not mostly extended families. Clan vil- In some cases high-rise apart- ones used by high-level aristocrats: who have resettled in Japan believe another refugee from Vietnam who have the pull it once did for some, lages are usually made up of people ments have changed the character Kim, Lee and Park.—AP Tokyo should again open its doors changed his name from Hoang Drong and let in some of today’s asylum Hoai. Nepal arrests 38 in strike against ‘Indian blockade’ seekers, including those from Syria, “They even say things like ‘This job not just for those in distress but for should not be left to these people,’ in KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal arrested 38 pro- Kamal Singh Bam told AFP. Protests at the border India-which has criticised the new constitution-of Japan’s sake as well “Japan should our very presence.” testers yesterday for trying to enforce a strike over Nepal’s new constitution have led to crip- retaliating with an “unofficial blockade”. open up a little to them to align itself Banri Kawai, formerly Nguyen Van against neighbouring India, which is accused of pling fuel shortages in the landlocked Himalayan New Delhi has denied the charge and urged with the international community,” Ry, works at a facility in eastern Japan orchestrating a weeks-long border blockade that nation, while medicines are also running short. dialogue with the protesters, who belong to the Kino, who became a Japanese citizen that houses five former Vietnamese has caused crippling fuel shortages. Many shops Nepal is heavily dependent on giant India for Madhesi ethnic minority and share close cultural, in mid-1980s, said over Chinese refugees with mental illness. He said were closed in the capital Kathmandu and traffic fuel and other supplies, but little cargo has linguistic and family links with Indians living dumplings and stir-fry at a restaurant they had been bullied by their was thin on the roads after the strike called by a crossed their main checkpoint since protests across the border. near his home west of Tokyo. Japanese seniors at work. “They lost small hardline opposition Communist party. broke out in late September. Movement across Demonstrators from the Madhesi community “It could be just 100, or 50. But it sleep and developed mental condi- “We have arrested 38 people for trying to block other border checkpoints has also slowed to a say the constitution adopted in September leaves would be better than doing nothing.” tions,” he said after attending Sunday roads and vandalise vehicles,” police spokesman crawl, prompting Nepal’s government to accuse them politically marginalized. Japan took just 11 of 5,000 asylum- service with Takahashi at a Catholic “Our strike is against India’s blockade and its seekers last year, or 0.2 percent, the church north of Tokyo. interference in Nepal,” said Khadga Bahadur lowest acceptance rate in the club of Chrisna Ito, who arrived in Japan at Bishwokarma, a spokesman for the Communist rich nations, the Organisation for the age of 15, says she was rebuked at Party of Nepal (Maoist). Economic Cooperation and a factory dorm for using the commu- “How long will people of Nepal suffer? India Development. In contrast, France took nal bath before others had finished. must back down.” Nepalis expressed frustration 22 percent and Germany 42 percent. She assumed they thought she was over the strike, with many fearful of driving or tak- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dirty because her skin was darker than ing public transport in case vehicles are vandal- offered nearly $2 billion to help other that of a typical Japanese. ized. “We are already struggling with shortages, nations manage the flood of refugees Ito, a 43-year-old nursery school we don’t need a strike to add to our woes. How from Syria’s civil war, but his govern- worker who was Cheth Chan Chrisna will this pressure India?” said Manish Karki, who ment has virtually shut the door on before fleeing Cambodia, had to start opened his hardware shop in Kathmandu in defi- those fleeing Europe’s worst migrant working at the rubber factory to sup- ance of the strike. crisis since World War Two. This port her family after six months of lan- As shortages of fuel and other goods bite, month’s attacks in Paris, in which 130 guage and other adjustment training. smuggling has increased along the border. people were killed in mass shootings It was only after she married and had Yesterday 13 Indian border security officers and suicide bombings blamed on children - now in high school and col- crossed into Nepal chasing smugglers in the Islamic State, could make any public lege - that she fulfilled her aspiration southeastern district of Jhapa, prompting reports discussion of accepting refugees into to go to junior high and high school. in India that the officers had been detained. Nepal’s Armed Police Force spokesman Pushpa Japan even more difficult. Asked how she feels about the gov- Ram KC denied the reports. “The officers are not ernment support she received, Ito under our custody... the locals were agitated so we Reluctance reflected for a moment. brought them to safety. Process is underway to The government’s reluctance to “I am grateful. But at the same send them back,” he said. accept refugees shows that opening time, I cannot help wondering if BEIJING: A Chinese man gets a haircut along a “hutong,” a courtyard house in an old- On Thursday Kathmandu asked New Delhi to up to immigration is still politically Japan could have done a little bet- style alley, near Shichahai lake in Beijing yesterday. Shichahai Lake is a famous scenic investigate claims that Indian police had crossed unpalatable, despite an alarming ter.” —Reuters area in the capital city. —AP over and opened fire at four Nepali men. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Saudi women launch maiden election bid

Continued from Page 1 she had hoped to set up a campaign tent in Riyadh’s Diriyah area. “When I asked the man to give permission for The late King Abdullah said women would participate his land... he refused,” she said. Like other contenders, she in this year’s vote. In 2013, he also named women to the plans to focus online, and has her own website. appointed Shura Council, which advises the cabinet. In the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Sameera Abdullah Al- Abdullah died in January and was succeeded by Salman, Shamat was also relying on Twitter, Instagram and other who stuck to the election timetable. In other Gulf states, Internet forums widely used in the kingdom. “My daughter women have had some voting rights for several years. and two sons are running my campaign,” said Shamat, a About 7,000 people are vying for seats on 284 municipal charity worker. Electoral democracy is still a novel concept councils, according to the Saudi electoral commission. in a country where tribal loyalties remain strong and the Only around 131,000 women have signed up to vote, influence of “wasta” - knowing the right people - is power- compared with more than 1.35 million men, out of a native ful. Saud Al-Shammry, 43 of Riyadh, said it was time for a Saudi population of almost 21 million. Although the vot- new approach. “We strive for development and real ing age has been lowered to 18 from 21 and the propor- change, free from tribal or family biases,” he said, adding tion of elected councilors has increased to two-thirds, win- “there’s a big possibility” he could vote for a woman, if her ning a seat remains a challenge for women. Hossaini said platform is right. — AFP

Under-fire Omair moved to public works... Continued from Page 1 had threatened to file to grill Omair as oil minister over a variety of violations, criticized Omair’s management of Since his appointment in Jan 2014, Omair has been the oil ministry and called on the new minister to cor- locked into several disputes with oil executives over the rect the mistakes. Saleh said the reported violations interpretation of his powers over KPC and oil compa- have now moved under the authority of the new minis- nies. ter, who should take necessary legal actions. LONDON: Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution yesterday on the eve A decision by him early in November to swap the Qudhaibi said moving Omair out of the oil ministry of the climate summit in Paris. — AFP CEOs of two oil companies triggered a row with the oil has defused tensions with oil sector executives and sector after KPC chief executive officer Nizar Al-Adasani stopped the minister’s unacceptable interference in the and the two concerned CEOs openly rejected the deci- sector. He said he will continue to follow up on the Rallies pressure UN climate summit sion and challenged his authority. This prompted the issues he raised when Omair was oil minister, especially Cabinet to take Omair away from the sensitive oil sector the violations around the oil pipeline contract. Continued from Page 1 Riot police took action after a group of protesters pelt- amid a reported compromise to also change the oil Meanwhile, rapporteur of the foreign relations com- ed officers with bottles and candles from one of the executives shortly. mittee MP Mohammad Tana said the committee Hopes are high that the Paris summit will not fail like tributes to the victims of the attacks. Around 100 peo- Immediately after the move, Omair was targeted as approved the Arab anti-terror agreement but decided the previous such meeting six years ago in ple were arrested. Using the state of emergency rules, the new public works minister. Two MPs, Mansour Al- to delay the Gulf anti-terror pact until the foreign min- Copenhagen. But all sides say pledges made in Paris police put 24 green activists under house arrest ahead Dhafiri and Hammad, warned Omair against allowing istry sends details on it. The committee also approved will be insufficient to limit a rise in global temperatures of the summit, saying they were suspected of planning the airport expansion contract to be signed without an the Gulf anti-dumping agreement that will be debated to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, widely violent protests. investigation. Hammad said that Omair should examine by the Assembly tomorrow. Also, the financial and eco- viewed as a threshold for dangerous changes in the In Berlin, about 5,000 people marched with some the awarding process and other alleged violations, oth- nomic affairs committee approved the amendment of planet’s climate system. dressed as penguins. One carried a huge “There is no erwise he will resubmit the grilling against the new 22 articles of the commercial agencies law. Rapporteur Almost all the demonstrations were peaceful but, planet B for penguins,” banner. In London, hundreds of minister. Dhafiri urged Omair not to allow the contract of the committee MP Mohammad Al-Jabri said the after the human chain protest in Paris, riot police fired marchers were joined by fashion designer Vivienne to go ahead. amendments will help boost competition and provide tear gas and clashed with about 200 protesters, some Westwood and actress Emma Thompson. “This is our MPs Khalil Al-Saleh and Ahmad Al-Qudhaibi, who commodities to consumers in a better way. wearing masks, in the Place de la Republique. planet and we are in deep, grave danger,” Thompson Demonstrators carried banners calling for the defence told Sky television. In the biggest single march on cli- of the climate and democracy. The square has been a mate change ever staged, last year organizers estimat- gathering place for Parisians since the Nov 13 attacks. ed 310,000 people took part in New York. — Agencies

Gulf unwilling to tighten oil taps all alone

Continued from Page 1 million bpd increase from non-OPEC members over the past five years and that this has started to contract. “No indicators or changes have happened to con- Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi told an energy confer- vince Gulf states to change their policy and cut output,” ence in Bahrain on Nov 19 that, despite oversupply, the the official told AFP, requesting anonymity. world still needs 5.0 million bpd of new output, four mil- But another Gulf official hinted at some flexibility in lion of that due to natural decline. Bassam Fattouh, case of cooperation. “It’s too early to say if OPEC would director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, told maintain its production policy,” said the official, who also the same conference the market rebalancing process wished to remain anonymous. OPEC heavyweight Saudi has started but the effect on prices will be slow. Arabia said last week it was ready to cooperate with oth- The International Energy Agency said this month that er producers to stabilize the oil market and support growth in demand for crude is set to slow next year as prices. The OPEC meeting comes at a time of a massive the allure of cheap oil fades. The IEA expects demand to production glut, with oversupply continuing and inven- grow by 1.2 million bpd in 2016, down from 1.8 million tories at almost record levels of more than 3.0 billion bpd this year. Harami believes oil prices will remain low barrels, triple the normal rate. for at least the next two years until the global economy OPEC member Venezuela and some international picks up. By then, falls in high-cost oil production will economic reports have warned that the oil price could make way for OPEC crude, Harami said. Massive cuts in slide to the range of $20-$30 a barrel from around $42 oil investments will also help slow production, he said. now if output is not trimmed. Abu-Dahesh said Gulf Saudi Arabia said this month that more than $200 bil- states are betting on developments indicating a bal- lion worth of energy projects worldwide had been can- anced oil market next year after OPEC’s strategy celled this year and more cancellations were expected in knocked out some high-cost production, such as some 2016. Despite economic woes and major revenue losses US shale oil. OPEC secretary general Abdullah el-Badri due to low oil prices, the Gulf states have a huge fiscal said in October he was confident the oil market will pick cushion to rely on. “Gulf states can bear the downturn up in 2016 due to a growth in demand and a drop in for another three years enough for their oil policy to non-OPEC output. He said the glut was caused by a six achieve targets,” Abu-Dahesh said. — AFP PM backs France in fight against terror Continued from Page 1 framework agreement on climate change. He hoped the Paris climate summit would mark a “serious start” that He said Kuwait was keen on participating in the cli- would prevent “disastrous” consequences on the environ- mate summit, which was very significant due to the rapid ment and economy. Sheikh Jaber called for narrowing climate changes over the past two decades. Kuwait, he gaps between industrial and developing countries, as A fisherman prepares to go out to sea in Manila Bay, one of the Philippines’ many typhoon-vulnerable coasts said, has been an active partner in previous summits well as increasing funding to tackle climate change. yesterday. The Philippines is among countries pushing for a binding pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions at which were aimed at addressing global warming, and Kuwait has exerted huge efforts to eliminate pollution the United Nations summit in Paris this week. — AFP was amongst the leading countries that approved the UN and preserve the environment, he said. — KUNA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 ANALYSIS

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Issues Why we shouldn’t confuse refugees with terrorists

By Ovais Sarmad

here is an incorrect notion that migration and refugee flows are somehow linked to terrorism Tor that terrorist activities are motivated, direct- ly or indirectly, by these populations. It is important to decouple and separate the migration and refugee flows around the world from acts of terrorism in any shape or form, no matter where they occur. The vast majority of people become displaced because they are fleeing from terrorists and their acts of brutal violence. The cruel irony, therefore, is that migrants and refugees are unfortunately being linked to the same terrorists they are fleeing from. A careful distinction must be made between Labour battles for soul and identity addressing migrant and refugee flows and respond- ing to terrorism. The ones who are fleeing terrorism By Elizabeth Piper ly 1970s, “usually on the same side on virtually his closest allies. Corbyn was elected on Sept 12 they said, was to persuade voters that Labour at home are doing so in desperation and are in need every issue”, said Livingstone. In the mid ‘70s, he after former leader Ed Miliband’s attempt to fuse would keep the country safe. Some were branded of international protection and assistance. The ones n the 1970s, a trio of socialists joined a battle to said, they set up campaigns to get more socialists centrism with a more left-wing doctrine failed to Tories, or Conservatives. Others feared they would who are terrorizing the innocent and creating cir- steer Britain’s Labour Party to the left. Within a onto local councils. While Livingstone led the GLC, convince voters in last May’s election. Many did be hounded out of their jobs. cumstances for large population displacements Ifew years, two of them had seized control of McDonnell was the council’s finance chief, not trust Labour to run the economy well, while McDonnell, 64, has also ruffled feathers within and outside national boundaries, must be the council that governed London, running the although their rule ended in 1986 when the the legacy of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, among centrists, notably when he brandished a addressed with appropriate measures. There is no capital for half a decade. Almost 40 years on, the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher backed by Blair’s government, also weighed heav- copy of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Little Red Book - place for violence and brutality in any religion or same three men, led by new party chief Jeremy abolished the body. Corbyn, meanwhile, headed ily. The party was already split when some law- a collection of the Chinese communist leader’s society. Corbyn, are closer than ever to their goal of push- to parliament, campaigning from the left while makers reluctantly nominated Corbyn for the thoughts - in parliament. Livingstone himself When it comes to heinous acts of violence, a ing the opposition party to the hard left. But in voters consigned Labour to opposition for almost leadership after facing what one senior Labour prompted outrage when he responded to a law- response of shock and horror is entirely justified and doing so, they have set off an internal war which two decades. member described as an awful selection of candi- maker’s criticism of his appointment to the understandable, but anger must not be directed could end its chances of winning an election for In 1997, Tony Blair finally won a landslide elec- dates. Starting as a rank outsider, Corbyn not only defence review by suggesting he needed “psychi- towards the innocent. The vast majority of refugees years. tion victory for “New Labour”, but only after steer- won the votes of the leftist old guard but cap- atric help”. The lawmaker had a history of depres- and migrants around the world contribute positively Two months after 66-year-old Corbyn was ing the party away from its trade union roots. tured the mood of younger members with his sion and Livingstone was forced to apologize. to the culture, economy and nation-building of the elected leader on a wave of enthusiasm for There was now little room for the three leftists. opposition to the Conservative government’s aus- Richard Angell, director of Progress, a group of countries they live in. Many migrants return to their change, some Labour lawmakers closer to the Blair even expelled Livingstone from the party for terity measures to eliminate a large budget deficit. Labour “modernizers” which has been touring the countries of origin when economic and political sit- centre are rebelling openly over his stand on running for mayor of London as an independent Some senior party members refused to work country to gauge public feeling, says Corbyn has uations have improved. vexed questions such as how to tackle terrorism in 2000, an election he won. Blair deemed him too with Corbyn but others decided to give him a alienated centrist members by surrounding him- The international community, therefore, needs to and whether Britain should bomb Syria. With slurs leftwing to represent Labour, although he was chance when he brought moderates as well as self with leftists. “His controversial appointments create opportunities for migrants and refugees to and accusations flying on both sides, the battle for eventually let back into the party. more natural allies into his shadow cabinet, whose are of individuals more enthusiastic about his usefully contribute to their host societies. This could the soul of the Labour Party is turning nasty. Now the pendulum has swung again; Corbyn members hold portfolios mirroring those of the leadership than even he might be,” Angell told be achieved through provision of humanitarian Alongside Corbyn stand two old friends and and his supporters have moved quickly to break government. But Corbyn then moved to tighten Reuters. facilities for short-term, temporary relocation assis- colleagues who form the rest of the trio: Labour’s what they call the top-down tyranny of New his control over the party by bringing in new tance, and selective employment opportunities. finance spokesman in parliament, John Labour to return “democracy” to the party. While advisers, endorsing a campaign to get leftists onto Time Has Come McDonnell, and Ken Livingstone, who led the no longer a lawmaker, Livingstone has been local councils and sticking closely to his principles, Livingstone points out that Corbyn has strong Not in Islam’s name now-defunct Greater London Council (GLC) and appointed by Corbyn as the joint head of a com- including an anti-war stance. Some more main- support among party members who now num- Unfortunately, the recent waves of violence and later served as the capital’s mayor. Livingstone mittee reviewing party policy on renewing the stream Labour lawmakers, wary of public opinion, ber more than 380,000, up from about 270,000 in terrorist attacks in many parts of the world have says he has seen it all before, not least when he submarines which carry Britain’s nuclear weapons. became increasingly critical. August and close to the more than 400,000 figure been carried out in the name of Islam. The interna- became GLC leader in 1981. “I am watching what when Blair was elected in 1997. He condemns the tional community must recognize and declare that is happening to Jeremy and it reminds me of what ‘Old School’ ‘Kindly Go” attacks on Corbyn as disloyal and blames a hostile this is not the correct and true spirit of Islam, which I went through in ‘81. I was depicted as a pro-ter- The trio are “old-school” campaigners; Social media has become the forum for often media owned by “corrupt, tax-dodging billion- is a religion of peace. Muslim countries, both leaders rorist, an agent of the Soviet Union,” said the 70- Livingstone describes finding a leaflet while “shuf- vicious spats, and the Labour Party seems at war aires” for demonizing the Labour leader. and citizens, have a greater moral responsibility to year-old, nicknamed “Red Ken” at the time. fling through papers” from 1980 when he and with itself. Following the Paris bloodbath on Nov With control over much of the party’s appara- come forward and condemn these acts of terrorism. “But like me, Jeremy’s not giving in to this and Corbyn were the speakers at a rally intended to 13 claimed by Islamic State, Corbyn questioned tus, the leftists are also trying to boost their wider The entire international community has the obli- he’s not changing his policies because of these help make the GLC socialist. Livingstone admires the “shoot-to-kill” policy of British police in tack- appeal through a group called Momentum. Some lies,” he told Reuters at his terraced house in north- what he calls Corbyn’s honesty, one of the reasons ling such attacks. One lawmaker who criticised his Labour lawmakers say Momentum is “a party gation to condemn terrorist activities carried out in west London. “It is very nasty, but he’s got four- cited by many of the mainly young new Labour comments was told to “get behind the leader or within the party” and portray it as little more than the name of religion and to share the responsibility and-a-half years before the next election to turn members and supporters who backed his leader- kindly go”. It is not an isolated case. Several law- a lynch mob to get rid of moderate parliamentari- of assisting those who are fleeing from countries in this around and I think he will.” Corbyn may not ship campaign. Many also saw him as the only makers said they have had to distance themselves ans. Momentum denies this. Its aim is “to open up which acts of terrorism are rampant. Terrorist groups get that long - rumors of plots to oust him are rife alternative to the party “establishment”. from his stance on the “shoot-to-kill” policy, his the Labour Party to make it more like a social do not uphold the true values of any religion or - but Livingstone and McDonnell are battling to But others, including many of Corbyn’s own opposition to joining air strikes against Islamic movement” developing what one organizer, 28- human-rights principles. Every nation, religion and protect him. lawmakers, see his refusal to compromise on his State in Syria and his statement that if prime min- year-old James Schneider, calls “a more democrat- society must join forces to voice their condemna- The three have worked together since the ear- socialist principles as a problem and do not trust ister he would never use nuclear weapons. This, ic and equal society”. — Reuters tion.

We are the majority The international community - including the media, international and civil-society organizations Climate change and conflict, a perfect storm and general public - cannot let the terrorists distract us from doing the right thing for the right reasons. By Mariette Le Roux ‘Threat Multiplier’ We need to protect the human rights of those who While climate change is not, on its are fleeing from violence and terrorism and are in iolence has cast a long shadow own, a direct cause of conflict, compe- need of protection and attention, both in the short over a climate summit opening tition for dwindling water and land and longer term. Vin Paris today, two weeks after resources can certainly fan flames in Let us also do all we can to address the root caus- 130 people were killed in a coordinat- an already volatile situation, say ana- es of why so many people are being displaced and ed jihadist onslaught on the French lysts. “Climate change is a ‘threat multi- forced to live in less-than-humane conditions in capital. As more than 150 world lead- plier’,” Femia told AFP. “If, in a certain refugee camps around the world. The terrorists are ers prepared to meet under height- place, you introduce climate stress to but small fractions of large, peaceful and peace-lov- ened security, analysts warned of an the kinds of natural resource deficien- ing societies that exist and thrive in many parts of increasingly war-torn future facing cies that can contribute to state failure the world. They should not be allowed to destroy humanity if they fail to limit global or conflict, you increase the likelihood the positive image of any religion or society. We warming. The Paris attacks on of a conflict occurring.” should not let the greater goodness of human November 13 were claimed by the In July, an international team of sci- Islamic State group that has a brutal entists, policy analysts, financial and nature by affected by a terror-perpetrating minority. war in Syria - a conflict rooted in part, military risk experts, cautioned that The International Organization for Immigration experts say, on an historic drought food and water shortages would believes, practices and implements its mandate from 2006 to 2010. boost future conflicts over resources, through its activities to ensure migration and It drove some 1.5 million farmers mass migration and state failure. Even human mobility is managed in a dignified, orderly, and herders off their land and into sophisticated governments may be safe and humane manner. cities and towns like Homs, Palmyra unable to deal with the combination and Damascus. “It’s not a coincidence of pressures, said the report entitled NOTE: Ovais Sarmad is Chief of Staff of the that, immediately prior to the civil war “Climate Change, a Risk Assessment”. International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Syria, the country experienced the “The expansion of ungoverned territo- worst drought on record,” US Secretary ries would in turn increase the risks of Syrian civil defense workers evacuate a woundedman from the scene of a air strike in the of State John Kerry said in Milan last terrorism,” with large numbers of mar- rebel- held city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus yester- month. According to Francesco Femia ginalised and disenfranchised people All articles appearing on these day. Eastern Ghouta is the largest rebel stronghold in Damascus province, and is regularly of The Center for Climate and Security to recruit from, said the report com- targeted by government air strikes. — AFP pages are the personal opinion of in Washington DC, research has piled for policymakers. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no shown the Syrian drought “was made Negotiators from 195 nations will But the projected impacts wors- Earlier this month, Toby Lanzer, ‘Increasing Evidence’ two-to-three times more likely gather in Paris until December 11 to en significantly beyond the two the UN’s humanitarian coordinator “There is increasing evidence ... responsibility for views expressed because of climate change”. Many a craft a pact to stave off worst-case- degree threshold. A recent report by for the Sahel, warned that Europe’s that there may be a statistically- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- report has suggested that water scenario climate change by limiting the Washington-based World migrant crisis will become worse if significant correlation between cli- ers to voice their opinions. Please scarcity, exacerbated by global warm- emissions of climate-altering green- Resources Institute warned that the Paris climate summit fails coun- mate change and conflict,” Femia send submissions via email to: opin- ing, has fuelled deadly conflicts in the house gases. The goal is to limit warm- “high water stress” in Syria and its tries in the drought-stricken Lake said. This was borne out, he said, Middle East and Africa, thus contribut- ing to two degrees Celsius above mid- neighbors “will likely deteriorate in Chad basin. Some 2.5 million people “in places like Kenya, where a [email protected] or via snail ing to the flood of refugees seeking a 19th century levels, when industrial- the coming decades”. “A well-docu- in the region have been displaced changing climate has been linked mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. better life in Europe and elsewhere. scale emissions began. Even a 2 C mented path can connect water by a toxic mix of drought, poverty to conflicts between pastoralists The editor reserves the right to edit Experts warn the situation is likely to increase will mean a land-gobbling scarcity to food insecurity, social and conflict. An estimated 850,000 and farmers, and in Syria, where a worsen as climate conditions become sea level rise, longer and more fre- instability and potentially violent migrants have entered the European mass internal displacement of any submission as necessary. more hostile to human survival - and quent droughts, and increasingly conflict,” it said, adding that “climate Union so far this year, mainly from people may be connected to polit- people become more desperate. acute water shortages, scientists say. change amplifies scarcity worries.” the Middle East and North Africa. ical turmoil.” — AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS

Niang’s double worth F1 tightens rules on Shonan Pandora in the wait for Milan technical co-operation shock Japan Cup win MILAN: AC Milan forward M’Baye Niang said that he’d been waiting a long time to ABU DHABI: Formula One stewards moved yesterday to tighten up the rules on technical co-operation between teams with immediate TOKYO: Long-shot Shonan Pandora stunned favourite Lovely Day to win make an impact in Serie A after finally scoring his first league goals for the the Japan Cup by a nose yesterday, keeping the trophy out of the hands of Rossoneri on Saturday, three years after signing for the club. The 20- effect in a decision that calmed talk of a looming ‘arms race’ in the sport. In a statement issued at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand foreigners for a 10th successive year. The four-year-old 9/1 bet year-old, who has suffered a number of injuries and gone away on produced an electrifying finish in the home straight to loan twice since signing from Caen, struck twice in a 4-1 win over Prix, in response to questions posed by champions Mercedes, they also made clear that Ferrari would face no consequences for their beat Last Impact and Lovely Day and become the Sampdoria on Saturday. Niang had made 35 Serie A appearances seventh filly to win Japan’s richest race, run over for Milan without finding the net before Saturday, and his only pre- work this year with the new US-based Haas team. “No retrospectivi- ty shall apply,” they said in a detailed document. The stewards said 2,400 metres on turf in Tokyo. Shonan Pandora and vious goal for the club came in the Italian Cup almost three years Last Impact are both offspring of the beloved Japanese ago. He began to make up for lost time in eye-catching fashion they would recommend to the governing FIA that any future ‘poten- tial competitor’ be bound by the rules once their application to horse Deep Impact, a triple crown winner and winner of against Sampdoria, first setting up Giacomo the Japan Cup in 2006. Not since Frankie Bonaventura for Milan’s opener in the 16th minute and enter the championship had been accepted rather than at the moment of official entry. The championship entry list, for the season Dettori rode the British-trained Alkaased then scoring from the penalty spot in the 38th after to victory in 2005 has a foreign horse being brought down by Lorenzo De Silvestri. The attacker that starts next March, will be published in December but Haas’s application was accepted long ago. Haas, who will use Ferrari power won the cup, which has a total purse of added a third four minutes after the break, before being substi- around $5.2 million. “The horse was in tuted to a standing ovation in the 74th minute. “I am very happy, units and whatever parts and components the regulations allow, are due to make their debut next season. Ferrari, who failed to win a fantastic shape so I just tried to give it as I’d been waiting a long time for a night like this,” Niang said to everything in the saddle,” victorious jockey Mediaset Premium after the match. “All the hard work paid off and I race in 2014, have made significant progress this season and have emerged as the closest rivals to Mercedes. Kenichi Ikezoe told reporters after completing hope to continue like this. “I like to play as a centre-forward. victory in two minutes, 24.7 seconds. —AFP

Kenny Belaey’s bike tour of Kuwait concludes

KUWAIT: Red Bull’s Trial Biker Kenny Belaey from Belgium show people what you can do with a bike and how you can Championship titles. After seeing the tricks audiences are nel, is starring in global commercials and likes making concluded his tour in Kuwait by performing several shows enjoy your ride. Said World Champion Kenny Belaey” left wondering how he manages to move on a bicycle in YouTube videos, showcasing his all-round style combining starting at Kuwait University Shuwaikh followed by a show Since his first junior outing in 1992, at the age of nine, the way that he does. From road to the street to walls, competition and freestyle moves in one. at the American University of Kuwait and concluded at the Red Bull athlete has produce an awesome list of buildings and rails, the city holds no limits for a trial rider. Since June 2014, Kenny has also become an ambassa- Marina Crescent with four shows in two days. achievement including two Cadet World Championships, Beside training hard every day, he’s also a true ambassa- dor for the prestigious Laureus foundation, a charity based “Kuwait is a nice country and people here are really two Junior World Championships, a Junior European dor for trials by traveling the world with his show, seating platform spreading the message ‘Sport for Good’, which friendly. There was a great atmosphere and energy at all Championship, four Elite World Championships, an incredi- the UCI commission, producing his own TV show called once a year organizes the Oscars of the Sport, The Laureus the shows and people were really enjoying it. I am here to ble six Elite World Cups, and three Elite European Kenny Belaey’s BIGtime aired on the Extreme sports chan- awards. No regrets on exposing doping: Whistleblowers

LONDON: The husband and wife who blew you can be more human. manage to get this thing going. the whistle on doping in Russian athletics “Because if this year has proved anything, “I felt very alone but right now it seems say they have no regrets about speaking up it is that sports are run by the wrong people.” the whole athletics world is discussing what I and exposing cheats despite being accused The Stepanovas first took on the role of have been talking about for the past five of betraying their own country. Yulia whistleblowers last year when they featured years. I keep thinking about this. This hap- Stepanova, an international runner who was as witnesses in a television documentary pened to me. This happened to Yuliya. This is herself suspended for doping offences, and that alleged widespread corruption and our life. This is our story. A true story. I’ve told her husband Vitaly, a former Russian anti- drug-taking in Russian athletics. it as it is. People should know the true story.” doping agency official, secretly recorded Vitaly said he believed Russia should be Russian coaches and athletes over almost Complicated world banned from competing at next year’s Rio two years describing how they used per- The pair had been in hiding since but Olympics because of its doping record but formance-enhancing drugs. agreed to be interviewed by the Sunday doubted that would ever happen. “Sports Their evidence formed a major part of an Times. In the interview, the pair said their officials and politicians in Russia did a lot investigation that led to Russian athletes actions had been vindicated by the World worse than what athletes were doing, so I being suspended from international compe- Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent think fair punishment for Russian Athletics tition this month, but came at a high person- Commission’s (IC) report into allegations of would be four years. Learn from your mis- al cost. Both have been heavily criticised in widespread doping in Russian athletics. “I take, change and come back in four years. their homeland and have spent the past year knew that I was right, I didn’t need the report See you in Tokyo,” he said. “(But) I estimate living abroad but say the sacrifice was worth to tell me that,” Vitaly told the Sunday Times. there is a one per cent chance of Russia not it. “In the sense that I believed in something “It did make me feel that a naive person can being at the Olympics. For this to happen, that I thought was right, and I tried,” Vitaly make a difference in this complicated world. the International Olympic Committee would told the Sunday Times newspaper in Britain. I was a spy without a cover, and everyone have to change and that’s not going to hap- “You can have fake values, animal instincts or was looking at me as an idiot, but I could still pen in the next six months.” — Reuters Yulia Stepanova MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS Manziel’s benching costs him chance to shine tonight CLEVELAND: Johnny Manziel has only a tough sell anyway. At least Manziel Cleveland’s performance over the last six thinking his last shot at being an NFL anteed them an annual spot in the show- himself to blame. This was going to be his would have provided a sexy subplot to an games, Pettine insisted his decision to sit starter might be over. But the 36-year-old case. This is their first appearance in seven big night, the main attraction under the otherwise nondescript matchup. Manziel and return Josh McCown to the is back behind center and eager for a sec- years, and Cleveland players are relishing bright lights. This was his chance to show Not anymore, and Manziel might be starting lineup had nothing to do with his ond shot at the Ravens, whom he it. “It’s pretty cool,” said guard Joel Bitonio. how much he’s progressed, thrill his fans inactive as the Browns (2-8) begin a six- job security or any issue with Manziel. scorched for a franchise record 457 yards “I wish we were doing a little better right with those ad-libbed Johnny Football game stretch which could determine “We want what is best for him,” Pettine when the teams played on Oct. 11. The now. A lot of the guys in the NFL, your moves and prove he’s more than hype. whether their offseason will bring more said. “There is no personal rift between he consummate teammate, McCown didn’t peers, watch. It will be cool to get out This was going to be Manziel’s com- change. and I. There is nobody that is going to be revel in being back atop the depth chart there as a team and try to do as much as ing-out party - on Monday Night Football. Manziel’s swift descent has been a dis- more proud when he does turn the cor- at Manziel’s expense. “You never want to we can to prove that the Browns are try- He celebrated a little too early. Manziel’s traction the Browns could ill afford. The ner and he is a success. I don’t think any- regain a job this way,” he said. “You have ing to save their season a little bit.” demotion from starter to third stringer - 22-year-old took a major step forward in one will be more proud than I am. to serve your team and do the job that without playing a game - after a video his comeback with a 372-yard passing Sometimes when you are a parent, you the coaches ask you to do.” SCHAUB’S TURN and photos of him partying in a Texas performance on Nov. 15 in Pittsburgh and know that the concept of tough love is Flacco’s knee injury pushes Matt club during Cleveland’s bye week has was promoted to starter only to throw it usually the best. This is taking a step back CLOSE CALLS Schaub into the starting lineup. The veter- stolen much of the luster from the all away with another poor off-field deci- to hopefully to take several forward.” Baltimore’s seven defeats have come an signed with Baltimore in March and is Browns’ matchup against the Baltimore sion. The major misstep left Browns coach Here are five other things to keep any by 32 points, and the Ravens are the first savoring the chance to show he can still Ravens, which was already going to strug- Mike Pettine with little choice but to eye on as the Browns play on Monday team in history to have its first 10 games perform. “Whether you’ve played two gle for interest and TV ratings. bench Manziel, who had promised the night for the first time since losing 16-0 to decided by eight points or fewer. years, 12 years, 18, you have to prove Two bad teams, both riddled by key coaching staff he would behave himself the Ravens in 2009: every day that you still can do it and you injuries - Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is during the team’s break, failed to keep his MONDAY, MONDAY can play at a high level and compete,” he done for the season - and out of the play- word and is back to square one. FRESH START The Browns played in the first Monday said. “That has been my approach each off conversation were going to make this Although his future could rest on McCown left during the bye week night game in 1970, but that hasn’t guar- and every day.” — AP Jones holds off Spieth to win Australian Ope

SYDNEY: Matt Jones held off world num- last year, a final round that had given the ber one Jordan Spieth and a charging Adam American high hopes he could overhaul Scott on his home course to win the 100th Jones’s overnight lead. edition of the Australian Open by a stroke The 35-year-old Australian dropped after a dramatic final round yesterday. three shots by going bogey-double bogey Leading by three shots overnight, Jones on the first two holes but Spieth also gave his pursuers every chance with a dou- bogeyed them as the final group dropped ble and triple bogey on the front nine, but back towards the pack. four birdies in a two-over-par 73 proved Jones recovered with birdies at the enough for victory on eight-under-par at fourth and sixth but a calamitous triple the Australian Golf Club. bogey at the ninth after hitting the trees “That was very stressful, it wasn’t com- and plunging into the water saw him drop fortable out there for me,” an emotional to six-under, level with clubhouse leader Jones said after receiving the Stonehaven Pampling. Spieth drained an eight-foot Cup for the first time. downhill putt on the 11th to also move to “I’ve watched the Australian Open for six-under and Scott, ahead on the 14th, many years and just to have my name on joined him to make it a four-way tie for the that trophy is something I’ll never forget.” lead. The American’s parity was short-lived Defending champion Spieth had a 15- and another visit to the greenside sand saw foot eagle putt at the last to force a playoff him bogey the 12th just before Jones bril- but sent his ball wide of the hole and had to liantly chipped in from a bunker to save par. settle for a 71, giving him a share of second Jones, who won first U.S. PGA title in place with Scott. Houston last year, inched ahead on seven- “I thought that it would all be there under with his third birdie at the par-five today and I just didn’t start out strong 14th, which Spieth matched to rejoin enough,” said the U.S. Open and Masters Pampling and Scott in second place. champion. Another fine approach shot to the 18th, “It’s frustrating to only shoot even par which he eagled on Saturday to keep his when I feel like my game was certainly title hopes alive, saw Scott birdie the last to ready to shoot a three, four, five under move back to the top of the leaderboard round.” Former world number one Scott, still with Jones. Jones picked up another shot DUSSELDORF: British Tyson Fury celebrates after the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO title bout against Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion seeking his first title of the year, had surged on the 16th, however, and managed to hold Wladimir Klitschko in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Saturday. Fury won the fight after 12 Rounds of Boxing. — AFP up the leaderboard with a seven-birdie 65 his nerve despite finding the trees on the to move to seven-under on another blus- 17th to clinch the trophy with a short par tery day in Sydney. putt on the final green. The Sydneysider’s Fury beats Klitschko to become His compatriot Rod Pampling had earlier victory also earned him a place at next sunk a 60-foot eagle putt on the 18th green year’s British Open along with Pampling for a remarkable course record 10-under 61, and Nick Cullen (68), who shared fifth with new world heavyweight champion which was only good enough for fourth on Lincoln Tighe (72) on three-under but six-under. Pampling’s stunning score bet- clinched the spot at Royal Troon courtesy of DUESSELDORF: Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir 55,000-seat soccer stadium in Duesseldorf. when the younger Klitschko wrapped the gloves tered the 63 Spieth carded to win the title his higher ranking. — Reuters Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday to without any of them present. That spat was end the Ukrainian’s 9-1/2-year reign as heavy- Speed missing resolved when he agreed to re-wrap. weight champion and fulfill his father’s prophesy Klitschko (64-4, 53 KO), contesting his 28th Bait from the day he was born. title fight, was cautious until attempting a recov- Fury was itching to go from the start, and he Born three months early and weighing just ery in the final rounds, but suffered his first ran into the first round to put Klitschko off kilter. one pound (.45 kg), Fury wasn’t given much defeat since April 2004. The Briton also goaded Klitschko during and chance to live, but John Fury told doctors it was “The speed was missing. Reach played a big after the round. Fury then landed a big right on his destiny to live and become heavyweight role. I tried but it didn’t work,” said Klitschko, who Klitschko in the fifth, when he opened a small champion of the world. He named the second of at 1.98-meters (6-foot-6), was in the unusual cut under his right eye, and taunted him again. his six sons Tyson, after Mike Tyson. position of facing someone taller. Fury, who The Briton’s intensity seemed to drop as Twenty-seven years later, the 2.09-meter (6- weighed in at 112 kilograms (247 pounds) also Klitschko improved, but still he needled him in foot-9) Tyson Fury, who is of Irish-Gypsy heritage had half-kilo (1.1 pound) weight advantage. the seventh, when he urged Klitschko to “come and comes from a bloodline of bare-knuckle “I saw my face in the mirror and it didn’t look on” and baited him with his hands behind his champions on both sides of his family, finally so nice. But that’s boxing,” Klitschko said. back, prompting more jeers. lived up to his name. Klitschko, the premier heavyweight of his era, Klitschko replied to an uppercut in the ninth “It’s something I’ve been working on for my relinquished the IBF belt he had held since 2006, with a big right of his own before Fury was whole life,” Fury said. “I’m bred to be a fighter.” the WBO title he’d owned since 2008, and the warned for punching the back of his head. But After a bruising encounter that ended with WBA crown he’d had since 2011. then he had Klitschko in trouble in the corner. cuts near both of Klitschko’s eyes, referee Tony The other major belt, the WBC title, was held Klitschko needed a response, and sought it in Weeks went to the judges’ scorecards. by Deontay Wilder of the US That was vacated in the 10th, by which time there was blood coming Cesar Ramos and Raul Caiz Sr. scored it 115- 2013 by Klitschko’s older brother Vitali, the cur- from his left eye, too. 112 each, while Ramon Cerdan had it 116-111 in rent mayor of Kiev, Ukraine. Fury had a point deducted for hitting behind favor of the undefeated Briton (25-0, 18 KO). The buildup to the fight had seen Fury dress- the head in the 11th and both fighters gave their Fury took Klitschko’s WBA, IBF, and WBO ing as Batman and serenading and insulting all in a furious final round before raising their heavyweight belts, as well as the minor IBO title, Klitschko, and even complimenting him on his arms in celebration. The Fury camp’s celebra- and attention turned immediately to a potential scent. “I’ve said some stupid things,” an emotion- tions seemed more sincere. rematch. “We have a rematch clause in the con- al Fury said of his pre-fight talk and antics. “I am perhaps the sixth or seventh British tract,” Klitschko promoter Bernd Boente said. “Wladimir, you’re a great champion and heavyweight champion of the world and I “I’m a fighter so I will take on all challengers,” thanks for having me. It was all fun and games in believe I am the first Irish heavyweight champi- SYDNEY: Matthew Jones of Australia poses for photographers as he holds the Stone Fury said. “I came here tonight, took the world the buildup.” Earlier Saturday, Fury threatened to on of the world, so big that up,” said Fury, who Haven Cup after winning the Australian Open golf tournament in Sydney yesterday. — AP title. Whatever happens next is a blessing. The call off the bout unless an issue with the canvas also revealed that his wife, Paris, is expecting interest in the next fight will be huge.” being too soft was resolved. their third child. Fury, 12 years younger than the 39-year-old There were also issues over gloves and glove- “I got the news yesterday that we were preg- Klitschko, taunted and baited the champion at wrapping. Vitali Klitschko oversaw Fury’s glove- nant. We were trying for two years so this is obvi- Briton DeGale beats various stages, prompting jeers from fans at the wrapping, but the Fury camp was incensed ously the icing on the cake,” Fury said. — AP Bute to defend title Rosberg ends F1 season on a hat-trick high

LOS ANGELES: Former olympic gold medalist throughout, but he also earned some respect ABU DHABI: Nico Rosberg wrapped up the Formula James DeGale successfully defended his IBF for a display of sportsmanship-which is rare in One season on a winning high in Abu Dhabi yesterday super middleweight title for the first time boxing-in the 11th round when he stepped with team mate and triple world champion Lewis Saturday with a unanimous decision over back and stop throwing punches to allow Hamilton second in a record 12th one-two finish of Canada’s Lucian Bute. DeGale’s defense came DeGale to retrieve his mouthguard which had the year for dominant Mercedes. The German’s third win in a row, from a sixth successive pole position, just hours after Tyson Fury became the 11th popped out. dashed Hamilton’s hopes of a 44th career victory in Briton to hold a current world title by upset- car 44 on the 44th anniversary of the founding of the ting long-standing WBA, IBF and WBO cham- Confidence is high United Arab Emirates. The Briton, who clinched the pion Wladimir Klitschko in a 12-round heavy- Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) was seeking to reclaim title in Texas last month with three races to spare, fin- weight fight in Germany. the 168-pound title he lost to Carl Froch by ished 8.2 seconds behind after an attempt at a differ- DeGale, who is the only British boxer to knockout in May 2012. “I did my best. It was ent strategy failed to produce the desired result. have won an Olympic gold medal and a world close,” said Bute. “He is the Olympic and world The win was the 16th in 19 races for Mercedes. title, said British fighters are on a roll. “Great champion so if the judges give him decision “Austin (in Texas) was a tough weekend and since then Britain we are flying. We got 11 world champi- then I respect that.” I’ve just come back a lot stronger,” said Rosberg from ons so we are definitely flying,” said DeGale, The Romanian-born Bute, who lost by the podium after spraying the sparkling rosewater who beat Andre Dirrell to win the title in May. scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111, said used instead of the usual champagne. DeGale, 29, warned before Saturday’s fight he was too passive in some rounds. “In a few “I’m excited about how the end of the season went in Quebec City that he would come out rounds I waited too much and didn’t put the and next year-it can come any moment, it could start swinging and that is exactly what he did at punches together. When I put on pressure tomorrow if it were up to me, no problem. I don’t need the opening bell. He hit Bute with everything and pushed back then I won the rounds.” any holidays.” Hamilton had asked over the team radio ABU DHABI: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates on the he had, but the 35-year-old former champion DeGale, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, with 15 laps to go whether he could go to the end podium at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi yesterday after the Abu Dhabi Formula One weathered the early assault and made it a very said his confidence is sky high and he is look- having made only one pitstop to Rosberg’s two but Grand Prix. — AFP entertaining slugfest. ing forward to defending his crown and was left in no doubt that such a move would not First hat-trick Mexican Sergio Perez finished fifth, with Australian DeGale was cut over the left eye by an acci- adding more titles over the next few years. “I work. He then pitted on the next lap, any hopes of a Rosberg’s win was his sixth of the season, 14th of Daniel Ricciardo sixth for Red Bull and splitting the Force wheel-to-wheel battle over the final laps effectively dental head butt in the fifth round, and was am young, I am fresh and I am peaking now,” his career, and a hat-trick first for the German who had India cars with Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg seventh. disappearing into the night as he did so. “In hindsight, never before managed to win three races in a row. Brazilian Felipe Massa took eighth place for Williams, given a warning by the referee in the ninth for said DeGale, who improved to 22-1 with 14 once Nico had pitted I probably would have backed illegal use of his shoulders. knockouts. “In the next three or four years I am Hamilton ended the championship with 10 victories, ahead of Frenchman Romain Grosjean in ninth in his off a little bit and gone a bit longer...As that didn’t one fewer than in 2014, but he took more poles and final race for Lotus before moving to 2016 newcomers With blood flowing from the cut, DeGale going to be at my best.” work out, the stop, going too long was probably not went toe-to-toe with Bute in the 12th and DeGale is hoping this win lands him a shot fastest laps than anyone else. Haas. Russian Daniil Kvyat secured the final point for the right thing to do, but we gave it a try,” he said. “It’s always tough to race Lewis, he’s doing an awe- Red Bull. Rosberg, who made a clean start and was nev- final round as the crowd stood and roared at next April at a unification fight against WBC Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen took third place ahead of some job,” said Rosberg. “So it’s an even better feeling er threatened, was only the second driver to win the the recently-opened Centre Videotron arena. super middleweight champ Badou Jack. “Let’s team mate Sebastian Vettel, who started 15th, for only to win. It’s a great battle internally all the time, that’s day-to-night floodlit race from pole position since Abu Bute had the home crowd on his side do it. Let’s unify the title,” he said. — AFP the Finn’s third podium appearance of the season. what I race for and I look forward to more next year.” Dhabi first appeared on the calendar in 2009. —Reuters MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS Gaborik’s goals rally Kings to 3-2 win over Blackhawks

LOS ANGELES: Marian Gaborik scored the tying Nilsson stopped David Perron and Sidney goal with 5:55 left in regulation and added his Crosby. Leon Draisaitl and Lauri Korpikoski fifth of the season 2:04 into overtime, lifting the scored in the first period for the Oilers, who end- Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the ed a five-game road losing streak and three- Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Chicago game skid overall. After Edmonton led 2-0, right wing Patrick Kane broke an NHL record for Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin scored his 10th and American-born players with a point in his 19th 11th goals early in the second. The Penguins consecutive game, scoring on a power play and dropped their second straight and third in four assisting on Niklas Hjalmarsson’s first goal of the games overall. season. But the Blackhawks, who beat Anaheim 3-2 in overtime on Friday night after trailing 2-0 SABRES 4, PREDATORS 1 with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, blew a Sam Reinhart scored twice to send Buffalo to 2-0 third-period lead against the Kings. It was the its second straight win. Jamie McGinn and Ryan Stanley Cup champions’ first loss since the start O’Reilly also scored for the Sabres, and Chad of last season when leading after two periods. Johnson made 28 saves. Mike Fisher had Gaborik got the equalizer with a short wrist shot Nashville’s only goal. The Predators have from the slot after defenseman Brent Seabrook dropped five of their last six. Nashville goal- overskated the puck while trying to carry it out tender Juuse Saros made 20 saves in his NHL of his own end and lost it to Anze Kopitar. His debut. second game-winner of the season came on a shot that beat Scott Darling low to the stick side. ISLANDERS 3, LIGHTNING 2 John Tavares scored a tiebreaking power- STARS 4, WILD 3, OT play goal in the third period, leading the Tyler Seguin scored at 3:57 of overtime, and Islanders to the road win. Tavares put the the Stars came back from a three-goal deficit to Islanders ahead during a goalmouth scramble get the win. Alex Goligoski, Jamie Benn and John with 3:36 left. New York scored twice on the pow- Klingberg scored for Dallas in the third period. er play after entering with just two on the road Seguin, Benn and Klingberg each had one assist, this season. Josh Bailey and Cal Clutterbuck also and Cody Eakin had two assists. Antti Niemi scored for New York, which was coming off a 3-2 made 23 saves as the Stars won for the fifth time loss Friday night at Florida, a game that the in six games. Jason Pominville ended the longest Panthers won in a five-round shootout. Alex goalless streak of his career with his first goal of Killorn and Anton Stralman scored for the the season, and Thomas Vanek and Charlie Coyle Lightning. Steven Stamkos had two assists. also scored for the Wild. Minnesota lost for the fifth time in six games. Darcy Kuemper made 40 SHARKS 5, FLAMES 2 saves for Minnesota. San Jose’s Joel Ward and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals 50 seconds apart in the CAPITALS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2 second period. Tommy Wingels, Tomas Hertl and Jason Chimera had a goal and an assist, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored, and the Sharks Washington earned its fifth straight victory. Tom won at home for the first time in over three Wilson, Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams weeks. They had lost five of their previous six at also scored for the Capitals, who improved to 7- home. Markus Granlund and Micheal Ferland 2-0 on the road and 17-5-1 overall. Braden scored for the Flames. Calgary dropped all three Holtby made 32 saves. It was the third straight games of its western trip. It won all three games loss for last-place Toronto. Peter Holland and Leo it played in San Jose last season. Martin Jones GHENT: (From L) Britain’s Jamie Murray, Britain’s James Ward, Britain’s captain Leon Smith, Britain’s Andy Murray and Britain’s Kyle Edmund Komarov scored for the Maple Leafs, and stopped 25 shots for the Sharks, and Jonas Hiller pose with the trophy after winning the Davis Cup tennis final against Belgium at Flanders Expo in Ghent yesterday. Britain won the Davis Cup Jonathan Bernier made 19 saves in his first start had 24 saves for the Flames. for the first time in 79 years in Ghent on Sunday when Andy Murray defeated David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, in the first of the reverse singles for an in nearly two weeks - starter James Reimer sat unbeatable 3-1 lead over Belgium. — AFP with a lower-body injury. COYOTES 4, SENATORS 3 Mikkel Boedker had his second hat trick DEVILS 3, CANADIENS 2, OT against Ottawa this season, and the Coyotes Long wait over as Murray Defenseman John Moore scored in overtime, ended the Senators’ four-game winning streak. and the Devils rallied for the road win. Patrik Elias Boedker’s three-goal performance follows the and Kyle Palmieri also scored for New Jersey (12- hat trick he had in Ottawa on Oct. 24. He has 9-2). In his first career game at the Bell Centre, three career hat tricks overall. Dustin Jeffrey, wins Davis Cup for Britain Corey Schneider stopped 29 shots. Alex recalled from Springfield of the American Galchenyuk scored twice for Montreal (18-4-3). Hockey League on Tuesday, knocked it past Mike Condon made 28 saves while subbing for goalie Mike Anderson on a second-period break- GHENT: Britain won the Davis Cup for the first this weekend. I will try to do that in Australia. “I out to be the key to the final. Murray held serve injured starter Carey Price. New Jersey bounced away for the other Arizona goal. Mike Hoffman time in 79 years in Ghent yesterday when Andy will enjoy this one.” Murray’s mother and mentor with ease, while Goffin hung on grimly. back nicely from Friday’s 3-2 loss to Montreal, scored two goals, one on a power play, for the Murray defeated David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the early in his career, Judy, who saw her two sons when the Canadiens rallied from two goals down Senators. first of the reverse singles to take an unbeatable supply all three British points in Ghent, tweeted: Superb lob to beat the Devils in a shootout in the first game 3-1 lead over Belgium. “mission accomplished”. “It is amazing, as good a The Belgian somehow moved out into a 5-4 of their home-and-home series. After Palmieri FLYERS 3, RANGERS 0 It was a fitting climax for the 28-year-old Scot feeling as I could imagine,” said British team cap- lead and with the decibel level rising again as tied it with 22 seconds remaining in the third Wayne Simmonds had two goals and an to provide the winning point, having won all 11 tain Leon Smith, who has overseen his country’s the crowd scented blood, Murray needed to period, Moore beat Condon on a breakaway at assist, and Steve Mason made 24 saves for the rubbers he played in during the campaign as the revival from the depths of the Davis Cup third serve to stay in the set. 2:29 of overtime. Flyers’ fourth shutout this season. Sean Couturier British defeated heavyweights United States, tier to cup glory in the space of five years. “Andy But he did that with some ease and then in also scored for Philadelphia, which has won two France and Australia before the clincher against has shown himself to be an absolute superstar. the next game, the Scot stepped up the pressure BLUES 3, BLUE JACKETS 1 straight. It was the Flyers’ first win at Madison Belgium. He will be the first to say it is a team thing, but once again and got the break he needed as Scottie Upshall scored in the third period to Square Garden since Feb. 20, 2011. Following a The win over Goffin made him just the third what he has done is astonishing. I am proud of Goffin netted a forehand drive. lead St. Louis to the win. Vladimir Tarasenko strong start to the season, New York has dropped player, after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander, to everyone.” Goffin had only once in his career come back scored his 14th goal for the Blues (15-6-3), who three in a row. Antti Raanta made 31 saves for win all eight singles in the same calendar year The match-up of the two national number to win after losing the first two sets of a match were 3-3-2 over their last eight games. Alexander the Rangers. since the Davis Cup World Group started in 1981. ones came after both had won their opening and that was in Friday’s opening rubber against Steen added an empty-netter, and Jake Allen And it underpinned Murray’s place in tennis his- singles on Friday and Murray had teamed up Kyle Edmund. But against a player of Murray’s made 23 saves. Ryan Johansen scored and Sergei AVALANCHE 5, JETS 3 Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene each tory following his headline-making wins in the with brother Jamie the following day to defeat calibre and fitness it was a huge ask. Goffin, (10-15-0), who had won three of four and six of had a goal and two assists in a rare home win for 2012 US Open and Olympics, and at Wimbledon Goffin and Steve Darcis in the doubles.It was do though, had not given up the cause and he their last eight. Upshall put the Blues ahead with Colorado. Blake Comeau, Carl Soderberg and the following year. or die for Goffin and Belgium against the world raised home hopes with his first break of serve in 13:58 remaining on a wrist shot from the edge of Chris Wagner also scored for the Avalanche, who He is only the third player to win Wimbledon, number two who had yet to drop a single set the second game of the second set. the left circle. The goal, assisted by David Backes, improved to 3-6-1 at Pepsi Center this season. The Olympic singles gold and the Davis Cup in the against the 16th ranked Belgian in previous But the revival was short-lived as Murray was the fourth of the season for Upshall. third home win was in jeopardy after the Jets ral- Open era after Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi “I games. But it was a tense and edgy start from broke back immediately and three games later lied from a three-goal deficit to get within one on never thought we would have the opportunity both players in front of a raucous 13,000 capaci- the Scot supplied the ‘coup de grace’ with a OILERS 3, PENGUINS 2, SO Jacob Trouba’s goal midway through the third to do this and I can’t believe we have done it. ty crowd at the Flanders Expo centre where a break to love to lead 4-3. He only had to serve Matt Hendricks and Jordan Eberle scored in a period. The Jets pulled goalie Michael Hutchinson Everyone who has played has played an unbe- claycourt had been laid down in an effort to out twice to end the long wait for Britain but he shootout, powering Edmonton to its first win at for an extra skater with 1:10 left, but Trouba was lievably high level,” Murray said courtside imme- blunt Murray’s firepower. only needed to do that once as again he cap- Pittsburgh since Jan. 10, 2006. Hendricks deked sent off for tripping. Hutchinson went off again diately after his triumph. It was the world number two, though, who tured the Goffin serve, finishing the final with a around Penguins goaltender Jeff Zatkoff to start and Duchene scored into the empty net. Blake “We have to enjoy this because we may never landed the first blow, breaking the Goffin serve superb lob with Goffin stranded at the net. the shootout, and then Eberle put a quick shot Wheeler and Andrew Ladd also scored for the get the opportunity again. “The Australian Open to love in the sixth game and that proved Murray was immediately engulfed by his team- between Zatkoff’s legs. Oilers goaltender Anders Jets. Hutchinson had 20 saves. — AP is next. I have lost in the final four times. I need enough for him to take the set 6-3 in 48 minutes mates off the British bench as the celebrations to learn a few things about how I have handled on his fourth set point. The second set turned began. — AFP Sharpshooter Khalil bags Asian player of the year

GURGAON: UAE sharpshooter Ahmed Khalil stunned compatriot Omar Abdulrahman and China’s Zheng Zhi yesterday as he was named Asian player of the year at a glittering ceremony in India. The 24-year-old former youth player of the year could hardly believe his good fortune when his name emerged from the envelope at the Bollywood-themed show in Gurgaon, near New Delhi. Much of the smart money had been on 2013 winner Zheng, after he led Guangzhou Evergrande to their second AFC Champions League title in three years against Khalil’s Al Ahli last week. But instead it was Khalil who accepted LOS ANGELES: Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews, left, tries to score on Los the trophy from Asian football boss and FIFA Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick during the third period of an NHL hockey presidential hopeful Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim game, Saturday, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 3-2. — AP Al Khalifa in front of hundreds of delegates. “My feeling is something I cannot explain... this award means a lot to me. This achievement NHL Results/Standings is not for Ahmed, it’s for all the people in the Emirates,” Khalil told reporters. “In the end there Philadelphia 3, NY Rangers 0; Washington 4, Toronto 2; New Jersey 3, Montreal 2 (OT); can only be one winner. Maybe this year I gave NY Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 2; Edmonton 3, Pittsburgh 2 (SO); St. Louis 3, Columbus 1; my 100 percent in all matches. Honestly I did not Buffalo 4, Nashville 1; Dallas 4, Minnesota 3 (OT); Colorado 5, Winnipeg 3; Arizona 4, expect to win this award-God has helped me Ottawa 3; San Jose 5, Calgary 2; Los Angeles 3, Chicago 2 (OT). win this award,” he added. Khalil’s award is richly deserved after his goals Western Conference Ottawa 12 6 5 76 68 29 fired UAE to third place at the Asian Cup in Central Division Boston 13 8 1 73 64 27 January and also took Al Ahli to the brink of the WL OTLGFGAPTS Detroit 12 8 3 55 58 27 AFC Champions League title. He has also scored Dallas 19 5 0 85 62 38 Tampa Bay 11 11 3 59 58 25 10 times in the UAE’s 2018 World Cup qualifying NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirate’s Ahmed Khalil, stands after receiving the player of the year St. Louis 15 6 3 65 58 33 Florida 9 9 4 58 58 22 campaign, raising hopes of a second appearance award during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) annual awards in New Delhi, India, Chicago 13 8 3 67 62 29 Buffalo 10 12 2 54 62 22 at the tournament after Italy 1990. yesterday. —AP Nashville 12 7 4 59 60 28 Minnesota 11 7 4 63 61 26 Toronto 7 11 5 53 66 19 Evergrande and China captain Zheng his second South Korean forward Son Heung-Min was named European move Winnipeg 11 12 2 67 80 24 Metropolitan Division Asian player of the year award, and also means international player of the year and Evergrande’s Khalil’s victory comes just a week after emo- Colorado 9 13 1 68 70 19 Washington 17 5 1 75 51 35 disappointment for Abdulrahman, known as Brazilian striker Ricardo Goulart won foreign play- tional scenes when he was substituted due to Pacific Division NY Rangers 16 6 2 70 50 34 “Amoory”. The mop-topped playmaker dazzled er of the year. fatigue during Al Ahli’s decisive 1-0 defeat to Los Angeles 14 8 1 58 50 29 Pittsburgh 13 8 2 52 54 28 with his performances at the Asian Cup but Under Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Evergrande in the second leg of the Champions San Jose 14 9 0 66 58 28 Khalid’s performances in the AFC Champions rules, only footballers who attend the awards NY Islanders 12 8 4 67 59 28 League final. He said he would stay loyal to UAE Arizona 13 9 1 65 65 27 League helped tip the balance in his favour. show are entitled to receive the main prize of New Jersey 12 9 2 56 57 26 outfit Al Ahli in the immediate future, despite a Vancouver 9 8 7 69 65 25 Among other awards, Ange Postecoglou was Asian player of the year. Arguably the biggest win- Philadelphia 9 10 5 45 65 23 burning ambition to make the lucrative and Anaheim 8 11 5 47 65 21 named coach of the year after guiding Australia to ners were Japan, who won seven awards in total Carolina 8 11 4 47 66 20 prestigious move to Europe. Calgary 8 14 2 56 87 18 the Asian Cup title in January, and the Socceroos including best women’s team for their Nadeshiko Columbus 10 15 0 60 76 20 “Every player wants to play in Europe. I have Edmonton 8 14 2 62 74 18 also won best men’s team. “It’s been a great year national outfit, who finished runners-up at World goals that I have set for the future. My ambition Eastern Conference Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one for Australian football,” Postecoglou said. “I guess Cup in Canada. And there was some consolation is to play with a European club (but) I have a Atlantic Division point in the standings and are not included this award is not just for me but everyone who for Zheng when Evergrande were named club of contract with my club and I will continue to play Montreal 18 4 3 88 56 39 in the loss column (L) works really hard, and not just the national team the year, after winning their fifth straight domestic for them,” he said. Khalid’s success denies but the whole organisation.” Tottenham Hotspur’s title as well as the Champions League. — AFP SPORTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 Skippers praise day-night Test as success ADELAIDE: The world’s first day-night Test time since 1993 that an Adelaide Test match think we’ll see that pitches won’t have quite match was a great success, rival skippers had not produced a single individual centu- as much grass on it,” he said. Steve Smith and Brendon McCullum agreed ry. It was the first three-day Test match at “Overall, it’s a roaring success — 120,000 yesterday, after the match at the Adelaide the famous ground in 64 years-since the people turning up over three days. People JALANDHAR: An Indian Oval lived up to its much-hyped billing. West Indies beat Australia by six wickets. are voting with their feet. I think it’s here to cricket ball maker Thirty-seven wickets tumbled in three “The whole Test match was a great inno- stay, which is great.” “It definitely brought a packs pink cricket balls days as the pink ball dominated the bat, vation, it was a great spectacle, and to get different element, even on day one. It cer- at the Chhaju Ram and the first Test to be played under lights 120,000 people through the gates in three tainly asked some different questions. manufacturing in the 138-year history of the five-day game days is absolutely amazing,” said Australia’s “I think, tactically, there’s a lot to learn for workshop in Jalandhar drew a total of 123,736 fans through the Smith. “It was just a game that was dominat- captains as we head into the pink-ball era.” on Saturday. In an his- gates. ed by the bowlers. I thought New Zealand’s International Cricket Council chief executive toric day-night Test, The tension lasted into the third day as bowlers bowled just as well as ours.” David Richardson said the day-night Test Australia will chase 187 the determined Kiwis battled right to the Kiwi counterpart McCullum was equally was part of a package designed to lift the runs to win after dis- end. The Australians won the historic match excited by the concept, which has attracted five-day format. Cricket Australia already missing New Zealand by just three wickets as bowler Peter Siddle high interest around the cricket world. “It’s a has plans in place for more day-night Tests for 208 on the third cracked the winning runs with a hobbling great concept. As pink-ball cricket evolves, during next season’s tours by South Africa day at Adelaide Oval Mitchell Starc as his partner. It was the first which I’m sure it will in the global game, I and Pakistan. — AFP yesterday. — AFP Australia win day-night Test in tense finish ADELAIDE: Australia beat New Zealand inside three days to win cricket’s first ever day-night test match, wrapping up a three-wicket win yesterday evening. Paceman Peter Siddle struck the winning runs under the Adelaide Oval floodlights to seal the series-clinching victory after Australia all but col- lapsed late on day three of the third and final test. With the hosts reduced to 185-7 in pursuit of a modest victory target of 187, Siddle pushed two runs past point and his injured bat- ting partner Mitchell Starc hobbled up and down the pitch with a broken foot to complete a nervous three-wicket win. “It was certainly a very tense finish. Thankfully we were on the right side,” Australia captain Steven Smith told reporters, praising the inaugural day-night test as a “great innovation”. “(It was) a great spectacle. To get 123,000 peo- ple through the gates in three days is absolutely amazing.” Australia took the series 2-0, ending New Zealand’s run of seven consecutive series without loss, dating back to 2013. Australian batsman Shaun Marsh fell just short of a half-century with victory in sight but his 49 anchored important stands with Adam Voges and his younger broth- er Mitchell. Fired by a five-wicket haul by seamer Trent Boult, who swung the specially developed pink ball with venom, New Zealand mowed through the top order and captured late wickets to turn what should have been a procession into a cliff-hanger.

Man-of-the-match The 187 runs ultimately proved too few to defend and Siddle’s inelegant shot to seal the win sparked a thunderous roar from the crowd of 33,923. Paceman and man-of-the- match Josh Hazlewood was vital for the hosts, capturing a career-best 6-70 in the absence of injured spearhead Mitchell Starc to limit New Zealand to 208 in the third innings. Boult dismissed Voges for 28 straight after the din- ner-break but all-rounder Mitchell Marsh joined his older sibling at the crease and compiled a brisk 28 to push ADELAIDE: Australia’s team members pose with the winning trophy after defeating New Zealand in the first day-night cricket Test match at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. — AFP Australia within 26 runs of their target. Mitchell Marsh bashed a six over the head of spin-bowl- ing all-rounder Mitch Santner but was out swiping at the next delivery, the skied top-edge well-caught by a scram- bling Kane Williamson. Shaun Marsh grew jumpy as victory Curry scores 19 as Warriors and his 50 approached and he holed out with a needless push at a Boult delivery which ended in the slips and left Australia 11 runs short of their target. Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill also fell to Boult, caught behind for 10, before Siddle beat Kings to improve to 18-0 finally pushed Australia over the line. The match was won earlier in the day, however, when OAKLAND: Stephen Curry scored 17 of his Portland handed Los Angeles its fifth Hazlewood took three wickets as New Zealand could only 19 points in the first quarter, Draymond straight loss. CJ McCollum added 28 points NBA Results/Standings add 92 runs to their overnight total of 116-5. The 24-year- Green had his second straight triple-double for the Blazers. They have won three of old struck with the ninth ball of the day to remove wicket- and Golden State Warriors extended their their last four games after a six-game losing keeper BJ Watling for seven and had Mark Craig nick behind NBA record to 18 straight wins at the start streak. Kobe Bryant scored 21 points in the Toronto 84, Washington 82; Cleveland 90, Brooklyn 88; Dallas 92, Denver 81; San for 15. He later wrapped up New Zealand’s innings by bowl- of a season Saturday night with a 120-101 Lakers’ seventh straight road loss. Antonio 108, Atlanta 88; Utah 101, New Orleans 87; Portland 108, LA Lakers 96; ing Boult for five, with Mitchell Marsh capturing 3-59. “It’s victory over the Sacramento Kings. Leading Golden State 120, Sacramento 101. pretty hard to separate the two teams over the last two test by 10 points at halftime, the defending MAVERICKS 92, NUGGETS 81 Eastern Conference Western Conference matches,” New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum told champion Warriors opened the third quar- Deron Williams scored 22 points, Zaza Atlantic Division Northwest Division reporters.“We’ve got a bit of a mantra within our team, that ter with a 27-8 run that included four 3- Pachulia added 16 points and 12 rebounds, WL PCT GB if you are going to get beaten, then make it bloody tough pointers by Brandon Rush to build the lead and Dallas beat Denver to end a three- Oklahoma City 11 6 .647 - Toronto 11 6 .647 - for the opposition to do so.” — Reuters to 29 points. The Kings never got close the game losing streak. Dallas has won five Utah 87 .533 2 Boston 97 .563 1.5 Minnesota 88 .500 2.5 rest of the game. Green had 13 points, 11 straight at home after losing its first two NY Knicks 89 .471 3 Portland 7 10 .412 4 rebounds and 12 assists, becoming the first games of the season at American Airlines Brooklyn 3 13 .188 7.5 SCOREBOARD Warriors player with back-to-back triple- Center. Darrell Arthur, who attended Dallas’ Philadelphia 0 17 0 11 Denver 6 11 .353 5 doubles since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964. A South Oak Cliff High, scored 16 points for Central Division Pacific Division ADELAIDE, Australia: Scores on the third day of the night earlier, he had 14 points, 10 rebounds Denver. The Nuggets began a five-game Cleveland 13 4 .765 - Golden State 18 0 1.000 - day-night third Test between Australia and New and 10 assists in a 135-116 win at Phoenix. road trip with their sixth straight loss. Indiana 10 5 .667 2 LA Clippers 88 .500 9 Zealand at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Rush had 16 points and Klay Thompson Chicago 95 .643 2.5 Phoenix 79 .438 10 added 15 for the Warriors. Rudy Gay scored JAZZ 101, PELICANS 87 Detroit 88 .500 4.5 Sacramento 6 12 .333 12 20 points for Sacramento. Alec Burks scored 21 points and Utah New Zealand 1st innings 202 (T. Latham 50; M. Starc Milwaukee 6 10 .375 6.5 LA Lakers 2 13 .133 14.5 beat New Orleans. Gordon Hayward added Southeast Division 3-24, J. Hazlewood 3-66) Southwest Division Australia 1st innings 224 (P. Nevill 66, S. Smith 53; D. CAVALIERS 90, NETS 88 17 points, Rodney Hood had 16, and Trevor Miami 10 5 .667 - San Antonio 14 3 .824 - Bracewell 3-18) LeBron James made a running hook Booker finished with 13 points and 15 Atlanta 11 8 .579 1 New Zealand 2nd innings (overnight 116 for 5): shot with a second left and scored 26 rebounds. Pelicans center Anthony Davis Charlotte 97 .563 1.5 Dallas 10 7 .588 4 T. Latham c Nevill b Hazlewood 10 points, giving Cleveland a victory over scored 14 of the Pelicans’ 16 first-quarter Orlando 88 .500 2.5 Memphis 98 .529 5 M. Guptill c M. Marsh b Hazlewood 17 Brooklyn. After Joe Johnson’s three foul points and finished with 36. Davis also had Washington 68 .429 3.5 Houston 6 10 .375 7.5 K. Williamson c Nevill b M. Marsh 9 shots tied it with 15.2 seconds left, the 11 rebounds and blocked three shots. — AP R. Taylor lbw b Hazlewood 32 Cavaliers called timeout and took the ball B. McCullum lbw b M. Marsh 20 at midcourt. James took the inbounds pass, M. Santner st Nevill b Lyon 45 dribbled to the top of the key before cut- B.J. Watling c Smith b Hazlewood 7 ting to the right of the lane and hitting a M. Craig c Nevill b Hazlewood 15 hook shot over Brook Lopez, the Nets’ 7- D. Bracewell not out 27 foot center. James scored 10 points and T. Southee c Lyon b M. Marsh 13 added a key steal late in the game to help T. Boult b Hazlewood 5 Cleveland remain unbeaten at home in Extras (b6, lb2) 8 nine games. Kevin Love also scored 26 Total (all out; 62.5 overs) 208 points for Cleveland, which played a slug- Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Guptill), 2-32 (Latham), 3-52 gish first half and didn’t take its first lead (Williamson), 4-84 (McCullum), 5-98 (Taylor), 6-116 until midway through the third quarter. (Watling), 7-140 (Craig), 8-175 (Santner), 9-192 Lopez led Brooklyn with 22 points. (Southee), 10-208 (Boult) Bowling: Hazlewood 24.5-5-70-6, Siddle 14-6-35-0, RAPTORS 84, WIZARDS 82 M.Marsh 14-2-59-3, Lyon 10-1-36-1. Cory Joseph made a 3-pointer at the Australia 2nd innings buzzer to lift Toronto past Washington. Joseph D. Warner c Southee b Bracewell 35 took DeMar DeRozan’s pass in the corner and J. Butns lbw b Boult 11 nailed the winning shot. He finished with 12 S. Smith lbw b Boult 14 points as Toronto won its fourth straight A. Voges c Southee b Boult 28 despite tying a season high with 22 turnovers S. Marsh c Taylor b Boult 49 Kyle Lowry scored 27 points for the Raptors. M. Marsh c Williamson b Santner 28 Bradley Beal scored 20 points for Washington. P. Nevill c Watling b Boult 10 P. Siddle not out 9 SPURS 108, HAWKS 88 M. Starc not out 0 Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points and San Extras (lb2, w1) 3 Antonio won its fifth straight, holding the Total (7 wickets; 51 overs) 187 Atlanta to several season lows offensively. Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Burns), 2-62 (Warner), 3-66 San Antonio matched a season high with (Smith), 4-115 (Voges), 5-161 (M. Marsh), 6-176 (S. nine 3-pointers in winning its 18th consec- Marsh), 7-185 (Nevill) utive home game against Atlanta and 10th Bowling: Southee 16-1-58-0, Boult 16-3-60-5 (1w), straight overall against the Hawks. Atlanta Bracewell 11-2-37-1, Craig 6-0-22-0, Santner 2-0-8-1. had season lows for points in any quarter (12 in the second), first-half points (37) and Result: Australia won by 3 wickets matched a season low for total points. The Australia won series 2-0 Hawks’ starters finished with 38 points. Man of the match: Josh Hazlewood (AUS) Man of the series: David Warner (AUS) TRAIL BLAZERS 108, LAKERS 96 OAKLAND: Sacramento Kings guard Seth Curry (30) drives past Golden State Warriors guard Brandon Rush, right, during the sec- Damian Lillard scored 29 points and ond half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, in Oakland, Calif. The Warriors won 120-101. — AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS Celtic increase lead with win in Inverness INVERNESS: Celtic increased their lead at the top goal. It means Celtic move seven clear of were soon handed another opportunity but Mikel Allan played a weighted pass to Kieran Tierney of the Scottish Premiership to seven points fol- Aberdeen, who leapfogged Hearts into second Lustig sent his free header wide from Stuart whose cut-back from the by-line was slammed lowing a hard-fought 3-1 win over Inverness place after the Jambos could only manage a 2-2 Armstrong’s corner. home by the Celtic striker. Cole replaced Caledonian Thistle yesterday. draw with Motherwell on Saturday. McGregor However, it was Inverness who equalised in Australian international Tom Rogic in the 61st Callum McGregor celebrated his first league was rewarded for his performance in the disap- the 39th minute. Armstrong was robbed of pos- minute and the former West Ham striker came start in over a year to open the scoring in the pointing defeat to Ajax that knocked Celtic out of session on the half-way line and a quick break close to immediately opening his account for the seventh minute to follow up his strike in the 2-1 the Europa League on Thursday and the midfield- saw Storey burst forward between two Celtic Scottish champions but his downward header Europa League defeat to Ajax on Thursday. er helped the Hoops get off to a flying start in defenders. Simunovic’s challenge broke off from McGregor’s cross was pushed over the bar Miles Storey grabbed an excellent equaliser the Highlands. Storey and was stopped by Gordon but the by Fon Williams. for Inverness in the 39th minute before Leigh The 20-year-old picked up a pass from Nir Inverness player was alert enough to slam the Inverness still posed Celtic a threat and when Griffiths restored Celtic’s advantage in the 59th Bitton in his own half and ran at the retreating rebound beyond the Celtic ‘keeper. Greg Tansey’s corner came off Bitton it needed minute. Inverness defence before letting fly with a low Bitton then sent a powerful swerving shot just the intervention of Stefan Johansen on the line Former West Ham forward Carlton Cole was drive from 20 yards that went into the bottom wide as the sides went into the break level. Celtic to stop the hosts grabbing an equaliser. Celtic handed his Celtic debut and played a part in right-hand corner of Owain Fon Williams’ net. brought on Scott Allan early in the second half grabbed a late third in controversial circum- helping the Hoops get a controversial third in the Inverness almost had an instant reply as Gary and the midfielder made an instant impact as he stances as Cole, who was following up a Griffiths 85th minute as he bundled the ball in off Warren got his head to a corner that was only helped set up Griffiths to restore Celtic’s advan- strike, appeared to handle the ball on to Devine Inverness defender Danny Devine for an own kept out by the chest of Craig Gordon. Celtic tage on the hour mark. who knocked the ball into his own net. — AFP Shell-shocked Roma stunned by Atalanta

MILAN: Shell-shocked Roma’s title hopes Morgan De Sanctis at the ‘keeper’s far top were kept in check by a chastening 2-0 corner. Pjanic came close to levelling eight home defeat to Atalanta yesterday that has minutes after the restart only to see his piled further pressure on the club’s French glancing header from a corner cleared off coach Rudi Garcia. the line by Luca Cigarini. Roma were firmly in the title hunt, com- But a confident Atalanta were soon in fortably in fourth place and three points command, and De Sanctis had to be at his behind leaders Inter Milan, going into their best on the hour mark to stop Maxi first league game since a humiliating 6-1 Moralez on a one-on-one after the defeat to Barcelona in the Champions Argentinian had been sent through by League on Tuesday. But the Serie A hope- Radja Nainggolan’s mistimed header. fuls, still missing forwards Gervinho and Garcia replaced Iago Falque with reserve Mohamed Salah, looked uninterested on team player Umar Sadiq two minutes later, their way to a third defeat of the campaign while right-back Alessandro Florenzi made that kept them in fourth but now in danger way for Maicon on 70 minutes. of seeing their gap on leaders Inter grow to But it was to get even worse for Roma six points. after the big Brazilian, 10 minutes after his Garcia came in for plenty of criticism in arrival, saw red after a mistimed challenge the wake of his side’s Nou Camp calamity, on Gomez inside the area. but he rejected suggestions the impact of Denis stepped up to beat De Sanctis the defeat had left his side shell-shocked. from the penalty spot to double Atalanta’s “No, I don’t think so. We’ll prove that by get- lead on 82 minutes. Even after Guglielmo ting the results we need in the future,” he Stendardo and Alberto Grassi saw red in told Mediaset. the dying minutes for second bookable But the Frenchman admitted he is now offences respectively to leave the visitors looking for excuses after a display for which with nine men, it did little to dampen the whole team felt “responsible”. “There’s Atalanta’s post-match celebrations. not much to say, we didn’t have a winning attitude and we made a lot of mistakes. FIRST BIG TEST Now, we have to keep quiet and get to Atalanta coach Edoardo Reja told Rai: work. “We came here to win and did very well, “It’s been a tough week, I know that. But although the key was being clinical when it the squad can show its mettle by putting came to our chances.” EIBAR: Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale of Wales, right, fights for the ball with SD Eibar’s Ander Capa during their Spanish La Liga soccer match, at this behind us. We’re all disasppointed, but Roma remain three points behind Inter Ipurua stadium in Eibar, northern Spain, yesterday. Real Madrid won the match 2-0. — AP we’re all responsible.” but could be six adrift if the Nerazzurri upset the form book to beat in-form PROMISING FIRST HALF Napoli, in second two points adrift, today. Real’s Bale and Ronaldo The hosts showed plenty of enterprise Inter coach Roberto Mancini, however, in a promising first half but paid for several admitted: “It’s our first big test against a misses when Alejandro Gomez struck and direct rival away from the San Siro, so we German Denis doubled Atalanta’s lead from have to give it everything. score in defeat of Eibar the spot at the death. “Beating Napoli would give us a huge Miralem Pjanic, Edin Dzeko and Juan boost, but there are plenty of games to Iturbe all kept Marco Sportiello in the come before it’s all decided.” Today. BARCELONA: A Gareth Bale header and a and we all have to improve,” Real keeper Keylor in front and he was close to adding to the lead Atalanta goal on his toes during a busy 40 Fiorentina, also just two points off the pace, Cristiano Ronaldo penalty gave Real Madrid a Navas told reporters. when he pulled down a long ball but his strike minutes. Roma looked to be in command are away to Sassuolo. much-needed 2-0 victory over Eibar in La Liga “These three points are important to help us when stretching was blocked by Riesgo. Eibar but the Stadio Olimpico was stunned into Roma’s loss means AC Milan remain yesterday, following their hammering by leaders fight for what we want which is titles and now went close with Sergi Enrich and Aleksandar silence five minutes before the interval fifth, only four points further back, after Barcelona last weekend, and put them six points we need to keep improving.” Real had a Pantic both heading narrowly over the crossbar when French left-back Lucas Digne gave their 4-1 drubbing of Sampdoria on off the top of the standings. makeshift defence with Sergio Ramos, Raphael while Ronaldo had another excellent chance to possession away cheaply. Saturday. Champions Juventus are seventh, The Welshman notched up his first goal since Varane and Marcelo all out injured and so Pepe score when he shot wide inside the area after 72 Digne’s blind effort to clear up the right nine points behind Inter, ahead of their trip the end of August when he nodded in a Luka and Nacho Fernandez were in the centre with minutes. He got his goal 10 minutes later by flank instead gifted possession to Gomez, to Palermo later on Sunday, when Empoli Modric cross two minutes before half time Danilo on the left. It was a clash between clubs sending Asier the wrong way from the penalty whose drive from 25 yards out beat host Lazio. — AFP against the small Basque club who have sur- from different ends of the football spectrum spot. Getafe’s Angel Lafita scored one goal and prised this season and went into the game with with Real the richest in the world by income set up another in a 2-0 victory over misfiring one defeat from eight matches. against Eibar who have a budget this season of Villarreal, who now have just one win in seven La Real were made to work hard against a bat- 32 million euros ($33.9 million), but on the pitch Liga matches. tling Eibar but Ronaldo secured the win with a the difference was slim. Villarreal have lost their way after a bright penalty after 82 minutes following a foul by Dani start to the season and lie sixth on 21 points, Garcia on Lucas Vazquez. The win eases the Missed penalty spot behind Deportivo La Coruna on goal difference, pressure on coach Rafa Benitez following Eibar employed their typical pressing game, while Getafe are 13th and level with Rayo defeats in La Liga against Sevilla and in the looking to prevent Real from settling and pounc- Vallecano on 14 points. ‘Clasico’ last Saturday where they lost 4-0. ing on the counter. Ronaldo broke the offside Getafe were more clinical with Lafita coming Third-placed Real now have 27 points from trap but keeper Asier Riesgo stood tall and off the left wing and firing low into the corner 13 games, two behind Atletico Madrid, while blocked his shot after 15 minutes and then after 21 minutes and he set up Alvaro Vazquez to Barca have 33 points. “We have been through a Mateo Kovacic blazed the rebound over the score the second goal from close range six min- difficult moment, it has been hard for all of us crossbar. A near-post header from Bale put Real utes into the second half. — Reuters Reid’s own goal keeps West Ham in rut

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LONDON: Winston Reid’s unfortunate own goal ROME: Atalanta’s forward from Argentina German Denis (L) scores a penalty during prevented West Ham United from claiming a first the Italian Serie A football match AS Roma vs Atalanta yesterday at Rome’s Olympic win in four Premier League games as they drew stadium. — AFP 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion yesterday. In the 100th meeting between the teams, Mauro Zarate put West Ham ahead in the 17th minute EPL Table at Upton Park with a fine free-kick that curled into the top-left corner. English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, But West Brom drew level five minutes after goals for, goals against, points): half-time when substitute Rickie Lambert’s snap- shot took a cruel deflection off New Zealand Man City 14 9 2 3 30 14 29 defender Reid’s arm that sent the ball spinning Leicester 14 8 5 1 29 21 29 into the net. Slaven Bilic’s West Ham, who last Man Utd 14 8 4 2 20 10 28 won against Chelsea in late October, climbed Arsenal 14 8 3 3 24 12 27 one place to seventh in the table, while West Tottenham 14 6 7 1 24 11 25 Brom remain 13th. Liverpool 14 6 5 3 18 15 23 West Brom manager Tony Pulis made just one UPTON PARK: West Ham United’s Senegalese striker Diafra Sakho vies with West Bromwich C Palace 14 7 1 6 19 14 22 change, Gareth McAuley replacing the suspend- Albion’s Argentinian midfielder Claudio Yacob (L) and West Bromwich Albion’s Northern Irish West Ham 14 6 4 4 25 21 22 ed Chris Brunt, and the visitors threatened first, defender Gareth McAuley (R) during the English Premier League football match between West Everton 14 5 6 3 27 19 21 with Salomon Rondon shooting narrowly wide Ham United and West Bromwich Albion at The Boleyn Ground in Upton Park, East London yes- Southampton 14 5 5 4 20 17 20 in the 13th minute. terday. — AFP Watford 14 5 4 5 15 16 19 But four minutes later West Ham went ahead shot after a jinking run and pass from Zarate. then producing a starfish save to repel Rondon’s Stoke 14 5 4 5 11 14 19 after McAuley’s foul on Diafra Sakho presented Pulis introduced Lambert for Stephane close-range header from Fletcher’s cross. West Brom 14 5 3 6 13 18 18 Zarate with an opportunity to take aim from 25 Sessegnon at the interval and the former Bilic sent on Andy Carroll for Pedro Obiang, Chelsea 14 4 3 7 17 23 15 yards. The Argentine forward did not spurn the Southampton and Liverpool striker made an only to then see another of his strikers, Sakho, Swansea 14 3 5 6 14 19 14 invitation, shaping a glorious shot right into the immediate impact. After Darren Fletcher won hobble off after hurting himself as he took aim Norwich 14 3 4 7 17 25 13 top-left corner for his fifth goal of the season. possession on the edge of the West Ham box, at goal in the 72nd minute. Sunderland 14 3 3 8 16 26 12 The goal energised Bilic’s men and they twice Lambert took aim with a left-foot shot that can- West Ham came closest to snatching the Bournemouth 14 2 4 8 17 30 10 went close before half-time. Cheikhou Kouyate noned off Reid’s arm and left goalkeeper Adrian points in the closing stages, but Victor Moses’s Newcastle 14 2 4 8 14 30 10 could only head wide from Aaron Cresswell’s wrong-footed. left-foot volley flashed the wrong side of the Aston Villa 14 1 2 11 12 27 5 cross, while Manuel Lanzini stung West Brom Now it was the visitors who were on top, with post and Cresswell’s stoppage-time free-kick goalkeeper Boaz Myhill’s palms with a first-time Adrian parrying Lambert’s low free-kick and was turned away by Adrian. — AFP Long wait over as Real’s Bale and Murray wins Davis Ronaldo score in Cup for Britain defeat of Eibar

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LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s English midfielder James Milner (C) has an unsuccessful shot during the English Premier League football atchm between Liverpool and Swansea City at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north-west England yesterday. — AFP Milner gives Klopp first league win

as Klopp’s side laboured to a victory that winger lost control, diverting the ball Ashley Williams surviving a penalty appeal Ibe’s cross. Taylor was turning away from sent them up to sixth place in the table. against his own post as goalkeeper Lukasz as he tangled with Benteke. the ball with his arm out as he blocked the Liverpool 1 Sturridge, waylaid by a knee problem, Fabianski stood helpless. Ibe then lost his footing when he was in cross and referee Anthony Taylor only made his first appearance since Klopp took The visitors occasionally broke, with Kyle a good position to control and finish awarded a penalty on the advice of his charge last month, while midfielder Naughton eager to get forward, and it was Alberto Moreno’s cross from the left, linesman. Henderson, who has been absent with a from the right-back’s cross that Portugal for- before Williams made a superb block to Milner stayed calm to lift the spot-kick Swansea 0 broken foot, played for the first time since ward Eder headed wide at the near post deny Lallana as Klopp’s side continued to beyond Fabianski, allowing the Kop to August. under pressure from Martin Skrtel. press. breathe a big sigh of relief. Klopp then Defeat leaves Swansea, who have won By and large, though, it was Liverpool The visitors came through that tricky brought on Henderson and Sturridge to just one of their last 10 league matches, who were creating the early problems with spell, breaking to engineer a couple of cheers as they made their returns. LIVERPOOL: Liverpool gained their first hovering just above the relegation zone. their crisp passing. One superb diagonal promising attacks of their own, as Gylfi And his team almost added a second, Premier League home win under manager Garry Monk’s side were fourth at the end of Lallana ball looked to have given a clear run Sigurdsson began to have more of an influ- with Milner drilling a shot just wide at the Jurgen Klopp as James Milner’s penalty August, but have faltered badly since. at goal to Christian Benteke, whose first ence, but Liverpool’s defence remained end of a fine passing move. Ecuador winger secured a 1-0 home win over struggling They looked nervy at first and almost touch was loose and allowed Naughton to solid. And still chances were hard to come Jefferson Montero caused Liverpool con- Swansea City yesterday. conceded a comical own goal inside the nip in and tidy up. by, despite Ibe cutting in from the left early cerns when he came on for the final 18 Milner lifted his spot-kick into the top of first six minutes as they were undone by a in the second half to fire in a low shot that minutes, while fellow Swansea substitute the net with just under half an hour remain- swift Liverpool attack. Ibe raced in from the Sigh of relief Fabianski pushed around his near post. Bafetimbi Gomis saw a late shot deflected ing after Neil Taylor handled Jordon Ibe’s right onto Adam Lallana’s through-ball after Swansea invited pressure as they But Liverpool got the break they need- wide. But Liverpool edged home to move cross. Striker Daniel Sturridge and captain Milner had won possession. dropped deeper to try to keep Liverpool at ed on the hour mark when Swansea left- into the top six and close to within four Jordan Henderson made returns from injury Centre-back Kyle Bartley slid in as the bay, and lived on their nerves, with captain back Taylor was judged to have handled points of a Champions League spot. — AFP Sanchez, Koscielny hurt Costa stews as Chelsea in Arsenal stalemate make point at Spurs

keeper John Ruddy did well to beat away a was a good save from Hugo Lloris,” said the Sanchez drive, but when Gary O’Neil failed to Argentine. “They did not do much to win the Norwich 1 control the goalkeeper’s scuffed clearance, it Tottenham 0 game. We deserved more. We tried to win it. I allowed Sanchez to slip in Ozil on the left of the think Chelsea will be happy with the point. It is box. more important to them than us.” The German dinked the ball over Ruddy sub- Chelsea captain John Terry was also absent limely to give Arsenal the lead on the half-hour for the visitors after failing to recover from the Arsenal 1 mark. Arsenal may have been fortunate that refer- Chelsea 0 ankle injury he picked up during the 4-0 victory ee Jon Moss saw nothing amiss in Mathieu in Israel. That meant Kurt Zouma and Gary Flamini’s barging over of Wes Hoolahan just inside Cahill were paired at the heart of the visitors’ their penalty area as the two contested a throw- defence, while Eden Hazard was pushed for- LONDON: Jose Mourinho’s relationship with ward to fill the hole left by the brooding Costa. NORWICH: Arsenal saw star man Alexis Sanchez in. Diego Costa came under renewed scrutiny and centre-back Laurent Koscielny forced off by Wenger must have been concerned when Ozil Tottenham also came into the game on the after the Chelsea manager dropped the striker back of a long trip, having travelled to injury during yesterday’s 1-1 draw at Norwich City tumbled into a pit for press photographers for yesterday’s 0-0 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. behind one goal and Sanchez into a similar struc- Azerbaijan to face Qarabag in the Europa in the Premier League. League on Thursday. Pochettino had com- The Gunners had hoped to move level on ture where a television camera and its operator The point left the reigning champions lan- points with leaders Manchester City, but instead were stationed. NORWICH: Arsenal’s Spanish defender plained about the possible effects on his play- guishing in the bottom half of the table, while ers of making such a demanding journey just find themselves in fourth place, two points off the Hector Bellerin (L) vies with Norwich City’s Tottenham-now unbeaten in 13 league games- 72 hours beforehand, but still opted to retain pace and also below Leicester City and Grabban strikes Swedish defender Martin Olsson during were left frustrated after failing to take a Manchester United. Both players were able to clamber out and eight of his mid-week starting XI in his line-up. the English Premier League football match chance to put pressure on the top four. But it It initially appeared as though the home side And their chances of closing that gap will continue, but Sanchez would not remain on the between Norwich City and Arsenal at was Mourinho’s decision to leave Costa on the diminish should either player be ruled out long- pitch for much longer. Visiting goalkeeper Petr were still working the journey out of their sys- Carrow Road in Norwich, eastern England bench, having clashed with the Spain interna- term, with Chile forward Sanchez in particular an Cech was forced into his first save four minutes tem as Chelsea started with an energy that has yesterday. — AFP tional at half-time of the mid-week Champions been too often missing from their play this early contender for the league’s Player of the before the break as Robbie Brady let fly, but League win away to Maccabi Tel Aviv, that drew first man in the book for an obvious dive before season. Season awards. Norwich’s second attempt on target, a minute lat- most attention. Sanchez was hurt hurdling Ryan Bennett’s chal- Hazard’s movement up front, together The pair appear set to join an absentee list that er, saw him beaten. It clearly angered the striker, who tossed his lenge in the Norwich box and hobbled off hold- with Pedro Rodriguez’s penetrating runs already includes Mikel Arteta, Francis Coquelin, Grabban, who had refused to play in a League bib towards Mourinho as the game neared its ing his right hamstring to be replaced by Joel down the left flank, clearly unsettled Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere and Cup tie in September after a move to conclusion, but Mourinho said: “If he wants to Campbell. Pochettino’s team. Chelsea, though, were Tomas Rosicky. It has all added up to a disap- Bournemouth collapsed, turned Gabriel to con- hurt me, it’s not with a bib. I have a good rela- Norwich scented victory and Cech had to unable to find the finish that might have giv- pointing November domestically for Arsene vert Brady’s piercing pass from six yards. tionship with him, no problems. “I think Diego make a smart save to stop Gabriel recording an en them the breakthrough, with Mourinho’s Wenger’s side. Hoolahan should have put Norwich ahead in is very privileged because he was the last one own goal, with Jonny Howson hooking over from side failing to muster a single effort on tar- They may have kept their hopes of Champions first-half stoppage time when Andre Wisdom’s to be (put) on the bench. the resulting corner. get during the first half. League progress alive on Tuesday with victory cross found him at the back post, but he fired “Everybody was on the bench. I kept him in Home manager Alex Neil immediately sent on Hazard was guilty of wasting their best over Dinamo Zagreb, but they accumulated just over with the goal at his mercy. the team for all these matches and today we winger Nathan Redmond to add to the impetus. opportunity, the Belgian heading over from two Premier League points over the month. The second period began with another thought the best strategy to play was this one. Giroud headed a passable chance over as time Pedro’s cross when unmarked in front of An early Sanchez effort fizzed just wide at Arsenal man hurt, Santi Cazorla this time, and in We are happy with the decision.” began to run out Arsenal, who were grateful for goal. A high-tempo game lacked quality Carrow Road, but Arsenal’s troubles began the process of fouling O’Neil. He was able to con- Mourinho described the visitors’ display as Gabriel preventing a Norwich tap-in at the other and Tottenham’s efforts in front of goal mir- straight afterwards when centre-back Koscielny tinue after treatment. “the best Chelsea performance of the season”, end. A cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who rored those of their opponents, although it was hurt as Lewis Grabban challenged him. Ruddy’s woes continued as he misjudged a but opposite number Mauricio Pochettino was returned from injury to replace Aaron Ramsey, took an excellent save by Asmir Begovic to On came Gabriel in the 11th minute as bouncing ball under pressure from Olivier Giroud. frustrated that Spurs had not emerged victori- only just eluded Campbell in front of goal, but repel Son Heung-Min’s header from Harry Koscielny trudged slowly round the perimeter of That let in Ozil again, but his shot was deflect- ous. “Chelsea had only one shot on target and it the pitch clutching his right hip. Norwich goal- ed over at the last moment. Cazorla became the Arsenal had to settle for a point. — AFP Kane’s cross. — AFP Zain-Uber partnership most innovative service: Ovum Page 22

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SCHLITZ: Timber-framed buildings are illuminated in front of a tower setup as a giant candle in Schlitz, Germany on Saturday. The 36 meter (118 ft) high tower is the main attraction of the Christmas market in the town of Schlitz in the German state of Hesse. —AP IMF poised to put yuan in elite currency basket

WASHINGTON: The International deutschemark and the French franc. The Monetary Fund is expected to approve remaining question is the yuan’s weight in inclusion of China’s yuan in its SDR basket the basket. It could be 10 percent to 16 per- Egypt rises as of elite currencies today, rewarding cent, but the lower estimate is more likely Beijing’s strong pursuit of the global status. due to the Chinese currency’s limited con- new CB chief The IMF executive board is scheduled to vertibility. meet today to decide on the recommenda- The basket composition is reviewed arrives; Gulf slow tion by staff experts earlier in November to every five years. At the last rebalancing in include the yuan, also known as the ren- 2010, the dollar accounted for 41.9 percent, minbi, alongside the US dollar, euro, the euro 37.4 percent, the pound 11.3 per- MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS Japanese yen and British pound in the cent and the yen 9.4 percent. grouping. While not a freely traded curren- That weighting revision was based on DUBAI: Egypt’s stock market rose yesterday as a new cy, the SDR (special drawing right) is impor- the value of the exports of goods and serv- central bank governor took office, increasing hopes tant as an international reserve asset, and ices by country or currency zone, and the that the country’s foreign exchange crisis can be because the IMF issues its crisis loans-cru- amount of reserves denominated in the resolved, while bourses in the Gulf were mostly slug- cial to struggling economies like Greece- respective currencies held by other IMF gish. Tarek Amer, a well-regarded former commercial valued in SDRs. members. banker, was to head the first meeting of the Egyptian China, now the world’s second-largest central bank’s new board yesterday. economy, asked last year for the yuan to be Diplomatic success Many people expect him to work with the govern- added to the grouping of world reserve The entry of the yuan is, above all, a ment to try to end a foreign currency shortage by reg- currencies, but until recently it was consid- major diplomatic success for Beijing, which ulating imports and supporting exports, which could ered too tightly controlled to qualify. It is will see its money graduate to the inner cir- benefit many listed firms. He is expected to be more extremely rare that the executive board, cle of the world’s most important curren- generous in allowing the private sector to obtain for- which represents the IMF’s 188 member cies. The vote of the United States, the it reinforced the currency’s movements emergence of the yuan as a global reserve eign exchange. Bolstering investor sentiment, the cen- nations, opposes the recommendation of largest IMF stakeholder, will be closely with market forces and opened the door to currency could support China’s credit rat- tral bank kept the Egyptian pound steady at its foreign its own experts. IMF Managing Director watched, as will US political reactions. US future revaluation. ing. currency auction on Sunday and the pound rose Christine Lagarde said in mid-November officials have long accused China of keep- Beijing on Wednesday announced an An IMF decision to include the yuan slightly in the black market. that she supported the experts’ finding that ing the yuan artificially low to gain a trade initial group of foreign central banks has among its elite currencies risks angering But with Egypt’s tourism revenues hit by last the yuan had met the requirements to be a advantage, making its exports relatively been allowed to enter the Chinese curren- some lawmakers in the US Congress amid month’s apparent bombing of a Russian passenger ‘freely usable’ currency”-a key hurdle for cheaper. cy market, which likely will promote further fierce maneuvering for the 2016 presiden- plane over the Sinai, Amer faces a very difficult chal- SDR status. The US Treasury Department, in an internationalization of the yuan in global tial election. Congress, for example, has lenge, and many economists think a devaluation of the If accepted, the decision would not take October 19 report, said that the yuan trading. Credit rating firm Fitch says it does repeatedly refused to ratify a 2010 IMF Egyptian pound is inevitable at some stage. effect before September 30, 2016, to allow “remains below its appropriate medium- not expect the yuan’s inclusion in the IMF reform that would give greater weight to The Egyptian stock index climbed 0.8 percent with users more time to prepare. The last time term valuation.” Paradoxically, China’s unex- basket “to lead to a material shift in the emerging-market powers, the so-called United Arab Stevedoring, which could benefit from the SDR basket was modified was in 2000, pected devaluation of the yuan last August demand for renminbi assets globally in the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and any increase in trade through Egypt’s ports as a result when the euro replaced the German received good marks from the IMF because short term.” However, it said, over time the South Africa. —AFP of changes to foreign exchange policy, gaining 2.6 per- cent in unusually heavy trade. Canal Shipping Agencies rose 4.2 percent. But Ezz Steel fell 1.4 percent to 8.28 Egyptian Refugees, shoppers rev up German growth motor pounds. Blom Egypt Securities downgraded it to a “sell” rating with a target of 7.45 pounds, citing its con- BERLIN: A massive influx of refugees, and Wednesday that European consumers were called it “the biggest pro-growth program in towards domestic sources”. tinued losses and saying it had weak prospects. accompanying billions in public spending, finally loosening their purse strings, most years”. This is just what the International have provided Germany with a long-awaited pointedly in powerhouse Germany, and Monetary Fund, the European Commission Not off the hook GULF answer to partners’ calls for it to do more to allowing a nascent eurozone recovery to and eurozone partners had long been clam- Nevertheless, said Philippe Waechter of The Saudi stock index edged up 0.2 percent. The jumpstart the eurozone economy. Data gather steam. oring for: Germany pouring its large trade Natixis investment bank, it is certainly clear cement sector index climbed 1.5 percent and Saudi released this week showed solid growth for and budgetary surpluses into investments that “Germany is starting to play this role (of a Basic Industries, which has a major steel producing Europe’s top economy in the third quarter, ‘Biggest growth program in years’ that would benefit the wider euro area. driver of growth) to help all the others in affiliate, rose 0.3 percent. Saudi Arabia is considering lifted by strong consumer spending and state It was not the first time that the German Despite the presence of the Social Democrats Europe”. However he noted that the public lifting partial export bans on cement and steel to expenditure for asylum seekers. economy, traditionally reliant on exports, in the left-right “grand coalition” government, spending for refugees “were largely short- relieve oversupply in the local market, economic news Analysts hailed the news as a welcome looked more to its own shoppers to buoy who managed to push through 15 billion term outlays-they are not the investments, website Al-Eqtisadiah quoted a customs department shift for a country that has often preached fis- growth. Last year saw a similar trend, pro- euros in new spending on infrastructure to particularly in infrastructure, that everyone official as saying. That could help to ease producers’ cal rectitude at the expense of stimulating pelled by a robust labor market. However the 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s determina- has been expecting”. “That, however, could problems as the local construction industry struggles the 19-country eurozone. “The German econ- effect has been bolstered this year by the tion to balance the federal budget has come later,” Waechter said. Brzeski said because of state spending cuts due to low oil prices. omy has finally become what many interna- government outlays to process, feed and blocked any broader coordinated stimulus Germany’s policymakers were certainly not Most of the stock market moved little, however. tional critics had been demanding for a long house more than 800,000 people fleeing war drive. Recent developments have not soft- off the hook. “To cope with the ongoing and Data released late on Thursday showed growth in while: a domestically-driven economy,” ING and poverty. ened calls in Brussels for action. The European new challenges, the economy will need a Saudi Arabian money supply and bank lending in economist Carsten Brzeski said, “at least in the The expenditure will amount to around 10 Commission took Germany to task in early more sustainable investment boost,” he said. October slowing to its lowest levels since late 2010. third quarter”. The figures for July to billion euros ($10.6 billion) for 2015 and 2016, 2014 for a huge current account surplus that “Just banking on the current strength of In Abu Dhabi, Dana Gas soared its 15 percent daily September showed that gross domestic prod- Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it said was a source of economic imbalance in domestic consumption could be a dangerous limit after saying a tribunal of the London Court of uct had expanded 0.3 percent, as household Thursday. Economist Stefan Kipar at Bayern Europe. On Thursday, it reiterated in a report strategy.” The warnings, however could con- International Arbitration, ruling in a six-year dispute, consumption rose 0.6 percent from the previ- LB bank noted that “this extra spending is like that Germany’s “very large and increasing tinue to fall on deaf ears in Berlin. A third con- had directed the Kurdish regional government in Iraq ous three months and state spending shot up a small and unexpected stimulus program”. external surplus and strong reliance on exter- secutive balanced budget, as foreseen for to pay $1.98 billion to a consortium including Dana 1.3 percent. And Armin Laschet, a leading member of nal demand expose growth risks and under- 2016, “is not something we should sacrifice,” within 28 days.— Reuters US rating agency Standard and Poor’s said the ruling conservative Christian Democrats, line the need for continued rebalancing Merkel told parliament Wednesday. —AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 BUSINESS High-performing boards driven by four pillars

By Nathalie Potvin First, the role of the chairman is crucial in cessful transition, implementation of the suc- time reflecting on past-performance, when driving board performance. Broadly speak- cession plan can begin as early as three years looking forward is essential in driving future KUWAIT: Company board performance is ing, the chairman ensures that the board per- prior to the transition in question. In the most growth. Over half of respondents in the BDI under the spotlight more than ever before. forms effectively and supports the business effective CEO replacement plans, the CEO survey agreed that all members of the board Media coverage of recent governance fail- and strategy of the company. The characteris- also plays a key role in selecting, grooming made a significant contribution to strategy ures highlight that the effectiveness of tics of a good chairman centre on the ability and onboarding his/her successor. Ongoing development and strategy-related discus- boards can at times be strongly tested, and to work well with people, gain consensus, succession planning helps the board to sions. These same discussions ensure that the this test may unfold under the scrutiny of and be ‘brave’ enough to do what is right for remain aligned on the development of the board is fully engaged with the strategy of shareholders, customers, media and the pub- the organization. A good chairman has the senior management team and the specific the company, and allow boards to play a role lic. responsibility to challenge and support man- needs of the organization. A solid plan leads in understanding and shaping company While no company wants to ever face agement, frame the discussions in a manner to a smooth transition which contributes to direction in partnership with management. such highly disruptive events, sometimes that enables the board to address key issues sound governance, mitigates risk, and fosters Boards then must hold management to even the smallest organization will need to and formulate proper resolutions. In times of the trust of shareholders and stakeholders. account in delivering on that strategy. tackle emerging issues that require strong crisis, a strong chairman does not lose sight The third pillar for high-performing The board performance recipe counts leadership from the chairman and his board. of the company’s purpose and continues to boards is risk management. According to the several essential ingredients, but four are Board members in the Gulf are becoming lead the board effectively, deals with disrup- Institute’s survey of GCC board members, 44 indispensable to highly effective boards: role more aware of the necessity to enhance their tive, unforeseen events and protects the percent of respondents identified audit and of the chairman, succession planning, risk knowledge, skills and capabilities in order to organization’s long-term interest above all risk management as being an area where management and strategy. Ultimately they build better boards. This is evidenced in a else. they would like to see more expertise. In will enable the company to successfully navi- study carried out by the GCC Board Directors Second, succession planning for senior addition, more than a third of respondents gate emerging issues, sustain organizational Institute (BDI) earlier this year, where less management roles is pivotal for the long- disagreed when asked if all their colleagues about it as part of strategy and risk oversight. performance and longevity, and overcome than one-third of the board members sur- term success of all companies alike - whether had a clear understanding of the top five risks According to PwC, it is this active involve- intense difficulties, both in or out of the pub- veyed believe boards in the Gulf are effective. they are publicly listed, state-owned, family facing their company. A paper by PwC sum- ment of the board in risk discussions that is lic spotlight. But what makes an effective board? The owned or privately held. Over 40% of BDI’s marizes the responsibilities of a board in rela- pivotal to a company’s adequate approach to • Nathalie Potvin is Executive Director, Institute has conducted extensive research survey respondents revealed that their tion to risk well, and states that the board is risk taking and management and which will GCC Board Directors Institute. The GCC Board into the facets of board performance, and organizations did not have a succession plan responsible for understanding company ensure a company’s success in the long-run. Directors Institute is holding its annual has found that four specific key areas are con- in place. Highly effective boards develop and management’s approach to risk appetite - Strategy is the fourth driver of high-per- Mastering the Boardroom program in Riyadh ducive to highly effective boards. continuously revise the plan. To ensure a suc- and also for having substantive discussions forming boards. Many organizations spend on 24-25 November. Zain-Uber partnership most News in brief

US dollar firm vis-a-vis innovative service: Ovum Kuwaiti dinar at 0.304 KUWAIT: The US dollar stabilized vis-a-vis the Kuwaiti dinar yesterday trading at KD 0.304 whereas the euro plunged to KD Deal singled out from 82 innovative services 0.322, as compared to Thursday’s rates, the Central Bank of Kuwait said. The sterling pound dropped to KD 0.457, Swiss KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom mental revenues, attract new customers, and acknowledging Zain’s customer scale as impor- region is further testament to Uber’s commit- franc to KD 0.295 while the Japanese yen firmed at KD 0.002. innovator in eight markets across the Middle increase customer loyalty. tant to the partnership. ment to drive innovation and bring a positive East and Africa, is pleased to announce that its The partnership is currently operational in Commenting on the recognition, Zain Group change in the way people work, live and ride. partnership with Uber- the technology compa- Bahrain, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, offering Zain CEO, Scott Gegenheimer said, “As we transform “The Middle East and North Africa is one of Egyptian pound steady ny that is evolving the way the world moves, has customers discounted and preferential services Zain into a digital services company, partnering Uber’s fastest growing regions, a situation that’s at first forex auction been recognized by global renowned research when using the Uber platform locally and when with leading technology providers such as Uber likely to continue over the foreseeable future. CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank held the pound steady at company Ovum, as its most innovative service travelling abroad. The partnership is set to be is a key component of our strategy. Innovation With a mobile penetration rate of almost 100 7.7301 pounds to the dollar yesterday at the first offi- for November 2015. Ovum reviewed 82 innova- expanded to other Zain markets in due course has been central to Zain Group’s evolution, and percent on a regional level; and more than 71 cial foreign currency auction since new central bank tive services launched by service providers including Kuwait, which recently offered travel- we are gratified to see our initiatives being rec- million active users of social networking tech- governor Tarek Amer took office on Nov. 27. The pound around the world in its Telco Services Innovation ling customers to the USA, UK and UAE a free ognized by global research companies of the nologies, these numbers are expected to reach strengthened on the black market, with traders antici- Radar monthly summary, and deemed the Zain- ride for first time Uber users. stature of Ovum.” in the vicinity of 200 million by 2017. Against pating new policy moves from the central bank. One Uber alliance as the most innovative stating, “It is Ovum stated Uber could be looking at this Gegenheimer continued, “The telecom eco- this backdrop of sustained technological trader said the dollar changed hands at 8.50 pounds not often that we find a strategic partnership partnership as a way to recruit drivers in coun- system is undergoing rapid change, and part- progress and increased broadband penetration yesterday, compared with 8.60 pounds last Thursday. that can bring so many key benefits for opera- tries where Zain operates, with exclusive phone nerships are going to play a significant role in we are pleased to work with companies like Zain “The pound strengthened because it was said that tors.” and data deals being an attractive prospect to defining the telcos that will remain successful to share best practices and leverage the use of there was a central bank meeting today and we don’t Announced in September 2015, the first of potential drivers, further supporting the exten- into the future. We are very proud of our rela- our technology platforms to recognize the know what decisions will be taken,” one black market its kind collaboration in the region saw Zain sion of Uber’s service to a wider user base as it tionship with Uber, and look forward to continu- potential for increased efficiency and greater trader told Reuters. becoming Uber’s main mobile service provider rapidly expands across the region. ing to drive the value and service proposition for ease of collaboration that disruptive technolo- for any future Uber services in any country Additionally, Ovum noted that, “It was our customers.” gies can present.” Majed concluded, “All said, where Zain operates. Ovum identified that for important for Uber to cooperate with a telecom Humbled by the recognition, Majed disruptive technologies like Uber represent a Zain, Uber’s continual growth across the region operator that had a powerful, wide-reaching Abukhater, GM for Uber said the coming togeth- sense of opportunity in the region to comple- KBBO Group hires banks is a bonus having the potential to create incre- and superior network quality across the region, er of two of the leading innovation brands in the ment and aid its growth.” for Centurion London listing ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates’ investment company KBBO Group has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Africa to renegotiate among others for an expected $1 billion-plus London listing for one its subsidiaries, sources close to the matter told Reuters. Privately-owned KBBO plans to sell up to 40 percent China debt at summit of Centurion Partners in an initial public offering (IPO) planned for the first half of 2016, the sources said on Sunday, declining JOHANNESBURG: Some African countries posals for the continent despite its own slow- to be named because the matter was not yet public. Three may seek to renegotiate repayment of exist- ing economy. “Key themes for Africa will be other banks-Dubai’s Emirates NBD, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ing debts to China as a way of helping their Africa’s growing debt to China (and) how (ADIB) and EFG-Hermes- have been hired for the sale, the economies hit by lower crude and commodi- China’s domestic stimulus can re-ignite com- sources added. Officials at KBBO declined to comment. ty prices, but will not turn down offers of modity demand to help pay off the loans and Centurion Partners was created through the merging of two new loans by the Asian giant at a summit this industrialisation of the continent,” said KBBO subsidiaries, Centurion Investment and Infinite week. African countries will also seek more Martyn Davies, Managing Director for Investment LLC. Chinese investment in factories manufactur- Emerging Markets & Africa at Deloitte. “Real ing goods for export in addition to roads and development is driven not by another $10 railways on a continent long seen as a major billion loan pledge, but by African economies Kingdom Holding, Alinma plan commodities and energy source for China. institutionalising intellectual property and Chinese state-owned firms in Africa face not just investment in mines and roads.” $2.2bn fund for tallest building criticism for using Chinese labor to build gov- China is Africa’s largest trading partner DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding , the invest- ernment-funded projects like roads and hos- and the trade volume between them ment firm of billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, said pitals, while pumping out resources and leav- amounted to $220 billion in 2014, according its affiliate Jeddah Economic Co (JEC) had arranged ing little for local economies, an image to China state news agency Xinhua. Its invest- financing to complete construction of the world’s Beijing wants to change at the Forum on ments in Africa amounted to $32.4 billion at tallest building. JEC agreed with Alinma Bank to estab- China-Africa Cooperation in Johannesburg the end of 2014, according to London-based lish an 8.4 billion riyal ($2.2 billion) real estate develop- on Dec 3-4. China President Xi Jinping visits BMI Research. It has offered loans totalling ment fund that will finish work on the $1.2 billion Zimbabwe on Dec. 1-2 and South Africa on $32 billion to African nations in the past two Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Kingdom Holding said in a Dec. 2-3, before co-chairing the conference in years but there is concern that the continent statement yesterday, 26 floors of which have been built Africa’s most industrialised economy which is not benefiting from developing skills or so far. The Islamic fund will also develop the 1.5 sq km several African heads of state are expected to technology from the Asian economic giant, (0.6 sq miles) first phase of the Jeddah Economic City attend. despite its pledges to train thousands of MIAMI: A shopper carries a bag as she walks out of a Guess store at Dolphin Mall on project, an urban development scheme sprawling over Experts are confidently expecting China African students and increase technology Saturday in Miami. Store retailers saw fewer customer visits on Thanksgiving and 5.3 sq km. In addition to Kingdom Tower, the scheme is to push ahead with new loan and trade pro- transfer. — Reuters Black Friday, compared with last year, according to Kevin Kearns, ShopperTrak’s to include Saudi Arabia’s largest shopping mall. chief revenue officer. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 82.110 US Dollars Mint 0.301650 0.305650 20 gram 216.73 Jordanian Dinar 430.055 10 gram 111.06 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 38.866 5 gram 56.22 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.143 Bangladesh Taka 0.003520 0.004120 Japanese Yen 2.485 Indian Rupees 4.595 Chinese Yuan 0.046310 0.049810 Indian Rupees 4.583 Pakistani Rupees 2.890 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037284 0.040034 Pakistani Rupees 2.895 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.862 Indian upee 0.004344 0.004734 Srilankan Rupees 2.141 Philippines Pesso 6.480 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Nepali Rupees 2.882 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 581.315 Japanese Yen 0.002411 0.002591 Singapore Dollar 217.180 Australian Dollar 204.08 Japanese Yen 3.485 Kenyan Shilling 0.003172 0.003172 Hongkong Dollar 39.385 Canadian Dollar 231.95 Syrian Pound 2.615 Korean Won 0.000255 0.000270 Bangladesh Taka 3.867 Swiss Franc 300.84 Nepalese Rupees 3.865 Malaysian Ringgit 0.068512 0.074512 Philippine Peso 6.475 Euro 326.66 Malaysian Ringgit 73.430 Nepalese Rupee 0.002925 0.003095 Thai Baht 8.520 US Dollar 305.45 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 48.110 Pakistan Rupee 0.002709 0.002989 Sterling Pound 461.91 Thai Bhat 9.530 Philippine Peso 0.006409 0.006689 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.52 Turkish Lira 106.125 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Saudi Riyal 81.443 Bangladesh Taka 3.874 Singapore Dollar 0.213484 0.219484 Qatari Riyal 83.894 Indian Rupee 4.578 Bahrain Exchange Company South African Rand 0.015368 0.023868 Omani Riyal 793.270 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.139 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001773 0.002353 Bahraini Dinar 811.080 Nepali Rupee 2.859 Taiwan 0.009271 0.009451 Pakistani Rupee 2.893 UAE Dirham 83.152 CURRENCY BUY SELL Thai Baht 0.008211 0.008761 UAE Dirhams 0.08312 Europe Bahraini Dinar 0.8118 ARAB COUNTRIES British Pound 0.453109 0.461809 Arab Egyptian Pound - Cash 38.150 Egyptian Pound 0.03892 Czech Korune 0.003998 0.015998 Jordanian Dinar 0.4344 Bahraini Dinar 0.802790 0.810790 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.051 Danish Krone 0.039431 0.044431 Omani Riyal 0.7932 Egyptian Pound 0.037546 0.040376 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.425 Euro 0.318737 0.326737 Qatari Riyal 0.08422 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000086 Tunisian Dinar 148.540 Norwegian Krone 0.031227 0.036427 Saudi Riyal 0.08142 Iraqi Dinar 0.000204 0.000264 Jordanian Dinar 430.020 Romanian Leu 0.087565 0.087565 Jordanian Dinar 0.426547 0.434047 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.035 Slovakia 0.009139 0.019139 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.177 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Swedish Krona 0.030972 0.35972 Lebanese Pound 0.000153 0.000253 Morocco Dirham 30.833 Swiss Franc 0.290543 0.300743 Moroccan Dirhams 0.022219 0.046219 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Turkish Lira 0.100686 0.110986 Nigerian Naira 0.001264 0.001899 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES US Dollar 305.200 Omani Riyal 0.786436 0.792116 US Dollar Transfer 305.250 Canadian Dollar 231.580 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.083133 0.084346 Euro 326.010 Sterling Pound 461.650 Australian Dollar 0.211885 0.223385 Saudi Riyal 0.080763 0.081463 Sterling Pound 461.540 Euro 326.430 New Zealand Dollar 0.191958 0.201458 Syrian Pound 0.001294 0.001514 Canadian dollar 229.680 Swiss Frank 311.325 Tunisian Dinar 0.144472 0.152472 Turkish lira 104.430 Bahrain Dinar 810.045 America Turkish Lira 0.100686 0.110986 Swiss Franc 298.680 UAE Dirhams 83.390 Canadian Dollar 0.223298 0.231798 UAE Dirhams 0.082127 0.083276 Australian dollar 222.220 Qatari Riyals 91.430 US Dollars 0.301150 0.305650 Yemeni Riyal 0.0013780 0.001460 US Dollar Buying 304.050 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 BUSINESS Gulf Bank celebrates its 55th anniversary Proud to serve Kuwait l Thanks to all who are and have been part of the Gulf Bank family

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is happy to celebrate its Mustafa Sultan Al-Essa; Abdullatif Abdullah Al design is strongly inspired by Kuwait’s seafar- 55th anniversary. On 23 November 1960, His Mehri; and Jassem Mohammed Al-Wazzan. ing heritage. The decor of the customer area Highness Abdullah Salem Al-Sabah, The Amir Once Gulf Bank was founded it com- and furnishings have been specially designed of Kuwait, signed Amiri Decree No (44) recog- menced business operations in a rented flat in the shape of a dhow and fitted with com- nizing Gulf Bank as a shareholding company. on Fahad Al-Salem Street in Kuwait City with a plementary accessories matching the intrinsic Days later, on 27 November 1961, the found- total of 50 employees and a capital of 24 mil- nautical theme. Customers entering the ing decree was published in the official gov- lion rupees, equivalent to KD 1.8 million ($ 6 branch experience the warmth and spirit of ernment newspaper “Kuwait Alyoum”. million). The Bank received permission from true Kuwaiti heritage coupled with an efficient The Bank was founded by a group of the Kuwait municipality in 1961, to construct and high-quality banking service environ- twelve merchants and has grown to become its headquarters and was initially granted per- ment, as well as exceptional customer service. one of Kuwait’s largest financial institutions mission to build up to four floors and an Gulf Bank currently has a network of 56 today. The Bank’s first Board of Directors in optional basement. Over the years, additional branches strategically positioned in key loca- 1961 was comprised of: Chairman - Khaled Al floors were constructed in the headquarters, tions in Kuwait, including its Headquarters Yusuf Al-Mutawa; Vice Chairman - Ali but care was taken to maintain the original (Mubarak Al-Kabeer branch). Abdulrahman Al-Bahar; Delegate member - architecture and design of the building Gulf Bank has contributed to serving the Abdulaziz Al-Saleh; Ahmad Bazea Al-Yassin; whereby maintaining its historic look and country’s increasing developmental require- Abdulwahab Abdulaziz Al-Qatami; Abdulaziz keeping to its early roots. The Bank’s ments, and has become an industry leading Abdulmohsen Al-Rashed; Abdulwahab Al- Headquarters is considered to be one of banking services provider. Under the strategic the Bank continues to grow, expand, and and appreciation to all those who, over the Khalifa Al-Shaheen Al-Ghanim; Dawoud Kuwait City’s landmarks. direction of its Chairman Omar Kutayba innovate in order to better serve our valued years, have been part of the Gulf Bank family Musaad Al-Saleh; Khalid Fulaij Al-Ali Al-Fulaij; The Bank’s logo and branch concept Alghanim and its dedicated board of directors customers. Gulf Bank expresses its gratitude and worked to help the Bank achieve success.

Time to invest in Kuwait: Time to rethink the model top quality stocks By Camille Accad spending would result in a fiscal deficit A yield curve for the corporate sector and tivity. This year, another five-year develop- By Hayder Tawfik Asiya Capital Investments within the next two years. Kuwait has large an additional investment choice for citizens ment plan has been approved for 2015- Company Analysis fiscal buffers and can tap into its reserves, are two examples of its direct benefits. 2020, budgeting around KD34 billion mart investors that have been busy picking top adding a few more years of spending at However, in order to leverage at low rates, ($116 billion) in total. This is a positive sig- quality stocks have been reaping the rewards for KUWAIT: The lower price of oil has wors- current rates, but this will be a highly the economy needs a firm backbone. nal of intent, but the government needs to Stheir hard work. At the top of their target list, has ened the Gulf’s economic outlook. unpopular decision. The government could Like most GCC countries, Kuwait must follow through swiftly before its balance been that top quality company that has no debts or has Between 40 percent and 50 percent of introduce spending cuts, but these are diversify away from the energy industry deteriorates further. been reining in their debts. Privately, clever investors Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman’s total out- The urgency factor is fueling political always do opposite what they say put is energy-related. The United Arab incentives to reform. Depleting reserves, in public. They tend to shy away Emirates and Bahrain are less exposed to cutting wages, removing subsidies and from saying what their true inten- the oil sector, accounting for 30 percent raising taxes are all very unpopular. This tion is, when they want to invest. and 10 percent of output respectively. leaves the government with the less Those smart investors have tar- Kuwait is the country that faces the painful option of seeking financing. In geted companies that are reduc- most serious threat, with a total of 60 per- order to borrow, boosting capital spending ing debts or stopping completely cent of its GDP directly linked to oil. On the is key, and according to IMF forecasts, from taking any debts on their other hand, its fiscal breakeven price, the investment will become a greater role in balance sheet and at the same average price of oil at which the budget is the economy in the upcoming years. time focusing on growing their balanced in a given year, is the lowest in Kuwait needs to be on a path of sustain- top line sales. Their share price the region. In fact, the IMF is forecasting able growth, and the latest development outperformance over the past few years has been Kuwait to be the only country in the GCC plan may be the government’s best oppor- proven the point. Very low interest rates environment to run a fiscal surplus despite a projected tunity of reviving the corporate sector and have encouraged those companies to clean up their bal- dip in revenue in 2015. enabling the capacity to leverage. With the ance sheet in a way that helped them focusing on grow- Kuwait’s domestic economy is resilient, long period of ultra-low interest rates ing top line sales and increasing bottom line profits. This supported mainly by household consump- approaching its end, pressure is mounting should be borne in mind when looking at surveys of tion. Earlier this year, the government on Kuwait to act. investors’ opinion. increased handouts and made only minor The drop in the price of oil has been an It is one of the best and the oldest principle of equity adjustments on subsidies, driving ATM and important reminder of the economic chal- investment that says, good quality stocks should do will point-of-sales to all-time highs. So far, the lenges Kuwait will face if it does not reform in the long term for loyal investors. There are no short- economy has withstood low oil prices, but unlikely to be significant due to their politi- and the public sector needs to shrink. its economy soon. The country is finally in ages of those top quality stocks. The problem for it cannot do so for long at the current cally sensitive nature (the bulk of public Numerous attempts to tackle these issues a situation where it can no longer rely as investors is to find them and making sure that they meet trend. Falling oil revenue, down to half, is spending is directed to social welfare). have not yielded any results, as witnessed freely on oil receipts to boost its economy, strict investment criteria’s that demands good perform- beginning to hamper the fiscal balance. Finding a new source of revenue thus is the in past development plans where projects and that alone can be the ultimate catalyst ances. This investment principle should at all times apply The government needs to look for an alter- most feasible alternative. Introducing taxes were not being implemented. In the last for the economy to diversify and become to value or growth stocks. Investors should not compro- native strategy and the incentives for is one option, but the cultural, economic twenty years, the economic share of the oil sustainable in the long run. It is critical for mise for the sake of short-term gains. reform are mounting, increasing the likeli- and political landscape makes it improba- industry has soared while private invest- the latest development plan to take off Recent investors worry about the slowing economic hood of government action. ble. Leverage is another option, a path ment remained sluggish. Political deadlock soon before it becomes harder for the gov- growth in China and their concerns about those compa- Maintaining its current rate of public already being undertaken by Saudi Arabia. has been a major reason behind the inac- ernment to finance future spending. nies that have expanded in China through leverage have indeed happened. Investors do not mind if companies are expanding into the world’s second biggest growing economy. However, they demand that those companies Dana Gas wins to be extra conservative taking into account the worries about the macro situation, and particularly in China. $1.98bn Kurdistan Pension plan judgment Equity investors no longer believe that companies’ bal- ance sheets are underleveraged, and the proportion that DUBAI: An international arbitration tribunal in wants companies to repay debt or top up their long term London, ruling in a dispute that has lasted six years, liabilities such as pension plans, slightly exceeds the pro- ordered the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in portion wanting cash to be returned to shareholders, via Iraq to pay $1.98 billion to a consortium including buybacks, dividends or cash mergers. This is the first time Dana Gas, the company said yesterday. this has been so since for a long time. It seems that The tribunal of the London Court of International investors no longer reward companies that pay higher Arbitration directed that the payment be made with- dividends and do share buybacks. As I said earlier, in 28 days. The judgment is final, binding and inter- investors are demanding top line earnings growth but nationally enforceable, Dana said in a statement to also an increase in the bottom line too. We have noticed Shai Zamanian Tawfikh Al-Jarrah Sharifa Al-Shalfan John Akthar the Abu Dhabi stock exchange. the evidence of this in the past few weeks. Some compa- If enforced, the award could have a major impact nies that have missed earnings by a small margin and on the fortunes of United Arab Emirates-based Dana delivered smaller profits were sold off aggressively even Cityscape Kuwait to host and other natural gas firms operating in Iraqi though they increased dividends and announced share Kurdistan, as well as on the KRG, whose finances have buybacks. been strained by its fight against Islamic State mili- In the past few months’ international companies have tants. been writing down debts quite drastically. I expect these free-to-attend seminars Dana’s share price soared its 15 percent daily limit big write-downs to be a warning ahead for lower sales yesterday. Later in the day, however, the KRG issued and earnings. Sectors that are related to consumer sta- Experts to reveal techniques to maximize ROI ples, utilities, energy and oil and above all those in the its own statement saying Dana’s description of the mining industry are expected to suffer earnings declines. ruling was misleading and incomplete. In such circumstances, companies are expected to beat KUWAIT: For the first time, those peo- ing the impact of low oil prices on The Forum is a chance for real “This is a partial award that does not finally deter- guidance significantly, and debt-funded share buybacks ple interested in real estate invest- real estate, commercial property estate developers, brokers, institu- mine all issues in the arbitration, and leaves many will not counteract falling revenues. Again, for equity ment, will have the opportunity to investment, REITS, and the latest tional investors and other relevant issues unresolved,” the KRG said, adding that it would investors this will either cause confusion or give them a learn the techniques of how to build investment opportunities by region industry insiders to network, initiate continue pursuing claims against Dana and affiliates big headache. For investors the options are limited. For an international property portfolio, and sector. new relationships, and enhance one’s “in all appropriate fora”. The KRG added that it still those investors that have to be long in equities, staying through free-to-attend seminars, as Chairman of the Kuwait Real Estate knowledge, through key topics had counter-claims worth over $3 billion against with top quality stocks appears to be a very good and part of the upcoming Cityscape Union and confirmed speaker Tawfikh including the impact of the oil prices Dana, and that the tribunal would hear these claims sound idea. Top quality stocks lead most of the recent Kuwait. The event is held under the Al-Jarrah states; “The government of on Kuwait based real estate invest- in the next phase of arbitration. bounces back in the global equity indices. I expect there patronage of His Highness Sheikh Kuwait has signed a $13 billion mega ments, a high profile issue made In 2007, Kurdistan awarded Dana and the UAE’s is more room for those quality stocks to continue outper- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- construction project to build a new more problematic by the rising cost Crescent Petroleum a 25-year deal to develop the forming. Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of refinery which is poised to create of raw materials. Khor Mor and Chemchamal gas fields. Austria’s OMV Overall quality indices have started to outperform Kuwait, on 9 - 11 December 2015, at 45,000 new jobs.” But while Kuwait’s real estate and Hungary’s MOL subsequently each took 10 per- after a long period of mediocre or poor performance. In the Kuwait International Fairgrounds. “The project has been in the industry has witnessed its share of cent of the venture. But the project became entan- this environment, investors need to do a lot of their own In addition to the local market, the pipeline for a long time, and once challenges in 2015, viable sources gled in a dispute over legal rights to the fields and due diligence - perhaps an unusual feeling after years of Cityscape Kuwait Investment Series completed, the 615,000-barrel-a-day maintain that the country compares allegations that the consortium had been underpaid stocks being driven by falling interest rates and currency will also provide attendees with refinery will be the largest facility of favorably with other key GCC markets for condensate and liquefied petroleum gas products devaluations. insights on those global real estate its kind built in a single phase. The as it has managed to remain exempt supplied from Khor Mor. — Rasameel Restructured Finance Company markets offering attractive opportu- fact that it has finally been awarded from the kind of ‘levelling off’ that The consortium filed an international arbitration nities for Kuwaiti investors. Particular shows a commitment to delivering on Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE are case in London in October 2013. Legal action has also focus will be on Turkey, UAE, UK, long-delayed projects. It is important currently experiencing. taken place in other courts; last week, Dana said the Germany, US and Saudi Arabia. that this momentum continues and Walid Al-Azzaz, Chief Executive New Abu Dhabi rice mill to British High Court had ordered the KRG to pay the Shai Zamanian, Managing Director progress is made with utilities, trans- Officer of Al-Enmaa Real Estate, consortium $100 million within 14 days. at STEP America, a forthcoming speak- port and housing programs.” explains: “The economic and political start operations in Q2 2016 “The clear rights of the consortium to both fields er this December explains “Investment conditions have had a very negative ABU DHABI: A rice mill with a production capacity of 80,000 symposiums like Cityscape become Public housing impact on some real estate markets in for long-term development and production, includ- tons a year will start operations in Abu Dhabi in the second integral as global markets continue to Sharifa Al-Shalfan, Research Fellow the region, yet what distinguishes the ing title, and of course payment, have now been con- quarter of 2016, a senior executive said yesterday. expand. Established and now emerg- at the London School of Economics - local Kuwaiti real estate market from firmed beyond any doubt,” Majid Jafar, chief execu- The Al-Dahra Kohinoor LLC facility, a joint venture ing investors need a forum in which to Kuwait Program and another forth- others in the Gulf region is that its tive of Crescent and managing director of Dana’s between Abu Dhabi’s agribusiness firm Al-Dahra Holding gain new market insight, exchange coming speaker at the Business main driver is the local investor.” board, told Reuters yesterday. and India’s Kohinoor Foods, will be located in the Khalifa ideas on trade, and to prosper beyond Forum agrees that the country’s real Kuwait’s potential is further boosted “After almost seven years delay caused by this Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad). “Al-Dahra Kohinoor facili- established borders.” estate focus should now be on action. by it having the financial power to fulfil unnecessary dispute, we hope that with respect for ty will ensure the sustainable and undisrupted supply of Fellow speaker John Akthar, “As Kuwait faces an unprecedented growing local demand for new devel- contract we will now finally be able to move forward essential food commodities into the Emirate (Abu Dhabi) Director at Oxford Acquisitions con- waiting list for public housing, and opments. If it continues to deliver on and prevent further losses for all sides by developing and we are eager to launch operations by the second quar- cludes; “Cityscape Kuwait is the place other real estate unattainable to major projects, experts predict that it these world class resources as originally envisaged ter of 2016,” Khadim Al-Darei, vice chairman and managing to meet leaders in real estate, get most, it becomes crucial to rethink its could become the third largest market for the benefit of Kurdistan and all of Iraq, as well as director of Al-Dahra Holding said in a statement. advice that matters and discover housing distribution policies and in the region within the next five years. the wider region.” Dana said it had further, substantial Al-Dahra is the government’s strategic partner on food investment opportunities.” urban development approach for the Cityscape Kuwait will take place at damage claims for wrongfully delayed development security matters. The UAE relies on imports for 85 percent Alongside the Investment Series future.” Kuwait International Fairgrounds on 9- of the gas fields that would be heard in 2016, along of its food consumption. The facility will handle the full providing opportunities for investors, Sharifa will be exploring Kuwaiti 11 December 2015, with the support with the KRG’s counter-claims. production cycle from milling, storing, packing and distrib- the Cityscape Kuwait Business Forum housing policies during her presenta- of Official Banking Sponsor National It said the consortium had so far invested over uting the rice within the UAE and exporting to foreign mar- will be a platform for more than 200 tion on day one of the Business Bank of Kuwait, Platinum Sponsor Al- $1.2 billion in the project and produced the equiva- kets via Khalifa Port. The 140 million dirham ($38 million) industry decision makers and govern- Forum, which is taking place on the Hamra Real Estate Development, and lent of over 150 million barrels of gas and petroleum facility will have a storage capacity of 50,000 tons of rice, ment to address pertinent issues for 9th and 10th of December during the Gold Sponsors Al-Marjan Island and liquids. —Reuters the statement said. —Reuters the Kuwait real estate market, includ- Cityscape Kuwait Exhibition. Al-Mazaya Holding Company. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 BUSINESS Turkmenistan in race against time to become gas player

ASHGABAT: While the golden domes of not only from more producer nations but also the mer Soviet ally, leaving the undiversified Turkmen pipeline projects analysts say would estab- ects face significant challenges right there Turkmenistan’s presidential palace hint at the growth of liquefied natural gas (LNG). economy pegged to Chinese demand. lish Turkmenistan as a key player on the before questions of political risk even enter country’s fantastic gas wealth, the reclusive Once hailed as a missing piece in energy secu- “Here the leverage in terms of any future con- global energy market. The $5 billion-plus the equation.” Central Asian country remains a slumbering giant rity puzzles from Brussels to Delhi, only China has tract negotiations is very much in favor of the Trans-Caspian pipeline that would funnel in the high stakes game of energy politics. An ex- established a firm grip over the hermit-like coun- buyer,” says Andrew Neff, senior energy analyst at gas along the seabed of the Caspian Sea Missing the boat? Soviet republic of five million, Turkmenistan try’s strategic hydrocarbon wealth, while former the global IHS Energy consultancy. “As long as towards markets in Europe and the $10 bil- The glut on the global gas market is par- boasts more gas reserves per capita than any oth- chief buyer Russia has seemingly turned away. China keeps ramping up imports, the Turkmen lion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- ticularly significant for Turkmenistan, which er country bar Qatar. But it has so far proved Beijing’s China National Petroleum Company government will keep buying itself marble India (TAPI) pipeline slated to feed energy- counts on hydrocarbons for over 80 percent unable to bring its energy bounty to a competi- (CNPC) imports over 30 billion cubic metres of palaces. If it stops or decides to drive the price starved populations in South Asia would of total exports and has a debt to CNPC for tive market as low prices and technological Turkmen gas annually via a pipeline it threaded down, that country will face real problems.” have a combined capacity of over 60 billion the construction of the Central Asia-China improvements have expanded options for through neighbouring nations Kazakhstan and ‘Ambitious projects’ cubic metres of gas annually. pipeline still outstanding. Turkmenistan’s importers elsewhere. Uzbekistan in 2009. Russia’s Gazprom, meanwhile, Low prices for hydrocarbons and the rise of While both links have been endorsed by economy has been struggling and earlier And time may be slipping away for the author- announced earlier this year its decision to wind alternatives to piped gas such as shale and LNG participating countries they lack critical this year it devalued its manat currency by a itarian regime in Ashgabat with pressure coming down long-standing energy imports from its for- have cast a shadow over two multi-country commercial backing and face competition fifth, mirroring central bank strategies in from other potential links originating in other energy-rich ex-Soviet economies. gas-rich Russia and Iran. Earlier this month an International At an annual investment conference Monetary Fund (IMF) mission urged the held in Ashgabat this month, Turkmen offi- Turkmen government to diversify and cre- cials tried to restore faith in both mega-pro- ate conditions for private entrepreneurship. jects. Oil and Gas Minister Muhammetnur It also predicted a growth slowdown of four Halylov described Turkmenistan as a “reli- percentage points over the next two years able, stable and responsible partner with a on the back of low hydrocarbon prices. In good reputation and high international 2014, Turkmenistan’s economy expanded standing.” by 10 percent and it is forecast to see Speaking on the sidelines of the confer- growth slow to about 7.0 percent this year ence Charles Hendry, Britain’s former ener- and 6.0 percent in 2016, according to the gy and climate change minister, credited IMF. “the drive of the Turkmen government” in While Ashgabat may still be banking on moving to complete its own sections of its vast gas wealth to help dig the country both links. “Europe is going to go on need- out of any trouble, time is not on the side of ing gas well into the future,” Hendry, who the Turkmen leadership. US Deputy now chairs the London-based Eurasia Assistant Secretary for Central Asia Daniel Partners Ltd consultancy, told AFP of the Rosenblum pointed out the challenges, Trans-Caspian proposal.“The more we have including the growth of LNG production as that through established, stable routes of well as the potential re-emergence of Iran as supply, the more that will be beneficial.” But a major energy supplier if international other industry analysts, like Laurent sanctions are lifted. Ruseckas, a senior advisor at Veracity “There are many more producer coun- Worldwide, remain skeptical. tries than there were on the map, 20, 10 or “Political will alone does not bring multi- even five years ago,” Rosenblum said at the billion dollar projects into fruition. What is oil and gas conference in Ashgabat. the gas price? Subtract from that the trans- “As the global energy market transforms, portation costs and factor in construction,” the window of opportunity for some proj- Ruseckas told AFP by telephone. “Both proj- ects may begin to close.” —AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 BUSINESS

Infiniti Q80 Inspiration - Paris Motor Show 2014 Infiniti Q30 Infiniti wraps up successful first day of Dubai Motor Show 2015 with 4 Middle East debuts Infiniti welcomes new Infiniti QX50 LWB, Infiniti Q30 and unveils Infiniti Q60 Concept, Infiniti Q80 Inspiration

DUBAI: Infiniti, one of the fastest sports coupe and Infiniti Q80 appeals to sophisticated and discern- growing premium automotive brands Inspiration, the halo model for ing audiences. We are constantly rais- in the Middle East wrapped up a suc- Infiniti’s design language. The first ing the bar and looking at new ways cessful first day of Dubai International day of the event also saw the premi- to innovate and inspire. The models Motor Show following the regional um marque showcase the all-new we have on display during the show debut of four new models. Infiniti Q30, the brand’s first premium are testament to Infiniti’s pioneering Infiniti’s focus during the Motor compact and welcome the Infiniti design influence and vision. Show was firmly on design and inno- QX50 LWB to the line-up. “The Dubai International Motor vation. Infiniti unveiled the Q60 con- “Our success in the region is due Show is the key exhibition of its kind cept - Infiniti’s vision for a future to our diverse portfolio which in the region, which matches our sta- tus as a leading premium automotive brand. The show is the ideal platform for us to make the regional debut of these four new models. The first day has been hugely successful for us, having welcomed our industry part- ners to the show and received fantas- tic feedback on the new models.” said Juergen Schmitz, Managing Director, Infiniti Middle East. Schmitz added: “The first ten months of 2015 have been excellent for Infiniti and we continue to build on our exceptional performance to date. We are focused on building on the momentum we have experienced so far this year, into and beyond 2016, we are confident that these new models will play an important role in supporting our plans in the Infiniti Q60 Concept region.” Infiniti Q60 Concept

Rate cut, more stimulus ECB expected to ease further in store at ECB meet

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT BERLIN: The ECB will roll out its big guns at its monetary policy meeting this week, ramping up its trillion-euro asset KUWAIT: The US dollar rose last week to its ing trend in inflation has been improving decreased from 26.8 percent to 24.4 per- with the pace of expansion accelerating purchases and cutting key rates to hike weak inflation, highest level since April amid expectations steadily and that the quantitative and quali- cent. However, those claiming business con- slightly since October. This was highlighted analysts said. that the Federal Reserve will increase short- tative monetary easing which the Bank ditions are “bad” also decreased from 18.3 by the seasonally adjusted Markit Flash Fed up with an inflation rate that is stubbornly far term interest rates next month. Indeed, the introduced in April 2013 has been exerting percent to 16.9 percent. Heading into 2016, Germany Composite Output Index posting below the target of close to 2.0 percent, European Central US dollar remained at a six-month peak its intended effects toward overcoming a consumers are cautious about the labor 54.9, up from 54.2. Stronger growth was Bank chief Mario Draghi has in recent weeks multiplied against the other major currencies, as trad- deflationary environment. market and expect little change in business mainly driven by a sharp upturn in activity pledges to “do what we must” to lift consumer prices in the ing volumes remained thin during the long conditions. at service providers, where the rate of 19-member eurozone. Thanksgiving weekend. US Q3 GDP growth revised higher increase was the most marked in 14 months. In what was viewed as an attempt to lay out his case for Last week, a set of upbeat US economic The US economy grew at a better rate in US home prices rise On a different note, German business more stimulus, Draghi also presented a morose state of the data continued to reinforce the case for a the third quarter than originally expected, US single-family home prices rose in confidence unexpectedly rose, in a sign that economy at a banking conference earlier this month. Federal Reserve rate hike next month. The suggesting resilience that could help give September at a faster pace than in August Europe’s largest economy is strong enough “We cannot yet say with confidence that the process of US Department of Labor said jobless claims the Federal Reserve confidence to raise and above market expectations. The hous- to weather risks including a global slow- economic repair in the euro area is complete,” he said, not- declined by 12,000 last week to 260,000. interest rates next month. GDP grew at a 2.1 ing composite index of 20 metropolitan down. The Ifo institute’s business climate ing that global growth is expected to be the weakest since Analysts expected claims to fall by 2,000 last percent annually, higher than the 1.5 per- areas gained 5.5 percent in September on a index climbed to 109 in November from 2009, while the rebound in the eurozone is the lowest week. In parallel, the US Commerce cent rate reported last month. The growth year-over-year basis compared with 5.1 per- 108.2 in October. The median estimate was since 1998. For Jonathan Loynes, an analyst at Capital Department said durable goods orders estimate was also boosted by upward revi- cent in the year to August. The general for the measure to stay unchanged. It is Economics: “The question is not whether the ECB’s govern- jumped 3.0 percent in October, surpassing sions to business spending on equipment economy appeared to slow slightly earlier in widely expected that the German data ing council will loosen monetary policy at its meeting on expectations for a 1.5 percent increase. and investment in home building. the fall, but is now showing renewed would continue to improve rather than December 3rd, but rather whether it will do so decisively In Europe, markets continue to expect Household consumption, which accounts strength. With unemployment at 5 percent deteriorate ,supported by a stabilization of enough to meet the very strong expectations stoked up the European Central Bank to increase their for almost 70 percent of the economy, grew and hints of higher inflation in the CPI, most global growth, lower euro and improving by its own dovish signals.” monetary stimulus next week. After contin- financing conditions on the back of a further “Anything less than a marked acceleration in the pace uously and clearly signaling their intentions easing of the ECB’s monetary-policy stance of its monthly asset purchases and a significant cut in its over the past few weeks, backing off from in December. deposit rate would now come as a severe disappointment,” further easing has become extremely diffi- he said. The ECB launched in March a 1.1-trillion-euro ($1.2 cult without causing a market shock. Since Weak UK Q2 GDP trillion) scheme to help lift consumer prices. the ECB President Draghi indicated in UK’s economy slowed in the three The quantitative easing program to buy sovereign October that the governing council would months to September, as trade stood the bonds at a rate of 60 billion euros a month runs until at act if needed to drive up inflation to its 2 biggest drag on quarterly growth on record least September 2016, but inflation came in at zero in percent target, speculation of further against the backdrop of a slowing global October. At the ECB board’s last meeting on October 22, extreme measures continue to weigh on the economy. The British economy grew 0.5 per- the question of whether to cut interest rates again sur- currency. Economists also revised their fore- cent in the third quarter, the Office for faced as a potential tool to boost consumer prices. cast for the ECB’s December meeting and National Statistics said, confirming a prelimi- The ECB had cut the rate on its deposit facility-that is, now expect a 20 basis point deposit rate cut nary reading, and slowing from 0.7 percent for funds placed by banks at the central bank, to negative from previously 10 basis point cut. growth between April and June. Foreign 0.2 percent in June 2014. That means banks have to actu- Additionally, investors expect the ECB to trade put the biggest drag on record on ally pay the central bank to hold their cash, thus encourag- increase the amount of bonds it buys each British economic growth last quarter, as a ing them to lend. The rate has remained at that level since. month to 75 billion Euros from the current weakening global economy and surging 60 billion Euros, or extend its quantitative demand for imports slowed Britain’s recov- Dissenters shrugged off easing program beyond September 2016 ery. Draghi’s expansionist stance is not without detractors, potentially until September 2017. with Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann warning On the foreign exchange side, the euro Tokyo core yearly CPI improves against hastily boosting stimulus rather than letting the fell to its lowest level in more than 7-months There has been a slight improvement in current package do its work. on speculations that the ECB will act deci- Japan’s inflation numbers, especially in the But the dissenters “appear to have had little influence sively during its December policy meeting. national CPI for November that reassurance on their colleagues,” said Loynes. Berenberg analyst Holger Markets expect the European Central Bank market participants of the slim chances of Schmieding also said that “experience tells us that the ECB to either increase the scope of its bond-buy- Bank of Japans Governor Kuroda announc- council usually follows Draghi’s lead in such contentious ing program and/or potentially impose a at a 3 percent annualized rate, less than the analysts expect the Federal Reserve to raise ing further QE in the near future. Japan’s CPI discussions”. “With no inflation risks whatsoever, a further two-tiered penalty for banks that leave previously estimated 3.2 percent. its fed funds target range, the first increase ex-fresh food and energy came in at 0.7 per- stimulus would certainly do no damage even if the bene- deposits at its facility. At the same time, mar- Personal income also picked up, with since 2006. cent, which is the only disappointment, fits may not be very pronounced either,” he said. kets continue to expect the US Federal salaries rose by 102.7 billion dollars in the while the consumer price index year on year The current bout of weak inflation is underpinned by Reserve to start its monetary tightening third quarter following a 109.4 billion gain in French manufacturing PMI drops stood at 0.3 percent improving from last persistently low petrol prices. Central bankers of the 19- cycle. Policy divergence between both con- the April through June period. After-tax The latest flash France PMI data indicated year’s 0 percent. member eurozone are keen to fight falling prices because tinues to create a highly negative environ- total personal income adjusted for inflation an easing of private sector output growth Australia’s investment spending drops they can be poisonous for the economy, creating a vicious ment for the Euro. The currency opened the climbed 3.8 percent in the third quarter during November. The Markit Flash France Australian firms scaled back investment circle of falling demand and fewer jobs. week at 1.0645, reached a high of 1.0689, from the same time in 2014, the largest year Composite Output Index came at 51.3, spending by 9.2 percent in the third quarter While falling prices might appear to be good for con- however, closed the week at the lowest level on year gain since the end of 2012. Saving down from 51.9 in October. Both manufac- from the second quarter, a much steeper sumers, deflation can become entrenched if consumers since April marking a low of 1.0565. rate was also up to 5.2 percent from 5 per- turers and service providers signaled weaker drop than the 2.9 percent fall economists delay purchases in the hope of lower prices later, which in Similarly the sterling pound opened the cent in the second quarter. increases in activity during November. In had been expecting. In the year through turn prompts companies to hold off investment. For week at 1.5186 and rose slightly of 1.5195 each case, growth was modest and the September, total new capital expenditure Commerzbank’s chief economist Joerg Kraemer, the ECB where it found major resistance. The curren- US consumer confidence weak slowest in three months. Some service dropped by 20.0 percent. The report also may simply “make a decision in principle... and defer the cy then dropped sharply, reaching a fresh After dropping in October, consumer providers reported that the terrorist attacks showed that companies expect to invest clarification of further details to a later meeting”. seven months low of 1.5023, after the Bank confidence index declined further in in Paris had negatively impacted on activity. AUD 120.4 billion in the current fiscal year, “The ECB’s main objective is probably to achieve the of England governor Mark Carney said that November. The Index now stands at 90.4, New business in the French private sector which is 20.9 percent lower than the corre- strongest possible effect on the markets. To do so, the mar- UK interest rates are likely to remain low “for down from 99.1 in October. The decline was rose for a third consecutive month in sponding estimate for the previous fiscal kets must be convinced that the ECB is doing all it can to some time”. The Pound closed the week near mainly due to a less favorable view of the November, with the rate of expansion accel- year. achieve its inflation objective,” said Kraemer. the lows at 1.5040. job market. Consumers’ appraisal of current erating to the sharpest in since June. The bank is therefore likely to meet market expecta- The Japanese Yen traded in a tight trad- business conditions, on the other hand, was Kuwait tions of more stimulus, as well as “announce further steps ing range between a high of 123.25 and a mixed. Consumers’ assessment of current German PMI and IFO Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30440 in the case that its objectives run the risk of not being low of 122.23 after minutes from the Bank of conditions was less positive in November. November data signaled a continuation The USDKWD opened at 0.30440 yesterday achieved”. — AFP Japan meeting indicated that the underly- Those saying business conditions are “good” of private sector output growth in Germany, morning. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 BUSINESS Etihad Airways wins Ultratravel Award for Best First Class

ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has received el can be for its guests.” the coveted award for Best First Class at the The A380 First Class cabin boasts nine annual Ultratravel Middle East Awards First Apartments, unique living spaces (ULTRAs) ceremony, which was held last which at 39 square feet in area, are 74 per night at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah cent larger than the airline’s current award- hotel in Dubai. winning First Class suites, and feature a The award is another major accolade for Poltrona Frau leather armchair and a sepa- the UAE national airline’s First Class experi- rate ottoman which converts into a full- ence, which has repeatedly been voted length 80.5 inch long bed. A dedicated best in the world. shower room is available for exclusive use The ULTRAs are voted for by the readers by First Class guests. of Ultratravel Middle East, the regional edi- The B787s are equipped with eight pri- tion of the United Kingdom’s exclusive vate First Suites in a unique curved aisle Ultratravel magazine, a high-end luxury setting, an airline industry first, with a 10 travel publication which was launched in per cent increase in personal space. The the UK in 2004 in partnership with the Daily forward and aft facing suites feature a large Telegraph. Ultratravel Middle East is distrib- Poltrona Frau leather armchair which con- uted in English and Arabic within The verts into an 80.5 inch fully-flat bed. The National and Al Ittihad newspapers. suites feature 24 inch TV monitors, large Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ dining tables for dual dining, personal Chief Commercial Officer, said: “This award wardrobes and privacy doors. further validates and recognises the Etihad Airways’ remaining three-class tremendous efforts which have gone in to configured longhaul fleet of Boeing 777s creating the most innovative, stylish and and Airbus A330/A340 family aircraft is luxurious First Class service in the air. We configured with a private First Class suite are incredibly proud to receive it. product. “This year has been a momentous one for Etihad Airways. The revolutionary cabin The world’s best First Class experience concepts we launched in 2014 are now a Inspired by the best hotels and restau- reality, already flying on our new fleet of rants in the world, Etihad Airways’ First Class service includes a personalised wel- come letter from the Cabin Manager and an elegant reception with a drink of choice and Arabic coffee service, fragrant hot tow- el, and traditional Arabian dates, served on Margot Robbie in an Abu Dhabi Liwa Desert photoshoot to celebrate the new British Airways 787-9 Dreamliner route. a silver platter. First Class dining features a contempo- British Airways celebrates new 787-9 Dreamliner rary menu with an enhanced selection of canapÈs, a palate cleanser served between with Hollywood event and photoshoot in desert appetiser and entrÈe, a pre-dessert course served by the Chef, coffee and tea from the ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi becomes British ‘CafÈ Gourmand’ brand accompanied by Airways’ second 787-9 Dreamliner destination mini biscuits, cakes and pastries. after the airline debuted the futuristic new air- Guests can choose from an extensive craft on its Delhi route in October. haute cuisine a la Carte menu, or can select To mark the launch of British Airways’ Boeing fine steaks and sides from The Grill menu, 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily London-Abu complemented by a choice of side dishes Dhabi-Muscat service on 6 November 2015, and sauces, and can also choose delicious Hollywood star and Australian Margot Robbie meals and snacks throughout the flight attended an exclusive VIP party on Zaya Nurai from the All Day Dine menu. The onboard Island just off the coast Abu Dhabi along with Chefs, many of who hail from fine dining British chart star Jessie J and fellow Hollywood establishments around the world, including star Orlando Bloom and VIP guests. some Michelin Star restaurants, are provid- Margot Robbie also displayed vintage glam- ed with an onboard pantry of fresh ingredi- our in an exclusive photoshoot. Robbie glows in ents including proteins and vegetables. a beautiful gown from Burberry’s Prorsum col- These talented crew members can discuss lection amid the drifting, orange-hued dunes of made to order requests with the guest and the enchanting Liwa desert in Rub Al Khali (the can prepare a bespoke dining experience Empty Quarter). British Airways pilots - many of tailored to their palette. A Chef is available whom operated the inaugural 787-9 Dreamliner in First Class on every Etihad Airways flight. flight from London Heathrow to Abu Dhabi Meals are served on sophisticated new International Airport and Muscat International crockery from the famous Japanese manu- Airport - accompanied Margot at the event. facturer Nikko, and new ‘Royal Oak’ cutlery British Airways will add the 787-9 Dreamliner - has been designed by the quintessentially which is poised to become the mainstay of the air- Hareb Al Muhairy, Etihad Airways British brand, Studio William. Fine wines line’s fleet - on several more destinations including Senior Vice President Corporate and from the Etihad Airways onboard cellar are Kuala Lumpur, Austin and the airline’s upcoming International Affairs, receives the now served in crystal glasses for both red new route San Jose, California, next year. Ultra award for Best First Class from and white wines separately, created for The 787-9 features four cabins: World JP Fitzgerald. Etihad Airways by Lucaris. A special XO Traveller (economy), World Traveller Plus (premi- Cognac service is provided featuring signa- um economy), Club World (business class), and Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner ture glasses designed by Norman of the new First cabin - which was created specifi- aircraft. The Etihad Airways brand has been Copenhagen. cally for the aircraft. The new First suites were catapulted into the global consciousness as First Class bedding includes a luxurious designed based on feedback from First cus- Margot Robbie in an Abu Dhabi Liwa Margot Robbie during the Abu Dhabi the world-leading provider of remarkable all-natural mattress pad, duvet and pillow tomers to ensure comfort was at the heart of the Desert photoshoot to celebrate the new Liwa Desert photoshoot. travel experiences in all classes of service.” set, produced exclusively for Etihad experience. Etihad Airways introduced ground- Airways by COCO-MAT, widely regarded as British Airways 787-9 Dreamliner route. breaking First Class cabins with the intro- the providers of the world’s best bedding. duction of its fleet of A380s and B787-9 air- The First Class turndown service is accom- craft, with five of each type delivered to panied by a ‘sweet dreams’ card, pillow date. mist, and aromatic pulse-point oil for the Nick Perry, Chairman of Ultratravel, wrists. Elegant loungewear is provided for said: “With the introduction of revolution- comfort and relaxation and guests are ary inflight innovations such as The offered limited edition Sougha amenity Residence, with its three rooms, and the kits, inspired by the culture and colours of airline’s new First Apartments and First Abu Dhabi, and containing a selection of Suites, Etihad Airways is redefining what exclusive products by luxury New York- world-class hospitality and First Class trav- based brand, Le Labo.

10 Nissan sales executives certified N-Spec A380 First Apartment landscape. KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co Issam Salameh; who welcomed the Nissan Gulf The Nissan N-SPEC certification is a globally (AABC), the exclusive agent of Nissan in Kuwait FZCO Dubai (NGF) delegates to the event. recognized certification course for Sales is proud to announce that 10 of its Nissan sales Director of Sales & Marketing Cameron Executives, based on the Nissan global Sales Burgan Bank announces executives were awarded with the N-SPEC (NIS- Gowing, awarded the Nissan Al-Babtain Sales Training templates to upgrade the knowledge & SAN Sales Program for Executives Certification) Executives with their NISSAN customized pins, skills of the Sales executives and thereby increas- winners of Yawmi account certification and are now officially part of trophies and certificates. ing customer satisfaction. Al-Babtain Group rec- KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yester- date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the Nissan’s elite certified global sales team. With their hard work and dedication, the cer- ognizes the importance of staff training and day the names of the lucky winners of its account, will entitle customers to one Leading the ceremony were Al-Babtain Group tified Sales Executives have successfully com- development and invests heavily in this area. Yawmi account draw, each taking home a chance of winning. If the account balance Chief Operating Officer - Mohammed Shalaby, pleted their certification program courses and With its recently developed staff L&D center, the prize of KD 5,000. is KD 500 and above, the account holder Al-Babtain Group HR General Manager - passed the assessment conducted by Nissan company is introducing more and more training The lucky winners for the daily draws will be qualified for both the quarterly Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain, Sales Middle East Sales Training Manager - Tamer and coaching sessions to develop its Sales took home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and daily draws. General Manager (Nissan, Renault & Citroen) - Yasin. team’s skills. and they are: Burgan Bank encourages everyone to 1. YOUSEF HUMOUD SULAIMAN AL-MUD- open a Yawmi account and/or increase HAYAN their deposit to maximize their chances to 2. SAMI DHIYAB BADER AL TAMIMI becoming a winner. The more customers Al-Tijari announces Najma Account winners 3. MOHAMMAD IBRAHIM MOHAMMAD deposit, the higher the chances they AL-KHABBAZ receive of winning. KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held the Rodrigues — KD 7000. tomers will be eligible for the daily draw pro- 4. SAFWAT MORKOS NAGEEB BOLISS For more information on opening a Al-Najma Account draw on 29th November, The Commercial Bank of Kuwait announces vided that the money is in the account one 5. ALI ABDULLAH HAMAD AL HAMAD Yawmi account or about the new quarter- 2015. the biggest daily draw in Kuwait with the week prior to the daily draw or 2 months prior To further add to the anticipation of ly draw, customers are urged to visit their The draw was held under the supervision of launch of the new Najma account. Customers to the mega draw. In addition, for each KD 25 a Yawmi account customers, Burgan Bank nearest Burgan Bank branch and receive the Ministry of Commerce & Industry repre- of the bank can now enjoy a KD 7,000 daily customer can get one chance for winning now offers a Quarterly Draw with more all the details, or simply call the bank’s sented by Mr. Saquer Al-Manaie. prize which is the highest in the country and instead of KD 50. chances to win higher rewards, entitling Call Center at 1804080 where customer The winners of the Al-Najma daily draw are: another 4 mega prizes during the year worth Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes this one lucky customer to win KD 125,000 service representatives will be delighted Emad Helaihel Abdullah Al Sulalili — KD KD 100,000 each on different occasions: The opportunity to congratulate all lucky winners every three months. The Yawmi Account to assist with any questions on the Yawmi 7000, Kortattu Parambil Abdulrazak — KD National Day, Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha and on and also extends appreciation to the Ministry now offers Daily and quarterly Draws, the account or any of the bank’s products and 7000, Bsma Khalaf Ibrahim Al-Saadoun — KD the 19th of June which is the date of the bank’s of Commerce and Industry for their effective Quarterly Draw requires customers to services. Customers can also log on to 7000, Mona Abdullah Thunayan Alghanim — establishment. supervision of the draws which were conduct- maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in Burgan Bank’s www.burgan.com for fur- KD 7000, Catarina Zebelina Silviera With a minimum balance of KD 500, cus- ed in an orderly and organized manner. their account for 2 months prior to draw ther information. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 TECHNOLOGY

Qualitynet wins telecom project, connecting world’s second largest oilfield in Iraq KUWAIT: Qualitynet, Kuwait’s No. ect is quite challenging and is and is operated by the Rumaila tions for the available infrastruc- nications project of this size 1 Internet, Information and Data among the largest we’ve under- Operating Organization (ROO) - a ture and terrain in Iraq, roll-out brings to the forefront our tech- Communications Technology taken so far. The bidding process joint venture between the schedules that clashed with nical prowess and capability to Services provider yesterday took months of stringent inter- biggest names in the O&G sector. unexpected weather conditions execute even the most challeng- announced its successful accom- views, documentation and pre- ROO invited the Telecom indus- in Iraq and Europe, and the strict ing of requirements in any given plishment of a Telecom Project sentations, with participation try’s finest to propose a solution HSE standards were among the situation. We work with the best, initiated by one of the world’s from the biggest International that would connect its sites in many challenges faced and con- employ proficient resources and largest Oil & Gas Operators, to brands in the Telecom Segment. Rumaila with its offices located quered”. He added that deliver projects on-time in accor- connect its sites in Rumaila - Our team’s proposal emerged across the globe in Europe, Asia Qualitynet’s teams are working dance with the highest of quality Southern Iraq with multiple cities victorious at the end, and we are and the Middle East. onsite in Iraq and Europe at pres- standards”, said Mohammed. He worldwide. now gearing towards executing “Implementing this project ent, testing and implementing concluded by saying that this Mohammed Al-Nusif, CEO the solution within Southern Iraq brought up many challenges, the solution as per the agreed project has strengthened stated that the company is quite and onwards to locations across especially given an underdevel- roll-out schedules. Qualitynet’s project portfolio excited about winning the proj- the globe, in collaboration with oped sector like Iraq” said Mohammed underlined how both in Iraq and within the O&G ect, especially the large scale our International partners”. Mohammed. “Finding the right this project showcases Sector globally, and that the Mohammed N. Al-Nusif - implications it would have for the Rumaila is a supergiant oil- technology partners with the Qualitynet’s capabilities on a company is currently working on Qualitynet CEO company and its staff. “The proj- field located in Southern Iraq, know-how to implement solu- global scale. “A complex commu- similar projects within the sector.

Implanting CIOs into customer experience

By Jyoti Lalchandani ucts and brand advocacy.

fter many years of competing on Digital services price, selection, quality, and serv- Savvy organizations have long since Aice, businesses find themselves on figured out that their brand and image the newest battleground - customer don’t originate in the marketing depart- experience (CX). Beyond great products ment; they come from the last interac- and services, customers increasingly tion that a customer has had with any expect organizations to provide engag- part of the business. Visions of glistening ing, high-quality experiences tailored to planes soaring through the heavens with their individual wants and needs and grandiose music evaporate extremely available across a wide variety of touch quickly in the face of flight delays, cryptic points and devices. ticketing applications, and stony-faced flight attendants. That means that every interaction, whether physical or digital, either contributes to or detracts from the quality of the customer experience. Ultimately, CX is all about bringing together technology, processes, informa- tion, and empowered employees to make and keep customers satisfied. And it is here where the CIO and his/her team must strive to make a difference. At IDC we predict that by 2020, 60% of CIOs in global organizations will have been sup- planted by chief digital officers for the delivery of IT-enabled products and digi- tal services. So the threat to the CIO’s influence - and even very existence - For CIOs and their IT departments, CX within the CX circle is an extremely real similarly represents an important battle- one. ground; for many, their very future is at In order to play a meaningful role and stake. That’s because technology is an head off the threat of a CDO taking away essential ingredient of CX - meeting cus- key responsibilities, the IT department tomer expectations requires a growing must develop some critical new skills complex of technology solutions, and that until now may have not even been businesses can’t deliver great CX without on their radar. Central to this is the need WAYNE: Bree Stopper, middle, talks on the phone after finishing work at a clothing store in the Willowbrook Mall, Friday. —APP IT support. to develop deep levels of customer It might sound overly dramatic, but knowledge and empathy, while CIOs there is a huge amount at stake here. must also become adept at simultane- Beware of online fraud Indeed, those CIOs that can rise to the ously leading, following, influencing, and “CX occasion” will find themselves feted persuading line-of-business executives as essential strategic allies to their busi- who may or may not welcome IT’s ness partners. On the other hand, those involvement in CX initiatives. during holiday season that fails in helping to shape and drive superior CX run the risk of jeopardizing CX journey not only their companies’ success but This last point is crucial to avoiding their careers as well. conflict, because there will undoubtedly Open Wi-Fi is probably the least secure place The road to CX success for IT teams is be certain lines of business that believe a challenging one, riddled with techno- they ‘own’ the customer experience. NEW YORK: Online fraud spikes during the holi- most people, though, it’s simply best to stick to easiest way to do this is to use the same credit logical complexity, siloed organizations Contrary to such beliefs, IDC is firmly of day shopping season, as people searching for your cellular connection. card for all of your holiday shopping. Never use and politics, disruptive competition, and the opinion that CX is an enterprise-wide, the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to Shoppers also need to be on the lookout for your debit card; if hackers get ahold of your rapidly evolving market expectations mission-critical initiative and that CIOs traditional stores armed with their smartphones. less high-tech thieves when shopping online in number, they could clean out your bank and competition. Under such circum- and their teams are essential elements as “The Pandora’s box of cyberattacks is about crowded public places like coffee shops, says account. stances it can be tempting for CIOs to they bring some critically needed com- to open,” says Pete Tyrrell, chief operating officer Nitin Bhandari, senior vice president for prod- A dedicated email account can also help keep stick to the bread and butter of building, petencies. For example, chief marketing for Digital Guardian, a Waltham, Massachusetts- ucts at Opera Software Solutions. That means things organized. acquiring, and managing conventional IT officers will only be successful if a pro- based data protection firm. “The cybercriminals keepings your screens out of the views of others It’s also a good idea to use different user systems and infrastructure. But the reality ductive relationship with the IT organiza- are getting more and more creative - and at the - even smartphones, which are bigger and easier names and different passwords for your various is that they must play an integral role in tion is created and developed, and that end of the day, it’s your personal information at to read from a distance than they used to be. shopping accounts. That way if one is compro- CX, and doing that well can help secure a holds true in service, support, and other risk.” Here are some tips for protecting yourself mised, it’s less likely that the others will fall to more prominent role within their organi- facets of customer relationships as well, and your information from online Grinches. SWIM AWAY FROM POTENTIAL PHISH hackers as well, says Tim Francis, the head of zations. While ‘customer experience’ may as all are underpinned by technology Phishing spikes during the holiday season. “cyber insurance” policies at Travelers. be the hot topic of the day in board- along with people, processes, and infor- BEWARE OF GIFTS OF FREE WI-FI Emails that offer great deals on holiday gifts or rooms around the world, it’s certainly not mation. It’s awful tempting to sign on to a store’s free donation pitches from charities could actually IF IT LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ... a new concept. Indeed, it can be traced Failure to play an active and transfor- Wi-Fi while you’re out shopping, especially since be attempts to steal your credit card or login Websites and emails that advertise hot deals back to the very origins of commerce mational role in the CX journey will most store walls are notorious for blocking or weaken- information. Another popular trick: fake emails on popular or hard-to-find gifts, along with free when merchants had to fix problems likely result in the IT department being ing smartphone data connections. But fraud- supposedly sent by online retailers or shippers or deeply discounted gift cards, are probably associated with a sale or risk losing a cus- branded as a caretaker and infrastructure sters also may be lurking on the networks, ready such as FedEx or UPS, saying that a payment for scams. “I still haven’t been able to buy an iPad for tomer’s business. But it has certainly management organization, with cus- to use that connection to steal credit card or an order didn’t go through, or that an order did- $7,” Tyrrell joked. come to the fore once again as markets tomer-facing technology initiatives other personal information. n’t ship. Don’t click on links in these emails. It It’s best to stick with e-commerce sites you have become increasingly crowded with handed off to a CDO (or equivalent). It is “People may want to log on to their Best Buy could contain malware or take you to a fake know are real and go directly to those websites. competing players and product offerings, for this reason that CIOs and their teams or Amazon accounts to check prices, but open website that looks very much like that of a legiti- Don’t click on Web ads. making differentiation difficult for many must step up to the plate. IT has much to Wi-Fi is probably the least secure place to do mate company. Instead of getting help, you’ll Shopping on the websites of companies businesses. CX has had to evolve over the bring to the CX table, including a deep- that,” says Michael Kaiser, executive director of most likely have your personal information you’ve previously done business with can also years to meet changing needs. From the seated knowledge of enterprise systems the National Cyber Security Alliance. stolen. Panic over the possibility of not getting a save you time and hassle, says Steve Platt, a vice earlier focus on service and problem res- and processes and invaluable skills in pri- And never use open Wi-Fi connections to gift in time can make people click before they president at credit monitoring company olution, CX evolved to encompass cus- vacy and security protection, enterprise check bank account information. The last thing think, Kaiser says. So, it’s best to slow down. If Experian. tomer engagement, marketing, and architectures, and application integra- you want a hacker to have is a direct connection you think an email is genuine, just go directly to Online retailers will be on the lookout for sales. Fast forward, and organizations are tion, to name a few. It is now up to them to your bank account. the company in question’s main website. fraudsters too. That means they might be more now realizing that customers want and to prove their worth. If you’re tech-savvy enough to use VPN soft- likely to flag a transaction - and slow down your expect quality CX to extend across the ware - short for “virtual private network,” a tech- CHECK YOUR ACCOUNTS FOR shopping - if they haven’t dealt with you before. entire customer journey, from awareness The author is the Group Vice President nique for shutting would-be eavesdroppers out ‘NAUGHTY’ ACTIVITY “The more information they know about you to purchase, service and support, and and Regional Managing Director at IDC, of your connection - on your phone, then free Both during and after the holidays, shoppers and your purchases, the more likely you’ll have a even beyond into co-innovation of prod- Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Wi-Fi is safe so long as you have the VPN on. For need to keep a close eye on their accounts. The seamless experience,” Platt says. — AP For US allies, paradigm shift in intelligence collection

PARIS: Fearful of an expanding extremist threat, say it’s not so much a question of diminishing scooping up cell data, France is pushing to essen- countries that for years have relied heavily on US cooperation with the US - the revelations of Edward tially vacuum up and analyze everything - landline, intelligence are quickly building up their own capa- Snowden have ultimately done little to harm rela- mobile and Internet metadata. bilities with new technology, new laws and - in at tionships between allies - as a push to increase The law authorizing that NSA program is set to least one case - a searing debate on how much the domestic capacities ill-equipped to face the rising expire June 1, but the U.S. House of American government should be allowed to spy on threat of Islamic State and other jihadi groups. Representatives last week passed legislation end- their own citizens. “These are not people coming from the outside, ing the collection by the government and only Responding to a jihadi movement that is suc- these are not people who are taking plane trips, allowing the NSA to ask telephone companies for cessfully recruiting people from around the world, they are not people who attracted notice outside the metadata on a case-by-case basis. That bill may France and Canada are both passing laws that our countries. These are people who come from still face changes in the US Senate. The Canadian would dramatically ramp up their surveillance the heart of our society,” said Alain Chouet, a former proposals are more measured, but would till dra- apparatus. In France, lawmakers are on the verge of French intelligence official who recently returned matically expand domestic intelligence capabilities, approving a bill that would let the government from an extended trip to Canada where he debat- legalize some collection of metadata, and allow spy install “black boxes” to collect metadata from every ed the measures in both countries. “International services to take over recruiters’ social networking major phone and Internet company. Canada’s cooperation in this area isn’t hugely useful.” accounts to “counter-message” as well as delete measures were rushed through after a two sepa- online material from anywhere in the world that rate attacks in October 2014 on Canadian soldiers - Collection of metadata promotes terrorism against Canadians. Unlike the including one that ended when the gunman Technologically, France goes the furthest with French proposals, the Canadian measures began stormed Parliament and was shot to death by the planned creation of a ‘Made in France’ mass col- coming under strong public opposition as time guards and police. France’s law went into high gear lection of metadata that has the potential to go went on, including an open letter from 60 execu- after the January terror attacks on the satirical beyond a National Security Agency program. tives and a Twitter campaign that included a dire weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket Where the NSA collected landline metadata for warning this month from author Margaret Atwood: NANTERRE: In this Jan 19, 2015 photo, a French police officer works at the headquarters of that left 20 dead, including the gunmen. Analysts nearly every US citizen but never really got into “See you in the slammer, kids.”—AP the Pharos reporting platform against cyber criminality outside Paris. — AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Brazil confirms zica virus link to fetal brain-damage outbreak

RIO DE JANEIRO: A link between a form symptoms such as fever, mild headache, surge in recent months of babies born after tests on the tissue of a deceased The ministry said that the new informa- of fetal brain damage and the mosquito- skin rashes, joint pain and conjunctivitis, with microcephaly, or an unnaturally small child with microcephalic symptoms by the tion means that zica has become a serious born zica virus has been confirmed by or “red eye.” Initial analysis shows that the brain, in Brazil’s northeast, led authorities Ivandro Chagas Institute in BelÈm, Brazil, risk to public health and that Brazil must Brazilian health authorities on Saturday. virus can be passed to a fetus and that the to suspect the virus may have more sinis- one of South America’s leading health embark on an emergency program to The link between zica, first medically iden- fetus is at greatest risk from the virus dur- ter effects than previously recorded, the institutes. There is also evidence that zica control the Aedes aegypti mosquito to tified as a new disease half a century ago, ing the first three months of pregnancy, ministry said. Microcephalic children can has contributed to the deaths of adults prevent the virus’ spread. Brazil has invited and birth defects has never been made. the statements said. suffer developmental and intellectual diffi- weakened by other diseases. Zica is trans- the Atlanta, Georgia-based US Center for The virus, endemic in parts Africa, South More tests and studies are needed to culties that limit intelligence and muscle mitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito Disease Control to visit the country and America, Southeast Asia and some Pacific clarify the exact method of transmission coordination for life. also known to carry the yellow fever, observe research and control efforts, the Islands, has until now been blamed for and infection, the statement added. A The ministry’s conclusion was made dengue, chikungunya viruses. health ministry said. —Reuters Norway mulls using heroin Preschoolers in daycare to prevent deadly overdoses need more outdoor time NEW YORK: Many preschoolers in daycare the day, including time at home, than their may need more outdoor time to help peers who didn’t get as much exercise in ‘I am in heaven that he is alive’ increase their odds of getting enough daycare. One drawback of the study is that physical activity, a small US study suggests. it only included a single day of observation, BERGEN, Norway: The pale, zombie-like addicts stag- Pediatricians recommend that young chil- the authors acknowledge in the American gering through concrete underpasses make an unlikely dren get at least an hour a day of physical Journal of Preventive Medicine. It’s also scene in wealthy Norway’s picturesque second city. As a activity to help build motor skills, coordina- possible that even though researchers con- gateway to the fjords which zigzag the oil-rich nation’s tion and strong muscles and bones, as well trolled for many factors that can influence long coastline, Bergen is the last stop on a global drug as to reduce the potential for obesity later activity levels in kids - including children’s route that gives it one of the worst heroin problems in in life. Playground time is also key for weight and parents’ education levels - oth- Europe. Now with a change in local government here developing social skills like taking turns er variables may still have influenced the and in the capital, Oslo, there is an appetite to use radi- and conflict resolution. But fewer than outcomes. cal policies to curb the alarming number of Norwegians three in 10 children in full-time daycare got Even so, the findings suggest that par- who die from heroin overdoses each year. Alongside tra- an hour outside for recess each day, the ents should ask about physical activity poli- ditional replacement therapies, such as methadone, the study found. cies when selecting a daycare center for new left-wing local leaders want to use a medical form “It is ideal if parents can make some their child, said Leigh Vanderloo, a pedi- of injectable heroin to treat the most at-risk users. time for their child to play outside every atric activity researcher at the University of The official goal is to wean them off the drug entire- day,” lead study author Dr. Kristen Western Ontario in Canada who wasn’t ly, but even the most ardent supporters admit the most Copeland of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital involved in the study. Ideally, the daycare achievable target is to bring them within a safer envi- Medical Center said by email. “But when should have access to quality indoor and ronment, while helping to tackle the crime associated children are in child care for eight to 10 outdoor activity spaces, limit screen time, with heavy drug use. hours, all of the daylight hours may be in and have policies in place to ensure that “We can’t go on criminalizing our drug users. We child care settings, so this is not always children get exercise even if the weather need the trust between us and the health profession- possible.” Researchers studied 380 children doesn’t cooperate, Vanderloo said by email. als,” said Kim Arnetvedt, an addict and member of the ranging in age from three to six years old at Expanding access to physical activity, Association for a Humane Drug Policy, a campaign 30 childcare centers from 2009 through however, isn’t one size fits all, noted Laura group. Norway has the worst heroin mortality rate in 2011. In each center, they randomly select- Lessard, a researcher in behavioral health ed two classrooms to observe for one and nutrition at the University of Delaware Western Europe with 70 drug deaths per million BERGEN, Norway: Norwegian heroin addict, Kim Arnetvedt, a member of the inhabitants in 2013, according to the EU’s drugs watch- school day. who wasn’t involved in the study. In cities, dog, the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and campaign group Association for a Humane Drug Policy, stands on a corner in On the observation day, researchers fit- it may not be feasible for daycare centers Drugs Addiction. In the continent as a whole, Norway Bergen. —AP photos ted children with activity trackers for a 24- to have their own outdoor space, and near- trails only Estonia, with 127 deaths per million. The hour period to record their movements in by playgrounds might not be safe or average is 16. but is highly suspicious of a health system that he says is for methadone, according to the EU drugs watchdog. preschool as well as at home. All but one of appropriate for younger children, Lessard Like most of Bergen’s estimated 1,100 regular users, too close to the police and makes “every day of addic- First synthesized from opium poppies in 1898, and the daycare facilities had a playground out- said by email. In suburban or rural areas, Arnetvedt spends much of his time near the city-run tion miserable.” He is treated with methadone and anti- marketed as “Heroin” by the German pharmaceuticals side and 23 had an indoor gym or activity space may be abundant but kids might still Straxhuset needle exchange center between the hous- depressants, but says he can’t imagine ever shaking his giant Bayer, diamorphine was initially prescribed as pain space. Just 14 of the centers had policies lack access to enough play equipment or ing projects and the industrialized western edge of the addiction to heroin. relief. Later evidence showed its addictive qualities and scheduling more than 60 minutes of daily supervised physical activities. city where addicts can get clean needles, medical help it was banned in most countries, but continued to be outdoor time, however. Only five centers “Internationally the childcare environment and a hot meal. He reluctantly dips in and out of med- CASE OF OVERDOSE manufactured and made available in Britain, primarily had no television or computer use on is predominantly a sedentary and obeso- ical rehabilitation programs run out of centers like this, Outside the needle exchange there is a more-or-less for end of life care. It also survived as a street drug either observation days. genic one,” Vanderloo said. “It’s important open drug market. Dozens of users and dealers cut where it is mixed with other toxins and its purity varies While 90 percent of the daycare centers that we explore mechanisms to enhance deals unmolested by police. Last year a crack-down on dangerously. In 1991, Switzerland established a small reported scheduling two or more outdoor the supportiveness and conduciveness of heroin users in the notorious Nygaards Park in the cen- scale trial, using diamorphine to treat heroin addicts sessions daily, only 40 percent of children the childcare environment as it relates to ter of town drove them into the tourist-heavy city-cen- unresponsive to other treatments such as methadone. participated. The children who did get at physical activity, in addition to limiting the ter. Straxhuset leader Hugo Torjussen says the unofficial Later trials in Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany least 60 minutes of outdoor or active time opportunities available to the children to policy is to allow them to congregate here instead. The all showed that supervised injectable heroin can be in school were also more active throughout engage in sedentary pursuits.” — Reuters proximity of health professionals makes it safer in case effective for targeting this marginal group, according to of overdose, and the new local government has cut the EU watchdog. through political deadlock to sanction a safe injecting room for users to shoot up their own gear inside. Even Major reductions so, a small number of addicts are either too suspicious It said the therapy creates “major reductions” in or immune to the methadone to start treatment at all. their continued use of illicit street heroin, “major disen- Ola Joesendal, deputy director of Bergen’s gagement from criminal activities” and “marked Haukeland Hospital, said more than 90 percent of the improvements in social functioning.” Joesendal says city’s heroin addicts receive methadone treatment. this type of harm reduction is at the heart of the pro- “But for a very small amount of addicted people it is posed policy. The drug is still available in these coun- not possible to establish contact through the tries in small-scale quantities and strictly controlled (methadone) maintenance program,” he said. “If we conditions. However, wary of encouraging use rather have the opportunity to reach them through heroin, than rehabilitation, in 2013 Norway’s Conservative-led then they can be reached.” Otherwise, their isolation national government rejected Joesendal’s application from health professionals means they are the users for a medical heroin trial. most likely to die, he says. Cecilie Brein-Karlsen, deputy health minister for the Some are skeptical. Anti-drug campaigner Mina junior ruling coalition partner, the Progress Party, says Gerhardsen says free heroin therapy would put too the change in local government to Labor in much strain on many of the vulnerable users it is intend- September will not force the Department of Health to ed to reach. “They won’t be able to use this because you change its mind. “It is not an option from the govern- need to show up at the same place and time several ment’s point of view,” she said. “We think we should times a day,” she said. “Many of these people are not prioritize other measures.” The government’s overdose BERGEN, Norway: Addict Birgitte capable of that.” Gerhardsen also said the publicly-fund- prevention strategy advocates persuading users to Langoey, who rescued her boyfriend ed medical heroin programs would be too expensive. switch to smoking, which is far safer than injecting. Yet from a heroin overdose, holds part of a The cost of the treatment can reach some $22,000 per it will not allow addicts to use Oslo and Bergen’s inject- Naloxone kit in Bergen. year, compared with an upper level of $3,800 per year ing rooms to smoke the drug. — AP

Getting treatment: Timing is NEW DELHI, India: Participants run past the India Gate monument shrouded by the haze during the Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi yesterday. — AP key after a heroin overdose Tens of thousands overcome Delhi pollution in half marathon NEW YORK: Using naloxone, often known by the brand strength of the opioid and the user’s tolerance. Highly to five minutes. Withdrawal symptoms and cravings name Narcan, to stop an overdose on heroin or related potent batches of heroin, some mixed with the power- start almost immediately. Some people react angrily NEW DELHI: The tens of thousands of runners, Shruti Saxena, a 41-year-old painkillers called opioids is the first step in a complex ful anesthetic fentanyl, can accelerate the timeline. and lash out, saying police and paramedics have ruined people who participated in yesterday’s businesswoman who has been distance process that can include hospitalization, treatment and their high. Experts say the person should be carefully half marathon in India’s capital had more running in New Delhi for eight years. relapse. Here’s a step-by-step look at recovery, based on Antidote monitored because naloxone’s inhibiting effects could than just running 21 kilometers (13 “We’re breathing the same air even if we the accounts of first responders, harm reduction Without intervention, an overdose can be lethal. wear off before the opioid does and trigger another miles) through New Delhi’s streets on a stop running, and I’d rather run than not.” experts and health care providers: Brain damage can occur three to five minutes after a overdose. misty, chilly morning to deal with. They The Delhi half marathon, in its 10th year, person stops breathing. A widely used antidote, nalox- also had to overcome the city’s unparal- has become an important part of the Overdose one, works by blocking an opioid’s effect on brain Hospitalization leled air pollution. Last year, the World city’s calendar. The race, and the interna- An overdose shortens breath and weakens the receptors for 30 to 90 minutes. First responders in many A person revived with naloxone should be taken to Health Organization named New Delhi tional runners it attracts, has encouraged pulse. It turns lips and fingertips blue and shrinks pupils places carry the drug, and it’s also available for home an emergency room for evaluation and treatment, but the world’s most polluted city. Twelve a culture of running in a country where to the size of a pinhead. It can cause drowsiness, disori- use at pharmacies and harm-reduction clinics. It’s authorities cannot force them to go, and many refuse. A other Indian cities ranked among the for decades the odd cricket game on the entation, choking, vomiting, a gurgling sound known administered via a shot or nasal spray and works most hospital stay usually lasts a few hours - enough time to world’s most polluted 20. Yesterday, most weekend was the most exercise most as the “death rattle,” and, eventually, a loss of conscious- of the time to revive a victim. ensure another overdose doesn’t occur. When people of New Delhi’s government-run air moni- people got. Running groups are now ness. Death occurs when the brain stops sending the don’t go to a hospital, doctors say, they should not be tors were showing “very poor” readings, gaining in popularity across the country. signals that make breathing automatic. Symptoms can Revival left alone for about three hours for the same reason. providing an extra challenge for those The US Embassy’s air quality monitor, kick in within minutes or hours, depending on the Once revived, a person usually wakes up within two taking part in the annual half marathon. located in one of the greenest parts of the Relapse More than 30,000 people participated city, showed a reading of 283 this week- After a revival, a user’s life often goes one of two in the race, according to the Press Trust end, deemed so hazardous that the ways: Relapse spurred by the hard tug and easy avail- of India, or PTI. Two runners were seen embassy advised that everyone avoid out- ability of street drugs, or long-term treatment. Police being taken to ambulances, but it was door activities. The readings were nearly and paramedics report reviving the same relapsed not known why they needed medical five times higher than what India deems users multiple times. For instance, a 19-year-old man attention. Still, the event proceeded in a acceptable and 11 times what’s recom- near Syracuse, New York, saved with naloxone in April carnival atmosphere, with Ethiopia’s mended by the World Health Organization. died of a suspected overdose two weeks later, the day Birhanu Legese and Kenya’s Cynthia Limo The race is typically scheduled for late he was to leave for rehabilitation in Florida. winning the men’s and women’s elite cat- October or November, when the air is cool- egories. “It is my first time in Delhi, and I er and the scorching north Indian summer Treatment have come up with a personal best,” PTI has ended. But the cold weather also leads Short of a court order, nothing can force a user into quoted Legese, who finished in 59 min- to spikes in smog levels. treatment. Immunity laws designed to encourage peo- utes, 20 seconds, as saying. “It is even “It’s a public health catastrophe,” ple to call 911 in an overdose emergency have made more satisfying considering the top six said Akshay Jaitley, a lawyer and long- those harder to come by, but police and prosecutors were so close.” PM2.5 - the very fine parti- time distance runner who has compet- can have input when a user commits another crime, cles that get lodged deep in the lungs ed in races all over the world and ran like robbery, to further the habit. Someone deciding to and cause the most damage crossed 300 in yesterday’s half marathon. “You can get help could face hurdles including high insurance at some places in New Delhi, but very feel the difference,” he said of training deductibles, long waiting lists, and a month or more few runners wore pollution masks during and running races in cities like Boston away from family and friends. Health care providers rec- the race. and London. But he said he would con- ommend detoxification and methadone or other treat- “I’ve never tried to run with a mask. tinue to run in India’s capital. “The ben- CAMDEN, New Jersy: A jug of used needles to exchange for new is seen near, Jim “Woods” Ellis ment to wean users. They also recommend outpatient The idea of wearing one for the race efits of running are more than not run- in an industrial area of Camden, as Ellis describes using the drug, naloxone, often known by or residential therapies to modify behavior and seems uncomfortable,” said one of the ning,” he said. — AP the brand name Narcan, to reverse an addict’s heroin overdose. —AP improve the ability to live without drugs. — AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE 80% of men in middle east more savvy about fashion than health

ith the spotlight on men’s health respondents visited the doctor only in case issues this month, Centrepoint of a medical emergency. This speaks clearly Wreflected upon the health con- about the way in which consumers here sciousness or lack thereof of its male con- prioritize health issues. sumers within the GCC region. As the Sleep, which is a vital indicator of overall region’s largest family fashion retailer, health and well-being, also appeared to be Centrepoint feels a responsibility towards compromised as per survey results. 40 per its customers and puts each member of the cent of survey respondents get only family at the centre of its offerings. This between 5-7 hours of sleep per night. November, Centrepoint has launched a According to the National Sleep campaign to increase consumer’s knowl- Foundation those of us experiencing under edge of health related topics. the mandatory 8 hours or so of sleep on a In support of the Movember initiative regular basis experience elongated sleep activated globally, Centrepoint chose to debt and forget the feeling of being well delve deeper on its regional consumers’ and truly rested. To further the problem, understanding of good health. The region- stimulants like coffee and energy drinks, ally present retailer conducted a recent sur- alarm clocks, cell phones and other external vey to gauge consumers’ consciousness of respondents’ behaviour and knowledge physician for a medical check-up?’ were lights and sounds interfere with our natural their personal and general health in com- when it came to fashion vs. health. Of the extremely insightful in getting an under- sleep cycle causing added distress. parison to their savviness when it came to men surveyed, 80% answered each of the standing of our customers’ priorities when Another aspect of health consciousness fashion. As a family fashion retailer, fashion related questions correctly, while a it came to personal health,” commented highlighted by the survey was that of water Centrepoint is well-aligned with its trend- mere 20 per cent were able to answer ques- Shyam Sunder, Marketing Head of consumption. A third of the respondents setting and highly engaged consumer base tions on basic health measures. Centrepoint. Over 90 per cent of survey surveyed consume between four to six in the Middle East. The survey that was dis- Following the survey results, respondents claim to visit the mall and glasses of water a day, which is quite low in seminated through Centrepoint’s social Centrepoint has launched a region-wide shop once a month or more, with close to comparison to the eight glasses recom- media platforms garnered response from campaign to raise awareness for effective 25 per cent shopping on a weekly basis. In mended for adults. Lack of water can lead over a thousand respondents from the health habits and measures. “Responses to terms of health, while 70 per cent of the to dehydration, which can be particularly GCC, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. The survey questions such as ‘How often do you men surveyed visited the gym once a week severe in the hot desert conditions we face results portrayed a distinct disparity in shop?’ and ‘How often do you see your or more. In contrast, over 50% of survey in the Middle East.

Earth a wilder, warmer place Federal regulators: Psychiatric since last climate deal made hospital harming patients SEATTLE: Federal regulators plan to cut mil- said. “Patient and staff safety remain priorities PARIS: This time, it’s a hotter, waterier, wilder Earth lions in Medicare and Medicaid funding for and to that end we are working to recruit more that world leaders are trying to save. The last time that Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital staff, which is key to improving safety and pro- the nations of the world struck a binding agreement after a recent inspection found “multi-system viding quality services to the patients at all of to fight global warming was 1997, in Kyoto, Japan. As wide failures” have caused serious harm to our state psychiatric hospitals,” she said. “We leaders gather for a conference in Paris today to try to patients and placed the health and safety of all have not lost federal funding.” do more, it’s clear things have changed dramatically patients at risk. In addition, federal officials said over the past 18 years. Western State Hospital’s governing body “failed ‘Immediate jeopardy’ Some differences can be measured: degrees on a to provide oversight and supervision necessary Stephanie Magill, a Centers for Medicare & thermometer, trillions of tons of melting ice, a rise in to ensure patients are protected from abuse Medicaid Services spokeswoman in Seattle, said sea level of a couple of inches. Epic weather disasters, and neglect and received safe and appropriate Friday that although terminations sometimes including punishing droughts, killer heat waves and psychiatric, medical and nursing services,” happen, “more often than not, facilities come monster storms, have plagued Earth. As a result, cli- according to a letter sent this week to hospital back into compliance.” The letter marks the mate change is seen as a more urgent and concrete CEO Ron Alder and acquired by The Associated fourth time in 2015 that the hospital has been problem than it was last time. Press on Friday. under threat of losing federal funds. The federal “At the time of Kyoto, if someone talked about cli- The US Department of Health and Human agency sent 90-day termination notices to the mate change, they were talking about something that Services said it will end its provider agreement hospital in January, March and September after was abstract in the future,” said Marcia McNutt, the with the 842-bed facility on Nov. 28, the letter finding that patients were at risk. This is the first former US Geological Survey director who was picked said. The Lakewood, Washington facility letter that threatens funding cuts within weeks to run the National Academies of Sciences. “Now, receives $4.7 million from Medicaid and $11.2 of the announcement. The decision followed an we’re talking about changing climate, something million from Medicare annually, according to inspection that ended on Nov. 5 in which inves- that’s happening now. You can point to event after state officials. State officials said they plan to fix tigators identified several “immediate jeopardy” event that is happening in the here and now that is a the problems before the two-week deadline. findings. “Immediate jeopardy” is defined by direct result of changing climate.” “We have been under the threat of losing law as a situation in which the hospital’s failure Other, nonphysical changes since 1997 make federal funding since the inspection in to comply with program requirements “has many experts more optimistic than in previous cli- September,” Kathy Spears, spokeswoman for caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, mate negotiations. For one, improved technology is the state Department of Social and Health impairment, or death to a resident.” The infrac- pointing to the possibility of a world weaned from Services, said in an email Friday. The agency is tions related to patient rights, quality assess- fossil fuels, which emit heat-trapping gases. working with the federal Centers for Medicare & ment, medical staff, nursing services and infec- Businesses and countries are more serious about In this July 19, 2011 file photo, pools of melted ice form atop Jakobshavn Glacier, near the Medicaid Services to correct the problems, she tion control, the letter said. — AP doing something, in the face of evidence that some of edge of the vast Greenland ice sheet. — AP science’s worst-case scenarios are coming to pass. “I am quite stunned by how much the Earth has meters, of ice thickness since 1997, according to the International Disaster Database run by the Centre changed since 1997,” Princeton University’s Bill Samuel Nussbaumer at the World Glacier Monitoring for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster in Anderegg said in an email. “In many cases (e.g. Arctic Service in Switzerland. Belgium. sea ice loss, forest die-off due to drought), the speed • With 1.2 billion more people in the world, carbon • The number of weather and climate disasters of climate change is proceeding even faster than we dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels worldwide has increased 42 percent, though deaths thought it would two decades ago. climbed nearly 50 percent between 1997 and 2013, are down 58 percent. From 1993 to 1997, the world Some of the cold numbers on global warming according to the U.S. Department of Energy. The averaged 221 weather disasters that killed 3,248 peo- since 1997: world is spewing more than 100 million tons of car- ple a year. From 2010 to 2014, the yearly average of • The West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have bon dioxide a day now. weather disasters was up to 313, while deaths lost 5.5 trillion tons of ice, or 5 trillion metric tons, • The seas have risen nearly 2 1/2 inches, or 6.2 dropped to 1,364, according to the disaster database. according to Andrew Shepherd at the University of centimeters, on average since 1997, according to cal- Eighteen years ago, the discussion was far more Leeds, who used NASA and European satellite data. culations by the University of Colorado. about average temperatures, not the freakish • The five-year average surface global temperature • At its low point during the summer, the Arctic extremes. Now, scientists and others realize it is in the for January to October has risen by nearly two-thirds sea ice is on average 820,000 square miles smaller more frequent extremes that people are truly experi- of a degree Fahrenheit, or 0.36 degrees Celsius, than it was 18 years ago, according to the National encing climate change. Witness the “large downpours, between 1993-97 and 2011-15, according to the US Snow and Ice Data Center. That’s a loss equal in area to floods, mudslides, the deeper and longer droughts, ris- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In Texas, California, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona ing sea levels from the melting ice, forest fires,” former 1997, Earth set a record for the hottest year, but it did- combined. Vice President Al Gore, who helped negotiate the 1997 n’t last. Records were set in 1998, 2005, 2010 and • The five deadliest heat waves of the past century agreement, told The Associated Press. “There’s a long WASHINGTON: Dr Joseph Wainer, left, a psychiatrist at Western State 2014, and it is sure to happen again in 2015 when the - in Europe in 2003, Russia in 2010, India and Pakistan list of events that people can see and feel viscerally results are in from the year, according to NOAA. this year, Western Europe in 2006 and southern Asia in right now. Every night on the television news is like a Hospital, and Paul Vilja, right, a nursing supervisor, pose for a photo • The average glacier has lost about 39 feet, or 12 1998 - have come in the past 18 years, according to nature hike through the Book of Revelation.” —AP near the facility in Lakewood. — AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Alghanim Industries employees take part in RUNQ8 Charity Event

lghanim Industries, one of the Rehabilitation Center (CERC) which Kawther Albader, an employee at largest private companies in serves children with disabilities who Costa Coffee Kuwait, one of Alghanim Athe region, announced the par- need special support and do not have Industries businesses, said, “I really ticipation of 235 of its employees in access to appropriate healthcare. enjoyed being a part of the RUNQ8 the RUNQ8 Charity Event that started Speaking about the company’s race with fellow colleagues from dif- at Marina Crescent on Saturday morn- participation in the event, George ferent functions of the company, and ing. The company contributed the Lambros, Chief Human Resources running for a noble cause like the largest number of participants at the Officer at Alghanim Industries, said: rehabilitation of children. This was the race, which totaled 2200 runners and “We’re happy that Alghanim first race I participated in, but it won’t walkers. Industries once again is sponsoring be my last.” Employees from several businesses the largest contingent of employees It is worth mentioning the various owned by Alghanim Industries partici- participating in the RunQ8 event. Our health initiatives that Alghanim pate in the RUNQ8 event on a yearly company is concerned with the over- Industries is keen on supporting to basis. The company covers registra- all well-being of our employees, and promote a balanced and healthy tion fees for all employees who partic- we conduct a wide array of events lifestyle for its employees. The compa- ipate as part of its effort to promote a and seminars throughout the year ny organizes an annual medical cam- healthy lifestyle amongst its employ- that focuses on healthy lifestyles. paign to support and raise awareness ees, and to support the charitable Additionally, we’re very pleased to be about breast cancer, as well as regular cause behind the event. All proceeds supporting such a worthy cause as blood donation campaigns in associa- from the race are donated to the the Children’s Evaluation and tion with the Kuwait Central Blood Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center.” Bank. ASAR hails RunQ8 Marathon successful sponsorship

SAR - Al Ruwayeh and Partners (ASAR), constant therapy at CERC. This is when FSRI port of this effort is aligned with this corporate Kuwait’s leading and most prominent cor- extends its support in collaboration with local social responsibility commitment. ASAR is proud Aporate law firm, and one of the region’s top partners, to provide families without resources to have sponsored RUNQ8 for the second con- tier firms, successfully sponsored the RunQ8 the assistance to care for their disabled children. secutive year and we will continue to assert our Marathon for the second consecutive year. Commenting on ASAR’s participation, Sam leadership in being a socially responsible firm. Organized by the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Habbas, Senior Partner at ASAR said: “ASAR’s sup- We aim at maintaining our support and sponsor- Institute (FSRI), the 10km charity race was held on port and sponsorship of RUNQ8 is primarily ship of community centric events in the future, Saturday 28 November 2015 on the Gulf Road, aimed at raising public awareness of the chal- and in particular those aimed at raising health, and came under the theme of “Run for a Cause.” lenges faced by children with physical or cogni- and healthy living, awareness in Kuwait.” This year, the event gathered more than 2200 tive disabilities, as well as enabling and promot- It is worth mentioning that RUNQ8 is the runners, where all the proceeds from the race ing healthy living conditions for these children. largest children’s charity event in Kuwait. The were dedicated to the Non-Profit Children’s At ASAR, we take our corporate social responsi- Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC). bility very seriously, and we strongly believe that provides comprehensive programs that include Families often struggle with financial resources our well-being and that of the communities we physical therapy, speech therapy, psychology when a child with disabilities and injuries needs operate within are inter-connected. ASAR’s sup- and occupational therapy. Yalwah Expo kicks off

alwah’ Expo 2 for wedding and fitness, through jewelry and bride dresses, girls aim to aspire generations of brides to Events Kicked off on Saturday at down to the preparations for lighting and endless limits. ‘YArraya Ballroom in Marriott sound, and the halls of celebrations and sup- Yalwah.com is Kuwait’s first online wed- Courtyard Hotel during the period from 28 plies rental, and even the organizers of the ding directory/blog of its kind related to the to 30 November, 2015, to reveal the secrets wedding. world of weddings, events, celebrations, and of a successful wedding preparations. The idea of the exhibition ‘Yalwah’ is the all the preparations related to it. The website The Expo is the first of its kind in Kuwait result of a passion shared by three young is subdivided into two parts on the same and it’s for the second year in a row. Yalwah women ambitions collection in preparation page that is user friendly. opened its doors to the marriage couples to for the celebrations and organizing wed- First of all, the directory consists of 16 give them a variety of services and gives visi- dings and other events all kinds, concerts, to categories of the best service providers in tors the opportunity to save time of hard be able to become acquainted with the the wedding and event industry. Through work in order to set up a wedding and other details of the establishment of concerts in these categories, users can view and select occasions celebrations, and all this under general and especially the wedding to pass the services that suit their needs and tastes. one roof. then their experience and their relationship Then the blog which is not only an enter- Burgan Bank sponsors RunQ8 The 3 days Expo, has several sections, in this area to the services to submit them to taining but educational tool for sharing all s part of its commitment and strategy cial reasons. FSRI’s goal is to provide much Dr Elham Al-Hamdan, President and where the exhibition provides multiple and assist those interested in setting up a special kinds of topics regarding the world of wed- towards Corporate Social needed specialized treatment and support Medical Director at FSRI, emphasized the varied options include booking the wedding ceremony is unparalleled. dings and celebrations. Two more services AResponsibility, Burgan Bank spon- to affected children, regardless of their fami- importance of community initiatives such as halls, as well as the wedding preparation in The Creators of Yalwah are Nour Al- were added which completed Yalwah’s holis- sored RunQ8, the 10 km charity race organ- ly’s financial constraints. RunQ8 in order to raise awareness and help booking the flowers, photography and Baghli, Aroob Al-Abdali, and Basma Al- tic vision. It includes “Event Management” ized by the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Commenting on the bank’s sponsorship, mobilize financial and moral support for video, and food equipment options. Also it Baghli, three young aspiring entrepreneurs which covers the whole spectrum of differ- Institute (FSRI). RunQ8 took place on Bashir Jaber, Burgan Bank’s Group Head & important social causes. She added that only takes care of women starting from taking who are passionate about weddings, cele- ent types of events providing clients with Saturday November 28th, 2015 on the Gulf Investor Relations & Corporate with the support of community and corpo- care of their beauty, hair, make-up, smile and brations, and all kinds of events. The Yalwah top notch logistics and organizational serv- Road, under the theme of “Run for a Cause.” Communications - General Manager said: rate sponsors, like Burgan Bank, is FSRI able ices to ensure quality and excellence. The The event, which drew large crowds and “Our sponsorship of RUNQ8 comes as part to properly carry out its mission as a non- second service “Bridal Consultations and VIP around 1,800 runners, was organized by FSRI of our corporate social responsibility strate- profit healthcare institution. concierge services”, which is one of its kind to support its non-profit Children’s gy and in line with Burgan Bank’s vision of Burgan Bank’s sponsorship falls under its in Kuwait, completes our brides exclusive Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC), supporting noble initiatives that help raise corporate social responsibility umbrella, to experience with Yalwah. This service takes with all proceeds from RUNQ8 going public awareness on children with a physical support a cause that raises public awareness brides in a fruitful journey in the completion towards helping children and families in or cognitive disability, while encouraging on children with a physical or cognitive dis- of their bridal preparations for their big day. need. Caring for a child with a physical healthy living to these children. Our aim is to ability, while encouraging healthy living for The icing on the cake is our fine VIP and/or cognitive disability has significant work towards increasing health awareness these children. The bank will continue spon- concierge services that cover the finest emotional, physical and financial effects on a between the communities in Kuwait as well soring many more community events in the details, and fulfills all of brides unique family; many families will even postpone as reinforcing the public to adopt healthy future, to help grow health awareness requests. For her part, Aroob Al-Abdali said seeking treatment for the child due to finan- lifestyles.” among the communities in Kuwait. that the Yalwah Expo aims to provide dis- tinctive model and services value to Nour Al-Baghli, Basma Al-Baghli and Aroob Al-Abdali. enhance the capacity for a comprehensive —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and integrated wedding with the participa- tion of actors and corporate sponsors at the highest level of professionalism in the provi- sion of various services ceremony, promising visitors to run the show that they meet offers and exclusive discounts. Basma al-Baghli said that the journey of the unique experience that we have tried in Yalwah Blog will witness the success during the next three days, especially since the idea is great and unique. On the other hand, Nour al-Baghli explained “We had to added two services to “Yalwah” for inclusiveness and achieve our desire , vision and our ambitions to offer the best services to our customers. the first serv- AOU conducts workshop on its working environment ice is about the organization and manage- ment of events and covering the organiza- he Arab Open University (AOU) organized a workshop on ects and programs in the third strategic plan 2012 - 2016. tion of all kinds of events by providing some “Analysis of AOU Working Environment”, which was headed by The AOU top management is looking forward to achieving the of the logistical and services to ensure quali- TProfessor Moudi Al-Humoud, Rector of AOU, and in presence of workshop objectives, primarily SWOT analysis of AOU and its internal ty.” She added “The second service is provid- Vice Rectors, Deans, Directors of AOU Branches and Directors of HQ and external environment at all its branches. One of the main work- ing a VIP consulting for the bride c, which is Departments in addition to Professor Mahmood El-Gamal, Professor shop objectives is the evaluation of achievement of objectives of the the first of its kind in Kuwait, in order to of Business Studies at Kuwait University and a member of the current and fourth strategic plans, Al-Humoud said, adding AOU meet all the bride’s personal every detail Performance Evaluation Committee of the AOU Strategic Plan. aims to translate its noble mission and objectives into reality and to requests, and thus will make the bride able Al-Humoud started the workshop by a statement confirming the be pioneering in building science and knowledge society as well as to deal with Yalwah team directly to enjoy commitment of AOU towards the participation of all AOU leadership to keep up with the fast-evolving developments in the fields of sci- the full experience and comprehensive and top management in this workshop in order to set the fourth ence, research and services. During the workshop, all participants through special consultation which are AOU strategic plan (2017-2022), which are jointly being worked on. represented their department working environment at AOU. The specifically designed as special equipment AOU leadership and top management staff participated in this work- workshop was concluded with a set of recommendations and sug- for her special day.” shop to benefit from their experience and from the achieved proj- gestions in the light of discussion held on this issue. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015

ASWAT 3 performance at Abdul Hussain Abdul Rida Theater

By Athoob Al-Shuaibi

OYAC Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA) in collaboration with the French Institute of Kuwait set up their annual hybrid music and dance performance ‘Aswat 3’ in two consecutive days at Abdul Hussain Abdul Rida Theater in Salmiya. The show was divided into two scenes. The first was about man’s conflict with nature and how he adapted to it and created a social vironment.en The second scene took the audience to the challenges and achievements of Kuwait today as a multi- Lcultural nation. The performance was attended by a large crowd that lively interacted with all the theatrical roles of the musical dance which merged the spirit of East and West. LOYAC Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA) is an academy that empowers the talented youth of Kuwait to develop their skills and nurture their passion through programs in the fields of theater, dance and music.

GUST participates in P2P: Challenging Extremism Initiative ulf University for Science and ties to help counter violent extremist messag- designed to empower the silent majority, GUST’s Team in the global P2P campaign Washington Post. The students also organized Technology (GUST) is one of 45 schools ing and recruitment. By enlisting tech-savvy, while emphasizing notions including solidarity shows that 62% of Kuwaitis college students a fun afternoon whereby well-known graffiti Gworldwide participating in the Peer to digitally aware students from throughout the with victims, humanitarian values, and raising believe that violent extremism can affect their artist, “Monstariam”, was invited to create a Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism initiative. world to create and implement culturally rele- awareness of the threats from violent extrem- life; 30.5% are high or very concerned about mural on the subject, and GUST’s very own DJ The program, sponsored by the US vant and credible digital campaigns that ism. this issue, while only 22% feel totally free to TRQ spun tracks from a set list specifically put Department of State, and facilitated by engage civic minded university students and Dr Fahad Al-Sumait, Head of the Mass discuss the topic with their friends. together for the occasion. EdVenture, an organization dedicated to hopefully create progress with social impact. Communications and Media Department at Furthermore, 61% agree that open public dis- The top three participating schools will be developing innovative industry-education As part of the initiative, undergraduate stu- GUST, said, “Mobilizing against hate and cussion on social media is important in coun- invited to Washington, D.C. in January 2016 to partnership programs, tasks student teams to dents at GUST have formed a student-run empowering the silent majority to come tering violent extremism. present their research, plan, and results to sen- create digital media content that empowers agency to develop and implement a campaign together to voice their disapproval of what is The campaign mounted by the students ior government officials and industry leaders networks of youth to counter the social media aiming to build among Kuwait’s university stu- going on in the world, in an organized and was multifaceted. Two Skype conferences at the US Department of State, to determine presence and effectiveness of violent extrem- dents the willingness to speak openly against measured way, is a movement we hope will with leading experts on the Middle East were the P2P: Challenging Extremism winner. The ists’ online messaging. extremist violence on social media channels. grow and be the catalyst of change we desper- organized. One with Dr F Gregory Gause III top team will receive a scholarship prize of This program is a pathway for young peo- The communication strategy devised by GUST ately need right now”. from Texas A&M University, and one with $5,000, followed by $3,000 for second place, ple, social networks, and engaged communi- students is dubbed “Raise Your Words”, and is Results of a survey conducted to support Hugh Naylor, the Middle East Editor for the and $1,000 for third.

Azzad celebrates 14 years as Certified Angus Beef distributor

zzad Trading Group Company is one of restaurants since more than twenty years. Official reports issued by the American Steak House at J W Marriott Hotel on Tuesday, As well as set up a training course at Salhiya the leading food stuff companies, spe- Azzad Trading Group is the authorized dis- company (CAB) that Azzad Trading Group November 17, 2015 included a presentation by Hall at Marriott Hotel for the Sales Team of Acialized in the distribution of food in the tributor for The Certified Angus Beef (CAB) company is the largest distributor in the the Executive chef of American meat company Azzad Group specialists from the US company local market and owns several reputable inter- since fourteen years and during the previous Middle East and the Gulf countries, as they explaining to the presence of a selected group to introduce the most important advantages of national brands and, the company is supplying years, the brand has grown to become the achieved the highest sales over the past years. of head chefs in First Class hotels where com- meat compared to other meats available in the food and it is characterized by the diversity of most important and largest meat of oxen, a On this occasion, Azzad Trading group com- prised the presentation of the latest ways and market, as the training course included a focus its customers between Kuwait-Five Stars global program to provide the best and most pany set up in cooperation with the American methods of cooking meat and various advan- on the development of sales skills and market- hotels, and the majority of Luxury upscale delicious varieties of beef quality. company training course at the Terrace Grill tages of American meat cutters. ing with respect to the American meat (CAB). MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

01:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 19:00 Chopped Teenage Witch 20:00 Guyʼs Grocery Games 01:40 Wolfblood 21:00 Food Court Wars 02:05 Wolfblood 22:00 Mystery Diners 02:30 Violetta 22:30 Mystery Diners 03:15 The Hive 23:00 Chingʼs Restaurant 00:00 Tim And Ericʼs Billion Dollar 00:20 Snake Sheila Movie 03:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Redemption 00:50 Chinaʼs Deadliest Snakes 02:00 Last Vegas 01:45 Austin Stevens: Teenage Witch 04:00 Major Payne Snakemaster 03:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 06:00 Cuban Fury 02:40 Austin Stevens: Teenage Witch 08:00 Admission Snakemaster 04:10 Wolfblood 10:00 Major Payne 03:35 Austin Stevens: 04:35 Wolfblood 12:00 Last Vegas Snakemaster 05:00 Violetta 01:05 The Chase: Celebrity 14:00 Streetdance: All Stars 04:25 Austin Stevens: 05:45 The Hive Specials 16:00 Admission Snakemaster 05:50 Mouk 02:00 Emmerdale 18:00 Until She Came Along 05:15 Chinaʼs Deadliest Snakes 06:00 Lolirock 02:55 Coronation Street 20:00 Without A Paddle 06:02 Austin Stevens: 06:25 Hank Zipzer 03:25 Iʼm A Celebrity...Get Me Out 22:00 Seven Psychopaths Snakemaster 06:50 Girl Meets World Of Here! 06:49 Austin Stevens: 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 04:20 Seven Days With‚Ķ Snakemaster 07:40 H2O: Just Add Water 05:15 Come Date With Me 07:36 Call Of The Wildman 08:05 Austin & Ally Australia 08:00 Call Of The Wildman 08:30 Austin & Ally 06:10 The Chase: Celebrity 08:25 Dog Rescuers 08:55 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Specials 07:05 Coronation Street 09:15 Austin Stevens: Teenage Witch 01:00 United Passions-PG15 09:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 07:30 Iʼm A Celebrity...Get Me Out 03:00 Mandela: Long Walk To Snakemaster Of Here! 10:10 Treehouse Masters Teenage Witch Freedom-PG15 09:45 Jessie 08:25 Seven Days With‚Ķ 05:30 The Signal-PG15 11:05 Tanked 09:20 Peter Andreʼs 60 Minute 12:00 Glory Hounds 10:10 Jessie 07:15 Hours-PG15 10:35 Double Teamed Makeover 09:00 Barefoot-PG15 13:50 River Monsters 10:10 The Chase: Celebrity 12:03 Phineas And Ferb 11:00 The Signal-PG15 14:45 Austin Stevens: Specials 13:00 Draft Day-PG15 Snakemaster 12:20 Hank Zipzer 11:05 Dancing On Ice 12:45 I Didnʼt Do It 15:00 My Last Day Without You- 15:40 Treehouse Masters 12:30 Come Date With Me PG15 16:35 Tanked 13:10 I Didnʼt Do It Australia 13:35 Liv And Maddie 17:00 Barefoot-PG15 17:30 Roaring With Pride 13:25 Emmerdale 19:00 The Wee Man-PG15 18:25 Ten Deadliest Snakes 14:00 Liv And Maddie 13:50 Coach Trip 23:00 Killer Joe-18 19:20 Bondi Vet 14:30 H2O: Just Add Water 14:20 Coronation Street 20:15 Tanked 14:55 H2O: Just Add Water 14:45 Peter Andreʼs 60 Minute 21:10 Gangland Killers 15:20 Dog With A Blog Makeover 22:05 Treehouse Masters 15:45 Dog With A Blog 15:35 Paul OʼGrady: For The Love 16:10 Violetta 23:00 Bondi Vet Of Dogs 02:00 Cold Creek Manor 17:00 The Next Step 23:55 Ten Deadliest Snakes 16:30 Iʼm A Celebrity...Get Me Out 04:00 Casanova 17:25 Mako Mermaids Of Here! 06:00 The Bag Man 17:50 Girl Meets World 17:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 08:00 See Girl Run 18:15 Dog With A Blog 18:20 Come Date With Me 18:40 First Class Chefs Australia 09:30 To The Wonder 19:05 H2O: Just Add Water 19:10 Coronation Street 11:30 Casanova 19:30 Violetta 19:35 Paul OʼGrady: For The Love 13:30 Enchanted Kingdom 15:00 The Butler 00:20 Fast Nʼ Loud 20:20 The Next Step Of Dogs 20:45 Good Luck Charlie 20:30 Iʼm A Celebrity...Get Me Out 17:30 To The Wonder 01:10 Impossible Engineering 19:30 Inescapable 02:00 Impossible Engineering 21:10 Good Luck Charlie Of Here! 21:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 21:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 21:30 Ainʼt Them Bodies Saints 02:50 Wheeler Dealers 22:20 Coach Trip 23:30 At Any Price 03:40 Auction Hunters 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 22:50 Peter Andreʼs 60 Minute 04:05 Garage Gold Makeover 04:30 Storage Hunters UK Teenage Witch 05:00 Americarna 22:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 05:30 How Itʼs Made Teenage Witch 06:00 Alaskan Bush People 23:10 Wolfblood 01:00 Scenic Route-PG15 06:50 Desert Car Kings 23:35 Wolfblood 03:00 Odd Thomas-PG15 07:40 Fast Nʼ Loud 05:00 Drumline: A New Beat-PG15 08:30 Auction Hunters 02:00 Silicon Valley 07:00 Christmas In Conway-PG15 08:55 Garage Gold 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 09:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja 09:20 Storage Hunters UK Jimmy Fallon Turtles-PG15 09:45 Americarna 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 11:00 Alexander And The Terrible... 10:10 How Itʼs Made 09:30 Benched Very Bad Day-PG 00:00 The Soup 12:45 Great Expectations-PG15 10:35 Misfit Garage 00:30 WAGs 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 11:25 Wheeler Dealers Jimmy Fallon 15:00 The Boxtrolls-PG 01:25 Sex With Brody 17:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja 12:15 Cuban Chrome 01:50 The Grace Helbig Show 14:30 Benched 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers Turtles-PG15 13:05 Auction Hunters 02:20 E! News 20:00 Community 19:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja 13:30 Garage Gold 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 23:30 Community Turtles-PG15 13:55 Storage Hunters UK 04:10 E! Entertainment Special 21:00 Open Windows-18 14:20 Alaskan Bush People 06:00 Keeping Up With The 23:00 Hummingbird-PG15 15:10 Desert Car Kings Kardashians 16:00 Fast Nʼ Loud 06:55 Keeping Up With The 16:50 Americarna Kardashians 17:15 How Itʼs Made 07:50 Style Star 01:00 Scandal 17:40 Deadliest Catch 08:20 E! News 02:00 How To Get Away With 18:30 Outback Truckers 01:15 The Olsen Gang In Deep 09:15 Giuliana & Bill Murder Trouble 19:20 Treasure Quest: Snake 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 12:00 Emmerdale Island 02:45 Egon And Donci 12:05 E! News 12:30 Coronation Street 04:15 Blue Elephant 2 20:10 Garage Gold 13:05 The Grace Helbig Show 16:00 Emmerdale 20:35 Storage Hunters UK 06:00 Krazzy Planet 13:35 The Grace Helbig Show 16:30 Coronation Street 07:45 Blackie And Kanuto 21:00 Deadliest Catch 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:05 Hollywood Cycle 09:45 Daddy Iʼm A Zombie 21:50 Outback Truckers 15:00 Kourtney And Khloe Take 19:00 Scandal 22:40 Manhunt With Joel Lambert 20:00 How To Get Away With 11:15 The Heart Of The Oak The Hamptons 12:45 Egon And Donci 23:30 Desert Car Kings 16:00 Kourtney And Khloe Take Murder 21:00 Quantico 14:15 Back To The Sea The Hamptons 16:00 Ghatothkach - Master Of 17:00 Stewarts And Hamiltons 22:00 Homeland 23:00 The Leftovers Magic 18:00 Keeping Up With The 18:00 Daddy Iʼm A Zombie OPEN WINDOWS ON OSN MOVIES HD Kardashians 20:00 Jelly T 19:00 Keeping Up With The 21:45 Back To The Sea 00:40 You Canʼt Lick Your Elbow Kardashians 10:55 Dreamworks Dragons: 16:15 Sofia The First 08:20 Wild Survivor 23:30 Ghatothkach - Master Of 01:30 What Could Possibly Go 20:00 House Of DVF Defenders Of Berk 16:45 Jake And The Never Land 09:15 Hunter Hunted Magic Wrong? 21:00 Christina Milian Turned Up 11:20 Total Drama World Tour Pirates 10:10 Night Stalkers 02:20 Primal Connections 22:00 WAGs 07:00 Emmerdale 11:40 Total Drama: Revenge Of 17:10 Aladdin 11:05 Worldʼs Weirdest Pets 03:10 Joe Rogan Questions 07:30 Coronation Street The Island 17:40 Adventures Of The Gummi 12:00 Shark Men Bears Everything 10:00 Emmerdale 12:05 Johnny Test 03:10 California Investigator 12:55 Ultimate Predator 10:30 Coronation Street 03:35 California Investigator 18:10 Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 04:00 Home Factory 12:50 Steven Universe 13:50 The Great Serengeti 04:00 Blood Relatives 18:40 Jake And The Never Land 14:45 Caught In The Act 04:48 NASAʼs Greatest Missions 13:02 Steven Universe 04:45 Killer Truckers Pirates 15:40 Ultimate Honey Badger 06:24 Cosmic Collisions 13:15 Uncle Grandpa 08:00 Strangest Weather On Earth 00:00 Lost In The Cloud-18 05:30 True Crime With Aphrodite 18:55 Cars Toons 16:35 Worldʼs Wildest Encounters 13:40 Regular Show 19:00 Miles From Tomorrow 08:50 Food Factory 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 02:00 40 Days And Nights-PG15 Jones 17:30 Night Stalkers 09:40 How Itʼs Made 00:00 Transit 04:00 10 Years-PG15 14:25 Adventure Time 06:20 The Will 19:30 Sofia The First 18:25 Bizarre Dinos 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 15:10 New The Amazing World Of 10:30 NASAʼs Unexplained Files 01:00 Iron Chef America 02:00 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose 06:00 The Single Moms Club- 07:10 The Will 19:55 Doc McStuffins 11:20 Joe Rogan Questions 02:00 Australian Food Adventures 04:00 The Aggression Scale PG15 Gumball 08:00 Nightmare Next Door 20:15 Jake And The Never Land Everything With Matt Moran 06:00 The Assault 08:00 The Package-PG15 15:21 The Amazing World Of 08:50 On The Case With Paula Pirates 12:10 Cosmic Collisions 03:00 Jenny Morris Cooks The 08:00 Star Trek 10:00 Maleficent-PG Gumball Zahn 20:45 Sheriff Callieʼs Wild West 13:00 Mythbusters Riviera 10:15 Assassinʼs Bullet 11:45 Edge Of Tomorrow-PG15 15:35 The Amazing World Of 09:40 Fatal Encounters 21:05 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 13:50 How Itʼs Made 03:30 Jenny Morris Cooks The 12:00 Clockstoppers 13:45 Million Dollar Arm-PG15 Gumball 10:30 Murder Shift 21:35 Sofia The First 03:40 Ultimate Shopper 14:00 Superfast 14:40 Food Factory Riviera 16:00 The Package-PG15 16:00 Ben 10 Omniverse 11:20 Forensic Detectives 22:00 Aladdin 04:30 Jon & Kate Plus 8 15:45 Star Trek 22:30 Adventures Of The Gummi 15:05 Food Factory 04:00 Mystery Diners 17:45 Godzilla-PG15 16:45 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu 12:10 True Crime With Aphrodite 05:00 Little People, Big World 18:00 Double Take Bears 15:30 Joe Rogan Questions 04:30 Mystery Diners 20:00 Tammy-PG15 17:10 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu Jones 05:30 Cake Boss Everything 20:00 Batman: Assault On Arkham 22:00 Bad Words-18 13:00 The Will 23:00 Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 05:00 Chopped 21:45 The Core 17:30 Teen Titans Go! 06:00 Say Yes To The Dress 16:20 Cosmic Collisions 13:50 I Almost Got Away With It 23:30 Lilo & Stitch 06:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 18:20 Regular Show 06:25 The Face UK 17:10 Weird Connections 14:40 California Investigator 00:00 Nina Needs To Go 07:15 Toddlers & Tiaras 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:05 New The Amazing World Of 18:00 How Itʼs Made 07:30 Roadtrip With G. 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YOU ALREADY 8:15 PM BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 3:00 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 10:30 PM BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 5:00 PM ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 JZR 1140 Dammam 09:25 THE FORGOTTEN 12:45 AM BRIDGE OF SPIES 7:00 PM KAC 284 Dhaka 09:10 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:45 PM ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:20 KAC 541 Cairo 09:55 SHARQIA-2 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:30 AM QTR 1070 Doha 09:25 UAE 856 Dubai 09:55 THE FORGOTTEN 11:30 AM FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 KAC 561 Amman 10:00 CREED 1:30 PM AVENUES-1 CREED 4:15 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 11:30 AM IRA 667 Esfahan 10:00 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:25 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 7:00 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 1:45 PM OMA 641 Muscat 10:05 KAC 501 Beirut 10:30 CREED 9:45 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 4:00 PM IAW 157 Al Najaf 10:30 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 CREED 12:30 AM ANARKALI-Malayalam 6:15 PM GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 153 Istanbul 10:40 INJI IDUPPAZHAGI-Tamil 9:15 PM UAE 873 Dubai 11:05 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 SHARQIA-3 TALES OF HALLOWEEN 12:15 AM BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 11:45 AM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 6:15 PM AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:15 IRA 666 Esfahan 11:00 THU+SAT TALES OF HALLOWEEN 8:30 PM JZR 165 Dubai 11:30 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:00 CREED 11:30 AM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 10:45 PM MEA 404 Beirut 11:55 OMA 642 Muscat 11:05 NO THU+FRI+SAT TALES OF HALLOWEEN 1:00 AM JZR 1331 Al Najaf 12:20 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:25 BRIDGE OF SPIES 2:00 PM FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 IAW 158 Al Najaf 11:30 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 4:45 PM AVENUES-2 TAMASHA-Hindi 6:45 PM THE FORGOTTEN 12:00 PM MSC 401 Alexandria 12:30 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:15 BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:30 PM PINOCCHIO 2:15 PM JZR 1141 Dammam 12:35 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:20 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:15 AM BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 4:30 PM JZR 561 Sohag 12:45 KAC 103 London 12:25 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 6:45 PM UAE 871 Dubai 12:50 UAE 874 Dubai 12:30 MUHALAB-1 THE FORGOTTEN 9:00 PM MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 MEA 405 Beirut 12:55 BRIDGE OF SPIES 11:30 AM THE FORGOTTEN 11:15 PM KNE 460 Riyadh 13:50 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 MISS YOU ALREADY 2:30 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 4:45 PM AVENUES-3 KAC 672 Dubai 14:00 JZR 1350 Al Najaf 13:05 BRIDGE OF SPIES 7:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:15 PM QTR 1078 Doha 14:10 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 MISS YOU ALREADY 10:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 3:15 PM FDB 057 Dubai 14:10 MSC 402 Alexandria 13:30 MISS YOU ALREADY 12:15 AM BRIDGE OF SPIES 6:15 PM SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JZR 176 Dubai 13:45 BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:15 PM IAW 157A Al Najaf 14:30 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 MUHALAB-2 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:15 AM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:45 PM KNE 472 Jeddah 14:35 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 THE FORGOTTEN 1:30 PM AVENUES-4 KAC 788 Jeddah 14:50 KAC 617 Doha 14:45 SIZE ZERO-Telugu 3:45 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:30 PM KAC 538 Sohag 14:50 KNE 481 Taif 14:50 TAMASHA-Hindi 3:45 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 1:30 PM GFA 221 Bahrain 15:00 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 TAMASHA-Hindi 6:45 PM PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO-Hindi 3:30 PM OMA 645 Muscat 15:30 FDB 058 Dubai 15:10 BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:45 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 6:45 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:30 AM BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:00 PM KAC 562 Amman 15:40 QTR 1079 Doha 15:10 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:05 AM ABY 127 Sharjah 15:45 KAC 513 Tehran 15:10 MUHALAB-3 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 IAW 158A Al Najaf 15:30 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 11:45 AM 360º- 1 QTR 1072 Doha 16:10 KNE 473 Jeddah 15:35 THU+SAT CREED 11:30 AM FDB 051 Dubai 16:30 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 MISS YOU ALREADY 11:45 AM CREED 2:30 PM NO THU+FRI+SAT CREED 5:30 PM JZR 1351 Al Najaf 16:30 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:45 CREED 1:45 PM CREED 8:30 PM ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:40 KAC 613 Bahrain 15:50 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 4:30 PM CREED 11:30 PM RJA 640 Amman 16:55 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:50 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 6:30 PM KAC 542 Cairo 16:55 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:25 CREED 9:15 PM 360º- 2 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 OMA 646 Muscat 16:30 CREED 12:05 AM KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 12:00 PM GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 2:00 PM FANAR-1 KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 4:00 PM MSR 614 Cairo 17:35 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 17:30 SPECTRE 11:45 AM KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 6:00 PM KAC 118 New York 17:55 JZR 238 Amman 17:30 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 2:45 PM KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 8:00 PM JZR 777 Jeddah 17:55 FDB 052 Dubai 17:35 PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO-Hindi 5:30 PM KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 10:00 PM KAC 502 Beirut 18:00 QTR 1073 Doha 17:40 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 8:45 PM KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM 12:05 AM UAE 875 Dubai 18:00 UAE 858 Dubai 17:45 SPECTRE 11:45 PM 360º- 3 FDB 063 Dubai 18:05 JZR 538 Cairo 17:45 FANAR-2 TAMASHA-Hindi 11:45 AM SYR 341 Damascus 18:05 RJA 641 Amman 17:55 MISS YOU ALREADY 11:30 AM TAMASHA-Hindi 2:45 PM JZR 177 Dubai 18:20 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 MISS YOU ALREADY 1:45 PM TAMASHA-Hindi 5:45 PM KAC 786 Jeddah 18:30 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 4:00 PM TAMASHA-Hindi 8:45 PM KAC 618 Doha 18:35 MSR 615 Cairo 18:35 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 6:00 PM TAMASHA-Hindi 11:45 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 8:15 PM JZR 184 Dubai 18:40 ABY 123 Sharjah 18:45 MISS YOU ALREADY 10:30 PM AL-KOUT.1 QTR 1080 Doha 18:55 SYR 342 Damascus 19:05 MISS YOU ALREADY 12:45 AM MISS YOU ALREADY 11:30 AM KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 FDB 064 Dubai 19:20 CREED 1:30 PM KAC 774 Riyadh 19:25 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:25 FANAR-3 CREED 4:15 PM UAE 876 Dubai 19:30 TAMASHA-Hindi 1:00 PM CREED 7:00 PM GFA 217 Bahrain 19:30 TALES OF HALLOWEEN 2:00 PM CREED 9:45 PM GFA 218 Bahrain 20:15 KAC 514 Tehran 19:35 TALES OF HALLOWEEN 4:00 PM CREED 12:30 AM KAC 353 BLR 20:40 KAC 104 London 19:40 TAMASHA-Hindi 6:15 PM KAC 361 Colombo 20:45 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:45 TAMASHA-Hindi 9:15 PM AL-KOUT.2 QTR 1081 Doha 20:50 TALES OF HALLOWEEN 12:15 AM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 12:00 PM KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 KAC 351 Kochi 20:55 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 2:00 PM KNE 480 Taif 20:10 KNE 461 Riyadh 21:10 FANAR-4 BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE 4:00 PM FDB 061 Dubai 20:20 THE FORGOTTEN 11:30 AM THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 6:00 PM KAC 331 Trivandrum 21:10 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 CREED 1:30 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 8:45 PM OMA 648 Muscat 21:20 CREED 4:15 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 10:45 PM DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:55 FDB 062 Dubai 21:20 CREED 7:00 PM TALES OF HALLOWEEN 12:45 AM JAI 572 Mumbai 20:55 DLH 634 Doha 21:45 CREED 9:45 PM FDB 5053 Dubai 21:00 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 CREED 12:30 AM AL-KOUT.3 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:20 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:00 PM JAI 571 Mumbai 21:55 FANAR-5 BRIDGE OF SPIES 3:00 PM MEA 402 Beirut 21:20 KAC 381 Delhi 22:00 BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 6:00 PM ALK 229 Colombo 21:25 JZR 502 Luxor 22:00 BRIDGE OF SPIES 3:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:00 PM UAE 859 Dubai 21:40 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:10 BRIDGE OF SPIES 6:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:05 AM GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:10 BRIDGE OF SPIES 9:00 PM BRIDGE OF SPIES 12:05 AM AL-KOUT.4 MEA 403 Beirut 22:20 QTR 1082 Doha 22:00 MISS YOU ALREADY 12:30 PM AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 ALK 230 Colombo 22:25 MARINA-1 SPECTRE 2:30 PM ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:25 FDB 5053 Dubai 22:30 MISS YOU ALREADY 12:30 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 5:30 PM FDB 059 Dubai 22:30 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:30 MISS YOU ALREADY 2:45 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 7:45 PM UAE 860 Dubai 22:55 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 5:00 PM MISS YOU ALREADY 10:00 PM JZR 239 Amman 23:05 MISS YOU ALREADY 7:45 PM SPECTRE 12:15 AM QTR 1083 Doha 23:05 JZR 185 Dubai 23:15 MISS YOU ALREADY 10:00 PM KAC 205 Islamabad 23:10 JAD 301 Amman 23:30 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2 12:05 AM BAIRAQ-1 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:45 CREED 1:00 PM FDB 060 Dubai 23:35 MARINA-2 CREED 3:45 PM JAI 574 Mumbai 23:55 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:35 CREED 1:00 PM CREED 6:30 PM MSC 403 Asyut 23:55 PINOCCHIO 1:45 PM CREED 9:15 PM CREED 3:45 PM CREED 12:05 AM DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION CREED 6:30 PM stars34 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015

CROSSWORD 1095 STAR TRACK

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

You’re like a little kid today, mischievously searching for your next round of Your need to strengthen your social network takes precedence these days. In fun and games. You yearn to display affection to someone you love while the fact, you could be so enthusiastic to connect with others now that you book Moon brightens your 5th House of Play. Nevertheless, you may think that personal activities when you should be working. Nevertheless, you might just everything will remain perfect if you continue to avoid the truth. Your current be able to get away with an extended coffee break or an extra long lunch. state of grace won’t last forever, so face the facts while your creative powers Thankfully, kicking back with your friends may be very inspirational today, set- are operating at their optimum. Maturity is knowing when childish behavior is ting the stage for an efficient workday tomorrow when you can cheerfully acceptable and when it’s not. make up for lost time.

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

Your visionary approach to your work can gain you bonus points from your You’re operating as if you possess superpowers today, enabling you to superiors today. Although your boss might hold you in high regard now, it’s accomplish more than you thought possible while the proud Leo Moon is challenging to grasp the real intentions behind your lofty ideas. Don’t add strutting her stuff in your 10th House of Career. You’re at the top of your pro- noise to the existing confusion by letting too many words take the punch out fessional game now, but you still need to convince yourself that it’s accept- of your message. The more you talk, the greater the possibility of contradict- able to work for your own success rather than just doing as you’re told. ing yourself. Let your brilliant actions make the best impression. Instead of acquiescing to the expectations of others, fight to make your dreams come true.

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

Although your schedule seems hectic today while the lively Leo Moon flies Socializing with a group of coworkers or relaxing with a few friends might be ACROSS the release of new foods and health-related through your 3rd House of Distractions, you still can float through the day the most healing thing you can do for yourself today. You may have big 1. (usually followed by `of') Released from products. without feeling much stress. Your ability to manifest your dreams is so strong career plans in mind but driving toward your goals is frustrating if you’re not something onerous (especially an obligation 81. A great raja. now that just like Cinderella, you can turn a pumpkin into a beautiful carriage making as much progress as you desire. However, it’s inadvisable to just let or duty). 82. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimu- in your mind. In fact, very little will slow you down, but your overall perspec- go of your aspirations, even if they take additional time to materialize. 4. A clap of the hands to indicate approval. lates the function of the thyroid gland. tive may be a bit warped. Don’t be afraid of your fantasies; they have the pow- Ironically, applying less gas now could be the catalyst that reignites your for- ward movement. 12. The airforce of Great Britain. er to propel you into your perfect future. 15. A constellation in the southern hemi- DOWN sphere near Telescopium and Norma. 1. The seventh month of the Moslem calen- 16. The stage of meiosis or mitosis when dar. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) chromosomes move toward opposite ends 2. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or cul- of the nuclear spindle. ture. You could be quite unrealistic about your long-term goals 17. An extension at the end and at right 3. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal You may believe you have established an easy equilibrium in your family life, because three planets congregating in your 12th House of Spirituality take angles to the main building. of a farad. but the emotional complexity can catch you off guard today. Unfortunately, your mind off your work. Although you can see far off into the distance, it’s 18. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide 4. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). your immediate reaction to an unexpected turn of events could be more still challenging to separate your fantasies from what’s real today. Give your- mouth and without handles. 5. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not shocking than whatever triggered your outburst. Count to ten and take plenty self sufficient time to deliver on your current promises. However, you won’t 19. An unpredictable outcome that is unfor- the external persona) that is in touch with of deep breathes to regain your center. Think twice before letting a rush of be happy if you just fritter away the day while daydreaming about your tunate. the unconscious. adrenaline hijack your future. No drama, no regret. future. No matter how it appears in the present moment, taking direct action 20. The capital and largest city of 6. Of or in or relating to the nose. now is your key to satisfaction. Bangladesh. 7. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine. 22. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the 8. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's Ivory Coast. head. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. Informal terms for a mother. 9. Lap at the front of a coat. 25. Undifferentiated tissue from which new 10. A very poisonous metallic element that You might feel as if your life is on the launch pad today. You may be involved in a relationship that pulls you into new territory while cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or has three allotropic forms. Thankfully, your stamina is strong as karmic Saturn and the radiant Sun trine planets harmonize with the playful Leo Moon in your 7th House of root. 11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). the Moon in your 1st House of Self this morning. The power is yours, but your Companions. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to know how pushy you need to be 27. (optics) Having two foci. 12. Right-hand page. current burst of self-confidence might come and go without leaving a trace in order to get the conversational ball rolling today. On the other hand, you 29. (of plants) Having tufts of soft woolly 13. Elk or moose. unless you put your positive attitude to work. Just watch out for your blind might choose to withdraw if someone else’s aggressive behavior makes you hairs. 14. The process of combustion of inflamma- spot; ignoring the facts could cause a delay in liftoff. Fortunately, you can uncomfortable now. Ultimately, following your intuition is your smartest 30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alka- ble materials producing heat and light and reach the stars if you take the time to do your due diligence first. strategy when it comes to the game of love. li earth group. (often) smoke. 31. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent 21. (computer science) American Standard metallic element. Code for Information Interchange. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in 23. In a noble manner. Pisces (February 19-March 20) the Dali region of Yunnan. 26. Take something away by force or without 33. One of a series of rounded teeth formed the consent of the owner. Sometimes you do your best work behind the curtains, and the Holding your cards close to your chest sounds like a great plan today, but getting caught up in office politics or sucked into someone else’s by curves along an edge (as the edge of a 28. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the Moon’s presence in your 12th House of Secrets pushes you even deeper into melodrama is all too likely. Your hypersensitivity is on high alert now, making leaf or piece of cloth etc.). United States) known for her dramatic inten- your inner world now. Your reaction to someone’s non-committal behavior you more susceptible to the emotional ploys of others than you realize. 37. A mouth or mouthlike opening. sity in operatic roles (1923-1977). can be so visceral today that you can’t put it into words. Unfortunately, bot- Thankfully, it’s possible to be sympathetic without losing your objectivity. 39. A discrete unit of living matter. 34. Clear to the mind. tled-up feelings have negative consequences, so fight against your tendency One way to reestablish balance is to throw yourself into your work today so 43. The univalent unsaturated organic radical 35. (law) A defense by an accused person to withdraw emotionally. Tell others what you’re experiencing as kindly as possible, and then let the chips fall where they may. there’s not much time left over for wandering into dangerous territory. C3H5. purporting to show that he or she could not 44. 100 sente equal 1 loti. have committed the crime in question. 47. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia 36. (often used in combination) Not genuine and Australia cultivated for its large edible but having the appearance of. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch. 38. (linguistics) The form of a word after all 48. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant affixes are removed. white or pink blossoms and small yellow 40. A drama set to music. fruits. 41. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity. 49. Someone who copies the words or 42. About three feet long exclusive of tail. behavior of another. 45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare 51. Half the width of an em. earth group. 53. 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In this photo provided by Crown Point Cabinetry, ample counter space and open shelving with decora- many kitchen wish lists tive brackets create a functional corner pantry with a place for everything. eresa Keller used to joke that she was pantry-chal- space. Besides storing food, some of the newer, bigger were brand new luxuries and they wanted to show them lenged. She often relied on a flashlight to search the pantries offer storage for china and serving pieces that are off,” he said. Now the emphasis is on decluttering. Builder Tdeep, dark cupboard that held her canned goods and used just a few times a year. Some include spaces for toast- Michael Menghini gets more and more requests for electri- other food items. When she and her husband, Dave, decid- ing bread, brewing coffee and chilling wine. Others have cal outlets in pantries. “People want to leave their appli- ed to build a home in Sunbury, Ohio, a proper pantry was a spots for laptops, or sinks for prepping food and washing ances out, they just don’t want to leave them on their priority. “I brought it up to the builder,” said Teresa Keller, pets. counters,” said Menghini, president of Covenant Custom who moved into the new house in October. “I told them Open floor plans, building costs and big-box stores, Homes in Overland Park, Kansas. I’ve got to have this.” where people buy cases of water and months’ worth of Storing appliances, large pots and serving pieces in a The Kellers’ new “super pantry” is a walk-in, with plenty paper towels, are driving the trend, industry experts said. walk-in pantry also saves money, Vila said. It’s cheaper to of quality shelving to store drinks, trash bags and other “The ‘super’ pantry is a backlash to the open floor plan,” install open shelving in a pantry than to build more household goods bought in bulk. One shelf is dedicated to said Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo, an interior designer who kitchen cabinets, which require counter tops and hard- snacks for the grandchildren. A small door connects it to works in New York City and Litchfield County, Connecticut. ware. “I have been a booster of the concept of pantries for the garage, so groceries can be unloaded easily. “At a cer- “People have been living in the open concept house long as long as I can remember,” he said. “It minimizes the tain price point, it’s what people are expecting - more stor- enough now to know that if the kitchen is messy, the amount of money spent on kitchen cabinets.” In older age,” said Ed Snodgrass, vice president of P&D Builders in whole place feels messy.” Pantries allow them to stow homes, finding space for pantries can be difficult. Many Delaware, Ohio, which built the Kellers’ house. kitchen items out of sight. Homeowners no longer feel the layouts will not accommodate them. One idea is to create Many new homeowners are asking for larger pantries, need to leave their high-end mixers and coffee makers on space by installing kitchen cabinets that stretch all the way said Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American the counter, added Bob Vila, the longtime home-improve- to the ceiling, Vila said. Even if they are hard to reach, they This photo provided by courtesy of California Closets Institute of Architects in Washington, DC. In a recent survey ment TV show host who now dispenses advice at can hold things you don’t use regularly. Another option: shows the Retro Pantry. by the group, 43 percent of residential architects reported www.bobvila.com . Add cupboards in the garage for appliances and non-food that customers placed an increased emphasis on pantry “There was a generation for whom all of these things items.—AP

In this photo provided by Crown Point Cabinetry, custom details like sliding doors, This photo provided by courtesy of This photo provided by courtesy of California Closets shows the Modern Pantry. elegant brackets and a beadboard back create a sophisticated pantry. transformhome.com shows a pantry. Doyenne of New Orleans dining scene turns 90 Radcliffe is jealous of he dropped out of secretarial school and taught herself suggestions to promote himself, his restaurants and the city, the predecessor to Brennan’s. After high school she took some Redmayne’s ‘Fantastic the restaurant business, mentored chefs who put Besh said. At Commander’s Palace, Brennan held weekly secretarial courses but soon left to work full-time for her SLouisiana cooking on the culinary map, is the matriarch “foodie meetings” to discuss any and all aspects of food. She brother. “I kept telling him his restaurant stinks,” with food that Beasts’ costume of a family that owns nearly 20 restaurants and is credited took family and other staffers on trips to learn from restau- couldn’t compare to their mother’s cooking, she said. with creating nouvelle Creole cuisine. But Ella Brennan, who rants and stores in New York and abroad. And she’d write Eventually her brother challenged her to do better, and ike many, former “Harry Potter” star Daniel turns 90 on Friday, didn’t do all that by cooking. When she notes - sometimes blunt - of instruction. she took over much of the work. Brennan read everything she Radcliffe saw the photos of Eddie Redmayne as started, she said Nov 17, “I had never cooked in my life.” “She Lagasse said one note he was given read: “When you come could find. She talked with vendors of seafood, meat, produce LNewt Scamander in “Fantastic Beasts and still hasn’t,” said her sister, Dottie Brennan. Her family will cele- to work tomorrow, do me a favor and leave your ego at home.” and wine, and with the restaurant’s cooks. Her brother sent Where to Find Them,” and he’s got some serious cos- brate at the home she shares with sister Dottie Brennan. Brennan started in the restaurant business in high school, her around the country and abroad to learn from other tume envy. Radcliffe commented on Redmayne’s Commander’s Palace and two other restaurants run by working for her oldest brother, Owen E. Brennan - first at the restaurateurs.—AP attire in an interview with NME this week, lamenting Brennan’s daughter and niece have marked the month with Old Absinthe House bar and then the Vieux Carre restaurant - his boy wizard wardrobe. “Oh, Eddie, in your brilliant special menus. At Commander’s Palace, one of the city’s most costume,” Radcliffe joked. “I got jeans and a zip top illustrious restaurants, there’s a $90 tasting menu of “Ella’s for 10 years and you’ve got a great coat already?” Favorites” - six dishes and two drinks. Through her steward- Radcliffe starred as the titular wizard in the mas- ship of Commander’s Palace and her mentorship of chefs across the city, Brennan has become one of the driving forces sively lucrative “Harry Potter” franchise from 2001 to in the city’s culinary scene. its end in 2011. “Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic It was at Commander’s Palace, the bright blue-and-white Beasts and Where to Find Them” follows “The Theory restaurant in the Uptown neighborhood, that Brennan and of Everything” Oscar winner Redmayne’s magizoolo- her late brother, Dick, hired such legends as Paul Prudhomme gist Newt Scamander in 1920s New York. Author JK and Emeril Lagasse, way before they were international Rowling is making her feature screenwriting debut celebrities. She’s “the best talent scout,” said John T. Edge of on the film, with David Yates, who helmed several of the University of Mississippi’s Southern Foodways Alliance, the last “Harry Potter” installments, directing. The which studies and documents what it describes as the South’s weirdest part for Radcliffe and the “Harry Potter” diverse food cultres. “She’s identified the young talent, often- legacy, though, isn’t the Warner Bros spinoff-it’s the times making unconventional choices that end up having upcoming stage production “Harry Potter and the national impact and shaping our idea of American cuisine.” Cursed Child.” Prudhomme was one such unconventional choice. The “It’s weird,” he said of seeing someone else play Cajun, who died in October, didn’t have formal culinary edu- Potter. “But I’m happy for it to go on without me. I’ve cation when she hired him as the first American chef to head no ownership of it.” “Now that I know [Harry’s in it] I a major New Orleans restaurant, shortly after she took over actually really want to see it,” he went on. “It would Commander’s Palace. Brennan is also known for mentoring be a mental thing to try and see it with lots of very chefs in her kitchen and in others around the city. John Besh excited Harry Potter fans. But I kind of would like to never worked for her. But she would come to restaurants know what happens now.” “Fantastic Beasts and where he worked, order champagne and call him to her table Where to Find Them” hits theaters Nov 18, 2016. to talk. “She truly wanted to know that we were all growing and In this photo, Ella Brennan, center, laughs as she poses for a photo with daughter Ti Adelaide Martin, right, Lally “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will start playing that this evolution would continue,” he said. Once he opened Brennan, sister Dottie Brennan, second left, and Commander’s Palace executive chef Tory McPhail, left, at her in London in July, 2016.—Reuters his own restaurant, she offered contacts with suppliers and home adjacent to the restaurant in New Orleans.—AP lifestyle MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 FASHION

Photo shows the organizers of the event, (center) Rabab Mouhamad founder and Fashion consultant of Kuwait Fashion Week, (right) Nasser Al- Sidani, owner of Merrill Lynch company and (left) Ali Haiydar, owner of Auguri Center and podium designer are shown on stage. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayat and Joseph Shagra Elegance, style and

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istory was written on Kuwait November 23, 2015 when HKuwait Fashion Week was inaugurated at the Symphony Style Hotel under the patronage of Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah and Sponsored by Merrill Lynch International . The founder and concept brain behind this Premier sensation is Rabab Hamadi, a fashion con- sultant evangelist who pulled off in spite of local hurdles and pain stricken challenges, the unbelievable, Kuwait’s very own Fashion Week. This is a nod of recognition and admiration to the coura- geous women of the Gulf and Rabab being one of these aspir- ing profiles has worked over 15 years in the biggest fashion houses of Kuwait and Beirut. Her dream was to achieve a quantum leap in Kuwait’s fashion world. Motivated by this dream, the idea to establish a fashion week in Kuwait on par with the International fashion weeks finally mate- Photo shows Lebanese rialised. designer Alaa Saad El-Deen The event sponsors were: Merrill (Atelier Gossaci), showcases Lynch International, Kuwait Airways, his designs on the first Salon Brigitte, Kuwait Times, Diet Care, night at Kuwait Fashion Wrap It, Zen Jewellery, Al-Randi week. Record Company, Auguri Center for Ali Haidar, Al-Abdul Jaleel Travel Agency, El-Joun Medical Center and Misk Flowers Perfume. Guests of honour: Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah, actress Elham Al-Fadala, owner of Jumeirah Hotels Kuwait, Khawla Moubarak Al-Hasawi and many more. International Media: Fashion One TV, Fashion 4K TV, Al Arabiya TV, RTL TV from Benelux, LUXE TV, MBC, LBC, Al Arabiya TV, ELLE Magazine Scandinavia, PLAZA Magazine, FEMME Magazine, MondanitÈ Magazine, AL Sharkiah Magazine, Precious 7 Magazine from New York, Gaby Lteif from Radio Monte Carlo Paris, Pashion Magazine, Arab Week, CPP The Luxury of Business, Spirit and Flesh Magazine from New York, and the stylist of Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Photo shows Turkish designer Tareq Ediz by TM Sweden. Fashion Group showcases his designs on the first The international media were beyond night at Kuwait Fashion week. impressed by the artistic and daring innova- tions streaming the catwalk. The comments from the press were that the haute couture outfits were “modern, elegant, fresh and perfect for the red carpet in LA, New York and Monte Carlo”. The geniuses that showcased at KFW for three consecutive days are: Gossaci (Alaa Saad El-Deen), TM Fashion Group (Tareq Ediz), Atelier Lab, (Nizar Romani), and Atelier Lioness (Elie Abou Mrad, Fadi Seklawi, Patrik Basil), Saied Qubaisi, Haya Al- Bughali, Anfal Al-Saleh, (Juliette N White) Safi Rabah, Hair and make-up was the first day by Ilham Shalabi and Salons Brigitte showcased the latest beauty trends for hair and makeup and also beatified the models the second day of the event. The Models were flown in from Paris and to keep them healthy and energised they were delivered daily Diet Care lunch box- es. The brand Diet Care is the leading certified health care provider for nutri- tional food in Kuwait and is awarded as Kuwaiti’s Super brand. lifestyle MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 FASHION

Lebanese designers Elie Abou Mrad , Patrik Basil and Fadi Seklawi for Atelier Lioness greets the audience on stage.

Models showcase designs for Atelier Lioness made by Lebanese designers , Elie Abou Mrad, Fadi Seklawi and Patrik Basil.

Models showcase creations for Kuwaiti designer Haya Al-Bughali on stage. Models show designs for Lebanese designer Saied Qubaisi by TM Fashion Group. lifestyle MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 FASHION

Makeup and hair artist Brigitte Khoury greets the audience on stage.

Kuwaiti designer Rasha Al-Wazan greets the audience on stage. Models showcase diamond Jewelry for ZEN Diamond. Kuwait Fashion Week: Elegance, style and creativity

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People dance in front of a12-meter-high Christmas tree constructed of 121 old windows that come from local old houses as it is illuminated in Rakvere, Eastern Estonia yesterday.—AFP

orchestra barred over Forger claims Da Vinci masterpiece women musicians is supermarket checkout girl high-profile performance in Iran by the Tehran the past year with artists repeatedly complaining they ne of Britain’s most notorious art forgers has concluded in 2008 that the profile of a blonde-haired Symphony Orchestra was cancelled at the last have been stopped from performing at short notice claimed responsibility for what is believed to be a woman was a “remarkable drawing by Leonardo”, and it has Aminute because it was due to feature female despite having official authorization. Iran’s President OLeonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, saying it was since been exhibited as a da Vinci in Italy and valued at musicians, its furious conductor said yesterday. Ali Hassan Rouhani, a moderate elected in 2013, has said inspired by a supermarket checkout girl, the Sunday Times £100 million ($150 million, 142 million euros). Rahbari said he was told 15 minutes before the orches- that as long as artists and musicians have a permit from reported. Experts agree that Da Vinci created “La Bella Greenhalgh, who was arrested in 2006 and jailed for tra was scheduled to play at a major sporting event that the culture ministry then no one should stop them from Principessa” in the 15th century, but Shaun Greenhalgh, four years and eight month, claims he used an 1587 coun- they could not. “The chairs were laid out and everything working. who has spent time in jail for art forgery, claims he made cil document for the canvas and schooldesk lid as the back- looked fine,” he said, referring to the World Wrestling But many concerts have been cancelled regardless the chalk and ink drawing when he worked at a supermar- ing. While executing the artwork, he turned it 90 degrees ket in Bolton, northern England. clockwise to mimic da Vinci’s left-handed style, he wrote. Clubs Cup competition which opened in the Iranian with little explanation. Religious leaders have spoken “I drew this picture in 1978 when I worked at the Co-op However, a laboratory recently released evidence suggest- capital on Thursday. “But before performing the nation- out against them and conservatives claim music can (supermarket),” wrote Greenhalgh in new book “A Forger’s ing the chalk pigment was at least 250 years old. al anthem, all of a sudden they announced women can- “excite and cause deviation” among the country’s youth. Tale,” extracts of which appeared in the Sunday Times. “The Greenhalgh claimed he made his own pigments from not play on stage.” Since 1979, state television has rarely shown musical ‘sitter’ was based on a girl called Sally who worked on the organic materials of an appropriate age, digging up iron- Neither Rahbari or the ISNA news agency, which instruments on screen. Recent concert cancellations checkouts,” he added. “Despite her humble position, she rich clay.—AFP reported his comments, detailed who “they” were. “I was have been viewed by some Iranians as a tactic used by was a bossy little bugger and very self-important.” Experts offended and said it was impossible for me to accept the country’s ultraconservative establishment to push such an insult,” Rahbari added. “We either play all back against Rouhani’s government. Rouhani has urged together or we leave”. Efforts to resolve the issue failed. moderation and he was the political driving force “It’s absolutely impossible for women to play musical behind a July deal with six world powers, led by the instruments on stage,” Rahbari quoted organizers of the United States, on Iran’s nuclear program. ceremony as saying. Banned from singing solo in public But that agreement was followed by warnings from since the Islamic revolution of 1979, female Iranian Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the musicians have repeatedly complained of having been country must protect itself against American “infiltra- Adele smashes stopped from performing, particularly outside Tehran. tion”. At the wrestling competition at Tehran’s Azadi sta- But Thursday’s refusal, according to ISNA, was the dium, two Iranian clubs took first and third place. The first time a performance by the Symphony Orchestra, Titan Mercury Wrestling Club from the United States, one of Iran’s oldest, had been cancelled because of its who entered the stadium with an Iranian man carrying records with 3.38 mln female members. “They invited us themselves and yet the US flag, came second.—AFP they disrespected us,” Rahbari said. “Why shouldn’t they be allowed to perform the national anthem of their ritish singer Adele’s new album sold a record 3.38 mil- country?” The issue of music in public has resurfaced in lion US copies in its first full week, Nielsen Music said, Bbecoming the biggest-selling album of 2015 in an astonishing feat for an era when artists rarely top 1 million. In just seven days on sale, “25”, the first album in four years by the Grammy-winning singer, easily outsold the entire year’s figures for country-pop superstar Taylor Swift’s hit album “1989”, according to official figures released by Nielsen on Saturday. Swift’s album has sold some 1.76 million US copies in 2015. The figures for “25” were the biggest single-week sales tally for an album since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991. The first week numbers for “25” put the sultry singer at the head of an elite club of artists, including Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Eminem and Lady Gaga, whose albums have debuted with more than 1 million US copies. Last week, it took just four days for the album to break the 15 year-old first-week sales record held by NSync’s 2000 album “No Strings Attached.” “25” also broke records in Canada and Britain, where its 800,307 copies sold were more than the last 19 No. 1 albums in Britain combined, the Official Charts Company said last week.. Worldwide figures were not available. The sales numbers reflect the wide appeal of the emotion- al and personal ballads by the 27 year-old British singer, as well as the decision by her independent record company XL Recordings not to make the album available for streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play. Fans were therefore obliged to pay for the physical CD or to download it from services like iTunes. However, it is avail- able on US online radio service Pandora although fans cannot This CD cover image released by Columbia Records choose what tracks or times they can listen. Adele last week shows, ‘25,’ the latest release by Adele.—AP announced a stadium tour of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, starting in February 2016. No plans have yet been A file picture taken on March 16, 2015 shows Iranian conductor Ali Rahbari (center) and the Tehran Symphony announced for North America or Asia—Reuters Orchestra greeted by the audience after performing at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.—AFP