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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 MUHARRAM 5, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Syria declares Portugal’s Rough times Rebel fire kills surprise Guterres poised for Saudi swimmer with easing of to be next retail as govt ‘big dreams’ Aleppo7 assault UN chief9 cuts21 bite in17 Aleppo Kuwaitis to get 75 liters Min 19º Max 37º of free petrol per month High Tide 01:55 & 15:23 Housing allowance of expat teachers cut Low Tide 08:57 & 20:55 40 PAGES NO: 17011 150 FILS Qatar trimming By B Izzak KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem yesterday said the government has agreed to cultural plans compensate Kuwaiti citizens for the hike in petrol prices, DOHA: A 24-year-old jazz fan from Qatar, Hanan Al- but a number of lawmakers immediately rejected the Kaabi did not lament the closure this summer of deal. Ghanem told reporters following a three-hour meet- the Gulf state’s only jazz club. Acclaimed trum- ing attended by HH the prime minister and six Cabinet peters and pianists from New York’s Jazz at Lincoln members, in addition to 38 lawmakers, that the govern- Center band had played at the club in the St Regis ment will provide citizens holding a driving license with a Hotel in Doha, a few miles from Kaabi’s house. But a free quantity of petrol every month to compensate them law in Qatar forbidding nationals from entering for the price increase. venues serving alcohol meant she could not attend He said based on calculations, it was found that aver- the club billed as the home of jazz in the Middle age consumption is 220-240 liters monthly per driver, and East. “I tried to go to an event celebrating the the government will provide around 30 percent of this women of jazz,” Kaabi said. “It embarrassed me, the amount to citizens who drive. At present, it was agreed to thought that I was barred from enjoying this provide 75 liters per month to each Kuwaiti driver and this unique art form in Qatar.” amount will be revised monthly as part of a revision of Her experience reflects the delicate balance petrol prices, Ghanem said. struck by Qatar, a future soccer World Cup host, as The decision does not include expatriates, who will it imports Western art and music to raise its global continue to pay the new prices of petrol, which took standing, while also paying heed to local tradition effect at the start of September. Ghanem said the govern- and curbing budgets due to low oil prices. The $20 ment agreed to accept the decision of the National million jazz club, with burgundy couches and a Assembly’s financial and economic affairs committee, which had demanded that citizens be compensated if curved stage modelled on Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola petrol prices are raised. in Manhattan, was founded in 2011 by a Qatari real The speaker said the government’s monthly assess- estate developer and sought to cater to both ment of petrol prices represents a “partial liberalization” of expats and Qataris by holding musical workshops petrol prices, adding that the amount of free petrol given for children and concerts outdoors at alcohol-free to citizens will vary monthly. This practically means that venues that Qataris could attend. KUWAIT: Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (left) and National Assembly Speaker Marzouq petrol prices will be changed every month, either raising Continued on Page 13 Al-Ghanem attend a meeting between Cabinet members and MPs to discuss the government’s decision to or reducing them in accordance with international oil increase petrol prices. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13

(Left) A large sinkhole is seen off Anjefa beach. (Right) Firemen in hazmat suits tackle a gas leak in Wafra. Girl ‘strangles’ herself

By Hanan Al-Saadoun ground water main burst. The rupture caused a part of the road to cave in, creating a large hole filled with KUWAIT: A nine-year-old Kuwaiti girl died before water. reaching Jahra Hospital yesterday, said security sources, noting that the girl’s father claimed that the Two hurt in gas leak girl had strangled herself with a rope by mistake The Fire Department’s PR and media department while playing at home. A case was filed and investiga- announced a leak of chlorine gas was detected at tions are in progress. Wafra water plant yesterday. Firemen from Mubarak Al-Kabeer rushed to the scene, where they ventilated Burst pipe creates sinkhole the building and evacuated it until the leak was con- A large sinkhole opened up on the road near trolled. Two plant workers suffered from suffocation Anjefa beach in Salwa yesterday after an under- and were rushed to hospital.

Jean-Pierre Sauvage James Fraser Stoddart Bernard Feringa Trio wins Chemistry Nobel for molecular machines

STOCKHOLM: A French, British and Dutch trio of scien- nanomachines or nanobots, they can be put to work as tists won the Nobel Chemistry Prize yesterday for devel- tiny motors, ratchets, pistons or wheels to produce oping the world’s smallest machines that may one day mechanical motion in response to stimuli such as light act as artificial muscles to power tiny robots or even or temperature change. prosthetic limbs. Jean-Pierre Sauvage of France, Fraser Molecular machines can move objects many times Stoddart of Britain and Bernard Feringa of the their size. “The molecular motor is at the same stage as Netherlands “have developed molecules with control- the electric motor was in the 1830s, when scientists lable movements, which can perform a task when ener- displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, gy is added,” the jury said. unaware that they would lead to electric trains, wash- Inspired by proteins that naturally act as biological ing machines, fans and food processors,” the Nobel machines within cells, these synthetic copies are usually jury said. made up of a few molecules fused together. Also called Continued on Page 13 LOCAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 KUNA celebrates 40th anniversary KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday marked The missions were equipped with the 40th anniversary of founding the necessary devices to receive the national media network, Kuwait service, in coordination with Foreign News Agency (KUNA), which has Ministry. Up to 38 embassies and occupied a space on the media map consulates were given the service. In - broadcasting a host of local, region- January 1980, it started broadcasting al and international news, reports news in English, at four hours per day and analyses. Moreover, it has stayed rate. In February 1981, KUNA dou- abreast of latest innovation in the bled the local transmission hours to field, providing latest diverse mod- eight and increased the external ern services, namely SMS’ and the English service time by three hours. website publicizing breaking news, KUNA had continued expanding features and photos. its services till the August 1990 Iraqi KUNA saw the light upon issuing aggression, when the occupiers ran- the Decree-into-Law 70/1976, stipu- sacked its equipment and archive, lating in part that KUNA is entitled to transferring them to Baghdad. broadcast factual and objective news However, KUNA’s managers and staff and reports in face of “misleading succeeded in resuming the service propaganda,” and for sake of “filling from abroad within a short period of the vacuum in the news field in the time. In October 1990, KUNA started region and transmit authentic news broadcasting from London, where it to the world.” According to the succeeded in putting out up to 16,110 Decree, Kuwait News Agency broad- items till November 1991, when it casts commentaries, articles, returned to its headquarters in Kuwait researches, studies, statements on post the liberation. Rebuilding the political, economic, social, cultural, main offices and the facilities had pro- financial and commercial affairs, to ceeded till onset of 1992. newspapers, magazines, radio, televi- KUNA boasts announcing libera- KUWAIT: Gulf waters splash onto a rocky shore. — KUNA sion stations, other media outlets, tion of the State of Kuwait, simultane- public and private authorities as well ously with international news net- as individuals, in line with guidelines works. That is in addition to creating set by its board. rich archive by its photographers that Electricity Ministry signs According to second Article of the chronicle the massive destruction decree, KUNA is headquartered in inflicted by the occupiers. KUNA, Kuwait City, the country’s capital, and since its relaunch in 1992, re-activat- KD 62 million power deal is entitled to establish branches and ed its offices abroad, manning them offices, with correspondents and with qualified nationals, where num- reporters in and outside the State of ber of these bureaus increased to 32 Kuwait. In line with the decree and in 2016. It set up a special training Public Works Ministry seals infrastructure deals the set goals, KUNA in the early years department to sharpen skills of its employed a small number of staff, personnel and staff from other KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water yes- pipes, along with other infrastructure work at a and Al-Riggae areas, in addition to the fourth ring who were serving in other State sec- departments in Kuwait, as well as terday signed a contract worth KD 62 million for cost of KD 13.8 million. Moreover, the second con- road. The project also includes work to repair sev- tors, with monthly payments, to help from other countries. In 1992, it work on a gas turbine cycle system in the Al-Zour tract, worth KD 11.1 million, is for a project to eral manholes and to fix sewer line leakages in in the launching process-when there decided to regularly proclaim person- were no relevant regulations for the ality of the year; a figure renowned Thermal Power Plant. Minister of Electricity and establish an 8648- meter sewer line linking Al-Surra these areas. — Agencies news organization. for service of peace and humanity. Water Ahmad Al-Jassar signed the deal with elec- In May 1977, KUNA coordinated In 1994, it launched the tele- tric power construction firm SEPCOIII, with a time- with the Ministry of Communication phone 120 service round the clock. frame of 68 months, a statement by the Ministry Kuwait Embassy cautions and Information, setting up tele In March 31, 1994, the late Minister noted. Moreover, the project also aims to increase printers to receive news from Arab of Information Sheikh Saud Nasser energy production capacity to 250 megawatts and foreign countries, as well as for Al-Sabah inaugurated the new head- (Mw), while the environment-friendly gas turbine citizens after bomb scare transmission news and training edi- quarters in Shuwaikh-representing system will operate on 500 Mw. When completed, tors. Officially, transmission began in the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad the project is expected to curb energy consump- BRUSSELS: Kuwait Embassy in Brussels advised officers to evacuate travelers from Brussels Nord March 1978, with a six-hour broad- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Since its birth, tion by boosting electrical energy production. Kuwaitis in Belgium to be cautious when using station. Security officials in the Belgian capital con- cast per day. In June the same year, it KUNA has keenly sought to bond public transportations, most particularly trains firmed that the alert was a false alarm after careful- doubled the transmission hours. In with other media networks, locally, KD 25 million infrastructure deals and subway systems. This advisory followed a ly investigating the station. Brussels remains on October, the hours reached 15 and regionally and internationally. At the Also, the Ministry of Public Works yesterday bomb scare at Brussels Nord station, One of high alert following a coordinated terror attacks at then shortly later 16. External trans- Arab level, it had taken part and signed two contracts at a total cost of KD 25.7 mil- Brussels’ two major train stations. The false alarm Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station in mission in Arabic kicked off in hosted meetings of the Federation of lion for infrastructure repairs in Sabah Al-Nasser forced security officers to evacuate travelers. March, killing 32 people and injuring more than November 1978, at a three-hour per Arab News Agencies (FANA). At the and Granada areas and a sewer line linking Al-Surra Hence, the Kuwaiti embassy urged its citizens to 300. The city was also home to several members of day rate, and gradually the transmis- global level, KUNA joined the and Al-Riggae. remain in contact at the following numbers: the cell that attacked Paris last year, with the sion duration increased to 12 hours Organization of Asia-Pacific News The first contract deals with a project for infra- Hotline: +32 47777 5801; Embassy No: +32 attacks in Brussels following soon after the arrests per day. In November 1979, KUNA Agencies (OANA). It had also taken structure renovation in the areas of Granada and 26477950; Embassy Fax: +32 26461298; Embassy of key suspects. Major transport points, like rail started transmitting a special broad- part in the news agencies’ summit, Sabah Al-Nasser, which is in its 15th phase. The Email: infoembassyofkuwait.be and metro stations, have been guarded by the mil- cast for Kuwaiti embassies abroad. hosted by Moscow in 2004. — KUNA project consists of work to form a 36,000-meter Earlier yesterday, a bomb scare forced security itary since the attacks. — KUNA sewer line and replacement of damaged sewer Interior Minister visits MoI’s operations unit

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Deputy PM and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visited MoI’s oper- ations unit’s decision-making room on Tuesday to check preparations to secure husseiniyas during the month of Muharram. The minister was briefed on various security measures taken. He also visited a number of husseiniyas accompanied by Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd.

Inspection campaigns Ahmadi security forces launched several inspection campaigns in the Money stolen Egyptian filed a report at Maidan governorate’s areas that resulted in An Egyptian woman reported that Hawally police station, reporting that arresting 88 people wanted for finan- KD 450 had been stolen from her bank someone broke into his vehicle and cial claims, expired residencies, beg- account. In another development, an stole a case containing KD 2,120. ging and other charges, in addition to filing 48 traffic tickets and impound- ing four vehicles. Visa trafficking Residency detectives arrested an Smart parking project Egyptian working as a manager of a With the presence of KFSD’ deputy weekly for visa trafficking. Security director for prevention affairs Brig sources said the suspect had been Khaled Abdullah Fahd, the prevention recruiting expats, bringing them to team introduced the largest smart Kuwait and abandoning them to parking project in the world at the work for others. The sources Jahra courts complex under the super- explained that the suspect had vision of the Amiri Diwan. The project been using the paper, owned by a will include a three-level basement citizen, whose license was cancelled and 15 floors over an area of 5,000 sq by the information ministry in m, including 11 floors with 2,400 smart February, to issue around 150 visas automated parking spaces and 500 and sold them for KD 1,200 each. regular parking spaces. E-visa ‘will revive Kuwaiti tourism’

Minister of Information and Minster of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah hold talks with other top officials. — KUNA KUWAIT: The implementation of an elec- to complete the legal procedures need- of Information revealed that a number of tronic visa system (e-visa) system will ed to form a special authority dealing contracts have been signed to build help revive the tourism industry in the with the tourism sector in Kuwait. three new airports in the country, efforts country, Minister of Information and Moreover, he described this new he described as an earnest desire for Minster of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh body as a launchpad to increased growth in the tourism industry. He also Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al- employment opportunities for youth, noted that Kuwait possesses all the tools Sabah said yesterday. Sheikh Salman, which would in turn, diversify the needed for a robust tourism sector, call- who also heads the Higher Committee nation’s revenue pool. In efforts to usher ing for increased measures to lure more for Tourism, said that work is underway in a potential tourism boom, the Minister investments in tourism. — KUNA LOCAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

Amir receives newly-appointed Ambassadors

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received credentials of a number of newly-appointed ambassadors to Kuwait. The new ambassadors are US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Robert Silverman, Republic of Romania Ambassador Daniel Nicusor Tanase, and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden. The ceremony was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of Amiri Diwan Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Shatti, Director of the Office of His Highness the Amir Ahmad Fahad Al-Fahad, Advisor at the office of His Highness the Amir Mohammad Abo Al-Hassan, Chief of Amiri Protocol Sheikh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Deputy Foreign Minister for the Protocol Affairs Ambassador Dhari Ajran Al-Ajran and Commander of the Amiri Guard Brigadier-General Fahad Al-Zaid. — KUNA Cabinet concerned over JASTA Arab and International Relations Council warns

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said yesterday the Cabinet is monitoring (with much interest and concern) US Congress’ rejection of US President Barack Obama’s veto against Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). He said in a statement that the Cabinet sees that JASTA is a source of extreme worry to the international community, where the rules of relations among the States have been established by the laws that are based on the principles of equality and sovereign immunity. He quoted the Cabinet as stressing that the adoption of laws that violate such principles in breach of international law would negatively affect all world countries, including the US, and undermine international efforts and cooperation against terrorism. The Cabinet finally hoped that US Congress would rethink about this law in order to preclude its serious ramifications. JASTA was passed by US Congress last week. It creates an exception to the sovereign immunity law introduced in 1976, KFAS to host Kuwait-Imec allowing Americans to sue foreign countries for acts of terror- ism that kill Americans on US soil. Meanwhile, Arab and International Relations Council has Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Visionary Seminar Oct 12 warned against the economic and political ramifications of a Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah recently approved US bill which allows the families of 9/11 vic- challenged by many international blocs such as the European By Faten Omar ciency and lower cost to be used in tims to sue Saudi Arabia for damages. The Council said in a Union, Asean, the African Union and the Arab League. JASTA solar power generation. statement, at the conclusion of its 6th meeting Tuesday, that was passed by US Congress last week. It creates an exception KUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for He added that resident researchers the 9/11 bill will create a judicial “mess” for the US to the sovereign immunity law introduced in 1976, allowing the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) from Kuwait University will collaborate Government and its people. Americans to sue foreign countries for acts of terrorism that will host the Kuwait-Imec Visionary closely with Imec researchers at Imec’s The bill overrides sovereign immunity law that protects kill Americans on US soil. The Arab International Council was Seminar entitled “Reconnaissance facilities in Leuven, Belgium and in nations from any civil suit or criminal prosecution. The Council established in Kuwait in 2009 as an independent non-profit technology for a sustainable future” at Kuwait, and they will contribute to the called on the US Congress to rectify the bill which has been Arab organization. — Agencies the Sheraton Hotel on Oct 12. “The research program with their excellent seminar is a first-of-its-kind event technology-modeling and simulation which will allow scientists, business- expertise. “The joint research program men, industrialists and everyone inter- between the Kuwait University and the ested in the establishment and devel- Belgian institute includes two phases opment of technology-based indus- have been completed the first phase of tries in Kuwait the chance to be it between (2015-2013) has been initi- exposed to research and development ated with the second phase beginning activities that will lead to futuristic Adnan Shihab, The Foundation’s in 2016, expires in 2018,” he said. technologies aiming towards sustain- Director General of KFAS Shihab explained that the institu- ability,” said Adnan Shihab, the ther research and investment partner- tion called on local authorities and rel- Foundation’s Director General. ships. He revealed that KFAS has pro- evant bodies, including those in the Shihab, speaking during a press vided support for the research pro- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to conference yesterday at KFAS’ head- gram of cooperation between Kuwait participate in the forum in order to quarters, added that the seminar will University and Imec in two phases in spread the benefits, as well as private act as a platform to exchange ideas order to develop photovoltaic cells sector companies involved. leading towards opportunities for fur- from crystalline silicon with high effi- Director of Research at the Kuwait Foundation for Advance ment of Sciences Dr Essam Al-Sayed Omar said that the forum includes seven lec- tures of 25 minutes each offering the latest advances in digital technology appli- cations, and will discuss aspects of the possible ways of cooperation and invest- ment with the private sector. “The lectures will discuss a variety of topics such as intelligent systems and tech- nology energy, semiconduc- tor technology applications in the field of healthcare, removable electronic sys- tems for wear, Internet of things, electronic flexible chips, photovoltaic energy and energy for smart cities,” he explained. Dr Yasser Abdul Rahim, head of the research pro- gram with Imec from Kuwait University and member of the organizing committee of the confer- ence, said that the program has been a success. He not- ed that this project aims to develop research capacity within Kuwait University so that it becomes possible in the future to manufacture solar cells in Kuwait. As a result of this research col- laboration, efficiency of solar cells that have been developed from silicon material has risen to over 23 percent and the cost of manufacturing is low. Dina Al-Naqeeb, energy director of KFAS, said the number of those registered for the Imec forum has exceeded 160 people from local private and govern- ment institutions, in addi- tion to telecommunications companies that are interest- ed in medical applications and healthcare. She added that there is no entry fee, and those wishing to regis- ter in the forum should visit www.kfas.org/imec2016. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 LOCAL

News In brief

Kuwait real estate loans reaches KD 12.8 million KUWAIT: Total number of real estate loans in September was 430, amounting to KD 12.8 million, Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) announced yesterday. In a statement, KCB revealed that the total number of property loans in September 2016 was 20, amounting to KD 182,000. The government-owned property loans reached 66 with a value of KD 4.5 million, while the private property loans were 22 with a value of KD 1.2 million. Moreover, total number of residential property loans was 39 with a value of KD 2.8 million, property expansion loans stood at eight with a value of KD 182, 000 and total loans allocated for the handicapped was 194, with a value of KD 1.6 million.

KUWAIT: Ministry of Education honors some teachers during the annual celebration marking ‘World Teachers’ Day’ yesterday at the Ministry’s theatre. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Kuwaiti Ambassador in Tanzania Jassim Al-Najim handed over a letter from Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- Jarrah Al-Sabah to his Tanzanian counterpart Hussein Ali Mwinyi. —KUNA Kuwait marks ‘World Teachers’ Day Kuwait and Tanzania to boost military ties KUWAIT: Kuwait and Tanzania have expressed their KUWAIT: Ministry of Education held its School) was founded in the year 1911, keenness on boosting bilateral ties on the military annual celebration marking ‘World where Yousef Bin Issa Al-Qenaee was its front, Kuwaiti embassy in Tanzania said. The Embassy Teachers’ Day’ yesterday at the Ministry’s first principal, noting that its establish- said in a statement that the Kuwaiti Ambassador in theatre under the patronage of the ment marked the beginning of the mod- Tanzania Jassim Al-Najim handed over a letter from Minister of Education and Higher ern education in Kuwait. UNESCO and Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Education Bader Al-Essa. In his speech, the International Labor Organization Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah to his Tanzanian Minister Al-Essa congratulated teachers (ILO) have proclaimed the fifth of counterpart Hussein Ali Mwinyi that touched on on the efforts made in skills’ develop- October in year 1994 to be World enhancing ties. Mwinyi discussed extensively the ment of “our coming generations to face Teachers’ Day and since then the world notions of opening factories which would meet the the future,” stating the importance of has been celebrating that day which wit- military needs of providing tools, equipment and uni- revamping the educational system in nessed the signing of an agreement to forms, as an initial stage of collaboration between the order to develop the country to cope preserve teachers’ rights between two countries; this collaboration would advance fur- with the fact-developing technology UNESCO and Education International (EI) ther to cover technological aspects. The Tanzanian around the world. (the global union federation which rep- Minister pointed out that his country would benefit Minister Al-Essa added that Kuwait’s resents education professionals world- from the high expertise at Kuwait Military Hospital. The first modern school (Al-Mubarakiya wide). — KUNA Kuwaiti envoy looked forward to having the Tanzanian Minister to visit Kuwait in the future to discuss this cooperation first hand with his Kuwaiti counterpart.

Kuwait: Syrian Kuwait ensures welfare of persons with disabilities massacre ‘crime NEW YORK: Kuwait has reaffirmed its commitment to pro- vision of decent living for the persons with disabilities and against humanity’ integrating them into the society. The country’s vision for 2035 is in keeping with the provisions of the Convention CAIRO: Kuwait said that the massacres in Aleppo and other on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, said Hayam Syrian cities represent “a crime against humanity and a fla- Khaled Al-Fasam, an economist and member of Kuwait’s grant violation of international treaties, and international mission to the United Nations. She made the comments in humanitarian law.” The remarks were made in a speech by a statement to a debate on the social conditions of youth, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League elderly and people with special needs. The discussion was Ambassador Ahmad Abdulrahman Al-Bakur in the extraor- held as part of the 71st session of Third Committee of the dinary session of League’s Council on the level of perma- UN General Assembly dealing with the social, humanitari- nent delegates, held at the request of Kuwait to discuss the an and cultural issues. Al-Fasam recalled the first deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report, unveiled by Aleppo. The ambassador added that such massacres also the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the High-level represent a flagrant violation to all religions, values, princi- Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) here ples, and norms, adding that “the continued silence of the on July 19, 2016, and the outcomes of the HLPF released international community, especially the Security Council on the following day. which represent a blunt disappointment to the conscience of humanity and a failure to the existing international gov- erning system.” Kuwaiti Ambassador to the UK Khaled Al-Duweisan poses for a group photo with Arab ambassadors in UK. —KUNA Al-Bakur noted that the city of Aleppo witnessed the worst atrocities marked by the use of new types of heavy weapons which were forbidden to use against civilian and GCC urged to ‘close ranks’ populated areas, adding that “such barbaric attacks did not spare anything, no schools, hospitals, rescue centers, or houses of worship were spared.” The ambassador explained in face of regional dangers that such bombings “did not distinguish between armed combatants and civilians, elders, women and children in a UK ‘can play vital role’ to end Arab World conflicts hell of daily fire.” Al-Bakur pointed out that situation has deteriorated to the point of targeting UN humanitarian aid convoys, RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Justice Dr said. In response to a question asked Bahrain praises Amir destruction and killing of their workers. The ambassador Walid Al-Samaani yesterday called on by KUNA on the effect of the Brexit In another development, Bahraini noted that this was the reason Kuwait has called upon this the GCC member states to ‘close ranks vote on the British-Arab ties, the Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh meeting. The ambassador called to “create and pressure and coordinate’ in face of dangers ambassador noted that senior British Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa the international community and humanitarian organiza- coming from regional hot spots. In a officials said this step will allow the UK praised endeavors of His Highness tions to play more an effective and to address the responsi- statement inaugurating the 28th to have more freedom in cooperation Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad bilities of moral and humanitarian role.” Earlier, Arab Justice Ministers’ meeting, the minis- with the Arabs on different levels, Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in international are- League Secretary General Ahmad Abul-Gheit called for a ter said the agenda includes a host of without referring to the EU’s terms. On na to serve peace and stability. During conclusive Arab stance toward the random killing, siege issues namely convicts’ extradition his part, Bahraini Ambassador to the his reception of the Kuwaiti and starvation of civilians in Syria’s city of Aleppo. accord “which had been subjected to UK Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammad Al Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam examination for a long period of time.” Khalifa said the Brexit decision will not Mubarak Al-Sabah, Al-Khalifa asserted He expressed hope that the agree- affect the strong relations between the deep-rooted bilateral ties between Kuwait assists Afghanistan Kuwaiti biker Barrak Al-Jasmi In another development, Kuwait has stressed its sup- ment would be adopted this year, and the Gulf States and the UK. his country and Kuwait in all domains. port for all international efforts to alleviate the suffering of hoped that the GCC countries would Directly after the Brexit vote, the Ambassador Azzam stressed the Kuwaiti biker grabs second the Afghani people and help in the reconstruction of work out a special blog for justice per- Gulf States expressed their eager- deep-rooted bilateral relations position in US tournament KUWAIT: Kuwaiti biker Barrak Al-Jasmi won the sec- Afghanistan. Addressing an international conference on sonnel and common rules for combat- ness to further develop trade with between the two countries and their ing human trades. The conferees, he the UK by signing a free trade agree- rapid expansion under the wise lead- ond place in the US’ California state championship Afghanistan in Brussels, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Belgium tournament for motorcycles race, concluded late on Jasem Al-Budaiwi listed Kuwait’s contribution to these added, would examine a proposal by ment, he noted. He said that the ership of His Highness the Amir the GCC General Secretariat regarding Secretary General of the Gulf Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Tuesday. In a phone call yesterday, Al-Jasmi, who is efforts through a multitude of channels. He noted that one representing Kuwait Quarter Mile Auto and Motorcycle of Kuwait’s greatest contributions has been through the a joint law for combating terrorism Cooperation Council (GCC) Sabah and King of Bahrain Hamad bin and updating the agreement on ver- Abdullatif Al-Zayani and the UK’s Isa Al Khalifa. Bahrain and Kuwait are Club at the event, said he participated in the 250 cc $100 million Decent Life Fund - an initiative of His category where he won the second place. The Kuwaiti Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- dicts’ execution, libel suits and judicial Secretary of State for International members of the Gulf Cooperation announcements in the Council mem- Trade Liam Fox have recently dis- Council (GCC), founded in the early champion added that he also came third in the 450 cc Jaber Al Sabah. This fund has already financed $7 million and the second place in the above 25 yrs old category, worth of small-scale agricultural projects in Afghanistan. ber countries. cussed the terms of signing such an 80s to cement cooperation among agreement during their meeting in the regional countries at various in a matter of three days. Al-Jasmi is the first Kuwaiti to British-Arab ties London. Sheikh Fawaz added that domains and in the face of external take part in an event organized by the American Debt relief Motorcyclist Association (AMA). A further $93 million has been donated by Kuwait Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Fox will take part in the upcoming threats. The regional bloc includes through a mixture of governmental organizations, NGOs, the UK Khaled Al-Duweisan has hailed meeting of GCC ministers of com- Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and the strong British-Arab ties, noting merce to be held in Riyadh next Oman. Kuwait and Bahrain have main- and private donations. Through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Kuwait to partake in 16th GCC Economic Development, Kuwait successfully funded the that the UK can play a vital role in month, where the two sides will dis- tained very close and solid bonds bringing peace and stability to the cuss the agreement. since many years ago. — Agencies oil undersecretaries meeting construction of a highway at the cost of $15 million KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Ministry is scheduled to partake in the between Kandahar and Spin Boldak. In addition, Kuwait Arab World. Al-Duweisan’s statement was made to KUNA and Kuwait TV late 16th meeting of the GCC Committee of Oil has contributed to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Undersecretaries, due in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Fund from the outset. In accordance with the Heavily Tuesday, after a banquet held with Arab ambassadors in the UK, on the Sunday. Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil Indebted Country Initiative (HIPC), Kuwait signed an agree- Sheikh Talal Nasser Al-Athbi will head the delegation to the ment with the Government of Afghanistan on 31 August sidelines of a conference of the UK’s Conservative Party. The party was rep- meeting, the Ministry said in a statement yesterday. The 2015 to provide debt relief. meeting will focus on outcomes of previous sessions that This includes a repayment period of up to 40 years and resented by Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs had been held at this level, free trade agreements in addi- an interest rate of only 0.5%, he noted. Al-Budaiwi said that tion to tasks of the GCC committee of the mineral Afghanistan remains one of the poorest countries in the Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Middle East and Africa Tobias resources. Participants in the scheduled meeting will fol- world and continued improvement in healthcare, educa- low up on works of the United Nations committee on the tion, infrastructure, and economic development are still Ellwood. Arab states are optimistic about climate changes and the Kyoto Protocol, the ministry said. required. “The State of Kuwait firmly believes that the inter- They will be briefed about a note by the secretariat on national community’s support is crucial in helping the gov- the UK’s role in resolving security issues, as the region is facing the hard- Bahraini Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al- regional emergency plan for petroleum products in the ernment and people of Afghanistan continue to build on Khalifa holds talks with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam GCC countries and another one on cooperation between the hard won gains of the last decade,” he said.—Agencies est time with wars and conflicts in Syria, Libya and other countries, he Mubarak Al-Sabah. — KUNA the GCC countries in renewable energy.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 From the Arabic press

Al-Anbaa Crime Report

Investors in mud Woman arrested for prostitution By Saleh Al-Shayeji KUWAIT: A Romanian woman was arrested in Bneid Al-Gar s Arabs and Muslims, we have been overdoing by a vice squad for prostitution, said security sources. The feeling sorry for our situations and comparing Subsidies sources explained that the suspect arrived in Kuwait on a Aour deterioration with other nations that were visit visa and was selling her services online, charging once in our shoes, but managed to develop and ‘clients’ KD 200 an hour. The suspect was detained pending become major financial and industrial powers. Our deportation. thinkers and intellectuals are still divided about the reasons that led to our deterioration and remaining at the tail of the world, while other nations became Citizen arrested for forgery leading ones. Some of them justify such deterioration by hold- A citizen working at Salmi land border exit was arrest- ing tight to Islam and forget that advanced countries ed for forging entry and departure stamps on the pass- managed to develop without even embracing Islam. ports of eight stateless people from the same family Others say that the reason is totalitarian regimes that for over two years, so that his stateless relatives and have dedicated the entire state to serve the ruler, the family’s breadwinner could continue receiving which I think is partially true. Nonetheless, let us not their allowances while they were out of the country in forget the Soviet Union that was once ruled by a Saudi Arabia. totalitarian regime, while at the same time was a major power everybody feared. Thinkers have been discussing dozens of reasons Al-Anbaa Sexual harassment for Arabs’ shameful deterioration. However, I am not here to give the best answer to that question, but An Egyptian working at a Fahaheel department store filed everybody is still free to try reaching a certain goal a complaint against her coworker, accusing him of sexual even if they eventually fail to do so. I tend to support harassment. Meanwhile, a citizen reported that after dam- the idea of justifying such retreat on restrictions on ‘Infiniti Al-Babtain’ lightens aging his vehicle in a collision in Saad Al-Abdullah, a scientific research for religious reasons and claims female citizen insulted him before she fled the scene. A that approaching certain researches is a religious case was filed. Also, an Ethiopian filed a complaint against taboo and a violation of our religion, which subjects showrooms with pink color her Egyptian boyfriend, accusing him of assaulting her, said wrongdoers to very strict punishment. security sources. This is what both politicians and religious people Breast cancer awareness believe to be true based on our retardation. They KUWAIT: Every year during the month around the world every year. ing the community, not only through even invest well in such situations, making endless Employee files complaint fortunes and gains that would vanish if the situation of October, many cities around the In addition Al-Babtain also sup- proving best and most safe vehicles world wears pink color as this is the ports the awareness campaigns on for drivers and their passengers, but changes. The best proof of this is that the richest cat- An employee working at the Manpower Authority month of awareness for breast cancer breast cancer to combat this disease. also through its hard work to activate egories of Arabs are people belonging to these two reported that a female citizen insulted him and his col- - the killer disease that targets On the occasion of the ‘Pink October’ its role as an institution that aims to groups - politicians and people of religion, who have league while doing their jobs because she did not like women. The medicine is trying hard to the showrooms of ‘Infiniti Al Babtain’ improve people’s life. This initiative is twisted religious regulations to their own interests to wait for her turn to be served. A case was filed. and justify their unreligious practices. eliminate its impact on women are casted with pink color through part of the social responsibility of the They lie in the name of religion, get bribes in the through achieving new developments lightening the front for the second Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain name of religion, kill in the name of religion, fight in in early detection and treatment of year in a row to highlight the impor- Co. that primary seeks to spread posi- 2015 model car stolen the name of religion and reach truces in the name of this disease. Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz tance of supporting breast cancer tive awareness of various issues that religion, mainly relying on the spread of ignorance Al-Babtain Co, the exclusive agent of awareness, as this disease threatens matter to community. During the ‘Pink A citizen reported that his 2015 model car was stolen from amongst the majority of Arab peoples who are fully Infiniti vehicles in Kuwait, believes in about 12 percent of women in differ- October’ it focuses on raising aware- his doorstep, said security sources, noting that the man controlled by politicians and clergymen. I know I did the importance of women’s role in the ent stages of their lives. ness about early screening, which is parked the car late at night, and on going out the following not suggest any solutions, but I have at least high- community, which led the Company Since its founding, the the most important factor and the morning to head to work, it was not there. lighted the facts. to support the patients of this disease, Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain first step in preventing breast cancer, —Translated by Kuwait Times which kills 521 thousand women Company is participating in develop- to live a long pink life.

Case against mom

Al-Anbaa A female citizen filed a complaint against her moth- er, accusing her of taking over a car she had paid for and registered in her mother’s name. The girl added that her mother refuses to transfer the registration to Mubarakiya her name. School Inspection campaign

By Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi Farwaniya security recently launched an inspection cam- paign that resulted in filing 84 tickets for obstructing traf- round 1910, a group of people, including the fic, 30 tickets for taxis not running their meters, four for late cleric Sheikh Mohammed bin Junaidel, using mobile phones while driving and 12 for vehicle safe- Agathered in a diwaniya during a celebration ty conditions. — Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa held to commemorate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Bin Junaidel was reading a poem of Al-Barzanji written in praise of the holy Prophet (PBUH), when the late cleric Sheikh Al- NBK launches new ITM Tabtabaei arrived and inquired about what they were doing. KUWAIT: Aiming to enhance its suite of rience. Through the new machine release, tive ITM service will deliver human touch to They all said that they were celebrating the services to meet customers’ growing needs customers can communicate to our tellers our valued customers and conduct their Prophet’s (PBUH) birthday. “This is not the way to cel- and expectations, National Bank of Kuwait remotely and get their assistance in a high- transactions conveniently and safely with- ebrate such an occasion,” he told them, noting that launched the new generation of Interactive ly personalized two-way audio and video out visiting the branch, where our qualified they should instead do so by following his instruc- Teller Machine (ITM) that provides an live interaction, even after working hours.” tellers will offer remote assistance and tions and avoiding the things he advised us to avoid. exceptional banking services to customers Al Baker added that the new ITM tech- feedback.” He affirmed that the ITM is locat- “This can only be done by teaching people their reli- who can interact with one of the bank’s nology enables customers to conclude vari- ed at The Avenues, next to IKEA, and the gion and this cannot be achieved except by opening centrally-based tellers via video and audio ous transactions, like: withdrawals with bank is planning to roll out more machines schools for them,” he added. in real time. This new addition translates dominations they want, cash deposit and in other prime locations in the country in Those present at the diwaniya included Kuwait’s the bank’s vision to provide quality services withdrawal, checks cashing and deposit, the near future. top reformist, the late Sheikh Yousef bin Essa Al- and solutions that match the highest inter- inquire about accounts, loans and cards, in It’s worth mentioning that NBK is commit- Qenae. He liked the idea and immediately asked the national standards, without compromising addition to conducting some transactions ted to upgrading its suite of pioneering serv- permission of the late Sheikh Mubarak the Great to on customers’ data confidentiality and for free through the machine. On top of ices and products to new levels, aiming at establish a school and name it after him - Al- security. ITM users can interact with the that, if the ATM card is lost, stolen or not meeting customers’ demands and lifestyle. Yaqoub Al Baker Mubarakiya School. Donations were collected from bank’s tellers remotely to conduct their available with the customer, he/she can use This in return proves the bank’s leadership merchants and benevolent people, and the school’s banking transactions conveniently, any- the Civil ID and they can get remote assis- locally and regionally when it comes to inno- Banking to conclude transactions anytime most important requirements and construction time and promptly. tance from the teller on how to use the vation. Once again, NBK continues to posi- and anywhere, the SMS banking to notify materials were imported from India. The school was Yaqoub Al Baker, Head of Call Center at machine, if needed, through the colored tion itself as one of the most innovative solu- customers of any changes made on their built and opened in the beginning of 1912 to mark National Bank of Kuwait, said, “We strive to screen who will guide the customer step by tion provider to customers, where the new accounts or cards, the first-of-its-kind the launch of Kuwait’s regular educational system. stay updated with the latest technology to step to complete the required banking ITM service joins its set of digital channels WhatsApp service that was introduced last —Translated by Kuwait Times facilitate customers’ transactions and pro- operation. known for their ultimate safety and security, summer to answer customers’ queries, ATMs vide them with a stress-free banking expe- He pointed out by saying, “This innova- including NBK Mobile Banking and Online and CDMs and much more. Zain launches its ninth breast Ministry reviews preparations for cancer awareness campaign Islamic culture celebration KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company campaign coincides with the globally celebrated month of tantly the significance of mammogram tests and early in Kuwait, launched its ninth annual breast cancer aware- breast cancer during October, and strongly reflects the detection. ness campaign in partnership with the Ministry of Health’s company’s Corporate Sustainability and Social In collaboration with its partners, Zain will spread a num- KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for National Mammography Screening Program and Al Seef Responsibility strategy. The campaign mainly aims at ber of informative messages through social media through- Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Hospital. The campaign aims at spreading awareness about spreading awareness about the goals set by the World out the month of October to increase positive awareness Al-Sabah on Tuesday chaired a meeting by the consulta- breast cancer during October of every year. Zain’s annual Health Organization to prevent breast cancer, most impor- about breast cancer prevention. The messages feature Head tive committee on the celebrations of Kuwait Capital of of the National Mammography Screening Program Dr. Hana Islamic Culture 2016. The meeting reviewed the prepara- Al Khuwari, Surgical oncologist and general surgeon at Al tions for the closing ceremony of the celebrations, due on Seef Hospital Dr. Nuha Al Saleh, and Bariatric Nutritionist at December 22, and the plan to launch Kuwait fund for cul- Al Seef Hospital Sahar Nasser Eddine. tural development. Sheikh Salman discussed with the Zain will also engage its employees in the awareness chairperson of the committee Sheikha Altaf Al-Salem Al- campaign, through which it will organize informative semi- Sabah, and the committee members the agenda of cul- nars, spread awareness videos, and offer free mammogram tural events, including the recital to mark the birthday of tests for its employees and their families. Zain was keen on the Prophet (PBUH), slated for December 11. strategically partnering with leading healthcare providers, Sheikha Altaf updated the meeting on the prepara- both public and private, such as the Ministry of Health’s tions for the religious recital and the closing ceremony of National Mammography Screening Program and Al Seef the celebrations marking Kuwait Capital of Islamic Hospital, to enrich its steps into informing the public Culture. She also briefed the meeting on the plan to through the expertise of these organizations’ experts, spe- launch Kuwait fund for cultural development, conceived cialists, and consultants. by Dr Mashael Al-Hajeri, professor of law at Kuwait Zain’s solid Corporate Social Responsibility and University, who attended the meeting. Dr Al-Hajeri said Sustainability strategies primarily focus on the wellbeing of the idea to launch such a fund originated from the the entire nation. For that reason, the company has main- instructions of Sheikh Salman to lay out a vision for tained its support to all kinds of initiatives that spread investing in culture and partnering the private sector in awareness and help make a difference. Zain has previously cultural development. partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), The Third Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers, held cooperated with the Ministry of Health, and partnered with by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural the Kuwaiti Red Crescent for several awareness campaigns Organization (ISESCO) in Doha, on December 29-31, related to the health sector. 2001, adopted a resolution on an annual program of the It is worth mentioning that Zain established Zain Hospital, capitals of Islamic culture and invited the OIC Member specializing in ear, nose, and throat treatment. The hospital States to nominate cities of which ISESCO shall select was constructed and equipped by the company to address three capitals of Islamic culture, representing the Arab, the needs of the patients in the country, giving them the Asian and African regions. The ISESCO program of Islamic opportunity to head to a state-of-the-art health institution culture capitals for 2016 designated the cities of Kuwait which is fully equipped with the latest medical equipment to for the Arab Region, Male (Republic of Maldives) for the serve their health issues. You can follow Zain’s Breast Cancer Asian Region, and Freetown (Republic of Sierra Leone) for Awareness campaign on #ZainGoesPink and #ZainCSR. the African Region. — KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

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FARMVILLE, VIRGINA: Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence shakes hands with Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University on Tuesday. — AP Steady Pence praised, but Kaine lands jabs Mission accomplished?

WASHINGTON: Republican Mike Pence won running mate. “Gov, Pence was smooth, he trustworthy. Kaine said he and his wife trust be used,” Pence said. “And he did it brilliantly.” was on the debate stage last week. He was bipartisan plaudits for a calm and collected seemed sort of likable, but he didn’t get the Clinton “with the most important thing in our Kellyann Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, also more consistent in painting the performance in the vice presidential debate. job done,” Podesta said Wednesday on MSNBC. life” - their son, a Marine who would serve faulted Kaine for repeatedly interrupting Democratic ticket as career politicians unwill- But Democrat Tim Kaine was claiming mission under Clinton if she wins. Trump, and of “ignoring the female moderator,” ing to shake up Washington. accomplished for forcing his opponent to con- Willing to concede Yet for the most part, Kaine was deter- Elaine Quijano of CBS News. She took particu- On national security, Kaine revived Trump’s front -or not - Donald Trump’s long list of Both sides appeared willing to concede mined to make the showdown a referendum lar issue with how often the Democrat had frequently flattering comments about Putin, provocative remarks. that the only debate between the vice presi- on Trump’s character. Typically relaxed and brought up Trump’s name. “It was like he had a the Russian president. “He loves dictators,” Pressed by Kaine to defend his running dential candidates was unlikely to alter the tra- easygoing, Pence adopted a pugilistic tic,” Conway said. She spoke Wednesday on Fox Kaine said. “He’s got like a personal Mount mate throughout the 90-minute debate jectory of the race. After all, this year’s rollick- approach as he slammed Trump for having News and MSNBC. Rushmore: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Tuesday, Pence mostly dodged, sidestepped ing presidential campaign has been all about called women pigs and slobs, and condemned Moammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein.” or let the moment pass by. He vouched for the the passionate emotions - positive and nega- his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Shift back Pence tried to flip the tables by accusing billionaire’s tax history, but was less vocal tive - that both candidates of the top of the Pence frequently avoided taking the bait - a The campaign’s focus shifts back now to Kaine’s running mate of stoking Russia’s bel- when challenged about Trump’s temperament ticket stir up for many American voters. shrewd move for a conservative darling who the presidential nominees, who meet again ligerence. “The weak and feckless foreign poli- or his inflammatory words about women and Yet for Republicans worried their voters could have eyes on the Oval Office himself if Sunday for the second of three debates. For cy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has President Barack Obama. won’t show up at the polls, Pence’s steady per- Trump loses in November. Instead, he sought Trump, it could be a final opportunity to awaked an aggression in Russia that first “I can’t imagine how Gov. Pence can defend formance could help assuage concerns that to defuse the line of attack by arguing pre- demonstrate the race isn’t slipping out of his appeared in Russia a few years ago,” Pence the insult-driven, me-first style of Donald this year’s Republican ticket has veered away emptively that it was the Democrats - not grasp. Five weeks from Election Day, the race said. “All the while, all we do is fold our arms Trump,” said Kaine, the Virginia senator and from the party’s core beliefs. Pence, a former Trump - waging an insult-filled campaign. appears to be tipping in Clinton’s favor. Widely and say we’re not having talks anymore.” Hillary Clinton’s No. 2. Still, even Clinton’s team congressman and Indiana’s governor, is widely He didn’t dispute reports that the business- viewed as the loser of the first debate last Pence stirred buzz on social media for saying, wasn’t claiming that Kaine had come out on trusted by the Republican establishment and man might not have paid any federal taxes for week, Trump went into a multi-day tailspin after Kaine’s repeated criticism of Trump’s com- top, despite the chest-puffing that usually fol- the party’s socially conservative base. years as a result of suffering more than $900 over a decades-old tiff with a beauty queen. ments on immigrants, “Senator, you’ve whipped lows a political debate. Clinton campaign Like Pence, Kaine also found himself in the million in losses in 1995. But he likened Trump’s New public opinion polls show Clinton’s stand- out that Mexican thing again.” Clinton’s support- chairman John Podesta said only that Kaine role of defender. He rebutted Pence’s attacks situation to those of other Americans who ing on the rise in nearly all battleground ers seized on the remark. By Wednesday morn- had succeeded in his “strategic mission” to on Clinton’s family foundation, her emails and have gone “through a very difficult time.” “He states. Pence was markedly more prepared ing, visitors to ThatMexicanThing.com were being challenge Pence to defend his controversial her struggles persuading voters that she’s used the tax code just the way it’s supposed to and more detailed in his answers than Trump redirected to her campaign website. — AP Syria announces surprise easing of Aleppo assault

DAMASCUS: Syria’s military yesterday the number of air strikes and artillery on terror- Moscow and Washington’s top diplomats announced a surprise reduction in bombard- ist positions to allow civilians that want to leave had been working together since early this year ment of rebel groups in devastated Aleppo, to reach safe areas,” the statement carried by to reach a diplomatic solution to Syria’s blood- nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out news agency SANA said. It was not immediately shed, which has killed more than 300,000 peo- assault to capture the city. clear what was behind the move, or if Russian air ple since 2011. An agreement in September had Aleppo city was once Syria’s thriving com- strikes would also be reduced. envisioned an end to hostilities, increased aid mercial hub, but it now lies divided between Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad deliveries, and eventual coordination between rebels in the east and regime forces in the west. have been waging their offensive in the city cen- the two world powers against jihadists-but it Syria’s government announced a large-scale tre, the northern outskirts, and the southern collapsed after a week. Since then, France has offensive to capture the whole city on edges of Aleppo with the backing of Russian air stepped into the diplomatic vacuum with a September 22, ushering in a ferocious bombing power. But the onslaught has come under fierce draft United Nations resolution on a ceasefire in campaign on opposition-held quarters. international scrutiny amid accusations the joint Aleppo that it will submit to the Security The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights air strikes were destroying the east’s civilian Council this week. said 270 people, including 53 children, had been infrastructure. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault killed in air raids on the eastern districts since On Monday, bombardment destroyed the will travel to Moscow on Thursday and the assault began. largest hospital in rebel-held quarters, where an Washington on Friday to try to garner support But yesterday, Syria’s military said it would estimated 250,000 people live under govern- for the draft, his office said. The resolution is reduce the bombardment “after the success of ment siege. Hours later, the US announced it aimed at “paving the way to a ceasefire in our armed forces in Aleppo and cutting off all would suspend bilateral efforts with Moscow at Aleppo and for the local population to gain ALEPPO: Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, pull the body of a terrorist supply routes into the eastern districts”. reviving a ceasefire, accusing Russia of trying to access to the humanitarian aid it so needs,” the man from the rubble of destroyed buildings following a government forces air strike on “The military command has decided to reduce bomb Syrian civilians “into submission”. foreign ministry said. — AFP the rebel-held neighborhood of Bustan al-Basha on Tuesday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 Iraq pro-govt fighters ‘most likely’ killed in coalition strike

WASHINGTON: An air strike conducted by the US- was recaptured from the Islamic State group in Agriculture minister Falah Hassan Zaidan, whose cials have indicated could start this month-will led coalition in Iraq “most likely” killed around 20 pro- August, they said. The US defense official said the tribe resides in the Qayyarah area, also said that 21 involve a heterogenous coalition of sometimes rival government Sunni tribal fighters south of Mosul on strike was probably “what we unfortunately call a tribal fighters were killed and confirmed the timing Iraqi forces including soldiers, police, Kurdish pesh- yesterday, a senior defense official told AFP. “This blue-on-green incident,” meaning a case of mistaken of the strike. Lihaybi said the air raid also wounded merga fighters, and both Sunni and Shiite militiamen. most likely was from a coalition air strike. Right now, identity where a coalition force inadvertently struck five fighters, while Zaidan put the number at four. After it is launched, these forces will have to fight we are still getting information,” the official said, partners on the ground. “We are looking into it The US-led coalition has been carrying out strikes their way through IS-held territory-sometimes over speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the aggressively,” the official said. Sheikh Nazhan Sakhr against IS in Iraq since 2014, and the country’s mili- distances of dozens of kilometers (miles) before sur- incident. al-Lihaybi, the commander of the fighters who were tary also targets the jihadists with warplanes and hel- rounding the city and then launching an assault to Earlier, an Iraqi commander and a minister said killed, said they had succeeded in repelling an attack icopters. retake it. The issue of which forces will actually enter the strike had killed 21 fighters in the raid that hap- by Islamic State jihadists in the area, and were The deadly strike comes as Iraqi forces prepare for the city is a contentious one, and there has been no pened around 1:00 am local time Wednesday (2200 bombed when they gathered after the end of the a final push to retake Mosul, the last IS-held city in public announcement of the roles the various forces GMT Tuesday) east of the town of Qayyarah, which fighting. the country. The Mosul operation-which Western offi- will play. —AFP

Israel hits Hamas posts after rocket fire from Gaza

GAZA CITY: Israel’s military struck several “escalation” and saying it would not be able Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip yester- to “remain with its arms folded if it contin- day after a rocket launched from the ues”. Palestinian enclave hit a nearby Israeli city, Islamic Jihad, which has a strong pres- with no casualties reported on either side. ence in Gaza, said “the resistance is not The rocket hit Sderot, part of which lies looking for an escalation but it is ready for less than a kilometer (less than a mile) any option to respond.” northeast of the Gaza Strip, run by Islamist movement Hamas, the Israeli military said. Stronger response The area was closed off and bomb disposal The Israeli army and Palestinian mili- teams were working at the site, police tants in Gaza have fought three wars since spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. 2008 and there are frequent flare-ups along A small Salafist group-followers of an the border. Israel often responds to rocket ultra-conservative brand of Sunni Islam fire from Gaza with air and tank strikes, but who oppose Hamas-claimed responsibility recent responses have been stronger than for the attack. “Thanks to God, the so-called in the past. Sderot settlement was targeted by a home- That has led some analysts to question made rocket,” the Ahfad al-Sahaba group whether the change is the result of a new said in a statement. policy by hardline Defense Minister The same group has claimed responsi- Avigdor Lieberman, who took office in May. bility for other recent attacks but Israel In August, Israel carried out dozens of retal- holds Hamas responsible for all such rocket iatory strikes after a rocket hit Sderot, a far fire. Shortly afterwards, Hamas security larger response than usual. sources said Israeli tank fire struck a post Israeli media reported that attack was run by its military wing, the Ezzedine Al- the first time downtown Sderot had been Qassam Brigades, east of Beit Hanoun near struck by a rocket from Gaza since the last the border with Israel. war in 2014. The 2014 conflict was the most Three air strikes also targeted other devastating of the three, killing 2,251 bases in the Khan Yunis area in the south of Palestinians and leaving 100,000 homeless. the enclave, the sources said, while two Seventy-three Israelis, most of them sol- others hit Hamas posts near Gaza City, an diers, died in the conflict. A delegation AFP journalist reported. Israel’s military did from the International Criminal Court is vis- not provide details on its strikes, saying iting Israel and the Palestinian territories only that it “targeted a number of Hamas this week, its chief prosecutor said LIBYA: Migrants are rescued from the Mediterranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, posts”. Wednesday, against the backdrop of a some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. —AFP “Today’s attack, the second since the probe into the last Gaza war. Gaza has been beginning of August in the city of Sderot, is under an Israeli blockade for nearly a the direct result of Hamas’s terror agenda in decade, with Israel seeking to prevent the Dramatic rescue images as EU urged the Gaza Strip that encourages deliberate entry of material it believes could be used attacks against Israeli civilians,” military for military purposes. spokesman Peter Lerner said in a state- UN officials have called for the blockade to change tack on migrant crisis ment. As Israeli aircraft continued to carry to be lifted, saying conditions are deterio- out surveillance in the afternoon, Hamas rating in the impoverished enclave of 1.9 A cluster of emotions denounced the strikes, calling them an million people. —AFP

ABOARD THE ASTRAL: The horror, terror and ture the extreme range of emotions produced and there was total panic, there were people joy felt during perilous rescues of migrant by the drama. Among the most striking is the jumping into the water, people trying to get out boats have been captured in powerful new hauntingly poignant respect shown by the (from below deck).” images published yesterday, as the latest survivors as they tiptoe over lifeless bodies on William Lacy Swing, the head of the deadly episode in the Mediterranean fuelled their own way to safety. International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls for Europe to change tack on the crisis. In the water, an African man clings desper- said 3,500 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean AFP photographer Aris Messinis was on ately to a float thrown in by the rescuers and this year showed Europe needed to do something board NGO boat The Astral as it battled to stretches his leg out as if he were trying to different. “That is more than all of last year and help a number of overcrowded rubber help a fellow passenger floundering helplessly last year was more than 2014, so clearly our poli- dinghies and a larger wooden vessel found in a yard (meter) away from him. Or could he cies are not working as they should be or you distress off the coast of Libya in a frantic oper- have been seeking to push him away? wouldn’t have that many people who are dying,” he told AFP. Italy’s coastguard said it coordinated 33 differ- ent rescue operations on Tuesday and that 4,655 people had been saved, taking the total recov- ered alive to more than 10,000 in two days. Tuesday’s drama underlined how easily the life- saving capacities of the multinational search and rescue operation off Libya can become critically stretched.

Baby boom TIFLET, MOROCCO: Supporters of Morocco’s Democratic Independence Party The Astral, which is operated by Spanish NGO pass out campaign leaflets in the city of Tifelt, on the outskirts of the capital, ProActiva Open Arms, was on its own for hours Rabat yesterday. —AFP after it first came across the stricken boats. A rela- tively small converted yacht, it could not risk get- ting too close to any of the distressed vessels for Morocco votes after five fear that it could be capsized by the panicked migrants all trying to board it at once. years under Islamists It was not until midday that an Italian navy vessel arrived to help. By then it may already have been too late for some of the victims, and it was RABAT: Morocco will elect a parliament on at the palace and among the globalised bour- after 10 pm when the operation was finally Friday for the first time since an Islamist-led gov- geoisie,” said Pierre Vermeren, a historian of the wrapped up. ernment took office following Arab Spring Maghreb region. Italy’s coastguard and the charity MSF (Doctors uprisings that toppled leaders across the region. A victorious PJD would try to take the without Borders) reported Wednesday that four The Islamist Justice and Development opportunity to gain more space from the pregnant women who were among the rescued Party (PJD) came to power in 2011 after monarchy for joint decision-making, he said. had given birth on their way to Italian ports. swelling protests prompted concessions from But the decisive clout in Morocco remains in the AT SEA: Graphic content / Migrants step over dead bodies while being rescued by The number of pregnant women boarding King Mohammed VI, the scion of a monarchy hands of King Mohammed VI regardless of who members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical migrant boats in Libya has increased significantly that has ruled the North African country for is in government. miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. —AFP this year and it is not uncommon for them to go 350 years. “The king is de facto the exclusive decision into labor as soon as they reach the safety of a A new constitution reduced some, though maker on a series of long-term and strategic rescue boat. The 10,600 new arrivals will raise to not all, of the king’s near-absolute powers as matters,” including foreign policy and big infra- ation that lasted from dawn until after dusk on ‘Policies not working’ more than 140,000 the total number of migrants autocratic regimes fell in Tunisia, Egypt and structure projects, according to an analysis from Tuesday. Other images reveal that there were many or refugees to have landed in Italy since the start Libya. Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane’s PJD the Carnegie Endowment for International Hundreds of mainly African migrants were small children on board the boats; one is crying, of this year. says a second term would allow it to continue Peace, a Washington-based think tank. hauled to safety but dozens died agonizing perhaps sensing the prevailing sense of fear, oth- The numbers are in line with the previous two its limited economic and social reforms. At the same time the monarchy can present deaths from suffocation as a result of either ers seem totally carefree, oblivious to the panic, years but Italy is now having to register and Heading a coalition that includes commu- the successful inclusion of an Islamist party “as toxic fumes or the panicked crush of too many including one hoisted above the crush of the accommodate a bigger proportion of them under nists, liberals and conservatives, it retains con- a sign of the ongoing process of democratisa- bodies: 29 of them on one of the dinghies. crowd. “There must have been about 1,000 peo- pressure from its EU partners, putting immense siderable support among the urban middle tion following the adoption of the 2011 consti- Messinis said a final count yesterday put ple on board the (larger wooden) boat, spread strain on its overcrowded reception centers and classes that have largely abandoned the left in tutional amendments,” it added. the death toll at 32 and his photographs cap- over three levels,” Messinis said. “I went onboard government coffers. —AFP favour of Islamist parties. But it has been weak- Previously the monarch could choose his ened by rising unemployment and what critics prime minister, but since the consitutional say is a failure to deal with corruption. The party changes he must appoint someone from the has faced a string of scandals within its ranks party that wins the most seats in parliament. including a major drugs bust, a dodgy land- India tries to hasten US defense grab deal and the suspension of two vice presi- Return of the Salafists dents found in a “sexual position” on a beach. Friday’s poll also marks the return of It also faces a resurgent liberal opposition Salafists, followers of an ultra-conservative deals amid election uncertainty Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), brand of Sunni Islam, to the political arena. formed in 2008 by a close adviser to the king. There are only a few dozen Salafists among the The PAM has poured enormous resources into a 7,000 candidates in Friday’s poll, but their re- NEW DELHI: India is trying to hasten a deal with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has India’s military has also asked for the armed campaign criticising the government’s record as emergence is a notable shift in a country where the United States to buy Predator drone aircraft built personal ties with President Barack Obama, version of the Predator to help target suspected “catastrophic” and pledging to roll back the they were once pariahs. for military surveillance, one of several defence whose signature foreign policy move has been a militant camps in Pakistan but US export control “Islamisation” of society. They include Abdelwahab Rafiki, also and nuclear projects the two sides are pursuing strategic pivot to Asia from the Middle East. The laws prohibit such a transfer. US Defense It pitches itself as the defender of women’s known as Abou Hafs, a former preacher who in the final months of the Obama administration. United States has dislodged Russia as the top Secretary Ashton Carter, who visited India in rights and liberal social mores, and aims to was sentenced to 30 years in prison after India’s request for 22 Predator Guardian arms supplier to India. New Delhi is also on the April, is expected to make a final trip there bring more women into parliament, where they jihadist attacks in Casablanca in 2003 that left drones made in June is in an advanced stage of cusp of sealing a US nuclear reactor deal worth towards the end of the year. hold just 67 out of 395 seats. 45 people dead. negotiations. The two sides hope to make billions of dollars. “The administration is eager to get as much He was pardoned in 2012 and is running for enough progress so only administrative tasks In return, Washington has given New Delhi done as is humanly possible. They believe the ‘Exclusive decision maker’ Istiqlal, a nationalist party. Rafiki is not alone. remain by the time President Barack Obama access to high-end military technology, such as a conditions and the personnel in both capitals The PJD accuses its rival of being the party of The Casablanca bombings prompted authori- leaves office, government officials in New Delhi new system to launch planes off aircraft carriers, are uniquely favorable at the moment, and are the palace, part of a shadowy “parallel state” ties to arrest some 8,000 people, many of them said. “It is progressing well. The aim is to com- and leaned on other countries to give India eager to consolidate and institutionalize the controlling political life. If it holds on to power, Salafists. But like him, many were pardoned fol- plete the main process in the next few months,” membership in the Missile Technology Control progress,” said Jeff Smith, director of Asia the PJD will remain an essential part of lowing the turmoil of 2011, and have since said one of the officials, speaking on condition Regime, which cleared the way for the sale of Security Programs at the American Foreign Moroccan politics, “despite the feelings it rouses gained a foothold in Moroccan politics. —AFP of anonymity. the unarmed Predator. Policy Council. —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL EU sees support for Afghan peace talks as new aid flows in

BRUSSELS: Regional powers agreed to regional perspective and the European Several hundred members of State John Kerry and UN Secretary Taleban insist that foreign forces must try to revive Afghanistan’s stalled peace Union will try to facilitate this,” Afghanistan’s mainly Shi’ite Hazara General Ban Ki-moon among others, leave Afghanistan before peace talks process after almost 40 years of conflict, Mogherini said. minority, which has been targeted by told Reuters that Chinese and Indian can begin. the EU’s foreign policy chief said yester- There have been several attempts in Taleban and Islamic State militants, officials were willing to consider peace They are also on the offensive, and day, as governments began to raise recent years to broker a settlement protested outside the conference venue. talks. battlefield successes have exposed the some $13 billion to fund the country between the Western-backed govern- “(President) Ashraf Ghani and his gov- Pakistan continues to harbor Afghan defensive limits of Afghanistan’s NATO- through 2020. ment in Kabul and the Taleban, but all ernment is here for European and other Taleban, the United States says. India is trained armed forces which are sup- With the government in Kabul facing have failed. Without the militants at the countries’ aid and assistance in return for unconvinced the militants have posed to number 350,000 personnel but a resurgent Taleban 15 years after US table, experts say it is hard to envisage a accepting a deal to send us back to a changed, judging by the way they rule which have been heavily depleted by forces helped oust the militants, more meaningful solution. war zone,” said Ali Reza, holding a ban- the 10 percent of Afghan territory they casualties and desertion. than 70 governments in Brussels prom- ner with the words: “We Will Not Go control, one official said. Militants briefly reached the centre of ised further financial support. The Hazaras stage protest Back”. “There are several countries that the northern city of Kunduz on Monday, European Union is leading the effort, The EU and Afghanistan signed a While the West wants more social, actually can help come together, and I and they are testing the defenses of two partly with the aim of slowing Afghan political agreement this month to make political and financial reforms from urge Russia, China, Pakistan, India and other provincial capitals in the south of migrant flows into Europe. it easier to return Afghans whose asylum Afghanistan, EU migration aid is not Iran to think about the special role that the country. Still, US and EU officials As well as funding, the EU focused on requests fail. European governments, linked to the Brussels conference, but they could play in this region in order to have been encouraged by a smaller getting stalled peace negotiations back facing increasing opposition from voters was raised by European ministers includ- make a major difference ... in reaching peace agreement last month between on track by bringing together the United to immigration at home, have pressed ing Hungary and Bulgaria. “I hope that peace with the Taleban,” Kerry told the the Afghan government and a local war- States, China, India, and Pakistan at a Afghanistan to accept more repatria- the newly signed repatriation agree- donor conference. lord. dinner on Tuesday night. Federica tions, saying that many parts of the ment with Afghanistan will be imple- But there remain divisions about if, or Though largely symbolic, the deal Mogherini, who coordinates EU foreign country, including the capital Kabul, are mented in practice,” German Foreign when, to include Taleban militants. Even grants amnesty to the warlord and his policy, said there was an understanding safe. Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told if they were invited, it is unclear militants in return for an end to violence “to work on a common basis for regional That policy has faced sharp criticism reporters. whether the movement would take and respect for Afghanistan’s constitu- political support for the peace and rec- from aid groups and others who point to part. Hope was briefly raised in 2015 tion. “This a model for what might be onciliation process in Afghanistan.” the widening Taleban insurgency across Taleban peace talks? when Taleban officials met the Afghan possible ... I think the message from “Yesterday night we found common the country and the frequent suicide Two people briefed on Mogherini’s government in neighboring Pakistan, every person here would be to the ground to support this process with a attacks that hit Kabul. dinner, attended by US Secretary of but that process was short lived, and the Taleban: take note,” Kerry said. —Reuters

Kenya’s illegal sand miners destroy farms to plunder scarce resource

MACHAKOS, KENYA: Every day dozens of gal sand mining because it is near markets trucks roar into Kalingile village in south- and located on a transport route that west Kenya and moments later speed off makes it cheap to move sand from the down a dirt road laden with tons of sand area, he said. As demand for sand contin- ready to supply to construction markets, ues to soar, the community fears the leaving acres of destroyed farmland in extraction of sand on their farms is not their wake. about to end soon, despite the enactment As Kenya’s booming construction indus- of the Machakos County Sand Harvesting try has seen demand for sand soar to Act in 2014, which sought to regulate the record levels, it has put pressure on agri- harvesting of sand. cultural land and other sources of sand nationwide, prompting sand harvesters to Illegal sand sites invade farms for the rare commodity, stud- According to the National Environment ies show. Management Authority (NEMA), recent Years of uncontrolled sand mining in legislation on sand mining at the national riverbeds at a rate that outpaces natural and county levels have helped to regulate replenishment have depleted sand the industry. “We have issued restoration deposits in the rivers of counties surround- orders in several illegal sand sites and sum- ing the capital, Nairobi. The scarcity has moned some of the culprits to our offices,” left sand miners with no option but to Titus Simiyu, NEMA Machakos County dredge for sand on farmland, an illegal Director for Environment, said. business that has fuelled the construction “The authority has to conduct environ- industry but threatens the livelihoods of mental impact assessment report before thousands of small-scale farmers whose awarding a license to sand harvesters.” NAIROBI: An activist demonstrates on September 3, 2016 in Nairobi against a proposed route for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that is set land it destroys. Simiyu added that new national guidelines to cut across the Nairobi National Park once complete. —AFP Kalingile village, in Mavoko constituen- in 2007 had also helped to regulate uncon- cy, 47 km (26 miles) east of Nairobi, is trolled sand mining across Kenya. “It’s among many areas of Kenya that have unfortunate that some of these sand deal- been targeted by sand harvesters. The ille- ers are engaged in illegal sand harvesting Senegal villages empty gal activity has left hundreds of farmers despite the many awareness campaigns we scraping a living from tiny parcels of land. have conducted in the area,” Simiyu said. Stephen Mulinge, a farmer who now However, despite new laws that are works an acre of land in the area, said he supposed to ensure sand is harvested and had lost four acres to sand miners who left used sustainably, illegal sand mining has for dreams of Europe his land barren after invading his farm gone on unabated in Machakos, said under cover of darkness. “When I refused Mulinge. “There is nothing we can do; we to let them mine sand on my farm, they have complained to authorities without came at night, dredged and loaded to much help. Some of these cartels are so No country for young men trucks,” Mulinge, 42, told the Thomson powerful and crooked they will use what- Reuters Foundation. ever means to get sand with or without He said illegal sand harvesting in the our consent,” Mulinge said. GOUDIRY, Senegal: Slumped on a bench in a village and sewing clothes. Yet very few jobs exist outside of were affordable and safe. area had led to the destruction of vegeta- The law restricts sand mining between in southeast Senegal - which is lifeless but for the occa- the centre of Goudiry, with vast expanses of arid, But these now elderly trailblazers, most of whom tion, reduced fertile land and farm produc- 6am and 6pm, but farmers said illegal sional bleating of goats and splutter of old motorcycles unused land interrupted only by withered baobab found consistent work allowing them to club together tivity and exposed the community to food miners avoid arrest by harvesting at night. - Aliou Thiam has only one thing on his mind. The 28- trees and isolated villages. “To have a job with a salary money in order to finance schools, wells and water insecurity. “Out of my five-acre farm, only The Act states: “On-farm sand harvesting year-old is preparing to leave behind his wife, two chil- here in Goudiry is impossible,” said 35-year-old Yaya towers back home, fear that their achievements may an acre is under production the rest has shall only be undertaken by open-cast dren and the only life he has known in the pursuit of a Diallo, who sees migrating to Europe as the only way have set a dangerous precedent. “Adventure is always been turned to pits and trenches and can’t harvesting method and no underground goal shared by many young men across Senegal: to feed his wife and children. “I have to go.” difficult, but there were none of today’s problems in be put to agricultural use,” Mulinge said. tunneling or extraction of sand shall be Reaching Europe. “I don’t have anything here. That is Amid thatch-roof huts and mud-brick homes, the our time,” said 63-year-old Bocar Diallo, who went to The area is especially vulnerable to ille- undertaken.”—Reuters why I want to go, why I need to go,” he said, glancing at few newly-built health centres and schools, and the Libya in the 1970s and flew to France, where he several men lying nearby in the shade, snoozing odd concrete house - some crowned with solar panels worked for Renault and an airport during his 33 years through the still, sweltering afternoon. “The only thing and satellite TV dishes - are a testament to the impor- there. we know is migration,” Thiam told the Thomson tance of remittances across the region. “Everything you But Goudiry’s young men are not listening. Armed Reuters Foundation. “Migration equals success.” see is from those who have migrated ... all the projects with smartphones and televisions - paid for mainly by Thousands of Senegalese men set off for Europe are financed by them,” said Moussa Kebe, who remittances - they are plugged into social media and each year, risking their lives on treacherous journeys returned to Senegal after almost two years in Libya TV shows offering a taste of life in Europe too tantaliz- through the Sahara desert and across the and set up an association to appeal for development in ing to resist. Samba Sidibe, a softly-spoken man in his Mediterranean sea. Most fail. Many die. Senegal is the area. “If anyone is sick ... or needs clothes or food ... twenties, said his friends from Goudiry who made it to among the top 10 countries of origin for migrants we have to call on the migrants. When someone pass- Europe often phoned him to boast about their new arriving in Italy this year, the International Organization es away, or has to name a baby, we call the migrants - lives in France, Germany and Italy. “One friend would for Migration (IOM) says, along with countries like they are always solicited.” phone me, telling me that Europe is a thousand times Eritrea, Mali and Nigeria, beset by conflict or concerns better than Africa,” Sidibe said. “I looked on Facebook, I over rights abuses. Relying on Remittances saw the nice pictures - it drove me to go.” But Senegal’s young men are not fleeing war. Senegalese migrants sent home at least 930 billion Sidibe is one of hundreds of young men in Goudiry Deemed economic migrants, they are seeking a better CFA francs ($1.6 billion) in 2015, eclipsing international who burned through their families’ savings to reach life for themselves and their families, and see Europe as aid for Senegal and accounting for more than 10 per- Europe, but failed. More than 1,000 men have left the only gateway to success. It is a belief entrenched cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), Goudiry for Europe since 2013, said Kebe’s Association over decades as generations of Senegalese moved to World Bank data shows. This figure may be far higher of Repatriates from Libya. While half succeeded, at least Europe - in particular to France, the former colonial as it does not account for the cash-stuffed suitcases 100 died on the journey and some 350 have been master - and sent money home. But more and more brought home by migrants, experts say. Yet remit- flown home by the IOM and governments of Senegal young men are now trying their luck with discontent tances to Senegal could shrink as European nations and Libya. Repatriated from Libya last year, Sidibe now over joblessness and the slow pace of development tighten their borders and work becomes harder to finds himself worse off than he could have ever imag- simmering in the West African nation. find, said Marta Foresti of the UK-based Overseas ined. “I cannot sit here empty-handed,” he said glumly, Despite being one of Africa’s most stable and Development Institute. staring at the floor. “I must replace the money (some fastest-growing democracies, Senegal’s average Aware of this, the government is working to create $2,000) to help my parents get out of this ordeal. If I LISBON: In this Oct. 1, 1995 file photo, Portuguese Socialist Party leader Antonio monthly income is less than $100, and around one in more jobs in agriculture, and educate migrants about don’t find work, I will be forced to migrate - to try my Guterres is cheered by supporters as he leaves a Lisbon hotel after his party won the eight people are unemployed. The surge in migrants the risks of migration, said foreign ministry official luck one last time.” Portuguese general elections, ending 10 years of Social Democratic rule. —AP has sparked debate globally about whether economic Serigne Gueye. “Migration is not the El Dorado people migrants should be treated differently to refugees flee- dream of - it is walking into the lion’s den,” he said in Desert of Death ing conflict, and fuelled fears poverty will worsen and the capital Dakar. “We want migrants to understand Starting from a bus station in Tambacounda, Portugal’s Guterres poised to national stability come under threat if remittances dry that what interests us is not their lives abroad, but their Goudiry’s aspiring migrants take buses, mini-vans and up. successful return to Senegal.” cars through Mali and Burkina Faso to reach Niger’s be next UN secretary-general Uneducated, untrained and unemployed, Thiam The state also backs the Program for Support for desert town of Agadez - the main transit point in the and his peers in southeastern Tambacounda, one of Solidarity Initiatives for Development (PAISD), which Sahara for those dreaming of Europe. For Senegal’s UNITED NATIONS: Portugal’s former prime 13 positive votes including four from the Senegal’s poorest regions, say they have been aban- helps migrants in France to pool their earnings and young men, among the 300,000 migrants expected by minister Antonio Guterres is poised to five veto-holding council members, and doned by the government - citing undeveloped land, invest in projects back in Senegal, from solar power the IOM to pass through Agadez this year, there begins become the next secretary-general of the two “no opinion” votes including one from few jobs, and a lack of vocational training schemes. “All systems to mechanic training schools. “The migrants, the hellish 1,200 km journey to Sabha in southern United Nations following a sixth straw poll a veto-holding member. over Senegal, but especially outside of Dakar, there is a with one foot in France and one foot in Senegal, are Libya - a route prowled by bandits and baked by the by the Security Council, diplomats said yes- The 67-year-old, who served as prime view that you can’t make it here, but can make it in very important in terms of remittances - they are driv- fierce desert sun. terday.Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin minister from 1995 to 2002, had held the Europe,” said Jo-Lind Roberts, chief of mission for the ers of development,” said Raphael Renault of the PAISD. “The desert is much, much worse than the emerged from the secret ballot along with number-one spot in the previous five infor- IOM in Senegal. “There is a lack of hope about life in But informing people of the risks of migration to per- Mediterranean or Libya, because it is a place where you the 14 other council ambassadors to mal votes by the Security Council. Once he Senegal.” suade them to stay, while relying on remittances to have no hope,” said Ousmane Thiam, 24, who like Kebe, declare that Guterres was the “clear is formally endorsed by the Security spur development, is an unsustainable strategy, said spent some two years in Libya and is spokesman for favorite” to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the Council, the Socialist politician will be for- No Jobs, No Future the Roberts of the IOM. “Only 20-30 percent of remit- the Association of Repatriates from Libya. While world’s diplomat-in-chief. mally presented to the General Assembly Tambacounda is one of Senegal’s main points of tances are invested in society, most go straight to fami- images of dead migrants on European shores have Churkin announced that a formal vote for it to approve his candidacy. departure for the thousands of young men who have lies,” she said. “You can’t just trigger development over caused a global outcry, Africans heading for Europe by the council will take place on Thursday There were 10 candidates in the race to headed for Europe via Libya since the North African a few years - it doesn’t work like that.” may be dying in greater numbers in the Sahara than to confirm the choice of Guterres, adding become the next secretary-general includ- country’s 2011 uprising led to a vacuum of state the thousands who have died in the Mediterranean, that he expected the selection to be “by ing EU budget commissioner Kristalina authority. Two-thirds of Tambacounda’s population of Generation Gap according to migration tracking group 4mi. acclamation.” “We wish Mister Guterres well Georgieva from Bulgaria who faced two 700,000 live in poverty, compared to less than half on The success of Goudiry’s former migrants, who Thiam and other men from Goudiry who crossed in discharging his duties as the secretary vetos after entering the fray just last week. average across the nation of 15 million, according to migrated to Europe several decades ago before return- the Sahara recalled being wedged into cars with 20 general of the United Nations in the next Georgieva received eight negative votes data from Senegal’s 2013 census. One in three people ing home to retire, has inspired the younger genera- other migrants, having so little water that they had to five years,” Churkin said. including two from veto-holding members, in Tambacounda, where the average age is 20, have no tions to follow in their footsteps. Thousands of drink their urine, burying dead bodies along the way, During Wednesday’s straw poll, veto- five positive votes including two from the job to go to. “All these young people are lying around Senegalese headed to France in the 1960s and early and being beaten and robbed at gunpoint. “But I didn’t holders Britain, China, France, Russia and permanent council members and two “no doing nothing,” said El Hadji Sao, secretary general of 1970s when booming economic growth saw the coun- have a choice,” Thiam said. “If I had gone home, people the United States used pink ballots to indi- opinion”. One of those was from a veto- Goudiry, one of Tambacounda’s four departments. “It is try recruit workers from its former colonies for manual would say I was scared - that I was not a man.” Despite cate for the first time whether they intend- holder. enough to cause revolt.” labor. Although France ended its labour migration poli- having endured the gruelling month-long journey ed to block a candidate. Guterres, who was The new secretary-general will begin In the heart of Goudiry, young men work tirelessly cy in 1974, former migrants from Goudiry who entered from Senegal to Libya, the nightmare had just begun the UN’s refugee chief for 10 years, received work on January 1.—AFP in wooden shacks, repairing motorbikes, welding steel the country illegally afterwards said their journeys for Samba Thiam.—Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL World court rejects epic Marshalls nuclear case

THE HAGUE: The UN’s highest court yesterday ICJ’s historic headquarters in the Peace Palace in narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by The Hague. the tiny Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan ‘Sky turned blood-red’ and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear Initially in 2014, Majuro had accused nine arms race. countries of failing to comply with the 1968 In majority and sharply divided decisions, a 16- nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which judge bench at the International Court of Justice seeks to inhibit the spread of atomic bombs. But (ICJ) ruled there was no evidence that Majuro had the ICJ already refused to take up cases against a prior dispute with any of the three nuclear the other countries-China, France, Israel, North giants or had sought negotiations on the issue. Korea, Russia and the United States-as they have “The court upholds the objection to jurisdiction” not recognized the court’s jurisdiction. raised by each of the countries, presiding judge Israel has also never formally admitted to hav- Ronny Abraham said in separate rulings, and ing nuclear weapons. The Marshall Islands argued therefore the tribunal “cannot proceed to the mer- that by not stopping the nuclear arms race Britain, its of the case.” India and Pakistan had breached obligations The tiny Pacific island nation, with a population under the treaty-even if New Delhi and Islamabad of 55,000, was ground zero for a string of devas- have not signed it. At a poignant March hearing, tating nuclear tests on its pristine atolls between Majuro’s lawyers painted a vivid picture of the 1946-58, carried out by the United States as the horrors caused by 67 nuclear tests notably the Cold War arms race gathered pace. After the hear- atolls of Bikini and Enewetak. “Several islands in ings, the Marshalls said it will now “study the rul- my country were vaporized and others are esti- ing” which is final and without appeal. “Obviously mated to remain uninhabitable for thousands of it’s very disappointing,” Marshall Islands lawyer years,” Tony deBrum, a former Marshall Islands for- Phon van den Biesen told reporters. “It’s a dispute eign minister, told the court. “The entire sky that is clear to all of the world except for the turned blood-red,” said deBrum, who was nine THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS: Judges, with presiding judge Ronny Abraham of France, second right, re-enter judges here,” he said, outside the courtroom in the when he witnessed the blasts. — AFP the World Court yesterday. — AP

Duterte’s enforcer says ‘we are at war’, has no regrets about killings

LA UNION, Philippines: When Philippines the incendiary remarks. At a speech last police chief Ronald Dela Rosa gave a rous- month, he encouraged users and pushers ing speech to his men at a regional head- to kill drug lords who had grown rich from quarters in Luzon, they rewarded him with exploiting the poor. “You know who are the a gift: a replica of the sword used by actor drug lords here, go to their houses, pour Mel Gibson in the movie Braveheart. gasoline, set it on fire, show them you are The barrel-chested police chief grinned angry at them,” he said. and gave the weapon, which is almost as Still, Dela Rosa’s close operational long as he is tall, a practice swing. A voice knowledge of the drug war could make on the camp’s loudspeaker declared him him a focus if there is ever an independent “the bravest of bravehearts”. Dela Rosa acts investigation into the killings, said Rose as the enforcer for Philippines President Trajano, secretary general of the Philippine Rodrigo Duterte, whose war on drugs has Alliance of Human Rights Advocates, a led to more than 3,400 people being killed nationwide coalition based in Manila. It is in just over three months. unclear, though, whether anyone will be in Dela Rosa’s tour of Luzon, the country’s a position to hold such an investigation. largest and most populous island, was the “He is a good soldier of the president, but latest in a series of trips to stiffen the resolve there will also be fear in him,” she said. of police officers at the campaign’s bloody Dela Rosa told Reuters he was confident frontline. “I have to encourage them to do that killings during police operations were our job,” he told a Reuters reporter who legitimate, and that the “deaths under inves- went on the trip last month. “We are at war.” tigation” were mostly the work of drug syn- Police said on October 3 they had shot dead dicates. “They are killing each other,” he said. 1,375 people in operations since President Duterte took office on July 1. They also Feels the pressure report a further 2,066 “deaths under investi- In person, Dela Rosa is intense but cour- gation”, many of which human rights teous, and says he is under pressure. “My activists attribute to vigilante killings. worry is that I won’t be able to deliver what Reuters was unable to confirm the accuracy is expected of me,” he told Reuters. Duterte of these numbers or the extent to which the vowed on September 18 he would extend killings have been committed by vigilantes. his anti-drug campaign for another six The campaign has sparked outrage months, but Dela Rosa said he still felt abroad, but in the Philippines it has won pressed for time. STRASBOURG, BAS-RHIN, FRANCE: Member of the European Parliament and former leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel praise from a crime-weary population and The biggest obstacles to the campaign, Farage takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament yesterday. — AFP only muted criticism from civil society he said, were providing rehab services for groups. In a country where the police are the many users of crystal methampheta- Farage rules out UKIP generally despised and feared because of mine, a highly addictive drug known locally their reputation for corruption and vio- as shabu, and halting its influx from abroad, lence, Dela Rosa is popular. After only two particularly the flow from China. months as police chief, the national media More than 700,000 drug users and push- return after successor quits is already touting him as Duterte’s possible ers have registered with the authorities in a successor, an idea that the president’s process termed “surrendering”. But there spokesman Martin Andanar described as are very few programs or facilities to help Britain’s party plunges into disarray “speculative”. most of them, and local media have report- Duterte has often called for the killing of ed the killing of scores of people who have LONDON: Nigel Farage ruled out returning to ber of the European Parliament, and the fulfill- upon which I based my campaign,” she said. drug dealers. And Dela Rosa has echoed registered. — Reuters lead Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party ment of the party’s primary objective led some Oakden said James had had “a difficult cou- (UKIP) yesterday after his successor unexpected- to question its future. ple of weeks”, saying she had been attacked at a ly stepped down just 18 days into the job. UKIP won 12.6 percent of the vote in the 2015 railway station, an incident that reportedly Diane James’s resignation plunges Britain’s election, making it the third largest in terms of involved her being spat at. third biggest party into further disarray as it votes cast, but it only has one member of parlia- The Times newspaper said she was also grapples with in-fighting and an existential cri- ment (MP) under Britain’s first-past-the-post sys- reluctant to lead UKIP without assurances about sis following the vote to leave the European tem. Party chairman Paul Oakden said James’s the party’s funding, while other reports said her Union. departure was “unfortunate” but said UKIP’s husband was ill. “I didn’t believe this was some- Farage said he remains technically in charge National Executive Committee would meet on thing that she particularly wanted to do, or had of UKIP as the official papers recognizing October 17 to begin choosing her successor. the passion to do,” Lisa Duffy, the runner-up in James’s election on September 16 had not yet “We are not a party dominated by individu- the party leadership election, told BBC radio. been processed by the Electoral Commission. als. We have the ability to move on, to move for- James only became favourite for the job But the 52-year-old MEP, the public face of UKIP ward,” he told Sky News. “I would be surprised if after her main rival, Steven Woolfe, was dramati- and one of the leaders of the Brexit campaign, we did not have a new leader in place by the cally ruled out of the contest after failing to sub- said he had no intention of returning to the end of November.” mit his application in time. post he held for most of the past decade. “It is Woolfe was supported by both Farage and time for somebody else to do the job,” Farage Lacking party’s support Arron Banks, the party’s main financial backer, told Sky News, adding that he would not return James announced her resignation for “per- who called the decision to exclude him a “coup”. to permanently lead UKIP, “not for $10 million”. sonal and professional reasons” late Tuesday, They subsequently backed James. The tur- He quit the leadership following the June 23 issuing a statement that laid bare the tensions moil in UKIP comes the day after Prime Minister vote to leave the EU, saying his life’s ambition within the party. “It has become clear that I do Theresa May’s ruling Conservatives made a had been achieved, but his departure robbed not have sufficient authority, nor the full sup- pitch to the anti-EU party’s voters at their annu- MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his speech at the UKIP of its one high-profile figure. The election port of all my MEP colleagues and party officers al conference with promises to cut immigration Beit Yaacov Synagogue, The Jewish Association of the Philippines in Makati, of the little-known James, a 56-year-old mem- to implement changes I believe necessary and following the Brexit vote. — AFP south of Manila on Tuesday. — AFP UK jury convicts ‘fake sheikh’ Georgia MP survives car of evidence-tampering

LONDON: Britain’s notorious “fake dence during the trial. Contostavlos bomb attack days before vote sheikh” has been found guilty of try- said after the charges against her ing to pervert the course of justice in were dismissed that she had been TBILISI: Georgia was investigating yesterday the that an explosive device planted in the back of his Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on a development that may put the the victim of “a horrific and disgust- attempted murder of an opposition lawmaker car detonated on Tuesday night. Wednesday condemned the blast as “sabotage brakes on a prominent journalistic ing entrapment.” whose car exploded in central Tbilisi just days Targamadze, who was sitting in the front of the against the state” committed by the country’s “ene- career. Detective Constable Jim Morrison before a key parliamentary poll. vehicle, was unhurt. Four passers-by were rushed mies” who “will be held accountable to the fullest Reporter Mazher Mahmood, said the case is “a reminder that per- Givi Targamadze, who is running for office for to hospital, one with serious but not life-threaten- extent of the law”. Police launched an investigation known as a master of journalistic verting the course of justice is a very the ex-Soviet republic’s main opposition United ing injuries, Health Minister David Sergeyenko said into what deputy interior minister Besik “sting” operations often based on serious offense that goes to heart of National Movement (UNM) party, told journalists in televised comments. Amiranashvili called “attempted murder in aggra- posing as a Middle Eastern tycoon, our justice system. We will always vating circumstances”. was convicted at the Old Bailey take action where statements or oth- UNM leader David Bakradze said that “no mat- courthouse yesterday along with his er evidence has been tampered with.” ter who was behind the car attack, the authorities driver Alan Smith. The case has wider implications, as are responsible for creating a climate of hatred in The 53-year-old reporter was Mahmood has figured in the prose- which opposition politicians are being attacked”. found guilty of tampering with evi- cutions of pedophiles, arms dealers The bombing was not the first violent incident to dence in the collapsed drug trial of and in the embarrassment of public occur in the lead-up to the vote. On Sunday, pop star Tulisa Contostavlos and now figures, including Sophie, the unknown assailants fired shots during a campaign faces possible jail time. The case Countess of Wessex, who is married rally held by MP candidate Irakli Okruashvili in the against her was dismissed in 2014. It to Prince Edward, youngest son of central city of Gori, injuring two men. had been based on an elaborate Queen Elizabeth II. sting operation Mahmood conduct- The Crown Prosecution Service is ‘Moment of truth’ ed for the Sun newspaper. reviewing 25 past convictions linked Saturday’s knife-edge parliamentary election In the sting, Mahmood posed as a to Mahmood and has dropped will see the UNM and the ruling Georgian Dream successful film producer and dis- active criminal cases in which party clash in a bitter power struggle. The two pro- cussed a movie role for the singer in Mahmood was to be a witness. He Western parties are neck and neck in opinion polls which she would share screen time also faces a number of civil cases and have equal chances of forming Georgia’s next with A-list star Leonardo DiCaprio. that have been filed against him. government. Georgia’s ex-president and UNM’s founder Mikheil Saakashvili-who lives in exile in Prosecutors said he and Smith, 67, Mahmood and Smith are set to be Ukraine-addressed via videolink tens of thousands suppressed and manipulated evi- sentenced on Oct. 21. — AP TBILISI: Supporters of Georgia’s main opposition United National Movement (UNM) party of supporters who gathered in downtown Tbilisi march yesterday.— AFP for a campaign rally. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Afghan officials: Clashes with Taleban continue in Kunduz

KABUL: With American helicopters providing air Taleban were pushed back but their fighters remain support, Afghan forces battled the Taleban in the hunkered down in residential homes, slowing the northern city of Kunduz for the third straight day Afghan counter-offensive. The US military was pro- yesterday, following the multipronged attack viding air support to Afghan forces, US Army Brig. launched by insurgents earlier this week. Gen. Charlie Cleveland said. However, he described The fighting in Kunduz, which fell briefly to the the fighting as “sporadic,” saying that since Tuesday Taleban a year ago, came as Afghanistan’s leaders night, “US forces have conducted two engagements and officials from over 70 nations gathered in from the air to defend friendly forces.” He did not Brussels, seeking to drum up billions of dollars for provide further details. the cash-strapped Kabul government as it battles Jungalbagh said 42 insurgents have been killed the Taleban insurgency and rampant corruption. and more than 25 others wounded in the battles. Afghan Gen. Qasim Jungalbagh, the provincial Earlier, the Defense Ministry said five Afghan securi- police chief, said Taleban gunmen launched fresh ty personnel were killed and 13 others wounded. Dr. attacks in Kunduz from the south and east early yes- Hamid Alam, Kunduz provincial department direc- terday. He said “clearance operations” had begun tor, said that more than 160 civilians “wounded as a inside the city but that heavy clashes continued on result of clashes” have been admitted to the city’s the outskirts, “to the south and east of the city.” Also public hospital in the past three days. He gave no Wednesday, the Taleban began forcing people from further details. Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of their homes in an effort to start an exodus from the Kunduz provincial council, said food prices have Kunduz, similar to what happened a year ago when almost tripled since the attack began and that food, half the population of around 300,000 fled the city. water and electricity are all in short supply. The “People are leaving everything behind and fleeing Taleban said in a statement emailed to media that to the nearest place they feel safe” said Mohammad they have taken the Kunduz office of the national Yousuf Ayubi, the head of the provincial council. intelligence agency but the claim could not be Since pushing into Kunduz on Monday and immediately confirmed and the insurgents regularly KABUL: General Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghan defense ministry, speaks dur- briefly hoisting their flag at a main intersection, the exaggerate battlefield successes. — AP ing a press conference on Tuesday. — AP Afghan leader vows to fight poverty as donors gather ‘We are going to be relentless’

BRUSSELS: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed yesterday for sustained international help for his insurgency-wracked country, prom- ising international donors that the government would concentrate its future efforts on tackling rampant poverty. “We are going to be relentlessly focused on reduction and elimination of poverty as our central task,” Ghani told representatives from more than 70 nations and dozens of agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered in Brussels to try to drum up billions of dollars TOKYO: This photo taken on July 15, 2016 shows Japanese porn star-turned-nov- to keep the Afghan government afloat. elist Mariko Kawana answering questions during an interview with Agence The Afghan government is estimated to only France-Presse. — AFP be capable of meeting 20 percent of its budget, and Ghani noted that 39 percent of the Afghan Tricked into porn: Japanese population lives on less than $1.35 a day. But donor fatigue has grown over the 15 years of international efforts in Afghanistan since a US- actresses out of the shadows led coalition ousted the Taleban for harboring former al -Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The TOKYO: Young, pretty and hoping for star- team wouldn’t stop though.” European Union, hosting the conference, has dom, Saki Kozai thought she had found her Japanese non-profit group Lighthouse, been struggling to raise around $3 billion that ticket to fame after an apparent model which works to stop human trafficking, said Kabul will need each year. The last donor confer- scout spotted her on a Tokyo street and more than 60 actresses trying to escape the ence, in Tokyo in 2012, secured $4 billion in offered her a job. Then just 24 years old, business contacted them in the first half of annual subsidies for development. starstruck and excited, she quickly signed a 2016 — well above previous years. “And we The Taleban have proved tenacious, waging BRUSSELS: European Council President Donald Tusk, right, shakes hands with Afghanistan’s deal with the agency he introduced her to, think this is just the tip of the iceberg,” said an increasingly powerful insurgency around the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during a Conference on Afghanistan yesterday. — AP believing that she would soon star in pro- Lighthouse spokeswoman Aiki Segawa. country. Afghan forces battled Taleban fighters motion videos. “Many victims feel guilty, thinking that what in the northern city of Kunduz for the third will pledge 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) each ernment an opportunity to present its reform In fact, it was not a modeling agency, happened is their fault.” straight day on Wednesday and American heli- year up until 2020 “and we would expect a simi- blueprint. He stressed its commitment to fight- and on her first day Kozai discovered the Most women are young-between 18 and copters provided air support to troops on the lar level of engagement from our partners.” ing corruption and advancing women’s rights. job required her to have sex on camera. “I 25 — with little knowledge of legal con- ground in the wake of the multipronged attack “We all need to commit to a new deal for “Our achievements are many and Afghanistan is couldn’t take off my clothes. All I could do tracts and a tough case to prove in court. on the city launched by insurgents this week. Afghanistan,” Mogherini said as she opened the advancing on a positive trajectory,” Rabbani was cry,” she told AFP, adding that she saw “They’re not necessarily all abused or Despite the setbacks, and rampant corrup- meeting. But many participants at the confer- said. “Yet our challenges remain formidable.” no way out of her dire situation. “There locked up...It’s more like they are tricked tion, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said ence have heard such rhetoric before, and some Afghanistan has been mired in conflict for were about 20 people around me, waiting. into it,” Segawa said. that “it’s important today that the international were underwhelmed by the promises being decades. At the height of the 15-year US and No woman could say ‘no’ when they’re sur- Kozai got hooked on tranquillizers to community sends a strong message of support.” made. “The commitments to fighting corruption NATO intervention, billions of dollars flowed rounded like that,” she said. deal with the anxiety and she was isolated Afghanistan’s leaders “have been making are very weak and we are disappointed,” Ikram into the country, creating a false economy Kozai, now 30, is among a growing num- after the agency convinced her to cut off impressive reforms and development plans to Afzali, from the anti-corruption civil society with double-digit growth. But the drawdown ber women who are stepping out of the contact with family to focus on her career. “I change the lives of people that have been suf- group Integrity Watch Afghanistan, told The of troops in 2014 led many aid workers and shadows to say they were forced to work in couldn’t make rational decisions anymore,” fering too long,” Ban said. Associated Press. international agencies to depart or scale back Japan’s multi-billion-dollar porn industry. she said. Kozai eventually left the agency Acknowledging the many setbacks that He said that some of the anti-corruption their operations, causing the economy to all Adult films are widely available in Japan, that she says brainwashed her. But she con- Afghanistan has faced, US Secretary of State plans on the table are “just window-dressing for but collapse. which has a relatively liberal attitude tinues to act in adult films as a freelancer. John Kerry said that he still has “an enormous this conference.” Other plans are to be drawn up Officials estimate up to 50 percent unem- toward pornography. But the industry’s A report by Tokyo-based Human Rights sense of confidence about the future.” “Year by for next year. “We don’t have time,” he said. In ployment. Deteriorating security deters foreign dark side is rarely discussed, nor are the Now details a list of dirty tricks used by porn year our shared effort, one of the largest inter- earlier comments to reporters, Mogherini investment in key fields such as mining and rights of those who work in it. recruiters. Among them, victims are some- national coalitions ever assembled, and main- denied reports the bloc is making aid condition- infrastructure, and drives the country’s youth Accusations that women were made to times threatened with exorbitant fines to tained over a sustained period in time, is in fact al on Afghanistan taking back people who have onto the migrant trail to Europe in search of perform in sometimes brutal sex scenes, get out of vaguely worded contracts or told yielding encouraging dividends,” Kerry told the fled to Europe, saying there is “never a link opportunities. on film against their will, prompted the they would never be able to find a job out- representatives. between our development aid and what we do Outside EU headquarters in Brussels, hun- industry to issue an unprecedented apolo- side porn after appearing on film. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica on migration.” dreds of people from Afghanistan’s Hazara com- gy and promise change. The surprise mea Scouts have also shown up at university Mogherini, said the EU and its member states Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani munity rallied to denounce discrimination culpa followed the June arrest of three campuses or a victim’s home to demand said the Brussels conference would give his gov- against them. — AP Tokyo talent agents accused of forcing a huge fines from their parents if they refused woman to appear in more than 100 porno- to work, it said. graphic videos. Like Kozai, the unnamed woman also Depression, suicide Afghan refugees return to thought she would be modeling. Critics Last year, the Tokyo District Court threw say porn recruiters trick young women- out an agency’s bid to extract a 24 million including minors — with promises of yen ($240,000) penalty from a women who uncertain future in alien homeland show business stardom. In other cases, refused to appear in porn films-a rare legal girls have been lured by a lavish lifestyle victory, critics say. TORKHAM: Mohammad Anwar arrived in when he was just seven years old, after the increasingly worried about their future in before they are put to work in sex films to Japan releases some 30,000 adult films Pakistan as a child more than 35 years ago but is Soviet invasion of 1979. Pakistan amid a security crackdown against pay off the “debt”. Agencies keep them annually, according to industry figures. And leaving as a father, his family among the thou- But as the fight against the Soviets morphed undocumented foreigners. The anxiety, com- stuck with threats, intimidation and fraud- it can be nearly impossible to get coerced sands of uprooted Afghan refugees “returning” into civil war, Taliban rule, the US invasion and bined with a UN decision to double its cash ulent contracts. pornography out of distribution in the to a war-torn homeland many of them have nev- the grinding conflict in Afghanistan today, even grant for voluntary returnees from $200 to $400 internet age. One woman cited in the report er seen. Pakistan’s famed hospitality has run out. per individual in June, has seen the flow of ‘No choice’ had repeated plastic surgeries to escape her Anwar, disbelieving and grief-stricken, has Pakistan hosts 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees over the border become a torrent. Another woman AFP interviewed, who past, while another told an NGO she packed the bric-a-brac of a lifetime onto a truck refugees, according to UNHCR, making it the More than 200,000 have crossed this year, the declined to be named, said she was tricked planned to hire a lawyer to stop the distri- wildly painted in baroque colors but says he is third-largest refugee hosting nation in the vast majority since July-including nearly 98,000 into porn by an agent who promised to bution of movies she appeared in. But she leaving his heart and soul in Peshawar, the city world. A UNHCR official said the agency also in September alone, says UNHCR. help her become a singer. She signed a con- hanged herself before proceeding with the that sheltered him for decades. “We can’t forget estimates a further one million unregistered tract that she says did not make clear the case, the report said. the time we passed here, we were treated like refugees are in the country. Tears, trucks at Torkham nature of her real work. “The agency spent Mariko Kawana, a pornstar-turned-nov- brothers,” he tells AFP. “Insha’Allah, we will come Since 2009, Islamabad has repeatedly pushed Anwar fills out documents at a UNHCR centre months trying to convince me. I had no elist, started an organization this summer here again, this time with passports.” Pakistan back a deadline for them to return, but fears are outside Peshawar crammed with men in Afghan choice” after signing the contract, the 26- calling on the industry for uniform, trans- has provided safe haven for decades for millions growing that the latest cutoff date in March caps and turbans. Children lie on the floor as year-old told AFP. parent contracts. “Every adult movie com- like Anwar, who fled Afghanistan with his family 2017 will be final. Meanwhile refugees are mothers in veils fan themselves in the steamy She resisted at first. But like Kozai and pany has its own rules-it should be unified heat. They face an uncertain future in an others, she succumbed to the pressure. “At to protect the rights of actresses,” said Afghanistan still at war and already over- first, I said I couldn’t do it,” she added. “But Kawana, who says she worked in the busi- whelmed by so many people fleeing fighting when I did, it really hurt. The production ness by choice. — AFP that officials warn of a humanitarian crisis. But first they will pass the Torkham frontier, a moun- tainous outpost where until this year-border Under-construction building in “controls” were more of a suggestion, and thou- sands crossed each day with impunity. India’s Bengaluru city collapses When AFP visited recently a gleaming new gate, constructed in June and reinforced by two NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: At least one been killed and three construction kilometers of barbed wire, funneled travelers person died and two were missing after workers remained trapped. Rescuers through customs queues and scanning a five-storey building in India’s technolo- with dogs were still at scene late machines. Pakistani pride in the new facilities gy hub of Bengaluru collapsed on yes- Wednesday. Four people have been contrasted with tearful Afghan refugees piling terday, local officials said. pulled out from under the debris. Adid their trucks high not just with household goods, The building, which was still under Inamdar, a manager at a nearby hotel but cattle, tree trunks and scraps that could help construction, is situated in the city’s who reached the scene minutes after build even a mud hut once they reach Bellandur neighborhood which is home the collapse said the team had pulled Afghanistan. “We spent our best time here,” 45- to many upscale apartment blocks and out one person whose leg was stuck year-old Khair Muhammad, returning after 36 offices of technology companies. The inside the debris. “We could only see the years with 21 members of his family, told AFP area, which surrounds a lake of the same back of another person. We removed tearfully. His truck was loaded with beds, fans, name, has seen a construction boom in the concrete blocks above him and he wood, utensils, and a cow and her calf. “We nev- recent years. was bleeding profusely. His head was TORKHAM, AFGHANISTAN: In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, repatriated er thought, never even imagined that we would Officials said a security guard had severely damaged.” — Reuters Afghan refugee children wave as they travel in a packed vehicle preparing to cross the border return in such circumstances,” said 29-year-old into Afghanistan, at the Torkham crossing point in Pakistan’s tribal Khyber district. — AFP Inamullah Khan. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Press Release from the Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

he formation of the DIU was a historic decla- ing the political, military, economic, cultural and has consistently built and developed socialism, ration of a new start of the Korean revolution, other fields on its own judgment, at its own discre- based on the gigantic ideal and goal of the DIU. Tand a significant event that provided the tion and in its own way. In solving all the problems Under its leadership the DPRK has been built Korean people with a radical turning-point in carv- it has always rejected foreign domination and into a socialist state centered on the masses of the ing out their destiny. interference, and gave foremost consideration to people, in which they are the masters of everything The DIU was the first revolutionary organization the reality of the country and the interests of its and everything serves them. It has liquidated President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) of Korea formed people. exploitation and oppression of man by man for when the country was under the military occupa- After the country’s liberation (August 1945) it good, and everybody is equally well-off. All mem- tion. At that time, he, realizing that the country’s took the road of Korean-style democracy in the bers of society are guaranteed political freedom independence could not be achieved by the early building of a new society; after the Korean war and rights as well as the rights to work and relax- communist movement and the nationalist move- (1950-1953). it advanced an original line of eco- ation. Universal free medical care and compulsory ment which were affected by the scramble for nomic construction on giving priority to heavy education are in force, all its citizens are provided power, factional strife, flunkeyism and dogmatism, industry and developing light industry and agricul- by the State and society with necessary conditions made energetic efforts to find a new way for strug- ture in parallel. All those facts showed that the WPK for food, cloth and housing and thus lead an equal gle. In the course of this, he organized the DIU with has thoroughly observed the principle of inde- and stabilized life. young revolutionaries of a new generation sharing pendence. The WPK, having safeguarded socialism in the idea and purpose. It was thanks to this principle of independence worst trials at the end of last century, is now rous- The DIU set as its immediate task the destruc- that socialist Korea could advance straight along ing its people to the building of a thriving socialist tion of some countries and achievement of Korea’s the road of socialism. nation, working world-startling miracles day by liberation and independence, with the ultimate The idea and line of Songun-based revolution day. In recent years alone the world-level cultural aim of building socialism and communism in that trace their origins back to the DIU are the eter- establishments for the masses, such as Mirim Korea. nal path of the WPK. Riding Club, Munsu Water Park and Masikryong Ski The history of the Korean revolution spanning Ever since its founding, the WPK directed pri- Resort, were built in the country, making the happy nearly 90 years witnessed the victorious advance mary efforts to building and developing the armed laughter of the people louder. of the Korean people along the road of independ- DIU has become an invariable principle for the force. As it constantly implemented the idea and The WPK that advances unflinchingly along the ence, the road of Songun and the road of social- building of the Workers’ Party of Korea and its line of Songun. the DPRK which was less than two road of independence, the road of Songun and the ism, pioneered by the DIU. activities. years after founding, and defend the freedom and road of socialism pioneered by the DIU will always The principle of independence set out by the The WPK has held fast to this principle develop- sovereignty of the country with honor. The WPK win victory and glory in the future. Japan police probe poisoning deaths at hospital for elderly

TOKYO: Authorities in Japan are investigating tion that the poisoning may have been system- venous injection. Police confirmed Nobuo the poisoning deaths of two elderly patients at a atic and more widespread. Yamaki’s IV solution had been contaminated Yokohama hospital specializing in terminal- The case surfaced Sept. 20 when the hospital with a disinfectant. stage care. Oguchi Hospital has had a higher informed police of a possible poisoning after an He turned out to be the second victim. Police death rate in recent months, sparking specula- 88-year-old man died while receiving an intra- rushed to get hold of the body of his former roommate, who had died two days earlier, before it was cremated. An autopsy showed he had been poisoned with the same chemical. Investigators also reportedly found tiny punc- ture marks in 10 of about 50 unused intravenous bags stored at the nursing station on the fourth floor, which handles the terminally ill. The pin- holes were on a protective seal covering each rubber cap where an IV tube connects. Police confiscated the bags, along with HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong (C) stands next to syringes and other equipment, but have not recently-elected lawmaker Nathan Law (R) as he holds up his expulsion order released findings. A lawyer for the hospital, Yuki from Thai authorities during a press conference upon his arrival at the interna- Uehara, told The Associated Press that 46 other tional airport in Hong Kong on October 5, 2016, after being deported from junta- patients had died on the same floor from July 1 run Thailand. — AP to Sept. 20. The fourth floor can handle up to 42 patients at a time, and normally about half die Hong Kong activist deported while hospitalized, Uehara said. Including the two recent deaths, the 48 exceeded 60 percent, from Thailand ‘at China’s request’ somewhat above average but not an abnormal spike, he said. HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy cam- confirmed there had been an “order” to Hospital chief Yoichi Takahashi told reporters paigner Joshua Wong returned home yes- detain Wong but declined to say who last month that “we see many people pass away terday after being deported from junta-run issued it. due to the nature of this hospital, but I had an Thailand, where he was due at events com- But junta spokesman Lietenant General impression that the number of deaths was memorating a massacre of student Sansern Kaewkamnerd said: “There had somewhat larger than usual.” activists, as supporters blamed China for been no instruction or order given, per- He said his biggest concern was a massive his detention. taining to Mr Wong.” “Mr Wong had been infection but that possibility was ruled out after The bespectacled Wong, 19, famed for active in resistance movements against checking. When asked, he said he could not rule his galvanising role in the city’s 2014 pro- other foreign governments, and that if out criminal activity. He did not elaborate. democracy “umbrella movement”, was held such actions were taken within Thailand, Uehara said the hospital has been admit- upon arrival at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi they could eventually affect Thailand’s rela- ting patients who are more seriously ill than airport. “At around 1 am Hong Kong time, I tions with other nations,” the spokesman usual, and that could also explain the higher arrived in Bangkok airport, around 20 added. Netiwit later led a few dozen stu- death rate. police force and immigration department dents wielding umbrellas-in a nod to In July, Yokohama officials received an anony- came and held my passport immediately,” Wong’s movement in Hong Kong-in a mous email about suspicious incidents at the an exhausted Wong, who flew back protest at a Bangkok campus, shouting hospital: nurses’ aprons torn, a bottled drink Wednesday afternoon, told reporters wait- “Joshua Wong has the right to be here”. laced with bleach and a patient’s card missing. ing in the arrivals hall. Wong has been a perennial thorn in Tetsuo Hama, the manager of the city’s medical Wong said he was forced into a cell in Beijing’s side since emerging as an unlikely YOKOHAMA: In this Sept. 24, 2016 photo, Oguchi Hospital chief Yoichi Takahashi, third left, affairs department, said officials had thought Bangkok airport police station for around leader of protests against Chinese political and hospital staff bow as they speak to media in front of the hospital. — AP they were internal harassment cases. — AP 12 hours, with Thai authorities refusing to domination of the city. let him contact family or lawyers. “When I asked them what is the reason for detain- ‘Lucky’ to return ing me, they just say that we will not give Last year he was similarly barred from you any explanation, and you have been entering Malaysia, where officials sent him Clinton more liked than Trump blacklisted already,” he added. back to Hong Kong citing fears his planned Political party Demosisto, co-founded talks would damage ties with Beijing. The by Wong this year, said it “strongly con- Thai military has also busily suppressed its in China, according to survey demns the Thai government for unrea- own student pro-democracy protests since sonably limiting Wong’s freedom and its 2014 power grab. right to entry”. Speculation swirled that But it would not be the first time the BEIJING: A survey released yesterday found “House of Cards” is Wang Qishan, a member of ing line in China and boasted during the cam- Thailand’s military government was act- kingdom’s junta has appeared to act under that Hillary Clinton is better liked than Donald China’s highest decision-making body, the paign of his dealings with Chinese business- ing under pressure from regional super- pressure from China. “The Thai military Trump in China, where the US presidential elec- Politburo standing committee. men. But he has repeatedly blamed China for power China-a key ally who has lavished government has kowtowed to China in the tion - and the criticisms both candidates have Pew’s survey was conducted between April 6 the loss of American jobs and accused China of investment and diplomatic support on a past, to Thailand’s own detriment,” said made of Chinese policy - have generated and May 8 and included in-person interviews cheating at global trade. His campaign website junta lacking international friends follow- Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a politics expert at intense attention. with more than 3,100 Chinese. Pew said it had a says he would use “every lawful presidential ing its 2014 coup. Chulalongkorn University. Clinton was seen favorably by 37 percent of margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. power” to punish China if it “does not stop its Thai student activist Netiwit He cited Bangkok’s deportation of more respondents in a survey in mainland China con- Participants were asked how much confidence illegal activities, including its theft of American Chotipatpaisal, who invited Wong to speak than 100 Uighurs who had fled China in ducted by the Washington, DC-based Pew they had in Obama, Clinton and Trump to “do trade secrets.” in Thailand, said police had told him of a 2015, a move that drew widespread con- Research Center, while just 22 percent saw the right thing regarding world affairs.” While Chinese leaders have not publicly indi- “written letter from the Chinese govern- demnation from rights groups who say the Trump favorably. At the same time, 35 percent Clinton has a longer history of engagement cated their preference, the state-run Global ment to the Thai government concerning Muslim minority are heavily repressed by of respondents saw Clinton unfavorably, while with China than Trump, dating back more than Times newspaper, published by the Communist this person”. An airport immigration official Beijing. — AFP 40 percent had an unfavorable impression of two decades to her famous 1995 speech in Party, has ripped both candidates, though Trump. Beijing in which the then-first lady declared that Trump has generally received tougher criticism The survey found that Chinese interest in “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s than Clinton. A September commentary on the America comes with strong skepticism. More rights are human rights.” As secretary of state, first US presidential debate called Trump “seem- Taiwan appoints pro-China than 80 percent of respondents said they con- Clinton oversaw the American “pivot” to the ingly unprepared and ill-informed,” but dis- sidered the US to be a threat to China. While the Pacific, a hallmark of Obama’s foreign policy missed Clinton for “her poor performance as Pew survey has no bearing on the US election, it that’s been derided by China. secretary of state, let alone her credibility politician as APEC envoy offers a rare glimpse of the opinions of ordinary Trump has made some of his signature cloth- issues.” — AP Chinese, whose views can be hard to discern TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan as a member economy, not a due to China’s censorship of the media and yesterday appointed a pro-China politi- nation. China views self-ruled Taiwan as social media channels. State-sanctioned news- cian to represent her at a meeting of a renegade province and forbids moves papers often publish nationalistic commen- Asia-Pacific leaders next month, offering toward independence, never having taries that deride American policies, but the sur- an olive branch to Beijing amid an renounced the use of force to take it vey suggests the public has a more nuanced impasse in relations. back if necessary. opinion of the US. Official communications between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to President Barack Obama was seen favorably Taipei and Beijing have halted since Tsai, the island in 1949 following defeat in a by 52 percent of respondents, up from 31 per- distrusted by China as the leader of a civil war against the Communists. cent in a similar survey in 2013 but still below pro-independence party, took power in Soong, once the English interpreter for 62 percent shortly after he took office in 2009. late May, and refused to stick to Beijing’s Chiang, is reviled by hardliners in Tsai’s The next president will have to work with principle that Taiwan is part of China. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), China on several important fronts. On issues like James Soong, leader of the People which traditionally advocates an inde- climate change, both countries have found First Party, a splinter group from the pendent Taiwan, and who are a key sup- some common ground and jointly announced China-friendly opposition Nationalists, port base for Tsai. last month that they would join an international is to represent Tsai at a meeting of the But Tsai is also seen as a shrewd agreement to cut carbon emissions. On others, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation negotiator who has remained unfazed like the South China Sea and North Korea’s (APEC) grouping set for mid-November by Beijing’s cold shoulder, urging nuclear weapons program, Beijing and in Peru. “Soong’s rich academic back- instead for talks to resume. Since com- Washington are deeply divided. ground, experience and contacts will ing to power, Tsai’s approval rating in Chinese state broadcaster CCTV provides enable him to precisely convey to the opinion polls has dipped as Taiwan’s selective and largely sporadic coverage of the international community the all-round trade-reliant economy has struggled to US presidential election. But ever-growing num- status of our development,” the recover momentum, hit partly by a fall- bers of Chinese tourists, immigrants and stu- Presidential Office said in a statement. off in mainland Chinese tourists. dents are traveling to the US and seeking infor- APEC meetings have traditionally Last month a UN aviation agency mation about the country on the internet. offered an opportunity for senior offi- snubbed Taiwan by not inviting it to a Pirated versions of American political dramas BEIJING: In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, file photo, Chinese students chat as they watch a live cials from Taiwan and China to meet, meeting in Canada, a sign of the pres- such as Netflix’s “House of Cards” are widely broadcast of the presidential debate between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary because the grouping categorizes sure exerted by China. — Reuters watched in China. Among the reported fans of Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, at a cafe. — AP NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 First fame, then arrest for Saudi teenage vlogger

DUBAI: When a teenager in Saudi Arabia began chat- rial that harms public order, morals or religious values, ting up an American woman online, he first found according to lawyer Abdulrahman Al-Lahem. He may fame and then notoriety before he was arrested over also be found in contempt of the kingdom’s some- concerns that his clumsy cyber flirtation violated the times unyielding interpretation of Islamic law. Lahem kingdom’s conservative norms. The teenager, known was quoted in the Saudi newspaper, Okaz, as saying only by his online name of ‘Abu Sin’, a reference to his the teenager could consequently face between one crooked teeth, speaks almost no English. Christina and three years in prison. Crockett, a 21-year-old vlogger from California, speaks In comments to the Saudi Gazette daily, Riyadh no Arabic. Police spokesman Col Fawaz Al-Mayman said Crockett Even so, they managed to create goofy, light-heart- and Abu Sin made “enticing videos” that “became ed videos in which they appear fascinated by one famous and received negative attention.” He said another. The spectacle of the two trying to communi- police had received requests from the Saudi public cate attracted millions of viewers both inside the demanding Abu Sin be punished. After his arrest, the kingdom and abroad. As a result, Abu Sin shot to fame case was forwarded to the Bureau of Investigation on the livestreaming site YouNow, receiving nearly 6.5 and Public Prosecution, Mayman said. The Interior million views of his videos. Ministry did not immediately respond to an AP In one of their most-watched videos from YouNow, request for further details on the case. Abu Sin’s real Abu Sin tells Crockett: “I am Saudi Arabia.” Wearing a name has not been made public. Mayman said he is low-cut tank top, she smiles and responds with a flick 19 years old. Somali schoolgirls play football during lunch break at the Howlwadag Primary School in Howlwadag District, of her blonde hair: “That’s cool, I’m America.” The Saudi daily Arab News wrote that people in the south of Mogadishu, yesterday. — AFP Throughout the conversation, he periodically blurts kingdom argue the teenager deserves to be tried out in Arabic, “what’s she saying!?” Appearing nervous because his videos “made people laugh (at us).” In an and excited, he later offers her some of the few English op-ed for the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, words he knows, proclaiming: “I love you too. I love prominent Saudi commentator Mishari Al-Thaidy said Qatar trimming cultural plans you too. I love you too.” She tells him: “Aw, I don’t even the incident raised serious questions about how Continued from Page 1 Qataris complain the ventures are costly and not to know what you’re saying, but I love you so much.” young people in the kingdom are being raised. local tastes. “People ask: who are these projects for?” Their exchanges took on extra significance in Saudi Yet in an editorial published Sunday, Arab News But few did. In July the St Regis announced it was said Isa Al-Mani, an engineering student at Qatar Arabia, where unrelated men and women seldom see wrote that if Abu Sin was indeed arrested based on ending its contract with Jazz at Lincoln Center and University. “A billion riyal opera house ... yes it’s a good one another. Almost all public spaces are gender seg- the demands of public opinion, then “let it be known opening in its place a new venue offering “more musical development for the country but it is outsiders who regated and most women cover their face, hair and that this published opinion believes Abu Sin should genres” to a “wider audience”. attend, not Qataris.” bodies in billowing black cloth. While the conversa- be released ... and given his own television show!” Officials say Qatar, a former backwater that is the Since the oil slump in mid-2014, cultural projects in tions appear harmless, Saudi media outlets say the “When did being ‘silly’ ever become a crime?” the edi- teen was detained late last month for “unethical torial continued. world’s largest liquefied natural gas exporter, has paired Qatar have been axed, including a partnership with behavior” due to the videos. Footage posted online Crockett released a video saying she doesn’t really sensible spending with awareness of local tastes as it British publisher Bloomsbury Publishing terminated in on Sept. 25 purports to show his arrest, and Abu Sin’s understand the situation in Saudi Arabia, but that has evolved into a cultural hub in the Middle East. “As a December and the closure in October of radio stations YouNow site, on which he used to post almost daily, many people are blaming her as the reason for his nation that’s growing very quickly and embracing glob- funded by the Qatar Foundation, a semi-private educa- had not been updated for 13 days. arrest. “Obviously, I think this whole situation is totally al culture ... we’re trying to bring contemporary artists tional organization founded by the emir’s father but In Saudi Arabia, where the Internet has become the crazy and unfair, but I don’t feel I should be getting now facing budget cuts. Economic problems may have here to inspire young artists ... with complete respect to preferred forum for young Saudis to meet and express any hate for this because I have no control over it,” she our tradition,” said Sheikha Al-Mayassa Al-Thani, the prompted some of the cost-cutting. But since he took themselves, his arrest sparked mixed reactions. Abu said. “It’s not my fault that it went viral. It’s not my Emir of Qatar’s sister and one of the art world’s most power in 2014, Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Sin’s videos could constitute a violation of the coun- fault that he got this fame from it or that I got it. powerful figures, when asked at a conference in Doha in Al-Thani has emerged as a risk-averse figure attuned to try’s cybercrime law, which prohibits producing mate- Neither of us asked for it.” — AP March if she feared a backlash against Qatar’s art choic- traditional forces that run deep in society, analysts and es. “It doesn’t mean that we’re trying to create contro- diplomats say. “He knows that projects which may have versial moments. Not everybody can travel around the put Qatar on the map did not always jibe with the local world, but we can organize exhibitions from the world.” population,” said a Western diplomat in Doha. Trio wins Chemistry Nobel for molecular... Since the mid 2000s, Qatar’s ruling monarchy has In 2013, a statue of French footballer Zinedine Continued from Page 1 puter chip,” the jury said. invested its immense energy wealth in education and the Zidane delivering a head-butt to an Italian player was Stoddart, 74, is a professor of chemistry at arts, opening museums, galleries and film festivals and removed from the Doha waterfront after being criti- Molecular machines will “most likely be used in the Northwestern University in the US. Growing up on a staging international exhibitions by artists including cized for promoting violence. A year later a local news- development of things such as new materials, sen- farm in Scotland without electricity or any modern- Damien Hirst and Richard Serra in an effort to diversify its paper published articles accusing officials from Qatar’s sors and energy storage systems,” it added. The three day conveniences, he occupied himself doing jigsaw economy. The move to embrace art and culture has museums authority (QM) of abusing their power and of laureates will share the eight million Swedish kronor puzzles, a pastime that helped him recognize shapes incorporated local tradition: Arab presenters host frequent “drinking and shamelessness”, a charge QM (around $933,000) prize equally. and see how they can be linked together. His fascina- English-language radio stations funded by the govern- denies. Despite cuts to its budget, the museum authori- Feringa, a 65-year-old professor at the University tion with shapes continued in his research: the ring- ment, European publishing houses translate Arabic nov- ty is building two new institutions to complement of Groningen, told reporters at the Nobel press con- shaped molecule mechanically attached to an axle els into English; and a philharmonic orchestra founded in Qatar’s existing museums of Islamic and modern art. ference the prizewinning research offered great that he developed is called a “rotaxane”. 2007 balances its European repertory with the Arabian of Among the projects going ahead is Qatar’s National opportunities for the future. “I feel a little bit like the Honoured by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II with the its resident composer, a prominent Lebanese oud player. Museum, designed by architect John Nouvel and Wright brothers, who were flying 100 years ago for title of knight bachelor in 2006, Stoddart told AFP of Yet it remains a tricky marriage. In a country where shaped like a desert rose, which will open on Doha’s the first time. And then people were saying, ‘why do his Nobel prize: “I’m surprised, I’m thrilled, I’m over- modern art and Western music are still relatively unap- shoreline and stage exhibitions on the country’s natural we need flying machines?’ And now we’ve got the joyed”. He said he, Sauvage and Feringa were “the preciated and whose economy is under strain, some history and tribal wars.— Reuters Boeing 747 and the Airbus,” he said by video link. “We very closest of friends... We’re almost what I would will build those smart materials in the future. That is a call scientific brothers.” Stoddart, whose wife died of big opportunity - materials that will reconfigurate, breast cancer in the late 1990s, said their technology Kuwaitis to get 75 liters of free petrol... that will change, that will adapt themselves, that could be used to treat cancer in the future. “You can Continued from Page 1 the basis of normal or 91 octane petrol, whose price was have properties that can change because they pick control a drug and not have it come all at once, so it raised from 60 fils to 85 fils per liter. up a signal.” can last much longer and be used much more effi- prices, and that expatriate motorists could pay higher Kuwait’s lower court last week ruled that the increase of The first step towards a molecular machine was ciently with a smaller dose than the often hard-core prices than the ones presently. petrol prices was unlawful because of procedural flaws. The taken by Sauvage in 1983, when he succeeded in cancer treatments, for example.” Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, government has challenged the ruling before the appeals linking together two ring-shaped molecules to form a Feringa was meanwhile the first person to develop who attended the meeting, said the government works court defending its procedures. chain. Normally, molecules are joined by strong a molecular motor - in 1999 he was able to make a under the instructions of HH the Amir, adding that govern- In another astonishing decision for expatriates, the civil bonds in which the atoms share electrons, but in the molecular rotor blade to spin continually in the same ment decisions will not harm citizens. After the announce- service commission yesterday decided to reduce housing chain they were instead linked by a freer mechanical direction. Using molecular motors, he has also ment of the deal, a number of lawmakers rejected it and allowance for expatriate teachers in the government from bond. “For a machine to be able to perform a task it designed a nanocar. Like Stoddart, Feringa was raised vowed to take action. MP Saad Al-Khanfour said he cannot KD 150 monthly to KD 60. Until last year, public sector expa- must consist of parts that can move relative to each on a farm and was attracted to chemistry by its end- accept any decision that harms the interests of citizens, triate male teachers were being paid KD 150 in housing other. The two interlocked rings fulfilled exactly this less opportunities for creativity. When he produced adding that he plans to grill some ministers, whom he did allowance, while female teachers were paid KD 60 monthly. requirement,” the Nobel jury said. the first molecular motor in 1999, he succeeded in not name. This continued until an expatriate female teacher won a Sauvage, 71, told AFP he was “very surprised” and getting it to spin in one direction. MP Majed Moussa said the deal was unacceptable to court ruling ordering the education ministry to pay her KD “felt enormously happy” to win the prize. He is the Normally, molecules’ movements are governed by him and to a group of lawmakers who are currently prepar- 150 as housing allowance like her male counterparts, say- director of research emeritus at France’s National chance; on average, a spinning molecule moves as ing to take action. He did not explain the type of action. ing the different amounts paid was an act of discrimination. Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). The second many times to the right as to the left. But Feringa was “Kuwaiti citizens are not beggars. Any measure that nega- The ministry then raised the housing allowances of female step was taken by Stoddart in 1991, when he thread- able to design a molecule that was mechanically con- tively affects citizens’ income is rejected,” Mousa said. It was teachers to KD 150. The ruling encouraged other female ed a molecular ring onto a thin molecular axle and structed to spin in a particular direction. The work of not immediately clear how much strength opponents of teachers to demand the difference in the housing demonstrated that the ring was able to move along the three laureates has created a molecular toolbox the deal enjoy in the Assembly and whether they can take allowance for about five years previously. The ministry has the axle. “Among his developments... are a molecular to build increasingly advanced creations, the jury any effective action. The 75 liters’ value will be calculated on not yet paid anything. lift, a molecular muscle and a molecule-based com- said. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Amir Handjani

ladimir Putin has made an art of turning weakness into strength. As Russian and Syrian forces pound Aleppo in Vthe biggest assault of Syria’s five-year civil war, the Russian president clearly has emerged as a dominant force in the Middle East. Two years ago Russia had virtually no pres- ence in the region, aside from a naval base in Syria. Today Moscow’s fighter jets and missiles fly over Syrian, Iranian and Iraqi airspace. Over the last year, Putin has inserted Russia into the Syrian conflict and shored up the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad as it was on the verge of collapse. The Russian leader has forged a quasi-military alliance with Iran that has allowed him to project power in the Persian Gulf - something Aleppo will fall, but Syrian war will go on that has evaded Moscow since the end of World War Two. If that wasn’t enough, Putin’s relationship with Turkey, which seemed to be on a collision course after Ankara downed By Samia Nakhoul There have been moments during the for targeting civilians, aid deliveries and Under Obama, whose presidency ends in a Russian fighter jet last year, has now warmed to the point conflict when it looked like Assad might be hospitals. Moscow and Damascus say they January, the United States seems to have where Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan are about to t may take weeks or months, but Aleppo toppled. Russia sent its air force to bolster target only militants and deny they have hit more limited goals - the main one being to restore full diplomatic relations. All the while Putin has main- is likely to fall to Syrian government Iran-backed militias a year ago when hospitals. Despite the intensity of the drive Islamic State out of its strongholds in tained a close and productive relationship with Israeli Prime Iforces backed by Russian air power and Moscow and Tehran feared Assad was on bombing, the opposition are unlikely to Iraq and Syria. Washington’s attention is Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. the most lethal bombardment in nearly six the point of succumbing to rebel offensives. stop fighting, not least because the Syrian divided, with the US presidential election How is Putin able to maneuver the shifting sands of the years of war. Capturing the strategically The bombing of eastern Aleppo, with a pro- establishment has left it nowhere else to go. campaign nearing a climax and US forces Middle East so effectively and forge ties with countries that are important city, an economic and trading Assad force on the ground spearheaded by “Aleppo is not a turning point, not yet,” also focusing on driving IS out of Mosul and seemingly at odds with each other? Why has Russia been more centre which is key to controlling Syria’s seasoned Iran-backed fighters such as said Ford, who is now a senior fellow at the Raqqa in Iraq. Gulf Arab countries, which effective than the United States in furthering Moscow’s own northwest, would be an important military Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran’s Middle East Institute in Washington who has supply weapons and funds to the Syrian agenda in the region? Putin is able to quickly identify Russia’s triumph for President Bashar al-Assad and Revolutionary Guards, is meant to deal a criticized US President Barack Obama for opposition, have also been distracted - by a foreign policy interest in a given conflict and commit resources his Russian and Iranian allies. It would be a decisive blow against the rebels. failing to arm the mainstream rebels. “It war in Yemen against Houthi rebels aligned to it - and then abruptly change course once Moscow’s core crippling setback for the Western-backed shows that the (Assad) regime is winning to Iran, their regional foe. interest has either been met or has changed. Syrian rebels who, without quick reinforce- Assad Lucky with Friends and Enemies the war now but there will be no end to the Ford said some regional powers could Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the United States ments from their foreign backers, look set to Russian President Vladimir Putin and war because the opposition will continue to have more influence in Syria but no longer has aligned its interest in the Persian Gulf with Sunni monar- be bombed out of their stronghold. Iran’s clerical leaders have not wavered in fight,” he said. “Aleppo will fall but it may not had the stomach for the war. Jordan, he chies such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. In turn, these But the fall of Aleppo will not mean an their support for Assad. But the backers of be quick, it may take one year but it will fall.” said, has all but shut down a supply route it countries have invested heavily in the United States - from buy- end to the war, military and political ana- the rebellion - ranging from the United Rolf Holmboe, a former Danish ambassa- ran for the so-called southern front of the ing US debt, to investing in real estate and buying billions of lysts say. Instead it is likely to give way to a States to Turkey and the Gulf - have been dor to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan who is rebel Free Syrian Army. Turkey, which backs dollars in American military hardware. long-term Sunni guerrilla insurgency in wary of being sucked into a Levantine quag- now a research fellow at the Canadian the Syrian rebels, is now preoccupied with Arab states have also invested heavily in Washington, buy- which the remaining moderate rebel mire and unnerved by concerns that Islamic Global Affairs Institute, says Aleppo’s fall halting Syrian Kurdish advances near its bor- ing influence in the corridors of power, funding think tanks and groups, backed by the West and the West’s State will fill the vacuum if Assad’s rule would be devastating for the rebels, who der. It has diverted its proxies away from hiring public relations firms to help spread a narrative about regional allies, are driven into the arms of implodes. Yet, despite the ferocity of the have used it as a major hub throughout the Aleppo to fight Kurdish militia crossing west why their countries are essential to America’s interest in the militant jihadis. In a war with so many global bombardment of eastern Aleppo, it may be war. “The rebels will be isolated in enclaves. of the Euphrates river at the Syrian city of Middle East. The relationship between Riyadh and Washington and regional actors backing local clients, too soon to count the rebels out. The regime will continue attacking one after Jarablus, a move seen by some Syrian rebels remains particularly strong even as the American public ques- Assad will survive as leader of a shrunken, Assad loyalist forces encircled the oppo- another without difficulty,” he said. “If as ruinous. tions the logic behind an alliance with a country whose actions broken and fragmented country enduring sition enclave in July. But with manpower Aleppo falls, it will be a strategic loss for the But it remains important for Ankara that often run counter to Washington’s interests. These countries feel the world’s worst refugee crisis since World shortages, the Syrian army could not keep rebels ... Now there is no getting around the the rebels are not defeated, not least that Washington is obligated to share their view of the Middle War Two. step on the ground with the Russian aerial fact you have to make peace with Assad - because this could increase the flow of East, which means backing them regardless of whether any “The Russians are doing in Aleppo and assault. In August, rebels broke through basically he would have won the war.” refugees to Turkey, which is already shelter- conflict they engage in is against the interest of the United Syria what they did in Grozny - it is the government lines southwest of Aleppo, Holmboe considers it would be very diffi- ing 3 million people who have fled the con- States. They have no such influence in Moscow. Even as same”, said Robert Ford, the US ambassador opening a corridor and briefly lifting the cult for the West or Turkey to resupply rebels flict. Holmboe foresees the rebels becoming Moscow backs Shiite powerhouse Iran and the Assad regime in to Syria in 2011-14, referring to the fierce siege. As a harbinger of the future, the rebel in Aleppo - even supposing they wanted to - “isolated in various enclaves”, with Assad in Syria, Sunni Arab leaders continue to court Putin and look for bombardment that all but destroyed the counter-offensive was led by Nusra Front, and that Russia and Assad have unleashed a control of all big cities and “able to dictate a ways to collaborate with him. Saudi Arabia, for example is cur- capital of Russia’s Chechnya region during the jihadi force that had just split from Al two-pronged attack on eastern Aleppo. Like peace solution on his own terms”. “Maybe rently trying to coordinate with Moscow on how best to stabi- Moscow’s 1999-2000 war against Islamist Qaeda and rebranded itself as the Jabhat Ford, he drew comparisons with Russia’s it’s going to take five years, maybe it will lize oil markets and want Putin to pressure Iran to do the same. separatists there. The opposition to Assad, Fateh al-Sham, or Front for the (Islamic) bombardment of Grozny. take 10 years ... (but) he (Assad) will be the he told Reuters, will “go from holding terri- Conquest of the Levant. leader of a broken country,” Ford said. Realism tory ... to being an insurgency, a guerrilla Even while negotiating the terms of a Changing Dynamics Sarkis Naoum, a leading Arab commen- Russia’s partnerships are based on cold, hard realism. Putin’s war, and that will continue a long time.” short-lived ceasefire with Washington, Crucial to the outcome of the war in tator, predicted a protracted conflict and sole aim is to further Moscow’s interest. He’s unburdened by a Syria’s war began in 2011 after a popular Russia kept bombing the corridor south of Syria is the stance of external powers: How the de facto partitioning of the country. But legacy of alliances that do not serve Russia’s strategic aims. He uprising, against the Assad family’s more Aleppo. When the brief break in hostilities much they support their Syrian proxies and he suggested countries in the region would supports Damascus, Tehran and the Shiite government of Iraq than four-decade rule, that was inspired by ended, the intensity of the bombing how they interpret their interests in a con- opt to increase their arming of rebel groups. because he views Sunni extremism as a long-term threat that the Arab Spring revolts across the Arab increased. The Russian and Syrian forces flict with regional and global ramifications. “The Gulf states are not pleased with the has destabilized countries in the Middle East, and which he world. The war, pitting rebels mostly from have been using much more powerful Russia and Iran not only want to salvage way things are going. They’re willing to fears could wreak havoc in countries close to Russia’s borders. Syria’s Sunni majority against a minority rule “bunker-buster” bombs, which residents of Assad but also hope to establish them- repeat the experience of Afghanistan,” he Yet this coordination and collaboration with Shiite Iran doesn’t rooted in Assad’s Alawite community, has opposition-held areas say have the force to selves as regional or global powers, though said in reference to the 1980s when they preclude him from working with Sunni Arab states to promote killed more than 300,000 people. Half the bring down entire buildings. such goals leave Moscow with little way supplied arms for the mujahideen to fight trade for Russian industry and its atomic energy program. population has been displaced and much of Western countries say Syria’s government out of a conflict that could be a huge finan- the Soviet Union. “For them this is the war of Putin is doing all of this while remaining close to urban Syria has become a wasteland. and its Russian allies are guilty of war crimes cial burden. the century.” —Reuters Netanyahu. Even though Putin is working with Syria and Iran - Israel’s mortal enemies - he has convinced Netanyahu that these alliances are not meant to threaten Israel’s existence, but rather serve a larger purpose of defeating Sunni extremism. Old tools, new reality struggle for banks Russia continues to cooperate with Israel in diverse fields such as energy, agriculture and arms. Russia and Israel also maintain close military contacts and Putin is careful not to transfer offen- By Balazs Koranyi and Leika Kihara All those factors curb investment from businesses and even given the negligible returns on cash. “This challenges sive weapons to Israel’s foes. households and push up savings, holding back growth and central banks’ fundamental belief that inflation is a monetary Juxtapose this with how Netanyahu treated Obama and tefan Moeller’s firm in Frankfurt, which makes baseball putting downward pressure on inflation just as central banks phenomenon that they can have a direct grip on,” said interferes in US domestic politics. In the run-up to the Iran deal, caps to the customer’s own design, is an unlikely are trying desperately to push prices higher. As central banks Nannette Hechler Fayd’Herbe, head of strategy, Wealth Netanyahu used the influence of AIPAC and other pro-Israel Sembodiment of a shift in spending trends that could spend more to hit an increasingly elusive inflation target, they Management, at Credit Suisse. “They are realizing that yes, lobbying organizations to try and undermine a sitting presi- tear up the monetary policy rule book for advanced also risk inflating property and stock market bubbles. it’s a monetary phenomenon, but it’s also much more struc- dent and scuttle his signature foreign policy achievement. economies. New technology means Moeller can immediately tural and could be a demographic phenomenon.” If Israel or another US ally tried to interfere or challenge meet any customer order. That cuts downtime and adjust- Paradigm Change With working age populations declining across many Putin in such a manner, it’s difficult to imagine that he would ment costs, boosting the firm’s margins. But now the equip- “The paradigm of central banking is changing. The trans- advanced economies and life expectancy rising, nearly a fifth reward them with $38 billion in aid for ten years, as Obama ment is in place, the business won’t need further investment mission mechanism has changed and the instruments have of rich countries’ populations will soon be classified as elder- has done with Israel, or continue to support them militarily for years, a scenario that if repeated could frustrate central changed ... we very much live in a different world and central ly. The big exception is the United States, where population with advanced weapons and intelligence - as Washington banks’ efforts to fuel economic growth and inflation by slash- banks have to respond,” European Central Bank rate setter growth has left the Federal Reserve in an easier long-term has done with Saudi Arabia. Even though the United States is ing interest rates to zero or less. Bostjan Jazbec said. “The problems we face are lower pro- position. a far greater power and should have more influence on the “I can make just a single hat and switch design in a second, ductivity growth, slower population growth, increasing life policies of junior partners such as Saudi Arabia and Israel, the or make a thousand in a series,” said Moeller, who reports that expectancy, and these factors all affect the variables relevant Productivity inverse happens: they often work to limit Washington’s trade is brisk. “This is a new type of flexibility in the business for the central bank.” Companies are also investing less, partly due to the shift strategic options for fear of abandonment or for their own and my product line has essentially become endless, so the The Bank of Japan’s move last month to target yield levels towards services, where productivity growth is low because self-interest. As long as Russia has a more nimble and oppor- only investment I have to make is in sales.” Although super low instead of asset-purchase volumes was tacit admission its there are limits to human output. Limited productivity tunistic approach to the region, Washington will have a hard rates have cut funding costs and all but wiped out incentives aggressive money-printing was becoming unsustainable - a growth also holds back wages, a natural curb on inflation time confronting it - and Moscow’s influence will continue to to save, borrowing by businesses and households in many rare acknowledgement that policy was not working as and consumption. Four out of five new jobs created in grow. —Reuters places remains stubbornly low, with lending growth close to 2 hoped. “If people’s inflation expectations are backward look- Europe since the debt crisis have been in services while pro- percent in both Japan and the euro zone. ing despite 3-1/2 years of aggressive easing, it shows that ductivity has stagnated at pre-crisis levels. The United States That suggests the monetary transmission mechanism has the problem isn’t about a lack of monetary easing,” former fares better, but productivity growth there has more than broken down, at least in part, and that the Bank of Japan and BOJ executive Kazuo Momma said. “I think there’s already halved since 2009 and is pinned at around 0.4 percent a year, All articles appearing on these pages are European Central Bank will not get the anticipated “bang” for plenty of money.” data shows. the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait the trillions of dollars they have spent buying assets. Signs Newly created money is instead going into savings as peo- Current spending trends could take as long as 10-15 years Times takes no responsibility for views that central banks’ influence over inflation and growth is ple prepare for a lengthy retirement. Life expectancy is over to shift, some economists suggest, well beyond the horizon diminishing throw into question the viability of inflation tar- 80 in many advanced economies, having increased by 10-15 of monetary policy, which typically looks a few years ahead. expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites geting, the cornerstone of modern monetary policy. years over the past half century. After a steady rise in recent In the meantime, central banks risk upsetting financial stabil- readers to voice their opinions. Please send The implications of this new reality will be among key top- years, households now save a record 20 percent of their dis- ity by trying to hit relatively short-term inflation targets, so submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- ics discussed at the International Monetary Fund’s annual posable income in Switzerland, 16 percent in Sweden, and 10 they need to either extend the time-frame or focus on finan- times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 meeting in Washington this week, where central bankers will percent in Germany, data from the Organization for Economic cial stability indicators instead, economists say. They also continue to argue that monetary policy is overburdened and Cooperation and Development shows. need to moderate their use of extraordinary policy tools and Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right must be relieved by governments. Underlying the problem Negative central bank interest rates in all three countries admit that they have overextended their resources, and so to edit any submission as necessary. are a shift towards services-driven growth, technological have not induced more spending as intended, instead force governments to shoulder more responsibility for leaps, and the ageing of populations in the developed world. prompting households to hoard even more of their money growth and inflation. —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 SPORTS

Rangers’ Barton charged for Austrian Olympic champion England hopeful Jones placing 44 bets on matches charged with child sex abuse suffers fractured leg

VIENNA: Austrian double Olympic judo champion Peter LONDON: Flanker Sam Jones sustained a fractured LONDON: Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been charged with a breach of bet- Seisenbacher has been charged with sexually abusing leg during an England training session this week ting rules for placing 44 bets on football matches this year, the Scottish Football two young girls he was coaching, prosecutors said yester- Association (SFA) said yesterday. Barton, who joined Rangers in the close season, and will miss the Autumn internationals, his club has a history of disciplinary problems and is currently suspended by his club follow- day. Seisenbacher, 56, won Olympic middleweight gold in Wasps said yesterday. Jones, 24, was called into ing a training-ground dispute with a team mate. SFA rules prevent Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988 became the first the England squad for the first time by coach players, coaches, club officials and referees in Scotland from judoka successfully to defend his title. Nina Bussek, a Eddie Jones and had been in contention to betting on football anywhere in the world. The SFA said in a spokeswoman for public prosecutors in Vienna, said that make his test debut. “It’s a big blow and I really statement that Barton had been charged with placing the both girls Seisenbacher is alleged to have abused feel for Sam because he has worked his socks off bets between July 1 and Sept. 15. He has until Oct. 12 to “weren’t even 14”. One of them he is accused of abusing for Wasps and deservedly got his call-up to respond and his hearing will take place on Oct. 27. Barton, over several years from 1998 to 2001, starting when she England,” Wasps director of rugby Dai Young told who has also played for Manchester City, Newcastle was 11. He also allegedly attempted to abuse a third girl the club website. “My biggest disappointment is United, Queen’s Park Rangers and Burnley, is no stranger but she fought him off. Seisenbacher remains Austria’s for Sam as he’s been playing so well and I’m sure to controversy having served bans for violent conduct on most successful athlete in the summer Olympics. Since and off the pitch during his career. He broke a pedestrian’s would have made a good impression in the leg while driving his car in 2005 and was jailed for six months retiring a month after the Seoul Olympics he coached in England camp.” England, unbeaten this in 2008 after admitting assault and affray. The 34-year-old Austria, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Neither Seisenbacher year, host South Africa at Twickenham Englishman is due to return from a three-week suspen- nor his lawyer have commented publicly. Prosecutors on Nov. 12 before meeting Fiji, sion on Monday following a training-ground dispute began investigating in 2013 after his two alleged victims, Argentina and Australia.— Reuters with team mate Andy Halliday.— Reuters now adults, came forward. —AFP

SEPANG: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain walks from his car after an engine failure during the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, last Sunday. — AP Fuming Hamilton seeks solace in Japan

TOKYO: Lewis Hamilton needs a quick fix of “My questions are to Mercedes,” Hamilton Hamilton’s engine trouble “a freaky coinci- moaned about the “psychological effects” of attempt to dethrone him. The German, who Zen-like mind control in Japan this weekend demanded after Sepang, asking why of the dence” and challenged Hamilton to bounce breaking up his title-winning crew by switch- had overhauled Hamilton in the title race after a cruel engine fire left the world champi- eight cars on the grid fitted with Mercedes back in the title run-in. “Our guys will get to ing five mechanics to Rosberg’s side of the after three straight wins, is in the form of his on fuming in Malaysia. engines, only his have conked out this season. the bottom of what happened and learn from garage. life and fought back to finish third in Malaysia Hamilton angrily demanded an explana- “There are eight drivers and mine are the it,” he promised. “But I want to focus on how Wolff took a dim view of Hamilton’s following a first-corner collision with tion from his Mercedes team after his hopes only ones who has failed. Someone has to Lewis responds in the aftermath. We let him renewed criticism of a Mercedes decision tak- Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari. Ricciardo will be of halting Nico Rosberg’s surging momentum give me some answers and it is not accept- down today and we are beating up ourselves en at the start of the season. looking to build on his first victory in two went up in smoke last Sunday, allowing able. Someone doesn’t want me to win this about it.” “There is no Team Hamilton and no Team years, insisting the Red Bulls can pose a threat Daniel Ricciardo to lead Red Bull’s first one- year.” Rosberg,” he said, using a football analogy to in what is forecast to be a wet race in Japan. two in nearly three years. Hamilton has only a matter of days to dust TEST OF WILL underline his point. “I actually think we will be more competi- As Rosberg opened a 23-point advantage himself down in a quick turnaround before After composing himself, Hamilton said: “I “No footballer would tell Jose Mourinho or tive at Suzuka,” said the Australian, who came in the title standings with five races remaining Japan, but he can seek solace in the fact he honestly feel that it’s a test of my will, my spir- Pep Guardiola who he’d like to play with. It’s home ahead of 19-year-old team-mate Max following his third-place finish, Hamilton has won in Japan three times and will be it and who I am as a person to get back in and the manager’s call to decide who is in the Verstappen at Sepang. raged at his misfortune and threatened to chasing a hat-trick of wins-and the 50th of his keep fighting it head on. It’s not how you fall, squad.” After a year plagued by technical “In the rain we could be very strong. If it ignite a row within the Mercedes team by rais- F1 career-in Suzuka on Sunday. it’s how you get back up.” During a turbulent gremlins, time is running out for the 2014 and rains I believe we can win the race. If it’s dry, ing the possibility of a conspiracy against him. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff called weekend in Malaysia, Hamilton had also 2015 champion Hamilton to quash Rosberg’s Mercedes would be favourites.” —AFP Five things to watch Tiatia pledges to improve at the Japanese GP Japan through Sunwolves Filo Tiatia, the new head coach of showdown against the 2016 champion improving as well,” Tiatia said. Five talking points ahead of this nated the Japanese Grand Prix, Sebastian TOKYO: TOKYO: Japan’s Super Rugby franchise the Wellington Hurricanes in February. The Sunwolves joined an expanded 18- weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix: Vettel winning four out of five from 2009 to Sunwolves, promised yesterday to shake up “We are trying to improve a lot of areas,” team Super Rugby competition this year fol- 2013 before his move to Ferrari. But Ricciardo, the team’s performance following a disap- the Kiwi said in his first press conference as lowing Japan’s astonishing performance at PRESSURE ON HAMILTON who came home ahead of teenage team-mate pointing maiden season, and as Japan rugby head coach, joined by the also recently- last year’s World Cup where the Brave Lewis Hamilton’s championship creden- Max Verstappen in Sepang, said they can pose eyes a boost ahead of the 2019 World Cup. appointed boss of Japan’s national team, Blossoms won three pool games, including a tials, not to mention his temperament, will be a threat to the rampant Mercedes, especially But the former All Black, appointed last Jamie Joseph. 34-32 shock upset over two-time champions severely tested this weekend after his with rain forecast for Sunday’s race, telling month on a two-year deal, asked fans for “This (new season) is going to be our sec- South Africa. Malaysian hopes went up in smoke. The AFP: “In the rain we could be very strong-if it their patience as the inexperienced team ond year. So we have got a lot of learning to But delays bringing in players and coach- Briton trails Mercedes team-mate Nico rains, I believe we can win the race.” face a dauting start to the new season with a do. But we are going to continue to keep ing staff sabotaged the team’s preparations Rosberg by 23 points with five races left this and as expected, they have struggled in the season and will be desperate to stop the rot POT, VETTEL, BLACK southern hemisphere’s elite club competi- by completing a hat-trick of Suzuka victories, Spare a thought for Vettel: a four-time tion, slumping to a record of one win, one which would also mark the 50th win of his world champion being called “crazy” and an draw and 13 defeats. Formula One career. Hamilton’s bizarre claim “idiot” by 19-year-old Verstappen. While there They hit rock bottom in a 92-17 humilia- that there was a conspiracy against him will is an element of the pot calling the kettle tion by South Africa’s Cheetahs in April, hardly have helped team morale, or his own black in the teenager’s criticism, given his prompting criticism from former Japan cause. After his engine exploded in Sepang, own aggressive driving, Vettel’s recent trou- national coach Eddie Jones, now in charge Hamilton fumed: “It’s not acceptable-some- bles have been compounded by a three-place of England, who slammed the Sunwolves’ one doesn’t want me to win this year.” He has penalty for Suzuka after a first-corner crash in lack of depth as “embarrassing”. Joseph, only a matter of days to get his head right, Sepang which prematurely ended his race. another former All Black who began his before it’s too late. Languishing in fifth place in the champi- Japanese assignment this year, empha- onship standings, Vettel will be hoping for a sised “alignment” between the Brave FORCE IS STRONG dramatic reversal of fortune in Japan to help Blossoms and the Sunwolves as a means to WITH ROSBERG salvage a season to forget for him and Ferrari. bolster the performance of Japanese play- Rosberg is in the form of his life, having ers ahead of the looming World Cup to be won three straight races before a stirring HIGH EMOTION AS hosted by Japan. fightback to finish third in Malaysia last week- BIANCHI REMEMBERED “(I will) help out anyway I can” to make end. The German will be looking to press Ricciardo dedicated his Malaysia win to the Sunwolves more competitive in the home his 23-point lead in the standings as Jules Bianchi, the Frenchman who died as a global arena and to please fans, Joseph said. Hamilton battles his demons following an ill- result of injuries suffered at the 2014 Japan Tiatia made clear that the speed and physi- advised outburst in Sepang. Rosberg won’t race and will be on the minds of all drivers cal strength of players would be in focus as be counting his chickens just yet, having again this weekend. With the issue of Formula the team looks to improve on what they thrown away a 43-point advantage earlier this One safety again highlighted after Kevin achieved last season. “We are trying to find players that can represent the country first year. But the momentum is unquestionably Magnussen’s Renault caught fire during prac- and foremost,” he said. on his side and Hamilton has it all to do if he tice in Malaysia, the Australian welcomed the Japanese rugby chiefs have made no is to retain his world title. ‘halo’ protection currently being developed to secret of their desire for the country’s top help improve driver safety, despite players to turn out for the Sunwolves. LET IT RAIN, LET IT RAIN, LET IT RAIN Magnussen’s concern that it would have But despite bumper crowds supporting Red Bull could be forgiven for hoping it is a made it harder for him to escape his burning the team, several marquee Japan players wet weekend in Suzuka as they look to build car. Ricciardo warned that the “pros have to snubbed the Sunwolves to sign for other on a successful race in Malaysia, where Daniel completely outweight the cons” but also paid clubs on more lucrative contracts, including Ricciardo led the team’s first one-two in tribute to Bianchi, saying: “It is a little bit emo- SWANSEA: File photo shows Filo Tiatia (right) of Ospreys is tackled by Matthew Jones Japan captain Michael Leitch and full-back almost three years. Red Bull previously domi- tional coming to Suzuka since then.” — AFP during the EDF Energy Cup match between Ospreys and Worcester Warriors at the Ayumu Goromaru. — AFP Liberty Stadium on October 26, 2008 in Swansea, Wales. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 SPORTS Ryder Cup star Pieters eyeing US tour card

ST ANDREWS: Ryder Cup rookie sensa- on his first appearance, although the back there at the start of the new year, bership. Meanwhile the quietly spoken points.” Pieters is hopeful the experience tion Thomas Pieters wants to repeat his United States won the match 17-11. and particularly Riviera, where I won Pieters, now ranked 39 in the world, of contesting a Ryder Cup will stand him impressive showing at Hazeltine by Pieters will begin his tilt at earning before,” said Pieters at St Andrews on sought to play down his impressive in good stead. “I feel I can learn a lot from pushing for full membership of the US full membership of the PGA Tour for Wednesday ahead of this week’s Alfred Ryder Cup debut. “It’s tough to talk playing in the Ryder Cup and more than I PGA Tour early next year. 2017/18 in February’s Genesis Open at Dunhill Links Championship on the about my individual performance when think I would learn playing in the Majors,” The 24-year-old Belgian will contest the Riviera Club in suburban Los Angeles Scottish course. you lose on a team,” he said. “You go he said. Pieters joins fellow Hazeltine four events, including two on the regular — the same course where as an amateur His management team indicated that there as a team, so you win or you lose as European team members Danny Willett, PGA Tour, ahead of making his US he won the 2012 National Collegiate all four events, plus the Masters, along a team. “I did play great and I’m really Lee Westwood, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Masters debut in April. Last week’s Ryder Athletic Association title. with a number of other invitations happy to have earned four points. But Rafa Cabrera Bello at this week’s $5 mil- Cup at Hazeltine saw Pieters become the “I’ve played a lot of amateur golf in throughout 2017 will count towards three of those points were with Rory lion (£4 million, 4.4 million euros) tourna- first European rookie to win four points the US so I’m looking forward to going Pieters securing full 2017/18 Tour mem- (McIlroy) so I don’t see it as my four ment at St Andrews. — AFP

KUMASI: File photo shows sprinters run during Ghana’s Fastest Human (GFH) competition in Kumasi, on WAH: This file photograph taken on May 6, 2016, shows an Indian kabaddi player (L) as he attempts to tag a September 10, 2016. On September 10, 160 runners from four qualifying competitions held across Ghana this Pakistani opponent during their final match of the 3rd Asian Kabaddi Circle Style Championship 2016 in Wah year, converged to the country’s second biggest city Kumasi, to participate in the race, set up by former Olympian some 45 kilometers from Islamabad. The 12-nation Kabaddi World Cup kicks off this week in India, with a row over Reks Brobby. In 2013, Brobby founded Ghana’s Fastest Human (GFH), an annual 100-metre competition designed a decision to bar arch-rivals Pakistan from competing threatening to overshadow the tag-wrestling sport’s show- to unearth the country’s best sprinting talent and hopes. — AFP case event. — AFP Ghana looks to revive sprinting culture

KUMASI: Joseph Paul Amoah was virtually Adidas and the state-run Ghana National might not have to wait until the next Olympics July, Ghana’s Youth and Sports Minister Edwin ‘MR HOLLYWOOD’ unknown in Ghanaian athletic circles before Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). to see results. The 2013 GFH winners, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye called for a more equi- Brobby, who used to be named “the fastest he was crowned “Ghana’s fastest human”. Now On offer: supervision from a nutritionist, a Emmanuel Dasor and Beatrice Gyaman, both table distribution of resources. “It’s sad to see man in Africa”, spent more than a decade in he’s the new face of sprinting in a country sports psychologist, a muscle-trigger specialist ran in Rio in August (200m and 4x100m all the attention given to football,” he said. the United States before returning to Ghana looking to transform its running culture. and four premier sprinting coaches. respectively). And even though they failed to “We hardly spend on the other sports. I think full-time in 2003 to help revive local sprinting. “It’s been an instant shot to fame,” said the secure any medals, it only took them three we need to give every sport equal attention.” “I was Mr LA. I was Mr Hollywood,” Brobby 19-year-old from the central Ashanti region, MAKE RUNNING ‘SEXY’ years to go from promising local talents to The lack of funds can be demoralising for recalled. “But I thought I needed to go back after reportedly clocking an impressive win- Brobby, who competed for Ghana’s 4x100m appearing on the international stage. some of Ghana’s best runners, especially when (to Ghana), where I didn’t want to go, where ning time of 10.08 sec in the 100m. relay team at the 1984 Olympics in Los their competitors in other countries benefit there wasn’t a McDonald’s and the nice roads.” In early September, 160 runners from four Angeles, finishing fifth in their semi-final, ‘EQUAL ATTENTION’ from more institutional support. But Olympic The success of Brobby’s movement ultimately qualifying competitions held across Ghana hopes the programme will help put Ghana’s Brobby’s ability to acquire big-name spon- runner Gyaman is persistent, even if inade- depends on the will of the athletes. converged on the country’s second city sprinters back on the athletics map. sors for his programme has defied the odds in quate funding makes it difficult for her to But he hopes that one day he’ll be watching Kumasi to participate in the race, set up by for- Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Ghana had a a country often criticised for not giving attend international competitions outside a Ghanaian run for gold and feel his adrenaline mer Olympian Reks Brobby. In 2013, Brobby consistent presence at international sprinting enough funding to athletics. Ghana. “It is difficult here but I will promise kick in, just like it did with Usain Bolt during his founded Ghana’s Fastest Human (GFH), an competitions throughout Africa with runners The budget for the youth and sports min- the Ghanaian people that if I get support, I’ll last Olympic race in Rio de Janeiro in August. “It annual 100-metre competition designed to such as Michael Ahey, George Daniels, Hannah istry has been cut by more than 58 percent, bring home a medal one day,” she said. takes athletes about four to six years to peak,” unearth the country’s best sprinting talent Afriyie and Alice Annum, but the pool of talent from 54.2 million cedi in 2012 to 22.6 million Exposure to diverse global talent is critical for said Brobby. “They have to fall flat on their with the hope of boosting future track success. began to stagnate. “I want to make (running) cedi ($5.7 million/5.1 million euros) this year. athletes at her level, said Ohene Karikari, a for- faces. They have to pull muscles. They have to At stake was a one-year intensive training sexy again so that Ghanaians will start domi- Even with the funds that are currently allo- mer Olympic sprinter and the chief coach for go home and cry. “But that’s what we’re doing: programme for the top two men and two nating the world by Tokyo 2020 and beyond,” cated, critics say the government prioritises GFH. “You cannot run with your peers forever,” finding athletes who in the next four to six women, sponsored by sportswear giant stated Brobby, rather ambitiously. But he football to the detriment of other sports. In he said. years will be world champions.” —AFP Pakistan barred from Kabaddi World Cup

NEW DELHI: The 12-nation Kabaddi World Cup kicks off this week in India, with a row over a decision to bar arch-rivals Pakistan from compet- ing threatening to overshadow the tag-wrestling sport’s showcase event. Formidable Iran clash with newcomers the United States in Friday’s opening round of the competition that also includes top sides from Australia, South Korea, England, Poland, Kenya and Argentina. With the World Cup last staged nine years ago, teams are relishing the chance to compete in the two-week event being held in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. But the traditional South Asian sport that MANCHESTER: British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury reacts during a press confer- mixes tag and wrestling and is growing in popu- ence to publicise his forthcoming world heavyweight title fight against Ukranian larity has been hit with controversy over a deci- heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko, at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, north-west sion to exclude highly fancied Pakistan. England. — AFP International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) chief Deoraj Chaturvedi, who is from India, said Pakistan has been denied entry because of a ‘Suicidal’ Tyson Fury spike in tensions between the two nuclear- armed nations. WAH: This file photograph taken on May 6, 2016, shows an Indian kabaddi player (L) as he admits cocaine use “This is not the right time to engage with attempts to tag a Pakistani opponent during their final match of the 3rd Asian Kabaddi Circle Pakistan,” Chaturvedi told AFP. “Pakistan is a valu- Style Championship 2016 in Wah some 45 kilometers from Islamabad. The 12-nation Kabaddi able member of the IKF but looking at the cur- LONDON: Troubled world heavyweight added: “I don’t know if I’m going to see the World Cup kicks off this week in India, with a row over a decision to bar arch-rivals Pakistan rent scenario and in the best interest of both the champion Tyson Fury has admitted taking year out, to be honest... “They say I’ve got a from competing threatening to overshadow the tag-wrestling sport’s showcase event. — AFP nations, we decided that Pakistan must be large amounts of cocaine, saying he is also version of bipolar. I’m a manic depressive. I refrained from the championship.” enjoying a new lease of life. The Pro Kabaddi er international tournaments. “We have more suicidal and that “I hope someone kills me just hope someone kills me before I kill Pakistan accused the IKF of unfairly targeting League, launched in India in 2014 with live tele- young players playing for us now and they have before I kill myself”. Following the Briton’s myself.” the country, saying both rival nations should vision coverage, corporate sponsors and brightly the experience of playing in India,” Sheykh told latest, disturbing comments, the British Fury has courted controversy since sen- have been excluded if there were security con- coloured lyrca strips, has proved hugely popular the Times of India newspaper. Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) said sationally defeating Klitschko last year to cerns. “We have called a meeting to discuss this and drawn players from Iran and South Korea. Kabaddi requires yoga-like breathing skills as Wednesday it would consider his case, and become world champion, making a series issue but let me tell you that a Kabaddi World Iran’s skipper Meraj Sheykh, who has played two seven-member teams send a raider into a possible decision to withdraw his licence of comments about homosexuality and Cup is no world cup without Pakistan,” said in the league’s last three editions, said his side their enemy’s half of the court to tag an oppo- to box, at an already scheduled October 12 Jews and extolling the virtues of his Pakistan kabaddi federation secretary Rana had grown stronger by playing in India and oth- nent before returning-in just one breath. —AFP meeting. The 28-year-old Fury, who has extreme religious views. A member of the Muhammad Sarwar. twice this year abruptly cancelled rematch- travelling community, Fury said he had “This is just like a football world cup without es with Wladimir Klitschko to defend his been a victim of prejudice. Brazil,” Sarwar told AFP. Pakistan captain Nasir Ali World Boxing Association and World “It’s been a witch-hunt ever since I won Tiger Woods named as assistant said his players had been favourites to clinch the Boxing Organization heavyweight belts, that world title,” Fury told Rolling Stone. cup after defeating India at the six-nation tweeted on Monday that he had retired, “Ever since I got a bit of fame for doing captain for 2017 Presidents Cup Kabaddi Cup held in Pakistan in May and last only to make a U-turn just hours later. good there’s been a witch-hunt on me month’s Asian Beach Games in Vietnam. NEW JERSEY: Tiger Woods, who plans to make ... so for him to have the confidence in me, to be Last week reports emerged that Fury because of my background, because of “We were hoping to win the world cup in his PGA Tour return next week after more than part of the crew and help him in any way I pos- had failed a drug test for cocaine and he who I am and what I do.” India by beating India,” Ali told AFP, adding that a year on the sidelines, has been appointed as sibly can - I’m thrilled to be his assistant.” confirmed for the first time, to Rolling fans were being denied matches between the one of three vice-captains to US skipper Steve Former world number one Woods, who got Stone magazine, that he had taken the TWICE CANCELLED top two sides. Hostilities between the nations Stricker for next year’s Presidents Cup in New his first taste as a vice-captain during last class A drug as a way of self-medicating for Fury, who said he had never taken per- have flared after India said last week it conduct- Jersey. Woods will join Fred Couples and tri- week’s Ryder Cup in Minnesota where the severe depression. “Listen, I’ve done a lot formance-enhancing drugs, already risked ed military strikes inside Pakistan against mili- umphant US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III as United States beat Europe 17-11, could still play of things in my life. I’ve done lots of losing his title belts because of inactivity. tants, sparking fury from Islamabad. assistants for the biennial team competition his way on to the U.S. Presidents Cup team. cocaine. Lots of it,” Fury told the magazine In 2010 the BBBofC withdrew the inac- The strikes came after gunmen staged the against the Internationals to be played at “If that happens, replacing him as a captain’s in a series of startling admissions. tive Ricky Hatton’s boxer’s licence amid deadliest attack on an Indian army base in more Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City from assistant will be a great problem for me to Explaining why his rematch with Klitschko allegations of cocaine use. than a decade, which an enraged New Delhi Sept. 28-Oct. 1. “It’s just a tremendous honour,” have,” said Stricker. “But if he doesn’t, I’m hon- had been called off for a second time, Fury Asked how they would treat Fury, the blamed on Pakistani-based militants. Woods, who has paired up successfully with his oured he accepted this role for the first time in said: “I’ve not been training. I’ve been going board’s general secretary Robert Smith told longtime friend Stricker in the past at both the his impressive Presidents Cup career. “Tiger has through depression. I just don’t want to live Britain’s Press Association: “He is licensed by NEW LEASE OF LIFE Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, said in a state- been a great team mate and friend over the any more, if you know what I’m saying. I’ve us. The sanctioning bodies, the WBO, WBA- The World Cup comes as the ancient game, ment on Wednesday after being formally years, and I know the US guys will benefit from had total enough of it. they are not governing bodies-they can played in sandy parks across India for genera- appointed. “We’ve been friends for close to 20 the experience and camaraderie that only Tiger “So cocaine is a little minor thing com- strip him, declare the titles vacant, or he tions and once tagged with a dowdy image, is years now, and we’ve been on teams together can bring.”— Reuters pared to not wanting to live any more.” He can vacate them.—AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 SPORTS

Rebel fire kills swimmer with ‘big dreams’ in Syria’s Aleppo

ALEPPO: On the day she was killed, ming,” said her mother, 42. their crude rocket fire on western Syrian star swimmer Mireille Hindoyan “I asked her to go home, but she Aleppo. Rights groups have condemned had decided to skip her daily swim at an refused,” she added, her voice breaking. both sides for indiscriminate fire that Aleppo pool to work a shift at her fami- kills civilians. Syrian state news agency ly’s supermarket near the frontline. CALLING FOR HER CHILDREN SANA said 13 people were killed in rebel Not long after she arrived, a rocket Minutes after she tried to convince fire on western Aleppo on the day fired by rebels just across the frontline in Mireille to leave, a huge blast shook the Mireille and Arman died. the war-ravaged city slammed into the store, knocking out the lights and throw- shop, killing the 20-year-old and her 12- ing Betty and her three children to the ‘MIREILLE GAVE US STRENGTH’ year-old brother Arman. ground. Her son Movses screamed: More than 300,000 people have been At the family home, her mother Betty “Mum, my hand is gone.” Betty called out killed and over half Syria’s population sat pale and drawn, dressed in mourning to Mireille and Arman “to stay close to displaced by the conflict since it began black and weeping as she looked at the me, thinking they were alive but just with anti-government demonstrations in makeshift memorial to the two of her lying on the ground”. March 2011. Among those displaced are children killed in the September 30 “As the dust began to settle, I looked millions who have become refugees, attack.”They went to God, maybe living around me and I saw Arman, my some braving leaky boats to cross the with him is better than living in war,” she youngest son, on the floor. His intestines Mediterranean like fellow Syrian swim- said in tears, looking at a spread of were lying outside his body. He was mer Yusra Mardini.She gained interna- Mireille’s swimming medals and photos dead,” she said in a trembling voice. tional attention after surviving near- of the dark-haired girl and her brother. Betty then called out for Mireille. drowning and reaching Germany, and Her middle child, 19-year-old Movses, “I found her on the ground too, she competed in this year’s Rio Olympics as survived the attack but was badly was missing both her hands and legs. part of a refugee team. wounded. She was bleeding. I couldn’t lift her Mireille had won medals in both Syria ALEPPO: A picture taken on Tuesday shows portraits of Syrian athlete Mireille An ambitious athlete and third-year because I was wounded and bleeding and Armenia and was coaching young Hindoyan, 20, (L) and her 12-year-old brother Arman, who were killed during university student, Mireille was a nation- too, and I wasn’t able to move.” female swimmers in Aleppo as well as shelling on the government controlled area of Aleppo on September 30, 2016. al short-distance swimming champion Hundreds of people have been killed training to swim in open-water long-dis- On the day she was killed, Syrian star swimmer Mireille Hindoyan had decided who dreamt of becoming a nutrition- in western Aleppo city by rebel fire since tance competitions. to skip her daily swim at an Aleppo pool to work a shift at her family’s super- ist.Her family, Armenian Syrians, live and the conflict began, according to the “She was very ambitious... She market near the frontline. Not long after she arrived, a rocket fired by rebels work in a neighbourhood along the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights remained an athlete even after the war just across the frontline in the war-ravaged city slammed into the shop, killing frontline that has divided Aleppo city monitor, which has also recorded thou- began,” said coach Wanis Salahiyan, who the 20-year-old and her 12-year-old brother Arman. — AFP between rebel control in the east and sands of deaths in the rebel-held east in had trained Mireille since she was five. government control in the west since government air strikes, barrel bomb “Mireille was very ambitious and had remain composed in front of his wife as and daughter,” he said. 2012. “Mireille usually goes to the pool attacks and artillery fire.In recent weeks, big dreams... She always wanted to be they looked at pictures of her and Both her parents described Mireille’s every day around 11 am to swim, but on the government has stepped up its the best at whatever she was doing, Arman. “We’ve lost material things unusual fortitude, depicting her as a that day she came to our supermarket assault on the east in a bid to recapture especially in sports,” her mother before, shops and warehouses. But this rock for the family. “It was Mireille who and told me she didn’t feel like swim- it, and rebels have increased the pace of added.Mireille’s father Viken, 56, tried to time our loss was huge, I’ve lost my son gave us strength,” Viken said. — AFP

Encarnacion smashes winning Homer, Blue Jays claw Orioles

TORONTO: Edwin Encarnacion smashed on, Encarnacion then settled a pulsating the winning home run as the Toronto Blue battle with his three-run homer to keep the Jays downed the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 in Blue Jays’ post-season alive. an 11th-inning thriller to win their “I had a good feeling all through the American League wildcard duel on game even,” Blue Jays manager John Tuesday. Dominican star Encarnacion Gibbons said. “It’s a close ballgame. If they homered to left field off Ubaldo Jimenez win that game, they deserve it, too. It was for a three-run score to send Toronto into such a well-played game on both sides. an American League Division Series against Could have gone either way... Eddie came the Texas Rangers. through for us.” It was a dramatic end to a nerve-jan- Orioles manager Buck Showalter mean- gling game which erupted into controversy while defended his decision not to use in the seventh inning when a fan threw a closer Zach Britton in the 11th inning. can onto the field as Baltimore outfielder “Yeah, I considered a lot of things during Kim Hyun-Soo caught the final out. the course of the game. But our guys did a The incident drew a furious response good job getting us to that point. We just from Baltimore’s players, with center fielder couldn’t finish it off,” Showalter said. “You Adam Jones angrily gesticulating into the can use Zach Britton in the seventh, the stands. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter eighth and not have anybody to pitch the also stormed out of the dugout to left field last inning. So there’s a lot of risk taken to voice his disgust with the umpiring crew every inning, every pitch. You take that one before returning. when you get in this format.” As the tension mounted, the final Earlier, Orioles starter Chris Tillman gave innings became a question of who would up four hits, one walk and two runs while blink first. Baltimore left-hander Brian striking out four in just over four innings. Duensing struck out Ezequiel Carrera to Marcus Stroman for the Blue Jays launch the bottom of the 11th before allowed four hits and two runs with six ABU DHABI: Pakistan’s batsmen Babar Azam (L) and Sarfraz Ahmed run between the wickets during the 3rd ODI cricket match between being replaced by Jimenez. strikeouts in six innings. Jose Bautista had Pakistan and the West Indies at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFP It was to be a nightmare performance hit a solo home run for Toronto while for Jimenez however, who conceded sin- Baltimore’s scoring came from a two-run gles to Devon Travis and Josh Donaldson to homer by Mark Trumbo. The Blue Jays face leave the Blue Jays with runners on the cor- Texas in game one of the division series Triple-ton Azam leads Pakistan ners. With the home crowd roaring them today. —AFP to series rout of West Indies

Murray into quarters, ABU DHABI: Rising star Babar Azam hit his third Ali and Azam added 147 for the second wick- Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbass and Saeed Anwar, successive hundred to anchor Pakistan’s 3-0 et before Ali was bowled by Holder in the 39th South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers youngsters take charge clean-sweep of the West Indies with a comfort- over. Sarfraz Ahmed made 24 not out as Pakistan and de Kock, and New Zealand’s Ross Taylor are able 136-run win in the third and final one-dayer managed 96 runs in the last 15 overs. Azam is others to achieve the milestone. yesterday. only the third batsmen from Pakistan and eighth West Indies play a day-night side game with a BEIJING: Andy Murray stormed into the (7/2), 6-2. The American is targeting a spot Azam smashed a 106-ball 117 while skipper in the world to notch three hundreds in as many pink ball in Sharjah from Friday as a rehearsal for China Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 in the final to qualify for the eight-player Azah Ali returned to form with a 109-ball 101 as matches. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara holds the first Test in Duabi, also a day-night match victory over Andrey Kuznetsov yesterday, WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time, Pakistan compiled 308-6 before restricting West the record with four centuries in as many games. starting from October 13. —AFP as on the outer courts the tournament’s but will have to get through two-time Indies to 172 in 44 overs on a flat Sheikh Zayed younger players appeared in control. Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the Stadium pitch. The 49th-ranked Russian broke Murray’s quarter-finals. It was another imperious show by Pakistan SCOREBOARD serve in the first game, battling through Briton Johanna Konta is also still in the who won the first two matches by 111 and 59 four deuces to take the first point of the running to qualify for the season finale for ABU DHABI: Scoreboard of the third and final day-night international between Pakistan and West Indies at Sheikh runs respectively-both in Sharjah. The rout also Zayed Stadium yesterday. match. The world number two dropped the first time-and possibly break into the followed Pakistan’s 3-0 whitewash in the preced- another serve in the first set, and one in the top ten-as she beat Timea Babos 7-5, 6-2. ing Twenty20 series. Pakistan E. Lewis b Sohail 22 Azhar Ali b Holder 101 D. Bravo c Ahmed b Riaz 17 second, but otherwise allowed the 25-year- Twenty-one-year-old British qualifier The two sides will go on to contest a three- old little room as he closed out the match Kyle Edmund outgunned 18th-ranked Sharjeel Khan c Joseph b Benn 38 M. Samuels run out 13 match Test series starting in Dubai from October Babar Azam b Pollard 117 D. Ramdin run out 37 in 76 minutes. Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to set up 13. The 3-0 ODI whitewash also lifted Pakistan to The women’s top seed Angelique Kerber a quarter final meet with Murray. Shoaib Malik c Ramdin b Narine 5 K. Pollard c Malik b Nawaz 11 number eight in the one-day rankings, displac- Sarfraz Ahmed not out 24 J. Holder b Wasim 26 booked her spot in the round of 16, beat- Meanwhile, German teenager Alexander ing their opponents to nine. Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Joseph 4 ing Barbora Strycova in two sets, 6-3, 7-6 Zverev beat American Jack Sock, who is five S. Narine st Ahmed b Nawaz 0 Azam, 21, became the eighth batsmen to Imad Wasim c Bravo b Joseph 4 S. Benn c Sohail b Nawaz 0 (7/4). “I was just trying to be more aggres- years his senior, 6-4, 6-2. He will face 13th- Mohammad Nawaz not out 4 make three hundreds in successive one-day A. Joseph c Malik b Riaz 2 sive, so that was my plan, to just to go for it, ranked veteran David Ferrer, 34, in the next Extras: (lb7, nb1, w3) 11 internationals and he was again sublime in S. Gabriel not out 1 and (to make) her run,” Kerber said after the round. Zverev claimed the scalp of world Total: (for six wkts; 50 overs) 308 achieving the milestone. Extras: (b1, lb4, w6) 11 match. number 10 Dominic Thiem in the first Did not bat: Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Sohail Khan Fall of He also set a new record for most runs in a Total: (all out; 44 overs) 172 The German two-time Grand Slam round of the China Open, a week after he wickets: 1-85 (Sharjeel), 2-232 (Ali), 3-239 (Malik), 4-280 three-match one-day series with 360, beating (Azam), 5-285 (Rizwan), 6-303 (Wasim) Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Lewis), 2-75 (Brathwaite), 3-87 champion will meet 22-year-old Ukrainian beat world number three Stan Wawrinka to the previous highest of 342 by South Africa’s (Bravo), 4-93 (Samuels), 5-117 (Pollard), 6-159 (Holder), Elina Svitolina, who downed Savine Lisicki claim his maiden career title in St Bowling: Joseph 8-0-62-2 (1w), Gabriel 5-0-37-0 (1nb), Quinton de Kock who set it at home in 2013. Brathwaite 4-0-22-0, Holder 10-0-63-1 (2w), Narine 10-0- 7-161 (Narine), 8-161 (Benn), 9-170 (Joseph) 6-4, 6-4. Other members of the younger Petersburg. “Three hundreds in a row doesn’t come easy,” 47-1, Benn 10-0-51-1, Pollard 3-0-19-1 Bowling: Wasim 8-0-29-1, Sohail 7-0-34-1 (3w), Hasan 6- generation also took charge Wednesday. Twenty-two-year-old Caroline Garcia said Ali. “Everyone fought like tigers, so it feels 1-13-0, Malik 6-0-23-1 (1w), Nawaz 9-0-40-3, Riaz 8-0-28- Ninth-ranked 21-year-old Madison Keys crushed the home crowd’s hopes as she great.” A disappointed West Indian captain Jason West Indies 2 (1w). dismissed two-time Grand Slam champion ousted Peng Shuai, 30, after a tense three Holder called for improvement. K. Brathwaite lbw b Malik 32 Result: Pakistan won by 136 runs, take series 3-0. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 31, in two sets, 7-6 set tie break, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4). —AFP “We haven’t been up to scratch in this series,” said Holder. “We just really need to work on all aspects of the game.” West Indies again lacked aggression and big partnerships in their innings, with Denesh Ramdin top scoring with 37 and Holder making 26. They also lost their last five wickets for just 13 runs with left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (3-40) and paceman Wahab Riaz taking 2-28. Riaz also reached 100 one-day wickets in his 75th match. Kraig Brathwaite (32) and Evin Lewis (22) had given the West Indies a solid 45-run start but wickets tubmled at regular intervals, with Darren Bravo (17), Marlon Samuels (13) and Kieron Pollard (11) failing to shine. Earlier Azam led Pakistan’s batting, setting his team up for a big total with Ali. Azam was finally bowled by Pollard in the 46th over after hitting eight boundaries and a six in another dominating exhibition of batting. Ali, who failed in the first two games with a first-ball duck and nine, hit eight boundaries and a six. He and fellow opener Sharjeel Khan (38) put Pakistan on track for a big total with an 85- run start in 14.1 overs Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn gave the BEIJING: Andy Murray of Britain serves against Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia during West Indies their first breakthrough, in his sec- ABU DHABI: West Indies’ Evin Lewis (left) misses the ball as Pakistan’s wicketkeeper Sarfraz the men’s single second round of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing yes- ond over, when Sharjeel holed out at long-on Ahmed fields during the 3rd T20I cricket match between Pakistan and the West Indies at terday. Murray won 6-2 6-1. —AFP after hitting five boundaries off 41 balls. Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium yesterday. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 SPORTS Napoli owner says agents are a ‘cancer’ for clubs

LONDON: Napoli owner Aurelio De the movie producer said of agents, in a receive all the money, they go shopping 2014 and September 2015, an increase of agents boasting about how many man- Laurentiis spoke out against the ‘cancer’ discussion with West Ham United’s vice around and making your players crazy 15 million pounds from the previous peri- agers they had paid off in transfer deals. of soccer agents yesterday and ques- chairman Karren Brady. “Not every agent. because they will say ‘I’m negotiating od, according to the league. The figures De Laurentiis, who rescued Napoli from tioned why clubs should have to pay But I don’t understand why you need an with West Ham, they will pay you two mil- included payments made by clubs on bankruptcy in 2004 and brought them them in transfer deals for players. agent. “In Hollywood, the actor pays (the lion more’. And so these poor guys start to behalf of players. back to Serie A from the third tier, said he The flamboyant Italian told the agent) himself. I don’t pay the agent. In play not in the appropriate way.” Napoli The role of agents, who negotiate with would like to own clubs in China, the Leaders Sports Business conference at soccer, why must I pay? The agents sold Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain, clubs and take a percentage of transfer United States and England as well as Italy. Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground that he became like a tax and sometimes they whose agent is his brother Nicolas, to deals, has been in the headlines after a “In England, I would like to start from the also only signed players if he had com- want to be paid up front. You make a con- Juventus for 90 million euros lastJuly. newspaper sting operation that led to bottom and to try to come up little by lit- plete control of their image rights and tract for five years and they want to be English Premier League clubs spent Sam Allardyce losing his job as England tle,” he said. In the United States, he said some deals had fallen through as a result. paid in two and three years. almost 130 million pounds ($195.65 mil- manager. his interest would be probably for a club “You know, that’s a cancer of our domain,” “Why? Because when they finally lion) on agents fees between October The Daily Telegraph also filmed soccer on the East Coast. —Reuters CONCACAF says well placed to handle 48-team 2026 World Cup

LONDON: Expanding the World Cup to 48 teams will enhance North America’s creden- tials in the 2026 bidding contest, CONCACAF hopes. FIFA President Gianni Infantino earlier this week raised the prospect of adding another 16 teams which would reduce the pool of countries with sufficient infrastruc- ture. “From a 2026 perspective, pick a number (of finalists) and North American can handle it,” Victor Montagliani, president of the North and Central America and Caribbean soccer confederation, told The Associated Press. “A CONCACAF bid would be strong regardless of what number we finally set on.” LIMA: Argentina’s Angel Di Maria, playing goalkeeper at right, tries to catch the ball The World Cup was last staged in the CON- during a training session of the national team in Lima, Peru, Tuesday. Argentina will CACAF region by the United States in 1994. face Peru in a World Cup qualifying soccer game in Lima, today. — AP The Americans are keen on another shot at hosting in 2026, potentially linking up with neighbors Canada and Mexico. Qatar must stop in-form Son “Is there an opportunity to combine the three countries? Perhaps. We don’t know that MEXICO CITY: In this May 13, 2016, file photo, newly elected CONCACAF President Victor yet,” said Montagliani, a FIFA vice president. Montagliani smiles as he receives applause from fellow delegates during the 66th FIFA to keep World Cup hopes alive Congress in Mexico City. Corruption will never be eradicated from soccer and officials in the “There have been zero formal discussions. We English-speaking world need to adopt a humble approach rather than sounding pompous lec- are not there yet.” After the troubled bidding turing on ethics, Montagliani said Tuesday. —AP SEOUL: For all the focus on the 2022 World China is also aiming for a first win in this process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, Cup in Qatar, there’s a much more immedi- stage, with just one point from two games which sparked years of corruption investiga- and 2022 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, sis.” The format and bidding process will begin ate concern for football supporters in the ahead of its home match against Syria in tions, FIFA will be hoping for a smoother 2026 South Korea, and Beijing. to be discussed next week when Infantino wealthy gulf nation when it comes to the Xi’an. Group leader Uzbekistan has a per- sport’s marquee event. fect record with six points and hosts Iran in vote. Originally earmarked for 2017, the deci- “I don’t think it’s a good thing that it keeps chairs a FIFA Council meeting in Zurich. Having lost its first two games in the Tashkent. Iran coach Carlos Queiroz wants sion by the FIFA membership is now not due on going to one area. It’s not a World Cup that In outlining one potential format earlier final round of the Asian qualification series his team to set a new benchmark in this until 2020. belongs in one region. So I think so sort of this week, Infantino said “You could have a for the 2018 World Cup, Qatar desperately campaign. “History shows that despite With Africa, South America, Europe and rotation needs to occur because the World tournament in which the 16 best teams needs a win over South Korea today to boasting great players, coaches and presi- Asia hosting the World Cups between 2010 Cup belongs to the world and we need to advance to a group stage and the other 16 boost its chances of qualifying for Russia. dents, Iran has never qualified for the World and 2022, it had been widely accepted that it respect that.” will came out of a ‘playoff’ ahead of the group To achieve that, the Qataris must stop Son Cup finals twice in a row,” said Queiroz, a should be North America’s turn for the first Montagliani applauded Infantino for stage, and the World Cup could end up with Heung-min, one of the hottest players in well-traveled coach who guided Iran to the time since 1994. “thinking outside the box” by floating the idea 48 teams.” the game at the moment. 2014 World Cup in Brazil. “My job, my goal, FIFA’s statues currently prevent consecu- of a 48-team World Cup. The more pressing issues for FIFA center on Son arrived in Seoul on Monday after my mission and my dream is to make this tive World Cups being staged on the same “There are traditionalists in the game who I the 2018 World Cup with the spotlight scoring five goals so far this season for happen.” The top two teams from Group B continent, but China could yet seek to follow think, if it was up to them, would still have a increasingly on Russia over racism and doping Tottenham - four in the Premier League meet when Saudi Arabia hosts Australia in 2022 host Qatar. Chinese conglomerate 16-team World Cup,” Montagliani said in an in sport, and the involvement in the war in and one at CKSA Moscow in the Jeddah. Both teams have six points from Wanda signed up as a top-tier FIFA sponsor in interview in London. “The reality is that the Syria. Montagliani sees no need to strip Russia Champions League. The attacker, who has the opening two games. The Socceroos are March saying it wanted to be “better placed” World Cup is not just an economic beast, but of the World Cup. also recorded two assists, has been nomi- back in west Asia after an impressive 1-0 to help decide where future editions of the a product that inspires hope for countries. So “It’s a very delicate situation because we nated for the Premier League’s official play- win in United Arab Emirates in the previous World Cup are awarded. if we can improve it, make it bigger without are a sport,” he said. “You try to as much as er of the month award for September. round of games and determined to qualify “There has to be some sort of rotation or losing its romanticism - why not?” possible stay out of the geopolitics of the “I feel good,” Son said, dismissing local for a fourth consecutive World Cup. else you look what is happening with the Before FIFA settles on a new format, world because it’s a just a dangerous thing concerns that he may be tired after helping “We won’t take a backward step,” Olympics,” Montagliani said, referring to Tokyo Montagliani is sure there will be an “exhaus- (to mix) and so it is a bit of walking a his London team to second spot in the Australia coach Ange Postecoglou said. “It’s hosting the 2020 Olympics between the 2018 tive process of review and cost benefit analy- tightrope.” — AP Premier League standings. “I will be fine on another game that if we can perform well the match day. There is no big difference and win, two wins from two away games - from the last season, but it’s true that my we know how hard that is to do in qualify- fitness is better than the last season.” ing - it’ll put us a long way toward qualify- Stones grateful for Southgate’s personal touch In Asian qualifying, only the countries ing.” The Saudis appeared in four consecu- placing first and second in each of the six- tive World Cups from 1994 to 2006 and team groups will qualify automatically for turned to former Netherlands boss Bert Van LONDON: John Stones said yesterday that caretak- Russia 2018. The South Koreans and Qatar Marwijk to help them qualify for 2018. The er England manager Gareth Southgate had taken are in Group A along with Iran, Uzbekistan, team has struggled to two wins, defeating time to speak to players on an individual basis after Syria and China. Thailand 1-0 and Iraq 2-1, courtesy of late being parachuted into the job following Sam South Korea, aiming to appear at a ninth penalties. Allardyce’s shock exit. successive World Cup, has four points from “I think they’re going to be pretty des- Allardyce was forced to resign as England man- two games but was disappointed with a 1- perate,” Postecoglou predicted. “I expect ager after just 67 days and one game in charge fol- 1 draw against Syria on Sep. 6. There is them to defend and try to at least get a lowing his controversial comments to undercover pressure to defeat Qatar, particularly with a point out of it because if they do they’re in newspaper reporters investigating football corrup- tough trip to Iran five days later. great shape for the games ahead.” tion. Now former England defender Southgate, pro- “We dropped two points against Syria Japan hosts Iraq and is aiming to close moted from his role as England Under-21 coach, and we are now thinking only of Qatar,” Son the gap on the top two in the group. The said. “People think we should be able to Samurai Blue recovered from an opening has been put in temporary charge ahead of the score a lot against the opponents like Qatar game defeat at home to the UAE by beat- World Cup qualifiers at home to Malta on Saturday at home. But they are also a good team and ing Thailand 2-0 in Bangkok. Thailand now and away to Slovenia on Tuesday. Manchester City it’s difficult to win matches like this.” travels to Abu Dhabi to meet the UAE. defender Stones, who played under Southgate at Another defeat would leave Qatar, one Japan’s biggest stars such as Keisuke Under-21 level, said Southgate’s personal touch of the best performing nations in the previ- Honda and Shinji Kagawa have spent much extended beyond the training field. ous round of Asian qualification and still of the season so far on the bench with Asked if Southgate had spent time with each aiming for a first World Cup appearance, respective teams AC Milan and Borussia player, Stones told Sky Sports News: “He always stranded at the bottom of the group. Dortmund. does. At meal times, down time he’s always making After losses to Iran and Uzbekistan, the “We have two games coming up and I time to spend a few minutes, whatever amount of Qatar federation fired Jose Daniel Carrero want to show what I can do,” Kagawa said. time it is, to see how you are, how you’re doing and appointed his fellow Uruguayan Jorge “There is a strong perception that not play- with your club football and what he expects from Fossati for his second spell in charge. The ing regularly is negative, so we have to you here. pressure is immediately on Fossati. prove ourselves in the game.” — AP “I think we all know what we expect from each other. It’s good to have a one-on-one conversation with the manager and see what his thoughts are and where we are moving forward.” England are Ribery tells Bayern now on their third manager in just over three months after Allardyce replaced Roy Hodgson fol- lowing the team’s embarrassing European stars to wake up Championship exit at the hands of Iceland. “(We) just keep playing football, I suppose. It’s all BERLIN: Having endured a few sleepless squad. We have to work together again, we can do,” said Stones, 22. nights following the Champions League fight for each other and we can do that “Getting called up for your country is the biggest defeat last week in Madrid, Franck Ribery well together.” honour you get as a player. You want to come here has issued his Bayern Munich team-mates Germany captain Manuel Neuer has and work hard and get victories for us and for the with a wake-up call. already said Bayern were punished for nation. “The managers that we’ve had have always The French veteran sat out Saturday’s dropping their tempo against Cologne in made a big impact straight away, including Gareth lacklustre 1-1 draw at home to Cologne in their third straight below-par perform- Germany’s top flight with tiredness after ance. Having previously been warned by over the past few days.” Stones was in England’s problems sleeping following last senior Bayern figures about his pre-season squad at the Euros but did not play. However, fol- Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid. criticism of ex-coach Pep Guardiola, Ribery lowing his £47.5 million ($61 million, 55 million It was Bayern’s fourth straight away was full of praise for boss Carlo Ancelotti. euros) pre-season move to City, Allardyce picked defeat to Spanish clubs and the Bavarian “Carlo is simply a really good bloke,” him for England’s opening World Cup qualifier champions were then annoyed to drop added Ribery. “He often comes up to me, away to Slovakia. England won that match 1-0, with their first Bundesliga points of the season asks how things are going and he does it Stones alongside Chelsea’s Gary Cahill in central in throwing away a 1-0 lead against with intelligence. defence-a partnership he enjoyed. “Always playing Cologne. Despite their slight dip Bayern “He talks a lot with us, rotates a lot and with an experienced player is good, learning new still hold a three-point gap at the top of gives every player chances and lots of things, with whoever I play with,” Stones said. the German league with 12 of their squad (playing) minutes.” “Whether it’s Jags (Phil Jagielka), Chris now on international duty. The final point is important for injury- (Smalling), sometimes you’re not going to play and But Ribery says they must buck their prone wingers Ribery, 33, and Arjen watching from the sidelines, watching those guys, ideas up after the international break for Robben, 32, both of whom are out of con- trying to improve off them I suppose. They’ve been their league game at Eintracht Frankfurt tract at the end of the season. on October 15 and next Champions “They have the experience and have here, got a lot of caps, played a lot of games for League match at home to PSV Eindhoven been playing for years at the top level,” club as well. four days later. Bayern captain Philipp Lahm told broad- “Whatever partnership plays for England is “We have to play like a team and forget caster Sport1 of the veteran duo. always a strong one because the training we do about the two bad results,” Ribery told the “I would definitely be pleased if they and how we work in training is always different BURTON: England soccer caretaker manager Gareth Southgate, left, with assistant German daily Bild. both played for an extra year with us. They combinations so we all know how each other Sammy Lee, during a training session at St George’s Park, Burton, England, Tuesday. “We are a top team with a really good both have winner’s mentalities.” —AFP play.”—AFP England play a Group F World Cup qualifying match versus Malta on Saturday. — AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 SPORTS

Gundogan ready to fill Schweinsteiger’s Germany role

BERLIN: Injury-prone Ilkay Gundogan have to rely on goals from Thomas defensive midfield. Gundogan is back Gundogan last played for Germany in ball, ruled him out of June’s European says he is ready to fill Bastian Mueller, who netted twice against after nearly a year’s absence at interna- November 2015, in the 2-0 defeat to championships and says the injury hap- Schweinsteiger’s midfield role in world Norway, and Mario Goetze, but there will tional level and despite only a handful of France in Paris during the night of the pened because he was pushing himself champion Germany’s upcoming 2018 be a battle for places in the defensive appearances for Manchester City this November 13 terror attacks. too hard. World Cup qualifiers. midfield. season, he says he is ready to take The 25-year-old missed both the “In retrospect, I have to say that per- Germany host the Czech Republic in Schweinsteiger made his 121st and responsibility in Germany’s midfield. 2014 World Cup triumph and Germany’s haps I just wanted it too much,” he said. Hamburg on Saturday and Northern final appearance for Germany in August “I would have backed myself to take Euro 2016 campaign, where they “I had already missed the 2014 World Ireland next Tuesday in Hanover having before retiring and Gundogan is a candi- over the role sooner,” Gundogan told reached the semi-finals, with injuries Cup and was perhaps too pre-occupied opened their qualifying campaign last date to slot into his vacated number six magazine Sport Bild. “That has nothing which have restricted him to just 16 with the European championships. month with a 3-0 win in Norway. role. But he will face a battle with to do with Basti’s retirement, we should international appearances. “I believe the risk of injury is at it’s With striker Mario Gomez out with a Juventus’ Sami Khedira to partner Real all just be grateful that we had such a A dislocated knee, caused by a freak greatest when you aren’t completely glute injury, the world champions will Madrid’s Toni Kroos in the star-studded great player playing for us.” accident in May while playing basket- focused on what you are doing.” — AFP German clubs top European supporters league

PARIS: It may have vast wealth and an testimony to the health of the game. enviable array of talent but England’s Premier League plays second fiddle to SERIE A IN TROUBLE Germany’s Bundesliga when it comes to The same cannot be said for France and drawing the crowds, figures show. Italy, both suffering declines in support for The Bundesliga attracted an average of the sport. France’s Ligue 1 clubs drew an 42,685 fans per game in the 2014-2015 sea- average of 22,362 fans per game for a total son, according to the figures compiled by of 8.5 million spectators in 2014-2015 and Deloitte, the multinational consulting firm, the trend has been downward ever since. placing it well ahead of the Premier League The following season the figure with 36,163 fans per match over the same dropped to 20,894 and despite a campaign season. The Bundesliga topped the following the successful hosting of Euro European table of fan support with the 2016 to attract more fans into the stadiums, Premier League next, followed by Spain’s La attendance is still falling, down more than Liga a distant third. five percent this season with eight matches In France and Italy fans are staying away played. Rising ticket prices and security in droves, with an alarming drop in support fears following a string of attacks by for the game, notably in France, a World extremist groups in France are among fac- Cup winner in 1998 and host of Euro 2016. tors keeping fans away. Billions in broadcasting revenue has Didier Quillot, secretary general of Ligue flooded the coffers of English Premier 1, said the state of emergency still in effect League clubs allowing the likes of following the extremist attacks is a key fac- Manchester United and others to splash tor. “The whole leisure sector is down,” he out in total a record 1.165 billion pounds said. Marseille are emblematic of the LONDON: This file photo taken on May 15, 2016 shows Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger waving to the fans following the English ($1.54 billion/1.39 billion euros) to attract French problems. The new Velodrome sta- Premier League football match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 15, 2016. Arsene Wenger would be big names ahead of this season. dium has drawn average crowds of 30,290 an “ideal” manager for England but should remain with Arsenal beyond the end of this season, the club’s former star Robert Pires told AFP yes- In overall terms, the Premier League is this season against 53,130 in 2014-15. terday. The Frenchman, 66, has been linked with the England manager’s job following Sam Allardyce’s departure, but Pires hopes he will stay at still number one in Europe with 13.7 million Italy’s Serie A lagged in fifth place, with the Emirates Stadium a little longer. — AFP fans attending matches against 13 million 8.2 million fans turning out at an average of for the German league. 21,586 per match. Ticket prices and tele- But the Premier League has 20 clubs vised coverage of games are cited as rea- playing 380 matches a season against 306 sons but also the poor state of Italian stadi- for the Bundesliga, with its 18 clubs. The ums, about half of which date back to Italy expect vengeful, disparity translates into significantly higher before 1949. In contrast, Premier League attendance per match in Germany. For La clubs have been pouring fortunes into Liga-still home to world football’s biggest facilities and Arsenal, Leicester City, Hull, stars in Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid Manchester City, Southampton, Swansea and Lionel Messi at Barcelona— 9.8 million and West Ham all boast stadiums built over ‘more motivated’ Spain fans attended matches in the same season, the past 15 years. Liverpool recently great- at an average gate of 25,734. Last season, ly upgraded Anfield while Tottenham are MILAN: Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci Italy and Spain’s direct encounters take on spe- ance. “It won’t be enough to play well 60 percent and for the first time in its history, Spanish building a new home and Chelsea are plan- expects a “more motivated” Spain to come seek- cial importance. of the time, it has to be 99 percent.” football drew more than 10 million fans in ning to do the same. — AFP ing revenge for their early exit at Euro 2016 And if Ventura ever needed reminding, Real Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez and when the sides meet in a mouthwatering 2018 Busquets added: “It’s not a decisive match for Manchester United’s Ander Herrera have been World Cup qualifier in Turin today. either of us, but it is important to fight for the added to the Spain squad in recent days, with Italy host ‘La Roja’ at Juventus Stadium in top spot, especially as we’re the strongest sides Bayern Munich’s Javi Martinez having withdrawn what is their first meeting since Spain’s 2-0 last- in the group.” due to injury. — AFP 16 defeat to the Azzurri at the Stade de France in Ventura, who suffered a 3-1 friendly defeat to June ended their hopes of a record third consec- France on his maiden outing as Italy coach, is utive European Championship crown. under no illusions as he prepares to face off Both have since undergone coaching against a coach who, he says, has given Spain Matches on TV changes, Giampiero Ventura replacing Antonio fresh energy and conviction. Conte at the Italy helm and Julen Lopetegui (Local Timings) stepping in for Vicente del Bosque. ROMAGNOLI SET TO START While Spain put eight unanswered goals past “They’re the strongest opponents in the WORLD CUP 2018 minnows Liechtenstein in their opening Group G group,” he said. “Since Lopetegui took over EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS qualifier in Leon last month, 10-man Italy they’ve changed the way they play, and their returned from Israel with the points from a bat- approach to games. He’s given them an adrena- Italy V Spain 21:45 tling 3-1 win in Haifa. line boost, and conviction. Abu Dhabi SPORTS 4 HD In his second competitive game in charge, “It’s a delicate game for us, an important test.” Turkey V Ukraine 21:45 after succeeding now-Chelsea manager Conte After Spain, Italy face Macedonia away on Abu Dhabi SPORTS 5 HD during the summer, Ventura is under pressure to Sunday in the midst of a hectic period for many Iceland V Finland 21:45 deliver. And Bonucci warned: “We’re expecting a members of his squad with their clubs. Abu Dhabi SPORTS 7 HD different Spain side with respect to the one we Ventura complained: “I’m going to have play- Ireland V Georgia 21:45 faced at the Euros. They will have fresh motiva- ers who will have played seven games in the Abu Dhabi SPORTS 2 HD tion, they’ll be in a new state of mind and look- space of 20 days.” Kosovo V Croatia 21:45 ing to avenge their Euro 2016 defeat. He is expected to deploy Shandong Luneng Abu Dhabi SPORTS 6 HD “We have to step up a gear with respect to striker Graziano Pelle and Eder of Inter Milan in NATAL: Brazil’s football team player Neymar takes part in a training session at the how we played against Israel.” attack in a preferred 3-5-2. WORLD CUP 2018 - Arena Dunas stadium in Natal, Brazil on Tuesday. Brazil will face Bolivia in a FIFA Asked if Spain were favourites, he added: Ventura’s all-Juventus ‘BBC’ defence will be ASIA CUP 2019 QUALIFYING World Cup Russia 2018 qualifier match today. — AFP “Totally, yes. And if we’re to upset predictions without Giorgio Chiellini as he serves a suspen- we’ll have to play like we did at the Euros, with sion after seeing red against Israel, meaning Japan V Iraq 13:35 pace, commitment and by being clinical in front Andrea Barzagli and Leonardo Bonucci should beIN SPORTS 2 HD Rooney tired of debate of goal.” Barcelona and Spain midfielder Sergio welcome AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli into the South Korea V Qatar 14:00 Busquets admitted Tuesday: “At the Euros we back three. Despite the relative youthfulness of beIN SPORTS 1 HD over his best position made a few slips but now it is time for revenge. Italy, Spain coach Lopetegui suggested: “Italy are China V Syria 14:35 Qualification for the World Cup is at stake here.” difficult opponents because they have top indi- beIN SPORTS 3 HD Expectations that Spain and Italy will stick to vidual players but also a collective strength Uzbekistan V Iran 16:00 LONDON: Wayne Rooney has promised to IRRITATION the form book and take maximum points from that’s based on years of experience. beIN SPORTS 2 HD accept whatever role England manager Rooney’s clear irritation at the constant remaining home and away fixtures against “They’ve had their own way of working for a UAE V Thailand 19:00 Gareth Southgate wants him to play after questions compounds a difficult time for Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Israel and Albania long time now, I don’t think the change of coach beIN SPORTS 1 HD admitting he is tired of the debate about the 30-year-old at club level. remain high. will affect them.” Saudi Arabia V Australia 20:45 his best position. Named on the bench for United’s last With only the group winners progressing But Ventura countered: “I’m pretty convinced beIN SPORTS 2 HD Rooney has spent the best days of his three matches, he arrives on England duty automatically to the finals in Russia, that means that to win, we’ll need a special kind of perform- glittering career as a striker, but he was in the unusual position of looking for game deployed in midfield by then England boss time. “Of course you want to play as a foot- Roy Hodgson at Euro 2016 after finishing baller player but it is my job, I love football last season with Manchester United in the and I love being involved with the team,” he same position. said. “Obviously I’m not starting at the Jose Mourinho’s arrival at United to moment at Manchester United but I have replace Louis van Gaal has seen Rooney to work hard to try to get back in the team shifted back to a more attacking berth. and the starting line-up, which I’m doing, However, the England captain often posi- and when I get my chance I have to take it. tioned himself in a deep-lying role in last “But again I’m fully supportive of the month’s World Cup qualifier against team and the players, the manager and Slovakia. That was the only match for Manchester United. England manager Sam Allardyce before his “Of course I want to be involved but the shock departure last week and, with inter- most important thing is that we win.” im boss Southgate preparing to name his Rooney’s desire for team success is just side for Saturday’s qualifier against Malta, the same at international level, where Rooney has been quizzed about his pre- Southgate will be leaning on him to lead ferred role once again. during this unstable period. “I don’t know, it’s a question for Gareth,” Understandably pleased to have been a visibly annoyed Rooney told reporters on kept on as captain by his former interna- Tuesday. “The question of where I’m going tional team-mate, Rooney hopes to repay to play... it’s getting a bit tired the question the manager with strong performances of whether I’m going to play as a striker, in against Malta and Slovenia over the next midfield or as a number 10. “I’ve answered week. “Of course we have to come here and that question many times and it’s the same be prepared to do our job,” Rooney said. “In answer: I’ll play wherever the manager terms of starting again, I’m not sure. We wants me to play. need to build on the three points we got in “I don’t pick myself, I haven’t picked the last game. myself ever and I will play to instructions. “We have to concentrate on the football, “I’m sure the instructions from Gareth, which I’m sure we will have no problem whether it’s to play or not to play, are doing and the other side of it is not our instructions I will carry out to the best of issue or anything for us to be concerned TUBIZE: Belgium’s players take part in a training session of Belgian national soccer team Red Devils, yesterday in Tubize ahead of the 2018 FIFA my ability.” about.” —AFP World Cup qualifying football matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina on tomorrow and Gibraltar on October 10.— AFP Ghana looks to CONCACAF says revive sprinting well placed to culture handle 48-team 16 2026 World Cup THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 18 Rebel fire kills swimmer with ‘big dreams’ in Syria’s Aleppo Page 17

OAKLAND: Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin (32) looks to pass away from Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, during thefirst half of a pre-season NBA basketball game, Tuesday, in Oakland, Calif. — AP Embiid, Saric debut, 76ers begin without Simmons

OAKLAND: The Philadelphia 76ers finally had utes off the bench. ... TJ McConnell scored 13 Kerr called for better rebounding and it was an Young added 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Washington with 16 points in its first game some good news as they deal with the bad points. ... Brandon Paul led the 76ers with 15. ... improvement from Golden State’s four-point Jeff Teague scored 10 points in their presea- under Scott Brooks. ... Former Jazz guard news of Ben Simmons’ injury. And Golden State Nik Stauskas missed all four shots, all from 3- loss Saturday to Toronto in Vancouver during son debuts for Indiana. Teague started and Trey Burke had 14 points, starting at point fans got to see just how explosive their team point range. Al Horford had eight points and which the Warriors were outrebounded 58-42. played 26 minutes. Young and Jefferson both guard while John Wall remains out while looks with Kevin Durant in the lineup. Durant eight rebounds in his first game since leaving Los Angeles (0-1) hosts Toronto and coach Doc played 18 minutes ... Paul George had 11 recovering from surgeries. ... Bradley Beal fin- had 21 points, seven rebounds, seven assists Atlanta for Boston. ... No. 3 pick Jaylen Brown Rivers said he prefers back-to-backs to clear out points and seven rebounds in 24 minutes. ... ished with 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting. and two blocked shots in an impressive first finished with eight points. ... All-Star Isaiah more time for practice. Golden State (1-1) takes Joe Young scored 12 points in 20 minutes and Miami (1-0) faces Minnesota on Saturday in home game with Golden State, leading the Thomas, Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder all on Sacramento today in San Jose. fellow reserve Rodney Stuckey scored 11 in 21 Kansas City, Missouri. Washington (0-1) visits Warriors to a 120-75 rout of the Los Angeles scored 11. Philadelphia (1-0) hosts Washington minutes. ... Indiana outscored New Orleans 58- Philadelphia today. Clippers on Tuesday night. Earlier, Joel Embiid today. Boston (0-1) faces Charlotte today in ROCKETS 130, KNICKS 103 28 in the paint. Sixth overall draft choice and Dario Saric made successful NBA debuts in Greensboro, North Carolina. Derrick Rose had 16 points and five assists in Buddy Hield scored 18 points in 29 minutes LAKERS 103, KINGS 84 the 76ers’ 92-89 exhibition victory over the his Knicks debut. He is now expected to leave the off the bench after scoring 19 points in his No. 2 pick Brandon Ingram missed all five Boston Celtics in Amherst, Massachusetts. The WARRIORS 120, CLIPPERS 75 team and travel to Los Angeles, where his rape preseason debut on Saturday ... Anthony Davis field goal attempts, four from 3-point range, 76ers waited more than two years to get the Chris Paul, who along with Blake Griffin was trial began earlier Tuesday . ... Kristaps Porzingis scored 12 points and blocked two shots in 18 and finished with two points in 27 minutes in 2014 lottery selections in uniform and they lost early in the playoffs, had five fouls and one led the Knicks with 22 points. ... Carmelo Anthony minutes but made only three of 13 shots while Anaheim, California. ... The Lakers scored 39 both started Tuesday. Embiid, who had been point in 13 minutes in the preseason opener. He scored 10 on 4-for-13 shooting. ... Joakim Noah going 6 of 8 on free throws. ... Newly acquired points in the fourth quarter of their first game sidelined by foot injuries since Philadelphia missed his three shot attempts. Griffin had six sat out with a sore hamstring. James Harden had forward Terrence Jones, who was Davis’ team- under Luke Walton. ... Lou Williams scored 15 took him with the No. 3 selection, had six points points, six rebounds and five fouls. He was hit 28 points and 11 assists. ... Ryan Anderson went 7 mate on Kentucky’s 2012 national champi- points but fellow guard D’Angelo Russell had in 13 minutes. Saric, who continued playing in with a technical at the 8:44 mark of the third for 13 from 3-point range, finishing with 26 points onship team, scored 10 points in 24 minutes. only four on 2-of-8 shooting. ... Former lottery Europe after he was selected by Orlando with quarter. ... Former Warriors big man Marreese and seven rebounds. ... A game after scoring 72 Indiana (1-0) hosts Chicago today. New pick Yi Jianlian of China played three minutes the 12th pick and then dealt to Philadelphia, Speights received a special tribute of highlights points in the first half against the Shanghai Orleans (1-1) travels to China to play Houston and missed his lone shot in his first game back had 10 points and six rebounds in 18 minutes. on the main scoreboard and a “WELCOME BACK Sharks, the Rockets shredded the Knicks for 68 by in Shanghai on Sunday. in the NBA. Sacramento had only 32 points in Unfortunately for the 76ers, they don’t know MO!” message. He pounded his chest and halftime. ... Houston was 20 for 42 from 3-point the second half of its first game under Dave when Simmons will be able to join them. The smiled in appreciation at the gesture. Speights range. ... The Rockets were departing after the HEAT 106, WIZARDS 95 Joerger. ... DeMarcus Cousins had 11 points No. 1 overall pick had surgery to repair a broken was a bright spot, scoring 14 points off the game for China, where they were scheduled to Hassan Whiteside had 20 points, 13 and six rebounds in just 15 minutes. ... Arron bone in his right foot Tuesday and there is no bench. Durant hit a 3-pointer for the night’s first face New Orleans in two games. New York (0-1) rebounds and three blocked shots. He had 16 Afflalo, who spent last season with the Knicks, timetable yet for his return. points. ... Klay Thompson scored 30 points with hosts Brooklyn on Saturday. Houston (2-0) faces points on 7-of-8 shooting in the first quarter led Sacramento with 14 points. ... Rookie Skal six 3s and two-time reigning NBA MVP Stephen New Orleans on Sunday in Shanghai. and finished 9 for 12. ... Justise Winslow and Labissiere was scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting in 76ers 92, CELTICS 89 Curry contributed 14 points and five assists. ... Dion Waiters both scored 12 points. ... Luke 15 minutes. Los Angeles (1-0) hosts Denver Nerlens Noel, the other young big man in Thompson shot 10 for 14 and 6 of 9 from long PACERS 113, PELICANS 96 Babbitt was 4 for 5 behind the arc and fin- tomorrow. Sacramento (0-1) faces Golden the 76ers’ frontcourt, had six points in 17 min- range, playing 21-plus minutes. ... Coach Steve Al Jefferson scored 14 points, Thaddeus ished with 14 points. Kelly Oubre led State in San Jose, California today. —AP Sharapova’s ex-boyfriend says she deserved ban

BEIJING: Maria Sharapova’s ex- month ban for testing positive for mel- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov yesterday donium. The suspension was cut to 15 how it handled the ban on meldonium, suggested she deserved her ban from months on Tuesday after an appeal to which has allowed athletes to escape tennis for a doping offence, an incident the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), suspensions. that has sent shockwaves through the meaning Sharapova can return to action “With everything that’s gone on this sport. next April. year with meldonium, obviously there “I think tennis misses her,” the Dimitrov cited the case of world were going to be some issues with that Bulgarian world number 20 said of the number 1,857th Joshua Chetty, who legally,” he added. five-time Grand Slam champion, adding was banned from tennis for life in Sharapova has admitted to taking that he had “zero doubts” she would September for match-fixing offences. meldonium for 10 years for health rea- make a successful return. “It’s never up to me or ITF and all sons, but said she wasn’t aware it had “As a competitor she’s just going to that,” Dimitrov said, referring to punish- been added to WADA’s list of banned come back and she’s going to be so ments of players. “I think throughout the substances in January. hungry to play and excited and motivat- years, these kind of things should have The CAS judgment said Sharapova, ed,” said Dimitrov, who dated the started earlier with examples and all of one of the most marketable female ath- Russian superstar for two years until that.” World number two Andy Murray letes in any sport, was not an “intention- they split in July 2015. also said that Sharapova deserved to be al doper” but that she also “bore some But he added: “If you do something, I suspended, echoing comments he degree of fault”. mean obviously there are circum- made earlier in the year when the case Both Murray and Dimitrov are cur- stances. And whoever does something was first made public. rently in Beijing for the China Open. deserves what he gets for sure.” “Maria competed at the Australian Dimitrov booked his place in the second Dimitrov was responding to a ques- Open whilst using a banned drug, and round on Wednesday by beating tion about an interview in which then deserves a suspension. The time of American Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-7 (7/9) 6- Sharapova accused the International the suspension, that’s not up to me,” 4, while Murray overpowered Andrey Tennis Federation (ITF) of trying to make Murray told reporters in Beijing. Kuznetsov in two sets to reach the quar- an example of her by giving her a 24- The Scot had previously criticised the ter finals. — AFP Maria Sharapova and ex-boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov (right). Tesco improving amid British supermarket war Page 22

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RIYADH: A Saudi salesman adjusts diamonds pendants at his jewelry shop in Tiba market. —AFP Rough times for Saudi retail Government spending cuts hurting economy

RIYADH: Diamonds glitter in the display cas- Other allowances including for hazardous ed subsidy cuts and a slowdown in govern- cent over the past two years, he said, partly taken a “bold decision”. es of Saddam Al-Yafae’s shop, but the busi- work will be cancelled, amended or suspend- ment projects as the administration tries to blaming the underground Metro transit line Hadi Al-Osaimi, 39, a teacher, said Saudis ness has lost its sparkle. He and other retail- ed. The highest ranks of government were diversify the economy. Even before the cuts being built outside. should stop splurging on things like parties ers in Saudi Arabia say sales were already not spared either as King Salman chopped to civil service bonuses, economists had not- for weddings and newborn babies. “Let’s not down-along with the kingdom’s oil revenues- the salaries of ministers by 20 percent, which ed a slowdown in consumer spending and ‘No money’ forget the extravagance of travelling over- and cuts to civil service benefits announced the Saudi Gazette said amounts to 10,350 economic growth. “Fiscal austerity has inflict- Cuts to government bonuses are adding seas, and shopping at high-end outlets,” he last week only add to their gloom. “In com- riyals ($2,760) each per month. Top officials ed a lot of pain on the economy,” London- to the woes, as customers cite the latest aus- said. In a report Monday, the Saudi firm parison to last year, this period is very weak,” will no longer be given cars, and telephone based analysts Capital Economics said in ear- terity for their reluctance to buy. “No money, Jadwa Investment said ATM cash withdrawals says Yafae, a salesman at Al-Abdoul Wahab expenditures will be curbed. ly September. “We are over-stocked because my friend,” he said they have told him. Some and point-of-sale transactions “have shown for Jewellery in central Riyadh. sales are down,” says an expatriate rug seller, government workers contacted by AFP signs of weakness in 2016, and public sector Sales used to come easily, he says, an array ‘A lot of pain’ whose offerings hang from ceiling to floor declined to talk about the reduction in workers’ allowance reductions will likely push of silver and diamond creations behind him. The 150 members of the Shura Council, with price tags of several hundred riyals. bonuses. Those who did said they accepted down consumption patterns in coming But this morning there are no customers, and appointed to advise the cabinet, will see a Outside, a customer haggles over a small the cuts and would adapt. “I will redo the months.” Yafae has time to chat. “There’s a lot less 15-percent drop in their allowances for floor mat. He ends up paying 50 riyals. Next family budget,” said Musa Mohammed, 41. In July, food prices fell for the first time in work, especially with these decisions,” he housing, furniture and vehicles. That door, a South Asian rug dealer says business Khalid Al-Bishi, 35, another civil servant, six years and they are expected to continue says, referring to the government spending amounts to almost 4,000 riyals monthly per was much better three or four years ago. said it’s time to “stand with our country” and downward, Jadwa said. Abdullah Al-Sadoun, cuts. “It’s getting worse and worse.” On member, Saudi Gazette said. Since 2014 Further down Olaya Street a merchant selling reduce spending at home. “We will make do a Shura Council member, said he and his fel- September 26 the cabinet imposed a wage global oil prices have collapsed by more phone cards, batteries, stereo speakers and with the basics,” he said. Others see a lot of low members are glad to be targeted by the freeze on the civil service, which makes up than half, leaving Saudi Arabia with a record cables said “the situation (is) very bad”. He did room for adjustment. “Saudi families weren’t cuts in a step to reforming the economy. the bulk of the kingdom’s workforce. It elimi- deficit last year. not want to be named out of concern he saving and leaned towards luxuries,” Majdi “We’ve been addicted to oil for the last 50 nated their annual pay hike of three to five The shortfall in the kingdom’s main rev- could be forced from the country for speak- Damanhori, 45, who works for a private com- years,” he told AFP. “To spend it the way we’ve percent and capped overtime pay. enue source had already led to unprecedent- ing critically. Business is down almost 25 per- pany, said adding that the government has been doing is very bad.” —AFP

Turkey’s love for rating Saudi gains as crude firms but UAE, Qatar stumble agencies face Fitch test MIDEAST STOCKS DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s petrochemi- term large capex requirements. Builder Al Khodari jumped 4.0 broke technical support on the percent in active trade after it said August and September lows of ISTANBUL: Turkey’s love affair with three main agencies that still ranks the cal stocks rallied yesterday after Double-digit cash flow yield it had signed a contract with min- 3,430-3,442 points, which became international credit agencies - if it ever country investment grade. Turkish Brent crude oil firmed over $51 a should support the high single- er Maaden to construct an alu- immediate resistance. Losers out- existed - is already over and its banks banks have used Fitch’s rating as the barrel, while Egypt climbed for a digit dividend yield.” They rate the minum producing facility for 49 numbered gainers 23 to three. may rein in lending yet more if the last benchmark to calculate their risk- third straight session as investors stock a “buy” with a target of 53.00 million riyals ($13.1 million). In Builder Drake and Scull dropped of the big firms, Fitch, downgrades the weighted assets, used to determine anticipated approval of its riyals. Egypt, the index of the 30 most 3.8 percent and DXB country’s rating to “junk”. President whether they have set aside enough International Monetary Fund loan NCB also upgraded National valuable shares gained 2.1 per- Entertainments, which is due to Tayyip Erdogan has long criticized the capital to withstand shocks. program. Riyadh’s stock index Petrochemical to “overweight” cent, taking its rise for the week to open its theme parks in Dubai this agencies, most recently when Moody’s The agency already has Turkey on a closed up 1.1 percent as the petro- with a price target of 17.30 riyals, 6.2 percent. Egyptian Resorts was month, lost 1.3 percent. followed Standard and Poor’s last month negative outlook and analysts think a chemical sub-index rose 3.4 per- citing greater efficiency following the top gainer in the index, jump- Banks weighed on Abu Dhabi’s in removing Turkey’s investment grade downgrade from BBB-, the lowest cent with all 14 listed producers a two-month shutdown and ing 5.5 percent. Many investors stock index, which closed 0.4 per- rating. He will have another opportunity investment grade, is possible. This advancing. Yanbu National attractive valuations. SICO upgrad- think Egypt’s $12 billion IMF loan cent lower. Union National Bank to vent his feelings if Fitch does the would push up borrowing costs while Petrochemicals (Yansab) jumped ed the stock too, to “buy” with a program may be finalized in the retreated 3.7 percent and First Gulf same when it reviews its BBB- sovereign prompting commercial banks to trim 5.9 percent to 46.80 riyals and target of 19.00 riyals. Saudi next few weeks. Egypt’s deputy Bank lost 0.9 percent. Qatar’s rating in early 2017. lending as they move to shore up their National Petrochemical surged 8.2 Arabia’s three top telecommunica- finance minister told Reuters yes- index edged down 0.2 percent. “I love rating agencies and they love balance sheets, sending ripples through percent to 15.15 riyals. tions stocks were mixed in a sec- terday the IMF would discuss Mobile operator Ooredoo led the me,” Erdogan said with sarcasm last the banking and financial sectors. Analysts at NCB Capital said in a ond straight session of heavy trade Egypt’s loan at a “future” executive falls, closing down 0.8 percent. week, accusing Moody’s of being politi- Turkey’s economy weathered the note that Yansab was one of their after the government said it would board meeting, not at its annual Kuwait’s National Investments Co cal with its downgrade on Sept. 24, Moody’s downgrade without too many top picks in the sector because of provide operators with “unified meeting this week. jumped 5.7 percent after it said it which followed a lowering of Turkey’s difficulties, but Prime Minister Binali superior efficiency and low debt licenses” allowing them to offer a was appointed to execute the pur- outlook after a failed military in coup in Yildirim acknowledged on Tuesday that levels. They maintained an “over- full range of services. Zain Saudi UAE underperforms chase of a majority stake in Kuwait July. “Put a few cents in their pockets the failed coup had taken a toll, prompt- weight” rating on the stock with a rose 4.7 percent, taking its gain Dubai’s index pulled back 1.3 Food Co on behalf of one of its and get the rating you want, this is how ing the government to revise its year- price target of 50.40 riyals. over two days to 14.8 percent. Its percent to 3,362 points, its lowest clients. Kuwait Food rose 0.8 per- they work,” he said. Fitch’s influence end growth forecast to 3.2 percent from Analysts at Bahrain’s SICO said: chief competitor Saudi Telecom close in 12 weeks. It turned techni- cent, and the general market index remains high as the only one of the 4.5 percent. —Reuters “Yansab is in a strong position as it retreated 2.3 percent and Mobily is now a ‘cash cow’ with no near- fell 0.8 percent. cally bearish on Monday when it edged up 0.04 percent. —Retuers THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 BUSINESS Markaz: GCC markets fall despite rising oil prices

KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre “Markaz” recently weighted index rising by 1.3%. The S&P GCC also fol- October 2016, constitute the first pay cuts for gov- released its Monthly Market Research report. In this lowed suit, declining by close to 4% in the month of ernment employees, who make up about two-thirds report, Markaz examines and analyzes the perform- September, and closing at 87 points. of working Saudi population. According to the ance of equity markets in the MENA region as well as The report added that although the oil price rose announcement, housing and car allowances for the global equity markets for the month of by over 4%, on the back of the OPEC agreement to members of the appointed Shoura Council will be September. limit crude output, Saudi index fell considerably after cut by 15%. Overtime bonuses are to be curbed at The report stated that GCC bourses continued to the Saudi government announced that it was reduc- between 25 and 50% of basic salaries, while annual stumble in the month of September, despite the oil ing salaries and allowances for public sector employ- Saudi Fransi, National Commercial Bank and Samba leave may no longer exceed 30 days. Oman has price touching USD 50 per barrel. Saudi’s TASI index ees. Many investors believe that additional austerity Financial Group. SEC also announced plans in August launched a combined USD 1.5bn tap of its June 2021 shed 7.5%, followed by Qatar (5%) and Egypt (3.5%). steps, such as new fees or taxes on the kingdom’s to privatize its assets by the end of the year, as part and June 2026 bonds. The five-year tranche will raise Saudi Arabia’s stock market went deep into red over large workforce of foreigners, could also be of a drive to increase efficiency in the kingdom’s utili- USD 500mn at 230bps over Treasuries, while the 10- fears that the government could introduce more approved soon. Middle East fund managers have ties. A few of the large cap stocks in the Qatar index year note will be for USD 1bn at plus 315bps. Oman austerity measures to curb a big budget deficit turned negative towards Saudi Arabian equities for were included in the FTSE’s Russell emerging market is rated Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P. caused by low oil prices. Despite addition of 22 the next three months because of the anticipated index in August. Investors cashed in on the gains stocks in the FTSE’s secondary emerging market austerity policies. post inclusion as a few stocks’ values retreated, with Oil market review index, across the board profit booking in Qatar and Blue Chips also had a negative month, with Saudi Ezdan Holdings featuring among them. Anticipation Brent crude rose USD 2.02 per barrel in the month declining Producer’s Price Index (PPI), led to the Electric Company (SEC) and Ezdan Holdings (Qatar) of Zain’s first unified telecommunications license to of September, after the OPEC members struck a deal index falling by 5% last month. ending the month at the bottom of the pile, losing operate in Saudi Arabia, led to increase in share price to limit crude output. This is the first agreement to cut Speculation over possible further devaluation of 12.5% and 10.6%, respectively. Zain (Kuwait) and in the month of September. production, since 2008, and the deal will be finalized the Egyptian pound, due to expected floatation of Kuwait Food Co. witnessed a gain of 4.7% and 3.3%, at its policy meeting in November. The group reached the currency in the market, led to increased volatility respectively. SEC signed a USD 1.3bn Islamic loan in Saudi cuts public sector wages an agreement to limit its production within a range of in the Egyptian markets, as the country’s main index September, after having already secured loans worth Saudi Arabia cut ministers’ salaries by 20%, and 32.5m-33m million barrels per day (bpd) in talks held declined 3.5% in September. Morocco was the top USD 3.8bn earlier this year. The company claims that scaled back financial perks for public sector employ- on the sidelines of the 26-28 September International performing market in September, rising by 1.8%, this new loan will be used towards supporting its ees in one of the most drastic measures taken by the Energy Forum in Algiers. At the month end, Brent while Kuwait indices had a mixed month, with the projects’ capital expenditure needs. The murabaha energy-rich kingdom to save money, at a time when crude had risen 4.3% to close at USD 49 per barrel, price index falling marginally by 0.4%, and the loan was supplied by three local banks: Banque oil prices are sub-par. The measures, effective from which represents a YTD increase of close of 32%.

US businesses add fewest jobs in 5 months: Survey

WASHINGTON: US businesses added that the government’s jobs report, to be 154,000 jobs in September, the slowest released Friday, will show a gain of 175,000 pace of hiring since April, a private survey jobs, according to data provider FactSet. found. Payroll processor ADP said yesterday The unemployment rate is expected to that manufacturers cut jobs for the eighth remain 4.9 percent. straight month and professional and busi- The government’s figures show that ness services, which includes high-paying employers added an average of 229,000 jobs such as accountants and engineers, jobs a month last year. Through the first added the fewest jobs in five months. eight months of this year, that has slowed The modest job gain adds to other to an average of 182,000. Still, gains at that recent evidence that hiring is slowing after pace are enough to lower the unemploy- several years of strong increases. ment rate over time. Mark Zandi, chief Businesses added 175,000 jobs in August, economist for Moody’s Analytics, which ADP’s report said, and 196,000 in July. helps compile the ADP figures, says the Recent economic data has painted a mixed slowdown has occurred mostly because picture of the economy. Consumer spend- the unemployment rate is low and employ- ing slipped in August to its lowest level ers have fewer people out of work to since March, yet consumer confidence has choose from. jumped to a nine-year high. Zandi expects the monthly gains will US manufacturing expanded in continue to slow, however, until they September, after contracting in August, match the growth of the adult population, according to a survey by the Institute for which is about 85,000 a month. The Federal Supply Management, a trade group. New Reserve is closely monitoring the job mar- orders and production jumped, but that ket as it considers whether to raise the SUNBURY: This file photo taken on April 22, 2015 shows a woman as she carries her purchases in plasctic shopping bags outside aTesco super- survey also found that manufacturers are short-term interest rate it controls for the market. — AFP still cutting jobs. The ADP data cover only first time this year. The job gains are private businesses and often diverge from healthy enough to justify a rate increase in Tesco rings up improving results the official figures. Economists forecast December, Zandi said. — AP

amid British supermarket war Egypt’s non-oil business activity Impressed investors send share prices soaring slowdown stretches to one year

LONDON: Troubled British supermarket giant which posted a record loss in 2014/2015. He has gration of Argos, and Morrisons’ partnerships with CAIRO: Business activity in Egypt shrank rency and a value-added tax adopted Tesco, the nation’s biggest retailer, rang up since launched a deep cost-cutting drive and sold Amazon and Ocado.” For its part, Aldi had for the 12th consecutive month in recently as part of economic reforms improving earnings yesterday in the face of fierce a series of assets, and outlined fresh plans yester- announced last week that it would ramp up its September, with output declining the had combined to push up prices and competition, particularly from German-owned day to slash costs by another £1.5 billion ($1.9 bil- British expansion, unaffected by the shock Brexit most in five months and a weakening weigh on growth. “While many of the discounters Aldi and Lidl. Tesco, which is recover- lion, 1.7 billion euros) over the next three years. referendum, with a £300-million investment to currency pushing up prices, a survey economic reforms expected in Q4 will ing from an accounting scandal, revealed in a “Tesco has invested heavily in reducing prices revamp stores. yesterday found. The Emirates NBD ultimately prove beneficial for long- results statement that it had slashed net losses in in the last two years, and has gradually reduced Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) term stability, in the near term they the first half of its current financial year, and post- its customer exodus to the discounters Aldi and ‘Playing discounters at own game’ for the non-oil private sector stood at could result in a further deterioration in ed rising underlying earnings-and its third succes- Lidl,” said CMC Markets analyst Jasper Lawler. “Tesco is playing the discounters at their own 46.3 points, down from August’s 47.0 business conditions for the private sec- sive quarter of sales growth-after cutting prices. “Both the German chains are still rapidly gaining game, cutting prices across much of their essen- points and well below the 50 point mark tor,” he added. Investors were impressed, sending Tesco’s market share but less of it is coming from Tesco, tials range,” added Philip Benton, analyst at con- that separates growth from contraction. Headline inflation jumped to 15.5 share price soaring almost 10 percent in morning with Walmart-owned Asda notably falling out of sultancy Euromonitor International. “The retailer “As well as marking a one-year down- percent in August, its highest in nearly trade to top the risers’ board on London’s FTSE favor.” At the same time, Tesco also faces a fast- is still dealing with the threat posed by discoun- turn, the latest reading pointed to an eight years. Egypt is widely expected to 100 index. The firm meanwhile repeated that it changing landscape in Britain’s supermarket sec- ters Aldi and Lidl that will continue to eat up mar- accelerated contraction for the second soon devalue its currency, which offi- was cooperating with a British criminal probe tor. Sainsbury’s completed its £1.4-billion pur- ket share, impacting not only Tesco but its super- straight month,” said Markit, which com- cially trades at 8.78 pounds to the dollar, after three former executives were charged last chase of Home Retail Group, owner of catalogue market rivals too, due to their rapid UK expan- piled the data. to bring it into line with a black market month with fraud and false accounting. In recent chain Argos, in early September. Morrisons has sion.” Tesco added that net losses-or losses after Egypt has struggled to revive its rate that has hovered at around 14 years, Aldi and its rival Lidl have boomed in meanwhile forged a tie-up with Amazon to sell taxation-narrowed sharply to £91 million in the economy since a popular uprising in pounds in recent days. Other expected Britain, grabbing valuable market share from tra- products on the US online giant’s Prime service, 26 weeks to August 27, compared with £365 mil- 2011 drove away investors and tourists, reforms include cuts to the bloated civil ditional supermarkets Asda, Morrisons, while they are also available from online delivery lion a year earlier. Pre-tax profit however slid 28.3 hitting inflows of foreign currency it service and further slashes to subsidies Sainsbury’s and Tesco, as customers tightened service Ocado alongside those from upmarket percent to £71 million in the reporting period, hit needs to import raw materials and in petroleum and electricity. Weaker their belts to save money. Tesco said yesterday it supermarket chain Waitrose. partly by the impact of price cutbacks. In home jumpstart its domestic industries. The output and declines in new business had axed prices by six percent since September “While Tesco continues to lose shopping trips market Britain, sales excluding petrol on a like-for- country reached a preliminary agree- continued to weigh on employment, 2014, in a key turnaround plan spearheaded by to discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, it has man- like basis-which strips out the impact of new floor ment with the International Monetary which dropped for a 16th consecutive chief executive Dave Lewis. aged to offset the decline by gaining share from space-surged 0.9 percent in the second quarter. Fund in August for a three-year $12 bil- month in September, Markit said, other parts of the market, especially Asda,” noted That was the third straight quarterly expansion. lion loan program aimed at plugging its adding: “The rate of job shedding was Turnaround gathers pace Himanshu Pal, vice president at Kantar Retail. Turning to Brexit, Tesco acknowledged there financing gap and stabilizing its curren- only marginally slower than August’s Lewis was parachuted into Tesco-the world’s “However, despite the improved performance, would be “risks and uncertainties” arising from cy market. survey-record.” Egypt’s official unem- third-biggest supermarket chain after France’s Tesco continues to face strong headwinds as Britain’s looming EU exit-but said there would not Jean-Paul Pigat, senior economist at ployment rate was 12.5 percent in the Carrefour and global leader Walmart-in July 2014 competitors ramp up their capabilities-for exam- be a “material adverse impact on the group’s Emirates NBD said the weakening cur- second quarter. — Reuters in a bid to turn around its fortunes at the group, ple Sainsbury’s acquisition and subsequent inte- results” in the current financial year. — AFP

EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 230.990 Nepalese Rupees 3.830 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036891 0.039641 Turkish lira 1005.300 Malaysian Ringgit 73.990 Indian Rupee 0.004253 0.004642 Swiss Franc 311.640 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.695 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 ASIAN COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 233.610 Japanese Yen 0.002916 0.003096 Japanese Yen 2.959 Thai Bhat 9.700 US Dollar Buying 301.400 Turkish Lira 102.000 Kenyan Shilling 0.003108 0.003108 Indian Rupees 4.554 Korean Won 0.000264 0.000279 Pakistani Rupees 2.896 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.070079 0.076079 Srilankan Rupees 2.070 20 Gram 264.390 Bahrain Exchange Company Nepalese Rupee 0.002804 0.002974 Nepali Rupees 2.851 10 Gram 135.120 Pakistan Rupee 0.002740 0.003030 Singapore Dollar 222.090 5 Gram 68.400 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.006237 0.006537 Hongkong Dollar 39.017 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.858 Europe British Pound 0.385950 0.395950 Singapore Dollar 0.217526 0.227526 Philippine Peso 6.284 South African Rand 0.016285 0.024785 Thai Baht 8.765 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.004555 0.016555 Danish Krone 0.041469 0.046469 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001654 0.002234 Euro 0.0333735 0.0342735 Taiwan 0.009493 0.009673 GCC COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Thai Baht 0.008374 0.008921 Saudi Riyal 80.736 Norwegian Krone 0.033267 0.038467 US Dollar 302.450 Romanian Leu 0.083750 0.083750 Qatari Riyal 83.160 Canadian Dollar 229.805 Arab ani Riyal 786.383 Slovakia 0.008997 0.018997 Sterling Pound 392.985 Swedish Krona 0.031355 0.036355 Bahraini Dinar 0.795023 0.803523 Bahraini Dinar 804.040 Euro 340.530 Egyptian Pound 0.024009 0.029127 UAE Dirham 82.430 Swiss Franc 0.305467 0.316467 Swiss Frank 294.247 Turkish Lira 0.097808 0.108108 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 799.545 Iraqi Dinar 0.000182 0.000242 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 82.575 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.422075 0.431075 Egyptian Pound - Cash 29.900 Qatari Riyals 83.785 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.023 Australian Dollar 0.222798 0.234798 Saudi Riyals 81.375 New Zealand Dollar 0.213191 0.222691 Lebanese Pound 0.000146 0.000246 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.215 Jordanian Dinar 426.180 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019737 0.043737 Tunisian Dinar 137.860 Egyptian Pound 33.962 America Nigerian Naira 0.001245 0.001880 Jordanian Dinar 426.950 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.071 Omani Riyal 0.778515 0.784195 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.017 Canadian Dollar 0.224365 0.233365 Indian Rupees 4.527 Georgina Lari 0.136487 0.136487 Qatar Riyal 0.082196 0.083645 Syrian Lira 2.0158 Pakistani Rupees 2.881 Saudi Riyal 0.079500 0.080800 Morocco Dirham 31.587 US Dollars 0.298100 0.302800 Bangladesh Taka 3.848 US Dollars Mint 0.298600 0.302800 Syrian Pound 0.001280 0.001500 Philippines Pesso 6.270 Tunisian Dinar 0.133780 0.141780 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 159.409 Turkish Lira 0.097808 0.108108 US Dollar Transfer 302.600 Asia Japanese Yen 3.985 Bangladesh Taka 0.003299 0.003883 UAE Dirhams 0.080853 0.082553 Euro 340.120 Syrian Pound 2.410 Yemeni Riyal 0.001366 0.001446 Sterling Pound 389.450 Chinese Yuan 0.043770 0.047270 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 BUSINESS

—Photos by Joseph Shagra Arabnet Kuwait Forum 2016 concludes

By Ben Garcia 300 ads now is something. This is how we are moving now in this world, bombarded KUWAIT: The Kuwait market is 97 percent with information. Kuwait’s social media use smartphone saturated, and social media is tak- is very specific to some subjects and specif- ing the nation by storm, Bilal Al-Mourad, ic to people’s need and wants,” he said. Connect Director - Kuwait, Ipsos told Kuwait “Before, we had the top five people endors- Times yesterday, the final day of the Arabnet ing products or brands, but now every seg- conference. Ipsos is a global market research ment has its own people to look into social and consulting firm. Mourad presented the media depending on the products and prospect of social media in Kuwait and how it industry. But we have to be cautious when is actually changing the attitude of many. endorsing products because it comes with According to Bilal, Kuwait is now known as a responsibility. We have a responsibility to social media hub and that Kuwait has the people who believe in our brands,” he said. highest penetration of social media activities From an accountant in the oil sector to among GCC countries compared to Saudi founding and building one of the largest Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. social media companies - ‘Richter’ - “Social media in Kuwait has evolved Mousawi has made quite an impact in the tremendously and everyone is using the tech- business world by understanding the nology. According to our survey, it’s close to 97 essence of what makes products and servic- percent saturation. Kuwaitis love to use es sell, as well as the psychology of trends, Instagram and Twitter, while non-Arab expats creating a bridge between the core values are more on Facebook. Almost everyone is of a business and all its stakeholders. using social media nowadays,” he said. “Nearly Kaswara Al-Khatib, Chairman and CEO, everyone in Kuwait has smartphones too. We UTURN, also capitalized on the social media only saw one percent growth in 2016, the rea- Hassan Al-Mousawi Bilal Al-Mourad trend using online technology. Khatib son being that we have reached the saturation established ‘Made in Saudi Films’, a full- point. Social media is really taking everyone with lesser hassles and safety issues. Elyas has are in Kuwait or the Middle East, you will be “When we look back all these years, we fledged production and postproduction by storm, but technology is evolving quickly. over 10 years of professional experience in located by our GPS. We will take you to the have served millions of people. In Saudi house. In 2011, he founded UTURN, an Maybe in the next couple of years, it will also managing and consulting of software projects, place where you want to go, with a safe and Arabia, women cannot drive, so the service online entertainment network that has die out and another technology will emerge. and advising customers like PepsiCo in the US, reliable transportation service. You do not is very popular - 80 to 85 percent of users grown to become the largest Arabic MPN Technology is really taking us to the next level Vodafone in Malaysia and SABIC in Saudi need to think about any parking issues, and are women. In Kuwait, it will help address with 50 channels under the network, 30 mil- rapidly,” Mourad said. Arabia. can use your mobile phone in the comfort of the ‘3-5 cars’ per family issue, because if you lion followers and subscribers and 2.5 bil- IPSOS was founded in 1975 and has been He founded Enwani in 2012, internationally our cars,” he said. provide better services as we do, these car lion views. publicly traded on the Paris Stock Exchange awarded by France’s Sophia Business Angels as Careem accepts credit cards, cash and oth- owners will maybe use Careem services “We capitalized on the growing trend since July 1, 1999. A self-taught goal getter, the Most Investable Company, which was er payment methods. “We are growing month- instead,” Elyas said. With Careem, all you online and we started with small produc- Mourad’s experience comes from the number acquired by Careem, where Elyas joined as ly by 30 percent. Everyone is busy and wants need to do is choose the car type that best tions. We were slowly being recognized, so one research agency in the region, excelling in cofounder in 2014. Elyas has also cofounded to save time, and everyone needs transporta- suits your needs, then select ‘First, Business we continued to create and innovate with all projects and products, powered by a pro- social tech startups islam.de and waymo.net. tion,” Elyas said. The challenge, according to and Economy’ class cars. Careem automati- new categories. We included various cate- fessional team with great work ethics. “Do it In 2016, Abdulla joined the Saudi Arabian SME Elyas, is government regulators who are not cally locates customers’ addresses using gories for kids, sports, adults and entertain- with passion or not at all!” is his motto. Authority as a board member. yet ready to come up with better regulations GPS. ment for families,” he said. UTURN creates “I founded the company four years ago. It’s for such apps. “This service is new to everyone. content through its own productions, but Careem: Carpooling tech a carpooling app. This is the fastest growing The main challenge mainly is to convince the Social media trend also accepts material from independent Another technology taking everyone by technology company now in the Middle East. government how they can better help us offer Social media is changing the landscape producers. “The company relies heavily on storm is carpooling apps, even as they contin- In Kuwait we launched less than a year ago, these services. The beauty of our service is that of almost all sectors of mass media. Hassan advertising and subscribers who are believ- ue to face regulatory challenges all over the but we are getting customers. We are already we are extremely efficient. The way we oper- Al-Mousawi, Head of Communications - Vice ers in our products,” he said, adding that Middle East. Abdulla Elyas, Careem Co- in 10 countries in the Middle East and have a ate is not known to many yet, but we hope to Chairman’s Office, Zain, said people are people in the Middle East in general are Founder, explained how the company is now presence in over 30 cities. We provide people be able overcome some hindrances,” he bombarded left and right with adverts pop- mature enough in selecting the best pro- being utilized as a means of transportation transportation through the app. Wherever you added. ping up on smartphones. “From 20 earlier to grams and entertainment they desire.

Selling uniforms: Venezuela oil workers feel the pinch MARACAIBO: For decades, jobs at Venezuela’s state-run oil giant PDVSA were coveted for above average salaries, gen- erous benefits and cheap credit that brought home owner- ship and vacationing abroad within reach for many work- ers. Now, in Venezuela’s asphyxiating economy, even PDVSA employees are struggling to pay for everything from food and bus rides to school fees as triple-digit infla- tion eats away incomes. They are pawning goods, maxing out credit cards, tak- ing side jobs, and even selling PDVSA uniforms to buy food, according to Reuters’ interviews with two dozen workers, family members, and union leaders. “Every day a Breakthrough offers, discounts PDVSA worker comes to sell his overall,” said Elmer, a hawk- er at the biggest market in the oil city of Maracaibo, as for clients only on KFHOnline shoppers eyed pricey rice and flour imported from neigh- boring Colombia. “They also sell boots, trousers, gloves and KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) offers and simply browse all discounts before mak- masks.” its clients vast array of offers and discounts ing a purchasing decision which would offer The bulk of PDVSA’s roughly 150,000 workers make on different shopping outlets accessible on the customer the advantage and benefits of from $35 to $150 a month plus some $90 dollars in food its application KFHOnline through new saving more. tickets, as calculated at the black market exchange rate. It innovative features; Outlets, Offers & Moreover, the ‘Offers & Services’ feature is still more than many Venezuelans, but not enough, Services as part of its ongoing efforts to delivers the customer a more interactive employees say. “Sometimes we let the kids sleep in until offer best customer service, while providing experience, where they can view the latest noon to save on breakfast,” said a maintenance worker who seamless advantages to its customers in a weekly offers and monthly promotions pre- works on the shores of Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela’s tradi- truly high-end banking experience. sented from KFH. It doesn’t stop there as tional oil-producing area near the Colombian border. He Those features enable customers to con- this section is set up in a way to convenient- said he has lost five kilos (11 lb) this year because of veniently brows through their favorite ly present videos of product reviews from scrimping on food. brands by interest & category in a more visu- multiple brands and the ability to deploy The toll of the economic crisis is fueling worker disillu- al and interactive oriented style, listing all state-of-the-art interactive surveys that can sionment, absenteeism, and a brain drain and is hurting the discounts and offers via KFH cards. be used to gather insights from customers efficiency in the industry which produces more than 90 Hence the best way to benefit from this fea- about their favorite brands, products and percent of Venezuela’s export revenue. “Most of us aren’t as ture is to access it prior to login into the app, even banking services in general. productive as we used to be, because we’re more focused on how to survive economically,” said the maintenance worker, speaking on condition of anonymity as he said he feared reprisals. That adds to a wide array of problems German car sales see caused by a cash shortfall - from underinvestment and part shortages to poor maintenance, theft and insufficient big jump in September imports for blending. As a result, the OPEC member’s oil output tumbled this year, dealing another blow to the unpopular government FRANKFURT: German new car sales which in September 2015 admitted to of leftist President Nicolas Maduro, already under pressure increased sharply in September for the installing software to cheat emissions due to low international oil prices. PDVSA, which did not second month in a row, official data tests on 11 million cars worldwide- respond to a request for comment for this story, says its showed yesterday. The KBA transport retained the biggest share of the German employees are happy and state television regularly shows authority recorded 298,002 new cars on market at 19.5 percent for its own-brand- crowds of cheering PDVSA workers in red overalls. The the road in September, an increase of 9.4 ed cars. That put this September’s figure company talks of a right-wing media campaign to discredit percent over the same month in 2015. 1.7 percent higher than the same month late leader Hugo Chavez’s “21st century Socialism.” “While September’s figure follows a big increase in 2015, at 58,000 vehicles. But over the PDVSA does not escape the (oil) price situation, its work- of 8.3 percent reported by the KBA in whole year to September VW’s sales force remains intact and ready to generate initiatives to August. remained 1.0 percent lower than last boost major projects,” it said recently. —Reuters Scandal-hit manufacturer Volkswagen- year. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 BUSINESS Asia stocks down as policy fears return

HONG KONG: Expectations the US will hike September, while trading floors gear up ahead there was an “informal consensus” that it won, Indonesian rupiah and Malaysian ringgit. point in financial markets for a few weeks now, interest rates and the EU will also tighten mon- of a crucial jobs report Friday. should gradually scale back its bond-buying Japan’s exporters were lifted by the weaker with market participants sensing a changing etary policy dragged most Asian and European On Tuesday Cleveland Fed president program in steps of 10 billion euros. The yen, sending the Nikkei stock index to end up tide among central banks,” Chris Weston, chief markets lower yesterday, but Tokyo chalked up Loretta Mester said she saw a strong case for a news from Europe and the US comes as ana- 0.5 percent, extending a rally to three-straight markets strategist at IG Ltd. in Melbourne, said a third-straight gain as a weaker yen helped rate hike in November. They were followed by lysts warn the years of cheap cash are likely days. Hong Kong posted a third gain, adding in an e-mail to clients. exporters. Richmond Fed head Jeffrey Lacker, who said a coming to an end, with the US economy 0.4 percent, with the Hang Seng buoyed by The pound tumbled briefly to a fresh 31- The dollar pushed on with this week’s rally rise was needed to avert a surge in inflation picking up. recent upbeat China data and the impending year low below $1.27 after British Prime against global currencies, including hitting that could lead to sharp rate hikes later. “A opening of a link-up with the Shenzhen stock Minister Theresa May set out a timetable for another three-decade high against the belea- December rate hike seems almost certain, and Dollar rallies exchange that could see fresh funds flood in. leaving the European Union by 2019. It was guered pound. it sounds like that may be followed by two Talk of higher US rates has boosted the dol- But most other Asian markets struggled. also at three-year lows against the euro, with Investors were given a weak lead by their more rate hikes next year instead of one,” lar this week and on Wednesday it toyed with Sydney fell 0.6 percent, Seoul lost 0.1 percent, talk of tighter ECB policy adding to the US counterparts after comments from two top Chihiro Ohta, a Tokyo-based senior strategist 103 yen in the morning before dipping back to Manila tumbled 1.2 percent and Wellington pound’s woes. The stronger dollar also sent Federal Reserve officials fanned speculation it at SMBC Nikko Securities, told Bloomberg 102.90 yen, slightly up from its level in New was off 1.1 percent. Singapore was flat. gold tumbling almost $39 Wednesday to will lift borrowing costs before the end of the News. York. The greenback also stormed higher In early European trade London dipped 0.1 $1,270, its lowest levels since mid-June, before year. Talk of an increase returned after data last Bloomberg also cited unnamed European against higher-yielding Asia-Pacific currencies, percent, Frankfurt slid 0.8 percent and Paris Britain’s shock vote to leave the EU sent deal- week showed US factory activity rebounded in Central Bank officials on Tuesday as saying including the Australian dollar, South Korean shed 0.9 percent. “We’ve been at an inflection ers rushing for safe haven investments. —AP

TOKYO: An electronics quotation board displays the current exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the British pound (R) and the euro. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 BUSINESS Controversial Indonesian tax amnesty proves divisive

JAKARTA: Indonesia has hailed a tax Anger on the streets amnesty as a major success after it raised But such treatment amounts to holding more than $7 billion in its first few months, the wealthy up as heroes when all they are but criticism is mounting that the contro- doing is paying their taxes, said Firdaus versial scheme lets the super-rich off the Ilyas, an activist from NGO Indonesia hook. Authorities began the flagship policy Corruption Watch. “The image being built with much fanfare in July, asking up is that people who take part in the tax Indonesians to declare their hidden wealth amnesty are heroes helping develop the in exchange for paying penalties far below nation,” he told AFP. “But we know if they regular tax rates. take part in (the amnesty), it means they President Joko Widodo is desperate for didn’t pay tax.” Among the small number of extra money to boost Southeast Asia’s top Indonesians who have regularly paid their economy after almost two years in power, taxes, there is disappointment at the treat- during which his efforts to turn around ment being given to the super-rich simply slowing growth have met with little suc- for paying up at a rate below normal. cess. The government hopes the initiative Regular tax rates for individuals range will lure back tens of billions of dollars from five percent to 30 percent depending stashed abroad, particularly in neighboring on income while the corporate tax rate is city-state Singapore, and get more people 25 percent. In the first phase of the to pay tax in a country where only about 10 amnesty, participants pay penalties of percent are registered taxpayers. between two and four percent on The first phase of the amnesty-when declared assets. “The tax amnesty is only people pay penalties as low as two percent good for the big people,” said Johni Yusuf, on declared assets-closed last week with a businessmen in his mid-30s who runs a better-than-expected results after a late small shop selling household goods in surge in interest. More than 350,000 people Jakarta. “It’s unfair, I always pay my taxes.” declared assets totaling 3,620 trillion rupi- Activists have challenged the amnesty ah ($278 billion), which brought the gov- in the Constitutional Court while the ernment 97.2 trillion rupiah ($7.46 billion) anger spilled out on to the streets last in revenue, according to finance ministry week when thousands protested against data. Widodo, known popularly as Jokowi, the scheme in Jakarta, with demonstrators hailed the “trust from the people and the saying the money could have come from business community towards the govern- corrupt activities. ment” while analysts welcomed the posi- Ken Dwijugiasteadi, the government’s tive start to the amnesty, which runs until top tax official, refused to be drawn on A picture shows the landscape seen from a train linking Addis Ababa to Djibouti. —AFP March. whether he was concerned about where But the initiative has been watched with the money came from, saying the tax increasing anger by activists and some sec- office’s job was just to collect the funds. tions of the public in recent weeks as a long Despite the concerns, many analysts list of the country’s wealthiest tycoons have believe the positives outweigh the nega- Chinese-built railway rushed to declare assets with no obligation tives. Indonesia needs the money to plug to say where they came from. Tommy a budget deficit, and also desperately Suharto, the multimillionaire son of former wants to get more people into its tax sys- dictator Suharto, and James Riady, boss of tem-only about 30 million people are reg- links Ethiopia to sea major conglomerate Lippo Group, are istered taxpayers out of a population of among those who signed up. The govern- 255 million. “You have to look at the ment has encouraged the participation of broader picture and consider whether at business chiefs in a bid to spur interest in the end of this you’ve got more money A major boost to both economies the initiative after a sluggish start, with the taken out of the black economy and put super-rich rushed down VIP lanes in a blaze into the real economy,” said Paul Rowland, ADDIS ABABA: With Chinese conductors at the tion, with Ethiopia gaining access to the sea and was 70 percent financed by China’s Exim Bank of publicity as they arrive at tax offices to a Jakarta-based independent political helm, a fleet of shiny new trains will begin plying Djibouti gaining access to Ethiopia’s emerging and built by China Railway Group and China sign up. analyst. —AFP a new route from the Ethiopian capital to market of 95 million people. Civil Engineering Construction. Djibouti, in a major boost to both economies. “It is the first standard gauge electrified rail- A high-level Chinese delegation, in Addis The 750 kilometer railway, built by two Chinese road on the continent build with Chinese stan- Ababa for the inauguration of the railway, on companies, will link Addis Ababa to the Red Sea dard and technology, and certainly it will not Tuesday signed further agreements worth $100 port city of Djibouti in about 10 hours, a far cry be the last. Many stand to benefit from it,” million for the construction of roads, the state- from the current excruciating multi-day trip Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia La Yifan said controlled Fana Broadcasting Corporation along a congested, pot-holed road. in a statement. The new railway means the end reported. Natural resources from Africa have “We’re so excited! It takes two or three days of the historic French-built diesel line built in helped fuel China’s economic boom, and it for a truck to come from Djibouti. The driver 1917, which fell into abandon in later decades, became the continent’s largest trade partner in doesn’t answer his phone. We don’t know where with frequent derailments. Yesterday’s inaugu- 2009. he is and that can be a bit of a nightmare, said ration will be followed by a three-month test Beijing even built the $200 million African Ethiopian importer Tingrit Worku. “The train period, with no paying passengers and carry- Union headquarters in Addis Ababa in 2012 as a could make a huge difference”. Some 1,500 ing only cargo. gift expressing “friendship to the African people.” trucks a day currently lumber along the road However when the line is fully functional, However direct investment in Africa slumped which carries 90 percent of imports and exports uniformed Chinese controllers will welcome “more than 40 percent” last year, as growth from landlocked Ethiopia to the port-a key trade passengers to spotless platforms of newly built slowed in the Asian giant. The railway is the first hub to Asia, Europe and the rest of Africa. “This stations all along the route, while Chinese tech- step in a vast network of 5,000 kilometers of rail train is a game changer. Ethiopia is one of the nicians and stationmasters will keep things run- which Ethiopia hopes to build by 2020. fastest growing economies in Africa. The con- ning in the background. “We don’t yet have the “Our plan is to connect the train to Mekele nection to the ports (of Djibouti) will give a management experience yet. We have a man- (north), to Moyale (south), near Kenya, and to bounce and our economy will grow faster,” said agement contract with Chinese staff for five Gambella (west), near South Sudan. So we will Mekonnen Getachew, project manager of the years, with an Ethiopian counterpart in training,” be connected to Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan,” Ethiopian Railways Corporation. said Getachew. said Getachew. Djibouti, the smallest state in the Horn of Africa, sees the project as the start JAKARTA: In this photograph taken on September 30, 2016, Indonesians All Chinese staff A first step of a trans-African railway crossing the conti- report their tax figures on the last day of the tax amnesty first round The Horn of Africa country was the world’s China has invested heavily in infrastructure nent from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, a program. —AFP fastest growing economy last year at 10.2 per- in Ethiopia, funding sub-Saharan Africa’s first journey which takes three weeks by boat. cent, however the International Monetary Fund modern tramway-which opened last year-as However this dream appears far off, as the rail- estimates that the worst drought in 30 years is well as motorways and dams. The new $3.4 bil- way would have to pass through war-torn China’s southern megacities likely to see this plummet to 4.5 percent in 2016. lion (three billion euro) railway, with its red, yel- countries such as South Sudan or the Central to cool property market Both countries benefit from economic integra- low and green trains evoking the Ethiopian flag, African Republic. —AFP BEIJING: China’s southern megacities of were expected to help cool frothy prices in the Puerto Rico oversight board’s Guangzhou and Shenzhen are the latest centers biggest cities and should prevent the market to impose new measures to cool their overheat- frenzy from spilling over into smaller cities. “We ed real estate markets, including higher mort- also believe it unlikely that the latest tightening gage down payments and home purchase measures will cause the bubble to burst, spark- success may hinge on election restrictions. A property boom has given a wel- ing a collapse of home prices. We envision a come boost to China’s economy this year, more likely scenario to be a mild retreat or pro- NEW YORK: A forthcoming finan- infringes upon the US territory’s opposition. An ailing economy and changes. “The plan is not static,” fuelling demand for everything from construc- longed flattening of home prices in tier-1 cities,” cial turnaround plan for Puerto self-governance. Rossello and his a probe into the ruling party’s Jose Carrion, the board’s chair- tion materials to furniture, but a growing buy- they said in a note on Tuesday. Rico, which the territory’s oversight main opponent, ruling party mem- alleged fundraising fraud have hurt man, told reporters. The board has ing frenzy is adding to worries about ever-rising First-time home buyers in Shenzhen will face board wants on its desk in nine ber David Bernier, have both taken its approval ratings and an August wide powers, including approving debt and risks to the banking system. The new minimum down payments of 30 percent, but days, will probably change after the issue with the scope of the board’s poll by Puerto Rico’s top circulation Puerto Rico’s annual budgets, measures are the latest steps to tighten credit deposits for others will be raised to no less than island’s November election. For the powers, but said they would coop- newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, put reviewing the government’s finan- flowing into the property sector as the govern- 50 percent, state news agency Xinhua quoted a board, it could be a welcome sce- erate with it. Daniel Hanson, a Rossello 7 points ahead of his rival. cial accounts and spending habits, ment tries to balance the need to prevent bub- government document as saying. Down pay- nario. The bi-partisan board, creat- Height Securities analyst who There is no shortage of prob- and working with that govern- bles while stimulating economic growth. ments for second-home buyers in China’s ed by the Puerto Rico rescue law closely follows Puerto Rico, said he lems a turnaround plan may ment on projects to spur econom- Prices for new homes in the booming tech southern Guangdong province near Hong Kong known as PROMESA, set Oct 14 as a expected the board’s relationship address: Aside from its debt, ic growth. centre of Shenzhen rose 36.8 percent from a will be increased to no less than 70 percent, deadline for the territory’s governor Rossello said his fiscal turn- year ago in August, while Guangzhou’s new Xinhua said without giving further details. Alejandro Garcia Padilla to deliver a around plan would replace a home prices rose 21.1 percent over that period, China’s southern city of Guangzhou has lim- draft plan for how to boost island plethora of government employ- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed. ited local residents to purchasing a maximum of revenues and tackle its $70 billion ers with one, so workers could be Other cities including Chengdu, Jinan, two properties, according to a statement post- debt. shifted between public agencies. Wuhan and Zhengzhou have already ed late on Tuesday on the Guangzhou govern- Garcia Padilla has unsettled It would transfer several govern- announced new restrictions on property pur- ment’s website. Puerto Rico’s creditors by insisting ment agencies to private compa- chases as the government tries to dampen Non-local residents will be allowed to buy on deep debt cuts and defaulting nies or nonprofits, and cut the prices stoked by property speculators in sec- one property, if they can prove they have paid on some payments, but he is not overall budget by 10 percent, he ond- and third-tier cities across the country. The appropriate levels of tax or social security. seeking a second term, so it will said. The savings, coupled with average new home price in 70 major cities Separately, local media reported on Tuesday ultimately fall to his successor to moderate debt restructuring that climbed an annual 9.2 percent in August, up that Suzhou in China’s eastern Jiangsu province work with the board to finalize the would preserve principal for sen- from 7.9 percent in July, according to the had unveiled fresh measures steps, including plan. Ricky Rossello, the leading ior bondholders, would avoid National Bureau of Statistics. higher down payment requirements, to cool candidate for his job, is seen as defaults without government job Nomura analysts said the new measures the housing market. —Reuters more likely to deliver a plan com- cuts, Rossello said. patible with the philosophy of the Bernier’s turnaround plan board. Its members include bank- would focus more on cutting debt Indian police detain, question ruptcy experts and bankers - tech- and salvaging essential services, nocrats expected to push for long- specifically pension payments, hundreds over US tax scam term stability, not just a quick finan- said Bernier’s running mate, cial fix or a massive debt cut that SAN JUAN: In this July 29, 2015 file photo, a bronze statue of Hector Ferrer. Bernier was not MUMBAI: Indian police said yesterday phone Americans and pretend to be offi- might be appealing to Puerto Rican San Juan Bautista stands in front of Puerto Rico’s capitol made available for an interview. In they had detained and questioned more cials from the Internal Revenue Service, politicians. flanked by US and Puerto Rican flags. —AP both cases, candidates could have than 750 bogus call centre workers the US government body responsible for The 37-year-old Rossello, a a hard time imposing their visions accused of stealing millions of dollars collecting taxes. They would tell the per- member of the opposition party, with the new governor to be “some Puerto Rico faces a $45 billion on debt restructuring, because from American citizens by posing as son at the end of the phone that they had told Reuters in an interview he combination of strained and prag- hole in its pension system, a under PROMESA, facilitating United States tax officials. Some 200 offi- defaulted on their tax payments and wanted to shrink the territory’s matic” regardless of who wins. healthcare system nearing col- restructuring talks is the job of the cers raided seven premises masquerading owed money. government to avoid further debt Hanson added, though, that the lapse and public schools falling board, not the governor. as call centers in India’s financial capital After duping the victims into revealing defaults, and in contrast to Garcia board may find more common short of federal standards. Nearly Hanson was also skeptical Mumbai in a massive operation on their bank details they would then with- Padilla, opposed cuts to principal ground with Rossello than Bernier. half of its 3.5 million residents live Rossello can accomplish savings Tuesday night following a tip-off, a senior draw money from their accounts, Narkar on the island’s most senior debt. “I think the board is going to find in poverty and the population is without shrinking government police official said. told AFP, adding that the fraud had been “My view is general obligation debt more in the Rossello policy that dwindling as locals, who are US headcount. “It’s hard to imagine “A total of 772 employees were going on for over a year. She said police should not take a haircut, but the makes sense to them,” he said. citizens, flock to the mainland how simply consolidating agen- detained. Out of this 70 were formally believe that the fraudsters were making good news is they have seemed United States. cies can result in significant budg- arrested and the others were released but around 10 million rupees ($150,000) a day. willing to renegotiate terms - to Abundant challenges At its inaugural public meeting etary savings without layoffs,” he investigations against them are ongoing,” “We have booked them under various sec- refinance or extend,” he said, refer- Puerto Ricans on Nov 8 will on Sept. 30, the board formally said. The governor could have said Sukhada Narkar, a spokesperson for tions of Indian penal code and action will ring to the island’s most senior debt choose a new governor, both hous- asked Garcia Padilla to deliver a more leeway with issues like priva- police in the Thane suburb of Mumbai. be taken against these bogus call centers and its holders. es of the legislature, mayors and draft plan within two weeks, but tization and consolidation, both Police allege that the accused would tele- and their employees,” she added. —AFP The board is largely reviled in local officials in what polls suggest also acknowledged it could be among agencies and municipali- Puerto Rico, where locals feel it could be a clean sweep for the revised as Puerto Rico’s leadership ties, Hanson added. —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 BUSINESS Burgan Bank announces procedure for protection of bank’s clients KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yester- to study the complaint per the approved day that according to the instructions work mechanism for handling client com- issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait on the plaints. Third and last step would be that protection of bank clients on receiving the bank should reply to the complaint in client complaints and resolving the issues, a writing within 30 business days from the special unit was created at the bank to date of receiving the complaint, and the receive individual client complaints in order bank is to deliver the response to the client to find suitable solutions to them and reply in person or by registered mail with back within a given timeframe. Clients are acknowledgement of receipt. to fill in the complaint form and present the In the event of not being able to remove complaint according to the below: the cause of the complaint, the bank’s Client should attend in person to any of esteemed clients may present a complaint the bank’s branches or the Client to the Clients Protection Unit at the Central Complaints Unit at the bank’s head office, Bank of Kuwait. 14th floor, Burgan Tower, Abdullah Al For more information about the Client Ahmad Street, Sharq, or clients could pres- Complaint Unit at Burgan Bank, customers ent the complaint through the bank’s web- are urged to visit the nearest Burgan Bank site via e-mail. Still clients could chose the branch or call the bank’s Call Center at option of sending a postal mail on the fol- 1804080 where customer service represen- lowing address: Client Complaints Unit, P.O. tatives will be delighted to assist with any Box 5389, Safat 12170, State of Kuwait. questions. Customers can also log on to Second of all, after the client ends over Burgan Bank’s www.burgan.com for further the complaint, the bank representatives are information. MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab announces winners of ‘Innovate for Refugees’ competition AMMAN: Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, MIT Enterprise Forum (MIT EF) Pan Arab, in partnership with Zain Group and MBC Hope, announced the seven winners of the Innovate for Refugees competition at an award ceremony that took place at the King Hussein Business Park Main Theatre in Amman, Jordan on October 4. The competition was initially set to reward five winners but given the caliber of the finalists, two additional prizes were offered: $20,000 by Zain Group and $20,000 by Samih Darwazah Foundation. The MIT EF Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees initiative was launched in June 2016 in partnership with Zain Group, a leading mobile telecommunications innovator across the Middle East and Africa, and MBC Hope, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of MBC, and is supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF, Jusoor and Uber. There were also over 30 part- ners supporting the competition including TechFugees and the International Rescue Committee. The competition invited entrepre- future for many refugees across the region and based global payments gateway platform. neurs and refugees from around the world to beyond.” Change Water Labs: Based in the US, consists come up with tech-driven, innovative solutions Mazen Hayek, MBC Group’s official of a revolutionary evaporative toilet that is low- to help address the global refugee crisis.Over spokesman commented: “As MBC, we see hope cost, compact, stand-alone solution for off-grid 1,600 applications were received, with 21 final- everywhere; we are thrilled to have partnered and informal dwellings and which rapidly “flush- ists shortlisted to the final round. with the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab for this es” away 85-90% of daily household sewage vol- Winners were selected based on the criteria competition which successfully found real solu- umes. Evaptainers: Based in Morocco, are mobile of innovation, impact, scalability, team member- tions for some of the most pressing problems and modular evaporative coolers that are ideal ship and financial sustainability. In addition to faced by refugees.” for low-income, off-grid areas and that can triple cash prizes, winners are set to receive mentor- The award ceremony was attended by or quadruple the shelf-life of most produce. ship and training by industry experts to help AdmirMasic, Assistant Professor at MIT and LEDlife: Based in Switzerland, has developed ABK offers website feature them through the execution of the projects. Education Lead at MIT Solve, Alexander Mars, a low cost, fun and easy to make DIY solar LED “We thank Her Majesty Queen Rania for her Founder & CEO, Epic Foundation, Said Darwazah, lamp kit; an educational tool for teaching about patronage of the award ceremony. Jordan has Chairman and CEO of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, renewables, sustainability and recycle. for the visually impaired been a gracious host to refugees, and we are Scott Gegenheimer, CEO of Zain Group and NaTakallam: Based in the US, consists of a very happy to be holding the final event here,” Ahmad Al Hanandeh, CEO of Zain Jordan. platform that provides employment opportuni- KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) took ment by rolling out initiatives such as the said Hala Fadel, Founder and Chair of the MIT EF Applications for the competition were ties to Syrian refugees as Arabic conversation the lead in presenting a new feature on its provision of ATM machines that cater to the Pan Arab. “Technology’s mission is to provide received from a wide range of countries and sec- partners for Arabic students around the world. website, www.eahli.com as the first local paraplegic community and the adoption of solutions to problems faced by millions of peo- tors, the majority of which hailed from Egypt, OpenEmbassy: Based in the Netherlands, is bank to present visually impaired cus- the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research’s ple and this is the logic behind the MIT Jordan and Lebanon. Basic needs, healthcare an online helpdesk that enables status holders tomers with the option to have the bank’s (KISR) new banking system for the visually Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for and education sectors were well represented (refugees with a permit) to ask questions about website content translated from text to impaired, which allows all banking docu- Refugees initiative. We want to get at the heart within the applications. Women submitted 32% their integration process and from their answers, audio, further enhancing services for ments and transactions to be interpreted of the crucial and central purpose of today’s of all applications, and 15% of total entries were Open Embassy develops an FAQ and a smart clients with special needs. ABK’s website to braille. ABK has made these documents technologies and innovations,” she added. submitted by refugees. wiki and shares the lessons learnt with the key content such as products and services, available for its customers, which can be Zain Group CEO, Scott Gegenheimer said, “A stakeholders like local government and NGOs, to terms and conditions, security notes and collected at the Bank or delivered for free heartfelt congratulations to the winners. We are Description of the winners: help them develop smarter integration policies customer protection information can all be upon the customers’ request. For more very impressed by the passion and innovation Boloro and BanQ: Global Payments and and products. translated from text to audio format and is information on Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait that continues to be produced in this region, Economic ID Network, based in Jordan, brings Recycle Beirut: Based in Lebanon, is a social available in both English and Arabic. please contact an ABK representative via and are particularly moved by the refugee financial inclusion and economic opportunity business combining two problems, the refugee The Bank has played a pivotal role in ‘Ahli Chat’ or contact a customer service theme of this competition. Often, the best solu- solutions for refugees and extreme poverty pop- crisis and the waste crisis, into a solution. The supporting the banking needs of this seg- agent via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899. tions for problems are homegrown, so we have ulations through a partnership between BanQu, company employs refugees at a living wage to every faith this competition and its winners a leading blockchain economic identity platform pick up, sort, and process recyclables for the through their endeavors, will foster a better company and Boloro Global Limited, a USA- greater Beirut area.

Fitch affirms GFH rating with Staff from Etihad Airways take part in an event to mark World Staff from Etihad Airways are seen using virtual reality kits to learn Revised outlook to positive Animal Day at the company’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. more about wildlife conservation efforts on World Animal Day.

MANAMA: GFH Financial environment remains Etihad Airways celebrates World Animal Day Group (GFH) announced yes- volatile, until GFH builds a ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national air- growing trade in wildlife products. discussion on wildlife within the airline indus- terday that FitchRatings, the longer track record of sus- line of the UAE, has launched a new Animal To mark World Animal Day, Etihad Airways try with Will Travers OBE, President of the Born international credit rating tainable business. Welfare and Conservation Policy and an is running a social media competition until 6 Free Foundation and internationally renowned agency, has affirmed its Commenting, Mr Hisham #Etihad4wildlife social media competition as October, to win a trip to Sri Lanka, including wildlife expert. The Born Free Foundation has Short-term Issuer Default Alrayes, CEO of GFH said, “We part of the airline’s ongoing efforts to promote flights, hotels, tours and transfers. To be in with provided technical assistance in developing Rating(IDR) at ‘B’ and revised are pleased with the affirma- wildlife conservation. The policy establishes a chance of winning, entrants should share the airline’s new policy by offering best prac- its outlook upward from sta- tion of our rating by Fitch and, best practice for excursions offered by Etihad their best travel photos of animals in the wild tice criteria on holiday activities that involve ble to Positivewith a Long- in particular, of their recogni- Holidays involving animals, and also outlines using the #Etihad4wildlife hashtag on viewing or interacting with animals. Etihad term IDR at ‘B-’. tion of the positive future out- new criteria for the carriage of endangered Instagram and Twitter. Holidays has reviewed its offerings in accor- The positive outlook con- look for the Group. This and threatened species, hunting trophies con- Peter Baumgartner, Chief Executive Officer dance with the Association of British Travel firmed by Fitch reflects the upward revision of our out- taining any animal parts, shark fins and live of Etihad Airways, said: “Our airline is commit- Agents’ (ABTA) Global Welfare Guidance of steps GFH’s management look is the result of the Hisham Alrayes animals intended for use in scientific research, ted to the welfare and protection of wildlife. Animals in Tourism. In addition, the airline is have taken to strengthen its strength of our new strategy which will not be permitted on aircraft. Our new policy has been developed over sev- supporting the Born Free Foundation’s balance sheet by paying down debt, and our success in developing new recurring The policy also sets out commitments to eral months to minimize our ‘animal footprint’ Travelers’ Animal Alert - an online tool that reshaping the business model with focus steams of income through income yielding the Declaration of the United for Wildlife and will ensure that we continue to meet the gives holiday-makers around the world an on income-generating investments, and investments as well as the continued International Taskforce on the Transportation highest standards of animal welfare. By host- opportunity to raise concerns about any cases consequent improvement of profitability. progress we are making in maximizing the of Illegal Wildlife Products, to which Etihad ing the #Etihad4Wildlife campaign online, we of animal suffering encountered on their trips. Fitch also considers Abu Dhabi Financial performance of our existing assets and proj- Airways became a signatory in March 2016 at also hope to raise awareness among our Guests who wish to support the charity in the Group’s acquisition of around 12% in GFH ects. We are confident that future holds sig- an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Six guests of the important issue of wildlife con- air can purchase a bracelet, featuring a silver via its subsidiary, Integrated Capital PJSCas nificant benefits for the Group, our investors equity partner airlines followed suit in April servation.” African lion charm, or donate their Etihad a positive step for GFH. Fitch rating con- and shareholders and will reflect in even fur- and June to support efforts to prevent the On 10 October, Etihad Airways will host a Guest Miles when on the ground. straints are primarily that GFH business ther ratings improvements.” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 TECHNOLOGY Even with rising wages, robot revolution skips restaurants ‘No human interaction. It will kill jobs’ LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO: Clamshell most vocal opponents of minimum wage small children - such as stacking blocks and investment risks such efforts require. out of a machine,” Doyle said. “There is magic grills are making burger flipping obsolete at hikes. Several executives have said major sensing objects in space. Moreover, most “The fear of walking away from what in a hand-crafted pizza.” With states and McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other pay hikes would force the fast-food industry restaurants serve a range of menu items, works already is huge,” he said. But Silicon municipalities moving to raise wages, burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop to ramp up automation, an investment that each of which might need numerous special- Valley is nurturing an appetite for risk and restaurant owners and their suppliers may tablets and mobile phones are taking orders would cost thousands of jobs. ized forms of automation. Sit-down restau- experimentation in the kitchen. Momentum be more inclined to invest in automation, at eateries like Panera, Chili’s Grill & Bar and “The numbers just don’t work for raising rants have additional tasks that are hard to Machines has built a device to make gour- said Juan Martinez, principal of Profitality, an Domino’s. And at Silicon Valley start-up the minimum wage this dramatically,” said automate, including setting and clearing met burgers “with no human interaction” industrial engineering consulting firm for Zume, robots are being programmed to take Andrew Puzder, CEO of Carl’s Jr parent CKE tables, refilling coffee cups and answering and city permit data show it plans to open a restaurants. But single-task robots may not over pizza assembly. Such labor-saving Restaurants Inc. “It will kill jobs.” Robotics questions about what’s on the menu. restaurant in San Francisco. Zume Pizza, a be a better option than workers, he said. devices have been held out as counter- researchers, restaurant executives, industrial Silicon Valley delivery start-up that has “It is not ‘if you build it, they will come,’ weights to efforts to raise the wages of the engineers, consultants and economists said, Appetite for risk raised $5.7 million in venture capital, said since the return on investment is not there lowest paid workers in the United States. But however, automation in the restaurant and Burger King attempted a potentially robots will be building and baking pies by yet,” Martinez said. And Johnny Rockets the early evidence suggests robots and oth- fast-food sectors is not as simple as installing sweeping automation overhaul in the 1980s. themselves within six months. keeps a grill chef visible to customers, even er forms of automation are merely reshaping automatic tellers in banks or employing It designed machines to take orders; broil, Already, a robot named Pepe squirts though its high-end burger cookers do most the work of people in food service. They are robots to assemble cars. assemble and package hamburgers; cook tomato sauce onto the dough, and it is of the work. Most of the movement toward not - as they have in banks, on factory floors While any rise in the minimum wage and portion French fries; and serve drinks. spread by another called Marta. After people technology in restaurants has been at the and in other sectors - replacing them. puts pressure on restaurant operators, they But new management came in and shelved add cheese and toppings, robot Bruno gen- front end. Eatsa, an updated automat, offers In spite of improvements in technology, said a robot revolution in the $783 billion US the project. It’s not clear why. Among the tly moves the pizza from a conveyor belt to its quinoa bowls at outlets that have largely minimum wage hikes between 2000 and restaurant industry is still years away. questions at the time was whether the an oven. Co-founder Julia Collins said one of eliminated front-of-the-restaurant staff. 2008 caused little immediate displacement Sixteen US states have increased their mini- machines would be a “maintenance night- Zume’s biggest challenges is maintaining Customers order on tablets and pick up their of workers by technology, especially in mum wages this year, and some, including mare,” but the system was never broadly the perseverance it takes to overcome tech- food minutes later from small, frosted glass kitchens, according to a study by economists California and New York, will move over sev- tested, recalled Nelson Marchioli, who had a nological difficulties. It took months, for cubicles. at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and eral years to $15 an hour. More states are long career at Burger King before moving on instance, to get Marta to spread the tomato Several chains are using kiosks and other DePaul University. There were slightly more considering such measures, and Democratic to executive roles at El Pollo Loco and sauce with enough precision to keep it from technology that allow orders to be placed workers per restaurant in 2015 than in 2001, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has Denny’s. splashing it off the pizza. more rapidly and efficiently. Such systems according to data compiled for Reuters by vowed to increase the federal minimum “It’s nothing that money and time can’t Zume’s first robot workforce cost $3 mil- can pay off in two or three years, according the National Restaurant Association, which wage. “It’s not like we’re at the precipice of a fix, but how much time and money do you lion to develop, and the company believes it to an analysis by Cornerstone Capital Group opposes minimum wage hikes. revolution where the minimum wage goes want to invest?” Marchioli said. Maintenance will be able to start new locations for analyst Mike Shavel. And the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has up, and all these jobs disappear,” said Ken of automated systems can be costly and, between $750,000 and $1 million. Once fully Domino’s Pizza and Panera Bread Co, said projected leisure industry jobs, a broad cate- Goldberg, a professor of engineering and when they break down, bring operations to automated, Collins predicted, the pizzeria’s their custom-built ordering and payment gory that includes restaurants, will grow at director of the People and Robots Initiative a screeching halt, alienating customers, labor costs will be about 14 percent of rev- systems have removed bottlenecks at peak 0.6 percent annually, keeping pace with the at the University of California, Berkeley. restaurant operators said. In other industries, enue, about half the competition. Domino’s hours. But the changes have not eliminated national average through 2024. Automation Many kitchen jobs still are too complex such as car plants, breakdowns can be cost- Pizza CEO Patrick Doyle said the worldwide jobs; rather, they have shifted them away in the restaurant industry looms large in the for robots, which can’t multitask and don’t ly, but delays do not immediately frustrate chain won’t embrace the Zume model any from counters and into kitchens and deliv- heated campaign to raise entry level pay to necessarily work safely with humans in consumers, in the way a late pizza angers a time soon. At $250,000 to $300,000, setting ery, operators said. $15 an hour, more than double what US fed- cramped spaces, experts said. While robots hungry family. Thomas Willis, an industrial up a Domino’s location is a fraction of Digital ordering puts more pressure on eral law now mandates. Restaurants employ excel at complex calculations and precise, engineer who was part of Burger King’s proj- Zume’s estimated launch costs. And, he said, the kitchen and delivery staffs, said Panera more low-wage workers than any other repetitive tasks, they have difficulty doing ect, said many restaurant operators still customers like seeing people in the kitchen. CEO Ron Shaich. “You better be able to deliv- industry, and their operators are among the some things that are easily mastered by don’t have the appetite for the kind of “I don’t know that people want their food er that food,” he said. — Reuters

Cisco to address importance of cloud security at Du’s Cybersecurity Conference 2016

DUBAI: Cisco today announced its sponsor- ments are increasingly becoming the ship of the Du Cybersecurity Conference to answer to IoT, cybersecurity is an incum- be held in Dubai on October 9, 2016 at bent urgency as the world gets more and Madinat Jumeirah. Given the increasing more connected. Cloud computing is a dis- transition of services and storage into the ruptive technology model that is changing cloud and the prevalence for mobile servic- the way public sector organizations evolve es and applications, Cisco will use this plat- their digital business models, consume form to share insights and shed light on how information and technology, and deploy public sector organizations can keep sys- and deliver new services. As ICT systems tems safe from intrusions while safeguard- are extended and merged, there is growing ing information and privacy. The high-level fear that sensitive data that is collected and event will bring together information securi- held by public entities will be vulnerable to criminal hackers or other types of unautho- rized disclosure. Public sector organizations and service providers are especially vulner- able because their operations are tied so closely to the public’s trust,” said Scott Manson, Cyber Security Leader for Middle East and Turkey, Cisco. “Security must be integrated into the very fabric of an organisation, and it takes a security-conscious organization to ensure that every level of cyber protection is met. DUBAI: Canon team and local distributors at the EOS 5D Mark IV launch. We are extremely proud of our association with Du and support their efforts to high- light the importance of security as a Canon captivates regional growth enabler and a competitive advan- DUBAI: Scott Manson, Cyber Security tage,” concluded Scott Manson. photographers with new EOS 5D Mark IV Leader for Middle East and Turkey, Cisco. According to Gartner Inc , the market for cloud-security services is expected to reach ty leaders from the government, security nearly $4 billion in revenue in 2016, up from DUBAI: Canon Middle East, world leader in Verbrugghe, Marketing Director, Canon Middle Cinematographer and Photographer Beno and financial sectors who will share their $2.1 billion last year. As more businesses imaging solutions, recently showcased the East and Canon Central and North Africa. Saradzic, who has been recently appointed as a experiences and discuss the latest develop- move to the cloud, it’s essential that compa- eagerly-anticipated EOS 5D Mark IV, the newest Featuring a 30.4 megapixel CMOS sensor with brand ambassador by Canon Europe. ments in the field of online security. nies work with partners that understand addition to the legendary EOS 5D family, at an wide exposure latitude, 7 frames per second Speaking about the event, Kaveh Farnam, Cloud represents a significant opportu- best practices of cloud security and provide exclusive distributor function held for UAE and (fps) high speed shooting, internal 4K movie CEO, Advanced Media said: “Canon is a leader in nity for telcos and Communications Service transparency when it comes to their solu- the wider MENA region in Dubai. The launch, recording and built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, the camera the imaging and business solutions category in Providers (CSPs) considering their huge tions. At the Du Cybersecurity Conference, held in partnership with Canon’s long-standing fuses speed and resolution with excellent low terms of technology, performance and range customer base, customer care centers and Cisco Cyber Security Expert, Naji Ukaily, will local distributor, National Stores and managed light capability and movie functionality. The EOS and we are extremely delighted to take this part- billing systems, networks and their IT infra- address issues related to digital transforma- by Advanced Media, was attended by a gala 5D Mark IV is also the first EOS camera to pre- nership a notch higher with the new EOS 5D structures based on data centers. Forrester tion and how public sector can assess the audience of photographers and filmmakers, miere the innovative Dual Pixel RAW file format, Mark IV.” forecasts that the global market for cloud security posture of specific cloud service among others. allowing photographers to fine-tune images in Packed with a range of new and refined fea- computing will grow from $40.7 billion in implementations, whilst reducing the asso- “Renowned for enabling people to tell the post-production by adjusting or correcting the tures requested by Canon’s professional commu- 2011 to more than $241 billion in 2020. Yet, ciated risks in a unique, scalable way. His stories that need to be told, the EOS 5D series point of sharpness, shifting the foreground nity, the EOS 5D Mark IV provides unrivalled flexi- security is still the number one concern for keynote, titled “Cybersecurity in the Digital has captured many of the world’s most signifi- bokeh or reducing image ghosting. bility in connectivity. Apart from Wi-Fi and smart enterprises that move parts of their IT into Economy”, will be delivered on October 9, cant moments in history. As successor to the “With an ISO range of 100 to 32000, expand- connect, the camera features GPS geotags that the cloud. “While multi-cloud environ- 2016 at 12: 45 PM. EOS 5D Mark III, the 5D Mark IV has been able from 50 up to 102400, images can be cap- categorises each image in the EXIF data with designed using first-hand feedback from the tured in an array of lighting environments. The automatic time updates helping to manage photography community to create the most ver- enhanced noise processing algorithm further images and, for the first time, IPTC metadata, such satile EOS model yet. We are extremely excited improves low light shooting, ideal for photogra- as details of a shoot, is automatically embedded. Fisker relaunches to bring this technological revolution to the phers and filmmakers who need to capture Enhanced water and dust resistance makes the region and cannot wait to see the magic photo breaking stories no matter what lighting condi- camera ideal for travel photographers or photo- electric car effort enthusiasts will create with it,” said Hendrik tions they face,” said Emmy nominated journalists working in challenging terrain. WASHINGTON: Former BMW designer 2012 attracted buyers including Justin Mimecast announces Henrik Fisker announced plans Tuesday Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton to relaunch his electric vehicle efforts Kutcher. But that company filed for bank- three years after a bankruptcy with his ruptcy in 2013 and a year later its assets Middle East expansion plans venture that made high-priced cars pop- were sold to Chinese auto parts maker ular with celebrities. Wanxiang. The new group said it had no DUBAI: Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a lead- region, Mimecast’s local office will help the compa- Fisker’s effort aims to revive his rivalry affiliation with Wanxiang, but did not dis- ing email and data security company, announced ny to better serve the needs of its growing Middle with Tesla, promising a premium, all-elec- close details of its financing. The new its Middle East expansion plans in Dubai and has East customer base. The company is investing in tric successor to his 2012 Fisker Karma Fisker debut vehicle will include “dynam- appointed two reputed security focused distribu- new talent and has recruited a strong team to drive with “a patented battery that will deliver ic, never-before-seen design features, tors to accelerate its growth and enhance customer sales and offer on ground technical support and a significantly longer life and range than combining advanced materials with the experience in the region. This expansion is in services. In addition to this, the company is plan- any battery currently on the market,” a use of the latest optimization software,” response to the company’s growing business, ning to invest in training programs for channel statement from the reconstituted com- the statement said. In addition, Fisker is robust customer base and strong demand for its partners to enable them to sell and implement pany Fisker Inc. said. The relaunch comes developing a “mass-market, affordable cloud security solutions in the Middle East. Mimecast’s products better. Customers in the after a high-profile bankruptcy by Fisker electric vehicle that will retail for less “Over the last few years, Mimecast has seen a Middle East will now be able to access Mimecast’s Automotive, which received $192 million than its competitors, but will feature a significant revenue growth and a strong demand expert local technical and support teams, backed in US government loans and left $139 longer electric range,” it added. for our cloud security solutions in the Middle East. by Mimecast’s industry leading continuity of serv- million of that unpaid. The move comes with Tesla rapidly Hence, expanding our operations made perfect ice SLA (Service Level Agreement). In the statement, Fisker said improved expanding its presence in the electric strategic sense as we already have a robust cus- “A key part of our growth strategy in the Middle technology will make his task easier vehicle market at prices of $70,000 or tomer base in the region. We are pleased to launch East is partner recruitment. We have recently today. “Fisker Inc will spearhead a revolu- more and preparing a launch of a new our new office in Dubai, which will act as our appointed two established security focused distrib- tion in electric cars that will disrupt the electric car at roughly half that price. regional hub and help us scale up our operations utors to drive our Middle East business through electric vehicle market and change the Other carmakers including General and strengthen our ties with our existing cus- their strong channel network. We are looking for- DUBAI: Brandon Bekker, Managing Director world,” said Fisker, who is chairman and Motors are also moving into all-electric tomers and partners by offering them high-quality ward to sharing the long term rewards of our chan- of Mimecast MEA. chief executive of the new group. “Both vehicles. “If the electric car is to succeed technical support and consulting services locally,” nel program with our partners who are looking to “Customer Experience is incredibly important to the technology and the market are more as a mass market vehicle, we need a radi- says Brandon Bekker, Managing Director, Mimecast build a long term, sustainable, profitable business Mimecast and we support our customers and mature now than when we first started cal new battery technology and battery MEA. Mimecast has been making email safer for on cloud services,” Bekker adds. Mimecast’s channel channel partners in a number of ways. Using a fol- out as pioneers in the electric vehicle pack integration-and our vehicles will businesses across the Middle East since 2008. partners are assured of a channel focused model low-the-sun model, Mimecast offers customer 24/7 industry, and our new vehicle will be the have just that,” Fisker said. Through its security, archiving and continuity cloud from the outset, supported by dedicated assistance support on a multitude of platforms. Dedicated most innovative and cutting-edge elec- Fisker’s bankruptcy sparked criticism services, the company delivers comprehensive developing profitable cloud businesses. The com- customer management teams in the region will tric car ever created.” The first Fisker of the US administration program offer- email risk management in one fully-integrated pany’s award winning channel program aims to ensure that customers receive free product educa- group was started in southern California ing loans to companies developing service. Mimecast reduces the risk, complexity and develop trusted, profitable partnerships that deliv- tion, technical and account support and are meas- in 2007 by Fisker a Danish designer who green energy. cost traditionally associated with protecting email. er business growth for partners and the support to ured with regular customer surveys against a worked at Aston Martin, BMW and other Solar energy firm Solyndra, which was Its best-of-breed services protect email for millions build long term recurring revenue streams with Customer Experience Index score target,” Bekker auto firms-and his German business part- the recipient of a $535 million govern- of users worldwide against targeted attacks, data high margin opportunities. Mimecast also supports concludes. The Dubai office will help Mimecast ner Bernhard Koehler. ment loan guarantee, also ended up fil- leaks, malware and spam. partners with educational tools, sales enablement strengthen its regional presence and act as a sup- The $100,000 Fisker Karma released in ing for bankruptcy. — AFP Demonstrating a continued commitment to the training and marketing support. port services hub for its Middle East operations. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE When is a coffee mug a donut? Topology explains it

PARIS: A topologist is a person who cannot tell the long existing only in mathematics, the field was topology was not something visible,” he said. “Now that is being examined as a basis for constructing difference between a coffee mug and a donut-so introduced into the physics realm just a few people are generalizing these ideas to many other the quantum computers of the future.”Quantum goes a joke about a little-known scientific field decades ago. Indeed, in the mid-20th century the- fields of physics.” computers, still on the drawing board, promise crowned Tuesday with a Nobel Physics Prize. The oretical physicist George Gamow said topology superfast processing speeds using the properties quip describes it perfectly: topology explains how a was one of two mathematical concepts, along with Robustness is key of subatomic particles that exist in more than one material’s shape can be completely deformed into number theory, that would never apply to physics. Sometimes referred to as “rubber sheet geome- state at once. new one without losing its core properties. In the Gamow was wrong. try”, topology in physics remains in the theoretical But they pose a high risk of overheating, which metaphor, the mug and the donut are one and the Today, topology has burgeoned into a wide and experimental realm for now. But its principles is where topological insulators with an inherent same. If they were made out of rubber, one could range of physics sub-fields promising a host of are widely expected to find practical and commer- stability would come in very handy. “Two years be twisted and stretched into the shape of the oth- practical applications ranging from supercomput- cial application within a decade or two, particularly ago, I would have said it would take at least two er without changing its essence. The two are con- ing to superconductors. By shaping materials into in the quantum sphere of electronics and comput- decades to see something on the supermarket sidered topologically equivalent as each has a hole- “topological states,” scientists hope one day to ing. It is hoped, for example, that new materials shelf” resulting from topology research, Asorey the ear of the mug and the centre of the donut. transport energy or information farther and fastest emerging from this research will use much less said. “Today, I would say one decade, maybe less.” “You can put your finger through the hole in a than possible today. “Pioneers glimpsed that electricity. For Nathan Goldman of the Free University of teacup handle, but you can’t put it through a pota- topology could have some relevance to physics,” The key virtue of topological materials is that Brussels, “we are still a ways from technological to, so these are two different categories of topolog- said Asorey. “But the real practical applications they “remain robust regardless of the deforming applications” or a revolution in computing. “The ical objects,” explained Manuel Asorey of the became apparent because of these three gentle- forces being applied to them,” said David next step will be to create these objects in the lab University of Zaragoza’s department of theoretical men,”-Nobel laureates David Thouless, Duncan Carpentier, a physicist at France’s CNRS research and try to manipulate them, performing very sim- physics. A strange universe of fundamental shapes Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz-who “realized that institute. “It is exactly this robustness in topology ple operations.” — AFP

From duped housemaids to rice farmers, Asians leading the way

BANGKOK: At all the peace talks Joji Entrepreneurship Network (GSEN) and Felicitas Pantoja attended in the conflict- UnLtd, foundations for social entrepre- troubled Philippines island of Mindanao, neurs, found 68 percent of experts said coffee was served to put people at ease. women are well represented in leadership But Pantoja soon realized talking about in social enterprises. peace wasn’t enough in communities A study by Deloitte in 2015 showed unable to address basic needs like food that women hold only 12 percent of the and health, sparking an idea to use coffee world’s board seats while data from the as a vehicle for change. Setting up “Coffee Inter-Parliamentary Union shows women for Peace”, Pantoja worked with Mindanao account for about 23 percent of all nation- farmers to revitalize an industry long aban- al parliamentarians. However only 48 per- doned for cash crops like rubber and cent of experts said women in social enter- bananas - and her farmers’ earnings prises were paid the same as men, with the tripled. “Peace is not just the absence of United States particularly concerned on war ... if we don’t address the economic this issue. “Whereas men want to be like aspect, it’s not complete,” Pantoja, 56, a Mark Zuckerberg, women want to do well self-described peacebuilder, said by Skype for the community,” said Peetachai “Neil” from Mindanao. Dejkraisak, who founded a rice social Across Asia women like Pantoja are re- enterprise called Siam Organic with a examining society’s problems through a female business school classmate. business lens, playing a more leading role “They are more compassionate and than women in other regions in harness- want a meaningful life ... Social entrepre- ing the power of markets to tackle poverty neurs are inherently driven by improving and social ills, according to the first people’s lives, lifting people out of poverty. experts’ poll on the best countries for Women social entrepreneurs are better at social entrepreneurs. The Thomson Reuters doing this than their male counterparts.” Foundation survey of the world’s 45 Neil and Pornthida “Palmmy” biggest economies found the Philippines Wongphatharakul began work on Siam was the country where women fared best Organic as business school students, not when taking into account representation setting out with the aim of building a busi- in leadership roles in social enterprises and ness seeking to improve society. “The In this photo, a rhino grazes in the bush on the edge of Kruger National Park in South Africa. — AP the gender pay gap. social impact was tied into the business In fact five other spots among the top model - the better the business, the more 10 ranking in the poll of nearly 900 experts impact for the farmer,” said Palmmy. in social enterprise were in Asia - Malaysia, With Thai rice farmers earning about Invasive insects cause China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand. $12 per month per acre, they decided to Russia, Norway, and Canada rounded out home in on the US market and innova- the top 10, while Brazil came last and the tions - mainly the organic purple United States fared badly in the perception “Jasberry” rice, high in antioxidants - to poll due to concerns women are paid less boost farmers’ earnings and win health- $77 billion in damage than men. Women interviewed across Asia conscious customers. The company now described a fairer playing field and higher works with 1,000 farmers and sold about drive to put compassion over valuation as 100 tons of its specialty rice in 2015 to Researchers look at the impact of non-native species the reason women are doing so well as Thai and US buyers - and its farmers earn social entrepreneurs. an average of $180 per month per acre. PARIS: Invasive insects cause at least $77 billion ravages evergreen trees, especially in Canada), up in another part of the world become estab- “My objective has always been whatever (69 billion euros) in damage every year, accord- the gypsy moth (tree defoliation) and the Asian lished, and only ten percent of these qualify as Community focus you do, you always have to help the farm- ing to a study released Tuesday that says this fig- long-horned beetle (which attacks temperate invasive, the study notes. Overall the online poll, conducted ers you promised to help. When a decision ure is “grossly underestimated” because it covers forests). Insects are “probably the costliest ani- The best way to combat this growing threat- between June 9 and July 15 in partnership comes along, you put the farmers first,” only a fraction of the globe. Climate change is mal group to human society,” a team of spread mainly through international commerce- with Deutsche Bank, the Global Social said Palmmy, 31. — Reuters on track to boost the area affected by nearly 20 researchers led by Franck Courchamp from is not more pesticides, said Courchamp. “We’ve percent before mid-century, the authors report- France’s National Centre for Scientific Research see how well that worked,” he said. Nor is it ed in the journal Nature Communications. concluded. The global health bill attributable to genetic manipulation such as gene drive, a tech- Canvassing more than 700 recent scientific invasive insects tops six billion dollars (5.4 bil- nology that makes it possible to engineer local studies, researchers looked at the impact of non- lion euros), in large measure due to the impact extinctions by releasing males into the wild that native species on goods and services, healthcare of Dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by produce only male offspring. “The solution is and agricultural output. Most of these studies mosquitoes. The estimate does not include the better ‘bio-security’,” said Courchamp. “This applied to North America and Europe, which impact of malaria, the Zika virus or economic includes inspection of ship and air cargo from means the devastation wrought by crop-chomp- losses in tourism or productivity, the certain regions, legislation to ensure that high- ing and disease-carrying bugs from afar has not researchers said. risk imports must be treated and rapid eradica- been adequately measured, the authors said. Pesticides ‘not the solution’ tion of new incursions.” The most destructive of the insects can- Global warming-which has seen average sur- All insects, including those in their native vassed was the Formosan subterranean termite, face temperatures climb one degree Celsius (1.8 habitat, take a heavy toll on agriculture, consum- which lives in huge colonies and feasts on degrees Fahrenheit) in the last 150 years-has ing 30 to 40 percent of global harvests-enough wooden structures and living trees. It has infest- pushed plants and animals towards the poles, to feed a billion people. Mosquito-borne dis- ed large swathes of the United States and has especially northward. “The distribution of many eases, especially malaria, claim hundreds of proven impossible to eradicate. The diamond- invasive species is today limited by temperature thousands of lives every year. The International back moth, which originated in the barriers, and climate change could allow them Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Mediterranean region, has also spread world- to invade regions that were inhospitable up to maintains a database of invasive species with wide and is a voracious consumer of so-called now, said Courchamp. There are some 2.5 million nearly 900 species currently listed, including cruciferous crops: broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy insect species in the world. Only a tiny percent- plants, animals, bacteria and fungus. The UN and especially cabbage. age-some 2,200 - have colonized new territories, Convention on Biodiversity has said that “priori- PUNJAB: Indian farmers Swaran Singh (left) and Babu work in their rice field near the Also in the rogues’ gallery of invasive insects but they have managed to wreak havoc all the ty” invasive species should be “controlled or India-Pakistan border fence at the village of Naushera Dhalla, about 45 kms from are the brown spruce longhorn beetle (which same. Only a tenth of insect species that wind eradicated” by 2020. — AFP Amritsar. — AFP A Clinton gaffe on health care - and Trump pounces Critical to monitor babies WASHINGTON: Bill Clinton created fresh much to get any of these subsidies,” after Zika, but how long? problems for his presidential candidate Clinton told a crowd in Flint late wife when he criticized the way US Monday. “You’ve got this crazy system WASHINGTON: More federal money finally is opment. At 5 months, one could use one hand Health where she outlined a long list of Zika- health care works under Barack Obama’s where all of a sudden 25 million more available to fight Zika, even as the news wors- but not the other. Later on, some even devel- related abnormalities. To children’s health reforms as “crazy,” prompting Republican people have health care, and then the ens. Babies who at first seem to have escaped oped that defect, called microcephaly. experts, the message is clear. Intense study is Donald Trump to seize on the misstep people who are out there busting it, the virus’ devastating hallmark defect - an abnor- The brain and skull weren’t growing proper- needed of babies born to Zika-infected moth- Tuesday. The former president has a rep- sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up mally small head at birth - might not be out of ly after birth, instead of before. “Microcephaly is ers to learn the range of health problems they utation for speaking in a more free- with their premiums doubled and their the woods after all. Brazilian doctors have count- only the tip of the iceberg, only the thing we may face. wheeling style than Democrat Hillary coverage cut in half,” he added. “It’s the ed a small number of babies who at birth had a see when the baby is born,” Dr Vanessa Van der “It is just critical to evaluate the entire child. Clinton does on the campaign trail, and craziest thing in the world.” normal-sized head and only later were found to Linden, a pediatric neurologist in Recife, Brazil, Even in the child who does not have micro- his remarks in Flint, Michigan created a have problems. They have delayed neurodevel- told a meeting at the National Institutes of cephaly, that doesn’t mean no evaluation is hiccup for his wife at a critical phase in Thanks for ‘being honest’ needed,” said Dr. Catherine Spong of the NIH’s the White House race just five weeks Clinton continued his argument by National Institute of Child Health and Human from Election Day on November 8. explaining that reforms proposed by Development, which despite budget constraints Bill Clinton had sought to explain Hillary would allow more Americans to has begun research to better understand the full the shortcomings of the complex US join the Medicare public insurance plan range of abnormalities they may face. “Some will system of health care coverage under for the elderly and the Medicaid plan for be apparent at birth, but likely some will not be,” both public and private insurance. low-income individuals. “The insurance Dr Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Obama’s reforms, pushed through model doesn’t work,” Bill Clinton insist- Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters Congress in 2010, have enabled mil- ed, a criticism made at times by many Monday. He called “the biggest unknown” what lions of people to obtain subsidized Democrats who have called for a nation- will happen to those babies who don’t have an health coverage, including millions of alized system. But Trump and obvious abnormality at birth. previously uninsured Americans. But Republicans, who have tried dozens of After months of partisan bickering, Congress for some self-employed entrepreneurs times to repeal all or parts of the last week passed a budget bill that includes $1.1 or small-business owners whose Affordable Care Act in the six years since billion to address the Zika crisis. It’s just over half income is just above the cut-off for sub- it was introduced, gleefully highlighted the total emergency money that President sidies, the price of insurance obtained the criticism from a Democratic stalwart. Barack Obama requested last February. That was through so-called “Obamacare” has “He just said it was a crazy system well before cases in US states and territories rose increased due to unforeseen effects on where people end up with premiums to more than 25,000, and well before mosqui- insurance markets. doubled and coverage cut in half. He’s toes started spreading the virus in Florida’s “The people that are getting killed in right,” Trump told supporters in Prescott Miami-Dade County. Federal health officials said this deal are small-business people and Valley, Arizona. “I want to think him for MIAMI BEACH: People enjoy themselves along Lincoln Road, an open air shopping space, on Monday they’d race the money to the individuals who make just a little too being honest,” he added. — AFP the day officials released the locations of the sites where Zika virus was found in trapped mos- researchers and state health departments that quitoes. — AFP need it as soon as possible. — AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Don’t ‘expect Fitbits to improve health’

LONDON: Wearing a fitness tracker what’s needed is more “active steps,” or may help you keep tabs on how many what would amount to brisk walking or steps you take, but the devices them- more rigorous exercise. selves - even with the lure of a cash The study was paid for by reward - probably won’t improve your Singapore’s ministry of health and pub- health, according to the biggest study lished online Tuesday in the journal yet done on the trendy technology. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The Scientists say that although the activity results seem to reinforce those of trackers may boost the number of steps another recent study, published last people take, it probably isn’t enough to month in the Journal of the American help them drop pounds or improve Medical Association. In that study, con- overall health. “These are basically ducted over two years, researchers measuring devices,” said Eric found that adding wearable activity Finkelstein, a professor at Duke-NUS tracking devices to a diet and fitness Medical School in Singapore, who led program didn’t result in more weight the research. “Knowing how active you loss. Those who didn’t wear devices lost are doesn’t translate into getting peo- about five pounds more than those ple to do more and the novelty of hav- who wore them, but both groups ing that information wears off pretty slimmed down and improved their eat- quickly.” ing habits, fitness and activity levels. Finkelstein and colleagues tested Fitbit, in a statement responding to the Fitbit Zip tracker in a group of 800 the study published Tuesday, said: “We adults in Singapore, by dividing them are confident in the positive results our into four groups. Of those people, more millions of users have seen from using SANAA: Yemeni female pupils attend a class on the first day of classes at a public school in the capital Sanaa. — AFP than half were overweight and obese Fitbit products.” The statement went on and about one third were active. A con- to say that it was in the process of trol group got information about exer- improving its trackers. Finkelstein said cise but no tracker and a second group that some of the newer fitness trackers New famine fears loom got the Fitbit Zip; everyone in those have more advanced features, like groups also got about $2.92 a week. prompts to exercise and ways to link to Participants in the last two groups got social media, but he still thinks it is the tracker and about $11 for every unlikely people will radically change week they logged between 50,000 and their exercise regimes without a more in war-ravaged Yemen 70,000 steps. One of the groups had comprehensive approach. the money donated to charity while the Some experts said the results were other kept the cash. disappointing, if not unsurprising. “We Emaciated children cling to life in hospital wards After six months, people with the should not be so naive to believe that Fitbit and who got the cash payment simply by giving a sleek-looking gadget DUBAI: Intensive care wards in Yemen’s hospi- ing they are too short for their age because of reserves to guarantee shipments into a coun- showed the biggest boost in physical to someone, they will change deeply- tals are filled with emaciated children hooked chronic malnutrition. try which imports 90 percent of its food. But activity. But after a year, 90 percent of rooted lifestyle habits,” said Emmanuel up to monitors and drips - victims of food Hadi disliked the bank paying salaries to his participants had abandoned the Stamatakis, a physical activity expert shortages that could get even worse due to a Importers struggling foes in the army and the Iran-aligned Houthi device. The physical activity of the the University of Sydney who was not reorganization of the central bank that is worry- In July, Reuters reported that importers were movement opposed to his internationally rec- Fitbit wearers did not decline over the part of the research. Others said the ing importers. With food ships finding it hard to already struggling to buy food from abroad ognized government. Struggling to advance year as much as it did for those who trackers might be more useful if they get into Yemen’s ports due to a virtual blockade because $260 million worth of their funds were on the battlefield and keen to undermine the were not given a tracker, but the higher were aimed specifically at unhealthy by the Saudi-led coalition that has backed the frozen in Yemeni banks, while Western banks Houthis, Hadi dismissed the bank’s governor, activity level wasn’t enough to produce people. “People who are active are government during an 18-month civil war, over had cut credit lines. Since then, importers have Mohamed Bin Humam, named Finance any improvements in weight or blood already motivated so they don’t need half the country’s 28 million people already do guaranteed much of the risk of financing ship- Minister Monasser Al Quaiti in his place and pressure. “These trackers can encour- these devices,” said Lars Bo Andersen, not have enough to eat, according to the ments themselves. The decision to move the decreed the bank be moved to Aden. It was a age people to take more steps, but it of Sogn and Fjordane University United Nations. central bank, seen as the last impartial bastion sudden decision that aroused suspicion still seems like these random extra College in Norway. Fitbit shares have Yemen’s exiled president, Abd Rabbuh of the country’s financial system which has among traders. “The governor Humam enjoyed steps aren’t enough to really improve fallen by half since the beginning of the Mansur Hadi, last month ordered the central helped keep the economy afloat in wartime, is the confidence of all parties since he was clear- your health,” Finkelstein said. He said year, to just under $15 a share. — AP bank’s headquarters to be moved from the cap- viewed as a major blow for suppliers who are ly independent and working in the best inter- ital Sanaa, controlled by Houthi rebels in the mistrustful of the decision and expect even ests of Yemen. To now appoint a minister of north, to the southern port of Aden, which is more chaos ahead. Foreign exchange is already finance of the government is a retrograde step held by the government. He also appointed a scarce and the sources do not have confidence and none of the traders have any confidence in new governor, a member of his government in the new governor. him or in the bank in Aden,” the first trade who has said the bank has no money. Trade All of this will lead to further food disrup- source said. sources involved in importing food to the Arab tions and more hardship for Yemenis already The new governor of the central bank did peninsula’s poorest country say this decision facing impending famine, according to the not immediately respond to a Reuters request will leave them financially exposed and make it trade sources. “We have begun to cancel our for comment. Quaiti told the Saudi-owned harder to bring in supplies. Diplomats and aid forward contracts - it’s just impossible to trade Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Thursday he officials believe the crisis surrounding the cen- when there is no financial system in place. had inherited a bank with no money, but he tral bank could adversely affect ordinary There is no coverage from the central bank pledged to keep it independent. Ibrahim Yemenis. where we can trust them or know them,” said Mahmoud, of Yemen’s Social Development “The politicization of the central bank and one source. “This leaves anyone bringing in car- Fund, said only an improvement in the coun- attempts by the parties in the conflict to use it goes completely exposed,” added the source, try’s financial system and an emergency aid as a tool to hurt one another ... threaten to who declined to be identified due to the wors- effort could stop the spread of hunger. “If there push the poorest over the edge,” said Richard ening security situation and fear of reprisals. is no direct and immediate intervention on Stanforth, humanitarian policy adviser with Shipping data showed at least nine vessels behalf of the international community and Oxfam. “Everything is stacked against the peo- carrying supplies such as wheat and sugar were state organizations, we could be threatened by ple on the brink of starvation in Yemen.” The on the way to the Yemeni ports of Hodaida and famine and a humanitarian catastrophe.” effects of food shortages can already be seen. Salif, but the source said there were worries for Even though moving the central bank At the children’s emergency unit at the Thawra forward shipments for late October and seemed to be aimed at hurting the Houthis, hospital in the port of Hodaida, tiny patients November. A second trade source also active in Yemeni economic officials and diplomats say with skin sagging over their bones writhe in Yemen confirmed the growing difficulties. the group has its own financial resources. beds. Hallways and waiting rooms are crowded “Western banks are not willing to process pay- Losing out on $100 million in salaries to its with parents seeking help for their hungry and ments and the whole system is freezing up. It is fighters as suggested by the new bank gover- dying children. an ever growing struggle to do anything com- nor may hurt the Houthis, but the bank’s clo- Salem Issa, 6, rests his stick-thin limbs on a mercial,” the second source said. “Obtaining for- sure in Sanaa is likely to hurt ordinary people hospital bed as his mother watches over him. “I eign exchange has to be done through curren- already suffering from a collapse in the econo- have a sick child, I used to feed him biscuits, but cy smuggling. Yemen is like a country of smug- my due to the war. “It risks leaving the salaries he’s sick, he won’t eat,” she said. A nurse said the glers now - this is unacceptable.” of more than a million Yemenis unpaid. There Brett Broviak, a manager of respiratory and sleep services at IU Health North ward began taking in around 10 to 20 cases in may be a long-term effect on the Houthis, but Hospital, shows off his Fitbit fitness tracker for the camera on the hospital’s April, but now struggles with 120 patients per Dwindling reserves the immediate effect will be on normal people campus in Carmel, Ind. — AP month. The World Food Program says half The old central bank in the capital Sanaa trying to put food on the table,” Yemeni eco- Yemen’s children under five are stunted, mean- used Yemen’s dwindling foreign exchange nomic analyst Amal Nasser said. — Reuters WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

Rainbow Day Event in Early Years at Kuwait National English School

he Early Years Department at Kuwait National English School and painting. Each child produced a Rainbow painting as they went was ablaze with color as the pupils and Staff celebrated from activity to activity and the day finished with all the children TRainbow day. All the children arrived in school in an amazing making a Rainbow in the playground with colorful sheets of paper. range of colorful clothes and were really excited to take part in the The children, from Kuwait National English School Early Years wide range of activities planned for the day. These included science Department, were highly engaged and really produced fabulous work experiments to make Rainbows, Rainbow songs, Rainbow Fish stories whilst at the same time having a wonderful time. Well done to every- and investigating colored toys objects through building, counting one who took part. Kindergarten on wheels

Hon. Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala, Shri. Rogi M. John M. L.A, along with Abey Varicad, Managing Director presenting the Gold Gifts to the lucky winner of Orma Jewellery, Gold Gift scheme. Prize distribution was held at Orma Jewellery Salmiya showroom.

The International Women ndia International School (KG) was filled with viding well balanced educational experience and to up in vehicle inspired motifs and by bringing colorful excitement and energy on 28th September as stimulate the children’s thinking which is one of the toys and models for the display. “kudos to the parents Group’s cultural season I“kindergarten on wheels” zoomed into life. This kg main motto of our school a colorful diorama showcas- for their cooperation”. The team effort and creativity of event which was organized with the intentions of ing air, water and land transportation was made by kg staff was appreciated by our director Mr. Malayil he International Women Group’s advisor Narjis Al-Shatti introducing the various modes of transportation the team of KG staff under the guidance of KG head Moosa Koya, principal Mr. F.M. Basheer Ahmed and announced launching its 2016-2017 cultural season at 10:00 am turned out to be a huge success. The task was under- Mrs. Nilofar quiz children’s excitement was evident on vice principals who graced the occasion with their Ton Sunday, October 9th at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Farwaniya taken by the KG department with sole purpose of pro- their face who participated in the event by dressing presence. with a lecture to be delivered by South Africa ambassador to Kuwait.

Palpak celebrated Ponnonam-2016

alakkad Pravasi Association of Kuwait ed the event. General Secretary Sivadas celebrated Ponnonam-2016 on Friday, Vazhayil, Supreme Council Member Dili, PN PSeptember 30th at Indian Central Kumar, ladies wing general convener School, Abbasiya. Palpak president Sreelekha Sasidharan, special guests Sam Aravindakshan chaired the inaugural session Pynammood and Sharaffuddeen Kanneth and poet Kureepuzha Sreekuimar inaugurat- addressed the audience.

Win prizes every time with the ‘peel and win’ sweepstake promotion by McDonald’s

cDonald’s Kuwait is making instant winners out of all its cus- tion with the ‘Peel and Win’ sweepstake. As we celebrate our famous McDonald’s food prizes and Coca-Cola prizes can be redeemed tomers with the launch of its new “Peel and Win” campaign. With French Fries, we wanted to give back to our customers, thanking them instantly in-store by simply presenting the wining label to the Mover six million prizes to be redeemed, customers will enjoy a for their interest in McDonald’s restaurants and adding a smile to their McDonald’s Staff. Souq.com vouchers can be redeemed via the Souq guaranteed prize with every purchase of an extra value meal, ranging day with the range of prizes we have lined up for them,” said Sherif mobile App, whilst all other electronic prizes can be redeemed at the from Sony PlayStation4 or Apple Watches to a myriad of gift vouchers, Coutry, Marketing Director at McDonald’s Kuwait. “When selecting the McDonald’s head office. starting from 1 October 2016. prizes we looked at bringing the best to our customers, so we turned to McDonald’s uses only 100% natural farm-harvested potatoes to make For the duration of the campaign, McDonald’s has included a special trusted and known names in the market, offering high-end electronics its world famous fries, and is committed to selecting suppliers who pro- sticker on all of its extra value meals French Fries boxes, which customers and experiences from all of Sony, Apple, Coca-Cola and Souq.com.” duce the highest quality potatoes. This is one of the main reasons that can peel off to instantly win one of the many prizes in store for them. The The prizes include: Sony PlayStation4, iPhone 6S, Apple iPad Mini, McDonald’s fries, in their iconic red boxes, have become one of the most promotion, which is running until 4 November 2016 is valid for all dine- Apple Watch Sport, Apple iPod Shuffle, discount coupons worth US$5 to popular of the brand’s products, beloved by customers around the world. in, drive-through and home delivery orders. $250 from Souq.com, fun merchandises from Coca-Cola, as well as For more information about the “Peel and Win” promotion, please visit “We are thrilled to bring our customers this exciting and fun promo- McDonald’s vouchers. www.mcdonaldsarabia.com. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

KT Managing Editor Jamie Etheridge and KT Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad pose with the students and parents.

tudents from the International Schools Association in Kuwait visited the Kuwait School field trip STimes newspaper in Industrial Shuwaikh yesterday for an educational field trip. The stu- dents, along with their parents, were given short lectures on journalism in Kuwait, newspaper marketing and finance and a tour of the premises to Kuwait Times including the opportunity to see the printing press in action. — Photos by Yasser Al Zayyat

LuLu Hypermarket launches USA Festival 2016

uLu Hypermarket, the leading hypermarket in LuLu management and a large gathering of shop- tional monuments from various US states. organizing special promotions that appeal to the cos- the region, kicked off its annual USA Festival pers and well-wishers. During the promotion, shoppers can sample some mopolitan customers in Kuwait. The hypermarket’s L2016 with an inaugural ceremony on 5 The USA Festival 2016, which runs from 5 to 15 of the best food products from the United States at close interaction with customers, along with compet- October at its Egaila outlet. The promotion was October, is being held simultaneously across all LuLu special prices, including from popular brands such as itive prices and the widest selection of products and jointly inaugurated by the US Embassy’s Deputy Hypermarket branches in Kuwait and offers a range Kraft, General Mills, Gerber, McCormick, Lite House, popular brands from around the world provides Chief of Mission Joey Hood and the Commercial of exciting discounts on US imported products. A Califia Farms, RAG? and others. shoppers with a rich and diverse shopping experi- Counselor Jeff Hamilton, in the presence of top hallmark of the promotion is cut-out displays of tradi- LuLu Hypermarket has gained a reputation for ence unlike any other. THURSDAY, OCTOBERBER 6, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

00:00 The Stanford Prison Experiment 00:15 Zombie Apocalypse 02:15 The Night Before 02:00 Seventh Son 04:15 The Babadook 04:00 First Response 06:15 The Lovers 06:00 The Expendables 3 08:15 The Duff 08:15 The Berlin File 10:15 Far From The Madding Crowd 10:30 Dracula Untold 12:15 Selma 12:15 Hercules Reborn 14:45 Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This 14:00 The Expendables 3 16:45 50 To 1 16:15 The Berlin File 18:45 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 18:30 Dracula Untold 21:00 True Story 20:15 Into The Storm 23:00 90 Minutes In Heaven 22:00 Savages

00:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 01:30 Maps To The Stars 02:00 The Giver 03:30 Fading Gigolo 04:00 Android Cop 05:00 Fury 06:00 Breathless 07:15 Every Thing Will Be Fine 08:00 The Grand Seduction 09:15 Before I Disappear 10:00 Song For Marion 11:00 A Stranger In Paradise 12:00 Hector And The Search For Happiness 13:00 Every Thing Will Be Fine 14:00 Rage 15:00 Memorial Day 16:00 The Grand Seduction 17:00 The Melancholy Fantastic 18:00 Pompeii 19:00 A Stranger In Paradise 20:00 Kidnapping Mr. Heineken 21:00 Lords Of London 22:00 Mad Max: Fury Road 23:00 Lucky Them

00:00 The Visit 01:30 Fading Gigolo 02:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 03:00 Fury 04:00 The Giver THE EXPENDABLES 3 ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD 06:00 Android Cop 05:15 Every Thing Will Be Fine 16:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes 20:30 Last Man Standing 14:00 Fashion Star 19:15 Penguins On A Plane: Great Animal Moves 07:15 Before I Disappear 08:00 Breathless 10:00 The Grand Seduction 17:00 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts 21:00 Angie Tribeca 15:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker 20:10 Penguins On A Plane: Great Animal Moves 09:00 A Stranger In Paradise 17:30 Siba’s Table: Fast Feasts 21:30 Fresh Off The Boat 15:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker 21:05 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 11:00 Every Thing Will Be Fine 12:00 Song For Marion 14:00 Hector And The Search For Happiness 18:00 Andy Bates Brazilian Street Feasts 22:00 Difficult People 16:00 Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 Tanked 13:00 Memorial Day 19:00 Cutthroat Kitchen 22:30 Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving 17:00 Grey’s Anatomy 22:55 Crocodile Hunter 15:00 The Melancholy Fantastic 16:00 Rage 18:00 The Grand Seduction 20:00 BBQ Crawl 23:00 The Simpsons 18:00 Da Vinci’s Demons 23:50 Gator Boys 17:00 A Stranger In Paradise 21:00 Man Fire Food 23:30 The Simpsons 19:00 Transporter: The Series 19:00 Lords Of London 20:00 Pompeii 22:00 Kidnapping Mr. Heineken 22:00 Mystery Diners 20:00 Style By Jury 21:00 Lucky Them 23:00 Cutthroat Kitchen 20:30 Style By Jury 23:00 The Zero Theorem 21:00 Low Winter Sun 22:00 American Idol 23:00 The Listener 00:15 Love And Other Impossible Pursuits 00:00 The Ghost Inside My Child 02:00 Hurricane Season 00:00 House Of Cards 01:00 My Haunted House 01:00 The Blacklist 02:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 01:00 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 04:00 Man To Man 06:30 Venom 00:30 The Simpsons 02:00 The Last Kingdom 03:00 Sex, Fame And Murder 03:00 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 01:00 The Simpsons 03:00 Mad Dogs 04:00 The Ghost Inside My Child 05:00 Wreck-It Ralph 08:15 Maleficent 10:00 Face Off 01:30 Saturday Night Live 04:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 00:20 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 05:00 My Haunted House 07:00 Home 02:30 Last Man Standing 05:00 Good Morning America 01:10 90 Days To Wed 06:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 09:00 Black Beauty 12:30 Nothing But The Truth 14:30 Half Light 03:00 The Mindy Project 06:00 The Amazing Race 02:00 Holiday Hijack 09:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook 11:00 Turner & Hooch 04:00 Living With Fran 07:00 C.S.I. Cyber 02:50 The Undateables 12:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 13:00 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 16:30 Love And Other Impossible Pursuits 18:15 Hurricane Season 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 08:00 Stitchers 03:35 Strange Love 13:00 Ms. Murder 15:00 Gulliver’s Travels 05:30 George Lopez 09:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 04:00 Strange Love 14:00 Monster In My Family 17:00 Ernest Goes To Camp 20:00 Stay 21:45 The Congress 06:00 The Bernie Mac Show 10:00 The Amazing Race 04:20 Toddlers & Tiaras 15:00 I Dated A Psycho 19:00 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The 06:30 Suburgatory 11:00 C.S.I. Cyber 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 16:00 I Killed My BFF Black Pearl 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:00 Stitchers 06:00 Super Soul Sunday 18:00 Private Crimes 21:30 Three Wishes 08:00 Living With Fran 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 06:50 Holiday Hijack 19:00 Britain’s Biggest Heists 23:30 Gulliver’s Travels 08:30 George Lopez 14:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 07:40 Say Yes To The Dress: The Big Day 20:00 Gangs Of Britain... 00:00 The Meltdown With Jonah And Kumail 09:00 The Mindy Project 15:00 Live Good Morning America 08:30 Little People, Big World 21:00 Gangs Of Britain... 00:50 South Park 09:30 Baby Daddy 16:00 The Blacklist 08:55 Little People, Big World 22:00 Born To Kill 01:15 Broad City 10:00 Fresh Off The Boat 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:20 Kate Plus 8 23:00 It Takes A Killer 01:40 The Daily Show - Global Edition 10:30 Suburgatory 18:00 Stitchers 10:10 Love, Lust Or Run 00:15 The Night Before 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 19:00 Containment 10:35 Cake Boss 02:15 The Babadook 02:05 Another Period 02:30 Broad City 12:00 The Bernie Mac Show 20:00 This Is Us 11:00 My Big Fat Fabulous Life 04:15 The Lovers 12:30 Living With Fran 21:00 Notorious 11:25 Say Yes To The Dress 06:15 The Duff 03:00 Lip Sync Battle 03:25 Catch A Contractor 13:00 George Lopez 22:00 How To Get Away With Murder 11:50 Super Soul Sunday 08:15 Far From The Madding Crowd 13:30 Suburgatory 23:00 The X-Files 12:40 Oprah: Where Are They Now? 10:15 Selma 03:50 Ridiculousness 05:30 Impractical Jokers 14:00 The Mindy Project 13:30 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 00:30 Science Of The Movies 12:45 Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This 14:30 Baby Daddy 14:20 My Big Fat Fabulous Life 02:10 Storm Chasers 14:45 50 To 1 06:20 Tosh.0 07:15 Hungry Investors 15:00 Fresh Off The Boat 15:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 03:50 Ultimate Survival 16:45 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 15:30 The Simpsons 16:00 Little People, Big World 06:20 How It’s Made 19:00 True Story 08:05 Ridiculousness 08:30 Ridiculousness 16:00 The Simpsons 16:25 Little People, Big World 07:00 Doki 21:00 90 Minutes In Heaven 16:30 The Bernie Mac Show 16:50 Kate Plus 8 07:50 Adventure 8: Zoo Games 23:00 Unfinished Business 08:55 Impractical Jokers 09:20 Impractical Jokers 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 00:00 American Crime Story: The People vs O.J. 17:40 Love, Lust Or Run 08:40 How It’s Made 09:45 Key And Peele 18:00 Dr. Ken Simpson 18:05 Cake Boss 12:50 Ultimate Survival 10:10 Key And Peele 18:30 Last Man Standing 01:00 Six Feet Under 18:30 Buddy’s Family Vacation 17:00 Science Of The Movies 10:35 Ridiculousness 19:00 Angie Tribeca 02:00 Eastbound & Down 18:55 Buddy’s Family Vacation 18:40 Bear Grylls Survival School 11:25 Hungry Investors 19:30 Fresh Off The Boat 02:30 High Maintenance 19:20 My Big Fat Fabulous Life 19:30 How We Invented The World 12:15 Key And Peele 20:00 Difficult People 03:00 Quarry 19:45 Say Yes To The Dress 20:20 Clash Of The Dinosaurs 00:00 The Babymakers 20:30 Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving 04:00 Angry Boys 20:10 Super Soul Sunday 21:10 Mystery Of The Lost Catacombs 02:00 Sweet Home Alabama 12:40 Key And Peele 13:05 Impractical Jokers 21:00 The Simpsons 04:30 Getting On 21:00 Cake Boss 22:00 Destroyed In Seconds 04:00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 21:30 The Simpsons 05:00 The Jack Bull 21:25 Cake Boss 06:00 Romy And Michelle’s High School Reunion 13:55 Ridiculousness 14:45 Hungry Investors 22:00 Web Therapy 07:00 Taking Chance 21:50 The Undateables 08:00 Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging 22:30 Silicon Valley 08:45 61* 22:40 Secret Eskimo Escape 10:00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 15:35 Tosh.0 16:00 Tosh.0 23:00 Last Man Standing 11:00 Walkout 23:30 Cake Boss 12:00 Sweet Home Alabama 23:30 Difficult People 13:00 Hysterical Blindness 23:55 Cake Boss 14:00 Green Card 16:30 Key And Peele 17:25 Workaholics 15:00 Always Outnumbered 16:00 Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging¬ 17:00 Walkout 00:20 Chaos Caught On Camera 18:00 Easy A 17:50 Impractical Jokers 18:39 Ridiculousness 19:00 It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise 00:45 Mythbusters 20:00 Scenes From A Mall 20:00 Treme 06:00 Deadliest Catch 22:00 Army Of Darkness 19:27 Tattoo Disasters 19:50 Brotherhood 21:00 Veep 06:50 Misfit Garage 20:13 TUT 21:30 Togetherness 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 21:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah OSN First Comedy +2 22:00 Outsiders 00:00 Violetta 08:30 Gold Divers 21:30 John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show 00:00 Saturday Night Live 23:00 Strip Search 00:45 The Hive 09:20 Garage Gold 22:18 Broad City 01:00 Last Man Standing 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Witch 09:45 How Stuff Works 22:42 Tosh.0 01:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Witch 10:10 How Do They Do It? 01:30 Veronica Guerin 02:30 The Simpsons 01:40 Hank Zipzer 10:35 Unearthed 03:15 Testament Of Youth 23:05 Brotherhood 23:30 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 03:00 The Simpsons 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 11:25 Countdown To Collision 05:30 Listen To Me Marlon 03:30 Saturday Night Live 02:30 Violetta 12:15 Fire In The Hole 07:15 Late Bloomers 04:30 Last Man Standing 00:00 The Last Kingdom 03:15 The Hive 13:05 How Stuff Works 09:00 Merchants Of Doubt 05:00 The Mindy Project 01:00 Mad Dogs 03:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Witch 13:30 Storage Hunters 10:45 Veronica Guerin 05:30 The Mindy Project 02:00 House Of Cards 03:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Witch 13:55 Garage Gold 12:30 Testament Of Youth 06:00 Living With Fran 03:00 The Blacklist 04:10 Hank Zipzer 14:20 Gold Divers 15:00 Philomena 06:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 04:00 The Last Kingdom 04:35 Binny And The Ghost 15:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 17:00 Merchants Of Doubt 07:30 George Lopez 05:00 Mad Dogs 05:00 Violetta 16:00 Deadliest Catch 19:00 Dark Places 08:00 The Bernie Mac Show 06:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 05:45 The Hive 16:50 Fast N’ Loud 21:00 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 08:30 Suburgatory 07:00 Good Morning America 05:50 Mouk 17:40 Misfit Garage 23:00 Heaven’s Gate 00:00 Kids Baking Championships 01:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 09:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 08:00 The Amazing Race 06:00 Jessie 18:30 How Stuff Works 01:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 10:00 Living With Fran 09:00 C.S.I. Cyber 06:50 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 18:55 How Do They Do It? 02:00 Paul Hollywood - City Bakes 10:30 George Lopez 10:00 Stitchers 07:15 Tsum Tsum Shorts 19:20 Gold Divers 02:30 Paul Hollywood - City Bakes 11:00 The Mindy Project 11:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 07:20 Liv And Maddie 20:10 Storage Hunters 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 11:30 Baby Daddy 12:00 The Amazing Race 07:45 Bunk’d 20:35 Garage Gold 03:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 12:00 Fresh Off The Boat 13:00 C.S.I. Cyber 08:10 Austin & Ally 21:00 Diesel Brothers 01:00 Blackie And Kanuto 12:30 Suburgatory 14:00 Stitchers 08:35 Backstage 21:50 Megastorm: World’s Biggest Typhoon 02:45 The Boxcar Children 04:00 Chopped 05:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 13:00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Alex & Co. 22:40 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 04:30 The Heart Of The Oak 14:00 The Bernie Mac Show 16:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 09:25 Girl Meets World 23:30 Fast N’ Loud 06:00 The Nutcracker Sweet 05:30 Roadtrip With G. 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SHARQIA-1 MUHALAB-3 MARINA-2 DEEPWATER HORIZON 12:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:45 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 2:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 3:00 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 3:00 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 5:00 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 5:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 5:15 PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 7:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 7:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 7:30 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 10:00 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 9:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 9:45 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 12:15 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:15 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:05 AM

SHARQIA-2 FANAR-1 MARINA-3 LAF WA DAWARAN 11:30 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:15 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 11:45 AM STORKS 11:30 AM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 2:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 2:00 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 1:45 PM STORKS 5:15 PM STORKS 4:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 4:00 PM STORKS 7:15 PM STORKS 6:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 6:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 9:15 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 8:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 8:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 11:30 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 10:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 10:45 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 12:45 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 1:00 AM FANAR-2 DEEPWATER HORIZON 11:45 AM AVENUES-1 SHARQIA-3 DEEPWATER HORIZON 2:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1:30 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 11:30 AM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN -3D SULLY 4:15 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 2:15 PM 4:15 PM OPPAM - Malayalam 6:30 PM STORKS 5:00 PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 7:00 PM ASHAN KHARGEN 9:30 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 7:00 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 9:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 11:45 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 9:45 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 12:05 AM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 12:30 AM AVENUES-2 FANAR-3 MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 12:00 PM MUHALAB-1 TANK 432 11:30 AM DEEPWATER HORIZON-2D- 4DX 2:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 11:30 AM TANK 432 1:30 PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 5:15 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 1:45 PM MIRZYA - HINDI 3:30 PM HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 8:00 PM STORKS 4:15 PM PREMAM - Telugu 3:30 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON-2D- 4DX 11:00 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 6:15 PM MIRZYA - HINDI 6:30 PM PRAYER TIMINGS USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 9:00 PM PREMAM - Telugu 6:30 PM AVENUES-3 USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 11:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 11:30 AM TANK 432 9:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 1:45 PM Fajr: 04:25 MUHALAB-2 PREMAM - Telugu 9:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 4:00 PM DEEPWATER HORIZON 11:30 AM TANK 432 12:15 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 6:15 PM Shorook 05:44 DEEPWATER HORIZON 1:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 8:30 PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 4:00 PM MARINA-1 LAF WA DAWARAN 10:45 PM Duhr: 11:36 PREMAM - Telugu 4:00 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 1:15 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 1:00 AM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 6:45 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 1:30 PM Asr: 14:58 NO FRI+MON MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 4:00 PM AVENUES-4 PREMAM - Telugu 6:45 PM MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 6:45 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 12:00 PM Maghrib: 17:28 DEEPWATER HORIZON 9:30 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 9:30 PM LAF WA DAWARAN 2:15 PM PREMAM - Telugu 9:30 PM USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE 12:15 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 4:30 PM Isha: 18:45 DEEPWATER HORIZON 12:15 AM LAF WA DAWARAN 6:45 PM

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Arrival Flights on Thursday 6/10/2016 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 Departure Flights on Thursday 6/10/2016 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 Airlines Flt Route Time KAC 672 Dubai 14:05 Airlines Flt Route Time FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 MSC 415 Sohag 00:10 KAC 178 Vienna 14:15 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:10 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 JZR 779 Jeddah 14:25 MSC 404 Asyut 00:10 PAL 669 Dubai/Manila 14:45 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:45 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 KAC 742 Dammam 14:55 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 KNE 382 Taif 14:55 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 KLM 411 Amsterdam 01:05 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:00 SAI 441 Lahore 01:30 KNE 529 Jeddah 15:05 MSC 416 Sohag 01:05 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 JZR 502 Luxor 01:15 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:10 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 AXB 395 Kozhikode 01:50 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 SAI 442 Lahore 02:30 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 THY 1464 Istanbul 01:50 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:40 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 JZR 553 Alexandria 01:50 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 KKK 6506 Istanbul 02:00 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 THY 765 Istanbul 02:45 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:00 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 AXB 396 Kozhikode 02:50 SVA 505 Jeddah 16:00 KAC 418 Manila 02:15 JZR 535 Cairo 16:20 KAC 177 Vienna 02:55 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 KNE 531 Jeddah 16:35 KKK 6505 Istanbul 02:55 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 OMA 643 Muscat 03:05 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:45 KAC 783 Jeddah 03:30 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 KAC 562 Amman 16:55 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 NIA 252 Alexandria 16:50 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KAC 118 New York 17:00 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 FDB 067 Dubai 03:15 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 FDB 068 Dubai 04:05 FDB 052 Dubai 17:00 QTR 1076 Doha 03:25 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 KAC 675 Dubai 17:00 KAC 544 Cairo 03:40 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 JZR 266 Beirut 17:10 LMU 510 Cairo 04:00 FDB 8053 Dubai 17:45 QTR 1077 Doha 04:35 JZR 512 Sharm el-Sheikh 17:15 RBG 551 Alexandria 04:05 KAC 678 Muscat/Abu Dhabi 17:50 RBG 552 Alexandria 04:45 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 AVV 653 Alexandria 04:30 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 KNE 532 Jeddah 17:25 FEG 931 Alexandria 05:00 QTR 1080 Doha 17:55 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 THY 1414 TZX 05:05 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 AVV 654 Sohag 05:30 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 KAC 176 Geneva/Frankfurt 18:20 FEG 934 Sohag 06:00 THY 770 Istanbul 05:15 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 JZR 529 Asyut 06:00 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 PAL 668 Manila/Dubai 06:25 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 QTR 1087 Doha 06:30 JZR 538 Cairo 18:30 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:30 KAC 774 Riyadh 18:35 THY 771 Istanbul 06:45 FDB 8054 Dubai 18:40 BAW 157 London 06:40 JAV 621 Amman 18:45 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 KAC 563 Amman 19:00 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 JZR 240 Amman 06:55 QTR 1081 Doha 19:05 JZR 503 Luxor 07:25 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 JZR 238 Amman 19:15 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 104 London 19:00 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 07:35 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 FDB 5062 Dubai 07:55 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 QTR 8511 Doha 07:40 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 BAW 156 London 08:25 KAC 285 Dhaka 19:40 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:40 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 JAV 622 Amman 19:45 KAC 204 Lahore 07:40 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 KAC 173 Munich 08:35 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:15 JZR 778 Jeddah 08:50 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:50 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:50 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 QTR 8512 Doha 09:10 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:15 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:45 KAC 619 Doha 09:30 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 344 Chennai 08:15 FDB 059 Dubai 19:50 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 KAC 362 Colombo 08:20 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 KAC 671 Dubai 09:30 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:45 KAC 352 Kochi 08:20 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 IRA 672 Ahwaz 09:35 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 IRA 673 Ahwaz 08:35 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:45 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 KAC 784 Jeddah 08:50 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:00 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 KAC 284 Dhaka 09:00 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 KAC 101 London/New York 10:00 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 KAC 174 Munich 20:55 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:05 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 IRA 667 Esfahan 09:05 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 IRA 668 Mashhad 10:05 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:30 SYR 341 Damascus 10:05 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:25 KAC 153 Istanbul 11:00 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 KAC 676 Dubai 21:35 SYR 342 Damascus 11:05 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 RBG 553 Alexandria 11:30 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 FDK 801 Damascus 11:45 NIA 151 Cairo 22:10 KAC 741 Dammam 11:35 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 THY 1401 ADB 22:25 AVV 651 Alexandria 12:05 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 MSC 501 Alexandria 22:30 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 FEG 933 Sohag 12:55 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:05 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 MSC 403 Asyut 23:10 FDK 802 Damascus 12:45 NIA 152 Cairo 23:10 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 AVV 652 Asyut 13:05 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:55 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 MSC 502 Alexandria 23:30 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:00 JAD 301 Amman 23:45 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 stars34 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

CROSSWORD 1391 STAR TRACK

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

This is a great time to be with others and to work together. You may be You search for insight and understanding as you would for lost money or asked to come to the rescue due to some difficult problem in the workplace at this time. hidden treasure. Obstacles and challenges will have easy solutions today. Think of your Do not be surprised and know that you will be able to achieve a positive result. Your attitude as it is at this moment and listen to yourself deal with the situations as they directional abilities are in high focus. You find that you can think things through and come up. You do very well, particularly today when you feel so good and want to get really use your mind to make clear choices. Work moves along smoothly in the after- through any complication quickly. Feel the energy and remember how you feel so that noon once again and you may begin to think on ways you can improve your position. you can duplicate that feeling on another day that may be more difficult. Use the won- You could receive unexpected help from someone older or from authority figures. A derful energies that you have now for every day. This is the start of a new birth year cycle. person or teacher could appear. Perhaps you are learning the art of carpentry or the art There could be a window in time that opens, making insights possible. Take a look. Smile; of balance. Whatever the case, you enjoy diving in and tackling whatever is at hand. people enjoy your company.

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

This is a great time to review your nutritional needs. As we have all come Increased confidence and a more outgoing manner may be the keys that to learn, a day with three good meals and a few high-protein snacks is the best answer open many a new door in your career. With you, dreams and ideals have for a healthy you. If you find it difficult to stay awake in the afternoon and you enjoy become a way of life. You seek to bring them down to earth and make them real. You will milk, you might think about eliminating products that have l-tryptophan in their con- never let your dreams fade. You may find an old interest in music, mysticism and the arts tent until evening: turkey, milk, etc. Positive results and personal achievements can be has returned and now would be a good time to drag that old instrument out or to join a recognized. You attract money and although this is a busy day, it is a very good day for musical group. If you are involved in a technical job, your hobby will become a main job-related events. There are opportunities to correct, change or improve on working attraction-you could be working to support your hobby for a while. You may discover a situations. You may shine in your particular job. You have a lot of energy for improving new you through creativity and self-expression. A kind of romantic wistfulness character- your surroundings or life situation. You are very motivated to improve. izes your approach to life. This could mean a longing for a soul mate.

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

Today is a good day to take off for a vacation or just take the time to relax. A need to be respected is an emotionally charged issue at this time. You Time away from regular responsibilities gives you new insight and show your talent today for organizing things and people, as a sense of ambition and practicality will certainly be noticed. Work, achievement and ambition ACROSS 2. Plant having a large slender white bulb renewed appreciation of just where you are in life. Short trips into the country for materi- als to decorate with may boost the spirits. Your support system-family, home and those mean a lot to you. You are at your most practical when it comes to dealing and working 1. By bad luck. and flat overlapping dark green leaves. who give you nourishment-becomes more secure. You are able to dispense with some with others. You know just what to do and can act without haste and emotion. You may 5. When dried yields a hard substance 3. The fourth month of the Hindu calen- of the unessential and develop what is most basic and true in your environment. You even have a little opportunity to show off a bit-perhaps a master of ceremonies or with used e.g. in golf balls. dar. encourage better support. Your mind could be quite clear and natural. Ideas are flowing some performing arts. You are called on to make use of your natural abilities. There is a 11. Adopted in order to deceive. 4. United States film actress (born in and come with ease. If you are not vacationing at this time, it is good to be with others in chance to understand those around you and to have a special time with someone you 15. (superlative of `good') Having the 1949). most any environment. People seek you out to be a leader, at work or home. love. A sense of support and harmony makes this a happy time. most positive qualities. 5. A jar made of glass or plastic. 16. Someone who leaves one country to 6. The basic unit of electric current adopt- settle in another. ed under the System International Cancer (June 21-July 22) 17. City in southwestern Colombia in a d'Unites. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) rich agricultural area. 7. In a straight unbroken line of descent You and a long-time friend may have words or may have gotten into the You may not appreciate the emotional energy of someone you meet today 18. British artist and writer of nonsense from parent to child. habit of arguing. Now is as good a time as any to change a negative to a but with patience, you will do fine. It is not necessary for you to point the verse (1812-1888). 8. American novelist (1909-1955). positive. The mind simply cannot focus on misery when it is flooded with the desire to behavior out to anyone-this could be a political situation of which higher-ups are aware. 19. Of or relating to apnea. 9. Marked by skill in deception. heal and make happy, even if the appearances and forms of misery remain. If you are in Your comments may not be beneficial to your position and you will want to remember 20. (usually followed by `to') Having the 10. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) sales, this is the day you may have to work double-duty. All the energies seem to be in that others may take note of your professional behavior. You are good at making practi- necessary means or skill or know-how or that was responsible for research into your favor for outstanding sales. This is another good day for requesting a loan or cal decisions concerning important issues. You always seem to have a different slant on authority to do something. atomic energy and its peacetime uses in requesting that someone return a loan to you. There is an opportunity to attend a social situations and can bring simple solutions when others go a step too far in finding solu- 21. Make a high-pitched, screeching the United States. event this evening. If you decide you want to attend this event, you will be at your most tions. You usually have a natural sense of what the public wants. This evening is a good noise, as of a door. 11. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine elegant. Your communication skills are at their best. time for surrounding yourself with friends and taking a break from your hard work. 23. An international organization of by ancient Egyptians. European countries formed after World 12. A royal German family that provided Aquarius (January 20- February 18) War II to reduce trade barriers and rulers for several European states and Leo (July 23-August 22) increase cooperation among its mem- wore the crown of the Holy Roman This is a prime time to complete unfinished tasks and to work in a team. If professional advice is needed, today is the best time to seek that advice. bers. You may be sought after as just the person for a particular job, especially if Empire from 1440 to 1806. This could be a challenging day. There is an open door to success, however. In business, you complain. You are willing to lend a helping hand to a co-worker today. You may be 25. Old World woody vines. 13. (prefix) Indicating difference or varia- your secret for success seems to be that you always have another plan or project ready moved to appreciate many things this afternoon as you shop, perhaps a new store. You 27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked tion. to lift off the ground. When you do things for others you actually help yourself and as seem to be echoing the words, “ah, wouldn’t that be lovely here,” or “ah, wouldn’t that on a skewer usually with vegetables. 14. Dignified manner or conduct. usual, you look for ways to be helpful. Serving those who cannot help themselves-and be lovely there,” careful. Be wise not to overspend or indulge too much just now-enjoy 29. A note appended to a letter after the getting such help if you need it-are essential lessons. Watching how people with difficul- 22. Chief port of Yemen. feeding the ducks or flying a kite. You can expect a little boost, some sort of extra support signature. ties make changes in their lives may encourage you to be more appreciative of your life 24. A defensive missile designed to shoot or recognition from those around you today. You may feel that you are in touch and in and of those around you. If change is needed in your life, this is a good time to instigate a 31. A source of danger. down incoming intercontinental ballistic harmony with others; the lines of communication are open. 32. An Italian liqueur made with elderber- missiles. change. Change is the easiest thing to do. Let it flow and let it go. ries and flavored with licorice. 26. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi 35. Goddess of the dead and queen of the Arabia located in the central oasis. Virgo (August 23-September 22) underworld. 28. The sense organ for hearing and equi- Pisces (February 19-March 20) 38. (computer science) Memory whose librium. You feel a love of order and law-an appreciation for responsibilities and contents can be accessed and read but 30. Of or relating to a septum. Independence and the urge to try new and different things may be on cannot be changed. your mind today. Someone says something or an advertisement in the paper for some duty. Problems are valued for the lessons they represent, rather than perceived as obsta- 33. An informal conversation. new adventure has your mind in a swirl. Wouldn’t it be nice to do this or to do that you cles. Others may find you especially witty and eccentric today. You may have insights or 39. An organization of countries formed 34. Naked freshwater or marine or para- in 1961 to agree on a common policy for say. Well, you can do anything you want; make your plans. Take a 3◊5 card catalog box breakthroughs concerning your living situation or life circumstances. People value you sitic protozoa that form temporary for your independence and unique qualities. 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MUSIC & MOVIES Snoop Dogg shares good vibes at rap awards noop Dogg declared himself upbeat about life and the MCs is happening. That’s not me,” he said. Snoop Dogg police officers. When the police tried to strike T.I., the officers future of rap as the veteran star was recognized for advised younger rappers to “stay original,” describing music as instead tumbled to the ground and the rapper ascended Scareer achievement at the BET Hip-Hop Awards on having a universal power. “I’m loving where hip-hop is going, stairs, closing the song with the line, “They can’t kill us all.” Tuesday. In an industry infamous for bitter beefs between rap- I’m loving how you’re taking it across the world, and how Kendrick Lamar, one of the rappers most identified with pers, the 44-year-old Snoop Dogg instead took an inspira- you’re all uniting people,” he said. Politics was also in full dis- Black Lives Matter, won the award for Lyricist of the Year. A fel- tional approach as he was presented the “I Am Hip-Hop” play at the awards, one of the biggest annual events on the low West Coast rapper, Lamar presented the career award to award at a televised ceremony in Atlanta. “I’m content. I love hip-hop calendar which is broadcast on BET, or Black Snoop Dogg. Toronto rapper Drake won for Album of the Year who I’ve been through my whole journey,” said Snoop Dogg, Entertainment Television. with “Views,” which is so far the top-selling album released this who emerged from California’s gangsta rap scene before cre- The rapper T.I. performed his new song “We Will Not,” which year in the United States across all genres. He beat major ating his own more mellow sound. voices solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement names in hip-hop including Kanye West and Dr Dre. — AFP “I’m just thankful to have been given a position to speak to against police abuses. As T.I. rapped, his dancers took the people, to mentor people, to become Uncle Snoop, to not stage as if protesters holding up signs. One by one they were become some bitter old rapper who’s mad because the young knocked down by two actors playing club-wielding white Snoop Dogg Rapper Kid Cudi Singer finds learning world’s lullabies universal

he songs’ lyrics are as basic as they performing the piece. But the structure of get, but also the most universal. lullabies varies widely between cultures. TSinger Sophia Brous is weaving Brous was surprised that lullabies she together lullabies from some 25 cultures, learned from Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria and exploring the deeper meaning in how to Uganda not only had deep African communicate with infants through music. rhythms, but that mothers were able to “In a funny way, lullabies are the most suc- dance to them. cessful pop songs ever to have existed,” the Other lullabies, such as those from Melbourne-born musician said. “They per- China and Croatia, struck Brous by the petuate themselves through generations darkness of the imagery, such as references because they’re infinitely repeatable, mem- to anthropomorphic animals lost in the Rapper Kid Cudi reveals orable and you absorb them.” To create wilderness. Brous, whose piece was first “Lullaby Movement,” Brous learned cradle commissioned by Urban Theatre Projects in songs in local languages directly from Sydney, plans an international premiere depression struggle, seeks help mothers or others in more than 25 commu- and tour of “Lullaby Movement” in the nities, including asylum-seekers in the 2017-18 season. She composed the piece id Cudi, the rapper who has won an avid fan wave of migration from the war-torn with Leo Abrahams, a guitarist who has base for his versatility and sensitivity, has Middle East. played with Brian Eno and Pulp, and David Kentered treatment after revealing a long strug- The song cycle, set to a flowing back- Coulter, a musical saw virtuoso formerly in gle with depression and suicidal thoughts. Writing drop that goes from soothing ambient The Pogues celtic punk band. late Tuesday on Facebook, Kid Cudi said he felt sounds to bouncy synthesized bass, is Brous will spend the year working on ashamed before fans who looked up to him but could dramatized through a loose story line as “Lullaby Movement” and other works at not hide the “ragin’ violent storm inside my heart at all Brous plays a sleep-deprived girl seeking National Sawdust, an intimate venue in times.” On Monday “I checked myself into rehab for security as she stands on a pebble beach. Brooklyn whose advisory board includes depression and suicidal urges. I am not at peace. I Brous showcased “Lullaby Movement” on leading names in classical and experimen- haven’t been since you’ve known me,” he said. “If I did- Saturday at National Sawdust, a year-old tal music such as Philip Glass and Laurie n’t come here, I would’ve done something to myself. I New York music venue with a focus on the Anderson. Paola Prestini, the executive and simply am a damaged human swimming in a pool of avant-garde where the Australian has been Australian composer Sophia Brous poses after an interview with AFP in New York. — AP creative director of National Sawdust, said emotions everyday of my life,” he wrote. named an artist-in-residence. Brous, who Brous “fits in very clearly” in the mission of His disclosure quickly became a major topic on has collaborated with artists including that she has done little to address the crisis, Brous found much in common from lulla- the venue with her virtuosity and sense for social media, with the overwhelming majority of peo- David Byrne of Talking Heads fame and Brous found she could quickly relate to bies around the world, which so often use a musician’s role in society. “She’s an artist ple voicing compassion for the rapper whose real indie pop singer Kimbra, was drawn to lull- migrant children through lullabies in fragmented, made-up sounds to soothe who defies boundaries and an artist the name is Scott Mescudi. Kid Cudi said that his upcom- abies after speaking to an 80-year-old for- Arabic, Farsi and other languages. “It is a children. “‘Roo, roo,’ ‘Zhoo, zhoo,’ or ‘aaah, whole world should know but doesn’t yet,” ing album, “Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’,” was still on mer ballerina from Latvia who poured grounder and a leveler and a connector, aaah’-I was just so fascinated by the idea of Prestini said. — AFP track to come out this month but that he would step emotion when relating a children’s song. and I think sometimes it can be very pow- imparted love and expressive love through back from promotion of it. The rapper said he hoped “The more that I began to consider erful to let music play that role,” she said. words that may not have a literal meaning,” to return to public in time to perform on November 5- them like a repertoire, the more fascinated I she said. “What has been so interesting is 6 at ComplexCon, a new cultural festival in California became,” said Brous, who remembers lulla- Are lullabies universal? that I’ve never once had a comment of peo- whose designers include leading Japanese pop artist bies from her own parents. Brous spent “Lullaby Movement” indirectly touches ple feeling that they are not understanding Takashi Murakami and star songwriter Pharrell time with refugees including in the Calais on one of the foundational questions of lin- it, or feeling a disconnect from the expres- Williams. “Jungle” camp in France. While stressing guistics: Is language universal at its root? sive power of the music,” she said about Kid Cudi had his start in the late 2000s as his underground, introspective style of hip-hop gained the attention of rap superstar Kanye West, who Review became his mentor and later credited Kid Cudi with influencing his own work. With a vocal deliv- ery that swings from rapping to expressive singing, Kid Cudi has won a passionate following among young people and especially among stoners, ‘Girl on the Train’ although he has recently stepped back from his earlier identification with the marijuana lifestyle. The 32-year-old rapper has also increasingly pur- sued side careers as a fashion model and actor in doesn’t stay on the rails films and television series. — AFP ate Taylor’s “The Girl on the Train” may pens, Rachel used to live a few houses be technically set in the Westchester down, where her ex-husband (Justin Tsuburb of Ardsley-on-Hudson, but its Theroux) now lives with his current wife cocktail of commuter trains, marital infi- (Ferguson) and baby. A real coinkidink. The delity and alcoholism make its proper set- mystery kicks in when Megan goes missing ting Cheever Country. The unhappy, marti- - another girl, gone. Her character is set up ni-stained lives of New York suburbanites as a kind of slinky femme fatale, who have long been a rich vein for writers like (despite her million-dollar home) is work- John Cheever, Richard Yates and Paula Fox. ing as a nanny for - you guessed it - Anna “The Girl on the Train” is the trashier, paper- down the street. In scenes with her thera- back version. Its old-school title may sug- pist (a woefully miscast Edgar Ramirez), she gest Hitchcock or maybe Fincher (who sounds like she’s plotting a getaway. “I just himself is remaking Hitchcock’s “Strangers can’t be a wife anymore,” she says. on a Train”). But Taylor’s film, disappoint- Through a boozy fog, the blackout- ingly, is nowhere near the league of either. plagued Rachel believes she knows some- British singers Matt Goss (left) and Luke Goss, from the British band Bros, pose together Instead, it’s closer to the kind of early ‘90s thing about the case. She, herself, is a sus- during a photo-call at the Yam Yard Hotel in central London yesterday. — AFP psychological thriller where bad things pect because of her frequent creeping happen in slow motion and deadly instru- around her old home and continuous ments are drawn from kitchen drawers. phone calls to her ex. On the night in ques- It’s adapted from Paula Hawkins’ popu- tion, Rachel wakes up mysteriously bloody. Hugh Jackman arrives at MPTF’s 95th Anniversary 1980s pop twins Bros lar London-set novel, the success of which (Allison Janney makes a fine cameo as a Celebration ‘Hollywood’s Night Under The Stars’ on was predicated on comparisons to Gillian police detective.) Saturday in Woodland Hills, Calif. — AP Flynn’s “Gone Girl,” a trio of unreliable narra- Blunt can’t quite pull off the famously tors, all women, and the way it cleverly difficult task of believably playing drunk; reunite for one-off show untwisted female clichÈs of domestic life: her slurred words and blotchy face are Hugh Jackman reveals the bitter divorcee (Rachel, played by Emily overdone. But it’s her steely presence that ritish 1980s pop duo Bros, twin The brothers are now based in the United Blunt), the sexy ‘other woman’ (Megan, gives “The Girl on the Train” the veneer of a brothers Matt and Luke Goss, States. Matt continued as a solo singer and Haley Bennett) and the unwitting wife film better than it is. Ferguson, too, is a title of upcoming Bannounced yesterday they will has enjoyed a seven-year residency at (Anna, Rebecca Ferguson). They are each class above. But Taylor (“The Help”) isn’t reunite for a one-off concert next year, Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. introduced in their own chapter, but our able to believably blend the overlapping their first joint performance in 27 years. The Luke is a Hollywood actor, appearing in central figure is Blunt’s boozy, devastated perspectives and “The Girl on the Train” Wolverine film 48-year-olds, who garnered a huge “Blade II” (2002), “Tekken” (2010) and Rachel, the so-dubbed “girl” who by all comes across as a flat, predictable puzzle teenage fanbase in with hits such as “When “Interview with a Hitman” (2012). “I’ve got appearances is suspiciously like a woman. whose characters flip from one extreme to he claws are out. Hugh Jackman posted on Twitter yes- Will I Be Famous?”, will play London’s to learn to play drums at a level that I’m She spends her days riding the Metro another. terday to announce the title of his upcoming Wolverine 20,000-capacity O2 Arena on August 19. happy with again. I can’t wait to go North into and out of New York, cursing Dangerous fantasies of marital bliss Tfilm, previously known as “Wolverine 3.” The film is the “Last year, I can honestly say I didn’t think it through the pain and the blisters,” he said. the suburban “baby factory” while mini are at the heart of “The Girl on the Train.” threequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (2009) and “The was going to happen. I thought the “By the time we get there, we’ll be so pre- liquor bottles fall off her lap. From the There’s something worthy beneath the Wolverine,” (2013). It is the tenth installment in the X-Men film moment had genuinely passed,” lead singer pared.” He said the band would play their tracks, she obsessively gazes at a house pulpy, preposterous plot that wants to series. “LOGAN,” Jackman tweeted in all caps with a picture of Matt told a surprise press conference in familiar songs in a contemporary way, where she spies who she believes is the give redemption to some old female a billboard which was unveiled on the corner of Bleecker and London. “I met Luke one day for a beer and rather than introduce new material. perfect, impossibly handsome couple stereotypes. But Taylor’s film merely shifts Lafayette streets in the NoHo district of Manhattan. The title said: ‘it’s time’.” “It is a 2017 show,” he said. Matt added: (Bennett, Luke Evans). “I just know they awkwardly from one trop to another, like refers for Wolverine’s given name. With Luke on drums, Bros burst onto the “Nothing has ever compared to having my know love,” she says. an uncertain passenger changing trains. The film’s director, James Mangold, also tweeted out an pop scene in 1987 with their single “When brother on stage with me. “We’re perfec- “The Girl on the Train,” a Universal official poster. The day before releasing the poster and Will I Be Famous?”, which hit number two in tionists. We both want it to be a spectacle. Plotting a getaway Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion announcing the film’s title, Mangold had teased the film by the British charts. Follow-up single “Drop This is going to be the best show that Bros From the train she sees hints of an affair Picture Association of America for “vio- tweeting out the second page of its screenplay. “Logan” will be The Boy” did likewise, while “I Owe You has ever done.” Tickets go on general sale or possibly a crime, and begins involving lence, sexual content, language and nudi- distributed by 20th Century Fox. It’s produced by Marvel and Nothing” reached number one in 1988. on Friday.—AFP herself like a drunk Jimmy Stewart, on the ty.” Running time: 105 minutes. Two stars the Donners’ Company. Apart from Jackman, the cast includes They last performed together before rails instead of confined to a wheelchair. out of four. — AP Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen 77,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium But the tale adds another layer - an incred- Merchant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal and Elizabeth Rodriguez. on August 19, 1989, before going their sep- ulous one - to her voyeurism. As it hap- “Logan” is scheduled for release on March 3, 2017. — Reuters arate ways in 1992 after their third album. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 lifestyle

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he Louis Vuitton red carpet was rolled out at the ance at Louis Vuitton’s spring-summer show in their historic Place Vendome yesterday for a much- new store in the Place Vendome will be her last. The 66- Tneeded happy ending to a dark Paris Fashion year-old, who sat in the front row next to LVMH’s Week season, marred by the multimillion-dollar heist of Bernard and Delphine Arnault, and spoke to the AP on Kim Kardashian West’s jewelry. A roll call of actresses her passion for fashion and her sadness to bid farewell including Alicia Vikander, Jennifer Connelly, Michelle to the spectacular Paris shows. Williams, Sophie Turner and a heavily pregnant Lea “Oh, I will definitely miss (the Paris shows). For sure,” Seydoux joined tennis star Roger Federer in the front she said, wearing a black Vuitton T-shirt with silver zig- row - posing with Vuitton’s lauded designer Nicolas zags. “It’s wonderful being in Paris and being at these Ghesquiere. And what a show it was. Here are the high- shows and the beauty and the style. I’m lucky,” she said. lights of yesterday’s ready-to-wear collections, capping “I think it’s such an important industry here, but it’s an the spring-summer 2017 season. important industry back in the US too. It’s beautiful, it’s creative - but we really can’t forget it’s a job creator on Louis Vuitton: The clothes both sides of the Atlantic and I’m hugely supportive of In Ghesquiere’s finest collection since restyling the this industry. I’ve also seen what fashion can to revital- house in 2013, the French designer exposed his passion ize a city and give a city life,” she added. The ambassa- for the ‘80s and riffed on science fiction. Big hair, big dor, the second woman to serve in this position after shoulders, big sparkle, big prints, big eyes: that was the Pamela Harriman (1993-1997) and will leave her post mantra for spring-summer. Bold sunset-shaped eye following November’s US presidential election. make-up that stretched from ear to ear setting the fash- ion dial firmly to the age of Glam Rock. That era was also Moncler Gamme Rouge known for its obsession with sci-fi films, referenced by A barren desert and rugged boulders provided a sort Ghesquiere in three-dimensional stereo-sound in this of fashion assault-course for Moncler Gamme Rouge’s 45-piece show. battle-tested models in the French military-inspired yes- Styles that evoked Star Wars were seen in lozenge terday show. Hybrids of the hard, round shiny-tipped patches over the bust, curved asymmetrical forms on hats worn by the French Foreign Legion were the open- shirts with metallic sheer overlay, tunic-like gowns with er. And in case there was any doubt about the French boots, and armor-like white shoulder pads that looked army theme, designer Giambattista Valli began to use like they might have been snipped from the back of a sashes with the French tricolor flag across round-collar Darth Vader paratrooper. But the beauty of this collec- tops - with the famed red, white and blue color combi- tion was in its remarkable stylish silhouettes and the nation repeated on Velcro straps on sneakers. deftness of the cuts that made it a more grown-up dis- Straps, for perhaps a parachute, structured a ‘60s- play that we’ve become used to. A loose gray jacket style, sporty mini-dress in stone. And even when the with structured, mushroom-shaped oversize sleeves signature flowers finally appeared (Valli famously loves produced a stylish silhouette as it gently curved out at his blooms), even then, they were imagined as a print the bottom - in almost deconstructed patches. The on an X-shaped dress that evoked the military through designer, who revitalized Balenciaga during his tenure its stiffness and shoulder epaulettes. It was an interest- there from 1997 to 2012, seems to be doing the same at ing and focused display. — AP Louis Vuitton.

US ambassador bids farewell Ever since Jane D Hartley became US ambassador to France in October 2014, the well-groomed diplomat has been a regular face on the front rows of major shows such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton. But her appear-

Models present creations for Louis Vuitton during the 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, yesterday in Paris. — AFP photos Colombian street artists graffiti for peace

pray-paint cans in hand, a generation of street artists is graffiti artist known for dotting central Bogota with black-and- and giant murals sprouted up in iconic spots throughout the and forced nearly seven million to flee their homes. Another covering Colombia’s run-down walls with rifles that shoot white messages of peace. “I prefer a twisted peace to a perfect city. 45,000 are missing. The government and the FARC began a Sheart-shaped bullets and rainbow-colored pleas for war,” said the secretive artist. DjLu, who prefers not to use his ceasefire on August 29, and both sides appear committed to peace. After half a century of conflict, the end of which remains real name, doubles as an art professor at Catholic University of ‘Political act’ ending their fighting despite voters’ rejection of the accord just beyond reach, war and peace have become central themes Colombia when he isn’t out spray-painting public spaces as a Today, visitors and fans can even take a graffiti tour, created negotiated in the Cuban capital. Seeking to save the peace in Colombia’s graffiti art. On the streets of Bogota, corncobs self-described “servant of peace.” “I wanted to send a message by Australian expatriate Christian Petersen. Not everyone is process, President Juan Manuel Santos has dispatched his for- that look like grenades and gun barrels sprouting carnations that would open people’s minds,” he told AFP of his turn to embracing the trend. “Peace is in vogue... on the tourist stage eign minister, defense minister and chief peace negotiator to have provided the backdrop as the government and the leftist politically charged graffiti a decade ago. that Colombia is becoming,” said the street artist Stinkfish. But hold talks with the opposition. They will be tasked with finding rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) “I’m simply human, and as a human I think the conflict is Toxicomano (“Addict”), a graffiti artist known for works protest- a compromise acceptable to both the FARC and the hardliners worked for nearly four years to conclude a historic peace agree- absurd.” The prospect of turning the page on more than half a ing atrocities committed by the Colombian army during the who led the campaign to vote against the Havana deal. If they ment. The peace process suffered a shock setback Sunday century stained by violence is increasingly fueling street artists’ war, said the medium is well-suited to politically engaged art. need inspiration, they can turn to the colorful messages of when voters rejected the resulting accord in a referendum, creativity in Bogota, where graffiti is surging as an artistic medi- “The mere fact of painting in the street is a political act,” said the peace spray-painted on the nation’s streets. — AFP apparently resentful of the blood shed by the Marxist guerrillas um. The city’s mayor from 2012 to 2015, former guerrilla fighter artist, who painted a large, colorful mural urging Colombians to and the lenient punishment the deal meted out for their crimes. Gustavo Petro, actively promoted graffiti as a public art form. vote “yes to peace” in the run-up to Sunday’s referendum. But that only fueled the creative fire for people like DjLu, a That stance helped counter the stigma of graffiti as vandalism, The Colombian conflict has killed more than 260,000 people

This file photo shows a man riding his bike past a graffiti with a sentence that reads ‘Peace is ours’ in Bogota. This file photo shows a graffiti with a sentence that reads ‘Peace for the people’ in Cali, Colombia. — AFP photos lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

FEATURES Home remedies to lighten dark spots ur skin reflects on how we feel, how healthy lighten these dark spots, and keep in mind any making it even and glowing. The cooling effect it we are and also reflects on how much we allergies you have as well as that these remedies has rebuilds damaged tissue as well as regenerates Ocare for it and maintain it. You can easily tell tend to take time to show results, and are not med- new cells. All you have to do is cut an aloe vera leaf the difference between someone who’s suffering ical or chemical for you to see results on spot or in half, squeezing the gel-like substance from from emotional trauma from someone who has shortly after, natural ingredients take time but also inside, or simply use aloe vera gel from any phar- acne, and from someone who has trouble sleeping are very useful for your skin and body as a whole. macy, and apply it on your skin or darkened area and is dehydrated from someone who regularly for about 30 minutes then wash off. You can repeat gets facials, uses moisturizers and is hydrated. It’s a 1. Yoghurt this twice daily, and up to two weeks. package that we, with time, care for more and You can always use yoghurt mask or apply it to more as with age we notice changes within our certain areas to lighten darker spots as yoghurt 4. Potatoes skin and how “higher” maintenance it can be, espe- contains lactic acid which is known for its bleach- If you ever suffer from dark under eyes or notice cially with young girls and women, changes in hor- ing properties. Try adding a table spoon of honey that you’re getting dark circles due to exhaustion mones, sun exposure and environmental pollution as well as some lemon juice to make this mask a bit or lack of sleep, always go for a potato! Slice it up, can leave a huge mark on our skin in the long run, harsher. Keep the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes, you can even mash it, apply it to your under eye if not taken care of. and you can repeat this daily. area for a few minutes (5-10 minutes) then wash Living in the Middle East, or geographically in off. The starch absorbs the hyperpigmentation and an area or country where you’re exposed to 2. Oranges restores your skin tone as well as triggers the pro- extreme heat, weather changes, dehydration and The most important ingredient in skincare is duction of new skin cells. sun can eventually take a toll on your skin and Vitamin C, as it’s known to bleach your skin tone as It’s essential to maintain your skin for a more even skin color. You start to notice darker spots well as improve the overall texture of your skin. youthful and healthy glow, it’s something that’ll around your face and even around your body, in This recipes is done by grinding dried orange peels always make you stand out, because no amount of areas such as the chin, around your lips, forehead, to powder and adding a pinch of turmeric powder make up or products can cover up unhealthy and elbows and knees. What’s even worse is that with along with one tablespoon of yoghurt. You can do damaged skin, but always go for what works best time these areas tend to darken even more when this twice a week maximum, and leave it on for 15 for you and not everyone else. not treated, some people even go as far as peels to 20 minutes each time. and lasers to either lighten or remove these areas. However, if your case isn’t as severe and extreme as 3. Aloe Vera to those who go for peels and lasers, I’ve come up Hyperpigmentation takes place when you have with a few home recipes that you can try out to uneven skin tone and aloe vera restores your skin

Introducing the new AW16 collection from ‘Yours London’ ours clothing is proud to introduce Deeper in the AW16 season, just in time the chic Autumn/Winter 2016 collec- for the festive months, expect to see a Ytion, taking inspiration from key colour palette that includes glamorous trends found on this season’s catwalks and golds and reds, shimmering gunmetals adapting them for the plus size market. and soft pinks all intertwined with an ele- This season we have introduced an easy gant black foundation, to contrast perfect- to wear transitional trend - Scarlett ly with the Yours London formal and casual Woman. Dropping a splash of red into wear collections which includes rich hues black casual wear, formal wear and tailor- such as burgundy and blush. ing, the trend combines ‘black’ attire which Yours London, which has a fantastic is elegant enough to wear for all occasions, range of clothing in sizes from 16 till 32, is and adds a pop of red, to create an on- designed to perfectly flatter your silhou- trend, seasonal wardrobe that perfectly ette while including the latest trends in merges classy and classic. Be bold and evening and daywear, all at highly compet- effortlessly stylish this season and shop the itive prices. The brand is committed to striking Scarlet Woman collection. offering a range of plus size clothing to Artisan is a secondary AW16 collection customers that is both stylish and great consisting of rich, deep autumnal colours value. that have been heavily influenced by sce- The new AW16 collection will be avail- nic woodland forests. Decadent, warm able in the recently opened flagship store hues including woodland browns, moss at Al-Sharqiya Mall, Khaitan. greens and paradise blues offer comfort and when combined with flawless tailoring will help to create a flattering, wearable Brigitte Khoury Beauty Lounge grand opening wardrobe.

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Exude the season’s hottest trends with Disposing of hot New Look’s highly anticipated AW16 collection Kardashian gems s the days get shorter and the weath- with metallic finishes and chunky heels. Two distinct looks dominate New Look’s implements key seasonal trends into its puts robbers in a bind er slightly cooler, those of us living in Boots are given a sense of drama with lingerie collection for autumn-winter: luxury AW16 Collection to create a line that is sim- Athe Middle East breathe a sigh of embroidered detailing, luxe velvet and fea- and sportswear. mering with masculine appeal ulling off a $10 million dollar jewel heist is one relief as the sweltering summer starts to ture heels. Ankle boots take inspiration from Velvet and satin come to life in rich jewel Statement checks and stripes, a tan- thing-but finding a buyer is another, say experts, fade away. This transition signals an upcom- the catwalk, finishing higher up the leg and tones like midnight blue and berry, while dominated palette and retro shapes which, Ppredicting that the robbers who targeted Kim ing season of more bearable autumn-winter worn with lurex socks for a street style edge. delicate eyelash lace in neutral colours adds include high necks are key. Layering gives Kardashian would struggle to dispose of their loot. months and gives us a new excuse to fill our Earrings steal the spotlight with over- timeless glamour. Longer line bralets and the look a modern update, particularly in Kardashian, the world’s highest paid reality television wardrobes with New Look’s key trendy sized hoops, clean orbs and chandelier bodies are key pieces, with touches of the form of oversized jerseys, military- star, was held up at gunpoint in a luxury Paris apartment pieces straight from the catwalks. styles. 90s chokers are still on trend, while metallic and pleated mesh giving them an inspired rib knits and black suede jackets in the early hours of Monday. Sports luxe is one of the biggest trends plain or printed neck scarves feel fresh for AW16 update. Less luxurious and more while Outerwear pieces feature herringbone The robbers made off with a ring worth four million for AW16 and now entirely appropriate autumn. sports luxe, the 90s trend shows its influ- or dogtooth patterning are the perfect fin- euros ($4.5 million) and a case of jewelry with a value of worn outside of the gym. Colour block pat- Strap details are key on bags and the ence with athletic-inspired underwear, ish to a modern smart silhouette. Bomber five million euros ($5.6 million). Sandrine Marcot, acting terns inspired by retro ski wear are key, as chain shoulder bag is a sure favorite. especially bodies and casual sets with jackets are back this season but are given an president of the French union of jewelers and watchmak- are stirrup leggings, tracksuit pants - the Metallics, animal prints and velvet are all striped trims. interesting update in new fabrics such as silk ers, said the value of the haul would “crash” due to the new must-have trouser - and logo hoodies important in terms of fabric and quilting While the 90’s trend is sweeping across and suede. media hype around the heist and the recognisability of which are perfect for layering. and frills are must-have details. female fashion, menswear has taken a more Casualwear has a utility influence with the stolen goods. “Everyone knows that ring. It won’t be Animal print is another big trend of the In terms of headwear, beanies with pom- decidedly elegant approach, absorbing plenty of neutral tones, while pops of red easy to get rid of it,” a police source said. season and can be found across pleated pom detailing are the ultimate accessory inspiration for the AW16 lines from the trim and unique collar detailing add an Last week, Kardashian had posted a Twitter photo- skirts, V neck jumpers and structured coats. and sporty caps are more stylish than ever. counterculture of the 1960’s. New Look Men autumnal twist. Sportswear is a huge trend graph of her left hand sporting a huge diamond sparkler- Velvet also makes a return in forest greens, for the AW16 season overall and spills heavi- reportedly a 20-carat ring by Lorraine Schwartz given to her by her husband, rap superstar Kanye West.” These are navy and burgundy and looks luxurious ly into menswear. Track pants have become not everyday jewels. These are unique pieces,” Marcot mixed with lace and satin. the season’s essential trouser and are per- told AFP, predicting the spoils of the raid would be cut The roll neck becomes an outfit staple, fectly paired with longline textured coats into smaller gems to conceal their origin. worn under dresses, hoodies, sweatshirts while traditional workwear has been fused and jackets. Meanwhile, pyjama dressing with trending sportswear to create a collec- Laser tracing continues with soft patterned jumpsuits tion that provides stylish options for the Precious stones often come stamped with a laser that can be reworked from day to night. modern man, offering an improved fit using mark, making them “extremely easy to trace”, Marcot said. The party dress is transformed with premium fabrics and performance stretch Some laser marks are so deep they are impossible to cov- jacquard fabric and metallic sheens. pieces. er up but others can be concealed by savvy polishing, Outerwear steps up its game with ginger The Autumn Winter Collection is avail- making the stone “difficulty to identify, unlike, for exam- faux fur coats and embroidered bombers able at all New Look stores throughout ple, a stolen painting,” the police source said. In most cas- that ooze attitude worn with tartan skirts. Kuwait at The Avenues, Al- Bairaq Mall, Al- es, the robbers work with several intermediaries, includ- Completing the look is New Look’s exten- Salam Mall and Promenade Mall. ing a shady jeweler in charge of whittling down the gem sive autumn-winter accessories collection into less conspicuous stones.—AFP channelling the early 90s. This season, shoes are clean and contemporary especially clas- sic, androgynous styles which get an update lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

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Indian participants bid for items at an auction in New Delhi. — AFP photos India’s home auctioneers raise gavel on unwanted goods

n a scorching rooftop in a smart neighborhood in the not sell,” he adds proudly. “The only question is price.” those beyond repair hold value-a broken smartphone can be ly used, but they seem unconcerned-auctioneers do not guar- Indian capital, 40 Delhiites with an eye for a bargain Delhi’s second-hand circuit goes far beyond a humble car sold for parts for a hefty margin. antee the condition of goods. “If it is broken we will get it Opeer over auction tables creaking with used, broken boot or garage sale, attended by hundreds of full-time dealers fixed,” the husband shrugs. Despite still holding multiple sales and half-eaten items, the front line of a thriving second-hand who buy to sell on and savvy middle-class Indians scouting Ikea’s exotic allure each week, Sood and dealers say business has declined in economy. The auctioneer’s voice rises to a frenzied pitch as bargains. “In India people recycle more than anywhere in the Delhi-based dealer Abishek Chowdhury specializes in recent years. Many now prefer ready-furnished flats, especially the numbers soar higher, each item wielded to a rapid bid- world. Labour is cheap and brains are sharp. Out of three “upright pianos, golf clubs and imported furniture, like Ikea”. in the satellite city of Gurgaon, curtailing the circulation of ding war — 200 rupees ($3), 300, 700 as sheaves of Gandhi- things that are not working, they make two work,” Sood says. The Swedish homeware brand so popular in Europe and other white goods and leading the average value of goods traded at emblazoned notes change hands in a flurry of shouts, winks A grocer by trade, he spotted the niche at the 1982 Asian parts of Asia has yet to open its doors in India-although it will auction to slide from around 200,000 rupees to 100,000. and the occasional scuffle. Games in Delhi when he saw foreigners being offered money next year-giving its flatpack designs an exotic allure. “Some of Yet in India as elsewhere, there will always be those drawn Mobile phones missing chargers, American shaving foam for their Nike trainers and Sony Walkmans, rarities at the time. it I sell it from my warehouse at my home, some of it I sell by the thrill of a bargain. Auction regular Samir Mahmud has cans that have lost their pressure and expired food packets “Back then we were selling VCRs, landline phones, tennis rack- online,” Chowdhury explains. Rural dealers who have travelled so much stuff his flat is running out of space but could not are all on display, together with a vacuum cleaner, outdated ets. Things that otherwise only came in through smuggling,” to the city to buy furniture raise their margins by telling cus- resist purchasing a hammock after prevailing in a fierce con- Apple laptops and knock-off designer sunglasses-labeled coy- he says. Since India’s economy started opening up in 1991 for- tomers in their villages that the goods were purchased from test with another bidder. “It’s like an addiction, everybody says ly as “local”. “Everything will go,” says Ashok Sood, a profession- eign brands have become more visible, but are often much the home of a diplomat, an unassailable hallmark of quality. this,” he laughs. “It’s dangerous, I’m really suffering. I have all al home sale organizer who arranges weekly auctions at costlier than in other markets because of high import duties. One couple exits dragging a large air conditioner that once this stuff, but I don’t want to sell it.”— AFP homes or embassies in New Delhi, mostly for well-off Indians These days electronics are the most sought-after items, Sood cooled a factory, happy to have paid 11,000 rupees for an or expatriates who are moving on. “There is nothing we can- says, followed by furniture. Some can be refurbished, but even appliance that costs around 39,000 rupees new. It looks heavi- Prince’s Paisley Park to open, but only for some rince’s closely-guarded studio complex in Minnesota has delayed plans to welcome legions Pof fans, with officials granting only temporary per- mits on three dates starting today. The late “Purple Rain” star’s state-of-the-art studio was set to open with tours this week, but local officials in Chanhassen, a suburb of Minneapolis, delayed their approval for turning the com- plex into a museum. In a meeting that lasted more than three hours on Tuesday, some local residents said they were concerned that the estimated 600,000 fans expected to visit the stu- dio-turned-museum each year would create traffic jams and congestion in the town of 24,000. “That’s something we need to talk about as a community: do we want to be Photo shows Santiago Lyon makes his way up a climb during the 2016 Haute Route Photo shows cyclists make their way up the Cap de Long climb during the 2016 Haute a tourist town?” said Chanhassen City Councilwoman Pyrenees timed cycling event in France. Route Pyrenees timed cycling event in France. Bethany Tjornhom. Members of the council asked the Bremer Trust, which controls Paisley Park on behalf of Prince’s estate, to come up with a more detailed plan for addressing the impact of a major tourism draw. The trust announced a compromise with the council for fans who had been looking forward to entering the Amateur cyclists tackle the complex this week. The studio will now open on Thursday, Saturday and the following Friday, October 14. Ticket-holders scheduled for tours on dates up to October 15 were encouraged to come on the three avail- able days instead, or receive a refund. “Paisley Park is also Pyrenees in a grueling race in discussions with the Mall of America to host an exhibi- tion of Prince artifacts and wardrobe, which we antici- pate opening by early next week. This exhibition will be or many people, vacation means lying pool- climbing. Each day we’d burn 4,000 to 5,000 calo- Massive mountains available to all ticket holders,” a statement said, referring side or beachside, reading and relaxing. But ries. Some might call it suffering, but for me it was to the large shopping complex near Minneapolis. Ffor me, it meant biking through the French cleansing, liberating, nothing but effort and the Prince’s studio has held a mythical status for fans, who Pyrenees in a week-long race, taking in the famous Heavy fog road ahead. The mind? Circling the wheel, wonder- have had only limited access to parts of it during the pop climbs of the Tour de France with 400 others. It was The event began in Anglet in rainy weather. ing what was to come. And then I passed a one- legend’s life. A lucky few hundred are said to have toured agonizingly difficult, one steep, grueling mountain Then we hit the first major uphill of the day, the Col legged, one-handed man on his bike, also making it. Prince died on April 21 from an overdose of painkillers. road after another. But it was also wonderful. The d’Ahusquy, a steep 8-mile (13-kilometer) ascent. I’d his way up. He’s Christian Haettich, a regular, who He was 57. event was part of the Haute Route series, billed as never been on a climb this long and difficult before lost his leg and hand in a traffic accident as an ado- “the highest, toughest and most prestigious ama- and found myself breathless and exhausted lescent and yet he’s chugging away on some of the ‘Our generation’s Graceland’ teur cycling events in the world.” The events take halfway up, wondering what I’d gotten myself into. toughest climbs in Europe. At the top, the land- The changes this week are sure to frustrate fans who place annually in the French Pyrenees, French Alps A quick pause and it was down the other side scape was astonishing, massive mountains uphol- made travel arrangements and bought $40 or $100 tick- and Italian Dolomites. A US event is planned for the toward the day’s second and final climb, the Pierre stered in green grass and trees like giant sleeping ets for tours. “It’s our generation’s Graceland,” said fan Rocky Mountains in June 2017. St Martin, a 10-mile (16-kilometer) climb through ogres. Sabrina Miller, 48, of Chicago, speaking of Elvis Presley’s Haute Route events attract cycling-crazy folks heavy fog, with visibility dropping to about 20 The Pyrenees, where Iberia smashes slowly into expansive estate in Memphis, Tennessee. She plans on from around the world of all ages and abilities. At meters (65 feet), a blessing because you couldn’t France. Dropping down like a marble, through tun- being one of the lucky ones making it inside Paisley Park. nels bored through the rock, we descended into “For me, it will be a way for me to once again pay my the valley. Cows lay nonchalantly by the roadside, respects to him,” she said. For Minneapolis-area locals, big metal bells around their necks, a few pigs too Paisley Park has also been the subject of great specula- and some sheep, guarded by large mountain dogs. tion and folklore-among them, that Prince kept live We were warned not to approach the sheep lest doves in the atrium of the complex. At the Depot, a the dogs mistake us for wolves and attack, as had Minneapolis bar attached to the club where much of apparently happened in previous years. Prince’s famed “Purple Rain” movie was filmed, bartender Steve Beavers had been looking forward to entering the ‘Broom wagon’ complex to learn if some of that folklore was true. Now, And then to the base of the day’s final climb, the he’s not sure he will get in. Col de Spandelles, just 6 miles (10 kilometers) long “Like with everything else it seems with Prince, every- but with steeply graded ramps. Small groups of thing is always very tentative,” he said. “That was part of curious bystanders would form by the road, some his mystique.” The 55,000-square-foot (5,100-square- clapping, some cheering us on. We went through meter) complex will open one week before fans descend the legendary Tourmalet climb, scene of epic bat- on Prince’s Minnesota hometown for a memorial tribute tles in Tour de France races. Drink, drink, sweat, concert. — AFP sweat and drink some more. More switchbacks, focus, OK, half a mile (1 kilometer) to go, pushing a bit harder and onwards, up and then down through majestic scenery, but always keeping an eye on the clock. Each day had a time cut off and if you didn’t make it, you’d be eliminated from the timed event and escorted to the “broom wagon” for a ride to the finish. The next day you could continue at your own pace, no longer timed. The final day was a mere 105 miles (169 kilometers), just one major Photo shows cyclists climb and then mostly downhill through rolling make their way up the the sharp end of the stick are aspiring or retired see the long series of switchbacks coming. farmland into Toulouse. And then it was over. We Col d’Ahusquy during professionals, in the middle are fit cycling enthusi- It was quiet for long stretches but for the got our participant medals, then celebrated with the first day of the asts like me and at the bottom are people who whirring of bikes and the riders’ breathing, with pizza, soft drinks and later in Toulouse, a beer or 2016 Haute Route signed up on a whim and may be regretting it. cowbells softly tinkling in the distance. A car or two. Reflecting on the week, each day had seemed Pyrenees timed cycling Some brave souls do all three European events, motorcycle engine would come and go and then as punishing as the next, my whole body a slippery event in France. back to back, the so-called “triple crown.” you could focus on your own engine again - heart, sinew of muscle turning and turning. But I’d gradu- My August trip to southwestern France was a lungs, legs. Day two saw four climbs, all hard and ally adjusted to the effort, the fitness kicking in. 50th birthday present from my wife. I met up for long, with the Col D’Aubisque the killer, on and on What seemed like misery in the moment felt like the race with a friend, Paul O’Donnell, also turning (and then on some more) for 10 miles (17 kilome- triumph looking back. But would I trade a beach 50. Both of us race bikes regularly in the New York ters). Exhausted, rationing water, stuffing down vacation for a week of pushing uphill again? Prince’s star is seen on a wall outside First Avenue in area and are, for our ages, very fit. This was to be a energy gels, controlling the breathing, I tried to Absolutely. — AP downtown Minneapolis, the club featured in Prince’s stiff test of our abilities: 500 miles (800 kilometers) focus. Sweat dripped into my eyes, stinging me famed ‘Purple Rain’ film yesterday. — AFP with 65,000-plus feet (20,000-plus meters) of onto another pedal stroke, and then another. India’s home auctioneers raise gavel on unwanted goods

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Indian folk dancers perform during the full dress rehearsal on the eve of Vibrant Navratri Mahotsav at the GMDC ground. Folk dancers from across India are participating in the Vibrant Navratri Mahotsav as the Hindu ‘Navratri’ - the ‘Dance Festival of Nine Nights’ - began on October 1. — AFP

Ancient Japan Dutch clean-up ‘heroes’ ‘more cosmopolitan’ turn beach rubbish into art than thought ncient Japan may have been far more cosmo- politan than previously thought, archaeologists very parent has watched bemused as excited kids Asaid yesterday, pointing to fresh evidence of a toss aside gifts to play with the boxes instead. But Persian official working in the former capital Nara Ewhat about when they ignore the shells on a tropical more than 1,000 years ago. Present-day Iran and beach in favor of plastic bottle tops? That was the puzzle Japan were known to have had direct trade links since for Ralph Groenheijde when he and his family visited at least the 7th century, but new testing on a piece of Costa Rica a few years ago-a trip that was to spark a pas- wood-first discovered in the sixties-suggest broader sionate crusade to clean up the beaches back home in the ties, the researchers said. Netherlands. Infrared imaging revealed previously unreadable This picture shows artworks created from His then two-year-old son paid little heed to the shells, characters on the wood-a standard writing surface in articles found during a beach treasure hunt collecting instead dozens of brightly coloured bottle tops. Japan before paper-that named a Persian official living organized by Dutch environmentalist and Eventually they used them to create a giant sun mosaic in the country. The official worked at an academy artist Ralph Groenheijde in Scheveningen. on the sand, before depositing them in a bin. It was to where government officials were trained, said Akihiro trigger Groenheijde’s scheme not to just clean up the Watanabe, a researcher at the Nara National Research wide, sandy beaches skirting the coast of The Hague, but Institute for Cultural Properties. The official may have also to turn an unwanted “treasure trove” of trash into been teaching mathematics, Watanabe added, point- wacky works of art. ing to ancient Iran’s expertise in the subject. In a play on words, this summer’s creations have been “Although earlier studies have suggested there gathered in the new TrashUre Museum, where lost balls were exchanges with Persia as early as the 7th centu- and multi-coloured plastic spades dangle like decorations ry, this is the first time a person as far away as Persia from the ceiling. Candy wrappers artfully adorn a rakish was known to have worked in Japan (during the peri- top hat tied with blue string, and a cascade of flipflops od),” he said. “And this suggests Nara was a cosmopol- itan city where foreigners were treated equally.” Nara makes a rainbow floor sculpture. A blue fisherman’s net is was the capital of Japan from around 710 AD to hooped and hung as a dress on a dummy, while hundreds Dutch environmentalist and artist Ralph Groenheijde (left) speaks to partici- pants at one of his beach treasure hunts in Scheveningen. — AFP photos around 784 AD before it was moved to Kyoto and later of cigarette butts spill from a giant box, offering a silent present-day Tokyo. The discovery comes after another rebuke. team of researchers last month unearthed ancient the shoreline, a spokesman for the city said. That’s equiva- Roman coins at the ruins of an old castle in Okinawa in Heroes and pirates lent to 20 king-size beds. The dirtiest finds are also why southern Japan. It was the first time coins from the Harnessing the power of social media, Groenheijde Groenheijde calls his TrashUre hunters heroes for “daring once mighty empire have been discovered in Japan, organized his first trash hunt in the Netherlands some to take care of the toilet”-no-one wants to clean the toilet thousands of kilometers from where they were likely three years ago and built a pirate ship in the sand with the at home, but someone has to. minted. — AFP finds. “The moment that it was finished the kids came and Dutch environmentalist and artist Ralph started playing with it,” Groenheijde, 44, a trained therapist Bags overflowing Groenheijde (second left) speaks to partici- and counselor, told AFP. “From that moment on I began “I never expected to collect so much rubbish in 15 or 20 pants at one of his beach treasure hunts in calling the trash can a treasure chest, and from now on we minutes. I was very surprised,” said Jawad El-Woustati, who Scheveningen. are treasure hunters. We are pirates. We are saving animals. was among 20 young trainees from The Hague municipali- We are heros because of that.” When a friend offered him ty sent to join Groenheijde on one expedition. Giggling, the free use of a building on the Scheveningen seafront, the group initially turned up their noses at the task. But as This undated handout picture released by Groenheijde hit on the idea of a museum for the artworks. Groenheijde divided them into groups and made it a chal- the Nara National Now he guides groups of adults and children daily on lenge, bafflement gave way to enthusiasm. Soon they sorties, motivating them to clean up the environment, to Research Institute for were pouncing on every bit of offending detritus and soon Cultural Properties get out and exercise and stretch their muscles as well as had three huge overflowing bags. “Now I’ve seen what’s their imaginations. This summer he set locals a 90-day yesterday shows a on the beach, from now on I’m going to take a bag and wood strip - discov- challenge to scour the sands every day. Since the end of collect everything to put in the bin,” Woustati said. ered in the 1960s and June he calculates they have scooped up some 40 tons of The piece de resistance in the museum is a perfectly dated to be over 1,00 garbage-including 42 dirty nappies, 64 sanitary pads and executed map of the world-the continents are formed years old - that was 18 tampons, all of which are disposed of in bins. These from some 30,000 cigarette butts and the seas dotted with excavated from finds come despite efforts by local authorities. A 15-strong bottle tops-to represent all the plastics floating in the Heijokyo trace, in the council crew heads out nightly using tractors and beach oceans. “Unfortunately, there are so many people who former capital Nara. cleaners “digging and raking the waste from the sand” for don’t use the rubbish bins,” said Sophie Hermans, one of — AFP 10 hours from the 11-kilometre (seven-mile) stretch of the group taking part that day. “It’s a very simple idea, and beach. it would be so easy to do this around the world.”— AFP Annually 1.9 million euros ($2.1 million) are spent by The Hague to keep the beaches clean, and on a single This picture shows artworks created from busy day they can collect up to 100 square meters (about articles found during a beach treasure hunt. 1,000 square feet) of trash from over 400 large bins and