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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 SHAABAN 25, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net ‘Journey Kerry talks NY prosecutor Where’s Pele? of Hope’ Brotherhood, confronts ‘The King’ sails into Iraq crisis criticism shunned at Tunisia5 with Sisi7 from14 India World20 Cup Shiite MPs demand action Max 48º Min 31º over anti-Sistani article High Tide 08:12 & 21:55 Ghanem urges unity • Oppn reiterates call for int’l probe Low Tide 01:59 & 15:27 40 PAGES NO: 16205 150 FILS By B Izzak

Saudi Shiites KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday urged national unity and for ignoring calls for jailed over sectarianism in the country as several Shiite MPs called for action against a writer whom they alleged insulted Shiite supreme spiritual leader Ali Al-Sistani. The speaker stressed flag insult in a statement on the importance of strengthening nation- al unity among Kuwaitis amid an unstable and tense JEDDAH: A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five regional situation accompanied by rising sectarian feel- young Shiites yesterday to jail terms ranging from ings. three to six years for insulting the kingdom’s flag Ghanem recalled that Kuwaitis always stood united and during protests, an official source said. They were kept their country away from any polarization or conflict prosecuted for lowering a flag from a school during that fuels sectarian or ethnic disputes. The speaker reject- demonstrations in Eastern Province and replacing it ed any attempt to include religious and sectarian elements with a black Shiite banner. The same source said the in political conflicts and also expressed his total opposition five replaced an official plaque on which was written against targeting religious symbols of any sect. “The Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” with one stat- Ghanem’s statement came after several Shiite MPs and ing “The Kingdom of Qatif of Tomorrow”. activists demanded strong action against Al-Jarida news- Demonstrations in Eastern Province, where most paper and Jordanian writer and former minister Saleh Al- of the mainly Sunni kingdom’s two million Shiites Qallab for writing an article deemed highly critical of Sistani, highly revered by Shiites worldwide. The article live, erupted in 2011 alongside a Shiite-led protest published Friday strongly criticized Sistani for issuing a fat- movement in neighbouring Bahrain. They took a wa making it compulsory for Iraqi Shiites to mobilize in violent turn in 2012 and clashes between police and order to fight advancing forces of the Islamic State of Iraq protesters have so far killed 24 people, including at and the Levant and other Sunni forces. least four policemen, according to activists. Tensions Shiite MPs called on the information minister to take a eased later that year when seven senior Shiite digni- stern action against the newspaper and the writer and taries from Qatif responded favourably to a call from some of them threatened they would grill the minister if King Abdullah for the creation of a centre for dia- NEW DELHI: Indian Shiites hold photographs of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani , the most respected voice for he failed to do so, amid reports that the ministry has logue between Sunnis and Shiites. — AFP Iraq’s Shiite majority (left) and Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) during a protest against the already referred the newspaper to the public prosecution. ongoing conflict in Iraq yesterday. — AP Continued on Page 15 Supersub sinks Russia Khamenei rejects US action in Iraq Rouhani warns ‘petrodollar’ states

ANBAR, Iraq: Iran’s supreme leader accused the United States yesterday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s condemnation of US action in Iraq came three days after President Barack Obama offered to send 300 military advisers in response to pleas from Iraq’s government. It ran counter to speculation that old enemies Washington and Tehran might cooperate to defend their mutual ally in Baghdad after two weeks of swift territorial gains by Sunni Islamists. Yesterday, militants overran a second frontier post on the Syrian border as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) pursues the goal of its own caliphate strad- dling both countries. “We are strongly opposed to US and other intervention in Iraq,” IRNA news agency quot- ed Khamenei as saying. “We don’t approve of it as we believe the Iraqi government, nation and religious TEHRAN: An Iranian woman tries on lipstick at a cosmetics shop on May 6, 2014. — AFP authorities are capable of ending the sedition.” Some Iraqi observers interpreted his remarks as a warning not to try to handpick any successor to Prime For many Iran women, Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, amid speculation he may be pushed to quit over a crisis for which many in the West makeup speaks volumes hold him responsible after eight years of Shi’ite-led gov- ernment has alienated minority Sunnis. Speaking in TEHRAN: Under the compulsory veil and as they get up in the morning. Even if they Cairo, Secretary of State John Kerry said the United despite hard times, Iranian women are feel ill, they know that they must look States wanted the Iraqi people to find a leadership that unrestrained in showing off one feature on beautiful in the street,” says Tina would represent all the country’s communities - though which they feel a need to spend money. Zarinnam, 30, a fashion designer. The he echoed Obama in saying it would not pick or choose Their faces. Everyday wearing of makeup is French luxury brand Lancome recently those leaders. “The United States would like the Iraqi probably more common in Iran, an Islamic announced a return to Iran after decades people to find leadership that is prepared to represent republic, than in some liberal western away, inviting around 400 industry types all of the people of Iraq, that is prepared to be inclusive countries. It is a rare opportunity to parade and artists to one of the biggest hotels in and share power,” he said. one’s beauty without fear of official cen- Tehran to celebrate its comeback. It was The Iranian and the U.S. governments had seemed sure. With a female population of more the first time since the 1979 Islamic revo- open to collaboration against ISIL, which is fighting than 38 million, Iran is the second-largest lution that a major Western brand - RIO DE JANEIRO: Russia’s Alexander Kokorin performs a bicycle kick to clear the both the US-backed, Shiite-led government of Iraq and cosmetics market in the Middle East in Lancome is the number one luxury line of ball ahead of Belgium’s Toby Alderweireld during the Group H World Cup match the Iranian-backed president of Syria, whom terms of revenue, behind Saudi Arabia, the L’Oreal group - had been launched at the Maracana Stadium yesterday. — AP (See Page 20) Washington wants to see overthrown. and the world’s seventh biggest. with such fanfare. Continued on Page 15 “Iranian women wear makeup as soon Continued on Page 15 in the news

Saudis seize half Naked beachgoer, CSC announces UAE issues travel friends arrested Ramadan timings tonne of cocaine warning for Lebanon JEDDAH: Customs officers have seized half a tonne of KUWAIT: Four young Kuwaitis were arrested at KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission yesterday BEIRUT: The United Arab Emirates is warning its cit- Abul Hasaniya beach for insulting police officers, issued a circular in which it announced working hours cocaine in Jeddah, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, izens against traveling to Lebanon, citing security after one of them was wandering along the beach during the month of Ramadan this year. The circular where drug trafficking is punishable by death, the inte- concerns, the Gulf federation’s official news agency totally naked, said security sources. Case papers said working hours from Sunday through Thursday will rior ministry said yesterday. The 526 kilos of “pure said. The UAE’s charge d’affaires in Lebanon, Hamad indicate that a citizen reported seeing a naked per- be from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm for the following ministries cocaine” was found stashed in a container of paper, the Mohammed Al-Junaibi, urged all Emiratis in son at the beach, a few meters away from the and government bodies: Commerce and Industry, ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA Lebanon to leave immediately and to work with the police officers’ club. Arriving to the scene, three Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Justice, Public Works, Higher news agency. State television aired footage of the embassy to ease their departures, according to a young people were seen gathered around their Education, Communications, Education, Information, port’s customs officers slashing packets of paper to statement carried late Saturday by the Emirates naked friend getting ready to drive him home. Housing, Ports, Agriculture and Fish Resources, Youth remove the drugs. The interior ministry said the drugs WAM state news agency. The warning follows a sui- When asked to ride in the police patrol, one of and Sports, Environment, Industry and Minors, in addi- came from a South American country, without specify- cide car bombing and police raids Friday against them insulted the officers. “I swear to strip your tion to Customs, Fire Services Directorates, Kuwait ing which one. The threat of capital punishment for suspected members of an Al-Qaeda breakaway stars (ranks) off and you will see who I am,” he said, Credit Bank, Zakat House, Kuwait Municipality, Civil drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia appears to have done group allegedly plotting attacks in the country. before the four were controlled and arrested. The Service Commission and the National Council for little to deter smugglers, as the ultra-conservative king- Separately, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam naked youth said that his friends had dared him Culture, Arts and Letters. All other public departments dom frequently announces that it has intercepted ship- Salam arrived in Kuwait yesterday for a daylong vis- swim in the buff and he won the bet. will work from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. ments. it that includes talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 LOCAL Vietnam woos Kuwaiti investors Trade delegation in town By Ben Garcia directly importing from Vietnam. They get it from the UAE. By the end of 2014, we KUWAIT: The Embassy of Vietnam hosted a expect the number to double from our side trade delegation from Hanoi that present- at least,” he mentioned. ed various business opportunities for He lauded various trade and economic Kuwaiti investors. The delegation, headed agreements signed since the establishment by Lee Ba Ngoc, Commercial Attache of of the Vietnamese embassy in Kuwait in Vietnam to Kuwait, said it hopes to secure 2005. “We saw various trade agreements investments and prospective clients, espe- signed between the two countries that cially for their food and confectionary busi- include a framework agreement on eco- nesses. “Our commercial relations with nomics, technical scientific cooperation in Kuwait are growing very fast,” Ngoc told 2005, agreement on trade, agreement on Kuwait Times. “We export plenty of prod- air transportation, protocol on cooperation ucts to Kuwait such as fresh fruits, canned between the two foreign ministries and the goods, seafood, pepper, tea, iron and steel protocol on establishment of a joint com- products and others, and import plastic mittee of Vietnam and Kuwait,” he said. materials and other chemicals from Kuwait,” Ngoc also takes pride in Vietnam being he said. “We also have handicrafts, hand- the fastest emerging market in Southeast bags and furniture,” he added. Asia, especially in the past ten years, thank According to Ngoc, trade between the to the stable political and social environ- two countries is not balanced since ment. He also invited Kuwaitis to visit Vietnamese exports are worth $35 million Vietnam and experience Vietnamese peo- compared to Kuwait’s $80 million. “With ple’s hospitality and enjoy the weather, KUWAIT: Lee Ba Ngoc presenting trade delegation from Vietnam. due fairness, Kuwaiti companies are not beautiful landscapes and sites. —Photos by Joseph Shagra The food exhibition at the embassy. Ministry mulls private hospitals offers By A. Saleh

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health revealed that it has received offers from private hospitals in Kuwait to provide various services, which the government could use in con- junction with the treatment overseas program. The ministry considers paying for treatment of Kuwaiti patients at local private hospitals through a mechanism that is different from sending patients for treatment abroad, said Dr. Mohammed Al-Khashti, the Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Services Sector. The project will help alleviate the pressure on public hospitals, reduce the waiting period there, and improve the quality of services provided to patients, Dr. Khashti said. Meanwhile, a senior government official revealed that the ministry will not ask private hospitals to open new departments or provide medical services they do not already offer. It was not made clear, however, which hospitals or what services would be made available. No end in sight for PIFSS strike

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: Workers at the Public Authority for Industry (PAI) plan to stage a sit-in Wednesday morning to demand financial benefits for employees who work in Shuaiba. The PAI labor union said in a statement yesterday that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is ignoring their demands, and accused Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh of failure to keep promises he made to them when they met him during his time as the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The PAI union joins a number of disgruntled labor unions in state departments that recently resorted to protests to push their demands, including the Public Institution for Social Security and Ministry of Electricity and Water. Meanwhile, minister Saleh denied a newspaper report which suggested that the CSC plans to focus on the PIFSS in hirings during Ramadan, for which around 3,000 Kuwaiti hopefuls were nominated. Saleh said in a statement that employment at the PIFSS is done separately from the CSC, and acknowledged that the labor problem cannot be resolved by “replacing staff on strike with beginner employees”. The PIFSS work stoppage entered its third week this week, making it the longest in the history of labor strikes in Kuwait. The crisis is expected to prolong further as Saleh contin- ues to refuse to meet the labor union unless the strike ends, while workers remain adamant to maintain their strike until their demands are met. Panel refuses to lift Dashti immunity KUWAIT: National Assembly’s Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee rebuffed a request from the public prosecutor to lift parliamentary immunity from MP Abdulhameed Dashti for completing investigations in lawsuit No. 338 of 2014. In press statements following yesterday’s session, the Committee Chairman MP Mubarak Al-Harees said the request was turned down over suspicion of malicious intention in the case. He pointed out that the panel has approved a num- ber of draft laws on foundation of athletes healthcare fund and healthcare and insurance companies. The panel also ratified a bill on health insurance for Kuwaiti retirees, he said. Al-Harees unveiled that the panelists endorsed bills on the optimal use and protection of petroleum resources, giving national civil servants retirement awards and the foundation of a sovereign fund for retirees. They also gave thumbs up to draft laws proposing financial awards for holders of MSA and PhD degrees as well as adding to articles to law No. 8 of 2010 of the rights of people of special needs. The MPs agreed on a bill on transferring the owner- ship of blocks 3 and 4 in southern Khaitan district from the Ministry of Finance to the Public Authority for Housing Welfare and appraising block 10 in Khitan. The committee also postponed decisions on two bills, pending further study and deliberations, over equal opportunities and regulation of work in Olympic Games Committee and Sports Clubs and Unions. The MPs shelved a proposal to amend law No. 32 of 1968 of the monetary, the Central Bank of Kuwait and regulation of banking professions. They also turned down a proposal to appraise and expropriate all residential blocks in Al-Waha and Al- Ferdaws districts. —KUNA p3.e$S_Layout 1 6/22/14 9:08 PM Page 1

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KUWAIT: A local man takes a photo of an old style Kuwaiti boom or dhow with his mobile phone during a visit to the Al Othman Museum in Hawally. Both a desert and a seafaring society, Kuwaitis relied on such ships from the 17th century until the discovery of oil for a variety of maritime activities. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Assembly panel files indemnity report 18 months’ salary with KD 18,000 minimum

By A Saleh employee’s salary was reduced to 2.5 percent, from removing subsidies on diesel fuel and oth- while the government’s contribution was set at 5 er commodities and direct it to the ‘right place’ KUWAIT: The parliament’s human resources percent, while pension was set at a minimum of which he said was “improving the luxury status Exam results due Friday: MOE committee has finalized its report on a proposal KD 1,000 and maximum of KD 1,500. and living standards of the Kuwaiti citizen.” that calls for a unified end of service indemnity The new law would cost the state KD 360 mil- Meanwhile, head of the budgets committee KUWAIT: Well-informed educational where cheating was very evident as system for Kuwaiti employees. The report was lion initially, but the state would benefit in the MP Adnan Abdulsamad announced that the sources said that building number one many papers included the exact model sent to the parliament in order to be debated long term from the unification of the indemnity, panel finished discussing 15 reports pertaining at the Ministry of Education, where sen- answers and were given full marks with- during tomorrow’s session. As per the proposal, Sane said. If approved, the law would go into with budgets of independent state depart- ior ministry officials’ offices are located out taking any measures. a Kuwaiti employee would become entitled to effect from January 2015, according to Sane. ments, and plans to discuss the state’s general witnessed tension during a meeting In this regard, some teachers mark- salary equal to 18 months’ pay, with a maximum Committee member MP Dr Awdah Al-Ruwaiei budget today. held to decide declaring the results of ing the exam papers stressed that of KD 27,000 and a minimum of 18,000, said said that the government ‘has no excuses’ to Abdulsamad added that the parliament is the school final exams yesterday, June cheating was also detected in the reli- committee chairman MP Yaqoub Al-Sane. approve the law. He explained in a press state- expected to start debating the budgets at the 27, especially since marking of the last gious education exams where the He added that the amount deducted from an ment that the state should use the money saved beginning of next week. exam of the science section - chemistry papers included identical model - was only finished Sunday evening. answers as well as identical mistakes, Meanwhile, official educational which made the marking process a lot sources said that MoE was putting pres- easier. sure on members of the science and arts “We also have to do the marking on sections’ test controls to have the final weekends including Fridays, which we results ready by June 27, before did last Friday immediately after prayers Ramadan, and noted that French teach- and worked till 11 pm for only KD 8 per ers in the arts section accordingly man- marking session that we only get after aged to mark 17,000 exam papers in a long months,” said some of the teachers. matter of a few hours, which had never On another educational concern, happened before. educational sources said that high per- The sources warned of possible mis- centages of failure in the first three pri- takes if work continues at such a pace, mary classes were due to the many especially since MoE had been ignoring amendments made to the primary remarks made by teachers to various schools chart, which created a great deal subjects’ supervisors concerning exam of confusion in various school adminis- papers that should have been marked trations, especially since parents had had by special committees, especially those no idea about the new absences system.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Diving Team recently finished fixing a permanent special buoy for coastguard boats near Kubbar Island. Ahmadi official allows illegal donation collection for Syria

KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said in collaboration with a reputed char- ity, an official at the Ahmadi mosques department has been allowing some representatives to collect illegal donations for Syrians at mosques Attempts to monitor without any prior permission from concerned authorities at the Ministry of Awqaf or Ministry of Social Affairs. ‘Shadow Exchanges’ The sources added that the official has been directly authorizing KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said Central Bank officials will meet mosque imams and some employees to collect the donations without on Wednesday with officials from the Ministry of Commerce and knowing the destination of the funds collected. Industry to discuss monitoring violating companies that deal in The sources also said that the official was known to favor personal and finance or transferring money abroad without license or supervision mutual interests and that he has been using a ‘reward and penalty’ from the Central Bank. The sources explained that the meeting had approach with some employees and imams, such as authorizing a closely been deferred for over two weeks because of the busy schedule of related employee to take part in over 100 activities, such as cultural officials from both sides. weeks, courses, and supervision and educational classes, for which he was They added that the meeting would set a number of rules and reg- getting thousands every year while other employees were not allowed to ulations to practice pre-monitoring such operations that contribute take part in any extra activities for months. to many financial crimes such as money laundering as well as nega- The sources said this was because the department had been run by an tively affecting foreign currency rates compared to the Kuwaiti dinar. acting director for over 18 months and there was lack of supervision by Further, the sources stressed that the meeting would discuss a ministry officials. number of such violations and refer them to the ministry pending The sources urged first deputy PM, minister of interior and acting min- referral to prosecuting individuals and companies that had been deal- ister of awqaf and Islamic affairs Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled to form a ing in money exchange and finance without being a member of the special committee to follow up the violations committed in that particu- banking system or licensed by the Central Bank. lar department as well as appoint a director for it. Officials behind project delays to be held accountable KUWAIT: The government is looking to iden- ing in which Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber The Cabinet demanded a report that lists tify the reasons behind stalled projects in Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah expressed dissatisfac- delayed projects, containing the original end order to address public frustration regarding tion regarding the performance of some date and the new one, as well as specifying the lack of progress in the state’s develop- state department, going as far as accusing the reasons why the original deadline was ment plans. them of lacking seriousness and carelessness not meant and the measures taken to hold The Cabinet informed state departments in addressing problems that cause project responsible officials accountable. currently carrying out projects to identify the delays. The premier demanded that state The report must also contain the meas- causes of delay in meeting deadlines, point departments publicly announce deadlines ures specified by state departments, through out the faults and explain the measures tak- for finishing projects, and take all efforts to which they plan to ensure that the new en to hold those responsible accountable. meet those deadlines, Al-Qabas reported deadlines are met, said the sources who The notice came following a recent meet- yesterday, quoting sources. spoke on the condition of anonymity. LOCAL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

KUWAIT: Director of students and officers affairs Col Masnour Al-Kharshan said the Firemen Preparation Center began examinations of those applying for the new fire courses. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun 12 crimes a day in Man survives mugging, capital governorate KUWAIT: Kuwait’s fourth most populous statistics showed that financial crimes bullet to the face governorate ranked third in crime last year were in first place with 2,770, followed by with an average of 12 crimes a day, accord- sexual crimes with 775, offences against a ing to official statistics. The figures, released person with 518, drug-related crimes with by the Statistics of Research and Studies 174, and crimes against public property ‘Mystery behind child death’ center at the Ministry of Interior, indicate (154). According to the statistics, stateless that Al Asima (capital) governorate saw residents (bedoon), Jordanians, and KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man survived a gunshot ing contact with sand dunes gathered on the ly. Criminal Evidence Department personnel 4,217 crimes committed in 2013. Lebanese expatriates ranked in the first fired by thieves who mugged him in Salmiya sides of the road. took the body to the forensic department to Forty percent of those crimes were three places of committed crimes by early Saturday morning. The man was rushed to identify the cause of the death. A case was filed. committed by unknown assailants. The nationality. Mubarak Hospital after the bullet settled in his Shaab child death face, and admitted inside the intensive care unit. Investigations are ongoing to reveal the mys- Rapist at large He was able to speak to detectives after regain- tery behind a child’s death reported recently in The search is on for a man accused of sexually ing consciousness. The man explained that he Shaab. Paramedics and police rushed to a house assaulting a teenager at gunpoint. The 24-year- was coming out of a friend’s apartment when in the area after a Kuwaiti man reported finding old Saudi national pointed a gun at the 15-year- two people tried to mug him at gunpoint. One his 12-year-old son motionless in his room. The old and forced him inside his house, where he of the suspects shot him when he resisted, boy was pronounced dead at the scene while his raped him then kicked him out. The boy went which was the last thing that he remembers, the body was discovered to be in rigor mortis. and told his father about what happened who man said. He added that he discovered after Criminal investigators were called to examine the took him to file a case at the Taima police sta- regaining consciousness that his wallet and scene and take the body to the forensic depart- tion. Police discovered that the suspect escaped smart phone were stolen. Investigations are ment for an autopsy to reveal the time and cause from his house when they went to put him ongoing to identify and arrest the suspects. of death. The report does not specify whether under arrest. evidence of foul play was found on the scene. Two dead in accident Cross dresser wanted Two people died and seven were injured Abortion pills A cross dresser is wanted for verbal assault when a bus flipped over while traveling on Ahmadi police arrested a man who sold abor- charges pressed by a beauty salon owner in Fahaheel Road. The accident took place near tion pills at brothels, according to investigations. Salmiya. In her statements to local police, the Shuwaiba Saturday morning. A bus carrying The man was searched after raising patrol offi- owner said that she asked the man to leave after workers to their workplace lost balance and cer’s suspicion in Riggae, then arrested when the he entered the salon asking for a women’s hair- turned over for reasons that remain under inves- officers found 20 abortion pills in his possession. style. But he started cursing when he was tigation. Paramedics arrived to the scene with The Sri Lankan national said during questioning refused. The salon owner gave police the license police shortly after the accident was reported, that he offered the pills at brothels for KD 35 a plate number of his car, which a salon employee and pronounced two men, an Indian and pill. Police also found pornographic material was able to write down. Police are trying to iden- Nepalese, dead. Their coworkers were hospital- with the man, in addition to 35 stimulant tablets tify the offender using the plate number. ized with serious injuries. Investigations are he said he sold for KD 5 each. He was taken to ongoing to determine the circumstances behind the Criminal Investigations Department to face Family dispute the accident. charges. A Kuwaiti woman accused her two brothers KUWAIT: Officials pictured at the launchuing of ‘Innovation Challenge’ program. Separately, a motorist was killed in an acci- of physical assault and threatening to kill her. dent on Salmi Road Saturday morning. Worker killed The complainant went to the Sabah Al-Nasser Firefighters, paramedics and police arrived to A worker died in an accident while he was police station and filed a case supported with KFAS introduces the scene shortly after the accident was report- conducting maintenance for an elevator in medical report from the Farwaniya Hospital, ed, but discovered that the Asian man had Firdous. Police and paramedics rushed to the showing diagnoses for bruises that she said already succumbed to his injuries. Firefighters scene after an emergency call about a worker were caused by her brothers’ assault. The 29- ‘Innovation used machines to cut the car wreck in order to falling into an elevator shaft inside a house. He year-old explained that her brothers came to her remove the man’s body before criminal investi- discovered upon arrival that the victim, an apartment and ended up beating her following gators took it to the forensic department. Indian man in his forties, had already died. an argument over a house inherited from their Challenge’ program Preliminary investigations indicate that the Primarily investigations showed that the man late father and which they want to sell. man’s car lost balance and overturned after mak- was repairing the elevator when he fell accident- Investigations are ongoing . KUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for the which will be evaluated especially their Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) performance and commitment levels announced yesterday the launch of its during this phase. Team performance NBK launches Summer Internship Program “Innovation Challenge” program, an evaluation will be key determinant of advanced executive education program the qualifying teams to stage 3. Using KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) launched organised in collaboration with the competition approach will maximize the the first in a series of the 2014 Summer Internship world renowned University of California, motivation levels of teams. The results of Program two week courses custom-made for high Berkeley (UC Berkeley). each team’s evaluation will be posted on school and college students aged between 15 and The media round-table meeting, offi- the program’s website on monthly basis. 20 years. The two-week courses in this program are cially unveiled the objectives and details Teams scoring the highest ratings will specially designed for high school and college stu- of the program, conveying its aim to qualify to the third phase,. dents, holders of Al Azraq and Al Shabab accounts enhance the Kuwaiti business sector by between 15 and 20 years old. spreading innovative concepts among Success stories The Summer Internship Program consists of business executives through a partner- By March 2015, successful teams will five-hour daily sessions and features a mixture of ship with UC Berkeley’s HAAS Business get additional learning as they will travel theoretical and practical training. It is dedicated to School, the United States’ second oldest to the US to learn about success stories providing the interns with invaluable knowledge business school, globally known for its firsthand, from high profile innovators in on a variety of subjects such as: the teamwork, cre- leading role in developing major busi- the Silicon Valley. ative thinking, means of self-expression and mod- ness management theories. With such exciting conclusion to the ern banking, in addition to helping them to have During the meeting, KFAS officials KFAS Innovation Challenge program, greater exposure to daily banking work proce- invited all eligible Kuwaiti executives - Kuwait’s innovators will be fully dures. This annual program demonstrates NBK’s who aspire leading an innovative evolu- equipped with the sufficient levels of long-standing social involvement as well as its tion in the business sector-to register on knowledge and experience to establish national commitment towards providing young the program’s official website from June new heights of success in their compa- generations with the appropriate opportunities to experience how the actual professional banking 22 to July 24. nies. issues and transactions are handled and On a different note, Dr Mohamed KFAS added that teams of four partici- processed.. pants will be able to register for Salman, Director of Innovation and NBK views the Summer Internship Program as “Innovation Challenge.” Teams should Enterprise at KFAS, highlighted to media an extension to its educative initiatives and as part KUWAIT: Mazen Al-Nahedh, NBK General Manager, Consumer Banking Group, in a group pho- include English speaking, university figures the ultimate value of an academ- of its corporate social responsibility. to with the Summer Internship Program students. graduate staff members from the same ic program that was co-designed by a company, aging between 28-40 years prominent figure as Dr Jerome Engel, old with at least five years of profession- the business management guru whose Kuwait to participate in KRCS continues aid distribution al experience. All applications will be knowledge greatly benefited the world’s UNEA meeting in Nairobi reviewed and evaluated by independent biggest firms at which he had held top to Syrian refugees in Jordan international business innovation positions before currently managing the experts against selection criteria. At the New Venture Creation and Venture NAIROBI: The United Nations Environment Assembly AMMAN: Kuwait Red Crescent Society Madab, Salt and other border towns. conclusion of the evaluation process, the Capital Program, Center for Executive (UNEA) of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) is to (KRCS) continues to distribute food aid to He added that KRCS will continue pro- top 10 qualified teams will be admitted Education at UC Berkley. Dr Salman also hold its first session today at UNEP headquarters in the nearly 700 families of Syrian refugees in viding all forms of humanitarian help to into the program. The selected teams emphasized the level of advancement Kenyan capital, with the participation of 160 countries, Balqa Governorate, northwest of Jordan’s the Syrian refugees, especially as the fast- will be announced by mid-August 2014. which the Innovation Challenge by KFAS including Kuwait, discussing subjects and issues rela- capital. ing month of Ramadan is approaching. will add to Kuwait, and more specifically, tive to UNEP’s environmental strategies. Head of KRCS’ team to Jordan Khaled For his part, chief of Jordan’s Red Three stages to the participants. The five-day meeting is an exceptional event as it Al-Zaid said yesterday, the initiative is part Crescent Society Dr. Mohammed Al-Hadid The program consists of three stages, “As a national foundation, we end- launches an important stage in UNEP’s history follow- of a series of aid campaigns that has praised the high level cooperation reached out to Syrian refugees in Ma’an between the two societies to alleviate the the first stage of the program includes a lessly deploy all our knowledge, experi- ing granting participating states the UN membership and Aqaba Governorate. suffering of the Syrian refugees, dding five-day long workshop, during which ences, and superior relations with the last year, Eng. Mohammad Al-Enezi, head of the Environment Public Authority’s (EPA) delegation and It will also deliver aid to refugees in that KRCS is pioneering in philanthropic two of professors from UC Berkley will world’s finest scientific institutions to Azraq, Irbid, Al Karak, Mafraq, Arramtha, work. — KUNA introduce the fundamentals of business complement the state’s efforts to head of negotiating Kuwaiti team, said. innovation to the 40 participants. . achieve Knowledge based economy.” The meeting will include over 1,200 participants, During the workshop, lecturers will Said Dr Salman. Finally, he concluded his including environment ministers from different coun- demonstrate effective uses of innovative statements by extending a sincere invi- tries and government delegates, notably UN Secretary- thinking in problem solving and exceed- tation to all the Kuwaiti professionals General Ban Ki-moon, Al-Enezi, who is also the Deputy ing the ongoing fierce competition on who are eligible to participate into the Director General for Technical Affairs and Industrial corporate levels. Simultaneously, ses- program, encouraging them to undergo Environment at EPA, said, adding that 40 environmen- sions will be held by the professors and the exceptional experience which the tal events will be held on the sidelines of the meeting. participants to discuss the teams’ vision program offers for them, while seizing He also noted that environmental issues have for spreading cultures of innovation at their chance to reshape the business become urgent due to their impact, which affect their work environments. scene in Kuwait. human’s health and even world economies, increasing Subsequently and starting from Kuwait Foundation for the major international companies’ interest in taking part September 2014 till February 2015, par- Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) chaired in environmental conferences and forums, which ticipants will undertake stage 2, during by His Highness Sheikh Sahah Al-Ahmad proves that environmental subjects, issues, and fallouts which the faculty members will mentor Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was established have become a hard number in any political equation. each team to develop integrated plans according to an Amiri decree issued on Moreover, Al-Enezi expressed his hope that the meet- to implement innovation within their Dec 12, 1976, as a national non-profit ing would reinforce environmental action within the companies. organization that empowers the state’s framework of UN’s approach towards urgent environ- Over the course of five months, peri- efforts towards scientific and technolog- mental issues such as climate change with partners, odic web conferences will be held, ical developments with different kinds including private sector, technology transfer, and attain- allowing professors to provide all kinds of support, be it financial support for sci- ing the efficiency of using energy and renewable energy of guidance and support. Participants entific researches or prizes for scientific in order to attain low-cost development. — KUNA will need to fulfill their assignment accomplishments. LOCAL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 GCC ministers discuss demographic adjustment More job opportunities for citizens

KUWAIT: Social affairs and labor ministers in Gulf The meetings discussed ways to achieve women some KD 10 billion from KD nine billion in the 2013- Cooperation Council ministers agreed on the need to empowerment, encourage voluntary work and 2014 budget, hiking by KD 773 million (8.3 percent), adjust the demographic structure in their respective improving family stability, Subaih noted. The minister MP Abdulsamad said, explaining that the bulk of the countries, as well as create job opportunities for further indicated that the issue of domestic workers hike was for supporting the national labor, from young citizens and replace expatriate labor forces with will be discussed in more detail during the ministers’ approximately KD 461 million to KD 554 million, national manpower. future meetings in November. increasing by KD 92 million due to inclusion of the These topics, in addition to unifying the entrance graduates’ bonus, amounting to KD 90 million. methods to work in the private and public sector, were State support Social care allotment increased from KD 201 mil- approved during the ministers’ meetings in Kuwait last Meanwhile, state financial allotments for support- lion to KD 351 million, increasing by approximately KD week, said Hind Al-Subaih, Kuwait’s Minister of Social ing national labor and social support have been 150 million, due to mounting number of the benefici- Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning increased in the 2014-2015 projected State budget, aries, resulting from issuance of the Decree Number and Development. Discussions during the meetings according to a leading MP yesterday. 23 (2013), granting financial support for 55-year-old KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receiving also focused on the importance of abandoning ‘wasta’ MP Adnan Abdulsamad, the chairman of the par- housewives. Moreover, specialized fund for students’ the visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at Seif Palace yesterday. His (connections) and favoritism in employment, and liamentary budgets and final accounts’ committee, scholarships rose from KD 200 million to 261 million, Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His instead adopt a database system where job hopefuls said in a statement the commission members held a hiking by some KD 61 million. Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah were are selected through standards that guarantee equali- meeting today, examining projections in the fifth MP Abdulsamad added that the forecast financ- present at the meeting. The meeting discussed bilateral ties, tackled issues of com- ty for all applicants, Subaih indicated. chapter of the budgets for ministries and government ing for citizens’ treatment abroad increased from mon interests and touched on the latest regional and international developments. She added that the ministers also discussed ways departments (2014-2015), namely miscellaneous nearly KD 150 million to KD 241 million, hiking by KD to encourage national manpower to pursue small and spending and paid-up transfers. 91 million due to the allocations for the patients and Media urged to exercise medium projects, especially young men and women. Projections in this section of the budget rose to compatriots. maximum caution New cutting-edge center for KUWAIT: The Ministry of However, she said should any Information, in acquitting its normal entity, such as a newpaper or a satel- renewable energy training duties, sticks strictly to the applied lite radio or TV station overstep its laws regarding its oversight functions legal bounds in carrying out its nor- of the media, said a ministry official in mal functions, the ministry will step KUWAIT: Enertech Company announced yesterday the hermal heat-which are renewable (naturally replen- ter seeks to prepare Kuwaiti candidates to learn more a press statement yesterday. in to apply the press laws against it official launching of its center for renewable energy ished). Renewable energy technologies range from solar about these resources and to help them apply these The ministry furthermore does not by adjudicating this entity in a court training, in conjunction with Kuwait Institute for power, wind power, hydroelectricity/micro hydro, bio- resources where they work, be that in the public or pri- Scientific Research (KISR). mass and biofuels for transportation. The Enertech cen- vate sectors. — KUNA exercise preemptive censorship over of law. Enertech, which is a subsidiary of the National the media as it has total respect for She appealed to the local media to Technology Enterprises Co. itself an arm of Kuwait the freedom of expression as conse- exercise maximum caution when Investment Authority-said in a press statement that the crated in Kuwaiti laws as clearly evi- dealing with sensitive issues so that training center for renewable energy is the first of its dent in article 36 of the constitution to preserve the national unity as well kind in the region which specializes in training people in which guarantees all citizens the right as the country’s regional and interna- the field of renewable energy. of free speech, said the ministry’s tional reputation at a time when the KISR director of energy Dr. Salem Al-Hajraf, in a Assistant Undersecretary for Media region Kuwait is in suffers from socio- speech at the launching ceremony, welcomed the fact Affairs Munira Al-Huaidi. political turbulence. — KUNA that the center chose KISR for its location and touted the center’s broad objectives to train local people to work in various technologies associated directly with renewable energy, said the press statement. Dusty weather to prevail The training curriculum for 2014-2015 encompasses 15 intensive training sessions dealing with renewable energy and its impact on health, the environment, in coming two days among other things, said the director, noting that these sessions would take place at the center’s lecture halls, KUWAIT: The windy and dusty weather Horizontal visibility at Kuwait labs, and workshops which have been amply equipped is forecast to prevail in the coming two International Airport fell to 2,100 m, for this purpose. Also speaking at the launching cere- days, announced an official of the Civil while gales reached 60 km/h. mony, CEO of the National Technology Enterprises Co., Aviation yesterday. Now, temperature is measured 43 Anas Mirza, said that his company has founded-in con- Dust-spewing winds, reached 70 km/h degrees. formity with its new policy strategy-a number of special- KUWAIT: Under the auspices of His Highness the Amir and the attendance of State Minister for in North-western Kuwait, while visibility Visibility is forecast to improve as of ized subsidiary companies, the latest of which is Enertech, noting that setting up such highly-structured Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Justice, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdullah and Minister of dropped to 150 meters, with tempera- tonight, but the dusty winds will contin- subsidiaries pose a number of impediments caused fun- State for Planning and Development, Hind Al-Subaih, the Manpower and Government ture ranging between 41 and 45 degrees, ue today, tomorrow and the day after, damentally by the lack of domestic cadres to run them Restructuring Program yesterday held its second ‘1000 Projects’ forum and exhibition with said Dr. Hussein Al-Sarraf, the head of the along with moderate north-westerly ably. Renewable energy is energy generated from natu- participation of hundreds of young Kuwaiti entrepreneurs. The expo is held at halls 6 and 7 at maritime forecast department. winds, 20-50 km/h.— KUNA ral resources-such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geot- Mishref International Fair Grounds. ‘Journey of Hope’ boat arrives in Tunisia

HAMMAMET, Tunisia: Kuwait’s by Kuwait’s Ambassador Fahad tant journey,” Ambassador Al-Awadi “Journey of Hope” boat arrived in the Ahmad Al-Awadi, Consul Dakheel said on the sidelines of the reception Tunisian Port Yasmine Marina, in the Khurainej, several other embassy offi- ceremony. city of Hammamet yesterday in a new cials, Head of Tunisian union for aid of “This journey, which is supported stop of a 22-stop overseas tour to mentally-disabled people (UTAIM) by His Highness the Amir Sheikh show world Kuwait’s special experi- Hesham bin Nasser and Head of Port Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, ence in caring for mentally disabled Yasmine Marina and a crowd of ordi- conveys a message to the world about people. nary people. “We are proud of our the need to heeding the needs of this The boat was received at the port sons who are partaking in this impor- important segment of the society.” He stated that special reception of the boat reflects the strong people- to-people relations between the two countries. For his part, Hesham bin Nasser welcomed the Kuwaiti journey. He went on to say that “This pioneer- ing initiative shows great ability of mentally disabled people to integrate into the society. The “Journey of Hope” boat’s 22- stop overseas tour is meant to show world Kuwait’s special experience in caring for mentally disabled people. The Journey heads to Washington D.C. and will return back in 210 day-long expedition. It will stop in 19 countries and 22 ports of call. Over 22 celebratory events are held at intervals in all ports en route with a view to unifying people of all cultures and religions towards a col- lective effort to care for and benefit HAMMAMET, Tunisia: Kuwait’s ‘Journey of Hope’ boat pictured during its those with intellectual disability arrival at the Tunisian Port Yasmine Marina. everywhere.— KUNA MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest In my view New threat to ‘Little Kuwait’ state, society in London

By Abdallah Al-Naibari he crisis Kuwait is living today may not be something it faced in all its history. Despite Tearlier crises, Kuwait’s society was cohesive By Labeed Abdal and united to face all those challenges, and that was clear during its heroic stand in confronting the invasion. Today the situation is different - we are not united and do not have a strong stand as we had during Saddam’s invasion. The struggle today is domestic, between rul- [email protected] ing family members and by those who occupy the most important posts in the country, starting with the premiership, and high ranking adminis- he British Ambassador to Kuwait Frank Baker trative jobs in the armed forces, security forces expressed appreciation for the increasing number of and intelligence in addition to leadership posts in TKuwaitis who go to the United Kingdom each year, with nearly 100,000 entry visas issued last year, which civil administrations. shows the friendly relations that Kuwaitis have towards the The struggles that Kuwait is facing today may UK. The Kuwaiti and British people are old friends, and lead to the breakup of the country’s institutions Kuwaitis traveling to the UK for tourism, study or health- and shredding the society’s fabric. There is a rela- care throughout the year are considered familiar and well- liked guests there, something that Prime Minister David Cameron described as ‘fantastic,’ the ambassador said in a We, in Kuwait, are still suffering recent column. from the problem of the absence of Ambassador Baker also added that most Kuwaitis travel during the summer to London, even calling parts of the transparency and revealing infor- British capital ‘Little Kuwait.’ He then urged Kuwaiti tourists mation related to public affairs, kuwait digest to visit northern cities in order to enjoy the countryside, great weather, nature and historical castles. which is the citizens’ right. From my personal experience through my visit to Yorkshire Dales, I agree that the northern part of the UK is a tionship between the current crisis and what was Deportation of great location for those who love nature, lakes, rivers, old said about the MPs’ bribes, the multi-million dinar castles and historical sites from ancient British kingdoms. deposits in their accounts. The UK’s moderate weather during the summer adds to The corruption area has widened in a fearful expatriates what makes it a great touristic destination during the sea- way at state systems, which created a polluted son that sees extreme weather conditions in our region. environment, and peoples doubts have grown Not only are the increasing temperatures driving people of bigger and are leaning more towards believing By Hassan Ali Karam Kuwait and other countries in the region to travel, but also all what has been said about suspicions in the the heated political conflicts and wars in which all red lines corruption and corrupting operations. ome comment, on social media, that deportation eration to nationality, job, social status and other things. were crossed in an irresponsible manner that has never Today, such matters have erupted during bad of expatriates who were involved in demonstra- The country’s stability is above all, and respect of law been seen before. domestic circumstances, and the political situa- Stions, violating the law and insulting policemen is should not be subject to doubt and manipulation. tion is not satisfactory. The government is weak a destruction of their livelihood, and suggested that We speak and give examples on how Westerners and unable to control the state’s affairs, and the they can be punished with something lesser that depor- obey the law if we go to their countries, as well as daily kuwait digest National Assembly is unable to supervise and tation. behavior, be it in traffic, standing in line, keeping their question, and the administrative system is shak- The truth, with our deep sympathy with the depor- streets clean and tidy and so on, then when we return en and ragged. Then what to do and what is tees, is that we should not for- home we leave our commit- Why no one has required? get that the law must be ment behind and resume our Is sending what took place during the implemented under all cir- Respect of the law is the headline practice of barbarism and ever resigned? exchanges to the prosecution to produce a deci- cumstances, as strictly in “kicking” the law! sion that separates the correct from the false, and that should be raised everywhere, many cases and at all times, Why is not our behavior By Abdullatif Al-Duaij lead to decisive decisions and deterrent action? regardless of the nationality of saved in our hearts and applied to here as it is there in the West? That may be possible and we hope so. We, in the violator whether he is an our daily behavior in the street, Why do we keep the law here Kuwait, are still suffering from the problem of the e know from news and experience of the lives of expat or citizen, because ministries and markets. like a stranger who complains people of the world, especially advanced coun- absence of transparency and revealing informa- leniency leads to leniency in from negligence, while the Wtries, that whenever a scandal emerges there, peo- tion related to public affairs, which is the citizens’ more dangerous places. law is the law, be it here in our ple in question resign or abandon the responsibility that right, yet they are kept away from what hap- We are all complaining against procedures and laxity country or there in the West. they are accused of neglecting or taking advantage of. pened in the Kuwait oil tankers theft case as well in implementing laws. We are all complaining against Respect of the law is the headline that should be In some cases, most notably in Japan, a person would as the deposits. chaos and lack of security, so if the law is implemented raised everywhere, saved in our hearts and applied to end his life, not only his career, in acknowledgment of the What is required is decisive action by the gov- immediately without any letup, opponents object and our daily behavior in the street, ministries and markets. scandal and to escape from facing the society. But the situation in Kuwait is completely the opposite. ernment to express its seriousness in dealing consider it injustice and destruction of livelihoods. We sympathize with deportees, but the implementation with the crisis, as its continuation has become a The past few years saw many scandals and accusations We ask all security men in all fields - rather we ask the of the law is more important. danger to the state and society. made, all or perhaps the majority of which were related to — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas government and the state to activate laws and hasten cases of bribes or theft of public funds, such as the infamous procedures, and not to be lax or lenient, without consid- — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan multimillion dinar deposits case, or the most recent bribe accusations against honorable members of the judiciary. Notably though, no one has ever admitted a crime, or at least left the country to escape from confrontation. On the kuwait digest other hand, no one was also ever convicted. And if we put that aside, it is also noticed that not a single accusation was ever proven through concrete evidence to be true. That Top priority to includes dozens, or perhaps hundreds of accusations if we include everything mentioned publically or in social media - the majority of which often end up not taken seriously. Gulf security The strange part whenever a rumor or accusation is made, it becomes automatically authentic. There is also an By Dr Moudhi Al-Hmoud instance on forcing the public funds into all alleged corrup- tion case that is raised. ulf countries, especially Kuwait, are concerned The aforementioned deposits case, in which former MPs over the implications of what is happening were accused of collecting bribes from the government, was and continues to be raised as an issue of public funds, around them, including conflicts and wars in G despite the fact that no one has explained the nature and Syria and Iraq, in addition to Iranian interference. It source of funds used. The current case filed by Sheikh has become difficult to understand or predict the Ahmad Al-Fahad as promoted by the opposition as an issue outcomes of this risk. of public funds, involving billions of dinars that they wish to But we must admit that we are reaping what we return to the state, despite the fact that neither Sheikh sowed, since most of our countries were myopic Ahmad nor anyone else have explained the source of the when they helped fundamentalist groups in past money or how public funds were allegedly stolen. decades through donations and arms in order to con- But going back to our main issue, which is why none of front the spread of communism, whether in those accused with corruption, bribe or theft ever come Afghanistan or Pakistan, or even some East European clean? Why do they insist on denial and continue practicing Soviet countries. their political and social activity as if nothing had hap- We woke up when it was already too late, as we pened? To refresh your memory, Sheikh Ahmad himself, find the dangers and terrorism surrounding our coun- today’s defender of public funds, was once accused in the tries has come near our borders. We now realized that infamous ‘Halliburton’ case. But of course, Sheikh Ahmad never confessed or committed suicide, and there was never we have been raising a snake, which is making us its a case as well as the case was shelved. first victim now after it grew up and became stronger Why is it that no one retreats? And does accusations nev- following its alliance with civilian and military forces, er destroy the careers, or at least the political and social especially in Iraq. activity, of politicians accused? The first assumption of What makes the situation sadder was seeing politi- course is that all accusations are untrue, and that they were cal forces gathering recently to express their disaffec- raised by political foes. Maybe that is correct in the majority tion about conflicts on the local scene. The govern- of cases. But I personally believe that the issue is a lot bigger ment has to take a step to stop individual conflicts, than that. which are distracting decision makers from focusing The main reason - which is something that most people on national priorities, and have now reached the judi- will deny - is that theft and bribe has become a Kuwaiti ‘cus- ciary. tom’ and a tradition that citizens live with every day. And The Kuwaiti people must start thinking about the since all Kuwaitis are involved in lawbreaking or illegitimate safety of the country as a top priority, and to be more takeover of public property or public funds, then accusa- tions of embezzlement, theft and bribes become ‘normal’ in serious while dealing with homeland security. To general, and easier or even acceptable to make against any- achieve that, I believe that we must become united, one. Therefore, people can live with them, because at the so that we can face any danger and protect Kuwait end of the day, they have become part of the Kuwaiti every- and its people. day behavior. — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas

kuwait digest Visa transfer encourages absconders

By Badr Al-Bahar

local daily reported recently that the Interior increasing the recruitment fee for housemaids and creat- Ministry received a letter from the Labor Public ing an imbalance in the domestic labor market. AAuthority requesting permission to allow domestic Omar’s reaction shows his high sense of social respon- workers to work in the private sector. I think the ministry sibility, as well as the Interior Ministry’s awareness with should reject this request, because allowing domestic regards to diagnosing a vital problem that affects the helpers to transfer to companies reflects negatively on the Kuwaiti society. We appeal to the Director General of the labor market, ethics of the society and the budget of Labor Public Authority to abandon this idea, because the Kuwaiti families. controls proposed to regulate the visa transfer process will Many articles were written on this issue and its dan- become loopholes that help domestic workers abscond to gers. I remember writing a column in May to express work in the commercial sector, or in some cases, become appreciation for the position of Interior Ministry involved in criminal behavior, especially moral crimes. Undersecretary Lt Gen Ghazi Al-Omar, who sent a stern If the authority truly wants to make changes, then they letter to officials at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. should focus on finding solutions to the suffering of con- In the letter, he warned from the negative effects that struction workers, as well as education and health sector allowing the visa transfer could have, such as encouraging employees. domestic workers to abscond from their employers, thus — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

Child immigrants can Polish minister says US ties worthless stay in US for years

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CAIRO: US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi before a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. Kerry yesterday made the highest-level American visit to Egypt since President el-Sissi took office as Washington presses the former army chief to adopt more moderate policies. — AP Kerry presses Egypt on democracy Assures on 10 Apache gunships

CAIRO: US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Egypt’s the new government “in order to make this transition as Egypt, one of only two Arab nations to have a peace several different pillars. It’s at a difficult juncture right leaders yesterday to allow greater political freedoms, but rapidly and smoothly as possible”. treaty with Israel, has long been seen as a key strategic now, that’s true, and we have serious concerns about assured Cairo during a surprise visit that it will soon Since Egypt’s first freely elected leader Morsi was top- ally and a cornerstone to regional stability. the political environment,” he added. receive 10 Apache helicopters. pled by Sisi in July 2013, a government crackdown on his But the political turmoil since Mubarak’s ouster has Washington’s concerns about Cairo include a new Kerry became the highest-ranking US official to meet supporters has left more than 1,400 people dead in paralysed the nation, leaving it more concerned with law controlling demonstrations, “the lack of space for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he came to power street clashes and at least 15,000 jailed. domestic problems than regional matters despite the dissent, mass trials and death sentences,” said the offi- earlier this month, as part of a rocky transition to democ- upheavals of the Arab Spring. cial. “We are concerned that some of the tactics they’re racy since the ousting of long-time leader Hosni Sisi must ‘reach out’ “There’s a strong desire on the part of the United using to address their security issues are polarising... Mubarak in 2011. An US official told journalists travelling on the plane States for this transition (in Egypt) to succeed,” a senior they in some ways radicalise certain aspects of The top US diplomat’s tour is also focused on trying with Kerry that “the Egyptian government needs to have State Department official said. Egyptian society in ways that are not supportive of to find a political solution in Iraq, where Islamic militants a very politically inclusive approach, which means that “We have a longstanding relationship... that’s built on overall stability.” — AFP were Sunday making new gains in an offensive that has they need to include and find ways to reach out to the triggered international alarm. Muslim Brothers”. “I emphasised also our strong support for upholding Kerry’s visit comes a day after an Egyptian court con- the universal rights and freedoms of all Egyptians includ- firmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including ing freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and asso- Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, after a speedy mass ciation,” Kerry said at a news conference, referring to his trial that sparked an international outcry. talks with Egyptian leaders including Sisi. US officials also revealed that $572 million (420 mil- “We also discussed the essential role of a vibrant civil lion euros) in aid, which had been frozen since October, society, free press, rule of law and due process in a was released to Egypt about 10 days ago after a green democracy.” Kerry’s call for a free press in Egypt comes as light from Congress. It will mainly go to pay existing a court today is due to deliver its ruling in the trial of defence contracts. three Al-Jazeera journalists and 17 other co-defendants, US officials said in April they planned to resume accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood of some of the annual $1.5 billion in mostly military aid to ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Cairo, including 10 Apache helicopter gunships for Their trial, in which the three journalists are accused counterterrorism efforts in the Sinai Peninsula. of “spreading false news” and links to the Brotherhood, has sparked an international outcry as rights activists ‘Difficult juncture’ fear Egypt could return to autocracy worse than under “The Apaches will come and they will come very, Mubarak. very soon,” Kerry said minutes before he ended his trip. “Obviously this is a critical moment of transition in Before flying to Amman, Kerry called on “Iraq’s leaders Egypt, enormous challenges,” Kerry said in Cairo as he to rise above sectarian considerations... and speak to all met new Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri. But he vowed people,” and insisted that Washington is not responsi- that “the US is very interested in working closely” with ble for the current crisis roiling that country. Syria jihadists now using Humvees seized in Iraq

BEIRUT: Jihadists fighting in Syria’s war put to use for the first aims to set up a state stretching across the Syria-Iraq border, is time yesterday American-made Humvees that they seized now expected to launch a bid to retake Azaz. ISIL seized the during a lightening offensive in Iraq this month, a monitor Humvees and sent them to Syria after Iraqi soldiers aban- said. doned them during a surprise Sunni jihadist offensive that The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, used the claimed Iraq’s second city of Mosul and swathes of other terri- armoured vehicles to capture the villages of Eksar and Maalal tory in mid-June. in Aleppo province, which borders Turkey, said the Syrian Also on Sunday, ISIL gunmen abducted 20 Kurdish stu- Observatory for Human Rights. dents on the road between Hasakeh and Qamishli in north- It came after heavy fighting against the Islamic Front and eastern Syria, said the Observatory. It comes three weeks after its Al-Qaeda-affiliated ally, the Al-Nusra Front, said the ISIL kidnapped 145 Kurdish students in Aleppo, as well as 193 Observatory, a Britain-based group that gets its information Kurdish civilians at Qabasine village in the same province. from a network of sources on the ground. Parents of five students who managed to escape said the The two villages are located near the town of Azaz, which jihadists demanded that they join them in the fighting. ISIL militiamen abandoned at the end of February under Kurdish militias, who are also trying to expand their attack from rebels fighting to oust Syria’s President Bashar al- autonomous region, have fought for months with ISIL, which Assad. has been seeking to seize from their control oil fields in north- ISIL, which espouses a radical interpretation of Islam and ern and eastern areas. — AFP p8_Layout 1 6/22/14 9:56 PM Page 1

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Obama’s test: Try to avoid ‘mission creep’ in Iraq

WASHINGTON: President Barack staunchest supporters. Thursday to help Iraq combat the Obama also decided to hold off launch- said Julian Zelizer, a political history Obama, in charting a new phase of Anna Galland, the executive director Islamic insurgency that has made gains ing airstrikes, though he left the professor at Princeton University. “That American military engagement in Iraq, of the liberal group MoveOn.org, said with lighting speed and, according to prospect of targeted strikes on the is the nature of war. It’s unpredictable pledges that his war-weary country will even a limited mission “is a dangerous administration officials, poses a threat table. and it takes twist and turns that you not be “dragged back” into a lengthy and troubling development that threat- to US interests. The Green Beret military The president repeatedly made the don’t foresee.” conflict or become ensnarled in “mis- ens to lead to broader military engage- advisers set to arrive soon in Iraq will case that expanding the US military Iraq, with its sectarian divides, vio- sion creep.” ment.” join a previously announced contingent presence would do little good given lent past and unstable politics, may be But recent US military history is full Indeed, the US has seen small opera- of 275 US forces sent in the last week to that the root of Iraq’s problems is a particularly susceptible to that kind of of warning signs about the difficulty of tions escalate before. The conflict in secure the US Embassy in Baghdad and political system that has excluded the unpredictability. Obama appeared to keeping even a limited mission from Vietnam started with Presidents Dwight other American interests. country’s Sunni minority. leave himself plenty of room to quickly expanding and extending. The prospect Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy send- The deployments mark a sharp shift “We do not have the ability to simply pull out of Iraq, outlining no timeline for that this latest mission in Iraq could fol- ing limited numbers of military advisers for a president who oversaw the full solve this problem by sending in tens of how long the military advisers will stay low that pattern is particularly risky for to train and assist local forces. But those withdrawal of American forces from Iraq thousands of troops and committing and no vision for what would constitute Obama, given that he has staked so numbers increased over time and set in late 2011 after Washington and the kinds of blood and treasure that has a mission accomplished. much of his legacy on having brought the stage for what ultimately became a Baghdad failed to reach an agreement already been expended in Iraq,” he said. Yet it’s that loosely defined mission America’s long war there to a close. years-long combat operation. to keep a few thousand troops in place. “Ultimately, this is something that is that leaves some of Obama’s supporters Already some of the White House’s The wars that began in Iraq and While Obama repeatedly has cited the going to have to be solved by the worried about the potential for another closest allies worry that Obama’s plan to Afghanistan in the last decade were end of the war as one of his chief Iraqis.” open-ended commitment to Iraq. Trying send in 300 special operations forces to intended to be combat missions from achievements, his decision to return But there are few guarantees when it to ease their fears, Obama said he was train the Iraqi military could be the first the start. Few people expected at the some troops to Iraq now raises the comes to sending Americans into Iraq’s making decisions with the “dark scars” step in pulling the US back into Iraq’s time that the Iraq war would drag on for question of whether an asterisk ulti- unstable security situation. Though the on his mind of the eight-year war that violent sectarian fight. more than eight years, the Afghan con- mately may accompany that claim. troops are not being sent specifically for killed nearly 4,500 American troops. “I think that you have to be careful flict for more than a dozen years, or that Administration officials insist Obama combat purposes, all are armed and “What’s clear from the last decade is sending special forces because that’s a the US troop presence in each country does not intend to commit the US to have the right to defend themselves if the need for the United States to ask number that has a tendency to grow,” would peak above 100,000. another lengthy war in Iraq or put they are in danger. hard questions before we take action said House Democratic leader Nancy Obama acknowledged the risks of American forces in combat roles. “As soon as you put troops or advis- abroad, particularly military action,” the Pelosi of California, one of Obama’s mission creep when he outlined plans Signaling his reluctance to re-engage, ers in an area of conflict, they’re at risk,” president said. — AP Shiite rebels wound 17 Yemen police in ambush

SANAA: Some 17 Yemeni policemen bureau in Sanaa to “ignite a meaning- Saada heartland, complaining of mar- were wounded in an ambush by Shiite less war.” On Saturday, hundreds of ginalisation under Saleh, who stepped Huthi rebels as fighting between gov- Yemenis protested outside the presi- down in 2012 after a year-long upris- ernment forces and the rebels neared dential ing. They had said that a federalisation the capital, officials said yesterday. residence in Sanaa over what they plan agreed in February following The Huthis-also known as say is the authorities’ inaction over the national talks as part of a political Ansarullah-have been pushing out of Shiite rebel advance on the capital. transition would divide Yemen into their northern mountain strongholds Battles between troops and rebels rich and poor regions. They seized towards Sanaa in a suspected bid to neared Sanaa on Friday, with clashes areas of Amran province in fighting expand their sphere of influence as reaching the town of Bani Matar, only with tribes in February that killed Yemen is reorganised into six regions. 15 kilometres (nine miles) northwest more than 150 people. “Armed militants belonging to the of the capital, tribal and security In addition to the Shiite rebellion, Ansarullah Huthi (rebels) opened fire sources said. the government in Sanaa is also fac- at security patrols carrying out their The sources said that “dozens” have ing a southern separatist movement duties in the capital” on Saturday, been killed, but were unable to pro- and an Al-Qaeda insurgency. state news agency Saba said. vide a toll. Military officials have said Members of the security forces, partic- Militants blocked a road in Sanaa’s Yemeni jet fighters have pounded ularly officers, are frequently targeted Al-Jarraf district, where the rebels rebel positions over the past two days, in attacks. have a representative office near to destroying an arms depot in the “Unknown gunmen” shot dead the interior ministry, and opened fire northern town of Hamdan, while army General Abdullah al-Mehdar, an on police patrols from surrounding reinforcements have been deployed instructor at Yemen’s military acade- buildings. around Sanaa. my, as he was leaving a mosque in Seventeen policemen, including A new round of clashes between Sanaa late on Saturday, a security offi- three officers, were wounded in the rebels and security forces erupted in cial told AFP. The two assailants assault, it added. Security officials told Yemen’s north a week ago, ending an escaped in the vehicle they were trav- AFP the incident took place after 11-day truce agreed after mediation elling in, the same source said. Al- RAMALLAH: The wife and son of 30-year-old Mohammed Tarifi, who was shot dead during early morning clashes authorities arrested two wanted backed by United Nations envoy Qaeda militants are usually blamed with Israeli troops in Ramallah, mourn during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. Israeli forces rebels and tried to arrest others. Jamal Benomar. for such hit-and-run attacks. But shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank as they continued a search for three missing Israeli teens, Palestinian Ansarullah said in a statement Huthis have been battling the cen- members of the network have never medical and security officials said. — AFP security forces “targeted” the rebels’ tral government for years from their claimed the assaults. — AFP Israeli troops kill 2 West Bankers in teen manhunt Israel accuses Hamas militants of kidnapping JERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot dead “unequivocal proof” that Hamas was justified?” he asked Haaretz. two Palestinians in the West Bank early behind the youths’ disappearance. Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu yesterday in separate clashes that erupt- “Soon this information will be made Rudeina said the Palestinian leadership ed as they made more arrests in the public,” he told ministers at the weekly had begun efforts to call for “an urgent hunt for three missing teenagers. cabinet meeting. session of the UN Security Council to Their deaths raised to four the num- He also referred to comments made put an end to the ongoing brutal Israeli ber of Palestinians killed since the Israeli by Abbas on Thursday in which the aggression”. Speaking to AFP, Abu army began a massive search for three Palestinian leader pledged to hold Rudeina said they are also appealing to young students who disappeared on those behind the kidnapping “account- international organisations to “protect” June 12 while hitchhiking in the south- able”, and said there would be no new Palestinians from Israel’s actions. ern West Bank. Israel accuses Hamas mil- armed uprising against Israel. itants of kidnapping them, and has said “His remarks will be tested not only Shot four times the objective of “Operation Brother’s by actions to return the boys home but With the search in its 10th day, Keeper” is to bring them home safe by his willingness to dissolve the unity troops in Nablus shot dead 27-year-old while dealing a crushing blow to the government with Hamas, which Ahmed Fahnawi as he was on his way West Bank infrastructure of its Islamist abducted the youths and calls for the to pray while clashes were taking place. nemesis. So far, the army has arrested destruction of Israel,” he said. Palestinian security sources said more than 340 Palestinians, around two Israel has seized on the opportunity Fahnawi, whose family told AFP he was thirds of them Hamas members. The presented by the operation to try to mentally challenged, was hit by four teens’ seizure has been condemned by rupture a reconciliation agreement bullets. The army confirmed firing at a Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, between Abbas and Hamas, which saw man who approached troops “in a who yesterday questioned why Israeli the two sides recently agree on an threatening manner”, saying he had Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had interim government of independents, failed to respond to warning shots. It not condemned the bloodshed trig- infuriating Israel. Netanyahu also said the man appeared to be “mentally gered by the manhunt. appeared to address Abbas’s remarks unstable”. Elsewhere, troops shot dead “I said the kidnapping was a crime, on Palestinian casualties. “This effort 30-year-old Mohammed Tarifi during but does that justify the killing of... involves a certain amount of friction clashes in central Ramallah, in an Palestinian teens in cold blood?” Abbas with the civilian population in Judaea incident which also saw another five asked in an interview with Haaretz and Samaria (the West Bank) and we wounded, Palestinian medics said. newspaper, referring to the deaths of have no intention of harming anyone,” There was no immediate comment two young Palestinians earlier this he said. “But our forces are acting as from the army. Shortly after the sol- week. “What does Netanyahu have to necessary for self-defence, and from diers left, Palestinians began hurling say about the killings? Does he con- time to time, there are victims or casu- rocks at a local police station in the demn it?” Abbas also said he has seen alties on the Palestinian side as a city and smashed the windows of no concrete evidence of the Islamist result.” two police cars, an AFP correspon- group’s involvement, saying: “I have no Beyond the deaths, Abbas berated dent said. The Israeli search has credible information that Hamas was the damage the Israeli campaign sparked growing Palestinian frustra- behind the kidnapping.” caused Palestinian property. “Look at tion with their own security forces what’s happened all over the West who are cooperating in the hunt for ‘Unequivocal proof’ Bank over the past days, the violence the teenagers, in a move defended But Netanyahu insisted Israel had and the destruction of homes. Is that by Abbas as necessary. — AFP Israel says no decision on threat to expel UN envoy JERUSALEM: Israel’s foreign minister process, had first tried to convince the tance if acceptable to all stakeholders, said yesterday a final decision has yet to Palestinian Authority to transfer $20 mil- including Israel,” he added. be made on his threat to expel the UN’s lion (14.7 million euros) from Qatar to Israel had been kept informed of all peace envoy for offering to help transfer resolve a pay crisis for Hamas employ- the discussions, he insisted. Israeli Prime Qatari funds to Gaza. ees in Gaza. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes Avigdor Lieberman was reported to But after Palestinian president the transfer of Qatari funds to Hamas, have said by Channel Two television Mahmud Abbas refused to do so, the which he accuses of kidnapping three that he wants to declare Robert Serry rightwing ultra-nationalist Lieberman young Israelis in the West Bank on June persona non grata and expel him from accused Serry of offering the UN’s help 12, his office said. Gas-rich Qatar said it Israel over the alleged offer. in making the transfer. would provide the funds to help the Lieberman had told AFP he would Serry rejected the allegations, saying Palestinian unity government pay for- chair an emergency meeting Sunday in a statement that the Palestinian mer employees of Islamist movement during which “tough measures” would Authority had approached him “infor- Hamas’s disbanded Gaza government. be imposed against Serry. But his min- mally” on the matter. Hamas and the Palestine Liberation istry’s spokesman Yigal Palmor said later “In considering any UN role on the Organisation, which dominates the that “no decision was taken at the meet- issue of payments of salaries in Gaza West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, ing”. The television report had quoted that has potentially destabilising effects reached an agreement in April paving Lieberman as saying that Serry, the UN’s on security in Gaza, I made it clear that the way for a unity government special envoy on the Middle East peace we would only be able to be of assis- between the two sides.— AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Another asylum-seeker sets himself on fire in Australia

SYDNEY: Australia’s immigration minister has condition and was set to be discharged over the ment. “It is important that public commentary does other Tamil asylum-seekers, who had told her they described an incident in which an asylum-seeker weekend. not provide an incentive for repetition of these were fearful of being repatriated and “say they sent himself on fire as “distressing” but said it would The latest incident came just two days after hun- events by other persons who may be vulnerable. would prefer to die here than be sent back”. not change the way the government handles dreds of mourners gathered at a church in Geelong “It is important that such actions, or the threat of More than 24,000 asylum-seekers are living in refugee claims. outside Melbourne for the funeral of 29-year-old such action, has no bearing on a person’s asylum Australia on bridging visas of the type the asylum- Scott Morrison said late Saturday he was waiting Leorsin Seemanpillai, a Sri Lankan asylum-seeker claims or the government’s policy on the assess- seeker was on, according to the immigration to be briefed about the case. The Tamil Refugee who died on June 1 after setting himself ablaze the ment of claims.” department. Council told media it happened on Friday night in a day before. While most boatpeople come to Australia via A further 4,016 asylum-seekers are held in deten- Melbourne home when a 40-year-old Sri Lankan set In April another asylum-seeker-also from Sri Indonesia, many have also attempted the difficult tion centres in Australia, including on Christmas himself on fire by pouring petrol on his legs and Lanka-was seriously hurt after setting himself alight sea trip direct from Sri Lanka. They claim persecu- Island, and in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Under lighting it. in Sydney. Morrison said that in the latest case, the tion over the country’s Tamil separatist conflict. Australia’s tough refugee policy, asylum-seekers The council said the asylum-seeker, whose name asylum-seeker was on a bridging (temporary) visa Australia has sent back dozens of Sri Lankan who arrived by boat after July 2013 have been sent was not released, had minor burns to a leg and was after arriving in Australia by boat. nationals who tried to enter the country illegally. to detention centres on Manus Island in Papua New taken to a Melbourne hospital after his housemates “This is another distressing incident and I am yet Tamil Refugee Council spokeswoman Sri Samy said Guinea or Nauru for processing and permanent intervened and put out the fire. He was in stable to receive a briefing on the case,” he said in a state- the man involved in the latest case was like some resettlement. — AFP Rousseff launches Bobby Jindal says rebellion re-election bid brewing against Washington BRASILIA: Brazilian President Dilma told us that she was the candidate. It’s Rousseff formally launched her re-election important we vote for her,” said Nadia WASHINGTON: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday night bid Saturday, leading in opinion polls Araujo, 47, a PT member who was unable to accused President Barack Obama and other Democrats of waging despite lingering discontent over World enter the packed convention. wars against religious liberty and education and said that a rebellion Cup costs. Rousseff’s leftist Workers Party Brazilians held massive demonstrations is brewing in the US with people ready for “a hostile takeover” of the (PT) approved her candidacy in a voice vote during last year’s Confederations Cup, a nation’s capital. of 800 members meeting at a convention in warmup to the main football event, to Jindal spoke at the annual conference hosted by the Faith and Brasilia, with the popular former president protest the World Cup’s $11 billion price tag Freedom Coalition, a group led by longtime Christian activist Ralph Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on hand. and demand better public services. Reed. Organizers said more than 1,000 evangelical leaders attended “It is time to move forward, it is time to The public frustration coincides with a the three-day gathering. Republican officials across the political make more changes,” the 66-year-old leader cooling economy. Once boasting red-hot told her party in a hotel convention hall growth, Brazil’s gross domestic product rose spectrum concede that evangelical voters continue to play a critical decorated with red stars and posters of the by just 0.2 percent in the first quarter and is role in GOP politics. president. Rousseff’s popularity has fallen forecast to expand by 1.63 percent this year. “I can sense right now a rebellion brewing amongst these United but she leads her rivals ahead of the The protest movement has lost some States,” Jindal said, “where people are ready for a hostile takeover of October presidential election, with 39 per- steam, however, drawing smaller crowds Washington, D.C., to preserve the American Dream for our children cent of voters backing her candidacy, a sur- during the World Cup but with sporadic and grandchildren.” vey by pollsters CNI Ibope showed clashes between riot police and masked The governor said there was a “silent war” on religious liberty Thursday. radical protesters. The anger seeped into being fought in the US - a country that he said was built on that liber- The former guerrilla member, who was the opening game as a crowd of fans chant- ty. “I am tired of the left. They say they’re for tolerance, they say they jailed and tortured during the 1964-1985 ed insults against Rousseff when she respect diversity. The reality is this: They respect everybody unless military dictatorship, is well ahead of Social attended the match between Brazil and you happen to disagree with them,” he said. “The left is trying to Democratic Senator Aecio Neves, with 21 Croatia with a dozen foreign leaders. silence us and I’m tired of it, I won’t take it anymore.” percent, and socialist ex-governor Eduardo Lula, who secured the World Cup when Earlier last week, Jindal signed an executive order to block the use Campos, a former ally, with 10 percent. he was president from 2003-2010, defend- of tests tied to Common Core education standards in his state, a posi- The PT convention turned into a defense ed the tournament, saying the stadiums tion favored by tea party supporters and conservatives. He said he of the World Cup, with promises of changes exceeded expectations. “The stadiums are would continue to fight against the administration’s attempts to in a new Rousseff administration following all inaugurated and of such quality to make implement Common Core. protests over hosting the tournament that any Englishman die of envy,” he said, in a began June 12 and ends July 13. veiled criticism of British media concerns “The federal government has no role, no right and no place dictat- Party members chanted “one, two, three, about the state of the pitch in Manaus. ing standards in our local schools across these 50 states of the United Dilma one more time” and “Lula, warrior of For her part, Rousseff renewed her call States of America,” Jindal said. the Brazilian people.” “The World Cup is scor- for a referendum on a reform of the political Jindal used humor in criticizing the Obama administration on sev- ing goals against the pessimists, those who system, one of the protesters’ demands. eral fronts, referencing the Bergdahl prisoner exchange and the said it would not take place,” Rousseff said. She listed the social, economic and polit- deadly attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. “Are we witness- ical actions taken by her government and ing right now the most radically, extremely liberal, ideological presi- Smaller protests said Brazilians want changes to continue “in dent of our entire lifetime right here in the United States of America, WASHINGTON: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal shakes hands with Ralph Some voices within the party called on the hands of those who showed that they or are we witnessing the most incompetent president of the United Reed, Chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, after delivering the Lula to run for president as Rousseff’s popu- have the capacity” to undertake them. States of America in the history of our lifetimes? You know, it is a diffi- larity fell, but the former leader, who left Her vice president, Michel Temer of the keynote address during Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to cult question,” he said. “I’ve thought long and hard about it. Here’s Majority event in Washington, Saturday. — AP office with an 80 percent approval rating, center left PMDB party, also attended the the only answer I’ve come up with, and I’m going to quote Secretary has backed his successor. convention. But another ally, the Brazilian Clinton: ‘What difference does it make?’” Sen. Marco Rubio and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Jindal is expected to “Many people have this feeling. But Labor Party, confirmed it was now backing The conference featured most of the well-known Republicans con- announce after the November midterm elections whether or not he everything has its moment. Lula himself Neves. — AFP sidering a 2016 presidential run, including Gov. Chris Christie, Florida will launch a presidential bid. — AP Child immigrants can stay in US for years Can attend public schools and work

WASHINGTON: Thousands of immigrant becoming a humanitarian crisis at the bor- Honduras last year to reunite with his moth- children fleeing poverty and violence in der. The system is now so overwhelmed that er, who had traveled to find work in the Central America to cross alone into the children are being housed in Border Patrol United States when he was 4. He was appre- United States can live in American cities, facilities ill-equipped to handle them. hended in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, one of attend public schools and possibly work The government has asked the military more than 26,000 juveniles apprehended at here for years without consequences. to open temporary shelters in Texas, the border in the 2013 budget year. His The chief reasons are an overburdened, Oklahoma and California. US officials, includ- lawyer, Victor Cuco, said he spent about a deeply flawed system of immigration courts ing the Homeland Security secretary, the month in government custody before being and a 2002 law intended to protect chil- White House domestic policy council direc- reunited with his mother in Virginia last sum- dren’s welfare, an Associated Press investiga- tor and the Customs and Border Protection mer. The Border Patrol has apprehended tion finds. Driving the dramatic increases in commissioner have described immigrant more than 52,000 child immigrants traveling these immigrants is the recognition families’ concerns about education, jobs and on their own since the start of the 2014 throughout Honduras, Guatemala and El personal safety as driving the rise in border budget year in October. Like Antunez and thousands of others, most spend about one month in the custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement under the Health and Human Services Department, before they are reunited with parents or other rela- tives in the United States. There is no requirement that their parents or those oth- er relatives were legally allowed into the United States. All the young immigrants who cross the border illegally are subject to deportation eventually. But it’s not a quick process. The immigration court system was backlogged with as many as 30,000 pending cases before the most recent surge. Court delays that already persist for years will grow even longer as the beleaguered system absorbs the cases for the new chil- dren immigrants. That will make the risk of speedy deportation even less likely and fur- ther fuel perceptions that crossing the US border carries few immediate consequences. Antunez lived in the US for nearly nine months before his first court hearing in March. When he appeared again last week in an immigration court in Arlington, Virginia, BROWNSVILLE: This June 18, 2014, file photo shows US Customs and Antunez was ordered to come back again Border Protection agents work at a processing facility in Brownsville, next year after his lawyer told Judge John M. Texas. Thousands of immigrant children crossing alone into the US can live Bryant that his client will ask the govern- in American cities, attend public schools and possibly work here for years ment for asylum. without consequences, chiefly because of an overburdened, deeply flawed It was the same for many for the system of immigration courts, and a 2002 law intended to protect chil- teenagers who stood in court for their first dren’s welfare, an Associated Press investigation finds. — AP hearings. The judge told them, come back next year and try to find a lawyer in the Salvador that children who make the dan- crossings. Only recently have officials meantime. Cuco, the immigration lawyer, gerous trip can effectively remain in the U.S. acknowledged that perceptions that these said next year’s hearing will only be the for years before facing even a moderate risk children may be allowed to stay or that beginning of a process that will take years of deportation. The Obama administration Congress soon may relax US immigration longer. Antunez will meet with an asylum estimates it will catch 90,000 children trying laws - which is highly unlikely - may also be officer at US Citizenship and Immigration to illegally cross the Mexican border without responsible. The AP’s investigation, based on Services and his case probably will be sent their parents by the end of the current budg- interviews, court records and federal data, back to court, his lawyer said. As he waits, et year in September. Last year, the govern- found that such perceptions are understand- the high school freshman will focus on ment returned fewer than 2,000 children to able because of America’s broken system. school and keep learning English. Six their native countries. “That misinformation is causing some months after his asylum claim is filed, The administration has asked Congress people who are in a rather desperate situa- Antunez can apply for a work permit. for $2 billion to spend on the issue. “They tion to risk their lives to come to the United Final decisions by immigration judges almost never go home,” said Gary Mead, who States border expecting that they’ll be able can take years, but that supposes immi- until last year was director of the to stay in this country. That is simply not grants dutifully attend their assigned hear- Immigration and Customs Enforcement true,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest ings. Many won’t. As many as one-quarter of office responsible for finding and removing said Friday. “It’s important for viewers or the immigrants ordered to show up in court immigrants living in the country. “It’s not a those consumers of information in Central in recent years have failed to appear, accord- process that ultimately ends in easy resolu- America to understand that showing up at ing to the Executive Office for Immigration tions or clear-cut resolutions.” the border illegally is not a ticket into this,” he Review, the Justice Department agency that The situation is widely perceived as said. Elmer Antunez Barahona, 17, left runs immigration courts. —AP p10 2_Layout 1 6/22/14 9:56 PM Page 1

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL US, EU welcome release of top Belarus activist

MINSK: The European Union and the other political prisoners should be a possible review of EU sanctions should of conscience remain imprisoned. unleashed a crackdown on human rights United States have welcomed the unex- released soon.” Minsk move to free others and restore Belyatsky said he had been released campaigners and the political opposi- pected release of prominent Belarus Belyatsky, director of human rights their civic rights, saying “this could con- under amnesty, adding that the head of tion after winning re-election in the rights activist Ales Belyatsky, while urg- organisation Vyasna (Spring) which tribute to improving relations between his penal colony had informed him 2010 presidential polls despite mass ing the government to free other politi- helps victims of political repression the European Union and Belarus.” about the move earlier Saturday. protests. cal prisoners as well. under Lukashenko, has won several top Washington also hailed what it called “For some reason they put me into an Lukashenko, who was once dubbed Belyatsky had been imprisoned since European awards and has been repeat- a “positive development”, adding: “We ambulance and took me to the railway the last dictator of Europe by the United 2011 as part of President Alexander edly nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. reiterate our call for the government of station,” he said. “On board the train a States, had used Belyatsky’s trial to bol- Lukashenko’s crackdown on the belea- In November 2011, he was jailed for Belarus to immediately and uncondi- stranger lent me his phone to call my ster his allegations that Europe has guered opposition. four-and-a-half years on tax evasion tionally release all the political prisoners wife,” said Belyatsky, who is also a vice- sought to topple him with the help of Immediately upon arriving in the charges on the grounds that Vyasna who remain in detention and restore president of the International Federation the local opposition. Repeated Western capital Minsk from his high-security used bank accounts in Poland and their political rights.” for Human Rights (FIDH). calls on Lukashenko to stop harassing penal colony on Saturday, the 51-year- Lithuania to collect donations for help- The EU last October renewed sanc- His family and colleagues said they the opposition have borne little fruit. old rights campaigner pledged to press ing political prisoners, a criminal activity tions against the close Russian ally, say- had not expected him to be released But on Saturday political experts said ahead with his work that has rattled the under Belarussian laws. ing it had failed to make sufficient early. “This is absolutely unexpected for Belyatsky’s release might indicate that authorities for years. progress on human rights. us,” said Vyasna’s deputy head Valentin Lukashenko was concerned by “I will do what I was doing before,” ‘An important step’ Belarus arrested scores of people Stefanovich, adding that the release was Moscow’s showdown with the fellow said the shaven-headed activist, dressed A statement from the office of EU for- after a massive opposition protest on all the more surprising because Slavic nation of Ukraine and was keen to in a black T-shirt and black jacket. “I’ve eign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the night of the December 2010 presi- Belyatsky had had two official repri- mend fences with the European Union. been released thanks to the solidarity the freeing of Ales Belyatsky was “an dential election. mands from prison officials. “The current step of the regime is and support of the entire global com- important step by the Belarusian author- Several candidates opposing “The last one was for taking a piece of linked with Russia’s aggression towards munity,” he told several dozen support- ities and should be followed without Lukashenko, as well as other opposition bread from a canteen.” Ukraine,” said political analyst Alexei ers who greeted him at the railway sta- delay by the release of all the remaining leaders, were later sentenced to long jail Korol, noting the mercurial leader has tion. “That is why I’ve been released one political prisoners.” terms. Around a dozen opposition fig- Mending fences with Europe been driven by a desire to preserve his year, eight months early. I believe that The statement appeared to hold out ures widely considered to be prisoners In power since 1994, Lukashenko grip on power. —AFP Syrian fire kills teen on Israeli-held Golan

QUNEITRA: The teenage son of an Israeli was a hole in the nearby fence. defence ministry contractor was killed yes- “We responded with tank rounds at terday on the Golan, in the most serious Syrian military posts in the immediate incident on the plateau since the Syrian vicinity,” he said, adding Israel would moni- war erupted in 2011. tor events in the Golan and react “accord- Israel’s defence ministry and the army ingly”. In March, Israeli warplanes attacked said the 15-year-old was killed when a blast Syrian army positions just hours after a hit the car he was travelling in with his bomb wounded four Israeli soldiers on the father and another contractor, both of Golan, one severely. whom were wounded. The boy, an Arab The bombing marked the most serious Israeli, was Mohammed Qaraqra from the escalation along the ceasefire line with northern village of Arabeh in the Galilee Syria since the 1973 Middle East War, with region, military radio said. Israel’s defence minister warning Damascus The Israeli army called the explosion “an would pay a “high price” for helping mili- intentional attack” on a civilian vehicle by tants bent on harming the Jewish state. forces inside Syria, with a senior spokesman Over the past year, Israel has reportedly telling reporters Israeli tanks had fired at carried out a series of raids on Syrian and Syrian army posts in response. Hezbollah targets, but has not officially It was not clear whether there were any acknowledged doing so. casualties on the Syrian side. Lerner said it was unclear who was “This is the most substantial incident on behind Sunday’s incident. “On the other the border with Syria since the beginning side, we are aware of an extensive rebel, or of the civil war,” said Lieutenant Colonel opposition presence, but we can’t confirm Peter Lerner, the army’s foreign press who was involved in it,” he told reporters. spokesman, confirming it was the first death on the Israeli side. Quneitra clashes DONETSK: A man holds a Russian flag during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine yesterday. Russian President He said the shooting was deliberate. The blast took place near Tel Khazeka, Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support yesterday for Ukraine’s declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and “This was an intentional attack, not errant just south of Quneitra which is located in called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. — AP fire,” he said, adding that the target was a the centre of the plateau. vehicle delivering water. Military sources The Syrian Observatory for Human said the vehicle belonged to the defence Rights said there was ongoing fighting in New Ukraine president offers ministry and was being used “as part of the area between Syrian military and construction work on the border”. rebels, adding regime forces had bombard- Israeli public radio cited security sources ed some villages in the Quneitra area. talks with pro-Russian rebels as saying that the Syrian army had fired the An Israeli defence ministry official had projectile, but the Israeli army declined to earlier said the victim was a contractor. comment on the report. Israel, which is still technically at war Putin vows to stand behind Poroshenko’s peace efforts with Syria, seized 1,200 square kilometres Blast source unclear (460 square miles) of the Golan Heights SIVERSK: Ukraine’s new Western-backed leader Putin yesterday vowed to stand behind urged Putin in a three-way call on Sunday “to There was still some confusion over during the 1967 Six-Day War and later agreed yesterday to dialogue with separatists Poroshenko’s peace efforts as long as they led to promote the resumption of negotiations”. what caused the explosion, despite an ear- annexed it in a move never recognised by not implicated in “murder and torture” as he laid “substantial dialogue” between the two sides. “It is a cat and mouse game for both sides,” lier report by security sources who told AFP the international community. out a peace plan that Russian President Vladimir “Russia will certainly support these inten- said Moscow’s Political Expert Group head it was caused by a mortar round fired from Since the Syrian conflict erupted in Putin promised to back. tions. But at the end of the day, the most impor- Konstantin Kalachev. Syria. 2011, the plateau has been tense, with a Petro Poroshenko’s initiative follows his tant thing is a political process,” Putin told “Putin wants the rebels to become involved Lerner said the army was “not certain if it growing number of projectiles, mostly announcement on Friday of a week-long unilat- reporters. in the talks. For peace, both sides are needed.” was an explosive device, a rocket or a mor- stray, hitting the Israeli side, prompting eral ceasefire in the government’s 10-week cam- “It is important for dialogue between all war- Poroshenko stressed in his television address tar” that caused the explosion, noting there occasional armed responses. —AFP paign against pro-Russian rebels that has ring parties to originate on the basis of this that he was “ready to talk with those who have claimed more than 375 lives and displaced tens peace plan,” Putin said in his most overt endorse- erred, who mistakenly stood in the position of of thousands. ment of the blueprint to date. separatism.” The hostilities raged on over the weekend “Except, of course, people who were involved Polish minister says despite Poroshenko’s order as government ‘Political dialogue’ in the acts of terrorism, murder or torture,” he forces used mortar fire to repel waves of raids by One top separatist leader had earlier said that added. Poroshenko addressed another top Putin US ties worthless militias in the eastern rustbelt who rejected the Poroshenko’s efforts were “meaningless” unless priority by vowing to enshrine in the constitu- terms of his pact. they included the complete withdrawal of state tion locals’ right to use the Russian language in WARSAW: A Polish magazine said yester- bank’s independence. “Both of my grandfathers were killed in World troops and recognition of the independence schools and official business. day it has obtained recordings of a conver- That publication has already threatened War II fighting the Nazis,” said a rebel named they proclaim last month. And he confirmed plans to establish a 10- sation in which Foreign Minister Radek to bring down the government of Polish Andriy as he prepared ammunition for a heavy But Putin took the extra step on Saturday to kilometre (six-mile) buffer zone along the Sikorski says the country’s strong alliance Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and the new machinegun in his battle against what many call on “the conflicting parties to halt all military Russian border to stem the flow of weapons and with the US “isn’t worth anything” and is recording is expected to add to the trou- separatists refer to as the “fascist” in power in activities and sit down at the negotiating table” - gunmen from Ukraine’s giant neighbour. “even harmful because it creates a false bles. Although the latest conversation Kiev today. a comment that implied a degree of criticism for Both Kiev and its Western allies are anxious sense of security.” doesn’t reveal any illegal actions, the “I will continue their fight,” the 31-year-old the rebels’ continued attacks. about the presence of new Russian forces along In a short transcript of the conversation, strong language and opinions would likely said. Ukraine’s border guards reported two raids The Kremlin chief has been sending mixed the frontier amid charges of growing flows of a person identified as Sikorski by the maga- put the foreign minister on the defensive if by the rebels in the eastern Lugansk region early signals to Kiev that included a surprise order on heavy weapons crossing into rebel-held parts of zine Wprost tells former finance minister, they are confirmed to be true. yesterday that resulted in no casualties. Saturday for Russian forces stretching from the the east. Jacek Rostowski, that Poles naively believe Sikorski has been an outspoken critic of The 48-year-old confectionery tycoon-elect- Volga to western Siberia to go on “full combat Ukrainian officials have told EU and G7 teams the U.S. bolsters their security. Using vulgar the Kremlin and has strongly criticized ed on May 25 in snap polls called after months alert”. in Kiev that they had evidence of 10 additional language, the person argues that such Russian actions in Ukraine this year. In the of deadly pro-EU protests toppled Kiev’s Some analysts see this as an effort by Putin- tanks and sealed trucks coming over the border beliefs are nonsense, and that the Polish - past he was a strong supporter of the Kremlin-backed president in February-said that a unable to keep Poroshenko from signing a his- close to the eastern city of Lugansk since US alliance alienates the Russians and United States, though he has become more peaceful settlement was “our plan A”. toric economic pact with the European Union on Thursday. Germans. critical of Washington in recent years. “But those who are planning to use peaceful Friday that will pull Ukraine further out of the US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki There has been no official confirmation He has also been widely mentioned as a negotiations only to buy time and regroup their Kremlin’s reach-to unsettle the new pro-Western noted that most of the equipment being gath- that it is Sikorski who speaks in the conver- possible successor to Catherine Ashton as forces must know that we have a detailed plan B. leaders and keep reins on the Russified south- ered in southwest Russia was no longer used by sation. Wprost last week set off a political the EU’s foreign policy chief. Poland official- I am not going to speak of it now because I east while avoiding new Western sanctions. its military. “We believe that Russia may soon storm in Poland with the release of a ly put him forward as a candidate last believe that our peaceful plan will work out,” he French President Francois Hollande’s office provide this equipment to separatist fighters,” recording of a conversation between cen- month. The government will make a com- added in the 12-minute address. said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Psaki said. —AFP tral bank head Marek Belka and Interior ment after the recording is published in Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz. In the full, spokeswoman Malgorzata Kidawa- recording the two discussed how the bank Blonska said. Wprost said it will publish the could help the governing party win re-elec- sound files of the recording today and Cameron ready to force EU vote on Juncker tion in 2015, an apparent violation of the tomorrow. —AP LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron The prime minister is due to meet with cur- Juncker’s programme, and Mr Juncker’s team.” is ready to force fellow EU leaders to vote on rent EU Commission President Herman van Cameron is determined to fight Juncker’s who should head the European Commission in a Rompuy on Monday in London, where he will appointment because he sees him as an obsta- last ditch attempt to block the appointment of press his case. cle to achieving reforms that he believes are Jean-Claude Juncker, Downing Street sources Previously, EU leaders agreed the candidate necessary to the EU-and which he has promised said yesterday. for the presidency among themselves. But under to British voters. Cameron, who views the former long-serving new rules they have to now “take into account” The prime minister has pledged to renegoti- Luxembourg prime minister as a federalist who the results of European parliamentary elections ate London’s terms of membership with the EU will not adopt the modernising reforms he says last month. and hold an in/out referendum by 2017, provid- the European Union badly needs, has vowed to Juncker is the chosen candidate of the ed his party wins next year’s general election. “fight this right to the very end”. European People’s Party (EPP), a grouping of cen- Britain argues that having an EU insider such European centre-left leaders meeting in Paris tre-right parties which is largest single group in as Juncker in the commission’s top job will fur- on Saturday agreed their support for Juncker, the European Parliament. Cameron’s ther alienate voters who have already deserted the candidate of Europe’s centre-right bloc, and Conservatives were part of the EPP but he with- mainstream parties in droves to support the issue is set to dominate a two-day summit of drew them in 2009, saying its federalist views eurosceptic and far-right groups in the EU parlia- all 28 EU leaders starting on Thursday. were at odds with Tory policy. Polish foreign min- ment elections. An Opinium survey in The Cameron, who leads Britain’s centre-right ister Radoslaw Sikorski-whose party is a member Observer newspaper yesterday found that 48 Conservatives, wants a delay in the nomination of the EPP-suggested last week that Cameron’s percent of Britons would “definitely” or “proba- process in an effort to find a consensus candi- decision five years ago is now costing him. bly” vote to leave the EU, while 37 percent said date. “British officials have been clear... that if they would definitely or probably vote to stay in. there was the political will to find consensus 48 percent want out If Cameron secured a deal which “redefined then the decision on commission president “The conundrum that we are seeing now the terms of Britain’s membership”, then 42 per- could and should be delayed,” a Downing Street shows that these European political parties are cent would likely vote to remain in the EU, with source said. quite important, and that it is important to be a 36 percent likely to vote the other way. MOSCOW: Military history enthusiasts dressed as Nazi Germany’s troops take part “But if leaders are not even willing to consider member of one of the major factions because But just 18 percent thought it likely that in a stage battle “Summer 1941” near the village of Ivanovskoye, some 60 km outside alternative names, despite their widely then you have more influence,” Sikorski said. Cameron would be able to secure “satisfactory” Moscow, yesterday during “War of Motors 2014” festival marking the 73rd anniver- expressed misgivings, then a vote should take However, he told Sky News yesterday that terms, with 55 percent saying it was quite or sary of the Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union. — AFP place.” there was still “every room for influencing Mr very unlikely. — AFP

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

S Lanka police hit back after media flak over deadly riots

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police announced yesterday many factors involved,” Rohana said, referring to a call Muslim in President Mahinda Rajapakse’s cabinet, last year in the company of BBS leaders, while they were tightening security in the capital after local for Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon described Saturday as an arson attack. Rohana said President Mahinda Rajapakse opened a Buddhist media, in a rare show of unity, condemned them for to step down. forensic experts were expected to visit the charred centre with a BBS leader in Colombo in April 2011. failing to control Buddhist extremists behind deadly The privately-run The Nation weekly took the building on Monday. Justice Minister Hakeem has strongly criticised the anti-Muslim riots. unusual step yesterday of leading its front page with BBS and has asked the president to order an inde- Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said security an editorial, with the blunt headline: “The IGP must Government accused of links to BBS pendent probe into last week’s riots targeting would be stepped up in Colombo today following resign”. Other media joined in blasting officials for The Sunday Times said a majority of Buddhists in Muslims, who account for some 10 percent of Sri reports that a Muslim group was planning a demon- failing to rein in a hardline Buddhist group known as the country did not support the extremist views of Lanka’s population of 20 million. stration to denounce an alleged arson attack at a the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS or the Buddhist Force), the few monks who were behind the hate campaign, Hakeem, in a statement issued on Saturday night, Muslim-owned shop over the weekend. blamed for much of the unrest. and that they should be dealt with before the unrest blamed the government for failing to control the BBS, “We have reports of a hartal (work stoppage) on “Arrest him,” the Sunday Leader newspaper escalates further. which last year led a successful campaign to take Monday,” Rohana told AFP. “We are making arrange- demanded in a headline, referring to the head of the Some reports also echoed charges by the main halal certification off food sold to non-Muslims in the ments to ensure that there is no trouble. There will be BBS, Galagodaatte Gnanasara, who has publicly opposition United National Party that patronage by majority-Buddhist nation. tighter security.” denied causing trouble. senior government figures may have held police back “Irrespective of who is responsible for the terrible He dismissed the barrage of media criticism Sri Lanka’s Sunday Times said the burning down of from acting against the BBS. events that unfolded... none would dispute that it Sunday that police should take the blame for anti- the Muslim-owned No-Limit clothing store outside The UNP has accused the country’s powerful was a serious dislocation of the ability of the state to Muslim riots carried out by hardline Buddhists a week Colombo on Saturday “is an indication that some defence secretary and president’s younger brother, maintain the rule of law,” Hakeem said after an emer- ago which left four people dead, 80 wounded, and people might want this violence to spread”. Gotabhaya Rajapakse, of backing the BBS. gency meeting Saturday with the president. hundreds of homes and shops destroyed. Police were investigating the cause of the blaze, Gotabhaya Rajapakse had opened a Buddhist cul- The president has said he is ordering a probe into “It is unfair to blame one individual, there are so which Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem, the most senior tural centre at the southern town of Galle in March “recent disturbances”. — AFP Murderers wander with machetes at Philippine prison

IWAHIG: One hundred convicts armed with tourists visit Iwahig’s quaint, pre-World War II machetes wander through a vast prison with- prison administration buildings and a handi- out walls in one of the Philippines’ most crafts shop, which is manned by inmates who beautiful islands, a unique approach to have made the items on sale. reforming criminals. A few hundred hectares of the land is Two token guards with shotguns slung on devoted to rice paddies, which sit pic- their shoulders relax in the shade nearby as turesquely on either side of a fire-tree-lined the blue-shirted group of inmates chop dirt road. Ducks, goats, cattle and egrets feed weeds at a rice paddy at the Iwahig Prison quietly on newly harvested plots. and Penal Farm on Palawan island. Fish ponds, coconut plantations, corn But Arturo, who is 21 years into a life sen- fields and vegetable plots are scattered tence for murder, has no plans to escape, pre- across the prison, although the bulk of the ferring to keep his chances of an eventual land remains covered by forest and man- commutation or even a pardon. groves. “I don’t want to live the life of a rat, pan- US colonial rulers established Iwahig in icked into bolting into a hole each time a 1904 for political prisoners and Manila’s worst policeman comes my way,” the 51-year-old inmates, seeking to isolate them in what was inmate, whose full name cannot be used in then a sparsely inhabited frontier about 600 GOSEONG: South Korean soldiers gather near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas in Goseong, Gangwon province, South keeping with prison regulations, told AFP. kilometres (370) miles from the nation’s capi- Korea, yesterday. A military manhunt was underway for a South Korean soldier who shot and killed five members of his own unit at a guard Surrounded by a thick coastal mangrove for- tal. Prisoners were used to clear virgin rain- post on the border with North Korea. — AFP est, a mountain range and a highway, the forests for farming, which would in turn 26,000-hectare (64,000-acre) Iwahig jail is one encourage migration from the archipelago’s of the world’s largest open prisons, more than more populous areas. two times the size of Paris. After the Philippines won independence Runaway S Korean soldier A single guard sits at its largely ceremonial post-World War II, those who had served out main gate, routinely waving visitors through their term were also given the option to clear without inspection. A shallow ditch, but no and own up to six hectares of land. walls, is all that separates the 3,186 prisoners Up until the 1970s, the prisons had much who killed 5 surrounded from the outside world. tougher security than today, with chain gangs A mere 14 kilometres (nine miles) away is of inmates the norm. Most other jails in the Puerto Princesa, a city of 250,000 people and Philippines continue with brutal conditions, Parents brought in to help negotiate surrender a top tourist destination as the gateway to an with inmates packed beyond capacity in island famed for stunning dive sites, a giant dingy, airless cells and having to take turns SEOUL: South Korean troops yesterday the military in September, fled with his weapon, der in the Yellow Sea. South Korea has repeatedly underground river system and beautiful sleeping. But at Iwahig, and four smaller penal exchanged fire with a runaway soldier who was but it wasn’t clear how much live ammunition he vowed to respond with strength if provoked by beaches. farms in other provincial areas, authorities surrounded in a forest after he killed five com- had. A Defense Ministry official confirmed Yim was the North. Shootings happen occasionally at the have sought to take advantage of the open rades near his North Korea border outpost, and considered a “protected and watched-on soldier,” border. Penal colony’s harsh history spaces to create conditions that encourage brought in his parents to persuade him to surren- which means he needed special attention among In 2011, a 19-year-old marine corporal went on A steady stream of local and foreign the rehabilitation of inmates. — AFP der, a defense official said yesterday. servicemen. According to the official, the South a shooting rampage at a Gwanghwa Island base, One platoon leader was wounded when the Korean military assigns such status based on ser- just south of the maritime border with North sergeant, identified only by his surname Yim, vicemen’s periodical personality test. Korea. Military investigators later said that corpo- threw a grenade and fired on the military person- ral was angry about being shunned and slighted nel closing in on him, according to a defense min- Protected soldier and showed signs of mental illness before the istry official who asked not to be named, citing Yim was designated a grade A protected sol- shooting. department rules. The official said troops fired dier in April last year - one with a high risk of sui- In 2005, a soldier tossed a hand grenade and back. cide attempt or inducing other accidents who opened fire at a front-line army unit in a ram- Villagers in a nearby area were warned not to could not serve at heavily guarded outposts - then page that killed eight colleagues and injured leave their houses. The village head, Jang Seok- improved to grade B status last November. It several others. Pfc. Kim Dong-min told investiga- kwon, said that he heard gunshots ring out about means he was being watched with focused atten- tors he was enraged at superiors who verbally 10 times yesterday. The military brought Yim’s par- tion, but could serve at the outposts at the com- abused him. ents to the forest about 10 kilometers (6 miles) mander’s discretion. All able-bodied South Korean men must serve from the border outpost to try to persuade him to Thousands of troops from the rival Koreas are about two years in the military under a conscrip- give up, the official said. squared off along the world’s most heavily armed tion system aimed at countering aggression from PUERTO PRINCESA: In this photo taken on June 6, 2014, inmates from the mininum Yim opened fire Saturday night with his stan- border. There was no indication that North Korea North Korea. security compound walk unescorted to their place of work at Iwahig prison in dard issue K2 assault rifle at the outpost near the was involved. But tensions between the two coun- The Korean Peninsula is still technically in a Puerto Princesa, Palawan island. Bounded by a mangrove forest-choked coast, a North Korean border in Gangwon province, east of tries have been high recently, with North Korea state of war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended mountain range and a highway to Puerto Princesa city, 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) Seoul, killing five fellow soldiers and wounding staging a series of missile and artillery drills and with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 away, Iwahig is one of the world’s largest open prisons, as well as one of the coun- seven others, the military said. threatening South Korea’s leader. The Koreas have US soldiers are stationed in South Korea as a try’s oldest correctional institutions. — AFP Yim, who was scheduled to be discharged from also traded fire along their disputed maritime bor- deterrent against North Korean aggression.— AP Afghan election frontrunner Hong Kongers defy Beijing to releases audio recordings vote in democracy referendum KABUL The campaign team of Afghan presidential obtained the recordings and it is not possible to con- candidate Abdullah Abdullah yesterday released audio firm their authenticity. Amarkhail could not immediate- HONG KONG: Hong Kong citizens cast recordings which they said contained evidence of fraud ly be reached for comment. Baryalai Arsalai, Abdullah’s their ballots in an unofficial referendum against a senior member of the country’s Independent campaign manager, on Sunday said the IEC had con- on democratic reform yesterday, as Election Commission (IEC). spired with “senior members of the government... in booths opened across the territory in a The accusation came as hundreds of Abdullah’s sup- supporting one candidate in the election, they have poll that has enraged Beijing and drawn porters held protests against alleged irregularities for a organised rigging, cheating and manipulation”. nearly 650,000 votes since it opened second day across Kabul, as a political stalemate deep- He promised to release further “proof” of fraud to online. ens in the country. the media in the coming days. Tensions are growing in the former Abdullah won the first round of the poll to succeed Earlier, protesters who had gathered by the presi- British colony over the future of its elec- President Hamid Karzai, gaining 45 percent of the vote dential palace chanted “Long live Abdullah” and called toral system, with increasingly vocal while his nearest rival Ashraf Ghani won 31.6 percent. for the death of Afghanistan’s electoral commission calls from residents to be able to choose But he has boycotted the vote count after the sec- chief, who is handling the fraud allegations. who can run for the post of chief execu- ond round run-off, accusing Karzai of interfering to A similar-sized gathering in the western city of Herat tive. favour his rival. saw a group largely composed of students burn their Hong Kong’s leader is currently The dispute threatens to pitch Afghanistan into cri- voter registration cards in protest at alleged irregulari- appointed by a 1,200-strong pro-Beijing sis as NATO combat troops withdraw from a 13-year ties. Abdullah, a former foreign minister who says he committee. China has promised direct war against Taleban insurgents. was also cheated of victory in the 2009 election against elections for the next chief executive in A smooth election was seen as a key benchmark for Karzai, has alleged that the turnout figure of seven mil- 2017, but has ruled out allowing voters the US-led coalition that has fought against the Taleban lion in the run-off was exaggerated, and that in several to choose which candidates can stand. and donated billions of dollars in aid since 2001. The provinces there were more votes than eligible voters. Beijing and Hong Kong officials have allegations are centred around the secretary of the IEC, Sunday’s protests came a day after more than 1,000 dismissed the poll as illegal, but partici- HONG KONG: People vote in a polling station for an unofficial referendum Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, who stands accused of irregulari- of Abdullah’s supporters marched through Kabul in pation since voting began online Friday on democratic reform in Hong Kong yesterday. More than half a million ties during the transporting of unused ballots during another largely peaceful demonstration. The two days has beaten all expectations-despite a Hong Kongers have voted in an unofficial referendum on democratic the June 14 poll. of “anti-fraud” rallies were not organised by Abdullah’s major cyberattack that the organisers reform in the specially administered Chinese city that Beijing has blasted Abdullah’s team at a press confeence released the campaign, but the crowds appeared to be made up of have blamed on Beijing. as illegal. — AP recordings, which total 13 minutes of poor-quality Abdullah supporters. Yesterday thousands of voters, some audio and purport to be conversations between The United Nations Assistance Mission in toting umbrellas in the pouring rain, desire for genuine democracy,” said chief executive ballot should be carried Amarkhail, other IEC officials and “a member of Ghani’s Afghanistan on Sunday urged “responsible” use of turned out to physically cast their bal- Benny Tai, one of the founders of the out-each of which would allow voters to team”. social media platforms to avoid increasing tensions. lots at the 15 polling booths set up Occupy Central movement which organ- choose candidates for the top job, and They include Amarkhail allegedly reassuring the “There has been a disturbing tone in some social media around the city. ised the ballot. all therefore considered unacceptable by member of Ghani’s team that staff would be “used” to platforms, and we urge supporters of the candidates in “I am just acting in accordance with The roughly 647,400 who had voted Beijing. favour his election. In one recording, Amarkhail the Afghan Presidential elections to refrain from inflam- my conscience and this is for our next both online and at the polling booths as The “PopVote” website (https:// allegedly tells an IEC member from the northwestern matory statements, hate speech or statements which generation too. As I am not familiar with of Sunday afternoon represent a sizeable 2www.popvote.hk/), built by the province of Faryab to fire his entire staff and change promote divisive ethnic mobilization,” said Jan Kubis, computers, I came to the voting booth,” chunk of the 3.47 million people who University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong them for Pashtuns and Uzbeks. head of UNAMA. a 68-year-old retired teacher told AFP at registered to vote at elections in 2012. Polytechnic University, suffered a large- Ghani is a Pashtun, Afghanistan’s largest ethnic Abdullah and Karzai have asked the UN to step in to a station set up at a teachers’ union. Voters have until June 29 to cast their scale attack last week that Tai and the group, which is strongest in the Taliban heartlands of solve the political deadlock. The threat of ethnic unrest Another voter, 18-year-old Lau I-lung, ballot either online or at the polling pro-democracy press said could only the south and east. One of his running mates, infamous is a grim prospect for Afghanistan, where tribal loyal- said: “I am happy I can use a vote to booth. have been carried out by Beijing. warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum is a popular Uzbek ties are still fierce after the 1992-1996 civil war. determine the future system of elec- Although the unofficial referendum leader. Abdullah’s support is based among the Tajik minori- tions. I think it can make a difference.” ‘Strong case for reform’ will have no legal effect, activists hope Abdullah’s team has refused to disclose how it ty and other northern tribes. — AFP “People were lining up to vote. It shows The poll allows residents to choose that a high turnout will bolster the case that Hong Kong people have a strong between three options on how the 2017 for reform. — AFP

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By Peter Martell

ix years after Kenya erupted into ferocious ethnic battles and post-election violence, security guard SJohn Mboya is fearful once again, after twin mas- sacres on the coast brought political rivalries to the surface. “When the leaders argue, it is people like me who will suffer if a fight starts,” bemoaned Mboya, recalling the intensity of 2007-8 violence, when com- munities in his crowded slum in the capital Nairobi Conflicts merge, feed off each other divided along tribal lines and turned on each other after disputed elections. “People are very worried, they By Zeina Karam and Qassim Abdul- old Syrian conflict. The Syrian govern- against the Sunni blitz, leaving behind advanced weapons and vehicles from Iraq don’t understand what will happen,” he said. Zahra ment is heavily reliant on foreign fighters gaping holes in areas under their control. across the border into Syria. A senior Iraqi Attacks last week on the coastal Mpeketoni district to bolster its ranks and help quell the In interviews conducted by AP with intelligence official confirmed that fight- left at least 60 dead and were claimed by Somalia’s Al- a reflection of how intertwined largely Sunni insurgency engulfing the returning Shiite fighters in Baghdad, ers have indeed begun doing this. The Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, though President the Syria and Iraq conflicts have country. They include thousands of Shiite many said they were responding to a call official, who spoke to the AP on condition Uhuru Kenyatta blamed “well-planned, orchestrated Inbecome, thousands of Shiite Iraqi Hezbollah fighters, Iranian Revolutionary to arms issued in recent days by Iraq’s of anonymity, said the fighters recently and politically motivated ethnic violence” carried out militiamen helping President Bashar Al- Guard advisers and Iraqi militiamen who Shiite spiritual leader Ali Al-Sistani. Others seized depots in Mosul containing up to by “local political networks”. The reaction served to Assad crush the Sunni-led uprising left their homes and headed to Syria to said they considered Iraq to be the moth- 400,000 pieces of weaponry and ammuni- highlight the intensity of the rivalry between Kenyatta against him are returning home, putting a defend what they see as an attack on the er battle. “Yes, we took part in the fighting tion, and that a quarter of it has been and his old rival Raila Odinga, a former prime minister strain on the overstretched Syrian military Shiite regional axis comprised of Iran, in Syria. But now the priority is Iraq,” said moved to Syria, possibly for storage and who failed in a bid for the presidency last year. “Kenya as it struggles to retain territory recap- Assad, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Prime Jassem Al-Jazaeri, a senior official in Iraq’s safe guarding. is on such a knife-edge that the intensifying prospect tured in recent months from rebels. The Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s government in Hezbollah Brigades, which is believed to In a report Saturday, the global intelli- of instability has millions of Kenyans deeply worried,” borders between the two countries are Iraq. be funded and trained by Iran’s gence outfit Stratfor said the group has The Star newspaper said in an editorial. being largely ignored, with fighters from That axis is now under mounting pres- Revolutionary Guard. seized from retreating Iraqi soldiers Bitter memories are still fresh from 2007, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant sure. The militants of the Islamic State of Most of the Shiite Iraqi fighters in Syria armored vehicles, small arms, ammuni- elections escalated into ethnic conflict in which more said to be crossing freely from one side to Iraq and the Levant are carving out an - believed by some estimates to number tion, artillery, communication devices, than 1,200 people were killed, violence for which the other, transporting weapons, equip- ever-expanding fiefdom along the Iraqi- between 20,000 and 30,000 - have been and possibly more. “This gear would pro- Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto face crimes ment and cash in a development that has Syrian border. Earlier this month, they battling rebels in suburbs of the Syrian vide a substantial boost on the battle- against humanity charges at the International Criminal potential to shift the balance of power in seized Iraq’s city of Mosul - and they have capital and particularly in the vicinity of ground in Syria, and the group has indeed Court (ICC). “It is certainly not inevitable the political a largely stalemated battle. vowed to march on to the Iraqi capital Sayida Zeinab, home to a major Shiite already begun to transfer some of this rhetoric could descend into violence, but it is possible, The seizure of large chunks of Iraq by Baghdad as well. In the past few days, the shrine by the same name. Syrian opposi- equipment across the border,” said the and that is the worrying part,” said Cedric Barnes of the militants does offer Assad a messaging militants seized two strategically located tion activists say Syrian rebels are already report. International Crisis Group. victory: he has long insisted that the towns along the Euphrates River, includ- exploiting the vacuum left by the Iraqis to Opposition activists in eastern Syria Externally, there are major threats from Somalia’s uprising against him is the work of for- ing the Qaim border crossing with Syria - mount attacks. A number of Hezbollah say they have not yet seen anything to Shebab, who have carried out a string of revenge eign-inspired Islamic extremists, suggest- advancing their efforts to etch out a large fighters were killed in an attack on the indicate any game changing weapons at attacks for Kenya’s military role in southern Somalia, ing that the West needs to work with him region straddling the two conflict-ridden town of Rankous in the Qalamoun region play. Still, such reports are likely to make including last year’s siege of the Westgate shopping to check the influence of jihadis, and that countries. last week. The town fell to government the West even less inclined to supply mall that left 67 people dead. The Mpeketoni attacks, the radicals, not the divided and weaker and Hezbollah forces two months ago. rebels in Syria with the advanced however, were unprecedented: heavily armed insur- pro-Western moderate rebels, are the real Double-Edged Sword Firas Abi Ali, head of Middle East and weaponry they need to confront Assad’s gents storming an urban centre deep inside Kenya, alternative to his rule. “The developments in Iraq are a dou- North Africa Analysis, IHS Country Risk, military superiority. “This will translate and fleeing before ill-equipped security could react, The violent actions and speedy suc- ble-edged sword for Assad,” said Randa said in a recent analysis that the Syrian into less pressure on the Assad regime echoing tactics used by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist cesses of the same group in Iraq, against a Slim, a director at the Washington-based government will compensate for any and more reluctance to arm the moderate militants. government the West does essentially Middle East Institute. “On one hand, these redeployment of Iraqi fighters using man- Syrian rebel groups for fear that those support, seem to align with his argument. developments help Assad’s narrative to power drawn mainly from Hezbollah. weapons will fall in the hands of the Security a ‘Shambles’ And he can relish the fact that the US is his constituents and to the West that his “However, the Iraqi fighters’ departure jihadis,” Slim said. Observers also say the Western security officials - and the Shebab them- weighing airstrikes against Sunni mili- fight is with terrorists and not against would probably temporarily reduce the Iraq chaos is putting a strain on Shiite selves - are adamant it was them, albeit with local tants in Iraq - and possibly Syria - while democrats.” On the other hand, she said, ability of the Syrian government to mount powerhouse Iran, as it labors to prop up Kenyan knowledge from recruits or Islamist supporters shying away from any military action the Islamic State’s rapid and successful new offensives and place it on the strate- beleaguered allies in both Iraq and Syria. on the ground. “The terrorists have us in a bind, divid- against his government for the past three incursion into Iraq undermines Assad’s gic defensive,” he said. Suleiman Takieddine, a columnist writing ed and inattentive to the larger picture,” former deputy years. claim that he is able to defeat them. in the Lebanese daily As-Safir, said Iran’s president Musalia Mudavadi wrote in Kenya’s media. But the developments also threaten to In the most immediate outcome, thou- Weapon Transfer ability to endure a long war of attrition on The gunmen appeared to choose the target and tim- upset what has recently been an upward sands of Iraqi Shiite militiamen fighting in Another concern for Assad is the possi- multiple fronts, “economically, militarily ing of the attack for maximum impact. “The target was trend by Assad’s forces in the three-year- Syria are heading back home to defend bility that the Islamic State might transfer and politically,” is in doubt.— AP ideal if they wanted to divide Kenyans,” one Western security official said, noting it targeted a town settled decades ago by the Kikuyu people, the same tribe as Kenyatta. “The president took it as an attack on his Top NY prosecutor confronts criticism from India people,” the security source added. Tensions were already high following Odinga’s By Larry Neumeister Harvard in 1990 and Columbia Law School of Rajaratnam’s India-born friends from whispers about his motivations into announcement last month that he planned to stage in 1993, he became an assistant US attor- college. Rajaratnam, serving an 11-year shouts. “Is Bharara targeting Indians?” was mass anti-government rallies on July 7, the anniver- fter years of silence on the issue, ney in Manhattan and eventually was US prison term for insider trading, became a the question posed by an article on India sary of protests for multi-party democracy in the India-born US Attorney Preet Sen. Charles Schumer’s chief counsel, billionaire after creating the Galleon Group Today’s website in December. 1990s. Foreign diplomats say the leadership feels gen- Bharara has begun to open up about helping to lead an investigation into the of hedge funds that once handled as much Firstpost.com Editor-in-Chief R uinely threatened by Odinga’s planned rallies. Anti- A the cultural scorn he has faced over his firings of nine US attorneys under as $7 billion. His brother is currently on tri- Jagannathan wrote in a December column western sentiment has grown in some quarters, over high-profile prosecutions of South Asian President George W Bush. Soon after his al on insider trading charges. that the United States “will use a Preet the backing for the ICC trials and Odinga, who has also defendants, particularly that of an Indian 2009 appointment by President Barack Bharara also has prosecuted several Bharara to target Khobragade (or Rajat recently returned from several months in the US. diplomat that led to one commentator in Obama as US attorney in Manhattan, he highly successful Indian-born defendants, Gupta or Raj Rajaratnam) so that it looks On Wednesday, youths torched effigies of Odinga India to call him an “Uncle Tom”. In a recent presided over one of the largest roundups the most prominent of which is Rajat like Indian-Americans are implementing in central Nairobi along with British and American speech at Harvard Law School, he noted the law, and hence not racist.” He finished flags. Despite efforts to heal the wounds of the ethnic the criticisms and countered them with the column with: “At the very least, we killings, tensions still run deep between communities, unusual candor. Citing one commentator should target Preet Bharara for humiliating with many key grievances that fed into the violence - in India who questioned if he took up the an Indian diplomat and make sure he nev- most notably land ownership rights and claims that diplomat case “to serve his white masters,” er enters this country again.” minorities are being marginalized - still unresolved. Bharara quipped about who those white The criticism was like nothing that had The 2007-8 violence erupted when Odinga accused masters might be. “Presumably, Eric Holder ever fallen upon a Manhattan prosecutor. then president Mwai Kibaki of rigging his way to re- and Barack Obama,” he said. Rudy Giuliani’s Italian-American back- election, but what began as political riots quickly But the prosecutor also conceded that ground drew no such attention from Italy turned into ethnic killings of Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe, the the uninvited scrutiny has been painful. It as his office arrested scores of defendants country’s largest single group. In turn, they launched reached a fever pitch after the December in organized crime cases. Giuliani seemed reprisal attacks, plunging Kenya into its worst wave of arrest of a mid-level Indian diplomat on to enjoy the prosecutions, even playing a violence since independence in 1963. charges she underpaid a domestic worker. “Godfather” in an annual press show when Kenya’s influential Daily Nation newspaper has Much of the furor in the case against he was mayor. called for leaders to focus on the country, warning that Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul Columbia Law Professor John C Coffee recent attacks should not be “used as an excuse to general in New York, focused on the fact Jr said the reaction against Bharara is, in muzzle the opposition or stifle debate”. “Working that she had been strip-searched, which part, a function of the US separation of together to douse the flames consuming us all is far was viewed in India as degrading and powers that is unlike that in countries such more urgent than doggedly sticking to our own posi- unnecessary. Soon afterward, she was per- as India. “I don’t think that foreign coun- tions,” it warned. — AFP mitted to return to India, though charges tries, foreign nationals, foreign defendants, remain. quite understand how independent and “Talk show hosts in India took to calling separated the Department of Justice and All articles appearing on these me a self-loathing Indian who made it a particularly US attorneys are,” he said. point to go after people from the country “Usually a government controls every- pages are the personal opinion of of his birth. Which was a bit odd, since the thing.” the writers. Kuwait Times takes no alleged victim was also Indian,” Bharara In this May 19, 2014 file photo, Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District Bharara declined to talk about the issue responsibility for views expressed recalled. Bharara said the criticism “might of New York, speaks at a news conference in New York. — AP to AP. But in his May 28 speech at Harvard, therein. Kuwait Times invites read- not have bothered me so much except he said he eventually recovered perspec- that it bothered my parents”. “I had to of Wall Street professionals in history, Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs and tive as the accusations got increasingly ers to voice their opinions. Please explain to my daughter, who overheard a using hundreds of hours of wiretaps that Procter & Gamble board member who rose absurd. “After all, Indian critics were angry send submissions via email to: opin- conversation in the house, what it meant resulted in more than 80 convictions. to the peak of American finance before he because even though I hailed from India, I [email protected] or via snail to be called an Uncle Tom,” he said. But his prosecution of some fellow was convicted and sentenced to two years appeared to be going out of my way to act Preetinder Bharara was born in highly successful South Asians strained in prison on insider trading charges. American and serve the interests of mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Ferozepur, India, in 1968. His family moved perceptions of him in his birthplace even America. Which was also kind of odd, The editor reserves the right to edit to the US when he was 2, and he was before the diplomat’s arrest. Three years Motivations because I am American and the words any submission as necessary. raised along the New Jersey shore in ago, his office successfully prosecuted Raj The uproar over the arrest of India’s ‘United States’ are actually in my title,” he Monmouth County. After graduating from Rajaratnam, of Sri Lanka, along with some deputy consul general in New York turned said. —AP NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Khamenei rejects US action in Iraq Continued from Page 1 rity sources said. They seized a second, Al-Waleed, yes- terday. The gains have helped ISIL secure supply lines to “American authorities are trying to portray this as a Syria, where it has exploited the chaos of the uprising sectarian war, but what is happening in Iraq is not a war against President Bashar Al-Assad to seize territory. The between Shiites and Sunnis,” said Khamenei, who has radical Islamist faction is considered the most powerful the last word in the Islamic Republic’s Shiite clerical force among Sunni armed groups who seized Falluja, administration. just west of Baghdad, and took parts of Anbar’s capital Accusing Washington of using Sunni Islamists and Ramadi at the start of the year. followers of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, he The fall of Qaim represented another step towards added: “The US is seeking an Iraq under its hegemony the realisation of ISIL’s military goals, erasing a frontier and ruled by its stooges.” Tehran and Washington have drawn by colonial powers carving up the Ottoman been shocked by the lightning offensive, spearheaded empire a century ago. ISIL’s gains on Sunday included by ISIL and involving Sunni tribes and Saddam loyalists. the towns of Rawa and Ana along the Euphrates river It has seen swathes of northern and western Iraq fall, east of Qaim, as well as the town of Rutba further south including the major city of Mosul on June 10. on the main highway from Jordan to Baghdad. A mili- Meanwhile, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned tary intelligence official said Iraqi troops had withdrawn yesterday that Muslim states which funnel petrodollars from Rawa and Ana after ISIL militants attacked the set- to jihadist Sunni fighters wreaking havoc in Iraq will tlements late on Saturday. “Troops withdrew from Rawa, become their next target. Rouhani did not name any Ana and Rutba this morning and ISIL moved quickly to country, but officials and media in mainly Shiite Iran completely control these towns,” the official said. “They have hinted that insurgents from ISIL are being finan- took Ana and Rawa this morning without a fight.” cially and militarily supported by Saudi Arabia and Military spokesman Major-General Qassim Al- Qatar. “I advise Muslim countries that support the ter- Moussawi said the withdrawal from the towns was rorists with their petrodollars to stop,” Rouhani said in intended to ensure “command and control” and to allow remarks reported by the website of Iran’s state broad- troops to regroup and retake the areas. “The withdrawal caster. “Tomorrow you will be targeted... by these sav- of the units was for the purpose of reopening the areas,” age terrorists. Wash your hands of killing and the killing he told reporters in Baghdad. The towns are on a strate- Palestinians sit by the Mediterranean Sea at the port in Gaza City yesterday. The sea and its solo port are the of Muslims,” he added. gic supply route between ISIL’s positions in Iraq and in prime summer escape for the 1.8 million residents of the Gaza Strip, which is cut off from the world by the Rouhani called for unity between “Shiites and Sunnis eastern Syria, where the group has taken a string of near-total closure of Rafah crossing point, Gaza’s main gate to the outside world. — AP who are brothers”. “For centuries, Shiites and Sunnis towns and strategic positions from rival Sunni forces have lived alongside each other in Iran, Iraq, the Levant, fighting Assad over the past few days. Lebanon, the Gulf and North Africa... in peaceful coexis- The last major Syrian town not in ISIL’s hands in the For many Iran women, makeup speaks... tence,” he said. “The Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds are our region, the border town of Albukamal, is controlled by friends,” parliament speaker Ali Larijani said in remarks the Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria which has Continued from Page 1 it perfumes or cosmetics. “Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) reported on the Majlis website. “We have always insist- clashed with ISIL but also agreed to local truces at himself used perfume,” Goshayeshi says. ed that all ethnic groups must have active and con- times. ISIL, disowned by Al-Qaeda in February after No American cosmetics brands have been sold on the Makeup is also a form of personal expression in a soci- structive participation in Iraq’s power structure.” defying the movement’s global leadership to pursue its official Iranian market since the US imposed a trade ety where compulsory wearing of hijab requires women ISIL thrust east from a newly captured Iraqi-Syrian own goals in Syria, has pushed south down the Tigris embargo in the 1980s. US and EU sanctions on oil and to cover their hair and their body in loose clothing when border post yesterday, taking three towns in Iraq’s west- valley since capturing Mosul with barely a fight, occupy- other industries remain in force in Iran despite an interim outside, regardless of their religion. Tastes in makeup vary ern Anbar province after seizing the frontier crossing ing towns and taking large amounts of weaponry from deal aimed at eventually ending the nation’s nuclear in different parts of the country. In northern Iran, a near the town of Qaim on Saturday, witnesses and secu- the fleeing Iraqi army. — Agencies standoff with the West, but many foreign businesses have coloured mascara and perfumes with a flowery fragrance blamed the restrictions for hampering trade. is preferred, while women in the south tend to buy black Makeup professionals estimate that Iranian women mascara and stronger, more musky perfumes. Shiite MPs demand action over... buy approximately one tube of mascara per month, Iranian men are also gradually leaning toward using dwarfing the one every four months bought by the more cosmetics. “They take better care of their skin, Continued from Page 1 Al-Sabah. Former assembly speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun French. Lancome is presented in Iran by the Safir perfume because they want to look younger,” Goshayeshi adds. In a said after the meeting that the group insists that all the chain, a leading official distributor of beauty products. country affected by a severe economic crisis, partly In another development, police have not taken any three authorities -the government, the Assembly and the Created in 2010, the chain now has nearly 20 branches because of Western sanctions, makeup is considered action against opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak who judiciary - have expressed positions hostile to the allega- across the country. “It’s a booming market, which is expensive but it is often a small salve to help forget every- rejected summons by the Criminal Investigation tions and accordingly are not qualified to investigate the roughly several hundred million dollars,” a brand repre- day problems. “Makeup has an impact on the one who Department to be interrogated over a lawsuit filed by issue. He said the government must provide all the need- sentative says, adding that this amount is split between its wears it ... I put on makeup because I love it. I enjoy wear- head of the supreme judicial council Faisal Al-Marshed. ed assistance to an international authority, mainly the own distribution and the grey market. ing it. It makes me feel fresh and calm,” says Forough Marshed and some members of the council had sued United Nations, the World Bank and Interpol, to conduct Only 40 percent of Iran’s market is controlled by official Heidari, a 42-year-old physiotherapist. Barrak over remarks he made at a public rally on June 10 the investigation. distributors. The rest is divided among bootleggers who And the Iranian market is by no means saturated. deemed offensive to the judiciary and Marshed. Barrak Separately, MP Yacoub Al-Sane said yesterday that the operate in parallel in bazaars and small shops that import “There is still room for luxury goods in the medium or said he decided to refuse the summons because the public manpower committee has approved a draft law for provid- cosmetics and makeup illegally, says Pegah Goshayeshi, low-end market” despite the presence of 20 Iranian and prosecution should have started its investigation in ing end of service indemnity to Kuwaiti employees, adding Safir’s chief executive. Imports are costly as regulations are foreign brands, says Vista Bavar, founder and director of alleged conspiracy and scams involving former senior offi- that the cost is estimated at KD 360 million a year. strict and various government officials must approve a the Caprice brand. “Iran has a large youth population, cials. The former parliamentarians group meanwhile reit- Employees will be asked to contribute 2.5 percent of their product before it is given a label that guarantees its quali- most of whom still live with their parents. They do not erated its calls for an international probe into serious alle- salaries toward the new scheme which is expected to be ty. Wearing makeup does not violate the laws of the have to care too much about expenses” and can spend a gations made by the opposition and Sheikh Ahmad Fahd passed by the Assembly tomorrow. Islamic republic, however, because Islam does not prohib- lot on beauty products, she adds. -—AFP p16 2_Layout 1 6/22/14 11:39 PM Page 1

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Murray ready for business Springboks, Wales seek Gallant to coach Panthers LONDON: Wimbledon welcomes back a British men’s singles champion for positives from Nelspruit NEW YORK: Former Columbus Blue Jackets coach Gerard Gallant has been the first time in 78 years today but Andy Murray says he will allow himself named the new coach of the Florida Panthers, the National Hockey League only a brief moment to milk the adulation before getting down to business. NELSPRUIT: South Africa and Wales were left with contrasting emotions team said on Saturday. Not since Fred Perry’s return as defending champion in 1936, when he in the wake of the home side’s 31-30 success in Saturday’s second test Gallant, for the past two years an assistant with the Montreal Canadiens, went on to win retain the title in his last appearance at the tournament, has but both will seek to use the experience as positive preparation for next replaced interim coach Peter Horacek, who took over the Panthers after the All England Club been able to celebrate the achievements of a home year’s World Cup. Kevin Dineen was fired in November. favourite on the opening day of the championships. The Springboks cantered to a 38-16 first test victory in Durban but “He is an individual with tremendous character, integrity After his momentous defeat of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic on were far more satisfied with their battling qualities in the series-clinching and a strong passion for the game and has experience as the final Sunday last July, Murray has the honour of win in Nelspruit. an NHL head coach,” Panthers general manager Dale opening proceedings on Centre Court against They were put under immense pressure by a fired-up and clinical Tallon said in a statement. Belgium David Goffin in what he hopes will be the Welsh side, but clawed their way in front with two late tries and then “Gerard is an excellent teacher and motivator who first step to retaining his title. showed big heart in defence to stave off defeat. possesses the leadership qualities and hockey knowl- It was not pretty from the home side, who made far too many errors “I think tomorrow, I need to enjoy that moment edge that are necessary to lead our team.” Gallant, 50, in the game, but captain Victor Matfield believes it is a result that will when I walk back on the court,” the world number five, coached the Blue Jackets for parts of three seasons give the team plenty of confidence. told reporters. “But as soon as I start playing the match between 2004 and 2007, compiling a 56-76-4-6 record. “You need character to win the World Cup and we displayed some of it’s about trying to win. I enjoy winning. That’s it. He missed the playoffs in his only full season. A for- that today,” he said in a media release issued by SARU. mer player with the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa I mean I don’t really want to go out on the “Our defence in last minutes to win the match was testimony of our Bay Lightning, he has also been an assistant with court tomorrow and enjoy playing and then will and mind-set. We won this by coming back from behind.—Reuters the Blue Jackets and New York Islanders.—Reuters lose.—Reuters

Adidas Q&A of Uruguay Orioles whip Yankees forward Edinson Cavani NEW YORK: Nelson Cruz hit his 23rd home run, JJ ou’ve scored at a ratio of better Hardy connected for his first of the season and than a goal a game this season at the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees YPSG, that must give you confi- 6-1 Saturday after starter Bud Norris left with dence coming into the World Cup? tightness in his groin. Adam Jones and Steve Yes, it’s been a good season for me in Pearce also went deep against struggling soft- front of goal, but I am always confident that tosser Vidal Nuno, helping the Orioles rebound I can score, wherever in the world I have after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning played. But as a forward you sometimes of a 5-3 loss Friday night. have a run where you can’t find the net for Cruz and Pearce each had a two-run shot. a few games, for whatever reason, so I’m Hardy ended a drought of 339 at-bats that dated delighted to come into this summer on to last September. Mark Teixeira hit his 12th home good form. It’s better than being on a bad run for the Yankees, who had won four straight run. I’m determined to take that into the and eight of 10, but that was all they managed tournament and get as many as possible. against Norris and three relievers. During a pregame ceremony on the field, for- Your strike partner Luis Suarez is also on mer New York first baseman Tino Martinez was an incredibly hot streak for Liverpool, honored with a plaque to be placed in that must help? Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. Yes. Luis has been unbelievable this year, he is the best player in the Premier TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 3 League this year and I’ve loved watching Joe Mauer hit a two-run double that just him. You see the way he plays and think: missed reaching the seats and Kevin Correia “he’s my teammate at the World Cup” - that pitched a smooth six innings to help the Twins gives you huge confidence. Luis is playing beat the White Sox for the third straight game. football joyfully, so confidently - he is scor- Glen Perkins pitched another tenuous ninth inning but got his 19th save in 22 tries after giv- NEW YORK: Yankees’ Gardner is tagged out trying to steal second base by Baltimore Orioles ing and he is creating chances. Hopefully shortstop JJ Hardy in the first inning of a baseball game. —AP we can both get a ton of goals and create ing up two runs to blow one the night before. chances for each other, too. Adam Eaton led off with a triple and scored on The right-hander, who went 7 1/3 innings, won Atlanta’s Julio Teheran (6-5) struck out a season- Gordon Beckham’s sacrifice fly. Pinch-hitter Paul for just the second time in his last 14 starts. high 10 batters. The Braves had won five straight You might even have a personal shoot- Konerko then smacked a single up the middle, Only one runner reached second base against against the Nationals, seven of eight this season, out between the two of you for the gold- but Perkins struck out Jose Abreu and Adam Odorizzi, who walked two. Brad Boxberger and and 20-7 since 2013. Braves catcher Evan Gattis en boot? Dunn to end it and punctuated the final swing Kirby Yates completed the one-hitter. Jake extended his major-league leading hitting streak That would be fun. And don’t forget and miss with a big pump of his left arm. Buchanan (0-1) gave up five runs, eight hits and to 20 games with a sixth-inning single. Diego Forlan, either. Hopefully it wouldn’t three walks over 4 1/3 innings in his major league Edinson Cavani debut. get to the point where we’re refusing to MARINERS 2, ROYALS 1 TIGERS 5, INDIANS 4 home of the 1950 shock Uruguay World Dustin Ackley drove in the go-ahead run with pass to each other because we all want to Miguel Cabrera doubled with one out in the Cup victory, spur you on? a two-out ninth inning single as the Mariners beat METS 4, MARLINS 0 win it! But the game is not about personal 10th inning to drive in the go-ahead run and lift It is a huge thing for us. That success is the Royals. Ackley’s single to right on a 2-2 count Jacob deGrom pitched seven scoreless innings honours. If Luis and I can play at the very Detroit over Cleveland. Ian Kinsler opened the one of the main stories in Uruguay, it is a scored Kyle Seager, who doubled with two outs to earn his first win for the Mets in a victory over top of our abilities, we know we can give inning with a single off Cody Allen (3-2). glory for such a small country to defeat to start the game-winning rally. Seager moved to the Marlins. Lucas Duda hit a two-run home run, Uruguay the chance to win this tourna- Following a sacrifice, Cabrera hit Allen’s second such a big one, a real life David against third on Stefen Romero’s infield single before his 10th, and David Wright had three hits and an ment, and that is what we are going there pitch off the wall in left-center, scoring Kinsler. Goliath. We would love to succeed on their Ackley’s hit. Ackley is 5-for-10 off Jason Vargas (7- RBI for New York, which has won three of four. Justin Verlander was one out away from win- to do. Our job is to finish off chances It was the second shutout in the series for the soil again, it is the only thing that matters 3), who took the loss. ning for the only the second time in seven starts, against some of the best defenders and Yoervis Medina (4-1) worked a flawless eighth, Mets as Zack Wheeler tossed a 1-0 shutout on to us this summer. We want them to put on but closer Joe Nathan (4-2) blew a save for the goalkeepers in the world. striking out two to pick up the victory. He has not Thursday. For deGrom (1-4), who had been win- a good tournament and enjoy it, but we fifth time this season when Michael Bourn’s tied it also want to win in our rivalry with them. allowed a run and only three hits in his past 10 less in first seven starts, it was finally a chance to You’ve had a winning start to with a two-out single. Phil Coke pitched the 10th There is still a major rivalry between the outings, covering 10 1-3 innings. Fernando celebrate. He struck out seven, allowed five hits your time at PSG, how do you reflect for his first save. Verlander allowed two runs in two sides, and I think if we got to play Rodney worked the ninth for his 20th save in 22 and issued three walks. Jeurys Familia pitched the on your first season in France... seven innings, and Rajai Davis and Kinsler home- against them in the knockout stages, the opportunities, getting Eric Hosmer to ground into eighth and Jenrry Mejia came in for the ninth to I’ve enjoyed it a lot. We’ve had a very red in the sixth, giving Detroit a 4-2 lead. history might unnerve them a little bit. We a game ending double play. preserve the shut out. Marlins starter Tom Koehler good season and I’m happy with my contri- can use that to our advantage. The only (5-6) retired the first 11 batters he faced before bution. We’ve won Ligue 1 and I got a lot of PIRATES 5, CUBS 3 time there has been a World Cup in Brazil, REDS 11, BLUE JAYS 1 allowing two runs and four hits in seven innings goals, and I scored a couple in the Coupe Josh Harrison homered and drove in three Uruguay won it. Imagine if that happened Jay Bruce’s homer helped the Reds get ahead while striking out eight. de la Liga final, which was a very nice feel- runs, leading Vance Worley and Pittsburgh to a twice. 8-0 for the second day in a row, and Mike Leake ing. It’s a great club and while we were dis- made this big lead stand up, pitching eight BREWERS 9, ROCKIES 4 rain-delayed victory over the Chicago Cubs. Jordy appointed to go out of the Champions Mercer went deep for the second straight day and The Uruguay side is very experienced innings for a victory over the Blue Jays. Aramis Ramirez had three hits, including a solo League, I think there will be even bigger Andrew McCutchen had a tiebreaking RBI single now, but might it be a little too old to A day earlier, the Blue Jays pulled off the sec- homer, and Wily Peralta won his fourth straight and better things for PSG over the next few ond-biggest comeback in their history. Down 8-0 start as the Brewers beat the error-prone Rockies. for Pittsburgh, which had lost four of five. Worley last the pace of a World Cup? (1-0) pitched into the seventh inning for his first years. after the second inning, they rallied to a 14-9 vic- Carlos Gomez extended his hitting streak to 17 No, I think we are just about right. We win with the Pirates. tory behind a pair of homers from Edwin games to help the Brewers improve to 5-1 on are still a very fit and hard working team. Pittsburgh’s Gregory Polanco extended his hit You played a big part in Uruguay’s Encarnacion. their seven-game trip. Peralta (8-5) went 7 2-3 sol- It’s true we haven’t changed our ranks streak to 11 games, making him the first NL player 2010 World Cup charge, where The Reds got ahead 8-0 after four innings on id innings and allowed four runs, three earned. He much, and that must happen for the next to begin his major league career with such a run you finished fourth. Saturday against J.A. Happ (6-4), and the Blue gave up a two-run single to Justin Morneau in the World Cup, probably. But we’ve got great, since Juan Pierre hit in 16 straight for Colorado in It was an amazing summer for our team Jays didn’t have another big comeback in them. first and then shut down the league’s best offense experienced players like Lugano, Pereira, 2000. Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer for and we were bitterly disappointed to go Leake (5-6) had a lot to do with it, allowing the until Corey Dickerson’s two-run homer in the Diego Godin, Martin Carecas, Jorge Fucile, Chicago, which had won four of five. Travis Wood out in the semifinals to Holland. I still think Blue Jays only four hits, including Colby Rasmus’ sixth. Forlan, Suarez and myself. We know each (7-6) allowed four hits, walked three and struck about it and I don’t want to experience homer. The Blue Jays are 9-5 all-time against the Christian Friedrich (0-1) lasted six innings and other’s games and that is an advantage. out four. The left-hander had won his last two going out in a semi final again. I scored my Reds, having won their four previous interleague surrendered nine runs, four earned, in his season And we aren’t complacent. We know there starts. only goal of the tournament in the third series. debut. He was betrayed by his defense as the are others ready to seize our places in the place playoff, and that’s a game nobody Rockies committed a season-high four errors. team if we don’t perform. DODGERS 4, PADRES 2 really wants to be a part of, knowing that it CARDINALS 4, PHILLIES 1 Friedrich is the 11th starting pitcher the Rockies Josh Beckett pitched seven strong innings, could have been the final. But Uruguay did Matt Holliday broke an eighth-inning tie with a have used this season. Will South American sides have the and Hanley Ramirez drove in two runs to lift the ourselves proud, and we had Diego Forlan double, and Adam Wainwright tossed eight advantage over European sides this Los Angeles Dodgers over San Diego. Los as a top scorer in the tournament and strong innings to lead the Cardinals to a win over NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 0 summer? Angeles, which collapsed in the ninth inning of a Suarez on great form. We can take that into Philadelphia that snapped the Phillies’ season- Doug Fister pitched eight shutout innings, and I can’t see at least one or two South loss on Friday night, has won six of eight and nine this tournament and do even better. high five-game winning streak. Anthony Rendon had three hits and two RBI for of 12. American sides doing very well indeed at Holliday ripped a one-out double off Cole Washington in a rare win over Atlanta. the tournament. Us, Brazil, Argentina, Beckett (5-4), in his first start against San Diego You face England and Italy in some big Hamels to bring in Matt Carpenter to make it 2-1. The Nationals took a half-game lead over this year, allowed four hits and two walks. No Colombia, Chile - there are some great Carpenter started the rally with a leadoff walk. Atlanta in the NL East after dropping the first two group games. Is it a worry that you teams on our continent and they will be Padres reached second base, and San Diego nev- Wainwright (10-3) allowed one run and six hits, games in the series. Ryan Zimmerman also drove might not even make it to the knockout feeling really comfortable and ready to suc- er had more than one runner on base at a time struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter for the in a run. stages? ceed this summer. I’m sure at least one against Beckett. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless Cardinals, who broke a three-game losing streak. Coming off his second loss of the season, Fister ninth inning for his 21st save in 24 chances, one All three teams will be worrying about finalist will come for South America. It will Wainwright pitched on 10 days’ rest after missing (6-2) allowed five hits - three over his final seven night after allowing three runs for the loss. that because one of us - or two of us, if be a shock and a disappointment if that a start due to elbow tendinitis. innings — with three strikeouts and one walk. Beckett continued his stellar work against NL Costa Rica pull off some shocks - will be doesn’t happen. But Europe have won the Trevor Rosenthal earned his 21st save in 24 Rafael Soriano earned his 16th save. West teams, tying a season-high with eight strike- going home early, and their country will be last three World Cups, and Spain don’t look very, very upset with them. We don’t want attempts. Hamels (2-4) gave up three runs and Rendon’s RBI single in the third gave outs and lowering his ERA to 1.40 against divi- any weaker than they were in 2010, so I’m seven hits over 7 1-3 innings. He had a scoreless it to be us so we need to be at our absolute Washington its first lead of the series, and his run- sional foes. Tyson Ross (6-7) worked seven innings sure you could argue the case for Europe streak of 24 2-3 innings snapped on Matt Adams’ best. We must focus totally and play the scoring double in the seventh made it 3-0. and took the loss for San Diego.—AP being the stronger continent, too. It will be second-inning sacrifice fly. right game tactically. an interesting battle of styles, but for me the location will give South American sides ATHLETICS 2, RED SOX 1 MLB results/standings You have Luis Suarez as a spy in England, a little edge. Coco Crisp singled in Alberto Callaspo with and lots of Uruguayans are playing their one out in the 10th inning and the Athletics beat Baltimore 6, NY Yankees 1; Seattle 2, Kansas City 1; Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3; Oakland 2, Boston 1 (10 Innings); football in Italy, though... And you’ll have a lot of the Red Sox to extend their winning streak to five Cincinnati 11, Toronto 1; St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1; Milwaukee 9, Colorado 4; NY Mets 4, Miami 0; Tampa Bay 8, Yes. Luis knows these English players Houston 0; Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 3; Washington 3, Atlanta 0; Detroit 5, Cleveland 4 (10 Innings); LA Angels 3, fans around, too... games. Texas 2 (10 Innings); LA Dodgers 4, San Diego 2; San Francisco 6, Arizona 4. very well, as do Diego Lugana and Gaston That is very true. The Brazilian locals Callaspo drew a leadoff walk against reliever Ramirez. And in Italy there is Martin won’t want us to do well, so we can’t count Edward Mujica (2-3) and was sacrificed to second. American League National League Caceres, Diego Perez, Walter Gargano, on neutral support, but so many Urguayans Red Sox closer Koji Uehara replaced Mujica before Eastern Division Eastern Division Alvaro Gonzalez, Abel Hernandez. And I will find a way of getting into games, that is Crisp lined his first pitch into right field. Boston W L PCT GB Washington 38 35 .521 - have played for Napoli and Palermo. We Toronto 42 34 .553 - Atlanta 38 36 .514 0.5 for certain. Hopefully we can turn some sta- right fielder Brock Holt made a strong throw but NY Yankees 39 34 .534 1.5 know all about Italian football, and in many diums Sky Blue and make it a real Callaspo slid home with the game-winner. Miami 37 37 .500 1.5 Baltimore 38 35 .521 2.5 Philadelphia 34 39 .466 4 ways it is similar to the Uruguayan style. Uruguayan event. It’s the second game-ending hit for Crisp this Boston 34 41 .453 7.5 That’s why so many of us go there. Both NY Mets 34 41 .453 5 season and seventh of his career. The A’s have Tampa Bay 30 46 .395 12 Central Division Central Division sides defend well, are tough, are patient You like to tweet pictures of yourself won the first three games of this four-game series Milwaukee 46 30 .605 - Detroit 39 32 .549 - with the ball and try to tease out chances. with trophies - and who wouldn’t! Will by a total of four runs. Boston was shut out for the St. Louis 40 35 .533 5.5 They have great players and are probably Kansas City 39 35 .527 1.5 you be tweeting much this summer from first seven innings before Dustin Pedroia scored Cleveland 37 38 .493 4 Cincinnati 36 37 .493 8.5 on a level with Uruguay. And England have @ECavaniOfficial? on a wild pitch in the eighth. Minnesota 35 38 .479 5 Pittsburgh 36 38 .486 9 got many dangers. It’s going to be a real Yes, I will be doing a little bit to stay in Chicago White Sox 35 40 .467 6 Chicago Cubs 31 41 .431 13 group of death, but hopefully we will touch with Uruguay fans and football fans RAYS 8, ASTROS 0 Western Division Western Division emerge alive and can go on to the next Jake Odorizzi allowed one hit and struck out Oakland 47 28 .627 - San Francisco 44 30 .595 - all over the world. And if I can tweet a pic- LA Dodgers 41 35 .539 4 stage. LA Angels 40 33 .548 6 ture of myself with the World Cup, that 10 while pitching into the eighth inning as the Seattle 39 36 .520 8 Colorado 34 40 .459 10 would be the greatest tweet of all time, I Rays beat the Astros. Odorizzi (3-7) retired his first Texas 35 39 .473 11.5 San Diego 32 43 .427 12.5 How much will playing in Brazil, the think... 10 batters before Jose Altuve’s one-out infield sin- Houston 33 43 .434 14.5 Arizona 32 46 .410 14 gle in the fourth that went off the pitcher’s leg. p17 2_Layout 1 6/22/14 11:38 PM Page 1

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 SPORTS Rosberg wins in Austria

SPIELBERG: Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two finish yesterday to stretch his championship lead over team mate Lewis Hamilton to 29 points after eight races. Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, who had started on the front row, finished third and fourth respectively on a sunny afternoon at the Red Bull Ring in the southern Styrian hills. The victory was Rosberg’s third of the season and his team’s seventh. It was also their sixth one-two finish of the year and came after Massa had ended their run of seven successive pole positions. Rosberg now has 165 points to Hamilton’s 136 in the drivers’ standings with 11 rounds remaining. “It was not the easiest of races, trying to manage certain things which were right on the limit on the car. But in the end I had a very, very fast car again,” said Rosberg, interviewed on the podium by former Red Bull racer Mark Webber. “It was fantastic to win today. It was great also to get a one-two here in Austria. It’s been great to come back here,” added the German. Rosberg’s sixth career victory was also a per- sonal milestone since it took him past his 1982 world champion father Keke’s tally of five. In the first Grand Prix held in Austria since AUSTRIA: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany lifts the trophy after winning the 2003, champions Red Bull were eclipsed at their Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. —AP own track with quadruple world champion leading smoothly away from pole while wich but made it hard for Hamilton, who had Sebastian Vettel retiring and Australian Daniel Hamilton sliced through the field from ninth to got in front of Massa at his first pitstop, to over- Ricciardo finishing eighth. Vettel slowed to a fourth at the end of lap one. Bottas, celebrating take. The Briton moved up to second at his fol- cruise after the opening lap, complaining of a his first Formula One podium, led briefly after lowing stop. lack of drive, and although he got the car going Massa’s first stop that saw the Brazilian drop “We have been working very hard on the again his race was over and he retired to save down the order. The Finn was ecstatic with his starts and the team have done a great job,” said the engine while 20th and a lap down on the team’s best performance since 2012. Hamilton, who is now further behind Rosberg leaders. “It’s been a long way for us since last year and than he has been all season. “It was all unfortunate, we would have loved many many years at Williams. Now it’s so much “That would have been great if I had started to have given the local fans a lot more love here better,” said Bottas, who scored just four points where I should have started, but (it was) damage today,” said Ricciardo. “We tried to do all we in all of 2013. limitation, to get from ninth to second and could but unfortunately we couldn’t really get “The race was exactly what we needed at this pressing Nico showed the pace I had this week- Kuwaiti racers proved much more from the race today.” point, clean, nice, everything went like planned. end.” Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finished fifth, The car was good for a podium this time and I’m after also briefly leading, with Perez sixth and mettle at Dirab FIRST PODIUM so happy.” Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen seventh for Mercedes have 301 points to Red Bull’s 143 in Mexican Sergio Perez, who started 16th after McLaren. Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg was ninth the constructors’ title battle, with double points a five place grid penalty, also led the field after a for Force India after being overtaken on the final Autocross Championship on offer for the final race in Abu Dhabi. long opening stint for Force India until Rosberg lap by Ricciardo. Kimi Raikkonen took the final Yesterday’s outcome was decided in the pit- hit the front on lap 28. point for Ferrari in a disappointing afternoon for KUWAIT: Speed racing committee the competition was tough and among stops, with Rosberg starting third and Massa Bottas was then caught in a Mercedes sand- the Finn. —Reuters chairman at Kuwait Quarter-Mile Club the region’s best racers who are Sheikh Mohammad Khalid Al-Jarrah Al- equipped with the best motors and Sabah hailed the performance of equipment. Kuwaiti racers at the recently conclud- Winner of third place in “super ed Dirab Autocross Championship in street”, Khaled Al-Oun, for his part said Saudi Arabia, stressing they had proven the results were partly due to the their mettle and Kuwaiti sports’ high Quarter-Mile Club’s efforts to provide level and standards. Speaking to KUNA the racers with adequate space and yesterday, the official noted the facilities to train ahead of events. The Kuwaitis’ results were positive and club spared no effort or support for the reflective of their capabilities. He racers as they prepared to take part in expressed confidence they would be this recent event, he stressed. able to record just as good and even First place winner in the B category better results in future rounds of the of the autocross championship and MG event, stressing their results this time third place, Faisal Al-Shuwaiei, told were “not the fruit of chance.” KUNA the event saw tough competi- As for the players, they all expressed tion and all racers showed high level of gratitude for the support they received performance and readiness for such from the Quarter-Mile Club which they major events. described as instrumental to their high He further praised the organiza- level of performance. tion of the championship and the Kuwaiti racer from the “Tornado rac- care put in by organizers and offi- ing team” Abdullah Al-Quood, winner cials, which was felt and appreciated of second place in “super-street”, said by all. —KUNA Phelps second in 200m freestyle

SANTA CLARA: Michael Phelps tired near and, hopefully, the Pan Pacific the end to finish a distant second to Championships in Australia later the same France’s Yannick Agnel in the 200 metres month. freestyle at the Arena Grand Prix at Santa He tied for first in the 100m butterfly on Clara on Saturday. Friday, and was second in the 100m Olympic champion Agnel led Phelps freestyle. Phelps stayed with Agnel for the LEEDS: England’s Stuart Broad attempts to catch and bowl Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara during day three of the second Test match. —AP only narrowly after 100m but extended his first half of Saturday’s final in the outdoor lead in the second half of the race to clock pool, only 0.04 behind after 100 metres. But 1:46.99. Phelps was second in 1:48:20, more Agnel pulled 0.36 clear at the final turn and than five seconds slower than his American Phelps barely held on for second place, Jayawardene stands record of 1:42.96, set at the 2008 Olympics. slowing noticeably over the final 50m. “I got left like I was standing still in the Phelps is scheduled to swim the 200m last 50 by this guy,” Phelps, standing next to individual medley late yesterday. In other firm after Ali double Agnel, told Universal Sports, describing it events, American Elizabeth Beisel notched as his ‘slowest 50 ever’. an impressive double, winning the 400m Phelps, 28, is back at sea level after a individual medley in 4:33.52, the fourth LEEDS: Mahela Jayawardene steered Sri Lanka Sangakkara was quickly into his stride, going with replays confirming his dismissal, it was the stint of altitude training and is using the fastest time in the world this year. Less than to a lead of more than a hundred runs in the sec- down on one knee to drive Plunkett through the end of a 103-ball innings including six fours and northern California meet, his third since an hour later, she won the 200m backstroke ond Test at Headingley after Moeen Ali proved covers for a boundary. Karunaratne’s erratic a stand of 79 with Jayawardene. coming out of retirement, as part of his in 2:09:11, the seventh fastest world time of an unlikely bowling hero for England. innings came to an end when, on 45, he gloved Ali then struck again when he bowled preparation for the U.S. nationals in August 2014. —Reuters Sri Lanka were 214 for four in their second Plunkett down the legside to wicketkeeper Matt Thirimanne for his second nought of the match innings at stumps on yesterday’s third day, a Prior. He reviewed New Zealand umpire Billy with a superb delivery that drifted in towards lead of 106 runs. Jayawardene was 55 not out Bowden’s decision but replays confirmed he was middle-and-leg and then turned past the out- and Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews 24 not out, having faced 51 balls with three boundaries. side edge to hit the left-hander’s middle stump. out, with two days remaining to decide the fate Left-hander Sangakkara struck two stylish That meant Sri Lanka vice-captain Thirimanne of this two-match series following the drawn boundaries off Anderson, straight down the had scored just four runs in four innings this first Test at Lord’s. group and a whip through mid-wicket, to series. But Jayawardene was still there, while Off-spinner Ali, primarily a batsman and in become only the fourth batsman to score fifties Mathews had made a hundred at Lord’s. just his second Test, stunned Sri Lanka with two in seven successive Test innings after West Indies Jayawardene’s single off Ali then saw the veteran wickets for no runs in three balls to dismiss greats Everton Weekes and Shivnarine right-hander to a 103-ball fifty including five Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne. Chanderpaul and Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower. fours. Mathews then edged Jordan to give Sri Earlier, Mathews took his Test-best figures of However, Ali did for Sangakkara when the bats- Lanka a lead of a hundred before next ball driv- four for 44, with fellow seamer Shaminda Eranga man played down the wrong line and was lbw ing him through the offside for an emphatic enjoying a return of four for 93 as England — for 55. Sangakkara reviewed the decision but, boundary. —AFP 320 for six overnight on the back of Australia- born opener Sam Robson’s maiden Test century- were bowled out for 365. SCOREBOARD The pick of the four England wickets that fell Sunday came when all-rounder Mathews pro- LEEDS: scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley yes- duced a superb off-cutter to clean bowl tailen- terday: der Liam Plunkett. Sri Lanka 1st Innings 257 (K Sangakkara 79; L Plunkett Eranga 32.5-10-93-4 (6nb, 1w); Herath 25-3-61-0; Prasad England’s seamers then repeatedly bowled 5-64, S Broad 3-46) 20-3-75-1; Mathews 16-4-44-4 (1w) too short. And when James Anderson did induce England 1st Innings (overnight: 320-6) A. Cook c Sangakkara b Prasad 17 Sri Lanka 2nd Innings an edge from Dimuth Karunaratne, then on four, S. Robson b Pradeep 127 D. Karunaratne c Prior b Plunkett 45 second slip Chris Jordan dropped the catch. G. Ballance c Chandimal b Mathews 74 K. Silva c Prior b Plunkett 13 “It is pretty even stevens at the moment,” I. Bell c Chandimal b Eranga 64 K. Sangakkara lbw b Ali 55 England assistant coach Paul Farbrace, formerly J. Root c Chandimal b Mathews 13 M. Jayawardene not out 55 head coach of Sri Lanka, told Sky Sports. M. Ali c Chandimal b Eranga 2 L. Thirimanne lbw b Ali 0 “The plan is to get the ball fuller and early on M. Prior not out 27 A. Mathews not out 24 C. Jordan c Jayawardene b Eranga 17 Extras (b5, lb8, w6, nb3) 22 it might have been a fraction short. “The bowlers S. Broad c Thirimanne b Mathews 4 Total (4 wkts, 73 overs, 319 mins) 214 know their game, they are experienced and if L. Plunkett b Mathews 2 To bat: D Chandimal, D Prasad, R Herath, S Eranga, N they have missed their length by a fraction, J. Anderson c and b Eranga 0 Pradeep occasionally that happens.” It took fast bowler Extras (lb2, w3, nb13) 18 Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Silva), 2-93 (Karunaratne), 3-172 Plunkett, who in the first innings had taken a Total (all out, 115.5 overs, 518 mins) 365 (Sangakkara, 4-176 (Thirimanne) Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Cook), 2-191 (Ballance), 3-278 Bowling: Anderson 12-3-32-0; Broad 18-5-51-0; Jordan Test-best five for 64 on his Yorkshire home (Robson), 4-311 (Bell), 5-311 (Root), 6-313 (Ali), 7-338 19-6-41-0 (2nb); Plunkett 15-1-51-2 (1nb, 6w); Ali 9-0- ground, to make the breakthrough England so (Jordan), 8-344 (Broad), 9-350 (Plunkett), 10-365 26-2. Match position: Sri Lanka lead England by 106 SANTA CLARA: Michael Phelps swims in the 200-meter freestyle final during the badly needed when he had Kaushal Silva (13) (Anderson) Bowling: Pradeep 22-3-90-1 (7nb, 1w); runs with six second-innings wickets standing. Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet. Yannick Agnel won the race. —AP caught behind off a full-length delivery. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

Nigeria knock Bosnia out

CUIABA: Nigeria beat Bosnia 1-0 on Saturday to Dzeko had another shot saved by Enyeama melee hitting Enyeama’s legs and coming back record their first World Cup finals victory since but he was well off target with chances later in into play off the post deep into stoppage time. FAN FERVOR 1998 and condemn the European team to an the half as he fought a lonely battle with the Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi was rewarded early exit in their first appearance at the tourna- Nigeria defence. for his adventurous tactics while Susic packed ment. The more experienced Nigerians, playing in his midfield as he had done in the 2-1 defeat by Peter Odemwingie’s 29th-minute goal lifted their fifth World Cup, created several chances in Argentina and only sent on a second striker in the African champions to four points from two the first half but were let down by the final pass, Vedad Ibisevic, whose best headed effort went games, two less than Argentina who they meet poor control or wayward shooting and a couple over the bar, for the last half hour. Just before in their final Group F match on Wednesday with of smart diving saves by Begovic. the Nigerian goal, Enyeama had parried a shot top spot at stake. “It’s been 16 years and no wins The Bosnia keeper, a team mate of from midfielder Miralem Pjanic and the ball for our country so we are very excited,” Odemwingie’s at Premier League club Stoke rebounded into the middle of the box but no Odemwingie said in a television interview. City, made a string of saves, denying Emenike Bosnian player was following up to take advan- “We needed the win. They have some fantas- and midfielder Ogenyi Onazi to keep his side in tage. —Reuters tic players so we are happy to bounce back after the match in a second half of end-to-end excite- what our people thought was a poor perform- ment. ance in the first game (a 0-0 draw with Iran). Dzeko nearly “Victories affect people in different ways so stole an equaliser we are looking up now and for Bosnia, his shot if we get into the sec- in a goalmouth ond round anything can happen. Maybe we will be inspired as we were in the last African Nations Cup.” Iran are third in the standings with one point and could reach the last 16 if they inflict Bosnia’s third defeat in a row in their final group match and Nigeria lose to Argentina. Nigeria took the lead when Odemwingie fed Emmanuel Emenike on the right wing and raced into the box to receive the striker’s low return before sweeping the ball under goalkeeper Asmir Begovic. The Bosnian bench angrily protested that Emenike had fouled captain Emir Spahic as he bundled past him into the box before making his cross. The tournament newcomers had earlier been denied a goal after a poor offside decision against striker Edin Dzeko after he ran on to a through pass and beat goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama in the 21st minute. “I did not see the situation, I was told there was no offside but this was not the first or last refereeing mistake,” Bosnia coach Safet Susic told reporters. “I don’t want to discuss that right now. We lost to a good team who played much better in CUIABA: Nigeria’s defender Juwon this match than against Iran,” he added. “They Oshaniwa (right) challenges Bosnia- scored that goal and they won deservedly, I can Hercegovina’s midfielder Izet only congratulate them and I have nothing fur- Hajrovic during the Group F football ther to add.” match.—AFP

Preview Battle for Preview top spot

‘Evolving’ Brazil SAO PAULO: The Netherlands and Chile will fight it out for top spot in Group B today and hope they can avoid a fear- aim to secure passage some round two assignment against five-time World Cup win- ners Brazil. Both teams have won their opening two games, putting against Cameroon them into the last 16 with a maximum six points each and sending reigning champions Spain and Australia crashing BRASÔLIA: Stuttering Brazil will look to to Croatia in Manaus last Wednesday. out. clinch their berth in the last 16 of the While Samuel Eto’o struggles due to a Only goal-difference separates the two, with the World Cup as they host already-elimi- knee injury-he has not trained since the Netherlands narrowly top following their 5-1 win over Spain nated Cameroon in their final Group A Mexico game-Finke saw Alex Song’s and 3-2 scrap against Australia. match at the National Stadium in the tournament come to a premature end Brazil are favored to qualify top in Group A, meaning they capital Brasilia today. after he was sent off for a needless will face whoever finishes second in Group B-a match-up nei- Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side have beaten elbow in the back of Mario Mandzukic ther the Netherlands nor Chile will relish. Croatia and drawn with Mexico in their against Croatia, before left-back Benoit But with the outcome of Group A, where Brazil, Mexico and two games to date, struggling to con- Assou-Ekotto head-butted team-mate Croatia are separated by just one point, far from clear, Group vince in either match, but both the Benjamin Moukandjo on the pitch near B’s winners could still end up facing the hosts. coach and his players have claimed in the end of the game. It is a complicating factor that neither the Netherlands nor recent days that the World Cup hosts are “We will need to talk to certain play- Chile will want to dwell on before today’s game at Corinthians “evolving” as the tournament goes ers. The behaviour of some of them was Arena in Sao Paulo. Arjen Robben clocked 37 kilometres (23 along. not at all satisfying. It’s unacceptable to miles) per hour, a record for a footballer, as he inspired the Brazil head into their final group see that kind of thing,” bemoaned coach Netherlands’ deconstruction of short-passing Spain. game-their 100th at the World Cup- still Finke. But it remains to be seen if the Bayern Munich flyer will not certain of a place in the knockout Of his team’s performances he said: again hit the heights in today’s run-out, effectively a precur- rounds, but goalkeeper Julio Cesar “We have already analysed the first two sor for the knock-out challenges ahead. insisted during the week that the quali- games and worked well with the play- Robben and Manchester United’s Robin van Persie have lit ty of opposition they have come up ers. There have been some situations up this World Cup with three goals each and more will be against so far has helped the Selecao. where we have lacked concentration needed if the Netherlands are to reach their second final in a and we also lacked a finishing touch “This is a tough group, but that’s row. Coach Louis van Gaal, who will link up with Van Persie at great for us. We prefer to play against against Croatia but we can do better Old Trafford next season, will be looking for more solidity these sides and face these difficulties against Brazil.” after some distinctly worrying moments against Australia. because it gets you focusing right from Despite the problems, Brazil are wary Against one of the tournament’s least fancied teams, the the start, which is important in short- of Cameroon for what will be the Netherlands were trailing 2-1 early in the first half before Van term competitions,” he said. nations’ first competitive encounter Persie and Memphis Depay spared their blushes. The pressure on Brazil to do well at since the Indomitable Lions stunned the “I needed to change something at half-time to boost their these finals is enormous, but Scolari’s then world champions 1-0 in the 2003 confidence and change their mindset,” said Van Gaal. team need not panic about their situa- Confederations Cup in France. “Fortunately it turned out ok, but it could have turned out dif- tion in the group. They lead the group “Cameroon are coming without any ferently. To recover and correct that situation showed a lot of on goal difference from Mexico, and a responsibility but they will still be play- mental strength.” draw will be enough to take them ing for pride and looking for a reaction through to a second-round clash with after the first two games,” said Brazil The Dutch may find themselves against an under-strength either Chile or the Netherlands. defender David Luiz. Chile after Juventus star Arturo Vidal and Internacional’s Indeed, they would still progress “Their pride has been hurt and they Charles Aranguiz both skipped training on Friday. Both even in defeat, as long as Mexico beat will be looking to beat Brazil because it Aranguiz and Vidal, who is on a yellow card, came off injured Croatia in the group’s other game, due would be like winning the World Cup during the 2-0 win over Spain, which sensationally ended the to be played at the same time in Recife. for them,” he added. “Our objective is European champions’ title defence. In any case, the prospect of Brazil losing to get through the group and get But Vidal said he had no concerns about picking up a sec- to a Cameroon side in complete disarray through in first place.” For Brazil, pow- ond yellow card which would earn him a one-match ban, rul- seems slim in the extreme. erful forward Hulk, who had suffered a ing him out of Chile’s round of 16 game. Volker Finke’s men have already hamstring problem in training ahead “This squad is showing how great it is and that’s why I’m failed in their attempts to become the of the Mexico clash, looks set to earn a not thinking about that yellow card, nor that I could be sus- first Cameroon team to advance from recall in place of Ramires. The latter is pended,” Vidal told Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper. their group since 1990, and their cam- one of four players currently just one “I just hope to play and be in the group, that’s the mentali- paign has been beset by trouble since booking away from picking up a sus- ty of this group,” he said. Midfielder Carlos Carmona, who the very beginning. A row over bonuses pension that would rule them out of a could be promoted to the starting line-up if either Vidal or overshadowed their build-up to the potential tie in the next round, along Aranguiz is ruled out, said the squad was strong enough to finals, and they became one of the first with the influential trio of captain cope with their absence. “Eventual suspensions are some- teams to be eliminated after following Thiago Silva, holding midfielder Luiz thing normal in these tournaments, but we have players up a 1-0 defeat to Mexico by losing 4-0 Gustavo and Neymar. —AFP who can replace anyone in such an eventuality,” said the 27-year-old Atalanta player. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

FAN FERVOR Belgium advance as Russia downed

RIO DE JANEIRO: A late goal by teenage substitute Divock Origi was enough to secure Belgium a 1-0 victory over Russia and a place in the last 16 of the World Cup yes- terday. Belgium, who have yet to lose a com- petitive match under coach Marc Wilmots, confirmed their tag as dark horses for the trophy while Russia, who are to host the 2018 finals, have just a point and face a huge task to qualify. It leaves Russia’s Italian coach Fabio Capello potentially facing an even earlier exit than the one four years ago when then in charge of England they went out in the second round. The win left Belgium as clear Group H leaders with a maximum six points from two games after their 2-1 win over Algeria. While Wilmots decision to take off out of sorts striker Romelu Lukaku and send on Origi proved an inspired one it also pro- duced the sole sour note as the older striker looked to be furious as he took his place on the bench. “I know people are not happy to be on the bench,” said Wilmots, whose sub- stitutions in the opening game also proved to be masterstrokes. RIO DE JANEIRO: Belgium’s Divock Origi (left) scores the opening goal during the Group H World Cup soccer “But what is important is Belgium being match against Russia at the Maracana Stadium. —AP able to rely upon totally devoted players when they are called upon. “For the last 20 minutes I had people dying to be brought Preview off the bench.” Origi, who plays for French First Division side Lille, for his part was overcome at scor- Aussies plot Spanish ambush ing in such a sporting arena as the Maracana. “It was very special to score here CURITIBA: Despite Australia already will be one of the biggest moments in side that failed to match Chile’s inten- at the Maracana in the World Cup - and my having been eliminated from the Australian history.” Australia had sity in their 2-0 defeat to the South family in the tribune too,” said Origi. World Cup, the Socceroos all-time arrived in Brazil as the lowest ranked Americans in Rio on Wednesday. “I hope I have paid back some of the con- leading scorer Tim Cahill believes side in the tournament, but far from Captain Iker Casillas, Xavi fidence the coach has shown he has in me.” Australian football can take a huge being intimated by their more illustri- Hernandez and Xabi Alonso may all Capello, whose contract runs till the 2018 step forward with victory over ous opponents they impressively have played their final game for La World Cup, had a penalty shout turned dethroned world champions Spain took the game to Chile and the Roja as they are likely to miss out with down in the first half which irked the Italian. today. Both sides hopes of progres- Netherlands in their two outings so Pepe Reina, Koke and Santi Cazorla “But I’m not thinking of speaking about the sion to the last 16 have been ended far. And capitan Jedinak is deter- expected to be given their chance to referee,” he said tartly afterwards. by successive defeats to Chile and the mined to bow out with something to shine. However, defender Raul Albiol Both sides made a bright start and the Netherlands, but whilst Spain have show for their performances. “It’s insists that pride will motivate the opening minutes saw chances at each end. endured a nightmare defence of their going to be up to us again to go out dethroned champions to fight until Victor Fayzulin swept into the box and fired title in Brazil, Australia have taken there and get something out of the the end and assure they don’t return in a low effort that Belgian keeper Thibaut huge encouragement from their per- Spanish, and try to force our game on home without even registering a Courtois smartly stopped low to his right. formances. them,” he said. point. The Belgians responded as Dries Mertens Ange Postecoglou’s men had led “We’ve done that in both of those “We are at a World Cup, we may be pulled the midfield strings. the Dutch in the second-half in their games and although we haven’t eliminated but we need to win and Mertens accelerated into the danger zone last outing thanks to a wonder strike come away with anything it’s time we take some points so that we are not only to thump an effort wide of the right from Cahill and Mile Jedinak’s penalty make that right.” last in the group,” said the former Real hand post of Igor Akinfeev, who coach Fabio before being eventually losing 3-2. The post mortem into Spain’s dis- Madrid man. Capello had kept faith with despite his blun- Cahill will miss the match in astrous exit after winning three con- “We are representing our country der handing Korea their goal in the opening Curitiba having picked up his second secutive major tournaments has and these are the last 90 minutes. game. Mertens drilled another effort wide as yellow card of the tournament in that already begun with doubts over “Unfortunately we will be going the Belgians, World Cup semi-finalists in match, but has backed his teammates whether coach Vicente del Bosque home afterwards, but the fact it is a 1986, turned the screw. With the runners-up to make history. will remain in charge. The former Real World Cup is enough to motivate us.” in the group likely to face Germany, assum- “We’ve got one more game to go Madrid boss has insisted he will take Gerard Pique is also expected to ing the three-time champions top their and it is not about Tim Cahill,” said the no decision over his future until he is be missing for Spain as he is doubtful group, there was every incentive for both New York Red Bulls forward. “This last back on Spanish soil, but he is expect- after sitting out training on Saturday sides to chase the win. game is massive. If we beat Spain that ed to make a raft of changes to the with an abductor problem. —AFP Russia enjoyed a purple patch as the opening half came to an end, Fayzulin smacking a volley just over following a cor- ner. Denis Glushakov, booked for clattering Mertens, then crossed for Alexander Kokorin, who avoided being the meat in a Jan Vertonghen-Vincent Kompany sandwich but sent a free header off target. Having endured a 56-minute virtual no- show from Lukaku, Wilmots-once again urged to don a jacket by stewards to avoid his white shirt being taken for a Russian one- withdrew him, sending on Origi. Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard defend- ed Lukaku, despite his moody reaction to being replaced, and said both he and Origi deserved credit. “They both have different styles. Romelu didn’t get a lot of space to work in but he played his part in tiring the Russian defense,” he said. Watching royals King Philippe and Queen Mathilde saw the Belgians survive a huge let off with 12 min- utes remaining when Andrey Eshchenko found space but dragged a shot just wide. In a frantic finale another Belgian substitute Kevin Mirallas’ low freekick bounced off the base of the post before Capello finally gave playmaker Alan Dzagoev, whom he had controversailly left on the bench, his chance with nine minutes left. But almost DOHA: This combination of file pictures shows (left) Spain’s midfielder Andres Iniesta and (right) Australia’s as soon as he got into the action, Origi striker Tim Cahill. —AFP struck, leaving Capello and his team on the brink of going home early. —AFP Preview Croatia relishing Matches on TV (Local Timings) own Mexico ‘final’ FIFA World Cup RECIFE: Niko Kovac says his Croatia side are point-blank range to deny Brazil’s Neymar facing their own World Cup ‘final’ against in Fortaleza last Tuesday. Mexico yesterday with only a win guaran- A draw against Croatia would be enough Netherlands v Chile 19:00 teeing them a place in the last 16. to put Mexico through after their goalless beIN SPORTS 2 HD Croatia bounced back from their open- draw with Brazil and 1-0 win over beIN SPORTS 13 HD ing 3-1 defeat to hosts Brazil in Group A Cameroon. beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR with a 4-0 demolition of Cameroon last “The match against Mexico will be like a Wednesday to keep their knock-out dreams final,” Kovac told Croatian broadcaster HTV. Australia v Spain 19:00 alive. “Mexico are strong, but so are we. “The beIN SPORTS 1 HD Striker Mario Mandzukic scored two sec- Mexico players are very patriotic, just like beIN SPORTS 14 HD ond-half goals as Croatia sent 10-man us, and they have a great team spirit. “They beIN SPORTS 2 HD FR Cameroon crashing out of the tournament play some aggressive football with a lot of in disarray. pressing. Wolfsburg pair Ivica Olic and Ivan Perisic “They are strong going forward, but also Cameroon v Brazil 23:00 also got on the scoresheet, but Croatia still have some weaknesses in defence, like beIN SPORTS 1 HD remain third in the table behind leaders Brazil showed us.” Mexico have four points- beIN SPORTS 13 HD Brazil and Mexico. one more than Croatia-as their draw with beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR Kovac knows his side face an uphill task Brazil came after their 1-0 win over against Miguel Herrera’s side in Recife in the Cameroon thanks to Oribe Peralta’s second- wake of Mexico’s confidence-boosting draw half winner. Croatia v Mexico 23:00 with Brazil. But the Mexicans are bidding to finish beIN SPORTS 2 HD Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa the group as winners and want to beat the beIN SPORTS 14 HD wrote himself into World Cup folklore with a Croatians to pile the pressure on Group A string of top-class saves including one from leaders Brazil. —AFP beIN SPORTS 2 HD FR Available at The Sultan Centre & Carrefour Egypt minister projects $10 billion FDI next year

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BASRA: An engineer walks past chimneys at the Barjisiya oil fields in Zubair One southwest of the city of Basra, 550 kms from Baghdad. — AFP Iraq conflict threatens oil sector’s growth Oil could surge to new record highs above $140: Analysts

PARIS: Escalating violence in Iraq is threatening the devel- above $140,” said Capital Economics. But in the long-term, sabotage and terrorism as they did in the northern province Disruption in Iraq would be a particular issue for opment of some of the world’s largest oil reserves at a time the bloodshed could hinder access to Iraq’s low cost-oil sup- of Anbar, where a key pipeline has been disabled since resource-hungry China, which is now the largest foreign when OPEC’s number-two producer was expected to be a plies, which account for 11 percent of proven world reserves, March. investor in the country’s oil sector. Last year China overtook key future supplier. Western majors including BP, just as the depletion of mature fields elsewhere is starting to The IEA has cut its growth outlook for Iraq by around half the US to become the world’s top oil importer and it is ExxonMobil and Shell, along with state-backed Chinese bite. a million barrels to 4.29 million bpd by 2018, citing concerns expected to be a key driver in pushing up world demand by giants CNOOC and CNPC, have ploughed billions of dollars about security, infrastructure and corruption that existed 2020. into the country’s oil fields since 2008. Huge potential before the latest violence. “It’s quite clear to all of us what China National Offshore Oil Corp. and China National But now a lightning offensive led by jihadists from the Iraq has ramped up production in recent years and cur- the potential of Iraq is but we all know that the capacity to Petroleum Corp. both have huge investments in the south Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) means the antici- rently produces 3.3 million barrels a day (bpd). The realize that potential has been seriously compromised,” said and China has a total of 10,000 workers on the ground. Halff pated modernization of Iraq’s major southern oil fields is International Energy Agency expects that to grow to 6 mil- Jeremy Greenstock, chairman of Lambert Energy Advisory. said Beijing was likely to turn to Saudi Arabia, which pro- looking slimmer by the day. “There’s no question that out- lion by 2020, accounting for around 60 percent of the car- “It’s not just a question of security on the ground... the duces crude of similar quality to Iraq’s, and to Iran and Russia side of North America, Iraq is the country that matters the tel’s production growth. That’s key as the agency predicts investment sector has to be reassured that Iraq can manage for supplies. most for future production,” Antoine Halff, the head of the world oil demand will breach 100 million bpd in 2019, with its business in order to provide return on that investment.” The Iraq crisis has also turned the spotlight onto exports IEA’s oil markets and industry division, told AFP. developing countries overtaking the developing world for from the autonomous region of Kurdistan, which Baghdad So far, insurgents have forced the shutdown of Iraq’s the first time. China hit hardest says are illegal as it claims the sole right to develop and main oil refinery but have not reached the main oil fields of “For upstream, there are a lot of investments that are Iraq’s ability to boost exports is particularly important export Iraqi oil. Kurdistan wants to increase them to 400,000 the south, which account for 90 percent of exports. Global going to happen from 2016,” said Hans Nijkamp, vice presi- given that violence is disrupting exports from other produc- bpd by the end of 2014, from 125,000 bpd currently, and oil prices have risen from around $109 a barrel to nine- dent of Shell Iraq. “The Iraqi government is going to ask to ers such as Libya and Syria. The IEA estimates OPEC’s 2014 said it has already started pumping oil through Turkey. month highs of over $114 a barrel on the back of the crisis, sink a lot of money in the country again, (but) the political spare capacity at 3.52 million barrels a day 80 percent from Buyers have been reticent to touch the supplies so far as Iraq but are nowhere near what analysts predict they could reach and security situation needs to be sufficiently good.” While it Saudi Arabia-so in theory the cartel could replace almost all has threatened to sue anyone who buys Iraqi oil, but the cri- if Iraq stops exporting. is unlikely ISIL could take direct control of fields in the Shiite of Iraq’s supplies. But that would leave very little margin for sis could change that. “The market will be looking at “In an ‘ugly’ scenario, where the bulk of Iraqi supply is lost, south, they could target authorities and oil company head- error, especially if a rebound in global growth drives a faster- whether this could be the catalyst that will precipitate an the price of Brent could easily surge to new record highs quarters in the capital. They could also spread chaos using than-expected rise in demand. agreement,” said Halff. — AFP Dubai drops as Arabtec concerns linger Saudi’s Almarai, PepsiCo to invest $345m in Egypt MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS CAIRO/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Almarai , the farm for 5,000 cows, Beyti’s chief executive DUBAI: Uncertainty about the future of Dubai Properties fell 1.3 percent. Shares in construction ered from short-term weakness caused by Gulf’s biggest dairy company, and US soft Mohamed Badran told Reuters. Almarai’s CEO contractor Arabtec Holding put local investors in firm Drake and Scull, which surged last week on changes in the FTSE frontier market index last drinks giant PepsiCo will invest at least $345 Abdulrahman Al-Fadley, speaking at a joint a bearish mood yesterday, affecting the whole news that it would issue a convertible bond to a week. Shares in QNB and Industries Qatar added million in Egypt over the next five years, the news conference with Egyptian Trade and market, which ended a three-day gaining streak. strategic investor, also retreated after touching an 1.1 percent and 0.4 percent respectively. Saudi firm said yesterday. The announcement Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour Most Gulf markets moved little on declining vol- all-time high of 1.97 dirhams. They slid 3.2 per- In a June 20 review, FTSE removed seven was a fresh sign that after three years of stag- in Cairo, said he hoped to raise the investment umes. Shares in Arabtec tumbled 9.9 percent cent to 1.84 dirhams. stocks with a combined market capitalization of nation because of political and economic tur- amount to about $560 million over five years. after failing to hold on to early-session gains and $8.2 billion from the index and replaced them moil following Egypt’s 2011 revolution, for- The additional money would be spent on were among the main drags on the Dubai bench- Short-term lull with seven stocks that have a combined capital- eign investment in the country may revive as another dairy farm, which Badran said would mark, which fell 2.3 percent after going up as Abu Dhabi’s bourse closed flat on a mixed ization of $28.0 billion, reducing the weightings a measure of stability returns. be the biggest in Egypt, accommodating much as 1.0 percent shortly after the opening. performance by blue chips in low volume. of other components, including the Qatari stocks. The Almarai investment would be con- 20,000 cows. He added that this would Arabtec shares have plunged 43 percent this National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Aldar Properties Before the reshuffle, the index had a total capital- ducted through Egyptian dairy and juice depend on obtaining government approval month after one of its main shareholders, Abu fell 1.7 and 2.0 percent respectively, while First ization of $66.7 billion, implying constituents that products firm International Company for for the purchase of land. Egypt’s newly Dhabi state fund Aabar Investments, reduced its Gulf Bank rose 1.6 percent and Abu Dhabi remained in the index had their weightings stake in the firm to 18.94 percent from 21.57 per- Commercial Bank added 1.5 percent. The Muslim reduced by about a quarter. But since very large Agro-Industrial Projects (Beyti), a subsidiary of appointed investment minister Ashraf cent. The shares became more stable after holy month of Ramadan, which is traditionally a amounts of money are not benchmarked to the International Dairy & Juice Ltd, which is Salman said on Saturday that he was aiming Arabtec chief executive Hasan Ismaik resigned period of lower market activity, will begin next FTSE frontier market index, the impact on fund owned 52 percent by Almarai and the remain- for $10 billion of foreign direct investment last week and an Aabar-linked executive became week and this may already be affecting bourses flows was not large. der by Pepsico. Most of the money would for the coming fiscal year that starts in July, acting CEO, but analysts say investors are still across the region. Shares in Egypt’s Beltone Financial Holding slid come from equity injections by the joint ven- and $14 billion in three years. FDI for the first waiting for a clear message from the fund on its “We always expect traded value to go down 3.5 percent as the offer period started for the 20 ture partners in line with their ownership nine months of the current fiscal year was strategy. just ahead of Ramadan,” Manibhandu said. “But percent stake in EFG Hermes, which a consortium ratios, while Beyti would take on some debt. $4.4 billion. “There is a feeling that the news on Arabtec this year Ramadan falls during second-quarter including Beltone and Egyptian billionaire tycoon Almarai will finance its investment through its As part of a $500 million investment plan last week wasn’t the final episode,” said Sanyalak earnings announcements, so trading could pick Naguib Sawiris seeks to buy. The offer to buy EFG own cash flow, with the financial impact grad- announced for Egypt in March, Coca-Cola will Manibhandu, manager of research at NBAD up. People do trade during Ramadan if there is Hermes shares at 16.0 pounds will run until July 3, ually reflected on its group balance sheet build a new juice plant near Cairo in a joint Securities in Abu Dhabi. “A lot investors expect to something to trade on.” Heavy fighting in Iraq is according to an EFG statement sent to the bourse. between the third quarter of this year and $100 million project with Saudi Arabia’s Aujan see more newsflow from the company. And until another factor deterring some investors from EFG Hermes was flat at 15.35 pounds while the 2019, the company said. Coca-Cola Beverages Co In addition to Egypt’s the uncertainty around Arabtec is resolved, it opening new positions. Shares in Abu Dhabi Cairo index slipped 0.3 percent. Saudi Arabia’s young and growing population, foreign com- might have a negative impact of on the rest of National Energy Company and Dana Gas, both of Almarai edged down 0.2 percent after the Gulf’s Biggest dairy farm panies see the country as a potential export DFM (Dubai bourse).” which have operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, biggest dairy company said it would invest, The $345 million investment plan, base for markets in Africa and elsewhere. This Property and construction stocks, which dom- fell 0.9 and 1.3 percent. They have so far not together with US soft drinks giant PepsiCo, at least approved by Almarai’s board, includes setting year’s election of former army inate the emirate’s stock market, were down on announced any damage to those operations. $345 million in Egypt over the next five years. The Sunday. Emaar Properties fell 3.4 percent, Deyaar Qatar’s index gained 0.05 percent as Qatar stock underperformed the Saudi index, which up a new juice factory, expanding existing chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as president has Development slid 2.5 percent and Union National Bank and Industries Qatar partly recov- climbed 0.1 percent. — Reuters facilities, increasing Beyti’s fleet of vehicles raised hopes for greater political stability and and sales network, and creating a new dairy better economic management. — Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 BUSINESS Tech revolution and Oil price risks put value investing By Hayder Tawfik inflation in focus he technological revolution that started two decades ago Tand for a short period of time ended in bust has come back much Britain’s Q1 data more hopeful stronger than anyone has expect- ed. This technological revolution BRUSSELS: Iraq will be foremost in investors’ including the social media has minds in the coming week as oil price risk has awakened humanity to issues that returned to markets, complicating the task for were beyond their power and central banks whose policies are beginning to reach. It has made people well diverge for the first time since the global aware and instantly informed of financial crisis. Oil prices neared nine-month the changes happening around highs late last week, touching $115 a barrel, them being economic, political, and the rapid advance of militants in Iraq, the social, cultural and so on. The tech- second-largest OPEC producer, is destabiliz- nological revolution has created ing oil markets. tremendous investment opportu- That has implications for inflation in the nities for some elite and unfortu- United States and Europe, as well as Asia’s nately the majority of ordinary forward must have changed the export-oriented economies that are large net people has missed out on this gold concept of value investing. importers of oil. Investors will be watching a rush. The icons of value investment Investors should look for compa- range of data, from German and Japanese not only missed this great opportu- nies that are in the technology consumer prices to first-quarter US GDP, to nity but some of them dismissed it business or somehow related to the see how the Federal Reserve, the European outright. technology sector. I think the era of Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England and high global economic growth cou- the Bank of Japan respond. Why did they ignore this pled with high interest rates and “Just as oil prices had become increasingly technological revolution? inflation has finished. At present stable, we reckon the risk for an oil price spike After the great depression of the Ibelieve equity investors should is now the highest since the global crisis,” said 1920’s and the collapse of the focus on high growth technology Christian Keller, an economist at Barclays. “We world economy during the Second stocks that are dominating the think a further price spike of 10 to 15 percent World War, investors of all kind global social media. Some of these from here is not implausible,” he said. Until started rebuilding their lives and companies are offering consistent now, falling energy prices have partly been investing in the financial markets earnings, high dividends yields and responsible for the euro-zone’s low level of was the last thing on their mind. strong balance sheet. consumer price inflation, which the ECB con- One thing they held on to was val- siders to be in its “danger zone”. A rise in the inflation rate would be wel- PEMBROKE PINES: Marty Mascio (unseen) of Pembroke Pines, Florida, selects a grade of gaso- ues. This was very deep to them Why invest in technology sector? line as he fills up his car at a Chevron station in Pembroke Pines. —AP and decent people can hold con- The technology sector is well come but economists and the International chief Janet Yellen cited reasons for optimism exports declined for the first time in 15 trasting values with deep fervor. known for growth and risk. I think Monetary Fund believe the ECB still needs to about the world’s biggest economy last week, months in May, hurting the world’s third- So, applying values to investing this concept has changed over the consider US-style money printing to support including household spending and a better biggest economy just as consumption is was back in fashion and some who past 14 years. A very good example the bloc. Euro-zone sentiment readings and jobs market. Economists generally agree that being crimped by an increase in national sales are well known today as icons of of this is Apple Inc. It has become preliminary purchasing managers’ surveys for the effects of unusually bad winter weather tax. This week, much of the focus will be on value investing have made a for- the most admired company in the June today may give the ECB a sense of how will fade later this year. core nationwide inflation for May and Toyko’s tune for themselves and their world. It continues to innovate its much more help the euro-zone economy Core US consumer prices have risen 2 per- core reading for June as well as the govern- clients. Value in the context of products and with it continues to needs. The recovery from a two-year recession cent over the last year. If the inflation rate ment’s growth strategy, which is under discus- investment or in finance ignite deliver good earnings growth. Yet lost pace in April and manufacturing has lost went much higher, it would put pressure on sion and may be formally decided by Friday. emotions that are very deep and big tech is looking less risky than it momentum. the Fed to consider moving to raise rates. For The Bank of Japan’s monetary stimulus dear to people. has in the past. Most technology Germany’s inflation reading on Friday will now though, the impact of events in Iraq and helped weaken the yen by a fifth last year. But Value investing is one style of stocks have had more than a give a taste of the euro-zone-wide reading an oil-driven increase in inflation seem to be the currency has stabilized this year versus investment that offers investors the decade to work off the hyper share that is due the following week. “Although less pressing for the Fed. the dollar, limiting gains in the value of chance to beat the market. It is well prices from the early 1990’s. So, higher near-term inflation may reduce the Yellen said interest rates could stay “well exports. Among other big industrialized pow- practiced in the US and widely from valuation point of view they likelihood of more ECB easing in the short below longer-run normal values at the end of ers, first-quarter British GDP on Friday will known because of the great invest- are no longer expensive. On the term, lower economic growth and core infla- 2016”. Some of America’s largest money man- show a different picture. Economists polled by ment icons such as Warren Buffet contrary some of them are still trad- tion down the line would, in fact, support the agers interpreted her comments as signaling Reuters expect growth to be revised up to 0.8 and Benjamin Graham. They both ing cheap but they continue to case for further policy accommodation at a that rates will remain low throughout 2016. A percent due to a better showing from con- argue that investors should treat deliver earnings that beat all other later date,” Luigi Speranza and Gizem Kara of speech by Federal Reserve Bank of struction. That would bring annual growth to any stock as a share of a bigger sectors. Also, they are far less BNP Paribas said in a note. EU leaders will dis- Philadelphia President Charles Plosser in New 3.1 percent, the strongest since before the company and work out the exact volatile than they used to be. They cuss economic policy at a summit on York tomorrow will also be in focus. start of the global financial crisis. intrinsic value of the assets they also have billions of US$ in cash Thursday and Friday in Brussels. “Following last week’s Fed meeting and amid The Bank of England could become the were buying with that company. and equivalent more than any oth- renewed concern over inflation, US news flow first major central bank to raise interest rates Put it simple they are looking for a er sector. The two largest compa- Sobering week to come? might actually be rather sobering,” said Rob since the crisis. “Markets now more or less margin of safety. This margin of nies in the sector Apple and In the United States, investors will be look- Carnell, ING’s chief international economist. fully price in a 25 basis point rate hike by safety means that if the company Microsoft have forward price/earn- ing to the third and final reading of US first- year-end, consistent with our view,” Michael they invested in gets into business ings ratio in single after deducting quarter GDP figures on Wednesday to see if Britain’s strength Saunders and Ann O’Kelly at Citi said in a or financial trouble the company their cash and long term invest- there is a revision of the 1 percent contraction There is also talk of additional stimulus in note. “We expect growth will remain strong will still have some ultimate value ments. already printed and which followed disap- Japan in the coming months. Japan’s annual even while rates rise.” —Reuters being assets, clients, products or The critics will argue that the pointing March trade figures. Federal Reserve brands. technological revolution did not For value investors these are ulti- lead to an increase in productivity mately worth something. Here lies and overall contribution to econom- the issue why they missed out on ic growth. I think the argument Egypt minister projects $10 billion FDI next year the technological and social media ignores the fact that the technology revolution. In the opinion of value advances are not reflected in pro- CAIRO: Egypt’s newly appointed investment ical effect in creating jobs and lowering reshuffle that followed the election of former investors the technology compa- ductivity numbers rests with compa- minister Ashraf Salman said he targets $10 poverty,” said Salman, a veteran banker army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as president. nies doe not have intrinsic values nies and employees. Companies can billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) for speaking in a late TV interview with Egypt’s The decision to appoint a separate invest- and highly expensive. I am sure invest a huge a mount of money in the coming fiscal year and $14 billion in private CBC TV on Saturday. ment minister reverses a decision this year to they said the same about Microsoft, new technologies but unless they three years. Egypt had been hit by an eco- He said he wants to attract more FDI by merge the ministry with that of industry and Apple, Amazon, Yahoo and so on. deal with the underlying manage- nomic crisis following a 2011 uprising that passing legislation to help businesses and trade, a move that shows Sisi’s keen to I am not in the business of argu- ment issues they will not gain any ousted autocratic Hosni Mubarak. Since minimizing bureaucracy. Salman also hinted attract foreign funds back to stimulate the ing who is right and who is wrong productivity benefits. Regardless then, the state’s successive governments he was not intending to reverse a decision by economy. Sisi had last year ousted elected but I use facts and figures to make who is right or who is wrong I have been trying to steer a course between the state earlier this month to impose a new Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in reac- my own judgment. I believe that believe that the new era of techno- boosting revenues without discouraging 10 percent tax on dividends and share trans- tion to mass unrest against his rule. Mursi’s value investing is a style of invest- logical revolution is upon investors investors. actions’ gains that sent the country’s bourse downfall prompted a wave of violence and ment that worked for some over and us should focus their invest- FDI for Egypt’s first nine months of the to records low. Salman said the issue was dis- protests that deepened the economic crisis. the past decades but the techno- ments on those tech companies 2013-14 fiscal year that starts on July 1 stood cussed with the market before a decision Sisi’s Gulf Arab allies have sent billions of dol- logical revolution that all mankind that deliver good earnings growth at $4.4 billion. It was $3 billion in the year was made. After the law went into effect, the lars in aid to Egypt after Mursi’s fall which is experiencing today and going and enhance shareholders value. ended June 2013, almost $1 billion less than market rebounded, he noted. Salman was analysts said had saved Egypt from bank- in the previous year. “I need FDI. It has a mag- appointed last week in a limited cabinet ruptcy. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.895 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.910 Singapore Dollar 0.223274 0.229274 South African Rand 0.020507 0.029007 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 88.485 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.785 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001870 0.002450 Japanese Yen 2.774 Australian Dollar 269.69 266.69 Thai Bhat 9.690 Taiwan 0.009308 0.009488 Indian Rupees 4.704 Canadian Dollar 263.32 264.32 Turkish Lira 131.890 Thai Baht 0.008379 0.008929 Pakistani Rupees 2.875 Swiss Franc 320.22 318.22 Arab Srilankan Rupees 2.166 Euro 386.63 387.63 Bahraini Dinar 0.743544 0.751544 Nepali Rupees 2.953 US Dollar 282.15 285.15 Bahrain Exchange Company Egyptian Pound 0.036714 0.039814 Singapore Dollar 227.290 Sterling Pound 483.92 486.92 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000079 Hongkong Dollar 36.479 Japanese Yen 2.91 2.93 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 Bangladesh Taka 3.636 Bangladesh Taka 3.632 3.902 CURRENCY BUY SELL Jordanian Dinar 0.394580 0.402080 Philippine Peso 6.455 Indian Rupee 4.693 4.993 Europe Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Thai Baht 8.725 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.166 2.601 Belgian Franc 0.007349 0.008349 Lebanese Pound 0.000138 0.000238 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Nepali Rupee 2.935 3.470 British Pound 0.473852 0.482852 Moroccan Dirhams 0.024394 0.048394 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Pakistani Rupee 2.871 2.790 Czech Korune 0.006205 0.018205 Nigerian Naira 0.001195 0.001830 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.89 77.35 Danish Krone 0.047448 0.052448 Omani Riyal 0.728383 0.734063 Saudi Riyal 75.430 Bahraini Dinar 750.97 753.04 Euro 0.378729 0.386729 Qatar Riyal 0.076954 0.078167 Qatari Riyal 77.721 Egyptian Pound 39.45 40.05 Norwegian Krone 0.042084 0.047284 Saudi Riyal 0.074763 0.075463 Omani Riyal 734.800 Jordanian Dinar 401.57 407.22 Romanian Leu 0.081586 0.81586 Syrian Pound 0.001753 0.001973 Bahraini Dinar 751.300 Omani Riyal 733.77 741.07 Slovakia 0.008094 0.018094 Tunisian Dinar 0.166199 0.174199 UAE Dirham 77.033 Qatari Riyal 77.91 78.46 Swedish Krona 0.038224 0.043224 Turkish Lira 0.134086 0.141086 ARAB COUNTRIES Saudi Riyal 75.37 75.77 Swiss Franc 0.309034 0.319234 UAE Dirhams 0.076001 0.077150 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.470 Turkish Lira 0.134086 0.141086 Yemeni Riyal 0.001275 0.001355 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.465 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.320 Australian Dollar 0.256901 0.268401 Tunisian Dinar 170.640 New Zealand Dollar 0.239299 0.248799 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Jordanian Dinar 399.450 America Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 282.500 Canadian Dollar 0.257177 0.265677 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.898 Canadian Dollar 265.630 US Dollars 0.278650 0.283000 Syrian Lira 2.016 Sterling Pound 481.955 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 35.124 Euro 382.905 US Dollars Mint 0.279150 0.283000 US Dollar 282.150 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 315.995 Asia Euro 386.050 US Dollar Transfer 282.750 Bahrain Dinar 751.900 Bangladesh Taka 0.003294 0.003894 Pound Sterlng 481.650 Euro 388.070 UAE Dirhams 76.890 Chinese Yuan 0.044102 0.047602 Canadian Dollar 264.000 Sterling Pound 484.920 Qatari Riyals 78.475 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034385 0.037135 Indian Rupee 4.691 Canadian dollar 263.020 Saudi Riyals 75.605 Indian Rupee 0.004509 0.004910 Egyptian Pound 39.450 Turkish lira 132.130 Jordanian Dinar 398.125 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.165 Swiss Franc 318.410 Egyptian Pound 39.456 Japanese Yen 0.002683 0.002863 Bangladesh Taka 3.633 Australian Dollar 267.760 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.169 Kenyan Shilling 0.003310 0.003310 Philippines Peso 6.448 US Dollar Buying 281.550 Indian Rupees 4.693 Korean Won 0.000267 0.000282 Pakistan Rupee 2.873 GOLD Pakistani Rupees 2.876 Malaysian Ringgit 0.084003 0.090003 Bahraini Dinar 751.400 20 Gram 245.000 Bangladesh Taka 3.637 Nepalese Rupee 0.002986 0.003156 UAE Dirham 76.850 Philippines Pesso 6.450 10 Gram 124.000 Pakistan Rupee 0.002675 0.002955 Saudi Riyal 75.400 Cyprus pound 693.875 5 Gram 64.000 Philippine Peso 0.006358 0.0066338 *Rates are subject to change Japanese Yen 3.767 MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 BUSINESS Yellen did not reproduce the Carney effect

NBK WEEKLY MONEY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: The FOMC continued to taper thing important? The net sales of long-term US assets Germany on upward trajectory the market has now priced a 50/50 and for the third consecutive time, made The most relevant ‘hawkish’ com- notched $24.2 billion in April following a even with slower speed chance of a hike in December 2014. minimal changes to their formal state- ments in Yellen’s Q&A were those in net inflow of $4.1 billion the month Investor confidence in Germany fell Going over the Bank of England speech, ment. In addition, the reduction in their response to a renowned US newspaper before. Long-term US Treasuries showed for the sixth month in a row, despite ana- there’s no denying that central banks are unemployment forecasts was not aggres- question about market complacency. an outflow of $13.59 billion from an lysts expected a rise. The ZEW sentiment starting to sound more hawkish motivat- sive. This was just not enough to concern She said, “I don’t know if overconfidence inflow of $25.86 billion in March. China’s survey showed the indicator for econom- ed by the combination of strengthening markets and Yellen’s press conference or complacency is one of the reasons. But holdings of U.S. Treasuries also declined ic expectations fell to 29.8 in June from recoveries and an increased focus on downplayed any inflationary concerns I guess I would say it is important as I during the month by $8.9 billion, but it 33.1 in May compared to markets expec- financial stability. In this context, com- and offered little insight into consider- emphasized in my opening statement for remained the largest holder with $1.263 tations of 35.0. The indicator has been ments from the Bank of England’s Carney able time debate. market participants to recognize that trillion in April, from $1.272 trillion in dropping since January, with mainly the are one of the most important develop- Yellen did note that if employment there is uncertainty about what the path March European political crisis weighing on the ments in recent weeks, as this could a comes in better than their expectations, of interest rates, short-term rates will be. indicator in recent months. On the other clear indication of a more widespread then they would tighten soon than is cur- And, I want to emphasize, as I have, that change in tone. rently expected. However, the overall the FOMC will adjust policy to what it outcome was bearish volatility. Equities actually sees unfolding in the economy Asia and commodities rallied, the dollar came under heavy pres- over time and that necessarily gives rise The recent economic data demon- sure and emerging markets currencies to uncertainty about what the path will strate that the Japanese economy has continued their ascend. Equities moved be, and it is important for market partici- weathered the impact of the introduction to a new high for 2014 and volatility is at pants to factor that into their decision of the sales tax earlier in the year. Faith in the lowest level since 2007. The coming making” the Japan trade has been further buoyed US employment reports are clearly by recent news flow on Government important but we will need consistently Strong durable goods Pension Investment Fund asset realloca- strong data to move the Fed away from thanks to defense sector tion plans, with the head of its investment its current stance Jobless claims held near the post- committee saying last week that Japan’s On the market side, although the euro recession lows and covered the June $1.26 trillion public pension fund will like- is becoming an increasingly more attrac- employment survey period. Indeed, ini- ly announce their decision to increase tive currency for funding purposes, the tial claims decreased by 6,000 to 312,000 stock and foreign-bond investments in currency has not been able to find its in the week ended June 14. The figure is early autumn, “potentially sending tens of way lower. On the other side, Europe definitely a proof of the continuing billions of dollars into new markets”. The March’s net bond flows turned negative improvement in the labor market and on a three-month cumulative basis for matched expectations by analysts. head of the Government Pension the first time since August 2013. Should Weekly claims are hovering around levels Investment Fund’s investment committee, the recent weakness in European data be not seen steadily since mid-2007, before Europe side, in a report released earlier this also mentioned that he thinks that new sustained, it would add to the growing the recession began. IMF pressuring ECB to perform QE week, Germany’s central bank said the portfolio allocations need to be complet- evidence of strong capital flow support On a different front, Philadelphia Fed After the package released by the ECB German economy continues to move in ed “in September or October.” As the latest for the currency has started to wane as business survey “reported continued during their last press conference, mar- the right direction. “The underlying eco- meeting of the BoJ did not produce any lower levels of peripheral bond yields increases in overall activity, new orders, kets were hit in the beginning of the nomic trend looks set to remain on a meaningful action in June, market partici- make respectively those markets less shipments, and employment this month. week by reports that the ECB was likely to clear upward trajectory,” it said, even if pants have started pricing more easing in attractive to global investors. The index has been on the upswing since refrain from adding any new measures in the pace of growth in the current quarter July, and speculation of easing in October. In summary, on the foreign exchange February, when it stood at minus-6.3. The coming months. Also the bank reiterated will be slower than the first quarter. side, Markets closed the week with a rela- report’s main measure, an index of cur- that the effect of any measures could be Premier Li promises no tively stronger euro and GBP against the rent business activity, rose to 17.8, from blunted by the reluctance of banks to Change of tone from Bank of England hard landing for China dollar. After reaching a high of 1.7070 on May’s reading of 15.4. Index readings increase lending during a review of their The major news in Europe came at the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, the Pound ended the week near above zero indicate growth. Finally, the balance sheets in the coming months. end of last week from the governor of the Wednesday that China’s economy would the high of 1.7013. Euro on the other side employment component came also On the other side, IMF managing director Bank of England Mark Carney. Indeed, we not suffer a hard landing and would contin- behaved in a more tamed manner as strong at 11.9 and prices paid rose to 35.0 Christine Lagarde said inflation’s resist- cannot under-estimate the significance ue to grow at a medium to high pace in the investors hesitate to buy the currency. versus 23.0 the prior month ance to the ECB’s latest measures would of the governor’s speech. Carney long term without strong stimulus. Li said The currency closed the week at 1.3600. represent the “stubbornness” that trig- acknowledged that the policy decision he expected China’s economy to grow at a In the commodities markets, the Foreigners shun US treasuries gers quantitative easing. She also men- was becoming more balanced as minimum clip of 7.5 percent. On the data geopolitical problems in the Middle East and corporate bonds tioned, “If inflation remains stubbornly opposed to the commitment to more side, China’s average home prices fell for have started to affect oil prices with inter- According to data released this week, low, the ECB should consider a large- accommodative policy and then added the first time in two years in May and price national newspaper suggesting a major foreigners sold US long-term securities, scale asset purchase program,” the that tightening “could happen sooner weakness spread to more major cities, price increase if Iraqi production went including Treasuries and corporate Washington- based IMF said in an assess- than financial markets currently expect.” adding to signs of cooling in the property completely off line and would cause bonds, in April. Indeed, as global ment of the euro-area economy. “This Sterling rallied hard, reaching a five and market, which are posing a growing risk to major setback to the recovery of the investors await more clarity over the US would boost confidence, improve corpo- half year high at 1.7070 while EUR-GBP the broader economy. New home prices world economy. interest rates path, we continue to see a rate and household balance sheets and has accelerated its recent decline. As the fell in May from April in 35 of the 70 cities Is Yellen trying to tell markets some- poor portfolio flow picture into the US. stimulate bank lending.” first rate hike was priced for April 2015, polled, up from eight cities in April.

Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta takes ‘Auto & Design Trophy’ Al-Zayani - Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014: Maserati triumphant

he 2014 edition of the ‘Concorso ted with a 4.5-litre 400 HP engine and award. It is a truly rare and unique green. The V4 enjoyed more success unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Marco Tencone, elaborating on a proj- d’Eleganza Villa d’Este’ competi- a body by Fantuzzi. This car, chassis automobile, owned by Lawrence than the other equally prestigious Show. In a hypothetical passing of the ect by Lorenzo Ramaciotti, now Head Ttion could not have gone better number 4502, left for the United States Auriana (USA). Only two were ever Maseratis present, namely: Maserati baton, it was precisely the Maserati of Global Design FCA. The Alfieri was for Maserati, especially in this year of in October 1956, purchased by Tony made, but one was converted into a A6G/54 Berlinetta Allemano 1956 Alfieri that earned important recogni- driven into the exhibition area at Villa celebrations marking the centenary of Parravano. It went on to compete in a V5 that was subsequently destroyed Jonathan Segal US; Maserati A6G/2000 tion from the public at the parade held Erba by Harald Wester, CEO Maserati, the company’s foundation. Indeed, number of races, meanwhile changing during a race. Berlinetta Zagato 1956 Claudio Scalise at Villa Erba, as it scooped the Design who collected the award in person. Maseratis earned the highest plaudits ownership several times before com- The V4 features a 16-cylinder V AR; Maserati 150 GT Prototype Spider Award for Concept Cars & Prototypes, Also at Villa Erba, Maserati set up its from the judges and public alike, col- ing into the possession of the present engine comprising two Tipo 26B Fantuzzi 1957 Andreas Mohringer AT; heralded as the most exciting proto- own exhibition space to celebrate the lecting the Best of Show prize as well day Swiss owner. inline-8 blocks, for a total cylinder Maserati Quattroporte 1st Series type of the 2014 edition. The concept marque’s 100th anniversary. On show, as other prestigious awards including At Villa d’Este the 450 S also tri- capacity of 3,961 cc, delivering 305 HP. Saloon Frua 1965 Ermanno Keller IT; car designed to celebrate Maserati’s the new Ghibli plus the GranCabrio the “Design Award for Concept Cars umphed in its own racing category On 28th September 1929 Baconin Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta Pininfarina 100th Anniversary is an exciting but MC, alongside other vintage master- and Prototypes”. “For the track - racing for glory”, Borzacchini set a world record in the 1953 Matteo Panini IT. also functional prototype whose name pieces of engineering, including a The surprise winner of the jury’s reserved, as the name suggests, for V4 on the road circuit at Cremona On Saturday, the jury awarded the pays tribute to Alfieri Maserati who, 1934 4C and a 3500 GT Spyder. Lastly, Best of Show trophy, sweeping aside a racing models from the 1950s and ‘60s. (only partially asphalted), notching up A6GCS Berlinetta the Auto & Design with the help of his brothers, promot- also taking part in the “Six Days in the host of prestigious rivals, was the dark In the special centenary category an average speed of 246.069 km/h Trophy for the most thrilling style. ed and founded “Officine Alfieri Sixties” class of the motorcycles cate- blue 1956 Maserati 450 S, owned by “Maserati - the first century”, which over a distance of 10 km. In 1934 the Pininfarina made only four chassis Maserati” in Bologna in Via de’ Pepoli gory of the Concorso d’Eleganza, was Swiss entrepreneur and collector saw six Maserati cars from different car displayed at Villa d’Este was rebod- mounted with a 6-cylinder 2-litre back in 1914. a 1961 Maserati T 4 Regolarit‡ 156 cc Albert Spiess. In 1956 and 1957, the eras in the running, the V4 Sport from ied as a Spyder by Zagato at the engine; it was this design that provid- The Maserati Alfieri was designed single-cylinder motorcycle, presented Modena car manufacturer built just 1929 (chassis 4002) outshone its “sis- behest of the new owner, who also ed the Maserati Style Centre inspira- at the Maserati Style Centre in Turin by by the Bologna Historical Registry of nine of these 2-seater racing cars, fit- ter” models, taking the jury’s top had it repainted in two shades of tion for creating the Alfieri concept car, a group of designers coordinated by Maserati Motorbikes. BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 US sanctions net snares the innocent, burdens business Businesses seek to avoid fines that can reach $10m per violation WASHINGTON: On a Friday afternoon in zen of the United States. I was raised in this icy and the greater familiarity with sanctions Others blame OFAC, which at times ment at all in the accuracy standards for March, Jose Luis Zamora pulled into a Lexus country,” said Zamora, who is 58 and immi- has now roped in mortgage providers, apart- provides no information beyond a name the consumer reporting agencies,” dealership in Dallas to test-drive a new car grated from Cuba nearly half a century ago. ment rental companies and even casinos as and country of residence - and has no Francis said. “It’s perilous matching, and with his wife. Ready to pay, Zamora instead “And I’m treated like a terrorist.” Yet there was regulators broaden the definition of “financial permanent way to clear people wrongly very shoddy practices.” waited more than two hours before being nothing he could do to permanently clear his institutions” that could be liable to penalties. tagged. Further, there is no system for TransUnion said customers can con- informed his name had popped up on a gov- name, leaving him at risk of being tagged Seven years after a legal group highlighted tracking complaints, making it difficult to tact the company to remove any erro- ernment watchlist that blocks those linked to again. the issue of false matches, the issue is likely to determine the scale of the problem. neous matches. In another of Francis’s money launderers, groups alleged to have Zamora’s case is one of hundreds that have only get worse as more businesses feel com- Treasury officials say they go to extraor- cases now pending in California, Sergio committed terrorist acts and other enemies of come up since businesses started regularly pelled to screen customers, according to dinary lengths to make sure every name Ramirez alleges that it took him multiple the United States from doing business in the scanning the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s interviews with nearly two dozen lenders, comes with a birthday, passport number calls and two letters to learn of an OFAC country. A routine credit check matched him (OFAC) list of blocked people and companies. lawyers and consumer activists familiar with and place of residence. “We’re not just alert on his credit report and remove it. to Jose Hernan Zamora, a Colombian who is The businesses are seeking to avoid fines that the system. putting Enrique Gomez on the list (and TransUnion spokesman Clifton O’Neal no relation to the Texas resident and was can reach $10 million per criminal violation. Lawyers call people like Zamora “collateral saying) ‘OK, good luck world, figure out referred other questions to the added to the Treasury Department’s sanctions OFAC sanctions drug traffickers, terrorists, victims” of the sanctions war: those with com- who that is,’” a senior US official said. Consumer Data Industry Association, a list around 1997 for his ties to narcotics traf- Iranian banks and others under more than 30 mon names, often of Middle Eastern or trade group for credit agencies. fickers. different programs, freezing their assets and Hispanic origin, who may not even realize Policing 12,000 hits a day TransUnion spokesman Clifton O’Neal Zamora, of Dallas, had never been to prohibiting US firms from doing business with their car or home loan was rejected or their The Specially Designated Nationals referred other questions to the Colombia. It took him two days of digging, them. It relies on the private sector to ensure apartment application denied because some- List contains the names of nearly 6,000 Consumer Data Industry Association, a phone calls to the Federal Bureau of the sanctions work in practice. one mistook them for a foreign militant. A cot- people and organizations. Companies trade group for credit agencies. Norm Investigation and Department of Homeland The crackdown by US authorities on mon- tage legal industry has sprung up to defend can face fines even if they do business by Magnuson, a spokesman for the group, Security, and letters to his elected representa- ey laundering in recent years has already people incorrectly flagged by credit reporting accident with anyone on it. Large banks said it is up to lenders to validate the tives to learn he was far from the only one ensured compliance by banks, but the grow- agencies, which small business relies on for spend millions of dollars and hundreds information themselves. Credit agencies who has been accidentally snared. “I’m a citi- ing importance of sanctions to US foreign pol- credit-worthiness assessments. of hours a year devising complex auto- also are likely to scan for “partial names” mated systems to scan the list and avoid or alternate spellings to avoid missing false positives. Bank employees then potential criminals, leading to a greater have to determine whether a potential number of false matches. customer named, say, Daniel Garcia - one of the most common names on the list - White card is the same person as a blacklisted Garcia The San Francisco-based Lawyers’ with an address in Mexico. That is chal- Committee for Civil Rights drew wide- lenging, given minimal identification spread attention to the problem of false details provided by OFAC. matches in its 2007 report, “The OFAC In a sign of the burden the system List: How a Treasury Department Terrorist places on the financial industry, one Watchlist Ensnares Everyday Consumers.” bank had 12,000 hits each day that got Government officials say one problem is caught in the OFAC filter, according to a employees at smaller lenders like auto former OFAC official who now works with dealerships not knowing how to tell if financial institutions. “I don’t think my they have a real match. Partly in former colleagues understand how often response to the Lawyers’ Committee that happens, I don’t think they appreci- report, the government created a five- ate that,” said the former official, who step checklist for guidance, which spoke on condition of anonymity includes checking that any hit is not just because of his dealings with clients. based on a last name or first name, and “It’s pretty tough being a guy named calling the OFAC hotline with more ques- Muhammad Saleh in America right now tions. for a lot of reasons, but one that might Particularly problematic are names be underappreciated is that you’re prob- that were put on the list before the ably more likely to be late with your Patriot Act in the wake of the Sept 11, mortgage payment because it’s held up 2001 terror attack, before cross-checking by a compliance officer who’s looking at became regular practice, and those that this,” he said. Saleh is a common Arabic were added en masse just after the last name shared by a fighter for the mili- attacks, initially without birthdays tant group Hezbollah, who is on the list. attached to them. “Fortunately it hasn’t A customer paying a mortgage for the gotten to the point where if you’re going first time might face a delay as a bank to a Giant or Safeway (grocery store), confirms which ‘Saleh’ it’s dealing with. they’re going to be screening you,” said Doug Jacobson, a Washington-based ‘Very shoddy practices’ sanctions attorney. “But who knows Smaller companies without dedicated where will it end?” compliance staff, such as auto dealers, Jacobson said online sales, which pro- may need to pay for add-on services vide services around the world, are likely from a big credit bureau to ensure they to come under more scrutiny in the do not sell a car to a potential drug traf- future. Clif Burns at Bryan Cave LLP in ficker. Services like “OFAC Advisor,” from Washington suggested the Treasury pro- the credit reporting company vide a “white card” to people who often TransUnion, generate alerts whenever a get mistaken for someone on the list so customer’s name appears to match a they do not have to prove their identity name on the list. But auto dealers may each time they seek a loan or try to make not know how to deal with apparent a major purchase. matches other than by denying service. Other lawyers point to a similar system At the same time, customers may not from the Transportation Security know their names have been flagged. Administration, which provides redress That happened to Sandra Cortez, whose control numbers for those frequently mis- OFAC alert did not appear on her credit taken for someone on the “do not fly” list, report before going to buy a Subaru in a seven-digit code that allows the gov- Colorado. In a landmark 2007 case, an ernment and airlines to identify someone appeals court ruled TransUnion violated previously cleared. Treasury officials say the Fair Credit Reporting Act by not shar- such a card could by abused by people ing its OFAC alert with Cortez and not wanting to avoid sanctions for future ille- ensuring the information was reliable. gal behavior. Meanwhile, Zamora caught James Francis of the Philadelphia- an unlikely break when he discovered he based law firm Francis & Mailman repre- had gone to the same elementary and sented Cortez and has several other cas- high school as the auto salesman who es pending that challenge TransUnion’s pulled his credit report. “He knew about OFAC matching practices. “What I can tell me,” Zamora said, “so I walked out of there you is we have not seen any improve- with a car that night.” — Reuters

HAGERSTOWN: Jon Wyand works on a truck engine assembly line at Volvo Trucks’ powertrain manufacturing facility in Hagerstown, Md. Recent goods news on manu- facturing and hiring has boosted confidence in the economy. — AP BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 A new promised land for oil giants: Russian Arctic

MOSCOW: Tens of degrees below zero during win- extreme east of the country. While Tillerson stresses the gathering in Moscow: “If you envision full-scale rig owned by Russian energy giant Gazprom. ter and home to endangered species and remote that the Arctic “is not unfamiliar territory” for the oil development of the Arctic you have to envision The 30, including four Russians, were detained for infrastructure-welcome to the Russian Arctic, a new industry-large fields have been explored and moving millions of tons of supplies to one of the around two months before being bailed and then promised land for oil companies despite clear obsta- exploited for decades in Alaska, the north of Norway most remote regions of the world.” benefiting from a Kremlin-backed amnesty. cles. “The Arctic is one of the world’s largest remain- and in Russia’s Sakhalin region-Dodson is quick to Mikhaylov said this would require expansion of Non-governmental organizations such as ing regions of undiscovered conventional oil and point out the challenges. “The climatic conditions railroad infrastructure and the building of a network Greenpeace claim that Arctic oil and gas exploration natural gas resources,” said Rex Tillerson, chief execu- are probably the most visible challenge. Ice, snow, of ports, in addition to other major constructions. not only harms a fragile ecosystem-home to endan- tive for US giant ExxonMobil, during a major indus- cold and darkness all contribute to an environment Global warming has in recent times caused the gered species such as polar bears and cetaceans-but try conference in Moscow last week. that can be both hostile and beautiful.” Dodson Arctic ice cap to melt and open new navigation also accelerates climate change. Faced with such Tim Dodson, a senior executive at Norwegian added: “To unlock the full potential of the Arctic and routes leading to previously inaccessible raw materi- obstacles, energy companies need to achieve tech- group Statoil and who was speaking also at the also to make Arctic projects commercially viable and als. But there are clear risks and according to nological breakthroughs or see the high costs asso- World Petroleum Congress, said the Arctic “is one of globally competitive, we need new technology and Mikhaylov, dealing with an oil spill offshore in the ciated with such exploration potentially end certain the very few remaining areas with the potential to innovative business models.” Arctic “would be an even more daunting challenge” Arctic projects. For now though the drilling contin- make huge discoveries”. More than 20 percent of than the 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. ues. Statoil for example is in the process of design- the world’s hydrocarbon reserves yet to be discov- Cost constraints Environmental groups such as Greenpeace are ing a new class of drilling ships, specially adapted to ered are situated in the Arctic, according to a 2008 Oleg Mikhaylov, vice-president for oil and gas keen to point out such risks, occasionally at the risk withstand extreme Arctic weather conditions. And report by government agency the US Geological production at Russian group Bashneft, insisted that of consequences to themselves. Russian security French group Total has for a number of years worked Survey (USGS). exploration of the Russian Arctic “will require signifi- forces in September detained 30 Greenpeace with Gazprom to find a cost-effective way of exploit- Such reserves are said to be located largely in cant support from the Russian government in addi- activists and journalists and seized their Arctic ing the giant gas field of Shtokman in the Barents Russia, stretching from Western Siberia to the tion to investments by private corporations”. He told Sunrise ship following protests over an offshore oil Sea. — AFP EU commissioner takes one last hit New debate on growth vs austerity to start

LUXEMBOURG: To Olli Rehn, the EU’s low-key ernment income and spending-should not Italian finance ministers denied any intention of but hardline economics affairs commissioner, exceed 3.0 percent of annual gross domestic calling for changes to the pact, though officials another push against austerity could not have product. Accumulated debt-the sum of all those in Rome and Paris openly welcomed the com- come as much of a surprise. Rehn, who steps annual deficits-is supposed to be kept at 60 per- ments by Germany’s vice chancellor. “Rules are down at the end of the month, has spent five cent of GDP. The rules, created in the 1990s, are rules,” said French Finance Minister Michel Sapin years as the EU’s designated figurehead for all part of the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact and and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem added things austerity, hailed in several northern states were reinforced during the crisis to empower that all euro-zone finance ministers meeting in as an enforcer of sound public finances, but Rehn’s commission with stronger methods of Luxembourg agreed. But Finland, Rehn’s native loathed in the crisis-hit south as a driver of mass enforcement. country and one that has stressed the need for KIEL: (From left) US economist Richard Thaler, Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson- unemployment and recession. But just before The tougher rules include Brussels oversight fiscal discipline, acknowledged in early June that Sirleaf and Indian entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw pose for the media after arriving in Luxembourg this week for his 60th of national budgets and potential fines for rule- it would also breach the public debt limit for the being awarded with the 2014 Global Economy Prize of the Kiel Institute for World and last Eurogroup meeting as commissioner, breakers. They were pushed through by first time since it joined the EU in 1995. One Economy, in Kiel, northern Germany yesterday. — AP the austerity line backed by Rehn and imposed Germany in return for the rescue of crisis-struck floated idea, notably by Italy which is about to by Berlin faced fresh criticism. countries with tax-payer money. Defenders of take the EU rotating presidency, is a loosening of Catching many off guard, German economy the stricter rules, mostly the EU’s richer countries budget rules to exclude government investment Small farms making big minister and vice chancellor, the social-democ- to the north, are wary of reversing course, and spending when measuring the deficit. rat Sigmar Gabriel, suggested that economically suspect the calls to change them are thinly- “This is not what we have asked,” said Italian impact in US agriculture embattled countries such as Italy and France be veiled efforts to make room for renewed public Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan. Only “exist- offered some latitude in meeting EU rules while over-spending. But even the usually fiscally ing instruments” would be proposed “to stimu- LOGAN: As a teenager, Danelle Myer want- “Certainly that is because people are dis- they got their finances in order. Conservative hawkish International Monetary Fund says some late growth” when Italy assumes the six-month ed nothing more than to leave her family’s tancing themselves from farms with thou- German Chancellor Angela Merkel swiftly and changes are needed. presidency on July 1. farm in Iowa and become a big-city adver- sands of acres (hectares) and where food flatly dismissed the idea by her coalition partner, IMF head Christine Lagarde, attending the Rehn, an otherwise reserved Finn who holds tising executive. Now, the 42-year-old jug- culture isn’t as anchored to locally grown but the message was out and the austerity-ver- meetings in Luxembourg to present a report on a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford gles orders for cabbage and deals with hail food.” But it is a tough row to hoe. The first sus-growth debate thrust open once more. the euro-zone, said the rules were “excessively University, defended the position of his austeri- damage on her patch of land. After build- year, in 2010, Myer sold $2,200 worth of Gabriel’s remarks “are more than a storm in a tea complicated”, rarely met, and subject to a “diver- ty-minded commission and took the IMF criti- ing a career in public relations, Myer vegetables. Her target this season is cup,” commented Carsten Brzeski, economist at gence of interpretation” by member states. She cism in his stride. returned three years ago to her rural roots $20,000. Even if she makes that, it will not ING bank, because even the IMF is now suggest- also threw open the validity of the EU’s often The best way forward was to focus on “the in the US farm belt-the tiny Iowan town of be enough to pay the bills. She works part- ing reform to the rules are in order. missed deficit and debt thresholds, set during a existing toolbox”, he said. “Concerning our fiscal Logan, less than 40 miles (60 kilometers) time in public relations to get by. “They could be the start of a new debate on period of high growth “that has nothing to do rules... I would simply say that if they have north of Omaha, Nebraska. “To make a good standard of living for a growth vs austerity,” Brzeski said. Under the EU’s with today.” become more complex (it) is that they have “In my 20s, my health was not the great- conventional corn and soybean farm, it rules, public deficits-the shortfall between gov- After Merkel’s flat rejection, the French and become smarter.” he added. — AFP est. I started realizing what we put in our takes up to 2,000 acres (800 hectares). If body matters. I became more health-con- you want the same standards of living on a scious,” Myer said. “What pushed me over vegetable farm, you could probably do it the edge was the land owned by my fami- on 10 acres,” said Craig Chase, an economist How foreign is your ly,” said the fifth-generation farmer, as she at Iowa State University who has been sat cross-legged among her plants in a pink watching the rise of sustainable, organic, tank top and flip-flops. and local farming in the US since the 1980s. “It is an immense privilege and I should A jump in land prices in the Midwest in foreign stock fund? do something about it.”But she had no recent years is also a major reason why intention of taking up the conventional young people are setting up vegetable and farming practices of her parents, who raise small farms, Chase said. For the children of CHICAGO: Is Nestle a Swiss stock? Of course it what investors became accustomed to in prior Mark Egan also runs a bond fund that has wide corn, soybeans and cattle. For her, it would farmers who cannot split up the farm with- is, if you look at the traditional measures. The cycles. latitude in what it can own. His Scout be a truck farm on a small, sloping piece of out making it less profitable, and for immi- company is based in Switzerland, and its stock If the federal funds rate does indeed remain Unconstrained Bond fund can invest in foreign land “all pesticide- and GM-free,” she said, grants and organic farmers wanting their trades in Swiss francs. But Nestle candy, baby low, “then asset prices are less bubbly,” Gross currencies, high-yield bonds and bonds that referring to genetically modified seeds that own operation, the price of land is out of food and other products are on grocery-store said. Stocks can continue to trade at similar can convert into stock, for example. “We find a dominate much of US corn and soybean reach, he said. “If your land is $10,000 an shelves throughout the world, from Algeria to levels relative to their earnings as they do world today where-despite that we can do crops. In the heart of the Midwest, the acre and you want to begin farming, you Zambia. Switzerland provides just a sliver of today, even though some investors say they’re almost anything-we do almost nothing,” he breadbasket of the United States and are looking for a high-value crop versus a Nestle’s revenue: More came last year from the looking expensive compared with history. said. He has pulled back from high-yield bonds known for agricultural productivity, Myer’s high-volume, lower-value crop.” Americas or from Asia than from Europe overall. Stocks could offer annual returns of 4 percent and other areas that he expects may soon be story is no longer so unusual. That’s the message several mutual fund to 5 percent, while bonds could have 3 to 4 hurt. ‘People just like the taste’ managers stressed at the Morningstar percent returns. Small farms booming Consumers’ desire for healthier, more Investment Conference in Chicago last week: Emerging markets offer opportunities In the land of industrial-scale agricul- flavorful food is a driver. Topaloff said food It’s more important where a company does its Bond investors see a tough market Although the developed world has been ture, “truck farming”-small-scale fresh fruit security also plays a role. Unlike in Europe, business than where it’s based, and the line is Yields are low across the bond market, and stuck in terms of pushing through economic and vegetable production-is booming, she said, “here, people are not particularly several managers said there aren’t many reforms, the developing world is progressing, encouraged by the rising consumer inter- worried about genetically modified foods.” blurring between US and different types of for- est in food grown locally, an industry worth “By contrast, because the agri-food indus- eign stocks. “I’m paying less attention to the attractive buying opportunities. Interest rates said Justin Leverenz, who runs the $7 billion. The country has 8,100 farmers’ try is concentrated in the hands of three or domicile or the country it’s listed in” when con- may be set to rise due to a drop-off in stimulus Oppenheimer Developing Markets fund. markets, and nearly 150,000 farmers and four companies, people are concerned that sidering stocks, said Harry Hartford, co-manag- from the Federal Reserve and a strengthening Worries have been rising about slowing eco- ranchers sell their products directly to con- a terrorist attack could have a giant er at the Causeway International Value fund. economy, which could knock down bond nomic growth in China, but Leverenz said he is sumers. Some 44 percent of schools have impact.” “We’re more likely to be looking at companies prices. That means managers of funds who can optimistic growth will continue. He sees big links to local farms for student meals. Bending over to pull out weeds from her in specific industries.” invest in even the most exotic bond options opportunities particularly in Chinese online- To encourage the trend, the US govern- new greenhouse, Myer insisted she would Collectively European stocks, for example, are hiding out in cash in hopes of avoiding video companies given the size of the coun- ment on June 9 launched “Local Food, not trade anything in the world for the generate more than half of their revenue out- losses. try’s market. Local Places”, a program that provides hours spent among her radishes, sweet side Europe, said Robert Lovelace, who helps William Eigen, for example, has about 60 As a group, emerging-market stocks look experts in agricultural, transportation, the potatoes and chamomile, specially raised run the American Funds New World fund. That percent of his JPMorgan Strategic Income cheaper than those from developed markets environment and the regional economy to for a herbalist in Omaha. She seemed means investors may not be getting what they Opportunities fund in cash, roughly double based on their earnings. “But then you have to rural communities to help them build local exhausted but determined. Smiling broad- think they’re getting when they buy a what it was a year ago. “I pretty much like look at what you’re getting for that price,” said food systems. “The changes are tangible ly, Myer said she gets lots of encourage- European stock fund. With Japanese stocks, nothing,” he said. “This market is like a coiled David Herro of the Oakmark International and inspiring,” said Alice Topaloff, a young ment-from some because she is a woman, Lovelace said the most well-run companies spring, waiting to go one way.” A year ago, fund. The cheapest stocks are natural-resource French-American agricultural engineer from others because she is a “hometown tend to be those that compete globally, such Eigen was more optimistic about high-yield companies that are under heavy influence working in Iowa. “The development of local girl” or because she grows organically. as automakers or electronics companies. bonds, which are issued by companies with from their respective governments or banks farms is catching on, and in a more spec- “Some people just like the taste of my Those that focus on just the Japanese market poor credit ratings and offer higher yields than with weak assets. Herro said he prefers to ben- tacular way than in France,” she said. food,” she said. — AFP tend to be less efficient. So even though the investment-grade options. But the amount of efit from the rising living standards of people statistics may show that his funds own extra yield that they offer over Treasurys has in emerging markets by investing in brands Japanese stocks, “that is very different than me since shrunk, making them less attractive. that appeal to them, such as BMW. — AP deciding I’m very excited about the Japanese economy,” he said. “In fact, the Japanese econ- omy has very little to do with it.” To be sure, bond fund managers don’t see it the same way. “In the bond world, nationalism still mat- ters,” said David Rolley, who co-manages the Loomis Sayles Global Bond fund. “When you’re lending money, you’re lending money to the government of Japan. It is not as multinational as the equity market is.” Among other ideas discussed at the Morningstar conference:

Maybe interest rates won’t rise that much Bill Gross, who runs the world’s largest bond fund, talked about how investors should be preparing for a “new neutral.” Most investors expect the Federal Reserve to begin hiking short-term interest rates soon from their record low, the first in what is forecast to be many increases. Such moves could hurt bond and stock prices, but the manager of the PIMCO Total Return fund talked about how the central bank may hit the pause button on hiking the federal funds rate earlier than many investors expect. In the “new neutral,” Gross said interest LOGAN: Danelle Myer washes the radishes she picked in her field in Logan, Iowa. — AP rates and economic growth will be lower than TOKYO: A man takes a picture near an electronic stock board of a securities firm. — AP BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 Toyota brings best deals during Ramadan

KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons festive season with the fascinating fragrances of ed with several Banks institution (KFH, Gulf Bank, to capitalize on the leadership position with a range Company has brought the best deals for Toyota cars 60th anniversary special Bakhoor gift pack exclu- ABK, Amanah, and Soor) to ensure maximum cus- of exciting new models. The trust, confidence and on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan sively from Al-Sayer. Value added services that tomer convenience. loyalty shown by customers inspire Toyota to keep starting from June 15. Customers buying a brand come along with the new Toyota cars as part of the Toyota certified pre-owned cars assure you the moving forward and continuously find ways to new Toyota or certified pre-owned vehicle during best Ramadan deals include free registration, five- highest trade-in value for your old car. Other bene- serve them better. Toyota has created a profound this period will receive complimentary gifts as well year warranty open mileage, one year serv- fits include one year warranty - open mileage, positive impact among customers with the new as several value added benefits exceeding customer ice/20,000 km whichever comes first, third party engine oil + filter change after passing 1,500 km, design direction, which has led Toyota to develop expectations. insurance, registration and 24-hour Musaada Road Musaada Road Assistance for one year. cars with dynamic and exciting exterior designs Celebrate the purchase of your Toyota car this Assistance. In addition this campaign is incorporat- As the world’s top automaker, Toyota continues while increasing the fun to drive quotient. Joyalukkas is Superbrand, Brand of 2014 for 5th year

DUBAI: Joyalukkas, the world’s favorite jeweler has been recognized as Superbrand for the 5th time in a row and it was also adjudged ‘Brand of the Year’ by the esteemed Superbrand body at this year’s award ceremony. The jewelry retailer has received this recognition and status five years in a row starting the year 2010. The announcement was made at the presti- gious Superbrands Tribute Event, a high profile, premier marketing occasion attended by the media and peers alike. The awards were accept- ed by John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive Director on behalf of the Joyalukkas Group. The brand Jazeera Airways leases 2 Airbus will also once again be featured in the 2015 edi- tion of the Superbrands UAE book. A320s to Portugal’s TAP airlines The Superbrands organization is acclaimed worldwide as being an independent authority KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways Group yesterday Jazeera Airways Group Chairman, Marwan and arbiter of branding excellence and is com- announced that its fully-owned aircraft leasing Boodai, said, “We welcome TAP Portugal as mitted to paying tribute to exceptional brands subsidiary Sahaab Aircraft Leasing has entered Sahaab’s fourth international customer and and promoting the discipline of branding. Only the EU aviation market by placing two Airbus look forward to a long-term relationship with brands that achieve the level of recognition set A320 aircraft on long-term leases with TAP the airline”. In addition to the two aircraft by the independent Superbrands Council are eli- Portugal airlines, one of Europe’s leading air- placed with TAP Portugal, Jazeera Airways gible for inclusion in the Superbrands UAE book, Group also has four aircraft A320s placed with which traces the history, achievements and Virgin America since 2010, one Airbus A320 acceptance of each of the brands. placed with Sri Lankan Airlines since 2010, and “Being recognized as a Superbrand for five designs and service. A Big thanks to the judges, offering customers a wide range of contempo- one aircraft placed with Flynas in 2013. years in a row plus being judged ‘Brand of the the Superbrand body and our precious cus- rary, ethno-contemporary and ethnic jewelry in Boodai said, “With the recent placement, Year’ means a lot to us. Sincere thanks to the tomers for pushing us to strive harder and all types of jewelry i.e. gold, diamond, precious Sahaab Aircraft Leasing has assets distributed honorable judges, the esteemed Superbrand greater to be the best brand in jewelry.” stone, platinum and pearl. Customers get to across the globe with A-list customers in the body and our valuable customers. We are From its inception with a single jewelry show- chose from over one million designs in branded US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.” Sahaab thrilled to be bestowed with this double honor room to its current stature of a multi-billion dol- and generic versions at Joyalukkas. Aircraft Leasing was launched in October 2008 and pledge to relentlessly purse our single lar global conglomerate with 95 jewelry show- The global conglomerate, Joyalukkas’s cur- with Jazeera Airways as its first customer. The minded objective of being the ‘world’s favorite rooms world-wide, Joyalukkas has revolution- rent business interest includes jewelry, fashion leasing company was then fully acquired by jeweler” said Joy Alukkas, Chairman & MD, ized the jewelry retail industry through innova- and silks, money exchange, luxury air charter Jazeera Airways Group in 2010. Jazeera Joyalukkas Group. tive schemes as well as a distinct offering. In the and malls and realty. The jewelry business of lines. Operating since 1945, Tap Portugal is Airways Group is composed of an aircraft leas- John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive Director of short span of around 2 decades, Joyalukkas has Joyalukkas is one of the most awarded and rec- based in Lisbon, a key European gateway at ing business and a passenger airline. The Joyalukkas Group said “Being a Superbrand for transformed the way the world looks at jewelry ognized jewelry retailing chain. Joyalukkas is the crossroads of Africa, North America and Group has a fleet portfolio of 15 Airbus A320s, the fifth time and being judged ‘Brand of the and made itself a household name. Today the also the first jeweler to be awarded the ISO 9001: South America. The airline operates an average seven of which are placed with Jazeera Year’ is a big motivation for myself and the global retail chain operates across 10 countries 2008 and 140001:2004 certifications. Joyalukkas of 2,250 flights a week with a fleet of 55 Airbus Airways, the passenger airline. All placements Joyalukkas team to continue our pursuit of and has a loyal customer base of over 10 million has been recognized under the Dubai Quality aircraft, plus another 16 at the service of PGA, are long-term leases, bringing sustainable rev- delighting our valuable customers at all times customers. Appreciations Program for strong adherence to its regional airline, for a total of 71 aircraft. enue for the group. with the best in choice, convenience, value, Joyalukkas has set a benchmark in jewelry, by quality across all its departments. Shurooq to host Al-Nahar International launches scanner in Kuwait World Forum for FDI KUWAIT: Al-Nahar International Company, the leading provider of office SHARJAH: The Sharjah Investment and technologies and solutions, which was Development Authority (Shurooq) has founded more than 40 years ago and the announced that Sharjah will be hosting the exclusive distributor of many well- 12th edition of the prestigious World Forum for known brands such as Kyocera printers, Foreign Direct Investment, the annual event authorized reseller of Apple, Vivitek pro- jectors, shredders, and many of the oth- that covers the latest news on corporate strate- er products recently launched the most gy concerning location requirements, people advanced and multi-tasking scanner and future expansion. called Plustek which provides smart Al-Nahar International Company empha- The announcement follows on the solutions to deal with multiple types of sized by saying that the company con- Authority’s participation in 11th edition which documents. This will provide a quantum stantly strives to supply the Kuwaiti mar- this year took place from June 16-18 in leap in saving time, saving the files and ket with the latest sophisticated equip- Philadelphia, USA. The move comes few sending them electronically to be con- ment to improve the business environ- months after the Emirate has received strong verted into multiple types of files which ment. The launch of this device coin- sovereign credit scores: A-class from Standard are easy to handle. cides with the celebration of the 40th & Poor’s and long term rating of A3 from Fares Megbel, executive manager at anniversary. Moody’s, reflecting the confidence of the inter- national credit rating agencies in the emirate’s economy. Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al-Qasimi, Al-Tijari announces Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), stressed on the importance of hosting this global forum - Najma account winners which is considered the world’s premier FDI FDI dealmakers, including globally expanding Economic Development Agencies are invited platform - in Sharjah. She pointed out that the companies, economic and investment agen- to meet and network with their potential KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held 100,000 each on different occasions: The the Al-Najma Account draw yesterday. The National Day, Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha and event’s arrival in Sharjah comes as the Emirate cies, and the multipliers and site selectors who clients (corporate investors) and to also build draw was held under the supervision of on June 19 which is the date of the bank’s is receiving increasing international attention, advise both parties. Taking place over the their own networks sharing best practice with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry rep- establishment. particularly by major international firms and course of three days, the Forum is comprised of colleagues from investment and development a series of high-level panel discussions, presen- agencies from diverse regions. resented by Abdulaziz Ashkanani. The win- With a minimum balance of KD 500, investment authorities, as one of the GCC’s ner of the Mega Draw who won KD customers will be eligible for the daily tations, debates, and bilateral meetings that Established in 2009, Shurooq strives to most attractive markets for foreign direct 100,000 is Zainab Yusuf Ismail. The winners draw provided that the money is in the facilitate direct contact between investment encourage investment in Sharjah by adopting investment. of the Al Najma Daily Draw who won KD account one week prior to the daily draw the best international standards in providing Sheikha Bodour Al-Qasimi added: “By host- promotion entities and corporate location 7,000 are: Turkey Fanas Al-Abdallah, Sayed or 2 months prior to the mega draw. In ing the 12th edition of the World Forum for decision-makers. quality services that help attract investors from Ijar Hussain, Zuhair Deeb Ekaab, Hussain addition, for each KD 25 a customer can Foreign Direct Investment, we are looking for- Hosted in a spectrum of world locations the region and the world. Shurooq’s key mis- Saud Rashed and Abbas Alam Taqi. get one chance for winning instead of KD ward to welcoming investors and investment since 2003, including Amsterdam, Brussels, sion is to provide facilities and incentives to The Commercial Bank of Kuwait 50. Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes this authorities from across the world and familiar- London, Valencia, Bologna, Vilnius, Tallinn, help overcome obstacles facing investment announces the biggest daily draw in opportunity to congratulate all lucky win- izing them with the FDI opportunities preva- Shanghai, and Philadelphia, the World Forum activities in the Emirate, evaluate tourism and Kuwait with the launch of the new Najma ners and also extends appreciation to the lent in the emirate of Sharjah and the UAE. As for Foreign Direct Investment covers FDI in investment related infrastructure projects, and account. Customers of the bank can now Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the forum is expected to attract wide interna- every world region, from the point of view of lay down the necessary plans to complete such enjoy a KD 7,000 daily prize which is the their effective supervision of the draws tional participation, we are confident it will investing companies. The latest news on cor- projects. In recognition of its overall accom- highest in the country and another 4 which were conducted in an orderly and contribute to boosting economic activity in the porate strategy concerning location require- plishments, Shurooq was named The Banking mega prizes during the year worth KD organized manner. region and achieving higher levels of growth in ments, people and future expansion are cov- Awards 2013 - FDI Agency of the Year in the all fields”. ered, giving an insight into business sectors MENA region, in The European’s Global Shurooq’s participation in this event comes and activities that are growing rapidly. Banking and Finance Awards. Argentina lawyers to seek in line with the Authority’s strategy to promote the rewarding investment opportunities in terms, resolve debt saga Sharjah and in line with the directives of Burgan Bank announces Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, ROSARIO: Argentina’s president said Friday president has long refused to negotiate Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of that she’ll seek a US judge’s support for with the plaintiffs led by New York billion- Sharjah, to encourage and facilitate investment names of daily winners resolving all of her nation’s unpaid debts in aire Paul Singer’s NML Capital Ltd, who in Sharjah. some kind of grand bargain. A truly fair res- spent a decade litigating for payment in Ahmed Obaid Al-Qaseer, COO of the Sharjah of Yawmi account olution, President Cristina Fernandez said, full rather than agreeing to provide Investment and Development Authority should not be limited to the plaintiffs Argentina with debt relief. (Shurooq) stated that Shurooq had made use KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced the deposit KD 100 or equivalent only to enter the whose legal victory was just endorsed by But she has been backed into a corner of their participation in 2014 Forum to pro- names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi daily draw, and the coupon value to enter the the US Supreme Court. These hedge funds by NML Capital’s payment plan, which was mote Sharjah’s investment potential, with spe- account draw, each taking home a prize of draw stands at KD 10. are awaiting payment of $1.5 billion - full allowed to stand by the Supreme Court on cific focus on the four key growth sectors - KD 5,000. The lucky winners for the daily The newly designed Yawmi account has value, plus interest, for bonds that Monday. If Argentina doesn’t pay the plain- travel and leisure, healthcare, transport and draws took home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 been launched to provide a highly innovative Argentina defaulted on in 2001. tiffs at least $907 million by June 30, it can’t logistics, and environmental services. each, and they are: offering along with a higher frequency and She wants equal treatment for creditors use US banks for its next installment of an “The forum provided an excellent platform 1. Shahein Ibrahim Aljafar incentive of winning for everyone. Today, the who have been collecting on $24 billion in equal amount to the much larger group of to introduce the investment opportunities cur- 2. Bassam Mustafa Abed Qatmash Yawmi account is a well understood product, “exchange bonds” since writing off more investors who joined the debt swaps in than two-thirds of their defaulted bonds’ 2005 and 2010. rently available in Sharjah, build new and 3. Shareefah Ebrahim Almekaimi where its popularity can be seen from the face value in debt swaps. And she also With less than 10 days left to comply or strengthen existing relationships, and very 4. Ahmed Sherif Allabban number of increasing account holders. wants the participation of the remaining 7 expose Argentina’s economy to a new importantly gain a deeper insight into exactly 5. Rober Mousa Alhamth Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit percent of holdouts who weren’t part of default, she said Friday that she will send what it is that investors are looking for when the winning case, a final group with poten- lawyers to seek “fair terms” from the judge. selecting an FDI destination, so that we might With its new and enhanced features, the to maximize their chances to becoming a daily Yawmi Account has become more convenient, winner. The more customers deposit, the high- tial claims she says add up to $15 billion. Any deal must comply with Argentina’s continue to expand and deepen our range of “We want to comply with 100 percent of constitution and laws as well as its con- investment services.” Al-Qaseer added. easier, and faster for customers to benefit er the chances they receive of winning the from. Now, customers will be eligible to enter draw. Opening a Yawmi account is simple, the creditors - the 92.4 percent who decid- tracts with other bondholders, she said. The World Forum for Foreign Direct ed to join the swaps and also those who None of the other affected parties com- Investment provides a platform to network the draw after 48 hours only from opening the customers are urged to visit their nearest account. Customers are also required to Burgan Bank branch and receive all the details. didn’t,” Fernandez told a large crowd cele- mented Friday on the president’s latest and discuss global location decisions amongst brating Flag Day in the city of Rosario. The announcement. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 technology Apple smartwatch Heat ‘recycled’ from to come soon the sewer in Austria NEW YORK: Apple is likely to launch a sion of its mobile operating system, iOS computerized wristwatch this fall that 8, will include tools for managing health includes more than 10 sensors to take data. The software is expected in health measurements and other data, September, along with new iPhones. Savings are substantial according to a published report. Apple has been under pressure to The Wall Street Journal also said release new products, as investors ques- AMSTETTEN, Austria: Vast amounts of hot water Friday that Apple Inc. is planning multi- tion whether the company that popular- from household appliances, businesses and facto- ple screen sizes for the device, which ized the smartphone and the tablet com- ries gurgle down the drain every day, wasting not some people have dubbed the iWatch. puter is still able to innovate following only H2O but also another precious resource: heat Samsung, Sony, Qualcomm and oth- the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. CEO energy. Not, however, in the Austrian town of ers have already released smartwatches, Tim Cook has hinted at new products Amstetten, where a pilot project by the local utility but the gadgets have mostly functioned coming this year, but the company hasn’t company is “recycling” this energy from a place as companions to smartphones, offering provided details. where normally few dare to tread-the sewer. email notifications, clock functions and Citing unnamed people familiar with This it uses to heat 4,000 square metres of the like. Samsung’s Gear 2 line, released the matter, the Journal said production buildings, or cool them in summer, allowing it to this year, added fitness-related apps and of the smartwatch is expected to begin dispense entirely with gas and reduce its carbon has a heart rate sensor. in two or three months at Quanta footprint. There’s been longstanding specula- Computer Inc., a Taiwanese company “Almost every week we get a visit from a differ- tion that Apple has been working on a that has worked on Apple’s Mac comput- ent delegation coming to look,” Robert Simmer, smartwatch. The main question has been ers. Sales of the device could begin as the enthusiastic boss of Stadtwerke Amstetten, when it would come out. early as October. Apple declined com- said as he showed off the project. Apple intensified speculation this ment in line with its policy of not dis- “There is a French delegation coming next month when it said the upcoming ver- cussing future products. — AP week, and then a Spanish one ... We are starting to lack the resources, we need to beef up our person- nel to handle all the tours we have to do.” Along a 42-metre stretch of sewer where the Spacewalkers complete water temperature can reach 27 C (81 F), the firm has put in place a high-tech installation. AMSTETTEN: The director of the municipal services of Amstetten Robert Simmer is pictured in Water running in pipes adjacent to-but sepa- front of a heat pump recently. In the Austrian town of Amstetten, a pilot project by the local tiring work at space station rated from-the sewer is warmed by devices called utility company is “recycling” heat energy from a place where normally few dare to tread - the heat exchangers that “suck” the warmth out. sewer. — AFP photos CAPE CANAVERAL: A pair of space- go of it with a gentle push, aiming away This warmed water is then pumped to the walking astronauts managed to install a from the orbiting outpost. The gray-and- nearby headquarters where a highly efficient heat new antenna and complete other work white striped frame - large and unwieldy pump fires the central heating system. Thursday outside the International - could be seen tumbling out of sight, Space Station, despite stubborn equip- the newest piece of space junk. * A clean advantage - ment. With the frame gone, Skvortsov and “The water that is pumped over here is clean, Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Artemiev attached a boom in its place there is no fecal matter. The equipment inside (the Oleg Artemiev spent more than seven for experiments. sewer) is also self-cleaning,” Simmer said. hours outside, longer than expected, “I would like to have a third arm,” not- Even though extra electricity for the heat and put in an order for hot tea as the tir- ed one of the spacewalkers as the work pump-devices also used in fridges and freezers- costs the firm 6,500 euros ($8,850) per year, the wrapped up. ing work wrapped up. savings are substantial compared to what it used The two struggled with balky clamps Mission Control urged Skvortsov and to spend on gas. and latches on the antenna as the space- Artemiev to hurry as they wiped down “We have invested 240,000 euros,” Simmer said. walk got underway. Mission Control out- their suits before going back inside. “This should be recouped within around 11 years. side Moscow urged them to take fre- “I’m hungry and thirsty,” one space- With any other renewable energy source like solar quent breaks, as they panted and walker radioed. They also said their power, it wouldn’t be any sooner.” sighed. hands were tired. A plastic handle, part Amstetten’s utility firm is lucky because a near- “Resting is most important,” Mission of a push rod, got away from them right by paper factory pumps hot water into the sewer, Control radioed in Russian. before they closed the hatch. making it warmer than normal. Two of the three locks clicked into The four astronauts inside kept tabs In addition, the firm uses under-floor heating, place on the antenna. But the third on the 260-mile-high action, while which is more efficient than radiators on the walls. would not work right, and the astro- doing their own work. But even in places without such advantages, nauts had to use a wire tie instead. Each “Pretty neat up here right now,” U.S. the potential for the technology is substantial, said spacewalker tugged on the tie to tighten astronaut Reid Wiseman said via Twitter. Florian Kretschmer from Vienna’s University of it. With that finally complete, the two “Two Russian crew mates are spacewalk- Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU). AMSTETTEN: A model of a heat exchanger is pictured at the municipal services in Amstetten. successfully made a series of connec- ing but business as usual for me and “The advantage from this technology is that buildings in Austria could be heated using this can play a part in this.” you have a very regional resource, and waste tions, eliciting a “Hurrah!” @astro_alex,” he said, referring to technology, with larger buildings such as schools One potential downside is the temperature of water is always present,” Kretschmer told AFP. “Slowly but surely,” one of the astro- German Alexander Gerst. or office blocks particularly well-suited. the sewer water might fall to such an extent that it Other similar projects exist in Germany, and This doesn’t sound a lot, Kretschmer admits, would affect sewage treatment plants. But this nauts said as he worked with the con- The crew includes three Russians, two Austria’s Alpine neighbour Switzerland is particu- nectors. The first-time spacewalkers also Americans and the one German. The but combined with other “clean” technologies like would only happen if the technology was used on larly advanced, with more than 200, and the solar and wind power, it can play a role in weaning a very large scale. struggled to remove an old frame from Americans are supposed to venture out potential is considerable, he said. the Russian side of the space station, on NASA-led spacewalks in August. Europe off fossil fuels. “Sewage treatment plants are highly depend- once used to hold experiments. Stiff Skvortsov and Artemiev also have “Of course this alone is not going to solve the ent on temperature. If the water going into the Fossil fuels world’s energy problems,” Kretschmer said. “But treatment plants is cooled, then this has a nega- bolts slowed the men down. another spacewalk scheduled for A study done by the BOKU and others esti- what we need in the future is a good mix (of ways tive effect on the performance of the treatment Once the frame was free, Artemiev let August. — AP mates that between three and five percent of to produce power), and energy from waste water plant,” Kretschmer said. — AP California bullet train gains momentum - by heading downhill CALIFORNIA: The California bullet-train project picked up become a slush fund - and, now, it’s as if Brown wants to momentum over the weekend in the worst possible way, prove them right. with its credibility going faster and faster downhill. The Legislature should set rigorous, performance-based In state budget negotiations, the Legislature had a standards for the use of cap-and-trade dollars to achieve chance to halt a plan by Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic the goal by 2020. Fortunately, there are plenty of feasible leaders to spend 25 percent of future greenhouse-gas- projects that would, for example, increase affordable hous- emissions cap-and-trade revenue on the high-speed-rail ing near employment centers to cut long commutes and boondoggle. expand local public transit. At a minimum, the Legislature could have headed off The budget deal sends percentages of the cap-and- that plan and re-established the credibility it earned in trade money to local transportation projects, energy and passing AB 32, the 2006 greenhouse gas reduction law. natural-resources projects. All of these could pay off by Better yet, it could have withdrawn its support for the bul- 2020. let train and told the governor to give it up. Brown’s fixa- The bullet train would not. Yet the deal calls for it to tion on high-speed rail defies logic, considering what a receive $250 million this year from the cap-and-trade fund, voice of reason he has been on other budget issues. and 25 percent of future greenhouse-gas-emissions rev- But the Legislature approved the plan to use cap-and- enue, producing $3 billion to $4 billion annually - a lot, trade money on the bullet train as part of the agreement though not enough to pay for construction by itself. on a $108 billion general-fund budget for the 2014-15 fis- This looks bad for Brown and the Legislature. Polls show cal year. Californians’ support for the bullet train is way down. Its The plan makes a mockery of cap-and-trade and shows now-$68 billion price tag is bigger than voters were told it the desperation of bullet-train supporters to keep alive the would be, while construction timelines have lengthened, ZURICH: A recent study dispels the premise that D-Wave’s quantum computers are way faster than conventional legally and financially challenged project that has grown in ticket-price projections have risen and expected ridership computers, suggesting the need for more speed to be considered a supercomputer. cost and shrunk in expectations since voters got it rolling has declined for the train linking the Los Angeles and San with a 2008 ballot initiative. Francisco areas. The cap-and-trade program in AB 32 creates incentives Brown and lawmakers should go back to voters to ask if to cut greenhouse gas emissions and allows polluters to they support the project as it is described now. Quantum computers versus buy credits if they can’t. The goal was to cut emissions to Meanwhile, although the Legislature wasted another 1990 levels by 2020. chance to stop the bullet train, legal challengers, environ- Even the most starry-eyed believers in the bullet train mentalists and Republicans in Congress should continue to ordinary computers? would not claim it’ll be running in six years, let alone pro- fight it. Halting this unrealistic and unaffordable project ZURICH: A new study testing the speed of quantum com- Williams cites a recent study done by Itay Hen, a comput- ducing cost-effective environmental gains. Using cap-and- remains an uphill battle. But that’s the only way to take on puters and conventional computers has proven that quan- er scientist at the University of Southern California, which trade revenue for this purpose is legally questionable at supporters whose desperation is taking them downhill tum is far from being the fastest computer on the planet, shows that D-Wave’s quantum machines computed much best. Critics from the start said the revenue would just fast. —- AP with the speed test indicating a draw between the two com- faster than a conventional computer. Hen even presented puters. some results during the Third Workshop in Adiabatic Even though it was marketed earlier to have the ability to Quantum Computing last week in Los Angeles yet reminded solve problems that are way past the range of traditional that his work is still in its preliminary stages. computers, the quantum computer produced by Canadian D-Wave Systems insists that its quantum computers per- firm D-Wave Systems is still far from the company’s intended form faster thousands of times than any of the conventional goals. personal computers. “The D-Wave computer, marketed as a groundbreaking “Rather than store information as 0s or 1s as conventional quantum machine that runs circles around conventional computers do, a quantum computer uses qubits - which can computers, solves problems no faster than an ordinary rival, be a 1 or a 0 or both at the same time. This ‘quantum super- a new test shows,” states the study, Quantum or not, contro- position,’ along with the quantum effects of entanglement versial computer yields no speedup, published by the and quantum tunnelling, enable quantum computers to Science Magazine this June. consider and manipulate all combinations of bits simultane- Along with colleagues, physicist Matthias Troyer at Swiss ously, making quantum computation powerful and fast,” Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich says that the time it reads the description from the D-Wave Systems website. took the quantum computer to solve a setback increased exponentially with the size of the setback, just like a conven- Early stages tional computer. As the problem or setback’s size grows, the A venture capitalist, Haig Farris also says to the National quantum computer does not show quantum speedup. Post that the physicist’s research is “one snip in a continuum, “To be useful, you need it to have speed-up. And so far one little piece of information.” we have not seen that. That doesn’t mean that it can’t exist,” “If you go back to the start of computing in the ‘50s, Troyer points out to National Post. when they first commercialized the transistor, all the transis- tors could do in those days was run a tiny little clock. It took Innovative chips 50 years and a trillion dollars worth of expenditures to get D-Wave, however, refutes that the computations used the whole computing industry where it is today. So we’re a and made in the study were too easy to even show what the step along that way, and we’re very early stages. Whatever innovative chips of their quantum devices can actually do. [Prof. Troyer] has to say a year or two from now will be irrele- Its co-founder and chairman also says Troyer’s research vant,” Farris adds. might be outmoded already. Other researchers call such test of the controversial quan- WICHITA: Shocker Hall, the new dormitory at Wichita State University, that is nearing completion. WSU and other “They need to pick problems that are much harder,” Colin tum computer the fairest comparison so far. It also appears universities across the nation are in the midst of a campus housing boom, replacing aging residence halls and stu- Williams, a computer scientist and D-Wave’s business devel- some people in the quantum computing industry were con- dent unions with gleaming facilities whose technology and other comforts are aimed at attracting students who opment director, tells Wired. vinced by Troyer’s research, however. —- Tech News demand more from college life. — AP MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Metal allergies may affect joint replacement success

NEW YORK: Metal sensitivities can lead to failure of metals used in joint replacements. According to an leads to more joint failure after implantation. reasons, he said. “Also, there are literally millions of replacement joints, and patients should be careful- unrelated 2010 study in Chemical Research in Joint implant patients that have metal plates or screws in their ly evaluated for a possible reaction after the sur- Toxicology, up to 17% of women and 3% of men Patients who experience new joint pain, rash or bodies from other types of orthopedic work, such gery, according to a new review of past research. are allergic to nickel. hives that don’t respond to usual treatment within as fracture care, etc, yet we rarely diagnose metal “We think patients and doctors should be aware of “For some patients, an allergic reaction to metal several weeks to a few years after joint replace- hypersensitivity in these patients,” he told Reuters hypersensitivity or allergy reactions to implanted in a joint can be very serious, however many reac- ment should be considered for an allergy patch Health by email. joints and to monitor for signs and symptoms,” said tions are mild and not too serious,” Pinson said. test, Pinson said. There are still many questions to be answered, Dr Michelle L Pinson, one of the authors of the new There is no consensus on how to treat that kind of Most researchers suggest that patients with a he said. “There are plenty of patients that will test paper. joint failure, they note, but for minor cases pain history of metal sensitivity should be tested before positive for metal allergy, but be perfectly happy “However, a hypersensitivity reaction to a hip or may be managed with medications, physical thera- undergoing surgery, she said. “In general, hyper- with their joint implant,” he said. “There are many knee replacement is not that common, when you py or steroid injections. sensitivity testing results may guide surgeons to more that will be unhappy with their implant, but look at all the patients who have had successful If the joint swells or loosens, it may need to be consider implants with no or minimal amounts of test negative for allergy.” and stable joint replacements,” added Pinson, of replaced with different components, for example the metals to which the patient positively reacted, Total hip replacements tend to be much more Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San non-nickel components if that’s what causing the especially in the case of joint implant revisions,” she successful than knee replacements, which is almost Antonio, Texas. The number of total joint replace- trouble. said. Even so, it’s still not entirely clear what a posi- exclusively where there seem to be problems with ments in the US is on the rise, and so is the number Pinson and her colleagues included randomized tive result on a skin or blood metal allergy test metal allergies, he said. “The real question is what of revisions, according to the authors. controlled trials, case studies, observational studies means, according to Dr Jared R.H. Foran of Golden, do we do with the patients that have a poorly func- Earlier replacement joints were all-metal and and previous reviews in their analysis, which was Colorado, who was not part of the new study. tioning total knee or hip and a positive allergy test, prone to shedding as the parts rubbed against published online June 13 in the Annals of Allergy, Foran is the section editor for joint replacement for with no other clear explanation of why they hurt,” each other and surrounding tissue. Cobalt, chromi- Asthma & Immunology. Among their conclusions is the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Foran said. “We simply do not have the data in um, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, titanium, that it’s still not clear whether metal joints increase When a joint replacement fails, allergy may be 2014 to make a real strong assessment of the best aluminum, vanadium and nickel are all common sensitivity to metal, or if existing metal sensitivity involved, but it is far down on the list of possible course of action for those patients.” — AP Lawmakers reach agreement on medical marijuana

ALBANY: New York is set to become the ernor to terminate it under advice from the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana health department or law enforcement. under an agreement announced by legisla- tive leaders. The Democratic-led Assembly Prescribing the drug passed the legislation 113-13 early Friday “Medical marijuana has the capacity to after an hour of debate. Shortly after mid- do a lot of good for a lot of people who are night, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in pain, who are suffering and are in desper- said the bill would be voted on later in the ate need of a treatment that can provide day when Republican lawmakers had relief,” Cuomo said during a news confer- reviewed the legislation. ence with lawmakers. Doctors would have Skelos, of Long Island, said he planned to to undergo training to be eligible to pre- vote for the measure and believed there were scribe the drug and could face a felony enough votes to pass the bill in the upper charge punishable by up to four years of chamber. The so-called Compassionate Care prison if they write fraudulent prescriptions. Act would legalize certain forms of marijuana The bill does not require insurance com- for severely ill patients. The legislation does panies to cover the cost of the drug. not allow the drug to be sold in plant form or Patients who sell their prescribed marijuana smoked, but it can be administered through could face a misdemeanor charge. Patients a vaporizer or in an oil base. will be required to carry registration cards Earlier in the negotiations, Gov Andrew showing they are authorized to possess the Cuomo sought to ban smoking the drug, drug and can be prescribed a maximum 30- saying it was wrong for the state to pro- day supply. mote smoking. “In the end you have to bal- Five registered growing organizations Shorter time between pregnancies ance the needs of many of the patients and will be allowed up to four dispensaries each the truth is we’re coming to a point where throughout the state, with the counties less and less people smoke ... anyway,” said where the marijuana is grown and sold linked to earlier delivery bill sponsor Sen Diane Savino, a Staten receiving revenue from an excise tax. Under Island Democrat, on Thursday. the stipulation, cultivators must grow the NEW YORK: Women who become pregnant given birth previously. which has been associated with a variety of Marijuana could be prescribed for at drug indoors in a secure facility. Cuomo was again within 18 months after having a baby are About 11% of the births occurred after an pregnancy complications. least 10 diseases - including epilepsy, AIDS, initially opposed to medical marijuana earli- more likely to deliver early, according to a new interpregnancy interval of 12 to 18 months and It’s important for women to use birth control ALS and neuropathy - under the direction of er in his term but proposed a pilot program study. Past reports have also linked having a about 2% followed an interpregnancy interval of and plan for adequate time between pregnan- the state’s health department. The health in January to allow up to 20 hospitals short interpregnancy interval with a greater risk less than 12 months. The researchers found that cies, she said. “I do love this paper and I think commissioner would be able to add more statewide to administer the drug. He initial- of premature birth. The new study “brings up the 53% of women with interpregnancy intervals of that it shows that we need to really pay atten- illnesses. If approved by the Legislature, the ly wanted a five-year sunset period to eval- importance of adequate birth spacing as a less than 12 months gave birth before the 39th tion to this interpregnancy interval and be bill would allow the program to start in as uate the new program, but negotiations potential modifiable way that women, especially week of pregnancy, compared with about 38% aware of trying to help our patients figure out soon as 18 months and would allow a gov- extended that to seven. — AP high-risk women, can decrease their chance of of women who had normal interpregnancy exactly what their plans are,” Dr Mary Rosser told having a preterm baby,” Emily DeFranco told intervals of at least 18 months. Reuters Health in an email. Rosser, an obstetri- Reuters Health. cian and gynecologist at Montefiore Medical She worked on the study at Cincinnati Birth control Center in New York, was not involved in the new Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. Twenty percent of women with the shortest study. “Women who are at the highest risk for preterm interpregnancy intervals delivered prematurely - “I really feel like there needs to be a ‘birth birth are those who have had a previous prema- before 37 weeks - compared to 10% of women plan’ where patients are involved in their repro- ture birth so (for those women it is) especially who waited 12 to 18 months between pregnan- ductive health so that they choose a birth con- important to try to optimize their pregnancy cies and about 8%of women with a normal inter- trol method - and maybe this is discussed during timing,” DeFranco said. pregnancy interval. African American mothers the pregnancy, not with the post-partum visit The findings suggest a short interpregnancy were more likely to have short interpregnancy when it’s almost too late,” she said. interval is also linked to the risk of a baby being intervals. They were also more likely to have pre- Rosser said there are additional reasons to born a week or two early, though not technically mature births, even when their pregnancies wait at least 18 months between pregnancies. premature. These early term births at 37 and 38 were at least 18 months apart, according to find- Waiting could help mothers manage their weeks of gestation (full term is 39 to 40 weeks) ings published June 4 online in BJOG: An weight and stay healthy and also benefit their can have a negative impact on a newborn’s International Journal of Obstetrics and earlier child’s health and wellbeing. “In the gyne- health, say the authors. For their study, DeFranco Gynaecology. cology world we really would like to prolong and her colleagues analyzed information from DeFranco said researchers aren’t entirely cer- that interpregnancy interval so that mom has a Ohio birth records from 2006 to 2011. They were tain why a shorter time between pregnancies chance to bond with that child,” she said. “We’re able to find the interpregnancy interval for might increase the risk of earlier birth, but that it also trying to stress the importance of breast- about 450,000 babies born to mothers who had probably has to do with nutritional depletion, feeding.” — Reuters

‘Too fat to fight’: CDC lab workers might have ALBANY: People in the gallery celebrate after the Senate voted to legalize medical marijuana at the Capitol on Friday in NY.— AFP Thousands of British been exposed to Anthrax

soldiers overweight NEW YORK: About 75 workers at the Centers Standing meetings may LONDON: The British army has a global reputation for for Disease Control and Prevention may have efficiency and performance, but new figures published been accidentally exposed to dangerous improve group productivity yesterday suggest that its soldiers might be getting a anthrax bacteria this month because of a little soft. More than 32,000 soldiers failed a basic fit- safety problem at some of its labs in Atlanta, NEW YORK: Walking while working, usually designed to measure physiological arousal ness test at some point in the past three years, and the federal agency revealed Thursday. on a treadmill, has been gaining popularity by detecting electrical activity in the skin. more than 22,000 were found to be overweight and at Independent experts say it appears to be the in recent years, but the next office innova- “A primary function of arousal is to signal risk of health problems, according to Ministry of largest incident involving anthrax, a potential tion should be standing while meeting, the importance or significance of environ- Defence figures. All soldiers in the British army are bioterrorism agent, in a US lab in at least a according to a new study. Researchers at mental stimuli and prepare the body for required to complete a personal fitness assessment decade. CDC officials say the risk of infection Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, action,” Knight and Baer write. “In social situa- twice a year, and those who fail must retake the test seems very low, but the employees were report that groups working together on a tions, joint experiences of arousal promote within seven days. Multiple failures could result in being monitored or given antibiotics as a pre- project while standing are measurably more affiliation and collective sense making, both being discharged. caution. engaged and less territorial than while seat- NEW YORK: This undated image released of which are essential for motivating collec- Men under the age of 29 must complete 44 press- “Based on the investigation to date, CDC ed. “A workspace that encourages people to by the US Department of Defense official tive action.” ups in two minutes, followed by 50 sit-ups in two min- believes that other CDC staff, family mem- stand up is going to lead to more collabora- web site, Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Research assistants rated how the team utes, and a 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) run within 10.5 bers, and the general public are not at risk of tive and more creative outputs,” Andrew Program, shows bacillus anthrax vegeta- members worked together and the quality of minutes. Women have a slightly easier test, with 21 exposure and do not need to take any pro- Knight told Reuters Health in an email. tive cells and spores.— AFP the resulting videos, while the participants press-ups, 50 sit-ups and 13 minutes in which to com- tective action,” a statement from the agency The research was initially motivated by says. The problem was discovered last Friday, everything we can to understand why it hap- new building construction that resulted in themselves rated how territorial their team plete the run, while the rules are relaxed for older sol- members had been during the session. The diers. According to the figures obtained by the Sunday and some of the anthrax may have become pened and what we need to do differently to meetings and conversations about new fur- airborne in two labs the previous week, the make sure it doesn’t happen again,” said CDC niture design and layout at the university researchers found that working in the room Times newspaper, 29,600 men and 2,819 women failed without the chairs increased group arousal, their fitness tests between April 2011 and March 2014. statement says. spokesman Tom Skinner. He said the incident said Knight, who along with his coauthor The safety lapse occurred when a high decreased territorial behavior and increased “This figure represents 11 percent of the army serv- was revealed on Thursday, nearly a week after Markus Baer, studies organizational behavior level biosecurity lab was preparing anthrax sharing of information and ideas to statistical- ing in that period and many of those who failed will it was discovered, because the first priority at the Olin Business School. “I had read some samples. The samples were to be used at was investigating the extent of the problem of the research on non-sedentary work and ly significant degrees. “Typically when people have subsequently passed their fitness test,” the lower security labs researching new ways to and notifying workers. “When we learned standing desks that was focused on individ- are seated at a conference room, they own Ministry of Defence said in a statement. “All personnel detect the germs in environmental samples. what had happened we moved as swiftly as ual physiological benefits, but we were really their own space in the room, they probably are provided with the support and training necessary The higher security lab used a procedure possible to contact anyone who was possibly intrigued and excited to see how the physi- to meet the army’s physical standards, with additional have their own paper, their own notebooks that did not completely inactivate the bacte- exposed,” he said. cal space might alter literally how people are help for those personnel who fail to meet this criteria. that they’re working on and these things cre- ria. Skinner said he did not know how many interacting with and relating to one another “Personnel who remain unable to meet the stan- ate a very individually-oriented mindset,” Workers in three labs who later came into employees were taking antibiotics or how over the course of the meeting,” Knight said. dard could ultimately be discharged.” The Sunday Knight said. contact with these potentially infectious sam- they were exposed. Anthrax infections can The findings were published in Social Times also revealed that more than 22,000 troops ples were not wearing adequate protective occur through skin contact but “if you inhale Psychological and Personality Science. For were found to be at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, People are energized by each other high blood pressure and heart disease because they gear because they believed the samples had it and you get it in the lungs, that’s a lot more the study, the researchers recruited 214 stu- In contrast, he noted, when study partici- been inactivated. Procedures in two of the dents, who were asked to work together in were so unfit. In a story headlined “Too fat to fight,” dangerous,” said Paul Roepe, an infectious pants were standing they tended to congre- labs may have spread anthrax spores in the small groups for 30 minutes to produce a the newspaper quoted one senior officer who disease specialist at Georgetown University gate more around a shared workspace and air. Live bacteria were discovered last Friday university recruitment video that was record- blamed the “appalling diet” of many troops. “While Medical Center. The ability of antibiotics to they would co-create whatever the group was on materials gathered for disposal. Labs and ed by a research assistant. A total of 54 soldiers can have salads and low-calorie meals, they prevent infection depends on how quickly halls have been tested and decontaminated groups of three to five students worked in a working on in that shared space. Knight’s can also have a cooked breakfast, followed by chips they are started, he said. and will reopen “when safe to operate,” the room that had a white board, two easels and advice for people who need to set up work- at lunch and chips at dinner and a stodgy pudding, Anthrax created fear in 2001, when five CDC statement says. Because proper proce- a rectangular table and either had chairs spaces for meetings: “The first and foremost is too,” the officer said. The figures on fitness do not people died and 17 others were sickened dures were not followed, the agency said arranged around the table or no chairs at all. to get up and get out of their chairs.” He include those injured in Iraq and Afghanistan or from letters containing anthrax spores sent workers will be disciplined “as necessary.” In a solitary session before the “meeting” and added that having a collaborative focal point- those recovering from illness or training injuries, the through the mail. The FBI blames the attacks “It’s really unfortunate that this happened. then during the group activity, the partici- such as a whiteboard-in the room would also newspaper said. — AFP on a lone government scientist, Bruce Ivins, pants wore small sensors around their wrists get people to work together. It’s unacceptable and we’re going to do who committed suicide. — AP

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Cultural program

n the occasion of the 20th Nasimul Gani. afwe, psc and First Secretary Anniversary of Probashi Sahitya of Labour K.M. Au Reza. OPorishad, Kuwait, a cultural program The program started off with the recita- was organised on Friday, 6 June at Carmel tion of the Holy Quran and went along with School, Khaitan. poem recitations, cultural songs, classical The host of the program was Rafiqul dances & drama. Many Bengali expatriates Islam Bulu and was presided by Morshed attended the show and enjoyed the pro- Alam Badol. The honorable Chief Guest gram. Organized by Abdur Rahim, were Ambassador of Bang1adesh Embassy Mujahed, Masud Karim, Babul Monsi, Abdul in Kuwait Major General Mohammad Ashab Ahad, Abul Basher, Samir Chandry Das, Uddin, ndc, psc and special guest was Abdur Rouf Maula, Abdur Hai Bhuyan, Defense Attache Brig Gen Mohammed Imran Shikdar and many others.

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The FSIS 2014 Graduating Class.

awzia Sultan International (FSIS) held the Dr Reda Al Khayat, with attendance by cere- and a bright future, and I am extremely proud The ceremony also included several other “Students, I encourage you to proudly face graduation ceremony of the class of 2014 mony guest speaker, Founder and Creative to have been a small part of it all. As you head speeches delivered by graduating students your fears and take the first steps into follow- Fin which 20 students marched down the Director of The November Company, Mrs Bibi off to your next stage in life, I hope you take including President of the Student Council, ing your own dreams,” Hayat added. aisle in the Abdul Hussain Marafie Grand Hayat, members of the board of trustees, par- with you all the lessons you have learned in Zain Al Mutawa, Abdulwahab Al Zaid, Hessa The ceremony concluded with the tradi- Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Hotel, while par- ents, school staff, and other members of the your years at FSIS, as we believe that the infor- Al Yatama and Meshari Al Khalifa. tional presentation of diplomas by ceremony ents and guest members proudly applauded school community. mation taken from your various courses is In her speech, Bibi Hayat, Founder and patron, Dr Redha Al Khayat; the FAWSEC CEO, their procession across the stage. The ceremo- Once students were seated, FSIS Principal, equally as important as the life skills and life Creative Director of The November Company, Tariq Alsamerraie; Deputy Chairman of the ny commenced with the Kuwaiti national Ms Loa Midford, welcomed parents during her lessons gained.” emphasized the importance of experiencing Board of Trustees, Dr Mohammed Al Fares; and anthem followed by a recitation of the Holy opening remarks, and congratulated students “To our graduates tonight, never settle for different things in life in order to discoverone’s FSIS Director, Tania Callaway. Quran. on their remarkable achievement. less than you are or less than you can be. You true love and passion. “There is absolutely This year’s ceremony was organized under In her closing statement, FSIS Director, all have strengths and talents; use these and nothing wrong in failing as long as one learns the patronage of the Director General of the Tania Callaway, said: “FSIS gives students a sec- all you have learned during your time at FSIS from these failures, and turns them into suc- National Center for Educational Development, ond chance at building success, self-esteem, to change the world” added Callaway. cesses”, Hayat said.

Tania Callaway, delivers her closing state- Honorary guest, Founder and Creative FSIS Principal, Loa Midford, welcomes ment Director of The November Company, Bibi guests and graduating students. (R to L) A 2014 a graduating student, Dr Reda Al Khayat, Dr Mohammed Al Fares, and Tariq Hayat Alsamerraie

Graduating students among their family memebrs.

FSIS Director, Tania Callaway as she officially graduates Members of the FSIS school community. Graduate Meshal Al Musallam and his family. one of the students. TV PROGRAMS MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

09:50 Come Dine With Me: South 05:15 The Chase Africa 06:05 Dancing On Ice 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 10:45 Come Dine With Me 07:30 Lewis 12:00 Little People, Big World 11:35 Come Dine With Me 09:20 Take On The Twisters 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 00:45 Sharkzilla 12:25 Bargain Hunt 10:15 Murdoch Mysteries 13:15 Extreme Cheapskates 01:35 Animal Cops Houston 13:10 Homes Under The Hammer 11:10 Emmerdale 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 13:40 Extreme Cheapskates 02:25 Sharkzilla 14:00 Food & Drink 12:00 Coronation Street 01:00 Extreme Cheapskates 14:05 Craft Wars 03:15 Lion Battlefield 14:30 Come Dine With Me: South 12:30 The Chase 01:25 Extreme Cheapskates 14:55 Extreme Couponing 04:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life Africa 13:20 Dancing On Ice 01:50 Craft Wars 15:20 Cake Boss 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 15:20 Come Dine With Me 14:45 Murdoch Mysteries 02:40 Secretly Pregnant 15:45 What Not To Wear 05:45 Treehouse Masters 16:10 Come Dine With Me 15:35 Take On The Twisters 03:30 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 06:35 Wildlife SOS 17:05 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 16:30 Shetland 03:55 Long Island Medium 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 07:00 Animal Airport 17:30 Bargain Hunt 17:25 Seven Dwarves 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 07:25 My Cat From Hell 18:15 Homes Under The Hammer 18:20 Murdoch Mysteries 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 18:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 08:15 Wild France 19:10 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 19:10 Coronation Street 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 18:40 Little People, Big World 09:10 Too Cute! Notebook: Cosmo Cook 19:35 Take On The Twisters 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 19:35 Come Dine With Me 20:30 Shetland 07:00 What Not To Wear 20:05 Extreme Couponing 10:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 20:30 Antiques Roadshow 21:25 Seven Dwarves 07:50 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 20:30 Cake Boss 11:00 Animal Precinct 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 22:20 Coronation Street 08:40 World’s Worst Mum 21:00 Iyanla, Fix My Life 11:55 Animal Airport 22:15 Bargain Hunt 22:50 Emmerdale 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 21:55 Breaking Amish: Brave New 12:20 Breed All About It 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress World 12:50 Bondi Vet 23:55 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 22:50 Long Island Medium 13:45 O’shea’s Big Adventure Notebook: Cosmo Cook 11:10 Cake Boss 23:15 Secretly Pregnant 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 15:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 15:30 Tanked 00:00 The Truth Behind 16:30 Wild France 01:00 Kangaroo Kaos Bob Dylan lyrics to 17:25 Cats Of Claw Hill 02:00 Animal Mega Moves 00:20 Sci-Trek 17:50 Cats Of Claw Hill 03:00 Wild Untamed Brazil 01:10 How The Earth Works 18:20 Must Love Cats 04:00 Access 360 World Heritage 02:00 Uncovering Aliens headline $3-5 million 19:15 Too Cute! 05:00 The Known Universe 02:45 Superships 20:10 My Cat From Hell 06:00 Alaska Wing Men 03:35 Superships 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:00 My Dog Ate What? NY music auction 04:30 Superships 22:00 Too Cute! 08:00 The Truth Behind 05:20 Superships 22:55 My Cat From Hell 09:00 Kangaroo Kaos 06:10 Superships andwritten song lyrics from legendary singer 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 10:00 Animal Mega Moves 07:00 Are We Alone? Bob Dylan go under the hammer in New York 11:00 Wild Untamed Brazil 08:45 Sci-Trek Tuesday, the most treasured possessions in a 12:00 World’s Toughest Fixes H 09:40 Meteorite Men collection of rock memorabilia valued at $3-5 million. 13:00 The Known Universe 10:30 Superships Auction house Sotheby’s says other highlights include 14:00 Alaska Wing Men 11:20 Deadliest Space Weather 15:00 My Dog Ate What? a peacock jumpsuit worn by Elvis Presley worth 12:10 Thunder Races 00:35 Doctor Who: Best Of The 16:00 The Truth Behind $200,000 to $300,000 and a John Lennon piano also 13:00 How Does That Work? Doctor 17:00 Killer Dragons played by Lou Reed. 13:30 Sci-Trek 01:20 Great Expectations 18:00 Animal Mega Moves Richard Austin, head of Tuesday’s two-part sale at 14:20 Mythbusters 02:15 Zen 19:00 Adventure Wanted Sotheby’s, said the auction celebrates various rock per- 15:10 Thunder Races 03:50 Hunderby 20:00 Somewhere In China formers who have gripped the world for the past 60 16:00 Superships 04:15 Doctor Who: Best Of The 21:00 Britain’s Underworld years. Dylan’s original handwritten lyrics for the 1965 16:50 Meteorite Men Doctor 22:00 Salvage Code Red epic “Like A Rolling Stone,” which transformed him 17:40 Uncovering Aliens 05:00 Nina And The Neurons 23:00 Close Quarter Battle 18:30 How The Earth Works from a folk musician into a rock icon, headline the auc- 05:15 Poetry Pie 23:30 Close Quarter Battle 19:20 Tech Toys 360 tion, and are estimated to fetch between $1 million 05:20 Mr Bloom’s Nursery and $2 million. Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as 05:40 Boogie Beebies 19:45 How Does That Work? 20:10 Mythbusters the greatest of 500 greatest songs of all time, 05:55 The Green Balloon Club Sotheby’s says the lyrics transformed the course of pop 06:20 Nina And The Neurons 21:00 Ultimate Power Builders music in the 20th century. 06:35 Poetry Pie 21:50 Close Encounters 06:40 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 22:15 Close Encounters Austin told AFP it was the first time a six-minute sin- 22:40 Sci-Trek 07:00 The Green Balloon Club 00:00 The Crazy Ones CHINESE ZODIAC ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION gle was released, allowing people to go beyond short 23:30 Deadliest Space Weather 07:25 The Weakest Link 02:30 The Big C format, and marked one of the first cases of viral mar- 12:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Iron Man 3-PG15 08:10 Big Bear Diary 03:30 The Neighbors 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India keting. Executives opposed its release because of its 12:30 Coronation Street 23:15 Savages-18 08:35 Gavin & Stacey 04:00 Seinfeld 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels length, but an employee took it to a nightclub where it 16:00 Emmerdale 09:05 Keeping Up Appearances 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 12:50 Siba’s Table played all night, leading to DJs to clamor Columbia 16:30 Coronation Street 09:35 Doctors Jimmy Fallon 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The records for its release. 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:05 Casualty 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers Riviera Austin said there was “a lot of interest” in both sets 00:00 The Soup 19:00 Drop Dead Diva 11:00 Only Fools And Horses 08:00 Seinfeld 13:40 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 00:30 Scouted 20:00 Royal Pains 00:00 Cash-PG15 of Dylan lyrics ahead of the auction, calling them a 11:30 The Weakest Link 09:30 Last Man Standing Feasts 01:25 Style Star 21:00 Dracula 02:00 From Prada To Nada-PG15 “wonderful thing just to see.” 10:00 Melissa & Joey 14:05 The Next Food Network Star 12:15 Gavin & Stacey 02:20 THS 23:00 Nip/Tuck 04:00 Sky Force-FAM Dylan’s final lyrics for the protest anthem “A Hard 12:45 Big Bear Diary 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 06:00 Rise Of The Guardians-PG 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” also go under the hammer, esti- 13:15 Keeping Up Appearances 04:10 E!ES Jimmy Fallon 08:00 Stolen-PG15 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives mated to be worth $400,000-600,000 by Sotheby’s. A 13:45 Doctors 07:50 Style Star 12:30 Seinfeld 10:00 3 Holiday Tails-PG 15:45 Chopped piano first played by Lennon when he was recording 16:35 Fast Food Gone Global 14:15 Casualty 08:20 E! News 13:30 Breaking In 12:00 Parental Guidance-PG the album “Imagine” and later played in multiple stu- 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The 15:05 The Weakest Link 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 14:00 The Neighbors 14:00 Dangerous Attraction-PG15 dios by him, Dylan and Reed, among others, is valued 14:30 Last Man Standing 00:00 Vacancy-18 Riviera 15:50 Big Bear Diary 11:10 E!ES 16:00 Stolen-PG15 at $100,000 to $200,000. 12:05 E! News 15:00 Melissa & Joey 02:00 Resident Evil: Damnation-18 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:20 Lark Rise To Candleford 17:45 The Mortal Instruments: City Among the other items are the infamous contract 17:10 Eastenders 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 04:00 Metal Tornado-PG15 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Of Bones-PG15 that Jimi Hendrix signed in 1965 agreeing to play exclu- 17:40 Doctors 13:35 THS 18:00 Community 06:00 Swamp Shark-PG15 20:00 Parker-PG15 18:40 Siba’s Table 18:10 Outcasts 14:30 Style Star 19:00 Last Man Standing 08:00 When A Stranger Calls-PG15 22:00 Resident Evil: Retribution-18 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen sively for record label PPX for just $1, valued at 19:00 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 15:00 Keeping Up With The 19:30 Hot In Cleveland 10:00 Chinese Zodiac-PG15 19:30 Andy Bates Brazilian Street $100,000 to $200,000. The memorabilia has been com- 19:30 The Impressions Show With Kardashians 20:00 The Goldbergs 12:00 Kung Fu Hustle-PG15 Feasts piled from private collectors over the years and some Culshaw... 17:00 The Drama Queen 20:30 The Crazy Ones 14:00 When A Stranger Calls-PG15 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin people who worked for the recording industry. — AFP 20:00 Silent Witness 18:00 E! News 21:00 The Daily Show Global 16:00 The Marine-PG15 20:20 Chopped 00:00 World Match Racing Tour 21:40 Spooks 19:00 THS Edition 18:00 Kung Fu Hustle-PG15 21:10 Chopped 01:00 Championship Tour 22:30 Great Expectations 20:00 Keeping Up With The 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 20:00 The Marine 3: Homefront- 22:00 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 01:00 ICC Cricket 360 23:25 Hunderby Kardashians Edition PG15 Feasts 21:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 22:30 Veep 22:00 Freelancers-R 01:30 PGA European Tour 22:25 Andy Bates Brazilian Street LA Film Fest Award 21:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 23:00 The Big C Feasts 22:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 23:30 The Goldbergs 22:50 Jenny Morris Cooks The 23:00 The E! 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The romantic comedy “The Young Kieslowski” won 09:25 Food & Drink 03:25 Lewis 11:00 Rake 16:00 Muppets From Space-FAM 01:40 Wolfblood 19:00 World Match Racing Tour 02:05 Wolfblood the audience competition in the narrative category. 18:00 Drillbit Taylor-PG15 20:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 20:00 The Big Lebowski-18 02:30 Violetta Among documentaries, the jury opted for “Stray Dog,” a 21:00 Trans World Sport 03:15 The Hive character study that is the debut documentary from 22:00 That’s My Boy-R 22:00 Golfing World 03:20 Art Attack “Winter’s Bone” director Debra Granik. The audience opted 23:00 PGA Tour Highlights 03:45 Art Attack for the “Meet the Patels,” which follows an India-born, LA - 04:10 Jungle Junction based actor when he allows his parents to help him choose 04:25 Jungle Junction an ideal Indian bride. 04:35 Jungle Junction The jury also voted an award to the cast of 01:00 The Host-PG15 04:45 Jungle Junction “Recommended by Enrique” for “freshness and whacked- 05:00 Art Attack 03:15 The Philly Kid-PG15 00:30 IPL Highlights out spontaneity,” while the top prize in the new LA Muse 05:00 A Christmas Kiss-PG15 01:30 ICC World T20I Highlights 05:25 Art Attack 05:50 Mouk section went to Damian John Harper’s “Los Angeles.” The 07:00 Resistance-PG15 02:30 ICC Cricket 360 awards were announced on Thursday afternoon at LA Live, 09:00 The Host-PG15 06:00 Austin & Ally 03:00 IPL Highlights shortly before the LAFF’s closing-night screening of Clint 11:15 Wrecked-PG15 04:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 06:25 Dog With A Blog Eastwood’s “Jersey Boys.” All films at the festival were eligi- 15:00 The Giant Mechanical Man- 05:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 06:45 Mako Mermaids PG15 06:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 07:10 A.N.T. Farm ble for the audience awards, while a smaller number were 17:00 Darling Companion-PG15 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 07:35 Jessie in the running for jury prizes. Nine films were competing in 19:00 The Perks Of Being A 07:30 IPL Highlights 07:55 Good Luck Charlie the Narrative Competition, seven of them either US pro- Wallflower-PG15 08:30 IPL Highlights 08:20 That’s So Raven ductions or co-productions. The others were “10 Minutes” 21:00 W.E.-18 09:30 ICC Cricket 360 08:45 Suite Life On Deck from South Korea and “Someone You Love” from Denmark. 23:00 The Master-R 10:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 09:05 Dog With A Blog The last film won the audience award for Best International 11:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 09:30 Shake It Up Feature. 12:00 Best of ICC World T20I 09:55 Austin & Ally Eight films competed in the Documentary Competition, 12:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:15 A.N.T. Farm including “Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound,” “The Life 13:00 Live England v Srilanka Test 10:40 Good Luck Charlie and Mind of Mark DeFriest,” “My Name Is Salt” and “Sound 21:00 IPL Highlights 11:05 Suite Life On Deck of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story.” Last year, Janis 11:25 Jessie 01:00 Cadillac Records 22:00 IPL Highlights 11:50 That’s So Raven Nords’ “Mother, I Love You” and Ryan McGarry’s “Code 03:00 Things We Lost In The Fire 23:00 ICC World T20I Highlights 12:15 Hannah Montana Black” won the jury prizes in narrative and documentary, 05:00 Down The Shore 12:35 Hannah Montana respectively, while Dustin Daniel Cretton’s “Short Term 12” 07:00 Underground: The Julian 13:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place and Grace Lee’s “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Assange Story 13:25 Wizards Of Waverly Place Grace Lee Boggs” won the audience awards. 09:00 Snow Flower And The Secret 13:45 A.N.T. Farm Fan 14:10 Jessie Jury Awards: 11:00 Wuthering Heights 00:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 14:35 Dog With A Blog 13:00 Earth Basics Best Narrative Feature: “Man From Reno,” Dave Boyle 15:00 Good Luck Charlie 15:00 Year Of The Dog 00:30 Extra Virgin Best Documentary Feature: “Stray Dog,” Debra Granik 15:25 Liv And Maddie 17:00 Wuthering Heights 00:55 Siba’s Table Honorable Mention: “Walking Under Water,” Eliza Kubarska 15:50 Gravity Falls 19:00 Wish You Were Here 01:20 Cooking For Real Best Performance in a Narrative Feature: the Cast of 16:05 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts 21:00 Cocktail 01:45 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives “Recommended by Enrique” 16:10 Liv And Maddie 23:00 This Must Be The Place 03:25 Andy Bates American Street LA Muse Award: “Los Angeles,” Damian John Harper 16:35 Liv And Maddie Feasts Best Narrative Short Film: “The Runaway,” Jean-Bernard 17:00 Dog With A Blog 03:50 Iron Chef America Marlin 17:20 Good Luck Charlie 04:40 Chopped Best Documentary Short Film: “The Queen,” Manuel 17:45 Liv And Maddie 05:30 Unwrapped 18:10 Jessie Abramovich 01:00 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded-18 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 18:30 Austin & Ally Best Animated/Experimental Short Film: “Butter Lamp,” Hu 03:00 Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds 06:10 The Next Food Network Star 18:55 Mako Mermaids Wei Away-PG 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 19:20 Violetta Audience Awards: 05:00 Mud-PG15 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 20:05 Liv And Maddie Best Narrative Feature: “The Young Kieslowski,” Kerem 07:15 Gambit-PG15 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:30 Liv And Maddie Sanga 09:00 42-PG15 08:15 Iron Chef America 20:50 Dog With A Blog Best Documentary Feature: “Meet the Patels,” Geeta V Patel 11:15 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 21:15 Mako Mermaids and Ravi V Patel 13:15 You Got Served: Beat The Basics 21:40 Austin & Ally World-PG15 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes Best International Feature: “Someone You Love,” Pernille 22:00 Shake It Up 15:00 The Good Doctor-PG15 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco Fischer Christensen 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 16:45 42-PG15 10:45 Fast Food Gone Global Best Short Film: “The Gunfighter,” Eric Kissack 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 The Incredible Burt 11:35 Jeni & Olly’s West Coast Wine Best Music Video: “Turn Down for What: Lil Jon and DJ 23:10 Wolfblood OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN ON OSN MOVIES HD Wonderstone-PG15 Adventure Snake,” Daniels — Reuters Classifieds

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

You do not care much for the superficial. You appreciate getting past the sur- This is a time of good fortune when things open up in a very natural way. face and down to the heart of a situation. This is what makes you a very Situations are almost magical and it can become quite a lot of fun to think about the future shrewd and discriminating businessperson. Your ambitions are backed up by the will to get and choose a path. Opportunities are plenty and you may find yourself wanting and able to things done. Your mind and thoughts always gravitate to what is lasting and true. Today do almost everything. It is important to pick and choose now. You will prosper through new you might spend some time writing a proposal for your department or your own advance- insights, inventions and an independent point of view. Your career could open up by daring ment. Your boss or superior may appreciate your ideas if you allow him or her time to mull to take new approaches. There is a love of the sea and of whatever solves that which sepa- the thoughts over in his or her mind-no pushing. Your ideas are always to the point and rates us. Mysticism, mythology, poetry and music are natural and you are quite talented. candid, never florid or superficial. Subjects concerning philosophy and religion come into These are all known subjects. People who get to know you may sometimes become fasci- play around a dinner table this evening. This is a good day. nated by your remarkable vision.

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

As a natural architect and builder, you are able to use your mind in making You have plenty of enthusiasm and warm up to things and people quickly. decisions regarding matters of form and function. For you, the goal and the way to get to it You have an inner self-confidence that burns with its own light. This could be are the same thing. You like to build each step and have each decision be an end in itself. a challenging day in that plenty of interruptions and other people’s ideas may sway your Things must be done right. You also have great skill with the laws, whether manmade or focus, but you will manage to be successful at whatever you attempt this day. You might those of nature, and you can put all of this into words. You can put your understanding of enjoy entertaining children and adults with enchanting stories this afternoon. Your under- how to handle authorities to good use. You will enjoy working with your mind now and standing of the unity behind appearances, along with the ability to put these thoughts into your sharp perceptions make finding new solutions easy. You are able to bring an unex- words, is a rare and valuable gift. You would make a good director in a religious or youth pected twist or insight to anything you set your mind to now. A good conversation with group as you like working with mental images. Friends and a social life are in order this someone you love is fulfilling this evening. evening. It is your turn to enjoy the attention of others.

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

There is much communication today-perhaps a meeting. You are out-front, Art and music have the power to heal, uplift or energize. This morning you frank and even rough at times as you try to get to the heart of a subject. enjoy the music that surrounds you. This could be in your own home, Careful-make sure the ego is removed from the ongoing conversation and the facts are rehearsing with a band or in religious services. A bicycle journey later is physically reward- included. On the move, you are a traveler of both the world and the mind-philosophy and ing and your friends are great company and great competition. Lunch is with the family. ACROSS gelling agent. religion. You can demonstrate great understanding of the needs of others and are in a You have strong family, business or property ties that affect your public image and goals. 1. A flexible container with a single opening. 3. Mentally or physically infirm with age. good position to communicate concerning groups and society. This is a good day to solve Home and family are your main focus today. You enjoy the pleasant, easygoing day and problems and make important decisions, whether they are in or outside the home. You will may wish that you could work out of your home. Creative adventures this afternoon show 4. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet. 4. Being the one previously mentioned or off the individuality of each member in your family. Praise and encouragement are all- 12. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting spoken of. find a way around almost any difficulty and can guide yourself with ease. Take some time to enjoy the clouds. You are welcomed at a social scene this evening. important and what you don’t receive, you can give. when the rupture or occlusion of a blood 5. A flattened stem resembling and function- vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. ing as a leaf. 15. Title for a civil or military leader (especial- 6. The eleventh month of the civil year. ly in Turkey). Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 7. A small ball with a hole through the mid- Cancer (June 21-July 22) 16. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs. dle. You may have had trouble lately trying to understand those who seem too 17. An implement used to propel or steer a 8. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vege- It has been discovered that when one has an extreme desire to purchase or emotional. You may try to balance what you think is a lack of intuitiveness boat. tation. to move into any direction other than the usual routine of things, it is wise to let the ener- with logic and common sense. Since you are a born leader, others find it easy to take 18. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees hav- 9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike gies be considered before acting. The energies present today are meant to push you for- instructions from you and tend to follow your example. You can demonstrate great under- ing columnar crowns and distinguished by ward, not necessarily to help you spend your money, although the spending of money is standing and sensitivity to the needs of others. You are in a good position to communicate part of an organism. leaves lacking a midrib. usually what happens with the present alignment of planets. The good thing is that if concerning groups and society. You will no doubt be able to live by your wits. Being suc- 20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of 10. Having branches. someone has not bought a present for your big birthday bash, they are likely to spend cessful in life is easy-you have a built-in sense of how to approach and unravel the most dif- the Old World. 11. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an more than they had originally planned! The bottom line for you today regarding your horo- ficult problems. Finances seem basically assured at this time. You can help others under- eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. scope birthday is restraint in all things. As time passes, you will be pleasantly pleased with stand a budgeting mindset. This evening there is time for a hobby. 21. A user interface in which you type com- the results. Happy birthday! mands instead of choosing them from a 12. Of or relating to or near the coccyx. menu or selecting an icon. 13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder. 22. The father of your father or mother. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the 14. An elaborate song for solo voice. Leo (July 23-August 22) 19. The principal dish of a meal. Your communication skills are at a high. Most of us would love to have your genus Acacia. You enjoy working with those in authority who are independent and origi- 26. In operation or operational. 23. Squash bugs. timing; you seem to know just when to say the right thing or to make your nal. You could find yourself engaged in nonconformist causes, always ready to promote presence known at the most important time. The rebel in you likes to ignore your dreams 29. A state in southeastern United States 25. An Asian river between China and Russia. what is innovative. You find yourself in support of whatever new-wave product or break- between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 27. A radioactive element of the actinide and ideals and just let come what may. You relish your freedom and independence and through advance is next in line. You discover new ways of working with traditional materi- pursue it even at the expense of what you know you really want. The romantic in you strug- 33. A port city in western South Korea on the series. als. You are in a good position to lend your expertise if you find yourself working and selling gles against the frontier spirit that often moves you into action. Relationships are very Yellow Sea. 28. Be expected to. to the public. This could involve anything from convincing the higher-ups to checking out important to you and can have a very decided influence on your future outlook on life, 36. Deprived of life. 30. In a straight unbroken line of descent your ideas on new and cheaper methods of transportation. You may decide to help the including social, work and family. You are most often to be found where the action is. This 38. A very poisonous metallic element that community win an environmental award. Attending a special social gathering this evening evening could be best enjoyed with an early movie or good book-relaxing. from parent to child. could be of benefit to your professional life; network often. has three allotropic forms. 31. Many times at short intervals. 39. (prefix) In front of or before in space. 32. Being nine more than forty. 40. Bring an accusation against. 34. An archaic name for Easter or Passover. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 44. Standard time in the 6th time zone west 35. Relating to bone or to the skeleton. of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian. 37. Interface consisting of a standard port Unhappiness in someone’s personal situation may be alleviated by concen- Some sort of extra support from those around you is welcomed today. You 45. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate between a computer and its peripherals that trating on the positive. You have an uncanny ability to be encouraging. You may feel that you are in harmony with others. Achievement is the thing that the maiden or family name of a married is used in some computers. are always coming up with new ways of doing things. You can take the most mundane means a lot to you now and you may find you and your teammates winning in an athletic woman. 41. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its stuff and find a new angle. Your friends are amazed today at the unique ways you come up game. 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You continue writing and developing future ideas today. Inventions are deep and accurate insights. Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917- Pacific. most likely. Later, a loved one adds to the fun this day. 1984). 43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 53. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early 46. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in onset. grain fields. Word Search Yesterday Solution 54. A Loloish language. 47. A river in northern England that flows 56. Angular distance above the horizon southeast through West Yorkshire. (especially of a celestial object). 49. A woman of refinement. 57. A river in north central Switzerland that 52. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal runs northeast into the Rhine. of a farad. 59. A severe or trying experience. 55. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the 63. Of or relating to alga. manner of the early church. 65. Type genus of the Rutaceae. 58. The sense organ for hearing and equilibri- 68. A doctor's degree in music. um. 71. 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In this Friday, June 13, 2014 photo, a statue of Padre Pio covered with rosaries stands nearby as people enjoy the sun and water at Mergellina bay, in Naples, Italy. — AP photos uca Simeone rides his bike along the sun- as background music and the island of Capri Anja Hayek from Germany and Antonio trian area by the sea. I found it very beautiful.” lanes into the suburbs. For Simeone, the suc- ny beachfront of Naples while his little and sleepy Vesuvius volcano framing the view Sorace of Italy recently rode up the hill to enjoy Sorace added that “visiting Naples by car is cess of his tours represents more than just Ldaughter sleeps on the baby seat. It may of the bay. The transformation also allowed the sunset. “This is the only good way to visit impossible due to the traffic. By car you can’t business. It’s also a way to stop the brain drain. sound ordinary, but this simple act is revolu- Simeone to launch a bike tour business. “A new and know Naples,” Hayek said. “I found it very enjoy the alleys and it is difficult to breathe.” Youth unemployment in Naples is 50 percent. tionary. Three years ago Naples’ seafront was era has opened for those who love to ride a nice this year, the bicycle lanes and the pedes- Naples is planning to extend the cycling Migration abroad or to the industrialized north an urban highway, noisy and smoggy, jammed bicycle in our city,” said Simeone. “Today we is the norm as talented young people leave to with car traffic, while smelly trash erupted from can say that speaking about sustainable and find work. The local mafia syndicate Camorra garbage bins along streets and alleys. Urban environment friendly tourism, like our project, has long taken advantage of the lack of jobs to cyclers were regarded as eco-fundamentalists. is reality and not fantasy anymore.” gain recruits for illegal businesses. Three years later, Naples has a new mayor, Bike Tour Napoli offers both an urban route clean streets, a wide pedestrian beachfront along the city’s UNESCO-protected ancient Love of cycling and a 20-kilometer (12-mile) cycling lane over- center and a countryside tour, with organic But the green revolution gives hope to looking a beautiful bay. This is the liberated food tasting included. The tours wind through those like Simeone who want to erase the beachfront (“Il lungomare liberato”), as the tiny medieval alleys and past baroque church- image of Naples as a city of garbage and pollu- new mayor, Luigi De Magistris, a former prose- es, around volcanic lakes of the Pozzuoli area, tion. “We bet on a revolution of transportation,” cutor and party outsider, calls it. the Vesuvius volcano and the breathtaking explained De Magistris from his office over- The liberated beachfront quickly became a Amalfi coast. The most popular route is a ride looking the port and a new metro construction paradise for runners, cyclists and also those past art nouveau villas, parks and up Posillipo site. He recalled his parents trying to squash a who love pizza or fish, with the sound of waves hill for a view of Naples and its bay. childhood love of cycling, saying, “Stop this passion, because in Naples you can’t ride a bicycle in the streets.” Now, more locals are using bike lanes, pedestrian areas have been improved, and some 2.4 million visitors are staying in Naples hotels each year, with the numbers growing. The expansion of the metro system will add to the environmental improvements for this city of 1 million (4 million in the metro area). The A woman walks past sculptures by Egyptian architect Karim Rashid on display in the metro also connects riders to art. At the Toledo underground metro station of Universitaí, part of a project called Art Stations, in Naples. station, a ride down the escalators reveals works of bright blue representing the sea. “Oh, it is very beautiful. It is like plunging into the sea,” said Pierre Bonini, a tourist from Paris, at the bottom of the escalator. But pure blue water is not just an art motif. Thanks to improved wastewater management, pollution has been reduced and vast stretches of the coast have been reclaimed. Neapolitans and tourists now swim again in the bay. And young kayak enthusiasts have launched Kayak Napoli . A few motorboat tours had previously been offered, but they were not allowed -a s Luca Simeone, founder of bike-sharing start up called ‘bike tour Napoli,’ left, pedals along the kayaks are - to enter the marine park of la a cyclists’ path in Naples, Italy. Gaiola and the Trentaremi bay, which contains submerged ruins of ancient Roman villas. Giovanni Brun, founder of Kayak Napoli, brings guests to see the submerged archaeo- logical sites and other beautiful coastal spots. His full moon tour offers a sunset paddle with a return as the moon reflects on the waters of the bay. The trip includes one other special moment: An aperitif of white wine on a seclud- Tourists enjoy a sunset kayak tour along the Posillipo coastline. ed beach. — AP

Tourists enjoy a sunset kayak tour along the Posillipo coastline.

This image provided by the Art Institute of Chicago shows Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks.’ — AP Artworks chosen to be displayed across US nline voters have chosen dozens of in all 50 states as part of the “Art Everywhere” tomers at a late-night diner got the most works of art to appear on billboards initiative organized by five US museums. votes. Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum Oand signs in cities across the US later The works range from a John Singer of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this summer. The 58 works picked were Sargent portrait of a child to Andy Warhol’s National Gallery of Art and Whitney Museum announced Friday. The works will begin painting of a Campbell’s Soup can. Edward of American Art in New York organized the ini- People ride up the escalator beneath the ceiling by Spanish architect Oscar Tousquets appearing Aug 4 in as many as 50,000 displays Hopper’s “Nighthawks” showing three cus- tiative. — AP Blanca of underground metro station of Toledo, part of a project called Art Stations. lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 TRAVEL

In this photo tourists take photographs of the North Antrim Coast close to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Tourists pose for photographs on the North Antrim Coast close to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge lies ‘GameBridge lies Larrybane headland. — AP photos of Thrones’Larrybane headland. puts Northern Ireland on the map

iants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland’s folk Gtales. Now, such creatures are visiting the land in a different version - on the sets for the hit TV show “Game of Thrones.” But rather than spells and destruc- tion, they’re bringing an economic boost to this British province still healing from its past of political violence. Fans of the HBO fantasy drama would recognize here the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros - the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles and the King’s Road leading to the north. About 75 percent of the show is filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast. Since the pilot episode began filming in 2009, attracted by the local government’s financial incen- tives, the show’s presence has helped foster a film industry that is catching the eye of other Hollywood productions. And Northern Ireland is taking advantage of the attention by promoting the filming locations as The Oba (King) of Benin, Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I looks at tourist destinations. The latest - and perhaps most Secretary of Benin Traditional Council Frank Irabor raising one of two illustrious - visitor is Queen Elizabeth II, who will tour bronze artefacts returned to the Benin kingdom by a British pensioner the studio sets on Monday. But thousands have during a ceremony in Nigeria. —AFP photos already been visiting from across the globe. Cara and Tom Collins from Springdale, Arkansas, were in Ballintoy Harbor recently to see the rocky coastal setting used in the show for the ‘Iron Isles,’ a ‘Looted’ Nigerian kingdom of rugged sailors. “You can just close your The scenic avenue of beech trees at Dark Hedges situated 50 miles North from Belfast in County eyes and picture everybody there,” said Tom. The sea- Antrim, Northern Ireland. son four finale of “Game of Thrones” last week was art returned to watched by 7.09 million viewers in the United States grow a skills base that others can use.” Ferguson is confident that people like him will no according to prime-time viewership numbers com- Holywood - pronounced the same as California’s longer need to emigrate to seek work in film and TV, plied by the Nielson Co. That makes it HBO’s most- ‘Hollywood’ - is a small seaside town near Belfast that now that Northern Ireland’s reputation as a production watched program since “The Sopranos” in 2007. may lack the glamour of Beverly Hills, but is gaining a hub is growing. “We have world class facilities, and we traditional ruler movie-making reputation of its own. Yellow Moon, a now have a world class crew. We have a shooting crew wo statues from among thou- officers. The overwhelming show of ‘Game of Thrones’ tours production facility based there, has enjoyed strong and we have a post crew who have worked on the sands of works of art looted by strength left several thousand local But the numbers are likely higher since TV audience growth and doubled its workforce by being involved biggest, most watched, most successful TV show that TBritish soldiers in the 19th centu- people dead and the city set ablaze, habits have changed since 2007 and “Game of Thrones” with “Game of Thrones.” “HBO were a big catalyst in has been around for a while,” he said. ry have been returned to Nigeria, while the oba was forced into exile. has fans globally who watch on local networks and via changing perceptions of what could be done in Statistics can’t do justice to the “Game of Thrones” prompting calls for other “stolen” The royal palace was looted, result- DVD or streaming services. For Northern Ireland’s Northern Ireland. As the Americans say, it was a game effect on Northern Ireland’s economy, said economist treasures to be repatriated. For more ing in the removal of hundreds of art- tourism industry, that represents a huge pool of poten- changer,” said Managing Director Greg Darby. Graham Brownlow, from Queens University Belfast. He than a century, the artefacts from the works, including the Benin Bronzes, tial visitors. The province hopes to use the show’s pop- says the show is helping to improve the province’s “Benin Bronzes” collection had been in which showed highly decorative ularity to increase the number of tourists to over 2 mil- World class facilities international image, which for decades had become the family of retired medical consult- images of the oba and his courtiers lion annually by 2016, from 1.8 million in 2013 - more Five years ago, 80 percent of Yellow Moon’s work synonymous with political violence and economic ant Mark Walker, whose grandfather from centuries earlier. than the region’s population of just 1.8 million. was for local broadcasters, and just 20 percent for pro- stagnation. was involved in a 1897 British raid in Most of the ornate bronzes-in fact Coach operators have created “Game of Thrones” ductions based in the UK or further afield. Now, 70 per- “The real benefits that Northern Ireland secures are which they were taken. melted down and refashioned brass tours, for which demand hit a record as the show cent of their work is commissioned outside Northern the things that are most difficult to measure” he But on Friday, the statues-depict- from bracelets and other objects reached its season finale this month. “They are using Ireland. “‘Game of Thrones’ are directly or indirectly explained. “By creating a critical mass for film and TV ing a fabled ibis bird and the tradition- offered by Portuguese traders in the some of our most iconic scenery in ‘Game of Thrones’ responsible for 80 percent of the people that we have productions it creates a good image for Northern al monarch’s bell-were given back to 15th century-have been at the British which is excellent,” said Arlene Foster, minister for taken on in the last three years, because if they didn’t Ireland, which stimulates further production in the Oba (King) of Benin, Uku Museum in London ever since. They enterprise, trade and investment. Beyond tourism, the come we wouldn’t have the other work,” said Darby. Northern Ireland, which improves the image of Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I, at a ceremo- include a 19th century depiction of direct employment of local workers has been very Scott Ferguson’s story illustrates what “Game of Northern Ireland,” Brownlow said. That ‘critical mass’ ny attended by royal officials and local the head of the oba, who has divine important for the local economy, she said. At the end Thrones” means for young creative people in Northern now includes ‘Dracula Untold’, a Universal Pictures dignitaries. status for the Edo people, and 16th of series four, HBO is estimated to have spent about Ireland. He dreamt of being a film editor, but his first movie with an October 2014 release date and Ridley century plaques taken from the walls 87.6 million pounds ($149.11 million) in the local econ- experience in the industry failed to lead to more work, Scott’s new ‘Halo’ feature, which is also expected to be of the royal palace, showing court life. omy making the show. The benefits are likely much so he took a job in a bank. Then five years ago a gov- released before the end of the year. These and other higher when including other factors, such as the ernment training scheme lead to a placement at Yellow features will need best boys, wardrobe assistants, car- ‘Symbolic gesture’ knock-on benefits from higher employment. “This is a Moon and he is now a colorist on the show, adding penters, camera operators and colorists and Northern Nigeria has previously requested sector that we think has the potential to really grow” mood and tone to the images in post-production, and Ireland’s new local talent pool will be only too happy the return of the Benin Bronzes but said Foster. “Around the HBO facility and studios will on his way to becoming an expert in his field. to oblige. —AP without success. The Oba’s brother, the Enogie of Obazuwa, Prince Edun Akenzua, described Walker’s actions as a “friendly gesture” that would “con- tribute positively to healing the bruise etched on the psyche of Benin people since 1897”. He also called for the return of the other items in the British A picture shows two artefacts from Museum and galleries around the the ‘Benin Bronzes’ collection world. returned to the Benin kingdom by a “We appeal to other descendants British pensioner during a ceremony of soldiers who fought in Benin and in Nigeria, on June 20, 2014. who still keep these objects in their Walker said he decided to return homes to emulate Dr Walker’s friendly the statues to Nigeria in September gesture and return the objects in their last year after learning of their history, possession,” he added. Steve in part from his grandfather’s diary Dunstone, of the Richard Lander from the time, which described the Society, agreed that Walker’s gesture treasures as “loot”. “That gave me the was important and hoped it would Game of Thrones tourists take part at clearsky adventure which has built Ballintoy Harbour in the North Antrim coast situated in one of the most idea that perhaps they should go to prompt a rethink over repatriating an exact replica of Winterfell Archery range in the same spot where filming picturesque parts of Northern Ireland between Giant’s Causeway and the place where they will be appreci- other “stolen” treasures from Britain’s took place at castleward, Strangford, Northern Ireland. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. ated for ever,” he told AFP in Benin colonial past. City, 240 kilometres (150 miles) east of Most famously, Britain has come Lagos. “I’m very proud to be part of under sustained pressure to return the this because it is clearly seen as an his- Elgin Marbles, also known as the toric occasion. “I had no idea it would Parthenon Marbles, to Greece, as well be regarded with such importance as the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond and it is very gratifying to me to have to India, but has repeatedly resisted. been able to play some small part in “Very few people know about the sto- the history of the restoration of the ry (of the Benin Bronzes)... It was an bronzes because I think more will injustice that happened that needs to come back.” be corrected,” said Dunstone, whose The tale of the precious artefacts is Lander group is named after the one of intrique and tragedy. It began explorer who travelled to the source of when nine British officers were killed the Niger river and promotes educa- while on a trade mission to tional and cultural links between Erediauwa’s grandfather, ruler of the Nigeria and Britain. “I’m sure Mark then independent kingdom of Benin. Walker, with this symbolic gesture, will The British reaction was fierce. just start opening the door for other Walker’s grandfather was part of a people to release the story and I hope British military deployment to the to persuade them to return their kingdom to avenge the deaths of the bronzes,” he added. — AFP Game of Thrones fans stop for a picture on their way to Audleys field and William Van der kells from Clearsky Adventure entertains Game of Thrones castle, castleward, Strangford, Northern Ireland. tourists at an exact replica of Winterfell Archery range. lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 FEATURES

Exterior view of the renovated Mauritshuis museum during a preview for the press in The Hague, Netherlands. This reproduction shows Johannes Vermeerís View of Delft (painted approximately 1660-1661). ‘Girl with Pearl Earring’ comes home to Holland he Girl With a Pearl Earring” has come home. After a two- we notice is that people come for ‘The Girl,’ but they stay for the year global tour that drew record crowds in Japan, Italy rest.” “The Girl With a Pearl Earring” owes some of its fame to a 1999 “Tand the United States, Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 master- best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier and a movie. But books have piece and other works from the Netherlands’ 17th-century Golden also brought attention to other paintings here. “The Goldfinch,” Age have returned home to the newly renovated Mauritshuis painted in 1654 by Carel Fabritius, came back to Holland much museum in the Hague. Both the museum and the collection have more famous than when it left, thanks to a hit novel of the same been changed by their time apart. The small Mauritshuis building, name by Donna Tartt that won the Pulitzer Prize. The painting has a classic of Dutch architecture, has been expanded and reorgan- been given a more prominent place in the museum than before. ized to accommodate the The museum’s Rembrandts include three self-portraits and an demands of modern tourists. early masterpiece, “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp,” which Meanwhile, the Mauritshuis’ depicts a public dissection that took place in 1632. profile has been raised by the A new novel called “The Anatomy Lesson” by Nina Siegal has international exposure for its won praise from Oprah Winfrey. In 2012, the Tokyo showing of treasures including works by Mauritshuis paintings was the best-visited exhibition in the world, Rembrandt and Peter Paul drawing more than 10,000 people per day. In New York, visitors Rubens. lined up for hours in freezing weather to see the paintings at the “We really hope that we Frick Collection. put the name on the interna- This reproduction shows Johannes tional map,” Emilie Gordenker, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (paint- the museum’s US director, ed approximately 1665) at the renovated said in an interview ahead of This reproduction shows a part of Jan Steen’s painting As Mauritshuis museum. the museum’s reopening June the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young, (painted in 1665) at the 27. “‘The Girl With The Pearl renovated Mauritshuis museum during a preview for the Earring,’ which is increasingly press in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday. — AP photos called the ‘Mona Lisa of the North,’ is the icon, there’s no This reproduction shows Frans denying it. She’s a great Hals’ Laughing Boy (painted Donating paintings ambassador for us. But what approximately 1625). Other important works include Frans Hals’ 1625 “Laughing Boy” and Rubens’ 1617 chiaroscuro masterpiece “Old Woman and Boy with Candles.” The museum also houses Jan Steen’s 1669 “As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young” - a morality tale depicting a boy smoking tobacco while his parents drink alcohol. The Mauritshuis was built in 1644 in the center of The Hague for nobleman Johan Maurits. It was purchased by the Dutch state in 1820 and became a public museum after the Netherlands’ first king, Willem I, donated his paintings. Willem’s descendant, the newly crowned King Willem Alexander, will be on hand for next week’s reopening. The architect who oversaw the renovation, Hans van Heeswijk, said his challenge was to expand the museum’s space without changing the nature of the building. “”The Mauritshuis is possibly the most important monument that we have in the Netherlands from the style of the Dutch Renaissance,” Van Heeswijk said, com- paring it to a miniature, symmetrical Roman temple. “It’s a ‘stadspaleis’, which means, a chic home in the middle of the city.” On one side The Mauritshuis is located just a stone’s throw from the ancient building that houses the Dutch prime minister’s office and the 13th-century Hall of Knights, used by parliament on cere- This reproduction shows Carel Fabritius’ monial occasions. So Van Heeswijk went the only directions he The Goldfinch (painted in 1654). could go: down, and sideways. While the Mauritshuis itself was untouched, the square in front is now a welcoming, elegant sky-lit This reproduction shows a part of Peter Paul Rubens’ Old lobby. The collection is also now connected by an underground Suitcases with a reproduction of Johannes Vermeer’s Girl Woman and Boy with Candles (painted approximately foyer to a building across the street housing temporary exhibi- with a Pearl Earring are on display at the souvenir shop. 1616-1617). tions, a shop, library and cafe. — AP Korean TV dramas give Asian shoppers urge to splurge

he export success of South Korea’s TV dramas has ditioners, TVs and refrigerators are Samsung products, spawned a hard-selling world of branded enter- from beginning to end,” Kim said. Ttainment that uses product placement to push Commodification of the dramas begins at the earli- everything from smartphones to lipsticks. The so-called est stage of production, once a script writer has pro- Hallyu (Korean Wave) of TV shows and pop music has duced a basic story line listing characters and their pro- long conquered most of Asia and, in recent years, found fessions. The workplaces that will feature in the show new, devoted fans in the Middle East, Latin America are offered for sale to real companies looking for expo- and North Africa. The vast audiences opened stealth sure. According to Kim from 153 Production, the work- marketing opportunities that have become distinctly place of a lead character can go for between 500 mil- less stealthy as competition has intensified. lion and 1.0 billion won. That was how the female lead South Korean firms now spend millions of dollars in “The Heirs”-a teenage romance that was a huge hit in ensuring lovers in popular soap operas confess their Asia last year-ended up working for Mango Six. feelings via Samsung smartphones, kiss in Hyundai cars The Seoul-based cafe chain paid more than 500 mil- and move into a house equipped with a giant LG TV. lion won to feature in the show as the workplace of the The power of the most popular dramas to launch new heroine — a poor teenager courted by two wealthy trends and boost existing ones was displayed by the classmates who constantly sip Mango Six signature recent production “My Love from the Star”-an unlikely juices while waiting for her. “We made sure that the love story between a top female movie star and a 400- most dramatic, romantic scenes-like the two men pro- year-old alien disguised as a human. fessing their love for her or fighting over her-take place The SBS television show was a huge hit, especially in in our store, with our drinks on the table,” Kang Bong- China where it triggered a craze for Korean-style fried Joo, the firm’s marketing manager told AFP. The store in chicken and beer, the favoured comfort food of the Seoul has become a major tourist attraction and show’s heroine-played by Gianna Jun. The main charac- Chinese branches of Mango Six in cities like Shanghai ters talked and sent texts on Samsung’s Galaxy Note draw customers wanting the same juices drunk by the smartphones, or chatted via the Line mobile app made two male leads. “It really helped our expansion plans in by Naver, Seoul’s top Internet portal. Jun’s character Asia,” Kang said. used lotions and lipsticks made by Amorepacific, the Viewer backlash South’s largest cosmetics firm. Supporting characters Not everyone is happy, and internet forums devoted Advertisements featuring endorsements by musicians, actors, and entertainers are displayed in the win- had an insatiable taste for mini-desserts made by CJ- to individual shows often carry complaints from regular dows of cosmetics shops in central Seoul. — AFP the country’s top food company. viewers. “These days I don’t know if I’m watching a TV The exposure clearly pays off. Amorepacific said by the lure of improved sales in a key regional market. said Kim Yeong-Seop, an executive producer at SBS. drama or a home shopping channel,” one disgruntled sales of the skincare products and lipsticks used by Jun In “My Love From the Star,” a pair of $625 Jimmy fan wrote. While the placement in some dramas is rela- surged 75 percent and 400 percent respectively, largely Choo shoes worn by Jun sold out in shoe stores across Drama as a commodity tively unobtrusive, in others it can jar glaringly as a thanks to booming sales in China. “In the past, PPL Asia within days. Even more dramatically, it only took a While details of product placement deals are not dis- character wolfs down half a dozen branded donuts for (product placement) on South Korean TV shows boost- rumour-the brand name never appeared-that the lip- closed, industry sources say exposure on popular no apparent reason. Kim of SBS acknowledged that ed domestic sales only,” the company said in an e-mail stick Jun used in one episode was from Yves St Laurent shows costs at least 100 million won ($96,000) and seamlessly squeezing dozens of products into an hour- statement to AFP. to cause a similar run on that product. Neither Jimmy much more for a hit drama featuring A-list stars with a long episode was a challenge, but insisted it was a “criti- “But we’ve recently seen it having an immediate and Choo nor YSL had even struck a deal to have their prod- regional following. The biggest spender of all is cal part” of the contemporary TV industry. widespread impact in Asia, especially in China,” it said. ucts placed in the show. Mercedes Benz did, and the Samsung-the world’s largest technology firm by rev- With huge fees demanded by a limited pool of A-list Amorepacific’s overseas sales grew 28 percent in 2013, German carmaker saw sales of its models featured in enue-which sponsors around two thirds of all domesti- actors, production costs have skyrocketed to the point boosted by 29-percent expansion in China-the firm’s the show spike. “Many companies now know if their cally-produced soap operas, according to Kim Si-Hyun, where product placement is no longer just desirable largest market abroad. More than 90 percent of PPL products are featured in our shows, Asian viewers, head of 153 Production, a major PPL agency in Seoul. but essential, Kim said. “We are aware of the potential deals on South Korean soap operas involve domestic especially women, will feel more familiar with their “It’s a full package, meaning all visible consumer elec- for a viewer backlash ... and we try our best to keep a firms, but foreign companies are also being attracted brands-whether on a conscious or unconscious level,” tronics like smartphones, computers, cameras, air con- balance,” he added. — AFP lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 FASHION Men’s fashion week in

‘Bonnie & Clyde’ costume designer reveals secrets to movie’s killer fashion Milan hen costume designer Marilyn Vance watched the W1967 movie “Bonnie and Clyde” starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, she was in awe of the wardrobe designed by Theadora Van Runkle. So when Vance got the job to design the costumes for Lifetime’s “Bonnie & Clyde” miniseries - her first job in TV after something like 60 films - she knew what she had to do. But she would have to do it in a frac- tion of the time that she would have had for a feature film assignment. “I was a huge fan of the original ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ movie,” Vance told TheWrap. “I was not designing at the time, but the look was so incredible. It never went away, and it was always in my head. But I needed to re-imag- ine Bonnie and Clyde. I had to start somewhere else.” Vance, whose film work includes the Oscar-nominated costumes for Models present creations for fash- another period gangster movie, ‘The ion house Vivienne Westwood as Untouchables,” as well as “Pretty part of the Menswear Spring- Woman,” “The Breakfast Club” and Summer 2015 collection yesterday “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” started with during the Men’s fashion week in news clippings. Thankfully, there Milan. — AFP Photos were several iconic photos of the stylish 1930s bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow on the run. “Because they’re black and white, I had to re-imagine the look, the col- ors, the feeling of the time,” Vance said. “So I was very fortunate to fall into the costume houses where I found these wonderful knits that had never been used before. They were in jewel tones.” To dress Bonnie Parker (Holliday Grainger), Vance said, “I put the knit on her, worked like it was magic, and then I made the clothing that was in the clips. There was the crocheted sweater, the white blouse, the black crochet cap, the knit skirt. It’s all for action. She was always running and doing ... and toting a gun.” She stayed away from buttoned- up three-piece suits for Emile Hirsch’s Clyde Barrow because they were too dressy, and avoided double-breasted cuts because they fly away too much. “I used two-piece suits for Clyde,” she said. “He’s able to move, hold guns, run around.” She tried a number of different hats on Hirsch, beginning with the kind she saw in newspaper clippings of the real Clyde. “Emile is a great-looking young guy, but that particular style hat did not look really great on him,” she said. “So we went through some hats until we found the one that worked with him. It is a beautiful fit.” The other characters required dif- ferent looks. For Bonnie’s mother Emma Parker, played by Holly Hunter, Vance chose outfits color-coordinat- ed with Bonnie’s clothes, “but more mature looking.” For Clyde’s sister-in- law Blanche Barrow (played by Sarah Hyland), on the other hand, she went for contrast: “It was great fun dress- ing her because she was, like, this spoiled poor girl. She always had fan- tastic looking outfits and hats, and she was more dressed up and more ladylike than Bonnie.” And for Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger called out of retirement to track down the outlaws, she used a progression. “I considered him the angel of death,” she said, “so the sub- liminal color suggestion that I used was to basically start off very light and wind up very dark through the course of the film. And he wore cow- Missoni boy boots. He was a rancher, and he was on his horse a good deal of the film as he was tracking Bonnie and Clyde.” — Reuters

Max unveils the latest summer collection

ummer is coming here and so is the Luxe can all be spotted across womenswear up silhouettes like maxi dresses, shorts, polo latest collection from Max which incorporated in the summery prints, fabrics shirts and cute summer dresses. Animal with Sbrings plenty of infusions of colors and and silhouettes through color-blocking, tribal slogan prints and mirrored prints are prints for men, women and children. Lace, studs, trims and accents. Dresses, jumpsuits, key to this collection. This collection takes on tropical, safari, monochrome and island luxe harem pants, safari shots, skirts all feature a more geometrical form than traditional are all trends that can be found throughout heavily throughout the collection. tribal prints setting it off with hints of neon the collection offering customers affordable This season, the menswear’s collection and animal faces. ways to update their wardrobe with the lat- taps into 4 big trends from the catwalks A huge surf inspiration influences most of est trends. Max’s latest offering provides across the season, Tropical varsity, Animal our boy’s collections from traveler, road trip ready to wear items and accessories suitable Remix, Mono Varsity and Indigo Tribe. to sun, sea and sand surf themes. The promi- for the office, getaways, time spent at home Striped tropical printed vests make a come- nent monochrome trend influences our kids and out as well as affordable basics and back as do neon details and graphic prints. collections this summer. We update this clas- wardrobe staples. Bandana accents on t-shirts and shorts fea- sic trend with varsity slogans and fabric Max’s 2014 women’s collection is mainly ture in the collection as do bold varsity t- blocking in our boys collections with hints of inspired by the beautiful collections show- shirts & gingham shirts. The men’s collection red accents. Our teen girls are also hugely cased catwalks across the world. The collec- also includes classic basic stapes, polo shirts, influenced by festivals such as Coachella and tion features bases of crisp white with bright chinos and themed t-shirts in a variety of road tripping find fringed tops and denim floral placement embroideries, flower-col- colours. Kids summer at Max kicks off with a shorts in ombre pastel pinks and lilacs. lage prints, lace overlays and subtle neon variety of different trends across the summer Accents like dream catcher prints and web- highlights. Exotic Safari, Navajo Nomad, and Ramadan seasons. Key colors for the sea- bing back details on tops are key. It’s all Nautical Fleur, Hawaiian Sunset, son consists of ivory, warm browns, neon’s, about being relaxed, taking it easy and Monomania, Shanghai, Lacy Days and Island orange greens and sea blue in playful grown- enjoying having fun. ‘Game of Thrones’ puts Northern Ireland on the map

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There’s a new ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’

t’s that time of year again when dogs with unusually large heads, hairless Ibodies and other oddities compete to be the World’s Ugliest Dog. This year’s winner? A 2-year-old mutt named Peanut, whose wild white and brown hair, bulging eyes and protruding teeth belie his sweet, energetic personality. Although Peanut is healthy now, his owner, Holly Chandler of Greenville, North Carolina, says he was seriously burned as a puppy, resulting in bald Peanut, a two-year-old mutt patches all over his poses in front of the winning body. Chandler trophies, after winning the hopes Peanut’s vic- World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, at tory will help raise the Sonoma-Marin Fair, Friday, awareness about June 20, 2014, in Petaluma, animal abuse. Calif. — AP photos “We’re trying to use him as a poster child for what can happen to animals who are abused,” she said. She plans to use the $1,500 prize to pay for oth- er animals’ veteri- nary bills. The con- test, held at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma, California, In this Friday, is in its 26th year. The dogs are scored June 25, 2010 by a three-judge panel in several cate- file photo, gories, including special or unusual Kathleen Francis, attributes, personality and natural ugli- of Clearlake, ness. Calif., clutches The past five winners have included her purebred a duck-footed beagle, boxer and basset Chihuahua hound mix with a waddle, a Chinese ‘Princess Abby’ crested and Chihuahua mix with a pro- truding tongue and short tufts of hair after winning and a Chihuahua with a missing eye the World’s and a camel’s back. Here are photos of In this Friday, June 22, 2012 file photo, Bev Nicholson of Peterborough, England reacts In this Friday, June 24, 2011, a judge evaluates ‘Yoda’ during the 2011 Worldís Ugliest Ugliest Dog this year’s contestants and past years’ as her Chinese crested dog, Mugly, wins the title of ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ against Dane Dog Contest in Petaluma, Calif. Contest, in winners. —AP Andrew and his dog, Rascal, and Kathleen Francis and her dog, Princess Abby, during Petaluma, Calif. the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.

Peanut, a two-year-old mutt is held by Holly Chandler, the Zoomer, a Chinese Crested from Davis, California. Quasi Modo, an eight-year-old mixed breed from Icky, a Chinese Crested looks over the shoulder of Jon owner after winning the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. Florida. Adler, his owner. It’s a frog, it’s a gorilla? No, it’s Pig the dog t’s impossible not to stare at Kim Pig looks like one of those fake animals The friendly little animal hops like a frog to crowd,” she said. Visiting the park with her any major health problems. But Pig does tire Dillenbeck’s dog Pig. Born in Atlanta with created with Photoshop to draw clicks on stand up and walks with a high-shouldered boyfriend and two dogs, ballet dancer Tricia easily, and she sometimes loses her balance Isevere deformities and adopted by the websites, yet she’s real. “The whole clinic gait that resembles a gorilla. Unable to swing Bianco didn’t know quite what to make of Pig. and topples over like a toddler. Overall, Alabama woman, the 8-month-old mutt has loves her. She comes in and she’s a rock star her head side to side, Pig spins her whole “She is like a little pig. She’s cute,” Bianco said. though, Pig is in great shape for the shape gangly legs, a body that appears to have here,” said Dr. Rachael Hudson-Breland, a vet- body to see what’s beside her. None of the Pig plays and runs with other animals, and she’s in. “I don’t think Pig really knows that she been chopped in half and no neck. erinarian who treats Pig. vets who care for the dog have ever seen Hudson-Breland said the dog doesn’t have looks different,” Hudson-Breland said. — AP another animal with the same condition, said Hudson-Breland, but Dillenbeck has seen a few similar-looking dogs on the Internet. Found as a puppy with three littermates in a wooded area in metro Atlanta, Pig is smaller than her surviving siblings at only 15 or so pounds. Her spine is about 7 inches shorter than normal and wavy, with many bones fused together. Dillenbeck, who first saw the dog during a Christmas visit and later brought her home, said coming up with a name wasn’t difficult. “When she was really, really little she looked like a little fuzzy piglet,” said Dillenbeck, who lives in nearby Helena. Tens of thousands of people have watched Internet videos of Pig since she had a com- ing-out party during a community event in Birmingham last month, and Pig has her own Facebook page with more than 3,400 follow- ers. Last week, dog owners at a suburban park lost track of their own animals as they stopped to watch Pig play in water and run around surprisingly quickly. Dillenbeck said it’s the same anytime Pig Kim Dillenbeck’s dog Pig drinks water at a park in Alabaster, Ala , on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. ventures out in public. “She always draws a A woman scratches the head of Pig, a dog born with severe deformities. — AP photos