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KUWAT: Author Abdullah Buwair, officials and diplomats in attendance are pictured in a group photo. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Author releases book on Amir’s UN honoring ‘versary

By Faten Omar Erifan stated that the honoring of Sheikh Sabah poverty and combating diseases and epidemics,” of the book “His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al- was a result of his role as overseer of past and she said. Erifan added that this award is a badge Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - Humanitarian Leader”. KUWAIT: A ceremony was held yesterday at ongoing humanitarian efforts. of honor for all Kuwaitis and they are proud of “No words can describe the Amir, and the rest of Crowne Plaza hotel by author and columnist belonging to this country for its assistance and the world will agree that he is the first humanitar- Abdullah Abbas Buwair last Thursday to celebrate Wisdom honorable attitudes towards the peoples of the ian leader and proves that Kuwait is a great coun- the first anniversary of the naming of His She said this role reflects his wisdom and world. try governed by a great leader,” he added. Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- strength, and makes Kuwait more resolute in The ceremony included honoring Minister of Jaber Al-Sabah as a Humanitarian Leader and helping poor countries and stand by those in Lesson Information and Minister of State for Youth Kuwait as a center for humanitarian work by the need. “His role is a lesson in education, life and “In the days of the past year, the humanitarian Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, United Nations. On behalf of the President of the how great our Islam is. It promotes the leadership leader gave a lesson to the entire world on how Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Kuwaiti Society for the Ideal Family Sheikha of His Highness through his contribution in the to deal with humanitarian crises and how to be a Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Hamoud Al- Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Suad Al- face of humanitarian crises, disasters, hunger, real help for the needy,” said Buwair, the author Sabah, followed by a book-signing session.

Abdullah Buwair signs a copy of his book. Abdullah Buwair speaks during the ceremony. Abdullah Buwair shows a copy of his latest publi- cation.

A traditional band performs during the event. A view of the audience. LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Kuwait welcomes Saudi call for OIC emergency meeting

KUWAIT: Kuwait late on Thursday welcomed the proposal of Saudi council. He added that earlier Thursday night, he phoned OIC Arabia to hold an emergency meeting for Organization of Islamic Secretary General Iyad Madani and Arab League Secretary General Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers to discuss recent Israeli aggres- Nabil Al-Araby for consultations to hold the meeting as soon as possi- sions on Al-Aqsa Mosque. ble. Kuwait, said Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, calls on the international Kuwait values such efforts and contacts put by Custodian of the community to shoulder its humanitarian and moral responsibilities in Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in this putting an end to such continuous aggressions on Muslim holy sites, regard, said Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy which represent a breach to international laws, as well as destroying Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and current chair of OIC ministerial the Middle East peace process. — KUNA UK keen on Kuwait’s security: Speaker

LONDON: The UK is keen on and committed to the security agree- ments signed with the GCC countries, particularly Kuwait, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said Friday. In statements to KUNA and Kuwait television, Ghanem said that his separate meetings with UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond and Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon reflected the UK’s commitment towards Kuwait’s security. The meetings touched on the situation in Iraq, Syria, and the recently-signed Iranian nuclear deal, said the official, noting that the UK officials thanked Kuwait for hosting three donor conferences for the Syrian refugees. Ghanem lauded the Britain’s contributions to the Syrians, commending the recent decision to host some 20,000 refugees till 2020. On his meeting with Hammond, Ghanem described the gathering as ‘very important’ and ‘excellent.’ He noted that the meeting discussed the situation in Yemen and Kuwait’s role in the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi militias there. The meet- ing also focused on facilitating visa procedures for Kuwaitis visiting the UK, said Ghanem, adding that the new visa system will go into effect next year.

Sacrifices Meanwhile, Ghanem reiterated that the Kuwaiti people would not forget the enormous sacrifices of British servicemen in the Kuwait Liberation War of 1991. “It is an honor for me to be among the heroes who chose with full conviction to partake in liberating my country from Saddam Hussein’s forces,” Ghanem stressed in a function, organized by the Kuwaiti Embassy in London, for honoring British veterans who participated in the Gulf War to end Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. “Thanks to their great sacrifices, Kuwait has become a free and prosperous country,” he said. He added that the two countries would celebrate next year the 25th anniversary of the liberation war. It was an exceptional juncture in the two centuries-long relations between Kuwait and the United Kingdom, Ghanem noted. He under- lined Kuwait’s eagerness to take bilateral relations and cooperation in different domains to new heights. The chief lawmaker also spoke highly about the significant and constructive role of the United Kingdom in boosting security and stability of Gulf and Middle East regions as well as its support of reforms to meet people’s aspirations.

Critical moments Commander of the British Seventh Armored Brigade in Kuwait Liberation War General Patrick Cordingley expressed pride of his country’s contribution to the international coalition for liberation of Kuwait. He recalled some of the critical moments in the war when there were growing fears from chemical or biological assaults from the Iraqi forces. Despite the concerns, the British forces were determined to do the job, he said. He expressed pleas- ure for Kuwait’s appreciation of British forces’ contribution to the liberation efforts. — KUNA

LONDON: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem is pictured with UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Egypt’s new envoy touts ties with Kuwait KUWAIT: Egypt’s new ambassador to Kuwait Yasser Atef hailed the relations between his country and Kuwait as ‘distin- guished,’ citing His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s recent visits to Egypt as a sign of deep bilateral ties. “The Relations between Kuwait and Egypt are distinguished and close in all fields,” Atef said during a news conference Thursday on the occasion of his appoint- ment as Egypt’s new ambassador to Kuwait The close relationship between His Highness the Amir and Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi was reflected by the for- mer’s participation in several Egyptian ceremonies, mainly Al- Sisi’s inauguration and the new Suez Canal project, he added. Lauding his meeting with His Highness the Amir, he vowed to do his best to further promote and develop Kuwaiti- Egyptian relations. The ambassador said the current volume of trade exchange between Kuwait and Egypt, which is around estimated at $400 million, does not reflect the truth as deals in oil byproducts are not included. He added that Kuwait is the fourth-largest investor in Egypt with huge investments, noting that he would give much significance to investment and economic files during his term of office. The new Egyptian ambassador also prom- ised that he would do his utmost to help in wiping out obsta- cles bugging Kuwaiti companies and investors in Egypt. On arrangements for the coming parliamentary elections next month, Atef said the embassy would seek hard to help Egyptian expatriates vote in the electoral process so easily. His Highness the Amir received the credentials of the new ambassadors of China, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and PORT OF COQUIMBO: Extensive damage caused by the sea in the port of Coquimbo, some 445 km north of the Netherlands at a ceremony held at Bayan Palace last Santiago, during the eve’s earthquake on September 17, 2015. A million people were evacuated in Chile Tuesday. —KUNA after an 8.3-magnitude quake struck offshore in the Pacific, killing at least 10 people and triggering tsunami waves along its northern coast. —AFP Embassy in Chile assures Kuwaitis’ safety after quake

WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s embassy in Chile Thursday assured Kuwaiti citizens in Chile, ensuring that they are all safe and the safety of Kuwaiti citizens in the wake of an 8.3-magnitude sound. In case of any emergency, the Kuwaiti embassy called offshore earthquake that struck the South American country on citizens to call 0056-99-316-9178 or 0056-5694-217-4723 on Wednesday. for immediate help. At least five people were killed and about The Kuwaiti embassy in the capital Santiago, in a press a million displaced after the earthquake, which triggered statement obtained by KUNA, said that it was able to reach all tsunami alerts. —KUNA KUWAIT: Egypt’s new ambassador to Kuwait Yasser Atef Kuwait, IEA sign marine environment agreement speaks during a news conference Thursday. —KUNA

VIENNA: Kuwait signed Thursday a new technical cooperation agreement PAYS to launch 8 with the International Energy Agency (IEA) on marine environment monitor- football academies ing and protection. The two sides signed the deal at the UN headquar- at youth centers ters in Vienna on the sidelines of IEA’s 59th General Conference, in which KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Youth and Sports Director General of Kuwait Institute (PAYS) announced Thursday the launch of eight for Scientific Research (KISR) Dr Naji football academies at youth centers soon as part of Al-Mutairi signed for the Kuwaiti side, its investment plan. Attracting interest in youth cen- while Dazhu Yang, IEA’s Deputy ters via football academies is an important step in Director General, signed for IEA side. PAYS’ project to revive youth centers as an impor- This agreement is the third with tant landmark in feeding Kuwaiti football with IEA, Mutairi said, adding KISR has promising talent, Hussam Al-Saleh, PAYS’ Deputy been preparing for the deal several Director General of Planning and Development, said months ago, during which it conduct- ed many calls with IEA to crystallize a in a press statement. cooperation measure between the These academies are to be launched after Eid Al- two sides in marine environment Adha directly, Saleh said, adding that the academies monitoring and protection in the will include, sport gear stores and vending Arabian Gulf. machines. He also valued efforts exerted by the On nature of the deal between the Minister of Information and Minister of State for two sides, Mutairi said that it includes Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- boosting cooperation to support Humoud Al-Sabah and PAYS’ Chairman and Director institutional capabilities on radiation General Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah VIENNA: Director General of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Dr monitoring, ecosystem-based man- for implementing all investment projects at youth Naji Al-Mutairi (right) and Dazhu Yang, International Energy Agency’s agement, marine pollution monitor- centers and sport arenas. —KUNA Deputy Director General sign the agreement. —KUNA ing and harmful algal bloom. —KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Firefighters tackle a blaze at a roof of a building in Drugs found with two suspects arrested in Maidan Drugs found in the sneakers of a passenger who Hawally yesterday. Hawally. tried to smuggle them through the airport. Six-member forgery gang busted GFATM hails Amir’s

By Hanan Al-Saadoun was taken to the concerned authorities Salmiya fire stations tackled the blaze; humanitarian role for further action. which had started on the building’s roof. KUWAIT: Residency Affairs Department The two-story building was evacuated GENEVA: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and detectives busted a six-member gang, Drug possession and the fire was put out. No injuries Malaria (GFATM) hailed yesterday His Highness the Amir of including five Egyptians and one Iraqi Police sent two drug users to the were reported. Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s for forging official documents. Police Drug Control General Directorate humanitarian contributions to the world. had opened in investigation over for- (DCGD) to face charges. A security Missing The remarks were made by GFATM’s Chairman of the gery suspicions involving a farm that source said that patrol officers stopped The emergency operator received a Board Norbert Hauser, during a meeting with Kuwait’s had employed 122 workers; a number two persons to check their IDs in Maidan call at 10:00 pm Thursday reported that Permanent representative to the UN and International that far exceeds a farm’s usual require- Hawally, and found out that one of them a man went missing near Kuwait Organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim. ments of workers. The farm’s Kuwaiti is wanted to serve four months in jail. Towers. Rescuers were sent looking for Hauser added that the leading humanitarian role of His owner was summoned for questioning, When they searched them, two bags the man, but did not find any trace for Highness is very much respected and appreciated by all but claimed that he knew nothing about containing shabu (methamphetamine) him. They eventually decided to sus- who work in the humanitarian field, expressing eagerness the workers, and that he did not sigh and paraphernalia were found with their pend search operations and resume the to visit the State of Kuwait as soon as possible. their employment documents. possession. Separately, a Kuwaiti man next morning. Search was still ongoing GFATM’s chief expressed admiration to the annual vol- Detectives eventually identified six sus- was arrested in Nugra with possession at the time of this writing. unteering support by the State of Kuwait to the fund esti- pects who forged documents to of drugs. Police had stopped the man mated annually at half a million US dollars, noting that increase the number of workers that can who became nervous when they Accident such contributions come to serve the fight against AIDS, be hired to work in the farm in question approached him, then found an enve- Fourteen people were hospitalized Tuberculosis and Malaria in member countries of the illegally. Five of the gang members were lope containing shabu with him. The following an accident involving a bus at Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). arrested while search is ongoing for the man was searcher after an identity King Fahad Road yesterday. All individu- Meanwhile, Ghunaim asserted the strong strategic last member. check revealed that he is wanted to als are of Asian nationalities. They were partnership between Kuwait and GFATM which serves serve four years in prison on drug-relat- taken to Adan and Mubarak hospitals humanity in the first place. The ambassador hailed all Smuggling bid foiled ed charges. were they were treated for minor efforts carried out by GFATM around the world. GFATM is An Arab man was caught trying to injuries. Meanwhile, a motorist suffered an international financing organization aims to attract and smuggle hashish in his sneakers, accord- No injuries in fire a broken leg during a two-car collision disburse additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and ing to Kuwait International Airport A fire broke out in a Hawally building on Salmi road. He was taken by medvac AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. —KUNA supervisor Suleiman Al-Fahad. The man yesterday. Firemen from Hawally and to Sabah Hospital. Teen stabs man to death in Waha fight Passport stamping forgery case discovered at airport

KUWAIT: A 27-year-old man died when a involves facilitating entry and exit stamping after regaining consciousness that they Insult teenager stabbed him during a fight in Waha, of expatriates passports while their holders passed out after smoking ‘cigarettes’ that a A supervisor at the Education Ministry according to security sources. Interior are outside Kuwait. According to investiga- man gave them while they were on the sea- accused a teacher’s husband of insulting her at Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for General tions, two employees at the airport helped side. Investigations are ongoing. her office, and the man was charged with Security Major General Abdelfattah Al-Ali per- their expatriate colleague, stamping the pass- insulting a public employee at work. Police are sonally led a security team that rushed to a site ports of her two daughters who live outside Bullets found near school looking for him for questioning. in the area in response to an emergency call the country. The employee would have the A child gave Jahra officers 40 M16 rounds, reporting that a group of young men had passports stamped once every six months in when he found them next to his school’s Attempted murder gathered there for a fight. When they arrived, order to avoid having her daughter’s residen- fence in Jahra. The bullets were sent to con- A man was charged with murder threat they found one man bleeding from his neck, cy visas automatically canceled. The three vio- cerned authorities. The boy had approached after he reportedly told his ex-wife that he was and another from different wounds all over his lating employees were sent to the Public officers with few bullets in his hand, and told going to kill her. The woman told officers at body. Both were rushed to Jahra Hospital, Prosecution which remanded them in cus- them that he found a lot more next to the Sabah Al-Salem police station that a dispute where the man with the neck wound later suc- tody pending further action. fence at his school. The kid said that he was erupted when her ex-husband came over to cumbed to his injury. The other man’s condi- aware of the bullets’ type from warning her house to pick up their daughter. The dis- tion was described as stable as he remained in Pedestrian hit videos he said he saw on TV. Detectives are pute escalated to a point in which the man the intensive care unit. Meanwhile, police A Filipina woman was rushed to Amiri hos- carrying out investigations to determine the pulled a knife and threatened to kill his ex-wife, were later approached by a man who reported pital, while a police patrol driver is being source of the rounds. according to her statements. Investigations are that his 15-year-old son had returned home questioned after running her over. The officer ongoing. with blood-stained clothes after being was driving to a scene in Bneid Al-Qar where a Drug trader arrested engaged in a fight. The kid had told his father fight was reported when he hit the woman Drug Control General Department officers Questioning about the fight, and admitted that at least one who was crossing the Arabian Gulf Road. The arrested a drugs pusher with 1.25 kilograms Director General of Kuwait Fire Services of his foes might have been critically wound- woman’s injuries were said to be not severe. of hashish. The man was ambushed after he Directorate (KFSD) Lieutenant General Yousuf Al- ed, but refused to go to the police station to sold drugs to an undercover agent for KD Ansari ordered a number of firemen at a local fire report the case. Police later arrested the Drug abuse 200 in Jahra. The trap was set up following station to be questioned after he went there on a teenager inside his house. A man and a teenage boy were sent to the investigations in information regarding a surprise inspection tour only to find out that Drug Control General Department (DGCA) for Kuwaiti man’s activity in trading with drugs. most firemen on duty had failed to report to Forgery questioning on drug abuse charges. The two He was caught red handed during the work on that day. He ordered that those absent Officers at Kuwait International Airport were first taken to Mubarak hospital after exchange. The rest of the hashish was found be sent to the legal affairs department and be police uncovered a forgery incident that being found unconscious. They told police in his house. dealt with accordingly. —Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Interior Minister tours airport

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh for the forthcoming Hajj season, urging the department to pro- the efforts exerted by security men at Kuwait International Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah conducted an inspec- vide all facilities for pilgrims as quick as possible, in addition to Airport in implementing all tasks and missions assigned to them tion tour Thursday to Kuwait International Airport, during which secure their safety from the moment they leave the country and by the ministry, as part of its emergency plans, pointing out their he checked the ports security department’s level of preparations until their return. He expressed his gratitude and appreciation to capabilities and efficiency in dealing with such tasks. — KUNA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Balkans close migrants’ Is Pope Francis Pak base attack kills access to north Europe 9 anti-American? 10 29; 16 die in mosque 11

MAKKAH: Muslim Pilgrims prepare for Friday prayers outside the Grand Mosque yesterday. — AP Muslims flock in droves for hajj Pilgrims’ safety a priority • Riyadh warns against unrest MAKKAH: Pilgrims from around the world carrying out their rituals. who had just finished circling the cube- Arabia from Jordan after escaping Syria’s civil have begun massing in Saudi Arabia for the The safety of pilgrims is a priority, the Saudi shaped Kaaba, which all Muslims face to pray, war, prayed rival leaders would “come back to hajj, one of the biggest gatherings on the crown prince said yesterday. Prince called the Grand Mosque “the safest place in their senses and stop shedding innocent planet, undeterred by a crane collapse that Mohammed bin Nayef, quoted by the official the world”. The Kaaba is now barely visible blood.” “Will it ever end? God knows. I hope all killed 108 people at Islam’s holiest site. More Saudi Press Agency, said the kingdom always amid the surrounding construction works. our leaders can come to Makkah and share the than 1.2 million faithful have already arrived “takes into consideration the safety of pilgrims Tawaf, or circumambulating the Kaaba, is a rit- same faith as all those people do,” he said. for the annual hajj, which begins on Tuesday as a priority”. The incident has been dealt with ual of the pilgrimage performed by the white- As they walked in groups, some joined against a backdrop of increased jihadist vio- “in record time with the directives issued by clad pilgrims who come from all over the hands and others wore colourful scarves bear- lence, a surge of the deadly MERS virus and King Salman and.... has no more effect whatso- world. They are following the 1,400-year-old ing the name of their country to avoid getting with the kingdom at war in Yemen. From all ever on the hajj plans for this year.” The prince, tradition of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). separated or lost. Some pushed relatives in races and ages, they flocked into the Grand who is also interior minister, on Thursday wheelchairs or helped the elderly in the crush. Mosque, where they prayed some silently in reviewed a parade and drill by security officers Warning “I invite all people from Iran and other Muslim tears and others loudly in groups carrying demonstrating their readiness to protect the Saudi Arabia has also warned pilgrims to countries to come together in Makkah and their countries’ flags. hajj from attacks or accidents. avoid exploiting the annual gathering for experience the spirituality,” said Abdullah The hajj is among the five pillars of Islam “Do you see the number of people here? political reasons, reflecting its worry that tur- Rahmani, a grey-bearded Iranian. and every capable Muslim must perform the Do you think they are fearful? It is quite the moil in the region may prompt attacks or dam- While the pilgrims will not notice it, they pilgrimage at least once. Previously marred by opposite. People here have faith in God and aging displays of discord. “The security forces are arriving in a country at war. Since March, stampedes and fires that killed hundreds, it perceive those that died as martyrs,” said are ready to confront any irresponsible behav- the kingdom has led an Arab coalition con- had been largely incident-free for the past Amin Al-Rahman of Bangladesh. The crane iour that might pollute the purity of hajj or ducting air strikes and supporting local forces decade after safety improvements. But on was one of several on a multi-billion-dollar endanger the lives of the guests of Allah,” in Yemen against Shiite Huthi rebels. Sept 11, during severe winds, a construction expansion to accommodate increasing num- Interior Minister Crown Prince Mohammed bin Hundreds of kilometres south of the Muslim crane toppled into a courtyard of the Grand bers of faithful. With another million pilgrims Nayef was quoted as saying by state media. holy cities of Makkah and Medina, at least 61 Mosque. Saudis, Iranians, Nigerians, expected for the hajj, King Salman acted swift- In the Grand Mosque, worshippers of differ- Saudi soldiers and civilians have been killed Malaysians, Indonesians and Indians were ly to sanction the developer, Saudi Binladin ent nationalities said they hoped the hajj since March in shelling and skirmishes on the among the dead. About 400 more people Group. would provide a chance for Muslims to set Saudi frontier with Yemen. Thousands more were injured, but it has not stopped pilgrims Samira Abdulwahab, a pilgrim from Sudan strife aside. Ali Saeed, who arrived in Saudi people have died inside Yemen. — Agencies INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Libya talks get boost as deadline looms

TRIPOLI: Hopes for a deal to form a unity jihadists and people smugglers to flourish grounds of the city’s airport that killed with an international organisation posted government in war-torn Libya by a Sept 20 in the chaos-wracked country. His peace three security personnel on Friday. Libya’s in Tripoli, asking to be named, said the deadline received a boost yesterday after plan calls for an accord to be reached by emergence as a smuggling hub for plan’s failure would lead to Leon being UN-brokered peace talks had run into Sunday, in time for the UN General migrants risking their lives to cross the replaced and continued fighting on the opposition from both sides. UN envoy Assembly in New York that runs until Mediterranean has also added to the ground. The rival factions had seemed Bernardino Leon, announcing “very good October 6, but successive proposals have urgency of the long-running talks. close to reaching a deal last week at the news”, said lawmakers from Libya’s interna- met with resistance from one side or the talks in Morocco’s seaside resort of Skhirat. tionally recognised parliament had agreed other. Two-Year Transition Then on Tuesday, the internationally to return to the talks with their rivals in Libya has been sliding deeper into tur- Leon’s plan aims to form a national uni- recognised parliament rejected the new Tripoli after resolving an internal dispute. moil since the 2011 ouster of dictator ty government for a two-year transition draft and said it was withdrawing from the The parliamentarians based in Tobruk in Muammar Gaddafi, with two rival adminis- period to end with parliamentary elections. latest session of peace talks - an announce- the far east of Libya had bridged their dif- trations and militias battling for control of The Tobruk legislature signed a draft deal ment played down by Leon. ferences and agreed to re-engage in the the oil-rich North African nation. The rival in July but changes were made at the Leon has said he remains optimistic process, he said from the talks near Rabat. to Libya’s internationally recognised parlia- request of the Tripoli-based General that a deal can be reached by Sunday, but “We still have to reach a final agree- ment operates from Tripoli, backed by the National Congress. Amendments suggest- acknowledged time is running out for his ment on the other issues,” he said. “We Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) militia coalition. ed by the GNC -including a call to respect a mediation mission. “Of course, if there’s a have little time, a lot of work to do and we The Islamic State jihadist group has taken judgement of the Tripoli-based supreme decision be it on September 20, before will continue to inform on the evolution.” advantage of the turmoil to expand its court invalidating the internationally then, or in the days that follow not to con- The Spanish diplomat has been trying for foothold in the country. IS has also claimed recognised government - were then reject- tinue the process, then of course my time months to end the deadlock between several attacks in the Libyan capital, includ- ed by the Tobruk-based administration. as representative and special envoy will be Libya’s rival governments that has allowed ing an assault on a prison located in the With the deadline looming, an official over but we’re not there yet.” — AFP

Lebanon TV station cleared News of contempt in Hariri case in brief Iranian-American new Journalist convicted of defying Hague court order White House chief florist

THE HAGUE: A Lebanese television station WASHINGTON: The White House announced Thursday was yesterday cleared of charges of contempt that it has selected an Iranian-born woman who started a for publishing details of witnesses in the trial business from her parents’ garage as its new chief florist, a of the alleged killers of former prime minister move the first lady called proof the American dream lives Rafiq Hariri. The Hague-based Special Tribunal on. Hedieh “Roshan” Ghaffarian, who immigrated to the for Lebanon also cleared Al-Jadeed televi- United States as a young child and was raised in California, sion’s deputy chief editor, Karma Khayat, of will be on hand for the Sept 25 state dinner in honor of one charge of contempt, but found her guilty Chinese President Xi Jinping and start full-time on Oct 18, of obstruction of justice for failing to remove the broadcast from the TV’s website and social the White House said in a statement. It said Ghaffarian media as ordered. started her “Flower Affairs” floral business from her parents’ Set up in 2007, the court is the only inter- garage in her early twenties before going on to work at national ad hoc tribunal with the jurisdiction more than 1,000 events over her 25-year career. “Roshan’s to try an act of terror. It is specifically trying life story is a powerful reminder that the American Dream suspects charged with the murder of Hariri, endures, and the President and I look forward to seeing her killed with 22 others in a massive suicide car creativity flourish for White House guests to enjoy year- bombing on the Beirut waterfront on round,” First Lady Michelle Obama said. February 14, 2005. No Criminal Act Speeding sheikh The prosecutor “has not proved that... Al- Jadeed committed a criminal act,” presiding has likely left US judge Nicola Lettieri told the hearing at the tri- bunal’s fortress-like building. However, Khayat AMMAN: In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees after crossing BEVERLY HILLS: A Middle Eastern sheikh who allegedly herself “was at least wilfully blind to the into Jordanian territory with their families, in the Roqban reception point near said he owned a Ferrari caught on film speeding (court’s) order,” to remove the broadcasts the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria, and Iraq, near the town of through a Beverly Hills neighborhood apparently has from the station’s website as well as from the Ruwaished. — AP raced out of town, police said Thursday. Khalid bin YouTube social media video channel. Al- Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar has left the country and the Jadeed - which had been critical of Hariri - although three of the 11 witnesses could be international and Lebanese law in its judge- cars are gone, authorities said at a news conference. broadcast five programs in August 2012 on identified thanks to the television broadcast ments. At the trial’s opening in April, Khayat Khalid, who owns a drag-racing team and is an aficiona- the alleged witnesses due to testify at the the prosecution had not proved “the indi- told the court her television station aimed do of fast cars, has routinely been photographed racing highly-sensitive trial. viduals concerned suffered any harm from to ensure that money to fund the tribunal cars on racetracks, including a Formula 1 racer. The The prosecutor had later said “11 witness- the disclosures”. Nor did the disclosures was not being squandered. Her lawyer bright yellow, 12-cylinder LaFerrari, which can sell for es were approached,” raising concerns about “undermine public confidence in the tri- Karim Khan said prosecutors were “shoot- around $1.4 million new, was spotted along with a protecting the identities of those giving evi- bunal’s ability to protect the confidentiality” ing the messenger” because Al-Jadeed was white Porsche zooming down narrow streets and blow- dence. Five suspected members of the Iran- of witnesses. Speaking from Lebanon, not responsible for any leaks of the witness- ing through stop signs on Saturday evening until they backed powerful Lebanese Shiite militia, Khayat gave a scathing reaction. “The ver- es’ identities. Khayat faces a maximum sev- finally pulled into a driveway, the Ferrari’s engine smok- Hezbollah, have been indicted by the court. dict of innocence in the contempt charge en-year prison sentence, and/or a fine of up ing. Officers answering reports of reckless driving found Their trial in absentia opened in January 2014, means that you (the STL) wasted our time to 100,000 euros ($106,000) and had denied both cars parked in a driveway. A man told the officers and disrupted our workflow for two years, the charges. but despite international warrants for their that the cars belonged to him and denied speeding or and in the end, we were right.” Khan told journalists yesterday even arrest, the five are yet to appear in court. driving recklessly, police said. The man claimed to have While Al-Jadeed had concealed the witnesses’ Referring to an email ordering the though he was satisfied that Al-Jadeed was broadcasts to be removed which Khayat acquitted, he would appeal the judgement diplomatic immunity, but that is unlikely, Lt Lincoln faces and names were not mentioned, Hoshino said. Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said the “nobody was fooled” about their identities, said she had not opened, she said “a single against Khayat. “What I am most happy Ferrari was connected to Khalid. However, Hoshino said prosecutors told the judge during the trial. In email cannot be considered enough evi- about is that we won three out of the four investigators have not confirmed whether he actually August a tribunal judge also ordered Khayat dence against me.” The court “took this charges. What is left (the guilty verdict) is and her station to take down the broadcasts. decision (to convict me) just to save face. still being heavily contested by the was driving either car. The city also has passed along its (At) this stage it isn’t over yet.” Khayat is the defence,” he said. “But ultimately this is a outrage over the incident to the Qatari consulate via ‘Shooting the Messenger’ first-ever accused to appear willingly before case that shouldn’t have been brought in the US State Department, the chief said. In his ruling, the judge found that the STL, a hybrid tribunal that uses both the first place,” he said. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Mediation talks in Burkina Faso after coup

OUAGADOUGOU: The leaders of Burkina Faso’s coup with terrorists.” Protests spilled over to the country’s eco- began mediation talks with two African heads of state yes- nomic capital Bobo-Dioulasso where women gathered with terday as troops fired in the air to stop protestors from brooms and giant wooden spatulas, showing that they marching on an iconic square in the capital. Senegalese wanted a cleanup. The west African nation was preparing to President Macky Sall, chairman of the Economic hold its first democratic election in decades before a mili- Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc and tary coup Thursday led by allies of the former president Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi, arrived in the capital threw the nascent democracy into turmoil. An elite army Ouagadougou for vital negotiations in a bid to end the cri- unit (RSP) loyal to former president Compaore seized power sis. They immediately huddled into a Ouagadougou hotel after complaining the transition government was excluding with coup head General Gilbert Diendere for talks. his supporters in the upcoming October 11 election. As they arrived, members of the elite presidential guard ECOWAS said it rejected “the disruption of the demo- which spearheaded the coup, fired in the air to disperse cratic process” in a joint press release with the African anti-putsch protestors who tried to march on the capital’s Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) on Thursday. “The iconic Revolution Square. The downtown square was the group reaffirms its full support for the transition at this epicentre of a popular uprising against Burkina Faso’s veter- crucial period for the future of Burkina Faso.” OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s Gen Gilbert an ruler Blaise Compaore, who was forced to quit last year Ouagadougou was calm throughout the night, with peo- Diendere (left) walks alongside Senegal after trying to extend his 27-year-rule. Civil society groups ple respecting a curfew imposed by the military. In the President Macky Sall after he arrived at the air- had urged people to gather in front of Ouagadougou air- morning, there were fewer cars on the road than usual, port for talks yesterday. — AP port yesterday to “remind” Sall that “one does not negotiate with some shops locked shut. — AFP N Irish parties to start talks over IRA crisis

BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist parties will begin talks on Monday, led by the British and Irish governments, to try to save the power-sharing government that ended decades of sectari- an violence. The British province’s devolved administra- tion is on the brink of collapse after a murder linked to for- mer members of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA) prompted its first minister, Peter Robinson, to step aside last week. Britain said it had commissioned a factual assessment by the UK security agencies and Northern Ireland’s police service of the structure, role and purpose of paramilitary organisations, to be published by mid-October, to help conclude the talks. “Recent events have highlighted the continuing impact and legacy of paramilitary organisa- tions in Northern Ireland. This needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency,” said Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers in a statement. A 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of sec- ZAGREB: Croatian police stand beside a train carrying migrants and refugees in a marshalling yard yesterday. —AFP tarian violence between Catholics who want a united Ireland and Protestants who want Northern Ireland to remain British that killed 3,600 people. But one of the key Balkans close migrants’ planks of that deal was undermined last month when police said the IRA was likely involved in the murder of a former operative, despite assurances from allies Sinn Fein, which shares power in parliament, that the group had “left access to north Europe the stage”. Earlier this week, Villiers proposed the creation of an Refugee family swaps Syrian hell for Vatican flat independent watchdog to monitor paramilitary groups and Ireland’s foreign minister said the one-off assessment announced on Friday did not preclude future monitoring TOVARNIK, Croatia: Overwhelmed Croatia burden. After EU frontline state Hungary sealed Maiden t-shirt, a sad smile on his face. Standing yesterday began transporting thousands of off its southern border with Serbia earlier this just metres from the shallow river which marks arrangements being applied. With some members of the migrants to its border with Hungary, admitting week, thousands of migrants and refugees have the border between Slovenia and Croatia, he armed groups on both sides now thriving in racketeering it cannot cope with the flood of humanity seek- now headed westwards, seeking to open up a told AFP he tried to slip across but was stopped and cross-border smuggling, Britain also said it would pro- ing a route through to northern Europe. The new route westwards through Croatia and by Slovenian police. “They closed the border for vide funding to tackle criminality and strengthen the move came as Budapest started building a new Slovenia into Austria. us, maybe forever.” capacity to seize criminal assets. fence to keep them out, potentially setting up a But after two days in which they registered But for one Syrian family, there was good Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), new flashpoint in Europe’s worst migration cri- more than 13,000 Croatia yesterday said it had news as Pope Francis put them up in a Vatican which refused to commit to the negotiations until it was sis since World War II. With no let-up in the flow reached saturation point, closing seven of the apartment, aides revealed yesterday. The satisfied they would deal sufficiently with paramilitary of people desperate to find shelter in Europe, eight crossings along its eastern border with Christian family from Damascus is the first of activities, said it would participate. “I am not in the busi- new figures showed the European Union had Serbia. “Our capacities to take in more are satu- two that the Catholic leader has promised to ness of wrecking devolution,” said party leader Peter received almost a quarter of a million asylum rated,” Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic told N1 help as part of a broader Church effort to help Robinson. “Today’s statement by the Secretary of State is a requests in the three months to June. television station. As the crowds began making shape Europe’s response to an ongoing migra- welcome first step in demonstrating that the government And as another toddler’s body washed up their way westwards, Slovenia announced it tion crisis partly caused by the conflict in Syria. are taking our concerns seriously.” on the shores of western Turkey, new figures was suspending all Croatian rail links until late The family, members of the Melkite Greek Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin from the International Organization for yesterday. At Harmica, a small village on Catholic Church, has been housed in a flat near McGuinness of Sinn Fein said on Twitter he was pleased Migration (IOM) showed that nearly 474,000 Croatia’s northwestern border with Slovenia, St Peter’s cathedral, a short walk from Francis’s the Unionist leaders would be present at the talks. The people had so far this year braved perilous trips buses were arriving every hour, bringing more own modest boarding house accommodation negotiations will also try to find agreement on how the across the Mediterranean to reach Europe. With and more people as Slovenian police gathered and all the charms of Rome’s historic centre. province, the region most dependent on government Europe’s cherished borderless travel zone in tat- on the other side watching, some peering Although Damascus has been spared the worst spending in the United Kingdom, will implement long- ters, the continent has been wrangling over through binoculars into the surrounding corn in the Syrian conflict, it must nevertheless seem standing budget cuts dictated by London. — Reuters how to handle the influx, with eastern states fields. “I just want to cross the border,” said a to this particular family that they have been ruling out an EU quota plan for sharing out the young Syrian student wearing a black Iron transported to another world. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Is Pope Francis anti-American? VATICAN CITY: He is the self-declared foe of unbridled capitalism, rabid consumerism and have-it-all lifestyles - but are conservatives right in fearing Pope Francis is anti- American at heart? The pontiff’s attacks on those who worship the “God of money”, appeals for an ecological revolution and criticisms of an unjust global economic system that excludes the poor have all wound up eco- nomic ultra-liberals. From Wall Street to the Tea Party, critics have slammed Argentine Francis as a poorly cam- ouflaged Marxist and the debate is intensifying ahead of his arrival in the United States next week. The 78-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church certainly believes the superpower should do more, and fast, to live up to its responsibilities, and is unlikely to skip the chance to urge Americans to change their decadent ways. Vatican expert Andrea Tornielli told AFP he didn’t believe Francis was anti-American. “What he has said about a savage financial system, an economy that kills, an idolatry of money, is part of the Church’s social doctrine,” Tornielli said. It is, however, “a doctrine in many aspects forgotten by those who, even in Catholic circles, glorify the current system as the best of all possible worlds, and who continue to say that the markets should be even freer because it’s the only solution to end poverty and hunger”. Asked in July how it felt to have been termed by one GEVGELIJA: Migrants and refugees queue to cross the Greek-Macedonian border yesterday. — AFP American television presenter “the most dangerous man on the planet”, Francis said he would study the criticisms made against him, after which “dialogue must ensue” - suggesting he may be gearing up to challenge his detrac- EU leaders scramble to tors on their home turf. He will also have his work cut out in wooing disaffected US bishops, many of whom com- plain he has not given them enough support against the halt refugee ‘shambles’ Obama administration over abortion, contraception and gay marriage.

‘Awe and Resentment’ Bitter disputes on sharing, bolstering borders His superstar status has led to a boom in papal tourist souvenirs on sale ahead of the trip, but there are grum- BRUSSELS: As hundreds of thousands of of crowds of migrants has seen not just razor through the Schengen area. bles too: critics complain the country has been left off the people risk lives to cross Europe’s frontiers wire and water cannon on external frontiers • They now complain Italy and Greece are pope’s radar too long. Francis hardly mentions the seeking a haven of peace, Europeans them- but borders going up again inside its slow to accept EU help to properly register United States in his writings, and chose to visit ‘far-flung’ selves have turned on each other with a ven- Schengen passport-free zone. migrants and send back non-refugees, places such as Albania, Bolivia and Sri Lanka before om that has stirred memories of their own Like the euro currency, whose optimistic meaning many can drift across Europe work- Washington. Austen Ivereigh, author of a biography on long conflicts. “It’s about as poisonous as it architecture was founding wanting when ing without documents. the pope, says “for him, the United States is not the cen- could be,” said one veteran EU diplomat. The economic crisis struck southern Europe, so • Hungary blames Greece for the tens of tre of the world”. Experts say the pontiff will undoubtedly atmosphere in Brussels was “fetid”, he said, the open borders system is now cracking as thousands arriving there this summer and praise the Stars and Stripes for its history as a land of free- when leaders agreed on Thursday to hold an Syrian refugees pour across from Turkey to has now fenced off its border with Serbia. dom - but will not hesitate to confront the current ultra- emergency summit next week to stem a spi- Greece, hoping for a welcome in Germany. The Commission and other states criticise conservative, xenophobic and often religious right wing. ral of recrimination. “The EU works reasonably well when sharing Hungary for its fence while Budapest says its “The Pope vs The Donald: The anti-Donald Trump is That discord threatens not just the well- collective gains (from trade, for instance),” critics have no better ideas. coming to town. And he speaks Spanish too,” said an edi- being of refugees but many hopes for the Philippe Legrain, a former European • EU leaders in June criticised Juncker for torial in the American news outlet Politico, in an allusion Union itself. Ministers have been unable to Commission adviser, wrote this week for publicising his proposal of quotas for states to the Republican presidential candidate’s attacks on agree on how to share out the responsibili- Foreign Policy. “But it is hopeless at sharing to take in 40,000 asylum-seekers. And Hispanics. Religious expert John Allen, who writes for the ties of accommodating asylum-seekers. They out costs, whether the real ones of the finan- Juncker criticises leaders for setting only a Crux website, said of Francis that “there are unmistakable will try to break the deadlock on Tuesday, a cial crisis or the perceived ones of the voluntary target of 40,000 and then making signals that he sees the United States as part of the prob- day before leaders meet. But it will not be refugee crisis. “Seven long years of economic pledges totalling just 32,000. lem as much as the solution. “He feels some of the same easy. Germany and other big powers could misery ... have shredded support for collec- • Germany, anxious at the treatment of ambivalence about the United States many Latin try to break ferocious resistance among tive European action ... Unsurprisingly, then, refugees in Hungary, said it would not apply American bishops do,” Allen told AFP. smaller ex-Communist eastern states by the EU approach to the refugee crisis has the Dublin rules to Syrians and would “It’s a mix of awe about the economic and military forcing a vote to oblige them to take in been a shambles.” process asylum claims from Syrians who power of the country, and respect for the generosity of mandatory quotas of refugees. entered the EU elsewhere. Hungary and Americans in times of need, combined with resentment But what one diplomat called a potential Disputes Galore others said Germany just triggered more over the checkered history of the US in Latin America and “blood on the walls moment” would be, for EU officials argue Brussels has prepared immigration. Germany then annoyed its doubts about the fundamental justice of the global eco- another, the “worst signal you can send” to plans in record time since April. But disputes neighbours by suspending Schengen rules nomic system the US represents,” he said. voters across Europe who are already grow- among states, and divergent national poli- on some borders due to the migrants. Some Francis is expected to garner massive media coverage, ing sceptical of the benefits of membership cies on the asylum that countries must offer others followed suit. whether positive or negative: he will be the first pope to and fear “being railroaded by Germany”. The to refugees, are holding up action. Jean- • Germany, France and others criticise address Congress, a decision the Vatican said was based worse it gets, the more the risk of undermin- Claude Juncker, the former Luxembourg eastern states led by Slovakia, the Czech on the opportunity to speak out to “all Americans”. And, ing efforts to confront other major chal- premier who has run the executive Republic and Hungary for blocking a larger typically, he’ll spend a significant amount of time with lenges for the EU, from preserving a fragile European Commission for the past year, Juncker plan to relocate 120,000 according those forgotten, overlooked or neglected by society, common front in sanctioning Russia over urges an end to “finger-pointing”. But wran- to quotas. Westerners say ex-Communist from the homeless, to prisoners and immigrants, as well Ukraine to patching up the euro zone and gling ahead of next week’s meetings shows states lack solidarity after years of receiving as America’s young. persuading Britain not to leave. disputes are dominating diplomacy: EU subsidies and could be penalised by hav- Marco Politi, papal biographer, said Francis’s main aim A compromise to share out refugees on a • Italy and Greece say they cannot cope ing their grants cut. is for “America to reflect on the growing gulf between voluntary basis may emerge, diplomats say. with migrants coming by sea who, under the • Easterners accuse Germany of bullying, billions of poor people and a small group of super-rich”. But there are many other arguments and the EU’s Dublin system, should be given shelter say relocation will only draw in more immi- Fellow Vatican expert Iacopo Scaramuzzi believes Francis east-west split on relocation may well not be and potentially asylum in the first EU state grants who will, in any case, not want to stay will be firm but not combative, insisting on man’s culpa- the worst. The EU prides itself on cementing they enter. in eastern Europe but will defy the unen- bility for global warming, but keeping “an open attitude peace and fostering prosperity by removing • Germany, France and other northern forceable Dublin rules and cross Schengen to North American culture” as the US’s guest and possible internal barriers among its 28 states. But states complain Italy and Greece are ignor- borders to Germany. Poor easterners in the friend. — AFP ambitions to act as one toward the outside ing the Dublin rules on registering asylum- euro zone note their “solidarity” in bailing world have fallen short. And now the arrival seekers and helping them travel north out Greece. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Taleban militants kill 20 in Pakistan military base Another attack on mosque leaves 16 dead PESHAWAR: A brazen Taleban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 20 people on Friday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the mili- tants stormed a mosque inside the com- pound during prayers. The attack triggered an hours-long fire- LESPOS: Behnam Ahmadi from Afghanistan poses for a fight at the base and the Pakistani forces photograph upon his arrival on the shores of the Greek said they killed 13 of the attackers, though island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from it was unclear how many were involved in Turkey on a dinghy.— AFP the assault. Apart from 16 slain inside the mosque, three guards employed with the air force and an army captain were also Afghan inventor killed, officials said. The attack was a major blow for with big dreams Pakistan’s military, which stepped up oper- ations against the militants following a hor- on migrant trail rific Taleban attack last December at a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, SKALA SIKAMINIAS: His trainers are still wet from the Greek beach mostly children. It also underscored the where he landed, but Behnam Ahmadi is already fizzing with ideas ability of the militants to stage spectacular about how he will pay Europe back if he is allowed to stay. Ahmadi attacks on targets linked to the country’s PESHAWAR: Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base. — AP photos looks no different from other Afghan kids betting their futures on military and government. new lives in the European Union: He wears jeans and a t-shirt, and his backpack carries all his worldly possessions. Details still sketchy But as he and his friends trudge up from the shore of Lesbos During yesterday’s assault, the attackers island-their first European steps in a journey that is far from over-it’s first stormed the guard room of the obvious this gawky teenager is a little out of the ordinary. The first Badaber base, according to air force offi- sign is an almost obsessive love of languages that has given him a cials. The base was established in 1960s as startling ability to jabber away in rapid English, French or German. an air force facility but has mostly been Then there is the sheer scale of his ambitions. Ahmadi wants to used as a residential place for air force become an inventor-”like the Japanese who invented robots”-in employees and officers from Peshawar. order, he says, to show “appreciation for what the Europeans will do Army spokesman Maj Gen Asim Saleem for us”. Top of his to-do list: Designing a new drone to detect and Bajwa said 13 attackers were killed by the destroy explosives. A device that could have saved the friend he lost security forces. He said the attack was in a car bombing. quickly repulsed and that the bodies of the “I know that sometimes when you are small, people are not slain “terrorist” were lying on the ground in going to take you seriously,” Ahmadi tells AFP, his own young face the base compound. However, details deadly serious. “I need to learn a bit more about programming and about how the Taleban managed to make designing the device. If I go to Germany and someone helps me, it their way into the mosque, which is inside will take me between six months and one year.” the compound walls, and gun down 16 Ahmadi loves the idea of Germany. For him, there is no limit to people during prayers were sketchy. what he will be able to do if his asylum application is accepted there. Bajwa said the militants entered the “The thing I love about Germans,” he says, “is they respect your tal- base from different directions in a two- ent and they believe in you.” pronged assault - apparently one push tar- geted the mosque - but that security forces PESHAWAR: Pakistani security officials rush their colleague to a local hospital. ‘Death threats for English lessons’ quickly responded. It was also unclear if any Ahmadi is hoping his love of learning will go down better in of the attackers got away. According to drone strike hit a home in the South women and children after attacking the Germany than it did in Herat, western Afghanistan. The son of a dairy Bajwa and a statement released by the air Waziristan tribal region, south of Peshawar, base, Khurasani said. He added that the worker, he had polished his English chatting to American soldiers, force, along with those killed, 10 soldiers killing at least three militants and wound- Taleban “targeted” 50 security forces, with- despite his mother’s worries they would teach him how to smoke. were wounded in the firefight with mili- ing five, according to two Pakistani security out explaining what that meant. Two years ago he began giving informal lessons to younger kids in tants, along with an unspecified number of officials who spoke on condition of his bedroom-basic computer skills, painting, and his beloved lan- civilians. The dead and most the wounded anonymity because they were not author- ‘Guns and rockets’ guages. “I wanted to share what I know. I didn’t charge them-I could were taken to a military hospital in the area, ized to talk to the media. Pakistani TV footage showed army heli- see the ray of hope in their eyes. That was enough for me.” where access was barred to reporters. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the copters hovering near the base, as police Then, he says, local Taliban militants heard what he was doing. Five wounded security personnel and country’s powerful army chief, Gen Raheel and troops surrounded the area. Local “They told us, ‘You’re infidels because you’re teaching the kids for- two civilians were brought to the main gov- Sharif, rushed to Peshawar and attended police officer Shahid Khan Bangash said a eign languages,’” says Ahmadi, his voice shaking with bitterness. ernment hospital in Peshawar. It was not some of the funerals of the victims. large explosion was heard as the militants “They told me they would stone my sister and mother because of immediately clear whether the army would According to Muslim tradition, the first tried to storm the base. “We are hear- me.” It is one of two times during the teenager’s long conversation allow media access to the base, once it has deceased are buried as soon as possible. ing that the attackers were armed with with AFP that he appears close to tears. The other is when he talks been cleared. One of the wounded security Earlier, the army chief met with the security guns and rockets,” he said. Bangash said about the chubby little brother-so fond of learning the English officials, Mohammad Rizwan, said he was forces taking part in the clearing operation the attackers threw grenades at the guard words for foods-whom he misses so much. coming out of the mosque when he was hit at the base and also visited a military hospi- room but were unable to enter the main Ahmadi says he shut down his “classroom” in late 2014, his family by a bullet. tal where doctors were treating soldiers area of the base. terrified by Taliban death threats. It was then that he made up his “I fell down and I saw some of the wounded in the attack. Later in the morning, he said the firing mind to head to Europe. The rest of the family has stayed behind. attackers, but I don’t know what happened A rescue officer said his crew transport- had stopped and a search operation for the Ahmadi left Afghanistan more than 50 days ago, an odyssey that has later, I fell unconscious,” he said. A wound- ed at least 20 wounded to hospitals in the militants who might still be hiding in the seen him get beaten by Iranian border guards, walk at one point for ed soldier, Akram Ullah, said from his hospi- area. The officer, who spoke on the condi- area was under way. Yesterday’s attack 24 hours straight, and work in a supermarket in Turkey for a month tal bed that he was inside the mosque and tion of anonymity because he was not came a day after Pakistan reported the to save up “for a rainy day”. that he remembers seeing a gunman with a authorized to speak to media, said there arrest a militant figure behind a recent In his more cheerful moments, Ahmadi speaks with the optimism grenade come in. Fayaz Hussain Chaudhry, were no immediate reports of women or failed attempt to target an air force facility of someone who knows they are bright and determined enough to father of the slain army Capt. Asfand Yar, children among the wounded. A in Kamra, also in the northwest of the coun- have a promising future. For some, he is exactly the kind of young- told the Dunya news TV station that his son spokesman for the Pakistani Taleban, try. Counter-terrorism officer Junaid Khan ster who could turn Europe’s refugee crisis into an opportunity gave his life for his country. “He fought at Mohamad Khurasani, claimed responsibility in the southern port city of Karachi, where rather than a burden. Germany’s central bank chief said Wednesday the front of the battle today and he killed for the attack. In a statement to the media, the raid took place, identified the suspect the influx of workers could be just what the country needs to main- terrorists,” he said. he said 14 Taleban fighters were involved in as Umar Hayat and said he was being ques- tain its status as the EU’s powerhouse. — AFP Shortly after the attack, a suspected US the assault. They offered “safe passage” to tioned. — AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Nine missing in boat collision off Taiwan

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese fishing boat capsized off the was reported. “We’ve been racing against time,” a nearby port was also hampered after a cable that island’s north coast yesterday morning after collid- coastguard spokesman told AFP, adding that search was attached to the capsized ship snapped. ing with a gravel ship, leaving all nine fishermen on vessels would continue combing the waters near the According to the authorities, the accident hap- board missing, officials said. Six coastguard vessels accident, however, an attempt by divers to enter the pened when the fishing vessel Shih Hui 31 was and a team of rescue divers have been dispatched to submerged ship was interrupted at dusk. “The water sailing off Chuwei, a fishing port near Taoyuan city, the scene of the crash to search for the missing, around the venue was full of fishing nets, making in the early hours yesterday and collided with the including a Taiwanese skipper, four Chinese fisher- the search work by the divers very difficult,” Tseng 8,000-tonne gravel ship. However, officials have men and four others from Indonesia. Shu-feng, a coastguard official, told reporters. yet to provide details about what instigated the Pressure on rescuers mounted as little progress He added that an attempt to tow the ship to a crash. —AFP Thai Junta’s begin new ‘attitude adjustments’ BANGKOK: From cordial cups of coffee and football games with sol- diers, to blindfolds and black site prisons, Thailand’s junta are employ- ing a range of tactics in their so-called “attitude adjustment” campaign against critics. Since seizing power last year, the military have sum- moned hundreds of politicians, journalists and ordinary citizens to attend what they described as attitude adjustment sessions-brief peri- ods of involuntary incarceration that can last up to seven days. Most are released once they sign documents promising not to repeat their transgressions and many have recalled holding relatively friendly discussions with their interrogators. The military themselves have described the summons as little more than an “invitation” to have a chat-albeit an invitation that no-one can refuse. But recent events suggest the junta government of General Prayut Chan-O-Cha is rolling out increasingly harsh interrogation techniques as it stamps down on dissent. Pravit Rojanaphruk, a columnist and one of the few remaining vocal critics of Thailand’s military rulers in the local media, says any pre- tence of amity disappeared during his most recent incarceration, describing being blindfolded, driven to a black site prison and facing lengthy, hostile interrogations. “It wasn’t torture but it was the two worst nights and days in my life,” he told AFP. Pravit was held incommunicado by the military on Sunday and released late Tuesday, he was told for comments he had made on social media. It is the second time he has been ordered to attend an attitude adjustment session. The journalist was previously detained alongside more than 200 others in the immediate aftermath of the coup. “The first time around was bizarrely palatable, if not even pleasant,” he recalled, describing how recently ousted civilian politicians were TOKYO: Demonstrators hold placards to protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial security bills able to obtain wine and food from their staff which they shared with in front of the National Diet yesterday. —AFP other detainees and their captors. Pravit said he even played football with the officers holding him. “The first time was a kind of coerced par- ty. But the party is now over,” he said. Crowds hold last ditch rally as

Threat of charges Japan set to pass security bills Two former MPs who were ousted in the May 2014 coup were summoned at the same time as Pravit. For one of them, former energy minister Pichai Naripthaphan, it was the seventh summons he had Troops fighting abroad enrages pacifist nation received. This one seemed to work. Following his release, also on Tuesday, he published a statement on Facebook saying he would not TOKYO: Swelling crowds gathered outside written sign saying: “We do not forgive. ‘Raise my voice’ be giving any interviews. Japan’s parliament yesterday as lawmakers Children are angry, too.” “I came to the One lawmaker dressed in black and car- Junta spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree told reporters at the looked close to passing security bills that protest together with my daughter to show ried Buddhist beads in a mock funeral proces- time that the trio were being held for “presenting information that is could see Japanese troops fight abroad for what real democracy is like,” said the 40- sion as he cast a vote in support of an upper not in keeping with the (junta) guidelines promoting peace and the first time in 70 years. Japan was on the year-old graduate law student. house censure motion against Abe. Yukio order”. During his most recent military appointment Pravit described verge of passing bills yesterday that will Nationalist Abe wants what he calls a Edano, secretary general of the main opposi- being blindfolded by officials wearing black clothes and surgical allow troops to fight on foreign soil for the normalization of Japan’s military posture, tion Democratic Party of Japan, said the gov- masks and driven out of Bangkok for 90 minutes to an unknown loca- first time since World War II, despite fierce which has been restricted to narrowly ernment had “lost its rational mind” as he tion. criticism it will reshape the proudly pacifist defined self-defense and aid missions by a launched a tirade on the parliament floor. The temperature, he recalled, was stifling and when he requested nation. pacifist constitution imposed by the US Despite opposition efforts, the bills are still periods of fresh air in between interrogations he was blindfolded and As the evening ticked on, Prime Minister after World War II. He and his backers say expected to pass as the ruling coalition holds only allowed into the corridor outside his cell. He was released only Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition and opposi- the changes are necessary because of a majority in both houses of parliament. Abe after signing a new document promising not to lead or participate in tion lawmakers remained at loggerheads threats from an increasingly belligerent has faced fierce criticism for both the laws any anti-junta activity while officers said he would face criminal inside parliament, where the controversial China and unstable North Korea. themselves and the way he has driven them charges if he overstepped the mark again. changes are expected to pass into law Opponents argue the new laws-which through in the face of public opposition. tonight. Tensions are running high the day would allow the tightly restricted military to There are growing signs this is taking a politi- New trend after scuffles broke out in parliament, while fight in defense of allies-go against the cal toll-opinion polls show the vast majority of According to iLaw, a local group that monitors arrest figures, 782 outside thousands stood in the rain to voice national psyche and could see the country Japanese are against the changes, and Abe’s people have been “summoned” by the authorities for attitude adjust- their opposition to what could be the dragged into American wars in far-flung once sky-high approval rating is dropping. ment since the coup up until the end of August, a number which biggest shift in Japan’s defence policy for parts of the globe. Tempers flared in Unable to muster support to amend claus- includes those who have been summoned multiple times as well as half a century. Japan’s parliament on Thursday, where es enshrining pacifism, Abe opted instead to when soldiers pay visits to people’s houses. “The threat of an attitude Tens of thousands of people, young and chaos broke out as opposition politicians re-interpret the document for the purpose of adjustment has always been there, but in the last few months it has old, have taken to the streets for weeks in physically tried to block a committee his bills, ignoring warnings from scholars and felt more intense,” said a researcher at iLaw who asked not to be almost daily rallies, in a show of public approving the bills. In scenes closer to a lawyers that they are unconstitutional. named. “The harsher methods are to send a message out to the public anger on a scale rarely seen in Japan. As rugby match than the usually sedate parlia- Opponents, including a Nobel-Prize winner, that the junta will no longer be lenient to its critics like last time,” said some 100 extra police officers arrived on ment, lawmakers at one point jumped on popular musicians and other prominent fig- Puangthong Pawakapan, a Thai politics expert at Chulalongkorn the scene, Yoko Fujiwara waited with her each other in a huge scrum to prevent the ures, say the changes could fundamentally University, who has also been previously summoned. —AFP six-year-old daughter, who carried a hand- vote. alter Japan. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Colleges add new gender-free pronouns ‘Ze’ pronoun now used during registration

BOSTON: Welcome to Harvard. Feel free applaud the changes, saying it can be University of Massachusetts, Amherst. of California system include more options graduation rates. “This is something that to pick a pronoun on this form: He. She. insulting to be identified by the wrong Changes at places like Harvard, starting this year, letting students choose people think is long overdue,” said Ze. E. They. During the registration pronoun. “It feels really invalidating to Beemyn said, represent “acceleration of a from labels including trans female or gen- Pamela Brown, the system’s vice presi- process at Harvard University, students have people make an assumption about trend that we have been seeing for the derqueer. dent of institutional research and aca- are now allowed to indicate which pro- what your gender is simply by looking at past few years.” Beyond pronouns, more The move is meant to welcome those demic planning. nouns they use, with suggested gender- you,” said Genny Beemyn, director of the colleges are updating forms that in the students, but for the first time it also lets Academics have suggested for years neutral options like “ze” or “they.” Harvard Stonewall Center for lesbian, gay, bisexual past let students pick between male and the school track data on how transgender the idea that gender falls along a spec- isn’t the first college to embrace gender- and transgender students at the female only. Applications to the University students fare on campus, such as their trum, not into two options. As early as neutral pronouns, but it’s among a wave 2009, schools like the University of of major institutions that are widening Vermont were letting students pick their their policies and pronouns to acknowl- gender pronouns. edge transgender students, as well as But the work of campus advocacy “genderqueer” students, who don’t iden- groups, plus the emergence of transgen- tify as male or female. der figures in pop culture, has fueled wider change, experts say. It’s now com- Transgender students monplace for colleges to offer housing for “If someone is being alienated or transgender students. On the first day of potentially outed by inappropriate gen- class, some professors voluntarily ask stu- der references, we think that’s not appro- dents to provide their pronouns. priate,” said Michael Burke, registrar of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Provoked backlash American University posted a guide on its On some campuses however, change website explaining how to use pronouns has provoked backlash. The University of like “ey,” and how to ask someone which Tennessee, Knoxville, sparked outrage pronouns they use. Cornell University and among state politicians in August when a MIT offer similar primers on their websites. post on the school website encouraged Ohio University started letting students students to use pronouns such as “xe.” register their gender pronouns this year, State senators blasted the idea and called and officials at Boston University said for an investigation of the post. Days later, they’re discussing the topic. Last week, by the order of the school president, it the State University of New York, one of was taken down. A spokeswoman for the the nation’s largest public college sys- university declined to comment. tems, announced that it’s working on a Grammarians, too, have chafed at the data-collection tool to let students choose idea of pronouns that stretch modern among seven gender identities, including English. Some individuals who don’t iden- “trans man,” “questioning” and “gen- tify as male or female use the pronoun derqueer.” CAMBRIDGE: In this Thursday, Sept 17, 2015 photo, Laila Smith, a junior at Harvard University, poses “they,” which some academics say should Advocates for transgender students at a gate leading to Harvard Yard. — AP be reserved for plural subjects. —AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Charleston church suspect’s friend charged with lying

COLUMBIA: A friend of the man FBI says that was a lie. Authorities noti- were taking over the world” and “some- Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal accused of gunning down nine parish- fied Meek last month that he was under one needed to do something about it Church. ioners at a Charleston church is charged investigation. He was arrested Thursday. for the white race.” Meek, of Lexington, told the AP that with lying to federal authorities and It wasn’t clear whether he had an attor- Roof faces federal hate crime Roof said he used birthday money from concealing information during their ney to contact for comment on the charges as well as nine counts of mur- his parents to buy a .45-caliber Glock investigation, and he is scheduled for case, but his girlfriend has said he is der in state court in the June 17 shoot- semi-automatic handgun. Meek said he his first court appearance. Court docu- innocent. Meek was expected to appear ings. On Aug6, Meek received a letter took the gun away from Roof the night ments dated Tuesday and unsealed yes- in court for arraignment yesterday. that he was the target of an investiga- of his drunken rant but gave it back to terday say that Joey Meek, 21, told an Meek has said Roof stayed with him tion. Meek told the AP that Roof occa- him when he had sobered up. Meek also FBI agent that he did not know specifics in before the shootings. Meek previous- sionally stayed with him at a mobile said he called authorities after recogniz- about Dylann Roof’s plan to shoot the ly told The Associated Press that Roof home in Red Bank, about 20 miles from ing Roof from surveillance footage from churchgoers during Bible study, but the had drunkenly complained that “blacks Columbia, before the shootings at the church. — AP

Pope plans to duck dissidents Chileans deal with in Cuba, spawning criticism aftermath of quake COQUIMBO: Hundreds of traumatized Chileans spent a sec- ‘He should exert more pressure’ ond night out in the open or in shelters Thursday night after an offshore 8.3 magnitude earthquake left 12 dead. In the HAVANA: Pope Francis plans to meet with cenaries paid by the U.S. government and Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of coastal city of Coquimbo, the wrath of the earth’s twitch in Cuba’s president and its priests, its young Cuban-American interest groups in Miami. Havana who has overseen the church’s this quake-prone country was clear and ugly: A jumble of and its sick, its churchgoers and its semi- relationship with the Cuban state since fishing boats, remains of homes, trucks, vendors’ stands and narians as he travels around the island Well-known opposition 1981. Ortega has been fiercely criticized by cars washed up by tsunami waves bore testament to the starting today. But not with its dissidents. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi dissidents in Cuba and anti-Castro forces in sea’s fury. Maria Zamorano, 60, recounted how she and her The absence on Francis’ agenda of any said this week that Francis had not accept- Miami for not confronting the government large family ran from the shoreline to save themselves from meeting with the political opposition has ed any invitations to meet with dissidents, as the church has done in other places the surging waves. “If we had stayed here we would have sparked bitter critiques from dissidents and well-known opposition members told around the world. perished,” she told AFP, as people slowly and warily who say they feel let down by an institu- The Associated Press they have received Despite the assertions of rights groups returned to see what was left of their homes. The town is tion they believe should help push for no invitation to see him. Lombardi noted that there are still dozens of political pris- 400 km north of the capital Santiago. greater freedom in Cuba. that a possible occasion for bringing up oners in Cuba, Ortega told reporters in The earthquake Wednesday evening was the sixth “He should exert more pressure,” said Cuban’s human rights situation could be June he wasn’t aware of any, saying: “It’s strongest in the history of Chile and the most powerful any- Antonio Rodiles, head of the hardline during Francis’ private meeting with Raul really difficult to interpret who’s a political where in the world this year, officials said. Close to one mil- group Estado de SATS. “In many cases Castro, or while the Vatican secretary of prisoner.” The next month, a dissident tried lion people were evacuated from Pacific coastal areas as a to deliver a list of political prisoners to precaution as Chile sounded a tsunami alert, with warnings Ortega during a July 4 party at the resi- issued as far away as Japan and New Zealand. dence of the top US diplomat in Havana. But as of Thursday, most of the evacuated Chileans had The cardinal refused to accept it, telling returned home. Still, Interior Minister Jorge Burgos said that reporters it wasn’t the appropriate forum. some 600 people remained in shelters or elsewhere and The dissident said Ortega threatened to that some 650 homes were damaged, mainly in call security and have him thrown out. Cocquimbo. The quake occurred at a shallow depth and the “There’s a very great nervousness in the epicenter was 228 kilometers north of the capital Santiago, Cuban church about being seen to be in a city of 6.6 million people, where there were scenes of pan- any way abetting the political opposition demonium as thousands fled swaying buildings. in Havana,” Ivereigh said. “They have gone In the hours that followed, tsunami waves of up to 4.5 out of their way - some say they may have meters came crashing onshore in the Coquimbo region, gone too far in being supportive - but I causing extensive damage to the region’s port. Eight of the think they’re playing the long game and I 12 victims were in Coquimbo. Scenes of destruction also lit- think they know this is a process of evolu- tered the badly hit coastal town of Illapel, further south. “It tion rather than regime change.” was a nightmare,” Maria Ramirez told AFP as she swept up debris outside her house.”We felt the tremors for a long Church freedom time, too long. And then all the aftershocks-it was terrible. “I Backers of the church’s approach say it couldn’t stay standing, but luckily we made it out alive.” has produced results, such as increased church freedom to conduct social welfare Ring of fire and educational programs and the release President Michelle Bachelet headed to the quake-hit ahead of the pope’s visit of 3,522 people In this file photo, Pope Francis checks his watch as Vatican spokesman Federico serving time for relative minor crimes. area to assess the relief efforts and Secretary of State John Lombardi stands beside him, during an airborne press conference aboard the Dissidents say that’s not enough. Kerry said the United States was ready to help. Hundreds of airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his Apostolic journey in Ecuador, “I don’t think there should be Western, homes were declared uninhabitable or destroyed, as Bolivia and Paraguay. — AP democratic thinking everywhere else and, authorities tot up the human, emotional and financial cost. upon arrival in Cuba, not saying virtually Chile lies on what is known as the “Ring of Fire”-an arc of political systems have come under interna- state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, meets with anything in order to not upset authorities,” fault lines that circles the Pacific Basin and is prone to fre- tional pressure that has resulted in change, his Cuban counterpart. said Eliecer Avila, head of the opposition quent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In February and that’s what needs to happen with “Often, these types of problems are group Somos Mas. “It’s essential that the 2010, an 8.8-magnitude quake off the southern Chilean Cuba.” dealt with in conversations, not so much pope delivers a message to the govern- coast killed more than 500 people and inflicted an estimat- Papal observers say it’s likely Francis will with public proclamations but in personal, ment of Cuba.” ed $30 billion in damage. speak strongly to Cubans about the need direct or private discussions,” Lombardi Cuba has dramatically reduced the The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had for greater freedom in their country and said. “The tradition of the Holy See’s number of people that human rights warned that tsunami waves were possible this time in may speak to President Raul Castro in pri- authority is to deal with them with a discre- groups say are prisoners of conscience, but French Polynesia, Hawaii and California, as well as smaller vate about the same topic. But in shying tion that can often be more efficient than allowing a free press and legalizing politi- waves as far afield as Japan and New Zealand. A minor from meetings with dissidents, the pope is other, possibly more visible but less oppor- cal parties other than the ruling commu- tsunami was monitored in northern Japan early yesterday, hewing largely to the Cuban Catholic tune ways.” nists remain unlikely over the short term. authorities there said. In Illapel, a town of 30,000, daybreak Church’s strategy of advocating for change The pope “will be well aware that his “We shouldn’t have too many expectations revealed the damage done, with power knocked out, shacks within bounds laid out by the communist not meeting dissidents will be construed in for the benefits that a pope can bring,” said destroyed, store shelves overturned and the local cemetery state rather than pushing the system to some quarters as kowtowing to the regime Jose Daniel Ferrer, head of the Patriotic a chaos of broken crosses, vases and coffins. “It was the change as John Paul II did in Eastern but he won’t care about that,” said Austen Union of Cuba, a dissident group from most horrific moment, a terrible thing,” local resident Ana Europe. There is no one Cuban officials Ivereigh, author of “The Great Reformer: eastern Cuba. “The goodwill of the pope is Cortes, 35, told AFP. “Everything just kept moving, for the consider more out of bounds than the Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope.” one thing; what the Cuban government is longest time.” — AFP country’s dissidents, whom they call mer- Francis has a close relationship with able to allow is another.” — AP Fed sends Europe down, Tax-privileged Greek Central banks fret stimulus Businessemerging markets up 16farmers issue warning 18 efforts are falling short 20

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HAVANA: Students stand in Revolution Square next to the sculpture of revolutionary hero Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara on Thursday. — AP US eases Cuba embargo Washington opens up business, travel with Havana

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration eased the political and economic freedom necessary to tourism and other exchanges ran into an overlap- for travel also are permitted to open and maintain rules yesterday for US citizens wishing to travel to build a democratic, prosperous and stable Cuba”. ping thicket of US laws and hindrances, not to bank accounts in Cuba. The US official who spoke Cuba or do business with its growing ranks of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said the new mention an uneven response from Cuba’s politi- to the AP described significant progress in US- independent entrepreneurs, hoping to kindle rules could “stimulate long overdue economic cal leaders. Cuban discussions since the pair reopened greater economic freedom on the island. The reform across the country.” Many US travelers still need to go on super- embassies in each other’s capitals in July. At a Treasury and Commerce departments said the When President Barack Obama laid out his vised group trips. Routine airline service hasn’t sat- meeting in Havana last week, delegations from regulations that take effect Monday simplify pro- vision of improved US-Cuban relations nine isfied various federal conditions. Cruise ships and each side established a plan to settle a half-centu- cedures for tourism, telephone and Internet months ago, he said his objectives were twofold: ferries are still trying to finalize regular maritime ry of economic and legal disputes within the next investments, and money transfers to Cuba. ease economic hardship in Cuba and aid the routes with Cuban authorities. Credit card and 15 months. The changes were first reported by AP on development of a private market outside of state other companies still can’t transfer payments to While difficult questions related to human Thursday and come as both countries seek to control. In January, he eased economic restric- Cuba. Telecommunications companies haven’t rights and compensation claims won’t be transform their new diplomatic relationship into tions on Cuba in potentially the most dramatic been able to set up shop and get equipment to resolved immediately, the official said first steps deeper commercial ties. By the end of the year, manner since relations between the countries the island 90 miles south of Florida. And Cuba’s toward a broader normalization of ties would the former Cold War foes should resume direct broke down after Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959 government isn’t even running its Internet con- come quickly. Washington and Havana are slated postal service for the first time in five decades and and the subsequent Bay of Pigs invasion and nections anywhere near capacity levels. to begin a “pilot program” allowing Cubans and clinch an agreement on regularly scheduled com- Cuban missile crisis. Only Congress can end the Authorized American citizens now will be able Americans to send mail directly to one another, mercial flights, a US official familiar with the embargo. to travel by cruise ship or ferry to Cuba without the official said. Direct mail service was halted in process told the AP. seeking specific authorization from the US gov- 1963, though letters and packages travel back “A stronger, more open US-Cuba relationship Red Tape ernment, though a US official told the AP earlier and forth through countries like Canada and has the potential to create economic opportuni- The action sought to cut red tape for US travel this week that a direct maritime route probably Mexico. The postal program will use the Miami ties for both Americans and Cubans alike,” to Cuba, permit American companies to export won’t be established until next year. The official and Havana airports, the official said. Also, the US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in a statement. telephones, computers and Internet technology, wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the and Cuba should finalize an agreement on resum- Easing the embargo on Cuba, he said, will “sup- and allow US firms to send supplies to private process and demanded anonymity. ing direct, commercial airline routes, though the port the Cuban people in their effort to achieve Cuban enterprises. But efforts to expand business, All US citizens who fall under permitted rules first flights wouldn’t start until next year. — AP BUSINESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Fed sends Europe down, emerging markets up

PARIS: The US Federal Reserve’s decision months showing the US economy, the to hold interest rates steady exposed a gulf world’s biggest, is well on track to recov- in global stocks yesterday, with European ery. Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a news con- shares slumping and emerging markets ference: “A lot of our focus has been on jumping. Prior to last month’s bout of mar- risks around China, but not just China, ket volatility over China’s ability to manage emerging markets more generally and how a soft landing of its slowing economy, the they may spill over to the United States.” Fed had been expected to lift rates on “We’ve seen significant outflows of capital Thursday for the first time in nine years. But from those countries, pressures on their the Fed held fire, citing concerns about exchange rates and concerns about their how the slowdown in China would hit the performance going forward,” Yellen said of US economy. That spooked advanced the emerging market economies. countries worried about the outlook for the global economy. Emerging Currencies Shine But emerging markets rose in relief Struggling emerging market currencies, because an interest rate hike would have which had been rising this week on hopes drawn investment funds from their coun- the Fed would hold fire, rose further. The tries to seek higher returns in the United South Korea won added 0.27 percent, the States. “Leaving US interest rates at rock JAKARTA: Indonesian stocks are displayed in the gallery at the Jakarta Malaysian ringgit gained 0.64 percent, bottom could mark a turning point for the stock exchange yesterday. — AFP India’s rupee was one percent higher and relative performance of emerging and the Singapore dollar was up 0.06 percent. developed markets,” said analyst Jasper in Paris sank 3.01 percent to 4,514.97. About three minutes into trade, the Dow The Thai baht and Taiwan dollar also laid on Lawler at CMC Markets UK. “Since the deci- In Asia, Tokyo fell 1.96 percent, but oth- Jones Industrial Average was down 1.17 further gains. The Fed decision also hurt the sion was made, emerging markets closed er indices advanced as concerns eased percent, the S&P 500 0.96 percent and the dollar against the yen sliding to 119.38 yen the day higher while stocks in the US and over an outflow of cash. Shanghai ended tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index 1.10 in European trading, compared with 120.90 Europe have dropped,” he added. In after- 0.38 percent higher and Hong Kong added percent. The Fed’s decision followed wide- yen in Asia Thursday. However the euro noon trading, London’s FTSE 100 index 0.30 percent. Seoul put on almost one per- spread warnings about the dire impact a slid to $1.1418 from $1.1436 a day earlier, dropped 1.94 percent compared with cent and Sydney ticked up 0.46 percent. rate increase could have, with the World after Benoit Coeure, a member of the Thursday’s close to 6,067.23 points. In the Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower Bank predicting this week it would cause a European Central Bank’s executive board, eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 plunged 3.55 after most having already fallen Thursday “perfect storm” in financial markets. It also vowed it would “protect the eurozone from percent to 9,866.60 points and the CAC 40 in the wake of the Fed’s announcement. came despite a string of data in recent external financial shocks”. — AFP Puerto Rico businesses fret Yuan devaluation weighs on Chinese tax hikes will erode profits US homes buyers

Govt pursues plan to jumpstart economy CHICAGO: Shanshan Wu already owns three houses back home in China. But the 36-year-old has spent the last two months in Chicago shopping for a three-bedroom. She’s got cash to spend - up to SAN JUAN/NEW YORK: Business is tough AMBITIOUS PLAN able housing, says he’s being squeezed as $400,000. And she’s not done. “The real estate market in China is drop- enough already for Carlos Jimenez without The turnaround plan, presented by his costs on nails, concrete and other sup- ping and I’m planning to sell one of them to maybe buy more houses having to face higher taxes. Fast Lane, his Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia plies rise with the added tax, while the in the US,” said Wu, whose hometown of Yunfu is in the province of three-location car-wash chain in Puerto Rico, Padilla, would also promote corporate housing he develops has capped sales Guangdong in southeast China. Chinese have been snapping up US has laid off about half the 106 employees it growth by overhauling a tax compliance prices. “I’m not selling eggs, where I can real estate of all kinds, looking for a safer place to put their money had in 2007. “Every year you take out two or structure that can disadvantage small busi- raise the price to absorb that,” says Pavarini, than their own slowing economy. Investors from China are now sec- three people, make your business leaner,” he nesses with limited resources; lengthen who is hoping for an exemption to the ris- ond only to Canadians in the number of US homes they buy. said. But starting in October, entrepreneurs probationary periods for workers; and es. “I end up absorbing directly the increas- In the last few months, amid signs that China’s economy is slowing like Jimenez will see their taxes rise to 11.5 reduce labor costs by freezing the mini- es.” even more than expected, Chinese investors have stepped up their percent on some business-to-business (B2B) mum wage and eliminating Christmas Instead, Puerto Rico should be focusing buying even more. The government’s decision last month to down- dealings, and expand to include a 4 percent bonuses. on growth, business owners said. “I think grade the country’s currency added to their urgency, since a weaker duty when using professional services such Business owners said they support some the focus should be on stimulating busi- yuan makes buying real estate in dollars more expensive. “I got a spur as accountants and lawyers. The sales tax of those measures, primarily tax simplifica- nesses that export,” said Pavarini, adding of buyers contacting me the past few days,” said Gloria Ma, an agent also rose, from 7 percent to 11.5 percent, in tion and probation extensions, which give that he has lost labor and clients to the U.S. with Re/Max Action in Lisle, Illinois, who is working with several July. The new levies come as the Puerto Rican them more flexibility to fire. But there’s no mainland as Puerto Rico’s economic woes Chinese homebuyers. “Some of the people are selling part of their government pursues a plan to jumpstart its guarantee the plan will come to fruition, have worsened. “I don’t think people see holdings over there and come here and buy.” foundering economy and claw its way out of and in the meantime, taxes will climb. And light at the end of the economic disaster While purchases by foreigners represent just a sliver of overall a $72 billion debt hole in part by spurring starting next April, all business-to-business tunnel.” Pavarini said he saw enough US home sales, they have impacted markets significantly in certain small business growth. The plan also asks and professional services transactions will demand to continue with his business, cities such as New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Irvine, California. bondholders to take reduced payouts on $18 be subject to a 10.5 percent value added although he would proceed cautiously. Buyers are also showing up in more affordable Midwestern areas billion of debt, and proposes changes to the tax, with a 1 percent municipal sales tax. To be sure, Garcia Padilla’s plan propos- like Chicago. In the 12 months ended in March, roughly 209,000 US government’s operations. While the pro- Businesses may also become eligible for tax es continued investment in infrastructure, houses were sold to buyers living outside the US or immigrants in posed benefits of the plan are uncertain - credits at that time, which could give them including $1.4 billion for water authority the country for less than two years, according to the National requiring legislation or US government some relief. PRASA, which has been a focus amid an Association of Realtors. That represents about 4 percent of all sales action - the taxes are real, and some business Alberto BacÛ BaguÈ, secretary of Puerto ongoing drought. Humberto Reynolds, of previously occupied homes in the same period. Of the $104 bil- owners worry they’ll offset future benefits. Rico’s Department of Economic and president of the Puerto Rico chapter of the lion in total sales, Chinese buyers accounted for the biggest portion, Jimenez, for example, said he’s willing to Commercial Development, said he wants to Associated General Contractors of America, $28.6 billion. Half of those sales involved homes in Florida, get on board with the tax hikes, but only if hear business owners’ concerns. “Taxing supports the investments. “The better alter- California, Texas and Arizona. Overall, US home sales to foreign buy- the government can follow through on other more is not the solution, it’s taxing more native to promote growth and hiring is to ers have been falling - 10 percent in the 12 months ended in March parts of its turnaround plan, such as securing intelligently,” BacÛ told Reuters at an event create a healthy investment environment compared to the same period a year earlier - but the devaluation of concessions from bondholders. Some busi- to mark a new hotel project in San Juan’s and how you achieve that is through infra- the yuan makes a slowdown in Chinese deals unlikely. That’s one ness advocates said high taxes could mean tourist district. “This plan ... has a spirit of dis- structure,” Reynolds said. reason it’s likely that Chinese who are interested in buying real slower corporate development and layoffs as cussion. That’s part of what we want to gen- Employers reacted more tepidly to estate won’t pull back now, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for well as higher prices for consumers. “Do you erate, to see what (business owners) think.” measures in the plan that would freeze the the National Association of Realtors. So far this year, the yuan has want poorer consumers?” said Jaime The tax measures, while part of the turn- minimum wage and cut bonuses, saying fallen 2.6 percent versus the dollar. It now takes about 6.37 yuan to Morales, a former small business advocate around plan, have already been signed into they don’t believe the savings would have a buy $1. That’s still better than five years ago, when 6.77 yuan and now city manager in seaside Cabo Rojo. law. And they are already hurting business- big enough effect to justify the increased bought $1. For now, the change in the currency is likely not enough “That shouldn’t be the goal.” Jimenez says es that either have to pass the costs onto pain for workers. “Right now people cannot to dissuade well-heeled homebuyers from China, said Wei Min Tan, he’s cautiously optimistic the government’s customers or take a hit on their profits. even afford a $5 car wash,” said Jimenez. “If a real estate broker who caters to investors looking to buy condo- plan can help ebb his company’s spate of lay- George Pavarini, a Puerto Rico-based you cut their salary more, I don’t think it will miniums in Manhattan. — AP offs. “I hope it ends here,” he said. builder and architect who develops afford- make the economy better.” — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Money flows into stocks, out of emerging markets

LONDON: Investors piled into devel- oped market stocks in the latest week but again pulled funds out of emerging markets, as they adjusted their portfo- lios before the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said yesterday. The equity market inflow was the biggest in 10 weeks and the biggest US market inflow this year. The outflow from emerging market stocks marked their 10th consec- utive loss. A net $23.8 billion flowed into equity funds in the week to September 16, although that included an unusually large $11.4 billion inflow into a major US exchange-traded fund. For emerging market stocks, the “sil- ver lining” was the $2.2 billion outflow was the smallest in 10 weeks, BAML said. HELSINKI: Protesters gather at the Central Railway Station yesterday. — AP Year-to-date outflows from emerging stocks total $60.34 billion. Developed market equities have attracted a net $76.58 billion, BAML said in its weekly Finns strike, protest report. The Fed kept interest rates on hold on Thursday, citing worries over weak global growth, particularly China, rising market volatility and the down- against austerity cuts ward pressure on inflation from the strength of the dollar. The data, which also includes flow Helsinki rally comes amid flagging economy figures from data provider EPFR Global, showed that Japanese equity funds HELSINKI: Around 30,000 people rallied in Helsinki measures. He has insisted the plan is “indispensable” staff. Finland, once a top performer in the eurozone, drew in $5.1 billion, the largest since yesterday against the Finnish government’s harsh to increase productivity by reducing labour costs, has seen its economy crumble under the effects of April last year. Investors have poured austerity measures, as a strike shut down the coun- describing Finland’s economic situation as “excep- its rapidly ageing population and declines in key sec- money into these funds in 28 of the past try’s public transport, postal and harbour services tionally serious”. tors such as forestry and technology, the latter once 30 weeks. European stocks attracted a and grounded some domestic flights. Huge crowds But the impact of those measures was shown by led by one-time world leader Nokia. Despite the braved a blustery thunderstorm to join the demon- protestor Miikka Rauhala, a 46-year-old museum huge anti-austerity rally, a surprising number of net $2 billion, marking the 17th net stration in a central square of the Finnish capital at employee, carrying a sign saying “1848 euros Finns said they approved of the austerity measures. inflow out of the last 18 weeks. The midday, in a festive atmosphere with balloons and ($2,112), cut from that Sipila”. “It’s my gross monthly A poll by tabloid Iltalehti last week showed that $16.7 billion flow into US equity funds pop music blaring from speakers. “No way!” read salary without the weekend supplements that they more than 70 percent of over 1,000 respondents was the largest this year, BAML said. placards carried by some demonstrators, who num- now want to cut. Museums are open six days a week. were fully or partly in favour of the cuts, including In fixed income, investors pulled $1.9 bered around 30,000 according to both organisers They also want to cut my holidays and the retire- more than 20 percent who said the measures were billion from emerging market bond and police. ment age keeps being pushed back,” he said. insufficient. funds, the eighth straight weekly out- Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila last week And by Friday afternoon, more than 85,000 peo- flow, and extended the run of consecu- announced plans to revive the eurozone country’s Facebook Counter-Protest ple - almost three times the number of demonstra- tive weekly inflows into government slumping economy after three years of recession, Friday’s strike hit Helsinki’s transport system leav- tors in Helsinki - had joined a Facebook event called bond funds to 11 with a small $100 mil- including cutting back holidays, reducing pension- ing around 400,000 people who regularly use trains, “At work also on Friday. And proud of it.” At Friday’s lion net inflow. High-yield bond funds ers’ housing allowances and slashing employees’ trams, metros or buses in Helsinki having to find oth- demonstration, many protestors complained that ended a run of seven weekly outflows overtime and Sunday pay. “The Finnish state has er ways to get around, many of them either cycling, the government’s measures would hit the weakest with a small $89 million inflow, and contracted debt at a rate of almost a million euros walking or opting to stay home. Finnair said it had earners the hardest. “Some cuts could be acceptable, municipal bond funds posted a sixth ($1.13 million) per hour for seven years, day and cancelled 15 domestic flights, while domestic ferry but it’s not fair that they only affect a specific group straight weekly outflow, this time of night, every day of the week. We cannot continue traffic, harbour and postal services were interrupted. of people,” said Sanna Aalto, a 24-year-old nurse $500 million, BAML said. — Reuters like this,” Sipila said in a rare televised address to the Only a few schools and daycare centres were closed, from the town of Turku, referring to low-income nation on Wednesday, urging Finns to accept the and police services were operating with minimum public sector shift workers such as herself. — AFP ‘Corbynomics’ targets Osborne’s weak spot

LONDON: New Labour Party leader Jeremy share of the economy, even as the cost of on investment spending. The International this makes little sense when Britain can bor- Corbyn has been labelled a threat to Britain’s borrowing remains near its cheapest on Monetary Fund has encouraged Britain to row money for 30 years at less than 3 per- economic security by the Conservative gov- record. “The pressure could be increased spend more on infrastructure, and the cent interest, below the potential rate of ernment but he may have more impact on over the coming months and years on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and return for many government projects. its economic policy than the average fan of government to increase investment spend- Development says British government capi- Karl Marx. With ideas ranging from national- ing,” Paul Hollingsworth from consultancy tal spending ranked 18th out of 24 devel- People’s QE? ising railways to having the Bank of England Capital Economics said. Osborne, a keen oped countries in 2013. Corbyn, by contrast, wants to borrow undertake ‘People’s Quantitative Easing’, political tactician, has borrowed left-wing But Osborne cannot easily invest more more now to spend on housing, transport Corbyn was elected on Labour’s most radi- policy ideas in the past to neutralise Labour’s after he toughened his commitment to fiscal and high-speed internet. Part of this could be cally left-wing platform in a generation. But appeal. In July, he announced a big rise in austerity last year. He wants the government funded by requiring the BoE to create money on one of his central arguments - that Britain the minimum wage to help plug the gap would run a budget surplus in normal eco- and fund a new National Investment Bank at suffers from a lack of infrastructure and hous- caused by cuts to welfare benefits for the nomic times, and says he would not borrow times of economic stagnation. By making the ing investment - parliament’s new official working poor. even for investment spending. His priority is BoE central to funding investment, which opposition leader finds support from many If Corbyn bucks expectations that his to reduce Britain’s £1.5 trillion ($2.3 trillion) of raises concerns about the Bank’s credibility City of London economists and industry leadership will alienate centre-ground voters government debt, which doubled as a share and higher inflation, Corbyn may have com- groups. before the 2020 elections, possibly by capi- of the economy during the financial crisis plicated his message, according to Martin Finance minister George Osborne plans talising on a future economic slowdown, and which he believes limits Britain’s ability Beck, an economist with consultancy Oxford to cut public investment to a 14-year low as a Osborne might be tempted to give ground to tackle future crises. Many economists say Economics. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Renzi gambles on EU backing Italy budget

ROME: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was yes- the rules and vital to secure the growth Italy debt mountain - equivalent to more than primary residences as well as charges on terday putting the final touches to a budget needs to put its public finances in order. “We 130 percent of the country’s entire annual municipal services and farm buildings. which could inject Ä27 billion into Italy’s cannot cut the deficit purely by cutting economic output. European Commission officials have private- sickly economy next year - if he can get it spending, that is foolish,” he said earlier this Moscovici diplomatically rejected sug- ly questioned if these measures are the most past Brussels. The plan for an ambitious pro- week. On top of the funds released by the gestions that Renzi was regarded as the efficient use of public finances to fuel gram of tax cuts and investment financed EU rules being applied flexibly, Renzi is naughtiest boy in the euro class. “I would growth, suggesting they may be more partly through an increased deficit repre- counting on higher growth to finance his not define Italy as being under special sur- about consolidating Renzi’s electoral stand- sents Renzi’s biggest challenge yet to the plans. The budget due to be approved by veillance,” the former French finance minis- ing. Aides to Renzi reply that they should be way in which the European Commission Renzi’s cabinet on Friday evening includes ter told Corriere della Sera. “We will examine seen as part of a broader 2013-18 program applies the eurozone’s supposedly strict revised GDP growth predictions of 0.9 per- the budget on the basis of European rules, designed to ease Italians total tax burden by budget rules. Economists are sceptical that cent for this year and around 1.6 percent for taking into account all the relevant factors some Ä50 billion - the bulk of which will Renzi will be granted all the leeway he 2016. and the high debt level, which is a central involve reductions in corporate and labour wants, which he says could potentially free Pierre Moscovici, the European factor for Italy.” taxes. Economists expect the 2016 measures up some Ä17 billion for measures to pro- Commissioner in charge of overseeing the to result in the deficit for next year coming mote jobs and growth. finances of eurozone commissioners, was in Light at End of Tunnel in around 2.2 percent. This is comfortably “Brussels will allow some fiscal slippage, Rome yesterday to begin the haggling over Italy said earlier this year that it would under the EU’s three percent ceiling but but not 17 billion euros,” Holger the detail of the Italian tax and spending aim to bring its deficit down to 1.8 percent means the reduction in Italy’s debt level is Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg plans. There is concern in Brussels that of GDP in 2016. But Renzi has now jettisoned likely to be very marginal - and may not hap- Bank, told AFP. But the centre-left premier Renzi’s widely-trailed plans will slow the that target in order to fund a fiscal giveaway pen if growth turns out to be weaker than bullishly insists that his plans are both within pace at which Rome reduces its Ä2.2-trillion involving the abolition of a loathed tax on the government anticipates. — AFP

Pain in store for Greek farmers to pharmacists

ATHENS: From farmers to pharmacists, pain lies in store for Greeks across the board as whoever wins tomorrow’s election will have to raise taxes and rewrite the economic rule-book in line with tough reforms demanded by the country’s international creditors. The controversial eco- nomic to-do list set to upend daily life was signed and sealed in July by former radical left premier Alexis Tsipras, in return for an Ä86-billion ($96-billion) rescue by the lenders, the third EU-IMF rescue of Greece in five years. Under the deal, creditors chalked up some 15 “prior actions” to be passed by parliament by October -days after the Sept 20 poll. Also to come in October is the first review by the lenders of whether Athens is abiding by the cash- for-reform program. At stake for the new government will MAVROTHALASSA, Greece: A shepherd walks with his sheep near this village in northern Greece on be the release of a new 3-billion-euro tranche of aid. Thursday. — AFP New Budget, New Fiscal Measures Greece’s new parliament will have to revise the 2015 budget, taking into account pension and income tax Tax-privileged Greek reforms, including taxes on farmers’ income that are set to double from 13 percent to 26 percent by 2017. Tax on income of less than Ä12,000 a year earned by Greeks is to rise progressively from 11 to 15 percent, and from 33 to 35 farmers issue warning percent for annual income of more than Ä12,000. Defence spending will be cut and shipowners will remain in the line of fire, with a tax on tonnage renewed for an extra four ‘We refuse to be serfs’ years. There will be new cuts on pensions, aimed at reaching savings of around 0.25 percent of GDP in 2015 and around 1 MAVROTHALASSA, Greece: Party rallies are Farmers Brace to Hit Back 43-year-old farmer Thanasis Gegas, a father of percent of GDP by 2016. After an initial hike in VAT in July, a drawing crowds in most Greek cities ahead of Greek farmers have suffered years of falling two. “For 20 years, governments and parties second increase is set for October when hotels and affluent tomorrow’s general election, but in the village of prices, but have faced criticism for being over- have lied to us. Now it seems they want to Greek islands lose the right to reduced VAT rates. Mavrothalassa, deep in the country’s agricultural reliant on EU subsidies and failing to adapt to a wipe us out,” he says. “I’m one of the few peo- north, politicians would be wise to stay away. changing market. They mount protests almost ple who stayed behind in the village. But the Structural Reforms “Political parties have no place here,” says every year, blocking toll and border crossings way this is going, there will be no young peo- Early retirement schemes, from age 50 onwards, will be Yiannis Panagis, a farm unionist coordinating a against the rising cost of supplies and the ple left.” scrapped between this year and 2021 with retirement tractor protest outside the area’s defunct toma- falling price of produce. To avoid taking sides gradually set for all after 40 years of work. Tax evaders are to processing factory, shut down due to compe- ahead of Sunday’s vote, the protests have been Failed to Adapt to face tougher punishment, even those who own up first. tition from China. “After the election, we know kept local so far. “We will gather to take deci- Greek farms tend to be run on a smaller Greece will liberalise parts of the retail industry, enabling we’ll have the political system against us. But we sions after the election,” says Stelios Vogiatzis, scale than some of their European competitors, non-pharmacists to open pharmacies, medicine to be sold will not let them turn us into serfs,” he says. Once general secretary of the Panhellenic Farmers’ which analysts say has left them struggling to in department stores, bread sold elsewhere than in bak- part of Greece’s tax-privileged classes, farmers Union. keep up. “The Greek agricultural model is con- eries and sales held throughout the year rather than at set are facing a radical income overhaul under the But the backlash they plan later this year demned to change,” says Stavriani Koutsou, a times. The new government must also open up profes- terms of a new international bailout agreed by will rival the angry French movement in professor of urban and rural sociology at the sions including engineers and notaries where entry cur- the leftist government of Alexis Tsipras before August that saw highways blocked, foreign technical institute of Thessaloniki. “The average rently is restricted. his resignation in August. Their income tax rate trucks ransacked and manure dumped in cities, size of a Greek farm is 4.9 hectares compared to is to progressively double to 26 percent from 13 some warn. “The French mobilisation will be over 20 hectares in France. It’s difficult to stay Boosting Privatization percent currently, their pension contributions nothing compared to what we are prepared to competitive in Europe,” she says. But union Greece has promised to sell off Ä6.4 billion of state will rise, and a vital tax break on fuel will be do if the new government tries to enforce leader Vogiatzis argues that the new measures assets by 2017 - Ä1.4 billion this year, Ä3.7 billion in 2016 scrapped. Yiorgos, a 37-year-old farmer, these tough measures,” says 40-year-old sugar are impossible to manage. “The average farm and Ä1.3 billion in 2017. By October the new government describes these measures as the “final nail in the beet farmer Zafeiris Kyrgiannakis. “In a few family earns 12,000 euros ($13,500) a year and will have to present a calendar for the sale of the ports of coffin” of the Greek agricultural sector. “I am dis- years, the village will be abandoned. The con- with the new tax rates it must pay 6,000 euros. Piraeus and Thessaloniki as well as the operator and man- appointed and angry. For the first time in my life glomerates will buy our land and put us to Which family can live on 6,000 euros a year?” ager of the ROSCO railway network. — AFP I don’t want to vote,” Yiorgos says. work on it. Is this Europe’s plan for us?” adds he asks. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Modi readies electricity rescue plan

NEW DELHI: India is preparing a rescue pack- commit to re-investing interest savings in new transformed Gujarat’s power sector by lower- may have to relax limits on the size of states’ age for power utilities owing tens of billions of lines and metering, improving billing and cut- ing debt and clamping down on theft. Many deficits if they are to take over distributors’ dollars, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi ting rampant power theft, the sources said, consumers agreed to pay higher prices in debts, putting pressure on India’s consolidat- must first convince states to make politically declining to be named because the plan is not return for round the clock power. Utilities in ed fiscal position as New Delhi tries to hard choices as he seeks a victory for reforms public. To make it work, the distributors are India’s other states remain largely unre- improve its finances. needed to galvanise the economy. Modi, who likely to come under pressure to raise electrici- formed. Modi has made devolving political power has had mixed success pushing through his ty tariffs for consumers used to low prices. a key plank of his agenda, confident individual reform agenda since coming to power 16 One top power ministry official said the pro- Convincing States states will increasingly compete to reform by months ago, has prioritised tackling a prob- posal was “very close” to being finalised and Though New Delhi is convinced more themselves. After failing to pass legislation to lem that is stifling bank lending needed for a that states with the biggest problems agreed Indians are willing to pay for electricity if make land purchases easier, for example, cen- revival in Asia’s third largest economy, three to back it. “The states have a very clear incen- offered reliable supplies, sceptics say it will be tral government is encouraging states to senior government sources with direct knowl- tive to do this. The interest cost comes down hard to force states to make people pay, when enact their own rules. Six states have agreed edge of the plan said. Problematic utility significantly,” he said. it risks alienating important vote banks, like in principle to take over some of their power debts account for a quarter of all restructured By forcing tougher action at state level to farmers. “Unless you make fundamental deci- distributors’ debts, one of the government bank loans in India. In total, utilities owe $66 ensure electricity is paid for and supplies are sions in terms of running these (distributors) sources said. But some others are far from billion. New Delhi has identified about 1.5 tril- reliable, Modi hopes to avoid a backlash in based on commercial decisions, you are just convinced. lion rupees ($22.7 billion) of debt held by parliament, where the opposition has already postponing the problem,” said Arvind The chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, a vast financially stretched utilities as most at risk, blocked other economic reforms this year. Mahajan, who heads KPMG’s energy practice agricultural northern state with a population one of the sources said, adding to the urgency Fixing power would temper criticism that in India. A three-year restructuring launched bigger than Brazil, said taking on utilities’ 420 to relieve a banking system weighed down by Modi’s government is not doing enough to in 2012 offered a moratorium on capital billion rupees of debt would reduce the state’s bad loans. Under the proposal, New Delhi improve the lives of common Indians, having repayment in return for reform but failed to interest burden by five percentage points but wants to persuade state governments to take made election campaign promises to repli- end losses because local governments resis- more than double its borrowings. “We will over some of their utilities’ debt. cate his success in Gujarat and deliver 24/7 ted hiking tariffs and cutting theft. There may have to deliberate a lot before taking a final In return, the electricity distributors would power across India. As chief minister, Modi be other costs to bear, too. The government call,” said Alok Ranjan. — Reuters

India central bank chief warns against growing too fast

MUMBAI: The head of India’s central bank yesterday warned Asia’s third-largest economy against trying to grow too fast, pointing to the plight of recession-hit Brazil as a cautionary tale. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan told a gathering of business leaders in Mumbai that the Asian giant must focus on “sustainable growth”, built on a bedrock of low inflation. “Paradoxical as it may seem, Brazil tried to grow too fast,” Rajan said, noting that the South American coun- try’s economy was expected to shrink three percent this year, five years after recording growth of 7.6 percent. India, whose economy is expanding at around seven percent, is presently the best performer of the group of emerging markets known as the BRICS. Brazil and Russia are deep in recession and South Africa is teetering on the brink, while China’s economy saw its weakest per- ALLAHABAD, India: In this March 22, 2012 file photo, unemployed Indians stand in a queue to register them- formance in 24 years in 2014. India “appears to be an selves at the Employment Exchange Office in this city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. — AP island of relative calm in an ocean of turmoil”, Rajan said in the speech, adding that “our fellow BRICS all have deep problems”. “The current difficulties of emerging 2.3m Indians apply for markets stem from a complicated set of reasons, but an important one is impatience to regain growth by overemphasising old and ineffective methods of stimu- lus,” he said. “Brazil may have overspent, China may 368 menial govt jobs have overinvested”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power last year promising to inject life into India’s economy, pledg- 255 doctorate holders also in fray ing a number of business-friendly reforms, and earlier this year its pace of GDP growth caught up with China’s. LUCKNOW, India: Overwhelmed Indian offi- ate entrance exam.” At least 30 trained com- decades. This so-called demographic dividend While India’s commodities-dependent BRIC partners cials are struggling to sift through applications puter engineers were also in the fray. is one reason that some economists predict have been wracked by the recent global selloff in equity after 2.3 million people applied for a few hun- “This is astoundingly high number of appli- India will enjoy higher levels of growth than markets, India, which exports little, has benefited from a dred low-level government jobs, a worrying cants,” senior government officer Alok Ranjan rivals, such as China, as they cope with ageing drop in world oil prices. sign that too many people are chasing too lit- said. “This reflects the condition of job market populations. However, unless jobs can be Rajan said Brazil’s rapid growth came on the back of tle work in Asia’s third-largest economy. in India and shows desperation of the youth found for this vast workforce then this prized “substantial stimulus” and suggested that pressure on Prabhat Mittal, the hiring manager for the jobs who despite being highly educated is ready to asset could turn into a crippling burden. The the country’s central bank to reduce interest rates had in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state with a popu- do a job where he has to run errands and wash number of applications for the government fuelled a credit spree which consumers could not afford lation bigger than Brazil’s, said he was stunned tea cups and saucers,” he added. The jobs jobs is 16 times the level in 2006, the last time by the volume of applications. It would take openings were advertised in August and the the Uttar Pradesh government recruited for to repay. The RBI, which has made controlling inflation a more than three years to interview candidates. application period ended on Sept 14. similar jobs. priority under Rajan, is itself under pressure from the The jobs pay 16,000 rupees ($243) a month The desperate scramble for jobs poses a India’s vast bureaucracy is seen as an government and business community to cut rates for a and will involve making tea and passing files challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attractive place to work because it is difficult fourth time this year when it meets on Sept 29. “We between government offices. Requirements who swept to power last year with the largest to fire employees. Suresh Verma, a graduate, have to have the discipline to stick to our strategy of for the 368 jobs include having finished pri- victory in three decades with a mandate to said he applied because “there is so much building the necessary institutions and creating a new mary school and being able to ride a bike. The provide jobs and economic growth. India is security” in a low-paying government job path of sustainable growth...” Rajan said. “For this, we applicants included at least 255 people with disproportionately young: Half of the popula- compared to the risk of being laid off in the need the understanding and cooperation of business, doctorates and 200,000 graduates. At least 30 tion is under the age of 25. The country will private sector. Last month, the Chhattisgarh not impatience and pressure for quick impossible fixes,” trained computer engineers were also in the add up to 300 million people - the equivalent state government cancelled plans to fill a he added. — AFP fray. “It is unbelievable,” Mittal said. “It is going of almost the entire population of the United handful of government jobs after being flood- to be very difficult for us to devise an appropri- States - to its workforce over the next two ed with 75,000 applications. — Agencies BUSINESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Ooredoo Wins ‘Best Operator’, Eid specials ‘Best Telecom CEO’ awards at Joyalukkas DOHA: Ooredoo is celebrating a double people’s lives across our footprint in the At the CEO Middle East Awards, Dr success this week, winning “Best Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Nasser received his award in front of an DUBAI: Joyalukkas, the Operator” at the Telecoms World Middle Asia. 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And the lead in network performance, deliv- rics, including growth in customer num- tally of awards in 2015, with operations for a limited time, from ering 4G+ in Qatar and Kuwait, 4G in bers, provision of cutting-edge network across its footprint winning a range of Sept 23 to Sept 24, 2015, a Oman, Tunisia, and the Maldives, and technology, particularly 4G, 4G+ and commendations. Most recently, free quarter gram gold coin comes with purchases worth providing 3G services in Algeria and Fibre, and the company’s success in Ooredoo Myanmar won an ‘Honorary KD 250 of gold jewellery. Myanmar. Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, supporting a full range of innovative Mention Award’ in the ‘Best Contact “Eid is different from all other occasions,” said John Paul Ooredoo, said: “Both these awards smart services for healthcare, trans- Center’ category at Customer Joy Alukkas, Executive Director, Joyalukkas Group. “It is an demonstrate the incredible contribution portation, entertainment and urban Experience Asia Excellence Awards in event that we all celebrate by gathering together our fami- that Ooredoo companies are making to development. Singapore. ly and loved ones and being more generous toward oth- ers. And this is reflected in the offers we have at Joyalukkas for this season.” Adding to this generous offer is a zero making charge on 8 gram 22k gold coins. These shining ABK announces lucky winners of offers are available at all Joyalukkas outlets throughout the UAE, making this Eid a truly happy and memorable one for final draw of summer campaign all jewellery lovers.

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) has conducted the third and final draw in its Central banks fret “Spend and Win” summer campaign, for August card spends. AbdulRazag Ibrahim, the stimulus efforts first prize winner was from the Head Office branch, while Ghanemah Hussein, the sec- are falling short ond prize winner, was from Qurain branch. Winners were announced in a draw at ABK’s Head Office in Safat Square on Sept 10 LONDON: The world’s leading central banks are facing the risk that their massive efforts to revive economic growth could be dragged under the supervision of the Ministry of down again, with some officials arguing for bold new ideas to Commerce. ABK credit and prepaid card- counter the threat of slow growth for years to come. A day after the holders who spent a minimum of KD 100 US Federal Reserve kept interest rates at zero, citing risks in the glob- between Aug 1 and 31 2015 were eligible to al economy, the Bank of England’s chief economist said central enter the draw to win back their total expen- banks had to accept that interest rates might get stuck at rock bot- diture, up to the value of KD 3,000. There tom. were a total of three monthly draws this In Japan, where interest rates have been at zero for more than 20 summer, and this exciting campaign was years, policymakers are already tossing around ideas for overhauling one of several initiatives the Bank has under- the Bank of Japan’s huge monetary stimulus program as they worry taken to add value to its customers. ABK is that it will be unsustainable in the future, according to sources famil- committed to providing customers with iar with its thinking. Separately a top European Central Bank official innovative and valuable promotions, tailored said the ECB’s bond-buying program might need to be rethought if low inflation becomes entrenched. But he added monetary policy to meet their specific needs and exceed their would not restore economic growth over the long term. expectations. More than eight years after the onset of the financial crisis, the economies of the United States and Britain are growing at a healthi- er pace, in contrast to those of Japan and in many euro zone coun- tries. But the risk of a sharp slowdown in China and other emerging Gulf Bank announces winners economies has prevented the Fed from starting to raise interest rates and is being watched closely by the Bank of England. Investors of the Al Danah daily draws mostly think that the Fed’s delay will be short-lived and that it could begin raising rates before the end of the year, followed a few months later by Britain’s central bank. KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al Danah daily Hana Abdullah Alduaij 5) Only bank that transfers your chances to win But the BoE’s chief economist, Andy Haldane, who has long been draws on Sept 13, 2015 announcing the Gulf Bank’s Al Danah 2015 draw lineup from year to year gloomy about the chances of a sustainable recovery, said the world names of its winners for the week of Sept 6-10, includes daily draws and the final Al Danah Open an account and deposit now to win might in fact be sinking into a new phase of the financial crisis - this 2015. The Al Danah daily draws include draws draw for one million dinars on Jan 7, 2016. The big, live big, with Al Danah 2015. Al Danah also time caused by emerging markets. In a speech on Friday that each and every working day for two prizes of Al Danah Millionaire will be announced along- offers a number of unique services including: summed up the dilemma for many central banks, he said policymak- KD 1,000 per winner. side winners of KD 250,000 and KD 50,000 the Al Danah Deposit Only ATM card which ers had a lot less room for manoeuvre than in the past. Haldane cash prizes. helps account holders deposit their money at pointed out that the Bank of England’s next move might be to cut its The winners were: their convenience; as well as the Al Danah cal- rates below their record low 0.5 percent rather than proceed with a (Sunday 6/9): Ghadeer Abas Ahmmed Alkabaz, Five reasons why the Al Danah account is culator to help customers calculate their hike as widely expected. But even when interest rates do start to rise, Majid Ibrahim Hassan Attash Attash the best: chances of becoming an Al Danah winner. he warned they could be pulled back again to near zero by future (Monday 7/9): Fatemah Abed Ali Khalaf, Raaed 1) Kuwait’s single biggest yearly cash prize of Gulf Bank’s Al Danah account is open to problems. Jaber Moqled KD 1 million Kuwaitis and all residents of Kuwait. Customers “If global real interest rates are persistently lower, central banks (Tuesday 8/9): Rola Hussain Mohamed Mousa 2) Kuwait’s biggest quarterly cash prizes, up to who open an account and/or deposit more may then need to think imaginatively about how to deal on a Mohamed, Naser Rashed Naser Alazmi KD 500,000 will enter the draw within two days. To take more durable basis with the technological constraint imposed by (Wednesday 9/9): Molkeyah Hasan Shah Aswar 3) Two winners of KD 1,000 every working day part in the Al Danah 2015 upcoming yearly the zero lower bound on interest rates,” he said. “That may require Mohammed, Najeyah Hassan Zeboun 4) The most opportunities to win (64 draws a draw, customers must have an Al Danah a rethink, a fairly fundamental one, of a number of current central (Thursday 10/9): Faried Mnoukh Alabdulah, year, and up to 532 winners) account containing at least KD 200. bank practices.” — Reuters SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 www.kuwaittimes.net

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SEE PAGE 28 Fashion from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week on Thursday, Sept 17, 2015, in New York. — AP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Beckham doesn’t taking acting seriously

lthough the 40-year-old retired soccer it’s just fun, it’s not something that I’m train- star has taken on roles in Guy Ritchie’s ing to be better at.” David - who tied the knot Amovies ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and with fashion designer Victoria in 1999 after ‘Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur’, he two years of dating - says most of his time insisted he has no plans to making acting his these days is spent driving his sons Brooklyn, full-time career and he is just enjoying the 16, Romeo, 13 and Cruz, 10 around. The star, new experience. David told MrPorter.com: “I also dad to Harper, four, is equally busy with saw an article the other day that said this is 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund, a charity my new career, and it’s really not. It’s some- initiative he calls his “main focus” which has thing that I’ve dipped myself into from time projects in seven global areas where life is to time, but I only did it for a friend, Guy. “I especially difficult for children. did a small bit in ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’, and I’ve done little bit more for him in ‘King Arthur’. But it’s definitely not my new career,

Fox will replace Zooey Deschanel on ‘New Girl’

ooey - who welcomed her first child with husband when we wrote this part - she’s the perfect person to come Jacob Pechenik in August - is taking time off to spend in and shake these guys up.” The casting is some good news Zwith her baby daughter and Megan will join the show for Megan, who recently filed for divorce from Brian Austin in her absence. Megan’s character Reagan is described as “a Green, 42, after five years of marriage. The ‘Teenage Mutant gorgeous, straight-shooting pharmaceutical sales rep who Ninja Turtles’ star is seeking joint physical and legal custody comes to town on business and shakes things up when she of their two sons, Noah, two, and Bodhi, 18 months. rents out Jess’ (Zooey) room while she is sequestered on jury According to court documents, the 29-year-old beauty hired duty”. New Girl executive producer Liz Meriwether com- celebrity lawyer Laura Wasser to represent her and she cited mented: “It’s insane to me that such a gorgeous person can “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the petition. be so funny, but I guess we just all have to accept it. “I’ve Megan also listed June 15, 2015 as the official date of their been a fan of her comedic skills since ‘This Is 40’, and I’m so separation despite recent speculation they quietly split six excited to have her on the show. We had Megan in mind months ago.

Bieber pulled out of ‘Tonight Show’ he ‘What Do You Mean?’ singer appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show earlier this month Tand although it appeared to go off without a hitch, Jimmy admitted that Justin opted out of a sketch they had spent weeks preparing at the last minute. Speaking to Billboard, he said: “I wish they’d told me weeks ago because today’s the day, and now we have to crunch and think of an idea to do. And I have to say sorry to the crew guys who built the set and the wardrobe people and everyone.” The cancellation was even more disappointing for Jimmy as just hours before the show he tweeted that Justin would “do something fun” before his perform- ance. However, Jimmy didn’t hold a grudge, say- ing: “But it’s not what he does. He’s here to sing, so as long as he’s comfortable and it sounds good then we did our job. And if I talk to him and make him funny and make him look good, that’s my job. That’s all I have to do.” Meanwhile, Jimmy also revealed he needs more surgery on his injured hand. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Janet Jackson has converted to Islam he 49-year-old singer - who married Muslim bil- Allah” which means “If Allah wills”. Meanwhile, Janet lionaire, Wissam Al Mana, 40, in 2012 - is report- has pulled out of the iHeartRadio Music Festival this Tedly taking the religion so seriously that she has weekend. She was slated to perform at the MGM Grand even toned down her raunchy costumes and dance Garden Arena along with a host of other acts including moves for her comeback tour. A source told The Sun: Kanye West, the Killers, Coldplay, Kenny Chesney, Blake “She feels like she has found a home with her new reli- Shelton, the Weeknd, Duran Duran, Lil Wayne, David gion and has told members of her family, who com- Guetta and Disclosure. However, the Las Vegas Review- pletely respect her choice. “She has spent a great deal Journal reports that Janet has had to cancel “due to an of time studying the religion and its followers. “The ear-related issue that prevents her from flying”. days of raunchy dance moves and sexual lyrics are long gone for Janet.” The newspaper reports that Janet even ends her ‘Unbreakable’ world tour shows with “Insha

he 68-year-old presenter is set to front an episode of the second sea- Letterman has Tson of ‘Years of Living Dangerously’, where he will visit India to discuss energy admits she is with the country’s Prime Minister landed another Barrymore Narendra Modi. Producer David Gelber said: “He’s never been to India, and he’s really excited to go. Dave will be a terrific television gig sometimes ‘fashion roadkill’ correspondent for us. “We’re very com- fortable having him with the Prime Minister of India - I’m not sure there are he 40-year-old actress has slammed that many people we’d be comfortable other actresses who complain about setting up in that kind of role. He’s a won- Tbeing questioned about their outfits derful interviewer.” And fellow producer on the red carpet and says if they don’t Joel Bach also revealed climate change, like it they should not attend premieres. the focus of the program, is a cause close She fumed: “I mean, I am fashion roadkill to David’s heart. He told the Hollywood sometimes but if you’re like, ‘Urrrgh, I Reporter: “It’s thrilling to have him do this don’t wanna be treated like this or asked - we’re beyond excited. The reason why who I’m wearing’, then don’t go on the Letterman’s part of this is that we just red carpet. It’s easy! Sorry, I’m getting noticed that he seemed to perk up when really mad now, but it’s true.” The ‘Miss this issue came across his lap. “We You Already’ star continued her rant, say- reached out to him to see if he’d want to ing that the whole point of attending VIP be part of this, and he said, ‘Absolutely.’ events is it being a fashion “parade” and He said [that climate change is] some- the reason why men don’t get asked thing he does think about a lot.” The sec- about their clothes is because they all ond season of ‘Years of Living wear the same, a suit and tie, unless you Dangerously’ will be shown on National are “Johnny Depp”. She told the Daily Geographic in 2016. Mirror newspaper: “It is what it is. Why does anybody bother getting mad? It’s just silly - it’s a red carpet, it’s a parade, it’s about fashion. And the reason men don’t get asked what they’re wearing is because, unless you’re Johnny Depp, it’s all very similar: suits or bow ties.” Timberlake and Biel want another baby

he celebrity couple, who have five- new role as a mother and has been “ordering month-old son Silas, are completely a lot of organic food and cooking healthy Tsmitten with their little boy and hope to meals” for her family. Her former ‘Seventh give him a sibling sooner rather than later. A Heaven’ co-star and best friend Beverly source close to the famous duo, who tied the Mitchell added: “Jessica’s a natural, amazing knot in Italy in October 2012, said: “They’re and perfect mom. But there was never any already thinking about having more kids.” doubt.” Meanwhile, the brunette beauty is The ‘Not A Bad Thing’ hitmaker, 34, loves currently gearing up to launch her new child- spending as much time as possible at home friendly restaurant Au Fudge in Los Angeles in with his son. The source told Us Weekly mag- the near future. azine: “They are homebodies. Justin is so hap- py. He’s had career success, and now he says family is the most important thing.” ‘Total Recall’ star Jessica, 33, is also relishing her SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Animation Category winners, from left, Seth Boyden, winner of the Silver medal for “An Object at Rest”, Alyce Tzue, winner of Narrative category finalists, from left Meg Smaker, left, the Gold medal for “Soar, Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, winners of the Bronze medal for “Taking the Plunge” Bronze medal winner for “Boxeadora”, Alexandre Peralta, attend the 42nd Student Academy Awards Ceremony. — AP photos center, winner of the Gold medal for “Looking at the Stars”, and Emily Kassie, right, Silver medal winner for “I Married My Familyís Killer”. Student filmmakers get Hollywood treatment from film academy fter a week of studio visits, fancy dinners and Student Academy Award winner has been “surreal,” said docu- where his 26-year-old son, Bennett, was among the winners. Hollywood meetings, the winners of the 42nd Student mentarian Emily Kassie, 22. “One of the most exciting parts is “I’m still the only two-time winner of the Student Academy AAcademy Awards finally got their chance to thank the getting to meet our peers and being among this very high cal- Award,” Lasseter said, “but it pales in comparison to seeing my academy. Fifteen young filmmakers spent a week in Los iber talented group of filmmakers,” the Brown University stu- son win a Student Academy Award, especially in the narrative Angeles as the film academy’s guests before receiving their dent said. “I think we were all blown away when we saw each category where they had 920 entries.” awards at a ceremony Thursday night. other’s films.” Bennett Lasseter, a student at American Film Institute, took “Of course, I would like to thank the academy. I’ve always Besides providing professional community, winning a home the bronze medal for his film about a transgender girl wanted to say that,” Chapman University student Daniel Student Academy Award bodes well for a filmmaker’s future. coming to terms with her identity. Even more important than Drummond said as he accepted his prize. “I could be up here Past winners - a list that includes Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Robert winning awards, though, is continuing to create, said Dustin all night and still wouldn’t be able to convey how much this Zemeckis and John Lasseter - have gone on to receive 47 Loose of Berlin, who took silver in the foreign film category. means to me.” Oscar nominations and eight statuettes. Lasseter said winning “It’s an exceptional thing being here and getting to know all Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and the student awards in 1979 and ‘80 while studying at these people,” he said, “but in the end it counts that we have Sciences chose the 14 winning student films from 1,686 sub- California Institute of the Arts was validating and inspiring. the chance and the shot to make our next film.” — AP missions - triple last year’s entries, said academy president “(It) really meant so much to me because it was the first Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Winners were recognized with gold, sil- time that I had the experience of seeing my film with a real ver or bronze medals in five categories: animation, documen- audience, to see that laughter, that entertainment,” he said. “It tary, narrative, foreign and alternative. really started in me what drives me even to this day: wanting “The whole week’s been amazing,” said Jeremy Cloe, 28, to entertain people. But it really was the Student Academy competing in the narrative category. “But being here tonight Award for the very first time I got to experience that.” is the big event and the most exciting.” Spending a week as Lasseter served as a presenter at Thursday’s ceremony,

TIFF pulls ‘London Fields’ amid legal dispute, offensive Islam imagery ondon Fields” was pulled Thursday and missed both deadlines. His guild has rules from the Toronto International Film for withdrawing his name from the picture, and “LFestival after the director sued the he missed those deadlines.” Cullen’s attorney, producers, saying they altered the movie and Alex Weingarten, responded to Muse added offensive imagery about Islam and the Production’s statements in an email. “It is unfor- Sept 11 terrorist attacks. tunate that the producers continue to attempt Festival organizers said the decision was to distort the facts, but it is no longer unexpect- based on “uncertainty surrounding the creative ed,” Weingarten wrote. He said that Hanley and vision” of the version they had. The debut had Gertner promised to provide the means to finish been set for Friday. Director Mathew Cullen filed both a director’s cut and a producer’s cut for the lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles against Muse consideration, but failed then to produce those Productions Inc. and producers Christopher resources. “They prevented him from finishing a Hanley and Jordan Gertner. A statement Director’s Cut and are now attempting use the released on behalf of the company expressed situation that they created as a defense,” disappointment that the film had been pulled Weingarten said. “This is no publicity stunt.” and faulted Cullen for missing deadlines to Cullen is a commercial and music video deliver the film to producers. director who has worked with Katy Perry, The Along with the allegations about content, Black Eyed Peas and Weezer, according to the the lawsuit says producers failed to properly lawsuit. “London Fields,” based on a Martin Amis finance the film and haven’t properly paid novel and starring Amber Heard, was intended Cullen for his work and expenses, which total to be his directorial debut for a feature film. “In more than $1 million. Cullen is asking a judge to creating their own version of the film, defen- rule the producers do not have the right to dants have interjected scenes and footage that attach his name to the film without his consent. are highly offensive and neither appear in the “Sadly, Mathew can’t deal with the fact that script nor are a part of the film that Cullen was he does not control the final cut of the movie,” asked to direct,” the lawsuit states. — AP said the statement released by publicist Maxine Actor Johnny Depp and wife Amber Heard pose for photographs on the red carpet for the Leonard on behalf of the producers. “He was new movie ‘Black Mass’ during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Amber given two deadlines to deliver a ‘director’s cut’ Heard is one of the stars of the controversial ‘London Fields’. — AP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Toronto film festival blurs line between TV, movies celandic director Baltasar Kormakur says it was embraced television. Oscar winner Halle Berry is once taboo for true filmmakers to consider starring on a science-fiction show on CBS. Idoing a television show. Now, with the premiere Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin of the pilot of his first TV series “Trapped” on the Farrell, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams signed big screen at the Toronto film festival that wraps up up for HBO’s “True Detective.” this weekend, he exults at the blurring of the line On the flip side, “Mad Men” star John Slattery between the two. walked the red carpet in Toronto with McAdams to “I think cinema and TV are friends now. When I promote the film “Spotlight” about reporters who started in cinema, they were enemies. You couldn’t uncover a child abuse scandal in the Catholic go to TV, or you would ruin your (film) career,” Church. It has resulted in a “cross-pollination of Kormakur told AFP. “I think at the end of the day it’s these two moving image cultures,” said Piers the same thing,” he said. “It’s just a different Handling, the chief executive of the Toronto festi- length... For me, it’s (all) story-telling.” Streaming val, which is the biggest in North America. content giants like Netflix-which is making the rounds at film festivals in Europe and North TV in spotlight in Toronto America with its original movie “Beasts of No This year, the festival developed a new program Nation”-are changing the game. dedicated to television, highlighting a half dozen “With Netflix and Amazon, you have two new television shows in the inaugural line-up, including big players in the mix who are driving demand” for Kormakur’s “Trapped.” Berlin did the same earlier more content, said Isabelle Giordano, chief execu- this year. “Television has entered an artistic renais- tive of distributor Unifrance Films. “It’s a sign that sance,” Toronto festival programmer Michael the industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, Lerman said. “The strongest storytellers are masters and it’s very exciting.”But high-level talent is also of change, and TV offers a narrative flexibility, a migrating back and forth from the big to the small platform and a luxury for filmmakers to explore screen-something that was not done very often ways of telling longer stories that delve deeper into even a decade ago. their characters.”—AFP A-list directors like Martin Scorsese (“Boardwalk Rya Kihlstedt, from left, Francesca Eastwood, Judith Shekoni, Gatlin Green, Danika Yarosh, Empire) and Steven Soderbergh (“The Knick”) have Eve Harlow and Kiki Sukezane attend a premiere for “Heroes Reborn” on day 6 of the Toronto International Film Festival at The Winter Garden Theatre. — AP ‘Mad Men’, ‘Game of Thrones’ to battle for Emmys glory

ill blood-splattered fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” finally iconic character.” “Mad Men” faces stiff competition in the best dra- New comedy gold take home top television honors, or will voters instead ma category from “Better Call Saul,” “Downton Abbey,” “Homeland,” ABC’s “Modern Family” has won the prize for best comedy series Woffer sentimental favorite “Mad Men” and its retro-cool “House of Cards,” “Orange is the New Black” and “Game of Thrones,” five years in a row. A sixth win tomorrow would set a record. But advertising execs a golden send-off? Millions will tune in tomorrow which earned an impressive 24 nominations. many are predicting new winners in the comedy categories, and to find out. Birnbaum said despite the fierce competition, “Mad Men” may perhaps even a big Emmy win for online retail giant Amazon and its The Emmy Awards, the biggest honors in television, will be win again if only to ensure it goes out in style. “It’s its last time to get “Transparent,” about a family patriarch who comes out as transgen- handed out at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles that could nominated and as we saw last year, ‘Breaking Bad’ swept the Emmys der. see some major surprises-and maybe even a history-making win for because it was a fantastic show and it was its last chance to get “Actor Jeffrey Tambor of ‘Transparent’ delivered a fantastic per- black women. “We’re going to see some new winners in most of the nominated,” she said. formance as a transgender woman and really sparked the national top races, and that’s going to be great for Emmy fans,” said Tom conversation long before the name Caitlyn Jenner, so I think he is O’Neil, a showbiz journalist who founded Hollywood awards predic- History in the making certainly considered a walk to win in the comedy actor race,” tion site Gold Derby. In the lead actress in a drama category, a black actress could win Birnbaum said. Tambor won a Golden Globe earlier this year for his One big question on everyone’s minds for this year’s 67th for the first time. Two of the six nominees are African-Americans: performance. Some are also tipping HBO’s “Veep”-a political satire Primetime Emmys, television’s version of the Oscars, is: will Jon Viola Davis for ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” and Taraji P. about a female vice president (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who surprisingly Hamm of “Mad Men” finally win on his eighth try for his work as Henson for Fox’s music melodrama “Empire.” “Most of the experts becomes head of state-to ride the buzz of the 2016 White House troubled ad man Don Draper? Though the wildly popular AMC are picking Viola, but Taraji is certainly in the hunt and we will see an race and dethrone “Modern Family.” “‘Veep’ has been a tremendous series about the sex- and booze-fueled world of 1960s Madison overdue milestone happen in that category,” O’Neil said. hit for HBO and considering that we are going into an election sea- Avenue has won the coveted outstanding drama trophy four times, Henson told Entertainment Weekly that she was praying for a son, everyone is talking about political issues right now,” Birnbaum its leading man has come up empty every year. win for either Davis or herself at tomorrow’s ceremony, to be hosted said. — AFP Awards pundits say it would be a slap in the face if Hamm is once by comedian Andy Samberg. “Here we are in 2015, and we’re still again overlooked. “I think this is the year for Jon Hamm,” predicted saying things like ‘First African-American,’ ‘First woman this’,” Debra Birnbaum, executive editor of television at Variety. “Certainly Henson said. “I just pray to God ... and it’s not even about me. “I he is the sentimental favorite going into Emmy night,” she told AFP. hope Viola wins. I hope I win. Just so we can get past this and we “Everyone loves a story like that and it would be great to see him don’t have to say in 2020 or 2030 or 3000, ‘The first.’” get the Emmy he so richly deserves for creating such a fantastic

A general view of the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball press preview at the Convention Center in Los View of statues at the engraving station at the 67th Angeles. — AFP photos Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Madonna performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — AFP photos Madonna still provocative but wistful on new epic tour wo hours into a show in which transgender nuns twirled on More sex and shock gay, similarly transformed several of her giddiest ‘80s tracks-”Dress stripper poles and hot-bodied dancers simulated most imagina- Madonna helped revolutionize the concept of a concert with her You Up,” “Into the Groove” and “Lucky Star” into an acoustic, Spanish- Tble sex acts, Madonna’s eyes glistened. “I’m so lucky to have sur- 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour, giving a new aura to her music through tinged medley brought joyously to stage as a flamenco dance. vived this long,” the pop legend told a sold-out crowd Wednesday prolific costume changes and heavy overtones of sex including simu- “This is the first time my manager told me I’m wearing too much night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. “I’m feeling pretty nos- lated masturbation, which even brought condemnation by The clothing,” Madonna said at she donned a Latin floral dress. Madonna talgic tonight. I first performed here 30 years ago,” she said. On one of Vatican. Madonna has not toned down the sex on the “Rebel Heart” opened the tour last week in Montreal and plans a total of 76 shows the first dates of her new “Rebel Heart” tour, Madonna still proved her tour. She even entered the stage to a recording of her voice declaring, through March 27 when “Rebel Heart” closes in Brisbane, Australia. It capacity to provoke and, at 57, powered lustrously through an elabo- “I have tits and ass and an insatiable desire to be noticed.” is Madonna’s first tour since her 88-date global sweep in 2012 for her rately choreographed set whose breakneck pace would daunt an On “Holy Water,” dancers dressed as nuns with a transgender album “MDNA,” concerts that triggered frequent controversy for her artist of any age. The show opened with Madonna descending from a appearance glided up and down poles and hoisted Madonna per- outspoken commentary on issues including US gun culture and cage to a procession of armored dancers inspired by both Joan of Arc ilously in the air. The stage then turned into a mock “Last Supper,” Europe’s far-right. and the samurai. with Madonna as the main course tied on the table with her legs flirta- “Rebel Heart” is by contrast mostly free of politics save during Madonna and her dancers changed attire at a dizzying pace, as the tiously open. But Madonna was ready to strip down the music as well. “Illuminati,” her toying take on conspiracy theories, in which a screen singer assumed personas that ranged from 1920s cabaret coquette to In one of the most emotionally resonant moments of the night, she flashed sudden scenes ranging from a Ku Klux Klan rally to a gay rights erotically charged matador. But Madonna also turned wistful before sat alone with a ukulele and sang, in French, Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en kiss-in. Madonna in recent years has accused her critics of ageism and, the audience in her adopted hometown, remembering her first time Rose.” The twice-divorced Madonna introduced the song by describ- when she signed off, she was back to her steely self. There was no dra- in Madison Square Garden, when she closed her blockbuster tour for ing herself as “cynical” about marriage, stating: “I have good reason to matic bow or prolonged encore, with her simple parting words: “Like a Virgin” in 1985. The show of emotion was rare for Madonna, be, but I still am a romantic at heart.” “Thank you, New York. We’ll be back.” — AFP who is known for her fierce professional determination and has responded defiantly after recent setbacks including online leaks of the Embracing Latin culture “Rebel Heart” album. Madonna, whose New York fan base is heavily Latino as well as T.I. sets record straight: He still works with Iggy Azalea Rock in Rio festival .I. is setting the record straight: The rapper says he’s still returns to roots working with Iggy Azalea, despite reports claiming their Tbusiness partnership was over after his recent radio inter- view. In an interview with The Associated Press, T.I. said Thursday on 30th anniversary night that he still considers the Australian rapper his “little sister.” hirty years after their late lead singer Freddie Mercury He said his words were taken out of context after talking about led an adoring Rio crowd in a legendary rendition of their relationship during an interview on a New York radio station this week. T“Love of My Life,” Queen returns to the Rock in Rio fes- T.I. said Azalea is still signed to his Grand Hustle label. She said tival this weekend. That performance, with 250,000 people the same Thursday on Twitter. “That’s still my partner,” T.I. said of singing along in the rain, was the highlight of the inaugural Azalea, known for her hit song “Fancy.” “Her life has taken her in a festival, and this year’s gathering, starting Friday, hopes to different direction. My life is still as it was before. But Iggy is doing recapture the magic. what she feels makes Iggy happy. That’s what she should do. Queen will take back the stage, with guest frontman We’re focused on making the next Iggy record and dodge the Adam Lambert. Some 85,000 people are expected for each same adversities we faced last time.” day of the concerts, running till tomorrow at Athletes’ Park, During the radio interview, T.I. talked about the harsh criticism close to where much of the Olympics will be held next year. Azalea received about her music and trying to defuse a public A second festival session will be held next week, from feud between Azalea and rapper Q-Tip. Last year, Q-Tip tried to September 25 to 27. school Azalea on hip-hop’s history and implied she had appropri- In 1985, Brazil was just coming out of a long military dic- ated the black culture. tatorship when 1.3 million people attended what was then a After T.I. attempted to bring peace between Q-Tip and Azalea, 10-day rock festival. In addition to Queen, this year’s version she fired back with a series of messages toward critics through will feature some of the artists from that original event, Twitter. That’s when T.I. felt he needed to step back and allow including Rod Stewart. Brazilian golden oldies Paralamas do Azalea to have her space. “It’s definitely not a ‘sever my ties, walk Sucesso, Lulu Santos and Erasmo Carlos will be there, as will away, I’m upset’ thing,” he said. “It was more so like, OK, you have In this Nov 23, 2014 file photo, Iggy Azalea, left, and T.I. Metallica, System of a Down, Slipknot, Rihanna, Katy Perry, a lot on your plate right now. I’m going to pull back or wait until accept the award for favorite rap/hip-hop album for ‘The New Elton John and A-ha.—AFP you come to a place where you’re ready to come back to the Classic’ on stage at the 42nd annual American Music Awards table, so we can start again and make history some more.”—AP at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. — AP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

(From left) Actors Michel de Warzee, Amani Picci and Helene Bernardy pose after the premiere (From left) Actors Joelle Charlie, Helene Bernardy, Michel de Warzee and Amani Picci perform of “The Castafiore Emerald”, a lyrical comedy adapted from the famous album by Herge, in La during the premiere of “The Castafiore Emerald”. Hulpe. — AFP photos Tintin braves new adventure at real-life opera ver the years Tintin has battled spies, climbed Carpentries, noting that many of the topics covered in to stay a professional singer and then add all that fun, the Himalayas and travelled to the Moon but the Tintin adventures published between 1929 and the comic book element, to stay faithful to the book.” Othe intrepid Belgian boy reporter now faces 1976 are still “hot”. These range from problems with The song that Castafiore sings in Herge’s book-the what could be his biggest adventure yet-an opera. technology-in his case television-to the treatment of “Jewel Song” from the opera “Faust” by Charles Already immortalized in a series of much-loved comic Gypsies, who in one of the books are forced to live in a Gounod-naturally features in the live performance, books, film and theatre, Tintin and his faithful dog dump. But in a sign of the times, the 13-year-old actor along with other operatic “pearls” that are meant to Snowy are now set to star in an open-air musical playing Tintin, Amani Picci, had never read the books show a diva at the top of her game, says de adaptation of the “The Castafiore Emerald”, which before landing the role, even if he had seen cartoons Carpentries. opens this week near Brussels. on television. “We thought about what her repertoire would be. Featuring the eccentric diva Bianca Castafiore, He said that during rehearsals over the summer “I Because Castafiore is not just a big presence, she is a whose voice can shatter glass, the book published in have received lots of advice for getting rid of stress” great singer with a huge repertoire, like (legendary 1963 by Belgian author Herge tells the story of how before going out in front of an audience of 1,800 to soprano Maria) Callas,” he adds. The book’s lively dia- she is invited to Marlinspike Hall, the country retreat play a “legend” of popular culture. But it is not Tintin logue has meanwhile been set to various tunes from of Tintin’s good friend, the drunken sailor Captain who is centre stage but the “invasive, exuberant” the operatic canon. The setting will be equally grand, Haddock. Madame Castafiore, played by soprano Helene in the 19th century surrounds of the Chateau de La Teaming up with the bumbling, bowler-hatted Bernardy. Hulpe, a country house with pointed towers that detectives Thompson and Thomson, they brave a Castafiore is a star of La Scala in Milan who flees to bears an uncanny similarity to Marlinspike Hall. It is series of adventures to recover her stolen jewelry, Marlinspike Hall to escape the attentions of the produced by the Belgian society “Opera For All”, including the precious, eponymous emerald. “I’ve tabloids. But her presence irks Captain Haddock, which over the past 20 years has been trying to bring always found it the most musical of Herge’s books,” whose expletives punctuate the performance. opera to a wider public. — AFP director Francois de Carpentries told AFP, saying that Bernardy says playing Castafiore is “therapy-you have turning it into an opera “is a childhood dream come to throw all your complexes in the bin.” The character true.” The opera is being performed in the open air is “extreme in her reactions, her gestures — she from September 17 until 26 at the Chateau de La always wants to be noticed.” Hulpe south of Brussels, and further dates are likely to follow, in France among others. Faithful to the book Belgian producer But she says that she has to be careful not to top- Cedric Monnoye ‘A true genius’ ple over into caricature. “She sings all the big roles, at smiles at the “Herge was a genius, a true visionary,” says de the Metropolitan in New York, at La Scala. So you have premiere.

(From left) Actors Joelle Charlier, Amani Picci and Michel Actors Helene Bernardy (left) and Michel de Warzee per- Belgian actor Amani Picci playing Tintin poses with the de Warzee perform. form. dog playing Snowy during the premiere. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Marc Jacobs crown NY fashion with cinematic display

howman Marc Jacobs brought New York’s spring/summer fashion week to a sumptuous close with a stunning catwalk Sdisplay of Americana and 1940s glamour down the red car- pet and through a fabled movie theater. The indoor-outdoor show allowed the public and fans to jostle with photographers for a glimpse of the decadent-looking models as they strode in the street before sashaying through the cinema. The designer took over Ziegfeld Theater, seemingly the last remaining large single-screen movie theater in New York, flash- ing on the billboard outside: “One Night Only, Marc Jacobs, #MarcJacobsPremiere.” Inside there was a big band dressed in tuxedos, uniformed ushers handing out playbills and French maids offering concessions as if the crowd had been transported back to the 1940s. Jacobs, who considers himself the brightest star in the New York fashion firmament, pulled in models of the moment Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. They powered down a red carpet in the street outside, in the heart of New York’s entertainment district, to the sounds of the city and cries of “beautiful” and flashing bulbs echoing under the tented canopy. It was a magnificent touch, which following on the heels of Givenchy that offered tickets to the general public, cemented a new trend of widening beyond the narrow fashion pack the audi- ence for a show. In keeping with the theater and the larger than life creations, there was a cabaret, cinematic quality to the collec- tion, and the mix of casual sportswear and high-end fashion that characterizes the label. There were distressed pants in the stars and stripes of the American flag, military-style coats with brass buttons, an elegant 1940s silhouette to suiting and floaty transparent skirts that hint- ed at the 1970s. It was as eclectic as it was different, a riot of dif- ferent fabrics and colors, pointed flat baseball-style shoes and embellished stilettos, and Andy Warhol-like pop prints fashioned into suits, dresses and jackets. Here are the other top highlights on the last day of New York fashion week, as the spring/summer 2016 season now shifts to Europe:

Models present the creations of Marc Jacobs during the Spring/Summer 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week. — AFP photos SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Ralph Lauren were paired with prominent use of saddle Flame-haired screen sirens Julianne Moore leather fashioned into jackets, blouses, cropped and Jessica Chastain were the guests of honor at pants, shorts and a skirt. the designer’s Riviera-inspired collection of Besides the plain separates, there was a col- timeless elegance that saw French chic meet orful “bateau” print-inspired by multi-colored East Coast high society. “It has a romantic rustic- sailing ships-and evening dresses were strapless ity, as well as a sleek and luxurious sportiness with billowing skirts. The designer came out to that represents to me both the cool insouciance rapturous applause at the end, kissed his chil- and understated style of the women who dren and guests of honor, who rose to their feet inspire me,” wrote Lauren, one of New York’s to greet him, before walking the runway to most beloved designers. Frank Sinatra’s classic track “I Love Paris.” For day, it was a maritime look of white linen shantung pants, navy viscose dresses with cut- out shoulders, navy jackets, sweaters with Breton-style buttons on the shoulder and white silk organza skirts. Otherwise, white and blue

Models walk the runway during the Calvin Klein presentation at New York Fashion Week. — AFP photos

Calvin Klein Jenner sat front row at Calvin Klein in a bare- ly-there red dress and towering black stilettos, as did actress Zoe Kravitz in cream. Francisco Costa, the label’s Brazilian-born women’s cre- ative director, presented a collection that he summed up as “the morning after”-an explo- ration of “modern sensuality through intimate deconstruction.” The overall effect was unfinished, as if the pattern was still pinned to a mannequin in the studio. There were lots of apron dresses, sashes hanging down, triangular slits cut at the back bottom of pant legs and seams stitched on the outside, but the collection won warm applause from the fashion crowd. As always at Calvin Klein, the main focus was on black and white, with the eggshell and gold so pale that they Models walk the runway during the Ralph Lauren presentation at New York Fashion could be mistaken for white. — AFP Week in New York. — AFP photos TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 S Africa broadband blitz unlocks VOD

JOHANNESBURG: A rapid roll-out of fibre optic broadband in waive data charges for subscribers accessing its VOD offering such as Vumatel have signed deals with affluent suburbs to sup- upmarket South African neighbourhoods has caught the atten- FrontRow. “We know connectivity is coming to South Africa,” said ply “fibrehoods” with high speed internet. tion of Internet video streaming companies who are racing to Richard Boorman, spokesman for the Napsers-owned VOD service Installing fibre costs a little more than a fixed line connec- capture a slice of a lucrative, untapped market. Showmax, launched in August. tion, but once that cost is covered it delivers data speeds of up South Africa is the continent’s most developed economy and “The thinking from our end is to make sure we are investing to 20 megabits per second, ten times faster than fixed-line cop- has a burgeoning middle-class but so far satellite television oper- now to take advantage of this boom in connectivity.” An estimat- per connections. “There’s an almighty gold rush to try and put in ators dominate the home-viewing market. ed one million South African households have the bandwidth fibre and that’s bringing in these streaming services,” said Dion Five South African video-on-demand (VOD) services have speed to stream videos but this number is expected to swell in Chang, analyst and director of Flux Trends, a technology consul- launched over the last 12 months and when Netflix announced coming years as fibre optic Internet providers race to roll-out new tancy. global expansion plans in January it raised speculation that the services. Faster Internet speeds globally are expected to increase VOD U.S. streaming giant would soon be coming to South Africa. National fixed-line operator Telkom aims to bring fibre to 1 subscribers to 200 million by 2020 from around 83 million last Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN, last week said it would million households by 2016, while start-up telecoms companies year, according to statistics portal Statista. — Reuters

Pentagon designing cyber ‘scorecard’

NATIONAL HARBOR: The US Defense Department is building a massive, electronic system to provide an overview of the vulnerabilities of the military’s com- puter networks, weapons systems, and installations, and help officials prioritize how to fix them, the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command said. Air Force Lieutenant General Kevin McLaughlin told Reuters officials should reach agreement on a frame- work within months, with a goal of turning the sys- tem into an automated “scorecard” in coming years. The effort, being led by the Pentagon’s chief infor- mation officer, grew out of a critical report about cyber threats released earlier this year by the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester, and escalating cyber attacks by China and Russia. The report by Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s SAN FRANCISCO: In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 photo, Amazon’s new $50 Fire tablet sits on display along with assorted director of testing and evaluation, warned that near- colored cases (background) in San Francisco.—AP ly every major US weapons system was vulnerable to cyber attacks. Initial data entry would be done by Amazon dangles $50 tablet computer hand, but the goal was to create a fully automated system that would help defense officials instanta- SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon is dangling a $50 tablet computer in superior to other discount tablets that are “something you neously detect and respond to cyber attacks, its latest attempt to lure consumers who can’t afford or don’t wouldn’t want to give your worst enemy, let alone a family McLaughlin said after a speech at the annual want the more expensive Internet-connected devices made by member or a kid.” Billington Cybersecurity Summit. Apple and other rivals. The 7-inch Fire tablet unveiled Thursday Amazon is promising the discount tablet will have decent McLaughlin told the conference that Cyber marks Amazon’s most aggressive attempt yet to undercut processing power, good color saturation and seven hours of Command had already set up about half of 133 Apple, which has been the market leader since its first iPad battery life. A more durable version designed for kids will come planned cyber response teams with about 6,200 went on sale five years ago. The least expensive iPad Mini, with a blue or pink bumper and a 2-year replacement warranty people, and all of them would achieve an initial which has an 8-inch screen, currently sells for $270. if it’s broken for any reason. It will sell for $100. Amazon.com Inc. isn’t trying to persuade anyone that its Pre-orders for the tablet will begin Thursday, with shipments operational capability by the end of 2016. cheap tablet matches the quality of its own sleeker, higher- expected in two weeks. Amazon also unveiled updates to larg- He said the initial focus of the new scorecard priced Fire HD alternatives, let alone the top-selling iPad line. er, more expensive tablets and its devices for streaming Internet would be on the greatest threats, including weapons But the Seattle company is counting on the new tablet’s low video to television sets as it gears up to battle Apple and other systems fielded 30 years ago before the cyber threat price to encourage more people to buy a device that will hook gadget makers for the flurry of electronics sales that typically was fully understand, as well as newer systems that them on watching video, reading books, playing games and accompanies the holiday shopping season. were not secure enough. shopping on a computer that’s easy to carry wherever they go. Apple got the jump on Amazon last week when it showed “There’s probably not enough money in the world In the process, Amazon is hoping consumers will buy more off its latest iPhone, an iPad with a 12-inch screen and a long- to fix all those things, but the question is what’s most digital goods and merchandise from its store while also sub- delayed update of its TV-streaming box for Internet video and scribing to its $100-per-year Prime service that offers a mix of music. important, where should we put our resources as we videos, music and free shipping. Amazon tried to counter the iPhone’s popularity with its eat the elephant one bite at a time,” he said. “Our tablet focus is in and around content consumption,” own smartphone last year, but it never caught on. The company McLaughlin said the scorecard was initially intended said David Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices. As no longer sells its Fire phone, though it’s still available in other to look at weapons and networks, but the Pentagon with its previous low-priced tablets, the new Fire device will online stores. was now looking at a broader and more sophisticated show ads on its screen saver. Avoiding the ads will cost an addi- Despite that the phone’s flop, Limp insisted “there’s a lot of approach that also accounted for how data was tional $15. good things happening across (Amazon’s) device business.” The moved among agencies within the military. US Army, The discount tablet will debut amid a slump in the sale of the company’s holiday line-up includes a more durable 8-inch Fire devices. The downturn suggests consumers who already own a HD tablet with faster processing speeds than last year’s model Navy and Air Force officials, who also spoke at the tablet see little need to upgrade and those that don’t have one that will sell at prices beginning at $150. An upgraded 10-inch event, mapped out their own cybersecurity efforts, cit- either aren’t interesting in the devices or can’t afford one. Fire HD tablet will sell for $230, or 42 percent less than the least ing new levels of communication and collaboration Apple’s iPad sales have been declining since 2013, spurring expensive $400 iPad with a comparable display size. among the services around these issues. McLaughlin the company to take aim at selling more of its tablets to corpo- Amazon is adding a remote control with a voice-activated said U.S. military commanders were far more attuned rate customers and government agencies. Industrywide, world- search option to its Fire stick for Internet video streaming. The to cyber threats than in earlier years. He said Cyber wide sales of tablets are expected to fall 8 percent this year, streaming stick will sell for $50, up from $40 for last year’s ver- Command spot checks and inspections were now according to the research firm International Data Corp. sion without voice-recognition technology. being flagged to the command’s top leader, Admiral Amazon is hoping that the low price of the new tablet will be Amazon’s Fire TV box will now be able stream ultra HD video so appealing that people will stock up on the devices and have with technology that is also supposed to deliver a better picture Mike Rogers, which had spurred greater accountabili- them scattered around the house. As a prod, it plans to sell a six- to screens with standard HD, too. It will sell for $100 compared ty than in earlier years. — Reuters pack of the 7-inch Fire tablets for the price of five, or $250. with $150 for the new Apple TV box scheduled to go on sale at Although the new tablet is cheap, Limp boasted it is far the end of next month. — AP TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Court blocks US sales of old Samsung phones

WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court is blocking the injunction, something that the company has previ- Samsung’s phones and tablets infringed on Apple’s Samsung Electronics from selling some of its older ously indicated it might do if prodded by the courts. patents covering iPhone innovations. Apple has been smartphones in the US in the latest twist to a long-run- Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have been awarded more than $600 million in damages so far, ning legal battle over how much of the devices’ tech- locked in a bitter feud for years over the patents cover- but Samsung is still pursuing appeals that could nology was copied from Apple’s iPhone. The ruling ing a variety of features commonly used in many reduce the amount owed. issued Thursday by the US Federal Circuit Court of smartphones. In a 2-1 vote, the appeals court issuing Thursday’s Appeals in Washington vindicates Apple, but might The acrimony dates back to the reign of Apple’s injunction concluded Apple was being harmed by not hurt Samsung too much. That’s because it applies late CEO Steve Jobs, who contended that Google had Samsung’s infringement on patents for iPhone’s slide- to phones that are no longer popular. ripped off the iPhone’s innovations to use in Android, to-lock screen and auto-correct feature. The court also The most recent phone affected by the injunction, a free mobile operating system that Samsung uses in concluded that protecting Apple’s intellectual rights the Galaxy S3, was released in 2012 - long enough ago its smartphones. Samsung emerged as Apple’s biggest wouldn’t harm the public welfare. to be eclipsed by slicker smartphones in the rapidly rival in the smartphone market, making it the target of “Apple does not seek to enjoin the sale of lifesaving evolving market for mobile technology. Samsung a legal onslaught that has continued long after Jobs’ drugs, but to prevent Samsung from profiting from the recently began selling the Galaxy S6, which was unaf- death nearly four years ago. unauthorized use of infringing features in its cell- fected by Thursday’s decision. Juries in two separate federal court trials in San phones and tablets,” wrote US Federal Circuit Judge Samsung could also revise the features covered by Jose, California, decided some of the features in Kimberly Moore in the majority opinion. — AP

Annual Japan video game show opens with record exhibitors

CHIBA: Japan’s annual video game show opened Thursday with a record number of exhibitors, including independent companies and newcomers, a positive sign for an industry that has faced tough competition from games on social media and mobile devices. The Tokyo Game Show, which continues through Sunday, at Makuhari Messe conven- tion center in the Tokyo suburb of Chiba, fea- tures more than 2,000 booths from 480 exhibitors. Although Japanese game machine makers such as Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. have been leaders in the industry for decades, the Tokyo show underlined its increasingly global makeup, with more than half of the exhibitors coming from abroad. A special section was set up for independ- ent game designers from Asia. Alwyn Lee, chief executive of Daylight Studios, a small inde- LEXINGTON: In this Sept. 5, 2015 file photo. a drone (center) which crashed into a part of the newly renovated Commonwealth Stadium before pendent game company from Singapore, was the Wildcats faced Louisiana-Lafayette in the season opener, files near the facility. — AP showing a PC and Mac version of his game that starred potato-shaped characters. He acknowledged the market was bigger in the US than in Japan, but his company has Drones at stadiums are invested in adapting the game to the Japanese language, set to launch in a couple of months here. “We are getting feedback to adapt to the easy to spot, hard to stop Japanese market,” he said. “Japan is very famous for the mobile market, but this is the KENTUCKY: Whether they’re crashing into the Federal Aviation Administration issued notice that most important issue: How to prevent a drone from first time we are trying the desktop market.” bleachers or simply hovering above stadiums to it’s illegal to fly drones near Major League Baseball, coming into a stadium in the first place. YouTube and online retailer Amazon with its get a cool picture of the action down below, drones NFL and NCAA Division I college football games “So much of this is unknown and so much of it Twitch game service, both brands not typically have become semi-regular guests at the ballparks and major auto races. Other sporting events can raises so many questions,” said Derek Catsam of associated with games, were also first-time these days. That has put the federal government, put their own bans in place. But the penalties for University of Texas of the Permian Basin, who stud- exhibitors at the Tokyo show. local police forces and security think tanks on alert, violating a ban - and who hands out those sen- ies stadium security issue. “It’s a case of where the The event also had the perennial favorites, trying to catch up to the technology and figure out tences - is still murky. In the Kentucky case, campus technology is so far ahead of our ability to come to such as the latest versions of the “Street how to prevent the hard-to-stop devices from police brought wanton endangerment charges grips with it.” There are around 2,500 Major League Fighter” combat game from Capcom and the doing major damage. “It’s scary for all of us,” said against the owner of the wayward drone; at the US Baseball games a year, so 31 drone sightings last “Metal Gear Solid” action adventure game from Lou Marciani, the director of the National Center for Open, New York police brought similar charges year and nine so far this season does not constitute Konami Digital Entertainment. It also highlight- Spectator Sports Safety and Security. against a high school science teacher who lost con- a major crisis, said John Skinner, the director of ed offerings from lesser known companies. “A crash, even without a payload, has the poten- trol of his drone. security for MLB. Still, baseball took part in a gov- One was “Oyaji Girly,” which means “girlish tial to injure several people. And if they carry a pay- The FAA issued a “law enforcement guidance” ernment project called “Operation Foul Ball” last old man,” designed by female high school stu- load, it could be anything from a weapon to paper to help local jurisdictions figure out this new year at the All-Star Game in Minneapolis to try to dents, billed as an action game in which an old anthrax to something worse than that.” Drone problem. It lists its own enforcement tools - includ- detect drones. man is targeted to take on female traits. crashes, two days apart, at the US Open in New ing warning notices, letters of correction and civil Skinner said Minneapolis police worked with Earlier this week, Sony Computer York and before a Kentucky football game, made penalties - but suggests state and local police do the Department of Homeland Security on a system Entertainment, the game division of the news earlier this month. But over the past two most of the work to detect the drones and enforce that could identify the radio frequencies of drones Japanese electronics and entertainment com- years, more than 50 unmanned aircrafts have flown the penalties. In its notice about temporary flight before they took off. “In essence, it worked,” he pany, announced a 5,000 yen ($41) price cut in over Major League Baseball and NFL stadiums, restrictions at sporting events, the FAA lists reckless said. But it didn’t necessarily protect against the Japan for the Play Station 4 home console, coming and going quietly - usually controlled by a endangerment, operation of a motor vehicle while drones taking off; one found its way to the stadium another move designed to woo fans. The con- hobbyist who either lost control of the device or under the influence, trespassing and assault as pos- during the home run derby. Also, there are private sole will now sell for 34,980 yen ($289) starting wanted a picture of their favorite team in action. sible criminal charges for unsanctioned drone use. companies that can provide the same service using Oct. 1. There were long lines at Sony’s booth for No harm done. But the prospect of the drones Much of this, experts say, is the result of seat-of-the- similar technology, and some of the teams have its VR headset, which offers virtual reality doing something worse has security experts look- pants law- and rule-making to combat a new and been approached about working with those com- games, promised for next year. — AP ing for answers, and quickly. Last October, the very fluid problem. And none of it addresses the panies.—AP TV listings SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

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Wilmore 18:00 Witches Of East End 03:00 Peace, Love & 09:30 Beethoven’s Treasure Tail 05:00 Violetta 02:00 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 19:00 Criminal Minds Misunderstanding-PG15 11:15 The Dragon Pearl 05:45 The Hive 02:55 Emmerdale Jimmy Fallon 20:00 The Fosters 05:00 Seven Days In Utopia-PG15 13:00 The Olsen Gang In Deep 05:50 Mouk 05:15 Coronation Street 06:30 2 Broke Girls 21:00 Witches Of East End 07:00 Middle Of Nowhere-PG15 Trouble 06:00 Lolirock 08:05 The Chase 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 22:00 Better Call Saul 09:00 Parkland-PG15 14:30 The Happets 06:25 Hank Zipzer 08:55 Doc Martin 10:30 2 Broke Girls 23:00 House Of Cards 11:00 Peace, Love & 16:00 The Adventurer: The Curse Of 06:50 Girl Meets World 09:50 Come Date With Me Australia 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring Misunderstanding-PG15 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water The Midas Box 07:40 Hannah Montana 18:00 Beethoven’s Treasure Tail 09:45 I Love Violetta 20:00 The Spiderwick Chronicles 09:55 Phineas And Ferb 22:00 The Happets 10:10 Liv And Maddie 23:30 The Adventurer: The Curse Of 10:35 Descendants The Midas Box 12:30 Phineas And Ferb 12:45 Jessie 13:10 Liv And Maddie 13:35 I Didn’t Do It 14:00 Gravity Falls 14:30 I Love Violetta 00:00 The Past-PG15 14:40 Phineas And Ferb 02:15 Quartet-PG15 14:55 Lolirock 04:00 Iron Man-PG15 15:20 Liv And Maddie 06:15 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of 15:45 Jessie Smaug-PG 16:10 I Didn’t Do It 09:15 Enough Said-PG15 16:35 Austin & Ally 11:00 The Monuments Men-PG15 17:00 Gravity Falls 13:00 The Single Moms Club-PG15 17:25 Girl Meets World 15:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of 17:50 Dog With A Blog Smaug-PG 18:15 Jessie 18:00 Anchorman 2: The Legend 18:40 Mako Mermaids Continues-PG15 19:05 Austin & Ally 20:00 The Prince-PG15 19:30 Descendants 22:00 Anna Nicole-PG15 21:20 Phineas And Ferb 21:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage Witch

01:30 Death At A Funeral 03:00 Hurricane Season 04:45 Barricade 06:15 The Four 00:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 08:15 Picture Claire 00:55 Fashion Police 09:45 One Day 01:50 Extreme Close-Up 11:30 The Count Of Monte Cristo 02:20 E! News 13:45 Derailed 03:15 Keeping Up With The 15:45 Dawn Of The Dead Kardashians 17:45 Another Year 04:10 E!ES 20:00 Freelancers 05:05 E!ES 21:45 Owning Mahowny 06:00 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami DAWN OF THE DEAD ON STAR MOVIES 23:30 The Guardian TV listings SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Shorts 16:50 Lab Rats 17:10 Phineas And Ferb 17:40 Annedroids 18:05 Pair Of Kings 18:35 Ultimate Spider-Man 00:00 The Listener 19:00 Lab Rats 01:00 Castle 19:25 Kickin’ It 02:00 Low Winter Sun 03:00 Lone Star Legend 19:50 Phineas And Ferb 03:30 Lone Star Legend 20:10 Phineas And Ferb 04:00 The Hero 20:20 Boyster 05:00 Cougar Town 21:00 Programmes Start At 05:30 Cougar Town 6:00am KSA 06:00 Scrubs 06:30 Scrubs 07:00 The Bridge 08:00 Private Practice 09:00 Private Practice 10:00 Low Winter Sun 11:00 Lone Star Legend 11:30 Lone Star Legend 12:00 The Hero 01:45 The Kangaroo King 13:00 Cougar Town 02:40 Blue-Collar Dogs 13:30 Scrubs 03:35 Alpha Dogs 14:00 Nine Lives Of Chloe King 04:00 Alpha Dogs 15:00 Nine Lives Of Chloe King 04:30 Monster Fish 16:00 MasterChef - The 05:25 Hooked Professionals 06:20 Rescue Ink 17:00 The Great State Of Georgia 07:15 World’s Weirdest (2015) 17:30 Happy Endings 18:00 The Walking Dead 08:10 Ultimate Honey Badger 19:00 The Walking Dead 09:05 Make You Laugh Out Loud 20:00 The Walking Dead 10:00 Shark Eden 21:00 The Great State Of Georgia 10:55 Wild Case Files 21:30 Happy Endings 11:50 World’s Deadliest Animals 22:00 The Listener 12:45 The Amazing Spider House 23:00 The Listener 13:40 America The Wild 14:35 Triumph Of Life BORN TO RACE- FAST TRACK ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD 15:30 Bear Nomad 16:25 When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs The Island 18:00 Adventure Time 20:00 Redesign My Brain 16:55 Doc McStuffins 17:20 The Amazing Spider House 02:50 Teen Titans Go! 18:11 Adventure Time 20:45 Outrageous Acts Of Psych 17:15 Jake And The Never Land 18:10 America The Wild 00:00 American Pickers 03:00 Teen Titans Go! 18:25 Regular Show 21:10 Outrageous Acts Of Psych Pirates 19:00 Triumph Of Life 01:00 Duck Dynasty 03:10 Grojband 18:36 Regular Show 21:35 NASA’s Unexplained Files 17:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 01:30 Duck Dynasty 03:35 Grojband 18:50 Dreamworks Dragons: 22:20 NASA’s Unexplained Files 19:50 Bear Nomad 18:05 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 02:00 Storage Wars: Texas 04:00 Dreamworks Dragons: Riders Of Berk 23:08 Close Encounters 20:40 When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs 18:35 Sofia The First 02:30 Pawn Stars Riders Of Berk 19:15 Dreamworks Dragons: 23:32 Close Encounters 21:30 Shark Eden 19:00 Adventures Of The Gummi 03:00 Heroes Of War 04:25 Ben 10: Omniverse Riders Of Berk 23:55 The Supernaturalist 22:20 Wild Case Files 04:00 Search For The Lost Giants Bears 04:50 Ben 10: Omniverse 19:40 Adventure Time 00:42 Weird Or What? 23:10 World’s Deadliest Animals 05:00 American Pickers 05:10 Ninjago: Masters Of 19:51 Adventure Time 19:25 Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 00:00 Animal Fight Club 06:00 American Restoration Spinjitzu 20:02 Adventure Time 19:55 Ducktales 00:50 Ultimate Animal 06:30 American Restoration 05:35 Transformers: Robots In 20:13 Adventure Time 20:20 Lilo & Stitch Countdown 07:00 Shipping Wars Disguise 20:25 Johnny Test 20:50 Zou 07:30 Shipping Wars 06:00 Matt Hatter Chronicles 21:10 Regular Show 21:05 Henry Hugglemonster 08:00 Down East Dickering 06:20 Teen Titans Go! New 21:55 Total Drama: Pahkitew 09:00 American Pickers 06:45 Teen Titans Go! Island 21:20 Calimero 10:00 Mountain Men 07:10 The Amazing World Of 22:20 Total Drama: Pahkitew 21:35 Zou 11:00 Swamp People Gumball Island 01:10 Henry Hugglemonster 21:50 Loopdidoo 12:00 Gold Hunters: Legend Of The 01:20 Calimero 07:21 The Amazing World Of 22:40 Grojband 22:05 Art Attack 01:15 The Day I Almost Died Superstition... Gumball 23:05 Grojband 01:35 Zou 22:30 Henry Hugglemonster 02:05 Super Saver Showdown 13:00 American Restoration 07:30 The Amazing World Of 23:25 Transformers: Robots In 01:45 Loopdidoo 22:45 Calimero 13:30 American Restoration Gumball Disguise 02:00 Art Attack 23:00 Zou 03:00 Super Saver Showdown 14:00 Counting Cars 07:41 The Amazing World Of 23:50 Regular Show 02:25 Henry Hugglemonster 04:00 Say Yes To The Dress 14:30 Counting Cars 23:15 Loopdidoo Gumball 00:35 Johnny Test 02:35 Calimero 04:25 Toddlers & Tiaras 15:00 Lost In Transmission 07:55 New Adventure Time 23:30 Art Attack 02:50 Zou 16:00 Pawn Stars 08:20 New Clarence 23:55 Henry Hugglemonster 05:15 Toddlers & Tiaras 16:30 Pawn Stars 08:40 Steven Universe 03:00 Loopdidoo 00:05 Calimero 06:05 The Face Australia 03:15 Art Attack 17:00 Pawn Stars 08:52 Steven Universe 00:20 Zou 06:55 The Face Australia 17:30 Pawn Stars 03:35 Henry Hugglemonster 09:05 Regular Show 00:30 Loopdidoo 07:45 My Crazy Italian Wedding 18:00 Pawn Stars 09:16 Regular Show 03:50 Calimero 00:45 Art Attack 18:30 Pawn Stars 09:30 Regular Show 04:00 Zou 08:10 My Crazy Italian Wedding 19:00 Alone 09:41 Regular Show 01:06 How It’s Made 04:15 Loopdidoo 08:35 Randy’s Wedding Rescue 01:29 How Do They Do It? 20:00 Ice Road Truckers 09:50 Uncle Grandpa 04:35 Art Attack 09:25 Jon & Kate Plus 8 21:00 Alaska Off-Road Warriors 10:01 Uncle Grandpa 01:53 How Do They Do It? 05:00 Calimero 09:50 Jon & Kate Plus 8 22:00 Lost In Transmission 10:12 Uncle Grandpa 02:16 Outrageous Acts Of Psych 23:00 Pawn Stars 10:23 Uncle Grandpa 02:40 Outrageous Acts Of Psych 05:10 Zou 10:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 23:30 Pawn Stars 10:40 Ninjago: Masters Of 03:03 Through The Wormhole 05:25 Jake And The Neverland 10:40 Jon & Kate Plus 8 04:00 The 7D Spinjitzu 03:50 How The Universe Works Pirates 11:05 Jon & Kate Plus 8 04:37 How It’s Made 05:55 Sofia The First 04:10 Randy Cunningham: 9th 11:00 Ninjago: Masters Of 11:30 My Crazy Italian Wedding Spinjitzu 05:00 How It’s Made 06:20 Doc McStuffins Grade Ninja 11:55 My Crazy Italian Wedding 11:25 Teen Titans Go! New 05:23 Science Of The Movies 06:45 Loopdidoo 04:35 Mini Ninjas 06:08 How Do They Do It? 11:50 Matt Hatter Chronicles 07:00 Limon And Oli 05:00 Phineas And Ferb 12:20 Oprah: Where Are They 12:10 Transformers: Robots In 06:31 How Do They Do It? 07:10 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 05:25 Boyster Now? 01:10 White Sands Disguise 06:53 How Do They Do It? 05:50 Supa Strikas 07:16 How Do They Do It? 07:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 13:10 Cake Boss 02:50 Captain Jack 12:35 Ben 10 06:15 Supa Strikas 13:00 Ben 10 07:38 How Do They Do It? 08:00 Sofia The First 13:35 Cake Boss 04:30 A Kiss Before Dying 06:40 Lab Rats 06:00 Punks 13:20 New Adventure Time 08:01 How Do They Do It? 08:30 Doc McStuffins 14:00 Cake Boss 07:05 Kickin’ It 07:35 Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) 13:45 New Clarence 08:23 How It’s Made 08:55 Miles From Tomorrow 14:25 Cake Boss 08:46 How It’s Made 07:30 Kirby Buckets 09:00 Nobody’s Fool 14:10 The Amazing World Of 09:25 Jake And The Neverland 14:50 Cake Boss 10:45 The Beast Of Hollow Gumball 09:08 How It’s Made Pirates 08:00 Annedroids 09:31 How It’s Made 15:15 Dare To Wear Mountain 14:21 The Amazing World Of 09:55 Loopdidoo 08:25 Phineas And Ferb Gumball 09:53 How It’s Made 16:05 Iyanla: Fix My Life 12:05 Teen Witch 10:10 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 08:50 Lab Rats 13:35 Everybody’s Fine 14:30 Regular Show 10:16 How It’s Made 09:15 Kickin’ It 16:55 Say Yes To The Dress 10:38 Food Factory 10:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 15:15 Separate Tables 14:41 Regular Show 09:45 Mighty Med 17:20 Say Yes To The Dress 14:55 Regular Show 11:01 Food Factory 11:00 Sofia The First 16:55 Music Of The Heart 10:10 Kirby Buckets 19:00 Fear The Walking Dead 15:06 Regular Show 11:23 Food Factory 11:30 Sofia The First 17:45 Say Yes To The Dress 20:00 Fear The Walking Dead 15:20 Ninjago: Masters Of 11:47 Food Factory 11:55 Sofia The First 10:35 The 7D 18:10 Say Yes To The Dress 21:00 Mighty Fine Spinjitzu 12:10 Food Factory 12:20 Sofia The First 11:00 Minutemen 18:35 Say Yes To The Dress 22:20 White Sands 15:40 Ninjago: Masters Of 12:34 Food Factory 12:50 Sofia The First: The Curse Of 12:25 Phineas And Ferb 12:57 Mythbusters 19:00 Oprah: Where Are They 00:00 Foxes Spinjitzu Princess Ivy 12:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 16:05 Teen Titans Go! New 13:44 NASA’s Unexplained Files Now? 13:45 Jake And The Never Land Shorts 16:30 Teen Titans Go! 14:31 NASA’s Unexplained Files 12:50 Kickin’ It 19:50 Iyanla: Fix My Life 15:18 Close Encounters Pirates 16:50 The Amazing World Of 13:15 Phineas And Ferb 20:40 Long Island Medium Gumball 15:42 Close Encounters 14:10 Lilo & Stitch 13:40 Phineas And Ferb 21:05 Breaking Amish 17:01 The Amazing World Of 16:05 The Supernaturalist 14:40 Adventures Of The Gummi Gumball 16:50 Weird Or What? Bears 14:10 Boyster 21:55 Breaking Amish 01:20 Grojband 17:15 The Amazing World Of 17:40 Outrageous Acts Of Psych 15:05 Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers 14:35 Boyster 22:45 Secret Eskimo Escape 01:42 Grojband Gumball 18:03 Outrageous Acts Of Psych 15:35 Ducktales 15:00 Lab Rats 23:35 Jodie Marsh On... Drugs 18:25 The Big Brain Theory 02:05 Total Drama: Revenge Of 17:26 The Amazing World Of 16:00 Miles From Tomorrow 15:25 Up Up And Away 00:25 Long Island Medium The Island Gumball 19:15 Mind Control Freaks 16:30 Sofia The First 16:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:27 Total Drama: Revenge Of 17:40 New Adventure Time 19:38 Mind Control Freaks 00:50 Long Island Medium WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Mexican Ambassador to Kuwait Miguel Angel Isidro A general view of the audience. speaks during the event. Mexican folklore performance at Abdulhussein Abdulredha Theater Mariachi Romatitlan, a Mexican folklore music band, performed Thursday night at the Abdulhussein Abdulredha Theater in Salmiya. The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) organized the event in cooperation with the Mexican Embassy in Kuwait. Mexican Ambassador to Kuwait Miguel Angel Isidro attended the event; along with other diplomats, officials and dignitaries. — Photos by Joseph Shagra WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 HEALTH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Communities making efforts to become ‘dementia friendly’ WATERTOWN: Shirley Strysick sometimes forgets she has met someone two hours prior or that she is no longer a nurse. So the 90-year-old is living in a nursing home in Watertown, about 50 miles west of Milwaukee. And lucky for her it’s in a city trying to make life easier for those with dementia. Watertown and the state of Minnesota are helping lead the push nationally for communities to become ‘dementia friendly.’ The Watertown effort includes a ‘Memory Cafe,’ a monthly coffee-shop support and social group for people with dementia and their caretakers. “Everybody was very pleasant and I never heard anyone say, ‘Well that’s a stupid thing’ or criticize you,” said Strysick, after attending a recent meeting. In Minnesota, a website offers advice on how to be dementia friendly and includes downloadable documents, training videos and statistics. The hope in Watertown is to have as many businesses as possible learn more about how to better serve people whose decline in memory or other thinking skills is affecting their everyday activities. The goal is to train 75 percent of the community’s businesses by 2016, said Jan Zimmerman, director of dementia outreach and edu- cation for The Lutheran Home Association, which runs retire- ment communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida. WASHINGTON: In this October 14, 2014 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama and a student look over their Training sessions plates as they eat lunch in the East Room of the White House in Washington following the annual fall harvest Training sessions are tailored for specific professions. of the White House Kitchen Garden. —AP Lawyers and estate planners are asked to break up explana- tions into shorter, more digestible ones. Coffee shop baristas are advised to ask yes or no questions rather than rattling off Another food fight? Congress menu options. Bank tellers are instructed on how to not get impatient when customers get confused while counting their money. mulls school meal standards Businesses that participate get purple angels for their win- dows. “Our goal is to help educate the community, help get WASHINGTON: Congress is deciding buying a full lunch take a fruit or veg- from some of the whole grain require- rid of the stigma that is still associated with it and to create a whether it wants another pitched battle etable. They are also seeking a higher ments and put off the 2017 sodium community that those living with dementia are still a vital with first lady Michelle Obama and the federal reimbursement rate. Democrats, standards until further study proved part of,” said Zimmerman, who spearheaded the Watertown administration over school lunches that including Mrs Obama, would like to those reductions are needed. The effort in 2013 and has helped train nearby communities. put more whole grains in kids’ meals leave the standards alone and argue Senate bill could make those changes Watertown attorney Tom Levi said he deals with a lot of and cut salty foods. that they are working. permanent. Stabenow seems unwilling estate planning, so the training was especially pertinent. “I Last year, school food rules pitted to go along with that, saying Congress am interested in helping them, keeping them independent Mrs Obama against Republicans seeking Nutrition programs has already compromised. She says she and at the same time ensuring what they are interested in is full exemptions for some schools. The Beyond school lunch, child nutrition wants to “depoliticize” school meals. actually going to be fulfilled,” he said. first lady declared that she’d fight “to programs expiring at the end of the Rep John Kline, R-Minn, chairman of Minnesota’s dementia friendly effort started as part of a the bitter end” to make sure kids have month include the Agriculture the House Education and Workforce 2009 legislative mandate to generate ideas to address the good nutrition. Lawmakers are now Department’s Women, Infants and Committee, is also negotiating a bill and problem. Olivia Mastry, founder of Collective Action Lab, hoping to find bipartisan compromise Children program for new and expect- has signaled he wants changes. But that guided the group that came up with a plan for Minnesota on the rules and also dollars for the ing mothers and their children, summer panel has not given a timeline for any and started implementing it in 2013. Now 34 communities nation’s child nutrition programs before feeding programs and other govern- action. are involved. the law expires Sept. 30. So far, however, ment institutional food aid. Mastry has organized a “Dementia Friendly America” coali- negotiations have failed to produce a Sen Pat Roberts, R-Kan, chairman of Healthier standards tion consisting of police chiefs, city officials and representatives bill in either the House or the Senate. the Senate Agriculture Committee, is Democrats are hoping time is on from the Alzheimer’s Association, nonprofit aging advocacy Lawmakers may not seek an immedi- negotiating with the panel’s top their side as students, school officials group Leading Age and AARP. The collaborative is using the ate extension if the law expires. The Democrat, Debbie Stabenow of and food companies have now had Minnesota plan as a template for other communities. —AP school foods rules won’t change unless Michigan, to get a bipartisan bill. He said three years to adjust to the healthier Congress takes action, and the this week that changes to the sodium food standards. The administration has Agriculture Department says other pro- standards are a priority. been working with schools to make sure grams would continue to operate as The 2012 standards already lowered they can put the rules in place success- long as Congress passes a budget this salt levels in school meals, with even fully. “That message is beginning to fall. lower sodium levels set to start in two penetrate and resonate,” Agriculture The school foods rules phased in years. Some schools have said they will Secretary Tom Vilsack said in an inter- since 2012 set fat, calorie, sugar, grain have to take many popular items off view. “It’s a different climate.” and sodium limits on foods in the lunch their menus if the 2017 levels go into Mrs Obama has continued to cham- line and beyond. Schools have long effect. pion the standards’ success, but she has been required to follow government Jessica Shelly, food service director at tempered her tone somewhat as nutrition rules if they accept federal Cincinnati’s urban public schools, says Congress works on the issue. “We all reimbursements for free and reduced- the new standards would mean she need to work together on this issue, price meals for low-income students, couldn’t serve soy sauce or hot sauce because we know that issues like child but the new standards are stricter. with some items, condiments that have nutrition, it is not about politics,” she While many schools have had suc- helped her get kids to eat healthier said at an event this week. “This is about cess putting the rules in place, many foods like greens. “We need to take care giving our children a fair shot in life.” Republicans say the standards have of that,” Roberts said of the upcoming As Congress decides what to do, posed too many challenges for school sodium rules. “You are serving kids food school officials want a resolution. Sal nutrition officials who must balance that some people would like to mandate Valenza, food service director for West serving healthy foods with keeping par- that they eat, but they are simply not New York, New Jersey, says he supports ticipation up in their programs. eating it.” most of the rules but believes the WATERTOWN: In this photo taken May 20, 2015 at The School Nutrition Association, a After a GOP bid to let some schools upcoming sodium standards are too Connections Cafe in Watertown, Wisconsin, Shirley group of school nutrition directors, has have a one-year exemption from the restrictive. Most of all, though, he wants Strysick, 90, who suffers from dementia, talks with a pushed Congress to ease the whole standards failed last year, Congress more certainty as he plans his schools’ social and support group for those with the disease grain and sodium standards and elimi- passed legislation that would allow meals. “I would like it to stop being a and their caregivers. —AP nate the stipulation that all children schools to temporarily request waivers debate,” he said. —AP HEALTH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Dying Dutchman’s last wish: To build brain cancer app

AMSTERDAM: Dying of a brain tumor, Frederik van den “Patients have a massively complicated treatment Broek had one last wish on his ‘bucket list’: Serving as his schedule, and the app, the most advanced to date, will own guinea pig to build a smartphone app for fellow can- help them remember things, but more importantly give cer patients. Now Dutch neurologists say the input from constant feedback to us as doctors on the patient’s condi- Van den Broek, who died late last month aged 41, has tion,” he said. The app complements a growing worldwide been invaluable in creating what is believed will be the trend in which new digital technology allows patients to world’s most advanced mobile-based app for cancer manage their diseases from home, easing the burden on patients. overstretched healthcare facilities. MindApp for Android and iPhone mobiles will allow users with a few simple clicks to track and update appoint- Simple setup ments such as for radio and chemo therapy, to help Easy to set up, MindApp has four sections that can be remember who their doctors are and even to manage the accessed by a simple touch on a smartphone screen. An myriad pills they must take. appointment calendar is updated automatically once con- It will also allow patients to input data-such as when firmed with the hospital; secondly, an alarm reminds the they have had an epileptic seizure-and ‘talk’ to doctors patient to take his or her medicines and is turned off once about their condition without having to come into hospi- a pill has been taken. tal. Van den Broek told AFP a few days before his death Thirdly, the app features a daily logbook in which that his idea for a specialized “brain cancer app” was “born patients can make notes of their condition and record out of pure frustration”. episodes such as epileptic seizures. The information is “The hospital gave me a printout of appointments, updated in the patient’s file which doctors are able to which medicines to take, and when, as well as a diagnosis access. The fourth section provides feedback from doctors of how long I had to live,” Van den Broek said in an based on logbook input, for instance instructions to emailed interview, his last. “I lost the printout within an increase or lower the dosage of medications. hour. These things happen when you’ve lost a large part of your brain and your short-term memory has gone to ‘Bucket list’ pieces,” he said. Vincent van Dijk, who collaborated with the terminally ill Van den Broek on MindApp’s design until the day he Memory loss died, said he hoped the first version would be available Van den Broek was intensively involved in the app’s from so-called “app stores” within the next three months. development, with himself as the guinea pig: deciding the Van Dijk told AFP the project is financed through crowd features it should have and even the colors to be used to funding and that some 70,000 euros ($80,000) was needed give patients maximum ease of use. to finalize MindApp’s development. Donations so far have “Brain tumor patients often suffer from loss of cognitive totaled some 60,000 euros, and IT giant Microsoft has also abilities, for instance memory loss and changes in behav- offered to help with development, Van Dijk said. ior,” said Jaap Reijneveld, a neurologist at Amsterdam’s Sadly for Van den Broek, it is too late to benefit from the Free University Medical Centre (VUMC), who is helping with fruit of his labors. “It’s a pity I won’t be able to use the app. the app’s development. “This app will be of huge support AMSTERDAM: Terminally ill with a brain tumor, But it gives me the feeling that at least my illness wasn’t to patients, particularly those suffering from glioblastoma, Dutch patient Frederik van den Broek displays a for nothing,” he told AFP. “Some people go on a world a type of brain cancer that’s often highly malignant,” mock-up of his MindApp shortly before his death in cruise or make a ‘bucket list’ when they hear they’re going Reijneveld of the VUMC’s Brain Tumor Centre told AFP. Amsterdam in late August 2015. —AFP to die,” he said. “The MindApp is my bucket list.” —AFP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution Yesterday’s Solution SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Europe and US all square

ST LEON-ROT: Holders Europe were level 2-2 with the United States after sharing the hon- ours in the opening foursomes matches at the 14th Solheim Cup yesterday. Europe’s points came from English pair Melissa Reid and Charley Hull and the German- Scottish combination of Sandra Gal and Catriona Matthew while the Americans coun- tered through Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer, and Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson. The best performance of the morning came from Gal, 30, and the 46-year-old Matthew who beat Stacy Lewis and Lizette Salas 3 and 2 in Match Four thanks to a run of five birdies in the last 11 holes. The American mood in that encounter was summed up when world number three Lewis, the highest-ranked player in this week’s event, missed a short putt at the 14th. Hull gave an unforgettable performance as a 17-year-old rookie in Europe’s victory in Colorado in 2013 and carried on in the same vein in partnership with Reid.The bubbly Hull is SINGAPORE: Redbull driver Daniil Kvyat of Russia, steers his car during the first practice session at the Singapore Formula never short of a word or two out on the course One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit. —AP and her partner jokingly admitted there were times when she simply had to switch off during Match Two. “I don’t even listen half the time,” Reid told Red Bull, Ferrari take reporters after the English duo defeated Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome 2 and 1. “I just let her speak.”I have to let it go in one ear the fight to Hamilton and out the other or else I’ll go crazy. I just let her blab on about whatever she wants to blab on about.” SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton arrived in Singapore pace, while Rosberg languished in seventh place of race wins in the same number of starts (161). Hull ended the contest in thrilling style, hol- on a mission to match his idol Ayrton Senna’s 41 behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez’s Fortunately for the double champion, the mistakes ing a long putt from the fringe of the green at career race wins but the Briton appeared to have a Force India. occurred on parts of the track with run off areas the 17th.”I needed that putt because I hadn’t fight on his hands to reach that milestone after Red Bull, who with the exception of a double with Vettel also venturing off in the first session holed anything all day from the short ones,” Friday practice. The Mercedes driver has a 53-point podium appearance in Hungary have endured a after running wide at the quick Turn Five but stop- said the 19-year-old. “We both played really lead with seven rounds remaining but hopes of miserable season with their underperforming ping short of the barriers. well and I’m buzzing to get out there again.” dominating his rivals at the Marina Bay Street Renault engine, looked to have found real pace American rookie Alexander Rossi crashed as he In the top match, two dropped strokes on Circuit were dampened by the resurgent Red Bulls around the streets of Singapore. prepared for his first weekend as a race driver for the front nine from Scandinavians Suzann and competitive Ferraris. Ferrari also looked up for the fight in the mug- tailenders Manor Marussia after flying in at short Pettersen and Anna Nordqvist gave the While Hamilton’s team mate and closest rival gy Southeast Asian conditions with very little notice to replace Spaniard Roberto Merhi for five of momentum to the Americans as Pressel and Nico Rosberg led a Mercedes one-two in the first between the top three teams in terms of lap times the remaining seven grands prix. Creamer scored a 3 & 2 win. session, both men were outpaced in the second as over the longer, race simulation runs with heavy He completed 18 laps at the back of the field Kerr and Thompson opened with three Russia’s Daniil Kvyat put Red Bull on top for the fuel loads. Rosberg complained over the radio that before losing control and slamming into the barri- birdies in the first six holes in Match Three first time this season. he had problems with his drinks bottle but the ers after Turn 18, his broken Manor stranded and against Karine Icher of France and Spain’s Kvyat lapped the 23-turn floodlit circuit in one German generally enjoyed a trouble-free first 90- unable to continue as the session was halted with Azahara Munoz and the Europeans slipped to a minute, 46.142 to edge out Kimi Raikkonen’s minute session to lap more than a second faster three minutes remaining. 2 and 1 defeat despite staging a fightback with Ferrari by just 0.039 seconds. Red Bull’s Australian than a year ago. Hamilton, however, endured an He managed 20 minutes of action in his Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest after lapping in erratic evening. He went off the track three times repaired Manor in the second session but only three birdies in a row at the 13th, 14th and 1:46.256. as he pushed his Mercedes to the limit at the start after team mate Will Stevens had crashed out early 15th. —Reuters Hamilton was fourth, 0.337 seconds off the of his quest to emulate boyhood hero Senna’s haul on. —Reuters Day leads BMW Championship

LAKE FOREST: Jason Day missed a shot at carding is more important than shooting the 59,” said Day, “It is definitely challenging (to keep up with Day),” the seventh 59 in PGA Tour history but still enjoyed a who could reach the top of the world rankings with said world number two Spieth, who missed the cut career-best round to grab a four-shot lead after the victory this week. in the first two FedExCup playoff events. weather-delayed opening round of the BMW “Overall I hit a pretty good chip, but I thought it “It’s something that I struggled with. ... It’s just Championship yesterday. was just going to bounce a little bit more than what hard to stay patient when you see Jason is four or Day, seeking a fourth win in six starts, returned to it did.” Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan five early into the back nine and then I try and force Conway Farms Golf Club after overnight thunder- Spieth, playing with Day, was in a six-way share of some stuff because I’m like, ‘hey, there’s birdies out storms with a 44-yard chip shot from deep rough second place at six under along with fellow there.’ “Normally my game revolves around being standing between him and a magical 59. Americans Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas, Daniel patient, being able to make some putts to get into a But his attempt was short by nine feet and he Berger, Kevin Na, and Harris English. rhythm. I just wasn’t doing that, seeing the scores failed to make the birdie putt, leaving the 27-year- World number one Rory McIlroy (68) was seven around me. It was tough.” old Australian with an opening 61 in the third of the shots back. Spieth also played the first two rounds of But Spieth brought a new approach to this week. PGA Tour’s four concluding playoff events in the sea- the last two FedExCup events with Day, the first of “Today I was kind of laughing at it. It was a different son-long FedExCup race. which the Australian won by six shots. And while approach,” said Spieth. “I stayed patient, just kind of “Selfishly, a 59 would have been great and only a Spieth played his final eight holes in six under this laughed it off. This is what he’s doing right now, and handful of guys have shot 59, and I understand what week, he was once again trailing Day who mixed just try and play my game, and that was the differ- the history is, but right now winning the tournament nine birdies with an eagle and bogey. ence.” —Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Wales look for fast start to banish injury woes LONDON: You could forgive Wales coach Warren Gatland if he wrapped his players in cotton wool and asked opponents to go gently on them, such has been their injury misery in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup. After losing influential pair Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb to serious leg injuries in their final warm-up game, replacement winger Eli Walker was ruled out of the tournament. New Zealander Gatland struck a defiant tone, urging the media to write off his side as they look forward to Twickenham blockbusters against England and Australia later in Pool A. All that must be forgotten when Wales knuckle down to the task against outsiders Uruguay in their opener in Cardiff on Sunday, with Gatland giving fringe players a chance to impress ahead of harder tests. Wales, semi-finalists four years ago, LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry walks by the Webb Ellis Cup as he attends the Rugby World Cup 2015 will have two primary objectives; win and win well Welcome Party at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. —AP without losing any more key players. “We think it’s a pretty strong side. It’s a good England launch Rugby World Cup chance for those players to get the World Cup underway,” he told reporters on Friday. “We’ve got a short training week next week so LONDON: England get the Rugby World Cup underway on Friday with to make it out of the group stage. a potentially bruising encounter against Fiji, the hosts just one of a That could give those in World Rugby who decided to make the we’ve mixed and matched, some of this week has handful of teams with a realistic chance of winning the Webb Ellis Cup, draw three years ago, when Wales briefly slipped out of the top eight, been focused on England (who Wales play on currently held by favourites New Zealand. The six-week tournament has some sleepless nights. Sept. 26) and the latter part of this week has been been billed as the first billion dollar rugby festival, with 2.3 million tick- England will look to the Twickenham faithful to give them the edge on Uruguay. A now injury-free Liam Williams will ets expected to be sold and tourists contributing some £869 million and hope their powerful pack, seemingly off the pace in their warm-ups, ($1.36 billion) to Britain’s economy. Almost half a million tourists are can stifle the adventurous backline play of their two main rivals and slot in at fullback in Halfpenny’s absence while expected to visit Britain for the games, whose four dozen matches restore the trophy to the country that invented the game. Gatland has handed the scrumhalf jersey to Gareth involving 20 teams will take in traditional rugby venues like Cardiff but Australia, as ever, appear to be peaking just at the right time and Davies who makes his first start and will hope to also bastions of soccer such as Manchester and Newcastle. both their World Cup wins have come in Europe. They ended a four- stake his claim with Webb ruled out of the tourna- The tournament highlights the sport’s growing global appeal with year barren run against New Zealand last month to win the Rugby Japan, the United States and Canada fielding sides, while Romania and Championship while their much-maligned pack has suddenly started to ment. Georgia complement the established European sides. look like a unit to be reckoned with. Wales, who went agonisingly close Up front, prop Samson Lee’s return after a long Uruguay will struggle to avoid last place in England’s “Group of to the final four years ago despite playing much of their semi-final injury absence following a ruptured Achilles is a Death” but Latin America’s rugby aristocrats Argentina should qualify against France with 14 men, look to be the pool outsiders, and late big boost for Wales. Uruguay are appearing at from Pool C with New Zealand. injuries to key players have cast a shadow over their preparations. their third World Cup having beaten Russia in the Namibia, Africa’s other representative after the powerful Springboks of South Africa, could also struggle but the Pacific Islands of Fiji, Tonga IRELAND’S BEST OPPORTUNITY repechage to secure the final spot and the South and Samoa, with their brand of fast-flowing, physical rugby are sure to Winning Pool A appears essential to winning the title as the runners- Americans will try to ruffle some feathers, while be crowd pleasers. up are likely to have to defeat both South Africa-the second best team hoping to avoid defeats like the 111-13 drubbing The All Blacks, the world number one side, have never triumphed on the planet-and New Zealand just to make the final. No team has ever by England in 2003 — the last time they appeared outside New Zealand and have some painful memories of previous lost a World Cup pool game and gone on to win the tournament. The European campaigns, particularly 1999 and 2007, when they were beat- Springboks, twice holders of the cup, come into the tournament after in the finals. Coach Pablo Lemoine wants ‘Los en by mercurial French sides. New Zealand, seeking to become the first an unimpressive Rugby Championship when, hard-hit by injuries, they Teros’ to express themselves. team to lift the Webb Ellis Cup three times, will be led by 2011-winning lost to Argentina for the first time. “We aim to show our rugby, the kind that we captain Richie McCaw, the most-capped player in rugby history. But they remain fiercely competitive at the breakdown and their play, and to show what we are made of and what backline, including inexperienced trio flyhalf Handre Pollard and centres UPBEAT FINALE Damien de Allende and Jesse Kriel, looks exciting. brought us here to this tournament,” he said. “Our His flyhalf Dan Carter, the game’s highest points scorer, will hope for South Africa’s Pool B opponents Scotland have yet to turn their ambition is very clear. We always saw qualifying to an upbeat finale to his international career after injury cut short his improved performances under Kiwi coach Vern Cotter into results. The play at this World Cup as an opportunity but not involvement in the campaign four years ago. Scots hope to secure the runners-up spot but must overcome Samoa, our final objective, which is to grow as a team and While Fiji will provide a stern physical test for England in their open- no easy task. Ireland, along with Italy the only teams in the “big 10” nev- ing game, Pool A also features double world champions Australia and er to have reached the semi-finals, have arguably their best opportunity play better and better.” —Reuters local rivals Wales, meaning one of the top five sides in the world will fail of doing something special. —Reuters Samoa’s quarter-final hopes under scrutiny

BRIGHTON: Samoa’s quest to get out of the going issues over the availability of players. reporters when the team arrived for the equally strong hits of the Pacific islanders’ backs. pool phase and into the quarter-finals of the But having run the All Blacks close in a historic tournament. There will be some close family ties on the field Rugby World Cup will be placed under scrutiny test at home in Apia in July and with success “On the day we can beat any side in the with several of the US team having Samoan when they take on United States in a Pool B over Wales and Scotland in recent years, they world and on another day we can lose our focus. roots, although from the neighbouring contest at the Brighton Community Stadium have legitimate hopes to advance to the When we played the All Blacks recently we were American controlled territory. One to watch out tomorrow. quarter-finals as one the top two finishers in nine out of 10. It is my job to make sure we don’t for in the US ranks is Samu Manoa, who recently Their only previous World Cup clash, in the pool. go back to having off-days and scoring four out moved to French champions Toulon from France eight years ago, was a closely fought That would likely mean having to leapfrog of 10.” Northampton. 25-21 win for Samoa in St Etienne and much Scotland, who the 11th placed Samoa sit one America’s increased proficiency in the seven- “We’ve got some who play locally in of the same is expected on the south coast of place behind in the world rankings, but first they a-side game offers the choice of more exciting America, and some players based overseas, so England as Samoa face a familiar dilemma of need to overcome the U.S. challenge on Sunday. runners for the World Cup squad but their when we get together we all bring a different their potential being tempered by inconsis- “In the past we have often been our own scrum is likely to feel the effect of Samoan pow- set of skills to the table,” said their scrumhalf tency in selection, primarily because of on- worst enemies,” coach Stephen Betham told er and their defence will need to cope with the Niku Kruger. —Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Rangers thrash Astros, Angels win

ARLINGTON: Mitch Moreland hit a three-run homer and Colby Lewis pitched six innings for his 16th victory as the American League West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 8-2 Thursday to complete a four-game sweep. South Korea’s Shin Soo-Choo matched his career high with four hits, scored twice and drove in two runs for the Rangers, who entered the series trailing the Astros by 1-1/2 games. Texas now leads the division by 2-1/2 games with 16 remain- ing, including three at Houston from Sept. 25-27. The Astros finished a 2-8 trip and have a 1-1/2- game lead for the second AL playoff wild card over Minnesota. Rookie right-hander Lance McCullers (5-6) took the loss. Lewis (16-8) allowed two runs and seven hits, adding to his career high for wins.

ANGELS 11, TWINS 8 Mike Trout hit a grand slam and a solo shot to set a career high for home runs in a season with 38, and Los Angeles beat Minnesota. The reigning AL Most Valuable Player’s grand slam in the second inning erased most of an early 5-0 deficit, and he led off the fourth with his sec- ond homer of the game. Taylor Featherston and Chris Iannetta also homered and Huston Street earned his 36th save for the Angels, who pulled within 2-1/2 games of Houston in the race for the second AL wild card. Torii Hunter and Aaron Hicks went deep for the Twins. Tommy Milone lasted just 1-1-3 innings despite being staked to that five-run lead. He gave up five runs, four hits and three walks.

CUBS 9, PIRATES 6 Anthony Rizzo started a six-run fifth inning with his 30th homer, and Chicago defeated Pittsburgh to take three of four in an important series ARLINGTON: Texas Rangers catcher Chris Gimenez (left) watches as Houston Astros Mitch Moreland follows through on a single to cen- between National League playoff contenders. ter during the seventh inning of a baseball game. —AP Pirates rookie shortstop Jung Ho Kang is out six to eight months after breaking his left leg and Cliff Pennington, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh making his first start in 11 days, hit a three run MARLINS 6, NATIONALS 4 injuring his knee in the first inning when Chris Donaldson homered for the Blue Jays, who lead homer in the second inning off Corey Kluber (8- Justin Bour and Martin Prado homered for the Coghlan slid into him while trying to break up a the New York Yankees by 3-1/2 games. Toronto 14), added a two-run double in the fifth after the second straight game, and Miami dented double play. won two of three for its first series win over the Indians pulled their ace and a two-run single in Washington’s fading playoff hopes. The Nationals, The Cubs moved within two games of Braves since 2008. Estrada (13-8) allowed three the seventh. opening their 11-game final homestand, fell eight Pittsburgh for the top wild card spot in the play- hits in eight innings. Yordana Ventura (12-8) went five innings, retir- games behind the first-place New York Mets in offs. The Pirates trail first-place St. Louis by five He did not allow a runner to reach second ing struggling All-Star Jason Kipnis with the bases the NL East. games in the NL Central division. base. Encarnacion connected off Matt Wisler (5-8). loaded to end the fifth as the AL Central-leading Ian Desmond homered, singled and drove in Chicago turned a 4-3 deficit into a 9-4 lead Pennington hit a three-run shot later in the Royals, who had three errors in the first three four runs for Washington, which had won four with the fifth-inning outburst that included a two- inning. The three homers boosted Toronto’s sea- innings and four overall, split the four-game straight. Tanner Roark (4-6) took the loss, allowing run double by reliever Clayton Richard (4-2) and son total to 207, most in the majors. Wisler has series. Kansas City won for just the fourth time in six runs and eight hits over five innings. Jarred RBI singles by Addison Russell and Tommy La lost seven straight decisions. 13 games. Cosart (2-4) turned in his third straight productive Stella. Greg Holland got his 32nd save. Kluber started effort since being recalled from the minors. He Cubs rookie Kris Bryant had his second straight ROYALS 8, INDIANS 4 for the first time since Aug. 29 after being side- gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. AJ three-hit game. Travis Wood struck out five in two Omar Infante drove in a career-high seven runs lined with a hamstring injury. The reigning AL Cy Ramos got four outs for his 28th save. Miami has perfect innings for his second save. and Kansas City overcame some early sloppiness Young Award winner allowed two earned runs won 12 of 16. Charlie Morton (9-8) lost for the fourth time in against Cleveland. Infante, a veteran infielder and five hits in four innings. five starts. Gregory Polanco, Pedro Alvarez and ORIOLES 4, RAYS 3 Travis Snider homered for the Pirates. Adam Jones hit a go-ahead, two-run single MLB results/standings with two outs in a four-run eighth inning as CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 3 Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 6; Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 2; Miami 6, Washington 4; Toronto 5, Baltimore topped Tampa Bay. Baltimore moved John Lackey pitched seven shutout innings Atlanta 0; Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 3; Kansas City 8, Cleveland 4; Texas 8, Houston 2; St. Louis 6, within 4 1/2 games of Houston for the second AL and St. Louis beat Milwaukee in a game delayed Milwaukee 3; LA Angels 11, Minnesota 8. playoff wild card. Chaz Roe (4-2) pitched 1-1-3 hitless innings. after Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson was hit in the American League National League Darren O’Day retired three straight batters for his head by a line drive. Eastern Division Eastern Division third save, sending the Rays to their fifth defeat in The Cardinals swept the three-game series to W L PCT GB NY Mets 83 63 .568 - extend their winning streak to four. six games. Alex Colome (6-5) took the loss. Toronto 84 62 .575 - Washington 75 71 .514 8 Nelson (11-13) was struck in the back of the NY Yankees 80 65 .552 3.5 Miami 64 83 .435 19.5 head by a liner from Tommy Pham in the third Baltimore 72 74 .493 12 ATHLETICS 4, WHITE SOX 2 Atlanta 57 90 .388 26.5 inning. Nelson crumpled on the mound and Tampa Bay 70 76 .479 14 Billy Butler hit a three-run homer in the ninth remained prone face down for about a minute. He Boston 69 76 .476 14.5 Philadelphia 56 91 .381 27.5 inning off David Robertson as the Oakland later walked off the field and was hospitalized Central Division Central Division Athletics rallied to beat Chicago. after a CT scan showed a bruise. Kansas City 86 60 .589 - St. Louis 92 54 .630 - Robertson (6-4) blew his seventh save in 36 Lackey (12-9) scattered five hits and two walks Minnesota 75 71 .514 11 Pittsburgh 87 59 .596 5 chances when he allowed a double to Brett while striking out eight. He has a 2.23 ERA in his Cleveland 72 73 .497 13.5 Chicago Cubs 85 61 .582 7 Lawrie, a single to Danny Valencia and Butler’s last 17 starts. Pham tripled, doubled and singled, Chicago White Sox 69 76 .476 Milwaukee 62 84 .425 30 13th homer. driving in two runs and scoring twice. Matt 16.5 Cincinnati 61 84 .421 30.5 White Sox right fielder Avisail Garcia jumped at Detroit 67 78 .462 18.5 Carpenter had three hits, including a home run. Western Division the wall and appeared to catch Butler’s drive, but Western Division Milwaukee dropped its sixth in a row. LA Dodgers 84 61 .579 - the ball fell out of his glove and into the Oakland Texas 79 67 .541 - bullpen as he hit the fence. Houston 77 70 .524 2.5 San Francisco 77 69 .527 7 1/2 BLUE JAYS 5, BRAVES 0 Arizona 69 77 .473 15 1/2 Sean Doolittle (1-0) pitched two scoreless LA Angels 74 72 .507 5 innings. Chicago starter Jose Quintana tossed Marco Estrada combined with Roberto Osuna Seattle 71 76 .483 8.5 San Diego 69 78 .469 16 four-hit ball through seven innings and Mike Olt on a three-hitter, and Toronto blanked Atlanta to Oakland 63 84 .429 16.5 Colorado 61 85 .418 23 1/2 extend its lead in the AL East division. homered for the second consecutive day. —AP SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Martin tries to catch Cancellara at worlds

RICHMOND: Tony Martin is preparing for a “I’m happy to be here after my crash on kilometer. It will be a tough finale. It will be Worrack, seeking her fourth team time trial record-equalling tilt at glory as the World the Tour de France,” Martin said. “I’m looking really close among the teams.” gold in a row, and Canada’s Karol-Ann Canuel. Road Cycling Championships get under way forward to racing,” the German star added. BMC boasts Aussie veteran Rohan Dennis They will be tested by three-time podium this weekend, two months after he crashed Martin must wait until Wednesday for the and US standout Taylor Phinney while Green finisher Orica AIS, an Aussie-powered lineup out of the Tour de France with a broken collar- individual men’s time trial but his first race will Edge offers Aussies Luke Durbridge and with Amanda Spratt back from the past two bone. The 30-year-old Etixx Quick Step rider, come in Sunday’s six-rider team time trials, Michael Hepburn plus Canada’s Svein Tuft. In years that also features Sweden’s Emma seeks his fourth individual time trial title in five where the 2012 and 2013 champions-includ- the individual time trial, Martin faces a chal- Johansson, second in the 2013 women’s road years, which would equal the all-time mark set ing defending world road race champion lenge from Movistar riders Adriano Malori of race and third last year, and Oceania time trial by Swiss star Fabian Cancellara, who took four Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland-will try to Italy and Jonathan Castroviejo of Spain-both champion Katrin Garfoot. of five between 2006 and 2010. Martin’s reign reclaim the title from defending champions national champions-plus Dennis and “The group has a great feel about it and I began in 2011 and lasted until he finished sec- BMC Racing, with Australia-backed Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, third last year. think they can surprise themselves this weekend ond last year to Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, who ORICAGreen Edge hoping to advance from Germany’s Lisa Brennauer, the 27-year-old with the ride they are capable of putting togeth- has retired from road events. runner-up efforts the past two years. defending women’s individual time trial er,” said sport director Gene Bates. Johansson In July, Martin took the yellow jersey in the “I saw the course on Sunday and I have to champion, will lead Velocio SRAM into a quest and Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk should challenge Tour de France but crashed out in stage six. say it will be pretty fast,” Quick Step sport for a fourth consecutive women’s team time Brennauer in Tuesday’s women’s individual time But last month, he won the Tour de Poitou- director Tom Steels said. “It will be fast until trial crown on Sunday. The former Specialized trials with Americans Evelyn Stevens and Kristen Charentes, a signal he was back on form. the last climb, which is more or less in the last lululemon squad also includes German Trixi Armstrong threats as well. — AFP

Packers seek to turn the page against Seahawks

GREEN BAY: The Green Bay Packers say their NFL Sunday showdown with Seattle is more about setting a tone for 2015 than avenging the devastating defeat that ended their Super Bowl bid last season. But there’s no denying that after three straight losses to the Seahawks in Seattle, the Packers are looking forward to turning the tables on their National Football Conference rivals at Lambeau Field. The Packers went 9-0 at home last season, including the playoffs, before falling at Seattle in the NFC title game-surrendering a 19-7 lead in the final three minutes. “I can assure you, it’s not something that’s talked about much,” Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said of the revenge aspect of Sunday’s rematch. “Ultimately, this is just the sec- ond game of the season.” Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player, echoed that view, shying away from the idea that it could be a season-defining contest. “Your identity as a team is formed throughout the year,” Rodgers said. “You’ve just got to look at it as game two. Every one’s important, especially with a conference opponent who is a talented team. “But, yeah, we’ve got to take care of business at home.” The Pack has been pretty good at that. Rodgers, for instance, hasn’t thrown an interception at Lambeau field since December of 2012. He was efficient in a 31-23 season-opening victory at Chicago last week, while the Seahawks will be trying to bounce back from a KANSAS CITY: Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (10) leaps for a touchdown between Kansas City Chiefs defen- 34-31 overtime loss to St. Louis. sive backs Marcus Peters (left) Jamell Fleming (30) and Ron Parker (38) during the first half of an NFL football game. —AP Rodgers and the Packers offense will try to exploit the continuing absence of key Seahawks defender Kam Chancellor, whose contract holdout has kept him away from the team since June. Broncos comeback stun Chiefs Seattle’s defense gave up eight passing plays of at least 20 yards to the Rams-the most of any team last week. “It was a few communica- tion errors,” cornerback Richard Sherman said of the Seahawks’ fail- KANSAS CITY: Peyton Manning and the in his career against the Chiefs. “I’ve been with at least 70,000 yards passing. “I’m really ures to read and adjust to the opposing offense. “It’s things like that Denver Broncos have beaten the Kansas City involved in a couple of pretty crazy games,” proud of our young offensive line - no poise that are easily corrected.” Chiefs every way imaginable over the years, he said, “but nothing quite like this.” Charles issues, no communication issues.” Along with the NFC grudge match the second week of the season from playoff shootouts to defensive tug-of- finished with 125 yards rushing and a touch- The late-game dramatics transpired after features a string of enticing division match-ups, including the Dallas wars. Well, not quite every way. Not until down, but he will only remember his fum- the Chiefs bolted to a 14-0 lead in their Cowboys’ clash with a Philadelphia Eagles team that now includes for- Thursday night. Denver cornerback Bradley bles - one in the red zone early in the game, home-opener, energizing a boisterous, red- mer Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray. Murray ran for a league- Roby returned Jamaal Charles’ second fum- the other deep in his own territory late in the clad crowd that had been tailgating all after- best 1,845 yards and 13 touchdowns last season for the Cowboys and ble 21 yards for a touchdown with 27 sec- game. noon. caught 57 passes. But the Cowboys opted to use their “franchise tag” onds left, completing a stunning comeback “I have to be careful with the ball,” But like he has so often against the on team-mate Dez Bryant, and a five-year deal worth $42 million from in the closing minute for a 31-24 victory - the Charles said. “It’s my fault.” Alex Smith threw Chiefs, Manning answered by leading the Eagles proved too good an offer for Murray to pass up. Broncos’ seventh straight over their AFC for 191 yards for Kansas City, but also had Denver on an 80-yard TD march late in the The Cowboys say there are no hard feelings-and no especially West rivals. two passes picked off. first half. The capper was a pass over the friendly ones either. “That’s the business of the NFL, guys move on to “I’m not quite sure I’d ever been in one “We thought we had it won,” Davis said. middle to Sanders, who slipped between the other teams,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “Now he’s a com- quite like that,” Manning said. “That was a “Unfortunately, they made the touchdown safeties and somersaulted into the end zone petitor. We’re focused on ourselves, that’s what we need to do.” new one.” Manning threw for 256 yards and and it was our time to overcome and win the for the 16-yard touchdown reception. The Cowboys have already bested one division rival with a 27-26 three scores, the last to Emmanuel Sanders game, and we couldn’t finish. It was an emo- Two plays later, Aqib Talib picked off victory over the New York Giants. But their task of building on that with 36 seconds left as the Broncos (2-0) tional rollercoaster.” Smith’s throw on a poorly thrown pass in the dramatic victory against a Philadelphia team that fell 24-26 to Atlanta appeared to force overtime. But on the next Manning threw a pick-six of his own, but flat, and the Broncos needed just four plays on Monday night will be harder after Bryant suffered a broken foot play from scrimmage, with the Chiefs (1-1) he responded when it mattered the most. for Manning to find Virgil Green with a tying that will see him sidelined up to six weeks. “They have weapons also eyeing overtime, Charles was stripped The Broncos took over at their own 20 after touchdown toss. besides Dez Bryant,” Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. “It’s always a diffi- by Brandon Marshall and the ball bounced Davis had given Kansas City the lead, and the After swapping field goals, the Chiefs cult time when you lose a player like that, but it’s not like they don’t right into Roby’s hands. The dramatic about- seven-time All-Pro marched them calmly were poised to celebrate when Davis took a have anybody else.” In other division match-ups, Minnesota host face came after Knile Davis gave Kansas City down field. Manning found Demaryius handoff from Smith as the quarterback fell Detroit with both teams seeking a first win of the season and New the lead with 2:27 left on an 8-yard run, rais- Thomas for three long receptions to get down and raced into the end zone late in the Orleans host Tampa Bay with Saints quarterback Drew Brees needing ing hope among a sellout crowd that the deep into Chiefs territory, then hit Sanders fourth quarter. three touchdown passes to join Peyton Manning (530), Brett Favre Chiefs might finally end some curses. with a strike over the middle on third-and-10 Turned out to be not late enough for (508) and Dan Marino (420) as the only players in NFL history to reach Instead, Denver won its 13th straight divi- from the Chiefs 19 for the touchdown that Manning and the Broncos. “I’ll tell you,” 400 career touchdown passes. Tom Brady, quarterback of the Super sion road game, breaking a tie with the San kept Denver alive. Manning said, “their defense is so much bet- Bowl champion New England, is closing in on the same milestone, Francisco 49ers (1987-90) for most in NFL “That last drive was really good,” said ter than last year. They’re so stout against the with 396 career touchdown passes going into the Patriots’ division history. And for one night, Manning quieted Manning, who joined Brett Favre during the run. They just make it hard all night. We just clash with the Bills at Buffalo. —AFP his growing doubters by improving to 14-1 game as the only quarterbacks in NFL history kept plugging.” — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Shaw faces long road to recovery

MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager “I called him last night,” said Van Gaal at start again in their plan to build a strong left- difficult to replace him when he is in such a Louis van Gaal admits Luke Shaw faces a his Friday press briefing. “He sounds very side of the field involving new signing good shape. But in Blind, Rojo and Young, long recovery process as the England strong which is amazing to me, a big sur- Memphis Depay. Dutch international Daley we have good replacements.” defender aims to return to fitness after his prise, but a good signal. “But he knows also Blind, Marcos Rojo and even winger Ashley Van Gaal also admitted that the form of horrendous leg break. that it is a long way to go and it is not easy. Young will all be in contention for Shaw’s new signing Anthony Martial has forced Shaw suffered a double fracture of his His family is there, we sent people to him position. him to re-assess how the French striker will right leg during United’s Champions League and when he comes back we have every- “I’m always saying about the total be allowed to develop at Old Trafford this defeat at PSV Eindhoven in midweek, a grue- thing prepared. human being principle,” he said. “It is not season. some injury that dominated the headlines of “Maybe he will come back tomorrow and only physical but mental. “It is a big loss for Signed for a down payment of £36.8 mil- another trying week for Van Gaal’s club. The then he will have to go through a long peri- us, also for the team. I said in advance lion from Monaco during the transfer win- Dutchman spoke with the left-back on od of rehabilitation. He still has a long way to already it will be the season of Luke Shaw dow, Martial was expected to play a small Thursday, following his initial surgery go.” The loss of Shaw came at a particularly and now it’s finished nearly. “He started so role in United’s campaign, with Van Gaal straight after the game on Tuesday, and was disappointing time for United, with the well, we built up a left wing with Depay and openly talking of him being a signing for the expecting to see him back in Manchester England defender having started the season Shaw, but we have to start filling it again and future. However, Martial marked his debut over the weekend, although Van Gaal so impressively after a difficult initial 12 it is not easy. “But we have to do it. We have against Liverpool last weekend with a superb warned his young star to brace himself for a months at Old Trafford. to cope with it, but it is a big loss. goal and Van Gaal believes the teenager has long period of rehabilitation. Now, Van Gaal concedes United must “Shaw is the line-up player and it is very a key role to play immediately. —AFP

Valcke downfall is new blow for Blatter

ZURICH: FIFA’s suspension of secretary general Jerome Valcke left world football reeling again yesterday from scandal and further weakened its president Sepp Blatter. Valcke was put on indefinite leave on Thursday night over accusations that he agreed to let World Cup tickets be sold at a vastly inflated price. The Frenchman strongly denied the allegations. But FIFA’s chief of finance Markus Kattner took over “all duties” held by Valcke in the day-to-day running of football’s governing body, FIFA said. With FIFA still overshadowed by US and Swiss corruption investiga- tions, it announced on Thursday night that Valcke “has been put on leave and released from his duties effective immediately until further notice.” FIFa said it had been “made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary general and has requested a formal investigation by the FIFA Ethics Committee.” Valcke has been accused of involvement in a scam to sell World Cup tickets at inflated prices and take a slice of the profits. The claims were made by Benny Alon, an American-Israeli consultant at a company which had a deal with FIFA to sell 2014 World Cup tickets. The contract was subsequently cancelled. In a strongly-worded statement issued by Valcke’s US-based attorney, the official decried the allegations as false. “Jerome Valcke unequivocally denies the fabricated and outrageous accusations by Benny Alon of alleged wrongdoing in connection with the sale of World Cup tickets,” the statement from New York attorney Barry Berke said. The statement said Valcke “never received or agreed to accept any money or anything else of value from Mr Alon”. All dealings between Valcke and Alon’s company had been cleared by FIFA’s legal department, the statement added. Alon said his company, JB Sports, sold World Cup tickets at up to three MOSCOW: Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev addresses the audience as he and others take part in a ceremony at times their face value. Alon gave out copies of emails to back his allega- Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Russian and FIFA officials yesterday unveiled clock counting down 1,000 days to go tions at a briefing for invited journalists in Zurich on Thursday. Valcke has until the start of Russia hosting the World Cup 2018 soccer tournament. —AP already been in trouble over football scandals. US media named him in June as the conduit for a $10 million pay- ment made by South Africa to a bank account controlled by former FIFA Russia kicks off 1,000-day vice president Jack Warner. Warner is one of 14 people accused by US authorities of involvement in more than $150 million in bribes paid by sports executives to soccer officials. Seven FIFA were arrested in Zurich on the eve of its Congress in May countdown to World Cup when Blatter was reelected to a fifth term. Swiss police also launched an inquiry into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and MOSCOW: Moscow’s Red Square was trans- The Kremlin has said that the country hon- Friendly matches among the under-16 nation- Qatar. Amid growing controversy, the 79-year-old Blatter announced just formed yesterday into a football pitch as Russia estly participated in the bidding process and al squads of Russia, Italy, Germany and Spain four days later that he would stand down. A new presidential election will launched its 1,000-day countdown to the 2018 that its status as host country should not be were played on the pitch set up on Red be held on February 26. Switzerland ruled on Thursday that former FIFA FIFA World Cup it will host in 11 cities. called into question. The culmination of the Square near the walls of the Kremlin. vice-president Eugenio Figueredo, one of the seven arrested, should be Attended by high-ranking officials and ceremony came at 13:23 Moscow time (10:23 Some football fans and youth club teams extradited to the United States. Figueredo, a Uruguayan, has been football stars, the celebrations come as world GMT) when former World Cup winners Lothar travelled a long way to take part in the cele- charged by the US justice department with soliciting millions of dollars in football’s governing body is embroiled in a Matthaus of Germany and Italy’s Gianluca brations.”My wife and I came specially for bribes from sports marketing firms. corruption scandal, partly over the awarding Zambrotta along with Spain’s former football this,” said 50-year-old Alexander Krisenko, Another of those arrested, Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands, of the 2018 tournament to Russia. On great Fernando Hierro and Russia’s interna- from the far eastern city of Khabarovsk. “The agreed to extradition and was sent to the United States in July. Five are Thursday, FIFA secretary general Jerome tional keeper Igor Akinfeyev pressed the red World Cup is important, it will stimulate the still challenging a transfer to American courts. Valcke was abruptly relieved of his duties over button launching the countdown. development of youth football, there will be Valcke came under scrutiny in recent months over what he knew his alleged involvement in a ticketing scam. Russia’s first deputy Prime Minister Igor lots of stadiums and we will be able to watch about a $10 million payment from the South African FA to an account “Preparations for the World Cup in 11 Shuvalov, the country’s sports minister Vitaly games in person.” Grassroots football coach controlled by Warner, then North and Central American (CONCACAF) cities of our country [..] are in full swing,” Mutko, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also Alexander Ossipov, who runs a sports acade- football chief, through FIFA in 2008. President Vladimir Putin said by video link took part in the ceremony. my in the city of Dmitrov, north of Moscow, US investigators believe the money was a bribe in return for backing from Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter “Only 1,000 days remain before the World said he and his players had come to support South Africa getting the 2010 World Cup. FIFA has insisted it only acted as Olympics. “Everything will be done to suitably Cup start and a plenty of work still awaits us,” Russia’s under-16 national team. Similar an intermediary between South Africa and Warner. host the planet’s leading 32 national squads. Shuvalov said. “It doesn’t mean that we have events are taking place in more than 30 cities, Valcke has been under scrutiny throughout his FIFA career. In 2006 he “We are always happy to see guests and not done anything before this moment. including the host cities of Saint Petersburg was forced to step down as FIFA’s director of marketing after a New York promise to organise grand celebrations in “We all will do our best to make our presi- and Kazan. The 2018 World Cup opening court judged he had lied when negotiating FIFA deals with Visa in breach Russia, which will make history in the world of dent’s promises come true. To present the match will take place at Moscow’s Luzhniki of existing contracts with Mastercard. — AFP sport and football.” great football occasion to all the game lovers.” Stadium on June 14, 2018. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

PSG bid to maintain their unbeaten start

PARIS: Fresh from enjoying a winning start to their equalling the top-flight record for consecutive victories set by Serge Aurier could return for Paris after missing the Malmo Champions League campaign, Paris Saint-Germain can Blanc’s Bordeaux in 2009. win due to suspension, and Blanc may consider changes with strengthen their position at the top of Ligue 1 when they go to Reims, meanwhile, have enjoyed a fine start to the season this the first of three league games in eight days. Reims today. of their own, including beating Bordeaux and Marseille, but Before that match, Rennes could provisionally go top of Laurent Blanc’s side eased to a 2-0 victory against Swedish coach Olivier Guegan is expecting a tougher test this time. the table with a win when they entertain Lille at Roazhon Park champions Malmo at the Parc des Princes in midweek thanks Guegan watched PSG in action in midweek and said: “They on Friday night. to a goal in each half from Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani did the essential. They were much better than Malmo and The Brittany side have risen to second after recording four to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. controlled the game without having to force themselves or successive wins, including away at Lyon and then at local rivals They are a point clear of Rennes at the top of the French raise their game. Nantes last weekend. table, and three better off than Reims in third, before heading “It wasn’t vintage Paris but they got the win they wanted And on Monday they confirmed that enigmatic and injury- to Champagne country on Saturday as they look to begin a and were not far away from scoring a third goal. “We know prone French international playmaker Yoann Gourcuff, who new winning run. what to expect on Saturday. To get a result we’ll need to be at has been a free agent since leaving Lyon in the summer, Last week’s 2-2 draw with Bordeaux ended a run of 13 200 percent. But it will all depend on how motivated and fresh would return to his first club once he has recovered from straight Ligue 1 wins since March and saw them fall short of PSG are.” stress fractures under the arch of his foot. —AFP

Matches on TV (Local Timings)

English Premier League Chelsea v Arsenal 14:45 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Aston Villa v Bromwich 17:00 beIN SPORTS 7 HD Swansea City v Everton 17:00 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Stoke City v Leicester 17:00 beIN SPORTS 8 HD Bournemouth v Sunderland 17:00 beIN SPORTS 11 HD Newcastle v Watford 17:00 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Man City v West Ham 19:30 beIN SPORTS SPAIN: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates in this file photo after scoring a hat trick. —AP

Spanish League Real Madrid v Granada 17:00 Ronaldo eyes Raul’s best beIN SPORTS 2 HD Valencia v Real Betis 19:15 MADRID: Another piece of Real Madrid history awaits he suffered cruciate ligament damage in a 1-1 draw the Basque minnows unbeaten start to the start to the beIN SPORTS 2 HD Cristiano Ronaldo as he can become the club’s all-time with Roma on Wednesday. Barca boss Luis Enrique will season. At the other end of the table, Sevilla are look- SD Eibar v Atletico 21:30 leading scorer when they host Granada at the Santiago also be without defenders Gerard Pique, Thomas ing to add their first league win of the campaign beIN SPORTS 2 HD Bernabeu today. Ronaldo is officially just two goals shy Vermaelen and Daniel Alves, as well as goalkeeper backed by the confidence of a resounding 3-0 win over of Raul Gonzalez Blanco’s 323-goal record despite hav- Claudio Bravo. Atletico Madrid lost their perfect start to Borussia Moenchengladbach in midweek. Valencia Real Sociedad v Espanyol 23:00 ing played over 400 games fewer than the Spanish leg- the season when Barca won 2-1 at the Vicente were the only one of Spain’s five Champions League beIN SPORTS 6 HD end. However, the club claim he is just one goal behind Calderon last weekend, but Diego Simeone’s men participants to get off to a losing start as a Hulk brace Raul as they credited Ronaldo with a goal back in 2010 recovered well to get their Champions League cam- handed Zenit St Petersburg a thrilling 3-2 win at Italian Calcio League that was awarded to Pepe in the referee’s report. The paign off to a winning start at Galatasaray on Tuesday. Mestalla. Los Che will be hoping for better fortune at Udinese v Empoli 19:00 World Player of the Year has struck eight times in his Los Rojiblancos visit Eibar on Saturday hoping to end home to Real Betis today. beIN SPORTS last two games to categorically silence the critics for his AC Milan v Citta 21:45 slow start to the campaign as he failed to score in beIN SPORTS 3 HD either of Madrid’s opening two La Liga fixtures or in True test for Dortmund two games for Portugal. German Bundesliga Ronaldo hit five goals in the same game for the sec- BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund face the first real test with the hosts looking for another upset win having ond time in five months in a 6-0 rout at Espanyol last of their mettle as Bundesliga leaders on Sunday stunned Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 last week at the Darmstadt v Bayern Munich 16:30 weekend and Granada will be fearing the worst as they beIN SPORTS 4 HD when they host Bayer Leverkusen, while Bayern BayArena. Fresh from Wednesday’s impressive 3-0 were the previous recipients of a five-goal haul in a 9-1 Munich face a tricky tie at Darmstadt. Champions League win at Olympiakos, Bayern turn Hamburger v Eintracht 16:30 humiliation at the Bernabeu back in April. “I am happy, After the disappointment of last season’s sev- their attention to beating Darmstadt to claim top beIN SPORTS it is a proud moment for me to be in this position,” enth-place finish Dortmund are back at the top of spot in the table before Dortmund play 24 hours Wolfsburg v Hertha 16:30 Ronaldo said after netting his 33rd hat-trick for the club the table, ahead of rivals Bayern on goal difference, later. Darmstadt are back in the Bundesliga after beIN SPORTS against Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek. following four straight wins under new coach a 33-year absence and have never beaten Koln v Monchengladbach 16:30 “I have to thank the team, they helped me a huge Thomas Tuchel. Dortmund left it late to beat FC Bayern in four previous meetings, the last of amount. “Before I was bad and now I am good because beIN SPORTS 10 HD Krasnodar in their opening game of the Europa which was back in 1982. I have scored eight goals,” he added in a thinly veiled League group stage on Thursday and full-back Germany’s World Cup winner Mario Goetze is Werder v Ingolstadt 16:30 dig at his critics. beIN SPORTS Marcel Schmelzer is eager for their winning run to set for another afternoon on Bayern’s bench having “My teammates believe in me, they give me the continue this weekend. “We have unfinished busi- been left out of the starting line-up in Greece, only service with which I scored goals.” Ronaldo will, French League ness, not just against Leverkusen but in general to score as a substitute. Bayern have the express though, be devoid of some of Madrid’s key creators (after last season),” Schmelzer, whose side were intention of becoming the first team to win four- Stade de Reims v PSG 18:30 with Gareth Bale having joined James Rodriguez on beaten 2-0 at home by Leverkusen last term, told straight Bundesliga titles and despite winning all beIN SPORTS 5 HD the sidelines due to injury. Bale suffered a calf injury in the Bundesliga’s official website. “We’re on the right four games so far, they find themselves trailing Caen v Montpellier 21:00 the 4-0 win over Shakhtar and will be sidelined for at track at the moment, though: we’re focussed, work- Dortmund. “It’s great for the Bundesliga, but it’s a least two weeks. Madrid are also likely to be without beIN SPORTS 5 HD ing hard and desperately want to succeed. bit unsettling to have such an aggressive pursuer. In Sergio Ramos due to a dislocated shoulder, but Guingamp v Ajaccio 21:00 “We know it’s difficult to maintain the high level fact, at the moment we’re the ones doing the chas- Raphael Varane should be fit to partner Pepe in we’re playing at, however, and so we want to make ing,” said Bayern striker Thomas Mueller, the beIN SPORTS defence after recovering from the ankle knock he Angers v Troyes 21:00 sure we keep a comfortable cushion over our rivals league’s top scorer with six goals in four games. picked up in midweek. Victory can take Real to the top and remain in the Champions League places for as Guardiola has got off to the best start in any of beIN SPORTS 7 HD of the table for 24 hours as league leaders Barcelona long as possible.” Pep Guardiola’s star-studded his three years in Germany, but knows there is no Bastia v Nice 21:00 aren’t in action till Sunday when they host Levante. Bayern squad will receive a warm welcome at guarantee of success in what is set to be a particu- beIN SPORTS The Catalans’ already short squad will have to do Darmstadt’s antiquated Merck Stadion on Saturday larly competitive season. —AFP without midfielder Rafinha for the rest of the season as SPORTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

City hope for boost from Aguero return

MANCHESTER: Premier League leaders Manchester “Fortunately he did not have any problems and I West Ham’s victory over Newcastle moved Bilic’s City hope Sergio Aguero’s early return from injury hope he will be fit for today.” In defence, City will side up to fifth after they finally registered their first can spark an immediate response after their latest check on the fitness of captain Vincent Kompany, home league win of the season. Champions League meltdown. who has been instrumental in the clean sheets they The Hammers have demonstrated a frustrating Manuel Pellegrini’s side were buoyant after win- have kept in each of their five league games so far. inconsistency so far, with their impressive away wins ning their opening five Premier League matches, Kompany came off with a calf injury 15 minutes balanced by unexpected home defeats against and so it was all the more surprising that on Tuesday from the end of the defeat against Juventus, Bournemouth and Leicester. they lost 2-1 at home to a Juventus side who have although he suggested that was nothing to worry Bilic insists his side’s form away from Upton Park started the Serie A season poorly. about. “It’s not serious,” he said. “I know my body.” means it will not be a shock if they take something The task now for City is to pick up their domestic That suggests Kompany will retain his ever-pre- from this game. “City are cruising in the early stages momentum again, by claiming a 12th successive sent record alongside Eliaquim Mangala in the cen- and already have a gap which is hard to get after five Premier League victory. However, standing in their tre of defence, leaving recent signing Nicolas games,” Bilic said. “But it wouldn’t be a shock as we way are a West Ham side who have collected away Otamendi to wait for his first City start. already have two out of two away wins. We know wins over Arsenal and Liverpool already this season. Pellegrini’s side are four points clear at the top of what we need to do to have a chance. With that kind of record on their travels, Slaven the table, but as far as midfielder Fernandinho is “They are the favorites of course but I am expect- Bilic’s side are not to be taken lightly. Amid their mid- concerned, the true tests are another three months ing us to have a good game and if that is the case week European gloom, one piece of good news for away yet. “I always say the Premier League is compli- we will have chances.” Bilic has more options avail- City has been the quick recovery of Sergio Aguero cated, especially in December,” Fernandinho said. able to him now with striker Andy Carroll making his from a knee injury. The Argentina striker, forced off “It can sometimes be decided by who fights for first appearance in seven months as a late substitute during the first half of last Saturday’s 1-0 win at the title most in December as there are a lot of against Newcastle and deadline-day arrivals Nikica Crystal Palace, was initially ruled out of the Juventus games and sometimes teams have to change players. Jelavic and Michail Antonio yet to make their game, only to appear for the last seven minutes as a “If you don’t have the players to change then it debuts. substitute. “It was a risk to use him,” Pellegrini said. “I can become complicated. “In December, we will see Midfielder Pedro Obiang should be in contention tried not to because if he got a kick in the same who is winning the title race as I believe this will give after an ankle injury but centre-back Angelo place, it could take him more days to recover. a strong indication to what will happen at the end.” Ogbonna is out with a hamstring problem. —AFP Frailties abound Napoli look to boost Sarri as Chelsea and MILAN: Napoli host Lazio looking to rebuild confidence Napoli routed Club Brugge 5-0 in their Europa League Group Arsenal converge around beleaguered coach Maurizio Sarri tomorrow as D game on Thursday, but the Belgians were completely out- Juventus aim to build on their solid form in Europe by clinching classed. It was Sarri’s first competitive win with Napoli and the LONDON: The old maxim that a week is a long time in football rings their first league win of the season away to Genoa. Italian, who replaced Rafael Benitez on the back of a strong true for both teams ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Chelsea in the Premier With stuttering champions Juventus slipping to 16th after showing as coach of Empoli last season, is reported to be on League today. Arsenal won 2-0 against Stoke City last weekend to two defeats and a draw, Napoli’s sluggish start to Serie A under borrowed time. After Thursday’s win, the coach was still circum- move into the top four for the first time this season, while Chelsea’s Sarri had almost gone unnoticed until Diego Maradona spect: “I saw some positive things but we lost focus too easily. 3-1 loss at Everton-their third defeat in four games-left the defending dropped a bombshell last week. The outspoken former Napoli “The team has lacked consistency, we’ve had spells of good champions a huge 11 points below leaders Manchester City in 17th striker said Sarri was “the wrong man for the job” of leading the play but not been consistent and that has cost us points. place. But while Chelsea were beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in the Partenopei, who won the last of their two league titles when “Tonight, we were more ruthless.” Champions League on Wednesday, Arsenal were crashing to an the Argentinian legend last starred at the San Paolo in the early Lazio suffered a 4-0 battering by on-form Chievo in their last embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Dinamo Zagreb, realigning-albeit subtly- 1990s. away fixture but bounced back with a 2-0 win over Udinese last their respective trajectories. “We come with a different feeling. We Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has since leapt to the weekend. Both goals came courtesy of well-travelled AC Milan can wake up with a different state of mind,” Jose Mourinho told defence of Sarri, telling Pupia TV: “Maradona makes sensation- striker Alessandro Matri, who, having played on loan for Chelsea TV after his side’s mid-week win at Stamford Bridge. alist statements to make an impact. It’s like he throws a stone Fiorentina, Genoa and Juventus, was given a hostile reception “Today is a big match; it’s a great rival. This result can put us in a into the water to watch the ripples.” after he signed a loan deal with Lazio until the end of the sea- better situation.” While the significance of Chelsea’s victory must be son. weighed against the relative weakness of their opponents, there Thanks to Matri’s brace, Lazio are only three points off the were encouraging signs to be drawn from their performance. pace of Inter, who are two points clear of a clutch of sides Diego Costa scored, Cesc Fabregas rediscovered his powers of notably including Torino, Chievo, Sampdoria and Roma. influence and the rejigged defence kept a first clean sheet since the Juventus, meanwhile, swap the glitz and glamour of beating 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on May 3 that clinched last season’s title. Manchester City 2-1 in their Champions League opener for Short of a woeful early penalty from Eden Hazard, who is still to what defender Martin Caceres believes will be a gritty recapture the heights of last season, there was little to concern encounter away to Genoa. Mourinho, who saw Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 19, turn in an assured dis- “We know we’re a good side, we showed that against play in central midfield. It was also an opportunity for the Manchester. But Serie A is more difficult: when you play in Portuguese to dispatch warnings to some of his most conspicuously Europe, you’re given lots of space and the game is a lot more under-performing players. Branislav Ivanovic, captain John Terry and open,” the Uruguayan told Juve’s in-house channel JTV. Nemanja Matic all watched the match from the bench and will be “It won’t be like that against Genoa.” On-loan Chelsea mid- expected to return to the fray with the bit between their teeth on fielder Juan Cuadrado said Juve’s win over Manuel Pellegrini’s Saturday-if, indeed, they return at all. richly-assembled side has given the Old Lady of Turin a much- If Wednesday’s Group G victory demonstrated the strength in needed and timely boost. depth that Chelsea possess, the opposite was true in Zagreb, where “We haven’t started the season well, but this has recharged Arsene Wenger’s decision to make six changes blew up in his face. our batteries,” said Cuadrado. Inter Milan remain the only Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored an own goal and Olivier Giroud unbeaten side in Italy’s top flight, following their 1-0 win over was sent off on a chastening night for Arsenal, who had appeared to city rivals AC Milan last Sunday when Fredy Guarin hit the win- be finding their feet following their shock 2-0 loss at home to West ner for the Nerazzurri. Ham United on the season’s opening weekend. Roberto Mancini’s men travel to Chievo looking to maintain “We need to move on now,” said Theo Walcott, who rose from that record, but the ‘Flying Donkeys’ have been the revelation the bench to score Arsenal’s goal at the Maksimir Stadium. “We have of the season so far. Rolando Maran’s men have hit eight goals got a big, important game at the weekend. in three games and sit in second place, two points off the pace. “Everyone will be very disappointed, but the manager will make After holding Juventus 1-1 in Turin, Mancini’s men face a tough sure that it’s put to bed in the changing room and that it will stay time at the Bentegodi Stadium. there.” Walcott will hope that his goal-scoring turn in the Croatian “They’re a great side, and in good form,” Chievo’s Albanian- capital will enable him to reclaim his place at the tip of the attack born Finnish striker Perparim Hetemaj told Gazzetta dello Sport. from Giroud, who continues to divide Arsenal’s fans. Goalkeeper Petr “But we’ll be looking to maintain our good run of form.” Inter’s Cech is also due a recall, on his return to a club where he made 486 city rivals Milan host Palermo on Saturday looking to make it appearances over 11 richly successful years, along with Hector two home wins out of two, although coach Sinisa Mihajlovic is Bellerin, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey and Francis Coquelin. expected to reshuffle his side over concerns Keisuke Honda is Chelsea are set to be without Willian, who injured his hamstring NAPLES: Napoli’s Jose Callejon (right) celebrates struggling in the playmaker role. Elsewhere, Roma host against Maccabi, and Pedro Rodriguez, while Oscar is a doubt with a with teammate Dries Mertens after scoring in this Sassuolo four days after holding Barcelona to a 1-1 Champions knee complaint. —AFP file photo. —AP League draw on Thursday. —AFP England launch Rugby World Cup SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 SATURDAY, SportsSports 42

GRONINGEN: Marseille’s Lucas Ocampos (right) tries to score with a bicycle kick during the Europe League Group F soccer match between Groningen and Olympique Marseille. —AP Liverpool, Celtic held in Europa League

PARIS: Liverpool conceded a late equaliser as they began their ond yellow after taking out Anwar El Ghazi and Lasse Schone Meanwhile, Celtic manager Ronny Deila hopes his side’s Europa League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Bordeaux, while 10- earned Ajax a share of the spoils six minutes from the end. impressive Europa League performance against Ajax can kick- man Celtic drew 2-2 away to Ajax on Thursday. “We have been through a tough period. This is a good start. start their Scottish Premiership campaign. Back-to-back losses to West Ham and Manchester United in Good defence and good organisation. The confidence will come. Deila’s team held the Dutch giants to a 2-2 draw in the English Premier League had increased the pressure on When we played 11 v 11, they didn’t have too many chances,” Amsterdam on Thursday despite being reduced to 10 men. It Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers but Adam Lallana’s sublime sec- Celtic manager Ronny Deila told BT Sport. was a good end to a tough week for Deila’s side after they lost ond-half goal in France looked destined to hand the Reds all The late setback was all the more frustrating for Deila’s side as at Aberdeen to slip five points behind the Dons at the top of three points in their Group B opener. group favourites Fenerbahce crashed to a 3-1 defeat at home to the Scottish Premiership. The visitors were pegged back nine minutes from time Norwegian outfit Molde. The Scottish champions don’t have long to rest before they though as substitute Jussie slammed a loose ball beyond Simon Borussia Dortmund made it 10 straight wins under new host fifth placed Dundee tomorrow, but Deila hopes the per- Mignolet to salvage a point for Bordeaux. coach Thomas Tuchel after the Bundesliga leaders came from formance in the Netherlands gives his players a confidence “We can always be disappointed to not have won after hav- behind to beat Russian outfit FC Krasnodar 2-1 in Group C. boost to take into the match. ing led, but in European football, picking up a point away from Dortmund, who came through two rounds of qualifying to “As a team we had a very good attitude and I’m very proud home is never a bad result,” said Rodgers afterwards. reach the group phase, fell behind after just 12 minutes in of the players. We have been through a tough period and “If we win our home matches we can get out of the group, Germany as Pavel Mamaev converted a Fedor Smolov cross. there are many games left but this is a good start,” Deila said. we’ve done it before,” he added, referencing Liverpool’s 2012-13 But Matthias Ginter equalised for the hosts right before half- “Against Ajax we played well and created chances and Europa League campaign. time after heading in a cross from Park Joo-ho and the South defended as a team. For me it starts with a good attitude. “The Celtic also surrendered a late goal in Amsterdam after being Korean capped off his Dortmund debut in style with the winner boys showed me that they really want to fight. The confidence forced to play out the final 15 minutes a man down following the three minutes into second-half stoppage time. will come and we will get better and better. dismissal of Emilio Izaguirre. Elsewhere, Napoli thumped Club Brugge 5-0 in Group D as “I think everybody knows that we can play good football Israeli midfielder Nir Biton silenced the home crowd with an Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens scored twice apiece with and we are a good football team. But against Ajax we needed a eighth-minute opener before Viktor Fischer hauled Ajax level on Marek Hamsik also on target. good performance and we needed to get some confidence 25 minutes. Celtic then regained the upper hand three minutes Marseille made an encouraging start in Group F as they won from our performance. before the break as Mikael Lustig powered in a back-post header 3-0 away to Dutch side Groningen through goals from “The players have shown a great attitude and shown they from a corner. Georges-Kevin N’Koudou, Lucas Ocampos and Romain can bounce back. We now have to get ready for Sunday and But Honduran international Izaguirre was sent off for a sec- Alessandrini. start winning games in the league again as well.” —AFP